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BkiUbow5qoTDtozcq2At | Duke Divinity School Establishes Scholarship Fund with $5 Million Gift
The gift from alumnus A. Morris Williams will support graduate students at Duke Divinity School.
Duke Divinity Alumnus Scott Cameron M.Div'16 organizes a Friendship House in Fayetteville, NC
The Fayetteville Friendship House, which opened late last year, is the brainchild of Scott Cameron, a physician and a graduate of Duke Divinity School.
Alumnus Scott Bullard Named President of Pfeiffer University
Dr. Scott Bullard, M.Div '02 will become the 11th president of Pfeiffer University.
National Alumni Council Meets for Spring 2019
Recently, members of the Duke Divinity National Alumni Council met for their spring meeting at Duke Divinity School.
Duke Divinity Alumnus Christopher Donald D'06 Named Vanderbilt University Chaplain
The Rev. Christopher Donald has been named the university chaplain and director of the Office of Religious Life at Vanderbilt University.
"Music & Martyrdom" Event Features World Premiere and Panel Discussion
On March 29 at 7 p.m., Duke Initiatives in Theology in the Arts (DITA) at Duke Divinity School will host an evening of music and conversation reflecting on the lives and legacies of martyrs.
Duke Divinity Alumnus Elizabeth Henry D'14 Named Director of Thriving in Ministy at Millsaps College
The Rev. Elizabeth Henry of Jackson has been named program director of Thriving in Ministry, a new ecumenical program offered by the Center for Ministry at Millsaps College that will support clergywomen across the South.
Duke Divinity Alumnus Thomas McGlothlin, D'07 G'15, awarded Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise
Thomas McGolthlin won the award for his published work, "Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism."
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Elects Duke Divinity Alumnus Paul Baxley '96 as Executive Coordinator
Baxley will be the fourth executive coordinator to lead the 1,800-church network and will start his role in March.
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Sydney Shen: Onion Master
"Sydney Shen: Onion Master" reimagines an arcade claw machine with a bizarre prize: artificial onions.
"Sydney Shen: Onion Master," 2019. Exhibition view: New Museum, New York. Photo: Charles Benton
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Sydney Shen (b. 1989, Woodbridge, NJ) creates sculptures and installations that evoke a sense of abject dread. Informed by a range of historical and contemporary sources—including Peking opera, supernatural horror fiction, and the darkest recesses of the web—Shen frankensteins organic and synthetic materials such as Chinese and Western medicinal aromatics, 3-D-printed plastic, and biological specimens to produce uncanny environments.
"Onion Master" reimagines an arcade claw machine with a bizarre prize: artificial onions. The lowly vegetable emits tear-inducing gas when sliced, to tragicomic effect. Scattered alongside the onions, solar-powered toys—which the artist sees as captive performers—are encased within clear acrylic balls. Shen has lined the window with lyrical excerpts from a song by English Renaissance musician John Dowland, whose compositions often ruminate on melancholy. Combining the spirit of an amusement park with morbid cues from funeral parlors, the installation highlights the macabre within carnivalesque and Gothic imagery. The claw machine, also known as a skill crane, is at once enticing and deceptively simple; it is designed to give the false impression that a player may be able to claim the prize. Shen's version amplifies this frustration by presenting a game with no way to play and no prize to collect. "Onion Master" performs its Sisyphean task—in the end, no one wins.
"Sydney Shen: Onion Master" joins a new series of window installations that relaunches a program the New Museum originally mounted in the 1980s.
This project is curated by Francesca Altamura, Curatorial Assistant.
Sydney Shen (b. 1989, Woodbridge, NJ) lives and works in New York. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include "Poor Thing" with Kyung Me at Hotel Art Pavilion, Brooklyn (2018); "Four Thieves Vinegar" at Springsteen, Baltimore (2017); "What's Worse Than The Void Is Matter" at Motel, Brooklyn (2017); and "Bone Apple Tea" at Holy Motors Project, Hong Kong (2016). In May 2019 she will present her first international solo exhibition at Sophie Tappeiner in Vienna. Group exhibitions include Deitch Projects, New York; Aike-Dellarco, Shanghai; Weekends, London; Fused Space, San Francisco; Et Al, San Francisco; and American Medium, Brooklyn. Shen is also the founder of Gesualda, a handmade fine jewelry and apparel company.
The artist would like to thank Willie Gambucci for his mechanical design and fabrication.
This project is made possible with support provided by the Toby Devan Lewis Emerging Artists Exhibitions Fund. | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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Filmmaker Christian Fernandez' New Project To Feature Cuban Struggle: Fundraising Event at San Carlos Institute2017-08-042017-08-04https://www.kwahs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/key_west_logo_330x87.pngKey West Art and Historical Societyhttps://www.kwahs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/key_west_logo_330x87.png200px200px
August 3, 2017 – (Key West, FL). Filmmaker Christian Fernandez' New Project To Feature Cuban Struggle: Fundraising Event at San Carlos Institute
Key West Art & Historical Society and the San Carlos Institute invite the public to an evening of celebration and support for young, local filmmaker/director Christian Fernandez and his short-film project "Este Niño Lindo," a fictional narrative of a treacherous journey two siblings endure as they flee Cuba for the U.S. in a makeshift raft. The fundraising event takes place on Thursday, August 10, 2017, from 5:30-8:00pm at the San Carlos Institute, 516 Duval Street, Key West.
A champagne welcome and presentation by Fernandez about his project and ramifications of the "wet foot, dry foot" policy is to be followed by viewings of his previously-made short film about the Cuban Chugs now on exhibit at the Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden and the film trailer for "Este Niño Lindo." The evening will conclude with a reception in the San Carlos foyer, with mojitos and hors d'oeuvres sponsored by Roderick Gill and the Boathouse Bar & Grill and Key West Legal Rum Distillery.
Admission is free, with donation and raffle proceeds to benefit the film project, which was originally conceived as a thesis project for the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema of Brooklyn College.
"So far we have had tremendous support from Florida Keys friends and organizations," the filmmaker said. "We are extremely grateful for that support because we feel it's a story that demands to be told, as it is based on the real-life struggles of Cuban refugees."
Directed by Fernandez, produced by Mary McCune, co-produced by Alyssa Villegas, with cinematography by Alexandra Brown – all of whom are Feirstein graduate film students – "Este Niño Lindo" was inspired by Fernandez' 2015 discovery of a Cuban Chug in the Cudjoe Bay mangroves as he, then age 22, returned from a fishing trip with his father, Omar.
"We couldn't get to it via the boat, so I hopped in the water and waded to it," Fernandez says. "It was very eerie, and humbling. There were sugar packets and empty bottles, and clothing. Most compelling was a little girl's sweater. I was haunted by the question of what had happened to the people on the raft. Did this thing arrive full, or empty?"
Filming is scheduled to begin on Cudjoe Key this month. More information on the narrative of Cuban chugs and their plight of their passengers can be discovered in an exhibit at Fort East Martello Museum, open daily 9:30am-4:30pm.
Sponsored by Key West Art & Historical Society, the San Carlos Institute, Roderick Gill and the Boat House Bar & Grill, and Key West Legal Rum Distillery. For more information, contact Adele Williams at 305-295-6616, extension 115. Your museums. Your community. It takes an island.
Filmmaker Christian Fernandez' film project, "Este Niño Lindo" was inspired by his 2015 discovery of a Cuban Chug vessel in the Cudjoe Bay mangroves. The public is invited to a special event in support of the project, Thursday, August 10, 5:30-8pm at the San Carlos Institute. ###
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When Josh Laurtich landed his dream job, he couldn't believe it. He was working with artists in the music business, something he never could have imagined as a kid growing up in Milwaukee. The more he worked, the more success he experienced. Doors seemed to open easily, and he was loving every minute of it.
Somewhere along the way, the joy Josh felt in his work took an unhealthy turn.
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Jesus became very clear to Josh during that process of wrestling. He began to realize that being a good husband and father was far more important than making a name for himself. His path suddenly became clear – trust God and take care of his family. So he packed up his family and moved back home to live with his parents in Milwaukee while he figured out a new career. He had peace as he laid down the dream of working in the music business.
Josh could never have imagined what happened next. When he laid down the job, the career, and made the decision to trust God, that's when doors began to open in an unbelievable way.
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It has no civilian population and is used for tourism.
The local civilian population does not answer to Israel.
The territory has legally no permanent civilian population.
highest civilian (最高の民間人)
The medal is the highest civilian award bestowed by Congress.
He was also decorated with France's highest civilian honour in 2000.
He was awarded the Padmashri, fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2012.
military and civilian (軍と民間人)
US military and civilian aid was to be increased.
and vehicles both military and civilian alike.
The course hosts numerous military and civilian golf events.
civilian life (市民生活)
In civilian life, Acevedo worked as an engineer.
The behaviour is more common in the military than in civilian life.
He then returned to civilian life and worked as a charter pilot in Kenya.
civilian award (文民賞)
In 2018, Kaul was awarded with the civilian award Padma Shri.
civilian casualties (民間人の犠牲者)
However, bombings tend to be small-scale and civilian casualties are rare.
In Sri Lanka, the civilian casualties were second only to those in Indonesia.
Despite this there were no reports of civilian casualties after the incident.
civilian and military
It is used for both civilian and military traffic.
The air show features both civilian and military pilots.
Ancient Greece developed machines in both civilian and military domains.
civilian honour (民間の名誉)
In 2016, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour.
In 1957, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour.
highest civilian award
He has also been awarded Goa's highest civilian award, the "Gomant Vibhushan".
civilian government (民間政府)
ECOMOG eventually troops retook Freetown and installed a civilian government.
These threats continued until 25 May when the civilian government was installed.
In response, by autumn, OHL pressed for a rapid change to a civilian government.
civilian use
Lympne returned to civilian use on 1 January 1946.
Postwar, Sea Otters were converted for civilian use.
At the end of 1945, it was returned to civilian use.
civilian deaths
The number of civilian deaths is unknown.
He knew, but ignored, the near-inevitability of civilian deaths.
Montt won this partial victory at an enormous cost in civilian deaths.
highest civilian honour (最高の民間の名誉)
He was a recipient of the third highest civilian honour of India, the Padma Bhushan.
fourth highest civilian
In 2000, he was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the India.
He was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in the year 2015.
civilian employees
Initially, rescue efforts were led by the military and civilian employees within the building.
US Army troops did most of the work, but civilian employees received an additional $170.00 in wages.
It was re-activated on July 17, 2012, bringing some of the functions in-house under civilian employees.
civilian personnel (民間人)
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and they are made up of military and civilian personnel specialized in their different areas of function.
Then as of December 21, 2018, the number of U.S. military and civilian personnel still unaccounted for is 1,592.
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Daryl notes one wore civilian clothes, suspecting there may have been a breach.
According to the judge, the two Spanish policemen were dressed in civilian clothes.
A Polish civilian worker at the farm had helped them by hiding civilian clothes for them.
first civilian
Conté appointed his first civilian Minister of Defense in 1997.
She is believed to have been the first civilian killed in the Rising.
One year after retiring in 1971, McNitt was appointed the first civilian dean of admissions at the Naval Academy.
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The City of DeLand began developing a civilian airport in the 1920s, with the first asphalt runway laid ''c.'' 1936.
Price learns that Yuri was formerly an associate of Makarov, but betrayed him during a terrorist attack on a civilian airport.
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At least 35 MANPADS attacks on civilian aircraft are on record.
The move was made by the Military Air Transport Service and by civilian aircraft.
Vickers purchased the site in 1946 for £330,000, which allowed them to produce civilian aircraft.
civilian service
The length of civilian service is always twelve months.
(Not to be confused with Alternative civilian service.)
They were also obliged to enter the military or civilian service.
civilian control (文民統制)
Armed Forces of Ecuador The Military of Ecuador is under civilian control.
They served as an auxiliary force for civilian control and protection of villages.
It generally has been an apolitical force where civilian control of the military predominates.
both civilian
civilian targets
Likewise, Mazari's forces were also accused of attacking civilian targets in the west.
The group became increasingly violent in 2017, carrying out attacks on government and civilian targets.
Independently, Vulnetari units often attacked ethnic Serbs and carried out raids against civilian targets.
civilian populations
He emphasized the needs of America's allies, both those under arms and the civilian populations, for American produce.
However, reports on the Marne taxis had a real effect in boosting the morale of French Army, and its civilian populations.
The Turkish forces massacred civilian populations, the principal places being Panagurishte, Perushtitza, Bratzigovo, and Batak (see Batak massacre).
civilian rule
The newly adopted constitution decreed that a military command be subordinated to civilian rule.
The CSP continued to ban political parties and organizations, yet promised a transition to civilian rule and a new constitution.
The CSP continued to ban political parties and organisations, yet promised a transition to civilian rule and a new constitution.
In about 20% of these cases, the civilian police forces assisted.
3,000 military and civilian police were mobilised at Wethersfield.
About 70 members strong, it is organized along military lines, although officially a civilian police unit.
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In 2007, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honor.
The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honor of the Padma Shri in 2017.
In 2011, Obama awarded Bush with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.
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Glen Art Glen Art is a Scottish charity helping those from a military background return to civilian life.
Following his return to civilian life, Colonel Edwards held various municipal offices in the city of Boston.
Antonescu ignored this advice, pushing Coroamă to resign from the army and return to civilian life in Piatra Neamț.
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The pistol is known as the M951 "Brigadier" on the civilian market.
Post-war the company returned to the civilian market building steamers and colliers.
number of civilian (民間人の数)
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The urban areas of Darwin also suffered some damage from the raids and there were a number of civilian casualties.
civilian administration
Constantine's reforms had to do only with the civilian administration.
In 14 towns, the civilian administration was handed over to Polish officials.
His last role in the IDF was as head of the civilian administration of the West Bank.
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They committed sabotage, diverted regular forces, and committed numerous atrocities against the civilian population.
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BkiUaarxK0zjCxN_qpHv | From the beginning of MakeCode, a facility was provided to extend the editor with user extensions hosted on GitHub. These extensions can even introduce their own user interface in the editor. Extensions first need approval to surface in search but, unless they are banned, can be loaded without approval by providing an exact URL.
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First, you need a GitHub account if you don't have one yet. GitHub is the largest host of source code in the world, with over 30 million users.
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Once you've logged in, go back to the home screen. Now, the dialog that comes up after you press the Import button will have an additional option to list your GitHub repositories or create a new one. Additionally, the Import URL option will now support https://github.com/... URLs, which is useful if you can't find your repository in the list (especially organizational repos), or as way to search the list faster using a copy/paste of the URL.
Currently, there is no way to push an existing project into GitHub. As a workaround, create a new project and copy/paste the contents of the main.ts file.
Once you have your repo set up, edit files as usual. Whenever you get to a stable state, or just every now and then to keep history and insure against losing your work, push the changes to GitHub. This is done with a little GitHub sync button on top of the Explorer. The button will check if there are any pending changes to check in. If there are, it will create a commit, pull the latest changes from GitHub, merge or fast-forward the commit if needed, and push the results to GitHub.
If there are changes, you will be asked for a commit message. Try to write something meaningful, like Fixed temperature reading in sub-freezing conditions or Added mysensor.readTemperature() function.
When describing changes, you are also given an option to bump the version number. This is a signal that the version you're pushing is stable and the users should upgrade to it. When your extension is first referenced, the latest bumped version is used. Similarly, if there is a newer bumped version, a little upgrade button will appear next to the extension. Commits without bump are generally not accessible to most users, so they are mostly for you to keep track of things.
There's really no distinguishing between a commit, push, and pull - it all happens at once in the sync operation.
There's also another button next to the GitHub sync - you can use it to add new files to the project. This is mostly to help keep the project organized. For the TypeScript compiler it doesn't matter if you use one big file or a bunch of smaller ones.
It's possible that multiple people are editing the same extension at the same time causing edit conflicts. This is similar to the situation where the same person edits the extension using several computers, browsers, or web sites. In the conflict description below, for simplicity, we'll just concentrate on the case of multiple people working on the same extension.
Typically, two people would sync a GitHub extension at the same version, and then they both edit it. The first person pushes the changes successfully. When MakeCode tries to push the changes from the second person, it will notice that these are changes against a non-current version. It will create a commit based on the previous version and try to use the standard git merge (run server-side by GitHub). This usually succeeds if the two people edited different files, or at least different parts of the file - you end up with both sets of changes logically combined. There is no user interaction required in that case.
If the automatic merge fails, MakeCode will create a new branch, push the commit there, and then create a pull request (PR) on GitHub. The dialog that appears after this happens will let you go to the GitHub web site and resolve the conflicts. Before you resolve conflicts and merge the PR, the master branch will not have your changes (it will have changes from the other person, who managed to commit first). After creating the PR, MakeCode moves your local version to the master branch (without your changes), but don't despair they are not lost! Just resolve the conflict in GitHub and sync to get all changes back. MakeCode will also sync automatically when you close the PR dialog (presumably, after you resolved the conflict in another tab).
To test blocks in your extension, press the New Project button on the home screen and go to the Extensions dialog. It will list all your GitHub projects as available for addition. Select your extension and see what the blocks look like.
You can have one browser tab open with that test project, and another one with the extension. When you switch between them, they reload automatically.
For testing TypeScript APIs you don't need a separate project, and instead can use the test.ts file in the extension itself. It is only used when you run the extenssion directly, not when you add it to a project. You can put TypeScript test code in there.
The GitHub feature is not limited to extensions. You can also use it to store other MakeCode projects. You can even use it to collaborate on a project with multiple people.
Currently, any GitHub project will show up in your Extensions dialog though.
The web app will not let you create extensions with C++. This you still need to do from command line, after installing all required compilers or Docker (depending on target). The good news is that very few extensions contain C++ (mostly because TypeScript is easier to write, test, and in most cases sufficient). The main reason seen so far for needing C++ extensions is the lack of floating point support on the micro:bit (this is now fixed with the v1 release).
You can use a non-master branch by going to Import URL and saying something like https://github.com/jrandomhacker/pxt-mypkg#mybranch. User note, this hasn't been extensively tested yet.
MakeCode will generally only download files listed in pxt.json. Files in GitHub but not in pxt.json will be ignored and left alone.
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BkiUdlk5qsMAIvgLQ94z | Zakaria Bakkali (Liège (Belgium), 1996. január 26. –) belga származású profi labdarúgó, a holland RKC Waalwijk játékosa, illetve a belga válogatott szélsője.
Ő a legfiatalabb Eredivisie-játékos, aki mesterhármast szerzett, 17 éves és 196 napos korában.
Pályafutása
PSV
Marokkóból bevándorló szülők gyermekeként született a belgiumi Liège városában, majd itt is kezdte pályafutását, előbb az RFC Liège, később a Standard Liège csapatánál. A PSV Eindhovenhez 12 éves korában került.
2013. július 30-án, a Zulte-Waregem elleni Bajnokok Ligája selejtezőben mutatkozott be az első csapatban. Az Eredivisiében augusztus 3-án debütált az ADO Den Haag elleni bajnokin. Augusztus 7-én, a Waregem elleni visszavágón gót szerzett, csapata 3–0-s győzelmet aratott. Augusztus 10-én mesterhármast lőtt a NEC Nijmegen elleni bajnokin, ezzel ő lett a legfiatalabb játékos, aki három gólt szerzett egy Eredivisie mérkőzésen.
2014 nyarán érdeklődött iránta az Atlético Madrid, 2-3 millió eurót kínáltak a játékjogáért, azonban az üzlet nem jött létre. Miután az új szerződését nem volt hajlandó aláírni, Bakkalit a tartalékcsapathoz száműzték, majd a eindhoveni klub vezetői úgy döntöttek, hogy a téli átigazolási szezonban elengedik.
Valencia
2015. július 6-án szerződtette a spanyol Valencia, Bakkali ötéves szerződést írt alá. Július 11-én, a Werder Bremen elleni Audi quattro Cup döntőjében mutatkozott be. A spanyol élvonalban a Levantének lőtte az első gólját, október 31-én.
A válogatottban
Miután meghatározó játékossá vált a PSV-ben, Marc Wilmots, a belga válogatott szövetségi kapitánya meghívta a válogatott bő keretébe. A felkészülés alatt megsérült, így a bemutatkozása váratott magára. Bakkali, lévén kettős állampolgár, játszhatott volna a marokkói válogatottban is, ő azonban Belgiumot választotta. 2015 októberében meghívót kapott a 2016-os Európa-bajnoki selejtezőkre is.
Statisztika
Klub
Nemzetközi
Jegyzetek
1996-ban született személyek
Belga labdarúgók
Labdarúgó-középpályások
A PSV Eindhoven labdarúgói
A Valencia labdarúgói
A Deportivo de La Coruña labdarúgói
Az Anderlecht labdarúgói
Az RKC Waalwijk labdarúgói
Az Eerste Divisie labdarúgói
Az Eredivisie labdarúgói
A La Liga labdarúgói
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BkiUa9g4uzki01MTGeJM | SAP® Analytics Cloud Features New Augmented Analytics and Collaborative Enterprise Planning Capabilities
ORLANDO, Fla., March 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced enhancements to the SAP® Analytics Cloud solution, including augmented analytics, business intelligence (BI), enterprise planning workflows and data integration capabilities. This announcement was made at Gartner Data & Analytics Summit being held March 18-21 in Orlando, Florida.
"The combination of machine intelligence and human creativity is where analytics is at its best," said Gerrit Kazmaier, senior vice president, SAP HANA and Analytics. "With SAP Analytics Cloud, our focus is continuous innovation in a unified solution that is intuitive, powerful and designed for the business user. We continue to provide our customers with an end-to-end data and analytics approach enabling confident, data-driven decisions and intelligent processes that power better business outcomes."
Augmented Analytics
Building on the augmented analytics capabilities already available, users can add new machine learning and artificial intelligent capabilities to existing business intelligence and planning workflows. Enhanced "search to insight" capabilities make it easier for users to ask questions of their data in natural language, as well as automate insights with the "smart discovery" capability, which now includes key influencers, unexpected values and simulations. With the "smart predict" capability, business analysts can train models to predict future outcomes. Enhancements include time series models and user experience improvements that make it easier for analysts to predict future outcomes and automate decisions.
These capabilities have enabled customers such as FC Nuremberg to be more agile and transformative.
"Being data driven is critically important to football clubs," said Dr. Mario Hamm, director of finance, FC Nuremberg. "With SAP Analytics Cloud we have transformed how we evaluate our players. Using its augmented BI capabilities, we can see what really influences player performance and what we can do to improve it."
Enterprise Planning Features
Collaborative enterprise planning enables better business outcomes by bringing users together to align plans across the enterprise for one version of the truth. With SAP Analytics Cloud, customers can analyze, plan and predict all in one place to accelerate planning cycles and make intelligent decisions. Enhanced live connectivity to the embedded models of the SAP Business Planning and Consolidation application allows customers to leverage their existing investments and connect complex planning processes to the cloud. With new capabilities for end users, business plans can be created and adjusted within SAP Analytics Cloud and other tools, including Microsoft Excel. This allows organizations to extend and align plans in finance and across the enterprise to make the best end-to-end plan for the business.
Data and Analytics Platform
The addition of more than 100 new data sources allows users to easily connect to even more data and brings the total number of data sources to more than 250. Enhanced live connectivity allows customers to get even more value with SAP Analytics Cloud. Live access to trusted business sources such as SAP BusinessObjects® solutions, the SAP HANA® business data platform (on-premise and service), the SAP Business Warehouse application, SAP S/4HANA, SAP S/4HANA Cloud and the SAP Marketing Cloud solution means customers can access data where it resides without moving it to the cloud.
SAP Analytics Cloud is also integrated with the SAP BW/4HANA 2.0 solution, providing customers with end-to-end analytics and data warehousing capabilities. The SAP Analytics Hub solution, delivered with SAP Analytics Cloud, offers a single point of access for all analytics content, SAP or non-SAP, no matter where it resides. These enhancements help customers simplify access to analytics scattered across their organization and provide a single version of the truth for making fact-based decisions.
SAP Analytics Cloud has more than 2,400 customers and is available for trial and purchase. Learn more about SAP Analytics Cloud.
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Individual Giving Manager Featured
City Year Los Angeles is seeking a dynamic Individual Giving Manager who will be responsible for leading efforts to steward current individual donors and identify and secure new donors at the $10K level and below. Reporting to the Individual Giving Director, the Individual Giving Manager will be a key member of the Development Team and will contribute to the site's fundraising and relationship management strategies in a number of ways. The Individual Giving Director and Manager are collectively responsible for securing an annual revenue goal of $3.5M from both existing and new individual donors. The Individual Giving Manager maintains a sophisticated and nuanced understanding of current and prospective donors' and members' interests, enthusiasms, connections, and relationships with City Year Los Angeles, in order to advance successful engagement, cultivation, and stewardship strategies. The ideal candidate must take a creative approach to opportunities and have a hunger to build relationships. Exceptional organizational and written and verbal communication skills are necessary for this position, as is the ability to multitask, meet deadlines and achieve results in a team environment. Responsibilities Support the advancement of City Year's mission by identifying potential supporters, working collaboratively across our organization to develop tailored donor engagement that matches their interests and resources, raising $500,000 from new and existing donors, $100,000 of which should come from new donors. Individual Donor Strategy (below $10K): Identify key networking/cultivation/social events to attend and in turn, develop a pipeline of prospects Maintain an active pipeline of approximately 80 prospects Strategize with Individual Giving Director to prepare unique engagement strategies tailored to prospect's interests and resources Research prospects by scanning annual reports, gala sponsorships, etc. New Individual Donor Cultivation: Interact authentically with prospects at events to establish and deepen potential and current donor relationships Cultivate and engage new individual prospects weekly Engage donors in supporting AmeriCorps member professional development by planning and executing networking events Manage and execute end of year giving campaigns, Charitybuzz auctions, and other fundraising initiatives Existing Donor Management: Utilize events such as the Associates Board fall event and Spring Break fundraiser to solicit and engage new and existing donors Recommend new engagement opportunities and implement best practices for current and future donors Identify current donors with increased giving potential and collaborate with Individual Giving Director on strategy to increase gifts Successfully steward CYLA donor relationships, managing appropriate frequency of outreach, communication, appreciation and involvement Co-manage CYLA Associates Board with Individual Giving Director, supporting with intentional engagement and execution of all touchpoints Create opportunities that enable current champions to engage their networks and expand our community Donor Recognition and Ongoing Engagement: Maintain accurate records and donor information in Salesforce donor database within 24-48 hours, tracking cultivation and stewardship activities and progress to goals Ensure existing and new donors are added to mailing lists and campaigns Regularly monitor progress and follow up to ensure timely collection of gifts Support Major Gift Donor Engagement: Offer administrative assistance for activities that are related to the management of individuals donors and prospects, including school meet and greets and all Red Jacket Society (our major gifts program) events Gather information to prepare proposals and progress reports for individual family foundations Tracking for major donors and events; follow up for recognition and gifts for donor-facing engagements Additional Site and Team Support Support with AmeriCorps member development and trainings for donor-facing engagements such as school meet and greets and events Partner with CYLA departments and staff, stakeholder engagement, event and service day participation and cross-departmental committees as needed to ensure site-wide goals are met Attend and support at multiple service day events throughout the year in partnership with the Civic Engagement team Qualifications: 2+ years relevant experience in non-profit fundraising, marketing, relationship management or related fields Able to work effectively under pressure, handle competing priorities and respond to short deadlines with a team and independently Strong attention to detail with a focus on results and process Flexibility to meet sudden and unpredictable donor needs and willingness to work outside standard established business hours Strong track record in building and maintaining productive relationships with key stakeholders Strategic thinker with the ability to manage short- and long-term plans and goals, with a record of achieving results Solid, persuasive communication skills, i.e. verbal and written Strong research skills – ability to identify and research individual donor prospects Passion for and commitment to community service, national service and/or the development of young people as leaders Knowledge of Los Angeles donor community preferred Valid driver's license and vehicle Familiarity with Salesforce a plus Additional Qualities Needed: In order to succeed in this role, an applicant must have the following competencies: Strategic Thinking & Natural Curiosity: Be able to think conceptually and analytically. Able to identify the information needed to develop strategies and know when to elevate or seek guidance. Willing and eager to learn as well as able to identify key pieces of information. Develop Relationships: Use interpersonal interactions to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes and advances City Year's mission. Demonstrate cultural/diversity competence. Build trust in critical partner relationships, both internal and external to City Year. Demonstrate personal presence and confidence when working with partners. Communication: Write articulate and persuasive proposals and other documents. Have strong written and verbal communication and be able to inspire diverse audiences through communication. Listens carefully and is responsive to feedback. Manage to Results: Set realistic and achievable goals and break them down into interim goals. Be able to adjust when faced with obstacles and lead others to achieve success. Takes initiative, can troubleshoot and work well with others. Team Player: Where necessary, be flexible to support other areas of the department such as the Corporate team and event coordination. Compensation and Benefits Full time employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with experience. Benefits for full time employees include health insurance with Flexible Spending Account, paid vacation, holidays, parental leave, 401K, and more. City Year is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workforce. Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply, including persons with disabilities and veterans.
Deputy Director, Alumni & Network Impact Featured
The Broad Center in Los Angeles is looking for a dedicated, innovative Deputy Director, Alumni & Network Impact (ANI). Working closely with a passionate, high-achieving network of more than 800 alumni across the country. You will: Provide direct career advancement and career navigation support to very senior educational leaders - Chief, CEO, Assistant Superintendent, and Superintendent level individuals Develop new approaches to individual career supports and professional development. You will play a critical role in working to scale these supports as the network continues to expand Leading candidates have: Passion and commitment to transforming K-12 public education 7 - 10 years of professional experience Experience supporting the work of senior leadership team members in a staff role (e.g. Chief of Staff, or Special Assistant) Experience in a leadership track role in a central/home office role in a district or charter management organization Experience managing a Leadership Development program or a Talent Development function in an organization. Our Why We prepare and support remarkable, dedicated professionals who create conditions to empower good teachers to do great work so all students can learn and thrive. For 15 years, The Broad Center has been at the center of our nation's efforts to provide every student with a world-class public education. At our core, we believe every public school system should be and can be an engine of excellence and equity. America's students deserve nothing less. Doing this work requires diverse leadership by team members who share the same belief. This belief is paramount to the team at The Broad Center, and we are inspired to make a difference by creating a growing network of experienced leaders and managers who are rising to this challenge. Our work will be done when every family in every community can send their child to a great public school that meets that student's every need. Until then, our team and our alumni network won't rest. For more information, visit our website at www.broadcenter.org . What We Do The Broad Center is a nonprofit organization that recruits, trains and supports talented leaders from across America to transform urban public school systems. Our programs—The Broad Academy and The Broad Residency in Urban Education—prepare these professionals to put their skills and know-how to work and make student learning the primary driver of every central office dollar and decision. In public school districts, charter management organizations and state departments of education, more than 800 members of The Broad Center's network are working with educators, parents and community leaders to help schools soar. Regardless of the setting, Broad Center alumni are aligned around a common vision: creating the kinds of environments that enable teachers to do great work and students of all backgrounds to learn and thrive. The Alumni & Network Impact ("ANI") team is dedicated to supporting this vision by increasing the impact of alumni individually and collectively. Specifically, ANI focuses on creating impactful learning experiences, and providing career support and development. Through a portfolio approach (e.g., best-in-class coaching, study-trips, content-rich convenings) they deliver opportunities for alumni to collaborate, share best practices, continue learning, and remain inspired. About the Position This is an ideal opportunity for someone with a passion for increasing student achievement for children all across this nation by transforming urban public education systems. This position will be responsible for direct network member support, development and implementation of strategies, systems and processes to increase high-quality individual career supports and professional development, while building for scale of an increasingly growing alumni community. Our mission is to positively impact millions of children by improving K-12 public education. This is a difficult mission and requires the dedication of tireless, creative, smart people who enjoy operating in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, over-achiever with strong initiative who thrives on a small team as an individual contributor and team member. What You'll Own This role supports the ongoing growth and impact of our program alumni in a number of ways, including: Direct Alumni Support Build and maintain strong relationships with alumni consisting of CEOs / superintendents and cabinet-level leaders in urban school districts, charter management organizations, state departments of education and other K-12 educational organizations Identify career and professional development opportunities to support ongoing growth in leadership, knowledge and functional skills Support self-assessment, self-awareness and development through 360-degree feedback, coaching and mentoring to provide insights on work-related issues and inform career plans Implement systems and strategies that allow alumni to shadow one another, share best-practices, provide mutual inspiration and draw from the collective wisdom of the network Work closely with the senior director, managing director and ANI Career Supports team to provide direct support to CEOs / superintendents and cabinet-level leaders as driven by their context and needs Work closely with other Broad Center colleagues to provide mutual support and alignment and help identify areas of focus for TBC events Talent: Career, Professional Development and Engagement Services Assess current offering of career, professional development and engagement services; develop clear recommendations for service enhancements and efficiencies, as well as for prioritization, implementation and codifying of processes while making continuous improvement and opportunities for automation through leveraging technology. Constantly working to better understand network member needs, behaviors and impact to better inform relevant career, professional development and engagement services through participation in shadow days, ANI convenings, The Broad Academy and The Broad Residency sessions and recruitment / selection activities Strategic Planning, Special Projects and Project Management Develop and implement long and short-range plans to set ambitious yet achievable goals to ensure structures are in place to drive work forward, revisit and revise as relevant Lead special projects and provide support related to ensuring how to best serve network members, ANI team strategies and TBC organizational goals Ensure high-quality project management and application of knowledge, skills and tools to meet project objectives The statements in this description represent typical elements criteria, and general work performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the job What You'll Need A passion and demonstrated commitment to transforming K-12 public education; experience working in a school district, charter management organization, or state department of education a plus Demonstrates a growth mindset and constantly seeks challenges 10+ years of professional work experience 20-25% travel requirement Bachelor's degree required; graduate degree a plus Deep content knowledge of the levers for improvement of K-12 urban education systems An understanding of the roles, challenges and opportunities of school system leaders A track record of successfully leading complex multi-stakeholder projects and teams Ability to provide, proactively seek out and act on feedback Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with executive audience Proven ability to form relationships and credibility with a diverse set of people quickly and consistently Strong critical thinking skills with the flexibility to respond to shifting priorities and new opportunities The ability to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, deadline-driven environment often managing multiple tasks and projects simultaneously Ability to thrive on a small team as an individual contributor and team member Employment is contingent upon a thorough background and reference check. You must be legally entitled to work in the United States. What We Offer We are pleased to provide full-time permanent team members with: Competitive salary, vacation and 401(k) retirement savings plan with a generous employer match Employer contributions to medical, dental, vision and life insurance plans Pre-tax commuter benefits Flexible spending accounts for medical and family care expenses Free access to an on-site gym and a steady supply of nutritious snacks in our shared kitchen Join our team As a member of The Broad Center team, you'll work alongside sharp, driven colleagues who have a sense of humor matched with generosity of spirit. We will only contact applicants chosen for further consideration. To apply, please visit http://bit.ly/tbcdeputydirani
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Continuous Improvement with observability
By New Relic |
Creating a continuous cycle of improvement with observability
Peter Marelas, New Relic APJ Chief Architect
Continuous improvement has been mastered by industry leaders like Jeff Bezos who popularised the term "flywheel" to describe a virtuous cycle of improvement in product delivery and customer experience. Amazon has risen to great heights of success by offering customers competitive prices and swift delivery, while taking feedback on board to improve the future of its business.
This approach creates and maintains a continuous cycle of improvement. Using customer feedback, Amazon is able to improve the future of its business and drive more traffic to its platform. This enables the growth of more third-party sellers, and in turn allows for a wider selection of goods to be made available, attracting more customers and increasing customer lifetime value.
So what does this have to do with observability? Software engineering teams use observability to understand complex digital systems, including the 'what,' 'when' and 'why' of problems. Through looking at system outputs, such as metrics, events, logs, and traces, observability creates a clear picture of how a system is behaving.
What's unique about observability is that it can facilitate its own flywheel. Unlike reporting systems that roll up insights at the end of a weekly or monthly reporting period, observability provides a real-time continuous feedback loop that enables problems to be anticipated and resolved much sooner.
Detect subtle changes and do something about them
In the past, technology like observability was often justified because of a compelling event, such as when an entire network, application or server farm crashed. With cloud computing and resilient cloud-native software architectures, these issues are less of a concern today.
In the cloud-native era, customer journeys often depend on many more microservices and systems, which means the collective performance and availability of the services determines the performance and availability of customer experiences. To counteract this risk, observability practitioners should spend more time detecting and investigating subtle changes in performance and availability to avoid the magnifying effect on customer experience. Let's demonstrate with a simple example.
Say that a customer journey depends on 10 microservices with a particular performance Service Level Objective (SLO) of 99.9% per service per month. If these service-level targets are suppressed at different points in time and all are required to service customers, the worst-case performance becomes 99.9% to the power of 10. This represents an additional 395 minutes of suppressed performance versus 43 minutes if all services were performing at 99.9%. The moral of the story is this: we need to pay attention to subtle changes in service performance and availability because each percentage point lost can have an exponential impact on customer experience.
Always measure from the customer's point of view
To truly quantify customer experience we must measure the customer journey's from their point of view. This will create an understanding of how the software and architecture behaves when exposed to vastly different client conditions (e.g. devices and connectivity options). For example, an application running on a 3 year old iPhone using 4G will perform differently to a new generation iPhone using 5G connectivity. It is not possible to test all permutations. Observing the production customer experience allows the real-world customer experience to be quantified so that data-driven decisions can be made. New Relic customer Ansarada is an example of this.
The Australian developer of AI-powered virtual data rooms deployed New Relic's observability platform to maintain the robust nature of its website. Companies such as BHP, VMWare, Virgin, BPAY, Goldman Sachs, UBS, and Credit Suisse rely on Ansarada to ensure their sensitive deals and information are handled in an environment of security and reliability. High-pressure environments like these mean that seconds of lag, minor delays, or downtime are detrimental.
New Relic supported the business to reduce the time to detect and fix issues to an average of just 30 minutes—a 90% improvement on mean time to recovery (MTTR). This ability to rapidly diagnose issues and facilitate recovery has a tremendous impact on customers, and allows teams to invest their time on innovating instead of firefighting.
Facilitating innovation
In a cloud-native world, innovation and iterating quickly on software needs to be balanced with the needs of established customers, who demand stable and reliable services. Separating releases from deployments using a single trunk approach to development, and leveraging concepts such as feature flags and progressive rollouts, allows DevOps teams to speed up development and deployment velocity while limiting the number of customers impacted by a change or new feature that has the potential to introduce problems.
To facilitate this approach, the distributed traces and metrics provided by observability platforms like New Relic can be decorated with custom metadata. This allows engineers to use the observability platform to track and quantify the impact of changes and behaviour in real-time across cohorts; in turn ensuring that high performance teams can consistently achieve peak performance and stability by observing and reacting to unplanned scenarios as quickly as possible.
By using observability as a way to ensure consistent service delivery, tech teams are able to create their own flywheel of continuous improvement which considers the customer experience and avoids even the smallest delays. Through creating a real-time continuous feedback loop forged by observability, technology leaders have the opportunity to look at the subtle changes impacting their operating environment and take steps to remedy these before their customers notice. This creates a culture of optimisation and innovation and sets tech teams apart from their counterparts.
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BkiUbg7xK7Ehm4qszDpo | The four hash functions that make up the SHA-2 family are SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512. Some of the uses for hashes include password verification, and digital signatures. Hash functions alone cannot prevent message tampering, but used properly with a key in an HMAC, can provide message authentication.
From a security standpoint, MD5 is broken and should never be used for digital signatures, and recently SHA-1 has been shown to be weaker than expected. SHA-2 is now recommended for all new applications. In addition, if working on US Government projects, remember that NIST has deprecated SHA-1 in since 2010, and that SHA-2 is considered approved for new projects.
SHA-2 hashes may used for password hashing, but you will need to implement a few extra things first. Make sure to use a random salt that is unique for every hash, which can be stored next to the hash. The purpose of the random salt is to prevent the attacker from being able to compute a single dictionary for the whole set, he instead has to compute a new dictionary for each hashed password. Apply multiple rounds of SHA-2, using a good work factor. For example, if your work factor is 10, then apply 2^10 rounds of your SHA2 algorithm, and then store the work factor, and your salt next to the hashed password. If you change your work factor later, you will still be able to verify passwords which used the old work factor. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUdOg241xg-Ma3xTYb | A Medicaid Life Settlement is the life settlement option that converts existing life insurance into an FDIC insured account used to pay for the cost of assisted living care directly each month. Qualifying for this type of life settlement is quick, and there are no fees or obligations to have your life insurance policy valued. If accepted, you choose the type of assisted living care that is best for you, whether nursing home care, hospice, specialized Alzheimer's care, or skilled nursing care.
A Medicaid life settlement may change the way you look at your life insurance policy. You may now be eligible to convert your life insurance policy into immediate cash payments to pay for long term care expenses including assisted living, nursing home, hospice and in-home care expenses.
Seniors are throwing away Billions of dollars of cash each year and at the very time they could absolutely use it the most. According to The Life Insurance Settlement Association, more than 80 percent of all life insurance lapses or cancels before it ever pays out in a death benefit. If you are considering using Medicaid to pay for long term care expenses, you should look into the benefits a Medicaid life settlement can provide when deciding how to pay for care.
Too many people cancel their life insurance policies as they qualify for Medicaid to cover their long term care costs. You may feel pressure to liquidate other assets or rely on your family to cover the costs associated with your assisted living. A long term care benefit plan literally takes the insurance policy that you were going to cancel and converts it into payments to the long term care facility of your choice.
Most life insurance policy can be converted to pay for long term care expenses. If a policy owner no longer needs, or can no longer afford their policy, and is considering letting it lapse or surrendering it for the remaining cash value-then converting it into a Long Term Care Benefit Plan is the answer.
A life insurance policy can pay for long term care expenses.
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BkiUfKg4uzkg3srlXbNo | A metal garage is a great addition to the home if you need protection for one or more cars, combined with a great entertaining area at a pinch.
Metal garage come in two kinds – steel or aluminium. Metal is becoming an ever more popular choice for use in garage for a number of reasons. It does not rot, warp, or twist and it is impervious to termites. Metal is also corrosion resistant so it will not rust, fire resistant, and it is very strong and durable. Properly constructed, metal carports should last for many years without much more than the occasional cleaning.
Steel garages are generally made from Colorbond steel which has become an extremely popular building material. Steel is strong and rugged and will outlast many other materials.
Metal arageg are truly flexible design wise as you have the option of choosing not only the size of the garage but whether it will be attached or freestanding, and what design the roof will be. You are not limited to just a flat roof or gable roof design – curved roofs are also possible and this can help you create some truly striking looks that still marry in well with the home.
1.The frame is adopted pinboard construction for easy installation. And it could be used repeatedly disassembling too. The gap of the plug is less than 1mm, so the frame is more secure.
3.High strength steel panel, the 0.35mm panel is standard type.
4.There are location holes on the steel square tube, you could connect them directly by screws, no need of leveling the frame by line.
6.The packing is simple, easy to transport.
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BkiUeoPxK7kjXJwSSP8W | WEST PALM BEACH — Volunteers unload 150 flood buckets from Peachtree City United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Ga. The Georgia church also delivered buckets to Broward County to be shared with United Methodist churches in Canal Point, Pahokee and Belle Glade. Photo courtesy of United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches, Photo #05-269.
WEST PALM BEACH — An assembly line formed in the four-bay garage of United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches. Flood buckets filled with supplies passed from one hand to the next.
"Just keep swinging," volunteers called.
The high winds and heavy rains Hurricane Wilma brought Oct. 24 are gone, but the devastation remains. In Palm Beach County, hundreds of thousands of people lost power. Many have been turning to ministries and churches like United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches for help.
"It's the ones who live paycheck to paycheck, and they can't go back to work because work is gone or doesn't need them. Those are the ones that are really hurting and depend on us to get by," said the Rev. David McEntire, pastor of United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches.
Members of the West Palm Beach church have left their own desperate situations behind and volunteered to help others. Some did kitchen duty. On a Saturday afternoon nearly a week after the storm hit the aroma of chicken, rice and jambalaya filled the fellowship hall. It was the first hot meal many of the hurricane survivors had eaten in a long time.
"A lady came in to eat a meal. She was standing in line crying," McEntire said. "She said she'd been eating crackers for four days. She was dressed nice and looked like she should have the wherewithal to do it, but she ran out of food."
The church served more than a thousand hot meals that day. Volunteers filled 500 bags with nonperishable food for families of four that would last them for about a day and a half. Angela Ligonde is a Riviera Beach resident who stopped by to feed her family.
"No grocery stores are open in Riviera. There's no power. We have nothing," Ligonde said. "I have five kids, so anything I can get to help my kids helps."
Winford Wilhoit lives in a mobile home at Lakeside of the Palm Beaches. He showed up at the church for a hot meal. He reported that Wilma flattened at least 75 of the 300 mobile homes in his community. She spared his.
"Some of the older homes, (Wilma) just split them open like a can opener. Some people ain't got nothing. ... But I appreciate the help," Wilhoit said.
WEST PALM BEACH — The Rev. David McEntire puts up a sign just a few hours after Hurricane Wilma cleared the area, letting residents know the church is open to help. Photo courtesy of United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches, Photo #05-268.
A quick drive through the Palm Beaches reveals a community ransacked by Wilma. Christian Manor nursing home was one of her victims. The roof was peeled off the facility and crushed two cars in the parking lot. The nursing home lost power for five days, so United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches prepared meals for the 125 residents.
The church building suffered only minor damage, with a few tiles coming off the roof, but next door, Wilma demolished City Furniture's warehouse showroom. McEntire believes his church was spared for a reason.
"The utilities at our church were turned on by the second day in Frances, Jeanne and now Wilma. That's unusual, but it allowed us to get up and running to help people," McEntire said.
The church is reaching out wherever there's a need. Teams are busy putting tarps on damaged homes and clearing fallen trees. Church members distributed clothes left over from a rummage sale to needy families.
Donna Luther is a church volunteer who's been busy unloading trucks and serving meals. "We have no power, so we can sit at home and do nothing or help," she said.
Luciana Dearaujo is another church member who's using his talents to serve. His construction job is on hold because of the storm's aftermath, but he has volunteered to cut trees and clear branches. He believes the relief effort at United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches is a blessing for those who need the help and those who give it.
"When people come looking for help, they help my spirit," Dearaujo said. "It gives me the amazing feeling of serving. It makes me feel good."
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BkiUaVvxK2li-Hhr9LgV | The MYPERK discount code entitles you to receive CAD $35 OFF your first Turo booking. You must redeem this code by 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time on 31/12/2018 and complete a booking (meaning the owner must accept your trip request) by 31/12/2018. This promotion is available exclusively for first time users who are also subscribers to Perkopolis.com services, limited to one discount per customer, valid for a single use, and is non-transferable or redeemable for cash. The CAD $35 coupon will be voided if the booking expires or is declined, changed, or cancelled. Turo reserves the rights to modify or cancel this promotion at any time and without notice. This promotion cannot be combined with any other promotional offers, and only customers with a Turo account in good standing (not suspended or closed) are eligible to receive this promotion. Turo reserves the right to any remedy, including denial of the discount or cancellation of your account or reservations, if fraud, tampering, violations of the Turo Terms of Service, or technical errors are suspected.
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BkiUaszxK3YB9i3RIRSd | Home / Arts / Passionate About Music
Arts January 13, 2017
Jenny Krueger addresses the symphony audience before a Joyce Yang concert. Photo by Nils Ribi, courtesy of SVSS.
Passionate About Music
New symphony director embraces growing, enthusiastic audiences By Karen Bossick
Music from "The Wizard of Oz" emanated from the Sun Valley Pavilion as Jenny Krueger and Sun Valley General Manager Tim Silva walked the perimeter of the Pavilion lawn where nearly 9,000 people were enjoying the Sun Valley Summer Symphony's Pops concert.
It was a record-breaking crowd. And Krueger, the symphony's new executive director, wanted to see how lawn speakers and other things could be enhanced to provide a better experience for the symphony's ever-growing audience.
"We grew our audience at every concert this year, with more than 50,000 people altogether. If there's one thing I've noticed with this organization, it's that there's one trend you can count on, and it's growth. We need to be prepared for that growth."
Krueger came to Sun Valley in June from Lafayette, La., where she had directed the Acadiana Symphony and spent Sunday afternoons tapping her foot to the music of the sons and daughters of those who forged Cajun music.
She hit the ground running as she tried out various seats in the Pavilion and the lawn to learn what the experience was like. "What struck me was how experienced our audience was," she said. "I remember sitting on the lawn during the Prokofiev performance. Prokofiev, though brilliant, is not a top 10 audience favorite, and I assumed the audience would not be very engaged. But pianist Joyce Yang finished and the lawn audience jumped to their feet. In my opinion, the only thing that counts is when you're so moved that your immediate reaction is one like that."
Krueger grew up on a horse ranch near Las Cruces, N.M., where she was introduced to classical music by her grandmother, a concert pianist from Madrid who trained at a conservatory in Hong Kong. Krueger spent Saturdays and Sundays practicing flute for the sheer joy of it. And it paid off when she won all-state as a freshman.
At 15 she won an audition to play professionally under a feisty, fiery Italian conductor. And the intoxicating applause convinced her that music was her calling. She played with the El Paso Symphony, then accepted a job teaching music in her hometown. "I realized then how passionate I was about music education," she said. "It was where I thought I could make the biggest impact."
In Lafayette Krueger co-created "Do Re Mi," using music to teach 4-year-olds reading and math.
She's eagerly delved into creating new experiences for the 400 youths involved in the Sun Valley Summer Symphony's Summer Music Workshop and the 300 youths enrolled in its School of Music. She brokered a partnership with the Blaine County Schools for symphony cellist Ellen Sanders to teach cello and lead the chamber orchestra. And she's working on a student music exchange that she says could be life changing for students involved.
Krueger has embraced her new life in Sun Valley, which she calls "paradise on Earth," with equal relish. She made the rookie mistakes of wearing flip flops to go camping and white pants to go hiking, as dust turned them beige. But she loved being able to pack a full day of activities in after work, thanks to Sun Valley's long summer days. And she loves being able to go camping a few miles north of Ketchum after work, returning to the office the next morning.
Jenny Krueger. Photo by Nils Ribi, courtesy SVSS.
"My 11-year-old son Ben loves being able to be outside and the freedom he's experienced here," she said. "And he has learned how to engage with adults because everyone is so friendly. He liked that he could walk into Johnny's Sub Shack and they'd say, 'Hey, Ben, how's it going?' "
Krueger was not disappointed by the symphony, either, as it performed a wide range of selections from "Firebird" with its giant puppets created by those who created the puppets for "War Horse," to Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, which featured the largest orchestra to ever perform here.
"Wow! It was the finest orchestral experience I've ever had, and I've had a lot of them. It was eye opening how good they are," said Krueger. "Our crowds were unbelievable and the musicians so happy. We work hard to plan things according to how they figure into what Alasdair (Neale) calls the Gross Domestic Happiness quotient."
She and Music Director Alasdair Neale have spent many hours going over the components of the upcoming season to keep it fresh and make sure it meets the expectations of an audience that has come to expect every season to top the season before.
Krueger is full of exciting new projects and ambitious ideas, said Neale: "Jenny brings to the Sun Valley Summer Symphony an infectious blend of energy, experience and personal charm. I'm very much enjoying our partnership in shaping a vibrant future for the organization."
Longtime Board Member Carol Nie praised Krueger's efforts to collaborate with various arts organizations: "The symphony has always been a future-oriented organization. It has never stood on its laurels, always trying to bring new musical experiences to the Wood River Valley. And Jenny is on top of that. "
The kick-off for the 2017 season will salute the Pavilion's 10th anniversary with an encore performance of "Hymn of the Sun," which was commissioned for the Pavilion's debut and "Fanfare to the Common Man," which honored the late Earl Holding, who built it.
"I wish I could have met Mr. Holding—such a gift he gave us," Krueger said. "Even Kristin Chenoweth was very inspired—moved by the Pavilion and the symphony. She said it was so magical here, and she's been all over."
The season will close with the rarely done "Verdi's Requiem," featuring some of the biggest names in the vocal world, along with 150 chorus members and an antiphonal brass providing surround sound.
The classical garage string trio Time for Three will conclude its three-year residency with a concert featuring original works and their arrangements of pop favorites. And the symphony's trumpet section will perform together during the In Focus Series.
"Our trumpet section is the best in the world," said Krueger. "To have them all here together will be something that's not to be missed."
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BkiUaPrxK2li-DeXxZY4 | Con Storia dell'astronomia moderna si possono indicare due opere dell'astronomo e letterato francese Jean Sylvain Bailly:
Storia dell'astronomia moderna (1779) (in francese: Histoire de l'astronomie moderne, depuis la fondation de l'école d'Alexandrie jusqu'à l'époque de 1730): opera divulgativa in due volumi pubblicata nel 1779, che tratta della storia dell'astronomia dall'Antica Grecia fino al 1730;
Storia dell'astronomia moderna (1782) (in francese: Histoire de l'astronomie moderne, depuis la fondation de l'école d'Alexandrie jusqu'à l'époque de 1782): opera divulgativa in tre volumi pubblicata nel 1782. I primi due volumi sono una ripubblicazione identica dell'opera precedente; a questi Bailly ne aggiunge un terzo, originale, che copre il periodo dal 1730 fino al 1782. | wikipedia | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdgg5qsFAf8zx0vIW | Hickory Tavern 'Shares the Love' with patients at Levine Children's
2016-04-20T19:24:45+00:00March 1st, 2016|By Atrium Health Foundation|Contributor News, Foundation News, Fundraisers|0 Comments
Hickory Tavern® and its newly-created "Share the Love" campaign recently completed a month-long fundraiser that generated just over $5,700 to support Levine's Children's Hospital. During the February campaign, the neighborhood restaurant with a sports passion raised the money by donating 10 percent of sales of its kids' meals at its 13 Charlotte-area locations. Hickory Tavern officials presented the check in-person at the hospital (pictured above).
"Community involvement is a Hickory Tavern pillar because we believe being good neighbors and responsible corporate citizens is our business," said Hickory Tavern CMO Thom Perez. "We were excited to launch 'Share the Love' by partnering with Levine Children's Hospital, an organization that saves and improves the lives of our children."
The funds raised by Hickory Tavern will help carry on the hospital's legacy as one of the premier healthcare institutions in the United States.
"Levine Children's Hospital was built by the community, for the community, and thanks to friends like Hickory Tavern, we can expand our services and offer the absolute best medical care for local and regional families. We are grateful for Hickory Tavern's support of Levine Children's Hospital through their Share the Love Campaign," said Mark Griffith, Director of Fund Development for Carolinas HealthCare Foundation.
About Hickory Tavern
Founded in 1997, the Hickory Tavern brand has grown to include 23 restaurants in 14 communities across the southeastern United States. Hickory Tavern is a great family neighborhood restaurant with a sports passion. Its unique brand of casual dining, lively bar atmosphere, upscale menu and a passion for sports is universally inviting and the perfect dining destination no matter what time of day: Lunch, Happy Hour, Dinner, Late Night or Gameday. Perhaps best known for being named runner up in ESPN's Best Sports Bar in North America or being cited by The Bleacher Report as the best local bar in the NFL city of Charlotte, the family-friendly brand recently expanded its footprint with 5 new openings in 2015, including Memphis, Winston-Salem, NC, Birmingham, Alabama, Indian Land, SC and Rock Hill, SC. Most recently, Hickory Tavern opened its first location in Hilton Head, SC. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUfk45qhDCz6hCKrS1 | H.D. "Doc" Quigg (November 22, 1911 – May 12, 1998) was an American journalist.
Horace Dasher Quigg, Jr., was born in Marshall, Missouri to parents Horace Dasher Quigg, Sr., and M. Elizabeth Craig Quigg. The family moved to Boonville, Missouri in 1914, where Quigg, Sr., was a physician, civic leader, and mayor. Quigg's nickname, "Doc", originally started as "Young Doc Quigg", in reference to his father's position. In later life, Quigg chose to go exclusively by his initials or nickname. Quigg, Jr., completed A.B. and B.J. degrees at the University of Missouri in 1934 and started his journalism career at the Boonville Daily News. In 1936, he began working for United Press in Cleveland, Ohio and transferred to New York City in 1937.
Quigg spent the remainder of his career at UP and its successor, UPI, and covered a variety of subjects. During World War II, he covered the Pacific Theatre and General Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines. In 1947, he traveled to Antarctica with Admiral Richard E. Byrd's expedition. Other coverage assignments included politicians, actors and celebrities, Pope Pius XXII, the moon landing, court cases, and a nudist convention. Quigg was named senior editor at UPI in 1967.
Quigg retired in 1985 and was awarded a Society of Silurians award for distinguished reporting and the University of Missouri's Honor Medal for distinguished service in journalism. Quigg died in New York City of heart disease. He is buried in Boonville.
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[BREAKING] INEC Declares Soludo Winner Of Anambra Governorship Election
Williams Sampson
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has been declared winner of the Anambra Governorship Election by the Independent National Electoral Commission
The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria polled a total of112,229 votes to defeat his closest rival, Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 53, 807 to emerge second.
The Returning Officer of the Anambra Governorship Election, Prof Florence Obi, announced the result on Wednesday morning at the INEC office in Awka, Anambra State.
Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (Mr Valentine Ozigbo) and Young Progressives Party (Senator Ifeanyi Ubah) each won a local government.
But the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Andy Uba, was unable to win any local government in the election.
Soludo, 61, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, secured 112,229 votes, twice more than his closes rival – PDP's Ozigbo to be returned as winner of the election.
Ozigbo had 53,807 votes while the other two frontline contenders – Uba and Ubah scored 43,285 and 21,261 votes respectively.
"That Charles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected," the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar said on Wednesday.
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Nigerians Have Power To Reject Tinubu, Other 'Turn-by-turn' Leaders -Oby Ezekwesili
Former presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili has said that only Nigerian voters have the power to say no to incompetent leadership in the country.
The former minister was reacting to the announcement of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, that he will be running for the presidency in 2023.
Ezekwesili said, "It is citizens that have the power to collectively tell the likes of Mr Bola Tinubu that the season of lowest common denominator of political leaders doing "turn-by-turn" incompetent governance of Nigeria is over.
"The question is, "are citizens ready to collectively do so?
"A country like Nigeria cannot keep digging deeper into the labyrinth of failure because of low degree of public leadership.
"The 21st Century is racing fast to an end. Just look at where our continent lies prostrate at the feet of bad governance. Nigeria mostly accounts for it."
Again, El-Rufai Kicks Against Zoning, Wants Merit
Nasir el-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, has reiterates that Nigerians must give better considerations to merit rather than instead of zoning.
According to El Rufai, he does not zone positions, rather, he gets people that can get the job done.
"I am a student of history and governance; I have not seen any country in the world that has succeeded on a sustainable basis, by selecting its leaders based on geography, religion, ethnicity, etc.
So, it's not a smart way to choose leaders, the smartest way to choose leaders in all the countries that have made progress, is to have competitive basis in which merit tops everything; you pick the best material," El Rufai said in a recent interview with Arise TV.
"In Kaduna, the last time I checked, we have people from 18 states of Nigeria represented in our government because, we just want results and don't care where you come from.
However, in this country, there's a political culture that presupposes that the leadership of the country or even of states, should rotate between various parts of the country. There's an understanding and in fact, one party has it in their constitution.
"The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has it in their constitution but we don't have it in the All Progressives Congress, APC. It is an unspoken understanding and in politics, these kinds of understanding are as strong as any provisions of the constitution. You observe them and if you don't, you pay a heavy political price.
Goodluck Jonathan paid that price, when he tried to violate the agreement with the PDP leaders – that he will only contest one term after Umaru Yar' Adua's term.
Furthermore, Governor El Rufai noted that, "based on the political culture of Nigeria, not because I think it is a good idea, or that I support it personally or that I practice it, but based on the political culture in Nigeria, after 8 years of President Buhari, presidency should be open to the South. I do not think that any northerner should put himself forward and say I want the presidency."
Progressive Governors Forum Kicks Against Postponing APC Convention
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has described the call for the postponement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention as illogical.
The director-general of the Forum, Salihu Lukman stated this in a letter to APC leaders on Monday in Abuja while reacting to the development.
"Statutorily, by the requirement of the Electoral Act, the party is expected to serve at least 21 days notice of the convention to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)," he explained.
"This basically means that if the convention is to hold any day before February 28, 2021, the notice to INEC should be given on or before February 7, 2022. "That being the case, the temptation could be to argue that there is more time, some reminders would be necessary at this point."
Lukman warned that postponing the APC national convention could lead to a repeat of the 2019 fiasco in Zamfara, preventing the party from participating in the election.
He added that the APC CECPC should make a formal announcement about the date and venue for the convention to disassociate itself from such calls, arguing the announcement is critical to prove that the committee is not interested in postponing the convention.
"No one should imagine that agendas set in 2014 or 2019 are sufficient to respond to contemporary challenges, which post-2023 governance will be expected to respond to," he counselled the party. "The correlation between collapse of education since the mid-1980s, rising levels of unemployment and insecurity are very glaring."
Mr Lukman appealed to the APC CECPC to ensure that the February 2022 convention is not just about electing the party's National Working Committee (NWC) members.
"There must be some reflections about the challenges facing the country, with priority focus on problems of insecurity, rebuilding public education and health through mobilisation of massive financial investment in these sectors," added the APC official.
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BkiUfBXxK7IAEeGRgF11 | Квінт Цеці́лій Басс (; I століття до н. е.) — діяч часів пізньої Римської республіки, римський вершник (еквіт), організатор повстання проти Гая Юлія Цезаря під час громадянської війни 49—45 років до н. е.
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Його походження та діяльність до початку повстання невідомі.
Від чого почалося повстання достеменно не є відомим, але вважають, що Квінт Цецілій, як один з командирів намісника римської провінції Секста Юлія Цезаря, очолив збурення легіонерів, невдоволених притисками намісника. Не виключають й того, що Квінт Цецілій служив у Гнея Помпея і після його поразки втік до Тіру, де розпочав підривну діяльність серед легіонерів, при цьому розпускаючи чутки, що начебто Юлій Цезар програв у Африці полководцям Помпея.
Коли намісник дізнався про його дії, то Квінт Цецілій заявив, що згуртовує найманців на допомогу Мітрідату Пергамському задля походу на Боспор. Потім він підробив листа, в якому начебто Квінт Цецилій Метелл Пій Сципіон Назіка повідомляв про смерть Юлія Цезаря і про призначення Квінта Цецілія новим намісником. Частина легіонерів перейшла на його сторону, убивши Секста Цезаря, інші втекли до Кілікії. Квінт Цецілій спробував їх наздогнати, але не зміг, і повернувся у Сирію, де зміцнився у місті Апамея. Він мав у своєму підпорядкуванні лише дві когорти, але зумів домогтися успіху, так як отримав підтримку від багатьох вождів сусідніх племен. Крім цього, він встановив контакти з вихідцем з кельтського племені толістобогів, галатським тетрархом Дейотаром.
Юлій Цезар доручив придушення повстання наміснику Кілікії Квінту Корніфіцію, але той, ймовірно, не встиг нічого зробити, так як термін його намісництва підійшов до кінця. Квінт Цецілій сформував з місцевих жителів і рабів ще один легіон, і з цими силами в Апамеї відбивав облогу військ Гая Антістія Вета. Допомогу римлянам надав правитель Ідумеї Антипатр, який направив військо на чолі зі своїми синами. До кінця 45 року до н. е. Гай Антістій вже готувався оволодіти Апамеєю, але тут на допомогу Квінту Цецілію прийшли араби і парфянский царевич Пакор, і Гаю Антістію довелося відступати з великими втратами. У своїй поразці Гай Антістій звинуватив намісника Кілікії Луція Волкація Тулла, який з точки зору Гая Антістія не надав йому достатньої допомоги.
Взимку 45 — 44 років до н. е. парфянський загін пішов з Сирії. У провінцію прибув легат Цезаря Луцій Стацій Мурк з трьома легіонами, і знову почав облогу Апамеї. Успіху він не добився і просив допомоги у намісника Віфінії Квінта Марція. Той привів ще три легіону, і облога тривала до весни 43 року до н. е., коли в Сирію прибув Гай Кассій, що отримав від сенату проконсульський імперій над усіма східними провінціями. Луцій Стацій Мурк і Квінт Марцій передали йому свої війська, один з легіонів Квінта Цецілія також перейшов на його бік, але сам він підкоритися не схотів, за словами Гая Касія, «підло відмовився передати» другий легіон, і мав намір оборонятися в Апамеї. Однак солдати самі направили парламентарів до Гая Касія і зрештою перейшли на його сторону.
Про подальшу долю Квінта Цецілія Баса згадок немає.
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Аппіан, Ῥωμαικα (Римська історія), III, 7; IV, 58.
Діон Кассій, Ῥωμαϊκὴ ἱστορία (Римська історія), 47, 26-28.
Страбон, Γεωγραφικά (Географія), XVI, 2, 1
Йосип Флавій, Antichità giudaiche (Юдейська старовина), XIV, 268—272 — XI, I
Цицерон, Pro Rege Deiotaro (Про захист Дейотара), 23, 25; Epistulae ad Atticum (Листи до Аттіка), XIV, 9; Epistulae ad Familiares (Листи до близьких), XII, 11; 12, 3; 19.
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Angkor Wat is a world famous Khmer architecture situated in Cambodia, approximately 280 km southeast of Nang Rong and takes about 4 hours to get there.
Angkor, in Cambodia's northern province of Siem Reap, is one of the most important archaeological sites of Southeast Asia. It extends over approximately 400 square kilometres and consists of scores of temples, hydraulic structures (basins, dykes, reservoirs, canals) as well as communication routes. For several centuries Angkor, was the centre of the Khmer Kingdom. With impressive monuments, several different ancient urban plans and large water reservoirs, the site is a unique concentration of features testifying to an exceptional civilization. Temples such as Angkor Wat, the Bayon, Preah Khan and Ta Prohm, exemplars of Khmer architecture, are closely linked to their geographical context as well as being imbued with symbolic significance. The architecture and layout of the successive capitals bear witness to a high level of social order and ranking within the Khmer Empire. Angkor is therefore a major site exemplifying cultural, religious and symbolic values, as well as containing high architectural, archaeological and artistic significance.
The park is inhabited, and many villages, some of whom the ancestors are dating back to the Angkor period are scattered throughout the park. The population practices agriculture and more specifically rice cultivation.
Criterion (i): The Angkor complex represents the entire range of Khmer art from the 9th to the 14th centuries, and includes a number of indisputable artistic masterpieces (e.g. Angkor Wat, the Bayon, Banteay Srei).
Criterion (ii): The influence of Khmer art as developed at Angkor was a profound one over much of South-east Asia and played a fundamental role in its distinctive evolution.
Criterion (iii): The Khmer Empire of the 9th-14th centuries encompassed much of South-east Asia and played a formative role in the political and cultural development of the region. All that remains of that civilization is its rich heritage of cult structures in brick and stone.
Criterion (iv): Khmer architecture evolved largely from that of the Indian sub-continent, from which it soon became clearly distinct as it developed its own special characteristics, some independently evolved and others acquired from neighboring cultural traditions. The result was a new artistic horizon in oriental art and architecture.
UNESCO has set up a wide-ranging programme to safeguard this symbolic site and its surroundings.
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BkiUeYo5qoTAi5Vb6pPT | HomeLifeHealthMother Lode River Center Urges an Eco-Approach to Health
Mother Lode River Center Urges an Eco-Approach to Health
Jeffery D. Silvers May 3, 2019
posted on May. 03, 2019 at 11:41 am
In America human fitness has historically been regarded in isolation from its ecological context. During my clinical education and subsequent career in Emergency Medicine, troubles including climate trade, habitat destruction, species extinction, pollution and the depletion of fresh water materials were handled as in the main environmental troubles mendacity outdoor the realm of the clinical industry. Equity has been seen as an, in general, political, monetary and social problem. Sustainability became not often considered.
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I consider this view ought to be modified and that now not handiest physicians, however, all Americans, have a responsibility to impact this variation. Achieving health requires that we cope with these kinds of elements in an incorporated, ecological method. Our goal should be "wholesome people, dwelling inequitable and sustainable societies, in balance with the natural world". Ignoring any of those factors has profound and unacceptable results.
Few humans have expected these consequences higher than my biology professor at Stanford University, Dr. Paul Ehrlich, taken into consideration by means of many to be the daddy of American ecology. Winner of the Crafoord Prize, the equal to the Nobel Prize for his pioneering paintings inside the subject of ecology, Dr. Ehrlich brought a splendid speech that turned into, in effect, a pressing call for an ecological method to fitness. I encourage you to click right here to pay attention to this speech brought in 1970. I suppose you may be amazed at how cutting-edge and compelling it's miles nowadays, nearly 40 years later.
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I would argue, however, that one of the great examples of the implementation of some of the factors of an ecological technique to health simply predicted Dr. Ehrlich's speech by means of several decades. As a U.S. Army established, I traveled to Japan in 1946 with my own family to spend 3 years as my father participated inside the effort led by means of General Douglass MacArthur to enforce the Marshall Plan in Japan after World War II. Although maximum Americans have understood the Marshall Plan as a program of monetary assistance, it is less widely recognized that its technique turned into systems primarily based, comprehensive and consisted of three awesome additives: Democratization, Decentralization, and Demilitarization. In order to put in force the "3 Ds", MacArthur took sweeping actions that affected every issue of Japanese society. For example, his method of Decentralization reflected an information that the concentration of wealth and power within the massive family-run industrial monopolies, the Zaibatsu, had played a critical position within the genesis of Japanese fascism. These monopolies controlled the Japanese economic system and had, amongst other matters, eliminated exertions unions. MacArthur dissolved those monopolies and addressed their severe attention to wealth via enforcing a minimal salary, a maximum wage and via redistributing the Zaibatsu's wealth. He additionally brought approximately customary get entry into healthcare. The eventual result of these measures changed into the transformation of Japan from a kingdom with certainly one of the largest gaps among rich and negative and the worst fitness indices (toughness, infant mortality, and many others.) within the international, into the Japan of today. Japan is now the state with the excellent fitness indices and the smallest hole among rich and negative within the industrialized international.
Given the prevailing demanding situations, we face as Americans, allow us to keep in mind what has passed off inside the United States all through this equal length. While our state becomes fifth within the global in 1950 in terms of health indices and had a quite small gap between wealthy and negative and a developing center magnificence, these traits have since been reversed. Today our comparative fitness indices are not any better than twenty-first, below all other evolved international locations, Costa Rica and Cuba. The hole among wealthy and poor in our us of a is now the largest in any industrialized nation. During the equal period, our expenses on health care have exploded. The United States now spends over half of-of the money spent on healthcare inside the international, the best in keeping with capita of any nation, whilst representing simplest 4% of the world's populace. By comparison, Japan spends the bottom amount in step with capita on healthcare many of the industrialized nations of the arena, even as achieving the excellent health indices.
The significance of their revel in from the perspective of an ecological approach to health is that the Bhutanese people, who're materially terrible with the aid of American requirements, are relatively bodily and spiritually healthy. To paraphrase Mary and Phil, "the definition of happiness in Bhutan isn't "having and getting", instead of their lifestyle wealth has little to do with being glad. On the contrary, they consider that needing and wanting often reason struggling. This precept is an underlying motivator of conduct with the result that their way of life is open, loving, curious and accepting. Their authorities pursue the "gross country wide happiness" and to promote happiness the authorities engage in imposing model educational, social and environmental programs that recall the preference to defend the user's surroundings and cultural traditions."
The far off the Kingdom of Bhutan and the concept of the "Gross National Happiness" might also appear esoteric to many Americans. Nevertheless, over 400 reputable U.S. Economists which includes Nobel Laureate Professor Herbert Simon contend that it'd truly be extra sensible and beneficial to alternative for our use of the Gross Domestic Product (the full of all goods and services produced) the dimension of the Genuine Progress Index, which tries to degree the nice of our lives. Comparing these measures at some stage in the duration because the 1970s is revealing. While the conventional GDProduct greater than doubled, the Genuine Progress Index declined 45% during this period. Measuring the GPI could have warned us that, contrary to the various assurances to the opposite, the U.S. Financial system turned into virtually undermining our health all through this era. Not most effective became our prosperity erratically disbursed and unsustainable, it changed into not acting its most important feature. That feature is to help improvements within the health of our population.
Clearly, an ecological, scientific approach to health demands that we define what fitness is, how high-quality to measure it, after which sell the conditions that obtain it. If we do no longer do these things, it stands to cause we are able to be unsuccessful in attaining health. We must understand that fitness is greater than simply the absence of disease. On the opposite, it calls for doing matters that actively sell it. It is not enough to try to correct the results of doing things that destroy it.
At Mother Lode it's far our persevering with a dedication to make a contribution in the direction of this effort, one river primarily based experience, one letter, one environmentally and socially accountable act at a time. We desire you'll deliver your thoughts and tips, and help explore the possibilities. Remember, exercise is simply that: "re-introduction", a procedure via which meaningful, optimistic alternate happens and an essential part of an included and ecological technique to fitness.
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BkiUcxY5jDKDyKU9CshB | You are here: Home / ESPN / ESPN's 2013 Major League Soccer Schedule
ESPN's 2013 Major League Soccer Schedule
Eight Matches in 3D – A First for Major League Soccer; 18 of 20 Regular-Season Telecasts on Sundays
The 18th season of Major League Soccer on ESPN will begin Sunday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. ET, on ESPN2, ESPN 3D and ESPN Deportes with live telecast of the Portland Timbers vs. New York Red Bulls match from JELD-WEN Field in Portland, Ore. The inter-conference matchup will kick off a series of 20 regular-season matches, 18 of which will be televised on a Sunday, making it the most consistent programming schedule for Major League Soccer on ESPN. ESPN Deportes Radio will also broadcast all matches on ESPN television networks.
Eight of the 20 Major League Soccer matches will be seen on ESPN 3D, the world's first 24/7 all-sports 3D channel (seven live), marking the first time matches featuring teams in the top professional soccer league in the United States will be shown in 3D.
Commentators:
Play-by-play commentators Adrian Healey, analysts Taylor Twellman and Alexi Lalas (studio), and reporter Mónica González will handle English-language commentaries. Richard Mendez and former New York/New Jersey MetroStars (New York Red Bulls) striker Giovanni Savarese return to call the matches in Spanish on ESPN Deportes. ESPN Deportes Radio broadcasts will feature Kenneth Garay, Elmer Polanco and Diego Cora in the booth.
Highlights of 2013 MLS season:
All 19 (12 on ESPN2 and seven on ESPN) regular-season matches will be available in high definition, available on WatchESPN, and carried on ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes Radio;
ESPN2 will televise an additional match (TBD), bringing the total number of matches to 20;
Top three teams by appearances: New York Red Bulls featuring 1998 FIFA World World Cup winner Thierry Henry (seven), back-to-back MLS champions Los Angeles Galaxy with U.S. National Team star Landon Donovan and Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane (six), and U.S. Men's National Team star Eddie Johnson and the Seattle Sounders (five);
ESPN will televise the only regular-season meeting between the New York Red Bulls and Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday, May 19, live from the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J.;
Six matchups will feature regional rivals – New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., in the East; Houston vs. Dallas in Texas; Los Angeles vs. San Jose in California; and Seattle vs. Portland in the Northwest;
The 2013 MLS on ESPN series will include a number of international matches featuring MLS clubs, the MLS All-Star Game, several MLS Cup Playoffs matches and the 2013 MLS Cup (schedule TBD).
ESPN's 2013 MLS Schedule
(Schedule Subject to Change)
Date Time (ET) Match Networks
Sun, Mar 3 7:30 p.m. Portland Timbers vs. New York Red Bulls ESPN 3D/ESPN2/ESPN Deportes
Sun, Mar 10 10 p.m. San Jose Earthquakes vs. New York Red Bulls ESPN 3D/ESPN2/ESPN Deportes*
Sun, Mar 17 1 p.m. FC Dallas vs. Houston Dynamo ESPN 3D**/ESPN2/ESPN Deportes
Sun, Apr 7 5 p.m. Chicago Fire vs. New York Red Bulls ESPN 3D/ESPN2/ESPN Deportes
Sun, Apr 21 5 p.m. DC United vs. Philadelphia Union ESPN 3D/ ESPN2/ESPN Deportes
Sun, May 5 11 p.m. Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Houston Dynamo ESPN 3D/ESPN2/ESPN Deportes
Sun, May 19 1:15 p.m. New York Red Bulls vs. Los Angeles Galaxy ESPN 3D/ESPN2/ESPN Deportes
Sun, May 26 11 p.m. Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders ESPN 3D/ESPN2/ESPN Deportes
Sat, Jun 15 5 p.m. Portland Timbers vs. FC Dallas ESPN/ESPN Deportes
Sun, Jun 23 5 p.m. Philadelphia Union vs. New York Red Bulls ESPN/ESPN Deportes
Sun, Jun 30 2 p.m. New York Red Bulls vs. Houston Dynamo ESPN2/ESPN Deportes
Sun, Jul 7 3 p.m. Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City ESPN/ESPN Deportes
Sun, Aug 11 8 p.m. FC Dallas vs. Los Angeles Galaxy ESPN2/ESPN Deportes*
Sun, Aug 25 10 p.m. Seattle Sounders vs. Portland Timbers ESPN2/ESPN Deportes*
Sun, Sep 8 11 p.m. San Jose Earthquakes vs. Philadelphia Union ESPN2/ESPN Deportes
Sun, Sep 29 9 p.m. Seattle Sounders vs. New York Red Bulls ESPN/ESPN Deportes
Sun, Oct 13 9 p.m. Portland Timber vs. Seattle Sounders ESPN/ESPN Deportes
Sun, Oct 20 9 p.m. Los Angeles Galaxy vs. San Jose Earthquakes ESPN/ESPN Deportes
Sun, Oct 27 9 p.m. Seattle Sounders vs. Los Angeles Galaxy ESPN/ESPN Deportes
* Match will air on delay on ESPN Deportes
** Match will air on delay on ESPN 3D
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LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures Is Coming To Disney XD
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
Get ready because this summer "LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures" will be coming to XD this summer. This brand new adventure comedy series will have all the classic characters we all love and love to hard. Along with all-new heroes and villains you will have to decide whether you love them or hard them.
About the Freemakers
The Freemakers are a family of scavengers who build and sell starships from the scoured debris of space battles strewn throughout the galaxy. When their youngest discovers a natural connection with the Force through an ancient artifact – the Kyber Saber – his world is turned upside down, and he and his family are thrown into an epic struggle against the Empire to restore peace and freedom to the galaxy. Throughout their adventures, the Freemakers explore new worlds, meet new and familiar characters, and learn the true value of what it means to be a family.
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"We are very excited to launch for the first time a TV series with Disney XD," said Jill Wilfert, vice president, licensing & entertainment at the LEGO Group. "The creative team behind 'The Freemaker Adventures' is extremely talented, and the series is a great testament to our longstanding and successful partnership with Lucasfilm and Disney. The show masterfully combines the rich heritage of storytelling, great characters, action and adventure in a galaxy far, far away with the creativity, imagination and humor that only LEGO Star Wars can deliver. We are sure fans young and old are going to love the show."
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures is a production of Wil Film, the LEGO Group and Lucasfilm. Developed for television by Bill Motz and Bob Roth (Penguins of Madagascar), they join Torsten Jacobson (LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales) and Jill Wilfert (The LEGO Movie) as executive producers alongside producers Carrie Beck (Star Wars Rebels), Jason Cosler (LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled!), Jake Blais and John McCormack.
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BkiUcUjxK0fkXPSOpWhI | What the future of media looks like for CNN without Great Big Story
By Shawn Lim-08 December 2020 03:01am
Bradley also oversees CNN's digital commercial strategy, commercial product, data development, ad operations and ad technology.
Robert Bradley, the new head of Asia Pacific at CNN International Commercial explains to The Drum why the closure of millennial-focused media company Great Big Story (GBS) was a difficult decision to make and what the future of media now looks like for CNN.
The AT&T-owned news broadcaster announced in September it was closing GBS, a platform that is used to create documentary-style video content aimed at millennials on social media channels around the main pillars of Human Condition, Frontiers, Planet Earth, Flavors, and Origins.
Bradley, who took over from Sunita Rajan, who left for Bloomberg, says while CNN was proud of GBS, the challenge it had was to really focus on its core and key strategic opportunities, especially during a challenging time like the Covid-19 pandemic.
"If you look at just within GBS and the clients we were working with there, a lot of them we pivoted to CNN solutions. CNN tells stories on many levels. Yes, there's news at the core but obviously, as you know there's CNN travel, there's CNN style, there's CNN business, there are continued investments in non-news content that essentially allow us to be incredibly creative and authentic outside of news," he explains.
"Those areas enable us essentially to go after these different industry sectors and so on. The types of stories that brands want to reach are going back to what audiences want to see. Whether it is Great Big Story or CNN, it comes back to trust, it comes back to authenticity, it comes back to people."
He adds: "We always tend to put people and humans at the heart of what we do. We do know that people led stories, stories that trigger some sort of emotion perform better. We know audiences that would like to have some sort of emotional connection and reaction."
Aside from taking on the APAC portfolio, Bradley has also been appointed the joint-head of CNN's international advertising sales business to help global brands and advertisers have access to CNN and the broader WarnerMedia portfolio. In addition, he also oversees CNN's digital commercial strategy, commercial product, data development, ad operations and ad technology.
He points out that without GBS, there are still media properties like anime platform Crunchyroll, the kids-centric Cartoon Network and sports through the WarnerMedia sports portfolio which includes Bleacher Report and NBA in the US.
There has also been a push into esports in recent years through the formation of ELeague.
"We have a team that also sits under me called Warner One that is a portfolio solution. That team essentially works with the CNN team to define audiences and target them across the portfolio," explains Bradley.
"My role before was global in its nature because I'd been running the digital commercial strategy in all markets. When I look at the APAC region, it is obvious how every country is incredibly different with how they think, how they trade, their goals of how they are coming out of Covid-19 at different stages."
He continues: "The different brands that we work with whether it is trade investment from governments in certain markets or whether its global car brands or technologies out of Singapore or brands like DBS who have partnered with us. It is about trying to understand all those nuances. Like all good managers and leaders, I believe there is a listen and learn point."
Bradley, who plans to move to Singapore or Hong Kong from London once travel restrictions are lifted, says his immediate priorities is doubling down on CNN's audience-first strategy by making sure they create content that is going to resonate with its audience by marrying technology and data. He believes the authenticity and quality of future content should be like the premium content that Warner has on any of its platforms.
"As we are owned by AT&T, technically we work for a telco even though we work at CNN. That means we can supercharge the marrying of that technology with content directly to consumers.
Specifically, he nods to the upcoming 5G technology impact, saying that it'll create a revolution for content because the speed is so much faster than what we experience now.
"We can then think about the democratisation of artificial intelligence, data and the rise of 5G. With all of this, there will be a content revolution. 5G is not just the technology, there will be a content revolution, not just in terms of download speeds. Yes, it is going to be great to be able to get a movie on your phone in a couple of minutes but think of an environment such as driverless cars."
He adds: "If you are not driving, then there is time to consume content. Now, we are sitting in a car with clunky Wifi and you cannot stream a video well. If you think about the way that we can personalize off the back of that for unique experiences through data, through understanding trends of what individuals are interested in, the possibilities are endless."
With CNN being in a prime position to understand these trends, the future of media may well see this democratisation of AI, data and 5G coming to fruition.
This article is about: Singapore, Future Of Media, Cnn, Advertising, Digital Advertising, Entertainment, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Social Media, Digital | commoncrawl | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUddg5qsBC_MvyffcN | Accurate Biometrics is the contracted provider for Chicago Park District employees, contractors and volunteers who require State and FBI fingerprint-based background checks.
Applicants directed by the Chicago Park District will need to obtain a valid fingerprint authorization form for fingerprinting from the HR department of the main office of the Chicago Park District. We cannot fingerprint without the original park district fingerprint form.
Obtain a valid fingerprint Authorization Form for fingerprinting from the Chicago Park District. Complete all of the personal information on the form, then sign and date it.
Your results will be sent directly from the Illinois State Police to the Chicago Park District.
(a) An applicant for employment with the Chicago Park District is required as a condition of employment to authorize an investigation to determine if the applicant has been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) or (d) of this Section, or adjudicated a delinquent minor for any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) or (d) of this Section, or has been convicted, within 7 years of the application for employment with the Chicago Park District, of any other felony under the laws of this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws of the United States that, if committed or attempted in this State, would have been punishable as a felony under the laws of this State. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdSW6NNjgB0Ss2K9F | WDH attended and supported this great event at the Sidings in Crofton alongside a number of other agencies and services to promote the work that is done in the community and provide fun activities for families.
On the day activities included the Fire Service carrying out fire demonstrations and Dog Wardens offering micro chipping. WDH showed tenants how they can get online using "Your Account" and promoted their other services such as Cash Wise and Switch and Save. WDH donated a hamper for the free prize draw, which was won by resident Holly Wickes. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdQU4eIXh58QxsYag | DeSantis Landscapes has a 40 year history of safety and safety training. Every day with crews, and every week with the entire staff, we present and discuss safety from a variety of angles.
The employee recruitment and screening process we use is rigorous, both for strength of character and for experience. Our corporate culture strictly adheres to safe work procedures and a drug free environment.
Ongoing training and education of all staff members further assures that DeSantis employees will be using the best technology and have superior work ethic, training and supervision on the job. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUeAbxK7IAAwXpsViQ | November 30, 2012 In News What is Michelle doing now?
Michelle shot a series of images for Le Meridien Koh Samui, including the meeting room, gym and a series with a Zen-like feel, in accordance with the Chinese and Thai philosophy of this five-star beachside hotel. A selection of the images have now been incorporated into their corporate and local website.
Andalucía in southern Spain has three historic cities, Seville, Cordoba and Granada, that are extremely photogenic. Michelle illustrated a home-page and newsletter feature for Andalucia.com written by editor Fiona Flores Watson.
After two months of extensive travel in South East Asia and India, it was good to shoot on home turf in Andalucía, Spain. The weather at this time of the year can be changeable and, for that reason, a good collection of the images were shot on High Dynamic Range (HDR), with colourful ceramics adding as fillers to the reportage. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbS45qWTD6kJ7P7h7 | Biden's Justice Department hasn't killed Trump's land-seizure cases at U.S.-Mexico border
byPeter Weber
Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty Image
President Biden halted construction of his predecessor's U.S.-Mexico border wall right after taking office, giving his administration time to study the contracts the Trump administration had signed and exploring ways to dispatch them. But the federal review was supposed to end March 20, and while border wall construction is still on ice, the legal cases to seize land for the wall are continuing, Politico reports. That's fueling concerns that wall construction could resume, despite Biden's pledge to stop the project.
The Justice Department still has about 140 eminent domain cases active along the Texas border, the Texas Civil Rights Project says. And at least 114 of those cases have progressed since Biden's 60-day study period ended on March 21, according to the group, which represents a handful of families fighting to keep their land, including the Cavazos family. Earlier this week, the U.S. government won the title to six acres of the Cavazos family's 77-acre ranch, Politico reports. The family said Biden broke his promise to end land seizures and they are asking the government to return the title to their land.
Customs and Border Protection and the Army Corps of Engineers "have suspended surveys, negotiations with landowners, and similar real estate acquisition activities, in accordance with the president's proclamation," a CBP spokesperson told Politico. But CBP and the White House referred questions about the eminent domain cases to the Justice Department, which said it has sought to delay the cases rather than end them, pending completion of Biden's review. The White House did not explain why the review has blown past its deadline.
"They can have all the excuses they want but it's real dicey to look at what they're doing right now," a person who consults with the White House on immigration policy and has grown frustrated tells Politico. "It's a lot of stuff Trump was doing." | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdCM5qoTAsfRCmKf7 | NEW DELHI, India, 15 June 2011 – A new report released today by Springboard Research, finds that India's mobile workforce will grow 53% over next 4 years to reach 205 million by 2015, out of which as many as 65% will be equipped with smart mobile devices. However, while India has one of the world's largest and fastest growing mobile subscriber bases, enterprise adoption of mobile strategies is still at a nascent stage.
The new report titled, 'Moving Towards a Mobile Enterprise – Journey of India Inc.' suggests a four-phased roadmap for companies embarking on a mobile enterprise strategy.
1. Conventional Mobility: basic apps such as e-mail, messaging, contacts, and calendar.
2. Automated Workforce: critical apps like ERP, CRM and salesforce automation. This allows mobile workers to minimize paperwork, reduce back-to-office visits, improve productivity, and achieve higher sales closing ratio.
3. Always Connected: apps that extend real-time communication and collaboration capabilities to employees anytime, anywhere, and on any device.
4. Pervasive Mobility: apps that integrate function-specific applications to enhance brand image and bring efficiencies in internal operations such as finance and human resources. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUeCw4ubnjorKKtlRW | Delightful 3 bed, 2 bath property in the desirable Trilogy at Power Ranch adult community - Gilbert! The interior features upgraded tile floors, spacious living room w/two way fireplace, warm inviting kitchen boasting lg breakfast bar,matching appliances,built-in microwave,wall oven & refrigerator, staggered cabinets, pendant lighting, tile back splash, pantry & eat-in area. The charming master suite has wood floors, master bath with double sinks, upgraded step-in shower, and walk-in closet. Phantom screen door & upgraded Nest thermostat! Large, over sized garage with room for a golf cart! All interior walls & garage door are insulated. Customized patio surface. Simply Charming!
Power Rd & Queen Creek-Queen Creek West to Trilogy main gate-South on Ranch House Pkwy- Left on E Village Pkwy- Right on Jude Ln which becomes Almond DR- turn Left Carob Dr. | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
BkiUcEfxK0wg09lKBPTg | Mach 3 Turbo Razor is rated 4.5 out of 5 by 2.
Rated 4 out of 5 by gumrichard from Smooth and close: expensive but great. I got this as a free promotion during orientation week at Monash University. I finding that my el-cheapo razors where slicing me up and making be bleed (and bleed) . So when I got this Mach 3, I thought I'd give it a go. It was magical. It cuts very close and very smoothly. I have a deep chin dimple that can cause problem but it was just fine with the Mach 3. No cuts, no nicks, NO BLOOD! Fabulous razor. I use it with Proaso Green Tea and Oatmeal sensitive pre-shave cream.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Wildbluesea from Simply the best I purchased this razor from Shavershop along with another brand purchased elsewhere online. I compared both and now the other brand has gone in the bin. It wasn't actually that bad and I have used the brand before. However, the Gillette razor is super light and shaves super smooth. The blades do not irritate my face at all, unlike many others. The Gillette Mach3 is simply the best razor I have ever used. Other reviews online seem to agree. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUeGE5qoYA2skZ5yK6 | In 2012, Malvern High School and College of the Ouachitas struck a "deal" to begin offering tuition-free concurrent college-level courses to MHS seniors. This program is jointly referred to as the "DEAL Program." In this program, students who have met or exceeded college readiness test scores prior to the beginning of their senior year may opt to take two courses per semester on the College of the Ouachitas campus.
Students must have minimum ACT subscores of 19 in Reading and English to be accepted into the program, regardless of the coursework they choose to take. Students who wish to take College Algebra must have a minimum ACT subscore of 21 in Mathematics. A comparable Accuplacer test score may substitute for the ACT scores.
Interested students may visit with Jonathan Williams to determine eligibility. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUgEfxK1ThhAqzZc0u | Leading pregnancy activewear specialists FittaMamma are committed to encouraging women that exercise during pregnancy is not only safe but beneficial. Being active during pregnancy helps both physically and psychologically. If you're suffering from pregnancy niggles such as tiredness, varicose veins, lower back pain, heartburn or swollen ankles you'll be surprised what a difference it makes to get up off the couch and get moving!
Even a modest amount of exercise during pregnancy will release those feel good endorphins, lift your mood and make it easier to sleep, reducing stress, anxiety and depression. Experts recommend at least 2.5 hours a week but you can start gently and build up.
Giving birth is a very physical process and let's face it, no-one would go in for a marathon without any training – increasing your fitness levels can make all the difference when it comes to labour and it will help with your recovery period afterwards as well.
If you're feeling the weight of your bump, FittaMamma offer a range of fitness and leisurewear that works like a sports bra for your tummy – taking some of the strain onto your back and shoulders where you are naturally stronger. Ditch the baggy track suit bottoms and over-sized T-shirt in favour of something a bit more supportive and flattering – exercise is much easier when you feel comfortable and supported. And if you don't really know where to begin check out FittaMamma fitness expert Lucie Brand's Mini workout – they're specifically designed for pregnant women and you can do them in the comfort of your own front room.
Hip and body: With your feet hip distance apart and hands on hips, rotate in both directions. Put your hands on your head and gently swing your body from side to side.
Warm up your arms: Spread your arms wide, flex your wrists before circling backwards and forwards, crossing your arms in front of your body. Shrug your shoulders to loosen, reach up to the sky with each hand in turn stretching over to the side.
Get stepping from side to side, adding in a knee lift or curl with the opposite leg. March on the spot, lifting your knees and swinging your arms.
Lunge to each side, pushing alternate arms across your body.
Half jacks, with your arms coming in and out as you step each leg in turn.
Tap your heels forward alternately, bending the other knee and swinging your arms forward.
For full workout routines click on www.fittamamma.com – there's loads of useful info about exercising in pregnancy as well as recipes and nutrition advice.
Don't overdo it. Start with maybe 15-20 minutes 5 days a week and build up as you feel fitter.
Be sure to warm up and cool down afterwards.
Stay fuelled. Don't exercise on an empty stomach.
Drink plenty of fluid. Small sips of water are best.
Keep cool. Pregnant women can overheat quite easily so exercise outdoors wherever possible. Moisture-wicking clothes will keep you cooler.
Give yourself a day off from cardio-vascular exercise at least once a week.
Make sure you allow for plenty of loo breaks and include pelvic floor exercises as part of your daily routine.
Dress comfortably. Avoid clothes that restrict your movement. Ideally choose stretchy clothes that support your bump and breasts.
Ask a professional – if you have any concerns talk to your doctor or midwife. And make sure you talk to your teacher, trainer or coach to ensure they are aware that you're pregnant.
And for more information and FAQ's check out the fittamamma website. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
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BkiUd1Y4uzlgqEf1TwOx | Part 6: Iran Marks End of Arms Embargo
On October 18, the global ban on the sale of conventional arms to Iran expired and opened the way for the Islamic Republic to import weapons, including warplanes and helicopter gunships, missiles, tanks, artillery and other weapon systems. The ban was imposed by U.N. Resolution 1929 in 2010. It was lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal – enshrined in U.N. resolution 2231 – as one of the incentives for Tehran to cooperate on its nuclear program. Iran was also allowed to export its domestically produced arms for the first time in a decade.
Part 1: History of Arms Embargos on Iran
Part 2: Iran's Wish List of Weapons
Part 3: Europe, China and Russia on U.N. Arms Embargo
Part 4: Pompeo, Zarif Spar on U.N. Arms Embargo
Part 5: U.S. Bid on Arms Embargo Fails at U.N.
Part 7: Europe, China and Russia on End of U.N. Arms Embargo
Iran hailed the expiration of the arms embargo. "As of Sunday, we can purchase or sell arms from and to anyone we desire," President Hassan Rouhani said. He noted that the United States had failed to extend the arms embargo in a new U.N. resolution. "Today is a momentous day for the international community ... in defiance of the U.S. regime's effort," Iran's foreign ministry said in a statement. In a tweet, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said "normalization of Iran's defense cooperation with the world is a win for the cause of multilateralism and peace and security in our region."
A momentous day for the international community, which— in defiance of malign US efforts—has protected UNSC Res. 2231 and JCPOA.
Today's normalization of Iran's defense cooperation with the world is a win for the cause of multilateralism and peace and security in our region. pic.twitter.com/sRO6ezu4OO
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) October 17, 2020
In April, the Trump administration launched a diplomatic initiative at the United Nations to extend the embargo on the sale of conventional arms indefinitely. But on August 14, the Security Council roundly rejected the U.S. resolution in one of the worst diplomatic defeats ever for Washington. Only two countries (the United States and the Dominican Republic) on the 15-member council voted for the resolution; two (Russia and China) rejected the resolution, and 11 nations abstained. To win passage, a Security Council resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes from the Council's five permanent members – Britain, France, China, Russia and the United States. In September, after the U.N. vote, the United States unilaterally reimposed U.N. sanctions despite criticism for other world powers.
As the embargo expired in mid-October, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened to sanction any individual or company that supports Iran's conventional weapons program. "Any nation that sells weapons to Iran is impoverishing the Iranian people by enabling the regime's diversion of funds away from the people and toward the regime's military aims," he warned in a statement.
Statement by Iran's foreign ministry on October 18, 2020: "Today is a momentous day for the international community, which in defiance of the U.S. regime's efforts, has protected UN Security Council Resolution 2231 and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
As of today, all restrictions on the transfer of arms, related activities and financial services to and from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and all prohibitions regarding the entry into or transit through territories of the United Nations Member States previously imposed on a number of Iranian citizens and military officials, are all automatically terminated.
In one of the JCPOA's innovations, the definitive and unconditional termination of arms restrictions and travel bans requires no new resolution, nor does it require any statement or any other measure by the Security Council. The lifting of arms restrictions and the travel ban were designed to be automatic with no other action required. This was achieved after painstaking negotiations, and with a prescient anticipation of the possibility of a breach of obligations by one or more of the other parties to the JCPOA. The very same procedure is applied for the termination of missile-related restrictions in the year 2023, and the subsequent conclusion of 'consideration of the Iranian nuclear issue' in the Security Council in the year 2025.
"Therefore, as of today, the Islamic Republic of Iran may procure any necessary arms and equipment from any source without any legal restrictions and solely based on its defensive needs, and may also export defensive armaments based on its own policies. It should be underlined here that rejecting imposition in any form is the cornerstone of Iran's foreign policy. Therefore, the imposition of any restriction on any field—including finance, the economy, energy, and armaments—has never been recognized by Iran.
"At the same time, Iran's defense doctrine is premised on strong reliance on its people and indigenous capabilities. Ever since the eight-year imposed war on Iran by Saddam Hussein's regime—during which the Iranian people were victims of sophisticated and lethal weapons provided to Saddam by the West while Iran was deprived of procuring even the most basic defensive weaponry—the Islamic Republic of Iran has provided for its defensive needs through indigenous capacities and capabilities. This doctrine has been and will continue to be the principal driver behind all measures of the Islamic Republic of Iran in maintaining its strong defensive power. Unconventional arms, weapons of mass destruction and a buying spree of conventional arms have no place in Iran's defense doctrine. The country's deterrence stems from native knowledge and capability, as well as our people's power and resilience. In contemporary history Iran—despite its power disparity—has never started a war.
#Iran's defense doctrine is premised on strong reliance on its people and indigenous capabilities... This doctrine has been and will continue to be the principal driver behind all measures of the Islamic Republic of Iran in maintaining its strong defensive power. pic.twitter.com/kRxLtcLtYs
— Iran Foreign Ministry 🇮🇷 (@IRIMFA_EN) October 18, 2020
"Regrettably lucrative weapon deals—concluded mainly between Western powers and some regional countries—have contributed greatly to, and aggravated commission of, war crimes in the region, including the ongoing aggression against the Yemeni people.
"Notwithstanding the failed attempts by the U.S. to withhold and eliminate Iran's benefits from Resolution 2231, Member States are required to make their laws and regulations compatible with the resolution, which 'invites Member States to give due regard to these changes.' The Islamic Republic of Iran draws the attention of all Member States to the unambiguous provisions of the Resolution 2231 and its relevant timetables."
"The United States, whose unlawful and malign subterfuge in its attempts to further violate a UNSC Resolution have been categorically rejected several times in the past three months by the Security Council, must abandon its destructive approach vis-à-vis Resolution 2231; return to full compliance with its commitments under the United Nations Charter; stop violating international law and ignoring international order, and cease further destabilization in the West Asia region.
The United States, whose unlawful and malign subterfuge in its attempts to further violate a UNSC Resolution have been categorically rejected several times in the past three months by the Security Council, must abandon its destructive approach vis-à-vis Resolution 2231... pic.twitter.com/6A5S6R79bG
"It is evident that any measure against the provisions of UNSC Resolution 2231—particularly paragraph 1 and its defined timetables—will amount to a material breach of the resolution and the purposes of the JCPOA. In that event, the Islamic Republic of Iran reserves the right to take any necessary countermeasures to secure its national interests."
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh on October 12: "Over recent years, Russia has been one of Iran's main partners in the defense and military fields. Now, with the lifting of arms restrictions, the two countries can enhance the prospects for military cooperation."
"Negotiations between Tehran and Moscow are ongoing within the framework of a joint commission for military cooperation. Partnership programs between the two countries' authorities are developed through it, including those related to regional and international issues."
U.N. Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi in a tweet on October 17, 2020:
5 years after Adoption Day of JCPOA—& in accordance with UNSCR 2231—illegal arms restrictions on Iran are now terminated.
As of today, Iran's arms trade needs no prior consent from UNSC.
The US tried to prevent this but it failed, as the UNSC rejected all US efforts.
— Majid Takht Ravanchi (@TakhtRavanchi) October 18, 2020
Statement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on October 18, 2020: "On September 19, virtually all UN sanctions on Iran returned, including re-imposition of the UN arms embargo. Accordingly, the export of certain conventional arms to Iran is a violation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1929 and the procurement of any arms or related materiel from Iran is a violation of UNSCR 1747. The United States is prepared to use its domestic authorities to sanction any individual or entity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer of conventional arms to or from Iran, as well as those who provide technical training, financial support and services, and other assistance related to these arms.
"Every nation that seeks peace and stability in the Middle East and supports the fight against terrorism should refrain from any arms transactions with Iran. Providing arms to Iran will only aggravate tensions in the region, put more dangerous weapons into the hands of terrorist groups and proxies, and risk increasing threats to the security of Israel and other peaceful nations. For the past 10 years, countries have refrained from selling weapons to Iran under various UN measures. Any country that now challenges this prohibition will be very clearly choosing to fuel conflict and tension over promoting peace and security.
"Any nation that sells weapons to Iran is impoverishing the Iranian people by enabling the regime's diversion of funds away from the people and toward the regime's military aims. The regime has a choice: it can pursue the purchase of weapons in violation of UN sanctions measures, or the regime can use its funds to provide for the Iranian people. Today, Iranians are suffering because the regime continues to withhold nearly $1 billion from the Iranian Health Ministry for its COVID-19 response, despite calls from Iranian health officials to provide needed funding. The regime is responsible for the consequences of how it allocates the Iranian people's resources. Decades of corruption and radical policies by the regime's leaders are responsible for the decay of a great nation. We stand with the Iranian people against tyranny, the squandering of their resources, and the regime's efforts to crush their struggle for freedom.
"The United States desires peace with Iran and hopes for the day when its leaders share that goal. When the regime's leaders abandon their dreams of exporting revolution, they will find a welcoming and generous partner in Washington."
Photo credits: Mike Pompeo via State Department, Javad Zarif speaks to the Security Council by javadzarif via YouTube | commoncrawl | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdP_xK4sA-9F9kfZj | Moving is expensive! We spoke to a shipping expert about some ways to cut back on unnecessary moving costs.
We spoke to Seven Seas Worldwide's relocation expert Michael Spicer who provided a rundown of the five most essential tips when shipping items abroad.
It's an unavoidable fact that sending items abroad can be an expensive business. When you take into consideration the customs charges, destination charges and numerous courier fees, it all starts to add up. Therefore, if you're looking to cut the costs, take a look at our tips below to give you a few pointers in the right direction.
One of the most important factors to consider before moving abroad is 'decluttering'.
If there are items you could sell at your current address and replace at the destination address such as a TV, kitchenware or items of furniture, then we suggest taking that option.
The lighter your load is, the less you have to pay. Plus if you sell a few items at your current address, you'll be providing yourself with a little financial platform to support you at your destination address.
The earlier you make your decision, the more scope you'll have for choice and the more reasonable the costs will be. The later you leave it, the more you'll be paying. This applies to international couriers, airlines, travel bookings and accommodation.
Air freight is the fastest way of getting items from A to B but it will always be more expensive so if you want to save money, sending your items by sea is the best option.
Before any major trip abroad, it's always good to make a list or a spreadsheet of where your money goes on a monthly basis and highlighting the areas where spending could be reduced or cut out altogether. Now, for instance, would be a good time to ditch any unwanted gym memberships.
Another sure-fire way of saving money on shipping is to send your items with Seven Seas Worldwide! We offer free boxes and packing materials, free storage options and we're among the most affordable shipping companies in the world. Plus we're all jolly friendly. But don't take our word for it, watch this short video about what we do and make your mind up then.
For more information on saving money on shipping and sending personal belongings abroad, check out the website or speak to a member of the team. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdQo5qoYAuNZAcXnw | Boards, Commissions & Committees
To lessen the waste stream generated in our town, please consider how you can help make a positive impact. First, reduce the amount of resources and products that you use in your everyday lives. Reuse items wherever you can. Check out Freecycle in our area, including Westerly and Wakefield, where you can give away or pickup items for reuse. Place a covered, animal-proofed compost bin in your yard which can convert some of your food wastes (e.g., vegetable matter) into valuable compost. Finally, separate out materials that can be recycled by placing in separate containers that can be picked up by your contracted waste hauler or can be readily taken to the town's transfer station for recycling. Everyone's responsibility takes minimal extra effort that goes a long way to reducing wastes disposed in the town's landfill. The average household has the potential of recycling about 60% of their total waste. We hope you can meet or exceed this goal.
It Pays to Recycle
The town benefits from recycling by receiving an annual monetary payment provided a minimum target volume based on our town's population of recycled material is received by the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC). The RIRRC is in the process of expanding the type of plastics that they will accept for recycling.
General everyday recycling no longer requires the separation of materials into blue and green bins with the introduction of single stream recycling, check out the Rhode Island Resource Recovery website, for new items that can be recycled as well.
This website also gives instructions on the disposal of other items such as appliances, yard trimmings, clothing and shoes, computers / electronic waste, and household hazardous waste [HHW]. A Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ] section is available along with the current Schedule for the Eco-Depot Events throughout the State where you can bring and drop off HHW at no fee.
Special Disposal
A fee is charged for disposal depending on the weight of materials to be disposed. A fee of $3.75 is charged for trash / waste weighing 50 pounds or less. See the Public Works Department-Transfer Station fees for a complete list of disposal fees for larger items.
Richmond Transfer Station
The town of Richmond Transfer Station is located at 51 Buttonwoods Road. Residents of Richmond who use the facility are required to display a Transfer Facility Sticker affixed to the inside of the back window, passenger side. The Richmond Resident Transfer Facility Sticker is free for Richmond residents and may be obtained at the Town Clerk's Office upon presentation of your valid vehicle registration.
Residents of the Town of Hopkinton may also use the Richmond Transfer Facility upon payment of an annual fee of $25 for a special Transfer Station Sticker, also available at the Richmond Town Clerk's Office and presentation of a valid vehicle registration.
Hours of operation for the Richmond Transfer Station are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Disposal facilities at the Transfer Station are also available for used motor oil, large plastic and metal items, small quantities of construction debris and e-waste. Fees may apply in some cases.
The phone number for the Transfer Station is 401-491-9505.
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5 Richmond Townhouse Road, Wyoming, RI 02898 | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdHM5qhDACtwISSCr | The results of Human Genome Project promote the development of bioinformatics. Searching disease genes that have function correlations, also called similar phenotype genes, based on the strategy of disease phenome similarity becomes an emerging research topic due to its important research value and wide range of applications. However, in biomedical field, there is no previous work that applies computer methods to search similar phenotype genes via a network consists of "gene-disease-phenotype" relations. To fill the gap, in this study, a disease information network containing three heterogeneous nodes (i.e., gene, disease, and phenotype) is built by making use of a disease open database. In addition, an algorithm, called gSim-Miner, is designed for the search of similar phenotype genes via the disease information network. Pruning strategies based on the characteristics of disease phenotype data are proposed to improve the efficiency of gSim-Miner. Experiments on real-world data sets demonstrate that the disease information network is feasible, and gSim-Miner is effective, efficient and extensible. | c4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
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Guilford County Schools
The PSAT will be administered to Early College at Guilford students at 9 a.m. Oct. 15. The test is free and transportation to the test site will be provided. Students with the highest PSAT scores will be eligible for a variety of College Board scholarships.
The Early College at Guilford is participating in three business/education fundraising programs. For the Harris Teeter Together in Education program, you can help The Early College at Guilford raise funds by linking your store card to both the Early College at Guilford (No. 6515) and the Early College at Guilford Robotics Team. Harris Teeter will give the school a percentage of every purchase made at the store. The Office Depot will give the school five percent of money spent at the store. Give the store clerk the number 70122055. Food Lion has a similar program called "Lion Shop and Share." To participate, visit www.foodlion.com and select "Lion Shop and Share," then "Link MVP Card." Select Early College at Guilford and register your 12-digit MVP card number.
The Early College at Guilford was presented with the 100 percent graduation rate award Sept. 8 in Raleigh. Charles Blanchard, principal of The Early College at Guilford, attended the award ceremony and accepted the plaque that granted the school admission into the "100% club" granted to schools all of whose students graduated in a given year.
HPU's School of Education has partnered with Thomasville City Schools in a $1 million Project Impact Grant as part of a two-year research project focusing on the integration of 21st-century technologies and instruction in K-12 classrooms.
The grant, an extension of the Think BIG grant awarded to the school of education earlier this year, seeks to evaluate the impact of providing technology instruction and support through the establishment of professional learning communities. This includes teachers' attitudes toward technology, use of 21st-century technologies and impact on academic achievement.
Jane Bowser, technology coordinator for the school of education and the original recipient of the 2008 Think BIG grant, is providing technology instruction through a series of Summer Institutes and staff development modules. Mariann Tillery, dean of the school of education, is directing the research component.
HPU hosted a group of young political leaders from Lebanon on Sept. 16 for a panel that explored issues of diversity and multiculturalism in the High Point area. The panel was sponsored by the Piedmont Triad Council of International Visitors.
The panel included Harold Warlick, dean of the chapel at HPU; Trent Vernon, principal of Johnson Street Global School, and Peter Maluth, an immigration specialist with World Relief Refugee Service in High Point; Rabih Dandachli, from the Muslim Student League; Tony Darwish, vice chairman and head of the media department at the Lebanese Forces Student Association; Melkar El Khoury, executive assistant for the Foundation for Human and Humanitarian Rights for Lebanon; Makram Ghassan Rabah, analyst for the New Opinion Workshop, and Gilbert Rizk, editor in chief of Kataeb.org.
The visitors also are learning about U.S. policy-making, strategies for conflict resolution and interfaith initiatives in dealing with religious and cultural diversity.
Carole Head, chairwoman of the Modern Foreign Language Department at HPU and a member of the Board of PTCIV, served as host.
N.C. A&T
A&T's school of education is the featured school for the 2008 homecoming. Beginning Oct. 10, from 3 to 5 p.m., the school will host an alumni reunion High Tea & Tour program and reception. Alumni and guests will hear the school's newest dean, Ceola Baber, and receive a tour of the new education building. From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 11, the school will host a pregame picnic for alumni and friends of the school of education. Activities will be held at the school of education building at Bluford Street and Benbow Road.
Information: 433-5570.
A&T's criminal justice program in the department of political science and criminal justice is offering A Criminal Justice Roundtable brown-bag lunch at noon Wednesdays in October in Room 220 Gibbs Hall.
The topics and facilitators are:
l Oct. 1: The Impact of Crime on the Movement for Civil Rights. James P. Mayes.
l Oct. 8: Police as Slaves, John Jones.
l Oct. 22: Savage Inequalities in the Educational Experiences of Youth: A Crime of the State, professor Radscheda Nobles.
l Oct. 29: moderated student panel discussion.
Discussions are open to the public. Information: 256-2127.
Greensboro Mayor Yvonne Johnson will be the keynote speaker for A&T's Fall Convocation at 10 a.m. Oct. 9 in Harrison Auditorium. Johnson will also be the grand marshal for the university's homecoming parade at 8 a.m. Oct. 11.
The 30th annual Richard E. Moore Memorial Aggie Homecoming Golf Tournament will be Oct. 10 at the Grandover Resort, on the east and west courses. The tournament is expected to attract more than 200 golfers. The format will be medal play with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. There will be pre-tournament flighting. The entry fee is $130 per player and includes golf cart, 18 holes of golf, practice balls, on-course beverages, trophies, souvenirs and an awards reception. In case of inclement weather, you will receive a rain check or credit for a tax deductible contribution.
English poet and priest George Herbert died 375 years ago. To honor his literary and spiritual legacy, UNCG is celebrating Herbert with a three-day international conference. Mark Strand, former U.S. Poet Laureate and winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize, will open the conference Oct. 9, reading alongside Carl Phillips, chancellor of the American Academy of Poets.
The Strand-Phillips poetry reading will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 in the Elliott University Center Auditorium.
"George Herbert's Travels: International Print and Cultural Legacies" runs through Oct. 11, at UNCG. The UNCG conference will offer plenary addresses by Richard Strier of the University of Chicago, Elizabeth Clarke of the University of Warwick and Judith Maltby of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and will feature more than 50 scholars from North America, Britain, France, Israel, Iran and Japan.
For a schedule or to register, visit www.uncg.edu/eng/george_herbert/. To register by phone, call (866) 334-2255.
UNCG will celebrate Greensboro's bicentennial Oct. 12 with music and poetry. The celebration begins at 3:30 p.m. in the School of Music Recital Hall.
The Center for Creative Writing in the Arts at UNCG has commissioned former N.C. Poet Laureate Fred Chappell, who helped establish the university's MFA Writing Program, to write a poem in honor of the bicentennial. Eddie Bass, emeritus professor of music at UNCG, set Chappell's poem to music, and students and faculty will perform the piece, structured around four of the city's public parks.
MFA Writing Program alumni Sarah Lindsay and Carole Boston Weatherford will also do readings.
The program, co-sponsored by the MFA Writing Program, is free and open to the public. Free parking will be available in the McIver Street deck.
Information: Mark Smith-Soto, 334-3775 or mismiths@ uncg.edu.
The history and politics of human rights, from ancient times to the modern-day plight of child soldiers in Africa, will be discussed as part of UNCG's 2008 Harriet Elliott Lecture Series Oct. 30-31.
Ishmael Beah, who was conscripted as a child soldier in his home country of Sierra Leone, will speak on "Children at War" at 7 p.m. Oct. 30 in Aycock Auditorium.
The lectures are part of Human Rights Week at UNCG Oct. 27-31. The series continues Oct. 31, with four lectures in the Virginia Dare Room of the Alumni House. A reception and book signing will follow the lectures.
The lectures are:
l 9 a.m. — "Back to the Future? The 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" by Micheline Ishay, author of "A History of Human Rights from Ancient Times to the Era of Globalization."
l 10 a.m. — "Back Together Again: The Challenge of Post-Conflict and Post-Dictatorship Societies" by Jean-Marie Kamatali. A law professor focusing on international human rights and comparative constitutional law, Kamatali was a member of the human rights community in R wanda before, during and after that country's notorious 1994 genocide.
l 11 a.m.— "The U.N. as an Agent of International Human Rights: Problems, Pitfalls and Potential" by Reverend Canon Samir Habiby. Born in Haifa, Habiby became a U.S. citizen in 1964.
l noon — Thomas F. Jackson, associate professor of history at UNCG, will conclude the lectures with a look at "Human Rights and the African-American Freedom Struggle." Jackson's book "Martin Luther King: From Civil Rights to Human Rights," earned the prestigious Liberty Legacy Foundation Award for the year's best book on any aspect of the civil rights struggle since the nation's founding.
Information: 334-5992 or www.uncg.edu/his.
Our Lady of Grace Catholic School, 2205 W. Market St., Greensboro, will host a Scholastic Book Fair Oct. 16-22 for the school library. Families, teachers and the community are invited.
The Book Fair Safari will feature a Serengeti Soiree family event with dinner in the "Kilimanjaro Café" (school cafeteria), followed by an All-School Dance with deejay in the school gym from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 17. There is a fee for dinner, but the book fair is free and open in the school library during the event. Donuts for Dads is from 7:15 to 8 a.m. Oct. 21.
Fair hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 16-17 and 20-21, 8 to 10 a.m. Oct. 22 and 5 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 17. Information: 275-1522.
Guilford County adds COVID-19 vaccine appointments after getting 1,500 extra doses
Registration, which opened at 5 p.m. Friday, is online only and will remain open until all slots have been filled.
Greensboro coliseum to host COVID-19 vaccinations starting next week
People can begin registering for vaccinations at the coliseum, which are by appointment only, starting at 10 a.m. Friday. Vaccinations begin on Tuesday.
N.C. A&T lands yet another multimillion donation. This one is $5.5 million, with most going to scholarships.
The latest donation is from Corning Inc., the materials science company famed for its glass products.
Funeral services for former N.C. A&T chancellor James Renick to be livestreamed Thursday
James Renick was A&T's ninth chancellor. He led the Greensboro university through a period of tremendous growth from 1999 to 2006.
Amid rise in COVID-19 cases, Guilford County restricts delivery, curbside pickup, and to-go ordering after 10 p.m. to outside of restaurants and bars
"Delivery, curbside pickup, and to-go ordering must remain outdoors," after 10 p.m., Skip Alston, chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, said in a news release.
Two Guilford care facilities experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks
It's unclear if either site has current cases of the highly contagious respiratory disease, according to a recent state report.
'Rachael Ray' spotlights Greensboro dance company founder's efforts to supply laptops to kids
The "Rachael Ray" show will feature a segment on Brittany Williams, the founder of Greensboro-based iAlign Dance Company, and her efforts to collect new and gently used laptops to help Guilford County Schools students learn remotely during the pandemic.
City cuts back hours due to pandemic, rescinds emergency order because of county action
Hours for most city offices and facilities will be limited to 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Although Water Resources and Parks and Recreation will continue to operate under current schedules, the Greensboro Police Department will also limit its public facilities hours to the city's operating hours.
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BkiUfJE5qhLBvqGZ3BSu | Алекса́ндр Монтго́мери (; около 1545 — 22 августа 1598) — шотландский поэт, полководец и придворный.
Родился в шотландской области Эршир (Ayrshire).
Монтгомери был другом короля Иакова (Якова) VI.
Автор аллегорической поэмы «Вишня и Тёрн» (, около 1584), многочисленных сонетов. Вошёл в историю англоязычной поэзии как создатель четырнадцатистрочной «строфы Монтгомери».
Значительная часть поэтического наследия Монтгомери переведена на русский язык С. А. Александровским.
Издания на русском языке
Александр Монтгомери. Вишня и Тёрн. Сонеты. Перевод Сергея Александровского. Составитель и научный редактор Евгений Витковский. — М.: Водолей Publishers, 2007. — 232 с. ISBN 5-902312-98-1
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Поэтическая иллюстрация к очерку об Александре Монтгомери Евгений Витковский
Александр Монтгомери. Вишня и Тёрн. Поэма Перевод С. Александровского
Александр Монтгомери. Избранные сонеты. Перевод С. Александровского. Вступительная заметка Вадима Молодого
Александр Монтгомери. Сонеты (с параллельным шотландским текстом). Перевод С. Александровского
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BkiUaK7xK6-gDz87NIWx | This is a list of episodes of the 2005-2006 Japanese tokusatsu television series Garo. The events within the television broadcast were described as being from the "Chapter of the Black Wolf". Garo lasted for 25 episodes, and included a special side story and a special two-part epilogue entitled Garo Special: Byakuya no Maju.
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BkiUdjjxK7FjYEB4Vtph | Half Day Tour of Peterhof (Petrodvorets)
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Peterhof is perhaps St Petersburg's most famous and spectacular Imperial estate. The Grand Palace, filled with fascinating and elaborate interiors, sits on top of a high seashore ridge overlooking the vast Lower Park. The palace at Peterhof sits amidst an enormous park, adorned with fountains, statues and pavilions. Numbers are limited to 6 people on this small-group tour, ensuring you'll receive personalized attention from your guide.
The Upper Garden, located between the St Petersburg highway and the Grand Palace, is a typical French-style formal garden with five fountains including one depicting Neptune, the God of the Sea. The estate's Lower Park lies between the Grand Palace and the seashore and boasts the world's largest system of fountains, earning it the title the "Russian Versaille". The park's unique fountain system was designed in the 18th century and doesn't require the use of any pumps to operate the fountains.
There are three major cascades and over 140 fountains in the park. The most impressive is the Grand Cascade, located directly below the Grand Palace, which features an impressive golden statue of Samson grasping the mighty jaws of the lion. The park's other cascades feature black and white chess board designs, Chinese dragons and numerous other features definitely worth seeing!
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BkiUbVnxK0fkXPSOoaTl | WBP are delighted to announce that the Wales Biodiversity Partnership Conference will take place on the 19th and 20th September at the National Museum Cardiff, Wales.
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General Motors leans toward cutting sponsor ties with Penn State
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GM may decide not to hand off its advertising dollars to Penn State anymore. (Photo Credit: CC BY-SA/Ben Stanfield/Wikipedia)
General Motors is currently re-evaluating its sponsorship relationship with Penn State University, reports Automotive News. The recent Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal that has torn the university apart has not only drawn the censure of the the victims, the law and the NCAA, but it may cause sponsors to jump ship en masse.
Silencing the roar of the Nittany Lions
GM spokesman Tom Henderson told the automotive press that his company has not made a definite decision as to whether it will terminate all dealings with Penn State. He did say that whatever the decision – or whether any decision will actually be made in the first place – General Motors will play this close to the vest. The specific details of the automaker's sponsorship with Penn State are also somewhat unclear, beyond the fact that a partnership exists. It is known, however, that numerous universities partner with the regional offices of GM, according to NCAA records.
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The fall of a program
Earlier this week, NCAA officials responded to a report of institutional misconduct filed by former FBI Director Louis Freeh. The report, which concludes that administrators at Penn State including the late head football coach Joe Paterno covered up allegations of child sex abuse made against former football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, was particularly damning in its condemnation of Penn State's lack of concern for its victims and dishonesty in hiding the truth. Penn State was subsequently fined $60 million by the NCAA – the equivalent of a year's profit for the football program – and a series of other disciplinary bans were issued. The first was a four-year bowl ban for the football program. In addition, the total number of scholarships was drastically reduced, and Joe Paterno and the football program were were forced to cede victories from the years 1998 through 2011.
This officially dropped Joe Paterno from his spot atop the list of career victories by an NCAA Division I football coach. The former number two coach on the all-time wins list, Eddie Robinson of Grambling University, is now officially the winningest coach in NCAA history, again. Paterno passed Robinson after Robinson retired in 1997, his 57th year at Grambling University.
State Farm pulls ads from Penn State broadcasts
Even though official word has yet to come down from General Motors as to whether it will break all times with Penn State, other parties have been more decisive. State Farm Insurance has gone on record as saying that it will no longer air advertisements during Penn State's televised home football games.
"We will not directly support Penn State football this year," said State Farm spokesman Dave Phillips. "We just feel it was the best decision."
Advertisers like State Farm have considered pulling ads and cutting ties with Penn State ever since Jerry Sandusky, 68, was arrested on child-sex abuse charges last November, according to the Associated Press. Sandusky was subsequently found guilty on 45 charges of child-sex abuse. It is believed that Sandusky will spend his remaining days in prison..
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BkiUc9M4uzlhheeMy4V3 | I organisk kemi er en koblingsreaktion et begreb der dækker en lang række kemiske reaktioner hvor to hydrocarboner bliver koblet ved hjælp af en metalkatalysator. I en vigtig reaktionstype reagerer en organometallisk forbindelse af typen RM (R = organisk del, M = hovedgruppe center) med et organohalid af typen R'X under dannelse af en ny carbon-carbon-binding i produktet R-R'. Bidrag til koblingsreaktioner fra Ei-ichi Negishi og Akira Suzuki blev anerkendt i 2010 med nobelprisen i kemi, som blev delt med Richard F. Heck.
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krydskobling, der involverer reaktion mellem to forskellige forbindelse, for eksempel bromobenzen (PhBr) og vinylchloride for at give styren (PhCH=CH2).
homokoblinger, der kobler to identiske forbindelse, for eksempel omdannelsen af iodobenzen (PhI) til biphenyl (Ph-Ph).
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BkiUb1nxK6-gDw5At7LW | HomeSports & EntertainmentSPORTS: As Liberia Set To Meet Sierra Leone Sunday, Tonia Tisdell Expelled
SPORTS: As Liberia Set To Meet Sierra Leone Sunday, Tonia Tisdell Expelled
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Cypriot-based Liberian forward Tonia Tisdell has been axed from Liberia's team ahead of the crunch encounter away at Sierra Leone on Sunday, September 8 in Freetown.
The 27-year-old was released from the team's camp less than 24 hours after the Lone Star's 3-1 victory over Sierra Leone in the first leg of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers preliminary round at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex.
According to a release from the Liberia Football Association, the decision to expelled Tisdell was reached after head coach Peter Butler complained of his behavior and general disrespect to teammates and technical staff, as well as to the public.
The former Ankaraspor attacker may have felt disappointed over starting the game against Sierra Leone from the bench. Not only did he come out last during the warm-up period, but he also failed to stand and sing when Liberia's national anthem was being played.
Since his debut for Liberia on October 11, 2008, in a goalless draw against Algeria at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in a 2010 World Cup qualifier, Tisdell has made 13 appearances for Liberia, scoring once. | commoncrawl | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUetm6NNjgBpvIC6CZ | How the taboo of single mothers created an underclass of abused children.
The beating of a 4-year-old boy on Christmas Eve went on through the night. Covered with bruises and having suffered catastrophic internal bleeding, he was pronounced dead at a hospital. Soon after, his mother and her two boyfriends were arrested.
While the news of the child's death sparked outrage and horror in Japan's media, Orie Ikeda, a single mother of two, says she can understand how such a brutal assault occurred in Minoh, the affluent dormitory town near where she lives.
Ikeda managed to get on a government training course that helped her secure one of the lowest-paid jobs in Japan: Looking after the nation's growing cohorts of elderly.
Most single mothers in Japan exist on less than half the national median income, the poverty line defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Their children are, on average, poorer, less educated and have fewer prospects — an underclass in a wealthy and aging nation that can ill-afford to lose a significant chunk of its future workforce. One in every seven children in Japan experiences poverty.
Failing to address that will cost Japan 2.9 trillion yen ($26.3 billion) in lost incomes and 1.1 trillion yen in lost taxes and social security payments for each year of children at school, according to the Nippon Foundation in Tokyo. The estimate calculates the impact over the future working life of 15-year-olds.
It's also a lost opportunity for a country that desperately needs as many young, highly skilled workers as it can get.
Even after decades of stagnation in the shadow of China's economic rise, Japan is still among the 10 wealthiest nations with more than 10 million people in terms of GDP per capita.
But almost none of that wealth trickles down to Japan's single mothers. Fewer than half of them receive alimony, and even if they can get a job, the odds are stacked against them. Working women earn roughly 30 percent less than men doing a similar job in Japan, and about 60 percent of women who work hold part-time, contract or temporary jobs where pay is lower and benefits can be non-existent.
Yet while Japan's overall population is declining, the number of single-mother households in the country rose by about 50 percent to 712,000 between 1992 and 2016, according to the labor ministry. The child poverty rate for working single-parent households in Japan stood at 56 percent, the highest among OECD nations, compared with 32 percent in the U.S.
Those that get alimony or child support from their ex-spouse or live with their parents are the lucky ones. In Japan, single parents are more likely to live in poverty with a job than without, according to the OECD.
What made the Christmas Day death especially shocking for Japan is that Minoh is the last place where most people would expect it to happen.
Mayor Tetsuro Kurata, 44, had tried to make the city a national model of child protection, installing hundreds of surveillance cameras along the roads children use to go to school and parks, and analyzing a database with the assistance of social groups that would monitor children's progress at school and home for any sign of trouble.
Then, Kurata got the call just before dawn on Dec. 25.
The town of Minoh, near Osaka city.
Visitors flock to Minoh from nearby Osaka to hike in its famous park, with its picture-postcard Japanese bridge in a wooded glade below a waterfall. Single-family homes dot rolling streets shaded with maple trees.
The crime scene itself is in a freshly painted white apartment complex on a small hill, where the smell of cut grass wafts in the air and fallen leaves are neatly piled. A nearby house holds piano lessons for children.
Behind that facade, the city's report of the crime tells a different story, one of hardship, brutality and a struggle to keep up appearances in public. The single mother of two boys was sick and looking for a part-time job. When she found one at a supermarket, she couldn't start because she didn't have childcare during Sunday shifts.
She had already been reported for possible neglect in the town where she used to live. She turned up at her boys' school with two men, who she told staff were cousins. Two weeks before the older son was killed, a teacher visiting the mother's home noticed a bruise on the left cheek of the younger son.
Left: Atto School's Tsuyoshi Watari, Right: A tutoring session in progress.
The reasons why Japan's single parents and their children have slipped through the net are not just about money.
Much has to do with the twin taboos of being a divorced mother and being poor. In addition, public spending has favored the old — an increasing proportion of the electorate. Work prospects for single parents have also been eroded — years of economic stagnation hollowed out Japan's once-ubiquitous salaried middle class, replacing many positions with low-paying, part-time or contract jobs.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has encouraged women to "shine" by balancing child rearing with a job, and official female labor participation rates have risen, partly due to the increase in the number of part-time positions.
Ikeda folds laundry in her home.
For one single mother in Minoh, Abe's challenge seems more like a dream.
Speaking on condition of anonymity because of fear about her ex-husband, she said that, for her, "shining" would be simply to live a normal life. She said she felt she was at the bottom of society and her priority was just to be able to feed her child.
She works two part-time jobs, as a receptionist at a local clinic and a clerk at a store. She said other single mothers she knows have to work more.
Masaji Matsuyama, minister of demographic challenges, says the plight of children has eased under Abe's premiership since late 2012. Child poverty fell to 13.9 percent from 16.3 percent between 2012 and 2015, and for single-parent households dropped to 50.8 percent from 54.6 percent, according to the labor ministry.
"Child poverty is now being eliminated," said Matsuyama, a 59-year-old father of four. He said the government is creating "all-generation social programs," though he agreed more efforts are needed to help single parents.
The prime minister also plans to raise the sales tax in 2019 to help fund social projects, including free preschools. But the government has to service the world's largest national debt and the bulk of public service spending goes to the elderly. The goal of a primary budget surplus has been pushed back five years to fiscal 2025.
Noriko Yamano, a professor at Osaka Prefecture University who serves on the government's expert panel on child poverty, said there's little evidence that the government's policies are the cause of the dip in child poverty, because it funds projects without monitoring their effectiveness and typically doesn't set proper targets.
A failure to help disadvantaged children has major repercussions for Japan's future because of the burden on a shrinking young workforce to look after a growing population of elderly, according to Makiko Nakamuro, an associate professor at Keio University in Tokyo, who specializes in the economics of education.
In some areas, it has been left to charities to try to battle child poverty and abuse, such as the one started by Daiwa Securities Group Inc. last year.
Nakata first got involved years ago when he discovered to his surprise an orphanage next to his daughter's preschool. He began sending Christmas presents to the children.
Japan's orphanages have become the country's asylums for abused children. Many were set up after the war for the street children who had lost parents. Now, about 60 percent of the kids they take were abused or neglected, according to the welfare ministry.
But the abuse and disadvantages mean many of the children from Japan's orphanages have dimmer prospects. At 18, when they have to leave, only 12 percent go to college, compared with 52 percent of high school graduates.
"Some can set goals, but can't work hard to reach them," said Ai Makieda, 25, an instructor at the House of Hope, who was raised at an orphanage after her unmarried and jobless mother neglected her. She won a scholarship from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. which enabled her to finish college and she hopes that one day she will get married and raise her own children.
Goldman's involvement sprang from a charity event when Shigeki Kiritani took Christmas gifts to an orphanage. He began helping fund some of the children to go to college. Kiritani, president of Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co. in Japan, is one of a group of partners who sponsor the scholarship program.
Stringent privacy laws and a culture of keeping up appearances make it hard to spot much of the poverty in Japan. In Bunkyo Ward in central Tokyo, another affluent neighborhood that is home to the University of Tokyo and the Tokyo Dome baseball stadium, a joint project between government and local groups identifies poor families and covertly provides them with some free groceries so that neighbors don't know. Seven cases of domestic violence have been found via the program. More than half of the project's users are single-parent households.
Free grocery provisions are packed in Tokyo for families in need.
Out of 1,447 child abuse cases in the year through March 2004, 32 percent occurred in single-parent households and 31 percent happened in households experiencing economic difficulties, according to a report by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
In Minoh, memories of the crime are already fading now that police cars, media crews and Santa socks put on the family's mail box are all gone.
One person who hasn't forgotten is Kurata, the mayor, who has vowed never to let it happen again. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUbW7xK4sA-7sDdZFc | Tom and Leslyn Jacobs were selected as the 2018 Wisconsin Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year. They own and manage 875 acres of woodland in Marinette and Oconto Counties since 1984. They follow their management plan and keep records of their practices. In addition to practicing sound forest management they have constructed and maintained a wooden bridge on Waupee Creek, built a cabin from 85% of lumber harvested off their own woods, maintain 38 acres of wildlife openings, 12 miles of property lines are identified and marked, established old growth stands, maintain bird houses and wildlife habitat and so much more.
Tom and Leslyn have been very active outside of managing their woodlands. Tom has been a member of the Wisconsin Tree Farm Committee (WTFC) since 1988 and was Chair of the Committee from 2001 to 2008. Tom has served as treasurer of the WTFC since 2006. Tom & Leslyn have been a member of the Wisconsin Woodland Owner Association (WWOA) and the Phoenix Falls Chapter of WWOA since 2001. Both Tom and Leslyn partake in many WWOA Field Day events and Annual Conventions. Tom has been a WWOA Board of Directors since the fall of 2016 to the present. They both have attended five National Tree Farm Conventions and 9 Annual National Leadership Conventions. They are also members of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) since graduating from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point with Forestry degrees. Tom serves on the Wisconsin SAF Forestry Hall of Fame Committee since 2014. They have hosted numerous field days on their property and have assisted in planning for meetings and conventions.
As husband and wife, parents and as foresters; Tom and Leslyn have sustainably managed their Tree Farms by including their family when taking care of the forest land and also when it comes to enjoying the wildlife, forest habitats and outdoor recreation that their Tree Farms offer.
Tom & Leslyn started their own forestry consultant business in the early 1980's mainly because other private forest landowners "liked" the way they managed their lands. They enjoy helping and assisting others in practicing Sustainable Forestry. Their business "Tree & Trails Forestry Consultants, LLC" has assisted over 1,000 Family Forest landowners throughout Northeast Wisconsin. Many are repeat customers and have become "good friends".
The Jacobs plan to continue to be very much involved in Organizations that promote Forestry Education to Family Forest Landowners and the public, and remain active members of the American Tree Farm Program (State Wide & Nationally), the Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association and other various "Volunteer Organizations". They will continue to educate themselves in Sustainable Forestry by remaining members of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) Cooperating Forester Program and Tom will continue as a WDNR Certified Plan Writer, to enable themselves to better serve family, friends and others needing forestry assistance.
Congratulations to Tom and Leslyn on a well-deserved award.
So because forests continue to be threatened by wildfire, attacks by insects and disease and conversion to non-forest uses, forty years ago, on July 1 Congress passed the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978. The Act was Designed to mitigate these threats by empowering the USDA Forest Service to partner with state forestry agencies, which typically match federal investments 2 to 1, to provide technical forest management assistance to landowners.
The American Forest Foundation (AFF) and the American Tree Farm System (ATFS) recently had a complimentary reception to celebrate their current Wisconsin projects and provide landowners with an exclusive preview of new projects launching, including an exciting technology platform they are piloting in Wisconsin.
The reception was held on May 16th at the Mequon Nature Preserve near Mequon Wisconsin. Caroline Keubler and Beth Riley of the American Forest Foundation spent part of an hour with a presentation discussing the American Tree Farm System (ATFS) Management Plan Addendum "MyLandPlan" which is an easy-to-use tool to help support Certified Tree Farmers and Family Forest owners. The tool is designed to help you understand the range of resources for consideration in the managing of your woodlands. This document is designed as a complement to your current management plan.
Dan Peterson of Wisconsin Rapids was awarded the 2018 Regional Inspector of the Year at the American Tree Farm System (ATFS) National Leadership Conference held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in February. Dan was introduced to the ATFS in 1985 when he was assigned to help manage Consolidated Paper's Tree Farm Family program. At that time the Tree Farm System was an industry program and his company had a landowner assistance program that provided management assistance to private landowners. All of the landowners who enrolled their land in the CPI Tree Farm Family were provided a management plan, free forestry assistance and enrolled in the National ATFS. Dan enrolled over 200 landowners in the ATFS during that time and the CPI Tree Farm Family grew to over 200,000 acres of forested land. Each year Consolidated Papers hosted a Tree Farm Family Field Day where all the Members were invited. Dan was always involved in planning and hosting the event where the day was spent touring 3 or 4 member Tree Farms in the area where the event was being held. It rotated back and forth between northern and central Wisconsin. Along with the Field Day they sponsored a containerized seedling growing contest. Each year Tree Farmers could sign up to receive a free Styrofoam seedling growing block seeded with 200 red pine. Their challenge was to germinate the seeds, grow the seedlings, and bring them to the Tree Farm Field Day at the end of the summer where they were judged and a winner was selected.
Join us for a Dessert and Coffee Reception on May 16th from 7-8 pm at the Mequon Nature Preserve, 8200 W. County Line Rd., Mequon , Wi. Meet other landowners, Tree Farmers,forest supporters and Midwest American Forest Foundation staff, who will share information on MyLandPlan.org, current Wisconsin projects and preview our newest project, Woodcamp.
On April 10, 2018 Tom Martin, President & CEO for the American Forest Foundation (AFF) Testified in front of the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food & Drug Administration and Related Agencies regarding the current proposed Farm Bill. For private landowners, the bill makes many positive changes to the programs that assist in forest management and conservation. The draft includes dedicated funding of $3 billion for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQUIP) by 2023, an increase from the $1.75 billion authorized today. Along with an increase in EQUIP funding, the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) is slated to receive $250 million, a $150 million increase from today's maximum level to be invested in further developing partnerships to improve water and land quality.
You are invited to a Spring Field Day for Woodland Owners hosted by Jim and Sue Karpinsky.
This field day is sponsored by the Black Hawk chapter of the Wisconsin Woodland Owner Association (HC-WWOA), the Wisconsin Chapter of the Walnut Council (WWC) and the Wisconsin Tree Farm Committee (WTFC). | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUcujxK0wg0_74-JEc | NDDC develops comprehensive database to ease employment
on: July 14, 2011 In: Community Development
Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), Mr. Chibuzor Okwuoha says that the Commissioner will soon come up with a comprehensive data base that will contain the various categories of qualified persons in the region that are unemployed for easy assessment.
He stated this in Asaba, when he paid a courtesy visit on Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan at Government House Asaba Wednesday.
According to him, "the idea is to have every Niger Delta log in his information so that anytime we need people to be employed or one way or the other you just go to the web site and if you want engineer, just type engineering, all those engineers from Niger Delta their names will come out.
"If you want it state by state, say Delta State, all those engineers in Delta state will come out, if you want it
within certain years all the information will come out that is what we are doing right now".
The NDDC boss also said that the Commission will be embarking on a pilot project of about N45 million which will involve participation of the local government councils in the region.
"NDDC has extended their partnership to involve local government area we will contribute 30 million naira while the selected 5 local government area from each state will contribute 15 million each to an account to be opened by NDDC.
"The selection", he explained "is based on the first local government area to contribute the money. The project to be invested on will in each of this local government area will be determined by the local government".
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BkiUdoM5i7PA9MKgajAU | Q: I can't boot from a hard drive on usb My Samsung laptop came with a hard drive and I installed Ubuntu on it. Now I upgraded for a SSD that I also installed Ubuntu. I want to be able to boot from the hard drive through the USB so I can export some settings.
I was able to do that on my old laptop, but here when I try with Samsung BIOS settings or f10 on boot the hard drive shuts down and the laptop restarts.
I can access the hard drive contents as a mass storage device so I know it's not corrupted.
On the Samsung BIOS security tab the HDD password is shown as "frozen" but the hard drive doesn't have a password, but sometimes it shows as clear but even then I wasn't able to boot.
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BkiUecnxaKgTq1C9Otqt | New collecting : exhibiting and audiences after new media art / edited by Beryl Graham, University of Sunderland, UK.
International Art Galleries : Post-War To Post-Millennium : A Narrative Chronology of The Dealers, Artists and Spaces That Have Defined Modern Art / Edited by Uta Grosenick and Raimar Stange : [Translated from the German: Sean Gallagher, Michael Scuffil.
What's next? : 100 years of the Contemporary Art Society : inside public collections / edited by Lucy Byatt & Charlotte Troy.
New art on view / [project editor, Esme West ; copy editor, Helen Armitage].
Manet to Picasso / Project editor: Tom Windross.
Art and social change : contemporary art in Asia and the Pacific / edited by Caroline Turner. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUd1XxaKgQNOzmpoLh | IRONY - a Comedy Short Film by Amy Nicholson.
The film could've been hours long, but Nicholson was strict that it be short and straightforward. She wanted to capture the odd bits of real life. "It's such a cliche to say life is funny, but it's so true," she says. "Maybe that's my way of seeing it as not boring." And Nicholson's life is anything but boring. If you enjoyed this short, you should rush over to her Vimeo page and check out her other shorts "Pickle" and "Beauty School," as well as her two documentary features Muskrat Lovely and Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride.
If you're interested in premiering your short film as a Staff Pick Premiere, please check out www.vimeo.com/submit for more information. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdDw5qhLBCSMaNE6X | Het Kanaal van Korinthe (Grieks: Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου) is een kunstmatige waterweg in Griekenland. Het werd in het laatste decennium van de 19e eeuw aangelegd op de plaats waar de Landengte van Korinthe op zijn smalst is, namelijk 6343 m. Het lijnrechte kanaal is circa 6,3 km lang, 23 m breed en zo'n 8 m diep. De grote gaten in de wand zijn veroorzaakt door springstof, toen in de Tweede Wereldoorlog de doorvaart werd geblokkeerd.
De zes bruggen (vijf voor het autoverkeer, een voor de spoorweg) die de Peloponnesos met het Europese vasteland verbinden, liggen ongeveer 70 m boven de waterspiegel. Het kanaal heeft de vaarweg tussen Piraeus en de Ionische Zee met ongeveer 350 km verkort. Toch is het enkel geschikt voor middelgrote schepen, want sterke stromingen maken het gevaarlijk voor kleine bootjes, terwijl de geringe diepgang een bezwaar is voor grote schepen van meer dan 10.000 ton. Een sleepboot loodst de vaarschepen erdoorheen in een half uur. Dit gebeurt omzichtig, want de bijna loodrechte wanden van grind en leem brokkelen regelmatig af. Lange wachttijden, hoge tolkosten en gevaarlijk manoeuvreren dragen evenmin bij aan een intensief gebruik.
Geschiedenis
De stormachtige zuidpunt van de Peloponnesos (zie ook Kaap Malea) was in de oudheid een gevreesde kaap. Daarom werden vrachtschepen liever aan de ene oever van de landengte uitgeladen, op ossenwagens 6 km over de "diolkos" (een primitieve spoorlijn waarvan nog resten te zien zijn) getrokken en aan de andere kant weer te water gelaten en ingeladen. Dit intense vrachtverkeer heeft de rijkdom van Korinthe veroorzaakt, en er werden al vroeg plannen gemaakt voor de aanleg van een kanaal.
Historische bronnen vermelden dat de Korinthische tiran Periander de eerste was die concrete pogingen ondernam om de landengte te doorsnijden. Hij kwam echter al gauw tot de conclusie dat hij te veel hooi op zijn vork had genomen, nadat het orakel van Delphi een negatief advies had gegeven.
Drie eeuwen later haalde de ambitieuze Demetrius Poliorcetes de plannen opnieuw uit de kast, maar hij ging uiteindelijk niet tot de actie over, omdat zijn ingenieurs berekend hadden dat er een groot hoogteverschil bestond tussen de Golf van Korinthe en de Golf van Egina, en dat de verbinding van beide zeeën catastrofale gevolgen zou hebben voor de Saronische Eilanden.
De Romeinse ingenieurs van Julius Caesar en Caligula gingen opnieuw aan het meten, resp. in 44 v.Chr. en 37 na Chr., en kwamen tot dezelfde foutieve conclusie. Maar de excentrieke keizer Nero bezat genoeg grootheidswaanzin om in 66 na Chr. de eerste (gouden!) spade in de grond te steken. Dat ging gepaard met indrukwekkend ritueel vertoon, waarbij vooral de gunst van Poseidon werd afgesmeekt. Vervolgens werd er uit alle macht verder gespit door 6000 Joodse dwangarbeiders. Aan de ene kant vorderde men 2 km, aan de andere kant 1,5 km, maar om allerlei redenen werd het werk op een bepaald moment gestaakt.
Ook Herodes Atticus probeerde het later nog eens, en de Byzantijnen en Venetianen raakten niet verder dan de fase van het brainstormen. Pas in 1882 werden de werken onder leiding van de Hongaarse ingenieur Vojtech Gerster met Frans kapitaal en moderne middelen hervat (op 23 april), en ten slotte in 1893 voltooid, al dreigde het ook toen nog even mis te gaan door een faillissement van de Franse kanaalmaatschappij. Nadat een Grieks consortium onder impuls van geldschieter Andreas Syngros (1830-1899) het bestuur van de werken had overgenomen, werd het kanaal op 25 juli 1893 opengesteld voor de scheepvaart.
De doortocht van het kanaal werd enkele malen geblokkeerd door instortende delen. Zo liet de Wehrmacht bij de aftocht in 1944 de bruggen opblazen en een reeks treinstellen in het water storten. Pas op het einde van de Griekse Burgeroorlog, in 1949, kon het kanaal weer opengaan voor de scheepvaart.
Ook van januari 2021 tot juni 2022 was het kanaal niet bevaarbaar wegens een aardverschuiving.
In een tijd waarin enorme containerschepen eenvoudiger om de kaap heen varen lijkt het kanaal min of meer overbodig geworden, maar het wordt nog door kleinere vrachtschepen gebruikt.
Ishtmia
Dicht bij de zuidelijke ingang ligt het antieke Isthmia, ooit een centrum gewijd aan de eredienst van de zeegod Poseidon, waar om de twee jaar de Isthmische Spelen plaatsvonden. Interessant zijn de goed bewaarde resten van de startpoortjes van het stadion.
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Korinthe
Middellandse Zee
Geografie van de Peloponnesos | wikipedia | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdGHxK7IDPXIhnPY9 | Pupils from Cockermouth School have been learning about angling at St Petersburgh Fishery near Beckermet.
In a joint session involving local angling clubs and the Environment Agency's Fisheries Officer, they learned about the sport, and how to maintain biodiversity.
There was clearly some talent on show, as one youngster managed to land a Rainbow Trout.
Cumbrian youngsters are being taught the joys of angling as part of an initiative to promote National Fishing Month.
A hundred and fifty pupils from five schools have been involved so far. As well as learning how to fly fish, they are being shown how to do it safely and legally. Kim Inglis went to see a group from Keswick in action.
Youngsters are being taught the joys of angling as part of an initiative to promote National Fishing Month.
Around 150 Cumbrian school children have been involved so far. As well as learning how to fly fish, they are learning about the environment and how important it is to preserve the region's waterways. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdZE5qoYAxftPVXQ9 | IMF board approves further $407 mln disbursement for Kenya
PUBLISHED: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:13:35 GMT
Rodrigo Campos
Deputy Managing Director of the IMF Antoinette Sayeh
Photo via Flickr
The board of the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it allowed the immediate disbursement of a further $407 million to Kenya after completing its first reviews of two agreements approved in April.
"The Kenyan authorities continue to demonstrate strong commitment to their fiscal reform agenda during this unprecedented global shock," said Antoinette Sayeh, deputy managing director of the IMF.
She said Kenya's performance under the arrangements has been "broadly satisfactory" and "sets the basis for a return to durable and inclusive growth."
The board approved in April two new 38-month financing arrangements for Kenya valued at $2.34 billion. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUfIzxK6-gDz87R0K2 | Q: How to check if a directory is a git repository in C# I've started using LibGit2Sharp in my project and I have to admit its pretty awesome. I'm glad i didnt go the command line route with processinfo. But I have a question which I couldn't find an answer for in the wiki and could not find a test in the source code that had it. How can you check with LibGit2Sharp if a folder is a git repository?
A: You can call Repository.IsValid(path). The source code for Repository is here.
The path can be either to the .git folder or to the working directory.
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BkiUdJDxK1yAga6Jr3au | Peter Osvath
Junior Nationals 2020
Victorian State Fencing Centre
In recognition and appreciation of this outstanding contribution to Australian Fencing, Peter Osvath was awarded AFF Life Membership by the 2014 Annual General Meeting and formally recognised at the 2104 Robyn Chaplin Memorial Tournament in Adelaide.
An accomplished 3 weapon fencer, Peter Osvath has made a unique and outstanding contribution to Australian Fencing since 1988. This has included:
During his time in ACT (1988 to 1995) – held various positions as President of ANU Fencing Club; Vice President and President of ACT Fencing where he notably helped bring ACT Fencing into the national fencing family;
Since moving to Victoria in 1995 – held various positions as President of VRI Fencing Club; President of Fencing Victoria (2003-08) where he notably concluded the negotiations and plans for the establishment of the State Fencing Centre at North Melbourne;
From 1990 to 2013 – Chair of the AFF Selection Commission, including management of all international competition entries, establishment of AFF results database, regular updating of the AFF Ranking Points and major contribution to the development and transparency of the AFF Selection Policy;
He also served as a member of the AFF Officiating Commission and appointed as referee for the 1984 and 2000 Olympic Games, and a number of international tournaments and World Championships;
Appointed Team Manager for Australian Team at 2006 Commonwealth Fencing Championships and World Championships;
Member of AFF Executive from 2001 to 2009; and
Inaugural High Performance Manager for the Australian Fencing Team. | commoncrawl | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUe0zxK6wB9k0iNFV1 | Inder Jit Malhotra (17 March 1929 – 24 March 1993) was a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, representing the constituency of Jammu. A member of the Indian National Congress party, he served in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th formations of the Lok Sabha from 1959 until he retired from office in 1977 from Kathua and Jammu. Prior to 1967, he was elected by the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir to represent Jammu as a Member of Parliament. Direct elections for parliamentary seats by Jammu and Kashmir constituents began in 1967, when the 4th Lok Sabha was formed.
The son of Thakur Das Malhotra, Inder Jit Malhotra was first elected to Parliament by the Legislative Assembly following the tragic and unexpected death of his father, who held the seat previously and suffered a fatal heart attack while delivering a political speech. He completed his undergraduate education in India, and then pursued graduate study in the United States, earning a Master in Journalism from the University of Oregon and a Master of Science in agriculture from Kansas State University.
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Politicians from Jammu | wikipedia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbfrxK7kjXIdG9AB4 | I'm back from visiting with family on Cape Cod for Thanksgiving. While Thanksgiving is primarily a time to enjoy good food and good company, I naturally took a few photos while I was there as well.
The Bourne Bridge is one of two steel bridges that cross the Cape Cod canal.
My poor family doesn't particularly like it when I stop to take photos before we eat.
Apple pie, an American staple.
Longnook Beach in Truro, looking out onto the Atlantic Ocean.
We visited the North Truro Air Force base, which, if you can't tell from the photos, is no longer in use. It is, however, open for the public to explore, although entry to the buildings is prohibited due to safety concerns. Any photos I got were through the windows. The site is currently owned by the National Park Service and is also the site of the Highlands Center. Above is a peek inside the barracks.
The former mess hall (cue pun about it being a mess).
The Highlands Center, which occupies the site now.
An air traffic control monitor.
The road to the family housing.
After visiting the Air Force Base, we headed to Highland Light, also in Truro.
From Highland Light you can see the Air Force Base across the field.
My family loves to do crafts. This little pine cone elf came from a craft on Lia Griffith's website.
The Cape Cod National Seashore's Salt Pond Visitor Center is a frequent stop for my family. The National Park Service gift shops are currently stocked with items commemorating its centennial next year.
Although we didn't pick up a tree here, the scent of all the wreathes, swags, and trees for sale at St. Aubin's in Eastham, along with the sounds of the Christmas music piped in, really helped usher in the holiday season! | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdDI5qWTA7nAgcdXQ | I'm Sarah Jane Schmidt (@sjs917), and currently I'm the Schwarzschild Postdoctoral Fellow at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics – Potsdam (AIP). Before that, I was a postoctoral fellow at Ohio State University and before that I got my PhD at the University of Washington (2012). My work is focused on determining the magnetic properties and metallicities of some of the smallest stars and warmest brown dwarfs (spectral types M and L). To do this, I primarily works with survey data of all sorts – photometric, spectroscopic, and/or time-domain. In addition to cool star science, I plan to tweet about equity + inclusion, learning to mentor students, and what it's like to be from the US and (try to) adapt to German academia.
In my non-astronomy time, I read (sci-fi, fantasy, history, biography, feminist theory), sing in a collective women's choir, listen to podcasts, play video games, and recently borrowed a bass guitar that is my new favorite thing.
Sarah Jane Schmidt (@sjs917) is a postdoctoral fellow at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics – Potsdam (AIP). The unifying theme of her work is the objects she studies: the lowest mass stars and a few of the warmest brown dwarfs. Within those guidelines, she drifts from magnetic activity to kinematics to spectroscopic features to metallicities either on individual objects or using "medium data." Sarah is primarily an observer and often works with survey data – some of her most exciting recent projects have been with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN), and Kepler K2.
In addition to tweeting a lot about magnetic fields and flares, Sarah plans to also discuss some topics related to equity and inclusion in Astronomy, including her work as co-chair of the Committee on Inclusion in SDSS (COINS).
Sarah grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, then moved to NYC to get a BA at Barnard College (2006) and to Seattle to complete a PhD at University of Washington (2012). Before moving to Berlin, Sarah was the Columbus Postdoctoral Fellow at Ohio State University. Outside work, she nerds out about public transit, sings in multiple choirs, and cooks with her husband.
This week features John Gizis. He is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware in the USA. Instead of studying extremely distant luminous objects with our most moderrn telescopes, he studies dim, nearby stars— think M, L, T and Y dwarfs. Objects at 100 parcsecs are uncomfortably distant in his opinion. When he started graduate school in 1992, nearby M dwarfs were considered uninteresting, but now they are fashionable thanks to the possibilty of detecting habitable planets. He has also been fortunate to see the study of brown dwarfs go from searches for hypothetical objects to an active field of research. He considers himself an optical/infrared observational astronomer but he has ventured into the ultraviolet and X-rays from time to time. He thinks he is fortunate to have the best job in the world and enjoys having the opportunity to teach both physics and astronomy. The rest of the year, he is @johngizis, tweeting about astronomy and sports.
This week, January 13-18, 2014, features Niall Deacon. Niall is a postdoctoral astronomer working at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany. He specialises in using large scale surveys of the sky to identify failed stars called brown dwarfs to understand how they form and the processes which go on in their atmospheres. These objects are typically the same size as Jupiter but 12-80 times as massive and much hotter. They form a bridge between giant planets and stars helping us to learn more about both. Niall also is active in astronomy outreach, producing astronomy videos such as Don't Call Me Colin and others. When not working, he is a keen pub quizzer, supports Scotland and Falkirk FC (so is used to seeing teams in dark blue lose) and hates referring to himself in the third person.
Starting Monday, follow along with astrotweeps on Twitter, Facebook, or right here on the Astrotweeps webpage. If you have questions for Niall, you can post them in the comments below or ask him on Twitter at @astrotweeps. For the remaining 51 weeks of the year, you can follow Niall at @nialldeacon on Twitter. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUfcs5qhDCZ_S7eoPw | It's byelection day in Rideau-Rockcliffe
If you live in Ottawa's Rideau-Rockcliffe ward, today's the day to cast your ballot in the byelection spurred by former councillor Tobi Nussbaum's resignation. Here's how to do it.
Byelection ordered after former councillor Tobi Nussbaum took NCC job
CBC News · Posted: Apr 15, 2019 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 15
Rideau-Rockcliffe residents are voting in a byelection Monday to replace former councillor Tobi Nussbaum, who stepped down after being named CEO of the National Capital Commission. (Matthew Kupfer/CBC)
If you live in Ottawa's Rideau-Rockcliffe ward, it's once again time to cast a ballot.
The ward is electing its new councillor today in a byelection spurred by Tobi Nussbaum's sudden resignation earlier this year.
Nussbaum, who was first elected to city council in 2014 and was re-elected last fall, decided to step down after being named CEO of the National Capital Commission.
Gun violence, transit, affordable housing top of mind in Rideau-Rockcliffe
Rather than appointing someone to Nussbaum's position, city council decided to hold its second election in Rideau-Rockcliffe in six months — and it's a crowded field, with 17 candidates in the running to be the ward's new representative.
Here's how to cast your ballot.
Monday's election is limited to residents of Rideau-Rockcliffe — so if you own or rent property in the ward but actually live elsewhere in the city, you can't cast a ballot.
Otherwise, the usual rules apply: voters must be Canadian citizens, at least 18 years old, and not prohibited from voting for legal reasons.
You can figure out if you're on the voter's list by consulting the City of Ottawa's search tool. If you're not on the list, don't fret: you can still apply to be added at the ballot station.
When do I vote?
Monday's voting gets underway at 10 a.m. and lasts until 8 p.m.
Rideau-Rockcliffe residents who have received a voter notification card can check it to find the location of their polling station.
Those who don't have a card can consult the city's voting location search tool or call the elections office at 613-580-2660.
The ward boundaries for Rideau-Rockcliffe. (City of Ottawa)
Aside from a deserved sense of pride for performing your civic duty, voters must also bring one piece of identification containing their name and address.
The list of acceptable voting identification is long, but some common examples include:
An Ontario driver's licence.
An Ontario health card.
A mortgage statement, lease or rental agreement.
A utility bill for hydro, water, gas, telephone or cable television.
A credit card or bank account statement.
Voter notification cards, however, can't be used as identification.
Anyone who lives in Rideau-Rockcliffe but cannot provide a piece of identification will have to make a statutory declaration.
What if I need help voting?
Voters with accessibility issues will be able to make use of a number of tools designed to make it easier to vote, including braille ballots, large print ballots and magnifying sheets.
Polling stations in retirement homes and long-term care residences will also have special tools designed to let voters with disabilities vote privately and independently.
There's also the "curbside voting" option, which allows voters with mobility issues to have their ballot brought to their car or somewhere else on the polling station's site. They'll need a friend or support worker to go in and make the request, however.
A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that voting is taking place from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday. In fact, polls open at 10 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
Tobi Nussbaum named new CEO of National Capital Commission
17 candidates crowd ballot for Rideau-Rockcliffe byelection
Information for Rideau-Rockcliffe byelection voters | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdPQ4uBhhxMInUbCj | The City of St. Pete Beach is a barrier island community located just off the Pinellas County mainland of St. Petersburg, just south of Treasure Island, and 20 miles from Clearwater Beach. With miles of pristine, white sandy beaches, year-round sunshine, an abundance of recreational opportunities, restaurants, and shopping, St. Pete Beach is one of the most enjoyable places to live and vacation in the world.
The City of St. Pete Beach has a permanent population of about 10,032, but is also a popular winter residence for people living in other parts of the United States, Canada, and Europe. Nearly 28 percent of the total residential homes and condominiums in St. Pete Beach are owned by people claiming primary residence elsewhere, reflecting a high volume of seasonal visitors.
The city was incorporated in 1957 with the consolidation of the Town of Pass-a-Grille, Don Cesar, Belle Vista, St. Petersburg Beach and unincorporated Pinellas County to become the "City of St. Petersburg Beach." In 1994, the citizens voted to shorten the name to "St. Pete Beach" to lessen the confusion with the City of St. Petersburg, located on the mainland to the east.
Even with the name change in 1994, the city of St. Pete Beach is still frequently misspelled "St. Petes Beach," "Saint Petersburg Beach" and "St. Petersburgh Beach." Despite the confusion, our vibrant beach community – a collection of families, businesses, and tourist attractions – continues to thrive socially and economically, thanks to year-round gorgeous weather, entertainment, attractions, and public safety. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdBY4uzqh_QQD8jog | In First-Ever History of the National Intelligence Council, Thomas Fingar Recounts His Tenure as Chair
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Formed in 1979, the National Intelligence Council (NIC) works to provide policymakers with the U.S. intelligence community's best judgments on crucial international issues. As a locus for coordinated intelligence analysis, the NIC's work reflects the coordinated judgments of multiple agencies and departments in the broader intelligence community. But while it may be less shrouded in secrecy than many other intelligence offices, in some respects it is less well known.
In Truth to Power, published by Oxford University Press, editors Robert Hitchings and Gregory Treverton shed light on this little-understood intelligence agency. The volume provides the first-ever history of the NIC as recounted through the reflections of its eight chairs in the period from the end of the Cold War until 2017. APARC Fellow Thomas Fingar, who chaired the NIC from 2005 to 2008, is one of the contributors to the book.
In his chapter "New Mission, New Challenges", Fingar discusses some of the challenges during his service with the agency. In particular, he reflects on two specific obstacles he faced during his tenure: executing the intelligence reforms drafted in the wake of 9/11, and repairing damage done to the NIC's credibility by the failures of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
During his tenure, Fingar wore not one but two hats; along with the NIC chairmanship, he concurrently served as deputy director of national intelligence for analysis (DDNI/A). He describes actions taken not only to restore confidence in the intelligence community, but also to effectively execute its expanded brief. For instance, having national intelligence officers take the DDNI's seat at meetings afforded senior officials the opportunity to perceive their value and thereby rebuild confidence in the broader intelligence community.
The Council's reforms would soon be put to the test by way of the production of an NIE on Iranian WMD. Fingar recognized that the estimate would be a strong indicator of whether the NIC had learned its lessons following the flawed 2002 Iraq WMD estimate, and that policymakers were certain to finely examine the end product for flaws (whether made unintentionally or with political purposes in mind). As such, Fingar needed to produce an NIE that was accurate, timely, and non-political, all while handling and incorporating newly received intelligence. Through the Iran NIE, Fingar found an opportunity to redress the often-fraught relationship between Congress and the intelligence community.
Fingar closes with a review of the NIC's pathbreaking work in the area of climate change. At the behest of a U.S. senator, the NIC took on the task of producing an NIE on the strategic implications of climate change. The resulting study categorized countries according to both their vulnerabilities and ability to manage impacts, as well as the broader implications it had for U.S. national security over the next twenty years. And while policymakers ultimately did not use the report as Fingar had hoped, he takes justified comfort in pointing out how it laid the groundwork for additional reports that followed, such as the National Research Council's 2013 report Climate Change and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis.
Read Fingar's Chapter
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BkiUdLHxK7kjXIdG-keJ | Discover the last creation of Sabrina Anastasio, a French puppeteer and comedian trained with famous masters in France, who fell in love with Indian culture and performing arts.
Puppet Swing displays a creative work with talented Hindustani musicians: the sitar player Dhruv Bedi, prize winner of All India Radio competition, and the percussionist Zuhab Ahmed Khan, disciple of well-known tabla master Ustad Akram Khan.
In this show, we will laugh at 'Raymond', a typical old French man visiting India, before admiring the katputhli dancing on the charming and groovy melodies of sitar and tabla. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUgqHxK7IADzpkWEWJ | This question is truly the question of the hour. If you look at the entire metropolitan Nashville housing market as a whole, a 21% drop in homes sales over last year appears to be a bleak sign, but prices have remained steady over that same period. Any rational person could conclude that while prices are steady, they are sure to drop…and they would be correct. But, one really needs to look at the separate market segments within the entire metropolitan area to find the real story.
There appears to be two market segments that are getting hurt the most: The first-time home/condo buyer market and the somewhat upwardly mobile middle class market. That's right, the upper middle class, the same group who drove prices ever higher in Brentwood and Franklin, is the same group who is now hurting the most. To understand why this group can be so volatile, you have to look at their typical fear and greed driven spending habits. During growing economic times, the upper middle class tends to be the market leader in both discretionary and non-discretionary spending. They invest in stocks, real estate, and their own happiness, but during down times, they hide in the shade and weather the storm. This 'wait and see' attitude will always drive prices lower, there is simply no way around it as it creates an artificial inventory of homes. As this inventory builds, prices drop, fear grows, more middle class buyers become 'wait and seers', more inventory builds, and so on. It can become a vicious cycle that can kill an entire market segment.
So what is the up side? The up side is that the Nashville area is adding 5,000 – 6,000 new residents a month, salaries are still on the rise, rental rates are spiking upward, and most importantly, new construction starts are at a 20 year low. It is easy to discount the fact that new construction starts are way down, but keep in mind that burning off current inventory may be the most crucial part of turning a market around.
So where is the Nashville real estate market? The answer is: in flux. We are in a market where luxury real estate is rising in price, affordable real estate is still hot, but where first time buyers and the middle class are losing money and demand is drying up. If you are a real estate investor, you should be actively looking for pre-foreclosures in desirable neighborhoods…rents are good and the market turnaround time appears to be in the 12-18 month range compared to more than 48 months in places like Florida and California. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
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Regions of Dying Languages Named
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, Associated Press WriterTue Sep 18, 2:33 PM ET
When every known speaker of the language Amurdag gets together, there's still no one to talk to.
Native Australian Charlie Mangulda is the only person alive known to speak that language, one of thousands around the world on the brink of extinction.
From rural Australia to Siberia to Oklahoma, languages that embody the history and traditions of people are dying, researchers said Tuesday.
While there are an estimated 7,000 languages spoken around the world today, one of them dies out about every two weeks, according to linguistic experts struggling to save at least some of them.
Five hotspots where languages are most endangered were listed Tuesday in a briefing by the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages and the National Geographic Society.
In addition to northern Australia, eastern Siberia and Oklahoma and the U.S. Southwest, many native languages are endangered in South America — Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia — as well as the area including British Columbia, and the states of Washington and Oregon.
Losing languages means losing knowledge, says K. David Harrison, an assistant professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College.
"When we lose a language, we lose centuries of human thinking about time, seasons, sea creatures, reindeer, edible flowers, mathematics, landscapes, myths, music, the unknown and the everyday."
As many as half of the current languages have never been written down, he estimated.
That means, if the last speaker of many of these vanished tomorrow, the language would be lost because there is no dictionary, no literature, no text of any kind, he said.
Harrison is associate director of the Living Tongues Institute based in Salem, Ore. He and institute director Gregory D.S. Anderson analyzed the top regions for disappearing languages.
Anderson said languages become endangered when a community decides that its language is an impediment. The children may be first to do this, he explained, realizing that other more widely spoken languages are more useful.
The key to getting a language revitalized, he said, is getting a new generation of speakers. He said the institute worked with local communities and tries to help by developing teaching materials and by recording the endangered language.
Harrison said that the 83 most widely spoken languages account for about 80 percent of the world's population while the 3,500 smallest languages account for just 0.2 percent of the world's people. Languages are more endangered than plant and animal species, he said.
The hot spots listed at Tuesday's briefing:
• Northern Australia, 153 languages. The researchers said aboriginal Australia holds some of the world's most endangered languages, in part because aboriginal groups splintered during conflicts with white settlers. Researchers have documented such small language communities as the three known speakers of Magati Ke, the three Yawuru speakers and the lone speaker of Amurdag.
• Central South America including Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia — 113 languages. The area has extremely high diversity, very little documentation and several immediate threats. Small and socially less-valued indigenous languages are being knocked out by Spanish or more dominant indigenous languages in most of the region, and by Portuguese in Brazil.
• Northwest Pacific Plateau, including British Columbia in Canada and the states of Washington and Oregon in the U.S., 54 languages. Every language in the American part of this hotspot is endangered or moribund, meaning the youngest speaker is over age 60. An extremely endangered language, with just one speaker, is Siletz Dee-ni, the last of 27 languages once spoken on the Siletz reservation in Oregon.
• Eastern Siberian Russia, China, Japan — 23 languages. Government policies in the region have forced speakers of minority languages to use the national and regional languages and, as a result, some have only a few elderly speakers.
• Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico — 40 languages. Oklahoma has one of the highest densities of indigenous languages in the United States. A moribund language of the area is Yuchi, which may be unrelated to any other language in the world. As of 2005, only five elderly members of the Yuchi tribe were fluent.
The research is funded by the Australian government, U.S. National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society and grants from foundations.
On the Net:
http://www.languagehotspots.org
http://www.livingtongues.org
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/enduringvoices
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BkiUd2g5qsBB3ZsxctMI | Alumnus Dr. Robert H. Foley '11 to lead Alliance for Aging, Inc.
Jan 29, 2015 | Alumni News
FIU Law alumnus Robert H Foley JD'11, D.V.M., was recently installed as chairman of the Alliance for Aging, Inc. during their 25th Annual Installation and Luncheon at Miami's Jungle Island Ballroom.
Foley has remained connected to FIU Law and is among a group of alumni who created the Evening Scholarship program – a scholarship for part-time evening students. He also contributed to the creation of a Veteran's Clinic which will be opening soon.
Original release from the Alliance for Aging, Inc. is below.
Contact: Judy Fisher 305-671-6368
Robert H. Foley, D.V.M., JD to Lead Alliance for Aging, Inc.
Over two hundred aging services insurance and health care professionals gathered at Jungle Island for the 25th Annual Installation and Luncheon, of the Alliance for Aging, Inc., participating in the Agency's Silver Anniversary Celebration. Ushering in a new administration, Judge Maria M. Korvick installed Robert H Foley, D.V.M., J.D. of Islamorada as Chair of the Governing Board.
Dr. Foley brings a wealth of experience as he had served as a Board member and representative for Monroe County for the past several years and as Vice-Chairman for the past two years. "I have had intimate opportunity to appreciate the special needs of the elderly and disabled populations of Miami-Dade and Monroe County. I am excited for what the next two years will bring for the Alliance and look forward to working with Max B. Rothman, the CEO and President, the Board and committees of the Alliance."
Incorporated in 1988, the Alliance for Aging was designated by the State of Florida in 1989 as the Area Agency on Aging for Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, and funds home and community-based services that help keep people at home and out of institutional care. Through a network of providers, some of the services include: meals served in senior centers and other facilities where elders congregate; meals delivered to home-bound elders; in-home service such as personal care and homemaking for impaired elders; caregiver respite and adult day care; trips for elders needing transportation services; and more. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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Recientemente descubri [Prose](http://prose.io) que te ofrece una interfase, al estilo CMS para gestionar sitios creados en Jekyll o en general proyectos que se generen a partir de archivos escritos en [Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/).
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When connecting a Cisco Precision 40 or PrecisionHD 1080p2.5x camera to a OneLINK HDMI, you will need to provide a Cisco CAB-PHD4XS2-SPLIT cable. When connecting a Cisco SX20 codec to a OneLINK HDMI, you will need to provide the same Cisco CAB-PHD4XS2-SPLIT cable. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUboE5i7PA9LWbT3v5 | Investment Levels Give Japan Edge Over American Firms
By Gregory W. Slayton Gregory W. Slayton, a former Fulbright scholar to Asia, is a graduate student at the Harvard Business School.
THE fluctuations of Japan's Nikkei stock market index and the price of the yen have people wondering about Japan Inc. They shouldn't. Since 1988, Japan's capital investment per person has been more than double that of the United States. As a percentage of gross national product it grew from 15 percent in 1977 to 24 percent in 1989. Compare this with the US 1986-89 average of about 10 percent. The investment gap is large and growing larger. Japanese investments are flowing into four areas critical to international competitiveness. Unless corporate America picks up its lagging investment rate, this investment boom will make Japan the world's preeminent economic power by the year 2000.
Investments in plant, property, and equipment by all Japanese companies in 1987 and '88 increased by 18 percent and 15 percent, respectively, far outstripping increases in domestic demand. PP&E investments in the manufacturing sector were up by an even stronger 28 percent in '87 and 20 percent in '88. While domestic demand is growing briskly, industrial capacity is increasing even more rapidly.
Major investments in more efficient production technologies have led labor productivity to increase 7 percent a year in manufacturing. One result: Unit labor costs for Japanese manufacturers have declined 15 percent since 1986, despite wage increases.
Workerless factories underscore the advantages of Japan's new production technologies. Whole sections of Nippon Steel's Kimitsu steel works are empty. A handful of engineers monitor production via computer. Yield and quality rates are among the highest in the world; production costs among the lowest. Yet Nippon Steel will invest $1.1 billion this year to further automate Kimitsu and its other plants.
Twenty-four percent of capital investment is now dedicated to new product development and basic R&D, up from 14 percent in 1980. Products are spilling out of Japanese laboratories with increasing speed. In most industries the Japanese advantage over the West is widening. Take automobiles: Toyota engineers are now working to reduce new model development time from three years to 24 months. Detroit averages five to six years. Or electronics: Think there's a market for a machine that translates conversational Japanese into English and vice versa? NEC has a prototype today.
Investments are flowing into areas the Japanese don't yet dominate (aerospace, for example). International alliances and major investments in basic research are being made to challenge established leaders. It is no coincidence that the first fruits of the Mitsubishi-Daimler pact will be a joint effort to develop a new passenger plane.
Even marginally profitable companies are investing more than ever. One firm that saw profits fall dramatically over five years, increased R&D budgets by over 10 percent each year. Explained an executive: ``This is Japan. No one will complain. R&D spending for us is like defense spending for you: It is our national security.''
Japan itself is financing much of this investment. Strong domestic demand since 1987 has led to stronger corporate profits. The household savings rate rose from 17 percent in 1977 to 19 percent in 1989, quadruple the US rate.
The result of these investments is fourfold:
One, Japanese capacity to produce products is growing faster than the domestic economic demand. Hence, more products for export.
Two, improvements in production processes have allowed Japanese manufacturers to remain low-cost producers in spite of rising labor costs. (Ford, America's most efficient carmaker, faces a cost disadvantage against Japanese ``transplants'' and an even larger cost disadvantage against made-in-Japan models.)
Three, the variety of new Japanese products threatens to overwhelm competitors. As economist Kenneth Courtis at Deutsche Bank (Asia) put it: ``Japan is positioning itself to become the new-product laboratory of the 1990s, much like America was in the '50s and '60s.''
Four, Japanese firms are developing the capacity to challenge world leaders in any high-tech industry, bar none.
The competitive battles of the 21st century are being decided by today's investment decisions. Unless corporate America increases its capital investment rate, those battles will soon be over.
Why will Japan and China avoid conflict? They need each other.
As red ink flows, Japanese firms struggle to keep manufacturing at home
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BkiUeOA4ukPiEV8g6fQx | The Rayleigh-Ritz Method together with the Penalty Function Method is used to investigate the use of different types of penalty parameters. The use of artificial springs as penalty parameters is a very well established procedure to model constraints in the Rayleigh-Ritz Method, the Finite Element Method and other numerical methods. Historically, large positive values were used to define the stiffness coefficient of artificial springs, until recent publications demonstrated that it is possible to use negative values to define the stiffness coefficients of the springs. Furthermore, recent publications show that constraints can be enforced using positive and negative mass or inertia in vibration problems and in a more generic sense using eigenpenalty parameters which are penalty parameters in the matrix associated with the eigenvalue. Before the commencement of this thesis, solutions using artificial inertia were published only for beams and simple spring-mass systems.
In this thesis the use of all possible types of penalty parameters are investigated in vibration problems of Euler-Bernoulli beams, thin plates and shallow shells and in elastic stability analysis of Euler-Bernoulli beams, including penalty parameters associated with the geometrical stiffness matrix. The study includes the use of penalty parameters for both enforcing support boundary conditions and continuity conditions along structural joints.
This investigation started with the selection of the set of admissible functions that would: (a) allow modelling of beams, plates and shells in completely free boundary conditions; (b) not present any limitation in the number of functions that can be used in the solution. This gives the possibility to converge to the constraint solution and to model any type of boundary conditions.
The procedure proposed in this work combines several advantages: accuracy of the results, relative fast convergence, simplicity of the set of admissible functions and flexibility to define boundary conditions. While there are other procedures that may give better accuracy for specific cases, the proposed method is more widely applicable.
The procedure used in this work also includes a way to check for round-off errors and ill-conditioning in the results; as well as a way to bracket the exact solution with upper and lower-bound results. | c4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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BkiUayDxK7ICUn2IX36d | Antonio Martin Álvarez de Toledo y Guzmán (ur. w 11 listopada 1669, zm. 17 maja 1711 w Paryżu) – hiszpański arystokrata, książę Alby de Tormes i Huéscar z Domu Albów.
Od 1703 aż do śmierci w 1711 ambasador Filipa V na dworze Ludwika XIV. Cieszył się dobrą reputacją, jednakże jego znaczenie na zajmowanym stanowisku było niewielkie, albowiem Ludwik XIV wolał porozumiewać się bezpośrednio z Filipem V.
W uznaniu swych zasług został obdarzony tytułem summelier de corps.
Jego żoną była Isabel Zacarías Ponce de León, córka Manuela, księcia Arcos. Z małżeństwa tego narodzili się trzej synowie:
Louis Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Ponce de León (zmarł w dzieciństwie);
Nicolas Álvarez de Toledo y Ponce de León (ur. 1690, zm. 1709 Paryżu);
Bernardino Álvarez de Toledo y Ponce de León (zm. przed swoim bratem).
Ze względu na brak potomka w linii męskiej, tytuł księcia Alby przeszedł na jego stryja.
Przypisy
Zmarli w 1711
Ambasadorowie Hiszpanii we Francji
Urodzeni w XVII wieku | wikipedia | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbnM4uzqh_FJ_J-al | The migration of peoples desperate for recognition and acceptance in another country is in the news everyday; and is occurring in many parts of the world. International aid agencies, some administering vast budgets supported by governmental backing, are overwhelmed by the task involved.
Consequently we hear of well-meaning volunteers, often community based who offer support to newly arrived migrants. Nowhere is this more prevalent than on the Greek Islands. Greece is currently taking a beating. Economically it is struggling with it's own austerity measures. The EU are no pressing Greece to control it's borders…and still the people come. By foot, by boat; the numbers appear never-ending. Fleeing Syria, Libya, the Lebanon, et al.
Many groups in the UK, perhaps supported by churches or local charities, have arranged collections of clothing, non-perishable foods, and other essential aid; aid to be driven by volunteers in convoy, or shipped by air or sea to areas where need is needed. Much of this aid is sent to the large refugee camps such as those Turkey and run by the major charities. Oxfam, Save the Children, etc have a wealth of logistics specialists able to deal with the tide of aid coming their way. This is why they are successful in many case.
But what of the aid that arrives at a small town such as on the island of Kos where the locals, out of a sense on wanting to make a difference, decide to support the migrant community. Often the arriving aid is unsorted, and on some occasions unsuitable. Bag upon bag of clothing for women, men and children, differing in age groups, size, etc. to be opened. How can any small group count on finding a pair of trousers for an adult male with a specific waist measurement amongst a pile of bags?
This is where ArmandoAid steps in, An unashamedly small charity set up by three Londoners who recognised that without the basic logistics in place at ground level, offering humanitarian aid becomes a lot harder.
ArmandoAid recognises the work of other small groups who provided clothing and the other essentials. They do not seek to compete but instead enhance what is already ongoing. Funding is provided for shelving to accommodate the large numbers of provision; cardboard boxes to aid storage and onward movement; clothes dryers are bought to help with the migrants' own clothing that has been saturated by Mediterranean waters. They are looking at cooking equipment that could benefit groups that have received much needed food supplies.
Items are sourced at the best price, often from within Greece thus supporting an already frail economy.
The support is not targeted towards individuals, but the wider project. In the long-term, if ever the migration of refugees slows or ends, these resources can be left in place for other projects. Or to quote the proverb, "If you give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime". ArmandoAid is about delivering that foundation, something to be built on. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUdqg4dbjiU9oEekc7 | Wisconsin teenager saves family from house fire: 'This kid is a hero'
Posted 8:49 am, December 11, 2018, by Tribune Media Wire, Updated at 09:26AM, December 11, 2018
MUSKEGO, Wis. - A 15-year-old boy from Muskego was hailed a hero for helping his family escape an overnight house fire.
According to a friend, the family had fallen asleep while watching a movie. They woke up to a popping sound and saw flames in the living room. The woman tried to put out the fire - but quickly realized it was spreading too fast, according to WITI.
Her 15-year-old son called 911 and got his 11-year-old sister out. He then went back inside to get his mother. The family friend said the boy's mother is disabled and recovering from stomach surgery. She uses oxygen and can't get around that quickly.
After rescuing his mother and sister, the family friend said the teen went next door and woke up his aunt - who is blind - and helped her out of the home. The family escaped with nothing but the clothes on their backs, but thanks to the teenager, they all got out.
"The kid is a hero. This could've gone real bad, real quick," said Dean Moyer, a family friend. "He was moving very quick and this kid is very sharp. He did his due diligence for the night, but the thing is, now they have to deal with this. It's pretty horrific."
The boy, his sister and aunt were not injured. Moyer said the boy's mother suffered second-degree burns on her forearms. She was released from the hospital and was recovering at a friend's home.
She said if they weren't all downstairs when the fire started, they might not have survived.
"(The fire) was right next to my oxygen tank and within a second, everything just - 'boom.' If they were up in their beds last night, I might not have them today," said Lorri Kurer Monday, as she examined the damage to her home.
"Scared, lost - where am I going?" said Kurer. Ten of her oxygen tanks exploded in the fire.
"It's not easy being a handicapped mom in a tragedy like this, and you don't know if you'll ever be able to save your kids," said Kurer.
Wendy Gajewski's home burned down when she was 3 years old, and she now works at the Muskego Food Pantry. She was among those working to help this family after the fire.
"They left with nothing on their back, so we want to see what we can do to help," said Gajewski.
The townhouses were deemed a complete loss, and investigators have not released a cause for the fire.
Kurer said if there's anything she's learned from the tragedy it's to have a plan in case of a fire, and a meeting spot.
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BkiUdSrxK6wB9lIs8_FQ | Луи́ Марша́н (, 1807—1843) — люксембургский поэт, ветеринар и ботаник.
Биография
Родился Луи Маршан 14 января 1807 года в Люксембурге. Детство учёного прошло в Дикирхе, с 1821 года он учился в люксембургском Атенеуме. В 1826 году Маршан поступил в Утрехтский университет, где стал изучать ветеринарную медицину.
Между 1826 и 1830 годами Маршан издал серию книг стихотворений Poetische Versuche.
С 1830 года Луи Маршан был ветеринарным хирургом в Нидерландской армии. В 1837 году он стал ветеринаром гарнизона в Льеже.
Скончался 4 марта 1843 года в Льеже.
Одна из работ Маршана по микологии, написанная им при участии Пьера-Жозефа Редуте, длительное время считалась утраченной. В 1989 году она была обнаружена и издана.
Некоторые научные публикации
Ссылки
Ботаники XIX века
Ботаники по алфавиту
Микологи
Поэты Люксембурга | wikipedia | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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