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Top Library Tech Trends
Tech leaders recommend the tools and resources your library can adopt now and in the near future
By Alison Marcotte | May 1, 2017
From virtual reality to gamification to security techniques, libraries are using the latest technology to engage patrons, increase privacy, and help staffers do their jobs.
American Libraries spoke to library tech leaders—members of the Library and Information Technology Association's popular Top Tech Trends panel from the 2017 Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits—to get the apps, devices, software, and best practices that you can adopt for your library right now and in the near future.
1. Take patrons on a virtual tour
Create a virtual tour of your library using a 360-degree camera and post it to your website or social media, says Cynthia Hart, emerging technologies librarian at Virginia Beach (Va.) Public Library (VBPL). Virtual tours can be helpful for both information and accessibility.
"One of our branches is 125,000 square feet. The A's for adult fiction are all the way at the end of the building. Can you imagine if you were a person with disabilities or if you were an older person or had low mobility?" Hart says. "If you didn't know that when you went into a library, wouldn't it be helpful to have that virtual tour of the building? Then you could call and say, 'Hey, can you pull that book from the shelf?'" Virtual visit statistics can also be used as a gate count metric.
2. Make Google Cardboard sets
Augmented reality and virtual reality (VR) have become mainstream, from Pokémon Go to PlayStation VR. VR technology can be used not only for entertainment but also as a way of engaging and teaching students.
Google Cardboard is an inexpensive VR platform that allows you to visit places, play games, watch YouTube videos, or fly through outer space. Google Cardboard and VR apps—such as Proton Pulse, NYT VR, GoPro VR, VR Roller Coaster, and Titans of Space—can be downloaded<|fim_middle|> to go to complete this session but also how far you've gone," Jones says. "You watch a short, five-minute video, and then you do the lesson. The hands-on tasks are right there in your browser, so it's super easy to get right into it and start coding without having to set up any servers or even build a local hosting solution on your local machine."
6. Make circuits with tech-loving students
MIT Media Lab has created a new user interface called DuoSkin. These temporary tattoos, made with gold and metal leaf to make a circuit, let you use your skin like a trackpad to control what is displayed on your mobile device. DuoSkin is not available yet for consumers, but Powers says librarians could explore low-budget ways to get teens involved with circuit technology. BPL has held programs during Teen Tech Week where teens create paper circuits.
"You can get some copper wires, a coin cell battery, and some LEDs, and you can make greeting cards that light up," she says. "It's a little lower-tech, lower-budget version of a cool tattoo, but it's definitely something you can get for 20 bucks' worth of supplies for 20 kids, so that's important."
7. Teach patrons about private browsing
Powers says that while libraries don't keep logs of public computer sessions, patrons and library staff can further protect themselves while using public Wi-Fi with a virtual private network (VPN), which can guarantee that all the data being sent and received is encrypted and secured from others, including people on the same network or ISP.
VPNs protect your anonymity, and they don't keep logs or discriminate against traffic or protocol types. Powers says patrons will want to research the following to decide which VPN service is best for them: if the VPN is using current security protocols; if the terms of service and privacy policies are clear and understandable; what the VPN covers and what it doesn't; what countries the servers are located in; whether it uses its own servers; and especially how much data logging or tracking the VPN provider engages in.
"It's also helpful to know what the company or people are like—their reputation, expertise, history, etc.—and if there's a history of any company or founder activism that might demonstrate their commitment to consumer privacy," Powers says.
Resources that can help you evaluate a VPN provider include EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense and the VPN section of That One Privacy Site.
Another way to ensure private browsing is to use Tor software, which protects users by bouncing their communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers. It prevents somebody watching your internet connection from learning what sites users visit, it prevents sites from learning users' physical locations, and it lets users access sites that are blocked. Tor is not always available on library public computers, however.
8. Create strong passwords with a roll of the dice
Powers teaches workshops on digital literacy and data privacy as part of the Data Privacy Project, which is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Knight Foundation's Prototype Fund. Password security is always a hot topic.
She says that Diceware is an easy way to teach patrons how to create better passwords for their library, service, and email accounts. By rolling an ordinary die, users create a five-digit number that corresponds to a word in a Diceware word list. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) maintains multiple Diceware word lists.
"Even though the list of words is publicly available, the security of a Diceware password comes from the number of words selected and the number of available words on a Diceware list," Powers says. "By rolling dice to create several words in a sequence, you can create a strong, memorable passphrase. The creator of Diceware, Arnold Reinhold, currently recommends a six-word sequence to protect against a brute-force hack attempt."
9. Streamline with data-driven development
Jones says he thinks data-driven development is a trend to watch.
"An example of [data-driven development] would be the article gateway that we've produced out of IDS Project," he says. "This was looking at the worst areas in workflow and finding ways to improve." Those ways include shaving time off processing transactions and saving money while making sure that data gets to users as fast as possible.
IDS Project has a wide range of members, from small community colleges to Research I institutions and some public libraries like New York State Library.
"You'll see many different consortia building their own type of data analysis tools that they can use to strengthen their communities and their groups of libraries to benefit everybody, whether that's decreasing time in shipping or cutting pieces out of workflow that can be automated or streamlined," Jones says. "I really think it takes a group to look at data across many different libraries and library types."
He adds that he thinks more tools will be coming out, especially since more service providers are offering APIs out of which data can be pulled and used to make intelligent decisions on transactions.
"I just think that communities are going to start to grow together more to find solutions on their own because they're not going to be able to afford the solutions that are coming out of these big companies. People just can't afford it," Jones concludes. "So we're going to be relying on each other as a library community to find these solutions."
10. Develop your own applications
Libraries can also develop or improve applications themselves. For example, University of Michigan Library redesigned its link resolver interface in late 2016.
The library had been using a link resolver interface that Senior Program Manager Ken Varnum says was confusing and out of date, did not meet accessibility requirements, looked like an error page, and did not provide detailed analytic data on user behavior.
His team decided to replace that application with a custom solution created using Umlaut, an open source option. They created a design that makes the page's purpose clear with an accessible interface, improved usability, and better analytics.
"Now all those open URL link transactions happen on a library server where we can provide the services that we want to our user base directly, and we can make it work just the way we want to," he says.
If libraries want to develop their own applications, Varnum says that looking for open source software that does something similar to what you want to do is key. Even if you can't find software that does exactly what you want, you may be able to find something close.
You can then either rethink your end goal—is the existing software close enough to your intended goal that you can live with the differences?—or modify the software to meet your specific need.
"I've noticed that, many times, libraries let the great get in the way of the good and ignore the 80–20 rule," Varnum says. "That is, they can get 80% of the way toward their goal with something easy to implement, but they let the 20% customization of the interface be a blocker."
If you do customize the software or write your own, Varnum recommends sharing your innovations and changes with the open source community to make it available to others.
ALISON MARCOTTE is a freelance writer for American Libraries.
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To use the platform, you can buy a Google Cardboard VR viewer, which costs around $20, or you can make one. Meredith Powers, young adult librarian at Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library (BPL), showed teens how to build their own Google Cardboard VR cases using plastic lenses purchased online, Velcro, magnets, and cut-up cardboard boxes.
Gena Marker, teacher-librarian at Centennial High School in Meridian, Idaho, says she plans on doing the same.
"I think that not only can we introduce low-cost ways to bring these technologies in, but we can also tie that to the maker movement and teach patrons that you don't have to spend $500 on an Oculus Rift to have a VR experience," Marker says. "Come into the library, and we'll show you how to take a $2 lens that we bought off Amazon and some otherwise junk cardboard to create your own VR experience."
3. Go on a Google Expedition
Using a Google Cardboard kit and smartphone, students (or "explorers") can use the Google Expeditions app to take educational VR field trips to Mars, the Guggenheim Museum, the Great Barrier Reef, and other destinations. Teachers (or "guides") can lead students using a tablet. The tours include annotations, questions, and points of interest.
"Google Expeditions is an easy way to bring that VR experience to a library program," VBPL's Hart says. "Libraries can offer headsets as a part of their circulating collection."
4. Teach with gamification platforms
Just like VR, gamification platforms and apps can also engage students at the library and are freely accessible. Kahoot, Socrative, Quizlet, and Quizalize can be used for a library orientation or class project.
These platforms can be helpful for school librarians. Marker says she does a library orientation for new high school students in the fall.
"I created my orientation questions as a Kahoot! game," Marker says. "It changes up the format a little bit. So instead of me spending half an hour standing in front of a group of freshmen saying, 'Do this, don't do that. Here's where things are in the library,' it gives it a fun twist."
Marker says anyone can create an account and make a game that lives on the Kahoot! website. Teachers can then use that game as a quiz, review, or pretest in class.
5. Get coding with Code School
Bill Jones, Information Delivery Services (IDS) Project creative technologist at the State University of New York at Geneseo's Milne Library, says online coding instruction, with its ease of access and low barrier to entry, is a great trend for libraries to get involved with. Online services can also help defray the costs of tuition and textbooks.
"It's not equal to the classroom experience," he notes, "but it does work in terms of teaching people."
Jones recommends Code School, which offers some free courses, as well as membership-only resources, such as interactive courses, screencasts, coding challenges, and an online community. He says he prefers it to other platforms because it modularizes the learning process.
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After reaching record-setting numbers for the fourth consecutive year, Dancing with the Local Stars is set for its 2023 show at ilani Casino Resort in Ridgefield, Saturday, March 4, 2023.
Dancing with the Local Stars is presented by Parlour 73 of Battle Ground.
"Dancing with the Local Stars is, quite possibly, the most exciting fundraiser of the year, as evidenced by its long history of sellout crowds," said Club President Andi Costello. "Three Creekers believe in service above self and the funds to help the hungry, homeless, at-risk youth in our community. We believe that a fun and festive evening with local talent and a bit of competition brings out the best of our community to raise funds to make a difference all over Clark County."
Since 2018, the Rotary Club of Three Creeks has hosted Dancing with the Local Stars, taking it over from the Historic Trust. The club formed a non-profit foundation in 2021 to take over the event so that donations could be tax deductible. In five seasons of Dancing with the Local Stars, and one season of "Dining with the Local Stars" – a video production that was the club's pivot during the pandemic in March 2021 – the club has raised more than $100,000 and has distributed significant aid to food pantries across the community, and to non<|fim_middle|>rito Lay), Dr. Weiya Wysham (Compass Oncology), and Paul Van Der Salm (Heritage Bank).
The nine local stars will compete for the grand championship with the funds that they will work to raise between now and the event on March 4. Funds raised during the event may also be allocated to the donor's favorite local stars to help that star win the Mirror Ball Trophy.
A panel of four judges will determine the best dancer, in fashion like the TV show that inspires the fundraiser. The judges are Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle, the club's Immediate Past President Nelson Holmberg, and a professional dance instructor with ballroom judging experience. The final judge will be a member of the audience who wins a raffle on the night of the event to take that seat on the stage. For the third year, KGW Reporter Tim Gordon will serve as emcee of the event.
More information about the event – and opportunities to donate to the local stars – is available online at www.dancingwiththelocalstars.com.
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Serious crash involving cyclist: Search for 'grey 4x4' with front end damage after debris found on road in Stroud
A woman in her 80s has suffered serious injury and has been taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol
Police are trying to trace a vehicle that may have been involving in a serious injury collision in Stroud on Monday morning.
The collision happened in Cainscross Road at about 4.50am today and involved a cyclist.
The cyclist, a woman in her 80s, suffered serious injuries and was taken to Southmead Hospital, Bristol.
Officers are trying to establish whether any other vehicle was involved in the collision as a piece of vehicle debris was found nearby.
Investigations into two fatal crashes within 26 hours on Gloucestershire roads
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Everything We Know About Marvel's 'Secret Invasion' So Far
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By Julia GlassmanJan 12th, 2023, 2:39 pm
If Marvel's Phase 5 timeline, which Kevin Feige revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, is to be believed, we're only a few months out from the premiere of Secret Invasion on Disney+. What do we know about Secret Invasion so far? And when exactly is that release date? Here are all the details!
What's the plot of Secret Invasion?
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Emilia Clark (Game of Thrones, Solo) will be playing Abigail Brand. We don't know much about Brand in the MCU yet, but in the comics, she's the leader of the government agency S.W.O.R.D. Olivia Colman (The Favourite, The Crown) star as special agent Sonya Falsworth, while Kingsley Ben-Adir (Peaky Blinders), Christopher MacDonald (Happy Gilmore), and Killian Scott (Ripper Street) will also appear in as-yet unannounced roles.
The Secret Invasion trailer
The first trailer for Secret Invasion premiered at Disney's D23 Expo 2022. The trailer's biggest reveal is the return of Nick Fury, sans eyepatch, along with Maria Hill. It also captures the fast-paced, paranoia-filled tone of the series. If you love Marvel's spy thrillers, then Secret Invasion will be up your alley.
Secret Invasion release window: when does Secret Invasion come out?
At Comic-Con, the release window for Secret Invasion was set as spring 2023. The problem, though, is that as of this writing, spring starts in a couple of months, and there's been no word from Disney about a more specific release date. That silence, combined with the relative lack of publicity, suggest that the release window is going to be pushed back. For now, we can probably still count on a 2023 release, but don't be surprised if Secret Invasion comes out later than Marvel originally announced.
Disney+Marvel EntertainmentNick FurySecret InvasionSEO | from the comics, written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Leinil Francis Yu. In the original Secret Invasion, a race of shapeshifting aliens called the Skrulls launch a, well, secret invasion of Earth, in which they gradually replace some of Marvel's biggest superheroes with Skrull agents so that they can take over the planet. One of the biggest draws of Secret Invasion was finding out which characters had secretly been Skrulls for years, throwing everything readers know about the Marvel universe into question.
Disney +'s Secret Invasion roughly follows the same premise as the comics, and the MCU has been seeding Secret Invasion for awhile now. We've seen Skrull agents pop up in Captain Marvel, WandaVision, and Spider-Man: Far From Home, so we know that they already have an established presence on Earth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
What we do know about Secret Invasion is that it's a spy thriller focusing on S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Nick Fury and Maria Hill.
Who's in the cast of Secret Invasion?
This is one star-studded series. Samuel L. Jackson is reprising the role of S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury, whom we last saw on a Skrull ship in space at the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home. Cobie Smulders is also returning to the MCU as agent Maria Hill, and Martin Freeman will return as Everett Ross, last seen in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Don Cheadle will also star as Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes, a.k.a. War Machine.
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Bing Crosby was, perhaps, the first multi-media superstar: radio, recordings, live performances, and film. Crosby was an Oscar-winning actor and the top-selling recording artist of the first half of the 20th-century. Despite all these accomplishments (and many more), he is only appreciated by a cult audience today, generally fans of early vocal jazz music and TCM junkies like myself. Because he was the greatest star of radio and recordings, two mediums that used microphones for the first time, he essentially created contemporary singing, inventing the concept of the "crooner" by taking advantage of the intimacy created by amplification. Crosby created a bridge in popular culture from the declamatory post-Vaudeville belting style of Al Jolson to the mid-century Frank Sinatra phenomenon. In this sense, everyone from Elvis Presley to Justin Timberlake is standing on Bing Crosby's shoulders. (I strongly recommend the PBS American Masters documentary Bing Crosby Rediscovered. It is extremely well done).
For those who remember him only as an older man, perhaps singing a duet of "Little Drummer Boy" with David Bowie, attired in his trademark cardigan<|fim_middle|> entertainer, one thing is certain: she meant (and to some extent, continues to mean) a great deal to many people. Though she never had the hip factor of a Sinatra, or the mystery of a Peggy Lee, Garland's gifts were undeniable and. In terms of raw talent, Judy Garland was inarguably in the most elite group of all-time greats, an opinion shared by most all of her peers, including Mr. Crosby.
Here is one of the great iconic Garland performances: Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler's "Get Happy" from Summer Stock (1950). Judy had been struggling through most of the filming with her weight and the usual gumbo of Garland issues (pills, alcohol, depression, erratic behavior—I could go on listing). After filming ended she went off to wherever stars went to lose weight and pull themselves together. Meanwhile, MGM felt Summer Stock needed a "button" on it, a final number to improve the film. After several weeks, they brought the newly svelte (and, one presumes, at least somewhat more sober) Garland back to film "Get Happy." It was the last thing she ever filmed in Culver City, but what a way to say goodbye.
Victor Borge is not well-remembered today, but the Danish comic, conductor, and pianist was a major star of radio and television. He lived a very long life and died in his 90s, after 75 years of entertaining. In addition to his musical accomplishments, he wrote several books and was a shrewd businessman. He was apparently responsible for popularizing rock Cornish game hens, a business in which he invested. Who knew?
Here is a very funny clip of Borge performing Franz Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody #2" from the 1970s.
Thank you so much for this list. These people need to be remembered and revered for their undeniable and incredible talent.
I couldn't agree with you more! Thank you for taking the time to read and share your thoughts. | and hat, it may be a surprise to learn how hip he was. As you will see in this clip with Louis Armstrong singing Cole Porter's "Now You Has Jazz " from High Society (1956), Crosby was a pop vocalist who felt completely comfortable surrounded by jazz players.
After the jump, Stargayzing shares Bing's list of the 10 Greatest Performers of All Time.
Mr. Crosby contributed this list of his 10 favorite all-time performers to the first edition of The Book of Lists in 1977. As the years go by and some of these great artists fade from the collective consciousness, I think it important and well worth the time to use Mr. Crosby's list as a reason to revisit their work. After all, these entertainers were the Jay Z and Katy Perry of their own time.
I have taken the liberty of embedding examples of each of these musical performers to illustrate Crosby's picks. The choices are, I think, emblematic of each of these gifted performers in their prime.
The cantor's son was considered one of the greatest performers of the 20th-century. He was beloved by millions and a great influence on later performers like Judy Garland and Bing Crosby. In fact, in the 1930s he was the highest paid performer in the United States.
Here he is in the 1928 Warner Bros. picture The Singing Fool (the part talkie/part silent follow-up to The Jazz Singer). The song is "I'm Sittin' on Top of the World," with music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. It was originally published in 1925.
This performance is a great representation of his uniquely personal style.
Ethel Waters was one of the best-loved performers of the last century. A blues, jazz, and gospel vocalist who is associated with many standards, including "Am I Blue?," "Dinah," and "Stormy Weather" (a song later associated with Lena Horne). As an actress, she starred in many films including Cabin in the Sky (1942) and Pinky (1949), for which she became only the second African American woman nominated for an Oscar.
Here is Miss Waters singing "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" from The Member of the Wedding, a 1952 film in which she reprised the stage role she originated a few years earlier. The song was associated with Waters, whose 1951 autobiography was also called His Eye Is on the Sparrow. Interestingly, the hymn was written in 1905 by two white songwriters, lyricist Civilla D. Martin and composer Charles H. Gabriel.
Barton is, perhaps, the most obscure performer on Mr. Crosby's list. He was a lauded vaudevillian and star of film and television. He began in minstrel shows and, according to Wiki, his years working with black performers led him to becoming one of the first white jazz dancers in the country. He played the Palace Theater, the apex of vaudeville, eight times. He later became recognized as serious actor, performing on Broadway in Tobacco Road (1934) and The Iceman Cometh (1946).
Barton was featured as the emcee (and last dancer) in the 1929 Paramount short After Seven. The film also featured the Chick Webb Orchestra and Shorty George Snowden, whom I learned in my research was one of the most famous lindy hop dancers of the period.
Like many performers of that time, Barton frequently performed in blackface. Indeed, the only extant footage I could find featuring him, was this blackface clip. Though I in know way endorse it, I think it is important to consider cultural phenomena like blackface within its appropriate historical context.
Of course Frank Sinatra remains one of the most admired, imitated, and absolutely essential performers of all-time. Even if he hadn't presided over 20th-century popular culture so intensely and for so long—by the 1990s there were t-shirts that said, "It's Sinatra's World, We Just Live in It"—he would still have earned a place on this list by dint of his prolific body of work. From 1940s crooner to Oscar-winning actor, Sinatra was an entertainer par excellence and a uniquely American phenomena. His Capitol Records with arrangements by artists like Nelson Riddle, Billy May, and Gordon Jenkins, remain the high watermark of mid-century cool; a different kind of cool from the concurrent sound of rock 'n roll, but in some ways more timeless.
Here he is performing "That's Life," one of my favorite recordings of the 1960s.
Rather than just share one production number, I thought I would post this great clip package of Lena being inducted to the Kennedy Center Honors by Dionne Warwick in 1984.
It is impossible to overstate the influence and importance of Louis Armstrong to the development of jazz and popular music. Indeed, it is the subject of books and documentaries, not of blog entries. Such was Armstrong's fame and incredible impact as a performer and musician, that I did find a surfeit of quotes by people much more qualified than I to add something meaningful to the dialogue about Armstrong's legacy.
This is a clip of Armstrong performing "Dinah" in 1933 live in Copenhagen. The song, one of the biggest hits of its day, was written by Harry Akst (music), with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. It was published in 1925 and recorded hundreds of times.
Here is Mr. Cole singing one of his most famous signature songs "Mona Lisa," live and in color. The song was written for the Paramount film Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) and won the Academy Award for Best Song. It spent eight weeks at number one on the pop charts and was cited by Cole as one of his personal favorites.
Mel Tormé was a jack of many trades but a master of them all: preeminent vocalist of standards (known as "The Velvet Fog"), composer ("The Christmas Song," a.k.a. "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire"), musical arranger, actor, and author of five very well-written books.
Here is a great Tormé performance of George and Ira Gershwin's "Fascinating Rhythm" from the Judy Garland Show (for which he was, by the way, its musical arranger).
Judy Garland was a child prodigy who was performing from the time she could walk. So much has been written about Judy Garland that it is hard to separate fact from fiction. No matter what your feelings about the | 1,405 |
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Who Is Negan ? Who are ther Saviors ? Keep reading to find out . * Spoiler Alert * If you have not read the comic Books Series!!!!!
Who Is Negan?
With his leather jacket and massive frame, Negan is a hulking presence in every panel he appears. This is amplified by his dialog, an unnerving stream of profane politeness that would make the characters on Deadwood blush. He is without a doubt the most worthy — and most terrifying — motherf#@%ing foe Rick and crew have ever faced.
Forget about the Governor. Forget about the cannibals at Terminus. You can even forget about the 1,000-strong horde of zombies currently overwhelming Alexandria. Negan is it.
In the comic, he's the leader of the Saviors, a group that "protects" surrounding communities from the walker hordes by demanding half of each community's supplies in exchange. In other words, it's a classic protection racket, held together by a brutal code of honor established by Negan that punishes disobedience with a visit from his fetishistic companion, a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire that he affectionately calls Lucille.
Rick crosses paths with Negan after Alexandria comes in contact with the Hilltop, a community under the Saviors' protection. The resulting power struggle leaves multiple major characters dead and sparks an all-out war between the factions.
Why Are Comic Fans Freaking Out?
Negan is the most compelling character in The Walking Dead universe, and his appearance shakes up the narrative in a way not seen since the original outbreak. He repels you, and yet at the same time you crave to see what he does next, because it's rarely predictable.
But what really draws you in about Negan is that in retrospect, there's an internal logic to his behavior — it's just warped by his outsized id and the knowledge that after the world ends, the one making the rules is the one swinging the biggest, baddest bat. He respects strong-willed people like Rick and Carl even when they're actively working to destroy him because they conform to his moral code, in the same way he eviscerates a potential double agent because he doesn't have the "guts" to face his problem head-on.
Oh, and also? He and his men are responsible for the deaths of two major characters who are currently alive on the TV show.
Comic fans have long debated how the showrunners would adapt Negan. His aggressively extreme characteristics seem difficult to bring to non-premium TV — even on the boundary-pushing AMC. Some wondered if Negan's arc would appear at all, a rumor comic creator Robert Kirkman stoked when he joked that the show's pacing meant that they'd get to Negan by "somewhere like Season 12."
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan .
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE TV SERIES AND THE COMIC BOOK SERIES HAS A DIFFERENT SCRIPT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Saviors are a large group of antagonistic survivors who were mentioned in "A Larger World" and first appeared in "Something To Fear". The Saviors use a large factory surrounded by a wall of impaled and tied zombies as their base.
The Saviors were, at the beginning, individual survivors. Each member presumably met at the Hilltop Colony. Sometime after the Colony was established, a separate group had formed within the colony, led by a man named Negan, to kill nearby zombies in the area. Judging by their members, the group consisted of the more physically strong and violent members of the Colony.
Soon, Negan's crew had become one of the largest organized survivor groups in the apocalyptic world. They became more and more violent with their ways as they grew in numbers and confidence, and they eventually degraded into committing crimes against other living survivors, which included murder, blackmail, theft, rape, and other various transgressions.
At some point, Negan dubbed his group the Saviors, demanding half of all the rations and supplies from the Hilltop Colony. If the Saviors did not get what they wanted, they gave out deadly messages or severe beatings. In return, the Saviors would kill all zombies surrounding the Hilltop Colony. It is unknown if the Colony had initially resisted the demands, but it is known that they submitted to the Saviors' wishes and followed through with the process for sometime before Rick's group had encountered the Hilltop residents.
The Saviors' main base of operations has shown to be in a heavily fortified factory with a secure fence surrounding it. The only entrance has shown to be surrounded by a horde of chained and impaled undead, supposedly to discourage intrud<|fim_middle|> now answer to the Saviors and that they would be in Alexandria in one week to pick up their "offering". Rick begrudgingly accepted their new rule over the group, only in hopes that it would let them kill Negan and drive off the Saviors in the future, though this was met with anger by the others. To this end, he released their only captive of the attack on the safe-zone, Dwight. However, he prompted Paul to follow behind in hopes that he could find out where it is the Saviors are located.
As Paul carefully followed Dwight back towards the Saviors base, Negan made well on his promise to return to Alexandria for their offering. His Saviors proceeded to interact with the safe-zone while Negan talked with Rick about the lay-out and emasculate him before the group, forcing Rick to give up the majority of Denise's narcotics. As Negan lead his group out of Alexandria, neither he or Rick noticed that Carl had climbed aboard one of his cargo trucks.
Upon Dwight's return to the Saviors base, others had found that he was being followed and captured Paul as a result of this. Having deduced Rick's true intentions, Dwight had Paul brought back to the base only to find he had escaped, thus causing him to "forget" it had ever happened.
The base, once a type of mill or factory, is revealed to be surrounded by a wall of piked zombies, still alive but stuck on poles and spears dug into the ground. Once inside the base, Negan returns as well and the Saviors are shocked to discover that Carl Grimes had in fact stowed away with them. Carl proceeds to kill six saviors using Abraham's automatic rifle, before losing control to it's rapid-burst and running out of ammo. Dwight violently attacks the child, only to be stopped by Negan who has shown further interest in the young child and gives him a small tour of the location.
It is revealed that the Saviors are in fact a cult of sorts, the followers of Negan bowing and chanting to his every word as if he were a Pharaoh in ancient Egypt. The people are divided amongst those closest to Negan, such as guards, henchman and his multiple "wives", as opposed to the common followers who live on a point-system that is intended to replace monetary value in bartering. Carl witnesses to this end, the brutality of Negan's rule as he subjects one of his newer wives' former lover to a ritual punishment, as the wife and lover had reunited in Negan's absence. The man has his face mutilated by a scalding cloth-iron, which Negan presses against his face before pulling away, peeling back the flesh and melted skin which leaves the victim permanently deformed or, "marked with shame".
Sometime after the failed attacks on Alexandria, Negan began personally visiting the Safe-Zone himself along with some of his trusted men. Prior to his arrival though, Negan set up several outposts around the community and positioned scouts outside of their walls before arriving to pick up his demanded supplies.
The members of The Saviors seem to possess great accuracy in their weapon use as they easily were able to shoot the pistols out of the hands of Rick, Holly, Heath, and Nicholas from a distance while taking cover. This is also apparent as a sniper on top of The Sanctuary managed to score two headshot kills, as Rick confronted Negan with his militia, before being killed himself.
After Negan manages to escape Alexandria, the Saviors gear up for war against Alexandria and the Hilltop. Their sanctuary is nearly compromised in the attack, as the noise from the battle attracts walkers from around the area and forces them to barricade themselves inside, though Holly is captured in the process. The Saviors and Rick's army engage in several battles, with the Saviors losing outposts and men before they take the fight to Alexandria and inflict severe damage, forcing its inhabitants to retreat to the Hilltop.
Negan instructs the Saviors to begin using infested weapons to ensure their opponents' demises, and they proceed to the endgame at the Hilltop. The two groups fight once more, and during the battle Negan instructs Dwight to hit Rick with an arrow (which he assumes is covered in walker guts), which he does. The Saviors retreat after the militia takes countermeasures against their attacks.
Negan returns to the Hilltop the next day, but his leadership is usurped and Negan incapacitated in a joint effort from Dwight and the militia to end his reign. Negan is handed over to them, and Dwight assumes leadership of the group, effectively ending the war. It is unknown what happened to them after the two-year timeskip.
The Saviors are thriving under Dwight's leadership and are part of the community network. However, it's revealed that at least half of the Saviors are not satisfied with the new policy, and still do not trust Rick.
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The Saviors possessed roughly 70 members before the war, a number of them having taken position around various parts of the wasteland watching each survivor community, including several surrounding the Alexandria Safe-Zone. One particular outpost is located within a few miles walking distance from the Alexandria Safe-Zone, with a female member present, revealing the Saviors have women within their ranks. [1][2]
As Rick's group returned to the Alexandria Safe-Zone from the Hilltop Colony, they were confronted by a four-man squad of Saviors, who demanded that they turn over their goods in the name of Negan. As Rick Grimes had never dealt with the Saviors before, he made the decision to oppose their demands and signaled to Andrea to attack. Andrea shot two of the Saviors to their deaths while Michonne leaped out of the van and decapitated another. Rick informed the surviving Savior, who appeared to be the four-man squad's ringleader, to return to Negan with a message: the Saviors no longer need to protect the Hilltop Colony and that, as they demanded the colony, they owed Ricks' group half of their supplies now.
The remaining Savior fled while Rick and the others returned to the Alexandria Safe-Zone. Later, Rick held a meeting and told the residents of the agreement he made with Paul Monroe and Gregory about protecting the colony from the Saviors, referring to them as hot air and a lesser threat, and promised that they would not be much trouble. Rick then asked if anyone disagreed to protect the Hilltop Colony in exchange for food; no one objected and the decision was made. The next day, early in the morning, Abraham Ford and Eugene Porter left for several stores to collect spent bullet casings and tools to make new ammo. Eugene pressed Abraham to make the journey.
However, Eugene was unaware of the Saviors' planned retaliation attack for the deaths of three of their group by the hands of Michonne and Andrea, as Rick had wished to wait until morning to tell them of the new threat. While the two conversed, the topic led to Rosita Espinosa, Abraham's former girlfriend. Abraham told Eugene that he regretted the way he had treated Rosita and left her, and expressed that even though he no longer loved her, that he genuinely hoped Eugene could bring Rosita happiness the way Holly had brought him happiness.
However, Abraham was then abruptly struck with a crossbow arrow through the back of his head and out his eye, effectively killing him. Dwight, a member of the Saviors who fired the arrow, then took a stunned Eugene hostage.
The Saviors used Eugene to lead them to the Alexandria Safe-Zone and demanded that Rick let them in. Rick refused, and a firefight ensued which led to almost a dozen Saviors deaths. Eugene used the commotion to bite Dwight in the crotch and escape death as Dwight and the remaining members retreated. Rick and Andrea chased the Saviors to kill them, but instead of finding any of them, they found Abraham's corpse being gnawed on by a zombie.
After they disposed of the zombie, they brought back Abraham's body for burial in Issue 98. Late in Issue 99, a small group of Saviors spied on the colony with one Savior telling the others to inform Negan that they will attack at dawn.
Rick led a group of Community survivors which included Michonne, Carl, Glenn, Maggie, Sophia, and Hilltop Colony[Hilltop Colony following the death of Abraham. Along the way, they realized they had underestimated the length of time it would take to reach Hilltop, and decided to stop on the roadside for the night. At some point during the night, a group of four Saviors snuck up on their vehicle and captured Rick. His captor ended up being the Savior who Rick had let live earlier in order to deliver a message to Negan. The group of four alerted Negan, along with a bulky group of Saviors in the area, that they had captured Rick.
Negan arrived with his fellow Saviors and proceeded to taunt the group while attempting to mentally break Rick before the others. He proceeded to inform them that they and the Alexandria Safe-Zone were now property of the Saviors. In retribution of the violence towards his men, he told them that one of them would die from his favorite weapon, "Lucille", a baseball bat wrapped with barbed wire.
Before the decision was made of who to kill, Negan threatened to have Carl raped if Rick continued to resist his rule. He also personally threatens to rape Rick before the group as well as point out his discomfort with being considered racist, so he decided to use the "eenie-meenie" method to select his victim, who was eventually revealed to be Glenn.
After Glenn was brutally beaten to death before the others, Rick promised to kill Negan one day. Before leaving, however, Negan beat Rick with his bare hands, telling the group that they were to | 1,072 |
\section{Introduction}
Monte Carlo simulations are an essential tool in the analysis of modern
collider experiments. These event generators contain a large number of both perturbative
and non-perturbative parameters which are tuned to a wide range of
experimental data. While significant effort has been devoted to
the tuning of the parameters to produce a best fit there has been much less
effort understanding the uncertainties in these results.
Historically a best fit result, or at best a small
number of tunes, are produced and used to predict observables making
it difficult to assess the uncertainty on any prediction.
The ``Perugia'' tunes\cite{Skands:2010ak,Cooper:2011gk} have
addressed this by producing a range of tunes by varying specific parameters in the
\textsf{{\sc{Pythia}}}~\cite{Sjostrand:2006za} event generator to produce an uncertainty.
Here
we make use of the \textsf{Professor} Monte Carlo tuning system~\cite{Buckley:2009bj}
to give an assessment of the uncertainty by varying all the parameters simultaneously
about the best-fit values by diagonalizing the error matrix.
This then allows us to systematically estimate the uncertainty on any Monte Carlo
prediction from the tuning of the event generator. We will illustrate
this by considering the uncertainty on jet substructure searches for the Higgs boson
at the LHC.
As the LHC takes increasing amounts of data the discovery of the Higgs
boson is likely in the near future. Once we have discovered the Higgs
boson, most likely in the diphoton channel, it will be vital to
explore other channels and determine if the properties of the observed
Higgs boson are consistent with the Standard Model. For many years it
was believed that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to observe
the dominant $h^0\rightarrow b\,\bar{b}$ decay mode of a light Higgs
boson. However, in recent years the use of jet
substructure~\cite{Butterworth:2008iy,Ellis:2009su,Ellis:2009me,Kribs:2009yh,
Kribs:2010hp,Kribs:2010ii,Butterworth:2009qa,Aaltonen:2011pg,Bai:2011mr,
Vermilion:2011nm,Plehn:2009rk,Seymour:1993mx,Abdesselam:2010pt,Feige:2012vc,
Altheimer:2012mn,Yang:2011jk}
offers the possibility of observing this mode. Jet substructure for
$h^0\rightarrow b\,\bar{b}$ as a Higgs boson search channel, was first
studied in Ref.~\cite{Butterworth:2008iy} building on previous work of
a heavy Higgs boson decaying to $W^\pm$ bosons~\cite{Seymour:1993mx},
high-energy $WW$ scattering \cite{Butterworth:2002tt} and SUSY decay
chains \cite{Butterworth:2007ke}, and subsequently reexamined in
Refs.~\cite{Kribs:2009yh,Plehn:2009rk}. Recent studies at the
LHC~\cite{ATLAS-CONF-2011-073, ATL-PHYS-PUB-2009-088,
CMS-PAS-JME-10-013} have also shown this approach to be promising.
The study in Ref.~\cite{Butterworth:2008iy} was carried out using the
(\textsf{FORTRAN}) \textsf{HERWIG 6.510} event generator~\cite{Corcella:2000bw,Corcella:2002jc}
together with the simulation of the underlying event using \textsf{JIMMY 4.31}~\cite{Butterworth:1996zw}.
In order to allow the inclusion of new theoretical developments and improvements
in non-perturbative modelling a new simulation based on the same physics philosophy
\textsf{Herwig++}, currently version \textsf{2.6}~\cite{Bahr:2008pv,Arnold:2012fq}, is now preferred
for the simulation of hadron--hadron collisions.
\textsf{Herwig++} includes both an improved theoretical description
of perturbative QCD radiation, in particular for radiation from heavy quarks,
such as bottom, together with improved non-perturbative modeling, especially
of multiple parton--parton scattering and the underlying event.
In \textsf{FORTRAN} \textsf{HERWIG} a crude implementation of the
dead-cone effect~\cite{Marchesini:1989yk} meant that there was no radiation
from heavy quarks for evolution scales below the quark mass, rather than a smooth suppression of soft collinear radiation.
In \textsf{Herwig++} an improved choice of evolution variable~\cite{Gieseke:2003rz} allows
evolution down to zero transverse momentum
for radiation from heavy particles and reproduces the correct soft limit.
There have also been significant developments of the multiple-parton scattering model
of the underlying event~\cite{Bahr:2008dy,Bahr:2008wk}, including colour reconnections~\cite{Gieseke:2012ft}
and tuning to LHC data~\cite{Gieseke:2011xy}.
The background to jet substructure searches for the Higgs boson comes from
QCD jets which mimic the decay of a boosted heavy particle. Although
\textsf{Herwig++} has performed well in some early studies of jet
substructure~\cite{CMS-PAS-JME-10-013,ATLAS:2012am,ATLASTEMP}, it is important
that we understand the uncertainties in our modelling of the background
jets which lie at the tail of the jet mass distribution.
In addition we improve
the simulation of Higgs boson decay by implementing the next-to-leading-order~(NLO)
corrections to
Higgs boson decay to heavy quarks in the POWHEG~\cite{Nason:2004rx,Frixione:2007vw} formalism.
In the next section we present our approach for the tuning of the parameters,
which effect QCD radiation and hadronization, in \textsf{Herwig++} together
with the results of our new tune. We then recap the key features of the
Butterworth, Davison, Rubin and Salam (BDRS) jet substructure technique of
Ref.\,\cite{Butterworth:2008iy}. This
is followed by our results using both the leading and
next-to-leading-order matrix elements in \textsf{Herwig++} with
implementation of the next-to-leading-order Higgs boson decays and our estimate
on the uncertainties.
\section{Tuning \textsf{Herwig++}}
Any jet substructure analysis is sensitive to
changes in the simulation of initial- and final-state radiation, and hadronization.
In particular the non-perturbative nature of the phenomenological
hadronization model means there are a number of parameters which are
tuned to experimental results.
\textsf{Herwig++} uses an improved angular-ordered parton shower
algorithm~\cite{Gieseke:2003rz,Bahr:2008pv} to describe perturbative QCD
radiation together with a cluster hadronization model~\cite{Webber:1983if,Bahr:2008pv}.
The \textsf{Herwig++} cluster model is based on the concept of
preconfinement \cite{Amati:1979fg}. At the end of the parton-shower
evolution all gluons are non-perturbatively split into quark-antiquark pairs.
All the partons can then be formed into colour-singlet clusters
which are assumed to be hadron precursors and
decay according to phase space into the observed
hadrons. There is a small fraction of heavy clusters for which this
is not a reasonable approximation which are therefore first fissioned
into lighter clusters. The main advantage of this model, when
coupled with the angular-ordered parton shower is that it has fewer
parameters than the string model as
implemented in the \textsf{{\sc{Pythia}}}~\cite{Sjostrand:2006za} event generator
yet still gives a reasonable description of collider observables
\cite{Buckley:2011ms}.
To tune \textsf{Herwig++}, and investigate the dependency of observables on the
shower and hadronization parameters, the \textsf{Professor} Monte
Carlo tuning system~\cite{Buckley:2009bj} was used. \textsf{Professor}
uses the \textsf{Rivet} analysis framework~\cite{Buckley:2010ar} and
a number of simulated event samples, with different Monte Carlo parameters, to
parameterise the dependence of each observable\footnote{Normally this is
either an observation such as a multiplicity or a bin in a measured distribution.}
used in the tuning on the parameters of the Monte Carlo event generator.
A heuristic chi-squared function
\begin{equation}
\chi^{\prime\,2}(\boldsymbol{p}) =
\sum_{\mathcal{O}}w_{\mathcal{O}}\sum_{b\in\mathcal{O}}
\frac{\left(f^b(\boldsymbol{p})-\mathcal{R}_b\right)^2}{\Delta^2_b},
\end{equation}
is constructed where $\boldsymbol{p}$ is the set of parameters being tuned, $\mathcal{O}$
are the observables used each with weight
$w_\mathcal{O}$, $b$ are the different bins in each observable distribution
with associated experimental measurement $\mathcal{R}_b$,
error $\Delta_b$ and Monte Carlo prediction $f^b(\boldsymbol{p})$.
Weighting of those observables for which a good description of the
experimental result is important is used in most cases.
The parameterisation of the event generator response, $f(\boldsymbol{p})$, is then
used to minimize the $\chi^{\prime\,2}$ and find the optimum parameter values.
There are ten main free parameters which affect the
shower and hadronization in \textsf{Herwig++}.
These are shown in
Table~\ref{tab:defaultParams} along with their default values and
allowed ranges.
The gluon mass, {\tt{GluonMass}}, is required to
allow the non-perturbative decay of gluons into $q\bar q$ pairs and controls
the energy release in this process.
{\tt{PSplitLight}}, {\tt{ClPowLight}}\ and {\tt{ClMaxLight}}\ control the mass distributions
of the clusters produced during the fission of heavy clusters. {\tt{ClSmrLight}}\ controls
the smearing of the direction of hadrons containing a (anti)quark from the
perturbative evolution about the direction of the (anti)quark.
{\tt{AlphaMZ}}\ is strong coupling at the $Z^0$ boson mass and controls
the amount of QCD radiation in the parton shower, while {\tt{Qmin}}\ controls
the infrared behaviour of the strong coupling. {\tt{pTmin}}\ is the minimum
allowed transverse momentum in the parton shower and controls the amount
of radiation and the scale at which the perturbative evolution terminates.
{\tt{PwtDIquark}}\ and {\tt{PwtSquark}}\ are the probabilities of selecting
a diquark-antidiquark or $s\bar s$ quark pair from the vacuum during
cluster splitting, and affect the production of baryons and
strange hadrons respectively.
Previous experience of tuning \textsf{Herwig++} has
found that {\tt{Qmin}}, {\tt{GluonMass}}, {\tt{ClSmrLight}} \,and {\tt{ClPowLight}} \, to be
flat, and so it was chosen to fix these at their default values~\cite{Bahr:2008pv}.
\begin{table}[t]
\footnotesize
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|l| c| c| c| c|}
\hline
Parameter & Default Value & Allowed Range & Scanned Range & Optimum Value \\
\hline \hline
{\tt{Qmin}} & 0.935 & $\geq 0$ & $0.500 - 2.500$ & Fixed at default\\
{\tt{GluonMass}} & 0.95 & $0 - 1$ & $0.75 - 1.00$ & Fixed at default \\
{\tt{ClSmrLight}} & 0.78 & $0 - 2$ & $0.30 - 3.00$ & Fixed at default \\
{\tt{ClPowLight}} & 1.28 & $0 - 10$ & $0.50 - 4.00$ & Fixed at default \\
{\tt{pTmin}} & 1.00 & $\geq 0$ & $0.50 - 1.50$ & $0.88$ \\
{\tt{AlphaMZ}} & 0.12 & $\geq 0$ & $0.10 - 0.12$ & $0.11$ \\
{\tt{ClMaxLight}} & 3.25 & $0 - 10$ & $3.00 - 4.20$ & $3.60$ \\
{\tt{PSplitLight}} & 1.20 & $0 - 10$ & $1.00 - 2.00$ & $0.90$ \\
{\tt{PwtDIquark}} & 0.49 & $0 - 10$ & $0.10 - 0.50$ & $0.33$ \\
{\tt{PwtSquark}} & 0.68 & $0 - 10$ & $0.50 - 0.80$ & $0.64$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{The ten parameters to which the jet substructure is most
sensitive with their default values, the allowed range of these values in
\textsf{Herwig++}, the range scanned over and
the new optimum value found from minimizing $\chi^{\prime\,2}$.}
\label{tab:defaultParams}
\end{center}
\end{table}
To determine the allowed variation of these parameters
\textsf{Professor} was used to tune the variables in
Table~\ref{tab:defaultParams} to the observables and weights found in
Appendix \ref{app:observables} in Tables \ref{tab:ALEPH_1996_S3486095},
\ref{tab:DELPHI_1996_S3430090}, \ref{tab:PDG_HADRON_MULTIPLICITIES}
and \ref{tab:DELPHI_2002_069_CONF_603}. The dependence of $\chi^{\prime2}$ on the
various parameters, about the minimum $\chi^{\prime2}$ value, is then diagonalized.
The variation of the parameters
along the eigenvectors in parameter space obtained corresponding to
a certain change, $\Delta\chi^{\prime\,2}$, in $\chi^{\prime\,2}$ can then be used to predict
the uncertainty in the Monte Carlo predictions for specific observables.
\begin{figure}[t!!]
\begin{center}
\subfigure[{\tt{pTmin}}]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{chi2_pTmin_tuneAdded.pdf}
\label{subfig:pTminScat}
}
\subfigure[{\tt{AlphaMZ}}]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{chi2_AlphaMZ_tuneAdded.pdf}
\label{subfig:AlphaMZScat}
}
\subfigure[{\tt{ClMaxLight}}]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{chi2_ClMaxLight_tuneAdded.pdf}
\label{subfig:ClMaxLightScat}
}
\subfigure[{\tt{PwtDIquark}}]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{chi2_PwtDIquark_tuneAdded.pdf}
\label{subfig:PwtDIquarkScat}
}
\subfigure[{\tt{PwtSquark}}]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{chi2_PwtSquark_tuneAdded.pdf}
\label{subfig:PwtSquarkScat}
}
\end{center}
\caption{The $\chi^{\prime\,2}/N_{\mathrm{df}}$ distributions for the
parameters that were varied from their default values
whilst determining the error tune. The scatter of the results gives
a representation of the systematics of tuning procedure.}
\label{fig:ParamsXDist}
\end{figure}
In theory, if the $\chi^{\prime\,2}$ measure for the parameterised generator
response is actually distributed as a true $\chi^2$, then a change in
the goodness of fit of one will correspond to a one sigma deviation from the
minima, {\it i.e.} the best tune. In practice, even the best tune does not
fit the data ideally and nor is the $\chi^{\prime\,2}$ measure actually
distributed according to a true $\chi^2$ distribution. This means that one cannot
just use \textsf{Professor} to vary the parameters about the minima to a given
deviation in the $\chi^{\prime\,2}$ measure without using some subjective opinion on
the quality of the results.
We simulated one thousand event samples with different randomly selected values
of the parameters we were tuning. Six hundred of these were used to interpolate
the generator response. All the event samples were used to select two hundred
samples randomly two hundred times in order to assess the systematics of the
interpolation and tuning
procedure. A cubic interpolation of the generator response
was used as this has been shown to
give a good description of the Monte Carlo behaviour in the region of
best generator response \cite{Buckley:2009bj}.
The parameters were
varied between values shown in Table~\ref{tab:defaultParams}. The
quality of the interpolation was checked by comparing the
$\chi^{\prime\,2}/N_{\mathrm{df}}$, where $N_{\mathrm{df}}$ is the number of observable bins used in the tune,
in the allowed parameter range on a parameter
by parameter basis for the observables by comparing the interpolation
response with actual generator response at the simulated parameter values. Bad
regions were removed and the interpolation repeated leaving a volume
in the 5-dimensional parameter space where the interpolation worked
well.
Fig.~\ref{fig:ParamsXDist} shows the $\chi^{\prime\,2}/N_{df}$
distributions for two hundred tunes based on two hundred randomly selected event samples
points for the cubic interpolation. The spread of these values gives an idea of the
systematics of the tuning process showing that we have obtained a good fit for
our parameterisation of the generator response.
The line indicates the tune which is
based on a cubic interpolation from six hundred event samples. It is this
interpolation which was used to vary $\chi^{\prime\,2}$ about the minimum to
assess the uncertainty on the measured distributions.
During the tune
it was discovered that {\tt{PSplitLight}} \, was relatively insensitive to the
observables used in the tune. As such, {\tt{PSplitLight}} \, was fixed at the default value
of 1.20 during the tune and subsequent $\chi^{\prime\,2}$ variation.
\textsf{Professor} was used to vary $\chi^{\prime\,2}$ about the minimum value, as described
above, determining the allowed range for the parameters.
As five parameters were eventually varied, there are 10
new sample points - one for each of the parameters and one ``+'' and
one ``-'' along each eigenvector direction in parameter space.
\begin{figure}[h!!!]
\begin{center}
\subfigure[Out-of-plane $p_T$]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{DELPHI_1996_S3430090_d02-x01-y01-merged-5.pdf}
\label{subfig:delphid02-5}
}
\subfigure[1-Thrust]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{DELPHI_1996_S3430090_d11-x01-y01-merged-5.pdf}
\label{subfig:delphid11-5}
}
\end{center}
\caption{Results from the DELPHI~\protect\cite{Abreu:1996na} analysis of out-of-plane $p_T$ with-respect-to the thrust axis and 1-thrust
showing the new tune and the envelopes corresponding to a change in $\Delta \chi^{\prime\,2}/N_{\mathrm{df}} =5$.}
\label{fig:delphi5}
\begin{center}
\subfigure[Out-of-plane $p_T$]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{DELPHI_1996_S3430090_d02-x01-y01-merged-10.pdf}
\label{ssubfig:delphid02-10}
}
\subfigure[1-Thrust]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{DELPHI_1996_S3430090_d11-x01-y01-merged-10.pdf}
\label{subfig:delphid11-10}
}
\end{center}
\caption{Results from the DELPHI~\protect\cite{Abreu:1996na} analysis of out of plane $p_T$ with-respect-to the thrust axis and 1-thrust showing the new tune and the envelopes corresponding to a change in $\Delta \chi^{\prime\,2}/N_{\mathrm{df}} =10$.}
\label{fig:delphi10}
\end{figure}
Various changes in $\chi^{\prime\,2}$ were examined. A variation of $\Delta \chi^{\prime\,2}/N_{\mathrm{df}} = 5$ keeps the LEP data within reasonable limits while a variation of
$\Delta \chi^{\prime\,2}/N_{\mathrm{df}} = 10$ is too large. The values for both $\Delta \chi^{\prime\,2}/N_{\mathrm{df}}
= 5$ and $\Delta \chi^{\prime\,2}/N_{\mathrm{df}} = 10$ are shown in are shown in
Tables~\ref{tab:errorParams5} and Tables~\ref{tab:errorParams10}
respectively.
\begin{table}[t]
\footnotesize
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|l| c| c|| c| c|| c| c|| c| c|| c| c|}
\hline
\multirow{3}{*}{Parameter} & \multicolumn{10}{|c|}{Direction} \\ \cline{2-11}
& \multicolumn{2}{|c||}{1} & \multicolumn{2}{|c||}{2}& \multicolumn{2}{|c||}{3}& \multicolumn{2}{|c||}{4}& \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{5} \\
\cline{2-11} & + & - & + & - & + & - & + & - & + & - \\
\hline \hline
{\tt{pTmin}} & 0.88 & 0.88 & 0.88 & 0.88 & 0.84 & 0.93 & 0.87 & 0.90 & 0.89 & 0.87 \\
{\tt{AlphaMZ}} & 0.11 & 0.11 & 0.10 & 0.12 & 0.12 & 0.11 & 0.12 & 0.11 & 0.12 & 0.11 \\
{\tt{ClMaxLight}} & 3.61 & 3.61 & 3.61 & 3.61 & 3.60 & 3.62 & 3.66 & 3.55 & 3.54 & 3.67 \\
{\tt{PwtDIquark}} & 0.46 & 0.23 & 0.33 & 0.33 & 0.33 & 0.33 & 0.33 & 0.33 & 0.33 & 0.33 \\
{\tt{PwtSquark}} & 0.64 & 0.64 & 0.64 & 0.64 & 0.64 & 0.64 & 0.62 & 0.67 & 0.51 & 0.78 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{The five directions corresponding to the error tune for a $\Delta \chi^{\prime\,2}/N_{\mathrm{df}} = 5$
and the values the parameters take in each direction.}
\label{tab:errorParams5}
\end{center}
\footnotesize
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|l| c| c|| c| c|| c| c|| c| c|| c| c|}
\hline
\multirow{3}{*}{Parameter} & \multicolumn{10}{|c|}{Direction} \\ \cline{2-11}
& \multicolumn{2}{|c||}{1} & \multicolumn{2}{|c||}{2}& \multicolumn{2}{|c||}{3}& \multicolumn{2}{|c||}{4}& \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{5} \\
\cline{2-11} & + & - & + & - & + & - & + & - & + & - \\
\hline \hline
{\tt{pTmin}} & 0.88 & 0.88 & 0.88 & 0.88 & 0.82 & 0.95 & 0.86 & 0.90 & 0.89 & 0.87 \\
{\tt{AlphaMZ}} & 0.11 & 0.11 & 0.10 & 0.12 & 0.12 & 0.10 & 0.12 & 0.10 & 0.12 & 0.11 \\
{\tt{ClMaxLight}} & 3.61 & 3.61 & 3.61 & 3.61 & 3.59 & 3.63 & 3.68 & 3.52 & 3.52 & 3.70 \\
{\tt{PwtDIquark}} & 0.51 & 0.19 & 0.33 & 0.33 & 0.33 & 0.33 & 0.33 & 0.33 & 0.33 & 0.33 \\
{\tt{PwtSquark}} & 0.64 & 0.64 & 0.64 & 0.64 & 0.65 & 0.64 & 0.61 & 0.68 & 0.46 & 0.84 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{The five directions corresponding to the error tune for a $\Delta \chi^{\prime\,2}/N_{\mathrm{df}} = 10$
and the values the parameters take in each direction.}
\label{tab:errorParams10}
\end{center}
\end{table}
\begin{figure}[h!!]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.65\textwidth]{PSplitLight.pdf}
\end{center}
\label{fig:PSplitLight}
\caption{A scan of {\tt{PSplitLight}} \, using the internal \textsf{Herwig++}
tuning system with the other parameters fixed at their new tuned value.
From the total $\chi^{\prime\,2}/N_{\mathrm{df}}$ we see that a value of $0.90$
for {\tt{PSplitLight}} \, is favoured at the new tuned parameters driven
by the multiplicities.}
\end{figure}
The \textsf{Professor} tune was then compared with the internal
\textsf{Herwig++} tuning procedure \cite{Bahr:2008pv} as not all
analyses that are in the internal \textsf{Herwig++} tuning system are
available in \textsf{Rivet} and subsequently accessible to
\textsf{Professor}. Looking at Fig.~\ref{fig:PSplitLight} it is
found that {\tt{PSplitLight}} \, at a value of $0.90$ is favoured and gives a
significant reduction in the $\chi^{\prime\,2}/N_{\mathrm{df}}$. It was
therefore decided to use the values obtained from minimisation
procedure, but using the value of $0.90$ for {\tt{PSplitLight}} \, to
maintain a good overall description of the data. The new minima for
the QCD parameters are summarized in the Table~\ref{tab:defaultParams}.
Examples of the new tune and the uncertainty band are shown in
Figs.\,\ref{fig:delphi5}~and~\ref{fig:delphi10} for
the out-of-plane transverse momentum and thrust measured by DELPHI~\cite{Abreu:1996na}.
These error tune values can now be used to predict the uncertainty
from the tuning of the shower parameters on any observable. In the next
section we will present an example of using these tunes to
estimate the uncertainty on the predictions for searches for the
Higgs boson using the BDRS jet substructure method.
\section{Jet Substructure Boosted Higgs}
\begin{figure}[t!!]
\begin{center}
\subfigure[Selection criterion (a)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{HIGGSANALYSISA_LO.pdf}
\label{subfig:HiggsMassALO}
}
\subfigure[Selection criterion (b)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{HIGGSANALYSISB_LO.pdf}
\label{subfig:HiggsMassBLO}
}
\subfigure[Selection criterion (c)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{HIGGSANALYSISC_LO.pdf}
\label{subfig:HiggsMassCLO}
}
\subfigure[Sum of criteria (a), (b) and (c)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{ADDED_LO.pdf}
\label{subfig:HiggsMassAddedLO}
}
\end{center}
\caption{Results for the reconstructed Higgs boson mass distribution using leading-order matrix elements.
A SM Higgs boson was assumed with a mass of 115 $\mathrm{GeV}$. In addition to the full result the
contribution from top quark pair production~($t\bar t$), the production of $W^\pm$~(W+Jet)
and $Z^0$~(Z+Jet) bosons in association with a hard jet, vector boson pair production~(VV)
and the production of a vector boson in association with the Higgs boson~(V+Higgs), are
shown.}
\label{fig:loPlots}
\end{figure}
The analysis of Ref.~\cite{Butterworth:2008iy} uses a number of
different channels for the production of the Higgs boson decaying
to $b\bar{b}$ in association with an electroweak gauge boson, {\it i.e.} the
production of $h^0Z^0$ and $h^0W^\pm$. Ref.~\cite{Butterworth:2008iy} uses the fact that the Higgs boson
predominantly decays to $b\,\bar{b}$ in a jet substructure analysis to
extract the signal of a boosted Higgs boson above the various backgrounds. Their study
found that the Cambridge-Aachen
algorithm~\cite{Dokshitzer:1997in,Wobisch:2000dk} with radius parameter
$\mathrm{R}=1.2$ gave the best results when combined
with their jet substructure technique. For our study,
we used the Cambridge-Aachen algorithm as implemented in the \textsf{FastJet}
package \cite{Cacciari:2005hq}.
Three different event selection criteria are used:
\begin{enumerate}[(a)]
\item a lepton pair with $80 \, \mathrm{GeV} < m_{l^+l^-} < 100 \, \mathrm{GeV}$ and
$p_T > p_T^{\min}$
to select events for \mbox{$Z^0\to\ell^+\ell^-$};
\item missing transverse momentum $\slashed p_T > p_T^{\mathrm{min}}$ to select events
with \mbox{$Z^0\to\nu\bar\nu$};
\item missing transverse momentum $\slashed p_T > 30 \, \mathrm{GeV}$ and a lepton with
$p_T > 30 \, \mathrm{GeV}$ consistent with the presence of a $\mathrm{W}$ boson with $p_T > p_T^{\min}$ to select events with $W\to\ell\nu$;
\label{analysis:W}
\end{enumerate}
where $p_T^{\min} = 200 \, \mathrm{GeV}$.
\begin{figure}[t!!]
\begin{center}
\subfigure[Selection criterion (a)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{HIGGSANALYSISA_NLO.pdf}
\label{subfig:HiggsMassANLO}
}
\subfigure[Selection criterion (b)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{HIGGSANALYSISB_NLO.pdf}
\label{subfig:HiggsMassBNLO}
}
\subfigure[Selection criterion (c)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{HIGGSANALYSISC_NLO.pdf}
\label{subfig:HiggsMassCNLO}
}
\subfigure[Sum of criteria (a), (b) and (c)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{ADDED_NLO.pdf}
\label{subfig:HiggsMassAddedNLO}
}
\end{center}
\caption{Results for the reconstructed Higgs boson mass distribution using
leading-order matrix elements for top quark pair production~($t\bar t$), and
the production of $W^\pm$~(W+Jet)
and $Z^0$~(Z+Jet) bosons in association with a hard jet.
The next-to-leading-order corrections are included for
vector boson pair production~(VV)
and the production of a vector boson in association with the Higgs boson~(V+Higgs)
as well as in the decay of the Higgs boson, $h^0 \rightarrow b \,\bar{b}$.
A SM Higgs boson was assumed with a mass of 115 $\mathrm{GeV}$.}
\label{fig:nloPlots}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}[t]
<|fim_middle|>Herwig++}
with both leading- and next-to-leading-order matrix elements including a POWHEG simulation of
the decay $h^0\rightarrow b \bar{b}$.
We find that while the jet substructure technique has significant
potential as a Higgs boson discovery channel, we need to be confident of our tunes to
investigate this with Monte Carlo simulations.
The error tunes and procedure here can now be used in other
analyses where the uncertainty due to the Monte Carlo simulation is
important.
\section{Acknowledgements}
We are grateful to all the other members of the \textsf{Herwig++}
collaboration and Hendrik Hoeth for valuable discussions and the authors
of Ref.~\cite{Butterworth:2008iy} for help in reproducing their results.
We acknowledge the use of the
UK Grid for Particle Physics in producing the results. This work was
supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council.
DW acknowledges support by the STFC studentship ST/F007299/1.
| \begin{center}
{
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.2}
\begin{tabular}{|c| c| c| c|}
\hline
\multicolumn{4}{|c|}{Significance} \\
\hline \hline
\multirow{1}{*}{Process} & Order & $\tfrac{S}{\sqrt{B}}$ & $\tfrac{S}{\sqrt{B}}$\\
\multirow{1}{*}{} & & \textsf{Herwig++} default & \textsf{Herwig++} tune\\
\hline
\multirow{2}{*}{$Z^0 \rightarrow l^+l^-$} & LO & 1.17 & $1.24^{+0.36}_{-0.11}$\\
& NLO & 1.57 & $1.96^{+0.29}_{-0.30}$\\ \hline
\multirow{2}{*}{$Z^0 \rightarrow \nu\,\bar{\nu}$} & LO & 2.18 & $2.89^{+0.19}_{-0.60}$\\
& NLO & 2.95 & $4.04^{+0.25}_{-0.90}$ \\ \hline
\multirow{2}{*}{$W \rightarrow l\,\nu$} & LO & 1.88 & $2.32^{+0.15}_{-0.27}$\\
& NLO & 2.63 & $3.20^{+0.29}_{-0.36}$\\ \hline
\multirow{2}{*}{Total} & LO & 2.98 & $3.71^{+0.29}_{-0.53}$\\
& NLO & 4.09 & $5.20^{+0.43}_{-0.81}$ \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
}
\caption{The significance of the different processes for the
leading- and next-to-leading-order matrix elements. The significance is
calculated using all masses in the range 112-120 $\mathrm{GeV}$.}
\label{tab:StoB}
\end{center}
\end{table}
In addition the presence of a hard jet with $p_{T_j} > p_T^{\min}$ with
substructure is required.
The substructure analysis of Ref.~\cite{Butterworth:2008iy} proceeds with the
hard jet $j$ with some radius $R_j$, a mass $m_j$ and in a mass-drop algorithm:
\begin{enumerate}
\item the two subjets which were merged to form the jet, ordered such that
the mass of the first jet $m_{j_1}$ is greater than that of the second
jet $m_{j_2}$, are obtained;
\label{MD:one}
\item if $m_{j_1} < \mu \,m_j$ and
\begin{equation}
y = \frac{\min(p_{Tj_1}^2,\,p_{Tj_2}^2)}{m_j^2}\Delta R^2_{j_1,j_2} > y_{\mathrm{cut}},
\end{equation}
where $\Delta R^2_{j_1,j_2}=(y_{j_1}-y_{j_2})^2+(\phi_{j_1}-\phi_{j_2})^2$, and
$p_{Tj_{1,2}}$, $\eta_{j_{1,2}}$, $\phi_{j_{1,2}}$ are
the transverse momenta, rapidities and azimuthal angles of jets 1 and 2,
respectively, then $j$ is in the heavy particle region.
If the jet is not in the heavy particle region the procedure is repeated using
the first jet.
\end{enumerate}
This algorithm requires that $j_{1,2}$ are $b$-tagged and takes $\mu =
0.67$ and \mbox{$y_{\mathrm{cut}} = 0.09$}.
A uniform $b$-tagging efficiency of 60\% was used
with a uniform mistagging probability of 2\%.
The heavy jet selected by this
procedure is considered to be the Higgs boson candidate jet. Finally,
there is a filtering procedure on the Higgs boson candidate jet,
$j$. The jet, $j$, is resolved on a finer scale by setting a new
radius $R_{\mathrm{filt}}=\mathrm{min}(0.3,R_{b\bar{b}}/2)$, where
from the previous mass-drop condition, $R_{b\bar{b}} = \Delta
R^2_{j_1,j_2}$. The three hardest subjects of this filtering process
are taken to be the Higgs boson decay products, where the two hardest
are required to be $b$-tagged.
All three analyses require that:
\begin{itemize}
\item after the reconstruction of the vector boson, there are
no additional leptons with pseudorapidity $|\eta| < 2.5$ and $p_T > 30 \, \mathrm{GeV}$;
\item other than the Higgs boson candidate, there are
no additional $b$-tagged jets with pseudorapidity $|\eta| < 2.5$ and $p_T > 50 \, \mathrm{GeV}$.
\end{itemize}
In addition, due to
top contamination, criterion (\ref{analysis:W}) requires that other
than the Higgs boson candidate, there are no additional $b$-tagged jets with
$|\eta| < 3$ and \mbox{$p_T > 30 \, \mathrm{GeV}$}. For all events, the candidate
Higgs boson jet should have $p_T > p_T^{\mathrm{min}}$. The analyses were implemented
using the \textsf{Rivet} system \cite{Buckley:2010ar}.
\begin{figure}[t!!]
\begin{center}
\subfigure[Selection criterion (a)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{HIGGSANALYSISA_LO_ENVELOPE.pdf}
}
\subfigure[Selection criterion (b)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{HIGGSANALYSISB_LO_ENVELOPE.pdf}
}
\subfigure[Selection criterion (c)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{HIGGSANALYSISC_LO_ENVELOPE.pdf}
}
\subfigure[Sum of criteria (a), (b) and (c)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{ADDED_LO_ENVELOPE.pdf}
}
\end{center}
\caption{Results for the reconstructed Higgs boson mass distribution using leading-order matrix elements.
A SM Higgs boson was assumed with a mass of 115 $\mathrm{GeV}$. The envelope shows
the uncertainty from the Monte Carlo simulation.}
\label{fig:loPlotsEnvelope}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[t!!]
\begin{center}
\subfigure[Selection criterion (a)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{HIGGSANALYSISA_NLO_ENVELOPE.pdf}
}
\subfigure[Selection criterion (b)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{HIGGSANALYSISB_NLO_ENVELOPE.pdf}
}
\subfigure[Selection criterion (c)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{HIGGSANALYSISC_NLO_ENVELOPE.pdf}
}
\subfigure[Sum of criteria (a), (b) and (c)]{
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{ADDED_NLO_ENVELOPE.pdf}
}
\end{center}
\caption{Results for the reconstructed Higgs boson mass distribution using
leading-order matrix elements for top quark pair production, and
the production of $W^\pm$ and $Z^0$ bosons in association with a hard jet.
The next-to-leading-order corrections are included for
vector boson pair production
and the production of a vector boson in association with the Higgs boson
as well as in the decay of the Higgs boson, $h^0 \rightarrow b \,\bar{b}$.
A SM Higgs boson was assumed with a mass of 115 $\mathrm{GeV}$.
The envelope shows the uncertainty from the Monte Carlo simulation.}
\label{fig:nloPlotsEnvelope}
\end{figure}
The plots shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:loPlots} use the leading-order matrix
elements for the production and decay of Higgs boson but
the $W$, $Z$ and top \cite{Hamilton:2006ms} have matrix element
corrections for their decays. The plots shown in
Fig.~\ref{fig:nloPlots} have leading-order $t\bar{t}$ production,
leading-order vector boson plus jet production (with the same matrix element
corrections as the LO matrix elements) but the NLO vector boson pair
production~\cite{Hamilton:2010mb} and NLO vector and Higgs boson associated
production~\cite{Hamilton:2009za}.
In addition we have implemented the corrections to the decay $h^0 \rightarrow b \,\bar{b}$
in the POWHEG scheme, as described in Appendix~\ref{app:powheg}.
The signal significances are outlined in Table~\ref{tab:StoB}.
The uncertainties due to the Monte Carlo simulation are shown as bands in
Figs.\,\ref{fig:loPlotsEnvelope}~and~\ref{fig:nloPlotsEnvelope}.
As there are correlations between the different processes the uncertainty is determined
for the sum of all processes. Whilst it would be possible to show the
envelope for the individual processes, this would not offer any
information on the envelope for the sum of the processes which is the
result of interest. In addition the uncertainty on the significance is
shown in Table~\ref{tab:StoB}.
\section{Conclusions}
Monte Carlo simulations are an essential tool in the analysis of modern
collider experiments. While significant effort has been devoted to
the tuning of the parameters to produce a best fit there has been much less
effort understanding the uncertainties in these results. In this paper
we have produced a set of tunes which can be used to assess this uncertainty
using the \textsf{Herwig++} Monte Carlo event generator.
We then used these tunes to assess the uncertainties on the mass-drop analysis
of Ref.~\cite{Butterworth:2008iy} using \textsf{ | 2,515 |
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My sister Jenny has lived in London for the past seven years. When she first moved there she lived in a big shared flat with her partner, a couple I had met in Edinburgh and a couple I hadn't ever met before. All of these people were part of a large and tight-knit group of friends, most of whom I didn't know. The first time I visited there was a party at their flat,<|fim_middle|> spell it out (what better way to ruin humour than to dissect it?). But if a group of people are laughing at something you don't understand and one of them continues laughing and makes eye contact with you – doesn't it feel like you are allowed to join in? Even if you don't 'get' the joke?
This is the part that is worth dissecting. If we can figure out what we, or others, say or do to make one another welcome – we can do it on purpose. We can use our observation and empathy to realise that somebody might feel they are on the margins of the group. And we know what to do to make them feel welcome, to make them feel part of the whole.
When I started up a new community group (a community circle, of which I will write more in later posts), I asked the founding members in the second meeting: "What was the best welcome you ever got?". I then invited people to really dissect the subtle yet tangible things that people said or did to make them feel so welcome. I would love to say that I was clever enough to anticipate the impact this would have on how welcoming that circle would become, but really I just lucked out. We ended up with a list of things we could do to make new members welcome, and it happens at every meeting.
There is a process at work here. Experience welcome. Reflect deeply and specifically about what happened. Call upon the 'welcoming tools' to make others feel wanted. You don't have to be the heart of the group to do this stuff. You don't have to be gregarious or even confident to extend the welcome. You just need to pick the tools that work with your personality and use them. Relentlessly. We can do this for each other. It works for everyone, even the people who seem 'different' to you – especially the people who seem different. Because if we all figured this out there would be no more exclusion. There would only be Welcome. | already in full swing when I arrived.
When I turned up, a bit weary after a full working week and a five hour train journey, my spirits were immediately lifted by the welcome I received. I know it sounds unlikely, but a group of her friends actually cheered when Jenny brought me through to the living room. They love my sister to bits and know how close we are, so people were very ready to accept me as part of their 'family'. Throughout the evening I was given the message, over and over again, "We are glad you are here".
I was offered a drink and food the second I had put down my bags. Several people immediately introduced themselves, taking a moment to really connect with me and acknowledge my arrival, even if they were mid-conversation. I was told, "I've been so excited to meet you!" more times than I could count. In a group of friends as established as this one there is inevitably a lexicon of inside jokes which could potentially alienate a newcomer, but this group of folk made sure I was included. I have to think hard to work out how they did this, but I believe it is worth figuring out… I think there is something about strong eye contact that is very inclusive. If people are laughing together about an ongoing joke, it doesn't always work to | 267 |
San Diego businesses struggle to survive amid pandemic
(KGTV) -- Local businesses struggle to survive as the pandemic drags on, and more restrictions are expected across San Diego county.
Farideh Sandahl<|fim_middle|> to do, and I've learned to continue with your head up and your tunnel vision on your goal," said Sandahl. | opened Blusandz boutique on Cedros Avenue in Solana Beach in 2017. Last week, she shut her doors for good.
"Heartbreaking, frustrating, it felt like a relief, as well," said Sandahl.
Sandahl said they made it through the initial shut down in March, but when COVID-19 cases surged in the summer, they couldn't recoup their losses.
"After the fourth of July, things just dropped. It was like a ghost-town," said Sandahl.
The Design District on Cedros Avenue is home to dozens of unique shops, restaurants, and coffee shops. Before the pandemic hit, the business owners were holding monthly outdoor strolls with live music.
"Leaping Lotus and The Belly Up, they were our lifeline. They were like the places to go," said Sandahl.
The Belly Up is currently holding shows online, and Lotus, formerly known as Leaping Lotus, closed in June.
"With COVID, it really killed that area," said Sandahl.
A few doors down, Caravan West and Curve Couture are advertising going out of business sales.
Sandahl says she'll continue working in the fashion industry.
"When I see people wear the clothes outside of my boutique, I was like oh, I sold that to them!"
She'll still sell her clothes on her website blusandz.com [blusandz.com]
"I learned, I learned what not to do, I learned what | 296 |
As Burma's reform-minded leadership opens the economy, automakers are seeking pole positions in what might become one of the world's fastest growing markets.
RANGOON — Mike Shwe Hlaing has a lot full of used SUVs and a potentially huge market to sell them to if Burma manages to spread some of the affluence blooming in its biggest city to a poor and still mostly road-less countryside.
One of the quaintest of many anachronisms in Rangoon, a city of moldering colonial villas and gleaming golden pagodas, used to be the decades-old Toyotas, Chevys and other clunkers wheezing down its mostly empty roads, a visible sign of sanctions and economic isolation. Now, the streets have filled with a flood of newer used cars, mostly from Japan.
As Burma's reform-minded leadership opens the economy after the former military rulers allowed elections in 2010, automakers are seeking pole positions in what might become one of the world's fastest growing markets for new and used cars.
Burma has only 2.3 million registered vehicles, nearly 2 million of which are motorcycles that are popular in the countryside but banned in Rangoon. Most of the 300,000 registered cars are in Rangoon and a few other cities.
Mike Shwe Hlaing works at Big Boss Brothers Service Co., one of scores of companies that branched into auto sales after the government revised its regulations in 2011, allowing Burmese citizens to sell 40 year-old junkers and get import licenses for newer, mostly used cars.
Rangoon's streets are lined with used car lots. But Toyota Motor Corp., General Motors Co., Chinese and Korean automakers are among many that have opened showrooms and are setting up distributorships. They hope to cater to growing numbers of wealthy businesspeople, international agencies and diplomats with the means to pay import and sales taxes that nearly double the sticker prices for imported vehicles.
Cars are still out of reach<|fim_middle|>. Now, they're being kept near a port outside the city, in row after dusty row. Nearby are parked hundreds of newly arrived cars, ambulances and other vehicles waiting to clear customs and hit Rangoon's increasingly jam-packed roads. | for most people in Burma, where annual incomes average US$200. Even a modest used compact from Japan such as a Toyota Corolla costs over $10,000 once shipping, taxes and other costs are included.
A short walk up bustling Kabar Aye Pagoda Road, Toyota's new showroom has just two vehicles on display: a shiny silver Prado Land Cruiser SUV and a sparkling white HiLux pickup. The dealership plans to eventually also offer Camrys and Corollas, said marketing manager Soe Mar Shwe.
A brand new Prado Land Cruiser costs $150,000, including the import license fee and taxes, said Soe. A HiLux pickup sells for $78,500. At Big Boss Brothers, a 1997 Prado sells for a still-hefty $35,000.
Across the parking lot, the Toyota service department is buzzing as staff rush to answer phone calls and deal with waiting customers. Toyota set up its service department in Burma in 1996 and only opened the Rangoon dealership last month.
Though it's just emerging from a half century of economic stagnation, Burma is drawing intense interest from automakers: further down the street is an outlet for BAIC, or Beijing Automotive Industrial Co. Further out, a Mazda distributorship. Chevrolet also recently announced an exclusive local distributor.
Online car sales may also be booming. There's no official data, but over a dozen such websites are operating.
There's huge room for growth in a country of over 60 million with only 38 vehicles per 1,000 people. That's far less than the United States, where the ratio is 800 per 1,000 people, or even China, where it's 60 per 1,000.
Soe, who has been with Toyota for 17 years, said she's ready to trade up from her Nissan sedan. Rangoon's traffic is a hassle, she admits, but she still likes driving.
"We cannot afford to have a driver, so we have to drive anyway," she said.
Because of the abysmal state of public transport in Rangoon, a city of 5 million, those who can afford to drive, do. Those who can't cram into ancient buses perched precariously on huge tires or hitch rides on pickups outfitted with benches and makeshift roofs.
For now, the market is mainly about used cars. Toyota Beltas, Honda Fits and Suzuki Swifts are among the popular smaller-sized cars favored for navigating packed roads and squeezing into tight parking spaces. For the countryside, high-riding SUVs are the wheels of choice.
Win Lai Aye, manager at parts supplier Aung Thein Than Co., said sales of lubricants and auto parts have slowed because the newer cars now on the roads require fewer repairs than the ancient vehicles they replaced.
But it's just a matter of time before business picks up. Burma's roads are in a rugged state, with only a fifth paved. The rest are dirt tracks that melt into mud during the five-month monsoon season.
"We expect that in two or three years, the demand for parts will rise again," Win said.
Win Lai Aye's own new car, a Toyota Mark II, she said proudly, is black, the same color favored by government officials in Burma. Most of Yangon's cars are white, since that's the color Japanese prefer.
Win Lai Aye was thrilled to get the sedan, but she's not so crazy about driving it in Rangoon.
"The traffic jams. Everywhere, traffic jams," she said, shaking her head.
Until recently, the oldest of Burma's clunkers were stacked 20 meters (60 feet) high in the "car cemetery" north of the city, waiting to be scrapped by a military-run steel plant | 806 |
Eric also got me this cookbook as a supplement to go with my Instant Pot! So far I've made the chili and cornbread. The chili was really good – and done super fast which was amazing. The cornbread was fine, but nothing to rave about, and it was tricky finding a pan that fit inside the instant pot to make it in. I'd probably skip using the Instant Pot for that. I'd recommend the book, but I won't share those recipes here since that's someone else's copyright.
I also used it to make tri-tip, and the kids have requested it frequently since (I mean, it's tri tip, who can blame them). I just put the frozen tri tip in with salt and pepper and ran the meat cycle twice and served with bbq sauce – SO good! I made fajitas once using this recipe – it was easy and yummy but there was a LOT more liquid than I expected that I didn't want to drain because it had all the flavor. I'll probably try it again but try draining the tomatoes first or something to see if I can get up to pressure without so much liquid. Finally I used my Instant Pot to make pulled BBQ chicken vaguely following these instructions – although really I just put as much chicken as I could reasonably fit in the instant pot with a bottle of BBQ sauce and used their cooking times, but it worked out great.
As far as basic things, I've used my instant pot to make rice and felt like<|fim_middle|> I wanted to share it with anyone who would like to use it.
All of the artwork came from Susan Fitch and you can find the original files for free on her site here and she graciously agreed to let me share these job charts with my readers using her artwork. You should check out her blog and Etsy shop, she has a lot of great things. The background papers came from Shabby Princess' free kit Celebrating. The fonts are Pea Sweet Caroline and Pea Cookie's Doodles from Kevin & Amanda's Fonts for Peas.
To create my final chore chart I printed the pages out on regular printer paper and then laminated it. If you don't own a laminator I've really liked the Purple Cows Hot & Cold Laminator that I have. I got mine for pretty inexpensive from Costco and I think they have them there pretty regularly, but I've found that I can get the laminating pouches for a good deal from Amazon. One trick I learned early on is that you have to be sure to cut out the little pieces you want to laminate (in this case the name tags) before laminating and then laminate them with enough space around the edges to not break the seal of the lamination. I then used a bunch of these little sticky magnets on the back of the chore chart and on the back of each name tag. The magnets aren't super strong so I put two on each of the name tags and six on the back of the chore chart itself. For now it's hanging on my refrigerator but I'm planning on getting one of these magnetic boards from Ikea and hang it on my wall… as soon as I can get the kids in order to go (hahahahahah, yeah right).
Anyways, here are the two files. Let me know if you like them and get any use out of them in your home! It always makes me happy when someone finds the resources I post useful 🙂 And of course, don't steal them and sell them or pass them off as your own. That's just not cool guys. I hope this helps you get your kitchen routine more in order too! | it wasn't any faster than my rice cooker, and the rice didn't turn out as good (but I was cooking more rice than I probably should have been). I think if I was cooking brown rice it might have been faster, but for regular white rice, I'll stick to my rice cooker. However I've used it to make hard boiled eggs and it was AWESOME! I used these instructions and it was super easy and fast, and most importantly the eggs peeled SO cleanly and easily. I'm a fan for sure.
That's basically how this chicken tortilla soup recipe came to be. This is my favorite crock pot soup, but with the times adjusted for an Instant Pot. I love this recipe because not only is it so yummy but the prep is really simple – dump several ingredients into the pot and let it go. The only real "prep" is chopping up an onion and rinsing the black beans.
Regardless of my kids' reactions, I really like this soup and I've served it several times to other people with positive reviews. If you're looking for a good excuse to bust your Instant Pot out of its box give this a try!
Put on the Instant Pot lid set to "Sealing". Push Pressure Cook and the plus button until it gets to 20 minutes (00:20). You can alternatively do this in a crock pot on low for 6-8 hour.
When the timer goes off do a "quick release" (use a spoon to move the lid stopper from "Sealing" to "Venting".
When the steam stops remove chicken breasts and shred the meat. Return to the Instant Pot.
Book our hotel away from Waikiki. When we were booking our room we thought it was important to be down in Waikiki so that we'd have access to all of the things – it seemed closer to all of the attractions and just generally where we thought we wanted to be. Looking at the North Shore seemed like it would be SO far away. What we didn't take into account is that the island is *really* small. Even in traffic to go as far as you'd want to go from end to end of the island would take maybe an hour and a half. If you're not going to Waikiki for the night life and shopping and super commercial side of things (which we definitely were not) I'd highly recommend staying somewhere else on the island. We stayed that the Marriott Courtyard in Waikiki – if instead we'd stayed at the Courtyard in Laie our parking would have been $10/night or in other words it would have saved us $100! It's more peaceful on the North Shore too, and it was closer to our favorite attraction (more on that later). This was by far the most important change that we would have made in our trip.
This is my biggest awesome find (other than the airfare). From Costco I got a 4 Day Go Oahu card for my husband and myself. You can book other lengths for the card directly from the Smart Destinations website (the provider of the Go Oahu card), or save a little money and get a 3 Day Go Oahu card from Groupon. At the time the Costco deal was the cheapest, but as of this writing I think the Groupon deal is probably best. Ok, so here's the deal with the Go Oahu card – for the duration of your card you can get into all 34 of their attractions for free! Plus, when you get a card that is at least 3 days in length you can go on one day to one of their premium attractions.
So here's what that means in layman terms, at least as far as our trip. So as we were planning our trip we knew there were two places we really wanted to visit – the Polynesian Cultural Center & Pearl Harbor. Without our Go Oahu card it was going to cost us $177/person for those attractions. Our Go Oahu card only cost us $167 through Costco. Basically it saved us $10 and then allowed us to go to 32 other places for FREE!
If we had planned out our trip better we really would have taken advantage of that card much more and gone to do the Dole plantation tour, and the tour of Iolani palace, and used it to get free snorkeling gear, and gone out on a catamaran ride, and rented paddle boards or kayaks, and done the guided Diamondhead tour… but we didn't, so we really just saved the $10. But hey! We saved $10!
Our absolute favorite thing from the trip was, hands down, the Polynesian Cultural Center. We were so glad that we used the Go Oahu card to get the Ali'i Luau package, which got us into a really great luau and the show in the evening. When we were planning we'd looked at the package and saw that we could get in at 12:30pm and that we wouldn't get done with the show until 9:30pm and thought that would be WAY too long to be there. So we decided that we'd make our way over to the PCC slowly and ended up starting our day there around 2:30pm. This was the biggest mistake of our trip! We so wished that we'd had those extra couple hours to look around and have time to go to all of the different stations. We didn't want a lot more time than that, but those extra couple hours would have really let us see all that the PCC had to offer. All of the people there were so friendly and helpful to show us around and give us suggestions of where to go. The presentations were informative and entertaining. The luau had delicious food and great entertainment. The evening show was absolutely spectacular and touching and just phenomenal. I can't say enough how much we enjoyed it. We did this on the first full day of our trip and it really got us into the island culture and feel right off the bat. It was so wonderful and we're so glad that we went.
Pearl Harbor was wonderful too, but in a totally different way. Whereas we wished we'd had more time at the PCC we sort of wish we'd split our time at Pearl Harbor up. We got there around 11:30 and by the time we left at 5pm we were over the whole thing. We started with the audio tour of the Arizona Memorial and the site itself. This was awesome. I felt like I learned so much and really got into what we were doing. The audio tour really helped us to go through the site in a meaningful way and feel like we got a real flavor for the events of that day. After that we went over to the USS Bowfin – a retired WWII submarine and took that audio tour. Following that we went into the submarine museum with yet another audio tour… at this point we were getting a little bit audio toured out and we just skipped around the museum and looked at a few things that were most interesting to us. Finally we went over to the aviation museum where we skipped the audio tour entirely and just walked around and looked at the airplanes. We think that if we'd instead done a little bit of Pearl Harbor over a few different days we could have enjoyed all of the audio tours and really gotten a great educational experience, but at the end of the day we were mostly just dazed and ready to do anything else except listen to another audio tour!
Aside from our Go Oahu card we also bought a LivingSocial deal for Parasailing for $66 for a tandem parasail. This was really fun, and gave us a different perspective of the island and was a fun experience overall! We shelled out another $30 for the boat operators to take pictures for us, plus left them with a tip, so in all it ended up costing us $106. It was fun, but I think if we'd found the Go Oahu card first we would have skipped this in favor of going to some of the other attractions on our Go Oahu card instead. We definitely would have just brought our cell phones and asked someone on the boat to snap a few pictures instead of paying for the "professional" pictures since most of them ended up being out of focus anyways 🙁 But it was still a really cool experience and a pretty reasonable price. We enjoyed our time out on the boat as well as in the air.
We also hiked to the top of Diamondhead one of the mornings while we were there. That was a fun experience and gave us some good exercise! Definitely make sure that you are well hydrated beforehand! When we arrived there were rescue crews bringing a man off the trail who had passed out on the hike. The hike isn't very technical and not terribly long, but it's pretty steep in some places and it definitely left me pretty winded! But it was totally worth the view from the top.
The first thing we did on our trip though was a rookie mistake – we forgot to pack ourselves a lunch for the plane at home. When we got to the airport we got a couple of sandwiches, 2 lemonades and a bag of chips… for $36!! When we got on the plane we found out that we could have gotten a reasonable snack pack for $5 each. Lesson learned: Even if you forget to pack a lunch, it's cheaper to eat on the plane than to pay airport "convenience" premiums!
When we got to the island we repented of our mistakes. To save a little bit we started our trip by going to the ABC Store (kind of a high end 7-11) and picked up some blueberry bread, cut pineapple and mango juice for our first breakfast. It might not have ended up saving us that much over just going to a restaurant, but since we were able to take that breakfast to the beach and watch the sunrise the first morning – totally worth it. We then went to Walmart and picked up some breakfast foods for the rest of our stay (sweet rolls, bananas) and some snacks (granola bars, chex mix, beef jerky, gum) and a flat of 30 water bottles with some crystal light. Those were great purchases that really helped us keep some of our costs down on our trip. Especially the water bottles – they cost us $5 and meant that we had water to take into all of our attractions, we used them in restaurants and just generally to keep ourselves hydrated – for $0.17 per bottle! We had quite a few left in the end that we left in our rental car – hopefully they got redistributed and not just thrown away!
The next day we went out in search of the famous Giovanni's Shrimp Truck. Don't be fooled by the fact that it's a food truck – it stays in the same place all the time. It was $12/plate – cash only! It was really good, although I personally enjoyed the rice more than the shrimp. Eric and I both got the shrimp scampi. The weird thing is that they cook the shrimp with the shell still on. Removing the shell was a messy process, but the sad part was once you did… you'd removed the garlic and olive oil that they'd cooked the shrimp in too. It was good shrimp, but it seemed kind of silly to go to the effort of making a scampi just to remove the flavored parts before eating it.
That night we ate at the PCC Luau which was awesome as I'd already said. All the more awesome because we wrapped that cost up in our Go Oahu card 😉 The next day after our Diamondhead hike we went to Pioneer Saloon at the recommendation of the Zomato app (this is where we got most of our food recommendations for the rest of the trip). It was Eric's very favorite meal of the whole trip! When we went in the menu was massive and a little overwhelming! We decided to go with the recommendations from the reviews on Zomato and we both got a ramen burger with everything (we were hungry after hiking Diamondhead!) They cost us $9/each but they were well worth it! The burgers were made with ramen noodles that had been cooked and then fried together to form a patty. Then on top they had a fried egg, avocado, sprouts, sauteed onions and mushrooms, lettuce and tomato. Oh, and the teriyaki patty too 🙂 It was SO delicious, and it really hit the spot after our hike. There were certainly cheaper things on the menu but we were very happy with that experience.
That night after our parasailing adventure we used Zomato again to find a Japanese noodle shop called Goma Tei Ramen. I got the Chicken Tan Tan Noodles and Eric got the Curry Noodles and we got some gyoza (potstickers) to split. We definitely did NOT need the potstickers to round out the meal – although they were very delicious. The bowls that they brought were huge! Eric definitely made the better choice in getting the curry noodles – his soup was really delicious. Mine was a little lackluster. I don't think they flavored the chicken before putting it in the soup so it wasn't great chicken. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. Eric mentioned afterwards that I probably should have added some soy sauce to it which hadn't occurred to me at the time. It was a fun culinary experience and it ran us another $40.
Before going to Pearl Harbor on Thursday we stopped at Liliha Bakery at the recommendation of a local friend. We got an onion pastry (sort of a savory croissant-ish thing?), a pizza roll and a malasada. The pastries were good, nothing to write home about but good. The malasada was unique but really sweet – we each ate a little bit and saved the rest for later. We were told that the better malasadas are at Leonard's Bakery, but we didn't get a chance to track those down. We probably should have brought a little more food because we were really hungry at the end of going to Pearl Harbor, but our timing was weird – we stopped at the bakery at about 10:45 after already eating breakfast. We weren't quite hungry for lunch but we wanted to be ready for Pearl Harbor. I think we could have bought a decent lunch there and then kept it in our car to eat after doing the tour and we would have probably been more happy overall.
After Pearl Harbor we went back to our trusty Zomato app and headed over to Dirty Lickin's Chicken for some chicken wings. We each got some breaded chicken strips and rice – and once again the rice was my favorite part 🙂 We got their combo meal which boasted corn and a salad – the corn was literally just cold canned corn and the salad was lettuce and ranch dressing. The chicken itself was good, but kind of dry. Our meal cost another $24.50, and while it was filling… it wasn't necessarily our favorite spot.
One thing I'd been told we absolutely had to do was go and get Hawaiian shaved ice. We'd been given a recommended location but by the time we got there on Thursday it was closed. So on Friday morning we searched out the nearby Waiola Shave Ice and for $4.50 we got this yummy treat. It was really good, although we were eating it at a weird time of day for ice cream. Before hopping on our flight back home we stopped at L&L Hawaiian. Eric got the chicken katsu and I got the fried shrimp plate. We got the regular sized plates and holy cow! It was a TON of food! We thought we'd get a reasonable amount but it was WAY more than we'd anticipated. We each ate about half of our meal, and then we went over to the Walgreens and bought some sandwich baggies that we packaged the rest of the meal into for our flight home. It wasn't what we were planning on eating on our flight home but it worked out surprisingly well. We even bagged up our rice and we were able to eat it straight out of the bag on the plane pretty easily, and the chicken and shrimp were surprisingly good. Since we had been struggling to find a place to pick up a sandwich or something similar for our flight home, this was a super happy mistake to have had that leftover food and that it packed up so much better than we'd hoped!
This is obviously is another place where we could have saved a decent amount of money. I'm being a little generous in the term "souvenirs". In this case "souvenirs" also means – hairspray, hair gel, hair clips and sunscreen that we could have brought from home but forgot. It also includes that I brought just one pair of shorts for Eric which he got dirty in the first hour of our first morning and we couldn't wash them out in the sink. Rather than being stuck in jeans for the whole trip we bought him a new pair of shorts, as well as a belt since we left his at my parents' house. We found leis for our kids at the ABC store for $1 and shell leis there for $1.50 each – so we bought one of each for each of our 3 kids. We bought a little hair clip for Maeli with a hawaiian flower and some shark tooth necklaces for the boys. We also bought some pineapple crunch chocolate for my brother and his girlfriend since they helped us plan the trip (she's native Hawaiian, so she gave us some good recommendations 😉 ). Finally for my parents we got them some chocolate covered macadamia nuts and a puzzle – we got the Maui one even though that's not where we went because it looked more fun than the Waikiki puzzle or the Polynesian Cultural Center puzzle. We also sent postcards to our kids, which they got a real kick out of. Our actual souvenirs really cost closer to $50, but I didn't know where else to categorize our other sundry purchases and since they mostly came home with us, they get to be souvenirs.
So that's it! That's how we had a wonderful vacation for 5 days in Hawaii for under $2500. When we got back the fitness tracker on my Pebble gave me a notification that said, "Do you feel really good? You've been sleeping really well this week. Keep up the good work!" I thought, "No kidding I've been sleeping well this week – I've spent a week without my kids! Don't get used to this!" It was a wonderful week, but it was really good to get back home to our kids 🙂 I hope that someone is able to use this information to plan their own affordable trip to Hawaii – or at least give you some good ideas of places to go! Let me know in the comments if you go and what places and deals you liked! Aloha!
For those of you who know me personally this will not come as much of a shock, but here's my confession for today – I am a terrible housekeeper. I really do try to keep up with the house but it just doesn't happen. I am not someone who enjoys cleaning and trying to keep a house clean that still has three young children in it seems like a near impossible task. However, I am trying.
My biggest pet peeve is keeping my kitchen clean. It seems like the most critical room in the house to keep clean but three times a day everything's being pulled out and despite my best efforts I am rarely on top of it. The dishes are my greatest nemesis and it's hard to keep everyone in the kitchen and helping me until the work is done. So I've finally come up with a solution – meet the dinner time chore chart!
It's really pretty basic, I've come up with 5 chores and each person in our family will be assigned one chore for the week which we will change on Monday nights as part of our Family Home Evening and night time privileges will not be granted until that chore is done. Anyways, I spent some time creating a cute chart and | 4,155 |
Feteer Meshaltet, Fetir or Fateer is the Egyptian layered pastry meaning 'cushion-like pie' – the stuffing or the filling coming in the form of chicken and cheese, sausage and cheese, tomatoes and olives, cream and honey or traditionally the simple Kraft Cheese! Had as a sweet or a salty savoury, the making of Feteer is an art in itself – a dramatic, action packed act in an opera. The video shows Chef Takrori making Feteers in the recently opened Helio Lounge in Dubai Marina. He is an expert hailing from a family where 3 generations have engaged themselves making Feteer. These F<|fim_middle|> very interesting man – he is the single USP! I'm slightly curious as to what Helios is going to do during the summers. They have more seating space in the terrace overlooking the Marina. It would be a shame if it turns into just a Sheesha joint. | eteers are a modern day, but a fine adaptation of the traditional Egyptian Feteers under the guidance of Celebrity chef Joe Barza, who is one of the top chefs in the Arab world and the creator of the menu of Helio – an Egyptian fusion menu with an international twist.
We watched in awe while Chef Takrori (above right) gave a classic performance while making these modern Feteers. Traditionally, Feteers are one of the most traditional dishes in Egypt – layered pastries with stuffing or filling. Served in bite size forms and a myriad of exquisite fillings, the Feteers, here, take the name Helios. There is an interesting mix of savoury Helios – minced beef with labna (also called Labneh or Greek yogurt, Süzme yogurt, yogurt cheese) in a crunchy mix of walnuts and pomegranate molasses; minced beef and Egyptian foul (fava beans) mildly spiced with garlic; chicken and spinach with cream sauce and cheese etc. And then there are some sweet Helios – the Choco – Halawa where the semi-dark chocolate is melted along with Halawa (what is Halawa?) and pistachio; caramel glazed apples with almonds and cinnamon; crushed almonds mixed with icing sugar; Khoshaf (Khoshaf is a dried fruit salad served at the end of most family meals in the Middle East) with an exotic mix of dried apricots, dates, prunes, figs and raisins, mixed with honey and cottage cheese; and finally, Coconut mixed with icing sugar. All Helios, whether savoury or sweet, are served with an interesting mix of dips that complement each filling. Of course, the menu has more than just Helios. The pictures below show the long rolls of Feteer before they went into the oven; after they came out of the oven; the traditional Halawa filling with Pistachio; and the Chocolate – Halawa filling.
Chef Joe Barza is a celebrity chef, well known television personality (co-host of the Middle Eastern version of the TV program Top Chef) and a culinary consultant. Our tête-à-tête revealed how interesting his career and his life has been (from being the personal bodyguard to the President of Lebanon to becoming the top Chef in the Arab world – a very interesting journey that you can read here), despite the hardships that he had to face in his early years. Because of time constraint, my blogger friend Debbie, of Coffee Cakes and Running, and I shared the Chef for the the interview. So some of our questions naturally seem to overlap and some the questions are hers.
You are originally from Lebanon. And your repertoire reflects your expertise in Lebanese cuisine and showcases Lebanese cuisine to the world. So how did the Egyptian fusion food happen? You see, if you love food and you have the technique and the imagination, then it is not difficult. I brainstormed with the owners many times and tried to understand what they have been visualizing. At night I scanned all these in my brains. And with 24 years of culinary experience, I created and conceptualized a menu that is exactly what the restauranteur had imagined. For me, Sugar is not just sugar. I respect the ingredient. For me – whether it is Japanese or Vietnamese, I respect the differences in each cuisine. Right now I'm working for a Vietnamese restaurant. For me, it's all about passion. I did a lot of research as well. Lebanese Cuisine is vast – there are thousands of different dishes. But there's not such a wide variety in Egyptian cuisine. I started looking at the backbone of traditional Egyptian cuisine – the Breads, the Rice, the Koshari (traditionally this is a rice-stuffed pigeon dish), the Tahmeya etc. and came up with a menu that is contemporary and modern, at the same time works around traditional Egyptian cuisine. A good presentation, a nice Salad, a bit of French fries and special dips – I think I tried to give the food it's value.
Do you source the ingredients locally? Are they organically produced? No, they are not always organic. But yes, the ingredients are all sourced locally. There are very good markets with good products in Dubai. They are a bit expensive but the quality is amazing. A lot of world class restaurants have opened up here. I've run promotions all over the world and I've realised that to make any venture commercially viable, one has to work cleverly with whatever options are available to him, how to be flexible while at the same time understanding the local culture.
You have been showcasing Lebanese cuisine to the world. Do you think that it is very easy or it is is very difficult to showcase one's regional cuisine? It is actually my pleasure to demonstrate my country's cooking. I wouldn't say that it is easy and I wouldn't say that it is difficult. Once I was demonstrating Lebanese cuisine in Venezuela. There were 400 people – no one spoke in any common language, nor had any idea about Lebanese cuisine – Humous etc. But everybody loved what I served. You know the result.
What is the signature dish or your favourite dish in the menu here? Isn't the menu very vast? A lot of them actually. I like the Feteers – specially the stuffing of the Fateers because it is an achievement for me. I love the wraps as well. The menu is not vast at all. There are 50 to 60 dishes but people love more options. And we do have plans to add a few more dishes. How often do you think you would change the menu? I feel that one has to give any menu a chance. And you have to educate the diners as well. People have to have the culture of the food in their mind and they can then pass on the message. For me cooking is a pleasure – I have fed 21,000 people at the end of the day. So in one way, the entire process is industrial. And in another way, it is not industrial – you are in direct contact with people.
The Dubai diners want something new all the time and the dining culture is very different. How do you plan to cater to their wants? There are lots of tourists in Dubai. Also, there are lot of professionals working here who don't want to cook at home. They want to go out and try different types of food. I am not sure how loyal the Dubai diners are. In Lebanon, I use to run a chain of international restaurants (The Chase, which had 9 outlets in Lebanon, and many around the world). There were diners who would come for breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday for 10 years! I also had to make the same dish over and again – this is very difficult!
As a Consultant, you must be cooking less and thinking on strategies more nowadays? No, cooking for me is like sport. It is distressing. What do you cook at home? I don't cook so much at home nowadays. But even two years back, I would take my son to the markets and come back and cook for the whole week. So, you cook at work? Yes, I have big kitchens in my company where I cook. What about cooking on TV shows? I was co-hosting Top Chef. Now I am helping with the preparation for a food program in a big format with MBC1 in the US. But I do not want to go on stage and cook – not because I feel that the people may not understand what I will cook but because even I don't understand what I cook! (Here, we all burst out laughing) Either, I record each step that I'm cooking or I have assistants who write that down.
In what way do you maintain an ongoing involvement with a restaurant where you've lent your signature? All the way. It's not as if I'll create a menu and am only present during the restaurant launch. Even after months if there is a problem with the working of the menu, I'll be there and I shall work on it. You see, there should be something more than the business. What's the use if I create a menu and it doesn't work? Where is my achievement then?
Some interesting projects that you are working on and if you'd like to share with us. I'm doing another restaurant in Kuwait, a Vietnamese restaurant in Beirut. I'm also signing up with a premium magazine here to provide recipes. I have a large catering company in Beirut where I'm a consultant. But what about a restaurant which will have your own label? In my mind, I'm doing all that I am doing is because I'm not chained to a place – I'm not going to sit in the restaurant the whole day and follow a routine. Right now, I'm doing promotions in different hotels (Atlantis, Park Hayat etc), meeting people like you, cooking Egyptian, learning Vietnamese food, travelling the world – Jakarta, Australia, India… I'm living my dreams.
Hallucination on Feteers is inevitable. My blogger friends have touched upon this subject with much love and obsession. Sarah in her blog, The Hedonista, declares Fateer, Feteer, Fetir – by any other name, it's still quite orgasmic; Arva who writes on eating holes in Dubai in her blog I live in a Frying Pan, writes about her Feteer obsession in The National; Debbie writes on her Feteer experience in Helio Lounge. Before signing off, I have only one thing to say – when you bite into the crunchy pastry flakes of a Feteer which is piping hot, freshly out of the heaven and the the delicious filling oozes out, I can only think of what Sarah has defined Feteer to be. Orgasmic!
Disclaimer: The opinions stated here are my own and are absolutely independent. I hope you enjoy reading the posts with lot of visuals but please do not use any material from this post. You can see more pictures of my travel and food journey here. It does take lot of effort to capture a food experience in text and pictures. While it's meant for you to enjoy them, I request you not to use them!
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Of all your posts, your chef-interview once are the ones I love best. Fabulous, really. As for orgasmic: ever since I saw a bearded man across the table from me quite unceremoniously ladle up a plate of Umm Ali, and declaring it to be "orgasmic" while some of what he (quite visibly) was devouring dribbled down his beard, I cannot stand the word "orgasmic" to describe food. And now, most likely, neither can you LOL.
Thank you Francine. I guess I don't even want to encounter an incident like this. Though Umm Ali is one my fav Arabic dessert – but I'm going to have difficulty eating one again! Got you… Lekker shall be the next adj!
Love the feteer video Ishita! I tried the soujouk/ fetta and the mince beef/ labneh fillings at the opening and loved them. He also very kindly made me a damn good koshari – but I couldn't help think the restaurant lacked atmosphere. It's a shame as Joe Barza is very talented. He served one of the courses at last year's Stars, Food and Art dinner in Dubai with many Michelin chefs in town. Akawi cheese wrapped around tabouleh.
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He started the business working alone with few tools and rented premises. The business grew quickly, mainly due to Wayne's extensive experience in the motor trade and his<|fim_middle|> becoming a Bosch Car Service Centre in 2010.
Wayne has dabbled in car sales over the years, but together with his wife Donna in 2012, they decided to give the car sales a serious push and started DWP Car Sales.
In 3 short years has gone from having a handful of cars for sale to having regularly over 140 cars in stock, 3 full time valeters, its own premises aside of Hi-Tech Motor Engineers and is a licenced credit broker.
Together the two companies, driven by Wayne and Donna's enthusiasm and determination to make the businesses a success, combined with a well trained and experienced work force.
This means that the companies will continue to grow and offer local people something unique, both in today's society and in the motor trade - good, honest, professional customer service. | honest, up-front approach with his customers.
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The PeADD Board of Directors held their monthly meeting on Monday, February 8, 2021. Federal and State Reports were provided. KY Representative Melinda Gibbons Prunty provided an update General Assembly activity stating they will be back in session on February 9 and will continue reviewing legislation and developing a state budget. Ms. Jill Collins, Director, Pennyrile AAAIL, provided an activity update and presented a PACs Transportation Unit Rate Increase of $1 per unit for the period of 2/1/21 to 6/30/21 which was approved by the Board. Ms. Amy Frogue, Associate Director, CED, provided grant updates and presented a Resolution to the EDA to release its federal interest in certain Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) awards to reduce RLF recipient administrative burden and allow RLF award funds to be used for broader economic development purposes. The Board approved the resolution as presented. Ms. Julie Allen, Workforce Programs Coordinator, provided an update on criteria for Work Ready Communities and Labor & Unemployment trends. Guest speakers were Ms. Shellie Hampton, Legislative Director with Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo), and Mr. J.D. Chaney<|fim_middle|> important legislative issues supported in 2021. A few of these legislative issues are investment in transportation infrastructure, broadband access & affordability, jail relief, historical horse racing, revenue diversification, abandoned property, and energy sources. Mr. Jason Vincent, PeADD Executive Director, introduced and welcomed new PeADD Board Member, Ms. Karen Robinson, Muhlenberg County and PeADD Employee, Ms. Jackie Miles. Mr. Vincent stated the Kentucky Council of ADDs will be hosting breakfast this week for all Legislators in Frankfort to show appreciation for the work they do on behalf of cities and counties. PeADD Board members are invited to participate in the KCADD Council virtual meeting scheduled for February 11, 2021 at 8:00 a.m.
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It's also nice to bounce ideas off each other.
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Marquette and Jolliet's Excellent Adventure
In 1673, a Jesuit missionary, a fur trader, and a small group of canoe men traveled two thousand miles from what is now upper Michigan down to Arkansas and back.
Mark Walczynski
Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet were the first people of European descent to explore the centrals parts the Mississippi in 1673.
On May 17, 1673 two birch bark canoes carrying seven Frenchmen left the Jesuit mission at Michilimackinac, what is today St. Ignace, Michigan, embarking on what would become one of the greatest voyages of discovery in American history. Their dangerous, two thousand-mile voyage through the interior of North America would take the explorers to learn its geography and to visit its native people.
Leading the expedition were two men whose names are fixtures in the early history of the western Great Lakes states and Mississippi Valley, the Canadian-born fur trader Louis Jolliet and Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette. Although they were both assigned to the same expedition, the objectives for which they had been tasked were quite different.
See also in this issue: "Upon Starved Rock," by Mark Walczynski,
about a famed landmark visited by Marquette and Jolliet.
Marquette and Jolliet's journey was the first to determine the courses of rivers including the "Mitchisipi" that ran through the interior of the North American continent, as illustrated in a 1681 map based on the expedition by Melchisedech Thevenot. Library of Congress
Louis Jolliet was born near Quebec in 1645. Not much is known of his early life. He lost his father when he was five and a step-father four years later. He entered the Jesuit college at Quebec at age eleven, intending to join the priesthood. At the college Jolliet became interested in music, reportedly playing the organ at the Quebec church "for many years." The 1666 census of Canada lists the future explorer as a clercq d'esglise, a church cleric. Perhaps having second thoughts about the priesthood, Jolliet left the seminary and sailed to France in 1667. He returned to Canada the following year.
They wondered, did this mysterious Mississippi River flow to California, the Gulf of Mexico, or Virginia?
Upon his return, Jolliet purchased a large supply of trade goods from his uncle Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye. What Jolliet did with the goods is unknown. It appears that Louis first traveled to the western Great Lakes country during the fall of 1670. Period documents place him at his trading post at Sault Ste. Marie in June 1671. He returned to Lower Canada shortly thereafter.
In contrast, Marquette was born into a notable family of Laon, France. He entered Jesuit school at age 9, eventually earning a bachelor's and master's degrees. His education included subjects such as philosophy, which at the time included logic, metaphysics, and mathematics. He also taught at several Jesuit universities. Marquette's theological training appears to have come later in his academic career. He sailed to Canada in 1666, arriving at Quebec in September. Soon after his arrival he began the study of indigenous languages and customs.
Marquette's first mission assignment was at Sault Ste. Marie in 1668, teaching and ministering to the Odawa, Ojibwe, and other native groups at their summer villages with fellow Jesuit Claude-Jean Allouez. In September 1669 he began his next field assignment, at the Mission du Saint Esprit, also known as La Pointe, a smattering of approximately twelve tribes who lived in winter camps near Chequamegon Bay, on the south shore of Lake Superior near today's Ashland, Wisconsin.
Louis Jolliet was a French-Canadian fur trader whose assignment during the voyage was to "discover new countries," and to find out to where the mysterious Mississippi flowed. A mural of him adorns the Starved Rock State Park Visitor Center in Utica, Illinois. Courtesy of Mark Walczynski.
At this mission Marquette, like his predecessor Allouez, encountered the Illinois Indians. They left quite an impression on both missionaries who reported that the Illinois were affable, appeared eager for instruction in the Catholic faith, and lived in large, semi-permanent agricultural villages. They also claimed a great river, the Mississippi, traversed their lands. To communicate with the Illinois both missionaries began learning the fundamentals of the Miami-Illinois language. Marquette planned to travel to the Illinois Country in 1671 to visit their villages, meet the Illinois people, and take the first steps in opening a new mission field among the Miami-Illinois speaking tribesmen. However, warfare erupted between the La Pointe tribes and the Sioux forcing the former tribes to scatter. Marquette's journey to the Illinois Country would be put on hold. He left the Chequamegon area and relocated with his Odawa and Wendat converts at a new mission, St. Ignace at Michilimackinac.
Marquette dutifully ministered to the tribes at his mission when unannounced, Jolliet arrived on December 8, 1672. Jolliet carried orders instructing Marquette to accompany him to the Mississippi and beyond. The two men spent the winter preparing for their journey, pressing the local tribesmen for information about the distant lands and even drawing a rough map based on information gleaned from them. Just before leaving they readied their equipment and prepared food, primarily Indian corn mixed with small bits of meat for the long journey.
Jolliet's assignment was to "discover new countries" as Marquette wrote. More specifically he was to find out to where the mysterious Mississippi flowed. Did it discharge into the western sea at California, into the Gulf of Mexico, or at Virginia? Another task was to determine if the river known to the Iroquois as Ohio was the same river Algonquian speakers called Mississippi? In addition, Louis was to fund the expedition himself.
Marquette planned to seek out Native American villages, record their demographic information, and draw a map that illustrated the location of each village.
Marquette's role was more nuanced. He would function as a Jesuit scout, a task for which he was well-suited. He was reportedly conversant in several Native American dialects including that of the Miami-Illinois. Marquette also knew cartography. The best evidence indicates that he assisted Allouez to gather information for the now famous 1669 chart titled Lac Tracy ou Superieur avec les dependances de la Mission du Saint Esprit, or map illustrating the dependencies of the Saint Esprit mission. Lac Tracy was the name given to Lake Superior by the French during the 1660s, named for the Lieutenant-General of New France Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy. The missionary planned to seek out Native American villages, record their demographic information, and draw a map that illustrated the location of each village. With these objectives in mind, the crew left Michilimackinac and paddled their canoes to the Mississippi.
The French party skirted the western shore of the Lac des Ilinois, today's Lake Michigan, and entered the Baie des Puans, present-day Green Bay. The first native group the French encountered was the Folle Avoine, the "Wild Rice People," also known as the Menominee. Marquette recorded how they harvested, dried, and prepared the grain for consumption. Marquette also noted that the Menominee attempted to dissuade them from continuing their journey, warning the French of many dangers, of tribes who would "break their heads" and of "horrible monsters" who would devour them and their canoes. The missionary thanked the Menominee for their concern but told them that the salvation of souls was more important than their personal safety.
At La Pointe, Jacques Marquette encountered members of the Illinois tribes, who told him about the important trading route of the Mississippi River. Courtesy of Marquette University
The group continued their journey, entering the Fox River and shortly thereafter encountering the rapids near present-day De Pere, Wisconsin. Likely portaging around the sault, the group continued up the Fox, stopping at a village of Mascouten Indians, also known as the "Fire Nation," a site that was presumably located near today's Berlin, Wisconsin. Marquette noted that besides the Mascouten, some Miami and Kickapoo lived at the site. Both Marquette and Jolliet spoke with tribal elders at a council. Besides explaining the reason for their visit the two explorers asked for guides to escort them upriver, to the portage where the French crew hoped to carry their canoes to the Wisconsin River. Although the Mascouten village was not that far from the Wisconsin Portage, the many swamps, lakes, and backwaters that are part of the Fox River drainage could make finding the portage site difficult. Two Miami tribesmen were designated to escort the French upstream.
After reaching the portage, the Miami guides returned to their village, leaving the French group to fend for themselves. Marquette noted that his party had reached a continental divide, where the waters flow south, not east and to the Atlantic. After carrying their canoes and equipment across the 2,700-step portage located at modern-day Portage, Wisconsin, the group paddled their canoes down the Wisconsin River and to the Mississippi. Reaching the Mississippi on June 17, Marquette wrote of the great joy he felt at seeing this grand stream, the highway to the Illinois Country and ultimately the sea.
The French group enjoyed an uneventful journey down the Great River. The missionary noted the various species of wildlife they encountered including bison, deer, and waterfowl, and he described the scenery, the islands, hills, and prairies. Reaching the Des Moines River, the state line between today's Iowa and Missouri, it appears that the group made a short reconnaissance up the stream. There they saw what appeared to be a path that led through the trees that bordered the river. The party landed their canoes on shore.
Examining the "somewhat beaten path," as Marquette described it, Jolliet and Marquette cautiously headed up the trail, one that led to a prairie situated on a wide floodplain. After hiking several miles, the two explorers ascended a small rise where they saw three villages in the distance. They slowly approached the first village, not knowing if the inhabitants were friend or foe. So close to it, Marquette wrote, he could hear the inhabitants speaking. Finding themselves in this precarious predicament the two explorers yelled out loud to announce their presence. Hearing their shouts the villagers left their "cabins" and rushed to see who was causing the commotion. What they saw likely surprised them, two Frenchmen, one of whom was wearing a long black gown.
What they saw likely surprised them, two Frenchmen, one of whom was wearing a long black gown.
Realizing that Jolliet and Marquette did not pose a threat to the village, four tribal elders came forth to greet the strangers. Marquette soon learned that these people were a band of Peoria, a subtribe of the Illinois alliance. The villages were located at what is now known as the Illiniwek Village State Historical site in Clark County, Missouri.
The two explorers were escorted to the first village where they met the chief who offered them a calumet, a pipe to be smoked in friendship and as a matter of etiquette and hospitality. Soon afterward Jolliet and Marquette were escorted to the second village where they met the "great captain" of the Peoria, who congratulated them for visiting their village. They were next invited to a council of village chiefs and elders where the calumet was smoked and gifts were exchanged. Following the council was a "great feast" that included maize, sagamité, and bison. The Peoria also escorted Jolliet and Marquette through their village, a sizable town consisting of about 300 cabins.
Near today's Alton, Illinois, the explorers saw two frightful images painted on the side of a limestone cliff. The images are known as the Piasa, mythical griffon-like creatures that had been painted by the area's Native Americans. Courtesy Mark Walczynski.
The Frenchmen spent the night with the Illinois. The next afternoon they returned to their canoes followed by a host of admirers. They continued their journey downriver. The party passed two griffon-like images, known today as the Piasa, that were painted on the side of a white limestone cliff near the present-day town of<|fim_middle|> village elders saw the calumet Marquette held and called off the attack. With tensions eased, the French paddled to shore and disembarked at the village. The explorers learned that the village belonged to the Michigamea, a tribe that would merge with the Illinois and become a subtribe of the Illinois alliance in the early 18th century. There, they attempted to communicate with the tribesmen, but to no avail. Even though Marquette could speak multiple Native American dialects/languages, his party had traveled beyond the range of his linguistic capabilities. One elderly man at the village, however, could speak a few words of Miami-Illinois.
The Illinois Indians that Jolliet and Marquette encountered were likely surprised by their dress, particularly that of the missionary. A diorama at the Starved Rock Visitor Center depicts their meeting. Courtesy of Mark Walczynski.
After spending an anxious night among the Michigamea the French were escorted by their hosts to an Arkansas village located only a short distance away from the mouth of the Arkansas River. It was at that village that Jolliet and Marquette knew they had to make a decision: Should they continue to the Gulf which they had been led to believe was only ten days travel from the village (it was actually 700 miles away)? If so, would they encounter hostile tribes? Would they risk capture and possible death at the hands of the Spanish who were reportedly in the region? If they continued to the Gulf would they risk losing all the important information they had collected during their journey? Or since they had fulfilled nearly all of their mission's objectives, should they return to Canada? They agreed to return north. Leaving the Arkansas village on July 17, the group paddled up the Mississippi. At Grafton, Illinois they steered their canoes up the Illinois River, becoming the first known people of European descent to travel that stream. Both Jolliet and Marquette were impressed by what they saw. Prairies, wildlife, and land ready for the plow that did not require hours of labor to clear.
Trade, military alliance, and the religious conversion of the Illinois at Kaskaskia are what brought the French to present-day Illinois.
Near Utica the French party stopped at a village of Kaskaskia Indians, another subtribe of the Illinois alliance. There Marquette spoke with the village chiefs and elders who obliged the missionary to return to instruct his people in the Catholic faith. In seven years the village would grow from 74 cabins, or about 1,450 inhabitants as reported by Marquette, to more than 400 cabins, or a population of over 7,000. Trade, military alliance, and the religious conversion of the Illinois at Kaskaskia are what brought the French to present-day Illinois.
Marquette and Jolliet traveled 2,000 miles from upper Michigan to Arkansas, including a portage near what is now Chicago. Courtesy of Encyclopedia Britannica.
The explorers left Kaskaskia under an escort of Kaskaskia guides. Their route took them up the Illinois to the Des Plaines River and up the Des Plaines to the Chicago Portage. Crossing the muddy portage they launched their canoes onto the Chicago River and paddled to Lake Michigan. Heading north they arrived at the St. Francis Xavier mission at De Pere, Wisconsin. It is at this time that Marquette probably gave Jolliet a copy of his relation, his report, to deliver to Jesuit authorities in Quebec. Jolliet and the crew continued north to his trading post at Sault Ste. Marie, where they wintered. After ice-out, Jolliet and three others paddled to Quebec to report their discoveries to Canadian authorities. Unfortunately their canoe capsized in the rapids near Montreal. Everything in the canoe was lost, two men, an Indian boy, curios and specimens collected during the expedition, and Marquette's report (Marquette kept a copy that arrived in Quebec in 1675). Only Jolliet survived the wreck. On August 1, 1674, Jolliet met with now Jesuit Superior of Canada, Claude Dablon, and gave the Jesuit his verbal account of the expedition.
Marquette remained at the St. Francis mission. He suffered from an internal malady that would ultimately take his life. By October 1674 his condition had abated and he felt well enough to return to Kaskaskia. On the 25th he and two companions Jacques Largillier and Pierre Porteret set out for the Illinois village. During the journey Marquette's condition returned with a vengeance. Inclement weather, frozen waterways, and an ailment that turned into "a bloody flux," as Marquette described it, made the long, difficult trek to Kaskaskia even more grueling.
The 1673 expedition was as important in its day as the Lewis and Clark expedition was to the young United States and the Apollo 11's lunar landing was to 20th century Americans.
The party arrived at Kaskaskia on April 9, on the Thursday before Easter. But even though the missionary was suffering, he still found the strength to visit the Illinois in their cabins and meet with the chief and elders in council. He also celebrated Mass on Easter Sunday. Marquette and his companions soon left Kaskaskia for his St. Ignace mission at Michilimackinac where he hoped to get some well-deserved rest and perhaps some basic medical attention. He never made it, he died while en route and was buried presumably somewhere along the Marquette River in Michigan.
The Jolliet-Marquette expedition of 1673 was important for many reasons. It was the first time non-native people explored the central portions of the Mississippi River. It was the first to determine the courses of rivers that ran through the interior of the North American continent. It determined that the Mississippi empties into the Gulf of Mexico and that the Ohio River was not the Mississippi. It was the first attempt to understand the geography of Mississippi Valley. It also served as the impetus behind later French occupation of the Illinois Country. The 1673 expedition was as important in its day as the Lewis and Clark expedition was to the young United States and the Apollo 11's lunar landing was to 20th century Americans.
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IN THE DELTA | Alton, Illinois. A short distance beyond the Piasa was the mouth of the "Pekistanouï," the Missouri River, which Marquette noted was flooded, muddy, and carried whole trees in its turbulent waters. 150 miles south of the Missouri the party passed the mouth of the "Ouaboukigou," the name Marquette applied to today's Ohio River, which confirmed to them that the Ohio River was not the Mississippi, but a different stream.
The group's first potential confrontation with hostile tribesmen occurred some distance below the mouth of the Ohio when they saw several armed warriors waiting for the French canoes. The explorers took this as aggression and prepared to defend themselves. Marquette hoped to ease tensions by standing, and raising the calumet high, a sign that they had come in peace. Eventually the two parties figured out that they were misreading each other's intentions. Neither side wanted violence. The explorers pulled to shore and paid a brief visit to the village. There they received encouraging news, that they were only about ten days journey away from the sea.
The French canoes continued their southbound trek. Near the mouth of Arkansas' St. Francis River they saw a group of armed warriors paddling toward them who intended to encircle and trap the explorers. Other tribesmen screamed war cries from shore while still others attempted to swim to the French canoes. Again Marquette stood and held the calumet high as a sign of peace but this time the antagonists paid little attention to the priest's gestures. Fortunately for the French, some | 326 |
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Rangsapara, the cleanest village in Assam.
Open defecation-free Garo village, Rangsapara in Goalpara district of Assam is not only the state's cleanest village but is also free from alcohol and drugs. The village has never witnessed any crime in at last 17 years, which makes the village a model not only for the state but for the entire country.
The Village had started its journey towards cleanliness and peace from 1999. Roberth John Momin, the village head and also one of the initiators of the project said that the village has also taken a pledge to be plastic- free from this month and is also planning to become the first village in the country with a cashless economy.
"The arrival of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin was a blessing for the place. The mission came to the block in the year 2014 and with its help and also with efforts of Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) the villagers began to have pucca toilets," said J V N Subramanyam, Deputy Commissioner.
Rangchapara was declared the cleanest village in the state for the year 2016-17 by the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) last month and also received a reward of rupees five lakh from the CM Sarbananda Sonowal.
The village was selected by Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development – a third party which examined every village in every district on the basis of criteria including attempts to become ODF(Open defecation-free), pucca toilets and their condition, attempts to promote awareness on cleanliness amongst others.
"It was in the year 1999 when the village people began talking about cleanliness and in 2000, we formed a 10-member committee, which was headed by me," said Momin.
"The committee has taken four resolutions – to be a peaceful and united village, to be a clean village, to have toilets in every household and availability of clean drinking water for all," he said.
The village with 88 households – all Christians – since the formation of the committee did not see any case of open defection, violence or anyone consuming drugs, alcohol or smoking.
"We have imposed a fine of Rs 5001 if anyone found not following the resolutions, but the best part of our steps is that the fine was never required to be imposed on anyone," said Momin.
The villager's intention was to make their village clean, however, the fame and reward that followed were a surprise to them.
"The villagers also have a proper waste management system. You can find dustbins after every few steps and they dispose of biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste accordingly," said Abdul Mozid, Senior Block Development Officer, Balijana Block.
The village has two schools – one primary and another middle. The people are neither very rich nor are highly educated. The muddy road which connects the village to the district is also not in a very good condition and the 108 ambulance service refuses to ply in the village.
"We have been demanding for the money since 2014, but no money has been granted. It is a very serious problem," said Ratna Nath, Panchayat President Balijana Block.
The steps to be the cleanest village has not only helped the villagers to get the reward but has also reduced the number of children falling ill in a population of 475.
"People are now connecting health with cleanliness, which has also helped in reducing the number of diarrhoea cases to half. The village is a perfect example of what people and government can do together," Subramanyam said.
"The village is now a brand and is helping in bringing changes in the nearby villages. People began to follow its path to be not only clean but healthy as well," he said.
The main profession in the village is agriculture, and only seven people are in government jobs. Most of the houses are kutcha, but with the help of the Indira Awas Yojana, they began to have a plastered house made of bricks.
Comment On Rangsapara<|fim_middle|> get contact no. of the Village Headman Mr. Robert J Momin. Kindly call at 9706721484. | , the cleanest village in Assam.
We from Dronacharya Academy, Barpeta Road are planning to visit Rangsapara for a field study of our students of Anthropology. Can I | 42 |
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Rare first-hand accounts of the execution of King Charles I are among an extraordinary collection of books and pamphlets donated to the State Library of Victoria (SLV).
Valued at up to $8 million, the collection also contains early editions of noted writers including Chaucer, Milton, Defoe, and Swift.
The library's head of rare books Des Cowley said the collection's centrepiece was the huge array of extremely rare tracts and pamphlets printed during the English Civil War in the mid 17th century.
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Among the most precious items donated was a collection of pamphlets that gave daily updates on the trial and execution of King Charles I in 1649.
Professor Paul Salzman, from La Trobe University, said only the British Library and the Bodleian Library in Oxford have books and documents that rival the Emmerson collection.
"It's going to take historians a long time to work their way through this material because there is so much of it," Professor Salzman said.
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When you decide to buy a dog, you probably have a reason to do so. For some, their desire to buy a dog is to get a puppy they can cuddle with while lying on the sofa. For some, they buy a dog as a way of adding an extra layer of security at home. There are actually many reasons why people buy dogs. As such, you have to choose a breed that suits your needs and preferences. Some of the things to consider when deciding which breed to go for include temperament (some dogs are naturally energetic, others docile, others boisterous and others affectionate and protective), maintenance (some dogs need constant maintenance such as daily baths while others can go for a long time without baths), lifespan and medical issues (some dogs are prone to specific diseases which mean they are likely going to die early than | 543 |
The Measure of Poverty
By Pablo Einsenberg
Vol. 2, No. 7, 1980, pp. 5-6
When Lyndon Johnson proclaimed his unconditional War on Poverty in 1964, no one knew precisely the number or even the definition of "poor." As a result, the Council of Economic Advisors quickly sought to designate the poverty population and concluded among other things that in 1961 a family of two or more making under $3,000 a year had been in official poverty.
An estimated food budget was the basis for determining the poverty index for different families. Based on 1955 surveys by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Council found that food expenditures accounted for one-third of a low-income family's total budget. With that evidence, the cost of the 1961 "economy food plan" was multiplied by three, yielding a total amount needed by that family to meet all costs. This figure became the official poverty line.
Questions about the adequacy of the food plan were raised early. Even the author of the formula wrote in 1965 "with this plan, adequate nutrition is obtainable, but in practice, nearly half the families spending so little fell far short of adequacy. Of families spending at this rate in 1965, more than 40 percent have diet providing less than two-thirds of their requirements."
In 1969 the model took on further administrative status when the Bureau of the Budget designated the index as the official government measure of poverty. From that point on all federal programs were required to use this official measuring system in determining eligibility and funding in many key legislative efforts to combat poverty.
Under the official measure, the current poverty index figures for families of various sizes are divided between farm and nonfarm.
Family Size Nonfarm Farm
1 $3,400 $2,910
2 4,500 3,840
In order to place the figures in context, one can look at the $6,700 a year allowed for an urban family of four. Officially speaking, such a family is not poor, although their income is under $130 a week, out of which all costs are supposed to come.
Suppose such a family lives in a small apartment or home. Even at a low temperature setting; the fuel bill could easily be $700 or more for the year.<|fim_middle|> not there. Widespread poverty means continued misery for the poor themselves and a waste of general human potential for all of us. It stands as a continuing challenge to our democracy.
This article is adapted from a publication of the Center for Community Change, a Washingtonbased organization assisting local community development in low-income urban and rural areas. Pablo Einsenberg is the Center's president.
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Next PostNext Post Political Changes in Terrible Terrell | Rent (actual home ownership is unlikely) might be guessed at a conservative $150 a month, or $1,800 a year. The total of $2,500 for home and heat alone leaves $4,300 for all other costs. Food, clothing, medical care, transportation, and everything else are to be covered with scarcely $20 a week for each family member.
Of course, this family may receive food stamps or some other forms of assistance. Nevertheless, under the existing measure it is not officially poor. Yet families with three and four times the income of this hypothetical family of four are today wondering how to make ends meet.
For more rural people the problem becomes even more difficult. The federal government continues to assume that rural living costs are substantially less than urban costs. The 1979 poverty threshold for an urban family of four is inadequate enough at $6,700; a non-urban family of four is supposed to be able to get by on $1,000 less than that before it is included among the official low-income population.
The assumption that rural means cheaper is based on the idea that rural housing is less expensive and that family gardens and farms can help reduce grocery bills. However, the actual cost of basic commodities in rural areas can often be higher than in urban areas. Take as one current example transportation costs. Public transit rarely exists in rural areas. People are forced to drive more and pay more for gas than their urban counterparts.
While many rural people are
able to maintain gardens, they still must purchase basic needs. Rural stores, lacking the high volume markets which enable cheaper quantity purchasing, often charge more than larger, urban outlets. Additional transportation costs also increase the prices for items ranging from flour to hair brushes.
Extensive research by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and others has shown that variations in the cost of maintaining fixed standards of living are very slight across the country. Nonetheless, the federal poverty line is roughly 15 percent less for rural areas. Is this supposed to mean that rural people should accept a 15 percent lower standard of living?
And while rural life does offer such non-urban virtues as openness, cleaner air, and a lack of rush hours, rural people also often have fewer recreational, social and cultural facilities. Medical care is generally harder to find, if indeed it is available at all. School districts are often underfunded, and jobs and other opportunities for youth are more limited. While some absolute costs may be lower in rural areas, they are more than offset by other factors preventing rural people from enjoying the same overall standard of living as city people.
The official poverty index fails to indicate accurately the extent of both absolute and relative poverty. Estimates are that 10 million more people—about a 40 percent increase—would be added to the poverty population if the measure were based on a diet incorporating more nutritional needs and current spending patterns.
In 1979, for example, the poverty index for a family of four stood at $6,700. The technique used to set that figure assumed that food would represent one-third of the budget or $186 a month. That translates into $1.55 per person per day for food. By any measure, a $1.55 a day per person for food is not adequate or rational.
Not only is the nutritional value of the plan questionable, but the current system for determining the food budget does not take geographic or cultural differences into account. Nor does it consider the changing dietary needs of persons at different stages of life. The elderly often have particular dietary needs that are expensive. Young mothers and growing teenagers certainly require diets that can easily exceed the food cost allowances.
Currently, the poverty level is raised by the increase in the consumer price index; however, the price of food and other basic necessities have increased at a far greater rate for most poor people.
Between 1977 and 1978, the cost of living for all items increased 7.6 percent, Nonetheless, the adjustment in the poverty index reflected the smaller, overall figure.
Since 1969 food has risen 94 percent while the total index has risen 78 percent. Costs for two other basic necessities—housing and energy—have also increased at a faster rate than the general price index. In 1978 as much as one-third of the income of the average poor household may have gone to pay for energy.
From both a numerical and human standpoint, then, poverty in America remains very real and significant. No amount of statistical manipulation can deny the poverty which is listed officially, let alone that which any more rational form or definition would reveal.
Perhaps government officials and others who should be outraged at the extent and persistence of poverty believe the rhetoric that these are conservative times and that programs are more likely to face cut-backs instead of expansion. In and outside of government, many people have lost a sense of the impact of poverty and are unaware of what an official definition of poverty means for poor people. It is hard to believe that after more than 15 years of anti-poverty efforts, we continue to utilize a poverty measure which is so far removed from real costs faced daily by millions of families.
Major reform in the poverty definition is an essential first step in a revitalized effort against poverty. In view of the mood of the times, though, advocates of the poor and near-poor must portray their concerns in ways the general population can appreciate. Poverty, after all, is more than just a moral wrong. It is also a fiscal and physical waste of resources. All society pays for poverty.
By whatever reasonable and realistic measure we may want to use, it is clear that this country has an enormous and not so invisible poor population—one that probably exceeds 25 percent of the entire population. We cannot escape this fact, no matter how hard we try to pretend that such poverty is | 1,211 |
Just the notion of sound financial decision-making is enough to make millions of people whimper in fear, as quite frankly, most of us have accepted the narrative that making the right choices when it comes to our finances is beyond our capacity and reach.
We happen to live in one of the most unequal economies in the world. Last year I read the World Bank report which emphasized what many South Africans experience on a day-to-day basis<|fim_middle|> as the children who ate their marshmallows in the first three minutes and why we perpetually keep tripping on the stones of financial woes.
Numerous economic reports and tests have determined that poor people are more inclined to make bad financial decisions. Now when you couple this trend with the fact that 47% of our economy is made up of black South Africans classified in the lower income spectrum - we should be shocked into action to ensure that the 40% mark of South Africans living below the poverty line does not increase.
I believe it's a mentality thing. South Africans must completely eradicate the mentality that has seen us running to acquire loans as a short-term fix without taking into consideration the repercussions. Immediate gratification, and again I refer to the marshmallow test, is principle that will only serve to dig us into deeper financials holes.
People need to embrace the fact that recovering from bad financial situations will need both discipline and sacrifice - in essence making the difficult choice rather than the easier one. Everyday we are faced with financial decisions; getting unnecessary take outs or cooking in, going out or staying at home and watching a movie. These are the just some examples of financial decisions that have a significant bearing on our financial standing.
Of course in life nothing is ever that black and white and there are other socio-economic variables that bear their impact in this financial equation. Furthermore, legacy issues come into play in this space. If everyone else is getting credit (that they cannot afford), then why shouldn't I be doing the same?
We often take for the granted the power of influence and our impotence to resist the status-quo. Think about how you have fallen for the same trap every year when it comes to excessive expenditure during the festive season. You spend the first quarter of the year recovering from the short-term debt you accumulated during December and in the following year, you are right back at square one.
To be truly free of financial woes does not lie in the size of your bank account, but in the ability to apply reason in a sea of financial complexities. Be equipped to make the most informed sensible decision regarding your finances even though you are faced with overwhelming options that contradict the most practical solution.
Understand that there will be more information available on how you can acquire something you cannot afford (through credit and financing of course), than information informing you on how NOT to purchase something you cannot afford.
The accountability to make the right decision does not lie with the bank or seller, it lies with you. But even if you have not learnt anything from this article at least consider these tips below. They may put you in good stead in the long run.
* Have an investment account: One of the greatest aspects of long-term investing is that it can be done by anyone. When it comes to investment, you could take two routes: the long-term or the short term. There are various areas that you could invest on a long-term basis. One of the most rewarding ventures that you can adopt is long-term investments. The rewards of long-term investments are far more significant than the short-term investments.
* Become a small business entrepreneur: Many South Africans believe that rapid business growth is an indicator of business success. However, it has been found that small businesses chase new business at a higher rate than big businesses and they hire more staff and expand their premises more regularly than bigger businesses. As the saying goes, what glitters is not always gold and bigger is not always better. Instead staying small and nimble can be just as, if not more, rewarding. | - more than 75% of South Africans slipped into poverty at least once between 2008 and 2015 and that currently above 40% of South Africans lived below the lower bound poverty line.
What is most alarming for me is the fact that this situation stems from our fear of making the difficult decisions needed when it comes to our money. Drawing from my experiences as a Financial Director, I've observed the disturbing trend currently dominant: most South Africans would happily get themselves into debt knowingly, rather than pursuing alternative measures which may initially be more arduous in the beginning, but prove to be more financially prudent in the long run.
This is best exemplified in the marshmallow test conducted by researchers and psychologists in 1960 at Stanford University. Children were placed in a room and were given the option of either eating one marshmallow immediately or waiting for 15 minutes to be given another marshmallow thus having two.
The unanimous outcome of that experiment ended with a bulk of the children failing to hold out for the 15 minutes and eating their marshmallows in the first three minutes of the test. I'm of the opinion that most of us share the same instincts | 245 |
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If you fancy a few days away from work, away from the city stress, or if you just want to escape for a long weekend with your friends, than one of these mini breaks in the mountains might be of interest to you.
These have been selected for you as a great way to escape and recharge your batteries and most importantly, to have fun!
Katarina Kral<|fim_middle|>-Bike Escapes offers half day and full day tours allowing you to soak up the stunning views while pedaling through and up the mountains on a high-end full suspension Electric mountain bike.
You can choose between gastronomic routes and sportive routes. | ova, who is a French qualified Mountain Bike instructor and International Mountain Leader, together with her professional team, will take you on one of the following selected trips.
Customized and à la carte escapes are possible too, as well as tailor made activities for seminars, incentives and team building exercises.
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Tax relief for internet firms to install fibre broadband
Connectivity minister Paul Wheelhouse
Internet companies will get 100% rates relief from the Scottish Government to install fibre broadband across Scotland.
The non-domestic rates relief is to encourage telecommunication firms to increase the availability of high-speed internet for Scots.
The tax incentive will be introduced from April 1 and last 10 years, five more than the UK Government's offer to broadband providers.
Connectivity minister Paul Wheelhouse visited a CityFibre excavation in Stirling to announce the rates relief and see some of the work already under way to enhance Scotland's digital infrastructure.
Mr Wheelhouse said: "We have been listening to industry on what will help them play their part in delivering our ambitions and are determined that Scotland continues to be at the forefront of the digital revolution.
"Infrastructure and connectivity are fundamental to creating digitally-enabled growth in our economy, so I am delighted to announce that from April 1, we will provide non-domestic rates relief on all newly laid fibre.
"This significant commitment will help create long-term skilled jobs and make Scotland the best place to invest in digital infrastructure in the UK.
"Full<|fim_middle|> hope that businesses will take advantage of this relief, increasing their investment in Scotland whilst contributing to inclusive growth in Scotland's economy."
Elaine Doherty, city development manager for CityFibre in Stirling, added: "This announcement by the Scottish Government demonstrates its support for full fibre, as well as its commitment to supporting us as we deliver state-of-the-art networks at scale.
"Measures such as this ensure that Scotland continues to be an attractive place for private investment so that residents and businesses can all receive the benefits of full fibre." | fibre investment projects like CityFibre's in Stirling complement the Scottish Government's target of ensuring access to a minimum of superfast broadband for each and every premises in Scotland.
Connectivity minister Paul Wheelhouse (centre) with Mark Collins and Elaine Doherty of CityFibre in Stirling (Scottish Government/PA)
"Despite telecoms being a reserved matter, we will build on the success of the £400 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme, investing a further £600 million to ensure Scotland is at the forefront of digital connectivity through our Reaching 100% or R100 programme.
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Flying Burrito Bros / Gram Parsons
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Released: 1/18/2019 | Burrito Deluxe
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1970's BURRITO DELUXE is the Flying Burrito Brothers' second and last album to feature the legendary Gram Parsons, who left--or was squeezed out, depending on which story you believe--halfway through the sessions. Surprisingly, the album doesn't suffer from the fracturing of the group, and the album is in many ways stronger than the debut, THE GILDED PALACE OF SIN. Two stunning covers by rock royalty show how far the band had traveled in their short career; both outshine the originals. The version of Bob Dylan's "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" has a relaxed, sexy saunter missing from the original, and the version of the Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses"--which appeared over a year before the Stones' own version--is sublime, one of Parsons' most tender and expressive vocals. Elsewhere, the originals combine country and rock much more adroitly than the somewhat tentative debut. A country-rock milestone.
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Invasive Plant Management & EDRR
Cal-IPC References | Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) | Other References
Cal-IPC References
The hairy weevil (Eustenopus villosus) is a biocontrol agent used on yellow starthistle (Centaurea sostitialis). Photo by Kathleen Jones
Plant Profiles – Cal-IPC's Plant Profiles are the one-stop source for management information on any particular invasive plant listed in our Inventory<|fim_middle|> invasive plants. The full text of this book is also available online.
Use of Fire for Controlling Invasive Plants — The goal of this report is to capture the current state of knowledge on the use of fire as a tool to manage invasive plants in wildlands.
WHIPPET— helps land managers prioritize invasive plant populations: ranks based on impacts, invasiveness, and feasibility of control; integrates species data with spatial analysis; allows users to select species and area to analyze; uses data from the Cal-IPC Inventory, Calflora, and other sources.
Yellow Starthistle Management Guide — This guide begins with a description of the biology and ecology of yellow starthistle and provides a comprehensive overview of treatment methods for yellow starthistle.
Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR)
Early detection and rapid response (EDRR) is a management approach that capitalizes on our ability to most effectively eradicate invasive plant populations when they are small. By detecting a new invasive plant before it has a chance to spread or build a large seed bank, managers can respond early enough in the invasion process to fully eradicate the species from a given area.
To support field identification of early detection species, Cal-IPC has designed a set of Species ID Cards for EDRR that can be downloaded, printed double-sided, and trimmed to size. (Lamination increases their longevity.) The first two cards listed are a glossary of terms and contacts for reporting finds; these cards are designed to go with any set of weed ID cards to form an EDRR guide.
Goats removing invasive plants on Catalina Island. Photo by John Knapp
Invasipedia – Invasipedia houses information on invasive plants, animals, and pathogens, and how to manage them. Managed by the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at the University of Georgia.
Encycloweedia – Notes on identification, biology, and management of plants defined as noxious weeds by California law.
Practical Guidebook to the Control of Invasive Aquatic and Wetland Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region – by the San Francisco Estuary Insititute.
Center for Invasive Plant Management – At Montana State University.
Weed Research and Information Center -The University of California's Weed RIC provides control notes and photos for invasive plants as well as agricultural weeds.
Early Detection and Rapid Response
More pages in "Solutions"
Weed Management Areas and Regional Partnerships
Invasive Plant Mapping & Prioritization
Invasive Plant Research | . Profiles reference information from the sources below, as well as newsletter articles and Symposium proceedings.
Pending Assessment List and Invasive Plant Alerts – Early detection is critical to stopping new invasive plants. The Pending Assessment List and Invasive Plant Alerts help land managers spot any new infestations by describing possible new invaders or known invasives that appear to be on the increase. Alerts come from annual reports at the Symposium, as well as special reports on particular weeds.
Invasive Plants of California's Wildlands — This book provides specific information about the biology and control of 78 nonnative plant species that are listed in Cal-IPC's 1999 Inventory as being of greatest ecological concern in California. The full text of this book is also available online.
The Weed Workers' Handbook — The Weed Workers' Handbook explains how to remove 35 of the San Francisco Bay Area's most | 178 |
Heat a 9-inch skillet over medium heat and melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add the slices of pineapple in a single layer and sprinkle the brown sugar over the<|fim_middle|> powder and baking soda until completely smooth. (The batter will be fairly stiff.) Pour the batter over the pineapple.
For the caramel: Combine the granulated sugar, corn syrup, lime juice and 1/4 cup cold water in a medium stainless saucepan. Stir in the pink peppercorns and bring to a gentle simmer. Cook until the sugar is dissolved, then cook, 10 minutes. Set aside to cool slightly. When the cake is unmolded, pour the caramel over the cake.
If you cool the cake and it won't unmold, warm the skillet over low heat until it dislodges. | fruit. Cook until the pineapple browns slightly, 2 to 3 minutes. Flip the pineapple slices. Turn off the heat and keep warm.
Whisk together the buttermilk, vanilla, eggs and the remaining 6 tablespoons butter in a medium bowl until smooth. Use a rubber spatula to stir in the flour, granulated sugar, salt, baking | 73 |
package com.opengamma.strata.product;
import com.opengamma.strata.product.common.SummarizerUtils;
/**
* A position in a security.
* <p>
* This is used to represent the total quantity of a {@link Security}.
* A position is effectively the sum of one or more trades.
* <p>
* Implementations of this interface<|fim_middle|> | must be immutable beans.
*/
public interface Position
extends PortfolioItem, SecurityQuantity {
@Override
public default PortfolioItemSummary summarize() {
// AAPL x 200
String description = getSecurityId().getStandardId().getValue() + " x " + SummarizerUtils.value(getQuantity());
return SummarizerUtils.summary(this, ProductType.SECURITY, description);
}
/**
* Gets the standard position information.
* <p>
* All positions contain this standard set of information.
* It includes the identifier and an extensible data map.
*
* @return the position information
*/
@Override
public abstract PositionInfo getInfo();
/**
* Gets the identifier of the underlying security.
* <p>
* This identifier uniquely identifies the security within the system.
*
* @return the security identifier
*/
@Override
public abstract SecurityId getSecurityId();
/**
* Gets the net quantity of the security.
* <p>
* This returns the <i>net</i> quantity of the underlying security.
* The result is positive if the net position is <i>long</i> and negative
* if the net position is <i>short</i>.
*
* @return the net quantity of the underlying security
*/
@Override
public abstract double getQuantity();
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Returns an instance with the specified info.
*
* @param info the new info
* @return the instance with the specified info
*/
@Override
public abstract Position withInfo(PortfolioItemInfo info);
/**
* Returns an instance with the specified quantity.
*
* @param quantity the new quantity
* @return the instance with the specified quantity
*/
public abstract Position withQuantity(double quantity);
}
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Cauli good show
The i Paper
It's the trendiest vegetable in town but cauliflower growers aren't reaping the rewards of high prices, finds Sophie Morris
Geoffrey Philpott cuts cauliflowers on his Broadstairs farm (Justin Sutcliffe/eyevine)
It was an unusual summer on Geoffrey Philpott's cauliflower farm. The heatwave made it tricky to give his seedlings the best start in life. But after daily watering, by late July the infant brassicas had grown to 12 to 15cm tall and were hardy enough to be planted out in the fields. August brought rain, so come October there'll be cauliflowers to pick every day until next June.
I joined Philpott and his Kent farm workers at the final stage in their six-week spurt of planting in late July.
Four of the team sit on a tractor stacked front, back and sides with trays of seedlings. They feed the seedlings into a transplanter which deposits them in the earth. Another four workers follow the tractor on foot, checking the plants have hit their targets, and filling in the furrows.
You could be forgiven for thinking this is a lucrative business judging by the prices their crops go for in shops and restaurants.
Beyond the field looms Tesco Extra, selling cauliflowers at £1 a head, £1.65 for an extra large cauli, and £2 for an organic one.
Two miles north west in Margate, one of the country's most deprived areas despite being increasingly popular with tourists, you can spend £10 on a cauliflower steak with roasted cashews and lemon basil dressing.
At Hawksmoor, the steak restaurant with branches in London and Manchester, spice-roasted cauliflower with IPA raisins, almonds and yoghurt costs £14.
Sales are booming, and increasing numbers of us seem happy to pay high prices in restaurants, when a few years ago we would have snorted at shelling out for a side of cauliflower cheese.
British farmers, however, don't seem to be benefitting from its popularity. "Those who still grow cauliflower in Thanet are only growing them because they're passionate about the crop," says Philpott. "If you looked at it from an accounting point of view, you wouldn't do it. It's too risky."
Philpott plants around three million brassicas over 220 acres. "Twenty years ago there could have been 30 farmers growing veg in this area, now we're down to half a dozen. They'd probably grow between 5,000 and 8,000 acres of cauli, perhaps even 10,000. We're down now to less than 1,000, a significant drop."
The transformation of cauliflower from dull boiled veg into a desirable feature on any table occurred when our hunger for more, interesting, vegan and vegetarian dishes met with a generation of well-travelled chefs willing to listen to customers and experiment with flavours.
Supermarkets began to sell cauliflower rice, an alternative to carbs popularised by food writers such as the Hemsley sisters. Word soon spread that roasting a whole head was the cheapest, most impressive, and most delicious vegan centrepiece.
Dishes such as the £12 cauliflower shawarma from Berber & Q - a smoky whole cauliflowerfrom the grill, dressed with pomegranate and tahini - have become cult orders.
Philpott also plants cauliflowers in his sloping fields above the chalk cliffs of the coastline. Despite their high and exposed position, the spot is bordered on three sides by the sea which keeps the temperature moderate and mostly frost-free.
Only two days' cutting were lost to snow last year, but the year before was much more difficult as the mild autumn brought many varieties forward. "We had a glut," Philpott recalls. "My neighbour and I were throwing cauliflower away because we couldn't sell them, and yet<|fim_middle|> death six years ago, and his wife, Lel, runs her riding school there. His nephew Dominic is next in line for the family business.
He says he's noticed that cauliflower is experiencing a renaissance, but the hefty prices charged in restaurants don't make sense to growers.
He might spend 3.5p on a seed, and then after tending it and paying for equipment, staff, fertiliser and sprays, the supermarket only wants to pay 20p a head. The open market is also unpredictable. "One minute you're happily getting 60 to 70p a cauli. The next it's 10p."
He laughs at the idea of the £10 cauli steak. "You can go into my farm shop and get a nice large cauliflower for about 60p, and you'll get about 10 slices out of it."
"Steak" is an ill-fitting label for a slice of cauliflower, but it's become the accepted term, and allows retailers and restaurants to charge steak-like prices.
In January, Marks & Spencer was shamed into removing its £2.50 cauliflower steak from the shelves, for crimes against plastic use as much as sense: the slices came in a plastic tray sealed in plastic film, along with a plastic sachet of sauce. At the time the retailer was selling loose cauliflowers for a pound each.
In 2017, M&S sold just short of 1.7 million cauliflowers, and up to 31 July had sold 850,000 this year. Sales have increased by 44 per cent in seven years.
Aldi has seen an even bigger jump, of 250 per cent between 2012 and 2017, and more than 30 per cent from 2016 to 2017.
With this sort of demand, Philpott and his neighbours shouldn't be wasting a single cauli.
Aldi says "the vast majority" of its cauliflowers are grown in the UK, but it's not clear where all the extra ones are coming from.
Philpott's harvest also heads to local greengrocers, and his own lovely produce outlet, Rose Farm Shop, which has been going for half a century.
"Rose Farm was Dad's first farm," he remembers, "and he used to put cauliflower on a pallet with a little tin honesty box. It was 10p a cauli."
CAULIFLOWER SHAWARMA
By Josh Katz, Berber & Q
SHAWARMA-SPICED BUTTER
40g unsalted butter, softened
1½ tbsp finely chopped coriander
1 tbsp ground sumac
1½ tsp ground cumin
½ tsp ground allspice
Pinch of ground nutmeg
Pinch of ground cardamom
1 whole cauliflower
4 tbsp tahina sauce
1½ tbsp pine nuts, toasted
1 small green chilli, finely chopped
2 tbsp pomegranate seeds
1 tsp dried rose petals
1 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley
For the shawarma-spiced butter: Mix ingredients in either a stand mixer or a large bowl until thoroughly incorporated. Set aside until needed.
For the cauliflower: Trim some of the outer leaves, but leave some stragglers - they taste delicious and look great when burnt and crisped.
Set a large saucepan of salted water and bring to the boil. Gently lower the cauliflower into the pan, bring the water back to the boil, then turn the heat down to medium. Remove when tender to a knife, yet retain some resistance - around 7 minutes from when the water comes back to the boil.
Allow the cauliflower to dry on a cooling rack over a roasting tray Brush liberally all over with the spiced butter, retaining some for brushing at a later stage. Season generously with salt and pepper.
To finish: Preheat the oven to 220°C/Gas mark 9, and blast the cauliflower for 5-7 minutes, until blackened all over. Transfer it to finish on the barbecue for a few minutes (if you have one going), basting with any leftover butter.
To serve: Spoon over the tahina sauce and pomegranate molasses. Sprinkle over the remainder of the garnish ingredients, plus a drizzle of olive oil. Serve immediately.
This recipe is from Berber & Q by Josh Katz (Ebury Press, £25) | Asda were selling Spanish cauliflowers." Although he supplies supermarkets, he says they "don't really support British farmers", adding: "They don't want to risk not having stuff on the shelves."
Philpott, 50, ran the farm with his father until his unexpected | 59 |
It's true I love a good porch wedding and Jessica + Grant wedding doesn't not disappoint. They married at the gorgeous Front Porch Farms outside of Nashville, TN surrounded by friends and family. The couple's style complimented the wedding décor and details to a T. Jessica found most of the DIY items browsing through Etsy and her mom handmade those adorable "LOVE" pillows.
oh me oh my! i love that they got married on their front porch!!!
So simple and sweet. Love the pic of her smiling at him.
I love her sweet pink cardy!
oh my gosh, her cardigan? love. what a pretty wedding!!
Such a sweet front porch wedding - very intimate!
love that it took place on a porch! too cute!
Absolutely love that they got married on the front porch!
What is it about porches that seem so quaint? I love his shirt and tie!
Two things ~ porch weddings are fabulous and I LOVE those LOVE pillows! I want them. I need them...<|fim_middle|>I am so flattered by the compliments on our wedding. It turned out better than I imagined. I would love to get you some LOVE pillows made. | really I do ;-))) I think she should start selling them on Etsy ~ seriously...money maker right there! The whole weddings is just darling...and you know how I feel about DIY and vintage ~ yep, over the moon!
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When making an order with a print company, they will need to know details about the desired paper quality before they can produce your product. The paper you chose for your brochure can<|fim_middle|> a large number of pages to ensure the brochure lays flat and is not excessively bulky.
Once you've chosen a paper thickness you can consider which finish would be most appropriate for your brochure. | impact your brand image so it's important to make the right decisions. There are two main things to consider before looking further into brochure printing, both which will affect how your brand comes across.
Paper density refers to the thickness of the paper and is measured in GSM (grams per square metre). A higher GSM equates to a thicker paper which may give a more professional look, but it won't be appropriate for every task. There are no specific rules for paper density, but some types will be more suitable than others.
130-170 GSM is a standard weight for a good quality poster.
170-300 GSM would be suitable for most corporate brochure printing. You might need to compromise GSM slightly if you have | 149 |
Science - April 19, 2012
Domestic animals list being compiled
Wageningen UR Livestock Research is compiling for state secretary Bleker a list of mammals which are suitable for keeping as domestic animals. A team of animal researchers is getting scientific justification to support such a 'positive list'.
The team - which includes Paul Koene - will draw up a list which shows the differences in behaviour and wellbeing of animal species in the wild and in captivity. Therefore, the characteristics of mammals in the wild and in a domestic setting are being entered into a database. The natural behaviour of a hundred species is being analysed in detail<|fim_middle|> animal species on positieflijst.nl. In this way, practical knowledge can also play a role in determining which mammals can be kept by individuals. The positive list will be a feature in the new animal law which will come into force on 1 January 2013.
Please insert the sum of these numbers (use numbers): nine + six = * | . One of the results of this analysis, for example, indicates that keeping domestic cats, domestic mice, ferrets or American fox squirrels in the home does not go against their natural behaviour. 'Porcupines, zebra mongooses, nutria, degus and meerkats are less suitable as pets for individuals,' says Koene.
The researchers have begun a survey to find out which mammals are kept as pets in Dutch homes and to gather more published materials about their behaviour, wellbeing and health as domesticated animals. 'We have to make the information objective enough for the positive list to be used legally as well,' says Koene.
That can pose a problem, though, as some domesticated animals are not exactly at their best condition. For example, dogs are often lonely and unable to express their natural behaviour. Yet, such species occupy a firm position on the positive list due to cultural and historical reasons. At the other end of the spectrum are wild animals which are currently being kept under specific conditions. The determining factor continues to be whether the health and wellbeing of a species is harmed when it is being kept by individuals.
The survey has been designed to get a good picture of this aspect. People asked to contribute to the list inlcude those who keep mammals at home, experts, refuge centres and lovers of particular species of mammals. They can provide information on each | 277 |
As promised, we have planned a little further ahead this autumn and can confirm the dates of our next four work parties.
They are all Sundays and we are usually on site between 1<|fim_middle|> we were proud to be invited by the Dorset Wildlife Trust to join some real prestigious wildlife charities for the day.
Our Chairman Janet manned the stand and was delighted with the amount of interest from the public.
She signed up 12 new members and we even had some donations too.
I hope anyone who went along enjoyed our updated woodland photo display.
Last month our picnic to celebrate the completion of our Dorset Community Foundation project to install picnic table was supported by over 30 people.
The sun shone and a great time was had by all.
Looking forward to seeing you at one of our work parties. | 0am-3pm.
You are welcome to come along on the dates you can, for as little or long as you like.
Something for all ages and abilities (Children must be supervised).
If physical work is not for you, then just stop by for a cuppa and a chat.
Rhododendron clearance in Cannon Hill South (South of the A31, just up from the Old Thatch).
Continuing our work from earlier in the year, opening up the track running parallel with Uddens Drive and stopping the spread of the Rhododendron into the woodland.
Please dress appropriately for uneven ground and a bonfire (conditions permitting).
Tea, coffee, squash & biscuits provided all day.
We hope to have a little woodland war time history to share and will be observing the 2 minutes silence at 11am.
Our Christmas Work Party, with some festive season treats.
Tree planting with the Forestry Commission, North of the A31 (Exact location to be confirmed).
Join as a Friend of the Woodlands between now and the end of the year and you will be entered in a draw for a £50 voucher to spend a La Fosse at Cranborne Restaurant with Rooms.
The voucher is redeemable against their excellent home cooked food, relaxing accommodation or bespoke cookery lessons.
How much does it cost to become a "Friend" ?
That is entirely up to you, the membership fee is a one off donation of your choosing.
Fill in an application form online at our website or reply to this email with your address and we will get a paper form to you.
Note – You do not need to be a member (Friend) to attend the work parties, but of course we would love it if you were!
I am delighted to say that we have been awarded £301 by Waitrose in Wimborne. Many thanks to all of you that voted for us.
The money will be used to equip some of our younger members, who are keen to get a hand cart, litter collection tools and bird/bat boxes.
The first event of this type we have attended and | 432 |
Zobo's Radiant range of electric heaters provide gentle radiant warmth that heats you<|fim_middle|>ised aluminium heating strip is framed by a natural anodised aluminium surround that provides an attractive design that blends beautifully with any decor.
Every Zobo Radiant Heater comes with adjustable, stainless steel, mounting brackets that provide a range of directional positions. Being aluminium, rust is not a problem so the Zobo Radiant Heater range is ideally suited for beach-house and alfresco dining areas.
Conventional convection heaters heat the air around you and are useless if that air is free to drift away in a typical outdoor entertaining environment like a patio/veranda or an in-door workplace situation such as a warehouse or production line.
Zobo backs this product with an extensive 1 year warranty for domestic applications and 1 year warranty for commercial applications. | and the surfaces around you without any glow or glare. This Zobo electric Black Radiant Heater provides gentle warmth that heats you and the surfaces around you without any glow or glare. The black anod | 40 |
About NPN
NPNet Online
PRESS RELEASE - January 6, 1993
Contact: Karen Storek Lange
T<|fim_middle|>, support groups and government agencies that assist parents or children are invited to have a file description on NPNet at no cost.
New Parents Network disseminates these educational parenting files through its computer bulletin board system (BBS) network, through the international commercial network Delphi, and now through New Parents Network Software. NPN Software is a powerful tool for institutions to educate the general population that might not have access to a computer and modem (previously the only way to enter into NPNet).
As an example, Tucson Medical Center, a member of the non-profit Voluntary Hospitals of America, is setting up dedicated computers throughout the hospital and installing NPN Software. Through these computer sites, TMC is able to reach all socio-economic levels of the population with vital parenting information, fully utilizing the power of information technology. TMC's innovative program includes computers with NPN Software that are available for maternity patients and their families. Jet printers allow the user to print out documents of interest, and all maternity patients will leave the hospital with a New Parents Network brochure detailing how the parent can maintain contact with NPN for further information once they are home. Additionally, nursing stations throughout the hospital and dedicated locations in lobbies will also carry the software, reaching employees and hospital visitors.
"New Parents Network is a centralized point to gather and disseminate information of great importance to our nation's parents," says Karen Storek Lange, founder and Director of New Parents Network. "Parenting is one of the most challenging experiences in life, and without education and access to simple information we will continue to see the kinds of crises that frequently headline the news. New Parents Network provides an organized link that responds quickly and clearly to parenting needs and concerns. NPNet's evolutionary character is unique because the more it is used the more complete it will become."
New Parents Network urges all social services, support groups and government agencies that assist parents and children to have a complete description of their services on NPNet free of charge. New Parents Network is a non-profit organization that created NPNet as a national information service to all people and agencies concerned with parenting, and relies solely on grants, contributions, corporate underwriting support and revenue from its site licensing program.
New Parents Network was nominated by U.S. Robotics, Inc. for a 1992 Computerworld Smithsonian Award, given to organizations that are using computer technology for the betterment of mankind.
©1988-2016 New Parents Network, Inc. All Rights Reserved - Tel: 1-520-461-6806 -
E-mail: moreinfo@newparentsnetwork.org - THIS SITE IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL ADVICE. | ucson, Arizona 85733-4226
New Parents Network BBS: (602)326-9345
Tucson -- New Parents Network (NPN) has released its first version of software as a further extension of its national information system NPNet. Now hospitals, Universities, public libraries, etc. can set up dedicated computer sites and provide NPN Software to their employees and the population they serve.
New Parents Network, a non-profit organization founded in 1988, created NPNet in 1991 as the nation's only centralized computer databank designed to link all agencies concerned with children and parenting. Files on NPNet include
specifics on product recall, general safety, child care, support groups, disabilities, as well as government programs and crisis information. All social services | 174 |
Here at South Hill Park, we couldn't agree more. The Arts make living worthwhile. They aren't just there to give us pleasure in our spare time, but are the tools through which we express ourselves, connect to other people, share experiences and discover new things about ourselves, each other and the wider world around<|fim_middle|>You can get more information or read the full report from Arts Council England here. | us.
A world without dance schools, theatres, art galleries or music venues. A world without Mozart or The Beatles, Van Gogh's Sunflowers or Monet's Water Lilies; without Shakespeare, Chekhov or Tennessee Williams.
Community Arts venues subsidised by public funding are fundamental to keeping the Arts available and affordable to everyone in the UK, and not just the privileged few who can afford to journey into the big cities and pay the big city prices.
Publicly funded community arts venues are also the life blood for the great artists – and arts events – of the future.
Arts and culture benefit us economically, socially and educationally. They also give us joy, let us reflect and help us empathise. As watchers and visitors, as artists (professional and amateur), as producers, curators and entrepreneurs, as policy makers and investors, we are all connected to our country's unique and rich cultural life.
Those who attended a cultural place or event in the last 12 months are almost 60 per cent more likely to report good health compared to those who had not, and theatre-goers are almost 25 per cent more likely to report good health.
People value being in the audience to the arts at about £2,000 per person per year and participating at £1,500 per person. The value of participating in sports is about £1,500 per person per year.
Research has evidenced that a higher frequency of engagement with arts and culture is generally associated with a higher level of subjective wellbeing.
Engagement in structured arts and culture improves the cognitive abilities of children and young people.
A number of studies have reported findings of applied arts and cultural interventions and measured their positive impact on specific health conditions which include dementia, depression and Parkinson's disease.
The use of art, when delivered effectively, has the power to facilitate social interaction as well as enabling those in receipt of social care to pursue creative interests. The review highlights the benefits of dance for reducing loneliness and alleviating depression and anxiety among people in social care environments.
Continuing to fund the Arts makes sound economic sense.
Funding the Arts throughout Britain costs just 14p per person, per week (source: Arts Council England). Public funding for arts and culture (including museums and libraries) currently amounts to just 0.1% of total Government spend, but yet returns an impressive £7bn to the UK economy.
Every £1 of public money invested in arts & culture generates £5 for the economy (source: Arts & Growth Report commissioned by Creative Industries Federation July 2015; Contribution of the Arts & Culture Sector to the National Economy Report – commissioned by Arts Council England July 2015).
Living in an area where there is twice the amount of Arts & Culture available could increase house prices by an average of £26,817 (source: Centre for Economics & Business Research May 2013).
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A 98 Degrees Christmas
December 17, 2018 Category: Live Shows, Music, Reviews
On Saturday the members of 98° took the stage to a screaming devoted crowd at the Borgata Music Box in Atlantic City. The Christmas tour was in celebration of<|fim_middle|> Don't Be Late)" in which Drew sung, "I want a hula hoop" in a higher key.
"They're just as good as when I was kid!" squealed a fan behind me, "but now I can drink!" The crowd gleefully sang along to chart-toppers, "Because of You," "I Do (Cherish You)," "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)" which they cleverly mashed with "Feliz Navidad" and closed the show with a personal favorite, "The Hardest Thing."
The band was all smiles after the show as I popped in for a quick hello backstage. I asked if they were having fun on this tour and they assured me they were and it showed. For me it was a surreal experience it was like walking into a room where all my Tiger Beat (90's teen magazine) posters had come to life. I confessed that had this meeting occurred 20 years ago I would have been a crying mess to which Drew said, "you can still cry," we all had a laugh and I assured him I would cry as soon as I left the room and I did.
The tour concludes on Friday, December 21st in Appleton, WI. For more on 98° follow them on twitter @98official, like them on Facebook at Facebook.com/Official98degrees and of course their website: www.98degrees.com | their first full length album in 18 years, "Let It Snow," released late last year. Many attendees donned blinking lights, Christmas gear and band t-shirts as Nick, Justin, Drew and Jeff performed some of their biggest hits and classic Christmas tunes.
Their four-part harmonies were in top form and their take on Christmas classics was very charming. They played off each other well and their banter often was a prelude to their next song. As Drew jokingly stated these were, "songs [they] love to sing, have never sung and some [they] never hope to sing again," my money is on "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas | 135 |
Much of Joann Dost's work has been done from the skids of a helicopter, like this shot she took of the 18th at Pebble Beach. Joann Dost/Golf Lifestyles Inc.
Joann Dost's Golf Lifestyle Gallery in Monterey is open weekdays or by special appointment. Courtesy of Golf Lifestyles Inc.
The 12th at Whistling Straits is a good example of how Dost uses water, sky and land to compose a stunning shot. Joann Dost/Golf Lifestyles Inc<|fim_middle|>Kenzie, but rather Mother Nature.
Because playing courses like Pebble Beach Golf Links or Bandon Dunes is as much about the cliffs, the terrain and the ocean as it is the design of the holes themselves. So no wonder they are among the most photographed in the world.
Few people can appreciate golf course splendor more than renowned course photographer Joann Dost. A former player on the LPGA Tour, Dost transitioned from shooting low scores in tournament competition to shooting golf courses with her camera in 1977. Her extensive playing background brought a golfer's perspective to her work, which has been featured in national and international magazines as well as the USGA museum.
Living on the Monterey Peninsula has provided plenty of magnificent subject matter in her own backyard.
"There's a lot of beautiful lighting there," said Dost, referring to one of the key ingredients in a great golf course photograph. "Lots of moisture in the air (which contributes to unusual lighting) and a striking coastline."
Now you can see Dost's work - which also includes courses such as the South Course at Torrey Pines, St. Andrews, Cypress Point, Whistling Straits and Muirfield Village - at the new Joann Dost Golf Lifestyle Gallery in Monterey.
Dost is an artist. She still shoots the majority of her work in film, not digitally. She believes that while digital photography has come a long way in recent years, it can't match the true color reproduction of transparencies, which also serve as a permanent point of reference.
"I just come from the old school, and the coloring I get from film is unmatched," said Dost, who like many in her profession draws inspiration from the great landscape photographer Ansel Adams. "I like to see that transparency because it's exactly what I saw with my eyeball."
In addition, a transparency can be scanned and converted into a file almost a gigabyte in size, which is far larger than what current digital cameras can produce. This enables her to produce prints with clarity that are much larger than she can do with straight digital photography.
The 2,500-square-foot facility not only showcases Dost's work. It also features the work of former three-time Ryder Cup member Johnny Pott and golf course painter Linda Hartough. You can also view the personal collection of Hall of Fame golfer Lawson Little Sr.
"My vision for this gallery is to make beautiful works available that will excite people who appreciate golf," Dost said. " I think it helps people understand about the area and also about golf photography if they do come over."
The gallery, which is located at 2700 Garden Road right next to the Monterey Airport, used to be open by appointment only, but that changed on Dec. 1. Now you can visit without an appointment on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gallery staff will arrange after hours or weekend viewing upon request. Admission is free.
In addition to the art gallery, there is also a "pro shop" area that features select golf collectibles designed as gifts, which can be customized for tournament coordinators and event planners to use as awards or tee prizes. And adjacent to the gallery is the Golf Lifestyles Inc./Joan Dost production studio, where transparencies are transformed into prints and then framed. Tours of the production studio as well as scheduling outside events can be arranged by calling (831) 375-3678.
"People have really enjoyed seeing the whole operation," said Dost, adding that special events such as luncheons at the gallery are also popular. "They can see how we produce everything, and the fact that we do it all right here."
For more information, visit www.JoannDost.com.
Until Seaside Resort's 275-to-300-room luxury hotel and clubhouse are built, the facility has partnered with three upscale area hotels to offer stay-and-play vacation packages. The deals allow golfers to enjoy the famed Bayonet and Black Horse courses, and enjoy Monterey in style. | .
Playing golf in Monterey, California? Take a quick side trip to the Joann Dost Golf Lifestyle Gallery to peruse stunning photos of golf courses like Torrey Pines and St. Andrews.
If you travel to play golf in exotic places, it hasn't escaped you that the greatest golf course architect of all time isn't Donald Ross or Alister Mac | 72 |
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The practical application of prevention measures at workplace level is well described in many case studies published by enterprises themselves, public institutions and authorities, industrial associations and trade unions. These institutions have gathered together such case studies and published them in varying levels of detail and formats. Some are short success stories, others cover in detail aspects of risk reduction, as well as technological and financial aspects of the practical solutions in question. Even life cycle considerations are described (i.e. addressing the risks posed by dangerous substances during their whole life cycle, from raw material to waste). Formats vary from easy-to-read two-page information sheets to extensive technical descriptions. Supporting videos are an emerging format, and increasingly publications are available in more than one language.
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Other :<|fim_middle|> several software programs available for composition and aural skills. There is a large piano lab available for accompanists and group piano classes.
For more information, visit the Community Music School website.
If you are serious about music, or just serious about having fun with music, this is your summer festival.
Whether you intend to make music for your career or simply want to make music for fun and you are between the ages 14 and 20 (as of Oct. 1, 2014), the Southwestern College Summer Music Festival is for you. Enroll in one of five options - jazz band, choir, orchestra, piano or composition.
Join us for a six-day summer camp on the beautiful campus of Southwestern College studying with our outstanding faculty and developing your musical skills. Additional activities like ultimate Frisbee, movie night, swimming and drum circles just add to the fun!
For more information, visit the Summer Music Festival website. | South Kansas Symphony : Education
Southwestern College Youth Symphony
The Southwestern College Youth Symphony will perform 5 concerts for its 10th season, providing musical training and performance opportunities to talented students in South-Central Kansas and Northern Oklahoma. The youth symphony strives to maintain a rich heritage of classical music in our region, but has also added the "Lite Orchestra" this season for students interested in Eclectic Styles. The ensemble encourages middle school and high school students to achieve musical excellence, function as members of a team, and appreciate the talents of peers in the ensemble. Many musicians make lasting friendships with other members of the orchestra.
For more information, contact Ismail Farid at Ishmail.Farid@sckans.edu.
There are two divisions. Senior Division is open to all current Southwestern College students. Junior Division is open to 12-18 year old musicians from Kansas and Oklahoma and past attendees of the Cole Family Summer Music Festival. It is open to all instruments and voice.
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Community Music School
Our Mission: The mission of the Community Music School at Southwestern College is to nurture the fine arts community of South Central Kansas and North Central Oklahoma with rich, musical experiences for people of all ages. Our vision is to encourage excellence in the arts by offering a wide array of private lessons, master classes, ensembles, performance opportunities, and more on the campus of Southwestern College.
General Information: General Information: Located in the Darbeth Performing Arts building on-campus at Southwestern College, the Community Music School offers an array of musical activities for students, teachers, and performers of all ages. Any ensemble is welcome to join and be coached. A wide variety of classes are available semester by semester. All band and orchestra participants are invited to join the Southwestern College Concert Band or the South Kansas Symphony (by audition with Dr. Peterson). Also, Southwestern College has | 393 |
Le menhir de Champduy , appelé aussi Peïro Plantado ou Pierre plantée, est un menhir situé à Cabasse, dans le département du Var en France.
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L'édifice est classé au titre des monuments historiques en 1889.
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Le menhir est en calcaire bajocien. De section ovalaire, il mesure de hauteur pour un diamètre de à la base. Selon le commandant Laflotte, en 1866, le propriétaire du champ où<|fim_middle|>ille permit de constater que le menhir s'élargissait vers sa base, elle contribua aussi à son inclinaison. La pierre ne fut redressé qu'en 1924 par le nouveau propriétaire de la parcelle.
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Cabasse | il se situe fit creuser au pied du menhir jusqu'à de profondeur et y recueillit quelques éclats de silex et des charbons. Si cette fou | 41 |
Allan Goldner is a top-rated attorney practicing in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Providing legal representation in Ohio for a variety of different issues, Allan Gold<|fim_middle|> International issues. Additional legal issues represented include Mergers & Acquisitions and Business / Corporate. | ner was selected to Super Lawyers for 2004. He is admitted to practice before the courts in Ohio.
After completing undergraduate studies, Allan Goldner attended law school. Allan Goldner was enrolled at Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He earned a juris doctor degree in 1973. Allan Goldner would be admitted to the practice of law in 1973.
Attorneys like Allan Goldner are recognized by their peers for their outstanding work and commitment to the spirit of the legal profession. Their knowledge of the law, professional work ethic, and advocacy on behalf of their clients allow them to stand out among other attorneys in the field.
Allan Goldner represents clients with | 144 |
Real Madrid are the 4/5 outright favourites to win this season's UEFA Champions League and become the first back-to-back winners of the competition in its modern guise.
Los Blancos secured a 4-2 aggregate success over city rivals Atletico Madrid last night with Isco's crucial away goal ensuring a comfortable passage after Real had trailed by two early goals at the Vicente Calderon.
Juventus stand in the way of Zinedine Zidane's men with the Italian outfit<|fim_middle|> that, the Old Lady held off Barcelona for 180 minutes and it'll be fascinating to see whether they can now repel the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and co. | 11/10 to win the Champions League outright.
In the match betting, Real are 19/10 to win in normal time in Cardiff, with Juve the marginal outsiders at 7/5 to avenge their 1998 final defeat to Madrid.
Meanwhile, the draw in 90 minutes is a 23/10 shot.
It's perhaps no surprise to see our traders struggling to split the 2016-17 finalists given their respective strengths.
Max Allegri's Serie A giants managed to restrict a Monaco side that had previously scored 149 goals in all competitions this season to just the one over two legs.
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Should Panthers Draft A QB In Round 1 Of 2021 NFL Draft?
By: Trevor Sikkema January 4th, 2021 2021-01-04T06:03:00-06:00 The Draft Network
Photo: Photos courtesy of USA<|fim_middle|> Network. Co-Host of the Locked On NFL Draft Podcast. | TODAY Sports
Before now, it was just an idea. Now it should be the plan.
With the 2020 regular season in the books, more than half the teams in the NFL are getting a head start on the rest of the playoff teams when it comes to offseason planning.
The Carolina Panthers finished their first season under head coach Matt Rhule with a respectable 5-11 record. It was a number that honestly was on the higher end of season predictions from back in August. Carolina proved that they could hang tough with a lot of good teams, even with less than ideal circumstances. However, losing their best offensive player, running back Christian McCaffrey, didn't help when it came to being the underdog and upsetting a few of the favorites.
The Panthers' roster fell short in a handful of areas this season. At linebacker, even with hybrid player Jeremy Chinn having a fantastic season, they just did not get the play out of the middle of that group (beyond Shaq Thompson) that they needed. On the boundary, the cornerback room surely felt the body blows of missing James Bradberry, who was signed by the New York Giants last offseason. The offensive line, while they had their moments, was not up to league par—and anytime you're losing more than you're winning up front, it's tough to take and sustain leads no matter the opponent.
Then there was the quarterback position.
The Panthers' split with their franchise quarterback Cam Newton last offseason was messy. There was clearly a desire to wipe the roster slate pretty much clean when Rhule stepped in the building, and that included some franchise legends like Newton, tight end Greg Olsen, and to a different extent Luke Kuechly when he announced his shocking retirement. They knew they wanted to move on from Newton, but they didn't want to be void of a quarterback option going into 2020. That's when Teddy Bridgewater was signed.
Bridgewater signed a three-year, $63 million deal this past offseason in the wake of some very nice showings as QB2 in New Orleans the previous two seasons (particularly in 2019). Bridgewater was selected in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft and was getting better as his career went on with the Minnesota Vikings until a devastating leg injury almost cost him his career. He worked hard to get back to the point where he could be counted on and showed some of his best stuff with the Saints.
This version of Bridgewater has been fine. He amassed career highs in completions, passing yards, completion percentage, and passing touchdowns. I would tell you that he isn't the biggest weakness, talent-wise, that the Panthers have on their roster. But as the season has gone on, Bridgewater has unfortunately strengthened the argument that, while he can be serviceable, he likely just isn't a franchise guy who can elevate when situations go awry. What I mean by that is: I believe you can make a postseason team around Bridgewater. If you surround him with numerous playmakers on offense, a top-10 offensive line, a steady running game, and a top-10 defense behind him, Bridgewater can manage games to get you to double-digit wins and into the postseason.
But do you know how hard it is to assemble that kind of ideal roster? And even then, you'll likely always be looking for a potential upgrade at quarterback as you build the team (look at where the San Francisco 49ers are right now with Jimmy Garoppolo).
The Panthers will likely have the chance to make that upgrade this draft cycle, and if they do, they would be wise to take it.
The Panthers have the eighth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. With such a high pick will likely come the chance to get one of four quarterbacks: Trevor Lawrence, Justin Fields, Zach Wilson, or Trey Lance. We assume Lawrence will go No. 1, and the New York Jets could very well be taking a quarterback at No. 2. After that, though, it gets fun. The Panthers will be in range to pick or potentially move up (and not too far) to go get a guy they want based on whoever is left at quarterback after the top two picks. I would also urge Panthers fans to not look at that in the way of "why would we settle or trade up for the third-best quarterback in the class?" Every class is different, and in this draft, there could very well be four potential franchise changers at that position.
Bridgewater saved his worst for last in 2020, going an abysmal 13-for-23 with just 176 passing yards and two interceptions before a switch was made for P.J. Walker, who proceeded to throw three interceptions himself. After the game, it was noted that Bridgewater was pulled because of a shot he took to his knee and that inserting Walker might give the team a spark. That was likely the crack in the door—or perhaps the kicking of it wide open—for the Panthers to dip into the upcoming quarterback class.
There are some who would argue that the timing for the Panthers to draft a quarterback isn't perfect. They have Bridgewater under contract with a good chunk of his money being guaranteed for at least another year. Since they're paying him anyway, there are draft plans where they ride with Bridgewater, add a very needed prospect at cornerback, linebacker, or along the offensive line with their first-round pick this year, and go all-in on a franchise quarterback next year.
I'm here to tell you it's not that easy.
They won five games with a first-year head coach and no McCaffrey this season. Wouldn't you expect that number to rise, even one or two games the following season? I'm sure they would. If that's the case, coupled with that fact that you figure the NFL won't be historically bad record-wise around the league, and the Panthers might not even be picking in the top 10 next season. If that's the case, they likely won't have the chance to get a franchise quarterback.
The timing may not be "perfect," but it is now, here, with a top-10 pick in hand. Carolina should do all the research they can for this upcoming quarterback class. I think they'll like what they find.
Trevor Sikkema
Senior NFL Draft Analyst
Senior NFL Draft Analyst for The Draft | 1,321 |
UMD Scientists Help Develop New Drought Early Warning Tool
UMD's Christopher Hain and colleagues played a key role in transitioning the product from the research phase to NOAA operations
<|fim_middle|> cover the entire world.
This new product represents many years of research and support by NOAA, NASA, the University of Maryland, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the University of Wisconsin, and the National Drought Mitigation Center.
ESI development was funded in part by the NASA Applied Sciences Program, as well as the NOAA Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections and Societal Applications Research Programs.
For more information: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/getd/ and http://hrsl.ba.ars.usda.gov/drought/.
Media Relations Contact: Matthew Wright, 301-405-9267, mewright@umd.edu | Farmers, ranchers, and water resource managers in North America will have more time to prepare for potentially damaging drought conditions thanks to a new early warning product now available online.
Developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its partners, including the University of Maryland, the Evaporative Stress Index (ESI) provides drought warnings several weeks ahead of most other currently available drought indicators. By detecting the advance signals of plant stress, including dry soils, decreased plant transpiration and warming land temperature, ESI can raise the alarm before plants visibly dry out and lose their green appearance.
As part of NOAA's GOES Evapotranspiration and Drought Product System (GET-D), ESI integrates satellite observations of land surface temperatures from NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) with vegetation information from the NOAA/NASA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). Researchers then use these observations to estimate water loss due to evaporation from the soil surface, as well as water that evaporates, or transpires, from the leaves of plants.
"When vegetation is already turning brown, it's too late. ESI is able to see the onset of vegetation stress before it gets to this state," said Christopher Hain, an assistant research scientist at UMD's Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) who played a key role in transitioning ESI from the research phase to NOAA operations. "There are other tools that estimate the potential for drought stress by measuring rainfall, wind speed, heat or other parameters. But ESI directly measures the actual stress on plants."
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) began developing ESI in the late 1990s under the direction of Martha Anderson, a research scientist at USDA's Agricultural Research Service. Hain began collaborating with Anderson's team in 2008 as part of his doctoral research at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. From the start, Hain's main task was to help integrate ESI into NOAA's research program, with the eventual goal of transitioning the tool from research to operations. Hain continued in this role when he joined ESSIC and the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites-Maryland (CICS-MD) in 2010, with help from ESSIC/CICS-MD postdoctoral researcher Li Fang and former faculty research assistant Zhengpeng Li.
NASA contributed funds for the research phase, and after ESI showed promise as a useful tool for decision-makers, NOAA stepped in to continue building out ESI as an operational product, with UMD/ESSIC managing the development of the system and serving as a central point of collaboration for NOAA, NASA, USDA and end user partners.
"The University of Maryland was responsible for building this system out and transitioning it to operations at NOAA," Hain said. "When scientists develop a new tool from a research project, there is no guarantee that it will always be available unless it has operational support. And during the research phase, much effort focuses on hindcasting to determine how well the product's predictions matched real observations. Even the best tool is not useful until it is operationally available to help make useful predictions for the end user."
Transitioning from a research project to NOAA operations provides end users with a robust support environment so that farmers, ranchers and other stakeholders have access to timely and reliable data, Hain explained.
"As a researcher, your work is only as good as someone else's ability to use it. So for any effort like this, operational use is the ideal end goal," Hain added. "Getting to this point with ESI is a testimony to its need in the drought community. NOAA essentially decided ESI is a useful product that was worth making available to the community."
The GET-D system's early warning potential shows great promise for rapid onset droughts, also called flash droughts. Flash droughts reach their peak intensity within weeks and usually occur during the growing season, whereas typical droughts can take months or even years to develop. Their quick onset makes flash droughts particularly devastating to farmers and ranchers who have less time to respond to the damaging conditions.
During the devastating 2012 Central Great Plains flash drought, ESI developers observed, for the first time, a rapid change in the ESI in real time. Although ESI was still in the research phase at this time, the observations served as strong evidence that ESI could provide valuable early warning to farmers, ranchers and water managers. The ESI outperformed other indicators by several weeks, suggesting moderate to severe drought conditions well before the U.S. Drought Monitor, for example.
"Droughts are one of the most common and devastating natural disasters, affecting communities across our nation," said Mark Svoboda, co-founder of the U.S. Drought Monitor. "This new product will help communities spot and prepare for flash droughts, which come on quickly and take a heavy toll on businesses and the public."
The team of scientists involved in developing the ESI emphasizes that this new product is just a first foundational step toward a global drought monitoring product. With several large global end-users requesting information, researchers hope to eventually expand the ESI to | 1,062 |
I was recently given some Borghese Dolce Notte night cream to try. I am not big into creams and lotions, but as I inevitably get older (grrrrr) I think it only wise to give my face a little TLC so none of the tourists here in Florida mistake me for an alligator. Believe me, there are women down here whose skin does look a bit gator-ish after years of exposure and neglect. I don't want to be numbered among them.
My skin is very sensitive,<|fim_middle|> You can find it here or anywhere that Borghese Cosmetics are available. | so I was curious what effect it might have on my face. I can honestly say that it's a great product and I am very pleased with the results. The Vitamin A is to correct dryness and dehydration (which is something that I am especially susceptible to this time of year).
Put this on before bed - it will encourage cell turnover, yet will not clog pores. I was also glad to find that it has a very light, clean scent and is not too heavy or greasy. | 100 |
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New Insights in Research About Acute Ischemic Myocardial Injury and Inflammation
Author(s): Anne Vincent, 141, rue de la Cardonille - 34094 Montpellier Cedex 5 - France., France Benoit Lattuca, Nolwenn Merlet, Catherine Sportouch-Dukhan, Stephanie Barrere-Lemaire.
Journal Name: Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
(Formerly Current Medicinal Chemistry - Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Allergy Agents)
Recognition that inflammation may contribute to the pathogenesis of various cardiac diseases has naturally led to the evaluation of the therapeutic potential of a range of anti-inflammatory approaches. Unfortunately, results in most settings have been disappointing. The majority of novel approaches fail despite promising preclinical data, partly attributable to off-target effects. The purpose of this review, focused on inflammation following acute myocardial ischemia, is to give a brief overview of the new insights regarding research<|fim_middle|>rophy
New Pharmacological Approaches to the Prevention of Myocardial Ischemia- Reperfusion Injury | on pro-inflammatory signaling cascades that could be targeted for cardioprotective therapeutic developments.
Keywords: Inflammation, myocardial injury, ischemia-reperfusion
Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:New Insights in Research About Acute Ischemic Myocardial Injury and Inflammation
Author(s):Anne Vincent, Benoit Lattuca, Nolwenn Merlet, Catherine Sportouch-Dukhan and Stephanie Barrere-Lemaire
Affiliation:141, rue de la Cardonille - 34094 Montpellier Cedex 5 - France.
Keywords:Inflammation, myocardial injury, ischemia-reperfusion
Abstract:Recognition that inflammation may contribute to the pathogenesis of various cardiac diseases has naturally led to the evaluation of the therapeutic potential of a range of anti-inflammatory approaches. Unfortunately, results in most settings have been disappointing. The majority of novel approaches fail despite promising preclinical data, partly attributable to off-target effects. The purpose of this review, focused on inflammation following acute myocardial ischemia, is to give a brief overview of the new insights regarding research on pro-inflammatory signaling cascades that could be targeted for cardioprotective therapeutic developments.
Anne Vincent, Benoit Lattuca, Nolwenn Merlet, Catherine Sportouch-Dukhan and Stephanie Barrere-Lemaire, "New Insights in Research About Acute Ischemic Myocardial Injury and Inflammation", Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry (2013) 12: 47. https://doi.org/10.2174/1871523011312010007
Pleiotropic Effects of Cytokines on Acute Myocardial Infarction: G-CSF as A Novel Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Bradykinin is Involved in the Mediation of Cardiac Nociception during Ischemia through Upper Thoracic Spinal Neurons
Innovative Strategies in In Vivo Apoptosis Imaging
Considerations in Understanding the Coronary Blood Flow- Left Ventricular Mass Relationship in Patients with Hypertension
Current Cardiology Reviews
Tissue Doppler Imaging: Beautiful Noise
Microvascular (dys)Function in Stable Coronary Artery Disease: Cross Talk with Epicardial Segments
Modulation of Cardiac Metabolism During Myocardial Ischemia
An Overview of the Effect of Weight Loss on Cardiovascular Autonomic Function
Orthostatic Hypotension: Evaluation and Treatment
Meloxicam Prevents Load-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy in Mice
Immunology, Endocrine & Metabolic Agents in Medicinal Chemistry (Under Re-organization)
Early Growth Response-1 (EGR-1) – A Key player in Myocardial Cell Injury
Cardiovascular & Hematological Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Perceval Sutureless Valve – are Sutureless Valves Here?
Inflammatory Mechanisms in Myocardial Infarction
Current Drug Targets - Inflammation & Allergy
MCP-1/CCL2 as a Therapeutic Target in Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Current Status of Rho-Associated Kinases (ROCKs) in Coronary Atherosclerosis and Vasospasm
The Role of the Chemokines in Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion
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So, I've been in the mood for an easy holiday craft that Lo and I could do together this weekend, and this winter, snowflakes seem to be the thing. We don't currently have any white stuff on the ground, but I know it's coming! I first caught a glimpse of Gifted magazine on Creature Comforts, and saw this branch/snowflake mobile idea and knew it would be just the thing for us to try. Branch? We've got plenty of those.
Paper cutouts? Perfect time to practice using safety scissors.
Yes, Childcraft. Make and Do.<|fim_middle|>eeeeee! | Volume 11. For those of you who also owned that little library of goodness in the 80s.
We threw in some pine cones and sparkly beads to serve as weights on the end of each string of our mobile.
Oh Jen! They are wonderful and they made me choke up too! I came home from work one day- over 10 years ago now- and my husband had made snowflakes with my daughter, Teagan, and they had hung them up in the living room. They were the first things you saw when you walked in the front door, and I had forgotten all about them until I read this post and saw your pictures just now. What a beautiful gift you've given me. Without even knowing it. I have watched my kids cut snowflakes out of paper many times the past several winters, but for some reason I didn't think about this great memory until I saw your pictures here. Needless to say I am inspired and wowed that something as simple as paper snowflakes can stir a heart in such an amazing way. Thanks for posting this. I will have to make an indoor snowfall a part of our holiday season for sure this year. Enjoy your holidays!
love this - totally bookmarking to do w/ my boys!
Very inspiring! I did this with my daughter today and although they don't look as pretty as yours they were lots of fun & she loved it! Thanks for sharing!!!!!!!
Great project! I LOVED my aunt's collection of Childcraft books...make and do was easily my favorite!
We have 'the real thing' here in Holland, but that stuff is way too cold! I LOVE the paper snowfall far more! Gorgeous!
What an awesome idea - I love that mobile! Oh, and thanks for the memory jog...my sis and I made good use of Childcraft's Make and Do, Volume 11 book; easily one of our faves (I'll have to see if Mom still has it stashed away somewhere!).
So pretty!!!!!!! I love this idea.
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Rovers trio David Raya, Charlie Mulgrew<|fim_middle|> the Season. | and Bradley Dack have all been included in the EFL Team of the Season for Sky Bet League One following their fine performances throughout the campaign.
Goalkeeper Raya has 14 clean sheets to his name this season so far, whilst skipper Mulgrew has shown great leadership and defensive skills and has also weighed in with an impressive 12 goals from his centre back position.
Playmaker Dack has turned into a real fans' favourite in his maiden campaign at Ewood Park and has played his part in Rovers' surge to the top of the table with 16 goals so far this term and a plethora of assists for his team-mates.
Dack has also been nominated for the Sky Bet League One Player of the Season award for being consistently excellent throughout the campaign, and he's up against Peterborough hitman Jack Marriott and Wigan's Nick Powell for the top player prize in the division.
As a club, Rovers' fine community work was recognised with the North West Community Club of the Year award back in early March and we have now been put forward alongside the five other regional winners for the 2018 Checkatrade Community Club of the Year Award.
Middlesbrough, Derby County, Charlton Athletic, Portsmouth and Bristol City make up the six clubs in the running for the gong.
The winners for all awards will be announced at the EFL Awards on Sunday 15th April in central London.
Congratulations David, Charlie and Bradley, and good luck to Brad for the main prize nomination!
Four Rovers players have been named in the PFA League One Team of the Season, following a fine campaign from each.
Rovers pair to boost your Ultimate Team!
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x Deserts and xeric shrublands
Southern North America: Northern Mexico into southwestern United States
The Chihuahuan Desert encompasses one of the most biologically diverse arid regions on Earth. This ecoregion extends from within the United States south into Mexico. This desert is unique, as it has been sheltered from the influence of other arid regions such as the Sonora Desert by the large mountain ranges of the Sierra Madres. This isolation has allowed the evolution of many endemic species; most notable is the high number of endemic plants. However, this ecoregion also sustains some of the last remaining populations of Mexican prairie dogs, wild American bison and pronghorn antelope.
Scientific Code
(NA1303)
Ecoregion Category
196,700 square miles
Location and General Description
The Chihuahuan Desert stretches from the southeastern corner of Arizona across southern New Mexico and west Texas to the Edwards Plateau in the United States. It runs deep into central Mexico, including parts of the states of Chihuahua, northwest Coahuila, northeast Durango and several others. This Desert is bounded by the Sierra Madre Occidental to the west and the Sierra Madre Oriental to the east, extending as far south as San Luis Potosi and to disjunct islands of the Chihuahuan vegetation in the states of Queretaro and Hidalgo.
The region contains a series of basins and ranges with a central highland extending from Socorro, New Mexico south into Zacatecas, Mexico. Most sites are located at elevations from 1,100 to 1,500 m (Davis et al. 1997). Due to its generally higher elevation, the Chihuahuan Desert is cooler; the mean annual temperature is 18.6 oC. The hottest temperatures occur in areas of low elevations and in the inter-montane depressions in the region. The climate includes a dry summer and occasional winter rains; mild frosts occur during autumn and winter. This Desert has more rainfall than other warm desert ecoregions, with precipitation ranging from 150 to 400 mm (Davis et al. 1997).
The majority of the region is composed of sedimentary rocks of marine origin, although some portions of the mountains are of igneous origin (Ferrusquía-Villafranca 1993). The region is influenced hydrologically by four river basin systems (Marroquín et al. 1981): the Rio Bravo (Río Grande) that establishes the political boundary between Mexico and the U.S.; the Río Casas Grandes, the Mapimí Bolsón and the Mayrán. Many small and medium-sized rivers cross these basins, but only a few of them supply significant amounts of water.
The dominant plant species throughout the Chihuahuan desert is creosote bush (Larrea tridentata). Depending on diverse factors such as type of soil, altitude, and degree of slope, Larrea tridentata can be found in association with other species. More generally, an association between Larrea, tarbush (Florensia cernua) and viscid acacia (Acacia neovernicosa) dominates the northernmost portion of the desert. The meridional portion is abundant in Yucca and Opuntia, and the southernmost portion is inhabited by Mexican fire-barrel cactus (Ferocactus pringlei) and Arizona rainbow cactus (Echinocereus polyac<|fim_middle|>ítica preliminar. Acta Botánica Mexicana 15: 47-64.
Toledo, V. M. 1988. La diversidad biológica de México. Ciencia y Desarrollo XIV(81): 17-30.
Tweit, S. J. 1995. Barren, wild and worthless: Living in the Chihuahuan Desert. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.
Villaseñor, J. L. 1991. Las Heliantheae endémicas a México: una guía hacia la conservación. Acta Bot. Méx. 15: 29-46.
Prepared by: C. Williams, D. Olson, Alejandra Valero, Tom Allnutt, Jan Schipper, and Christine Burdette
Reviewed by: In process | anthus). Herbaceous elements such as Bouteloua breviseta, Bouteloua gracilis and B. hirsuta, among others, become dominant near the Sierra Madre Occidental. In western Coahuila State, lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla), Prosopis glandulosa and Opuntia macrocentra and Echinocereus pectinatus are the dominant species. The southeastern portion of the desert scrub is gradually transformed from a strict Larrea-Flourensia scrub to one in which Fouquieria splendens, Yucca filifera, Agave lechuguilla and Cordia boissieri are the most common elements. In areas with shallow soils of good drainage, a scrub dominated by candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica), Agave lechuguilla, Acacia glandulifera and Mimosa zygophylla develops. Near the Sierra Madre Oriental, the scrub becomes a strict combination of Agave victoria-reginae with lechuguilla, guapilla (Hechtia glomerata), barreta (Helietta parviflora), sotol (Dasylirion sp.) and a well-developed herbaceous stratum composed of gramineae, leguminosae and cacti. The grasslands, 20% of this desert, are often mosaics of grass and shrurb. They include side-oats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula), black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda), and purple three-awn (Aristida purpurea). Bottomlands of tobosa (Hilaria mutica) and big alkalai sacaton (Sporobolus wrightii) were probably the species early Spanish explorers encountered when they reported grasses that were "belly high to a horse" (Tweit 1995).
Biodiversity Features
The Chihuahuan desert is one of the three most biologically rich and diverse desert ecoregions in the world, rivaled only by the Great Sandy Tanmi Desert of Australia and the Namib-Karoo of southern Africa (Olson and Dinerstein 1998). Approximately 3,500 plant species live in this desert, and estimates of endemism state that there could be up to 1000 endemic species (29%), and at least 16 endemic plant genera (Toledo 1988). The high degree of local endemism is the result of the isolating effects of complex basin and range physiography, and dynamic changes in climate over the last 10,000 years. Another contributing factor to endemism is the colonization of these inhospitable habitats by specialists species with restricted ranges. Taxa with high level of local endemism include cacti, butterflies, spiders, scorpions, ants, lizards and snakes.
In central Coahuila, near the town of Cuatro Ciénegas, five of the 19 species of Heliantheae can be found (Villaseñor 1991). This small area contains a high number of endemic plant species found in desert scrub and gypsum dune lowlands, and is also considered one of the world's richest foci for locally endemic cacti. According to Rzedowski (1991), the easternmost region of the desert (Coahuila, Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí states) once constituted a refuge from severe climatic changes that occurred in the past, thus facilitating speciation processes in many groups of animals and plants. The desert is considered a center for the radiation and speciation of the members of the family Lamiaceae (Ramamoorthy & Elliot 1993).
The ecoregion is widely recognized for its diversity and high levels of endemism in Cactaceae. Unfortunately, it also contains the largest assemblage of endangered cacti in America (Oldfield 1997). Perhaps one-fifth of all the world's cacti - as many as 350 of the 1,500 known species - occur in this desert. Two cacti genera, Coryphanta and Opuntia, are among the five most speciose in the entire flora.
Because of its recent origin, few warm-blooded vertebrates are restricted to the
Chihuahuan Desert scrub. However, the Chihuahuan desert supports a large number of wide-ranging mammals, such as the pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), grey fox (Unocyon cineroargentinus), jaguar (Panthera onca), collared peccary or javelina (Pecari tajacu), desert cottontail (Sylvilagus auduboni), black tailed jack rabbit (Lepus californicus), kangaroo rat (Dipodomys sp.), pocket mice (Perognathus spp.), woodrats (Neotoma spp.) and deer mice (Peromyscus spp.). With only 24 individuals recorded in the state of Chihuahua Antilocapra americana is one of the most endangered species that inhabits this desert (González-Romero & Lafón-Terrazas 1993). The ecoregion also contains a small wild population of the highly endangered American bison (Bison bison) and scattered populations of the highly endangered Mexican prairie dog (Cynomys mexicanus), as well as the common prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus).
Common bird species include the greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), curve-billed thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostra), scaled quail (Callipepla squamata), Scott's oriole (Icterus parisorum), black-throated sparrow (Amphispeza bilineata), phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens), Worthen's sparrow (Spizella wortheni), and cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus). In addition, numerous raptors inhabit the desert and include the great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi), burrowing owl (Athene cunicularis), Aplomado falcon (Falco columbarius), red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), and the rare zone-tailed hawk (Buteo albonotatus).
The Chihuahuan Desert herpetofauna is more strongly associated with the region. Several lizards are centered in the Chihuahuan Desert, and include the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), Texas banded gecko (Coleonyx brevis), reticulated gecko (C. reticulatus), greater earless lizard (Cophosaurus texanus), several species of spiny lizards (Scelpoprus spp.), and marbled whiptails (Cnemidophorus tigris marmoratus). Two other whiptails (C. neomexicanus and C. tesselatus) occur as all-female parthenogenic clones in select disturbed habitats (Wright and Lowe 1968). Representative snakes include the Trans-Pecos ratsnake (Elaphe subocularis), Texas blackheaded snake (Tantilla atriceps), and whipsnakes (Masticophis taeniatus and M. flagellum lineatus) (Brown 1994). Endemic turtles include the Bolsón desert turtle (Gopherus flavomarginatus), Coahuilan box turtle (Terrapene coahuila) and several softshells turtles. Some reptiles and amphibians restricted to sky island habitats include the ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi), twin-spot rattlesnake (C. pricei), cat-eyed snake (Leptodeira septentrioalis), Yarrow's spiny lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii), Chricahua elopard frog (Rana chircahuaensis), and canyon spotted whiptail (Cneidophorus burti) (Dinerstein et al. in prep.).
The ecoregion is also an important center of insect endemism, constituting one of only three in Mexico (Challenger 1998), and it contains the highest diversity of bees in Mexico (Ayala-Barajas & Griswold 1988).
The Chihuahuan Desert has been altered by human activities over the last centuries. Vast portions of the Chihuahuan desert have been transformed into secondary and successional vegetation. Agricultural activities constitute the strongest pressure on the native plant communities. The preferred soils are those occupied by Yucca filifera and mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), because they possess the desired cultivable characteristics (e.g. deep soils that retain water) (Marroquín et al. 1981). Changes in grazing and fire regimes, and depletion and diversion of water sources have also affected the natural vegetation. The heavily grazed areas in all the ecoregion are characterized by increasing dominance of creosote bush, mesquite, tarbush, acacia, and drastic alteration of native grasses (Brown 1995).
Due to habitat loss, large vertebrates, particularly in lowland habitats, are now rare and isolated. Brown bears, wolves, bison, pronghorn, and large cats have almost been eliminated from the region. The loss of riparian habitats and water sources has also affected terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates dependent on water (Dinerstein et al. in prep.).
The Chihuahua ecoregion as a whole suffers from lack of protection. Some protected areas include Big Bend National Park (286,572 ha), Guadalupe Mountains National Park (30,867 ha), Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River Complex (3,885 ha), Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge (24,144 ha), White Sands National Monument (58,614 ha), and Carlsbad Caverns (18,921). Relatively intact habitats are rare and are mainly found in montane areas, inaccessible slopes, gypsum dunes and saline playas. CONABIO has identified the following terrestrial priority sites within this ecoregion: El Berrendo, Laguna Jaco, Mapimí, Cuchillas de la Zarca, Sierra La Fragua, Cuatrociénegas, Sierra de La Madera, Sierra del Nido-Pastizal de Flores Magón, Médanos de Samalayuca, Cañón de Santa Elena, Bavispe-El Tigre, Sierra de San Luis-Janos, and Cananea-San Pedro. A number of important areas for bird conservation has been identified in this ecoregion including the Sistema de Islas Sierra Madre Occidental, Janos-Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mesa de Guacamayas, Baserac-Sierra Tabaco-Rio Bavispe, Sierra del Nido, Babícora, Laguna de Mexicanos, Laguna de Bustillos, Laguna de Jaco, and Mapimí, to name a few. However, these sites do not receive formal protection unless their boundaries fall within a designated protected area such as a reserve or park.
Types and Severity of Threats
The major conversion threats are urbanization, agricultural expansion, and resource extraction. Urban and suburban expansion around Cruces, New Mexico; El Paso, Texas; and other cities is threatening surrounding areas. Degradation threats include increasing off-road vehicle use in some areas, invasions of non-native species, and increasing dominance of native shrub species in areas historically characterized by open grasslands. Cattle farming threatens the fragile and diverse scrub associations that are still present in the desert. This is most extensive in the Chihuahuan desert, but also occurs in the central plateau and in the Tamaulipan matorral. Candelilla (Euphorbia antisyphilitica), nopal (Opuntia spp.), lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla) and palma (Yucca spp.) are the most exploited species.
Wildlife and exotic plant extraction, and many human activities in general have reduced the populations of some vertebrates. The American black bear (Ursus americanus) is widely hunted for its fur and body parts; however, there is still a chance for these populations to recover. Illegal trade of cacti and other exotic species of desert plants are a threat for the region; accelerated loss of habitat is also reducing cacti populations.
Threats to this ecoregion are also related to water resources. Wetland and riparian areas suffer from water loss and water reduction from irrigation and livestock. Water pollution in the Rio Grande has increase due to the growth of El Paso-Ciudad Juarez metropolitan area. Over-pumping of groundwater for agriculture and use by growing urban areas is affecting the flow of Chihuahuan rivers, including the San Pedro, Pecos, Río Grande, Río Conchos, Río Extorax, and Río Aguanaval.
Justification of Ecoregion Delineation
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Dinerstein, E., Olson, D., Atchley, J., Loucks, C., Contreras-Balderas, S., Abell, R., Iñigo, E., Enkerlin E., Williams, C. and G. Castilleja. 2000. (In preparation). Ecoregion-Based Conservation in the Chihuahuan Desert: A Biological Assessment.
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Marcus Theory of Electron Transfer 4: Classical Marcus Equation in<|fim_middle|> graph, which highlights the bell-shaped Marcus curve.
The starting values are from the so-called Closs and Miller data [4], which provided the first experimental proof of the inverted region, characterizing the classical model.
With the classical equation, you can approximate the measured rates [5] by adjusting the parameters or the electronic coupling.
Additional information on Marcus theory and electron transfer is given in [6–9].
This Demonstration displays a three-dimensional representation of the classical Marcus model.
As for the validity of the model, the Marcus theory can be applied: above , with the electronic coupling between about 1 and 200 .
Contributed by: René M. Williams (August 2022)
Snapshot 1: increasing the solvent reorganization energy makes the curve more broad, lower and shifted to the right
Snapshot 2: note the shaper curve at 77 K. With lower , the maximum attainable rate increases within the classical Marcus model show a sharper, higher peak.
Snapshot 3: in the high temperature limit, the semiclassical Marcus equation reduces to the classical Marcus equation; note the broadening of the curve at 1000 K
The results of this Demonstration were checked against the R-package [10] that runs in the statistical software package R [11] for computing and graphics.
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[2] S. Chaudhuri, S. Hedström, D. D. Méndez-Hernández, H. P. Hendrickson, K. A. Jung, J. Ho and V. S. Batista, "Electron Transfer Assisted by Vibronic Coupling from Multiple Modes," Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 13(12), 2017 pp. 6000–6009. doi:10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00513.
[3] P. F. Barbara, T. J. Meyer and M. A. Ratner, "Contemporary Issues in Electron Transfer Research," Journal of Physical Chemistry, 100(31), 1996 pp. 13148–13168. doi:10.1021/jp9605663.
[4] G. L. Closs and J. R. Miller, "Intramolecular Long-Distance Electron Transfer in Organic Molecules," Science, 240(4851), 1988 pp. 440–447. doi:10.1126/science.240.4851.440.
[5] P. Hudhomme and R. M. Williams, "Energy and Electron Transfer in Photo- and Electro-active Fullerene Dyads," Handbook of Carbon Nano Materials (F. D'Souza and K. M. Kadish, eds.), Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific, 2011 pp. 545–591. doi:10.1142/9789814327824_0017.
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[8] R. M. Williams. Photoinduced Electron Transfer—The Semi-classical Marcus–Levich–Jortner Theory [Video]. (May 17, 2022) youtu.be/GnPIbH6nM9o.
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This Demonstration describes the classical Marcus model in three dimensions. The rate is plotted on the axis as a function of the Gibbs free energy change and the total reorganization energy . This is a linear plot; often is plotted in this application.
Nobel Prize winner Rudolph Marcus developed the theory of electron transfer [1]. The classical Marcus equation (CME) is based on two simultaneous quadratic relations involving the driving force , the internal and external (solvent) reorganization energies and and the electronic coupling . The total reorganization energy is given by .The CME underestimates the electron transfer rate in the inverted region [2, 3]. The classical Marcus equation can be written as
You can change the axes in the control sliders. You can also change the number of plot points. More plot points give greater detail, but at the cost of slowing the computation. Use Ctrl+Return on the graph for a front view. With Shift+Return you control size. The starting point is a back view of the | 211 |
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Stroll through Charlotte's historic cemeteries — Settlers', Elmwood and Pinewood — and interact with 50 beautifully costumed portrayers telling stories of our founding fathers, civic leaders, amazing pioneering women and other interesting characters that made Charlotte what it is today.
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Settlers' Cemetery is on the corner of Poplar Street and 200 W. 5th Street.
Elmwood and Pinewood Cemeteries are at 700 W. 6th St., however, parking entrance is located at 245 N. Cedar Street.
Who should go: VFTP is a fun-filled event that displays golden nuggets of Charlotte's past as told by entertaining portrayers. Charlotte native or new to the city, you will all enjoy this unique living history family and pet friendly event for everyone.
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Parking: There is free parking inside Elmwood & Pinewood Cemetery; all automobile traffic must enter through the 245 N. Cedar Street entrance. The main entrance on 6th Street will be open to foot traffic only. There are also free metered parking spaces on several of the streets near Settlers'.
Complimentary Shuttle Service: Free shuttle service between Settlers' and Elmwood/Pinewood cemeteries will run every 10 minutes, beginning at 1 o'clock and ending at 3:45 Pickups and Drop Offs are at the corner of W. 5th St and Poplar and at the 6th St. Elmwood entrance, near # 25 on the program map. Rides are generously being provided by Queen City Rides. Call them the next time you have company visiting and take them on a fun and informative tour of Charlotte.
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I don't know if this could be classed as a ritual? - it is something I do everyday - it's<|fim_middle|>, so please give us a break.
One of the signs of being in a cult is to despise and put down other religions. Reflect first.
Do you know this Pope delivered official hand-written apologies to ethnicities affected by Catholism in the past?
I don't like their conservative doctrines, but they let their believers live their own lives. How about Crooklin? Do millions of JWs mourn the passing of their leaders?
it is because they wish to put their followers into "a certain mental state" whereby these followers will believe all these little 'acts' will be pleasing to some almighty being. A load of bunkum.
That may very well be the reason behind some of the rituals, but definitely not all of them. To use one example you gave--the ringing of bells--this was not done to evoke a mental state. It was done to signal to the attendees that a certain portion of the mass was finished. They believed the holy language was Latin and used it in their masses. Many people who attended mass did not understand Latin. Thus, they knew a certain point in the mass had been reached when the bell rang. Traditions always die hard--people get used to things and don't like change, so the bell ringing stuck.
Even if it was to evoke a certain mental state, that is not necessarily evil or wrong unless it harms the person doing it (ie brainwashing). Buddhists meditate, RCs may use a rosary to do the same thing, many others meditate without any religious connotation whatsoever. There are proven medical benefits to meditation, and it is beneficial psychologically as well. This was not known in the Dark Ages; perhaps people had a natural sense that meditation was good for them and carried it out the only way they knew how.
In any organized group (religious or not) there are always going to be power-hungry people who will try to exploit others. That's just a fact and has been true since humans began organizing themselves. In the case of high control groups like JWs where most of the leaders are destructive, that's when it's time to run and not look back. The others are harmless when practiced by a person who knows the meaning of the words moderation and rationality.
No doubt the Popes in charge during those atrocities were greatly venerated when they died too. Someday a future Pope will probably deliver hand-written apologies to groups of people affected by the mistakes of this Pope. The point I think many are trying to make is that the Pope was human and made mistakes. Some even think he was actually acting in an unChristian manner toward some groups of people. Therefore they don't quite understand what all of the fuss is about considering that this Pope did, and did not do, many things that deviated from Christ's example.
Considering the words in the Bible Christ spoke of not judging or reviling others, is it any surprise that when this Pope did that anyway, that as a result he has people who judge and revile him in return? | after midnight, and I'm heading of for some sleep. Some habits/rituals are hard to break.
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No younger than eigty years old? Well, a candidate Pope from Montreal Canada is sixty years of age!
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I hope I heard this right---but on the AM news I thought the newscaster said that they couldn't be over eighty years of age.
I have to say that I do not understand what the big deal is in some peoples minds that the world wants to celebrate the life of a world figure by honoring him with a big blow out on the occasion of his death.
What is the problem? Many take comfort in the ceremony surrounding honoring people who have made a difference in their lives, why should we be so opposed to that? The Pope, whether or not you agree with him, made a difference in the lives of many millions of people. I will never understand the blind hatred that some people here have for him, or the Catholic church.
It sickens me.
You are absolutely right, IMHO. The Catholics honor and revere the Pope...so let them do so. It has no bearing on my life and I don't see why others would judge them for grieving in whatever way they chose to.
Think about how we when we were JWs----didn't celebrate Christmas, Easter, etc---and then had the gall to say we were "Christians"! I'm sure any Catholics raised more than an eyebrow when hearing that!
Let them do their own thing in their own way---it's not hurting anyone!
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I think some of us just have a dark sense of humor--don't take us so seriously or yourselves so seriously! People need to laugh more, life is too short.
I can't stand the catholic church or the pope and enjoy making fun of it. But I would never do it out in the open because I care about other people's feelings and because everyone has a right to their own belief system. The pope has done a lot more good for mankind than I have personally.
Oh just thought of something else. For a lot of people who post here, we have been pretty much taught and brainwashed by the JW's to look down on other religions and even make fun of them. The JW's spend a lot of time in their publications painting nasty pictures of the drunk harlot "Babylon the Great". That may be why so many people here, after going through the loss of the so called "truth", feel so cynical toward churches/religions. We do not mean to be unkind | 531 |
Majority of sports have incorporated fame hall, where they can be immensely contributed for enclosing towards perpetuity. In the year 2002, some of the landmark achievements have mooted fame hall for game of blackjack at the time of its evolution and has become history.
In the year 2002, some of the well known gambling professionals have nominated 21 blackjack experts, these includes both the professional players as well as the authors. This nomination is done for the membership to the Blackjack Hall of Fame. People who made this nomination were professional gamblers, they were the one who holds expertise in the game and whose theories and strategies have huge impact on the game. After the nominations are made the general public is asked to do online voting, which was opened for about a month. Then in January 2003, these gaming experts net again in a Blackjack Ball, which was hosted by Max Rubin, blackjack author. Here the first 7 members then invested to the Blackjack hall of Fame.
These 7 members were selected because of their past achievements. As per the research conducted in the last decade of the 20th century, it was found that blackjack players who enjoy the game in brick and mortal casino can make more money. This is so because their approach is scientific and their strategies are planned out in a detail manner. In all, three people were nominated for handling developing, running and conceiving blackjack team, they are Ken Uston, Tommy Hyland and Al Francesco. A very popular book, which was based on blackjack strategies and theories by written by four well known authors Peter Griffin, Stanford Wong, Edward Thorp and Arnold Snyder.
Next year i.e. in 2004, another two members were added in the Blackjack Hall of Fame. They were Keith Taft, a media reporter and Max Rubin the author. Keith Taft is the one who invented hidden computerized devices, which help players in making optimum moves in the game. Then in the year 2005, Lawrence Revere and Julian Braun have inducted in to the Blackjack Hall of Fame. Then from the year 2006, the task for induction and nomination were to the members of the Blackjack Hall of Fame. As most of the collections were already covered, so members decided that every year only one person will be inducted.
In the year 2006, the youngest in inductee has joined the Blackjack Hall of Fame his name was James Grosjean. Other than being an author, player and analyst, he acquired huge popularity after suing a number of casinos for appointing agencies to dig into his past. Moving further, in the year 2007, the former manager of the MIT Blackjack Team, John Chang was in<|fim_middle|> in the American Army and armed with only desk calculators, they have given the publication of appropriate strategy of blackjack, without making the use of simulation of computers. In the year 2009, Richard Munchkin, one of the famous author, film producer and played has inducted to blackjack Hall Fame. In the year 2010 and 2011, some of the professional players as Zeljko and Darryl have inducted fame hall of blackjack. Lastly, in the year 2012, Ian Anderson has inducted the game of Blackjack to Fame Hall. | ducted. Most of you are not aware of the fact that the character of Mickey Rosa in the movie 21 was based on the living style of Chang.
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Posted on January 31, 2013 by Nick
DETROIT, January 31, 2013 – Today, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and the Detroit Regional Chamber announced that the Chamber's Connection Point program has officially joined the MEDC as part of the Pure Michigan Business Connect portfolio. The new agreement will bolster the state's efforts to create opportunities and business growth by connecting leading-edge Michigan companies to the global supply chain.
"The Detroit Regional Chamber deserves our thanks for joining us in Pure Michigan Business Connect," said MEDC President and CEO Michael A. Finney. "This commitment will significantly add to the bid opportunities available to Michigan companies."
Pure Michigan Business Connect is a more than $8 billion public-private initiative that provides Michigan businesses with new ways to buy and sell, raise capital and connect with each other through an alliance of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., state<|fim_middle|> $200 million in bid opportunities available to Michigan businesses across 24 industries. The program has facilitated millions of dollars in opportunities from companies headquartered outside Michigan including The Boeing Company, Deutz and ManTech International Corporation.
Since December 2011, MEDC and the Detroit Regional Chamber have collaborated through the two programs at various events, including the 2012 Mackinac Policy Conference.
"In less than two years, these programs have been extremely successful generating hundreds of millions of dollars in increased procurement opportunities and contracts for Michigan suppliers with new customers, both within and outside of Michigan," said Benjamin Erulkar, senior vice president of economic development at the Detroit Regional Chamber. "As the programs grew along parallel paths, it became clear to both organizations that a greater degree of collaboration could amplify their successes across the state and throughout the global economy."
The new agreement ensures the work of Connection Point will now continue as part of the state's economic development efforts through Pure Michigan Business Connect. Moving forward, the Chamber will continue to serve as a strategic partner with MEDC on Pure Michigan Business Connect and support Connection Point programming in Southeast Michigan.
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What About Vietnam - Series 2 - 5
Explore Mau Chau and its threaded history in textiles
Kerry Newsome: Welcome to what about Vietnam today I am talking to the lovely Cynthia Mann, and I'm going to be talking to her about a recent trip that she did to a place called Mai Chau.
Now Mai Chau is one of those places a little off the grid about three hours out of Hanoi, but it is absolutely wonderful experience if you are looking for a place in Vietnam that can take you back in time in some ways as its features the minority groups; the Hmong people and the Thai people.
Cynthia has a lot to do with these ethnic communities as she operates a business called Future Traditions and has a showroom in Hanoi which I strongly recommend that you pop into. Using the traditional weaving and textiles of all the Hmong people and the Thai people she's been able to create the most amazing contemporary designs in homewares and fashion
She is definitely a person in the know and with lots of years of experience in the area. She was able to join us today from Hanoi and tell us a little about her trip.
Please welcome her to the show …...welcome Cynthia to the program.
Cynthia Mann: Thank you, nice to be here.
Kerry Newsome: Great to have you on the show. Look today I am going to be picking your brains about a trip that you did recently to one of my favorite places call Mai Chau. Tell us a little more about where Mai Chau is, where it's actually located and how you get there just so we can appreciate where it is on the map.
Cynthia Mann: One of the nice things about Mai Chau is that it's actually like a drive from Hanoi, so it doesn't require flights itself, it's maybe three hours. Its also quite a good road to get there, so you can leave in the morning and be there for lunch.
It's in the mountains with beautiful valleys, it's home to some minority villages in the area. The Mai Chau town itself is quite small it's got a really nice kind of "old world" feeling and community there: there are some beautiful waterfalls and scenery.
It's just a really fantastic place to get away from it all, and I don't really know one person there.
I mean you can jump on a bicycle and ride around the villages very easily, and it's a lot less physically demanding than Sapa, but yes absolutely not as touristy, which is part of its appeal.
Kerry Newsome: Exactly and I think you made a good point about referring it to Sapa.
I mean Sapa kind of sits very high on the tourist map but Mai Ch<|fim_middle|> actually kind of at the back door of where I was staying last time. So that Eco log that set up on the hills you can actually go down the back and through to the smaller villages.
Cynthia Mann: Through the back of little villages that are set up between, that's different.
Kerry Newsome: It was pretty basic. Not much is there but good to see.
Cynthia Mann: Yeah, Paco village itself is actually on the canal. A village, which has a local market there on a Sunday morning.
Kerry Newsome: Yeah, I didn't get to.
Cynthia Mann: It's kind of like a triangle between the town, where the Paco village is.
Kerry Newsome: How long would you suggest a person should plan a stay there, is that a day trip? Or is it an overnight trip, two or three days, what would you recommend?
Cynthia Mann: Definitely an overnight if you want to go to the Paco market which is lovely really lovely it's a very small market.
Kerry Newsome: Yes, I have heard. But only open on a Sunday.
Cynthia Mann: You need to go there early, be there by seven thirty, eight o'clock as it's over by ten.
And I would stay, ideally stay two nights. If you start like at the Eco Lodge in the valleys behind much of a Mai Chau Town. Then you can hire a bicycle and just cycle around and into different villages and you know talk to the locals, and it's a really lovely valley to explore and it's really easy to do
Kerry Newsome: Just to clarify on the timing you went in, we think around about June.
Kerry Newsome: Because you and I just love the heat. I like recommending for people the best time to visit. I went in March and it was actually quite cool.
Cynthia Mann: Yes.
Kerry Newsome: So, I was wrapped up. It was quite chilly but you went in June. When would you think are the good months to go from a timing perspective?
Cynthia Mann: Autumn in the north is probably best. Anywhere in the north is probably the best season - starting September October November.
Kerry Newsome: September, October, November.
Cynthia Mann: And once you get it in December January it can be quite cold, and for February can be quite cold. Tends not to be as humid there which is nice and especially for tourists who are not used to it.
When we were there and were chatting with some friends online and they were saying better you're enjoying the cool weather down there. And I looked away and it was actually the same temperature, and it was thirty-nine degrees. But in Hanoi, it was no different in temp, it's not as high, or as cool as Sapa, but it tends not to be as humid, so for a lot of people that's a big relief.
Kerry Newsome: I think any time in the middle of the year anywhere in Vietnam is pretty warm let's face it.
Cynthia Mann: And once you enter towards the end of July, we're just starting the rainy seasons. It will be more overcast, and then you will have rain. On the other hand the rain cools everything down. On Sunday we had this huge downpour and an old friend of mine and I just whistled around on bikes in the cool, it was like…. WOW... I haven't felt this for a long time, it was just fabulous.
Kerry Newsome: Delicious especially after lockdown.
Cynthia, it was great to chat.
Cynthia Mann: Absolutely.
Kerry Newsome: I just wanted to say thanks again and we will be chatting soon.
Cynthia Mann: Excellent. Be safe everybody and look after yourselves and looking forward to seeing you in Hanoi, Vietnam at some stage in the not too distant future. | au traditionally hasn't, and I'm not sure why. Because like you, I found it fascinating.
I went there about three years ago, and I had to ask my travel agent to create this tour for me because you know they said not many people know about Mai Chau . I went well, I'm going, I want to experience it. So where did you stay, and why did you choose the place you stayed?
Cynthia Mann: Traditionally I started going to Mai Chau in about 2008 and there really was only one or two Homestays and a hotel called an Echo Lodge. And now there are two Echo Lodges, one on the road, and then there is just a beautiful big one.
Yes, and now there's quite a lot of different places to stay but this is where I stay at Mai Chau is a place called "Hide Away", and it's actually about fifteen to twenty kms outof Mai Chau town, on the edge of this huge hydroelectric reservoir. So very beautiful, one of the biggest in Southeast Asia, so you've got all the options as in kinds of water activities like kayaking and things like that.
And we really went after lockdown, as we just wanted to have a bit of a getaway and feel like we were human again.
Kerry Newsome: Escape the world.
Cynthia Mann: Escape the world. To put it in context, in a sense you know that during the lock down I was locked in the house by myself, so I was really a bit desperate to talk to people and that was partly why it was fantastic. To be there with friends and enjoy their company and wide open spaces.
Kerry Newsome: Now you mentioned that the Mai Chau place you stayed at was a Homestay.
Cynthia Mann: No, the place we used to stay would be the only option, but now this was kind of a four-star kind of hotel
Kerry Newsome: A four-star, okay and what would the average night stay there be just roughly for our guests to understand price-wise.
Cynthia Mann: That's a good question can't remember because we got a special deal and I think it was maybe it was about a $100USD for the 2 nights.
Kerry Newsome: A hundred U.S.
Cynthia Mann: Around that much I think we'll have to check on that one and so.
Kerry Newsome: And as a list of things to do around Mai Chau what would be like your top three things to do, if you base yourself at the Hideaway what would you do?
Cynthia Mann: If you've never been to Mai Chau town, going to Mai Chau town is essential and spend some time in their kind of tourist villages there, because it's where their ethnic type villages do some weaving. They have a lot of textiles which is my first love as you know.
Kerry Newsome: Absolutely.
Cynthia Mann: I would go on one of the little boat cruises. Actually sounds a bit glamorous, it's not, its kind of one of those you know, pop ups! Very basic. You know the ones.
Kerry Newsome: That's a good point.
Cynthia Mann: It was March and it was very pretty particularly just before sunset. So you go down the reservoir, and then we had dinner at this amazing dinner at this fish farm. So we cruise as the light shadows us which is gorgeous. It's a bit like it is at Ha Long Bay, you know you've got these amazing kinds or rocks coming out of the water. And then on the west side we cruise while heading into the sunset which is absolutely stunning. It was really beautiful and the dinner was incredible. We were the only guests. Their job was cooking all this amazing array of fish dishes , all sorts of different one's, barbecued with various flavourings, and it was just delicious.
Kerry Newsome: Can you explain a little about that fish restaurant because if I got it right it's a fish farm that sits in the middle of the lake.
Cynthia Mann: Yeah.
Kerry Newsome: And now they built a restaurant around it is that right?
Cynthia Mann: In the middle yeah; it's basically a series of farms that supply to the area and I think they also send it up to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh. It's very locally driven. You would most probably not hear about it, but you get some table you can sit at, and they just bring out the food
Kerry Newsome: So glad that's happened because when I was there, they were building it and I actually walked away with a piece of the bamboo that they were using to build the structure with.
I planted things in it back at home when I got home. God knows how I got it through customs. I knew all the plans that they had to create this restaurant so it's great to hear that they've done that.
I'm sure tourists coming into the region are going to love it.
Now I want to get back to something that I know you're going to be able to speak to everyone a lot about. And that's about the ethnic communities and about those textiles that we talk about that you offer in your boutique- Future Traditions, through your handcrafts; tell us a bit about that.
Cynthia Mann: Sure. Sure, when I was down there, I actually also did a bit of business
I have some textile producers down there. So because I met with them while I was there it is predominantly ethnic and minority communities down there. Hmong and Thai. They do all the famous embroidery, the Thai weaving is famous and it's incredibly affordable to buy.
Kerry Newsome: Do they still hang the bedspreads on the lawn?
Cynthia Mann: Yeah, they do.
Kerry Newsome: I bought one.
Cynthia Mann: They actually made those from recycled Hmong skirts and not actually Thai at all. I love the beautiful Hmong gathered skirts that are made from a number of different pieces featuring appliqué and embroidery, and they construct those, and then make them into this kind of blankets sheets and bedspreads whatever you want to call them.
And that's one of the interests I have. But it is no longer hand made because it's cheaper for them to buy in from China and then just to sew the skirt, because for Hmong traditional woman's clothing can take forever, and they could be doing other things. Like rice harvesting. Roasting food and other things. It can take a year for them to make a new piece of clothing, which they usually do, so everybody in the family will get a new set of clothing for the new year. For TET.
They now have a quicker and cheaper way to do it.
Which on one hand is great, right? Because it's cheaper, and it's quicker and everybody will get more time to do other things and perhaps potentially earn more money?
But it also means that those integral cultural traditional skills are being diminished.
So one thing I do to bring back to the boutique is to take work to a couple of ladies in one of the villages outside on the Province border, who I know still do the hand stitching, applique & ribbon of which is a traditional form of the skirts. They add the red black and white, then do a bit of a floral through it, and then the black and white little squares are added on, because now you can find a similar layer of it, from China, that's machine-made. But it's just not quite the same.
The traditional way is one of the things that I first fell in love with, the first time I went to the Hmong villages.
Over time I've worked with some of the ladies that make it, and I've given them fabric in different color schemes so that they then produce a version for me that fits in with some color scheme that I'm working on for the next collection
Kerry Newsome: That's really great to know.
Cynthia Mann: During that time I use some of those bedspreads or recycled old skirts and infuse some into my signature jackets with antique fabric which is all right and I try to make it work. As often as I can, I go to Paco village and purchase fabrics in combinations I can incorporate into my designs.
Kerry Newsome: So, just too to recap on where that situated the Paco village that that you referred to is | 1,740 |
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Berchem Moses PC has announced that effective January 1, 2023, Nicholas R. Bamonte was elevated to a partner in the firm. Senior Partner Ira W. Bloom, who practices in the firm's Westport office with Mr. Bamonte, stated the following: "We are very proud to have Nick join our partnership. He is an outstanding lawyer and an essential member of our Fairfield County municipal and land use team. His experience in areas such as charter interpretation, Freedom of Information Act matters, and zoning disputes is extensive."
Attorney Bamonte practices primarily in the municipal and land use areas. He is an active member in the Connecticut Bar Association Planning and Zoning Section. Prior to joining the firm, he was Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Waterbury, where he managed land use appeals, tax assessment appeals, and tax foreclosures.
Robert L. Berchem, senior partner in the firm's Milford office, added the following: "We are so pleased to have Nick Bamonte receive this new elevated status. He is the kind of young, up-and-coming attorney we are proud to have in our firm."
About Berchem Moses PC – From its roots as a general practice law firm established in 1933, Berchem Moses PC has grown into a sophisticated multi-practice law firm with 33 attorneys in two offices located in Milford and Westport, Connecticut. For more information, visit www.berchemmoses.com or call (203) 783-1200.
St. Mary Open House
St. Mary School will be holding its open house on January 31st from 6:30-7:30 pm! Come meet the teachers, see the classrooms, get to know our culture and environment, see some of our clubs and teams at work, and have your questions answered. St. Mary School provided the moral fabric to grow in faith and knowledge and provides an excellent high school preparatory curriculum. Come see what we are all about. | or five!) for the students in your life during the peak of finals. It's a housewarming gift that doesn't end up in the closet for years unnoticed. It's a simple way to say Thanks, Great Job, Happy Birthday, and so much more.
Accepted at over 30 hot spots to shop, dine, and enjoy the best of the Milford area.
2023 Committees
The Milford Regional Chamber of Commerce is growing and with that growth comes more responsibility. To meet the needs of the Milford Regions communities we will be setting up committees for various projects. Committee responsibilities will vary from committee to committee but will never be over burdensome. This is a fantastic way for Chamber Members to show their commitment to the Chamber and the community through action.
General Event: Business After Hours, State of The City, Annual Awards, Best of Awards, and more.
Concerts: Fridays after Five, West Haven Summer Concerts, and Walnut Beach Concert Series
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The Town of Osoyoos' Community Services department has published its 2019 Winter Leisure Guide — offering local<|fim_middle|> local parks and trails — if your winter thing involves getting outdoors — and includes details on swimming classes scheduled for the Holiday Inn pool.
Early registration for included programming opens in person at the Sonora Centre December 12 at 8:30 a.m. Online registration opens December 13.
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The 2019 Winter Leisure Guide is now available online and will soon be available for pick up at the Sonora Community Centre and Town Hall.
The guide includes details on activities scheduled for the Sonora Centre, Sun Bowl Arena, Osoyoos International Curling Club and Desert Park Recreational Complex.
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I'm a marketing & Advertising professional focused on using brand, strategy, and ux to create exceptional experiences of all kinds, regardless of medium.
The MIT School of Mechanical Engineering—affectionately known as MechE—is one of the premiere mechanical engineering schools in the country. They needed a presence that exemplified the innovation, ingenuity, entrepreneurship, and energy that was truly alive at the university today and that emphasized the impact that the school has on the world around us every day.
Make no bones about it, creating a unique, well designed educational website is no easy task.
We laid the groundwork for this project in the way that we normally would, through Discovery Sessions. We assembled a larger committee of project stakeholders and through some fun exercises and free-form discussion, they helped us identify the target audiences, site objectives, and must-haves that we would need to address. We were also able to discover and identify the department's true "Why" and start to develop the tone and feel of the department which would help guide the design process.
UX design is an invaluable part of any project, but just like when remodeling a house, it's sometimes necessary to bring things back to the foundation and create a better base structure for the improvements.
The goal of most websites is to allow the user to find the information they're looking for quickly and efficiently—whether that be a video, course information, or a phone number. And while UX architecture is usually the hero when people talk about this kind of thing, sometimes it's necessary to bring it back to the actual content you want to bring to the user.
That was the case with the MechE website. Years of continually adding information where it seemed appropriate had created a web of duplicate and misplaced content that was not only confusing to users, but also making it more difficult to update information when and where appropriate.
First, we did a content breakdown of all of the existing information, added in the new content that we wanted to feature and reorganized it in a way that eliminated replication as much as possible and put information in a place that made the most sense for the audience.
As we were working to align all of the content, we wanted to start to tell the story of MechE through the navigation. Impact, Research, People, Education and Culture—the first five navigation items—are the core of the MechE experience and also an appropriate and illustrative way to organize the main content of the site itself.
After we'd established the organization of the site's information to a base level, we were able to start the UX process. We aimed to have 15-20 templates to work with in the MechE's chosen CMS, and account for individual pages as necessary until we'd addressed all of the site's content.
Achieving a balance of experiential and utilitarian design is almost always a goal of ours, and given the fact that MechE had a wealth of outstanding media to showcase on the site, we doubled down on needing to find a way to help the user feel the impact of the department through large visuals and subtle motion and transition without hindering their ability to find information quickly.
Another additional factor that needed to be taken into account was the fact that, as a sub-site off of the main MIT website, the information that was populating the site would be coming from varied sources in varied formats across the schools many data sources. We'd need to find and define the common elements that we would have access to, that we would then be able to use to present the content in a way that we still felt was as optimal for the user as it could be.
We were faced with the challenge of balancing an experiential design that was heavy in both media and content. These somewhat paradoxical challenges were crucial for us to work through as we looked to marry them into a very clean and beautiful experience.
The first step in the design process allowed us to look at an exhaustive list of content types, messaging platforms and media to then create a visual hierarchy that was consistent across the site. Deeply immersive visuals would represent storied content, either for marketing content or in rich media, while heavy content would adopt a more simplistic visual. We wanted to maintain the ability to present a vast amount of information that was both visually interesting, but carried a very clean and digestible layout.
From a brand perspective - we needed to find a visual tone for the story we had helped to defined earlier on. MIT MechE is changing the game in almost everything they do - and with that innovation - they are creating a real lasting impact in the world. So as we began the visual exploration to push these limits - we found it being taken to a more bold + deeply human place.
So the marriage of concept, content and tone brought us to a visual language that was steeped in personality and rich with integrity. Bold use of color balanced with openness and immersion. Our categorical approach to the design would help us to create a visual hierarchy to maintaining the brand across the site (both in the CMS and in editorial usage) that was both flexible and accessible.
Being held to ADA and WCAG guidelines also meant that flexibility and accessibility for the impaired held the highest priority - so our designs were challenged even more as we ensured that creativity and compliance did not compete. Something that designers have come to understand, is not an easy thing to balance.
In recent years Drupal has gained considerable popularity in the Higher Ed space due to it's security, scalability, cost-effectiveness, and organizational powers. MechE's decision to migrate to Drupal was one brought on by all of those things, and the fact that the standard had been set by the larger school to move to the platform to enable departments—and eventually professors and students—the ability to build around one, solid CMS.
But as anyone who's tried to implement anything beyond a simple templated design will tell you, Drupal can be a real bear to work with.
Our charge was to not only get our front-end designs developed and implemented through Drupal's theming system, but also to migrate existing data to the new CMS and integrate all existing feeds and repositories. For the latter part of that challenge, we partnered with experienced Drupal dev Chris Akeley of InnerMotion Web Development, but to ensure our designs translated as precisely as possible, we took things into our own hands.
Limiting your work to a certain number of templates can be, well… limiting. And while we wanted each section of the site to have it's own personality, for efficiency reasons, we were also aware we couldn't make every single section it's own completely unique template. Our solution was to design and develop in a modular fashion that would allow us to create unique page templates from a consistent set of elements. Each one of these "parts" was developed into a full, stand-alone, working prototype and then ported over to the custom drupal theme to become a module which could be placed in almost any page or template. That all sounds a lot easier than it actually<|fim_middle|> what parts of their workouts the benefitted from the most. Do they burn more calories while listening to Eminem or Metallica? Where in their workouts did their performance lag so they could concentrate on improving that area and reaching and exceeding their goals faster. We needed to make all that available in a way that made sense and was easy to use on a smartphone.
We were able to make useful data more useful to the people who wanted it to help them fine tune their workout experience.
evolution where they needed to move to the next level or be left in the dust. Having made their mark as a program that was sold to HR executives as a tool to reduce workplace stress (and thereby increase time on the job,) meQ saw the market suddenly flooded competitors who were offering "well being" products offering much more than stress reduction. meQ was actually one of the first to move into the resilience market—and as of this writing is still the only clinically validated solution—but their brand and website were still very much focused on the singular problem of stress. Working with the internal team at meQ, we were able to help uncover, simplify, and express the company's new position in a way that clearly established the benefits of their offerings and separated them from the competition. | was, but you get the idea.
In the end, with the help of Chris, we were able to take our vision for the new MechE website and make it a reality not only in a visual sense, but also in a way that has allowed the department to have better control over their content while still maintaining the required automation (and more) that they'd been looking for.
Truth be told, MechE didn't need help recruiting applicants. They needed a flexible, modern, web presence that honestly portrayed the spirit of the department and allowed them to showcase the world-changing thought leadership and impactful output of the department. Mission accomplished.
As part of Intel's foray into emerging technology, I was strategically and creatively lead a project that explored using Intel's 3D camera as the basis of a web-based, open-source gesture control system for the most popular kinds of consumer content.
Designing and implementing a 3D content environment and the gesture library to go with it is no easy task. After many weeks of research, planning, design and redesign and redesign, we began assembling a system which allowed the user to use what we felt were more natural gestures to navigate a redefined and organized YouTube experience.
Not only was this a first for a web-based system (only a browser plug-in needed to be installed to use it with any modern browser) but we were also able to create a system that would learn the user over time instead of only the other way around. This learning engine would enable each instance of this application to be directly tailored to the idiosyncrasies of each user and accommodate the most comfortable gestures for that person to execute each of the desired tasks.
A 3D-based content navigation and consumption system design, 3D gesture and voice recognition engine, 3D Gesture learning engine.
Our work enabled Intel to judge the possibility of partnering with larger entities to provide not only their own content channel, but a new way of experiencing that content. The level of customized experience would be off the charts cool with no restrictive or universal gesture library to learn and no extraneous hardware to buy.
"Capturing moments that speak volumes from New England's music & entertainment scene. Lots of pictures of people with guitars."
Photography—for me—is about capturing a moment. Moments that speak volumes about what it was like to be present at that particular instant.
It doesn't seem possible that one element or artist would be able to tell that story completely, so you'll see a lot of pictures from me that don't concentrate on the performer's faces, but instead their shoes, hands, instruments, pedals, and lists. All parts of the whole.
We all know "Intel Inside." Now they want to bring "Intel Outside." As part of Intel's foray into emerging technology, I was asked to lead a project that would explore the potential Augmented Reality held for Intel as a company.
After working through a few deep-dive sessions to uncover the goals and audiences that were being spoken to, we created a video based on animations, still and a voice over that illustrated a "day-in-the-life" of people who are using Augmented Reality in everyday situations. Those situations, though, needed to also be applicable to more industrial and commercial circumstances.
We concepted, storyboarded, wrote, designed, shot and edited the entire production in about 6 weeks.
'Cause Intel paid for it? Just kidding.
Intel has spent years trying to prove that AR was worth pursuing from a business standpoint. This project was meant to help finally convince the powers that be the area had growth and profit potential. I guess it worked.
Hampshire College has never been afraid to be different. Established as an institution that would push the boundaries of education and encourage the "crazy ones" to make a difference in this world, they've always been more comfortable being messy than being defined. The challenge they faced when our partnership began was getting that confidence and individualism to shine through.
Hampshire College is an institution that was created to break the mold of higher education. Opened in 1970 as "an experiment in alternative education," the liberal arts focused college has produced a dazzling array of artists, innovators, scholars and public figures.
Unfortunately, over the years, Hampshire's most public facing media outlet—their website— had become less of a reflection of the energy and attitude felt throughout the campus by faculty, students, and alumni, and more of a hodge-podge of hard-to-navigate information. Our charge was to not only help Hampshire refine and express themselves better through design and language, but also to make the website a tool that help the administration department get BETTER applicants, not just more applicants.
With a short three-month timeline ahead of us, we partnered with the internal Hampshire team and a Drupal Development shop familiar with the college's site content and structure to turn the website into a true reflection of what it means to be part of Hampshire College.
Often times you can get a feeling for how a project will go based on the initial conversations. From moment one, our team and the small, but extremely talented Hampshire team felt like long-lost cousins.
Anxious to dig in—and with a short window of time to deliver—we began with a Discovery Session with a larger group of project stakeholders. With no shortage of thoughts and opinions (what else could we expect from such a bright and forthcoming group of individuals?) we quickly set the stage how to make this a successful project. After connecting with and determining how we would best work with our back-end development partner, we set out to make Hampshire shine again.
The Hampshire "brand" is one that was born out if it's very inception: Dare to be different. Break the mold. Take the path less travelled. While those tenets certainly continued to hold true on campus, the website and it's messaging had become much more pedestrian, falling prey to the same fate as many an institution website—the dreaded band-aid fix.
As part of our process, we wanted to help bring the true feeling of the Hampshire brand back to the forefront through not only the copy presented, but the design and interactions the user experiences on the site.
When faced with a 3-month project term, understanding, architecting, and re-organizing more than a decade's worth of information belonging to and managed by many different stakeholders is usually more than can be taken on.
Understanding we weren't going to be able to effect a majority of the actual architecture, we came up with an alternate plan to lay a higher level organizational structure on top of the existing structure that would allow us to not only present that information in a more organized manner, but also allow us to utilize the main navigation and main content pages to convey the new brand and tone of Hampshire.
After honing in on Hampshire's key user targets, we began to draw a deeper understanding of the information they would be seeking and found that a commonality existed between them. First, they wanted to know about the educational system at Hampshire (as it's famously and purposefully non-traditional.) Second they wanted to understand what it was like to be part of the Hampshire community as a student. Thirdly, they wanted to know that Hampshire was a place that did what it was created to do: help to create the leaders of our society; those who weren't afraid to ask questions and follow the beat of different drummer. And lastly, they wanted to know how to apply to Hampshire, to begin their journey to becoming those leaders.
We believe the main navigation of a site can be a valuable tool for not only helping a user to find the information they seek, but if well done, it can also help to express a brand. Given our knowledge of the overlap in what the Hampshire users were looking for, we saw the opportunity to do just that: Learn. Live. Lead. Apply.
After our initial conversations with the good folks at Hampshire, we knew the direction which we needed to take them. A direction that stood apart from the rest and that pushed the limits of what we might have time for. We need to create that was fresh, innovative and clearly reflected the college's vision and goals for the future. We needed to give the brand a voice, an identity and a digital platform that allowed them to talk confidently and consistently; on the website and anywhere the brand may live.
As you may have gathered by now, the aggressive timeline of the project dictated that we not follow our typical protocol, but it also made certain decisions very easy. In this instance, we were extremely happy to be able to work with a back-end development partner that was already familiar with the Hampshire environment and architecture, allowing us to focus on prototyping the front-end development, which we then were able to hand off to our back end partner for integration into Drupal.
Hampshire's existence is something we identified with at our very core. Our world needs those who break the mold. Those who question authority to help keep our world in balance. We felt lucky to help them express the brand essence more clearly and attract not just more students, but more of the right students.
As part of NORTH's second "We're Live Downtown" campaign for Portland's Downtown Marketing Initiative, I helped to concept, design and execute a reactive environment ( interactive art installation ) using Flash-based motion detection software and three local artists' interpretation of what snow in Portland looked like to them ( artist courtesy of P.I.C.A. ).
Passers-by were able to stand in front of a series of three background images which had "SNOW" flakes falling in front of them. Using the motion detection software, people could move the falling snow in random directions as it fell to the ground by waving their arms or legs… or whatever else they could think of.
We combined our love for technological experimentation with the client's need to fill storefronts and get people downtown to help sustain area and came up with an idea that also involved the local artists' guild to work through what most thought was a great project on all three levels.
Working from concept, through testing, production and installation, we were able to get the installation up and running with the quality that we expect. Then we made a commercial about it to boot.
An interactive Flash-based motion detection art installation (reactive environment).
At the time, Portland was having trouble getting people downtown to shop and keep the city alive. The effects of a downturn in the economy were starting to hit and there were empty storefronts along a majority of the streets that were normally bustling with activity. Installed on a major corner of downtown shopping district in an empty jewelry store, we garnered great local news coverage and a produced commercial that brought people out to see it, thereby increasing foot traffic and holiday shopping in the area.
The Newport Folk Festival is one of the premier folk festivals in the country, and one thing that sets it apart from the others is the feeling that everyone in attendance is sharing something special and unique. The festival organizers go out of their way to encourage that feeling of community and sharing by providing once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for the artists and their fans. Pop-up performances and guest appearances are just a few of the pieces of the puzzle for Newport Folk.
The goal of this app was not only to be a companion to festival-goers in a traditional sense (with schedules, artist bios and festival map) but also to be that little angel on their shoulder that lets them know their favorite artist just grabbed his or her instruments and is playing a few acoustic tunes down by the water's edge.
At the beginning of the process we were faced with a decent-sized smartphone project with little time to complete it. We ended up choosing PhoneGap as a platform to save development cycles, jQuery Mobile as the framework and Urban Airship as a featured partner. Our app's differentiating feature is the frequent updates sent during the festival, and after reading about Urban Airship and the ease of integration with PhoneGap, the choice was a no-brainer.
Response to the project from both the client and the users was overwhelmingly positive. Reports put total downloads of the application at 1905 (roughly 10% of the weekends crowd) and total push messages received over the weekend at 35.5 thousand, setting up the 2012 Newport Folk app for a nice second season.
Since the inaugural season of the app, I've moved into the role of Creative Tech Consultant for the Newport Festivals Foundation, where I help to oversee and manage the apps for both the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals.
Olympic Genome Project: How Olympic are You?
Samsung wanted to create a breakthrough experience to transform and redefine how people connected with the overall Olympic Experience. Together with Samsung, we created a Facebook application that would enable discovery, surprise, and connectivity by igniting the social graph like never before. This Facebook app was an engaging destination that inspired fan momentum well before the Olympic Torch was even lit – and carried it further once extinguished. Along with other projects, the Olympic Genome Project was one of the case studies used to earn the agency (Roundarch Isobar) the coveted Facebook Preferred Developer status.
The Samsung Olympic Genome Project also won a Gold in the Social Media category, and a Silver in the Creating A Movementcategory, in the 52nd Annual Hatch Awards.
From the first step, we needed to figure out how to solve this puzzle: Consumers want to know how connected they are to the Olympians but don't have a mechanism for unearthing any ties. Everyone knows who Michael Phelps is, but they may not know that someone from their hometown won a gold medal in fencing.
A mobile, desktop and tablet friendly Facebook game.
The project allowed people to make connections to athletes they may otherwise may never have known were out there representing their country. People were enabled to be personally vested in an athlete's success. It also got people excited about the Olympics far before they actually started and conceivably helped to build a sense of national pride on a personal level.
When Motorola decided to throw their hat into the mobile fitness ring, I was asked to design the Android mobile phone version.
Isobar helped Motorola design its innovative MOTOACTIV fitness-tracking device, as well as their equally innovative portal to help users plan and analyze their workouts.
We created an intuitive interface that connects with both a robust back-end and the user's device for a seamless experience. Powerful tools analyze performance data and create easy-to-understand charts and programs that identify users' strengths—including which songs get them moving at their fastest pace.
Based on the very robust back-end management system, take the available data, combine it with the users musical playlists and combine them into an interface that would not only help the user up their game, but also let them know | 2,982 |
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One would think that seeing spiritual significance in our work would encourage us to be more fully engaged, but there has been relatively little actual research on this. There has been some, however.
Researchers in the psychology of religion sometimes refer to the "sanctification" of an activity or aspect of life (including strivings), meaning that the person sees it as spiritually significant. Annette Mahoney and Kenneth Pargament of Bowling Green University found that "people are likely to invest more of themselves in the pursuit and care of those things that are sanctified than in the search for other ends." They are also more likely to find satisfaction and a sense of well-being from activities that they consider to be sanctified or have a spiritual connection.
Some people have been able to see the spiritual significance of<|fim_middle|>. 89). | their work, whether they speak of it as sanctified or use other terminology. Does this lead to greater engagement? Some research (with admittedly narrow samples) suggests the answer is yes.
Most recently (2014), a team of psychological researchers (Stephen Carroll, Joseph Stewart-Sicking, and Barbara Thompson) conducted a large scale study (n=827) among Catholic school employees to determine if there is a positive link between viewing work as sanctified and having positive work attitudes. The results suggest that there is; people who were on the high end of the Sanctification of Work Scale, which means that they were inclined to see spiritual or religious value in their work, were also more likely to have higher job satisfaction and organizational commitment with lower turnover intention. This seems to speak to engagement.
2. There are benefits for organizations that allow employees the freedom to bring their faith and spirituality to work; employees are more likely to be committed and engaged, and to experience greater satisfaction in their work. This does not mean, of course, that organizations should allow unwanted proselytizing or favoritism.
There are possible downsides, especially if we assign to work or career a misplaced ultimacy or become too rigid in our expectations; to find spiritual meaning in our work is much different than saying that our work or its results is our ultimate value or purpose, or that God has ordained success.
That said, most of us would do well to expand our faith and our sense of spirituality to include our work, and at the same time to deepen our understanding of our work so that we can see its spiritual connections.
For related information, see the Center for Faith and Enterprise Work as a Calling page.
Emmons, Robert A., The Psychology of Ultimate Concerns: Motivation and Spirituality in Personality, The Guilford Press, New York (quote from p | 375 |
PLASMA FUSION CENTER
The primary objective of the Plasma Fusion Center (PFC) is to provide research and educational opportunities to develop a basic understanding of plasma behavior, and to exploit that knowledge by developing useful applications. The central focus of the activities at the PFC has been to develop a scientific and engineering base for the development of fusion power. Nevertheless, nonfusion applications involving plasmas at the PFC are numerous and diverse. A recent example is the significant growth of programs in hot and cold plasma processing of waste materials.
The Plasma Fusion Center is recognized as the leading university laboratory in developing the scientific and engineering aspects of magnetic confinement fusion and related plasma science and technology. Its research programs continue to produce significant results on several fronts: (a) experimental confinement research on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak (investigations of the stability, heating, and transport properties of compact high magnetic field, diverted plasmas), (b) the basic physics of energetic plasmas (plasma theory, theoretical support of ITER and IGNITOR, new confinement concepts, nonneutral plasmas, coherent EM wave generation, development of high-temperature plasma diagnostics, basic laboratory and ionospheric plasma physics experiments, and novel diagnostic of inertial fusion experiments), (c) a broad program of fusion technology and engineering development that addresses problems in several areas (e.g., magnetic systems, superconducting materials, fusion environmental and safety studies, advanced millimeter-wave sources, system studies of fusion reactors, including operational and technological requirements), and (d) a significant activity of environmental waste treatment using plasmas.
Approximately 30 percent of the Center's activities are associated with the Alcator C-Mod tokamak experiment, 40 percent with the research and development on superconducting magnet system components for future fusion devices (including substantial industrial subcontracts), and the remaining 30 percent with the many other R&D activities.
The Plasma Fusion Center R&D programs are supported principally by the Department of Energy's Office of Fusion Energy Sciences. There are approximately 250 personnel associated with PFC research activities. These include: 18 faculty and senior academic staff, 49 graduate students and 15 undergraduate students, with participating faculty and students from Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, and Physics; 77 research scientists and engineers and 31 visiting scientists; 34 technical support personnel; and 26 administrative and support staff.
This was a turbulent year. As a result of major DOE-OFE budget cuts (33%) by Congress, the total funding of the Plasma Fusion Center decreased by about 25% and total staff and number of students were reduced from 305 to 250. These cuts threatened to terminate the Center's high-field tokamak, Alcator C-Mod. However, the project was ultimately saved and continued operation at a reduced budget (approximately a 38% reduction from the year before). A 15% reduction in staffing was necessary, but no graduate students or RAs were terminated. Because of prior year investments, the experiment operated with great success. Another project that did not fair well was our collaboration on the Tokamak Physics Experiment (TPX), to be built at Princeton. This project was terminated by Congress in 1995. Nearly all the termination costs were covered by DOE-OFES.
The PFC programs also support ITER in critical technology areas, including superconducting magnets and development of millimeter wave RF sources suitable for heating and driving current near the electron gyro-frequency. In the magnetics area, the PFC leads the US ITER-Home Team effort in an extensive, internationally coordinated program of superconducting magnet development leading to construction of magnets on a scale and at a performance level well beyond that of present-day experience. The funding of the magnet program remained strong in FY'96. Noteworthy in FY'96 was the startup of the Pulsed Test-Facility (or PTF), a $2M superconducting magnet test facility built in the Nabisco Laboratory. In the area of millimeter wave RF source development, the gyrotron program was in danger of termination, but ultimately the MIT research activity was saved. The Varian/CPI (California) development program was cut significantly and may be terminated next year. MIT is acting as the DOE-OFES oversight monitor for this activity.
In the area of plasma treatment of contaminated soil and waste, the PFC has enjoyed considerable media success. There were numerous television broadcasts and newspaper articles on our results, including the visit of Jack Williams of WBZ (Channel 4) TV. We were pleased to learn that Drs. Daniel Cohn and Paul Woskov won another R&D 100 award for their invention of a microwave plasma emissions monitoring system.
Our theory program enjoyed considerable scientific success and a modest increase in funding was obtained this year. The basic experimental plasma physics program lost OFES funding, but it was countered with new funding from the inertial fusion research activity through collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the University of Rochester Institute of Laser Energetics (ILE).
ALCATOR DIVISION
The Alcator Division, led by Prof. Ian Hutchinson, carries out experimental research on Alcator C-Mod, a compact, high-performance, high magnetic field divertor tokamak devoted to investigating the physics of high temperature magnetically confined fusion grade plasmas. The total staff of the Alcator Project is about 95, including 16 full-time research physicists, 2 faculty members and 20 graduate students. In the past year a sustained campaign of experimentation was conducted during November 95 through March 96, during which a variety of important results were obtained, especially in the areas of divertor physics, radiofrequency heating, confinement, and disruption studies. The capabilities of the tokamak were further enhanced and its operating space was broadened. Details are outlined in the succeeding sections. These results were accomplished despite a significant funding reduction in FY'96 from $16.2 M to $10 M, which necessitated significant staff reductions, as well as reduced operations relative to the prior year.
Alcator C-Mod is now established as one of the three major U.S. tokamak facilities, along with DIII-D at General Atomics, San Diego, and TFTR at Princeton. It is also recognized as one of the five key divertor tokamaks in the world. Alcator C-Mod is the only diverted high-field compact experiment in operation, and therefore it plays a unique role in providing critical tests of confinement scaling and theory at high power density. Alcator C-Mod is thus extremely favorably placed to contribute vital information to fusion science research, and to do so in a highly cost effective way because of its compact approach. Because of its high power density, C-Mod will contribute uniquely to ways of achieving ignition at low cost, and of exploring advanced tokamak physics regimes. Its vertical plate divertor geometry has been adopted as the reference design for ITER, and its shape is essentially the same as that envisioned for ITER. It also is presently unique in having high-Z metallic plasma facing components. Such components are planned for ITER.
The unique capabilities of Alcator C-Mod were recognized by the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) in its report on Restructuring the U.S. Fusion Program, which recommended increased support to bring the C-MOD facility closer to "full, maximally productive utilization." According to this report, the program should maintain "Continued full utilization of DIII-D and C-Mod at least through 2001, including some upgrades, as user facilities to pursue the rich science to be gained." Although the level of support expected for C-MOD in the next funding cycle falls somewhat short of that consistent with the FESAC recommendation (the present Presidential funding projection is $13.5 M at MIT), we are proceeding, to the extent possible, to exploit the scientific promise of this unique facility mostly through collaborations with the University of Texas (an additional $1.1 M ) and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (an additional $0.6M ). In essence, we are moving toward becoming a national resource for fusion science research.
OPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING SECTION
The operations and engineering section, led by Dr. James Irby, is comprised of more than 50 engineers, supervisors, and technicians. This group is responsible for operation and maintenance of the tokamak facility and also for most facility upgrades. We continue to make changes to the machine and power systems required to achieve higher plasma performance. During the last year, a boronization system was implemented which greatly improved the stored energy and impurity levels in our discharges. After an extensive modeling effort, changes were made to the outer divertor so that plasma currents of up to 1.5 MA at toroidal fields of 8 Tesla can be obtained during the next run campaign. We are now in the process of installing a prototype divertor cryopump that will provide better plasma density control. New tunable radio-frequency sources (40-80 MHz) are being brought on line to increase the versatility of our RF heating capability power levels. Depending on available funding, in FY'97 a diagnostic neutral beam will be installed to provide a new means of measuring, among other things, ion temperature, density fluctuations, and plasma current profiles.
Our alternator has undergone a complete inspection during the last year. This system provides approximately 250 MW of pulsed power to the magnets during a plasma discharge. Very detailed ultrasonic measurements of the flywheel, rotor, and bearings were made. In addition, high voltage tests of the windings were done to assure safe operation at 13.8 kV. The alternator is now back in operation and is being brought back up to full speed.
RF HEATING AND ADVANCED TOKAMAK SECTION
This section, led by Prof. Miklos Porkolab and Dr. Yuichi Takase, implements and analyzes plasma heating using radio frequency (RF) power, including investigation of advanced tokamak physics (ATP) scenarios.
Operational improvements implemented during the past year have increased the reliability of high power operation (up to 3.5 MW into the plasma) of the 4.0 MW (source power) 80 MHz RF heating system, which is essential for carrying out various elements of the Alcator C-Mod experimental program. Reliable coupling of RF power into a variety of plasmas including pellet injection, was achieved. High power heating of H-mode ("high-confinement") plasmas in the H minority regime (5.3T) produced impressive plasma parameters, approaching the MHD stability limit. Heating efficiency in low single-pass absorption schemes, including the 3He minority heating scheme at 8T, was improved substantially by controlling the high-Z impurity influx using boronization of the first wall. Off-axis electron heating by ion Bernstein waves produced by mode conversion was demonstrated in D-3He plasmas at 8T. This mode of operation will provide the current profile control capability necessary for future advanced tokamak experiments. Particularly impressive advanced tokamak scenarios with high confinement and high beta have been predicted by numerical modeling. In collaboration with the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, current drive studies are scheduled to start in 1997-98 using the new 40 MHz power (currently being installed).
PLASMA SECTION
The Plasma Section, led by Dr. Stephen Wolfe, is involved in advancing the understanding of the tokamak configuration in the areas of transport (coordinated by Dr. Martin Greenwald) and MHD physics (Dr. Robert Granetz), as well as for developing and implementing optimized control procedures for tokamak operation.
Improved H-mode confinement results were obtained after implementation of boronization for effective wall-conditioning, which reduced the level of core radiation during high-power ICRF heating. H-factors (the ratio of the energy confinement time relative to standard L-mode scaling) above two were obtained over a wide range of plasma parameters. This result is particularly significant because extrapolations from larger experiments had predicted much smaller H-mode confinement enhancements on C-Mod.
Experiments on the threshold conditions for the L-H transition have continued, leading to the observation that the threshold corresponds to a necessary condition on the magnitude of the edge electron temperature. For typical C-Mod conditions, with B~ 5 Tesla, the transition occurs when the temperature at the 95% flux surface exceeds 150eV, and a reverse transition back to the L-mode happens when the temperature again falls below this value. Further experiments are planned to determine the underlying physics of H-Mode transition.
Analysis of the MHD stability properties of the high performance H-mode discharges indicates that the edge pressure gradients increase to approximately the so-called ideal "ballooning limit." The total "normalized" pressure reaches bN ~ 1.5, about a factor of two below the expected b (b is the ratio of plasma pressure to magnetic field pressure, bN=b/(I/aB) where I is the plasma current, a is the minor radius, and B is the toroidal magnetic field) limit with optimized profile shape, but in the range where pressure-driven MHD modes may appear.
Studies of disruptions have continued, with special attention to halo currents, which flow partly in the plasma and partly through the conducting vessel. The ratio of halo current to plasma current has been shown to be proportional to 1/q (with q = (BT/Bp)(a/R), the "safety" factor). Toroidal asymmetries and rotation of the halo currents have been measured, and a correlation between halo currents and the occurrence of integral values of an effective rotational transform, including the current path through the wall, has been observed. Mitigation of disruption effects has been demonstrated using "killer pellets", or silver-doped plastic pellets which can dissipate most of the plasma kinetic and magnetic energy in a millisecond by means of radiation.
EXPERIMENTS SECTION
The experiments section, headed by Dr. Earl Marmar, is responsible for edge/divertor physics studies under the leadership of Dr. Bruce Lipschultz, and for the development of new plasma diagnostics. In the last 12 months, excellent progress has been made, both in terms of experimental capabilities and in divertor physics research. The achievement of high-power RF-heated H-mode plasmas with good energy confinement (reduced transport) has greatly expanded the operational space for edge studies. This type of operation has lead to narrower profiles of parallel heat flow in the edge plasma with accompanying parallel heat flows which are reactor-like (500 MW/m2, higher than achieved elsewhere). The research has concentrated on reducing power flow to the divertor plates through volumetric loss processes (radiation and charge-exchange by gas puffing), while maintaining good core confinement and plasma purity. These experiments have been very successful, with reductions of the power flow to the material surfaces by about a factor of 10 as the plasma is "detached" from the divertor plates.
The study of edge characteristics has also included a thorough investigation of the transport of the majority species (deuterium) in the edge. The results of this study shows that the edge perpendicular thermal diffusivity increases with increasing distance from the core plasma, and that the diffusivity drops by an order of magnitude when central plasma confinement increases after transition into H-Mode.
Experiments have also been performed to study impurity transport utilizing puffing of trace gases at different points around the plasma edge. These experiments have shown that for recycling gases, the impurity source location affects the probability of its penetration into the core plasma (as opposed to convecting into the divertor). These techniques have also been used to determine that impurities penetrate into the core plasma more easily after the plasma detaches from the divertor plates.
PHYSICS RESEARCH DIVISION
Headed by Prof. Miklos Porkolab, this Division seeks to develop a theoretical and experimental understanding of plasma physics and fusion science. Experimental work is carried out on smaller devices with more modest plasma parameters, or focuses on developing novel diagnostics for exploring new physics in large scale fusion devices. This Division is also a base for developing new confinement concepts, including "Proof of Principle" experiments, exploring inertial fusion energy, space plasma physics, and new physics applications of plasmas. In the past year the funding of this Division has remained relatively steady.
FUSION THEORY AND COMPUTATIONS
DIVERTOR AND EDGE PLASMA PHYSICS THEORY
The MIT Divertor Task Force (Dr. Dieter Sigmar and coworkers) through its leadership of the national tokamak plasma edge physics and divertor initiative, has focused on analytic and numerical edge plasma physics investigations. Observations from the Alcator C-Mod tokamak and other devices are used to develop an improved understanding of basic plasma physics phenomena. The goal of this effort is to find ways to divert the severe heat flux from the first wall while maintaining good plasma purity in present day experimental fusion devices, and ultimately in ITER. This group has developed the only neutral-plasma fluid code capable of modeling current tokamaks and fusion reactor relevant high density divertor regimes. During the past year, the code has successfully modeled the C-Mod experiment and highlights the crucial role of charged particle recombination in dense plasmas. In addition, a fully kinetic edge plasma code has been developed which is used to interpret more accurately probe measurements in present day experiments.
For most operating regimes of interest there is a wide variation in the neutral particle mean free path length. Current approaches using either Monte Carlo or Navier-Stokes numerical techniques cannot yet deliver an entirely satisfactory description of neutral transport in the entire edge plasma domain. Recently, the MIT edge physics group has assumed leadership in a national effort to build a plasma-neutral hybrid code that will allow all regimes of neutral collisionality (arbitrary mean free path) to be modeled. When finished, these new codes, as well as existing ones, will be employed to develop scaling laws capable of predicting fusion reactor performance based on present experimental results.
PLASMA RF THEORY GROUP
The RF Plasma Theory Group under the direction of Prof. Abraham Bers and Dr. Abhay K. Ram has been extending its studies on the mode conversion of fast Alfvén waves to ion-Bernstein waves to include the effect of poloidal mode numbers and of magnetic shear. These studies show that, in addition to the ion-ion hybrid resonance, there exists another resonance where the fast<|fim_middle|> is beginning. A new area of developing fiber optic instrumentation for superconducting coil diagnostics has continued with the highly successful tests of fiber optic sensors located in a subscale magnet coil and tested at the SULTAN facility at EPFL-CRPP in Switzerland. The test, called QUELL (quench in long lengths) was part of the ITER program, and all ITER parties contributed sensors. The MIT fiber optic sensors were the most successful and performed better than the conventional sensors also tested. The Pulse Test Facility (PTF), a new moderate-sized, test facility has been completed in the Nabisco Laboratories at a cost of $2M, and will start testing large size superconductors and joints for ITER.
Prof. Ron Ballinger's Materials Science and Technology Group continues a new ITER task for detailed mechanical characterization of the superalloy Incoloy 908 which was initially developed in his laboratory for superconducting magnet applications. Results to date have removed many of the concerns of our ITER allies regarding the use of this material in the conduits for the ITER cable-in-conduit conductor.
Extensive collaboration with U.S. industries continued under the ITER program for fabrication of the U.S. contribution to the model coil program, including sub-contracts with Lockheed Martin, INCO Alloys International, Teledyne Wah Chang, and Intermagnetics General Corp., among others. As a cost-saving measure, a site has been leased in Hingham, MA where PFC engineers and technicians will perform a significant part of the coil fabrication, with the balance being subcontracted to several industries.
Recent congressional actions on the fusion energy budget for next fiscal year indicate that a second reduction is likely. Although, at this time, the main ITER program funding appears secure, the Technology and Engineering Division has begun actively seeking new programs outside the Department of Energy supported fusion program. New initiatives have resulted in funding through INEL for a large scale, electromagnetic seismic simulator platform, and from the U.S. Navy for design and analysis of conductor types for a Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage magnet system. The Basic Energy Sciences Department of South Korea has expressed interest in MIT, assisting them in the development of a new superconducting tokamak called StarX. Funding for this program will come through Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and a small contract ($40 K) this year. Significantly greater funding may be available next year. This work takes place in conjunction with the Department of Energy under a recently signed U.S. - Korea bilateral research agreement. As StarX will be similar to TPX in scope and design, this is a good match to our relevant experience from the TPX and ITER programs. The Division also has active proposals in several other areas of magnet technology which are likely to result in near level personnel support into the next fiscal year.
In a new collaborative research project with Applied Science and Technology (ASTEX) of Woburn, MA, (Dr. Jay Kesner and Professor Kevin Wenzel at the PFC, and Larry Bourget and Xing Chen at ASTEX) graduate research assistant Khash Shadman is studying high-density plasma vapor deposition of metal oxide materials and metals. The goal of the metal oxide deposition is to develop and understand novel methods for fabricating high-temperature supeconducting materials. The films will be deposited at laboratory facilities at ASTEX, and their electrical properties will be determined at the PFC.
WAVES AND BEAMS DIVISION
The Waves and Beams Division, headed by Dr. Richard Temkin, conducts research on novel sources of electromagnetic radiation and on the generation and acceleration of particle beams. This effort has experienced substantial budget cuts by OFES, mostly through a cut of the funding of the CPI/Varian effort (a subcontract through PFC, including monitoring responsibility). The MIT research effort was saved, including the salaries of the research staff.
GYROTRON RESEARCH
The gyrotron is a novel source of microwave, millimeter wave and submillimeter wave radiation. It uses a helical electron beam in a high magnetic field to generate radiation by stimulated emission at the electron cyclotron frequency. Gyrotrons are under development for electron cyclotron heating (ECH) of present day and future plasmas as well as for high frequency radar. These applications require tubes operating at frequencies in the range 100-300 GHz at steady-state power levels approaching 1 MW. The gyrotron research group is led by Dr. Kenneth Kreischer.
Research has concentrated on investigating the physics issues which affect the efficiency of operation of high power, high frequency gyrotrons. Efficiency is a critical issue because it determines the recirculating power needed to sustain a practical fusion reactor and also greatly impacts the reliability and cost of plasma heating systems. We have completed the first phase of a program of research to demonstrate a high power, high frequency gyrotron suitable for application to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). A prototype experiment at MIT has been built and has met its first milestone: demonstration of a 1 MW power level gyrotron at a frequency of 170 GHz with an efficiency of over 35%. This was the first successful demonstration of a prototype 1 MW, 170 GHz gyrotron by any of the four parties in the ITER program. This work was carried out in collaboration with Communication and Power Industries Inc. (CPI, formerly a part of Varian), General Atomics, Univ. Wisconsin, Univ. Maryland and Lawrence Livermore National Lab. The MIT gyrotron group has the lead role in this effort. In the next phase of this work, we intend to demonstrate power output in a Gaussian free space mode. We also plan to study a depressed collector which can increase the gyrotron efficiency to over 70%.
A program of research is also underway to demonstrate a coaxial cavity gyrotron. This experiment is at 140 GHz in collaboration with Dr. Michael Read of Physical Sciences, Inc. of Alexandria, Virginia. The coaxial cavity gyrotron may be capable of higher power than conventional cavity gyrotrons, up to 3 MW. In 1995-6, this experiment was successfully operated at power levels of up to 1 MW. The power was limited by the focusing of the electron beam. Improvements to the gyrotron electron gun are planned to improve the focusing.
HIGH GRADIENT ACCELERATOR RESEARCH
The High Gradient Accelerator Group is preparing a novel, 17 GHz microwave driven, photocathode electron injector. This device, sometimes called an RF gun, can generate a 2 ps beam of 2-3 MeV, 50-500 A electrons at high repetition rate. A 17 GHz klystron power source will drive the electron gun. This electron beam can be directly applied to microwave generation experiments or it can be used as an injector into a 17 GHz, high gradient accelerator. This research supports the program to build new electron accelerators which can reach the TeV range of energies.
The RF gun experiment has been operated with a microsecond pulse length klystron source at power levels of 5 to 10 MW at 17.145 GHz. The power coupled into the electron gun was monitored using the forward and reflected microwave power. A stored field equivalent to an on-axis accelerating gradient as high as 150 MeV/m was obtained, a record high value. Work is also progressing on generating the required laser pulse for the photocathode. Laser operation has been significantly improved in the last year making the picosecond laser system reasonably reliable and useful. The laser pulse must be timed to an accuracy of 1 ps in order to coincide with the 17 GHz accelerator field at a phase accurate to within 6 degrees.
Research is continuing on a high power, 17 GHz klystron in collaboration with Haimson Research Corp. of Palo Alto, CA. The klystron electron gun and the klystron cavities were built by Haimson Research. The klystron has previously demonstrated power levels of up to 26 MW in 1 us pulsed operation using a 560 kV, 95 A beam. These are record power levels for a relativistic klystron operating at such a high frequency in pulse lengths in the us range. An efficiency as high as 51% was achieved. Work is continuing on optimizing the klystron performance and applying it to high gradient acceleration experiments. The klystron has been recently rebuilt by Haimson Research to eliminate parasitic microwave emission. Testing of the rebuilt source is now underway.
INTENSE BEAM THEORETICAL RESEARCH
This effort lead by Dr. Chiping Chen, has contributed very significantly to our understanding of coherent radiation generation and particle acceleration. Topics covered include coherent radiation sources (CARM, FEL, gyrotron, relativistic klystron, relativistic TWT), intense beam transport and beam halo formation, beam-beam interactions, cyclotron resonance accelerators, two-beam accelerators, photocathode design, and other topics. Multimode codes have successfully predicted new phenomena in both the cyclotron autoresonance maser and free electron laser amplifier.
A new research program has been initiated by Dr. Chiping Chen on the topic of theoretical and computational investigation of periodically focused intense charged particle beams. This research will support the U. S. program to construct advanced accelerators for such applications as nuclear waste treatment, heavy ion fusion and free electron lasers. Research will explore self-field-induced nonlinear resonant and chaotic phenomena in intense charged particle beams.
EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS
The Plasma Fusion Center has established an educational outreach program primarily focused on heightening the interest of K-12 students in scientific and technical subjects. The Mr. Magnet Program, headed by Technical Supervisor Paul Thomas, has been particularly successful. Mr. Magnet, with the help of a graduate student, brings a traveling demonstration on magnetism into local elementary schools, inspiring and exciting students with the chance to take part in hands-on experiments with magnets. He stresses that science is a valid pursuit for boys and girls. Over the past year he has worked with over 15,000 students. The PFC also seeks to educate students and the general public by conducting general tours of experiments being done here. Special "Outreach Days" are held twice a year, encouraging high school and middle school students from around Massachusetts to visit the PFC for a day of hands-on demonstrations and tours.
Given the success of "Mr. Magnet," we are exploring ways to raise additional funding for Mr. Paul Thomas. Until now he has been funded by Dr. Cohn's Division. Beginning this fall, we will fund him from other Divisions up to 25% of his time. However, given that he is booked up to 50% of his time with school visits, we need to find other sources of support (from schools, local industry, and possibly DOE), or his activities will have to be reduced from 50% to 25% of his time.
The PFC has also been involved in the Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP), a collaborative effort of fusion facilities around the U.S. The goal of this group is to create a fusion-oriented curriculum, along with supporting hands-on experiments and graphics, for use in high schools around the country. Mr. Paul Rivenberg has worked on the "Chart Committee" of this project, which has created a wall chart that will aid in the understanding of fusion.
FUSION FORUM DAYS IN CONGRESS
The Fusion Forum, held each year on Capitol Hill, is a community-wide effort to show Congress the goals of the national fusion program and its gains over the past year. Fusion fundamentals are also outlined to educate new Congressmen and staff members. In May 1996 Miklos Porkolab, Bruce Montgomery, Dan Cohn, Albe Dawson and Paul Rivenberg, together with Tobin Smith of the MIT Washington office participated in the Forum. An exhibit was brought to Washington to show 1) our K-12 educational outreach programs, 2) Alcator C-Mod and ITER magnetics accomplishments and 3) the PFC's plasma-science-based spin-off technologies, including hazardous waste remediation, microchip manufacture, and cutting tool plasma-spray coatings to increase surface hardness and tool life up to 100-fold at a very small cost increase. Videotapes, showing plasmas in the C-Mod vacuum chamber and internet control of the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, received considerable attention. The PFC also contributed to a special exhibit on the topic of superconductivity.
During the past year, there have been several important appointments and promotions in Plasma Fusion Center program areas:
Appointments include: Jennifer Crockett (Consortium of Financing Higher Education) appointed Assistant Fiscal Officer in the Fiscal Office.
Internal promotions in the Plasma Fusion Center during the past year include: Joanna Iwanow, promoted to Assistant Fiscal Office in the Fiscal Office; Sangkwon Jeong, promoted to Research Engineer-Experimental in the Fusion Technology and Engineering Division; Stephen Kochan, promoted to First Wall Engineer in the Alcator Division; Sergeui Kracheninnikov, promoted to Research Scientist-Theoretical, in the Physics Research Division; Joseph Minervini, promoted to Division Head in the Fusion Technology and Engineering Division; and Christopher Reddy, promoted to Magnet Cooling and Structural Engineer, in the Alcator Division.
The Plasma Fusion Center has also hosted 68 Visiting Scientists, Engineers and Scholars during the past year.
During the past year, the following students graduated with theses in plasma fusion and related areas: Phillip Borchard, M.S., Mechanical Engineering; Darren Garnier, Ph.D., Physics; James Gilmore, Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering; Ruxandra Golinescu, Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering; David Jablonski, Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering; Boris Lekakh, Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering; Hunwook Lim, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering; Daniel Moriarty, Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering; Suzanne Murphy, M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; David Nelson, M.S., Mechanical Engineering; Artur Niemczewski, Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering; Todd Rider, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Ying Wang, Ph.D., Physics; and Mamoon Yunus, M.S., Mechanical Engineering. We take this opportunity to wish these graduates success in their future professional endeavors.
Miklos Porkolab | Alfvén wave loses some of its power. Detailed analytical and numerical analysis is ongoing to quantify the effect of this resonance on the mode conversion process. The same group has also continued its studies on the propagation and damping of ion-Bernstein waves in tokamaks. It has been found that the ion-Bernstein waves can be used to drive currents in plasmas provided that the magnitude of the parallel (to the magnetic field) wave numbers at mode conversion are below a critical value. This critical value has been determined numerically. Finally, the group has been investigating a mode conversion scenario for electron cyclotron heating and current drive in spherical tokamaks. Here the extraordinary mode of the electron cyclotron wave can couple to the electron- Bernstein wave at the upper-hybrid resonance. The previous expertise on mode conversion analysis is being extended to this high frequency regime.
HIGH ENERGY PLASMA THEORY GROUP
The research program of the Physics of High Energy Plasmas (PHEP), under the leadership of Prof. Bruno Coppi, is concerned with the theoretical study of magnetically confined plasmas in regimes of relevance to present day advanced experiments, as well as the proposal and planning of new experiments directed towards the study of fusion burning plasmas. The recent redirection of the U.S. fusion program toward developing the basic science of fusion plasmas, as well as innovative concepts, brings the activities of this group (PHEP) directly into line with the mainstream goals of the new national program.
The PHEP group has been the first to undertake the proposal and the study of magnetically confined ignition experiments, taking a leading role in the development of both their physics and engineering. The Ignitor experiment was the first proposed (originally in 1975) ignition experiment in the world. It has become increasingly clear that the most suitable and cost effective type of experiment to pursue the goal of ignition is the line of machines that operate at high magnetic field, employing cryogenic normal conducting magnets, which this group has pioneered, such as the Alcator series of experiments at MIT, the FT machines at Frascati, Italy, and the ignition experiment "Ignitor" in Italy.
This group has also maintained a pioneering role in developing the theory of high temperature plasmas. Of note are the region of second stability for finite pressure plasmas, the principle of profile consistency of the electron temperature, the degradation of energy confinement by ion temperature gradient driven modes, the isotopic effect on the confinement time, the existence of impurity-driven modes localized at the plasma edge, the stabilization of sawteeth by energetic particles, and the time dependent path to ignition in magnetically confined plasmas.
The ideas concerning transport processes in high temperature plasmas and the fact that it can be nonlocal in nature, as indicated for example by the principle of profile (temperature) consistency, have been confirmed by different experiments around the world. These concepts now form the basis of several widely adopted approaches to the theory of plasma transport. Many of the ideas that the PHEP group has proposed in the 1970's, including the toroidal ion temperature gradient driven (or ITG) modes, have been incorporated recently in sophisticated codes that have been used successfully to interpret present experiments.
ADVANCED TOKAMAK PHYSICS AND MHD STABILITY THEORY
In this effort, under the leadership of Drs. Paul Bonoli, Jay Kesner, Jesus Ramos, and Profs. Jeffrey Freidberg and Miklos Porkolab, a state of the art simulation code has been developed to compute self-consistent MHD equilibria in the presence of non-inductively driven currents. Such studies are of great importance to the C-Mod program since they offer a means to improve tokamak performance, ultimately leading to a more attractive steady state tokamak reactor. This code has been coupled to an MHD stability code at Princeton in collaboration with Dr. C. Kessel. This combined model has been used to demonstrate the feasibility of achieving MHD stable operating modes in Alcator C-Mod near the beta limit. These so-called advanced tokamak operating modes are characterized by relatively high fractions of non-inductive bootstrap current (approximately 75%) and non-monotonic ("reversed shear") profiles of the safety factor. Such profiles are believed to improve tokamak stability and particle and energy confinement. The current profile control required to maintain these equilibria may be achieved through a combination of on-axis fast wave current drive and off-axis lower hybrid current drive. A reverse shear mode of operation at high bootstrap current fraction and moderate plasma current for the ITER device was also developed. Again the necessary current profile control is accomplished through a combination of off axis lower hybrid current drive and on-axis fast wave drive (or neutral beam injection).
Some of these codes were also used to analyze ICRF heating experiments in Alcator C-Mod in which off-axis electron heating via mode converted ion Bernstein waves (IBW) have been observed. Detailed comparisons have been made between the model predictions for RF electron power dissipation and the RF power densities inferred experimentally via RF power modulation technique. The implications of the off-axis electron heating for current drive via the mode converted IBW were also examined. Preliminary estimates indicate that significant RF current (up to 200 kA) can be generated in Alcator C-Mod, thus providing another means to achieve current profile control and advanced tokamak operation.
Tokamaks operating in a mode in which the current is mostly sustained by bootstrap current tend to naturally form reversed shear profiles. For a fixed heating profile the improved core confinement will cause the pressure profile to peak, which effects the equilibrium through the bootstrap current term. It has been shown that steady state equilibria do not, in general, exist for tokamaks with a high bootstrap current fraction and enhanced confinement in the reversed shear region, unless the following conditions are satisfied: (1) an additional stabilizing mechanism is utilized (for example flow shear) to create a region of reduced transport which can exceed the size of the region of reversed shear and, (2) the bootstrap fraction is reduced and non-inductive current drive is utilized to maintain a reversed shear current profile of substantial size.
PLASMA THEORY APPLIED TO SUPERCONDUCTORS
Professor Jeffrey Freidberg and Dr. Ali Shajii have explored the possibility of applying plasma theory techniques to a class of fluid flow problems in superconducting technology. As a result of these studies, the following discoveries were made: (a) A new class of low Mach number discontinuous fluid flows was developed. The flows are similar to "standard" contact discontinuities except that they are strongly modified by the presence of a metalic wall. The wall not only introduces new velocity jumps into the flow, but produces a thermal drag that can stabilize the flow against Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities which always destroy the structure of the "standard" contact discontinuity. This phenomena is important in understanding the propagation of a quench in large, superconducting, fusion magnets. (b) A new theoretical model describing low Mach number compressible flow was developed. Such flows occur in long superconducting cables used for fusion magnets. A surprising result is that when sufficient external heat is supplied to the fluid, the flow direction actual reverses against the direction of the pumping pressure. This phenomena has been observed experimentally and cannot occur in an incompressible fluid. (c) A theoretical explanation of the phenomenon, "thermal hydraulic quenchback," was developed.
PLASMA PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS
PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING ON DIII-D
The PFC has collaborated for the past several years with General Atomics, in San Diego, California, on turbulence studies in the DIII-D tokamak. Mr. Stefano Coda, a graduate student in the Physics Department under the direction of Professor Porkolab, carried out his Ph.D. thesis research on location at General Atomics. The project consisted of the development and operation of a novel diagnostic apparatus, a CO2-laser phase-contrast imaging (PCI) system, which provides detailed measurements of the density fluctuations at the tokamak edge with excellent sensitivity and fine spatial and temporal resolution. The chief motivation for this undertaking has been the need for a more accurate characterization of the turbulence spectrum in the edge region, especially in the long (several-cm) wavelength range which is believed to have a strong influence on energy transport. A similar PCI system is now being developed at the PFC and will be installed on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, where it will be employed both to investigate turbulence and to carry out a novel study of externally launched radio-frequency waves in the plasma.
Thorough studies of the properties of edge turbulence in various heating and confinement regimes have been carried out in the course of this project. In the past year, particular attention was devoted to the fine-scale correlation characteristics of the fluctuations, especially to the rapid change in the correlation length that accompanies the transition from the low (L) to the high (H) confinement mode. The reduced correlation length was shown to be correlated with the reduction in transport, resulting in improved confinement. In addition, the leading theory of the H-mode, which relates the modification in the turbulence spectrum to an increased shear in the plasma rotation velocity, has been confirmed quantitatively for the first time. The novel observation of the existence of radially propagating spectra has also been found to be in agreement with recent analytical and numerical work on the global structure of a class of plasma instabilities (ITG modes) that are considered to be a dominant component of transport-enhancing turbulence.
The PCI system has also been successfully employed to investigate the nature of semi-periodic edge instabilities known as ELMs (edge localized modes). These modes, if properly controlled, will be essential to the operation of a future reactor, as they serve the dual purpose of ejecting deleterious impurities from the plasma and of regulating the plasma energy content in a stable steady state. In spite of their importance, the experimental and theoretical understanding of ELMs is still in its infancy. We have been able to shed new light on these phenomena by characterizing their spectral content and temporal evolution, and by determining systematic differences between some of the known subclasses of ELMs.
INERTIAL FUSION DIAGNOSTIC DEVELOPMENT
This program, under the leadership of Dr. Richard Petrasso, is the key element of our participation in inertial fusion energy (IFE) research. The National Ignition Facility (NIF), currently under design, would be the center of inertial fusion research in the U.S. in the next several decades. With colleagues at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and at the University of Rochester, our group at the PFC has written an article on the "Science On The NIF," a document which explores the unique opportunities for the exploration of new science on NIF. For example, in the NIF experiments, we expect to achieve densities and temperatures of 1000g/cm3 and 100,000,000o K. At these conditions we can, for the first time, study fusion energy reactions under conditions similar to that found in the center of stars. Equally important and interesting, the pressures we will achieve are some 1,000 billion atmospheres. To put this in some perspective, the pressure at ocean bottom is about 1000 atmospheres; at earth's center, a few million; and at the center of the sun, 100 billion atmospheres.
A second major project has focused on the development of novel diagnostics for the NIF. Because of the extraordinary densities, current diagnostics will be ineffective. We recently submitted to Physical Review Letters a scientific paper which proposes the utilization of energetic 31 MeV protons, generated within the NIF capsule, to diagnose both the implosion symmetry and core capsule conditions.
A third major effort involves the building of novel charged-particle spectrometers for both the NOVA and OMEGA laser fusion facilities at Lawrence Livermore and the University of Rochester, respectively. These spectrometers exploit the properties of CCDs to measure very accurately the energy of protons, deuterons, and tritons that are emitted during the implosion process. From the flux and energy of these charged particles, important physics information can be gleaned about the dynamics of the implosion process. This will be the first time such spectrometers have been fielded on inertial fusion experiments. This proposal is based on the favorable experimental results we obtained in our laboratory at MIT during the past year (see last year's President's Report).
IONOSPHERIC PLASMA RESEARCH
The PFC Ionospheric Plasma Research Group (Prof. Min-Chang Lee, Visiting Professor and students) has been conducting experiments on RF (radio-frequency) wave excitation and interaction with magnetized plasmas on the Versatile Toroidal Facility (VTF). They have successfully reproduced the intriguing spectra of radio wave-induced Langmuir waves observed at Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The results of VTF experiments support a theory developed by Prof. Min-Chang Lee and coworkers that the frequency-downshifted (cascading) spectrum of Langmuir waves is produced by the parametric decay instability (PDI), while the frequency-upshifted spectrum results from the nonlinear interactions of PDI-excited Langmuir waves with pre-existing lower hybrid waves. In collaboration with the Air Force Phillips Laboratory, Arecibo Observatory/Cornell University and Stanford Research Institute (SRI), the PFC's Arecibo experiments using the NSF's newly upgraded radar and HF heater have been scheduled in September, 1996 and January, 1997. These experiments are aimed at investigating ionospheric plasma turbulence and its effects on radio communications and space weather. A Ph.D. student, Dan Moriarty, recently completed his Ph.D. dissertation entitled Laboratory Studies of Ionospheric Plasma Processes with the Versatile Toroidal Facility (VTF). Following Dan Moriarty's work, several graduate students and UROP students will continue the research on laboratory simulation of RF suppression or enhancement of ionospheric plasma turbulence.
NEW INITIATIVES
PLASMA CONFINEMENT IN COMET-SHAPED TOKAMAKS AND IN A LEVITATED DIPOLE
Dr. Jay Kesner and Prof. Miklos Porkolab have submitted a proposal to DOE to test a new tokamak confinement approach: a cross-section shaping that features an oblate plasma with negative triangularity which leads to a comet shaped cross-section. It has been suggested [R. Miller, M.S. Chu, R. Dominguez, T. Ohkawa, Comments Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion, 12, 125 (1989)] that this shaping would reduce or reverse the curvature driven precessional drift of ions and electrons and is therefore expected to improve confinement with respect to these modes. This proposal was favorably reviewed but due to lack of funds was not funded. Our group will continue to study theoretically the feasibility of a COMET shaped tokamak as a means to improve tokamak confinement.
It was suggested in 1987 by Hasegawa [Comm. Pl. Phys. & Cont. Fus, 1, (1987) 147.] that a levitated dipole might provide a considerably simpler confinement scheme for fusing plasmas. Dipole confinement is observed in nature (in the earth's and the jovian magnetospheres) and in fact this suggestion was based on an increasing understanding of magnetospheric confinement. Satellite measurements have shown that in magnetospheric plasmas the ratio of plasma pressure to magnetic field pressure (or beta) can exceed unity and the plasma appears to be relatively quiescent. Ultimately, the levitated dipole configuration would most likely be utilized at high betas for advanced fuels (D-D or D-3He). Conceptually, a dipole offers several potential improvements vis-a-vis a tokamak as a fusion reactor. It is inherently steady state and free of disruptions. Since the plasma is located outside of the coil the flux can be greatly expanded so as to reduce the divertor heat load. Current drive is not required as there are no non-inductive currents flowing. There are no particle drifts off from the flux surfaces and there are theoretical reasons to believe that confinement may be good, possibly close to irreducible minimum value (termed "classical"). This may be the "ultimate" alternate confinement concept. Potential problems include shielding of the floating superconducting ring from plasma and heat bombardment.
In the laboratory, the dipole confinement concept may be realized by levitating a super conducting coil in a large vacuum chamber, and forming a plasma in the magnetic configuration by RF (microwave) heating. Dr. Jay Kesner in collaboration with Columbia University scientists (Prof. Michael Maul) is exploring such a concept. A proposal may be prepared and submitted this fall to DOE-OFES, for building such a facility in the Nabisco Laboratory. Such a project may carry an annual budget of $2 M, equally shared between MIT and Columbia University. This project will be oriented towards basic plasma physics and it is expected to include strong student involvement.
SMALL TOKAMAK AS SOURCE OF RADIATION FOR X-RAY LITHOGRAPHY AND MICROSCOPY
In the past year (July 1995 - June 1996) the Princeton - MIT team (Profs. Suckewer, Porkolab and coworkers) has performed several experiments on the Versator II Tokamak. The main goal of the experiments was to measure (a) the radiation near 13 nm and (b) the total radiation versus the injected gases like Ar, Kr and Se, as well as versus the influx of C from the graphite rod introduced to a plasma. Initial measurements using a time integrated bolometer indicated, as expected, an increase of the emitted radiation with increasing density of low- and high-Z atoms in the hydrogen plasma. However, a deduction of quantitative values was difficult to make, owing to decreasing of the plasma duration time with increasing density of the highly radiating ions.
In order to perform more precise measurements, highly sensitive bolometers were introduced, which provided information about the time evolution of emitted radiation. Measurements of total radiation and radiation in a quite narrow spectral band (~1 nm) in the vicinity of 13 nm were performed using a multilayer mirror with maximum reflectivity at 13 nm and a A l-filter for a cut-off flux of visible and VUV radiation to a detector. The plasma was viewed at a different height from the midplane. The radiation profile and its time evolution were in quite good agreement with the expectation, however the absolute value of radiation intensity at 13 nm was too high in comparison with the intensity of the total radiation. We suspect that some of the VUV radiation was not sufficiently absorbed by the A l-filter. Therefore we have designed two new composed filters, which will be installed in the front of the multilayer mirror and the bolometer in a new series of experiments, the results of which will be a part of the proposal for design and construction of a small tokamak as a new source of radiation.
PLASMA TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS DIVISION
This Division is headed by Dr. Daniel Cohn with Associate Division Head Dr. Paul Woskov. The main activity of this Division is to develop new plasma technologies which provides major improvements over existing technology. Particular emphasis is given to the development of new environmental technology.
Capability for sensitive real-time monitoring of plutonium in an air stream was demonstrated using a microwave plasma spectrometer system. Laboratory tests were conducted at the Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory at the Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford site. This capability is important for the DOE objectives of using thermal technologies to meet environmental remediation goals with acceptable environmental impact.
A plasmatron device for conversion of hydrocarbon fuels into hydrogen-rich gas was constructed, and initial tests were made at the PFC. The initial tests have shown that both methane and gasoline can be converted into hydrogen in compact devices without soot production.
The calibration and range of application of the microwave plasma air stream metals emission monitoring system have been significantly improved. The monitoring system is being prepared for use on an engineering-scale furnace which will be operated in a radioactive environment at Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. This furnace and the related monitoring technology is regarded as one of the leading efforts in the DOE program to treat mixed (radioactive and chemical) waste.
An evaluation of practical commercial application of the electron-beam generated cold plasma technology developed at the Plasma Fusion Center was prepared for the Department of Energy.
In the area of fusion plasma diagnostic development, alpha particle gyrotron scattering diagnostic measurements were carried out in the TFTR tokamak at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. The interpretation of these low-power experiments were hindered by non-thermal lower-hybrid wave emission. This experiment will be continued at high scattering power, using a gyrotron source at the Joint European Tokamak (JET). Personnel have already been transferred to Europe to prepare these experiments.
Future plans include participation in plasma vitrification tests at the Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory facility which will use radioactive material. The Plasma Fusion Center will also implement the microwave plasma metals emission monitoring system and a millimeter wave pyrometer system for temperature measurements at the Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Facility.
At the PFC, new environmental diagnostics will be developed including a refractory material deterioration monitoring system. Meanwhile, more detailed experimental and theoretical studies will be made of plasma manufacturing of hydrogen.
An R&D 100 Award for the microwave plasma metals emission monitoring system was received in September 1995 at an Award Ceremony in Chicago. Paul P. Woskov and Daniel R. Cohn from the Plasma Fusion Center attended, along with collaborators Jeffrey E. Surma of Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Charles H. Titus of T & R Associates. This is the second consecutive year that the Plasma Technology and Systems Division has won and R&D 100 Award.
The microwave plasma metals emission monitoring system was also a finalist in the Discover Magazine Innovation Award competition. Paul P. Woskov, representing the Plasma Fusion Center group, attended the Award Ceremony in Orlando, Florida. Paul was one of seven finalists in the environmental area out of a starting field of about 500.
Three plasma-based environmental technologies developed at the Fusion Center were identified by Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary as outstanding fusion spin-off applications at a Fusion Forum luncheon on Capitol Hill in May 1996.
TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING DIVISION
The Technology and Engineering Division is headed by Drs. Joseph Minervini and Bruce Montgomery, and comprises 35 engineers, scientists and administrative and support staff. It supports graduate and undergraduate students in the Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Materials Science and Engineering departments. Funding for this Division remained relatively steady this year.
This year most of the Division's work continued to focus on magnetics R&D for the Department of Energy, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences supported next step tokamak project, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). Work on the U.S. Tokamak Physics Experiment (TPX) continued through September 30, 1995 at which point the project was canceled by the U.S. Congress. Some project termination costs ($400k) allowed completion of reporting and documentation activities through December 1995, and paid for the severance pay of most of the engineers associated with TPX.
In-house research for ITER concentrates on superconductor development, subscale testing, and magnet design and analysis. Significant results have been obtained in understanding the stability limitations of fast ramping the superconducting coils, and an understanding of current distribution and crossover from strand to strand within a conductor | 4,932 |
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On July 30, 2010, the Show-Me Institute joined many other think tanks around the nation by hosting an event in celebration of the life and legacy of the<|fim_middle|> Ph.D., is a professor of economics at the Universit
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At this event, Dr. Michael Podgursky spoke of the benefits of school choice, Dr. Susan Feigenbaum spoke of the negative impacts of discrimination in a free market, and Dr. Daniel Thornton spoke of the dangers of irresponsible monetary policy. Dr. Joseph Haslag moderated, and Dr. Bonnie Wilson introduced the event.
Daniel Thornton is vice president and economic advisor at the Federal
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Michael Podgursky is a professor of economics at the University of Missouri–Columbia, where he served as department chair from 1995 to 2005.
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Thanks to traditionally large response to voluntary blood donation action on May 12 in the city municipality of Zemun, Unisol Group was presented with the Charter of Gratitude.
On Saturday, June 24, 2017, on the grounds of the Sports Centre of the Football Association of Serbia, the ninth BELhospice humanitarian tournament in futsal took place. More than € 17,000 was collected in the tournament for the work of the BELhospice<|fim_middle|>, the amount of EUR 16.000 was gathered and it will be used for providing palliative care to cancer patients. | Centre on providing free help to oncological patients.
The greatest retail chain in the Serbian territory, the Belgian company Delhaize, completed a centralization of its stores supply chain for the greater part of product ranges in the first half of 2015. Introduction of a centralized supply chain defines the criteria that each supplier has to fulfil at deliveries.
After the completion of an analysis, at the end of 2015, Delhaize informed us that Omnico had been classified under a group of the small in number, the so-called GOLDEN SUPPLIERS with delivery accuracy amounting to over 98%.
Good trends have also continued in 2016, thus we expect to defend the last years' golden achievement!
Elephant pretzels come from Romania, from the Alka Group Company, a leading FMCG company in the region.
Elephant pretzels come from Romania, from the Alka Group Company, a leading FMCG company in the region. The Alka Group is specialized for the production of crackers, cookies, coffee and salty snacks. Innovations represent a key element of this company strategy. By introducing an innovation in its product range – the ELEPHANT pretzels, the company pleasantly surprised consumers in 2013 and accomplished a great success. The brand is present in 12 European countries and it is constantly conquering new markets. Elephant is a brand in the category of salty snacks characterized by a unique shape, taste and design. The brand has been awarded for innovation twice.
Nowadays, due to the growing need for new ideas and products, the PLMA "World of Private Label" International Trade Show is the most important event at which the producers have a unique opportunity to meet with traders from all over the world and to achieve successful cooperation.
On the courts of the FSS Sports Centre in Stara Pazova, BELhospice Centre for palliative care to cancer patients organized on Saturday, 18th June 2016, the Eight Humanitarian Tournament in Mini Football - BELhospice 2016.
This year, the Unisol Group has also joined this humanitarian cause; Polimark football representation has answered the call and proudly accepted to take part along with 15 other teams of renowned companies.
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This hot orange drink is perfect for those days with a need for some extra vitamin C, or you just feel like drinking something sweet and spicy. It's spicy from the chili, sweet from the orange and just so fresh and perfectly tart with the lime. And all this is put together in less than 5 minutes!
Hot orange drink is something I drink whenever I have an open carton of orange juice and don't want it to go to waste, or if I have a ton of fresh oranges. If I want something spicy to drink, if I'm sick of drinking a million cups of tea every day but I still want something hot (and I'm no coffee drinker). So yeah, I get my fair share of this hot orange drink from time to time. Especially during these cold Winter months!
Orange is filled with Vitamin C, which is exactly what we need now. And I'm not saying this is a health drink, as it does contain sugar. But it's so much better than many other sugary drinks. I do drink this without any guilt. You can omit the brown sugar as there already is sugar in the orange, but then I think the drink is a little too much on the tart side. If you reduce the lime that may work for you.
You can of course change the spice level as to your own preference. I like things spicy so I leave in the seeds. It also depends a little on the chili you used. A cayenne chili is much spicier than say a serrano or<|fim_middle|> spice may clear out my sinuses so I can sleep! PERFECT!
Yes, I hope you'll feel better soon!
This looks amazing winter! I would have never thought to warm orange juice. Great post! Thanks for sharing!
This sounds so good! Perfect for a chilly day or when you have a cold!
I could have used that this afternoon, my throat was so sore!! I need to bookmark this recipe!
Orange goes so well with spices and this really looks nice, delicious and warming.
I love the pretty color! Looks so warm and inviting!
My husband is fighting a cold right now. He is using my homemade cough syrup, but maybe he should add this into healing "healing routine". So much better than things from the pharmacy. Tastes good and no side effects.
My best wishes to your husband. I love making my own healing remedies. If I can avoid the pharmacy, I do!
this is perfect for the cold and rainy weather we have been having. i swear i've been cold for weeks. this looks like the perfect remedy to warm me up!
I'm just starting to thaw! Hope you do the same soon!
Love a drink with a little kick! Of course, I love citrus drinks as well. So this drink is truly calling my name!
I couldn't agree more! Thanks, Lesli!
This sounds like the perfect drink to drink on a day like today, cold and rainy. The kick from the chilis makes this drink unique and I can't wait to try something new.
Less than 5 minutes? This sounds like the best of the best of the best recipes for thos days when I need a bit of a health kick. Definitely worth trying!
Spicy sensations, sweet relaxation and fresh energy boost! Delicious drink for eveyone in love with citrus flavors. I am in!
I'm just starting to branch out into the exciting world of spicy food, so I think this might be a great addition to my little repertoire so far. I can't handle much spice and heat, so I'm sure the sweetness of the orange and the brown sugar would offset most of the heat. I like that I can control the amounts too!
I just love spicy food. But it's good to have the possibility to spice things up and down on your own! Hope you'll like this one!
This sounds so interesting. I love a refreshing drink like this, perfect for cold days.
I've never had a hot orange drink before but this looks and sounds lovely. Can't wait to try it!
Besides being good for you, I love how delicious this drink is! Orange and chili is such a delicious combination. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much, dear Amanda!
Love, love, love these photos! The colors, the composition, everything, Thanks for stretching me with this recipe. Hot orange is totally new to me. How do you handle spice with a sore throat though? That sounds scare to me.
Thank you so much, Kari! Maybe it's just me, but I like it spicy when I've got a sore throat too. But good call, I changed up the recipe card a bit. If you use ginger instead, it will still be spicy (and delicious!) but a little nicer to your throat. Hope this helps!
With the weather changing all the time and us getting sick, we need this type of drinks, thanks for sharing.
Wow! I am totally in love with this. Its raining here in Calcutta. I am searching something like this. Thank you so much for the recipe.
That's great! Not that it's raining, but that you found what you were looking for. Hope you'll like it!
Thanks for this tea alternative during cold season! As much as I love tea, it's always nice to try something a little different. I also appreciate all the vitamins this packs!
This is such a great remedy to have on hand for when you're feeling under the weather! Love how simple it is to make, too! | a jalapeño. However, if you've got a really bad sore throat, I would recommend changing the chili with ginger. Use 1 tsp minced fresh ginger instead, and you will still get that spicy kick!
Mince your chili of choice (or ginger). Zest the orange. Add all the ingredients to a small saucepan. Heat on medium heat until sugar has dissolved, while stirring. Strain into your favorite cup, serve warm. It's so easy I almost can't call it a recipe!
This hot orange drink is perfect for those days with a need for some extra vitamin C, or you just feel like drinking something sweet and spicy.
Mince your chili of choice (or ginger, see notes). Zest the orange. Add all the ingredients to a small saucepan. Heat on medium heat until sugar has dissolved, while stirring.
Strain into your favorite cup, and serve warm.
* If you've got a really bad sore throat, I would recommend changing the chili with ginger. Use 1 tsp minced fresh ginger instead, and you will still get that spicy kick!
I've never had a hot orange drink before, and this one sounds absolutely delicious! I'll definitely have to keep this in mind next time we buy OJ, especially since last time we had to throw it away cause we weren't drinking it fast enough.
Exactly, no need to throw it away! Thank you!
My husband would love this!! He puts lime and spice on all his fruits!!!
Oh sounds like this will be just his thing!
Never heard of this type of drink before and it sounds amazing. Can't wait to try it!
This sounds like just what I need!! Loaded with vitamin C to help with this cold and the | 351 |
Firefighter's Lesson Saved Lives Before His Own Death
Troy and his dad owe their lives to Brett Wilson
Houston Chronicle, with permission
CLEVELAND (AP) — Nine-year-old Troy Cavadas was in the burn unit of MetroHealth Medical Center, sitting next to the bed where his father, Jed, lay, when Columbia Township firefighters paid a visit. They called Troy a hero.
Troy is a hero. His dad says he owes his life to his son's levelheaded actions after a tragic accident turned them into human torches. They both owe their lives to another hero, one who died before knowing the profound impact he had on their lives.
Columbia Township volunteer firefighter Brett Wilson was electrocuted by a downed power line in October as he tried to help victims of a car crash. A week before that, he had visited Copopa Elementary School, where Troy is a fourth grader, to discuss fire safety.
"Stop, drop, and roll" stuck with Troy.
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On Nov. 3, his dad was using kerosene to burn a tree stump on their front lawn in Columbia Station.
"It probably wasn't the smartest thing to do," Jed said. As he poured more kerosene into a hole he'd cut in the stump, the container in Jed's hand exploded, spraying kerosene and flames all over Jed and splashing onto Troy.
Their clothing caught fire.
Fire safety training fresh on his mind, Troy put himself out first, like he's supposed to, and then helped his dad.
"I went down to the ground and I rolled and rolled, and I took my pants and shirt off. I was scared, but I didn't panic," said Troy. "And then I said, 'Roll, Daddy. Roll, roll, roll.'"
Jed had ripped off his burning coat and was on the ground rolling. Troy yelled for him to remove his pants, but Jed couldn't get them off. The flames weren't going out fast enough. He was engulfed.
"I ran and got the hose," said Troy. "And I sprayed it and put out the fire."
Said Jed: "There's not a chance, without him, that I would be here. Not a chance."
Neighbors, including a former paramedic and a doctor, came running. They held father and son and tried to comfort them as they waited for an ambulance. They called Jed's wife, Troy's mom, Melissa, who was running errands that morning.
"The first thing I asked is, 'Are they alive?'" she said.
Yes, she was told, but it was pretty bad. The skin on Jed's left hand and forearm was gone. He was in pain. Troy was in shock. She headed home at high speed.
An ambulance drove Troy and Melissa to MetroHealth. A Metro Life Flight medical helicopter transported Jed. It landed in a cul-de-sac on their street near their 2-acre property. It's a designated Life Flight landing spot.
Troy suffered second and third<|fim_middle|> and Gary Wilson after Barb handed Troy the photo of Brett.
"Your son," he said to them, choking back tears, "saved my life."
"Moments like this …" said Gary, trailing off as Barb finished his sentence … "overtake the sadness."
Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com
Layoff Notices Sent to Houston Fire Department Cadets | -degree burns mostly on his lower legs, about 9% of his skin. Jed, 51, had third-degree burns on his legs, stomach, chest and hands, which burned as he struggled to remove his pants, his left hand much worse than the right. About 25% of his skin was burned.
Jed and Troy have undergone skin graft surgeries and physical therapy, healing in side-by-side rooms, Melissa wearing out a path in the hallway between them.
Later, Troy used his walker to go to Jed's room as they waited for a visit from Brett Wilson's superiors in the fire department.
Columbia Township Fire Chief Ray Anthony and Captain Brett Heidecker came with encouraging words, a certificate of appreciation, a T-shirt and a plastic honorary firefighter's helmet.
There were two more visitors no one expected: Brett Wilson's parents, Gary and Barb.
"We invited ourselves," Barb said as she clutched a framed photo of her son and wiped away tears.
In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019 photo, Jed Cavadas, 51, tears up after holding a picture of Columbia Township firefighter Brett Wilson as his son Troy, 9, looks on inside the Burn Care Center at the MetroHealth Medical Center In Cleveland. Firefighter Wilson, who died unexpectedly a few weeks ago when he was electrocuted while helping crash victims, came to Troys' school to teach fire safety tips like stop, drop and roll, just before he died. Troy used the stop, drop and roll safety technique to save himself and his father while they were burning stumps in their front yard in Columbia Station. (Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer via AP)
Gary, an Olmsted Township police officer, got close to Troy and asked in a whisper: "Do you feel like a hero?"
"Yes, I do," the boy said matter-of-factly. He has a room full of cards from neighbors and classmates that say so. And a menagerie of stuffed animals, a basketball signed by his AAU team and a new Xbox.
"Well good," said Gary, "because you are."
Their 23-year-old son is a hero, too, because of the actions he took on the night he died and because of the less dramatic act of high-fiving school kids and spreading knowledge about fire safety.
"My son had a vision for life: Love each other. He lived it every day," said Gary.
Troy was released from the hospital. Dr. Anjay Khandelwal, director of MetroHealth's Comprehensive Burn Care Center, treated both father and son. He said Jed was progressing nicely, but his wounds are more extensive, and his skin graft surgeries were more involved.
Both are expected to regain 100% of their function, but, Khandelwal said, it will take a lot of painful work on their part.
Jed turned to Barb | 596 |
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — At least Jeff Pain knows what is expected of him.
Hired by China for his coaching expertise in the winter sport of skeleton, the Olympic silver medalist for Canada in 20<|fim_middle|> good ones."
Reality has been sobering. In recruiting for skeleton, Pain found himself promoting a sport almost completely unknown to 130 athletes who turned up for his first tryouts.
"They Googled skeleton to see what it was. A couple of the kids I've got on my team had never seen snow, because they are from southern China," he said. "They are signing up for something they literally have no idea what it is."
And his top picks all subsequently quit before starting training.
"I think two of the three quit because they Googled skeleton, figured out what it was and said: 'Uh, no, no thank you.' And I know one of them quit for sure because his girlfriend wouldn't let him go."
Manuel Machata, the German coach hired to build China's rookie bobsleigh team, faced similar challenges.
"They never had bobsleigh before. It's not famous. It's not well-known. It's very hard to get people to bring athletes in," he said. His initial group of 24 recruits got their first taste of what they'd let themselves in for when he took them to Whistler, Canada, in 2016.
"That was incredible," he said. "They saw the track and they were flushed. Then you sit them in a sled and let them drive down. That's quite amazing."
He, too, says Chinese officials want him to produce medal-standard bobsledders by 2022, but adds: "You only can do what you can do."
There have been Chinese breakthroughs and notable performances in Pyeongchang.
Twelve years after its Olympic debut in the sport at the 2006 Turin Games, China got its first snowboarding medal, with silver in women's halfpipe from Liu Jiayu. In a not-untypical path for Chinese Winter Olympians converted to snow and ice from other sports, she practiced martial arts as a kid. Her initiation to halfpipe included trampoline-jumping with a snowboard strapped on.
In short-track speedskating — by far China's strongest winter sport, producing 30 of its 53 Winter Olympics medals coming into South Korea — Wu Dajing lowered his own world record in winning the men's 500 meters.
With bronze over 500 meters, Gao Tingyu also became the first Chinese man to medal in Olympic long-track speedskating. And there were Chinese participants for the first time in several events, including Chang Xinyue's 20th place in women's ski jumping.
Li Chunjian, who drove one of two Ferrari-red first-time Chinese entries in two-man bobsleigh, said Pyeongchang was only "the first step" for their fledgling team.
"Very quickly, at the next competitions, we'll steadily grab the attention of people around the world and let them know that Chinese bobsledding has arrived," he declared confidently, after placing 26th of the 30 sleds. "Everyone is working hard together to prepare for 2022."
His brakeman, Wang Sidong, added: "Two years ago, we didn't even know what bobsledding was."
Still, overall, China is trending downward. From its high of five golds in 2010, China slipped back to three in 2014 and now just one — Wu, in short-track — in Pyeongchang.
"I'm sure the leadership will be quite upset," Pain said. "It will be interesting to see what happens in China with their sports system and coaching system and the whole thing in the next few months, because there's probably a big old shakedown coming."
In skeleton, where China was represented for the first time by Geng Wenqiang, "we are way behind, to be honest with you," Pain said. "We haven't had that quick and robust start that we needed three years ago."
Chinese bureaucracy has slowed progress, with paperwork delays causing athletes to miss races that could have helped more of them qualify for Pyeongchang, he said.
"So much red tape," he said. "I kind of joke that every decision takes five approvals and every approval takes a month."
"The question is: Will they figure it out fast enough? Will they let the experts, i.e. the foreign coaches that they hire — myself being one of those — will they let us have the reins, the control that we need to push things forward as fast they need to be pushed?"
"So far," he said, "we haven't been allowed to do much of anything." | 06 has four more years to shape his rookie team of Chinese athletes into ice-sliding champions at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.
"We've been told it's gold or nothing," Pain says. "The other medals are irrelevant."
Here's the rub: Wanting to win in dangerous, technically complex sports on snow and ice and actually being equipped to beat established winter-sports powers are very different things.
"It's not just about putting on a pair of shoes and being fast," Pain says of skeleton. "You have to be able to bend over, grab a sled, run as fast as you can, dive on it and then get to the bottom without dying."
The blueprint of throwing money and foreign know-how at hand-picked Chinese athletes is familiar. But results in 2022 are on course to be less spectacular than when Beijing hosted the Summer Games in 2008. Then, a costly, years-long national medal-mining drive paid off handsomely, with China surging to the top of the gold-medal bragging table.
Chinese Winter Olympians, however, have far bigger leaps to make. Although competitive in a scattering of events, the world's second-largest economic mega-power after the United States has never been a major winter-sports player. China's team of 80 athletes in Pyeongchang — its largest since the 2010 Vancouver Games — has, like Team USA, been a striking under-achiever, with just one gold among its nine medals.
As it did for the Summer Games, China has brought foreign coaches on board in array of winter sports, tapping Dutch expertise in speedskating, for example, and Norwegian know-how in cross-country skiing.
Hired in 2015, the year the IOC picked Beijing as the first city to host both summer and winter games, Pain saw China as a land of promise.
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Royal Observatory of Belgium, Seismology Section, Brussels, Belgium; now at Golder Associates New Zealand, Christchurch
Aurelia Hubert-Ferrari
Royal Observatory of Belgium, Seismology Section, Brussels
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David Garcia-Moreno
Ulas Avsar
Nathalie Maricq
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Départment des Sciences de la Terre et de L'Environnement, Brussels
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A 3000-year record of surface-rupturing earthquakes at Günalan: variable fault-rupture lengths along the 1939 Erzincan earthquake-rupture segment of the North Anatolian Fault, Turkey
Jeffrey George Fraser, Aurelia Hubert-Ferrari, Koen Verbeeck, David Garcia-Moreno<|fim_middle|> more frequently, and can also produce large magnitude earthquakes (MW >7).
paleoseismology, North Anatolian Fault, fault segment | , Ulas Avsar, Nathalie Maricq, Alexander Coudijzer, Nele Vlamynck, Kris Vanneste
The North Anatolian Fault is a ca. 1200-km-long, right-lateral, strike-slip fault that forms the northern boundary of the Anatolian plate. A damaging sequence of earthquakes ruptured almost the entire fault in the twentieth century. This study adds to the growing number of paleoseismic investigations of the 350-km-long 1939 Erzincan earthquake-rupture segment, which is towards the eastern end of the North Anatolian Fault in Turkey. Using three paleoseismic trenches located along ca. 2 km of the principal fault strand, this study determines the timing of five earthquakes prior to the 1939 earthquake. The first three of these earthquakes are correlated to historical earthquakes in A.D. 1668, 1254 and 499, and two further events were identified as occurring from 881-673 B.C. and from 1406-1291 B.C. (2v age ranges). By comparing the earthquake timing determined in this study to results from other paleoseismic investigations of the 1939 rupture segment, it becomes clear that this historical rupture segment does not always rupture in unison. This analysis indicates that the A.D. 499 earthquake was the last time the 1939 rupture segment ruptured in unison; partial ruptures of the 1939 rupture segment occur | 331 |
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The Ugratara temple is a famous religious and tourist temple in the far western province. This temple is located about four kilometers west of Dadeldhura at Amargadhi Municipality-7. This temple is considered to be one of the nine Bhagwati temples in the far west of Nepal. It is built in pagoda style. It is the religiously important temple of Hinduism and is also rich in its art and architecture. The idol of Goddess Parvati is the main idol of the temple.
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No authentic inscription on the origin of the temple has been found so far. However, the legend of the origin of the Ugratara Bhagwati temple is interesting. Although there is no authentic inscription on the origin of the temple.
The legend of its origin
Local's belief
Famous festivals celebrated
For many years, the Sankis lived in the village of Latauli, near the place where the temple is. This is evident from the current topography. The Sanki tribes of Latauli used to work in agriculture around the present temple. One day, while a farmer of the same Sanki (साँकी) caste was plowing the plow, a pile of the plow was plowed into the stone and a continuous stream of blood was flowing from the stone. After seeing that the farmer applied food brought by him to the blood flowing area and the bleeding stopped. Then the Ugratara Bhagawati temple was built by securing that stone.
The temple was later renovated by Naga Malla, the King of Doti, and King Birendra also assisted in the further renovation.
She is believed as the local goddess of fertility and wealth, so she is very much revered by the people of this region. She is also believed in helping to bring together friends and relatives who have lost contact with each other, and to protect the villagers from natural disasters. The Ugratara temple is a very attractive, beautiful combination of Far-Western art and architecture.
Beautiful Ugratara Temple , Dadeldhura, Nepal
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City Girls Awarded eTwinning Quality Label by the British Council
written by Chantelle Kelly June 12, 2014
The British Council eTwinning Quality Label is awarded in recognition to European work, allowing those involved to share these accomplishments with the wider community. Year 7 Spanish students were recently awarded a quality label for their project 'FUSE'. FUSE is a project that aims to promote intercultural understanding through a variety of cross curricular skills among four different European countries. This project was created in the eTwinning+ Conference in Krakow, October 2013 thanks to the liaison between three teachers from France, UK and Ukraine. A fourth partner from Spain was later added to the project. FUSE explores festivities, cultures and traditions, traditional recipes and music. The final aim of this project is to create an intercultural song and dance in the four different languages used in the project, promoting equality, understanding and respect. The name comprises the initials of the countries involved (France, UK, Ukraine, Spain) and the final E stands for eTwinning.
The application received fantastic reviews from the judges, as per their comment below: "Wow! Real WOW! Factor in this project<|fim_middle|> achievement.
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National Rackets Champions – Wellington Pupils Make History | -well done! Well-considered and thought-through pedagogically. Very learning focused and at the same time creative and innovative. Student-moderated and real enthusiasm of students evident in the visual materials. This has really contributed to skills development in the young people – they confidently articulate their learning. External partnership working is creative and very relevant (Spanish musician) and will contribute to a fantastic end product and outcomes. Superb evidence of creative use of broad range of ICT. Not only developing an international dimension to teaching and learning, but also because of success of the project, contributing to embedding the international dimension in the school….A vivid example of making learning fun!"
Located in the Barbican, at the heart of the City of London, 'City girls' are encouraged to pursue subjects and extra-curricular activities which they excel at and their academic and personal confidence is boosted by the school's supportive environment and long-standing record of | 185 |
There have been plenty of hourglass blocks in my life lately, both traditional and improvisational, but still, when it came time to do the final slab for our guild's improv block-of-the-month, I couldn't resist playing with them again.
This slab is nearly 15" x 30", and with it, I'm more than anxious to begin puzzling the quilt top together. I expect there will be a<|fim_middle|>abs come together. This one is going to be amazing I'm sure!
This is so fun! I can't wait to see the finish. | bit of 'fitting together' needed, as in the way of improv, not all of my blocks came out exactly at the sizes suggested. Then it will go right in line behind the bacon quilt and improv log cabin for quilting. All three are on my Q4 Finish-A-Long list, and I so want to make it happen!
I can't wait to see this one finished! I'm a big fan of your 'slabs'!
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The Carlisle Import and Kit Replicar Show is for certified automotive crazies<|fim_middle|> buildings at Carlisle become home to vendors and showrooms, and seminars, and special displays. One such display was the "Kids Choice" building which this year had a stunning collection of Ed Ulsom's BMWs. There were other cars in the building, but Ed's cars were jaw-droppers. A Bauer cabriolet, a Touring, a CS, a Z1, and more. All museum quality, but all registered, inspected, and driven. Beyond the buildings is the Kit Car area of the showfield. Cobras to 356s to Caterhams, all better than the originals in many ways, and a lot cheaper, but not the real deal.
On the rest of the showfield, the cars are arranged by nationality, and then by Marque. It is a convenient way to arrange things, and I'm sure it makes the judging easier. However, I'm sure that over half the show field has no interest (or chance) in winning awards. The german car section is heaviest in the Audi and the Opel Marques. There are Porsches, BMWs, VWs, and Mercedes present, but this is not their show. Probably because they have many large shows of their own. However, I did see what was probably the nicest example of a Mercedes 250SL (perhaps of any SL) that I have ever seen. The Italian section is also pretty sparse most years, and this year was the same. However, a few nice Fiats showed up, and a Maserati. The french quarter is usually well populated. An army of Citroen DSs is usually accompanied by a flotilla of 2CVs, a strong Renault section, and some nice Peugeots. The British section is always well populated by MG and Triumph. This year there were some really nice Triumph Stags. | , and you can count me among them. If you have stuffed a big block V8 into your Volvo PV544, this is your show. If you have 50 grand and counting into your Renault Alliance, this is your show. If you have a Porsche Speedster replica with a Subaru WRX STI engine in it, this is your show. If your have a Peugeot 504 racecar, this is your show. If you have a 2CV with every known option, this is your show. Many import brands are out in force for this show, and there are some beautiful examples of each marque, but the rare, the strange, and the extreme, always make this a fascinating show. It is no wonder that the show Car Crazy did a special on this event a few years ago.
I have been attending this show with the BMW 2002 Mid Atlantik Group for many years. There were quite a few 2002s in attendance this year, but nothing like the crowds a few years ago. I suspect that the proximity to the Vineyards event in north carolina is part of the reason. This show was also a major swapmeet, with aisles of individuals and vendors. It is obvious that as the show field has grown, the swapmeet area has dwindled, but there are still deals to be found. I came away with some Beru shielded plug wires for the 911, and a motorcycle fender (yes, there is always a little 2-wheeled activity as well). There were also some deals on wheels. A couple of Porsche 924s and 944s, a couple of BMWs, and as always, a few Bugeyes and MGBs.
The for sale corral is always an eclectic mix. VWs and Volvos and old Mercedes share space with many MGBs and Triumphs. However, you are also likely to find a Ferrari 308, or a Lotus Elan, or a Morris Minor, or a Toyota cargo van. Prices tend to be similarly varied. Wildly optimistic to downright bargains, and everything inbetween. If you find yoursself with an empty trailer, this is a dangerous place to be.
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After twenty plus years of putting fun and laughter onto the very streets of this fair city, the 2022 Coffs Harbour International Buskers & Comedy Festival enters its 21ST year and is bursting at the seams with ideas, flavours and new energy. The festival kicks off on September 28 & continues until October 2nd.
HISTORY/HOW IT ALL STARTED
The festival began in the late 1980's & was run by a local service Club before it fell away in the early 90s. It was picked up again in 1999 by JLE and with the support and backing of Coffs Harbour City Council , generous sponsors and the public, it has grown since then. It hasn't always been easy but "we are still here" says organiser John Logan. The festival brought in acts from dozens of countries as well as acts from all over Australia. To host a largely free to the public event of this calibre in a regional area year after year is indeed a credit to the city. Organisers want to make sure locals and visitors continue to celebrate and enjoy the great art of street theatre, while they entertain the community and<|fim_middle|>18 JLE | | drive local spending to keep the city moving ahead. Famed for its festival culture, the city of Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia is proud to add this event to its calendar.
ABOUT JOHN LOGAN
It would be hard to find anyone who is more passionate about busking than Coffs Harbour booking agent and entrepreneur John Logan. John has then spent many years travelling & scouting for talent in far flung places. One act he booked were busking around a tram in Christchurch, another in Singapore & one he found in a tiny pub in Freemantle. John usually approaches them after their show & sits down with them literally on the street " I am amazed internationally how many people know about Coffs" he said. The festival receives many applications each year from all over the globe including countries like Uzbekistan. "I'd love to take them all, but we have strict limitations and a limited budget so we do our best" he added. Buskers has become so ingrained in his psyche that even his children say "if you want to get Dad's attention, put the word 'busker' in the sentence."
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About » Smoke magazine » Smoke's June 2010 Statement
Smoke's June 201<|fim_middle|>'t enough about Kew in it; Hatchards said we didn't understand their customer base; one bookshop in north London, holding it distastefully at arm's length between pinching fingers, said "we wouldn't take this here"; and the Kennington Bookshop, who are two streets away from where one of us lives, told us no one round here would be interested. But Patricia from La Fromagerie wondered if she could stock it, even after we'd pointed out that she ran a cheese shop. And Lynne, who owned the florist-cum-café outside Hither Green station, asked if she could take some. And so did Esther at the Green Dragon, a pub in Croydon. There's more to life than bookshops.
The thing is, though, of the hundred-odd shops that stocked our early issues, well over half have now closed. And when Borders ceased trading just before Christmas, we lost not only more than 25% of our total sales overnight, but also three dozen high-profile spots from which to be subliminally sublime. So we've had a rethink. Because the system no longer works for us, we're inventing a new one. Words and images inspired by the city? – yes yes yes, but printed and presented in newer, more exciting, more intoxicating ways. But that's not all: we will also take our small magazine out into the world and let it dazzle, shock and astound…
Just watch us.
In the meantime… let this be a big thank you to anyone who's ever bought a copy of Smoke, written to us, submitted work, or allowed us a small piece of counter. If it wasn't for you, whatever happens next would never have happened…
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by Alice Slater
In the bathroom, I jab more kohl around my eyes, panda my sockets with black glittery powder. The sinks are filled with crumpled plastic cups, sodden tissues, vomit, cigarette stubs, ash. A girl with pink nostrils and armfuls of rubber shag bands asks if she can borrow my eyeliner. I hand it to her and watch her transform her small bloodshot eyes into artwork, thickly lined like Cleopatra. [read more...]
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Find a busy bus stop and then, when a bus has pulled up and the doors have opened, point at the driver in terror and shout "it's him – he has returned!" before running off flapping your hands and gibbering. | 0 Statement
(this text originally appeared on the last page of issue 16, to explain why we were taking a short break)
A magazine – no, that sounds dull, so let's call it a FANzine because that, at heart, is what it is. A fanzine for a city – our city, London. No listings, no reviews, just… words, and images, inspired by the streets around us. On the web? No, that's too easy, too ephemeral, too forgettable. This… scrapbook, this chapbook, this celebration – must be something you can hold, dip into on the tube home, tuck away on the bookshelf for rainy-day re-reads… or give to a friend with a note saying simply "you'll like this". Yes, you can update a website, delete a blog, erase things you regret, but – isn't that cheating? You can't change the past, all you can do is bear it in mind; we've all done embarrassing stuff, but aren't the memories worth it? Look, here are some polaroids, snapshots of a city in flux, re-imagined in prose…
So we printed 1000 copies. What is it? people said. And we said it's a love-letter to London, to the wet neon flicker of late-night pavements, electric with endless possibility, and the soft dishevelled beauty of the city's dawn… to the overheard stories and unexplored histories, the facts and the fictions, the accidental poetry and fugitive art of graffiti-slashed suburban stations and rain-splashed shopfronts… the out-of-shot lives half-glimpsed from a train window, or from a phone number scrawled on the back of a Travelcard, dropped on the night-bus stairs…
Because that's the sort of people we were. And some folk said oh, but others said hmmm… and Mike, who worked in Foyles, said we'll have 10 of those, and Malcolm, who ruled the periodicals in Borders on Oxford Street, said yeah, give us 20…
And suddenly the boxes on the landing were empty. And letters and e-mails had started to arrive. And photos, and stories, and – one day, Seb sent us a cassette he'd made of the London Shipping Forecast: why shouldn't London have a shipping forecast, he reasoned, just because it's landlocked? And Amanda sent us a photo-story featuring her dog, South London Len, on his first bus trip north of the river. And Paul told us about a secret barber's in Mayfair. And Jonathan counted the number of food outlets on the Holloway Road (102) and then drew a graph. And, at midnight on 7th July 2005, the day three underground trains and a number 30 bus exploded in central London, Helen found she couldn't sleep so sat in her kitchen and wrote us a story about a hammock.
We never met most of the people who contributed to Smoke. In many ways, we didn't need to: these strange, romantic souls, in love with their own, odd corners of this endless, eternal city – who were taking it all in, trying to make sense of it, and wanting to share how they felt about it – were just like us. We knew them already.
We had no idea how the publishing industry worked. If Smoke was on the counter in Books Etc, it wasn't because we'd paid for our prime location, it was because we'd marched in and asked the bemused assistant if we could put it there. Not everyone said yes. Some even walked off while we were talking to them. The Kew Bookshop said there wasn | 780 |
Reverand Dr. Bob Henderson BIO
Bob's ministry has focused on the centrality of worship, on
pastoral care, and on vibrant mission programs.
He is interested in creating and leading dynamic worship that is faithful<|fim_middle|> Arts degree
with a major in economics and religion from Furman University, he received his Master of Divinity
degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and was ordained March
12, 1989. In 1996, he was awarded his Doctor of Ministry degree from Columbia Theological Seminary.
Bob loves to see people grow in their personal faith. He
has witnessed this particularly on mission trips and in local
mission programs. Bob has participated in three trips to Kenya, including one with his family as
part of a sabbatical in 2005. In addition, Bob has organized
mission teams to Haiti, Mexico, and Appalachia, and his
congregation initiated an innovative partnership with an underprivileged neighborhood in Greensboro. "An active, hands-on passion for mission proceeds from both vibrant worship and deliberate cultivation of the spiritual life," he says. "Activities and assets that tangibly extend the love of God to our needy world lend a concrete expression to the liberating gospel of Jesus Christ." | to Reformed Theology. "With the dawn of the new millennium, the church stands at a critical juncture in her history," Bob says. "Certainly I believe the problems plaguing our world - economic disparity, racial injustice, oppression, the list goes on - find their only true hope in the gospel. Yet in our pluralistic world of competing claims, we have the unique opportunity to convey the particularity of the Christian message through language and symbols that bridge the gap between the sacred and the secular."
Bob came to Covenant from Westminster Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, N.C., where he served as senior pastor 1993 to 2008. Prior to Westminster,
Bob was associate pastor of the Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Stone Mountain, Ga., from 1988-1993. Bob's family moved to Winston-Salem when he was 12 years old, and he graduated from Reynolds High School in 1980. After receiving his Bachelor of | 204 |
The Absegami High School Marching Braves, under the direction of Jon Porco, will host their 35th Annual Indian Summer Band Competition on Saturday, October 29, 2016.
This US BAND<|fim_middle|>ing Band program! | S competition includes high school marching bands from Delran, Audubon, Hammonton, Lenape, Sterling, Williamstown, and Manchester High Schools. The competition will begin at 5 pm at the Absegami Stadium, Wrangleboro Road, in Galloway, NJ.
Tickets are $12 for Adults, and $8 for Students and Seniors. Step-off is at 5 pm and the gates open at 4:30 pm.
Students all over the country spend thousands of hours learning music, marching drills, and spending much of their summer in practices.
Their commitment to marching band is part of a wonderful experience music plays in life and teaches responsibility, team building, and pride. It is important to the students and our community to support and encourage our student musicians.
Over 400 musicians will participate in this competition.
Come, enjoy a fall evening and support the March | 183 |
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OpenBSDMustBeABSD
OpenBSD has to be a BSD Unix and you couldn't duplicate it with Linux
OpenBSD has a well deserved reputation for putting security and a clean system (for code, documentation, and so on) first, and everything else second. OpenBSD is of course based on BSD (it's right there in the name) and descends from FreeBSD NetBSD (you can read the history here). But one of the questions you could ask about it is whether it had to be that way, and in particular if you could build something like OpenBSD on top of Linux. I believe that the answer is no.
Linux and the *BSDs have a significantly different model of what they are. BSDs have a 'base system' that provides an integrated and fully operational core Unix, covering the kernel, C library and compiler, and the normal Unix user level programs, all maintained and distributed by the particular BSD. Linux is not a single unit this way, and instead all of the component parts are maintained separately and assembled in various ways by various Linux distributions. Both approaches have their advantages, but one big one for the BSD approach is that it enables global changes.
Making global changes is an important part of what makes OpenBSD's approach to improving security, code maintenance, and so on work. Because it directly maintains everything as a unit, OpenBSD is in a position to introduce new C library or kernel APIs (or change them) and then immediately update all sorts of things in user level programs to use the new API. This takes a certain amount of work, of course, but it's possible to do it at all. And because OpenBSD can do this sort of ambitious global change, it does.
This goes further than just the ability to make global changes, because in theory you can patch in global changes on top of a bunch of separate upstream projects. Because OpenBSD is in control of its entire base system, it's not forced to try to reconcile different development priorities or integrate clashing changes. OpenBSD can decide (and has) that only certain sorts of changes will be accepted into its system at all, no matter what people want. If there are features or entire programs that don't fit into what OpenBSD will accept, they just lose out.
(I suspect that this decision on priorities gives OpenBSD has more leverage to push other people in directions that it wants, because the OpenBSD developers are clearly willing to remove support for something if they feel strongly enough about it. For example, I suspect that their new system call origin verification is going to eventually force Go to make system calls only through OpenBSD's C library, contrary to what Go prefers to do.)
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FilenamesUniqueType
Filenames and paths should be a unique type and not a form of strings
I recently read John Goerzen's The Fundamental Problem in Python 3, which talks about Python 3's issues in environments where filenames (and other things) are not in a uniform and predictable encoding. As part of this, he says:
[...].<|fim_middle|> 3 was accepted by Python programmers, which is probably one reason it wasn't done.
(I don't think it was the only one; early Python 3 shows distinct signs that the Python developers had more or less decided to only support Unix systems where everything was proper UTF-8. This turned out to not be a viable position for them to maintain, so modern Python 3 is somewhat more accommodating of messy reality.)
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Page tools: See As Normal. | Critically, most of the Python standard library treats a filename as a String – that is, a sequence of valid Unicode code points, which is a subset of the valid POSIX filenames.
From a POSIX standpoint, the correct action would have been to use the bytes type for filenames; this would mandate proper encode/decode calls by the user, but it would have been quite clear. [...]
This is correct only from a POSIX standpoint, and then only sort of (it's correct in traditional Unix filesystems but not necessarily all current ones; some current Unix filesystems can restrict filenames to properly encoded UTF-8). The reality of modern life for a language that wants to work on Windows as well as Unix is that filenames must be presented as a unique type, not any form of strings or bytes.
How filenames and paths are represented depends on the operating system, which means that for portability filenames and paths need to be an opaque type that you have to explicitly insert string-like information into and extract string-like information out of, specifying the encoding if you don't want an opaque byte sequence of unpredictable contents. As with all encoding related operations, this can fail in both directions under some circumstances.
Of course this is not the Python 3 way. The Python 3 way is to pretend that everything is fine and that the world is all UTF-8 and Unicode. This is pretty much the pragmatically correct choice, at least if you want to have Windows as a first class citizen of your world, but it is not really the correct way. As with all aspects of its handling of strings and Unicode, Python 3 chose convenience over reality and correctness, and has been patching up the resulting mess on Unix since its initial release.
If Python was going to do this correctly, Python 3 would have been the time to do it; since it was breaking things in general, it could have introduced a distinct type and required that everything involving file names change to taking and returning that type. But that would have made porting Python 2 code harder and would have made it less likely that Python | 420 |
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Today, the film "Atomic Leda" can be seen in the Theater-Museum of Salvador Dali in Figueres. The author of the canvas, as it does not sound strange, was inspired by his discovery of the atom and the dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese islands in 1945. The terrible destructive force of the atom did not frighten the artist at all. Information about elementary particles that never come into contact with each other and, along with this, forming the surrounding reality and the objects around, became a new source of the master's creativity and key subjects of the paintings. Moreover, Dali, who could not tolerate any kind of touch, saw in principle the structure of the world a special symbolism for himself.
Atomic Leda was written in 1949. The picture is based on the ancient Greek myth about Leda – the ruler of Sparta and Zeus – the god of all the gods of Olympus, who fell in love with the queen and appeared to her in the form of a swan. After that, the queen laid an egg, from which three children hatched – Elena Troyanskaya and the twin brothers Castor and Pollux. With Castor, the master identified his elder brother, who died before his birth.
Dali made a huge number of sketches and sketches for this work, carefully and with a certain intent, placing each of the objects. As already noted, the image of every detail corresponded to the discovery of the "inviolability" of the intra-atomic structure. The name of the picture itself underlines the new, grandiose information about the atom, whose internal structure served as a composition for the image – all visible objects float in the air and do not touch each other.
The image of the Spartan ruler, the artist wrote with his wife Gala. This fact is constantly being discussed eagerly and gives rise to various assumptions and conjectures. Dali himself said that he relates himself to Pollux, and his spouse – with Helen. But as seen in the picture, Gala embodies the image of Leda. Given this, many art critics say that for Dali his wife, a few years older than him, to some extent replaced him with his mother. Considering her marriage to Galya as a gift of fate, Dali decorates Leda's hand with a wedding ring and lifts her on a pedestal of worship and admiration.
Two more important subjects in the picture – a square and a book. Square and ruler, in the form of a shadow – the integral tools used in geometry. They also indicate a mathematical calculation, and in the artist's sketches the proportions of the pentagram, called the "golden section," are traced. In these calculations, Dali helped the famous Romanian mathematician – Matila Gika. The book, according to many assumptions, is a bible and an indication of the return of the artist to the Catholic Church.
The background of the picture is the land and the sea, like all parts of the picture, not in contact with each other. Salvador Dali interpreted this moment on the example of one of the sketches, explaining that this is how he sees the projection into the reality of the origin of the "divine and animal". The rocks on the sides of the picture are part of the Catalan coast, where the artist was born and raised. It is known that when Dali worked on the canvas, he was in California, thus, longing for his native landscapes splashed out in the pictures of the creator.
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How can I change the font size of the text in my webpages?
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The website pages have a design template structured and the hotel will be able to edit each page by adding text/ images/ content block/ PDF's and videos.
Regarding the Text, it's possible to edit it's presentation with the editor tools such as<|fim_middle|>BSITE tab, so that all this information becomes available at your website. | the Italic/bold or Underline but, regarding it's font size, it will follow the designed structure.
It's possible to highlight the text which may vary it's styles display, according to your website template and relevant color scheme.
STEP 2: Select the page you wish to change and click on EDIT.
or double click over the website page.
STEP 3: Find the section where you want to edit the text's font size.
STEP 4: Select the styles you wish to aply onto your text, by scrolling down the available Format options.
The Font and Colors are not editable.
The styles display will vary according to your website template and relevant color scheme.
These formats are dedicated to titles, subtitles and a point of a sub-title, as a way highligh the text.
STEP 5: Make sure you save all the information entered by clicking on the button.
STEP 6: PUBLISH CHANGES under WE | 190 |
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According to a new report, Ben Affleck will be suiting back up as Batman for an appearance in the upcoming Flash movie.
Vanity Fair is reporting that Ben Affleck has signed on to play Batman once again in the Flash movie. Affleck had said numerous times he wouldn't return to the role, but it seems that the fact the film will deal with the multiverse was just too much for him to pass up.
"His Batman has a dichotomy that is very strong which is his masculinity—because of the way he looks, and the imposing figure that he has, and his jawline —but he's also very vulnerable," director Andy Muschietti said. "He knows how to deliver from the inside out, that vulnerability. He just needs a story that allows him to bring that contrast, that balance."
"He's a very substantial part of the emotional impact of the movie. The interaction and relationship between Barry and Affleck's Wayne will bring an emotional level that we haven't seen before," said Muschietti. "It's Barry's movie, it's Barry's story, but their characters are more related than we think. They both lost their mothers to murder, and that's one of the emotional vessels of the movie. That's where the Affleck Batman kicks in."
"I'm glad to be collaborating with someone who has been on both sides of the camera, too," added Muschietti. "He understands."
Affleck won't be the only Batman to appear in the film. As previously reported, Michael Keaton will also appear in the film. Muschietti said that Keaton's part will be "substantial," but did not elaborate beyond that.
Hopefully more will be revealed during DC FanDome on Aug. 22.
SOURCE: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/08/ben-affleck-returns-batman-the-flash-multiverse | 397 |
As we say at eBoost Consulting, know-how is only 20% of the equation. Know-why is 80%. Or is it 90%…?
Whatever. We'll let you argue the numbers. But this much is certainly true: if you aren't asking why you're doing things, then you're severely limiting the impact of how you"re doing things.
Let's take this a step beyond the surface.
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After deciphering the meaning of the data, the same group should devise scenarios to test that will theoretically improve the data going forward. The benefit here is that the organization will feel 'smaller' with more speed in decision making and agility in business maneuvers. The result marketing tests should be systematic, with the aim of improving metric performance. For instance, if you have a goal to counter low-cost rivals by increasing customer lifetime value (CLV), then you might experiment with blogging or sequential email sends to improve CLV.
You'd think this is self-explanatory but this is undoubtedly the most overlooked phase. Perhaps most professionals figure that the tests are so bullet-proof that they give control only a cursory scan. Regardless, you must get this phase right. Assign leading and lagging indicators to the tests to track progress. This will mitigate risk of failed tests and instill the imperative of maintaining long-term discipline.
The beauty of Six Sigma and its principles is that it imposes the sequence that why must come before how, what, and where. It's as fail-safe a way of instituting a culture of "strategy before tactics" as any other. Put it in your place in your company, revisit it often, and witness why this feedback mechanism is a favorite of Jack Welch & eBoost Consulting! | me, what does a top surgeon and an annoying five-year old have in common? Answer: they ask "why?" And if they aren't getting the answers they're looking for, then I'll bet you a coffee that they keep asking "why" until they do.
Can you say "why?" Good. Today's tip is for you.
Six Sigma principles prescribe a set of standards to improve performance, create efficiencies and decrease defects. Though popularized in the operations functions of numerous companies, Six Sigma principles are effective through all functions, including marketing. Let's apply the five phases of Six Sigma methodology to your own business case.
Define the goal(s) of your strategic marketing plan. What's most relevant? Is it to gather business intelligence? Develop pricing models? Counter low-cost rivals? Reposition the business? Whatever it is, it must be specific and root-oriented (i.e. tied to your most important business problem).
What must be measured to track progress towards the determined goal? A few examples might be (a) profitability, (b) customer lifetime value, (c) conversion rate, and/or (d) # of business leads. Ideally, make the key performance metric you're tracking long-term focused. Otherwise, you'll fall into a common pitfall which is that your marketing strategy will be more tactical than strategic.
This step translates the key performance metric into key insights that can be relayed into actionable intelligence. In other words, this step makes the data meaningful. The process for analysis must be collaborative across all functions to ensure objectivity and productivity. We recommend bringing in key members from each business function or business unit to participate is seeing | 333 |
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