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国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
|Innermost Asia : vol.2
|極奥アジア : vol.2
Ruin of
Canals on R. bank of Muz-art R.
8o8 KUCHA AND SOME OF ITS ANCIENT SITES [Chap. XXIII
The first day's march was directed to Dô-shamba-bâzâr, the chief market-place of the fertile
village tract lying west of that branch of the Muz-art river which, lower down, flows past Shahyâr. The road to it, after passing for about six miles from Kuchâ town across gravel Sai and bare steppe, brought us to a conspicuous tower-like pile known as Kosh-tura. It stands close to the point where the easternmost of the small new canals from the Muz-art river has made it possible to resume cultivation on patches of ground apparently long deserted. This invests with special interest the evidence of ancient occupation afforded by the ruined pile, which still rises to a height of about 54 feet, and shows an oblong ground-plan. I t measures, at the present ground level, 95 feet on the northern face and 82 feet on the eastern, the other two sides being badly broken. At an elevation of 25 and 38 feet, respectively, from the ground, the masonry recedes, forming terraces io feet wide around a solid mass of brickwork. No trace of any decorative facing of the brickwork survives. Yet the constructive features indicated leave little doubt that the ruin is that of a Buddhist shrine built on the plan of those found at the Turfân sites of Idikut-shahri, Astâna, and Sirkip.1 The masonry consists of sun-dried bricks, 15" x 12" x 4" in size, mixed in places with flat slabs of hard clay (kisek). About 4o yards from the south-western corner another solid pile rises to a height of 36 feet. Here an older structure, built of stamped clay and about 32 feet square, appears to have been enlarged on the south by considerable additions of brickwork, which, however, are badly decayed. This ruin, too, is probably that of a shrine, but no definite indication of its character is traceable on the surface.
Three miles farther on, the road brought us to the continuous belt of cultivation south of the
village of Kum-tura. When passing through this to the left bank of the Muz-art river, I was able to measure successively the volume of seven separate canals. They take off some three miles higher up, near the small ruined site of Sarai-tam, and supply irrigation to the main portion of Kuchâ. cultivation stretching east and north of the Muz-art river. These canals are known as the ` üstangs' of Pailu, Chaka, Faizâbâd, Yangi-toibalde, Kône-toibalde, Toghache, and Ugen from the names of the chief villages served by them. The volume of water carried by them at the time amounted, on approximate measurement, to 28, 46, 103, 159, 105, 45, and 132 cubic feet per second, respectively. Since our measurements were taken at points comparatively close to the canal heads, the aggregate volume of 618 cubic feet per second may be accepted as representing the total supply of irrigation water then available from the Muz-art river for the lands on its left bank, apart from the 3o cubic feet per second that we had measured in the new canal passing Kosh-tura.
The total thus arrived at agrees very well with the volume which, nine days later, I found being carried by the river where it debouches from the defile above the ruins of Duldul-okur, if allowance be made for the increase due to the progressive melting of the mountain snow at this season. That volume was then about 2,025 cubic feet per second, and of this close on Boo cubic feet were taken up by the two main canals on the right bank, known as the Toksu-üstang and ` Shahyâr yangidarya ', which irrigate the village lands stretching down from the tract above D5-shamba-bazar to Shahyâr in the south. The third big canal on that side, which serves the canton of Yulduz-bagh to the west, was undergoing its annual clearance at the time, and was consequently empty. Judging from its dimensions and slope it would have required some 760 cubic feet per second of water to fill it to the depth which, I was told, corresponded to the regular discharge at that season.
The measurements here recorded, approximate as they are, will give some idea of the large area—probably not far short of half a million acres—in the present districts of Kuchâ and Shahyâr, which existing canals and methods of irrigation enable to be cultivated with water from the Muz-art river. It is difficult to form an adequate estimate of the extension of which the present irrigated
1 See Serindia, iii. Fig. 272 ; above, p. 6x3.
Large area capable of irrigation.
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Last year we started to work with the ERYC business team to put them through their PTLLS training. Although the team do not deliver qualifications they do deliver training sessions to small groups and also individuals in setting up businesses. Although the team had lots of experience of training and were competent in their subject areas not of them actually had a training qualification.
The team work with a very diverse client group so it was vital for them to understand how to communicate and teach a variety of people. The section on learning styles was an a part of the course that the team found very interesting not only in terms of their teaching but also in recognising different people types with in their teams. One of the team only dealt with training on a one to one basis, mostly delivering inductions and ongoing on the job training. At the beginning they felt like PTLLS was better suited to the others in the room but this was the point that it all started to make sense for them understanding how people learn. When we followed up after the course they stated that the course had shown them how to change how they are teaching to suit the person they are with.
The members of the team that had had experience of teaching groups talked about how they did already implement a lot of the areas we discussed on the PTLLS course but that they did not really understand why they did them. This is a really common theme we find in teaching the PTLLS course but it is understanding the WHY that gives you a better teaching experience and therefore a better learning experience for your learners.
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HELSINKI, JUNE 6th & 7th, 2018
Intelligent technology is no longer just for real estate, it's for humans too!
To not get lost in the digitalisation buzz and forget about the end value industry leaders & pioneers give you the human centered steps to smart digitalisation at Nordic Smart Building Convention.
Industry Stage Program
PROPTECH 2025 Program
Wednesday 6th
09:30 – 10:10 | Networking & Coffee
10:10 – 10:20 | Welcome by HUB13
10:20 – 10:50 | OPENING KEYNOTE: "REDI – Living Experience Platform"
Speaker: Dr. Arto Huuskonen, Director, digitalization and services at SRV
– Exploring the new business model
– From squared value to intelligent value
10:50 – 11:20 | CASE: "The greenest shopping center in Europe (that keeps getting greener)"
Matti Karlsson, CEO at Sello
Ville Stenius, Business Director for Building Performance & Sustainability at Siemens
– Sello: A Holistic approach to energy efficiency, from transportation to land use & lighting
– Retrofitting smart & green isn't an obstacle, it's a dare to innovate
– There's more value to be had than just saving pennies in energy consumption
11:20 – 12:00 | DISCUSSION: "Retrofitting intelligence: The challenge of getting smarter"
Moderating: Ken Sinclair, Founder at AutomatedBuildings.com
In the discussion:
Kirsi Simola Laaksonen, VP, Audit & Business Process Improvement at Citycon
Jan Mattsson, Sales Director at Schneider Electric
Miimu Airaksinen, Managing Director & CEO at RIL
Vesa Ilmarinen, Program Director, Platform of Trust at Suomen Tilaajavastuu
– Retrofitting smart solutions to campuses
– Familiriasing the users with intelligent environments
– IoT enabling smart in "dumb" buildings
12:00 – 14:00 | Networking Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 |INDUSTRY KEYNOTE: "Designing smart with the people for the people"
Speaker: Daniel Sundlin, Partner at Bjarke Ingels Group
– How digital pioneers ensure their winning culture from ground up
– Using narratives to engage tenants through out the design process
– Dedicated communications with the client, user and consultants as the cornerstone of a smart human centered building
14:30 – 15:00 | INDUSTRY KEYNOTE: "Digitizing construction inside out"
Speaker: Tuomas Särkilahti, CEO at Skanska
– Building Information Modelling (BIM) has become business as usual in design management. We need to ensure that the value of BIM is fully utilized in the project execution phase.
– Skanska aims to increase utilization of digital tools in order to improve operational efficiency and safety on site.
– Through digital connectivity and collaboration workers and sub-contractors have better access to information and are able to enhance production.
15:00 – 15:20 | Coffee & Networking
15:20 – 15:50 | KEYNOTE: "You can't manage what you don't measure"
Speaker: James McHale, Memoori.com
– Sensing the Built Environment: Everything from Humans to Full Automation.
– Closing the Feedback loop. IoT could be the buildings central nervous system.
– Why we need technology and why we must get the balance right.
– Human-Centric Design
15:50 – 16:30 | DISCUSSION: "Repurposing intelligence: Network infrastructures become a platform for smart cities"
Moderator: Jaana Pelkonen, Smart & Clean Foundation
In the discussion:
Leonid Iakovlev, Lead Developer at Nokia
David Vasquez, Director of International IoT Business Development at Verizon Enterprise Solutions
Pekka Koponen, Director of Smart City Development at Forum Virium
– You've already got everything you need: how you can utilize the existing network infrastructure
– Smart for the sake of smart isn't worth it: So what's the added value?
– What's the scope of possibilities with repurposed intelligence?
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Thursday 7th
08:30 – 09:00 | Networking Breakfast
09:00 – 09:20 | CASE: "K-Kampus – new ways of working"
Speaker: Jussi Mantere, Head of CX & Design at K-Group
– K-Kampus as the catalysator for change
– Co-located work solutions
– K-Kampus is built for the partners and stakeholders as well
09:20 – 10:00 | DISCUSSION: "Empathic, healing & anticipatory buildings"
Moderating: Ken Sinclair, Founder at AutomatedBuildings.com
In the discussion:
Antti Ruuska, Co-Creation Manager at VTT
Henry Lawson, Senior Market Research Consultant at BSRIA
Ken Dooley, Technology Director at Granlund
– The physical and psychological implications of smart buildings
– Anticipating users' needs for friction-free UX
10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee & Networking
10:30 – 11:00 |INDUSTRY KEYNOTE: "Alexa Everywhere"
Speaker: Max Amordeluso, Chief Evangelist EU Alexa Skills Kit at Amazon
– How the Alexa community creates more and more delightful experiences for customers every day
– How Alexa helps people with their daily lives in so many ways
– What we mean by Alexa being truly everywhere
11:00 – 11:30 |KEYNOTE: "New digital facility services"
Speaker: Teemu Hausen, Business Area director, Digital Facility Services at Granlund
– Data collection and analytics
– Building process know-how based services
– How to utilize digital twin in building technical services
11:30 – 13:00 | Networking Lunch
13:00 – 13:40 |INDUSTRY KEYNOTE: "Smart environments for humans"
Speaker: Dr. Lawrence Ampofo, Founder & Director at Semantica Research & Digital Mindfulness
– Current smart environments operate on a machine level and do not understand people
– New paradigm: smart environments can operate at a human level
– New technological innovations (AI, Emotive Computing) and advances in scientific disciplines (neuroscience, psychology) will demonstrate this to be possible
13:40 – 14:10 |DISCUSSION: "Transparency and the Digital Twin: What it means to be seen"
Moderator: Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
In the discussion:
Ken Dooley, Technology Director at Granlund
Jussi Hirvelä, CIO at Senate Properties
– People-Powered Buildings see through our transparency and cry for interaction
– Transparency is an important element in extending new smart building value
– By enhancing this relationship between building owners and vendors, both enterprises and people who occupy buildings will reap significant benefits
14:10 – 14:40 | INDUSTRY KEYNOTE: "Castellum, becoming the digital industry leader"
Speaker: Mattias Nyström, CDO at Castellum AB
– Why should one of Sweden's largest real estate company care about becoming the digital industry leader
– Castellums vision of what's next in the world we operate
– Concrete tips, for both large and smaller companies and organizations, on why, how and what we do to transform Castellum into the digital industry leader
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Wednesday 6th
10:30 – 12:00 "VC's and accelerators on the rise in PropTech"
10:30 – 10:50 Ilkka Ruotsila, Senior Advisor at NTF Ventures
10:50 – 11:00 Q&A and comments
11:00 – 11:20 Rick Aller, COO at 720 Degrees
11:20 -11:30 Q&A and comments by Jarmo Lumpus
11:30 – 11:50 Jarmo Lumpus, COO & Co-Founder at CubiCasa
11:50 -12:00 Q&A and comments by Rick Aller
12:00 – 12:20 Networking Break
12:20 – 12:50 Panel Discussion: "Human centered design and Building IoT – finding room for both"
Moderator: Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Elisa Rönkä, Siemens
Henry Lawson, Senior Market Research Consultant at BSRIA
Kimmo Ruotoistenmäki, CEO at Cozify
12:50 – 13:10 Fireside chat: "Reaching the full potential of smart environments: How do we get from here to there?"
Thomas Beyerle, Catella Property Valuation GmbH
James McHale, Memoori.com
Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
13:10 – 13:30 Platform Keynote: "IoT Platforms: Linking new value in smart buildings"
Speaker: Kimmo Ruotoistenmäki, CEO at Cozify
– Retrofitting and the benefits of combining the old with the new
– How to address heterogenous and immature IoT standards?
– How to use data for value creation?
– Case study: Cozify in apartments and offices
13:30 – 15:00 "Next Generation Property Portfolio and Asset Management"
13:30 – 13:50 Hannu Rantanen, CEO & Co-Founder at Assetti
13:50 – 14:00 Q&A and panelist comments by Markus Asikainen & Hannu Käki
14:00 – 14:20 Markus Asikainen, CEO & Co-Founder at Exquance
"Automated valuation models (AVM) in commercial real estate"
14:20 – 14:30 Q&A and panelist comments by Hannu Rantanen & Hannu Käki
14:30 – 14:50 Hannu Käki, CEO at RealX.pro and RealSource.eu
"Silent selling in a marketplace – Case Commercial Real Estate" 14:50 – 15:00 Q&A and panelist comments by Markus Asikainen & Hannu Rantanen
Thursday 7th
10:00 – 11:30 PropTech Keynotes: "Digital Property Transactions"
10:00 – 10:20 Daniil Aal, Business Development Manager at EstateGuru
10:20 -10:30 Q&A and panelist comments by Rudi Skogman & Kalle Salmi
10:30 – 10:50 Rudi Skogman, CEO & Co-Founder at Blok
10:50 -11:00 Q&A and panelist comments by Kalle Salmi & Daniil Aal
11:00 – 11:20 Kalle Salmi, CEO & Founder at Kodit.io
11:20 -11:30 Q&A and panelist comments by Daniil Aal & Rudi Skogman
11:30 – 12:15 Networking Lunch
12:15 – 12:30 Salesforce for the Construction & Real Estate Industry:
"Digitalize property's entire life cycle"
Speaker: Ilkka Nousiainen, Account Executive at Salesforce
12:30 – 12:45 Partner Keynote: "IoT as the communication interface for building automation"
Speaker: Aki Kalajainen, Sales & Marketing Support, Building Automation at Beckhoff Automation Oy
12:45 – 13:00 Networking Break
13:00 – 13:30 PropTech Keynote: "Nordic Proptech Startups Creating the Vision of 2025"
Speaker: Lauri Kokkila, Investment Manager at Inventure
13:30 – 14:00 PropTech Keynote: "Data & AI"
Speaker: Jarmo Lumpus, COO & Founder at CubiCasa
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How to Change Your SurName on Facebook – Edit FB Name –
Facebook is one of the best social media. Here you can do many things like chat, post, comment or share something. In every activity, your name will also be added to your profile picture. The name carries your identity. Using the name, people can identify you with real life. Your name is the first thing what people will look for. So, the name should be perfect that your friends and other people can identify you at Facebook. Your name is also used when someone searches for your Facebook Account. So, your name is one of the vital elements of your Facebook account.
Before setting your name, you should know the Facebook standard guideline for choosing profile name. Here are some of the important point of that guide line. You can't use any of those at your Facebook name.
- You can't use any symbol, number, unnatural capitalization, punctuation and repeating character.
- Different language(letters).
- Title or Surname. (Dr./Eng./Pr.)
- General Words or phrases.
- Any kind of word that is offensive or suggestive.
According to Facebook name guideline, they have stated that you can use the name that you used to know. Put your name that everyone uses to call you. You name could be anything strange or beautiful that doesn't matter. Facebook will accept your name if don't use the too strange name.
Change Your Name on Facebook Using Computer
There are several computing devices to browse the internet. Those are Desktop, Laptop, and other devices. However, if you are a computer device user and wants to change your Facebook username then use this method on your computer device.
Step 1: Firstly, open your web browser and go to https://www.Facebook.com/ and just log into your account
Step 2: Now you have to click on the upside-down arrow at the top-right side of your Facebook home screen.
Step 3: Then you will get this menu. Click on 'Settings'.
Step 4: Now click on Name section.
Step 5: Enter your First, Middle, Last name.
Step 6: Click Review Changes button.
Step 7: Enter your current Facebook Password and click on Save Changes.
Change Your Name on Facebook Using Mobile Phone
Mobile devices are also one of the most popular smart devices to use Facebook. If you are a smart mobile device, you can also change your current Facebook name just using those simple steps one by one.
Step 1: Open your favorite internet browser. Then go to https://www.Facebook.com/ and log into your account using Facebook mobile login process.
Step 2: Click on the menu option at the top-right side of your screen.
Step 3: Go to the last section of the menu and click on Account Settings.
Step 4: Click General section.
Step 5: Tap on the Name option that is listed at first.
Step 6: Enter your First, Middle, Last name one by one. Then click on Review Changes button.
Step 7: Type your current Facebook account Password. Click Save Changes option and that all.


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The Davis Arts Council brings some of the greatest talents of our time to perform at the outdoor Ed Kenley Amphitheater, in the heart of Layton Commons Park. The amphitheater can hold 1800 people at capacity. It has a serene landscaping and view of the mountains, you'll also often see a flock of geese fly over.
2018 Summer Nights with the Stars Schedule:
The 5 Browns
Saturday, June 9
Terry Fator (Premiere Engagement)
Friday, June 15
Twisted Broadway
Wednesday, June 20
An Evening with Jenny Oaks Baker, Lexi Walker, & Nathan Pacheco (Special Engagement)
Saturday, June 23
Night Ranger (Special Engagement)
Saturday, June 30
British Rock Royalty
Saturday, July 7
Arrival from Sweden: The Music of ABBA
Thursday, July 19
Melissa Etheridge (Special Engagement)
Saturday, July 28
Simply Three
Saturday, August 4
The Secret Sisters
Tuesday, August 14
GENTRI (Special Engagement)
Saturday, August 18
The Lettermen
Wednesday, August 22
Jim Messina
Saturday, August 25
Boz Scaggs (Special Engagement)
Wednesday, September 5
One Night in Memphis
Saturday, September 8
When: June – Sept, see concert dates above
Where: Kenley Amphitheater in Layton, Utah
Time: Gates open at 7pm, Show starts at 8pm
Admission: Varies depending on concert, see DAC website


text: Sound the alarm on the all new "Lucha Underground" as the last two standing battle for the Cueto Cup. Bad blood runs cold when Johnny Mundo threatens Dario Cueto, who's the real king of the temple? With titles on the line and nothing left to lose, find out who the real Lucha Underground Champion is when Johnny Mundo and Rey Mysterio leave it all in the ringWednesday, August 23rd at 8:00PM ET. Don't miss new one-hour episodes of the lucha libre wrestling series from Emmy Award®-winning producer Mark Burnett Wednesdays at 8:00PM ET on El Rey Network.


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Arts Center at Dunham
Venue Information
Accessible or ADA seating may be available at this venue through Goldstar. Contact us before buying tickets to make arrangements.
Seating is General Admission, so plan to arrive early for best seat selection. Late seating is at the discretion of the house manager and only during appropriate pauses in the performance. This historic facility is not wheelchair accessible. Attendees must be able to navigate two short flights of stairs, both with handrails. There are three to four steps from the outside to the Box Office/Lower Lobby and another six from that level to the theater level. Patrons with difficulty walking longer distances, or on uneven surfaces, can be dropped off by the walkway to the front entrance of the facility.
11 Arts Center at Dunham Tips
Very good
The theatre is still undergoing refurbishment, but not so distracting as to affect the production.
One of the major lots is gravel and dirt. Be careful unless it is really dry.
They ran out of ice for the drinks, but not a major hinderance. Pay what you like for the goodies.
Casual and comfortable.
Great venue for theatre. Nice sound and lighting


text: The Phase 1 lineup of upcoming Ultra Music Festival in Miami was announced yesterday and it has created a lot of positive buzz even from skeptics who typically dismiss music festivals or long-ago gave up on UMF as being too commercial. This buzz has a lot to do with some old school names that were announced as performing in March! Such names include The Prodigy, a reunion of Rabbit In The Moon, and Pendulum! Add to that superstar names such as Tiësto, Avicii, David Guetta, Kaskade and many more and you have something for everyone! And this is only Phase 1. 3-DayTicket prices are not for the faint of heart but will only climb before definitely selling out....again. Details.


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Rock Island Arsenal to fire cannon between 3:30 p.m. & 4 p.m. Friday
Don't be alarmed if you hear an explosion coming from the Arsenal on Friday, March 31, 2017.
A cannon will be fired between 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., according to Arsenal spokesman Eric Cramer. The cannon fire is part of a retirement ceremony for Army Sustainment Command Chief of Staff Col. Lance Koenig.
More news from the Rock Island Arsenal:
General warns that Rock Island Arsenal needs predictable and consistent funding
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This episode starts out at the Krusty Krab where SpongeBob is getting ready for closing time. He asks Mr. Krabs if he can buy a Krabby Patty for Gary because tomorrow is "Bring Your Pet To Work Day." So Mr. Krabs lets him. However, when SpongeBob checks the freezer, (along with all others) there are no more Krabby Patties left. He starts complaining to Mr. Krabs about this, so Mr. Krabs just decides they should make a fresh batch of Krabby Patties. Plankton is spying on SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs at this moment and he has an evil plan. Later that night, SpongeBob arrives at his home with some kelp fries for Gary. He then tells Gary that he needs a bath, which makes Gary run away. SpongeBob looks for Gary all over the house and then when Gary falls into a plant, he decides to give Gary his bath in the morning.
The next morning, there is a knock on the door and Gary answers it. It is Plankton in a salesman disguise. He claims that he is giving Gary a vacation to a Snail Resort for one night and tells Gary to wear a fake shell while he is there, while also lying about cleaning his real shell. Gary puts on the fake shell and leaves. Then Plankton gets into Gary's real shell, SpongeBob then gives Plankton (in the Gary disguise) his bath and while he is doing that, he discovers that "Gary" is green and talking, and he thinks that he is sick, so he takes Plankton to the hospital, where the doctor gives him bad news. They try every test imaginable, but nothing is found wrong with him (the doctors never saw anything like this) Plankton asks SpongeBob for one Krabby Patty before he dies, so SpongeBob starts taking him to the Krusty Krab. However, on the way there, Gary rides by on the bus and sees SpongeBob carrying Plankton disguised as himself. Gary gets mad, stops the bus, and gets out.
At that moment, SpongeBob puts Plankton in the kitchen and goes to make him a Krabby Patty. However, while he is waiting, the real Gary comes in and beats up Plankton, and Mr. Krabs sees him doing this and sees Plankton run out of the kitchen. So he gives Gary a job as a bouncer, with Gary letting people into the Krusty Krab one at a time, then Plankton comes, disguised again, this time as a small boy. However, Gary is not fooled by the disguise and growls, causing Plankton to panic and run away. SpongeBob then says to Mr. Krabs how Gary is doing a great job as a bouncer. Then SpongeBob says "Really earning his pay," leaving Mr. Krabs shocked.
Home video releases
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 7th Season
- SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip
- The Pet Hospital SpongeBob took Gary to is actually a hospital where fish go.
- It's revealed in this episode that Gary doesn't like Kelp Fries.
- SpongeBob has talked to Gary before, but in snail language.
- In some airings, this episode is paired with "You Don't Know Sponge."
- In Greece, the episode is called Η Μεγάλη Οστρακοαπάτη which means The Great Shell-Scam.
- In Turkey, the episode is called "Sahte Salyangoz" which means "Fake Snail."
- This episode premiered on Dan Povenmire's 47th birthday and 11 years after the premiere of "Culture Shock" and "F.U.N."
Cultural references
- When Plankton and Karen do the "What?" exchange at the beginning of the episode, it may have been a reference to the stage act "Who's on first?"
- "Bring Your Pet to Work Day" is a parody of "Bring Your Kid to Work Day".
- When Plankton and Karen were looking in the telescope, they saw Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob talking even though Mr. Krabs' office door was closed. It would be impossible for Plankton and Karen to spy on them directly across the street unless Karen had X-ray vision, being a computer, but that wouldn't explain how Plankton could see them.
- Although Plankton never told him where Club Shell is, Gary somehow managed to get there.
- When Gary blows at Plankton to get him out of the kitchen, he blows with 2 mouths (or possibly his nose).
- When SpongeBob carries Plankton upstairs to the bathtub, even though Plankton is wearing fake eyeballs on his antennas, they had eyelids and blinked as if they were real eyeballs.
- Plankton's size becomes inconsistent when he is in Gary's shell; for example, when SpongeBob carries him down the stairs, he is larger than SpongeBob's hand. He is usually as tall as SpongeBob's finger.
- When SpongeBob calls Gary a second time while Plankton was talking to him, only one eye moves.
- When Gary growls at Plankton in the Gary costume, he has two mouths.
|This page uses content from Encyclopedia SpongeBobia. As with Nickipedia, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA).


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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Photo Wednesday: Evangelical Street Edition
"God is Good"(above, written in pink)
A child's chalk musings on a Bedford Av sidewalk this week.
Interestingly there was a tombstone drawn as well (which I didn't capture well) just above this part of the drawing. The tombstone only had one date "1986"
I was going to write "hard to argue against the message", then I started debating with myself about whether the phrase "God is Good" is arguable or not.
Recently I was enjoying an appropriately summer styled bit of lounging on an Eastern Parkway bench near Franklin. I lay out on the three planks of wood like a banana man in his tropical hammock enjoying all aspects of the moment. After a while delibrately strolling down Franklin, hunger grabbed me so I headed for a local longtime food spot. Just as my mind began to taste my soon to be purchased morsels, it became clear I had no wallet. Worse, I had a wallet it simply wasn't with me any longer. Worst than that, I had only minutes earlier used my ATM card to withdraw $80 and I'd placed that cash in my wallet which was no longer with me.
The store proprietor asked, "anything else?" I answered "be right back" and I tore out of the store a man possessed. Seconds and shortness of breathe later I was back at my lounging spot on Eastern Parkway. I saw a mirage. My wallet lay under the bench visible to me from twenty feet away. It was open like a young girl's prom night heart. So surreal was the sceen, if my wallet would have shut itself, or better began to flap it's panels around the center crease, taking flight in the process and fluttering away all elusive butterfly like, I would not have been shocked at all. Either of those outcomes would be no more unbelievable than finding the wallet, ten minutes after dropping it, in broad daylight on a Saturday in July, with a twenty sticking up like a bookmark no less.
Later back at the food shop I answered the proprietor's question by telling my lost&found wallet story, to which she replied "God is Good!" Never knowing how to respond to that phrase personally, I didn't and instead offered a meaningless clump of loosely connected words. She again said "God is Good" and added as punctionation, (with the same cadence) "...all the time".
The provocateur in me chimed in. "well it wasn't a good time when that guy got shot earlier" referring to the verbal exchange that ended in gunfire on these same streets two weeks ago. The proprietor paused, I couldn't tell if she was going to lay into my irreverence or what. Finally she stopped her ponder and resumed her speech completing with, "...well those who ain't good, God gets".
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Jimmy McGinty previews Week 5 of the NFL and has bets on the Texans, Cardinals and the Titans.
Week 4 recap: The treble lost as only the Jags covered. The Giants were unsurprisingly bad and the Steelers faced a Ravens team that I underestimated.
Treble: +7.2pts 8-3-1 from 12.
Week 5
Those I'm struggling with:
A quarter of the way through the season and we're starting to settle down with knowledge of what all sides are capable of. Our preseason ideas have either gone up in smoke or played out as suspected. Making picks is now a bit harder.
The spread looks bang on in Ravens v Browns, Vikings v Eagles and Falcons v Steelers.
Rams will beat Seattle but the Seahawks showed in week 3 that they are a proud side at home so 7pts is enough to give away even with Thomas, Dissly and Kendricks out. Baldwin is fit and the Rams secondary has holes so Wilson might have some joy.
Carolina are in a good spot off a bye facing a NYG side who've done their share of travelling (3rd road game in 4wks) but 7pts is a big spread here as well. The Panthers offense isn't amazing and on the other side Beckham and Barkley have decent matchups.
Denver travel east after losing an important divisional game on Monday night – a bad spot if ever there was one. But I'm not picking Sam Darnold versus a top defense.
Miami, like Denver, had their best results at home but now are in a bad spot having their second road game in two weeks. The last one was a terrible showing in Foxboro. Yet I can't take the Bengals -5.5pts – their last win was more to do with the Falcons lack of defense than anything else.
Honourable Mention:
I like Washington (+6.5pts) this week but after picking against the Saints in error last week this is as far as I go. I believe the Redskins are a very good side – they dominated both the Cardinals and Packers and played well versus Indy but were let down at critical (3rd down & redzone) stages. The early bye is a good thing for them as they have many injury-prone players who missed a lot of last season and should benefit from an early break to stay right.
Patrick Robinson (slot-corner) is a big loss to the Saints defense. It'll be felt here as the Redskins like to attack the middle of the field through Crowder, Reed and Thompson. The strength of Lattimore at CB won't be noticed as Alex Smith seldom goes wide/deep. New Orleans have not played a good defense in the opening 4wks so weaknesses may yet not have been exposed – the Redskins have a good defense fresh off their bye. Drew Brees is due to break the all-time passing record in this game, it may be a distraction. In the game when Manning broke it with the Broncos in 2015 they got hammered.
Week 5 Picks:
Tennessee (-4.5pts) are actually in a bad spot here. On the road after a long, tough and emotional overtime victory they're setup for a fall. However, I believe they just have far too much talent not to get past the miserable Bills. This spread should be at least a touchdown. Tennessee eventually showed their ability last Sunday after dealing with many injuries over the opening 3 weeks.
The Vikings slipped up against Buffalo as their OL was very weak but that is a strong-point for the Titans. The Titans defense is also playing at a very high level so should make it a struggle for inexperienced rookie Josh Allen.
The Bills were even worse than the 22-0 score line last week – The Packers left a lot of points on the field. Micah Hyde is their most talented defender but he's doubtful with a groin injury. Even with Hyde the Bills have been easy to run against and the Titans hold a pair of good running backs.
It might be ugly, run-heavy and low-scoring but the Titans will have more than 5pts to spare in Buffalo.
Arizona (+4pts) were brutal in the first two weeks, but they played good sides and were a mess themselves. Since then they've covered the spread twice and looked a little more functional with Rosen installed at QB and David Johnson looking a little more like the star he can be. To date they've played four top 10 defenses – the 49ers are anything but. The 49ers are overrated after getting close to the Chargers last week but as I've touched on the Chargers were stink (and still won).
This is the perfect spot for the Cardinals to get going. Josh Rosen had a decent debut last Sunday and can build on it here. The Cardinals OL has been a major weakness (they have a few) but it won't be punished here as the 49ers lack a consistent pass-rush. Speaking of offensive lines – SF have some injuries on theirs. CJ Beathard will be under pressure as a result and with Patrick Peterson taking away one of his go to options (Garcon) I think the Cardinals defense can come up trumps. Like the Titans pick, it could be ugly and low-scoring, but we won't care if Arizona win or get close.
Houston (-3.5pts) are the last pick. A side who have disappointed so far in 2018 but have a chance to get right now. They were on the road for 3 of their first 4 games, including the tough task of going to Foxboro. After that they dominated possession versus Tennessee but just couldn't turn it into points. Now at home versus a Sean Lee-less defense Deshaun Watson and co will put up a big score.
The biggest weakness in the Texans side is their secondary but Dak and the Cowboys don't have the firepower to beat it like Luck and Hilton did last Sunday or Beckham and Shepard the week before. Dak faced an equally bad Detroit defense last Sunday, at home, and came away with just 26pts. The Texans are particularly weak versus tight-ends but Dallas don't have a talented TE. Zeke being a little banged up doesn't help either – the Cowboys need him on the ball a lot! I can't see the Cowboys keeping up to the Texans, there's a gulf in talent between the two sides that -3.5pts doesn't do justice.
Advised bets:
1pt treble Texans -3.5pts, Cardinals +4pts, Titans -4.5pts (6.2/1 with Betfair)


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Atlantic coastal desert
The Atlantic coastal desert is the westernmost ecoregion in the Sahara Desert of North Africa. It occupies a narrow strip along the Atlantic coast, where the more frequent fog and haze generated offshore by the cool Canary Current provides sufficient moisture to sustain a variety of lichens, succulents, and shrubs.
It covers 39,900 square kilometers (15,400 sq mi) in Western Sahara and Mauritania. It is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the North Saharan steppe and woodlands, on the north by the Mediterranean Acacia-Argania dry woodlands, and on the south by the Sahelian Acacia savanna.[1]
The cool ocean current gives an even higher atmospheric stability in the desert, by cooling air at the base. This increase in atmospheric stability serves to further reduce the amount of rainfall. Therefore, the climate is extremely dry with some 30 mm of annual precipitation in Dakhla, Western Sahara and 40 mm of annual precipitation in Nouadhibou, Mauritania and several years may pass without any rainfall at all. The climate is also very sunny year-round with around 3,200 hours of annual bright sunshine, though far less sunny than in other parts of the desert of North Africa due to fog and haze. Air in the Atlantic coastal desert is rather moist and the relative humidity is generally over 60% while farther in the interior, it quickly lowers to 30% or less. Temperatures are also much more moderated in this coastal desert and are relatively warm to truly hot in all seasons. Averages daily temperature is 20 °C (68 °F) in Dakhla. Maximum average high temperatures are 27 °C (80.6 °F) while minimum average low temperatures are 13 °C (55.4 °F) in Dakhla.[2]
This bioregion is fairly rich in endemic plants but has no endemic fauna. The flora consists of a variety of lichens, succulents and drought-resistant shrubs. The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is found here and the broad bays are important over-wintering grounds for large numbers of Palearctic wading birds. Greater flamingoes (Phoenicopterus roseus) and many other waterbirds congregate on the wetlands during their migrations. Mammals found here include the Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas), golden jackal (Canis aureus), fennec fox (Fennecus zerda), Rüppell's fox (Vulpes rueppelli), sand cat (Felis margarita), honey badger (Mellivora capensis) and striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena).[1]
- ^ a b "Atlantic coastal desert". WWF. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Climate: Dakhla". Climate.data.org. Retrieved 25 November 2016.


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Just as a house depends on solid foundations, establishing a good writing environment forms an important base for your development as an authorpreneur. Although literary circles abound with accounts of people writing best selling works in libraries, coffee shops and cafes, it is preferable to set yourself up in a more permanent, less nomadic environment.
You may be fortunate enough to be able to work from home and have the luxury of setting aside a room for this purpose. Alternatively, finances permitting, you might even want to rent some office space. The smell of fresh coffee aside – the aim of your workspace should be to create an environment where you can carry out research, organize your work and yourself, and most importantly let the creative juices flow.
As an authorpreneur your workspace is both your office and your business. You will need to plan for all the administrative and production work as well as publication itself. Keeping this in mind will help when devising the best space for your needs and your budget. Here are a few things to consider:
- A good chair will probably be one of your best investments. Don't skimp! You are likely to spend a lot of time in it.
- The size of your desk will depend not only on the space you have available but also how you intend to utilize it. It will need to be more than just the base for a laptop. Think of your needs and plan accordingly. Some writers favour two desks; one just for writing and one for everything else.
- Plentiful natural light is great but you will also need good desk lamps as well as suitable overhead lighting.
- Filing cabinets, bookshelves, corkboards and whiteboards are also useful additions to your business office.
- Think about what inspires you and have reminders in easy view.
- Think about what distracts you and work round that so that you spend more of your day productively.
- If you are working from home separate your working environment from your living one.
- Keep it simple.
So whether your niche is a hip downtown Toronto location or a rustic retreat in cottage country remember that the best workspaces, regardless of size or style, are able to motivate, inspire and successfully support a business. Make sure yours does too.
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CSS Style Guide
1. Introduction
To keep the CSS code written for the project consistent and maintainable we provide CSS guidelines to follow during the implementation.
1.1 Preprocessor
The CSS code for Pundit will be written using LESS preprocessor. (These guidelines also applies for projects based on SCSS and also pure CSS.)
1.2 Tabs and spaces
For the indentation and formatting of the code we don't use tabs but spaces.
Please set up your code editor:
- with no tabs;
- tab size = 4;
- indent size = 4.
Spaces are the only way to guarantee code renders the same in any person's environment.
1.3 Anatomy of a Ruleset
Before we discuss how we write out our rulesets, let's first familiarise ourselves with the relevant terminology:
[selector] {
[property]: [value];
1.4 HTML inline styles
We must never write inline style in the HTML code. Inline styles generate critical specificity problems that might be very difficult to fix and impose the usage of !important.
1.5 Temporary css
Sometimes is necessary to write a CSS declaration very fast and it might not be possible to compile the LESS files. It is mandatory not to write in the style.css compiled by LESS: these modifications will be lost the next time a developer compiles it again.
|For this reason we provide a static temporary.css files that is linked by the HTML right after the style.css: in this file is possible to write CSS declarations when it is not possible to compile LESS file. This must be used only for critical situations and urgent bug fixings. Then the declarations in this file must be moved to the LESS files. The temporary css file must be empty most of the time.
1.6 80 characters wide
Where possible, limit CSS files' width to 80 characters. Reasons for this include:
- the ability to have multiple files open side by side;
- viewing CSS on sites like GitHub, or in terminal windows;
- providing a comfortable line length for comments.
2. LESS file organization
2.1 Main files
The LESS file organization is quite complex due to the complexity of the Pundit project itself. Into the pundit2/app/styles/ folder in the project you fill find all LESS files you'll be working on. These files are grouped in these folders:
This is the main folder for the Pundit application. The files structure allows to develop more than one application: the modularity both of the LESS and AngularJS files offer the possibility of reusing all the components to build different applications, like if you were using a framework. If you need to create a new application (like Pundit or Korbo) you have to create a new folder with a similar structure.
These are the main files in this folder:
- pundit2.less: imports all the LESS files that are used by the application;
- pundit-variables.less: custom variables used only by Pundit (not by other applications). This file is currently empty but it might be useful in the future (if not… we are going to delete it).
Korbo is another application like Pundit (more info about Korbo here). The files structure is similar to the one that we've seen in Pundit.
- korboee.less: imports all the LESS files that are used by the Korbo application;
- korboee-variables.less: custom variables used only by Korbo (not by other applications).
- korboee-styles.less: custom styles for the Korbo application. It's advisable to have as little as possible CSS code here: the code should be divided into components.
Collection of LESS files that don't refer to a specific component or application (e.g. variables, normalization, …).
In this folder you will find all reusable components of the interface. When writing Pundit CSS we follow the OOCSS philosophy and so we try to keep each component independent from the others and reusable in any context or application. The components are reusable elements.
Some of there LESS files have a corresponding component in the source files.
Pundit is based on Bootstrap and AngularStrap. For this reason we need to overwrite the basic style of these two frameworks to achieve a custom style. In this folder you'll find all files used for customizing the original Bootstrap style:
- bootstrap-variables.less: will overwrite basic Bootstrap variables. It's a good practice to keep here only the variables that are really overwritten (please don't include all Bootstrap variables when these are the same as the default value);
- bootstrap-theme.less: this style is used only to override styles for Bootstrap elements and it's common for all applications and components. Please don't add here generic styles for the application other than styling for basic Bootstrap elements.
Getting rid of Bootstrap: after months of development we've come to the conclusion that we spend a lot of time overwriting the CSS declarations of Bootstrap, so it would be better to get rid of it as soon as possible. In the meantime (while we still have Bootstrap in the application) please try not to use Bootstrap classes and create custom ones.
Images referred by CSS declarations.
2.2 External files
There are also LESS files imported from Bower. These are in the folder bower_components of the project and ignored by git.
These files must be imported from the main LESS (e.g. pundit2.less). You should never modify these files.
2.3 Grunt
Please be aware that the LESS files are compiled by the Gruntfile.js in the root of the project. Grunt also takes care of the minification of the CSS files.
3 Avoiding CSS conficts
Pundit is an application built to be launched into third parties web pages and CSS interferences are a real problem:
- the Pundit CSS can interfere with the style of the page thus producing some unwanted styles in the page we want to annotate;
- the page CSS can interfere with Pundit style thus modifying the style of the Pundit interface.
Let's see what we can do to avoid these problems.
3.1 Wrapping Pundit
All the Pundit DOM elements are always wrapped into an element with the class
.pnd-wrp. Let's see an example:

Most of the imports in the pundit2.less are then wrapped in the same class in this way:
.pnd-wrp {
@import "../global/normalize.less";
@import "../components/annotation-sidebar";
@import "../components/login.less";
With this solution all the CSS selectors have our custom class as parent selector and an higher level of specificity: in this way we are sure that our CSS declarations cannot influence the style of the web page.
3.2 Normalization
Sometimes we discover new CSS declarations of the annotated web page that influence the Pundit CSS style modifying the layout of the interface (this mostly happens to HTML tags).
To fix this problem we have a normalize.less where we overwrite conflicting declarations.
We chose not to use a third party normalization file but to have our own adding new declarations when needed: this file is always work in progress so please add normalizing declarations as you discover new CSS conflicts.
4. Naming conventions
Naming conventions in CSS are hugely useful in making your code more strict, more transparent, and more informative.
The naming convention we follow is very simple: hyphen (-) delimited strings.
4.1 HTML elements
All strings in classes are delimited with a hyphen (-), like so:
.page-head {}
.sub-content {}
Camel case and underscores are not used for regular classes.
4.2 Variables
Also variables use the hyphen (-) as string separator.
The string will be composed by parts ordered in a hierarchy starting from higher level going into more detail.
Some examples:
@color-text-link-hover: #0071bc;
@color-header-border-top: #ff00cc;
@footer-margin-bottom: 20px;
We see that the variable name starts from a higher level and each following part of the string defines a more detailed level.
Variables must be grouped into logical groups that must be introduced by a comment like:
// ------------------------------------ //
// ------------------------------------ //
and variables whose name is not completely explaining its meaning must be preceded by a comment like:
// Sets the margin between the content and the footer
@content-margin-bottom: 20px;
Sometimes it can be useful to define variables with values relative to other variables. This allows to change LESS values when we need to make some modifications. This is clear with colors: we can have a main color for links and a hover color which is the same color but lighter. If we write something like this:
@color-text-link: #0071bc;
@color-text-link-hover: lighten(@color-text-link, 25);
if we change the color of link we must change only one value and the second one is changed automatically.
5. Formatting
[selector] {
[property]: [value];
Here are some formatting guidelines:
- a space before the opening brace ({);
- the opening brace ({) on the same line as the last selector;
- the first declaration on a new line after the opening brace ({);
- properties and values always on the same line;
- a space after the property–value delimiting colon (:);
- each declaration on its own new line (line breaks between declarations);
- the closing brace (}) on its own new line;
- each declaration indented by four (4) spaces.
Let's see an example:
.footer, .footer-bar {
display: block;
background-color: @color-page-background;
color: @color-footer-text;
Avoid specifying units for zero values:
margin: 0; /* Good */
instead of
margin: 0px; /* No good */
For nested ruleset we also leave a blank line before the nested ruleset. Here's an example:
.footer {
color: @color-footer-text;
.bar {
color: @color-footer-bar-text;
Nesting in LESS should be avoided wherever possible and used only when necessary to have the desired specificity.
5.1 Whitespaces
As well as indentation, we can provide a lot of information through liberal and judicious use of whitespace between rulesets. We usually have one (1) empty line between rulesets and two (2) empty lines at the end of each main section of code.
5.2 Colors
We prefer using hex color codes (#000000).
5.3 Declarations order
Also declarations inside a ruleset can be organized following this order:
Box model:
display: block; float: right; box-sizing; border-box; width: 100px; height: 100px; margin: 0; padding: 0;
position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; z-index: 100;
Visual (Borders & Background):
background-color: #f5f5f5; border: 1px solid #e5e5e5; border-radius: 3px;
font-weight: 100; font-size: 13px; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 1.5; color: #333; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;
animations, transforms, etc.
6. Comments and code sections
CSS is not telling its own story very well, it is a language that really does benefit from being heavily commented.
As a rule, you should comment anything that isn't immediately obvious from the code alone. That is to say, there is no need to tell someone that color: red; will make something red, but if you're using overflow: hidden; to clear floats—as opposed to clipping an element's overflow—this is probably something worth documenting.
In LESS we can use comments with two different syntax:
/* */
The main difference is that the first will be processed and included in the resulting .css file while the second will be ignored by the preprocessor. For this reason we must use the /* */ syntax for comments we want to include in the .css file while we use // for comments we don't need to be compiled. This will make no difference when we compile a minified and no-comments version of the file for production, but while we're developing we'll probably have a not-minified CSS file and comments can be very useful.
E clear example is the variables.less: this will be transparent in the compiled CSS file so it's a good practice to insert all comments using // otherwise there will be comments floating around with no related code.
We identify four different types of commenting.
6.1 Document level comments
These comments are mandatory and must explain what the current LESS document is about: we place them at the beginning of each LESS file.
* Text describing in detail what this file is doing...
If we want to write the same comment but this must not be compiled by the preprocessor, please write it this way:
// Text describing in detail what this file is doing...
6.2 Section level comments
The css declarations inside each file must be divided and organized in logical sections. These sections must be introduced by a mandatory comment with a title of the section. Only if the content is extremely hard to understand reading the code please provide some additional lines of text.
/* ------------------------------------ *\
\* ------------------------------------ */
If we want to write the same comment but this must not be compiled by the preprocessor, please write it this way:
// ------------------------------------ //
// ------------------------------------ //
6.3 Selector level comments
This is not mandatory but needed when writing css code that perform some strange or unexpected action. We need to use this comments when writing css related to the entire css selector that will be hard to understand week or months after.
This is a simple single line comment:
/* This set of declarations is doing this and that */
If we want to write the same comment but this must not be compiled by the preprocessor, please write it this way:
// This set of declarations is doing this and that
6.4 Inline comments
These are comments written at the level of each css declaration that we need when writing hard-to-understand code. We write it like this:
color: blue; /* The text color id blue */
If we want to write the same comment but this must not be compiled by the preprocessor, please write it this way:
color: blue; // The text color id blue
7. Media Queries
Media queries shouldn't be written in a single file but divided in each LESS file to define media queries behaviour for each specific component, section or layout.
8. Specificity
The overall philosophy is keep specificity low.
There will always be times you need to override it, so the lower the specificity is on a selector, the easier it is to override. Not only that, but override in such a way you might even be able to override it again without going crazy with an ID selector or !important.
ID selectors must be (almost) never used: If you must use an ID selector (#selector) make sure that you have no more than one in your rule declaration. A rule like:
#header .search #quicksearch { ... }
is considered harmful.
9. Sizing
We don't have a strong rule for sizing but since we are dropping IE8 we can use rem for font-size and pixels for most other sizes (plenty of exceptions).
Additionally, unit-less line-height is preferred because it does not inherit a percentage value of its parent element, but instead is based on a multiplier of the font-size.


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Our Town: Two-step your way over to Vecova's Strength in Art exhibition
The Brazilian T-shirt artist Mathiole said recently that, "art speaks where words are unable to explain." Three hundred years earlier, French mathematician Blaise Pascal put a similar sentiment this way: "Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts." Either way, Robert Panich—a Calgary artist and man of few words—proves that speech is, indeed, superfluous at Vecova's second annual Strength in Art exhibition.
Panich is one of 20 artists participating in the show and sale, which runs Friday at northwest Calgary's Vecova Centre for Disability Services and Research. Intended to celebrate the talents of persons with disabilities, the event features the work of Vecova clients/artists, several of whom have never before displayed their paintings, photography or sculpture.
"Many of them don't even know how talented they are, but we hope that changes after the exhibit," says Vecova's Kaitlyn Pecson. "This is as much about getting their work out there as it is about raising the confidence of these great artists who deserve more recognition."
Certainly Panich, a frequent participant in artistic training through Canada's oldest and largest disability arts association, Indefinite Arts Centre on Fairmount Drive, has put in his time as a keen creative thinker and creator in a variety of media. His signature abstract watercolour and/or acrylic paintings ("his medium depends on his mood," Pecson says) will be on sale alongside the other works on display, with all proceeds going to the artists.
Vecova is perhaps best known for its warm indoor pool (34.5 C versus the standard 30 degrees) and hyper-automated, not-for-profit bottle depot; its CEO Joan Lee hopes the event will draw attention to the centre's other programs and services as well. "We celebrate 50 years next year," she says. "We want to showcase our innovation and partnerships with the community." Offerings include living support, employment services, community access and work experience for youth with development disabilities. This summer's day camps, open to kids of all ages and abilities, include culinary, survival, designer and art themes.
Later this month, Vecova will host its third annual Strength in Abilities Run and Walk to support their services. If Panich is given a say, he might suggest the next such fundraising event be dance-focused; he's a big fan of Brooks & Dunn's 1991 classic "Boot Scootin' Boogie." Is there strength in two-stepping? Absolutely.


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ALBANY - There was a push at the state Capitol Friday to expand voter rights. They're calling it "The People's Hearing." Everyday voters are coming together to ask legislators to make registering and casting ballots easier and open to more people.
The big issue discussed was while 37 other states allow early voting -- New York does not. Many of the people there say that's causing some people to be unable to exercise their right to vote and causing New York to have historically low voter turnout.
Led by the Common Cause of New York, The People's Hearing was held on the Million Dollar Staircase.
Speakers are calling on lawmakers to allow for automatic voter registration, early voting, flexibility to change party affiliation, restoring rights to people on parole and preregistration for 16 and 17-year-olds. They hope these things combined will encourage more people to go to the polls and have their voices count.
In 2016's presidential election, New York had the eighth worst voter turnout in the nation. In 2014, we ranked 48th.
This hearing is a call to "modernize New York's elections and pass simple solutions to remove barriers to the voting process."
The hearing was held because organizers say legislators aren't listening to their constituents and the everyday people are usually not given the chance to speak in public hearing settings. They're fed up and want to be heard.
Some bills have been introduced to address some of these issues. Organizers say some have passed through the Assembly, but seem to have been put on a backburner with the Senate. It's unclear if they will be addressed this session.
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JOURNAL ENTRY: LorisaA journal entry by our Senior Pastor Lorisa Miller.
I never sought out this leadership role. I used to squirm, resist, and resent it. I was afraid of it. Until it dawned on me that it's an honor, a privilege, a responsibility, and a calling—to seek His face, to love Him, to feed His sheep.
Most of us, like my four children, would prefer the taste of cupcakes to broccoli. But my kids have been entrusted to my care. And because I love them, I make them eat broccoli, and salmon, and other nutritious foods.
As easy as it would be to just give them what they want, I give them what is good for them. Sometimes it's not popular, comfortable, fun, or enjoyable. When I stand up to share about warnings of false teaching that will appeal to our sensuality, I face similar feelings. It would be easier to just not. go. there. But then I'd be violating my own conscience and the real truth of the real Jesus. He is too real, too near, and too good for me to leave out the meat of who He is.
I live to see people burn with passion for Jesus because they have come face to face with the passion He has for them. This burn, this passion, this power, this love, is whole-sale, all-in. He takes us as we are and we must accept Him for all that He is—not just the parts that are more palatable, tolerable, PC, and acceptable.
I want all of Jesus, and I want to lead people to all of Him.
So, when I began to put my finger on the pulse of the body, I sensed some confusion, scattering, and an openness to deception. It was in that place that I found myself compelled by love for my King and His love for His bride. With fear and trembling, I am studying and sharing what He warned would come during our days. May He find me faithful to feed His sheep and love His bride!


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The clinically established method to assess the displacement of a distal radius fracture is to manually measure two reference angles,the dorsal angle and the radial angle, in consecutive 2D X-ray images of the wrist. This approach has the disadvantage of being sensitive to operator errors since the measurements are performed on 2D projections of a 3D structure. In this paper, we present a semi-automatic system for measuring relative changes in the dorsal angle in 3D computed tomography (CT) images of fractured wrists. We evaluate the proposed 3D measurement method on 28 post-operative CT images of fractured wrists and compare it with the radiographic 2D measurement method used in clinical practice. The results show that our proposed 3D measurement method has a high intra- and inter-operator precision and is more precise and robust than the conventional 2D measurement method.
Modern medical imaging devices are able to generate highly detailed three-dimensional (3D) images of the skeleton. Computerized image processing and analysis methods, combined with real-time volume visualization techniques, can greatly facilitate the interpretation of such images and are increasingly used in surgical planning to aid reconstruction of the skeleton after trauma or disease. Two key challenges are to accurately separate (segment) bone structures or cavities of interest from the rest of the image and to interact with the 3D data in an efficient way. This thesis presents efficient and precise interactive methods for segmenting, visualizing, and analysing 3D computed tomography (CT) images of the skeleton. The methods are validated on real CT datasets and are primarily intended to support planning and evaluation of cranio-maxillofacial (CMF) and orthopedic surgery.
Two interactive methods for segmenting the orbit (eye-socket) are introduced. The first method implements a deformable model that is guided and fitted to the orbit via haptic 3D interaction, whereas the second method implements a user-steered volumetric brush that uses distance and gradient information to find exact object boundaries.
The thesis also presents a semi-automatic method for measuring 3D angulation changes in wrist fractures. The fractured bone is extracted with interactive mesh segmentation, and the angulation is determined with a technique based on surface registration and RANSAC.
Lastly, the thesis presents an interactive and intuitive tool for segmenting individual bones and bone fragments. This type of segmentation is essential for virtual surgery planning, but takes several hours to perform with conventional manual methods. The presented tool combines GPU-accelerated random walks segmentation with direct volume rendering and interactive 3D texture painting to enable quick marking and separation of bone structures. It enables the user to produce an accurate segmentation within a few minutes, thereby removing a major bottleneck in the planning procedure.


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Paul is a qualified Solicitor and moved from practice into Wealth Management at Coutts & Co where as Head of London Private Banking he oversaw the growth of their London business before moving to Barclays Wealth as a Director. Paul has since held roles as Managing Director of a Swiss Wealth Manager, been on the Operating Board of a main market UK Plc and before joining Frenkel Topping was Chief Executive of Invest Africa in London where he spearheaded its business transformation programme. For 8 years Paul was also Chairman of Trustees for the Steve Redgrave Trust which raised £6million in 5 years and is currently in his 6th year as Trustee for WellChild, the national charity for sick children of which Prince Harry is Patron.
Richard joined Frenkel Topping Ltd (the trading subsidiary of Frenkel Topping Group Plc) in 1991 after gaining experience in financial services whilst working at Lloyds Bank, Bradford and Bingley Building Society and Scottish Widows. Richard has been fully involved in the development of both structured settlements and Frenkel Topping Ltd, becoming Managing Director in 2000. He played a key role in the appointment of Frenkel Topping Ltd as an alternative investment broker to the Court of Protection and Richard has also been a regular speaker at financial services conferences across the UK.
In addition to directing the strategic development of the Group with the other board members, Richard is in charge of the day-to-day operation of the Group.
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Mark has been with the Company for over 8 years and has 22 years financial services experience. He is the lead director for Frenkel Topping Limited and Obiter Wealth Management and manages both the internal staff, including the expert witness report writers, para planners and the new business writing team. In addition to which Mark manages a number of the Company's strategic accounts and has been a key player in the Company's growth to date. Mark is widely recognised throughout the industry for his expertise in advising on large loss complex claims and the analysis of periodical payment orders and is a guest speaker at many national conferences. Of recent times Mark has also been called upon to meet with the Ministry of Justice to assist in developing a 'Call for Evidence' from various sources. The purpose of which was to gather information on investment of claimants 'award of damages' to assist the Lord Chancellor and the Government in setting a new Personal Injury Discount Rate (PIDR). Mark is a key member of the Board and his drive for excellence for both the clients and the Company is fundamental to the on-going success of the business.
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If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung Would you hear my voice come through the music Would you hold it near as it were your own? It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better left unsung I don't know, don't really care Let there be songs to fill the air Ripple in still water When there is no pebble tossed Nor wind to blow Reach out your hand if your cup be empty If your cup is full may it be again Let it be known there is a fountain That was not made by the hands of men There is a road, no simple highway Between the dawn and the dark of night And if you go no one may follow That path is for your steps alone Ripple in still water When there is no pebble tossed Nor wind to blow You who choose to lead must follow But if you fall you fall alone If you should stand then who's to guide you? If I knew the way I would take you home
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Austrialian composer John Antill's Outback Overture and fascinating ballet Corroboree (incorporating his studies of Aboriginal music) are well performed by James Judd and the New Zealand Orchestra (8.570241). Fine sound.
Antill's Corroboree is a fine score. It includes some impressive scoring although it would be idle and—more importantly—meaningless to compare it either to Stravinsky's innovative and ground-breaking Rite of Spring or to Prokofiev's decibel-loaded Scythian Suite. It nevertheless deserves to be heard complete, especially when played with as much commitment and obvious relish as it is here. The New Zealanders do the Aussie proud.
There is no reason to complain about their involvement in their performance of Antill's somewhat later An Outback Overture…Anyway, the complete Corroboree is the work that makes this none too generous disc worth acquiring both for those new to the piece and for those who cherished their long-deleted LP recording by Goossens. I had never heard either the complete work or the suite so I was delighted to have such a nice opportunity to do so. I wonder what are Antill's other works like? Well worth more than the occasional hearing.
This disc is absolutely essential for anybody interested in Australian music but will also be enjoyed thoroughly by any listener seeking characterful and exciting orchestral music. © 2008 Fanfare Read complete review
Most of the Australian composers writing in the first half of the twentieth century studied in Britain, making it almost impossible to find something by one of them which sounds like it's exclusively from the "Land Down Under." But that's certainly not the case with John Antill (1904–1986), who was totally homegrown and educated, as you'll discover when you hear this enterprising release from Naxos containing two of his best works. Both are laced with Aboriginal influences and possess an informal colonial folksiness as well as an in-your-face irreverence for the musical establishment that make them uniquely Australian.
The Outback Overture (1954) is a late-romantic offering that certainly exemplifies the "Australian Sound." Although it begins peaceably, it's not long before wheels start turning and it becomes a symphonic express through the outback. Like Charles Ives, Antill draws heavily on popular folk ditties for his melodic material, including one that's somewhat reminiscent of Stephen Foster's "Camptown races" [track-1, beginning at 03:12]. Rhythmically it's a real powerhouse as the train speeds down the track. Then towards the end, Antill introduces a terrific "big tune," bringing it to a triumphant conclusion.
Back in 1913 the composer attended one of the traditional song and dance ceremonies known as a Corroboree done by the Australian Aborigines. This gave him the idea for his homonymous ballet, which he completed in 1946. A "Down Under" Right of Spring, legendary conductor Eugene Goossens described it, and with good reason, as the first score of "really authentic Australian character." In seven sections, it's a brilliantly orchestrated, fascinating study in primitive motifs and wild exotic rhythms.
The opening "Welcome Ceremony" begins surreptitiously with a passage for double bassoon over clicking percussion that would have made Stravinsky sit up and take notice! Bird-like screeches from the strings and a number of colorful melodic and rhythmic riffs on a variety of instruments then erupt, eventually bringing this part to a primeval monolithic ending.
The next section, "Dance to the Evening Star," is an ethereal will-o'-the wisp, which highlights the oboe, celesta and violin. "A Rain Dance" relies heavily on the marimba over scurrying strings and brass to conjure up a downpour with appropriate lightning and thunder from the percussion section. "The Spirit of the Wind" is a cyclone of sound featuring zephyrean winds and strings over a hypnotic rhythmic ostinato pounded out by the percussion. In "Rising Sun" prismatic orchestral effects that include curious percussive tics and pops make for a unique musical representation of daybreak. A lumbering bass clarinet over a pianissimo harp and string accompaniment conjures up images of some ungainly goanna crossing the outback in the next to last section, "The Morning Star."
The finale, "Procession of the Totems and Closing Ceremony," begins innocuously enough, but very quickly builds to an overwhelming climax. Here the brass and percussion sections (the latter even includes a bull-roarer) go bonkers, bringing this singular Aboriginal score to one of the most original and thrilling conclusions in all dance music. Oddly enough some of the massive chordal sequences towards the end may call to mind those in the crowd scenes of Puccini's Turandot (1926).
Many will remember James Judd as the talented conductor who over a period of fourteen years turned the Florida Philharmonic into a world-class orchestra…After that he moved even further south and became Music Director (now Emeritus) of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, which he conducts on this disc. He's obviously lost none of his panache, because you couldn't ask for more exciting renditions of these highly complex scores. The New Zealanders respond to his every wish with performances that are exceptional from both the solo and ensemble standpoints.
The N.Z. recording engineers have given us an orchestral demonstration disc that will probably become a classic. It all begins with the microphone set-up, and theirs must have been exemplary because even with music of this scope they've managed to recreate a truly remarkable soundstage. While it's wide and deep enough to encompass the enormous number of performers required, there's a focus and clarity that present in exquisite detail all of the many solo parts. The balance between the numerous instrumental groups is ideal, and the orchestral timbre, totally natural over the entire frequency spectrum. Needless to say the dynamic range is staggering, but the level was set to perfection with no sign of any digital distress. Make sure you take this with you the next time you go looking for audio components. And by the way, while we're on the subject of music from "Down Under," you might want to investigate another Judd triumph, the symphonies of Douglas Lilburn (1915–2001) also on Naxos (8555862).
Terrific playing makes this energetic Australian 'Rite' the one to have
Australian composer John Antill's 1946 ballet Corroboree has the reputation of being some kind of antipodean Rite of Spring, though Antill apparently didn't know of Stravinsky's ballet when he wrote his. Based on notes taken during an actual corroboree—an Aborigine ceremonial gathering—Antill attended in 1913, the work achieved instant success, if only in its concert suite form.
Sir Eugene Goossens and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra gave the first performance of that suite in the year of the ballet's composition, and there's a 1950 (when the complete ballet was first staged) recording by the same forces available on ABC Classics. But readers may be familiar with Goossens's later account with the LSO on Everest.
Despite the many virtues of that disc, including the presence of Ginastera's fabulous ballet suites Panambí and Estancia, this new recording by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra under James Judd wins hands down. It's not just that it's complete (seven movements as opposed to four); the energy and precision of the playing, captured in pristine digital sound, propel the music into a realm far beyond the residue of mere "white fella's Dreaming" still present in the Goossens.
The colourful score, which culminates in the frankly mind-blowing "Procession of the Totems and Closing Ceremony", has much of the lurid primitivism of Revueltas's La noche de los Mayas, but without the kitsch (bullroarer aside); Antill's Outback Overture, with which this disc opens, is by contrast a more conventional, if occasionally quirky, affair and more typical of the composer's output. It, too, receives an excellent performance.
The music is undeniably colorful and kinetic, and interested buyers should note that earlier recordings of this work…The score's strongest point is the orchestration, which includes such innovations as a bull-roarer in the wild and a quite absorbing climactic dance of the "Procession of the Totems and Closing Ceremony," track 8. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra under James Judd responds well to this aspect of the music, with broad, transparent performances that don't falter in the smaller details. Recommended…
Corroboree was one of those defining moments in Australian music when John Antill scored an exuberant ballet drawing on notations he had made mostly in Botany Bay. Antill, however, was one of those great composers whom we adored during his early performances and then shortly afterwards ignored completely. Corroboree was a bit like that. It has rarely been recorded and copies of the recordings Goossens made in London are hard to get. So this release is welcome—not just to get the work back before the public, but also because it's a rattling good performance from the underestimated Judd and this fine New Zealand orchestra.
It's all great fun, a touch outrageous, even cartoonish (Antill has a certain overfondness for the ratchet), and it's dazzlingly performed here by James Judd and the New Zealand Symphony.
Harry Belock was an east coast engineer and electronics pioneer. He was also a serious music lover. In the early 1950s, he developed a stereo recording system (on 35mm film) in partnership with cosmetics maker Helen Neuschaefer, and proceeded to record and release a series of blockbuster orchestral long-playing albums with famous orchestras and conductors. The label was called Everest, and was an instant hit (original Everest LPs have nautrally become collectors' items). One of those was a recording of Corroboree, and was a knockout! With all due respect to that historical recording (with Sir Eugene Goossens and the London Symphony) however, I doubt that it can be any better than this absolutely superb new digital one with James Judd and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
Formal music education came late in the life of John Antill, one of the most influential musicians working in Australia through the central years of the 20th century. Born in Sydney of British parents in 1904, some of his manuscripts were shown to the Australian composer, Arthur Benjamin, who recommended he seek advanced studies with Alfred Hill, another of the nation's most famous composers. A number of years later, he took that advice, but after graduating from the New South Wales State Conservatoruim, he became a jobbing musician as singer, conductor and orchestral musician. A series of chance events led him into radio, and he played a major part in shaping broadcast music in Australia during the 1930's. His detractors, however, might say that his conservative nature was responsible for holding back modern music in the country. Though he worked in almost every genre, he is today remembered for just one work, the ballet Corroboree, which takes its title from a ritual Australian Aboriginal ceremony he had witnessed in 1913. In seven descriptive sections, it was completed in 1946 when Antill was 42, and almost all of the music that has survived came after that date. Stylistically it is mainstream West European tonal music overlaid with ethnic Australian sounds, and as a ballet it must be very colourful on stage. Heavily dependent on percussion effects, I suppose one could categorise it as Aaron Copland working in the Antipodes. Antill does work into the score many moments of quiet effects, but it will be the more outgoing primitive moments that remain in the memory. The disc is completed by An Outback Overture composed in 1954 for the occasion of a Royal visit. A mix of distant ceremonial trumpets and the high impact sounds of the brave new world of Australia are the ingredients for a pleasing score. The playing of the New Zealand Symphony, with James Judd conducting, is outstanding—full of detail, virtuosity and outgoing brilliance. The UK recording team obtains stunning audio quality.
The 1973 recording of this landmark work with the Sydney Symphony has rightly been regarded for years as a real audiophile demonstration disc. It was also, until now, the only recording, so this is a significant release. Indispensable.
Australian composer John Antill is best remembered for his exuberant, outstandingly successful and ever-popular ballet Corroboree. Drawing on material Antill notated in 1913 at a corroboree in Botany Bay and on his subsequent research on Aboriginal music, Corroboree is a landmark in Australian music history.
Australian composer, singer, musician and broadcaster John Antill's ballet Corroboree was inspired by a corroboree he saw in 1913. Featuring indigenous melodies, rhythm sticks and didgeridoo impersonations, it's accepted as being the first 'western' composition to use indigenous Australian elements. It sounds at times like Stravinsky's Rite of Spring or even Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain. An Outback Overture is an inoffensive pastiche of folk melodies and dance rhythms reminiscent of Percy Grainger. James Judd and NZSO are strong advocates for these works.
You would be reluctant to suggest John Antill's Corroboree for the citizenship test but culturally literate Australians ought to have had more opportunities to get to know this landmark work in recent years. This excellent recording of the complete ballet by James Judd and the New Zealand Symphony orchestra fills a big gap.
Championed by Eugene Goossens in 1946, it can be seen as a musical offshoot of the Jindyworobak movement of the 1930s and '40s, which sought distinctive Australian literary identity in Aboriginal myth.
With precision and charm, this disc brings out its originality and its primitivist colouristics. The soft chords that close Dance To The Evening Star, the woodwind precision in A Rain Dance and the wispy strings in Spirit Of the Wind are captured with welcome clarity.
This is the first digital recording of an Australian classic. John Antill's popular ballet is based on his memories of a corroboree he witnessed in 1913 and on material gathered during research on Australian indigenous music. The music still sounds as vibrant and colourful as ever, especially with such a committed performance as this by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Included as an attractive filler is Antill's Outback Overture. At Naxos' bargain price, you can't go wrong.