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Home Breaking News and Top Stories Scarlett Johansson Pregnant And Expecting First Child With Colin Jost
Scarlett Johansson Pregnant And Expecting First Child With Colin Jost
Scarlett Johansson Pregnant And Expecting First Child With Colin Jost. It would be safe to surmise superstar child season has shown up! In the first place, Nick Cannon was reputed to add his brood. Cardi B then, at that point, revealed that she is anticipating her subsequent kid, Bardi Baby No. 2. Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson are having their first kid together, as indicated by reports. There are a ton of children!
One insider informed the paper, "Scarlett is in reality due soon, and I know she and Colin are thrilled," while another expressed, "Scarlett is pregnant however has been keeping it exceptionally calm." She's been attempting to stay under the radar." Johansson's pregnancy was initially suspected in June when she neglected to show up on a few limited-time occasions for her new picture.
"She hasn't been doing numerous meetings or occasions to advance Black Widow, which is odd given that it is a huge Marvel/Disney delivery and she is both the entertainer and a chief maker," the source noted.
Scarlett Johansson & Colin Jost have some big news – they're expecting their first baby together!https://t.co/KLfq2R517i
— JustJared.com (@JustJared) July 7, 2021
The entertainer has begun doing limited-time appearances and meetings over Zoom rather than in-person commitment, most prominently on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on June 21. She likewise skirted a screening of Black Widow held by her co-star David Harbor in the Hamptons on Friday, which incorporated an after-party at Mariska Hargitay's house. Given that Johansson and Jost own a property in Montauk and are continuous guests there throughout the late spring, their nonappearance appears to be particularly odd. "Scarlett ordinarily spends her summers in Amagansett and Montauk, where she might be seen walking her canines on the seashore or purchasing coffee. But apparently, she is attempting to stay under the radar this late spring," a Hamptons source expressed.
This would be Johansson's subsequent youngster and Jost's first. With her ex Romain Dauriac, the entertainer has a six-year-old little girl named Rose. The couple met on the arrangement of Saturday Night Live in 2006, however, they didn't begin dating until May 2017, when they were captured kissing at a show after-party. They disclosed their relationship in December 2017, and after three years, in October 2020, they wedded in a "calm, private service" in Palisades, New York.
Delegates for Johansson and Jost didn't quickly react to the demand for input.
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/* eslint-disable no-param-reassign */
import Promise from 'bluebird';
import {FirebaseMessagingError} from 'firebase-admin/lib/utils/error';
import {RaixPushError} from '../common/pushError';
import {AppTokenUtil} from './appTokenUtil';
/*
A general purpose user CordovaPush
ios, android, mail, twitter?, facebook?, sms?, snailMail? :)
Phonegap generic :
https://github.com/phonegap-build/PushPlugin
*/
// getText / getBinary
const ERROR_ACTION = {
EMIT_ERROR: 'EMIT_ERROR',
RESEND_NOTIFICATION: 'RESEND_NOTIFICATION',
REMOVE_TOKEN: 'REMOVE_TOKEN'
};
Push.setBadge = function (/* id, count */) {
// throw new Error('Push.setBadge not implemented on the server');
};
Push.getBadgeNumber = function () {
return '1';
};
Push.FirebaseApps = {};
let isConfigured = false;
const defaults = {
sendInterval: 5000
};
let notificationId = 1;
Push.Configure = function (options, desktopAppsFirebaseConfigurations) {
const self = this;
let cfgOptions = _.extend(defaults, options);
// https://npmjs.org/package/apn
// After requesting the certificate from Apple, export your private key as
// a .p12 file anddownload the .cer file from the iOS Provisioning Portal.
// gateway.push.apple.com, port 2195
// gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com, port 2195
// Now, in the directory containing cert.cer and key.p12 execute the
// following commands to generate your .pem files:
// $ openssl x509 -in cert.cer -inform DER -outform PEM -out cert.pem
// $ openssl pkcs12 -in key.p12 -out key.pem -nodes
// Block multiple calls
if (isConfigured) {
console.warn('Push.Configure should only be called once.');
}
isConfigured = true;
// Add debug info
if (Push.debug) {
console.log('Push: Push.Configure', options);
}
// This function is called when a token is replaced on a device - normally
// this should not happen, but if it does we should take action on it
_replaceToken = function (currentToken, newToken) {
// console.log('Push: Replace token: ' + currentToken + ' -- ' + newToken);
// If the server gets a token event its passing in the current token and
// the new value - if new value is undefined this empty the token
self.emitState('token', currentToken, newToken);
};
// Rig the removeToken callback
_removeToken = function (token) {
console.log('Push: Remove token: ' + token);
// Invalidate the token
self.emitState('token', token, null);
};
if (Push.debug) {
console.log('Push: APN configured');
}
const useProductionCert = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
if (!useProductionCert) {
console.log('Push: This is being configured in development mode');
}
const vets = GlobalVets.find({
$or: [{disabled: {$exists: false}}, {disabled: false}],
useFirebaseForMessaging: true
}).fetch();
vets.forEach((vet) => {
Meteor.call('raix:configure-push-connections', vet._id);
});
if (desktopAppsFirebaseConfigurations && desktopAppsFirebaseConfigurations.length) {
desktopAppsFirebaseConfigurations.forEach(appConfig => {
Meteor.call('raix:configure-push-connections-from-config', appConfig);
});
}
// This interval will allow only one notification to be sent at a time, it
// will check for new notifications at every `options.sendInterval`
// (default interval is 15000 ms)
//
// It looks in notifications collection to see if theres any pending
// notifications, if so it will try to reserve the pending notification.
// If successfully reserved the send is started.
//
// If notification.query is type string, it's assumed to be a json string
// version of the query selector. Making it able to carry `$` properties in
// the mongo collection.
//
// Pr. default notifications are removed from the collection after send have
// completed. Setting `options.keepNotifications` will update and keep the
// notification eg. if needed for historical reasons.
//
// After the send have completed a "send" event will be emitted with a
// status object containing notification id and the send result object.
//
let isSendingNotification = false;
if (cfgOptions.sendInterval !== null && !(process.env.PUSH_NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED === true || process.env.PUSH_NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED === 'true')) {
// This will require index since we sort notifications by createdAt
Push.notifications._ensureIndex({createdAt: 1});
Meteor.setInterval(function () {
if (isSendingNotification) {
return;
}
// Set send fence
isSendingNotification = true;
// var countSent = 0;
const batchSize = cfgOptions.sendBatchSize || 100;
// Find notifications that are not being or already sent
const pendingNotifications = Push.notifications.find({
$and: [
// Message is not sent
{sent: {$ne: true}},
// And not being sent by other instances
{sending: {$ne: true}},
// And not queued for future
{$or: [{delayUntil: {$exists: false}}, {delayUntil: {$lte: new Date()}}]},
{useFirebaseForMessaging: true}
]
}, {
// Sort by priority and created date
sort: {priority: 1, createdAt: 1},
limit: batchSize
}).fetch();
pendingNotifications.forEach(function (notification) {
console.log('Push: Found notification, reserving...');
if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
console.log('Push: DEV environment - not sending the notification', notification);
return;
}
// Reserve notification
const reserved = Push.notifications.update({
$and: [
// Try to reserve the current notification
{_id: notification._id},
// Make sure no other instances have reserved it
{sending: {$ne: true}}
]
}, {
$set: {
// Try to reserve
sending: true
}
});
// Make sure we only handle notifications reserved by this
// instance
if (reserved) {
console.log('Push: Notification reserved, processing...');
// Check if query is set and is type String
if (notification.query && notification.query === '' + notification.query) {
try {
// The query is in string json format - we need to parse it
notification.query = JSON.parse(notification.query);
} catch (err) {
// Did the user tamper with this??
throw new Error('Push: Error while parsing query string, Error: ' + err.message);
}
}
// Send the notification
serverSend(notification)
.then(Meteor.bindEnvironment(result => {
let hasErrors = false;
result.forEach(function (item) {
if (!item.isFulfilled()) {
hasErrors = true;
handleFailedNotification(notification, item.reason());
}
});
if (!cfgOptions.keepNotifications) {
// Pr. Default we will remove notifications
Push.notifications.remove({_id: notification._id});
} else {
// Update the notification
Push.notifications.update({_id: notification._id}, {
$set: {
// Mark as sent
sent: true,
// Set the sent date
sentAt: new Date(),
// Not being sent anymore
sending: false,
success: !hasErrors
}
});
}
// Emit the send
self.emit('send', {
notification: notification._id,
result: result
});
}))
.catch(Meteor.bindEnvironment(e => {
console.log('Push: Error sending notification');
if (e instanceof Error) {
console.log(e.toString());
} else {
console.log(JSON.stringify(e));
}
handleSendNotificationException(notification, e);
}));
} // Else could not reserve
}); // EO forEach
// Remove the send fence
isSendingNotification = false;
}, cfgOptions.sendInterval || 5000); // Default every 15th sec
} else if (Push.debug) {
console.log('Push: Send server is disabled');
}
};
function serverSend(raixNotification) {
raixNotification = raixNotification || {};
let query;
// Check basic raixNotification
if (typeof raixNotification.from !== 'string') {
throw new Error('Push.send: option "from" not a string');
}
if (typeof raixNotification.title !== 'string' && typeof raixNotification.text !== 'string') {
throw new Error('Push.send: option "title" and "text" are not a string');
}
/**
* token is fcm token and tokens are array of fcm tokens
*/
if (raixNotification.token || raixNotification.tokens) {
// The user set one token or array of tokens
const tokenList = (raixNotification.token) ? [raixNotification.token] : raixNotification.tokens;
if (Push.debug) {
console.log('Push: Send message "' + raixNotification.title + '" via token(s)', tokenList);
}
query = {
$and: [
{appName: raixNotification.appIdentifier},
{fcmToken: {$in: tokenList}},
// And is not disabled
{enabled: {$ne: false}}
]
};
} else if (raixNotification.query) {
if (Push.debug) {
console.log('Push: Send message "' + raixNotification.title + '" via query', raixNotification.query);
}
query = {
$and: [
raixNotification.query, // query object
{appName: raixNotification.appIdentifier},
{enabled: {$ne: false}} // And is not disabled
]
};
}
if (query) {
// Convert to querySend and return status
return querySend(query, raixNotification);
} else if (raixNotification.topics) {
return topicsSend(raixNotification.topics, raixNotification);
} else {
throw new Error('Push.send: please set option "token"/"tokens" or "query"');
}
}
function querySend(query, raixNotification) {
console.log('Push: Sending notifications for query: ', JSON.stringify(query));
let firebasePromises = [];
let desktopAppId = raixNotification && raixNotification.isDesktop && raixNotification.desktopAppId || undefined;
let appTokens = AppTokenUtil.getAppTokensBasedOnQuery(query, desktopAppId);
appTokens.forEach(function (appToken) {
console.log('Push: Iterating...', appToken);
if (Push.debug) {
console.log('Push: send to token', appToken.fcmToken);
}
if (appToken.fcmToken) {
console.log('Push: appToken.fcmToken', 'passed');
firebasePromises.push(new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
fcmSingleMessage(appToken.fcmToken, raixNotification, appToken.platform)
.then(result => {
resolve(_.extend(result, {
tokenId: appToken._id,
platform: appToken.platform
}));
})
.catch(error => {
reject(error);
});
}));
} else {
firebasePromises.push(Promise.reject(new RaixPushError(
{
code: 'push/no-fcm-token',
message: `ERROR: PUSH.querySend - No fcm token: ${JSON.stringify(appToken)}`
},
`ERROR: PUSH.querySend - No fcm token: ${JSON.stringify(appToken)}`
)));
}
});
let allMessagesPromise = Promise.all(firebasePromises.map(function (promise) {
return promise.reflect();
}));
if (Push.debug) {
allMessagesPromise.then(result => {
let androidCnt = 0;
let iosCnt = 0;
let unknownCnt = 0;
let failedCnt = 0;
result.forEach(function (item) {
if (item.isFulfilled()) {
if (item.value().platform) {
androidCnt += /android/i.test(item.value().platform) ? 1 : 0;
iosCnt += /ios/i.test(item.value().platform) ? 1 : 0;
unknownCnt += (!item.value().platform) ? 1 : 0;
}
} else {
failedCnt++;
}
});
console.log(`Push: Sent message "${raixNotification.title}" to ${iosCnt} ios apps, ${androidCnt} android apps and ${unknownCnt} unknown apps. Failed to send ${failedCnt} messages`);
});
}
return allMessagesPromise;
}
function topicsSend(topics, raixNotification) {
let firebasePromises = [];
topics.forEach(function (topic) {
const fcmMessage = getFcmMessageForTopic(topic, raixNotification, raixNotification.topicsPlatform[topic]);
const appIdentifier = raixNotification.appIdentifier;
firebasePromises.push(sendFcmMessage(appIdentifier, fcmMessage));
});
return Promise.all(firebasePromises.map(function (promise) {
return promise.reflect();
}));
}
function fcmSingleMessage(userFcmToken, raixNotification, platform) {
// https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/admin/node/admin.messaging.Message
let fcmMessage = getFcmMessageForIndividualDevice(userFcmToken, raixNotification, platform);
const appIdentifier = raixNotification.appIdentifier;
return sendFcmMessage(appIdentifier, fcmMessage);
}
function sendFcmMessage(appIdentifier, fcmMessage) {
if (!Match.test(appIdentifier, String)) {
console.error('ERROR: PUSH.sendFCM - No appIdentifier found for notification: ', fcmMessage);
return Promise.reject(new RaixPushError(
{
code: 'push/no-app-identifier',
message: `ERROR: PUSH.sendFCM - No appIdentifier found for notification: ${JSON.stringify(fcmMessage)}`
},
`ERROR: PUSH.sendFCM - No appIdentifier found for notification: ${JSON.stringify(fcmMessage)}`,
fcmMessage
));
}
const firebaseApp = Push.FirebaseApps[appIdentifier];
if (!firebaseApp) {
console.error('ERROR: PUSH.sendFCM - No firebase app found for notification: ', fcmMessage);
return Promise.reject(new RaixPushError(
{
code: 'push/no-firebase-app-found',
message: `ERROR: PUSH.sendFCM - No firebase app found for notification: ${JSON.stringify(fcmMessage)}`
},
`ERROR: PUSH.sendFCM - No firebase app found for notification: ${JSON.stringify(fcmMessage)}`,
fcmMessage
));
}
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
try {
firebaseApp.messaging().send(fcmMessage)
.then(result => {
resolve(result);
})
.catch(reason => {
reject(_.extend(reason, {fcmMessage: fcmMessage}));
});
} catch (e) {
reject(_.extend(e, {fcmMessage: fcmMessage}));
}
});
}
function getFcmMessageForIndividualDevice(userFcmToken, raixNotification, platform) {
let fcmMessage = getFcmMessage(raixNotification, platform);
fcmMessage.token = userFcmToken;
return fcmMessage;
}
function getFcmMessageForTopic(topicName, raixNotification, platform) {
let fcmMessage = getFcmMessage(raixNotification, platform);
fcmMessage.topic = topicName;
return fcmMessage;
}
function cleanPayload(payload) {
let cleanedPayload = {};
Object.keys(payload).forEach(key => {
if (typeof payload[key] === 'string') {
cleanedPayload[key] = payload[key];
}
});
return cleanedPayload;
}
function getFcmMessage(raixNotification, platform) {
let platformLowercase = platform && platform.toLowerCase() || null;
if (platformLowercase === 'browser') {
return {
webpush: {
headers: {
Urgency: 'high'
}
},
data: {
...cleanPayload(raixNotification.payload),
notificationTitle: raixNotification.title,
notificationBody: raixNotification.text
}
};
} else if (platformLowercase === 'android') {
return {
android: {
priority: 'high'
},
data: {
title: raixNotification.title || '',
body: raixNotification.text || '',
...cleanPayload(raixNotification.payload),
soundname: raixNotification.gcm.sound,
icon: 'notification_icon',
color: '#a7cd45',
notId: `${notificationId++}`,
badge: '1'
}
};
} else {
return {
notification: {
title: raixNotification.title,
body: raixNotification.text
},
data: cleanPayload(raixNotification.payload),
apns: {
headers: {
'apns-expiration': moment.utc().add(30, 'days').unix().toString(),
'apns-priority': '10'
},
payload: {
aps: {
sound: raixNotification.apn.sound,
badge: Push.getBadgeNumber(raixNotification) || raixNotification.apn.badge || raixNotification.badge || '1'
}
}
}
};
}
}
function handleSendNotificationException(notification, error) {
emitError(notification, error);
resendEntireNotification(notification);
}
function resendEntireNotification(notification) {
if (!notification.failedCount || notification.failedCount < 5) {
let failedCount = (notification.failedCount) ? notification.failedCount + 1 : 1;
Push.notifications.update({_id: notification._id}, {
$set: {
sent: false,
sending: false,
failedCount: failedCount,
// eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-properties
delayUntil: moment().add(Math.pow(2, failedCount), 'minutes').toDate()
}
});
} else {
// Max retry count reached - deleting notification
Push.notifications.remove({_id: notification._id});
}
}
function handleFailedNotification(notification, reason) {
switch (classifyError(reason)) {
case ERROR_ACTION.RESEND_NOTIFICATION: {
resendFailedNotification(notification, reason.fcmMessage);
break;
}
case ERROR_ACTION.REMOVE_TOKEN: {
// TODO @mj remove token
break;
}
case ERROR_ACTION.EMIT_ERROR:
default: {
emitError(notification, reason);
}
}
}
function resendFailedNotification(notification, fcmMessage) {
if (!notification.failedCount || notification.failedCount < 5) {
let failedCount = (notification.failedCount) ? notification.failedCount + 1 : 1;
let clonedNotification = Object.assign({}, notification, {failedCount: failedCount});
delete clonedNotification.query;
delete clonedNotification.token;
delete clonedNotification.tokens;
delete clonedNotification.topics;
if (fcmMessage.token) {
clonedNotification.token = fcmMessage.token;
} else if (fcmMessage.topic) {
clonedNotification.topics = [fcmMessage.topic];
} else {
emitError(notification, new Error(`Unexpected fcmMessage: ${JSON.stringify(fcmMessage)}`));
return;
}
// eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-properties
clonedNotification.delayUntil = moment().add(Math.pow(2, failedCount), 'minutes').toDate();
Push.send(clonedNotification);
} else {
// Max retry count reached - deleting notification
Push.notifications.remove({_id: notification._id});
}
}
function classifyError(reason) {
if (reason instanceof RaixPushError) {
return ERROR_ACTION.EMIT_ERROR;
} else if (reason instanceof FirebaseMessagingError) {
if (reason.errorInfo && reason.errorInfo.code) {
switch (reason.errorInfo.code) {
case 'messaging/registration-token-not-registered': {
return ERROR_ACTION.REMOVE_TOKEN;
}
case 'messaging/message-rate-exceeded':
case 'messaging/device-message-rate-exceeded':
case 'messaging/topics-message-rate-exceeded':
case 'messaging/server-unavailable':
case 'messaging/internal-error': {
return ERROR_ACTION.RESEND_NOTIFICATION;
}
case 'messaging/invalid-argument':
case 'messaging/invalid-recipient':
case 'messaging/invalid-payload':
case 'messaging/invalid-data-payload-key':
case 'messaging/payload-size-limit-exceeded':
case 'messaging/invalid-options':
case 'messaging/invalid-registration-token':
case 'messaging/invalid-package-name':
case 'messaging/too-many-topics':
case 'messaging/invalid-apns-credentials':
case 'messaging/mismatched-credential':
case 'messaging/authentication-error':
case 'messaging/unknown-error':
default: {
return ERROR_ACTION.EMIT_ERROR;
}
}
} else {
return ERROR_ACTION.EMIT_ERROR;
}
} else {
return ERROR_ACTION.EMIT_ERROR;
}
}
function emitError(notification, error) {
Push.emit('errorSendingNotification', {notification, error});
}
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Apple recruits key talent to lead drive into mobile ad sales
Apple has made its first concerted move into the UK mobile advertising market as it seeks to take advantage of the burgeoning sector.
By Suzanne Bearne 3 Feb 2010 9:15 am
Theo Theodorou
The iPhone manufacturer has recruited two mobile ad industry heavyweights as it plans goes head to head with Google.
Apple has hired former Microsoft EMEA mobile advertising sales manager Theo Theodorou – who built Microsoft's mobile ad network in new territories – as head of sales EMEA at its recently acquired mobile ad network Quattro Wireless.
He joins from publisher Hachette Filipacchi, where he was appointed commercial director of digital sales in October (nma 5 October 2009).
Meanwhile, Todd Tran, previously MD of Group M-owned mobile marketing agency Joule and a mobile ad industry veteran, has joined Apple as general manager for Europe of the Apple mobile ad network.
The moves come as Apple increases its focus on attracting UK digital media talent. It has appointed Jonny Freeman, Honda's digital marketing manager, as EMEA digital advertising manager, while Simon Thompson, former Lastminute.com chief marketing officer, joined as EMEA general manager of Apple's online store in August.
Apple bought Quattro Wireless last month for a reported $275m (£171m) (nma 5 January). The acquisition followed Google's purchase of rival mobile ad network AdMob for $750m (£467m) last November.
It's likely Theodorou and Tran will take responsibility for building a network of publishers and advertisers across the mobile internet and apps.
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IPC TV mags partner with Sky Songs
IPC Connect's portfolio of TV magazines has teamed up with Sky Songs, Sky's new online music service, to offer free downloads to readers.
4 Feb 2010 8:27 am
Mobilise the people to shape your brand
Jo Roberts
The ability of personal recommendation online to sway purchasing decisions is well known, but some major brands are taking the concept of consumer influence a step further, harnessing its power to reposition brands, develop new products and broaden appeal.By Jo Roberts
2 Feb 2010 12:00 am
Unicef launches five-year push
Marketing Week
Unicef is launching "Put it Right," a five-year initiative with its first ever television campaign and supporting direct marketing activity to champion the rights of children across the globe. | {
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I'm Sue Connolly. I'm a sixth-grade teacher at Greenport School.
Greenport students filled the long tables in the cafeteria Friday, joining together with classmates to answer trivia questions and bounce balloons throughout the room.
Southold and Greenport students will perform Shakespeare's "The Tempest" at Southold School District's amphitheater tonight at 5 p.m.
Oysterponds Elementary School students in a scene from 'Aladdin' at Greenport School. The title role was played by Franklin Mastrangelo (second from right, seated).
CYNDI MURRAY PHOTO | Greenport school's business administrator Diana Duell said the district's reserve balance is rebounding.
Greenport School District is on its way toward putting away more funds in its reserves for rainy days, finally getting back to where it was five years ago after some lean years, the district's business administrator reported on Thursday night.
Diana Duell said at Thursday's school board meeting that while the district's reserves were one time considered "grossly underfunded," at the end of the last school year, it stood at nearly $1.2 million, up from $1.06 million at the end of the 2007-2008 school year.
"We are getting back to a good position," she said.
At its leanest, the district held under $400,000 in all of its reserve funds, which include reserves for workers' compensation, unemployment, and retirement. In its retirement reserve alone, the district spent about $225,000 of $300,000 available in the account in 2012-2013, when closer to $600,000 should have been available by state comptroller recommendations.
However, over the past two years alone, more than $800,000 in reserves have been stored away for future use.
Thursday night, the school board approved measures to put $546,000 back into various reserve accounts – including over $300,000 back into retirement reserves – well over the $206,000 that had been used the year before.
This school year, the district was able to stash away some more rainy day funds when it received some unexpected good news from Albany. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget had earmarked $1.12 million in state aid for the Greenport district for the 2013-14 school year, which would have been a 0.87 percent decrease over the current school year. But two months later, the state Legislature secured a 15.06 percent boost, totaling $1.3 million, eventually allowing the district to put away more funds.
Residents have previously passed a budget that has pierced the state tax levy cap as well, including a $14.9 million spending plan that carried a 6.86 percent hike to the tax levy in 2011-2012.
The district's 2013-14 $15.5 budget, which passed this spring, presented a roughly 3.75 percent spending increase from the previous year's plan.
Despite the progress, Ms. Duell wrote in an email that the district still has plenty of work to do in order to gain a secure financial footing.
"Although we are improving our financial position, the emphasis is we are still underfunded," she wrote.
A representative from R.S. Abrams, the accounting firm that completed an audit report for the district, will be on hand at the November board meeting. A copy of the audit was not immediately available.
GARRET MEADE FILE PHOTO | Three Greenport students (from left) — Nick Wallace, Justin Bracken and Bayron Rivas — during practice last March.
Greenport School District is receiving a helping hand from the community to restore its ailing track.
Since ending an agreement that allowed Greenport students to practice in Mattituck earlier this year, the district has been scrambling to come up with funds needed to prepare the school's track for competition.
In August, Greenport School District officials reached out to the community for help. And they got it, officials announced at Thursday's board meeting.
Southold School District, which doesn't currently have a track team, has chipped in $15,000 for the project, officials said.
"Southold really bailed us out on that," Superintendent Michael Comanda said after the meeting.
As part of the agreement, the two schools will create combined track teams this coming school year for boys and girls. The teams will compete in the spring track season, which starts in March. There will not be a winter track teams.
Local government, too, is sharing its resources to help with the reconstruction. Last week, the Greenport Village used its backhoe to dig out a sand pit for long jumps, Mr. Comanda said.
"It's a great example of community," he said.
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | A fire was reported at Greenport School Thursday.
An electrical fire sparked on the roof of Greenport School as students were leaving for dismissal Thursday, school and fire officials said.
Greenport Superintendent Michael Comanda said Friday two crossed electrical wires in a new junction box caused a surge that started the small fire on the roof. He said it happened during the "testing" of the electrical system and no damage was done to the solar system since it had not been hooked up.
Some black soot was visible on the side of the building and there was minor damage to the roof and electrical wiring, officials said.
The Greenport Fire Department received the emergency call shortly before at 3 p.m. and the fire was extinguished within 35 minutes, officials said.
No mutual aid was needed and no injuries were reported.
Mr. Comanda said Thursday he was grateful for the quick work of the fire department.
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There is a poem written by Linda Ellis called "The Dash". It's about a man who lost a friend and stands at his graveside contemplating the dates engraved on the tombstone. Looking at the date of his friend's year of birth and the year of his death, he believed that what mattered most were the years that happened in between — the dash of time that we spend on earth.
More and more, I see families taking the time to honor "the dash" in their loved one's life. The funeral service is still a gathering for people to grieve and comfort one another, but now it seems that part of that comfort includes celebrating the "dash" years. Some families do this with a simple photo montage, others bring in special mementos or hobby-related items.
As you choose how you wish to mourn, honor or celebrate your loved one, take a moment – even a private one – to recognize how they spent their dash of time on earth. Somewhere in those years, in some way, we all lived Great Lives.
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Smashing Pumpkins played 1st "reunion" show, covered Joy Divison with AFI's Davey Havok
By Andrew Sacher June 28, 2018 9:45 AM
The Troubadour. Los Angeles. 6/27 pic.twitter.com/k353rwd826
— Smashing Pumpkins (@SmashingPumpkin) June 28, 2018
The Smashing Pumpkins are set to properly begin their sorta-reunion tour (original members Billy Corgan, James Iha, and Jimmy Chamberlin included) in Arizona on July 12, but first they played an intimate warm up show at LA's Troubadour last night (6/27). They promised to focus on the first five albums and some covers at these shows, and that's just what they did, playing classics like "Hummer," "Siva," "Rhinoceros," "Bullet with Butterfly Wings," "Soma," "Zero," "Tonight, Tonight," "Today," "1979," and more. They also played their new song "Solara" (their first song with Corgan, Iha, and Chamberlin all in the mix in 18 years), and they covered Joy Division's "Transmission" with a guest appearance from AFI frontman Davey Havok. (According to Setlist.fm, "Cherub Rock" was on the written setlist but not played.) Oh, and don't worry, there was no "Stairway." Check out the setlist and more pictures from the show below.
The band's proper tour, which has Metric opening, includes a NYC show on August 1 at MSG.
The Troubadour. Los Angeles. 6/27 pic.twitter.com/Hmb7VUvbkB
The Troubadour. Los Angeles. 6/27 pic.twitter.com/TeuKKotInT
The Troubadour. Los Angeles. 6/27 pic.twitter.com/kdOc3X2AaK
The Troubadour. Los Angeles. 6/27 pic.twitter.com/dRavYzwafs
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
The Everlasting Gaze
Stand Inside Your Love
Porcelina of the Vast Oceans
Transmission (Joy Division cover) (with Davey Havok)
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Uluwatu Sunset Kecak Dance & Jimbaran Seafood Dinner
Denpasar, Indonesia
Roughly translating as clifftop, Uluwatu is renound for its striking clifftop temple, stunning coastline and crystal clear surf. The perfect location for romance and adventure, this experience allows you to see the best Uluwatu offers. Sumptuous seafood BBQ on Jimbaran Bay, famous for its giant prawns and tiger fish, dining under the glistening stars as waves gently crash into the rocks, majestically striking Kecak (Balinese) dancers, in dazzling traditional costumes, await in this experience.
Following a visit to one of Balis most spiritual temples 'Uluwatu Pura', you will experience the traditional striking Kecak Balinese dance performance, before feasting on a sumptuous seafood BBQ at Jimbaran Bay. Not to be missed this combines the ultimate must do's whilst in Bali.
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Il treno partiva alle ore 08:30 dalla stazione di Campo Di Marte, a Firenze. Appena la sera prima avevo salutato mio fratello e finito di sistemare lo zaino da 65L per l'avventura che mi stava aspettando. Ero "pronto". La notte era passata velocemente... come se non avessi dormito. Io, ed i miei genitori, arriviamo in stazione alle 8 puntuali, attraversando Firenze in uno dei pochi (e violenti) temporali estivi.
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Visit: Uluwatu Temple, Jl. Raya Uluwatu Southern part of Bali, Pecatu 80361 Indonesia
After hotel pickup by your guide, you're driven along the winding shoreline to Uluwatu Temple, located among the southern cliffs of the Bukit Peninsula, whose dramatic precipices rise almost 330 feet (100 meters) from the Indian Ocean. Majestically perched on the edge of a steep promontory, the small temple dates back to the 10th century and is counted among six temples most revered by the Balinese people.
Visit: Uluwatu Kecak & Fire Dance, Kawasan parkir Pura Uluwatu, Jl. Uluwatu, Pecatu, Kec. Kuta Sel., Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80361, Indonesia
With a beautiful ocean sunset as your backdrop, enjoy a kecak dance with traditional Balinese movements and chants performed in a circle around a blazing torch.
Visit: Jimbaran Bay, Jimbaran 80363 Indonesia
Afterward, continue on to an expansive beach in Jimbaran Bay for a delicious barbecue dinner. Dine under the stars as you're served a seafood platter including prawns, grilled fish, squid and clams, accompanied by rice, spinach and sambal (spicy Indonesian sauce).
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TripAdvisor's Customer Reviews
The culture show was so-so. They packed as many tourists as possible. People sat even on the floor because so crowded. There are fake security guys out there. Watch out for it. They looked for single attractive girl/woman and do selected search through their purse and backpack. Seafood dinner by the beach was excellent. Food is excellent. Even local music band going around table to table singing songs. You have to pay them. If you paid them too little, they'll tell you.
irinacostea
The Uluwatu temple is beautiful, the dance fire is really, really great, and the seafood...oh my, delicious!!!
Sharif A
Great Tour
We enjoyed a lot in the Cliff then the local show.
The dinner on the beach was remarkable and it was the best dinner we have .
very romantic and the sea food was incredible.
great experince
Stephen C
A fantastic experience, assisted by fabulous tour operators who were very informative
Maria M
The guide was excellent, gave plenty of local insight and took great care of us. Afterwards BBQ seafood dinner was super fresh and eaten right on the beach.
lesa.king
This was a really great time, Visit the temple, see the monkeys, see the show and then dinner on the beach! Just note that if you are a little claustrophobic, they pack you in there pretty tight for the Kecak Show. And it is just concrete seats so after a while your backside may go numb. Just an FYI. Also understand that pretty much all of the food that you are going to get in Bali will be seafood. but good fresh seafood
Loved this! Got picked up from our hotel in late afternoon, so got to Uluwatu with plenty of sunlight to see the beautiful cliffs down to the ocean, monkeys, all the tourists in sarongs, and wonderful walk all the way up to the top of the hill to the temple! Toured the temple grounds with our fantastic guide, Wiyasa. Then took our seats in the outdoor amphitheater to await the show and watch the sunset. Loved the Kecak show, the men chanting, the beautiful costumes, and the story that is depicted is so many Balinese sculptures and art. After the wonderful show, we went to the beach dinner. Toes in the sand, candles on the tables, we were treated to seafood platters and rice and fruit. Very nice, and a terrific setting. Fantastic 3-in-1 tour temple/show/dinner!! Highly recommend it!!
Was great night, the show is brillaint, the setting jaw dropping. One tip, get a seat early it fills up fast.
The dinner on the beach was great value as well. The seafood was fresh and cooked superbly, and the setting was spot on hearing and watching the small waves crashing on the beach.
All in all a great night, the guides and drivers were excellent and I would highly recommend doing the tour.
Tour guide and driver were very friendly and most accommodating and helpful when I wanted to practice my Bahasa Indonesian. Although we have been to Uluwatu many times, the Kecak dance on sunset was a highlight. Our first time seafood dinner at Jimbaran Bay was ok but from the menu it was clear to see that it is very over priced for what you got . This tour was a good way to find this out and as a result we are not likely to go back on our own . Thanks Tour East, good guides and a well paced tour
Sajid N
a very beautiful place at top of the hill amazing view.
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set decor for "huize horendol"
Together with a small team, we designed, built, painted and decorated a 9 meters wide and 3 meters tall set decor for a school musical. We attached and wallpapered 8 panels, installed a door and added an inventive panel "flip trick" to transform the bedroom scene into a kitchen scene. We also built a life size portrait frame for a girl to stand in. We painted the stairs, the door, and the kitchen cabinetry. The exposed brick, chandelier, picture frame and cooking range are painted on cardboard in my studio and attached on site.
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Q: How to add adjectives to "enthusiast" For description of a resume I wrote:
Diligent, research enthusiast and skillful programmer, with over 20 years experience in teaching, research and software development in the areas of Natural Language Processing, Information Systems, Web applications.
I would like to know if "research enthusiast" is a correct combination or I should phrase it something else.
A: "Research enthusiast" is someone who is enthusiastic about research. Similarly, a football enthusiast is someone who is very interested in football, or spends a lot of time playing it. Therefore, your phrase "research enthusiast" is a correct combination. It can be modified by an adjective like 'diligent'; but the comma should be omitted after the adjective : "Diligent research enthusiast and..."
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An Lushan and Imperial Guardsman – Blandford Warriors Episodes 8 & 9
June 20, 2018 January 6, 2019 Curis 13 Comments an lushan, Ancients, blandford warriors, china, citadel, foundry, Historicals, imperial chinese, medieval, rebellion
If you're into your medieval history you WILL NOT have heard of these models. That's cos they're not medieval at all. Welcome to my next two classic Citadel Miniatures from the range based on the 1987 Medieval Warlords book.
An Lushan and Imperial Guardsman on the lower reaches of the Yellow River.
So, I have beef with An Lushan being classified as "Medieval" as it's a specifically European term for a historical period, and China ain't Europe. Calling An Lushan a Medieval Warlord is like calling Richard the Lionheart an Imperial Chinese Warlord. I imagine the publishers had a shortlist of even less suitable titles for the book.
"Okay, sod it, we'll go with Medieval Warlords."
With the historian's pedantry out of the way, who are these two Medie… classic Citadel Miniatures?
An Lushan
An Lushan was possibly Mongol. Possibly Turkish. Possibly Liverpudlian (going off the model's uncanny resemblence to Ringo Starr). What we can definitely say is he wasn't Han Chinese as he was allowed to rise to power as a regional military governor in 8th century China when policy was to keep these powerful posts away from the capital's politicians to prevent rebellion.
"In the town where I was born, lived a man who sailed to sea."
However, in 755, An Lushan's previously amazing relationship with Tang Dynasty soured. He marched on the heartland cities and declared himself emperor of his own brand new dynasty. This was the An Lushan Rebellion, which was one of the bloodiest wars of all time – the Tang Empire was bigger than even the Roman Empire at its height, and the scale of slaughter as cities were toppled and populations massacred reached perhaps into the tens of millions. Fascinatingly, the rebellion seems to have been sparked not by lofty political ideals, or a popular dissatisfaction with the ruling elite, but by a concern (or possibly paranoia) that the Tang Dynasty's Chief Minister was personally out to get An Lushan.
An Lushan pursues a Khitan Mongol beyond the Great Wall on the north-east Chinese border, 735.
The Tang Emperor fled as the rebels stormed city after city. But as An Lushan's paranoia increased and his health worsened, he became a vulnerability and was assassinated by his own son (a surprisingly common fate in Imperial China). The Tang Dynasty was severely weakened by the uprising, and it marked the beginning of the end for China's golden age of civilisation.
But who had opposed An Lushan? It was…
Imperial Guardsmen
By the time of the An Lushan Rebellion, the Tang military was split between militia on the Empire's frontiers (which made up the bulk of An Lushan's forces), and the Imperial Guard who were permanently garrisoned at the capital city and the Imperial palaces. However, as with Ancient Rome's Praetorian Guard, an elite fighting force concentrated at the seat of Imperial power could lead to violent coups.
Yang Guifei – the Emperor's consort – and the Imperial Guard prepare to leave Ch'ang-an before the army of An Lushan, 756.
The Imperial Guard certainly proved wilful during Emperor Xuanzong's time – as they escorted Yang Guifei (the Emperor's favourite consort) away from the rebels' pillaging of the capital city they blamed her personally for their military misfortunes and demanded her immediate death. Needing to keep his elite guard on side, the Emperor consented and Yang Guifei was strangled.
Imperial Guard circa 736.
I've freehanded floral patterns onto the Imperial Guard's decorated leather armour to match the Angus McBride colour plates from the book. I enjoyed painting the stubble – all you've got to do for the five o'clock shadow look is shade and highlight the skin as normal then glaze the manly areas with a warm mid-grey (for example Skavenblight Dinge).
Blandford Warriors Assemble!
So that's nine of the twelve Blandford Warriors painted. I'm enjoying the tour around history and the opportunity to dabble with different periods without having to collect dozens upon dozens of figures for gaming.
Left to right: Jan Žižka, Bucellarius of Majorian, Betrand du Guesclin, Taborite Infantryman, An Lushan, Sir John Chandos, Imperial Guardsmen, Teutonic Knight and Alan Horseman.
I'm looking forward to working on the final trio of Blandford Warriors to complete this historical wargaming project!
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13 thoughts on "An Lushan and Imperial Guardsman – Blandford Warriors Episodes 8 & 9"
Paul Shorten
Beautiful detail work on these.
The milky jade coloured elements on the guardsman set the scheme off very nicely.
CurisPost author
Thanks Paul! It's one the boons of following an established scheme is you mix up colours you don't normally paint and learn new recipees. It stops you doing the normal "Oh, it's a spear staff, I'll use my regular brown".
Captain Crooks
Dat freehand. Dem colours. I'm liking these guys a lot. I wish you would make a whole army of them, many thousands strong.
Cheers Crooksy! The part of my brain that's been conditioned by years of Games Workshop marketing keeps telling me the Imperial Guardsman's basic pose would make a unit of him very easy to build…
airbornegrove26
Those are great, but omg those title changes. LMAO
Thanks! I sorely wanted to make my point about about the miscalssification without it just devolving into a pedant's rant.
But we love pedantic rants–the more obscure and esoteric the topic the better. Great work on these though and interesting reading.
This post has it all. A history lesson, that beautiful freehand on the guards armor and a mini tutorial on stubble. I like it.
I think some step-by-steps on stubble is something that would make a lovely set of photos. I'll bear that in mind next time I paint a manly man chin.
Papafakis
"Stealth bombers of the 20th century" is a great name for a medieval character in an RPG setting. I would love to subject my fellow gamers to his jarring moniker every session ;)
Interesting history lesson Curry, and the mini's are, as always, much better than mine in every way.
Cool work brother :)
"Stealth Bombers of the 20th Century" sounds like the books you get in discount bookshop The Works over here. "Was £49.99 now £4.99".
Mr Saturday
Another fab pair of warriors in addition to some fascinating history.
The floral designs, patterning and details like the stubble catapult these onto another level. The nine all together are a very pleasing sight indeed.
Thanks! It's almost a shame that there's only one of these to paint as I've gotten the floral patterns down to a technique that would work really well painted across a regiment.
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At 4:30 a.m. April 12, 1861, Confederate Troops under General Pierre G.T. Beauregard began shelling Fort Sumter, an island garrison in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, held by Union troops under the command of Major Robert Anderson. Edmund Ruffin, a 65 year old Virginian serving as an honorary member of the South Carolina Palmetto Guards, allegedly was chosen to fire the first shot on Sumter because he was the oldest member. The firing on Fort Sumter was the first action of the War Between the States.
Nancy Douglas of Morrisville NY, who shares a common ancestor with Edmund Ruffin, will present information on her relative at 11:00 a.m. Saturday June 11 at the 19th Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend. A retired Morrisville State College physics and math professor, Douglas' hobbies now include local history and her family history. Raised in Arkansas, Douglas' family lore has it that Ruffin considered it an honor to have fired the first shot of the Civil War. Secessionist Ruffin had left Virginia because Virginia was not as quick as South Carolina to secede. Devastated by the Confederacy's loss of the war, and driven by his hatred of Yankees, Ruffin also may have fired the last shot of the war. Placing a pistol to his head he ended his life June 17, 1865.
Called the "Father of Soil Chemistry" because of his study of the soil depletion of tidewater farms, Edmund Ruffin had distinguished himself as an agriculturist. His success with crop rotation and using lime to raise the pH in peat bogs made significant differences in southern agriculture. Ruffin published The Farmer's Register. He also served in the Virginia legislature and was president of the Virginia State Agricultural Society. The public is encouraged to attend Douglas' family perspective on the famous relative.
Nancy Douglass of Morrisville, who shares a common ancestor with Edmund Ruffin (who fired the first shot of the Civil War) will present on her relative at 11:00 a.m. Saturday June 11 at the 19th Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend.
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Can a private limited company invest in partnership firm?
May 29, 2019 By Alexis Flynn Users' questions
Which entity Cannot be a partner in partnership firm?
Can a partnership firm can be treated as shareholder?
Can LLP issue shares to partners?
Which is better Pvt Ltd or partnership firm?
Can a company invest in a partnership?
Who Cannot become shareholder of a company?
Is partnership a legal entity?
Is partnership better than LLP?
How does an investment partnership work?
Yes. A company can invest in a partnership firm's business and for making investment it is not necessary for the company to become partner.
As per Section 4 of the Partnership Act, only the natural or artificial person can be the partner. Therefore, individuals and Companies can be the partner in partnership firm. A firm is not the person having a legal existence and therefore cannot as such become a partner in another partnership firm.
Hence, a partnership firm is neither a legal entity nor a person. The partners in a partnership firm may become joint shareholders of a company and their names can be entered into the register of shareholders. A firm can also become a shareholder of a company if the partnership firm is registered.
There can be no allotment of shares to public by LLP. Thus, it cannot issue shares to the general public or float them in the market. It is because of this reason, that it has no shareholders.
Owners of a partnership are liable for business debts and obligations. Private limited companies are owned by shareholders and managed by directors. They carry limited liability for business debts, which reduces personal risk.
No. This is because of the different ownership interests of a partnership and a company structure. Owners of a company are shareholders as they purchase their interest in the company by buying shares or stocks.
1972, a firm not being a person cannot be registered as a member of the Company. Such firm can be a member of section 8 company. In the case of partners, a firm as such cannot be registered as a member, but the partners in their individual names may be registered as joint holders of the shares.
1) A partnership firm is not a legal entity apart from the partners constituting it. It has limited identity for the purpose of tax law as per section 4 of the Partnership Act of 1932. 2) Partnership is a concurrent subject. Contracts of partnerships are included in the Entry no.
Due to higher compliances and transparency in operation, the credibility of LLP is higher and thus it eases the fund raising from financial institutions. Compared to partnership firms, other body corporates are having higher credibility and hence are less preferable.
Investment partnership refers to any form of business ownership wherein there would be at least 90% of all of its investments that are held in financial instruments like bonds, stocks futures and options and the predominant income that is derived (usually>90%) would go on to have such financial assets as the source.
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Allison Wonderland
9:10 pm 27 July 2011
I decided to start reading this last night. Unfortunately I read the entire thing on my Kindle app without stopping so when I finished the book I had a rather large headache! The story itself is very, very heavy for a short book. It covers drugs, drinking, incest, rape, self harm, suicide, pregnancy, sex, paedophillia, eating disorders, you get the idea. Allison first meets Jeremy outside of school and the effect it has is similar to a car crash. She quickly spirals into a pattern of drug taking, self harm and Bulimia. I think this is partly because she wants Jeremy's attention and partly because she knows she can - her parents never notice her. She just gets worse and worse throughout the book, I think she's always been depressed due to her parents but after meeting Jeremy it really hits her how much her parents don't care. Jeremy himself is a very messed up character. He messes Allison around a lot, saying he can't love her one moment and telling her he lives her the next day. He also is very short-tempered and easily jealous, he hates any guy talking to her. Zoey is on the same downward spiral that Jeremy is, she's very messed up but continues her schooling because she wants to get away from her hometown. Despite the heaviness of the story, I really enjoyed reading it (well, I read the entire thing in one go, so of course I did!). The situations that Allison finds herself in feel very realistic and the writing style is brilliant, not one I'd expect from an Indie author. I don't think I found one spelling mistake in any part if it. It's also very cheap too - just 70p for the eBook on the Amazon UK site. If you do choose to review it, please pop by Goodreads - I believe there's only one other review on there!
The Declaration is very English. I've noticed this a lot with English books, the environments in Dystopian books just seem so much smaller. With American Dystopian you get some pretty massive worlds and elaborate settings but with the English ones, there's usually a lot of walking around one building. In this book, around 3/4 of it is set in Grange Hall, where the Surplus kids are sent. Anna is a Surplus, an illegal child caught by the catches and sent to learn how to be Useful to the Legals - really old people who take a lot of drugs. She believes that she doesn't deserve to exist, that Mother Nature doesn't want her because she's a Surplus; but when Peter arrives her whole world is turned upside down as he shows her the truth of her world and they decide to escape. I didn't really like Anna at first but after a couple of chapters I understood her much better and grew to like her. Her diary entries are quite strange and her personality seems a little different in them but it was nice to see what she's thinking about the events that have just happened. I was surprised that she came across as quite selfish at times, particularly when it came to another Surplus named Sheila, who was a favourite character of mine. The narration shifts through different characters (although the main focus is Anna) and I think that helps the storyline in many different places. The ending was much better than I was expecting and I'm pretty interested to see what will happen in the net two booksof this trilogy. Hopefully the environments that the characters find themselves in will be much bigger and there'll be more action.
Family Life Science Fiction Fantasy & Magic
Although this sounds very stereotypical (a bunch of kids are attacked by Zombies) I was pretty excited to read it after reading many books about Vampires, Werewolves, Ghosts, Fallen Angels and Pretty Boy Zombies. In that order. In this, we meet Bobby (who's female, it took me a couple of chapters to find that out), she's just come back to England from America and is struggling to fit in. She goes on a class trip, stopping off at a local cafe and madness ensues! This is a great story, as long as you don't take it seriously. It's meant to be stupid. At least, I hope it is because if the Author wanted me screaming in terror, she'll be disappointed - I was laughing for a lot of it. I find it strangely hilarious that my favourite character in this was wearing a giant carrot costume, but that's the way this book goes! The four main characters - Bobby, Smitty, Alice and Peter - were all reat characters, particularly Smitty, whose deadpan humour and flirting had me giggling a lot. Bobby was a great character - I could sympathise with her and cheer when she kicked the guts out of the Zombies. Alice was your stereotypical blonde, worrying more about her Candy Couture handbag than the fact that all of her friends were dead. There was a couple of things that confused me - questions and suspicions that weren't quite answered. I like everything to be tied up neatly but I couldn't stp thinking about the unanswered questions last night. This is great read to pick up in September, whe it's published, especially if you're looking for a nice light read with plenty of humour - and zombies! You'll nevr look at carrot juice the same way again... not that you looked at it before.
A Season Of Transformation
I really enjoyed this story. I loved how defeating Maxdale wasn't overdone and the plot mainly focused on the teens relationships with each other. I also liked that they were all from different backgrounds and wouldn't have talked to each other if it hadn't have been for their powers but they then became really close friends. I was pretty sad when it ended and I'm still missing the characters now, particularly Bobbie. There were a couple of issues with this book. The main one being grammar. There was a distinct lack of commas when they were needed and the author really needs to work on third person narrative. It was a bit painful at times but the plot really made up for it. The main character in this Makenna, or Mak. When the book focuses on her it's in first person narrative but switches when showing a different characters point of view. I would have prefered a first person narrative for the other guys as well because apart from the grammar, it just felt weird. As I said earlier, I really liked the focus on the teens relationships. I loved Bonnie's character (although I cringed everytime I heard the word Gothic, as they're general just caled Goths) and I would have liked to have seen the story from her point of view a lot more. Makenna's relationship with her bitchy mother was interesting to read about, and pretty funny at times too!
When I started this book, I found it quite surreal. Lindsay dies but instead of going to Heaven like she's supposed to, she meets the guy who's supposed to be taking her there and they fall in love. I quite fell in love with him too, he was just perfect, all Scottish and manly. Not the best description I've ever given! When I say surreal, I mean surreal. I was thrown into this really bizarre world, which started out as a giant field, with this dead chick and a hot Scotsman. After this, they took me to various points in time - Paris and Scotland in the 1700's and Lindsay's time, visiting the Opera and (I think) a Sea World center. I was kinda blindly following them about, oohing at the battling Scots and falling asleep at the Opera (it's an Opera. I do not find these entertaining). Although I loved Aiden's character there were a few times when I wanted to slap him, particularly when he says that Lindsay is talking like a whore. I understood hi difficulties, being from a different time zone but it still made me mad at him! Lindsay's character is really likeable too and really heartbreaking at times. I really connected with her character and it felt like I understood what she was going through. This is an older YA book, there is sex in it, although not in detail. The romance is pretty heavy, so don't read it for the time travel bits. Also, God is a pretty big subject but it really works with the story. I definitely can't wait to read the sequel!
Flash Gold (a steampunk novella set in the Yukon) (The Flash Gold Chronicles)
I really enjoyed this book. Although it's a short story I really got into it, everything was well written and descriptive and I could imagine all of the scenes in my head. It's set in Yukon, in the Gold Rush era, a subject I'm pretty curious about. I particularly liked the addition of many Steampunk gadgets and contraptions, particularly the guard dogs! Kali's ambition is really inspriring and her character overall is really likeable. Her father died a while ago, leaving behind 'Flash Gold' which as far as I can tell, is basically gold fuel. Kali wants to win the dog sled race so she can get the hell out of Moose Hollow and actually make something of herself but first she has to win the race - with many enemies afoot. I also loved Kali and Cedar's relationship - it worked really well and I thought that they were really cute together. Despite her trust issues after already being betrayed by a past lover, I could see she was really starting to like Cedar and he looked after her. He's very handy with a gun! I would really like to read more adventures about these two and hopefully they'll get together too! I'm definitely very hopeful that I'll be able to read more about this story. No more has been written yet but I'm defnitely hopeful that something will be, as te end of the novel is left wide open for a sequel. Need anymore persuading to read this amazing steampunk story? It's rating on Goodreads is 4.21 - the highest I've ever seen a book rated on there.
I would usually watch a movie of this kind of idea - apocalyptic future where demons (no zombies here (I think), sorry zombie fans) have invaded and a kick ass chick with weapons, her brother his friend head to New Mexico to find a military base, making friends and enemies along the way. Abby is an awesome main character. She's tough, knows her guns but you know she's got the softer side of her too and she has quite motherly instincts towards Taya. I liked that she got on with things instead of expecting the guys to do everything for her. She's still grieving after the loss of her father and that shows in places through the book. I loved this book. It's quite a quick read and I devoured every page. I'm not hoping to be able to buy a physical copy and the sequel. The story is quite action packed but not rushed, it's nicely paced and Megan writing really works with it, no huge descriptions, straight to the point. There's lots of suspense too and I was reading frantically, wondering if Abby and her family would make it to their destination. The romance between Abby and Max is well written and really sweet but not heavy, it's more of a sub-plot in the book. I did find myself wondering if they would have dated if the demons hadn't of turned up, as in a situation like theirs, these things tend to happen. I'd like to think they did. I also really liked Taya's character. She's smart, knows how to look after herself but still shows her younger side, which is what Abby needs, as Abby's still a teenager herself. I think the trio really needed a tough little sister to look after (even if she insists she doesn't need looking after!) and she really fits the part, I love her. It would be awesome if in the next book there's a scene where Abby shows Taya how to clean guns and stuff. If you buy this book for any reason (and I hope you do!) at the very least buy it for the cover. This is a self published book and whoever created that amazing cover needs a pat on the back. I'm desperate to see it on my shelf!
I used run screaming from anything to do with Fae, unless Holly Black wrote it. I hadn't found anything that interested me, unless she wrote it. Until I read Need. Just to make this clear, whoever designed this cover needs to be slapped. It's one of the worst cover's I've ever seen and it really creeps me out. I love the story however so it's all good as long as I don't have to look at it too much. I love that Zara's a hippie. You don't get enough Hippie girls in books. Weres and Pixies after I've posted my Urgent Appeal letter! I love it. The plan didn't work out well but it was hilarious all the same. I cracked up when she started yelling about Were-Bunnies. I liked her character from the beginning which is unusual for me, I usually find them annoying at first. I think it was partly because she's a part of Amnesty International. I'm more of a Greenpeace girl myself. Saving sharks from becoming tuna and all that jazz. I actually liked the love interest! A certain blogger will love me for this. Usually I'm quite picky but Nick was a really good character and actually fit in with the story instead of just being there or having the story centred around him. I liked that his and Zara's relationship was there but not really full on and heavy like in other books. Usually I feel like I'm suffocating with it. When you start the book it might feel a little like Twilight but I didn't notice that until a review pointed it out. Sure, Zara's mom has packed her off to a small town but I honestly didn't notice any Twilight references as the plot is a lot stronger and the characters aren't cardboard. I found the Stephen King references fascinating (although one does wonder if there are any Vampires in his books? I think not). Of course, she's going to Maine so that's an obvious one. I also picked up the quote as soon as I saw it, which I wanted to pat myself on the back for. There's a few clichéd moments in this and moments where you go 'I knew it!' but that's to be expected after all. I'm curious to see how the plot develops in the next book as this could quite easily have been a stand-alone.
Plain Kate
There was only ever two books that made me cry - Before I Die by Jenny Downham and the Harry Potter book where Dumbledore dies. Now, there's a third. I'm not sure how to write a review that's fitting for a such an amazing book but heck, I'll try. Wood Angel is told like a fairy tale and I quickly fell in love with the writing. It's the sort of writing that I lose myself comepletely in and can imagine everthing so easily, it's almost as if I'm there. The story is either set in the past, or in a different world, or both (I'm guessing both), in a world that fears Witchcraft as well as accepting it. Witch burnings are a common thing for Kate, who is accused of being a Witch often, due to her beautiful carvings. Knowing she has to get away from the town where she grows up, she strikes a bargain with a man who will change her life forever. The Roamers were an interesting bunch and I wish Plain Kate could have stayed with them longer. I particularly liked Drina and Daj, who both warmed to Kate quickly and made her feel at home. Of course, my favourite character was Taggle, who's everything you expect a talking cat to be and more! He's the perfect companion for Kate, getting her out of quite a few scrapes - and getting her in them - all the while with his mind on food. That cat eats a lot. It was nice to escape for a while into this fantasy world, with no love triangles or messy relationships to worry about. Just a beautiful fairy tale about a girl, a talking cat and many adventures. And carving. Note: As much as I love you Chicken House, whoever chose the title and cover of this book needs a slap on the wrist. I don't find the cover appealing as it's not very original and I have no idea why the title is called Wood Angel. I actually thought I would end up reading about fairies when I started this. I will be buying Plain Kate, the US edition (with a beautiful cover) when I can!
Scatterheart
When I first saw this book, I knew I had to read it, just from seeing the cover alone. I wasn't disappointed - this extraordinary historical tale with a fairytale feel to it blew me away. I finished this in a few hours as I couldn't stop reading. Right from the start the book hooked me, by not letting me know how Hannah ended up in Newgate. Instead, it starts when Hannah is in Newgate, and starts to tell you how she ended up there, which was a great way to grab my attention and made me want to read more. After prison, Hannah is transported to New South Wales and a lot of pages (around 100, probably more) is dedicated to life on the ship, which I usually find boring. However, due to the people on the ship and the bizarre goings-on there, I wasn't bored at all! There's a lot of things in this book that are quite shocking, but I'm glad they're there, as they made the story feel more realistic. I loved that when Hannah was in London I felt as if I was in a fairytale world, which is what she saw it as. Then when the story moved onto the gaol and the ship, I felt as if I could really understand just how disgusting the accommodations where and how much Hannah went through. There's a lot of really strong characters in this, that really stand out. One in particular was Dr Ullathorne who was just repulsive and I spent a lot of time hoping for him to get his. I also loved Molly, the street child with a melted face. She was really sweet and kept Hannah going throughout the journey. Another favourite was Long Meg, who befriended Hannah back in Newgate and looks after her. Long Meg is a typical London girl, very ballsy and she's not afraid to speak her mind, which added a lot of comedy to the tale. Hannah herself was less likeable than the others, due to how she was brought up. She's a great character, she looks after Molly and she isn't afraid to stand for what's right but she has moments where she wants impossible things to be true and she can act quite spoilt too. I think the journey was quite good for her though, as she learnt a lot along the way.
Ultraviolet didn't appeal to me at first, I think it was mainly because of the cover, which I dislike. A couple of blogger friends recommended it to me, so I started reading it and I was immediately hooked. The writing in Ultraviolet is beautiful and works really well for the story. Alison can taste, feel and/or see the colours of various things - numbers, colours, emotions, sounds. I felt as if I could too due to the beautifully descriptive writing. The story isn't fast paced and most of it is spent in Ali's head, descovering the world behind the walls of the mental facility whilst trying to piece together her memory. I didn't mind this as Mental Asylums fascinate me. The action picks up a lot during the last 100 pages and it feels different too as there's different settings etc. After spending so long viewing the world inside the walls, being thrown into new environments felt as weird to me as it did to Ali. ''Dark chocolate, poured over with velvet: that was how his voice tasted. I wanted him to follow me around and narrate the rest of my life.'' Dr Faraday's character was certainly my favourite in this and he's pretty central to the plot. Plus he's hot. That helps. The other characters, although background, are pretty awesome too. You have Kirk, who latches into Ali as soon as she arrives in the new ward and helps her adjust, Sanjay, who believes in Aliens and thinks they're out to get him and Micheline, who's basically just pissed at everything. This book is definitely worth the read this year, especially if you like mysterious stories that keep you guessing right until the end and I'd defnitely say that this is one of my favourite reads this year.
Haunting Violet
This novel has a great gothic feel to it, set in the 1800's when the spiritualist craze was at a height. I loved that I found out some of the tricks that fake mediums used, although I'm not sure if they would have tied bellows to their daughter's legs but who knows? Maybe they would have done! The setting feels very realistic and I really did feel as if I was actually there, both in the grand country house and in the filthy London streets. Violet's character really appealed to me as she's not your usual sort of Victorian girl. Before her mother became famous through her faked seances Violet was lower class and she keeps that mentality throughout the book. Preferring to escape with a novel over sipping tea, she keeps away from the society that her mother craves, keeping only a couple of friends - Colin and Elizabeth. When she discovers her gift and meets Rowena for the first time, she chooses to hide it but still tries her best to find Rowena's murderer. I really liked Elizabeth' character in this, she's pretty vital to the plot in the sense that she reminds Violet to have fun and be a girl, and she's not afraid to go snooping throughout the house and ask people questions. Her infatuation with Frederic was really funny at times, although it was a shame he never seemed to notice her. Violet's mother, however, was defnitely a 'love-to-hate' character. She thinks higher of herself than she is, treats Violet like dirt and is constantly drinking. Later on she reveals her true nature and I hated her even more for it. Despite this, she was a vital addition to the story. Violet and Colin's relationship really added to the story and it was nice to read about her falling for a character that appears from the beginning of the book and relates to her, instead of falling for the first rich guy that notices her, like Xavier Trethewey, who I didn't like at all. Colin really cares for Violet and I really felt for him when he was obviously jealous of Xavier, although he had no need to be. The mystery surrounding Rowena's death is the main focus of the story and I think it was written very well, with lots of twists and turns, secret letters and stolen kisses... Guessing the murderer was quite difficult for me (I used to guess easily but lately I'm rubbish), I think I suspected everyone but the actual killer, who I only vaguely remembered when they were revealed. At times it reminded me of a Miss Marple TV show, with many characters and many different motives. I do love those shows. The cover I'm not too happy with. I liked it when I first received it but after reading this, I think I may try and buy the cover with the girl in the water as it makes more sense to me. I like the gothic feel to it but it just doesn't fit with the book in my opinion.
Infinite Days (Vampire Queen)
12:56 pm 5 July 2011
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Low Red Moon (Low Red Moon (Quality))
Although this followed a similar YA formula (girl's parents die, she meets a hot guy, madness ensues) I found I enjoyed this much, much more than other similar YA books. I think this was partly due to the writing style, which flowed really well, I quickly lost myself in it and also because of the plot, which concentrated mostly on Avery's parents deaths, instead of her boyfriend. There was plenty of romance but at appropriate times and it wasn't smothering the plot, which I really appreciated. I also loved the setting. There wasn't much said about the town, which was tony anyway but plenty of descriptions of the woods, making the plot mysterious and suspenseful. It was also a perfect setting for the wolves, although there were only ever two wolves mentioned in the entire story, a lot of the time they were just there as an idea, howling away in the distance. I love Avery's name. There needs to be more girls called Avery, it just isn't used enough! She was a great character and I could almost feel what she was feeling while she was trying desperately to remember what happened to her parents that night. I liked Ben's character too, who also has a dark past. His werewolf side isn't shown many times, it's more about his struggle to deal with that side of him while he's in love with Avery. Couple of extra things that don't affect the review: I received this from Bloomsbury and then spent about half an hour on Twitter complaining about it. Why? It smells really bad. Like sheep's lungs or something. I don't know who the printers are but someone needs to fix that. Also, I liked that there was a new colour other than your usual black: red. There two pages of an illustration of some trees, done in red and the chapter headers, page numbers and the word moon are all printed in red too! There's also a little drawing of a couple of trees at the bottom of the page, which I think is a nice touch.
Sleight: Book One of the AVRA-K
This was recommended to me by Cait (The Cait Files), so I bought it for my Kindle. I found it a little hard to get into but after a few chapters I liked Gemma more and more and connected with her better. I loved the idea that she lives in a travelling circus, I think that angle isn't done enough in YA books. There's a lot of swearing and violence in this, which I liked as it felt more realistic. The story has lots of twists and turns that you don't quite expect. Gemma gets kicked around quite a lot but her character is really strong and puts up with all of that, giving a few punches herself. Henry and Gemma complement each other perfectly and work really well together, although I'll admit that I was hoping they wouldn't get together at one point - I felt that they would work better together if they didn't. But as a couple they're just as cool. I think I liked the last 25% the most, where Gemma and Henry are on the run, it was full of action and suspense (who doesn't love a good chase scene?). I was on edge, wondering if they were about to be caught or not, if someone would recognise them. I think a lot of the story was just building up to that point. I think the sequel will be interesting as I believe it will be set in a different country, with (hopefully) some new characters too! I did find this quite long, I felt that it could have been shorter. As I read it as a Kindle edition, I'm not sure how many pages there actually were but it seemed to take me hours to get through it - which is great if you're looking for a long, relaxing read but for a blogger, I need to review other stuff too! | {
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Recently I spent a week writing on the west coast of Ireland.
One evening I drove three miles to the nearest pub and ordered pint a Guinness.
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Positive Focus » Easy Does It!
Do you ever wonder how some people do what they do? It's as if it's effortless for them while others struggle for the same results. When I think of the creators of the Internet and the realization that it's simply energy exchange, I am blown away. When I look at a skyscraper, I am in awe of the structure and those who designed and built it. When I think of the tonnage of planes and how they simply seem to glide across the sky, I am astonished with aviation talents. I love seeing the creativity in people when they follow their passion.
Everyone has unique talents that come so easily they appear innate and most likely are. These abilities are so easy for you that when someone applauds your gifts you often say "oh that was nothing or no problem". It's so easy to you that you often lose the awe and appreciation that you have for things that you find difficult to do. We take for granted things that come easily to us yet get frustrated over our challenges. I encourage you to appreciate your natural talents and take that feeling into the challenging moments and situations in your life.
Affirmation: I allow life to easily flow through gratitude and appreciation.
Others knowing they are doing the best they can at any given moment. Send them love and see the qualities/talents which come easily to them rather than the struggles/challenges they may be focusing on.
Yourself by appreciating all of your amazing talents from the smallest thing to the largest as when you live in a state of appreciation, gratitude, and love – everything comes easier to you.
Life and forgiving yourself and others you perceive holding you back from living your best life.
Mostly, my wish is for you to focus on joy rather than sadness, ease rather than struggle, abundance rather than lack, love rather than fear, and peace rather than conflict as when you shift your focus to love, peace, compassion, gratitude and appreciate, life becomes easy. | {
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I don't know how to change the one page menu, change items, where is that menu and how to add/delete items (pages) in it?
And where do i find the page "home". it's not in the pages list but it has content.
i run the; theme as a one page portfolio.
I'm at a total loss, it seems to be very easy for most people to work with the theme but for me it's absolute chinese.
the theme is not responsive?
1. Have you checked in Appearance > Menus?
2. Have you checked in Coalition > Template Builder?
3. Correct, the theme is not responsive. | {
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Now you can hit the farmer's market this summer in style with our canvas tote bag! This bag is perfect for carrying groceries and other goodies or can serve as a great bag for a laptop or creative supplies, all the while showing off your Southern pride!
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The AHIF Policy Journal
Published by the American Hellenic Institute Foundation
Volume 1, Summer 2009
Volume 2, Fall 2010
Volume 3, Winter 2011-2012
Volume 4, Winter 2012-13
Volume 5, Spring 2014
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AHIF Releases Spring 2017 Issue of Online Policy Journal
WASHINGTON, DC—The American Hellenic Institute Foundation (AHIF) is pleased to announce the release of its eighth volume of its policy journal. The online journal is available gratis at AHIF Policy Journal website, http://ahiworld.serverbox.net/AHIFpolicyjournal/.
The policy journal of the American Hellenic Institute is a forum for commentary and scholarship on issues of vital importance to Greek Americans. In his introduction to the current issue, Editor Dan Georgakas writes of the pressing foreign policy issues facing the United States, Greece, and Cyprus.
Georgakas states, "A new administration has arrived in Washington during a perilous time in the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey is rapidly moving toward a dictatorial government while simultaneously questioning legally established borders. The challenges remain: the intransigence of an authoritarian Turkey, the continuing refugee crisis, the political quagmires in Syria and Iraq, the possibility of a Kurdish state, the persecution of non-Muslims in much of the Arab world, and jihadists able to mount terrorist actions in the West as well as in the Middle East."
The issue's first section is titled, "The Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean." Six essays discuss the crisis from a variety of perspectives. The five essays that follow take on broader issues that concern Greek America. In the "Emerging Voices of Greek America" section, young scholars and activists discuss the refugee crisis in Greece, gay rights in Greece, and the Pontian and Armenian genocides. Our two book reviews address the economic crisis in Greece and the some of the roots of the Cyprus conflict. Here is a list of the articles.
The Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean
Setting the Record Straight on Turkey by Nick Larigakis
Turkey's Non-European Perspective by Karolos Gadis
On the Centenary of the Greek Genocide by Hannibal Travis
Turkish Aggression: U.S. Interests, and the Need for Stability in the Eastern Mediterranean by Constantine G. Hatzidimitriou
The Persecution of Christians in the Middle East by Alon Ben-Meir
The Forgotten Genocide of the Greeks of Asia Minor by George Mavropoulos
Feature Essays
Germany's Wartime Occupation Loan: A Legal View by Nicholas Karambelas
Setting the Record Straight on "Macedonia" by Georgea Polizos
From Plato to NATO: 2,500 Years of Democracy and The End of History by Despina Lalaki
Immigration of Jews from Ioannina to the United States by Marcia Haddad Ikonomopoulos
Defending and Advancing Hellenic Values and Interests by Leonidas Petrakis
Emerging Voices of Greek America
Greece's Other Crisis: The Rise of the Refugee Crisis and the Decline of European Political Unity by Michael Boosalis and Chris Kennard
Are All Greeks Really Equal Before the Law? by Ruth-Helen Vassilas
To Recognize or Not? The Politics of the Pontian and Armenian Genocides by Melina Dunham
James K. Galbraith, Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice: The Destruction of Greece and the Future of Europe Reviewed by Peter Bratsis
Constandinos, Andreas. The Cyprus Crisis: Examining the Role of the British and American Governments During 1974 Reviewed by Chris Deliso.
The AHIF Policy Journal invites authors to submit articles on recent policy and historical developments that affect U.S. relations with Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. Authors are encouraged to submit completed articles to Yola Pakhchanian via email at: [email protected]
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Great lamp, is the shade the original? It looks right.
I am not sure John but it suits it perfectly. I have a lot of problems trying to find lampshades that suit. There is a limited supply of interesting ones. I have 2 great (not matched) Archimede Seguso lamps but cannot find the right lampshade for them.
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Q: General expression/phrase for "less / greater than or equal to"? There is the expression / phrase "strict inequality" for mathematical expressions like -2 < 1 or 1/2 > - 1/2.
Is there an equivalent "short" expression where the equality is included in the relation? "Unstrict inequality" does not "feel" right.
"Inequality" seems too broad because it covers both cases: "less/greater than" " less/greater than or equal to".
A: $x\leq y$ is "$x$ is at most $y$".
$x\geq y$ is "$x$ is at least $y$".
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Qatar may be under economic siege but it pulled an ace from up its sleeve on 4 July by announcing that it will bolster liquid natural gas production by some 30 percent.
The move will secure Doha's position for years to come as the world's top exporter of LNG.
Naser Tamimi, a Qatari energy analyst, told MEE: "It is a very significant announcement as it will put huge pressure on the LNG projects underway in countries with higher extraction costs. It is also signals that Qatar is fighting for market share."
The announcement is also seen as a shot across the bows of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the leads in the embargo, that Qatar is not buckling under the pressure.
Roudi Baroudi, the chief executive of Energy & Environment Holding, an independent consultancy in Doha, said: "The bottom line is this was a business decision. If politics had an impact, it was in the timing: it's possible that the move was accelerated in order to signal the country's resolve and ensure that if the siege persists, more revenues will be available to help soften the blow."
Analysts have generally downplayed the timing of the announcement, which coincides with Doha rejecting the demands of Riyadh and its allies.
But the move clearly shows that, at a global level, Qatar wields power when it comes to LNG. Claudio Steuer, director of SyEnergy, a UK-based energy consultancy focused on natural gas and LNG value chains, said: "Qatar's timing is impeccable to exploit the weakness in the current US LNG business model, and pre-empt competition from Russia, Iran, East Africa and East Mediterranean."
Australia is scheduled to become the world's largest LNG supplier during the next two years, but it's anticipated that Qatar will then be back on top by 2022 once new production from its huge offshore North Field begins producing.
The US is also increasing its output and expected to become the world's third-largest LNG exporter by 2020, now that LNG export terminals have come online and the Trump administration is pushing energy exports.
Qatar's increase will ward off such competition, primarily due to lower extraction costs in the North Field and at its liquefaction facilities, especially when compared with fracking in the US.
This will enable Doha to gain market share in countries with rising LNG demand, particularly in Asia, currently the destination for two-thirds of its LNG exports.
"Despite the strong US propaganda, the current US LNG projects costs and business model are not competitive in the growing southeast Asian markets," said Steuer.
He said that as things stand, the high costs of American LNG extraction only becomes competitive at oil prices of more than $60 to $70 a barrel, which will limit the scale of the expected surge of LNG supplies from the US. By way of comparison, oil prices have ranged from $40 to $50 a barrel during the past year.
Trevor Sikorski, head of gas and carbon at Energy Aspects, says that US gas producers will need around $8 to $8.50 per million British Thermal Unit (BTU) - a standard unit used for gas - to cover their capital expenditure costs and enjoy a return on their investment.
The Qataris, he said, will want a similar figure to cover investment in their new liquefaction trains - the part of an LNG plant which reduces the volume of the gas by chilling it to liquid form.
"But US costs are a dollar or two higher than what Qatar pays. If it's a race to the bottom on prices, the US will lose."
But Qatar does face one risk: finding long-term buyers of its LNG to secure funding to underwrite the expansion.
Previous LNG projects were greenlit on the expectation of gas prices being double the current $5 to $6 per million BTU. Now, they're struggling.
Qatar has managed to launch out projects, like the RasGas Train 6 - one of 13 liquefaction trains operated by state-owned RasGas and Qatargas - without long-term buyers to guarantee capital expenditures, which eases financing conditions.
Instead it operated on a "merchant basis" that reassures financiers with forecasts of rising demand.
That gamble paid off for Qatar in 2009, when RasGas 6 came online. In 2011 it was given a further boost when it used spare capacity to meet a sudden demand in LNG from Japan after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
"They've taken that risk before and it worked well. If anyone can take that risk it is the Qataris," said Sikorski.
Riyadh and Abu Dhabi will not be able to use leverage with international oil companies (IOCs) to prevent investment in Qatar. Majors like Royal Dutch Shell, Total and ExxonMobil – already heavily involved in Qatar – have already signalled their neutrality in the GCC crisis.
"I do not see any major show stoppers for Qatar in wanting to ramp up production," said Steuer, "as all major oil and gas engineering and service providers would welcome the opportunity to secure new business in Qatar."
The LNG expansion strengthens Qatar's ties with major oil companies while signalling to buyers that Doha can keep taps turned on, despite the crisis.
"Above all else, Qatar Petroleum must be sure it can keep its customers supplied," said Baroudi. "And they're not taking that step alone: they have partnered with some genuine heavyweights of the industry."
A blow to Saudi Arabia?
Opinion is divided as to whether Qatar's announcement raises the regional stakes in the global shift away from oil to gas.
Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, which are not gas exporters, will struggle to match Doha's output.
LNG is considered a cleaner fuel than oil. Major economies such as China, India and South Korea have been moving from coal power plants to gas to reduce pollution.
Steuer said: "As gas is the only fossil fuel with sustainable long-term prospects for the next 25 years, this only reinforces the current tensions involving Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
"As oil demand and prices decline, the economic power is gradually shifting away from oil-rich nations to gas and LNG rich nations. This game changes the balance of political and economic power in the Middle East."
Oil prices are key to balancing the budgets of Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Each needs target prices of $90 and $60 per barrel respectively in 2017 to balance the books, according to the Institute of International Finance.
Asia is considered the battleground between Qatar and Saudi Arabia for energy exports.
"I think the Saudis will lose more than the Qataris, as the Qataris depend on gas and condensate more than oil, which is not their main export," said Tamimi. Oil accounts for around 50 percent of Saudi Arabia's GDP and 85 percent of its export earnings, according to OPEC.
In December 2016, Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as the world's largest oil producer. Moscow has also been expanding its market share in China, the world's largest oil importer and third-biggest LNG importer.
"Saudi Arabia used to have 20 percent share of the Chinese market, in 2011, but in the first five months of 2017 it's down to 11 percent," said Tamimi. "It will be difficult or maybe impossible to regain that."
But while Qatar's LNG increase is equivalent to around 10 percent of global LNG capacity, Sikorski thinks it is "a bit of a stretch" to say that gas will replace oil dependency.
"To me this is a case of, 'Look GCC, we [Qatar] are not dependent on you to make our economy work, we can expand our gas exports if you try to squeeze us, and we will continue to make a lot of money on that.' That was the message to me, rather than saying LNG is the future and oil is dead." | {
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Q: How to partition the states of a DFA having a dead state during minimisation of the same When we want to minimise a DFA,at first we partition the final and non-final states.Then we divide those states into several more partitions until all the states in each partition belong to the same equivalence class.Now my question is suppose we have a dead state in the dfa then should it go to the partition of non-final states or to a separate partition(containg only the dead state)?Also please tell me whether that dead state should be counted as one of the states in the minimised dfa?
A: The dead state goes into the set of non-final states, because it's not an accepting state.
You treat dead states just like any other (non-final) state during the minimization algorithm. When you're done, if your DFA needs a dead state at all, it should have a dead state as one of its states. If other states in the DFA have no paths to any accepting state, they're effectively dead and will be merged with the dead state during minimization.
Some regular languages require dead states, but the algorithms are "smart" enough to ensure that they're included.
Hope this helps!
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Den induktive-deduktive forskningsmetode blev først formuleret af Aristoteles og senere modificeret af bl.a. Francis Bacon, der især satte eksperimentet i centrum i den videnskabelige metode. Det er i dag en almindelig opfattelse, at Bacon overvurderede værdien af omhyggelige observationer og mekanisk dataindsamling på bekostning af hypoteser og fantasi i den videnskabelige proces. Karl Popper populariserede på baggrund af induktionsmetodens begrænsninger den hypotetisk-deduktive metode.
Litteratur
Aristotle (c.mid-4th century BC) Posterior Analytics (Analytica Posteriora). I: J. Barnes (ed.) Complete Works of Aristotle, vol. 1, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2 vols, 1984.
Bacon, F. (1620) Novum organum. London: Longmans; Genoptrykt i: T. Fowler (ed.) Bacon's Novum organum. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1888; Oversat af P. Urbach and J. Gibson, Chicago, IL: Open Court, 1994
Whewell, W. (1840) The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences Founded upon their History. London: J.W. Parker, 2 vols
Eksterne links
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Francis Bacon: Induction
Wikipedia (Engelsk) om Bacons induktive metode
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Q: When do global sections of a $\mathcal{O}_X$-Module $\mathcal{F}$ that generate $\mathcal{F}_x$ also generate $\mathcal{F}$ in a neighborhood of $x$? Let $\newcommand{\m}{\mathcal}(X, \m{O}_X)$ be a ringed space, $\m{F}$ a $\m{O}_X$-Module and $x \in X$ a point. Now let $s_1, \dots, s_n \in \Gamma(X, \m{F})$ be such that $s_{1, x}, \dots, s_{n, x}$ generate $\m{F}_x$.
Under which conditions (e. g. $X$ (locally Noetherian) Scheme, $\m{F}$ (quasi-)Coherent) doest the above imply that there exists an open neighborhood $U$ of $x$ such that $s_1|_U, \dots, s_n|_U$ generate $\m{F}|_U$ ?
A: In the book Algebraic Geomtry 1 by Görtz, Wedhorn you'll find the following proposition on page $191$
Let $(X, \mathcal{O}_X)$ be a ringed space and let $\mathcal{F}$ be an $\mathcal{O}_X$-module of finite type. Let $x \in X$ be a point and let $s_i \in \Gamma(U,\mathcal{F})$ for $i =1,\dots,n$ be sections over some open neighborhood of $x$ such that the germs $(s_i)_x$ generate the stalk $\mathcal{F}_x$. Then there exists an open neighborhood $V \subseteq U$, such that the $s_i|_V$ generate $\mathcal{F}|_V$.
You also have this proposition on page $196$
Let $X$ be a locally noetherian scheme and let $\mathcal{F}$ be an $\mathcal{O}_{X}$-module. Then the following assertions are equivalent:
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*$\mathcal{F}$ is coherent
*$\mathcal{F}$ is of finite presentation
*$\mathcal{F}$ is of finite type and quasi-coherent.
On page $190$ they write if $X$ is a locally noetherian scheme, an $\mathcal{O}_{X}$-module is of finite type if and only if it is of finite presentation. So you might think that we don't need the extra condition in the above proposition. But this statement is false. As mentioned in the errata
In general, there are $\mathcal{O}_X$-modules of finite type that are not of finite presentation even over Noetherian schemes: take a quotient of $\mathcal{O}_X$ by a non-quasi coherent sheaf of ideals. It is true that a quasi-coherent $\mathcal{O}_{X}$-module of finite type over a Noetherian scheme is of finite presentation.
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This is my idea of a still life. See, I don't just paint portraits. One day I might paint a landscape as well.
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Thanks chipoosheet. That's the main reason I've moved to painting from photograph. You can capture the moment (or the emotion) and then get down to sticking some oily pigment on some cloth. | {
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Being Vegan, or at least trying to implement a vegan diet into your lifestyle, is something that at the moment, is incredibly 'in'. Although many people choose to adopt this choice of diet with the focus on preventing the exploitation of animals, in this day and age that is by no-means the only reason. The emotional attachment that we as human's form with animals is one of the key factors in the decision to stop eating animal based products. Although, with celebrities such as former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson publicly stating that turning vegan has been the key factor in turning his health around, it's no surprise that people are starting to clock on to the numerous health benefits that can be achieved by adapting to a Vegan diet.
In this article, we look at some of the top celebrities choosing to live a plant-based lifestyle and why.
Comedian and talk show host, Ellen Degeneres, is possibly one of the most vocal celebrities about her vegan lifestyle. Her blog, 'Going Vegan with Ellen', has been designed to help anyone looking for more information on how to start making changes to accommodate a vegan lifestyle. It also gives insight into the most common reasons that people choose to turn vegan, including health benefits, the reduction of your carbon footprint and, of course, the prevention of animals suffering on factory farms. With Degeneres' wife, Portia de Rossi, sharing the same diet, they have expressed ideas of plans to open a vegan restaurant together, although the potential opening date for this is currently unknown.
In November 2013, American singer and Disney Channel sensation, Ariana Grande announced via Twitter that she had decided to commit to an entirely vegan diet. In a recent interview with the Mirror, she explained that she loves animals more than she loves most people, but this was not the only reason for her recent choice. She stated that she truly believed that eating a full plant-based, whole-food diet could expand your life and make you into a much happier person, in general. Although giving up meat and cheese could have proved difficult for the singer, due to her Italian roots, she states in an interview that it hasn't been that hard, as she believes she consumed enough of those products growing up to last a life time.
After the death of her beloved pet dog Floyd in 2014, Miley Cyrus made the decision to go vegan. After a year of committing to the lifestyle, she decided to go public with it, claiming she was ready to be used as an example to others who are contemplating taking the leap. Recently posting a picture on her Instagram feed of her new tattoo, The Vegan Societies symbol, it's clear that Miley is out there setting the example for us all to follow, posting the image alongside the caption "vegan for life".
Liam Hemsworth, the Australian actor, best known for his romantic relationship with Miley Cyrus as well as his role as Gale Hawthorne in 'The Hunger Games', has also decided to commit to a vegan lifestyle. Crediting Hunger Games co-star, Woody Harrelson, for opening his mind to the benefits of the vegan diet, he decided to give animal products up in 2015. After gathering information from Harrelson, who has been vegan for over 30 years, he concluded that meat was something he could no longer consume. Recently before making the switch, Hemsworth had been to see a nutritionist, who after performing some in-depth blood tests stated that it would be a good idea to include more red meat in his diet. Taking the advice from the health and well-being professional on board, he decided to begin eating more red meat, only to discover that doing so made him feel much worse in his general health. Listening to what his body was telling him, combined with the information gathered from Harrelson, Hemsworth cut meat, and all other animal products out of his diet completely and noticed an immediate change in energy levels.
After around two years of being vegan, Stevie Wonder discusses eating a plant-based diet recently on the late show with James Corden. Although he claims to miss chicken, he "likes not eating meat" and is finding new food options every day! Claiming that he wants to do something about "the way we are living on this planet", Wonder has decided to start trying to make changes to make the planet greener and more sustainable for the children of the future.
PETA Ambassador, Russell Brand, made the decision to go vegan after he watched the documentary on Netflix, "Forks Over Knives". Discussing in detail how a plant-based diet can cleanse your system, leaving it disease free, the documentary leaves viewers with the idea that it is possible to cure chronic diseases and live a healthier future, by committing to a vegan lifestyle.
Olympic Gold Medalist and world-famous track runner, Carl Lewis, turned vegan in 1991 to prepare for his race at the World Championships. Lewis claims that he believes doing so resulted in him having the best race of his life. He decided to switch to a plant based diet following a meeting with a doctor and a nutritionist, who inspired him to change his diet. Cravings for meat and salt were a couple of the additional hurdles that Lewis came across, but combatted them by introducing substances such as lemon juice and lentils into his diet, consequently making it more enjoyable.
Living off a natural, plant-based diet can work miracles on the body if done correctly, but always keep in mind how important it is to have a healthy, balanced diet, with enough protein and healthy fats to keep your body functioning at its best.
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Ahh, new love. You've seen it in the movies, on television and amongst your friends — yet it seems so elusive.
Meeting the right person is part luck, but often an investment of time and money as well. There's no doubt sparks still fly at cafes and parties, yet many are turning to a variety of services for a little help. Dating websites and matchmaking services have become go-to resources for people looking for that perfect combination of attraction, intellectual chemistry and just-right caring and giving partner.
But getting help with finding a perfect match does not come cheaply. In honour of the US Valentines Day celebration of love and relationships observed every 14 February, BBC Capital spoke with a variety of experts on the cost of locating a mate.
Matchmakers and Dating Services
"Matchmakers are assistants for your love life," said Lisa Clampitt, president of the Matchmaking Institute and founder and president of New York-based social club VIP Life.
Those seeking love usually have a so-called 'wish list'. The challenge for matchmakers is to break down a client's shopping list into values. "That's the core of compatibility," said Rachel MacLynn, managing director at the Vida Consultancy in London. For instance, a client who wants a partner who climbed Mount Everest may be happy with someone with a sense of adventure.
Matchmakers must also combine wishes and values with other socioeconomic characteristics such as location, family, upbringing, education, career, lifestyle and relationship history. All this matching comes at a cost.
London-based Vida Consultancy makes about 10 introductions a year and charges between £9,000 ($14,700) and £50,000 ($81,690) depending on the required resources. Membership for men to VIP Life costs $15,000 for an unlimited number of dates in a year, while eligible women hoping to be matched can join for free. In Singapore, singles joining It's Just Lunch, a client-to-client agency, pay SGD$2,400 ($1,893) for at least 10 dates in a year.
"Life is moving very fast," said Maite Plimmer, international senior matchmaker at the Vida Consultancy in Zurich. "That's one of the problems in finding the right relationship — people have less patience today and we need to step back."
Before hiring a matchmaker, ask to see three potential matches, said Clampitt. Before signing, discuss the process, the number of introductions, the contract term and the matchmaker's history and success rate. Meet the person who will be matching you and ask whether they'll provide feedback.
Online dating offers a myriad of choices. This can be a blessing and a curse. While perusing hundreds of profiles might seem daunting, "online [dating] is an amazing resource to at least build up your confidence that there are people out there," said Clampitt.
Those who once placed newspaper ads to find a mate now have a variety of 'new economy' choices. Indian parents, for instance, are now turning to websites like Shaadi.com that cater to the global South Asian community. Shaadi.com prides itself on providing profiles that touch on values deemed vital for an arranged marriage. These include a person's background, education, community, family size, horoscopes, income, ancestral homes and photos.
For singles in the west, there are two types of websites. Some, such as eHarmony and Chemistry.com, require completing time-consuming questionnaires. Others, such as Match.com and OKCupid, allow users to search right away.
Meeting a partner online may require going on 100 dates, according to Siggy Flicker, a New York-based relationship expert and matchmaker. Success rates for matching websites are hard to determine, though many offer 'success statistics' to interested users.
No matter where they're based, most websites charge the equivalent of $15 per month — this is the cost of about five cups of coffee or one or two lunches in many urban areas. There are free websites, but they charge for specialised services such as custom search options or receipts that your messages were read. India-based Shaadi.com has assisted matchmaking to help screen profiles and make introductions at a cost of 19,000 rupee ($305) for three months.
Sometimes paying extra for a personal touch pays off in other ways. "They approach the other side and if they're not interested, they'll let you down gently and soften the blows of rejection," said Gourav Rakshit, chief operating officer of Shaadi.com in Mumbai. He said 10% to 15% of members use this upgraded service — mostly parents posting profiles for their children.
The Traditional Way
Even meeting your life partner the 'traditional way' can come at a cost. Dates are expensive and time consuming, so people the world over look for help. Indians can turn to Floh, a singles network where people can socialise at events like dinners, wine tastings, sailing excursions, shows and treasure hunts.
"People are investing time to figure out compatibility," said Rakshit.
The three-year-old professional singles network has about 1,000 members between 25 and 35 years old, most of whom have master's degrees. Joining Floh costs between INR7,500 ($120) for three months and INR15,000 ($240) for a 12-month membership.
"It's a very organic way of making friends and because they're single, they end up in relationships with each other," said Siddharth Mangharam, chief executive officer of Floh in Bangalore. To date, more than a dozen couples who met through Floh have married.
Still, many singles in the west prefer to find mates by pursuing hobbies and interests, rather than using a third party to arrange such activities.
"Put yourself out there until you find the right person — nothing is more important than finding love," said Flicker.
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List of the Tombstones with Symbolic Burial of Holocaust Victims Recorded in the Jewish Cemetery of Czestochowa.
Gustawa Niemiec, nee Szpigelman, died in 1924.
Murdered by the Nazis 1941-43.
Liberowicz Elda, Natalia, Leon Zbigniew, Marek Dr.
who were killed by the German murderes in martyrdom, in Czestechowa 1943.
Friedenberg Josef, Dorota, Feliks Maria.
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I am an applied climate scientist with the overarching goal of increasing climate resilience and sustainability in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
My recent research and interests focus on changes in the California hydrological cycle — particularly how snowpack, precipitation, and extreme events may change in the future, and the impacts of these changes on the region's water resources, energy security, and agricultural productivity. This work involves analyzing global climate models and conducting cutting-edge regional climate simulations using supercomputers.
Recognizing that we live in integrated physical and social systems, I am passionate about extending the results of regional climate simulations to practitioners, policy makers, and officials to guide decision-making and planning efforts across LA. I believe that the co-development of climate resilience solutions between scientists and stakeholders is necessary for mitigating and adapting to changing environmental conditions.
I obtained a PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from UCLA and a BS in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Before returning to UCLA in 2017, I spent two years at the RAND Corporation in their Washington, DC, office, where I served as Program Manager for the NOAA Mid-Atlantic RISA program. Although I am an east coast native, I happily enjoy living and working in sunny and vibrant LA.
New report on climate change in the Sierra Nevada shows need for human adaptation
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Ensuring the Sustainability of Los Angeles Water Management Under Climate Change
In Fall 2018, the UCLA IoES Center for Climate Science kicked off a new five-year project aimed at improving the sustainability of water management operations and planning in Los Angeles County. Our researchers will work closely with key water agencies to ensure that water resources managers take cutting-edge climate science into account.
Los Angeles Regional Climate Assessment
For more than a decade, the State of California has undertaken periodic scientific assessments with the goal of understanding future climate change impacts on the state. For the first three such assessments, released in 2006, 2009, and 2012, a portfolio of research projects investigated climate change impacts, and the assessment report described the results of...
The Future of Extreme Precipitation in California
Our researchers are investigating the effects of climate change on heavy precipitation events in the state. Specifically, we're focusing on atmospheric rivers, moisture-laden filaments of air that move across oceans and produce heavy precipitation when they make landfall. Understanding how atmospheric rivers are affected in a changing climate is key to smart water planning in the future.
Developing Metrics to Evaluate the Skill and Credibility of Downscaling
Within the climate science community, a variety of techniques are used to "downscale" information from global climate models and produce fine-scale projections of future climate, but the relative strengths and weaknesses of these techniques are not well-understood. In this project, we are comparing downscaling techniques and establishing best practices.
Anthropogenic Warming Impacts on Today's Sierra Nevada Snowpack and Flood Risk
X. Huang, A. Hall, and N. Berg
Published Work | 2018 | Geophysical Research Letters
Climate Change in the Sierra Nevada: California's Water Future
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Significant and inevitable end-of-21st-century advances in surface runoff timing in California's Sierra Nevada
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Anthropogenic Warming Impacts on California Snowpack During Drought
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Incorporating Snow Albedo Feedback Into Downscaled Temperature and Snow Cover Projections for California's Sierra Nevada
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21st-century snowfall and snowpack changes in the Southern California mountains
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Increased interannual precipitation extremes over California under climate change
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California winter precipitation change under global warming in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 ensemble
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El Niño–Southern Oscillation impacts on winter winds over Southern California
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Try to think/slove the following : 1. (a) Plot the following potential : φ = x 2 + y2 (b) Can this function φ represent an electrostatic potential in a charge-free region? 2. Let us take the following function: φ = ax2 + by2 (a) Under what condition can φ represent an electrostatic potential in a charge-free region? (b) Plot the function φ when it represents an electrostatic potential. (Believe me, you all see this surface everyday!!!) (c) If I keep a charge at the origin of φ , is it possible to maintain the charge in stable equilibrium? 3. (a) Plot the following function: f (x) = (x + 2)4 (b) For what value of x does this function attain its minima? (c) Now, apply the tools of calculus and find out the minima of f (x). The second derivative at the point of minima will become zero. So, the value of the second derivative fails to identify whether the point is maxima or a minima. Can you sense any pitfall? Note: the aim of this particular exercise is to make you aware of the fact that you 'll encounter a wrong proof of Earnshaw's theorem in many websites! If you can identify the pitfall, you 'll be able to easily separate out the correct proof from the wrong ones!! 4. Suppose, I want to solve Laplace's equation using the method of separation of variables for a structure which is infinite along z direction. Why is it written in the books that, as the structure is infinite along z, there is no z dependence of the solution? Try to reason this both: (a) physically (which is of course easy) and (b) mathematically. | {
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Assistant Professor at Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, linguist and sworn translator/interpreter, with specialization in legal translation and conference interpreting.
Agnieszka graduated from the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw in Poland, where she obtained her Ph.D. in historical phonology and discovered her present path. She has since completed two years of post-graduate training in conference interpretation, complimented with a few years of teaching experience acquired in Poland and England – places which may now lay claim both as her home, and to her heart.
Academically, her interests lie in two distinctly different disciplines; linguistics, dialectology and phonology, on the one hand; and jurislinguistics with contrastive studies, on the other. At the moment, Agnieszka's focuses are on comparison of various countries' legal systems, research related to legal entity differentiation, and insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings relative to Poland, Great Britain, the United States, Canada and Australia.
LingLex, a School of Legal English and translators' office that Agnieszka set up to teach lawyers and business persons, offers workshops on various aspects of Legal English and provides various Legal English courses. She currently also writes an original Legal English coursebook, which is slated to publish in the near future. Personally, she has always held that doing what one loves for a living means living without ever having to work. Agnieszka cites her great passions as linguistic study, languages in general, English in preference, and Legal English in particular; assurance that her work efforts are done with regard to what she most deeply identifies with.
Palatable Palatalization. A Story of Each, Much, Such, and Which in Middle English Dialects.
The concept of palatalization has always intrigued linguists trying to find a palatable explanation for one of the most influential processes in the English phonology. Having initiated in Old English, palatalization took Middle English by storm, introducing a variety of forms, some of which have survived well into our modern times. Contrary to the popular belief, however, the process itself was far from palatable, proving lack of consistency observed across different dialects of that period. The present monograph intends to show the true, both palatable and unpalatable, character of palatalization, examining its effects exerted on four high-frequency words: EACH, MUCH, SUCH and WHICH, all of which appear copiously in the texts of the Innsbruck Prose Corpus. The monograph thus aims to analyze the extent of phonological inhomogeneity from the point of view of lexical diffusion, which demonstrates the impossibility to establish any definitive dialectal boundaries underlining the existence of a [k]-dialect and, consequently, the everlasting idea of the north-south divide.
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Assistant Professor at Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, linguist and sworn translator/interpreter, with specialization in legal translation and conference interpreting. Agnieszka graduated from the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw in Poland, where she obtained her Ph.D. in historical phonology and discovered her present path. She has since completed two years of post-graduate training in conference interpretation, complimented with a few years of teaching experience acquired in Poland and England – places which may now lay claim both as her home, and to her heart…
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Dr. Aleksandra R. Knapik specializes in Contact Linguistics, Translation Studies, Rhetoric and Communication. Vice-Chair of the Committee for Philology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław Branch, she is also a founding member of the Polish Society for Human and Evolution Studies.
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My eye was caught by two news items in close succession. The first was about a law case being taken out in the United States against the makers of those fitness trackers you wear on your wrist. They're supposed to tell you how many steps you've taken today, what your heart rate is, and how far you still are from losing all that weight you said you'd lose. It's claimed that some of them are not as accurate as they might be, and that's going to be fought out in court.
The other item was about a gadget that looks very much like a fitness tracker, except that it monitors your bank balance. It gives you a warning when you're spending too much, and an electric shock when you go into overdraft. Ouch.
Now I confess I am not entirely impartial on this subject, because a few months ago I bought a fitness tracker. You see, there are times when I spend day after day sitting at a desk, and as the modern mantra goes: Sitting is the new smoking. It's bad for you. So I don't mind whether the thing is totally accurate. I just like the fact that it gives me a bad conscience when I haven't exercised enough. So I find myself walking a lot more these days, which is good for the soul as well as the body because when you walk you have time to enjoy the view.
As for the spending tracker, it too sounds as if it can give you a bad conscience to balance the dopamine rush you sometimes get when you spend money you don't have, to buy something you don't need, for the sake of a happiness that won't last.
But what really surprised me is the sudden realisation that these ultra-new devices are similar to something Jewish men have been wearing for three thousand years. We call them tefillin, phylacteries, leather straps with boxes containing biblical verses that we wear as armbands and headbands when we pray. They don't necessarily stop us doing wrong, but they do give us a bad conscience about it. They remind us of what, in the rush and pace of everyday, we can forget: how much we have to be grateful for, how much other people need our love, and how, even if no one else is looking, wrong is still wrong. So thank you to this new technology for reminding us of something very ancient indeed, that prayer, meditation and ritual are fitness trackers for the soul. | {
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31/08/2016 – WCA & COTA-RU pedition of RD75PQ to Severnaya Tower of Gostiny Dvor in Arkhangelsk!
– special station RD75PQ (devoted to the first arrival of allies' convoy "Dervish" to Arkhangelsk) will be active on the 31st of August from Severnaya Tower of Gostiny Dvor in Arkhangelsk, WCA: UA-00031, COTA-RU: C-131, RDA: AR-02. They plan to work on 7 Mhz and higher CW/SSB. Log will be uploaded to WCA E-LOG and COTA-RU E-Log. QSL via RN1ON. 73 & 11! [tnx info UA1OJL].
29-31/08/2016 – WCA & UCFA pedition of EM10UCF to Tumasch Fortress!
– special station EM10UCF (devoted to 10th anniversary of «Ukrainian Flora – Fauna» (UFF) and «Ukrainian Castles – Fortress» (UCF) award programs founded by Radioclub «Delta») will be active from the 29th till 31st of August from Tumasch Fortress, WCA: UR-00215, UCFA: KO-010 located in National Reserve Gorodishche Gorodok, UFF: UVFF-1185, URDA: KO-22, River Stugna, URA-048, QTH Loc KO50gd. QSL via UR7UT. 73 & 11! [tnx info UR7UT].
27/08/2016 – WCA & COTA-DL pedition of DL0HWI Team to several castles of Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern!
They are going to work mainly on low bands as DL0HWI/p by CW, SSB and Digital. QSL via bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info DL5AWI].
LZ2HT will be active from Krepost Tsepina, WCA: LZ-00023, BHS: PA-01. QRV about 06:00 UTC on the 20th of August on 15/20/30/40 meters PSK/CW and possibly SSB.
20/08/2016 — WCA & COTA-DL pedition of DB7MM/P to Burgruine Lichteneck!
– Michael DB7MM will be active on the 20th of August 2016 beginning 12:30 UTC from Burgruine Lichteneck, WCA: DL-04304, COTA-DL: BOB-076 located in Nature Park Oberer Bayerischer Wald, WWFF: DLFF-0097. QRG: 7.131, 14.251 +/- QRM (SSB). QSL via bureau. 73 &44 &11! [tnx info DB7MM].
19/08/2016 – WCA & COTA-RU pedition of AYAN DX TEAM to Fortress Aluston!
– operators of AYAN DX TEAM Alexandr RA7KW and Andrey R7KTA will be active on the 19th and 20th of August from Fortress Aluston, WCA: UA-00584, COTA-RU: C-777. They going to work on 7-28 MHz by CW and SSB as RA7KW/p and R7KTA/p. Logs will be uploaded to WCA E-LOG and COTA-RU E-Log. 73 & 11! [tnx info RA7KW].
14/08/2016 – WCA & CSA pedition of YT2KID/P to Ram and Lederata Fortresses!
– Dragan YT2KID will be active on the 14th of August 2016 from Ram Fortress, WCA/CSA: YU-00017 and Lederata Fortress, WCA/CSA: YU-00042, WAS: SB01. He plans to work as YT2KID/P only SSB. QSL via bureau. 73 & 11! [tnx info YT2KID].
13/08/2016 – WCA & DCI pedition of IZ1NJA to castles of province Genova !
– Church of San Michele a Candia Canavese, DAI/DASM: AM1521.
13/08/2016 — WCA & COTA-DL pedition of DO/PD0HWE/P and DL/PA3DLX/P to Burg Lahneck and Schloss Martinsburg!
– Hella PD0HWE and Fred PA3DLX will be active from the 13th till 28th of August 2016 from Burg Lahneck, WCA: DL-00955, COTA-DL: RPB-276 and also from Schloss Martinsburg, WCA: DL-00963, COTA-DL: RPB-284. They plan to work as DO/PD0HWE/P and DL/PA3DLX/P. QSL via Home Calls, bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info PA3DLX].
11/08/2016 – The 3000th award of WCA program has issued!
– The 3000th award of WCA program has issued in August 2016.
Thanks a lot for interest to WCA program and participation in expeditions.
11/08/2016 – WCA & DFCF pedition of F/DL1ASA/P to Fort de Sainte Marguerite !
– Tom DL1ASA will be active on the 11th of august 2016 from Fort de Sainte Marguerite, WCA: F-04270, DFCF: 83-045 located on Isla de Sainte Marguerite, IOTA: EU-058. He plans to work as F/DL1ASA/P on all bands. QSL via Home Call, bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info DL1ASA].
11/08/2016 – WCA & COTA-DL pedition of DK7JQ/P to Castle Laach and Castle Laacher Hof!
– Dietmar DK7JQ will be active on the 11th of August 2016 from 11:00 UTC from Castle Laach, WCA: DL-03562, COTA-DL: NRB-123 and Castle Laacher Hof, WCA: DL-04829, COTA-DL: NRB-127. He is going to work on 40 meters as DK7JQ/p. QSL via bureau or direct. 73 & 11! [tnx info DL1JKK].
11/08/2016 — WCA & COTA-DL pedition of DL0WCA/P to Castles Schwanenburg and Wasserschloss!
145,625 (repeater DB0ZH; FM). QSL via bureau. 73 & 11! [tnx info DL3BC].
09/08/2016 – WCA & COTA-OE pedition of OE/DL5AWI to castles Riegersburg and Luising!
– Gerhard DL5AWI after OE COTA-Meeting will be active on the 9th of August 2016 after around 12:00 UTC from Castle Riegersburg, WCA: OE-00185, COTA-OE: OE-60185 as OE6/DL5AWI and in the late evening as OE4/DL5AWI from Castle Luising, WCA: OE-01487, COTA-OE: OE-41487 also count as WWFF: OEFF-0291 Schachblumenwiese. RIG IC7300 30w and Outbacker and Akku 27A/h. QSL via bureau or direct. 73 & 44 & 11! [tnx info DL5AWI].
09/08/2016 – WCA & DCI pedition of IZ1NJA to castles of province Genova !
– Lighthouse Punta Vagno Genoa, WAIL: LI006 ITA151.
08/08/2016 – WCA & COTA-OE pedition of OE/HB9WFF/P to Burgruine Johannstein!
– Luciano HB9FBI and Augusto HB9TZA will be active on the 8th of August 2016 from Burgruine Johannstein, WCA: OE-00370, COTA-OE: OE-30370 located in Sparbach Nature Park, WWFF: OEFF-027. They plan to work as OE/HB9WFF/P on 40, 20 meters and maybe on 15 meters SSB from 08:00 till 11:00 UTC. QSL via bureau. 73 & 11! [tnx info HB9TZA].
07/08/2016 – New members of WCAG! | {
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Pasta is best eaten as a side – not a main dish. Especially if you're not doing a long run the next morning.
In Italy and in along the Mediterranean Coast in general, pasta is the staple food – so how do the Southern Europeans keep themselves toned and healthy? The answer is balance – their pasta servings are actually quite moderate and always served with fresh, seasonal vegetables and a meat or fish dish. It's not the main part of the meal!
So, if you're eating pasta, try to make it whole grain or buy it freshly made, and make sure you eat it as part of a balanced meal along with vegetables and protein.
In case you're wondering, in Italian, "Pasta i Basta" basically means: pasta and that's it! | {
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Justia › US Law › Case Law › Federal Courts › Courts of Appeals › D.C. Circuit › 1996 › Vanessa Armstrong, Appellant, v. Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training,inc., et al...
Vanessa Armstrong, Appellant, v. Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training,inc., et al., Appellees, 84 F.3d 1452 (D.C. Cir. 1996)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit - 84 F.3d 1452 (D.C. Cir. 1996)
Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, SILBERMAN, and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.
This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, on the briefs filed by the parties and the oral argument presented November 20, 1995. The court has determined that the issues presented occasion no need for an opinion. See D.C. Cir. Rule 36(b). It is
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the order filed on July 25, 1995, based on an earlier order filed on September 8, 1993, by the District Court dismissing appellant's claims for declaratory judgment against HEAF, the Secretary of Education, the Bank of America NT & SA, and the California Student Loan Finance Corporation be vacated, and the case remanded.
Appellant brought these claims before the District Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a), which permits a district court to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over claims outside of the district court's original jurisdiction if they are "so related to claims in the action within such original jurisdiction that they form part of the same case or controversy under Article III of the United States Constitution." 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a). If the district court should then dismiss all federal claims within its original jurisdiction in the case, however, 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c) grants that court the discretion also to dismiss any pendent claims.
In Jackson v. Culinary School of Washington, 27 F.3d 573 (D.C. Cir. 1994), vacated and remanded for further consideration, 115 S. Ct. 2573 (1995), on reconsideration, 59 F.3d 254 (D.C. Cir. 1995), we determined that parties similarly situated to appellant have no federal claim based on an alleged origination relationship. See Jackson, 27 F.3d at 582-86, as reinstated by Jackson, 59 F.3d at 255. In light of Jackson, the District Court dismissed a similar federal claim by appellant, and appellant now concedes that only pendent claims remain. In dismissing the appellant's origination claim, however, the District Court did not expressly exercise its discretion to maintain or decline jurisdiction over the pendent claims under 28 U.S.C. § 1367. Without some statement of the District Court regarding its discretion under that statute, we hesitate to review its decision on the merits, which may involve difficult matters of local law. Cf. Jackson, 59 F.3d at 256 (requesting district court to explain a decision to exercise its discretion when any "declaration of District of Columbia law ... [would] border [ ] dangerously on an advisory opinion."). We thus remand this matter to the District Court so that it may expressly consider whether it should exercise jurisdiction over these pendent claims.
If the District Court decides to exercise jurisdiction over these pendent claims, it should then give " 'explicit consideration to whether the case is appropriate for declaratory judgment.' " Id. The Supreme Court recently reiterated that the Declaratory Judgment Act "confers a discretion on the courts rather than an absolute right upon the litigant." Wilton v. Seven Falls Co., 115 S. Ct. 2137, 2143 (1995) (quoting Public Serv. Comm'n v. Wycoff Co., 344 U.S. 237, 241 (1952)). In light of Wilton 's emphasis on "the singular breadth of the district court's discretion to withhold declaratory judgment," Jackson, 59 F.3d at 256, we must also ask the District Court, if it decides to exercise jurisdiction, to explain why declaratory judgment is practical and prudent in this case.
If the District Court decides both to exercise jurisdiction over these pendent claims and to consider the possibility of declaratory relief, it should revisit the relevant issues, beginning with its determination of which state's law applies. See id. (implying that a choice-of-law provision in a student loan contract may supplant otherwise applicable law). After determining the appropriate state law, the District Court should consider whether that law is preempted by the Higher Education Act. If the relevant state law is not preempted, the District Court should review the application of that law to appellant's claims. Likewise, if the District Court determines that D.C. law applies, it should develop its interpretation of potentially relevant sections of D.C.'s Consumer Credit Protection Act.
The Clerk is directed to issue forthwith a certified copy of this order to the district court in lieu of formal mandate. | {
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At the 2008 Dragon*Con in Atlanta, a friend and I were crossing the street back to our hotel. About 20 yards just outside the main lobby doors, a young man had a young woman backed up against the wall and was yelling at her quite loudly as she cringed away from him. It was obvious to anybody going in or out of the lobby.
Did any of the three dozen or more con attendees who walked right by this couple stop before we got there? No. Did one of them go over to ask the young woman if she needed help? Not a one. As it was, we stopped and asked her, and the guy slunk away.
This got us to thinking (dangerous at best). Why didn't anybody else stop? Why did it take that many people walking by before somebody stepped up to say "Hey, do you need some help? Are you OK?"
It would be easy to say that fans either are too self-absorbed or they just don't care. But in talking to other fans out there, we got a very different answer. There is a sense that fans are afraid to get involved. That they worry about if they have the right to step in if they are not "official."
So why not find a way for fans to give back to that fandom they so dearly love and embrace? In our case, we got involved with the Backup Project. Our way of doing so was to offer up con badge ribbons that were printed with the word "Backup" in large letters. It was, in essence, a way for people to signify that they wanted to help and would do so.
To date, we have given out more than a thousand ribbons. Stories have come back to us about "Backup" people helping to break up fights, escorting women to their hotels, distracting That Person from obnoxiously hitting on other fans. And each and every one makes us proud to be a fan. To know that our fellow fans do give a damn. Here's a little write-up about our efforts for the 2011 Dragon*Con.
If you take a Backup ribbon or you wear a Geeks Got Your Back button, you are promising one very simple thing: You WILL help out anybody being harassed. Gender, orientation, presentation is irrelevant. You WILL find a way to help, whether by directly intervening, getting help from elsewhere, or simply listening the person being harassed. You WILL be there for them. You WILL accept that they believe they have been harassed. You WILL NOT question them or doubt them, You WILL give them whatever help they wish.
No judgement. No exceptions. Geeks got your back.
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Alphakitty says:
What a great idea. Especially since knowing there are other backup people can make everyone feel safer.
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Brian Peters says:
Hey, this is awesome, but can I just point out one thing you might want to edit for clarity on this page? It's not really that big of a deal, but in the last two paragraphs you use the phrase "That Person" (with that capitalization) twice. The first time "That Person" is a bad guy. The second time "That Person" is a good guy.
My major concern about this is your lack of screening for who wears the ribbon. I worry that bad people (mostly guys, likely) would use that ribbon as a way to hide their true intentions and a way to hurt people. Use it as a "white van", if you will. Drunk people or people in trouble might see it as a beacon of hope and end up in more trouble because they let their guard down. Would it be possible for you to have meetings ahead of time for people to get screened by you guys and ALSO to learn the best ways to handle situations, numbers to call for assistance, etc?
thatwordgrrl says:
Our response to this has already been adequately dealt with, both in regard to our FAQ and our response to Dragon*Con.
In short, we would rather focus on the real threat of harassment than fight the "what ifs" of wolves in Backup Ribbon clothing.
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Knittingmoose says:
Could I make my own Back up ribbon? I don't attend many conventions and don't really know many people who regularly attend cons to order a bunch. I would, however, like to be identified as someone who would like to attend at the few cons I do go to. I don't want to step on anybodys' creative or authoritative toes but I would like to be identified as someone who is ready and willing to help.
Yes, absolutely! Feel free to make your own. We would ask that they be done in purple, so as to match ours and avoid any confusion. Just have BACKUP in nice, big, friendly letters.
Thank you. And also thanks for responding so quickly!
Sheryl Nantus says:
The links to the sites seem to be broken – please fix as I'd LOVE to get a ribbon!
If you are talking about the Backup Project link, we know that is broken. Unfortunately, we are not the administrators for that site and the last time I talked to the woman who was its administrator, she had not decided what to do with it.
If you want ribbons, you can get those directly from us. Go to our order page: https://backupribbonproject.wordpress.com/want-backup-ribbons/
Sorry about all the confusion, but it's really out of our hands.
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Ryan Grimm says:
I have done security for a few events, and was on the Cirque du Soleil security team back in 1993 in Boston.
If you still have one ribbon to give out, please contact me so I can get one and wear it at Steampunk events that I attend……we need to ride on these miscreants so they do not do more harm.
Send us an email at backupribbonproject [at] earthlink [dot] net with your mailing address and how many ribbon bunches you want. Ribbons go out in bunches of 10.
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Mura says:
I'm glad others do this too. This is how I roll. Gotta have the courage to stand up for others.
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Valarie Kelly says:
How can people start a project like this for other venues? Not cons for example?
How can people start a project like this for other venues? Not cons for example? – nevermind I found it in another thread.
nevermind I found it in another thread.
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Ahh, new love. You've seen it in the movies, on television and amongst your friends — yet it seems so elusive.
Meeting the right person is part luck, but often an investment of time and money as well. There's no doubt sparks still fly at cafes and parties, yet many are turning to a variety of services for a little help. Dating websites and matchmaking services have become go-to resources for people looking for that perfect combination of attraction, intellectual chemistry and just-right caring and giving partner.
But getting help with finding a perfect match does not come cheaply. In honour of the US Valentines Day celebration of love and relationships observed every 14 February, BBC Capital spoke with a variety of experts on the cost of locating a mate.
Matchmakers and Dating Services
"Matchmakers are assistants for your love life," said Lisa Clampitt, president of the Matchmaking Institute and founder and president of New York-based social club VIP Life.
Those seeking love usually have a so-called 'wish list'. The challenge for matchmakers is to break down a client's shopping list into values. "That's the core of compatibility," said Rachel MacLynn, managing director at the Vida Consultancy in London. For instance, a client who wants a partner who climbed Mount Everest may be happy with someone with a sense of adventure.
Matchmakers must also combine wishes and values with other socioeconomic characteristics such as location, family, upbringing, education, career, lifestyle and relationship history. All this matching comes at a cost.
London-based Vida Consultancy makes about 10 introductions a year and charges between £9,000 ($14,700) and £50,000 ($81,690) depending on the required resources. Membership for men to VIP Life costs $15,000 for an unlimited number of dates in a year, while eligible women hoping to be matched can join for free. In Singapore, singles joining It's Just Lunch, a client-to-client agency, pay SGD$2,400 ($1,893) for at least 10 dates in a year.
"Life is moving very fast," said Maite Plimmer, international senior matchmaker at the Vida Consultancy in Zurich. "That's one of the problems in finding the right relationship — people have less patience today and we need to step back."
Before hiring a matchmaker, ask to see three potential matches, said Clampitt. Before signing, discuss the process, the number of introductions, the contract term and the matchmaker's history and success rate. Meet the person who will be matching you and ask whether they'll provide feedback.
Online dating offers a myriad of choices. This can be a blessing and a curse. While perusing hundreds of profiles might seem daunting, "online [dating] is an amazing resource to at least build up your confidence that there are people out there," said Clampitt.
Those who once placed newspaper ads to find a mate now have a variety of 'new economy' choices. Indian parents, for instance, are now turning to websites like Shaadi.com that cater to the global South Asian community. Shaadi.com prides itself on providing profiles that touch on values deemed vital for an arranged marriage. These include a person's background, education, community, family size, horoscopes, income, ancestral homes and photos.
For singles in the west, there are two types of websites. Some, such as eHarmony and Chemistry.com, require completing time-consuming questionnaires. Others, such as Match.com and OKCupid, allow users to search right away.
Meeting a partner online may require going on 100 dates, according to Siggy Flicker, a New York-based relationship expert and matchmaker. Success rates for matching websites are hard to determine, though many offer 'success statistics' to interested users.
No matter where they're based, most websites charge the equivalent of $15 per month — this is the cost of about five cups of coffee or one or two lunches in many urban areas. There are free websites, but they charge for specialised services such as custom search options or receipts that your messages were read. India-based Shaadi.com has assisted matchmaking to help screen profiles and make introductions at a cost of 19,000 rupee ($305) for three months.
Sometimes paying extra for a personal touch pays off in other ways. "They approach the other side and if they're not interested, they'll let you down gently and soften the blows of rejection," said Gourav Rakshit, chief operating officer of Shaadi.com in Mumbai. He said 10% to 15% of members use this upgraded service — mostly parents posting profiles for their children.
The Traditional Way
Even meeting your life partner the 'traditional way' can come at a cost. Dates are expensive and time consuming, so people the world over look for help. Indians can turn to Floh, a singles network where people can socialise at events like dinners, wine tastings, sailing excursions, shows and treasure hunts.
"People are investing time to figure out compatibility," said Rakshit.
The three-year-old professional singles network has about 1,000 members between 25 and 35 years old, most of whom have master's degrees. Joining Floh costs between INR7,500 ($120) for three months and INR15,000 ($240) for a 12-month membership.
"It's a very organic way of making friends and because they're single, they end up in relationships with each other," said Siddharth Mangharam, chief executive officer of Floh in Bangalore. To date, more than a dozen couples who met through Floh have married.
Still, many singles in the west prefer to find mates by pursuing hobbies and interests, rather than using a third party to arrange such activities.
"Put yourself out there until you find the right person — nothing is more important than finding love," said Flicker.
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Alfons Schneider (* 29. August 1923 in Regensburg; † 28. Dezember 2011 ebenda) war ein deutscher Politiker (SPD).
Leben
Schneiders Eltern starben, als er elf war, sodass er von da an in einem Waisenhaus aufwuchs. Er besuchte die Volksschule und das Gymnasium in Regensburg, ehe er in die Wehrmacht berufen wurde. Nach seiner Entlassung aus der amerikanischen Kriegsgefangenschaft begann er eine Ausbildung zum Lehrer, ebenfalls in Regensburg. Er legte beide Prüfungen zum Lehramt ab, eine davon in Amberg. 1951 begann er dann als Lehrer zu arbeiten, nebenamtlich auch an der Berufsschule. Schneider gehörte von 1966 an dem Regensburger Stadtrat und von 1970 bis 1978 dem Bayerischen Landtag an.
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package uk.gov.hmrc.ct.accounts.frs102.boxes
import uk.gov.hmrc.ct.accounts.frs102.retriever.Frs102AccountsBoxRetriever
import uk.gov.hmrc.ct.box.ValidatableBox._
import uk.gov.hmrc.ct.box._
case class AC106A(value: Option[String]) extends CtBoxIdentifier(name = "Employees note additional information")
with CtOptionalString
with Input
with SelfValidatableBox[Frs102AccountsBoxRetriever, Option[String]]
with Validators {
override def validate(boxRetriever: Frs102AccountsBoxRetriever): Set[CtValidation] = {
val noteSelectedForInclusion = boxRetriever.ac7300().orFalse
collectErrors (
cannotExistErrorIf(!noteSelectedForInclusion && value.nonEmpty),
validateStringMaxLength(value.getOrElse(""), StandardCohoTextFieldLimit),
validateCoHoStringReturnIllegalChars()
)
}
}
| {
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The holiday season resembled this year, only instead of wondering what Congress would rush to next, many folks were frantic about Y2K.
Also that year, Dorcas Pearcy, owner of Toenniges Jewelers, ended the millennium by closing her downtown Naperville gem after 51 years.
I'm still mindful of the magnificent Nativity scene featuring figurines of different nationalities that graced her store window every December. Her tradition was to place the figure of the Christ child in the manger on Christmas Eve.
A decade later, just as many moms whose families will be apart on Christmas Day, I'll miss our youngest of three children who returned to Seoul, South Korea, recently for his second one-year stint teaching English.
"The city is bustling ... people are everywhere ... restaurants are full ... There's a giant Christmas tree in front of the shopping mall. I walk home ... the weather is freezing. My jacket is warm..."
He went on to muse that he and two buddies, one of whom he met during his first stay, had been invited Saturday to sing in a private upstairs karaoke-like singing room known as "noraebang." Jeff said they rocked the night away performing Michael Jackson and Neil Diamond hits "like idiots."
His recounting of the singing experience reminded me of a time about 20 years ago when we lived in Chatham, N.J. During the holidays, the Livingston Mall offered soundproof cubicles where you could record words over music for a price. Our three kids - Ashley, then 10; Tep, 8, and Jeff, 6, - recorded Christmas carols for their grandparents that year.
I wonder in this age of CDs if my folks still have that cassette tape.
My most recent column about never knowing what you'll find in a winter coat pocket prompted a few replies.
For starters, Mary Ann Junkroski wrote, "I enjoyed your story about finding money in your pocket because last night my Mom told me that she found an envelope from Christmas 2008 with Christmas stamps and a $30 Jewel Gift Card."
Junkroski added, "Twenty 41-cent Christmas stamps can't be used this Christmas without adding a 3-cent stamp to each one."
Carla Bravin didn't have an in-her-winter-coat-pocket story, but she remembered a time in 1983 when she lost a gold diamond pinkie ring. She searched for the ring high and low without success.
Much to her surprise, the following year when she slipped on her fitted Isotoner glove, she felt something inside the little finger. "I found my precious ring," she said, and she still wears it 26 years later.
Parvesh Cheena, one of many exceptional talents to graduate from Waubonsie Valley High School in 1997, the same year as our daughter, e-mailed, "Thank you for that kind mention in the Herald. I'm glad you still remember my wonderful memories and time on the stage at Waubonsie Valley."
Cheena added that he's a "working actor," filling his days with "auditions, callbacks, etc., for film, voice-over, but primarily television and commercial."
I remember when he had a supporting role as the convenience store manager in the 2002 film "Barbershop."
He said commercial successes this past year include booking spots for Cadillac, Sears and several others.
He also shot a guest-star appearance on the Fox midseason sitcom, "Sons of Tucson."
"I also am constantly taking classes in improv and sketch, performing at the various comedy theatres in town, too, including Second City, IO/WEST and Upright Citizens Brigade," he said.
In his coat pockets of late, Cheena has found "a penny, gas station receipt, restaurant receipts (I can't cook, and find the good Thai lunch specials in L.A.), and a postcard of the Beatles all crumpled up. I hope Paul and Ringo can forgive me."
Now curious about Beatles' Christmas music, I discovered that in 1999, Ringo Starr sang solo a song the Beatles had recorded for fans in the 1960s, "Christmas Time Is Here Again."
And so it is. Here's to peace and prosperity in the New Year. | {
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Regular readers of this blog know that we started our 3D printing adventure with an Ultimaker Original 3D printer a couple of years back. Although it may have come of age today, the Ultimaker Original is still a great 3D printer, its endless hackability and its very solid printing results speak for themselves. The fact that Ultimaker B.V. still markets it today (for around 995 EUR) shows that machine can still compete with more recent 3D printers.
We have owned an Ultimaker Original 3D printer since 2012. While the Ultimaker has been a reliable workhorse it does lack of couple of features that put some limitations to its use: the lack of a heated print bed makes it difficult to work with filaments such as ABS or nylon and its bowden extruder is not really suited to print flexible filament. | {
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When most people hear the concept of Lean Startup, they think bootstrap startup, ya know lean on funding. While this isn't always true it's suprisingly still prevelant thinking. Perhaps Eric Ries should have done an MVP of the movement's name and received some user feedback on it before writing the book.
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Consider slowing down enough to honor yourself and those who follow you. Begin this new year with a way to revere and respect others. Observe those times that are calling you to be fully present in order to deepen relationships within the sacred space you've created. Take a deep breath (it's amazing what a little extra oxygen can do), and consider how you can devote some time for yourself or others in ways that make the space you occupy (alone or together with others) sacred.
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Cybersecurity is set to be introduced as a subject in universities and technical colleges in keeping with the recommendations of a task force on National Security System. University Grants Commission (UGC) has written to all the vice chancellors in this respect, asking them to introduce the subject both at under-graduate and post-graduate levels, sources said.
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Malware is still the biggest threat to mobile security, but most mobile device management (MDM) strategies tend to focus on securing the physical device in case of loss of theft, rather than protecting from cyber threats, according to Peter Gibbons, head of Information Security at Network Rail.
Korea's Malware Infection Rate Increases Six-fold in Six Months
Data from the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 13 indicates that Korea's malware infection rate (Computers Cleaned per Mille or CCM) increased 6.3 times during the first half of 2012. During this period the number of systems cleaned per 1,000 systems scanned by the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) in Korea increased from 11.1 in the fourth quarter of 2011 (4Q11) to 70.4 in the second quarter (2Q12) of 2012.
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The Insulin-like Growth Factor Axis and Prostate Cancer: Lessons from the Transgenic Adenocarcinoma of Mouse Prostate (TRAMP) Model
Paula J. Kaplan, Subburaman Mohan, Pinchas Cohen, Barbara A. Foster and Norman M. Greenberg
Paula J. Kaplan
Department of Cell Biology [P. J. K., B. A. F., N. M. G.] and Scott Department of Urology [N. M. G.], Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; Mineral Metabolism Laboratory, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Administration Medical Center, Loma Linda, California 92357 [S. M.]; and Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 [P. C.]
Subburaman Mohan
Pinchas Cohen
Barbara A. Foster
Norman M. Greenberg
DOI: Published May 1999
We have characterized the temporal expression of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis in the transgenic adenocarcinoma of mouse prostate (TRAMP) model as prostate cancer progression in this model closely mimics that observed in the human disease, and the model provides samples representing the earliest stages of prostate cancer that are clinically the most difficult to obtain. We report that prostate-specific IGF-I mRNA expression increased during prostate cancer progression in TRAMP mice and was elevated in the accompanying metastatic lesions, whereas prostatic IGF-I mRNA remained at nontransgenic levels in androgen-independent disease. Expression of IGF-II mRNA, however, was reduced in primary prostate cancer, metastatic lesions, and androgen-independent disease. Expression of type-1 IGF receptor (IGF1R) mRNA, encoding the cognate receptor for both IGF-I and IGF-II, as well as type-2 IGF receptor (IGF2R) mRNA was not found to be altered during primary prostate cancer progression in intact TRAMP mice but was dramatically reduced in metastatic lesions and in androgen-independent disease. Similar to reports from clinical disease, serum IGF-I levels were observed to increase precociously in TRAMP mice early in disease progression but remained at nontransgenic levels after castration. Elevated serum levels of IGF-binding protein 2 were observed to correlate with advanced prostate cancer in the TRAMP model. Together these observations implicate IGF-I as an important factor during the initiation and progression of primary prostate cancer and provide evidence that there is a strong selection against expression of IGF1R and IGF2R in metastatic and androgen-independent disease.
The IGF 3 axis is an important modulator of growth and development, and changes in this axis may have important implications in malignant growth (1 , 2) . There are two IGF ligands (IGF-I and IGF-II) synthesized primarily by the liver that can promote cell proliferation and differentiation and inhibit apoptosis in distant tissues acting in an endocrine manner (2) . IGFs are also produced locally by most tissues, in which they may act in an autocrine or paracrine manner (3) . The biological functions of these ligands are mediated primarily by the type-1 IGF receptor (IGF1R), a tyrosine kinase transmembrane receptor that binds IGF-I with higher affinity than IGF-II. The IGF2R, also known as the mannose-6-phosphate receptor, binds IGF-II but with no apparent intracellular signaling actions, although it seems to function as a scavenger receptor that mediates the uptake and degradation of extracellular IGF-II (2) . The IGF2R also binds to mannose-6-phosphate containing glycoproteins and can target them to lysosomes (2) . The IGF ligands circulate in plasma complexed to IGFBPs 1–6, which function to transport IGFs and modulate IGF activity (2, 3, 4) .
Deregulation of the IGF axis has been specifically implicated in clinical prostate cancer. Recent epidemiological studies have demonstrated that elevated serum IGF-I, in particular, is associated with prostate cancer risk (5, 6, 7) . In a prospective case-control study of men participating in the Physician's Health Study, it was found that men with serum IGF-I concentrations in the upper quartile were at increased risk of developing clinically evident prostate cancer within the next 5–10 years. The study also indicated that plasma IGF-I concentration may be a better predictor of prostate cancer than serum PSA (5) . The levels of IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-3 are also found to be altered in the serum and prostate tissue of prostate cancer patients. In these patients, levels of IGFBP-2 are often increased, whereas levels of IGFBP-3 are often decreased (8, 9, 10, 11, 12) . Because IGFBP-3 is a substrate for PSA, a member of the kallikrein family of serine proteases, it is postulated that rising PSA levels during the natural history of prostate cancer facilitate disease progression by proteolytically cleaving IGFBP-3, thereby increasing the level of bioavailable IGF at the cellular level (13) .
Despite the evidence establishing a close relationship between the IGF axis and prostate cancer, it has been difficult to comprehensively examine changes in the IGF axis at the molecular level throughout the natural history of clinical disease, in part due to the paucity of clinical samples representing the earliest forms of this disease as well as the heterogeneity of both the disease and of the patient population. We have, therefore, used the autochthonous Transgenic Adenocarcinoma of Mouse Prostate (TRAMP) model to facilitate molecular characterization of the changes in the IGF axis during the initiation, progression, and metastasis of prostate cancer as well as in androgen-independent disease (14, 15, 16) .
The TRAMP model was previously generated using the minimal PB −426/+28 regulatory sequence to specifically target SV40 early gene (Tag) expression to prostatic epithelium (14) commencing at sexual maturity. By 10–12 weeks of age, TRAMP mice generally develop PIN and/or well-differentiated prostate cancer. All TRAMP mice ultimately develop prostatic adenocarcinoma that metastasizes to distant sites, primarily the lymph nodes and lungs. This generally occurs by 24–30 weeks of age in [C57BL/6 × FVB]F1 TRAMP mice (14 , 15) . Following androgen ablation, 20–35% of TRAMP mice remain tumor free, whereas 65–80% develop androgen-independent disease. Tumors that develop in castrated mice uniformly progress to poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Castrated mice that develop tumors also exhibit twice the incidence of metastasis (16) . Here we report evidence that local expression of IGF-I in the prostate correlates with, and may in fact facilitate, early disease progression. Furthermore, we demonstrate that independence from IGF1R-mediated signaling correlates with—and may, therefore, be a prerequisite for—metastasis and androgen independence.
Transgenic Mice.
TRAMP mice, heterozygous for the PB-Tag transgene, were maintained in a pure C57BL/6 background. Female TRAMP mice were bred to nontransgenic male FVB mice (Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc., Indianapolis, IN) to obtain transgenic and nontransgenic [C57BL/6 × FVB]F1 males. Isolation of mouse tail DNA and PCR-based screening assays to identify transgenic mice were performed as described previously (14 , 15) . TRAMP mice were randomly assigned to cohorts and sacrificed at 12, 18, and 30 weeks of age (T12, T18, and T30, respectively). Although prostate cancer develops in a stochastic manner in TRAMP mice, at 12 weeks of age they generally have early lesions consistent with PIN and/or well-differentiated prostate cancer. By 18 weeks of age, the histological grade of tumors ranges from well-differentiated to poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. By 30 weeks of age, TRAMP mice generally display poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma accompanied by apparent lymphatic and hematogenous metastatic lesions. These cohorts were chosen to represent progressive stages of prostate cancer development. Metastatic lesions (TM) from 18- and 30-week-old TRAMP mice were also harvested. Nontransgenic littermates at 12 and 30 weeks of age (N12 and N30) were used as controls. A cohort of TRAMP mice was also anesthetized and castrated through a scrotal approach at 12 weeks of age and sacrificed at 24 weeks of age (TC). Only castrated TRAMP mice that developed tumors were used in the TC cohort. Metastatic lesions from castrated TRAMP mice (TCM) were also harvested.
QRT-PCR.
Total RNA was isolated from tissues by the cesium chloride method (17) . The reverse transcription-PCR reaction was performed with modifications of the procedure described by Orly et al. (18) . Briefly, RNA (1 μg) was reverse transcribed for 1 h at 37°C using 100 ng of oligo dT [pd(T)12–18] primers (Pharmacia, Piscataway, NJ) and 200 units of Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus reverse transcriptase (Life Technologies, Inc., Grand Island, NY) in a 100-μl reaction containing 1× First Strand Buffer (Life Technologies, Inc.), 600 μm dNTPs (Life Technologies, Inc.), 1 mm DTT (Life Technologies, Inc.), and 100 units of RNase inhibitor (Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, IN). The RT reaction was terminated by heating for 15 min at 95°C. Ninety μl of the RT reaction mixture (900 ng of input RNA) was added to 60 μl of RT master mix containing 1× First Strand Buffer, 600 μm dNTPs, 100 ng/μl oligo dT, and 1 mm DTT to achieve a final concentration of 200 μm dNTPs in the PCR reaction. The diluted RT reaction mixture was added to 300 μl of the PCR master mix containing 1× PCR buffer (Promega, Madison, WI), 0.5 μm of the appropriate oligonucleotide forward and reverse primer pair (Fig. 1A) ⇓ , 12.5 μCi [α-32P]dCTP (3000 Ci/mmol, ICN Biochemicals, Irvine, CA), 0.85 units Taq DNA polymerase (Promega) as well as 0.5 μm oligonucleotide forward and reverse primers for the ribosomal protein L19 (RPL19) as an internal control (Fig. 1A) ⇓ . The concentration of MgCl2 added to the PCR master mix was dependent on the experimental primer set used: IGF-I, 2 mm; IGF-II, 2.5 mm; IGF1R, 2.5 mm; or IGF2R, 2 mm. Each PCR reaction mixture was aliquoted into eight tubes (50 μl each) for reaction termination at various cycles (14 , 16 , 18 , 20 , 22 , 24 , 26 , and 28) . PCR was performed using a denaturing temperature of 94°C (1 min), an annealing temperature of 62°C (IGF-I), 65°C (IGF-II and IGF2R), or 68°C (IGF1R) for 2 min, and extension temperature of 72°C (3 min) using a DNA engine (MJ Research, Inc., Watertown, MA). All of the PCR reactions were terminated over a range of cycles to determine the ratio of IGF:L19 within the log phase of the reaction. IGF2R, however, was amplified by only 20 cycles of PCR because preliminary studies demonstrated this to be within the log phase of each reaction for both IGF2R and L19 primer sets. The radiolabeled PCR products (15 μl) were mixed with 5× tracking dye (3 μl; Ref. 19 ) and were separated on a 5% polyacrylamide gel in 0.5× Tris-borate-EDTA buffer. The gels were dried under vacuum and heat (1 h at 80°C) and the amplified products were quantitated using phosphoimage analysis (Storm 860, Molecular Dynamics, Sunnyvale, CA). To determine the log phase of each PCR reaction, the volume of each phosphoimaged band was plotted against the number of PCR cycles. The reported ratio of IGF:L19 was generated by calculating the average of three points extrapolated from the plotted data according to the equation N = No2n, where N is the volume after amplification, No is the initial volume, and n is the number of cycles. A representative autoradiograph of a QRT-PCR gel and the graphical representation of the phosphoimage analysis is shown in Fig. 1, B and C ⇓ . Each of the data points in Figs. 2 ⇓ 3 ⇓ 4 ⇓ 5 ⇓ represents the mean of 3–6 mice. The PCR product amplified from each set of primers (IGF-I, IGF-II, IGF1R, and IGF2R) was subcloned, and DNA sequence verified that the primers amplified the appropriate cDNA.
QRT-PCR. A, primer sequences and PCR product sizes. B, representative autoradiograph of QRT-PCR amplified products for IGF1R and L19 in a TRAMP tumor. C, graphical representation of the IGF1R and L19 mRNA expression shown in B after phosphoimage analysis. The ratio of IGF1R:L19 is generated by calculating the average of three points extrapolated from the graph, as shown here, according to the equation N = No2n, where N is the volume after amplification, No is the initial volume, and n is the number of cycles.
IGF-I expression during cancer progression in TRAMP mice. Relative IGF-I mRNA levels were quantitated by QRT-PCR, and mean (±SE) levels are expressed relative to the prostate from 30-week-old nontransgenic mice (N30), which was assigned a value of 100%. N12, prostate from 12-week-old nontransgenic mice; N30, prostate from 30-week-old nontransgenic mice; T12, prostate from 12-week-old TRAMP mice; T18, prostate from 18-week-old TRAMP mice; T30, prostate from 30-week-old TRAMP mice; TC, prostate from 24-week-old castrated TRAMP mice; TM, metastatic lesion from TRAMP mice; TCM, metastatic lesion from castrated TRAMP mice. Bar, the mean (±SE) IGF-I mRNA level normalized to L19 (n = 4; except n = 6, T30). *, significant difference (P < 0.05) from T12; Δ, significant difference (P < 0.05) from TM by Fisher's protected least significant difference ANOVA.
IGF1R expression during cancer progression in TRAMP mice. Relative IGF1R mRNA levels were quantitated by QRT-PCR and mean (±SE) levels are expressed relative to the prostate from 30 week old TRAMP mice (N30), which was assigned a value of 100%. Cohort abbreviations are as defined in Fig. 2 ⇓ . Bar, the mean (±SE) IGF1R mRNA level normalized to L19 (n = 4; except n = 3, T12, and n = 5, T30). *, significant difference (P < 0.05) from T12, T18, and T30; Δ, significant difference (P < 0.05) from N30 by Fisher's PLSD ANOVA.
IGF-II expression during cancer progression in TRAMP mice. Relative IGF-II mRNA levels were quantitated by QRT-PCR, and mean (±SE) levels are expressed relative to the prostate from 30-week-old TRAMP mice (N30), which was assigned a value of 100%. Cohort abbreviations are as defined in Fig. 2 ⇓ . Bar, the mean (±SE) IGF-II mRNA level normalized to L19 (n = 4). *, significant difference (P < 0.05) from N12 and N30 by Fisher's PLSD ANOVA.
IGF2R expression during cancer progression in TRAMP mice. Relative IGF2R mRNA levels were quantitated by QRT-PCR, and mean (±SE) levels are expressed relative to the prostate from 30-week-old TRAMP mice (N30), which was assigned a value of 100%. Cohort abbreviations are as defined in Fig. 2 ⇓ . Bar, the mean (±SE) IGF2R mRNA level normalized to L19 (n = 4). *, significant difference (P < 0.05) from N30 and T12; Δ, significant difference (P < 0.05) from T18 and T30 by Fisher's PLSD ANOVA.
IGF-I Assay.
Serum levels of IGF-I were measured after separation of IGFBPs (20) by a rapid acid gel filtration protocol validated previously for measurement of mouse IGF-I (21) . Briefly, mouse serum was diluted in 1.25 m acetic acid containing 0.125 m NaCl, loaded onto a Bio-Gel P-10 column, and centrifuged. After elution of the IGFBPs via centrifugation with 1 m acetic acid containing 0.1 m NaCl, the IGF pool was eluted in fresh tubes using 1.5 ml of 1 m acetic acid containing 0.1 m NaCl. The IGF-I concentration was determined by using 0.05 ml of the IGF pool neutralized with 1.2 m Tris base and using recombinant human IGF-I as tracer and standard with rabbit polyclonal antiserum as described previously (22) . The intra- and inter-assay coefficient of variation of the IGF-I assay was less than 10%.
WLBs.
Serum IGFBP levels were measured in samples (4 μl) which were separated by nonreducing 10% SDS-PAGE overnight at constant voltage and were electroblotted onto nitrocellulose. The membranes were then sequentially washed with NP40, 1% BSA, and Tween 20; incubated with 106 cpm each of 125I-IGF-I and -IGF-II (Amersham Life Sciences, Arlington, Heights, IL) for 12 h; washed with Tween Tris-buffered saline× 3; dried; and exposed to film for 4 days as described previously (11) . SDS-PAGE reagents were purchased from Bio-Rad (Richmond, CA). Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF), EDTA, pepstatin, and aprotinin were obtained from Sigma (St. Louis, MO).
Western Immunoblots.
Serum (4 μl) from mice was handled as described for the WLBs and was subjected to electrophoresis overnight through 10% nonreducing SDS-PAGE at constant voltage. Gels were electroblotted onto nitrocellulose; blocked with 5% nonfat dry milk in Tris-buffered saline; probed with a rabbit antibovine IGFBP-2 antibody (UBI, Lake Placid, NY) that is specific to IGFBP-2 of all mammalian species without cross-reactivity with other IGFBPs; and detected using a peroxidase-linked enhanced chemiluminescence detection system as described previously (23) .
Densitometric and Statistical Analysis.
Densitometric measurement of immunoblots and WLBs were performed using a Bio-Rad GS-670 Imaging densitometer (Bio-Rad, Melville, NY). When applicable, mean ± SE are shown. Student t tests were used for statistical analysis.
Expression of the IGF Axis in the Prostate during Cancer Progression in TRAMP Mice.
To test the hypothesis that specific and reproducible changes in expression of the IGF axis occurred in the prostate gland during cancer progression, RNA samples from nontransgenic and TRAMP prostates were analyzed by QRT-PCR using specific primer sets (Fig. 1) ⇓ . As shown in Fig. 2 ⇓ , expression of IGF-I mRNA in the prostate did not change significantly between 12 and 30 weeks of age in nontransgenic mice. Although the IGF-I mRNA level in prostate was lower on a per cell basis in 12-week-old TRAMP mice than in 12-week-old nontransgenic mice, the relative level of IGF-I mRNA was observed to increase gradually during cancer progression. In fact, significantly higher levels of IGF-I mRNA were observed in the tumors from 30-week-old TRAMP mice and metastatic lesions from TRAMP mice (200% and 250%, respectively; P < 0.05) when compared with levels in the prostates from 12-week-old TRAMP mice.
To examine the expression of IGF-I in androgen-independent disease, RNA was isolated from tumors of TRAMP mice castrated at 12 weeks of age and sacrificed at 12 weeks postcastration. The majority of castrated TRAMP mice, 77% in this study, developed tumors by 12 weeks postcastration. In contrast to the data obtained from the intact TRAMP mice, expression of IGF-I mRNA remained at nontransgenic or precastration levels in the prostate tumors of the castrated TRAMP mice as well as in the accompanying metastatic lesions (Fig. 2) ⇓ . These data indicate that the development of prostate cancer in intact TRAMP mice is distinct from androgen-independent disease with respect to the regulation of IGF-I expression in the prostate.
As demonstrated in Fig. 3 ⇓ , the expression of IGF1R mRNA was not observed to change significantly during primary cancer progression in intact TRAMP tumors. It is interesting to note, however, that although expression of IGF1R mRNA remained at nontransgenic levels in the tumors from intact TRAMP mice, expression of IGF1R mRNA was significantly reduced (P < 0.05) in tumors from castrated TRAMP mice (85%) as well as in metastatic lesions (97%) when compared with prostate levels in nontransgenic mice. These observations implicate a selection against expression of IGF1R in advanced and disseminated disease.
Although expression of IGF-II mRNA in the prostate did not change significantly with age in nontransgenic mice, IGF-II mRNA levels were significantly reduced (75–95%; P < 0.05) in the prostates of TRAMP mice when compared with nontransgenic mice (Fig. 4) ⇓ . This decrease (80%) in expression of IGF-II mRNA was observed as early as 12 weeks of age in TRAMP mice and persisted as the cancer progressed. Expression of IGF-II mRNA was also significantly reduced (P < 0.05) in tumors from castrated TRAMP mice (80%) as well as in metastatic lesions (75–95%) when compared with IGF-II mRNA levels in prostates of nontransgenic mice.
As shown in Fig. 5 ⇓ , changes in expression of IGF2R mRNA did not occur during prostate cancer progression in the TRAMP model. Similar to the pattern of expression of IGF1R mRNA, expression of IGF2R mRNA remained at nontransgenic levels during cancer progression in tumors from intact TRAMP mice. Expression of IGF2R mRNA was significantly reduced (P < 0.05) in tumors from castrated TRAMP mice (62%) and in metastatic lesions (47–66%) when compared with prostate levels in nontransgenic mice, which suggests that—like IGF1R and IGF-II—reduced expression of IGF2R correlates with advanced disease.
Analysis of Serum IGF-I Levels during Cancer Progression in TRAMP Mice.
Radioimmunoassays were used to determine whether changes in the concentration of serum IGF-I correlated with prostate cancer progression in an independent cohort of TRAMP and nontransgenic mice. As shown in Fig. 6 ⇓ , the serum IGF-I concentration in nontransgenic mice increased between 6 weeks of age (178 ± 8 ng/ml) and 18 weeks of age (232 ± 36 ng/ml) reaching a maximal level by 18 weeks of age. In contrast, the serum IGF-I concentration in TRAMP mice reached a level corresponding to the maximal nontransgenic level by 12 weeks of age, a time when the serum IGF-I concentration in TRAMP mice (260 ± 17 ng/ml) was significantly different (P < 0.01) from the concentration in nontransgenic mice (173 ± 11 ng/ml). Thus, precociously elevated levels of IGF-I were observed in TRAMP mice as early as 12 weeks of age, which suggests that IGF-I may be important in early disease progression.
IGF-I concentration in the serum of nontransgenic and TRAMP mice as a function of age. Concentrations were determined by RIA. Each point represents the mean (±SE) serum IGF-I (ng/ml) level (n = 5; except n = 4, N6, T6, Castrate; n = 6, N18; n = 7, N12). *, significant difference (P < 0.01) from nontransgenic mice at the same age; **, significant difference (P < 0.001) from age-matched cohorts by Fisher's PLSD ANOVA.
Radioimmunoassays were also performed to determine the consequence of castration on IGF-I in serum. Interestingly, the concentration of serum IGF-I in TRAMP mice castrated at 12 weeks and sacrificed at 24 weeks (135 ± 11 ng/ml) was significantly reduced (P < 0.001) when compared with that of age-matched intact nontransgenic (261 ± 28 ng/ml) and intact TRAMP (287 ± 8 ng/ml) mice. The serum IGF-I level in castrated TRAMP mice was comparable to the level in 6- and 12-week-old intact nontransgenic mice (178 ± 8 and 172 ± 11 ng/ml, respectively). Although we cannot rule out that the reduced serum IGF-I level is not a direct consequence of castration, the fact that tumors still developed would suggest that normal levels of IGF-I are not required for tumor progression in androgen-independent disease.
Analysis of Serum IGFBPs Levels during Prostate Cancer Progression in TRAMP Mice.
To assess whether changes in serum IGFBPs were induced by the prostatic tumors, we subjected serum samples of control (n = 9), TRAMP (n = 9), and castrated TRAMP (n = 4) mice to WLB with radiolabeled IGFs and to WIB with an IGFBP-2 specific antibody. Using this method, we observed no differences in any of the serum IGFBPs between control and TRAMP mice prior to 24 weeks of age, at which time serum IGFBP-2 levels were approximately 2-fold higher than in control mice (P < 0.05; Fig. 7 ⇓ ). This is similar to reports in human prostate cancer patients (10 , 11) . It was interesting to note that a 50% reduction in serum IGFBP-3 level was observed as a consequence of castration of TRAMP mice, a finding remarkably similar to that reported previously in castrated baboons (24) .
Serum IGFBPs in TRAMP mice. In A, serum IGFBP levels were examined by WLB analysis of SDS-PAGE performed on 4-μl serum samples. Sera from control (n = 9), TRAMP (n = 9), and castrated TRAMP (n = 4) mice were compared at 24 weeks of age. IGFBP-1 through -4 were variably present in all of the samples but not different among the groups. IGFBP-3 bands are indicated and show that castration is associated with a 50% reduction of IGFBP-3 levels relative to both control and TRAMP mice (P < 0.05). In B, serum IGFBP-2 levels were examined by WIB analysis of SDS-PAGE performed on 4-μl serum samples from 24-week-old mice similar to A. TRAMP mice display an elevation of IGFBP-2 migrating at an identical molecular weight to the control mice. C, data from densitometric analysis of WIBs for serum IGFBP-2 levels from a total of 18 mice presented as a graph for the ages indicated (*, P < 0.01). No differences were observed in any of the serum IGFBPs between control and TRAMP mice before week 24, and only IGFBP-2 levels were different at that time.
Recent studies have indicated that an elevation in the level of serum IGF-I is associated with an increased risk for prostate cancer (5 , 7 , 25) . On meta-analysis, there was an approximate 8% increase in the serum IGF-I level in prostate cancer patients (6) , and elevated serum IGF-I could be observed in men at least 5 years prior to a clinical diagnosis of prostate cancer (5) . In part on the basis of this data, serum IGF-I has been proposed as a candidate marker for early detection of prostate cancer, although the role and origin of the elevated serum IGF-I remains to be elucidated. Unfortunately, it has been difficult to comprehensively characterize changes in the IGF axis in prostate tissue at the molecular level during clinical disease progression. Hence, the goal of this study was to use the TRAMP model to assess whether specific alterations in expression of the IGF axis reproducibly occur in the prostate gland as well as in serum during the progression of autochthonous prostate cancer and androgen- independent disease.
We observed that the expression of IGF-I mRNA in the prostate increased with prostate cancer progression in intact TRAMP mice. This is consistent with previously reported observations that the SV40 early genes, specifically large Tag, are known to influence the transcription of IGF-I (26) . This is accomplished, in part, by preventing the binding of an inhibitory E2F complex to the IGF-I promoter (27) . Although IGF-I is important in the development of prostate cancer, it has previously been demonstrated that when the insulin gene regulatory region was used to target Tag to the pancreas expression of IGF-II but not expression of IGF-I was found to be increased (28) , which indicated that IGF-II is important in the development of pancreatic cancer and suggests that up-regulation of IGF-I is not a general property of the transgene but rather a consequence of the transformation of prostate epithelial cells.
Concurrent with the observed increase in expression of prostatic IGF-I, serum IGF-I was found to be precociously elevated in TRAMP mice early in cancer progression. Although the level of prostatic IGF-I mRNA per cell was found to be reduced, it should be noted that the prostates of TRAMP mice are, on average, 20% larger by wet weight than those of nontransgenic littermates at 12 weeks of age (16) . It is possible that those cells expressing IGF-I may have a growth advantage, and that the observed increase in serum IGF-I may reflect the increased number of IGF-I expressing prostatic epithelial cells. It is interesting to note that the increase in serum IGF-I levels coincided with the time at which the majority of TRAMP mice displayed either PIN and/or well-differentiated prostate cancer. Hence, the integrity of the prostate ductal structures may have been compromised as proposed for the mechanism whereby PSA enters the circulation (29) , and the small foci of invasive cells could have allowed IGF-I to "leak" into the circulation. Because no significant changes in serum IGFBP levels were observed in intact TRAMP mice until 24 weeks of age, this essentially rules out the possibility that elevations in serum IGF-I were an artifact caused by binding protein interference in the assay. This further indicates that the observed increase in serum IGF-I was probably due to prostatic IGF-I and not due to a systemic response.
It is curious that, as prostatic IGF-I levels continued to rise in the TRAMP mice, the serum IGF-I levels did not rise above the level observed in nontransgenic adults. The level of serum IGF-I in TRAMP mice is most likely maintained via a feedback loop because IGF-I is known to negatively regulate secretion of growth hormone by the pituitary, and hepatic expression of IGF-I—the major source of serum IGF-I—is primarily responsive to growth hormone (2 , 3) . Therefore, serum IGF-I, synthesized by the prostate, possibly down-regulates the secretion of pituitary growth hormone and thereby decreases IGF-I secretion by the liver to maintain serum IGF-I at an optimal level.
Although our data suggest that prostatic IGF-I contributes to serum IGF-I, this finding does not preclude the possibility that the prostate is also a direct target of circulating IGF-I and that elevated basal levels of serum IGF-I may directly contribute to early prostate cancer progression. It was demonstrated (30) that systemic administration of IGF-I to rats for 1 week resulted in an increase in the mean wet weight of the prostate gland. Likewise, acromegaly patients with elevated growth hormone and IGF-I serum levels also have increased prostate volumes, and when these patients are treated with octreotide to suppress GH/IGF-I levels, prostate volumes were observed to decrease (31) . On the basis of these observations, it should be interesting to determine whether genetic differences in serum IGF-I bioavailability contribute to a predisposition to prostate cancer. In fact, it has been demonstrated that African-American men have a higher incidence of clinically significant prostate cancer than Caucasian-American men (32) . Although both populations exhibit similar basal levels of serum IGF-I, African-American men generally have lower levels of IGFBP-3, the major binding protein in the serum (33) . Hence, African-American men may be predisposed to prostate cancer because they actually have a higher level of bioavailable IGF-I in their serum and/or tissues. By crossing TRAMP mice with mice that have systemic alterations in IGF-I levels, for example, lit/lit mice that have reduced serum IGF-I levels (34) and MT-GHRH transgenic mice that have elevated serum IGF-I levels (35) , it should be possible to further test this hypothesis.
It is interesting to note that expression of IGF1R, IGF-II, and IGF2R mRNA was significantly reduced (85–96%, 75–95%, 47–66%, respectively; P < 0.05) in both metastatic and androgen-independent disease. The dramatic reduction (85–96%, P < 0.05) in IGF1R expression in these poorly differentiated tumors is particularly interesting because it supports the hypothesis that the loss of IGF1R expression may be associated with the loss of differentiation and increased tumorigenicity (36) . Thus, the data from the TRAMP model suggest that organ-confined disease seems to be IGF-I-dependent, whereas metastatic and androgen-independent disease are IGF1R-independent. Although this study focused on mRNA expression, future studies will examine signaling molecules downstream of the IGF1R to determine the functional consequence of the loss of IGF1R mRNA expression in metastatic and androgen-independent disease.
The IGF2R gene is lost in a variety of cancers including liver and breast tumors and is thought to be a tumor suppressor gene (37 , 38) , and IGF2R expression is significantly reduced (47–66%, P < 0.05) in metastatic and androgen-independent disease in the TRAMP model. There are a number of possible events that could arise as a consequence of the loss of IGF2R expression. Because IGF2R regulates intracellular trafficking of lysosomal enzymes including cathepsins that are IGFBP proteases (39) , the loss of IGF2R expression could result in increased cathepsin activity that may proteolytically cleave the IGFBPs and thereby increase the bioavailability of the IGFs. In addition, increased secretion of cathepsins may, in part, facilitate metastasis by degradation of basement membranes (39) . Because IGF2R is also involved in the activation of latent TGFβ (37 , 38) , the loss of IGF2R expression would reduce TGFβ activity. Curiously, it has been demonstrated previously (40) that levels of TGFβ can be elevated in prostate cancer, which indicates that TGFβ must be activated by an alternate mechanism in prostate cancer cells lacking IGF2R.
It is tempting to speculate on a mechanism whereby IGF-I contributes to the initiation and progression of prostate cancer. One possibility is that elevated levels of IGF-I may promote angiogenesis because it is known to induce VEGF (41) . In fact, in our model, the increase in serum IGF-I seems to correlate with the increase in mean vessel density associated with the development of high-grade PIN lesions. 4 Given this relationship (Fig. 8) ⇓ , we propose that IGF-I is involved in the "angiogenic switch" (42) leading to prostatic neovascularization. Although it is unclear whether the elevated levels of serum IGF-I in prostate cancer patients is of prostatic origin, it is possible that both systemic and prostatic IGF-I may contribute to the initiation and/or progression of the disease, which could explain why men with elevated baseline levels of serum IGF-I may be predisposed to prostate cancer.
Changes in the IGF axis during prostate cancer progression. As cancer progresses, IGF-I mRNA expression is elevated in prostatic cells. We propose that IGF-I promotes proliferation of prostatic cells and induces the expression of VEGF, thereby facilitating angiogenesis and cancer progression. A progressive loss of IGF1R and IGF2R is observed during the progression of prostate cancer, and there seems to be a strong selection against IGF1R and IGF2R in metastatic and androgen-independent disease.
Cohen (6) has recently put forth three hypotheses regarding the reported increase in serum IGF-I levels observed during prostate cancer progression: (a) that elevated serum IGF-I could promote symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and thereby create an ascertainment bias for the diagnosis of subclinical prostate cancer; (b) that serum IGF-I could be a marker of prostatic tissue IGF-I that contributes to prostate cancer development; and (c) that serum IGF-I could directly contribute to the risk of developing prostate cancer. Although we have not addressed the first hypothesis, our new findings using the TRAMP model tend to support the second and third hypotheses.
In summary, our results using TRAMP mice support the epidemiological data that elevated serum IGF-I correlates with prostate cancer progression and that the prostate can be a source of IGF-I. Furthermore, our data demonstrate that specific changes in the IGF axis correlate with the initiation and/or early progression of the disease. To directly test this hypothesis, we have now generated transgenic mice targeting the DES-IGF-I ligand [which has a reduced affinity for the IGFBPs (43)] to the prostate under the control of the prostate epithelial cell-specific rat PB promoter. Preliminary observations with the PB-DES mice demonstrate that they develop PIN-like lesions, which supports the hypothesis that deregulated IGF-I expression in the prostate is causally related to neoplastic transformation, 5 and we anticipate that these mice will allow us to better characterize the consequence of IGF-I deregulation. The TRAMP model also predicts that the loss of IGF1R is a hallmark of advanced androgen-independent and metastatic disease and provides the rationale that therapies designed to reduce IGF-I levels, as with a somatostatin analogue, may be efficacious prior to androgen ablation therapy or the occurrence of metastasis but will mostly likely not be effective in patients with metastatic disease or those who have undergone androgen ablation therapy. Lastly, because the data from the TRAMP model predict that the loss of IGF1R and IGF2R is a hallmark of advanced androgen-independent and metastatic disease, these molecules should be examined as possible prognostic tools to differentiate between patients whose cancer will remain dormant and those whose cancer will progress to advanced disease.
We thank Faye Safavi for animal husbandry and Alvenia Daniels for secretarial support.
↵1 Supported by Specialized Program of Research Excellence CA58204 (to N. M. G.), CaP CURE (to N. M. G.), National Research Service Award CA74589 (to P. J. K.), Wyland F. Leadbetter Fellowship from the American Foundation for Urologic Disease (to B. A. F.), NIH R01 AR31062 (to S. M.), NIH 2R01 DK47591 (to P. C.), and American Cancer Society Idea Development Award (to P. C.).
↵2 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed, at Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, M626, Houston, TX 77030.
↵3 The abbreviations used are: IGF, insulin-like growth factor; IGF1R, type-1 IGF receptor; IGF2R, type-2 IGF receptor; IGFBP, IGF-binding protein; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; PB, probasin; TRAMP, transgenic adenocarcinoma of mouse prostate; PIN, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia; RT, reverse transcription; QRT-PCR, quantitative RT-PCR; WLB, Western ligand blot/blotting; WIB, Western immunoblot/immunoblotting; Tag, T antigen; TGFβ, transforming growth factor β; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.
↵4 Unpublished observations.
Received October 12, 1998.
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Forty companies now support the BYOD-friendly software ecosystem, including device manufacturers, application makers and management providers, and for the first time, mobile carriers including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Rogers, Bell Canada, Telus Mobility and KT.
"The addition of carriers is a huge deal," said Dan Olds, principal analyst with Gabriel Consulting Group. "This makes Android for Work truly international -- they have enough carriers signed up that virtually any business, regardless of the carrier they choose, will have it available to them."
That, in turn, gives Google "a pretty big leg up" over Apple, Olds added.
"There isn't any comparable suite of features, suites and characteristics for iOS, at least not backed by Apple," he said.
In many ways, that contrast hearkens back to the old desktop wars between Macs and PCs, he added.
"Microsoft made it easy for enterprises to deploy thousands of desktops, but Apple didn't pay much attention to that," he said.
Also on Thursday Google showcased Android for Work devices built for regulated industries like government and healthcare, both of which have strict security and compliance requirements. Blackphone maker Silent Circle, for instance, has built enhanced privacy and security features on top of the Android platform, according to a Google blog post.
Android for Work features default encryption, SELinux security enforcement and a dedicated store for business apps.
More than 10,000 businesses, including the World Bank, the U.S. Army and Guardian Life Insurance Company, are currently testing, deploying or using Android for Work, Google said.
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SALINAS, CA, November 27, 2017 – Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System (SVMHS) is partnering with the Monterey County Health Department to offer free flu vaccines to families who haven't been vaccinated this season. SVMHS is hosting two flu clinics in December– one at Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy in Salinas and a second clinic at the Northridge Mall also in the city of Salinas. The Healthcare System has already hosted two free community flu clinics in October and November.
In addition to the flu vaccine, limited doses of the Pneumonia and Tdap vaccines will also be made available to the public for free. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends people over the age of 65 get a Pneumonia vaccine. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs which can make people very sick. The CDC recommends a single dose of Tdap vaccine for people ages 11 and older who have not previously received it. The Tdap vaccine helps protect adolescents and adults against three diseases-tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis commonly known as whooping cough. The CDC is not recommending the use of the FluMist for the upcoming flu season.
The first community flu clinic in the month of December will take place Saturday, December 2nd between 11am and 2pm. The walk-up clinic will be located in the Family Resource Center of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy at 925 North Sanborn Street in Salinas. The second flu clinic will take place Saturday, December 16th between 11am and 2pm at Northridge Mall near the center court. The Northridge Mall is located at 796 Northridge Mall, Salinas. There is free parking at both locations.
The free flu clinics will provide traditional shots as the most effective vaccine. The CDC reports fewer than half of Americans get an annual flu immunization, even though the agency reports on average, the flu kills about 24,000 people each year in the United States.
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Vendors under siege as Sunnyside merchants, Community Board declare war
By BIANCA FLOWERS
Vendor Ronald Moore now sells sweaters from this table at 61st St. and Roosevelt Ave., after being arrested for selling on Queens Blvd. Jorge Calle, below, a florist on nearby Greenpoint Ave., says street vendors are stealing his customers. Photos by Bianca Flowers (Bianca Flowers for Daily News)
Merchants and community board officials in Sunnyside have declared war on Queens Blvd. street vendors.
Their weapon of choice: cops.
The "zero-tolerance" campaign to purge the corridor of street sellers is spurring outrage from licensed peddlers, who say their livelihood is being squeezed.
"The cops arbitrarily questioned me and confiscated my merchandise," said Ronald Moore, who recently spent a night in jail after police arrested him as he sold sweaters on the corner of 46th St. and Queens Blvd.
"I have the right to be there and wasn't violating any laws," added Moore, 53, a military veteran who got his first vendors license in 1983 and vowed he was finished with Sunnyside, even though he was released the morning after his arrest and recovered his merchandise.
"I'm not going back there," he said.
Moore and other vendors charge they're being illegally harassed, but business owners on and near Queens Blvd. say the police intervention is needed to rid the corridor of peddlers who, they say, crowd and dirty sidewalks along the bustling commercial strip.
"I'm paying big money every day for taxes, and vendors pay nothing," said Jorge Calle, a florist on Greenpoint Ave. "I've sent letters to the Department of Consumer Affairs, but they don't do anything."
Calle said he has been forced to cut back on staff and struggles to cover his $8,000 monthly rent because vendors are taking business from him.
"I used to have six workers, now I only have two because I couldn't afford to pay them," he said. "Even though my products are better, vendors are offering the same thing for a cheaper price."
Vendors like Moore respond that they are within their rights, and say they're being targeted by storeowners who "don't like the competition."
"My license means nothing to them," he said. "The store will call the precinct, and they'll come because the owner doesn't want me there."
The city Department of Consumer Affairs issues special free peddler licenses, which give veterans the right to sell goods in certain high-traffic areas. Non-veteran street vendors are restricted from such areas.
Jorge Calle, florist on Greenpoint Ave., has complained to city, saying street vendors are killing his business and making it hard for him to pay his rent. (Bianca Flowers for Daily News)
The Sunnyside conflict follows Mayor Bloomberg's unsuccessful veto of a bill that reduced vendor fines. Fines quadrupled under Bloomberg, going from $250 to $1,000 per ticket — a 300% increase. City Council, which voted in May to lower the maximum fine on vendors to $500, overrode Bloomberg's veto, angering some business advocates.
"They are a nuisance," said Diane Ballek, president of the 108th Precinct Community Council. "Street vendors make the neighborhood look crappy, and are taking away from business owners that pay taxes."
Community Board 2 Chairman Joseph Conley said the board is pushing for "zero tolerance" of all vendors.
"There are a number of incidents with proliferation of vendors. The language of the laws needs to be strengthened so when police write a ticket it won't be dismissed," Conley said.
Police officials did not respond to requests for comment. A police spokesman did confirm that Moore was arrested on Oct. 16 after being cited for obstructing the sidewalk when cops found he had six warrants against him stemming from unpaid fines.
Moore isn't the only licensed vendor complaining about being unfairly targeted.
"They shut me down and told me not to come back," said Shoaib Naimi, a food vendor.
Naimi, who has operated underneath the elevated viaduct of the No. 7 train on 46th Street for almost 15 years, said he just finished serving a customer on Nov. 14, before being hassled by four officers.
"They come here overreacting and threatened to lock me up," he said. "I told them that I had my license and I wasn't doing anything wrong but they said the area was closed."
Naimi, 46, said he left after being given a ticket. He returned two weeks later and was arrested. His court date is Jan. 31.
Archana Dittakavi, a lawyer for The Street Vendor Project, an advocacy group that protects vendors' rights, said CB2's zero-tolerance policy is "prejudicial and misinformed."
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Suspended again
MARIA BRADSHAW
FOR THE SECOND TIME in his teaching career, deputy principal Bradston Clarke has been sent on leave.
Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw confirmed over the weekend that Clarke, 64, who has been second in command at The Lester Vaughan School since 2017, following the closure of Alma Parris School, was sent on leave pending an internal investigation.
While she did not go into details, the minister said the suspension was the result of "cumulative matters".
The NATION was reliably informed that Clarke was summoned to a meeting at the ministry on Friday afternoon following a complaint which was made against him by a senior staff member at Lester Vaughan.
The ministry has appointed Suzette Holder to deputise at the school until further notice.
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Michael Reinsch
In this performance, Reinsch makes art on demand. Reinsch equipped the gallery to create paintings, drawings, sculptures, and performances. His salesperson offered viewers a selection of time increments to choose from with corresponding dollar amounts. Reinsch created art for the allotted time. For example, $5 for one minutes; $50 for 10 min; $100 for 20 min; or up to $6,000 for a one-month project (long-term projects will be completed outside the gallery). The produced artwork remains on display in the gallery for the duration of the show. Patrons will be presented with their purchase at the end of the show.
If no one made a purchase and in between sales, Reinsch simply stood there. He will again be making work on demand at our next opening on March 17th 6 - 9pm.
Michael Reinsch is a multidisciplinary artist based in Portland, Oregon, where he earned his MFA in Visual Studies from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2009. His work incorporates performance and activated sculptural props to explore human connection and disconnection, often through themes of celebration and melancholy. He has exhibited nationally and throughout the northwest, including FalseFront, PDX Contemporary, Haybatch!, TBA:11. Michael is a founding member of Conceptual Oregon Performance School, (C.O.P.S) and is currently an Assistant Professor at the Pacific Northwest College of Art.
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From the late 19th to the early 20th century the area known as LH park began to see many changes. 1887, the Sloop Dream Goes Aground and keepers' rescue all nine passengers; 1888, Two brick summer kitchens are added to replace the wooden kinds and tim roofing replaces the shingles on the oil house connected to the tower. 1889, In April Head Keeper Major William Harn passes away. His wife, Kate Skillen Harn, becomes second assistant keeper at a salary of $400 a year. An electric call bell replaces the battery operated bell in the tower. 1890, a regular ferry service between St. Augsutine and Anastasia Island is established.
A steam driven trolly is completed to provide transport from the ferry to the beach near the Lighthouse. 1893, a hail storm blows strong enough to sway the tower and stop the clockworks in the watch room, 1898, Spanish American War. In July an emergeny phone line is installed connecting the US Customs House in St. Augsutine to the light station. Signal flags are placed atop the tower. 1901. Peter Rasmussen is named headkeeper. 1905 the Wireless telegraph station (shown as the 2 story white building in these photos) is established on the northeast corner of the lighthouse reservation. 1906, the US Post office locataed 200 yards from the tower was destroyed by fire. The principle records were saved and stored at the light station. 1907, Indoor plumbing and baths are installed int he keeper's house and a windmill is set up. 1909. 5000 people visit the light station this year. 1910, Very high waves break over the sea wall and flood the city. The streetcar track to the island is badly damaged. 1917, On August 8th, special patrol boates #291 and #471 enter the St. Augustine Harbor. On August, 9th the patrol boatd commander establishes a lookout in the tower. The light station is closed to all visitors for security. 1923, new cookstoves are installed. 1925. Electricity is installed in the keeper's house. 1927, Light station received annual suplies by way of the Florida East Coast Railroad rather than by steam ship. An era had ended.
I didn't comment the first time around but I like your historic photo slideshows. Thanks for including a paragraph putting the images into historical context. Amazing to see how much things can change in your neighborhood over a century. My favorite is the one of the schooner and steamship (no surprise there). Can you tell where they are?
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★★★★★ Baseball field is embarrassing.... Looks line a baseball field you would see in a 3rd world country !!
★★★★★ Clean and nice park. Children can play and swim. Many Thanks to everyone works in this place!
★★★★★ My favourite neighbourhood park in St-Laurent.
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GSO concert and other things to do in Greenwich
Published 3:00 pm EST, Friday, November 22, 2019
The Greenwich Symphony Orchestra will be in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday, featuring Mozart, Symphony No. 35 (Haffner); Brahms, Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) with the Greenwich High School Select Choirs; and Schubert, Symphony No. 10. Concerts are at the Greenwich High School Performing Arts . Tickets are $40 per person, $10 for students. For more information, call 203-869-2664 or visit www.greenwichsymphony.org.
The Greenwich Symphony Orchestra will be in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday, featuring Mozart, Symphony No. 35 (Haffner); Brahms, Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) with the Greenwich High School
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Taste the Adventure
Connecticut has dozens of fantastic, award-winning wineries, with beautiful scenery, daily tastings, live music, and lots of special events. Get insider tips for exploring the CT Wine Trail with Michelle Griffis, a former writer for ctwine.com and an advocate of the CT Wine Trail, in a presentation from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Greenwich Library's Meeting Room. She will talk about the wine trail with a presentation that includes pictures from her travels.
The Greenwich Farmers Market runs every Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. into the fall in the Arch Street commuter lot. Enjoy fresh Connecticut-grown produce all season. Over a dozen farm vendors will be in attendance. The parking lot at Arch Street and Horseneck Lane is off Exit 3 of I-95. For more information, visit www.greenwichfarmersmarketct.com/.
Local actor in play
Greenwich actor Byrne White stars as Mattie Conway in Clan na Gael Players' presentation of "Nobody's Talking To Me," at 8 p.m. Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Gaelic American Club, 74 Beach Road, Fairfield. Set in rural Ireland, it's the day of Mattie and Maggie Conway's 50th wedding anniversary. However, very few people know that the "happy couple" haven't spoken to each other for 10 years. When the parish priest arrives to surprise them and to renew their wedding vows all hell breaks loose. This comedy is suitable for all ages and seating is cabaret-style. Tickets are $15 and can be reserved by calling 203-685-6256 or emailing [email protected].
Churches celebrate merger
The new Parish of St. Catherine of Siena and St. Agnes will celebrate their merger with "founding of the parish" events beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday with a special prayer hour with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Agnes at 247 Stanwich Road. Adoration and silent prayer will continue from 6 p.m. throughout the night to 7 a.m. Sunday. A benediction is set for 7:30 a.m. Sunday to close the adoration and begin a 3-mile procession from St. Agnes to St. Catherine of Siena at 4 Riverside Ave. with the Blessed Sacrament. Parking will be available at St. Agnes, or join the procession by parking at the rear lot of the Capparelle Building at 551 E. Putnam Ave. Bishop Frank Caggiano will celebrate Mass at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Catherine, including a blessing for the new parish. A reception will be hosted in Lucey Parish Hall after the Mass.
The Little Enchanted Forest will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Greenwich Botanical Center at 130 Bible St., with many of the festive holiday touches that made the event a success for decades in the past. It is hosted by the Junior League of Greenwich. There will be a forest of decorated trees, a holiday boutique and a wreath-making workshop. The league is also setting up a children's giving shop, where kids can buy holiday gifts independently without family nearby and perhaps spoiling the surprise. The decorated trees and wreaths will be put up for auction. Santa Claus will also be back to hear holiday wishes and pose for pictures. For a full schedule and to buy tickets, visit www.jlgreenwich.org. The funds raised will go toward supporting the Junior League of Greenwich's projects throughout the community.
Greenwich Symphony Orchestra
The Greenwich Symphony Orchestra will be in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday, featuring Mozart, Symphony No. 35 (Haffner); Brahms, Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) with the Greenwich High School Select Choirs; and Schubert, Symphony No. 10, which is the U.S. premiere of performance version by Pierre Bartholomee. Concerts are at the Greenwich High School Performing Arts Center, 10 Hillside Road. Tickets are $40 per person, $10 for students. For more information, call 203-869-2664 or visit www.greenwichsymphony.org.
Family gallery tours
The Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive, host Family Gallery Tours from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Sundays. The tours are geared for kids ages 6-10. Free with regular admission, and no registration is required. Visit brucemuseum.org for more info.
Handler & Levesque in concert
Husband and wife duo Handler and Levesque, who have performed over 2,000 concerts together in the United States & Europe, will perform from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the Greenwich Library's Flinn Gallery. Their sophisticated and expressive arrangements blend classical, Brazilian, Latin American, klezmer, gypsy, jazz, Celtic and folk music influences to create a unique and extraordinary sound. This, matched with their impeccable musicianship, has won them a widespread enthusiastic following. Judy Handler plays the guitar, while Mark Levesque, is on guitar and mandolin.
Archery open shoot
The Cos Cob Archers will hold an Open Shoot from 8 a.m. to 1 p..m. Sunday as they open their club to the public and invite all to attend. Open Shoots are held once a month, generally on the last Sunday of each month; bad weather cancels. The club provides loaner compound bows, arrows and instruction for beginners. The cost — $20 for shooting adults, $5 for kids under 16, and $10 for non-shooting adults — includes lunch of grilled hamburgers, hot dogs and soft drinks. The Club's trails cover 23 wooded acres with more than 40 shooting stations with both paper and "3D" targets. Cos Cob Archers is at 205 Bible St. For information, visit www.CosCobArchers.com.
Duplicate Bridge Games
Weekly open duplicate Bridge games are held at 12:15 p.m. Mondays at the Greenwich YWCA. The games are sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League, with masterpoint awards to top finishers. The card fee to play one session is $12. For more information, contact Steve Becker at 203-637-8927.
Bruce Beginnings
Bruce Beginnings is a program for children ages 2.5 to 5 with an adult at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Bruce Museum. Explore the museum collections and exhibitions through picture books and hands-on activities. This program takes place on the museum's free admission day and space is limited. See the visitor service desk upon arrival to secure a spot. Topics change weekly. Visit brucemuseum.org for more info.
A new drop-in conversation series for English Language Learners called "Time to Talk: A Conversation Series for English Language Learners" will be held from 6:30 to 8: p.m. Nov. 26 in the Byram Shubert Library Community Room. Come to improve your communications skills, learn more about American culture, and feel more comfortable in the community. Peer-to-peer conversations offer an opportunity to practice casual language in a less formal environment than a classroom. Volunteers facilitate conversations on everyday topics such as doctors visits, grocery shopping, and finding housing or work. This series is open to all adults. Beginners welcome. As the library will be closed, entrance will be downstairs at the program room.
Weekday Farmers Market
The Old Greenwich Farmers Market is held every Wednesday from 2:30 to 6 p.m. at Living Hope Community Church at 38 West End Ave. in Old Greenwich. The market runs through Oct. 30.
Perfectly Polite bridge
The Perfectly Polite Bridge Group has Duplicate Bridge games at the Greenwich YMCA on Wednesdays from 9:45 a.m. to noon for Relaxed Duplicate Bridge and from 12:45 to 2:45 p.m. for Relaxed Duplicate Bridge / Conventions. The cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers. You do not need a partner to play. Only prepaid players are guaranteed a seat. There is also a Beginner Game/Class with relaxed play and discussion from 3 to 5 p.m. Seating is limited. If you are not on the email list, call Frank Crocker at 203-524-8032 to register.
Speakers at Retired Men's Association
The Greenwich Retired Men's Association offers a free program every Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church, 1 W. Putnam Ave., that is open to the public; no reservations required. Social break starts at 10:40 a.m., followed by speaker at 11 a.m. For info, visit www.greenwichrma.org or contact [email protected]. Future speakers include John Hamilton, president & CEO of Liberation Programs in Norwalk, on "How to Strengthen Resiliency in Families Facing Drug Issues" on Nov. 27.
Try Tai Chi
Tai Chi is a relaxing exercise that can loosen joints, improve balance and teach graceful movements to music. Fun and no pressure classes are held at 8 a.m. Wednesdays and at 9 a.m. Thursdays in the auditorium at the First Congregational Church Auditorium on Sound Beach Avenue in Old Greenwich, opposite Binney Park. The cost is $10 per one-hour session. Newcomers welcome. For info, call Joe at 203-504-4678.
Photography exhibition
A photo exhibit called "The Irish Travellers" by Mike and Sally Harris will be on display at the YWCA Greenwich at 259 E. Putnam Ave. through Nov. 29. The photos offer a revealing look at an Irish minority as they illustrate the Travellers and their fascinating culture. The exhibition is in the Gertrude White Gallery at the YWCA Greenwich.
Qigong at the GBC
Qigong expert Donna Bunte teaches classes at 10 a.m. Fridays at the Greenwich Botanical Center, 130 Bible St., Cos Cob. With roots in Chinese medicine, philosophy and martial arts, qigong is viewed as a practice to cultivate and balance qi (chi), translated as "life energy." Qigong practice involves moving meditation, coordinating slow flowing movement, deep rhythmic breathing, and a calm meditative state of mind. For information, visit greenwichbotanicalcenter.org.
Meet Santa and his reindeer
Santa and his live reindeer — Dasher, Dancer and Prancer — are returning for the 11th annual Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa's Village for the holiday season. The event kicks off at Sam Bridge Nursery & Greenhouses, 437 North St., from noon to 6 p.m. Nov. 29. The town tradition continues through Dec. 24. Visitors can have their photo taken with Santa, meet the reindeer and enjoy Santa's Village, train and carousel rides at the "North Pole on North Street." Parking is free. While waiting for the reindeer to arrive in the afternoon, everyone can enjoy special refreshments, face painting and balloon art and dance demonstrations. Hours for photos with Santa are noon to 6 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays. Closed on Sundays. The reindeer will depart on Dec. 22, but Santa will remain for photos Christmas Eve from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more details, visit www.Greenwichreindeerfestival.com.
Tree and wreath sale
The First Congregational Church in Old Greenwich is gearing up for its annual tree and wreath sale. The popular sale will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 30 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 1, then return the next weekend from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 7 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 8. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 14 if needed. The sale will take place on the front lawn of the church at 108 Sound Beach Ave., across from Binney Park. Proceeds will again go toward local charities. Want to get first pick? At 8 a.m. Nov. 30, more than 500 New Hampshire-grown trees will be loaded off a delivery truck and set out on the church's front lawn. Once the delivery is done, the sale will begin.
Runners can register now for the ninth annual Greenwich Alliance for Education's Turkey Trot on Nov. 30. All proceeds directly benefit Greenwich Public School programs for students and teachers. Registration is available online at www.greenwichalliance.org and costs $35 per adult, $40 on race day, and $15 for children 14 and younger. Races begin and end at the Arch Street Teen Center and pace through the flat roads of Bruce Park. The one-mile Fun Run/Walk starts at 9:30 a.m., followed by the 5K at 10 a.m. Warm-up and stretching will be offered at 9 a.m. Snacks will be served afterward.
Giving gifts to kids in need
Every year Neighbor to Neighbor distributes joy and presents during the holiday season to its client's children. A collection box for donations will be set up at the headquarters of the Junior League of Greenwich, Funky Monkey Toys and Books, 86 Greenwich Ave., and Neighbor to Neighbor to accept new unwrapped toys to distribute to children from newborns to 16-year-olds. Funky Monkey will offer a wish list for kids from Dec. 1 to Dec. 11 and will also host a special day of shopping from Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., when a discount of 20 percent will be offered off everything in the store and with 10 percent of the sales donated to Neighbor to Neighbor.
Holiday Art Show & Sale
The Art Society of Old Greenwich will hold its 2019 Holiday Art Show and Sale at the Gertrude White Gallery at the YWCA of Greenwich, from Dec. 2 to Dec. 27. This festive show will offer fine artworks created by ASOG's member artists. All artworks, in a variety of media, will be available for purchase. The public is invited to the artists' reception and holiday party from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 6. View the artwork, meet the artists, and enjoy live entertainment provided by Dan Swartz of Kismet. Refreshments will be served. The YWCA is located at 259 E. Putnam Ave. For gallery hours, call 203-869-6501. Parking is available on the YWCA premises.
Tree of light
Greenwich Hospital will present the Tree of Light at Greenwich Hospital's Noble Conference Center at 5 p.m. Dec. 2. The Tree of Light is a nondenominational community tree-lighting ceremony to reflect and honor the lives of loved ones. This annual event features readings, music and a sparkling evergreen with hundreds of lights. All are welcome to attend. For more information, call 203-863-3702.
Auditions for students
Open Arts Alliance will hold auditions for its upcoming musical production of "Mary Poppins JR." Auditions will be held at 6 p.m. on Dec. 4, Dec. 5 and Dec. 6 at the YMCA of Greenwich at 50 E. Putnam Ave. Students ages 8 to 18 are encouraged to come audition for this beloved musical about a family in turmoil and the magical nanny who saves the day. Performances of "Mary Poppins JR." will take place on April 24, April 25 and April 26 at Western Middle School. Required audition registration can be completed at www.OpenArtsAlliance.com by Dec 3. Auditioners need attend only one of the scheduled audition dates. Children auditioning should be prepared to sing a song of their choosing a cappella, and be ready to read from a portion of the script. For more information, call Open Arts Alliance at 203-869-1630 x304 or visit www.OpenArtsAlliance.com.
Sip & Shop Art Show
Stop by the Holiday Sip & Shop Art Show at Abilis Gardens & Gifts from 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 4. Enjoy wine, cheese and other refreshments while shopping with a 20 percent discount in the entire store. The Art Show will feature paintings and digital art created by adults who are supported by Abilis. To learn more, visit abilis.us/calendar. Abilis is a nonprofit organization that supports more than 700 individuals with special needs and their families annually from birth throughout adulthood.
Surviving holiday eating
Denise Addorisio, a registered dietitian, will discuss "Survival Guide to Healthy Holiday Eating" at Greenwich Hospital's Noble Conference Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4. Learn how to manage your weight through mindful eating and other techniques to make healthy food choices during the busy and tempting time of year. To register, call 888-305-9253 or visit greenwichhospital.org/events. Free.
Talk on art and climate change
"The Bruce Museum Presents," a series of monthly public programs, continues with "Can Art Drive Change on Climate Change? An Evening with Alexis Rockman" from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 5. Leading the conversation will be artist and climate-change activist Alexis Rockman, who will present his work and discuss how, and why, he uses his art to sound the alarm about the impending global emergency. Adding insight will be The Boston Globe's David Abel, who now reports on climate change and poverty in New England. Abel is working on a new film about the race to save North Atlantic right whales from extinction and is the host of a new podcast about climate change called "Climate Rising." Join this night of captivating conversation in the latest installment of Bruce Museum Presents, a monthly series of public programs featuring thought leaders in the fields of art and science. Doors open at 6 p.m. for a reception with light bites and beverages, followed by the panel discussion and Q&A from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Seats are $30 for Museum members, $45 for nonmembers. To reserve a seat, visit brucemuseum.org or call 203-869-0376.
YWCA's Holiday Family Fun Fair
In its third year, YWCA Greenwich will host its Holiday Fun Fair at its home at 259 E. Putnam Ave. on Dec. 7 to celebrate all the different holiday traditions that happen during the month. Holiday shopping will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the family fun will be from noon to 3 p.m. There will be music, games, arts and crafts, face painting, gymnastics, hot chocolate and cookies, meet and greet with Santa and his Elves, and other surprises. There will be 14 vendors whose offerings range from fine and costume jewelry, women's accessories, children's clothing, and Tupperware for sale. Parents can also find information about registration for YWCA Greenwich winter and spring programs. Free and open to the public.
One-man art show
The Greenwich Art Society will present "Glaser and the Grid," a solo exhibition by Scott Glaser from the artist's personal collection, from Dec. 7 to Jan. 3 at its gallery at 299 Greenwich Ave., second floor. The grid system is the common thread in Glaser's work, from cityscapes created from men's suit fabric, portrait mosaics made completely from Band-Aid-like bandages, neo-pointillist drawings, photorealist paintings or mixed media pieces. An artist's reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 12. The paintings will be on view from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. All works can be purchased by contacting the Greenwich Art society at 203-629-1533 or [email protected]. For info, visit www.greenwichartsociety.org.
'Perpetual Motion' opening
C. Parker Gallery is showcasing an exhibit called "Perpetual Motion" through Dec. 8 at the gallery at 409 Greenwich Ave. Multi-dimensional and distinguished contemporary artist Rick Garcia, who has created works of art for some of the most highly visible organizations, events and causes, is holding his first solo show in nearly a decade. His accomplishments span across mediums and themes, from rock and roll to endangered species; encompassing photography, surrealist renderings on canvas and guitars and even an 1,800-square-foot fiberglass octopus sculpture. He has been selected as the official artist for the Grammy Awards three times. The exhibit includes acrylic paintings on canvas, 3D lenticular prints, screen prints and painted guitars. For more information, visit www.cparkergallery.com or call 203-253-0934.
Brushwork exhibit
The Bruce Museum is offering free admission to all visitors through Jan. 31 while the main gallery spaces are renovated. "Contemporary Artists/Traditional Forms: Chinese Brushwork" is on display in the Bantle Lecture Gallery through Dec. 8. It features the U.S. debut of 15 pieces of contemporary Chinese Brushwork gifted to the town of Greenwich as part of the 2019 U.S.-China Art and Culture Exchange. During the renovation phase, the Permanent Science Gallery will remain open, along with the Bantle Lecture Gallery, Education Workshop, and Museum Store. The galleries will reopen Feb. 1, with the installation of major new art and science exhibitions. Visit BruceMuseum.org for more information.
Auditions for 'Matilda'
St. Catherine's Players will hold auditions for its 2020 production of "Matilda The Musical." Open auditions will be held Dec. 9 and Dec. 10 in the Lucey Parish Hall of the church at 4 Riverside Ave. Roles are available for all ages — must be 9 and above. Callbacks, as needed, will be Dec. 11. Youth should arrive at 7 p.m.; high school students and adults should arrive at 8:30 p.m. Come with a prepared song and sheet music in your key for the accompanist. A group dance audition will be held each evening; wear appropriate shoes. In addition, bring a list of rehearsal and production date conflicts for January through mid-March. Rehearsals run Jan. 2 to Feb. 27, on Monday through Thursday evenings and some Sunday afternoons. (Not all cast members are called for each rehearsal and times vary by role.) Production dates are Feb. 28, Feb. 29, March 1, March 6, March 7 and March 8, with curtain times of Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For more information about roles, the production or to volunteer, visit: www.stcath.org or email [email protected].
Dr. Nora Miller, a reproductive endocrinologist, will discuss "Fertility 101: Your Family-Building Options" at Long Ridge Medical Center, 260 Long Ridge Road, Stamford from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10. Families are created in many different ways. Hear about options, new approaches for improving fertility, and how you may achieve your goal of becoming a parent. To register, call 888-305-9253 or visit greenwichhospital.org/events. Free.
Bruce Beginnings Jr.
This program at the Bruce Museum provides a welcoming and engaging museum experience for toddlers, ages 10 to 24 months, and their caregivers through hands-on play and exploration. Bruce Beginnings Jr. sessions are inspired by the museum's collections and exhibits. It is held from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. on the second Thursday of each month, next time on Dec. 12. This program is free with general admission but space is limited. See the visitor service desk upon arrival to secure a spot.
Quilt reception
The Cos Cob Library is showcasing the beautiful work of the Common Threads quilters for their biannual show through Dec. 14. The Community Room and turret is decorated with their creations and they will also be featured hanging from our rafters. Visitors to the library are invited to view the display.
Healing meditation
Registered nurse Roberta Brown, from integrative medicine, will present a lecture on"Self Care: Sound Healing Meditation" in Greenwich Hospital's Noble Conference Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16. Explore mindful self-care practices to quite the mind, calm the nervous system and restore the body. Experience a relaxing guided meditation, accompanied by the healing sounds of Tibetan singing bowls. Dress comfortably; bring a yoga mat if possible. Chairs will be provided. To register, call 888-305-9253 or visit greenwichhospital.org/events. Free.
'An American Story'
The Greenwich Historical Society at 47 Strickland Road, Cos Cob, is presenting an exhibition on the immigrant experience called "An American Story: Finding Home in Fairfield County" through Jan. 6. The exhibit includes stories of the grit and resilience of immigrants and refugees, including 12 who found home in Greenwich. The stories illuminated in this exhibition reach across the world from five continents, shining a light on the ways that refugees and asylum seekers find hope and persevere in the face of challenges for creating new lives in Fairfield County. It is presented in partnership with the Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants. For more information, visit greenwichhistory.org.
League of Women Voters to honor leaders
For its 100th Anniversary Gala, the League of Women Voters of Connecticut will honor Indra K. Nooyi, a Greenwich resident and former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, and Juanita T. James, president and CEO of the Fairfield County Community Foundation. Nooyi will receive the Outstanding Woman in Business award and James will be recognized with the Outstanding Woman in Philanthropy award. The gala will take place Feb. 22 at the Italian Center in Stamford. For more information, visit www.lwvct.org.
SLS golf tourney
The St. Lawrence Society will hold its 29th annual Charity Golf Tournament on May 11. Enjoy a perfect day of golf, food and fun. Get your foursomes together and join the fun. Cost is $175 for everything: the luncheon, cart, golf, cocktail hour and dinner. For cocktails and dinner only, it's $100. Starts at 11:30 a.m. at E. Gaynor Brennan Golf Course, with a 12:45 p.m. shotgun start, scramble format. Golf is followed by cocktail hour, antipasti and a prime rib dinner back at the Club. To RSVP, visit www.stlawrencesociety.com/events or call 203-618-9036. | {
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AUXLANG April 2007, Week 1
Re: In the News
"Donald J. HARLOW" <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 5 Apr 2007 10:43:13 -0700
Je 10.15 atm 2007.04.05, Rex MAY skribis
>Did Lenin actually speak Eo?
This is the first time I've ever heard that,
though there's a persistent story that _Stalin_
once tried to learn Esperanto (as a younger man), but failed.
Of the items mentioned in the article:
• William Shatner made the film, Incubus,
speaking entirely in Esperanto. Esperanto also
appears in Gattaca, Charlie Chaplin's The Great
Dictator and, of all things, it's sung in The Road to Singapore.
All true, and we could also mention (among
others) the Clark Gable-Norma Shearer film
"Idiot's Delight", where the foreign language was
Italian in the stage play but was changed to
Esperanto in the movie in order to get the film
past the Fascist censors in Italy.
• Sci-Fi authors Harry Harrison and Philip José
Farmer used it in their fiction.
• Gandhi supported its use, but Lenin spoke it.
I've not heard either of these before.
• Billionaire George Soros is a native speaker.
Soros was certainly able to speak Esperanto as a
teen-ager (he wouldn't even be in the West
without Esperanto), but whether it was a native
or second language for him is not clear to me.
-- Don HARLOW
http://www.webcom.com/~donh/don/don.html
Opinions (in English): http://www.harlows.org/don/opinions/
Esperanto (in English): http://www.harlows.org/don/esperanto/
Literaturo (Esperante): http://donh.best.vwh.net/Esperanto/Literaturo | {
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3 things millennials can teach Gen Z about money
By James Dennin
Teens get advice from their elders, but there's a case to put the shoe on the other foot. Members of so-called Generation Z beat their millennial predecessors on several counts: They reportedly party less, wear their seat belts and are more thoughtful about digital privacy than millennials ever were.
In fact, responsible behavior among older members of Gen Z — which the New York Times classifies as individuals born between 1996 and 2010 — suggests today's teens have already earned some serious kudos. Demographers already compare Gen Z to the so-called "Silent Generation," who came of age during the Great Depression. That's promising high praise: Thanks to a combination of careerism and penny pinching, the Silent Generation may have been the richest in history, according to CBS.
But don't rest on your laurels just yet, teens. Having lived through both the halcyon days of the dot-com bubble and the crushing lows of the Great Recession, millennials are battle-hardened, particularly when it comes to navigating a tough job market. And as recently as 2016, people aged 20-24 were the only age group in the country still experiencing net job losses as older workers put off retirement.
In other words, Gen Z still has a lot to learn from older peers and siblings. Here are three pieces of financial wisdom — from one wrongfully maligned generation to another.
1. Chill with the student debt
You knew this was coming. Millennials aren't shy about what many perceive to be their biggest financial woe: education debt.
Student loans are a complicated topic. After all, a debt-financed degree can be a great investment if it helps you make more money. But there's also evidence that Gen Z is setting itself up for trouble: In a survey conducted by NextGenVest, 68% of current high-school seniors said "they literally knew nothing" about how student loans work.
That's a troublingly low number. In 2012, 71% of four-year graduates had student debt of some kind — and multiple studies have determined that education loan repayment negatively affects well-being.
Perhaps more disconcertingly, more than 1.1 million borrowers defaulted on their loans in 2016. Default really sucks, because in addition to tanking your credit score, the entire balance of your loan comes due.
Because of accruing interest, the "student debt" portion of your college degree isn't so much "tuition you don't have to pay" as it is "tuition you pay later at a higher cost." That's why you need to get that figure as low as you can in the first place, whether through negotiating with your school's financial aid office, working a part-time job or even taking a gap year.
Remember: Student loans are part of an overall financial aid package that can sometimes be bargained up, especially if your family's situation changed after you submitted the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
If you've squeezed everything you can out of the financial aid office, check out scholarship aggregators like Peterson's, Unigo and Cappex, which let you set filters to find options for which you may be qualified.
Finally, if you're concerned about paying for school, use an online calculator to estimate your future monthly loan payments. Depending on what kinds of jobs you're interested in pursuing, this can give you a much better idea of whether you can afford the money you're borrowing. Take out as little as you can; loan money is for your schooling — not spring break plane tickets.
2. You can afford to take (smart) risks
One oft-reported observation about today's teens is they feel a strong need to play it safe: A report from Bainbridge Consulting found that 55% of "inherently risk-averse" Gen Z said they feel pressured to obtain work experience early on. Indeed, an attraction to side hustles might be more a survival mechanism than a preference. As soon as today's youth can translate temporary gigs into stable white-collar jobs, the thinking goes, they will.
Plus, the notion that today's teens have entrepreneurship "in their DNA" might be a touch misleading. As Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Andrew McAfee pointed out on Twitter, entrepreneurship has actually been on the decline for decades. Why? Some point to rising student debt.
Yet small and new businesses are a "primary source" of U.S. job creation, according to the Kauffman Foundation. If Gen Z doesn't warm up to risk-taking, the whole economy could take a hit.
One example of a potentially smart risk? Leaving the nest.
A combination of student debt and a tough job market prompted record numbers of millennials to move back in with parents after college, which certainly helps save on rent.
But research has shown moving away from home and where you went to college can seriously pay off: One study by student loan refinancing company Earnest found that graduates of top schools who move to a new region typically make $23,000 more than those who stay put.
Risk aversion can take a dent out of your retirement portfolio, too, if it keeps you from investing. As personal finance blogger Stefanie O'Connell points out — using her own finances — leaving her cash in a high-yield savings account, versus investing the funds, would have cost her roughly $4,500 over the course of five years.
Rather than avoiding the stock market entirely, as many risk-averse millennials seem to do, it is better to invest the smart way: by first building an emergency fund with cash and then putting additional dollars toward a tax-advantaged account like a 401(k) or IRA. Diversified investments like global index funds can also help mitigate the risks of equities investing while still allowing you to benefit from long-term gains.
3. Tech can be your frenemy
Teens grew up owning smartphones, which has likely helped them step up their game as far as technology goes. MTV Insights found that Gen Z is not only more tech-savvy than millennials, but also more likely than previous generations to be selective about the sites they use and set up their own online communities, Reuters reported.
And lest you assume Gen Z is comprised of anti-social phone addicts, teen smartphone owners are actually more likely to see their friends face-to-face than those without phones, according to Pew.
Yet still — while having maps, contacts, restaurant recommendations and entertainment at your fingertips is admittedly awesome — research suggests prolonged smartphone use could be harmful to health, with detrimental effects on your posture, breathing, sleep cycle and vision, among other problems.
Indeed, it's not just your physical health at risk; your financial health could also suffer. Even if you don't get on the addictive (paid) app train, your smartphone makes mindless shopping absurdly easy. And being able to make on-the-go changes to your investments, say in your 401(k), could tempt you into mistakes.
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Instead, when it comes to investing, a set-it-and-forget-it policy tends to be better: The brokerage Fidelity, for example, has found its best-performing clients were actually the people who literally forgot they had accounts at all.
Why? The stock market is a serious drama queen: As economist Justin Wolfers pointed out in August 2015, the S&P 500 had fallen on 46.7% of trading days since March 1957, essentially a coin toss. When you look at stocks over the long term, though, they almost always increase in value: With the exception of the Great Depression and the Great Recession, equities have risen over every decade since 1900. So in scary times, you might be tempted to sell everything — when you should actually keep your hands off.
Wolfers advised investors to stop checking their portfolios so much, a tough temptation to resist in an era of push notifications.
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It's not as though Canadians approach the onset of fall by stocking their shelves and bundling up in their parkas. No. When nature begins to close the gate of good weather and jack frost hints at the months to come, we're determined to enjoy the remainder of above freezing temperatures and all the sandal wearing weather the season will permit.
There's a huge opportunity for good in this annual interim period.
As we stand shivering at the thought of snow storms and winter boots, we should take a moment to greet those around us, exchange a few kind words, and strengthen our most important civic asset, neighbourliness.
Each business and individual has networking connections it creates through its activities, much as a spider forms its web. When those ties are made on the basis of common attributes, such as language or interest or even type of computer (I'm a Mac man myself), then all members of this group are united by an association. Common purpose and strength flow from our concentration in these groups, but we should be careful not to mistake interests for communities.
They are commonalities. Our sharing of an attribute.
As members of cultural associations, social groups- both person to person and online, and clubs we affirm important values that lend strength to those shared attributes, but none of them define us.
However, as an iberophile twittering speedskater with a nostalgic affection for briquets, I am on my way to a unique combination of interests and abilities (or in the case of my speedskating a lack thereof) that helps define me.
Returning to our spider's web analogy, we can now see a different approach to the ties that bind. No other business or individual has the diversity of connections that is unique to you. It is a pattern of relationship of which you are the centre. Like association, it also brings purpose and strength, but in this case unique. How do we access this web? Through you!
In contrast to commonality, community is that happy accident of individuals who find themselves associated by mere proximity. An I–belong-because-I-am-here sort of thing. New arrivals are automatically included, since they are also here. Easy. No choices.
The basic unit of this community is "the neighbour". Diversity is a given, since each neighbour brings a unique pattern of interests and connections that is his network web. Respect is the common currency, since a failure to recognise the unique qualities in others denigrates my own.
It is only here, through this portal of understanding regarding the diversity of relationships around us, that civility is cared for and practiced. Only the idea of "neighbour" carries within it the seed of citizenry, and for this seed to grow and flourish here are a few simple gardening tips for planting your winter wheat.
Fall is a great time to discover your personal neighbourhood, and the benefits of strong connections within it. As a business or individual, take time to stand in the street and look up and down, across and over. Who are all these people raking their leaves and sipping their coffee, members of this Canadian hiber-nation? How do I connect?
Taking a moment to organise an activity that brings neighbours together, connecting through diversity rather than commonality, can be as simple as issuing invitations for a potluck, creating an online forum for community discussion, organising a pumpkin carving party, or celebrating our environment with a creek cleanup. Anything that brings neighbours together, with invitations to all, will create connections.
The benefits of strong neighbourhoods in time of crisis and emergency are well-known, as are the savings in public funds for medical and social services that flow from quality relations among neighbours. Our informal network of trust and care means support in so many small ways, avoiding expensive programs and interventions that inevitably must flow from neglecting our everyday duties as neighbours.
Many communities have active programs to target volunteerism and community activity. Kitchener has a unique example in its Festival of Neighbourhoods, a community-capacity building initiative supported by my architectural firm, the City of Kitchener, and the Social Planning Council of Kitchener-Waterloo.
Now in its seventeenth year, the festival asks citizens, businesses, and institutions to think of themselves as the centre of their own unique neighbourhood. Perhaps just a few streets around your school or church, the houses around your park, or even the stairs and corridors of your apartment building or condo can form this community.
Each has neighbours who can benefit one another by coming together, meeting, and linking their unique network "webs".
a festive Grand Finale, held October 24th at Kitchener City Hall.
In addition to awards and recognition for registered neighbourhoods and their activities, one lucky neighbourhood will win a $10,000 capital grant, from ballots drawn at the finale itself.
For information on the Festival and fun ideas for reaching your neighbours, visit www.kitchener.ca and follow the award program links to Festival of Neighbourhoods, or drop us a line at entries@festivalof neighbourhoods.ca.
This entry was posted in Architecture, Community, Design, Rural Design, Urbanism on 2010/09/30 by adminjma.
Aside from helping us to earn a living through our work, our professional desire has been to communicate our ideas and passion for the quality of the public realm, both through quality built form and by discussion. We promote design that supports better stories in people's lives. We investigate the world around us, and try to incorporate our learning into the designs we offer.
But to be honest our suspicion is that as designers we are talking AT the world around us, not conversing with it. If it were not so, design magazines and critical reviews would be filled with photos of the designs in use, crawled over and played with, and reaction from those who inhabit them.
Intention would be compared with the real review, your experience. Alas, design is often the intention, and it is not for the designer to divulge, except to the cognoscenti. You mentally come to us, and consume the design as we see it.
As a profession, our listening skills are suspect, and perhaps it's time for us to admit it.
Years ago, on a particularly awkward and obtrusive office building at King and Allen in downtown Waterloo, Canada, someone had spraypainted "Be Reasonable" on one of the entry columns. As an architectural critique, it was bang on. The building was designed to ignore its context and impose itself without apology. That "post" in spray paint was for some months a gut reaction woven into the experience of the building itself.
especially in the Grand River area of Southern Ontario Canada. We'd like this blog, and our related social media links, to serve that purpose.
How have designs contributed to your experiences and your community?
Designers gather info, think, play, and brainstorm ideas. They cajole and organise and communicate and get ideas built in some semblance of order, somehow. Done. Add it the resume. On to the next project.
The "conversation", after the ideas are offered and built, somehow never happens. The part where the designer listens, discusses, and learns.
What went well, what did not?
what surprises? what intentions don't come through?
What accidents of use and adaptation are the happy ones upon which to build new intentions?
What gives life to the offering?
What creates meaning and positive stories in people's lives?
Designers learn more from our experience and discussion of other offerings, whether designed or not, than from feedback about our own. That's surely a flaw, especially in the fields of architecture and urban design: a slow dance practiced in public, usually with public money and implications for use by us all. Maybe as a profession we haven't really grappled with the trail of our efforts, of what we do.
carefully captured without a single person in view.
as though the architecture is statement, and moment, rather than dialogue and life.
So if a building, or a place, a detail, or a space, is meant to be tried on, worn smooth and made comfortable, in a word USED, then architecture must be a relation between offering and experience. It's not the offering itself.
That's just the beginning of a better conversation, where the designer, and even the design, can participate in its use and experience.
Let's take one of the designs we've been involved with,the Region of Waterloo Airport Terminal. We were the prime professional consultants for that project, in joint venture with ZAS Architects of Toronto, and worked with the Region of Waterloo project team to develop its architecture.
The terminal has been operating since 2004, and we have undertaken several renovations and additions so that it can accommodate growth in the passenger services operating from Region of Waterloo Airport (YKF!).
Give us your feedback and tell us a story about the airport terminal.
Or, on a different scale,the Ontario Places to Grow initiativeis designing Southern Ontario as an "Inner Ring" comprising Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe, a surrounding Greenbelt Zone, and an "Outer Ring" of growth and population, that includes the Grand River Watershed. This is design on a large scale indeed, but design nonetheless.
Is this how we should manage growth and the sustainable future of our community? What do you think of this master, Toronto-centric design for Southern Ontario?
This entry was posted in Architecture, Community, Design, Environment, Policy, Rural Design, Urbanism on 2010/09/23 by adminjma.
Why the Grand River Watershed?
Because our architectural practice and work is rooted in the physical world and the landscape that our designs affect, it's important that this blog stay "grounded".
Although discussions about design are often abstracted from context, that's not us. Our work and interest is about making and enhancing particular places.
That's why we've decided that Design and Community has a physical lifeline, which is the particular natural, rural, urban, and suburban mix associated with the Grand River Watershed, where our office and many of our projects are located.
We often think of a watershed as a geographic unit divorced from our built form. It's not. The two ecologies of natural and built form are inseparable. Is it long overdue that we start designing and thinking that way?
Give us your thoughts on this. We'd like to challenge everyone to think of our community as including both built and natural form, in a sustainable relationship!
Does Victoria Street and Highway 7 pass over the Grand River at Breslau, or is it the Canadian Heritage River passing under that commuter route and through that community? They can never be separated, except by traffic engineers and hydrologists. Will we get things right by concentrating on one, or the other?
Isn't it better to concentrate on their relation?
We often think of watershed as divorced from community, but standing in the Grand River with your fishing rod at Paris, how exactly do you separate the run-off from the roof of the Waterloo Region Airport Terminal from the rainfall in the Elora Gorge?
This entry was posted in Community, Environment, Rural Design, Urbanism on 2010/09/21 by adminjma. | {
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Our Commentary Topic Post link: 'You Can Change Your Life with a Few Simple Steps' by Cindy Nicolson.
Good point on conquering ourselves Cindy and Win.
Nice to be a winner indeed. But for how long?
As you've said Cindy, life is short. What could be better, would it not be a plan for eternity? If we were with wise men we would be wise as in Proverbs 13:20? How does being wise compare with the wisdom of God?
Will you not agree with me that being wise here means being as wise as those who follow God's words?
I know that some people may find my views boring, many times, though, do we realize that we can get confused and get lost focusing our efforts more on material things in this life which may just be reduced to nothingness? And this may all become meaningless as we come to pass?
"Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.
With above verses I have learned to understand that truly, 'man cannot live by bread alone' as in Matthew 4:4, and it takes more than anything in this world to make man truly happy, and that is believing and living the words of God in Christ Jesus.
For is not God's wisdom greater than human wisdom?
If we have to die today, what will we ask our Creator to justify an extension of our life?
But how can we ever ask for an extension when we have not truly believed in Him or have just put Him on the sidelines while we have tried to satisfy our own cravings?
Is this not similar to denying Him? Is it not better to invest on the long term than on a short term? Even a true businessman knows this, the only difference being, seeing things beyond this life, which is spiritual.
Did God not say love one another as He has loved us? Or was it love ourselves first before we love others?
I have tried doing this before and loving my ego for it but what did I get, I was humbled with a mild heart attack, and after 8 years, had a mild stroke, perhaps, as a reminder that I need to refocus my life on Him and share the light of Christ Jesus, His Son, through his love, mercy and forgiveness with others.
While God wants us to be happy in this life, He simply asks us, as we have been gifted with a free will, to put Him at the center of our life that we may better live this life in true peace and happiness, as we live in harmony with His Spirit.
Try to do otherwise, and disregard love for others – a love that is true and responsible – do we not suffer more in pain and put ourselves more into trouble? We may for a time be happy with our material possessions, but will this really last, or, are pressures from material things creating a hell out of our lives?
Is the evil one just fooling us by veering us away from the truth in Christ's words and the true meaning of love which is for one another?
When we enjoy life out of the love of others, do we not feel a more profound happiness that lasts with fulfillment in our hearts and spirit?
The beauty that we see with our own eyes may better be pleasing and more enhanced with the beauty that we see from within our spirit.
And God being spirit, can we not better relate to Him also with our hearts and spirit, and in our love and concern for others?
Others may say this is Communism, but does communism really paint a picture of love where there is lack of freedom and the absence of God in our midst?
Are not the swords of too much materialism, envy and malice towards others causing us to suffer because that is what we have chosen to invest upon?
Praying through the Holy Spirit for discernment may guide us better as we live this life.
Thank you for this opportunity to share in Christ on your post Cindy, Godspeed to all.
"The Truth in Purgatory as in the Vision of Saint Catherine of Genoa"
You may not believe in Purgatory, but this may change your outlook in life as Sister Catherine of Genoa shares her vision of Purgatory in her life long devotion to God as you read through our above link.
I was just ticketed for parking violation. My lovely wife reminded me on a Thursday morning of July 2011 that I should go look out from the balcony of the apartment building we are staying in Los Angeles, California, and see the ticket on my car's windshield.
Sure enough, I saw the familiar small white envelope on my car's windshield. It was my second parking violation ticket, and a charge of another $68 will be another slash on our budget. And to think, I can't imagine that I forgot all about the need to re-position my car the day before when me and my 18 year old son had just done a pretty good hand wash on it two days before the traffic enforcer caught it sitting on that side of the road where the city street sweeper truck was scheduled to do its cleaning routine for that week, and almost all the time that day before, I was just proudly gleaming at it enjoying the sight of my newly washed car that saved me around $10.
Oh well, as they say, "if something will go wrong, it will go wrong," and I have to admit of my human weakness, and I rejoice in acknowledging my weakness in my forgetfulness as I am made whole in Christ every time I see myself humbled. And I am happy for those who accept their faults for it is this acceptance of what is true that one learns to renew and better himself and stand strong as witness to God's truth in his words.
I just have to console myself that, perhaps, the city needed more funds to cover its bigger deficit. And spending $68 for six months parking near the sidewalk is not really bad, huh?
With a weak faith, the evil one could have easily ruined my day, but the Holy Spirit seems to be reminding me always not to worry, for worrying will not add a single hour or day in my life, as Jesus has said to his disciples in Matthew 6:27.
What can happen worse is a possible heated conflict among individuals because of a disagreement over flimsy things such as anything material that is never worthy of any argument, as all things that one cannot bring along upon one's death, these becoming eventually meaningless. And it is in treasuring things that may bring one to eternal life, for me, is more worthy of keeping in one's heart and spirit, and being steadfast in our faith that we may never falter in sharing this truth with our family and love ones, if we truly love them and care for them. And is this not the words of God that we should learn to seek and adhere to?
And the more I live my life, the more peace and happiness comes in my heart and spirit as I reflect on above powerful verses.
In above example, there is nothing that compares with attuning your life in humility and obedience to God's will through God's words in Christ and his commandments, that we can better prepare ourselves ready and duly cleansed and worthy of God's embrace even while we live this life, as Purgatory in itself.
The essence of Purgatory coincides with the truth in Christ's teachings and it clarifies the meaning of retribution, confession of sins, forgiveness of sins, prayer and repentance with renewal, and Purgatory's state compared with heaven and hell.
Here on earth, according to Saint Catherine, we can already start cleansing our selves from all sins and from all impurities in our hearts and spirit, as we prepare for the afterlife, when we will one day be with our Lord Jesus Christ in heaven, as she has done so herself, manifest in her life long dedication to God, in humility and total obedience to His will, especially in her last 10 years of her life serving and showing her selfless sacrifice in the care and love of others.
Come to think of it, how can we be accepted in heaven if we still are attached to things material, to our pride, to sins of lust and other sins that make our souls unclean and unfit to ever be worthy of God's embrace in His Heavenly Kingdom?
Will it not help for us to approach all things that is set forth before us as trials from the Lord, and that he may not burden us with something the we cannot bear or endure, so long as we stay faithful to him?
That is why, whenever I experience something that goes wrong, I pray for a better understanding of all these and rejoice in God's blessings instead of uselessly panicking and getting tempted with the thought of something that is here to test my patience and my faith, as I always trust in the Lord that nothing on earth can ever be greater than Him and His love for all of us through His Son, Jesus Christ.
And in everything unexpected that happens in this life, I believe, blessings will soon come in abundance through faith in Christ Jesus, as has been proven many times in my life with my family.
A few days after my parking violation, we saw a long beautiful cabinet table sitting near the recycling bin, seemingly slightly used and made of good material. For whatever reason the former owners discarded it is the least of my concern, but it fit very well our need for our bedroom TV and the need for extra drawers to duly help organize a few clutter in our room.
We felt that this saved us another $200 or so if we opted to purchase a similar versatile table.
"God is really good," I said to my wife, "he provides us with what we need." My wife smilingly nodded with glee in her eyes. To think it is not the first time that we experienced God's goodness.
And it is in the guidance and enlightenment of the Holy Spirit that we can further be guided in this truth as we continuously thank God for giving us the desires of our heart.
As early as in the young tender age of 13, Saint Catherine has already confessed of her wish to enter into the convent of Santa Maria del Grazie, in Genoa, Italy. This house of the Augustinian Canonesses of the Lateran was where her elder sister, Limbania, took the vow as a nun.
She grew up to become a tall and beautiful lady with a 'well shaped body, fair complexioned and possessed dark eyes. It did not take long before her elder brother, Giacomo, who inherited her father's wealth and possessions when he passed away, planned her betrothal to Guiliano Adorni, from the powerful Ghibeline family, with the support of her mother, and she was left with no choice as she accepted this cross to carry in blind obedience to her mother and her elder brother.
She devoted the rest of her life caring for the sick while being guided by the Ladies of Mercy and living in a life of prayer. She was able to obtain from her husband a promised that she would live with her as a brother, which he kept. She lived in utter sacrifice and avoided all kinds of worldly temptations.
A few years after her conversion, her husband joined her in her works of mercy after he himself received the third order of Saint Francis. And in 1497, she nursed her husband until he died, extolled her of all her virtues in his will and left her all his possessions.
Saint Catherine suffered in her life while serving and caring for sick as 'rector of the hospital with unlimited powers.' She so arranged that her prayerful devotions and her ecstasies will not interfere in her activities while she cared for the sick. And in total humility and faith in the Lord she happily joined our Creator on the 15th of September, 1510.
In conceptualizing her vision of Purgatory, Saint Catherine states that those in Hell are careless in their salvation while those in Purgatory are those whose guilt have been wiped away from the moment of their death as they have acknowledged their sins and have earnestly 'repented for their offences against divine goodness,' with their pain ever lessening with the time.
Both those in Hell and Purgatory have 'no more free will' upon the time of death, with those in Hell having the will to sin, and 'bears the guilt with them throughout eternity,' as they suffer the pain they would have to endure without end.
and all other sins of lust you can think of?
If we feel no remorse or any guilt in any of the aforementioned sins of malice, we may be bound to Hell where there is the absence of God.
And Saint Faustina, in her 'Vision of Hell,' where God revealed to her the different tortures of Hell that all may know about the truth and the reality of the existence of Hell, also complements the revelation of God on Saint Catherine about Purgatory.
Only God knows what punishment one will need to endure in Hell or in Purgatory, depending on how we have lived in this life and depending on the depth of our prayers as we pray with all our heart and in all sincerity, that through our good deeds and love for others, our God of love and mercy and forgiveness, through Christ our Lord and Savior, may hear and listen to us.
God wants us to continue to be prayerful, as we praise. thank and show how we adore Him through His Son, Jesus Christ, and to follow him, what we may be guided in his light, and be willing to share this light too with others as we show our genuine love can concern for our neighbors, starting with our own family.
Is it not apparent that it is in loving God and others that we truly see a more fulfilling, noble, honorable and respectable way of loving ourselves?
Praying for our dearly departed love ones, and for others worthy of our prayers, for God's rays of love, mercy and forgiveness to possibly cleanse those still in Purgatory as a show of our love and concern for them, as we believe in the power of the love of God and the power of prayers, is this not what God wants of us, a show of our intense faith through our love for others?
Saint Catherine reminds us too that those committing malice who refuse to repent and renew, they shall bear its guilt for as long as they persevere, that is, for as long as they will to commit the sin or they will to sin again, they may be in danger of being bound for Hell if in this life they continue to sin in malice and refuse to totally cleanse themselves of this sin.
We are being admonished by Saint Catherine, by divine enlightenment, to be stronger in our faith than our cravings for anything material, to be selfless in our love for God and of others, less we want to suffer Hell, as early as in this life.
It is in dying to one self and being one with God through Christ Jesus, and in Christ, that one may experience this feeling of ecstasy in him as he experiences his oneness with God.
She likens our cravings for material things as similar to one who, by instinct, cannot but bear living without bread in this life, to which one reacts so strongly with the pain felt so intense with its absence that one is experiencing Hell, his impatience and his will may lead him to be damned in Hell, as his will may become wholly and solely focused on the bread which he so desires.
But for one who lives in restraint and is able to deny himself of his worldly cravings and has accepted the words of Christ as the real and true food for himself in this life, may very well be freed from guilt, as he would bear every pain and suffering necessary to see God in Christ Jesus, our true Savior who has brought us life and love.
Leaning towards God through Christ, may very well conform with Saint Christine's message of renewal and redemption that may cleanse one's self and may lead to eternal life, as opposed to that vicious cycle towards evil that lead to Mammon and Hell.
Do you see now the clearer picture and the root causes of good and evil? Which cycle would you rather choose?
Saint Catherine talks of two kinds of rays from the enormous light from God. One that purifies and another that destroys all the imperfections in our soul, and destroys the 'self' in us, although already in the state of the absence of guilt with complete repentance made during our lifetime.
This 'self' refers to our inner being that has caused us to sin in malice, pride and selfishness.
As we have accepted the love of God in Christ, there is a need for our purification, one free from all imperfection as one takes away the rust from his soul until it becomes pure as gold ready to face God and be one with Him.
Earlier in this life, God wants us to already purify ourselves from any imperfection that we may be cleansed from sin and from all guilt in confession and repentance, followed with total renewal that anytime we are called, we are purified and sinless, as well as guiltless to perfection, ready to be one with him in eternal life.
While many in the US were celebrating the death of Osama Bin Laden (OBL), killed by US Navy Seals in a clandestine operation on the first of May, 2011, there was no Muslim outrage condemning his death in Pakistani territory from his supposed Al Qaeda, Taliban and Muslim Extremists or Fundamentalist supporters.
Is this a sign of the waning of support to his cause with even many of those interviewed from among the Muslim community across the US welcoming the breaking news as a sign of relief?
The Master Terrorist who had inspired many suicide bombings killing thousands of Muslims, Americans and innocent civilians from around the globe which included the daring yet infamous 911 attacks inside the US itself failed to elude his own death this time.
Do we not find true peace and love if we choose to love God with our whole heart, mind and soul, and love our neighbors in God's grace with compassion, care, mercy and forgiveness?
Otherwise, do we not find more stress in our life as we hide from the truth and see the true light of God?
Over the years, US intelligence found it very difficult to locate Osama bin Laden until very recently, as they were closely following his most trusted courier, Sheikh Abu Ahmed of Kuwait, they found what seemed to be a very likely hiding place for OBL, a high-fenced mansion ironically situated a few hundred yards away from Pakistan's prestigious Military Academy.
And after weighing his options, President Obama gave the go signal for a carefully planned raid into the compound until the elite Team Six of the US Navy Seals successfully accomplished the operation with the death of OBL.
How many times have we seen haughty and proud men who have abused and caused death to mankind, in that they have become evil in their ways, fall down from power and humbled by God?
In the death of Osama bin Laden, may we see the light and do what is good for man, and open our eyes that we may find wisdom as we veer away from darkness and evil.
That we should see the message of Easter as the dawn of a new beginning renewing ourselves to be one with God as Jesus has paved the way in fulfilling heaven's plan to redeem man through his passion and death on the cross, his miraculous resurrection and ascension.
And that we may learn to carry our own cross, deny ourselves by being humble and selfless in our efforts to lead others to him in this life that they too may see God's promise of eternal life (read Luke 9:22-23).
May we always remember that God created everything in this world and in the universe, with man and his God given talents making possible the discovery of more wonderful things for man to enjoy life on earth. And that without God, we are nothing.
With power over life and death, as God is in him and he in God, Jesus is our true Redeemer who is the Truth, the Way and the Life.
Is it not appropriate that we use all things to glorify His Holy Name by doing what is good for man?
Have we truly asked ourselves and realize the fundamental truth in this question, can we carry anything with us after our death? Is not everything material left here on earth when we die? Is not only our spirit that remains in us as we are summoned by our Creator when our time has come?
Hence, while here on earth, is it not proper to thank him for his goodness by using all things material for the love of God and man that we may attain salvation?
As God has revealed to us that we are made in His image and likeness, therefore, do we not consider our body sacred that is worthy to be praised and filled with anything that is good and pleasing to Him?
Just pray and lift up to God all our problems, troubles, sufferings, trials and tribulations, and ask forgiveness for our sins as we forgive those who have wronged us as they seek to make amends with us, and think of no malice against others or be judgmental and God will take care of the rest as we do what is best, ever productive and honest in God's eyes as we do our work and chores, for the good of our family and for the good of others as well.
In this way we are cleansed of all evil and we are ready to accept Him as our true God and Savior through the Holy Spirit – the Sacrament of Baptism in water, in the name of the Father, the Son and in the Holy Spirit is the first step for a true Christian believer to be cleansed and be under Christ's shield and direction towards salvation – ever prayerful for his faithfulness, love, mercy, guidance and protection.
Just trust in Him and follow his words and commandments in praises and good works and you will see abundant blessings, miracles, good health and peace in your life.
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BME-based uncertainty assessment of the Chernobyl fallout
E. Savelieva, V. Demyanov, M. Kanevski, M. Serre, G. Christakos
The vast territories that have been radioactively contaminated during the 1986 Chernobyl accident provide a substantial data set of radioactive monitoring data, which can be used for the verification and testing of the different spatial estimation (prediction) methods involved in risk assessment studies. Using the Chernobyl data set for such a purpose is motivated by its heterogeneous spatial structure (the data are characterized by large-scale correlations, short-scale variability, spotty features, etc.). The present work is concerned with the application of the Bayesian Maximum Entropy (BME) method to estimate the extent and the magnitude of the radioactive soil contamination by 137Cs due to the Chernobyl fallout. The powerful BME method allows rigorous incorporation of a wide variety of knowledge bases into the spatial estimation procedure leading to informative contamination maps. Exact measurements ("hard" data) are combined with secondary information on local uncertainties (treated as "soft" data) to generate science-based uncertainty assessment of soil contamination estimates at unsampled locations. BME describes uncertainty in terms of the posterior probability distributions generated across space, whereas no assumption about the underlying distribution is made and non-linear estimators are automatically incorporated. Traditional estimation variances based on the assumption of an underlying Gaussian distribution (analogous, e.g., to the kriging variance) can be derived as a special case of the BME uncertainty analysis. The BME estimates obtained using hard and soft data are compared with the BME estimates obtained using only hard data. The comparison involves both the accuracy of the estimation maps using the exact data and the assessment of the associated uncertainty using repeated measurements. Furthermore, a comparison of the spatial estimation accuracy obtained by the two methods was carried out using a validation data set of hard data. Finally, a separate uncertainty analysis was conducted that evaluated the ability of the posterior probabilities to reproduce the distribution of the raw repeated measurements available in certain populated sites. The analysis provides an illustration of the improvement in mapping accuracy obtained by adding soft data to the existing hard data and, in general, demonstrates that the BME method performs well both in terms of estimation accuracy as well as in terms estimation error assessment, which are both useful features for the Chernobyl fallout study. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Geoderma
3-4 SPEC. ISS.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.04.011
uncertainty analysis
Chernobyl accident
Bayesian maximum entropy
Radioactive contamination
Savelieva, E., Demyanov, V., Kanevski, M., Serre, M., & Christakos, G. (2005). BME-based uncertainty assessment of the Chernobyl fallout. Geoderma, 128(3-4 SPEC. ISS.), 312-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.04.011
Savelieva, E. ; Demyanov, V. ; Kanevski, M. ; Serre, M. ; Christakos, G. / BME-based uncertainty assessment of the Chernobyl fallout. In: Geoderma. 2005 ; Vol. 128, No. 3-4 SPEC. ISS. pp. 312-324.
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Savelieva E, Demyanov V, Kanevski M, Serre M, Christakos G. BME-based uncertainty assessment of the Chernobyl fallout. Geoderma. 2005 Oct;128(3-4 SPEC. ISS.):312-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.04.011
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Mackenzie, Christopher James (2001) The entrepreneurial bureaucrat : a study of policy entrepreneurship in the formation of a national strategy to create an Asia-literate Australia. PhD thesis, Victoria University of Technology.
This study investigates how individual policy actors can influence policy making and become catalysis of change. Its main proposition is that actors who heavily influence policy making and become agents for change are necessarily involved in specific activities and demonstrate particular characteristics. The study employs the concept of 'policy entrepreneurship' to analyse an episode of policy making which occurred in Australia between 1992 and 1994. The study concludes that in performing certain functions policy entrepreneurs help to affect change, but in doing so are at once constrained and enabled by contextual forces. Based on the findings of the analysis a theoretical frameword of policy entrepreneurship is developed which augments existing conceptions of policy entrepreneurship. | {
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Deinodus is a form genus that includes two species: the form found in the Onondaga Formation of western New York, Deinodus bennetti, and the form found in the Columbus and Limestone of central Ohio, Deinodus ohioensis. Both species are limited to the Eifelian age of the middle Devonian Period, which occurred 398-391 million years ago (Martin, 2002).
Denison (1978) postulates that the genus could be an arthrodire or ptyctodont, but places it in his "incertae sedis" section. Individual specimens tend to resemble the ptyctodonts from the same units and ptyctodonts from Australia, so Deinodus is most likely a ptyctodont. Specimens interpreted as lateral spines may show that Deinodus was a basal ptyctodont, not far removed from the petalichthids (Martin, 2002).
Deinodus bennetti was first described in 1919 (Hussakof and Bryant). Specimens of Deinodus exhibit a variety of shapes, though most possess the characteristic large tubercles reported by Hussakof and Bryant (1918). Those specimens that do not possess tubercles resemble those that do possess tubercles. These tubercles are usually found on a margin, close to the widest point, and are different in appearance from those reported in other placoderms (Long, 1997).
The variety of shapes probably represents function rather than ontogeny. Specimens have been attributed to upper and lower dental plates, dorsal spines, trunk shield plates and lateral spines. Tubercles are found on all of these elements (Long, 1997; Martin, 2002).
Most specimens that are considered dental elements are still entombed in matrix, so it is difficult to determine the feeding strategy of the fish (Martin, 2002). Since most ptyctodonts are durophagus (Maisey, 1996), meaning that they ate organisms with hard shells or exoskeletons, it seems likely that Deinodus was too.
Deinodus ohioensis was a bit smaller than D. bennetti and preferred shallower water. D. ohioensis could have been a smaller species or juvenile D. bennetti using the Columbus sea as a nursery area (Martin, 2002).
References
Denison, R. 1978. Placodermi. In: Schultze, H.P. ed. Handbook of Paleoichthyology vol. 2. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart. 128 pages.
Hussakof, L. and W.L. Bryant. 1918. Catalog of fossil fishes in the Museum of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 17:18-22.
Long, J.A. 1997. Ptyctodontid fishes (Vertebrata, Placodermi) from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation, Western Australia, with a revision of the European genus Ctenurella Orvig, 1960. Geodiversitas 19(3): 515–555.
Maisey, J. G. 1996. Discovering Fossil Fishes. Henry Holt, New York. 223 pages.
Martin, R. 2002. Taxonomic Revision and Paleoecology of Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Fishes of the Onondaga, Columbus and Delaware Limestones of the Eastern United States. Dissertation, West Virginia University.
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Taxonomic Revision and Paleoecology of Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Fishes of the Onondaga, Columbus and Delaware Limestones of the eastern United States (PDF file) (PhD dissertation)
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Placoderms of North America
Devonian placoderms
Paleontology in New York (state)
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Texas Changes the Experience Modification Factor Formula Starting in 2015
November 29, 2014 edprizedprizLeave a comment
Based on a little research that I've been doing, it looks like a lot of Texas employers are going to be getting some really unpleasant surprises in their experience modification factor calculations, starting July 1, 2015.
Regular readers know I've been writing a fair bit about the changes NCCI has made in their experience rating formula. Basically, NCCI has been implementing increases in how much of each individual claim gets fully counted in calculating experience modifiers. Until recently, only the first $5,000 of each claim counted fully–everything over this was discounted. But that changed in 2013, and the "split point" has been significantly increased in steps. At the moment, the first $13,500 of each claim gets fully counted. Next year, it goes up to the first $15,500 of each claim.
Now, Texas, until recently, wasn't really an NCCI states. Texas outsourced and licensed manuals from NCCI but kept the $5,000 set point. That's going to change, starting July 1, 2015, when Texas officially starts using the NCCI experience rating plan manual rules.
And rather than implement the higher set point in increments, according to the Texas Register(official publication of the Texas Secretary of State) "NCCI and staff recommend
implementing the proposed changes in their entirety, as opposed to transitioning the implementation over time."
So for Texas employers, the set point will just jump from $5,000 to $15,500. That means, for Texas employers that have any claims in the past three years that were greater than $5,000, their experience mods are going to jump.
We've already written about how we've seen a considerable increase in the number of employers contacting us who are desperate to reduce their experience mod because it's shot up over that magic 1.00 threshold. Texas employers are about to learn the hard way about the effect of this change, and they won't even get the changes implemented in increments–they get the full shot all at once.
Get ready to hear some screams from Texas employers sometime around the middle of next year, as these new experience mods start being promulgated. | {
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"And I didn't think this was more than just a bit of talk in her final week before her final race, but someone very closely connected to the horse has said to me that they reckon she will race at Ascot".
Speaking afterwards Waller said: "It's hard to explain without getting too emotional". America, Europe, Africa, all over Australia. I am just so proud of her, I really am.
Waller said returning to his Rosehill stable will probably give Winx the impression her campaign is not over, but it most certainly is. "Because I tell you there are times I haven't wanted to".
Waller trained three Group 1 winners on Saturday, he also prepared Shraooh to win the Sydney Cup and Verry Ellegant to take out the ATC Australian Oaks.
"When she gets to her grand final she knows what it is all about and she is ready to fire", Waller said. Nine of her victories have come over the 2000 meters, including an unprecedented four consecutive scores in Australia's springtime weight-for-age championship, the G1 W S Cox Plate at Moonee Valley in Melbourne. | {
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Today is International Women's Day where the entire world celebrates women. So I figured I would pay tribute to the women of classic rock.
Years later, I remember being in my brother-in-law John's car in 1980. He was taking me to a high school basketball game. He had Pat Benatar's 'Crimes of Passion in' in the cassette player and it was love at first listen. I remember going out and buying that album and Pat's first album 'In the Heat of the Night' as soon as I scraped up enough money. I was in love with Pat Benatar. I thought for sure when I grew up, I would marry her. Pat went on to marry her guitar player Neil Giraldo and it broke my heart. Still to this day she is my all-time favorite female rocker. I thought her first four albums were awesome. Below are my top five favorite women of classic rock. Notable mentions that did not make the list that I have respect for include; Chrissie Hynde from The Pretenders and Debbie Harry from Blondie.
Pat is still my favorite female rocker.
I still remember hearing Joan's version of 'I Love Rock n Roll' when it first came out. We played it all the time on the jukebox at the Pizza place in our neighborhood.
I remember being in my sister's room listening to Magic Man, Barracuda, and Crazy On You, and thinking these women rock!
Stevie has that unique unmistakeable voice that I enjoyed from the very first time I heard her on a Fleetwood Mac album. I did have to laugh though when the TV show 'South Park' had her as a goat.
Janis was awesome. That raspy voice was incredible. She died way too young. I can't help but think how many more great songs we would have from her if she was still alive.
Lizzy broke on to the rock scene in 2009, so not really "Classic Rock" so she didn't make the list. But, I had to give her an honorable mention because she is an incredible singer, a great guitarist, and I had a chance to hang out with her and her band Halestorm a few times, and she is an awesome person. Not to mention she is 'very' easy on the eyes. If you've never heard of them, check them out. | {
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The Superbowl is the most watched event on TV. Your viewership gives it power in the same way that your vote on election day does. Tonight, I'm not voting. Even if you're an avid football fan and still watch the Superbowl, I don't blame you. Sports are a fantastic way to remind of us friends, family, and childhood memories. But please still consider the implications of the game. The NFL knows the damages it does to people, but they are a multi-billion dollar industry and don't care. This needs to change and only will when the fans acknowledge that.
Instead of talking about the change in the rules on head-to-head combat and legal places to get hit, I want to focus on what I believe to be the most important issue: brain injuries. Older veteran players are suffering serious traumatic damage to their head and all the NFL can do is offer a $765 million settlement, which the judge thankfully rejected.
Even with the new rules, we still see players get concussions ALL OF THE TIME! What's worst, the announcers downplay the injury because football is suppose to be entertaining, after all.
1a.) Many of the old players were misinformed by the league and coaches. While they knew it was obviously not conducive to their mental well-being, they never dreamed of the actual repercussions, and serious injuries were taught to be shrugged off. In fact, players that got concussions would still play in the next drive and get consecutive concussions each time they were hit.
1b.) Has anyone handed you millions of dollars and made you an idol? Even though new players should be aware of the repercussions (not that all of them are), it still seems like a worthwhile trade-off to a 20-something kid.
2.) Football has adapted to the times with everything else, except this. And this is seriously the most important issue that should be dealt with. Mental injury deteriorates the very being of the person, just ask the ex-players' wives that were strong enough to stick with their husbands. No sport or form of entertainment is worth the sacrifice of human lives.
It's not just that $765 million isn't enough, honestly, it's that no amount of money will ever be enough. How can you a price tag on the value of life? You are your brain – never forget that.
Perhaps I don't understand the obsession because I'd rather watch baseball or documentaries with my girlfriend than football. On the surface, that makes sense, but deep inside, I know that I simply feel for the players and am tired of ignoring the fact that the NFL is destroying lives. There's a human-to-human connection that exists within us all and yours should be triggered, telling you that something is clearly wrong with this current system and it needs to be fixed.
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Could Europe end up targeting Canada over C-51 and digital privacy?
By Colin Bennett. Published on Oct 13, 2015 8:57pm
One of the more popular clichés about the Internet is that it knows no geographical boundaries. So when we shop, blog, connect or communicate online, our personal data may be transmitted instantaneously across many national borders. Thus, when one jurisdiction changes the rules about how personal data should be protected, that decision can have ripple effects around the world.
That's what happened last week when Europe's highest court, the European Court of Justice, ruled that the 'Safe Harbor' arrangement that allowed companies to freely transfer personal data to the U.S. is illegal. The decision could have implications for Canada.
The story begins in the mid-1990s, when the European Union passed a directive that harmonized all European privacy laws and established some basic rules for the transfer of personal data across the continent. The directive also said that information on European citizens could not be sent outside the borders of the EU to countries that could not guarantee an "adequate level of protection."
As a result, many jurisdictions, including Canada, passed legislation similar to the European model. The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, commonly known as PIPEDA, was passed in 2000 and imposes a common set of privacy standards across the private sector, gives individuals access to their data, and offers us some control over how our information should be used and disclosed. Canada was then deemed "adequate" and personal information could flow freely on European consumers and employees to companies located in this country.
The United States did not pass such a law. The Americans protested that their political system is different, and that their culture and values favored free flow over "data protection" (the way the Europeans frame the issue). American policy makers were not about to be told what to do by bureaucrats in Brussels. And U.S. companies lobbied vigorously against regulation.
At the same time, U.S. companies needed secure and legal ways to ensure the free flow of personal information to the United States. Individual contracts were considered unwieldy and time-consuming. So, about 15 years ago, they came up with the idea of a "Safe Harbor." Companies would self-certify to a set of privacy principles, negotiated between the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission.
At the same time, if it could be shown that the company had breached these principles, then they would be open to challenge before the Federal Trade Commission, who would be able to investigate and fine. And this has happened on a number of occasions. Over the years, about 4,000 companies have signed up.
There has been a lot of skepticism about this arrangement; none of this legal apparatus helps consumers that much. And there have been continued discussions between European and U.S. officials about its possible revision. But the Safe Harbor Agreement did enable certain American companies to continue their business in Europe, and transfer relevant data on consumers and employees to their servers in the U.S., without restriction.
Canada is particularly vulnerable. The European Parliament already has raised some searching questions about the continued engagement of Canada in mass surveillance activities, as part of the 'Five Eyes' alliance.
Enter Max Schrems, a very smart Austrian law student, with a canny ability to mobilize supporters through social media and a dogged and fearless desire to expose corporate hypocrisy.
A few years ago, Schrems started an organization called Europe v. Facebook and began to systematically challenge Facebook's privacy practices in European courts. Schrems and thousands of his colleagues tried to access their personal data from Facebook using European privacy laws, prompting changes in the company's practices and causing headaches for the Irish Data Protection Authority (Facebook has chosen Ireland as its European HQ).
When Edward Snowden revealed, among other things, that U.S. intelligence authorities were gaining backdoor access to the servers of big Internet companies (including Facebook) through a program called Prism, Schrems saw another opportunity. How could the company respect the fundamental rights of European citizens to privacy if personal data on Europeans could be accessed by U.S. intelligence without oversight or accountability? He asked the Irish regulator to investigate the case and suspend Facebook's data transfers to its servers in the U.S.
Facebook denied the allegations and the Irish authority refused to investigate on the grounds that Facebook was Safe Harbor-certified. Schrems' complaint, it said, was "frivolous and vexatious."
Not so, said the European Court of Justice. In a historic ruling, the court said that Schrems had a right to bring the case and that the Irish authority should have investigated. Regardless of any adequacy decision by the European Commission, the European authorities must be able to independently examine the lawfulness of transfers to other countries.
Furthermore, they struck down Safe Harbor as being invalid and inconsistent with Europeans' fundamental rights to privacy.
It's likely that the Europeans and Americans will cobble together another agreement over the coming months — Safe Harbor 2.0. In the meantime, companies will need to rely on other contractual mechanisms.
But the implications are huge — and not just for American companies. We in Canada should also take notice.
The message of this ruling is that no finding about the adequacy of overseas privacy protection is immune from challenge by a European citizen. Which means that no privacy regime is immune from investigation by European authorities.
And Canada is particularly vulnerable. The European Parliament already has raised some searching questions about the continued engagement of Canada in mass surveillance activities, as part of the 'Five Eyes' alliance. To the extent that Canada participates in similar generalized data collection through the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), and does so through capturing data from private companies, without adequate judicial oversight or rights of redress, Canada's regime could also be challenged.
Canada's new Anti-Terrorism Act (C-51) will no doubt also come under some scrutiny from European authorities. C-51 facilitates the sharing of information on individuals, broadens the definition of terrorist activities, and gives new powers to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
At one level, this may seem a rousing "David and Goliath" story that restores our faith in the ability of the little guy to make a difference. But it also raises profound questions about the nature of the Internet. Do we want this wonderful medium to be open, democratic and participatory? Or do we want it to be a tool for surveillance?
It would have been very nice to see our political leaders engage with these questions during this election. The future of the digital economy, and Canada's role within that economy, should be matters for serious debate. So should the ability of individuals to communicate online without fear of surveillance.
Colin Bennett is a professor of political science at the University of Victoria.
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Q: Forced deletion of Pod on kubernetes How do you hard force a pod to terminate?
We have tried every documented form of kubectl delete pod and they remain. kubectl reports that they've been deleted, but kubectl get pods tells a different story. All pods that they could've been using have been deleted as well as any pods that could be using them.
Is there any form of kubectl SERIOUSLY_DELETE this pod?
I've tried: kubectl delete pods --all --grace-period=0 --force -n monitoring
With no favorable result. I've also tried to delete them individually.
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
es-master-962148878-7vxpp 1/1 Terminating 1 12d
es-master-962148878-h1r4k 1/1 Terminating 1 12d
es-master-962148878-rkg9g 1/1 Terminating 1 12d
A: Taken from kubectl delete --help:
kubectl delete pod foo --grace-period=0 --force
Note that if your pods are controlled via e.g. a deployment, then a new one will be recreated every time you delete one. So do make sure that's not the symptom you're observing!
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General: Rollo is a lashing for securing lighter and midrange-weighted cargo. Rollo is easy to use and the functionality is like a retractable seat belt. The lashing is rolled out to desired length and then tightened like an ordinary lashing. After usage the band retracts automatically. The lashing only consists of one part which benefits ease of use and simplicity. | {
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HomeTechnology4g vs 5g
4g vs 5g
The Internet has transformed into a pivotal part of our society in the current technological landscape, it's become the life support of our world's infrastructure and a major means of communication. The rationale reasoning behind this dependability is substantial because the internet is conveniently accessible and has reduced in cost over the past few years.
Teleco companies and Tech giants are doing their best in order to expand internet connectivity to farther areas as well as to streamline this service and make it even more effective. This often benefits both the consumers and service providers alike as the internet is also the hub of business in the current climate, people are using it for working, conducting business, taking education, and quenching their thirst for entertainment.
A majority of tech companies' profit comes from internet-grounded operations. Google and Facebook are prime examples, as their entire business depends on the internet and they are billion-dollar firms. It is these two companies along with Elon Musk's Starlink who are consistently working for a cheaper and extensively accessible internet for consumers.
The internet was primarily developed in the U.S. and respectively spread to other countries, thanks to the adding need for a dependable communication tool. Since its early onsets, it's grown exponentially and to places far and wide. The web has come to be a vital part of our everyday lives. This can be easily demonstrated by the fact that it has evolved into something much bigger than the simple means of communication that it was back in the day.
Today the internet is an educational and business tool for the majority. But everything being said, this is also a fact that the web is still a fairly new technological concept and it's continuously growing at an exponential rate. An internet connection which cost some hundred bucks a few years ago has become quite affordable now, don't believe us, check out Planes de internet Cox, which are internet plans coming from Cox communications and specially catered towards Spanish-speaking customers. These offers are there so that people can remain connected to an essential service like the internet.
Internet Transmission Mediums
Major Differences between 4G and 5G Networks
Frequency Bands
Now let us take a look at how the internet is transferred to us. The Internet is an intangible technology which is why it can be sent through numerous means but the backbone of this infrastructure is through underwater submarine cable on which the majority of internet infrastructure is dependent. The cables take the data over continents to different servers of ISPs that are generally supercomputers through which the ISP sends the allocated bandwidth to our homes in the shape of data packets. This bandwidth determines what speeds go to which consumers, depending on their subscribed package.
This transmission cycle remains identical for the most, still, slight changes do occur in the medium which is used to shoot and transfer the bandwidth. Apart from these cable infrastructures, there are other means like Satellite dishes and Cellular technology which also are used as wireless means of the internet allowing users to remain connected to the internet while on the move.
In recent times the cellular technology has evolved at an unprecedented pace and it's apparent with the very fact that in the history, wireless internet technologies were looked at as unstable and slow, but in recent times we have seen that 4G and 5G technologies are quite suitable to give high-speed internet to consumers on the go. 4G is extensively available currently, however, its counterpart 5G is comparatively new and still in a trial phase. Here, we'll compare both these technologies and identify the crucial differences and advantages one has over another.
Internet speed is the major deciding factor between a transmission medium and there is a stark difference in speeds between these two technologies. When 4G was launched it had been considered a technological marvel as it was suitable to handle speeds averaging up to 8 to 10 Mbps which was quite high compared to its traditional counterpart, 3G, which was only able to handle an average of 3 Mbps. But, 5G has shattered all these benchmarks by furnishing an average bandwidth rate between 500 Mbps to 1 Gbps, indeed that's even more than what some standard home internet providers offer.
There's a stark difference between speed and lag, while speed is how fast data is transmitted from one place to another, lag or latency is the time taken for a request to reach the server and the reply received back by the device. Latency becomes a significant component especially when there is a huge amount of data involved. With 4G lag was low, it had been nearly in between the range of 30 to 40 milliseconds, but 5G has made lag nearly absent, with a response time between server and device of a mere 1 millisecond.
Frequency Bands are a major part of a wireless network, there are different spectrum bands that service providers own through which they transfer their data. Frequency bands can be seen as a piece of land on which different providers have their own fields.
In 4G connections, there was a small number of frequency bands and with the increase in the number of users with each passing day, the bands and their transmission capability became limited impacting the performance. But there is no such problem in a 5G connection as the 5G frequency spectrum has a hundred times more band capacity than 4G. The Spectrum Bands are measured hertz like Megahertz, so for illustration, if 4G has 100 MHz 5G will have 1000 MHz
To sum it up 4G has become a slow technology compared to the high-speed tasks that are performed today that's why an advancement was needed and it came in the shape of 5G. 5G is quite fast and efficient but this is also a fact that it's still in the testing phase, while also being limited to certain areas, which makes it out of reach of many countries. This shouldn't undermine the eventuality of 5G and the fact that it is the future of both wireless internet and cell phone technology in the coming days. However, 5G will take time to be enforced completely and until then 4G is going to be our only option for wireless connectivity.
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