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The 2012 World Rowing Senior & Junior Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, kicked off Wednesday. This regatta gives senior boat classes that do not race in the Olympic Games, and junior athletes, a chance to show their speed.
Canada has five crews competing in Plovdiv – four of them raced Wednesday, with the junior men's double seeing its first race Thursday.
The senior men's coxed pair of Kai Langerfeld of Parksville, B.C., Peter McClelland of Aurora/King City, ON, and coxswain Dane Lawson of Brockville, ON, won a heat in 7:11.21 to advance directly to the A final.
"We got out of the blocks very well today and set a positive tone for the rest of the race," said McClelland. "We were able to follow up our start with a good rhythm through the middle of the race and that allowed us to stay ahead of the fight for second place." The U.S. took second to also advance.
Eric Woelfl of St. Catharines, ON, and John Sasi of North Delta, B.C. were second in today's heat in 6:59.42 of the lightweight men's pair event, and go to the rep. The Netherlands won this heat to advance to the semifinal.
"It is a really tight field and there should be some good racing for the rest of the week," said Sasi, a 2008 Olympian.
The lightweight women's lightweight quad was fifth in 6:59.10, and go to the rep. Polish and Danish crews advanced from this heat.
The junior women's four finished third in the heat (07:11.84) and advances to semifinal. Italy won this heat convincingly in 7:00.99.
Racing continues to Sunday.
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Create your way to success
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Lisa + Ed, Byron Colby Barn
When I met with Lisa and Ed they had a clear vision of the Wedding they wanted. They wanted to incorporate elements of elegance, but more importantly fun. They incorporated elegance through their flowers and attire. There were splashes of fun everywhere you looked, from the bags (cornhole) that were set out during cocktail hour to the bar in the silo!
Lisa and Ed choose to use greenery, a dusty blue, and peach throughout their wedding which created a very soft and romantic feel to the day. They got married on a warm fall day which allowed for some fantastic outdoor photos.
Ed and Lisa had a relaxing morning getting ready with their bridal party, the first time they saw each other was down the aisle. They got married at St. John the Baptist in Johnsburg then traveled to Byron Colby Barn.
The venue is a great DIY venue and Lisa took full advantage of that. She learned calligraphy during the planning process and created some stunning signs. She also created an adorable place card table, she put all of the place cards in a window shutter (so cute!). Greenery was used as a table runner for the guest tables and she sprinkled some beautiful candles throughout. We added some utensils and glassware to enhance the look of the table.
Lisa and Ed were so much fun to work with! They are down to earth, funny, and so incredibly sweet.
Dana Ann Photography captured their day, Dana is so kind and made everyone feel so comfortable in front of the camera. Needless to say, Lisa and Ed loved their wedding gallery! Check out her work below!
Photographer: Dana Ann Photography
Venue: Byron Colby Barn | Church: St. John the Baptist | Caterer: Honky Tonk BBQ | DJ: Grand DJ Ent. | Flowers: Polly's Petals and Particulars | Rentals: Taylor Rentals | Transportation: Carlson Limousine | Cake: Lovin Oven Cakery | Make: Carly Pribich | Hair: Jen Spair | Hotel: Hampton Inn Libertyville


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Nepal Glaciers Shrink By Quarter In 30 Years
By Countercurrents
Climate crisis has caused Nepal 's Himalayan glaciers to shrink by nearly a quarter in just over 30 years, said a scientist.
The glacier loss raises the risk of natural disasters in the ecologically fragile region.
A new study by the Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) shows that the area covered by glaciers has decreased by 24 per cent between 1977 and 2010.
Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya, lead author of the report, said "the shrinking of glaciers in Nepal is definitely connected to climate change; glacial melt is a huge indicator of rising temperatures."
Under the three-year study led by ICIMOD scientists mapped satellite imagery from several decades to find the extent of ice loss in the region.
The fastest decline occurred between 1980 and 1990, said Bajracharya. Prior to the late 1970s, satellite imagery reflected little change in Nepal 's glacial area.
He said the glacial melting is creating huge, expanding lakes that threaten to burst and devastate mountain communities living downstream.
The accelerated glacial loss raises concerns over future access to water resources, particularly in regions where groundwater is limited and monsoon rains are erratic.
"If the trend continues, the immediate impact will be felt by those living in high-altitude regions, which are dependent on freshwater reserves from glaciers," said Bajracharya.
The findings also sound alarm bells for Nepal 's push to develop hydropower projects.
" Nepal cannot use its water resources to develop the country without assessing the state of our glaciers and river basins," he said.
A government report in India recently blamed hydropower projects for devastating floods last year that killed thousands in India and Nepal .
The government panel said the build up of sediment in rivers, due to the dumping of soil that was dug up during construction of hydropower projects, exacerbated flooding when record-high rainfall hit the region last June.
It should be mentioned that the Himalayan region abounds in glaciers. Most of the big glaciers lie in the eastern Himalayas .
As the western Himalayas receive only a small amount of rainfall, barring the formation of vast snowfields, the source of some of the big rivers of Nepal are in fact glaciers.
Nepal 's largest glacier lies in the Mahalangur and the Kumbhakarna ranges. Khumbu is the biggest glacier and Langtang the longest. Kanchenjunga , Yalung, Nupchu and Langtang are some other glaciers belonging to the eastern Himalayas . Tukche and Hidden valley glaciers belong to the central Himalayas but these are comparatively small.
The Khumbu glacier is situated between Mount Everest and the Lhotse-Nuptse Ridge. It is seen flowing down between the two mountains and swerving right through the Khumbu valley. The terrain is gray and rocky.


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Rotary Newton sponsors project to clean up Agra, India
on May 05, 2016
Agra is the home of the Taj Mahal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the "7 Wonders of the World", and the third most popular tourist attraction on the planet. It is also a metropolis with a population of over 4 million, and a good place to see the contrast between luxury and poverty. While it would seem that such a popular destination would be thriving economically, this is where the paradox lies: there shouldn't be so much poverty there. After all, Agra is home to some of the finest hotels and spas in India. Yet, so much of its population lives in slums where there is chronic undernourishment, especially amongst children, and no sanitation to speak of. Streets are overrun with solid waste, and removal systems are inadequate. The fact is that the typical tourist spends little time (and money) in the areas outside of the Taj because it is just too filthy – repulsive to many. This leaves hundreds of thousands of residents trying to eke out a living on a few dollars a day from the small fraction of visitors willing to venture a taxi ride beyond the main compound, or brave an overnight stay in one of the many, small hotels.
The Rotary Club of Newton, in collaboration with several Rotary Clubs in Agra, has proposed a global project to clean and beautify Agra by providing resources to not only clean up selected neighborhoods, but to create awareness, educate, inspire, and ultimately motivate the local citizens to improve the sanitary conditions of their residences, streets, and business areas. In short, the goal of the project, named "Agra Sunder Hai" (Beautiful Agra), is to make the city of Agra worthy of the Taj Mahal, the universal symbol of beauty and love.
"Agra Sunder Hai" was originally the inspiration of Ms. Erin Willinger, the daughter of Newton Rotarian Andy Willinger. Erin lived in Agra, and was in the process of organizing Agra Sunder Hai when she was tragically killed in 2014. It was her mission to improve the lives of the local people she grew to love, and Andy has made it his mission to carry it out. Together with Rotary Newton club president Indira Desai, the project began to take shape.
Raising money from the Rotary Clubs, relatives, friends and supporters, and through the Rotary International Foundation, the project will begin with removing trash and recyclables from a few thousand homes in a community near the Taj Mahal. A local waste management company with heavy equipment will be used initially, and regular collections will follow. Agra Rotarians will visit schools, businesses and religious institutions to spread the message and recruit volunteers, providing tools to aid in the effort. Several other Agra NGOs have also agreed to participate. Lastly, a social media campaign will support the goal to create a popular movement that can bring about meaningful and sustainable change in old behavior patterns.
This is only the beginning – a pilot project targeting one neighborhood. A cleaner and greener Agra is a noble task that has been proposed many times in Agra's history, but not carried out. However, through the power, commitment, and cooperation of Rotary we hope to soon see an Agra that is worthy of the Taj Mahal, and a real improvement in the quality of life for so many.
For more information, or if you'd like to help, go to www.rotarynewton.org,
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17.2. Non-Volatile Databases
Some information is so important that you cannot afford to lose it. Consider the name and password for authenticating users. If a person registers at a site that charges a subscription fee, it would be unfortunate if his subscription details were lost the next time the web server was restarted. In this case, the information must be stored in a non-volatile way, and that usually means on disk. Several options are available, ranging from flat files to DBM files to fully-fledged relational databases. Which one you choose will depend on a number of factors, including:
17.2.1. Flat-File Databases
If we have a small amount of data, sometimes the easiest technique is to just write this data in a text file. For example, if we have a few records with a fixed number of fields we can store them in a file, having one record per row and separating the fields with a delimiter. For example:
email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com
As long as we have just a few records, we can quickly insert, edit, and remove records by reading the flat-file database line by line and adjusting things as required. We can retrieve the fields easily by using the split function:
@fields = split /\|/, $record;
and we can put them back using join:
$record = join '|', @fields;
However, we must make sure that no field uses the field separator we have chosen (| in this case), and we must lock the file if it is to be used in a multiprocess environment where many processes may try to modify the same file simultaneously. This is the case whether we are using mod_perl or not.
If we are using some flavor of Unix, the /etc/passwd file is a perfect example of a flat-file database, since it has a fixed number of fields and most systems have a relatively small number of users.[46] This is an example of such a file:
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/tcsh bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin: daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin: adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm: lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:
: is used to separate the various fields.
Working with flat-file databases is easy and straightforward in plain Perl. There are no special mod_perl tricks involved.
17.2.2. Filesystem Databases
Many people don't realize that in some cases, the filesystem can serve perfectly well as a database. In fact, you are probably using this kind of database every day on your PC—for example, if you store your MP3 files categorized by genres, artists, and albums. If we run:
panic% cd /data/mp3 panic% find .
We can see all the MP3 files that we have under /data/mp3:
./Rock/Bjork/MTV Unplugged/01 - Human Behaviour.mp3 ./Rock/Bjork/MTV Unplugged/02 - One Day.mp3 ./Rock/Bjork/MTV Unplugged/03 - Come To Me.mp3 ... ./Rock/Bjork/Europa/01 - Prologue.mp3 ./Rock/Bjork/Europa/02 - Hunter.mp3 ... ./Rock/Nirvana/MTV Unplugged/01 - About A Girl.mp3 ./Rock/Nirvana/MTV Unplugged/02 - Come As You Are.mp3 ... ./Jazz/Herbie Hancock/Head Hunters/01 - Chameleon.mp3 ./Jazz/Herbie Hancock/Head Hunters/02 - Watermelon Man.mp3
Now if we want to query what artists we have in the Rock genre, we just need to list the files in the Rock/ directory. Once we find out that Bjork is one of the artists in the Rock category, we can do another enquiry to find out what Bjork albums we have bought by listing the files under the Rock/Bjork/ directory. Now if we want to see the actual MP3 files from a particular album (e.g., MTV Unplugged), we list the files under that directory.
What if we want to find all the albums that have MTV in their names? We can use ls to give us all the albums and MP3 files:
panic% ls -l ./*/*/*MTV*
Of course, filesystem manipulation can be done from your Perl program.
Let's look at another example. If you run a site about rock groups, you might want to store images relating to different groups. Using the filesystem as a database is a perfect match. Chances are these images will be served to users via  tags, so it makes perfect sense to use the real path (DocumentRoot considerations aside) to the image. For example:

In this example we treat ACDC as a record and cover-front.gif and cover-back.gif as fields. This database implementation, just like the flat-file database, has no special benefits under mod_perl, so we aren't going to expand on the idea, but it's worth keeping in mind.
17.2.3. DBM Databases
DBM databases are very similar to flat-file databases, but if all you need is to store the key/value pairs, they will do it much faster. Their use is much simpler, too. Perl uses tie( ) to interact with DBM databases, and you work with these files as with normal hash data structures. When you want to store a value, you just assign it to a hash tied to the DBM database, and to retrieve some data you just read from the hash.
A good example is session tracking: any user can connect to any of several mod_perl processes, and each process needs to be able to retrieve the session ID from any other process. With DBM this task is trivial. Every time a lookup is needed, tie the DBM file, get the shared lock, and look up the session_id there. Then retrieve the data and untie the database. Each time you want to update the session data, you tie the database, acquire an exclusive lock, update the data, and untie the database. It's probably not the fastest approach, and probably not the best one if you need to store more than a single scalar for each record, but it works quite well.
In Chapter 20 we give some important background information about DBM files and provide a few examples of how you can benefit from usingDBM files under mod_perl.
17.2.4. Relational Databases
Of course, the most advanced solution is a relational database. But even though it provides the best solution in many cases, it's not always the one you should pick. You don't need a sledgehammer to crack a nut, right?
Relational databases come in different implementations. Some are very expensive and provide many tools and extra features that aren't available with the cheaper and free implementations. What's important to keep in mind is that it's not necessarily the most expensive one that is the best choice in a given situation. Just as you need to choose the right database structure, you need to choose the right relational database. For example, ask yourself whether you need speed, or support for transactions, or both.
It makes sense to try to write your code in such a way that if later in the course of development you discover that your choice of relational database wasn't the best, it will be easy to switch to a different one.
mod_perl greatly helps work with relational databases, mainly because it allows persistent database connections. We'll talk extensively about relational databases and mod_perl in Chapter 20.
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"He must increase, and I must decrease." -Jn. 3.30
Regarding the work of theology, Karl Barth wrote this remarkable statement:
Theology as a whole and in all its disciplines is a threatened and dangerous undertaking, since it is menaced by every kind of human pride….
Its only purpose is to make itself superfluous.
(Barth, CD, as quoted in John Goldingay's OT Theology: Vol. 3, Israel's Life; IVP Academic)
This is a drastic statement, but I would hold it forth for every area of life, particularly in Christian service. The great danger of theology, preaching, missions, revival, miracles, fellowship, or any other "work" of the Kingdom, is that it would become the end in and of itself, when its real "purpose is to make itself superfluous," or nonessential, and to exalt the Man Christ Jesus.
The Message paraphrases John the Baptist's statement thusly:
This is the assigned moment for him to move into the center, while I slip off to the sidelines.
Any true work of God will be aimed at the reality of Christ being moved "into the center" of all things, rather than the ministry itself, or the personalities of men becoming the chief thing. We may give verbal and mental assent to Christ being the center, but unless we are "slipping off to the sidelines," and exalting Him actively in the inner-man, we are missing the mark of glory. John the Baptist was, in Jesus' own words, "a lamp that burned brightly," and while men may marvel, a lamp is only the bearer of light.
The apostle John stated that Jesus Himself is the Light, and we are called to live lives that are broken and decreasing ever and always, so that the Light of Jesus' own character and nature might increase and penetrate the hearts of men through our own words and deeds. You cannot do this by religious strife, asceticism, cleverness or cultivated skill. He will only increase, and show forth Himself through you, when you are willing to take the road of obscurity and hiddenness, and to actively glorify the Son of Man from your innermost-being.
I would choose to see the brightness of the heavenly things, although their lightning-glory leave me blind henceforth to any earthly glow; and I would hear but once the voice of God Almighty sweep in thunder from His throne, although from hence mine ear be deaf to the sweet trembling chime of this world's music. I had rather stand a prophet of my God, with all the thrills of trembling, which must shake the heart of one who in earth's garments, in the vesture frail of flesh and blood, is called to minister as seraphs do with fire- than bear the palm of any other triumph.
(Anonymous author, quote by Oswald Chambers in his complete works)
If you are willing to be "hidden with Christ in God," you will be a forerunner in the truest sense, "a lamp that burns brightly," lighting the path for other souls; the path that leads to the Man Christ Jesus, and Him alone.


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This addition to the Newcastle squad would balance it off nicely
In Dwight Gayle and Matt Ritchie I think we have signed two really good players who should excel in the Championship. Gayle especially has the snapshot instincts and pace we were lacking so badly last season and I'm glad we have addressed that position in the Newcastle squad so quickly.
I have never seen goalkeeper Matz Sels play but obviously it's a case in Rafa we trust; you know with Benitez any player signed is for footballing reasons and that he has a clear idea of what he wants.
We're looking very healthy in the goalkeeping position and it may well be a case of Tim Krul or Rob Elliott being let go.
I'd be surprised in a way if a club was to pay big money for Krul after such a long lay-off but maybe a move away would be best for all concerned; he's an adopted Geordie and has given some brilliant performances but I think things did go a bit stale.
The laugh he was having with Defoe at HT against Sunderland after a very alarming first half gave, to me, an insight into that drive wavering perhaps and being in the comfort zone.
I do though believe we may need to address a potential height problem in the Championship. Apart from Lascelles I can't think of many other dominant players in the air – Cheick Tiote does compete brilliantly in the air for a smaller player but I can't think of any other strong, tall players.
This might sound very out-of-date but I think a lot of the football in the Championship is based on set-pieces and playing those very basic percentages over and over again. Any free-kick is often used to get the centre-backs forward for a ball into the box and I think a lot of teams combine this with simply concentrating on the basics such as defensive shape.
We can have the best players all we want but if we are constantly facing balls into our box towards a number of 6ft+ players, while defending with mainly shorter players (ED: Today's signing Jesus Gamez is just under 6 ft), then it's a simple equation which says we're going to encounter some problems.
If we can identity and bring in a few more quality players who have that height and are strong in the air then it would balance the Newcastle squad out very nicely.
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Bages getaway: All the secrets of a Designation of Origin
We recommend a trip centred around the world of vineyards, wine and wineries
The Pla de Bages Denomination of Origin (D.O.) wins over fans every day. On this 48-hour getaway you'll discover who and what are behind this D.O., get to know the region's vineyards, its wineries, and the people that make it all possible. And the last day is saved for a stroll through the monumental Manresa.
Day 1: The first cava cooperative
The first part of the visit is located in Artés, to the far east of the Pla de Bages (Bages plain), and more specifically to the Municipal Wine Cooperative. The first cava cooperative in Spain began here 108 years ago. In those days, cava producers probably called it 'champagne'. Today, this sparkling wine still makes up the largest part of the winery's business, producing 100,000 bottles of the brands Artium and Lluís Guitart every year.
To get yourself on a guided tour of the winery it's probably best if you reserve in advance. You'll be taken on a journey through the place's century-old history, during which you'll learn about how they make wine and cava, and complete your tour with a tasting of the co-op's most representative wines.
Day 2: Vineyard huts
As you visit various wineries on this visit, you'll soon realise that each has its own peculiarities and charms. Yesterday you learned about a historic one, and today you'll discover another, which, among many of its fascinating features, includes well-preserved vineyard 'huts', stone constructions that bear witness to the passion for the vine in this region goes much further back than you could imagine. In fact, you may not know this, but the name 'Bages' comes from the word 'Baco', the Roman god of wine. So, in the morning, we recommend you visit the winery Abadal in Santa Maria d'Horta d'Avinyó, which is immersed in a captivating landscape. As well as delving into the winery, you'll also visit the Museum of Wine, a farmhouse from the 12th century and the famous vineyard huts. At the end, you'll get to go on another tasting.
In the afternoon, head to the Mas de Sant Iscle, within the municipality of Sant Fruitós de Bages. Here, in the heart of the Pla de Bages, they've been making wine since the beginning of the 19th century, focusing mainly on the Picapoll grape, an autochthonous variety, as well as on the recovery of the Picapoll Negre (black Picapoll). The proximity between the farmhouse and the vineyards – documented since the year 950 – means that the visit always starts on the land, and, depending on the time of year, you'll learn about different wine growing and farming tasks. After that, enter the winery, and, once again, it's time to taste some wines. Also note that during the year they hold jazz and classical music concerts and also serve meals.
Day 3: The capital's historic town centre
You can visit Manresa from many different angles: from the point of view of the modernista buildings, or by following Saint Ignatius of Loyola's footsteps, or even discovering its parks. It's all worth doing! Today, however, we recommend you take a trip around the historic city centre held within its old medieval walls, and since you have all day, perhaps explore a bit further.
We suggest you pay special attention to places such as the Plaça Major, the Plana d'Olm, Carrer Sant Miquel and Carrer Botí. Carrer del Balç also deserves a special mention, as it conserves the same structure as 700 years ago, when the city was one of the most prominent in the Crown of Aragon and received with full honours all the monarchs who passed through it. Pay a visit to the Study Centre on the same street, which, using the most advanced technology, will tell you all about medieval Manresa, retold by Peter the Great (Peter III of Aragon) himself!
Finally, you'll come across the Basilica of Saint Mary (or La Seu), a spectacular Gothic building at the top of Puigcardener hill, the perfect end to your stay in Bages.
Although Santpedor is nowhere near the coast, Tesi offers good, well-cooked fish dishes, ranging from seafood soups to monkfish with aubergine puree and sweet tomato. There's also plenty here for meat eaters: duck breast, shoulder of lamb, wild boar... it all depends on what's in season. This restaurant gives you good value for money with a good level of expertise in the kitchen.
Can Ladis
If you closed your eyes while eating you could easily imagine you were in a restaurant on the seafront, but no, you're in Sant Fruitós del Bages, in Can Ladis, a restaurant that focuses on fish and seafood, and where you can enjoy dishes like sautéed squid, monkfish with clams, paella and fish stews. So, if you're in the Bages region and you love seafood, come to Can Ladis.
Can Miliu
They may have just celebrated 40 years in the business, but at Can Miliu they're enjoying their work as much as they did the first day, with friendly service and great Catalan dishes using locally sourced products. This restaurant has it all, with rooms for celebrations, business lunches and a terrace that's popular with smokers and with all diners when the weather's good.
At the head of Ospi is Oscar Piedra – hence the name of the restaurant. Piedra is an experienced, award-winning chef who offers two types of culinary experiences: miniature cuisine, served in the bar-café on the one hand, and high-quality dishes based on market cuisine but with signature touches on the other. Also on offer are fixed-price menus, a catering service, and facilities for special celebrations.
As the name of this restaurant suggests, here you can eat pasta and pizza. But much more besides. Raviolo serves excellent dishes of black rice, cod and duck as well as seasonal produce and top-quality pasta made daily in their own workshop in the centre of the capital of Bages.
La Tina de Betlem
Where you stay now when you go to La Tina is where they used to store the wine ages ago, but don't worry, it doesn't smell like a wine cellar anymore. What you will get is an excellent country farmhouse where you can enjoy magnificent countryside and where you'll find a swimming pool, a barbecue, a terrace and a garden. Inside you won't want for much either, and next door is a farmhouse with a farm. The accommodation sleeps up to six, and it is rented out as a whole, plus small pets are welcome.
Cal Jan Bastardas
The country farmhouse Cal Jan Bastardas dates back to the 18th century and offers magnificent panoramic views of Montserrat mountain. Outside there's a garden, a swimming pool and a terrace, while inside you'll find four bedrooms, a fireplace, and everything you need to spend a few restful days without having to move from the site if you don't want to. However, if you do want to go out and grab some supplies, a few metres away there's a house where they sell organic products and offer food services.
Ca l'Antonieta
This house is in the greater metropolitan area of Talamanca and sleeps eight to ten guests. The house is divided into to floors: the ground floor is where you'll find the dining room, kitchen, a bathroom, the terrace, two double bedrooms and a single bedroom; upstairs there's a loft-type space with a dining area, kitchen, one double bedroom, a sofabed and a bathroom.
Càmping Emili Freixa
This campsite is the closest one to the capital of Bages, so it's a good place as a base for visiting Manresa and many other places of interest that are quite nearby. The name of the campground pays tribute to one of the founding members of the Caravaners Union of Catalonia, the organisation that manages the site. Here you'll find open spaces, a sports complex, a swimming pool, a social area, kids' park and more.
Hotel Els Noguers
This city hotel is located close to the entertainment centre of Manresa. Though it doesn't boast great luxuries, it's got all the comforts you need whether you're visiting for business or pleasure. If you are in town for business, know that there are plenty of convention and meeting rooms available as well. Bedrooms are well equipped and the restaurant is decent, with Catalan and market cuisine. For the last quarter of a century, visitors to the capital of Bages have found the doors open at Hotel Els Noguers.
Kursaal – Espai d'arts escèniques Manresa
The Scenic Arts Centre in Manresa has a busy schedule that includes performances in various genres, as well as education in the scenic arts and a bar-restaurant. It's set in a noucentista-style building from the 1920s that was closed in 1980 and reopened in 2007 as a theatre and concert hall. The main hall has seating for 8,000 spectators, while the smaller one seats 200. It's managed by the Galliner association and attracts some 75,000 spectators every year.
Casa Museu Rafael Casanova
The hero of the great Catalan defeat of 1714, head councillor Rafael Casanova, was born in this house to a rich family in 1660 and it's changed very little since then. The house already existed in the 16th century, but the Casanova family bought and renovated it in the 17th century. Look out for the Gothic window and the 18th-century Ester Cycle paintings. It also houses an exhibition on Casanova's historical period, the town, his life and his ancestry, as well as the municipal archives and the Moia county museum. The centre belongs to the Museu d'Història de Catalunya network.
Món Sant Benet
The cultural and recreational complex run by the Fundació Catalunya – La Pedrera near Manresa invites you to savour it slowly: the Romanesque monastery of Sant Benet de Bages, the Alicia Foundation, the ecological market gardens, the hotel with three restaurants, one with a Michelin star, and spaces for events and meetings. In brief: art, cuisine and nature for all ages, tastes, and budget, tied up together in a beautiful ribbon since 2007.
GeoParc de la Catalunya Central
Something new and difficult to explain. Abstract, but palpable. And very expanisve: it covers a whole region. But what on earth is a geopark? It's a geological and mining park, an outdoor museum that covers almost all the municipalities in Bages, as well as Collbató (Baix Llobregat Nord), with five information points and nine centres: the Salpetre caves, the Toll caves, Montserrat, Sant Llorenç, La Culla, Súria, the Valentí Masachs Geology Museum, Sallent and Cardona. It's covered by two routes: from Moià to Cardona and from Moià to Collbató.
Cardona Castle
This is the last bit of the Principality that succumbed to the Bourbons in 1714. A refuge for the viscounts, earls, and dukes of Cardona for seven centuries – kings uncrowned by the 'white gold' (salt), the castle is an imposing place with two great treasures: the divine Romanesque collegiate church of Sant Vicenç and the Minyona tower. A Gothic cloister was added, as were 17th-century bulwarks. The castle also boasts an inn, recently made into a museum, all of which make up the monument that is the History Museum of Catalonia, with all that entails.
Montserrat Museum
This museum never takes a day off. It shows the cream of the crop of the abbey's heritage, gathered from the Napoleonic devastation. The museum opened in 1963, but its contents date back to 1911, with objects from the monk Bonaventura Ubach's expedition to the Middle East. The modernista rooms from Puig i Cadalfalch feature, over two floors, both old and contemporary paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries, Byzantine icons, jewellery, archaeological pieces from the biblical world, and Nigra Sum, about the adventures of the Virgin of Montserrat.


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Is the Internet compatible with what was once termed "the life of the mind"? Or do changing technologies demand transformations in the habits of contemplation and attention that have made possible particular kinds of intellectual life?
In the journal n+1, Benjamin Kunkel discusses three books that explore these questions (Naomi S. Baron, "Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World"; Henry Jenkins, "Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide"; Lee Siegel, "Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob"). While these authors' concerns are social, economic, and technological, Kunkel's interest lies in the personal experience of thinking, reading, and writing online.
"No logical reason exists why you couldn't be a thorough reader of both Proust and Gawker," he writes; "or couldn't exchange, by snail-mail, long, unbosoming letters with the same friend with whom you trade ticklishly glib text messages."
Trouble is, the Internet manifests itself as an object of compulsion, even addiction. "An inability to log off is hardly the most destructive habit you could acquire," he adds, "but it seems unlikely there is any more widespread compulsion among the professional middle-class and their children than lingering online."
Like many of us, Kunkel celebrates the amusement, wonder, and surprise that the Internet brings to his desktop, even as he challenges us to think through the cognitive challenges the medium presents to serious contemplation. To think online, he seems to suggest, we need to learn new ways of sustaining attention and cultivating imagination.
Perhaps we can learn to shape our own thoughts online; the prospects for the future of the book, however, seem much less susceptible to control. Princeton University Press director Peter J. Dougherty worries (in the current Chronicle of Higher Education) about the future of academic publishing, once the bastion of "hard ideas." To renew the vigor of academic publishing, Dougherty argues, the university presses must do more than start blogs and explore new media like ebooks and print-on-demand technology.
Dougherty exhorts the university presses to undertake a fourfold renewal of the life of the mind: publish more books from the cutting edge of the professions; reclaim textbook publishing from the commercial press; offer books that appeal to a global readership; find ways to bring the life of the academy – the lectures, symposia, and seminars where knowledge is vetted – into published books. The form these books take – in print or pixels – matters less than the kinds of minds they engage.
I'm sure Dougherty knows that much of the renaissance he pines for is already happening on the Internet, university presses or no. The challenge for everyone attracted to "hard ideas" is this: Will the kind of online mental hygiene Kunkel envisions prove compatible with the kind of twittery, flickering attention one needs to cultivate in order to find good thoughts on the Internet?


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With less than two weeks to go before the release of one of the most anticipated video games of the year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, gamers are making plans to attend the midnight launch. They may be waiting in line with NFL Pro Bowlers, such as WR Brandon Lloyd, recently acquired by the St. Louis Rams.
Lloyd is a serious gamer. A room in his house is dedicated to gaming, equipped with a PS3 and XBox 360 console attached to a 60-inch LED TV. And like scores of other NFL players, he's hooked on Call of Duty. He's been playing it since the original Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare came out in 2007. "Every team I've been on," he says, "we've had a huge following. That game, it brings people together. I still have guys I play [COD] with who are out of the league."
Just like the rest of us, Lloyd, who led the NFL in receiving yards last season (1,448), is counting down to Nov. 8. He says, "I'll get home from practice, go to bed and set my alarm for 11:45 p.m." Then he'll head out to pick up his copy.
Until he was traded by the Denver Broncos, Lloyd was a part of a large group of players who played COD on a regular basis, including RB Knowshon Moreno and DE Jarvis Moss. "We'd rush home and play until late," says Lloyd, "but only after a Free-for-All match to see who had the hot hand."
Lloyd still plays with guys he met during his stint with the Redskins. And although he doesn't pretend to have the world's best K/D ratio, the game is in his blood.
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Now that you have had some practice with blogging, I would like you think about sharing some quotes from the novel that are meaningful to you. Here is an example of one that I will contribute:
p. 76 "She wished she had her chador to hide behind." I chose this quote because it made me feel Parvana's fear. Dressed as a boy, Parvana now has the freedom to walk outside. She does not have to cover herself or be accompanied by a male when she goes out in public. Having the freedom to be independent is something new for Parvana. The many families that have been trapped in their homes and unable to do as they please frightens me. I could not imagine a life of hiding in my home and not being able to go outside whenever I please. Parvana finally gets to see how life would be like without so many restrictions. I would have thought this would have made her happy; however, she wanted to still hide behind her chador. She wanted to still remain invisible from everyone. She was so terrified that someone would notice she wasn't a real boy to the point that she would give up freedom.
Using the above as an example, I would like you to share a quote that really made you think. Give a detailed reason for why you chose it. Make it a goal to leave at least three sentences about your quote.
As a reader, can you add some ideas to the quotes of others?
Alternatively, you might start by asking a DEEP THINKING question. Here is an example that I will contribute:
p. 80 How does Parvana's opinion change after reading the letter for the Talib? Why is it important to see a different side to the characters in the book? Did it change your thoughts or opinions? I think Parvana was able to finally see a different side to, not only one Talib, but also those who are in power in her country. She could see that they have feelings and are human beings too. Even though they have done something horrible to her dad, it makes her realize that maybe not everyone is who they seem to be. In a sense, everyone may be hiding behind a chador. They aren't showing their true self and only being forced to behave a certain way.
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Athletic Training and Motor Performance (ENT) Degree
Course objectives and specificity
The course is designed to give students a solid training congruent with the contemporary transformations of sport and the evolution of scientific knowledge, techniques and practices in athletic training.
It also allows students to have a hand on approach of management and coaching in clubs or training / fitness facilities.
Course overview
Course requirements are fulfilled by successful completion of a six semester program. Each semester is 250- 300 hour (or 30 credit) strong. Each course semester is divided in teaching units (UE).
The degree is structured round 2 courses:
- Athletic training and mental preparation (ESPM).
- Preparation and physical training (PEP).
Semesters 1 through 4 are common to all courses.
The core curriculum includes:
- Lectures and seminars in social sciences, life sciences and human sciences.
- Seminars and lab work in sporting, physical and artistic activities (APSA).
- Methodological teaching and use of the various tools necessary to any scholarly work.
- Teaching specifically suited to the student's personal career plans.
- Initiation and information teaching on the perspectives of research.
The part specifically related to adapted physical activities and coursework includes:
- Lectures and seminars in the fields of social, human and biological sciences, on the core individuals and their place in society, on the process and effects of aging, on the identification of the subjects with disabilities and the effects of physical training.
- Lectures and seminars on physical and sporting activities related to these specific individuals.
- Tools and languages fitted for specific physical activities.
- Internships in the field of personalized physical activities.
Compulsory internship:
Semesters 4 and 6 for all courses.
In addition, students choose other classes (from a list provided by the school or on the students' demand, subject to staff acceptance) to go deeper in their major, further develop their cultural approach, or simply enrich their personal knowledge.
- 1st year: reinforcement and guidance (20 hr lab work per semester).
- Additional classes for transfers in 2nd and 3 years (20 hours each year).
- Information on career prospects provided on a regular basis; definition of the student career plan as early as semester 1; assessment and orientation in semesters 3 and 5.
- Mock exams for students sitting for the fall exams after they failed during the June session (20 hours in 1st, 2nd and 3 years).
- Additional classes for returning students, most frequently in 3rd year: core curriculum 2nd year evening classes compatible with 3 year day class schedule ( about 50 hours in the 3 major scientific fields: biology, human sciences and social sciences).
Ongoing studies and prospects
Preparing for master's degrees at Paris-Sud University:
- Science of motricity (research degree: Physical Practices or Motor Control.
- Sport science and society research degree: sports culture.
Preparing for professional degrees:
- Recreation administration and policy of the city: structure and project management.
- Fitness and related sport and leisure activities: team and project management.
Other prospects (other majors, Engineering Schools…):
- 3rd degree Brevet d'Etat
- Physical education teaching licensure
Prerequisites and admission requirement
First year:
Baccalauréat or its equivalent from an institution abroad.


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Easter is almost here, and I'm sure you're thinking of some cute ways to decorate and celebrate! Take a look at my latest colorful bunny Happy Easter printable! It's a simple PDF file and can be used in a variety of ways.
Use it as an Easter card for your Sunday School or daycare teachers. Print several to a page and attach to treats and goodies, such as my delicious Bunny Paw Cookies or on a little toothpick placed as a cupcake topper for Sweet Celebration Cupcakes. Print a copy out and place it into a rustic pastel frame for a quick home decor project for your porch or mantel.
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The Self-Love Toolkit
This is your toolkit full of techniques and ideas for when you want a boost of self-love and acceptance. You can use these on an ongoing basis to really reinforce the love you have for yourself.
Forgiveness exercise
Write down an event or situation that you want to forgive yourself for. Visualise in your mind an image of you floating on a pink cloud (this symbolises love) say to yourself "I forgive you" and allow the cloud with your image on to drift away. This is a powerful exercise that you can use to forgive yourself and others to let go of the past in order to move on.
Journal prompts
- Write what your friends say about you
- Write one personality trait that you love
- Write about a favourite memory
- Write what you love about yourself
- Write gratitude about your body
- Write gratitude about your health
- Write positively about your appearance
- Write 3 things you are good at
- Write about your success
- Write 3 things you have achieved
- Write about what you are proud of
- Write your biggest dreams
Mirror exercise
Look in the mirror and write what you see and think. Then cross through all the negativity that comes up, thinking to yourself and writing down all the reasons that this is not true. Think about where the belief came from and go back to that time. Forgive that time using the forgiveness exercise above and move on from it.
Write yourself a love letter
Take some time to write down all the positive things about yourself – about your personality, appearance, character, achievements, successes etc. Think about all the positive things that people you know say about you. Read this love letter every morning and really believe every word.
Create a love box
Write down on a post-it note every time someone pays you a compliment or you notice something positive about yourself. Put it in the box and you can look back through them whenever you need a self-love boost.


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Ch 10: Logarithms and Exponential Equations
About This Chapter
Logarithms and Exponential Equations - Chapter Summary and Learning Objectives
Do you need a little help with your math skills? Are you at a complete loss when it comes to exponentials or logarithms? You won't have to worry anymore. We have lessons that cover many aspects related to both of these mathematical topics.
Are exponentials driving you crazy? Take a look at our lessons on this topic. We explain all the basics of exponential functions. See how exponential functions are used in real life, so you can understand the real importance of exponentials. You may also want to learn more about exponential growth and decay, which we also cover in our lessons. See the way exponential growth and decay are used in real life and learn the difference between them. We also cover exponential equations in lessons that will teach you how to solve these equations in a simple and straightforward manner.
What is a logarithm? Don't know the answer? You need to take a look at our lessons that teach you what a logarithm is and why they are useful. Also, check out our coverage of how to evaluate logarithms. If you're itching to know more, we will teach you about logarithmic properties and how to solve logarithmic equations, too. Don't forget that we also provide many practice problems, so you can be sure you understand the concepts you've learned.
Studying logarithms through our engaging video lessons can be accessible and enjoyable. Each lesson is taught by an expert on the subject and edited by an experienced video professional. Thanks for watching!
1. What Is an Exponential Function?
Brand new technologies don't always catch on right away because they can be expensive and don't always work as well as they should. But once the price comes down, and they start to work better, it doesn't take very long before it seems like everyone has one. Learn about the numbers behind this, exponential functions!
2. Exponential Growth vs. Decay
How is it that it only takes four years for our computer to go from top-of-the-line to almost worthless? Well, it has something to do with what's called exponential decay, which we'll learn about here!
3. What is a Logarithm?
Logarithms can help you solve exponential functions. In this lesson, you will learn about how to work with and recognize logarithms, and how to use logarithm notation with an example problem about earthquakes!
4. How to Evaluate Logarithms
Using this lesson, you can get practice evaluating logarithms, as well as learn some of the shortcuts behind writing and estimating them. You can also learn how to use your calculator to evaluate logarithms, and learn about a concept called the change of base theory.
5. Logarithmic Properties
Along with the change of base property, there are three other logarithmic properties that allow you to manipulate expressions to your advantage. Learn about the product rule, quotient rule and power rule here.
6. Practice Problems for Logarithmic Properties
As you get further and further into mathematics, logarithms will appear more and more. It's the point of this lesson to get you used to dealing with them and able to know what to do when you see a whole line of paper full of them!
7. How to Solve Exponential Equations
Read this lesson to learn the steps you need to take to solve exponential equations. You'll see that it's not too difficult; you just need to make use of one other mathematical operation in order to solve your problems.
8. How to Solve Logarithmic Equations
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- Properties of Polynomials
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The security measures that have curtailed daily life in North Sinai since the start of the Operation Sinai 2018 military campaign are set to ease further, following a Monday announcement by the region's newly appointed Governor Mohamed Abdel Fadil Shousha. The news comes as media outlets report that police forces killed 11 members of a "terrorist cell" in the governorate's capital of Arish.
The campaign, which was launched in February and is purported to counter militancy in the peninsula, has left North Sinai residents in various states of privation over the past months. Travel on international roads was barred except with a security permit, fuel stations were closed, students were left in limbo as classes at high schools and universities were suspended and fishing off the North Sinai coast was banned. However, since July, authorities have been trying to ease restrictions on residents, especially those related to travel and access to fuel and gas.
The announcement that regulations limiting freedom of movement within the government would be loosened was made in a public meeting at Arish's Youth Village. Shousha, who replaced former North Sinai Governor General Abdel Fattah Harhour in late August, attended the meeting and told those gathered hat, as of Saturday, citizens will no longer be required to obtain permits to travel on international roads on weekdays.
Fuel allowances will also increase as the governorate will regulate provisions, he told attendees, by opening a fuel outlet in Arish. This outlet will provide cars and taxis with 15 liters of gasoline per week.
Additionally, classes for students at the public Arish University are set to begin on September 23, the new governor added, with classes at private institutions set to commence on October 13.
The private University of Sinai announced on Wednesday that the fall semester would begin soon for students at its Arish campus, "if security conditions allow."
Supply shortages that plagued the governorate early in the campaign and have been incrementally lifted in past months, may also ease further. Shousha stated during the meeting that the governorate is currently negotiating with security figures to end the ban on fishing in North Sinai's coastal areas. He added that discussions are also taking place to open government-run LPG outlets in Arish and to allow building materials and paint to be brought into the governorate.
Sources previously told Mada Masr that those selling construction equipment, plumbing supplies and paint were the most severely affected by travel and transport restrictions, as many of their goods were banned from Arish.
At the beginning of August, Mada Masr published a report highlighting signs that Operation Sinai 2018 may be winding down. The most important of these indicators were the withdrawal of military armaments and personnel from the governorate, while hospitals across the Sinai Peninsula and the Suez Canal region suspended their state of emergency. The reintroduction of foodstuffs and goods, and the decrease in security patrols in Arish neighborhoods also hinted that the campaign may be coming to a close.
The governor announcing the loosening of security measures came just over a week after reports emerged in local and international news websites quoting security sources as saying that police forces killed 11 members of a "terrorist cell" in an exchange of fire.
According to reports, the gunmen were hiding in an abandoned fuel station in the Wadi al-Arish Bridge area, before being raided. Police forces confiscated five automatic rifles and bullets, which were allegedly in possession of the dead militants. The reports did not note when the raid took place.
The state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper published the names of two of the militants killed, identifying them as Mohamed Ibrahim Gabr Shaheen and Jumaa Ayad Marshoud.
After the names were revealed, the Sinai Media Facebook page, which reports on local news in the Sinai Peninsula, published what it alleged to be a picture of Shaheen. The page reported that he and his son had been arrested from their residence on Cairo Street, Arish, 47 days ago. There has been no information as to the whereabouts of Shaheen's son.
Similarly, four Armed Forces officers, two police officers and two police conscripts were killed in Sunday clashes with the Islamic State-affiliated Province of Sinai in the city of Sheikh Zuwayed.
A security source told Mada Masr, speaking on condition of anonymity, that a military convoy was attacked on Sunday during a patrol in Shalaq, a village close to Sheikh Zuwayed. The source added that an IED detonated close to the convoy, after which the assailants opened fire on the vehicles, resulting in the destruction of a M60 tank.
Heightened security measures have continued on some fronts, as military and police vehicles continue to encircle neighborhoods in south Arish for the second week in a row, following several attacks targeting security forces.
Several security checkpoints established in central Arish in June were closed after the Province of Sinai carried out an attack on military forces responsible for guarding a gas station in late August, which led to the killing of military personnel and civilians.


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I really was having a terrible day and no one seemed to understand how bad.
I can hardly recall the details, but I remember locking myself up in my room, thinking of helpful ways to get out of my inexplicable mood.
I held my phone very closely for minutes and just watched the red light blink within seconds.
I had ignored my IM's and mails to chill out for a while.
I decided to go through my gallery, hoping to reminisce on some pictures, maybe that could make me smile.
As i punched the first key, my timeline beat my media to it and so I kept scrolling my trackpad downwards and that was it!
I clicked the link and by the time I was done reading, I had reasons to laugh out loud, I found every bit of the write-up funny, even if it contained loads of facts. Apparently, it was a total analysis of the social network that had provided me with the link to this same article.
From that moment, I loved the author!
In less than a month, we became really cool buddies (yea, good for me). On our first meeting, it felt like she was my long lost sister, we talked and laughed about everything.
The day after, I began to face the worst times of my life and this went on for 21 whole days.
I called it torture, she called it exposure.
"You're only getting stronger" She said.
She was always there for me.
Every call and message from her meant a whole lot.
She expressed immense concern, from making sure I woke up every morning to knowing what I had for dinner.
She was ever ready to listen to my lamentations and didn't fail to make me feel better at the end.
She understood everything and didn't for a minute miss the countdown for these days to be over.
She is that one person that has taught me to dwell on the lighter side in the worst situations.
She made me understand that life is too short to let little things get to me.
She is The only person that keeps me laughing like a lunatic during every phone conversation (P.S – She is not a comedian, we are just happy people)
Words can't exactly express my gratitude, I have never been more grateful.
This is me specially saying a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my darling friend and sisto, ISIOMA OSAJE!!!
Yes! The famous JAZZ! 😀
God Bless You hunnie! You're indeed really special and the little things you do go a very long way.
I would everly appreciate you!
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Australia has a fair share of wealthy people who have invested in many different sectors of the economy. Most wealthy Australians tend to keep a low-profile life but their riches always speaks for them. The Australian financial review sources keep track of the most successful investors and the updates of the most successful people are availed through a comprehensive list every year. Usually, investors in the financial markets and financial services tend to be few. In recent years though, the list of rich Australians has grown to include a number of names of financial investors. The following list has the top 8 richest Australians who have invested in various industries.
1. James Packer
James Douglas Packer is famously known for his philanthropy work. His charity work mostly predominates the news even though he is one of the richest people in Australia. This businessman is worth an estimated US$3.8 billion. He has made his fortunes in the media business and in the gambling industry. His company, Crown Resorts, is one of the biggest gambling firms in the world. Packer is also an active investor in sports and other areas.
2. John Gandel
John Gandel is an investor who has acquired most of his wealth in the property market. This businessman has invested heavily in the commercial real estate business that straddles private homes and shopping centers. As of 2018, John Gandel's wealth is estimated to be about US$4 billion. John Gandel is also known for his philanthropic activities which have helped bring better education, healthcare and general welfare to the community near his establishments.
3. Hui Wing Mau
Hui Wing Mau is the founder of the property firm Shimao Property. Through this company, Mau has garnered wealth to the tune of US$8.8 billion as of 2018. Although he was born in China, Mau was educated in Australia and his wealth is spread across both China and Australia. Mau moved to Australia several years ago and established himself in the local property market during the 1990's. Today, he still manages various investments through his company.
4. Chris Mackay
Chris Mackay is the managing director of MFF, a company which specializes in buying stocks from various companies across the world. Through this company, Mackay has managed to acquire shares of over 20 stocks from different companies overseas. The investor is reported to be worth about US$560 million. He has acquired all his wealth in the stock market. Mackay acquired the necessary trading information by keeping tabs of the world market in the 2000's. He is also one of the fastest growing millionaires in Australia today.
5. Ivan Glasenberg
Ivan Glasenberg is the CEO of Glencore. The company specializes in commodity trading and mining. Ivan Glasenberg was born in South Africa but has Australian and Swiss citizenship. He started his career as an employee of Glencore and worked his way up the company over the years. Today, Glasenberg is estimated to be worth US$6.6 billion by Forbes.
6. Andrew Forrest
Andrew Forrest has made his fortunes in various industries including in mining and livestock. His most recognized source of wealth, however, is in Fortescue Metals Group. He has a major shareholding in the company. Even though he is no longer actively working with the company, Forrest continues to maintain his shares. His other areas of investment are also active and he has a cumulative wealth of around US$ 4 billion according to Forbes.
7. Frank Lowy
Frank Lowy is the former chairman of Westfield Corporation, which is a global shopping center with a great number of assets. He was also at the helm of Scentre Group, a company in the same industry as Westfield Corporation. Frank Lowy made his fortunes leading the two companies. As of 2018, his wealth is estimated to be around US$ 5.9 billion in total.
8. Gina Rinehart
Gina Rinehart is a wealthy businesswoman who has made the bulk of her wealth from the mining industry. Gina is the chairperson of Hancock Prospecting. The company has been in the mineral exploration industry for many years and through it, Gina has become one of the richest women in Australia. With a net worth of about US$17.40, the businesswoman is also definitely among the richest women in the world.


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Bright lights in NYC
With a dream of one day becoming a Broadway star, Diamond Bar High School sophomore Alison Santogrossi had the chance to experience the life of an actress in New York this summer.
Santogrossi was first introduced to a program for budding performers after taking a trip to New York City with her mother her freshman summer. There she found a one-day workshop held by "Class Act NYC," a program teaching students what it takes to make it in the acting industry. Soon after the experience in New York, Santogrossi received an invitation to join the week-long program the following summer.
"One of the administration people there heard me and they kind of convinced everyone that they wanted me to come back for their workshop this year which was a week-long workshop," Santogrossi said. "So, they called my mom up a couple days later and asked if I was able to come back."
Santagrossi's first role was as an understudy for the character Grampa Joe in Chaparral Middle Schools's "Willy Wonka Jr.". Now, she is getting ready for her debut in DBHS Drama Department's "Suite Surrender" playing the part of Claudia Mcfadden on Oct. 27 and Nov. 3.
Santogrossi's main goal in New York program was to be able to make connections in the world of Broadway as well as to overcome discomfort performing live on stage.
Despite having been involved in theater for three years, Santogrossi said she felt uncomfortable in front of a "more important" audience.
"The main event was the performance at the end of the week where our parents could come and also talent agents were there. It was a stressful experience at first, but by the end it was all good," Santogrossi said.
Along with real-life experience, the program brought Santogrossi in contact with those who have found a niche in the entertainment industry.
"It was really nice to bond with people about theater, and to bond with people that I wouldn't have meant without the workshop because they live so far away," Santogrossi said.
Before going on this journey to NYC, Santogrossi said she was uncertain if she was a fit for the spotlight. Now along with her new friends and knowledge, Santogrossi is planning her future around the stage.
"I really hope to be on Broadway in my future and I also want to go to NYU…I think it was very important that I took away as much as I did from this experience," Santogrossi said. "It's also nice to know that I have people out there that know how I work and what I can bring to different performances."


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Update 2019-07-09: Missing items supplied by the county.
Here's the mysterious Moody AFB "Helicopter Corridor and Class D Airspace" map from item 6.c. TWR-2019-01 Value Concepts, Inc., US Hwy 84 E. E-A, New 300′ Telecommunications Tower on the May 13 and 14, 2019, Lowndes County Commission agenda.
This in the agenda packet, now on the LAKE website, including files returned by the county in response to a LAKE open records request. The county supplied those files on a USB drive, for which it charged LAKE $6.65.
Missing from what the county sent:
- 4.a. Minutes: Work Session- April 22, 2019
- 4.b. Minutes: Regular Session- April 23, 2019
5.a. Appointments: Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County
In the Work Session of Monday, May 13, 2019, Chairman Bill Slaughter said,:
"You'll find their information on each one of those names, in your packet, as well."
The County Manager referred to a list of names sent by the Hospital Authority, presumably in a letter.
Those documents were not among those sent by the county.
- 7.d. Professional Engineering and Surveying Services for TIA Projects
- 7.e. Georgia Department of Transportation – TIA Project Agreement – Hightower Road/Cooper Road NE Paving and Drainage Improvements
LAKE has asked the county for the missing items.
LAKE looks forward to the county putting all these packet documents on the county's own website, along with the agenda and agenda sheets.
Among the files we did get, I kind of like the op-art style of "Throughput with the East Valdosta Site":
Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research. You can donate to LAKE today!
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More than 30 percent of the three-dozen men and women to serve in the U.S. House from the Mount Rushmore State did so for only one term
Former South Dakota Republican Congressman Clint Roberts passed away on Monday at the age of 82 in Pierre.
Roberts, a farmer and rancher, served six years in the state senate before launching a failed gubernatorial bid in 1978 when he placed a distant third in the GOP primary won by Bill Janklow.
Two years later, Roberts easily won his party's nomination for the state's open 2nd Congressional District race and defeated Democratic Public Services Commissioner Kenneth Stofferahn in the general election by 16.8 points.
Roberts, a self-described cowboy who decidedly looked the part with his Marlboro Man moustache, is perhaps more well-known for having landed acting roles in commercial work than for his brief two years on the Hill.
After the 1980 Census and subsequent reapportionment, South Dakota lost a seat in the U.S. House leaving the state's two Congressmen – Roberts and two-term Democrat Tom Daschle – to square off for a lone at-large seat in 1982.
Daschle narrowly defeated Roberts by 3.1 points en route to a long career in D.C.
As for Roberts, he made a second run for governor in 1986 (with Janklow term-limited) but faced three well-known Republicans in the primary: George S. Mickelson (son of former two-term Governor George T. Mickelson), two-term Lieutenant Governor Lowell Hanson, and former two-term Auditor and sitting two-term Secretary of State Alice Kundert.
Roberts lost to Mickelson by 3.2 points winning 32.1 percent.
The fact that Roberts served only one term in the U.S. House is not unusual in the annals of South Dakota political history.
Of the 36 men and women to serve in the chamber since statehood, 11 lasted only one term:
- Two died in office: Republicans John Gamble (1891) and William Parker (1908)
- Two did not run for another term and returned home to practice law: Republicans Oscar Gifford (1890) and John Jolley (1892)
- One resigned in scandal: Republican Bill Janklow (2004)
- One ran for the U.S. Senate: Democrat James Abourezk (1972)
- Two lost their party's nomination: Republicans William Lucas (1894) and Philo Hall (1908)
- Three lost in the general election: Populists John Kelley (1898) and Freeman Knowles (1898) and Roberts (1982)
Roberts is one of 12 incumbents to fail in their reelection bids – one third of those who held the position in state history.
In addition to the five freshmen mentioned above, other members to lose their seats at the ballot box are Democrat Harry Gandy (1920), Republican Charles Christopherson (1932), Republican William Williamson (1932), Democrat Theodore Werner (1936), Republican Harold Lovre (1956), Democrat Frank Denholm (1974), and Democrat Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (2010).
Overall, South Dakota's 36 U.S. Representatives served an average of 3.4 terms with Republican Ellis Berry holding the state record at 10 (1951-1971).
Only nine delegation members served a decade or more in the chamber.
Roberts' passing leaves South Dakota with six surviving former members of the U.S. House: Democrat James Abourezk (age 85), Republican Larry Pressler (74), Democrat Tim Johnson (70), Democrat Tom Daschle (69), Republican John Thune (56), and Democrat Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (46).
Current South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem is not running for a fifth term in 2018 and will instead seek the governorship becoming the first sitting member of the U.S. House to do so in state history.
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In the wake of Baroness Thatcher's death last week, I have seen something that has disturbed me. Not the street parties or the polar-opposite 'never speak ill of the dead' crowd. Not the ambivalent folks or the 'well she was pretty cold but she did do some, um, things' mumblers. And not even the people who want to proclaim her a feminist because she voted in favour of legalising an incredibly restricted abortion allowance. It's the people who want to proclaim her a feminist just because she was a powerful, famous 'pioneering' woman, that bother me.
Let me make this perfectly clear. It is sexist to assume that women in power must be benevolent, empathetic women who are consciously making headway for other women by trail blazing. It is ignorant to have such little understanding of equity and what feminism stands for, to assume a woman existing in power is inherently feminist. It is laughable to know so little about Thatcher's politics that the connection between 'woman' and 'feminist' can be so frivolously applied.
Just because a woman is a pioneer, does not make her a feminist. You can be a pioneer in saying if you don't work, you shouldn't eat.
By claiming Thatcher was a feminist icon, simply because she was the first female Prime Minister of the UK, implies that her legacy did something to help women. Without even getting into how the concept of "being in power" is not necessarily feminist in the first place, feminism is about action, not figureheads who meet a gender qualifier. And certainly not figureheads like her.
It's always pertinent to point out how toxic and pervasive the idea that women must be "hardened" (read: masculine) in order to succeed is. But deciding that Thatcher's cold neoliberal policies that shut doors on the most vulnerable people in her care, was just her "ball busting" in "a man's world", props up the gender binary where strength = masculinity. And where, apparently, men are fine with increasing homelessness.
While young white libertarian women across New Zealand cry over their economics text books for a woman who broke the glass ceiling for those who are comfortable allowing union families to starve, those communities are still healing.
I have met some incredibly socially progressive libertarian women, but Thatcher was a bible-quoting God-botherer. Her social ideologies were conservative. Her economic ideologies were fatal and her "feminism" was non-existent.
Thatcher is only a feminist icon for people who think the only qualifier for feminism is to be a woman. At its most basic level, it requires the concession that women are inherently discriminated against – structurally and socially – and supports affirmative action to change that. Thatcher did none of those things. In fact she did the opposite. Her policies killed women. Solo mothers, working mothers, unemployed women, queer women . Really any woman who was not as privileged as Thatcher herself was lucky to survive a rule that insisted they help themselves…with no means to do so.
Thatcher was certainly an icon. She was certainly "strong". She was a real life supervillain. And if you can squeeze out some kind of theory on the importance of women being capable of terrible things to fight the "nurturers" trope, then sure, she was important. Whatever helps you sleep at night.
But if you personally want to hold her as some kind of feminist hero, that says something about your feminism. And it says that it is not my feminism, or the feminism of anyone who thinks that the trickledown effect is less helpful than, you know, food.
Worship Thatcher if you want. Speak only of the good you think she did. Ignore her friendships with warlords and the communities she starved. That's your choice, and people get real choosey when people die. But don't, for the love of the God she thought she was working for when she refused to help the poor, tell me she was a feminist.
"I hate those strident tones we hear from some women's libbers." Thatcher once said. Well thank Christ she can't hear me now.


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If your child attends a nursery or child minding setting then their education progress will already have started to be tracked. From a very young age, learning centres such as nurseries, child minders and schools are expected to monitor and record the progress a child makes in their education and this is often done in a more informal way that exams.
A child is monitored in day to day activities and their achievements are recorded in a file often with photographic or video evidence to support the claims. It may be that your child has learn how to create a recurring pattern with some beads, and as this is one of the milestones assessed, this will be recorded down. This allows all institutes to not only compare students to a national average but also to themselves. Children's progress is regular checked to ensure that they are progressing as they should be and to highlight any problem areas that may need revisiting.


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In a democracy, the design of the landscape depends on the representation of the public. This public representation forces inventive drawing. Drawing against or for others is substantially different from drawing with or by others. Among their many tools, community designers consistently employ two focused drawing processes: "drawing on your feet" and "designing upside down." They suggest that representative representation relies upon special drawing abilities not common among other design professionals.
By "representative representation" I refer to the way drawing engages the public through grassroots democracy for designing open space, neighborhoods, cities, and regions. This requires representing both the public and the landscape. Face-to-face collaborative drawing provides political representation. Graphic depictions provide what we professionally call "representing the landscape." The complex combination gives us a special way of drawing: representative representation.
Randolph T. Hester, No Representation Without Representation (2008)
Even when representations and mappings try to explain the reflection process of projects, an important part of the causes of decision making is almost always in the dark. All the requirements and wills of the commission, the desires of politicians or participative groups that are always present in democratic states seem to be hidden in the power of the process of design thinking.
From Lawrence Halprin, some designers research in democratic design has tried to reveal that "other side" of design thinking describing how the projects make its evolution in time in a dialectical context where designer's thinking and public representation are revealed.
But that kind of experiments seems to be few and not enough relevant in the context of the discipline. Especially if we consider the constant claim for democratic design that the discipline constantly suggests.
1. Information of the event, place and/or context in which you are immersed / or to describe.
2. Drawings of the protagonists of the space, event and/or place with a brief description drawn and/or written.
3. Hashtags of the event, place and/or context, project, collective, etc.
4. Data about the data -metadata- (labeling system, user license, etc.).
5. Posters that highlight concepts, institutions, groups, projects, geographical locations, etc.
6. Webs, books and/or places to expand more information.
7. Ballons that collect dialogues.
8. Icons, symbols, drawings that relate the environment or context in which you are.
9. Ideas or concepts to highlight.
10. Summary of the knowledge acquired, questions and/or reflections.
11. Drawn description of the people who dialogue and questions.
Carla Boserman, Storygram Morphology (Morfología del Relatograma) (2013)


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Back to feature: Tackling Bullying
Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc, CIHR/PHAC Chair in Applied Public Health Research
Professor at the University of British Columbia School of Nursing
Dr. Saewyc and her team of researchers studied substance use and the consequences of social stigma among Asian sexual minority youths in British Columbia. The researchers looked at a sample of 5,432 Asian youths who completed the 2003 BC Adolescent Health Survey.
Their findings showed that adolescents who are sexual minorities (lesbian, gay or bisexual, or LGB) were more likely to be victimized and bullied than Asian heterosexual teens – twice as high for Asian LGB boys as heterosexual peers and 1.5 times as high for Asian LGB girls as heterosexual peers.
These teens experienced higher rates of abuse, rejection, violence and discrimination. And because these adolescents also come from an ethnic minority they can be a double target for bullies. This societal stigma can lead to mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression. Sexual minority youths are also more likely to skip school out of fear.
Dr. Saewyc's study also showed that protective factors, such as extracurricular activities and healthy connections with peers in school, can reduce the likelihood of problem substance use, risky sexual behaviours and HIV infection. Creating safe and supporting schools and community environments for Asian sexual minority youth is essential for tackling bullying.
Dr. Saewyc, whose research focuses on health issues of youth, is currently leading a national study that looks at how schools and community organizations are making a difference in reducing homophobic bullying and improving health and school outcomes for sexual minority youth.
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