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A news release detailing InterVarsity's reaction to today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case of Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, and its anticipated impact on campus ministry will be posted here soon. At issue, whether a public university law school may deny school funding and other benefits to a religious student organization because the group requires its officers and voting members to agree with its core religious viewpoints. By a 5-4 decision, the justices denied the appeal of the Christian Legal Society and remanded the case back to the Ninth Circuit. This is an important ruling because InterVarsity partners with Christian Legal Society in campus ministry on 20 law school campuses across the U.S. In addition, InterVarsity has staff on 560 U.S. campuses, more than any other Christian ministry. For background on this story, see Campus Ministry Threatened and Campus Faith Freedom Alert on our website.

By now, fans may have heard Slaughterhouse's stadium anthem track and next single, "My Life," featuring Cee Lo Green on the hook. Well, XXL recently asked the four-man contingent, consisting of Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden and Royce Da 5'9" how the Cee Lo assist came out for the second single off their Shady Records debut LP, Welcome To: Our House, due June 12. "Yeah man, Cee Lo owed me a favor from way back," Joe Budden joked and laughed. Goodie Mob probably feels the same. Cee Lo, a permanent vocal coach on the NBC reality show, The Voice, reunited with Goodie Mob, his longtime crew, for a performance on the mainstream American show last month. That performance came months after he shared the worldwide Super Bowl XLVI halftime stage with Madonna in February. Of course, Cee Lo isn't the only big assist that Slaughterhouse is getting on Welcome to: Our House. Eminem has taken a very hands-on approach for this project, the group's second overall album, but Shady Records debut.

Why Hire A Trial Attorney? Ohio Supreme Court: Warrantless search of student backpack was OK On behalf of The Law Offices of Saia & Piatt, Inc. | May 18, 2017 | Criminal Defense If a high school student leaves his backpack on the bus, would it be fair for him or her to expect it to be left unopened? Would it put anyone in danger? What if there was a rumor the student was a gang member? These are the questions the Ohio Supreme Court recently answered in the case of a Columbus high school student who was charged with possession of a deadly weapon after leaving his bag unattended on a bus. A little background: The U.S. Supreme Court had already found in the 1991 case of Florida v. Bostick that bag searches on buses are constitutionally doubtful in the best of circumstances. However, that differs somewhat from the one heard by the Ohio Supreme Court. Moreover, students have less privacy rights than adults. Couldn't any unattended bag contain a bomb? According to the Courthouse News Service, on one February morning in 2013, a student left his backpack on a bus. A school security guard found it and opened it only enough to identify its probable owner. Based on a rumor that the student was a gang member, however, he brought the backpack to the school principal instead of returning it to the student. The school principal felt free to empty the bag, and inside they found bullets. The pair then contacted a police officer. The principal, the security guard and the police officer confronted the student in a hallway, where the police officer executed a take-down and incapacitated the student. They then searched another bag the student had on his person. Inside there was a gun. The student was charged with possession of a deadly weapon, and argued that these searches were unreasonable — and therefore illegal under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. He asked for the evidence to be suppressed, and both the trial court and the Franklin County Appeals Court agreed. The Ohio Supreme Court disagreed and sent his case back to trial. First, the court reaffirmed that schools are "special needs" settings that allow more warrantless searches than would be allowed for adults. Next, they reasoned that at each step, the child's right to privacy was outweighed by the "In compelling governmental interest in protecting public-school students from physical harm." After all, they reasoned, any unattended bag could contain a tiny explosive device fashioned out of carbon dioxide cartridges called a 'cricket bomb' like those attempted by the Columbine High School shooters. Such a bomb might not be noticed in a cursory search meant merely to identify the owner of the bag. Under circumstances like those — however unlikely they might seem — surely the search was reasonable? Liquor Laws (3) OVI (77) OVI Defense (8) Traffic Law (4) Why new parents need an estate plan Easing the financial stress of co-parenting after a divorce When should an estate plan be updated? Creating an estate plan amidst a major crisis in life Ohio's Administrative License Suspension may sound unjust A Nationally Recognized Law Firm Start Fighting Today 98 North Union Street Mt. Gilead Office 19 East High Street Mt. Gilead, OH 43338 New Lexington Office 111 West Brown Street New Lexington, OH 43764 Call Today For A Free Case Evaluation : 614-444-3036 or 888-684-6446 (888OVIOHIO) © 2019 The Law Offices of Saia & Piatt, Inc.. All Rights Reserved.

May 23 "Sweep The Shed" - How Team Culture Made New Zealand A Global Superpower competitive advantage, superpowers New Zealand's All Blacks are the country's national rugby team. Despite the fact that NZ is a small, remote island nation, with a population of only 4.5 million, they have found a way to be a consistently feared superpower in the sport. The All Blacks are a truly global brand. Their iconic black uniform is recognized worldwide as quickly as a FC Barcelona, AC Milan, New York Yankees, Boston Celtics or Los Angeles Lakers jersey, and the pre-game Haka that the team performs has intimidated countless opponents. And the All Blacks have won the Rugby World Cup three times and hold a lifetime winning percentage of 77% - the highest of any professional sports team in the world. How do they do this against larger countries with more resources and people? How do they sustain this elite level of success? Team culture is the Superpower that makes it all possible. James Kerr studied the All Blacks' culture in his book Legacy, What The All Blacks Can Teach Us About The Business Of Life - in which he talks about the team's cultural mantra of "Sweeping the Shed", a tradition that says that no individual is bigger than the team and its ancestors. Everyone is responsible for the smallest details - including cleaning out the locker room after training or a match. "Sweeping the shed" is your job, no matter who you are. This video is a great overview of Kerr's book and the All Blacks' ethos. What is your team's mantra that creates a championship culture? Do you sweep the shed? company culture, new zealand all blacks, sweep the shed, james kerr legacy, Superpower Jul 5 "We work in marketing - we're not curing cancer" - My PMC 2017 Ride May 10 Interview with Candice Peak / A Superpowered Career in Finance + Fitness

We LOVE overnight oatmeal at our house! My older kiddos love to mix up their own the night before and then they have their perfect breakfast ready for them in the morning. You can eat them hot or cold so they are PERFECT! Here's one of our favorite recipes. These make ahead breakfasts are a staple at our house! In a large jar, layer your ingredients starting with about a 1/2 a cup of old fashioned rolled oats. Your favorite nuts. We like pecans at our house. Then we top with some fruit that is full of antioxidants. Blueberries and raspberries are perfect. Next add a spoonful of either Cinnamon or Maple Jif® flavored Peanut Butter Spreads. I also like to add a few chia seeds as well. Doesn't it already look divine? Now cover with your favorite kind of milk. You can use cow's milk or your favorite almond, coconut or soy milks. I also top with a little honey and vanilla extract. Gently stir your ingredients, top with a lid and place in the fridge overnight. In the morning, you'll have a lovely jar full of yummy oatmeal ready and waiting for you. I LOVE to eat it cold, but you can pop it into the microwave for a minute or so to warm it up if you like yours hot. Either way tastes great!

February – March 2021 | Comment K.R. Ravindran – Trustee Chair's Column K.R Ravindran reflects on how we are the only species that bears the responsibility of protecting the environment for future generations. By K.R. Ravindran Published Date: February 1, 2021 Comment News Features People of Action Advertorial View All Having grown up amid lush green forests in the mountainous landscape of Sri Lanka, I always recall the words of the great poet Rabindranath Tagore: "Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven." How sad that so often we humans insist on interrupting this conversation. Just like every other living thing, we are a part of nature. But we are also the only species that bears the responsibility of protecting the environment for future generations. The coronavirus pandemic has shed light as nothing has before on the relationship between environmental degradation and threats to public health. A few years ago, the government-owned electricity company in my country planned to build a second coal power plant, in eastern Sri Lanka. It would suck 93 million litres of water per hour from a bay where fragile ecosystems meet the deep sea, the site of one of the largest spawning grounds for sperm whales in the world. After processing, those 93 million litres per hour would be dumped into the ocean, now loaded with toxic chemicals that put that marine life at great risk. Learning from the lessons of the damage caused by the first plant, a coalition formed, made up of many public advocates, including Rotarians. They ran a campaign that alerted the media, the public, and the local community to the potential dangers, in addition to taking legal action. The government eventually abandoned its coal plant idea after the resulting public outcry. We can truly move mountains when we come together. When some of us moved to add the environment as Rotary's newest cause, we did so because of the urgency of the problem. In 1990-91, Rotary International President, Paulo V.C. Costa, set forth a vision, and today we will take this work to the next level. We live in a time of great stress on our environment, of rapidly rising sea levels, massive storms, disappearing rain forests and wildlife, and destructive forest fires. Climate change touches us all, rich and poor. We will face the challenge strategically, as with the other areas of focus. In fact, the six other areas of focus depend on this one. For what good is it to fight disease if our polluted environment causes us to become sick again? The Rotary Foundation will be central to this work. More than $18 million has gone towards environment-related global grants in the past five years. Building upon this work to protect the environment, we will give yet another Rotary gift to future generations. And you can be a part of it today. Recycled laptops help isolated students February – March 2021 We need to solve the plastics problem by 2050 You can count on the cadres

According to blink-182, Age Clearly Doesn't Matter This past Sunday, blink-182 brought their Enema of The State 20th Anniversary tour to Toronto's Budweiser Stage. It was a perfect night along the water for a full show of nostalgia, blow up aliens and Travis Barker in a hamster ball. Enema of the State, 1999 For support, blink-182 brought along Neck Deep from the UK and Canada's own Simple Plan. The boys from Montreal were given a full hour, and had fans so into the set, they probably could have done more. All the hits from your angsty childhood were on display, including Shut Up, Addicted and I'd Do Anything. From there, they dove into the pop-rock world they explored in the later 2000's with Jet Lag and Your Love Is A Lie. To conclude, the boys lead by front man Pierre Bouvier, ended with the smash hits I'm Just A Kid, and Perfect. And perfect the set was... Once all the former punk canucks were warmed up, blink hit the stage and began performing their 1999, multi-platinum selling album Enema of the State. The album was played in full, and at first I thought this would be a little off setting. How could you possibly not have All The Small Things, as your encore? Their biggest hit was about 25 minutes into their set, but it worked. After the full run through of Enema, the boys did an acoustic portion on the lawns, followed by a Travis Barker drum solo <|im_start|>user worthy of a Cirque du Soleil performance. The legendary drummer, was strapped into a giant hamster ball, where his kit did everything from rotations, turns and flips. His drumming perfection was paired with a Skrillex style backing track, which left fans both stunned, surprised and satisfied. To conclude to band pulled out hits, I Miss You and First Date. Fans from all levels were jumping around as if they were a teenager back in 1999, and judging by the young age of some of the fans (including myself), it seems like blink have brought around a new generation of fans too. Having not been to a blink show during their prime, I can't compare back to their older days, however, the amount of energy and enthusiasm brought by the band was parallel to a modern day rock band filled with kids in their 20's. You could tell by the looks on their faces, that everything was left on stage. It's obvious these, now family men, are still loving what they do 20 years later. blink-182 at Toronto's Budweiser Stage Despite the recent health issues from Travis Barker, or ongoing rumours of reunions with original guitarist Tom DeLong, none of that seemed to show on stage. Blink brought their eh-game to Toronto on Sunday, and proved that not remembering your age, clearly doesn't matter. Wait, The Guess Who Still Isn't in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? BEST IN ROCK 2020 Green Child O' Mine: When Baby Yoda Took on Guns N' Roses © 2023 by Shutter Zone. Proudly created with Wix.com

ORG PowerShift Ventures Title BIO Steve Papermaster is the Chairman of Powershift Ventures LP, an Austin, Texas-based technology venture development company focused on building software and technology companies. He currently serves on the boards of directors for several public and private companies. In 2001 President George W. Bush appointed Mr. Papermaster a member of the President's Council of Advisors in Science and Technology (PCAST). In this capacity, Steve serves as Chairman of the Energy Committee, as well as being a member of the Technology for Combating Terrorism Committee. He is also the founder and chairman of Technology Network Texas (TechNet), a national high-technology advocacy group for policy issues and is a member of the National Executive Committee. Prior to founding Powershift Ventures, Mr. Papermaster was the founder, chairman and CEO of BSG Corporation, a global software and systems integration company. He began his career as a consultant with Andersen Consulting. Mr. Papermaster received the 1996 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Austin and has served as a national and world judge for the Entrepreneur of the Year awards since 1997. In 2001 he served as the United States' judge for the World Entrepreneur of the Year award. Steve is active as a community leader with organizations such as the American Cancer Society, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Jewish Community Center, and the 360 Summit. Mr. Papermaster received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance with highest honors from the University of Texas at Austin.

HCC Estimates Katrina Loss at $160M HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. announced that anticipated claims from Hurricane Katrina are expected to result in the company's largest gross loss in its history, estimated at $160 million arising from aviation, onshore and offshore energy, property, marine and other specialty lines of business. This loss is estimated to be $50 million net of reinsurance including reinsurance reinstatement costs, $32.5 million after tax, and will reduce third quarter earnings of the company by approximately $0.30 per diluted share. Stephen L. Way, chairman and chief executive officer, said, "Our exposure is predominantly to energy and large commercial property accounts and is substantially protected by catastrophe reinsurance." Way added, "From an industry standpoint, premium rates will need to rise significantly in these lines of business to reflect both the increased frequency and severity of catastrophic events that have occurred over the past five years." HCC is an international insurance holding company and a leading specialty insurance group since 1974, based in Houston, Texas, with offices across the U.S. and in Bermuda, England, and Spain. Hot Again: 2020 Sets Yet Another Global Temperature Record Policyholders With Endorsements for Diseases Survive Motions to Dismiss COVID-19 Claims

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Farmer Health/Safety Eggs – Breeders Eggs – Layers Meat – Broilers Meat – Turkeys Bird Management Manure Application/Handling Compost Equipment Poultry Jobs Poultry Events Poultry Videos Poultry Producer Home Equipment Marel celebrates 75 years of business in Gainesville Marel celebrates 75 years of business in Gainesville A long history of machine manufacturing On September 26, 2019, Marel celebrated 75 years of operations at its location in Gainesville, Georgia. To mark the occasion, the company celebrated with a luncheon where Georgia Agricultural Commissioner Gary Black and Georgia State Senator Butch Miller along with Executive Management from Marel spoke to the audience. Over 370 people attended the celebration, which opened with remarks by Folkert Bölger and Roger Claessens, both Executive Vice Presidents (EVP) of Marel, who took the opportunity to thank past and present employees for their dedication and hard work carried out in partnership with our customers to transform food processing. Claessens touched on the many innovations that have changed the landscape of the poultry industry. Following that, Commissioner Black addressed the crowd thanking Marel employees for their dedication and charging us to remember the importance we play in Georgia agricultural and helping the family farm on a daily bases. Senator Miller continued the celebration by thanking Marel for the affects we have had on the Gainesville community and poultry industry on a global level. From Gainesville Machine Company to Marel In 1944, Gainesville Machine Company was established as a metal working job shop, specializing in welding fabrication and machining. A major milestone for the company was in 1960 with the development of the first non-reverse defeathering machine. This development allowed processors to increase line speeds from 200 birds per hour to 12,000. By 1973, the company needed more space, so Marel moved operations to the current location at Airport Parkway. In 1975, Stork Acquisitions Corporation acquired the company and in 2008, Marel Food Systems acquired Stork Food Systems. Key facility Today, Gainesville is Marel's key manufacturing facility operating in North America and part of Marel's global supply chain, which spans 13 manufacturing sites in total. There are 380 full-time employees based out of Gainesville who work in a diverse range of functions including specialized and technical manufacturing jobs, marketing and sales, service, engineering, finance and more. Not only do we manufacture advanced food processing solutions, we also store and ship all spare parts orders from this location to our customers in North and South America. The poultry industry remains the largest focus of our business in Gainesville; however, we also manufacture and service equipment for the meat industry. High-tech innovations In the US, Marel is active in poultry, meat, fish and further processing. There are over 800 employees throughout North America and we have operations in four locations: Kansas City, Kansas; Des Moines, Iowa; Gainesville, Georgia and Seattle, Washington. We not only sell new equipment to processors, we also help service equipment and keep it running at the highest standards possible and we also develop new equipment. In the early days, primary processing equipment was designed and developed. More recently, we have expanded our offering to include secondary and further processing solutions. With Georgia being the largest producer of poultry meat in the US, the Gainesville location works with many top poultry processors to continually develop new high-tech innovations that help processors increase yields and efficiency as well as product quality and food safety. Previous articleArkansas co-leads $10 million multi-university grant to transform water use and nutrition in poultry production Next articleWestern Fair Association, PIC Sign Long Term Agreement The omnia px180 ml loader Efficiency and hygienic design Calibrating Poultry Litter Spreading Equipment Poultry Processing Equipment Market Size Expanding with Flourishing Animal Farming Industry Equipment Sponsors USA: Copyright © 2019 Poultryproducer.com . All rights reserved. Translate Web in Your Language »

Once upon a time Vahine Moea, a young girl of an incomparable beauty lived in the valley of Araau in Raiatea. She met a fisherman called Ariifaite – from Taha'a. They got married and had a girl whom they called Tiaitau. One day Ariifaite heard some good news, a missionary had arrived on the island and he was teaching the alphabet and how to write. Ariifaite hastened to inform his wife who was happy to learn that. They decided to go and live in Opoa, the district where the missionary lived, so that their daughter, who had become a beautiful young girl, could learn the alphabet and writing. Tiaitau followed her lessons and when she became a young woman, she met King Tamatoa and became his lover. Some time later, the King Tamatoa left Raiatea to join King Pomare of Tahiti for the battle of Fei Pi. The King, accompanied by his warriors, left his island and lover. He asked Tiaitau to wait for him at home. However, the young woman told her lover that she felt like she was saying goodbye for the last time and she would never see him again. King Tamatoa tried to reassure her by saying that he was surrounded by his best warriors. Then Tiaitau took a coconut and told him she would go on the Mount Temehani and watch out for his return, and possibly see him leave to Tahiti. On these words, they parted. Then she continued to Vaiumete where she took a bath and quenched her thirst. Then, she looked at the hole of Apoo hihi ura and let herself fall inside to die as her sorrow was so huge and she could not bear to learn the death of her King whom she adored so much.

We came across an interesting observation while designing surge volume calculations in flotools that I thought was worth sharing and inviting comments from the flow assurance community. For those that are not 100% sure what surge volume is exactly, let me first explain. Calculating surge volumes is a routine part of a flow assurance engineer's work. Operational scenarios like slugging, pigging, production ramp-up in multiphase production systems can all result in large volumes of liquids being swept out of the pipeline and into the first vessel on the receiving facility. Often, these liquid surges come in at rates that far exceed the receiving facility's capacity to process liquids. Therefore the vessel, typically a slug catcher, acts as a buffer where the surge of liquid can be collected and processed over time. One of the objectives of performing flow assurance studies is to quantify the maximum surge of liquid that can be seen across various operations in order to size the slug catcher appropriately. The maximum volume that a slug catcher will have to hold for a given operation is called the surge volume. OLGA provides a way to calculate surge volumes whenever at least one of ACCLIQ, ACCOIQ, and ACCWAQ is included in the list of trended outputs. The calculation assumes that the slug catcher is present just downstream of the location where these variables are trended and that the vessel can be drained at a fixed maximum drain rate during the operation. Why were the accumulation variables (ACC*) used instead of the instantaneous rate variables (QL*)? Why is there a operation in equation (2)? OLGA's calculation of surge volume uses the accumulated variables as the basis of the surge volume calculation instead of the instantaneous liquid volume rate variables (QLT, QLTHL, QLTWT). To understand why, let's look at the instantaneous rate form of the surge volume equation. You can see that the average QLT (from ACCLIQ) does not show the flowrate spikes that the QLT variable shows. These spikes, while they probably do occur in a flowing system, typically occur in very short time windows smaller than the output interval of the simulation. The larger the output interval, the worse the assumption. The following chart shows an example of the error in accumulation by comparing the calculated accumulation using the rate variable and subtracting the OLGA calculated ACC variable from it. While the maximum error in this example (~25 barrels) is not significant, the magnitude of the error entirely depends on the nature of the simulation and may be significant in some cases. In our view, OLGA has taken the correct approach and used the accumulated variables as the basis for the surge volume calculation. Equation (2) <|im_start|>assistant features a operation. This ensures that the calculated volume in the slug catcher never goes below zero. But what happens when the quantity becomes negative? It is perfectly normal and valid for a numerical simulator to predict negative rates at an outlet boundary. When OLGA predicts negative rates at the outlet of the pipeline, the ACC variable may reduce in value from one time step to the next. When this happens, equation (2) will result in a reduction in the calculated slug catcher volume at a rate faster than the assumed drain rate. Effectively, the calculation does not prevent the possibility that liquid can leave via liquid drain as well as the inlet of the slug catcher. When you look at a schematic of a typical slug catcher, like the one shown below, it becomes apparent that this may not be such a sound assumption. The slug catchers are designed for gravity separation of phases and hence the inlet nozzles are at or near the top of the vessel. Once the liquids go in, they quickly settle to the bottom. Any negative flow is likely to be mostly gas with very little liquid carried as droplets in the gas phase. In equation (7), we added another max function that bounds the quantity , which is the average flow rate into the slug catcher for a given time interval, to zero. If the calculation is being done at the outlet of a pipeline that is connected to a pressure node, set the parameter GASFRACTION to 1.0 in your NODE specification. This will ensure that whenever there is negative flow at the outlet boundary, the negative flow is all gas. That said, we still think equation (7) is a better way to perform the surge volume calculation because it works well regardless of the boundary specification. The plot above shows a comparison of surge volumes calculated according to equations (2) and (7), labeled "OLGA Method" and "Proposed Method" respectively. We can see that filtering out the negative values results in larger surge volumes at lower drain rates. At large enough drain rates, the differences eventually disappear. Given surge volume calculations are performed in order to size the slug catcher, we believe that equation (2) is not conservative and therefore should not be used. Instead, our modified version represented in equation (7), which gives a more conservative estimate of surge volume, should be used. As always, your comments and feedback would be much appreciated.

After one wound up lodged in the airway of a five-year-old boy. Angela Henderson shared the post on the Finlee and Me Facebook page, reminding parents to "cut the damn grapes" after one wound up lodged in the airway of a five-year-old boy. "Attention Parents," the post begins. The grape became lodged in the boy's airway last week and his mother gave Angela permission to share their story. "This sweet soul had to be operated on, under general anaesthetic to remove the grape" the post continues. "He is VERY lucky that part of his airway was open or else this could have ended badly. Since posting, the X-ray has been shared over 25,000 times with many people warning their friends. "As a former paramedic - grapes and hot dogs are the worst for lodging in throats, but anything soft and circular can be deadly. I always encourage anyone I see feeding young kids soft, circular items, to cut the food in half."

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Complexities You Can Count On Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 8:45PM Richard Terrell (KirbyKid) in Depth & Complexity, Emergence, Trial & Error Recently, I've talked about complexities quite a lot. I've explained how they make games unique, but they also stress knowledge skills. Too many complexities can throw off the balance of the skill spectrum while slowing down the rate the player can progress. Complexities create nuance, and they're orthogonal to gameplay depth. Our minds can only process so many "bits" of game data/complexities at a time. And when we're trying to store information into our LTM (long term memory) we have to compress or code it. While coding information our overall mental capabilities drop. Because we have such limited STM (short term memory), analyze, and code/decode abilities, games more complex than Pong become increasingly difficult to manage. Complexities (game rules) are in every line of gameplay code, but what does this mean exactly? Mario's JUMP mechanic seems simple enough, but it's full of complexities. Aside from the horizontal/vertical speed, acceleration complexities, and maximum speed limitations, there are squashing enemy, bouncing off of bricks, breaking bricks, JUMPing off of jump stands, JUMPing against solid objects, and DUCK+JUMPing complexities (additional rules/parameters). So does this mean that Mario's JUMP is enough to overload a new player? Does this mean the mechanic is too complex? Of course not. Not all complexities are weighted equally. The arc, speed, and feel of Mario's JUMP is more important to learn than complexities like how Mario JUMPs of of jump pads. Furthermore, the more intuitive complexities are, the more we can relate to the game system with learned experiences as opposed to learning new arbitrary interactions. The better we understand how we learn the smarter we can play and design video games. But what does it mean to be smart? What does it mean to learn quickly? Effectively? I started to investigate these ideas in my "From Unintuitive to Eureka" series. In part 5, I logged a detailed play through of the puzzle game 3D Logic. The idea was great, but the game was too complex. So we're trying again with a game that's much simpler. Behold, doodle god! (don't play it quite yet). This indie flash game has extremely simple gameplay. Select two squares to create new elements. Elements are automatically organized into 1 of 14 groups. The more elements you create, the more you have to work with. A pair may create more than one product. Essentially, there's a fixed amount of possible elements (115) that you can create. This game starts with a handful of groups and elements and thus very few possible combinations. But the shear number of possible combinations grows as you progress. To manage, we suss out the game logic to help narrow our trial and error attempts. Some combinations are scientific, some are thematically logical, others are creative puns, and some will make you question the game logic. Here's where things get interesting. According to a scientist from the radio lab podcast on limits we, humans, don't have the capacity to understand very large numbers. Likewise, we have trouble understanding the microscopic processes of cellular activity even with the aid of super "Eureka" computers because there are so many dynamic, lightening fast, biochemical interactions on the cellular level. So the shear number of factors/elements in a system can be the difference between understanding and nothing. With a game like doodle god players can smoothly move from an experience with manageable complexities to an overwhelming, unintuitive amount. You start off with 4 elements and 10 possible pairs. 5 gives you 15. 10 gives you 55 and so on. If you were trying to find the 115th combination blindly, you'd have 6,555 pairs to consider. Certainly somewhere around 100 possible combinations, it becomes very difficult to keep track of your progress in your head. Even at your best, you'll have to divide your brain power between finding new pairs and storing your old attempts. What I just described is a simplified example. In actuality, figuring out all the possible combinations in doodle god is more like uncovering a branching tree rather than a spread sheet. If you're human, you will get stuck at some point playing this game. Trial and error is a big part of the experience, which naturally means your self motivated, branching, experimentation will lead you astray. In fact, I bet you'll start repeating known combinations at around 15, 25, 50, and 80 found elements (assuming you get that far). You will also either get distracted by new branching possibilities or forget which possible branches to try. The beauty of this experiment is that you can feel the effects that increasing complexities have on the gameplay and your mind. Since each new element adds one more bit of complexity and many additional possible combinations to the gameplay, you can get a feel for the individual impact each complexity has. And when things get out of your control, you can practically count the limitations of your mind. If you decide to play doodle god and you want to get the most out of this opportunity you'll need a friend to assist you. As you play a new game of doodle god for 30 minutes (preferably for the first time) have your friend discretely draw a tree of your progress. You might need to play a bit slowly so your friend has time to write everything down. Every mismatch, hint, and visit to the reactions history page should be tallied. When you pause in confusion, that should be recorded as well. After 30 minutes are up you can use the reactions history page for more data. Or you can just watch your friend play and discuss afterwards. If you don't have any help, just play the game now for 30 minutes before continuing on. The picture below is a spoiler. Click to enlarge. *SPOILERS* The above image is a tree of my sister's progress after 30 minutes. Here's some data on my sister's experience with the game. In about 30 minutes she managed to reach 23 elements. At around 15 minutes she had 20 elements. Her thorough method of systematic trial and error quickly became unfeasible (she realized). At around 15 total elements, she switched to more conceptually guided trial and error method. At around 21 total elements, she began conceptually reverse engineering possible target elements to find new elements. At around 10 elements, she tried out the history and hint features. Afterwards the frequency of their use increased. When the logic of pairs was unclear or when there was little logic behind the matches, her systematic trial and error method was abandoned. The red numbers in the image above refer to the number of times the pair was submitted. She actually said this at one point after making a combination suggested long before by a 3rd party: "You see that I got 21 [elements]? You think I can store that in my head?" For any situation involving learning in your future, consider these questions. How smart do you have to be before you realize you can't keep many complexities straight in your head? How intelligent do you have to be before you begin to greatly augment your mental capabilities by taking notes and breaks while learning. What will you do the next time on the verge of a situation increasing in complexity beyond your abilities?

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Mss 145, David Mayer Family Papers Creator: David Mayer Family Summary/Abstract: David Mayer was born in Bavaria in 1815. He immigrated to the United States in 1839, settling first in Tennessee and then in Washington, Georgia. Eight years later he moved to Atlanta where he remained until his death in 1890. David Mayer was a businessman, confederate veteran, free mason, and one of the founders of the Atlanta public schools. The collection consists of letters from notables such as Joseph E. Brown, elected as Georgia's governor four times, and from Alexander H. Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy. Also contained are personal letters written by David Mayer and his children. Preferred Citation: Box #, Folder #, Mss 145, David Mayer Family Papers, The Cuba Family Archives for Southern Jewish History, The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, 1440 Spring Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Arrangement: The papers are arranged in alphabetical order by subject and chronologically within each folder. Biographical/Historical Note: David Mayer was born in Bechteim, Germany, December 6, 1815. In 1839, in a flush of vigor and young manhood, he left the Fatherland, and came to America, locating first in Tennessee, where he remained for four years. In 1843 he moved to Washington, Ga., where he practiced his profession – dentistry. In 1850 he removed to Atlanta, Ga. and embarked in mercantile pursuits. He fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and devoted his time to education and benevolence after the war. He was an early advocate to establish public schools in Atlanta, and was a member of the board of education as vice-president and treasurer. He was also a master Mason and exalted as a Royal Arch Mason. He served as the High Priest and master of his lodge. Mr. Mayer was also active in the Jewish community. He was vice-president of the Hebrew Congregation and treasurer of the Atlanta Benevolent Home. Scope and Content: Researchers studying the David Mayer Family Papers will gain insight into early Jewish life in Atlanta, Georgia. The papers are arranged in alphabetical order by subject and chronologically within each folder. 1 1 William A. Bass Junior High School – David Mayer Library 1926 2 Correspondence – Brown, Joseph E. to Mayer, David 1865-1886 3 Correspondence – Mayer, David to family 1839-1888 4 Correspondence – Mayer, Morris to parents 1864-1867 5 Correspondence – Moses, Isaac I. to Mayer, David 1867 6 Correspondence – Stephens, Alexander H. to Solomon and David Mayer 1866, Undated 7 Invitation 1880 8 Johnstown, Pennsylvania – flood 1889 9 Mayer, Eliza A. – Memoriam from the Grandmother's Club 1902 10 Obituary and memoriams 1890 11 Obituaries and memoriams – various individuals including Leonard, Lewis and Joan Arnheim 1902, Undated 12 Salm, Gunzberg, Levetah families – memorabilia 1877-1946 14 Scrapbook – loose pages and miscellaneous clippings 1863, Undated 15 Stephens, Alexander H. – newspaper articles 1931, Undated Mss 015, Oscar Strauss Jr. Family Papers Dates: 1872-1978 Creator: Oscar Strauss Jr. Family Summary/Abstract: Oscar Strauss married Rubye Rich, the sister of the... Mss 018, Abe Goldstein Family Papers Date Span: 1920-1987 Creator: Abe Goldstein Family Summary/Abstract: Abe Goldstein (1898-1982) was a businessman, civic lead... Mss 020, Abraham Bernard Reisman Family Papers Date Span: 1926-1982 Creator: Abraham Bernard Reisman Family Summary/Abstract: A.B. Reisman was a veteran of World War I... Mss 027, Julius L. Tenenbaum Papers Date Span: 1909-1989 Creator: Julius L. Tenenbaum Summary/Abstract: Julius L. Tenenbaum was a World War I veteran who establis... Mss 028, Jospeh Jacobs Family Papers Date Span: 1879-1985 Creator: Joseph Jacobs Family Summary/Abstract: Joseph Jacob was raised in Jefferson, Georgia. Af...

Somewhere Else LABOUR MOBILITY 1/2 Full Lightroom Conversation Women leaders set example for rest of Nepal Imagine if this women-led municipality in the Tarai was upscaled nationwide Laxmi Basnet in Nawalparasi December 1, 2020 Hupsekot Rural Municipality recently inaugurated a 10-bed coronavirus-dedicated hospital. Municipality chair Laxmi Pandey is at centre. All photos: LAXMI BASNET After the first elections under federalism in 2017, Hupsekot became one of only two municipalities in Nepal in which women were voted both chair and deputy. Laxmi Pandey of the Nepali Congress was elected chair, and Kopila Malla of the UML was voted vice-chair. In the three years since, Hupsekot in Nawalparasi district has exemplified how this has made all the difference in the quality of education, agriculture, nature conservation, and now Covid-19 control. Hupsekot is Nepal in a microcosm in more ways than one. It encompasses the Mahabharat and Chure ranges, as well as the Tarai, and these days when the air is clear the Annapurnas are visible to the north. Hupsekot is also an example of what is possible for the rest of Nepal. Under the 2015 Constitution a vice-chair or deputy mayor has to be a woman, but Hupsekot and Jumla elected women to both positions. Now, imagine if Hupsekot was replicated in more of Nepal's 736 municipalities and 17 metropolises. "Because both of us are women, it has been easier for us to work on delivery of social services to our people," says municipality chair Laxmi Pandey. "In many other local governments we see the male chair and female deputy chair having disagreements." Indeed, while in Kathmandu even men from the same ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) are forever quarrelling, here in Hupsekot it does not seem to matter that Pandey and her deputy are from different parties. Laxmi Pandey says it helps to have a woman as both the Rural Municipality chair and deputy in order to deliver social services to the people. "Sometimes, problems arise when there are party-based decisions from Kathmandu, but we manage to resolve them amicably," says vice-chair Malla. "We have worked together well in the past three years." In its very first meeting, this village municipality decided to provide Rs5,000 for institutional delivery in government facilities to promote safe motherhood. Back then the village had only one birthing centre, it has added two more in the recent years. Now, even those who can afford private hospitals go to government hospitals because services have been upgraded. So far 1,008 people have received the institutional delivery incentive. Nawalparasi district borders India, and earlier this year it became a hotspot for Covid-19, as Nepalis returning from India brought the virus home. Hupsekot instituted a strict quarantine and contact tracing rule, and last month it opened a dedicated 10-bed hospital for coronavirus patients. Municipality Chair Laxmi Basnet presents agriculture equipment to local farmers as part of her government's effort to keep young men from having to migrate out. Pandey and Malla then worked together to encourage local youth as well as returnees to take up farming instead of migrating back to India or overseas for work. A big chunk of the rural municipality's annual budget is spent on grants for communities investing in commercial agriculture. This has had a direct impact on this year's paddy harvest, and increased the prospects for agribusiness. Hupsekot has also launched a 'School Merger Program' to address falling enrolment, and best use limited resources. Four government schools have been combined into one and discussions are underway to even merge public and private schools. "As a former teacher myself, I have focused on improving the education program without adding to the hardships of parents and students," says Pandey. "And we are working to improve the quality of instruction, to make it more relevant and impart civic values." The rural municipality has launched an awareness drive against deep-rooted patriarchal values and domestic violence by sensitising parents to raise their children right, and as equal. Both at home and in schools, children learn early about tolerance and responsibility, and boys and girls alike are encouraged to help out with household chores. Hupsekot has also gone further than most other municipalities by promoting local languages and dialects. A language curriculum is being developed for 60% of the district's population for whom Magar is the mother tongue. The digital charter of the municipality is available also in the Magar language. Hupsekot's scenic beauty and places of religious significance make it a popular destination for visitors. And the municipality is now trying to add to its eco-tourism appeal, planting 5,000 rhododendron spalings under the 'One Student One Laligurans' campaign as well as holy pipal plantations around its pilgrimage sites under a municipality subsidised program. In August, Laxmi Pandey and Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai declared the Rudrapur Gadi region a rhododendron conservation zone to encourage eco-tourism. "Ultimately, we plan to create a natural and pristine environment and cultivate rudraksha commercially. This along with religious tourism will provide regular income for our municipality," Pandey adds. The municipality is also working to raise income of female-led households by training women to produce value added goods from maize husk, and is already engaging them in knitting winter wear. The municipality then takes the responsibility of marketting the products. An inter-generational skill transfer program is also in operation so that the village doesn't have to rely only on outside trainers to learn new skills. About two years ago when the municipality advertised for two employees, some 60 single women applied for the job. During the interviews, they shared their hardships in finding a reliable source of income. While the municipality office wasn't able to employ them all, this gave Paudel a much-needed push to plan a program specifically targetting single women. "Women in rural areas, especially single women, do not have a reliable source of income. Society looks down on them. But that won't be the case if the local government steps in to support them," says Pandey. Since last year, the municipality has started allocating a budget for 'Single Women's School' under which widows come up with their owns plans for regular income generation. Vice-chair Kopila Malla (in brown sari) with Chair Laxmi Pandey inspect a road upgrading project in Hupsekot. The fact that both the chair and vice user chair are women helps, and they are leading the charge with progressive plans and policies. This is in stark contrast to other municipalities where the women deputies are undermined and harassed by their male colleagues. Says Pandey: "We have to use the five years we have been given by working for the people. Bitterness and dispute will only hurt our voters. Our sole focus is on fulfilling our responsibilities." Breathing is hazardous to health Nepalis on K2 make the impossible possible Hinduism has deeply permeated the social life of Thailand. New Delhi's new dealings in Nepal November 7, 2020 Illustration: SUBHAS RAI hen Kathmandu Valley was still known as Swoniga (three… When will Nepal's future ever arrive? 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3M Health Care 3M's V.A.C. Therapy hits 2,000 medical journal studies mark V.A.C. Therapy. [Image from 3M]3M (NYSE:MMM) Healthcare's Medical Solutions Division announced the surpassing of 2,000 published studies for its V.A.C. Therapy. Maplewood, Minnesota-based 3M's V.A.C. delivers negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). The company said it's the only NPWT tech to hit the milestone of 2,000 published, peer-reviewed medical journal studies. According to a news release, V.A.C. therapy accounts for more than 75% of published NPWT clinical evidence. "Clinical evidence has always been a foundational element to establishing credibility for V.A.C. Therapy and our NPWT products in the wound care community," said Dr. Ronald Silverman, M.D., 3M Health Care SVP of clinical affairs and CMO. "Published studies have also helped to promote adoption of NPWT and spur therapy innovations, including 3M Prevena therapy for incision management, 3M Veraflo therapy for instillation therapy for open wounds, 3M AbThera… 3M announces upgrades to wound therapy tech A VAC Ulta therapy unit [Image from 3M]The 3M (NYSE:MMM) Health Care's medical solutions business announced upgrades to advance the delivery of certain wound care technologies. A new 3M Veraflo Cleans Choice Complete dressing kit and a software upgrade for the 3M VAC Ulta therapy unit were introduced at no increased cost to the customer. 3M said in a news release that the new offerings help to simplify the care delivery processes for clinicians using Veraflo negative pressure wound therapy with installation and help to make dressing changes easier, faster and less painful for patients when compared to previous Veraflo therapy dressings. Veraflo therapy is used for patients with open soft issue wounds to help cleanse and stimulate the formation of granulation tissue. The company pointed to a recent publication — titled Effects of Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy with Instillation versus Standard of Care in Multiple Wound Types: Systematic Literature Rev… 3M Health Care to become standalone company 3M (NYSE: MMM) announced today that it plans to spin off its Health Care business by the end of 2023. The new Health Care business will be a roughly $9-billion-a-year company with a focus on wound care, oral care, healthcare IT and biopharma filtration. 3M officials argue that the transaction will better position Health Care to innovate. 3M will retain a 19.9% stake in Health Care that it will monetizedover time. "Today's actions advance our ability to create value for customers and shareholders," 3M CEO Mike Roman said ina. news release. "Disciplined portfolio management is a hallmark of our growth strategy. Our management team and board continually evaluate the strategic options that will best drive long-term sustainable growth and value. The decision to spin off our Health Care business will result in two well-capitalized, world-class companies, well positioned to pursue their respective priorities."

"« I draw and feel the happiest person in the world» I was born in Lvov (Ukraine), some time I lived in Poland, now - in Kiev (Ukraine). Education: 1993 – 1998 Studies at Publishing Academy (Lvov, Ukraine). Exhibitions: Groups 1998 - Gallery « Yarowit» , Students Arts Exhibition, Lvov, Ukraine. 1998 - Lvov Arts Palace, Art" 2008 - Group International Exhibitions «Opera Gallery», <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Budapest, Hungary, Jyl. I was born in Lvov (Ukraine), some time I lived in Poland, now - in Kiev (Ukraine). 1993 – 1998 Studies at Publishing Academy (Lvov, Ukraine). 1998 - Gallery «Yarowit», Students Arts Exhibition, Lvov, Ukraine. 1998 - Lvov Arts Palace, Arts Exhibition, Lvov, Ukraine. 1999 - Gallery «Na Yaskultse», Students Arts Exhibition, Krakow, Poland. 2000 - Gallery «Gaude Mater», 1st International Exhibition of Miniature Arts, Chenstohova, Poland (catalog). 2001 - Gallery humor and satirical «Na drabinie», Wloclawek, Poland (catalog). 2001 - Chenstohova City Arts Gallery, Young Artists Exhibition, Chenstohova, Poland. 2001 - Ignacy Paderewski Museum, Humor Arts Competition «Paint Me Tolerance», under patronage of United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees, Warshawa, Poland. 2001 - XXIV International Exhibition «SATYRYKON», Legnica, Poland (catalog). 2002 - The international art satirical competition «CURUXA», Museum of Humour, Fene, Spain (CD-catalog). 2008 - The international art competition devoted the victims of the armed conflicts «The Red Cross Summer Exhibition», Hague, Netherlands. 2008 - 1st International Aid of SNAIL'S Graphical Humor, Lleida, Spain. 2008 - International action «No jury, no prize», Moscow, Russia (catalog). 2008 - «Opera Gallery», Exhibition by International Artists, Budapest, Hungary (catalog). 2008 - 19th International Satire Exhibition «Trento between reality and madness». Subject: «We want the Moon», Trento, Italy (catalog). 2009 - 8th Tabriz International Cartoon Contest - «No War», Tabriz, Iran. 2009 - Women Cartoonists of the World, Bunker Gallery, Coffs Harbour, Australia. 2000 - Chenstohova City Museum, Chenstohova, Poland. 2008 - Art and culture Center of Humanitarian lyceum T. Shevchenko, Kiev, Ukraine. 2008 - S&L Galerie, Strasbourg, France. 2009 - «Armenian well», Kamianets-Podilskyi Historical Museum-Reserve, Ukraine. 2009 - «Kolo Gallery», Kiev, Ukraine. Pictures published in magazine «Terytoria» (Lvov, Ukraine). Responses were printed in the Polish (Gazeta Wyborcza) and the French press «The latest news from Alsace» (Dernières Nouvelles D'alsace, Strasbourg). Interviews went out in the «Wysokyi Zamok» («High Castle», Lvov), RIA Novosti, URA-Inform. Distinction on Satiric Competition «Phones Phenomenon», Gallery «Na drabinie», May 2001, Wloclawek, Poland. Nomination on the XXIV International Exhibition «SATYRYKON», Legnica, Poland. Works are in Museum of cartoon art and caricature (Warsaw, Poland), Satyrykon (Legnica, Poland), Museum of Humour (Fene, Spain); galleries and private collections of Switzerland, USA, Australia, Finland, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Croatia, Spain, Russia, Poland ,Ukraine. Romana Yaroshchak - Who there?

If you are interested in modelling, your teenage years are actually the best years at which you can get started on this career path. The modelling industry is famously easy for teenagers to get into. If you have the right look and have a passion for it, you stand a chance to gain fame and fortune in equal measure doing what you love. However, do not be lied to. The modelling industry is about so much more than the glitz and glamour that is associated with it. There is so much more that goes into it that photo shoots and fashion shows. It is also incredibly hard to get into, so if you are not absolutely sure this is the career path you want to take, it is actually easier and more worth your while to stay in school and choose another career that you are more passionate about. That being said, if you are a photogenic teenager that is absolutely set on being a model, you need to understand that there are a few key traits that everyone who makes it in this industry has. You need to be persistent, hard-working, focused and resilient. If you do not have all these traits, you will likely give up along the way when the going gets too tough, because things will definitely get tough. However, if you have all these traits, then this article is for you. Here is how to become a teenage model using a more traditional path than simply contacting ourselves first. That's right we are a talent seeking organisation looking for people like you. We work closely with professional modelling agencies to provide the right people they are looking for. We have the power to help kick start your teenage modelling career and all you need to do is simply fill this form in. But we wrote this article for people looking in search engines for how to become a teenage model, here's an overview of a more traditional entry to your career path (or you could just contact us). Once you have done all these and built up your confidence and experience, you can finally start contacting agents and agencies and putting yourself out there, waiting for your career to take off. Doing your research is arguably the most important step in your journey. You need to know what you are getting in to. Are you completely assistant sure you enjoy modelling and everything that goes with it? Read about the required traits in models, and be sure that you have each one. You should also find out all the different types of models and the different fields of specialization. What works for you? The most common type of models. They walk on runways and showcase the different fashion designs of different fashion houses or designers. They also pose for photos wearing these designs. If fashion shows and runways are your thing, then this is the type of model you should consider being. You need to be thin, tall and not curvy. Height requirements are usually specific to agencies, but generally, you cannot be shorter than 5'8″. If TV or print ads are more up your alley, then commercial modelling is for you. Commercial models come in a wider variety of shapes and sizes, and their choice usually depends on the requirements of the marketing campaign. If you are larger than a size 10, then you fall into the plus size model category. Plus size models can also be fashion models or commercial models. They model plus size fashion or accessories. Again, you cannot be shorter than 5'8″. Do you have a really pretty foot or hand? Do your nails or hair particularly stand out? You might have the qualifications of a part model. Part models usually model specific body parts. You can specialize in your favourite body part and showcase only that part. To be a part model, there are no specific requirements of general body type. Modelling is very competitive. It is also very superficial. You will be judged almost solely by your looks. To be a teenage model, you need to accept the fact that you may not always be the best-looking person in the room, or the agent may be looking for a particular set of traits that you do not have. Rejection is part of being a model, and you need to make peace with that fact. If you are short, consider a different career path. You will also not make much money as a model. Models usually rely on one or two really big jobs which pay well. These are few and far in between. If you are passionate about modelling, consider having an additional alternative source of income until your modelling career really takes off. This may take years, so it is best to stay in school and find something you love that can pay the bills after you are done as you pursue your modelling. As a teenager, you are young. You have your whole life ahead of you, so you may look at the world through rose coloured glasses. However, you need to be realistic. Modelling is a career choice that should only be driven by intense passion. If you have doubts, stay in school and come up with other career options that you can enjoy. If you are a teenager below the age of 18, you need parental consent before any doors can open for you in the modelling world. Tell them about your plans. Make them understand your passion, and assure them that school still takes the centre stage for you. Take your time trying to convince them, because not all parents will be open to the idea. If you have to, give them some time to process what you have said and talk to them about it again in a month or two. If your parents allow it, take a few modelling classes. You will learn how to find your inner confidence, how to build your portfolio and the ins and outs of the modelling world. It is important to note here that not all modelling schools are legitimate. Some are scams, and it is up to you to do your due diligence and protect yourself. Check their credentials and look them up with your local authorities to make sure their certifications are legit. If you can't afford it, modelling school is not necessary. The Internet is an amazing resource if you know what you are looking for. Take advantage of it. Before the internet, aspiring models had to rely almost solely on magazines to learn the basics of modelling. Do not ignore fashion magazines. They have so much to teach you. Collect them and study the model poses. What works best on camera? What do you like? What don't you like? What can you change? How would you change it? Get a mirror and practice in front of it. Copy, then personalize. Make them your own. Take a few photos of yourself and ask friends for some honest criticism. Let them correct you. It will help you build the thick skin you need in this industry. Confidence is everything to a model. And confidence takes practice. Get used to the poses and let them come naturally to you. Your confidence will ooze in front of the camera. It is important to have at least a little experience before you dive into the deep end. Keep an eye out for opportunities to build on your experience, because they may come in form of anything. A family Christmas card photo? A friend's photography class assignment? A volunteer fashion show? You will likely not get paid much to do any of these, but they'll give you a feel of how it feels to be photographed. If you get the chance to pose in front of a crowd of people such as on a runway, take it. Find out how you like it because that will likely be your life if you become a model. These opportunities are also great in helping you build your portfolio, which is essential in securing that first meeting with an agent. As a model, your body is your temple. It is your entire career. You need to take care of it. As a teenager, it is easy to ignore the consequences and eat whatever you like or fail to eat essential foods. However, gaining or losing too much weight can end your career before it begins. Work hard to maintain your ideal shape. Work out, eat well, stay active. Drink a lot of water, get enough sleep and exercise your mind, too. Be healthy and look radiant, because modelling is all about putting your best foot forward. This is how you get those modelling jobs. Agents and agencies link you up with companies that require modelling services, which then pay you. You need to have a portfolio before you approach modelling agents or agencies. Your portfolio is a collection of your past modelling projects, headshots and general pictures of yourself. If you have never gotten a modelling gig, just make sure you have photos that showcase your range of looks and your face at different angles. Remember to include one or two photos with no makeup on and your stat sheet, which shows your height, weight, body measurements, eye colour, skin colour and hair colour. If there are any open calls, apply to them. Ask your parent or an adult to help. Open calls are invitations for consultations put out by modelling agencies. Again, just make sure what you are responding to is legit. Submit your portfolio to ourselves and we can help make contact on your behalf. When you meet an agent, confidence and professionalism are key. Getting into the modelling industry is an amazing way for teenagers to make some income, and it opens up a world of opportunity for them. It also teaches you a lot more than what conventional schooling does. However, remember that it is a very competitive industry, which means that your career may take a while to pick up. If you are young, staying in school while you pursue modelling is the wisest decision. Find a mentor who can walk with you on your journey, and follow their advice. Hopefully, these tips begin to give you an understanding of how to become a teenage model.

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I am trying to help my neighbors daughter improve her English. I am wondering, at what point do you teachers introduce the use of articles and how do you convey the meaning of them to your students? Do you mean that at the moment you're NOT using articles? I really think you're doing learners a disservice if you "simplify" sentences into things like "red apple on table". It's much better to use articles naturally so that you are constantly giving examples of correct usage. It's a pretty complicated area of grammar when you start looking at the details and it wouldn't be appropriate to give a young learner loads of rules and exceptions to learn. A lot of mistakes can be prevented if students apply two basic rules though. 1. All singular countable nouns need an article. 2. Uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns take no article when talking about generalities. I'd recommend first trying to get the concept of "countable/uncountable" nouns across. It's the basis of so much English grammar. Thanks for the input nomade. No I haven't been trying to teach her without the articles. We have just begun and in the little English she speaks she has not been using them. Not being a true teacher myself I felt that she should learn using articles but didn't want to completely confuse or overwhelm her. You have given me a great deal of help here. Now I know how to simply explain it to her so that she can learn correctly. I really do appreciate it. My guess is that OP is asking more - when and how does one enter the complex vista of teaching articles - rather than if one should start using them? So, my suggestion, as with all things grammar and pronunciation, is to teach them when they come up – as they happen. Regardless of the original lesson – a quick little mini-lesson needs to occur to highlight the unique aspects of the grammar and pronunciation issues in EACH lesson as they happen. This is preferable, rather than specific full-blown lessons on the rather uninteresting aspects of grammar and pronunciation only. Grammar, and pronunciation, are much more relevant when taught in the context of a regular lesson – and their relevance is what facilitates motivation to learn them – as well as helping the student understand and assimilate the information. Just my opinion. All lessons should have little contextual "min-lessons" that highlight the specific grammatical aspects of the content being covered. Otherwise, the points suggested by nomade - are a good place start. That, and given the correct situation - almost all uncountable nouns - can be countable! given the correct situation - almost all uncountable nouns - can be countable! Bob, you have made some excellent points and I agree totally that grammar should be taught in small doses and within context. But I disagree about the last bit you wrote! In what circumstances could words like ...advice, information, software, luggage, furniture, accomodation, permission, laughter etc ... be countable? Mikey, it sounds like the mistakes your student is making are probably due to first language interference. I don't speak Thai but I'd guess articles aren't used in the same way as in English? A lot of language learning involves students "noticing" things. (The ahhhh!! factor) It's usually better if you can get students to notice grammar structures on their own rather than just telling them. Give loads of examples and see if your student can work out the "rule" for herself ... she'll remember it better if she does. Nomade, you're right. There are no articles in the Thai language. Yes,yes, I have so many happinesses, or as the Chinese say: Double happiness. Point taken, as a newbie in Asia, I bow to your superior local knowledges! Notice I said "almost all" - not "all". Try this one: The variety of coffees grown in Africa is incredible. Or from your list: The different softwares on my computer are not compatible. (I have Korean, Thai, and English Windows - and different components of each). When an uncountable noun is used to indicate types or kinds - it can often be used as a countable noun. But this, again, is not a hard and fast rule. Notice also, that I said, "Given the correct situation" - so, if when planning the launch of a new product in a new country and you are seeking the permission (again from your list), for example, of a variety of government entities - I might ask you, "Have you obtained all the permissions that are required?" Okay, I realize these are all a bit on the fringe - and I would not typically teach these type situations to a less than advanced student - but they do exist and can, at times, be very appropriate. What you'll learn after you taught a while is that almost (notice that d*amn almost again!) all grammar rules have innumerable exceptions. I've become a bit hesitant in my old age about being to absolute on almost any rules - unless I am quite aware of all the possible exceptions. I had an office next door to an incredible grammarian for five years - and had many a grammar bubble burst. And, btw, which of the Englishes (that d*amn "s" again!) of the world do you intend to say are correct or incorrect? Tongue in check here really, as I agree with you on many uncountable nouns - but I just wanted to write "Englishes"!! The variety of coffees grown in Africa is incredible. No problem at all with that one Bob. It's perfectly acceptable ... just like the number of wines and cheeses produced in France is incredible. The different softwares on my computer are not compatible. Have you obtained all the permissions that are required?" Again I don't think that sounds right. I'd say "Have you obtained all the authorizations that are required?" Note that when I disagree, I say "That doesn't sound right" ... obviously somewhere in my head I have assimilated "rules" that tell me this without my having to check it in a grammar book. However your assimilated rules seem to be different, which is quite interesting! Conventional grammar explanations are rarely entirely satisafactory. To say that a grammar rule is both simple and accurate is usually an oxymoron. The way we try to describe "grammar" is obviously flawed ... I often feel there are some other rules that nobody's noticed yet. How come children learn to speak languages effortlessly and perfectly in a relatively short time with no formal grammar input at all? Finally, I agree that there are many different "Englishes" and that just because we teach "standard" English doesn't make the other types less worthy. And I noticed while teaching TOEFL that there are many differences even between "standard" American and British grammar. There's also the fact that what is accepted as "correct" grammar changes over time. 'Permissions' is fine for a plural form... My feeling is that your 'feeling' might likely come from your own personal preference for use...Quite natural, and your form is correct, too. And American English is the dominate English language now, I'd say. Thank goodness the OP is about WHEN to start teaching articles.... HOW to teach them would be MUCH harder! I'd say start off USING articles right away. The earlier the better- don't try to explain them at first; that'd just be wasted effort. Use sentences and examples and a lot of modelling (with appropriate confirmation from the students of course) to demonstrate and elicit meaning. Ideally, the kids will construct the meaning for themselves and get into the right habits and patterns. Later, when the formal usage is taught, they'll find they've been doing it all along without knowing the rules- just like we do! wouldnt that be ," just like what we do"? ^far as I'm aware, my grammar/usage is correct! Will thunder be followed by rain ? TruemoveH how do I activate the NON STOP 4G plans?

Earlier this week Hadley and I dyed some Easter eggs. I had seen this shaving cream and food coloring technique on Pinterest a few weeks back and knew I wanted to try it. So on Tuesday, I grabbed my girl, gathered the materials and we got to work! They were really fairly simple… a little messy (but isn't anything with a 2-year-old?) so much fun and look absolutely egg-celent!! If you agree, here is how YOU could make your very own marbled eggs. OH! AND DON'T FORGET YOUR GLOVES!!!! Once you have your materials, give your eggs a quick soak in some vinegar. This will make the colors brighter. While your eggs are soaking, spray the shaving cream into your shallow dish. Then, smooth the surface with a spoon. Next, add drops of food coloring. Take an egg and place it in the shaving cream. Make sure the entire egg is covered in the shaving cream. When it's awesome enough, place it in your drying rack. AS SOON AS your hands get the tiniest bit of color on them, make sure you touch your nose. Once your nose is colored, finish the rest of your eggs. Let them sit in the refrigerator for a few hours so the color can set. Then, wipe them with a paper towel and rinse. Sit back and inspect each egg. Then hit them around the table, if you'd like. When you are sure each egg is acceptable arrange them for a photo. Then place them in a bowl to pretty up your table. I lOVE this technique , they turned out great!! Excellent tutorial as well!!! This is a EGG-cellent tutorial!! and seriously, can Hadley get any cuter?? I love the nose shot and her inspecting each egg. Thanks girls! We really had a blast. Shaving cream is like Disneyland in a can for kids!

Home > ETDS > 113 Effect of Triclosan-Tolerant Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria on Triclosan Degradation in Soils Ashley Marie Garcia Master of Science in Biology (MS) Mendez, Monica O. Triclosan (TCS), an antimicrobial found in commercial products, can also be found in freshwater systems used for crop irrigation. Thus, TCS may accumulate over time in soils, potentially affecting plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs). Bacterial isolates from a previous study which demonstrated PGPR activity and TCS tolerance (TPGPRs) were chosen to evaluate the use of triclosan as a sole carbon source on a minimal salts medium (MSMT). TPGPRs, which demonstrated TCS utilization, were chosen for inoculation into soil microcosm for triclosan degradation (TD-PGPRs). Soil microcosms were arranged in a 2 x 5 factorial randomized block design and irrigated with triclosan treatments (0 µg or 1.5 µg of total TCS) and five inoculation treatments (no inoculation [CTRL], individual rhizobacteria isolates [OT1-11C2, OT2-03A, OT2-17], and a microbial consortium of all selected isolates [OT-MIX]). Soils were subsampled every three days during a 30-day period for triclosan and methyl TCS extraction, followed by GCMS analysis. A two-way repeated measures ANOVA determined that inoculum and inoculum x concentration was significant across all treatments and time points for mean heterotrophic bacterial counts (p < 0.0200), with the exception of day 0 R2AT 15 ng g-1. There was an observed increase in mean heterotrophic bacterial counts for total (R2A) and triclosan tolerant populations (R2AT 1.50 µg L-1 TCS and R2AT 15 µg L-1 TCS) in OTMIX and OT1-11C2 for days 15 and 30. The data suggests that triclosan is still accumulating even with the presence of TD-PGPRs. However, by day 30 samples inoculated with OTMIX (14.22 ng g-1) demonstrated a higher <|im_start|>user triclosan reduction when compared to the CTRL (26.03 ng g-1). Methyl triclosan (initial biodegradation by product of bacteria) was observed to increase overtime for all treatments, indicating that TCS degradation is still occurring even in uninoculated soils (CTRL). However, TCS breakdown was less efficient in the CTRL treatment with 21.89 ng g-1 of MeTCS to 28.19 ng g-1 in the OTMIX soils. This study was the first to confirm the TCS degradative capabilities of the isolated TD-PGPRs. The use of these TD-PGPRs assisted in the elucidation of the fate of triclosan and by-product formation in irrigated soils. Garcia, Ashley Marie, "Effect of Triclosan-Tolerant Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria on Triclosan Degradation in Soils" (2020). Theses and Dissertations. 113. https://rio.tamiu.edu/etds/113

CRAE monitors and reports on the extent to which children are enjoying their rights in practice, to ensure that the Government is held accountable for its record on children's rights. We submit reports to international human rights bodies, including the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, when they are considering how well children's rights are protected in the UK. In 2016, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued recommendations (known as Concluding Observations) telling the Government how it should improve the protection of children's rights in the UK. Every year, we publish State of Children's Rights in England, a review of the progress made in implementing these recommendations. It is not just central government which has responsibilities under the UNCRC. Local authorities should also ensure that they comply with children's rights. CRAE also monitors the enjoyment of children's rights at the local level.

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Tofurky Asks Court to Halt Labeling Law Enforcement The law in question bans labeling vegetarian and vegan products as meat, and advertising them as such. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A plant-based food producer has asked a federal court to temporarily stop Arkansas from enforcing a law that bans labeling vegetarian and vegan products as meat and advertising them as such while litigation is underway. Hood River, Oregon-based Tofurky Co. told courts that complying with the law would have a "severe detrimental impact" because of the cost to change marketing and packaging. It's not clear if the law has been enforced since taking effect three weeks ago. The law's authors say it's designed to protect consumers. Tofurky claims the lawsuit restricts commercial speech protected by the First Amendment. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge did not immediately return a request for comment. The American Civil Liberties Union first filed a lawsuit on Tofurky's behalf challenging the law in July. Similar lawsuits have been filed in Missouri and Mississippi.

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR ANGELA LEONG ON KEI Sociedade De Jogos De Macau, SA (SJM) CAO Office, 2/F, Hotel Lisboa, Macau www.sjmholdings.com Angela Leong On Kei was raised by a family in which her mother was the breadwinner, her father having passed away during her childhood years. Inspired to start her own business to improve the living standards of her family, Leong had to work three to four part-time jobs back-to-back when she first arrived in Macao to sustain both herself and support in no small measure her family members. She recalls that as busy and hectic as life was in those days it was nevertheless fulfilling despite the painstaking efforts she had to make to progress. Not having received much education, Leong always believed that she had to work much harder than anybody else as she firmly subscribed then, as she does now, to the idiom that 'diligence can make up for the lack of talent'. The real turning point of her life, however, was undeniably when she met Dr. Stanley Ho Hung Sun – respected far and wide for his business acumen as well as philanthropy – brought together by their common interests and hobbies. From the outset, it was obvious that Dr. Ho appreciated her genuine aspiration of starting a business of her own, which, given her evident studiousness, fortitude and diligence, was the perfect foil for his erudition and rich business experience. Consequently, Dr. Ho gave her periodic counsel, revealing to her the path of entrepreneurialism, during which process he became not only her mentor but partner in life, with the best tacit understanding of each other. Given her passion and burgeoning talent for business, Leong soon created a new world in the business sector, entering the mainstream management of Sociedade de Jogos de Macau S.A. (SJM) with people's valued and appreciated recognition of her efforts, since when she has participated in expanding and innovating the company's business, ascending over time to her current position as Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer, demanding roles in which she supervises the company's daily operations. Having overcome numerous difficulties and challenges along the way – such as partaking in and witnessing the listing of SJM Holdings and the construction of the Grand Lisboa Palace project, among other milestone events – she can finally heave a sigh of relief that all the hard work has finally paid off, although by no means is it finished. Meanwhile, Leong has continuously followed the philosophy of 'repaying society for one's gain from it' as espoused by Dr. Ho, leading the company in taking the initiative to fulfil its corporate social responsibilities and keeping a close eye on social and livelihood issues in the course of seeking a breakthrough in the company's development. It will come as no surprise, then, that she is proactively involved in many associations and groups that seek to make society a more level playing field, taking the long view that we all have a responsibility to venerate those who have gone before and those generations currently emerging. Leong has continuously followed the philosophy of 'repaying society for one's gain from it' as espoused by Dr. Ho, leading the company in taking the initiative to fulfil its corporate social responsibilities and keeping a close eye on social and livelihood issues in the course of seeking a breakthrough in the company's development. Bearing this philosophy in mind, SJM has made fruitful achievements – gaining wide public recognition in the process – in just a few years in areas such as the development of the company's non-gaming elements, the promotion of responsible gaming, ongoing and evolving staff training, and supporting schemes in practical ways for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), a priority for the MSAR Government in its declared objective of the territory <|im_end|> transforming itself into a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure, among many other initiatives. Leong is fully aware of how difficult life can be for grassroots workers, having been one of them and gone through similar trials and tribulations of her own. When she delved further into corporate management, therefore, she recognised the need to bridge the communication gap between staff and the company in order to balance the rights and interests of both parties. This notion encouraged her, in turn, to establish the SJM Staff Welfare Consultative Committee, on which she serves as chairperson, to fight for employees' benefits, earning her much admiration from the staff. She always recalls what Dr. Ho has continually stressed: "When one drinks water, one must not forget where it comes from", which means one must put oneself in others' shoes for 'harmony' and a 'win-win' situation. The saying also transpires to be her life motto as well as the vision of the company's development. SJM, which continues to prosper under Leong's stewardship, now operates over 50% of the casinos in Macao and employs around 20,000 members of the community. These employees have not only made outstanding contributions to the government's tax coffers but provided ample employment opportunities for society. They have also won wide recognition from Macao residents and various sectors of the community for their achievements in aspects as diverse as public welfare and charity, responsible gaming, and urban construction. Given her outstanding achievements in the gaming industry, Leong was awarded the Medal of Merit – Industry and Commerce in 2009 by the Macao SAR Government and has been crowned 'Successful Female Entrepreneur' by several organisations, for which she has expressed her gratitude for the recognition of government and commerce with typical humility. In addition, she was also awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star (B.B.S.) in 2015 by the Hong Kong SAR Government. She believes that she still has a lot to learn in managing an enterprise – in particular in a business and social environment that is changing at a faster pace in Macau than possibly in any other part of the world – and is adamant that she will continue to look to Dr. Ho as a role model in her further contributions to industry and society. In conclusion, she often advises young people – in whom she has invested much time and effort over the years through scholarships and educational 'love your country' fieldtrips – that when they first enter society they have to bear hardships, be level-headed and prepare themselves for a career they are passionate about. There is no such thing as luck or copying the path to success, she admonishes – only relentless diligence can pave the way for youngsters eager to create a bright future of their own.

Hedi Slimane, Fashion Wizard (part 1) On Facebook it caused a worldwide negative stir, but Karl Lagerfeld declared: "Paris needs some new things, some stimulation….. I love the idea. I think it's interesting and it's important. Something fresh was needed.", after Hedi Slimane (just appointed new fashion director at YSL in 2012) decided the company name Yves Saint Laurent would change into Saint Laurent Paris. Years before (November 2000) Karl Lagerfeld decided to lose weight in order that he could adopt Hedi Slimane's new skinny silhouette. "Until then, I had got along fine with my excess weight and I had no health problems, or – which would be worse – emotional problems, but I suddenly wanted to wear clothes designed by Hedi Slimane, who now creates the Dior Homme collections," Karl told the Telegraph. "But these fashions, modelled by very, very slim boys, required me to lose at least six of my 16 stone." He lost more than 90 lbs over the course of the year. Fashion Biography: Dior, Yves saint Laurent & Photography Hedi Slimane ((French pronunciation: ​[eˈdi sliˈman]), born in Paris on 5 July 1968, learned the art of photography before he even reached his teens and began making his own clothes at age 16. He studied History at the Ecole du Louvre, before he began working with fashion consultant Jean-Jacques Picart in 1992 on an exhibition celebrating the centenary of Louis Vuitton's iconic monogram. In 1996 Hedi was recommended by Jean-Jacques Picart for a first-assistant job at Yves Saint Laurent and subsequently hired by Pierre Bergé as a consultant for YSL's menswear. In less than a year, Slimane is made director of men's ready-to-wear at Yves Saint Laurent. Yves Saint Laurent himself attended his debut menswear show and applauded enthusiastically from the front row. But in 1999 Yves Saint Laurent is purchased by the Gucci Group. Gucci creative director Tom Ford is also made creative director of all YSL lines. Hedi departs, objecting to having to report to Ford. He declines the creative directorship at Jil Sander and accepts a role at the helm of Christian Dior's men's line. Hedi Slimane's revolutionary slimline designs for Dior Homme In January 2001 Hedi presents his first Dior Homme collection. Karl Lagerfeld documents the scene backstage with a camera. Yves Saint Laurent himself attends Hedi's show, leading a standing ovation, but he skips Tom Ford's debut collection for his namesake label…. And Hedi headed up the launch of Dior Homme's first fragrance under his creative control – named Higher. He designs the packaging and works with Richard Avedon on the advertising campaign to ensure all elements tallied with his new vision for the Dior man.. In 2002, Hedi Slimane became the first menswear designer to be named the CFDA International Designer of the year, presented by Hedi Slimane fan David Bowie. In 2003 Hedi was given nonexclusive contract with Dior and in the meantime he maintained his interest in photography. He published several books – including Berlin, featuring his photographs of the German club scene and street kids, Stage, about the rock revival and London Birth of a Cult, about the then-unknown rock star Pete Doherty – in the early Noughties. Hedi Slimane's inspiring online photographic blog, The Diary, is launched in 2006 – featuring his pictures of unknown cool kids as well as some of the music world's biggest stars. http://www.hedislimane.com/ In the summer of 2006 Hedi chose not renew his contract at Dior Homme after negotiations with the French house surrounding his eponymous label broke down (LVMH is said to refuse to grant the designer enough autonomy). Dior proposed to fund Hedi Slimane's own collections but the designer was reportedly reluctant to lose control of his name. Dior announces that Hedi will be replaced by Kris Van Assche, his former assistant. Hedi moves to Los Angeles to pursue photography. In March 2011, following John Galliano's dismissal from Christian Dior, Hedi is linked with the job of new Dior creative director. But Hedi never talked about – or even implied- to go back to work at Christian Dior, or any other luxury house in particular. He did publish Anthology of a Decade, a book in four volumes about the past ten years in the four cities – Paris, Berlin, London, and LA – where he had spent most time. Also an exhibit of photographs, "California Song," debuts at Los Angeles's Museum of Contemporary Art. In early 2012, Hedi is again linked with two of his former employers – Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent – both of whom were seeking a new creative director following the departures of Galliano and Stefano Pilati. In March Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, parent company of Yves Saint Laurent, announces that Hedi Slimane will replace Stefano Pilati as creative director. The label's design studio will be relocated from Paris to Los Angeles, Hedi's adopted city. And in June Yves Saint Laurent announces that it will be renamed Saint Laurent Paris, sparking a media furor and protests from critics and fashion bloggers; Hedi insists that this rebranding will merely return YSL to its 1966 identity, when the Saint Laurent Rive Gauche ready-to-wear line was launched. Hedi Slimane's first show for Saint Laurent, Paris S/S 2013 In the lead-up to Hedi's first women's RTW runway presentation for Saint Laurent Paris in October, the house issues a slew of instructions and rules to the press, sparking media chatter about Slimane's supposedly controlling nature. He shows his first full womenswear collection for Saint Laurent Paris, which references Saint Laurent's bohemian influences in the 1970s. According to the fashion press Hedi failed to deliver the visceral, game-changing act of rebellion which the industry expected from this most mythic of contemporary fashion designers. The 1970s haute-groupie looked nostalgic and familiar, rather than agenda-setting or challenging. The reviews are mixed. Pre Fall collection Saint Laurent, Paris 2013 And in March 2013, Hedi's second collection for Saint Laurent Paris is inspired by the grunge period, Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain. The disconnect with the Saint Laurent customer seems at times alarmingly wide. In California, where Hedi lives and to where he has moved the design studio, nineties grunge is a deeply felt part of everyday folklore; but in Paris, it is an abstract concept. And the grunge roleplay did not provide much in the way of roles for accessories. There were almost no handbags in this collection – this girl, with her unwashed hair and kohled eyes and fishnets, has no yen for an expensive handbag. Yet the YSL woman, surely, loves her handbag. This was a second act by Slimane which leaves the stage intriguingly poised for the next. Saint Laurent, Paris grunge fashion show A/W 2013 Next week more about Hedi Slimane's photography Categories stories ← The Beautiful Fall….. Hedi Slimane, Fashion Wizard (part 2, Photography) → 3 Responses to "Hedi Slimane, Fashion Wizard (part 1)" Nel van Dijk 24 March 2013 at 09:02 # Bedankt weer Netty voor je opkikkertje voor de zondag! Ik geniet er elke week weer van. Op 24 mrt. 2013, om 09:01 heeft A.G.Nauta couture het volgende geschreven: A.G.Nauta couture 24 March 2013 at 10:22 # Wat een lief bericht! Dank je wel, Hedi Slimane, the Famous Yet Reclusive Fashion Designer, Is Back - WEHOvilleWEHOville - 13 February 2018 […] Hedi Slimane left Saint Laurent and West Hollywood in March 2016. But Slimane, who was born in Paris, never left Los Angeles. He is said to love L.A. so much that, before accepting the Saint Laurent position, he insisted that François-Henri Pinault, chief executive of PPR, the company that owns Gucci, Saint Laurent, Puma and others, let him run the design studio in L.A. rather than Paris and fly in employees from Paris for consultations. […]

The #1 most asked question after I announced our pregnancy that didn't have to do with how I was feeling or how far along I am was about my dress. I'm SO SO glad you guys loved this romper/dress as much as I do. Since y'all had so many questions about it, I decided to include some similar dress and romper options below for you as you're packing your spring break bags and looking towards Easter and fun spring date night options. You may remember that when Leyton was in my belly I did weekly pregnancy updates, so I've decided to bring those back for Baby Brown #2 so I can keep everything documented here. Plus I figure that some of you who are also pregnant may find this information useful to see how others are feeling along the same path as you. So, keep reading to see my fourteen weeks update + some spring lace dress and romper ideas similar to my dress to help you transition into spring. Mom Styling Tip: Don't be afraid to add a little edge to your lace especially while the weather can still be cool at night in parts of the country. You can always throw on a leather jacket or pair with booties if you don't want it to be to feminine and soft with the lace. Total weight gain: 10 pounds…..this may be the only time I answer this question. ?I am gaining so much faster this time around! Maternity clothes? Not yet! But I have already eliminated my favorite mom jeans from my lineup as I can't fit in them once my belly expands after 5:00. SO interesting how it gets bigger each night. Stretch marks? Not yet, I am starting using creams this week though! More to come on that in Monday's post. Sleep: I am still pretty tired. I sleep so hard right now (well, and to be honest, usually!). I sleep in and nap any chance I get. Miss Anything? Sad I didn't get to enjoy National Margarita day! Food cravings: Hot tea for my cough at night, McDonald's fries, sodas to help settle my stomach when needed. Mood: Ready for energy to be back and for this cough to leave! Looking forward to: Beach trip in 2 weeks!

There are so many opportunities to save money online — and not just with shopping. Here are some of the ways I save through the Internet. Freebies2Deals: Seriously, I'm obsessed with this one. She doesn't post anything that is going to run out in like 10 seconds, and everything is legitimate. Plus she has tons of giveaways, which is always awesome! There was also a mobile app released recently, which makes finding deals on the good easy. I've bought a few of Baby J's birthday presents recently because of some of her posts. The Thrifty Couple: This site recently made the switch to not posting as many deals, but to focus on helping people live more within their means! They still do post the best weekly diaper deals, as well as restaurant deals, which I think is super helpful. I know a lot of people are wary of doing anything online that has to do with personal information, like bank accounts, but I have really liked the ability to manage my accounts and bills digitally. There are two sites that I have been using to help keep track of our bills and spending. BillCutterz.com: This is a really cool service! Basically, you send them your bills, and they work with the provider to negotiate a lower rate. If they get you savings, you split the savings with them as their <|im_end|> payment. And if they aren't able to lower your rate, you owe nothing! It works with everything from cell phone bills, to cable and satellite, to gym memberships! Mint.com: I think a lot of people have heard of this one, it's been around for a few years. Over the years since it has been available, I've gone in spurts of using it. Sometimes I'm really intense about it, and make sure everything is up to date, and carefully monitor our budget with it, but then other times, I kind of forget about it. It is a great website though, and if you really want to have all of your bank account and credit card information in one place, it's a good option. I also really like being able to set my budget, and see how much is left in each category. Manilla.com: I've recently started using Manilla, so I don't know everything about it, but from what I've seen, I like it. If you pay bills online, this is definitely the site for you. You can put all your information in about different bills, and it helps remind you when to pay those. I don't know about you, but I feel like we have so many bills that we pay online, and sometimes I forget. Luckily, most are auto pay, but it's still good to have a reminder for when our back account is about to get a little smaller. Amazon Prime: I use Amazon for everything. I first started using it in college, when I was eligible for Amazon Student. Amazon Student is a sweet deal — you get a 6 month, free trial which includes free two-day shipping. After six months, you can sign up for a paid membership at a discounted rate of $49 for a year, and that includes access to Prime Instant Videos, the Kindle Lending Library, and, of course, the two-day shipping. All of this is also included in the non-student version, which is $99. Although it's a bit of an investment up front, if you use Amazon a lot, it pays for itself. It definitely does for us. We also use Amazon Mom, which is awesome if you buy a lot of diapers and wipes. You can score an additional 15% off on certain items (in addition to the Subscribe and Save discount), and if you've never signed up for prime before, you can get a three-month trial with Amazon Mom. You can be an Amazon Prime and Amazon Mom member at the same time. So, as an overview, here are three ways to get an Amazon Prime Membership with benefits. Ebates: I just discovered this a few months ago, and I can't believe I haven't been using it. Ebates gives you cash back for certain purchases online, and almost every place I've shopped in the past few months has been on Ebates. Right now I have 26 dollars that will deposited to be me through PayPal sometime this month — partly because of purchases I made, and partly because of their awesome referral program. The cash back may not always look substantial, but if you do a lot of shopping online, it adds up. And even if you are shopping at a kind of random place, be sure to see if you can use Ebates. I found that PersonalizationMall.com had 16 percent cash back when I bought an ornament from there! I also wrote a post over here about different ways to earn cash back online! Google Shopping: This is probably the best way to comparison shop. It brings up just about every option available for your search, where it's available, and different prices. You can also change the search options, so if you want something in a certain price range, that will show up. I've found this to be the most affective way to shop online — it brings up just about every webpage, and also tells you if it is in stock nearby. I've used Google Shopping on my phone when I am at a store that price matches, in order to make sure I get the best price. Shoprunner: While I never would pay full price for this, if you can find it on a discount, it's definitely worth it. I was lucky enough to get a year free of it last year, and it's been well-used. Basically, it gives you free shipping and delivery for tons of different websites and companies — I think I used it most often on Toys/Babies R Us, and for Dominos. At full price, it is $8.95 for month, or $79 for a year, but quite often, it is available for half price memberships (or if you are lucky like me, free!) On the website, you will see the option to try it out for 30 days, and see if it's worth it. I don't think I'll continue it after my free year runs up, mainly because I buy most things on Amazon, but I know a lot of people love the service. I never make an online purchase without first searching for a coupon code. 9 times out of 10, I am able to find one, and it's worth the extra few seconds it takes to find it. My go-to coupon finder is RetailMeNot.com, but there's any number that you can find while searching on Google. Swagbucks: This is probably one of the most well-known programs out there, and the easiest way I have found to get Amazon Gift Cards. You earn sSagbucks by completing searches through the Swagbucks search engine (you can download a toolbar if you want, or set your search engine to it) — not for every search, but a decent amount. Admittedly, I don't use Swagbucks a lot, mainly because I don't really like the search engine, but I know many people who have earned a lot. You can also earn Swagbucks by completing surveys or making purchases online. Plink: I saw this on The Thrifty Couple a few months ago, and have used it a little bit. You get points for using your debate card at certain restaurants, which then can be turned in for gift cards. You really don't have to do much beyond the initial setting up of your account. It has restaurants like Burger King and Red Robin, and you do have to spend a certain amount to get points. But if you you are going out with more than just yourself, that limit isn't hard to meet! Surveys: I talked about this last week, but I just have to re-emphasize what a great way this is to make some extra money! We live in a world where you can do just about everything digitally – sometimes that's not such a good thing! Fortunately, saving money on groceries is always a good thing. I've come across two awesome resources that you can use online to save money on your groceries. I love this website! They create weekly meal plans based off of the deals for that week. All you have to do is login each week, print off the deals for your preferred store, and your meal plans are ready to go! This is basically a big box store like Costco or Sam's Club – but there's no membership fee! You can get great prices on bulk products, sent straight to your front door. And, last, but certainly not least, there are so many ways to make money with your smartphone! Be sure to check out my list here.

Matt Faction's prose, (and let's call it what it is) is fantastic. The only way it could be topped is by the art Christian Ward provides; and it is visually ravaging. ODY-C #2 was such an overwhelming reading experience that I had to literally pause for a moment after I finished reading the issue, to sit back and take it all in. The density of the story and art is staggering. Fraction's plot is straightforward yet full of complexity. It is not only entertaining for the longtime and die-hard comic audience who wants to pick up a different sort of book, but for anyone new to the comic experience. While ODY-C may seem at first glance, to be a bit much, the story is so immersive that to miss out on it would be a disservice as a reader. As we have moved past the first issue, returning to this series seemed easier the second time around, as familiarizing yourself with the ideas makes the reading deeper and more enjoyable as a result. Now that we are past the initial origin setup, the story flows naturally here. The continued context provided by the likes of Zeus in issue two grounds the story further. This 'playing out' of the visual and narrative story elements is crucial to the series and leads the reader along a poetic path that both challenges what we take for granted about the genre and enhances it with a new dimension, all at the same time. Christian Ward's art continues to feel like a cool trip. It induces a sense of cosmic symphony with style and flair as shown here. This is brought about by not only by the fluid lines, but the flamboyant colors as well. Ward's work in his issue matches the cosmic brilliance the story calls for. As a space odyssey, ODY-C needs to look and feel submerged in a finer layer of details to pull of the grandiose adventure it is, and this is overwhelmingly achieved. The panel and page layout that Ward has used compliments Fraction's approach to the story. For instance, as Fraction guides the ODY-C and her crew to the Phage-World, Ward immediately strikes a different tone from the preceding pages. This seems to match the change in narrative as Fraction begins to employ the dactylic hexameter. By following the spiraled journey of Odyssia and her sebex, Ero, down the labyrinth of the Lotus-fueled pleasure palaces, Ward displays such wanton exuberance for artistic talent it practically oozes from the page. The pinnacle of the art in ODY-C are the colors. They explode from the pages. The water wash style color palette used is beautiful. Every comic book needs a hook. When a new reader goes into a shop and picks up a random comic from the stand, it needs to hit them instantly, so that they will be more inclined to buy it. With this series, the art speaks for itself, but the colors really grab you. Their vivid use and arrangement has a pull that is enticing. This series makes an outstanding contribution to the comic book field. It is experimental, in your face, pure flair. The creators involved are showing why such an endeavor needs to be done; to challenge an industry that thrives on creative new approaches. While I admit, ODY-C is a heavy read, it is intended to be so. There is so much more that is gained as a reading experience because of this fact. While this book continues to impress me, what do you think of it? Do you like the writing and narrative style used? What do you think of the art?

Go here. Type in your name. Find out what kind of cheese you are. Then let the world know. I'm Roquefort, king of cheeses! All hail me! Boursin is a soft, fresh cheese, first made by Monsieur Boursin in 1957. It has a rich, sweet flavour with a hint of acidity, and is flavoured with garlic, herbs or pepper. Emmental is a hard, pale yellow Swiss cheese. It has a sweet smell, with a fruity taste. The most prominent feature of Emmental is the walnut-sized holes it contains. Emmental is probably the origin of the sterotypical holey cheese image. I'm wondering what the correlation is between this cheese and my personality, love life, etc., etc. I also want to know what the hell kind of formula they used to compare my name to a cheese. How disturbing. Nanette, I am your queen. Probably the best known French cheese, Brie is a soft cheese with a leathery, edible rind, and a white, creamy body. Brie is known as the Queen of cheeses, and used to be part of the tributes that had to be paid to the French Kings. They got the white creamy body part right. The leathery rind I am concerned about.

UCLA public policy professor creates committee to advise the EPA iStock.com/Zhongguo UCLA Newsroom | April 23, 2019 J.R. DeShazo, professor of public policy in the UCLA Luksin School of Public Affairs, has created a committee of environmental economists to help ensure that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has access to the most advanced research. Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, the External Environmental Economics Advisory Committee will advise the EPA on the social costs and benefits of its policies. "Our mission is to provide independent, state-of-the-science advice with regard to the benefits, costs and design of the EPA's environmental programs," said DeShazo, co-chair of the committee, who is also a professor of civil and environmental engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. Policy changes related to the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and the Energy Independence and Security Act will impact millions of Americans and firms, along with the ecosystem. As a nonpartisan research organization, the committee intends to operate until the EPA reconstitutes an internal environmental economics advisory committee composed of independent economists. Read more on the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs website. Tags: public policy | environment | faculty news Les Dunseith ldunseith@luskin.ucla.edu

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On episode #4 of the Cine-Cast, Cine-File associate editors Ben and Kat Sachs get the party started—banter ensues between the married critics; contributor JB Mabe interviews Chicago Underground Film Festival programmer and artistic director Bryan Wendorf about the festival, which just celebrated its 25th year; associate editor Kat Sachs interviews local filmmaker and all-around delightful human Lori Felker about her new film, FUTURE LANGUAGE: THE DIMENSIONS OF VON LMO, which was the closing night film at CUFF; associate editor Ben Sachs and contributors Kian Bergstrom and Kyle Cubr discuss the "Stanley Kubrick: The Filmworker Series" at the Music Box Theatre, during which Ben tells a joke about Kubrick that you won't want to miss. Chicago Filmmakers (5720 N. Ridge Ave.) presents Emily Esperanza's Wretched Woman (2015-17, approx. 72 min total, Digital Projection), a program of short films by the formerly-local filmmaker, with Esperanza in person. Den Theatre (1331 N. Milwaukee Ave.) hosts the Wretched Nobles shorts program Bon Voyage: Travels Through Lands, Space, and Time on Tuesday at 9pm. The Goethe-Institut Chicago (150 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 200) screens Fatih Akin's 2002 German film SOLINO (124 min, Video Projection) on Thursday at 6pm. Free admission. Also at the Gene Siskel Film Center this week: Vivian Qu's 2017 Chinese film ANGELS WEAR WHITE (107 min, DCP Digital) and Tiffany Bartok's 2017 documentary LARGER THAN LIFE: THE KEVYN AUCOIN STORY (103 min, DCP Digital) have week-long runs; Trnka Shorts Program IV (1962-65, 84 min total, DCP Digital), featuring four of the Czech animator Jiri Trnka's short films, is on Sunday at 2pm and Monday at 6pm; and Trnka's 1959 feature A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (72 min, 35mm) is on Sunday at 3:45pm and Wednesday at 3:15pm. Also at Doc Films (University of Chicago) this week: Manuel José Álvarez and Nicolás Buenaventura's 1997 Columbian film LA DEUDA (90 min, 35mm) is on Thursday at 7pm. At the Music Box Theatre this week: David and Nathan Zellner's 2018 film DAMSEL (113 min, DCP Digital) opens; Bart Layton's 2018 film AMERICAN ANIMALS (91 min, DCP Digital) continues; Jennifer Peedom's 2017 Australian documentary MOUNTAIN (74 min, DCP Digital) is on Saturday and Sunday at 11:45am; Ron Clements and John Musker's 1992 Disney animated film ALADDIN (90 min, Unconfirmed Format) is on Tuesday at 7pm; and Paul Thomas Anderson's 2015 music film JUNUN (54 min, DCP Digital) is on Thursday at 9:30pm, preceded by Anderson's 2016 Radiohead music video DAYDREAMING (6 min, 35mm). Facets Cinémathèque plays Licínio Azevedo's 2016 Mozambican/Brazilian/Portuguese film THE TRAIN OF SALT AND SUGAR (93 min, Video Projection) for a week-long run. Comfort Film at Comfort Station Logan Square (2579 N. Milwaukee Ave.) presents an outdoor screening of Victor Sjöström's THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE (1921, 104 min, Video Projection), with live musical accompaniment by The Blood Sisters, on Wednesday at 8:30pm. Free admission.

Contributor biographical information for Pearl of China : a novel / Anchee Min. Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog Biographical text provided by the publisher (may be incomplete or contain other coding). The Library of Congress makes no claims as to the accuracy of the information provided, and will not maintain or otherwise edit/update the information supplied by the publisher. Anchee Min was born in Shanghai in 1957. During the Cultural Revolution, she was ordered by Communist officials to denounce Pearl Buck as an American imperialist. At seventeen, she was sent to a labor collective, where a talent scout for Madame Mao's Shanghai Film Studio recruited her to work as a movie actress. Min moved to the United States in 1984. Her first book, the memoir Red Azalea, became an international bestseller and was published in twenty countries. Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Buck, Pearl S. -- (Pearl Sydenstricker), -- 1892-1973 -- Fiction. Women novelists -- Fiction. Americans -- China -- Fiction. Friendship in children -- Fiction. Female friendship -- Fiction. China -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

It's no wonder the New York Times raves: "Darlene Love's thunderbolt voice is as embedded in the history of rock and roll as Eric Clapton's guitar or Bob Dylan's lyrics." Through the years, Darlene Love continues to captivate audiences worldwide with her warm, gracious stage presence and sensational performances. Since the early sixties, as part of Phil Spector's 'wall of sound' hit factory, this great lady has done it all…from Broadway hits like Hairspray and Grease, starring as herself in Leader Of The Pack, credited as Broadway's first 'jukebox musical,' to major motion pictures like the highly successful Lethal Weapon series. Darlene's background vocals as a lead member of The Blossoms for Tom Jones, The Righteous Brothers, Dionne Warwick, Marvin Gaye, and Elvis Presley (to name but a few) set the stage for her emergence as a star in her own right. Her Billboard hits include: "He's A Rebel," "The Boy I'm Gonna Marry," "Wait 'Til My Bobby Gets Home," "He's Sure the Boy I Love" and the #1 holiday classic "Christmas Baby Please Come Home," a song that she performs annually with Paul Shaffer and the CBS Symphony Orchestra on The Late Show With David Letterman (December marked her 27th appearance). In 2011, Darlene Love received her industry's highest award when Better Midler, a great fan of her work, inducted her into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. During the celebration, the two ladies enjoyed performing "He's A Rebel" together. As part of the festivities, Darlene also sang "He's A Fine, Fine Boy" backed by another distinguished fan, Bruce Springsteen.

Accra, May 23, GNA - The Very Reverend Joseph M.Y. Edusa-Eyison, Associate Chaplain of the Ghana Police Church, was on Sunday inducted into office as the General Director of Board of Ministries of the Methodist Church of Ghana. Preaching the sermon at the induction service, the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, the Most Reverend Dr Robert Aboagye-Mensah stressed the need for the church to take its evangelisation mission seriously. He said the Church should go out and bring people to the living faith in Christ adding that the Church was one of the greatest instruments for changing individuals. Most Rev Aboagye-Mensah said the Church should devote much of its time to teaching, pointing out that the Word of God must be read, interpreted and taught under the guidance of <|im_start|>user the Holy Spirit. He said the Church must exude love and show fellowship in the common faith in the Risen Christ and worship God in sincerity, adding that this would bring in its trail joy. The Very Rev Edusa-Eyison was born in 1950 at Essikado, Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana and attended Nsein and Oda Secondary Schools before entering the University of Ghana, Legon for his first degree. He obtained the Post Graduate Diploma in Pastoral Studies from the Trinity Theological Seminary in 1986 and was commissioned as Minister of the Gospel in the Methodist Church, Ghana. He also obtained the Master of Philosophy Degree from the University of Ghana and currently he is at the final stages of obtaining a Doctorate Degree from the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The Very Rev Edusa-Eyison, who has served in various capacities in the Church and is a Member of a number of Professional Associations including The Ecumenical Association of the Third World, is married with three children. The Board of Ministries is responsible for all matters relating to ordained ministries including candidature; training; reception into Full Connexion, continuing education and welfare of Ministers. It is also responsible for lay Ministries including the work of Stewards, Local Preachers, Class Leaders, Adult and Intergenerational Organisations and the Lay Movement as well as directing and coordinating Evangelism, Mission and Renewal and Christian Education work in the Church.

News: Marine Fenders Evaluation of Wave Disturbance Study Results The design of a port is primarily aimed to provide suitable berthing conditions for the ships. Each ship or craft, depending on its size and Planning Study for the new cargo port in Naxos Island - Conceptual Design CNWAY and its Associates have successfully completed the Planning Study for the new Cargo Port in Naxos Island as well as the Conceptual Design of Small Port Facilities in Karystos - Evia Island CNWAY and its Associates have successfully completed the study of a small port in Karystos of Evia Island on behalf of the firm "Blue Farm Marine Fenders provide the necessary interface between the berthing ship and the berth structure and therefore the principal function of the fender is to transform the impact load from the berthing ship into reactions, which both the ship and berth structure can safely sustain (Carl A. Thoressen). Photo1: Pneumatic marine fenders in use for cruise ship berthing at Rhodes cruise terminal (Rhodes Island - 2012) Marine fenders typically operate as a group of single units where the type, location and density of their installation or deployment depends on several factors including their technical specifications, berth structure, ship type, etc. (see Photo 1). The basic function of the marine fenders is to manage the excess kinetic energy of the ship during the approach or berthing operation preventing damage to occur in both the ship and the berth. In case of elastomeric fenders the excess kinetic energy is stored within the elastic elements, which are deformed by developing a counter parallel (to the motion of the ship) reaction force, which results in slowing down the vessel and keeping it to a safe distance from the quay. The effectiveness of the fender system depends on the following three basic parameters: The correct system design (selection of suitable fender types and optimum arrangement), System operation according to the manufacture specifications, Regular inspection and system maintenance. The fendering system design is a specialized study which is sometimes omitted or incorrectly performed with the result that money is wasted for the supply of systems which are often unsuitable for the intended use (See photos 2.3 and 4). Photo 2. V type fender system (Buckling type) with contact plate which does not correspond to the intended needs of the berthed vessel, resulting in the need to suspend used vehicle tires on the contact plate to reduce system rigidity (Port of Sοuda, Adrias Pier – Crete Island - 2011) Photo 3. As above Photo 4. Improper selection and installation of fender type resulting in an inefficient operation of the system and the failure of its anchoring (Port of Poros Island - 2014) Photo 5. Installation of two different V- type fenders in short distance with different technical specifications and controversial operation efficiency (Port of Rhodes Island - 2012) The successful design of a fender system should follow the following basic steps (PIANC 2002): Determination of system requirements, Determination of operating characteristics, Assessment of the berth type where the system will be installed, Assessment of design parameters, Calculation of impact energy which will be received by the fender system (either during berthing or loading and unloading operations), Appropriate system selection, according to the total energy absorption requirements and system design criteria, Assessment of the reaction force and the associated frictional forces between fender and vessel, Berthing vessel resistance capacity check to reaction force generated by the selected fender system. The correct calculation of the design impact energy is particularly important because the selection of a suitable fender system will be based on that, while generally the principle «the Bigger the Better» does not apply. In fact the fender which has greater energy absorption than that required considering the design ship and the conditions of impact is more rigid developing greater reaction force and exerting inevitably greater pressure on the contact surface with the ship. These fenders require the application of a "larger impact force" to operate which may ultimately cause permanent deformation to the ships metal surfaces if the reaction force is greater than that of metal surface strength. Therefore, instead the impact energy being absorbed and converted to manageable reaction force solely by the fenders, in the case of a "harder" fender that greater force will deform the metallic surface of the vessel as well, causing damage to it. On the other hand the under sizing of a fender system will cause its failure with adverse consequences to the berth and the vessel. In many Greek ports improvised questionable quality and efficiency fender systems are used (see fig. 6 and 7) without specifications. In photo 7 a fender system made by used rubber tires can be seen suspended from a quay wall that has experienced damage from its insufficient operation. Photo 6. Suspended used rubber track tires as marine fenders in a quay wall (Port of Naxos Island - 2010) Photo 7. Old tires of vehicles with a chain suspended from a vertical quay wall that has experienced damage from its insufficient operation (Port of Souda, Crete Island - 2011) Finally, equally important is the annual inspection of the fender system for damage. The inspection should be performed by experienced engineers so as to maintain the system in working condition and within the design specifications. In order to prolong the useful life of a system, any damage must be repaired according to product specifications and without altering its functional characteristics. Photo 8. In the photo is shown a V type fender with contact panel and shear chains with failed anchor system after ship collision (Port of Souda, Crete Island- 2011) Marine fenders are considered standard equipment for a berth and their effective operation can prevent significant damage to ships and infrastructure. The maintenance cost savings for a marine facility equipped with a well-functioning fendering system is significant and exceeds the purchase, installation and maintenance cost, provided of course that the system design is supported by a comprehensive study.

Home › About › Ritsumeikan University As a university strategically located in the Asia Pacific region, Ritsumeikan University is developing its activities in the international arena. With the goal of "developing human resources for international community", Ritsumeikan University has prioritised the drive to internationalisation since the1980s, becoming one of the first universities in Japan to establish a college of international relations. Through a global network comprising more than 403 universities and institutions in 61countries and regions, Ritsumeikan University has led the times by offering forward-looking initiatives, including the development of diverse international programmes in response to students' growing interest in the ongoing moves toward internationalisation. Following selection by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in 2009 for the "Project for Establishing Core Universities for Internationalisation (Global 30)", Ritsumeikan University is planning to expand the scope of its international student support programmes as well as study abroad programmes for local students in an effort to further internationalise its University-level education. Ritsumeikan University has now become one of the largest and high-profile private universities in Japan accommodating about 36,000 students in 13 colleges and 19 graduate schools. Its main campus is inKyoto, the ancient capital city of Japan, a centre of learning, culture, and the arts. Expression of interest form: Japan applicants (DOC, 87kB) Expression of interest form: UK applicants (DOC, 87kB)

MURFREESBORO — Former state Rep. John Hood will be honored as being an unsung hero at the fifth annual Heroes Breakfast sponsored by the Heart of Tennessee Chapter of the Red Cross at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at The Grove at Williamson Place, 3250 Wilkinson Pike (off Medical Center Parkway). Keynote speaker will be Dave Sanderson, "Miracle on the Hudson" passenger on Flight 1549. For tickets and more information, contact Kimberly Lopez at 615-893-4272, ext. 103 or email kimberly.lopez@redcross.org. MURFREESBORO — Kwik Mart is partnering with Murfreesboro Cold Patrol and Murfreesboro Muslim Youth to provide free meals to those in need. Just $10 will buy three meals at the market, which has a hot bar with a variety of foods on the menu. A sandwich and salad bar is coming in the near future. If you're interested in participating in the pay-in-forward meal voucher program, you can purchase the vouchers in the store, located at 315 N. Front St. Vouchers can also be purchased online at murfreesboromuslimyouth.org. You can also learn more about the Cold Patrol at murfreesborocoldpatrol.com. MURFREESBORO — Murfreesboro Cold Patrol, a community outreach to the homeless in Rutherford County, is in the process of securing a 501c3 nonprofit status. Right now the group is taking pledges for monthly monetary commitments. Those who make a monetary commitment will get a commemorative T-shirt. If you're willing to donate monthly funds — any amount is welcomed — email the amount and T-shirt size to group leader Jason Bennett at jason@murfreesborocoldpatrol.com. To learn more how you can help, call 615-434-COLD (2653). MURFREESBORO — The Exchange Club's eighth annual Celebrity Waiters Dinner is set for 6 p.m. April 6 at Stones River Country Club, 1830 N.W. Broad St. in Murfreesboro. This year's theme is "Opry in the Boro: Backstage Pass." A reception will kick off the evening at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 o'clock. There will be a silent auction, live auction, entertainment, and a meet-and-greet with some of the stars of the evening. You never know who will show up. Sponsorships are available from $500 to $2,500. Proceeds benefit the Exchange Club Family Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Reserve your table by calling Exchange Club Treasurer Ed Barlow 615-893-2067 or Exchange Club member John Hood 615-849-5300. For more club information, contact Don Wright at 615-896-9460. SMYRNA — Smyrna Heart of Grace, an outreach ministry to those in need in Smyrna, helps feed families who live in motels and campgrounds, along with other homeless individuals in the north Rutherford County area. Each weekend the nonprofit sends home food bags to children in need, as well as feeding families. Needs to help make this regular ministry a success include gallon-sized zip-style baggies, soups, oatmeal, individual-size macaroni and cheese packets, soup packets, ravioli, snacks, noodles, granola bars, protein bars and any other easy-to-store foods. Drop off items at 1135 Rock Springs Road at Rock Springs Church, or call Tracy Warrick at 615-768-9535. MURFREESBORO — Renewed Life Ministries Outreach, a recovery program for men struggling with addiction, is seeking donations of towels, kitchen supplies, cleaning items, paper products, bedding and funds for a new facility. Also, the Nashville Praise Symphony will perform a benefit concert April 29. Assistance is needed in planning the event. To learn more about other needs, or how you can help, visit rlmo.org. MURFREESBORO — Doors of Hope, a nonprofit that works to reduce recidivism, needs volunteers to write letters to clients in Therapeutic Community at the Rutherford County Correctional Work Center. There are 13 women nearing release who will be involved in classes 18 hours a week. Those who write letters would send a card or letter once a week and it is completely anonymous. If you can help, contact Maridel Williams at opendoorsofhope@gmail.com. MURFREESBORO — Greenhouse Ministries, 309 S. Spring St., needs donations of steel-toed boots to help those seeking employment. A variety of sizes are needed. Pantry needs include canned fruit, canned chicken, spaghetti sauce, and pop-top canned foods.For more details, call 615-494-0499. MURFREESBORO — The Journey Home, 308 W. Castle St., has volunteer opportunities in the community cafe for the first and third Tuesdays, clothes closet workers, food box builders (any weekday morning), bookkeeping help, handyman assistance and housing program outreach. There is also a need for a volunteer to coordinate volunteers with the organization. If you can help, call 615-809-2643 for details. MURFREESBORO — Beesley Animal Humane Foundation Clinic, 2215 Keeneland Commercial Blvd., is seeking donations of these items: cotton balls, distilled water, bleach, paper towels, toilet bowl cleaner, clean used towels, and cat/dog food (wet and dry). Collected items can be dropped off at the clinic between 10 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. or 1:30-5 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Beesley Animal Clinic will offer extended hours from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays. Vaccinations will be given from 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and 1:30-6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday hours remain the same: 10 a.m. to 12;45 p.m. and 1:30-5 p.m. The agency is also seeking sponsors and funding for the annual Paws & Pearls gala in the spring. Learn more at beelseyanimalfoundation.com or call 615-217-1030. MURFREESBORO — Stepping Stones Safe Haven for women and children is seeking donations, as the shelter is set to open soon. Needs include lavender-scented items (to keep bugs away), toilet tissue, paper towels, bathroom and kitchen cleaning items, adult diapers (extra-large), plastic utensils and plates, plastic storage bags and bins, children and adult underwear, 30-gallon trash bags, bottled water, laundry supplies, copy paper, pantry items, coffee, wipes, low-denomination gift cards and Rover tickets. For more details about the program or to donate funds, visit facebook.com/steppingstonestn or call 615-900-4427. Email nonprofit needs to news@dnj.com, attention "How Can I Help?"

Was Election Software Rigged? Sidney Powell Lays Out the Trump Team's Findings. Watch: Biden Mocked for Repeating Debunked Amtrak Story Once Again: 'This Is Disturbing Stuff' Attorney Sidney Powell on "Sunday Morning <|im_start|>user Futures" said Trump's legal team is gathering evidence of "election fraud" that allegedly took place in election-related software, like Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic. As it currently stands, Dominion is being utilized in 2,000 jurisdictions in 30 states. Texas decided not to use Dominion on three separate occasions because of fraud concerns. According to Powell, the Trump campaign has enough evidence to launch a serious criminal investigation. "We're fixing to overturn the election results in multiple states and President Trump won by not just hundreds of thousands of votes but my millions of votes that were shifted by this software that was designed expressly for that purpose," Powell explained. "We have sworn witness testimony about why the software was designed. It was designed to rig elections." According to Powell, the witness that the Trump team has is someone who has seen elections rigged in other countries. Those same tactics and software were allegedly deployed to the United States. "They did this on purpose. It was calculated. They've done it before," she said. "We have evidence of 2016 in California. We have so much evidence I feel like it's coming in through a fire hose." Host Maria Bartiromo pushed back, saying the election must be certified in a few weeks. She wanted to know if there was enough time for Powell and the team to produce evidence of the alleged wrongdoing. "First of all, I never say anything I can't prove. Secondly, the evidence is coming in so fast I can't even process it all. Millions of Americans have written by now, I would say, definitely hundreds of thousands have stepped forward with their different experiences of voter fraud but this is massive election fraud and I'm very concerned it not only involved Dominion and its Smartmatic software but that the software was essentially used by other election machines also." Powell stated whistleblowers came forward over alleged paybacks. She said in states where the new election technology was purchased and implemented, there's evidence of officials' family members being paid large lump sums of money. There are other concerns about how the software can be utilized. The attorney stated software and election officials have the ability to do things like delete ballots, force the machine not to read voters' signatures or the down ballot. Powell said there's also the ability for the machine to be programed to only count votes for Biden. "It's like drag and drop whatever you want wherever you want, upload votes," she explained. This is an excerpt from TownHall. For the full version, click here.

Corey Myers, 3B - D-Backs By Robert Sherry Corey Myers: The fourth pick overall pick in the 1999 draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks, Myers looked like a pretty large reach to go so high and his play in 2000 has done basically nothing to change many people's view. Some of the struggles might be due to him converting from shortstop over to third base this spring. Once signed, Myers received a $2 million signing bonus and was assigned to Rookle-level Missoula. He helped in calming down the overrated talks by batting .276 with five homers and 44 runs batted in in 272 at-bats. However, he this season has bee a struggle for this 19-year-old. In the spring he was converted over to third and was assigned to Single-A South Bend in the Midwest League. He struggled at the plate (.125, 4 RBI in 64 AB) and committed 14 errors (in 19 games) in the field. Myers was sent back to the Osprey and to see if he can settle homself down, but the struggles have continued as he has batted .218 with 5 home runs, 38 runs batted in, 14 doubles, 2 triples, 31 runs scored, 17 walks 51 strikeouts, and 4 steals in 216 at-bats. Myers is still young so he does have a lot of time left, but he needs to bounce back next season and show an improvement at the plate, especially in making more contact. If he can settle in at third and improve at the plate, maybe the D-backs will have their eventual successor to Matt Williams. But that is a long ways away right now.

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A massive cyberattack on the Marriott hotel chain was part of a Chinese intelligence-gathering effort, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing two people briefed on the preliminary results of the investigation. Snagging a great airfare doesn't mean you'll have a great seat on your flight. The opening of London's crisis-hit Crossrail is to be delayed indefinitely while an additional £1.7bn may be needed to complete the project, transport bosses have said. The capital's flagship east-west Elizabeth Line underground rail link had been due to open this month but was pushed back to Autumn 2019 after delays were announced over the summer. Airlines canceled more than 1,400 flights over the weekend, as severe weather from Virginia to Florida snarled air travel, with disruptions likely to spill over into the work week. When it comes to living the lifestyle they imagined, today's retirees spend a lot of time worrying about how they will afford their golden years. Which plane is best for long haul flights?

Education and Academia (1) Religion and Spirituality (1) Open Section Education (1) Educator (1) Open Section Government (Federal) (1) Pan-Africanist (1) Open Section Humanities and Social Sciences (2) Open Section Linguistics and Philology (2) Translator (2) Open Section Literature and Journalism (1) Letter Writer (1) Translator x Government and Politics x Applegate, Joseph R. Margaret Wade-Lewis linguist educator early computer language translator Africanist scholar of Arabic and Berber was born in Wildwood New Jersey to Joseph Henry Applegate and Nancy Berkley Applegate His father was a second generation New Jersey resident whose father was a Native American from Maine Applegate s mother whose father was also Native American migrated from Virginia to Philadelphia where Applegate s parents met around the time of World War I Neither parent had more than an elementary school education Hardworking and ambitious they held high aspirations for their children Applegate and his sister enjoyed the advantages of a small town working class upbringing along with direct contact with black artists and entertainers who frequented the seaside summer boarding house their parents operated in Wildwood New Jersey Although the family was not affluent Applegate s environment was sophisticated and urbane He recalled awakening to the sounds of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington ... Tsega Ze'ab Matteo Salvadore Ethiopian cleric, known in Europe as Zaga Zabo or Tsega Zabo, traveled to Lisbon and Bologna in 1527 as representative of Emperor Dawit II (1508–1540) to King João III (1521–1557). While in Lisbon he drafted a confession of faith that Portuguese humanist Damião de Góis (1502–1574) printed in 1540 as Fides religio moresque Aethiopum sub imperio Preciosi Ioannis degentium. The facts of Tsega Ze'ab's upbringing remain unknown: when the 1520s Portuguese mission to Ethiopia led by Don Rodrigo de Lima (1500–?) reached Emperor Dawit II's court, Tsega was already a distinguished cleric helping in the writing and translating of the emperor's letters to João III, and he was later selected to represent Ethiopia at his court. To this purpose he joined the Portuguese party on its way back to Lisbon, which he reached in 1527 Traveling in the company of the mission s chaplain Francisco Álvares 1465 c ...

"Love Hard" Movie Review Story posted November 14, 2021 in Netflix is back with yet another holiday rom-com in the Hernán Jiménez directed film, "Love Hard." The film stars some familiar faces such as Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang and Harry Shum Jr. Dobrev's character, Natalie, works as a columnist who writes about her bad online-dating experiences via the movie's version of Tinder. Finally, after so many awful dates, she finds the man of her dreams. The only problem is that this man lives 3,000 miles away in Lake Placid, New York. And, of course, he isn't real either. For some reason, Natalie decides to fly out to spend Christmas with Yang's character, Josh, and his family. According to the film, they had only been talking to each other for two weeks, and it is outrageous that she didn't even bother to FaceTime him or get some sort of proof that he's real. When discussing her holiday plans with her friend, the friend exclaims "This is the sanest thing you've done," when in fact it is bonkers that anyone thought this was a good idea. How she ends up finding Josh's address is unknown, and why she decides to introduce herself as Josh's girlfriend to his parents immediately is even more questionable. She then sees Josh in real life and realizes that she's been catfished. From here, this is where the romantic chaos begins. Natalie finds out that the man in Josh's pictures, Tag, is real, and Josh, feeling bad for catfishing her, agrees to help set them up. The movie examines the relationships between the three of them and dives into the themes of honesty, self-worth and love. This type of film has been done so many times, yet "Love Hard" surprisingly is filled with character and originality. Jimmy O. Yang does an incredible job delivering the most memorable lines, and is easily the star of the film. All of the characters, though not always believable, are extremely entertaining. The dialogue is also very hit or miss with, the jokes either seeming like millennial garbage, or completely hilarious. Viewers will either be shaking their heads in disbelief, or have a quality chuckle, there is no in-between. There are so many moments in the movie that are cringe-worthy. From the entire bar scene to Josh publicly proposing to Natalie, it makes one wonder what on earth the studio was thinking. The movie was most likely meant to be a little cheesy, but sometimes that can be a little overwhelming. It is also all too predictable. Throughout the movie, Natalie realizes that even though she found Tag attractive, it was Josh's personality that she loved the entire time. Natalie and Josh have a falling out. But then, she also realizes even though Josh was lying about his looks, she had been lying about her personality as she tried to be more appealing to Tag. She realizes this as she's giving a speech at her surprise engagement party, making things extremely awkward for everyone in the room. This whole part seemed beyond cliché and a little bit forced. The ending is pretty sweet with "Love Hard" borrowing from other popular Christmas movies. It was a cute way to wrap everything up and tie all of the loose knots. Overall, "Love Hard" is a flawed but entertaining film throughout. For most casual viewers, there will be lots to enjoy through its goofiness and wit. It will never be considered a "classic," but it is a step in the right direction for Netflix originals. Caelan Chevrier is a second-year majoring in journalism. To contact him, email cjc6789@psu.edu. Caelan Chevrier Second Year / Journalism Caelan Chevrier is a second-year student in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University studying broadcast journalism and marketing with the goal of graduating with a bachelor's degree in four years. His plan is to get involved in numerous media-related clubs during his stay. His career goal is to spread informative, meaningful and entertaining content across various platforms and to be a positive impact on the community. He has also spent time working at The Westport Local Press in his hometown of Westport, CT. If you'd like to contact him, email him at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Australian Open Men's Singles Favorites Story posted 36 minutes ago in Sports, CommRadio by Daniel Maiorana NBA Top 10 Rankings: Jan. 20 Story posted 1 hour ago in Sports, CommRadio by Ethan Ellis Story posted 2 hours ago in Sports, CommRadio user by Joe Tuman

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Bill Gates Shuts Down Conspiracy Theory About Owning Farmland During his 11th appearance on Reddit's Ask Me Anything this week, Bill Gates tried to set the record straight about purchasing American farmland. The tech billionaire was asked by Reddit user bortodeeto, "Why are you buying up so much farmland, do you think this is a problem with billionaire wealth and how much you can disproportionally acquire?" In recent years, Gates has bought nearly 270,000 acres of farmland across the country, leading many to question his motives. Some conspiracy theorists even claim he is buying "the majority" of American farmland as part of a sinister plot to cause widespread food shortages. But Gates responded to the question on Reddit by trying to put his recent land grabs in perspective, "I own less than 1/4000 of the farmland in the US," he wrote. Indeed, if Gates wants to buy up all of the American farmland, he's got a long way to go. According to a 2021 USDA survey, there are 895,300,000 acres of farmland in the U.S. Reuters calculated Gates' holdings were a mere 0.027% of that. Gates went on to explain why he'd taken such an interest in agriculture. "I have invested in these farms to make them more productive and create more jobs. There isn't some grand scheme involved – in fact all these decisions are made by a professional investment team." This is not the first time (and certainly won't be the last) Gates has responded to concerns about his farmland purchases on Reddit. So-called "FarmGates" was also the topic at a 2021 Reddit Q&A, when a Reddit user asked him, "Hey Bill! Why are you buying so much farmland?" "My investment group chose to do this. It is not connected to climate," Gates wrote. "The agriculture sector is important. With more productive seeds we can avoid deforestation and help Africa deal with the climate difficulty they already face. It is unclear how cheap biofuels can be but if they are cheap it can solve the aviation and truck emissions." Related: 8 Takeaways From Bill Gates' AMA: Banning Billionaires, His Friendship With Warren Buffett, and Why He Is Buying So Much Farmland A mixed response Despite Gates's insistence that there's nothing to see here, some Reddit users still expressed concern at just how much land Gates has acquired. "I did the math out of him owning 1/5000 and it comes to 180,000 acres or 281 sq miles. That's the size of 4.6 Washington DC's for perspective," one wrote. "Bigger than the total area of Singapore or Bahrain," commented another. But some Redditors came to Gates's defense, like WaywardTraveller, who wrote: "Most farmland today is under corporate ownership, with the entire intent being to extract as much profit as possible. What Bill is doing here is different. I know it seems like a lot, and in reality it is. But given what's happening to the vast majority of farmland in the US, I'm leaning towards this being a Good Thing." Related Topics:Ask Me AnythingBill GatesReddit Southwest Sued in Class Action Over Holiday Flight Cancellations Why It's Time For You To Accept Crypto Asia's richest tycoon plans to list at least five of his companies over 2026-28

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Według mnie te wydarzenia na statku i w szkole za którymi stał Undertaker muszą mieć z tym związek. Według mnie on szukał sposobu żeby ożywić człowieka i w końcu mu się udało. Zwłaszcza, że prawdziwy Ciel zmarł na tym stole. Jest już gdzieś rozdział czy to ze spoilerów? Nie zaglądam w tag, więc nie wiem, o czym dokładnie piszecie. Rozdział pojawił się już na MS. Ciel Phantomhive agrees to form a Faustian contract with the demon—a turn the cultists are not fond of. They try to make Ciel stop talking, however, it is all in vain as the demon has already acknowledged Ciel's wish and now asks its new master where he wants his contract seal placed on his body. Ciel replies that he does not care where the seal is placed; he only cares to possess more power than anyone else. Smiling, the demon brands his right eye with the seal. After the seal was placed and Ciel recovered from the marking procedure, the demon persuades Ciel to make his first command. Ciel takes a look at the cultists and his brother's corpse, and recalls the violation he had to endure under their hands—then, he commands the demon to kill all of the cultists. When the demon is done, it frees Ciel from the cage and asks for his name. Slightly hesitatingly, Ciel tells him that he is Ciel Phantomhive, the future Earl of Phantomhive. Finding out that its new master is a nobleman, the demon adopts the appearance of a butler. Ciel is stunned when he sees the demon's new appearance. The demon interprets his reaction as distaste and proceeds to change his form again and again, asking whether Ciel likes these forms more. After Ciel tells it that the first form was fine, the demon reverts to its butler appearance before announcing that it is now time to discuss the details of their contract. They sit down at <|im_start|>user a table, and the demon informs Ciel that demons would never agree to a contract from which they gain nothing, that the contract needs to benefit both parties. It then says that Ciel can make three wishes. Ciel asks if he can really wish for anything, even for the resurrection of someone. The demon tries to convince him that he can indeed do this, but Ciel quickly points out that he is lying—after all, he told him that "the fare for crossing would never return," meaning that he cannot bring back the dead. Ciel ponders over chess moves and how he can use his wishes to get to most out of the contract and to make sure that the demon stays under his sole and absolute control. Eventually, he settles on his first wish: The demon shall never lie to him. Ciel is about to formulate his second wish, but the demon cuts him off mid-sentence after Ciel mentioned his revenge, wanting to exert it straightaway. Ciel stops him by grabbing his tailcoat and says that he wants to find and kill those who attacked Phantomhive Manor on his own. Furthermore, he does not want the culprits dead before he finds out their reason. Then, Ciel makes his second wish: The demon has to obey all of his commands without questioning them. Right afterward, the demon asks for Ciel's third and final wish, but Ciel wants to rest first. Taking his words as a command, the demon lifts Ciel and tries to lay him down, but Ciel protests and says that his second wish shall only take effect when he says "I command you." When Ciel sits again, he makes his third and last wish: The demon shall protect him and never betray him until he got his revenge. The demon points out that these are actually two separate wishes; much to Ciel's irritation. However, the demon accepts it nonetheless as his personal aesthetic denies him to make two contracts at the same time anyway. After everything is settled, the demon stands up and circles around Ciel, and peers at him, saying that he will abide by their contract until Ciel accomplished his vengeance—and when their contract has ended, the demon will consume Ciel's soul, shocking Ciel immensely. 27. tom trafi do sprzedaży 27 lipca. Ciel pozbywa się dowodów/sprząta/pali wszystko na popiół. No dobra, Sebuś to robi. Wracamy do wydarzeń współczesnych. Koniec wspominków. Moje kochanie się pokazało Undertakera nigdy za wiele Cóż, potwierdza się jedynie, że Grabarzyk ma coś wspólnego z rodzinką. Trzeba czekać, na kolejny rozdział. Miałam rację, obstawiając Ciela na nową okładkę, no ale któż inny mógłby być, tak po prawdzie? Jest też nowy rozdział. Podobają mi się latarnie na okładkowej ilustracji, na którym widać znamiona poprzednich arków. Okazuje się, że Ciel dzięki Grabarzowi był cały czas przy bracie. No i mamy niespodziewanych gości na koniec rozdziału. Ostatnio zmieniony czw cze 28, 2018 10:06 am przez mika, łącznie zmieniany 1 raz. Wreszcie Ciel na okładce. Byłam ciekawa czy będzie jedna postać na okładce. Elżunia wie już o wszystkim i jest w posiadłości. Za mało gości było ostatnio, przybyli kolejni Jak impreza, to impreza. Po cichu liczę że Aberlaine jest po jego stronie, ale teraz już nie wiadomo. Elizabeth i jej rozterkom sercowo-ludzkim.

But the yuckiness had nothing to do with diabetes. Which is a nice change of pace, I guess. What made the day better though, actually did have to do with diabetes. I missed the DSMA Twitter chat last night. Just wasn't feeling up to it. But my phone buzzed to let me know I was getting mentioned even when I wasn't there. And it buzzed again because someone wanted to know if I was ok. And when I tweeted I'd had a bad day, my phone buzzed again with virtual hugs from my DOC friends. And all of that made me feel so much better. So thanks Sara, Simon, C, Martin, Cheri, and Caroline. You lifted my spirits, and made a horrible day so much better. I love the DOC. And virtual hugs totally help. I guess C isn't the worst sister ever. Although, the jury is still out on that one. She loved you and called me a poop stain. Just trying to look out for my friend! Counting the days until October! ahhh that is so sweet!!! I missed it too :( I am sorry you aren't feel well. I know things goes in swings, so hopefully you are on an upswing soon! I'm sorry! I hope you're feeling better today love. Here's some more ((((((((((hugs)))))))) cause you can never have enough!

Sometimes I like to indulge in some guilty pleasures and Elizabeth Hoyt is fastly becoming my guilty pleasure read, no pun intended. I find myself either thoroughly enjoying her work or rolling my eyes but in the same breath, I can't stop reading it. It's a problem, I know! Temperance Dews is a widow who happens to run a children's home in St. Giles which is known for its slums. She alongside her brother, Winter, take in children and infants who would otherwise be turned out on the streets or worse – used in prostitution or some other gimmick. We learn early on that the death of her husband weighs on Temperance heavily and she seems laden with guilt. What's more is that the home is in desperate need of a wealthy patron to supply funds to them and without the funds, they will all be turned out on the streets. Gruesome murders aren't so uncommon but there seems to be a serial killer on the loose, gutting women from head to toe and that is what brings Lord Caire to the scene. He's a man known for his dark tastes and wicked ways, he had also hired one of the murdered prostitutes as his mistress. So, he seeks out someone who knows St. Giles better than himself which brings him to Temperance. The world is so gritty and disgusting you can nearly imagine yourself trudging through those streets and experiencing what it was to be a woman of those times, absolute prey. I am not overly keen on fast transitions from acquaintance to trembling with want and while I do realize this is a romance novel keep in mind this is my opinion and something that keeps me from enjoying a moment. I don't mind these situations for a quick, guilty read but to gain anything substantial from a love scene [or even just a purely lustful scene,] I like more depth. More building up to it to add more to it. Out of the few Hoyt books I've read, it's either a hit or miss in that department. Still! I'll always pick up a read of hers. I don't feel as though this book was as well put together as her others, even my least favorite – To Desire A Devil – seemed to be better constructed but I do feel as though it's worth a strong 3 crown rating. It's still a decent read, I enjoyed it and wanted to finish it, but I definitely was not in love with it. Do you have a favorite Victorian Romance read? Share below. Next Update: I am here, I am here!

RTÉ star Kathryn Thomas choses August date for wedding to Padraig McLoughlin Her plans are coming together after three years of engagement Mikie O'Loughlin Kathryn Thomas has chosen a date for her wedding to Padraig McLoughlin. The couple got engaged back in October 2016, but they have been slow to finalise their plans for the big day. Now, the RTÉ presenter revealed she has set a date for her wedding and will say "I do" in Ireland in August. "We finally have a date after three years." she said. (Image: Instagram/Kathryn Thomas) The Operation Transformation star and the Dublin restaurateur will tie the knot in Ireland this summer after only setting a date in February. Kathryn explained to VIP Magazine: "It's in August and it's in Ireland. We only decided in February, so when I say last minute, we are very last minute. "But if you can't organise a party in three months there's something wrong." Mairead Ronan confirmed to present next series of Ireland's Fittest Family Since turning 40 after Christmas, she wants to live everyday and be in the moment. "We spend so much time looking on our phones and looking through the lens at somebody else's life on Instagram wishing we were skinnier, prettier and richer," she told RSVP Magazine. Kathryn Thomas See inside Kathryn's house Kathryn shows off SECOND wedding dress Kathryn shows off massive wedding ring Kathryn shares wedding secrets Kathryn continued: "Everyday you do that is a waste because you are not fulfilling your own dreams and your own goals. I would be a real advocate of setting out your goals and getting out there and achieving them. You are the only person stopping yourself from doing what you want to do. "For me, travelling the world for 10 years really broadened my mind and gave me incredible experiences. It really showed me that not everyone has to live an Americanised way, there are lots of cultures and countries out there."

December 22, 2021, 6:23 PM ET Trio Sentenced In 2017 Ambush Killing Of Pizza Delivery Man And 'Loving Husband' Richard LaBar was fatally shot in the face with a shotgun while delivering a pepperoni pizza to the people who planned to rob instead of pay him. By Dorian Geiger Israel Berrios, Carolina Carmona and Salvadore Roberts Photo: Monroe County Office of the District Attorney Three people accused in the vicious shooting death of a Pennsylvania pizza delivery man four years ago have been sentenced to a combined 115 years in prison, prosecutors said. Israel Berrios, Salvador Roberts and Carolina Carmona were sentenced on Monday in the murder of 58-year-old Richard LaBar, who was fatally shot in the face with a shotgun during a botched 2017 robbery in East Stroudsburg. On Dec. 11, 2017, LaBarr was fatally shot as he delivered a pepperoni pizza and cinnamon sticks to a private address at 427 Normal Street, nearby East Stroudsburg University at around 1 a.m., according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Oxygen.com. Prosecutors described LaBar's killing as a "set-up" and said the group worked in tandem to lure the delivery man to the address in order to rob him. After Carmona called in the order to Domino's Pizza, prosecutors said Berrios "lurked" in the bushes outside the address clutching a sawed-off shotgun. Roberts, who acted as the group's wheelman, was parked roughly two blocks away in a Mercedes. As LaBar approached the address to drop off the order, Berrios emerged, pointed the shotgun at him and demanded cash, according to charging documents. After a short struggle, Berrios shot LaBar point-blank in the face, near his right eye. As the pizza delivery driver laid dying on the ground, unable to breathe properly, Berrios and Carmona rifled through his pockets and snatched all the money in his possession. The trio allegedly then fled the scene. LaBar was later pronounced dead at Leigh Valley Hospital, officials said. Authorities later traced the number used to place the fake Domino's order to Berrio's cellular phone. Surveillance footage and eyewitnesses also linked Berrios, Roberts and Carmona to the crime scene. "What these three did was utterly disgusting," Monroe County First Assistant District Attorney Michael Mancuso said in a statement following the sentencing. "The case impacted the community significantly. People still talk about it." Berrios, the suspected triggerman, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and faces life in prison. His girlfriend, Carmona, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and robbery and received 29 and a half years to life in prison. Roberts received 25 years to life in prison. Mancusco characterized the group's sentencing earlier this week as an "intense proceeding." "Each defendant was given a chance to speak not only to the court but also to the family members of the victim," he said. Berrios, 21, who has a prior history of robbing Domino's drivers, reportedly "quoted scripture and vowed he would be a great man someday," before he was escorted out of the courtroom. His attorney was adamant Berrios felt "profound regret" for his role in LaBar's murder. "We are hopeful Israel will someday have the chance to show he is not a lost cause, as the sentence handed down reflects, but can be given the chance to be judged in the future by who be becomes," Jason M. Leon, Berrios' attorney, told Oxygen.com in a statement on Wednesday. Leon, who blasted his client's sentence as draconian, was adamant the juvenile courts had failed him. "This is a tragic case for all involved," Leon added. "Mr. Berrios, a child at the time of the offense, was sentenced quite harshly for his role in the death of Mr. LaBar. We are of course disappointed that this young man, in the absence of further intervention of the appellate courts, will not have an opportunity to mature and prove that he can be rehabilitated as he grows into adulthood." Roberts also apologized in a statement, adding he'd "learned a lot" since his arrest. His lawyer, on Wednesday, said his client's sentence was "appropriate," adding he was deeply remorseful for his role as a getaway driver in LaBar's murder. "Mr. Roberts is very sorry, obviously, that this occurred," his defense lawyer, Robert Saurman, told Oxygen.com. "He was the driver of the car that took them there. He never got out of the car. He didn't know there was a gun. He's horrified by the result of what occurred. Nevertheless, he recognizes that a man lost his life and he ended up making a plea in recognition of that and in the long-run, in the interest of justice." Carmona opted not to make a court statement, however, her parents spoke on her behalf, prosecutors said. Berrios and Carmona will be eligible for parole in their seventies, officials said. Roberts will be eligible for early release when he's 51. LaBar, who was described as a "loving husband," was born in East Stroudsburg, according to his obituary. He graduated from East Stroudsburg High School in 1978. "He was just an ordinary man just trying to make an honest living, but was in the wrong place at the wrong time," a GoFundMe page, which loved ones set up for the family in 2017, stated. At the time of his death, LaBar had been "working extra to try to make money for the coming holidays," according to the Monroe County Office of the District Attorney. "I told the LaBar family that nothing that happened today could bring their loved one back but maybe this helps bring them a step nearer to closure," Mancusco said. Mom Posts Thanksgiving Pic Hours Before Alleged Murder-Suicide Woman Allegedly Held Up Over Coronavirus Stimulus Check

All I ever wanted was a healthy child. Justin seemed to be the healthiest of all the nieces and nephews. He had the heartiest appetite, loved sports even as a toddler, and he was even referred to as the "bruiser." He was such an easy baby. His laid back demeanor, and his warm smile could warm up anyone's heart. Although he was doing well in his last year of preschool and was his usual cheerful self, I noticed some changes that really bothered me. He started to have random vomiting throughout the summer of 2004. My husband and I thought it could possibly be food allergies, reflux, or a virus of some sort, so we didn't worry too much at first. But, then we started to notice a change in Justin's personality. At times Justin seemed irritable; his eyes clouded and at times Justin even seemed easily worn out. It wasn't till one day on the Jersey Shore, that I remember and can never forget, my sister saying, "Justin doesn't seem right." I realized that she was seeing something I could not. On August 17, 2004, I waited with Justin and his sister Jenna Marie, who was only four months old at the time, for the radiologist tech to say we could leave after Justin had his CAT scan. The pediatrician had ordered this CAT scan because he felt he couldn't figure out why Justin had been vomiting for so many weeks. It was honestly the pediatrician's last resort. Little did any of us know or could we have ever been prepared for the results of that CAT scan. The results would lead to our family's greatest challenge. We were told to wait in the lobby because the pediatrician would have to call me. When the call came in, the lady behind the desk called out my name. The kids and I walked up to her. On the other end, Dr. Fox asked, "Are you alone?" I answered, "Yes, why?" I remember feeling nervous, anxious, and irritable. I was in no mood to have someone beat around the bush with me. It was at that point Dr. Fox shared with me the news that Justin had a growth in his brain, and that he would probably need surgery. I told him I would call my husband and that we would get back with him. I wanted to cry, scream, fall to the ground, and plead <|im_start|>user for mercy. I remember feeling like life was standing still, but the world was going on around me. I remember looking down at Justin and saying, "Okay, I have to call Daddy." My body felt hot. I was scared beyond belief. But, somehow I managed to keep my composure. On August 25, Justin, then five years old, was admitted to Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. It was then they diagnosed him with a brain tumor. Two days later, he endured six hours of brain surgery. The neurosurgeon, Dr. Derek Bruce, successfully extracted his brain tumor; which was located in the 4th ventricle, resting on Justin's brain stem. It was about the size of a small egg. How could this get any worse? The pain on his face was unbearable. But, it did get worse. The following day we were told the tumor was a malignant, stage 4, ependymoma brain tumor. We were told that the type of tumor Justin had would not respond to chemotherapy but that it would respond to radiation. Fortunately, we were friends with the mother of one of Justin's preschool classmates. Her father is renowned in the neurology world. They knew we needed guidance and support, and that we were stuck. Thanks to her father, she introduced us to a type of radiation we might otherwise not have known about--proton beam radiation. We weren't told about this treatment. We had only heard about intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). We looked into both options. We found out the advantages of what proton beam vs. IMRT were. Proton beam radiation delivers the optimal dose of radiation to the tumor target volume and minimal or no radiation to normal tissues and organs. As with the IMRT radiation, there would still be an exit beam hitting healthy parts of Justin's brain. Figuring proton beam therapy would be the way we would want to go, we decided that getting proton beam therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston would be the route we would take. Now all we had to do was wait to see if he would be accepted into Massachusetts General Hospital. Our insurance would have to cover the treatment. But, where would we stay for the almost two months? What about the commute between Northern Virginia and Boston? How could my husband continue to work and help care for our sick son and our four month old baby? While we were waiting to hear from Massachusetts General, we kept busy by going to doctor, occupational therapy, and physical therapy appointments at Children's National Medical Center. Justin had to learn how to walk all over again. His gross and fine motor skills were affected by the surgery. But within a few weeks, the staff at the hospital helped Justin walk without a walker. By late September 2004, we received the news from Massachusetts General Hospital that Justin would be accepted into the proton beam therapy protocol, assuming he could tolerate his treatments without anesthesia. The facility did not have any available slots for pediatric patients that needed anesthesia. We took our chances and expressed to Justin the importance of not moving during his upcoming treatments. Perhaps we were expecting a lot out of Justin. We just knew in our hearts that we wanted him to have proton beam therapy. So, we told our very supportive family and friends the great news. We made arrangements to stay at a hotel close to the hospital, and then we packed our bags. People are amazing during times of need. We received food from strangers, notes of kindness, and there were endless amounts of emotional and financial help. My husband's coworker threw Justin a going away party. All the love humbled us. On October 17th, we left for Boston. Two days later, he started treatment. Fortunately, the side effects were minimal. He was a bit fatigued, and his appetite was lessened, but overall, he seemed like the strong five-year-old we so adored. The treatment was interrupted with visits from Virginia and Louisiana relatives, almost daily trips to the mall, the circus, and even a Red Sox game. We tried to put as much fun and normalcy into Justin's treatment. On December 1, 2004, Justin had his last treatment--two short of what the new protocol recommended. We had decided the risks did not outweigh the benefits (for example, paralysis), as he already had 31 treatments rather than the normal 30. And by this time, after approximately six weeks of treatment, Justin was a little paler and skinnier, and his balance seemed more out of kilter. We thanked our team of outstanding doctors, nurses, technicians, social worker, and school tutor, and we packed our bags and headed home in time for Christmas. It was bittersweet. On one hand, he was done with treatment; on the other hand, we were no longer actively doing anything to make sure the cancer would not return. Two years and three months have passed since treatment ended. It seems so long ago but the nervousness and anxiousness seems like yesterday. We still have reminders of how our lives have changed since Justin's surgery, diagnosis, and proton beam treatment. At the beginning of this year, we opted to have both of Justin's eyes realigned. The brain surgery had left his eyes a bit cross-eyed and left him with double vision. That surgery was a success, but he will need to endure yet another surgery to bring down his left eye. As Justin grows and becomes more aware of himself and the world around him, he is now beginning to ask questions about what he went through and what that means for his future health. "Where did I have my melon removed? "Didn't I have it removed in Boston, not DC?" "Are my eyes going to get better?" Furthermore, Justin is aware that he is slower than other kids because of his brain surgery. The year following treatment, the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of Make a Wish Foundation granted Justin his wish for him and his family, and even his cousin, Jake, to take a Disney cruise. Approximately a year after his diagnosis, we were on our best family vacation ever. There was never a cloud in the sky, the weather was impeccable, and the cruise was amazing. It definitely put the finishing touch on our hardest year ever as a family. As a parent of a brain tumor child, that's all we want for our kids--never a black cloud overhead and smooth sailing for eternity. There is normalcy to life now, but we can never forget that long and dreadful time. Quarterly MRIs and visits to the oncology clinic are reminders of how everything could change, just like that. Statistically, there is always a chance his cancer can return. Everyday I count my blessings and pray daily that he is forever healed. To all that are met with this same challenge, my heart aches for you and your child. We have all learned empathy the hard way. But, somehow we know that we can all relate, and there is a special camaraderie amongst us. My wish for you, my prayer for you is that you find the strength to lean on the kindness of loved ones and strangers when you are weak, that you have the courage to let you and your child be scared, and that you embrace the unimaginable power of hope and love. Visit Http://firstgiving.com/childhoodbraintumor.orgif you would like to support our Biathlon in honor of Justin. Michelle has launched a personal page.

GoTenna Pro meshing radio aspires to deploy next to rescue, fire and security teams Keeping in touch when there's no communications infrastructure for one reason or another is nice for you and me, but critical for disaster response, forest fire control and military operations. GoTenna wants its new Pro device to be part of that by providing powerful, reliable, off-grid comms in a package a fraction the size and weight of existing systems. You might remember the original goTenna, a device the size of a candy bar that connected with your phone over Bluetooth, then used walkie-talkie frequencies to let you message and exchange GPS coordinates with other goTenna-equipped phones up to a few miles away. It's a handy device for backpacking, power outages and that sort of thing — but goTenna CEO Daniela Perdomo said that it literally only took minutes after the product's announcement for more serious players to express interest. Park rangers, firefighters, NGOs whose workers go to impoverished and war-torn areas — they all liked the idea of the goTenna as an adjunct to existing mesh radio systems made by big companies like Motorola, BAE, Lockheed and the like. These systems let you plop down a base station and then have smaller units carried around by people in the unit. Boom, an ad-hoc network only your team can access — but not only are the these devices commonly clunky, they're also expensive as hell: think a few thousand bucks a unit for basic options. The market size is in the tens of billions. "Search and rescue, military, aid organizations… they use these things every day. It's like their primary mode of communication," Perdomo said. "But there are some out there, big NGOs even, they're priced out the market. Or sometimes you'll have coalition forces or groups that can't communicate with each other because the product they use isn't available overseas." Those systems, it seems, are in need of a serious competitor, which Perdomo aims to give to them. The Pro is a lot like the original goTenna, except because the original was a consumer device, it had to be limited (FCC regulations say) in certain ways: primarily the frequencies it could access and the power it could transmit with. By designing and making the Pro available to… you know, pros, the company can give the device access to a full software-defined radio stack with a range of VHF and UHF frequencies (142-175MHz and 445-480MHz if you're curious), plus a much higher transmission power (5 watts). It's also been further ruggedized and given a fat battery that should last 60 hours or so. And because it uses the SMA standard for antennas, you can stick a monster aerial on there and get miles of range, no special base station needed. The Pro is light enough you could even stick it on a drone and increase your range even further. One company was so excited about the Pro that they posted about it well ahead of the announcement (Perdomo didn't seem mad). You can see in Technosylva's illustration (it's for a fire response logistics system) up top that the in-mesh communications can also hop to a chopper or base station where they can be blasted out over LTE, another app or what have you, and information can come in that way too. Lots of interoperability here. The hope is that at $500 each, these things could be bought by the dozen rather than provisioned one at a time. At that price, NGOs won't go broke, and for the military, they're practically disposable. You don't get voice communication, but text and location are what you need most of the time. Who calls anyone any more anyway? There's a slight catch. This is FCC-approved for use only by people with licenses for the business and public safety radio bands. Unless you have said license, you're not supposed to have one of these. Now technically, you can still buy one. But operating it without a license would technically be illegal. Forewarned is forearmed, as they say, and, with it said, it should also be said that you can now fore-order the goTenna Pro over at the company's website.

Aesthetics plays an increasingly important role in the design and remodeling of different spaces, not only at the level of product design, but also with its colors. Therefore, the market has been increasing the demands in this regard. New products are sought, but also consecrated products are requested but with new finishes. As a result of observing this trend, in Aramar we got down to work. As we anticipated last week, this week was going to start with a novelty … and that novelty is the arrival of products in new finishes to our facilities. Specifically, we have expanded our range of finishes in certain references to matt black and gloss black. Some of the items available in the new finishes are: hinges, handles and slides on request. In the coming weeks we will continue to receive more references in these finishes, such as the Hegox Mar de Plata screen, so if you have any questions, please contact us. In addition, we invite you to consult our catalog to know all our products.

The CISPA cybersecurity bill will allow any company to share your private information with the U.S Government. Please join us in contacting Congress and then recaptioning some CISPA Cats to feel better about life on this planet. Call, email, or send carrier pigeons to your local representatives and tell them NO. And this is a problem because…? What, you actually expect anything you do on a global network of millions of computers to be… PRIVATE?!? Oh, god. You're so stupid. Here's an idea… If ICHC is so concerned about our right to privacy… stop forcing us to use Facebook to comment on lols. How about actually practicing what you're trying to preach here? I had not hear about CISPA til I saw this and when I looked it up it sounds like the various cyber security initiatives are all piling up in the Senate. I find it interesting the MS and FB both view this as beneficial from a corporate standpoint and would be willing to trade individual rights to privacy.

www.lup.nl LUP proposes to publish all contributions, including the supplemental data, under a Creative Commons (CC) license. This license form is designed for publications on the Internet. The CC organization is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build and share. The organization has developed several copyright licenses that are better known as CC licenses. The CC license is currently the best type of license which allows the combination and open access paper book edition. <BR><BR> With these licenses, authors / creators themselves indicate and communicate which rights they want to keep, and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators. For a number of open access databases to be included, there should be under a CC license to be published. LUP uses the following license as a default form for online publications: Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives. The Invasion of the South Remmelink, Willem (2021) Between 1966 and 1980, the War History Office of the National Defense College of Japan (now the Center for Military History of the National Institute for Defense Studies) published the 102-volume Senshi Sōsho (War History ... The Operations of the Navy in the Dutch East Indies and the Bay of Bengal World History for International Studies Duyvesteyn, Isabelle; van der Wal, Anne Marieke (2022) Studying change in the course of human history, in different places, through the lens of a diverse set of core themes, World History for International Studies offers readers a set of windows into different debates historians ...

Censure au Centre Pompidou Julio Le Parc presents a brief explanation about a situation in which he was not permitted to include a pamphlet with his works in the Denise René L'intrépide exhibition. Due to this situation, which he considered to be censorship, Le Parc invited, through this writing, anyone who wanted to accompany him on Friday, April 20, 2001, at 6:30 PM to paste the pamphlet over one of his works. Julio Le Parc (1928) was born in the Province of Mendoza, in Argentina, and graduated in Buenos Aires. In 1955, he participated in the student movement that took over the country's fine arts schools, and in 1958, Le Parc traveled to Paris on a scholarship. While there, between 1960 and 1968, he became part of the GRAV, Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel [Experimental Visual Arts Research Group], which, in turn, participated in the Nouvelle Tendence [New Tendency] international movement. He later continued his visual research and production within the kinetic art movement. On many occasions, his positions on various issues from the point of view of a Latin American artist were accounted for. Since 1945, the Parisian Denise René art gallery has promoted abstraction, especially in its geometric and kinetic aspects. Given that the authorities at the Centre Georges Pompidou did not allow him to include his pamphlet that accompanied the works presented in the Denise René L'intrépide exhibition, which took place there between April 4 and June 4, 2001, Le Parc titled this explanation Censura en el Centre Pompidou [Censorship at the Pompidou Center]. This source has been selected as evidence of the invitation to the symbolic act in which he proceeded to stick the pamphlet on one of his works. This document is linked to the pamphlet dated April 3, 2001. Note that the exhibition was also presented at the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria [Grand Canary Island], between September 18 and November 18, 2001, albeit with another title:El arte abstracto y la Galería Denise René [Abstract Art and the Denise René Gallery]. Book or Pamphlet Manifestoes Cachan, Francia Julio Le Parc, Continuel-lumiére mobile 1968 Julio Le Parc, Continuel-lumière mobile 1960-1966 Centre Georges Pompidou Le Parc, Julio. Censure au Centre Pompidou. Cachan: by the artist, 2001. Archivo Julio Le Parc, París, Francia. Courtesy of the Private Archives of Julio Le Parc, Cachan, France Fundación Espigas, Buenos Aires Cristina Rossi.

Posted inBreaking News Wausau mayor accused of violating state campaign ethics rules by Shereen Siewert January 31, 2020 January 31, 2020 Wausau Mayor Robert Mielke, flanked by staff and supporters, announces he will seek another term of office on Sept. 9, 2019. Photo: Shereen Siewert/Wausau Pilot and Review By Shereen Siewert A complaint filed with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission accuses Mayor Robert Mielke of violating state campaign statutes by using taxpayer money to share a campaign message with thousands of Wausau households and businesses. Mielke's challenger in the mayoral race, Katie Rosenberg, filed the notarized complaint on Thursday. Rosenberg alleges in her complaint that Mielke violated a statute commonly referred to as the "50-piece" rule, which prohibits elected officials from using public funds for the cost of materials or distribution for 50 or more pieces of substantially identical material during the campaign season. The rule is one of several in place to ensure elected officials do not use public funds to further their campaigns. At issue is the "Mayor's Message" in the Wausau City Winter 2020 newsletter, which residents and businesses received earlier this week — during the campaign season. On the front page, Mielke's message contained "substantially similar content to his campaign messaging," much of which is nearly identical to his September 2019 campaign kickoff speech, which was held at City Hall. In all, about half of the message mailed to residents at taxpayer expense closely mirrors the September speech, which can be heard in its entirety in this YouTube video: The newsletter, which can be seen here and is embedded at the end of this story, is not mandated by city ordinance and is solicited, crafted and put together at the behest of the mayor, the complaint states. Rosenberg said filing the complaint made her uncomfortable. "I wanted to brush it off and continue focusing on my message, my campaign, and the people of Wausau," Rosenberg said. "However, I can't continue to tell my neighbors that I stand for accountability and leadership while at the same time ignoring another lapse in judgement and misuse of government resources." "In September, he used the city equipment and social media accounts for his campaign announcement," Rosenberg said. "Now he's using the publicly financed newsletter that is mailed to tens of thousands of Wausau households and business to deliver campaign language." In her complaint, Rosenberg mentions both issues that arose in September and included links to stories in The City Pages and Wausau Pilot and Review for reference. City of Wausau Facebook Page screenshot captured Sept. 9, 2019 Photos and an announcement regarding <|im_start|>user Mielke's political plans briefly appeared on the city's Facebook page, but the post was taken down after critics spoke up. Mielke, in September, said his assistant, Kathi Groeschel, is the Facebook page administrator who both determines and adds city-related news as it happens. "This isn't a policy disagreement, it's a pattern of behavior intended to give him an unfair political advantage," Rosenberg said. Most investigations into actions by local officials are undertaken by the city's ethics board, an entity established in 1990 with members chosen by the mayor and confirmed by the city council. But the terms of Wausau's ethics board members all expired nearly two years ago. Ethics board members are ideally appointed during a time that makes clear to the public that the group serves the public interest and not the interests of those groups subject to the board's oversight, according to the Campaign Legal Center. The mailing differs from the two other issues cited in the complaint because the action appears to apply to a specific state statute, likely bringing it under the authority of the state ethics commission. Speaking in general terms Daniel Carlton, administrator of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, said prejudging a complaint would be inappropriate, because the process specifically provides that a person named in a complaint has at least 15 days to respond before the Commission takes any action other than to dismiss a complaint. "There may be facts or legal argument that would affect any conclusion that we might reach that we would not be aware of until that response," Carlton wrote, in an email to Wausau Pilot and Review. Penalties for violating campaign ethics rules are far-ranging and vary from state to state, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. In Wisconsin, violators of the code of ethics for public officials and employees are subject to civil penalties of up to $500 or not more than $5,000, depending on the violation. Criminal penalties for code violations include fines between $100 and $5,000, imprisonment of up to one year, or both, according to the NCSL database. Mielke and Rosenberg are the only two candidates seeking the office in the April election. A third challenger, Christopher Norfleet, announced his candidacy but instead opted to run for city council in Dist. 1, challenging Pat Peckham. Mielke, in an email on Friday, told Wausau Pilot and Review that he was unaware of the complaint filed against him. Top image: Wausau Mayor Robert Mielke, flanked by staff and supporters, announces he will seek another term of office on Sept. 9, 2019. Photo credit: Shereen Siewert/Wausau Pilot and Review WW4U_2020_Winter Tagged: Campaign ethics Wausau, Katie Rosenberg, Mayor Robert Mielke

Thank you for taking the time to find out about Christ College. I hope that by browsing around this website you will begin to establish a true sense of the unique character of the school and will want to come and visit for yourselves. Set within the stunning scenery of the Brecon Beacons National Park, Christ College was founded in 1541 by Henry VIII and every pupil proudly bears the 'h' logo that links the current members of the school with the founder. Our school motto which is translated into English from Latin, means 'They achieve because they believe they can' and this remains as true of today's pupils as it has been throughout the history of the school; developing personal confidence and the willingness to take on new experiences and challenges are among the core aims of the school. One of the most special things about Christ College is the warmth of the welcome here and the quality of relationships between pupils and staff in its Junior and Senior Schools. Our community is a small, caring and compassionate one, where pupils learn to value kindness and service to others. Our dedicated teachers are committed to far more than helping our pupils achieve their academic potential, they are also passionate about their character development, encouraging them to achieve their goals and to grow into confident and accomplished adults. There is something magical about this place that can only be experienced first hand and I look forward to meeting you and introducing you to it.

In buildings containing flats or in housing developments where there are private areas used in common and not owned by specific properties, the cost of maintaining those areas needs to be recovered. With flats these charges are called 'service charges' and in housing developments they are called 'rent charges'. The maintenance is usually organised by a third party, such as a landlord or a management company. Usually an estimate as to the charge is given at the beginning of a pre-defined year and a payment on account made. At the end of the year, accounts are produced and balancing credits or additional payments made. The service charge costs can be significant and you need to consider this when purchasing. You need to consider the history of payments and future payments. Buildings with flat roofs or lifts can produce particularly high service charges. You can access any of our property lawyers at any of our offices spread throughout Surrey, Hampshire and Greater London including Kingston upon Thames, Bordon, Cheam, Canary Wharf, Leatherhead, Raynes Park, Surbiton, Tolworth or Walton on Thames.

Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue Oct. 23 Soprano Erin Chenard of Bath. Courtesy of Aaron Robinson Camden native Glenn Jenks: renowned pianist, composer and music historian. Courtesy of Aaron Robinson Story Location: 6 Central Street The Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue is back and better than ever! Premiering in 2019 at the Camden Opera House, the Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue celebrates the life and music of the late composer and pianist Glenn Jenks through music, dance and song from the ragtime and early jazz era. Glenn Jenks was a renowned pianist, composer and music historian from Camden, Maine whose music is still performed and recorded around the world today. Jenks was a founding member and respected figure of several Ragtime Festivals for over three decades and producer of the annual "Harvest Ragtime Revue" at the Camden Opera House in Camden, Maine as well as the "New Vaudeville Revival". A respected ornithologist and celebrated botany specialist of roses, Jenks conducted several tours of local gardens in the Camden area. This year's Revue is Sunday, Oct. 23 at the Rockport Opera House - 6 Central St., Rockport – at 2 p.m. It features world renowned piano duo and husband and wife team Stephanie Trick and Paolo Alderighi performing 4-hand stride and ragtime piano. Trick and Alderighi have toured the world performing together, presenting master classes and live streaming private concerts. Stephanie Trick is regarded as one of the world's leading stride pianists. Recipients of the Glenn Jenks "Future in Music" Prize sponsored by the Ragtime Revue Scholarship and presented at the annual Bay Chamber "Young Stars of Maine Prize Program" will also take the stage. Seventeen-year-old 2019 prize recipient and award-winning fiddler Owen Kennedy will perform traditional Scottish selections. Kennedy has performed all over the world from the East Coast to the West Coast to the Shetland Islands and is the 2022 New England Regional Open Scottish Fiddle Champion and the 2021 Junior US National Scottish Fiddle Champion. Eighteen-year- old 2022 prize recipient and internationally award-winning Mavy Le from Gorham will also perform electric violin selections. This year's Ragtime Revue features the classical ragtime works of Glenn Jenks. The Halcyon String Quartet featuring Sophie and Josie Davis, violin, Nora Willauer, cello and Collin Wheatley, viola will perform Jenks' "String Quartet in Ragtime." Soprano Erin Chenard from Bath and baritone David Myers, Jr. from Portland will perform selections from Scott Joplin's historic ragtime opera "Treemonisha" along with a 30-member ragtime chorus comprising of professional singers throughout Maine from Bangor to Belfast to Portland. Award-winning children's book author Steven Costanza from North Haven will perform and also sign his latest book "King of Ragtime - The Story of Scott Joplin," which recently won the Golden Kite Book Award. Special guest, ragtime historian and scholar, author Edward Berlin will receive the Glenn Jenks Ragtime Emeritus Award and also present a pre-concert lecture about the life and times of Scott Joplin. Edward Berlin has written three books on the subject of Ragtime and its composers: King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era (1994), Reflections and Research on Ragtime (1987), and Ragtime: A Music and Cultural History (1980). He is regarded as the leading researcher on Scott Joplin. Berlin annually helps organize the Scott Joplin Memorial Concert at St. Michael's Cemetery in Queens, New York. For the 100th anniversary of Joplin's death in 2017, Berlin established a fund to place an engraved memorial bench next to Joplin's grave. This year's Ragtime Revue is dedicated to Glenn Jenk's father Edwin "Ted" Hamilton Jenks who passed away in April at the age of 99 years. Glenn wrote and dedicated his 1993 work "The Old Pink Piano" to his father. Maine composer and pianist Aaron Robinson will once again host the Revue. General admission tickets can be purchased at the door. $30 adults / $15 students. Reservations can be made by calling 207-882-6335 or visiting the Rockport Opera House website and Ticketmaster at: https://rockportoperahouse.org/rockportoperahouse or https://rockportoperahouse.thundertix.com/orders/new?performance_id=2853507

L.D.M. Scheduled Programming Presents: Wabi Beats Vol. 1 by Max Hot Salad. Stream the full tape today via youtube https://youtu.be/UYmBjOBiNlk or soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/lewis-del-mar/sets/max-hot-salad-wabi-beats-vol-1. Special thanks to Sean Dwyer for the edit, and Andrew Maury for the mastering. Enjoy. Track Number_4 from the Wabi Beats Vol. 1 tape, "Take Off & Landing." Full video wave here + track here: https://soundcloud.com/lewis-del-mar/4-take-off-and-landing-master. Love you. L.D.M. Scheduled Programming Presents: Wabi Beats Vol. 1 by Max Hot Salad. Lots of testing in the studio been happening this yr. This the first bit, a tape Max cooked up. Dropping a track a day this wk, full tape + vid out Monday. "Welcome" Pow Pow ⚡️⚡️. Cheers. "Lewis Del Mar Live At The El Rey" A short-form concert documentary, made in collaboration with our fans. Dropping tomorrow. Real Ones. Scenes from "Lewis Del Mar Live At The El Rey" a short-form concert documentary, made in collaboration with our fans. Dropping 12.20.17 📹 directed by Rubberband. A documentary concert film, shot in collaboration with our fans. Dropping 12.20.17 📷: directed by Rubberband. our debut album is one yr old today. grateful for all that it's brought our way. mil gracias.

Class started on Monday. See post titled Next Course – Civil War Strategy and Tactics. Part VI – The Conduct of War here. WOW! I am absolutely engrossed in Edward Hagerman's The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare: Ideas, Organization, and Field Command. So much to say about Dennis Mahan (right) who I wrote about briefly here in my series on Jomini on the Nature of War (Part VII – Jomini's Impact on Civil War Leadership). The National Park Service has a good bio on Mahan here. I was very pleased to find online Mahan's Elementary Treatise on Advance-Guard, Out-Post, and Detachment Service of Troops (1847) which Hagerman references in detail. This text was developed by Mahan for West Point and is considered the first tactics and strategy text created for the United States. I'll add this to my primary sources links on Wig-Wags. I can tell already that I'll have many terms to add to the terms page. More to come of the French connection. This post continues the series of "Jomini on the Nature of War." Part I: Introduction is available here, Part II: The Burgeoning Military Theorist here, Part III: The Founder of Modern Strategy here, Part IV: The Basics here, Part V: Lines of Operation here, and Part VI – The Conduct of War here. Returning to Baron Antoine de Jomini (right), I wanted to explore the extent to which his strategies influenced those who held leadership positions during the American Civil War. A modest survey of the literature revealed some disagreement. But only nine hours were given to the study of the science of war and Morrison contends that this was entirely too brief an exposure to have had any lasting impact. That said, he acknowledges that some alumni of the military academy studied Jomini thoroughly including Beauregard, Lee, Halleck, and McClellan. I'll discuss some additional viewpoints in the next post. A word on Dennis H. Mahan. A military theorist in his own right, Mahan was instrumental in developing the engineering-focused curriculum at West Point. Some may recall that he was the father of naval strategist Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan. The elder's obituary, which appeared on September 17, 1871 in New York Times here, reveals that Professor Mahan committed suicide by jumping in the Hudson River from the deck of the steamboat Mary Powell in such a way that he was hit by the wheel. He was apparently despondant about being forced to retire. A sad end to a remarkable career. Professor Mahan's memoir is available online here. [i, ii] James L. Morrison, Jr., "Educating the Civil War Generals: West Point, 1833 – 1861," Military Affairs, Vol. 38, No. 3. (Oct., 1974), pp. 109.

Tell Your Boss to Get Stuffed. To give up your job tell your boss to get stuffed that's got to be the objective for everyone who starts Internet marketing. If that's the case, why is it that 99.99 percent of people fail. But, as they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. What happens between the point someone decides they want to be an Internet marketer and the point that they fail? I have been around six and seven-figure Internet marketers for over 20 years. During that time I have watched how they worked and been lucky enough to be able to analyze why they are successful. I am guessing that the answer to their success might well surprise you! Successful Internet marketers do not have any qualities that you don't have. They are not super smart. Many of them are not even of average intelligence. However, they All have one thing in common. There is not a daydreamer amongst them! They are all action takers. Successful people understand all too well that failure is part of the learning curve. If you want to give up your job, it will be necessary that you re-educate your brain to think differently. For sure, perfectionists find it harder to succeed as an Internet marketer. The reason being there is no such thing as a perfect product or a perfect website. Fortunately, it's not necessary to have either. Many years ago, my great friend and mentor, Sarah Staar knew a lady, who was developing the next most significant product. She spent a year developing te said <|im_start|>assistant product, maybe more. It was never released! Despite the fact that we often asked how she was coming along, she kept replying it's not perfect yet! Eventually, after about 18 months we really pressed her. She kept responding I have to keep adding things. Both of us kept saying "Why?". That's what updates and version 2's are for. However, you look at it she was frightened to release it. It also meant she wasted nearly two years of her time. Failure was inevitable because she did nothing to make that product become a product to sell. What a waste of time and effort. All she had to do was release that product in beta. She could have told all the people that bought it, that it was in development and there will be updates. That is if she wanted to hang onto her perfectionism. She could have prepared them by her actions that the product wasn't complete. Better yet, she could have had a major mindset shift, and ditched the Perfectionism. To be successful as an Internet marketer you just have to be sensible enough to follow successful people. You don't have to reinvent the wheel. The result is not going to be as significant as the Sistine Chapel. When you are following successful people, it's essential to have the right person to be a mentor. Sadly, many Internet marketers teach what they don't practice in their everyday businesses. Sarah Staar is an exception. She only shows what she does in her business on a day-to-day basis. That means as lots of things she doesn't know about! She doesn't use SEO, so she doesn't teach it. Sarah is a pragmatist. She knows there are many other things she could do to increase her profitability. For instance, she could use Pinterest to drive traffic to her offers. She probably realises this would be successful, but takes a pragmatist view that she is already earning seven figures a year. Why should she embark on another learning curve? B. Teaches what they actually do on a day to day basis. Being self-employed is entirely different from working for someone else. When you work for someone else, you are paid a salary at the end of the month. This remuneration has no relationship to the amount of effort and work you put in. Profit generation is not the same when you are self-employed. When you are self-employed, you have to drive profit yourself. This single factor alone can be quite challenging to get your head around if you're coming from the corporate world. When you work for the people, it's very easy to blame. You can say it wasn't my fault. That luxury is not available to you when you are self-employed. The chances are when you start; it will just be you and your business. There will be no opportunity to blame anyone else. That's one of the downsides. The upside of this is that you don't have to share the profits either. Everything you earn after you pay taxes is yours. On the other hand, you don't have a guaranteed income. It's one of the reasons why self-employed people have so many tax breaks. They are businessmen, and entrepreneurs and they take a risk. It's not for the fainthearted. Success' is not going to come to you overnight. There is a learning curve especially if you are a beginner. It's a bit like your first day in a new job. At the end of the first day, you come home with an excruciating headache. You are confused. Who to ask? What to ask? You have no idea who to trust and whether the person you are asking the question actually knows the answer. Where is the bathroom? Where is the best coffee shop? All in all, you wonder what you're doing and why. Two weeks into the job and the situation is entirely different. You have learned the systems that operate and drive that company. You have begun to make friends and interact.Everything seems so much clearer than on day one. That's a bit like Internet marketing. At first, it is confusing, for some it can be overwhelming. You need to step back from it. The best thing to do is learn a little something and immediately put that idea into action. If you can't actually put it into action, then you know you don't understand it. Then you ask someone who does know. The secret to learning Internet marketing is to learn and take action at the same time. Don't be confused you are either learning or earning. You can't do both at the same time. However, you can use somebody else's systems and put them into place until you are earning.

Note: Javascript is disabled or is not supported by your browser. For this reason, some items on this page will be unavailable. For more information about this message, please visit this page: About CDC.gov Lab safety report on Ebola virus transfer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Director. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting today that a small amount of material from an Ebola virus experiment that was securely transported from a Select‐Agent‐approved BSL‐4 lab to a Select‐Agent‐ approved BSL‐2 lab may have contained live virus. The material was on a sealed plate but should not have been moved into the BSL‐2 laboratory. We cannot rule out possible exposure of the one laboratory technician who worked with the material in the BSL‐2 laboratory. There was no possible exposure outside the secure laboratory at CDC and no exposure or risk to the public. The event was discovered by the laboratory scientists yesterday, December 23, and reported to leadership within an hour of the discovery. The event is under internal investigation by CDC, was reported to Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell, and reporting to the internal and national Select Agent Programs has been initiated. CDC will provide a report on the event when the investigation concludes. The BSL‐2 laboratory area had already been decontaminated and the material destroyed as a routine procedure before the error was identified. The laboratory was decontaminated for a second time, and is now closed and transfers from the BSL‐4 lab have been stopped while the review is taking place. "I am troubled by this incident in our Ebola research laboratory in Atlanta," said CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. "We are monitoring the health of one technician who could possibly have been exposed and I have directed that there be a full review of every aspect of the incident and that CDC take all necessary measures. Thousands of laboratory scientists in more than 150 labs throughout CDC have taken extraordinary steps in recent months to improve safety. No risk to staff is acceptable, and our efforts to improve lab safety are essential ‐‐the safety of our employees is our highest priority." CDC will continue to provide support during the Ebola epidemic through its research and diagnostic lab work. Skilled lab scientists in the Ebola response are valued contributors to ending this epidemic. Based on what was learned during the lab science and safety reviews earlier this year, CDC has taken several immediate actions in this incident including closure of the laboratory, notification of staff, initiation of a complete internal review, and notifications of regulatory oversight agencies. This review will give us a clear understanding of what happened in this case and what can be done to further improve laboratory safety. CDC has established a CDC‐wide single point of accountability for laboratory science and safety and this will aid in ensuring accountability in this situation. CDC will also report this event to its external advisory committee which provides ongoing advice and direction for laboratory science and safety. Containment Of Biohazards Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Laboratory Infection/prevention & Control Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection urn:sha256:1ca7de99347427bd81d6ead7b886490906bf4e20ea5c8ebf7d14b873a9973208 No Additional Files Report on the potential exposure to Ebola virus : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Science.Office of Scientific Integrity. This report describes an incident involving the potential exposure of a laboratory technician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to live (non-inactivated) Ebola virus. The incident occurred on December 22, 2014, on CDC's Roybal... Enhancing domestic laboratory biosafety for Ebola and other highly infectious diseases Merlin, Toby L. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections.. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee.. Conference Authors: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee. Meeting (2016 April 13-14 : Atlanta, GA) Slides from a presentation given at the CLIAC meeting, April 14, 2016.Publication date from document properties.9_Merlin_Biosafety_CLIAC_April2016.pdf Laboratory safety and lessons learned from the Ebola response Cornish, Nancy E.; Weirich, Elizabeth; Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (U.S.). Division of Laboratory Systems.. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee.. Slides from a presentation given at the CLIAC meeting, April 16, 2015.9_Cornish_LabSafety_CLIACApril2015.pdf OADLSS report of progress towards addressing the recommendations of the Advisory Committee to the Director (ADC), CDC, October 29, 2015 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Laboratory Science and Safety. In an effort to elevate its laboratory science and safety programs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sought internal and external input on strategies to mitigate laboratory safety concerns. The External Laboratory Safety Workgroup... Next steps: Biosafety and biosecurity at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) On August 18, 2014 Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology John Holdren issued a memorandum titled, "Enhancing Biosafety and Biosecurity in the Unit...

Okay, so this may not be a video about the BEST falafel in Berlin, but it is probably the cheapest 🙂 We wanted to make a video that illustrates that you can live on a tight budget, but not give up your social life completely. Eating out is a huge part of a lot of people's lives and it is a wonderful way to spend time with family and a friends, however it can easily become a super expensive habit … appetizers, dessert, drinks… I mean it is not surprising for people to easily spend over 30 euros a person on a dinner out, which is over a weeks worth of food budget in our frugal lifestyle. So we decided to show you how eating out cheaply can be done in Berlin and enlisted the help of our friend Alix (instagram.com/ouijetaimeaussi) who found falafel for just 50 cents. The main way to make sure that being frugal doesn't dictate your entire life is to be creative and proactive. Instead of waiting for other people to suggest things to you (let's go to this new bar?, want to go get sushi? go to the movies?) make the effort to organize events for all your friends. Not only will you be able to keep the budget low for the activities, but your friends and family will appreciate you taking the initiative to plan fun things for everyone to do. Some cheap things that can be done anywhere: movie night in with homemade popcorn, go on a hike and bring a picnic lunch, go on a walk in a park, game night, have a potluck, look up free events in your area, the list goes on and on! If you have any favorite free activities share them with us in the comments below : ) We'll have 6 videos in this series and we hope to cover not only how to make great tasting, healthy meals, but also fun things to do that are free, the struggles that come up and so much more. If you have any questions or suggestions for us please leave us a comment below! We absolutely love hearing from you and can't wait to share more. Previous: Previous post: Berlin Pop-Up with Stag Barber Co. Next: Next post: VLOG 10: $3 A DAY – Part 2 with Vegan Recipes!

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A 15 year old sees a small hovering cylinder in the Azores, Portugal. I was aware of a faint pulsing sound which was keeping me from getting to sleep. This pulsing had been going on for about 7 minutes, so I decided to have a look out of my bedroom window to see what was causing this sound. I looked out, and as we live in a small village with no street lights it was hard to see. The bungalow opposite us has a 40 feet high water tower behind its garden, and I noticed a small 'trash can' sized cylinder slowly moving up and down over it. It was hard to see what color it was, but it was light, maybe white or a pale gray. It had a domed roof. I was able to look at it for a minute or so before it quickly headed west and gained height. The pulsing stopped when it left. My parents laughed when I told them and said it was probably a helicopter (my dad used to fly Sea Kings for the RCAF), but I know it was too small and quiet to be a heli. Another thing I noticed was that it left a smell of burnt rubber. 100% sure it wasn't a helicopter.

Schiff: January 6 committee decision on criminal contempt charges for Mark Meadows could come this week By Chandelis Duster and Daniella Diaz, CNN Updated 11:55 AM EST, Sun November 28, 2021 Bash to Schiff: Is Merrick Garland letting Trump off the hook? The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection will make a decision "this week" on whether it will refer Mark Meadows for criminal contempt charges for defying a subpoena before the Thanksgiving recess, California Rep. Adam Schiff, a member of the panel, said Sunday. "I think we will probably make a decision this week on our course of conduct with that particular witness and maybe others," Schiff told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union." "I can't go into … what communications that we're having or haven't had with particular witnesses, but we are moving with alacrity with anyone who obstructs the committee, and that was certainly the case with Mr. Bannon. It will be the case with Mr. Meadows, and Mr. Clark or any others." The looming decision by the committee comes amid attempts to try to get Meadows – the former White House chief of staff for former President Donald Trump, who defied his subpoena from the panel and did not show up for a deposition – to comply with the panel's request as it seeks more information about the events at the US Capitol on January 6. The committee has already referred criminal contempt charges for former Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon and last week issued new subpoenas to five allies of the former President, including Roger Stone and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark earlier this month stonewalled the House select committee, responding to a subpoena demanding he appear for an interview with the panel, but not answering questions posed to him, sources familiar with his appearance told CNN at the time. Schiff also told Bash one of the main questions the committee is looking into is Trump's involvement. "And I can't go into the evidence that we have gathered, but I will say this, I think among the most important questions that we're investigating is the complete role of the former president," the Democrat said. Meadows, who was still serving in the White House when the riots at the US Capitol took place, has a potentially plausible case to be made for executive privilege. CNN previously reported that two committee members indicated there are several lines of inquiry that would not be covered by executive privilege regarding Meadows. Rep. Pete Aguilar, a Democrat who is also a member of the committee, told CNN earlier this month that Meadows may have a "minor claim" to executive privilege over some conversations but stressed the committee has questions for him that "have nothing to do with the conversations he had directly with the President." Aguilar told CNN's Jim Acosta on Saturday that Meadows still has a "small window in which he can still comply here … But if he doesn't comply, the committee has made very clear just as we did with Steve Bannon that we're willing to use whatever means necessary." Earlier this month, the White House indicated that concessions do not need to be made for Meadows, notifying him that President Joe Biden will not assert executive privilege or immunity for him on matters user related to the probe. Schiff also suggested Sunday he would like for the Department of Justice to be more aggressive in investigating Trump's efforts to overturn the election in certain states, such as Georgia. "I am concerned that there does not appear to be an investigation, unless it's being done very quietly by the Justice Department, of for example the former president on the phone with the Georgia Secretary of State, asking him to find, really demanding he find 11,780 votes that don't exist," he told Bash. This story has been updated with additional information. CNN's Sarah Fortinsky contributed to this report.

Evaluation de l'importance des couplages thermo-hydro-mécaniques sur les performances d'un concept de stockage de déchets fortement radioactifs. congrès international de mécanique des roches ISRM2003, 08-12/09/2003, Gauteng Afrique du Sud. An evaluation of the importance of the thermo-hydro-mechanical couplings (THM) on the performance assessment of a deep underground storage design has been made as part of the international DECOVALEX III project. It is a numerical study that simulates a generic repository configuration in the near field in a granite medium. The thermo-hydro-mechanical evolution of the whole configuration is simulated over a period of 100 years. The model used to represent the unsaturated behaviour of the various porous media makes allowance for moisture transfers through the effect of thermal and water gradients. The paper presents a comparison of the temperature, water pressure and stress fields obtained by TM, TH, HM and THM coupled calculations. The results demonstrate that temperature is hardly affected by the couplings. In contrast the influence of the couplings on the mechanical stresses is considerable. This is attributed to the key role that water has on bentonite swelling or shrinkage effects that are dependent on its saturation level variations.

לצפייה: הרצאות שניתנו ביום עיון ב-10 בפברואר 2019, בנושא "הרפובליקה האסלאמית בפרספקטיבה של ארבעה עשורים". On September 3, 2018, the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies convened a conference on "The Oslo Process 25 Years On". Videos from the February 22 international conference on Strategic Challenges in Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Gulf, convened by the BESA Center and B'nai B'rith International. On November 1, 2017, the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and Bar-Ilan Univeristy co-hosted the "Be'er Sheva Dialogue" at the Renaissance Tel Aviv Hotel. The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister of Australia, was in attendance. On June 26, 2017, Minister Zeev Elkin, Dr. Yossi Beilin, and Prof. Ruth Gavison debated Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror's new study, which takes a fresh look at Israel's options in Judea and Samaria and seeks to chart a path forward that will secure its national security while leaving the door open to peace. לצפייה: נאומים שניתנו בכנס מרכז בגין-סאדאת למחקרים אסטרטגיים ומרכז מורשת מנחם בגין בנושא "ארבעים שנה למהפך 1977". הכנס התקיים ביום חמישי, ח' באייר תשע"ז, 4 במאי 2017. On February 21, 2017, for the second consecutive year, the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and B'nai B'rith International jointly held an international conference on Strategic Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean. The event, which took place at the Begin-Sadat Center, involved the participation of experts from Greece, Russia, Britain, Turkey, Albania, the US, and Israel. Shortly after the US presidential election in November, experts met the BESA Center to analyze the reasons for, and international implications of, Donald Trump's triumph, and to dissect the "Yom Kippur" of the liberal elite and media. In June, experts from Belgium, Bahrain, France, Germany, India, the UK, US and Israel convened at the BESA Center and at Haifa's National Security Studies Center for a two-day international conference to study developments in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.

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Local Business Watch: Summer in the Biz World By Debbie Sklar | July 26, 2010 Summer is in full swing and even though most of us are at the beach, SeaWorld, or enjoying some outside activity, life goes on in the biz world. This has been a busy week too, from a local doctor winning a major award to William Shatner landing on the USS Midway for Comic Con, read on for all the details. StageofLife.com It's may be July but high school Language Arts teachers across the US are planning fall curriculum. On the first day of class, they will most likely confront three months worth of time their students spent addicted to "constricted writing environments" such as Facebook, Twitter, and mobile texting – mediums that confine the expression of ideas to a limited character count. By nature, this can lead to students throwing out proper grammar, sentence structure, and other traditional language skills needed for English class and the college application process. To address this trend, teachers are looking for innovative ideas to encourage their students to write more (not less) during the coming school year. To help in this mission, StageofLife.com, a blogging and resource website for high school students, released its first installment of lesson plans for language arts teachers. The lesson plans provide writing prompts and describe methods for incorporating blogging into the curriculum for a real-world application to get students writing more outside the classroom. One of the first strategies outlined in the blogging lesson plans talks about the use of the student writing contests to strengthen traditional language skills. For example, Laura Li, a student at Mt. Carmel High School in San Diego, was a finalist in a StageofLife.com teen writing contest themed around the environment – a timely topic stemming from the BP Oil Spill. She heard about the contest from her AP English Teacher, "My teacher was talking to our class about small actions making big changes in the world. The next day she offered us an extra credit assignment, which was to submit an essay to the StageofLife.com student writing contest. And since I was also taking AP Environmental Science, I had a lot of knowledge of the environment and thought I would give it a try." What makes this student writing contest unique, however, is that the entry process sets up each submission as a blog so other contestants and visitors may view, read and comment on the essay. The current writing contest dovetails off of the popularity of TV shows like NBC's Biggest Loser and best selling books such as Michael Pollan's Food Rules as it pushes students to examine America's relationship with food. The contest question asks, "Do we have an obligation to take better care of ourselves by making changes in the way we eat and/or buy and consume food?" The winning student of the food essay contest receives a cash prize, website swag, and "Featured Blogger" status. Entry forms can be found on StageofLife.com. A new contest topic is posted at the beginning of each month. Square ENIX, the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in North America, introduced a series of premium-quality action figures based on characters from HALO®: REACH. Developed exclusively for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft by acclaimed developer Bungie, HALO: REACH is the blockbuster prequel to the award winning HALO trilogy that will let players experience the fateful events that transpired on the planet Reach. All the latest Square Enix products are on display at San Diego Comic-Con, which took place at the San Diego Convention Center from July 22-25. The Vol. 1 action figures are scheduled for a Fall 2010 release, with Vol.2 slated for an early 2011 release. "The Square Enix Merchandise Division is dedicated to creating collectible action figures that combine high production value and excellent articulation," said Kanji Tashiro, merchandise director of Square Enix, Inc. "The HALO series has captivated fans across the globe, and we are thrilled and honored to be making action figures for its latest entry. We're confident that even HALO fans that are not familiar with our products will be pleasantly surprised with what we have crafted." Winning Doctor The American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world's largest professional society of blood specialists, will honor six scientists who have made significant contributions to the understanding and treatment of hematologic diseases. These awards will be presented at the 52nd ASH Annual Meeting taking place December 4-7 in Orlando. Sanford Shattil, MD, of the University of California – San Diego, will be presented with the 2010 Stratton Medal for his remarkable achievements in the area of platelet cell biology and signal transduction. Dr. Shattil led the way in defining the roles of numerous kinesis, scaffold proteins, small G-proteins, and exchange factors in outside-in integrin signaling platelets. He has often been the first to introduce cutting-edge approaches into the platelet field, including live cell imaging and pioneering the technique of deriving megakaryocytes from mouse bone marrow or human stem cells to use as a molecularly tractable model of platelet signaling. ASH provides Blood: The Vital Connection (www.bloodthevitalconnection.org), a credible online resource addressing bleeding and clotting disorders, anemia, and cancer. The official journal of ASH is Blood (www.bloodjournal.org); the most cited peer-reviewed publication in the field, which is available weekly in print and online. Myouterspace.com, a new Social Network created for those passionate about Science Fiction, launched William Shatner, who soared over the San Diego Harbor in a helicopter, eventually landing on the deck of the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier during Comic Con. William Shatner's Myouterspace.com launch was on Friday, July 23. "I am excited about the possibilities that are happening at Comic Con," said Shatner, host of Myouterspace.com. "The brand new platform for creativity in film, in gaming, and in animation is now coming alive on Myouterspace.com. With Tweet House on the USS Midway, and a great team of partners, can you get more with it?" "The team at Myouterspace has worked extremely hard towards this exciting event," said Sammy Oriti, co-founder of Myouterspace.com. "Bill is an innovator; a truly incredible visionary and it will a great moment when he lands his helicopter on the flight deck. 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Common Agricultural Policy DG Environment Farm-to-Fork Intensive farming Positive list Animal Advocacy and Protection Badger Trust Catholic Concern for Animals On Monday 19 December, the 15th Conference of Parties (CoP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) came to an end with the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, a set of targets to reverse the trend of biodiversity loss and protect wildlife and ecosystems. We acknowledge the promising inclusion of One Health but regret the absence of strong commitments to address animal welfare in a holistic approach. CoP15 Global Biodiversity Framework: promising targets for biodiversity but failing to recognise the link between animal welfare and conservation The Parties to the Convention on International trade in Endangered Species of Wild fauna and flora (CITES) held their 19th Conference of the Parties in Panama last month. Our Wildlife Programme Leader Nick Clark attended to lobby for the protection of animals and learn of the latest developments in the regulation of the international trade in wild animals. 250 species used in exotic pet trade receive stronger protections at CITES CoP19 On June 3rd the Portuguese Presidency of the Council hosted an event co-organised by Eurogroup for Animals and AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection, to explore the risks posed by the exotic pet trade in the EU and the opportunities for better regulation. The unregulated exotic pet trade in the EU: a threat to health and biodiversity In December 2020, the European Parliament published a new report on the link between biodiversity loss and the increasing spread of zoonotic diseases. The report, requested by the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, aims at informing EU policy makers and introducing policy options to reduce risks originating from wildlife trade. The link between biodiversity loss and the increasing spread of zoonotic diseases presented in new EP report The European Commission has launched a new Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity: a one-stop shop for science-based evidence to protect the natural ecosystems that provide us with food, medicines, materials, recreation, and wellbeing. Commission launches knowledge centre to reverse biodiversity loss and protect Europe's ecosystems Two main highlights of this year EU Green Week, occurred from 19 to 22 October, were the State of Nature report launch, which showed worrying trends in EU protected species and habitats, and the presentation of the Positive List system to regulate the exotic pet trade. EU Green Week's agenda: the need for more protection for endangered species and an EU positive list for exotic pets

Announcing Our Community Trust Fund Steward Organizations Last spring, we shared our plan to address racial wealth gaps caused by historic racial injustice. With $100 million in new funding, the Bush Foundation committed to seed two community trust funds, to be stewarded by organizations that have deep understanding of and connection to Black and Native communities across our region. As co-leaders of this initiative, we are thrilled to announce that NDN Collective and Nexus Community Partners have been selected to serve as the steward organizations for the community trust funds. The Indigenous-led NDN Collective, based in Rapid City, SD, builds power through organizing, activism, philanthropy, grantmaking and narrative change. Nexus Community Partners, based in St. Paul, MN, supports strong, equitable and just communities in which all residents have a voice, are recognized as leaders, and have pathways to opportunity. Throughout the rigorous selection process, we were impressed by NDN Collective and Nexus's passion, clarity and commitment. They know how to engage and energize their communities. They have the trust and respect of the people they serve. And they are deeply committed to building wealth for Black and Native people. In the coming months, NDN Collective and Nexus will begin designing programs that will eventually provide grants directly to individuals to help them with wealth-building opportunities such as furthering their education, buying a home or starting a business. Sometimes access to money – in the right spirit, in the right moment – can make all the difference. While NDN Collective and Nexus are rolling up their sleeves to start planning, they need time to shape effective grant programs. The community trust funds will not open for applications from individuals until late 2022 or early 2023. We encourage you to stay informed by signing up for NDN Collective's newsletter and Nexus Community Partners' newsletter. We believe the community trust funds are a powerful way to address the pervasive racial wealth gaps in our region. Those gaps are the result of generations of unjust policies targeting Native and Black communities. There are direct through lines from broken treaties to unemployment rates, slavery to incarceration rates, redlining to homeownership rates. NDN Collective and Nexus understand this reality, and they have the talent, creativity and commitment to use these community trust funds for reparative action. We are grateful to the many people who helped us shape this initiative, from our early advisors who worked with us to test this community trust idea to the panel who guided selection of our steward organizations. This is a milestone moment for the Bush Foundation, and we are thankful to have had the wisdom and insights of many Black and Native leaders. -Jackie & Eileen Racial wealth gaps Throughout our country's history, Black and Native American communities have experienced unique and profound injustices. Current racial wealth gaps are the product of centuries of race-based policies. Learn more about racial wealth gaps. If your organization is working on addressing racial wealth gaps and building racial equity, consider applying for a Community Innovation grant. For other questions about these investments in racial equity, check out our FAQs.

What happens during a Divine Plan Healing? Arrival: I give a brief description of what will happen during the healing session. You will be asked to fill in a client form or do so in advance by email. Then we discuss your healing target which you write down and keep as a record of what issue you wanted to work on. The Healing: You lie down, fully clothed on a therapy bed and the healing can begin. After a short time, you will be covered by a blanket. It is important as it represents surrounding yourself with unconditional divine love to support your healing. At certain points I will ask you to repeat some mantras. You simply relax and you might fall into a state of deep relaxation. It is not necessary for the healer to touch the body's energy points at any time. I will move around the room as needed but you might not even be aware of this. Near the end of the session, I will ask you to come back into awareness and offer some essence drops in water. This is optional and will be discussed in advance. The session takes about one hour. Afterwards: You may need some time to sit and become grounded again. You're asked to keep a simple journal to record changes that you notice over the next few weeks and you are given instruction on how to take your essence and follow-up contacts. You are asked to email some feedback the following day about how you are feeling. This is just to offer some support if needed. This is also arranged after about 4 weeks.

Sanaullah's body to be handed over to Pak: Shinde 09-05-2013 Chandigarh The body of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, who succumbed to injuries in a Chandigarh hospital on Thursday, will be handed over to Pakistan. "We will hand over the body to Pakistan," Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde told PTI. Mr. Shinde said the Ministry of External Affairs is coordinating with the Pakistani authorities to complete the formalities to send his body back home. "Once the formalities are done, we will hand over the body," he said. Sources said a detailed post-mortem of Sanaullah, 52, would be done in Chandigarh and the travel arrangements would be made as per the request made by Pakistan. Government has been informed that Pakistan is arranging an aircraft to fly his body back home, the sources said, adding "If they arrange a non—military registered plane, the clearance would be prompt." Sanaullah, a convicted terrorist serving life <|im_end|> sentence, was injured in a scuffle with another inmate in the high—security Kot Balwal jail in Jammu and rushed to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh on Friday last. Keywords: Sanaullah Ranjay, Pak prisoner death, Kot Balwal jail, prison attack, PGIMER

7th August Christ the Saviour Cathedral The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is Moscow's famous cathedral situated on the north bank of the River Moskva. At 103 metres high it is the tallest Orthodox Christian Church in the world and dominates that part of the Moscow skyline. The Cathedral is the second church standing on this site; the original was built during the 19th century, taking over 40 years to build. It was destroyed on Joseph Stalin's orders in 1931. Its' destruction was to allow the Soviets to build a huge Palace of the Soviets and to use the 20 tonnes of gold plate on the dome for Soviet reconstruction projects. The Palace of Soviets was never built but the gold was stripped and the Cathedral subsequently dynamited. Remnants of marble from the Cathedral found their way into Metro stations and the site became the location of the world's biggest outdoor swimming pool. In 1990, before the dissolution of the USSR the Soviet government gave permission to rebuild the Cathedral. A fund was started and money poured in from ordinary citizens in 1994. In this year the swimming pool was demolished and reconstruction works started. One million Muscovites donated money for the project. The completed Cathedral was consecrated on Transfiguration Day, 19th August 2000. The original church was the scene of the 1882 world premiere of the famous 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky celebrating the victory of Napoleonic France during the 1812 War. Most recently the new Cathedral was in the headlines as the venue chosen by Russian protestors, Pussy Riot, for their demonstration against President Putin and the Russian government. Cost : 2500 rub per person We meet at 14.45h outside Kropotkinskaya metro station ( exit towards Volkhonka street)

How smooth your model appears in virtual reality is affected by a series of items, such as hardware and model size which in turn affect your frame rates. 1. Check and confirm that your computer has the necessary hardware to run virtual reality software. Our recommended computer specs are posted here. 2. Check and confirm that all your virtual reality headset cables are plugged in. This can seem an obvious step, but with use, cables can become loose and not transfer data properly. If using an HTC Vive without the sync cable, consider adding the cable for stability. 3. If you're using a laptop, we strongly recommend keeping it plugged into the charger whenever possible. Powering a VR experience is very intensive, and relying entirely on battery power is known to cause degraded performance. 1. Turning off pieces of the model that are "nice-to-haves". For example, trees, people, and cars can make a 3D file grow quite large and lower frame rates very quickly. 2. If you are using 3D components from product manufacturers, check them for excess details. For instance, chairs, windows, kitchens that can be downloaded from the internet are often modeled in very high detail including components such as highly detailed tiny screws. These are useful for drawing sets, but not always necessary for seeing in virtual reality. 3. Consider bringing in a smaller version of the 3D model. For example, if you have a 10 story building or a 10-mile campus massing model, trimming down the area to 5 stories or a few blocks can quickly improve the quality in-VR. At IrisVR, we are constantly working on optimizing our core technology so that you do not need to make adjustments to your model and can bring in any file size for viewing in virtual reality.

March 30, 2018News Alert "Frivolous" Town Complaint Results in Attorney's Fees Award for Affordable Housing Developer Judge Finds that None of the Issues Raised by Town Were a "Close Call" Beveridge & DiamondBrian Levey, Dylan King The Massachusetts Land Court's recent award of attorney's fees to an affordable housing developer serves as a warning to municipalities opposed to affordable housing projects under the Massachusetts affordable housing statute, M.G.L. c. 40B. In Town of Sudbury v. Bartlett, et al., Land Court Case No. 16 MISC 000734 (2017), the Town sought to block development of property that it had sold to the developer, arguing that the parcel was subject to a deed restriction. The Land Court rejected this argument and sided with the developer in a decision on cross-motion for summary judgment. The developer filed a subsequent motion to recover attorney's fees under M.G.L. c. 231, § 6F. The Section 6F motion required the judge to determine, in part, if the Town's claims in the underlying action were "wholly insubstantial, frivolous and not advanced in good faith." The developer claimed that "the Town advanced claims that it knew or should have known were without merit, and that it did so in an attempt . . . to use any means available to stop the G.L. c. 40B development." After reviewing the facts, Land Court Judge Howard P. Speicher made plain that he "did not find any of the… issues raised by the Town to present anything resembling a close call." When the Town argued that reference to an approved subdivision plan in the deed is tantamount to a restrictive covenant, the Judge called it a "dangerous and farfetched proposition." The Town's contention that an equitable servitude can be imposed by "circumstances to be deduced from other evidence, including statements at public hearings" met a similar fate: the Judge found that this claim is "not supported by any statutory or case law . . . [and] is antithetical to our jurisprudence . . . ." As required for an award of attorney's fees under Chapter 231, § 6F, the Court also found that the offending party operated with an absence of good faith. Massachusetts case law supports a finding of the absence of good faith where there is evidence that municipal claims against a Chapter 40B developer are brought with the intention of delaying or preventing low or moderate incoming housing projects. Here, the Court found undisputed factual evidence in the minutes of town meetings and correspondence that the Town was aware prior to filing its complaint that the parcel was not subject to any deed restrictions or covenants. The record also demonstrated a desire by the Town to file the complaint to merely block the proposed development. At one point in the process, a member of the Board of Selectmen said to the Developer, "that type of a project will bring the riff-raff into the center of town . . . you know, riff-raff like they have in West Virginia, with people that will be working on their cars in the front yards, hanging laundry on their laundry lines, and leaving a mess outside." Finding that the Town had run afoul of Section 6F, the Land Court ordered the Town to pay the Developer more than $75,000 for attorney's fees incurred in fighting the Town's frivolous complaint. The Town of Sudbury serves as a harsh reminder for opponents of Chapter 40B projects that legal challenges must be based on substantive issues and cannot be a mere pretext for delaying or blocking an unpopular development. Beveridge & Diamond's Boston Office represents developers and owners of residential, commercial and industrial projects in land use and environmental permitting and litigation throughout Massachusetts. For more information please contact Brian Levey or Dylan King.

Memories of Moruya Show by Shirley Jurmann Yes, I'm talking about the MORUYA Show, not the Eurobodalla Show. The Agricultural and Pastoral Society was first formed in 1869. Soon the Show became an event eagerly looked forward to by children and adults alike. In 1890 an area on the river bank near where the Bowling Green and Tennis Courts now are, was set aside for a showground. The Show soon outgrew the land available there and the showground was relocated to its present site in Moruya Park. My family has been associated with the Moruya Show for at least a century. My grandfather Sid Louttit won prizes for his cattle and horses. My grandmother May Louttit won prizes for cooking and flowers. In their youth my aunt Minnie Louttit and my father Roly Louttit won prizes for riding in ring events. Dad's room at "Braemar" was decorated with his many ribbons. Abe Louttit was made a Life Member of the Show in the 1950s along with Mrs Moffatt, Ilma Walter, Leila Campbell nee Luck and Pat Donnelly. My first visit to the Show was made at a very early age. Note how everybody got dressed up in those days. Ladies always wore a hat. I wore my best hand-knitted layette! When I was a child THE SHOW was one of the major events of the year. We had a holiday from school on the Friday. My parents were keen exhibitors. Dad had prize chooks and grew many and varied vegetables and flowers. Mum exhibited cooking and fancy work. In the weeks leading up to the show special chooks would be brought inside and frequently handled to get them used to being examined at the show. In the garden precious flowers would be shielded from the sun and rain by an umbrella. In the days before the show Mum would be busy with her cooking. Sponge cakes, fruit cakes, rainbow cakes, caramel cakes, sultana cakes would appear. Dad would be occupied washing and grooming his chooks. White ones were given a blue rinse to make them "whiter than white"! The first morning of the show was hectic. All the exhibits were given the last minute tweaking. I was occupied too. I belonged to the Junior Farmers which had a special section. I entered in things like saucer posy ( a saucer of damp sand with flowers and leaves arranged to make it look like a posy), plate garden (a large plate filled with damp sand and twigs, small flowers, bits of mirrors for ponds, model houses etc. arranged to resemble a garden), flower arrangements. When all the things were ready it would be into the car and off to put in our entries. Leila Campbell was the chief stewardess in the main pavilion. She did not put up with any nonsense from anyone. Entries in, it was home while the judging took place. I usually had a new dress for the show made by my mother. One year it looked as though the new dress would not eventuate. When we got home I sighed, wishing I had the new dress. Mum said, "Let's look in the cupboard and see what we've got." She found a pretty piece of fabric with a small floral print. She went to work and in a few hours produced a new dress. It was not well finished off on the inside but looked great on the outside and that's what counted! Then it was back in the afternoon to check out what prizes had been won. Mum, Dad and I would rush to our individual sections to see the results. There would be joy or disappointment. Then we would go to see Mum's results. She usually won many prizes. One time we were standing near her prize iced sponge cake. Mum's icing was passionfruit. An old man was not impressed with the judge's choice! "Look at that cake", he said. "It looks like a dirty great magpie shat all over it!" We learnt later that his wife's cake got second! The cakes were on display in cages with wire netting around them. At the end of the show people would be dying to buy the prize winning cakes. Mum was always happy to get rid of them. After two days in the open with people breathing all over them they were stale. Next it would be on to the chook pavilion to check out Dad's results. His failures would be likely to end up as next Sunday's dinner! We didn't stay long in this pavilion as the smell was horrible. The side shows and rides were more basic than nowadays. There was usually a merry-go-round, a stall selling fairy floss, freshly made as you watched, no pre-packaged gaudy stuff, little celluloid dolls with tulle skirts on sticks, a boxing tent where young men were encouraged into the ring with some pretty tough customers. There were no show-bags. I remember going to the Sydney Show one year and being very impressed with these. A must was a visit to have afternoon tea in the supper room. Generous plates of sandwiches and homemade cakes were served. The cakes were great but the sandwiches were often ham with hot English mustard or chicken minced with the filling which tasted strongly of thyme. Neither of these was appealing to children. The men preferred the bar which sold mainly beer. My friends and I spent a lot of time in the grandstand watching the ring events. My cousin had a crush on one of the young male riders so we had to watch every event he was in! Later my brother and his friends were in a lot of these events. Some of our favourites to watch in the ring were Neale Lavis and his brother Garth, Ruth Emery, Colin Rogers, Carmel and Madge Cochrane, Rose Davidge and Cath Carden. Neale went on to represent Australia in the 1960 Rome Olympics. He won a silver medal in his individual event on "Mirrabooka" and the Australian team won a gold in a Three Day Equestrian event. Mirrabooka Ave up beside the Air Raid Tavern in Moruya is named after Neale's horse. A few years ago I visited the Show with some grandchildren after about a fifty year gap. There were some disappointments. I couldn't believe how the pavilions and supper room had shrunk from what I remembered them! There were not nearly the number of exhibits. I have returned several times since and there seems to be a renewed interest developing. This is most probably due to the enthusiasm of the committee members. I was pleased to see a section for children. There was even a prize for a garden in a baking dish – not quite the old plate garden but close. The quilt section and photography section were most impressive at the 2014 show. sumu52 Feature2, General, Moruya District, People, Stories & Announcments

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Politics of waste KARACHI: A view of stagnant water and garbage spread at North Karachi area and needs the attention of concerned authorities.INP PHOTO by S.Akbar http://tns.thenews.com.pk/politics-waste/#.XaRwqdIzbcs The recent monsoon rains in Karachi left in their wake loads of trash and choked sewers, which the city administration seemed unable to manage. This prompted the federal government to intervene, much to the chagrin of the Pakistan Peoples Party-led Sindh government and a host of ethnic groups. Exercising its "executive authority," under Article 149 of the Constitution of Pakistan, the federal government formed a strategic committee that would look into the administrative, municipal, and civic matters of Karachi. A statement in this regard by Law Minister Farogh Naseem, who is also the head of the committee, provoked a strong reaction from the PPP. Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari dubbed it as a "conspiracy," and alleged that the federal government wanted to take control of Karachi. In another press meet, Sindh Minister for Labour, Information and Archives, Saeed Ghani, and former senator Raza Rabbani stated that under Article 149, the federal government could only issue directives to the provinces and not intervene directly. Ghani went so far as to call it an autocratic move to separate Karachi from Sindh. To its advantage, the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf's federal government has got an ally in MQM-P which has been running the affairs of city's municipality since the last local government (LG) poll in 2015. MQM-P has long been pressing for invoking Article 149, and trying to gather support for such a move by organising gatherings and rallies in the city. It has also accused the PPP leadership of being "biased and racist." Other voices have joined in the chorus as well. Former Karachi Mayor, Mustafa Kamal, who is the founder-chairperson of Pak Sarzameen Party, has said: "Today, [Karachi's] citizens aren't asking for underpasses or roads, or parks, or even schools. They want an immediate disposal of garbage lying in the streets. They want the sewage nullahs to be cleaned." According to Kamal, the only way to address Karachi's woes is to revise the 18th Constitutional Amendment to ensure that districts get their due share from the Provincial Finance Commission (PFC). "Political parties did not pass the 18th Amendment just to hand over all power and resources to a chief minister. The power and resources should be transferred at the district level," he says, adding that the Prime Minister should take Sindh Chief Minister [Syed Murad Ali Shah] on board before announcing any plans. The PTI blames the PPP for misleading the public on the issue through vicious propaganda and by using the "Sindhi card." PTI's parliamentary leader in Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Sheikh said recently that Article 149 granted the Federation the right to give directives to any provincial government to work efficiently and deliver. He also spoke of making the Sindh government liable to solve the problems of the province. No recommendations have been made so far. In fact, in all this blame game, the dismal situation on the streets and roads of Karachi remains unchanged. Heaps of garbage and overflowing gutters continue to be a bane for the residents. "At present, all the three major parties in Sindh are looking for opportunities to draw political mileage, embarrass one another and take advantage of the situation instead of putting in much-needed combined efforts to rectify the institutional and administrative anomalies that contribute to Karachi's deteriorating infrastructure." Political analysts associate the current crisis of governance with various developments in the recent past — chiefly, the MQM-P's weakening because of the crackdown and split within the party. The crisis deepened after the 2018 general election. The MQM-P has mayors and chairmen in four out of the six districts of Karachi after it won the LG polls of 2015. But the party claims that owing to legislation in Sindh Assembly, the elected local representatives have been rendered useless, and the provincial government has usurped many of the municipality's powers. The PPP, according to the MQM-P, has held the chairmanship of the district council, so that it can control Karachi's rural and coastal areas. Meanwhile, the PTI-led federal government has emerged as a new player in Karachi's politics, having won 14 out of the 21 National Assembly seats in the 2018 general polls. It is, however, restrained by the 18th Amendment from carrying out any development projects directly, without taking the provincial government on board. A government official overseeing Karachi's municipal affairs suggests the differences on ethnic or rural-urban basis could be clearly seen in matters of the city's governance. However, analysts believe that all this debate and controversy around garbage disposal has to do with power politics. "At present, all the three major parties in Sindh are looking for opportunities to draw political mileage, embarrass one another and take advantage of the situation instead of putting in much-needed, combined efforts to rectify the institutional and administrative anomalies that contribute to Karachi's deteriorating infrastructure," says Dr Farhan Hanif Siddiqi, a political commentator and author of The Politics of Ethnicity in Pakistan: The Baloch, Sindhi, and Mohajir Ethnic Movements. He adds, "Article 149 was the government's strategy to embarrass the PPP for its governance failures in Karachi. It only served to inflame political tensions without addressing the city's pressing issues. Also read: Too many cooks? "The fact that the PTI government's own ministers have opposed a possible resource to Article 149 attests to its irrelevance as a way forward for Karachi." Siddiqi is of the view that the PPP's continued confrontation with the MQM-P puts a damper on its politics of retaining the 18th Amendment and provincial autonomy for improved governance. "If the PPP fails to come up with a formula to address Karachi's problems by agreeing to work in cooperation with the MQM-P, as was witnessed in 2012 (when they joined hands to pass the Sindh People's Local Government Act), criticism of the 18th amendment and calls for centralised and unitary politics (for example, Article 149) will only gain further ground," he says. Realising the gravity of the situation, the Sindh government announced on September 16 that it would clear Karachi of municipal waste to a great extent in one month's time. It may be reminded here that all past cleanliness campaigns, backed by local and federal governments, have failed. Ethnic politics in KarachiGarbage in KarachiKarachi Sewerage issuePolitics of Karachi Previous Previous post: No easy task Next Next post: Sindh's Sikhs prepare for Nagar Kirtan train procession for Guru Nanak's 550th birthday

The B&B stands in nearly 3 acres and the gate leads to the bridleway of Rutland Water. Impressive security wrought iron gates supported by stone pillars are at the entrance to this attractive Victorian honey coloured stone, former coach house on the edge of Rutland Water. A small stone fountain of a boy holding a fish, encircled by a low stone wall and a gravel drive greet the visitor in the Spring with snowdrops, crocus, scillas and aconites. A path encourages the guest to explore the garden past flower beds and croquet lawn, to the paddock where the sight of Rutland Water and Normanton Church is revealed. Cecilie is the widow of Group Captain Tony Ingoldby whose career included flying Vulcans and whilst working in England and overseas the family would join him. They loved entertaining many people throughout their marriage and Cecilie continues to do so. She enjoys developing her garden where generous chickens roam and provide eggs for breakfast. Old Hall Coach House is a no smoking house. The Old Hall Coach House is very much a home from home, where guests stay and enjoy the surroundings. When guests arrive, they are offered tea in the sitting room with wonderful views of the garden and Rutland Water. One can sail, windsurf, enjoy a trip on a boat, walk, cycle, horse ride, marry, play golf, pick strawberries, watch birds, visit gardens, shop, buy antiques, eat, visit churches and cathedrals, listen to opera, watch Shakespearean plays, visit stately homes, fish for trout, ride on steam trains or just sit in my garden!

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McCarthyizm - Pair O' Docs 2001, McCarthyizm I recently had the opportunity to check out a local Buffalo band at a small private concert that a lot of my readers might enjoy. McCarthyizm has been together since the early 90's and has released four albums; the most recent, Pair O' Docs, in 2001. The band continues to play together in spite of not recording in almost a decade and plays regularly around Western New York. Lead vocalist and guitar player Joe McCarthy has strong rock voice that can transcend the boundaries of folk and even the occasional Irish drinking tune, and the band plays like one that has been together for the better part of two decades. When McCarthyizm started out major labels were still pretty much the only way to get your sound heard; if these guys were starting out today they'd be getting a lot of attention in the Indie Rock world. Pair O' Docs opens with All Night, something of a party anthem featuring huge and tireless hooks. It's a fun listen and the perfect opening to the CD. The Great Escape and Into Forever are deeply philosophical, playing around the edges of religion, epistemology and finding personal meaning in life. The Great Escape is done in an Americana style with strong and pleasing harmonies, whereas Into Forever is catchy acoustic/electric rock in the same vein as Canadian cult favorites Dig Circus. Pair O' Docs is a raucous rocker that is great on the CD and even better in a live setting. Reveal My Sin has a lilting Pop quality wrapped into its acoustic Rock arrangement, and is all about finding ways to let go of your inner demons. Walk In The Woods is a straight forward classic rock tune with some righteous guitar work and AOR-friendly hooks. The album closes out with Mt. St. Michel; a special song. It's the story of a dream vacation to France for two lovers where ultimately the vacation and then the relationship fall apart on the basis of different expectations (he's looking to get away, she thinks he's going to propose). The story-telling in song here is amazing; it's the sort of song that other artists are going to want to cover. McCarthyizm is a hidden gem hiding out here in Western New York. There are bands like this all over the world; playing below the radar in a local market to appreciative crowds but having the talent and charisma to play for much larger crowds. It can be a matter of breaks or timing, but at the time McCarthyizm was starting out independent bands just didn't make it much of anywhere. By the time the Indie world really opened up, perhaps McCarthyizm had just accepted the "fact" of being a regional band. Whatever the case, this is a band that deserves your attention. Pair O' Docs is a great 7-song introduction to McCarthyizm. Make sure you check out this diamond in the rough. You can learn more about McCarthyizm at http://www.mccarthyizm.com/ or www.myspace.com/mccarthyizm. You can purchase a copy of Pair O' Docs from McCarthyizm's Web store. Labels: Dig Circus, McCarthyizm

Welcome to St. Cloud is in-between a campaign setting and a scenario and can be adapted to any system, though it already includes stats for the Actual Fucking Monsters role-playing game. It is surreal horror in nature, since it was heavily inspired by David Lynch's cult TV show Twin Peaks (1990), but it leans on other sources, like John Carpenter's The Fog (1980), The League of Gentleman (1999), Carnivàle (2003) and 1970s slasher flicks. There isn't a specific mythology and even the amount of supernatural and/or paranormal phenomena can be easily modified to suit different tastes. What's presented in this book is a detailed description of the titular small town of St. Cloud, WA, and its inhabitants, which provides multiple story seeds. At the end, there's a much more developed, but unstructured, plot hook which encompasses a series of events set in motion after the death of a local pre-teen girl. The final chapter, (Not) Wrapped in Plastic, is a plotline designed for those who want to <|im_start|>user play St. Cloud with a distinct Twin Peak's feeling, but without instantly giving away the whole story. If this and some of the characters' descriptions sound familiar at a glance (you're right, of course it does!), that's only a superficial similarity, however. Surely the inspiration isn't masqueraded, but St. Cloud can be run even if in your group there are players familiar with Lynch's work, since the characters and the town's dirty little secrets are quite different from the source. What remains very similar are the bizarre atmosphere and the overall semblance of a soap opera gone insane.

If you've ever been to Mexico or a county fair, you've probably enjoyed the wonders of a good churro. Sweet dough that's fried and then rolled in a cinnamon sugar mixture, churros are crazy addictive and absolutely amazing. While we have tried our hand at making them from scratch – they're surprisingly easy! – we decided to take inspiration from the churro with this recipe, without the hassle of making or frying any dough. Churro chex mix. So easy and amazing. If you are fans of savory chex mix (gotta love that salty goodness), you have to give this sweet version a shot. The cereals are first mixed in a sweet and sticky, caramel-esque sauce, then covered with a cinnamon sugar mixture and baked to golden perfection. The sweet and crispy finished product will have everyone raving, so try it out and see if it doesn't just become your new favorite! Preheat oven to 350º F and line 1-2 large baking sheet(s) with parchment paper. Place cereals in a large bowl and set by your workstation. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl and set aside. Combine brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup in a medium saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring continuously, for 1 minute. Remove mixture from heat and stir in baking soda, then pour mixture over cereal. Toss everything together until evenly coated, then transfer cereal to lined baking sheet. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar mixture over the cereal and transfer baking sheet(s) to oven. Bake for 6 minutes, then flip cereal over and cook for another 2-3, or until cereal is golden brown. Remove mixture from oven and let cool, then break up cereal and store in an air-tight container.