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Arts and Crafts for Donation
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One of my good friends, Jess, is an absolute genius. – She has created a space for us to auction off arts and craft pieces, with all the proceeds going to charity.
Jess was inspired by an online bake sale for disaster relief in Japan where they raised over $3700 for this in just 2 days of bidding.
The idea here is that we can have a craft/homemade online sale. People donate their own crafted/homemade items and then we start a bidding for each item at a certain amount and let people bid on them and then all the proceeds go to a charity of our choosing (well probably a charity of Jess's choosing since she it was her idea, but I promise she always supports good groups).
Anyways, although it wouldnt be till the fall you might have to start making things this summer and we just want a feel for how many people would participate. I know a lot of crafty type people stumble across this blog so I want to make sure to catch your attention!
You can paint, knit, draw, make pottery, sew whatever you want to contribute.
If you are interested in donating ITEMS – please do three things:
If you are interested in bidding– please do two things:
1. Like our facebook page so that you can keep up with announcements and make sure to get your bids in
2. Share the facebook page on your wall to get your friends and family involved!


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29 November 2011
ILC-UK report examining the research base on centenarians and calling for policy to reflect increase in extreme longevity
This report and executive summary, published with the support of Age UK, consider the policy implications of the growing centenarian population, examining the demography; health and need for social care; housing and wealth; and quality of life for this group. It aims to understand more about this celebrated group through summarising evidence about the lives people lead past 100, while identifying gaps in the evidence base and proposing key policy recommendations to address the issues raised.
This work has been guided by the following questions:
- How large is the current UK centenarian population and how much is this expected to grow?
- How does the health of centenarians compare to that of younger age cohorts and how is this expected to change?
- What are the housing circumstances of the centenarian population and what are the other distinctive socioeconomic characteristics of centenarians?
- What are the key components of quality of life for centenarians and how does the quality of life of centenarians compare with other age cohorts?
ILC-UK have identified a number of key policy recommendations arising from this research, calling for:
- Significant development of the evidence base about centenarians in order to inform current and future ageing strategies.
- Policy-makers to take a more holistic approach to designing interventions that integrate health, care and housing solutions.
- Investment in ways of increasing the accessibility and appeal of social or interest groups to centenarians.
- Developers to plan for growing numbers of centenarians through ensuring that housing and neighbourhoods are better designed and/or adequately adapted to meet the needs of a growing centenarian population
- Energy companies to ensure that their oldest customers access the best deals
- Employers to ensure that they find ways to provide flexible working to ensure that caring responsibilities for the future population of centenarians do not pull people out of the workforce early.
- The Government should introduce a care voucher scheme for adults, similar to childcare vouchers, which would allow people of all ages to buy care vouchers to support the needs of older adults. This may help older carers of centenarians stay in the workplace longer.
This report will be formally launched at the ILC-UK and Actuarial Profession Robert Butler Memorial Lecture, in partnership with JRF at 16.00 on the 29th November. More information on this event is available here.
Authors: Valentina Serra, Jessica Watson, David Sinclair, Dylan Kneale
The full report is available for download below.
The executive summary is available here.
A press release is available here.

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Debbie brings more than 25 years of reporting and anchoring experience to Northern California.
Debbie brings more than 25 years of reporting and anchoring experience to Northern California. She covered everything from President Ronald Reagan's re-election campaign in 1983 to the U-2 Spy plane crash in Oroville in 1996. the explosion at the Kopper's Wood Treatment Plant and countless court trials and drug busts.
The longtime journalist started her career at KCRA in Sacramento as an intern. Debbie also worked in radio part time, before becoming a news reporter at KHSL TV, weekend anchor, noon news anchor and evening anchor.
Debbie sat on several non-profit boards, including the Salvation Army Advisory Board. She currently sits on the Board for Chico Friends of the Library.
Debbie is also the author of two children's books, 'Gracie's Big Adventure with Augustine the Beaver' and 'Gracie's Big Adventure with the Misfits'.
Debbie attended grade school and High School in the Sacramento area. She is a graduate of Chico State University and also attended University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.
She and her husband have two children. Debbie is very active in their school.
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Welcome to Architects of the Future
Networking with other architects of the future is amazing, and the chance to connect with major business leaders and mentors is also very special.
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And co-coordinator for community architects network in Asia,CAN. [www.achr.net]
I start working with urban poor community in Thailand since 2001 and start to learn how to be architect who can collaborate and facilitate in the process of change together with community. I do believe all people are creative and have potential to create a better solutions with the participatory design process that I create it uncover people potential and it rebuild new relationship among community people and lead to collective solution that come from people themselves so in this way it address people needs, and base on their skills and relate to the culture that they belong.
Our works in Thailand are focusing on housing projects for poor community, planning and upgrading community in the urban and rural area.
Since 2009 I start to work as coordinator to create and link community architects in Asia country our direction is to share experience and create a new education platform for community people, architects and planner who want to learn how to work with community in participatory ways.
Looking back to my initiative it was in 1998 when I was architecture student and was witness eviction the poor community without any option it give me a strong motivation and light up the big question what I can do as architect? This burning flam still in my mind and I keep asking how can I use my creativity to build a new relationship with people as human being and bring us to love and compassionate to live in the world this should be the definition of architect, the questions bring me to the unknown step that I was taking for 12 years and I'm still learning for my work and my life.
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To know the reasons for the present political situation in Haiti, to understand why the United States landed and has for five years maintained military forces in that country, why some three thousand Haitian men, women, and children have been shot down by American rifles and machine guns, it is necessary, among other things, to know that the National City Bank of New York is very much interested in Haiti. It is necessary to know that the National City Bank controls the National Bank of Haiti and is the depository for all of the Haitian national funds that are being collected by American officials, and that Mr. R. L. Farnham, vice-president of the National City Bank, is virtually the representative of the State Department in matters relating to the island republic. Most Americans have the opinion–if they have any opinion at all on the subject–that the United States was forced, on purely humane grounds, to intervene in the black republic because of the tragic coup d'état which resulted in the overthrow and death of President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam and the execution of the political prisoners confined at Port-au-Prince, July 27-28, 1915; and that this government has been compelled to keep a military force in Haiti since that time to pacify the country and maintain order.
The fact is that for nearly a year before forcible intervention on the part of the United States this government was seeking to compel Haiti to submit to "peaceable" intervention. Toward the close of 1914 the United States notified the government of Haiti that it was disposed to recognize the newly-elected president, Theodore Davilmar, as soon as a Haitian commission would sign at Washington "satisfactory protocols" relative to a convention with the United States on the model of the Dominican-American Convention. On December 15, 1914, the Haitian government, through its Secretary of Foreign Affairs, replied: "The Government of the Republic of Haiti would consider itself lax in its duty to the United States and to itself if it allowed the least doubt to exist of its irrevocable intention not to accept any control of the administration of Haitian affairs by a foreign Power." On December 19, the United States, through its legation at Port-au-Prince, replied, that in expressing its willingness to do in Haiti what had been done in Santo Domingo it "was actuated entirely by a disinterested desire to give assistance."
Two months later, the Theodore government was overthrown by a revolution and Vilbrun Guillaume was elected president. Immediately afterwards there arrived at Port-au-Prince an American commission from Washington–the Ford mission. The commissioners were received at the National Palace and attempted to take up the discussion of the convention that had been broken off in December, 1914. However, they lacked full powers and no negotiations were entered into. After several days, the Ford mission sailed for the United States. But soon after, in May, the United States sent to Haiti Mr. Paul Fuller, Jr., with the title Envoy Extraordinary, on a special mission to apprise the Haitian government that the Guillaume administration would not be recognized by the American government unless Haiti accepted and signed the project of a convention which he was authorized to present. After examining the project the Haitian government submitted to the American commission a counter-project, formulating the conditions under which it would be possible to accept the assistance of the United States. To this counter-project Mr. Fuller proposed certain modifications, some of which were accepted by the Haitian government. On June 5, 1915, Mr. Fuller acknowledged the receipt of the Haitian communication regarding these modifications, and sailed from Port-au-Prince.


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We are only days away from kicking off the 2016 Confident You Body Confidence challenge. Holy heck. Time flies when you're having fun and writing your butt off on a new challenge. Haha. I wanted to make it clear how the challenge will work. A frequently asked questions, of sorts! So, let's do this.
Erika | The Queen of Confidence
Email Subscribers.
You guys will receive daily challenge emails delivered to their inbox. This is where the magic happens. I'm asking the over 200 people subscribed to the emails to really dig deep, to tackle the challenge day by day and see what results show up for them. There is a Facebook Group to support this, click over here to join or sign up below.
The daily photo challenge.
This is a way to turn those emails into practice, but also a way for those who follow Suger Coat It on Instagram to participate. With a daily photo prompt, curated by the #mybodypositive #sugersconfidentyou hashtags, we can support each other as we tackle the homework and find OUR way of being more confident in our body.
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Here I will share the contents of some of the emails. Posts that I feel will resonate with those playing at home with the photo challenge but not actively participating. You can change your mind and opt into the emails at any time, but this is like Confident You Lite.


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Feb 12, 2010
Got to finish these soon!!
I refuse to do another New Year's resolution. Alright, it's already February and in 10 months another year will be over but there are so many things that I want to accomplish and one of them is to be able to read more books.There is also my distance learning or correspondence course where I have been lagging behind. I have so many excuses: My 2nd baby came just when I was about to start my lesson. We moved out of the apartment(packing), then had a new one(unpacking). It has been 7 months since I did the latter. I should have finished more materials for my course and read a dozen books. So why not? PROCRASTINATION. I don't think there's another explanation and it's really frustrating. Time is gold. I do wish that my mind can understand that.
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- ♥ Katinka said...
Stopping by from SITS and wishing you a great day :)
- February 12, 2010 at 2:28 AM
- Dave DeWall said...
Oh, I am such a procrastinator. And I have all the time in the world now that I am retired and have no children to care for you as you do. I just find it hard to get organized any more. Good luck!
- February 12, 2010 at 5:48 AM
- Anne said...
Good luck with your studying. I always find it difficult to motivate myself.
- February 12, 2010 at 7:40 PM
- The Girl Next Door Grows Up said...
It's not procrastination when you have 2 kids! It's just being busy with family!
I wish I could read more - I used to read a book a week, but now I am just tired at night :-( SOmeday!
- February 14, 2010 at 4:39 PM
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This is a bit of a long shot, but I'm just wondering if there's anyone out there in the same boat as me. I was diagnosed with cancer of the bladder (Rhabdomyosarcoma) when I was less than one year old (I'm now in my mid-20s) and underwent radio- and chemotherapy. My bladder and parts of my vagina were removed and these were only reconstructed in my late teens. Apologies if that's too much information for some. Basically, because of the vaginoplasty, sex can be difficult. I first had sex at the age of 20, after many failed attempts and If I don't have regular sex, things become absolutely impossible - after I broke up with my ex-boyfriend (we'd been together for almost three years), I didn't feel like sex for several months, and when I tried again, there was no space (to explain: the radiotherapy slowed down the development of my pelvis and fused it in places. The surgery involved parts of my pelvis being chipped away - about as painful as it sounds - and then a 'neovagina' being constructed. All very space-age... ). After much mental and physical turmoil, things became possible again and my sex-life now is pretty good. However, lots of positions are difficult and it's frustrating. I'm adventurous by nature and there's so much I want to do, but can't. My husband says he's perfectly happy and that we just need to give it time, but it's so difficult. I know it's unlikely, but is there anyone else out there who's gone through the same thing? Or can anyone point me in the right direction? Would be so grateful for any advice you can offer.


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He began his professional career at Dannemann, Siemsen, Bigler y Ipanema Moreira as a lawyer specialized in intellectual property in 1999. He acquired post-graduation decree in Intellectual Property in 2001. In 2002, he joined the law firm Daniel Advogados and in 2006 he was invited to be a partner of the firm. In 2012, he joined Clarke, Modet & Co. as Head of the Trademark and Legal Department and led the team until late 2015. In 2016, he was nominated one of the firm's Global Account Manager, as a manager of the main international clients accounts.
Graduation in Law by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
Member of several institutions of intellectual property, including INTA, ASIPI (Interamerican Association of Intellectual Property) and APAA (Asian Patent Attorney Association).


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The Skinny on Bison
A long time ago, in a land not so far away, bison ruled the central plains. In great herds they roamed, grazing the prairie grasses in a web of interdependence between plant and mammal. The native tribes hunted them, and from their bodies came food, clothing, shelter, medicine, tools and household items. They were a gift from the Creator to the tribes, they were brothers, and a spirit in the form of White Buffalo Woman came to humanity and gave the sacred pipe ceremony as a means of communication between the Creator and humans.
And then, they were wiped out. Exterminated. Killed by white hunters with repeating rifles. Whole herds were felled, like clearcut forests, and the thunder of the plains went silent, and the grasses were plowed under and paved over and all was lost forever.
Or was it?
Bison were driven to the brink of extinction, but they have come back, helped along not only by environmentalists, but farmers.
Farmers who raise them, not as tame cattle, but as wild animals, and who sell thier meat, hides and horns to a steadily growing market.
Current estimates place the number of American Bison in North America between 270,000 and 350,000–a far cry from the pathetic 1,500 individuals left by the late 19th century. Most of these animals live on private ranches, according to the National Bison Association, though there are quite a few in public herds on protected ranges, such as Yellowstone National Park, and on Native American held lands.
Why are farmers and ranchers raising wild bison?
Mostly for their meat, though there is a steady market for the hide, hooves and horns as well.
Bison meat is nutrient dense and surprisingly low in fat. In each 100 gram serving of bison meat there is 2.74 grams of fat, as compared to the 10.15 grams of fat in the same sized serving of commercial beef or the 7.41 grams of fat in the equivalent serving of skinless chicken meat. It is high in protein and iron (which accounts for its darker color) and essential fatty acids. It is lower in cholesterol than beef or pork.
It also happens to taste quite good. Bison are range fed on native grasses and other browse plants, with hay supplements in the winter, and this leads to a naturally sweet flavor which is similar to beef, but slightly more complex. The texture of the meat is very fine and tender, provided it is cooked carefully.
There are two ways to cook bison meat–low and slow or hot and fast. Anything in the middle will gain you a very dry, tough, unpalatable cut of meat.
The lack of fat marbling in the meat means that it is best cooked moist heat, slowly. However, if you have a steak and want to grill it–it can be done (we just did it last night)– provided that you cook it quickly and are careful not to overcook it. This means that you must know how to judge when a steak is done to your liking, or you can keep a good eye on the clock. I would suggest actually cooking a little less long than you would an equivalent beef steak–for example, the ribeyes we cooked last night were done after barely two minutes per side, when we cook beef ribeyes for at least three or four minutes per side.
I season bison similarly to beef; the seasonings I use for venison are too strong for bison, which, to my palate, does not have a characteristic "gamey" flavor at all. Last night, I simply rubbed the steaks with ground chipotle, salt, black pepper, dried thyme, a bit of cumin and garlic, and they turned out beautifully. The crust seared nicely and the interior was tender and well-flavored with just the rub. Nothing else was needed, though I can see that a bath in a dry sherry marinade would be a nice alternative.
My next mission is to stir fry bison and see what happens.
Maybe I will use ramps with it, too. Hrm…that could be very good.
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We've switched from beef to bison because it's cheaper than beef locally, with the added plus of being able to buy from local ranchers.
I usually use native seasonings and vegetables to accompany it. Bison loves berries.
I have some leftover bison roast I'm thinking of turning into a frybread filling with the early blackberries (yes, I saw ripe ones at the shooting range last weekend) and cattail roots.
I wish there was a local bison rancher, because I'd love to try it. Alas, in Illinois, all the ranchers I can find online are either north of Chicago or near the IL/IA border, and I'm in the dead center of the state.
Does anyone know of a reputable mail-order bison vender?
Noddy, the blackberries idea sounds great; I love blackberries with venison. I have made a sauce for venison roast that includes both blackberries and juniper berries that is out of this world. I bet it would be terrific on bison as well.
Kari–I am making a short post in answer to your question! I should have included a link in the first place to a place to find local producers or reputable mail order folks, but I was not thinking when I wrote it.
I do hope you find a place to get bison–it is a nutritious and delectable red meat that really deserves to be better known.
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Bedwas RFC 29 Newport RFC 7.
Principality Welsh Premiership, Saturday 02 September 2017.
Match report and photography by Ian Lovell.
Bedwas maintained their 100% start to the season with a hard fought win over neighbours on a warm, sunny late summer afternoon.
Any latecomers would have missed the opening Bedwas score as following a catch and drive from a lineout hooker Ellis Shipp claimed a first minute try. Steffan Jones' conversion attempt drifting wide. Luke Crane came close to adding to Bedwas' tally but was denied by the visitors defence.
Newport attempted to get back into the game but the normally reliable Matt O'Brien saw two kickable penalties missed on 5 and 12 minutes and to add insult to injury Steffan Jones added one for Bedwas on 8 minutes.
Newport laid siege on the Bedwas line but got no change out of a resolute Bedwas defence who were in no mood to yield points. At the other end Bedwas came close to adding to their score but Newport denied them.
Steffan Jones' penalty attempt half way through the half hit an upright and was cleared to touch before Newport's pressure bought them a try via a huge forward effort and hooker Will Evans was adjudged as scorer under a pile of bodies. Matt O'Brien this time adding the extras.
Their joy was short-lived as from the restart Bedwas resumed attack and retook the lead. Robson Blake charged through from thirty metres leaving a trail of bodies behind him as none of the visiting defenders could stop the man mountain from crashing through. Steffan Jones added the conversion from in front of the posts.
More worryingly for Bedwas will have been the loss of Aaron Bramwell and Morgan Allen with injury before the half time although how serious these injuries are is not known at the time of writing. Their loss however was not costly in terms of points conceded as Newport were unable to add to their tally for the rest of the game.
The second half started with both sides looking for points; Bedwas to make the game safe and Newport to salvage something but both defences dug deep.
Bedwas increased their lead after 49 minutes as a deft Steffan Jones grubber kick was pounced upon by the quick thinking Mathew John for his sides' third try.
Both sides made a number of replacements but defences were still largely on top.
Bedwas completed the scoring on 63 minutes. Another exquisite Steffan Jones grubber kick was pounced on by Adam Williams to earn his side a bonus point. Jones' conversion quelled any thoughts of a Newport comeback.
Both sides continued to defend well and the game became a real arm wrestle as neither side wanting to concede points.
A second successive five point haul sees Bedwas as the early pacesetters in the Principality Premiership East division. Next Saturday will see the side travel to the Wern Sports Complex Merthyr Tydfil where the current Principality Premiership champions Merthyr await.
Steffan Jones' efforts sees him become the first recipient of the Man of The Award sponsored by Casa Mia Restaurant of Caerphilly.


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The U.S. Navy battle fleet engaged in Fleet Problem (number 5) in 1925. Armed U.S. sailors wade ashore from whale boats. They assemble and march from the beach carrying the colors. Sailors and marines charge across a beach area and fire their rifles at targets from prone positions. They jump up en masse and repeat the process closer to the targets. U.S. warships anchored (possibly at Pearl Harbor).Martin SC-1 float planes take off on scouting mission. A formation of Martin SC-1s in flight. U.S. Submarine (SS-44) glides abeam a battleship. A line of submarines moving on the surface past a battleship in the background. A pair of light cruisers underway.
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The Japanese Navy and U.S. Navy in combat in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Midway in World War II. On June 3rd 1942 : U.S. amphibious aircraft take off from a catapult. A sailor observes through binoculars from a ship deck. A convoy of Japanese ships in the Pacific ocean. A pilot in the cockpit of the U.S. Navy aircraft in flight. A man beside the control panel. The Pacific Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz on a ship. The United States sailors work on the ship deck. The sailors inside a cabin on the ship. Men walk out of the cabin to the deck. The men load a bomb in bomb bay of an aircraft. The ammunition on the deck. The aircraft takes off from the carrier deck. U.S. Navy ships attacked by Japanese aircraft. Smoke rising from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific ocean. U.S. ships fire at Japanese planes. A Japanese plane crashes into the ocean. A parked U.S. plane bounces to side of aircraft carrier after explosions and turbulence and nearly falls off edge. Dramatic close view of a Japanese aircraft hit while closing in on a U.S. Navy carrier. A wing tears off and the Japanese plane crashes into the ocean right beside the U.S. Navy carrier. Gun camera footage of U.S. Navy aircraft attacking the Japanese naval fleet. Japanese ships burning and smoking. Views of disabled Japanese ships off the Midway atoll. U.S. soldiers on deck of ship after the battle.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Aerial view of the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. aircraft takes off from a carrier. The aircraft in flight. Naval guns being fired from ships underway in the Pacific. Animation depicts lack of communication between American forces. Ships underway. Animation depicts the cause of surprise enemy attack on American forces. Men look on monitors tracking enemy forces. Japanese ships underway in the Pacific. U.S. 7th Fleet ships underway. Animation depicts positions of U.S. Task Forces. Commander of U.S. 7th Fleet Admiral Thomas Cassin Kinkaid receives a dispatch from Commander of U.S. 3rd Fleet. Battleships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Animation depicts organized Task Force 34 and Task Force 38 pushing on. Animation depicts the various possibilities of American Task Force attack over the Japanese forces.
Views of derricks,oil drilling machinery in operation and refinery workers at work in Califorina. Oil drilling derricks in coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean. Derricks at oil wells in the city of Los Angeles, California. Cluster of oil drilling derricks over a rich oil pool beneath the ground in that area.


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Piero Scaruffi's academic Biography
Piero Scaruffi is a cognitive scientist who has been a visiting scholar at Harvard and Stanford Universities, has written several books on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, published hundreds of articles on magazines, and been a member of the Cognitive Science Society. In 2006 he published The Nature of Consciousness, a massive survey of cognitive science, neurobiology, physics, artificial intelligence, etc.
His teaching activies include a seminar at U.C. Berkeley. on "Theories of Mind" and a seminar at U.C. Berkeley on "History of Knowledge". The readers for those courses were compiled in the eBook "A Brief History of Knowledge" (2011).
Born in Italy, Piero Scaruffi holds a degree in Mathematics from University of Torino, where he conducted theoretical work on Relativity and Elementary Particles Physics. In 1983 he relocated to California to work on Arpanet/Internet and object-oriented technologies at the Olivetti Advanced Technology Center (ATC), based in Cupertino. In 1983 he developed an e-mail system for a Unix-like operating system. In 1984 he worked on the first implementation of Smalltalk for a PC. In 1985 he founded Olivetti's Artificial Intelligence Center. He has lectured on Artificial Intelligence in Italy, South America and the U.S.A.
As a poet, he has been awarded several prizes in Italy and the USA (latest being the Fog City Writers 2007). His latest collection is "Synthesis" (2009)
As a cultural historian, he has published several books, the latest ones being "A History of Rock and Dance Music" (2009) and "A History of Jazz Music" (2007). He is currently working on "A History of Avantgarde Music".
Having resided and worked in Silicon Valley since 1983, he also co-wrote the first "History of Silicon Valley" to cover the century from the founding of Stanford University to the boom of Facebook.
As of 2017, he had visited more than 160 countries of the world.
For a more detailed description of his academic background, you can consult his academic resume.
He has organized several interdisciplinary cultural events in the Bay Area. The Leonardo Art Science Evenings (LASERs) started in january 2008. By 2012 LASERs were being held at University of San Francisco, Stanford University (both chaired by him in person) and in Washington DC at the National Academy of Science. Stanford hosted an interdisciplinary panel with scientists, thinkers, innovators and artists that became the SMMMASH (Stanford Multimedia Multidisciplinary Meetings of the Arts, Sciences and Humanities) in 2012. Also in 2012 Piero was invited to give the inaugural talk at San Jose State University's New Media Visionaries Speaker Sieries http://www.newmediavisionaries.org/_html/speak01.html
In 2012 he published his first books on the Visual Arts: "A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 2: From Abstract Art to Conceptual Art" and "A Visual History of the Visual Arts - Part 1: From Impressionism to Surrealism" (2012).
For an introduction to his research, you can consult his research program.
For a more detailed description of his work in the computer industry, you can check out his computer resume
For a more comprehensive biography, see his personal website
For a list of publications, check out his personal bibliography and his list of papers .
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Readmission Steps
Former South Georgia State College students wishing to be readmitted after a period of one year (three academic terms) must do the following:
- Complete and submit a new enrollment application to the Registrar's Office ($20.00 application fee does not apply).
- Students who have attended other post-secondary institutions since last attending South Georgia State College must submit official academic transcripts from all such institutions.
- Students who were placed on Academic Suspension or Learning Support Suspension at the end of their last period of enrollment at SGSC must appeal to the Admissions Committee for readmission.


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You can learn things that you haven't seen in a classroom and see them on field trips instead. People who don't usually have a chance to see things outside of school and on field trips they can. They are also lots of fun! It allows students to really be engaged in what they learn outside of school and not in textbooks or any other books.
Field trips are important for all children but especially special needs children. I was very upset when our district cut field trips due to monetary issues. Field trips help children to learn about the world and how to behave while they are out in the world. Children with learning difficulties or an autism spectrum disorder need as many of these experiences as possible because it takes longer for them to learn how to adapt. The more experiences like this they are given the better their chances for future success. They also need to learn how to behave when mommy and daddy are not around to help them.
Field trips allow students to really interact and have first hand experience of the subject they are having a field trip on. Field trips allow students to get out of the classroom where information is rather limited to textbooks and in class room activities which can be changed with field trips which allow students to really engage. They are a lot of fun too!
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1988 - 2000
Rickmers-Linie as a part of Hapag-Lloyd
In 1988, Hapag-Lloyd took over the remaining shares of Rickmers-Linie from the Rickmers family. Rickmers-Linie became a 100% subsidiary of the company, gathering all conventional break bulk services of Hapag-Lloyd under it. Read more...
2000 - today
Innovative and tradition-conscious
In 2000 Rickmers-Linie was pruchased by Bertram RC Rickmers and began a phase of expansion and fleet renewal. The Pearl String Service, inaugurated in 2003, has since been the backbone of the Rickmers-Linie route network for Project & Heavy Lift Liner Services. Read more...
1947 - 1988
In troubled waters
Surrounded by the debris the "Third Reich" had left behind when it finally collapsed, Paul Rickmers' sons, Bertram, Claus and Peter faced a difficult task. They had to find some way to put their firm back on its feet. Read more ...
1903 - 1946
Back to the roots
From conglomerate to shipping and shipbuilding company - Paul Henry Rickmers was the decisive figure within the family during the third generation. Read more ...
1887 - 1902
Full steam ahead into a new era
Following the death of company founder Rickmer Clasen Rickmers, the task of carrying on with the business fell to his three sons. Read more ...
1807 - 1886
How it all began
Rickmer Clasen Rickmers was born on 6 January 1807, on the island of Helgoland. In 1834 he opened a shipbuilding workshop in Bremerhaven. Read more ...


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Frequently asked questions
Bristol is my insurance choice, when can I apply for accommodation?
You can only apply when you have accepted a Conditional Firm or Unconditional Firm offer to study at Bristol.
Am I guaranteed an offer of University-allocated accommodation?
The University guarantees an offer of accommodation for the first year of study to all UK, EU and International undergraduates who applied for accommodation by 30 June 2018, providing that they meet the conditions of the accommodation guarantee.
We may make you an offer for a room that is not in one of our advertised residences. Occasionally we need to offer temporary accommodation or a place in a shared room with another student.
Applicants who do not meet the guarantee can still apply for accommodation, but are not guaranteed an offer. Please visit our non-guaranteed page for further information.
How can I make sure I get one of my preferred residences?
When you fill out the accommodation application form you will get to choose three preferred residences - we cannot guarantee to meet your preference and there is no way you can ensure that you get into your preferred residence.
In our 2017 intake of students, 90% of applicants got either their first or second option. Because some residences are oversubscribed (see the applications to spaces ratio for 2017 (PDF)), not all residences are available for each preference. Details of the residences available per preference (PDF) will help you to see which options you have for each of your choices.
Read our choosing your accommodation page for more information on other factors that might influence your preferences.
What should I put in my personal statement?
Personal statements are only looked at after your residence is allocated. They are used to try to match you with suitable flatmates. Therefore, you should tell us about your lifestyle and character, for example: do you like a quiet life? Are you very sociable and hoping to have lots of friends round? What are your interests? Can you live with other peoples' mess or do you prefer things clean and tidy?
You have 1000 characters for your statement (including spaces). We advise that you write your statement before you start your application, as the system times out after 1 hour and students have said they they run out of time because of writing their statement.
Here are some examples of the sorts of things you might say:
I love going out to listen to live music, I really like R&B as well as Drum and Bass. I play the guitar (a bit) and I would like to meet people who also play musical instruments. I am hoping to share with people who like to do lots of things.
I am a member of Amnesty International, I am especially interested in international affairs and I am very politically minded. I am planning on joining the Feminists Society and probably other societies too. I need a lot of sleep!
My perfect evening would be staying in with friends, getting a takeaway and a good film: rom-com rather than action films. I am very easy going and tolerant, my friends say I am easy to get along with. I hope to make good friends with my flatmates.
I am a quiet person and can't deal with too much going on. I like a quiet environment to concentrate on my studies. It would be good if I could share with someone who likes to play chess or other board games.
I can't tolerate mess! I like to cook but the kitchen needs to be clean, please don't put me with messy people. Classical music, especially opera, is my passion and it would be great to have someone to go to see shows with.
I am gay, it's not a big deal to me but I wouldn't want to be with people who thought it was. I like reading, and my favourite authors are Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller. I am sports-mad, especially football. I love playing and watching it and my team is Liverpool. I am hoping to join a 5-a-side team. I go running and like to be very active. I don't need much sleep.
How can I change my preferences, or something else, in my application?
Unfortunately, it is now too close to the application deadline for us to accept requests for changes to your application.
I want to share a room with a friend, how do I tell you about this?
Please give the name and student number of the student you wish to share with in the notes section of your application. They must do the same with your details in their application.
Please note: we cannot guarantee to meet your sharing preferences.
I won't be able to access the internet over the summer, what can I do?
A parent or guardian can apply on your behalf as long as you have given them your consent to do so, and they have your name, date of birth and University of Bristol student number.
Make sure they have all the information they need - including your list of preferred residences - before you leave.
Additional requirements
I will be under 18 when I start at Bristol, will this affect my accommodation?
Students who will be under 18 when their studies start can apply for any of our undergraduate residences, apart from New Bridewell.
I have a disability, health need or other special requirement for my accommodation
Put details of your disability or ill-health, special requirements and anything you need in your accommodation, in the space provided on your online application form. We will contact you for further details. Our disability and health section provides examples of the information we may need.
Can I apply for accommodation if I am intercalating at Bristol?
Intercalating students are guaranteed an offer of accommodation subject to the normal conditions of our accommodation guarantee. You will be able to apply online, the form you will use will be separate from our main undergraduate application and can be found on our intercalating page.
What options do you have for mature students?
Mature students can apply for any of our undergraduate residences. If you would prefer to live with other mature students you can apply for Orchard Heights, Riverside, Winkwork House and Hiatt Baker which will have flats exclusive to mature students.
If you are 21-years-old or over and wish to share with other mature students, you should indicate this on the accommodation application form and select from these residences as your preferences.
What does alcohol-free flats available mean?
The University offers some alcohol-free flats to undergraduates in a small number of our residences. When living in an alcohol-free accommodation you, or your guests, are not permitted to drink alcohol within the flat. However, you can store alcohol in your room and drink alcohol outside the flat.
Find out more about our alcohol-free accommodation and view residences with alcohol-free flats available.
What does single-sex flats available mean?
The University offers single-sex accommodation in a number of its residences. Sometimes students in a residence will be housed in single-sex flats or in rooms on single-sex corridors.
Students living in single-sex accommodation can have visitors or guests of the opposite gender in their accommodation. University staff or contractors of either gender may enter the accommodation from time to time; you will be given notice of this in advance. Over 90 per cent of students who apply for single-sex accommodation are international, therefore most of our single-sex flats will consist entirely of international students.
Find out more about our single sex accommodation and view residences with single sex flats available.
Can catered halls cater for specialist diets or food allergies?
We can meet most dietary requirements including vegetarian, nut allergies, intolerances, gluten-fee, lactose-free, and diabetic. However we are unable to cater for every dietary need and in particular strict Kosher diets. Please see the catered information for further details.
Residences and rooms
What do your room types mean?
Standard – a single room in a flat sharing a bathroom (shower/toilet/basin) and kitchen with other students.
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Studio – a room with either a single or double bed, with your own bathroom (shower/toilet/basin) and small kitchen.
See choosing your accommodation for more information.
Can I visit the residences?
A limited amount of accommodation will be open on the main University open days. If you are not able to visit during our June and September open days, you can arrange your own visits with the residence you are interested in. Contact the Student Support Centre for the residence to arrange this, you can find their contact details on each residence page.
Which residence do you recommend?
We cannot recommend a residence as peoples' needs differ and our residences also vary. We will look at your preferences when we allocate you a residence, and then consider your personal statement when we allocate you a room.
Your website shows a range of rents for the same room types, why is that?
Rents will vary depending on the size and location of the room, location of the residence and the on-site facilities it offers. Find out how our accommodation fees are calculated.
What happens if I'm not happy with the room/residence I get offered?
Offers cannot be changed or cancelled when they are first made. We recommend that you accept your offer of accommodation so that you are guaranteed somewhere to live. Our transfers list will open after the first two weeks of term, is you are still unhappy with where you are living after that time, you can then apply for a transfer. New rooms starts to become available again after the first few weeks of term.
If you would like to talk to someone about your offer, please contact us.
I've been offered a temporary shared room, what does that mean?
We occasionally need to double up some rooms at the start of term. In 2017 a total of 150 students had to share a room at the very start of term. By the end of November, all students who wanted their own room had been moved. Some of these temporary sharers chose to stay sharing for the rest of the academic year.
If your offer is for a temporary share, please do keep an open mind. These temporary shares are very short-term, can be a great way to meet new people at University and, because you pay a reduced fee while sharing, it's a cost-saving option too.
What happens if I want to cancel my room after I move in?
Later in the academic year, after the waiting list period ends, you can cancel your accommodation but you will remain liable for the rent. No payments will be refunded until a replacement tenant is found. You could be charged a re-letting fee of up to £100.
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In 1965 three young Israeli Mossad agents think they have succeeded in a secret mission to kill a notorious Nazi war criminal. Yet 30 years later a man claims that he is that war criminal and one of the agents must get back into the game in order to learn the truth. -- Chris Kavan
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Chris Kavan 09/12/2015 (0 of 0 found this helpful)
Rating of 3/4
A riveting drama punctuated by an excellent cast. There are some slow spots, but overall the atmosphere is tense and the story - where a lie spans a 30-year period and leaves an indelible mark, is well told both in the past and present. The story is good - the characters better and the casting is top-notch. Overall, a political thriller that hits the mark.
mitchellyoung 08/19/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)
The inconsistent pacing of this film can be forgiven because of the powerhouse acting that portrays an intriguing story of truth and redemption. The film portrays an interesting era of history and does well at maintaining its slow burn plot and moralistic themes.
Rod 05/06/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)
Rating of 3.5/4
A failed mission to capture a surgeon murderer forced three individuals to lie about it. Now that they take credit of it for thirty years, they now have to deal with it- which happens differently for the three of them.
I was a bit hesitant watching this drama-thriller, but five minutes in, and I was hooked. Everything is a mystery on the most part of the film, but stellar acting by Helen Mirren showed story without saying everything. The story is incredibly written on every side: the mission; the drama back home; and even the fall-short romance between the three leads. Smooth drama-thriller production-wise, story-wise, and acting-wise.
sapien 04/10/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)
This movie has plot twists, character development, and some weird/gruesome doctor/patient scenes. All and all, a pretty good movie.
patjohnson76 02/15/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)
A strong thriller that's well-cast and written. 3 Israeli agents embark on a secret mission to capture and deliver a Nazi war criminal but things don't go as planned. The decisions the agents make turn out to affect the rest of their lives, as we rejoin their story many years later to see how what they've done has impacted their future. Good direction from John Madden and great turns from all of the cast members make this a good watch.
Daniel Corleone 01/01/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)
Rating of 2.5/4
Rachel Singer (Jessica Chastain) lands in East Berlin to meet fellow agents David Peretz (Sam Worthington) and Stefan Gold (Marton Csokas). Their mission is to detain Nazi war criminal Dieter Vogel (Jesper Christensen). He escapes and the three made a pact to keep it a secret that their mission failed. The characters were not revealed in detail so the plot tends to be confusing in the beginning. Score was applicable and artists give wonderful portrayals of their characters. Overall, The Debts story was plain; action was fast paced and well acted despite its complicated structure.
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Bhopal: A CBI team led by DIG Hemant
Priyadarshi on Monsday visited the residence of slain Madhya
Pradesh RTI activist Shehla Masood here and recreated the
sequence of events that led to her murder.
The team, which reached Masood`s house around 11 am
recreated the scene of the killing, which took place outside
her residence last month.
It examined the car in which Masood was shot dead and a
man was made to sit in the vehicle to find out the possible
angles from which she may have been shot.
Priyadarshi told reporters this was a murder which was
very challenging for the CBI as no clue or eyewitness has been
found in the case so far.
Members of the CBI team are holding discussions in
connection with the murder with her family, he said.
The DIG said some evidence has been found but it would
not be proper to disclose it at this point of time.
Asked how much time it would take to solve the case, the
officer said that it was not possible to give particular a
Masood was shot dead when she was going towards her car
outside her home in Koh-e-Fiza locality here on August 16.
The Madhya Pradesh government had sought a CBI probe into
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EUFF13 Review: Dinner with My Sisters (2011)
If you're a big fan of having your movies explained to you very, very carefully, be sure to check out the North American debut of Michael Hapeshis' 2011 film, Dinner with My Sisters. Set in Cyprus, a land filled with sunshine and expository dialogue, this movie follows Dr. Michael Kolovos (Andreas Karras) as he returns home after a 30 year absence. His reunion with his sisters is tempered by their coldness, which is made worse when they clash over the sale of their father's home. He can't believe that stern matron Maria (Popi Avraam), angsty prostitute Olga (Nadia Charalabous), and semi-clothed but mostly ignored Helen (Julietta Michael) would want to sell the house that their father designed and built before his death. He begins asking questions about his father's death and brings to light family secrets that his sisters have spent years hiding.
Fortunately, all it takes to uncover these family secrets is to ask the same question twice in a row, a technique so effective that Michael does not bother with too much else with his screen time, except smoking and staring ruefully into the distance. Fear not, that's all well-documented too, as are his flashbacks and dreams. When the film isn't occupied with these concerns, it can be found either attempting to hide the fact that every shot lasts way too long with needless camera movement, or attempting to establish mood and setting by lingering endlessly on picturesque details. All of this leaves very little time for you to get to know the characters through dialogue and interaction, so Hapeshis saves you the effort by having characters constantly explain their feelings and motivations. What a clever time-saving device!
With the movie's overall tone, Hapeshis seems to be going for the look and feel of a BBC production based on a piece of literary fiction, the only part of which he does justice to is how incredibly un-fun those are to watch. He really nails the humorless, self-importance of those productions. Like spot-on. Fortunately, he can only keep this up for about 50 of the 84 minutes, after which the movie finally–mercifully–descends into being genuinely terrible. Perhaps it didn't actually get worse and 50 minutes is all that one can take of stagey direction, wooden acting, and cliché-riddled writing before your critical faculties just collapse and it all becomes hilarious, but I know I found the last third of the movie quite funny. It features one of the least convincing fight scenes I have ever watched and some of the worst dialogue I've heard in a long time. Unfortunately, as an overall product, it's not bad enough to recommend on those grounds either.
Dinner with My Sisters screens on Friday, November 15, 2013 at 6:30 PM. To reserve your space for this free screening, visit the European Union Film Festival Toronto website.
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Water Is Cast In A Starring Role At Rain Bird's
Environmentally Focused Film Competition
AZUSA, CALIF. - (Oct 17, 2012) – The Intelligent Use of Water™ Film Competition (#iuowfilm) now in its fifth year of showcasing original short films that focus on the need for responsible water use, named two short films and their filmmakers as the winners of the 2012 competition earlier this evening.
Following a final screening event at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, in which six finalists and their films were viewed by judges and audience members, Isla Urbana by Greg Harriott of Brooklyn, NY was chosen by the judging panel as the $10,000 Jury Award winner and The Wash by Carla Dauden of Long Beach, CA was named winner of the $5,000 Audience Choice Award, as chosen by the evening's audience members.
Presented by Rain Bird, in partnership with North Coast Media, the screening event was hosted by Jack Hanna, director emeritus, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, and host of Jack Hanna's Into the Wild and Jack Hana's Wild Countdown television series. As a renowned environmental documentary filmmaker and animal expert, Hanna presided over the evening's events, including the showing of the finalists' films to a live audience and a panel of judges that included representatives from the media, film, entertainment and water management industries
Judging the 2012 film entries were Sandra Keats, Associate Producer of Last Call at The Oasis; Carl Bell, KNBC-TV Weathercaster; Sasha Perl-Raver, Syndicated Movie Reviewer and Blogger, Hollywood Bites; Rick Porras, Co-producer of The Lord of the Rings trilogy; Jane Griffin, President, The Groundwater Foundation; and Seth Jones, Editor-in-Chief, Golfdom Magazine.
"All finalists should be congratulated for their outstanding film submissions that we hope will not only extend awareness of this important issue but also continue to encourage the important discussion of ways to better manage and efficiently utilize earth's most precious resource," said Dave Johnson, Rain Bird's Corporate Marketing Director. "Rain Bird's Intelligent Use of Water platform was built so that filmmakers like these finalists would have an influential platform to address the world's water challenges and in doing so, inspire others to take action in their own way."
Now in its 5th year of providing a platform to actively raise awareness of the need for water conservation, Rain Bird's Intelligent Use of Water Film Competition encourages filmmakers to use the power of film to creatively explore methods and ideas that responsibly manage and use the earth's most precious resource.
More information on the competition is available at www.IUOWFILM.com.
Follow @RainBirdCorp and visit Rain Bird's Facebook page to share thoughts and ideas with other filmmakers.
Headquartered in Azusa, Calif., Rain Bird Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services. From simple beginnings in 1933, Rain Bird now offers the industry's broadest range of irrigation products for farms, golf courses, sports arenas, commercial developments and homes, available in more than 130 countries. Rain Bird has been awarded over 450 patents worldwide, including the first in 1935 for the impact sprinkler. Rain Bird's philosophy called The Intelligent Use of Water ® is about using water wisely. Its commitment extends beyond products to education, training and services for the industry and the community. Rain Bird maintains state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities around the world. http://www.rainbird.com
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THREE MEMBERS of Leeds Rhinos' Grand Final-winning team will feature in Friday's Lazenby Cup tie at city rivals Hunslet Hawks.
Jimmy Keinhorst – who can operate effectively in the backrow – has been named in the centres, Mitch Garbutt will start at prop and Josh Walters, who scored the crucial try in last October's victory over Wigan Warriors, is included at loose-forward.
Mitch Achurch, who was in the team which won last year's Challenge Cup final, will start in the second-row.
Other first-team squad members set to play in the annual pre-season derby are full-back Ashton Golding, winger Ash Handley, scrum-half Jordan Lilley and prop Jordan Baldwinson.
The rest of the 20-man squad is made up of academy players, including 17-year-olds Josh Jordan-Roberts, Cameron Smith and Mikolaj Oledski, who have stepped straight out of Leeds' scholarship and have yet to make an appearance for the under-19s.
Rhinos have been training at the Stanningley amateur club after their own facilities at Kirkstall were damaged in the Boxing Day flood.
Leeds Rhinos' team is: Ashton Golding, Ash Handley, Tommy Brierley, Jimmy Keinhorst, Ryan Jones, Joe Sanderson, Jordan Lilley, Mitch Garbutt, Ben Brady, Jordan Baldwinson, Mitch Achurch, Josh Jordan-Roberts, Josh Walters. Subs Jack Wray, Nyle Flynn, Jack Norfolk, Cameron Smith, Sam Hallas, Mikolaj Oledski, Nathan Barker.


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Just like the title says can't seem to get my scalp clean. Within 1 day of washing it is itching and starts to get oily. I wash every 3-4 days using vicki's liquid tea tree shampoo. I have started to try ACV rinces/soaks before washing, but have only done that once so may need more time to work. I wear hats a lot which may contribute to it. I have thought about using a scalp brush like this
but not sure if it would help. The one week I had a great scalp was after swimming ini a chlorinated pool, for 5 days after my scalp was awsome. I may just need to go to the pool every week lol.


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Kalyan likely to consult his party on joining BJP
Former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh, whose re-entry into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is widely anticipated, has convened a meeting of the office bearers of his Jan Kranti Party on October 5 to consult his partymen on the issue.lucknow Updated: Sep 28, 2012 11:44 IST
The suspense is building. Amidst the 'will-he, won't-he' speculations in the saffron camp, former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh, whose re-entry into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is widely anticipated, has convened a meeting of the office bearers of his Jan Kranti Party on October 5 to consult his partymen on the issue.
The saffron brigade appears willing to embrace their estranged mascot, who twice headed a BJP government in UP before being forced out of the party following differences with former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
"Both the RSS and the BJP are keen to reinduct Kalyanji into the saffron fold. Kalyan Singhji would be meeting several partymen on October 5. We hear that he would also be meeting some key leaders on October 4 as well. If all goes well, his re-entry could happen anytime after that," a source in the saffron camp said. Earlier, while talking to HT on phone, Kalyan had confirmed his decision to convene a meeting of JKP office bearers though he had sought to delink it with talks of his return. This isn't the first time when talks of Kalyan's return have surfaced. Just before the UP assembly polls, the RSS had initiated several efforts to convince Kalyan to join the BJP. But, then Kalyan, apparently ruffled by statements made by some BJP leaders against him, had blocked all entry proposals.
"This time the chances appear really bright as both Kalyan Singhji as well as his anti-lobby in the BJP are taking adequate precautions against offending each other," a source said. "It is now or never. If the re-entry has to happen, it would happen this time. Else it may never happen," the source added. While national BJP chief Nitin Gadkari is believed to be keen on reinducting Kalyan, other senior leaders like former national chief Rajnath Singh, senior national vice president Kalraj Mishra, sadhvi Uma Bharti (who reportedly was among the initiators of the bring-Kalyan-back move) too have given their consent to the proposal.
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Japan's Toshiba is in talks with three parties, including U.S. engineering firm Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., to sell a portion of its stake in its nuclear power unit Westinghouse, according to media reports.
Toshiba CEO Norio Sasaki told Dow Jones Newswires in a interview on Thursday that the firm is in discussions to sell up to a 16 percent stake in Westinghouse, in which the Japanese company currently owns a 67 percent stake.
While the Japanese company is in talks with firms including Chicago Bridge and Iron on selling part of its Westinghouse stake, it intends to retain its place as the reactor builder's controlling shareholder, a Toshiba spokesman said, adding that nothing has been decided yet.
Toshiba is also set to buy back 20 percent of Westinghouse from Louisiana-based Shaw Group by January, bringing its total holdings to 87 percent, which analysts say is a burden on the Japanese firm.
Dow Jones said Toshiba has received proposals from two other firms to buy the 20 percent stake, citing Sasaki, including companies outside the U.S.
Chicago Bridge and Iron, which has agreed to acquire rival nuclear firm Shaw, is in the leading position to buy a stake in Westinghouse, Japanese wire service Jiji reported, without stating the size of the share.
Shares in Toshiba ended up 3.2 percent at 321 yen on Thursday, compared to a 0.9 percent rise on Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei average.
Shaw partnered with Toshiba and Japanese engineer IHI Corp. to buy Westinghouse from British Nuclear Fuels PLC for $5.4 billion in 2006. Toshiba later trimmed its stake to 67 percent after selling part of it to Kazakhstan's state-owned nuclear power company Kazatomprom.


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Following the internationally acclaimed Gold of Kings, Storm Syrrell returns in the compelling story of The Black Madonna.
Antiques expert Storm Syrrell heads to Europe to investigate the clandestine trade in religious artifacts. She dismisses superstitious tales of miraculous healings and divine omens. Yet when an obsessive Russian oligarch calls—just as her friend Harry Bennett vanishes—all assumptions must be cast aside. Storm seeks answers in a medieval monastery. There, the scarred visage of an icon provokes ever more startling questions. Is she prepared to confront both earthly and spiritual powers? Storm remains haunted by lessons in love and betrayal that lie just outside her grasp. But hesitation now holds mortal consequences.
"A smooth blend of romance, biblical history, archeology, and murder mystery. . . . With this adventure, Bunn should win another crown."


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Scientists and engineers are thrilled with results from NASA's beefy rover, Curiosity, which used its drill for the first time to make a clean, 2½-inch-deep hole in a Martian rock.That old carpenter's proverb, "Measure twice, cut once," is a mantra that the mission team for NASA's newest Mars rover is taking very much to heart. It's been six months since Curiosity landed on Mars inside Gale crater. But only on Friday, after a week of checks and test runs, did engineers command the beefy craft to drill deeply into a flat, vein-crossed rock on an outcrop of soft sediment.
Curiosity's drill ran for 400 seconds at 107 revolutions per minute. The resulting hole, 0.63 inch (1.6 cm) wide and 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) deep, created a doughnut of tailings distinctly lighter and more neutrally colored than the ruddy dust coating the rock's exterior. The team named the rock "John Klein" in memory of a former deputy project manager who died in 2011.As it spun, the drill head pushed rock powder along internal flutes and into small storage chambers. That dust will be sifted and sieved over the next few days and then analyzed to determine the composition of the rock's unweathered interior. Geochemists hope to find clay minerals and salts that were deposited long ago when the Martian environment was much warmer wetter than it is now.
Curiosity arrived at this patch of exposed bedrock in January, and the successful augering is the final checkoff in a series of equipment tests for the rover's complex systems and instruments that have been ongoing for months. Sampling of rock surfaces will be crucial to understand the evolution of the Martian environment once the rover eventually makes its way up among the layered deposits of Aeolis Mons ("Mount Sharp").


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Industry Players Reveal Their Favorite Finds in L.A.'s Koreatown
From Seth MacFarlane's karaoke spot to Demi Lovato's spa refuge, the area west of downtown is suddenly a hot scene for food, nightlife and those chauffeurs who drive you home (seriously).
Up-all-night, anything-goes Koreatown, where Los Angeles laws always seem a little looser, is ready for its zeitgeist-tapping close-up. On July 11, Electus chairman Ben Silverman's just-launched YouTube channel Loud debuted K-Town, a Jersey Shore-inspired series that follows a party-hardy group of eight Korean-Americans (yes, there's drink-throwing) in the glitzy, sometimes-gritty neighborhood between Hancock Park and downtown. The show's producers include former MTV executives Liz Gateley and Tony DiSanto, as well as Tyrese Gibson. "It's a really cool subculture that we haven't seen in mainstream media," says Silverman. Adds Gateley of the program, "Now you get to be a fly on the wall."
The 24/7 sensory overload of today's Koreatown -- from spas to clubs, barbecue to bibimbap -- has ramped up steadily during the past two decades, since the L.A. riots of 1992. But it began when South Koreans immigrated to the area in the 1970s during the reign of military strongman Park Chung-hee. The district, which now boasts the largest number of South Koreans outside of Seoul, originally was developed as a tony enclave for industrialists and entrepreneurs during the Roaring Twenties. Joseph Schenck, then-president of United Artists, lived in an Upper East Side-worthy 11-story apartment building on Wilshire Boulevard that he named The Talmadge after his actress wife, Norma Talmadge. Nearby Hollywood hangouts The Brown Derby and The Cocoanut Grove drew everyone from Mary Pickford and Rudolph Valentino to Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe.
These days, the industry is back, too, as The Hollywood Reporter learned when polling players -- including Fast Five director Justin Lin, Top Chef's Gail Simmons and Legendary Pictures' Alex Garcia -- for their favorite Koreatown finds, which go far beyond go-to restaurants like ChoSun Galbee and Park's. Since shooting his new show, that's no surprise to Gibson: "Nobody watches Jersey Shore and says, 'I want to go there.' As soon as people see this, they're going to say, 'I have to check this out!' "
3881 Wilshire Blvd.
Partisans of this Korean franchise import know to ask for their pies "gold" — that is, made with Yukon Gold sweet potatoes stuffed into the crust. "I find myself craving it," says Alex Garcia, senior vp creative affairs at Legendary Pictures.
3901 W. Olympic Blvd.
This Korean investigation into Northern Chinese cooking is famous for its spice rubs and meat skewered over charcoal. "They do bull penis and pig heart, but you can stick with chicken wings and quail and lamb," says The Simpsons writer Matt Selman.
721 S. Western Ave.
Formerly Le Prive, where Nicolas Cage famously met his wife, Alice Kim. Still one of the top neighborhood "booking clubs," popular in Korean culture, in which staffers act as aggressive wingmen by corralling patrons to talk to one another at tables they've purchased for the evening. "Always completely surreal," says John Orlando, director of digital development at Crackle and Sony Pictures Television. "Expect to drop hundreds of dollars on bottles of Crown Royal and fruit plates." Marvels Gibson, "I've never been exposed to this stuff before."
3500 W. 6th St.
You'll find Silverman belting out songs with friends in one of the many private rooms equipped with frenetic LED light displays.
3826 W. 6th St.
The cafe specializes in serious coffee (both Chemex and Syphon are available) as well as manifold iterations of shakes, juices and teas. "It's somewhere you can take someone to have a long conversation in peace," says Twilight saga actor Justin Chon.
621 S. Western Ave.
The ArcLight of Koreatown, it shows tentpoles like Prometheus in uncrowded opening-weekend luxury. "I think it's one of the best theaters in L.A. — if you're willing to put up with Korean subtitles," says Langley Park Pictures creative executive Aaron Schmidt.
3440 Wilshire Blvd.
Famed for the unofficial residency of Seth MacFarlane, who has made it a second home for his standards-singing career, the karaoke spot also has drawn Ben Stiller, Courteney Cox and Gersh agent Steve Gersh.
3136 W. 8th St.
This cult-favorite Korean BBQ hole-in-the-wall is popular with everyone from Dylan McDermott to Gail Simmons, who says, "It was introduced to me by James Oseland, my co-judge on Top Chef Masters, while shooting the second season of the show." Advises Fast Five director Justin Lin, "Get ready to have your clothes soak in all the flavor because you will smell like your meal for the rest of the day."
928 S. Western Ave.
Lin loves to hang out at the food court on the lower level of this mall because it has "the best steam buns and spicy shrimp dumplings."
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In the same strip mall as Hodori, this family-owned spot is venerated for its bibimbap, a Korean rice dish featuring a melange of sauteed vegetables, egg, meat and chili pepper paste. "Their version is their grandmother's recipe, and it's super-tasty," says JoAnn Cianciulli, a producer on Top Chef Masters and MasterChef.
1001 S. Vermont Ave.
"It's the place you go after the club to sober up before you go home," says James "Prohgress" Roh, a member of hip-hop act Far East Movement, of this Korean greasy spoon.
3198 ½ W. 7th St.
Opened in the '20s as The Windsor and still featuring the original red leather booths and gilt-framed paintings, this restaurant/bar has appeared in everything from Chinatown to Mad Men. Now it serves Korean fare with a rap soundtrack. Hipsters love the incongruity. "The staff can be legitimately rude to non-Koreans," says The Office writer Daniel Chun. "But for some, that makes it even cooler."
3240 Wilshire Blvd.
It boasts the standard array of massages and saunas, but Natura's known for its notoriously hardcore skin-sloughing body scrub. Says Barnstorm Pictures president of production Elaine Chin, "They wouldn't dare attack you that way in a Western spa!"
3317 W. 6th St.
Anthony Bourdain exposed this gem in the L.A. episode of his series The Layover that aired in January. "If you want to be adventuresome, Dan Sung Sa serves everything from chicken feet to beef intestines," says CAA agent Lisa Shotland. It's locally known for a unique art installation of locks hanging in front of a mural of James Dean and other icons.
3303 W. 6th St.
The centerpiece galbijjim, or steamed short-rib soup, draws serious devotees to this tiny home-style cooking haven. "The meat falls off the bone here," says producer Dan Lin (Sherlock Holmes, Gangster Squad). Adds producer Roy Lee (The Departed, The Ring): "It's my favorite. Anyone who eats meat, I challenge them not to like it."
2700 Wilshire Blvd.
Demi Lovato and Vanessa Hudgens -- as well as Johnny Depp and, yes, John Travolta -- elude the paparazzi and English-speaking fans alike at this highly under-the-radar spa complex at the far eastern edge of Koreatown.
PICKUP SERVICE: Feel free to drink and not worry about driving. The area is prized for its unique take on taxi service. The offer is just the driver: He meets you where you parked and shuttles you home in your own ride. (Someone then picks him up.) "I live on the Westside, and I use the service frequently," says Ted Kim, president and CEO of Asian-American multimedia company Mnet. "Just ask the staff at most bars and karaoke places, and they'll hook you up."
PARTY MUSIC: K-pop music -- South Korea's Internet-driven, hook-fueled melding of hip-hop, R&B, dance, techno and pop -- reached its U.S. crossover tipping point when one of the genre's top acts, Girls' Generation, performed its catchy English-language hit "The Boys" on Late Show With David Letterman in January. Koreatown's of-the-moment party soundtrack also includes K-pop singles by Super Junior ("Sexy, Free & Single'), 2NE1 ("I Love You"), Miss A ("Touch") and Wonder Girls ("Like Money").


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Viking Saga is a pulse-pounding literary historical action thriller, set in 793 AD, when Norway was ruled by many small kingdoms and folk still worshipped the old gods. Halfdan the Black -- a young fighter and beer-soaked poet, with a Norse father and African mother -- vows revenge for the killing of his king. Halfdan's fate leads him through actual historical events, such as the raid on England's Lindisfarne nunnery and the first Norse contacts with Christianity. This spare, cunningly ironic novel is set against a brutal backdrop of life in the "Dark Ages", and features violent action, a unique love-story, odd twists, cool humour, primitive poems and more. Well-researched and fast-moving.
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DEARBORN, Mich. -- Sport utility vehicles, minivans and pickups -- so-called light trucks -- pose serious safety problems to their occupants while increasing the risk for other drivers on the road, said auto industry regulators and engineers at a two-day conference that ended here yesterday.
Sport utility vehicles, which many Americans buy partly because they seem safer than cars in collisions between the two, roll over so often that their occupants are just as likely to die in an accident as car occupants, a prominent researcher said.
Most of these rollovers are caused by collisions with other vehicles, curbs and other objects, and not by swerving, two federal officials said.


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Maximising the use of land, strengthened protections for the Green Belt and a greater emphasis on converting planning permissions into homes are at the heart of new planning reforms launched by the Government to deliver the homes the country needs.
A major overhaul to the National Planning Policy Framework will provide a comprehensive approach for planners, developers and councils to build more homes, more quickly, in the places people want to live. Councils and developers will be required to work with community groups to ensure those affected by new developments will have a say on how they look and feel.
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How to return default(Type) in runtime – a TDD example in four unit tests
How to return default(Type) in runtime – a TDD example in four unit tests
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I've found this question while going over my old StackOverflow answers:
I'm using reflection to loop through a Type's properties and set certain types to their default. Now, I could do a switch on the type and set the default(Type) explicitly, but I'd rather do it in one line. Is there a programmatic equivalent of default?
I encourage you to read till the end before checking my answer – because I want to show you how this task can be solved using TDD (Test Driven Design).
[From Wikipedia]
Test #1 – handle null input
Let's write the first test – when null is passed return null:
[Test] public void GetDefault_PassNull_ReturnNull() { var result = DefaultCreator.GetDefault(null); Assert.That(result, Is.Null); }
Now all we need is to make the test pass and so implementing this requirement is as simple as can be:
public class DefaultCreator { public static object GetDefault(Type type); { return null; } }
Although this seems like cheating this is the way to create the design piece but piece, instead of creating it all upfront I hope that things would get clearer in the process just keep in mind that the worse case scenario is that we have a test that checks what happens if null is passed.
Test #2 – reference types
Next test - if T is an object default(T) will return null:
[Test] public void GetDefault_PassObject_ReturnNull() { var result = DefaultCreator.GetDefault(typeof(object)); Assert.That(result, Is.Null); }
Running the test shows a cool feature of test driven design – the test passes! and so right now we have a class that satisfies two out of three of our requirements.
Test #3 – primitives
All we need to implement now is how to behave when a value type is passed – and so we write another test:
[Test] public void GetDefault_PassInteger_Return0() { var result = DefaultCreator.GetDefault(typeof(int)); Assert.That(result, Is.EqualTo(0)); }
And write the simplest solution that makes it pass:
public class DefaultCreator { public static object GetDefault(Type type) { if (type == typeof(int)) { return 0; } return null; } }
So far so good but we're not done yet – after writing a few more tests for double, float and long refactoring brought this solution:
public class DefaultCreator { public static object GetDefault(Type type) { if (type.IsPrimitive) { return 0; } return null; } }
Test #4 – Structs
Still with me... good – what about a complex value type :
[Test] public void GetDefault_PassStruct_ReturnEmptyStruct() { var result = DefaultCreator.GetDefault(typeof(MyStruct)); Assert.That(result, Is.TypeOf<MyStruct>()); }
Now that we have a failing test – we can add functionality to fix it:
public class DefaultCreator { public static object GetDefault(Type type) { if (type.IsValueType) { return Activator.CreateInstance(type); } return null; } }
Run all of the tests and that's it – we have a class that mimics default(T) at run-time one step at a time.
The end
Of course I could have created this class without unit tests but I wanted to show a simple (but not too simple) example that shows how to use unit tests as a design tool.
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|Dabboo RatnaniArjun RampalPriyanka Chopra
You can?t buy it. You won?t be able to borrow it. Beg or steal seems the best option since Dabboo Ratnani?s seventh calendar is one collector?s item no Bollywood buff can do without. To be launched in a week?s time, the ace photographer?s 2006 calendar has 24 of the biggest names in tinsel town coming together on a desk near you.
From Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan to Kajol and Mallika Sherawat, Dabboo has framed every big name like they?ve never been seen before. ?I have never gone for just one theme for all the pictures,? Dabboo tells Metro. ?I believe if you have the same concept for all 24 pictures on your desk throughout the year, people would get tired to see them. At least I haven?t found such a strong theme to hold together so many stars.?
So what Dabboo has done is make each one of the 24 images as different as they get. ?All of them have different styles of photography, different make-up and styling and different concepts,? he says. ?They also look totally different from the way these stars look in magazines. We have done a lot of post-production and background work to the pictures so that each one has a story to tell.?
The prized image for this year?s calendar has been Aamir Khan, someone Dabboo has never worked with before. ?This is also the first time Aamir has ever done a photo shoot for a calendar,? he reveals. ?And he agreed to do it just for the concept. What we have done with the Aamir picture is make him look like a modern-day Robin Hood with all the bow-and-arrow accessories in place. I got fashion designer Arjun Khanna to do the styling. With so many people working with each other for the first time, the end product had to look new.?
For Amitabh Bachchan, Dabboo went for a paparazzi shot. ?I shot him in London, coming out of a hotel and getting into a black cab with lots of onlookers on the streets, some reading newspapers,? he recalls. ?Very, very candid. It took me all of five minutes and before I knew it, it was done.?
The Arjun Rampal picture wasn?t that easy, though, and that had nothing to do with the model-turned-actor. ?I wanted a set of crows flying in one particular angle to go with the way I have shot Arjun against the blank sky,? states Dabboo. ?But that turned out to be tougher than shooting any of the 24 stars. I just couldn?t get that particular angle to be added in post-production to Arjun?s image. In fact, I must have gone to seven or eight locations before I got what I wanted.?
No such problems with the Priyanka Chopra shot though, which Dabboo considers to be one of his favourites this year. ?It?s shot with her sitting at the steering inside a 1953 Dodge,? he reveals. ?Her entire look ? make-up and hairdo ? was kept very retro. Then we gave a sepia tone to it making it look like the 1960s. Even the street in the background had that very old French flavour.?
If it?s a Dabboo Ratnani collection, you can?t imagine Hrithik Roshan to look anything but special. And Duggu?s shot in Dabboo?s 2006 calendar doesn?t disappoint. ?I have again shot him bare-bodied like last year,? he says. ?This time, he has this belt of screws wrapped all around him and he has been shot in very dark lighting. It?s come out really well.?
But why take so much of effort ? it took Dabboo eight months to finish the whole thing ? for something that is not sponsored and would never be sold? ?It?s purely for the sake of art and, of course, my private collection of pictures,? the lensman explains. ?Also, by doing this every year, I feel I am evolving as a photographer. Everyone in the industry looks forward to the calendar. To me, it is priceless; you can?t assign a value to such a collection. I wouldn?t like to give away this privilege to someone else.?
So how does one get to lay his hands on this? A laugh later, Dabboo concludes: ?It?s only accessible to the people I know. It?s my New Year Gift to them.?