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Suncore's Gas Struts are a reliable alternative to air suspension components. These struts are designed for 1997-2002 Continentals so resizing is not needed for installation.
Once you have made the conversion to struts in the front of your vehicle you will no longer have to worry about the Air Ride system leaking or the air compressor breaking down, saving you time, money, and the stress that comes with suspension break downs. Make the conversion to front struts on your Continental with Suncore's air to strut conversion kit.
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A psychologist is someone who has completed an extensive undergraduate, postgraduate academic and practical study in the field of human behaviour and emotions. Psychologists work with individuals, groups, in organisations and in research. Psychological work focuses on how to help people change the way they may think, feel and behave in order to enhance their lives and relationships.
Psychologist also diagnose and assess people for a range of mental illnesses, disorders and disabilities in order to support, help and plan treatment and management for those issues. Psychologists are bound by strict ethical guidelines and have to be registered with the Psychologist Board of Australia (PBA) in order to practice.
Some psychologist are members of specific colleges within the Australian Psychological Society and are endorsed by the PBA. Some are registered as supervisors which means they are allowed to guide and train up coming graduates or provide consultation for registered psychologists.
Clinical and generalist psychologists are new classifications created with the introduction of the Medicare system. Previously psychologists (post undergraduate study) trained as counselling, educational and developmental, health, sports, forensic or clinical depending on their professional direction and interests.The recent introduction of two classifications has created untold confusion about the services received for clients on Medicare. It is a political minefield within the psychology profession as it is viewed as discriminatory classification based on no scientifc fact.
Both types of psychologists provide the same services and skills, (diagnostic, assessment reports, treatment, counselling). There is no evidence that differentiates client outcomes based on these classifications. The overwhelming research indicates that it is the individual psychologist, their skill, ability to engage rapport, professional development and experience that, at the end of treatment, determines positive outcomes for the client.
At MovingMindsets we believe that the psychologists reputation, experience and successful history of treatment, diagnosis and therapy determine who works at the clinic.
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The World Chinese Economic Summit (WCES) is a premier international event which started off as the World Chinese Economic Forum (WCEF) 8 years ago. It is a flagship event created by The Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI) to enhance connectivity and business linkages between China and Southeast Asia and China and Europe in line with the Chinese leadership's Belt and Road initiatives. The WCES also promotes global and regional dialogue on the emergence and role of China as the world's 2nd largest economy. It also brings together the global Chinese Diaspora and promotes entrepreneurship and innovation through business networking and sharing of knowledge and best practices.
Over the past 7 years, the WCES had been held in Malaysia, China, Australia and Britain. WCES is an internationally recognized high-Ievel platform for business, trade facilitation and investment to build new partnerships.
During the 6th WCES held in Chongqing, China, the Vice President of China, H.E. Li Yuanchao delivered the Keynote Address and highlighted the crucial role of the Chinese Diaspora as a bridge connecting countries. He noted that 60% of investments into China comes from the global Chinese Diaspora and hoped that overseas Chinese entrepreneurs would realize and seize the opportunity to invest and trade with China and other countries and contribute to world economic recovery.
For over 2000 years, the Silk Road had connected China to Southeast Asia and China with the West. China's new Belt and Road initiatives will reignite these historic links. The World Chinese Economic Summit is well placed to be a premier event to discuss the actualization and the business potential of the Belt and Road initiative.
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Guillaumot est un nom propre français qui peut faire référence à :
Patronyme
Auguste-Alexandre Guillaumot (1815 -1892), graveur, peintre et dessinateur
Bernard Guillaumot (1926-2010), architecte et scénographe français ;
Charles-Axel Guillaumot (1730-1807), architecte français ;
Christophe Guillaumot (1970-), écrivain et policier français ;
Paul Guillaumot (1913-2011), homme politique français.
Toponyme
Rue Guillaumot, une voie située dans le de Paris.
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WICHITA FALLS, TX (TNN) - Wichita County Sheriff Deputies discovered numerous duffel bags filled with marijuana during a traffic stop on US-287 near Iowa Park.
Deputies stopped the 2019 Ford Expedition on March 1 after witnessing it following other vehicles too closely, performing an unsafe lane change and not slowing for a stopped emergency vehicle.
Suspicion arose when sheriff deputies noticed six large duffel bags in the back of the SUV. Court documents say that type bag is often used to transport large amounts of marijuana.
The driver, 29 year old Robert Johnson of Ohio refused deputies permission to search the SUV. A K9 deputy was already at the traffic stop an alerted to the Ford.
Court documents say deputies discovered 178 pounds of vacuum sealed marijuana during a probable cause search.
Johnson has been charged with Possession of Marijuana over 50 pounds, a 2nd degree felony.
His bond was initially set at $25,000. As of Thursday afternoon, Johnson no longer appears on the Wichita County Jail inmate roster.
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Света Фумија је мало ненасељено острвце у хрватском делу Јадранског мора у акваторији општине Округ.
Света Фумија је највеће и повремено насељено од 3 острвца у тој акваторији где припадају Пијавица и Краљевац. Налази јужно од западне обале острва Чиова, од које је удаљено ојко 0,5 км. Западно се налазе острва Краљевац и Запориновац.
Површина острва износи 0,275 км². Дужина обалне линије је 2,57 км.. Највиши врх на оствцу је висок 31 метар.
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Air Date: Saturday, May 05, 2018
Time Slot: 10:00 PM-11:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: "Don't Scream"
VIEW ALL LISTINGS FOR 48 HOURS
A YOUNG WIFE COVERED IN BLOOD CALLS 911 TO REPORT SHE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, BUT SHE CHANGED HER STORY WHILE CLINGING TO LIFE - DID SHE TRY TO KILL HERSELF, OR DID HER HUSBAND WANT HER DEAD?
"48 Hours" Investigates in "'Don't Scream'"
Saturday, May 5, 10:00 PM, ET/PT
"My neck's bleeding," Tiffany Mead told a 911 dispatcher. "I tried to commit suicide. Please help me."
First responders found a gruesome scene and Mead in bad shape that July 2013 night. Later, Mead changed her story. It wasn't suicide, she said. It was her estranged husband.
Did she really try to kill herself, or did her husband want her dead? Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate that fateful night, Mead's road to recovery and the police search into what happened in "'Don't Scream'" to be broadcast Saturday, May 5 (10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
It's a case that stunned investigators, who walked into what was reported as an attempted suicide and ended up on an unexpected path, requiring an undercover agent posing as a hit man to finally get justice.
It's also a story that raises questions about domestic abuse.
Mead told dispatcher Shelley Campbell she was with her husband and son. Campbell told Kris Ertmann, Mead's estranged husband, to apply pressure to her wound. The dispatcher told him to use anything - his shirt, his son's shirt - to stop the bleeding. He remained calm, Campbell says.
"I knew she was in really bad shape," says paramedic Jason Sorenson, who helped Mead. "It was a really severe wound."
So severe was the cut, police responding to the scene questioned whether it really was a suicide attempt.
"The blood all over the car was just, it was unbelievable," says Sgt. Bob Thompson. "I'm looking at this, and I'm like, 'There's no way that somebody's going to be able to survive this.'"
Dr. Sheila Garvey, the emergency room doctor who treated Mead, was also struck by the severity of the wound because, she notes, most self-inflicted stab wounds are not as bad. "She was critical when she came in," Garvey says. "She just about cut off her head. There was no way she could have done that to herself and not that deep."
Clinging to life, Mead told a deputy that Ertmann tried to kill her. That was just the start of the investigation.
Mead opens up to Moriarty about the night of the incident and her life since. She says the slashing incident started when she met Ertmann in a secluded park to get a child support check. She says that he suddenly grabbed her in a bear hug.
"And he had one hand on my mouth," Mead tells Moriarty. "And he pulled something out of his pocket. And he slit my throat. And as he's slitting my throat, he says, 'Shh, don't scream. Stay calm.' And I didn't scream. And I told him I was getting dizzy. So he opened my car door for me so that I could sit.
"And he said, 'You know what I want. Say it.' So I said, 'I love you, and I'll get back with you.' And then he said, 'Seal it with a kiss.' And he leaned in, and he kissed me as blood's pouring out of my neck.'"
Mead thought she was going to die. She lived, but that was just the start of an extensive investigation to find out exactly what happened in a darkened, secluded park and what happened next.
48 HOURS: "'Don't Scream'" is produced by Lisa Freed and Lauren Clark. Grace Arlotta-Berner, George Baluzy, Mike McHugh and Gary Winter are the editors. Judy Tygard is the senior producer. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. Susan Zirinsky is the senior executive producer.
Follow 48 HOURS on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Listen to podcasts at Radio.com.
Returns Saturday, September 28
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returning this fall (yet to premiere)
saturdays from 10:00 PM-11:00 PM EST
32 (??? episodes)
renewed through the 2019-20 season (the show's 32nd) on 5/9/19
(from CBS's press release, May 2019) SATURDAYS - CBS' Saturday night lineup features CRIMETIME SATURDAY, encore broadcasts of the Network's popular dramas at 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM, followed by 48 HOURS, Saturday's #1 non-sports series, at 10:00 PM.
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Government Experience
This Week in Civic Tech: Google's Election-Rigging Drama, NYC Procurement, Smart City Startup Seed Capital
A look back at highlights and happenings in the world of civic tech.
September 02, 2015 •
Jason Shueh
This Week in Civic Tech presents a lineup of notable events in the space that connects citizens to government services. Topics cover latest startups, hackathons, open data initiatives and other influencers. Check back each week for updates.
Could Google Rig Elections?
Some question has arisen about whether Google might nudge voters in the 2016 election. In a Politico editorial, Robert Epstein, a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, said a national study showed that by manipulating search results on candidates, researchers could dictate voting preferences. The team was able to shift opinions of moderate Republicans by 80 percent "in any direction." Such results are a major concern for Epstein considering Google comprises more than 75 percent of all U.S. searches, and outside the country can represent as much as 90 percent. Based on donation records, hypothetically, Epstein suggested Hillary Clinton could be the search giant's 2016 candidate of choice if it were to tamper with elections. Executives at Google made more than $800,000 in donations to the Obama campaign in 2012 and only $37,000 to Romney.
Denouncing such theories was Google's head of search, Amit Singhal, who responded by saying the possibility was a non-issue due to pure search engine mechanics — technical workings in the code that don't weigh such information. Still, since no one outside Google is allowed to audit the search algorithm, it's impossible to know for sure. Epstein said he's now researching possible ways to protect users from manipulative practices, but another kind of intervention may be needed.
"To protect the free and fair election, that might leave only one option, as unpalatable as it might seem: government regulation," Epstein wrote.
NYC Procurement Goes Digital
In the Big Apple, civic tech entrepreneurs now have the option to simply check their inboxes for latest procurement news.
It's just one among many features on the recently launched City Record Online. The site, in beta now, doubles as a record database and service portal for the city. On Aug. 7, officials approved two bills calling for New York City's procurement, legislative and meeting notices to be published online. Mayor Bill de Blasio hailed the passage as another step toward a "technology-friendly and innovation-driven city." Beyond civic fanfare, the platform could serve as an entry point for urban entrepreneurs to, at the very least, begin learning about city needs and developing relationships in city hall.
As some in the civic tech startup community know, municipal purchases usually result from either a long-standing relationship with civic leaders or early knowledge of procurement contracts — and "early" typically means at the conversation phase, before anything is even remotely official. With procurement data going as far back as 2009, the site and its searchable database can offer hints about procurement trends to broach discussions. The database also permits a search of documents attached to contracts and within departments. Visually the platform is laid out in a series of seven Trello card-like categories: procurement, contract award hearings, agency rules, property disposition, court notices, special materials, and public hearings and meetings. Partners who helped in development include BetaNYC, Citizens Union, Dev Bootcamp, Ontodia, Socrata and the Sunlight Foundation.
Smart City Startups Get $12.5 Million in Seed Capital
The new surge of smart city startups just received another push, this time with a $12.5 million investment in the Washington, D.C., incubator 1776.
Known as a smart city resource for entrepreneurs, 1776 intends to use the capital, announced Sept. 1, for additional seed funding with investments at roughly $100,000 each. The added cash gives the organization table stakes to be a small but influential player in the emerging world of smart city startups. Equally newsworthy, the fresh funding complements the group's recent move for expansion. In April, co-founder Donna Harris confirmed the acquisition of Disruption Corp., a competing incubator in Crystal City, Va., and Hattery, a San Francisco co-working space. 1776 put out a follow-up release on Sept. 2 unveiling Aquicore as the first startup to benefit from funding. The commercial real estate analytics startup took home $3.1 million, with 1776 leading fellow investors. Currently 1776 has 21 investments, but Harris and co-founder Evan Burfield will undoubtedly seek to increase 1776's equity stakes soon.
Jason Shueh is a former staff writer for Government Technology magazine.
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Study by Ohio State University Economists Shows Black Politicians Matter
Filed in African-American History, Research & Studies on February 12, 2018
A new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper by Trevon Logan, a professor of economics at Ohio State University, finds that when Blacks hold political power their economic status rises. But when they lose political power, their economic fortunes dwindle. This conclusion shows the importance of political activism for African Americans.
Professor Logan looked at county-level data from the 1870 Census during the Reconstruction period, when many African Americans held elective office. He then compared the data to 1880 Census figures, a period after the end of Reconstruction. Dr. Logan found that per capita tax revenue declined significantly in counties with no Black politicians in 1880 compared to 1870 when more Blacks were in office. This was because Black politicians wanted public money for schools to educate the newly freed Black population. Once, the number of Black officeholders declined the demand for more tax dollars for education subsided.
Dr. Logan's research showed that in 1990 the literacy rate for Blacks who were of school age during Reconstruction was significantly higher than for Blacks who were school age after the end of Reconstruction. In short, Black political power led to gains in education for African Americans.
Black politicians also enacted tax laws to entice landowners to either to sell their lands to Blacks or put their acreage into production which created jobs for African Americans. This increased Black incomes during the period.
Professor Logan concludes that "the effect of politicians on the lives of Blacks was acute. Black officeholders during Reconstruction mattered. When Blacks were out of office, the gains went as well. The positive effects for Blacks disappeared."
Dr. Logan joined the faculty at Ohio State University in 2004. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor Logan holds master's degrees in economics and demography and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
The study, "Do Black Politicians Matter?" is available on the website of the National Bureau of Economic Research. It may be accessed here.
Related: Ohio State University • University of California Berkeley • University of Wiscons
Tim McCarthy says:
Does this research apply only to the reconstruction period in US history?
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Any visitor to the site of the old Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock (now Enfield Island Village) will be immediately drawn to the Machine Shop, which stands at the heart of the complex, and is one of the oldest surviving buildings. At the centre of the building is the clock tower with its bell, which chimes on the hour, every hour, to tell the time for local residents and those working at Enfield Island Village.
The history of the clock has always been something of a mystery as it is dated 1808, eight years before the factory at Enfield was officially commissioned. Now records uncovered at the National Archives have revealed that the clock was originally installed at the Royal Small Arms Manufactory at Lewisham in 1808, and then moved to Enfield in January 1819 almost exactly 200 years ago.
On 2 February 1808 the Board of Ordnance, which was responsible for the supply of equipment to the armed forces, ordered a common turret clock from the clockmaker, John Thwaites, for the manufactory at Lewisham for which they later paid £95 14s 0d (about £4,450 in today's money). Thwaites was one of the most renowned clockmakers of the day, and supplied time pieces all over the world. His turret clocks were designed to be mounted in church towers, town halls, and other public buildings, and would have been essential in factories to ensure that workmen kept to time. The Lewisham clock was able to run a full 8 days without rewinding and was linked to a bell.
Storekeeper [George Lovell] at Enfield having by letter of the 9th instant stated that in obedience to the Board's Orders of the 28th October 1818, the Clock from the Royal Manufactory at Lewisham had been removed to the above Station and recommended that the same might be regulated and kept in repair by Mr. Thwaites the Ordnance Clockmaker.
The clock was mounted in one of the houses, which had been constructed for the workmen, probably the one closest to the entrance that had been converted into the Storekeeper's Office, where it presumably remained until the factory was modernised in 1856. The clock was then moved and mounted in the tower above the new Machine Shop, where it remains today, and linked to a new bell, called Albert after the husband of Queen Victoria.
Enfield's eight day turret clock is one of the earliest surviving clocks of its type still in working order, and is still maintained by the original manufacturers, Thwaites and Reed. It is the oldest surviving relic of the Royal Small Arms Manufactory at Enfield Lock… and perhaps the only surviving relic from the factory at Lewisham.
This post is based on a detailed history of the clock compiled by Ray Tuthill, the current President and Heritage Officer of the RSAF Apprentices Association, and a former apprentice at the RSAF from 1952 to 1957; and are supplemented by research carried out by Philip Abbott, the Archives and Records Manager at the Royal Armouries at Leeds.
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They have reached Paris, and the results are in. It wasn't the top spot, but a podium finish all the same. Congratulations Michelle and Mike!
Shiner: 73 years old and still going strong. Where would you like to go next?
And with that, our live updates must end. There's a final reminder of the ground they have covered below - more than 7,000 miles in a classic car, through some of the most remote and beautiful terrain on the planet. Thanks for following the journey, through its extraordinary highs and lows.
A few whirls around the track and seven passage controls later, Michelle and Mike leave Gstaad, making their final border crossing into France...with just over a day to go!
Michelle reports from Gstaad, reflecting on the highs and lows so far and her final thoughts a day before the closing homestretch of the rally in France.
Best meal? Day 20. Packet noodles in a garage in Samara, Russia, the location of one of our so-called 'rest days'.
The team arrive in Gstaad, loading up for their last full day in the rally.
"Shiner shines on", as one follower declared, steady in third place.
They are met by some friendly traffic on the time trial to Planai, Austria.
The team go from a rainbow to rain and fumes, arriving in Schladming.
To celebrate this weekend's culmination of Michelle's epic journey, Abercrombie & Kent and the Four Seasons George V are offering rally followers the chance to win a two-night stay at the hotel with Eurostar tickets to Paris. Click here to enter.
The team faces thrashing wind and rain on Day 29 crossing the Danube, but spirits remain high passing under a full rainbow into Austria.
They continue the fight in third place, with the help of some black cat luck.
After a day of rain, sweat and tears, topped by a penalty, Michelle and Mike lose their spot as the fastest vintage car in the Kiev to Paris leg.
Five more time trials to go before Shiner can take the crown.
Michelle getting her hands dirty sorting out the brakes.
Shiner is the fastest vintage car AGAIN!...completing the time trial in just over eight seconds, through hairpin bends and uphill-downhill sweeps around.
They are now in Herľany, a village in eastern Slovakia, eager for their next time trial.
The team leave Lviv on a high, crossing from Ukraine into Slovakia.
Great news! Michelle and Mike take the lead in a new "competition-within-a-competition" crowning the fastest vintage and classic cars between Kiev and Paris.
Quick - can you spot Shiner in Lviv?
Following a long drive and more technical tantrums along the way, the team arrive in Lviv for the Seagull Circuit.
Shiner gets some new, 'zippier' on-road wheels in Kiev, gearing up for the race circuit in Lviv, one of the major cultural centres in western Ukraine.
Michelle reports from Kiev, sizing up her closest rivals with just over a week left in the challenge.
Every morning we stand awkwardly across from each other at the checkpoint, throwing furtive glances and offering phony pleasantries.
Michelle is going strong at third place with nine days to go, but her is eye on the number one spot.
They continue towards Kiev through endless cornfields, with Shiner in good form.
Michelle arrives in Kharkiv following an adrenalin-fuelled trial in Russia.
The team is received with a warm welcome as they enter Ukraine.
Michelle and Mike tear it up on the tracks as the fastest vintage car on the dirt road circuit!
Shiner is "flying" across the Belgorod race track.
The team is ready for the time trial before crossing into Ukraine.
After 600 kilometres on mixed roads with fewer trucks and cooler weather, Michelle and Mike have reached Voronezh.
The team feel the continued support in Russia.
The drive to Voronezh seems smoother than their last trek to Saratov.
More great news! They have moved up to third place on their last full day in Russia.
They continue toward Voronezh, located 500 km south of Moscow in the north-east region of Russia.
Michelle reflects on the "dreadful drive" to Saratov and the warm reaction from locals in Russia.
Although it does not seem to have affected the standings. Still in fourth place, a little more than an hour behind the Chevrolet.
They remain steady in fifth place.
They have crossed the border between Asia and Europe outside Yekaterinburg, waving goodbye to Asia.
After a short break, Michelle and Mike are back in the race.
Some tragic news from Russia. A British competitor, Emma Wilkinson, was killed in a road accident. Michelle has filed this report.
Everyone was in shock about what happened. During the course of the rally most of us have got to know fellow competitiors, though there is little time to socialise.
Michelle has just sent this terrific report on an "incredible but tough" week negotiating some of the world's most isolated roads in Mongolia.
More glorious Shiner portraits, people. Although the 1940 Ford Coupe is not quite as shiny as she used to be. However, she's still making friends wherever she goes. We've posted a taster image below: a traffic jam, Mongolian style.
Note we're zooming out further and further for the map these days.
They are now in Novosibirsk in Russia, the country's third most populous city.
We plot their progress so far below. They are right by the Russian border now.
After an eerie silence, Michelle has been in touch. Sounds like it has been a difficult few days. They are now down in sixth place.
Just to confirm... Michelle and Mike are in first place at the moment, but not by much.
A few updates from the road from Michelle. Here she meets some local residents as she refuels in Mongolia.
And the open road... at least there is Tarmac, which will be something of a luxury at some points in their journey.
We're taking a weekend hiatus on the blog - make sure you tune into the team's progress on Twitter here @pekingparis2013.
We'll be back on Monday with the latest news, as the team battles the off-road conditions in Mongolia.
Things are shaping up very well indeed for the team, as Michelle's tweets suggest.
She has also posted this video of the start in Beijing, which probably feels a long time ago now after negotiating bumpy roads, shaggy camels and corrals of horses.
They were due off at 8.08am Beijing time (1.08am GMT). We'll post an update from Michelle and Mike as soon as it comes in.
And here is probably the largest assembly of classic Bentleys Beijing has ever seen.
Perhaps the tiniest car in the field is Car 15, a 1929 Ford Model A. It looks like a rollerskate. They definitely will not be taking a spare pair of boxers. The largest vehicle, Car 1, is also one of the oldest, a 1917 La France Tourer with a 14.5 litre engine. Shiner fits somewhere in between. During the last few hours before the big day, we have all been discarding luggage trying to squash everything in and cut down on weight, as shown in this photo.
Perhaps the advice which provoked the most reaction was concerning traffic lights. "Red is for stop. It is a bright colour that you can see from far away. Yellow is a warning. Be cautious. Green is a peaceful colour. It makes you feel comfortable and happy." Does that mean green is also for 'go'?
Michelle is now tweeting from Beijing.
We were late heading to the airport and cutting it very fine. As we sat down on the shuttle train -- with three huge North Face bags, a backpack of camera equipment, a shoulder bag of spare parts, and a four foot-long storage tube of rolled-up decals -- I turned to Mike.
His look said it all. We were leaving for a near-8,000-mile motor rally and had forgotten the car keys.
There was a moment's hesitation. Would we then make the flight?
The train doors bleeped and shut. There was no turning back.
We arrived at Heathrow slightly dazed. As we rushed through check-in and security, we did what lots of people do in this situation (even when pushing the age of 40): we called our mums.
They did manage to locate the car keys and - like superstar mums - also dispatched them to the rally organisers who were on the following day's flight to Beijing.
It seems our mothers are doing all the driving right now, not us.
Meanwhile we are ensconced in the murk of Beijing with a last-minute shopping list including a rechargeable battery charger, watercolour paints, various connector cables, numerous packets of instant noodles, a plastic bucket, a feeler gauge -- and a very large key-ring. Perhaps also a face mask. One of my friends in Beijing advised: "I hope you packed some face masks. if not, you can buy the N95-kind". Intriguing. We will try to check one out.
Michelle is Telegraph Travel's China expert. You can read her complete beginner's guide to China here.
And finally the visas are done. Michelle is quite happy, judging from her tweet.
At times it felt more like skating than driving as I whipped the steering wheel left and right. We learnt about the balance of the car; how to use the accelerator and brake to shift the weighting of the vehicle. "Better to go into a corner slowly and out quickly than into a corner quickly and never to come out at all," were the instructor's wise parting words.
All the eventualities are being prepared for... here is the medical kit so far.
With six months to go to the race, Michelle Jana Chan reported on her plans in Telegraph Travel.
Mike scoured the internet and found the rolling shell of a 1940 Ford Coupé for sale in Michigan from an old man called Danny with a penchant for hotrods. We bought the car – or what was effectively a body and chassis – and shipped it to Britain.
... About 100 cars will be leaving Beijing next May, among them vintage Bentleys, classic Mercedes and Steve McQueen-style Mustangs. Ahead of us will be more than a month of driving, covering a distance of nearly 8,000 miles across nine countries. The prize is still a magnum of champagne – and, of course, the glory.
Michelle Jana Chan, a Telegraph Travel writer, is planning to race the Paris to Peking classic car rally, a six-week motoring adventure, which begins on May 28.
In this blog, Michelle will file reports, tweet, post Instagram photos, audio and video as she keeps us updated on her epic cross-Continental journey.
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The Exhale Foundation is a service organization designed to improve the quality of life of patients with COPD. In addition to an active web site, Exhale Foundation staff and affiliated professionals will be traveling the U.S. and Europe holding one-day B-Games, or Breathing Games, which are offered at no charge to patients. If you would like to participate in our honorarium-based program as an Exhale Foundation Affiliated Professional at a B-Games in your community, let us know through the online form below.
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11.3 We found that your app allows users to purchase physical goods using In App Purchase, which is not in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines.
What does this mean?
I have an application which is using a nonrenewable subscription of 1 year for some content + consultation but my app is rejected due to the above reason. The Platinum Membership also offers a consultation feature. Are they referencing the consultation part of the in-app purchase when they reference that part of the review guidelines?
A: You cannot sell anything that cannot be consumed within the app. I'm assuming this "consulting" service that you're selling is not consumable within the app.
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Here's why everyone is watching Squid Game
Plus, the joy of dancing.
"We should be humble about what we think we know, and even humble about what we can know." — sociologist Duncan Watts
The horror! Why do some people love scary movies? That's the question central to Mathias Clasen's work at the Recreational Fear Lab at Aarhus University in Denmark. Clasen's lab conducted a study measuring people's ideal level of fear while visiting a haunted house. They discovered a "sweet spot" for terror. "People who seek out horror want just the right amount of it," Clasen writes. "Too scary, and it is unpleasantly overwhelming; not scary enough, and it is boring." Somewhere between those two extremes is the ideal amount of fear — what Clasen calls the zone of recreational horror. "A zone in which you are enjoying yourself and might just be learning important things in the process, such as how to regulate your negative emotions," he says. We've talked before about the concept of benign masochism — the thrill of being close to a potential threat, as long as it remains harmless. Horror movies work the same way. "People evolved to be curious about danger, and they use stories to learn about the world and themselves," Clasen writes. That may explain the appeal of Squid Game.
Keep on dancin'. There's a reason listening to music at home on your headphones isn't quite the same as seeing a concert live —and it's not just because you're in the same room as Harry Styles. "Music does far more than communicate," writes Mariusz Kozak, an associate professor of music and music theory at Columbia University. "When witnessed in person, with other people, it can create powerful physical and emotional bonds." Kozak cites a 2014 study that found syncopated body movements (science-talk for dancing) made people feel good, and another study suggests it creates a sense of belonging. Music has the power to "shape this mass of humanity, giving it structure, suggesting moments of tension and relaxation, of breath, of fluctuations in energy," Kozak argues. And this can even be true for music without sound, he says.
How do the groups you identify with shape your sense of self? Do they influence the beer you buy? The way you vote? Our group loyalties affect us more than we realize, and can even shape our basic senses of sight, taste, and smell. Listen to learn more.
Oct 18: You know that feeling of "I knew it all along"? How once something bad happens, it all seems so obvious? This week, why it's so hard to evaluate the choices we made in the past.
Oct 25: We've grown accustomed to thinking of climate change as an enemy we must urgently defeat. But as we look around, it seems increasingly clear that we can't escape catastrophe. What does this mean for how we think about the existential threat of climate change? How can we reframe the way we think about life on a changing planet?
Oct 21: Adrianne Drazin was flying overseas with three small children. She was hauling a carry-on suitcase, multiple diaper bags, and her baby in a car seat. As she deplaned, she noticed a family standing next to her — they seemed to be waiting for something.
What is a liquid at room temperature in its original state but solidifies when heated?
The answer: An egg!
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A great listen 👇🏽
Millions of Americans see politics as a form of self-expression rather than a mechanism for change. @eitanhersh calls it "political hobbyism." "Emotion is the goal. It makes you feel connected to something without doing anything yourself." https://t.co/12vksDVm9z
Shamsha Damani @shamsha
One of the best podcasts I've heard on self-compassion. Finally understand this Carl Rogers quote: "THE CURIOUS PARADOX IS THAT WHEN I ACCEPT MYSELF JUST AS I AM, THEN I CHANGE". Thanks @HiddenBrain! https://t.co/BkK9MiOZMa
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Interesting research highlighted on @HiddenBrain podcast! Science shows that students who learn how to be compassionate to themselves after making mistakes build better #motivation. Learning inevitably involves setbacks - let's learn to embrace them. 🧠 #wearelearningscientists
Sorry for the missing pieces of the thread! Here they are: The results? Students who were told to be self-compassionate about the failure studied longer for the next test, which led to better performance. https://t.co/bBZtX6rD55 (3/4)
Our audio production team enjoyed this video of how animal sounds are made for TV and movies.
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The University of Pennsylvania, with the generous support of the the Committee of Ancient Studies, the South Asia Center and the Department of South Asia Studies, held a week long international workshop on early Indian epigraphy focusing on the development of the early Brāhmī script, in which much of the earliest forms of writing in the ancient languages of Sanskrit and Prakrit occurred. The workshop was held at the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts in Van Pelt Library between Aug. 20-24, 2018. The workshop was a great success, with over twenty participants (including both students and faculty) from a variety of universities across the United States and Canada.
The workshop was organized by Professor Daud Ali (Penn) and Professor Luther Obrock (Toronto) and special guest Professor Jason Neelis (Wilfred Laurier University, Canada), a world-renowned expert in early Indian epigraphy in Brāhmī and Kharoshti scripts. The workshop began with representative readings of the very earliest inscriptions found in the Indian subcontinent, the corpus of Aśokan edicts and cave inscriptions of the third century BCE, and was followed by first-century BCE label-inscriptions from the stūpas of Bharhut and Kanagahalli, first and second-century CE cave inscriptions from Sri Lanka and the many sites of the Western Ghats, and concluded with a range of diversely dated donative and graffiti inscriptions from the lower capital of the Kushan empire, Mathura, and sites along the Indus river in contemporary Pakistan dating to the first centuries CE.
The workshop included two reading sessions a day (morning and evening) as well as a brief lecture and discussion on a thematic or historical topic relating to the use and interpretation of inscriptions. The goal was to provide familiarity with the Brahmi script (including its regional variants) from its inception down to the 3rd century CE. Participants also received a brief and basic overview of the grammar and morphological features of the languages of the inscriptions, from early Magadhi down to 'epigraphical hybrid Sanskrit'. Participants came away with the ability to read and understand early Indian epigraphy and how this material is used in historical, linguistic and art-historical research. There were also visits to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and a special viewing of Penn's numerous Sanskrit and Indic manuscripts in Penn's Special Collections.
This workshop, the first of its kind to be held in the United States, signals a growing interest in epigraphy in the fields of Indology and Sanskrit studies and is intended to be an ongoing project with the goal of developing a full curriculum facilitating the acquisition of Indian epigraphic and (eventually) chirographic scripts that can be integrated into the existing teaching programs in ancient Indian languages like Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pali. Feedback on the conference has been extremely positive and the workshop organizers are greatly encouraged to take this project forward.
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Spongebob Squarepants - Fear of a Krabby Patty
Is this undersea DVD all wet?
By Michael Drucker
Updated: 19 May 2012 4:28 am
Posted: 25 Jul 2005 6:22 pm
If you've had access to any media outlet in the past five years, you've already heard of SpongeBob Squarepants, if not seen the surreal Nickelodeon show. The critically praised, massive commercial success has spawned countless merchandise spin-offs, a feature film, and bad Internet spoofs. Meanwhile, kids keep watching, parents keep buying and Nickelodeon keeps putting out 'best-of' single-disc sets while delaying the release of Seasons 3 and 4 on DVD. SpongeBob Squarepants: Fear of a Krabby Patty is one such release. And while the episodes featured on this disc are some of the best in the series, the low transfer quality and skimpy extras might make fans want to wait for the full season release sometime in the distant future.The ShowSpongeBob Squarepants: Fear of a Krabby Patty features eight 11-minute episodes from Season 4:"Fear of a Krabby Patty""Shell of a Man""Arrgh!""Neptune's Spatula""One Krab's Trash""Mermaidman and Barnacleboy V""Karate Choppers""I'm Your Biggest Fan"Thankfully, none of these episodes overlap in terms of theme or humor. A few of the SpongeBob sets in the past have had too-similar episodes bunched together in a set, making repeat watching a chore and at worst lowering the value of the set. This particular disc avoids that problem by including some truly original episodes from the series, all of which demonstrate that this show isn't running out of steam. From the superheroes-gone-bad story of "Mermaidman and Barnacleboy V" to the board game piracy of "Arrgh!," each episode really stands up on its own and warrants multiple viewings.
The show's creators obviously have a great time writing and producing these episodes. They're some of the best in the series because they emphasize the weirdness of the show without feeling as overboard or stupid as many of the episodes can feel. One of the best qualities of SpongeBob Squarepants is that it doesn't solely rely on its weird, surreal style for jokes. Like in shows such as Rocko's Modern Life and Ren & Stimpy, the oddness of the SpongeBob universe enhances the story instead of upstaging it. Thankfully, these episodes stay true to that rule and the set definitely benefits from it. Each episode in this set features a distinct and curious story that it's hard to imagine any other cartoon really pulling off. The epic (almost Iron Chef-like) battle in "Neptune's Spatula" and the over-sized hands and intentionally cheesy movie clichés in "Karate Choppers" really demonstrate a wide range humor and insight into what can make the whole family laugh. On the downside, there are only eight episodes in this set, making for a little over an hour and a half worth of content. And considering they're all from Season 4, you might just be better off waiting for the complete season to be released on DVD. The dollar-to-episode ration will certainly better, and you're still going to get the quality in this set. Nevertheless, every episode in this small set is a gem that fans will love and newcomers will eagerly enjoy. Score: 8 out of 10
The VideoWhile by no means awful, SpongeBob Squarepants: Fear of a Krabby Patty is not a pretty set in terms of its 4:3 transfer. Colors seem both too bright and faded. Artifacts and interlacing are also visible throughout all the episodes. None of these problems make the episodes unwatchable, but they do scream "rush job." Compared to the quality of some other DVD sets, Fear of a Krabby Patty is slightly lacking.Score: 5 out of 10
Languages and AudioThe set features a single English Dolby Digital 2.0 track. To be fair, the quality of the sound is pretty good, and while not approaching surround immersion, the audio does separate between the two speakers pretty well. There are very few noticeable audio flaws and everything seems to be balanced very well.But considering the shortness of the disc and the lack of features, I don't see why Nickelodeon couldn't have included alternative language tracks or, at the very least, subtitles.Score: 6 out of 10
Packaging and ExtrasSpongeBob Squarepants: Fear of a Krabby Patty comes on a single disc in a standard Amray case. The menus for the set are dull still-screen affairs.SpongeBob Interactive Comic: "Super Suspicion" is a short comic book that can be navigated with the DVD remote buttons. While Nickelodeon touts this as an "Interactive Comic," the only interaction provided to the reader is navigating backwards and forwards in the story. Anyway, this is an extremely short and forgettable story which only takes a good five minutes to get through. You'll read it once and never return to it.
Storyboards: "Fear of a Krabby Patty" and "Mermaidman and Barnacleboy V" is much cooler. This storyboards feature covers two entire episodes. We get simple dialogue matched up with a series of black and white sketches that the animators used as reference points to create the finished show. Definitely a cool feature, it is only marred by the dramatically low resolution of the sketches, making for some blurry and blocky images. Overall, these two features don't really make for much of a set. The comic is too short to be considered a good extra and the storyboards look so bad that they feel rushed as a last-minute filler. Nevertheless, what's here is worth perusing through at least once.Score: 5 out of 10
Rated "TV-PG"
DeveloperNickelodeon
Release DateMarch 4, 2003
PlatformsN/A
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No one wants to be depressed. Wanting something doesn't mean that you get to have it. As with many other illnesses, it will take work to recover. To recover, you may have to seek the help of a qualified physician. The advice in this article will give you some ways to better manage your depression.
Do not let yourself get lost in a cloud of depression symptoms. Dwelling on all the negativity that envelops you will just aggravate your depression further. Keep your chin high, and encourage those closest to you to do the same.
Hobbies can help relieve stress when you are suffering from depression. You might be depressed because you are not participating in any activities. Plan activities that are exciting enough to make you want to fight against depression just to be able to enjoy them. Whatever pursuit you choose to follow, it will be a good road to outgrow your depression.
When you feel yourself getting depressed, try taking a hot bath. Sitting in the bathtub reading your favorite novel or listening to a beloved album is a great way to relax and make yourself feel great. Remember to make sure that the water is as warm as you can take it; warm water will relax you both physically and mentally.
An unhealthy diet can significantly contribute to depression. Certain foods do not give you the energy you need and influence your weight or skin in a negative way, making it hard for you to like yourself. Try to steer clear of foods with a high fat content, this will help you keep a healthy diet.
Try not to use the words "depressed" or "depression" when you're speaking about your state of mind. While depression is a tangible problem, the terminology that comes along with it can leave people feeling stigmatized and overwhelmed. Rather, when feeling down, position it for yourself that you are in a low mood period. It can be easier to raise your mood than to think of battling depression, even though you're doing the same thing.
Though living with the past in mind can be terrible, living with the future in mind is a good thing. As long as you have hope, you have life. Having a solid future gives you hope.
Decorate your home or bedroom to reflect things that make you happy and lift your spirits. The more happy your surroundings, the more likely your own emotions are to be lifted.
No matter what the severity or circumstances surrounding your depression, you should have a professional consultation. They will have the skills for a proper diagnosis, and the ability to prescribe pharmaceuticals if the need arises. They will also recognize what form of depression you're going through.
Be careful about the music you choose to listen to while depressed. Resist the urge to wallow in depression by listening to melancholic, sad or pensive music. This type of music will not expunge the feelings, but cause you to dwell on them.
Caffeine should be avoided when you are suffering from depression. Research has shown that your depression will get worse if you have too much caffeine. If you are a big coffee or soda drinker, you may want to consider switching over to decaffeinated versions of your favorite beverages.
Fighting depression is extremely difficult. Try counting your blessings daily. It is especially important to count your blessings when you are experiencing feelings of depression, even if you find it difficult. This will improve your emotions and your attitude.
Avoid consuming too many products with artificial sweeteners when trying to overcome depression. Artificial sweeteners can block serotonin production and make headaches and insomnia more likely, which are two problems that depression causes even without these sweeteners. Avoid consuming these products.
Hopefully, these suggestions will relieve your anxiety. Although, in order to see positive changes, it could take some time. Don't be impatient. If you need support, ask. They may see things that you are unaware of and can offer new insight. If you find that you need more assistance, seek out someone that is qualified to treat you.
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The 37th Annual GRAMMY Awards struck a powerful and somber first note with Bruce Springsteen offering a no-frills performance of "Streets Of Philadelphia" that was true to the drama of the song itself. Written for Jonathan Demme's film Philadelphia, the song was a sensitive and moving statement about the ravages of AIDS. By the end of this night, "Streets Of Philadelphia" would be named Song Of The Year, Best Rock Song, Best Male Rock Vocal Performance and Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or For Television.
Springsteen handled his big night with characteristic grace and charm. "I'd like to thank all those disparaged and mysterious GRAMMY voters out there, wherever you are and whoever you are," he said as he accepted the Song Of The Year award from George Michael and Annie Lennox, who was wearing Mickey Mouse ears. The Boss also expressed his appreciation to "the folks who've come up to me in restaurants and on the street who've lost their sons or their lovers or their friends to AIDS and said the song meant something to them." Indeed, there were many AIDS-awareness red ribbons to be seen on the GRAMMYs this year.
Yet on this night there was also considerable levity and, lest we forget, much music. Host Paul Reiser pointed out, "We're here to celebrate. We never go the other way. We never penalize. We never find somebody who took a good song and ruined it and drag him onstage to yell at him."
Among those with particular reason to celebrate the 37th Annual GRAMMY Awards were Sheryl Crow who took home not just the GRAMMY Award for Best New Artist, but also Record Of The Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "All I Wanna Do." Other important new voices were also recognized: After Henry Rollins successfully performed punk in a tuxedo, Soundgarden won Best Metal Performance for "Spoonman." Women dominated the rap field, with Queen Latifah taking home the Best Rap Solo Performance award for "U.N.I.T.Y.," and Salt-N-Pepa presented with the Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or A Group following a standout performance of "What A Man" and "None Of Your Business." Future GRAMMY favorites Green Day received the Best Alternative Rock Performance award for their breakthrough album Dookie.
But in the end, the big Album Of The Year award went to one of the longest-standing and classiest acts in popular music history — Tony Bennett for his MTV Unplugged Album. Bennett seemed utterly thrilled with the recognition. "I don't believe this," said the excited vocal great. "This is the greatest moment in my whole musical career and the greatest moment [of] my whole life. There are no words. It's such a victorious feeling to sing good American music and have this happen."
Recording Academy President Michael Greene made a particularly impassioned state of the arts speech. "We are here tonight on the brink of becoming the only industrialized nation in the world with absolutely no federal support for the arts," Greene said, sounding a warning. "We must not allow the arts to be politicized, privatized, commercialized, sanitized, neutralized or zeroed out."
Among the others honored on this night was the man who brought the GRAMMYs to live television, and television to the GRAMMYs — Executive Producer Pierre Cossette, recognized for a quarter-century of dedicated service. Cossette's comments were brief. "My biggest job on this show every year is to keep it moving," he said, letting his GRAMMY team do just that.
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Streets Of Philadelphia
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
All-4-One
Best Pop Vocal Collaboration
Funny How Time Slips Away
Al Green & Lyle Lovett
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Best Pop Album
Longing In Their Hearts
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
Come To My Window
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Best Hard Rock Performance
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Voodoo Lounge
Best Alternative Music Performance
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
When Can I See You
Babyface, songwriter (Boyz II Men)
Best Rap Solo Performance
U.N.I.T.Y.
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Shut Up And Kiss Me
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
When Love Finds You
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Blues For Dixie
Asleep At The Wheel & Lyle Lovett
Best Country Vocal Collaboration
Aaron Neville & Trisha Yearwood
Best Country Instrumental Performance
Young Thing
Gary Baker & Frank J. Myers, songwriters (John Michael Montgomery)
Stones In The Road
The Great Dobro Sessions
(Various Artists)
Prayer For The Wild Things
Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
Out Of The Loop
Brecker Brothers
Best Jazz Vocal Performance
Mystery Lady - Songs Of Billie Holiday
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Benny Carter, soloist
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group
A Tribute To Miles
Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wallace Roney, Wayne Shorter & Tony Williams
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
McCoy Tyner Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Performance
Danzon
Arturo Sandoval
Best Rock Gospel Album
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Andrae Crouch
Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
Alison Krauss & The Cox Family
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
Songs Of The Church - Live In Memphis
Albertina Walker
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
Best Gospel Album By A Choir Or Chorus
Live In Atlanta At Morehouse College
Hezekiah Walker, choir director (The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir)
Through God's Eyes
Milton Brunson, choir director (Thompson Community Singers)
Best Latin Pop Performance
Segundo Romance
Best Tropical Latin Performance
Master Sessions Volume 1
Cachao
Best Mexican-American Performance
Recuerdo A Javier Solis
Vikki Carr
Best Traditional Blues Album
From The Cradle
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Father Father
Best Traditional Folk Album
World Gone Wrong
Best Contemporary Folk Album
American Recordings
Crucial! Roots Classics
Bunny Wailer
Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Toure & Ry Cooder
Best Polka Album
Music And Friends
Walter Ostanek Band
Best Musical Album For Children
The Lion King - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Best Spoken Word Album For Children
The Lion King Read-Along
Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Album
Get In The Van - On The Road With Black Flag
Best Spoken Comedy Album
Live From Hell
Sam Kinison, artist.
Best Musical Show Album
Stephen Sondheim, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist; Phil Ramone, producer (Original Broadway Cast)
African Skies
Michael Brecker, composer (Michael Brecker)
Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television
Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or For Television
Streets Of Philadelphia (From Philadelphia)
Best Instrumental Arrangement
Three Cowboy Songs
Dave Grusin, arranger (Dave Grusin)
Best Instrumental Arrangement With Accompanying Vocals
Lebo Morake & Hans Zimmer, arrangers (Carmen Twillie)
Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys
Buddy Jackson, art director (Asleep At The Wheel)
Best Recording Package - Boxed
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks
Chris Thompson, art director (Ella Fitzgerald)
Louis Armstrong - Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934
Dan Morgenstern & Loren Schoenberg, album notes writers (Louis Armstrong)
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books On Verve
Michael Lang, compilation producer (Ella Fitzgerald)
Best Engineered Album - Non-Classical
Ed Cherney, engineer (Bonnie Raitt)
Producer Of The Year
Best Classical Engineered Recording
Copland: Music For Films (The Red Pony, Our Town, Etc.)
William Hoekstra, engineer (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)
Classical Producer Of The Year
Andrew Cornall
Best Classical Album
Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12
Pierre Boulez, artist; Karl-August Naegler, producer
Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra: Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12
Pierre Boulez, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Floyd: Susannah
Kenn Chester, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey & Cheryl Studer; Kent Nagano, conductor; Martin Sauer, producer (Chorus Of Opera De Lyon; Orchestre Of Opera De Lyon)
Berlioz: Messe Solennelle
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Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (With Orchestra)
The New York Album - Works Of Albert, Bartok & Bloch
Yo-Yo Ma, artist (Baltimore Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance Without Orchestra
Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Nos. 32, 47, 53, 59
Emanuel Ax, artist
Best Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven/Mozart: Quintets (Chicago-Berlin)
Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Daniele Damiano & Hansjorg Schellenberger, artists
Best Classical Vocal Performance
The Impatient Lover - Italian Songs By Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Albert: Cello Concerto
Stephen Albert, composer
Best Music Video, Short Form
Love Is Strong
David Fincher, video director; Cean Chaffin, video producer
Best Music Video, Long Form
Zoo TV - Live From Sydney
David Mallet, video director; Ned O'Hanlon & Rocky Oldham, video producers
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Just like The Storming Brigade/Brygada zaczyna szturm (1953), this documentary short demonstrates Kozicka's skill in constructing partisan film messages. Heralded as a socialist realist report from Bolesław Bierut Palace of Youth in Katowice, it opens with two cyclists, father and son, on an empty field road with an industrial background.
The first shots immediately set the mood for the whole film where the trip to a nearby city becomes a journey to a dream-come-true land of opportunities, which is now on everyone's doorstep.
The opening sequence, just like the rest of the film, plays to Andrzej Łapicki's (1924-2012) voice-over that highlights the innovation the Communist regime brought to the region.
When the bikes of the father and his little son enter the city's streets, the narrator preaches: 'Remember boy that for many years Silesia fought against violence to make your life richer and better'. To prove that, Kozicka explores the spaces of the Palace from the title; all full of light and good-humoured children.
Klaudiusz, the cycling boy from the opening sequence, follows the narrator who gives him the first tour around the venue. The camera observes children in scout uniforms on the stairs and in changing rooms. Then, with an expression of amazement on his face, Klaudiusz passes through some well-populated exhibition spaces and libraries, when we hear an off-screen comment: 'This Palace is your best fairy tale'.
After a quick scan through different workshop areas, where smiling boys construct models of aeroplanes and boats, Klaudiusz's father completes his membership form.
However, the tour doesn't stop there. Together with the child, we visit a whole kaleidoscope of classrooms with club meetings and classes, as well as exercise spaces, where children make sculptures and train models, learn geography and biology, play musical instruments, swim and dance.
Here and there, the camera pauses on a propaganda poster, a photo of Bierut in the company of children or on an architectural element to spotlight the grandeur of the Palace and its sponsor.
Beside its quick, suggestive edits of observational shots and its obtrusive commentary, which are reminiscent of the Polish Film Chronicle from the early 1950s, In the Palace of Youth also effectively serves as propaganda for gender equality. Instead of a mother, Kozicka uses Klaudiusz's father to bring him to the Palace, packaging a model division of parental responsibilities in the post-war Poland.
Furthermore, the child's perspective softens the adamant tones of the narrator. A fabricated message is camouflaged as human experience. For the viewer, it is hard to argue with the boy who is overwhelmed with all the opportunities the regime offers to the young, even if those were only available to a few lucky children of his age.
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Q&A with Lisa Moses Leff
Lisa Moses Leff is the co-editor of the new book Colonialism and the Jews. She also has written The Archive Thief and Sacred Bonds of Solidarity. She is a professor of history at American University in Washington, D.C.
Q: How did you and your co-editors come up with the idea for this book and select the essays to include?
A: Maud Mandel, Ethan Katz and I had all individually written books about French Jewish history showing the importance of colonialism and later, decolonization and the mass migrations it set in motion.
In our conversations, we realized that we were not alone in seeing colonialism as a central factor in Jewish history. Indeed, we were seeing a veritable "Imperial Turn" in Jewish history in which new questions were animating the field in exciting ways. Yet there was nothing yet out there that synthetized what was going on in this new scholarship.
In 2012, we organized a conference with scholars pursuing these questions at Brown University, where Maud was then Director of Judaic Studies and is now Dean of the College. This volume eventually grew out of it—many (though not all) of the essays collected here are revised versions of papers first presented at that Brown conference.
Q: You and your co-editors write that "Jewish historians have been surprisingly reticent to explore the complex ways in which Jews interacted with nineteenth- and twentieth-century overseas empires." Why do you think that is?
A: One barrier has been intellectual. Questions about Jews and empire defy many of our most basic assumptions about the history of European colonialism in Asia and Africa.
As this book reveals, Jews sat on both sides of the divide between the colonizers and the colonized, and that's a difficult thing to make sense of.
But there is also a barrier that has to do with a certain discomfort these questions can provoke. Jews - including Jewish historians! - have been cautious when it comes to exploring questions that might reveal that Jews benefitted from colonialism in certain ways, or even worked together with colonial powers, because colonialism is now so discredited.
Q: You describe Zionism as "the greatest elephant in the room." How does Zionism fit into the discussion about Jews and colonialism?
A: Anti-Zionists have, for decades, described Zionism as a colonial enterprise. In the post-colonial word, this is a real slur with strongly negative political consequences, so Zionists have fought it with a passion equal to their detractors.
Opening up questions about Jews and colonialism—in the Middle East and elsewhere—has been difficult to do because the present political stakes seem so high.
We and the scholars who contributed to our volume though believe strongly that these political stakes make it all the more urgent for scholars to address these questions using deep research, rigorous analysis and high-level scholarly debate.
This is exactly what we present in the section of our volume in which three top scholars—Derek Penslar, Joshua Cole, and Elizabeth F. Thompson—debate the question of the relationship of Zionism to colonialism.
Q: In the book, you opt to focus particularly on France. Why is France especially important in this context?
A: About half of our book's essays do focus on France and its former colonial empire (the others cover a large range—Great Britain and its empire, Germany, Poland, Russia) and it's largely for historical reasons.
France had Jewish populations in both its metropole and its colonies (particularly in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia), and so its policies vis-à-vis Jews in both places allows us to look into the larger contradictions of liberal imperialism.
For example, we keep coming back to the question of how France (and other liberal polities) could at once be so committed to "liberty, equality, and fraternity," but at the same time, perpetuate the violence, structural inequality, and racism that were so characteristic of their colonial regimes.
From a Jewish history perspective, it raises fascinating questions about how Jews themselves understood and acted within those systems. For example, did they identify with the colonizer or the colonized? We found it so interesting that the answer in so many cases was "both."
A: I'm writing a book about the Panama scandal of 1892, a much forgotten but hugely important episode in the history of modern anti-Semitism.
It's about the bankruptcy of the French Panama Canal company, which became both a financial scandal (when the level of mismanagement and fraud became public) and a political scandal (when it was revealed that over a hundred elected representatives in the French Parliament had accepted bribes from the Company).
In the aftermath, only a very small number of corrupt Company directors and politicians were even prosecuted, much less punished. None of them were Jewish. Nevertheless, in its wake, the modern anti-Semitic movement in France went from marginal to mainstream.
--Interview with Deborah Kalb. For a previous Q&A with Lisa Moses Leff, please click here.
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LeT sets up NGO in Nepal with Pakistan's help to launch terror attacks in India: Intelligence report
The latest intelligence report on Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) has revealed that the terror group has opened its branch in Nepal with an aim to recruit terrorists to launch attacks on the Indian soil. Sources say that the Pakistan Embassy in Kathmandu is not just actively involved but is also said to have provided funds for conspiring attack in India.
The intelligence report also reveals that Pakistani agency ISI has opened an Islamic NGO run by an LeT operative. Recently, two ISI operatives working in Pakistan Embassy in Kathmandu visited Biratnagar in Morang district in Nepal.
India, which has an open border with Nepal, has often raised concerns of national security due to the porous nature of the borders. Recently, Indian agencies had shared their concern over Pakistan using its High Commission in anti-state subversive activities in Bangladesh and anti-India activities. The input indicates Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka orchestrating terror attacks in Bangladesh and into West Bengal.
Pakistan ISI under the cover of Diplomats meeting secretly to terror groups in Bangladesh and asking them for big terror attacks in Bangladesh and into India.
"One Pak diplomat of Pak High Commission posted in Dhaka held a secret meeting recently with a Bangladeshi terror group and promised to arrange arm training for batch of 100 newly recruited terrorists for suicidal attacks. Input suggest that some of them would be sent to West Bengal for terror attacks after completing training," an intelligence officer told Zee News.
Recently, the Sheikh Hasina government had refused to accept the new Pakistan envoy, alleging that Pakistan is using diplomacy as a cover for ISI activities. Bangladesh Government believes that the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka has emerged as a center of anti-government activities as well as activities against India too.
"This is of serious concern to India as well as Bangladesh. We are aware of how Pakistan is using their Diplomats to destabilized India. Most of the diplomats are under-cover agents of ISI. There are reports that Pakistan High Commissions in Dhaka is involved in distributing Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN)," an officer working in Security Agency said.
Another Intelligence report sent to Ministry of Home Affairs last month had revealed that Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) held a secret meeting to discuss carrying out attacks during the Bangladesh general elections. During the meeting, the terror outfit discussed plans to buy weapons and suicidal vests with the help of other terrorist groups in Bangladesh.
It was decided during the meeting of the JMB to recruit 300 more new cadres before the general election in Bangladesh. The group is also trying to conduct two-week training in Chittagong district with a plan to establish 50 new training centres in various districts of Bangladesh with the help of Lashker terrorists who are of Pakistani origin.
Source : ZeeNews
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Contributing Writer Neil Simon's 'The Odd Couple' burst onto Broadway in the mid-1960s with its wildly entertaining tale of two recently-divorced dads, the slovenly Oscar and the fastidious Felix. The play cemented Simon's place as one of our greatest comic playwrights, garnering a Tony award and spawning a movie and popular TV series.
In 1985, Simon penned a new version of the play with female leads, conceived along similar lines, with names that echo the original: the slapdash Olive and the meticulous Florence. Rewrites such as this often don't work – they can seem stale and derivative – but happily, Simon's writing in the new version is equal to the original, and in some scenes is superior. Theatre Workshop of Nantucket has wisely chosen t o perform this version, and its new production is terrific, generating non-stop laughs and some moments of outright hilarity. The acting by the female leads and supporting cast is consistently strong, the direction by artistic director Justin Cerne is adroit, and the result is another must-see show for TWN.
Perhaps the most appealing quality of this production is that the characters come to vivid life, bumping into each other at their tension points in ways both touching and (more frequently) side-splitting.
Olive Madison (played by Sarah Fraunfelder) is a lonely single woman who takes in her friend Florence Ungar (played by Aleisha Force) when Florence's marriage hits the rocks. Both actresses make the most of the comic potential of their roles. Fraunfelder draws the audience into immediate empathy with Olive's emotions through her colorful tones of voice and facial expressions. Her keen comic timing is the spark that ignites the laughter at Simon's cleverly-constructed lines.
Force gives us the highstrung Florence with pain and gusto, using rigid body language and speech patterns to convey a character who responds to emotional anguish by shutting down everything: everything, that is, except her obsessive need to clean. Memorable comic moments ensue, including a wonderful choreographed cleaning interlude done to the accompaniment of the song, "Housework."
Both characters face challenges greater than reconciling their differing approaches to serving food and tidying up. In addition to easing her loneliness, Olive needs to find the strength to resist the entreaties of her mooching exhusband for cash handouts. Florence needs to rediscover her lost sense of self-esteem and get herself back on track before her kids (who know nothing of the impending divorce) return from summer camp.
Set in 1986, the play opens with, and often returns to, a game of Trivial Pursuit, which was all the rage at the time. The four supporting female roles add humor and vigor to these playful scenes, which feature some fine examples of Simon's famed repartée. Casey Boukus does a convincing job as a worldlywise, matter-of-fact cop, Mickey; Ellie Cornell presents the lively, earthy Sylvie; Felicity Seidel plays an effervescent Renee ; and Mary Patricia Seidel adds comic relief with the slow ! and highly literal Vera. The interplay of these four characters creates a sense of community and also gives the audience a context for understanding the changes in the two main characters as the story moves forward.
The comic highlight of the play – and Simon's best comic writing – comes with the appearance of the two Spanish brothers, Manolo and Jesus, played with endearing charm and infectious enjoyment by Adam Sodofsky and Chris Costa.
In this section, Simon showcases his virtuosic ability to use language – and the misuse of language – to create classic comic moments. The playwright finds abundant opportunities for comedy in cultural misunderstandings (for instance, the use of nicknames) and in malapropisms that are caught somewhere between Spanish and English (for instance,"nougat" and "no good"). With the ease of a true craftsman, S imon weaves and reweaves a web of brilliant comedy in this scene.
But such comedy only works when a good cast is able to make it work in the flesh, and the interplay of the two brothers and the two leads in this production is priceless.
The attractive, 1980s-style apartment set was designed by Peter Waldron. The lighting is by Sandra Galley, with costumes and props by Emma Ford and sound by Kaitlyn Burke. Keri Ryan is the stage manager, with assistance from Ashley Twiggs and Lindsay Jacobson.
"The Odd Couple,"Wednesday through Sunday through June 18, Bennett Hall, 62 Centre St. Tickets, $37 for adults and $33 for seniors, can be purchased by calling the box office at (508) 2284305 or by visiting www.theatreworkshop. com. Check website for exact times.
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directorsLive System2019-12-11T22:22:51-08:00
Bill Starr (Director and Choreographer) is celebrating his 25th production with CTA this year, bringing live theater to children and keeping his motto of "Keeping live theater ALIVE". He has appeared in 15 original Broadway shows. Bill has been the recipient of the Bay Area Theater Critics Outstanding Achievement Award and also was nominated for the 2017 Theater Bay Area "Outstanding Direction" and for a Top Honors Award. This year he has directed such shows as 42nd Street in Saratoga, Murder & Mayhem – an English Farce, Spamalot in Woodside and begins 2020 with Once Upon A Mattress in Saratoga. Bill works at Stanford University in the Stanford Live Department which oversees and produces artists from all over the world at the Bing Concert Hall.
Bill Keck (Musical Director) was Musical Director of Beach Blanket Babylon (BBB) at The Fugazi Theater in San Francisco for the last 26 years. Bill studied piano under Soulima Stravinsky, son of the Russian composer. He has accompanied Rich Little, Carol Lawrence, Mel Torme, Jim Bailey and Sylvia Syms, among others. He toured nationally with singer John Gary, including appearances with the San Antonio, St. Louis, and San Francisco Symphonies, and served as a guest conductor with Milwaukee's Music Under the Stars. Bill and BBB created a sensation in London in 1997 while performing at Covent Garden. In 2000, Bill conducted French chanteuse Raquel Bitton in a series of concerts beginning with a Carnegie Hall appearance in New York City. In 2004, he led the BBB 30th Anniversary Galas with Helgi Tomasson, director of the San Francisco Ballet and Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony. In 2005 he and BBB gave a special performance for Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Bill has been working with CTA since 1995. He dedicates every performance to the memory of his beautiful wife Starry…one of a few of CTA's Honorary Members and a Fan Forever.
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PERCENT FOR ART
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ABOUT PUBLIC ART
Mural Pilot Project
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Call for Expressions of Interest
The City of Lethbridge Public Art Program and Heart of Our City Committee are seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) for community murals. A mural is an artwork painted or applied directly on a wall. Murals help add vibrancy to our community by activating public spaces, promoting community expression, and deterring graffiti vandalism. EOIs can be submitted by either building owners seeking a mural on an exterior building wall, or by an artist who has received permission from a building owner to install a mural on an exterior building wall. This Project will serve as a pilot to inform the potential development of a mural program.
Applicants must be either the owner of a building in Lethbridge, or a Lethbridge/Lethbridge-area artist. There are two streams of eligibility:
Building owners, who are seeking or who have selected an artist to install a mural; or Artists, who own a building or who have permission from a building owner to install a mural.
The proposed mural must be on an exterior wall of a building located within Lethbridge city limits. It must be completely visible from public property from a reasonable distance. Mural artwork must be appropriate for public display. The mural's intention must be artistic and cannot include promotional or commercial content.
The mural should reflect at least one of the guiding principles that underscore the City's Public Art Master Plan: inclusivity, diversity, accessibility, creativity, sustainability, and quality. If the mural is located in the downtown, it should also embody at least one of the pillars of the Heart of Our City Master Plan: beautiful, livable, sustainable, exciting, accessible, and vibrant.
An applicant may submit only one EOI per property, but an EOI may include multiple murals.
A proposed budget cannot exceed $15,000 plus GST. If an EOI includes multiple murals, the total combined budget cannot exceed $15,000 plus GST. Murals in the downtown are eligible to receive full project funding. Murals outside of the downtown are eligible to receive up to 50% of project funding to a maximum of $7,500 plus GST.
EOI Submission Deadline: September 14, 2020
Notification of Selection: October 16, 2020
Deadline for Mural Completion/Use of Funding: July 31, 2021
© 2022 Lethbridge Public Art
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EMAIL: publicart@lethbridge.ca
DESIGNED & BUILT BY BRIGHTSIDE STUDIOS
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Fixing Grace : SOG Tactical Barrage Internal Frame Backpack SWAT Police Bugout Review.
SOG Tactical Barrage Internal Frame Backpack SWAT Police Bugout Review.
It finally happened, or has been happening for the past month or so. My venerable Swiss Gear backpack has bit the dust. It had everything; was lightweight, durable and had lots of pockets for papers, a tablet and/or a laptop, phones, pens, markers, painkillers (you do this job for as long as I have and you'll know what I'm talking about), wet wipes, tissues, eyeglass cleaner, insect repellent even a change of clothes to name a few. This bag went in my truck and with me all the time, even on weekend trips out of town. It was used and abused and still looks great with the two and a half years I've dragged back and forth from my work vehicle to the house and from personal vehicle to hotel. The reason I've retired this backpack isn't because of looks, but because the zippers are coming apart almost constantly now. The bits and pieces I carry can exceed the price of the pack. In the future, I intend on getting an iPad and these are horrendously expensive to fix, much less replace.
As it is black, I wanted to keep that theme going. After going through and spurning ten different models, including one that could separate into a fanny pack in camo, I found this one. It is the SOG Tactical Barrage Internal Frame Backpack. This means that it has a frame on the inside to actually use this for honest to goodness backpacking, or even as a bugout bag. It has a space for a water bladder, though one isn't included. There are also sternum and waist straps to make this easier to carry. As I carry this with the handle, all this is a bit superfluous, but I digress. The straps are all well padded and have a quality feel. There are also plenty of M.O.L.L.E. loops to attach items on the straps sides and back of this pack. I've already attached my mini pack to these on the side to hold a few small items. The user can clip flashlights, pens, a knife or anything else to this setup with only your imagination, and your back being the limits. While this can be had online for $70.00 plus shipping, I "stole" mine at Walmart for $45, which is about half of what I paid for the Swissgear pack.
The main compartment has five compartments, one drawstring, four zippered inside to organize toiletries, clothes, pens, markers, batteries, even cash receipts. There are holes for ventilation on the underside to help keep moisture at bay and the space inside is good for a spare shirt and trousers in case the day gets a bit dirty or wet. There are also side pockets that can also be used for pens, markers, a large flashlight, knife, or in my case a bottle of eyeglass cleaner and a lens case. The "tongue" of this pack also unzips to reveal eight more compartments, as well as the cavity inside. This also straps down against the main body of the pack to form another compartment. I'm not sure this area would be secure enough for a laptop or tablet. Probably better suited for a spare jacket or even a blanket. As there isn't much padding in this pack, you may want to make sure any electronics are in a case.
Speaking of electronics, at the top of this pack there is a compartment meant for a pair of sunglasses or a smartphone or two. While the opening is a bit small for my iPhone 6, it fit along with an iPhone 5c without a problem. There even another zippered opening at the top rear to accept a larger smartphone or small tablet with two pickets, one open one zippered. You won't have a problem finding a place to put your things in this pack and you might actually be able to find them again as this is well laid out. As was indicated before, there are M.O.L.L.E. loops all over same.
Compared to the Swissgear this replaces, this one has heft to it. It is made more for being outdoors on a policeman's back and not as a student taking this to class. Anyone using this as a school backpack will quickly grow tired of the material and straps to use this thing. Also, there is not meant to carry a laptop or tablet without some additional protection, However, as a handyman, this will fit the bill for me as I carry this into and out of my truck in inclement weather. It's more than big enough to carry my clipboard, and other necessities as well as a tablet in a hard or padded case in the main compartment. I will keep you posted as this pack ages and how I manage to use it.
Getting the Desk Set Up.
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The Nala Local Municipality in partnership with the department of sports, arts and culture and the social development department will run the R2-million state-of-the-art park which will be built in Wesselsbron.
The park is part of a township revitalization project by the provincial government and the municipality which is aims to create recreational facilities for young people in the area.
Sam Nyoni, an engineer appointed by the Nala Local Municipality said the park will include a sports field, braai facilities, a car wash and a jungle gym for children.
"We will take at least three months to complete the project as most of the project entails greening and actual facilities that will be bought and erected," said Nyoni.
Premier, Ace Magashule, said the park is one of greening initiatives which will help revitalise the town.
"We need you to go to Gauteng to research certain parks which have proven successful in those areas," said Magashule.
Magashule said he would provide the engineer with details of councilors who have previously designed and built successful recreational centers in that province. Resident Modise Mokhalo said he was happy to see the provincial government investing in community infrastructure following the recent service delivery protests that engulfed the town.
Mokhalo said the recreational facility is a symbol of hope and promises for the residents of the town.
"This is not the only change we have seen. The municipality has fixed the toilet in my house and also fixed the water pipes in the whole street, so I believe that this time things will change," said Mokhalo.
He said some of his family members have been employed in Operation Hlasela projects launched by Magashule in Wesselsbron.
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Oh good god. I'd been on such a good streak, having pretty delicious food for the most part. Oh god, though. Dinner tonight was awful. I feel like the recipe had potential and sounded like a quick and easy dinner, and I expected it to taste similar to the Asian Dumpling Soup we've made before.
Good lord, it tasted like shrimp floating in water with slimy bean sprouts in it and odd spice from jalapenos and red pepper. Absolutely bizarre. I used veggie stock in place of the chicken stock but I don't think that's waht caused it to be so bad. Oh my. Not good at all. Never again!
Fine-tune the taste of this filling soup as you wish--intensify the flavor with cilantro, add heat with jalapeños, or provide a crisp bite with fresh bean sprouts. Serve with spiced baked wontons on the side.
1. Combine chicken broth and water in a large saucepan, and bring to a boil. Stir in instant long-grain rice, and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, and let stand 5 minutes.
2. Heat canola oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic, red pepper, and shrimp; sauté 3 minutes or until shrimp are done. Stir shrimp mixture into broth mixture. Divide soup evenly among 4 bowls, and serve with lime wedges. Top each serving with sprouts, onions, cilantro, and jalapeño, if desired.
Tonight I made myself a Roasted Sweet Potato with Spicy Feta Salad. Delicious as usual!
The most exciting food-related part of my day, though, was the delivery of my Penzeys spices! Oh, how I miss living next to one of their stores! Now I have to order it all via the internet. ALL of my spices are from Penzeys, with the exception of some iodized salt, Chinese 5-spice powder, Emeril's seasoning, and Old Bay. All of my sea salt, pepper, basil, parsley, poppy seeds, granulated onion, epazote, coriander.... all from Penzeys. And I have a huge spice collection, so that tells you just how much I've given to Penzeys over the years! I really don't think anyone is able to equal their quality.
So other than the "usuals" that I use so much that I needed to replenish (double-strength vanilla, basil, cumin, parsley, chives, medium red pepper, etc.) I got a couple new things! I got their Smoky Seasoned Salt to put on cottage cheese for lunches. I got some Charnushka (Nigella Sativa) to add to foccaccia. I got some vanilla-bean sugar! Oh, opening a box of Penzeys spices is like a delicious-smelling Christmas. I love them forever.
Since this is my soy-free week, for some reason I'm making up for it by trying to make an abundance of bean burgers. You'll see. I even have another one lined up for later in the week. So many sandwiches! I'm not complaining though!
Last night's was very good. I didn't feel like buying masa harina since I already have so much polenta, so I just went ahead and used that, as the recipe note suggested. The poblanos were surprisingly hot! And the burgers were surprisingly firm! I made them a little too thick so they didn't fit in the bun well, so make sure you size them properly. But they are definitely very yummy. It reminded us of a jalapeno popper. I would make these again. We had them with some Alexia Chipotle Sweet Potato Fries. Yum!
2. Place chiles on a foil-lined baking sheet; broil 3 inches from heat 8 minutes or until blackened and charred, turning after 6 minutes. Place in a heavy-duty plastic bag; seal. Let stand 15 minutes. Peel and discard skins. Cut each chile lengthwise into 4 strips; discard seeds.
3. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add onion and garlic; sauté 5 minutes. Place onion mixture, salt, beans, and hominy in a food processor; pulse until coarsely ground. Combine bean mixture and 1/2 cup masa in a medium bowl. Divide bean mixture into 4 equal portions, shaping each into a 1/2-inch-thick patty. Place remaining 1/4 cup masa in a shallow dish; dredge patties in masa.
4. Heat oil in skillet over medium heat. Add patties to pan; cook 4 minutes. Turn patties over. Top each patty with 3 tablespoons cheese; cook 4 minutes.
5. Combine sour cream and salsa in a small bowl. Spread 1 tablespoon sour cream mixture on top half of each bun. Place patties on bottom halves of buns; top each serving with 2 pepper strips. Cover with tops of buns.
Oh my! This sandwich is easy-peasy to put together and sounds a little weird, but it is delicious! I made it after a 10 hour workday yesterday and it came together in no time. Very yummy. All the components are important and intermingle to create a tasty sandwich. I would definitely make this again!
Of note is that I substituted our new favorite standard cheddar, Cooper sharp white cheddar, for the monterey jack. It was perfect!
Spoiler: These aren't biscuits. They're muffins. And they're amazing. I didn't lower the fat on them and decided to just go with the whole-milk ricotta. Oh boy, though. So worth it. These are delicately lemony with more of an almond flavor. I absolutely love them. My attempts at decorating them with yellow sanding sugar failed, but that's ok. They are delicious and will be a nice addition to my lunches this week! I would definitely make these again.
2. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl to blend. Using an electric mixer, beat 1 cup sugar, butter, and lemon zest in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in the ricotta. Beat in the egg, lemon juice, and almond extract. Add the dry ingredients and stir just until blended (the batter will be thick and fluffy).
3. Divide the batter among the prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle the almonds and then the remaining 1 teaspoon of sugar over the muffins. Bake until the muffins just become pale golden on top, about 20 minutes. Cool slightly. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Giant had a great deal on frozen fish filets about a month ago so I stocked up on mahi-mahi and barramundi for like $8 total. It was awesome. But then I forgot I had them until yesterday when I was taking stock of our stand freezer since today was our monthly stock-up trip to the store. This week is soy-free (just this week!) due to some medical reasons, so I'm making a hugely conscious effort to get enough protein. Thus the fish. And this is incredibly simple. It wasn't bad. I never like fish, and I think I overcooked it since it hadn't thawed all the way when I popped it in the pan, but it was alright.We had it with some orzo pasta and it was delightful.
Serve with couscous or orzo.
Sprinkle the fish with salt and pepper. Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add fish and onion; cook for 3 minutes. Turn fish over. Stir in wine, vinegar, and capers; cook 3 minutes. Remove fish from pan. Cook wine mixture an additional 3 minutes or until reduced to 1/2 cup. Serve sauce with fish; sprinkle with parsley.
Today we had our staff retreat and I had volunteered by default to bring a dessert. For like 100 people. When I say "by default," I mean no one else volunteered so I agreed to bring stuff. I took advantage of this opportunity to make a recipe I've had forever, a recipe touted as being one of the best brownie recipes ever, a recipe I would never make for myself because oh my god it uses a pound of butter. A POUND. We've had great success with Ina Garten's other obscenely unhealthy dessert recipes, such as her Outrageous Oreo Brownies and the Pecan Bars, but this is her standard brownie recipe. It was extremely easy to make, and it makes A TON. I used two disposable 13 x 9 x 2 foil pans and it STILL filled up both of them with good-sized brownies. It easily fed the whole crowd. It is way more than 20 servings, regardless of how much Ina tries to convince you. Her 20-serving recipe managed to feed 100, and I'm not Jesus. So consider this when you are considering portion control.
The brownies themselves did turn out very yummy. They are very buttery though, and very rich from all the chocolate and the espresso powder. I think it was great for its purpose but I would never make them again. Unwrapping four sticks of butter made me die a little bit inside.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 by 18 by 1 1/2-inch sheet pan.
2. Melt together the butter, chocolate chips, and unsweetened chocolate on top of a double boiler. Cool slightly. Stir together the eggs, instant coffee, vanilla and sugar. Stir in the warm chocolate mixture and cool to room temperature.
3. Stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add to cooled chocolate mixture. Toss the walnuts and chocolate chips with flour to coat. Then add to the chocolate batter. Pour into prepared pan.
4. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until tester just comes out clean. Halfway through the baking, rap the pan against the oven shelf to allow air to escape from between the pan and the brownie dough. Do not overbake! Cool thoroughly, refrigerate well and cut into squares.
Last night I made halushki and it was magical. Yum yum. I could eat this forever.
I found this meat substitute version of pulled pork by GardeIn and decided I should make it. It was very good, even though it's fake meat. But I needed a side dish, and I needed to make myself feel like I was cooking. So I made these mashed potatoes! Yum yum. It's quite delicious. We decided that these were good, albeit a little too garlicky (I can't believe I said that) and we like the Chipotle-Mashed Sweet Potatoes better. But these were still very yummy. I'd make them again if I had everything on hand.
Chipotle chiles, smoked jalapeños in a vinegar-based sauce, give this dish subtle heat. Vary the amount used in this recipe to suit your taste, or leave them out completely.
1. Remove 1 chile and 1 tablespoon adobo sauce from can. Chop chile to measure 1 tablespoon. Reserve remaining chiles and adobo sauce for another use.
2. Place potato and garlic in a large Dutch oven; cover with water, and bring to a boil. Cook 15 minutes or until potato is tender. Drain. Return potato mixture to the Dutch oven. Add chopped chile and adobo sauce, cheese, and remaining ingredients. Mash to desired consistency with a potato masher. Cook for 3 minutes over medium heat or until thoroughly heated, stirring constantly.
Well. This recipe has been one of the most highly-rated Cooking Light recipes ever, re-printed in the magazine several times. I've had it clipped for forever, and yesterday I finally got around to making it. Thank goodness, because this is the best thing ever. For standard apple cake recipes, this is absolutely our go-to recipe from now on. Delicious.
The cream cheese in the batter give this cake lots of moisture. Because it's so tender, use a serrated knife for cutting.
2. Beat 1 1/2 cups sugar, cream cheese, butter, and vanilla at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended (about 4 minutes). Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition; set aside.
3. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture, and beat at low speed until blended. Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon. Combine 2 tablespoons of the cinnamon mixture and apple in a bowl; stir apple mixture into batter. Pour batter into an 8-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray, and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon mixture.
4. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cake pulls away from the sides of pan. Cool cake completely on a wire rack, and cut using a serrated knife.
5. Note: You can also make this cake in a 9-inch square cake pan or a 9-inch springform pan; just reduce the baking time by 5 minutes.
Since grill season is almost over, I thought it would be fun to try this recipe. Yummy grilled sweet potatoes, poblanos, a nice dressing.... except it was gross. It was really not very good at all. I was very disappointed and surprised. I would not make this again, and most of what we did make is in the trash. Ugh.
1. Whisk first 6 ingredients in small bowl. Gradually whisk in olive oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
2. Cook sweet potatoes in large saucepan of boiling salted water until just barely tender, about 6 minutes. Drain; run under cold water to cool. Cover and chill at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
3. Preheat barbecue (high heat). Brush potato wedges with canola oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill potatoes until grill marks appear, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer potatoes to work surface. Cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces. Place potatoes, poblanos, green onions, and parsley in large bowl. Drizzle dressing over; toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve warm or at room temperature. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Bring to room temperature before serving.
I love risotto so this recipe seemed interesting because it uses barley instead of arborio rice. Always a plus since that means more whole grains, right? But it was kind of a disappointment. This may have been because I used a different brand of vegetable stock than I normally do, and I think it was overly salty (ugh). But it still wasn't that great anyway. I wouldn't make this again.
For about a year now, I've been doing a 101 Goals in 1001 Days thing. Pretty self-explanatory. One of the goals is to try to make something with lychees. (Another ongoing one is to make 12 new types of ice cream - so this meets both goals!) What is a lychee, you ask?
A lychee is: "a tropical and subtropical fruit tree native to China... The fresh fruit has a "delicate, whitish pulp" with a "perfume" flavor." It's a very distinctive smell and taste. I love lychee-flavored tea and the lychee-flavored gum that sushi restaurants sometimes give out after a meal. It reminds me of Japan. So many Japanese candies and drinks tasted like lychee. I love it! But I've never in my life had actual lychees. Until last night.
I was appalled when I opened the can. They looked disgusting. They felt disgusting. They smelled perfumey, as expected. They were squishy and when I was chopping them up, I felt like they were clams. It was just weird. I think that tainted my whole opinion of the ice cream.
Despite the custard base, which is often off-putting to me, this was an excellent ice cream recipe. Low fat? No. Good and creamy? Yes. He loved it. He had no aversions to the lychees, which hardened and stopped being mushy once they were frozen. I decided I would probably like it better if I had pureed the lychees or strained out the solids. The solids freaked me out a little. But to lychee lovers, this is probably a fantastic recipe. So. It was worth trying!
PS Gibby made a card table and tablecloth into a little photo studio for the food.
1. Combine the cream, milk and sugar in a saucepan or double boiler; heat until warm and the sugar is completely dissolved. Add 1 cup of the cream mixture to the yolks while whisking lightly. Gradually pour the egg mixture back into the cream mixture while continuing to whisk lightly.
2. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the back of your spoon is thinly coated, about 8 minutes. Do not allow to boil or the ice cream custard mixture will curdle.
3. Add the lychee and lemon juice and let it cool in the refrigerator overnight.
4. Freeze in an electric or manual ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. If you don't have an ice cream maker you can put the ice cream custard in a bowl and put it in your freezer until frozen.
Tonight I made my favorite Bhel Puri. Delicious as always! I even accidentally burned the sev in the oven and it still turned out beautifully. Yum.
Yesterday I tried out my new (used) crockpot I got from Vicky. It's way cool and looks like it's from the Jetsons. I decided to try out this curry recipe. I was blown away by the fact that it didn't burn. You may remember my last crockpot burned itself to death. It seems that Rivals get too hot too quickly. This one is a Corningware so I guess it works better.
So I made this curry and had a blast with my crockpot, but the dinner itself was only meh. I forgot to make the spicy shallots but I don't think it would have made a whole lot of difference. I was happy to finally be able to use up the rest of my yellow split peas, though!
1. In a skillet, heat butter or oil. Add onions, celery and cook until softened. Add garlic, ginger, curry powder, salt, pepper and nutmeg and cook, stirring for 1 minute. Add vegetable broth or water, and bring to a boil. Place potatoes, cauliflower and soaked peas in slow cooker. Pour onion mixture over and stir well.
2. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours, or on high for 4-5 hours until vegetables are tender.
3. To make spicy shallots: In a skillet heat butter or oil over medium high heat. Add shallots and cook, stirring until crisp. Remove pan from heat. Add chilies, cilantro and basalmic vinegar or lemon juice. Transfer to small boil, ladle dal into bowls and top with spicy shallots.
Tonight I made Roasted Corn and Poblano Chowder again, and it was delicious. This prompted discussion of our favorite soups. We are a soup-loving family, but it was very easy for both of us to agree to the exact same top 5 soups (with one runner-up). These are soups that we have made several times, love more every time we eat them, and could eat every day and be perfectly content.
This was oddly terrible. The saucy stuff was gluey and weird, and the mushroom mixture was boring. I stopped using Boboli crusts forever ago because it lacks the flavor of a homemade pizza dough (or, you know, Pillsbury...) and this pizza reminded me why. I still ate it, it was just not very good.
Choosing a premade whole wheat pizza crust not only saves time, but it also introduces whole-grain benefits to the meal.
2. Place pizza crust on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 375° for 5 minutes. Remove crust from oven (do not turn oven off); set crust aside.
3. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray; add 1 teaspoon oil to pan, swirling to coat. Add mushrooms to pan; sauté 8 minutes or until moisture evaporates. Stir in thyme; spoon mushroom mixture into a bowl.
4. Add remaining 1/2 teaspoon oil to pan, and reduce heat to medium. Add garlic to pan; cook 45 seconds. Combine milk and flour in a small bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Add milk mixture to pan; cook 2 minutes or until thick, stirring constantly. Add Asiago and pepper, stirring until cheese melts.
5. Spread sauce over crust, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Top evenly with mushroom mixture, tomato slices, and mozzarella. Bake at 375° for 10 minutes or until cheese melts and begins to brown. Cut pizza into 8 wedges.
I've been wanting to learn how to can for years. And I DID IT! I hope! I have 6 pint-jars sitting in the kitchen filled with my Marinara Sauce. I made a huge batch of it yesterday and then canned it. I had no idea what I was doing and had to reference a LOT of websites to figure out how to sterilize the jars, seal the jars, prevent us from dying of botulism, etc. These two websites, THIS and THIS, were extremely helpful. I am going to put the jars in the basement now and hope that in a few months we do not die. If we do, you know what the cause was.
Tonight I was kind of overwhelmed with some stuff that's going on so I made some frozen pierogies (boiled) and some Baby Brussels Sprouts with Buttered Pecans. Not as good with frozen steamable brussels sprouts (versus fresh), but good enough. It was a decent meal.
I know, I know, I'm behind. So what? This was Monday's dinner. We went to DC this weekend, so we hit up Whole Foods while we were down there (we don't have them in PA). I saw some vegetarian grain-based "chorizo" that I swiped and switched our meal plan around to include this recipe. I've wanted to make this for awhile now but haven't been able to because I couldn't find soyrizo anywhere here! Stupid PA. But I finally got to make it!
The recipe itself is very yummy. You could certainly make it with real chorizo if you so desired. I like my vegetarian stuff. Spicy with the chorizo, poblanos, and chipotle - yum yum! Probably not a make-again, but enjoyable!
Meatless Soyrizo adds a mildly spicy and earthy flavor, similar to traditional Spanish chorizo. Substitute chorizo, if you prefer. Serve with a green salad.
1. To prepare cream, combine the first 4 ingredients in a bowl, stirring well. Cover and chill.
3. To prepare tart, heat a 10-inch cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add onion to pan; sauté 5 minutes. Add chile to pan; sauté 5 minutes. Remove casings from sausage. Add sausage to pan; sauté 2 minutes, stirring to crumble. Add corn and garlic to pan; sauté 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove corn mixture from pan.
4. Wipe pan dry with a paper towel. Recoat pan with cooking spray, and set pan aside.
5. Combine 2 cups water and salt in a saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Gradually stir in the polenta; cook 5 minutes or until thick, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, and stir in 1 1/2 cups corn mixture. Pour polenta mixture into prepared pan. Sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese evenly over polenta mixture; top with remaining corn mixture. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup cheese over top.
6. Bake at 400° for 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Let stand for 5 minutes, and cut into wedges. Sprinkle with cilantro. Serve with chipotle cream.
After a long, stressful week, it was so nice to kick off the three-day weekend with X-Men 3 and a big bowl of Vegetarian Pad Thai.
I'm a slacker lately. I admit it. We've been subsisting on take-out and frozen meals, which I abhor but cannot live without. So imagine my surprise when I actually - gasp - MADE DINNER. And not just that, but I made something that I hadn't planned in advance. WHAT?! Amazing. What did I make? Creamy Cajun Shrimp Linguine! I was out of half and half so I used heavy cream (don't judge). I used this neat weird-shaped pasta noodle instead of linguine. I completely spaced and forgot to add the veggie stock. And it didn't even matter! It was wonderful and such a nice change from the crap we've been eating this week.
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GARDEN CITY, Kan. – The TMP-Marian baseball team dropped both ends of their doubleheader to Garden City Thursday afternoon. The Buffaloes rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh to take the opener 6-4. The Monarchs were held to two hits and lost 4-0 in game two.
Brady Kreutzer allowed four runs on five hits in two innings of relief and took the loss in the first game. Tyson Dinkel had three hits and Carson Jacobs drove in two.
Colby Dreiling allowed two earned runs over four innings for the loss in the second game.
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Developed by The Odd Gentlemen. Published by Sierra. Released July 28th. Available on PC (Reviewed), PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
The definition of "adventure game" has changed since the days of the original King's Quest. What used to be a genre about banging your head against puzzles and dying repeatedly, has evolved into something more cinematic after the rise to popularity of Telltale projects such as The Walking Dead. It would have been easy for The Odd Gentlemen to make their revival, King's Quest: A Knight to Remember, into a Telltale clone with a focus on dialogue choice and we would have liked it. Instead, they decided to go one step further and attempt to make it feel like an older Sierra game, while still adhering to the modern adventure game formula. For better and worse, this gives King's Quest: A Knight to Remember a unique identity in a genre whose games tend to feel like carbon copies of one another.
King's Quest tells the story of, well, King's Quest, but in a new way. King Graham is now old and withered, nearing the end of his life. He spends most of his days in bed, telling his stories of adventure to anyone who will listen. His favorite audience is his granddaughter Gwendolyn, a rambunctious young scamp who has inherited his love of adventure.
This is the frame for the plot, a Big Fish story when your actions make up the story itself. Episode 1 begins far before Graham was even a knight, much less a king, and by the time episode 5 ends, the events of all prior King's Quest games will have transpired and we will have rejoined Graham and Gwendolyn in the present day.
What's unique about this format is that there is not one, but three plots running concurrently. The first is the story that is being told, the events of the past that you, the player, get to influence as a young Graham. The second, is Graham and Gwendolyn's narration over the story, which doesn't always line up with the actual events that transpire. Graham loves to embellish his deeds telling Gwendolyn of what a fearless knight he was when in actuality he was tripping over his own two feet and acting as comic relief. The third, is what happens to Gwendolyn after the stories are told. She learns something from every tale and we get to see her apply this knowledge to conflicts she faces in her day to day life. There's something heartwarming and magical about watching the younger generation learn from the advice of the older generation. It's almost symbolic of how this game came to be, with older King's Quest titles informing the design of this new one, and you getting to play the result.
Gameplay is separated into three distinct parts, adventuring, conversing, and quick-time events. While adventuring, you will explore Daventry and solve puzzles, and while conversing, you will learn important information, meet new allies, and make choices that will alter the narrative. When there's a quick time event you are... pressing buttons to not die. Not everything can be innovative.
King's Quest sets itself apart from other modern adventure games by including these gameplay elements in different ratios to what you might expect. While most of a Telltale-style adventure game is spent conversing, you spend most of King's Quest adventuring. There's always a new puzzle to solve or place to go, and it makes the game feel very active and interactive.
It doesn't feel like you are just watching a movie and making a choice every so often. In fact, you frequently get to make choices outside of dialogue. Many puzzles have multiple solutions, and how you solve them is as important as what you say afterward. Heck, there are even quicktime events that you can complete different ways!
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Q: Disable suggested contacts in Outlook 2010 I need to disable the suggested contacts in outlook 2010 using a code that i can remote deploy to machines in the network.
Where/What is the setting to disable this feature?
EDIT: How do i do this through code? is there a registry setting that i can manipulate?
Thanks
A: In Outlook 2010 first go to File>options. Go to the Contacts tab and at the bottom disable 'Automatically create Outlook contacts for recipients that do not belong to an Outlook Address Book'.
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Home/Photo Restoration/Welcome to the Pixel By Pixel Blog
Welcome to the Pixel By Pixel Blog
The new Pixel By Pixel site has been live for two months now so I thought it was about time the Pixel By Pixel Blog came online too. Here I would like to share with you a selection of the images I am fortunate enough to restore and retouch, as well as the occasional tutorial for those who would like to learn restoration themselves.
It was a difficult task choosing images for the web site. I receive so many gorgeous images to enhance and accompanying some of them, the story of their origin.
These images were presented to me a few months ago by the Dorrigo RSL Sub Branch in NSW. A member of the branch purchased the photos at a clearance sale about ten years ago for $2.00 each. What an amazing find!
The photographs document a recruiting/enlistment event at the Dorrigo Showgrounds in 1915. The procession was making its way across the bridge over the Bielsdown River (current bridge is in the same location) to the showgrounds. The prominent building on the right hand side of the road is the Dorrigo Hotel (Top Pub) and the one behind the shed on the left is the Commercial Hotel (Bottom Pub). They are still both in existence today.
The horse women were known as the Dorrigo Grenadiers and they performed at shows and events…no military connection. The procession image shows the 15 men who had enlisted followed by Lady Britannia on the wagon then the town band followed by the Grenadiers and the local citizenry.
Of those 15 men, we know of 6 who were killed during World War 1…their names are on the Dorrigo Monument that was erected by the town in 1921 at the intersection near the Top Pub.
Thank you to Bob Denner and the Dorrigo RSL Sub Branch for trusting me to restore your images and allowing me to share them.
Recruiting/enlistment event at Dorrigo, NSW in 1915. Original image
Recruiting/enlistment event at Dorrigo, NSW in 1915. Image restored by Carol Heath, Pixel By Pixel
the Dorrigo Grenadiers, 1915. Original image
the Dorrigo Grenadiers, 1915. Image restored by Pixel By Pixel
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Anna Hill December 1, 2010 at 1:03 am
What an amazing difference your work can make to treasured photographic memories.
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Raised in Southern California, just over the mountains from Malibu, I spent most of my life riding mountain bikes, road bikes and motorcycles through the infamous Santa Monica Mountains. Now living in Austin, Texas with my wife and two daughters. I'm all about the food, the music and the endless trails around the lakes and creeks. I also like to make art.
I want to be involved in projects that I find challenging, working with people that inspire me.
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According to the 2015 Survey of Journalism and Mass Communication Enrollments and their Annual Survey in 2013, journalism remains a popular choice for many recent high school graduates even as programs show declining enrollments. The combination of fewer students choosing journalism studies coupled with journalism programs like digital journalism and public relations has lessened the competition to get into a journalism program. Even with an easier entry point to programs, high school students still need to prepare if they plan to study journalism.
In addition to journalism coursework, English and writing classes are required to further develop a potential journalist's skills. Reporters write stories, photojournalists write captions and copy editors write headlines. The more exposure a student has to writing, the better he will be able to write quickly and effectively. High school students should explore advanced and AP English courses. These give high school students a more in-depth opportunity to think critically about their writing and develop the skills to analyze other writers.
The most practical experience a student can receive is on the school's newspaper or yearbook staff. This after-school activity or class allows students to learn to write on deadline, prepare well-written, thoughtful stories and develop interviewing skills. This activity is also a great choice for aspiring photojournalists who want published clips of their photos. Newspaper and yearbook activities will also add clout to a college application to a journalism school. If the student has a strong relationship with the adviser of the club or class, he can ask the adviser to write a reference for his college applications.
In general, aspiring journalists aren't hoping to spend most of their college studies in math courses. Most colleges don't require journalism students to take statistics courses, reports Justin Martin of the "Columbia Journalism Review." However, journalists' math skills are increasingly being tested, and those who can properly interpret data can have an edge. Martin, a journalism professor at Northwestern University, argues that "statistics is too pressing a global language for journalists to neglect."
Traditionally, general education courses in most journalism schools might include study of a foreign language, political science and history. These related courses are important in journalism degrees and after graduation when the student enters journalism fields. Journalists might have to report on political events or focus their journalism efforts in an international field. Having course focuses in subjects outside of journalism help prepare for reporting in those fields. Students coming into the reporting process with that course knowledge can find practical journalism in different subjects less of a learning curve. However, some colleges are revamping their curriculum because of recent changes to the way people receive news. For example, Columbia's Journalism School is incorporating more digital and blogging-focused required courses, reports "Crain's New York Business." Photography and other art classes may of interest to students interested in majoring in photojournalism.
Tracy Jones is a Jacksonville, Fla.-based multimedia journalist. Most recently, she was a reporter for "The Florida Times-Union," where she wrote about nearly every topic. She is a graduate of the University of Florida's journalism school and has been a reporter since 2000.
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Kirsten Gillibrand gave her opponents a history lesson on abortion politics at the debate
Democrats have similar positions on abortion. The New York senator asked how hard they'll fight.
By Anna North
Many candidates in this week's Democratic debates talked about the future of abortion rights in America. But Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was one of few to talk about the history.
The exchange started with a question to Sen. Bernie Sanders about how he would preserve abortion rights if the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade were overturned before he became president. Sanders responded that his Medicare for All bill would cover abortion for anyone who wanted it.
Continued: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/28/18942612/democratic-debate-june-2019-2020-kirsten-gillibrand
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Democratic White House candidates face grilling on abortion
AFP•June 22, 2019
Columbia (United States) (AFP) - Democrats running for US president in next year's election sat down with voters on Saturday to outline their stance on abortion, a long-simmering issue newly inflamed by attempts to curtail it nationwide.
With abortion now among the most-discussed topics in the presidential race, the candidates aimed to impress an audience cheering "Who decides? We decide!" at the conference put on by family planning organization Planned Parenthood.
Continued; https://news.yahoo.com/democratic-white-house-candidates-face-grilling-abortion-020817131.html
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As Passions Flare in Abortion Debate, Many Americans Say 'It's Complicated'
"It has become so loud, going both ways. And the divide is only getting bigger," said Jeannie Wallace French, a Democrat who opposes abortion.
By Jeremy W. Peters
PITTSBURGH — Abortion is an issue that Lynndora Smith-Holmes goes back and forth on. "Six of one, half dozen of the other," she said the other day as she finished her lunch break. "Does it go back to people having abortions in back alleys? Haven't we overcome that?" she asked, questioning the restrictive laws passed recently in states like Alabama and Kentucky.
At the same time, Ms. Smith-Holmes, who works for a day care center in the Allentown neighborhood of Pittsburgh and votes Democratic, said there should be limits. And she is not comfortable with the idea of taxpayer money going to fund abortions — a position that has become almost impossible to hold in the Democratic presidential primary. "Who's paying for these?" she wondered.
Continued: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/15/us/politics/abortion-debate-pennsylvania.html
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Thousands Of Women Across The US Marched To Protest Abortion Bans
"Should be at school but instead I'm busy protesting this SHIT."
Tasneem Nashrulla, BuzzFeed News Reporter
Thousands of people across the US Tuesday marched as part of the #StopTheBans protest against the recent wave of anti-abortion legislation that has cropped up in several states.
More than 500 #StopTheBans demonstrations were set to take place at statehouses, town squares, and courthouses across multiple states, as well as in Puerto Rico and Ottawa, Canada.
Continued: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/stop-the-abortion-bans-protests
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How States Are Preparing For A Potential Roe v. Wade Challenge
by Priyanka Boghani
Justice Brett Kavanaugh's ascent to the Supreme Court last year brought the future of abortion access into question. Lawmakers and activists on both sides of the debate saw his confirmation — and a shift to a conservative-leaning court — as a step toward overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion in the U.S.
Ahead of Kavanaugh's confirmation, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, warned that the Supreme Court would "take away and criminalize women's reproductive freedom." Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, laid out his hopes for Kavanaugh: "If there's a case before him that challenges Roe v. Wade [I hope] that he would listen to both sides of the story, apply a test to overturn precedent."
Continued: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-states-are-preparing-for-a-potential-roe-v-wade-challenge/
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With Kennedy Retiring, Senate Democrats Need to Fight for Our Lives. Do They Have the Guts?
Jun 28, 2018,
Jodi Jacobson
This is not a drill. This is not politics as usual. This is survival. The Democrats must treat it as such or, if we survive to write a history, be forever infamous for preemptive surrender.
At the end of a week in which the illegitimate U.S. Supreme Court pick of an illegitimate president now under criminal investigation provided the critical fifth vote on cases eviscerating labor rights, the rights of Muslims, and the rights of pregnant people to medically accurate information, Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement. As a result, Donald Trump (or more accurately Vice President Mike Pence and the Federalist Society) will make the most consequential Court pick for at least a generation. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) has, not surprisingly, already vowed to confirm Trump's nominee by the fall, without even knowing who that will be.
Continued: https://rewire.news/article/2018/06/28/kennedy-retiring-senate-democrats-need-fight-lives-guts/
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Wave Race: Blue Storm est un jeu de course de motomarine sur Nintendo GameCube, sorti en France dès le lancement de la console, le . Il est la suite du jeu Wave Race 64, sur Nintendo 64.
La particularité de cette version est que la météo est très présente dans le jeu, au point d'être un paramètre essentiel du jeu. En effet, les circuits peuvent tous se jouer sous différentes météos, passant du plein soleil à une tempête déchaînée. C'est aussi en tant que stratégie que les conditions climatiques doivent être gérées; en effet, lors du championnat, la météo est connue quelques jours à l'avance et l'on peut donc tirer avantage à faire les courses dans un certain ordre.
Système de jeu
Modes de jeu
Il existe différents mode de jeu:
Le mode championnat, où 4 catégories sont disponibles. Le mode "exhibition" ne comprenant qu'une course, et les modes Normal, Difficile et Expert, comprenant respectivemement 5, 6 et 7 courses. Les catégories de difficultés supérieures se gagnent en remportant la précédente.
Le mode Time Attack, ou contre la montre. Le principe consiste à faire un tour le plus rapidement possible sur le circuit de son choix.
Le mode figure, où il faut en un tour faire le plus de figures variées et difficiles, afin d'obtenir un maximum de points.
Le mode multijoueur permet d'affronter d'autres amis.
Le mode free roam permet au joueur de jouer librement seul dans la course de son choix.
le mode tutorial enfin permet aux joueurs débutants d'apprendre la manipulation de la motomarine et de s'entraîner pour les courses.
Personnages
Ryota Hayami, protagoniste, homogène, idéal pour les débutants comme pour les experts. Également présent dans Wave Race 64.
David Mariner, le plus rapide du jeu, aussi présent dans Wave Race 64.
Akari Hayami, personnage de 1080° Snowboarding, sœur de Ryota, possède la meilleure accélération.
Nigel Carver, le plus manœuvrable.
Ayumi Stewart, aussi présente dans Wave Race 64.
Rob Haywood, personnage de 1080° Snowboarding, ayant le plus de force du jeu.
Ricky Winterborn, personnage de 1080° Snowboarding, enfant, le plus doué pour les figures.
Serena Del Mar, jeune femme aux performances homogènes.
Circuits
Il y a 5 circuits de bases et 3 cachés.
Les circuits de bases:
Dolphin Park, c'est aussi le circuit de base de Wave Race 64, c'est le seul circuit qui n'est pas praticable en championnat.
Lost Temple Lagoon, un circuit sur lagon en Asie.
Southern Island, c'est un ancien circuit de Wave Race 64, où la marée descend à chaque tour.
Aspen Lake, le circuit se déroule sur un lac où il faut slalomer entre les pierres.
Ocean City Harbor, un circuit urbain se déroulant la nuit.
Les circuits cachés:
Arctic Bay, un circuit se déroulant en arctique, que l'on gagne en finissant le mode Normal.
La Razza Canal, un parcours dans les rues de Venise, pouvant être obtenue après le mode Difficile.
Strongwater Keep, dernier circuit, se parcourt autour un château fort. Il est jouable après avoir remporté le mode Expert.
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The SBD Dauntless was designed by Douglas' famed chief engineer Ed Heinemann. Know as "Slow But Deadly" by her crews, the SBD Dauntless proved to be up to the task during the war in the Pacific. Perhaps her greatest claim to fame was the sinking of no less than four Japanese aircraft carriers during the Battle of Midway. This battle proved to be the turning point of the war in the Pacific. In addition to her bomb load the Dauntless was heavily armed with two forward firing .50 cal and one or two rear mounted .30 cal machine guns. This was an effective combination and many times the Dauntless was capable of holding her own against lightly armored Japanese fighters. This print depicts a pair of SBD Dauntless' in a beautiful tropical setting with the brilliance and vibrancy of color characteristic of the Pacific.
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Indium Engineers Earn Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
June 12, 2018 | Indium Corporation
Indium Corporation has announced that three company engineers have earned their designation as Lean Six Sigma Green Belt-certified. With their recent designation, Daniel Siedsma, Chemical Process Engineer; Adam Murling, Technical Support Engineer; and Michael Wood, Manufacturing Process Engineer, join a number of employees who are Lean Six Sigma certified at Indium.
Lean Six Sigma is a business approach that focuses on improving workplace performance by reducing waste and process variations. The certification process involves two weeks of training that culminates in an examination in statistics, designed experiments, statistical process control, and "lean" continuous improvement concepts.
Siedsma joined Indium in 2011 as a chemical process engineer and performs research and development with Indium's metals and compounds products. He earned his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) with a minor in general psychology.
Murling joined Indium in 2014 as a technical support engineer. He is responsible for providing leading-edge technical support for Indium's global account initiatives through SMT process optimization, material recommendations, and customer training. He is an active blogger and has authored numerous technical papers. He earned his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Clarkson University.
Wood joined Indium in 2017 as a manufacturing process engineer working with Indium's engineered solder products. He earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering technology from the State University of New York Polytechnic Insitute.
About Indium Corporation
Indium Corporation is a premier materials manufacturer and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, and thermal management markets. Products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil®. Founded in 1934, the company has global technical support and factories located in China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
For more information about Indium Corporation, click here.
Failures and Reliability in Soldering
07/09/2019 | Michael Gouldsmith and Zen Lee, Thermaltronics
The definition of failure is "the lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity." If the activity is concerning a soldering process, such a failure can have a downstream impact far beyond the actual solder joint. In this regard, it is first necessary to understand what constitutes a good solder joint because appearance is too often deemed a success.
Size Matters: The Effects of Solder Powder Size on Solder Paste Performance
07/08/2019 | Tony Lentz, FCT Assembly
Solder powder size is a popular topic in the electronics industry due to the continuing trend of miniaturization of electronics. And the question commonly asked is, "When should we switch from Type 3 to a smaller solder powder?" Read more to find out.
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I realize that most people are still thinking about spring. It's so close after all. Even if there is still snow on the ground. Miss A, however, she's our summer girl and keeps asking when it will be summer again. She has been this way from the time she was tiny. She loves it hot outside. She wants to live in sun dresses and never have to wear a coat (I can't tell you the number of times I've found her without a coat this winter.). And can I just tell you how cute her curls are in the heat! So while we're bringing back a few of our favorites from the past during this month-long hiatus, we thought we'd share with you one of our summertime favorites. This one is also from one of our state-side cooking adventures which we do in addition to cooking recipes from around the world.
I hope you're all doing well. We've been keeping busy and we'll have photos to share soon. Until then, we hope you enjoy this past recipe as much as we did!
This week we're dishing up a few recipes from the Rocky Mountain State courtesy of Miss A. Colorado is a special place for me, not only due to its unbelievable beauty, but also because it was where I vacationed several times with my mom, dad and sister (sometimes even aunts, uncles and cousins) when I was growing up. As a mom, I have had the opportunity to share many of these places, memories and experiences with my own little guys in Colorado; and it's been amazing to see familiar sights as new through their eyes. So when Miss A picked Colorado tonight I knew it was going to be fun, but little did I know it would be an absolute winner.
For our meal we found a plethora of fabulous options at Agriculture-Colorado. The site is host to recipes from numerous chefs throughout the state that cook with locally grown produce and meats. Tonight we settled on Peach Teriyaki Buffalo Steak and Balsamic Glazed Fingerlings. Now we're not new to buffalo – last summer dad and I tried buffalo brisket in South Dakota – but I have to admit I was leery of the steaks. I mean the brisket was lathered in BBQ sauce, so really it just tasted like BBQ. This, however, was going to be unadulterated Buffalo. We started with the marinade – ripe peaches, teriyaki sauce and honey.
We added all the ingredients into a blender and blended the mix on low.
Next we added a little salt and pepper to the buffalo steaks before combining them with the chunky marinade in a sealable bag.
After sitting in the marinade for a little more than an hour, the steaks were ready to toss on the grill.
Dad did his magic grilling and basting.
After about 7 minutes per side, the buffalo was ready and perfectly medium rare. Nice job dad!
We served our buffalo steaks with the fingerling potatoes, fresh oranges and a Colorado Cabernet (for mom and dad).
Stay tuned for the potato recipe – you won't want to miss that one! Until then here's the recipe for the buffalo.
Hi Kristy – I remember this dish! (I think… I definitely remember the picture of Mike at the grill!). It looks as good now as it did then, and I love buffalo. There's a restaurant nearby which does a trio of meats as one of their main courses – you get three little slabs of beef, buffalo, and ostrich. Buffalo is by far usually the tastiest, with ostrich a close second. The restaurant isn't that awesome – just a chain place – but it's the only place I've seen in France which serves buffalo, so it's nice to try it!
I'm so glad you re-posted this Kristi. Somehow I missed this one and the sauce and steaks look incredible. And four star ratings by all?! Maybe it's high time I try buffalo. I have been reticent. I am not a huge red meat eater either, like Miss A., but if she gave it a thumbs up then perhaps I can give it a go.
Your recipe still fits with our current weather but soon I will be posting some soups.
I am a meat lover and yes the steak sounds fantastic but honestly I am sitting here drooling over the thought of those balsamic glazed fingerling potatoes! YUMMMMMM!
Miss A is such a sweet handful lol. You gotta love her though. She makes me feel young listening to your stories.. not that I'm that old lol. I still haven't tried buffalo steaks before, but you're definitely making me interested with this dish.
Never tried Buffalo Steaks before! I wonder if I could even find the meat here in regular (or even high end) supermarkets. I'd love to try this recipe! Soon to find out!
I've only ever been to the airport in Colorado, but even it was spectacular (we watched a show that documented the move of the old airport to the new one with little to no down time!). The steak looks incredible, I wish I had smell in my computer! I'm with Barb on those potatoes, wow!
We just had buffalo pot roast – here in Kansas we are spoiled, it is easy to find great buffalo meat, raised organically etc etc. I love how mild that meat tastes!
Summer will be here before we know it the way the year is passing so quickly. We are lucky that when we are in Maine during the summer that we have a buffalo farm where we can buy steaks. I think they are great.
What a gorgeous meal and topped off with a Colorado Cabernet to boot! (I didn't know they made wine there!) I love everything about this meal — especially the balsamic glazed fingerlings. I am going to have to seek out some buffalo steaks Kristy! Hope you are enjoying your hiatus but you still look busy to me. We just got back from Jamaica and I am trying to get back into the swing of things. Miss A would have enjoyed the opportunity to wear sun dresses and get braids in her hair!
You know your idea of marinating your buffalo steaks is kind of what they do in Korean Bologi . Instead of Asian pears or kiwi you marinate yours in peaches. Sounds delicious.
I'm with Miss A, too! I love summer and as much as spring is beautiful, I always feel it is just the prelude to summer! 🙂 Buffalo is plentiful in our stores, and I've never cooked a steak, but I've had it as ground meat. I love a good barbecue, and buffalo is nice and lean. This is a super re-post. I adore the family photo! Have a great week, Kristy!
How funny–we just got off the plane a few hours ago, returning from a family trip out to Colorado Springs. It's the fifth or sixth time we've gone. The buffalo looks yummy and moist!
I recently marinated a couple of pork chops in some home made maple syrup teriyaki sauce and they were yummy but nothing as exotic as your buffalo.
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I am using some code to convert decimals to fractions, which works well, but I get crazy fractions like 4 273/500. At the moment I have heaps of lines of code to manually replace the ridiculous fractions.
can you give me an example maybe using my example fraction?
The "value" variable is the original value you want to round to a fractional value.
The "fraction" variable would be the fraction you want to round to. For example, if you wanted to round the number to the nearest quarter, you'd use 0.25 for the value of fraction.
You can change the "fraction" value to whatever level of precision you want.
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Find out which books have won various awards in children's literature
ALSC 2018 Book and Media Award Winners featuring links to Batchelder, Belpré, Caldecott, Carnegie, Geisel, Newbery, Seibert (and many other) winners and honor books.
Buckeye Children's and Teen Book Award — this year's nominations are in! Also see which books won in the past.
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"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/common/configtx"
"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/common/configtx/tool/provisional"
"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/orderer/common/blockcutter"
cb "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/common"
"github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/utils"
)
const (
msgVersion = int32(0)
epoch = uint64(0)
)
type mockConsenter struct {
}
func (mc *mockConsenter) HandleChain(support ConsenterSupport, metadata *cb.Metadata) (Chain, error) {
return &mockChain{
queue: make(chan *cb.Envelope),
cutter: support.BlockCutter(),
support: support,
metadata: metadata,
done: make(chan struct{}),
}, nil
}
type mockChain struct {
queue chan *cb.Envelope
cutter blockcutter.Receiver
support ConsenterSupport
metadata *cb.Metadata
done chan struct{}
}
func (mch *mockChain) Enqueue(env *cb.Envelope) bool {
mch.queue <- env
return true
}
func (mch *mockChain) Start() {
go func() {
defer close(mch.done)
for {
msg, ok := <-mch.queue
if !ok {
return
}
batches, committers, _ := mch.cutter.Ordered(msg)
for i, batch := range batches {
block := mch.support.CreateNextBlock(batch)
mch.support.WriteBlock(block, committers[i], nil)
}
}
}()
}
func (mch *mockChain) Halt() {
close(mch.queue)
}
type mockLedgerWriter struct {
}
func (mlw *mockLedgerWriter) Append(blockContents []*cb.Envelope, metadata [][]byte) *cb.Block {
logger.Debugf("Committed block")
return nil
}
func makeConfigTx(chainID string, i int) *cb.Envelope {
group := cb.NewConfigGroup()
group.Groups[config.OrdererGroupKey] = cb.NewConfigGroup()
group.Groups[config.OrdererGroupKey].Values[fmt.Sprintf("%d", i)] = &cb.ConfigValue{
Value: []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i)),
}
configTemplate := configtx.NewSimpleTemplate(group)
configEnv, err := configTemplate.Envelope(chainID)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
return makeConfigTxFromConfigUpdateEnvelope(chainID, configEnv)
}
func wrapConfigTx(env *cb.Envelope) *cb.Envelope {
result, err := utils.CreateSignedEnvelope(cb.HeaderType_ORDERER_TRANSACTION, provisional.TestChainID, mockCrypto(), env, msgVersion, epoch)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
return result
}
func makeConfigTxFromConfigUpdateEnvelope(chainID string, configUpdateEnv *cb.ConfigUpdateEnvelope) *cb.Envelope {
configUpdateTx, err := utils.CreateSignedEnvelope(cb.HeaderType_CONFIG_UPDATE, chainID, mockCrypto(), configUpdateEnv, msgVersion, epoch)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
configTx, err := utils.CreateSignedEnvelope(cb.HeaderType_CONFIG, chainID, mockCrypto(), &cb.ConfigEnvelope{
Config: &cb.Config{ChannelGroup: configtx.UnmarshalConfigUpdateOrPanic(configUpdateEnv.ConfigUpdate).WriteSet},
LastUpdate: configUpdateTx},
msgVersion, epoch)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
return configTx
}
func makeNormalTx(chainID string, i int) *cb.Envelope {
payload := &cb.Payload{
Header: &cb.Header{
ChannelHeader: utils.MarshalOrPanic(&cb.ChannelHeader{
Type: int32(cb.HeaderType_ENDORSER_TRANSACTION),
ChannelId: chainID,
}),
SignatureHeader: utils.MarshalOrPanic(&cb.SignatureHeader{}),
},
Data: []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i)),
}
return &cb.Envelope{
Payload: utils.MarshalOrPanic(payload),
}
}
func makeSignaturelessTx(chainID string, i int) *cb.Envelope {
payload := &cb.Payload{
Header: &cb.Header{
ChannelHeader: utils.MarshalOrPanic(&cb.ChannelHeader{
Type: int32(cb.HeaderType_ENDORSER_TRANSACTION),
ChannelId: chainID,
}),
},
Data: []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i)),
}
return &cb.Envelope{
Payload: utils.MarshalOrPanic(payload),
}
}
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package rltut;
public class Spell {
private String name;
public String name() { return name; }
private int manaCost;
public int manaCost() { return manaCost; }
private Effect effect;
public Effect effect() { return new Effect(effect); }
public boolean requiresTarget() { return true; }
public Spell(String name, int manaCost, Effect effect){
this.name = name;
this.manaCost = manaCost;
this.effect = effect;
}
}
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I once received a call from someone who had found two tax liens on his credit reports, both more than 10 years old. He had never reviewed his credit reports before and was surprised to see these items show up since he had been able to obtain mortgages and other loans without a problem.
Before we go further into the details of getting a tax lien off your credit report, there are a few important things to note: First, consumers should know they're entitled to free copies of their annual credit reports, and it's a good idea to check them routinely for accuracy. In between those annual checkups, you can review a free summary of your credit report, updated every 14 days, on Credit.com.
Is a state tax lien the same thing?
Basically, yes. Like a tax lien by the federal government, state taxing authorities can also place a lien on your assets, either for unpaid property, income or other delinquent taxes.
Are there any tips you would offer for consumers who find tax liens on their credit files?
There are a couple more things I want to point out. According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, they can stay on your credit report for seven years from the date they are satisfied or paid. However, a few years ago the IRS developed its Fresh Start initiative that allows consumers who have paid certain tax liens — or entered into an installment agreement to pay them — to request they be withdrawn and subsequently removed from their credit reports.
To learn more about managing debt, read more from our experts by visiting our Debt Learning Center. To learn more about dealing with tax issues and how they impact your credit, visit our Tax Learning Center.
This post has been updated. It was originally published on Aug. 8, 2013.
The Notice of Federal Tax Lien allows the IRS to let other creditors know it has an interest in your property. But as far as I know, selling the property doesn't make the underlying tax debt go away. I would recommend you talk with a tax professional.
Unfortunately we can't tell from your question. Do they appear to come from the IRS or your state taxing authority? It sounds like the first step is to contact the agency that placed the liens to find out why they are there.
Does the removal include state tax liens as well?
The IRS Fresh Start program only applies to federal liens but your state may have a similar program; you'll need to check with them.
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In comparison to the previous year refrigeration equipment import sharply climbed by 71.69 percent, according to revised data issued by United Nations Statistical Office. Refrigeration equipment import increased greatly by 77 764 US Dollar, as it follows the tendency of the prior year when it went up by 29.52 percent. The overall changes for the previous 24 years hit an increase of 0.25%. Furthermore, it has shown the CAGR of 0.51% during the 5 years with a slight overall drop since the start of time series. It averaged 147 774.38 US Dollar from 1993 to 2016 and it reached its all-time high of 375 957 US Dollar in 1998 and record low of 5 023 US Dollar in 1996.
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LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. – Senator Michael Gianaris and City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer issued the following statement on the proposed deal to incentivize Amazon's HQ2 in Long Island City, New York.
"New Yorkers have real unmet needs from their government. Our subways are crumbling, our children lack school seats, and too many of our neighbors lack adequate health care. It is unfathomable that we would sign a $3 billion check to Amazon in the face of these challenges.
"We are witness to a cynical game in which Amazon duped New York into offering unprecedented amounts of tax dollars to one of the wealthiest companies on Earth for a promise of jobs that would represent less than 3% of the jobs typically created in our city over a 10 year period.
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Family History Stories - Where Do You Find Them?
So much of what you find in your research in genealogy involves dry facts and dates, that when you have a chance to flesh out your ancestors into real people beyond those facts do so!
Personal information about your ancestors can be found in many places, even in boxes or old trunks in your home. There are all sorts of different types of resources that provide the personal touch.
Some family stories may be stored in your attic, or at the home of a cousin. Mostly these items are hidden from your daily view, and it is very easy to forget you have them, or remember that they could provide you with important details about the lives of your ancestors.
Some stories involve contacting groups that may or may not still exist. In the latter case, you will have to try to research their resources, once you can find them.
Some require talking to living relatives who may have family stories about other relatives, and would love to tell their stories if you would but ask them!
Personal information about your ancestors should never be dismissed. At the very least, it fills in the grey areas around the dates and places.
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Description & Use: This pale green powder is the traditional ingredient that gives gumbo its characteristic 'gummy' consistency. Filé powder should be added towards the end of cooking and should not be re-heated, as it will break down and become stringy.
Make a roux with oil and flour, add onion, capsicum and garlic. Saute until onion is transparent, then add tomatoes and puree, cook for 5 minutes. Add seasonings and salt and pepper, cook a further 5 minutes, then add stock. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes. Add seafood. Mix file powder with a cup of stock, then stir into the gumbo. Serve in bowls over cooked white rice. DO NOT REHEAT after file is added, as the gumbo will become stringy.
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One of the most requested missing features in Destiny has finally been granted. Bungie announced today that, as of the latest update, private matches are now possible. The update affects PS4, XBox One and PC players.
Announced during the first-ever Destiny Private Match competition hosted by Major League Gaming, and in celebration of the upcoming launch of Destiny: Rise of Iron, the new 'Private Match' feature is available now for Destiny owners on current-gen consoles, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The Private Match feature gives Destiny players the keys to the Crucible with the ability to challenge friends and foes alike in 18 competitive modes on almost 30 maps.
And with private matches come all the free-reign customization options players have demanded! You'll be able to alter the mode, map, time limits, score limits, Light level and time of day.
Private matches were originally announced as part of the upcoming expansion Rise of Iron (which hits a week from now), but Bungie decided to make the feature available for everyone, for free. Isn't that nice of them?
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The "Matrix" of leadership is made of die cast and quite "heavy" for it's size and it feel so solid when you hold it . The detailing is again pretty nice.
So there you are - I have tried to make the review as simple as I can and I hope you enjoy it.
Overall, this is indeed one insanely detailed action figure or toys in every way, from the vehicle mode to the robot mode and all the way to all the features and gimmick, everything is absolutely brilliant. Takara Tomy have improved on everything in updating the Master Piece of Convoy or Optimus Prime. Many fans or collectors complained about the smaller size in this update but I think Takara Tomy have responded that "less can mean quite a bit more". The painting job and sculpt detailing is brilliant. The transformation process is not overly complicated even for a novice like me. The articulation is very good and I'm pretty happy with it.
My only complain is on the eye part, it would be better if they use a more lighter blue color like that sky color to make the Optimus Prime "alive". I've seen the Hasbro version and they used that particular color and that small changes is indeed wonderful. Probably I will just do the painting my self later in the future.
I like this! It's some anime correct of Prime in G1! Good gimmicks there and fun accessories! It's a great catch!
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Q: Construction of a diffeomorphism Let $M$ be an arbitrary smooth manifold with dimenison $n$, and $\{U_i\}$ be an open covering of $M$.
Can we construct a diffeomorphism $f_i:U_i \to B_i$?, where $B_i$ is the open unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^n$.
A: If $(U_i)$ is an arbitrary open covering, then no. Think of the case where $M$ is an open subset of $\mathbb R^n$, with covering just itself. Is it true that any open subset of $\mathbb R^n$ is diffeomorphic to $B_i$?
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Summary (contains spoilers): This issue starts with Spider-Man 2099 and Lady Spider heading into the safe zone. But they quickly discover that the Inheritors had already been here and killed many of the Spiders that had been here. Spider-Man 2099 and Lady Spider worry that they might be the only Spiders left. They find a giant Mecha-Spider and decide to rebuild it as a weapon to use against the Inheritors.
They realize they are going to need a big lab space to work in, so Lady Spider returns to her home world. In her civilian identity, she asks Lord Harold Osborn about using his father's lab, called The Stadium because of its size. She claims she needs it for her "friend" Lady Spider. Harold agrees, but only if she will go out for dinner with him. Harold's father has had encounters with Lady Spider (he is that reality's Green Goblin) so he agrees to give Lady Spider the space.
Spider-Man 2099 and Lady Spider get to work on the Mech. They want to use radiation to power it because that has been a powerful weapon against the Inheritors. But they are not sure where to find radiation in this world. During this, they make contact with the other Spiders, who are heading to Loomworld for a final showdown.
Suddenly, Spider-Man 2099 and Lady Spider come under attack by the Six Men of Sinestry. Spider-Man 2099 and Lady Spider are able to easily defeat them. They discover that Doctor Octopus's arms are powered by radiation. This radiation is put in use to power the Mech.
Later, Harold walks in on his father, discovering that he is the Green Goblin. Norman kills his own son to protect his secret.
The issue ends with Lady Spider wondering where Harold plans on taking her for dinner. Our heroes head to Loomworld with their giant robot to join the final battle.
Review: I've enjoyed Spider-Verse, but I will admit I was kind of getting tired of seeing the Inheritors. So many of the crossovers were "inheritors arrive, kill off some spiders and the survivors just barely escape to fight again a later day." With all the Spider-Men variations teaming up, we didn't get to see enough of them dealing with the individual worlds each character came from. So because of that, I loved this issue. We learn about Lady Spider's world, see steampunk versions of the Sinister Six, and get Spider-Man 2099 and Lady Spider teaming up to stop them. It worked really well in the context of the crossover, but still was a terrific stand alone story too.
Even though we didn't get to see much of them, I loved the Six Men of Sinestry. Peter David did a great job making these fully realized characters. Mysterio cowards out and runs off before the fight even starts. Kraven is his normal boasting arrogant self…though he happens to drive a big hunting robot now. We even see how dark this world's Goblin is and how willing he is to do anything to push forward his own agenda killing his own son just to cover his tracks.
In other reviews over the years, I have mentioned that Peter David has long been one of my favorite writers, but he is very cruel to his characters. I actually cringed at Lady Spider's last line asking Spider-Man 2099 where Harold was going to take her on her date…since the reader knew that Harold had been killed on the last page. It takes a great writer to make you care this much for a character you barely just met.
Will Sliney did a great job with this issue. I thought the Six Men of Sinestry looked terrific. Again, there wasn't a lot of time to get to know these characters, but just from their designs you can tell a lot about the characters.
When I started this series, I will admit I was a little disappointed it was set in the modern day Marvel universe. I was a huge fan of the 2099 universe back in the day, and the small glimpses we got to see of it in Exiles and Dan Slott's Amazing Spider-Man left me wanting more. Despite that, Peter David has done a great job with this book, and this probably was the best issue yet.
Terrific standalone story that gets away from some of the repetition we've seen in Spiderverse.
The Six Men of Sinestry were awesome!
Will Sliney did a great job with the art here.
This story probably could have used a second part to help expand on the characters.
4.5/5 – Definitely! Even if you aren't following Spiderverse, there was plenty to enjoy about this issue. Peter David and Will Sliney are building something great here.
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF BALLROOM DANCE?
For those considering beginning Adult Ballroom Dance classes, the landscape can be confusing. We often get asked not only what the difference is between American or International Ballroom Dance but also, where one should begin. These are good questions and we are here to help.
The easiest way to think about American Style Ballroom, or what we call Social Style, is what you would find at a company event, a wedding, at nightclubs or on vacation.
American Ballroom includes American Smooth, American Rhythm and American Nightclub. American Smooth and Rhythm consists of 12 main dances: Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Cha Cha, Rumba, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Bolero, Mambo, Samba and Merengue. There are 5 American Nightclub dances; Salsa, Lindy Hop, Hustle, Night Club 2 Step and Argentine Tango.
American Ballroom is danced most often at Ballroom Socials, which offer the perfect environment for practicing what you've learned as well as meeting great new people. American style is also danced in competitions and like International, is danced at different medal levels (Bronze, Silver, Gold).
Both International and American are part of the Teacher Training Certification Program offered at Joy of Dance.
The beginner student will find the transition into dancing American Style quite smooth along with the ability to progress into technique or competitions very attainable.
International Style is more widely know and danced throughout out the European and Asian communities. It is more commonly done in a competitive form although, we at Joy of Dance, encourage you to also dance International Style at Socials in order to build up your skills.
International style ballroom has 2 divisions: International Latin and International Standard. It is danced at the Bronze, Silver and Gold medal levels and in competitions throughout the world.
International Style Ballroom includes: 5 Standard dances: Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango Viennese Waltz and Quickstep and 5 Latin dances consisting of Cha Cha, Rumba, Jive, Samba and Paso Doble.
The Beginner student choosing International will be more of the type that likes a technique and routine based foundation.
If you are completely new to Ballroom dance, we suggest the first thing you do is take an assessment with one of our professional ballroom teachers. In this situation your dance goals and preferences can be thoroughly explored. This is, we feel, the most important first step. The second step is to begin with the basics so your body and mind embrace the fundamentals of whatever style you choose. You'll be able to see your progression with your teacher and feel more confident as you grow.
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about dr heater
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{ "page": { "pageInfo": { "pageType": "content-page" }, "components": [], "section": "sites:isb:en:research-thought-leadership:research-centres-institutes:centre-for-innovation-and-entrepreneurship:TEP:Highlights", "pageName": "Highlights" }, "events": [], "form": [], "search": {}, "file": [], "user": [], "error": [] }
TEP 2017-19 Batch Graduation Ceremony:
ISB's Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) in association with APITA and TASK concludes the graduation ceremony for the 4th batch of Technology Entrepreneurship Programme (TEP)
Hyderabad, India, July 2, 2019: ISB entered into a partnership with APITA (Andhra Pradesh Information Technology Academy) and TASK (Telangana Academy of Skill and Knowledge) to promote an entrepreneurial orientation among young engineering students across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. This is executed through a two-year comprehensive semi-virtual programme called Technology Entrepreneurship Programme (TEP) and the same has seen around 3500 students enrolling in the last five (5) years and close to 1,000 students graduating in the last four batches across over 30 colleges.
On July 2nd, 2019, ISB celebrated the students of TEP batch 2017-19 through a graduation ceremony which witnessed 330 students graduating from this single batch. The event also had the top five (5) student teams across the two states presenting their final prototype and business idea to an esteemed set of panellists. There were 124 graduates from AP and 206 graduates from Telangana. Out of the top five teams, 2 (Sasi Institute of Technology & Engineering and Ananthalakshmi Institute of Technology and Sciences) from AP and 3 teams were from Telangana (Mahindra Ecole Centrale, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology and Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology). The ideas featured from agritech solutions (such as cocoa cutting simplification) to smart cities (such as smart brushes for cleaning clothes and automobile driving enhancement). The event ended in a high team with the students demonstrating their functional prototypes to a packed audience which had members from industry, academia and students.
Gracing this occasion, the event had Mr. Shrikant Sinha (CEO of TASK), Dr. Sailaja (Officer on Special Duty, TASK), Dr. Radhakrishna (Officer on Special Duty, APITA), Professor Bhagwan Chowdhry (Professor of Finance, ISB), Professor Anand Nandkumar (Associate Professor, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, ISB) and Amrita Dutta (Associate Director, CIE, ISB). The panellists evaluating the top teams were Mr. Jitendra Emmani (CEO & Co-founder, Picxy.com), Ms. Kamini Gupta (CEO, EdgeFX Technologies), Mr. Rakesh Munnanooru (CEO & Founder, Whistle Drive), Mr. Srini Chandupatla (Start-up evangelist, serial entrepreneur and an angel investor).
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<?php
namespace Event\EventBundle\Form\Type;
use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;
use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolverInterface;
class EventType extends AbstractType
{
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
$builder
->add('title', 'text')
->add('logo', 'text', ['required' => false])
// carousel slides
->add('slideOne', 'text', ['required' => false])
->add('slideTwo', 'text', ['required' => false])
->add('slideThree', 'text', ['required' => false])
->add('briefDescription', 'textarea', [
'label' => 'Brief Description',
'attr' => array('class' => 'input-xxlarge', 'rows' => 5),
'required' => false
])
->add('description', 'textarea', [
'label' => 'Event Description',
'attr' => array('class' => 'input-xxlarge', 'rows' => 10)
])
->add('sponsorDescription', 'textarea', [
'label' => 'Sponsor page Description',
'attr' => ['class' => 'input-xxlarge', 'rows' => 10],
'required' => false
])
->add('sponsorGuide', 'text', [
'label' => 'Sponsoring Guide paper',
'required' => false
])
->add('country', 'country', ['required' => false])
->add('state', 'text', ['required' => false])
->add('city', 'text', ['required' => false])
->add('startDate', 'date', [
'attr' => ['class' => 'datepicker input-medium'],
'widget' => 'single_text',
'format' => 'dd/MM/y H:mm',
'label' => 'Start Date'
])
->add('endDate', 'date', [
'attr' => ['class' => 'datepicker input-medium'],
'widget' => 'single_text',
'format' => 'dd/MM/y H:mm',
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French defending champion Claire LEROY and local star Anna KJELLBERG of Sweden finished on top at the end of the second day of round robin racing at the ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Lysekil.
The first round robin of the ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship is nearing its conclusion after the second day of racing in Lysekil. Anna KJELLBERG of Sweden and Claire LEROY of France are leading the competition with only one loss each. That score line guarantees the two leaders, as well as Sweden's Marie BJORLING, a place in the quarter finals.
Swedish local KJELLBERG and French double World Champion LEROY won all their matches today putting them on the top of the leaderboard. Three matches remain for the World Champion LEROY and two for KJELLBERG in the first round robin, but regardless of the result they are sure to make it to the quarter finals. BJÖRLING from Sweden lost one of her four matches today and therefore stays close behind on the leaderboard.
Today was filled with both joy and disappointment for the many Swedish spectators and fans as reigning champion of Lysekil Linda RAHM (SWE), ranked #4 on the Women's ISAF World Match Racing Rankings, only won one of her matches today and will not make it to the quarter finals.
Five teams will fight for the last three places to the quarter finals. With today's scoreboard it looks good for the two Danish teams of Lotte MELDGAARD PEDERSEN and Camilla ULRIKKEHOLM. The Danes are used to the DS37 boat used her and have both sailed convincingly during these first two days. The Australian teams with skippers Katie SPITHILL and Nicky SOUTER, as well as American Sally BARKOW also have a chance to proceed to the quarter finals.
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The most popular e-reader on the market is the Kindle from Amazon. That being said, the Kindle is not the only e-reader available. In fact, Barnes & Noble announced that it has redesigned its Nook to hopefully raise awareness about its product. This new redesign is called the Nook GlowLight.
The Nook GlowLight is a lightweight e-reader that uses E-Ink technology much like the Kindle. In fact, the technology that is in it is just like the Kindle Paperwhite e-reader. The Nook GlowLight e-reader has an easy-to-read, 6-inch screen. It has up to 62 percent more pixels on the screen than the Nook Simple Touch and even has improved text clarity thanks to better contrast.
According to Barnes & Noble, this new e-reader has an improved LED-based light source. This makes it possible to read your favorite books even in the dark. This new LED technology helps light to cover the screen more evenly. Although this e-reader looks much like its predecessor, the biggest difference is the weight. The GlowLight is just 6.2 ounces. This makes it even lighter in weight than the Amazon Paperwhite. After holding this e-reader for an extended period of time, it is easy to notice the difference in weight.
Barnes & Noble said that it has also worked on reducing the effect of ghosting when the page turns. This is called "page-turn flash zero." This new model comes with 4 GB of space, which should be enough room to store up to 2,000 books. This means that the GlowLight comes with double the amount of space that the Paperwhite has to offer. It will set you back about $120.
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"While goals are vital, it is so much harder (and less efficient) to judge effectiveness by a person's verbalized or even written goals than by what that person actually produces. One doesn't often hear, "Boy, he sure can turn out a good goal." In fact, too often goals are used as a substitute or excuse for production. Something has to come out the end of the conveyor belt of production and it shouldn't be good intentions alone.
Question: When presenting my product or service in the sales process how can I best judge the prospect's interest level?
Arte: Judging interest level is a step that is done AFTER rapport—a connection would be another way to express it—has been established (without which actual interest could be submerged due to lack of affinity). In the Hubbard management system we refer to it as a "communication line", meaning there is a palpable connection from salesperson to prospect.
There are several steps to be considered BEFORE one is concerned about interest level. In fact, the interest level is CREATED by these earlier steps.
Having established a "comm line", one must then determine, discover, and remove any barriers which are present due to prior poor experience with your or similar product or service.
Note well: You cannot get a valid interest level in your product or service if the actual/real interest potential is suppressed by a prior negative of some nature (which could be personal experience, negative word of mouth or rumor).
Having cleared the barriers, you may THEN begin to judge interest by determining WHY they might want the product or service AND to what degree. This probing section is where you are interested, not interesting. What is the prospect trying to handle or why do they feel they need your product? And, knowing what your product or service DOES handle, and handles well, search for their needs. How? By KNOWING the "ideal" for their area/industry/product or service within which they deliver. What would it look like if it was operating optimally (see chapter 22 "The Ideal Scene" in my book The Natural Laws of Management: The Admin Scale at www.adminscale.net).
When comparing your concept of the optimal condition for the prospects company or activity, you can then determine the area or areas most likely in need of your product as the comparison will reveal a departure from that optimal condition. You will then be able to more easily perceive a potential need and explore it for prospect reaction. And if it is proving fruitful, pursue it deeper with further questioning in the area. The rule here: Possible area of need? Dig Deeper.
Here's an example of a huge amateur mistake: Prospect tells you they need the product or service because they are "not very good at explaining the product" and the salesperson then proceeds to explain how their product or service totally handles that and here is why…blah, blah, blah. When, in fact, through digging deeper for exactly WHAT troubles they have in "explaining the product" you may well discover that they have very poor communication skills as the real difficulty. Another possibility is they, in fact, don't think the product or service is actually that valuable (real event in my sales career more than once). And there can be other possibilities such as they do know how to present but someone in their environment is invalidating their abilities.
So, how do you know if your prospect has interest? By determining, through the 3 steps indicated above, the most important reason for their purchasing your product or service—from their viewpoint—and THEN explaining why and how your product or service handles THAT.
When you provide the solution to a problem that the prospect knows he has but has not been able to handle, you are in positive buying attitude on the part of the prospect. When you discover A NEED THAT THE PROSPECT DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY HAD, WHICH IS CONTRIBUTING TO OR ACTUALLY CAUSING THE UNDERLYING SITUATION WHICH THEY ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT, you are Golden. Done Deal. Wrap it up and take the order.
What about the "Close?" Oh, that? That comes NATURALLY and effortlessly when having done the above. It is simply Natural Law.
Arte Maren has 40 years experience in sales and administration and is the author of The Natural Laws of Management: The Admin Scale. For more information: www.adminscale.net.
Copyright © ArteMaren, 2017. All Rights Reserved.
If what you are using is not working, it is relatively untrue. Policies and procedures are the basic truths or guiding principles. Company and personal stability depends upon having such written "laws" available and known to all concerned.
The continuance of an organization and its leaders can be said to be entirely dependent upon the skill, training and integrity of those who handle the administrative lines, details and contacts of the group.
7 "Truth" (definition), Hubbard, Modern Management Technology Defined.
8 Hubbard, "Stability," Policy Letter of 20 September 1969, Organization Executive Course.
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Home News Volkswagen reaffirms commitment to improved after sales
Volkswagen reaffirms commitment to improved after sales
by Kon - Apr 16, 2015
Volkswagen Malaysia has reaffirmed its promise to bring about improved after sales experience to its customers with the opening of a new Volkswagen Technical Service Centre, a first of its kind facility for the brand in Malaysia employing employing state-of-the-art diagnostics equipment and a team of trained mechanics operating under the expert guidance of Volkswagen-certified Master Engineers.
Operating in the premises of Cergaz Autohaus along Jalan Sungai Penchala in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, the centre is equipped to deal with repairs and after-sales service for all non-commercial Volkswagen vehicles, regardless of age or model.
Featuring 10 work bays and additional space for 20 more vehicles, the new Volkswagen Technical Service Centre has an estimated service capacity of 7,000 vehicles a year. Manned by a team of 17 full-time staff, the Centre targets a turnaround time of 24 hours for vehicles coming through its doors. The centre will also incorporate a 24/7 towing service in cases of vehicle breakdown, in addition to handling regular scheduled appointments.
Overall capacity at Volkswagen service centres has been increased with the creation of 44 additional work bays across the country. A total of 97 new technicians have been trained since December 2014, and a further 78 service staff have been hired. Together, these enhancements have led to a significant reduction in waiting times for service appointments, from 10 days down to an average of only 2 days.
In addition, concierge services are being implemented at 10 after-sales service centres across the country. In each of these centres, customers bringing their vehicles in for servicing will be attended to by trained and dedicated staff serving as their first point of contact to deliver an enhanced experience. Furthermore, it was announced that the capabilities of the Volkswagen Mobility Guarantee Programme had been enhanced with an additional 200 cars.
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Interplay Program for New Plays
Since its inception in 2006, Northlight's Interplay Program has invested in provocative new works by American and international playwrights, providing customized support in the critical stages of early play development.
Through Interplay, Northlight seeks to serve the specific needs of the play and can provide playwright commissions, workshops with actors, and private or public readings. The public reading series is an instrumental part of the Interplay program, providing audiences the opportunity to participate in a part of the evolutionary process from initial idea to full theatrical production, including first-hand insight from the playwright. Also through the reading series, the playwright has the opportunity to hear audience response that is integral to shaping the play for full production.
As of 2019, Interplay has provided support for 34 new plays, 29 of which have gone on to full productions – some at Northlight and others around the country, including the Goodman Theatre, the Humana Festival, TheatreWorks, and off-Broadway. Four plays have continued on to acclaim at Ireland's famed Galway International Arts Festival.
That staggering success rate has established Interplay as a valuable incubator for new work in the American theatre, and combined with the nearly 40 world premieres produced by Northlight in our 42-year history, has helped cement Northlight's national reputation as an important contributor to the American theatrical canon.
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All Parents agreed on not find out which boys were rescued until ALL of them are out. Thai Navy Seal gave up his life. Farmers gave up their lands. Volunteers in all shape & form and no one asking for any compensations.
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Honest Injun
By Charlie Martin 2012-05-27T03:00:43
It started while I was still an aspiring academic, nearing the end of a Ph.D. program in computer science. My mother was making a living as a stockbroker. She cold-called the chairman of the computer science department in the Denver area. It was a place I'd mentioned as one place I'd like to teach when I graduated. Over the course of several calls, she talked me up to him, and got the usual reply -- there were generally about 400 resumes in for every tenure track opening, send a resume, they'd call me, don't bother to call them.
In the course of the conversation, it came up that she -- and therefore I -- had Indian blood, both Choctaw and Cherokee according to family tradition, with some reason to believe it since both her parents had been born in the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations before they became Oklahoma. Mom had even received checks from the Cherokee oil money for a while.
In fact, it had even been a source of some trouble in the family, as my other grandfather, born in the Deep South, wasn't thrilled to have a not-quite-white daughter-in-law. But then, it hadn't always been something people talked about in Oklahoma, either. As my great aunt had put it to her, one didn't offer that information lightly, because "to some people it was like being part ni**er".
Now, in 1960 I just thought it was cool. When my playmates played Cowboys and Indians, I insisted on being an Indian, and cried when the other kids told me the Indians had to always lose. I watched the Westerns everyone watched, I gave show and tell talks about Indians and the Trail of Tears, and when I learned the both tribes had used blowguns, I spent a summer making a nuisance of myself by making toy blowguns and shooting darts with them.
So it wasn't exactly a surprise that she mentioned being an Indian. She was proud of it, and unlike me, she looked the part: straight, nearly black hair; tan; and high cheekbones.
What was a surprise was the way the department chairman reacted. He was suddenly very interested, not so much in the stocks but in her Ph.D. candidate son. I went from being just another applicant to being a Prize Catch. They wanted to talk to me; they were excited to have me apply to their small but well-known school.
And pretty quickly, I caught on: they had me pegged now, not as a Ph.D. student, but as a Native American Ph.D. student.
Do you have any idea how many Native American Ph.D. candidates there were in computer science that year?
One. Me.
https://pjmedia.com/blog/honest-injun/
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Is your avocado an illegal clone? Grower sues Miami competitor over trendy hot-seller
Deep in a lush remote valley in the Dominican Republic, the discovery of a single very special tree spawned a new species of avocado. Called the Carla, it has since emerged as a rock star of the avocado world, combining the buttery richness of the popular but small California-grown Hass with the prod...
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Tom Wolfe's 'Back to Blood' revels in excess — just like Miami
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Operation Beautiful, an organization devoted to ending "fat talk" from women's vocabulary everywhere, may be singlehandedly responsible for the success of Post-it Notes. The woman behind the magic is Caitlin Boyle, the founder of Operation Beautiful. OB got started as a site in June 2009 and so...
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If you are interested in sponsoring this workshop, please refer to the attached form and/or contact Ashley Westbrook at TAPPI.
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Based in mid Wales, Sorrel is a self taught silversmith who has been designing and making a variety of pieces for men and women since 2013. Sorrel works mainly in sterling silver but also uses gold and copper as well as beautiful cabochons and enamels in some of her work.
A large proportion of Sorrel's work consists of creating bespoke pieces for her customers. Please contact Sorrel if you would like a special item making or would like a variation on a piece that you have seen.
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The author Vasu Jain is studying Computer Science at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He was a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in Windows. He blogs at WindowsVJ.com and can be contacted on Twitter @vasujain.
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Making box constructions started when I was twelve. A friend showed me how to make tiny dolls with cork heads and pipe cleaner bodies. We made hair from thread and clothing from felt and used anything we could find to decorate them. There were more than 40 dolls including a school principal, a couple of teachers and the students. They needed a home so we built a school out of wooden cigar boxes lying flat with ladders to connect the class rooms.
The little person in Dead Stuck is Mostyn Watkins, named after a farmer we met in the Forest of Dean in England. He is holding a dried clematis and a basket with a Green June Beetle inside that I found along the hedgerows in Cornwall. Behind him are funerary objects picked from the trash in Kyoto. The wooden box has "Dead Stuck for Bugs" stamped into the surface.
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Our personalized subscription program offers the ability to handpick vitamins tailored to your needs. The selection of supplements includes a variety of Jamieson's standard and premium products. Each subscription is delivered every 4 weeks in a beautiful box containing single serving packs. There are a total of 28 daily packs in each box. Place it on your counter, as a daily reminder!
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Everyday carry (EDC) or every-day carry is a collection of useful items that are consistently carried on person every day. The main reasons for having EDC are utility (usefulness), self-sufficiency, and preparedness: to help individuals improve simple everyday problem solving, from the mundane (opening packages, minor repairs) to possible emergency situations such as first aid or self-defense. Some of the most common EDC items are watches, pens, wallets, car and home key rings, mobile phones, flashlights, multi-tools, tissues, medications, and personal care items.
The choice and priority/ranking of which items to carry, and how or where to carry them, vary according to each person's needs depending on their occupation, avocations, lifestyle, and similar factors of everyday life. Goals include being able to solve everyday problems more efficiently and to be an asset instead of a liability or helpless bystander when a problem arises.
While often distributed among pockets in everyday clothing, carry options are frequently expanded by the addition of clothing accessories like a fanny pack, purse, small daypack, sunglasses, bracelets, or even footwear like long boots or a vest with pockets. How EDC items are stored, though, depends on the purpose and intentions for their use.
The optimization of everyday carry (kit/layouts and carry modes) has become an internet subculture, but the basic concepts are useful to everyone. Designing and revising one's EDC does not have to be a hobby in itself, although it can become one for EDC enthusiasts. When it does, it overlaps with collecting, as many EDC enthusiasts are drawn into collecting EDC items in the quest for finding which one works best for their current EDC needs (or a set of scenarios, such as a light-duty day, a heavy-duty day, a weekend day versus a work day, and so on). The collecting of tools takes on an art appreciation component as fans appreciate the design cues, material choices, and craftsmanship that went into each model of tool, including trade-offs of costs versus benefits for each aspect of it. "The best tool is the one that you have on you when you need one," is a common aphorism which argues against excessive optimization of the tools carried, due to diminishing returns.
See also
Civil defense
Survival kit
Emergency management
Military surplus
Mini survival kit
Self-preservation
Survivalism
References
External links
An Introduction to Everyday Carry
What Are EDC Essentials – The Must Have List For Everyday Carry
Every Day Carry Guide, Tips, and Checklist
7 Real-Life Examples of EDC Kits
Incident management
Self-defense
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Ohmden est une commune de Bade-Wurtemberg (Allemagne), située dans l'arrondissement d'Esslingen, dans la région de Stuttgart, dans le district de Stuttgart. Ohmden fait partie de la communauté administrative de Weilheim an der Teck.
Elle est également jumelée avec la commune française de Modane (Savoie).
Géographie
Situation géographique
Ohmden se situe dans l'avant pays du Jura Souabe, dans les environs de l'Albtrauf au sud-ouest, du tronçon supérieur du Neckar au nord-ouest et du Fils au nord.
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Municipalité
La municipalité comprend le village Ohmden et les fermes Lindenhof et Talhof.
Histoire
Ohmden est mentionné pour la première fois sous le nom d'Amindon en 1125 dans Rotulus San Petrinus, un rouleau de parchemin du monastère de Saint-Pierre dans la Forêt-Noire. Il décrit une transaction de troc dans laquelle le duc Konrad von Zähringen a cédé le village au monastère. Finalement, le village est attribué au monastère d'Adelberg. Kirchlich appartenait à Kirchheim unter Teck. Des fouilles archéologiques dans la région indiquent qu'Ohmden est une colonie datant de la période mérovingienne.
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March 6 (Reuters) - Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc's late-stage trial data on its new gene silencing drug cast doubt on its safety, even as results revealed its effectiveness in treating a rare, painful disease.
Shares of the company fell nearly 6 percent to $83.41 in early morning trading on Wednesday.
Alnylam said the drug, givosiran, met the main goal of reducing the yearly number of attacks in patients with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) - a disease that affects the liver and causes debilitating attacks that render most disabled.
Givosiran uses a Nobel prize-winning mechanism, RNA interference (RNAi), to target and "silence" specific genetic material, blocking the production of the deadly protein that causes the disease.
However, a large portion of the patients being treated with givosiran experienced serious side effects, such as renal impairment and elevated liver enzymes, compared to those on placebo.
Givosiran's efficacy profile looks robust but its safety profile is materially worse than expected, SVB Leerink analyst Mani Foroohar said in a note.
Although the patients did have underlying liver disease which could have affected results, the large number of side effects among patients on the drug was still worrying, Foroohar added.
On a conference call, analysts questioned the drug's safety but Alnylam executives played down the concerns.
"Chronic administration of givosiran is very, very well tolerated, both from a kidney and liver perspective," Chief Medical Officer, Pushkal Garg said on the call.
But analysts were not convinced.
"I think what was more concerning was that on the follow up call, the company was very defensive regarding these toxicities and didn't elaborate on if they were going to provide more data on the disease severity of patients in which these toxicities occurred in," Nomura Instinet analyst Christopher Marai told Reuters.
Givosiran also did not meet four of its nine secondary goals which tested the reduction in symptoms like daily pain, nausea and fatigue levels.
The drug was tested in patients with acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) - a family of rare diseases that affects the liver. Acute intermittent porphyria is the most common subtype of AHP.
Currently, there are no approved treatments to prevent the attacks and treat the chronic symptoms of the disease, which include intense abdominal pain.
Alnylam estimates about 1,000 patients in the United States and Europe suffer severe, recurrent attacks and nearly 5,000 experience less frequent attacks.
Jefferies analyst Maury Raycroft expects givosiran to bring in peak sales of $600 million by 2030.
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Why you should play ME:LE
Hear me out.
I know you have no real reason to trust me. I am after all a complete Mass Effect fanatic. I have played the original at least 15 times, all the way through, probably more. And this is my conclusion. The Legendary Edition is – simply put – better.
I've waltzed through the original game on easy and still gotten stuck. I've played on insanity and I've had to pace myself, because the rage quitting was indeed present on many occasions. So I didn't expect the game to be that very different when I dove into the Legendary Edition, but here's what I can tell you.
First of all, the gameplay feels infinitely smoother, and some of the annoying aspects of it, in particular the jumpy sniper scope, are gone. Movement and aiming feels a lot more polished, and it's actually enjoyable to play the first few hours of ME1. I can't say the same thing for the first few hours of the original version. Being an infiltrator in ME1 is putting all your points in sniper rifle until you can actually use it, and because of that, some other aspects of gameplay become much harder.
It's also visually more appealing. Although that might be the first thing you think about, I find that to be the least impressive upgrade. But then again I'm not an Ultra 4K HD buff. As you may or may not know, I can play whatever crap at whatever resolution, as long as the story captivates me.
Sure, you'll get the full blast of Liara's innocent blue eyes and Kaidan's smouldery whisky eyed glances, but I still say the main changes are gameplay related, and they're good changes. Never mind that I toss out all my grenades because I accidentally press r-pad left now and then in ME1, or that I can't remember where they moved the medigel to. For a new player, or a player less obsessive about Mass Effect, they're all good changes.
If you want to relive the glory days or if you're absolutely new to Mass Effect, this is still the best time to join the N7 stans. The strongest part of Mass Effect remains unchanged, meaning story and relationships.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is epic for one reason above all others. It allows the story and the relationships to shine by elevating the gameplay to a much better state, ensuring that the passages between flirting with various crew members and yelling at the council become more than just a slog to the next moment. It is fun and rewarding in its own right.
This is not to say that the original was horrible. It's just not as enjoyable as the Legendary Edition.
Play it, fall in love, get your heart broken.
Whichever version you play, Mass Effect is a classic.
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Lars Johansson
Haven't played it all, but bought that version on the PS5 a week or so ago, so soon I will have played it.
It looks like my type of game, so not quite sure why I didn't play Mass Effect when it was new.
Christian Hedlund
Downloaded and couln't stop playing.
Finished the first one with more obectives completed than ever before.
Just bought a new TV and as a somewhat crazy HDTV HDR buff I have to say these games look remarkable.
Because I probably didn't nag you enough 😀
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Arne Idland
June 2, 1926 - September 4, 2018
Arne Idland, age 92, of Glendive, Montana formerly of Circle, Montana, passed away on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at the Glendive Medical Center. Private family services will be held at a later date. Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with the arrangements. Arne was born on June 2, 1926 in Algard, Norway, a son of Erik and Engliva (Eide) Idland. He was raised and educated in Norway where he attended grade school and later vocational training for farming and ranching. At the age of eighteen, Arne was drafted into the Norwegian Army and he served honorably. Following his time in the Army, Arne returned home to work on the family farm and ranch. While back at home he met and later married Jenny Ravndal. They were united in marriage on August 28, 1948 in Norway and to this union five sons were born. In 1953, the family moved to the United States, just east of Circle, Montana where they purchased a ranch and continued on with the family business. Arne loved the lifestyle that came with the ranch and he thoroughly enjoyed working his cows. In 1987, Arne retired and he and Jenny moved to Glendive where they have resided since. In his free time Arne liked fishing and spending time with family and friends at their cabin in Fort Peck. He also enjoyed traveling with Jenny and dancing. He was a member of the Moose Lodge and the Elks Lodge. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, and four brothers. Arne is survived by his wife Jenny of Glendive; five sons, Sven (Diane) Idland of Circle, Oddvar (Patsy) Idland of Circle, Alf (Donna) Idland of Richey, Montana, Kenny (Ronda) Idland of Circle, and Glen (Connie) Idland of Circle; eighteen grandchildren; thirty-two great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at: www.silhafuneralhomes.com.
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Saudi Arabia to Host Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Ministerial Meeting Next Year
Fri, 09 Dec 2022 06:19:51 +0000
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/4033456/saudi-arabia-host-global-coalition-defeat-isis-ministerial-meeting-next-year
Friday, 9 December, 2022 - 06:15
The announcement came during the Kingdom's participation in the meeting of the political directors of the global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, held in The Hague. Photo: Coalition's website
Saudi Arabia has announced that it would host next year the ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.
The announcement came during the Kingdom's participation in the meeting of the political directors of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, held in The Hague on Wednesday.
The Kingdom is a strategic partner in the global coalition, and exerts efforts in combating terrorist entities in all their forms and manifestations. It also plays a huge role in supporting international cooperation to combat these entities.
Wednesday's meeting in The Hague discussed joint international efforts to combat ISIS in Iraq, Syria and other regions, to clamp down on the terrorist entity and prevent its expansion in the world, and to hold onto ongoing coordination to eliminate it completely.
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By Anuradha Nagaraj
CHENNAI, India, March 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Every Saturday, Shankar Yadav dusts off an old bike and pedals to work, reliving his carefree schooldays and hoping fellow Indians will join him in ditching cars to protect the planet.
In one of India's most ambitious plans, Ranchi city's "har shanviar, no car" — "every Saturday, no car" — campaign goes well beyond other towns that have banned cars from a few lanes for set hours of the weekend, but risked nothing more.
"We are a small city and studies have shown that most residents live within a 5-kilometer radius of their workplace, school, or markets," Yadav, a deputy commissioner with the Ranchi Municipal Corporation, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
"Though there is no law to implement this idea, we are hoping that people will embrace it because it is very doable here. Barring the elderly, our analysis shows that most people can easily switch to a bicycle or walk."
The scheme kicked off this month, a small-city initiative in a vast country that faces ever-worsening pollution.
Ranchi is among many Indian cities trying new ways to tackle this worsening air quality — be it with pop-up cycle tracks, free cycle repair clinics, or pedestrian-only streets.
Akanksha, a first-time rider in Ranchi, said she enjoyed the ride and was "quite excited" by the eco-rationale, too.
"I did have to deal with the city traffic and the pollution, but am hoping as the idea catches on, these problems will get addressed," said the music teacher, who goes by just one name.
"I think cycling with a guitar might be difficult — but I definitely wanted to set an example for my students."
The cost of inaction is steep.
Bad air was linked to 1.24 million deaths, or 1 in 8 of those who died, in India's latest nationwide pollution study.
Ranchi, the capital of eastern Jharkhand state with an urban population of 1.5 million, has ambient air pollution levels that are seven times higher than World Health Organization (WHO) recommended standards, according to studies.
It has also been identified by the National Clean Air Programme as one of 122 "non-attainment cities" that consistently fall short of national standards.
"It is a welcome move and heartening to know that smaller cities are starting these initiatives," said Sarika Panda, who set up the country's first lasting car-free initiative in 2013.
"This is a good time to push for this switch as people are more aware and understand the need to reduce their carbon footprint."
Ahead of launch, Ranchi built 50 bike stands where residents can rent wheels by the hour. Cycle tracks are due to follow.
While the city is compact, urban planners welcome even these small and "symbolic gestures" as they foster awareness and force authorities to improve facilities for walkers and cyclists.
Citing Shimla in northern Himachal Pradesh, home to one of India's oldest pedestrian-only streets, researchers say both momentum and longevity are key to clean air in the long term.
"Any intervention that cuts air pollution is good but if there are many exceptions to the rule then there will be no benefits," said Sarath Guttikunda, director of UrbanEmissions.Info, an independent research body.
"If we really have no cars running on the roads for 24 hours, it will make a difference. Otherwise, in small events like a no vehicle street for a day, it is difficult to measure change. They are just good awareness exercises."
Yadav agrees it is too soon to crow about success — but says the early signs are promising and the goal is ambitious.
While precise data on the new scheme was not yet available, interest in cycling is rising.
In 2019, there were more than 9,000 people who had registered on the bike sharing app started by the civic body. Post COVID-19, many more have invested in bicycles, Yadav said.
"It is early days but government officials, politicians and prominent citizens are setting the example," Yadav said.
"Besides pollution we are also linking it to a healthy lifestyle and the Indian government's Cycle4Change challenge. A lot will depend on the enthusiasm of the city's residents."
(Reporting by Anuradha Nagaraj @AnuraNagaraj; editing by Lyndsay Griffiths. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers the lives of people around the world who struggle to live freely or fairly. Visit http://news.trust.org)
Topicsclimate changeIndiaenvironmentAir pollutionair qualityNet Zero EmissionsEvery Saturday No Carbicycleclean air initiativecycle4changeno cars
This Indian City Ditches Cars Every Saturday to Protect the Planet
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Met with Paige who was extremely knowledgable and thorough in treatment advice for various skin problems post major surgery. Was quite nervous for the first time however Paige explained the process as it went along and my skin feels fantastic days later and glowing. Will make this a regular "me-time" appointment!
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Post subject: 2007-07-18 Ambassador has arrived: REDUX!
Seems like a nice enough fellow. Let's hope he's not a sexual deviant and mindlessly genocidal.
Meji doesn't really seem to look like him much at all, huh.
DNI'd by Insane_Megalamaniac for beating everyone to the punch.
Sneaky is part of the job description for diplomats. They must have at least two spare faces at all times.
Randy, is also a part of the job description.
Effete on the other hand is a job description attributable to a stereotypical member of the High Elven Court.
Let's see - two viradior, two soldiers (cpt. & pt.) and what looks like an assassin (dark light armor, a frown). Yep, full entourage.
I tought discretion was, wich is kind of the opposite, although charming is definitely part of the job too, it's just best to avoid 'incidents', which having a baby out of wedlock would be in some cultures (not Tsuiraku of course).
Yes, the guy's force projecting in a rather big way. On the other hand, the first panel shows the heads of many Yuuki staves. So, Tsuirakishiti is projecting right back and letting Praenubilus Astu know that they are equals.
Now we find out if Gramps greets the ambassador directly.
Okay, discretionary randiness; He shags the birds in the bushes.
... Okay that just derailed onto my inner monologue of 'Two birds in the bush is worth one in the hand' metaphor, and I'm a little disturbed at the implications that holds!
No one yet to comment on the inevitable repercussions of ambassador Rarune's proclamation of the strength of their relations with the rest of the world?
Like a rock thrown in the air.
Yep, an assassin wearing an assassin's uniform. That's the ticket.
Probably a secretary. While an immortal race can have cultural justification for not having personal servants, any ambassador has to have some administrative staff. Defeats the purpose of an embassy if you don't.
Oi, he's more than just effete. He's downright metrosexual. LOL.
Doesn't look like a secretary to me. His clothes seem like outdoor-type. And what would an ambassador without an intelligence gathering expert be?
I agree. These words will come back to mock everyone once they find out Errants are there and destroy half the city looking for them.
And why do I have the feeling that Assassin-type fellow will meet his end impaled on Sara's blade?
I didn't think he looked like a red-shirt, but it's completely possible.
Usual empty salutory-speak. One visit per 20 years is not a strong connection, even for Elves. Praenubilus Astu is still self-isolated and intends to stay that way for the near term.
I don't think that they are able to do that, with an army of battle mages ready for them. I have the distinct impression that Tsuirakuan leadership doesn't exactly trust elves or why did Tsuiraku vanish in the first place?
Another thought; the reappearance of Tsuiraku should have created a serious problem with the "All half-elves are Errants and should be killed" faction. Remember that Tsuiraku's disappearance was the major trigger for the Errant War. With that reason proven to be false, that faction should have been in some serious turmoil. Maybe they still are. So far, Poe hasn't directly addressed that issue and it might have a bearing on the story, going forward. How does that effect the elven choice of ambassador? What faction is he from? Also, knowing that there were half-elves on Tsuiraku when it disappeared, the elves would be extremely interested as to what happened to them.
By human standards, probably not... But for such an isolated and long-lived race 20 years is quite frequent.
Showing off military strength is not mainly about protection from those visiting, especially not when receiving ambassadors. It's more about showing that you respect the visitors.
Considering that the war petered out over exhaustion I don't think the city's reapearance would have had much effect on the elves beyond "Nya nya we were right." "Do you think any half elves are still there?" "Don't know lets check.....nope seem to be purely humans." "Oh alright then what's for dinner?"
I agree if he finds out about Meji all bets are off as to how amicable their relationships are especially since he's utter the diplomatic equivilent of "Nothing can possibly go wrong." I also agree that visiting ambassador or not he'd need at least some clerical staff to take care of treaties and other paperwork (although for a moment I thought that guy in the back was a time ninja).
Not exactly what I expected but close enough. The military presence at such meetings is mostly about whose is badder. Elves show up with with a representitive sample of their troops and Tsuirakuans are waiting with a representitive sample of theirs. If one side hasn't the heavies than they show a shitload of grunts. It's all about presenting power. Both cities can project their forces over most of the known world fairly quickly.
In this case, while elves may have more powerful individuals, Tsuirakuans have a shitload more of them and that's what I see, a balance of power. However, I don't expect the Tsuirakuans to be showing everything they have either. Only just enough to show par.
Actually, Rakshasa is right. In the real world, the "salutory-speak" in these situations is very carefully crafted and heavily nuanced. I've been involved in some of that crafting on occasion, and the first thing that came to mind when I looked at the exact phrasing of Rarune's salutation was "what on earth did he mean by that? It's an odd turn of phrase, and there IS more to it than meets the eye."
Interesting point. However, I think it's clear that the Errant-killers are still in the ascendancy among the elves; the Saus affair would have played out quite differently if they weren't. Accordingly, it is reasonable to assume that Rarune is in that camp, as a government tends, all else equal, to send out ambassadors whose political viewpoint matches that of the dominant party in that government. It doesn't always play that way, for various reasons, but usually it does. And that would be consistent with Rarune's behavior on the last trip. "Ah, a nice human bedwarmer in my welcome basket, how thoughtful. A possibility of an Errant resulting from the token of their appreciation? Meh. If it happens, the rangers will take care of it, that's what they're for."
However, I don't expect the Tsuirakuans to be showing everything they have either. Only just enough to show par.
Point. I didn't see any War-golems anywhere.
Very high level conversation, here.
While we reflexively make fun of diplomats and diplomatic double-speak today, it is usually carefully crafted, has its sources in centuries of experience, and has one overweening primary function: to mute conflicts and prevent wars. The show of force on both sides has the same purpose: providing a certain amount of information on military strength and willingness to use that strength, while not provoking a bellicose or insulted reaction.
Slamlander may know if this story is apocryphal or not . . .
When Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, a legendary "loose cannon" and blowhard, made a state visit to Switzerland, the Swiss paraded a unit of their well trained militia for his benefit. When the Kaiser interviewed one of the soldiers, he asked: "How many strong are you, then?" The soldier replied, "There are 250,000 thousand of us, your excellency." Wilhelm, scoffing somewhat, said, "Ah, and what if I send a half-million soldiers against your country?"
While the diplomats around them either rolled their eyes or turned pale, the soldier replied: "Then, your excellency, we will each need two bullets."
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The change means that I have to make some alterations to the accounting practices of the business and the tax man never sleeps. Bookkeeping is reputed to be the most boring way to spend time ever invented, but, as a good skeptic, I am open to evidence that it is possible to be more bored. And no, because it is a restructuring I can't simply flick it to an accountant and say "Do it".
I want to make some changes to the database and other technologies which drive this site. These sorts of changes are invisible to visitors but make it easier for me to maintain the site. Once the work is done it doesn't need to be done again, but doing it takes time.
I will be doing some more management school teaching, and experience has taught me that if I don't prepare the lessons nobody will. While I don't mind being only an hour ahead of the students I am a little uncomfortable being only five minutes ahead.
There is this book I really have to do some writing for if I want it to be more than a pamphlet.
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New Report Shows Why Congress Must Address National Debt
The Congressional Budget Office released an update to its federal budget projections—the first full update to include effects from COVID-19. While the federal government's finances were already grim in January despite several years of solid economic growth, this updated report details how things have gone from bad to worse.
First, the deficit for 2020 is expected to reach $3.3 trillion, or over $25,000 per household. As a share of the economy, this deficit is the largest since World War II.
This massive deficit is a combination of pre-existing structural deficits (the Congressional Budget Office projected a $1.1 trillion deficit for 2020 in early March), the increase in spending related to COVID-19 ($1.9 trillion), and a decline in revenues ($337 billion).
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The $3.3 trillion deficit figure does not include the potential of an additional COVID-19 relief package, which would likely add another $1 trillion or more.
Second, the combined deficits for 2021 through 2030 are projected at just under $13 trillion. Considering that the current gross debt is $26.7 trillion, the per-household share would stand at about $275,000 just ten years from now.
Third, several major trust funds are projected to go broke faster as a result of the economic downturn.
Congressional Budget Office projects that Social Security's retirement trust fund will become insolvent in 2031—just 11 years from now, and a full year earlier than projected last year. If Congress fails to reform the program—preferably making it smaller and better-targeted and avoiding tax increases—all retirees would experience a roughly 25% reduction in benefits. This is no longer a "future generations" problem, since most retirees currently receiving Social Security will still be alive in 2031.
Social Security's Disability Insurance fund will run out in 2026, two years earlier than previous projections. The last time the disability fund was close to insolvency, Congress transferred $150 billion from the retirement fund as a stopgap, speeding up the retirement fund's insolvency. The Disability Insurance program is so dysfunctional that there's tons of room for improvement—policymakers could cut the program's costs in half while better protecting against poverty, promoting recovery over dependence, and making the system more effective and responsive to the needs of individuals with disabilities.
Medicare Part A (hospital insurance) will consume its remaining funds by 2024, one year earlier than previous projections.
These looming deadlines, coupled with the dire debt numbers, threaten to cause serious damage to the economic opportunity and prosperity of Americans.
Rising debt with no viable plan to curb it puts America at risk of a financial crisis. The U.S. federal government has benefitted from historically low interest rates on its debt over the last several years, and investors have not yet lost confidence in the nation. But that doesn't mean that the tides won't quickly turn. Fiscal crises are often sudden and severe, leaving no option for a gradual retreat.
A recent downgrade of the U.S. credit outlook was a warning signal that the United States' debt trajectory is unsustainable. Even small increases in interest rates would quickly add up given the enormity of the debt.
The Congressional Budget Office projects that the federal government will pay $664 billion in interest costs in 2030, with the average interest rate at 2.1%. If interest rates were to double to 4.2%—something entirely possible (rates were generally above 6% from the 1970s to 1990s)—interest spending would require $1.2 trillion in tax revenues in 2030. At an annual cost of $8,350 per household, interest costs are set to exceed what the average household spends on food.
Rising interest costs could quickly crowd out other spending, and it would be nearly impossible to tackle America's debt without addressing entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security, which consume $2 out of every $3 dollars in spending.
But the longer policymakers delay, the larger the consequences become. No one wants to have to abruptly cut Social Security benefits for retirees.
It's possible to improve those programs, save costs, and give workers more control over their futures.
For example, by better-targeting Social Security benefits, using a more accurate inflation measure and tying Social Security's eligibility age to increases in life expectancy, the program would become solvent and workers would get a payroll tax cut.
Another consequence of our accumulating debt is that it increases the likelihood of destructive tax hikes. While spending reductions are the most effective way to lower deficits, bipartisan deficit deals often include a revenue component for "balance."
It is important to remember that Americans already pay more in taxes than they do for housing, food, and clothing combined.
Given how quickly spending has grown in recent decades, and how much it will continue to grow unless major reforms are enacted, the only way to prevent the same kind of heavy tax burden that we are seeing throughout Europe is to focus on reining in spending.
That requires a transformation of America's entitlement programs, to focus more on promoting individual opportunities and choices instead of greater dependence. The Heritage Foundation's Blueprint for Balance provides a comprehensive entitlement reform plan that would restore fiscal balance to America's entitlement programs.
In addition to necessary, large benefit-program reforms, there are many other ways for Congress to improve the nation's financial health. These include refocusing the federal government on core priorities, eliminating wasteful spending, returning to a regular budget process, and strengthening economic growth.
COVID-19 has resulted in tremendous tragedies and hardships across the world. As the Congressional Budget Office report demonstrates, it has imposed enormous economic and fiscal consequences for the U.S. Policymakers must proceed cautiously in the near-term, focusing spending on combating the virus.
As the U.S. emerges from this pandemic, lawmakers will need to take a serious reckoning of the federal budget. Failure to do so could result in moving directly from a health crisis to a fiscal crisis.
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His heart went pit-pat at the sight.
Or you'll be hog's meat for my swine."
With water, earth and fire and air.
Colour and speech of Ygrain's Duke.
And knocked upon Tintagel gate.
Open, it is your lord again."
But Uther came to the Queen's side.
Ygrain's Duke on the moors fell dead.
"Would I were pierced through with a sword!"
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Jesse Jackson Millsaps (March 26, 1827 - January 9, 1900) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a farmer, and a state legislator who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives representing Van Buren County, Arkansas in 1868 and 1885.
Millsaps was a member of the 1868 Arkansas Constitutional Convention, where he was listed as a 41 year old farmer who had been in Arkansas for eight years.
He was also a member of the 1868 General Assembly where he was a representative for the 4th district.
In 1873 he was justice of the peace in Van Buren County.
He and other 1885 House representatives and officers were included in a composite photograph, where according to the captioning he was 57 and had been in Arkansas for 24 years, originally from North Carolina, was a Methodist, his post office was in Copeland, Arkansas, and he was a Republican.
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Ground officially broken to revive Clarksville's Madison Street Kmart property
Jimmy Settle
On the day that local officials and developers officially broke ground for the retail redevelopment of the former Kmart property on Madison Street, Matt Phillips of the Chattanooga-based project development group Rise Partners confirmed that the five retail lease spaces planned for the main concourse are already 100 percent leased.
While speculation is running high about who, specifically, might be moving into those spaces once the extensive remodel is complete, Phillips said those retailers' business names can't be revealed just yet, indicating that specifics of the tenant deals are still being finalized.
The store names are expected to be known sometime within the next 60 days.
"We are 100 percent leased on the building behind us," Phillips said in formal remarks Friday, standing in front of the old, and somewhat-ghostly-looking abandoned Kmart building, as he addressed a small audience of Clarksville-Montgomery County community leaders on hand for the groundbreaking.
Work is already beginning, to prepare the site for redevelopment. Across the parking lot from the old Kmart, heavy machinery was starting work Friday on an area around the former Kmart retail gas pumps.
There, Phillips reiterated, is to be a free-standing 9,000-square-foot building that will partly include a sit-down restaurant, likely of the fast-casual variety. Again, rumors are flying about who that will be, but Rise Partners isn't ready to confirm it yet.
Rise Partners, a development group that focuses on shopping center acquisitions and redevelopment, has purchased the vacant Kmart property on Madison Street after talks initially began almost a year ago, Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett noted Friday.
"Matt actually came to our office almost a year ago to start this conversation," Durrett said, adding it "speaks volumes" about the partnership and its willingness to work alongside local government to improve what had become a blighted retail corner of Clarksville.
"We are very excited to start the process of improving a property that is very important to the city of Clarksville and Montgomery County," Phillips said. "I can't get into specific names of tenants just yet ... but we look forward to doing that soon."
The old Madison Street Kmart is a combined 95,000-square-foot shopping center that marks Rise Partners' third acquisition "and is a solid fit to its strategy of acquiring premium location redevelopment opportunities," said a news release from the company.
The redevelopment of the former Madison Street Kmart is scheduled for completion in the fall, in time for the next holiday shopping season.
"This area of Clarksville has tremendous potential and the retailers and restaurants we will bring to the project will be an exciting addition to the community."
Construction is to begin immediately to subdivide the now-vacant 85,000-square-foot building that was formerly Kmart, to create the five new retail spaces.
In previous months, the Clarksville-Montgomery County Industrial Development Board had worked closely with Rise Partners to help incentivize the project through a 10-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement aimed at helping to finally get the redevelopment of the old Kmart off-center.
Rise Partners will see a graduated reduction in its local tax liability through the first 10 years that the shopping center, also known as Clarksville Commons, is open for business.
"The Rise Partners project has been a unique deal for the IDB, since we typically do not offer pilots for retail development," said IDB Executive Director Frank Tate.
"But, through a change in state-level legislation, we were able to work with the team at Rise and offer them a pilot with an estimated tax savings of 49 percent over a seven-year time frame. Looking at it from an economic development perspective, this project will be lucrative for the community, by increasing sales tax revenue exponentially.
"It will also help improve a vacant, blighted storefront in a fairly visible part of the community," Tate said.
"This announcement is a tremendous example of the value the Economic Development Council and its partners place on creating incentive models that attract redevelopment of existing buildings," said Jeff Truitt, chief executive officer of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Economic Development Council.
"This vacant home of the former Madison Street Kmart will now create new economic growth, add additional tax revenue to the community and greatly enhance our quality of life," Truitt said. He added that working with Rise Partners has proven to be the best example of communication that he's seen in a public-private partnership going back to his previous time as the county's chief of staff.
Also benefiting from the project are its next-door neighbors that include Food Lion, a Doctor's Care Walk-In Clinic, Comet Cleaners, plus a free-standing Wendy's restaurant situated across the parking lot.
Anyone interested in leasing information is encouraged to contact Gary Shanks at The Shopping Center Group at 615-259-0200 or gary.shanks@tscg.com .
For more information about Rise Partners, visit www.RisePartners.net .
Reach Business Editor Jimmy Settle at 931-245-0247 and on Twitter @settle_leaf.
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Home Everything Else Health & Fitness Childhood immunisation schedule explained – what and when
Childhood immunisation schedule explained – what and when
What injections does your baby or child need? When do they need to get vaccinations?
This vaccine protects your child against three separate illnesses: measles, mumps and rubella (MMR).
It is injection into the muscle of the thigh or upper arm of your child.
When: The full course of the MMR jab requires two doses.
The first is usually administered just after your child's first birthday, and the second just before they start school at the age of three and four months.
Sometimes it will be given to babies from six months of age if they have been exposed to the measles virus, or during a measles outbreak.
6-in-1 vaccine
This jab protects against six serious childhood diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b) and hepatitis B.
It is one of the first vaccines your baby will have and is injected into your baby's thigh.
When: Your baby needs three doses of the 6-in-1 vaccine to make sure they have a strong immunity to the six illnesses.
These are given to your baby at eight, 12 and 16 weeks of age.
Pneumococcal or pneumo vaccine (PCV)
This jab protects against some types of pneumococcal infection, which are caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae and can lead to pneumonia, septicaemia and meningitis.
When: Babies receive three separate injections for the vaccination.
The Pneumococcal or pneumo jab (PCV) is given at eight weeks, 16 weeks and one year old.
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Rotavirus vaccine
It is important your baby has this to protect against rotavirus infection, a common cause of diarrhoea and sickness.
The vaccine is given as a liquid straight into the baby's mouth for them to swallow.
When: The Rotavirus vaccine is given as two doses for babies aged 8 and 12 weeks.
Men B vaccine
This vaccination protects against infection caused by meningococcal type B bacteria, which can lead to meningitis and septicaemia (blood poisoning).
The vaccine is given as a single injection into the baby's thigh.
When: The Men B vaccine is administered at eight weeks, 16 weeks and one year of age.
Hib/Men C vaccine
You should give your baby this vaccine to prevent against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and meningitis C infections, which can be serious or potentially fatal.
When: The Hib/Men C vaccine jab is a single injection given to one-year-old babies to boost their protection.
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Children's flu vaccine
This vaccine protects against flu which can have potentially serious complications, including bronchitis and pneumonia.
When: The children's flu vaccine is offered yearly to young children.
4-in-1 pre-school booster
As the name suggests, there are four illnesses that the 4-in-1 pre-school booster protects against: diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and polio.
Children are vaccinated against these illnesses as babies through the 6-in-1 vaccine.
The 4-in-1 pre-school booster vaccine increases their immunity.
The vaccine is injected into the child's upper arm.
When: This single vaccination is given just before a child starts school, at the age of three years and four months of age.
HPV vaccine (girls only)
All girls aged 12 to 13 should be given the HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccination. The vaccine is designed to protect girls against cervical cancer.
When: The HPV vaccine is currently given as a series of two injections when a girl is aged 12 or 13.
The vaccines are usually given at least six months apart.
3-in-1 teenage booster
This vaccine is used to boost your child's protection against three separate diseases: tetanus, diphtheria and polio.
It is given as a single injection into the upper arm to boost your child's protection.
When: The 3-in-1 teenage booster is for all young people aged 14.
Men ACWY vaccine
Teenagers and "fresher" students going to university are advised to have a vaccination to prevent meningitis and septicaemia.
The Men ACWY vaccine is given by a single injection into the upper arm.
It protects against four different strains of the meningococcal bacteria that cause meningitis and blood poisoning (septicaemia): A, C, W and Y.
When: It is given to teens aged 14 years and new university students aged 19-25.
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Objective of CPLD Marathon: To spread awareness on CPLD and raise support for DCF vision2020.
DCF has an experiential experience in supporting the CP children. we want to take this to the next level of fulfilling our vision. Please watch the videos in the YouTube under youtube.com/connectdcf2009.
As a step towards this vision2020 we have organized a CPLD Marathon on Mar 19th 2017, Sunday from 4am to 9am to raise awareness and to garner support for this cause. The marathon happens on the "Runners Paradise" and serene place which starts from Jothi theatre and reaches the top of the St. Thomas Mount. There are 5KM, 10KM, and half (21 KM). Please find the race and route details below. Event is earmarked with an awareness program and performance by the special CPLD kids. Registration fee is 900Rs. Registrants will get T-shirt, bib, and tuck of snacks, beverage and energy drink, health check up coupons and participant certificate. Medical aid and emergency vehicle assistance will be provided. Winners will be felicitated.
2. Special parents of special children would sharing on "how to raise these children successfully".
3. Talents show like music, monoacting, singing..,etc of the special children would be showcased.
4. Non conventional sports for the special children would be conducted.
6. Some of the young music corporate bands are likely to be roped.
7. Celebrating the success of achieved special children by honoring with special gifts.
Starts from Jothi theatre and runs towards the buttroad and reach the race line at the St. Thomas mount which is called as "Runner's paradise". The race begins at 6.30am. These groups are called as Rising Stars.
Flags off from Jothi theatre and run towards the buttroad and makes a complete circle via the serene road and touches the Jothi theatre and reach the race line at the St. Thomas mount which is called as "Runner's paradise". The race begins at 6.00am. These groups are called as Running Stars.
Flags off from Jothi theatre and run towards the GST road to take the subway and runs along the velacherry road and takes a U turn to reach the kathipara junction and reach the race line at the St. Thomas mount which is called as "Runner's paradise". The race begins at 5.00am. These groups are called as Reaching Stars.
Thanks for your support and wishes to enjoy your effort in running for a cause.
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Classical Studies develops your knowledge and understanding of classical Greek and Roman civilisations by comparing these societies with the modern world. You will use investigating and analysing skills to understand, explain and link the classical and modern worlds.
Classical Studies also provides you with a useful background for work such as comparative literary studies, classical languages, archaeology, medieval studies and European studies.
The Course will develop your investigating and thinking skills to help you understand and link the classical and modern worlds.
The course makes a distinctive contribution to the curriculum through its study of the religious, political, social, moral and cultural values and practices of classical Greek and Roman societies. It therefore explores the breadth of human relationships within these societies and compares and contrasts these with modern life.
The course has three compulsory units, plus an added value unit that assesses your practical skills.
develop straightforward factual knowledge and understanding of religious, political, social, moral or cultural aspects of life in classical Greece.
develop straightforward factual knowledge and understanding of universal ideas, themes or values which link the classical and modern worlds.
develop straightforward factual knowledge and understanding of religious, political, social, moral or cultural aspects of life in the classical Roman world.
research a classical studies topic or issue of your choice and present your findings.
You must pass all the units including the practical unit to gain the course qualification.
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For years—decades, centuries even—we've always wanted to be first. Being first affirms our primacy in the pecking order of taste. It's a way to stunt on our friends and competitors. It's practically a superpower, one that separates us from them. The poetry and swagger of discovery is only for a chosen few. Everyone else? Have fun late-adopting.
Things fall apart, though. Cool became commodity, which shrunk the distance between those who know and those who would like to seem as if they do. The internet sped things up. Physical culture became emulsified: .mp3, .jpg, .gif, .mov, and more. Having a thing that someone else didn't have—or more to the point, couldn't have—became a virtually extinct mode of existence.
In 2015—in music, especially—the first has been drowned by the flood. Exclusivity has given way to ubiquity. The novelty of the new has been replaced by its omnipresence.
This shift manifests in Vine videos of suburban teenage girls hitting the Quan. It's there in the ease with which Fetty Wap has risen from obscurity to complete stranglehold on the Billboard Hot 100. It's visible in the reverse osmosis of K-pop back into American teen culture.
First culture cultivated a sense that discovery radiated from the bottom up, not the top down. It privileged grassroots movements that swelled organically. It accepted that a certain amount of time had to pass before the moment of introduction and the moment of suffusion. But friction and gravity no longer apply. Secrets are dead. First only meant something when the space between that and second was more than a micron.
What happened? Back in the mid-2000s, the internet began supplanting the role of the traditional music press in earnest. And while initially the hierarchies of online media closely mirrored those that already existed—the arc from mainstream to underground to counterculture, the siloing of genres—the ease of information flow afforded by the internet quickly rendered those structures obsolete. Superstars and underdogs move at the same speed online, often side-by-side. Instantaneity essentially killed firstness.
The industry followed suit, for lack of other options if nothing else. Music blogs moved from being specialist outlets to accepted distribution points—but a premiere of a song or video had value only for the few moments it took someone else to rip a copy and post it elsewhere. Embeddability became the default. The idea of one single outlet as a lone destination for something widely desired became not just laughable, but impossible to enforce.
Eventually, online readers took the concept of firstness into their own hands and shattered it over their knees. Nah Right, the foundational hip-hop blog, began in May 2005. Eskay, its proprietor, said that by January 2006 people were already commenting "first!"—even when they weren't.
This was a joke, of course, but a true one: if a blog post advertising a new song or video that dozens of other blogs are also featuring has a half dozen comments all screaming "first," then being first has no meaning. Maybe it's not even an actual possibility.
And if being first isn't possible, then perhaps it no longer has any real value. At minimum, its virtual elimination as a thing of value has approached the asymptotic. That means that old milestones like a first magazine cover don't mean what they once did. M.I.A., Future, Sam Smith, Animal Collective: all of them had their first cover in this magazine. And perhaps the stars of tomorrow will as well. But they will be established entities by that point, not unseen gems polished for the first time.
Nowadays, artists tell their stories in steady trickles: albums, Instagram pics, interviews, tweets. Everything is aggregated and reblogged. When something is truly viral, it's pointless for someone to claim first—once a thing is created, it belongs to the world.
Truth is, being first was only sometimes a great metric. History is kind to those who are first and right, but it's easy to overlook the many more who were first and wrong. And there's an arbitrariness to being first, which is as often a byproduct of proximity or guesswork as actual taste.
And taste is what we've always been after. People will never not want ways to set themselves apart, but what that means in an environment of total flooding will have to evolve. For some, it might mean finding a way to re-enforce scarcity, though that only solves the problem of message, not medium.
Mostly, taste will evolve. It will derive from being able to ascribe meaning to something that others have missed, or carving a unique path through the cultural thicket that tells a non-obvious story. It won't be just about what's acquired, or when, but about how things function and what they mean.
Anyhow, taste as we know it really only matters when there's someone to lord it over, when it functions as a klieg light and a beacon for others to follow. As everyone closes in on having access to everything, those imbalances will flatten, freeing up new jumbles, new juxtapositions, new narratives. Taste will no longer be a guide for the many—we're moving towards a post-consensus society. Instead, the impossibility of being the first will be replaced by the possibility of being the only: me, my taste, I.
Pre-order a copy of The FADER's 100th issue here. It hits newsstands October 27th.
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Seven wrote: Was gonna be my Christmas game but now I think I'll just wait until it drops in price before I get it.
I reckon you can wait for it to drop in price, and still have it as your Christmas game.
KK wrote: I was just thinking why Lara Croft doesn't have an official instagram, but then noticed they've registered it but just don't use it.
Probably can't get a signal.
Yep, bet it will be, probably the week before Christmas.
I remember Sony had Rise on their games of Christmas PSN deal in its launch year. I think it was about 22 quid.
Shroud is playing this on Twitch at the moment. Looks really good. But unlike many here I enjoyed the last one. Not as much as the first though, but a few reviews seem to suggest it's the best of the trilogy, which is really exciting to me. Still, I'll be holding off picking it up until the sales prior to Christmas. I can see the likes of this and Spider-Man being two of the big titles they'll roll out for £18-25.
BAKA wrote: Shroud is playing this on Twitch at the moment. Looks really good. But unlike many here I enjoyed the last one. Not as much as the first though, but a few reviews seem to suggest it's the best of the trilogy, which is really exciting to me. Still, I'll be holding off picking it up until the sales prior to Christmas. I can see the likes of this and Spider-Man being two of the big titles they'll roll out for £18-25.
I enjoyed last two, like a lot -- so hearing that someone who also enjoyed last two didn't enjoy this one at all made me wary a bit.
I'll still give it a proper go but like you said I'll wait for sales.
From memory the last two games dropped dramatically in price not long after release. It's definitely worth holding on for a price cut!
Few hours in and enjoying it. A couple of moments that have taken me out of the Emerson of the game including a jump grab that worked 1 in 23 times of trying and a graphical glitch watching a spider walk through a tree branch.
Hmmm I would kind of agree. It's good and beautiful and polished one monent and glitchy the next. It feels pretty much like the other games but missing something. 4 hours in and not really come across anything breathtakingly new.
Also if you chat to people and walk away you still face them which is quite funny to watch.
Rubix wrote: Also if you chat to people and walk away you still face them which is quite funny to watch.
I know it sounds like im not enjoying this game but i am, its just so much is wrong with it. The lighting in caves is all over the place. One minute I can't see nothing than its fully lit.
Can't see the first image bro.
Dual wrote: Can't see the first image bro.
I'm hoping to start this tonight after Spider-Man.
BOR wrote: I'm hoping to start this tonight after Spider-Man.
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