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This Week in Gun Rights: Dec 13, 2019 Non-citizens owning guns is not a "loophole", background checks STILL don't work, Illinois pulls millions in funding from firearms licensing program, Northam threatens "Consequences" for 2A Sanctuaries, Philadelphia's big bedroom sweep turns up dust. Gun Owners, Dealers Seek Injunction Against California "Assault Weapons" Ban on Common Semiautomatic Firearms Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a motion for a preliminary injunction in the case of Miller, et al. v. Attorney General Xavier Becerra, et al., a federal Second Amendment challenge to California's Assault Weapons Control Act (AWCA) ban on common semiautomatic arms with common characteristics, including those with ammunition magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds. This Week in Gun Rights: Dec 8, 2019 New York State Rifle & Pistol - Will the city succeed in avoiding review? Major Businesses Under Fire From Gun-Free Zone Advocates, FBI Failed to Complete Hundreds of Thousands of Background Checks, Philly asks parents to sweep kids' rooms for guns. FPC and FPF Urge Maine Supreme Judicial Court to Find Mere Possession of Marijuana Does Not Render a Person Prohibited From Possession of Firearms Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF) filed a "friend of the court" brief in the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, in the case of State of Maine v. Richard A. Tonini, asking the Court to hold that the mere possession of marijuana does not render a person prohibited from possessing firearms. The brief is available online at FPCLegal.org. This Week In Gun Rights: Nov 29, 2019 florida fights municipalities, fingers point at ghost gun used in Saugus High School murders, Colorado Sheriffs on Red Flag Laws, Hi-Point Lo-Point. This Week in Gun Rights: Nov. 16, 2019 THIS WEEK: Trump Admin. SG Noel Francisco tells Supreme Court NYSRPA v. NYC isn't moot; Rep. Bass uses Santa Clarita murder to push gun control agenda; more 3D gun speech drama in Washington; scary new US DOJ gun control policies; and more... Law-Splainer - Part 3: The Lawsuit is Filed: What Happens Next? Responses Litigation law-splainer, Part 3: Assume that the criteria to bring a lawsuit has been met. What happens next? FPC's Adam Kraut breaks it down in this continuing series to understanding federal litigation. Briefing, Arguments Concluded in Two FPC and FPF-Supported Second Amendment Appeals in Third Circuit Both Folajtar and Holloway are challenges to the federal government's lifetime ban on firearm possession for "any person . . . who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year" Gun Owners, Dealers Seek Injunction Against Age-Based Ban After Gov. Newsom Signs Gun Control Bills "Mere months after Senator Anthony Portantino's unconstitutional SB 1100 (2018) ban went into effect, Governor Newsom signed Senator Portantino's SB 61 (2019) to further ensure that law-abiding legal adults are denied their fundamental human rights," said the plaintiffs' attorney, John Dillon. "We filed the amended complaint and a new motion for preliminary injunction to address the expanded scope of California's unconstitutional and discriminatory age-based gun control scheme enforced against young legal adults and licensed dealers." Gun Policy Round-up: November 9, 2019 Change in firearm export controls inches closer, New Hampshire Firearms Coalition attacked over political sign about "red flag" laws, Nebraska town goes after unsecured firearms, Florida gun ban news, and Florida's first gun "sanctuary" county FPC Urges Supreme Court to Restore the Human Right to Carry Arms in Public Throughout the U.S. "By now, nearly every federal circuit court has addressed the right to bear arms in public. The courts have taken a variety of different approaches and have reached an even greater variety of outcomes. The result has been a different right from state to state, with the right essentially banned in many—leaving millions of Americans unable to exercise a fundamental right. Several courts have gone so far as to expressly request additional guidance from the Supreme Court in their opinions, and we hope that the Court will take this opportunity to provide that guidance." BREAKING: Court Blocks Pittsburgh, PA Gun Control Scheme in Lawsuit Brought by FPC, FPF, FOAC, and 3 Gun Owners Another illegal law struck down. FPF, FPC Sue State Department Over FOIA Violations Regarding Requests For Records About '3-D' Gun Blueprints, CodeIsFreeSpeech.com "This lawsuit is the result of the government yet again failing to follow the law and do their job." FPC to Supreme Court: Massachusetts's Ban on Semi-Automatic Firearms and Standard Capacity Magazines is Unconstitutional "In holding that the Second Amendment protects arms 'in common use' in D.C. v. Heller, the Supreme Court made clear that the Amendment reserves to the people, rather than the government, the decision of which arms the people may select for self-defense and other lawful purposes," explained FPC Director of Research and brief author, Joseph Greenlee. FPC Statement: FPC Demands Police Training, Policy Reforms in the Wake of Another Unjustifiable Killing of Armed and Innocent Person The tragic and unjustifiable killing of Ms. Jefferson underscores why law enforcement must be better trained to safely encounter people with guns and other constitutionally protected weapons. Weekly Gun Policy Roundup: October 11, 2019 This week, the Supreme Court set New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. New York City for oral arguments. This comes after the respondents begged the Court to stay out in every conceivable way -- even promising that, should the case continue, they would not argue anything beyond their assertion that the case is moot. CA. Gov. Newsom Signs 15 Anti-Gun Bills into Law In a move that we haven't seen since July 2016, when then Governor Jerry Brown signed "Gunpocalypse", current California Governor Gavin Newsom signed FIFTEEN antigun bills into law earlier today. Law-Splainer - Part 2: Structure of the Federal Courts In Part 1 of our Law-Splainer series, we covered what it takes to file a federal lawsuit and a number of factors that need to be considered before filing a complaint in a federal district court. In this part, we'll discuss the structure of the federal court system. Plaintiffs Seek Injunction in Second Amendment Lawsuit Challenging California Gun Ban for Young Adults Under Age 21 WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 7, 2019) — Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a motion seeking a preliminary injunction in the case of Matthew Jones, et al. v. Attorney General Xavier Becerra, et al., a federal Second Amendment challenge to the State of California's ban on gun purchases by young adults over age 18 but under age 21. The court filings are available online at www.firearmspolicy.org/jones. FPC Supreme Court Brief: Non-Violent Felons Have Second Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Arms "Since countless non-violent felons are being denied their rights every day—including many who have been law-abiding for several decades, like Mr. Medina—we are hopeful that the Court will accept the case and clarify its intent." Presidential Candidates Admit At Town Hall: We're ALL Coming For Your Guns Every Democrat candidate for President admitted Wednesday "Hell yes, we're still coming for your AR-15!" Second Amendment Protects So-Called "Large-Capacity" Gun Magazines, Firearms Policy Coalition Argues in Important 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Brief Joined by Second Amendment Foundation, Armed Equality, Others "Magazines are inherent, operating parts of all semi-automatic firearms, and it is indisputable that the so-called 'large-capacity magazines' at issue in this case are in common use for lawful purposes and protected by the Constitution," explained George M. Lee FPC Rejects Gun Control Proposals, Expanded Background Checks, Registry in Purported Trump Admin. "Idea" Document; Publishes Policy Memo Detailing Dangers, Flaws Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) published a new Policy Memorandum addressing gun control proposals contained in a new document captioned "Idea for New Unlicensed-Commercial-Sale Background Checks". An Awful, Horrible, No-Good Expanded Background Check "Idea" On September 18, 2019, a purported "idea" document reportedly being circulated among Republican senators and congressmen was leaked to the media. The document, entitled "Idea for New Unlicensed-Commercial-Sale Background Checks", is both frighteningly vague and callous in its disregard for the Second and Fourth Amendments, as well as the federalist principles that animate the Commerce Clause. FPC: Why Politicians Are Dead Wrong About Red Flag Laws In the era of "just do something" public policy, legislators on both sides of the aisle are pitching red flag legislation as a moderate form of gun control; one having a positive impact on mental health reform while simultaneously keeping Americans safe. Nothing could be further from the truth, and what these politicians won't tell you is that their position is unsupported by evidence and riddled with far-reaching, unconstitutional implications for everyone. On their first day back in session, California lawmakers unleash 3 anti-gun bills On their FIRST DAY back in session, Reps. Levine, Irwin, and Ting introduced a freedom-infringing trifecta of bills that would have devastating effects on 2A rights. Gov. Brown vetoes "fake news" study bill Doctor and California State Senator Richard Pan thought that prescribing 1984-style mass censorship on a healthy populace would be a winning idea in 2018. Guns.com: Texas Congressman wants $10K fine for selling guns at gun show without license U.S. Rep. Al Green, who has represented southwestern Houston on Capitol Hill for the past decade, introduced H.R. 6654 to the House earlier this month which would punish those without a federal firearms license should they try to move a gun at a gun show. Guns.com: Ohio drops CCW fees for vets without Kasich signature on Bill The Republican allowed SB 81 to become law without his signature on Friday, arguing that lawmakers missed the chance to enact gun control measures this session in the wake of a high-profile school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Guns.com: Dems file at least 3 bills in Congress to block 3D printed guns The brawl over downloadable gun manufacturing code reached Capitol Hill on Tuesday with a group of Democrats in both chambers vowing action. DOJRegWatch.com: Firearm Regulation News & Updates California officials warn: Only days left to register all 'bullet button assault weapons' "The State of California has made gun ownership a Hobson's choice, wherein one must either accept registration that may yet lead to a confiscatory ban like Prop 63 and heavy-handed law enforcement or waive fundamental rights by not having guns at all," said Combs. Bearing Arms: Florida candidate promises to ban 'assault rifles' by decree [Former U.S. Congresswoman Gwen] Graham pledged to ban assault weapons sales using a little-known state law. "I have found a public safety statute that allows the governor, whoever she may be, to sign an executive order for public safety reasons banning that sale of military-style assault weapons," Graham said. NJ.com: Phil Murphy's attorney general fires warning shot at 'ghost gun' makers "These weapons are illegal in our state," Attorney General Gurbir Grewal wrote in the letter. "Your actions violate the laws of New Jersey and, if you do not stop these activities within 15 days, I will bring legal action against your company." Guns.com: DOJ Releases Regulation Banning Bump Stocks "All bump stock-type devices are 'machine guns' under the GCA and NFA because they convert a semiautomatic firearms into a firearm that shoots automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger." Guns.com: Gun Rights Proponents Challenge New California 'Assault Weapon' Regs A group of individuals and Second Amendment groups has filed suit against the state's pending new regulations on "bullet-buttons" and assault weapons. In a complaint filed in a Riverside County state Superior Court, four gun owners– George Holt, Irvin Hoff, Michael Louie, and Rick Russel– contend many the firearms they have legally owned or built are now subject to new retroactive mandates from an out-of-control California Department of Justice that is flexible with the enforcement of new laws passed last year. Guns.com: North Dakota Attorney General Gives Thumbs Up to Storing Loaded Guns in Vehicles State Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem on Thursday released an opinion that changes in North Dakota's gun laws allow more people to leave guns in their cars. California's new gun laws: What every gun owner should know before Jan 1 What the heck is going on with gun laws in the People's Republic of California? Here's what every gun owner should know before January 1. Washington Free Beacon: Gun-Rights Groups File Suit Against New California Assault Weapons Regulations A number of gun-rights groups joined forces to file a lawsuit against California's latest assault weapons regulations on Thursday. BREAKING: New Legal Action Challenging California's "Assault Weapon" Regulations "The State of California is nothing short of bipolar with its gun control policies," commented FPC President Brandon Combs. "On one hand, the State is requiring people to register virtually all of their guns. On the other hand, the DOJ is doing everything it can to suppress compliance and prevent people from registering their guns." The Declaration of Independence — and What It Really Claimed It has become a tradition for us to read aloud the Declaration of Independence on July 4th to put our celebration into a proper historical, philosophical, and emotional context. As law professor Josh Blackman correctly notes, "while you are enjoying your hotdogs and fireworks, praise the Declaration, which even today retains legal vitality." The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. CA legislators have returned to enact more gun control After a month-long recess, California lawmakers have returned to their posts to infringe on even more of your rights. With only weeks to go until adjournment, this is our last chance to take a stand. Virginia AG Dismisses Rural School District's Plan to Arm Employees as a "scheme" For months, the Lee County (VA) School Board has been studying ways to ensure the safety of teachers and students on campus. The county, located in the southwestern corner of the state, only has four school resource officers for 11 schools, and don't have funding to hire more. In the mountainous, rural area there isn't always a Sheriff's deputy nearby, so administrators can't count on a quick law enforcement response to an active shooter situation. CA Democratic Party Disses Di-Fi, Endorses "Ghost Gun" De Leon Instead It's always fun to watch anti-gunners squabble amongst themselves. But it's even more fun to watch them publicly cannibalize each other. And that's just what happened to 2A public enemy Dianne Feinstein this week. In a humiliating snub, Kevin "Ghost Gun" DeLeon garnered a whopping 65% of the vote among the Democrat Party's executive board members, according to news reports. Feinstein, however, only managed to attract 7% of the vote. CA Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Gun Storage Bill Into Law in Victory for Gun Owners Firearms Policy Coalition is pleased to announce that California Governor Jerry Brown has signed SB 1382 by Senator Andy Vidak (R-14), a bill making it easier to transport firearms, into law. AP: Baker signs 'red flag' gun bill Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday signed a bill that will allow for the temporary removal of guns from people considered a danger to themselves or others. FPC, FPF Join Law Professors, Scholars in Supreme Court Brief Urging Protection for Second Amendment Industry Against Frivolous Lawsuits FPC's coalition amicus brief encourages the Supreme Court to restore the PLCAA's protections of fundamental, individual human rights. BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Rein in Federal "Administrative State" and Clarify or Overturn Chevron Precedent In the petition for review, Supreme Court counsel for the petitioners, Erik S. Jaffe of Washington, D.C., boutique firm Schaerr \| Jaffe LLP, argues that the "Court should grant the Petition for three reasons: (1) the decision below conflicts with multiple decisions of [the Supreme] Court by elevating Chevron deference above the rule of lenity as applied to ambiguous criminal statutes; (2) the decision improperly finds Chevron deference to be unwaivable; and (3) the decision so grossly interprets Chevron deference as to raise the question whether Chevron should be overruled." BREAKING: Second Amendment Lawsuit Challenging California "Assault Weapon" Ban Filed in San Diego Federal Court The State of California's ban on these so-called "assault weapon" firearms will fail constitutional scrutiny for the same reasons that the ban on firearm magazines did. "This is a straight-forward case to protect our clients' constitutional rights and property," explained attorney John Dillon. The Federalist: Former Gun Control Candidate Charged With Shooting Her Campaign Manager Kellie Collins, a former congressional candidate in Georgia's 10th District, was charged with the murder of her former campaign treasurer, Curtis Cain. The allegations of murder follow Collins' advocacy for "responsible" gun control laws during her campaign. WSB-TV reports that she argued for stricter legislation "to protect the community." Guns: Politican who protested Dallas NRA show pleads guilty to corruption charges The outspoken Dallas mayor pro tem who balked at the National Rifle Association coming to town earlier this year resigned on Thursday after entering a guilty plea in federal court. Guns.com: NY SAFE Act sponsor gets 7 years on federal graft, corruption charges For the second time since 2015, Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, was unanimously found guilty after a jury trial in May of making millions off private schemes conducted in part through his public office. The ruling came following a retrial after his first conviction was overturned by an appeals court. In all, Silver is believed to have taken $4 million in bribes as well as pocketing another $1 million through money laundering the proceeds. Anti-Gun Teacher Arrested After Leaving Gun in Bathroom Stall Simpson told the authorities that he had forgotten the loaded weapon in a stall in the bathroom at the Deerfield Beach pier. But before he could retrieve the pistol, the Sun-Sentinel reports, "a drunk homeless man found it and fired it, according to an arrest report from the Broward Sheriff's Office." #WearOrange: Ex-Stockton, CA mayor arrested on firearm charge Silva was taken into custody by the California Department of Justice and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail on a felony weapons possession charge and a misdemeanor charge for possessing ammunition #WearOrange: Anti-Gun State Rep. Katherine Rogers Pleads Guilty to Assault State Rep. Katherine Rogers, D-Concord, pleaded guilty to assault and was sentenced on Friday in Concord District Court in connection with a confrontation last year with well-known gun-rights advocate Susan Olsen. Anti-Gun Congresswoman Corrine Brown Gets 5 Years in Federal Prison The Florida lawmaker was a reliable and vocal supporting voice for President Obama's assault on the Second Amendment. Gun groups from all over the country consider her among the worst in Congress thanks to her semi-regular call for an "assault weapons" ban. Guns.com: Two Mayors, Champions of Gun Control, Indicted on Corruption Charges Two Pennsylvania city leaders — a current and former member of gun control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns — have been charged with violations of federal public corruption laws. LA Times: Ex-L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca Sentenced to Three Years in Prison in Jail Corruption Scandal Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, once a towering, respected figure in policing, was sentenced Friday to three years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to obstruct an FBI investigation of abuses in county jails, marking an end to a corruption scandal that has roiled the Sheriff's Department for several years. Firearms Policy Coalition Announces Another Gun Rights Victory in Federal Court Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today an important victory in the federal Second Amendment lawsuit Wilborn v. Attorney General William Barr, et al. Virginia Dodges a Bullet from the Gun Controllers Earlier this week, we told you about VA Republican Majority Leader Norment's turncoat maneuver in support of gun control. This tyrant legislator betrayed his oath of office by proposing to ban firearms in state and local government buildings, and along with Gov. Ralph "KKK" Northam, set the stage for a gun debate in the Legislature. BREAKING: South Dakota Governor Signs Constitutional Carry Bill SB 47, proposed by Senator Greenfield (R-2), did away with South Dakota's requirement for a concealed carry permit, instituting "Constitutional Carry" in the state. LA City Council President Mitch Englander Un-Blocks Critics of His 3D Gun Blueprint Ban After FPC Threatens Litigation Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) has scored another important victory for free speech. According to an e-mail from the office of Los Angeles City Council President Mitchell Englander, they will no longer block FPC and the other individuals who were barred from viewing or responding to his official government Twitter account. Englander, a Republican, is a proponent of gun control and bans on free speech. BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Panel decides that the Second Amendment extends beyond the home The majority opinion was written by Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain (appointed by Reagan) and joined by Judge Ikuta (appointed by George W. Bush). Judge Clifton (appointed by George W. Bush) dissented. Oregon Gun Ban Measure is Dead The Oregon Supreme Court proved Wednesday that when it comes to firearms, definitions actually DO matter! The court ruled in favor of a lawsuit that challenged Initiative Petition 43 on the grounds that it was overbroad in applying the term "assault weapon" to common firearms. FPC Scores Double-Barreled Victory for the Second Amendment in California In a one-two punch, Firearms Policy Coalition has again knocked the gun grabbers to the mat. This week, FPC is happy to announce it has officially defeated two more gun control measures!	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
Movies you've seen lately Pages: prev • 1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7 8 9 10 11 ... 36 • next • bottom • last Author Topic: Movies you've seen lately (Read 400183 times) Re: Movies or films you've seen lately « Reply #125 on: August 04, 2013, 11:33 AM » And I'd like to see At the Mountains of Madness get made so badly that I don't think I really care who (within reason) makes it at this point. -40hz (August 04, 2013, 10:54 AM) I was kind of hoping that it would get made well! (Sorry - that was just such a wonderfully low-hanging dangling participle that I had to pick it~! ) -Renegade (August 04, 2013, 11:06 AM) I'm just happy whenever I throw such an easy ball that somebody out there takes a swing at it. (What's the point of words if there's no wordplay to go along with them?) And that's not a dangling participle. That's a dazzling participle, I'll have you know. One way we could guarantee a film never gets made: Let briliant Terry Gilliam direct, the masterful Joss Whedon write the script, and for the coup de grâce cast the lovely Summer Glau in there someplace. Ever notice how any time one of those three show up the project suddenly experiences an incredible string of bad luck? If Joss Whedon was writing I'd rather it died in pre-production. Don't get me wrong, I love his glib dialog, but for Lovecraft? Might as well make it a romantic comedy. Wait, did you just call me old? I'll have you know I didn't get Basic D&D until Christmas of 1983 which means I had to buy my original cover PHB used. That makes me a kid compared to most of the other Champions players I know. I'm certainly not old enough to remember any version of Deities and Demigods with Cthulu in it.... if something like that existed.... which I wouldn't know..... Just get off my lawn! -Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 11:08 AM) Hahahahaa! I have an original Deities & Demigods with all that in it. Though I bought it well after it came out - found it in a store one day and snatched it up real quick. (I also have Chainmail in my collection.) Posting here reminds me why the Hero System forum has been my main haunt for more than a decade. In Champions years I'm almost a kid. In Internet years I should be in a nursing home. In my day I was lucky to have access to a PDP-8 from a wide format teletype terminal when I started learning Basic. The first year comp-sci students at Iowa State were still stuck with punchcards. And if anyone does want some good advice on writing there's a lot of it in that book. It helped me improve my writing immensely and I don't write fiction. +1. An excellent writing book. I own dozens. King's book is one of the best. I think the best advice for me was when he talked about going through his first draft to identify themes so he could focus on them. It really helps make your writing a lot more cohesive. Hmm. Maybe. But glib isn't an absent element with Lovecraft. He was enamored of witty exchanges and slangy dialog in his letters. And some of his earliest works threw in a little comedy. Er...I'm also from New England, and FWIW, much of the dialog with (and between) the common gentry in Lovecraft's stories could pass for glib and/or funny dialog around here. Guess it's one of those regional things though. But no worries. If Joss gets involved it will die. Despite everyone's best efforts. It's just the way it goes. « Reply #131 on: August 04, 2013, 12:01 PM » Michael Bay? How about Cameron? Or Ridley Scott! Sorry for that visual I totally agree. I love Whedon, but some things just weren't meant to mix. I bought mine new from the store. I was like 10 or so at the time... but still. The funnier thing... I worked at that same store 8 years later... and the person I bought it from was still working there. And he wasn't the owner. Flash forward 20 or so years with me working part time there sometimes (for credit, natch)... and that guy was still working there when the store closed down. [Hmm. Maybe. But glib isn't an absent element with Lovecraft. He was enamored of witty exchanges and slangy dialog in his letters. And some of his earliest works threw in a little comedy. Yeah he definitely had some humor and I wouldn't put anything past Whedon. He just tends to remind me more of 40's Cary Grant, cute rapid-fire repartee but I guess Firefly's humor had a more serious edge. Jayne, your mouth's talkin. You should see to that. -wraith808 (August 04, 2013, 12:01 PM) What the hell. Why not Uwe Boll. He can turn any movie into a horror story. Sorry, I forgot that's horrible not horror. My mistake. Lucky you! I was stuck with punch cards until I finally decided to declare CS as a second major. You had to be a CS major to be given access to a terminal- or allowed to use PL/I (or Stony Brook Pascal or all those other "new" languages) in my college back then. Otherwise it was punch cards and COBOL or WATFOR/WATFIV and SPSS for "the civilians." I was just lucky to have parents who saw it as a good creative outlet instead of being ignorant about it. I really had no idea how cool my Mom was. We didn't have a game store in town though. There was a weird little store called Varsity News Stand that carried the 3 main AD&D books plus modules and dice. Actually they carried quite a bit of Traveller too now that I think about it. The PHB I only got by chance when I went to a Mensa meeting with my Dad. The guy hosting it had a 17 year old son who had stopped gaming. This thread makes me feel like a nerd. That's what happens when your childhood idle is Bob Noyce and you game with one of the pioneers of distributed cracking. Better an old nerd than just plain old. -40hz (August 04, 2013, 12:25 PM) It helps when the local college is insanely expensive. The funny thing is Grinnell is a liberal arts school. It wasn't until quite a while later I appreciated the irony of a school where Bob Noyce got introduced to transistors not buying PCs for the students until 1999 or maybe 2000. -Vurbal (August 04, 2013, 12:09 PM) One of my favorite quotes. But one of my favorite dark episodes was War Stories. The part while they were getting tortured? There was some comedy gold there... but you felt bad for laughing. OMG... I'm just hoping that Uwe Boll never gets another cent to make a movie. I swear, he must have some really good dirt on someone to get the names and the money and the rights to continue to slaughter movies. Nope. Just a clever business model. According to Wikipedia: Boll's movies have often performed poorly at the box office in the United States. House of the Dead, which was budgeted at $12 million, made $5.73 million in its opening weekend,[6] Alone in the Dark, which was budgeted at $20 million, made $5.1 million,[7] and BloodRayne, which was made for $25 million, made $2.42 million.[8] The least profitable commercial performance of his career was In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, which made barely $10 million worldwide at the box office on a $60 million budget. Until the law was changed in 2005, Boll was able to acquire funding for his movies thanks to German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allowed investors in German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax deduction; it also allowed them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees associated with the loan. The investor was then only required to pay taxes on the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor would get a tax writeoff.[citation needed] In the DVD commentary of Alone in the Dark, Boll explains how he funds his films: "Maybe you know it but it's not so easy to finance movies in total. And the reason I am able to do these kind of movies is I have a tax shelter fund in Germany, and if you invest in a movie in Germany you get basically fifty percent back from the government." Boll has received a lot of negative publicity regarding this funding method.[9] More details on how it works then and now can be found here. Speaking as a person with a degree in accounting (yes, there really are such people!) it's actually pretty fascinating how this all works. Learn something new every day! But what I don't get is his cast. Everyone knows who Uwe Boll is and what kind of movies he makes. But they still sign up for it... do they need the paycheck that bad?!? And I'm not talking the bit people... he gets some pretty big names, and drags them along with him. Some of them baffle me. Others not so much. I think the best answer I've ever heard to a question like that was when some bobble head entertainment "reporter" asked Ice-T why he agreed to be in the brilliant satirical farce Leprechaun In The Hood. It was a farce, right? Anyway his answer went something like, Who am I to turn down [$whatever] to be in a movie? The last Uwe Boll movie I saw, was titled: Attack on Wallstreet and I must say that is wasn't that bad, story-wise or in the acting. Actually, I liked the end-scene...for a "Boll" it was rather clever. And if you must know, I did see quite a lot of Uwe Boll movies...mainly because I want to see how bad a game-concept can be tortured. Having said that, I did like some of the jokes in the movie Postal, where he also features as an actor and makes jokes about his movies being financed with Nazi-gold... 97% Owned - Economic Truth documentary: http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=XcGh1Dex4Yo Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis: http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=4ECi6WJpbzE -panzer (August 07, 2013, 04:58 AM) Downloaded 'em! Got "Overdose" playing now... Not sure if I've seen them or not, but they're right up my alley. (Oooh! Gerald Celente! Love that guy!) Topical, but not a film, you might like a series of articles I wrote on banking. They have some accompanying software (simple stuff - Windows, Mac, Linux, Web, Android versions) to go along with them to help demonstrate. This is the best place to start: http://cynic.me/2012...reserve-banking-1-6/ The general category for them is here: http://cynic.me/tag/...nal-reserve-banking/ I add a couple new perspectives in there, but a lot of it has already been said numerous times before. The last article in the series lists a number of documentaries and films that are similarly themed to what you've posted above. (They were also published at The Activist Post and reposted quite a few times, which made me happy! ) linguistixx I have recently seen the film "No limit" with Bradley Cooper. At the beginning I thought this is gonna be another boring comedy movie, however this movie turned out to a lot of fun. It was maybe just me that had that picture of Bradley Cooper as the "Hangover Guy" in my mind. I wouldn't a stockpile of those pills myself I'm now taking a look at the Hannibal TV series...interesting in ways Bones never was. Snitch. Based on a true story... I hope not too closely, because though the movie was excellent (and they didn't make a typical The Rock film out of it), the subject matter was sickening. Pages: prev • 1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7 8 9 10 11 ... 36 • next • top • last	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
Free Picks » NBA Picks » Washington Wizards vs Phoenix Suns Prediction, 12/20/2022 Preview and Pick Washington Wizards vs Phoenix Suns Prediction, 12/20/2022 Preview and Pick Game: Washington Wizards vs Phoenix Suns Location: Footprint Center in Phoenix, AZ TV: Bally Sports Arizona Footprint Center is the site where the Phoenix Suns will try to defeat the Washington Wizards on Tuesday. The Wizards stepped onto the hardwood against the Lakers and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 119-117 in their last game. In the matter of fouls, the Wizards finished with 20 and the Lakers totaled 18 fouls. They also converted 11 of 27 tries from beyond the arc. Los Angeles ended up shooting 72.7% at the free throw line by knocking down 16 of 22 tries. Additionally, Los Angeles pulled down 43 boards (6 offensive, 37 defensive) and had 6 blocks. Los Angeles earned 29 dimes and had 4 steals in the matchup. In relation to defense, Washington allowed 50.0% from the floor on 46 out of 92 shooting. They also dished out 24 dimes in this contest as well as forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and getting 5 steals. When discussing hauling in boards, they compiled 48 with 10 of them being offensive. From the free throw line, the Wizards converted 19 of 24 tries for a rate of 79.2%. Washington finished the game having earned a 46.3% FG percentage (44 of 95) and buried 10 out of their 39 3-pointers. Bradley Beal is a guy who had an impact for the contest. He ended up finishing with 29 points on 9 of 17 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 32 minutes and collected 2 rebounds. Beal went 52.9% from the floor and recorded 3 assists. Get all of our NBA Picks Today Washington will enter this contest with a record of 11-20 this year. They average 110.6 pts per contest (23rd in the league) while hitting 47.2% from the field. The Wizards are hitting 34.5% on 3-point shots (345 of 1,000) and 76.3% from the charity stripe. As a team, Washington is grabbing 43.8 boards per game and has accounted for 770 dimes on the season, which is 11th in basketball in terms of passing. They are turning it over 13.7 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 20.0 fouls on a nightly basis. When they are on defense, the Wizards are forcing 12.8 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 19.4 fouls. They concede 37.4% on shots from beyond the perimeter while they are 16th in the NBA in PPG allowed (113.7). The Wizards defensively are giving up a FG percentage of 46.5% (1,286 of 2,764) and they relinquish 43.8 rebounds per contest as a unit. They currently rank 13th in the league in giving up assists to the opposition with 747 relinquished for the campaign. The last time they took the hardwood, the Suns took home the win by a final score of 118-114 against the Pelicans. The Suns were able to corral 25 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive boards totaling 35 for the contest. They turned the ball over 8 times, while getting 6 steals for the contest. The Pelicans committed 27 fouls for the game which took the Suns to the charity stripe for 35 shots. They were able to knock down 25 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 71.4%. With respect to shots from beyond the perimeter, Phoenix made 15 of 41 attempts (36.6%). At the conclusion of this game, the Suns went 39 for 83 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 47.0%. The Suns allowed the Pelicans to convert 45 of their 77 attempts from the floor which gave them a percentage of 58.4% in this game. They finished 46.7% from distance by hitting 14 of 30 and finished the game at 10 out of 13 at the charity stripe (76.9%). Regarding rebounding, Phoenix permitted New Orleans to collect 36 in total (4 on the offensive side). Devin Booker was important for the Suns for the contest. He knocked down 21 out of 35 in this game giving him a rate of 60.0%, and accounted for 6 rebounds. Booker scored 58 points in his 42 mins on the hardwood and had 5 dimes for the contest. Phoenix has a mark of 18-12 so far this year. The Suns commit 21.3 fouls per game and they connect on 80.1% from the charity stripe. They are getting an assist 27.3 times per contest (4th in the league) and they are turning it over 13.3 times per game. Phoenix has scored 3,461 points so far this season (115.4 per game) and they average 43.2 boards per game. When it comes to executing on offense, the Suns are shooting 47.0% from the floor, which is 15th in the NBA. The Phoenix defense gives up 36.4% from downtown (334 of 918) and their opponents are converting on 80.4% of their shots from the free throw line. They give up 23.2 assists and 43.1 total boards per game, which ranks them 5th and 10th in the NBA. The Suns on the defensive side of the court are 7th in basketball in points allowed per contest with 110.8. They are forcing their opponents into 16.0 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 46.9% from the field (16th in the league). Tony Sink's Pick: Take Washington Phoenix Suns - Twitter Washington Wizards - Twitter	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
The Wildcat Voice Drama Club takes a bow at sixth annual recital Ilana Miller, Staff Writer On Wednesday, March 21, twenty-four students performed in a theater recital in the Mayfield Middle School auditorium as a part of the Drama Club's culminating event. The recital consisted of nine scenes which were narrated by eighth grade student, Hailey Nelson. Each scene was a fractured fairy tale, so they included characters and events from fairy tales and nursery rhymes but added twists to the plots. For example, one scene, called "Lost and Found," was about Little Bo Peep meeting Mary (from "Mary Had a Little Lamb") while looking for her lost sheep. Another scene, "You Lookin' at Me?" depicted Little Red Riding Hood teaching a self defense class, which was attended by Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Cinderella. Students had costumes and props for their scenes that ranged from pig ears, noses, and tails to pumpkins to a crown and cape. Mariana Quinones, an eighth grader who acted in the recital, stated that she really likes performing, explaining, "Getting to turn into this whole new person is really fun." "A Party to Die For" Mary Jo Baetzold, seventh-grade Drama Club member, described performing as "a little scary as you're coming on the stage" but added "because we've practiced so much…you forget about the people who are watching you because you are so engaged with the play." As fun as performing can be for many Drama Club members, it takes a lot of work to put on a recital. Students participating were each assigned one or two scenes for which they had to rehearse, memorize lines, and learn blocking. Scenes were assigned based on the actors' personalities and what role the club advisers believed would be best for them. He Called for His Fiddlers…Two? Students met directly with their partners and one of the club advisers to work on their scene. They also attended meetings in which they ran through the recital; this included one dress rehearsal the day of the performance. Many students spent time outside of school preparing for their scenes, too. Seventh grader Angie Marvaldi looked over her scripts a lot and ran lines with her family members. Sarah Fricke, also in seventh grade, also practiced her lines with her family as well as over the phone with her scene partners. Mrs. Saunders stated that seeing the hard work that the students put in to being performance-ready was one of her favorite things about the recital, adding, "I like the energy of it… [and] the sense of accomplishment that students feel when it's finally done." Mrs. Bean agreed, saying she likes seeing students feel successful after performing. She also enjoys seeing kids coming out of their shells and having the chance to feel like they belong. A copy of the program Mrs. Bean and Mrs. Saunders held the first recital when they started Drama Club six years ago. They wanted to give students some drama experience for fun and possibly aid their pursuits of participating in high school or community theater. They chose to have a recital, as opposed to a play, so everyone would be able to participate equally. Mrs. Saunders remarked, "I was really happy with [the recital]. The students did a great job…and the audience enjoyed it." Now that Apple's ScreenTime is charting your hours on your phone, what is your daily average? about 1 hour/day 2-4 hours/day 5-7 hour/day more than 7 hrs/day MMS new upper learning space MMS offers two different gym courses for students The new ceramics class Our school's history: Approaching a century old MMS introduces new "Level Up Learning" program and new counselor MMS Teachers: Where have you been? Renovations to MMS to happen this summer Mayfield wrestlers go to states 8th graders visit Orange High School to learn about Excel TECC "Like a Family": Inside the performances of MMS choir group, Vocal Dimensions The student news site of Mayfield Middle School	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP MICHELLE FLOWERS Established in 2020, the PRSA Chicago Michelle Flowers Diversity Fellowship Program is designed to attract, recruit and retain people of color to the practice of public relations and communications. Four Awards of $2,500 PRSA Chicago has expanded the Diversity Fellowship Program and will award four individual scholarships in the amount of $2,500. Current freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and non-graduating seniors are eligible to apply. Students must be: African-American/Black Hispanic or Latina/o/x/e Arab/West Asian East & Southeast Asian Indigenous/Native American The award will also include a summer internship at a Chicago agency affiliated with PRSA Chicago. Membership in the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is preferred, but is not a requirement. A quick, interactive guide designed to help you understand the application process better and fill out the application form. 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The Importance of Diversity in PR PRSA Diversity Action Alliance PRSA Chicago is committed to educational development Diversity Fellowship Program helps attract and train diverse professionals The Michelle Flowers Diversity Fellowship pays tribute to the meaningful contributions that she has made as a leading African-American pioneer in the PR industry, as well as her deep dedication to diversity for more than 30 years. About Michelle Flowers A visionary public relations and marketing entrepreneur, Michelle Flowers Welch is an award-winning expert in the field of multicultural communications. She founded Flowers Communications Group, one of the nation's top multicultural integrated marketing agencies, in 1991. Her firm was named to Forbes America's Best PR Agencies 2021 list. One of her firm's core values is focused on cultivating the next generation of multicultural communications practitioners. 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Michael Hugh Sketch, MD Professor of Medicine Campus mail 7402 Hosp North, Durham, NC 27710 Email address sketc002@mc.duke.edu My current research interests are focused in the area of diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization. In the arena of diagnostic cardiac catheterization, I am currently evaluating the role of Prostaglandin E1 in the prevention of contrast induced renal dysfunction. In the arena of interventional cardiac catheterization, I have been actively involved in both the development and subsequent determination of potential niches for new interventional technologies in the management of coronary artery disease. These interventional technologies include balloon angioplasty, the perfusion balloon catheter, transluminal extraction catheter, and several intracoronary stents. Fellow in Cardiology, Medicine, Duke University, 1987 - 1990 Medical Resident, Medicine, Ohio State University, 1985 - 1987 M.D., Creighton University, 1984 Halabi, Abdul R., Michael H. Sketch, James E. Tcheng, Punit Goel, Kul Aggarwal, David Ramsdale, Shahid Aziz, Rajbir S. Sangha, and Peter Y. M. Hui. "Which is the true channel?." J Invasive Cardiol 16, no. 12 (December 2004): 716–18. Halabi, Abdul R., Michael H. Sketch, and James P. Zidar. "The bifurcation stent.." J Invasive Cardiol 16, no. 8 (August 2004): 436–38. Fuster, Valentin, John W. Hirshfeld, Alan S. Brown, Bruce H. Brundage, W Bruce Fye, Richard P. Lewis, Ira S. Nash, Michael H. Sketch, and George W. Vetrovec. "Working group 8: Defining the different types of cardiovascular specialists and developing a new model for training general clinical cardiologists.." J Am Coll Cardiol 44, no. 2 (July 21, 2004): 267–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2004.05.027. Waters, Richard E., Kanwar P. Singh, Matthew T. Roe, Mat Lotfi, Michael H. Sketch, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, L Kristin Newby, et al. "Rationale and strategies for implementing community-based transfer protocols for primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.." J Am Coll Cardiol 43, no. 12 (June 16, 2004): 2153–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2003.12.057. Konstance, Richard, James E. Tcheng, Marilyn B. Wightman, Larry P. Kelly, Annette Moore, J Kevin Harrison, and Michael H. Sketch. "Incidence and predictors of major vascular complications after percutaneous coronary intervention in the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa platelet inhibitor era.." J Interv Cardiol 17, no. 2 (April 2004): 65–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8183.2004.00295.x. Berger, Peter B., Michael H. Sketch, and Robert M. Califf. "Choosing between percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass grafting for patients with multivessel disease: what can we learn from the Arterial Revascularization Therapy Study (ARTS)?." Circulation 109, no. 9 (March 9, 2004): 1079–81. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.0000121313.22131.41. Kong, David F., Eric L. Eisenstein, Michael H. Sketch, James P. Zidar, Thomas J. Ryan, Robert A. Harrington, Mark F. Newman, Peter K. Smith, Daniel B. Mark, and Robert M. Califf. "Economic impact of drug-eluting stents on hospital systems: a disease-state model.." Am Heart J 147, no. 3 (March 2004): 449–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2003.11.005. Mehta, Rajendra H., and Michael H. Sketch. "Percutaneous coronary revascularization in diabetic patients with multivessel coronary artery disease: importance and feasibility.." J Invasive Cardiol 16, no. 3 (March 2004): 107–8. Klem, Igor, John F. Heitner, Dipan J. Shah, Sherrie Spear, Michael H. Sketch, Michele A. Parker, Michael Elliott, et al. "1169-152 Clinical evaluation of patients with suspected coronary artery disease using a multimodality stress magnetic resonance imaging protocol." In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 43:A365–A365. Elsevier BV, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(04)91546-x. Krasuski, Richard A., Thomas M. Bashore, and Michael H. Sketch. ""It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future".." Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 61, no. 3 (March 2004). https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.10787. Learn how to manage online faculty profiles and keep information up-to-date. See checklist	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
'Full House' house for sale for $4.15 million; you will never achieve your childhood dreams Caroline Linton Are you a widower with three children and some (possibly) freeloader friends who want to live with you allegedly to take care of your children? Then we've got the perfect house for you! It's slightly used: Not only was it originally constructed in 1883, but it once (and now again) houses the Tanner family from Full House and it's for sale for $4.15 million. Wait, what? $4.15 million?!! Didn't Danny Tanner turn 30 years old in the first season of Full House? It's time for a brutal life lesson: Your childhood television shows lied to you and you will never achieve your dreams of living in that world. You will never afford the apartment on Friends either, and oh hey remember Cliff Huxtable? No, don't do it. Although under further review, it appears that on a show where Danny Tanner is a widower with three children with a successful journalism career before he turned 30 that the biggest fiction is the house itself. While there is a finished basement with a bathroom where Joey lived and then later become a recording studio, the real estate listing mentions no attic for Uncle Jesse and Rebecca and the twins. There are three bedrooms, not four, so all three girls would have to share a bedroom or something. And there's apparently a "formal dining room," which we never once saw because why eat in a nice dining room when you can sit on a bench in the kitchen? The house is being re-filled with DJ's family in the Netflix sequel, Fuller House. The listing does not mention if they will come with the house, since this family does not like to move or become less co-dependent. Given the differences between the house's interior and the set that actually doesn't make sense (how can there be four huge bedrooms above those two regular-sized rooms on the first floor?), it's perhaps unsurprising that the show was filmed on a lot in Burbank. As you start crying about your lot in life since you not only can't afford the house at 1709 Broderick St. but you also could never support friends and family members who don't appear to pay rent in it, San Francisco in the past 30 years has undergone a dramatic change due to gentrification and the booming tech industry. A 2014 Brookings study named the city has having the fastest-growing income inequality in the nation, and San Francisco was recently named the least affordable city in the world Besides, some dark things happen when you live in a Full House universe.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
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ABOUT THIS BOOK: INTRODUCTION - Francis G. MORRISEY Part I: MARRIED PERSONALISM - Cormac Burke Part II: ANOTHER VIEW ON MARRIED PERSONALISM. - Rik Torfs Part Two. a Reply by Cormac Burke Part Two. b. Response by Rik Torfs Part Two. c. Cormac Burke: Concluding words. CONCLUSION - Francis G. MORRISEY Home › English › Married Personalism - a Debate (publication pending) It is now time to try and see where these intricate and very helpful considerations are leading us. It would be tempting simply to present a synthesis, taking elements from both sets of presentations and weaving them together into a tissue that could cover many situations, or channeling them into a river with different currents that would meander through our countryside giving life as it flows, and then saying that this is the Church's present understanding of the laws relating to marriage. However, it is obvious to any reader that such might not be appropriate nor practical, since we would be trying to combine two different approaches which, to some extent, defy unification. Both have their exceptional merits; both have their place in the life of the Church; both derive from the same doctrinal statements. Yet, the consequences are often so different. One view approaches marriage more from the perspective of the underlying canonical doctrine; the other, more from that of direct pastoral assistance given to those in need. They are not contradictory, but the purposes are different. THE PERSONALIST DIMENSIONS Msgr. Burke has taken great pains to bring out the personalist dimensions of matrimonial consent. The recognition of the dignity of the human person, as understood according to the principles of sound anthropology, appears to be foremost in his approach, and rightly so. Indeed, as St. Irenaeus tells us, "The glory of God is man fully alive"[1]. The human being is at the center of creation and is its crowning glory. Although some animals remain partnered for life, we do not speak of marriages among other beings. Rather, this "great Sacrament" is reserved for humans. It is based on the complementarity of man and woman [2]. Pope John Paul II addresses this issue in his 1997 address to the Roman Rota: "The personalist aspect of Christian marriage implies an integral vision of man which, in the light of faith, takes up and confirms whatever we can know by our natural powers. It is characterized by a sound realism in its conception of personal freedom, placed between the limits and influences of a human nature burdened by sin and always sufficient help of divine grace. [...] In the handling of marriage cases it would be a mistake to have too "idealized" an idea, so to speak, of the marital relationship, which could lead one to interpret the normal exertion that can occur as the couple progresses towards full, reciprocal emotional integration as though it were a genuine incapacity to assume the obligations of marriage" [3]. THE BONUM CONIUGUM One area in which the two authors appear to differ concerns the bonum coniugum and its future implications. It would seem that Professor Rik Torfs insists more than Msgr. Burke does on the future implications of the bonum coniugum, a conciliar expression now enshrined in canon 1055 [4]. Rather than seeing the bonum coniugum simply as the sum of the three traditional Augustinian bona. Professor Torfs asks whether or not we should be looking at this bonum as the basis for the other bona matrimonii. Or, might it be that the bonum coniugum is the consequence of the other three, rather than their basis, as Msgr. Burke seems to suggest? This is not yet fully worked out, but there is a lot of potential in investigating this approach because the Legislator would not have included the words in the Code if they did not have significant meaning. Indeed, canon 776 of the Code of Canons for the Eastern Churches also uses the same expression. Accepting as a starting point that the bonum coniugum has indeed juridical relevance distinct from the other terms used in the Code, one of the challenges, then, would be to define it and determine the elements required in any true bonum coniugum, the absence of some of which could compromise the validity of the Sacrament. Likewise, in so doing, we should ever keep in mind "the minimum without which one cannot speak of the capacity or sufficient consent for a true marriage" [5]. The same challenge is faced when attempting to determine the content of the "communion of life" [6] or listing the "essential" elements of marriage [7]. It could well happen some day that all three will be considered equivalent. But, in the meantime, when examining separately the elements of the bonum coniugum, and trying to refine the understanding we have of these terms, it would be important to keep in mind the relationship of the bonum coniugum to marital consent itself. Is this bonum the object of consent (being another term for "marriage" as used in canon 1057), or rather is it an integrating element? Would a recognition of its place as a distinct good of marriage imply a change or a reordering in the understanding of the content of marriage itself, as was probably the case with the move from "contract" to "covenant"? Possibly so, but it would not be the first time that the Church has successfully addressed new situations and come up with new answers. I believe that canonists would agree that the will of the partners cannot determine the essential content of the bonum coniugum, turning it into something very flexible, varying from one marriage to another. But, at the same time, these same canonists would have to allow for certain legitimate differences, perhaps based partly on cultural expectations and social circumstances [8], as is already the case today when dealing with certain marriages [9]. What frequently appears to move the partners to marriage is affectivity; this "personal" value is naturally present in all decisions to enter into marriage although its expression may differ. The partners do not reach this value through a process of reasoning; rather, it seems to be an intuition that presents the other "person" as an object of the will [10]. Is this "affectivity" simply an expression of the bonum coniugum? No matter whether the bonum coniugum is eventually considered to be distinct in itself, or the foundation or pinnacle of the other bona, and no matter which elements are retained to describe it juridically, the content of marriage would certainly have to include a number of fundamental and unequivocal elements that are to be found in any valid marriage, be it sacramental or not [11]. Even though the task of developing a new understanding of the content of marriage based on the bonum coniugum would be difficult, this does not mean that it should not be attempted. Nor does it mean that there will not be mistakes and possible exaggerations along the way until such time as the canonical doctrine is held in peaceful possession throughout the Church. In fact, when speaking of the bonum coniugum, we can ask ourselves whether we are dealing with an "ideal" understanding of marriage, or simply with the regular content we would expect to find in every matrimonial union. There is a tendency to present our teachings in an "idealized" situation (to use Pope John Paul II's words). We have to make certain that any eventual understanding of marriage based on the bonum coniugum is one that can apply to the vast majority of human beings, and not simply to an elite. Are all couples able to make the sacrifices entailed in making the marriage successful? Msgr. Burke tries to bring out this significant dimension in his studies. A RE-MODELED CANONICAL UNDERSTANDING OF MARRIAGE Our present understanding of marriage — or of its juridical elements - might have to be challenged or "re-modeled", again to use Msgr. Burke's words. It is quite possible, for instance, that many tribunals have, for all practical purposes, bound themselves into a "canon 1095" mode, so that for them nothing exists outside of the ramifications of this canon - as they interpret it. Yet, a careful and methodical re-examination of the numerous implications of canon 1101 on simulation is certainly called for, and Msgr. Burke's insights are of particular importance here. But, also, the potential of the canons dealing with error and dolus, and perhaps even more particularly with ignorance, should not be overlooked [12]. There is much possibility here for new understandings and applications. Can we really presume today that young couples, although they have the required knowledge relating to sexual matters, have the requisite knowledge of the implications of marriage as a consortium of which canon 1096 now speaks? When speaking of the consortium of conjugal life, we could ask ourselves whether this word is simply the legal term used to cover the bonum coniugum as it is lived out in reality - like the matrimonium in facto esse of the past - or is it something radically different from a simple contract involving an exchange of rights? Again, since the expression is used in the Code in a distinct fashion, we have every right to presume that the word has a meaning distinct from that used in other canons when referring to marriage as a lived reality. Here again, it looks as though a re-interpretation or even a new understanding of the content of the term is called far, although in the end it might not be radically different from the substance of our current approach. Then, going one step further, when we add in the personalist dimensions of marriage - as distinct from what could be called "individualistic" dimensions - and try to apply them to the law, it does not take long to see that they are not designed to be presented in a legal framework. Nevertheless, some canonists feel that they have no choice but to try and combine the two into one. Fortunately, both authors in our study seem to imply that even though personalism should indeed be the cornerstone of the matrimonial system, its content and characteristics are not yet fully defined. This too leaves room for growth. We cannot legislate for love, let alone for conjugal love [13], nor can we declare when it is to exist. Although we can see its consequences, breathe its fragrance, and enjoy its harmony, we cannot measure it or divide it in parts. Yet, love is one of the unifying forces behind marriage, whether it be there at the beginning (particularly in the Western world where persons marry someone they think they love), or blossom forth as the partners come to know and appreciate each other more (as is often the case in those parts of the world where marriages are arranged by parents or elders and where the spouses come to love the person they married). Msgr. Burke notes, however, that the question of the juridic relevance of conjugal love has not in fact been fully settled; in large part because the analysis of the issue has moved on too narrow a ground (identifying conjugal love with "felt emotion"). So, to try and translate this and the other integrating elements of marriage into legal concepts is probably doomed to failure, at least for now unless the terms are carefully defined or if we are able to move out of a legal construct. It is something like legislating for generosity - an expression that is used so frequently in this work - or for concern for others. Against such, there is no law! [14] DIFFICULTIES WITH PRESENT LAW AND OPENINGS FOR THE FUTURE In spite of the limitations imposed by a legal system as such, we must nevertheless recognize that there is indeed a law governing marriage. At times, it is quite evolved and even too complicated for the non-initiated, at least in practice. For instance, the numerous distinctions made in relation to consent, the intricacies surrounding the canonical institution of convalidation, the attempts to evaluate personal capacity, the particular focus on a given instant when consent was considered to have been expressed, have all occupied judges and will probably continue to do so for years ahead. There still is confusion in these areas in spite of the most valiant efforts to bring the marriage legislation into step with the implications of the conciliar teachings. Therefore, perhaps the time has come to recognize that, in addition to the legal approach with which the Church is quite familiar, there might be other ways of looking at the reality of marriage and its validity. Professor Torts ends his presentation with a call for a re-examination of the laws governing the celebration of marriage and its nullity, so that the Church could offer a legal system that is credible to the Christian faithful, as well as to non-believers. But, it will not be enough to focus on the laws governing the institution of marriage. The accompanying procedural laws would also have to be radically revised. In so many parts of the world, they can no longer respond to the legitimate needs and rights of the faithful. Obviously, by their nature, the law and its accompanying procedures are rather limited in their perspective. Tribunal personnel have been given an almost impossible task: to analyze a spiritual reality, to dissect it, to determine in the external forum how internal realities are to exist, and to pronounce judgment on the situation. When, in addition, the adjudication of the validity of a marriage is placed in a so-called artificial "contentious" context, it becomes evident that we are sometimes trying to place round pegs in square holes. Yet, such is the law at the present time, and it has to be observed while it is still in effect. But this does not prevent us from dreaming. Although it seems evident that Msgr. Burke did not have as his goal to call for an eventual revision of the legislation as it now exists or is applied, it must be kept in mind that many canonists will look at his considerations from the practical perspective of trying to determine whether a given union constituted a valid marriage or not. His insights will lead them to question certain assumptions which have been taken for granted. On the other hand, Professor Torfs approaches the question more directly from the side of the tribunal practitioner and looks at future possibilities. I think we must recognize the fact that, because of the prevailing interest of canonists for marriage nullity, it is in the context of tribunals that these two studies will probably influence the life of the Church more than in relation to preparation for marriage. In one respect, this is sad, for so much of the underlying doctrine, expressed so clearly in the preceding pages, could be given to future spouses, applying as it were the teachings of canon 1063 to their proposed union. Incidentally, we could say that for every dollar or pound that the Church spends on marriage tribunals, it should spend at least an equivalent amount on marriage preparation. Yet, such is not always possible today. Through the centuries, the Church has suffered much to defend the sanctity and dignity of marriage. It has borne the brunt of many attacks against its teachings. Obviously, it has no intention of changing its general position on the indissolubility of marriage, although in the past twenty or so years it has twice formally adjusted its teaching and practice on what constitutes the consummation of marriage [18]. Within this core doctrinal context that is at the heart of the Church's treasury of spiritual gifts, and for which it is a "light of the nations", there remain many possibilities for drawing out new insights and applying them in the examination and adjudication of cases of marriage nullity. This is what was done in the late 1950s and subsequent years in regard to the contribution of the behavioral sciences and the recognition of the influence of personal incapacity on the validity of matrimonial consent. Possibly, what could be carefully considered at this time is a new or a renewed approach to the accompanying procedural questions along with a renewed understanding of the applicable canonical doctrine. FOR A NEW SYSTEM OF PROCEDURAL LAW Could a new system be envisaged that might be able to integrate the salient elements of both authors' approaches? [16] If our examination of marriage cases were to be removed from a "tribunal" context, and transferred into another arena where the search for truth would be more predominant, where the doctrine relating to marriage would be given pride of place, and if we were to move from procedures that have so many prescriptions for validity attached to them, we might be able to address the issue from a new light [17]. As our understanding of the implications of the bonum coniugum develops, and as our awareness of the personalist and spiritual elements of marriage is refined, we will have to be careful to avoid pouring this new wine into old skins [18]. Every canonist will agree that it is not the marriage tribunal which makes the marriage null. If it is null, it is null ab initio. Therefore, the declaration of nullity does not change the underlying reality. Rather, it gives it external coherence and recognition. Yet, it frequently happens that because a given procedural act did not occur, or if the wrong tribunal studied the case, the declaration has no canonical effect. This can lead to incongruous consequences where one tribunal declares another's acts to be invalid and the process has to be started anew [19]. It seems that we are to be looking more for the truth of the situation, than for the observance of minute prescriptions which have little, if any, bearing on the issue being examined. As an illustration of this point, it could be said that our present system of competence even makes it practically impossible in many instances for a bishop to examine the cases of his diocesans, if they were married in another country. This is particularly frustrating in a country where so many persons are either immigrants or refugees from elsewhere. Yet, since the decision of the tribunal does not make the marriage null, would it not be appropriate for any bishop to be able to have a potential cause of nullity examined in his diocese? [20] After all, the bishop, by virtue of his office, is responsible for the spiritual well-being of all those entrusted to his care (see canon 383, §1). The apparatus of "judges", "defenders", "advocates" and the like is certainly outdated. It speaks of ages past when decisions of Church courts had civil effects. Today, particularly in the Anglo-Saxon world, there are so many other ways of providing for the civil effects. Three gradual steps could be envisaged in an eventual revision of the procedural laws. The first two are minor and would be rather simple to implement. First, the time might be appropriate to revise canon 1690, to allow for marriage nullity cases to be heard according to the oral contentious procedure [21]. This procedure, in fact, goes back in many respects to that adopted by Clement V, in the Decretal "Saepe" of cl306 [22], and which remained substantially in effect until the promulgation of the 1917 Code. Such a provision would be in the line of canonical tradition and safeguard the present tribunal system, if it were considered appropriate to uphold this system. Yet, so many procedural norms which now hamper the proper processing of the cases without undue delay, would then not have to be observed [23]. There should also be a second intermediate step. As the present law stands, it is weighted too much in favor of the respondent. Indeed, a respondent who does not agree with the very fact of having a case heard, or who wishes to spite a former spouse, can raise numerous objections against an affirmative decision and lodge continuous appeals, which, in practice, can take over ten years to resolve, thus preventing the other partner from a marriage to which he or she would have a right. Pope John Paul II even alluded to this situation in 1996 when he called for "corrective measures" to be adopted in the present procedures [24]. I am not speaking here about a person who, throughout the process, intervenes and participates actively. But, a person who formally and without legitimate reason refuses to cooperate with the court during the processing of a case (c. 1592) should lose the right to intervene at further stages once the process has been completed in first instance. If this provision were adopted, it would remove a lot of anguish from the consequences of our present system and would let justice shine forth more directly. But, there could be a third step. Here, again, it is time to dream [25]. I would propose that consideration be given to replacing tribunals as the place where marriage nullity cases are heard, and, in their stead, establishing pastoral boards (by whatever name they are called) in dioceses, or in groups of dioceses. Tribunals would then retain their role for true contentious and criminal cases. These pastoral boards would examine, to the best of their ability, the values underlying the union of the former spouses, its quality, the human condition, and the objective validity of the first union. They would not be fettered by procedural norms which, at times, do very little to promote the reality of the sacrament. Rather, they would conduct an inquiry for truth, based on the Gospel values of faith and truth. At the same time, because we are dealing with a sacrament, which presupposes faith, it is somewhat surprising to see that the spiritual dimension is not readily put forward in our present procedural norms. Would it not be essential to be able to take into account the spiritual state of the parties concerned when considering such cases? Msgr. Burke insists so much on this often overlooked dimension. In some places, those who have maturely dealt with their own responsibilities in a marital breakdown are treated in almost exactly the same manner as those who have taken little or no time to reflect on their state in life [26]. Also, the anguish through which many of the parties who come to the courts have to experience is not always justified. It would seem that so many of our practices are now turned toward the law as in end in itself, when it is but a means to a higher end. The Church has invested so much in the sacrament of matrimony. The overwhelming majority of canonists are involved - sometimes exclusively — in matters relating to marriage. But, it can be asked whether the means we are using are indeed the most appropriate; there are serious stewardship issues to be considered here: use of persons, time and material resources. An acquired comfort with past ways of doing things can prevent us from looking objectively at current situations. Or, even worse, we could take our present practices as ends in themselves and develop an ideology justifying what is being done. The temptation is very strong. Msgr. Cormac Burke and Professor Rik Torfs have rendered a great service to the canonical world - and, eventually, to numerous couples - by raising issues that have not been so clearly raised in the past and that perhaps canonists have not dared to raise in formal circles. Neither of them pretends to have uttered the final word. But, if through their efforts they have enabled us to reflect on our present legal reality and on possible future adjustments, then they have achieved their purpose. One thing is certain after reading this work. There are many ways of looking at the same reality. Because one way is different from what we presently know and experience, this does not necessarily mean that it is wrong, or disloyal, or even heretical. There are many rooms in the Father's house [27], and there are many ways of examining doctrine and ensuing practice. We should not be afraid of raising new issues, nor should we be afraid of examining their ramifications in detail, to see whether it is not time for another aggiornamento in canonical law and practice. [1] Adv. haer., IV, 20. 7. [2] See GS, no. 48. [3] John Paul II, Allocution to the Roman Rota, 27 January 1997, No. 4, Origins, 1996-1997, 597-598,at 598. [4] See Gaudium et spes, No. 48. [5] John Paul II, Allocution to the Roman Rota, 27 January 1997, Origins 1996-1997, 597- 598, at 598. [6] See SRR coram Pompedda, 11 April 1988, Decisiones 1988, 200: "... libenter concedimus hucusque nondum traditam fuisse claram notionem eiusmodi vitae communionis in sua substantia..." [7] John Paul II, Allocution to the Roman Rota, 26 January 1984, in W.H. Woestman (ed.), Papal Allocutions to the Roman Rota 1939-1994, Ottawa, Saint Paul University, 1994, 181-186, at 185: "In the new Code, especially in the matter of marriage consent, not a few explanations of natural law from the Rota Jurisprudence have been codified. There still remain canons of great importance in matrimonial law, however, which have been necessarily formulated in a generic way and which await further determination, to which especially the expert jurisprudence of the Rota could make a valuable contribution. I am thinking, for example, of [...] the 'essential matrimonial rights and obligations' mentioned inc. 1095..." [8] The 1991 Papal allocution to the Roman Rota (28 January 1991) addresses this particular issue; see W.H. Woestman (ed.), Papal Allocutions to the Roman Rota 1939-1994, 214-218. [9] For analysis of tendencies in the Roman Rota in this regard, see A. Mendonca, "Recent Rotal Jurisprudence from a Sociocultural Perspective", Studia canonica 1995, 29-83, 317-355. [10] See J. Gabiola, "Bonum coniugum'", Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland Newsletter, No. 115, September 1998, 31-37, at 36. [11] A statement of the Apostolic Signatura expresses this succinctly: "The Catholic Church holds that certain elements belong to the very nature or essence of marriage itself as determined by the Creator and are not optional elements that can be included or excluded at will; consequently their positive exclusion from marriage consent would make that consent invalid." CLSA, Roman Replies and CLSA Advisory Opinions, Washington, DC, CLSA, 1997,26. [12] See, for instance, SRR coram Boccafola, 4 May 2000, Prot. No. 18.061 (not published), which addresses the question of ignorance in a renewed context, raising certain warnings: "Tamen in eorum sententia ne plus praebent illam ignorantiam quae irritat utpote minimam necessariam cognoscentiam, sed a contra transformant hanc minimam cognoscentiam in plenam ac perfectam naturae dualis ac paritariae matrimonii Christiani cognoscentiam quae a Concilio Vaticano II, utpote idealis, laudata est. Ita facientes, velint suggerere quod natura ipsa matrimonii de facto mutata est post Concilium Vatican II ita ut ilia eadem scientia minima naturalis quae ante Concilium in postpubertalibus praesumebatur ac ad valide contrahendum superabundebat, nunc post Concilium minime sufficieret ad validum matrimonium gignendum. Sed quomodo hoc possibile sit? Velint indices appellati revera asserere naturam fundamentalem instituti omnino naturalis utpote matrimonii in his ultimis annis revera omnino profunde mutatam esse?" [13] This was addressed in detail by Pope PAUL VI, in his Rotal allocution of 9 February 1976, in W.H. Woestman (ed.), Papal Allocutions to the Roman Rota 1939-1994, 133-137: "We must, therefore, reject without qualification the idea that if a subjective element - among these especially conjugal love - is lacking in a marriage, the marriage ceases to exist as a juridical reality, which originated in a consent for once and forever efficacious. No, this reality, which is juridical, continues to exist and does not depend on love; it remains even though love may have totally disappeared" (at p. 136). [14] See Galatians, 5:23. [15] See, for instance, the decree of the Cong. for the Doctrine of the Faith, 13 May 1977, AAS 1977, 426, on the nature of "verum semen". See also canon 1061, §1 which now prescribes that consummation take place "humano modo". See also the Allocution of Pope John Paul II to the Roman Rota, 21 January 2000, Origins 1999-2000, 553-555, at 555. [16] For instance, Pope paul VI, in the Rotal allocution of 4 February 1977, said: "Finally justice will be protected in the new Code in that in the latter, the juridical will no longer appear to dominate every area of the Church's life. It will appear rather as but one facet of that life - truly an important one - but also one serving the life of the communion as such and leaving to the individual believer the freedom and responsibility - as they say - needed to build up the body of Christ", in W.H. Woestman (ed.), Papal Allocutions to the Roman Rota] 939-] 994, 141. [17] See, for instance, the prescriptions of canons 1620 and 1622, as well as many other instances in the Code where a given act implies validity or invalidity of the entire process. [18] See Matthew, 9:17. [19] For instance, the Apostolic Signatura, in a letter to a tribunal commenting on this practice, states that "the proposed practice of 'pursuing complaints of nullity' against sentences given 'during the previous administration' that now 'resurface' would be very imprudent and would not at all re-establish the credibility of the Tribunal"; see CLSA, Roman Replies and CLSA Advisory Opinions, Washington, CLSA, 1994, 32. [20] This situation was already addressed in 1972 by the United States Bishops: UNITED STATES BISHOPS' COMMITTEE ON CANONICAL AFFAIRS, "Report of the Committee for Canonical Affairs", letter to Cardinal J. Villot, Secretary of State, December 12, 1972, 3: "Answers given to the questionnaire indicate a strong sense of injustice and confusion when a person with a deserving case must be told that, due to a technicality of Law, he cannot have his case handled on the local level." [21] The matter was addressed during the process of revision of procedural law. However, the proposal was simply dismissed - "Propositio admitti nequit. Processus contentiosus oralis not dat satisfationes ("garanzie"), quae processui matrimoniali propter vinculum sacramentale necessariae sunt", see Communicationes 1984, 76, at c. 1642. However, if the oral process does not give sufficient guarantees, it could be asked why this was approved for other cases where justice is at stake. [22] See Clement V, Decretal, Saepe, in Corpus iuris canonici, A. Friedberg ed., II, col. 1200, See also Dispendiosam prorogationem (ibid., col. 1143) which applies the procedure of Saepe to marriage nullity cases. [23] Pope John Paul II addressed this issue of delay in his 30 January 1986 address to the Roman Rota: "I would also say something about the appropriateness that examination of causes should not be delayed too long. [...j May none of the faithful take the excessive duration of the ecclesiastical court process as grounds for not presenting his own cause or for giving up on it and choosing solutions in clear contrast with Catholic doctrine", in W.H. woestman (ed.), Papal Allocutions to the Roman Rota 1939-1994, 190. [24] See John Paul II, Allocution to the Roman Rota, 22 January 1996, Origins 1995-1996, 615-616, at 616. Speaking of delaying tactics, pointless actions, and those which impede the attainment of the common good, the Pope says: "They also call for corrective measures by the legislator or for specific norms for the application of the Code, as occurred in the past..." [26] This is not a new dream! See G. Lesage, "Pour une renovation de la procedure matrimoniale", Studia canonica 1973, 253-279. [27] In this regard, see R. Bourgon, The Presiding Judge: Present Legislation and Future Possibilities for Marriage Nullity Cases, Ottawa, Saint Paul University, 1997, 184-185. [27] See John, 14:2. ‹ Part Two. c. Cormac Burke: Concluding words. up The Cardinal Virtues: Feminine Perspectives ›	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
The emojis have always been appreciated by all users. They manage to give that touch of expression to cold phrases that are exchanged via smartphone. Among the various features of Windows 10, there is a rich panel of emojis to use with your computer. This feature is very useful especially when you usually write and send messages with your PC. There are two different ways to insert emojis from a PC with Windows 10. The first method we recommend is the simplest and fastest method. To open the emoji panel, just press the Windows key and the key at the same time .(dot) on any screen. This shortcut activates the panel with all the emojis available in Windows 10. You can move the window to your liking and close it when you think it's appropriate. By default, the emoji panel does not close automatically after inserting a face. This allows you to enter as many emoji you want without having to re-open the panel in question each time. The developers, however, have thought well to give the possibility to automatically close the window every time you insert a smiley face. Click on the Devices item. Move to the Typing section using the left side menu. Scroll down and click on the Advanced keyboard settings option. Activate or deactivate the option Do not close the panel automatically after an emoji has been entered. Once this is done, you can enter all the emojis you want when you write any message with your computer. As an alternative to the combination of keys seen previously, you can take advantage of the Windows virtual keyboard. It allows you to add the same emojis present in the panel completely dedicated to them. To enable the virtual keyboard, you must click with the right mouse button on the taskbar and click on the Show virtual keyboard button item. Once this is done, a new icon will appear at the bottom right next to the battery indicator. Click on the appearance icon to open the virtual keyboard. At this point, you just have to click on the face on the left side of the space bar to be able to enter all the emoji you want. We remind you that emoji are simple characters and not image files. For this reason, the graphics of the various emojis sent depends on the operating system used by the recipient.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Reading Made Easy Have a struggling reader? Why it&s perfectly okay if your kid doesn&t master reading until later and what you can do at home to nudge it along. By Erin Zammett Ruddy A facebook friend recently posted a note from her 4-year-old's pre-K congratulating her on her son's ability to read — then added a few hashtags (#sorrybutsoproud, #Jackrocks, #readingisthebest!!!). Several thoughts ran through my head: 1) Wow, that's impressive. 2) Is he, like, reading reading? 3) Apologizing for a humblebrag does not make it any less braggy (#gagme). 4) C***, my 4-year-old can't read! Fortunately, that last one didn't take up too much mental space. I have a second grader who reads beautifully now but was nowhere near crushing it until well into first grade, when he was able to navigate the pages without placing a finger under each word and sa-sa-sounding them out. That's not to say I didn't squirm as I watched him struggle. The anxiety sets in quickly when the bar is set so high — not just on social media but also in school, where kids are expected to be able to read "with purpose and understanding" by the end of kindergarten. It's no wonder we worry if our child isn't keeping up with the others. Here's why we all can relax. Learning to read in kindergarten (or even before) isn't a sign of intelligence, says Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Ed.D., professor emerita at Lesley University and author of Taking Back Childhood. Not only is there no research showing that kids reap long-term rewards from decoding words at 5, there are numerous studies showing that by fourth grade, "early readers" are reading at the same level as those who mastered the skill in second grade. Besides, learning to read is a developmental milestone, and some 5- and even 6-year-olds aren't there yet. "Children have to go through a process where they become ready, and it happens at different speeds," says Dr. Carlsson-Paige. In order to truly read and comprehend, kids must be able to recognize and use individual sounds to create words (known as phonemic awareness), understand the relationship between written letters and spoken sounds (known as phonics), and understand, remember, and communicate what they've just read. Has your child nailed all that? Mine hasn't. Pressuring your kid doesn't help, either — and, in fact, does more harm than good. "If you torture kids with flash cards, reading becomes a job and it's not fun anymore," says Elissa Mostransky, of West Babylon, NY, a mother of three and a K–5 reading specialist. Instead, kids need a good foundation so the components that make up reading can click into place. Luckily, the way to lay the groundwork isn't about sounding out letters or even pointing to words in books. It's much simpler than that. And — bonus! — you're probably setting the stage without even knowing it. Read on to learn what literacy experts, teachers, and parents recommend. PLUS: THE BEDTIME ROUTINE YOU NEED TO START TONIGHT Encourage Make-Believe Long before my children could read or write, I'd play "restaurant" with them. They'd create menus and have jobs and give themselves new names. I just thought it was a way to keep them busy while I cooked. Turns out, I was fostering pre-reading skills. One of the many perks of pretend play is that it helps kids learn and use new words, says Dr. Carlsson-Paige. "Oral language is the whole basis for written language, so we want to give children lots of chances to develop theirs," she explains. My 5-year-old now knows what a sous chef is because her older brother is always the chef/owner/boss. To take these games one step further, set out art supplies. When kids draw, say, wanted posters for bad guys or "keep out" signs for forts, they are grasping the relationship between spoken words, symbols, and the printed word, notes Dr. Carlsson-Paige. "And while you don't want to force it, it's great if kids can naturally incorporate writing activities into their imaginative play." Take Turns Telling Tales You probably regale your child with stories already. Now trade off the narrative so the two of you are creating it together in a continuous manner. Doing this will help him understand that stories have characters; a beginning, a middle, and an end; and certain conventions, such as "once upon a time." Cheryl Boccard, a mom and a pre-K teacher in Huntington, NY, swears by this trick for teaching spontaneous storytelling skills: "I put random objects in a bag — an apple, a toy car, a feather — and one child picks an item and begins a story about it," she says. "Then the next child has to continue the tale with a new object that he picks." Totally stealing this idea for road trips! PLUS: AUTHORS SHARE HOW TO TEACH KIDS TO LOVE BOOKS Use "Juicy" Words We tend to use simple language when talking to little kids, but it's better if you mix in a wide variety of words and constantly define and point out new ones. For instance, if your child asks to see the "picture," tell her it's a special kind called a "photograph" (Boccard calls this a juicy word). And, it almost goes without saying, talk to your kids as much as possible so they hear more words every day. The reason: A bigger vocab is more closely correlated with reading comprehension than knowledge of letter sounds. "A 5-year-old who has an enormous vocabulary but doesn't know any letters is more likely to do well on his third-grade reading comprehension test than a child who knows letter sounds at 5 but has a smaller vocabulary," says Shanna Schwartz, of the Reading & Writing Project at Teachers College, Columbia University. Read Books Every Night You knew this one was coming, and it can't be overstated. "This is how kids learn that you hold a book a certain way, that the book goes from left to right, that you turn the pages," says Dr. Carlsson-Paige. And while you may tire of hearing the same story night after night, books that use repetition are key for reading readiness. "It's called predictable print," Dr. Carlsson-Paige explains. "When kids hear the same line over and over, eventually they start to match the words they hear with the little squiggly black things on the page and they figure out how reading works." Rhyming books (thank you, Dr. Seuss!) are particularly useful because they help with phonemic awareness. "Being able to hear that words rhyme, even made-up ones like shanna, fanna, bo banna, gets kids to tune their ear to all the different sounds they need to identify before they can read," says Schwartz. "You can't put a letter to a sound until you can recognize it first, which is why word games are so important, too." PLUS: BOOK RECS FOR EVERY AGE AND INTEREST Choose Quality Books Interesting plots and characters help your child develop a richer command of language, also known as literary vocabulary, notes Mary Ehrenworth, Ed.D., deputy director of the Reading & Writing Project at Teachers College, Columbia University. For example, we tend to say "hungry" when speaking, but a character might be described as ravenous — that's literary vocabulary, and children get the vast majority of it before age 6. What defines a "good" book? You want parts that the kids can chime in on ("I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow the house down"), some repetition, a strong story line, and illustrations that provide clues to what's going on. "When I talk to parents I tell them, it's the books you read when you were a kid," says Schwartz. Of course, some kids will gravitate toward movie or TV tie-ins, and while those can't really compete with the classics, they're okay, too. "If a book gets your kid excited about reading, be happy," says Dr. Ehrenworth. Get Interactive No, we don't mean interrogate your kid until he spots the letter b. Instead, say things like, "Wow, I can't believe that just happened — what do you think about that?" Exaggerating your emotional response helps kids engage with the story, Dr. Ehrenworth says, a key ingredient for reading comprehension. "In order for the story to have any meaning at all, a child needs to notice how the characters are changing and to consider the implications of the story for his own life," she says. It also turns out that comprehension, along with vocabulary development, is often more crucial than decoding letters when kids are learning to read — another reason to skip the "what letter is this?" quizzes. That said, if your child is really into the alphabet, it's fine to playfully point out letters on the cereal box or street signs ("I spy with my little eye a letter that looks like a circle with a tiny tail!"). "I'm a literacy expert and neither one of my children learned their letters until kindergarten," says Schwartz. "I wanted them to hear 1,000 books and be able to talk about them." PLUS: 10 LIFE LESSONS YOU GET FROM BOOKS Keep a Soundtrack Going "Songs give children rhyming skills and expose them to the rhythm of reading," says Schwartz. It doesn't have to be kid songs, either (hallelujah!). As long as they can understand the words, they're in good shape. When you need a change of pace, pop in an audiobook: "Listening to a book is great for fluency and for children to grasp how to read — that you use intonation and change your voice, rather than staying monotone," says Mostransky, who has The Cat in the Hat on heavy rotation. "It's not so different from listening to you read, but it gives you a break." The bottom line? Keep reading fun. The biggest mistake parents make once their kids start school is that they get into teacher mode, putting their fingers under the words or having their kids sound things out, says Dr. Ehrenworth. "The next thing you know, your child doesn't want to read with you anymore." The beauty of allowing your child to learn at his own pace is the pride and joy you'll both feel the first time he deciphers a whole page of print on his own. And he will. "Eventually, reading just clicks," says Mostransky. "I see it happen every day." Photo Credit: Stephanie Rausser/Trunk Archive	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
With its bold veining, endless colors and durability, granite has been the star of kitchens for the past 10- 15 years. Though it does its job well and continues to look great for years to come, granite countertops have decreased in popularity with the rise of alternative options. From natural soapstone to high-tech laminate countertops, there are new materials available for every kitchen that strays away from the been-there-done-that granite option. Let's take a peek at a few alternatives that still provide the durability, function and beauty we all love to see in a kitchen countertop. Quartzite is a natural stone produced when sandstone is pressure-cooked in the earth's crust. The end result is a beautiful stone with a wide variety of streaks, patterns and rich colors. Some varieties, like Taj Mahal and Mother of Pearl, offer a similar look to traditional marble without as much maintenance and upkeep. Quartzite can withstand heat, but not for an extended time, so make sure to use trivets for prolonged exposure. Though slightly more durable than granite, some quartzite does still require sealing once or twice a year for stain resistance so make sure to check with your stone fabricator on the details, as it varies by type. The beauty of quartzite is all its variations: vein-cut styles look more contemporary and sleek, while cross-cut styles have a more organic feel. Depending on the fabrication, expect your quartzite countertops to start from $80 per square foot and up. Used in laboratories due to its resistance to stains, bacteria and chemicals, there's no wonder soapstone is becoming an increasingly popular choice for homeowners looking for a durable, natural countertop. Always a dark charcoal or almost black color, its non-porous, honed surface can both hide and repel dark stains while still remaining slightly soft to the touch. Soapstone is a great choice for those who love to cook and households with little sticky fingers, as it's unaffected by heat and easy to wipe clean. Keep in mind that like any natural stone, soapstone can chip and scratch. It also darkens over time, but sanding can easily return it to a lighter shade. Starting at $80-100 per square foot, soapstone is a slightly more expensive choice over granite, but it comes with a lifetime of durability. Also known as "engineered quartz," quartz composite is a material comprised of crushed quartz and polymer binders that are tinted and compressed under high pressure. The end result is a surface that is non-porous and resistant to stains, scratches and heat. Even better, a simple wipe with warm water and soap is all you'll need to worry about in regards to maintenance. Because it is a manufactured material, quartz composite is consistent with color and patterns. This durable countertop material does come at a price—around $90-110 per square foot installed. High-pressure molded plastic countertops—who would have thought that these would be a durable and long-lasting alternative to granite? Laminate countertops are a blend of acrylic or polyester resins, powdered fillers and pigments. This unique mix allows for easy buffing of scratches and marks and its surface keeps stains away. The beauty of laminate countertops is their unique ability to be molded into unusual shapes and sizes, which works especially well in sleek, state-of-the-art contemporary kitchens. Because this material is plastic, it is sensitive to prolonged heat exposure, so make sure to use trivets and cutting boards to extend the longevity of the countertop. These high-tech countertops start at around $50 per square foot installed. What granite alternatives have you used in your kitchen? *Guest Blog by Kerrie Kelly. Interior designer Kerrie Kelly is an expert on countertop materials in the kitchen and writes about her knowledge for The Home Depot. If you are interested in researching many of the materials Kerrie discusses in her article, you can visit Home Depot's countertops page online. With almost all of my clients, the toughest part of designing a kitchen is choosing the countertop. As manufacturing technology grows, so do the number of choices—each with its own set of pros and cons. The decision really comes down to how you live and work in your own kitchen. Let's cut to the chase with our top six countertop choices—in order of my own preference. Quartz: Also called engineered or manufactured stone, this is the surface I install in the most homes—and the reasons are simple. It's available in so many patterns and colors, is very simple to clean, and is more resistant to heat, scratches and stains than almost any other surface. It requires no sealing or treating over time. Best of all, my clients are always surprised that it's no more expensive than granite. Dekton: This is the new super surface brought to you by modern technology. Its ultra-compact surface means it's non-porous, and extremely resistant to heat and drastic changes in temperature—not to mention scratches, chips and stains. For durability, you can't do better. Colors and patterns are catching up with other options on the market. You will pay a bit more per square foot, but you will not regret it. Natural Stone: Though this category includes marble, lime and soapstone, we're really talking about granite here. Its natural beauty is simply undeniable, which makes it the other big favorite among my clients. As it has proven in nature since the beginning of time, it's very durable and heat resistant. Because it's porous, it just needs to be sealed when it's installed (and will need some resealing over the years), but the effort there adds real stain resistance to the list of its benefits—not to mention real value to the home that will never go out of style. Stainless: I often envy the simplicity of stainless steel when we install it. So clean and simple, its industrial-grade durability is completely antibacterial, and stain and heat resistant. Even scratches really blend in over time. Surprisingly, installation takes this one to the higher end of the cost scale, but it's also very flexible in terms of design. It brings a cool edge to a more traditional kitchen and can even soften the edge of an ultra contemporary style. Wood: Wood is pretty straightforward in terms of pros and cons. It's very budget friendly, and most of my clients who choose it do so knowing that its imperfections only add to its beauty, over time. Scratches and burns can even become part of the charm. However, if you treat it with oil a few times a year, it's a very durable and practical choice, too. Remember, it's available in many grains and stains, and you don't necessarily need butcher block thickness to get the same great look. Laminate: Laminate countertops can't be beat if budget is the primary factor. Available in a wide array of colors and patterns, you can go with bold, bright, primary colors or choose a finish that replicates stone and wood. It's made with a sheet of resin laid over particle board and is resistant, though not impervious to heat, stains and scratches. It is easy to clean and easy to repair. What's on your wish list for that new kitchen countertop? Kerrie Kelly is a guest blogger from The Home Depot. Kerrie Kelly draws from her experience of consistently designing amazing kitchens to provide tips for The Home Depot and Kerrie Kelly Design Labs, to help you make the right kitchen choices. To view a big selection of countertops that Kerrie talks about in this article, visit The Home Depot. We believe in aging gracefully, but when it comes to your home, we want you to keep it looking new. Here's a quick reference guide to cleaning your home's surfaces.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Check-In Status Legend: Check-In Has Not Opened Runner is checked in Runner has not checked in yet Check-In is closed List of Runners Week 14 is now over. 97 runners checked in for the previous race. 14 Races Avg Place Darren Winchenbach 24.0714 04:57:03 00:21:13 02:04:11 00:20:41 Jim Bickford 29.4286 05:07:08 00:21:56 02:09:48 00:21:38 Your Mom 36.6429 05:22:54 00:23:03 02:14:08 00:22:21 Marilyn Bell 84.2857 07:00:40 00:30:02 02:59:00 00:29:50 Susan Dolliver 91.4286 07:17:11 00:31:13 03:01:10 00:30:11 Michael Benar 97.4286 07:33:34 00:32:23 03:05:22 00:30:53 Alice Sandzen 58.1538 05:42:59 00:26:23 02:25:38 00:24:16 Rebecca Herrigel 65.4615 05:57:08 00:27:28 02:35:30 00:25:55 Philip Carr 94.4615 06:49:45 00:31:31 03:03:32 00:30:35 Brian Conrad 98.3077 07:04:19 00:32:38 03:01:20 00:30:13 Bill Vickerson 124.0769 09:32:19 00:44:01 04:18:37 00:43:06 Will Lundquist 11.4167 03:49:21 00:19:06 01:50:31 00:18:25 Tarek Hammour 38.8333 04:37:54 00:23:09 02:16:15 00:22:42 Dereck Tuttle 48.1667 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00:28:45 Carrie Croft 79.1667 02:54:29 00:29:04 02:54:29 00:29:04 Oscar Sullivan 84.6667 02:58:14 00:29:42 02:58:14 00:29:42 Jillian Wright 87.8333 03:04:40 00:30:46 03:04:40 00:30:46 Laura Vecchio 90.5000 03:06:44 00:31:07 03:06:44 00:31:07 Heidi Mctigue 124.3333 03:34:02 00:35:40 03:34:02 00:35:40 Theresa Dragos 118.5000 03:35:26 00:35:54 03:35:26 00:35:54 Michael Brown 129.3333 03:44:56 00:37:29 03:44:56 00:37:29 Eliza Britt 129.6667 05:05:33 00:50:55 05:05:33 00:50:55 Ian Maclellan 10.2000 01:35:33 00:19:06 n/a n/a Rob Olson 18.2000 01:40:38 00:20:07 n/a n/a Will Pratt 35.8000 01:50:43 00:22:08 n/a n/a Megan Mcandrew 34.8000 01:50:50 00:22:10 n/a n/a Daniel Chuhta 56.8000 01:51:19 00:22:15 n/a n/a Patrick Mahoney 36.6000 01:54:12 00:22:50 n/a n/a Ethan Boxer-macomber 47.2000 02:03:14 00:24:38 n/a n/a Logan Whitmarsh 48.0000 02:03:43 00:24:44 n/a n/a Eric Gottlieb 55.4000 02:09:13 00:25:50 n/a n/a Delaney Whitmarsh 63.0000 02:13:56 00:26:47 n/a n/a Jason Paquette 73.6000 02:16:25 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Home»Forums»Games»Other Games»Bot9 Video Game»Bottom of the 9th- Videogame Bottom of the 9th- Videogame April 20, 2017 - 12:58pm Handelabra have just tweeted about Bottom of the 9th. If you have any interest in it you might want to answer their survey. If you have 5 minutes, we're looking to learn some more about our players!https://t.co/3eWIkWXmT0 pic.twitter.com/lYaJolywGF — Handelabra Games (@handelabra) 20 April 2017 Edited by: Paul on Aug 7 2017 - 1:44pm "Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft." - Theodore Roosevelt bobbertoriley "See, this is another sign of your tragic space dementia, all paranoid and crotchety. Breaks the heart." - Mal Until we have an H emoticon: Sorry -- what was the question? UXM266 Get it? it means NO, also sounds like Nine, and continues the thread! I filled it out. feels proud I THOUGHT I was the the last Scion but it's actually ..... TakeWalker Not to break up the silliness, but where can I learn more about Bot9? I'm not really interested in baseball, or baseball-themed card games, but if GTG made it and Handelabra's adapting it, I feel obligated to at least give it a shot sometime. Watch It Played did a how to play video and a play through of the game. You can watch it Here. grysqrl Last seen: 1 min 47 sec ago Third base! @TalkWalker Most people who play it find it to be a very fun game whether they care about baseball or not, for what it is worth. :) "Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view." ~Obi-Wan Kenobi @TalkWalkerMost people who play it find it to be a very fun game whether they care about baseball or not, for what it is worth. :) I agree as someone who has no intereste otherwise in baseball. It's a fun and quick game when I've played it solo or with others. This is what I'm hoping for. I've played a lot of fun games with themes that didn't immediately appeal to me before! Trajector grysqrl wrote: I don't give a darn! Arcanist Lupus Trajector wrote: He's our shortstop. When I was a little kid, whenever I asked my mother "Do y'know what?" she would replay "No, but I hear he plays second base." I heard this for years before I finally learned what it was a reference to. "Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?" - Terry Pratchett, Going Postal Arcanist Lupus wrote: He's our shortstop. When I was a little kid, whenever I asked my mother "Do y'know what?" she would replay "No, but I hear he plays second base." I heard this for years before I finally learned what it was a reference to. That there? Good parenting. Except the part where she didn't share it with you. I have it come up in my random list of favorite music pretty frequently, just because it's awesome. Matchstickman wrote: Having watched this, I think I can say this is not the game for me. I prefer things like Sentinels because the strategy doesn't involve trying to outdo your opponent in real-time. That said, this is so well-designed that it captures the feeling of baseball for me right down to "more fun to watch than to play". I hope I see this at my local game club sometime, because I think it would be fun as heck to spectate. :D jffdougan Two great things about that Abbott & Costello routine: 1. They never actually called it "Who's on First," they only referred to it as the baseball routine/bit. 2. They would improvise the entire exchange once they got going, knowing the basic gags, and could make it go as quickly as 3 minutes and as long as 15-20. jffdougan wrote: They would improvise the entire exchange once they got going, knowing the basic gags, and could make it go as quickly as 3 minutes and as long as 15-20. Yeah, I've watched a few videos of them performing the routine, and it's impressive how much they improvised it! Of course, as improv, some performances are better than others. TakeWalker wrote: Having watched this, I think I can say this is not the game for me. I prefer things like Sentinels because the strategy doesn't involve trying to outdo your opponent in real-time.That said, this is so well-designed that it captures the feeling of baseball for me right down to "more fun to watch than to play". I hope I see this at my local game club sometime, because I think it would be fun as heck to spectate. :D one thing I have done with the rules is each player can only roll at the same time. No race. Makes the game go a little bit smoother imo. I have found though its a nice relaxing game. I enjoyed the game but found it quite difficult to learn because it by necessity has terminology I didn't understand and therefore had to learn at the same time, and I didn't have a "foundation" of baseball rules to hang the game rules on. I'm sure it's easy if you know the slightest thing about baseball! Disclaimer: I know almost nothing about baseball. I agree, and would qualify it as easy to teach. It is easy to learn if you understand what balls, strikes, hits, runs all refer to. It's hard as an American to think that anyone wouldn't know those terms, but that's because it would be hard to grow up here without hearing them. I also turn the roll-off into a staggered roll off, where the defense rolls first, then the offense, and then back. But that's because my kids love the game and my 4 year old son doesn't stand a chance at beating his incredibly competetive 9 yr. old sister with the regular rules. I agree, and would qualify it as easy to teach. It is easy to learn if you understand what balls, strikes, hits, runs all refer to.It's hard as an American to think that anyone wouldn't know those terms, but that's because it would be hard to grow up here without hearing them. It's just not a thing over here. Never played it (although rounders is commonly played at school and that's a similar use-a-stick-to-hit-a-ball-that-someone-throws-at-you-and-then-run-to-get-points kind of game), it's never on TV, never seen a game, don't know where I'd even find a diamond! Yeah, definitely understandable. I see this with folks here in the USA when it comes to soccer (football everywhere else). It's been getting better, but still not something that's as well-understood as baseball or (what we call) football. I definitely don't know any of the rules to soccer/football except "some number of guys run around a field, and if one of them kicks a ball into a net it is a point." I also know that the point thing tends to happen only once or twice a game, but that other interesting things must be going on during the running that I don't understand. In summary, I am confident that I could like soccer if I lived somewhere where people were really excited about it and I could go to professional games and had friends who could explain to me why they like it! How to soccer: 1) Spend an hour and a half drinking 2) GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAL!!!! I played soccer as a kid (which is where all my knowledge comes from, so it may not always apply to professional play), and one of the things I like about it how simple it is, rules-wise. Players are not allowed to touch the ball with their hands or arms (except for the goalie within a specific zone), and they are not allowed violent contact with other players (shoving, tugging, tripping, etc). There's one more rule that says that players can't be passed the ball if they're already beyond the defenders. That's pretty much it. The rest is about how to restart play after the ball went out of bounds or the referee stopped play, and about how many players can be on the field at the time, and when they can be switched out. The other thing I like about soccer is that play mostly doesn't stop. Unlike a football game, where each 15 minute quarter takes an hour, soccer just goes until it's done, with the exception of the half-time break. They might stop the clock for player substitutions, or particularly long pauses, but I'm not actually sure. Either way, the players are mostly on their own. They're not stopping every five seconds to consult with their coach, and the field's too big for anyone to communicate significant detail while they're playing. Jeysie Despite being American, I understand soccer just fine and it's American football that confuses the heck out of me. As for the Bot9 game, I too am a little bit put off by some of the more reflex-y parts of the game. I like my games as turn-based as possible. Not really sold on the whole metagamey rock-paper-scissors guessing either. But that's less a criticism of the game and more the game might not be for me personally after all. Guess I'll see if they put out a limited Play the Tutorial app like they did with Sentinels. "If life gives you lemons, make a lemon cannon." Not always the best at social skills; I apologize in advance. I don't apologize for any corny and morbid jokes, though. Resident Argent Adept and Biomancer fangirl, be forewarned. Thinking about it, I'm not sure how you could really implement a realtime roll-off in a video game. "Mash the dice button faster"? Streamlining that into something like what folks have suggested for house rules might make this more fun in digital format, especially if you can just play against an AI. The digital version will likely have both real-time rolling and the official base-path variant from the rule book: When Contact is made, players roll their dice (Control/Swing) once then apply any Speed and Fielding Abilities/Traits, and check the result. A 5 or 6 is a success, resulting in either the Pitcher throwing out the lead runner, or all runners reaching base safely. If both players roll a success, the higher number wins; any ties go to the runner. Repeat this until the Run phase is resolved. The digital version will likely have both real-time rolling and the official base-path variant from the rule book:When Contact is made, players roll their dice (Control/Swing) once then apply any Speed and Fielding Abilities/Traits, and check the result. A 5 or 6 is a success, resulting in either the Pitcher throwing out the lead runner, or all runners reaching base safely. If both players roll a success, the higher number wins; any ties go to the runner. Repeat this until the Run phase is resolved. Real time rolling is for the birds. But in all seriousness, how does the "real-time rolling" translate into the digital version in a way thats fun and engaging? Tapping a "Roll!" button as fast as you can over and over until the RNG lords bless you with favor seems more painful than fun. I want funness in my digital games, not carpal tunnel. RySmith6 Honestly, if it's only for the mobile devices, I would like to see an actual "shake" mechanic implemented for rolling. I have no problem having "real" dice roll, and not being able to roll again until after the dice have settled. "But dice are dice, and Dice are Fickle" Internet Pseudonyms: PseudonymTwitch, PseudonymTweetr, PseudonymGamer That would be a neat mechanic, though there would have to be some other way to achieve the same effect as well, due to accessibility concerns. Right. I think the main part of that is simulating the settling of the dice, as that's still a "fair" way to keep real-time events concurrent. They could implement a button or shake to roll the die, then show an animation of the die bouncing on the table. You could let the for settle, or interrupt the die by pressing the button or shaking the phone again. Just like watching the real die on the table, and reaching down to grab it and roll again. We are iterating on it, but right now you have to tap the die to roll it and wait to see the result (similar to the analog version). If it's a success you need to tap a safe/out button to claim victory (like shouting safe/out in the analog version). If it's not you need to tap the die again to roll again. So there's a bit of a dexterity element to it, like the analog version. What is the time frame like of pressing the roll button to seeing the result? 1-2 seconds of animation? Is it instant? Will lag time between opponents have an effect on the outcome? As I said, we are iterating on it. Lag time between opponents will not have an effect on the outcome.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
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The host practice Educational Supervisor will receive a reduced (33%) trainer's grant for hosting a LEET trainee. From a clinical point of view, the ES will continue to support their trainee as they would an ST3 trainee, including on the eportfolio. In conjunction with the LEET, the mentor needs to produce a timetable of project work and supervision, to be drawn up within the first month of starting the post and submitted to the LEET, TPD or APD for approval. Host practices need to provide a proposed timetable for the trainee to show how their week would be structured. Clinical work should not be undertaken at less than 10-minute consultations. Training practices should provide a 1-2 hour CPD session per week. This should include time for face-to-face tutorials and problem case analysis. This time should be aimed at developing the trainee's PDP, including teaching them higher-level management; setting up a quality improvement project or running of a QoF area or practice team. The practice would also be expected to provide clinical support when required. The ESRs should take place as normal every 6 months. The WPBA expectation is halved for the clinical components (50% of the time is in clinical practice), however overall engagement should be the same as that of an ST3 and will therefore include significant events etc. These are then taken in combination as evidence of them having engaged satisfactorily in the project component of their job plans, and can be used by the ARCP at each review. Please see the LEET timeline for expectations. LEET Leadership Mentors should support the LEETs to seek out and achieve as many of the opportunities (as listed on the main page) as they can. They should support the LEET in the development of their major project. External Leadership Mentors can claim backfill to allow support of the LEET (up to 33% of a trainer's grant), subject to approval by the local APD. The LEET leadership mentors will need to complete a modified Clinical Supervisor's Report (CSR) prior to the 6-month and 10-month Educational Supervisors Review (ESR). These ESRs are used by the ARCP panel (Annual Review of Competence to Progress) – the process that checks up on satisfactory training completion. Asking the LEET leadership mentor to do a CSR is analogous to a hospital consultant completing a CSR for a trainee's hospital post. The GP Educational Supervisor uses this paperwork as evidence that the trainee has made satisfactory progress for this element of training. For the LEET programme, a modified CSR should be used. You can print this CSR template.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
THE FASHION DADDY WELCOMES YOU! This fashionable and stylish blog is a collage of creative fresh ideas, filled with educated opinions, packed with flexible suggestions, stuffed with a lot of sense of humor and most of all, it is a place where people who enjoy fashion and style can use it as a resource, a channel to let out their passions or frustrations, a virtual mechanism to influence others with individualism and creativity. Anyone can use this blog to break the monotony of your lives—to have a good laugh or to initiate a thought. And if your life feels monotonous spice it up with a tiara or a new belt or a hat. This blog is not supposed to be the fashion police [never] because who can compete with Joan Rivers. This blog is not a serious literary document; instead, it is a fun registry about what we like to wear, our personal style and a life that's unique, fun and imaginative. WARNING: This blog is not your average and stereotypical blog, this blog offers honesty, choices, fun ideas and a good time. Criticism is welcomed. Cynicism is encouraged! Yves Saint Laurent--Inimitable I just finished watching for the fifth time in 4 years, the 2004 haute documentary about the legendary French fashion designer Yves St. Laurent. Yves St. Laurent: His Life and Time, by David Teboul is a personal look into the life and times of this iconic—the finest, fashion designer. Personal note-I had the great pleasure of meeting Monsieur St. Laurent in the fall of 1993 when I was living in Paris. It was a great honor and a humbling experience to meet the man who gave women "Le Smoking" tuxedo; the first designer to use black models in his runway shows, the originator of the shoulder strap bag (not the tote bag), and the man responsible for bringing other ethnic societies as a source of inspiration to fashion. His fashion designs have left an inimitable mark in the firmament of what is the fashion universe. His Mondrian dress stands alone in the cosmos of innovation and artistic interpretation of pop art; his safari jacket still remains a key item in women's wardrobes from Paris to New York, to Moscow and the vast landscape that makes up the stylish and fashionable macrocosm. And let's not forget the pea coat. Pierre Boulat/Lancaster/Express/Getty Images (Hulton Archives) In this provocative documentary we get a close look at how this master of haute couture began; his relationships with all those around him, most specifically with his partner Pierre Bergé and his right hand woman Loulou de la Falaise. We also get to intimately witness the creative world in which this masterful provocateur creates, produces and lives his fashion. "Ravishing," "ideal," "divine" and "sensational" are some of the statements St. Laurent and his most trusted friends and colleagues exclaim over and over throughout the film. The same adjectives can be used to describe the work and the life of one of the finest couturiers of the 20th century. It is extraordinary to watch St. Laurent carefully craft the most beautiful and wearable clothes; some of which are true classic standards which defined an era and will remain constant reference for the next generation of fashion designers. Incredible as it may sound, St. Laurent began his long career at the age of 17 when he was hired to be Christian Dior's assistant and who four years later (1958) after the sudden death of Dior became the creative mind of such prolific and perpetual couture house. In the film we are able to examine the kind of friendships St. Laurent cultivated and who he considered important, valuable and undeniably trusted confidants. We are guests to the most refined and theatrical fittings; we are told over and over that St. Laurent is like no other and his fashions are relics in the pantheon of fashion. "This dress is ravishing Georgette," he exclaims to his right hand assistant. "Thank you monsieur," timidly, yet gratefully she accepts a compliment from the master. Like this exchange there are many—many that are deserved and worth attributing. Le Smoking by Helmut Newton, Vogue 1975 Fall-Winter 83/84 Ensemble, Metmuseum.org His loyal friend, collaborator and muse, Loulou de la Falaise ever present, suggesting, admiring, protecting and loving him. I wish I had a loyal and loving friend like Mademoiselle de la Falaise. Their friendship was neither fiction nor a sham; it was real and genuine. Catherine Deneuve unselfishly and tenderly remained his true friend and muse for several decades—their collaboration(s) started in 1966 when he dressed Deneuve in the Luis Buñuel film Belle de Jour. We are invited to listen to his older sister tell stories about her beloved brother. "He was critical of what I wore from an early age," she reminisces "he knew from the age of three that he wanted to be a fashion designer," she tells. It is obvious even to the uneducated eye that his talent was grandiose and that his fascination for the dramatic-theatrical influenced his career. Saint Laurent's work influenced me greatly when I attended design school. How could he not? His work is undeniably like no other before him and timeless. His simple silhouettes and shapes that give reference to a masculine self and the refined tailoring—in his work you can see his influences too, the sculptural drama of Cristobal Balenciaga and the opulent romanticism of Christian Dior and the fabulous sensibility of Nina Ricci, which are exclusive qualities young designers these days look up to for potential design success. The Mondrian dress defined an era. Metmuseum.org Whatever your opinion might be of this the last couturier or if you don't know much or nothing at all about his life and times, this documentary will educate you and inspire you very much. I wish it could be longer, unfortunately, it is what is. Yves St. Laurent was a timid, shy person who lived a life filled with a lot of success and who throughout his career he maintained the highest standards for tailoring and for classic cut. His influence in the world of fashion and culture in general, will serve as the trademark for quality, creativity and aesthetic refinement. Now that I have offered you a glimpse about who Yves Saint Laurent was—a tremendous talented man, get to Netflix or Amazon and get yourself a copy of the documentary. You might really enjoy it. Actually, you will enjoy it greatly. You might be inspired and you might walk away more informed. Now I have to go and read a bunch of magazines to educate myself more and pass the legacy on to all of you. 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What's Fresh in Florida Florida Fairs and Festivals in April What's Fresh in Florida in April? What to plant in April in Florida GateHouse Florida: 'DeSantis asks Legislature to ... Warm up with a bowl of 'Khaddo,' an Afghani... Guide to Winter Squash and Pumpkin Varieties Florida Fairs and Festivals in March Lake Worth Street Painting Festival set for Feb. 23-24 Posted by J.D. Vivian \| Jan 13, 2019 \| Events, Featured, News \| 0 \| A chalk-work of actor Steve McQueen takes shape during the 2018 Lake Worth Street Painting Festival. / Katy Lynch Hundreds of artists will soon transform the streets of downtown Lake Worth into colorful works of art during the city's Street Painting Festival, set for Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 23-24, 2019. Using chalk, artists create a temporary gallery of art. Many of the artists are highly adept at creating three-dimensional (3-D) illusionist paintings. Expect to see many colorful — and some not-so-colorful but always creative — works at the Lake Worth Street Painting Festival. / Katy Lynch This annual event — this year marks its 25th anniversary — attracts more than 100,000 visitors. During the festival, which begins at 10 a.m. both days, Lake and Lucerne Avenues — the main routes through downtown — are closed to vehicle traffic between Dixie Highway (U.S. 1) and Federal Highway. Admission is … free! The event also features music on the Cultural Plaza Mainstage, a food court, vendors, the Children's Meadow, and plenty of restaurants and shops on Lake and Lucerne Avenues. Proceeds from the nonprofit festival help to fund the event; in addition, they benefit the Street Painting Festival Scholarships. These are awarded each May to Palm Beach County graduating high-school students, as well as to community projects associated with the arts. For more information, visit www.streetpaintingfestivalinc.org. For a site map, which includes the location of the free shuttle's drop-off and pickup points, visit www.streetpaintingfestivalinc.org/index.php/contact. The shuttle runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days and will pick up passengers from the Lake Worth Tri-Rail Station, just west of Lake Worth High School; and from Palm Beach State College, 4200 Congress Ave., in suburban Lake Worth. Previous'Florida Grower': '7 Food Trends to Watch for in 2019' NextMounts exhibit is 'Twisted' J.D. Vivian Living in southern Spain in the late 1960s, J.D. Vivian -- who serves as a writer, editor, and photographer -- learned to appreciate local foods. "That's all we had. There was no distribution system to move food any great distance." He has shot photos and/or written for three daily newspapers since 1987: "The Miami Herald," "The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel," and "The Palm Beach Post." In the mid-1990s, he worked as a freelance stock photographer -- shooting, among other things, agriculture and deforestation in Guatemala. Vivian taught at Florida Atlantic University; he retired in 2014. Today, he still stays busy -- cruising around Florida to conduct interviews and shoot photos for "Florida Food & Farm." What to plant in November in Florida Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales releases 2018-19 schedule of events Chef Tastemaker: Amy Freeze of Gourmet Everyday Cravings: Smoked Pork Tostadas from Chef Clay Carnes © 2015 - 2016 Florida Food & Farm, LLC	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
The Cardinals have signed wide receiver Kendall Wright, here catching a pass for the Bears last season. In an effort to help a passing offense -- and an offense in general -- that has struggled through five games of the season, the Cardinals signed veteran wide receiver Kendall Wright Monday to a one-year contract. To make room on the roster, the Cards released rookie cornerback Deatrick Nichols. "I've been in a lot of offenses so it's not hard to pick it up," Wright said. "The stuff they are running here, I've done it before." Wright had recently visited for a workout. Wright spent the first five seasons of his career in Tennessee, posting a 94-reception, 1079-yard season in 2013. Last year he played in 16 games for the Bears, making 59 catches for 614 yards and a touchdown. In his career, he has 339 receptions for 3,858 yards and 19 touchdowns. He was with the Vikings in the preseason but was cut prior to the regular season. He said he's been working out at a Lifetime Fitness twice a day while out of the league, catching passes from fellow free agent Landry Jones. "It's good to be back in a facility," Wright said. "It's been real weird. It'd probably be different if I felt like I can't play the game anymore, but I know I've got a lot left and I know I can play. It was hard just watching football on Sundays. If I wasn't watching some of my friends, I didn't really care about watching." Wright also said he doesn't have strong feelings that the Cardinals were playing the Vikings Sunday. "I mean, if I play I'll try to kill them, but it doesn't mean that much," Wright said. "It'll be a good game, and I can help them with the DBs and safeties after spending all training camp with them." In five games, the Cardinals have generated only 786 yards through the air. Rookie Christian Kirk is the team's leading receiver with 19 catches for 234 yards and a touchdown. Larry Fitzgerald has 17 receptions for 176 yards. Quarterback Josh Rosen was inconsistent in his second start, completing only 10 of 25 passes with many incompletions coming with open receivers that he just missed. The Cardinals also had three more drops in the game by pass catchers. Coach Steve Wilks said the offense simply needs to find more consistency. "It's not just one guy," Wilks said. "Everybody is taking their turn making that one mistake. ... Whether it it a drop by a receiver, a lineman not executing the block, a running back not hitting the right hole. "We have to make sure to correct that and get consistent in what we're doing."	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Trump Makes False Claims At Georgia Rally: 'We Won The Presidential Election!' President Donald Trump took the stage in Georgia on Monday night to speak in support of Sens. David Perdue (R-Georgia) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Georgia) the night before crucial runoff elections in the state. Republican Georgia voters, however, may walk away from Trump's speech confused. Just days after Trump tweeted that the Georgia runoff elections were "invalid," in his Monday speech he said Georgians should still vote in the runoff election because "If the Left wins these Senate seats, they will abolish the Senate." The majority of Trump's stage time, however, was dedicated to continuing his … Biden promises a new era with Latin America and the Caribbean. How much can he really do?	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
Stall owner washing and packing up utensils after the lunch rush, Kuala Lumpur. Down some grimy, dirty, little back alley whose name has been long forgotten by all except those whose lives revolve around there. Beautiful light from the holes in the roof and gaps between the buildings, though. Leica M-Monochrom, 35/1.4 ASPH FLE. Look out for my full review (in three parts) starting from tomorrow.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
It was one more blessings that I got an opportunity to learn Sudarshan Kriya from Pujya Guruji over the weekend. It is sometime difficult to find anything new when you have gone through many such processes. But I still managed to learn quite a few new things like the breathing excercise as directed by him which is called Sudarshan Kriya. I have been using Sri Sri products also for sometime which are actually worth trying. I managed to share something about my book series to the class mates. Also presented one to my coach who was quite helpful. I am making the best use of my time in india.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Black and white, abstract photography explores very unusual object – a wrapped boat. Wrapped Boat I not only creates mystic, surrealistic vibes but also showcases wrapped boat as a sculpture, a work of art. Artwork also becomes a great example of artist's interest in Conceptual art and objects as solely pure forms.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Last week, my eldest daughter asked me questions about Super Typhoon Yolanda. She told me she knew that Super Typhoon Yolanda devastated many towns in the Visayas Region and lots of families don't have houses to go home to or livelihood to start over again. Then, she asked me "What about their Christmas?" She wants to give some of her toys to the kids as a Christmas gift to them like Santa Clause. You see, children have the immense capacity to give love. They may still be young but they want to help even in their small way. It's never too early to start teaching our children to be compassionate to others. On December 1 and 8, 2013, Make Believe Productions together with Fully Booked will be having their event called "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" – a benefit especially designed for children in Manila to take part in relief efforts and express love and compassion for their young counterparts in the Visayas region, affected by Typhoon Yolanda. Our children can participate in their fun activities – interactive story telling by the Make Believe storytellers, A short discussion and sharing on the calamity and writing of letters and drawing of pictures to cheer up a friend. To make the event more special, child actress and host Hiyasmin Neri will be there on December 1 and Mike Shimamoto from Where's the Sheep will be there on December 8. Participants may bring donations in the form of clothing, blankets, easy to open canned goods, shoes, slippers, toys, and books. Children will also be given the opportunity to purchase books to include in their donations. Donations in kind will be turned over to the Villamor Relief Operations and ABS-CBN Foundation. Cash donations will also be accepted and turned over to World Vision Philippines. Somewhere Over the Rainbow will be held on December 1 and 8, 3:00 p.m., at the Children's Section of Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street. Please see the attached poster for more details. We hope you and your little ones can join us and spread the message! this is such a wonderful event! good luck..for sure the kids will be very happy for this! Sounds like a great event. I'll see if we can go. Thanks for sharing. What a nice gesture of your daughter. Keep it up! This sounds like a fun event to attend to. It's such a kind and altruistic gesture of your daughter to offer her toys to the young victims of the Typhoon Yolanda. It warms my heart how little kids can give so much love without asking anything in return. This is a very good event sponsored by Make Believe Foundation and Fully Booked. If I was in the Philippines right now, I will take my nephews and nieces to that event. You have a compassionate daughter. this sort of events are the kind i would like for me + my little man to participate. i will be sure to bring him to one of these when he gets a bit older. I believe kids are indeed full of love and so many in Youtube showed their heartache after what happened to Yolanda. This event is really something that will help the many who are in help at the same time will bring fun to children <3 Thanks for sharing! If I know anyone who can go I'll tell them about this! Sounds like a great event. Hope we can go!	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Austin kicking it up a notch. This is taller than any highrise built in Texas since the 80's, and mixed-use on this scale is not something I think we've ever seen in this state. This strikes me as a 'Bank of the Southwest' type project. Overly ambitious as a result of the times and never gets built. Hope I'm wrong as this would be awesome, but it just feels that way.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Q: How to add a check constraint in django model that a field value startwith letter 'c' or 'e' or 'a' How to add a check constraint in django model that a field value startwith letter 'c' or 'e' or 'a' like the bellow SQL check constraint CREATE TABLE Account ( account_no varchar(12), FirstName varchar(255), Age int, City varchar(255), CONSTRAINT CHK_Person CHECK (SUBSTR(account_no,1,1) = 'c' OR SUBSTR(account_no,1,1) = 'e' OR SUBSTR(account_no,1,1) = 'a' ) ); i try with meta class of model. but i don't know how to specify the or case class Meta: constraints = [ CheckConstraint( check = Q(account_no___startswith=F('')), name = 'check_start_wtih', ), ] A: class Meta: constraints = [ CheckConstraint( check = Q(account_no___startswith='c') \| Q(account_no___startswith='e') \| Q(account_no___startswith='a'), name = 'check_start_wtih_cea', ), ]	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaStackExchange" }
Sidetracked by Dellani Oakes Part 58 Cover image from Free Stock Photos: Railroad Track On A Fall Day by Curtis Dean Wilson Eoin went to get a shower. Aaron called Jasper, giving him a brief report. He heard the water cut off in the bathroom, and saw Eoin walk to his room and fall into bed. Lying face first on the bed, Eoin lay there naked, the light on. Aaron pulled a blanket over the other man and turned out the lamp, before settling for the night. Luckily for everyone at the Partridge house, the night was quiet and uneventful. Deirdre still woke with a start, after a particularly disturbing dream, which faded as soon as she opened her eyes. Fred was curled at her side, looking so much like Aiden, she felt a lump in her throat. Somehow, the peace of the night made her more nervous. Unable to get back to sleep, she hobbled to the kitchen to get a glass of water. Tonight, Jasper was the one burning the midnight oil. He smiled up at her, offering her a cup of coffee. Since she didn't think she'd be going back to bed anyway, she accepted. "Couldn't sleep, huh?" "It's too quiet, like the calm before the storm. I had a nightmare, some faceless something was following me." She shuddered. "But it wasn't exactly running and chasing, more lurking in corners." Jasper shuddered too. "Oh, you had to say that. My worst nightmares are like that. What's sparked it, you think?" "We've put away some very bad people and solved Wendy's murder. But what I don't get is, whose idea was this? Bullock's not smart enough to do this himself. He's a great patsy, but not a lot of little gray cells to rub together." Jasper put his elbows on the table, leaning toward her. "You figure there's a master mind we didn't roll in with the others. We had pictures of all those people, lists of names…." "Yeah, but what if it's someone who never attended? Wendy would never know." "True." His nod encouraged her to go on. "It would have to be someone involved with the school. This sort of thing couldn't continue without a person to cover their tracks. But for the life of me, I can't think who." Shaking her head, she sighed. "I want to believe this is over, Jasper, but I'm simply not convinced that it is." "We've got you covered, Dee. We'll watch your family." "I know, but you can't do so forever. You have lives and families, and mine can't live like this. I learned a long time ago to stand up to my fears, but there's no one, nothing, to confront." "I wish I knew what to tell you. I guess we'll have to figure it out together." "Sooner than later." They sat and talked until the boys got up. Fred got up with them. Nadeya followed a few minutes later. She and Jasper made breakfast. It was time for the boys to go, and Deirdre hugged and kissed them all three times before she allowed them to leave. "Wow, Mom," Corin said. "We're okay. Chill, huh?" "I'll chill when you're all home safely," she said, giving him another kiss. "Ready?" Nadeya said from the living room. "Yes!" the boys said loudly. "Thanks, I'm feeling the love," Deirdre called after them. "Mom, if we were openly affectionate, you'd think we were sick," Burl said as he went out the door. "Boys!" Deirdre complained. "Who wants a game of Cards Against Humanity?" Fred suggested. "Anything to take my mind of things," Deirdre replied. She, Fred, and Jasper sat down to play. Aiden was getting weird looks from faculty and students. He wasn't entirely sure why, but figured it had something to do with Wendy's death. "So, you're the one, huh?" One of his golf team buddies accosted him in the hall between classes. "What are you talking about, Eddy?" Eddy shoved him hard. "You're the one who ratted it all out. I was counting on that scholarship!" "What they were doing was wrong, Ed. You were their whore." "I wasn't doing anything I didn't want to. So why didn't you just mind your own business?" He shoved Aiden again. "Maybe we should have arrested you along with the others," Aiden said, standing his ground. "You're so broken up about it, go cry to someone who gives a f**k. I did the right thing." "Bullshit you did!" This time, Ed took a swing. Dellani Oakes, Sidetracked, Florida, Murder, Sidetracked ← Sidetracked by Dellani Oakes Part 57 → Sidetracked by Dellani Oakes Part 59	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
Will is thrilled with his new play The Taming of the Shrew in which a bright and strong-minded young woman is crushed and humiliated into submission by the man in her life. For some reason, Kate is less than impressed,Upstart Crow Season 3 DVD and back in Stratford his wife Anne isnt convinced either. Will thinks the solution is to try out a bit of taming on his very stroppy teenage daughter Susannah. But it turns out what works in a play there are two running gags in every episode; the casual sexism towards Kate's attempts to become an actress and Shakespeare's coach journeys between London and Stratford which refer to modern motorway and railway journey frustrations.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
LG Energy Solution targets $10.8 billion in IPO LG Energy Solution targets $10.8 billion in IPO2 min read By Stephen Posted on January 3, 2022 In Business No Comments "imgCarousel" class="imgCarousel"> va VCB - grez furrg" id="carouselImage" src="https://www.smartsrdigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/LG-Energy-Solution-targets-108-billion-va-VCB.wct" style="visibility:hidden"/> © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: LG Energy Solution's logo is pictured on a smartphone in front of the stock graph displayed in this illustration taken, December 4, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Scott Murdoch and Joyce Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) -Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution has opened the books to investors to raise up to $10.8 billion in the country's largest ever initial public offering (IPO), according to a term sheet seen by Reuters. The shares will be sold in a price range of 257,000 won to 300,000 won ($216.19-$252.36) apiece to raise between $9.2 billion and $10.8 billion, the term sheet showed. It will be the largest IPO in South Korea to date, beating the previous record held by Samsung (KS:) Life Insurance's 4.9 trillion won ($4.12 billion) IPO in 2010. LG Energy Solution will be valued at $51 billion to $59 billion. The company did not provide any further comment when contacted by Reuters. LGES is LG Chem Ltd's wholly owned battery subsidiary and supplies Tesla (NASDAQ:) Inc, General Motor Co and Hyundai Motor Co, among others. The company will sell 34 million primary shares and its parent company, LG Chem Ltd, will sell 8.5 million secondary shares in the IPO. Institutional shareholders will be allotted 55% to 75% of the shares on offer, depending on the retail subscription and employee share ownership plans take up rates, the term sheet said. Cash raised in the IPO will be mostly used to expand the company's current production facilities and debt repayment, according to the term sheet. ($1 = 1,188.7400 won) Online Home Business Owners: Check The References Should You Use Sales Letters Before You Cold Call Tips for Starting an Online Business Who Needs a Tourist Visa to enter Panama? Gmail campaigns to stop running on June 28 Pillar pages and topic clusters	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
On February 11, the FLMS Eighth Graders will visit LHS to tour the school. FLMS will tour the school in the morning and will be back by lunch. Jamie Ensley will be coming to talk to the 8th graders during support 1 on January 24th to start getting them thinking about the transition to HS and go over graduation requirements. That night, parents and students are invited to come to an informational question/answer meeting about the transition to High School. Watch here for more information.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
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Dambudzo Marechera, (born 1952, Rusape, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]—died Aug. 18, 1987, Harare, Zimbabwe), Zimbabwean novelist who won critical acclaim for his collection of stories entitled The House of Hunger (1978), a powerful account of life in his country under white rule. Marechera grew up in poverty. He reacted against his upbringing and adopted an increasingly self-destructive lifestyle. He studied at the University of Rhodesia but was expelled after participating in a demonstration over the wages of black staff members. He obtained a scholarship to New College, Oxford, but he was expelled in 1977 for trying to set fire to the college building. While living in England, he wrote The House of Hunger, his name for his country. Despite critical and popular recognition brought by the publication of his book, Marechera remained disruptive and confrontational. In 1980 his novel Black Sunlight was published; less acclaimed than his first work, it is an explosive and chaotic stream-of-consciousness account of a photojournalist's involvement with a revolutionary organization. Marechera returned to Zimbabwe in 1981; his mental and physical condition deteriorated, and he was often homeless. Mindblast, or the Definitive Buddy (1984), the last collection published during his lifetime, includes four plays, a prose narrative, poetry, and a section of his Harare journal. A novel, entitled "The Depths of Diamonds," was rejected for publication reportedly because of its obscenity. Marechera's health deteriorated, and he soon died of AIDS. Posthumous publications of his works, compiled by Flora Veit-Wild, include The Black Insider (1990); Cemetery of Mind (1992), a powerful collection of his poetry; and Scrapiron Blues (1994), a collection of stories, plays, and a novella.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
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Burlington man convicted of killing girlfriend Christopher Piantedosi convicted in death of Kristen Pulisciano Court justice law legal A jury has rejected an insanity defense and convicted a Burlington man of killing his longtime girlfriend in her home, a slaying witnessed by a friend of the woman's teenage daughter who was video chatting with the girl.Christopher Piantedosi was convicted Monday of first-degree murder for the May 2012 stabbing death of Kristen Pulisciano.Prosecutors say the 40-year-old Piantedosi stabbed Pulisciano more than 30 times because he was angry she wanted to end their relationship.Authorities say minutes after the stabbing, Piantedosi texted a friend with what he had done. He then threw away his bloody clothes and changed into clean clothes, which prosecutors say showed he was fully aware of his actions.The defense said Piantedosi has a history of mental illness and was under the influence of prescription drugs. WOBURN, Mass. — A jury has rejected an insanity defense and convicted a Burlington man of killing his longtime girlfriend in her home, a slaying witnessed by a friend of the woman's teenage daughter who was video chatting with the girl. Christopher Piantedosi was convicted Monday of first-degree murder for the May 2012 stabbing death of Kristen Pulisciano. Prosecutors say the 40-year-old Piantedosi stabbed Pulisciano more than 30 times because he was angry she wanted to end their relationship. Authorities say minutes after the stabbing, Piantedosi texted a friend with what he had done. He then threw away his bloody clothes and changed into clean clothes, which prosecutors say showed he was fully aware of his actions. The defense said Piantedosi has a history of mental illness and was under the influence of prescription drugs.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
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Bulgarian History and defining moments, people and places. A short history of Bulgaria – part 4 – The dark ages of Ottoman rule Vladislav III of Varna After the Ottoman empire took over the Second Bulgarian kingdom and the Balkans, the life of all Christians, not only Bulgarians, changed for the worse – limited civil rights by the Turkish laws that were based on Islamic Sharia law, culture is limited to local folklore, education to the monasteries. The Ottoman rule in Bulgaria is referred to as slavery – "Robstvo". In these conditions, with the lack of education and almost no knowledge of their own history, the people were united solely by the language they spoke, Christianity and their own traditions. The Bulgarian people are incapable of organizing a rebellion against the powerful empire of the Ottomans for a long time – the most significant attempt to free the Balkans from Turkey is the military campaign of the Polish king Vladislav III of Varna. He was defeated and killed in the battle of Varna in 1444. In the following centuries there were few attempts to resist the strong Ottoman empire. The Bulgarian Renaissance and a book of history Paisius of Hilendar As mentioned above, education and literacy were limited to monasteries. The Bulgarian Renaissance or National revival starts in the 17th century with a small book written by a Bulgarian monk. Paisius of Hilendar dedicated his life to collecting the fragments of Bulgarian history he could find in Bulgarian and Greek monasteries. The book was called "Slavo-Bulgar History"(Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya) and was distributed in handwritten copies. It was telling the people who had no knowledge of history about the glorious past and their kings, promoting love of one's own language and traditions. This was just one of the triggers of the National revival – soon many Bulgarians started getting education in foreign countries and a new intellectual elite began to take shape. Schools were established in many cities, the first printed books in modern Bulgarian language appeared and were sent for the purposes of education. Typical Turkish Bashi-Bazouks In the Beginning of the 18th century the Ottoman empire is weakened, the Bulgarians have witnessed and participated in the fights for political freedom of other Balkan peoples and will soon use this experience for their own purpose. Tensions between the Ottoman authorities and Bulgarians are increased by two factors: first is the introduction of Greek language in the Bulgarian churches and the attempt of the Greek ecclesiastics to impose it on all Christians – this is a reason for the first big political fight of Bulgarians and further unites them; the second major factor are the worsened living conditions after the Crimean war and raised taxes (1853-1856). Other reasons for further frustration of all Christians in the Ottoman empire were the lack of equality in justice and the presence of military units like the Bashi-Bаzоuk – irregular soldiers who were armed by the Ottoman government, but were not paid and relied solely on robbing locals. The bloody April of 1876 Vassil Levski – the Apostle of Freedom After the Crimean war, many Chitalishta (educational and cultural centers) were formed and they were the medium for exchange of nationalistic and illegal literature; they were also the places for discussion of current problems and became the basis of a complex revolutionary network. One of the most significant revolutionaries of this period is Vassil Levski , known as the Apostle of freedom. He is a former monk who participated in the Serbo-Turkish conflict of 1862 and later used the experience he got there. He traveled, often by foot, through entire Bulgaria to establish revolutionary committees. Although he spoke fluently Turkish and was a master of disguise, in September 1872 he was captured and hanged by Ottoman authorities. Nevertheless, his so called Inner Revolutionary Organisation continued to work for the liberation of Bulgaria. Raina Knyaginya with the Bulgarian flag. Following the example of Levski, the new leaders of the revolutionary organisation were also called apostles. Their goal was to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule without the help of the Great Powers, because they knew this would lead to foreign interference in the politics of Bulgaria. The preparation for the an uprising was going well and with few incidents. In the beginning of 1876 the 4 main regional revolutionary committees had a large part of the population on their side and had managed to supply guns. The uprising was scheduled for May 1876, but because of betrayal the Turkish authorities learned about it and attacked the revolutionary committee of Koprivshtitsa on the 20th of April. This attack gave an early start to the April uprising – all four revolutionary districts were supposed to rise in rebellion at the same time and with equal forces, but it was strongest in the Plovdiv region. It started with some success – the city of Panagyurishte was taken over and Rayna Knyaginya (literally "Rayna the Queen") carried the Bulgarian rebel flag through the city streets. The devastation at Batak On the flag are written the words: "Freedom or Death". However soon the rebels in South Bulgaria realized that they were not strong enough to fight against the Ottoman army, while heavy rainfall made their flintlock guns useless against the supreme Winchester rifles that the Turks had. The rebellion was viciously defeated by the Turkish regular army and Bashi-bazouks who raided houses and killed thousands of civilians, women and children. Europe was shocked by the massacre of 200 civilians in the Battak church "Sveta Nedelya". At the end of May the remaining rebels fled to the Balkan or Romania, but few of them survived. Russo-Turkish liberation war The Ottoman army in battle The inhumane suppression of the April uprising and the brutality of the Turkish army got a public response in many European countries; the strongest reaction was by Russia. For the purpose of solving the problems of Christians on the Balkans, in December 1877 the Constantinople conference was opened in Istanbul. The Great powers made decisions for the creating autonomous regions of Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina within the empire and the adoption of a new constitution which would guarantee the equality juridical and legislative equality of all religious minorities in the Ottoman empire. The Ottomans failed to give any guarantees about the implementations of the requested reforms. No matter how hard the Great powers tried to solve the issues of the Eastern question, the Turks showed no will for change – Russia declared War on the Ottoman empire on the 24th April 1877 and on the very next day the Russian army started preparations for crossing the Danube river. Thousands of Bulgarians volunteered to fight with the Russian army. The battle at Shipka peak During the next months, the Russians pushed back the Turks from large territories in north of the Balkan. One less known fact of history is that Russia was attacking Turkey not only in the Balkans, but also in Asia – fighting for the territories of Armenia. Two key points defined the course of this war: The battles for Pleven were some of the the bloodiest – starting from July when fighting for this city the Russians lost more than 28.000 thousand men (including 3000 Romanians). After being cut of supplies and surrounded for a long time the Ottomans surrendered on the 10th of December. The other divisions of the Russian army were fighting for the passages through the Balkan (Stara Planina) – this mountain range divides the north and south of Bulgaria. The second most important fight is for the Shipka pass, lasting from July 1877 to January 1878 when the Turks were pushed back. After this victory, the Russians conquered South Bulgaria without major resistance. Bulgaria according to the San Stefano treaty The Great powers got really concerned about the success of Russia on the Balkans and forced her to to sign a peace pact with Turkey on the 3rd of March 1878. The San Stefano treaty was giving Bulgaria all lands that are inhabited mostly by ethnic Bulgarians. However Great Brighton was afraid of strong Russian influence on the Balkans, they did not want a new strong and independent country to be established and at the Berlin congress are made decisions in favor of the Great Powers – Bulgaria is divided in two separate countries – Eastern Rumelia and Principality of Bulgaria; many Christians are left in the Ottoman empire and face the wrath of the Turks who lost the war. This is the first step for Bulgaria's political freedom, but in the following decades the fight for unity of all Bulgarians goes on. Read more about the Recent history of Bulgaria. Copyright © 2019 using Wordpress - Genesis -Dynamik - Moose Chat theme · Log in	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
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Khnum The flooding of the Nile is the result of the yearly monsoon between May and August causing enormous precipitations on the Ethiopian Highlands whose summits reach heights of up to 4550 m. Most of this rainwater is taken by the Blue Nile and by the Atbarah River into the Nile, while a less important amount flows through the Sobat and the White Nile into the Nile. During this short period, those rivers contribute up to ninety percent of the water of the Nile and most of the sedimentation carried by it, but after the rainy season, dwindle to minor rivers. Apparently, these facts were unknown to the ancient Egyptians who could only observe the rise and fall of the Nile waters. The flooding as such was foreseeable, though its exact dates and levels could only be forecast on a short term basis by transmitting the gauge readings at Aswan to the lower parts of the kingdom where the data had to be converted to the local circumstances. The Egyptian year was divided into the three seasons of Akhet (Inundation), Peret (Growth), and Shemu (Harvest). Akhet covered the Egyptian flood cycle. This cycle was so consistent that the Egyptians timed its onset using the heliacal rising of Sirius, the key event used to set their calendar. The first indications of the rise of the river could be seen at the first of the cataracts of the Nile (at Aswan) as early as the beginning of June, and a steady increase went on until the middle of July, when the increase of water became very great. The Nile continued to rise until the beginning of September, when the level remained stationary for a period of about three weeks, sometimes a little less. In October it often rose again, and reached its highest level. From this period it began to subside, and usually sank steadily until the month of June when it reached its lowest level, again. Now meet Khnum. Khnum was one of the earliest-known Egyptian deities, originally the God of the source of the Nile. In art, Khnum was usually depicted as a ram-headed man holding a jar from which flowed a stream of water. I particularly love this depiction of Khnum, with water pouring out of a snake mouth. As I explained in my post "Apep", snake is the symbol of the sun's heat, the symbol of the sun's fire, which swallows the water (moisture). And here the snake seems to be offered to Khnum as a sacrifice. At the same time Khnum is holding the Was staff (the weapon that kills Apep, The Dragon, The destroyer of life) and Ankh (symbol of life). A very very interesting relief. If anyone knows where this relief is and if you have the full image, please let me know. Since the annual flooding of the Nile brought with it silt and clay, and its water brought life to its surroundings, he was thought to be the creator of the bodies of human children, which he made at a potter's wheel, from clay, and placed in their mothers' uteruses. He later was described as having moulded the other deities, and he had the titles "Divine Potter" and "Lord of created things from himself". So he was also depicted working at a potter's wheel, with recently created children's bodies standing on the wheel... The horizontally twisted horns show that we are dealing with a ram of the species "ovis longipes palaeoaegyptiacus". This was the earliest type to be domesticated in Egypt, but became extinct sometime in the New Kingdom. Nevertheless, the shape of the horns was preserved even in later depictions of Khnum. Now this type of sheep is a bit of a mystery. There are two thing you can find about its origin. One says that it came from wild Barbery Sheep, which came from Numbia. The problem with this is that Barbery Sheep is not a sheep but a goat...And it doesn't look anything like the Egyptian sheep, Khnom's sheep. Look at the horns The other says that it came from Iranian Red Sheep, and that it came to Egypt via Sinai. This sheep is indeed a wild sheep of a Muflon family. But this sheep also doesn't look anything like the Egyptian sheep, Khnom's sheep. Look at the horns I don't know if any genetic analysis was done on the remains of "ovis longipes palaeoaegyptiacus", or if such remains were ever found. But considering that these two animals, one goat and the other sheep, neither of which looks like the depictions of the "ovis longipes palaeoaegyptiacus" were proposed as its ancestors, I could bet that we have no clue what "ovis longipes palaeoaegyptiacus" actually was... If we disregard the horns, what is interesting is that both of these animals mate in late autumn and give birth to their young in late spring, finishing their birthing season in April...You will see why this is important in a sec. But first, have a look at this: This is "Balkanska koza" (Balkan goat) also known as "Hrvatska šarena koza" (Croatian colored goat), direct descendants of wild goats. And like many other old Southern European goat breeds it has horizontal horns. Balearic goat Balkan black goat Kalofer goat Old Irish goat What all goats have in common is that their natural mating season is in the autumn and that their kidding season is in the spring, ending in April... Did such goat once live in Egypt too? As I said, we don't have any data for the ancient Egyptian goats, but I would bet that their kidding season also ended in April...As is normal for most Northern Hemisphere wild goats and sheep... And coincidentally, the monsoon that is the source of the nile flood, begins during the birthing season of the above animals (March/April). These are rain charts for two areas of the Ethiopian highlands... I talked about this in my post "Menat"... It is this rain that is the source of the Nile...And interestingly, the rise of the nile water level, the beginning of the annual inundation of the Nile starts right after that, in May. Do you think that this is why Khnum, the God of the source of the Nile, has a head of the "ovis longipes palaeoaegyptiacus" ram (or male goat)??? Are there any other goats or sheep that look like this in Africa or Asia? This definitely needs more investigation... Well I just found this representation of Khnum, harvesting wheat. Harvest time in the Nile River Valley occurred between April and June, depending on the weather. So the harvest also starts after Aries (Ram) ends. I came across this interesting article today: "EVOSHEEP: the makeup of sheep breeds in the ancient Near East". An in it, I read this: In northern Mesopotamia, an important increase in sheep husbandry during the fourth millennium BC (Uruk period) can be identified. Zooarchaeological studies have shown that these animals are larger than earlier sheep. Their horns form horizontal spirals, which are similar in shape to those of contemporaneous Levantine and Egyptian sheep. At the beginning of the third millennium BC (Early Bronze Age), the average sheep size was smaller, and the horns were coiled. I went and I checked the modem sheep breeds, and I came across this one, Damara sheep, which can today be found in Central and Southern Africa, but which arrived there from Egypt. Is this Khnom's sheep? I also found out that sheep that were a result of back breeding with wild sheep, mouflon, have horizontal spiral horns...Like this Hawaiian black sheep... Very interesting. So Khnum could have been a deified ram after all... The thing is, that the reason why a deified ram would be worshiped as the god of the source of Nile stil stands, as these old sheep are also seasonal breeders, which mate in autumn and lamb in spring... Posted by oldeuropeanculture at 14:00 3 comments: Labels: Ancient Egypt, Egyptian mythology, Khnum, Origin of zodiac Apep Today I would like to talk about snakes. And the sun. Apep or Apophis was the ancient Egyptian deity who embodied chaos. He was viewed as the greatest enemy of the solar deity Ra who as the bringer of light was seen as the upholder of order. This is why he was given the title Enemy of Ra. Apep was seen as a giant snake or serpent leading to such titles as the Evil Dragon. Some elaborations said that he had a head made of flint. The few descriptions of Apep's origin in myth usually demonstrate that it was born after Ra, usually from his umbilical cord. Combined with its absence from Egyptian creation myths, this has been interpreted as suggesting that Apep was not a primordial force in Egyptian theology, but a consequence of Ra's birth. In his battles, Apep was thought to use a magical gaze to hypnotise Ra and his entourage, attempting to devour them whilst choking the river on which they travelled through the underworld with his coils. But god Set, who always accompanied Ra on Atet (Solar barge) defended Ra and killed Apep with his spear. The god Set was usually depicted as a man with a head resembling that of the sha, Set animal. In ancient Egyptian art, the Set animal is usually depicted as a slender canid, resembling a greyhound or a jackal, usually with a long, slightly curved nose, and erect ears, squared at the tops, and a forked tail. Set was often depicted carrying the so called "was" (Egyptian wꜣs "power, dominion") sceptre. It appears as a stylized animal head at the top of a long, straight staff with a forked end. Basically it was a stylised Set animal. In one account, Ra himself defeats Apep in the form of a cat. Egyptian believed that thunderstorms and earthquakes were caused by Apep managing to temporarily overwhelm Ra. They also believed that solar eclipses were caused by Apep managing to swallow Ra during the day. However Ra's defenders would quickly cut Apep's belly open and free Ra out, ending the eclipse within a few minutes. Comparable hostile snakes as enemies of the sun god existed under other names (in the Pyramid Texts and Coffin Texts) already before the name Apep occurred. The etymology of his name ('pp) is perhaps to be sought in some west-semitic language where a word root "pp meaning 'to slither' existed. A verb root 'pp does at any rate not exist elsewhere in Ancient Egyptian. Soooo. That's the story of Apep. How are we to understand all this? Maybe this will help: In Slavic languages the word for dragon "zmaj" is the masculine form of the word for snake "zmija". In Slavic mythology dragon is believed to be an "old male snake"... Snake is in Slavic mythology described as "the enemy"of the sun. As the protector of the sun, who saves the sun from the snake, we often find swallow. In Serbia people believe that swallow saved the sun when snake tried to swallow it. In Bosnia people believe that the swallow hid one quarter of the sun under it's wing, to protect it from the snake. In Dalmatia people believe that once there were three or four suns in the sky and that the snake ate all but one, which swallow hid under its wing. Two "blind suns" which can sometimes be seen in the sky together with our normal sun are the ones which the snake ate. The one that heats us is the one that the swallow hid under its wing. There is also a story that once there were 9 rays on the sun, but that snake ate (sucked, drank) all but one. In Montenegro people believe that a huge dragon once sucked in two out of three suns which once existed. In Bulgaria people say that once snake bit the sun in the eyes when it bent down to drink water. Another version of this story says that the sun used to have two or more eyes, but that the snake "sucked" them all out. Bulgarians believe that the sun celebrates the killing of snakes. because the snake sucked in one of sun's eyes. In Montenegro people say that every time a snake is killed, the sun happily exclaims "A dragon was killed". Bulgarians believe that snakes eyes have magic affect on the sun. They say that the sun can't set unless the snake looks at it. In Poland people say that the sun would stop shining if the snake looked at it. This is because the snake's eyes can suck all sun's strength out. In Bosnia people believe that snake gets more poisonous if it often looks at the sun. The most poisonous are the snakes that look at the sun for nine days. God forbade snakes to look at the sun longer than nine days a year. A lot less poisonous are the snakes which look at the sun only six days a year. And even less poisonous are the ones which only look at the sun for three days a year. In Belarus people believe that snakes, while lying outside and sunbathing, actually sucking the sun's strength out, and that this is why the sun gets smaller and smaller as the summer progresses. The sun replenishes it's strength during the winter when snakes are under the ground. This is why one should always kill a snake, or they will multiply so much that they will completely destroy the sun. The dead snake should be buried or hid in the deep shade so that sun doesn't see it. If the snake is not buried the sun will start to shine weakly and will start hiding behind the clouds, because it can't look at it's dead earthly enemy. The sun won't shine on a man who doesn't kill a snake for three days. People in Ukraine also believe that a dead snake should be hidden in a shade or buried so that it doesn't harm the sun in some way. Polish people believe that a dead snake should always be buried so that the sun can't see it. If the sun sees a dead snake it might get extinguished. Also if the sun sees a dead snake it will get sick and turn red. The sun will get sick and start crying, because the snake is poisonous. The setting sun is red if it had seen a dead snake which wasn't buried. If a live snake comes out of its hole to sunbath, the sun will get sick and get pale. In Pomerania people believe that snakes actually don't like looking at the sun. If a snake is lying still, staring at the sun, has gone mad. There is also a belief, which is found in all Slavic countries from Baltic to Balkans, that if you kill a snake, it will twitch and jump around, even if you chop it in bits, until the sun sets. In Bulgaria people believe that the snake bite wound should be exposed to the sun. In Poland people believe that the person who was bitten by a snake should be outside, in the sun, or he will get sick. People in Ukraine and Poland believe that snakes once had wings and flew in the sky. But the sun burned their wings and they fell on the ground. There is a Polish legend that says that the solar eclipse happens because a dragon covers the sun with its body. There is also a Polish fairytale which says that it is a twelve headed snake which causes solar eclipse. Ukrainians have a legend about a dragon which feeds on the sun, which is why the sun gets smaller and weaker as the year progresses. The motif of a dragon swallowing the sun can be found in all Slavic countries. How should we understand all this? And why there are so many similarities between the Slavic and Egyptian stories about the sun and the snake? The snake and the sun are intrinsically connected. Snakes come out of the underground when the air and soil get warm enough. They stay outside during the late spring, summer and early autumn and during that that time they are visible to people. This is why snake is the symbol of the sun's heat. In Egyptian mythology we find snakes wrapped around the sun disk on the head of the young Sun god Horus. They are all around Amun-Ra They have wings to symbolised their link with the supreme deity Ra And are called "the Uraei of goodness". You can read a lot more about the snakes in Egyptian mythology in the great book "The Serpent Myths of Ancient Egypt". But let me continue with the analysis of the snake-sun symbolic relationship based on Slavic mythology and see how it fits with the Egyptian one. The sun's heat is "young" week and beneficial at the end of spring, just before the summer starts. This is the good snake. The sun's heat is "old" strong and destructive at the end of summer, just before the autumn starts. This is the bad snake. Dragon, a heavenly being that breaths fire, the great old male snake, represents the burning heat of the Late Summer, Early Autumn, the "old sun", the sun which is threatening to turn everything into cinder. In Slavic Pre-Christian religion this dragon was Veles, the great horned snake, who "Stole heavenly cows from Perun". Basically he is the late summer heat which dries the land and the sky and causes draughts. You can read more about this in my post "Lion killing Snake" and my post "Two crosses". Just enough sun is beneficial but too much sun is destructive. Just enough sun makes grain grow and creates order, but too much sun makes grain wither and burn and creates chaos. This is why Apep, the great snake, the dragon, the destructive sun, the creator of chaos is the enemy of Ra, the beneficial sun, the creator of Order. The great snake, the dragon, Apep, is the sun, is Ra in its destructive manifestation. This is why Apep is "a consequence of Ra". The sun's heat increases all the way through the summer until we reach the hottest point of the summer, the 2nd of August. This point marks the end of the summer and the beginning of autumn, the end of the heating and the beginning of the cooling of the northern hemisphere. I talked about this in my post "Two crosses". At that precise moment, The Great Snake, The Dragon, Veles (the summer heat) gets killed by Perun (autumn thunderstorms) whose weapon is lightning (spear). This day is celebrated in Serbia as Perun day. But the thing is, Perun and Veles are one and the same. This can be seen from the fact that on the 2nd of August (the end of summer beginning of autumn), the day when Serbs celebrate Perun's victory over Veles, Serbs celebrate the day of St Elijah the thunderer. St Elijah is the burning sun of the late summer, Helios. This is Helios This is Elijah Every year on his day he is about to burn the world to cinder. But he never does. Because St Elijah is also the thunderer, the one who makes lightning and the one who rides on storm clouds. Which arrive right on time, to cool the earth down. You can read more about this in my post "Thundering sun god". This what is represented by Set killing Apep. The sun Ra, its protector Set and sun's enemy Apep are one and the same... Set scores a small victory over Apep every day when the evening kills the heat of the day. Set scores the big victory over Apep on the 2nd of August (the end of summer beginning of autumn) when he kills the heat of the summer and when the northern hemisphere starts cooling. The 2nd of August, (the end of summer beginning of autumn) falls in the middle of the zodiac sign Leo. This is why Ra kills Apep as great cat (Lion). This is also why we find the depiction of a lion headed deity (probably Pakhet or Pasht) killing great snake, dragon, on the above Set killing Apep scene. Here is another depiction of Pakhet holding in one hand was staff (Set animal used to defeat Apep) and in the other hand two snakes. Interestingly, in Serbian mythology, St Elijah doesn't burn the world down, because every year, in the middle of Leo, during the Dog days, he gets "calmed down" by his wife "Ognjena Marija" (Fiery Mary). I wrote about this in my post Ognjena Marija. I talked about the symbolism of the "Lion killing snake" image in my post Lion killing snake. The 2nd of August, (the end of summer beginning of autumn), the hottest part of the year, the time when the great snake, the dragon is killed is known as Dog days. This is when Dog Star Sirius, rises before sun in the sky. Which is very interesting considering that Set, the Egyptian dragon slayer, the god of storms, is a dog faced deity...Knowing this, I wonder if the Set animal (dog really) has a forked tail because it is itself the "animal that ends the great snake, the dragon"??? Medieval standing stone from Ubusko, Hercegovina depicting dog fighting snake. Just after the dog days and the slaughter of the great snake which choked the "river on which Ra's barge sailed", the Nile flooding reaches its highest level. This is still celebrated by Egyptians as an annual holiday for two weeks starting August 15, known as Wafaa El-Nil. The Nile always followed the same water rise and fall pattern. First indications of the rise of the river could be seen at the first of the cataracts of the Nile (at Aswan) as early as the beginning of June, and a steady increase went on until the middle of July, when the increase of water became very great. This is the beginning of Leo. The Nile continued to rise until the beginning of September, when the level remained stationary for a period of about three weeks, sometimes a little less. This is the end of Leo. In October it often rose again, and reached its highest level. From this period it began to subside, and usually sank steadily until the month of June when it reached its lowest level, again. Here is the The god Nilus or Hapimou encircled by the serpent... From the dead dragon water, vegetation and life burst out... What do you think about all this? Labels: Ancient Egypt, Apep, dragon, Egyptian mythology, Lion killing snake, Perun, Set, Slavic mythology, St Elijah, Veles Four living creatures This is quarter shekel from the British Museum. Struck before 333 BCE, it is considered to be the first Jewish coin. Following the description in Ezekiel of the flying throne of Yahveh with wheels and wings, the image is interpreted as the representation of Yahveh, The God... Ezekiel is a Hebrew prophet and the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible, which reveals prophecies regarding the destruction of Jerusalem and the first temple. The author of the Book of Ezekiel presents himself as Ezekiel, the son of Buzzi, born into a priestly (Kohen) lineage. Apart from identifying himself, the author gives a date for the first divine encounter which he presents: "in the thirtieth year". If this is a reference to Ezekiel's age at the time, he was born around 622 BCE, about the time of Josiah's reforms. His "thirtieth year" is given as five years after the exile of Judah's king Jehoiachin by the Babylonians, which according to Josephus happened in 598 BCE. The vision Ezekiel had "in his thirtieth year" and which turned him into a prophet was of Jahveh sitting on the throne carried by the "four living creatures". As I looked, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud with brightness around it and fire flashing forth continually, and in the middle of the fire, something like gleaming amber. In the middle of it was something like four living creatures. This was their appearance: they were of human form. Each had four faces, and each of them had four wings...As for the appearance of their faces: the four had the face of a human being, the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle; such were their faces... In the middle of the living creatures there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches moving to and fro among the living creatures; the fire was bright, and lightning issued from the fire. The living creatures darted to and fro, like a flash of lightning...As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them...When the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them; and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose. Wherever the spirit would go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. When they moved, the others moved; when they stopped, the others stopped; and when they rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. In another part of his book, Ezekiel identifies the "living creatures" as cherubim, one of the unearthly beings who directly attend to God according to Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles; their original duty having been the protection of the Garden of Eden, and in particular the Tree of Life. Interestingly the same vision appeared to the Christian prophet John, who described it in his Revelation: In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty who was, and is, and is to come." The four living creatures from Ezekiel's and John's visions gave birth to the Christian "tetramorph". In Christian art, the tetramorph is the union of the symbols of the Four Evangelists, derived from the four living creatures in the Book of Ezekiel, into a single figure or, more commonly, a group of four figures. In their earliest appearances, the Evangelists were depicted in their human forms each with a scroll or a book to represent the Gospels. By the 5th century, images of the Evangelists evolved into their respective tetramorphs, each of the four Evangelists is associated with one of the living creatures, usually shown with wings. The most common association, but not the original or only, is: Matthew the man, Mark the lion, Luke the ox, and John the eagle. Christ in Majesty is often shown surrounded by the four symbols. By the later Middle Ages, the tetramorph in the form of creatures was used less frequently. Instead, the Evangelists were often shown in their human forms accompanied by their symbolic creatures, or as men with the heads of animals. In images where the creatures surround Christ, the winged man and the eagle are often depicted at Christ's sides, with the lion and the ox positioned lower by his feet, with the man on Christ's right, taking precedence over the eagle, and the lion to the left of the ox. These positions reflect the medieval great chain of being. Now how are we to understand these strange creatures from Ezekiel's and John's visions? Well this has been bothering people for a long time. In Judaism the four faces of the living creatures represent different creatures god created. The lion represents all wild animals, the ox represents domestic animals, the human represents humanity, and the eagle represents birds. In the context of the Christian tetramorph, the winged man indicates Christ's humanity and reason, as well as Matthew's account of the Incarnation of Christ. The lion of St Mark represents courage, resurrection, and royalty, coinciding with the theme of Christ as king in Mark's gospel. It is also interpreted as the Lion of Judah as a reference to Christ's royal lineage. The ox, or bull, is an ancient Christian symbol of redemption and life through sacrifice, signifying Luke's records of Christ as a priest and his ultimate sacrifice for the future of humanity. The eagle represents the sky, heavens, and the human spirit, paralleling the divine nature of Christ. Some however have connected Ezekiel's and John's visions with strange zodiacs found in synagogues built in holy land during the first few centuries after Christ's birth. Like this one from Beth Alpha, Israel: The same type of zodiac wheel, with Helios or Sun in it's center, sitting in a chariot (throne) pulled by four horses (beings), just like in Ezekiel's and John's visions, is found in contemporaneous synagogues throughout Israel such as Naaran, Susiya, Hamat Tiberias, Huseifa, and Sepphoris. Now when we look at the four faces of the "living creatures" and compare them with the zodiac symbols, we can see that these four faces match the four fixed points of the zodiac: The man is Aquarius The ox or cherub is Taurus, The lion is Leo The eagle is Scorpio (Few people know that Scorpio has another form, Eagle, sometimes Phoenix). When we connect these four points we get a cross: And so lets correct the four evangelist's positions around Christ: But why did Jews adorn their synagogues during early Christian Era with these strange zodiacs? And what is the reason that these exact four zodiac signs were chosen to be the faces of the "four living creatures"? In my post "Boaz and Jachin" I talked about the significance of the fact that Solomon built his temple on a threshing floor. The reason why this is significant is because in the past threshing floors were not only used for threshing and winnowing, but were also used as solar observatories and for ceremonies which were part of a solar cult. At the end of that article I suggested that the First Temple, whose entrance was oriented towards true east, towards the area of the horizon where the sun rises, was a temple dedicated to the sun and built by sun worshipers. And I said that we actually have indications that this could in fact have been the case. In my post Sun god from the first temple I continued talking about this. Interestingly it was Ezekiel who told us explicitly that the First Temple was solar temple. In Ezekiel 8:16 we read this: "In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign Lord came on me there. I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man. From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal. He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem...He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east." Interesting right? The fact that people still prayed to the sun during the time of Ezekiel is very interesting, because it shows how strong this solar cult was among the people of Judah. Ezekiel was born during the reign of Josiah (649–609 BCE). And it was Josiah, who according to the Hebrew Bible, instituted major religious changes aimed at eradicating the solar cult which flourished in Judah before and during his time. How strong the solar cult was in Judah just before the time of Josiah can be seen from the royal seal of the Kingdom of Judah from the time of the King Hezekiah (739 - 687 BC). This means that the solar cult was not a minor religious curiosity. It was a state religion whose main temple was the First temple. A state religion supported by at least a significant part of the Judah's population. So when Josiah started his religious reforms, not everyone was pleased. A lot of people saw these changes as sacrilege and continued to practice the old solar religion. As part of his crusade, Josiah did the major cleanup of the First temmple. In 2 Kings 23:11 we read: "He (Josiah) removed from the entrance of the LORD's Temple the horse statues that the former kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun... He also burned the chariots dedicated to the sun..." This is most peculiar. We have a temple, build on a threshing floor (ancient solar observatory). The temple was oriented towards the east, and in the temple people prayed to the rising sun as if it was a god. And the temple housed a chariot and horses dedicated to the sun god??? Who was this sun god to whom ancient kings of Judah dedicated horses and chariot? Well Helios of course. Here is a depiction of Helios, the old titan (Old European) sun god. He is mostly depicted as a youth with sun ray halo driving the chariot pulled by winged horses across the sky, from east to west. Official story is that Ezekiel really hated the solar worshipers...But now I am wondering...Is it possible that he was actually one of them? Is it possible that he saw Josiah's reforms as totally sacrilegious and that when he prophesied the destruction of of Jerusalem and the first temple, he did so because he believed that that was the fitting punishment for the Jews turning their backs to the Sun, their God? And is it because of this that he was hated by the same Jews? And is it because of that that his vision of god is basically Sun god sitting in a chariot pulled by four horses??? As I already mentioned, Ezekiel sees priests in the First Temple worshiping the sun. Interestingly, historian Josephus, who lived during the 1st century AD, records an Essene practice that he says was handed down to them by the forefathers where it appears that they were praying to the rising sun (War 2.8.5). Qumran scrolls, which are attributed to the Essens, seem to confirm that Josephus was telling the truth. In the Hodayom, there are several references to prayer at dawn. 1QH 4:5 states: "I thank thee, O Lord, for Thou hast illuminated my face by Thy covenant, and I seek Thee, and sure as the dawn Thou hast appeared to me as perfect light." And at the same time someone built synagogues with depictions of Helios surrounded by the Zodiac??? Like this one from the Hammat Tiberias Synagogue, dated to 286 and 337 CE, when Tiberias was the seat of the Sanhedrin. The mosaic floor is made up of three panels featuring the zodiac, and Helios, the sun god. Women who symbolise the four seasons of nature appear in each corner. So were the synagogues with Helios built by Essenes? Essenes who wanted to "restore the first temple", the "temple of the sun god who rides in a chariot pulled by four horses"??? Well we don't know, but what we know is that the early Christian churches which were also oriented towards the east i.d. toward the Rising Sun, the same orientation found in the First temple. And, at the same time when the helios synagogues were being built, the vision of a god in a chariot appeared to John who described it in Revelation: In the centre, around the throne (chariot with four wheels), were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Very interesting right? But the best part is yet to come. Why Man, Bull, Lion and Eagle? Why are these four zodiac signs chosen to be the faces of the living creatures? These four zodiac signs cover these four periods of the solar year: Aquarius 21 January – 19 February Taurus 21 April – 21 May Leo 23 July – 22 August Eagle (Scorpio) 24 October – 22 November In my post "Two crosses" I talked about Earth's cross, whose hands point to the so called "cross quarter days" which mark the transitional points of the climatic, vegetative cycle in the northern hemisphere, more precisely Europe: The four points of this solar cross are at the core of the Celtic calendar: 1. Imbolc- the beginning of the spring 2. Bealtaine - the beginning of the summer 3. Lughnasa - the beginning of the autumn 4. Samhain - the beginning of the winter And the Serbian calendar: 1. St Sava - the beginning of the spring 2. St George - the beginning of the summer 3. St Ilija - the beginning of the autumn 4. St Mitar - the beginning of the winter The sun cross (Solstices and Equinoxes) and earth cross (Cross quarter days) are out of sync. The earth cross is rotated forward by 45 degrees and the earth circle cardinal points fall right in between the sun circle cardinal points. This is because the earth climatic, vegetative cycle lags behind the solar cycle. Winter solstice (21st of December) is the the shortest day. So we would expect that this is also the coldest day. We would also expect that from that day on, as the days start getting longer, the days also start getting warmer. But as we all know, this is not the case. The days do get longer, but the earth continues to cool. It is only at the beginning of February that we start seeing the first signs of the earth warming up. This is why the beginning of spring is at the beginning of February (Imbolc, St Sava (14th of January, but probably a replacement for the old Imbolc which is celebrated on the 1st of February)). The actual mid point is 4th of February. Which falls right in the middle of Aquarius (21 January – 19 February). Spring equinox (21st of March) is the moment when the day is as long as night. From that day the days are longer than nights. We would expect that this would mark the beginning of the summer. But the real heat does not start until the beginning of May. This is why the beginning of summer is at the beginning of May (Bealtaine, which is today celebrated on the 1st of May, but there are indications that it was once celebrated on the 6th of May. Here we find St George's day celebrated on the 23 of April, probably replacement for old Bealtaine). The actual mid point is 6th of May. Which falls right in the middle of Taurus (21 April – 21 May). Summer solstice (21st of June) is the longest day of the year. We would expect that this would also be the hottest day of the year. We would also expect that from that day on, as the days get shorter, the days also get colder. But again as we all know, that is not the case. The days do get shorter, but earth continues to warm. It is only at the beginning of August that we start seeing first sings of earth cooling down. This is why the beginning of autumn is at the beginning of August (Lughnasa which is today celebrated on the 1st of August but was once probably celebrated on the, 2nd of August. Here we find St Ilija's day celebrated on the 20th of July, probably replacement for old Lughnasa). The actual mid point is 2nd of August. Which falls right in the middle of Leo (23 July – 22 August). Autumn equinox (21st of September) is the moment when the day is as long as night. From that day the days are shorter than nights. We would expect that this would mark the beginning of the winter. But the real cold does not start until the beginning of Novermber. This is why the beginning of winter is at the beginning of November (Samhain, St Mitar (26th of October, but probably the replacement for the old Samhain which is celebrated on the 31st of October)). The actual mid point is 5th of November. Which falls right in the middle of Eagle (Scorpio) (24 October – 22 November). This is indeed incredible. The four points of the vegetative cross define climate, which is created during the continuous interplay between the Father Sun and Mother Earth. I talked about this in my post Yin and Yang. Interestingly these four points fall into four zodiac signs which are the four faces of the four living creatures described by Ezekiel. The four living creatures whom he identifies as cherubim, the guardians of the "Garden of Eden" and particularly "The Tree of Life". Garden of Eden is this earth and the Tree of Life is the life it produces. The life which can be only produced because the Father Sun and Mother Earth produce the ever changing climate whose change is marked by the four points of the Climatic cross Aquarius = Spring, Taurus = Summer, Leo = Autumn, Eagle = Winter... The problem with his vision is that this climatic cross only corresponds with the climate in Europe. Not with the climate in Middle East and definitely not with the climate in Babylon... I already said that this climatic cross is at the base of the Serbian and Celtic calendar. Ezekiel (allegedly) had his vision in the 6th century BC. Solomon who built the solar temple on David's threshing floor (allegedly) built it in the 10th century BC. There is no mention of anything like it in Hebrew Scriptures or Tradition. So why would Ezekiel "see" it in his vision? The thing is this climatic cross was already known and was already sacred during the early Bronze Age. In Ireland. The same place where we found the so called "Celtic calendar" based on the above four cross quarter days. How do we know this? Well because we have stone circles aligned with these cross quarter days. This is Grange stone circle. It is located on Lough Gur in County Limerick, Ireland. Composed of 113 standing stones, the Grange Stone Circle is the largest and finest in Ireland. Seán P. Ó Ríordáin excavated the Grange Stone Circle in 1939. During the excavations he found more than 4,000 shards of pottery, dating from the Early Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age, spanning a period of some 2,600 years. This is the ceremonial entrance. It is lined with stones in the same way as the Grange circle itself. The very entrance of the circle is marked with two large stones. This ceremonial entrance is aligned with the sunrise on the first or second of August, the Day of Crom Dubh, Lughnassa, the day of Perun, Thundering sun Ilios. This is Beltany stone circle. It is located at Beltany, Co. Donegal. The name Beltany is an anglicised version of the Irish Beltaine, Beltane. The stone circle dates from around 1400-800 BC. Some reports are even saying that the actual building date is 2000 BC. The complex comprises a stone circle of 64 stones around a low earth platform or tumulus, situated at the summit of Beltany Hill. The stone circle has several alignments: 1. Alignment with the sunrise on the day of Bealltaine (6th May, middle of Taurus), the Beginning of Summer. 2. Alignment with the sunrise on the day of the Winter Solstice (21st of December). 3. Alignment with the sunrise on the day of Samhain (1st of November, middle of Eagle, Scorpio), the Beginning of Winter. 4. Alignment with the sunrise on the day of the Equinoxes (21st March and 21st September). So Bronze Age Irish were already aligning their solar circles with the climatic cross at least a thousand years before Ezekiel had his vision of the "four living creatures pulling the throne of god". Interesting... Since I wrote this article, my knowledge about these symbols expanded and I wrote another article about these symbols "Symbols of the seasons". Since then I learned that these animal markers are actually universal ancient calendar markers used all over Eurasia and North Africa since at least Neolithic. Man - Aquarius - Jan/Feb - beginning of snowmelt Bull - Taurus - Apr/May - beginning of the calving season of the wild cattle Lion - Leo - Jul/Aug - beginning of the mating season of Eurasian lions Eagle - Eagle - Oct/Nov - beginning of the mating season of Old World Vultures Scorpion - Scorpio - Oct/Nov - beginning of the hibernation of scorpions I wrote about this in many other posts on my blog. Please check them out... Labels: Ezekiel, Four living creatures, John, Origin of Christianity, Origin of zodiac, Tetramorph, YHW St Austell font	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
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Demonstrate good judgment in patient assessment, and the abilities to utilize prior knowledge and incorporate new information in the decision‐making process. Possess the ability to comprehend three‐dimensional relationships and the relationships of structures as they pertain to practice decisions. Possess the necessary short and long‐term memory function to retain and recall pertinent information (patient and other) in a timely fashion. Possess the ability to read and understand written documents in English and solve problems involving measurement, calculation, reasoning, analysis and synthesis. Demonstrate the ability to gather, analyze and synthesize data, develop an appropriate plan of action, establish priorities, conceptualize plan of care, monitor treatment plans and modalities and provide in‐depth rationale for plan of care both in quiet environments and in areas where distractions, noise, and other stressors are present. Demonstrate the ability to integrate and assimilate large volumes of information from multiple sources and multiple educational experiences in a timely fashion, and be able to apply that information to problem solving and decision making. Sensory Characteristics Ability to distinguish colors including the accurate interpretation of diagnostic tests, changes in skin color, nail beds, mucus membranes, bodily fluids and wound characteristics in all types of lighting conditions. Ability to recognize three dimensional and spatial relationships. Ability to discriminate physical examination findings using inspection, auscultation,percussion and palpation. Ability to discriminate between sizes, shapes, temperature, and texture by means of touch. Ability to discriminate changes in position, pressure, movement and vibrations in order to perform nursing procedures, conduct laboratory and diagnostic tests, and to perform the physical examination. Ability to distinguish odors that may be related to a patient's condition, noxious spills, or fumes from a fire explosion or malfunction of equipment. Ability to detect sounds related to bodily functions, monitoring devices, telephones and emergency signals. Ability to prepare and dispense the correct quantity of medication or therapeutic agents in a syringe or therapeutic device Possess sufficient visual acuity so as to be able to observe a patient's response at a distance and/or close at hand and to read lips when necessary. Consistent with its mission and philosophy, the School of Nursing is committed to providing educational opportunities to students with disabilities. In accordance with the American with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the School provides reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified students with disabilities. However, the decision regarding appropriate accommodations will be based on the specifics of each case. 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Yesterday, I specifically went shopping for another thermometer. The greenhouse now has the sensor formerly in the tarp shelter. With a "cold front" moving in, I want to monitor the temperature in the tarp shelter. More than thirty plants under cover; I can't control the weather but I can protect the plants. Note the time: Four in the morning. I was wide awake for about two hours before deciding to get up and "do something." Sometimes my mind is spinning with thoughts–and plans–and I can't sleep!! Technology is so awesome!! The new thermometer automatically set itself to the correct date and time–from a satellite in the sky. So many features in that little instrument!! Walmart had it marked down from $17.88 to $10.00. I'd planned to buy another small single function (for $9.88) but couldn't resist a bargain. I believe the greenhouse is "warmer" because a much smaller space and completely closed up. By contrast, the tarp shelter is very large with lots of ventilation around the sides, and large opening for a door.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
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Richmond mayor to star in RCD talent show Richmond Centre for Disability is hosting its second annual RCD Got Talent fundraising event Richmond mayor Malcolm Brodie is among this year's RCD Got Talent performers The second annual RCD Got Talent fundraising show is only a week away and the organizers have a stellar cast lined up. One of the top attractions at the online show – broadcast on Richmond Centre for Disability's YouTube channel on Friday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. – will Richmond's mayor, Malcolm Brodie, on piano accompanying RCD's Elsa Wong on vocals. The show organizers also have the likes of a choir from Vancouver and a moms' dance group among the 10 or 11 acts lined up. RCD's Dave Thomson said he and his co-host will have multiple calls to action throughout the show to raise funds for the disability non-profit. "It's a lot of fun and, of course, it's for a good cause, so we're hoping people will come watch some of the performances," Thomson told the News. "Last year we took a flyer to see if it would work online; we were shooting for $3,000, but we made so much more, people just kept donating as the show went on." Thomson the broadcast and fundraising will be live, while the performances have been pre-recorded. "Viewers will be able to interact with us during the show and we're really looking forward to the mayor on piano with Elsa," said Thomson, adding that he's grateful to Long & McQuade for donating a keyboard for the performance. To watch the concert, subscribe, for free, to the RCD YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZK8dnVzkRI&t=3s You can support the performers by making donations on the night or make one early by going to RCD's website at https://www.rcdrichmond.org/NewsAndEvents/OnlineConcert2021/OnlineConcert2021.php More In the Community Photo: Can you guess which year this was at Brighouse Square in Richmond? Applications open for Richmond Neighbourhood Celebration Grant	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
County gridiron teams reload with All-Region honors Christmas is coming, college football is bowling and our three Region 11 football programs are busy reloading for next season. High school football never ends — especially when it comes to physical conditioning. To be more competitive, all three teams require player dedication in the weight room. Coupled with personal character and team leadership, this leads to competitive greatness which is a top priority for our county football squads. Tooele High School has nowhere to go but up and they are looking forward to the challenge. Head coach Kyle Brady is trying to herd the Buffaloes back to their winning ways and Zac Coffman will be returning to help. As a defensive back, he had 43 tackles and four sacks while on offense he had seven receptions and a touchdown. Andrew Spendlove will be returning as a tight end. He led the Buffaloes in receiving with 229 yards and two touchdowns. The defense will build off of linebacker Seth Manning, while the line will look to Tony Leakehe, another junior. THS is young and searching for a foothold in Region 11 play. The Buffaloes had one first team all region player in senior Tyler McMain. a full back and strong-side linebacker. The Buffaloes challenge is to gain some confidence and get the team moving in a positive direction. Coach Brady will find the answers and look to a more competitive season in 2012. Stansbury is reloading with a number of returning starters, including Region 11 MVP Chase Christiansen. The sophomore quarterback led the Stallions to the Region Championship rushing for 1149 yards and 19 touchdowns, while passing for an additional 527 yards and four touchdowns. He will be joined by Dacota Case, a junior running back and defensive back who also received Region first team honors collecting five interceptions this season. Both he and Christiansen are garnering other post-season accolades as Christmas approaches. The Stallions have a stable full of Region first teamers returning next season. Jackson Clausing rushed for over 600 yards and five touchdowns. Colton May lead the team with 103 tackles. Chandler Staley averaged 5.4 yards per carry along with 63 tackles. Allan Havili will anchor the line at 6'3" and weighing in at 290 pounds this season. Graduating seniors receiving first team Region honors were linemen Atu Havili and Hunter Anderson (defensive end). Stansbury's Jeremy Café was the Region Defensive MVP and is garnering other post season honors throughout the state. The 6'1", 175-pound defensive end had 27 tackles and 13 sacks his senior year. By the looks of it, Stansbury High School is in a good position to defend its title and is the team to beat in Region 11 in 2012. Grantsville High School is determined to do just that. The Cowboys are returning 18 starters next season led by team captain Skyler Cloward, who was named Region 11 Offensive MVP, which is a rare feat for an offensive lineman. Don't be fooled, he can play defense too as the linebacker amassed 96 tackles, seven sacks, one interception, caused one fumble and recovered two others, not to mention blocking a couple of punts and scoring a couple of touchdowns. The 6'1", 210 pound linebacker is all ready getting looks from in-state college football programs. Other post season awards continue to come his way as we draw near the Christmas break. Grantsville's quarterback Max Cook is a Region first teamer and is receiving other state honors as well. Cook threw for over 1000 yards and rushed for 383 yards and a couple of touchdowns. Defensively he had 43 tackles and one interception. Ky Fisher is a sophomore running back and linebacker making a name for himself as an All-Region player. Fisher rushed with 343 yards and ten touchdowns for the Cowboys while leading the team with 106 tackles. Other Region first team picks were Kelby Landon and Kaleb Ware. Landon had 34 tackles as a defensive back, while Ware averaged 4 yards a carry and had 50 tackles from his outside linebacker spot. The Cowboys say goodbye to senior offensive lineman and Region first teamer Dakota Leetham and wide receiver Dalen Erickson. Both are getting looks from college teams as well as receiving other state post-season awards. Head Coach Tony Cloward has turned the corner with a young team and a winning season. He expects more in 2012 and just by looking, the Cowboys chances seem pretty good. So there you go. Enjoy the Christmas season and make sure you give all of our county athletes heartfelt thanks when you see them. To be a successful athlete takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice. They deserve your praise! I'll see you from the sidelines.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
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CJM features a quirky array of Jewish T-shirts in new multimedia exhibit By David A.M. Wilensky \| October 9, 2015 In a corner of the Contemporary Jewish Museum gift shop stand two wooden frames with a clothesline strung between them featuring an array of T-shirts. A blue shirt bears a Star of David-shaped version of the unmistakable red and yellow Superman "S" logo. A purple tee from Camp Ramah in Ojai announces the camp's ZIP code. A gray shirt has the OU kosher symbol on the front and reads "As Kosher as You Wanna Be" on the back — an artifact of professor Ari Y. Kelman's college years at U.C. Santa Cruz. Kelman, the Jim Joseph chair in education and Jewish studies at Stanford, discusses some of the tees in a series of video features projected onto a white sheet behind the shirts. This is "Hidden in Plain Sight! T-Shirts and the Curation of Identity," a multimedia exhibition "exploring T-shirts as canvases for meditation on contemporary identities." On display in the CJM shop through Nov. 1, the exhibit is the brainchild of Kelman, who developed it in collaboration with Sam Ball of the S.F. nonprofit Citizen Film, along with some of Kelman's grad students at Stanford. "Hidden in Plain Sight!" includes T-shirts, video and a computer. photo/david a.m.wilensky But the most interesting part of the exhibit is online. At the website www.ethnictshirts.org, you can watch each of the slickly produced videos, and everyone is invited to contribute to the exhibition by Instagramming a selfie wearing a favorite Jewish T-shirt and tagging it #ethnicteeshirts. A computer set up next to the exhibit in the museum shop allows visitors to engage with the online portion. "A lot of people stop to interact" with it, said Kevin Grenon, the store director. For those who spent their childhood, adolescence or college years attending Jewish programs — and whose closets were at some point overflowing with Jewish tees — the very idea of T-shirts as ethnic or religious identity is immediately evocative. But the concept goes way back. "When immigrant Jews arriving in the United States wanted to fit in, one of the first things they changed was their clothes," Kelman writes on the website. "Today, we curate our individual and collective identities every time we get dressed. For the majority of Jews, who 'pass' as ethnically white, wearing T-shirts bearing Jewish messages calls attention to an identity that might otherwise be invisible." On Instagram, 10-year-old Solly appears wearing a 2009 Camp Tawonga staff shirt. "Camp Tawonga is one of my favorite places in the world. At Tawonga, I feel connected to nature and Judaism," he says. Instagram user zanykirz posted an image of a black T-shirt that reads "A challah in the oven," with the comment, "Maternity tee from my mother-in-law that announces and connects my enormous life changes with my Jewish identity." Another from zanykirz: "Tee from Sukkot sleep out for the homeless at UVA Hillel, where I learned to connect Jewishness with how I acted in the world." In one video, Kelman talks about a shirt that depicts actor John Goodman as Polish-American Jewish convert Walter Sobchak from the Coen Brothers film "The Big Lebowski," which has a huge cult following, especially among younger Jews. The shirt quotes Goodman's most famous line from the movie, "I don't roll on Shabbas," which comes up in an argument about a bowling league game that has been scheduled for a Friday night. "The decision between observing the laws of his bowling league and observing the laws of the Sabbath is a kind of classic Jewish dilemma between holding to a set of religious beliefs and a desire to participate in American culture more broadly," Kelman says in the video. "Walter's dilemma has made him a particularly beloved character to Jewish fans of the film." Several of the shirts featured in the exhibit are on sale in the museum store. Grenon lamented that they can't sell all of the shirts in the exhibit because of copyright. His favorite, however, is on sale; it looks like it might be from Yosemite National Park, but it actually says, "Yo Semite." "Hidden in Plain Sight!" is on exhibit through Nov. 1 at the Contemporary Jewish Museum store, 736 Mission St., S.F. Free. www.thecjm.org David A.M. Wilensky David A.M. Wilensky is the online editor of J. and "Jew in the Pew" columnist. He can be reached at david@jweekly.com. Follow davidamwilensky Program helps local Jewish organizations build their tech know-how Cholent, Shabbat stew, is perfect for a chilly winter day Synagogues should not arm congregants, Jewish security agency says The Tell Where the top 7 Democratic candidates stand on Iran	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
EXPO 2019: May 16 - 19 WINDSOR FAIRGROUNDS, WINDSOR, MAINE Helping educate for tomorrow's agriculture Expo Info Insurance & Health Vendors Expo Info Kids Day 2019 Activities Kids Day Sponsors Livestock Pages Show Classes Youth New Entry Form Cookoff & Other Contests Feeder Calf Sale Directions to Expo at Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor, Maine From the East (Belfast, Camden, Rockland) Traveling west on Route 17 out of Camden or Rockland, drive about 20 miles until you join Route 32 (17 and 32 are parallel). Then, after about four miles, turn RIGHT on Route 32 and the fairgrounds are just about 1/4 mile north From the West (Portland, Augusta, Lewiston, Norway, Gardiner, New York) Get to Route 17, either from Augusta by crossing the "high" bridge or from Gardiner (Exit 27 on I-95, Then Route 201 into town, cross the Kennebec, then follow Route 226). Once on Route 17, travel east. After driving about 10 miles you will get to Route 32. Turn LEFT on Route 32 and the fairgrounds are just about 1/4 mile north. From the South (Bath, Damariscotta, Waldoboro) Stay on Route 1 until you get to Waldoboro and the intersection of Route 32. Turn north on Route 32, continue through Jefferson and on up to where Route 32 joins Route 17, about 13 miles. Turn LEFT (west) and continue for about 4 miles to where Route 32 turns north. The fairgrounds are just about 1/4 mile north. From the North (Bangor, Madawaska) Drive down I-95, exit at Augusta, Western Avenue, and follow the instructions above. Or Exit I-95 at the Memorial Bridge in Waterville and get yourself over to Route 32. Drive South through Windsor (Hussey's) and the fairgrounds will appear just before you arrive at Route 17. Google Map to the Windsor Fair	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
You can see it on the horizon, but you're too busy to address it right now. You're juggling life – a family, full-time job, pets, financials and everything else that goes with it. So when spending time with your aging parents, you probably can't imagine incurring something the size of their waning independence. And so it's easy to let it go, for now. But the hard reality remains: most Americans do not have a plan for their aging loved one. When the problem with Mom or Dad worsens, many families endure the chaos and stress of trying to find a solution. It doesn't have to be this way. Don't wait any longer. Find peace of mind by preparing yourself for what's ahead. The first step toward maintaining your aging parent's well-being is to come up with a plan of care. With each passing year, your elderly parent may only require more assistance. A trusted caregiving agency can give an honest and experienced perspective on what to expect. 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Phage typing or CRISPR typing for epidemiological surveillance of Salmonella Typhimurium? Manal Mohammed1 Salmonella Typhimurium is the most dominant Salmonella serovar around the world. It is associated with foodborne gastroenteritis outbreaks but has recently been associated with invasive illness and deaths. Characterization of S. Typhimurium is therefore very crucial for epidemiological surveillance. Phage typing has been used for decades for subtyping of S. Typhimurium to determine the epidemiological relation among isolates. Recent studies however have suggested that high throughput clustered regular interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) typing has the potential to replace phage typing. This study aimed to determine the efficacy of high-throughput CRISPR typing over conventional phage typing in epidemiological surveillance and outbreak investigation of S. Typhimurium. In silico analysis of whole genome sequences (WGS) of well-documented phage types of S. Typhimurium reveals the presence of different CRISPR type among strains belong to the same phage type. Furthermore, different phage types of S. Typhimurium share identical CRISPR type. Interestingly, identical spacers were detected among outbreak and non-outbreak associated DT8 strains of S. Typhimurium. Therefore, CRISPR typing is not useful for the epidemiological surveillance and outbreak investigation of S. Typhimurium and phage typing, until it is replaced by WGS, is still the gold standard method for epidemiological surveillance of S. Typhimurium. Salmonellosis is one of the most common causes of foodborne disease worldwide. Nontyphoidal salmonellosis (NTS) is a zoonotic disease transmitted from animals to humans through consumption of contaminated food. Worldwide, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) accounts for most human infection of NTS and has been associated with foodborne outbreaks in developing and developed countries resulting in high morbidity and mortality [1]. Furthermore, the recent emergence of the multidrug-resistant (MDR) S. Typhimurium variant of a distinct Sequence Type ST313 in sub-Saharan Africa represents a major public health concern as it is associated with invasive illness and deaths [2]. An efficient laboratory system for epidemiological surveillance and outbreak investigation of Salmonella Typhimurium is therefore very crucial. Phage typing system is a phenotypical method that has been used for decades for subtyping of S. Typhimurium to determine the epidemiological relation among isolates [3]. Phage typing is a rapid and low cost approach for the epidemiological surveillance and outbreak investigation of S. Typhimurium. The system distinguishes more than 300 definitive phage types (DT) of S. Typhimurium based on their patterns of lysis to a unique collection of Salmonella phages but it has shown some limitations including the maintenance of typing phages by the reference laboratory and the updating of the system furthermore it depends entirely on the experience of the individual laboratory for interpretation of the results [4]. Recent studies have suggested that high throughput clustered regular interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPRs) typing and the microbead-based CRISPOL assay have the potential to replace traditional bacterial typing and subtyping systems including phage typing [5, 6]. CRISPRs consist of direct repeats (DRs) separated by variable spacer sequences that are derived from foreign phages or plasmids [7] while CRISPOL is a bead-based liquid hybridization assay for CRISPR polymorphism [5]. A recent study reported identical CRISPRs between two different phage types of S. Typhimurium; DT8 and DT30 [8] which reveals the limitations of CRISPR typing for epidemiological surveillance of S. Typhimurium. This study aimed to analyze the CRISPR/CRISPOL type of well-documented phage types of S. Typhimurium in order to determine the efficacy of high-throughput CRISPR and CRISPOL typing over conventional phage typing in epidemiological surveillance of S. Typhimurium. Whole genome sequence of different phage types of S. Typhimurium The whole genome sequence of well-documented phage types of S. Typhimurium (Tables 1, 2) were obtained from Enterobase (https://enterobase.warwick.ac.uk/). Furthermore, a set of different phage types of S. Typhimurium that are used as control in Anderson phage typing scheme (Tables 1, 2) were selected for whole genome sequencing (WGS). Genomic DNA was extracted using QIAamp DNA Mini Kit (Qiagen) according to manufacturer's instructions and submitted for WGS using an Illumina MiSeq on 250 bp paired-end (PE) libraries. The quality of PE data was evaluated using FastQC toolkit (http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/). Adapter sequences were removed using ea-utils package (https://expressionanalysis.github.io/ea-utils/). PE reads for each isolate were de novo assembled using velvet [9]. The best assembly with the highest N50 value was obtained. Raw sequence data of control phage types of S. Typhimurium have been submitted to the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) under study Accession No.: PRJEB18673 (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/view/PRJEB18673) and also available via Enterobase (https://enterobase.warwick.ac.uk/). Table 1 Salmonella Typhimurium strains belonging to the same phage type show different CRISPR/CRISPOL type Table 2 Salmonella Typhimurium strains belonging to different phage types show identical CRISPR/CRISPOL type In silico CRISPR and CRISPOL analysis PE reads of different phage types of S. Typhimurium were also assembled using Enterobase (https://enterobase.warwick.ac.uk/) where CRISPRs and CRISPOL were called directly from the raw reads rather than the assembly. Enterobase was used to determine the CRISPR type and CRISPOL type of all phage types of S. Typhimurium. In Enterobase, each phage type of S. Typhimurium was assigned unique accession number (Tables 1, 2). Previously, sequenced CRISPR loci of different phage types of S. Typhimurium using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) [5] were also included in this study (Table 3). Table 3 CRISPOL type among different phage types of S. Typhimurium PE reads of S. Typhimurium phage type DT8 associated with a foodborne outbreak in the summer of 2013 in the States of Jersey [10] were downloaded from ENA; study Accession Number PRJNA248792 (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/view/PRJNA248792) and assembled by Enterobase. CRISPR and CRISPOL types were determined for all outbreak strains using Enterobase (Additional file 1: Table S1). Spacers sequence within the assembled genomes of outbreak and non-outbreak associated DT8 strains were also characterized using CRISPRFinder (http://crispr.i2bc.paris-saclay.fr/Server/) (Additional file 1: Table S1). In silico analysis of genome sequences of control and well documented phage types of S. Typhimurium revealed two CRISPR loci, CRISPR-1 and CRISPR-2, within all phage types of S. Typhimurium. Although DRs are almost identical among all phage types of S. Typhimurium spacers sequences within the CRISPR loci are not unique to the phage type as strains belong to the same phage type have different spacers and subsequently different CRISPR/CRISPOL type (Table 1) furthermore, different phage types have identical spacers and same CRISPR/CRISPOL type (Table 2). Different CRISPR/CRISPOL type within the same phage type of S. Typhimurium In Table 1, three strains of S. Typhimurium that belong to phage type DT1 including strains DT1, TM 68-619 and TM 65-111 have different spacers and subsequently show different CRISPR/CRISPOL type; 8579/430, 2536/54 and 7387/90 respectively. Two strains belong to phage type DT10 have different CRISPR/CRISPOL type; MS34 (9509/1629) and S81-784 (9913/1688). Two strains belong to phage type DT15a have different CRISPR/CRISPOL type; 9517/1634 in isolate MS41 and 9916/1756 in isolate S81-798. Moreover, three strains belong to DT41 have different CRISPR/CRISPOL type; 9513/1630 in isolate M11-2004, 7434/223 in isolate CQ 41 and 9929/1766 in isolate S02-0321. Identical CRISPR/CRISPOL type within different phage types of S. Typhimurium CRISPR/CRISPOL type among phage types DT8 and DT30 Identical spacers were detected among different phage types of S. Typhimurium. For example, three strains of DT8 including M12-2001, M15-2006 and MS32 have the same CRISPR/CRISPOL type (812/250) as a strain belongs to phage type DT30 (MS57). Moreover, different strains belong to phage type DT8 have different CRISPR/CRISPOL type; M18-2003 (1069/6) and MS150057 (2260/708) (Table 2). Interestingly, S. Typhimurium DT8 strains associated with the foodborne outbreak in the summer of 2013 in the States of Jersey [10] showed identical CRISPR/CRISPOL type (1069/6) however, the same CRISPR/CRISPOL type were reported in other DT8 strains that do not belong to the outbreak as confirmed by WGS [10]. Identical spacers were detected among outbreak associated and non-outbreak associated DT8 strains (Additional file 1: Table S1). CRISPR/CRISPOL type among phage types DT104, DT104b and U302 Variations in the CRISPR/CRISPOL type among strains of the same phage type such as DT104 and DT104b have been also noticed (Table 2). Although three strains of S. Typhimurium phage type DT104 including TM75-339, MS150098 and MS150095, have identical spacer sequences and CRISPR/CRISPOL type (12/21) the same CRISPR/CRISPOL type is present in different phage types including U302 (M18-2006; 12/21) and DT104b (MS130531; 12/21). CRISPR/CRISPOL type among phage types DT40, DT56, DT99 and U319 Strains of S. Typhimurium belong to different phage types such as DT99, DT56, U319 and DT40 (S05-2864) have identical spacer sequences and identical CRISPR/CRISPOL type (7433/14). Moreover, several strains belong to phage type DT40 including S05-2864, M20-2006, M19-2003 and CQ 40 have different CRISPR/CRISPOL type; 7433/14, 9520/1637, 9519/1636 and 745/18 respectively (Table 2). CRISPR/CRISPOL type among phage types DT7a, DT20a, DT120, DT193 and untypable strains In Table 2, strains of S. Typhimurium belong to phage type DT120 have different spacers and subsequently different CRISPR/CRISPOL type including S02-3776 (9921/1759), 07_2198 (9911/1753), M16-2000 (9510/1428), and S/20160374 (322/1). Interestingly, a strains of phage type DT120 (M16-2000) has identical spacers and CRISPR/CRISPOL type (9510/1428) as another strain belongs to phage type DT7a (MS120840). Moreover, some strains belong to phage types DT120 (S/20160374 and S/20160407), DT20a (MS150110), DT193 (MS150007) and untypable strain (MS150097) have identical spacers and therefore share the same CRISPR/CRISPOL type (322/1). Different strains belong to phage type DT193 have different spacers and CRISPR/CRISPOL type; MS150007 (322/1) and MS150252 (317/2). CRISPR/CRISPOL type among phage types DT3, DT12 and DT193a Some strains of phage types DT12 (DT12) and DT3 (S81-482) have identical spacers and identical CRISPR/CRISPOL type; 5268/19. Moreover, a strain belongs to DT12 (S02-2651) has identical CRISPR/CRISPOL type, 774/46, as a strain belongs to phage type DT193a (MS120454) (Table 2). CRISPR/CRISPOL type among phage types DT135, DT191a and RDNC Identical spacer sequences and CRISPR/CRISPOL type (91/4) were detected in different phage types of S. Typhimurium including DT135 (MS150112 and MS150180), DT191a (DT19a) and strains that react with phages but do not confirm to recognized pattern (RDNC) (MS150102 and MS150230). Furthermore, other strains belong to phage type DT135 show different spacers and subsequently different CRISPR/CRISPOL type; 5753/396 in DT135 and 3247/66 in MS150100 (Table 2). CRISPOL assay confirms the no relation among phage type and CRISPRs CRISPOL assay developed by Fabre et al. [5] when carried out on representative phage types of S. Typhimurium it reveals that there is no relation among the phage type and the CRISPOL type as strains belong to the same phage type have different CRISPOL type as seen in DT104 strains (Table 3). On the other hand, different phage types including DT7, DT193, U311, DT41 showed identical CRISPOL type as '1' (Table 3). Salmonella Typhimurium is the most dominant Salmonella serovar around the world and has been associated with foodborne outbreaks in both developing and high-income countries [1, 11] and infection can result in bacteraemia and invasive disease [12, 13]. Epidemiological characterization of S. Typhimurium is therefore very crucial for the surveillance and outbreak investigation. Phage typing system [3] has been a very useful phenotypical, definitive method for epidemiological characterization of S. Typhimurium and identification of the source of infection [14,15,16,17]. Although it has been suggested that the high throughput CRISPR typing and subtyping have the potential to replace traditional phage typing [5] this study demonstrates that It is impossible for CRISPR typing and CRISPOl assay to replace phage typing for epidemiological characterization of S. Typhimurium as there is no correlation between the phage type and the CRISPR/CRISPOL type. Interestingly, S. Typhimurium DT8 strains associated with the foodborne outbreak in the summer of 2013 in the States of Jersey [10] showed identical CRISPR/CRISPOL type however, the same CRISPR/CRISPOL type were reported in other DT8 strains that do not belong to the outbreak as confirmed by WGS [10]. Detection of identical spacers among outbreak associated and non-outbreak associated DT8 strains reveals the limitation of CRISPR typing and subtyping in investigation of outbreaks. The MDR DT104 strain of S. Typhimurium has been associated with foodborne outbreaks all over the world and phage typing was very successful in epidemiological characterization of the outbreak and identification of the source [18,19,20] however in this study strains belong to DT104 showed different spacers and subsequently different CRISPR/CRISPOL type therefore CRISPR typing and CRISPOL assay cannot be used in public health laboratories to determine the epidemiological relation among S. Typhimurium isolates. The presence of CRISPR/CRISPOL type within the same phage type and the presence of identical spacers among different phage types of S. Typhimurium confirms the limitations of CRISPR typing and subtyping for the epidemiological surveillance and outbreak investigation of S. Typhimurium. There is no doubt that rapid WGS will shape the future of diagnostic microbiology as it has the potential to replace the routine typing and subtyping methods including Anderson phage typing system for the surveillance of outbreaks caused by different Salmonella serovars in real-time [10, 21, 22]. However, in the meantime, traditional phage typing scheme of S. Typhimurium remains the gold standard method for subtyping of S. Typhimurium for laboratory surveillance and outbreak investigation despite its technical limitations. Furthermore, it represents an ideal model for studying the complex dynamics of phage-host interaction [8]. In conclusion, high throughput CRISPR/CRISPOL typing might be useful for the discrimination among different Salmonella serovars however it is not useful for the epidemiological surveillance and outbreak investigation of S. Typhimurium and phage typing, until it is replaced by WGS, is still the gold standard method for epidemiological surveillance of S. Typhimurium. More outbreaks of S. Typhimurium caused by phage types other than DT8 can be included to confirm the unsuitability of CRISPR typing in epidemiological surveillance and outbreak investigation of S. Typhimurium. clustered regular interspaced short palindromic repeats phage type MDR: multidrug resistant NSSLRL: National Salmonella Shigella Listeria Reference Laboratory NTS: nontyphoidal salmonella PE: paired end polymerase chain reaction RDNC: strains that react with phages but do not confirm to recognized pattern SSSCDRL: Scottish Salmonella, Shigella and Clostridium difficile Reference Laboratory S. Typhimurium: Salmonella Typhimurium WGS: Majowicz SE, Musto J, Scallan E, Angulo FJ, Kirk M, O'Brien SJ, Jones TF, Fazil A, Hoekstra RM. International collaboration on enteric disease "burden of illness" S: the global burden of nontyphoidal Salmonella gastroenteritis. Clin Infect Dis. 2010;50(6):882–9. 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Typhimurium will be publically available via ENA under study Accession No.: PRJEB18673 (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/view/PRJEB18673) and also available via Enterobase (https://enterobase.warwick.ac.uk/). All sequencing data is available on request. Consent to publish Ethical approval and consent Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Westminster, London, UK Manal Mohammed Correspondence to Manal Mohammed. Additional file Additional file 1: Table S1. CRISPR and CRISPOL types of outbreak and non-outbreak associated DT8 strains of S. Typhimurium. Identical CRISPR and CRISPOL types were detected among outbreak and non-outbreak strains. Mohammed, M. Phage typing or CRISPR typing for epidemiological surveillance of Salmonella Typhimurium?. BMC Res Notes 10, 578 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2878-0 CRISPR typing Phage typing	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
After 5 or 6 visits to this years display it was finally quiet enough to photograph it. This years theme is a lot more traditional than in recent years. See the sidebar for links to previous years displays. Three short video clips of Fenwicks Christmas window display. I had to be there at 8 in the morning to be able to get anywhere near it as every other visit I made it was just too busy. The window always seems to kick off the christmas frenzy in Newcastle. Congratulations to you for posting these great photos and videos of Fenwick's wonderful Christmas Window this year. Further, a hearty "Thank You" to Fenwick's for returning to the real Christmas. Alternative stories can be fun, but...Hey!...It Is Christmas!! Many thanks for posting these photos and videos. Its my only way og seeing the fenwicks window , as I now live in New Zeakand . Thanks for the great photos, I love seeing them each year.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
I served my last day at the Bank last October 30, 2009 -- after exactly two years and two months of working for one of the country's largest private commercial banks. To the people who know what I've been through at the office, this is one of the happiest days of my life. I was in a state of bliss indeed. Why wouldn't I be, at least I'd be out of the rut where I (and my colleagues) seem to have been "stuck." Whew, at last I wouldn't have to put up with ridiculous (and mostly irrational) screaming fits anymore. Plus, my days of praying for miracles are over. That easy. Or is it? Well, honestly-speaking it's not. It's almost, how do you describe that, bittersweet? On one hand, you're happy and relieved. On the other, you suddenly feel saddened. The two weeks leading to my last day were the most "critical." Suddenly, the reality that you are already saying goodbye to your dearest friends is already sinking in. Admittedly, I am one of those persons who are almost in torment when muttering the word goodbye. What I didn't like the most was the fact that I'd get nostalgic almost every minute. Thoughts (happy, of course) randomly pop up in my head. Sometimes, I feel that a good cry (and maybe a nervous breakdown) is the only option. To better describe it, the feeling was so low that I entertained the thought of revoking my resignation. Though obviously I didn't do that. As the days passed, and my "big day" approached nearer, I began to feel a certain peace. Like acceptance, as illustrated in the Kubler-Ross model of grief, wherein you begin to, well, admit the fact that one phase of your life has ended and you are about to tread a new journey. There are uncertainties, for sure, wherever that destination may be. It might not even be as prospective or even as obliging as the previous territory but, similar to others who have been through near-trauma experiences, I just want to get out, move forward, and start anew. A leap of faith, so to speak. In any case, I'm just hopeful that this new voyage wouldn't be as turbulent. With renewed faith and optimism, I'm looking forward to counting better days as I live out each moment.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Letter of the Day: A better electoral method By dailybreeze \| dailybreeze@dfmdev.com \| PUBLISHED: July 26, 2011 at 12:00 a.m. \| UPDATED: September 6, 2017 at 8:08 a.m. A better electoral method The Daily Breeze conducted a reader poll on how California should award its electoral votes but neglected to include the congressional district method, in which the majority winner in each district would win one electoral vote for that district. The candidate who wins the majority of the popular vote statewide wins the two electoral votes representing the two senators. This option has the following advantages: 1. Every electoral vote would be in play. Each voter in the state would be better represented. Republican voters in the central and eastern parts of the state could contribute toward awarding their candidate some electoral votes. 2. Political candidates would be more inclined to campaign in California, which up to now has been all but guaranteed to the Democratic candidate for the past 20 years. 3. Voter turnout would increase, since more voters would feel that their vote actually counted. 4. In the event that there has to be a recount, tallying could focus on specific congressional districts in dispute as opposed to a burdensome canvassing of the entire state. – Arthur Christopher Schaper, Torrance dailybreeze	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
How Pipedrive saved 350 hours (and counting) on talent relocation Pipedrive went from having constant issues with local authorities to saving hundreds of hours on talent relocation. Relocation and Immigration Services https://www.pipedrive.com/ Founded in 2010, Pipedrive is a tool built by salespeople for salespeople to manage intricate or lengthy sales processes. The company today is 77th on the Forbes Cloud 100 list, covers more than 170 countries and 16 languages, and has 500+ employees across eight offices in six countries. That's a lot of numbers to squeeze into one sentence. The point is, they're everywhere. And they're hiring a lot—also from everywhere. Rocky beginnings When Pipedrive first started relocating people to their Estonian HQ in 2015, it wasn't exactly smooth sailing. "We were having difficulties understanding the legal system in Estonia," says Girli Moks, People Operations Team Lead at the Tallinn office. "And we had some problems when communicating with the Police and Border Guard Board. It happened really often that we wanted to relocate a candidate or a new employee to Estonia and we thought that maybe it would take a month or two, but actually it ended up taking three or four months." But there was no turning back. The floodgates were open. Because hiring internationally is inevitable for a company like Pipedrive. "Although we have a lot of great talent here, it's not really meeting the actual demand of our company," says Mirjam Laurisaar, Talent Acquisition Team Lead. "There aren't enough specialists on the local market." So the writing was on the wall—they needed a helping hand. Team Pipedrive had their hesitations about bringing on a relocation partner. They worried about whether Jobbatical had enough knowledge and people to get the job done fast. "We didn't know how long it would take for Jobbatical to get our new employees here," Girli remembers. "Will we need to chase them? But actually they ended up chasing us with different questions, so it was a really surprisingly good service." 70+ relocations later, they're glad they took a chance on Jobbatical. Because that translates roughly to 350 hours of work saved. Plus a lot of happy new hires. "From the moment that we know we want to move a candidate to Estonia for the final interview, they take it over from the recruiter and they start to compose all the documents and residence permits and visas," Girli describes their cooperation with Jobbatical. "In Estonia, they also help our relocated employees find family doctors and register their address." When boring is a good thing And just like that, Pipedrive went from constant communication issues with local authorities to being able to offer their hires the smoothest relocation experience around. You know you've got a good thing going when even the most potentially challenging relocation cases turn out… well, kind of boring, actually. For Girli, the most memorable case was a fresh hire from Indonesia. A lot of room for disastrous mishaps here, as there's no Estonian embassy in Indonesia. "So the employee had to go to the Chinese embassy to apply for a Chinese visa, then to China to apply for an Estonian visa," Girli recalls. "Then after that, he could come to Estonia. The process had to be very well thought through. And Jobbatical managed it very well, so everything went fine." The relocation case that stands out for Mirjam is also memorable mostly for how shockingly uneventful it was. Same old story: new hire moving from Iran. No Estonian embassy. Things could have gone spectacularly wrong… and then didn't. "I was just baffled by the fact that the whole process was so smooth," Mirjam says. "It went really fast, we didn't have any hurdles whatsoever. Also, it was the first Iranian person we've had here at Pipedrive, so it was a milestone for me and the company." Stop and celebrate the diversity Being able to take a moment to appreciate the milestones is one of the happy side effects of trusting experts with relocation paperwork. Instead of getting caught up in the red tape and putting out fires, you can afford to save your energy and excitement for the big-picture stuff. Pipedrive, for example, gets excited about the immense value of having an international team. "We strongly believe in diversity," Mirjam says. "Having people from different backgrounds, different cultural experiences enforces this very strong company culture that we have by bringing on diverse ideas." With around 45 nationalities represented, Pipedrive really is a true melting pot. And the benefits of that extend far beyond the bottom line of the business. "We get to learn from each other's cultures," Mirjam says. "We are growing as human beings. I truly believe that people from different backgrounds, when you bring them together into one room, into one team, something wonderful happens. Much better ideas are being brought to life." Girli couldn't agree more. "With hiring from abroad and having this very diverse culture at Pipedrive, I have understood that there is no way that is always the only correct way. You can do and see things from a different angle and it will still be the correct angle, even if it's not the same as your friend or coworker has." "We are super happy with Jobbatical, so definitely recommend to everyone. If I would have to put a number behind it, then definitely 10/10. We're very satisfied, we very much appreciate the support that you guys are giving us." — Mirjam Laurisaar, Talent Acquisition Team Lead More customer success stories How Typeform used Jobbatical to simplify their talent relocation process How Hellotickets found a holistic solution to talent relocation	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
Pakistan trio await spot-fixing verdict Published Saturday, February 05, 2011 Accused Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer were awaiting a sporting tribunal's ruling on spot-fixing allegations against them Saturday. The charges relate to alleged incidents during a Test match against England at Lord's last year, when Britain's News of the World tabloid claimed the players were willing to deliberately bowl no-balls. A three-man International Cricket Council (ICC) anti-corruption tribunal, which deferred a decision after a six-day hearing last month, began proceedings in Doha at 9.00 am local time (0600 GMT). The tribunal is headed by Michael Beloff QC, while the other two members are Albie Sachs of South Africa and Sharad Rao of Kenya. Aamer's lawyer Shahid Karim said that a set procedure would be followed. "We understand that written verdicts are given to the players and the ICC by the tribunal first. If they are found guilty the lawyers and players will debate on the possible sanctions," Karim told AFP. If found guilty the minimum punishment the tribunal can impose is a five-year ban, with a life bar the maximum. Separately the trio, along with British-based agent Mazhar Majeed, were charged by Crown Prosecution Services (CPS) in London on Friday. Karim said: "I am surprised and shocked by the CPS announcement. A day before the ICC tribunal verdict, the CPS announcement has changed the scenario in the case." All three players, who are currently suspended from international cricket, have repeatedly denied the allegations and have expressed confidence they will resume their careers.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
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Subject: Theories The Role of the Notch Signaling Pathway in Myogenesis Among other functions, the Notch signaling pathway forestalls the process of myogenesis in animals. The Notch signaling pathway is a pathway in animals by which two adjacent cells within an organism use a protein named Notch to mechanically interact with each other. Myogenesis is the formation of muscle that occurs throughout an animal's development, from embryo to the end of life. The cellular precursors of skeletal muscle originate in somites that form along the dorsal side of the organism. Subject: Theories, Processes Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak's Telomere and Telomerase Experiments (1982-1989) Experiments conducted by Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider, and Jack Szostak from 1982 to 1989 provided theories of how the ends of chromosomes, called telomeres, and the enzyme that repairs telomeres, called telomerase, worked. The experiments took place at the Sidney Farber Cancer Institute and at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, and at the University of California in Berkeley, California. For their research on telomeres and telomerase, Blackburn, Greider, and Szostak received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2009. "The Origin and Behavior of Mutable Loci in Maize" (1950), by Barbara McClintock The Origin and Behavior of Mutable Loci in Maize, by Barbara McClintock, was published in 1950 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. McClintock worked at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Laurel Hollow, New York, at the time of the publication, and describes her discovery of transposable elements in the genome of corn (Zea mays). Transposable elements, sometimes called transposons or jumping genes, are pieces of the chromosome capable of physically changing positions along the chromosome. Walter Stanborough Sutton (1877-1916) Walter Stanborough Sutton studied grasshoppers and connected the phenomena of meiosis, segregation, and independent assortment with the chromosomal theory of inheritance in the early twentieth century in the US. Sutton researched chromosomes, then called inheritance mechanisms. He confirmed a theory of Wilhelm Roux, who studied embryos in Breslau, Germany, in the late 1880s, who had argued that chromosomes and heredity were linked. Theodor Boveri, working in Munich, Germany, independently reached similar conclusions about heredity as Sutton. Julia Bell (1879-1979) Julia Bell worked in twentieth-century Britain, discovered Fragile X Syndrome, and helped find heritable elements of other developmental and genetic disorders. Bell also wrote much of the five volume Treasury of Human Inheritance, a collection about genetics and genetic disorders. Bell researched until late in life, authoring an original research article on the effects of the rubella virus of fetal development (Congenital Rubella Syndrome) at the age of 80. Howard Wilber Jones Jr. Howard Wilber Jones Jr. and his wife, Georgeanna Seegar Jones, developed a method of in vitro fertilization and helped create the first baby in the US using that method. Though the first in vitro baby was born in England in 1978, Jones and his wife's contribution allowed for the birth of Elizabeth Carr on 28 December 1981. Jones, a gynecologist and an obstetrician, researched human reproduction for most of his life. "A Genomic Regulatory Network for Development" (2002), by Eric H. Davidson, et al. In 2002 Eric Davidson and his research team published 'A Genomic Regulatory Network for Development' in Science. The authors present the first experimental verification and systemic description of a gene regulatory network. This publication represents the culmination of greater than thirty years of work on gene regulation that began in 1969 with 'A Gene Regulatory Network for Development: A Theory' by Roy Britten and Davidson. The modeling of a large number of interactions in a gene network had not been achieved before. Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Younger (1781-1833) Johann Friedrich Meckel studied abnormal animal and human anatomy in nineteenth century Germany in an attempt to explain embryological development. During Meckel's lifetime he catalogued embryonic malformations in multiple treatises. Meckel's focus on malformations led him to develop concepts like primary and secondary malformations, atavism, and recapitulation- all of which influenced the fields of medicine and embryology during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Hedgehog Signaling Pathway The hedgehog signaling pathway is a mechanism that directs the development of embryonic cells in animals, from invertebrates to vertebrates. The hedgehog signaling pathway is a system of genes and gene products, mostly proteins, that convert one kind of signal into another, called transduction. In 1980, Christiane Nusslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus, at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, identified several fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) genes. "The Cell-Theory" (1853), by Thomas Henry Huxley The Cell-Theory was written by Thomas Henry Huxley in Britain and published in 1853 by The British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review. The twenty-two page article reviews twelve works on cell theory, including those in Germany by Caspar Friedrich Wolff in the eighteenth century and by Karl Ernst von Baer in the nineteenth century. Huxley spends much of The Cell-Theory on a cell theory proposed in the late 1830s by Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in Germany. Studies in Spermatogenesis (1905), by Nettie Maria Stevens Studies in Spermatogenesis is a two volume book written by Nettie Maria Stevens, and published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington in 1905 and 1906. In the books Stevens explains the research she conducted on chromosomal sex determination in the sperm and egg cells of insect species while at Bryn Mawr College, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Studies in Spermatogenesis described early examples of chromosomal XY sex-determination. Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) In nineteenth century Great Britain, Thomas Henry Huxley proposed connections between the development of organisms and their evolutionary histories, critiqued previously held concepts of homology, and promoted Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Many called him Darwin's Bulldog. Huxley helped professionalize and redefine British science. He wrote about philosophy, religion, and social issues, and researched and theorized in many biological fields. Charles Robert Cantor (1942- ) Charles Robert Cantor helped sequence the human genome, and he developed methods to non-invasively determine the genes in human fetuses. Cantor worked in the US during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His early research focused on oligonucleotides, small molecules of DNA or RNA. That research enabled the development of a technique that Cantor subsequently used to describe nucleotide sequences of DNA, a process called sequencing, in humans. Cantor was the principal scientist for the Human Genome Project, for which scientists sequenced the entirety of the human genome in 2003. "Gene Regulation for Higher Cells: A Theory" (1969), by Roy J. Britten and Eric H. Davidson In 1969, Roy J. Britten and Eric H. Davidson published Gene Regulation for Higher Cells: A Theory, in Science. A Theory proposes a minimal model of gene regulation, in which various types of genes interact to control the differentiation of cells through differential gene expression. Britten worked at the Carnegie Institute of Washington in Washington, D.C., while Davidson worked at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Their paper was an early theoretical and mechanistic description of gene regulation in higher organisms. David Starr Jordan (1851-1931) David Starr Jordan studied fish and promoted eugenics in the US during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In his work, he embraced Charles Darwin s theory of evolution and described the importance of embryology in tracing phylogenic relationships. In 1891, he became the president of Stanford University in Stanford, California. Jordan condemned war and promoted conservationist causes for the California wilderness, and he advocated for the eugenic sterilization of thousands of Americans. Our Bodies, Ourselves (1973), by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective Our Bodies, Ourselves, a succession to a pamphlet of resources pulled from co-ops of women in and around Boston, Massachusetts was published in New York in 1973 by Simon and Schuster. Retitled from the original Women and Their Bodies, Our Bodies, Ourselves was an effort by a group of educated, middle class women to reinforce women's ownership of their bodies. There have been eight editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves, as well as sequels such as Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth and Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause. Subject: Outreach, Reproduction Whitner v. South Carolina (1997) In the case Whitner v. South Carolina in 1997, the South Carolina State Supreme Court defined the concept of a child to include viable fetuses. This allowed grounds for prosecution of a pregnant womanÕs prenatal activity if those activities endangered or could potentially endanger the fetus within her. The case brought the issue of fetal rights versus pregnant womenÕs rights to light. Osborne Overton Heard (1890-1983) Osborne O. Heard was a noted Carnegie embryological model maker for the Department of Embryology at The Carnegie Institute of Washington (CIW), Baltimore, Maryland. Heard was born in Frederick, Maryland, on 21 November 1890. His father died while Heard and his three brothers were quite young. Heard attended night school at the Maryland Institute of Art and Design where he studied sculpting and patternmaking. While working as a patternmaker for the Detrick and Harvey Machine Company, Heard made models of tools using a variety of materials such as wood, plastic, and plaster of Paris. Ross Granville Harrison (1870-1959) A pioneer in experimental embryology, Ross Granville Harrison made numerous discoveries that advanced biology. One of the most significant was his adaptation of the hanging drop method from bacteriology to carry out the first tissue culture. This method allowed for further studies in embryology as well as experimental improvements in oncology, virology, genetics, and a number of other fields. George W. Bush Executive Order 13455, June 2007 On 20 January 2001, Republican George W. Bush was sworn in as the forty-third president of the United States, replacing Democrat William J. Clinton. During his eight years in office, Bush issued many executive orders, often altering previous policy. By signing Order 13435 on 22 June 2007, he changed how stem cell research would be performed in America. Subject: Legal Dickey-Wicker Amendment, 1996 The Dickey-Wicker Amendment is an amendment attached to the appropriations bills for the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Education each year since 1996 restricting the use of federal funds for creating, destroying, or knowingly injuring human embryos. The Dickey-Wicker Amendment began as a rider (another name for an amendment) attached to House Resolution (H.R.) 2880. H.R. "Transplantation of Living Nuclei from Blastula Cells into Enucleated Frogs' Eggs" (1952), by Robert Briggs and Thomas J. King In 1952 Robert Briggs and Thomas J. King published their article, "Transplantation of Living Nuclei from Blastula Cells into Enucleated Frogs' Eggs," in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the culmination of a series of experiments conducted at the Institute for Cancer Research and Lankenau Hospital Research Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In this paper Briggs and King examined whether nuclei of embryonic cells are differentiated, and by doing so, were the first to conduct a successful nuclear transplantation with amphibian embryos. Endoderm Endoderm is one of the germ layers-- aggregates of cells that organize early during embryonic life and from which all organs and tissues develop. All animals, with the exception of sponges, form either two or three germ layers through a process known as gastrulation. During gastrulation, a ball of cells transforms into a two-layered embryo made of an inner layer of endoderm and an outer layer of ectoderm. In more complex organisms, like vertebrates, these two primary germ layers interact to give rise to a third germ layer, called mesoderm. Sex-determining Region Y in Mammals The Sex-determining Region Y (Sry in mammals but SRY in humans) is a gene found on Y chromosomes that leads to the development of male phenotypes, such as testes. The Sry gene, located on the short branch of the Y chromosome, initiates male embryonic development in the XY sex determination system. The Sry gene follows the central dogma of molecular biology; the DNA encoding the gene is transcribed into messenger RNA, which then produces a single Sry protein.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
CO-OP Picks Up Maryland's Biggest CU Maryland's largest credit union, the $1.6 billion State Employees Credit Union of Maryland has become the latest CU to join the CO-OP Network, according to CO-OP Financial Services, the CUSO which owns the network. By Staff Writer \| May 08, 2007 at 08:00 PM \| The original version of this story was published on Credit Union Times Magazine ONTARIO, Calif. — Maryland's largest credit union, the $1.6 billion State Employees Credit Union of Maryland has become the latest CU to join the CO-OP Network, according to CO-OP Financial Services, the CUSO which owns the network.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
Asheboro man flies planes without leaving the ground By Larry Penkava lpenkava@courier-tribune.com Twitter: @larrypenkavaCT ASHEBORO — Imagine you're flying in a single-engine turboprop from Charlotte to Tangier Island, Va. You're sitting in the captain's seat watching a myriad of dials, buttons and switches while clouds swirl around and the Piedmont terrain passes below. The plane is the ultramodern Carenado Daher Socota TBM 850, one of the smallest turboprops made, but highly engineered. Tim Garris has flown more than 1,000 passengers from Charlotte to Tangier Island, Va., in this plane and he hasn't charged any of them a dime. Although he is a licensed pilot with instrument ratings, Garris has found his passion in flying while remaining on the ground. He designs flight simulation videos for his own Youtube channel, FS MaNiA. An Asheboro designer/builder by day, Garris spends much of his free time creating simulated flights in various aircraft, from space-age corporate jets to low-tech propeller planes. His aim is to make the videos seem as real as actual flight. "I've been doing this since the first flight simulators came on a floppy drive," Garris said from his home office with a desk that looks suspiciously like a cockpit. "I got a copy and played with it." Early on in flight simulation, he said, Microsoft had a team working on the programs. "They gave a platform to build on. There was great visual representation, navigation aids and aircraft from small planes to (Boeing) 747s." When Microsoft realized their customer base was limited to a small niche community of enthusiasts, the company dropped flight simulation, Garris said. It took a handful of those passionate about flight simulation to pick up the slack. "A lot of very smart people have built on what Microsoft started," he said. "One company develops heavy aircraft, like the 747." Other people develop add-on systems such as weather conditions, realistic terrain and views of various airports, all of which "ups the experience." Garris said the flight simulation "community stepped in to support the platform. Others stepped in to work on new platforms. "You have to know a lot about computers to build a flight simulator," he said. "If you're willing to invest the time, the reward is the fruit of being able to fly any aircraft to any airport. You can buy a basic platform plus add-ons." Garris said a flight simulation platform is "so sophisticated it takes a thick manual, pretty much the same as with a real aircraft. They model all the systems." Regulars in the flight simulation community can post problems or helpful information concerning details in a simulated model, Garris said. His own Youtube channel receives dozens of comments from people who watch his videos. "Being a real-world pilot puts you to an elevated status, gives you more credibility," he said. "I use what I learned in my private pilot career." Garris said he took ground school at Guilford Technical Community College, then passed his instrument rating in 1996. "That's a big advantage," he said, "the kind of information needed for flight simulation." With his pilot's license, Garris continued to be checked out in larger planes to carry more people. That way he could split the cost among more passengers. He once flew to the Bahamas and split the cost four ways. Interestingly, Garris has given up real-world flying. "I always rented planes," he said. "The first was a Cessna 152 at the Asheboro airport. The last plane I flew was a Cessna 210 Centurion for over $100 an hour." One of those real-world flights was to Tangier Island, where he took some passengers to dine on soft crab sandwiches. The trip back home got kind of dicey when ice began forming on the windshield. He recalls that trip on his flight simulation video to Tangier. A typical video might be divided into three parts, with the first describing the selected aircraft and its capabilities. The second may include takeoff and much of the flight while the third segment culminates in the landing. Garris acts not only as an instructor but also as a tour guide, relating interesting facts about locations the video flies over. For instance, on the flight to Tangier, he flies over Asheboro and talks about how the regional airport was once known officially as Whiskey 44, despite the town's "dry" status. It's now called KHBI. From the video, you learn that Tangier Island is in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, is accessible only by plane, boat or "swimming," and has a population of some 700. Its economy is based on fishing and tourism. Garris established his Youtube channel in August of 2015 and soon had 2,000 subscribers. Duties in his business kept him from developing new videos for about a year, but after he went back, his viewers grew to about 4,000. Besides using add-on programs with his platforms, Garris adds on some of his own features. He said he took a year of photography at Randolph Community College and now "spend(s) more time establishing shots to put in a story format." More recently, he said, he has begun learning all he can about air traffic control to add to videos. He tapes real-world ATC voices to use with his flight simulations, which makes it seem like he's communicating with the ground. "There are different elements to add to the experience," Garris said. "A video is the culmination of all the parts coming together. It's entertainment and education, factual and realistic. "Someone who is passionate about aviation will hang on every part of it," he said. "Either you love it or you don't. The people really tuned in are passionate. "It's amazing how sophisticated it has become," he said. "It continues to develop with new platforms and add-on software." While flight simulation is a hobby for Garris, the hobby that began in real airplanes when he was 24 years old has continued "at a relatively affordable price. "I never lost the passion."	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
Offset filmed himself being detained by police at a Trump rally "What is you grabbing my wrist for? That's aggressive, bro" By Jennifer Savin Gabriel OlsenGetty Images Cardi B's husband and one third of rap group Migos, Offset, live streamed himself being detained by police at a Trump rally in Beverley Hills on Saturday. The footage, which was shared on Instagram Live, shows officers approaching Offset's car and asking him to stop the engine running – a request he declined, citing the fact that officers were holding guns as the reason why. Following that, police then reached inside the car window, unlocked the driver's side door and pulled the 'Ric Flair Drip (& Metro Boomin)' hitmaker from the vehicle. In the video, he can be heard saying, "You can't just open my door like that, it's illegal. I'm going to sue the sht outta y'all" and later, "What is you grabbing my fcking wrist for? [It's] aggressive, bro!" Although Offset was released after questioning from officers, Cardi B's cousin, Marcelo Almanzar, who was also travelling with him in the car, was arrested. It was later reported by The LA Times, that the Beverly Hills police department released a statement saying that officers conducted the stop after receiving a report that someone had pointed a gun from a vehicle near Santa Monica Boulevard and Beverly Drive at around 5pm. They add that Offset's license plate matched the one given by a witness. A post shared by OFFSET (@offsetyrn) The Beverly Hills PD tweeted that Almanzar was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and carrying a loaded firearm in public, and had a $35,000 bail to his name. Their statement says that Offset was not arrested and reports stating so are false. Offset's publicist also released a public comment on the incident, saying the rapper was detained following an attack by aggressive Trump supporters, adding that he was not the aggressor and that he complied despite having guns pointed at him by officers. The statement added: "Offset thanks his fans for their support and wishes everyone peace and safety during these trying times. He encourages everyone to get out and vote because nothing changes if nothing changes. "Offset's current focus is encouraging younger voters to get to the polls in order to keep incidents like this from continuously happening." Cardi B, who recently filed for divorce from Offset but has seemingly rekindled their relationship of late, also posted on social media about her experience of Trump rallies. On her Instagram Stories she shared a series of videos in which she could be seen driving through one and appeared on edge. "Nah, we gonna get jumped. I really feel like we gonna get jumped. Oh my God," she told her followers. "Trump supporters are everywhere, I'm scared, I don't like it with these big a*s trucks." Cosmopolitan UK's November issue is out now and you can SUBSCRIBE HERE. Like this article? Sign up to our newsletter to get more articles like this delivered straight to your inbox. Cardi B and Offset were kissing at her birthday Jennifer Savin Features Writer Jennifer Savin is Cosmopolitan UK's features writer (for both print and digital), specialising in investigative reports, news, women's issues and all things health. Thousands of domestic violence victims are being failed by police Prince Harry avoided being pictured with Trump Man who filmed himself raping his wife on her phone is jailed. Robert Pattinson Googles himself! Caitlin Moran's excellent book is being turned into a film Vegan girl calls police after friends trick her	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
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The Progress of Olefin Metathesis: Can It Handle Every Functional Group Now? 03 March, 2015 / by SK / in Blog In January 2015, Yves Chauvin, the French chemist who was the first to propose the reaction mechanism of olefin metathesis, passed away. For his contribution, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2005 with Robert Grubbs and Richard Schrock, who developed first well-defined catalysts. As you all know, olefin metathesis (or olefin cross-metathesis) is the reaction in which the double bonds of two different olefins can be swapped to produce a new pair of olefins. The advent of this extraordinary reaction was a major game-changer in organic synthesis, and it didn't take long until the reaction became one of the essential tools of synthetic chemists. Important modifications have been made to the original catalysts and substrate generality has improved considerably for E-selective olefin metathesis. For example, the ruthenium-based "second generation Grubbs-Hoveyda catalyst" is known as a particularly effective catalyst (shown in the figure below). On the other hand, however, Z-selective metathesis is fundamentally more challenging and the substrate scope has remained much more limited. In this context, a new example of Z-selective cross-metathesis using novel ruthenium catalysts was reported in the end of last year by the group of Amir Hoveyda of Boston College, who is one of the leaders in this field. "High-value alcohols and higher-oxidation-state compounds by catalytic Z-selective cross-metathesis" Koh, M. J.; Khan, R. K. M.; Torker, S.; Yu, M.; Mikus, M. S.; Hoveyda, A. H. Nature 2015, 517, 181. DOI:10.1038/nature14061 They were successful in obtaining olefins with high Z-selectivity for substrates containing alcohol and carboxylic acid groups, many of which had previously been either difficult or completely unviable. So what do the catalysts look like and how were they able to solve the long-standing problem? Let us take a look. Z-Selective Cross Metathesis Z-Selective cross metathesis had been very difficult as mentioned, but it was finally reported by the groups of Hoveyda and Schrock in 2011.[1] This chemistry was introduced on this website before so we'll only touch it briefly this time. As shown below, the reaction effectively produced Z-olefins from enol ethers and allylic amides by employing the molybdenum alkylidene complex. Reports of Z-selective cross-metathesis by several other groups followed it, but few of those systems were general enough to be compatible with substrates containing reactive functional groups of the likes of aldehyde and carboxylic acid. Towards solving this problem, the researchers had to reexamine the central metal atom of the catalyst. Development of the New Ruthenium Catalysts In general, molybdenum and tungsten catalysts are deactivated in the presence of unprotected oxygen-containing functional groups such as alcohol, aldehyde, and carboxylic acid. In contrast, ruthenium dichloride complexes are known to catalyze metathesis unaffected by these groups. The authors first looked at the two ruthenium complexes (Ru-2 and Ru-3a), which contain anionic ligands similar to the dichloride complexes. These complexes had been demonstrated to be effective catalysts for Z-selective homo-metathesis and ring-opening metathesis reactions.[2] Indeed, these catalysts worked for cross-metathesis of alcohol-containing substrates, and the authors ultimately found that Ru-3b, the derivative of Ru-3a, was the most active and selective. The improved catalytic activity of Ru-3b was attributed to the suppression of catalyst decomposition thanks to the introduction of chlorine atoms. For those of you who are interested in learning more about the details, we would recommend checking out the paper that explains it with DFT energy calculation. The newly developed catalyst was demonstrated to be effective not only for substrates containing alcohol, aldehyde, and carboxylic acid, but also for some sterically hindered substrates and diene substrates. The authors also applied it to the stereoselective synthesis of the substructure of natural products such as neopeltolide and leucascandrolide A. They went on to complete the total synthesis of (+)-neopeltolide.[3] In yet another application, the new catalytic system was successfully applied to the direct conversion of oleyl alcohol and oleic acid, both of which are abundant raw materials found in animal fats and vegetable oils, into high-value Z-alkene products. The system is different from previously known systems in that: 1) It does not require protecting group manipulation, and 2) The reaction proceeds at lower temperature, which leads to higher Z-selectivity. The high stereoselectivity also helps simplify otherwise-difficult separation of olefin isomers. Please check the paper for more detailed information. Well, what did you think? As said in the title, it may not be an exaggeration to say that olefin metathesis has now overcome nearly every functional group. With the expanding substrate scope, the reaction will continue to contribute to the development of organic synthesis. We are saddened by the loss of a great chemist who pioneered this field, but his legacy will always be remembered. Meek, S. J.; O'Brien, R. V.; Llaveria, J.; Schrock, R. R.; Hoveyda, A. H. Nature 2011, 471, 461. DOI:10.1038/nature09957 Khan, R. K. M.; Torker, S.; Hoveyda, A. H. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 10258. DOI: 10.1021/ja404208a Yu, M.; Schrock, R. R.; Hoveyda, A. H. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 215. DOI:10.1002/anie.201409120 Hoveyda Research Group: The group at Boston College that developed the present system. Functional group-tolerant olefin metathesis, ruthenium alkylidene catalyst, Z-selective cross metathesis Hexaarylbenzenes (HAB) can be prepared at will through programmed synthesis Fine-tuned Supramolecular Polymerization How glow sticks are made 20 August, 2014 / by Cobalt blue / in Blog Monowave300, a new Microwave Reactor 11 June, 2014 / by ayumslice / in Blog Open Access Journals: The Light and Dark Sides 29 December, 2013 / by no-lactose / in Blog Installing artificial nucleotide bases in DNA 09 April, 2014 / by ayumslice / in Blog Installing artificial nucleotide base pairs in DNA 2 The Divide Between Citizens and Scientists as Revealed by the STAP Cell Issue (Part 1 of 2) 05 May, 2014 / by no-lactose / in Blog The "poison gases" inside you 10 June, 2014 / by Cobalt blue / in Blog The Nobel Prize Medal in Chemistry 08 September, 2014 / by Cobalt blue / in Blog C–H β-Sulfornyloxylation of Alcohols 24 November, 2015 / by Orthogonene / in Blog Turn-on Phosphorescence by Metal Coordination to a Multivalent Terpyridine Ligand: A New Paradigm for Luminescent Sensors 19 September, 2014 / by Kakishi Uno / in Blog	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
These 'Stranger Things' Season 3 Spoilers Hint At A Much Darker Future For The Series By Meghan DeMaria Stranger Things' second season hit Netflix less than a year ago, but fans are still eager to know what's next for the show. While it doesn't have a release date yet, executive producer and director Shawn Levy and actor David Harbour did reveal a few clues about Stranger Things' third season in an interview with Deadline on Thursday, July 12. The series received 12 Emmy Award nominations, including a supporting actor nomination for Harbour. Fans should be warned that according to Levy, the third season is "definitely going to yet darker still." For a show that stars a group of children, Stranger Things is already pretty dark — no child should have to undergo, say, being lost in a parallel dimension. Fortunately, Levy also told Deadline that the third season has "so much heart and humor," which will hopefully balance out the scarier and/or sadder moments ahead. After all, fans have already been introduced to Dad Steve, and it wouldn't be fair not to include more heartwarming scenes with him now. Levy also told Deadline that Stranger Things has been shooting its third season for at least a few weeks now. They're evidently doing a great job of keeping the filming hidden from any onlookers in Georgia, considering the fact that nothing's been spoiled by savvy fans yet. (There are a few leaked set photos, but they don't reveal much, other than the fact that Harbour can totally pull off printed shirts.) Harbour also provided a clue about the upcoming season. While the first two Stranger Things seasons paid homage to Steven Spielberg and Stephen King, as Harbour pointed out, the actor hinted that there will be new '80s inspiration for the third season. He told Deadline, "I would go look at the great films that were released in '85, of which there were many, and just go down that list and think of the possibilities that we could be going with. I think it is a specific season to 1985, and so you'll see references to that." Harbour didn't say which 1985 movies Stranger Things might be inspired by, but there are a lot of possibilities. If the show is taking inspiration from movies that aren't horror films or thrillers, there are plenty of movies released in '85 that might have the "heart and humor" Levy mentioned. Back to the Future, The Breakfast Club, The Goonies, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, St. Elmo's Fire, and Teen Wolf were all released that year. There's also Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. And fans will remember that the first episode of season 2 was titled "Madmax," as it was when Sadie Sink's character was introduced in the show. There's another small spoiler that fans know about Stranger Things season 3, too. Noah Schnapp revealed that the Byers' family dog, Chester, passed away. That's not the biggest spoiler, but at this point, fans will take what they can get. Stranger Things' Season 2 finale left plenty of things unanswered. The Mind Flayer is still out there, looming over the kids. And Dr. Brenner, AKA Papa, might not be dead. Eleven is safe — and adopted — but that doesn't mean the trouble in Hawkins is over. Plus, the show could still introduce fans to some of Eleven's other "siblings," who were also victims of the experiments she went through. Fans might not have seen the last of Dart. And there are still plenty of unanswered questions about Eleven's biological mom. There are any number of things that could happen in Stranger Things' next season, and it's reassuring to hear that there will be at least some humor amid all of the darkness. Until there's more information about the new season, fans will likely be happy to cheer on Stranger Things at the Emmy Awards.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
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'Letterman,' 'Ferguson' employees to be paid 4:00 AM PST 11/15/2007 by Paul J. Gough , AP STRIKE ZONE: LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES NEW YORK -- Strike or not, employees of "The Late Show with David Letterman" and the "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" will be paid through the end of the year. The programs' production company, Worldwide Pants Inc., notified its employees in New York and Los Angeles on Tuesday that they would be paid regardless of whether the show returned or not. It would make Worldwide Pants, which is owned by "Late Show" host David Letterman, the first known company to guarantee its staff a paycheck during the writers' strike. The move was made to assure employees who were concerned about making ends meet, as thousands of other employees on other shows that are being idled as the strike continues. It comes at a time when other shows, like NBC's "The Tonight Show," have told their employees to expect to be idled as the strike continues through its second week. There were rumors, since denied, that "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart had initially guaranteed a paycheck to the writers. Unlike NBC, which owns "The Tonight Show," CBS does not own the "Late Show" or "The Late Late Show." The network pays a license fee to the production company, which it has stopped due to the strike and the fact that there are no new shows. It doesn't mean, however, that there will be no work on "The Late Show." Decisions are being made week-to-week on whether the show will return to the air in some form. The news about "The Late Show" was initially broken by the blog DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com. Paul J. Gough	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
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In An Era of Republican Bad Faith, The Left Must Respond In Kind By Jason Rhode \| January 11, 2019 \| 10:35am Photo by Rick Loomis/Getty Politics Features Civility Here's good truth: bad faith is real. In a normal world, it saves time to assume your opponent is operating in good faith. But American politics is a far cry from rational. Join me on a trip down memory lane. In the '70s, the conservative movement hacked the reigning liberal orthodoxies. The mandarins of the right understood how liberal culture worked. In particular, they identified three weak spots of liberalism, and two had to do with fear. One, liberals feared being identified with leftism. Two, liberals feared populism. And three—most importantly—liberals based their right to rule on being reasonable and open-minded, whatever those words are supposed to mean. The first two weak spots explained how to scare liberals. But the third spot worked best of all. It showed the conservatives how to make liberals love them, or at least tolerate them. The Far Right learned to dress up their policies according to the polite fictions of media, academia, and think tanks. They learned to mutter "just asking questions" before proposing to measure skull shapes. They fooled liberals once, and have not stopped fooling them since. As a result, any right-wing hack without obvious marks of bodily disease can pass serious muster in Washington. the persistence of grovr norquist in the discourse underscores that we've had decades to figure out how to cover people whose fundamental stance is to make claims in bad faith and haven't figured out how to just, like, not take what they say at face value — Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) January 6, 2019 And until recently, none of the Important People had figured this out. But times are changing. I think a big reason why @AOC is so much better at politics than so many older, more experienced Dems is that she's never known a world where Republicans aren't cartoonish villains who reliably act in bad faith. So she treats them as what they are. — Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) January 6, 2019 The ease at which Alexandria Ocasio Cortez basic answers fluster reporters and dictates the terms of the public discourse on policies should show you just how little the Democrats have tried over the past 4 decades. — Chad Vigorous (@PrettyBadLefty) January 7, 2019 The user goes on to say—and AOC would agree—that Ocasio-Cortez isn't some kind of singular political genius. She's nothing more than an elected official with the ability to describe objective reality. The Right and the media and the pundits treat AOC as if she was turning air into rat poison. How debased our politics have become. You open your mouth and utter clear, factual, declarative statements in a calm voice, and all of a sudden you're a dark wizard. What AOC and Rashida Tlaib are doing is basic. They're not blindly assuming good faith where good faith is unwarranted. That's their killer app. See, what passes for "good faith" these days is nothing but reciprocal class courtesy among the urban professionals. Everybody under fifty understands this. Most young Americans can recognize bad faith. We see it all around us. That's why the clash between generations—between complacency and truth, between the real story and the official narrative—has been striking to watch. Did you watch AOC's interview? Where in the seventeen hells of Henry Kissinger does Anderson Cooper get off asking if Trump is racist? Jesus, man, does the sky hold water? AOC's simple statement traumatized Cooper. You could see the light of the Hamptons waning in his eyes. Look, we can discuss philosophic and legal terms for what "good faith" means. But let's throw out the gumbo and drill down. In essence, acting in "good faith" means this: you play a game with the understanding that everyone else is playing the contest fairly. When you argue in good faith, you assume the other party is actually interested in debate, not tricking you. However, when it is obvious that the other team is cheating, when they playing with demonstrable malice, then you are not required to play in good faith. In fact, it is important for an ethical person to immediately call out bad faith. But this is what the Establishment refuses to do. How gullible is the Establishment? Quite. They will do the Right's work for them. Just so the Heritage Foundation will think well of them. It's why Washington Post editors and reporters like Sal Rizzo and Glenn Kessler keep trying to "well, actually" Ocasio-Cortez. In comparison, they regularly let Trump get away with semantic murder. It doesn't matter that Ocasio-Cortez quoted a simplification, and that the Administration spreads racist mythology every day. The Post pretends they're the same thing. AOC and Tlaib aren't even in the same galaxy as Trump. It's not comparing apples to oranges; it's like claiming an apple is cancer. That doesn't matter to the Post. The Kessler-Rizzo style of good faith means being a handmaiden to power. You see, the higher up you go, the more good faith you get. That's the way the Establishment works. So very. The television networks made Trump President. Since that time, they've spent time propping up his regime, giving his fantasies airtime, and refusing to call him out on his most obvious falsehoods. Despite assurances that they are on our side, the news still treats the office of President as if it were occupied by an important person, a peer of Washington, of Lincoln. As if Trump were a Very Serious President on a Very Serious Earth. On the basis of good faith, they granted the world's most famous liar a chunk of primetime television. Let's review the facts. We know Trump lies. Trump knows he lies. The Establishment knows he lies. But they still gave him a free pass. That's right, true believers. The Orangeman spent half his term slamming the networks stern to bow. In response, the broadcasters handed their precious screens to a known fabulist. In service of what? A good faith that the President has never practiced, nor pretended to practice. No wonder Trump voters in the suburban fortresses around America's Cheesecake Factories worship him. He makes his haters into his servants. It is obvious, and has been obvious for decades that the far right is, in the words of the tweet above, "cartoonishly evil." They live to practice bad faith. So: if it is obvious that one side is not acting or speaking in good faith, why would anyone with power act as if they were? The bipartisan marriage broke up decades ago, but the press is still denying there was a divorce. Why do the institutions of the American Establishment, particularly the media, act as if Trump was respectable, and that his party is sane? Why do they consider fantasies like The Wall and Climate Change Denial worthy of coverage? After all, the Establishment doesn't give time to the Flat Earth Society, but there's always column space for weather truthers. Isn't that funny? Most journalists live in bone-deep terror of being called out as leftists, But if verifiable facts happen to jive with progressive ideas, then why be afraid to publish them? Why should the press worry about being called liberals? Isn't it the media's job to publish the truth? Well: the Establishment is centrist. Centrists cling to institutions. The media (and approved opinion) are such institutions. And the American media's self-appointed job is not to speak truth, to find truth, or come near the truth. Rather, it is to be an "honest" broker between powers. The reason climate denialists have column space in the Times is because there are very, very powerful people backing them. Now, if the Flat Earthers get picked up by the right number of billionaires, then I guarantee you the Times will discover that there's been an interesting story there all the while. That is the good faith the media practices. We will be a decent mediator between incredibly wealthy people. You can count on us, sir. It's the good faith of a Harvard divorce lawyer, not a brave reporter. Good faith in politics only makes sense in a society where everyone agrees on human dignity. We do not live in that world. Practicing good faith in a time of bad faith debases the coinage of legitimacy. In other words, it renders democratic government a sham. It makes the citizens feel, correctly, that their representatives do not represent them, do not share their passions. Civility is useless when the civic itself is in jeopardy. If the opposite number stops being cartoonishly evil—if they stop supporting the President who believes in imaginary walls—then we can talk. Politics is not a market for miracles, and we are far from a state of grace. Let's see works first. Good faith follows. the democrats More from Civility Defending "Civility" in the Face of Injustice Is How You Got Trump, ConservativesBy Jacob WeindlingJune 25, 2018 \| 1:10pm Trump, Technology and the Death of HumanityBy Thor BensonApril 5, 2017 \| 2:15pm Also in Politics The 2022 Midterms Have Finally Split QAnon Away from the GOP, as a Far-Right Civil War Ignites By Jim Vorel November 10, 2022 \| 4:53pm 20 Years Ago, Starship Troopers Showed Us What Happens When Fascism Wins By Kenneth Lowe November 7, 2022 \| 12:51pm Reminder: QAnon Loves Putin, And Believers Continue to Pray for Violence in the U.S. By Jim Vorel March 9, 2022 \| 11:41am Dispatches From Q-Land #6: How QAnon Spent Thanksgiving Igniting a Civil War With Itself By Jim Vorel November 29, 2021 \| 3:53pm The Atlanta Braves Won the World Series, Making This the Perfect Time to Change Their Name By Garrett Martin November 10, 2021 \| 5:30pm At Least 7 Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Mask Conservative Activists Have Died of COVID-19 in Recent Weeks By Jim Vorel September 16, 2021 \| 12:35pm Jack White Condemns Elon Musk for Twitter Decisions By Rosa Sofia Kaminski November 21, 2022 Phoebe Bridgers Opens up About Abortion, Advocates for Access After Supreme Court Leak By Scott Russell May 3, 2022 Desus and Mero Grill Stacey Abrams on Outkast, Buffy vs. Battlestar, and More By Garrett Martin February 4, 2021 Twitch Permanently Bans Donald Trump By Moises Taveras January 21, 2021 Watch Lady Gaga, J. 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The Himalayan Times > Kathmandu > Melamchi project to conduct test run of water treatment plant from next month Melamchi project to conduct test run of water treatment plant from next month Published: June 12, 2017 3:17 am On: Kathmandu Kathmandu, June 11 The Melamchi Water Supply Development Project is preparing to conduct test run of the Sundarijal-based treatment plant starting next month. The treatment plant's construction is nearing completion. Deputy Executive Director at Melamchi Water Supply Development Board Ramakant Duwadi said the board had instructed contractors to conduct a test run of the treatment plant and water supply systems. "Contractors have begun procurement of pipes to supply water from the Bagmati River to the treatment plant in Sundarijal. They have also begun construction of a small intake dam on the Bagmati River after seeking permission from the Shivapuri Nagarjuna National Park ," Duwadi told The Himalayan Times, adding that they had to seek permission as the intake lies in the buffer zone area of SNNP. Duwadi informed that the test run of the treatment plant would be conducted after water level in the Bagmati River rises. "First a test run of the treatment plant would be conducted. Then, treated water will supplied through the bulk distribution system from July," he said. Sundarijal-based plant has the capacity of treating 85 million litres of water per day. Two Indian Companies VA Tech Wabag Ltd and Pratibha Industries Ltd are working to conduct test run of the water treatment plant. PIL is the contractor for Sundarijal-based plant whereas VA Tech Wabag Ltd is the contractor for expansion of the Guheshwori-based treatment plant. Meanwhile, MWSDB said the speed of tunnel construction was yet to speed up due to weak rocks and slow excavation. Recent progress report obtained from MWSDB has shown that of total 27,584.5 metre tunnel, only 24,512.6 metre had been excavated so far. The government had earlier provided additional support after the contractor said they were unlikely to complete tunnel excavation on time without using new technology. On demand of the contractor, the government had provided an additional USD 3 million for tunnel excavation. With the third deadline fast approaching, MWSDB is struggling to complete its task on time by using the most effective technology. The third deadline for completion of the project is expiring on October 2017. However, given the pace of work, the project is likely to miss this deadline too. Started in 21 December 2000, the Melamchi Water Supply Project is a project assisted by the Asian Development Bank which aims to reduce the problems of drinking water scarcity in the Valley. The Melamchi Project envisages supplying 510,000,000 litres of water per day to the Valley from the Melamchi, Yangri, and Larke rivers of Sindhupalchowk District. In phase one, the project will supply 170,000,000 litres of water per day to the Valley. A version of this article appears in print on June 12, 2017 of The Himalayan Times.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
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Five Things: Raiders v Dragons Wed 10 Jul 2019, 09:37 AM The Canberra Raiders will be looking to get back to winning ways when they take on the St George Illawarra Dragons on Sunday at WIN Stadium. Here are five things to look out for: The Full 80 minutes The Raiders will be looking for another fast start this week against the Dragons but will be hoping to maintain the pressure throughout the game. Last week, Canberra had a strong first 30 minutes against the Parramatta Eels, scoring three early tries. But the momentum switched after the Eels scored two quick tries in the last five minutes of the half. Parramatta ultimately went on to score another two tries in the second half to take out the win. Time to change history The Raiders have had a tough time in recent years when they face the Dragons, only winning one out of the last six. Before this, however, the Green Machine had won nine in a row against the Dragons, scoring at least 20 points in eight out of the nine games. Canberra will be looking to break the Dragons streak and hope to start their own streak on Sunday night. Croker Milestone All eyes will be on Jarrod Croker once again, with the co-captain still one try away from being the all-time leading try scorer for the club. Jarrod is currently tied with long-time Raiders great Jason Croker on 120 tries, Jarrod is also currently coming second in scoring in the NRL this season with 128 points. The Raiders centre has also impressed when it comes to facing off against the Dragons, scoring seven tries in 13 appearances. The One Percenters Canberra this season has become the kings of dummy half runs, posting 250 runs this season. This is 47 more runs than the second-best South Sydney Rabbitohs who sit on 203. The Raiders have also impressed when it comes to the kicking game. Ricky Stuart's side is placed first in the NRL for both total kicks (333) and 40/20 kicks (3). Both stats help the Raiders gain crucial metres out of the back half of the field, leading to strong attacking positions. Post Origin Performances Canberra currently sits fourth on the ladder and wins in the final half of the season will help the Raiders secure a top-four spot. The Raiders will be looking to get essential wins in the next four weeks when they face the Dragons, West Tigers, Penrith Panthers and the New Zealand Warriors, all teams sitting outside the eight. With Origin ending this week, the Green Machine will be looking to make a strong push towards the finals. Vote now: Moment of the month Presented By Powerade Mon 15 Jul, 2019 NRL Late Mail: Raiders v Dragons Presented By Specsavers Sun 14 Jul, 2019 Horsburgh delight at new deal Fri 12 Jul, 2019 The Opposition: St George Illawarra Dragons Tue 09 Jul, 2019	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
Nilaya Productions / About Us An independent production company headed by Patricia Boutinard Rouelle, Nilaya has been active since 2011. Our films are marked by a desire to explore in depth the issues at the heart of our societies and history – to give original writing its place and trust in the public's intelligence. From archive-based documentaries to docu-fictions, from works of history to immersive films and investigations, Nilaya Productions primes diversity and liveliness. Realscreen Magazine rated Nilaya one of the 100 most influential producers. Our films are broadcast on all French channels, but also internationally (Curiosity Stream, NAT GEO, YLE, DR, RTS, SVT, ZDF, SVT, RTBF, ARTV, NHK, CCTV9 …). Our notable productions include: Gabriel Le Bomin's "The Algerian War, the Fracture"; Caroline Fourest's "Marine Le Pen"; "Das Reich, Hitler's death squads" by Michael Prazan; "Middle Classes, a Life on the Wire" by Frédéric Brunnquell; "First Man"by Frédéric Fougea and Jérome Guiot; and "France between the two wars" by Romain Icard. "Simone Veil" by Hugues Nancy was selected at the Prix Europa and received France Télévisions's highest impact score for 2018. We are currently producing documentaries for Arte and France Télévisions on particularly complex subjects, often ones in echo with the news: "We, Muslims in France" by Romain Icard; "Globesity" by Sylvie Gilman and Thierry de Lestrade; "MBS, the Prince" by Antoine Vitkine; and Laurent Follea's "Frogies, What Will We Become?". We also explore "heritage" topics, mixing history and biographical portraits, such as "In the Shadow of Hitchcock" by Laurent Herbiet. Finally, we continue our daring exploration of ancient history with a 2×52' series on the French Revolution by Hugues Nancy and Jacques Malaterre for the prime time on France 2. After the sucess of "France between the two wars", we are developping the next episodes of our series on France during the 20th century. For the past two years, we have been turning towards fiction for television and cinema. In 2018, we produced Amos Gitaï's film, "West of the Jourdain River," which was for the Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight. And in 2019, we are developing fiction for television, including a TV movie for the series "Murder in…" for France 3. Patricia Boutinard Rouelle, producer, spent 16 years as head of documentaries at France Televisions. Patricia Boutinard Rouelle spent the previous 16 years in charge of the different documentary units at France Televisions Group. During that time, she initiated a great number of documentary slots still on the air and developed a policy of prime-time events on France2 and France3 such as the celebrated blue-chip series on prime-time Apocalypse, sold internationally, the very successful prime time programs Rendez vous en terre inconnue acclaimed as the French favourite show and the weekly documentary slot Infrarouge. She coproduced many series with BBC such as Walking with Dinosaurs and one- shots like D-Day. She initiated the renowned international trilogy on prehistory: L'Odyssée de l'Espèce, Homo Sapiens and The Rise of Man, on France3. In April 2011, she created her new production company, Nilaya Productions. Mathieu Cabanes Marianne Jestaz Anne-Claire Di Gioia Mohammed Faci 106 bd du Général Koenig © Nilaya Productions – Tous droits réservés – Site web : Franck Lebègue	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
Business & Lifestyle Meet Kayla Santosuosso, Justin Brannan's New Deputy Chief Of Staff BY: Zainab Iqbal Kayla Santosuosso does not eat pizza with a fork. Want a slice to eat while walking? Go to Elegante. Want to sit and eat some pizza? Find a table at Lombardo's. Who was once a little girl sitting in her father's pizza restaurant in Ohio, is now an organizer and activist fighting for change in Bay Ridge. She's also Council Member Justin Brannan's new deputy chief of staff. Santosuosso (pronounced San-toh-soo-WOH-so) grew up in a small town in Ohio called Medina. During her childhood, it was mainly a farm town but has now converted into the suburbs. Santosuosso described it as a "mostly white, maybe socio-economically diverse, but not racially diverse at all, town in Northeastern, Ohio." SOURCE: https://bklyner.com/ TAG : Brooklyn New York Lifestyle Italian auto supplier Brembo to build new U.... Italian brakes maker Brembo will build a new foundry in Michigan to expand its manufacturi... Italian Master Drawings From The Morgan (Onl... The Morgan Library & Museum's collection of Italian old master drawings is one of the... Italian Women Trailblazers - Young Professio... April 16, thursday - 6,30 EDTAzure - New York, NY - 333 E 91st St, New York 10128Tick...	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
So I've been trying to keep my development skills somewhat sharp by working on coding up certain data structures in C#. Course I'd rather do this with F# or even some more interesting FP language (Elm anyone?) but I do have a need to be able to show this code to student developers and the students I get know C#. 1.) I found it hard to find an abstract discussion of these CRDT data structures. This article on Wikipedia is fine but there's some math notation there that I find a bit tough to read. I suppose I need to do a bit more digging. 2.) It's a bit of an impedance mismatch to try to build a read-only data structure in an imperative language. OO especially doesn't really seem to fit the idea of returning new data (as opposed to mutating in place) as well as it might. Still we soldier on as best we can. Without any further ado here's my code. I would greatly appreciate any comments that folks with a deeper knowledge of CRDT data structures may care to share.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
The other day we got wifi set up at my current location and it was just in time for an interview with an online English company called DaDa ABC. All you need to travel the world these days (besides a passport) is online employment and there's always work in language teaching, especially if you're a native English speaker. That's exactly what I'll be covering today: the best online teaching opportunities! Over the past few months I've been looking into and applying at various online English teaching companies to get an idea of what's worth it and what's not and see if I can't garner a decent income from part-time teaching that will give me time and money to travel and do other things I love–things like writing, sports, music, and art. In total, I will be covering nine different companies on a variety of platforms, from online to mobile, with everything from self-managed to fixed-schedule work. I will give my evaluation of each company, along with a brief overview of the application process and time investment. Rates: You should be able to make at least $15 per hour. Schedule: Their peak hours are from 6-9pm (Beijing time), with additional hours on the weekend. Pro: They offer fairly good pay and good hours (although DaDaABC has similar hours and better pay). A big plus though: you don't strictly have to be a native English speaker and it's especially great for Filipino teachers. Con: 51Talk is probably the largest English teaching company in China and as such, they receive a lot of applicants–especially during the summer holidays. For this reason, recruiters are a little tougher on their candidates and even if you're a good teacher, you won't get the job without a bachelor's degree. Conclusion: Though I ended up pursuing other opportunities, 51Talk still strikes me as a solid option for an online teaching job and friends who work for the company seem quite positive about it. Apply: If you live in the Philippines, click here. Pros: Everything sounds great when you begin the application process, but as soon as you realize how little you're going to get paid none of it is worth it anymore. Cons: you are expected to create your own material and essentially manage your own classes with access to a few poorly organized folders of mostly unhelpful teaching resources. For the amount of work you would have to do to manage, prepare, and teach classes, the pay Antoree offers is way too low. Conclusion: Unless you're really desperate, don't bother! Pros: Skype lessons can be taught from anywhere; similarly to Antoree, Best Teacher sounds like a great platform for online English teachers; however, as soon as they tell you the rates you'll wish you hadn't wasted all that time applying. Con: In order to apply, you provide some basic information and take a test. The test is quite tricky to pass because it's so riddled with errors that it's nearly impossible to figure out which answer they intended to be correct. This, in itself, should be a sure sign that this is not the best company for teachers. Conclusion: Don't waste your time! DaDa ABC – Worth it! Schedule: Class hours are 18:00-21:10 every day plus 10:04-12:10 and 14:00-16:06 on Saturday and Sunday; to get a contract you must commit to at least 2 fixed hours for two days a week (4 hours total) and you are asked to keep a regular schedule. Pros: DaDaACB offers competitive rates and an easy-to-use platform with decent materials; once you set your fixed hours you will still get paid at least half your hourly rate even if you don't have any scheduled classes. You can also book extra hours but during those times you'll only be paid for actual classes and not for standby time. Apply: To get more information or apply right away, click here. Rates: regular 45-minutes classes have a fixed rate of $6, with an additional dollar or two per positive rating from each student. Classes can have between one and six students. However, many don't rate the lesson. I was told I could expect up to $18-23 per hour, but because only one or two students attended per class and less than half of them rated the lesson, I ended up averaging only $6-7. Schedule: You can select any hours you are available to teach on a weekly or even daily basis; you're typically guaranteed to get classes scheduled during peak hours in the morning, evening, and on weekends (Beijing time). Pros: You can easily fill up your schedule if you're willing to work peak hours. You can set your schedule day by day and you don't have to commit to any fixed hours. Cons: Unfortunately, the pay is frustratingly low. It also takes a bit of time to get set up on the platform. For starters, you have to schedule a 2-hour training session that is unpaid. Additionally, this is not a great option for travelers as you are required to be hard-lined and wear a headset and dress shirt in front of a clean white background for every class. Finally, their platform is not great and there is always an audio lag which slows down the class. Conclusion: Perhaps, if you were willing to stick it out with iTutor and put in the hours of low-paying classes and unpaid training, you might eventually qualify for higher-paying classes. After a month or two of teaching here and there, however, I decided it was not worth my time anymore. Did I mention that if you earn less than $500 a month they deduct a $35 banking fee from your payment? That's basically five hours of work! The Online Teacher – Worth it! Rates: They will work with you; for example, if you're willing to work for $15-25 per hour, they will only offer contracts with hourly rates in that range. Schedule: You will set your hours and they will commit to filling your schedule over time. Cons: You may need to be patient. You will also be charged a one-time fee of $25 per offer, which you will be expected to pay upon successfully receiving an offer. In my case, I got my first offer but I ended up not getting the job and I still had to pay this fee. However, since I didn't get the first job I was not charged for my second offer. Conclusion: The Online Teacher is a service to help teachers get a full schedule and stable income from online English teaching. Once you set up a profile, they will connect you will companies that are looking for teachers. All you have to do is select the hours you would like to work and wait for offers from companies interested in you as a teacher. You will have to be patient though. It took nearly two months for me to get my second offer, but it was worth it! Apply: Send me a message and I will refer you! Pros: Tandem is an app, so all you need to teach is your smartphone. If you're already into language exchange, this may be a good opportunity to earn a little here and there. Cons: Most people join Tandem for free language exchange and not many are willing to pay for classes, so you're not likely to get too many classes. Conclusion: I became a tutor on Tandem, set some available times, and chose to give a few free demo classes. However, none of the potential students who booked trial classes ended up enrolling in lessons. Again, most of them were using the platform for free language exchange and simply took advantage of the free trial option. For now, I have stopped using Tandem as I already have a schedule to manage with a few other companies that are more worthwhile. Apply: download the app, sign up, and apply to be a tutor. Pros: It's very easy to get set up on Vebling. You can set your own rates and schedule, create your own lessons, manage your own students, and be your own boss.Cons: 15% cut; filling up your schedule is tough; many prospective students and messages and some book free trials, but a much smaller percentage invest in purchasing regular classes. For example, I currently have 17 students but only one has purchased regular classes. At least five booked a trial class but never showed up. Cons: 15% cut; filling up your schedule is tough; many prospective students and messages and some book free trials, but a much smaller percentage invest in purchasing regular classes. For example, I currently have 17 students but only one has purchased regular classes. At least five booked a trial class but never showed up.Conclusion: You will get a lot of messages, including spam and invitations from recruiters for other teaching companies. In fact, I got invited to The Online Teacher (see below) through Verbling. If nothing else, Verbling is a great place to set up your teaching profile and introduce yourself to the language-learning world. Of all the platforms I have tried, it is the easiest and most straightforward to set up and use. Conclusion: You will get a lot of messages, including spam and invitations from recruiters for other teaching companies. In fact, I got invited to The Online Teacher (see below) through Verbling. If nothing else, Verbling is a great place to set up your teaching profile and introduce yourself to the language-learning world. Of all the platforms I have tried, it is the easiest and most straightforward to set up and use. Additionally, you can market yourself by creating and selling packages or five or ten lessons, you can post articles on their blog, and there are some other ways to attract students to book lessons with you. Pros: You can teach the 15 or 25-minute classes from anywhere by sending audio and text messages back and forth. All you need is a smartphone with wifi or mobile data. Furthermore, when you become a Yoli teacher you are invited into a wonderful community of teachers, travelers, and all sorts of interesting people who will become your support group! Cons: You won't typically get more than a few classes a day so don't count on Yoli for a full or even part-time income. You'll also have to grab classes on the spot before someone else gets them. Conclusion: Although you have to go through quite a process to apply at Yoli, I would actually consider that a pro. They do a great job preparing you to teach and if you're interested in improving your overall skills as a language teacher you will be sure to learn a thing or two from their method. Moreover, the recruiters and support staff are friendly and helpful. Apply: Sign up here and give them my name–Florence Alcasas. Requirements to teach differ from company to company, but if you are good at teaching and you have at least some experience of note, and you're a native speaker you stand a good chance. It helps if you have a college degree; in some cases a Bachelor's degree but often an Associate's will do. You don't necessarily need to have a TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language) certificate; in fact, some of the companies listed below will help you get one once you start working for them. On the other hand, if you're not a native speaker, you can get still get great offers with a degree in teaching and a TESOL certificate. On a final note, you don't only have to teach English! On some platforms, such as Verbling and Tandem, you can teach any language and on Yolichat you can also teach Mandarin. Go ahead and send me a message if you want more information on any of these teaching opportunities and I will gladly help you out. Hi, Chris! From what I gather, iTalki is similar to Verbling but an older platform. It also doesn't have a built in classroom: it simply helps you connect with students but you would arrange classes yourself on another platform such as Skype. Some teachers like iTalki but I prefer Verbling because you can manage everything in one place (schedule, classroom, materials, progress reports) and they do a lot of marketing to get new students. Hi Flo, thanks for the info. I've heard of Verbling…I've check it out. Are you aware of any conditions with iTalki and/or Verbling whereby you can only use one of them exclusively? I don't use iTalki so I can't say for sure but there's no exclusivity with Verbling that I know of. There is a condition that you can't take students you've connected with on the platform and start having private classes with them.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Rudolf Steiner called his philosophy "Anthroposophy". 1. The exact the scientific method of research into the supersensible world founded by Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925). 2. The results of this research. These are also known as "Spiritual Science" and are the necessary complement to Natural Science. They are the science of the supersensible constitution of man, of the spiritual beings in the nature and the cosmos, and they are also the extension of historical and other sciences, e.g., a scientific answer to the question: who was and is the Christ? 3. The application of the results gained through spiritual science in the practical life of the individual or of the community, for example, in education, medicine, curative education, pharmacy, agriculture, sociology, as well as the diverse branches of the arts. Otto Fränkel-Lundbourg. What is Anthroposophy? Trans: Joseph Wetzl. St. George Publications: Spring Valley NY, 1979. Page 9. Anthroposophy... cannot find its way through the world by ordinary agitation or propaganda, no matter how well meant. Agitation kills true Anthroposophy. Anthroposophy must come forward because the Spirit impels it to come forward. It must show forth its life because life cannot but reveal itself in existence. But it must never force its existence upon people. Waiting always for those to come who want it, it must be far removed from all constraint even the constraint of persuasion. Rudolf Steiner. The Life, Nature and Cultivation of Anthroposophy. Rudolf Steiner Press: London, 1963. Page 17. Above all one must know what the true standard and content of Anthroposophy should be. It does not consist of a sum of opinions which must be entertained by 'anthroposophists'. It ought never to be said amongst anthroposophists, 'We believe this', 'We reject that'. Such agreement may arise naturally as the result of out anthroposophical study, but it can never be put forward as an anthroposophical 'programme'. The right attitude can only be: 'Anthroposophy is there. It has been acquired by persistent effort. I am here to represent it, so that what has thus been acquired may be made known in the world.' It is still much too little felt in anthroposophical circles what a difference-indeed as between day and night exists between these two standards. Rudolf Steiner. The Life, Nature and Cultivation of Anthroposophy. Rudolf Steiner Press: London, 1963. Page 52.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
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Carol Channing, the wide-eyed, raspy-voiced Broadway star who made an indelible impression as Dolly Levi in "Hello, Dolly!" and as Lorelei Lee in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," died the morning of Jan. 15 at her home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. She was 97. While studying drama and dance at Bennington College in Vermont, in 1941 she went to New York and auditioned for a role in Marc Blitzstein's musical play "No For an Answer." She got the role, and although the show closed after only three performances, her performance was praised, and she decided to pursue a Broadway career. She was cast as an understudy for Eve Arden in Cole Porter's "Let's Face It" and found work in nightclubs and at Catskills resorts, but returned home at her father's insistence in 1946. Convincing him to give her one more chance, she came to Los Angeles where she auditioned for Gower and Marge Champion, who cast her in their revue, "Lend an Ear." A success in Los Angeles, the show also played for a year on Broadway and led to her being cast in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" in 1949. Playing Lorelei Lee, the innocent flapper and gold digger, made her an immediate star. Time magazine wrote: "Perhaps once in a decade a nova explodes above the Great White Way with enough brilliance to re-illumine the whole gaudy legend of show business." The show ran for two years on Broadway, followed by a yearlong national tour; the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" became her signature song. She went on to star in "Wonderful Town," "Pygmalion" and "Show Girl" on Broadway, toured the country in her own cabaret act and performed in nightclubs with George Burns when Burns' wife and performing partner, Gracie Allen, was ill. The role of Dolly Levi in "Hello, Dolly!" brought her even bigger fame. A massive hit, it won 10 Tony Awards (including best actress for Channing), and ran for seven years. Channing left after the first year, but returned to the role on Broadway in 1977, 1981 and 1994. She also appeared as "Lorelei" (reprising her role from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes") in 1973; "Sugar Babies" in 1980; "Jerry's Girls" in 1984; and with Mary Martin in "Legends!" in 1986. Channing's brassy, exaggerated persona didn't make an easy transition to film and TV. She received an Oscar nomination for supporting actress in 1967's "Thoroughly Modern Millie," but "The Carol Channing Show," a sitcom produced by Desilu productions in 1966, was never picked up. She guest-starred on many shows, including "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," Flip Wilson's show "Flip," "The Muppet Show," "Sesame Street" and "The Love Boat." She also played the White Queen in Irwin Allen's made for TV production of "Alice in Wonderland." A lifelong Democrat, her name appeared on Richard Nixon's "enemies list," which she called the highest honor of her career. Channing was married four times: to Theodore Naidish, Alex Carson, Charles Lowe and Harry Kullijian. She had one son, Channing Lowe, an editorial cartoonist, who survives her.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Climate change is, at its core, an energy problem, a problem of how we produce and use energy. The states have long recognised this and have led the clean energy revolution. The federal government has never set a comprehensive, coherent national energy policy. Yes, over the years, Congress has acted variously to support nuclear power and some renewable sectors, the exploitation of domestic fossil-fuel resources, and the opening up of the electric grid to independent power producers; but at the national level there has been no real attempt at comprehensive reform to drive energy production and use toward the lowest cost and least environmentally harmful resources. States have developed and implemented programmes for financing renewable technologies, until those technologies are able to compete on fair terms in the market. They have created new markets to provide not only electricity, but also the unique services – flexibility and balancing – that electricity production needs, because kilowatt-hours cannot yet be easily or economically stored. They have seen how technological change has made small-scale, distributed clean energy a reality, and made it possible for consumers to manage their demand in ways that benefit the system and save money. And they have implemented programmes that put a price on greenhouse gas emissions and create revenue streams for direct investment in clean energy measures, such as end-use efficiency and renewables, to accelerate emissions reduction and drive down the costs of compliance. The cumulative national carbon effects of state actions are already projected to achieve nearly all of what the CPP would require by 2030. Frederick Weston directs the Regulatory Assistance Project's China Program. He joined RAP in 1999 after eleven years as an economist and hearing officer with the Vermont Public Service Board, the state's utility regulator.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
UConn: Offensive line coach Frank Giufre is being promoted to offensive coordinator, per multiple reports. Good for Frank! I've known the family for a very long time and Frank has tremendous coaching roots. Not an enviable position to be in though. The Boneyard base is in turmoil and most hate the internal promotion of someone who has, according to the board experts, "never called a play." I guess someone has to take the UCONN OC job but there have to be about 497,318 better coaching jobs in college football.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
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Casual Discussion Science Forum @scivillage › Culture › Fitness & Mental Health Scans Show Female Brains Remain Youthful As Male Brains Wind Down https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shot...-wind-down INTRO: Women tend to have more youthful brains than their male counterparts — at least when it comes to metabolism. While age reduces the metabolism of all brains, women retain a higher rate throughout the lifespan, researchers reported Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Females had a younger brain age relative to males," says Dr. Manu Goyal, an assistant professor of radiology and neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. And that may mean women are better equipped to learn and be creative in later life, he says. The finding is "great news for many women," says Roberta Diaz Brinton, who wasn't connected with the study and directs the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. But she cautions that even though women's brain metabolism is higher overall, some women's brains experience a dramatic metabolic decline around menopause, leaving them vulnerable to Alzheimer's. [...] She thinks women's higher brain metabolism protects them from Alzheimer's when they are young. But menopause, she says, causes an "energy transition in the brain," one that affects the brain metabolism of some women far more than others. Brinton's research suggests that the women most likely to experience a dramatic drop are those who carry a gene variant called APOE4, which increases a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's, or those who have risk factors for Type 2 diabetes. "It's those women who will begin to develop the pathology of Alzheimer's disease earlier," she says.... MORE (details): https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shot...-wind-down Good. With their longer life expectancy, I would hope that their brains are better equipped to function longer. Why the brains of teenagers excel at taking risks C C 0 259 Jun 16, 2016 06:09 AM	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
Sister Peggy Bare passed into life eternal on Friday March 29th. Please remember her companion, brother Maynard (Sonny), and all her family. Arrangements are a viewing at Foard's funeral home in Rising Sun MD on Tuesday April 2 at 7 PM, with the funeral service on Wednesday April 3 at 10 AM, also at Foard's. The funeral home is located at 111 S. Queen Street, Rising Sun, MD, 21911. Read the obituary & sign the guestbook HERE.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
4. One of the highlights or lowlights of practice was seeing fullback Tyler Clutts run in for a score against the first team defense to finish an easy drive in 11-on-11 drills. Now this was a first team offense that was without quarterback Tony Romo, who was on a rest day, receiver Dez Bryant, who is out with a hamstring, and the injured Randle. Coach Jason Garrett began a cursing tirade: "You blanking kidding me." Defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli also had choice words for the unit as did linebacker Sean Lee. 5. The defense did a lot better the next time around, holding the offense to a field goal. The increased intensity level on defense resulted in a brief skirmish after Clutts was stopped on a run. Defensive tackle Tyrone Crawford pushed Clutts. Offensvie tackle Tyron Smith quickly jumped in, pushing with Crawford. Defensive end Greg Hardy and center Travis Frederick were among the host of offensive and defensive players getting in on the action. 6. Rookie cornerback Byron Jones had a rough day. He was beaten by receiver Terrance Williams three times in the 1-on-1 drill. Jones also drew a flag for interference on a deep route to Williams during team drills. 7. Defensive tackle Tyrone Crawford is having a solid camp and holding his own against Pro Bowl guard Zack Martin. Crawford beat Martin in a 1-on-1 pass rush drill and then came back and beat Pro Bowl center Travis Frederick. The Cowboys expect big things from Crawford this year and he is showing why against two talented offensive linemen. 8. The pass rush compete drill in front of the team was won by the offense. Tackle Darrion Weems handled rookie defensive end Randy Gregory. Rookie guard La'el Collins won against rookie defensive end Ryan Russell. Defensive tackle Davin Coleman got a win for the defense against guard Mackenzy Bernadeau. The good news is that Weems, who is competing for the swing tackle spot, is starting to look better and better. He has worked with the starters for much of the last week in place of the injured Doug Free and will start at right tackle in the preseason opener against the San Diego Chargers. 9. Emerging receiver Cole Beasley is getting more and more put on his plate. Not only is he in the mix to be the primary punt returner as well as third receiver but he is now getting looks as the primary kickoff returner. 10. Rookie center Shane McDermott and third quarterback Dustin Vaughan had snap problems Monday that could pose a problem on Thursday. Both stand to get a lot of playing time in the preseason opener against the Chargers.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
San Diego County Bar Association leader Janice Mulligan was recently appointed chair of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Medical Professional Liability. She will assume her position as chair at the conclusion of the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Aug. 4-9. It is a one-year appointment, subject to reappointment for a possible total of three years. The ABA's 15-member Standing Committee on Medical Professional Liability provides testimony to Congress and assists in the formulation of policy regarding medical professional liability at the national level. The committee opposes caps on pain and suffering awards and is in favor of trial by jury for health-related cases. Mulligan has served as a member of the committee since 1999. "ABA policy is very much in favor of consumers," Mulligan said. "It is a privilege to be able to advocate these positions at the national level." Mulligan, a partner in the law firm of Mulligan & Banham in San Diego, represents consumers in catastrophic cases arising out of medical negligence, pharmaceutical litigation, personal injury and elder abuse actions. She is an active member of the San Diego County Bar Association, having served on the bar board of directors between 1987-90, and chaired the bar's Lawyer Referral and Information Service community service effort between 1985-88. Mulligan currently serves on the Task Force on Judicial Appointments, a position she has held since 2001.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Tag Archives: JC Santos entertainment, reality show, talent show, television I Can Do That: ABS-CBN's Latest Foreign Franchised Show March 10, 2017 ralphierceABS-CBN, ABS-CBN franchised shows, ABS-CBN new programs, ABS-CBN new shows, ABS-CBN PR, ABS-CBN upcoming programs, ABS-CBN upcoming shows, Alex Gonzaga, Arci Munoz, Armoza Formats, Cristine Reyes, Daniel Matsunaga, Gab Valenciano, I Can Do That, I Can Do That ABS-CBN, I Can Do That debut, I Can Do That debut episode, I Can Do That debut week, I Can Do That first episode, I Can Do That first week, I Can Do That franchise, I Can Do That maiden episode, I Can Do That maiden week, I Can Do That opening episode, I Can Do That opening week, I Can Do That Philippines, I Can Do That pilot, I Can Do That pilot episode, I Can Do That pilot week, I Can Do That premiere, I Can Do That premiere episode, I Can Do That premiere week, I CANdidates, Israel, JC Santos, Maalaala Mo Kaya, Maalaala Mo Kaya ABS-CBN, MMK, MMK ABS-CBN, Pokwang, Rated k, Rated K ABS-CBN, Robi Domingo, Sue Ramirez, United States, Wacky Kiray 2 Comments Franchised shows and ABS-CBN continue to be inseparable. This weekend will be no exception, as the Kapamilya network premieres its latest acquisition. Enter 'I Can Do That', ABS-CBN's newest talent reality show where celebrities perform the riskiest and most imaginative of acts in order to entertain the audience. 'I Can Do That' originated in Israel under the watchful eyes of Armoza Formats. Twenty countries, including the United States, have put their own spin on the franchise. The Philippine franchise of 'I Can Do That' will be hosted by Robi Domingo and Alex Gonzaga. The show will be headlined by eight actors known as the I CANdidates: Cristine Reyes, Arci Muñoz, Pokwang, Sue Ramirez, JC Santos, Gab Valenciano, Wacky Kiray and Daniel Matsunaga. Via ABS-CBN PR, here is how 'I Can Do That' is played: Every week, the I CANdidates will perform extraordinary acts in pairs. The fun begins when different groups of professional performers demonstrate a variety of acts that I CANdidates have never done before. If the I CANdidates think they can do a certain act, they will make their way down the stairs towards the performers. The first to reach the fourth and last step will be locked in to perform the act and will get to choose the I CANdidate who he or she believes will help him or her give a winning performance. Given only one week to practice, the I CANdidates should be able to perform their assigned act and entertain the audience. The weekly winner will be determined based on the combined scores culled from the scores given individually by the iCANdidates and the extra points granted to the winner of the audience vote. With 'I Can Do That' bordering towards improvisation and danger, expect lots of pain and exhaustion from the I CANdidates and the professional performers. This show is definitely not for the weak at heart. Still, despite the death-defying acts, expect no shortage of entertainment and laughter among the eight I CANdidates. After all, 'I Can Do That' is about captivating the audience with every move they make. 'I Can Do That' airs Saturdays after 'MMK' and Sundays after 'Rated K' on ABS-CBN. drama, entertainment, Philippines, television Till I Met You Underachieves As It Enters Finale January 16, 2017 ralphierceABS-CBN Primetime Bida, Dolce Amore, Dolce Amore ABS-CBN, Dolce Amore national ratings, Dolce Amore ratings, GMA, GMA Network, GMA Telebabad, JaDine, James Reid, JC Santos, Kantar national ratings, Kantar Ratings, KathNiel, LizQuen, Magpahanggang Wakas, Magpahanggang Wakas ABS-CBN, Meant to Be, Meant to Be GMA, Meant to Be national ratings, Meant to Be ratings, My Husband's Lover, My Husband's Lover GMA, Nadine Lustre, On the Wings of Love, On the Wings of Love ABS-CBN, On the Wings of Love national ratings, On the Wings of Love ratings, Pangako Sa 'Yo, Pangako Sa 'Yo 2015, Pangako Sa 'Yo ABS-CBN, Pangako Sa 'Yo national ratings, Pangako Sa 'Yo ratings, Primetime Bida, Someone to Watch Over Me, Someone to Watch Over Me GMA, Someone to Watch Over Me national ratings, Someone to Watch Over Me ratings, Till I Met You, Till I Met You ABS-CBN, Till I Met You closing episode, Till I Met You closing week, Till I Met You conclusion, Till I Met You final episode, Till I Met You final week, Till I Met You finale, Till I Met You last episode, Till I Met You last week, Till I Met You national ratings, Till I Met You ratings Leave a comment The tumultuous run of 'Till I Met You' is about to end. The second teleserye to star James Reid (as Basti) and Nadine Lustre (as Iris), 'Till I Met You' marked a change of direction for the love team. While their previous series 'On the Wings of Love' was presented as more of a light-hearted drama, 'Till I Met You' incorporated more serious themes such as LGBT relationships, as evidenced by the addition of JC Santos (as Ali). 'Till I Met You' first premiered on August 29, 2016. At first, it was placed in the second slot of Primetime Bida, as ABS-CBN hoped that the series can maintain the standard of excellence that KathNiel ('Pangako sa 'Yo') and LizQuen ('Dolce Amore') instilled earlier that year. Unfortunately for JaDine, it was not to be. 'Till I Met You' only mustered around 26% average ratings in its first two weeks (in contrast, 'Pangako sa 'Yo' and 'Dolce Amore' scored around 30% or more in each episode), forcing ABS-CBN to demote the drama to the third slot in favor of 'Magpahanggang Wakas'. Despite JaDine's familiarity with the third slot, 'Till I Met You' found it hard to win back viewers, at least locally. Unlike 'On the Wings of Love' which scored better than 25% during its run, 'Till I Met You' only managed 13% on average. To make matters worse, 'Till I Met You' failed to dominate its timeslot, and even lost in the ratings battle at times to rival GMA series 'Someone to Watch Over Me' and 'Meant to Be'. The series' seemingly familiar plot (remember 'My Husband's Lover'?) may have turned off some more knowledgeable viewers. Overall, even with the total count of 105 episodes by Friday's finale, 'Till I Met You' is considered a 'bust' by JaDine's standards. There may have been some moments worth talking about (e.g. Basti and Iris' car scene), but other than that, 'Till I Met You' essentially underachieved under the bright lights of primetime. Whether or not JaDine can bounce back with their next TV project remains to be seen. But for the viewers who have enjoyed watching 'Till I Met You' despite its underachieving status, the last week of the series should be worth the price of admission. JaDine Returns with Till I Met You August 26, 2016 ralphierceABS-CBN, ABS-CBN Primetime Bida, Andoy Ranay, Ang Probinsyano, Ang Probinsyano ABS-CBN, Angel Aquino, Antonette Jadaone, Carmina Villaroel, Descendants of the Sun, Descendants of the Sun Asianovela, Descendants of the Sun GMA, Descendants of the Sun Koreanovela, FPJ's Ang Probinsyano, FPJ's Ang Probinsyano ABS-CBN, GMA, GMA Network, Greece, JaDine, James Reid, Jay Manalo, JC Santos, Kim Molina, Nadine Lustre, Noel Trinidad, On the Wings of Love, On the Wings of Love ABS-CBN, Pokwang, Primetime Bida, Richard Yap, Robert Seña, Till I Met You, Till I Met You ABS-CBN, Till I Met You debut episode, Till I Met You debut week, Till I Met You first episode, Till I Met You first week, Till I Met You hype, Till I Met You maiden episode, Till I Met You maiden week, Till I Met You opening episode, Till I Met You opening week, Till I Met You pilot episode, Till I Met You pilot week, Till I Met You popularity, Till I Met You premiere, Till I Met You premiere episode, Till I Met You premiere week, Zoren Legaspi 22 Comments JaDine is back on the small screen. Seven months after the conclusion of the love team's breakout TV hit 'On the Wings of Love', James Reid and Nadine Lustre return for a greater dose of 'kilig', but at the same time tackle more serious storylines. Their newest project, 'Till I Met You', will showcase a more mature JaDine, while it introduces a new star. 'Till I Met You' will focus on the lives of three people, each with a story to tell. Iris (Nadine) and Basti (James) are a couple and are set to marry, but things soon turn when Iris' best friend Ali, played by JC Santos, is revealed to have a secret relationship with Basti. Like more recent ABS-CBN dramas featuring their love teams, 'Till I Met You' will also highlight a particular tourist attraction. The early portion of the series was shot in Greece, a country that features a mild Mediterranean climate and a vast tradition of civilization and commerce. Joining JaDine and JC on 'Till I Met You' are Carmina Villaroel, Zoren Legaspi, Pokwang, Angel Aquino, Kim Molina, Noel Trinidad and Robert Seña, with Richard Yap and Jay Manalo playing special roles. The series will be directed by Antonette Jadaone and Andoy Ranay, both of whom have been the directors of JaDine's projects in the past. The hype for 'Till I Met You' has been tremendous leading up to its premiere. News regarding the upcoming series became a constant trending topic on social media, and as such, fans of JaDine cannot stop talking about 'Till I Met You"s hit potential. This should cause a concern for GMA, whose continuous failures to concoct their own popular love teams have been well documented. The expected popularity of 'Till I Met You' could keep GMA out of it, especially now that they are airing a Koreanovela (in this case 'Descendants of the Sun') as a last resort. It will be interesting to see how the new and improved JaDine will fare the second time around. But as far as viewers are concerned, there will be no surprises, as they are poised to once again generate high ratings for ABS-CBN based on past reputation. 'Till I Met You' premieres this Monday, and airs weeknights after 'Ang Probinsyano' on ABS-CBN's Primetime Bida.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }
And it was free this time! The best way to let someone know you have quality products is give them one. All the plans on this site are of equal quality. This design is intended for experienced box builders only. ...You're probably wondering what the magic angles are, and all the dimensions etc. Okay, here they are: 8", 4", and 2". These are the three magic numbers needed to layout this design, regardless of the optional size you choose to make it. Wait a minute, optional size? Yes, you have the option of making the length any size between 24" and 36" ! The formula that determines the layout will automatically self adjust for any of the optional lengths you might choose for your horn. Cut two panels 36" wide by whatever depth you want between 24" and 36". Lay one flat on your bench. The illustrations are a top view of the panel laying on your bench. Take your tape measure and find the centers as shown. Draw these lines on your panel. From the bottom center measure 4" in each direction and make a mark as illustrated in blue. From the top right and left edges measure 8" and make a mark as shown. (only one side is marked in the illustration to keep it from getting cluttered.) Remember whatever you do on one half you must do to the other half. This is a mirrored design. Draw an X on the panel by connecting your marks as illustrated by the green lines. As you can see, you now have the lines to lay out 10 panels leaving only 4 to go! Starting at the top, draw a vertical line on each side of the panel 8" from the edge as illustrated in red. Now draw two lines connecting the three points illustrated by the circles. You now have the lines for two more panels, only two left now! Notice the intersection circled in orange. This point where two panels join should land on the original black X you drew when finding the centers. Following this point, like a road map, head North West on the black line and turn North (up) on the red line then back to the starting point on the green line. This triangle illustrates where to locate the stiffening strut on the panel, and shows the correct width to make it. Measuring 2" from the lower corner plot and intersection as shown. This point determines the throat of the horn. Since you're using material that is 3/4" of an inch thick, the throat opening will be 1.25 x 1.25 inches when measured from the inside after the panels are in place. NOTE: Enlarging this opening to no more than double, will raise the high frequency cutoff point. Combined with reversing the speaker baffle 180 degrees it is possible when using higher frequency drivers to reach a cutoff of 5khz. This is desirable when using this design as a full range enclosure. Applications of that would include PA use and Home theater Center Channels. The green circles illustrate the last two intersections needed to plot the line for the last panel illustrated by the green line. You now have the layout to build your horn. As you can see, the formula will self adjust for any height between 24" and 36". Pretty neat huh.. This allows you to have some control over the physical size of the cabinet for reasons of woofer selection, i.e.. internal chamber volume, and placement. A direct parallel between the efficiency curve and the height dimension is eminent. The larger up to the full 36 inches, will be louder. The way to cut your panels that make up the rest of this horn is simply to cut several 48 x 10" or 48 x 12" inch pieces to work with. The 10 or 12" dimension is used for 8 and 10" woofers respectively. Take one of these stock panels and lay it on the large panel you just drew a crop circle on. Using your pencil carefully align the panel with the lines you drew and trace the other side so that you create a duplicate set of line 3/4's of an inch away from the original set. This way you can see exactly how your panels will intersect, and where to locate them. Now take a protractor, and decide how you want to join your panels. You may wish to end join them or miter them. The determining factor will be the abilities of your table saw. I recommend drawing the joints on your masterpiece too. That way you wont forget how you're planning to join each panel. You'll be pleased to find out there is a way to join the panels (end join) so that almost every angle in the design can be cut from one setting on your table saw. In other words, most of the angles in this design are identical, no matter what size you picked for the height of the enclosure. If you think this is getting rather amazing, wait until you hear the sound quality of the perfectly flat, extended response of this horn and the incredible efficiency! The baffle for the speaker should be double thick, although it is only a suggestion. Once you have cut it and placed it as shown in the illustrations (Notice it follows the original center lines) you may flip it over 180 degrees if you want. Do what moves you as the best way. If you're going for a full range response, it must be flipped. Final construction tip... assemble the angled panels to the bottom that you drew on with wood glue, and then hot glue the seams. This will hold you box together during assembly, but before you do that, you might want to transfer the design to the top, so that you can drill holes in the top every 4 inches over every single panel in the box. We use a rubber gasket glued to the top edge of all the panels to achieve a seal against the top. The holes are for screws so that the top can be removed for service. That's it! One of the most complex but rewarding boxes you'll ever make. I hope you appreciate the freebie, as these plans are compliments of myself, Steve Deckert, to illustrate the killer designs sold on this site. Naturally, although free, this information, and illustrations are copyright (c) 1996 by High Fidelity Engineering Co. and represent a design which is also copyrighted by High Fidelity Engineering Co. & Designer Steve Deckert 1996. "The Wicked One" is a registered trademark of High Fidelity Engineering Co. License is granted for the personal use of this information. No permission is granted for commercial reproduction of this enclosure design, including car audio road shops and installers for the intent of wholesale or resale.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Do you want to sound more like the French maestro Stephane Grappelli? Here is the answer. I've selected around 250 classic Grappelli licks for you to learn. Using Simple chord theory and tips for timing and style. You can start these songs instantly. The online audio recording contains samples, solos and backing tracks to practice your new-found skills on. Includes access to online audio.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
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Method in interface eu.focusnet.app.controller.<a href="../eu/focusnet/app/controller/ApplicationStatusObserver.html" title="interface in eu.focusnet.app.controller">ApplicationStatusObserver</a></dt> <dd> <div class="block">Actions to perform on logout.</div> </dd> <dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../eu/focusnet/app/controller/CronService.html#handleLogout--">handleLogout()</a></span> - Method in class eu.focusnet.app.controller.<a href="../eu/focusnet/app/controller/CronService.html" title="class in eu.focusnet.app.controller">CronService</a></dt> <dd> <div class="block">Inherited</div> </dd> <dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../eu/focusnet/app/controller/DataManager.html#handleLogout--">handleLogout()</a></span> - Method in class eu.focusnet.app.controller.<a href="../eu/focusnet/app/controller/DataManager.html" title="class in eu.focusnet.app.controller">DataManager</a></dt> <dd> <div class="block">logout.</div> </dd> <dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../eu/focusnet/app/controller/UserManager.html#handleLogout--">handleLogout()</a></span> - Method in class eu.focusnet.app.controller.<a href="../eu/focusnet/app/controller/UserManager.html" title="class in eu.focusnet.app.controller">UserManager</a></dt> <dd> <div class="block">Inherited.</div> </dd> <dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../eu/focusnet/app/model/widgets/TableWidgetInstance.html#headers">headers</a></span> - Variable in class eu.focusnet.app.model.widgets.<a href="../eu/focusnet/app/model/widgets/TableWidgetInstance.html" title="class in eu.focusnet.app.model.widgets">TableWidgetInstance</a></dt> <dd> <div class="block">Headers</div> </dd> <dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../eu/focusnet/app/ui/fragment/widget/BarChartWidgetFragment.html#HEIGHT_DP_FOR_FULL_WIDTH">HEIGHT_DP_FOR_FULL_WIDTH</a></span> - Static variable in class eu.focusnet.app.ui.fragment.widget.<a href="../eu/focusnet/app/ui/fragment/widget/BarChartWidgetFragment.html" title="class in eu.focusnet.app.ui.fragment.widget">BarChartWidgetFragment</a></dt> <dd> <div class="block">The height of the widget if it takes the full width of the screen.</div> </dd> <dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../eu/focusnet/app/ui/fragment/widget/LineChartWidgetFragment.html#HEIGHT_DP_FOR_FULL_WIDTH">HEIGHT_DP_FOR_FULL_WIDTH</a></span> - Static variable in class eu.focusnet.app.ui.fragment.widget.<a href="../eu/focusnet/app/ui/fragment/widget/LineChartWidgetFragment.html" title="class in eu.focusnet.app.ui.fragment.widget">LineChartWidgetFragment</a></dt> <dd> <div class="block">The height of the widget if it takes the full width of the screen.</div> </dd> <dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../eu/focusnet/app/ui/fragment/widget/PieChartWidgetFragment.html#HEIGHT_DP_FOR_FULL_WIDTH">HEIGHT_DP_FOR_FULL_WIDTH</a></span> - Static variable in class eu.focusnet.app.ui.fragment.widget.<a href="../eu/focusnet/app/ui/fragment/widget/PieChartWidgetFragment.html" title="class in eu.focusnet.app.ui.fragment.widget">PieChartWidgetFragment</a></dt> <dd> <div class="block">The height of the widget if it takes the full width of the screen.</div> </dd> <dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../eu/focusnet/app/ui/fragment/widget/TableWidgetFragment.html#HEIGHT_DP_PER_ROW">HEIGHT_DP_PER_ROW</a></span> - Static variable in class eu.focusnet.app.ui.fragment.widget.<a href="../eu/focusnet/app/ui/fragment/widget/TableWidgetFragment.html" title="class in eu.focusnet.app.ui.fragment.widget">TableWidgetFragment</a></dt> <dd> <div class="block">Indication on the height to use for each row.</div> </dd> <dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../eu/focusnet/app/ui/common/UiHelper.html#hideSoftKeyboard-Activity-">hideSoftKeyboard(Activity)</a></span> - 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Stephen Grimwood Electrical Ltd are electrical contractors based in Hampshire. Located on the South Coast approximately half way between between Bournemouth & Southampton. As you'd expect we carry out all types of electrical works from additional points in your house through to larger commercial installations and of course we are members of the NICEIC.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
FAA/TSO-C114 OEM quality AmSafe® 3-point diagonal replacement restraint for PA31 Navajos and Chieftains with existing factory installed shoulder harness. This is a non-stock item. Please allow 4 weeks for delivery.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
At present, development of IWT mode is in a nascent stage and plays a very insignificant role in the overall transportation scenario of the country. However, the demand for IWT is expected to grow on a faster rate than ever before. The policy makers have recognised that there is a compelling need for revival of IWT system as a supplementary mode of transport in the integrated transportation system of the country. The significance of such development during the 9th Plan Five Year Plan has been emphasised. CIWTC has the expertise and experience to undertake IWT operations on a large scale. It is in a position to offer leadership in IWT development in the country. With adequate support from the Govt. of India, CIWTC can emerge as the principal IWT operator not only in Eastern / North-Eastern region but also other regions of the Country and can usher in an accelerated fast paced phase of development in this sector. Inland Water Transport on the rivers & some coastal routes was developed by the Britishers about 180 years ago. The Joint Steamer Companies i.e. India General Steam Navigation Co. and Rivers Steam Navigation Co. were made a P.S.U. in 1967 as CIWTC. The main activities are transportation of cargo in the rivers in the Eastern India & North-Eastern India and on the Indo-Bangladesh protocol routes. Operate & Maintain terminals.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Spacious and very central, just a short distance from the Rialto Bridge, Apartment Calice is on the first floor and consists of a large living room with open plan kitchen, two triple bedrooms and two bathrooms with shower. Spacious and very central, just a short distance from the Rialto Bridge, Apartment Calice is on the first floor and consists of a large living room with open plan kitchen, two triple bedrooms and two bathrooms with shower. It benefits from air conditioning, washing machine and Wifi and is ideal for large families or for groups of friends looking both for a central location and value for money. When you need to stay in Calice?	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Day 5 – Classes day. We woke up that morning and made the decision to skip out on first class and go mail stuff home while we still could. I shipped 40 pounds and it cost just shy of $80 – but worth every penny as flying home with that would have cost me more in overweight baggage fees. Stephanie shipped slightly less than I did – I think about 30 pounds and it cost her about $60? I texted home to tell DH about it, and he jokingly replied that the box might make it home before I do… this will eventually grow to be less funny in less than 24 hours… I digress… After shipping we took the first bit of leisure time for just us. We hit up a great little coffee shop I discovered the day before and did a coffee run to. Coffee in Utah seems to generally be awful – I am sure it is to appease the Mormons, but it doesn't appease the Starbucks lover in me. So, yummy mochas in hand on a gorgeous, hot sunny morning we took off to the top of the parking garage, sipped our coffees, took photos of the great scenery and just relaxed. For the first time all week we weren't on the go and could just breathe. So, back in to pick up our class kit from the first class. It was an acrylic mini-album from Little Yellow Bicycle and it was Hallowe'en themed. Their Hallowe'en papers are absolutely great! I really fell in love with their delicious Dolce Vita line on Thursday, but their Hallowe'en is stand out great as well. It was a well organized kit with lots of great instructions so I should be able to complete it at a crop no problem. Nice and easy. They also gave us a bonus tote bag and one extra sheet each of their Hallowe'en papers. Second class was from Piggy Tales. I don't necessarly love the paper used for this chipboard mini album, but I do love the chipboard mini album itself. It has a lot of fun sliding doors to hide things like journalling, or more photos, or patterned paper, or rub-ons – you get the idea. I did manage to get this one pretty much finished through class time and a bit over lunch. Third class was from Scenic Route and was taught by Layle Koncar. She was great, really great. Fun woman, loves to talk, and the layout turned out really nice. I mostly got that one done too, just need to stick some of the flowers down that were covered in glossy accents and not yet dry. Either way – cute layout, cute teacher and Scenic Route is for the most part pretty fun paper too. Stephanie won some cute little acrylic stamps in this workshop too. That night was commencement crop. For me it was just ok. The slideshow was very long, and the photos less inspiring than past years when Candace Stringham was taking them. She is one talented lady, and her replacement just didn't have the same eye that she does. I did, however, become a connoisseur of salt water taffy as it was everywhere on the tables – typical for the area. The crop carried on – we went out to hit the mall because I needed to buy some stuff from Bath and Body Works, and Stephanie needed to get back to Archivers to buy stamps that didn't get bought on a previous trip. On a neat aside, we happened to see CD Muckosky shopping at Archivers when we were there as well. She didn't seem to have anything to do with CKU – unless she was at the Scrapbooker of the Year banquet that we wound up missing because of the bus tour. When we got back to the crop, Lance Anderson from Rusty Pickle had set up a makeshift impromptu album workshop for $40. We went back to the room to finalize packing and get some semblance of sleep. So – we left off with the first woman I spoke with at United. She attempted to be pretty helpful, but was limited in what flights she was able to view. From what she could see there was no way we were getting home at all on Sunday, but she asked for a number I could be reached at if she should find anything. In the interim she gave me the number for United central reservations to call as they have access to a greater number of flights to view and can get a little more creative. I spent nearly an hour on the phone with him, and he managed to find a way out for us – leaving now at 6AM, by way of Los Angeles and then on to Toronto. It was another code share with Air Canada, which is what we originally booked on, however the issue was the first plane was United. He was able to confirm us on the United flight no problem, but couldn't reach anyone at Air Canada to confirm the second leg. I even sat on hold with Air Canada myself with no luck. With our flight now leaving at 6AM, it meant leaving the hotel at 3 to get to the airport for 4 and it was at this point pushing 2:30, with only one bellman on for the night. I asked this United guy if I could leave him a contact # so he could call me with confirmation numbers and he flat out refused to call me back. When I said to him "Clearly you've never been stranded before" it was met with silence, and then a persistent refusal to call me back. We get to Salt Lake Airport and are directed to some special line – Stephanie was taking care of this initial part while I returned the rental car. We wind up getting served by some disgruntled employee who was frustrated with United and hated working for them. He refused to charge us for our second bags, and didn't weigh them either – which was huge for Stephanie as her bags were definitely pushing the limit, if not over it. He also placed us in emergency exit row seating for the longest leg of the trip, which was also much appreciated. I don't really know much of the flights as it was the only sleep I was managing to grab in a 24 hour timespan. I slept the bulk of the way to LA, and from LA to Toronto I was awake for the small amount of time we were over Arizona, otherwise I was asleep. It was good to get home after more travel stress and ordeals. I didn't relish the idea of being stuck in Salt Lake for another night, especially with having to work on Monday – and now needing to pay for a lot of shopping. Customs was shockingly painless for both of us. We were both over and both claimed shipping items home that didn't accompany us. Neither of us had to pay, which was nice. The rumor mill has it that there will only be 2 CKU's next year – one east cost, the other west coast. There is also a rumor there will be another similar CK event in December that will be announced by Lisa B soonish. All the travel stresses were well worth it and I am filled with happy memories and lots of loot. The mecca was everything I hoped it would be and more. I really wish there was more time to go to some of the sales we missed, like Scenic Route, and DCWV and of course Cosmo Cricket and SEI. I can't wait until my huge box arrives. I shipped most of my purchases and freebies so I would have lots of room for the day 2 projects, that wound up being not so necessary after all. I know there are details I probably left out, but those days were just so jam packed and there was little sleep to be had – also so worth it! I can't wait for the next one!	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaC4" }
Ian M. Fairchild, Shareholder Steven Harr David Mattka D. Ronald Reneker Munsch Hardt Shareholders Named Among Super Lawyers Munsch Hardt, a Texas-based law firm with over 100 attorneys and offices in Dallas, Houston and Austin, announced four of its Shareholders have been named among the Texas "Super Lawyers" ranks, which was published in the March/April 2009 Corporate Counsel Edition by Key Professional Media, Inc. Steven A. Harr, David C. Mattka and D. Ronald Reneker were recognized in Business Litigation. Published since 2008, the Corporate Counsel Edition is a directory of a nationwide attorneys selected by those named to the Super Lawyers list in business-related practice areas. Polling, research and selection are performed by Law & Politics, a publication of Key Professional Media, Inc. Steven A. Harr Steve was one of the firm's founding partners, currently serves as General Counsel and has served in virtually every position of responsibility, including Chief Executive Officer for four years, Section Head of the Business Litigation group for over 15 years and as a member of our Shareholder Compensation and Management Committees. His practice focus is on commercial/business litigation, arbitration, mediation and federal/state receiverships. Steve received his Juris Doctor, graduating cum laude, from Texas Tech University School of Law and his Bachelor of Science in Education, with honors, from Texas Tech University. David C. Mattka David's practice covers all aspects of complex business litigation, with a particular emphasis in business tort, contract, director and officer liability, shareholder derivative actions and securities fraud litigation involving investment transactions, including corporate mergers and acquisitions, commercial mortgage backed securitizations, collateralized loan obligations, private equity and hedge funds, venture capital syndications, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint ventures. David also represents corporate boards, directors and officers, audit committees, special litigation committees and other board committees in internal investigations addressing liability, disclosure, remediation and compliance issues in connection with actual or potential litigation claims. David received his Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and his Bachelor of Business Administration also from Southern Methodist University. During his 37 year career, the primary emphasis of Ron's practice has been business litigation on both sides of the docket. He also handles insurance coverage matters on behalf of both carriers and policyholders, and has often represented lawyers and law firms in matters relating to professional liability and law firm withdrawals and dissolutions. Ron has tried numerous jury and non-jury cases, has handled many appeals and has served as counsel in arbitrations. Ron received his Juris Doctor, graduating with honors, from The University of Texas School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from The University of Tulsa. Munsch Hardt, a commercial law firm, provides the highest quality legal services and strategic business advice to companies and individuals of all sizes. Whether you're a big business or a growing company seeking cost-effective results - Munsch Hardt is the Right Firm. Right Now. Our areas of practice include all aspects of Business Litigation; Corporate & Securities; Finance; Insolvency, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights; Intellectual Property; Real Estate and Tax. Munsch Hardt is a multi-specialty firm where experienced practitioners work together as a team across disciplinary lines to solve legal problems. For more information, visit munsch.com.	{ "redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl" }

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