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Starving for Sisterly Conversation | Part 3 of 3
by Elouise
January 9, 1996, 9:00pm, Philadelphia
The phone rings. Hi. It's Diane. I'm not well – no easy way to tell you – not post-polio, but ALS – I'm going to need help, a lot of help. I hang up and go downstairs, weeping as I tell my family the news.
January 30, 1996, late afternoon, Houston
I walk off the plane and see Diane standing in front of a pillar. Small floral print on navy dress, empire waist and smocked bodice – ivory stockings – very pretty – gold chains – hair highlights in blond – stoop-shouldered and slow. I don't want to stop hugging her.
Diane uses her good right arm to guide me slowly and firmly through the airport. Son #2 is with her; tall, healthy, quiet, just accepted into a college program. He takes my luggage. We get to the car. Diane drives, using her good right arm.
Diane is in charge, I'm not
It's late; Diane has a clear agenda for the evening.
Item #1
Diane drives to the church where she's Minister of Christian Education and Administration.
- We tour the new building; Diane provides commentary about several glitches and how they got resolved. She managed the team that oversaw the new building project and dealt directly with the architects. She's especially pleased with the Early Childhood Education Center—bright, cheery, spacious, full of child-size furniture, toys, games, play stations and books.
- Diane shows me her office space—simple, functional, in a quiet corner of the church staff suite. She enjoys demonstrating the way the door on the staff restroom was hung for easy access—hers!
- She introduces her administrative assistant, the pastor and his new associate, and the church staff. They love and respect Diane. They can't imagine life without her cheerful, can-do attitude and creative hilarious pranks. I tear up a bit.
Item #2
Back in the car, Diane updates me about her health.
- She's been dealing with minor and major adjustments for the last few years such as losing the ability to button her clothes, stumbling, and losing almost all the small strength she had regained in her left arm.
- She's relieved to know what's going on. 'I sleep better than I did when I didn't know what I was dealing with and the doctor couldn't yet pinpoint the cause of my escalating symptoms.' ALS always gets ruled out until the very end.
- She's not scared for herself. She'll deal with that when the time comes, if it does. 'I am, though, scared for my children and my husband.'
- She doesn't know how much longer she'll be able to work.
- Right now she has minimal lung and respiratory dysfunction.
- She has significant loss of muscle strength in her arms, hands and feet. 'I can barely write and can't use my old computer mouse. I won't be able to drive much longer.'
- She's a night person, but says 'I'm getting up early so my husband can help me dress before he leaves for work.'
Item #3
Diane drives to her daughter's school and parks the car.
- She leads the way toward the gym.
- Her daughter is on the girls' basketball team; they're playing tonight.
- Daughter is strong, healthy and happy to see her mother.
- Husband arrives to join us, also looking strong and healthy. He's concerned for Diane. After the game he gets in his car, then gets out after a few minutes. He walks back to make sure Diane is OK; it seems she's taking a longer time than usual leaving the parking lot. I tear up.
- Seeing Diane's husband, second-born son, and third-born daughter underscores Diane's physical frailty. Even though she's still taller than I am and looks OK, her body is under siege from within, not from without.
Item #4
Diane stops at a take-out restaurant for supper.
- We go in and pick out what we'd like to have for family supper. Most family meals are now at restaurants or from take-outs.
- When Diane pays for dinner, she has a hard time putting bills into her wallet with one hand. If she needs help, she'll ask me. Her left arm dangles. I want to hold it. I wonder what she would think if I did just that. I restrain myself.
Item #5
Home for supper and a little tour of the house
- I meet the family dogs—lively, fun for Diane and everyone else. A good focus for conversation and gaiety.
- We sit around the kitchen table for supper. I feel awkward and unsure of myself. I can't remember who said table grace.
- The dogs don't disappear. They seem eager to be seen and attended to. They feel like helpers sent to ease the way–at least for me if not for others.
- Diane's husband cuts up her food. He's sitting next to her. Small bites, easy to chew and swallow.
- I report on all family members and myself, ask questions and enjoy getting to know the ever-present yappy, happy, attention-seeking dogs.
- After supper I get a tour of the house. Diane and her husband designed it to accommodate post-polio syndrome. It's large, all on one floor. Easy access from outside; wheelchair space almost everywhere. They'll need to make a few changes in the master bathroom, but the basic floor plan is workable for ALS.
- One notable feature: the formal dining room has a pool table in place of a dining table. It gets plenty of action. All meals are in the kitchen or the living room.
By now it's way past my bedtime. I'm so tired I can hardly think. I don't want to forget anything. I note bits and pieces in my journal, including an observation that Diane talks readily about crying and falling part—and was clearly in talk mode this evening.
Sister #2 will arrive tomorrow afternoon; she decided to join us for several days. I note a few things I want to ask Diane tomorrow morning. I'm hungry for time alone with Diane.
I'm still hungry for conversation with Diane
I didn't expect this—even though my dream in 2012 suggests it. I'm getting ideas about new ways to connect with Diane while becoming more connected with myself.
I don't like voices in the dream that distract or try to discourage me. I consider engaging one of them in conversation. I love that we're in the bedroom, sitting on the bed, listening to someone talk about food and health for women, and that there's food and even a kitchen counter in the bedroom.
I also see things to like in myself–clarity, determination, my voice, gratitude, compassion, deliberation, and a plan to remember Diane with food. I even like the simple meal I'm preparing to eat in honor of her contributions to my life.
During the ten years Diane lived with ALS, we had multiple sisterly conversations about real life. It was more than enough—more than I ever thought I would experience with her. And it was never enough. I always left hungry for more.
When Diane couldn't speak or control what appeared on her computer screen via body movement and electronic tools, conversation became laborious. Only eye signals worked–one letter and one key word at a time. Sometimes Diane had questions or topics she wanted me to talk about. Sometimes she just wanted me to sit with her or get her nurse or a family member to come. Diane was in charge. My job was follow her lead.
So I'm going to do just that as part of this blog. In addition to my own journals, a few written pieces about Diane and notes from here and there, I have a set of short pieces. Diane wrote them using computer-assisted devices that translated hand or head movements into on-screen text. More than enough to suggest an agenda.
I'm not sure what form this will take, but watch for pieces from time to time. I just need to follow Diane's lead.
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 10 July 2014


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In what will be Stapleton's strongest effort yet to reduce speeding in the community, Forrest City, in conjunction with the city of Denver, will be placing stop signs at all Stapleton intersections. Stapleton residents in the tens have been complaining about the rampant speeding in Stapleton for the last two years, but have seen little done about the problem. In accordance with Forrest City bylaws, President Phil Dargossi immediately overreacted to the issue to silence the relatively small number of complainers by instituting what is now being called his "stop all" policy. There were no official studies done on the speed of traffic in Stapleton, but there were several subjective studies that Forrest City sited where residents simply stated that many drivers were going "too fast." "At times I would see cars driving by that I felt were driving at unsafe speeds," said resident Brian Meeter. "We can't, and won't have that." Some residents have noticed drawbacks to the plan. "I like people driving more slowly," says Dave Leonhart. "But I don't like having a trip that use to take 12 minutes now take a half an hour." There are some other issues that concern residents regarding the new plan as well. "Used to be people from Aurora just whizzed right through," says Dan Bolsem. "Now, you will see these Aurora people stopping every 30 to 80 yards. Have you ever seen an Aurora person up close? Not a good experience." Although Dargossi sympathizes with residents' frustrations, he would like for the community to be patient and see how it all plays out. "Honestly, that is kind of our answer to everything. Just be patient, and let's see how this thing pans out." Residents will have to have more patience as, moving forward, they will be stopping their cars at every intersection.]]>
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Books by Pearl S. Buck (Author of The Good Earth)As the daughter of missionaries , Buck spent most of her life before in Zhenjiang , China. In , she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces". After returning to the United States in , she continued writing prolifically, became a prominent advocate of the rights of women and minority groups , and wrote widely on Chinese and Asian cultures , becoming particularly well known for her efforts on behalf of Asian and mixed-race adoption. Her parents, Southern Presbyterian missionaries , traveled to China soon after their marriage on July 8, , but returned to the United States for Pearl's birth. When Pearl was five months old, the family arrived in China, first in Huai'an and then in moved to Zhenjiang then often known as Jingjiang or, in the Chinese postal romanization system , Tsingkiang , near Nanking. Of her siblings who survived into adulthood, Edgar Sydenstricker had a distinguished career with the United States Public Health Service and later the Milbank Memorial Fund and Grace Sydenstricker Yaukey — was a writer who wrote young adult books and books about Asia under the pen name Cornelia Spencer. Pearl recalled in her memoir that she lived in "several worlds", one a "small, white, clean Presbyterian world of my parents", and the other the "big, loving merry not-too-clean Chinese world", and there was no communication between them.
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Forty years after being written, an unpublished novel by Pearl S. Buck, the Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, will be released this fall, her publisher said on Tuesday. The manuscript was stumbled upon in a storage unit in Texas and returned to the Buck family in December in exchange for a small fee, said Jane Friedman, the chief executive of Open Road Integrated Media, the publisher. Walsh, who manages her literary estate. The novel is one of dozens that the prolific Buck completed during her lifetime, a tumultuous eight decades that took her as a young child from her birthplace, Hillsboro, W. Open Road estimates that she wrote about books, including fiction, nonfiction and commentary.
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From September 8th to 10th, 2019, the Salesians of Don Bosco in the Africa of Great Lakes (AGL) are hosting a seminar dedicated to the Youth and Christus Vivit (Christ is alive!). Christus vivit is a post-synodal apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis, written in response to the Fifteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, on young people, faith and vocational discernment. In the Letter Pope Francis wrote "Dear young people, my joyful hope is to see you keep running the race before you, outstripping all those who are slow or fearful. Keep running, "attracted by the face of Christ, whom we love so much, whom we adore in the Holy Eucharist and acknowledge in the flesh of our suffering brothers and sisters. May the Holy Spirit urge you on as you run this race. The Church needs your momentum, your intuitions, and your faith. We need them! And when you arrive where we have not yet reached, have the patience to wait for us" After this letter published in March this year, the Salesians of Don Bosco in Africa of Great Lakes organized the seminar on "Youth and Christus Vivit" held in Kigali at Don Bosco Provincial House. The AGL Provincial House welcomes about 130 people from the region. Among them are Lay people, Salesians and their families, Priests and religious. Theme: "What Evangelization for Today's Young People? Re-reading and the Pastoral Impact of the Post- Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Christus Vivit (Christ is alive!) ", this seminar is an opportunity for young people and Church members to reflect on the current challenges of Youth Evangelization in the Great Lakes Region from a contextualized reading of Pope Francis' Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation. Preceded by the Eucharistic Celebration, The three Day Seminar was officially launched by the Bishop of Byumba Dioscese His Excellency Mgr NZAMWITA Servilien. Photos
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The informal review of fundraising in Scotland, which the Scottish Government called on the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations to undertake, has now been launched. It will seek to assess whether or not the current system of public charity fundraising self-regulation is working.
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The review will consider what reasonable steps can be taken to strengthen public trust, put a stop to any bad practice and make sure that giving to charity is a positive experience for people in Scotland.
See more in SCVO news release, or direct to their 'review of fundraising briefing'. A survey to gather wider input is due to go live in the week commencing 3rd August.
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Today is the feast of Saint Teresa of Avila, a 16th century Spanish nun, who with Saint John of the Cross, reformed the Carmelite Order. Together, they established eleven convents throughout Spain between 1567 and 1576. Then in 1580, Teresa of Avila received papal approval to establish the Discalced Carmelite Order, which adopted a more austere lifestyle than the Carmelites. With the establishment of this new Order, Teresa opened five additional convents, prior to her death in 1582.
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- Jeremy Daniel: Some characteristic classes of flat bundles in complex geometry
On a compact Kähler manifold $X$, any semisimple flat bundle carries a harmonic metric. It can be used to define some characteristic classes of the flat bundle, in the cohomology of $X$. We show that these cohomology classes come from an infinite-dimensional space – constructed with loop groups – which is an analogue of the period domains used in Hodge theory.
- Christian Urech: Simple subgroups of the Cremona group
The Cremona group is the group of birational transformations of the complex projective plane. In 2012 Cantat and Lamy proved that the Cremona group is not simple, which answered a long standing open question. In this talk we will refine their results and show that a simple group can be embedded into the plane Cremona group if and only if it can be embedded into $\mathbb P GL(3,\mathbb C)$. Our techniques also yield new insights into the structure of subgroups consisting of elliptic elements. In particular, we will describe the structure of torsion subgroups and show that the Cremona group satisfies the Tits alternative for arbitrary subgroups; this extends a result by Cantat.
- Michael Hoff: Moduli of lattice polarized $K3$ surfaces via relative canonical resolutions
For a smooth canonically embedded curve $C$ of genus 9 together with a pencil $|L|$ of degree 6 , we study the relative canonical resolution of $C$ in $X$, where $X$ is the scroll swept out by the pencil $|L|$. In general, the relative canonical resolution is built with certain vector bundles on the projective line. We show that in our case the second syzygy bundle in this resolution of C is unbalanced. The proof reveals a new geometric connection between the universal Brill–Noether variety $W_{9,6}^1$ and a moduli space of lattice polarized $K3$ surfaces (for a certain rank 3 lattice). As a by-product we prove the unirationality of this moduli space. This is a joint work with Christian Bopp.
- Matthias Wendt: Chow-Witt rings of Grassmannians and oriented Schubert calculus
Chow-Witt rings are a recent refinement of Chow rings which take into account orientation information using quadratic forms. While Chow rings of varieties can be compared to cohomology of the complex points of the varieties, the Chow-Witt rings compare better to the cohomology of real points. In the talk I will explain the structure of the Chow-Witt rings of Grassmannian varieties over general base fields (which strongly resembles the integral cohomology of real Grassmannian manifolds). This gives rise to an "oriented" version of Schubert calculus which generalizes some results from real Schubert calculus to (almost) arbitrary fields.
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- Oliver Bräunling (Freiburg): $K$-theory of étale p-torsion sheaves and Cartier modules. I will discuss the so-called "$K$-theory of semi-linear endomorphisms", going back to Quillen and Grayson. I'll present some new computations. The idea is to use a positive characteristic version of the Riemann-Hilbert correspondence (à la Emerton-Kisin and Böckle-Pink) to get a handle on the case of semi-linear endomorphisms coming from the Frobenius.
- Enrica Floris (Basel) Invariance of plurigenera for foliations on surfaces. Recently, Brunella and McQuillan proved some of the main results of birational geometry in
the setup of foliations on surfaces. In this talk, we will discuss to which extent the theorem of Invariance of Plurigenera is true for foliations on surfaces. This is a joint work with Paolo Cascini.
- Arvid Perego (Nancy): Kählerness of moduli spaces of sheaves over non-projective $K3$ surfaces. Kählerness of moduli spaces of slope-stable sheaves over $K3$ surfaces is in known only in particular cases: if the base $K3$ surface is projective, the moduli spaces are known to be quasi-projective; if the dimension of the moduli space is 2, then it is a $K3$ surface; in higher dimension, the moduli spaces which parameterize only locally free sheaves are known to be Kähler. In this talk I will expose some recent results
about the remaining cases: in particular, i will show that a moduli space of slope-stable sheaves (whose rank and first Chern class are prime to each other, and where the stability is with respect to a generic polarization) is Kähler if and only if its second Betti number is the sum of its Hodge numbers $h^{2,0}$, $h^{1,1}$ and $h^{0,2}$.
- Robert Laterveer (Strasbourg): On a conjecture of Voisin. Around 1994, Clair Voisin has made a conjecture concerning algebraic 0-cycles on smooth projective complex varieties of geometric genus 1. We will explain this conjecture, and review cases (both old and new) where the conjecture is known.
Meeting in December 2015
- Jian Xiao: Zariski decomposition for curves. We study Zariski decompositions using Legendre-Fenchel type transforms. In this way, we define a Zariski decomposition for curve classes. This decomposition enables us to develop the theory of the volume function for curves, yielding some fundamental positivity results for curve classes. We also give a refined structure of the movable cone of curves, and compare the volume function for curves with the mobility, showing some relations between enumerative geometry and convex analysis. This talk is based on the joint work with Brian Lehmann.
- Junyan Cao: Kodaira dimension of algebraic fiber spaces over surfaces. Let $f$ be a fibration between two projective manifolds. The Iitaka conjecture states that the Kodaira dimension of total space is not less than the sum of the Kodaira dimension of the generic fiber and that of the base manifold. We prove a log-version (with klt pair) of the conjecture, under the assumption that the base is of dimension 2. The proof relies mainly on a uniformation theorem for compact kähler orbifolds with trivial first Chern class proved by F. Campana, and also the positivity properties of direct images of relative pluri-canonical bundles. This is a joint work with J.-A. Chen.
- Damian Brotbek: Complete intersection varieties with ample cotangent bundle. This is a joint work with Lionel Darondeau. We prove that any smooth projective variety $M$ contains subvarieties with ample cotangent bundle of any dimension less or equal to half the dimension of $M$. We construct such subvarieties as suitable complete intersection varieties.
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- Robert Laterveer: Hard Lefschetz for Chow groups. Inspired by the conjectural Bloch-Beilinson filtration, we formulate a conjectural hard Lefschetz property for the Chow groups of a smooth projective algebraic variety over the complex numbers. This property can be verified in some special cases – roughly speaking, for varieties for which the self-product has vanishing middle-dimensional Griffiths group, and for varieties that have finite-dimensional motive (in the sense of Kimura). As we will explain, closely related (but slightly different) results can also be deduced from recent work of Charles Vial.
- Susanna Zimmermann: An Abelian quotient of the real Cremona group. The Cremona group of the complex plane contains many normal subgroups, all of which are of infinite index. There is no proper normal subgroup containing elements of degree 1 (not equal to the identity map), 2, 3 and 4. What about the Cremona group of the real plane? I will present an abelian quotient of it, which implies the existence of normal subgroups of index equal to any given power of 2, all of them containing every map of degree 1, 2, 3, and 4.
- Giulia Battiston: A Galois descent theory for inseparable field extension. Let $L/K$ be a Galois separable field extension, then classical Galois descent theory describes algebraic objects over $K$, such as for example $K$-varieties, as being equivalent to algebraic objects over $L$ endowed with a $Gal(L/K)$-action which is $\sigma$-linear. If $L/K$ is not separable, though, such a theory does not apply for the simple reason that the field of $Gal(L/K)$-invariants is strictly bigger than $K$. We will present how this inconvenient can be bypassed using the automorphism group of truncated polynomials over L and hence obtaining a Galois descent theory for inseparable extensions.
- Zsolt Patakfalvi: Projectivity of the moduli space of KSBA stable pairs and applications. KSBA (Kollár-Shepherd-Barron-Alexeev) stable pairs are higher dimensional generalizations of (weighted) stable pointed curves. I will present a joint work in progress with Sándor Kovács on proving the projectivity of this moduli space, by showing that certain Hodge-type line bundles are ample on it. I will also mention applications to the subadditivity of logarithmic Kodaira dimension, and to the ampleness of the CM (Chow-Mumford) line bundle.
Meeting in December 2014
- Damien Megy: The period map of certain families of singular hypersurfaces. This is a joint work with Philippe Eyssidieux. We consider a natural Deligne-Mumford stack parametrizing degree $d$ hypersurfaces of $\mathcal P^n$ with ADE singularities, and prove an infinitesimal Torelli property along the stacky strata. This construction gives rise to examples of smooth projective varieties with interesting fundamental groups and universal covers. If time permits, I will discuss the Toledo and Shafarevich conjecture for these examples.
- Jean-Philippe Furter: Some properties of the group ${\rm GL}_2 ( {\mathbb C}[x_1,\ldots,x_m])$ and some applications to the polynomial automorphism group ${\rm Aut}( {\mathbb A}^n)$ of the affine space ${\mathbb A}^n$. The groups ${\rm GL}_2 ( {\mathbb C}[x_1,\ldots,x_m])$ and ${\rm Aut}( {\mathbb A}^n)$ can naturally be considered as ind-groups (algebraic groups of infinite dimension). As such, they are endowed with the Zariski topology. We will describe several topological properties of these two groups. In particular, we will give examples of closed subgroups.
- Behrouz Taji: Semistable reflexive sheaves over klt spaces. We prove that any semistable reflexive sheaf over a klt projective variety with vanishing orbiflod Chern classes comes form a linear representation of $\pi_1(X_{\rm{reg}})$. In the smooth setting such a correspondence goes back to the classical results of Narasimhan-Seshadri , Donaldson-Uhlenbeck-Yau and subsequently Simpson. As an application we establish a characterization of finite quotient of Abelian varieties via vanishing of orbifold Chern classes. This is a joint work with Steven Lu.
- Paolo Cascini: Toroidal modifications. I will survey on a conjecture due to Shokurov on the ACC for the set of minimal log discrepancies and I will describe an approach towards this conjecture using toroidal modifications. Joint work with J. McKernan.
Meeting in May 2014
- Chenyang Xu: Maximal pole of motivic Zeta function. We prove a conjecture of Veys, which says that the opposite of the log canonical threshold is the only possible pole of maximal order of the motivic zeta function over a field of characteristic zero. If time permits, we will also discuss how to apply our method to study a family of Calabi-Yau varieties and prove properties for the weight function associated with a degeneration.(joint with Johannes Nicaise)
- Tomasz Szemberg: The effect of points fattening. I recall briefly results due to Bocci and Chiantini on the effect of points fattening on the projective plane. Then I will report on some generalizations to other surfaces. The core of the lecture will be devoted to higher dimensional analogies. Results in that part were obtained jointly with Thomas Bauer (Marburg).
- Olivier Benoist: Complete families of smooth space curves. In this talk, we will study complete families of smooth space curves, that is complete subvarieties of the Hilbert scheme of smooth curves in $\mathbb P^3$. On the one hand, we will construct non-trivial examples of such families. On the other hand, we obtain necessary conditions for a complete family of smooth polarized curves to induce a complete family of non-degenerate smooth space curves. Both results rely on the study of the strong semistability of certain vector bundles.
- Gianluca Pacienza: Families of rational curves on holomorphic symplectic varieties. I will report on a joint work with François Charles, in which we study families of rational curves on certain irreducible holomorphic symplectic varieties. In particular, we prove that projective holomorphic symplectic fourfolds of (K3)$^{[2]}$-type contain uniruled divisors and rationally connected lagrangian surfaces. I will also mention some applications to the study of Chow groups of such varieties, generalizing analogous results due to Beauville and Voisin on K3 surfaces.
Meeting in December 2013
- Damian Brotbek: Height inequality for surfaces in an abelian variety. Given a function field $K$ and a projective variety $X$ over $K$, Vojta conjectured an inequality between the canonical height of an algebraic point on $X$ and the discriminant of that point. In this talk, I will explain how to obtain such a height inequality when $X$ is a generic surface in an abelian threefold. The proof if based on the study of higher order jet spaces. This is a joint work with Carlo Gasbarri.
- Clemens Jörder: On the Poincaré lemma on singular spaces. On a singular normal complex space the cochain complex of sheaves of reflexive differential forms is not a resolution of the sheaf of locally constant functions, since the Poincaré lemma for reflexive differential forms fails in general. I discuss under which conditions the Poincaré lemma is valid. Furthermore I will relate the question of its failure to vanishing theorems of Kodaira-Akizuki-Nakano type.
- Sergei Kovalenko: Smooth Non-Homogeneous Gizatullin Surfaces. Quasi-homogeneous surfaces, or Gizatullin surfaces, are normal affine surfaces such that the complement of the big orbit of the automorphism group is finite. If the action of the automorphism group is transitive, the surface is called homogeneous. Examples of non-homogeneous Gizatullin surfaces were constructed in by the speaker in arXiv:1304.7116, but on more restricted conditions. We show that a similar result holds under less constrained assumptions. Moreover, we exhibit examples of smooth affine surfaces with a non- transitive action of the automorphism group whereas the automorphism group is huge. This means that the automorphism group is not generated by a countable set of algebraic subgroups and that its quotient by the (normal) subgroup, generated by all algebraic subgroups, contains a free group over an uncountable set of generators.
- Giovanni Mongarde: Ample cone and negative divisors for Hilbert schemes of points on K3s. For K3 surfaces, the ample cone is cut out by rational curves of selfintersection -2. In the case of Hilbert schemes of points of K3 surfaces and their deformations, a similar result can be phrased using certain divisors whose top self intersection is negative.


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Google has finally fixed the Pixel camera-related security flaw that could 'facilitate tracking'. The flaw causes tracking the device without due notification for the host owner. Google is considered to be a 'security focus' company for web and mobile platforms resulting in monthly security patches for Android, user controlled permissions and various Play Store protections while installing apps on the phone. But no matter how strong the wall is, flaws slip through causing cracks even on the best flagship smartphone like the Pixel and Pixel XL.
According to a recent commit to the Pixel Android Open Source Project, the front-facing camera's serial number, which HTC made changes between different devices. This form of identification could allow third-party apps to track individual devices, thus presenting an obvious security and privacy flaw for users as being reported by 9to5Google.
Google however has already fixed the flaw with a patch that 'restrict access to camera sensor's serial number.' The patch now restricts the access to the serial number, hiding the information and prevent the third party from accessing it. A test is also added that demonstrates the patch working well, with the camera functioning normally.
The issues for the Pixel smartphones however doesn't ends right away. A report recently surfaced on Google's product forums revealing Pixel phones audio distortion while playing media at maximum volume. The Pixel owners report that the device speakers output a cracking sound when the volume is pitched at the highest level. The issue occurs even while listening music on the headphones.
There were problems with the device camera as well, where it randomly freezes displaying pink or purple lines across the screen all of a sudden. A lens flaring issue also occurred while taking pictures or recording videos. More recently a few reports of unexpected shutdowns have been hovering where the phone turns off even when it has a descent 30 per cent of charge.
Google, however would most likely include patch for the flaw in this month's security patches.


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Connect to most popular database types to extract metadata. Generate flexible and dynamic database diagrams with our free Model Xtractor. Export them as Graphviz DOT files. And render them instantly on Graphviz online applications, by simply pasting the content of the exported files.
Table of Contents
From Databases to Online Graphs
This post shows you how to:
- Use our free Model Xtractor to get all sorts of database diagrams from a RDBMS.
- Export any database diagram into a Graphviz DOT compatible file.
- Paste the file content into a Graphviz Online app, to render the graph in a browser.
Another interesting add-in is preview-dot, which locally extends Windows Explorer with .gv/.dot file visualization support in the Preview pane. Display the Preview pane and, each time you select a Graphviz file exported from Model Xtractor, its graph will be instantly rendered beside.
Neither Graphviz nor any Graphviz Online app can extract schema information from a database, to produce a model. But you can use our free Model Xtractor or Data Xtractor applications to do that. They can quickly connect to and extract table and view information from a variety of relational databases, including Oracle, DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL and MySQL/MariaDB, SQL Anywhere and SAP/Sybase ASE, SQLite and Firebird, Microsoft Access and SQL CE. Several types of database diagrams are then automatically generated.
Structural Database Diagrams on Graphviz Online
Upon establishing a database connection and importing its metadata, a structural database model, with tables exposing their columns and main relationship connectors, is also generated and open on screen. We call it structural because most tables are expanded and show their structure, i.e. the table and view columns.
Following database diagram is the generated structural model for the Sakila database sample included in MySQL:
Model Xtractor has one Auto Layout command, that we automatically call last for any of these demo models. However, it may not be always suitable for what you need. Or it may not show the tables in best possible way. After manually dragging the shapes around, the following image may better represent the tables and the relationships between:
Export this into a GraphViz DOT file, with the Objects – Export – Diagram as Graph menu command. Then load the .gv or .dot file into a text editor like Notepad or Notepad++. Select and copy all the text in the clipboard. Then go to Viz-js.com and paste the copied content into the left window. The following SVG image is immediately generated in my browser:
That's an almost equivalent image, with icons and some other elements or styles not exported. You may find all export limitations and the other supported graph formats here.
Custom Database Diagrams on Graphviz Online
Like no other database diagram viewer, Model Xtractor allows you to collapse or minimize shapes, hide individual shape items, move shapes around as you wish, display many-to-many conceptual relationships (bypassing the hidden intersection table), or show relationships as special shape items.
Following diagram is just a customization of the previous automatic view. We switched to a MySQL Workbench-like theme. We displayed simplified shapes with corners, relationships with plain lines, shape items with collapsible categories (hidden relationship items), and no icons at all. Some shapes are collapsed (with their name only), others fully minimized (like plain bubbles):
Export now this customized diagram into another Graphviz DOT file, and paste its content into your Graphviz Online application, like before. Switch this time between the existing layout engines. We found this fdp image pretty interesting:
The database diagrams don't have to be identical, but we use here very similar styles. Layout is always different, because we never send current shape positions to the Graphviz Online app. Graphviz is strong at diagram layouts, so we let it do its job. However, the generated images are always static, in the sense you cannot manually grab a shape and drag it elsewhere. As you can do in our interactive visual designer.
Graphviz Online for Large Databases
AdventureWorks is a large sample database produced by Microsoft and used for its SQL Server RDBMS. It has over 70 tables and over 20 views. Such databases are closer to the real-world enterprise use cases. We may have corporate databases with hundreds of tables, but one database with around one hundred is more common.
If you look at the automatically generated models for this imported database, you'll see they've been divided into different schemas. The whole database is a catalog, and each table is prefixed by its schema name. Under the Tables node, we identified and separated the schema nodes as dbo, HumanResources, Person, Production, Purchasing, and Sales. Our products allow you to pick just a few tables and views for each diagram. Long gone the times when you needed one huge surface with all your tables in one ER diagram.
However, some relationships between tables may be missed, and some people still prefer to display all tables together. You can right-click on the Tables node, and use the Add to New Model – Relationship Model contextual menu command. As we have almost a hundred tables, we'll show them all collapsed, without their column names, but with the relationships expanded, as links:
As you can see, our Auto Layout for large databases cannot yet do better. This is just a portion of the database diagram, and it looks complex. Try to export it and render it on Graphviz Online, as we did until now:
The diagram is rendered with the dot engine, and it already looks better. Try the osage engine, and you may get a different interesting perspective:
Conclusion: use Model Xtractor to "extract" raw database diagrams, and export them easily to Graphviz Online for all sorts of layouts. This will certainly help you better understand relationships between huge numbers of tables.
Graphviz Online with Database Topologies
Under the Tables node for an AdventureWorks imported database, identify the Production schema. Right-click on the Production node, and use Add to New Model – Graph Model. A new database diagram will be generated, with all these tables. But, unlike other types of models, this diagram shows only simple table names with any relationships between displayed as plain lines:
When exported to Graphviz Online the typical way, you get a potentially better view. Switch between the layout engines for other types of graphs. This one is rendered with the default dot engine:
Back to Model Xtractor, right-click on the Production node, but use Add to New Model – Topological Model instead. Unlike all other types of models, the new diagram shows tables as plain bubbles, with any relationships between displayed with plain lines.
Export it and render it on Graphviz Online, the way we did before. Topologies for large databases, with a large number of tables, are certainly displayed better in the browser, especially by choosing a different layout engine each time:
The new Export – Diagram as Graph feature has been added to Model Xtractor because we want you to fully take advantage of the powerful layout engines other dedicated diagramming apps may be better equipped with. And we'd also like to make our own apps as open and flexible as possible.


text: 05/01/1863At a massive Democratic meeting in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Congressman Clement Vallandigham gave a two hour speech that reflected powerfully his anti-war views and his harsh opinions of Abraham Lincoln. Speaking specifically of the recent Army Order Number 38 that banned such anti-administration comments as a usurpation of liberty, he said the conflict was "a war for the freedom of the blacks and the enslavement of the whites" and urged Ohioans to vote out "King Lincoln." The speech led to his arrest and trial a few days later. (By John Osborne)Source Citation: Geoffrey R. Stone, Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime: From the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004), 101.TabsRecord DataDate Certainty: ExactType: Campaigns/Elections Major TopicsElection of 1864 Civil Liberties People Vallandigham, Clement Laird Burnside, Ambrose Everett PlacesMount Vernon, OH Documents Date Title 06/12/1863 Abraham Lincoln to Erastus Corning and others, June 12, 1863


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14 August, 2014: While this generation of Harvard hopefuls have counted on "Smart Drugs" or "Study Drugs" to keep up the pace, in spite of all the significant negative effects, there would seem a more natural and safer way to access the unused 80 % of the brain.
Many people are probably more familiar with this type of medicine understood by scientists as "cognitive enhancers" from the 2011 film "Limitless", when Morra is quickly changed into a superhuman by taking a fictitious drug refereed to as NZT-48. Morra was granted access to all his brain's cognitive areas, and consequently learns to play the piano in three days, handles to finish writing his book in just four, and afterwards quickly makes himself a million bucks.
In reality though numerous so called wise drugs have actually just recently been mentioned in the world's press, and are really prescribed stimulants referred to as Modafinil, Adderall and Ritalin. Students have actually now began to utilize these drugs to excel themselves at school and college, and afterwards continue to do the exact same in their professional profession.
The failure is that even though Modafinil, Adderall and Ritalin seem like a marvel drug that will help students study for hours on end, the drugs are actually amphetamine-based, implying they can be habit-forming, according to Martha J. Farah, director at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania.
The huge question is though … are these smart or study drugs all they are sold to be? Is it actually possible that they can make everybody more intelligent or provide us the capability to learn more? Or does a more natural form exist to help us get the same outcome without taking amphetamines? Some researchers have mentioned that it's not actually the medicines that are boosting cognition, but simply enhancing the mindset and for that reason simply making work appear more pleasurable. Something else to take into consideration is that the brain is incredibly complicated, so by improving one talent with drugs, we may end up obstructing others.
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The Franklin County Schools provide special education and related services so that all children are challenged and can develop into productive and successful citizens. Special education is specially designed instruction, provided at no cost to parents, that meets the unique needs of a student with a disability. Referrals may be made to the school counselor or special education coordinator.
Gifted students are those who perform at high levels in academic or creative areas when compared to others of their age, experience, or environment. A student may be referred for consideration for gifted services by teachers, counselors, administrators, parents/guardians, peers, self, or any other individuals with knowledge of the student's abilities. Additionally, all second grade students will be observed as potential gifted referrals using a gifted behavior checklist. Referrals may be made to the school counselor, special education coordinator, or gifted teacher at your child's school.
COVID-19 Academic Continuity Plan for Special Education Students
Beginning April 6th, 2020, all special education teachers will make contact with each student/parent on their caseload to discuss educational opportunities for the remainder of the school year. In addition to the classwork general education teachers supply each student, they will also receive a paper packet of work that reflects the goals as outlined in their current IEP. This work will continue to help students make progress towards their goals. Students will also receive weekly follow-up calls from their special education teacher.
If the student receives speech therapy, occupational therapy, and/or physical therapy, a separate packet for each related service will also be mailed home. Students/parents will receive follow-up calls from each therapist to discuss the activities and provide assistance.
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One of the best parts about creating something new -or finishing a new scrapbook layout or starting a new cross stitch pattern is sharing it! I don;t mean sharing it in the "showing off" kind of way- but learning a new technique and feeling pride in what you accomplished- saying look- I DID it! That feeling really doesn;t ever go away- sort of an adult form of "Look, Mom!"
I absolutely LOVE checking out other people's craft blogs and seeing what the latest trends are, discovering a new tool or product I just have to have or just plain admiring some one else's work.
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India Today : Jan 29, 2019, 11:50 AM
The link is going viral on WhatsApp these days. Clicking upon the link opens a website that looks very much similar to the Amazon's web page. It has deals and discounts claiming to offer products on price as low as Rs. 1. When you click on the Buy Now option, the web site will ask you for your address details followed by your banking details which can be used by the hackers to snoop into your bank account.The hoax page looks quite similar to the Amazon's page and can be deceiving in the first look. But if you look at the URL closely, you will find some hidden hints that prove it is a fake message. This is the link going viral on chat app: http://amzn.biggest -sale.live.in. If you look at the URL closely, you will find that it is a fake link. Amazon's URL has amazon.in whereas the fake link has amzn.biggest.If you receive such messages from an unknown number, it is advisable that you report that number to the Police. Do not forward these messages and report spam the number so that the chat company can get hold of such malicious links and can weed them out from the chat platform.WhatsApp is one of the most popular chat apps across the world which makes it vulnerable to many scams. Apart from this Amazon hoax message, another phishing message called WhatsApp Gold is doing rounds on the platform. The fake message comes in the form of a video update warning you about a virus. The video apparently installs a malware in the phone and hacks the device once you download that video. WhatsApp updates comes through Play Store or App Store only and this should be your first hint to spot that it is a fake message.Fake news and messages are a big menace on WhatsApp. The company last year launched full page ads in newspapers and radio campaign across various radio stations in India to create awareness about the spread of fake news and how to spot them. The company last year also launched Forward labels to spot forwarded messages in a bid to fight against spread of fake news.


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Your online dating profile photo should look like you on a really good day... but it should still look like you! And make sure to get an honest friend to look over your selection: A study in the Journal of Communication found that while online daters rated their own photos as relatively accurate, independent judges rated a third of the photographs as inaccurate. Your best bet? Step away from the webcam and use candid shots your friends have taken.
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It's not enough to look like yourself from last year or from the time you had mono during college and fit in your skinny jeans. We're looking at you, ladies: The Journal of Communication also found that female photos were less accurate than male photos, and were more likely to be older, retouched and to contain inconsistencies, including changes in hairstyle and skin quality. Think about it this way: picture the guy you dated last. Now picture him with a mullet. Or a handlebar mustache. Or both, if you can handle it. Would you still have gone out with him if he was rocking those? If you have long brown hair in your photos, don't surprise someone with a blond pixie when you meet in person.
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A rare first-ballot Hall of Fame kicker with one of the biggest legs in NFL history is calling it quits after 19 years. Long-time Raider and most recently Seattle Seahawk kicker Sebastian announced his retirement 19 years to the day that he was a first-round draft pick in 2000 NFL out of Florida State. "Sea Bass" as he was affectionately known by gamblers, played in 284 games (16th all-time), attempting 542 field goals (10th all-time) and making 436 (9th all-time). His 1913 points are 10th all-time and Janikowski was second among active scorers trailing only the Colts Adam Venatieri. You can't consider percentage when you talk about Sebastian Janikowski who was routinely called on to attempt impossible field goals from long distance and under the worst of conditions.Janikowski's longest attempt was from 76 yards and he finishes his career 2-for-9 from more than 60 yards with a career high 63-yarder against the Denver Broncos.
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Paul Stephen Aspinwall
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Associate Chair of the Department of Mathematics
Professor of Physics (Secondary)
String theory is hoped to provide a theory of all fundamental physics encompassing both
quantum mechanics and general relativity. String theories naturally live in a large number of
dimensions and so to make contact with the real world it is necessary to ``compactify'' the
extra dimensions on some small compact space. Understanding the physics of the real
world then becomes a problem very closely tied to understanding the geometry of the space
on which one has compactified. In particular, when one restricts one's attention to
``supersymmetric'' physics the subject of algebraic geometry becomes particularly important.
Of current interest is the notion of ``duality''. Here one obtains the same physics by
compactifying two different string theories in two different ways. Now one may use our limited understanding of one
picture to fill in the gaps in our limited knowledge of the second picture. This appears to be an extremely powerful
method of understanding a great deal of string theory.
Both mathematics and physics appear to benefit greatly from duality. In mathematics one finds hitherto unexpected
connections between the geometry of different spaces. ``Mirror symmetry'' was an example of this but many more
remain to be explored. On the physics side one hopes to obtain a better understanding of nonperturbative aspects
of the way string theory describes the real world.
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Algebraic Geometry and Quantum Field Theory of D-Branes awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2006 to 2011
D-Brane Physics and Calabi-Yau Geometry awarded by National Science Foundation (Co-Principal Investigator). 2003 to 2007
Focused Research Group: Calabi-Yau Manifolds and their Applications awarded by National Science Foundation (Co-Principal Investigator). 2000 to 2004
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Tivoli Presents a Radio to the Queen
Tivoli Audio's Model 10+ radio recently got the royal treatment- literally. One of the radios was presented by the BBC to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
The Limited Edition radio has raised over 120,000 pound for the BBC Children in Need charity.
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Farm Stories
The war years
Randall D. Keator
|In 1944 the signs of war were everywhere and even in the most remote parts of the parish people were aware of the great struggle that was taking place in Europe and the Pacific. Everyone had a friend or relative who was fighting. Mother's brother James McKnight was in the Italian campaign, our cousin Randal D. Kator shot down the first Japanese Zero aircraft in the pacific. Uncle Floyd Farrow and a friend from Slatter St. (Albert Voclain) were on the ground in Europe; Uncle Joe Peil's nephew survived the Bataan Death March. At night the family would huddle around the old radio and amidst the static and crackle we would listen to Walter Wenchel and Edward R. Morrow broadcast on the war news. One night while the BBC was broadcasting we actually heard the bomb blast of Hitler's vengeance weapons near the station and my father commented on how brave the British were in standing against Germany's war machine.
James McKnight
Many goods were rationed and people were given little tokens that looked liked different colored pennies to buy certain foods. Trucks, cars, tires and nylon were unavailable and all petroleum products were in short supply. On the farm we fared better than most. As far as food was concerned we always were self sufficient, and because we were vital in providing food we were given all the fuel we needed. Shotgun shells were in very short supply and when hunting every shot had to bring something home to cook.
Wilson J. Gaidry Jr.'s war ration card
|German U boats were sinking cargo ships and oil tankers in the Gulf of Mexico right off our coast and blimps were operating from the air port in Houma making daily flights over the Gulf on submarine patrols. Volumnia Farm is located only a few miles from the blimp (as air ships were called) base (now the Houma airport) and the blimp would pass very low over our house casting a huge shadow. People from miles around would go to the Blimp Base to see the huge air ships take off and land and be placed in huge hangers.
Civil defense groups were organized in case of attack, they feared the most chemical or biological weapons. My father Wilson J Gaidry was head of one group and wore a helmet with CD in a little triangle. One night an oil tanker was torpetoed in the Gulf south of Cocodrie so close to the shore that people could see the ship burning from the shore. Somehow the word got around that the Germans were preparing to invade Terrebonne Parish near Cocodrie. I remember well the confusion on the farm. Everyone was running around shouting "Les Allemands son venus, Les Allemands son venus", the Germans are coming.
They began assembling in the front yard around my father's old red Ford model B pickup truck with their old hammer 12 gauge shotguns to prepare to repel the German invasion of Cocodrie. To this day the picture is still clear in my mind of the old truck loaded with Cajuns with their old shotguns, the women crying hysterically and my father at the wheel with his CD helmet leaving to go to battle to save us, a momentous sight, one that should go down in the history and certainly one I will never forget. The next day the word was that the Germans got wind of what awaited them and canceled the invasion.
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Graz's appearance as a city offers numerous possibilities to discover its history, which has included times of splendour and expansion as much as times of difficulty and stagnation. One of the main features in the development of the city is its geographical location in a valley, which is surrounded by mountains. The river Mur flows through its centre and an wide, open stretch of land can only be found in its sound.
In the 19th century, Graz became had a big enough population to call itself a city and its most influential citizens, many of whom favoured unification with Germany, built impressive buildings such as the Karl-Franzens-Universität, the Opernhaus, the Town Hall and the Herz Jesu Church. On one hand, these were to illustrate the Graz's right to call itself a city and on the other hand, they were to show people that Graz was an "example of German Culture". As the 19th century progressed, the divide between the city's left and the right, which was heavily represented in the working-class districts of Gries and Lend, became ever more apparent. At the same time, Graz was also described as a "Pensionopolis" because many retired imperial civil servants and artists, like Johann Nestroy to name but one, moved to the city.
During the Third Reich, again proved to be favourable towards union with Germany and when Hitler annexed Austria in 1938, there was much euphoria. The city was even given the "honorary title" of "Stadt der Volkerhebung" ("city of the peoples' uprising"). At the beginning of the 21st century, Graz is a city which is very aware of its geographic proximity and historical relationship to the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Unlike in the past, there is a more open, less hostile atmosphere towards this reality and it is noticable not only in city life as a whole, but also in the city's three universities.
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The final day of dashboard week is often the toughest. The day starts with presentations from day 4, then they get their assignment, then they have to present at 3pm. However, since we now have two cohorts running simultaneously, they had to be done by 1pm to watch the DS10 presentations.
I felt bad, so I took it easy on them and didn't make them do any data prep. I gave them a data set about public toilets in Vancouver, hoping to make it a fun last day. How did they do? Pretty well I think, and they all said they really enjoyed the week. Surely they learned a lot, and most importantly, I wanted them to learn to think quickly and simply.


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yes because we're friends with the fishes and they'll teach us how to survive.
Who stole the nails of the Queen ?
yes because we're friends with the fishes and they'll teach us how to survive.
Who stole the nails of the Queen ?
The rustic tin man that lived in wonder land!
Why would you eat the ocean?
because yo want to find whats under it
when wouldn't you wan't to see a clossal squid?
When your in the worlds biggest swimming pool.
Why is my hair so fluffy today?
because you are a twin of a cat XD
why did Barack Obama cross the road?
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to lecture thugs on the other side
why do people have diferent size ears
because when god was designing homo sapiens he couldn't chose which size ears he liked the most so he chose both
why does these jeans make my but look big?
because your self-concious
why do we have the little finger
So we have better grip. (Also makes typing easier.)
Why are really nice looking cars never pink?
If they're not pink, then they can't be really nice looking xD
What should we do to make the Earth turn around the Sun ?
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Grain salads are a great alternative to your traditional pasta or potato salad. I may be a bit late to the game but recently I've been experimenting with both bulgar and quinoa, two quick cooking grains that are nutty and bring an interesting twist to the table. Since I love them both I decided to combine them for this salad that is adapted from Cuisine At Home magazine. The grapes add a bit of sweetness to the salad while the watercress contributes a touch of bitterness. This salad is sure to be a crowd pleaser. It can be served either cold or at room temperature but I prefer eating it at room temperature, making it the perfect addition to a summer picnic table.
1 1/3 cups apple juice, divided
1 cup water
1/2 cup bulgar
1/2 cup quinoa
Pinch of salt
1 cup watercress
1 cup green grapes, halved
2 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon honey
1/8 teaspoon salt
- Combine1 cup of the apple juice, water, bulgar, quinoa and salt in a medium saucepan.
- Set over medium high heat and bring to a simmer. Cover, reduce the heat to low, and cook until most of the liquid is absorbed and the grains are tender, about 14-16 minutes.
- Move the grain mixture to a large bowl and add the watercress and grapes. Mix well to combine.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining 1/3 cup of apple juice, vinegar, mustard, honey, and salt.
- Pour over the grain mixture and gently stir until well combined.
- The salad can be served either cold or at room temperature.
Serves 4
Tagged: apple juice, bulgar, Dijon mustard, grapes, quinoa, watercress


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Is anyone surprised?
If you are familiar with the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, you likely aren't surprised to learn that creator Scott Cawthon has released his newest game, RPG FNaF World, ahead of schedule. One week ago, Cawthon gave a release date of February 19 for the game. Yet here we are, with the game currently available for purchase on Steam.
According to the description, the game features 40 playable characters, multiple endings and difficulties, and a "great soundtrack." It is available here for $9.99.
"Take control of Freddy and the gang as they set out on a quest in the world beneath worlds, a world that reflects the actions and deeds of the "flipside", where things have started becoming distorted and broken," the page reads. "Lead your team deeper into this digital world to find the source of these glitches and monsters, and restore it to what it was designed to be- a safe haven."
Although Cawthon previously stated, that the game would not be a horror - and it certainly doesn't look like a horror - the description warns the player to be careful, because "behind the curtain there may be something even more sinister pulling the strings..."
Cawthon's last title, Five Nights at Freddy's 4, was originally scheduled for a Halloween release date. The expected date was moved forward to August, but ended up releasing even earlier, in July.


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Today is my brother's birthday and the birthday of a dear friend.
Both are special spirit-filled and spirit-guided people.
Both have contributed much inspiration to my life.
Both have influenced the direction of my living, loving and giving.
And there may be others among you who read these loving reminders who have a birthday today.
You are my brother, my sister, my child, my friend, my inspiration and you too inspire my life.
You contribute and add to my life, simply in living your lives, consciously with love.
For all of you, I celebrate and sing and bless and love and give to you and all my very best.
Life is a sacred journey.
We cross paths and connect with many in families and work, in airports and churches, everywhere.
We indirectly meet others along the way on the phone, in correspondence, in business and on the road.
And the ripples of our connection go on from person to person around the globe, beyond time and space.
How can it be that anyone be denied by me?
How can I forsake anyone who comes my way?
How could I not reach out in welcome and love?
How could I not give my very best to every One?
If everyone is guest in my home and in my heart, I treat everyone with dignity and respect.
If everyone is guest in my workplace, I give everyone the satisfaction of being a contributor.
If everyone is my family, I seek to serve everyone as the honored recipient of my best.
If everyone is my brother, my sister, my mother and my friend, how can I not serve with love?
Yes, I too have bad days, when I do not feel like giving, because I must give to myself.
Yes, I may forget to fill my own cup, before I fill yours and the giving is empty.
Yes, I may play a part that is not received and give away into a bottomless well.
Yes, I may speak words which ring not full of meaning because I have lost my way.
But in every act of giving love, I fill my cup as well.
In every expression of loving kindness I am filled with God's grace.
Each time I serve with true intention, I waste nothing because in the giving all are fed.
As I speak the words, I am affirming that all be reminded including me.
You see, everyone is my brother……because each one is myself.
Everyone is my mother….because I too need to remember to be mother, sister, brother and friend.
Everyone is my savior, one who awakens in my soul the will to love and serve and remember Goodness.
You are a gift to me and I receive the gift you are.
"There is only one of us.
In your eyes it's me I see.
There is only one of us.
You are my reflection."
A Beautiful song whose writer I do not know.
Happy Birthday.
I am so glad you and I were born and have come to this place and time to know one another.
I am loving you with every loving thing I do.
Every time I think or speak or act with love, know I am loving YOU!
Betty Lue


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first one to say hi
Posts 1 to 14 of 14
Share22018-03-08 19:05:55
welcome m8
Share32018-03-08 19:26:48
Share42018-03-10 01:36:54
Koliko guliš?
Share52018-03-10 12:16:39
pozz ljudi evo i mene da dadnem malo podrške
Share62018-03-15 00:33:52
Share72018-03-15 00:45:16
hello m8, welcome
Share82018-03-15 19:55:20
I saw the other posts, but I could only understand one "word", TS. You guys have a server?
Share92018-03-17 16:46:38
Not atm. We will see in future
Share102018-03-18 11:46:29
Could always make a Discord server.
Share112018-03-18 22:29:30
what is a discord server?
Share122018-03-21 15:26:45
It's a platform that allows you to make your own server (and monotor it) for free.
Share132018-03-22 23:44:03
are u a troll and if you're not, are we talking about a coduo server?
Share142018-03-23 02:33:28
No, Discord is a chatsoftware like teamspeak, https://screenshot.net/r936ys6.
Found an article that makes it a bit clearer: https://www.webxen.com/kb/discord-vs-teamspeak/


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The Battle of Waterloo
18 June 2015 marked the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, documented in The Gazette in army despatches and reports of military engagements, and the campaign medals that followed.
The Duke of Wellington's despatch
The London Gazette Extraordinary (issue 17028), 22 June 1815, reproduces a despatch from the Duke of Wellington, which arrived on the night of the 21 June, delivered to Earl Bathhurst. It details the battle's events and losses against the French Army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte:
'The enemy repeatedly attacked us with a large body of infantry and cavalry, supported by a numerous and powerful artillery, but all were repulsed in the steadiest manner'. Mention was given to those who highly distinguished themselves, including the Duke of Brunswick, 'who fell, fighting gallantly at the head of his troops', and 'Major-General Sir W. Ponsonby, having taken many prisoners, and an eagle', the French regimental eagle being a symbolic battle trophy. Marshall Blucher and the Prussian Army's contribution were notable for providing timely assistance on 'this arduous day', though this would later be downplayed by Wellington.
The fatalities and injuries at Waterloo were many, 'such advantages could not be gained without great loss and I am sorry to add, that ours has been immense.' A list of losses ends the despatch, which (including casualties) amounted to 15,000 dead or wounded of Wellington's army. Up to 50,000 died on all sides.
Napoleon surrenders
Following his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte returned to Paris and abdicated in favour of his son. He surrendered to Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland, KCB (CB Gazette issue 17061, KCB 18779), aboard HMS Bellerophon, heralding the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the end of Napoleon's imperial ambitions.
Maitland refused to allow Napoleon to sail for America, but offered to take him to England instead – 4 days of negotiations later, Napoleon agreed, and on 7 August, he and his staff were removed to HMS Northumberland, which conveyed him to his final exile on Saint Helena.
The extract of a letter from Captain Maitland of His Majesty's Ship Bellerophon (Gazette issue 17044) says:
'For the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, I have to acquaint you that the Count Las Casses and General Allemand, this day came on board His Majesty's ship under my command, with a proposal for me to receive on board Napoleon Bonaparte, for the purpose of throwing himself on the generosity of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent. Conceiving myself authorised by their Lordships' secret order, I have acceded to the proposal, and he is to embark on board this ship to-morrow morning. That no misunderstanding might arise, I have explicitly and clearly explained to the Count Las Casses, that I have no authority whatever for granting terms of any sort; but that all I can do is to convey him and his suite to England to be received in such a manner as His Royal Highness may deem expedient.'
Napoleon died in 1821 on St Helena, appearing as a despatch from Captain Crokat (Gazette issue 1722). 'St Helena, May 6, 1821. It falls to my duty to inform your Lordship, that Napoleon Bonaparte expired at about ten minutes before six o'clock in the evening of the, 5th instant, after an illness which had confined him to his apartment since the 17th of March last.' The cause is thought to have been stomach cancer, with some detail of the postmortem described.
After Waterloo
The painting 'Chelsea pensioners reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo', by Sir David Wilkie (pictured, © English Heritage), was commissioned by the Duke of Wellington. It was immensely popular at the time, and depicts wounded, invalided and elderly soldiers celebrating the British victory at Waterloo, while reading the Gazette Extraordinary of 22 June.
Beyond the jubilation and patriotism, though, over 20 years of war had left the nation with huge national debt, and tens of thousands of returning soldiers who were jobless and hungry.


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They put a sack over u.s. Soldier's head
A group of TGB (Turkey Youth Union) members put a sack over U.S. soldier's head in Bodrum, Muğla. According to news, 8 students who were members of TGB arrived Bodrum early in the morning. They followed and snatched the yet unidentified US soldier, putting a sack they brought over his head. They recorded their protest with a camera and then tried to get away to Milas with a car.
After the soldier's complaint to the police, Anti-Terrorism and Security Unit Teams started an operation and closed Milas-Bodrum highway. In the police operation with long barreled weapons, TGB members S.P (19), H.D (21), M.Ü (22), Ö.B (19), C.G (23), U.R (19), H.U.A (27) and B.K (19) were detained and taken to Milas District Police Department. During their inquiry processing, the activists shouted out slogans saying ""We do not want U.S. troops in Turkey".
Two cloth banners written "TGB" were seized in the car.