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Tiger Wood Claims 1st Win Since 2013
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ATLANTA, GA. When the American squad was ready to battle against an International squad last September for the President's Cup at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, NJ, the figure of Tiger Woods was present — in body. Not as a player but as an assistant captain. The future of Woods at that time went beyond whether Tiger was coming back as a competitor to if he was going to be able to do so. Keep in mind, this is the same person who was only given permission by his doctors to practice chips and putts in August 2017 after going through spinal fusion surgery earlier that same year.
His own words stated that there might be a scenario in which he would never return to competitive golf. Woods emphasized how his quality of life — the wherewithal to play with his two children — was more important than anything else.
Fast forward to Sunday's thrilling win at The Tour Championship — his first in over 5 years — 1857 days to be exact since winning the WGC Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone. His 269 total provided a two-shot victory over runner-up Billy Horschel and garnered his 80th victory. It also marked a clear comeback from the series of surgeries — four in total — that Woods has endured over the years. The emotions of the moment were clearly out in force with large galleries shouting "Tiger, Tiger, Tiger." Woods was equally moved, admitting when walking towards the 18th green that tears welled up in his eyes.
To give this some perspective in December of 2017 Tiger was ranked 1,173 in the world. He not won a major event since '08 at the US Open at Torrey Pines or a PGA Tour event since '13. This is the same person who was arrested for a DUI — driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol in 2017 — and upon deeper review the toxicology reports indicated Woods "had five different drugs in this system." The police photo showing a disheveled Woods led many to believe that his golf record would be linked to his past with no real future happening. The greater concern which Woods articulated was being able to walk and function normally — not playing world championship golf again. The victory in Atlanta moves Woods to 13th in the world rankings and his impact was clearly a tsunami on the golfing stage.
Tiger was not his vintage self during the final round at East lake — scoring a one-over-par 71 — but he played solid enough golf to never truly be in doubt. His two closest competitors — Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy — both failed to do anything of note scoring 73 and 74 respectively. The long bright spot was Rose claiming the FedEx Cup title with a final hole birdie and the $10 million prize. McIlroy's failure did not have a silver lining. Paired with Woods, his idol when growing up in Northern Ireland, Rory once again faded in a crucial final round. While not as disappointing as his meltdown this past April against Patrick Reed at The Masters but the question marks are starting to reach critical mass for Rory. For Woods, Winning wire-to-wire over the 30 best players from the PGA Tour was a clear statement that he is rapidly moving back into the position he occupied for so many years prior to his self-imposed personal issues and injury struggles — at the focal point in professional golf.
Returning to The Tour Championship for the first time since '13, Woods played top tier golf in the first round with a five-under-par 65 capped by a 27-foot putt for eagle on the 18th hole. Unlike the earlier FedEx Cup Playoff venues were birdies were coming fast and furious — East Lake proved to be a formidable layout. The dense Bermuda rough made it imperative that tees shots consistently find the fairways. The demanding venue clearly aided Woods in building his lead to three shots entering the final round.
Amazingly, as the year started few could even remotely contemplate Woods would be a member of the USA Ryder Cup team and that his play would nearly result in a major championship title — both at The Open Championship at Carnoustie where he held the outright lead after the 10th hole during the final round and at the PGA Championship at Bellerive where he finished outright 2nd and concluded play with a personal best major championship final round 64 before succumbing to eventual winner Brooks Koepka.
In recent years the golf cognoscenti had weighed in opining Woods inability to control his driver and display his renowned putting prowess would likely never return to anything close to his prime playing days. While Woods still hits the occasional stray tee shot — the overwhelming percentage has improved dramatically. And his famed putting stroke was spot on during all the key moments at East Lake.
Woods is now ranked 13th in the world and heading to next week's Ryder Cup Matches in Paris clearly provides a wave of positive momentum. There is no question Woods wants to have Team USA to win for the first time on foreign soil since 1993. Keep in mind, Woods wishes to redeem himself from his hard to figure mediocre record of 13-17-3 in the event.
Tiger turns 43 at the end of this year. After winning his last major at 32 when claiming his 3rd US Open — it appeared inevitable Woods would eventually surpass the gold standard record of 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus. While that record looks safe — it is now more than fair to say that barring serious injury Woods is clearly able to add to that total and that could happen as soon as the '18 Masters.
The golfer who won 14 majors by age 32 is no longer present. However, underestimating Woods has been something many have done. The future is never certain with anything in golf but the Woods of today has shown real grit and deep down tenacity. The claws are sharp and the eye of the Tiger is once again keen to the competitive scene that Woods has long relished.
Tiger has stoked the public and media's appetite for the next chapter to happen now. Give the journey he has faced — the road from Liberty National a year ago to where he is now is nothing short of brilliant. No one in the sport moves the needle like he does. The ending chapters which seemed etched in stone with his golf obituary can now be seen as utterly premature. Many of today's young stars had only heard of the Tiger who stalks his prey — relentlessly. While the young stars acknowledged the greatness of Tiger it was more out of respect to the past than present. Clearly, they are turning their heads now and looking back over their shoulders anxiously seeing the kind of pressure Tiger can bring to bear when his game is on form.
East Lake provided the launching pad and if anything about Tiger Woods is understood it is that being satisfied is not within his DNA. All claws — no pause. That is the Tiger mantra who is most certainly out of the "Woods." The world of golf has long missed such triumphs and wondered if they would ever be seen again.
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Depressing slide? Downward spiral? Since 2000, the Yankees have won six division championships and made seven playoff appearances while building themselves a gaudy new stadium. They are the fifth most highly valued sports franchise in the world. The Knicks should have such a downward spiral.
What the Yankees have failed to do since the 2000 season, of course, is win a world championship. Torre spreads the blame for this around liberally in his book, putting the onus on everyone from Brian Cashman to Alex Rodriguez to Don Zimmer. In fact, the Yankees' failure to take another World Series was due mostly to a handful of excruciating playoff losses where the difference was usually … well, their manager. Nearly every one of these losses turned on a dubious Joe Torre decision. In the critical Game 4 of the 2003 World Series, he brought in Jeff Weaver (Jeff Weaver!) to give up the winning run with Mariano Rivera in the bullpen; in the second game of the 2007 ALDS, he left a struggling Joba Chamberlain in to be devoured by gnats. During the 2004 American League Championship Series against the Red Sox, as New York blew a three-games-to-none lead, Joe sat so passively in the dugout that many of us feared he had suffered a stroke. In Game 4, Torre failed to call a pitchout on speedy Sox pinch-runner Dave Roberts when Roberts appeared on first base in the ninth inning all but wearing a sign reading i'm going to steal now; he insisted on pitching to the terrifying Sox slugger David Ortiz with Game 5 on the line and the less-than-immortal Doug "Eye Chart" Mientkiewicz on deck; he declined to bunt on the immobile Curt Schilling, who was pitching Game 6 with a tendon stapled to his ankle bone. In the final game of the series, with the Yankees reeling, the bases full of Red Sox, and Johnny Damon at the plate, Joe rose at last from the bench and brought in … the slumping Javier Vazquez, against whom Damon had hit a pair of mammoth home runs earlier in the season. Damon promptly hit a grand slam.
Joe seems abashed now by the furor his buck-passing has caused, but that's characteristic of the man, too, with his Obama-like aversion to drama; his preference, at all times, for remaining low-key and letting things just happen. The irony is that the same calm, the same passivity that makes Torre such a terrific clubhouse manager—that made him able to withstand the relentless media onslaught and Steinbrennerian second-guessing that come with life in the Bronx—also makes him a bad field manager. Joe Torre is the main reason why the Yankees were able to win so many world championships in the late nineties—and Joe Torre is the main reason they haven't won one since. | {
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You shouldn't be limited to 2 or 3 revisions. It's your website so we'll keep working on it until it looks and functions exactly how you want.
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We take a customer-first approach to our website designs because want to see you successful; when you succeed, we succeed!
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If you can think it, we can do it. Whatever you envision in a website, we have the firepower, manpower and creativity to bring it to life with custom-built features and WordPress plugins. Need to integrate with Hubspot, Salesforce, InfusionSoft or any other platform? No problem.
Use our custom quote builder below to create a website package that perfectly fits yours your needs. In terms of pricing, what you see is what you pay. No surprise costs, fees or fine print.
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If you think you'd like to work with us, let's talk about your current brand and see if it's a fit. We're not pushy salesmen and this would NOT be a sales call. This is simply a discovery call where we get to know you and you ask us your burning questions. If it's a good fit business-wise, awesome! If not, we'll just be happy to have another friend and help you any other way we can.
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Telelift in the university library of the TU Chemnitz - Interview with the director Mrs. Angela Malz
An old industrial building - the "Alte Aktienspinnerei" - was modernised for the university library and the university archive of the Technical University of Chemnitz. The industrial-historical cultural monument has become a modern learning and communication centre with more than 700 workstations, both for students and employees of the Technical University of Chemnitz. The new central library was opened in October 2020.
With the move to the "Alte Aktienspinnerei" in Chemnitz, Mrs. Angela Malz, Director of the Chemnitz University Library has managed a mammoth project. In an interview she talks about her experiences in the library and how a Telelift system supports her work.
The complete interview for download (1.06 MB)
Mrs. Malz, the move of various partial libraries into a single building was a big step. How did you experience the project?
It was a very stressful and exciting time. We had two major challenges to overcome: Library collections from three parts of the library had to be moved so that they were in sequence in the new building. Our university archive - which also moved into the new building - faced the same problem: here, archive holdings from different magazines had to be moved so that they could be placed in the new magazine according to the revised storage system.
The second major challenge, which no one could have foreseen, was to carry out the move under pandemic conditions.
Angela Malz, Library Director of the Chemnitz University Library
Many of our plans had to be changed at short notice because only a very limited number of library staff was allowed to be present in the library.
We mastered both challenges brilliantly. On the one hand, this was due to the very good and long-term preparation for the move and the fact that we functioned excellently as a library team. On the other hand, we had two moving companies who had already mastered other library and archive moves and who moved the holdings swiftly with a great deal of experience and understanding of the special features of Chemnitz.
Reading room at the Chemnitz University Library
Now you have mastered this task and the library was officially opened in October 2020. What makes your house so special?
Due to the Corona pandemic, the library is unfortunately only open on a limited basis. Of course, all digital media are available for university members and print media can also be pre-ordered and picked up.
But the library as a place of learning and communication cannot yet be fully used. Therefore, not many clients have visited our new library yet. The few who have already had the chance to see the building share my opinion: the building exudes a very special atmosphere that invites you to think and read and communicate.
The character of a 19th century factory building could be preserved and defining elements such as the mullioned windows, the vaulted ceilings and the cast-iron columns have been restored to their former beauty. Warm wood tones dominate the interior design and give the library a noble character. The reading room over three floors with a glass ceiling has become particularly beautiful.
When converting the "Alte Aktienspinnerei" into a modern library building, you decided to install an integrated transport solution from Telelift. Why?
We plan to open the library as a 24/7 library. This means that our staff will be on site 12 hours a day and a security guard will be on duty at night and on Sundays and public holidays. That's why, from the beginning of the planning process, we made sure to have plenty of self-service options.
Telelift system in the university library of the TU Chemnitz
The use of book return machines was virtually law. Linking these with a book transport system, which provides vertical access to the building and transports the media over a total of 6 levels, was a logical decision.
With the Telelift transport solution, we are therefore pursuing two goals: to enable users to return media around the clock and to relieve library staff of book transport work.
So far we are very satisfied with the performance of the system and I think that it will help us to realize our plans after the pandemic as we had planned.
Mrs. Malz, thank you very much for the interview and we wish you and your team all the best for the future! | {
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What's the fastest, easiest and least risky way to increase online sales in your ecommerce store? Hint: It's not what you think.
Most people think that the only way to increase online sales is to invest in marketing: SEO, social media, paid ads, blogging, and video. All of these marketing activities are extremely important and should not be overlooked. But, also in the rush to gain exposure and traffic, many web businesses overlook opportunities for sales that are right under their noses.
It's all about making more sales out of the leads you already have.
This article will explore three simple ways to do just that. I'll even reveal actual results of sky-rocketing sales when we've implemented these tips on a range of ecommerce sites.
Many ecommerce sites suffer from too much shopping cart abandonment, where visitors begin the checkout process but do not complete it. A store may have good traffic but low sales due to high shopping cart abandonment rates.
There are many possible causes and solutions for this problem. In fact we just wrote a huge list of ways to reduce shopping cart abandonment. But in this post I'm just going to focus on that one step we took to help one particular ecommerce store reduce abandonment – with astonishing results!
This relatively new web-store sells customized sports gear and it's sales were growing. However, we noticed that close to 300 carts, totaling almost $50,000, were being abandoned each month. That's a lot of money to leave on the table.
In May 2012, we began addressing this trend by using triggered email software. This software allows you to capture the email addresses of people who started the checkout process but failed to complete. It instantly emails them, inviting them back to the store, using incentives and offers of assistance to entice them. As a result, we were able to recover 12% of the lost carts – equaling almost $8,000 of sales per month.
So what's your shopping cart abandonment rate right now? And what can you do to lower it?
This is a favorite saying of Web marketing gurus, who use all sorts of giveaways and promos to grow their email subscriber base. But what about ecommerce stores? Are they effectively cashing in on their lists?
Failing to stay in touch with past customers is throwing revenue down the drain because it's much easier to make a repeat sale than a first time sale. For example, we have a client in the business supplies industry who had thousands of emails buried in their files, gathered over a few years. But they had never sent out an email campaign.
We arranged their first ever email blast, announcing the launch of their redesigned web-store, and enticing people to click with a limited-time coupon code. Despite staleness of the list, the impact on sales was dramatic. Not only did it lead to a 121% increase in online sales, but the average order size for that month was $126.66. compared to $74.40 in previous months. That's an increase of over 70%!
We have learned from experience that repeat customers tend to spend more than first-time customers, plus it is significantly easier to sell to them. Add the fact that email marketing remains one of the most powerful ways to communicate with customers, and you've got a powerful recipe to increase online sales.
So start planning your email campaigns!
McDonald's innovated the art of increasing order size, with gimmicks such as Happy Meals and the famous "Would you like fries with that?" offer.
Smart ecommerce businesses can learn from them by integrating up selling and product bundling into their sales funnel. The idea is that when someone already has their wallet out it's the absolute best time to make another sale – to the same customer!
One proven way to increase order size is to offer a discount or "free gift" if the customer spends a minimum amount. Another way is to offer a free desirable feature or accessory bundled with high-profit products that you want to promote. When we implemented this technique, it lead to a dramatic increase in online sales (even without an increase in traffic).
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The German exodus from Eastern Europe describes the dramatic reduction of ethnic German populations in lands to the east of present-day Germany and Austria . The exodus began in the aftermath of World War I and was implicated in the rise of Nazism. It culminated in expulsions of Germans from Eastern Europe in the aftermath of World War II. These were part of negotiated agreements between the victorious Allies to redraw national borders and arrange for "orderly population transfers" to remove ethnic groups that were viewed as "troublesome".
Migrations that took place over more than a millennium led to pockets of Germans living throughout Eastern Europe as far east as Russia . By the sixteenth century, much of Pomerania, Prussia, the Sudetenland, Bessarabia , Galicia, Alto Adige/South Tyrol, Carniola, and Lower Styria had numerous German-majority towns and villages. By the early nineteenth century, every city of even modest size as far east as the Volga had a German quarter and a Jewish quarter. Travellers along any road would pass through, for example, a German village, then a Czech village, then a Polish village, etc., depending on the region.
The rise of nationalism in Europe from the middle of the nineteenth century spread the concept of a "people" who shared a common bond through race, religion, language, and culture, and had a right to form its own state. In these circumstances, various situations could lead to conflict. One such was when a nation claimed territorial rights to land outside its borders on the basis of a common bond with the people living on that land. Another was when a minority ethnic group sought to secede from a state, either to form an independent nation or join another nation with whom they felt stronger ties. A third source of conflict was the desire of some nations to expel people from their territories on the grounds that those people did not share a common bond with the majority in that nation.
By World War I, there were isolated groups of Germans or so-called Schwaben as far southeast as the Bosphorus (Turkey ), Georgia , and Azerbaijan . After the war, Germany's and Austria-Hungary's loss of territory and the rise of communism in the Soviet Union meant that more Germans than ever constituted sizable minorities in various countries.
German nationalists used the existence of large German minorities in other countries as a basis for territorial claims. Many of the propaganda themes of the Nazi regime against Czechoslovakia and Poland claimed that the ethnic Germans (Volksdeutsche) in those territories were persecuted.
The Nazis negotiated a number of population transfers with Joseph Stalin and others with Benito Mussolini so that both Germany and the other country would increase their ethnic homogeneity. However, these population transfers were not sufficient to appease the demands of the Nazis. The "Heim ins Reich" (Home into the Country) rhetoric of the Nazis over the continued disjoint status of exclaves such as Danzig was an agitating factor in the politics leading up to World War II, and is considered by many to be among the major causes of Nazi aggression and thus the war. Adolf Hitler used these issues as a pretext for waging aggressive wars against Czechoslovakia and Poland.
As Nazi Germany invaded first Czechoslovakia and later Poland and other European nations, some members of the ethnic German minorities in those countries aided the invading forces and the subsequent Nazi occupation. These acts would cause an enmity against Germans, and later be used as part of the justification for the expulsions.
According to the 1920 constitution, German minority rights were to be protected and their educational and cultural institutions were to be preserved in proportion to the population. Local hostilities were engendered, however, by policies intended to protect the security of the Czechoslovak state: border forestland, considered by some to be the most ancient Sudeten German national territory, was expropriated for security reasons, and Czech soldiers, policemen and bureaucrats were stationed in areas inhabited only by Germans. There were also economic tensions, as Sudeten Germans suffered more during the Great Depression, because they were more dependent on foreign trade and economic conditions in Germany.
Sudeten German nationalist sentiment affected their politics during the early years of the republic. In 1926, however, Chancellor Gustav Stresemann of Germany advised Sudeten Germans to cooperate actively with the Czechoslovak government. In consequence, most Sudeten German parties changed from negativism to activism, and a number of Sudeten Germans accepted cabinet posts. By 1929, only a small number of Sudeten German deputies - most of them members of the German National Party (propertied classes) and the Sudeten Nazi Party (Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei) - remained in opposition.
On October 1, 1933, Konrad Henlein created a new political organization, the Sudeten German Home Front which professed loyalty to the Czechoslovak state but championed decentralization. It absorbed most former German nationals and Sudeten Nazis. In 1935 the Sudeten German Home Front became the Sudeten German Party (Sudetendeutsche Partei, SdP) and embarked on an active propaganda campaign. In the May election the SdP won more than 60 percent of the Sudeten German vote at the expense of the German Agrarians, Christian Socialists, and Social Democrats who each lost approximately half of their constituencies.
The SdP became the fulcrum of German nationalist forces. The party represented itself as striving for a just settlement of Sudeten German claims within the framework of Czechoslovak democracy. Henlein, however, maintained secret contacts with Nazi Germany and received material aid from Berlin. The SdP endorsed the idea of a führer and mimicked Nazi methods with banners, slogans, and uniformed troops. Concessions offered by the Czechoslovak government, including the transfer of Sudeten German officials to Sudeten German areas and possible participation of the SdP in the cabinet, were rejected. By 1937, most SdP leaders supported Hitler's pan-German objectives.
Some ethnic Germans living in Poland were activists in the groups Deutscher Volksverband and Jungdeutscher Partei, and before the war opposed any form of co-existence with the Polish state, and condemned those ethnic Germans who spoke Polish or had contact with Polish culture. Polish national events were boycotted and ethnic Germans who did not act in the required manner were branded as traitors and renegades by these organizations. Such organizations also distributed propaganda films and brochures containing inflammatory anti-Polish statements.
One historian estimates that 25% of the ethnic German population in Poland belonged to Nazi-sponsored organizations that supported the Nazi conquest of Poland. Selbstschutz and German nationalist organizations created in Poland and Czechoslovakia by Germans took an active part in various actions (sabotage, etc.) which targeted the Polish population. For example, Selbstschutz took part in and itself conducted mass executions of Poles in Operation Tannenberg. The Selbstschutze counted 82,000 to 100,000[ members ,while the 1931 census showed 741,000 Germans living in Poland, over 10% of Germans living in Poland were members of this organization.
Polish historians estimate that, in areas that were incorporated into the Third Reich, 40,000 Poles were murdered and 20,000 were sent to concentration camps during the Intelligenzaktion, in which Selbstschutze also took part. Only a few percent of those sent to concentration camps survived.
In the early days of the occupation, 90% of those who were sent to concentration camps were targeted by ethnic Germans The overwhelming majority of those victims were selected by local ethnic Germans who identified them as enemies of the Reich . Ethnic Germans living in Poland made lists of Poles targeted for execution, as well as hunting down and illegally imprisoning Poles.
At the time of the expulsions, many German nationals and ethnic Germans still supported Nazism. For example, according to polls conducted among Germans in the American Zone of Occupation from November 1945 through December 1947, the percentage of the German population that supported the view that "National Socialism was a good idea, but badly implemented" averaged 47%, while in August, 1947, the percentage increased to 55% . Additionally 37% supported genocide of Jewish and Polish nations as "justified".
Germans were resettled from territories which were occupied by the Soviet Union in 1939 and 1940 as a result of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939, notably from Bessarabia and the Baltic states of Estonia and Latvia , all of which had large German minorities. The majority of the Baltic Germans had already been resettled in late 1939, prior to the occupation of Estonia and Latvia by the Soviet Union in June, 1940. These Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans) were then resettled in place of expelled Poles both in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany and in Zamość County in line with the Generalplan Ost.
As it became evident that the Allies were going to defeat Nazi Germany decisively, the question arose as to how to redraw the borders of Eastern European countries after the war. In the context of those decisions, the problem arose of what to do about ethnic minorities within the redrawn borders.
Winston Churchill was convinced that the only way to alleviate tensions between the two populations was the transfer of people, to match the national borders. As he stated in a speech to the House of Commons in 1944, "Expulsion is the method which, insofar as we have been able to see, will be the most satisfactory and lasting. There will be no mixture of populations to cause endless trouble... A clean sweep will be made. I am not alarmed by these transferences, which are more possible in modern conditions."
The final decision to move Poland's boundary westward was made by the US , Britain , and the USSR at the Yalta Conference , shortly before the end of the war. The precise location of the border was left open; the western Allies also accepted in principle the Oder River as the future western border of Poland and population transfer as the way to prevent future border disputes. The open question was whether the border should follow the eastern or western Neisse rivers, and whether Stettin , the traditional seaport of Berlin , should remain German or be included in Poland.
Originally, Germany was to retain Stettin while the Poles were to annex East Prussia with Königsberg . . However, Stalin eventually decided that he wanted Königsberg as a year-round warm water port for the Soviet Navy, and argued that the Poles should receive Stettin instead. The wartime Polish government in exile had little to say in these decisions.
At the Potsdam Conference, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union placed the German territories east of the Oder-Neisse line (In Poland, these were referred to by the Polish Communist government as the "Western Territories" or "Regained Territories") as formally under Polish administrative control. It was anticipated that a final peace treaty would follow shortly and either confirm this border or determine whatever alterations might be agreed upon.
The effective result of the Potsdam Conference was to put under Polish administration 112,000 km² of former German territories while transferring 187,000 km² of Polish territory located east of the Curzon line to the USSR. The northeastern third of East Prussia was directly annexed by the Soviet Union and remains part of Russia today.
Some German plans for evacuation of the civilian population in some areas were prepared well in advance. Others were haphazard or purposefully neglected. The evacuation plan for some parts of East Prussia was completed and ready for implementation by the middle of 1944. It comprised mostly general plans for each province and there were some detailed plans for some cities and towns. Those detailed plans which existed consisted of five parts, including a general outline and listing of concentration points, preparation tasks for local administrations, specific instructions and detailed scenarios for the two phases of evacuation. Separate plans were prepared for some industrial plants. The plans covered not only the evacuation of civilians, but also livestock, and plans existed to destroy the industry and infrastructure.
Despite these preparations, Nazi authorities were late in ordering the evacuation of areas close to the advancing front, before they were overrun by the Red Army. This was mainly due to: Nazi fanaticism and irrationality; a valid paranoia about the fatal consequences of even giving the appearance of being 'defeatist' (and even discussing evacuation was definitely viewed as defeatist); and Hitler's insistence on holding every square metre of territory. About 50% of the Germans residing in areas annexed by Germany during WWII and almost 100% residing in unannexed occupied areas were evacuated. While around 7.5 million Germans (both "Imperial Germans" and "Ethnic Germans") were either evacuated or otherwise escaped East Prussia and the previously occupied territories, many lost their lives either because of severe winter conditions, poor evacuation organization, or military operations.
Many of the remaining German inhabitants were either expelled or fled from present-day Poland , Czechoslovakia , Hungary , today's Kaliningrad Oblast , and other East European countries. Some reports indicate that up to 16.5 million Germans were forcibly deported. More concrete statistics regarding those who emigrated or were expelled indicate a figure closer to 12 million. Those who fled in fear of the Red Army were subsequently banned from returning. Some ethnic Germans were expelled because of their Nazi activities during the war, yet the single most common reason for their expulsion was their German ethnicity. They were sent to makeshift camps or cities in eastern and western Germany, and Austria, generally according to their Landsmannschaft.
According to some German sources, more than 2.5 million lost their lives during this process. Other German, Czech, and Polish sources give a much lower estimate (Czech historians arguing that most of the estimated losses stemmed from the deaths of soldiers killed at the front). Over the course of the sixty years since the end of the war, estimates of total deaths of German civilians have ranged from 500,000 to as high as 3 million. Although the German government's official estimate of deaths due to the evacuations and expulsions stood at 2.2 million for several decades, recent analyses have led some historians to conclude that the actual number of deaths attributable to the expulsions was actually much lower—in the range of 500,000 to 1.1 million. The higher figures, up to 3.2 million, typically include -all- war-related deaths of ethnic Germans between 1939-45, including those who served in the German armed forces. The debate about the number of deaths and their cause continues to be the subject of heated controversy.
The population transfer itself included about: 688,000 from Poland (1938 borders); 2,275,200 from East Prussia; 5,123,200 from the pre-war areas of Germany proper (mostly Silesia and Pomerania) incorporated into Poland (see Oder-Neisse Line); 3,000,400 from Czechoslovakia; around 169,500 from the Soviet Union; 253,000 from Hungary; 213,000 from Romania ; and another 297,500 from Yugoslavia. However, in no East European nation were all ethnic Germans forced to leave. Census figures in 1950 place the total number of ethnic Germans still living in Eastern Europe at approximately 2.6 million, about 12 percent of the pre-war total.
The expulsion of Germans from Eastern Europe was tolerated by the Potsdam Agreement, which stated that the process should be undertaken in a "humane" and "orderly" manner, though it failed to specify detailed rules for the population transfers, or supervision of the process to prevent crimes against the transferred populations.
Valdis Lumans indicates that no ethnic German expulsions would have occurred at all, except for the barbaric occupation policies imposed on most of Europe by Nazi Germany, which included the expulsion or slave-labor pressganging of non-Germans from most of these areas. Along similar lines, Prauser and Rees assert that the "charge laid against the German population in the Eastern European states was that of disloyalty and of supporting the destruction of the states of which they were members and of collaboration with the German occupying forces."
In The Volksdeutsche of Eastern Europe and the Collapse of the Nazi Empire, 1944-1945, Doris Bergen analyzes the immediate and long-term effects of population policy on the ethnic Germans of eastern Europe which, in her view, was disastrous. Bergen notes that the ethnic Germans of this area found their fate intimately linked to, and affected by, the German war effort and the regime's genocidal policy in more than material ways. Not only did Nazi resettlement policy cause a permanent shift of population transfers and ethnic boundaries, it also caused the erasure of ethnic coexistence. During the earlier years of the war, the Nazis emphasized racial hostility and competition, but at war's end, when it was fairly clear that the Germans would lose, ethnic Germans who had benefitted from the earlier policy simply refused to abandon these ideas and found themselves, as a result, struggling to find a satisfactory place within their new communities.
Between 1950 and 1990, 1.4 million people emigrated from Poland to Germany claiming German ancestry (770,000 of them in the 1980s). Between 1970 and 1990 Romania allowed the migration of ethnic Germans (Danube Swabians, Carpathian Germans, and Transylvanian Saxons) to West Germany and Romanian Jews to Israel in exchange for hard currency. Since the Romanian Revolution, this migration has continued.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, large numbers of Russian Germans (to include the Wolgadeutsche) took advantage of Germany's liberal law of return to leave the harsh conditions of the Soviet successor states. By 1999, about 1.7 million former Soviet citizens of German origin had emigrated, mainly from Russia and Kazakhstan , to Germany. About 6,000 settled in Kaliningrad Oblast (former East Prussia).
During the period of 1944/1945 - 1950, millions Germans fled or were expelled as a result of actions of the Red Army, civilian militia, and/or organized efforts of governments of the reconstituted states of Eastern Europe. Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Germans were detained in internment camps or sentenced to forced labor, some of them for years. The number of wartime expellees and refugees whose fate could not be ascertained was estimated to be around 2.1 million of the total 3.2 million casualties from all war-related causes, according to two major studies conducted in 1958 and 1965, which were commissioned by the German Bundestag . Many German women were raped (the process of flight and expulsion includes actions taken by the Red Army against German civilians). Private property of the expelled Germans was confiscated. More than 4 million Germans emigrated to Germany from the 1950s to the 1990s, joining the 12 million expellees and refugees.
A German expellees source from the mid-1980s gives the following estimates of the population transfers. See Richard Overy's The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Third Reich, for a more recent objective tabulation of these figures.
The integration of expellees and refugees into German society required great efforts from the 1940s to the 1960s. In some areas, for instance in Mecklenburg, the number of inhabitants doubled as a result of the influx. Other areas, like Bavaria , which had been predominantly Roman Catholic before the war now had to deal with an influx of non-Catholic and non-Bavarian Germans from the East.
The areas from which ethnic Germans escaped or were expelled were subsequently re-populated by nationals of the states to which they now belonged, numbers of whom were expellees themselves from lands further east.
The psychological and social impact of the events were so immense, that even today the expulsions have entered the German language simply as "the Flight" or "the Expulsion" with no further specification needed, similar to the German reference to World War II as simply "the War" without further qualification. Added the fact that mostly only far "right-wing" organizations publicly rallied to the cause of the expellees following 1950 in Western Germany made the topic a political taboo. Anyone highlighting the grave injustice set upon the victims of the expulsion was labeled a revisionist and ultra-nationalist in the political spectrum. In East Germany no public debate was tolerated and it was officially counterbalanced with communist propaganda purporting the new frontier as a "Peace Border" or Friedensgrenze. The official German Federal government policy on the matter was that the Oder-Neisse border was only a de-facto frontier and that a final peace treaty was needed to settle the issue with the inclusion of all the Allied Powers. This kept the legacy of the expulsion alive in the minds of both the expellee population and the Polish government until it was resolved in 1990 with the Reunification Treaty.
During the Cold War era, there was little public knowledge of the expulsions outside of Germany , and thus scant discussion over the morality of the policy . Perhaps the primary reason for this is that Cold War geopolitics discouraged criticism of post-war Allied policies by the West Germans and of post-war Soviet policies by the East Germans. There was some discussion of the expulsions in the first decade and a half after World War II, but serious review and analysis of the events was not undertaken until the 1980s. It can be surmised that the fall of the Soviet Union, the spirit of glasnost and the unification of Germany and now the expansion of the European Union into the areas that experienced the expulsions opened the door to a renewed examination of these events.
In 1946, Winston Churchill delivered a memorable speech in Fulton, Missouri in the presence of US President Truman. Churchill made the USA aware of the Iron Curtain coming down "from Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic". In this speech, Churchill also emphasized the wrongful Soviet-directed Polish incursions into Germany (that is, the land east of the Oder-Neisse line) and the plight of millions of Germans refugees/expellees. However, taking into account his own responsibility for, and acceptance of, the decisions made in Potsdam, the speech would seem to have been motivated by a contemporary political agenda.
During the Cold War, anti-Communists in the U.S. used the expulsions to excoriate the Soviet Union and its satellites for alleged cruelty and inhumanity in the Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe. Because of the polemic nature of these allegations, estimates of deaths due to the expulsions tended to run higher than subsequent assessments by historians. For example, in a speech before the U.S. House of Representatives on May 16, 1957, the Hon. B. Carroll Reece of Tennessee called the violent expulsion of German civilians "genocide". He charged that over 16 million Germans had been expelled from their homes east of the Oder-Neisse Line, resulting in over 3 million deaths.
Both Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Lev Kopelev, during their Soviet military service, had objected to the brutal treatment of German civilians of East Prussia. Lev Kopelev wrote about the cruel events in post-1945 East Prussia in the autobiographical trilogy To Be Preserved Forever (Хранить вечно, Khranit' Vechno).
After World War II, many expellees ( ) found refuge in either West Germany, East Germany, or Austria. Refugees who had fled voluntarily but were later refused the right to return are often not distinguished from those who were forcibly expelled, who are often not separable from people born to German parents that moved into areas under German occupation either on their own or as Nazi colonists.
In a document signed 50 years ago, the Heimatvertriebene organizations also recognized the plight of different groups of people living in today's Poland who were resettled there by force. The Heimatvertriebene are just one of the groups of millions of other ethnic Germans, from many different countries, who all found refuge in today's Germany.
Some of the expellees were active in politics and belonged to right-wing political organizations. Many others do not belong to any organizations, but they continue to maintain what they call a lawful right to their homeland. The vast majority pledged to work peacefully towards that goal while rebuilding post-war Germany and Europe.
The expellees and their descendants are still highly active in German politics, and are one of the major political factions of the nation, with around 2 million members. The president of their organization is still a member of the national parliament. Although the prevailing political climate within West Germany was that of atonement for Nazi actions, the CDU governments have shown considerable support for the expellees and German civilian victims.
The Federation of Expellees ( ) is a non-profit organization formed to represent the interests of Germans displaced from their homes in Historical Eastern Germany and other parts of Eastern Europe by the expulsion of Germans after World War II. ("Heimatvertriebene": "Homeland expellees").
It represents German citizens and their descendents (today numbering approximately 15 million), who after World War II were transferred from Poland and the Soviet Union and former German territories, together with ethnic Germans who were transferred from Czechoslovakia , Hungary , Romania , Yugoslavia and other countries. The current president is CDU politician Erika Steinbach.
The foundation Centre Against Expulsions has its registered office in Wiesbaden and is headed by CDU politician Erika Steinbach. One of Steinbach's main aims is to build the Centre Against Expulsions ( ) in Berlin, a memorial dedicated to the victims of forced migrations or ethnic cleansing in Europe, particularly those of the Germans displaced after World War II.
It was initiated by the Federation of Expellees, with the support of the CDU/CSU faction in the German parliament and of Chancellor Angela Merkel, who intends to support the building of the centre.
The initiative has caused much controversy, both in Germany and abroad. Some critics of the Federation of Expellees criticize the movement to build a centre and monument against forced migration for focusing primarily on the expulsion of Germans rather than giving more weight to expulsions throughout all Europe.
Critics argue that this focus on German expulsions "risks de-contexualizing the past, thus breaking the causal relationship between the Nazi policies of radical nationalism and racial extermination on one hand and the flight and expulsion of ethnic Germans on the other hand". This line of criticism argues that the expulsion of ethnic Germans was directly a result of Nazi policies during World War II. It charges that the Centre Against Expulsions portrays expelled Germans as victims of the war and thereby downplays the German responsibility for the Holocaust, atrocities, and Nazi Germany's aggression, leading to the outbreak of the war.
Other voices point out that it is important to document every part of history in order to be accurate. Furthermore, some argue that German responsibility for World War II is and will continue to be known, thus the fear is unsubstantiated.
Although relations between the Republic of Poland and the Federal Republic of Germany have generally been cordial since 1991, there remain disputes about the war, the post-war expulsion, and the treatment and preservation of German cultural heritage in modern day western and northern Poland. Recently, a small but increasing number of German cultural heritage sites in Poland are being restored, often within the context of Polish-German cooperation. Von Moltke's palace in Krzyżowa, Świdnica County is the international youth meeting place.
Since 1990, historical events have been examined by the Polish Institute of National Remembrance. Its role is to investigate the crimes of the past without regard to the nationality of victims and perpetrators. In Poland, crimes motivated by the nationality of victims are not covered by a statute of limitations, therefore the criminals can be charged in perpetuity. In some cases, crimes against Germans were examined. One suspected perpetrator of retaliatory crimes against expelled German civilians, Salomon Morel, fled the country to Israel , which has denied Polish requests for his extradition.
The Oder-Neisse line as the Polish-German border was formally recognised by the East German government with the signing of the Treaty of Zgorzelec in 1950. The border was even referred to as the "Border of Peace" ( ) in official Communist Party propaganda. It was initially rejected as unacceptable by all West German political parties, with the exception of the Communists.
By the 1960s, this opposition had mellowed, especially within the Social Democrats and the Liberals. A key component of Chancellor Willy Brandt's policy of Ostpolitik was the Treaty of Warsaw , where the West German and Polish states committed themselves to nonviolence and accepted the existing de facto border - the Oder-Neisse line. This was a quite sensitive topic at the time, since Poland was concerned that someday a German government would lay claim to some of the territory Germany lost to Poland after World War II. Brandt was heavily criticized by his conservative CDU/CSU opposition in the Bundestag . They were indeed in favour of such a claim for Polish territory, and accused Brandt and his party of abandoning German interests.
The Oder-Neisse line was formally accepted by the Two plus Four treaty, effecting Germany's reunification in 1990, and the German-Polish Border Treaty that was signed in 1990 and came into force in 1992.
There are also some worries among Poles that rich descendants of the expelled Germans would buy lands that were allocated to the Polish state in 1945. It is believed that this may result in large price increases, since the current Polish land price is low compared to Western Europe. This led to Polish restrictions on the sale of property to foreigners, including Germans, requiring that special permission be obtained. This policy is comparable to similar restrictions in the Baltic Åland Islands . These restrictions will be lifted 12 years after the 2004 accession of Poland to the European Union, i.e., on May 1, 2016. The restrictions are weak, and they are not valid for companies and certain types of properties.
The attempts by German organizations to build a Centre Against Expulsions dedicated to documentation of, among other subject matter, the Expulsion of Germans after World War II has provoked strong reactions in Poland. A proposal by Polish politicians that Germany should instead build a Center for the Memory of the Suffering of the Polish Nation was rejected by German politicians, who argue that this suffering has already been documented in many memorial centers and expositions, while that of the expelled Germans has not.
The official policy of the expellees is not to repeat the post-war expulsions with new expulsions, annexations, and population transfers. Most expellees accept the territorial changes of 1945 as far as territorial claims are concerned, and consider the Poles now living in the former East Germany as friends and neighbors in the European Union. However, a few of them demand compensation from the Poles and support the Prussian Trust.
At the end of August 2004, a heated debate took place in the Polish legislature Sejm over a proposed bill calling upon the Polish government to enforce Germany's payment of reparations for damage inflicted on Poland during World War II. The issue of German reparations was raised in response to signals coming from Germany, or rather from certain German circles, which in civil legal proceedings to lay indemnity claims for property left behind in the post-war territory of Poland might be initiated. The Polish nation reacted strongly to statements made by Erika Steinbach, chair of the Union of the Expelled (BdV), and to claims made by Prussian Trust. Polish politicians asserted that only a response in the form of Poland's own reparations claims could suppress endeavors of some German citizens and their political advocates who are attempting to claim indemnity from Polish citizens in civil proceedings. The majority of Poles have not received any compensation from either the Soviet Union or Germany for losses suffered during World War II. However, Steinbach has sharply rejected any compensation claims and distanced herself from the Prussian Trust. On 9 October 2008 the European Court of Human Rights declared the case of Preussische Treuhand v. Poland inadmissible.
On 28 December 1989, Václav Havel, at that time a candidate for president of Czechoslovakia (he was elected one day later), suggested that Czechoslovakia should apologize for the expulsion of ethnic Germans after World War II. Most of the other prominent politicians disagreed with this proposal. There was also no reply from leaders of Sudeten German organizations. Later, the German President Richard von Weizsäcker answered this by apologizing to Czechoslovakia during his visit to Prague on March 1990, after Václav Havel repeated his apology by saying that the expulsions were "the mistakes and sins of our fathers". The Beneš decrees, however, remain in force in Czechoslovakia.
In Czech-German relations, the topic has been effectively closed by the Czech-German declaration of 1997. One principle of the declaration was that parties will not burden their relations with political and legal issues which stem from the past.
However, some expelled Sudeten Germans or their descendants are demanding the return of their former property, which was confiscated after the war. Several such cases have been taken to Czech courts. As confiscated estates usually have new inhabitants, some of whom have lived there for more than 50 years, attempts to return to these a pre-war state may be the cause for a general increase in fears. The issue is revived periodically in Czech politics. As in Poland, there are restrictions in the Czech Republic on land purchases by foreigners. According to a survey by the Allensbach Institute in November 2005, 38% of Czechs believe Germans want to regain territory that they lost or will demand compensation.
In 2005, Czech Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek announced an initiative to publicize and formally recognize the deeds of Sudeten German anti-Nazis. Although the move was received positively by most Sudeten Germans and the ethnic German minority, there has been criticism that the initiative is limited to anti-Nazis who actively fought for the Czechoslovak state, but not to anti-Nazis in general or non-Nazis. Some also expected some financial compensation for their mistreatment after the war.
There are about 40,000 Germans remaining in the Czech Republic. Their number has been consistently decreasing since World War II. According to the 2001 census there remain 13 municipalities and settlements in the Czech Republic with more than 10% ethnic Germans.
The situation in Slovakia is different from that in the Czech Republic, in that the number of ethnic Germans was considerably lower initially, and that the Germans from Slovakia were almost completely evacuated to Germany as the Soviet army was moving west through Slovakia. Only those few who returned to Slovakia after the end of the war were expelled together with the Germans from the current Czech Republic.
Today, the ethnic German minority in Hungary has minority rights, organisations, schools, local councils, and spontaneous assimilation is well under way. Many of the expellees have visited their old homes since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Many descendants of ethnic Germans who were expelled from Kaliningrad (Königsberg) can be found today in Germany. The expulsion of Germans from the northern part of what was formerly East Prussia was often conducted in a violent and aggressive way by Soviet officials who sought to exact revenge for the atrocities committed by the Nazis in the Soviet Union during the war. However, the present Russian inhabitants of the Kaliningrad sector (northern East Prussia) have much less animus against Germans. German names have even been revived in commercial Russian trade. Thus, it is possible that, in the future, the name of Kaliningrad might revert to its earlier name of Königsberg . Because the exclave was a military zone during the Soviet era and nobody was allowed to enter without special permission, many old German Prussian villages are still intact, though they have become dilapidated over the course of time.
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Finnish exports declined 0.8% in 2014, lagging further behind the export markets and world trade growth, and they are set to barely grow at all in 2015. The scale of the problem is illustrated by the fact that the volume of exports is still approximately EUR 10 billion lower than in 2007. If exports had continued to grow on their long-term trend after 2007, the loss now would be that much greater. If the negative indirect impact of poor export performance on e.g. investment were taken into account, the final bill would increase further still.
The loss of export markets has now continued for almost a decade. Structural changes in industry and an erosion of competitiveness have shifted the focus of growth to the domestic market, and the public finances have deteriorated sharply. There is a threat that this sort of development will continue in the years ahead if cost-competitiveness and export performance cannot be improved.
This alternative scenario assesses the dynamic effects of exports on the Finnish economy in a situation where export performance remains much weaker than in the baseline forecast. In the scenario, exports fail to equal export market growth, remaining at the level of 2015 for three years. Wages and salaries are assumed to develop as foreseen in the baseline, with no improvement in cost-competitiveness. Moreover, poor export performance gradually begins to erode investor and consumer confidence in the Finnish economy. Deteriorating confidence leads to rising risk premia on domestic interest rates and an increase in the savings ratio in 2018 and 2019. Higher risk premia also add to the interest expenditure on government debt.
The alternative scenario foresees a GDP volume in 2019 of about EUR 5 billion below that of 2015. GDP growth in 2016–2019 is, on average, 1 percentage point slower than the baseline. The export volume envisaged in the scenario for 2019 is approximately EUR 8 billion smaller than in 2015. Given the considerable use of imported inputs in exports, imports also fade in the wake of the declining export performance. Losses in GDP growth thus remain more limited. However, imports contract by less than exports, because private consumption and investment continue to support the weakening economic growth. Net exports turn negative, and Finland accumulates foreign debt.
The fragile export performance is also reflected in employment, total wages and salaries, and consumer confidence, with their resultant weakening gradually beginning to dampen private consumption growth. Although consumers' growing uncertainty raises the savings ratio, it remains below the baseline figure amid slower income developments. Price increases in the economy are also sluggish. Poor export performance adds to uncertainty over investment decisions, thus reining in private investment growth. Improvements in investment are also constrained by higher risk premia.
The direct impact of the anaemic export performance on the public finances is limited, as exports generate no tax revenues, but the indirect impact is substantial. Consequently, the alternative scenario assumes a significant deterioration in the public finances compared with the baseline. The deficit grows by close to 1 percentage point in a few years, and the debt ratio at the end of 2019 is 2.6 percentage points (around EUR 5 billion) higher.
If Finland's international competitiveness remains unchanged or weakens further still, it is possible that exports cannot be increased as hoped for in the immediate years ahead, resulting in a deepening gap between Finland's exports and the export markets. Such developments would have very damaging implications for economic growth and the public finances over a relatively short horizon. | {
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Always2gether4ever ~: No matter how small or insignificant I might feel...God Is Using Me Right Where I Am.
No matter how small or insignificant I might feel...God Is Using Me Right Where I Am.
Today, a post from a blogger named Jennifer Lee reached my inbox. The Lord knew that post contained a message I needed to hear/read. Jennifer's post discussed a Friend of hers who is a school janitor, and who had recently compared herself to others with the statement, "I'm just a janitor, and not a famous writer." Jennifer explained how this was not so; that indeed, God greatly uses the janitor just as much as he uses famous writers or singers or those who have what we humans esteem as "important" jobs. The Lord considers the work of the janitor very important!
I agree with an important point Jennifer made; using the phrase"just a" to detrimentally describe oneself is neither healthy, nor pleasing to The Lord. While some people do use the word"just" as a sincerely humble statement or reference to themselves, I believe many (such as myself) also end up taking that humbleness and use or inadvertently convert it to a detrimental or self-depreciating word or phrase. As it applies to myself, I would like to expound further on this topic - but with a slightly different twist than mentioned in Jennifer's post.
As someone with chronic illness, the"just a" phrase is sometimes something I feel becomes embedded into my daily thoughts and can even start to become part of who I tell myself I'm not living up to. It can easily become a way to devalue the worth that God has placed upon me as His Precious Daughter, and rob the Joy that comes from acknowledging the the Blessings God has given me and continues to give me. Maybe all I could do was one load of laundry today. - But, that load of laundry is now completed! And, God gave me the strength to do it. I'm not "just a wife who can't do much." I'm a wife. A wife who is pure and precious in God's eyes (and in My Husband's eyes, too). A wife who is Blessed beyond measure....simply because she is a wife.
Maybe I'm not writing books, completing intricate crafts and gifts for loved ones, or even able to communicate with Dear Friends and Family as much as I desire. And, maybe some of my many desires and dreams - ones which I know God gave to me - to help people with special needs and spend time with the elderly aren't or don't seem to be happening or fulfilled due to my lack of energy and current health issues. But even still, God can still use me; yes, even me. He is using me. And, He has called me. Called me to live for Him and serve Him today; in the everyday moments, challenges, and activities.
I pray that each of those who read this, will thank The Lord for today, and realize the calling God has given you and the Blessing you are. You are not just a teacher, or just a maid, just a Mom, or just a cook. You are not just a Dad, just someone with health issues, or just a student, just a single girl/guy, or just a Brother or Sister. You are Precious and Beloved in God's eyes. You are His. No matter who you are or what you do, you are precious and priceless in His eyes. He loves you. He desires you.
May you experience Jesus' Perfect Peace as you enjoy where and what He has called you to today.
"The Lord is my Strength and my Shield; my Heart Trusts in Him, and I am helped.
Therefore, my heart greatly Rejoices, and with my Song will I Praise Him."
May the Lord continue to remind you of this lesson learned as you serve him day to day, especially when times get rough! Great thoughts!! | {
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Don't you love Tuesdays when we stop to count our blessings? We all need to stop and think about the wonderful things that happen instead of dwelling on the negative. So let's get started!
Now I just need to put them together with wire and put a hanger on them - which leads me to my next blessing.
70. My son made me the most beautiful twisted wire! I haven't had a chance to take a picture yet, but it's just amazing and it's going to really make these ornaments look beautiful! He's such a talented man and so giving in doing these things for me! He blesses me in so many ways!
71. I am feeling better but still tired. I have some nights where I have insomnia, but I am so very thankful for all that God has done for me.
Now it's time for you to share your blessings. Please share on the linky below or share in the comments.
Adorable!! I am blessed to have pretty good health these days. I hope you have a very good day Julie. | {
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In an article published by the Washington City Paper, Howard University announced that effective immediately they will be suspending all athletic teams for what appears to be violations of NCAA rules. University spokeswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton released this statement.
It is with great regret that we have temporarily suspended intercollegiate athletic competition. This is a self-imposed action while the University conducts a review. We are working quickly to resolve this issue.
It looks good on the part of Howard that they are self-imposing this suspension. However, one has to wonder what kind of rules violation is going on when all athletic teams have to suspend all activities. There is potential that the rules violations could be widespread and that's why this decision was made by the university.
There are no details out at this time as to why Howard is taking this course of action but as they are revealed they will be passed along. | {
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Brown Bear with Fish by Manuel Jimenez (1919-2005), Mexico
Brown Bear with Fish, c. 1990
by Manuel Jimenez (1919-2005) in collaboration with his sons Angelico and Isaias Jimenez
San Antonio Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico
copal wood, pigment
9.5" high x 18" long x 9.5" deep
hand signed underneath
Manuel Jiménez Ramírez, who lived into his 80's until his death in 2005, is credited as the originator of the woodcarving genre of folk art in San Antonio Arrazola, Oaxaca, and derived great satisfaction from his popularity with collectors all over the world. Dignified, hard-working and proud, Manuel was best known for his animals, angels, shepherds, kings and Christ figures, pieces bold in shape, size and painting style. To distinguish himself from the carvers who came after him, his later work was in the finer Guatemalan cedar, rather than local copal wood.
Jiménez Ramírez is credited with creating the Oaxacan version of "alebrijes." The original craft was created and promoted by the Linares family in Mexico City, making fantastic creatures of "cartonería" (a hard paper mache) and painting them in bright colors. The Oaxaca version is made of wood, and Jiménez Ramírez also often added hair and beards made of ixtle. The artisan never taught his techniques outside his own family.
The artisan's work can be found in public and private collections around the world, including The British Museum, Museum of International Folk Art, The Fowler Museum at UCLA, and The San Antonio Museum of Art to name but a few. He was named a "grand master" of Mexican folk art by Mexico's Fomento Cultural in 2001.
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People at Tokyo University have released details of a concept they've been working on which sees a rollercoaster being used as a city transportation system. Imagine a monorail that's actually a cred.
The system has been named "Eco-Ride" as its primary concern is being an energy efficient form of transport. The theory being that you only need to power the lift hill (and potentially a few "tyre launch" type sections) then gravity does the rest. Some of the areas they have in mind to install this system would apparently also lend themselves to a "terrain coaster" type layout.
They are currently working on prototypes and are hoping to see the real thing installed in 2014. Some areas of Japan, including those worst hit by the Earthquake/Tsunami, are reportedly interested. | {
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Tampa International Airport Getting $81 Million in Coronavirus Stimulus Funds
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., announced that Tampa International Airport will receive more than $81 million as part of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus that the White House and Congress agreed to at the end of last month.
Castor said on Tuesday that the airport will receive the funds through the "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act" which included around $10 billion for "airport capital expenditures, airport operating expenses including payroll and utilities, and airport debt payments."
Tampa International is penciled in for $81,029,598 while two other airports in the area will also get federal funds. Peter O. Knight Airport on Davis Islands will receive $69,000. Tampa Executive Airport will also get $69,000 as part of the federal stimulus package.
"Tampa International Airport is the pride of the Tampa Bay area and its employees are critical to our economic well-being. I'm proud to announce emergency aid to ensure continuity of operations for essential services," said Castor on Tuesday.
"Air travel and support to the frontline workers who are keeping our airports safe and clean are fundamental to our economy. In the days ahead I'll work to speed additional aid to boost our economy and ensure lifeline services, like air travel, continue here in Tampa," Castor added.
"Tampa International Airport and the Authority's three general aviation airports are critical economic drivers for the communities they serve," said Tampa International Airport CEO Joe Lopano. "This historic grant funding will provide much-needed relief to help mitigate the unprecedented and dramatic drop in business we've experienced and will ensure we're able to recover and resume operations when that business returns. We're thankful to Rep. Castor and our other federal and FAA partners for the work and consideration they've put into the CARES Act and for recognizing the importance of supporting airport infrastructure."
Reach Kevin Derby at [email protected].
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using F2F.ReactiveNavigation.ViewModel;
namespace F2F.ReactiveNavigation.Internal
{
internal class NavigableRegion : INavigableRegion
{
private readonly Region _region;
private readonly IRouter _router;
public NavigableRegion(Region region, IRouter router)
{
if (region == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("region", "region is null.");
if (router == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("router", "router is null.");
_region = region;
_router = router;
}
internal Region Region
{
get { return _region; }
}
internal IRouter Router
{
get { return _router; }
}
public IObservable<ReactiveViewModel> Added
{
get { return Region.Added; }
}
public IObservable<ReactiveViewModel> Removed
{
get { return Region.Removed; }
}
public IObservable<ReactiveViewModel> Activated
{
get { return Region.Activated; }
}
public IObservable<ReactiveViewModel> Deactivated
{
get { return Region.Deactivated; }
}
public IObservable<ReactiveViewModel> Initialized
{
get { return Region.Initialized; }
}
public async Task RequestNavigate<TViewModel>(INavigationParameters parameters)
where TViewModel : ReactiveViewModel
{
if (parameters == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("parameters", "parameters is null.");
await Router.RequestNavigateAsync<TViewModel>(Region, parameters).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
public async Task RequestNavigate(ReactiveViewModel navigationTarget, INavigationParameters parameters)
{
if (navigationTarget == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("navigationTarget", "navigationTarget is null.");
if (parameters == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("parameters", "parameters is null.");
await Router.RequestNavigateAsync(Region, navigationTarget, parameters).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
public async Task RequestClose<TViewModel>(INavigationParameters parameters)
where TViewModel : ReactiveViewModel
{
if (parameters == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("parameters", "parameters is null.");
await Router.RequestCloseAsync<TViewModel>(Region, parameters);
}
public async Task RequestClose(ReactiveViewModel navigationTarget, INavigationParameters parameters)
{
if (navigationTarget == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("navigationTarget", "navigationTarget is null.");
if (parameters == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("parameters", "parameters is null.");
await Router.RequestCloseAsync(Region, navigationTarget, parameters).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
public async Task CloseAll()
{
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In 2007, the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) became the world's first regional risk pool to cover hurricanes and earthquakes. Additional funding from InsuResilience enabled the expansion of the insurance portfolio to include heavy rainfall policies and to cover new regions. The scheme was extended from the Caribbean to Central America, and Nicaragua recently became the first continental member of CCRIF. Currently, 17 countries are members of the CCRIF.
Since 2007, CCRIF has made payouts to 12 out of 17 member states with a total volume of more than USD 120 million. In 2016, Haiti received 20.4 million USD from its hurricane policy and 3 million USD on its heavy rainfall policy, to counter the disastrous effects of hurricane Matthew. Most recently, payouts of more than 55 million USD were made to 10 CCRIF member states in September 2017, following the devastating effects of hurricanes Irma and Maria in the Caribbean.
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Paton named AMA higher ed marketer of the year
UB's VP for Communications will receive award at American Marketing Association symposium in Atlanta
By David J. Hill
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Nancy E. Paton, vice president for communications, University at Buffalo
"This is not only a great personal honor for Nancy—it is also a significant recognition for the university and a testament to the excellence of UB's communications strategy under her leadership."
Satish K. Tripathi, president
BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo Vice President for Communications Nancy E. Paton has been named the Higher Education Marketer of the Year by the American Marketing Association (AMA). Paton will receive the award during the 2017 Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education Nov. 12-15 in Atlanta.
The AMA award honors extraordinary leadership and achievement in the field of higher education marketing. Individual nominees were selected based on a range of criteria, including vision, leadership, strategy and results. Recent recipients include marketing leaders from Michigan State University, Florida State and Purdue.
"Being chosen by my peers to receive this prestigious national award after being nominated by my university colleagues is a capstone moment in my career. While immensely gratifying personally, it is also a tribute to UB, which values the impact of marketing and communications as a senior leadership function vital to advancing its vision," Paton said.
"Conferring of this award suggests that the principles upon which I base my relationships with my colleagues, my peers and the people for whom I work — the students, faculty, staff and administration of the university — are valued and serve as the foundation to achieve results," she added.
Paton leads UB's Division of University Communications. As the university's chief public relations and marketing officer, she is responsible for advancing the university's reputation as a leader among the nation's premier higher education institutions.
"This is not only a great personal honor for Nancy—it is also a significant recognition for the university and a testament to the excellence of UB's communications strategy under her leadership," said UB President Satish K. Tripathi.
This senior leadership position is responsible for overall university branding, marketing communications, internal communications, issues management and media relations strategy.
Paton led development and implementation of the university's new brand and identity strategy, which launched in 2016. Aimed at strengthening UB's reputation and visibility around the world, it is the most comprehensive branding strategy in the university's 176-year history.
In addition, Paton developed UB's first comprehensive university marketing and communications strategic plan through a deliberative process of inclusion. This resulted in widespread advocacy and support from senior leadership and embedding of that strategy throughout all decanal and administrative unit marketing and communications efforts.
"Nancy's tremendous accomplishments speak for themselves, but what is truly remarkable is how she has brought together so many people – faculty, staff, students, alumni and other stakeholders from across the university and beyond -- working toward the common goal of telling UB's story," said Jacqueline Ghosen, assistant dean and director of communications for the UB School of Management, who nominated Paton for the award.
Paton also convened a senior communications council of 35 high-level communicators from 12 schools and 23 departments at UB to lead efforts within their units, resulting in greater collaboration, a more unified voice and a significant improvement in the quality of university communications. She strengthened the university's issues and crisis management, increased growth and engagement in UB's social media channels and elevated the university's presence in national and international media.
Also under Paton's leadership, the Office of University Communications has received numerous regional and national awards, including a CASE gold award for the university's annual report and a bronze anvil awarded by the Public Relations Society of America for the university's alumni magazine, At Buffalo.
A nationally recognized strategist, Paton has more than 30 years of communications experience. She has presented on marketing and communications strategies at national higher education conferences and is a published author and lecturer, previously teaching graduate-level public relations courses in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kent State University.
Paton holds a master's degree in management from Purdue University and a bachelor's degree in mass media and communications from the University of Akron.
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The Producers, Georgetown Palace Theatre, September 26- November 2
This zany musical comedy comes bursting out of the Georgetown Palace stage like fireworks on the 4th of July.
Yes, we all know the story. After all, the Mel Brooks film about fraudsters producing a Broadway musical was released in 1968, forty years ago.
Brooks and co-writer Thomas Meehan turned it into a real Broadway musical in 2001, with musical numbers by Brooks, where it won an unprecedented 12 Tony awards and ran for 2500 performances. The London production ran for three years.
And in 2005 Sony Pictures made a movie of it – a movie about a musical about producing a musical, drawn from a movie about producing a musical.
But who cares? The Georgetown Palace production is terrific fun and its big- voiced glittering cast of 24 could have filled with music and laughter a hall ten times as large as the 300-seat Palace.
It's gaudy, vulgar, suggestive, happy and filled with as many comics and Girls Girls Girls as any Ziegfield show.
Yes, you'll recognize almost every bit from the movie(s) or the Broadway show – the fretful, mendacious Max Bialystock, his reluctant partner the nervous young CPA Leopold Bloom, Ulla the Swedish knockout with all those names, Otto the Nazi, flaming homosexuals, and the little old ladies enamored of Max. Mel Brooks spares no one, and that's part of the fun of it.
When Jewish comedian Mel Brooks came up with the concept for The Producers and the musical number "Springtime for Hitler" back in 1968 it was a dazzling piece of audacity. For gosh sake, World War II had ended less than twenty-five years before that, and the "Greatest Generation," contemporaries with Brooks, were in the spring of middle age.
Brooks was God's fool, dancing on the rawest catastrophe of the western world and daring to laugh at the guilty, long and hard, while mocking the business of show business.
The Palace scrupulously advises its patrons, Rated PG-13 for sexual humor and references and is intended for mature audiences.
The shock value is mostly gone today, although I wonder what conversations parents had after opening night with the various ten- to twelve-year-olds dressed in their best and seated in the front rows. In fact, those youngsters were probably unshockable - - but maybe apprehensive about discussing sex jokes and flowering queens with their parents.
Stars Matt Gauck as Max Bialystock and Larry Frier as the worried young Leo Bloom are a great pair of song-and-dance comedians.
Gauck must have been stifling under the stage lights with that padded belly and an elaborate bald wig with comb-over; the ageing effect of his makeup was a bit too sharp in the opening scenes but the fast pace and relentless clowning got it properly blended in.
Bialystock is the epitome of an unscrupulous egotist, and the ongoing gag of his instruction of the naïve Bloom on Broadway ethics and morals was comic and cautionary.
A quick summary, in case you've been hiding under a rock for the last 40 years: Bialystock is on his way down, reduced to seducing a stable of little old ladies for funds. Visiting him, the grandma type nicknamed "Hold Me,Touch Me" suggests coyly, "Let's play the virgin milkmaid and the well hung stable boy!"
Bloom, the quiet, worried accountant, comments to Bialystock in passing that if backers lost money in a show, it would be easy to conceal contributions and keep excess financing. Bialystock leaps on the idea and pushes Bloom to become his partner in crime.
Bloom declines, but back at the Dickensean accounting office, he succumbs to visions of glamor, success and showgirls.
So B&B set out to find the worst possible script, the worst possible director, and the worst possible actors. And they succeed!
The script is "Springtime for Hitler" by unrepentent Nazi Franz Liebkind (Bill Lindstrom, also a fine hoofer, with accent, helmet and mad-eyed devotion). [German: "Liebkind" = English "Love Child."]
The director is Roger DeBris (Matt Connely), as wildly, extravagantly queer as one could imagine, shown here being coiffed by his sidekick Carmen Ghia (played with wicked, pouting, hip-swiveling delight by Palace regular Matthew Burnett). ["Bris" is the Jewish ritual of circumcision, carried out on a Jewish male child the 8th day after birth; the "Carmen Ghia" was a nifty sport car from the 1950s.]
And for the actors, Nazi Liebkind and the luscious Swedish cupcake Ulla Inga Hansen Bensen Yonsen Tallen-Hallen Svaden-Svanson. Bialystock explains to Bloom, "There's always a part for the producer's girlfriend!"
Nicole Pritchard as Ulla can act, sing, and dance, and she's as tasty a bit of eye-candy as you're likely to see. Pritchard has just gotten to Austin after playing Disney characters at Orlando for three years. Texans are clear winners by the change.
The show goes on, complete with that signature number, "Springtime for Hitler."
Ulla plays a sort of Miss Rhinegold walk-on (a concept straight out of Ziegfield).
The show is a disaster. But only for Bialystock and Bloom. At the last minute they must substitute director DeBris for Nazi Liebkind in the role of Hitler, and a campy, crowd-loving Adolf makes the show a smash hit.
Max Bialystock gets arrested while Bloom and Ulla abscond to Brazil. Max waxes indignant in jail, recounting in fragmentary fashion the whole plot to that point, getting one of the biggest laughs in the show.
Bloom returns. Both go to prison, where they put on a wildly successful prison revue and get pardons. They celebrate with a fine bit of hoofing at the end.
Before the show, director Mary Ellen Butler greeted the opening night audience and invited them to the on-stage post-production party. She warned us that because technical director Ron Watson had just sprained an ankle, his substitute working the twelve sets of flies (hoistable scenery) might be shaky from time to time. And by the way, Austin's Paramount theatre is equipped with only ten sets of flies.
So what's not to like, already? This show has energy, glitter, comedy and class; it's an insouciant salute to the big kid in all of us. It makes us say, like Leopold Bloom, I wanna be a producer, too.
Congratulations to cast, director, and crew. This was a huge, complicated piece to produce. Mary Ellen says that 2000 hours of volunteer labor went into construction of the sets. Ensemble members had up to 9 costume changes and pitched in to keep those scene changes running smoothly. They all appeared to be having the time of their lives. They certainly deserved that enthusiastic applause at the curtain call.
And congratulations once again to the Georgetown Palace Theatre for its vaulting ambition and the high quality of its entertainment!
Warren & Derrick's on-line favorable comments about this production, October 20
Ronnisrants comments, October 25
New York Times rave review of the Broadway production, April 20, 2001 - - "A Scam That'll Knock 'em Dead"
Wikipedia on The Producers (Musical)
The 1968 movie at Internet Movie Database (IMDB.com), with a 42-image slide show
IMDB memorable quotes (lots of them!) from The Producers, 2005 movie version
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Labels: Georgetown Palace Theatre, Larry Frier, Matt Connely, Matt Gauck, Matthew Burnett, Nicole Pritchard, The Producers
Free Night of Theatre, Various Venues, October 16 - November 13
List now available on-line, with links for reservations live from noon on Monday, October 13. Austin region shows announced so far are listed below. More may be added.
3 Mo' Divas
410 [Gone]
Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Concert
Ballet Austin Season Openers
Drving Miss Daisy
Fantasmaville
Glengary, Glen Ross
The Refraction Arts Project
The Shocker Haunted House
The Souls of Our Feet II: An Introduction to American Tap Dance
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Labels: Free Night of Theatre, Upcoming
Cloud 9, Mary Moody Northern Theatre, St. Edwards Unversity, September 25- October 5
You must see this production. It plays only four more times, this coming weekend.
Unless you're uneasy with frank sexual language.
Unless you get disoriented by anachronism, gender bending and actors morphing character, sex, time and intention.
Unless you are frightened by vulnerability, farce, celebration or intimacy.
Unless you prefer to miss breath taking range and versatility in acting by students and professionals alike.
"Cloud 9," the title, is a metaphor for sexual ecstasy. UK playwright Caryl Churchill worked with an improvisational theatre group in 1978, then reworked the ideas into this piece, which opened in 1979.
It plays today as fresh as a daisy, because the attractions and confusions of sex do not date.
That, in fact, is one premise of the play.
Act I shows us a group of pukkah sahib Brits somewhere in 1870 in colonial Africa, full of imperial certainties and sexual yearnings blooming in the dangerous dead air of foreign menace. Act II gives us the same seven actors and some of the same characters but played by different members in the cast, transposed to 1979 London. They are searching for love and sexual fulfillment in a post-imperial Britain where freedoms offer greater dangers, more confusions and new opportunities.
Raising the ante, Churchill specifies that certain key roles are to be played by actors of the opposite sex.
Undergrad theatre students at St. Edwards seize this opportunity to show an astonishing range. Guest artists Babs George and Matt Radford further strengthen the cast.
Ms. George surely should be nominated for a B. Iden Payne award for her performance in a duo and then solo scene at the finale as a fragile older woman belatedly awakening to sexuality.
Oh, for the certainties of Victorian times! Playwright Churchill does a fine job on the neuroses of those bearing the White Man's Burden.
Jacob Trussell as explorer Harry Bagley (left) and Radford as administrator Clive (right) are blustering and adamant in their Duty beyond the reach of civilization. Behind that façade, though, they are boiling with frustration and passion (and not for one another).
The intimate, claustrophobic circle of society on the frontier includes their family members – Clive's wife Betty (Christopher Smith,'10, right) and her mother Maud (Babs George, left). Smith is absolutely convincing in his depiction of the delicate Betty, stifled by circumstance, intimidated by the hypocritical, dogmatic Clive, and plaintively wishing for escape with explorer Harry. This is an entrancing performance.
As her mother, Babs George is sharp-eyed and sharp-tongued.
But we, the audience, are certainly not stifled. Act I is a happily wicked, fast-moving farce. Clive frantically pursues a widow brandishing a riding crop; and his wife Betty unwittingly attracts the passionate interest of the family governess (both roles by Helyn Rain Messenger, a graduating senior, played with such panache that I didn't realize they were done in alternation by the same actress, in the same act).
Son Edward (Sarah Burkhalter, '10) prefers, instead of hunting and playing sport, playing with dolls.
African houseboy Joshua is at Churchill's specification, played by a white (Jon Wayne Martin, '11). Joshua serves impassively amidst this madness, his anger growing as danger brews in the dark beyond the stage.
Act II, set in contemporaneous 1979, is equally fast moving, with the shock of recognizing those same actors in entirely different characters. Language is direct, dramatic, sometimes crude. The same uncertainties and desires are driving, but in the confusion and indulgence of contemporary society they take far different forms.
Take, for instance, the transformation of Smith from repressed colonial housewife to self-confident, cruising homosexual. And that of Martin from trusted servant to his gay lover Edward who would really prefer to be a woman, or maybe, if the opportunity arose, a lesbian.
Babs George hovers in genteel nervousness over the act, seeking to support her confused family – Edward the homosexual, daughter Victoria (Messenger) who is massively frustrated with her husband Martin (Radford) and their impossible daughter Cathy (another wondrous cross-gender performance, by Trussell, '10, formerly macho explorer Harry Bagley).
Sexes blur, sex blurs. In a dark wood there occurs an evocation of dark powers and an almost orgy, an apparition from beyond the grave, and a scandalized spouse. The comedy comes hard and fast, interspersed with scenes of a tenderness and intimacy that give you awe and make you squirm.
All of this builds into an explosion of light, color and music.
Thanks to the administration at St. Ed's for a lack of prudery and to the theatre staff there for taking on this play. Director David Long keeps his characters smoothly in motion so as to minimize the disadvantages of this vast theatre-in-the-square. The pace of the action is varied and finely tuned.
And this cast offers us a memorable evening, one that reminds us of the wonder and opportunity of passion.
Review in Daily Texan on-line by Aboubacar N'Diaye, October 2
Review by Avimaan Syam in Austin Chronicle, October 3
Wikipedia on Caryl Churchill
Caryl Churchill bio and critical evaluation, Contemporary Writers (British Council)
Wikipedia on "Cloud 9," including plot summary
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Labels: Babs George, Christopher Smith, Cloud 9, David Long, Helyn Rain Messenger, Mary Moody Northern Theatre, Matt Radford, Sara Burkhalter
Romeo and Juliet, Sam Bass Community Theatre, Round Rock, September 19 - October 11
The Romeo and Juliet now playing at the Sam Bass Community Theatre in Round Rock is a slim, silvery production that clocks in at just about two hours.
Thanks to director Lynn Beaver for taking on the challenge of doing tragedy with this group of dedicated community players, many of whom have taken on multiple management roles to keep this theatre vital. Housed in a simple structure that once served as a Union Pacific depot for the town, the SBTC has been active since the 1970s, operating on the shoestring provided by volunteers, modest business sponsorship and grants such as the $5000 that the Union Pacific provided recently for fixing up the structure.
Director Beaver chose a text prepared and adapted in 2004 by David Hundsness. This is no Reader's Digest edition. The adapter did a scrupulous, ethical job of fileting the original text, preserving the story line and the essentials of the characters. Almost all of the most memorable lines of verse were retained.
Purists would certainly object to his reducing the text by 30 to 40 percent, adroitly stitching together scenes while adhering to original texts and crafting both a brief marriage scene in Friar Laurence's chambers and a funeral for Juliet. But none of this diminishes a whit the power of Shakespeare's language or plot. The adaptation is directly in the centuries-old tradition of moving the bard to the audience.
The company's effort is all the more laudable because director and actors have paid a great deal of attention to the meaning and syntax of the text as used. Without the brilliant verbosity and extra incident so familiar to readers and playgoers, the actors surprise us with the nuance and directness of Shakespeare's dialogues.
And the pauses! This cast shows us their feelings and evolving thoughts by using pauses for thought and silent communication, an art all too rare among actors playing the unabridged texts.
Trey Deason as Romeo and CiCi Barone as Juliet are perfectly cast. He joins the awkward angularity of a boy who is almost a man with the moody focus, resolution and edge of desperation of a man wrestling with an impossible love. CiCi Barone moves from sweet simplicity in early scenes to a teasing self-confidence with her suitor Romeo; dismay with her father's decision to marry her off estranges her from mother and nurse. They see her as a petulant child; Barone's command of Shakespeare's text makes it clear to us that she has made choices that determine her destiny.
The company locates the action in an imagined contemporary Verona that is closer to Venice, California. The Montague clan wear black and a junior member enters on a skateboard; Capulets, probably from the better side of the tracks, wear white. This easy color coding may help younger audiences and does not obstruct the action.
It does provide a potential difficulty at the Capulet party, where the unwelcome Montagues could hardly be disguised by masks, but we can forgive that. Old Capulet (the gallant and nattily clad Richard Dodwell) is affable enough to overlook a bit of riffraff on the periphery of his party.
Special recognition to some of my other favorites:
Errich Peterson as Benvolio, Romeo's companion, delivers himself as the voice of reason and counsel. He speaks well and is always an impressive presence.
Deletions in the Hundsness text greatly reduce the role of Juliet's nurse in exposition and comedy. Hundsness elimates, for example, her lengthy, mawkish tales of Juliet's upbringing and her lamentation at having only four teeth left in her mouth. Even so, Susan Poe Dickson's characterization is a gift to us. Instead of a crone, we enjoy a hopeful matchmaker, almost an older sister to Juliet. She sparkles with anticipation of successful romance, teases Juliet to distraction by withholding news of Friar Laurence's marriage scheme, and becomes distract when calamities begin to pile up. In the original there is much rushing around and consternation after Juliet is found lifeless in her bed; in the Hundsness adaptation all of that is replaced as a smiling Dickson comes to awaken her charge, realizes the situation and cries out, in anguish, "Juliet!!"
Some casting decisions may have been affected by the availability in this group of female talent. The casting of Amy Lewis as Mercutio provides an unexpected bonus and possibilities. Like any Mercutio she is larger than life, full of humors and quarrelsomeness. But her role as the third wheel while Benvolio seeks to distract Romeo from the stand-offish Rosaline gives extra bite to her mockery of lovers' dreams of Queen Mab and her dissolute carousing. Mercutio is pulpy, good-looking but not pretty-pretty, but she is completely ignored by Romeo. We can speculate at a back story here.
In this streamlined version the role of Friar Lawrence (Andy Brown) is necessarily more prominent. At crucial moments in the staging, including at the wedding and the funeral, he looms center stage in his distinctive purple shirt and clerical collar. Brown plays the friar as direct and matter-of-fact, rather than as the well-intentioned fumbler often seen. In this version, there is no plague to delay the transport of his letters to Romeo; rather, his messenger simply fails to deliver. Though Hundsness cut Lawrence's recounting in the final scene of actions gone awry, the director restores enough of it to provide closure and to provide the good friar a moment of confession.
In the final scene the black-white dichotomy of Montague vs. Capulet breaks down. Costuming reinforces the message of reconciliation.
This was an intimate setting for a favorite play. The approachable presentation was accompanied by a warm and personable greeting afterwards, when the cast made it more special still by lining up outside to greet the departing audience members.
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Labels: Austin Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Sam Bass Community Theatre
Caroline, or Change, Zach Scott Theatre, September 18 - November 9
Zack Theatre staff probably know that they have a marketing problem with this production, which runs pretty fiercely against the grain of the happy rock 'n' roll that thrums through many productions at the Kleberg stage.
The print ad appearing in this morning's XL supplement to the Austin Statesman is just going to make things worse.
Tuck and Ebert's handsome depiction of Janis Stinson in the title role of Caroline (right) implies an uplifting experience (eyes to heaven, smile of hope) and the teaser above that image reads Filled with Stirring Music that Pulses with the Beat of the 1960s! Live! Now on Stage!
Well, not exactly. The only beat of the 1960s is on the sound system before the show and during the intermission.
Three rock 'n' roll spirits collectively known as "radio" are indeed evocations of the Supremes or Martha Reeve and the Vandellas, but they aren't doing R&B for us.
Caroline or Change is not musical comedy. Athough most of the dialogue is sung, its closest template might be the "Singspiel," a form popular in Germany in the 19th century. Singspiele, mostly comic, were evanescent. Those that remain in the canon are tragedies (Fidelio, Der Freischütz and, perhaps, Die Zauberflöte). Wikipedia comments that Singspiele "frequently include elements of magic, fantastical creatures, and comically exaggerated characterizations of good and evil."
Roger that. In the fantastical category we have actors playing the spirits of the washing machine (a purple diva), the dryer (a portly devil with a Little Richard 'do), the radio (those Supremes), and the moon (serenissima). They're vividly costumed apparitions tied to popular imagination both black and white, and they prompt our smiles and anticipation.
Caroline is a maid in Lake Charles, Louisiana, a stolid, diligent, unsmiling woman afflicted with poverty and responsibilities. Janis Stinson in this role has tremendous presence and a huge voice, but she does not smile once. Except at the curtain call.
She has every reason in the world to be dour. Her employers the Gellmans are a dysfunctional, disconnected family of losers so wrapped in their own preoccupations that they are on another planet.
The father of the family (Adam Smith), a musician, is still so distracted with grief at the death to cancer of his wife that he can do nothing but practice his clarinet throughout the day. He was sentient long enough sometime in the past to marry his wife's best friend Rose (Meredith McCall). Son Noah (Matthew Moore) rejects his stepmother, clings to his cuddly toy, and worships Caroline the maid, the only sane presence in his world.
Grandparents Gellman (Robert Faires and Linda Nenno) appear as a chorus. Stepmom's dad Mr. Stopnick (Ben Prager) joins to deliver a socialist harrangue and a lecture to the boy on money as theft while presenting him with his Hanukah gelt.
The family's Hanukah dinner and celebration, complete with a frantic horah fueled by dad's clarinet, are a grotesque caricature of Jewish life.
The theme of the play is "change" (the word that appears as the alternate title to the piece). Not "THE change," which would suggest an evolution, a reassessment, or an awakening, appropriate to the mid-1960s. No, it's "change" as in pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters.
Neurotic stepmom finds son Noah completely irresponsible with his pocket change. Noah is always leaving money in his pockets when he tosses them in the laundry. So after due warning and dire admonition, stepmom takes the drastic step of telling Noah and the maid that Carolline has the right to keep any money that she finds in pockets when doing the daily laundry.
Noah seizes the opportunity secretly to finance Caroline and her family. Caroline struggles with the temptation but begins taking the money. Stepmom doesn't dream of giving the maid a raise, of course, and dad cannot deal with much of anything.
And guess what happens with the twenty-dollar bill that Noah receives at Hanukah?
We get some exposition of Caroline's background at the opening of the second act – 22 years of maid's work, divorce from an abusive, disappeared husband and the struggle to maintain her family of three children on a derisory wage.
Her oldest, Emmie (Shavana Calder), is a young teen indifferent to the assassination of Kennedy ("some white guy"), entranced by pop music, and involved in the prank of "kidnapping" the statue from the monument to Confederate war heroes. Calder is confident, talented and a pleasure to watch. She, Stinson and Sarah Yvonne Jones as Caroline's friend Dotty are the only adult characters of believable depth in the piece.
Stage design and lighting are strong points, as you can see from some of the images currently posted at Zach's website. Here's one of the core set, staggered levels with the picket-fence motif to remind us of the small town setting and the august Moon over all.
Here's the opening scene, with Caroline doing laundry, Jones as the spirit of the new electric washing machine, and the radio three.
And then Caroline's long wait after work at the bus stop, with Dotty, on November 22, 1963, when the author would have us believe that news traveled so slow in Louisiana that they knew nothing of the Kennedy assassination, ten hours later. The news is broken by the bus driver (Frank Viveros).
I hesitate to offer an opinion on the music. Like your typical Austin theatregoer, I don't have much background in opera or contemporary formal musical staging. I'm willing to welcome the idiom of the play, even though I couldn't identify the musical tradition and didn't come out humming any of the songs.
It was really loud, though. I was sitting in the front row in a fairly compact theatre, ten feet away from performers who were mic'd up and amplified as if they were singing to a crowd stretching all the way to Lamar Boulevard. One got used to it in a stunned sort of way; I suppose that may be standard for the musical theatre here.
So let's classify this one as an artist's experiment. Tony Kushner, author of the book and lyrics, acknowledges that he was only one year older than the son, Noah, when his musician parents took him from Manhattan to live in Lake Charles. This piece is probably about Tony Kushner trying to deal with the cultural divide he found in Louisiana, especially the African-American society descended from slaves and still routinely mistreated.
It is curious that not a single white Southerner appears in the play.
In creating this fictionalized world Tony Kushner appears to have been transmuting his own guilts and misgivings into art. There is much here to praise, particularly the talent of the singers and the designers of the Zach Theatre production. But try as I might, I'm not happy about witnessing his catharsis.
Even so, congratulations to the Zach for not settling into the groove, so to speak, of easy happy rock 'n' roll musicals. Theatre goers can appreciate the chance to look at something knottier from time to time. This show deserves your serious consideration.
Review by Warren & Derrick, September 18
Review by Angela Henson, Soulciti.com, September 25
Review by Aboubacar N'Diaye in the Daily Texan on-line, September 25
Review by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin in the Statesman, September 30
Rave review by Hannah Kenah in Austin Chronicle, October 17: "Zach Theatre's fine staging should be required viewing at this historic moment"
34 production photos of Caroline or Change by Kirk R. Tuck
Cast portraits
Video: Tony Kushner interview on Charlie Rose show
Video of scene from Caroline or Change at 58th Tony awards, June 6, 2004
NYT review by Ben Brantley of the original Broadway production, May, 2004
Review of the original production at Theatre Scene.com
NYT interview by Robin Finn with composer Jeanine Tesori, December 16, 2003
90-minute American Theatre Wing program on Working in the Theatre, episode 322, April 2004, interviewing Tony Kushner, Jeanine Tesori, Tonya Pinkins (Caroline) and others on creation of the show
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Labels: Caroline or Change, Janis Stinson, Sarah Yvonne Jones, Shavana Calder, Zachery Scott Theatre
A Winter's Tale, Actors from the London Stage, October 1-4
Actors from the London Stage returns to The University of Texas at Austin for the 10th consecutive year. This year's troupe will be performing Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.
Performances at the B. Iden Payne Theatre Oct 1, 2 & 3 at 8 PM.
Call 512-477-6060 or visit www.TexasBoxOffice.com for tickets.
Winedale performance Oct 4 at 7 PM.
Visit www.Shakespeare-Winedale.org for ticket information.
Tickets are $10 UT ID holders; $20 for others. For more information contact Matt Harvey at [email protected].
Labels: Austin Shakespeare, Winter's Tale
Mute Point, A Tejano Tragedy AND House of Several Stories, Texas State and The Search Party at the Blue Theatre, Sep 25-27 AND Oct 2-4
Found at KUT's community calendar:
mute point
a new play written by michael pape
directed by chuck ney
september 25th 26th and 27th at 7:30pm
$10 for students/seniors
$15 for adults
the blue theatre 916 springdale road - austin, texas 78702
reservations at 512.796.3429
cash checks only please
Click for more info in XL Best Pick, Austin Statesman, September 24
house of several stories
written by a. john boulanger
directed by jeremy o. torres
october 1st 2nd and 3rd at 7:30pm
the blue theatre, 916 springdale road, austin, texas 78702
reservations call 512.796.3429 cash checks only please
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Labels: Blue Theatre, House of Several Stories, Mute Point
Pink Sun, The Vortex, ending September 26-28
Click for the September 23 review by Jooley Ann on the Austinist
Labels: Jooley Ann, Pink Sun, Vortex
Third by Wendy Wasserstein, Paradox Players at the Unitarian Universalist Church, September 19 - October 5
Thanks to Paradox Players for giving us the opportunity to see this 2005 piece by the late Wendy Wasserstein, acknowledged by the New York Times as "a chronicler of women's identity crises."
To be honest, I hated it.
Not the production, which is a good effort, but the play itself.
First let me explain the concept of a "visceral twinge."
When I began work involving lengthy assignments abroad, the single most useful bit of counseling was provided by an animated, red-bearded actor whose subject was the difficulties of confronting cultural differences and working through them.
Yes, you can learn to eat teff and njera or bulgogi or tieboujin and you can learn to communicate in a foreign language. But there will come that moment when you face something commonplace in a foreign culture that literally makes your insides ball up in a knot. Not necessarily food. It could be the obsessive closeness of foreigners, their toilet habits, their enthusiasms or their treatment of one another. Something, somewhere, sometime is going to get you and give you a visceral twinge so hard that it will make you aware for the first time of cultural holy precepts that you absorbed while growing up.
This play gave me that visceral twinge. The twinge was so profound and unexpected that I perhaps I have to trace it back to my own decision once upon a time to abandon a Ph.D. program in comparative literature.
Part of the twinge is certainly due to the opening scene set at an unnamed elite liberal arts college. Radical feminist scholar Professor Laurie Jameson explains with condescending pedantry that King Lear is really the story of how the dominant male culture oppressed Lear's older daughters Goneril and Regan.
Boy, did that ever get up my nose.
The play, in brief, gives us the midlife crisis of Professor Jameson during the very specific period September 2002 to May 2003, as the country rolled into the war in Iraq. She is in danger of crumpling from pressure.
She is an obsessive watcher of television news; her daughter drops out from Swarthmore to live with a bank teller and wait tables; her best friend Professor Nancy Gordon faces a recurrence of breast cancer, deep depression and chemotherapy. Her father, living with the family, is deep in the absences of senile dementia and we learn that somehow, somewhere, he probably abused her when she was young. We never see her husband, a political science professor, and the only evidence that unnamed man exists is the sound of barbells hitting the floor in the attic. And there is the teaching schedule, eviscerating Shakespeare, and preparing to take over her friend's spring course in the letters of 19th century female English authors.
These are complex tribulations and they allow Bobbie Oliver as Jameson to draw a vivid portrait of this petulant, detail-obsessed, whining self-righteous academic. I did not like the character but I found her fully, convincingly defined.
But the crux of the play, the confrontation on which it turns, is Jameson's irrational, self-righteous (that word again!) dislike and then persecution of Woodson Bull the Third, known as "Third" (hence the title of the play). Handsome, frank, intelligent, and a varsity wrestler, "Third" is happy to take courses in feminist interpretation of Shakespeare and gay & lesbian studies, but his healthy gosh-gee-whiz attitude earns him only her contempt. Among other things, without any evidence she is convinced that he is a Republican. The boy is a sociology major with the dream of becoming an agent for a sports celebrity.
Jameson accuses "Third" of plagiarizing his paper on Lear, which offers a Freudian interpretation of the attraction between Lear and Cordelia. She persists, with no evidence, insisting that "Third" simply could not have produced such a coherent analysis on his own, and she insists on a quasi-judicial hearing before a faculty council. Single-handedly she obliges the faculty to put him on academic probation in the meantime.
He defends himself ably. She loses. Academic probation has ruined his reputation and left him ruefully amazed. He will later arrange a transfer to Ohio State.
Then in the second act Wasserstein stitches things up so they are nice and tidy.
Demented Daddy, when she finds him in a rainstorm, doesn't recognize her but asks for her forgiveness. Her friend Professor Gordon defeats cancer and finds a boyfriend. Her daughter doesn't return but appears to be happily forgotten. By the end, demented Daddy has conveniently died. Professor Jameson says she is getting out of the academic grind, perhaps for good.
And for gosh sake, she goes to visit "Third" as he is packing up and brings him the gift of an book autographed by a noted lesbian writer. She offers to try to pull strings to get him the scholarship money Stanford denied him because he was on academic probation.
"Third," the good-natured future king of the world, declines the offer but forgives her and carries her bags out for her.
Now, remember the "visceral twinge"? Here we go: I cannot stand the indulgent depiction of academic dishonesty on the part of a professional, no matter how lunatic, and I cannot swallow the fact that Wasserstein makes happy at the end, letting her get away with it.
Congratulations to Bobbie Oliver for inhabiting this ignoble character and giving a good account of her fragilities.
I liked Jan Phillips as her brutally frank professor friend. A thought experiment: if Phillips had been cast as the lead, we might have had a different Laurie Jameson – someone even more cutting and outrageous, whom we could feel justified in hating.
Mason Stewart as "Third" is likeable and vivid. He projects matter-of-fact and non-arrogant assurance, perfectly appropriate for a young man who will flourish when he escapes this hothouse world. He projects his voice as well, effortlessly and naturally.
Michael Hankin as Jack the dad doesn't look quite old enough to be lost in the fog of dementia, but he is a fine actor with a roguish twinkle at just the right moments. Holly Kwasny as the professor's daughter Emily provides the appropriate amount of young indignation at her mom's irrationality.
The Howson Hall Theatre at the Unitarian Universalist Church is not a particularly kind playing space. It is very broad and not very elevated above the ranks of movable chairs spread before it. The director and cast appear not to have taken the sightlines of this wide hall into consideration for blocking the action, because actors are often turning backs or profiles to the audience as they address other characters. Perhaps misled by the apparent intimacy of the hall, Oliver and Kwasny are speaking much of the time from the throat rather than projecting so that we might hear them properly.
Inexplicably, the play is almost always under-lit and much is enacted at the back of the playing space.
The final twist in my visceral twinge came in the last scene, with the very sentence that Wasserstein must have meant to sum up the play.
"Third" confides to Jameson his ambitions in sports management and she tells him with girlish rue that she was exactly his age in 1969. "You will spend your next years in hope; I spent them in irony."
Gack. Jameson and I are contemporaries. I made the decision to abandon textual analysis and academic ambition. She embraced them.
You make your bed, you lie in it. And you don't dirty it with dishonesty.
Wikipedia on Wendy Wasserstein
NYT obituary of Wendy Wasserstein by Christopher Isherwood, January 30, 2006: "Wendy Wasserstein Dies at 55; Her Plays Spoke to A Generation" with images and multimedia links "
Labels: Paradox Players, Third
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, NxNW at the Hideout Theatre, September 19 - October 12
This cheery cabaret production is a strawberry parfait, a delicious concocoction highly appealing to the eye with lots of sugar and self-confident sophistication. The North by Northwest Theatre Company has enlisted four attractive and highly talented actor/singers to create in Austin the first presentation of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, a piece that played for 12 years off Broadway. Its 5000+ performances put the run of this simple musical second only to the Fantastiks.
ILYYPNC is playing for only four weekends here in Austin, Friday through Saturday through October 12 at the Hideout Theatre at 617 South Congress.
For non-initiates such as us, from the street the Hideout looks like an ordinary coffee shop & bar, conveniently located for a subsequent crawl of the bars and pubs along 6th street. But they deal in entertainment as well as coffee, beer, wine and snacks. On Saturday ILYYPNC was playing in the downstairs 100-seat "black box" while upstairs at the same time, the announcement read, "a crew of Austin's finest improvisers take the stage in full Federation uniform and, based on audience suggestions, create a wholly original 'episode' set in the Star Trek Universe."
The ladies in the ticket office took one look at us and commented, "Nah – they're not here for the Trekkies."
We hated being so obvious, but then, we had in fact made an on-line reservation for ILYYPNC.
Our four actor/singers are accompanied by a keyboardist and violinist for a zippy evening of black-out sketches and songs, themed loosely on the lines of courtship, marriage, parenting and the pleasant puzzles of romance at middle age and later. Onstage for almost two hours with a 15-minute break halfway, Michelle Cheney, Joe Penrod, David Sray and Wendy Zavaleta deliver along with their rapid fire of very funny skits not fewer than 21 musical numbers, ranging from solos to a finale ("I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change") that starts with an a capello worthy of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross.
The show has the bright, derisive flash of New York – it is fun poked by sophisticate singles and the New York artist community at the dilemmas of the love life of bourgeois middle America. Most of the skits are silly, mugging cartoon send-ups of all too familiar life dilemmas, and the audience responds with hilarity at the send-ups.
In the first half the show has a merry time making fun of the insecurities of dating, sexual posturing, the lack of eligible beddable bachelors, guy behavior as opposed to girl behavior, well-intended parental interventions in romance, and the panic of proposals and weddings. The downtown audience howled and sometimes shouted out recognition and encouragement – most of those attending were of college age or in late 20s and early 30s, and they were clearly getting happy shocks of recognition.
So imagine this scene: superb actors, clowning and singing their hearts out with midtown Manhattan sophistication, and a youngish audience that was drinking beer as if it were going out of style. Again and again, spectators descended the center stairs and crossed in front of half the stage on their way out and back to the bar and the bathroom. Early on, they usually waited for the blackouts, but as the evening wore on and the alcohol level rose, occasionally someone would cross in front of an actor/singer hard at work.
Too bad there wasn't a rear stair for those folks. Or a trap door.
But with everyone so well launched, the second half was equally successful.
Leaving aside that growsing, what talented and attractive actors these are!
Chameleons all, they appeared in constantly changing relationships to one another.
Above, David plays the oblivious self-centered engineer blathering on as Wendy wonders whether all available single men are all such losers. Below left, Joe delivers a quiet, wondering paean to the wonder of staying in love with the same woman for more than thirty years. Below right, Michelle is captivated by a "chic flic" (while the guy at her side struggles unsuccessfully to remain manfully indifferent).
The music is mostly up tempo, the lyrics witty and the melodies engaging but ultimately forgettable. The magic is in the actors themselves. For example they take four swivel chairs and turn them into a family car, complete with obnoxious kids in the back seat:
That one is an anthem marking the lasting love affair between Joe, father of the family -- and his vehicle.
Examples of other transformations, quickly:
Michelle, singing of the miseries of serving always as a bridesmaid, never as a bride – and assembling a collection of never-reusable bridesmaid's outfits.
David on the superhero fantasies of geeks and nerds.
The whole company, when Michelle and Joe as the parents learn at Thanksgiving that after two years of living together son David and fiancée Wendy have decided to break up:
After trouncing Joe yet again on a fourth date, Wendy maneuvers him out of his gentlemanly distance and persuades him to come over for lasagna ("and you'll bring the wine and the condoms, right?") She closes that scene with an inspired little jump of glee.
And my personal favorite is a solo turn by Wendy, with not a note of music. She plays a woman recently divorced, still hurt and angry, who is reluctantly recording a video for a dating service -- and impulsively lays it all out, not giving a damn about masquerading as younger, more accessible or invulnerable.
So open your browser or pick up your telephone, and make your reservations now. If we are lucky, North by Northwest might get this show extended or repeated. But for now, you have your choice of only three remaining weekends, Friday to Sunday, to schedule this delightful dessert.
Producer's comments on opening night, including a reviewer in the front row (not me!)
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross doing "Swingin' the Blues"
Labels: cabaret, David Sray, Hideout Theatre, I Love You You're Perfect Now Change, Joe Penrod, Michelle Cheney, musical comedy, North by Northwest Theatre Company, Wendy Zavaleta
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Todd McCarthy/Richard Thompson: Most films like this deal with the idea of individualism. Ford tried to get away from that in WAGONMASTER (1950). Remember that Western where he tried to make the whole community the hero, and involve it in a positive action?
Phil Karlson: Yes but it's almost impossible. We've tried it so many times. I think that's the only reason that John Wayne has gone on indefinitely is because he's against the world. | {
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an appraisal framework, consisting of sustainability objectives and indicators, against which the local plan can be considered.
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Oramel and Ira
by Dan Grenard | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog
Oberlin Ohio
JoAnn and I walked the gorgeous campus of Oberlin College in Oberlin Ohio while looking into their archives on May 26, 2015. Oramel Lucas attended college there, both before and after his days of digging dinosaurs in Canon City. We were lucky to have their archivist help us find three hand written "dinosaur digging" letters by Oramel. It may have been a surprise to the archivist as he graduated there from their school of theology although theologians commonly explored the natural world in those days.
Oramel, Ira, and the Camarasaurus
Talbot Hill
Joseph Gladding (J.G.) Pangborn was a drummer boy in the Civil War who served with the 54th New York Regiment. After the war he became a became a reporter, working for four major newspapers across the country and in 1876 he became a marketing representative for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF railroad. The trains hired good writers to prepare colorful articles about the west, essentially marketing pieces to encourage tourism. The ATSF railroad had a line that extended up to the Florence area, just east of Canon City. (Bruce 2015)
In the summer of 1878, J.G. or Maj. Pangborn came to the Canon City area where he wrote a number of pieces about the area including one describing the great dinosaur discoveries. Pangborn did not travel alone but brought along his own illustrator, a well known Kansas artist by the name of Henry Worrall. (Taft 1946). They were in turn accompanied by either some local individuals or visitors who traveled with them on the train.
Their journey began about "midway in the park we pull up at the pleasant home of the gentleman who is to show us to the top of Talbot Hill". Living about midway up the park was the home of Aaron and Lucy Ripley so in all likelihood it was Aaron that gave the tour.
They left the road and heading west toward "a wall of blood-red rock on the west side of the Park" where they "alight" meaning they were on foot.
Saurian Hill
The illustration above depicts the blood red hill and an erosion feature called "bottle buttes" illustrated by Pangborn's illustrator, Henry Worrall.
The illustration to the left was done though by Arthur Lakes, most likely in 1878 but possibly in 1879. The story of how it was discovered is in the story, Arthur lakes in Garden Park.
The red rock represents fast moving stream deposits from the ancestral mountains that existed long before the dinosaurs.
The wall of red rocks they encountered along the west side of the valley are known today in this area as the Fountain Formation. These rocks formed when small to large rocks were tumbled, rolling down fast moving streams along the fronts of mountains; mountains that existed long before the dinosaurs found here. The layers of light colored rock at the top were sand, silt, and clay deposited along the edge of a great seaway being formed at the time, and that would last another thirty million years eventually depositing thousands of feet of rock on top of the layers with dinosaurs. The rocks in the middle represent the Morrison Formation, the layers of rock deposited between those two events.
The two men, one standing and one sitting, in the most distant quarry are probably Oramel and his older brother Ira or his younger brother Clarence. Drawing is from the Rocky Mountain Tourist and a careful look at the lower left corner confirms that this drawing was also by Henry Worrall (Pangborn 1878).
Six Foot Thigh Bones
Maj. Panghorn and his team continued their journey up the hill. When they reached the crest of the hill they were;
"choked by the indescribable magnificence of the view, and for the first time we appreciate the sublimity and grandeur of the Sangre de Christo range"
… A few more steps and we are at the tent of Prof. Cope's party, and all within and without is heaped-up bones, rocks now, and many of them so perfectly agatized that at a casual glance it would ' stagger any but a scientist's belief that they were ever covered with flesh
…Before us are perfect parts of skeletons so huge as to prepare one for the belief that Noah's Ark was a myth; sections of vertebras three feet in width; ribs fifteen feet long; thigh bones over six feet in length — and the five or six tons of bones thus far shipped East comprising only the parts of three animals." (Pangborn 1878)
Maj. Panghorn continued;
"Prof. Hayden, the widely known chief of the United States Geological Survey, upon visiting this place and inspecting these and other parts of the animal, declared it his conviction that the beast must have been fully a hundred feet in length…the parts of animals taken out being remarkable for their clean and perfect solidity"
By this time Oramel and Ira had made eight shipments of bones to Professor that included 45 boxes of fossils. Oramel told Maj. Pangborn that; "between 7,500 and 8,000 pounds of bones had already been shipped". (Pangborn 1878).
Talbot and Worrall
The three photographs below are the active excavation going on at the Cope Lucas quarries in early 1878. All three of pictures and the drawing above appear to have been taken from the same approximate position. Additionally the drawing above and the center photograph below appear to represent the furthest quarry in the exact same scene. The drawing above is by Pangborn's illustrator Henry Worrall, leading to the conjecture that he took the photo.
The pictures below on the right and left are by a local photographer named C.W. Talbot. Stereograph photographs were very popular with two pictures on a display card. We are displaying one of the two pictures on each card. A special hand held viewer such as the commonly used Holmes stereoscope would have been used to view the scene in three dimensions which was considered "mesmerizing".
One half of a stereograph photograph taken by a local druggist by the name of Chalmers W. Talbot who lived in the Canon City area. He was an entrepreneur who opened a photography business in 1874 and even operated a weather station for the US Signal Corps (U.S. Army). This picture of the quarry area was taken within a few feet to where the picture to the right was made, but looking more south toward Cottage Rock. Picture courtesy of the Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History Center.
Taken at the same time the Pangborn team was visiting the quarry. Key items and people are in the exact same location; for example looking closely you can pick up Oramel standing and pointing at bones with his brother Clarence or Ira sitting. The illustrator Henry Worrall very likely took this photograph. It appears that there were seven well dressed visitors, one of them a woman. Standing closest to Oramel appears to be Maj. Pangborn, to whom he is explaining the bones. The less well dressed man on the right may be Oramel's brother in law and part time dinosaur excavator Aaron Ripley who I believe guided the team of visitors to this location.
The second Talbot sterograph image. This picture is looking a little more northerly based on the prominent juniper tree that appears to be the same one visible in 2018. This picture courtesy of the Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History Center.
Excavate, Package, and Ship
Oramel and Ira continued to excavate, package, and ship dinosaur bones through 1878, in fact Ira shipped bones all the way into early 1883. After Pangborn and his team visited in early 1878, Oramel and Ira opened up a second quarry location about a quarter mile southwest of where the drawings and pictures were taken. They not only opened a new quarry but found a new skeleton.That fall Oramel would return to Oberlin while making arrangements with Ira for the bones from this new quarry to be shipped during the winter. Oramel was scientifically observant and identified in a letter to Cope that he believed that a second fairly Camarasaurus was being uncovered at the new quarry. He also informed Cope that he would use his brother Ira as his agent who would continue work in these quarries.
Once Cope took a look at what arrived in Philadelphia, he concurred with what Oramel was suggesting; he was not seeing substantial differences between it and the Camarasaurus supremus that had already discovered. Cope then decided that he already had sufficient material for identification and this new material was not needed. He decided to sell this second skeleton, but in the meantime he stored it in the basement of his home in Philadelphia.
The sale would not occur, at least not in the way Cope was thinking, when he visited the quarry. Cope arranged before his death in 1897 that not just this specimen and not just the entire Canon City collection but most of his collections would be sold to the American Museum of Natural History because of his fondness for Henry Osborn, the future director of this great museum.
Ira Lucas was a Civil War veteran who had worked in a field hospital role He served in the same City Point field hospitals where Amanda served in the winter of 1864/65 and Marshall came to visit Amanda in late 1864 seeking relief of the injury he suffered at Cedar Creek. Marshal and Ira had their service in common and probably exchanged war stories in spite of being paleontology competitors. Photograph courtesy of the Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History Center.
Cope in his upstairs study at 2102 Pine in Philadelphia, courtesy of the Osborn Library at the American Museum of Natural History.
Cope traveled through this part of Colorado both before and after Oramel began his work, but he only visited the quarry one time. On July 26, 1879 he wrote to his wife Annie about his arrival in Canon City noting;
"Canyon City is a new and rather rough town of small size. The scenery is fine. I found Mr. Lucas the discoverer of all the huge saurians, an agreeable man and a strict Presbyterian. He lives with his father's family. Seventh day I made a complete survey of the Saurian beds and excavations which commenced 7 miles from town, north and extended 7 miles farther." (Osborn 1931)
Cope had been fairly sick and had stayed in town for about three days. He continued in his letter;
" I felt that I was going to have one of my attacks of fever and yesterday I had it sure enough. I slept much and took aconite every hour day and night." (Osborn 1931)
Aconite was a bit of an unusual herbal medicine to be taking. Historically it was used as a poison, poison arrows were dipped in it. Never the less it was also being used for ailments such as nerve pain, headache, and rheumatism. Cope was customarily known to take self-administered opiates and other strong drugs, such as belladonna and aconite derivatives (Davidson 1997).
When sufficiently recuperated, Cope visited the quarry where he took notes and even drew a map and took notes.
The map, notes, and letters from Oramel and Ira had been misplaced at the American Museum of Natural History but during a research trip were rediscovered Donna Engard and Pat Monaco of Canon City on a research trip back east in 1989.(Engard and Monaco 1989)
They in turn passed them along to John McIntosh. These revealed many details about the excavation previously unknown. For example, by the time the quarry closes 254 boxes of fossils will have been shipped and a total of not two or three but seventeen quarries were developed. The map by Cope below and redrawn by John McIntosh, is not to scale but depicts the major features in the excavation area. (McIntosh, John S. 1998)
Rocky Footing
In March of 1879, the scientifically based U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was formed as part of the federal Department of Interior. The foundations of this agency wasn't created out of thin air, it was well rooted in survey work over many years but most recently under the direction of both the Army and the Department of Interior. Inconsistent work approaches resulted in a decision to combine it under one federal entity. The mission of the USGS was scientifically based survey work but many people recognize the agency for development of one of its first priorities; topographic maps. Over the next few years the mission of the agency would continue to be clarified and today the agency remains performing many valuable public services.
Ferdinand Hayden, a friend and ally of Professor Cope was by far the most obvious choice for the first director of the USGS but he was not selected because of some behind the scenes political maneuvering. If Hayden had been selected as the director, money and resources could have been pushed Cope's direction and his vision of great scientific discovery of new species of animals could have been amplified. Any of the other obvious choices would not swing support his direction. It was actually the geologist Clarence King who became the first director. He wasn't interested in administrative type work and only agreed to get the agency up and running, nothing more. The second and somewhat unlikely selection for the second director in 1880 was John Wesley Powell. It was his leadership that had profound impacts on the the agencies future work, including what work was supported in Garden Park. His allegiances became quite obvious in 1882 when Professor Marsh was appointed chief geologist of the USGS.
When Professor Cope arrived in late July 1879 he was well aware that his ally Ferdinand Hayden had not been appointed its director and had a sense of potential impacts considering he had received a sizable inheritance from his father in 1875 he had began spending money in an unsustainable way. This must have been in the back of his mind when he was here in Canon City in late July 1879. At this point in his life he was not on as solid a footing as his hated rival Professor Marsh. Never the less, he was there to ascertain the quarries potential and what the future held in regard to it. A clue to his thinking is that he currently had enough material for identification of Camarasaurus and the second full skeleton excavated by Oramel and Ira in 1878 was something he was considering selling.
The quarries that Oramel and Ira developed would be largely played out (the bones gone) by 1883. Toward 1883 Ira would begin searching elsewhere in the fossil area including an area down near the old oil wells originally developed by Cassidy. In 1901 a new team arrived from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History who explored the quarries that Oramel and Ira worked with little success. On the other hand, the work with all those bones was for the most part just beginning.
Henry Osborn was at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) when he and Cope negotiated the eventual sale of much of Cope's fossil collections with his good friend Edward Cope, including the dinosaurs that Oramel and Ira had collected (April 12, 1897) . The collection of Cope fossils was purchased by the AMNH in 1902 and the bones began arriving in 1904. Under the supervision of Osborn, Charles Mook, with the assistance of a staff of preparators, artists, and editors, began the detailed study and preparation of a manuscript that would have a heavy focus on Camasaurusus. Osborn felt that in particular this dinosaur was very important and wanted it to receive the attention that Yale had bestowed upon dinosaurs such as Brontosaurus and Diplodocus in the great Marsh publication; Dinosaurs of North America (Marsh 1896). A part of his motivation was his dislike of Professor Marsh, whom he had his first serious clash with in 1891 (Gregory 1938). Regardless of the reason, he took personal charge of ensuring that the dinosaur bones that Oramel and Ira had collected under Copes direction would receive royal treatment at the AMNH.
"The time, energy, and expenditure, involved in the preparation of this Memoir, chiefly on a single Sauropod, is beyond precedent. At many times the solution of the problems seemed impossible. It is a pleasure to dedicate it to the memory of the former President of the Museum, Mr. Morris Ketchum Jesup, who presented the Cope Collection, and bequeathed the funds by which this elaborate research has been carried in and the hundreds of illustrations have been prepared" (Osborn and Mook 1921).
In 1921, after years of research and preparation work including the dinosaur skeletons Ira and Oramel collected, Henry Fairfield Osborn and Charles Craig Mook produced a beautifully illustrated 120 page manuscript entitled; Camarasaurus, Amphicoelias, and other Sauropods of Cope (Osborn and Mook 1921).
Drawings and model of a Camarasaurus prepared for Osborn and Mook's publication are presented below, courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Henry grew up in a prominent family in New York and was well educated preparing for a college degree which he pursued at Princeton. He then continued to study both here and abroad in Europe. It was during 1877 that he participated in field work in Wyoming and Colorado collecting mammal fossils. It was during those time frames that he first sought out the assistance of Professors Cope, Leidy, and Marsh. He found Professor Cope to be of great assistance and considered him somewhat as a mentor while Marsh was of little help. His admiration of the work Cope did would have great influence on the dinosaur bones that Oramel and Ira were collecting. In 1891, Osborn became both a professor at Columbia when it was rapidly evolving into a major university. At the same time he was put in charge of the fossil mammal collection at the American Museum of Natural History. By 1908 he assumed the position of director of the American Museum of Natural History, a position he held until 1933 where he enabled the worlds best vertebrate paleontology collection to be developed using great paleontologists like Barnum Brown and Roy Chapman Andrews Chapman (Mongolia Expeditions). Osborn is perhaps best known for the exhibit development including murals, habitat dioramas, and dinosaur skeletons that enamored millions of visitors.
Cope Lucas Quarry Discoveries
The major dinosaurs that had been identified by this time included the Camarasaurus supremus representing the bulk of the collection along with Amphicoelias altus and Laelaps trihedrodon. The name Laelaps trihedrodon is no longer used for the specimens but in general would be a larger meat-eating dinosaur, possibly something in the Dyptosaurus family.
A forth type of dinosaur recently identified includes a large plant eating dinosaur called Maraapunisaurus fragillimus previously not known in North America nor from the Jurassic Period (Carpenter 2018).
Carpenter, Kenneth. 2018. "Maraapunisaurus Fragillimus, N.G. (Formerly Amphicoelias Fragillimus), a Basal Rebbachisaurid from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Colorado (Article, 2018) [WorldCat.Org]." GEOLOGY OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST an Open-Access Journal of the Utah Geological Association 5: 227–44.
———. 2019. "History and Geology of the Cope's Nipple Quarries in Garden Park, Colorado—Type Locality of Giant Sauropods in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation." GEOLOGY OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST an Open-Access Journal of the Utah Geological Association 6: 31–53.
Davidson, Jane P. 1997. The Bone Sharp: The Life of Edward Drinker Cope. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
Dean, Eric T. 1999. Shook over Hell: Post-Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and the Civil War. Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press.
Donald H. Kupfer, Ph.D. 2000. "CANON CITY'S OIL SPRING, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO'S FIRST COMMERCIAL OIL PROSPECT (1860); AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE FLORENCE OIL FIELD (1881)." Drake Well Foundation © 2012 Petroleum History Institute, no. Oil-Industry History, Volume 1, Number 1, 2000.
Gregory, William K. 1938. Biographical Memoir of Henry Fairfield Osborn, 1857-1935. Vol. VOLUME 19-THIRD MEMOIR. Washington: National Academy of Sciences.
McIntosh, John S. 1998. "New Information About the Cope Collection of Sauropods from Garden Park, Colorado." Modern Geology 23: 481–506.
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The herbs, the acupuncture, and other interventions applied by a practitioner are simply re-teaching the body to move, rest, and play with ease. We initiate the same treatments ourselves when we move, eat, breathe, rest and play with care and attention to our bodies and our unique experiences.
All of the applied treatment modalities will be complemented by lifestyle suggestions. In seeking healing, we are taking on an attitude of curiosity and learning about our bodies and our experiences. The treatments, with needles, herbs, or manual therapies, will reflect and augment these observations and actions.
Lifestyle suggestions may include movement practices like exercise, walking, qi gong, or yoga. They may include Chinese dietary therapy, which regards food as medicine. The practice of stillness, breathing, meditation or other contemplation is essential to some people's healing.
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12.08.16 News, Org
New and Improv'd Turn TDU Laughter Levels to Maximum
Almost every Friday night at 8 pm in Taylor Down Under, which is located in the basement of Madison Union, the comedy improvisation troupe, New and Improv'd, takes the stage to giggles and applause. The team consists of 12 members who specialize in a type of comedy that thrives on the unexpected.
Shelby Imes, a junior media arts and design major with a journalism concentration who has been a part of the team since first semester her freshman year said, "We do improv, so our comedy is typically off-the-cuff and unscripted. It's really fun because we walk on stage with zero preparation, and kind of go on a journey with our audience. Both the team and the audience are experiencing the show and the jokes for the first time, which makes the audience feel like they're in on it, like they're a part of an inside joke."
Every fall semester new performers are chosen from large group of auditions, then smaller callbacks till the two to three "newbs" have been chosen. When performing their first show with their newbies, the audience could not tell the difference between the seasoned improv performers and the beginners. With the opening game of "Household Olympics," a thrilling action/narration game for four of the returning performers wherein two of the performers are doing a household chore to the ESPN-like sports casting of the other two cast members, the hour long show began.
"This was my first New and Improv'd show and I loved it! My favorite part was the first game," said freshman theater major, Katerina Moser, "I don't usually come to TDU, but now that I know how awesome this show is I'll be here every week for comedy and Open Mike Night."
The second game of the night was a cast favorite, dubbed The Dating Game, in which an audience member is chosen to play the part of an eligible man or woman who is interviewing three performers to find out who, what, or when they or their characters are.
"Our favorite part of the show/ favorite game is usually anything that has to do with audience participation," continues Imes. "As a team, we're usually pretty in sync, so adding an audience member to a game, someone who isn't exactly in tune with us, is exciting because it really shakes up our performance and gives us a lot of opportunity to explore new avenues for jokes and scene work."
As the hour began to run out the suggestions from the audience got more and more fantastical with shouts of "on the moon" and "riding a unicorn backwards" filling the air. The conclusion to the show was a long-form game called "Monologue," Where one cast member performs a short monologue based off the accepted audience suggestion for about fifteen minutes while the rest of the cast creates scenes and characters based off the information from the original monologue.
Freshman theater major, Emily Dawson said that New and Improv'd was "really clever and made me laugh more than I thought I would! Their impressions in the last game were spot on and showed how well the cast works together."
TDU is at its best when filled with laughter and upperclassmen and underclassmen alike bonding over the newest version of the cast of New and Improv'd. You can see their next show at 8 pm on December 9th in TDU. Come on out and be prepared with your best ridiculous scene suggestions!
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5.1 The Customer warrants it will provide SF with all information, data, documents, specifications and other inputs needed or requested by SF to provide the Services ("Customer Property").
5.2 The Customer must allow SF reasonable access to any of its premises, systems, intellectual property, donor data and information on previous fundraising activities as required to deliver the best outcomes.
5.3 The Customer warrants that the work to be performed by SF and the Customer Property will not include any material that is defamatory or that infringes any rights of any third party (including any copyright or confidential information).
6. Performance Dates and Delays
6.1 Subject to the Customer fulfilling its obligations under clause 5, SF must provide the Services to the Customer in accordance with any agreed time frame outlined in the Contract.
7. Sub-Contracts
7.1 SF may arrange for the performance by a third party of part or all its obligations under these T&Cs without the Customer's consent.
7.2 Where SF arranges for the performance of any work by a third party, SF, in arranging that work, will act as an agent for the Customer and, subject to any written directions of the Customer, may bind the Customer to terms and conditions for having the work carried out as SF reasonably sees fit and the Customer will indemnify SF for the full cost of any work so arranged.
7.3 SF will not be responsible for any failure or breach by any third-party contractor appointed under this clause 7, but SF must give all assistance at the request and cost of the Customer that is reasonably necessary for the Customer to pursue any claim against and to recover from that third party.
8.1 The Customer must pay SF in accordance with the requirements of the contract.
8.2 Unless otherwise specified in a Services Contract, all amounts payable under a Services Contract will be exclusive of Goods and Services Tax (GST) as defined in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth) and the Customer must pay all amounts on account of GST once the Customer has received a tax invoice.
9.1 All intellectual property rights arising in connection with any name, product, process or method employed in the provision of the Services are and will remain the exclusive property of SF and this agreement does not create or transfer any ownership or licence of intellectual property rights in favour of the Customer.
The Customer must do anything reasonably required by SF to protect any of SF's rights under this clause, including the prompt execution of any deeds or documents submitted by SF for that purpose.
10. Warranties and Limitation of Liability
10.1 Where conditions, warranties or other rights for the benefit of the Customer are implied or given in respect of a Contract by the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) or other laws and it is not lawful or possible to exclude them, then such conditions, warranties or other rights will only apply to a Contract to the extent required by law.
10.2 To the extent that SF may limit its liability for breach of implied conditions and warranties, SF's liability for any breach of any such condition or warranty will be limited:
(a) in the case of goods supplied, to SF's choice of:
(i) the replacement of goods or the supply of equivalent goods;
(ii) the repair of the goods;
(iii) the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or of acquiring or hiring equivalent goods; or
(iv) the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired
(b) in the case of services supplied, to SF's choice of:
(i) the supplying of the services again, or
(ii) the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.
(c) Subject to this clause and despite any implications arising from any other provisions of these T&Cs or any Services Contract, the total liability of SF in contract, in tort (including negligence), under statute (to the extent permitted by law) or otherwise for, or in respect of, any loss or damage arising out of any breach or other act or omission in connection with any Services or Contract, together with any amounts payable under obligations of indemnity, restitution or other entitlements, of the Customer to compensation, will not exceed the amount of fees paid by the Customer to SF under the relevant Contract.
In no circumstances will SF be liable for any loss of data or loss of profits, revenues, business goodwill or any indirect, consequential or economic loss, howsoever arising, in relation to or otherwise in connection with a Contract.
11.1 In this clause, "confidential information" means information disclosed by or on behalf of one party (Discloser) to the other party (Recipient) or of which the Recipient becomes aware, during the term of a Services Contract or in prior discussions between the parties in anticipation of a Services Contract, including:
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11.2 Confidential information does not include any information which the Recipient can prove either was in the public domain or was known by the Recipient at the time of disclosure, other than through a breach of its confidentiality obligations.
11.3 The Recipient must keep all confidential information confidential and may only disclose it to a third party with the prior written consent of the Discloser. The Recipient may disclose confidential information to its employees, agents or contractors to the extent such disclosure is necessary for the Recipient to carry out its obligations under a Services Contract and provided that its employees, agents or contractors are bound by obligations of confidentiality that reflect the Customer's obligations under this clause 11.
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13.1 Either party may terminate a Services Contract without cause by giving the other party 60 days written notice.
13.2 Either party may immediately terminate a Services Contract by giving written notice to the other party if:
(a) a receiver, receiver and manager, administrator, trustee or inspector, or other person with similar powers, is appointed in respect of the other party or over all or any part of the other party's assets;
(b) winding up proceedings are commenced in respect of the other party or the other party ceases to carry on business;
(c) the other party enters into a compromise or arrangement with its creditors; or
(d) the other party is unable to pay all its debts as and when they become due and payable or is deemed to be insolvent under any provision of the Corporations Act or any statute or any other law.
13.3 If either party is in material breach of its obligations under a Services Contract and:
(a) that breach is incapable of rectification; or
(b) that breach is capable of rectification, but is not rectified by the party in default within 30 days after receiving notice in writing from the other party requiring that it be rectified, then the other party is entitled to terminate the Services Contract by giving written notice to the party in default of the termination, which will be effective immediately unless otherwise stated in the notice.
14.1 This agreement is governed by the laws of New South Wales and the parties submit to the jurisdiction of its courts.
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Forward Look
Young Survivors at Risk for HPV-Related Cancers
Study finds low vaccination rates among teen survivors.
by Kate Yandell
Photo © Alex Raths / iStock / Getty Images Pluse
Adolescent cancer survivors are less likely than their peers to have received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, according to a study of 982 survivors published in the Nov. 1, 2017, Journal of Clinical Oncology.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that boys and girls start the HPV vaccine series at age 11 or 12. It is recommended up through age 26 for women and age 21 for most men. Certain men, including cancer survivors, are advised to get vaccinated up through age 26.
Getting vaccinated reduces the risk of HPV-related cancers, which include most cervical cancers, as well as some anal, genital and throat cancers, says Wendy Landier, a pediatric nurse practitioner and cancer researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham who co-led the study.
Based on surveys completed from 2012 to 2015, Landier and her colleagues found that 33 percent of female and 14 percent of male cancer survivors ages 13 through 17 reported having started the vaccine series, compared to 52 percent of female and 34 percent of male adolescents in the general population.
More than 80 percent of sexually active people in the U.S. will be infected with HPV at some point in their lives, although the immune system clears most HPV infections on its own, and only some strains of HPV are capable of causing cancer. The vaccine currently being given in the U.S. protects against seven cancer-causing strains, as well as two strains that cause genital warts. The Affordable Care Act mandates that insurers cover the vaccine at no out-of-pocket cost for recommended groups.
Cancer survivors may be at elevated risk of developing persistent HPV infections because their immune systems have been weakened by treatment. "It's just sad to see that there's a population that's at risk that is being forgotten," says Lois Ramondetta, a gynecologic oncologist at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston who was not involved in the study.
Ramondetta says that pediatric cancer patients and survivors may be skipping primary care appointments because they are already seeing many specialists. Since the vaccine is usually administered at pediatricians' offices, an oncologist may not think to recommend it.
Pediatricians may be uncertain about when to restart giving immunizations to children who have completed cancer treatment, adds Landier. Guidelines developed by the CDC recommend that live vaccines, such as those for chicken pox or measles, mumps and rubella, not be given to people who are immuno-compromised. The HPV vaccine is not a live vaccine and is considered safe. Landier and other researchers are currently investigating whether the immunization is less effective when given during or after cancer treatment, when a patient's immune system may be unable to respond to the vaccine.
One group of cancer survivors, women ages 18 through 26, did have slightly higher rates of HPV vaccination than their peers in the general population. The study found 46 percent of survivors had been vaccinated compared to 38 percent of the general population in this age range. Landier's study can't pinpoint why, but she speculates that young adult female cancer survivors may be more attuned to cancer prevention than other women in their age group.
Vaccine initiation rates were low—about 8 percent—for male young-adult survivors and male young adults in general. This may be related to the fact that the HPV vaccine's initial approval in 2006 was for females only. Vaccination was not recommended for males until 2011.
Landier encourages all cancer survivors 26 and under to ask their doctors about getting the HPV vaccine. "I think the answer that providers are going to give is, 'Yes they should,'" Landier says.
"Having one cancer stinks," says Romondetta. "Surely you want to avoid having a second, so go ahead and get vaccinated."
Human Papillomavirus Vaccines: Bad News, Good News and Great News Increased vaccination rates can help reduce cervical cancer as a worldwide health threat. Secure Connections Patients find each other online and get support they say is unparalleled, but with openness comes concern about privacy. | {
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Rosina Ferrara
Rosina Ferrara (1861–1934) was an Italian girl from the island of Capri, who became the favorite muse of American expatriate artist John Singer Sargent.
She was born in Anacapri, Capri, in 1861. Visitors to her native island, some of whom were famous artists, were captivated by her exotic beauty. She posed for a variety of 19th century artists, including Frank Hyde, Charles Sprague Pearce, and George Randolph Barse (whom she later married), and is immortalized in paintings and sketches of theirs, and of others, which now hang in museums and art galleries around the world as well as in private collections.
She was featured in the 2003 art exhibit "Sargent's Women" at New York City's Adelson Adelson Galleries, as well as in the eponymous book published that year.
Image in art and culture
Ferrara was described by various artists as an "Arab/Greek type," the type seen in classical art, such as that of Ancient Greece. Greek colonists settled in Capri in ancient times and left their mark in their descendants.
In the 19th century, artists and writers from all over Europe and America traveled to Capri to see the beauty of the island and of its inhabitants; Caprese and Neapolitan-area women are renowned for their beauty. Their exotic looks fascinated writers such as Alphonse de Lamartine, whose novel "Graziella" was based upon his experience there. According to one person's account, Sargent went to Capri in search of subject painting:
"The Island of Capri was a logical place to look. Capri was a place of imagination, beautiful women and interesting architecture. Artists had been drawn to there for years."
Ferrara was first discovered by French artist Edward Vaux and became his model. Then came British artist Frank Hyde, who was visiting Capri in search of inspiration. He was intrigued by the exotic beauty that was Rosina. He painted a classical picture of Capri life which depicts her reclining sensually on a couch, clad in a seductive classical toga while another young girl performs on a flute. The painting is called " [http://www.angelfire.com/art2/frankhyde/gallery/index.html?http://www.angelfire.com/art2/frankhyde/gallery/page/capri.htm Rosina] ".
John Singer Sargent came to the island in 1878. He sought fresh ideas and new faces to strike his fancy. He was taken by the beauty of its inhabitants, and was especially smitten by the handsome 17-year-old Rosina -- so smitten that he painted her at least twelve times during his year's stay on the island town of Anacapri. She was featured in "Dans Les Olivier", "Head of an Anacapri Girl", "View of Capri", "Rosina", among the many paintings Sargent painted while he was living in Capri in 1878. When Charles Sprague Pearce showed his cabinet picture of Rosina for the Salon in 1882, Mr. Pearce described her as "the tawney skinned, panther eyed, elf-like Rosina, wildest and lithest of all the savage creatures on the savage isle of Capri." The Neapolitan and Capri fisher girls are almost always working class. They long been in the French imagination since the 19th century, more to the point, 1849 when Alphonse de Lamartine made his once famous, now forgotten romantic novel "Graziella", about a sophisticated Frenchman who fell in love with the fisher girl Graziella, who then, after a brief romance and courtship, abandoned her and returned to his native France, presumably to marry a girl of his background back home.
This romance, although bittersweet and heartbreaking, reflected the life of the author who wrote the novel: He once fell in love with a working class Neapolitan girl, whom he had later left her when he returned to France. It also reflect the fate of many poor or working class Capri and Neapolitan girls, but particularly reflected the unhappy fate of Rosina. As a matter of fact, one man wrote this concerning Rosina:
"Of all the Capri women, Rosina Ferrara (1862-1938), was the most beautiful. In 1886, Adrian Stokes (an English artist) recalled "It used to be easy for artist to find models, but now the grown-up girls are rather shy of strangers, and the priest think it is dangerous for them to pose. For all of that, there are some regular models to be had. Rosina is considered the first on the island, and certainly is a remarkably handsome young woman. She sits perfectly as a model of London or Paris."
thumb|left|John Singer Sargent.]
Ferrara gave birth to Maria Carlotta in 1883. The father of her child is not known to this day, but some say that she was a daughter of a male member of a royal family. It is unclear which member of the royal houses of Europe visited Capri during that time period. It could have been one of the members of the House of Bourbon, which ruled Naples during most of the 18th century.
Her late sister's daughter, Maria Primavera, was married to Pompeius Michael Bernardo. Maria Primavera was adopted by Ferrara and George Randolph Barse shortly after her sister's death.
She later became a mistress to Belgian artist Alfred Stevens sometime in mid-1880s and was a friend to American expatriate artist Charles C. Coleman, who specialized in painting Mediterranean landscapes similar to those painted by Sargent and other American, British, and French painters.
In 1891 in Rome, she married American painter George Randolph Barse of Detroit and moved to the United States shortly after the marriage. They lived in Katonah, Westchester County, New York. Their marriage was a happy one. Rosina Ferrara died in New York City in 1934 from pneumonia. (She had been hospitalized while visiting Maria Bernardo and family.) Four years after her death, Mr. George Barse committed suicide in Westchester County, N.Y.
The Legacy of Rosina Ferrara
Ferrara has left the art world her legacy in the form of paintings and sketches as well as a renewed interest about Capri and John Singer Sargent, which is reflected in publishing many works by Sargent as well as through the many exhibitions in art museums and galleries around the world. There's a website dedicated to Mr. Sargent and to his many subjects and muses such as Rosina Ferrara, Madame X, etc. Paintings featured her were auctioned by various art galleries and auction houses around the world. Christie's is the most prominent among them. Two paintings featuring Rosina were auctioned in 2005. She was the subject in "Sargent's Women", "Sargent and Italy" and "Great Expectations" between 2003 and 2005. Lest we forget, she was also painted by George Barse, Charles C. Coleman, Frank Hyde, Alfred Stevens, Edward Vaux,Charles Sprague Pearce, and Jean Benner. They have been instrumental in preserving the muse of Capri to be seen by all art lovers around the world.
List of paintings featuring Rosina Ferrara
*"Head of Anacapri Girl" by John Singer Sargent (1878)
*"Dans Les Olivieres" by John Singer Sargent (1878) - Private collection
*"A Capriote" by John Singer Sargent (1878) - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
*"View of Capri" by John Singer Sargent (1878) - Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, USA
*"Capri" by John Singer Sargent (1878) - The Warner Collection of the Gulf States Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, USA)
*"Rosina-Capri" by John Singer Sargent (1878) - Private collection
*"Rosina" by John Singer Sargent (1878) - Private collection
*"Stringing Onions" by John Singer Sargent (1878) - Private collection
*"Rosina Ferrara - The Capri" by John Singer Sargent (1878) - Private collection
*"Study of Rosina Ferrara" by John Singer Sargent (c. 1878) - Private collection
*"Rosina Ferrara" by Frank Hyde (1880) - Private collection
*"Capri Girl" by Jean Benner (1880s)
*"Rosina" by George Randolph Barse (1900) - Speed Art Museum, Louisville, USA
* [http://www.geocities.com/nun6_99/Rosina_Ferrara_index.html Rosina Ferrara- Belle of Capri]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/art2/frankhyde/gallery/pics/rosina_M.jpgRosina]
* [http://www.jssgallery.org/ John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery]
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* [http://www.arttimesjournal.com/art/reviews/janreview1.htm "Sargent's Women" Essay]
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Spring break is a school and university vacation period that the start of spring and this vacation period date back to the 1930s. This break in the academic year gives students the opportunity to gather and take part in fun activities.
Students associate the spring break as a time for exciting fun and adventures with many events taking place that beach resorts not only in America but also in many other countries around the world. It is one of the main highlights of a student's academic life and should be both memorable and lots of fun.
The spring break normally takes place somewhere between February 21st and April 1st. It is typically scheduled to coincide with the Easter and Passover breaks. The break is usually for one to two weeks which is plenty of time for students to enjoy themselves.
Some of the popular destinations for spring break include Panama City Beach, Daytona Beach, and South Beach in Miami. Another popular destination within the United States is South Padre Island, Texas. Overseas destinations that are popular with students include Cancun and Mazatlán in Mexico, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, and Punta Cana.
With many students enjoying their vacations on beaches there's a wide range of related activities available to them, including jet skiing, fishing, parasailing, rafting, kayaking, surfing, waterskiing, skimboarding, and much more. In the evenings there are many clubs and nightlife establishments catering to students during their vacation.
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As an international car rental broker, Car Rental 8 offers a pre-paid product. We work with the best local and international rental companies continuously comparing terms, conditions and prices of all rental companies. In this way we can offer car rentals from 17,000 locations worldwide for the best price and with favorable terms. However, each location/rental company differs in terms and conditions. The most important terms and conditions which apply to all Car Rental 8 rental vehicles are listed in the following information. We are always at your service to answer any questions about additional terms and conditions for a specific location/rental company and there will always be information provided when booking.
What's included with your rental car?
Your rental car will include the car, unlimited mileage (in most cases-some restrictions apply), included options, and any additional options or upgrades you may choose. Details of included options are presented in the last step of the booking process.
What's not included with your rental car?
One Way Fees, fuel, personal accident insurances, extras and where applicable, young drivers' surcharges and extra driver surcharges are not included with all-inclusive rental cars. Basic rates do not include mandatory charges such as local taxes, sales tax, fuel, airport or facility fees and licensing fees that are charged directly by the supplier and are not collected by Car Rental 8 as they may vary by location. When making your booking you can ask for information about surcharges. All costs must be paid at the location. Wherein windshields, tires and towing costs are not covered by the insurance, a liability insurance can be arranged at some locations. An extra insurance can sometimes be mandatory if you are planning to cross borders.
Most travel insurances offer coverage for accidents, (check before departure). If not you can reserve this upon collection of your vehicle.
The minimum rental period is 1 day. 1 day is interpreted as a period of 24 hours. Included in this 24 hour period is the time wherein you collect and return the rental vehicle.
One way rentals must always be confirmed in advance and costs are determined by distance and the vehicle being left behind. Most of the time there is a minimum rental period of 3 consecutive days required for one way rentals. One way fees are always paid locally, directly to the car rental company.
Collection and return can be done during the opening times of the location. Usually this is Monday to Friday 08:00-18:00 hours, Saturday 08:00-16:00. The locations at the airports are generally opened each work day from 06:00-23:00. Outside opening times, on Sundays and public holidays, it is usually possible to return the vehicle keys to a so called 'drop off' box. For this service a surcharge is levied.
The stated capacity of the vehicle is a guideline. The type of vehicle given as an example is always one of a category and is subject to availability at the time of renting. We reserve the right to provide an alternative vehicle from the same category determined by the number of passengers, engine capacity and other features.
Drivers under age 25 will be charged a young driver fee of $25 USD per day or more, depending on the car rental company and the pickup location. For more information, please contact us directly or inquire with your car rental supplier when picking up the rental vehicle.
The driver must have held a driving licence for a minimum of one year. Our reservation department must be presented with any supplementary information to your driving licence and may sometimes reject a booking based on this. All drivers must be able to produce a valid driving licence on request of the local authorities.
At some locations there can be an extra driver surcharge. Check before booking. The same rules apply to extra drivers as to the main driver.
For each reservation, Car Rental 8 does not charge a booking or amendment fee.
Usually the collection and return of the rental vehicle takes place at the airport. The name and address of the rental company where you can collect your vehicle is printed at the bottom of the rental voucher. Collection of a vehicle out of hours, even when this is caused by a delayed flight, may incur a surcharge. At most locations a vehicle can be delivered to your accommodation, usually for a surcharge. Unfortunately rental vehicles cannot be delivered to private addresses.
At the end of the rental period you must return your vehicle to the correct place at the arranged time undamaged and clean. Check that your vehicle is returned to the same rental company as it was collected from.
No refunds will be given for rentals ended early, late collections, no shows or cancellations made on or after the rental start date. There will be no reimbursements in the event that you are not in possession of a valid drivers license that is accepted by the supplier. There will also be no reimbursement on your rental if you are unable to present a major credit card in your name at the time of pickup for your security deposit.
In case of accident you must inform the police immediately and acquire a full police report. You must inform the rental company offices within 24 hours. You should also write your own report. Failure to do this will result in denial of compensation.
Unless damage to the vehicle is noted in the rental agreement before departure, the driver will receive a vehicle without problems or visible damage. The driver is therefore responsible for any damage which occurs as a result of incidents during the rental period to the limit of their personal risk.
Most vehicle rental companies require you to pay a deposit equivalent to the cost of a full fuel tank and other additional charges incurred during the rental period. This will take the form of an amount being reserved on the major credit card of the principal driver. All fuel costs must be paid by the customer. It is not possible to be reimbursed for unused fuel. Information over fuel can be found on the rental voucher.
Child seats, roof racks and other extras are on request and subject to availability. In most states in the US, child seats for children under 3 years of age are compulsory and must be requested in advance. Children of 3-5 years must always wear a seat belt or sit in a child seat. Usually a surcharge must be paid at the location.
The price and terms of all additional extras which must be paid at the location are always subject to changes and subject to local taxes.
After confirmation of the reservation - $40.00 or 5% of the prepaid amount(whichever amount is greater). Within 2 days of the pickup date - $55.00 or 5% of the prepaid amount(whichever amount is greater). No show at the location - 100% of the rental costs. Cancelled bookings not reaching the above amounts if cancelled within the above specified times, will not be eligible for any type of refund.
Car Rental 8 may offer customers the opportunity to buy cancellation protection. This means that a reservation can be cancelled for whatever reason up to 24 hours before the pickup date with full refund and no cancellation fees. You can buy cancellation protection in the last step of confirming your reservation if the option is available.
For partially unused vouchers there can be no reimbursement. No reimbursement is given when you collect your vehicle later or return it sooner than the given dates and times. This also applies when you cannot rent the vehicle because you are not in possession of the right official documents. There will be no reimbursement if you are unable to present a major credit card in your name at the time of pickup for your security deposit.
If you are, for whatever reason, not satisfied with your rental vehicle, then you are advised to immediately report this at the location of the rental company. We find it very difficult to judge a claim about the state of a vehicle after the rental period is over. Car Rental 8 must always be informed of any problems so that we are in a position to find appropriate solutions. Registering a complaint at Car Rental 8 must be done in writing with a copy of the local rental agreement and payment methods. This must be done within 8 weeks of your return. When dealing with the problems and complaints, Car Rental 8 will take on the roll of mediator between the driver and the rental company. Voluntary insurance payments paid at the location cannot be reimbursed. No reimbursement can be made if you have accepted certain alternatives at the location without intervention or information from Car Rental 8.
In the case of mechanical problems you must immediately inform the rental company. The telephone number can be found on the rental agreement. Permission for reparations or a replacement vehicle must be given by the local rental company.
Car Rental 8 is an intermediary for the rental company, the rental agreement is made up by the vehicle rental company which provides the rental vehicle. Customers are therefore subject to the terms and conditions of the rental contract and the laws of the land wherein the vehicle is rented. Car Rental 8 is therefore not responsible for loss, damage or changes to the vehicle, delays or changes which happen because of civil conflict, corporate dilemmas including air traffic, terrorist activity, natural or nuclear disasters, fire or unfavourable weather conditions, cancelled flights, or airline bankruptcies.
The published prices apply at the moment of going to print. However changes in federal, state or local laws and taxes can cause price increases. We reserve the right to adjust our prices at any given moment with increases or decreases in the stated prices.
All prices are based on Euro or USD currency and are inclusive of VAT in countries where required. A weekly price is 7 consecutive rental days of 24 hours. One rental day is calculated as 25% of the weekly price. Two rental days are calculated as 50% of the weekly price. Three rental days are calculated as 60% of the weekly price. Four rental days are calculated as 80% of the weekly price. Five to seven rental days are calculated as a weekly price. Extra days are calculated as 1/7 of the weekly price.
Note - US/Canada has different methods of calculating daily prices for different rental periods.
It's important that your payment is credited to one of our Car Rental 8 accounts. You can pay the rental costs to us via credit card or debit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, JCB, American Express) and PayPal. | {
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Q: How to achieve the last letter without letter-spacing in a text input field? Dear community members,
I have a small problem, which involves a text input field with letter-spacing. For example the following code:
<input type="text" style="letter-spacing:1em; text-align:center;" maxlength="6" id="code" name="code" />
This would cause the text not center properly due to the last letter-spacing at the last letter. Are there alternative methods in which I can achieve spacing, but also text centering capabilities? All solutions are appreciated (incl. javascript and JQuery).
(The user enters a string of 6 characters long, with no spaces.)
Thanks for the response!
PS: I do not think that I forgot any relevant code, because the em can also be replace with 10px. I have a screenshot here: http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/7889005/640/7889005.png
A: What about adding a padding-left of 1em?
<input type="text" style="letter-spacing:1em; text-align:center; padding-left: 1em" maxlength="6" id="code" name="code" />
Here is an example, with the maxlength removed and a width added, so you can see that it is centered properly:
http://jsfiddle.net/Jgm42/
Note: This looks to only be an issue with some browsers. IE, shockingly, seems to correctly leave off the extra spacing unless there is an adjacent character. You might have to do some browser-specific code.
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Q: Prove there exists a unique $n$-th degree polynomial that passes through $n+1$ points in the plane I know given two points in the plane $(x_1,y_1)$ and $(x_2,y_2)$ there exists a unique 1st degree (linear) polynomial that passes through those points. We all learned in Algebra how to find the slope between those points and then calculate the y-intercept.
To take it down a notch, given the point $(a,b)$, the unique 0th degree polynomial that passes through it is $y=b$.
My conjecture is that given three points $(x_1,y_1)$, $(x_2,y_2)$, and $(x_3,y_3)$, there exists a 2nd degree (quadratic) polynomial that passes through these points, and furthermore, that polynomial is unique. I wonder, how would one determine the equation of this quadratic?
If my conjecture is correct, a corollary would be the generalization that given any $\left(n+1\right)$ points in the plane, there exists one unique $n$th degree polynomial that passes through those points.
Please prove, or disprove with a counter-example.
Further Readings:
*
*658789 is a related question but I'm not sure if it's exactly what I'm looking for.
*This very cool interactive web app lets you drag points around and shows the polynomial that goes through them
A: johannesvalks' answer proves existence but not uniqueness. The Lagrange interpolation polynomials used will have degree $\le n$, as each is the sum of polynomials. Given two polynomials $P,Q$ with $\deg(P),\deg(Q)\le n$ both passing through $n+1$ distinct points $(x_i,y_i)$ with $1\le i\le n+1$, divide to get $P=(x-x_i)P_i+y_i$ and $Q=(x-x_i)Q_i+y_i$, for some $P_i,Q_i$, so that $$P-Q=(x-x_i)(P_i-Q_i).$$ Then $P-Q$ has $n+1$ distinct roots, while $P$ and $Q$ have at most $n$, so $P-Q$ must be the zero polynomial.
A: Assume you have given $n+1$ points $(x_1,y_1),\cdots, (x_{n+1},y_{n+1}).$ (Of course, $x_i\ne x_j$ if $i\ne j.$) A polynomial of degree $n$ is of the form $p_n(x)=a_nx^n+\cdots+a_1x+a_0.$ To study the existence and uniqueness of such a polynomial consider the system of linear equations:
$$
\left\{\begin{array}{ccc}
a_nx_1^n+a_{n-1}x_1^{n-1}\cdots+a_1x_1+a_0 & =& y_1\\ \vdots & &\\
a_nx_{n+1}^n+a_{n-1}x_{n+1}^{n-1}\cdots+a_1x_{n+1}+a_0 & =& y_{n+1}
\end{array}\right.
$$
We write the system as
$$
\begin{pmatrix}x_1^n & x_1^{n-1} &\cdots & x_1 & 1 \\ \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\ x_{n+1}^n & x_{n+1}^{n-1}& \cdots & x_{n+1} & 1\end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} a_n \\ \vdots \\ a_0 \end{pmatrix}=\begin{pmatrix} y_1 \\ \vdots \\ y_{n+1} \end{pmatrix}
$$
Since the matrix of coefficients of the system is non singular (it is a Vandermonde matrix (see Vandermonde)) the system has a unique solution, that is, there exists one polynomial of degree $n$ through the $n+1$ given points, and it is unique.
A: For an easy proof of uniqueness of such a polynomial (johannesvalks gives existence) assume we have $f,g$ of degree $n$ with $f(x_i)=g(x_i)=y_i$ for $1\leq i \leq n+1$.
Then $f-g$ has degree no bigger than $n$, so if $f-g\ne 0$ then $f-g$ has at most $n$ roots, but $f-g$ has at least $n+1$ roots so $f=g$.
A: You can define
$$ P_k(x) = \prod_{\jmath \ne k}^n \frac{ x - x_\jmath }{ x_k - x_\jmath } $$
It is clear that
$$ P_k(x_\ell) = \delta_{k\ell} $$
Then you can define
$$ f(x) = \sum_{k=1}^n y_k P_k(x) $$
and you will find
$$ f(x_\ell) = \sum_{k=1}^n y_k \delta_{k\ell} = y_l$$
The function $f(x)$ is a polynomial of degree $n-1$
So in general, such a polynomial is given by
$$ f(x) = \sum_{k=1}^n y_k \prod_{\ell \ne k}^n \frac{ x - x_\ell }{ x_k - x_\ell} $$
Two points gives
$$ f(x) = y_1 \frac{x-x_2}{x_1-x_2} + y_2 \frac{x-x_1}{x_2-x_1} $$
Three points gives
$$ f(x) = y_1 \frac{x-x_2}{x_1-x_2} \frac{x-x_3}{x_1-x_3} + y_2 \frac{x-x_1}{x_2-x_1} \frac{x-x_3}{x_2-x_3} + y_3 \frac{x-x_1}{x_3-x_1} \frac{x-x_2}{x_3-x_2} $$
Four points gives
$$ f(x) = y_1 \frac{x-x_2}{x_1-x_2} \frac{x-x_3}{x_1-x_3} \frac{x-x_4}{x_1-x_4}
+ y_2 \frac{x-x_1}{x_2-x_1} \frac{x-x_3}{x_2-x_3} \frac{x-x_4}{x_2-x_4}\\
+ y_3 \frac{x-x_1}{x_3-x_1} \frac{x-x_2}{x_3-x_2} \frac{x-x_4}{x_3-x_4}
+ y_4 \frac{x-x_1}{x_4-x_1} \frac{x-x_2}{x_4-x_2} \frac{x-x_3}{x_4-x_3}$$
and so on...
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Good news from Mexico: river blindness elimination confirmed
A report of the latest surveillance study confirms that Mexico has met WHO criteria for the declaration of the elimination of onchocerciasis.
Hilary Hurd 11 Sep 2015
Ocular onchocerciasis. Image from http://www.infectionlandscapes.org/2012/04/onchocerciasis.html
River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is a largely tropical disease caused by the parasitic worm, Onchocerca volvulus. It is estimated that 17-25 million people are infected, 300,000 of these are blind and others suffer debilitating symptoms such as intense itchiness, loss of skin pigmentation and subcutaneous nodules.
The majority of infections occur in sub-Saharan Africa but transmission also occurs in the Yemen and the Americas; the parasite was spread to the latter countries as a result of the slave trade.
The common name, river blindness, refers to the life cycle of the parasite as it is transmitted by biting blackflies of the genus Simulium, whose larvae develop in fast flowing streams and rivers. Parasite transmission occurs in proximity to the vector's breeding sites. Female blackflies need a blood meal in order to produce a batch of eggs. If infected with the third stage larvae of O. volvulus the parasites will move into the bite wound whilst the blackfly feeds. It usually takes several infective bites to set up an infection.
Life cycle of Onchocerca volvulus: wiki commons image
The worms develop into adults in nodules deep in the skin and mature females release 500-1000 larvae, known as microfilariae, daily for up to 15 years. These microfilariae migrate in the skin ready to be taken up by another feeding blackfly. It is the dying microfilarae that cause the disease symptoms. The symbiotic Wolbachia bacteria that they carry are released into the skin and a protein on the surface of the bacteria initiates an inflammatory response.
In the eye they cause the cornea to become progressively more opaque, finally causing blindness.
There is no vaccine against onchocerciasis but a very effective drug, ivermectin, inhibits the production of microfilariae. Unfortunately it does not kill the adults and so, as the females are long lived, the drug has to be taken for many years. Following its discovery in the 1980s the pharmaceutical giant Merc decided to donate ivermectin (as MECTIZAN) for use in mass drug administration programmes (MDPs).
Transmission in the Americas
In the Americas, onchocerciasis was endemic in six countries.
Distribution of oncocerciasis in Latin America in 2010 from Guvstasen et al. http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/4/1/205
A large consortium, led by the Carter Foundation, supported the goal set by the Pan American Health Organisation to fulfill the criteria set by WHO for the elimination of onchocerciasis by 2015. These criteria were both epidemiological and entomological.
In order to declare elimination of onchocerciasis, examination of at least 6000 blackfly vectors must be performed to demonstrate that none are infected with Onchocerca larvae. This is undertaken three years after the original determination of lack of transmission and cessation of the mass drug administration programme. So far only Columbia and Ecuador have achieved WHO elimination status.
The current situation in Mexico
In Mexico there were three foci of transmission, Northern Chiapias, Southern Chiapas and Oaxaca. Mass drug treatment was started in 1997 and Mario Rodríguez-Pérez and colleagues have performed surveillance studies to monitor progress towards elimination. Three years ago transmission appeared to have stopped and mass drug administration ceased. This summer they reported that the criteria for declaration of elimination from these Mexican foci had been met.
Their study involved teams of two people, one acting as human bait whilst the other was the blackfly collector. Collections of flies were made for 50 minutes every hour and flies were immediately take to field stations for identification of the vector blackfly, Simulium ochraceum s.l. Surveillance was undertaken in 18 areas in the previously endemic foci; one team working in the community and the other in the coffee plantations. This occurred throughout the peak transmission season (December to May), which coincided with peak numbers of blackflies.
An adult blackfly (Simulium damnosum) taking a bloodmeal on human skin.
Photo: WHO/TDR/Stammers
Blackfly vectors were dissected and pools of flies subjected to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to identify the presence of O. volvulus DNA.
Taking into account the number of flies caught and the number of flies that were infected, the seasonal transmission potential was calculated.
They examined an admirable total of 108,232 blackflies and none were found to contain Onchocerca DNA. The authors therefore declare that their data suggests that, three years after the cessation of mass Mectizan administration, no parasite-vector contact is occurring in these three foci of transmission. Mexico has now applied to WHO for verification of the elimination of this neglected tropical disease.
Could onchocerciasis return to Mexico?
Because their surveillance only took place during part of the year, annual, as opposed to seasonal, transmission potential could only be estimated. This estimated value was also zero thus they concluded transmission values were well below the transmission breakpoint.
Furthermore they argue that transmission is unlikely to reoccur in Mexico as these infection foci are isolated. Simulium ochraceum does not migrate seasonally so blackflies from other countries are unlikely to fly in. Likewise, migrant workers from across the border do not pose a threat as transmission has also ceased in Guatemala. However, they suggest surveillance work should continue for another three years and the Mexican Ministry of Health recognize clinical and entomological surveys should continue periodically.
Although the original objective of elimination from all Latin American countries by 2015 has not been met transmission is only continuing in foci in Brazil and Venezuela.
Prospects for global elimination
The situation with respect to onchocerciasis elimination in Africa presents a much greater challenge. However, reports that mass administration of ivermectin on an annual or biannual basis is interrupting transmission in Uganda, Northern Sudan, Mali, Senegal and Nigeria are promising, suggesting this goal is feasible.
Clearly there is hope for the future for populations living in areas endemic for this debilitating disease.
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blackflieseliminationMexiconeglected tropical diseaseOnchocerca volvulusonchocerciasisriver blindnessSimulium ochraceum
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Aviation Sector Leads Global Reconnection
Iranian airlines operated over 50,000 domestic flights and some 95,000 international flights crossed Iran's airspace during the first six months of the current Iranian year (March 20-September 21), registering a 20% and 10.5% rise respectively compared with last year's corresponding period, according to Iran Airports Company.
Over 22,100 international flights landed and took off in and from Iranian airports, indicating a 0.1% increase year-on-year, IRNA reported.
Iran Civil Aviation Organization says it issued 66,000 permits for international airlines to operate flights to and from the Islamic Republic during the six-month period.
Lufthansa started flying non-stop once again from Munich to Tehran in July.
Early September, British Airways resumed direct flights to Tehran—the first UK carrier to fly to Iran in four years.
Austria's national carrier Austrian Airlines started flying three times a week to the Iranian commercial center of Isfahan on September 4.
KLM has also said it will resume service to Tehran from October 30, supplementing the Paris-Tehran service operated by Air France since April 16, 2016, after a seven-year hiatus.
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For those of you who like to think down the road in the instances that this could possibly happen. So I write this in thoughts to what I would do to survive because most of what we know about the show, many things don't add up. Furthermore, basic knowledge of trap making and environment can help you to nest and get protein in your system. You won't understand the importance of a pet until you are by yourself with no one to share the extremes that you are in. I wanted to share with you an article by one of the editors over at IGN Australia discussing the emergence of a whole slew of upcoming releases that are said to include a Zombie Mode, as popularized by the Nazi Zombie mode in Call Of Duty: World At War, the game that stared it all. It began with one isolated incident and from there quickly exploded, faster than anyone could have imagined.
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However, a very small percentage of that population are an Eagle Scout, Army Ranger, or wilderness guide with years of training and practice on various survival skills.
They cover everything from natural disaster preparation and survival, gardening and food self-sufficiency, self-defense, home security, relocation, and living frugally during an economic collapse. If anyone knows a thing or two about the physical and mental preparation needed to survive in the wild its Wiseman, who spent 26 years in the British Army's elite SAS forces. The book has been in print without much update since 1956, but the content is timeless and the information presented is what has worked and will continue to work for survivors of levels. Military history writer Jay McCullough sifted through their contents and compiled a comprehensive guide on all aspects of survival in a format that soldiers and civilians alike can learn from.
The book includes everything from basic skills like using a compass, reading the sun, and starting a fire to more advanced animal tracking, shelter building, and first aid. A book that may be elementary to a survival expert may be a beginner prepper's outdoor bible. We believe that being prepared is important for any family and we want to see preparedness become a mainstream conversation. This is really the only way to know the water hasn't become infected with the diseases or bacterium of the dead. For the rest of the population that hasn't received some kind of hands-on training, a survival book may be your next best option. Whether you are filling a niche in your library of survival books or looking to buy your first guide, the books below contain some of the most practical information and are among the most popular currently available. The book features everything from navigation skills, shelter construction, identifying edible plants, predicting weather patterns, and every other basic skill needed to endure life in the wilderness.
HTSAITW is broken down into four sections: Sustenance, Warmth, Orientation, and Safety, each offering detailed instructions and accompanying (though somewhat lacking) illustrations. The book covers first aid, distinguishes between surviving in different environments and whether conditions, surviving biological and chemical attacks, shelter building, and the often overlooked factors of mental fitness and fortitude. In an emergency situation, this book has the resources needed to teach you to take care of yourself if sick or injured, find your way out of the desert or off a mountain, or procure an endless supply of drinking water. The book addresses topics like finding fresh drinking water, heating and cooling the body and shelter with unconventional methods, composting human waste, catching and storing nutritious foods, and even disposing of a dead body.
Remain hopeful that whatever book you chose will have a tidbit, if not an arsenal, of life-saving information.
It may be necessary to put the skills you learn in a guide to practice in order to prepare for a survival situation, but studying up will at least give you an idea and mental image of the tasks you may eventually be faced with. While it's up to your own self-determination to survive an emergency situation, one of these books may end up teaching you a skill that could save your life. Wiseman also addresses important and often overlooked topics like fear management and how to cope long after an initial crisis.
Written long before the "prepper" movement really took off, Angier's book doesn't delve much into the topics of urban survival or natural disaster preparedness. Chocked full of illustrations and photographs of different plants, skin diseases, animal traps, and other useful aids, The Ultimate Guide to US Army Survival Skills, Tactics, and Techniques is a great multipurpose guide for the budding survival enthusiast. Whether disaster strikes while you are in your home, driving in your car, or on vacation, Lundin's book will teach you how to cope and adapt to your situation. The reason why I say this is because most disease are contracted from person to person, airborne contamination, but because this disease is already very complex, drinking water would without a doubt be contaminated with the disease.
With real world case studies, colorful diagrams, and updated content to address surviving with modern technology, the SAS Survival Handbook will have you putting your newfound knowledge to practice the next time you step outside. But with information on game catching, shelter building, signaling for help, and basic self-defense, nearly anyone facing an out of the ordinary situation can find practical value in this guide. Tawrell will teach you how to make the most out of your vehicle's materials and location to increase your likelihood of getting rescued or fostering your own self-rescue. The book places firm value on the idea that survival is 90% mental and only 10% application and gear. Guns run out of bullets and make loud noise, I would use what Darryl uses to kill, a bow and arrow. Some may find the book overly exhaustive, but with so many "what ifs?" possible, Tawrell leaves no stone unturned. Even if not contaminated with the disease, bodies get infected or decay, which runs off into the natural aquifers feet below the ground.
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Through-hikers are full of stories
by Brad Viles August 28, 2010 January 29, 2011
Through-hikers always have stories to tell. Talking to them should be on your list of planning strategies, especially if you've ever thought of hiking the entire length of the Appalachian Trail.
Even if you only take short, section hikes on multiday backpacking trips, they'll give you all the advice you'll need to help make your next overnight hike better. These thread-bare hikers have tons of experience that is only acquired the way they did, by hiking and spending nights outdoors. And they love telling their stories.
I met a few of them on the trail lately. They shared with me some of their anecdotes, tips and wisdom on how to have a great hike on the AT. The three guys I caught up with a couple of Sundays ago were stuffing hamburgers and Italian sandwiches into their faces at Abol Bridge Store and Campground; just across the Penobscot River on the Golden Road.
While we talked, Chris Manza, a ridge-runner on summer duty for Baxter State Park and the Maine Appalachian Trail Club, informed incoming through-hikers about the regulations in the park.
These three were in their 20s, all had beards, and were wearing shirts so full of holes that they were falling off their bodies. When I asked how long it took to plan the hike, it was enough to get them started.
"I took two years," said Adam "Achilles the Red" Hiatt from Oregon. "I planned for the hike to take five months. I left Georgia in April, so I guess I only took four." He met his hiking partners on the trail, "somewhere," he said.
One of his buddies, Jeff "Boundless" Gants, said, "I'll say I've been planning my entire life, but really only a couple of months before I got serious about the hike." When asked what it takes mentally and physically to hike more than 2,100 miles, the other partner, Doug "Wrong Way" Littell, spoke up.
"I don't know what it takes to do a through-hike, really. I didn't plan for it very far ahead. Maybe, January? I left in April, too, so only a few months. But, I planned my stops for re-supply," he explained.
I put out another question to them and asked whether it takes discipline or adaptability to hike the trail. "Boundless" responded with, "Discipline, definitely. It takes discipline to just suck it up and keep going when you feet hurt for day after day on end."
At least they planned ahead. Every hike starts off with a plan. Another pair of hikers I met on Pleasant Pond Mountain in Caratunk last weekend had a plan that they worked on for three years before starting out in Georgia.
"I pretty much set the wheels in motion about three years ago," said Steve "Draggin' Tail" Spydell, 56. He was hiking with his 19-year-old son, Matt "Sherpa" Spydell. They are from Independence, Missouri. "We are on a fundraising hike for Water for People, a global nonprofit agency that develops solutions to provide people in developing countries around the world with safe drinking water." Their goal was to raise $10,000 and they've just passed $14,000 in pledges.
As to what they were carrying for weight, their packs weighed around 30 pounds with three to fives days worth of food. They bought some of their food from the Boy Scouts, Steve said. "We bought 50 surplus packaged breakfasts, lunches and dinners for two people from the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, which we supplement with noodle side dishes by Lipton's and Knorr's and tuna in a foil pouch. Of course, we eat oatmeal and pop-tarts. And when we leave town, we leave with fresh produce, like avocados for the fat content, cheese, and kale."
"On our first few days after re-supply, we eat all the heavy food before it spoils," he said.
They left Georgia on April 5, "the day after Easter," Matt said, It's been "139 days." Through-hikers always know how many days it's been since they started. I asked jokingly if they were still father and son. They both laughed. "Yup, and we didn't have to send our knives home," Steve added
I spent a few more minutes with the pair, then, they had to get moving. They were trying to hike a 20-mile day before dark and had about 10 more to go. It was about 3 p.m. and they still had to cross another mountain, Moxie Bald. We said our goodbyes and they were on their way north.
If you have ever thought of taking on a through-hike, talk to a hiker who's been there. It worked for me before my own section hikes of Maine. I went on my first backpacking trip in my 20s, solo, and completely uninitiated. All I had done before was day hikes. My first backpacking day I hiked 8 miles, stayed the night, and went home the next morning, I was so beat up. I originally planned to go three nights and cover 35 miles in the Mahoosucs in southwestern Maine.
I came home determined to train more locally by carrying a bigger pack on my day hikes. Then, I met a through-hiker who I knew before he and his wife left on their AT trek. He agreed to meet me in the Mahoosucs when they came through. We met and after that same first day, I wanted to go home, and told my friend. He gave me the best advice I've ever received about backpacking. "Don't decide that now," he said. "Wait until morning."
Morning came and I felt great. He knew I would. I shouldered the pack and we climbed up Success Mountain, about 3,500 feet. About an hour into the hike I felt like turning around, but by then I was committed. Eventually I ended up hiking all of Maine's 278 miles, twice. In 1994 I finished all the rest of the trail by hiking from Georgia into Andover. All because of listening to a through-hiker who said, wait for morning.
Tips and techniques for long-distance treks
Hiking a long-distance hike is as much mentally challenging as it is physically. "It takes more head than heel," said Emma "Gramma" Gatewood, a three-time through-hiker.
Start by taking section hikes from road crossing to road crossing. Most hikers on the AT are actually section hikers or day hikers. End-to-enders make up the smallest group of users.
There's a saying about Maine, the hardest state, among would-be through hikers. They say if you can hike Maine you can hike it all. It's that hard. Don't be discouraged if you want to quit. Everybody does at some point. Wait until morning. Hit the trail early in the morning, while you feel good. You'll have more time for stops during the day to enjoy the scenery.
Finally, plan everything. Go through your pack before you leave and take out everything nonessential. After you're done, weigh it often and work to reduce weight. Unload it on the floor and look at just how little you really need. It's never much. You'll have more fun hiking if lifting that pack to your shoulders isn't agony.
For planning guides, books and maps on sections of the AT in Maine, contact www.matc.org or www.appalachiantrail.com for the other states. | {
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I thought to do a casting call to see if I could get alot of interest. So here it is all you have to do is sing a verse of your chosen character.
This is my first casting call so I hope I've explained it okay.
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Mexico's highest court rejects appeal of GM corn ban
Category: GMO News
By Timothy Wise
Bayer/Monsanto suffered another in a long string of setbacks in its battle to grow genetically modified (GM) corn in Mexico when the country's highest court on October 13 refused to overturn a precautionary injunction restricting the cultivation of GM corn. In its unanimous decision, the court agreed with the citizen petitioners who sought the injunction in 2013 that cultivation of GM corn poses a credible threat to Mexico's rich store of native corn biodiversity through uncontrolled cross-pollination.
The Demanda Colectiva, the citizen group that brought the original lawsuit, in a statement said that the unanimous decision strongly supports "the collective rights of peasant and indigenous communities and of the consumers of corn."
The chemical and seed companies who sought to overturn the injunction, including Bayer-Monsanto, Syngenta, and Corteva (formerly Dow and DuPont), criticized the decision, saying that GM organisms (GMOs) "have not produced a single case of threat or risk to the environment."
Seed companies on a losing streak
With the Supreme Court decision, the companies added to a losing streak that has included more than 100 rejected appeals seeking to overturn the GM corn injunction. Their biggest loss, however, may have been the withdrawal of support from the Mexican government.
Two previous administrations had approved permits for GM corn cultivation and sided with the companies in the legal fight against the injunction. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, elected in 2018 with a strong mandate to revitalize Mexico's rural economy, may have a cabinet that does not fully agree on GMOs, but the government filed a brief with the Supreme Court supporting the injunction.
The government signaled the coming shift in its position with a New Year's Eve presidential decree last year banning the cultivation of GM corn and mandating the phasing out of GM corn imports as well as the use of glyphosate, the key ingredient in Bayer/Monsanto's Roundup herbicide. The World Health Organization has determined glyphosate to be a probable human carcinogen. Bayer has set aside more than US$11 billion to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits by plaintiffs claiming that exposure to the herbicide causes Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
The companies have filed suits in Mexico to stop the decree, and they have appealed directly to the Biden Administration to treat Mexico's actions as a violation of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the slightly revised North American Free Trade Agreement. As Karen Hansen-Kuhn and I argued, the decree does not seem to violate the trade agreement, and in any case the Biden Administration should recognize Mexico's right to legislate for the health and environment of its own citizens, not foreign chemical and seed companies.
In another blow to the companies in early October, Mexican regulators denied Bayer a permit for a shipment of a new GM corn variety, stating that the seeds were genetically modified to tolerate glyphosate, which they consider dangerous. They explicitly cited the precautionary principle, much to the ire of the company.
A long, spirited resistance
As I documented in my 2019 book, Eating Tomorrow, and in this collection of articles, the Demanda Colectiva's latest legal victory is the product of a long and spirited campaign to defend Mexico's unique heritage of native corn and the traditional intercropped milpa. Mexico's biodiversity institute has identified more than 21,000 distinct varieties of native corn.
Their original 2013 petition, which still awaits a hearing in Mexican courts, argued that the Mexican constitution guarantees the right to a clean environment and that cross-pollination from GM corn threatens the integrity of native corn varieties, which should be considered an important part of that environment given the crop's central place in the country's landscapes, cultures, and cuisines. Such contamination is well documented in Mexico.
That is why the courts granted a precautionary injunction until the case could be heard. In upholding the injunction, lower courts agreed with the petitioners' reasoning, writing in 2014, "The use and enjoyment of biodiversity is the right of present and future generations."
The Supreme Court was less eloquent, perhaps, but equally clear. "There are well-founded indications of risk, so in the face of uncertainty and considering the possibility of serious and irreversible damage to the environment, this Chamber considers that in accordance with the precautionary principle the measure is correct," wrote the Court.
That interpretation is now backed by the United Nations. On October 8, the U.N. Human Right Council formally recognized that having a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a human right.
In their statement about the Supreme Court ruling, the *Demanda Colectiva *was triumphant but wary. "This decision is crucial for the preservation of native maize and the milpa, but also for the beekeeping sector and for the bees themselves, as part of that biodiversity, which have been severely affected by the entry of GMOs such as soybeans and corn, as well as the use of pesticides such as glyphosate." Honey producers in the Yucatan have found their organic honey contaminated from GM pollen exposed to glyphosate.
"We still have a long way to go to achieve the definitive ban on transgenic corn in Mexico, an action that will guarantee the preservation and protection of native corn, the milpa, the rights of peasants to a healthy environment, and their related human rights," they concluded.
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PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Nov. 24:
• Dexter Eugene Marks Jr., 31, 902 Latrobe St., Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, and was released on a $1,000 personal recognizance bond.
• Jeffrey Allen Ball, 38, 135 Dupont Circle, Washington, was arraigned on an obstructing charge and was released on a $1,000 personal recognizance bond.
• Stacie Ann Layton, 51, 1539 Society Hill Road, Mineral Wells, was arraigned on a charge of cattle running at large and was released on a $500 personal recognizance bond.
• Paula Lynn Hadley, 57, 3415 Central Ave., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to destruction of property and was sentenced to jail for 90 days, suspended for one year of probation. A conspiracy charge was dismissed and she was assessed $3,298.38 in court costs and fines.
• Andrew Breighton Riffle, 25, 900 Jackson Ave., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to domestic battery and shoplifting and was sentenced to jail for 11 days, already served. He was ordered to pay a $50 civil penalty to Dollar General and a domestic battery charge was dismissed. He was assessed $195.25 in court costs and fines.
• Michael Ernest Moore, 75, 28 Sunset Ridge, Mineral Wells, pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and was sentenced to jail for 60 days, suspended for one year of probation. A disorderly conduct charge was dismissed and he was assessed $220.25 in court costs and fines.
• Faith Tea-Noel Hutson, 23, 306 Berry St. Apt. B, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to assault on a government employee and/or medical personnel and was sentenced to jail for 60 days and nine months of probation. Charges of domestic battery, disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer were dismissed and she was assessed $190.25 in court costs and fines.
• Austin B. Maxwell, 20, 6153 State Route 160, Bidwell, pleaded guilty to no insurance and was assessed $370.25 in court costs and fines.
• Ian Charles Smith, 28, 8285 Lost Pavement Road, Belleville, pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license and reckless driving and was assessed $465.50 in court costs and fines.
• James Edward Arnold, 46, 66 Hill Ave., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to obstructing an officer and was assessed $220.25 in court costs and fines.
• Jeremy Austin Stewart, 25, 141 North Hills Drive, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance and was sentenced to jail for 90 days, suspended for nine months of probation. A charge of driving with a suspended license was dismissed and he was assessed $170.25 in court costs and fines.
• Elijah Wesley Perine, 20, 1725 1/2 Beaver St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to a stop sign violation and driving with a suspended license and was assessed $445.50 in court costs and fines.
• David Lee Lockhart, 44, 150 Berry Lane, Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license and improper registration and was assessed $510.50 in court costs and fines.
• Vanessa Lee Barker, 36, 1603 Niagra St., Parkersburg, pleaded guilty to speeding and was assessed $210.25 in court costs and fines.
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Jan. 13: * Daemion Lee Miller, ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Jan. 8: * Chad Daniel West, 27, ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Jan. 7: * Brian Heckert Sr., 49, ...
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Magistrate Court released the following reports Jan. 5: * David Kyle Blasingame, ...
Divorce petitions
PARKERSBURG — The following divorce petitions were filed in the office of the Wood County Circuit Clerk between ...
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Local elections were held in Romania on 27 September 2020. Initially planned for June 2020, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic led the Government of Romania to postpone the elections to a date no later than 31 December 2020, and extending all the terms of the local offices due to expire on 5 June 2020.
The aforementioned decision was deemed unconstitutional, and, in the end, a law was passed that extended the terms of the local officials up to 30 November 2020, and allowed the elections to be called by the Parliament, rather than by the Government, no later than that day. On 8 July 2020, the Parliament of Romania adopted a law setting the date of the elections on 27 September 2020.
Rules
Using a first past the post system, the following offices will be contested:
All commune, town, and city councils (Local Councils, ), and the Sectors Local Councils of Bucharest ()
The 41 County Councils (), and the Bucharest Municipal General Council ()
The 41 Presidents of the County Councils ()
All mayors ()
Of the communes, cities, and municipalities
Of the Sectors of Bucharest ()
The General Mayor of The Municipality of Bucharest ()
Polls
Exit polls
Bucharest
Notes
Constanța
Results
|-
|- style="background-color:#C9C9C9"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 | Mayor of Bucharest (PGMB)
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 | Mayors (P)
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 | Local Councilsseats (CL)
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 | County Councilsseats (CJ)
|-
|- style="background-color:#C9C9C9"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |%
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |%
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |%
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |%
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Seats
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" | National Liberal Party ( - PNL)
| style="text-align:right;" |282,631
(USR PLUS)
| style="text-align:right;" |42.81%
(USR PLUS)
| style="text-align:right;" |1
| style="text-align:right;" |2,578,820
| style="text-align:right;" |34.58%
| style="text-align:right;" |1,232
| style="text-align:right;" |2,420,413
| style="text-align:right;" |32.88%
| style="text-align:right;" |14,182
| style="text-align:right;" |2,212,904
| style="text-align:right;" |30.76%
| style="text-align:right;" |474
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party ( - PSD)
| style="text-align:right;" |250,690
| style="text-align:right;" |37.97%
| style="text-align:right;" |0
| style="text-align:right;" |2,262,791
| style="text-align:right;" |30.34%
| style="text-align:right;" |1,362
| style="text-align:right;" |2,090,777
| style="text-align:right;" |28.40%
| style="text-align:right;" |13,820
| style="text-align:right;" |1,605,721
| style="text-align:right;" |22.32%
| style="text-align:right;" |362
|-
| style="background-color:#00aae7 "|
| style="text-align:left;" | USR PLUS ( - USR PLUS)
| style="text-align:right;" |282,631
(PNL)
| style="text-align:right;" |42.81%
(PNL)
| style="text-align:right;" |1
| style="text-align:right;" |490,362
| style="text-align:right;" |6.58%
| style="text-align:right;" |28
| style="text-align:right;" |504,563
| style="text-align:right;" |6.85%
| style="text-align:right;" |1,207
| style="text-align:right;" |478,659
| style="text-align:right;" |6.65%
| style="text-align:right;" |65
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" | People's Movement Party ( - PMP)
| style="text-align:right;" |72,556
| style="text-align:right;" |10.99%
| style="text-align:right;" |0
| style="text-align:right;" |353,005
| style="text-align:right;" |4.73%
| style="text-align:right;" |50
| style="text-align:right;" |420,791
| style="text-align:right;" |5.72%
| style="text-align:right;" |2,137
| style="text-align:right;" |423,147
| style="text-align:right;" |5.88%
| style="text-align:right;" |67
|-
| style="background-color: |
| style="text-align:left;" | PRO Romania ( - PRO RO)
| style="text-align:right;" |5,315
| style="text-align:right;" |0.80%
| style="text-align:right;" |0
| style="text-align:right;" |331,878
| style="text-align:right;" |4.45%
| style="text-align:right;" |36
| style="text-align:right;" |381,535
| style="text-align:right;" |5.18%
| style="text-align:right;" |1,885
| style="text-align:right;" |356,030
| style="text-align:right;" |4.95%
| style="text-align:right;" |56
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania ( - UDMR/RMDSZ)
| style="text-align:right;" |-
| style="text-align:right;" |-
| style="text-align:right;" |-
| style="text-align:right;" |299,334
| style="text-align:right;" |4.01%
| style="text-align:right;" |199
| style="text-align:right;" |362,442
| style="text-align:right;" |4.92%
| style="text-align:right;" |2,360
| style="text-align:right;" |379,924
| style="text-align:right;" |5.28%
| style="text-align:right;" |92
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats ( - ALDE)
| style="text-align:right;" |9,892
| style="text-align:right;" |1.49%
| style="text-align:right;" |0
| style="text-align:right;" |124,649
| style="text-align:right;" |1.67%
| style="text-align:right;" |15
| style="text-align:right;" |189,665
| style="text-align:right;" |2.58%
| style="text-align:right;" |861
| style="text-align:right;" |209,411
| style="text-align:right;" |2.91%
| style="text-align:right;" |15
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" | Other political parties, independent contenders, and local alliances
| style="text-align:right;" |39,034
| style="text-align:right;" |5.91%
| style="text-align:right;" |0
| style="text-align:right;" |1,140,903
| style="text-align:right;" |15.30%
| style="text-align:right;" |282
| style="text-align:right;" |1,086,907
| style="text-align:right;" |14.76%
| style="text-align:right;" |3,448
| style="text-align:right;" |1,528,189
| style="text-align:right;" |21.24%
| style="text-align:right;" |209
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan = 2 | Total:
| style="text-align:right;" |660,118
| style="text-align:right;" |100
| style="text-align:right;" |1
| style="text-align:right;" |7,457,093
| style="text-align:right;" |100
| style="text-align:right;" |3,176
| style="text-align:right;" |7,361,818
| style="text-align:right;" |100
| style="text-align:right;" |39,900
| style="text-align:right;" |7,193,985
| style="text-align:right;" |100
| style="text-align:right;" |1,340
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 | Notes
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 | Sources: Romanian Permanent Electoral Authority
|-
|}
Deaths
The former PMP mayor of Sadova, Eugen Safta, who had just gotten re-elected, suffered a heart attack and died. His death was declared on 28 September 2020, at 2 AM EEST.
Ion Aliman, the PSD mayor of Deveselu, was re-elected for a third term, despite having had died of COVID-19 10 days earlier. He received 1,020 votes, out of a total of 1,600. Until a term of partial elections will be held, the vice mayor will have acting mayor attributions.
Electoral maps
References
Local election, 2020
2020 elections in Romania
September 2020 events in Romania
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I'd wanted to visit this bwlch for quite some time as it's relatively near to where I live and conveniently placed beside a main road with access to it through a gate. As I parked on the side of the adjacent minor lane and donned my wellies a chill in the air and slightly misted grey skies predominated.
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As the Trimble gathered data I stood back and hoped that a passing farmer wouldn't become inquisitive and wonder why a person had seemingly abandoned his rucksack in a field and was standing motionless 50 metres from it whilst scribbling in a notebook. Thankfully this part of Shropshire remained relatively quiet, and except for the traffic on the adjacent A 458 road nothing much stirred.
Once the allotted data were collected I closed the Trimble down, packed it away and headed back to my car for the onward journey to Shrewsbury to visit a friend and get Euros for next week's visit to Lisbon. By the time I'd done both the sun had broken the morning's grey sky and pleasant afternoon sunshine meant that my planned survey of the high point of Cefn Digoll and its connecting bwlch looked as if it was going to be a relaxing affair. | {
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These are other stories I've written, which are not necessarily part of the Grounded Stories Universe.
Beep Beep [1662 words, rated PG] – Clownin' around with some friends. Dark horror.
Grin [100 words, rated R] – A 100 word drabble; horror, gore, dark humor. Not a story for everyone!
Immortal [656 words, rated PG] – Life makes itself, you can bet on it. Sure as the sun rises. Plant a seed, grow a tree, yes?
Oh, Christmas Tree [907 words, rated PG] – We cut them down, bring them into our homes, so, they're dead, right?
Secret Santa [556 words, rated PG] – Drama at the North Pole, and, what are those little elves up to while visions of sugarplums dance through your head?
Shaming the High Wequat [100 words, rated G] – Patience is a virtue, and good things come to those who wait. Mind your choices, though, because in the long run, someone could be keeping count.
Silent Night [2325 words, rated G] – Christmas meets H.P. Lovecraft's Mythos. Universe goes asplodey.
Somebody's in the Loo [336 words, rated PG] – ALWAYS have drinks on hand.
Three Jack O Lanterns [100 words, rated PG] – Once is an accident; three times is a tradition. Because without traditions, holidays are hollow.
Tug the Heart Strings [100 words, rated PG] – Fate or free will? You're in control, aren't you? All the credit is yours; who's to blame? | {
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Watching over you, always a birds eye view.
Every step you take, from the moment you wake.
Through the smiles you give, I will always live.
As you helping hand reaches out, my heart remains thereabout.
Though the days may pass by, be brave and do not cry.
The love which you emanate should be your pure innocent state.
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APTA Expo 2014 – Thanks for the great show!
APTA's Annual Meeting & EXPO 2014 took place 13-15 October in Baltimore, USA. The annual event is public transit's premier showcase of technology, products and services, and again, it turned out to be a huge success.
Teleste was present at APTA Expo highlighting our IRIS certified end-to-end rail solution that is ideal for demanding onboard rail systems and offers you everything you need for your infrastructure. Enabling advanced installations such as onboard camera deployment of 4000 cameras to Chicago Transit Authority, the solution has proven to fulfill even the highest requirements of mass transportation.
The Teleste Team wishes to thank you for visiting us at the show! | {
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Puzzle RPG Block Legend now available for iPhone and iPad
By Glen Fox, on March 7, 2014
Retro RPG puzzler Block Legend is now available from the App Store.
The game sees you choosing from a large cast of heroes and performing classic JRPG tasks such as fighting monsters, exploring towns and completing a number of quests in a variety of regions.
Traditional JRPG this is not, however, as the majority of the gameplay takes the form of a tile-breaking puzzle game. From the looks of the trailer, you'll be matching coloured tiles to gain experience, power up attacks, and defeat a horde or pixel-art beasties.
You can download Block Legend from the App Store right now for a mere £1.49 / $1.99. Bear in mind the game contains no IAPs, so that one-off purchase is all you'll need to enjoy the game in its entirety.
If you're still undecided, whet your appetite by checking out the "Unnecessary Dubstep Edition" of the Official Block Legend trailer below. | {
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As UK prepares to leave EU, six-month presidency relinquished
The United Kingdom will relinquish its six-month presidency of the European Council.
British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing street in London on 20 July 20 2016 on her way to the House of Commons to face her first session of Prime Ministers Questions. Picture: Niklas Halle'n/AFP.
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LONDON - The UK will relinquish its six-month presidency of the European Council as it prepares to leave the EU.
Britain was due to take up the role which rotates between the 28 member countries in the second half of next year.
The news comes as the new UK prime minister talks to her counterparts in Europe with future trade high on her agenda.
Theresa May is preparing to meet her German counterpart Angela Merkel for the first time since becoming prime minister. Tomorrow, she'll have talks with French President François Hollande.
May said maintaining strong trading links in Europe was vital to ensuring the UK "made a success" of Brexit.
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Out on the mound, we've got all the makings of a pitching duel between two of the National League's best, Juan Marichal of the Giants and Ferguson Jenkins of the Cubs, although both lineups are packed with power up and down the batting order — in spite of the absence of Bobby Bonds for the Giants and Ernie Banks for the Cubs, both of whom are out with leg injuries.
Despite lacking Bonds in the lineup, the Giants are formidable with Willie Mays in center field, Willie McCovey at first base and Kenny Henderson in right. The Cubs' lineup includes Billy Williams in left field, Ron Santo at third base, and the solid double-play combo of Glen Beckert and Don Kessinger.
Even without Banks, who entered baseball's Hall of Fame in 1977, the game features no less than seven future enshrinees: Mays (elected to the Hall in 1979), McCovey (1986) and Marichal (1983) for San Francisco, with Williams (1987), Jenkins (1991) and manager Leo Durocher (1994; he also piloted the Giants in New York from 1948-55) representing the Cubs in Cooperstown.
Up in the Wrigley broadcast booth for the visitors are a pair of Hall of Fame voices, Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons, who have been partners at the mike since the team moved west from Manhattan in 1958.
Immortalized for his fabled call of "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!" as Bobby Thomson homered to defeat the Dodgers in a playoff to determine the National League champion in 1951, Hodges was honored with the Ford C. Frick Award (symbolizing enshrinement in the broadcasters' wing on the Hall) in 1980.
Born in Dayton, Tenn., in 1910, his family moved to Covington, Ky., across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, when he was ten years old. He attended the University of Kentucky on a football scholarship and later studied law at the University of Cincinnati, before beginning his broadcasting career as an announcer — spinning hillbilly records and doing sports reports — on WCKY in Covington.
In 1932, with Hodges at the mike, WCKY began broadcasting Reds games from Crosley Field and, in 1933, he graduated from law school and passed his bar exam. Earning $25 a week as a baseball announcer at the height of the Depression — when most attorneys scrambled to make that much in a month — helped Hodges seal his decision to remain in radio.
After WLW (which was owned by Powel Crosley, who also owned the Reds) became the team's exclusive station in 1934, he went to the minors, making $30 a week announcing for both the Rock Island Rocks and the Davenport Blue Sox of the Three-I League; in less than a year, he landed at Chicago's WIND, doing Cubs and White Sox baseball, as well as football, basketball and boxing.
In 1938, he moved to Charlotte, N.C., where he did 154 Washington Senators' games each season for four years via telegraphic recreation, which led to his hiring by the team in 1942 as its play-by-play man in the nation's capital, a deal which also allowed him to also become the voice of the Washington Redskins. With Mel Allen, Hodges became one-half of the New York Yankees' broadcast team in 1946, then, after three seasons, became the lead voice for the New York baseball Giants.
1970 was his last full season in the broadcast booth for the Giants; suffering from cancer, he was given a position in the team's public relations department in 1971, while working occasionally for KSFO, the Giants' flagship station. On April 19, 1971, he was stricken with a fatal heart attack at his home in Mill Valley.
Hodges' longtime play-by-play partner, Lon Simmons, was an all-around sports star at Burbank High School before attending USC on an athletic scholarship. Injuries derailed his promising career as a pitcher — he played in the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves farm systems — which led him into sportscasting, working his way through stops in Marysville and Fresno before receiving his call-up to the majors as sports director of KSFO in 1957, where his first pro assignment was with the 49ers.
With the 1958 arrival of the Giants (and Russ Hodges) in San Francisco, he began a lengthy association with the team as play-by-play man during three different tours of duty: 1958-1973 (retiring upon the death of his first wife), 1976-1978 (following the team's departure to KNBR) and 1996-2002, spending 1981 through 1995 in the Oakland A's broadcast booth with former Giants mikemate Bill King.
For the many years of enjoyment they brought to Bay Area sports fans, both Hodges (2008) and Simmons (2006) were honored with induction into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame.
The third man in the booth today for the broadcast is Bill Thompson, who also made the leap from Fresno to San Francisco and the Giants. A friend of Simmons' from their days at Burbank High, Thompson was an advertising salesman at KMJ/Fresno when the station manager asked him to fill in on a daily fifteen-minute sports report.
Following in Simmons' footsteps, Thompson segued into play-by-play for the minor-league Fresno Giants and on Fresno State University sports on KMJ; both jobs had been handled previously by Simmons in the mid-1950s.* Invited into the booth for a Giants spring training game in Fresno in 1965, Thompson was allowed to announce a few innings, which led to his being hired as the third man on the big league club's broadcasts.
At first, Thompson only gave updates of scores from around baseball during games; later in the season, in an act of remarkable generosity, Hodges gave up one of his innings — the sixth — to Thompson. Following Hodges' retirement, Thompson became the number two man in the booth alongside Simmons.
After eleven seasons with the Giants, Thompson returned to Fresno in 1975, working in radio until becoming general manager of the Fresno Giants in 1978. He was named California League Executive of the Year twice during his eight-year tenure as the team's GM. He died in Fresno at age 79 in 2003.
* — The Fresno Giants were known as the Fresno Sun Sox during Simmons' tenure as the team's radio voice.
NOTES ON THE AUDIO: This recording begins with the beloved "Giants Theme (It's Bye-Bye Baby)," which served for many years as the overture to the team's broadcasts on KSFO; the theme was edited onto the recording by the Bay Area Radio Museum staff. The audio on the game recording itself is poor to average at its very best, and was processed and normalized by the museum staff to achieve a fair level of quality. Commercial spots had been edited out of the original recording prior to its acquisition by the museum, although several KSFO station identifications remain within the body of the broadcast.
For the record, I originally taped the game on an old reel-to-reel Sears tape recorder at 1-7/8th speed. I was finishing my final year at San Francisco State and decided to tape the game because I have always been a Russ Hodges fan and a rooter for both the Cubs and Giants.
Jon Miller of the Giants can verify my recording … He had an engineer in Baltimore transfer the old reel-to-reel tape to audio cassette in the 1990s.
I have had the honor of working at KQED from 1970 through early 1992 and had worked a number of Major League Baseball games with Jon, Ken Coleman and Bill King as a statistician and scorekeeper.
We are grateful to John Bamberger for having the foresight to record Russ and Lon on the air. Now, let's head out to Wrigley Field in Chicago for today's game! | {
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Facebook to Stand Trial Over Nude Images in the UK
from Cybersmile.org Facebook To Stand Trial Over Nude Images 23rd September 2016
Social media giant, Facebook will now face trial in another 'revenge porn' case in Belfast (Northern Ireland) after a high court ruled against their lawyer's pleas to have the case thrown out. The case involves naked pictures of a 14 year-old girl, allegedly obtained by blackmail, being posted on 'shaming' pages. The pictures were repeatedly circulated for over a year on the social media platform, eventually being taken down by Facebook after reports were made (if you are affected by revenge porn or any kind of abuse online please explore our total access support services to see the ways we can help you).
The 14 year old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is also suing the man who circulated the pictures. Her legal team will be claiming damages for misuse of private information, negligence and breach of the Data Protection Act. They also added that Facebook could have used 'fingerprinting' technology to prevent the offending photographs from being uploaded.
Facebook lawyers had asked the court to dismiss the girl's case claiming that European Law does not require them to sift through vast quantities of uploaded content and claimed they had responded appropriately by taking down the photos immediately after being notified.
This case follows another social media trial in the Northern Irish capital where a man was recently prosecuted for 'revenge porn' after posting explicit images and the phone number of his ex-girlfriend on Facebook, for which he is currently awaiting sentencing.
New laws in the UK regarding 'revenge porn' came into effect in April 2015 carrying a maximum sentence of two years imprisonment for the distribution of private sexual images without the individuals consent. Since this change in the law there have been over 200 prosecutions.
'There is a growing trend of crimes committed on or through social media. The use of the internet, social media and other forms of technology to humiliate, control and threaten individuals is rising.'
Alison Saunders, U.K Director of Public Prosecutions
As more cases emerge from the growing trends of revenge porn and cyberbullying, Facebook are expected to face continual pressure to address the issue of its platform being used to spread hate and explicit or sexual materials by account holders. If you are affected by any form of revenge porn or online negativity we can help. First visit our cyberbullying and online abuse help center or check out our total access support services to see the different ways we can help – alternatively you can email [email protected] to access our global support advisors.
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02.11.2015 The conference has successfully come to the end!
The 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies" has successfully come to the end!
12.10.2015 We are very pleased to announce that five extra days have been added to registration for the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies".
09.10.2015 The preliminary program for the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetriс technologies" is announced.
The preliminary program for the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetriс technologies" is announced.
05.10.2015 The deadline for applications for the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies" has been extended to 12th of October.
The deadline has been extended to 12th of October.
23.09.2015 One week remains till the end of the registration for the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies".
One week remains till the end of the registration!
16.09.2015 Las Empresas Claves del Sector Espacial de Rusia participarán en la Conferencia.
Las Empresas Claves del Sector Espacial de Rusia participarán en la Conferencia.
14.09.2015 The main leaders of Russian space industry will take part in the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies".
The main leaders of Russian space industry will take part in the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies".
17.08.2015 DigitalGlobe has made a decision to be the Silver sponsor of the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies".
DigitalGlobe — Silver sponsor of the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies".
29.07.2015 Airbus Defence and Space has made a decision to be the Silver sponsor of the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies".
En vísperas de la XV Conferencia Tecnocientífica Internacional "De la Imagen al Mapa: Tecnologias Digitales Fotogramétricas" el Comité Organizativo se dirigió a Dr. Gottfried Konechny, uno de los participantes permanentes del Evento, profesor catedrático de honor de la Universidad Leibniz de Hannover, con um ruego: narrar de sus experiencias latinoamericanas.
13.07.2015 Five days remain till the end of the early bird registration for the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies".
Five days remain till the end of the early bird registration for the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies".
10.07.2015 Em. Prof. Gottfried Konecny: My Latin American Experience.
Em. Prof. Dr.mult. Gottfried Konecny from Leibniz University Hannover is a permanent participant of the conference. This year Dr. Gottfried Konecny will introduce results of the UNGGIM-ISPRS Study on the Status of Mapping in the World. The organizing committee asked Dr. Konecny about his Latin American Experience.
09.07.2015 SCANEX (Russia) has made a decision to be the Gold sponsor of the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies".
SCANEX — Gold sponsor of the 15th International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies".
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When I was young, my teachers had only a couple of complaints about me in school. One that came up often was that I didn't smile much.
Now, many decades later, I have learned the cause of my problem. Better yet, I've fixed it, or at least improved it a lot.
You see, I discovered later in life that I am energetically sensitive to everything and everyone around me. And there were a lot of negative energies in my environment. My family, God bless them, were a real challenge. I lived in an area that had terrible environmental energies. I also had a pattern of subconsciously trying to heal and 'fix' everything that wasn't working.
I became a sponge for toxic energies. It made me very serious, sometimes depressed and often ill. It was as if I carried the weight of the world on my small shoulders.
I believe that many people have similar patterns. These patterns are not healthy, and they drag you down emotionally. For the past ten or so years, I have done lots of energy therapies, dowsing and studying to help myself disengage from noxious things in my environment. It is making a difference.
Now, I find myself smiling often throughout the day at absolutely nothing. That never used to happen. I am aware that I am happier than I have ever been.
If you aren't smiling often, you're probably not manifesting the life you desire. Find a way to change that. Patrick's methods worked for me. They're easy to do. (I don't make any money from recommending his techniques.) But do whatever works for you. Then share the love by helping others to smile.
https://discoveringdowsing.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/serious.jpg 225 300 Maggie Percy http://discoveringdowsing.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Logo1.png Maggie Percy2014-01-05 14:23:332018-04-27 11:01:47How Often Do You Smile?
At the Verde Valley (Sedona, AZ) Chapter of the American Society of Dowsers, Nigel and Maggie Percy presented a talk about dowsing, environmental energies and space clearing.
What most people are unaware of is that the energies in the environment are constantly changing, and the time before and after 2012 was rife with chaotic, difficult energies that traditional space clearing techniques did not clear well. And they still don't clear them well! Anyone who has an interest in environmental energies or doing space clearing will benefit from watching this presentation.
Watch the video and then check out the summary beneath it. Oh, and you can check out the book I mention near the beginning (The Essence Of Dowsing). We've written quite a few since then, as you can see!
Fear is the normal response to this type of situation. There is danger, but fear will not help you. Caution and taking care are constructive.
Many of the things we now face that are dangerous and hard to clear have a consciousness about them.
If you judge them and treat them in an adversarial way, it can exacerbate the situation.
Next, if you judge them and decide they are the 'bad guy', then you are feeling negative towards them. In many cases that will strengthen or feed them.
Compassion is the best way to approach these beings. I have found that the more compassion I show them, the more harmless they are.
Empathy is not only overrated; it is dangerous.
Empathy won't help them, and it can hurt you a lot.
Computers, email, telephones, internet service are all subject to influence and negative energies.
Protection can be helpful to some extent. Be aware that alien energies and other powerful forces can overcome a lot of protection.
Do regular personal clearing work and protection. Rid yourself of attachments daily. Do aura strengthening.
Clear your space regularly, or have it cleared by a professional. Sense it. Clear it 2-3 times yearly at least.
Nigel and Maggie Percy's presentation of 'Deep Down Dowsing' at the American Society of Dowsers SW Conference in Flagstaff, AZ in 2011 focused on the subconscious and how it controls your experience of reality.
With audience participation, they go through simple exercises to demonstrate the surprising conflicts most of us have within us, and why the subconscious needs to be addressed.
More and more therapists and 'gurus' are accepting that the subconscious is really running the show. But, without knowing what's in the subconscious, you're pretty much stuck. That's why this presentation was called 'Deep Down Dowsing', because dowsing is the easiest way to access the subconscious. Once you can do that, you can begin to clear blocks that keep you from manifesting what you want.
But it's vital that you know what it is that is there in the subconscious, otherwise it's no better than guesswork.
Watch the video and then look at the help below it if you want to get started on your own deep down dowsing.
OK, so you watched the whole video (you did, didn't you?). And now you're ready to get started yourself.
In the blank below, insert a phrase that clearly describes what you consciously want to experience – to be fit; to be wealthy; to be happy. Then dowse whether your subconscious agrees to the statement or not. (Hint: if you get any NOs, you will have blocks to some extent in that part of your life.) Watch the entire presentation to find out how to clear the subconscious beliefs.
This presentation about 'Tuning Into Your Sixth Sense', by Maggie & Nigel Percy, was originally given at the American Society of Dowsers' Southwest Conference in Flagstaff, AZ in 2009.
Often, when people dowse, they get locked into the idea that it's all about the tool or about their intuition. Sometimes they think it's both at once. But what about the sixth sense which everyone has? Is that the same as your intuition? Or is it something separate from dowsing?
Where does the sixth sense fit into dowsing? Should it?
If dowsing can be thought of as heightening the intuitive sense, then it would seem to make sense to really practice and become proficient at dowsing. After all, who amongst us does not want to have a well-developed sixth sense? We all do. We all want to have access to that seemingly hidden knowledge.
But how can dowsing actually be used to make our sixth sense, our intuition, really kick in? It's all very well to point out that there is a similarity, but what can actually be done?
This presentation goes into some of those questions and provides examples and insights which you can use as a dowser in your daily dowsing life.
Typical of the interactive style of presentation Maggie and Nigel favor, this talk has audience participation in several ways of sensing things intuitively. Simple exercises with the group involve remote viewing; clearing of space by the group; and sensing and altering hand chakra energies.
Discover how dowsing can help you become more intuitive, even more psychic, in this engaging talk. | {
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Plandai Biotechnology Inc (OTCMKTS:PLPL) Launches into North America with First Shipment
By Amy Smith -
Plandai Biotechnology Inc (OTCMKTS:PLPL) announced that it had officially launched in North America and shipped its first product to USA customers. The London-based company has primarily sold in Africa and Western Europe but continues to expand into new markets. It expects to sell in South America at some point as part of its global expansion plans.
Callum Cottrell-Duffield VP of Sales stated, ""Production is now at the level where we feel comfortable supplying the US market on top of the other regions where we are actively selling. As an ingredient supplier, it is critical that we ensure adequate supply for our customers so that we never hold up their manufacturing processes. USN has been a valued partner since we first launched Phytofare® and we have been in continual contact to determine the best time to launch in America. We are enthused that our production has been stable and that very soon our investors, and those who have been following our progress for the past few years, will be able to go to their local stores and purchase products containing Phytofare®. Establishing a foothold in the US, first by partnering with a major distributor in AIDP as announced last week, and now with shipping our first significant amount of product to a US customer, is a huge milestone for Plandaí."
Phytofare has been clinically shown in double blind human studies to have ten times the level of bioavailability over generic green tea extracts. Not only is Phytofare better absorbed in the bloodstream, all eight catechins are present where they remain at therapeutic levels for over 24 hours. Generic extracts, by comparison, were shown to have only two catechins, both of which were absent from the system after four hours. This difference means that customers and consumers can take much smaller doses and achieve greater clinical outcomes.
In recent news and developments, Plandai Biotechnology Inc (OTCMKTS:PLPL) announced that this is the first quarter of sales. The sales were shipped and sold across four continents: South Africa, Europe, Australia, and India. Over a half a ton (640kg) of Phytofare® Catechin Complex were sold and shipped to customers during the quarter.
As for the forecast for Q3 and the coming months, PLPL's goal is to reach about 500kg of sales per month. If the trend continues as it has this should be a relatively easily attainable goal for Q3. It hopes to hit 1,500kg for Q3 which is almost double what it has done in the prior quarter. The company anticipates and has a set a goal to hit over 1 ton (1,000kg) per month by the end of the year. It is continuing to expand it sales across the globe. It expects to successfully expand into North America, South America, and Asia in the coming months.
According to the VP of Sales, "This past quarter represents the first quarter where we had full operating capacity and were able to establish significant sales in multiple territories. The hail storm last Spring set back our production and impacted our inventory, but we were able to launch our Phytofare® product regardless and start gaining traction in the markets. We've been able to steadily grow our customer base over the past six months and re-orders are growing month-to-month, both of which are positive signs for the future of Plandaí."
In other developments, Plandai Biotechnology Inc (OTCMKTS:PLPL) announced that it has nearly completed its 2015 audit results and expects to file its Form 10-K in the coming months. Its quarterly reports will require more time but should be filed shortly thereafter. PLPL had to delay the release because the auditor had resigned just a few days prior to the original filing deadline.
PLPL. and its subsidiaries develop highly phyto-available™ extracts. Plandaí Biotechnology controls every aspect of the process, from growing the raw materials on its farms in South Africa, to producing its proprietary Phytofare® extracts in-house, allowing the Company to guarantee the continuity of supply as well as quality control throughout the entire process. Targeted industries for the Company's products include beverage, cosmeceutical, wellness, nutraceutical, anti-aging, and pharmaceutical.
PLPL is currently trading at a $12 million market valuation. The company is about to grow exponentially with its new product and the rapid traction it is gaining. It expects to eventually reach over one ton of sales per month compared to its current goal of half a ton per month. This exciting story is just beginning. Stay tuned for more updates.
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Mapping Aquifer Zones Based on Microbial Ecology and Geochemistry in a Landfill Leachate Plume with a Self Organizing Map
by A. R. Pearce,
P. J. Mouser,
G. K. Druschel,
D. M. Rizzo,
Part of: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'A
We implemented a self-organizing map to delineate aqueous geochemistry and microbial ecology in landfill leachate. In subsurface ecosystems microorganisms mitigate a myriad of chemical processes in the environment (including contaminant degradation and immobilization, redox cycling and nutrient transport). Resident microbial communities depend on geochemical energy for their metabolism. Thus, microbial diversity and survival depends on geochemical and contaminant variations in groundwater; yet it is difficult to explicitly include their relevance in site characterization. In many environmental systems there are benefits to including microbial diversity information in characterizing that system; yet traditional multivariate statistical methods are not suited to process multi-dimensional datasets. A self-organizing map, also known as SOM or Kohonen Map, is a non-linear clustering algorithm. The SOM reduces high-dimensional data to a lower dimension that is then grouped using clustering techniques. The SOM is effective with multiple data types (e.g. including microbial phylogeny and the environmental parameters that describe their habitat). For proof-of-concept, we test this clustering algorithm on data collected from monitoring wells in a shallow landfill leachate-contaminated groundwater aquifer that we sampled for hydrogeochemistry (petroleum byproducts, halogenated volatile organic compounds and inorganic species) and microbial community members. Due to high concentrations of organic carbon in landfill leachate, groundwater sampled from these contaminated aquifers typically exhibits a large range of redox processes, from aerobic to methanogenic conditions. The in situ microbial community is directly related to available nutrients in each zone. The dataset available from the Schuyler Falls Landfill in Schuyler Falls, NY includes detailed site-wide apparent conductivity as well as hydrochemical and microbiological data from 28 different monitoring wells. Groundwater samples were analyzed for temperature, pH, redox potential, turbidity, specific conductance and a suite of organic and inorganic contaminants. Microbiological ecology is described with 16S rRNA gene surveys using primer sets specific for Bacteria, Archaea and Geobacteraceae and DNA sequences were identified as operational taxonomic units (OTUs) for further analysis. We used the SOM to cluster and delineate the hydrochemical and microbial data identifying redox zones in the subsurface. The SOM can be modified to account for spatial auto-correlation that exists within most groundwater datasets. Identification of different zones using this clustering algorithm is an important step in linking microbial activity to biogeochemical processes that are important for site characterization and long-term monitoring stewardship (i.e. delineating groundwater plumes, identifying changes in redox condition, types of contamination or potential for biodegradation or immobilization).
Subject Headings: Mapping | Groundwater pollution | Algorithms | Hydrologic data | Aquifers | Microbes | Ecosystems | Landfills | {
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Tags: Business
VW spending $2.2B to expand in China's electric car market
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 16, 2019, file photo, Volkswagen unveils a concept electric SUV, the whimsically named ID. ROOMZZ during the Auto Shanghai 2019 show in Shanghai. Volkswagen says Friday, May 29, 2020, it will spend 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) to expand its presence in China's electric car industry in the biggest foreign investment announced since the country shut down to fight the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) (Ng Han Guan, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
BEIJING – Volkswagen is spending 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) to expand its presence in China's electric car industry in the biggest foreign investment announced since the country's economy began to reopen following the coronavirus pandemic.
Volkswagen AG said Friday it will buy control of its electric vehicle venture with a Chinese partner in a 1 billion euro ($1.1 billion) deal. The German automaker said it would spend another 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) to become the biggest shareholder in a battery producer.
The ruling Communist Party scrapped limits on foreign ownership of electric vehicle makers in 2018 to promote industry development. Beijing sees electric cars as a profitable technology where China can become a global leader.
China accounts for about half of global electric car sales but demand has slumped as Beijing wound down multibillion-dollar subsidies and shifted the burden to automakers by imposing sales quotas. Sales of pure-electric and gasoline-electric hybrid models fell 43.4% in the first four months of this year from a year earlier to 205,000 vehicles.
VW, General Motors Co., Nissan Motors Co. and other brands are spending heavily to develop models that can compete on price, range and features without subsidies.
Beijing announced in April that subsidies to buyers and producers that were due to end this year would be extended through 2022 to support sagging demand.
Volkswagen said it will acquire 50% of Jianghuai Automobile Group, the parent of its electric vehicle partner, JAC Volkswagen, and expand its stake in JAC from 50% to 75%. It said the transaction is expected to close this year, subject to regulatory approval.
"By gaining management control, Volkswagen is paving the way for more electric models and infrastructure," the company's announcement said.
VW said it also was acquiring 26% of battery supplier Gotion. The company said that made it the first global automaker to invest directly in a Chinese battery producer.
GM, Nissan, BMW AG and other automakers also have joint ventures with Chinese partners to develop lower-cost electric models.
Tesla Inc. is the first foreign brand to set up a wholly-owned venture in China. Its Shanghai factory delivered its first electric sedans to customers in January. | {
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Most employees occasionally feel stressed out at work. In fact, the majority of American workers are stressed on any given workday.
But when analyzed by generation, a particular segment of the American population feels significantly more stressed at work than their counterparts: millennials.
That's according to a new study from Deloitte Greenhouse, a professional service firm. Through an online survey, Deloitte asked a sample of 2,725 people a series of questions about their stress levels, how stressful they find various workplace events and circumstances to be, how effective they are under stress and how often they use a variety of coping strategies.
The research found that millennials, which Deloitte defines as born between 1981-1997, are the most stressed generation followed by Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers.
The study also found that millennial professionals with certain workstyles are more likely to be stressed out.
Those who identify as "guardians" have a methodical, practical work style and those who identify as "integrators" have a work style known for prioritizing connections and relationships. Millennials with either of these two work styles report the highest stress, according to the study. In fact, approximately 40 percent say they're stressed most of the time.
Millennials with either a "driver" or "pioneer" work style, both types that take charge, report less stress: Just over a quarter say they feel overwhelmed at the office. Employees with these two work styles are also most likely to report being effective under moderate- to-high stress levels.
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Deloitte reports that other daily threats have impacted the stress level of this generation, including "dark sides of technology, a country struggling with brittle race relations, political polarization, and a lengthy recession."
"Add to this what's been called an 'opportunity drought' and the millennial lens may come into focus," the study continues. | {
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"The Vertebrate Limb: An Evolving Complex of Self-Organizing Systems" by Stuart A. Newman, Tilmann Glimm et al.
The paired appendages (fins or limbs) of jawed vertebrates contain an endoskeleton consisting of nodules, bars and, in some groups, plates of cartilage, or bone arising from replacement of cartilaginous templates. The generation of the endoskeletal elements occurs by processes involving production and diffusion of morphogens, with, variously, positive and negative feedback circuits, adhesion, and receptor dynamics with similarities to the mechanism for chemical pattern formation proposed by Alan Turing. This review presents a unified interpretation of the evolution and functioning of these mechanisms. Studies are described indicating that protocondensations, compacted mesenchymal cell aggregates that prefigure the appendicular skeleton, arise through the adhesive activity of galectin-1, a matricellular protein with skeletogenic homologs in all jawed vertebrates. In the cartilaginous and lobe-finned fishes (and to a variable extent in ray-finned fishes) it additionally cooperates with an isoform of galectin-8 to constitute a self-organizing network capable of generating arrays of preskeletal nodules, bars and plates. Further, in the tetrapods, a putative galectin-8 control module was acquired that may have enabled proximodistal increase in the number of protocondensations. In parallel to this, other self-organizing networks emerged that acted, via Bmp, Wnt, Sox9 and Runx2, as well as transforming factor-beta and fibronectin, to convert protocondensations into skeletal tissues. The progressive appearance and integration of these skeletogenic networks over evolution occurred in the context of an independently evolved system of Hox protein and Shh gradients that interfaced with them to tune the spatial wavelengths and refine the identities of the resulting arrays of elements. | {
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Are you the missing piece of the puzzle? Applications for the 2018 Women's Board Leadership Program are open now and Aboriginal community members are encouraged to apply.
The program includes a targeted stream for Aboriginal women who have some board or committee of management experience, and provides a comprehensive package of governance training, mentoring and networking to support women in their board leadership careers.
Refer to one page information sheet for more details: 2018 WBLP one-page promotional document. | {
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Greater Manchester Police confirm they have identified all of victims of the May 22 attack.
Three more people have been arrested by police investigating the attack on an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, U.K. this week. The blast killed 22 people including the suspected bomber, 22-year-old Salman Ramadan Abedi. 10 victims of the bombing have been named so far, with the youngest being 8-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos.
Today, May 24, Greater Manchester police confirmed they had arrested three more people in connection with the attack. This follows the arrest of a 23-year-old in Chorlton, Manchester the previous day. Police are working to establish whether Salman Abedi acted alone, or as part of a wider network.
Other victims to have been named so far include Martyn Hett, 29, and 18-year-old Georgina Callander. Friends Alison Howe and Lisa Lees were killed while waiting for their daughters in the foyer of the Manchester Arena. The Polish embassy in London has confirmed that two of its citizens, Angelika and Marcin Klis, suffered the same fate.
Police are "confident" that they know the identities of all those who have died in the attack. Twenty people remain in "critical care" across Manchester.
In the wake of the attack the U.K.'s terrorist threat level has increased to "critical" for the first time since 2007. On that occasion the level was increased following the July 7 bombings in London which claimed the lives of 52 people. Soldiers will help guard Buckingham Palace, Downing Street, foreign embassies, and the Palace of Westminster The Guardian reports.
The Metropolitan police has confirmed that there would be more stop and search and vehicle checkpoints with almost 1,000 British soldiers being deployed on streets from Wednesday. | {
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"The forest branch is already the biggest producer of bioenergy, but I believe that wood-based products will experience a new renaissance now as we seek answers to climate questions," said Stefan Sundman, who is Head of Energy and Environment at the Finnish Forest Industries Federation.
"The forest industries offer solutions to curb climate change," Sundman points out. "The forest industries produce climate-friendly products that have a positive impact on the carbon balance throughout their life cycle. Wood binds atmospheric carbon, which is stored in forest industry products. Products can be recycled and converted to bioenergy at the end of their life cycle. When forest industry products are used to replace products made from nonrenewable raw materials in the construction and packaging industries, for example, the positive climate effects are considerable," Sundman continues.
One precondition for proceeding with projects involving new forest industry products is a long-term energy policy that ensures cost competitiveness. The forest industries' competitive existing products are a good basis for developing new business opportunities.
The forest industries are paying a lot of attention to reducing emissions. Good results have been achieved in improving energy efficiency and significant investments have been made in bioenergy. Nevertheless, attracting biorefineries and other investments to Finland requires that energy costs, access to electricity and taxation are on a competitive level compared with neighbouring countries and globally. National energy policy must be carefully planned and predictable if Finland is to compete successfully in producing innovative products in the forest sector.
There has traditionally been skilful energy politics in Finland and it needs to be continued. As Minister of Economic Affairs Mauri Pekkarinen noted yesterday, the Finnish Government should abolish the electricity tax on industry altogether and remove the tax imposed on renewable bio-based fuels. In this way we can promote the development and competitiveness of Finnish production in the branch.
The forest industries have the technology, know-how and infrastructure to build the next generation of biorefineries. The branch is a pioneer in developing new bioproducts. In addition to biofuels, the biochemicals, plastics and composites that can be refined from wood and its components are expanding the forest industries's field of operation. Wood-based bioproducts, smart packages, housing solutions and medicinal substances are examples of innovative product development. This path of development should be continued and intensified in every way to keep forest industry expertise on the cutting edge in Finland. | {
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According to the 2013-2018 Edition of "Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine" published by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, there are 10 nutrients and drugs that can extend your life when combined with a healthy diet and exercise. We all have genetic and environmental factors that determine longevity, and there are things we can do to enhance or overcome those factors. As with any medication, vitamin or supplement, you should consult your own physician to see if the following are right for you!
1) Metformin- a medication derived from the French lilac. Most commonly prescribed for diabetes, metformin also reduces cancer incidence, lowers insulin levels, and treats PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). There are studies showing decreased incidence of cardiovascular deaths, probably due to decreased LDL and triglycerides (bad lipids). Metformin increases the body's repair mechanisms as well.
2) Statins- this class of medications which includes Crestor, Lipitor, Zocor and Pravachol, inhibit cholesterol synthesis and are potent anti-inflammatories. This is the most commonly prescribed drug class for people with elevated lipid profiles. In Alzheimer's patients, increased cholesterol is associated with increased amyloid plaques in the brain, characteristic of Alzheimer's Disease. Statins also promote DNA repair, can help prevent first heart attacks, decrease the risk of blood clots and decrease the risk of breast and prostate cancer. As these medications can cause muscle aches and fatigue, CoQ-10 is often prescribed along with them.
3) CoQ-10- a fat soluble vitamin found in high levels in the kidneys, heart, pancreas and liver. It is a potent antioxidant, and has been shown beneficial in treating congestive heart failure, diabetes, periodontal disease, high blood pressure, and increasing cancer survival. In Alzheimer's patients it increases their cognitive function, while in Parkinson's patients it slows their decline and lessens their disability. CoQ-10 can have drug interactions with chemotherapy agents, blood pressure medications and blood thinners. So even though CoQ-10 may be purchased at your local pharmacy, please do not start it without first checking with your doctor.
4) EPA/DHA- these are omega-3 fatty acids and are found in cold water fish (herring, haddock, salmon, mackerel, tuna, trout, and cod), seafood, flaxseed, and human breast milk. They are potent anti-inflammatories. They increase insulin sensitivity and decrease blood pressure, pancreas inflammation and triglycerides. DHA is one of the building blocks of the brain and retina. Dosage is usually about 3g/day.
5) Astralgus- this is an adaptogenic herb which assists in adrenal function and digestion. It is an immune system stimulator and has been found useful in chronic upper respiratory infections, HIV and cancer treatments. It enhances digestion and helps in the treatment of peptic ulcer disease.
6) Vitamin C- extremely low Vitamin C levels are associated with scurvy which causes inadequate collagen synthesis. This is rarely seen in the modernized world because this vitamin is so common in the fruits we eat. Vitamin C is a water soluble antioxidant which helps with wound healing as well, but is probably best known for building up the immune system and preventing infection. It is also very beneficial in reducing wrinkles and dryness when applied topically. Vitamin C will help enhance iron absorption, decrease the risk of cataracts, and lower blood pressure.
7) Vitamin D3- very low vitamin D is associated with rickets which causes weak and fragile bones, so Vitamin D is very important for decreasing fracture risks. Vitamin D has been used to stimulate the immune system during the treatment of tuberculosis, viral upper respiratory infections, and multiple sclerosis. Low Vitamin D levels have been associated with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. Vitamin D has also been shown to inhibit the proliferation of some cancers and decrease cardiovascular disease risk. Dietary sources of Vitamin D include tuna, salmon, sardines, mackarel, catfish, eel, and cod liver oil. Vitamin D requires calcium for normal bone metabolism.
8) Reservatrol- found naturally in red grapes, red wine, peanuts, mulberry, blueberries, and cranberries. Reservatrol has been shown to decrease blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk. It decreases glucose, increases insulin sensitivity and helps with diabetic neuropathy. And reservatrol is another agent shown to decrease amyloid plaque in Alzheimer patients.
9) DHEA- is is an endogenous steroid (meaning our own bodies produce it) secreted by the adrenal glands as well as the gonads and brain. It is a precursor to testosterone and estrogen. DHEA increases sexual interest, sexual thoughts and mood while decreasing fatigue and joint pain. So it is often used in menopause and andropause. However, let me caution you!! Men who take DHEA need to have regular prostate exams and PSA screening. Women require a lower dose than men. I personally noticed a lot of anxiety and agitation when I took a low dose at 5 mg. DHEA is extremely beneficial when prescribed and taken correctly, but please consult a health care professional who is VERY knowledgeable about DHEA and hormone replacement before you buy it and start taking it!
10) Carnosine- is found primarily in the brain and muscle. It is a very potent antioxidant and red meat is the chief dietary source. It decreases LDL (bad cholesterol), reduces cataract formation, improves the appearance of the skin, increases muscle strength and endurance, and helps heal peptic ulcer disease when combined with zinc.
I hope you found this blog helpful. At Sei Bella our motto is Health|Wellness|Beauty.
There is no substitute for a healthy diet and regular exercise, however the above medications and supplements may enhance your quality of life and longevity. Again, please consult your own physician before starting any vitamin, nutrient or other supplement.
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The 21-year-old joined the Terriers for an undisclosed fee, putting pen-to-paper on a contract running until the summer of 2022.
When speaking to #HTTV for the first time, he explained why he wanted to join Jan Siewert's side.
"I'm absolutely delighted, I'm glad it's over the line and I can't wait to get started.
"I know a few players who have been at Huddersfield Town and they've only spoke highly of the Club.
For many footballers, the chance of playing in the Premier League is an aspiration or a dream and that's why he wants to make the most of his big chance.
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"I work hard every day on the training field, improve at what I'm good at and not good at. I just kept believing and got my rewards this season by scoring that many goals.
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Tucson Arizona
Old Main, University of Arizona
1200 E University Blvd
OLD MAIN: THEN
On October 27, 1887, Phoenix architect, James Miller Creighton began the construction of Old Main, the University of Arizona's first building on campus. After Creighton exhausted the small budget of $37,969, he sought out federal loans to complete the project. At the time, federal loans were only granted for agriculture buildings, so Creighton renamed the building from the "School of Mines" to the "School of Agriculture". After construction was complete, Old Main opened its doors for the University's first class on October 1, 1891. Because Old Main was the only building on campus at the time, it contained a library, offices, dorm rooms, and classrooms. Only six faculty taught thirty-two students in 1891. Students rode their cow ponies to class and tied them up to posts near Old Main. Old Main is one of the oldest surviving educational structures in the western United States; it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Old Main, 1889
In 1919, the Alexander Berger Memorial Fountain was built in front of Old Main. This project emerged to remember thirteen University of Arizona students who were killed in World War I, including Berger's nephew. On January 31, 1920, the Berger Memorial fountain was dedicated among students, faculty, military, and the Tucson community. This fountain remains one of the most exclusive elements of the University's campus.
Berger Memorial Fountain
DEMOLITION: A CLOSE CALL
Due to neglect by the University, Old Main began to deteriorate and was ultimately condemned by the City of Tucson in 1938. After it was declared unsafe, Old Main remained vacant for a period of time. There were several proposals and arguments for demolition, but it was decided that it would cost more to demolish it than to let it remain vacant. After the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, Billy Bray, decided to let the building remain vacant, the United States Navy took matters into their own hands. They repaired the building in 1942 to create a Naval Indoctrination Training School during World War II. In 1945, the Navy paid $20,000 to transform it back into a campus facility.
SAVING OLD MAIN
One hundred and twenty-two days after Old Main opened its doors to students, University of Arizona president, Ann Weaver Hart, and the University of Arizona's Foundation President, James H. Moore, put into motion a $13.5 million dollar fundraising campaign for a full renovation of the building; this campaign was named "Save Old Main". Hart and Moore launched this campaign to preserve the building for future generations. They argued that this building is a visual reminder of the University of Arizona's commitment to higher education, leading scholars, and high rankings both nationally and internationally. Plans for renovation addressed a damaged foundation and exterior veranda, general decay, moisture damage and cracked masonry columns, ventilation, heating, cooling and fire protection systems. Following the renovation, Hart and Moore wanted Old Main to be a place for past and present Wildcats to come together.
University of Arizona Old Main Renovation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-uvRIhNvPI
OLD MAIN: "THE HEART OF CAMPUS"
In 2008, the first floor of old main was repaired and renovated for a costly $4.6 million. This building contained the University's Office of Admissions, the Center for Exploratory Students, and the Dean of Students Office. In January, 2013, Old Main experienced a full renovation including reframing of the porch, replacement of the roof, and a modernization of the building as a whole. Additionally, the Office of the President was relocated to Old Main. The patio and porch areas are popular places for socializing, enjoying lunch, and viewing mall activities. Old Main has become a symbol of history, traditions, legacy, and success. As Old Main has emerged as a fundamental symbol of success on the University's campus, several academic distinctions, homecoming events, and alumni gatherings have taken place on the steps of Old Main. Additionally, tours for prospective students place an emphasis on the history of the building. Almost every graduate of the University has taken a photo on the steps of Old Main as it symbolizes four years of success and higher education. The historic building has emerged as "the front porch of the University" and "the heart of campus" for students and faculty. When you are driving down University Boulevard you cannot miss this beautiful building. The building greets future wildcats, current students, alumni and anyone else who visits the campus and leaves a lasting impression on every individuals mind.
BUT WHAT'S INSIDE??
Old Main houses some of the most important offices on the University of Arizona. On the top floor of the building you will find the President's office along with many important conference rooms, as well as different art and artifacts all throughout the building, giving it a museum like feel. Once you walk down the stairs and enter the bottom floor you are now at the Office of Admissions. This office is the headquarters for all things having to do with being an incoming Freshman. For many high school students this office can be extremely intimidating, as it decides weather or not a school is right for you. In this case, it should we recognized as a great place located in a beautiful building right at the heart of campus... Nothing to worry about here!! It can also be the building that is the meeting point at which they give tours and explain to high school students a little bit about what the University of Arizona is. As there are many colleges that students can choose from it is important for the U of A to make a great first impression and Old Main does just that!
WHAT OLD MAIN MEANS TO ME
As an incoming Freshman traveling from the opposite side of the country, I was nervous and uncertain of what the transition from high school to a college was going to be like. When I first came to tour the campus in 2014, Old Main was an iconic symbol that left an unforgettable image when thinking about the University of Arizona. When I began my Freshman year in the fall of 2017, I struggled to find my way on the first day of classes. As I tried to figure out which direction to go, I was able to use Old Main as a point of reference on which way to go. To many, this is just another building that stands in the heart of the campus, but to U of A students, like myself, it is much more than that. With Old Main being the oldest building on campus there is a lot of history that comes with it. As a student that currently attends U of A I am proud to say that I am a part of this history, and will continue to add to the buildings legacy. I recently participated in one of my sorority sister's graduation pictures at Old Main. People choose to take their pictures at this particular spot not because it is pretty, but because it commemorates the hard work that got them there. When people look back on these photos, Old Main will be standing behind them along with the years of history that it brings along with it. Another tradition that Old Main brings involves the fountain that lays at the bottom of its grand staircase. After finishing your studies at the U of A and it is time to say goodbye, one of the last things that people do is jump into the fountain to get the last of what the school has to offer. This not only makes for some great pictures but creates great memories that Old Main will be in forever. I hope that one day I can take my children to the University of Arizona and I will be able to show them this building that means so much to me as well as this school that it is standing on!
Old Main April, 2019
OLD MAIN RESOURCES
Old Main on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Main-University-of-Arizona/112570825421690
Old Main on the University of Arizona's Website
http://directory.arizona.edu/buildings/old-main
Building Managers
Susie Bowers, First Floor Manager
Cynthia Quijada
http://www.arizona.edu/topics/about-university/about-university-arizona/ua-history-and-traditions
http://www.arizona.edu/old-main-condemned
http://saveoldmain.org/?field_tag_tid=1
http://saveoldmain.org/imagine-how-they-got-school
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Main,_University_of_Arizona
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Tag: the ur-quan masters
Storytelling in Star Control II: Playing space detective
This entry is part 3 of 7 in the series Storytelling in Games
Note: Storytelling in Dominions 3, part of this feature series, is available off-site. You can read it at Flash of Steel.
If you were a hero, tasked with saving the world from an overwhelming menace, how would you go about it? You would gather information about your foe. You would arm yourself with the best weapons possible. You would recruit allies to your banner. And while you might wish for these things on a platter, in order to find them, you would have to explore the world. You would seek out clues and piece them together, one hint leading you to the next, until you found what you were searching for.
No game captures this experience as well as Star Control II (SC2), the 1994 game from Toys for Bob (rereleased for free as The Ur-Quan Masters). SC2 cast you as a starship captain from a long-lost settlement, given command of a rediscovered ancient wonder weapon. As far as you know at the start of the game, your objective is simple: journey to Earth with your starship, rejoin the fleet, and help defend humanity against the alien Ur-Quan. And after one of the best opening plot hooks I have seen in a game, the stage is set for you to explore the galaxy in pursuit of that goal. Along the way, expect a fantastic storytelling experience, delivered through a combination of (a) top-notch writing and (b) gameplay mechanics that place the responsibility for uncovering that story in your hands.
What made SC2's writing so good? If you were to read a synopsis of the game's universe, you would find it pretty familiar if you had any previous experience with space opera (say, Larry Niven's novels, the Wing Commander games, or even Star Wars). Your wondrous starship was originally built by long-vanished Precursors. There is a craven species, the Spathi, who echo Niven's Pierson's puppeteers. There are warlike species, the proud Yehat and humorously stupid Thraddash, echoing the Kzinti and Kilrathi. There are space merchants, the Melnorme and the Druuge. There are even blue space babes, the Syreen. So far, nothing really out of the ordinary.
But what was out of the ordinary was the quality of the game's writing and dialogue, which allowed SC2's universe to transcend the dry summary I provided above. Most of the time, it was hilarious, often because it explored what a given space opera trope would REALLY look like. To name just one example, the Thraddash were not the first alien species to love a fight, but here, their entire backstory is structured around that trait, with… entertaining… results. For another example, try boasting to the Spathi about your "unique" Precursor starship. But SC2 could be serious when it wanted to. The tragic backstory of another race did not excuse its deeds in the present, but it did make me understand, even empathise, with why they chose the path they did. SC2's writing proves that it doesn't matter if someone else has used a concept before; the important thing is execution.
Beyond the writing, SC2's gameplay also helped flesh out its alien species. Each species used a unique spacecraft in combat, with its own speed, defences, firepower, and special abilities. And these designs usually reflected the personalities established through dialogue. For example, the Spathi weren't just cowards when you spoke to them. Their spacecraft's most powerful weapon points backwards, so taking a Spathi ship into battle requires that you think and act as a Spathi would, in other words, that you run away. The slave-trading Druuge reveal the depths of their wickedness in battle, where their special ability allows them to recharge energy by throwing slaves into their ships' furnaces.
But as good as Star Control II's writing, dialogue and alien design were, ultimately it stands out for the gameplay-driven way in which its story unfolded. Most games that I've played will give you a clear objective and tell you what to do. Even in open-world games such as Brutal Legend, Fallout 3 and Oblivion, the main quest is clearly marked: Go to such-and-such a place and talk to such-and-such a person, who will tell you what to do next. Star Control II, however, gives you a scattering of clues and then makes you play detective. For example, you might be told:
1. Strange signals were detected coming from the direction of Rigel;
2. Humanity's old allies discovered something interesting in a certain direction from Procyon;
3. One species' homeworld is in the Gruis constellation.
Following up each of these clues would lead you, in turn, to a few more hints. What might you discover at the source of the strange signal? What would the aliens at Gruis tell you? And then there's what you'd discover from exploring worlds along the way, A warlord might give you a device you need, if you retrieve something whose location he can't pinpoint with any more precision than "near a yellow star in a constellation shaped like a long, thin beast". A trader might offer to sell you information about the history of the galaxy, which you'd then use to make sense of some of the other facts you'd learned. At each step along the process, you would take notes (this game was from the days before quest journals!). Ultimately, while you would start with a few pieces to a jigsaw puzzle, it was your responsibility to look for the rest, and once you'd found them, work out how to put them together. In other words, you would do the things that a space captain would have to do in-world: exploring, interviewing, recording and then analysing data. And with that, SC2 conveyed what it would be like to be the main character.
When all is said and done, Star Control II offers one of the most unique storytelling experiences I've seen in a game. And it provides a lesson to all game designers caught between the two sides of an old argument: is it better for a game to be well-written and packed with snappy dialogue, or to provide gameplay mechanics that allow you to feel as though you're telling a story of your own? By excelling in both areas, Star Control II shows what a false choice this is.
I hope you enjoyed this post! If you'd like to play Star Control 2 for yourself, you can obtain its free remake, The Ur-Quan Masters, here. There are install files available for Windows, MacOS X, and Linux.
To quickly find this, and my other feature articles, click the "features" tab at the top of this page.
Author Peter SahuiPosted on December 5, 2010 March 4, 2012 Categories Features, Games, PC Games, RPGs, Speculative Fiction, StorytellingTags 3DO games, games, pc games, rpgs, science fiction, space opera, star control 2, star control ii, storytelling in games, the ur-quan masters14 Comments on Storytelling in Star Control II: Playing space detective | {
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*
* Useful if you have existing media content and added new formats.
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protected $quiet = false;
protected $output;
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* {@inheritdoc}
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$this->setName('sonata:media:sync-thumbnails')
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continue;
}
try {
$provider->generateThumbnails($media);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
$this->log(sprintf('<error>Unable to generated new thumbnails, media: %s - %s </error>', $media->getId(), $e->getMessage()));
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}
$this->log('Done.');
}
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*
* @param string $message
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Home Land Market Development Innovative Product Grants (IPG). For Fiscal Year 2007, approximately $3.0 million in funds are available through IPG program. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Brenda Sherwood directly at (312) 814-3631.
Last month Nanjing Automobile Corp which claims to be the oldest car maker in China, announced it will build a new assembly plant and parts distribution center in Ardmore, Oklahoma. The facility will assemble the MG TF Coupe. | {
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When luxury brand Koenigsegg wanted flashy yet clean press images of their new hyper cars, they had only one photographer in mind. They asked Scandinavian Oskar Bakke to shoot bright and simple images, and yet they sent him to a dark hangar. Read how he overcame the challenge using Profoto B1 and Sony α7R II.
When you look at car buff and travel photographer Oskar Bakke's images it is like staring at the sun on an endless summer's day. Known for taking bright and crisp images, which are almost like an instruction manual for Scandinavian light and simplicity, he has made a name for himself shooting luxury and racing cars.
Swedish luxury car brand Koenigsegg needed new images to show during the high-profile press event at the Geneva Motor Show 2017. This is one of their biggest marketing happenings and highly important for their brand.
They commissioned Oskar to shoot light and simple pictures with a focus on the cars rather than the surroundings.
"They sent us to an empty airplane hangar close to their factory in Ängelholm. A proper studio would have been preferable, but I was happy to have so much space," Oskar says.
Shooting in Sweden in the middle of February means short days and unstable weather. Oskar got around 24 hours to shoot but knew the cars would not arrive all at the same time.
"It was a fun mission and at the same time a big challenge."
To achieve a coherent look and feel he needed to light the cars thoroughly and could not rely on the existing or ambient light. Since all cars were dark it was important that the reflections in the polish turned out particularly well.
"I had two big challenges to overcome. My customer wanted bright luster images and we were standing in a dark hangar. It was too messy to be a proper backdrop."
"The second challenge was the time. I had no control over how long we could keep each car and had to make the most of it."
And Oskar had a plan. Though it was the first time he was about to try something new.
To get the reflections to really shine off the car polish, Oskar stretched a white 36×36' Butterfly sail over the car so as to bounce the light from two Profoto B1 Off-Camera Flashes.
"That helped me to generate delicate reflections and gradients in the paint and carbon fiber.
"It was the first time I worked with a sail like this so the shoot was a bit of an experiment. But as soon as I got the hang of it, it was quite easy to handle."
He fitted his cordless monolights with a Magnum Reflector and OCF Barndoors when he was shooting the exterior. For the interior shoots he used an RFi Softbox 1×4'.
"This kind of setup is all about where the reflections and light end up. By moving the sail and my B1's I could find the perfect positions to maximize details and the shapes of the different car parts."
Oskar could use TTL to get the right light exposure with the Air Remote TTL-S mounted on his Sony α7R II, with GM 24-70/2.8.
"I always use TTL for the first test images to set the exposure. When I've got the right light, I switch to Manual. That way I get a super-fast workflow and never need to try my way to find the right power output from the flash."
Using this setup, Oskar had no problem timing the short and undefined changes between cars. He managed to work around the messy background so that his post-production team at Retuscheriet could put in lighter, more pleasant backdrops.
"The image turned out bright and nice, and I managed to get a consistent look and feel. I like the contrast between the dark cars and the light background. And so does Koenigsegg." | {
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Prof. Yueming Li and Derek enjoy the student presentations. Program co-chairmen David Scheinberg and Lorraine Gudas are in the background and foreground respectively. | {
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Come and join the celebration … if this Sunday's Nativity play has made you realise it's a long time since you got to dress up as a shepherd, or that you never did get to be Mary … or your child is insisting they want to wear their sheep's costume / angel's wings to church every week – don't worry on Christmas Eve you will get your chance. This year our 14:00 Crib service will be an informal service for all the family, there will be singing, stories and the blessing of the crib. Everyone, young and old, is invited to come dressed as something from the nativity – come in biblical or in modern dress.
This a perfect service to invite English speaking friends to who, don't usually come to church, but are looking to put a little bit of Christ into their Christmas.
For those who prefer their Christmas to be carols, candles and Communion – "Fear not" – at 20:00 on Christmas Eve there will be all the splendour of Christmas … bring your friends and family to this service too, and / or on Christmas morning at 10:00.
In order to have a good turn out at Pub Night this coming week, we've decided to move the date to FRIDAY the 14th December. All other arrangements (location, time etc.) remain the same. This also means I can join as well!
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With the early summer start date for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides sailing ever closer, casting directors are feverishly trying to fill out their cast. Some key roles have already been filled by the obvious players --Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush-- as well as newcomers to the series Ian McShane and Penelope Cruz.
Beautiful Female Fit Models. Must be 5'7-5'8, Size 4 or 6 - NO BIGGER OR SMALLER. Age 18-25. Must have a lean dancer body. MUST have real breasts. Do not submit if you have implants. This is a show and tell of costumes with the director and the producers. Plan on an entire day of trying on clothes and being photographed.
Professional Dancers who are Swimmers. Females ONLY. Age 18-30. All ethnicities. YOU MUST have an extensive dance/swimming resume. We will be shooting in Hawaii.
So if you've spent money attaching softballs to the front of yourself, navigate away and forget this even happened. Your self esteem will be better for it. But if you're rockin' what the gods gave you in a big way and are willing to show off your curves in some fancy pirate outfits, get yourself an agent and get your rack to L.A.
Now if only I could send out casting calls like this for Friday nights. Ladies? | {
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Q: What's the correct way to bind to size (width/height) of another element in UWP? UWP has a design problem:
ActualHeight/ActualWidth, which store the result of the layout operations, are always a real number. However, because they are updated so frequently, UWP does not notify when they change.
Height/Width do provide change notifications, but may often be NaN, as when the object is set to stretch to fill a parent.
It seems like the answer is: Don't. Subscribe to SizeChanged and directly adjust properties that depend on size, using ActualHeight and ActualWidth.
However, I'm encountering another problem with the latter, where not all child controls redraw correctly, and it seems to be because the SizeChanged event sometimes gets dropped, and so some child controls get stuck with an old size value. This problem gets more noticeable with rapid resizing. A slow small resize causes them to redraw correctly. I'm guessing that for performance, UWP rendering framework tries to reduce the amount of work happening while drawing.
What's the right way to do this? And/or if I continue using SizeChanged, how can I either ensure that the final values are rendered, or that the work done is reduced so that all SizeChanged events are received?
(w/ Win10 16299 SDK)
UPDATE: The misbehavior of SizeChanged was in part due to my misordering of the event handler logic. However, there are sill frames in which objects that should be positioned identically are misaligned. On further inspection, that appears to be a bug in Grid positioning.
A: Let's assume you have 2 elements: a TextBox and a ComboBox. You want whenever the textbox's size change, the combobox's size should be changed too. See this.
<TextBox Name="TextBox1"></TextBox>
<ComboBox Width={Binding ElementName=TextBox1 Path=Width}
Height={Binding ElementName=TextBox1 Path=Height}><ComboBox/>
If you want to bind in cs file. You can do this:
TextBox TextBox1=new TextBox();
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Liberty County: Making Adjustments
Military presence and a diverse economy
Randy Southerland,
Russ Bryant
Work in Progress: Both the city of Hinesville and Liberty County are busy with construction projects. Joe Brown|!!| left|!!| is mayor of Hinesville|!!| and John McIver is chair of the county commission.
Sometimes it's your best friend who can hurt you the most. At least that's the way Hinesville and Liberty County were feeling about the sprawling 280,000-acre Fort Stewart, home to the 3rd Infantry Division and more than 22,000 soldiers and thousands more family members and civilian employees.
Just about everyone in this coastal community tends to refer to the post as the "economic engine that drives the county." That fact was most in evidence early last year when post commanders were telling locals about a friendly invasion. A fifth brigade was coming to town numbering more than 10,000, including soldiers and family members. For a small community of just 30,000, it meant a massive increase in population and a heavy impact on local infrastructure, schools and housing.
The transfer was so certain that post commanders were advising local officials of the transfer schedules and even the mix of ranks that would be arriving.
That news put both city and county government and some local developers into high gear. With most of the troops overseas fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, local businesses and homebuilders were feeling the pinch. A new influx of soldiers and their families seemed almost too good to be true – and it was.
In April of last year came the bad news. The Pentagon announced it wasn't sending the brigade after all, but not before some local developers had accelerated home building to meet the expected housing shortage and the city had expanded its infrastructure.
According to some observers, as much as $200 million may have been invested in local projects both public and private.
"Our people and our banks and our government had to make the decision," says Realtor Allen Brown, who serves as chairman of the Liberty County Devel-opment Authority. "We said we had to do this because we've got close to 10,000 people coming and they were scheduled to arrive in less than a 12-month span."
Meeting that demand required lead time, because you couldn't just throw up a wastewater treatment plant overnight. It takes time to build homes that are ready for the expected influx of young families.
"We were getting information through other sources that there would be growth at Fort Stewart – a couple of years in advance, as a matter of fact," explains Hinesville City Manager Billy Edwards about the $26-million wastewater treatment plant the city built. "Had we waited we wouldn't have had time to get it up and running."
Even without the expected influx of troops, Hinesville and Fort Stewart will be able to use the additional capacity as growth continues – although at a much slower pace, according to Edwards.
And, absent the new brigade, local builders – some of whom may not be able to hold on until the market turns again – would not have charg-ed forward with new homes in the face of a prolonged economic slump.
"We are very much in a downswing now and have been for a long time," says longtime builder Claude Dryden. "Our competition is getting kind of thinned out."
The outcry from the community prompted by the cancelled brigade did lead to the Pentagon's offering compensation to local governments – to the tune of $40 million, says Liberty County Administrator Joe Brown. None of those funds will be available to private developers, however.
"But we still feel that we are still going to experience growth," says Kenny Smiley, executive director of the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce. "It's just going to be at a slower pace, not the quick influx that we thought it would be. Because we were trying to get prepared for a big influx, I think we will be more than ready as the growth continues to happen in this area."
In fact, an additional 1,000 new personnel are expected to move to the fort – not a brigade, but at least something.
Good Relationship
In the meantime, locals are over their initial shock, and virtually nobody blames the post or its commanders for the mix-up. After all, the county has long relied on the $4.3 billion regional economic impact of the fort to serve as a kind of insulation against the ups and downs that plague other communities.
"If it weren't for the troops being deployed, I think we would almost be unaware that there's a recession going on," declares Allen Brown, not entirely in jest.
With the exception of last year's misfire, Liberty and Fort Stewart are a model of how well such a relationship can work. It's a success that is based in large part on communication between the post and the larger community, according to urban revitalization expert Donovan Rypkema, principal with Washington, D.C.-based PlaceEconomics.
"While the officer who is the installation commander will transfer out every couple of years, there is a kind of institutional commitment toward having a positive relationship," says Rypkema, who has written about Hinesville and Fort Stewart. "It's my sense that not just now, but for some time there has been a pretty strong commitment on the part of the military leadership to say we really do want to be good neighbors."
These types of relationships are strengthened when both the post and the community can be counted on to move quickly in addressing problems. Good commanders set an example by getting involved in the community.
"So it's not just talking, but it's talking and doing when necessary," he explains.
It isn't hard to find examples of that kind of communication and cooperation. Hinesville's Edwards noted that back in the 1980s the city joined with Fort Stewart to construct a wastewater treatment facility that served both civilian and military needs. It was the maxing out of that system's capacity that led to the decision to build a new plant, he adds.
That good relationship also helped the county to acquire MidCoast Regional Airport, a new airport at the little used Wright Army Airfield that could accommodate corporate jets carrying officials searching for new sites – a powerful economic development tool. The county's general aviation airport had long been deemed inadequate, lacking a terminal to welcome visitors.
Under an agreement with Fort Stewart, the county was able to open the airport and receive a 1,500-foot extension of one of the runways and a terminal with conference rooms to accommodate meetings.
While the impact of Fort Stewart is outsized in a small community, Liberty isn't just about the military; it has a diverse local economy. Situated 30 minutes south of Savannah, Liberty has seen its industrial parks fill with relocating and expanding companies. Major highways bisect a county that offers relatively cheap land coupled with well-developed infrastructure. Goods shipped into the Port of Savannah can be moved to distribution centers here and dispatched up and down the Atlantic Seaboard via Interstate 95. Manufacturing and industrial plants use the same network of roads to send their products throughout the county.
Those attributes recently helped Lib-erty beat out a number of competitors in Georgia and South Carolina to win Firth Rixson, Ltd., a manufacturer of components for the aerospace industry. The company is well into construction of a 200,000-square-foot closed die forging facility in Tradeport East that will eventually employ about 200 workers.
"The [incentives] package offered by South Carolina was better [than ours] they told us, but they really liked the site in Tradeport East," says Ron Tolley, CEO of the Liberty County Development Authority.
The ready access to highways and the port were big selling points as was the appearance of the industrial park. The authority had recently finished a major landscape and hardscape project and the resulting good looks proved memorable to the visiting site team, adds Tolley.
"Some people question why we put that money into landscape because they think it's not that important, but it was that important to that company," he explains. "The fact they remembered the looks of the park made us more competitive."
The United Kingdom-based Firth Rixson is just the latest foreign-owned company to make Liberty its home. In fact, more than 70 percent of local investment has come from companies based outside the U.S., according to Tolley.
Easy access has also made the county attractive to distribution centers, which can move products from the Port of Savannah and distribute them south into Florida.
The county is home to one of the state's few certified green industrial buildings. Commercial real estate developer IDI won a silver level of certification under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system of the U.S. Green Building Council. The 502,854-square-foot spec building in Tradeport East incorporates a host of energy- and water-saving features.
Labor Pool
Another attraction for companies is the available labor pool, which points to the advantage of having Fort Stewart in your backyard.
"They liked the idea of not just being able to use the regular labor force, but having access to former military personnel," says Tolley.
Several hundred military personnel exit the service at Fort Stewart each year, and a large number of them decide to settle in the area. Well trained and disciplined, they make just the kind of workers employers love to hire, he adds.
One local employer jokes that he was startled to find that not only did ex-military hires show up on time and ready to work, but they say, "Yes, sir."
Many of these personnel like the idea of being close to the fort with its PX and hospital, but perhaps a bigger reason is the attractiveness of the local community and its welcoming attitude, suggests Rypkema.
"[Former soldiers settling there] is a strong endorsement of the kind of quality of life that Hinesville represents for a lot of people," he says.
Those in the military get to see a good deal more of the community than they might have in past decades. While most of the troops are deployed, families are increasingly staying behind at the post rather than going back "home." With longer postings, it's easier for them to buy homes and have some expectation of staying put long enough to make it worthwhile. As a result, these families are getting involved with the community, shopping in stores and in general extending the economic impact for which they're already famous.
"We as a real estate/retail community all revolve around the troop population," says Allen Brown. "Right now we're in the process of the last brigade leaving, which will mean over 15,000 of our 17,500 troops are going to be deployed – for a period of time and all at the same time. Some of them left several months ago so, they'll come back in a sequence starting this fall, but between now and the fall we're going to be 'troopless.'"
Construction is also a fact of life in downtown Hinesville, where both the city and county are busy raising a variety of new buildings. These include a new $19-million justice center a short distance from the present county courthouse. Moving the courts to the new 90,000-square-foot building will open up space for other county offices, such as the Countywide Consolidated Plan-ning Commission now housed in an annex next door. The new facility is being funded through the county's Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).
"We're trying to maintain something of a one-stop shop for potential developers and the people who are new to the community," says Liberty County Administrator Joe Brown. He notes that all agencies issuing building permits and other licenses will now be within a single block of each other.
The city is preparing to build a new $7-million city hall on the site of the old facility. After city offices are moved to temporary quarters in the police station, the old building is coming down and the new one should be up by December of next year.
"We haven't seen a lot of private sector investment [in downtown], but we believe if we lead with the public sector the private sector will follow," says Edwards.
The city is also engaged in a major roadway realignment project through downtown, and the 150-acre Bryant Commons, which will be a park that will eventually serve as a gathering place for the community.
As life moves forward in Liberty County, there is a sense of adjustment. The relationship with the military is still strong and many look at Fort Stewart as the key to future success and prosperity. Still, there is also a realization that a sharp-edged blade can cut both ways.
Ron Tolley
Liberty County Development Authority
[email protected]
Kenny Smiley
Liberty County Chamber of Commerce
Liberty County Administrator
County, 62,186; Hinesville, 30,152; Allenhurst, 709; Flemington, 350; Gumbranch, 253; Midway, 1,040; Riceboro, 706; Walthourville, 3,761
(March 2010)
County, 9 percent; Georgia 10.6 percent
County, $17,778
Top Private Employers
SNF Chemtall, Inc., Target, Interstate Paper Corp., Hugo Boss, International Greetings
U.S. Census Bureau, Georgia Dept. of Labor, Liberty County Economic Development Authority
Categories: Southeast
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When it comes to accumulating wealth and rating our happiness, most of us sense how we're doing by comparing ourselves to our neighbours.
But the truth is that the mega-rich are different. Databank's The Wealth Report ranks countries on the number of its ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI). These are citizens with more than $30 million in financial assets, aside from their principal residence. At last count, there were 211,275 UHNWIs globally, with a total combined net worth of $29.7 trillion U.S. (Yup. Trillion.).
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Now, on the opposite end of the scale, there's The Misery Index, an economic indicator that helps determine how the average citizen is doing economically. The Misery Index is the sum of the interest, inflation, and unemployment rates, minus the year-over-year percent change in per-capita GDP growth.
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But caution is required when interpreting these two indexes. That's because it's not accurate to assume that being a country listed high on the ultra-high-net-worth index means that living in that country is necessarily better. Many countries on the list also have unstable governments and weak legal, financial and social institutions, along with the concomitant corruption which enables a few people to get extremely wealthy at the expense of the rest. "It often means that a country's social fabric and institutions aren't supporting a generally safe, equitable and prosperous society for all," says Delgado.
Hence: Money and wealth aren't everything.
The take-way is clear. Even if countries like Canada are a bit further down on the rankings when it comes to their share of very wealthy individuals, the fact that the country as a whole has strong social, legal and political institutions is good for all of us. And because the country ranks substantially further down the list when measuring economic hardship on the misery index (perhaps meaning less government corruption) it may just mean a safer and more prosperous society for a large majority of us—something all Canadians should be very happy about.
Julie is senior editor and writer at Moneysense magazine. An award-winning business journalist, she has written for Macleans's, Chatelaine, Canadian Business and many other leading publications. Her mission is to empower women to be proactive about money. | {
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Q: On the definition of semi-algebra I found two definitions in some textbooks. One is defined as follows:
A collection $\mathscr{C}$ of subset of $X$ is called a semi-algebra if
(a) $\emptyset \in \mathscr{C},$
(b) if $A, B\in \mathscr{C},$ then $A\cap B\in \mathscr{C},$
(c) for $A\in \mathscr{C},$ there exist finitely many (possibly empty) disjoint sets $E_1, \ldots, E_n\in \mathscr{C}$ such that $ X\setminus A=\bigcup_{i=1}^n E_i.$
Another definition is given by:
A collection $\mathscr{C}$ of subset of $X$ is called a semi-algebra if
(a) $\emptyset \in \mathscr{C},$
(b) if $A, B\in \mathscr{C},$ then $A\cap B\in \mathscr{C},$
(c') For $A, B\in \mathscr{C}$, there exist finitely many disjoint sets $E_1,E_2,\ldots, E_m\in \mathscr{C}$ such that $A\setminus B=\bigcup_{k=1}^m E_k.$
My question is : Are the two definitions equivalent? How to prove that $(c')$ implies $(c)$? The main difficult is that $X$ is not necessary in $\mathscr{C}$.
A: The two conditions (call them $(S1)$ and $(S2)$) are not equivalent. $(S1)\Rightarrow (S2)$ is clearly true, but here are a couple of counterexamples that showcase the main obstructions to $(S2)\Rightarrow (S1)$, or at least what I believe them to be:
*
*$X=\Bbb R$ and $\mathscr C=\mathcal P(\Bbb R\setminus\{0\})$
*$X$ an infinite set and $\mathscr C$ the family of finite subsets of $X$.
If you substitute $(a)\equiv[\emptyset\in \mathscr C]$ with $(a')\equiv[X,\emptyset\in \mathscr C]$ they are equivalent. I think that if you substitute $(a)$ with just $(a'')\equiv [X\in\mathscr C]$, then you obtain a condition which is not equivalent to $(a)\land (b)\land (c)$, but which should work just fine with the things you'll need this for.
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Sarasota, FL. – Residents in the Sarasota community and surrounding areas will have the opportunity to receive free dental services at University Parkway Dental on Saturday, November 17.
Dr. Long Pham, Dr. Janielle Silliman and team at University Parkway Dental will be improving the oral health of the community as part of Free Dentistry Day, a day dedicated to providing free dental care to the growing number of Americans without dental insurance. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 108 million Americans are living without dental insurance.
During Free Dentistry Day, a choice of one free cleaning or extraction will be provided per patient on Saturday, November 17, between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. at 3315 University Parkway, Suite 103 in Sarasota. Patients will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call 941-822-8165 or visit www.FreeDentistryDay.org.
"It's very gratifying to see the impact that events like Free Dentistry Day can have on the life of a person. At the same time we're changing their life, they're changing ours," said Dr. Pham.
Dr. Pham, Dr. Silliman and team are proud to serve the Sarasota community, providing first-class general, cosmetic and restorative dentistry and outstanding patient service. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 941-822-8165 or visit www.UniversityParkwayDental.com. | {
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What Is Strict Liability In California Dog Bite Injuries?
A dog bite can cause significant injuries for the victim including disfigurement, nerve damage, scarring, severe infections, and permanent disability. Dog owners have a duty under strict liability laws to ensure that their dog does not cause injury to another person but some owners fail in this duty. Have you or a loved one been bitten by a dog? Are you wondering who will pay your medical bills and expenses? If so, you need a support system to handle the red tape, the insurance adjusters, the police, the hospital, and the many other parties and entities of interest associated with a personal injury case.
The Levinson Law Group (personal injury lawyers) has both the experience and the legal knowledge to provide you with the support system you need as you recover from your injuries. Our office takes care of the legal aspects of getting you the compensation you deserve for your injuries while you focus on the healing process. We accept cases on a contingent fee. That means that if there is no recovery in your case you pay no fee. In most cases, we even advance the costs. For your free consultation, call (760) 642-5475 today.
Under California Civil Code section 3342, a dog owner is "liable for the damages suffered by any person who is bitten by the dog while in a public place or lawfully in a private place, including the property of the owner of the dog, regardless of the former viciousness of the dog." This duty of care is referred to as strict liability. Strict liability means the dog owner is responsible for any injuries caused by the dog even if the dog has never bitten or attacked a person before this incident.
Prior to the enactment of California's strict liability law regarding dog bites, the victim of a dog bite was required to prove the dog owner knew or should have known the dog was dangerous. In order to recover damages for injuries, the dog must have had a vicious nature, which typically meant the dog had bitten a person before this incident. As a result, victims of dog bites, where the dog had never bitten another person, rarely received compensation for his or her injuries. Fortunately, California lawmakers changed this injustice with strict liability. | {
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Mods please close this. I have been very busy in RL and will have to do this some other time.
To the bidders, thank you for bidding. I did not find a good enough offer as of yet to make any sales. I might PM some ppl when I do this again.
Your privacy is important to me, so if you want to keep the bid private, I will honor it.
Adding the following to the thread. SB is 5e on everything. Too much to describe here so bid clearly with req, name and bonus so I know what you are bidding on. Once I see a acceptable bid to me. I will contact you here via pm and arrange for a trade. Leave your IGN also if possible. Thanks.
All war hammers are spiky.
Please let me know if you need any more clarifications via PM.
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Got some offers in game but I am not taking items other than rare minis. Ty.
Changed the title of the thread from "WTS ULTRA RARE PERFECT Q8 Fire Ghostly Staff HCT HSR + Free Q9 Air Ghostly." to "WTS RARE PERFECT Q8 Fire Ghostly Staff HCT HSR + NEW ADDED Lots of OS Golds and Greens.".
Added lots of OS golds, some greens and some insc weps.
If you'll be content with putting water with wine, the glass will always be half full.
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Xbox One hardware sales see significant increase in the UK
Sebastian Guadalupe
It's no secret that the Xbox One has tanked (in terms of sales) on many countries: Germany, Japan, Belgium, South America in general, but there are still parts of world where Microsoft´s latest console is having really good sales, with the biggest Xbox markets being the United Kingdom and the United States. Last week saw the Xbox One get an amazing boost in the UK markets.
According to MCV, the week ending September 24th had the Xbox One with a 71% share of the hardware market while the PlayStation 4 had a market share of barely 19% (with the other 10% being other devices). Reports also show that the Xbox´s 71% share is a 76% increase Year Over Year.
Of course the amount of consoles sold on both fronts have a lot to do with the releases of their Slim counterparts, the 500gb and 1tb Xbox One S models released on August 23th, while the PlayStation 4 Slim launched on September 15th. Interestingly enough, the Xbox One sold more than the PS4 last week even though its Slim model came out three weeks earlier. Not only that, but when comparing the launch weeks of both models, the Xbox One S had 361% stronger sales than the PS4 Slim, whether this is because the PS4 Slim wasnt that big of a redesign or because of prices is definitely up for debate.
Its interesting to watch the Xbox division fight to keep its share of the market in certain countries, going back to the US, the Xbox One managed to score a top hardware seller position on August's NPD report, which also meant that the Xbox One was the Nº1 console for two months in a row, not bad for a console that had pretty negative reactions from press and fans when it was originally revealed. It doesnt mean that it will manage to sell more than the Xbox 360, but it shows that the Xbox division knows what its doing now way more than what they knew three years ago.
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Leo Varadkar, who is set to take over as Ireland's prime minister later this month, is a person of Indian origin, with roots in Maharashtra. He is also gay. His election reveals how even the most conservative Catholic republic can change over time. Does this election have something to do with Irish mythology, which speaks of how Ireland has been home to waves of immigrants, just as we can argue that the discomfort of Indians with immigrants and foreigners (ironically amplified in many Indians who emigrate to the US), and the tendency to even claim gay behaviour came to India from abroad, may have something to do with mythic notions of purity and contamination. This is a good time to explore the thought-provoking mythology of Ireland with an Indian lens, while raising a toast to Varadkar.
Irish mythology is presented as story cycles: the Mythological Cycle, the Ulster Cycle, the Finn Cycle, and the Historical Cycle. As the names suggest, in these cycles we move from a distant magical past, to a more recent measurable past, almost like the march of the four yugas mentioned in the Puranas – from the distant Krita to the quasi-historical Treta and Dvapara, to the current historical Kali yuga.
In the way these stories came to be retold, recorded and transmitted, we find tensions between Ireland's modernity, its Catholic heritage and its pagan past, often paralleling the tensions between India's modernity, its vast and complex plural past and the rise of monochromatic Hindutva nationalism.
Though ancient, Irish mythology was recorded about a thousand years ago. Much of the information we have today was probably invented later, to legitimise its Christian heritage, to mimic the heroic tales of Greek and Roman mythology, and to give Irish nationalism legitimacy by distinguishing it from British lore. Be that as it may, it makes for fascinating reading.
The most interesting of these cycles is the Mythological Cycle, for here we learn of Ireland being populated by six waves of immigrants, some whom perished due to natural calamities, and others who clashed with earlier inhabitants.
The first immigrants are traced to Noah, revealing the Christian influence. Monks who first recorded Irish myths were torn between celebrating the Irish past and establishing their faith amongst non-believers.
Cessair, granddaughter of Noah, was denied admission to Noah's Ark, so she left 40 days before The Flood and arrived in Ireland with 50 other women, and three men. The three men were to divide the women among them and were expected to populate the land. Unfortunately, two of the men died. When the 50 women all turned their attention to the third, Fintan, he saw that they were placing too much responsibility on him, and fled Ireland by turning himself into a salmon. Cessair died from a broken heart. Without a single man on the isle, the other women also perished. When the flood came, only the salmon survived.
Three hundred years after Noah's flood, Partholon (a name probably derived from St Bartholomew), a descendent of Noah, arrived in Ireland with his people, and encountered the mysterious wild beast-like Fomorians, who had arrived there two centuries earlier from the sea and survived by foraging for food. The Partholonians defeated the Fomorians in war, and established civilisation. They cleared the plains, established new lakes and introduced agriculture and animal husbandry, cooking, and crafts and trade. The confrontation between Fomorians and Partholonians sounds like the confrontation between rakshasas and rishis that we find in the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Unfortunately, a plague killed all Partholonians. Only one man survived.
This lone survivor became old and grey, and turned into a stag. He watched the Nemedians, a new people, arrive and eventually perish. The stag turned into a wild boar, and watched the taking of Ireland by the Fir Bolg. He then turned into a hawk and saw Ireland seized by Tuatha de Danann (children of Danu, the goddess), whose leaders Nuada and Lugh defeated the Fir Bolg, but were eventually defeated and outwitted by the new arrivals, the Milesians. The hawk then became a salmon that was caught and eaten whole by a woman who then delivered him as a child. He was named Tuan mac Cairill (son of Cairill) and he met St Patrick, converted to Christianity and told him the tale of the Irish people.
Tuatha de Danann told the Irish people of their origins from the Milesians – how the Tuatha de Danann created a storm to prevent Milesians from coming to the shore and how the Milesians used music to calm the waves; how the Milesians agreed to name Ireland after Erie, one of the triple goddess of the Tuatha de Danann; and finally how the Milesians agreed to share the land with the children of Danu, but very cleverly sought the upper half and gave them the lower half. And so Tuatha de Danann went underground, and still live in Ireland, as the famous mysterious fairy people, also known as elves. They are not quite the winged pixie like creatures of fairy tales invented in the 19th century, but far more mysterious and mystical beings, who can help or harm.
In the Ulster Cycle, we see how legendary heroes often encounter these magical beings, who can help or harm, much as Greek heroes are helped and harmed by Olympian gods. Many have tried to see connections between the Fomorians with the Titans of Greek mythology, and Tuatha de Danann with the later Olympians, and between the sequential rise and fall of various gods in the Greek and Irish mythological cycles. This has been attributed to the Greco-Roman education of Christian monks who recorded the Irish tales. When the British came to India, they tried to equate the asuras with Titans, and devas with Olympians, force fitting the mythology of the Puranas with Greek mythology, for in the 19th century, many Orientalists believed that before the arrival of religion and monotheism the world was united by a common pagan polytheistic faith. Scholars today shy away from such simplistic explanations.
When we hear the famous tale of the Cattle Raid of Cooley from the Ulster Cycle, we cannot help but think of gavasthi, the Vedic word for battle, which refers to cattle raids. The story goes that Queen Mebd was upset because her husband Ailill was richer because his cattle herd had one more bull than hers. Determined to get a bull so that she was as rich as him, she conspired to steal the bull of a neighbouring clan. This led to a great battle. To her surprise, her entire army was stopped by a young teenager, the great hero Cu Cuhulainn, who protects the cows and is known as the Hound of Cooley.
Cu Cuhulainn defeats many heroes and semi-divine beings in single combat. He is ultimately killed. But a proud hero, he is determined to die standing on his feet, so he ties himself to a stone. His enemies, who are terrified of his battle fury, do not approach him and know he is dead only when a raven lands on his shoulder.
Many an Irish hero has found inspiration in Cu Cuhulainn including the many gay activists and women's rights activists who challenged the conservative ways of the Church.
The Finn Cycle shows a further distancing from the god-like creatures of the past, and a greater connection with wisdom than warfare. We are re-introduced to the famous Salmon of Knowledge – the same salmon who survived the great flood in the Mythological Cycle.
When the flood receded, this salmon swam upstream and nibbled on nine nuts that fell from nine trees into the river and thereby became the repository of all wisdom from the world. This salmon was caught by a druid who had heard of its legendary wisdom. Eager to have all the wisdom of the world, he told his young student to cook the salmon but not to eat it. The student obeyed. But while cooking the fish, the student's finger got burnt on its fat. As he sucked his thumb, at that moment, along with all the fish juices stuck to his finger, the student obtained the wisdom of the salmon that the teacher wanted all for himself.
Perhaps it was this wisdom of the salmon that informs the maturity of the people of Ireland on matters of gender, sexuality, and immigration, in a world that is increasingly angry.
A ceramic mosaic sculpture by artist John Kindness that alludes to the mythological salmon of knowledge stands on Donegall Quay in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photo credit: William Murphy/Flickr/ CC BY-SA 2.0).
In the Historical Cycle, we find many hagiographies of ancient kings filled with supernatural elements. Scholars have tried to locate the historical identities of these kings with varied success, much as many scholars try to reconstruct the history of India using genealogies of kings found in the Puranas.
Prosperity in the realm, we learn, is intimately connected to the quality of the king. In addition, the king was frequently bound by certain restrictions, a kind of a taboo, called geasa. It contained the king's power and made him aware of his mortality.
Here we find the tale of King Art who was determined to fight his rival Lugaid. A metalsmith warned him against violence but Art was adamant. Since Art had no children, the metalsmith offered him his daughter as wife so that at least he would have a child who would outlive him, should he die in the duel. Art agreed, married the smith's daughter and spent the night with her. In the night she saw a dream where her head was cut, and from the severed neck rose a tree that spreads all over Ireland until it is washed away by a flood. Art interprets the dream as revealing his death – he will be killed in the duel. The tree that grows out her neck is their child, Cormac, who will grow up to be a great king. And the washing away of the tree by a flood reveals that Cormac will die when he chokes on a fishbone. All things revealed by the dream come to pass.
We also find the tale of King Cobhthach, who was so insanely jealous of his brother, assuming that he sought to usurp his property, that he killed his brother, and his brother's son. He then fed their hearts to his brother's grandson, and got the boy to swallow a mouse with its tail. The traumatised boy lost his voice and came to be known as the mute. Now, a disabled person cannot be king and so Cobhthach let the boy live, knowing that he was no threat to his rule. But the child secretly regained his voice, and became known as Labhraidh – he who speaks. He was sent by his mother to France, where he grew up in safety, and returned years later with a wife and army. He built an iron house and invited his granduncle to a feast. Suspicious as ever, Cobhthach refused to enter the iron house first. So Labhraidh's mother entered first, knowing fully well what her son had planned. As soon as Cobhthach entered the iron house, Labhraidh shut the door and lit fires around the house, turning it into an oven that cooked alive the man who killed his father and his grandfather. His mother had wilfully sacrificed herself for this. Now we know where the inspiration for the Game of Thrones comes from.
Christianity reached Ireland over 1,500 years ago. A young boy, Patrick, whose father was probably in the Roman army and stationed in Britain, near Hadrian's wall, and whose grandfather was a priest, was captured and taken as a slave to Ireland where he served as shepherd to his master's flocks until he had a vision of God, was inspired to escape, return home, study Christianity, and eventually return to Ireland to teach the pagans there God's way.
Information about Patrick is shrouded in legend. We learn that he drove all serpents out of Ireland (although scientists are sure there were no snakes in Ireland since the Ice Age), which gives him the status of a Moses-like biblical prophet who battled serpents in the Book of Exodus. We learn that the staff Patrick struck the ground with while preaching turned into a tree, for that is how long he had to preach before people converted to his way. We also learn that he used the shamrock leaf with its three leaves (somewhat similar to the bilva leaf offered in Shiva temples) to represent the holy trinity. We learn that local druids, and even mythical heroes appeared before him and challenged his un-heroic, non-sensual simple lifestyle, but eventually submitted before his doctrine.
Christianity plays a key role in Irish history and a major role in its hostility with Britain, for while most of Ireland follows the Catholic Church, which is headed by the Pope, Britain has its own Church, headed by its King or Queen. The conflict has been a violent one extending over generations.
The Catholic Church is conservative. It is opposed to homosexuality as well as abortion. But over time, people change, ideas change, values change, and with it the Church. Leo Varadkar's election indicates things are changing in the world, and not always in the direction pointed by Donald Trump whose administration edited out from official records of the White House Gauthier Destenay, the gay husband, of the Luxembourg Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel, during an official visit recently. | {
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NPAs to keep Yes Bank profit under pressure for the next 18 months: Moody's
Private sector lender Yes Bank has an overall stressed advance of 8 percent and new chief executive Ravneet Gill's clean-up will keep profit under pressure for up to the next 18 months, rating agency Moody's warned Tuesday.
However, looking beyond the near-term stress, Gill's clean-up is positive, once the de-risking is completed, the agency noted. "We estimate that Yes Bank's overall stressed assets are about 8 percent of its total loans, taking into account this new disclosure," Moody's said after the bank Friday reported its maiden loss of Rs 1,506 crore for March quarter.
Gross non-performing assets shot up to 3.2 percent, while Gill also marked out an Rs 10,000-crore portfolio as potentially stressed. Provisions on account of higher NPAs and also a contingent provision representing 20 percent of the Rs 10,000 -crore portfolio resulted in the losses, Gill explained.
The agency said the bank expects 50 percent of these potentially stressed loans to slip into NPAs and will provide more for the same going forward. The 8 percent dud loans include a gross NPAs of 4 percent which has been called out as potentially stressed, net standard restructured loans and security receipts of 0.8 percent of gross loans, the agency said.
On a pro-forma basis, the provision coverage ratio is at 33 percent of the stressed assets, it added. "The balance sheet clean-up will strain the bank's profitability in the next 12-18 months as it provides for these higher quantum of stressed assets," Moody's warned.
The agency also said the shift away from corporate loans to retail and small businesses will also strain the bottom line as the corporate loans have been a key source of earnings. But the shift is credit positive as such loans are better from an asset quality perspective, it added.
The agency further noted that the bank has decided to slow down on loan growth to 20-25 percent, as against 34 percent average of recent years. It can be recalled that on Monday in an unusual step, Australian brokerage Macquarie made a public apology saying they had got their call on Yes Bank all wrong and forecast a 40 percent correction in stock price and downgraded it by two notches.
Admitting to overlooking the risks from the structured finance business of Yes Bank, Macquarie said, "we must eat the humble pie today and admit we underestimated the risks in structured finance. We got the call wrong."
The brokerage also flagged concerns on the fee income and the retail franchise of the fifth largest private sector lender. It also said over the past eight years, it felt the bank can thrive in a risky business like structured finance.
The bank led by Rana Kapoor, who was forced out by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) earlier this year for reportedly under-reporting bad loans and for poor governance standards, reported a three-times increase in BB-rated and below accounts despite a higher slippage of Rs 3,408 crore in the quarter is a negative surprise.
The bank made higher provisions for possible reverses, including a massive Rs 2,100-crore contingency reserves, leading to the massive loss and said had it not been for an Rs 831-crore write-back, it would have reported higher losses for the March quarter.
It also saw an almost ten-times spike in provisions to Rs 3,661 crore from Rs 399 crore in the year-ago period. This includes a contingent provision of Rs 2,100 crore on an Rs 10,000-crore exposure to potentially stressed assets in real estate, media & entertainment and infra sectors, which stands at risk, the management told analysts on a concall.
Overall slippages jumped to Rs 3,481 crore, including Rs 552 crore to Jet Airways and Rs 529 crore for the bankrupt infra lender IL&FS. The gross NPA ratio more than doubled to 3.22 from 1.28 in the year-ago period and 2.10 in the preceding quarter. It has a 7 percent exposure to the commercial realty sector, which is facing troubles.
There was a bloodbath on the stock as investors punted the Yes Bank counter, which plunged close to 30 percent to Rs 168 on the BSE after hitting a low of Rs 165.30 against a flat closing of the benchmark.
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LITTLE COUNTRY STORE INC. is a business entity registered in the state of New York under the legal form of DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION. It can be found in the register by the DOS ID 3673654. The company was established and set into the register at 19th May 2008 and its current status is ACTIVE. Company´s jurisdiction is in the state of NEW YORK in county ONTARIO. Process address of this entity is at 2913 COUNTY ROAD 47, CANANDAIGUA, 14424, NEW YORK.
Entity Name LITTLE COUNTRY STORE INC.
HOLLIS ADVANCED DENTAL CARE P.C.
GENERATIONS ON THE MOVE INC.
CREEKVIEW ACRES HOMEOWNERS ASSOC., INC.
THE MOUNT KISCO INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY, INC.
ASOCIACION DE MUJERES POBLANAS, INC.
ROME CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FUND, INC.
E & W MARBLE AND GRANITE INC.
ELL-N-WOOD FLOWERS & GARDENS, INC.
JONATHAN WANG PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES P.C.
R AND P CONSTRUCTION CORP.
JOSEPH D. MONTICCIOLO, ARCHITECT P.C.
THE SAVING GRACE FAMILY SERVICES, INC.
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Q: How to read all .log files from directory I have running .bat scripts that generate .log files in directory c:mydir and I would like to read all .log files to monitor my scripts.
The content of the .log files is pretty basic, if the script run ends with failure, in the .log file I have a string : 'Finished with errors' (fileA.log and fileB.log). If it runs successfully : Finished with NO errors (fileC.log)
The goal would be to have a POWERSHELL script returning the filename + status :
*
*fileA.log FAILED
*fileB.log FAILED
*fileC.log SUCCESS
A: Here's a concise, PowerShell-idiomatic solution based on a single pipeline, which combines Get-ChildItem, ForEach-Object, and Select-String:
Get-ChildItem *.log | ForEach-Object {
[pscustomobject] @{
Name = $_.Name
Status =
('FAILED', 'SUCCESS')[(Select-String -Quiet 'Finished with NO errors' $_.FullName)]
}
}
This outputs objects, namely [pscustomobject] instances, one per log file, that each have a .Name and a .Status property; in the console, you should see output like the following:
Name Status
---- ------
fileA.log FAILED
fileB.log FAILED
fileC.log SUCCESS
Performance optimization:
If your log files are large, mclayton sensibly suggests using Get-Content -Tail 1 (Get-Content -Last 1) as an optimization, under the assumption that the success marker string is always on the last line:
Get-ChildItem *.log | ForEach-Object {
[pscustomobject] @{
Name = $_.Name
Status =
('FAILED', 'SUCCESS')[(Get-Content $_.FullName -Tail 1) -match 'Finished with NO errors']
}
}
A: Get-Item File*.log | ForEach-Object { # Get each log file
$fil=$_.Name; # Hold the name of the file in variable fil
foreach ($line in Get-Content $fil ) { # Loop through each line of the file
if ($line -eq "NO errors") {
$stat="SUCCESS" # If line is "NO error" hold success/failure in variable stat
}
else {
$stat="FAILED"
} Write-Output $fil" "$stat # Print the file name and status
}
}
One liner:
Get-Item File*.log | ForEach-Object { $fil=$_.Name; foreach ($line in Get-Content $fil ) { if ($line -eq "NO errors") { $stat="SUCCESS" } else { $stat="FAILED" } Write-Output $fil" "$stat } }
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