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'Regret not completing college education'
While the dry and tough living conditions of Gujarat's Banaskantha shaped his social behaviour, his father's involvement in what is now known as 'forward trades' gave him the initial learning.
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NEW DELHI: He dropped out of formal education at the age of 16 in 1978 to take a train to Mumbai to try his luck and three years later made his first killing - a Rs 10,000 commission doing a diamond trade with a Japanese buyer.
That marked the beginning of the entrepreneurial journey of Gautam Adani, now Asia's richest man. He, however, regrets not finishing college, saying early experiences made him wise but formal education rapidly expands one's knowledge.
Speaking at the 75th year celebrations of Vidya Mandir Trust Palanpur in Gujarat, Adani recounted his journey that has made his group the world's largest solar power company, largest airport and sea port operator in India, nation's largest integrated energy player, country's second largest cement manufacturer and a conglomerate with market capitalisation of over $225 billion - all in a span of four-and-a-half decades.
Adani then moved to Ahmedabad where he spent 4 years completing secondary education. "I was just 16 years old when I chose to give up my education and move to Mumbai," he said. "In this context, a question I often get asked is - why did I move to Mumbai and not work with my family? As many youngsters in the audience would agree, the optimism and desire for independence of a teenage boy is hard to contain. All I knew was that - I wanted to do something different - and do it on my own."
He bought a train ticket and boarded the Gujarat Mail to Mumbai with not much in his pocket.
"Once in Mumbai, my cousin Prakashbhai Desai enrolled me at Mahendra brothers, where I started to learn to assort diamonds. I quickly picked up and after working there for about 3 years, I left to start my own brokerage in diamond trading at Zaveri Bazar," he said. "I still recall the day I did my first trade with a Japanese buyer. I made a commission of Rs 10,000."
This, he said, was the start of his journey as an entrepreneur.
"Another question I often get is if I have any regrets that I did not go to college. Reflecting on my life and the different turns it took, I - now - do believe that I would have benefitted if I had finished college. While my early experiences made me wise, I now realise that formal education rapidly expands one's knowledge," he said. "To acquire wisdom, one must experience but to acquire knowledge, one must study."
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Eat Drink and Be Murdered!
Only one person knows the secret ingredient to Wild Irish Rose Whiskey, Grandma Rose O'Riley McFadden. Her failing health brings the two feuding sides of her family, the McFaddens and the O'Rileys, together to celebrate her 80th birthday. Each clan hopes Grandma Rose will pass on the secret to the "proper" branch.
Keep your eyes and ears open because someone will meet an untimely death tonight, and it's up to the audience to solve the crime! Prizes will be awarded for solving the mystery and for most creative answer! | {
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IDW Media Holding's publishing division posted another big loss in its fiscal third quarter ended July 31, helping to pull over-all results for the company negative in another down quarter. The publishing division showed a loss of $801,000 in the quarter, an improvement from the $1.1 million loss in the same quarter a year ago, according to the company's quarterly report. This continues a string of bad quarters for the division (see "IDW Publishing Sales Continue Declines").
"An improvement"? I'm sorry, but that's putting it lightly. An $800,000-plus loss is still pretty close to what they'd lost before, and it's unlikely they'll recover. It doesn't look like Marvel's licensing deal for all-ages titles is availing either. If nobody's buying, the arrangement was pointless.
I don't know what their game division's offerings are like, but it's clear they didn't handle their comics well, and let's remember a lot of their offerings were based on licensed merchandise like GI Joe and Transformers, the latter which may have ceased publication at their company this month. And last year proved to be a very hard hitter as they were rocked with the Aubrey Sitterson scandal. So what does ICV2 mean by a sales increase, when it's only their games division that might've worked out? The comics certainly haven't.
After ComicsGate targeted me, I had my book buried & canceled and couldn't get interest from any other publishers. It really did a number on me for a long time.
He still won't take accountability for alienating GI Joe fans, including army veterans, with his offensive comments about 9-11, and still wants to blame Comicsgate instead of his own conduct. (I'm sure he won't admit the SJW tactics he put into his catastrophous scripts that were published also sank the Joe series he wrote, but that's another story.) For all we know, he may have singlehandedly cost IDW much of their sales, but he still won't apologize, so he can't be surprised if nobody cares about his new wrestling history project.
It's too bad this all had to happen, of course, because, as I may have once noted, I did think there were some decent products they'd put out, but now, it looks like that's all changed in a fortnight, and the sudden swerve towards injecting SJW tactics in books like Jem & the Holograms also had a devastating effect on their receipts. So, if they're bound to go under soon, it's probably for the best. We have only to hope future companies that may deal in adapting licensed merchandise will learn from their mistakes, including the companies in charge of the licensing themselves.
The delays they kept making didn't help matters. | {
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The Astros have scaled their Payroll to miniscule proportions. As of this minute, the players they have signed – that aren't on entry level deals, equals $4.37 MIL, and that is if the club picks up their Team Option on Philip Humber for 2014. The only other player that makes more than an entry level is Jose Altuve at $1.37 MIL in 2014. The club is paying more in dead money to Wandy Rodriguez ($5.5 MIL in 2014) as part of the 2012 Trade worked out between clubs. It has been bantered about that the ownership and management are willing to spend some money in Free Agency for 2014. MLB currently does not have a floor for Team Salary in the current CBA, so why would the club do that until they are ready to compete?
A 3rd straight season with 105+ Losses, and 15 straight losses to finish the 2013 campaign does not give the fans very much to look forward to in 2014.
I am here to tell you that the MLB should be ashamed of letting the Houston Astros field such an incompetent team.
Having said this, I don't personally blame them for tanking it over the last 3 years. They are the other 'extreme' – of what the New York Yankees and LA Dodgers have done payroll wise.
Last season at the end of the year, their highest paid player for the Active Roster was Erik Bedard, making $1.1 MIL.
If they keep picking 1st overall, it is only a matter of time before the team becomes very good, just like the Rays, Nationals, Twins and Pirates have all done in recent times.
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The results of the annual Jazz Critics Poll, which ran for five years in the Village Voice and moves this year to the digital-music site Rhapsody, have gone live. Road Shows, Vol. 2 by Sonny Rollins was chosen album of the year; my pick was Here Comes Everybody (Jazzland) by the great Scandinavian quintet Atomic. The poll's 122 participating critics ranked 60 albums in that category; there are also categories for vocal album, Latin album, reissues, and debuts. Plus you can read essays by Francis Davis, who organizes the poll, and Tom Hull. My ballot is after the jump. | {
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Internationally renowned industrial designer Tias Eckhoff received a design award for his original kettle back in 1964. However, his product ended up only being produced for a few years. His kettle is now being brought back to life in a refined version through a collaboration between Tias' daughter, Sigrid Eckhoff and coffee professional Ola Brattås.
The kettle includes an Os Flow Restrictor which prevents grit from entering the cup and provides a more controllable pouring experience. The restrictor is easy to remove for cleaning and is made from a highly durable and foodproof plastic.
The Tias kettle is designed to let everyone serve friends and family the best coffee possible. | {
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Assassins threaten to kill Ondo businessman (see text message)
The Managing Director of Holyview Investment International Limited, Pastor Babatunde Adebayo, has raised the alarm over threat to his life by some faceless people who called him with foreign-like telephone numbers and sent messages threatening to eliminate him.
He disclosed this on Monday while addressing some journalists in Akure, the Ondo State capital on his experience with the callers.
Adebayo explained how he narrowly escaped from some men in an unmarked vehicle who trailed him to his church.
He called on all security agencies in the state to come to his rescue as the callers were threatening him to vacate his landed property located at Plot 1-18, Alagbaka Extension II, Akure, and his office property at Oke Emeso Street, Akure, Ondo State.
One of the messages sent on his mobile set reads: "You are joking with ur life & ur business but you don't know. Very soon, we shall see if the police, DSS & soldiers can protect you in this Akure."
When asked why he could be the target of his tormentors, the businessman, who deals in computer hardware and software, said he could not figure out who was after his life.
He, however, disclosed that he had a matter pending at the appellate court in Lagos which has to do with a sum of N30 million loan he got from FundQuest Financial Services Limited to fund a contract award.
According to him, the financial institution got a ruling against him, his company, and the Guarantor, Pastor Samson Oluwamodede, General Overseer of Prayer Centre, Akure through who he was introduced to the financial institution for the loan.
Failing to fully pay back the loan due to the inability of the awarding bank to credit his account with the sum of N113,600,000.00 (80% of the contract value) FundQuest therefore, on October 15, 2014, dragged him, his company, and his guarantor to court, demanding repayment of N88, 721, 137.66 being over 190 per cent (190%) interest rate per annum as against the agreed 30% interest rate per annum.
In Suit No: LD/7382/14, on July 2, 2015, Justice O.A. Williams of the High Court of Lagos State in the Lagos Judicial Division, Fast Track Commercial Revenue and Mortgage Division, Court No 22, Igbosere, Lagos, ruled in favour of the finance company despite the contentious interest rate.
Subsequently, an enrolment of order was filed by the finance company praying the court to grant it garnishee for payment of N117, 132, 486.21 by Holyview Investment International Limited, which was granted by the same judge, Justice O. A. Williams on 17th day November 2015 bringing the interest rate to over 270 per cent (270%) per annum in just 18 months.
Adebayo noted that the restructuring paper on the N34,132,748 dated June 28, 2013, and presented before the court by the finance company, which was hiked to N117, 132, 486.21, on 90 per cent interest rate contrary to the original 30 per cent, was neither signed by him nor his guarantor, yet the court ruled on its paper.
He, however, said he had on November 9, 2017, filed a motion on notice at the Court of Appeal in the Lagos Judicial Division, sitting in Lagos, challenging the judgement of the lower court with Appeal No.CA/L/1009M/15 Suit No. LD/7382/14 was granted on November 13, 2018.
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Objective:The objective is to demonstrate the suitability of LiFi as a physical layer for data handling within telecom satellite electrical architecture.
Targeted Improvements:Reduction of the harness mass by 30%.Reduction of the Assembly Integration and Testtime by one week or more.
Description:One of the challenges on a telecom spacecraft is to accommodate bundles of wires within complex harnesses. Wireless technologies will simplify significantly the electrical harness. Flight electrical harness and instrumentation electrical harness should be considered during Assembly Integration and Test (AIT). WiFi offers this advantage but introduces constraints in term of electromagnetic compatibility and security.
Signal transfers through mechanisms is challenging. The activity will address the use of LiFi to transferdata from the main external appendices (solar array, antennas). The activity will also address the best way to introduce LiFi in the AIT process where it is known that wireless technologies reduce the time and effort.
LiFi uses optical links instead of RF links.This induces much less risk of interferences and provides good resistance to hacking. Components for LiFi have been available since2012 and terrestrial demonstrations have shown capabilities of several Mbit/s.
The activity will demonstrate the maximum data transfer speed that is achievable within a telecom spacecraft cavity (diffused infrared transmission) or in connection with external appendices (direct sight is not mandatory but helps and reflections introduces losses).
A scaled Engineering Model of transmitter and hub receiver with critical functions (e.g. solar array temperatures telemetry transfer) shall bedesigned, manufactured and tested in arelevant environment. The suitability of such device to space environment shall be assessed.The question of the sensor power supplyshall be addressed as well as the protocol.
Procurement Policy: C(1) = Activity restricted to non-prime contractors (incl. SMEs). For additional information please go to EMITS news "Industrial Policy measures for non-primes, SMEs and RD entities in ESA programmes". | {
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December 8th, 2018 from 6 pm at Grand Hyatt Seoul.
The FKCCI Gala is the most iconic and dazzling annual event for the French-Korean business community, bringing together about 800 distinguished guests every year and celebrating the French-Korean friendship.
Enjoy the breathtaking decorations and mise-en-scène, an extraordinary course dinner as well as French champagne and wine.
The FKCCI has prepared an unforgettable night around the theme "Paris fait son cinéma". Paris has been an open sky theater for some of the greatest movies from many years ago, with a unique romantic atmosphere like you can discover in The Lovers on the Bridge by Leo Carax to provide a very rare setting for some more recent blockbusters, like the last Mission: Impossible with Tom Cruise.
Maximilian began music by joining a rock band in college. First with guitar, then with drums, he developed a passion for various instruments and enroled, a few years later, in a music school where he graduated with honor. He then worked for his rock band and recording studio in which he makes albums for various artists.
Driven by his entourage, he decided to interpret Bruno mars' song: "When I Was A Man" during The Voice Season 3's blind auditions. He finished second of this contest edition and despite his defeat, he marked the audience with his hoarse voice and interpretations.
In 2014, he joined the musical comedy show "Love Circus" and released a year ago, his first EP "Words of They" was released with many covers of women's songs such as "I'm A Man" from Zazie. He currently is preparing his album with his own compositions for next spring.
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. Even Females go ashore and carry guns.
Two recent British War Films about ordinary soldiers that are well worth watching.
The true story of what happened at Kajaki in Helmand Province in Afghanistan with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and '71 about a young soldier in Northern Ireland in 1971, it has a 96% rating.
Another series of excellent BBC stories of "regular soldiers" is the 3-movie series "Our World War." It's basically about the old concepts of nationalistic war glory coming face to face with the reality of modern mechanized combat and the real nastiness that was always war.
Each movie is set around real combat events of real soldiers--each story is built on the letters and memoirs of a real-life British soldier in WWI. Their stories are about actual battles, with the production using both Private-Ryan-style hand-held camera effects and Ken Burns-style pull-backs to show what's happening in the larger scheme.
The first soldier was part of a machine gun squad directed to hold a bridge, the first demonstration to a cocky set of troops that combat is nasty and scary, and nobody will be the same afterward. The second is of a man who will be part of firing squad to execute a fellow soldier for cowardice--knowing that it could as well have been him. The third is of a crew of one the early battle tanks trying to get through enemy territory to join up with a planned battle.
I like how at the end of each story the pull-back showed the futility of the horror of the story itself, such as a day of hell ending in a gain of only a few feet of territory.
Unless it's a true story of a cook becoming something (men of honor) or say Hacksaw ridge or Unbroken etc most military jobs are typically support those jobs which are mundane and not exciting. I'm not taking away anything from military folks but it's impossible to make a exciting movie about say a military kitchen staff, office clerks or motor pool. I guess you can watch a bunch of cooks go tactical on a pot of baked pork and beans.
I mean imagine Darth Vader as the Chief Cook.
"This sauce is tooo spicy, open up another can"
I think there could be a decent precautionary tale told about the combat defeat of the 507th Maintenance Company, 5/52 ADA BN, 11th ADA Brigade (Jessica Lynch's unit).
Their story begins with the unit being out by itself without the rear-guard support it should have had by Army logistical planning (Rumsfeld didn't think all those other troops were necessary).
The lightly armed maintenance unit spent several days desperately trying to stay under the protection high-speed combat maneuver units, but just couldn't keep up. It fell behind in territory still under the control of the enemy (Rumsfeld didn't see a need for extra troops to hold on and pacify territory after the invasion front had passed through--he and Cheney claimed the Iraqi troops would support the US, as soon as they saw we were the good guys).
I think there is a story in a unit strung out in a situation it was never trained, equipped, or intended to handle.
Yep, very good movie and I served in the Army. Seemed pretty real.
Saving Private Ryan was not about a spec ops team, and nor was Band of Brothers. Fury with Brad Pitt was also not spec ops. The Last Ship on TNT is not a spec ops team. Mash was not a spec ops team. Jarhead was not a spec ops team. Hurt Locker was not a spec ops team. Battle LA was not a spec ops team. Battleship with Taylor Kitsch was not spec ops team.
Because combat has changed, most of the killed and wounded are now form IED's not from actual assault missions. We have learned from Vietnam that gorilla type units are a better use of personnel.
Since war type films today are more BS than factual, even if loosely based on some event. Using a secretive spec. ops. unit with your usual members as the main subjects can make for a more compelling story. Since they are secretive, you can place the unit in any scenario, no matter how over the top. | {
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The high-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development will be convened at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 5 to 9 June 2017. The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation presents an action on 9 specific objectives.
Prevent and reduce marine pollution (#14-1)
At the initiative of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, BeMed is providing support to local projects focused on pollution in the Mediterranean. The association aims at developing a network of NGOs, local communities, scientific institutions and private stakeholders working to combat marine pollution.
Sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems (#14-2)In the framework of the RAMOGE Agreement signed in 1976, Monaco, France and Italy have implemented a tool for scientific, technical, legal and administrative cooperation to take action for integrated management of their coastline.
The Pelagos Agreement signed in 1999, protects all marine mammals and their habitats from threats caused by human activity. It is managed by France, Italy and the Principality of Monaco, which hosts the Permanent Secretariat.
The Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS), signed in 1996, embodies riparian countries' commitment to preserve all species of cetaceans and their habitats by applying measures to mitigate impacts of economic activities.
The Principality of Monaco's two marine protected areas launched in 1976 and 1986 are established in a highly-urbanised environment, providing in-situ laboratories for scientists. They are managed by the Monegasque Association for Protection of Nature (AMPN).
Ocean acidification (#14-3)
The Monaco Ocean Acidification Association (AMAO) brings together Monegasque institutions and international bodies to put forward solutions for adapting to acidification.
Restore fish stockss (#14-4)The Government of Monaco and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation launched in 2010 a call to the CITES concerning the risk of extinction of the bluefin tuna which raised awareness of all the stakeholders in the sector. Today they all recognise that the stocks are recovering.
The Monaco Blue Initiative, co-organized by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the Oceanographic Institute is a think tank which brings together scientists, economists and policymakers, drafting analyses and recommendations on the links between MPAs and economic activities such as fishing and aquaculture.
Conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas (#14-5)
The Governments of Monaco, France and Tunisia, together with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, have established a trust fund to strengthen and develop MPAs in the Mediterranean. The fund's priority is to improve effective management of these MPAs by funding ongoing administration costs.
Sustainable use of marine resources in small island states (#14-7)
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation supports projects for the sustainable use of marine resources in small island states such as Palau and Kiribati.
Increase scientific knowledge (#14-a)
The Monaco-based Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM) has supported multilateral marine research in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea since 1910. It now has 23 member states.
The Scientific Center of Monaco studies tropical and Mediterranean coral ecosystems and the impact of global climate change on oceans, including acidification.
The 2017–2020 Monaco Explorations initiative, recently launched, will conduct research and scientific outreach projects on seas and oceans in the world.
The Government of Monaco and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation initiated the recommendation submitted to the IPCC to produce a Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. The scoping meeting for the report was hosted in Monaco in December 2016.
Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets (#14-b)
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation coordinates the Mr Goodfish programme in the Mediterranean. Its goal is to raise awareness among the public and professionals regarding the challenges of sustainable consumption of seafood products, encouraging consumers to buy fish caught by artisanal fishers.
Sustainable use of oceans by implementing international law (#14-c)
Monaco participates actively in discussions on the development, within the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, of a legally binding international instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in regions located outside national jurisdictions.
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A Harbinger is defined as one that pioneers in, or initiates a major change…one that presages or foreshadows what is to come. The same is true for Ethos' "Harbinger Relic" guitar strap. It marks the beginning of a new design season for the designers at Ethos, defining a new era with a focus on fast-fashion, fresh design and player inspired customizations and features. The "cross" motif really stands out against the aged, brown relic cowhide base with the first cross inlay as Ethos' distinguished high gloss bronze faux gator , topped with a chocolate brown oil-tanned leather English Cross, next layered with a bronze metallic kidskin Knight's cross and to top off the design, a beautiful antique copper Norse Cross concho. Subtle Bronze backed filigreed holes and antique brass studs were added as final touches to give the Harbinger Relic an aged and relic appeal. Ethōs signature 3.18mm comfort-crafted padding is backed with a glove-soft, black buffalo lining for maximum player comfort. | {
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The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT final edition has been revealed ahead of LA Motor Show 2013. Mercedes will manufacture a limited batch of 350 cars before it gets face lifted next year.
Mechanically the car remains the same as SLS AMG. It is powered by the same 6.2 litre V8 engine that churns out 591bhp and 650Nm of torque. Power is transferred to the wheels via a 7-speed Dual clutch transmission. The car gets a carbonfibre hood and front splitter, new alloys, new bumper and new ceramic brakes. The rear wing and the carbonfibre mirror are also updated.
"Thanks to the wide variety of models – from a gullwing model to the roadster, GT, the Black Series, an electric drive and its success in motorsport as the GT3 variant – the SLS AMG has become ever more attractive and is now one of the legendary dream cars from the brand with the star," said Mercedes. | {
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May 2012 e-Newsletter
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Boroughs Opens Its First
Romance Short Story Contest:
@ FIRST SIGHT
In one blink of an eye, you're hooked.
"OH, HENRY!" she said. "Is that an e-reader in your pocket, or are you just feeling romantic?"
Looking to get noticed? Boroughs is offering a great opportunity for you to show off, whether you're published or unpublished, whether you're a first-time author or have a trunk full of novels under your bed. Short fiction is the simplest of all art forms—and the trickiest. With a limited amount of space to show us your world, your characters, their conflict…and then prove why they just have to be together, you have to be smart, be sexy, be different. And it has to happen in the blink of an eye.
Think you can succeed? We know you can.
TELL YOUR FRIENDS, TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS,
THE CONTEST HAS BEGUN!
The contest opens today and closes 11:59 p.m. PST, July 1st 2012.
TO SUBMIT
Send the following to [email protected]:
a short ROMANCE story of 6,000 to 10,000 words, double spaced, Times New Roman 12 point, with one-inch borders, submitted in MS Word.
Please put your story title in the header flush right.
Please DO NOT put your name on the body of the story, as the rounds will feature anonymous judging, but in your query letter include your name and contact information, the story title and its suggested sub-genre.
In the subject line of your submission email, please put "@FS: [YOUR STORY TITLE]"
"the pitch": a 15 to 25 word encapsulation of the story. Be brilliant. You will be judged on this!
Remember, the contest is open to published and unpublished authors alike. And you may enter more than once, but please submit each story separately.
Each story should be self-contained enough to feature a resolution of any inherent conflicts and provide at least a happy-for-now ending. Looking for a place to get started? Here's a thought: Use side characters of your previously written novels or back story connections of your characters that part and meet again.
PHASE 1: On July 3, 2012, story titles and pitches will be posted ANONYMOUSLY on our website for open voting. Those that receive the top 25% of the vote in their sub-genre will be selected as SEMI-FINALISTS to go on to…
PHASE 2: On July 17, 2012, the story's first page (or first ~250 words) will be posted ANONYMOUSLY on our website for votes along with the title and pitch. In addition, our Editors will weigh in. The top three stories in each sub-genre will be selected as FINALISTS to go on to…
PHASE 3: On July 24, 2012, the first three pages of the story will be posted for voting. Bit by tantalizing bit you'll see who has what it takes—and so will we. The announcement of the winner of the @ FIRST SIGHT contest will be made at 5:45 p.m., Friday, July 27, 2012, at our Publisher Open House at the RWA convention in Anaheim, California, and the results will be Tweeted and publicized on our website.
Beginning on July 3, 2012, and for each phase of the contest, you and everyone you know should visit www.boroughspublishinggroup.com, find the link to the @ First Sight contest, then cast your votes for stories that tickle your fancy and make you want more. You may vote for every story you like.
ALL FINALISTS will be offered:
A contract to have their story published and sold by Boroughs Publishing Group
A full editorial process to make their story shine
THE FINALIST with the most popular website votes will be offered:
A critique by an editor of a full-length manuscript submission to Boroughs, with a turn-around time of two weeks
THE WINNER, chosen from our FINALISTS by our editorial staff, will receive:
cover art specifically tailored to the story
A critique by our Editor-in-Chief of a full-length manuscript submission to Boroughs, with a turn-around time of two weeks
75% of the winning story's net royalties
Boroughs Joins
Publishing Against Diabetes
Boroughs Publishing joins numerous industry professionals, authors and publishers alike, in the fight against diabetes, donating to the annual online auction run by New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak.
Boroughs has offered up:
Critiques of three (3) FULL manuscripts within a two (2) month turnaround, 1 of which will be critiqued by Editor-in-Chief Chris Keeslar;
Critiques of five (5) partial manuscripts—the first five chapters—with a one (1) month turnaround, 2 of which will be critiqued by Editor-in-Chief Chris Keeslar; and
Ten (10) copies each of our debut author's books, Tumbleweed Heights, Nobody's Angel and The Genie Ignites.
Boroughs is just one of a multitude of donors. Since its inception, this annual auction has raised over $1.3 million (cumulatively), and they're looking to break $2 million in the near future.
The auction is open at this very moment and will run through May 31, 2012. This year they're even giving away a free iMac or PC of equal value to the person who makes the most bids, regardless whether that person wins the most items. So, make some bids! Let's go cure some diabetes!
http://brendanovak.auctionanything.com
Boroughs About Town (& Country)
In Anaheim
For those of you who don't know, the Romance Writers of America national convention will be held this year in California, at the Anaheim Marriott, July 25th - 28th.
For those of you attending, Boroughs invites you to join us for the following events in our Hospitality Suite – Room #355 at the Anaheim Marriott:
Friday, July 27, 2012, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Boroughs Spotlight, Author & Editor Meet & Greet and Open House
At 5:45 p.m. we will announce our @ First Sight Contest winner!
Saturday, July 28th, 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Author Pitch Sessions
Sign up on our web site!
RWA remains the best single resource for aspiring romance writers, bringing together authors, editors and all types of publishing professionals. For information about the conference, go to: http://www.rwa.org/cs/conferences_and_events.
For information about RWA or a chapter near you, visit: http://www.rwa.org/cs/about_rwa.
In Toledo
Boroughs was invited to spend an afternoon with the Maumee Valley chapter of Romance Writers of America in Toledo, Ohio, on Saturday, April 28th. (Thanks, ladies!) The MVRWA chapter boasts a fantastic mixture of published and unpublished authors, and all present agreed it was one of the best and most informative meetings in recent history.
For those of you who can't pick him out, that's our Editor-in-Chief on the far left. Liz Edelstein from Heroesandheartbreakers.com was also in attendance.
Interested in having Chris or someone from Boroughs visit your chapter? Send a request with event details (including date) to [email protected].
Romantic Times Book Reviews interviewed Editor-in-Chief, Chris Keeslar and wrote:
Video Interview: Editor Chris Keeslar
By RT Book Reviews, May 17, 2012:
Chris Keeslar planted his publishing roots as an editor at Dorchester Publishing, where he spent many years working with authors including Marjorie M. Liu, Victoria Alexander, Lynsay Sands and more. Now, Keeslar is spearheading the new Boroughs Publishing Group, an e-book house, where he will continue his practice of taking chances and discovering new author voices. RT's Morgan got a chance to talk with Keeslar about his new endeavor and find out what Boroughs is looking for and how authors can submit their manuscripts. So what does Boroughs want? Keeslar shares that an author's vision is key, and while he's partial to urban fantasy and paranormal romance stories, he wants books that give their hero and heroine a happily ever after. Ultimately, romance is near and dear to this editor's heart, and we can't wait for what's on the horizon for Boroughs.
You can watch the entire interview at RT's Daily Blog:
http://www.rtbookreviews.com/rt-daily-blog/video-interview-editor-chris-keeslar and on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVgkXb6ZtQU.
E-Musements
A short monthly piece to show what's happening in the editor-in-chief's brain...and in his office. Besides reading. Lots of reading.
Advice: Pitch Your Voice
I spent the other weekend in Toledo talking about all the changes occurring throughout the publishing industry. Wow, there are a lot. It can be daunting, really, as much as exciting. But one thing I'm happy to report will never change. First and foremost, regardless of your experience level or the innovations of product delivery, writing is about communication.
So, as a writer, focus on that: Communication. Your key to success is conveying everything you want to convey to the appropriate audience in the appropriate manner—a manner you've determined by listening to them before you speak. Know who you are. Know who they are.
If you don't know who your audience is, it's you. At least, that's a great place to start. You're most likely writing for someone who has the same tastes as yourself but doesn't have the same drive to create. That makes things easier, no? Start thinking about the elements that work for you when you're reading. What really makes you gasp, groan, sigh or buy the next thirty installments of the series? Can you do the same? Next start thinking about what you'd do, how you would have characters act differently in similar situations and how you could make a story even more romantic than the best book you ever read. Don't look now, but you're finding yourself. You're finding your Voice. Not as tough as you thought, eh?
When authors or teachers or editors tell you to "Find your voice," they're not just talking about what words you use and how you naturally arrange them; they want you to discover that inner core of yourself that makes you write, what it makes you write and why. Your Voice is what's quintessentially you. It's what you as a writer offer the world. It's your soul: unique, immutable, beautiful.
People—aspiring authors in particular—are guilty of a serious crime: They elevate writing to a Herculean task. Well, maybe it is one. But the strenuous part comes from committing to and believing in your vision while still paying attention to your audience, connecting their hopes and dreams to your own. But it makes the task easier to delineate: Become a good communicator, you'll be a good writer.
Amusingly, I find authors who have tackled the task of writing a book then shy away from something as simple as a pitch. There's no good reason. If you can do one, you can do the other. A pitch is just using your Voice to tell a friend why they should read a book, see a movie or listen to a song. That friend just happens to be an editor, and the book just happens to be yours. You should know better than anyone what makes it awesome.
Where you get to hear the people who make publishing–and Boroughs especially–what it is.
Author Introduction: Staci Weber & Sara Dailey
Staci Weber & Sara Dailey are avid readers, English teachers, friends, wives and soccer moms. They have been teaching together for the past eight years and writing together for four. Pack of Lies is their second young adult novel.
We want to start by saying how excited we are to be working with Boroughs. We could not be happier with the way our book turned out, and to have a group of professionals so enthusiastic about the story assures us that our baby is in good hands. We were so nervous! We wanted to write a series, much like some of our favorite adult paranormal romance series, where each novel is from the point of view of a different character—or characters as it happens in Pack of Lies. About a third of the way into the manuscript we decided to use three different first-person POVs. We feared the series would be a tough sell for a few reasons. One, it's about werewolves, and two, it's told in those alternating points of view. But we forged ahead regardless. It was the type of series that we wanted to read, and we simply hoped that others out there would too. Judging from feedback, you do!
So, we were asked today—and it's a question we get a lot—how two people manage to write same story together. Well, four years ago, when we started our first novel, we had absolutely no idea how it would work or what we were in for. We just sat down with one laptop and passed it back and forth until the book was finished. This is probably why it took us over a year to write! Since then we have changed things a bit, but some things remain the same. We still try to meet at Starbucks once a week to plan, organize, and write together. The only real difference is that now we each have our own laptops, and we each write our own chapters. Forward progress!
We have run into a few problems along the way—like finding time between school and soccer games to get together to write or make our individual chapters flow together—but we always find a way to make it work. Our passion remains strong. One of the first and hardest things we learned about writing together was that we have to be honest. If something isn't working or just doesn't sound right, we have to speak up about it and not let our feelings get in the way. Luckily, we have been friends for quite a while and are comfortable enough with each other to speak our minds.
Despite the problems, writing as a team has been an absolute blessing. We can't imagine writing without each other. When we get a good review, we can celebrate together; when we get a bad one, we can talk trash together. We give each other the confidence to get our work out there for people to read, which can be really scary, but no matter what, when you're part of a team you get to have twice as much fun. And that's what writing's all about. Having fun.
Thanks—and we hope you enjoy Pack of Lies!
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Q: Allow pfSense to route from LAN to WAN devices New to pfSense.
My pfSense WAN = 192.168.1.50 (DHCP from my home router)
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I can ping from 192.168.55.0/24 devices to any device at 192.168.1.0/24.
However, I can only access the pfSense firewall at 192.168.55.10 from 192.168.1.0/24 but not the devices on 192.168.55.0/24 network.
Here is the simple topology:
Laptop can't ping PCs on the LAN but LAN PCs can ping my laptop... What am I missing?
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Tibetan, Uyghur and Chinese activists urge Google: 'Respect human rights, don't do China's dirty work'
Live online briefing concerning Google Dragonfly - the censored China search engine — and the company's complicity in China's human rights abuses, to be held days before shareholders' meeting.
[LONDON] On Monday 17 June 2019, two days before the Alphabet shareholders' meeting, [1] Tibetan, Uyghur and Chinese rights activists will join ethical consumer specialists to raise ongoing concerns about Google's development of a censored search engine for China, codenamed Project Dragonfly. They will also discuss the shareholder resolution [2] calling for the company to be broken up, due to concerns about human rights violations. The panel will explore the serious governance changes needed at Google to institutionalise a firm commitment to upholding and promoting human rights.
To date the coalition of activists, representing those directly affected by the implementation of Project Dragonfly, have delivered four letters to Google management raising their concerns. There has been no acknowledgement or response to these letters.
PANEL: (See Speaker Biographies below)
Shahrazad Ghayrat, Project Officer, World Uyghur Congress
Lhadon Tethong, Executive Director, Tibet Action Institute
Teng Biao, Chinese human rights lawyer and activist
Sondhya Gupta, Senior Campaigner, SumOfUs
WHAT: Online media briefing on the human rights implications of Google's Project Dragonfly, the Alphabet shareholder resolution and campaign actions taking place to coincide with Alphabet's AGM on Wednesday 19 June.
WHEN: Monday, 17 June 2019 at 7:00 AM PDT / 10:00 EST / 15:00 BST / 16:00 CET / 22:00 CST
WHERE: The live briefing will be held via Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/834747159
Q&A: If you wish to ask a question to the panel please either join the live briefing - see link above - or email questions to [email protected]
For further information and media requests, please contact:
John Jones, Free Tibet | +44 (0)207 324 4605 | [email protected]
Mandie McKeown, International Tibet Network | +44 (0)7748 158 618 | [email protected]
Sondhya Gupta, SumOfUs | +44 (0)781 118 6937 | [email protected]
Speaker Biographies:
Dr. Teng Biao is a Chinese human rights lawyer and scholar. One of the earliest promoters of the Rights Defense Movement in China, he co-founded two human rights NGOs – the Open Constitution Initiative and China Against the Death Penalty. He is currently a visiting fellow at the U.S.-Asia Law Institute, New York University.
Lhadon Tethong is Director at Tibet Action Institute where she leads a team of technologists and rights advocates in developing and advancing open-source communication technologies, nonviolent strategies and training programs for Tibetans and others facing human rights abuses. www.tibetaction.net
Sondhya Gupta is campaigns manager at consumer group SumOfUs, a global community of millions dedicated to stopping big corporations behaving badly. We use our power as consumers, workers and investors to hold the biggest companies in the world to account. www.sumofus.org
Shahrezad Ghayrat is the project assistant of the World Uyghur Congress, an organization representing the collective interests of the Uyghur population living in East Turkistan and abroad. Shahrezad was born in East Turkistan but migrated to Australia with her family a decade ago and since then she has been an Uyghur human rights advocate.
Moderator: John Jones is the Campaigns and Advocacy Manager for Free Tibet. The organisation was established in 1987 with the vision of a Tibet where Tibetans are able to determine their own future and the human rights of all living there are respected. www.freetibet.org
1. Alphabet Inc. became the parent company of Google in 2015. Alphabet's AGM will take place on Wednesday 19 June in Sunnyvale, California.
2. SumOfUs shareholder resolution can be read at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000130817919000205/lgoog2019_def14a.htm#lgooga069 | {
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This season's wardrobe staple? Renewables.
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It's no secret to anyone that the fashion industry is one of the biggest energy users in the industrial sector. However, some manufacturers are making strategic, targeted changes to the way they consume energy both in their warehouses and factories. We cut through the cloth to bring you the trend setters that extend way beyond the seasonal shelf life.
Once you put its trendy activewear, impressive marketing strategies and cult following aside, Nike has laced up its sneakers and has been playing the long game when it comes to renewable energy. Being no newcomer to the world of power purchase agreements (PPAs) or self-generated renewable energy, Nike has upped the ante when it comes to how much renewable energy its sources, signing a second major wind contract with Avangrid Renewables to purchase 86 MW of Texas wind power. But the real sweetener in this deal is that it means that Nike now gets 100 per cent of the energy at its North American facilities from renewable sources. The power purchased from this agreement alone is enough to power over 400,000 average American households and delivers emissions reductions that are equivalent to taking 800,000 vehicles off the road for a year.
It doesn't matter if you're a Mom, skinny, super high, mid or low-rise jean sporter, we can all agree on making our jeans work for more than just our body type – and luckily Levi's knows a thing or two about this. Despite having been around since the 1850s when it invented the humble blue jean, the brand has consistently reaffirmed its responsibility to reduce its environmental impact as a fashion retailer. Aside from using its household name to advocate for strong climate policies, Levi's has begun to prepare for a low-carbon future. The company currently has a Climate Action Strategy in place which aims for the following by 2025:
100 per cent renewable energy in all owned and operated facilities
90 per cent absolute reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in all owned and operated facilities
40 per cent absolute reduction in greenhouse gas emissions across its global supply chain.
So the next time you buy a pair of Levi's, you can do so without guilt because this denim is trendier than ever before thanks to the help of renewable energy.
Founded in 2000, this British online fashion manufacturer and retailer is a haven for young adults. However, put their 850 brands aside and you'll see that ASOS is making key changes in its business functions to lower energy usage both at its HQ and factories.
ASOS Studios – the place where they capture each garment you see online – gets 100 per cent of its energy from a solar system that produces 30,000 kWh of clean energy per year. The company has also replaced the lights in its warehouse with LED globes to reduce energy consumption and has reduced the carbon footprint from each order by 26 per cent year on year.
On the manufacturing front, the business requires all factories that it uses to declare how much energy and water they consume and how much waste they emit. From these numbers, ASOS then works directly with its suppliers to bring the numbers down – all while ensuring that employees are both paid a living wage and are working in safe conditions.
Swedish fast-fashion giant H&M has acknowledged the impact that fast-fashion is having on the environment by taking steps to reduce its environmental footprint. The fashion retailer has signed on to RE100, a global corporate leadership initiative bringing together influential businesses that are committed to using 100 per cent renewable energy to power their operations. Currently, the brand derives 96 per cent of its energy from renewable sources. From a supply chain perspective, H&M has two clear targets for its major suppliers:
100 per cent of factories being enrolled in an energy efficiency program by 2025
30 per cent of greenhouse gas reduction per product by 2025 in comparison to the 2017 baseline.
When combined with its commitment to 100 per cent renewables in its operations, these targets will enable H&M to drastically reduce its environmental impact while transitioning to a cheaper and cleaner way of keeping the lights on and the store doors open.
Buying renewables the new way to get businesses back in the black
In conversation with Women in Renewables Scholarship winner Heidi Sick | {
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Irish Yeast Co sells to Doyle's pub for €850,000
Listed property was one of Dublin's oldest businesses and best-known shopfronts
Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 13:00 Updated: Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 14:35
Madeleine Lyons
The Irish Yeast Co opened in 1894 in what had been the foyer of the George Hotel.
One of Dublin's oldest businesses and best-known shopfronts, the Irish Yeast Co, has sold for an estimated €850,000. It is understood that the historic listed property, sandwiched in a prominent row of buildings opposite Trinity College on College Street, was purchased in recent weeks by Doyle's pub, which operates a large premises on the same block .
Number 6, located between the Westin Hotel and Doyle's, dates from 1750 and was placed on the market less than six months ago when a large "Investment Opportunity" sign was placed over the door.
The asking price at the time was €675,000, with up to eight bidders eventually driving the price upward.
The sale of the Irish Yeast Co marks the end of an era for the 130sq m (1,399sq ft) premises that, up to two years ago, steadfastly continued to trade its specialist baking products long after big name retailers had all but consumed the city centre's traditional shopping streets.
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Its sale through estate agent Alan Denihan of DNG followed the death of proprietor John Moreland, who operated the business and lived overhead for more than 60 years. When the four-storey property went on the market in February, Mr Denihan described the building as "a time capsule. It's like a set from Strumpet City."
The late John Moreland, owner of the Irish Yeast Co. Photograph: Frank Miller
The business first opened in 1894 in what had been the foyer of the George Hotel, which later became a bank and subsequently reverted to what is now the Westin Hotel.
Listed structure
As a listed structure, the development opportunity for the building is limited, although its location alongside the existing Doyle business will have strategic appeal for owner Declan Doyle. The Carlow businessman also owns Bowe's pub, one of Dublin's last original Victorian pubs, and a former Ladbrokes betting shop both located directly behind the Dublin Yeast Co and adjoining Doyle's pub.
Since 2014, Mr Doyle has sought planning permission to incorporate the betting shop into Bowes and expand the entire area into Doyle's.
The Dublin Yeast Co frontage would deliver better and more prominent access from College Street to any reconfiguration of these premises, than the existing access from quiet Fleet Street to the rear. Mr Doyle could not be contacted for comment.
The four-storey building was sold with contents in place, including a vast array of baking paraphernalia – foil-covered cake stands in all sizes, faded bunting and old style bride and groom figurines with hand-written price tags.
John Moreland
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"A traditional family favorite for holidays and birthdays. Serve with warm crusty Italian bread. This recipe can be easily adapted to the slow cooker."
Heat olive oil and butter in a large, heavy pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Combine flour, salt, and black pepper in a bowl and toss beef stew meat in seasoned flour. Brown the beef in the hot oil and butter, stirring often, and remove meat from pan.
Pour white wine into pan and scrape up and dissolve any small bits of browned food; stir onion and garlic into white wine. Cook until onion is translucent, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Return browned beef to pan. Stir ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and juice from canned mushrooms with beef mixture. Reduce heat to low, cover pan, and simmer until beef is tender, about 3 hours.
Mix button mushrooms and sour cream into beef mixture and heat through, about 5 minutes.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook egg noodles in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 5 minutes. Drain. Serve Stroganoff over cooked egg noodles.
Watch Chef John prepare his secret recipe for creamy beef stroganoff.
We didn't like this very much at all. Too much worcestershire sauce and ketchup. I don't recommend this recipe.
This is my wife Diane's family recipe that was mostly done by memory Together we worked to get it to paper so that it could be shared with all to enjoy. We hope you like it.
Good recipe. I liked the fact that it didn't involve canned soup. I used red wine (I had on hand) instead of white, was delicious and a hit with kids & adults alike.
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Adversity doesn't slow down former Flower Mound athlete
By Steve Gamel
Courtney Fields inspires others to overcome difficulties by her display of faith, hope and determination. (Photo by Lynn Seeden/Seeden Photography)
Courtney Fields woke up feeling cold, and she couldn't for the life of her understand why she only had one sock on.
Seconds earlier, the 24-year-old Flower Mound native and former basketball star had asked her mother, Shanta, to please grab the pair of comfy socks next to the hospital bed and put them on her feet. Like any doting mom, Shanta immediately went to the right side of the bed and slipped the first one onto her daughter's foot. But then she stopped.
"I remember saying, 'OK — are you going to put the other one on?'" Courtney said. "That's when she said, 'Baby, you don't have a leg. They took it to save your life.' She said a nurse told me earlier, but that's how I remember finding out."
Courtney had just undergone eight surgeries and an emergency above-the-knee amputation of her left leg because of a previously undetected blood clot that almost killed her. The entire time, she was in a medically-induced coma. Her journey started in late February, and she ultimately spent 28 days in ICU and a grand total of three months at Medical City Dallas.
Most people would have been overcome by a riot of emotions at that moment — devastation, anger, confusion, and even resentment. This was especially true in Courtney's case, as none of this would have happened had she not elected to undergo a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction to avoid being the next in her family to get breast cancer.
"I was doing what we all thought was right," she said of the mastectomy in early February. "What the doctors didn't know at the time was that I had a blood clot. Had they known, they could have gone in and removed it, and none of this would have happened.
"When you're making your 10- or 15-year plan for life, you don't insert an amputation in there. But I'm alive."
Rather than give up, Courtney is adapting to her new normal with grace and a level of confidence that has inspired friends, family, doctors, and complete strangers. She was released from the hospital in May and now wears a prosthetic leg. In November, she wrapped up a customized 9-week training course through the Adaptive Training Foundation in Carrollton. ATF is a nonprofit that started in 2014 to provide access and inclusion to individuals living with physical or traumatic impairments by empowering them through exercise and community.
"It's usually at least a year or more before someone is physically able to come in here to ATF and start training," said Chris Jones, an assistant trainer at ATF. His daughter, Carley, had been good friends with Courtney since middle school. "Courtney left the hospital in May and started here in September. The courage she has shown is impressive."
Courtney was the youngest person in her class and is now looking confidently toward her future.
"I could be positive or negative about this experience. I choose to be positive," Courtney said. "I'm 24 years old. I have what I think is a lot of life to live, so I don't plan on letting this stop me."
"I was living my best life"
Fields grew up here and graduated from Flower Mound High School in 2015. Not only was everyone her friend in those days, but she had a smile that could light up any room. On top of that, she was an amazing athlete.
A soccer and basketball star, she chose only to play basketball in high school and was a shooting guard on the 2015 Lady Jaguars' team that beat Plano West to advance to the Class 6A state tournament. Though they didn't win it all — they lost in the semifinals to Dallas Skyline — Courtney earned a scholarship to Texas A&M-Commerce.
She played three years with the Lions and eventually graduated with a Bachelor of Science in global e-learning (now higher education and learning technologies) and a Master of Science in higher education.
"Honestly, I was living my best life," she said. "I was young, going to Dallas every weekend, and was having a great time. I had just completed my master's degree and was already working full-time as an academic advisor for the university."
Deep down, however, Courtney knew she was on borrowed time and needed to have a very important surgery. When she was 12, doctors confirmed that she had a mutated gene that comes with a higher risk of breast cancer. Courtney's mother had breast cancer. Her grandmother was previously diagnosed with it. Even her dad's sister had breast cancer.
Doctors explained that she could preventatively have a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction later on in life.
"At 12 years old, I was like, 'Let's do this right now. I'm ready,'" Courtney said. "We all knew that I was going to get it at some point, but they said I had to wait to have surgery until I was at least 24. Fast forward 12 years — I'm 24 years old and was trying to do what I thought was right, which was to prevent breast cancer."
What happened next was something Courtney and her family never expected.
She had her double mastectomy and reconstruction in early February, but a complication with one of her breasts kept doctors from finishing the procedure. A follow-up surgery along with the reconstruction was scheduled for February 16.
Everything appeared to be fine, that is, until Courtney became ill six days later.
"I don't remember any of it, but my parents said I had a hard time breathing," she said. "They called 911, the paramedics checked all my vitals, and I was fine. But something just didn't seem right, so I asked to go to the hospital. Even on the ride to the hospital, they didn't have the sirens on — because they didn't think anything was seriously wrong."
Within minutes of arriving at the hospital, Courtney's heart stopped. Doctors revived her, but she coded two more times after that. It was then that doctors realized she had an undiagnosed blood clot, and the chest compressions from trying to revive her had caused it to burst and spread throughout her body, she said.
CareFlite took Courtney to Medical City Dallas, and her parents had to make a life-changing decision.
"My friends couldn't understand why I wasn't screaming and yelling and sad over the fact that I lost my leg," Courtney said. "But I always looked at it as the right decision. Had they not done it, I wouldn't be here right now. I couldn't imagine being my parents in this situation. This was during COVID-19, so I only got two hours a day with them, and they had to alternate. They even stayed in a hotel next door."
Adapting to a new life
Courtney may not have heard of the Adaptive Training Foundation had it not been for a chance encounter while being fitted for her prosthetic leg. An older gentleman mentioned ATF as a potential option.
"As he explained what it was, I knew I had to get in. And by the grace of God, I did," she said. "The workouts are catered to our needs, and you learn how to adapt. I needed someone to push me, but this place has always been more than just the physical part. They help you with the mental part, too. We focus a lot on breathing, and we talk a lot of things out. You're around others who have been through similar struggles, and that's important. My parents have been great, but there are just some things they won't get.
"I'm around people who are just like me. It's a special place."
Phil Quintana, a trainer at ATF, agreed and added that he's never been more proud of Courtney.
"Everything we throw at her, she's got it," Quintana said. "She's awesome. She's on her game."
Courtney said one of her immediate training goals is to get to a point where she can walk fluidly without a limp and regain her independence. She's already driving again and has learned to care for herself without help. But eventually, she'd like to move out and go back to work.
"I'll be 25 in December, and it's important to me that I get back out there and do what 25-year-old women do," she said. "I see what the other people in this training course have done, and it has shown me that it's possible for me, too. I'm an open book. If I can help anyone else who has gone through something like this, then I will. I would never have signed up for [losing my leg]. But it happened, and I choose to make the best of it."
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Once I'd finished sewing my Janet costume I knew that I also wanted to carry a cactus.
Not just any cactus, though– a cactus-shaped purse. Stylish *and* practical!
I started off with a plastic 5″ pot to form the base of the purse. It was actually hard to find– usual sizes are 4″ (much too small) and 6″ (too big)– but I needed that size because I wanted to be able to fit my phone and a few other bits and pieces inside, but didn't want it to be too bulky.
Janet (The Good Place) Costume, Part IV: Done!
Fun fact: Janet is me!
What do you think? I kind of love it.
Caveats: I still can't get the lighting right, the hair needs a little work, and the gigantic smile (yet without crazy-eyes) still eludes me. Oh well, some other time!
Sorry for the delay in posting about this costume– I was waiting for a zipper to arrive, and then it turned out to be out of stock (thanks a lot, FashionFabricsClub.com, for making me wait three weeks without bothering to tell me you didn't have my order), and I had to order it from Amazon.
Anyway, Janet's skirt is a bit more flared than a standard A-line, but doesn't have the fullness through the hip of a circle skirt. The panels (I think there are nine, since there's no center front seam) are actually fitted through the hip and then flare out from just below the hipline.
To draft my pattern I took my waist measurement and my hip measurement (8″ down from the waist), and divided by nine to get the fitted top part of the skirt. From the hip point I continued drawing the lines along the same angle just for reference, extending them down to the hem (the panel was a total of 25″ long). Once I determined where the original lines would be, I extended the width of the panel by 3″ at the hem (total, so 1.5″ on each side) to get that extra flare.
Now that the outfit is done, I figured I could take some time to provide resources for any other would-be Eliza Doolittles!
I will note that I wasn't able to make my dress exactly screen-accurate– I didn't locate all of my reference images until I'd already done some of the work, and it wasn't worth it to me to re-do things like the embroidery on the center skirt panel to get it exactly right. I did, however, try to reproduce the original as best I could under the circumstances. For what it's worth, the dress has about 7,000 individually-applied sequins and rhinestones, so you'd better be up for a lot of handwork!
2 yards each of 2.9cm and 3.2cm round floral trim to make round appliques.
Definitely use blunt-needle syringes as applicators for the sequins and rhinestones. Once they're full of glue you can store them point-down with the needle tips in a mug with about an inch or water in the bottom, and they'll stay usable almost indefinitely. The water keeps the glue from drying inside the needle section, though Gem-Tac does occasionally get clumpy so I can't promise you won't need to occasionally swear a little as you un-clog the needle by soaking it in hot water. I worked with two syringes at once so I'd be sure to have a working one at all times.
Toothpicks (the blunt ends) were perfectly good tools for picking up sequins and the tiny rhinestones. I wouldn't bother with Q-tips or the special wax sticks you can find online.
If you can't find perfect appliques, don't be afraid to cut apart/combine other appliques to get the effect you're going for. Particularly since this gown has so much sparkle on it, no one will be looking closely enough at the precise type of lace you're using to see if it matches everywhere.
While it might seem easier to do the embellishment on the overgown before attaching it to the undergown, I think that it's necessary to have the whole thing hanging on a dress form before you finalize the placement of the swags and appliques. Otherwise you might end up placing something incorrectly and not finding out until it's too late to fix.
Don't finalize any embellishments at the hem until you've tried on the mostly-embellished gown and ensured that the net hasn't stretched out. Don't store the dress on a hanger or dress form– keep it flat to avoid further stretching. It may also be a good idea to leave the bottom few inches relatively plain in case you need to hem it again later and don't want to lose detail.
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Special Awards by HIPA to Tim Flach, Tom Ang, Yousef Al Habshi
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The Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) has announced the 'special award' recipients for its eighth season of competition. These go to "photographers that have contributed positively to photography as an art-form and industry" and for this season HIPA has named recipients of the 'Photography Content Creator Award', the 'Emerging Person in Photography Award' and the 'Photography Appreciation Award'.
The latter goes to British photographer Tim Flach, for his outstanding contribution to photography in the fields of nature and the environment throughout his career. The image at the top, Red Crown Cranes Dancing, is from his brillaint Endagered series.
Tim Flach has become one of the most influential animal photographers in the world, seeking to use photography to shift public and scientific perceptions of the natural world with imagery that evokes powerful emotional responses – his core belief is that widespread emotional response leads to direct action.
He said he felt it a great honour to be on the list of distinguished personalities honoured with the award. "At this point in history we are growing further away from the world of nature while we are increasingly in need of it, in terms of food, climate and other important issues. Many in our world still do not realise the gravity of the challenges that require us to protect nature more. As images are one of the best and most effective methods of human communication in this age, I seek to move people's feelings and raise their awareness through the stories I tell them through images."
New Zealander Tom Ang received the Photography Content Creator Award for his educational work – he has authored more than 40 books on photography, among them the best-selling Digital Photographer's Handbook and Digital Photography Masterclass. He has also written and presented TV series, held editorial posts at and been a correspondent for numerous photography magazines, has taught photography, photojournalism and publishing at BA and MA level for over 12 years, and has been a consultant to the photography industry for many years.
The Emerging Person in Photography Award was given to Emirati photographer Yousef Al Habshi, noted for his macro and micro photography as highlighted in National Geographic magazine.
Al Habshi's competition achievements include two consecutive first places (2012 and 2013) at the Emirates International Photography Contest, and another first in the Nikon Small Worlds micro-photography competition.
Al Habshi was fulsome in his praise for HIPA: "I cannot imagine the magnitude and responsibility that HIPA have year-on-year ensuring that the spotlight on photography continues to shine bright. HIPA is paving the way for all genres of photography, as well as raising awareness of emerging ones. Their support of photography in the scientific field is both encouraging and motivating. HIPA continues to prove to us year after year that it strives to present new, different and contemporary aspects of photography."
HIPA's main awards – with the largest monetary prize among photography awards, totalling $423,000 this year – are due to be announced this weekend. We'll report next week.
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De kathedraal van Havana werd gebouwd in de periode 1748 tot 1777. Het gebouw heeft een barokke gevel, doordat de twee torens niet gelijk zijn is deze niet symmetrisch.
Geschiedenis
Het plan om een kathedraal te bouwen was afkomstig van de jezuïeten, de grootste missionaire groep in Havana. Na uitgebreide verzoeken, en na de aankoop van een stuk land bij de Plaza door de bisschop van Santiago de Cuba, werd toestemming verleend voor de bouw van de kathedraal. Deze verscheen aan het voormalige Plaza de La Ciénaga. In 1727 werden de plannen om een kerk, klooster en collegium te bouwen, goedgekeurd en begon het project vorm te krijgen. De Plaza ligt op de plaats van een drooggelegd moeras dat als marinewerf in gebruik was voordat de kathedraal werd gebouwd.
De jezuïeten begonnen de bouw in 1748 en in 1777 was de kathedraal gereed. Dat was ruim nadat Karel III van Spanje de jezuïeten van het eiland had verbannen.
In 1796, nadat de Vrede van Bazel was getekend en Spanje het grootste deel van Hispaniola aan Frankrijk had overgedragen, werd het lichaam van Christoffel Columbus in de kathedraal begraven bij het Altaar van het Evangelie. In 1898 werden ze na de Cubaanse Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog naar de Kathedraal van Sevilla overgebracht.
Architectuur
De voorgevel van de kathedraal is gebouwd in barokarchitectuur en heeft asymmetrische klokkentorens. De details van de façade zijn gelijk aan die van het San Carlos en San Ambrosio Seminarie, dat onderdeel is van hetzelfde complex. In de stenen muren zijn fossiele resten te zien van de mariene flora en fauna omdat ze net als veel andere gebouwen in Havana, gebouwd zijn van blokken koraal. Tussen 1946 en 1949 werd de kathedraal gerenoveerd in neoklassieke stijl. De Cubaanse architect Cristobal Martinez Marquez stond aan het hoofd van het project; hij gaf het interieur van de kerk een meer open ruimte, maakte mogelijk dat er meer licht binnenkwam en verbeterde het ventilatiesysteem. Het interieur is van steen met een zwart-witte marmeren vloer. Het heeft een centrale beuk van 15 meter breed, twee looppaden aan de zijkanten en acht zijkapellen. De centrale bogen van het middenschip worden gesteund door acht (zwevende) bogen aan de buitenzijde van de kerk, boven de looppaden. De zwevende bogen, de koepel boven het transept en de oranje dakpannen zijn vanaf het plein niet zichtbaar.
Kunstobjecten
De kathedraal herbergt een aantal beelden, schilderijen en fresco's. Een standbeeld van Apolinar Serrano (1833-1876), die bisschop van Havana was en ligt begraven in de kathedraal. Reproducties van schilderijen van Rubens en Murillo bevinden zich op de altaren in de zijkapellen. Een sculptuur van St. Christopher, patroonheilige van Havana, daterend uit 1632 en gemaakt door Martín de Andújar Cantos in Sevilla, Spanje. Boven het altaar zijn drie (vervagende) fresco's te zien van Giuseppe Perovani, een Italiaans neoklassiek artiest. Hij kreeg van bisschop Juan José Díaz de Espada y Fernánez de Landa van het Aartsbisdom Havana de opdracht om drie taferelen te schilderen: De overhandiging van de sleutels, Het laatste avondmaal en De hemelvaart. Op het altaar staan sculpturen en goudsmeedwerk, gemaakt in Rome in de eerste helft van de 19e eeuw. Aan de muren schilderijen van Jean-Baptiste Vermay, de Franse oprichter en eerste directeur van de "Academie voor teken- en schilderkunst van San Alejandro". Hij schiep ook de werken in het El Templete, in de oude stadskern van Havana.
De kathedraal bevindt zich eveneens in de oude kern van Havana, die door UNESCO is aangewezen als World Heritage Site.
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Bouwwerk in Havana
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I had a beer tonight with David Brown, and much to my surprise he whipped out this old email that he recently stumbled across. This email is the birth of Techstars. To give you a little context, Boomtown Enterprises was the name of a small investment fund that David and I operated at the time. I edited the original email very lightly to fix one typo and in one case to protect the identity of the innocent.
I'm just thinking this can be one of the boomtown businesses.
Providing seed capital to startups with only an idea.
2) We fly or drive to interview the ones that sound good (perhaps organizing small tours), or have them come here on our dime.
3) We offer the promising ones $10k for a 2% non-controlling, non-board seat interest of their company. They have to come to Boulder for 2-3 months to start the company up.
a. They can work in our offices, or in a hotel, or wherever they want. We provide internet connections, a little office space, etc.
b. They can use the 10k however they want.
c. We have the option to buy 2% more of the company for another 10k at the end of the 2-3 month period.
d. We provide free consulting while they're here including product feedback, how-to advice, etc.
e. We organize weekly (or bi-weekly) dinners with investors, IP lawyers, tech experts, etc (basically using our contacts to get people to donate a little time).
5) If they want, they can stay in Boulder and grow their company here, working within our office space (renting it). Perhaps we have some kind of "space, connectivity + consulting" lease rate.
The only drawback I can think of is that we'd probably need to get a slightly nicer office to really attract companies. We'd have to look successful, and have an environment with couches, whiteboards, etc for them to work in optionally. But we could grow that over time once we get a few and have a good feeling that it's working.
I am thinking I'll start working on the web site. Are you cool with putting this kind of info/offer up on the boomtown site? We don't have to actually do it, I suppose, but we can at least start taking applications and see what's what. Maybe generate a little word of mouth somehow, and who knows. We can start with a summer program this year. Sublet or rent some open office space from this place for just 3 months or something. Start trying to spread the word a little bit on college campuses, especially CU, CSU, DU, etc.
Thoughts? I think it sounds really cool. Yeah, we have no idea what we're doing.
So that's how we came up with this crazy idea just 868 days ago. I remember putting up the basic web site later that same day. Obviously, it has evolved since then. Now we have some sense of what we're doing, for example. We didn't launch Techstars that summer – it just wasn't enough time to raise the necessary funding and morph the idea into what would ultimately make it successful – being mentorship driven. But we got there the next summer, and we've been learning and evolving ever since. | {
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FinMin Raises Prospects for Privatization
Ljubljana, 27 March (STA) - Finance Minister Uroš Čufer told parliament on Wednesday that the new government would continue with privatisation, indicating that it may be more open to selling off state-owned companies than critics thought.
"We've set the goal of privatising enough to secure money to kick-start the economy...in order to neutralize the impact on public debt. We want Slovenia to have below-average debt in the long term," Čufer said.
His statement comes amidst much speculation about the government's willingness to privatise state-owned firms, with fears driven by the advocacy of the Social Democrats (SD) for a strong role of the state in the economy.
The coalition contract signed by the four parties of the current coalition says one major company at minimum would be privatized.
Media reports suggest that the ailing flag carrier Adria Airways could be the first major company to be sold off.
The daily Dnevnik reported Monday that Adria was on the verge of being sold, with German company Intro Aviation, reportedly a conduit for Air Berlin, apparently the favourite.
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Q: Index of word within text in R I have text within a character vector but i am unable to find word's index within character vector,how can i extract it efficiently without going through each word and by adding length of each word using nchar and match.
which("ashish"=="i am ashish and ashish is good")
integer(0)
grep("apple","i am ashish and ashish is good")
integer(0)
grep("apple","It is a apple and apple is tasty")
[1] 1
I want indexes of "apple" that is 9,19 within text.Any suggestion for better method,thanks.
A: gregexp is the function you're looking for:
gregexpr("apple","It is a apple and apple is tasty")
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The world-famous magician talks about how he fell in love with watches (and blows our minds with a few tricks too).
I can't think of an episode of HODINKEE Radio that was more fun to prepare for than what we've got for you today. I basically spent a few hours at my desk watching clips of magic shows on YouTube, digging for information while also trying my hardest to avoid spoilers. And I'm happy to confirm that's a pretty great way to spend an afternoon.
You might recognize magician Dan White from his episode of Talking Watches or maybe his show The Magician At The Nomad here in New York City. Or maybe you saw him doing card tricks for Scarlett Johansson on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon? Or did you see Kanye West's Yeezus tour? Yeah, he worked on that too.
I guess what I'm saying is that Dan is kind of the modern face of magic, and his combination of charm, showmanship, and skill is dangerous. He's also a watch guy, if that wasn't obvious. We get into the watches he wears on stage, the historic relationship between watches and magic, his days working for David Copperfield, and a whole lot more.
Make sure to stick around to the end of the episode. Dan does a few tricks for us that, to be honest, blew my mind. I think you're going to enjoy them too. This guy's really good.
We hope you enjoy Episode 38 of HODINKEE Radio. Check out the show notes below and let us know what you think in the comments. | {
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During my early years much like everyone else, I enjoyed a good, lets get legless drinking game now and again. Me too! Funny!
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"Based on the idea of mailing Flat Stanley off to California, we thought it would be fun to see how many places our Flat Stanley could visit between now and the end of the school year" So cool! Social networking and Web 2.0 meet kids education!
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A collection of lackluster minigames that would've been better served as the Switch's pack-in.
Written by: Cory Galliher | March 11, 2017
The launch of the Nintendo Switch recalls the days when pack-in games were big back in the early days of gaming as a means of broadening consoles' install bases. The first time you played Sonic the Hedgehog at a store kiosk, for instance, you were sure to get hyped up for owning a Sega Genesis, which would leave you vulnerable to buying any number of Genesis games in the future. The same could be said for Super Mario World on the SNES. Perhaps one of the most recognizable pack-in games, however, is Nintendo's titular-themed debut for their waggle machine, Wii Sports.
Wii Sports, if you've somehow managed to forget, was a strong contender for the best pack-in game ever made; it was simple, accessible and perfectly tailored to demonstrating the capabilities of the new Nintendo console to an audience that couldn't care less about video games. That audience, incidentally, is vastly more large than those of us who do care about games, so Nintendo was on to something. The Wii's absurd sales over the course of the seventh console generation showed the value of games (and consoles, really) that appealed to a non-traditional audience. Further, we can likely trace any number of developments related to "casual" gaming to the success of Wii Sports.
1-2-Switch is essentially Wii Sports for the modern generation, with a few key differences. First, it's being released at a time when video games are gradually gaining ground in the mainstream and a game meant as an introductory experience isn't quite so necessary. Sure, the stigma that's always been associated with the hobby is still there – try taking out a 3DS on the train if you're over a certain age and note the looks you get – but it's much more likely in 2017 that Joe and Jane Sixpack are at least familiar with games. Second, and more importantly, it's not a pack-in game. Unlike Wii Sports, 1-2-Switch will run you around $50, which immediately shuts out much of the game's appeal right from the start.
Much like Wii Sports, 1-2-Switch is intended to introduce the unique features of the Switch to new players. In this case, the focus is on the detachable Joy-Con controllers. Since you're able to remove them from the console and use them individually, 1-2-Switch revolves around handing one Joy-Con each to two players for some minigame action. I said two players and I meant it, by the way; if you're after a solo experience, you can safely pass on 1-2-Switch because that experience simply doesn't exist.
So you're dropping $50 on a collection of around 30 minigames. They must be pretty good minigames, right? Well, sort of. They fall into a few themes, many of which involve looking your opponent in the eye and then doing something on cue. First, you've got your "quickly flip the Joy-Con up faster than your opponent"-style games; this includes a pair of cowboy-style quick draw games and a telephone-answering game. You've got your "strike a pose while holding a Joy-Con" games, with said poses ranging in flavor from fashion model to dancer to zen practitioner.
Finally, you've got your "hey, the rumble on these things is really great" games, where you do stuff with invisible stuff, like milking an invisible cow, counting invisible marbles, catching an invisible sword or playing invisible ping-pong. There are a few other, more esoteric games, like Simon Says or a stressful baby-rocking game, but these cover the majority of what's available here.
That's pretty much it! For your $50 you're essentially buying a bunch of Joy-Con tutorials tied together with a minimal UI and a bunch of cute live-action videos introducing the various games. There's no online component nor single-player option, so you're playing these games with someone else locally or you're not playing them at all. If this were a pack-in it would be a great bonus and a nice distraction for the few times you're not playing Zelda on your fancy new console.
As a launch title, 1-2-Switch isn't recommended. While the Switch's launch lineup might be a little barebones, you can still do better for your $50; check out Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, for instance, which is cheaper and offers vastly more to do. If you really want a party option then Super Bomberman R offers that along with a single-player mode. I can't fathom the reasoning behind not including 1-2-Switch in the Switch box, but without that $0 price tag, it simply can't match up to Wii Sports.
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Q: Run a macro on a sheet, while working on a other I have a wokrbook with muliple sheets.
On my second sheet I have a little macro which works pretty good, but if want to run it, while i'm on a other sheet, excel vba shows me a bug and its not working.
This is my code:
Dim myDate As Variant, rng As Range
Dim lastRow As Integer, penultimateRow As Integer
Set rng = Range("A1:A207")
Set myDate = rng.Find(What:=Int(Date), LookIn:=xlFormulas)
Worksheets("Lernzeit-Tracking").Cells(myDate.Row, myDate.Column + 1).Value = _
Worksheets("Übersicht").Range("L20").Value
With Worksheets("Lernzeit-Tracking")
penultimateRow = .Cells(.Cells(Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Row, 2).End(xlUp).Row
lastRow = .Cells(Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Row
End With
If IsEmpty(Sheets("Lernzeit-Tracking").Cells(lastRow - 1, 2)) = True Then
Sheets("Lernzeit-Tracking").Range(Cells(penultimateRow + 1, 2), Cells(lastRow - 1, 2)).Value = 0
End If
The Error message says:
"Object variable not set"
and the line
Worksheets("Lernzeit-Tracking").Cells(myDate.Row, myDate.Column + 1).Value == Worksheets("Übersicht").Range("L20").Value
is marked
How can i run my macro while wokring on a other sheet?
A: You are missing an object qualifier on the following line
Set rng = Range("A1:A207")
Using Range without an object qualifier will return the range "A1:A207" on the activesheet. Instead try the below line or adjust the sheet name accordingly.
Set rng = Thisworkbook.Worksheets("Lernzeit-Tracking").Range("A1:A207")
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Cenzo Townshend Decoy Studios
It's a hit! Openreach makes full fibre available to 100,000 local premises
More than 100,000 homes and businesses across Suffolk can now order Ultrafast Full Fibre, thanks to a £30 million broadband investment by Openreach.
And the work has already hit the right notes for a leading music studio near Woodbridge, where they're discovering that reliability is key, and their broadband speeds have reached the top of the charts, after engineers were instrumental in connecting them.
Award-winning music producer Cenzo Townshend from Decoy Studios, based in the small village of Melton, had approached Openreach for help as they were struggling with slow speeds.
Decoy works with world famous artists including Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Lewis Capaldi, Snow Patrol, and The Maccabees.
They regularly transfer large music files between their studios in rural Suffolk, to places like London and Los Angeles.
But things were so bad they could only upload and download recordings overnight, putting them at a significant disadvantage compared to rival studios.
It led to fears they would struggle to attract stars who value the peace and tranquillity of the Suffolk countryside when they're penning their new album or recording their latest single.
Thankfully Openreach's Chief Engineer team stepped in and blitzed the build in just a few days, with Decoy Studios and surrounding homes upgraded to a new ultrafast, ultra-reliable full fibre network, which is future-proof for decades to come.
Some of the fastest broadband speeds in the UK are now available there, securing the long-term future of the business.
Cenzo Townshend says the arrival of full fibre is a huge boost: "We were really starting to feel the impact of a slow broadband connection. Having a studio outside of London brings many advantages to us, but we need to have a similar level of connectivity so we can communicate between studios, and with artists.
"We must download 30 to 40 Gigabytes at a time, and we upload double that sometimes. Slow speeds were a big problem for our business. It came to a head when we were trying to finish a very important album, which involved large music files being bounced around between Suffolk, London, and LA. It got to the point when we just couldn't upload what we needed to. Speeds of less than 10Mbps on average were just not cutting it, so we knew we had to do something.
"Since we started work with Openreach's Chief Engineers team, things have moved quickly, and we've now got full fibre up and running. They were determined to make sure we had the best connection possible and pulled out all the stops to make it happen. We can now easily transfer music and have 2 or 3 artists recording at the same time and it has no impact on how our broadband performs."
If Openreach's full fibre build was measured in record sales, it would be closing in on Platinum status, having already reached around 800,000 homes and businesses across the East of England, including more than 100,000 in Suffolk.
Work is currently underway in Ipswich (Kesgrave and Foxhall), Lowestoft, Stowmarket, Sudbury and nearby Woodbridge, where it was announced in May that around 5,000 local homes and businesses would be the next to benefit from Openreach's full fibre build.
Director for Openreach's Chief Engineer team in East Anglia, Phil Royal, said: "Bringing full fibre to Decoy Studios and the surrounding homes was quite a challenge but one that my engineers tackled with huge determination. We needed to use a mix of infrastructure – some of it underground - and think creatively when working out how to get fibre across the Suffolk countryside to Melton, from the nearby exchange in Woodbridge."
"To minimise disruption, we used existing parts of the Openreach network wherever possible. This is not only easier for us, but it keeps things like digging up roads, using temporary traffic lights and moving big heavy equipment down local country roads to a minimum. We know these are the issues that are important to people living in rural areas.
"It's not every day you get to work in and around a music recording studio that has famous artists popping in and out and we're delighted to have made a difference in this community. Cenzo and his team at the studio couldn't have been more helpful, accommodating, and welcoming, and we're grateful for his support during the build."
Full fibre broadband offers download speeds of one gigabit per second (1Gbps), which means it's up to 16 times faster than the average home broadband connection. This means faster game downloads, better quality video calls and higher resolution movie streaming are possible.
It's also less affected by peak time congestion and it allows people to use multiple devices at once without the connection slowing down. That means more people can get online at the same time without experiencing stuttering, buffering or dropouts.
Openreach's role across East Anglia and the East of England extends beyond making full fibre broadband available. The company has roots in almost every community, with more than 3,500 Openreach people living and working across the region.
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For Wilson, it goes beyond just making every start since the first game of 2012, his rookie year. Wilson has never missed a practice because of injury. His name has never been listed on a daily injury report. Not so much as a: "probable, hangnail."
In 3 ¼ seasons, with two Super Bowl appearances, two Pro Bowl honors, and more team wins than any other quarterback to start off an NFL career, Wilson has proven many things.
But perhaps the most stunning quality, one that gets lost amid the accolades and quantifiable statistics, is his toughness.
Even with his elusiveness, dozens of hits have been unavoidable, and a few looked devastating.
One time at San Francisco, linebacker NaVorro Bowman appeared to have dismembered him near the sidelines. There wasn't even a limp from Wilson.
Even better was the time he scrambled against the Houston Texans in 2013 and met the monolithic J.J. Watt on the sidelines. Wilson is 5-11ish and 206 pounds; Watt is 6-5, 290, with a computer-generated physique.
Seahawks fans watched the aftermath through laced fingers. But Wilson ran back to the huddle while Watt rose with his face bloodied.
Monday night's win over the Detroit Lions was the most recent example.
A second-quarter pass attempt was doomed from the snap, with pressure coming unblocked up the middle and then later off the left edge. But Wilson escaped by using a juke, a spin, a triple Lutz and a half-gainer from the pike position.
And the moment he unloaded a smoking liner for a 34-yard gain to Jermaine Kearse, Wilson was clobbered by 275-pound Devin Taylor. Wilson responded by practically sprinting to the line on the next play to deliver a dagger pass to Doug Baldwin in the end zone.
Several times, "MNF" cameras showed Detroit defenders panting like crazy, eyes rolling back into their heads from exhaustion and frustration. Wilson wasn't even breathing hard.
It looked like the scene in "Rocky II" when the hulking pug was taken to the barnyard and tasked by his trainer with making the futile chase of a frantic chicken. Except in this scenario, Wilson is the comically elusive pullet.
Everybody on the Seahawks roster sees the grit and is lifted by the admirable effort.
"It proves to you how tough he is, that he's willing to take those hits and make the big plays," said Hawks defensive end Michael Bennett, a man not given to praising quarterbacks. "He's proven that over time, and he's one of the best at doing that."
With back Marshawn Lynch out or slowed with injuries, Wilson has had to take on a heavier workload. As commentator Jon Gruden pointed out, the Seahawks' offense is Russell Wilson.
The stats bear that out. Wilson's passing and rushing totals account for 83.5 percent of the Seahawks total yardage. By comparison with a few of the game's elite, Tom Brady is 83.1 percent of New England's offense, while Peyton Manning (79.3), Philip Rivers (76.0), Matt Ryan (75.8) and Aaron Rodgers (73.8) are statistically less so for their teams.
Of the six quarterbacks drafted before Wilson in 2012, none can match his 60 consecutive starts. The Colts' Andrew Luck had his streak broken recently; Robert Griffin III has been injured so often he's no longer a starter for Washington. Miami's Ryan Tannehill has not missed a start, but also never made it to the playoffs, so he's eight games behind Wilson.
Brandon Weeden is a reserve, and Brock Osweiler has never started a game.
Watching Wilson absorb the six sacks against the Lions and still function caused Jackson to call his teammate "a different guy."
"There aren't many people who can do that," Jackson said. "When quarterbacks get hit like that, you start bracing yourself, you start looking for the rush, you get those big eyes. For him to take those hits he was taking and still keep his eyes downfield to make plays and make a perfect throw, that says a lot."
Jackson was the replacement for the all-time durable quarterback, Brett Favre, when his consecutive-starts streak ended at 297 in 2010.
"Brett was older then, and it wasn't about him being able to play, but whether he could still take the licks and bounce back," Jackson said.
Maybe it was stretching it to ask of Jackson whether Favre and Wilson shared any common characteristics. Favre played through injuries for 19 seasons; Wilson is barely into his fourth.
"For one thing, there's nothing they couldn't do on the field," Jackson said. "Brett played through a lot of injuries; Russ has had some things, but mostly he's great at dodging the big hits and taking care of himself."
That's how Wilson explains it, too. He focused on improving his speed in the offseason, and every week he trains to "make sure that I'm staying strong and fast. … I get my massages, get my stretching in, hot tub, cold tub, and then, come game day, I feel great."
As the watchful Jackson said, whatever he's doing, it's working.
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After 20 years of heartache with his autistic twins, a Seahawks legend finds some peace
By Dave Boling
Former Seahawks All-Pro running back, Curt Warner, and his wife, Ana, have focused their lives on treatments and therapies for their twin autistic sons. The demands of their care left them largely sequestered for nearly 20 years. 'For a long time, we wondered how far we could go without breaking,' Curt said. But together they've made it through fire and pain.
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!! OMG, free documentary: Matt Wolf's "I Remember" on writer/artist Joe Brainard !!
Last year, New York-based filmmaker Matt Wolf made a beautiful documentary about American artist, and New York School writer, Joe Brainard.
'I REMEMBER' is based on Brainard's memoirs and you can stream it for free this week over on Mousse Magazine's VDROME. (There's also an interview with Matt about the film.) Some more info from VDROME:
I Remember is a kind of biography of the New York School writer and artist Joe Brainard, who died of Aids in 1994 at the age of 53. I say kind of because it's also a visualization or vivification of his wonderful book I Remember, which is in itself a difficult to categorize work – an autobiography, let's say, by way of intensely sensual fragments of memory.
Using found footage and archival audio and visual materials to construct his narrative Matt Wolf creates a memento-like reenactment of Joe Brainard's poem "I Remember". Composed by an ongoing flux of recollections and images, the film maintains the fast cadency of the Brainard's text while weaving a touching biographical account of the American artist and writer.
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Q: Append to an expression I followed this thread: link text
Jason gives an example:
public static Expression<TDelegate> AndAlso<TDelegate>(this Expression<TDelegate> left, Expression<TDelegate> right)
{
return Expression.Lambda<TDelegate>(Expression.AndAlso(left, right), left.Parameters);
}
and its usage as such:
Expression<Func<Client, bool>> clientWhere = c => true;
if (filterByClientFName)
{
clientWhere = clientWhere.AndAlso(c => c.ClientFName == searchForClientFName);
}
if (filterByClientLName)
{
clientWhere = clientWhere.AndAlso(c => c.ClientLName == searchForClientLName);
}
I have a orders table and i followed the above example, changing column names, and i get the similar error that the post creator had
The binary operator AndAlso is not defined for the types 'System.Func2[Models.Order,System.Boolean]' and 'System.Func2[Models.Order,System.Boolean]'.
Anyone have any thoughts on what I am missing?
UPDATED:
Eric, I further followed what the user of the previous post was asking, here link text
The user has this
Expression<Func<Client, bool>> clientWhere = c => true;
Expression<Func<Order, bool>> orderWhere = o => true;
Expression<Func<Product, bool>> productWhere = p => true;
if (filterByClient)
{
clientWhere = c => c.ClientID == searchForClientID;
}
Now if he were to have various conditions in filterByClient, say he either has clientid and/or some other column name, how would one build the clientWhere expression?
A: You're attempting to build an expression tree that represents this:
c => true && c.ClientFName == searchForClientFName
You are actually building an expression tree that represents this:
c => c=> true && c => c.ClientFName == searchForClientFName
which makes no sense at all.
Now, you might naively think that this will work:
public static Expression<TDelegate> AndAlso<TDelegate>(this Expression<TDelegate> left, Expression<TDelegate> right)
{
// NOTICE: Combining BODIES:
return Expression.Lambda<TDelegate>(Expression.AndAlso(left.Body, right.Body), left.Parameters);
}
That would produce in your case something representing
c => true && c.ClientFName == searchForClientFName
Which looks right. But in fact this is fragile. Suppose you had
... d => d.City == "London" ...
... c => c.ClientName == "Fred Smith" ...
and you used this method to combine them. You'd get an object representing
c => d.City == "London" && c.ClientName == "Fred Smith"
What the heck is d doing in there?
Furthermore, parameters are matched by object identity, not by parameter name. If you do this
... c => c.City == "London" ...
... c => c.ClientName == "Fred Smith" ...
and combine them into
c => c.City == "London" && c.ClientName == "Fred Smith"
you're in the same boat; the "c" in "c.City" is a different c than the other two.
What you actually need to do is make a third parameter object, substitute it in the bodies of both lambdas for every occurence of their parameters, and then build up a new lambda expression tree from the resulting substituted bodies.
You can build a substitution engine by writing a visitor that passes over the expression tree body, rewriting it as it goes.
A: It was difficult for me to understand hvd's answer so I created some code to explain it in a different way. hvd should get the credit for suggesting the ExpressionVisitor. I just couldn't understand the example in the context of Linq to X type input functions I was using.
I hope this helps somebody else coming to the question from that perspective.
Also, I created the combining code as extension methods to make it a little easier to use.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
namespace ConsoleApplication3
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var combined = TryCombiningExpressions(c => c.FirstName == "Dog", c => c.LastName == "Boy");
Console.WriteLine("Dog Boy should be true: {0}", combined(new FullName { FirstName = "Dog", LastName = "Boy" }));
Console.WriteLine("Cat Boy should be false: {0}", combined(new FullName { FirstName = "Cat", LastName = "Boy" }));
Console.ReadLine();
}
public class FullName
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
}
public static Func<FullName, bool> TryCombiningExpressions(Expression<Func<FullName, bool>> func1, Expression<Func<FullName, bool>> func2)
{
return func1.CombineWithAndAlso(func2).Compile();
}
}
public static class CombineExpressions
{
public static Expression<Func<TInput, bool>> CombineWithAndAlso<TInput>(this Expression<Func<TInput, bool>> func1, Expression<Func<TInput, bool>> func2)
{
return Expression.Lambda<Func<TInput, bool>>(
Expression.AndAlso(
func1.Body, new ExpressionParameterReplacer(func2.Parameters, func1.Parameters).Visit(func2.Body)),
func1.Parameters);
}
public static Expression<Func<TInput, bool>> CombineWithOrElse<TInput>(this Expression<Func<TInput, bool>> func1, Expression<Func<TInput, bool>> func2)
{
return Expression.Lambda<Func<TInput, bool>>(
Expression.AndAlso(
func1.Body, new ExpressionParameterReplacer(func2.Parameters, func1.Parameters).Visit(func2.Body)),
func1.Parameters);
}
private class ExpressionParameterReplacer : ExpressionVisitor
{
public ExpressionParameterReplacer(IList<ParameterExpression> fromParameters, IList<ParameterExpression> toParameters)
{
ParameterReplacements = new Dictionary<ParameterExpression, ParameterExpression>();
for (int i = 0; i != fromParameters.Count && i != toParameters.Count; i++)
ParameterReplacements.Add(fromParameters[i], toParameters[i]);
}
private IDictionary<ParameterExpression, ParameterExpression> ParameterReplacements { get; set; }
protected override Expression VisitParameter(ParameterExpression node)
{
ParameterExpression replacement;
if (ParameterReplacements.TryGetValue(node, out replacement))
node = replacement;
return base.VisitParameter(node);
}
}
}
}
A: If you need it i created a small fluent library to create lambda functions on the fly without directly coping with System.Linq.Expressions. And it can easily handle the kind of situation. Just to give an example:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var firstNameCompare = ExpressionUtil.GetComparer<FullName>((a) => a.FirstName);
var lastNameCompare = ExpressionUtil.GetComparer<FullName>((a) => a.LastName);
Func<FullName, bool> combined = (a) => firstNameCompare(a, "Dog") && lastNameCompare(a, "Boy");
var toCheck = new FullName {FirstName = "Dog", LastName = "Boy"};
Console.WriteLine("Dog Boy should be true: {0}", combined(toCheck));
toCheck = new FullName {FirstName = "Cat", LastName = "Boy"};
Console.WriteLine("Cat Boy should be false: {0}", combined(toCheck));
Console.ReadLine();
}
The GetComparer methods seek for the property passed as expression and find ho to get its value, then it builds a new Expression that will handle the comparaison.
At the end the two functions are evaluated calling the "combined" function.
If you need more verifications you could use an array and iterate on it inside the "combined lambda"
The code and documentation for the library are here: Kendar Expression Builder
While the nuget package is here: Nuget Expression Builder
A: I tried to implement this kind of stuff. Took me a day to find out.
My solution is based on filter in a loop based on a Array of predicate.
As a note, it s totally Generic and based Reflection because the only information about class and field are String.
To make it simple, i call directly the Model class but in a project you should go by a controler who is calling the Model.
So here we go :
The Model part where T is a Generic in the class
public class DALXmlRepository<T> where T : class
{
public T GetItem(Array predicate)
{
IQueryable<T> QueryList = null;
QueryList = ObjectList.AsQueryable<T>().Where((Expression<Func<T, bool>>)predicate.GetValue(0));
for (int i = 1; i < predicate.GetLength(0); i++)
{
QueryList = QueryList.Where((Expression<Func<T, bool>>)predicate.GetValue(i));
}
if (QueryList.FirstOrDefault() == null)
throw new InvalidOperationException(this.GetType().GetGenericArguments().First().Name + " not found.");
return QueryList.FirstOrDefault();
}
}
Now the LambdaExpression Builder, it's a base one(with String type or something else) , you can improve it with more functionnality :
private static Expression BuildLambdaExpression(Type GenericArgument, string FieldName, string FieldValue)
{
LambdaExpression lambda = null;
Expression Criteria = null;
Random r = new Random();
ParameterExpression predParam = Expression.Parameter(GenericArgument, r.Next().ToString());
if (GenericArgument.GetProperty(FieldName).PropertyType == typeof(string))
{
Expression left = Expression.PropertyOrField(predParam, FieldName);
Expression LefttoUpper = Expression.Call(left, "ToUpper", null, null);
//Type du champ recherché
Type propType = GenericArgument.GetProperty(FieldName).PropertyType;
Expression right = Expression.Constant(FieldValue, propType);
Expression RighttoUpper = Expression.Call(right, "ToUpper", null, null);
Criteria = Expression.Equal(LefttoUpper, RighttoUpper);
}
else
{
Expression left = Expression.PropertyOrField(predParam, FieldName);
Type propType = GenericArgument.GetProperty(FieldName).PropertyType;
Expression right = Expression.Constant(Convert.ChangeType(FieldValue, propType), propType);
Criteria = Expression.Equal(left, right);
}
lambda = Expression.Lambda(Criteria, predParam);
return lambda;
}
Now the Calling function :
public static Hashtable GetItemWithFilter(string Entity, XMLContext contextXML, Hashtable FieldsNameToGet, Hashtable FieldFilter)
{
//Get the type
Type type = Type.GetType("JP.Model.BO." + Entity + ", JPModel");
Type CtrlCommonType = typeof(CtrlCommon<>).MakeGenericType( type );
//Making an instance DALXmlRepository<xxx> XMLInstance = new DALXmlRepository<xxx>(contextXML);
ConstructorInfo ci = CtrlCommonType.GetConstructor(new Type[] { typeof(XMLContext), typeof(String) });
IControleur DalInstance = (IControleur)ci.Invoke(new object[] { contextXML, null });
//Building the string type Expression<func<T,bool>> to init the array
Type FuncType = typeof(Func<,>).MakeGenericType( type ,typeof(bool));
Type ExpressType = typeof(Expression<>).MakeGenericType(FuncType);
Array lambda = Array.CreateInstance(ExpressType,FieldFilter.Count);
MethodInfo method = DalInstance.GetType().GetMethod("GetItem", new Type[] { lambda.GetType() });
if (method == null)
throw new InvalidOperationException("GetItem(Array) doesn't exist for " + DalInstance.GetType().GetGenericArguments().First().Name);
int j = 0;
IDictionaryEnumerator criterias = FieldFilter.GetEnumerator();
criterias.Reset();
while (criterias.MoveNext())
{
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(criterias.Key.ToString()))
{
lambda.SetValue(BuildLambdaExpression(type, criterias.Key.ToString(), criterias.Value.ToString()),j);
}
else
{
throw new JPException(JPException.MessageKey.CONTROLER_PARAMFIELD_EMPTY, "GetItemWithFilter", criterias.Key.ToString());
}
j++;
}
Object item = method.Invoke(DalInstance, new object[] { lambda });
}
The argument are :
String Entity : Entity class name.
XMLContext : it s the unit of work of the repository, argument i use to initialize the Model class
Hashtable FieldsNameToGet : Index/value of the list of the field i want to get back
Hashtable FieldFilter : the key/Value with FieldName/Content used to make the Lambda expression
Good Luck.
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What is the Average Retainer Fee For a Divorce Lawyer?
Canterbury Law Group > Divorce & Legal Separation > What is the Average Retainer Fee For a Divorce Lawyer?
The average retainer fee for a divorce lawyer is $3,500 with costs varying from $2,000 to $5,000 for the US in 2019-2020.
When you are thinking about getting the services of a divorce lawyer, the cost of doing so is a question that often weighs heavily. We conducted a survey where people from across the United States who had recently gone through a divorce had to spend. Read on to learn more.
In our survey 85% of our respondents had the lawyers deal with the total divorce case, from its outset to its conclusion. This is often referred to as full-scope representation. The other 15% responded saying they hired attorneys on a consulting basis. In these cases, the lawyers may have helped in some of the following ways: They may have reviewed a portion of the case on their behalf, give other advice and examples of established practice as well as reviewing and preparing a settlement agreement. Interestingly, the average cost as reported by 70% of our respondents was between $200 to $300 per hour for divorce attorneys.
Divorce Lawyers' Average Hourly Rates
Respondents stated they paid an average of $270 per hour for the services of a divorce attorney as a national average. However hourly rates change dramatically based on the experience of the attorney where they practice and whether they have any certifications or specialized training.
Average Divorce Attorney Cost
When our respondents hired lawyers for full-scope services they reported paying an average of $11,300. Many were lower, but the average is inflated by a small percentage paying very high fees for said services. The median total was $7,000. 42 percent of respondents stated they paid $5,000 or less in total fees to their divorce attorneys. And 28 percent paid between $6,000 to $10,000 in attorney's fees (not counting the fees of their spouse.)
Examining the data two interconnected factors are at play contributing to the final costs. First, couples always paid less when they were able to resolve any disputes without going through a trial and how long the divorce process took. Conversely, respondents who had at least one issue that had to be contested in court paid around 70 percent more in attorney's fees.
Cost Factors of A Contested Divorce
It would therefore stand to reason that when there are not serious disagreements, the fees for attorneys will be significantly less – even when you may have to come to a settlement on a few matters via negotiation. Respondents who reported zero contested issues but still opted for a full scope legal service paid $4,000 per spouse on average in fees, versus $10,400 when they had one item that was disputed but avoided going to court be utilizing a process of negotiation. But when a trial was needed the fees leapt up more than 70 percent to around $17,700 per spouse on average.
Divorce Costs More If It Takes Longer
The longer your divorce takes the more fees you will pay to a divorce attorney. We also learned from our respondents that divorces that took less than six months to conclude only cost an average of $6,500. Compare that to cases that took more than thirty months to resolve and the average skyrocketed to $23,000. Remember, there can be many reasons why this can be an elongated process – so finding a lawyer who is efficient and highly experienced will help keep the costs of your divorce within a reasonable scope.
What Do Lawyers Charge For?
Attorneys often bill in increments of six or fifteen minutes for each and everything they do in your case including:
Research and documentation review.
Prepping and appearing at the hearings and trial(s.)
Every communication you have with them through every media.
Preparing settlement agreements.
Investigative discovery, depositions and motion hearings.
Communicating with the other involved parties.
The relevant follow-up legal work after the trial concludes.
Average Retainer Fees For A Divorce Lawyer
It is standard operating procedure for a lawyer to get an advance on their fees (known as a retainer.) These usually cost between $2,000 to $5,000. Around 90% of our respondents said they paid a retainer upon hiring their new divorce attorney.
Sharing Divorce Costs
In the majority of states, a family law judge may insist one spouse pay the attorney fees of the other spouse. This is especially so when there is a large disparity in income and one spouse is it a disadvantage. Nonetheless, less than one in five of our respondents claimed their ex contributed to the fees of an attorney or that they paid some of the fees for the ex-spouse.
Inevitably some divorces are more expensive than others. If evaluators are needed for custody issues and forensic accountants needed to investigate financial matters. Our respondent data showed the average cost was $1,850 for each spouse just for the experts. Whereas non-attorney costs were just $500. Add in a contested issue and the price can quickly escalate to an average of $1,600 and an average of $2,750 should the situation have to be handled by the courts.
If you need mediators, the mediation charges will usually be billed to you by your attorney. Your fee agreement will state how these should be handled and paid. Always discuss financial issues at the outset of your initial meeting with an attorney and along the way, as your case advances forward.
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Review: The Wild Inside by Jamey Bradbury
About the book, The Wild Inside
• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow (March 20, 2018)
"The Wild Inside is an unusual love story and a creepy horror novel — think of the Brontë sisters and Stephen King." —John Irving
A promising talent makes her electrifying debut with this unforgettable novel, set in the Alaskan wilderness, that is a fusion of psychological thriller and coming-of-age tale in the vein of Jennifer McMahon, Chris Bohjalian, and Mary Kubica.
A natural born trapper and hunter raised in the Alaskan wilderness, Tracy Petrikoff spends her days tracking animals and running with her dogs in the remote forests surrounding her family's home. Though she feels safe in this untamed land, Tracy still follows her late mother's rules: Never Lose Sight of the House. Never Come Home with Dirty Hands. And, above all else, Never Make a Person Bleed.
But these precautions aren't enough to protect Tracy when a stranger attacks her in the woods and knocks her unconscious. The next day, she glimpses an eerily familiar man emerge from the tree line, gravely injured from a vicious knife wound—a wound from a hunting knife similar to the one she carries in her pocket. Was this the man who attacked her and did she almost kill him? With her memories of the events jumbled, Tracy can't be sure.
Helping her father cope with her mother's death and prepare for the approaching Iditarod, she doesn't have time to think about what she may have done. Then a mysterious wanderer appears, looking for a job. Tracy senses that Jesse Goodwin is hiding something, but she can't warn her father without explaining about the attack—or why she's kept it to herself.
It soon becomes clear that something dangerous is going on . . . the way Jesse has wormed his way into the family . . . the threatening face of the stranger in a crowd . . . the boot-prints she finds at the forest's edge.
Her family is in trouble. Will uncovering the truth protect them—or is the threat closer than Tracy suspects?
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About the author, Jamey Bradbury
Born in Illinois, Jamey Bradbury has lived in Alaska for fifteen years, leaving only briefly to earn her MFA from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Winner of an Estelle Campbell Memorial Award from the National Society of Arts and Letters, she has published fiction in Black Warrior Review, Sou'wester, and Zone 3, and she has written for the Anchorage Daily News, TheBillfold.com, and storySouth. Jamey lives in Anchorage, Alaska.
Find out more about Jamey at her website, and connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
I had a hard time getting into this book because the main character's thoughts are written with intentionally bad grammar. While I recognize that it was a stylistic choice, meant to give us a clear view of who protagonist Tracy Petrikoff truly is, I find double negatives and such so off-putting when they're not limited to dialogue, that I nearly put this book down. Twice.
I admit it; I'm a language snob.
Still, the description intrigued me, and I had committed to read the novel. Ultimately, I'm glad I did, because what I found was a gripping, suspenseful story, with some great detail and character work from the author, Jamey Bradbury.
Tracy herself is a mix of strong and weak, and that inner dichotomy is what makes her feel real, as well as making her an interesting character to follow. As a dog person myself (I have four and work in rescue), I was hooked most by the initial scenes describing her dogs, and how she was born in the kennel.
As I kept reading, I enjoyed watching the layers of the story unfold, and that same reaction to Tracy's poor grammar outside of dialogue became something I appreciated when she was speaking to others.
This is a great read for anyone who likes a little bit of romance and a touch of horror wrapped in a compelling mystery. It's also a great read for people who appreciate vivid three-dimensional characters and setting described so well, you feel as if you were there.
Goes well with a bowl of chili, a grilled cheese sandwich, and a mug of steaming hot coffee.
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Wednesday, March 28th: Bibliotica
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Monday, April 2nd: No More Grumpy Bookseller
Tuesday, April 3rd: Into the Hall of Books
Wednesday, April 4th: Sweet Southern Home
Thursday, April 5th: A Bookish Way of Life
Monday, April 9th: As I turn the pages
Friday, April 20th: Kahakai Kitchen
TBD: Ms. Nose in a Book
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Review: Love Unleashed, by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh
About the book, Love Unleashed
• Publisher: National Geographic (March 6, 2018)
A book for dog lovers everywhere. Celebrating the amazing relationships shared with our four-legged friends, each story recounts the love of dogs and the powerful ways dogs impact our lives.
In this heartwarming collection of stories, readers meet 38 incredible dogs who have gone above and beyond the job description of best friend. Each uplifting story provides an inspiring look at the animals who change our lives. Meet rescue dogs who learn to serve others, working dogs who go beyond the call of duty, and underdogs who surmount extraordinary challenges on the road to finding their forever home. This treasury of man's best friend features photographs and personal anecdotes from those who have been touched by the selfless love of a beloved pet.
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About the author, Rebecca Ascher-Walsh
Rebecca Ascher-Walsh is a writer who specializes in celebrity and lifestyle coverage, but who also loves dogs and telling stories about amazing animals. She contributes to many newspapers and national magazines including Entertainment Weekly, Adweek, and the Los Angeles Times. She is a volunteer at a high-kill shelter in Manhattan and a founding director of the Deja Foundation, devoted to funding the medical care and training costs of dogs rescued from high-kill shelters.
I work in rescue, and typically have a foster dog in addition to the four dogs my husband and I actually adopted, so I thought I knew the array of stories that rescues represented. Still, Love Unleashed introduced me to some stories I hadn't heard, and some scenarios I hadn't personally encounter.
Author Rebecca Ascher-Walsh treats every animal in this book like the amazing animal it is. The pictures are gorgeous, the stories told to maximize our appreciation of our canine friends, and maybe elicit some tears. (I know my eyes were wet as I paged through this gallery of fluffy, sweet, beloved animals.)
Some of these stories – the pit bull who waited five years for a home, the golden retriever who lost his eyes to infection – are heartbreaking. Others – the little girl and her service dog, the pup who helped a cancer survivor find a new lease on life – are heartwarming. All, however, are full of soft fur, big eyes, and feet that, I'm pretty sure, all smell like corn chips.
As an animal lover, this book made me appreciate my own dogs.
As an animal rescuer, this book reminded me why we do what we do, why we fight for every animal, why we're constantly begging people for money or to open their homes to a foster pet, why we manage to make room for just one more, even when we know we shouldn't.
It's more than a coffee table book, but the coffee table is where my beautiful copy will live, because it's too pretty, and too special, to hide on a shelf.
Goes well with a mug of coffee and a plate of apples and cheddar cheese, the latter to be shared with whatever fourfoot insists that they like cheese, too.
Tuesday, March 6th: Based on a True Story
Wednesday, March 7th: G. Jacks Writes
Friday, March 9th: Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers
Tuesday, March 13th: Ms. Nose in a Book
Wednesday, March 14th: Literary Quicksand
Thursday, March 15th: Openly Bookish
Monday, March 19th: The Geeky Bibliophile
Tuesday, March 20th: Dreams, Etc.
Wednesday, March 21st: Bibliotica
Thursday, March 22nd: A Bookworm's World
Monday, March 26nd: I'd Rather Be At The Beach
Tuesday, March 27th: What Is That Book About
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Review: In Praise of Difficult Women by Karen Karbo
About the book, In Praise of Difficult Women
• Publisher: National Geographic (February 27, 2018)
From Amelia Earhart to Carrie Fisher, this witty narrative explores what we can learn from the imperfect and extraordinary legacies of 29 iconic women who forged their own unique paths.
Smart, sassy, and unapologetically feminine, this elegantly illustrated book is an ode to the bold and charismatic women of modern history. Best-selling author Karen Karbo (The Gospel According to Coco Chanel) spotlights the spirited rule breakers who charted their way with little regard for expectations: Frida Kahlo, Nora Ephron, Hillary Clinton, Amy Poehler, Shonda Rhimes, Elizabeth Taylor, and Helen Gurley Brown, among others. Their lives–imperfect, elegant, messy, glorious–provide inspiration and instruction for the new age of feminism we have entered. Karbo distills these lessons with wit and humor, examining the universal themes that connect us to each of these mesmerizing personalities today: success and style, love and authenticity, daring and courage. Being "difficult," Karbo reveals, might not make life easier. But it can make it more fulfilling–whatever that means for you.
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About the Author, Karen Karbo
KAREN KARBO is the author of multiple award-winning novels, memoirs and works of nonfiction. Her best-selling "Kick-Ass Women" series includes The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman, which was an international bestseller. Karbo's short stories, essays, articles and reviews have appeared in Elle, Vogue, Esquire, Outside, the New York Times, Salon, and other publications. She is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, and a winner of the General Electric Younger Writer Award. Karbo lives in Portland, Oregon, where she continues to kick ass.
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When I asked to review this collection of essays, I originally thought it was a collection of works by the women included. It is not. Instead, it's a collection of essays – part biography/part anecdote – about twenty-nine of the women our culture in general, and author Karen Karbo specifically, consider to be iconic.
It's a fairly well-rounded collection of women, each given an a specific adjective. J.K. Rowling is dubbed 'feisty,' for example and Shonda Rimes is 'unstoppable,' while Jane Goodall is described as 'determined,' Hillary Clinton is 'ambitious' and Carrie Fisher, the final essay in this collection, is 'droll.' The order seems haphazard – Janis Joplin is among the final entries, while Coco Chanel is in the middle – but this isn't the sort of book where order particularly matters. Rather, it's the kind of book you can pick up anywhere, read an essay or two, and then come back to a while later, and read a few more.
Karbo's writing voice is crisp and easy. This doesn't negate the seriousness of some of her subject matter, it just makes it feel like you're hearing these women described by a friend. Maybe that's a good thing, though, because while all of the women represented here are (or were) at the tops of their field, this book humanizes them. Through Karbo's eyes we see them as women first, and icons second.
One of the things I particularly enjoyed about this book was the author's use of footnotes. Some merely clarified dates and titles, while others were personal asides. Her comment about naming an indie rock band "Forest of Dean," made me laugh out loud.
Over all, this is a fantastic collection of well-written essays about iconic women who are supremely real people.
Goes well with hot coffee and an almond croissant.
Tuesday, February 27th: A Bookish Way of Life
Thursday, March 1st: A Bookish Affair
Monday, March 5th: Broken Teepee
Tuesday, March 6th: Ms. Nose in a Book
Wednesday, March 7th: Literary Quicksand
Tuesday, March 13th: Tina Says…
Wednesday, March 14th: Doing Dewey
Thursday, March 15th: Bibliotica
Friday, March 16th: bookchickdi
Monday, March 19th: Openly Bookish
Monday, March 19th: Cerebral Girl in a Redneck World
TBD: 5 Minutes For Books
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Review: Night Music, by Deanna Lynn Sletten
About the book, Night Music
Publisher: Deanna Lynn Sletten (February 18, 2018)
Charlotte Parsons is devastated over losing her brother in the Vietnam War. Desperate to learn more about the war, she joins a group of college women who send letters to soldiers and befriends Joseph Russo, a young soldier. But a few months after they begin corresponding, his letters stop coming, and Char moves on, still confused as to why so many young lives are being lost so far away from home.
Two years later, Char begins college in her small Illinois town of Grand Falls. She's been dating her brother's long-time best friend, Deke Masterson, who is a senior in college and is deep into the anti-war movement. Char isn't sure how she feels about the war. Then a stranger comes to town and changes everything.
Joseph Russo served in the Vietnam War, earning a Purple Heart for his injury as well as a life-long limp. He's ready to put the war behind him. While in Vietnam, he'd corresponded with a girl from Grand Falls and he enjoyed reading about her idyllic life. When he's discharged, he moves there to attend college. And when he meets Charlotte in person, he's taken with her sweetness, intelligence, and beauty.
The battle lines are drawn as Deke resents Joe's presence around Char. What started out as a well-deserved escape to a small town for Joe soon turns into a battle of wills between him and the idealistic Deke. And there stands Charlotte, right in the middle.
Night Music is a story about a moment in time when the world was chaotic and nothing was completely clear. In the midst of all the chaos, can Char and Joe find enough middle ground to fall in love?
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About the author, Deanna Lynn Sletten
Deanna Lynn Sletten writes women's fiction and romance novels. She began her writing career self-publishing novels in 2012 and has since published several novels. Her latest novel, One Wrong Turn, is her third book published by Lake Union Publishing. Deanna believes in fate, destiny, love at first sight, soul mates, second chances, and happily ever after, and her novels reflect that.
Deanna lives in a small town in northern Minnesota and is married and has two grown children. When not writing, she enjoys walking the wooded trails around her home with her beautiful Australian Shepherd or relaxing in the boat on the lake.
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I've been reading and reviewing Deanna Lynn Sletten's work for years, so when she asked me if I'd consider reviewing her latest novel Night Music, there was no way I was going to say no.
Set in the very early 1970's this novel technically qualifies as a 'period' or 'historical' work, and yet, it feels absolutely contemporary, showing that young people nearly fifty years ago (wow, that was hard to write – I was born in 1970) had many of the same issues and conflicts that we do today when it comes to war – when is it appropriate, when does it go to far – and the way we treat veterans.
As the granddaughter of a career Army officer and the daughter of an activist, as well as someone who is an activist herself, I was steeped in the concept of "love the soldier, not the war," from an early age, and I completely related to the issues in this novel.
And yet, what Sletten has written in Night Music is not a war story, nor is it a political treatise. Rather, it's a lovely novel about love – the love of home, the love of family, and the love we feel for friends and romantic partners.
As well, it's a coming of age novel. The three central characters, Charlotte, Joe, and Deke are all college students. Charlotte is young, and somewhat naive, and her journey is one toward confidence and a stronger sense of self, but Joe and Deke are also coming of age. The former, in processing his experiences as a young solider returned home injured from Vietnam, and Deke, a an anti-war activist.
As usual, Sletten has given us characters who feel three-dimensional, a setting that is almost its own character, and a story that entertains while also challenging us to think.
Goes well with a burger, a beer, and a stimulating conversation. Or maybe a Hemingway novel.
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Guest Post by Stolen Obsession author Marlene M. Bell – with Giveaway
7 March 2018 by Melissa
About the book Stolen Obsession
Genre: Spicy Romantic Mystery
Publisher: Ewephoric Publishing
Series: Annalisse, book 1
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PEOPLE DIE, BUT LEGENDS LIVE ON.
Manhattan antiquities appraiser Annalisse Drury dreams of a quiet life on the family farm among the sheep she loves, when her best friend is murdered. The police assume robbery is the motive because her friend's expensive bracelet is missing. But the 500-year-old artifact is rumored to carry an ancient curse, one that unleashes evil upon any who dare wear the jewelry created for the Persian royal family—and Annalisse believes her friend is the latest victim.
Weeks later, Annalisse sees a necklace matching the stolen bracelet at a gallery opening. Convinced the necklace is part of the deadly collection, Annalisse begs the gallery's owner to destroy the piece, but her pleas are ignored— despite the unnatural death that occurs during the opening. With two victims linked to the jewelry, Annalisse is certain she must act.
Desperate to keep the gallery owner safe, Annalisse reluctantly enlists the owner's son to help—even though she's afraid he'll break her heart. Wealthy and devastatingly handsome, with a string of bereft women in his wake, Greek playboy Alec Zavos dismisses Annalisse's concerns—until his parents are ripped from the Zavos family yacht during their ocean voyage near Crete.
Annalisse and Alec race across two oceans to save his mother, feared dead or kidnapped. As time lapses, the killer switches mode and closes in on the man who's meant for Annalisse with the lifestyle she wants most.
But when it's her turn as the hunted, will she choose to save Alec and his mother, or sacrifice everything to save herself?
Hold on for a heart-thumping adventure through exotic lands in this fast moving, romantic suspense mystery by Marlene M Bell.
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Marlene M Bell is an acclaimed artist and photographer as well as a writer. Her sheep landscapes grace the covers of publications such as, Sheep!, The Shepherd, Ranch & Rural Living and Sheep Industry News. Ewephoric, her mail order venture, began in 1985 out of a desire for realistic sheep stationery. A color catalog of non-fiction books and sheep-related gifts may be requested at www.marlenembell.com or www.texassheep.com.
Marlene and her husband, Gregg reside on a wooded ranch in East Texas with their 50 head of Horned Dorset sheep, a lovable Maremma guard dog named, Tia, and 3 spoiled cats who rule the household.
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Guest Post: The Top Nine Writing Pitfalls by Marlene M. Bell
Writing is hard.
Toiling on STOLEN OBSESSION for nearly a decade felt insane at times. It never occurred to me to give up on the project or stop learning the craft as the years ticked by. I love a challenge, but honestly, birthing a novel was the hardest chore I've ever undertaken. And I raise breeding stock sheep! I thought that was tough. Being an artistic person with a paintbrush or camera ought to have helped me tackle a creative project like, the novel. I was sure of it. How hard could writing fiction be? Think of a story, dig through personal memories and cherry pick the best ones. Layer the juicy episodes between characters and create a great read. Easy, right? If you've written a novel to the end, your laughter stings my ears.
Would I tackle STOLEN OBSESSION the same way if I could shave off some time? C'mon, eight years is an eternity in front of a computer. I've asked myself that question many times and wondered what my story would've looked like without the stops and starts. Pretty rotten and unreadable, I'd say. Here's a link to the press release for STOLEN OBSESSION if you're interested in how my 8-year project turned out. Novel Release Date: 3-20-2018. https://tinyurl.com/yaqenzp3
In case you've considered writing a book, or have entered the deep, squishy end of your work in progress, I've listed 9 areas of frustration I had to learn the hard way:
Crack open books on how to craft fiction before writing the first paragraph.
Lots of reading = the greatest chance for stellar writing.
Debut authors should outline the story ahead of time.
Critiques and edits are ALL subjective.
Know what genre or sub-genre your story falls within.
Network with fellow writers.
Budget for the expense of a good developmental editor, (or two.)
Most novels need tons of rewrites.
There are writing rules. Read from famed authors at great peril.
To read more about my experiences with each of these pitfalls, click to visit my blog for the full post!
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Review: Meet the Frugalwoods, by Elizabeth Willard Thames
About the book Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence through Simple Living
• Publisher: HarperBusiness (March 6, 2018)
The deeply personal story of how award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced frugality to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life, and retire to a homestead in the Vermont woods at age thirty-two with her husband and daughter.
In 2014, Elizabeth and Nate Thames were conventional 9-5 young urban professionals. But the couple had a dream to become modern-day homesteaders in rural Vermont. Determined to retire as early as possible in order to start living each day—as opposed to wishing time away working for the weekends—they enacted a plan to save an enormous amount of money: well over seventy percent of their joint take home pay. Dubbing themselves the Frugalwoods, Elizabeth began documenting their unconventional frugality and the resulting wholesale lifestyle transformation on their eponymous blog.
In less than three years, Elizabeth and Nate reached their goal. Today, they are financially independent and living out their dream on a sixty-six-acre homestead in the woods of rural Vermont with their young daughter. While frugality makes their lifestyle possible, it's also what brings them peace and genuine happiness. They don't stress out about impressing people with their material possessions, buying the latest gadgets, or keeping up with any Joneses. In the process, Elizabeth discovered the self-confidence and liberation that stems from disavowing our culture's promise that we can buy our way to "the good life." Elizabeth unlocked the freedom of a life no longer beholden to the clarion call to consume ever-more products at ever-higher sums.
Meet the Frugalwoods is the intriguing story of how Elizabeth and Nate realized that the mainstream path wasn't for them, crafted a lifestyle of sustainable frugality, and reached financial independence at age thirty-two. While not everyone wants to live in the woods, or quit their jobs, many of us want to have more control over our time and money and lead more meaningful, simplified lives. Following their advice, you too can live your best life.
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About the author, Elizabeth Willard Thames
Elizabeth Willard Thames is the personal finance blogger behind the award-winning Frugalwoods.com. At thirty-two she abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced extreme frugality to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life and retire to a sixty-six-acre homestead in the woods of Vermont with her husband and young daughter. Started in April 2014, Frugalwoods is a respected voice in the personal finance, early retirement, and lifestyle blogging sector and empowers readers to take charge of their finances and create fulfilling lives. Thames holds BAs in political science and creative writing from the University of Kansas and an MA in public administration from American University. Prior to following her calling as a writer and homesteader, she worked for ten years in the nonprofit sector as a fund-raiser and communications manager.
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My husband and I suck at saving. Well, we don't suck, so much as we rely on retail therapy and have way too much house for two people and four dogs.
It's because of this that I was initially attracted to reading Meet the Frugalwoods.
I haven't read the Frugalwoods blog, but in this book Elizabeth Willard Thames has given us something that's partly an autobiography and partly an object lesson on how to achieve, if not your actual dream, than at least a better level of financial security.
Thames's voice is simple and accessible. There's a touch of self-deprecating humor, but mostly she's pretty no-nonsense. Reading this book doesn't make you feel like you've done everything wrong; rather it gives a different perspective on how you could be managing finances, and I say this as someone who worked in the mortgage industry for half a lifetime, before quitting to write and podcast and do audio drama.
Granted, at 47, I'm a bit out of the Frugalwoods demographic, but I still found Thames's story inspiring and uplifting, and I think for the millennial generation, especially those on the older end of it, the advice and information shared in Meet the Frugalwoods could be invaluable.
Goes well with a grocery store bagel and cream cheese (but only if your grocery store makes decent bagels), and coffee you brew at home.
Tuesday, March 6th: Bibliotica
Wednesday, March 7th: Stranded in Chaos
Thursday, March 8th: Literary Quicksand
Friday, March 9th: I'd Rather Be At The Beach
Monday, March 12th: A Bookish Way of Life
Thursday, March 15th: Man of La Book
Monday, March 19th: What Is That Book About
Wednesday, March 21st: Doing Dewey
Thursday, March 22nd: Based on a True Story
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Review: Leave Tomorrow, by Dirk Weisiger – with Giveaway
About the book: Leave Tomorrow: My Ride to the Bottom of the World
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Genre: Memoir / Travel / Inspiration
After building a successful business, Dirk Weisiger was ready for something new. But he wasn't sure what. Maybe a motorcycle adventure, I've never done that!
What followed was a fourteen-month, solo motorcycle journey from Austin, Texas to Ushuaia, Argentina, filled with unexpected adventures, surprises, and lessons about life and travel.
In this book, you'll not only enjoy Dirk's adventure and insights, but find inspiration for your own journey.
Praise for Leave Tomorrow
I may not ride a motorcycle to the bottom of the world, but my soul comes alive when I hear about people smashing fear and following their dreams. This book will truly inspire you. –Abigail Irene Fisher, traveler and speaker
Leave Tomorrow is a fun, engaging, and thought-provoking read. If you are looking for a blend of humanity, culture, scary moments with a medicine man, military police, attempts at extortion, and unexpected challenges–along with insightful observations and humor, this book will definitely spark your imagination to "live your own movie." –Steve Scott, business coach and author of Wings to Fly
This inspiring and entertaining book is just the tonic needed to get you up out of your chair and ready to "Leave Tomorrow." –Julie Mundy, Guidebook Author and Travel Blogger, Australia
For everyone thinking of a new adventure, a new life, or even a new venture: DO IT. –Jim Rogers, bestselling author of Investment Biker and Street Smarts
This is not the first book I've read on riding to Ushuaia, but it is probably the most enjoyable. Dirk writes about his experiences in an upbeat manner, taking each experience and each day in perspective. –Muriel Farrington, Ambassador, BMW Motorcycles of America
Buy, read, and discuss Leave Tomorrow
(A portion of proceeds from this book help sponsor children at the Colegio Bautista El Calvario private school in Managua, Nicaragua.)
About the author, Dirk Weisiger
Dirk Weisiger is a travel trekker, trick roper, and storyteller. He's the author of the new book, Leave Tomorrow: My Ride to the Bottom of the World. Dirk has always enjoyed speaking to groups, spinning tales, ropes, and offering lessons he's learned in adventures of life and business. He's traveled to five continents and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Most of all, Dirk loves people and believes that making new friends is the best part of travel.
Connect with Dirk:
Website | Amazon Author Page | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter
When I saw the sign up for this blog tour, I begged to be one of the reviewers of Leave Tomorrow, because something about the description spoke to my inner nomad. Now, having read it, I'm glad for the experience, because I enjoyed it on many levels.
First, it's a fun read, and if you get nothing out of it other than 'this guy rode motorcycle from Texas to the end of South America' you'll have had an enjoyable experience with this book as a travelogue.
But it's more than that. It's a guide for taking the chances most of us think we can't do, or think we shouldn't, or just don't. Sure, some of author Dirk Weisiger's decisions seem impulsive, but they tend to pay off in rich, organic experiences of the kind that you can't get from a guidebook or a package tour.
This book spoke to me on yet another level, because my parents emigrated to Baja California Sur, Mexico, about eighteen years ago. Unlike a lot of American ex-pats, they've made a point of becoming integrated into their community. Their friends include local Mexicans, Canadian and American snow-birds, and people from a variety of countries (Columbia, Israel, France, Switzerland) who have also chosen to live in a foreign country.
Like my parents, like the author of Leave Tomorrow, I love meeting the people who really live in the countries I visit. I've impulsively invited stranded travelers home with me, and I've been a traveler invited to a local's home. Both experiences have their pros and cons, but I would never trade either.
Weisiger's writing is immediate and accessible. Reading it, you feel like you're sharing a drink with him, while he's telling you the story of his latest adventure. You may not decide to leave tomorrow, but you'll definitely feel inspired to make a change or take a trip in the near future.
Goes well with street tacos and Mexican beer. I like Indio.
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2/28/18 Guest Post 3 The Librarian Talks
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3/2/18 Review The Clueless Gent
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package org.apache.batik.util.gui.resource;
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Scottish Quality Crops maintains farm and quality assurance standards for growers throughout Scotland.
Scotland has taken the lead in the development of farm and quality assurance schemes. With several mechanisms now in place Scottish Quality Crops work closely with the farmer to firmly place Scotland's combinable crops at the premium end of the UK and European markets.
Through farm assurance, Scottish combinable crop growers - in association with their trade partners - are responding positively to increasing consumer awareness about modern food production.
With the Food Safety Act 1990 placing an onus on every sector of the food chain, from production through to consumption, SQC has adopted a whole industry approach representing all sectors of the combinable crop growing, wholesaling and processing industries. | {
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Jay hails from Lathrup Village, MI and was a four year letter winner as well as team captain at Kalamazoo College. Graduating with a major in biology, he served as the assistant coach at SUNY New Paltz for two years before accepting the assistant coaching position at his alma mater. In his third year, Jay was promoted to the position of head coach.
Eric, a Livonia, MI native, was a four year letter winner swimming for Kalamazoo College. Graduating with a major in physics, he served as a Graduate Assistant and Assistant Coach at John Carroll University for 3 seasons helping JCU win titles on both the men's and women's sides in 2017 before leaving the Division III coaching world. He currently teaches high school physics and is an assistant swim coach at University of Detroit Jesuit High School. | {
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Sussex County rape suspect sought
Police provided no details of the alleged rape.
Sussex County rape suspect sought Police provided no details of the alleged rape. Check out this story on delawareonline.com: http://delonline.us/1qqlO2U
robin brown, The News Journal Published 7:03 p.m. ET Nov. 5, 2014 | Updated 12:35 a.m. ET Nov. 6, 2014
Randy D. Boulden (Photo: Courtesy Milford police )
Police asked Wednesday for public tips to find Randy D. Bolden, who they say is a suspect in a Sussex County rape case.
Bolden, whose age and address were not released, is wanted on various court warrants and in the rape case by the Milford Police Department, spokesman Detective Dwight Young said.
Bolden now may be in the Milton area, Young said.
Bolden also is known to frequent the Laurel, Milford, Seaford, Dover and Lincoln areas, as well as different parts of Maryland, he said.
Police said he is 6 feet tall and weighs 200 pounds.
Those with tips are asked to call their local police department or Detectives Young and John Horsman at (302) 422-8081. Information also may be given to Delaware Crime Stoppers at (800) TIP-3333 and www.tipsubmit.com.
Contact robin brown at (302) 324-2856 or [email protected]. Find her on Facebook and follow her on Twitter @rbrowndelaware.
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Design and create amazing jewelry with these eco-friendly craft projects. Fifteen fantastic ideas for funky accessories create the perfect original fashion statement and great presents for friends and relatives. From cute and colorful bracelets and necklaces to Mother's Day gift ideas, these accessible and simple projects will save money and help protect the environment. | {
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This lively illustrated collection brings together over forty of the best-loved nursery rhymes, together with some ideas for actions and games. Nursery rhymes have been popular with children and their parents for hundreds of years, and they are a charming and enduring part of our English language heritage. All the rhymes are sung charmingly by children on the CD. | {
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Transforming tomorrow by Sharing New Knowledge
Michele Staton grew up in rural Appalachia during a time when people felt so safe they didn't even lock their doors at night. The ensuing drug epidemic that now ravages her former home has dramatically impacted the lives of the Appalachian people and broken that sense of security.
Staton, an associate professor in the Department of Behavioral Science at the University of Kentucky's College of Medicine, and a faculty associate at the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, has made it her mission to make a positive difference in the Appalachian area, particularly for women in the criminal justice population who have fallen prey to substance abuse and high-risk behaviors. Her research focuses on intervention before release from jail to empower women to make healthier and safer choices during the transition back to the community.
As a social worker, Staton loves the stories the women tell of their life experiences: real people, real problems, and tough choices. Their stories not only inform her research but also fuel the passion for her work as well. At the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, Staton-Tindall works with professionals across campus who take a multi-disciplinary approach to widespread problems of substance abuse.
Watch the video as Staton discusses her research and why it is so close to her heart.
Produced by Alicia P. Gregory, videography/direction by Chad Rumford and Ben Corwin (Research Communications).
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504 M.I. King Library | {
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No Discrimination in Federal Contracts!
In late April the U.S. House Armed Services Committee voted to undo President Obama's non-discrimination executive orders for federal contracts via the Russell amendment. This amendment is part of the National Defense Authorization Act.
Removal of the President's executive orders on non-discrimination would be a disaster for LGBT people in states like Tennessee that lack employment protections covering sexual orientation and gender identity.
Please, sign this petition to Tennessee's two U.S. Senators and nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives and we will make sure copies are sent to their offices.
Dear Senators Alexander and Corker and Representatives Roe, Duncan, Fleischmann, Desjarlais, Cooper, Black, Blackburn, Fincher, and Cohen:
We oppose the Russell amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act and similar efforts to reverse President Obama's executive orders on employment non-discrimination for federal contractors. Protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is important to Tennesseans. Thank you for considering our views.
Jonathan Vinson
Beverly Lowdermilk
Candra Johnson
Jay Cooper
Israfel Mark C. Pafford
Jenelle Penfold
Linda Pearce
Karen Butt
richard flynn
Cheryl Dare
Rodney Adams
Robbie Hutchens
Patti Mahaney
Marian Elliott
Sandy Giamportone
Janis Tilton
Carl Tyndall
Steve Cates
Jonathan Vinson signed 2016-05-13 14:23:40 -0500
Beverly Lowdermilk signed 2016-05-12 19:15:45 -0500
Candra Johnson signed 2016-05-12 17:09:02 -0500
Jay Cooper signed 2016-05-12 11:57:36 -0500
Israfel Mark C. Pafford signed 2016-05-12 11:51:24 -0500
Michelle Brown signed 2016-05-12 09:47:14 -0500
Jenelle Penfold posted about this on Facebook 2016-05-12 09:02:58 -0500
The U.S. House of Representatives is trying to gut President Obama's non-discrimination executive order. Fight back!
Jenelle Penfold signed 2016-05-12 09:02:33 -0500
Linda Pearce signed 2016-05-12 08:28:43 -0500
Karen Butt signed 2016-05-12 07:58:32 -0500
richard flynn signed 2016-05-12 07:39:21 -0500
What if you were singled out for any reason? It shouldn't happen to any-one.
Cheryl Dare signed 2016-05-12 07:34:54 -0500
Rodney Adams signed 2016-05-12 07:33:16 -0500
Donna King signed 2016-05-12 07:32:18 -0500
Robbie Hutchens signed 2016-05-12 07:29:33 -0500
Love is the answer. Not fear. Not hate.
Patti Mahaney signed 2016-05-12 01:44:43 -0500
As a previous TN resident and in July will be moving back for good – I can't stand to live in a hate state- GROW UP- STOP THE H8 – let me tell you all- Your hate and discrimination is going to cause more suicides- and YOU HATERS WILL HAVE THE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS.
Jennifer White signed 2016-05-11 21:53:04 -0500
@mkaee tweeted link to this page. 2016-05-11 21:35:40 -0500
The U.S. House of Representatives is trying to gut President Obama's non-discrimination executive order. Fight back! http://tnep.nationbuilder.com/no_discrimination_in_federal_contracts?recruiter_id=68102
Marian Elliott signed via George M Melby, Pastor 2016-05-11 21:35:19 -0500
Sandy Giamportone signed 2016-05-11 19:11:00 -0500
Please keep our country free for all.
Janis Tilton posted about this on Facebook 2016-05-11 19:03:35 -0500
Janis Tilton signed 2016-05-11 19:03:18 -0500
Sara Wilson signed 2016-05-11 16:09:46 -0500
We have to be better than this.
George M Melby, Pastor posted about this on Facebook 2016-05-11 15:19:34 -0500
@Dakotahgeo tweeted link to this page. 2016-05-11 15:19:27 -0500
Carl Tyndall posted about this on Facebook 2016-05-11 14:57:26 -0500
Carl Tyndall signed 2016-05-11 14:57:16 -0500
Steve Cates signed 2016-05-11 14:18:21 -0500 | {
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Seeing stars - St Mary's Lighthouse to host free stargazing event in March
Last year's Stargazing event attracted 700 people and the 2016 event will once again involve Sunderland Astronomical Society
Simon DukeTV & Showbiz Editor
The Northern Lights - taken on New Year's Eve at 9.25pm at St Mary's Lighthouse, Whitley Bay, by Michelle K Williams
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You'll be seeing stars quite literally if you get yourself along to St Mary's Lighthouse on Thursday, March 9.
After attracting plenty of interest in previous years, the lighthouse will once again play host to a Stargazing event, giving members of the public the chance to see the wonders of the night sky with help from experts.
People will be able to admire the stars through high-powered telescopes set up around the lighthouse.
And astronomers from Sunderland Astronomical Society will be on hand to answer any questions and point out constellations like The Plough, Orion's Belt and Pegasus.
Stargazing: 10 astronomical events to watch out for in 2016
Around 700 people went along last year and organisers are hoping that this year's event will be even bigger.
Judging by the response it's had on Facebook so far, it looks like 2016 could be just as popular, if not more so as already 588 have clicked 'going' on the event page. For more information about attending the event, contact the lighthouse on 0191 200 8652.
Pre-booking isn't essential. Entry is free and there is also the option to climb the lighthouse at normal admission charges.
More celestial events
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Your MoneyMorrisons hands out £40,000 to customers - including a year's free shoppingThe supermarket is also handing out other prizes ranging from £5 to £500 throughout January and February
Lorraine Crosby: 'I would do anything for fame, but I won't do The Voice again'
The VoiceThe Geordie singer on one of the biggest-selling singles of all time failed to get through the first round of blind auditions on BBC1's The Voice, we can reveal today
What is Wordle and how can I play? Viral daily word puzzle takes internet by storm
In The NewsThe free to play browser game has been attracting hundreds of thousands of players - but watch out for US spellings
Sam Bailey adds her own magical touch to Disney's Beauty and the Beast at Sunderland Empire
Sunderland EmpireWith Beauty and the Beast set to open in Sunderland this Thursday, former X Factor star Sam Bailey discusses her role in it, the change she brought to the show, along with the pandemic and her friendship with Newcastle United's new signing Chris Wood
NE1 Newcastle Restaurant Week reveals all 77 venues taking part this January
Restaurant WeekHere's which Newcastle restaurants will be offering week-long discounts and they include 15 of the city's newcomers
ParentingHollywood star Reese Witherspoon is latest celebrity to feature on CBeebies' Bedtime StoriesThe star will make CBeebies history by being the first Best Actress Oscar winner to join the long list of celebrity guests
A night out in Newcastle 10 years ago - 10 photographs of lads and lasses on the Toon
Newcastle upon TyneThese ladies and gentlemen were having fun in Newcastle in 2012 - and photographed for the Chronicle's regular Bigg Night Out section
RIP Meat Loaf: How the Bat Out Of Hell star rocked Tyneside audiences over the years
Newcastle upon TyneTexan-born rock superstar Meat Loaf, who has died aged 74, performed in the North East many times over the years, including one memorable night at Whitley Bay Ice Rink in 1993
Sunderland's Cooper Rose Wetherspoon pub set to re-open this Sunday, after £2m revamp
SunderlandThe popular city centre hot spot is finally set to re-open at the weekend - after four planned launch dates fell through
Newcastle Moon festival invites people to take part, with up to £25,000 on offer for the best ideas
Newcastle upon TyneBursaries are available to creative 18 to 25-year-olds who come up with moon-inspired ideas - including films, plays, art and music - to feature in a new Tour de Moon festival in Newcastle
Newcastle United transfer news LIVE: Lingard latest as Howe speaks on transfers | {
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Facebook • 16 Aug 2021
Facebook adds end-to-end encryption to voice and video calls on Messenger
By Sam Spiller, Staff Writer
Read nextThe top Google searches in South Africa over the last 15 years
Facebook has announced it has added end-to-end encryption to voice and video calls on its Messenger app, as well as new controls for disappearing messages.
The social media giant announced the security feature on 13 August.
"People expect their messaging apps to be secure and private, and with these new features, we're giving them more control over how private they want their calls and chats to be," Director of Product Management for Messenger, Ruth Kricheli, wrote in a blog post.
What does end-to-end encryption do in Messenger?
End-to-end encryption means that messages and communication are only viewable by the recipient and sender. With the encryption, Facebook cannot read, listen, or see what app users send each other.
However, users can still report messages to Facebook even if they are encrypted.
At the same time, Facebook has updated the options for its disappearing chat message feature.
Users now have more options regarding the amount of time a message will hang around before it disappears. They can choose periods from as short as five seconds to as long as 24 hours.
According to Facebook, voice and video calls have experienced a surge in popularity during the past year.
Users make more than 150 million video calls a day using the app.
Meanwhile, Facebook revealed it will test several other encryption features for its collection of apps in the coming weeks.
It will test end-to-end encrypted group chats and calls in Messenger. It will also test opt-in end-to-end encryption for Direct Messages (DMs) on Instagram.
Featured image: Facebook
Read more: Telegram adds new video features, calls of up to 1000 viewers
Sam Spiller, Staff Writer
Sam is a writer for Burn Media. He has walked a mile in technology and entertainment journalism, previously working for Popular Mechanics SA and the Weekend Argus. When he's not writing, he can be found playing Overwatch or driving up the coast.
Posted in Facebook, Programs & Apps, Social, Social networkingTagged End-to-end encryption, Facebook, facebook messenger, Facebook Security, Instant Messaging, messenger, Messenger app, security feature, Video calls, Voice calls
The top Google searches in South Africa over the last 15 years
Google • 16 Aug 2021 | {
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Lee is an amazing fiddle player and is one of the "transitional" artists we discovered. You must hear Constitutional Breakdown--Lee's famous fiddle tune. This is a 30 - minute public radio documentary from the landmark native music series, Oyate Ta Olowan--The Songs of the People. The zip file also includes uncut versions of each song featured in the show. | {
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - It has been one month since heavily armed terrorists stormed DusitD2 Riverside complex in Nairobi and killed 21 people in a 19 hour-long siege.
Using 3D reconstructions, as well as new accounts from survivors, BBC Security Correspondent, Tomi Oladipo, presents the most detailed picture yet of how the events of that day unfolded.
They have also recognized the quick response and coordinated response by the Kenyan security forces that saved many lives. | {
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Home Fact Check Trump & his choir keep lying about Mueller report
Trump & his choir keep lying about Mueller report
Allegations of "collusion" were not "proven false" in the Mueller investigation, nor was the issue of "collusion" addressed in the report.
HOPE YEN
Attorney General William Barr testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, on the Mueller Report. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
President Donald Trump and his team are still twisting the findings of the special counsel's report on the Russia investigation.
At a Senate hearing Wednesday, Attorney General William Barr echoed Trump's refrain of "no collusion" between the Trump campaign and Russia, insisting that any and all allegations of collusion have been "proven false." That's not the case.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham also got it wrong when he asserted that special counsel Robert Mueller had asked Barr to make a ruling on whether Trump obstructed justice.
A look at the claims:
TRUMP: "NO COLLUSION, NO OBSTRUCTION." — tweet Wednesday.
BARR: "The evidence is now that the president was falsely accused of colluding with the Russians and accused of being treasonous. …Two years of his administration have been dominated by allegations that have now been proven false." — Senate hearing Wednesday.
GRAHAM, Republican senator from South Carolina: "Mr. Mueller and his team concluded there was no collusion." — Senate hearing.
THE FACTS: Allegations of "collusion" were not "proven false" in the Mueller investigation, nor was the issue of "collusion" addressed in the report.
The Mueller report said the investigation did not find a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, saying it had not collected sufficient evidence "to establish" or sustain criminal charges.
The report noted that some Trump campaign officials had declined to testify under the 5th Amendment or had provided false or incomplete testimony, making it difficult to get a complete picture of what happened during the 2016 campaign. The special counsel wrote that he "cannot rule out the possibility" that unavailable information could have cast a different light on the investigation's findings.
The report also makes clear the investigation did not assess whether "collusion" occurred because it is not a legal term. The investigation found multiple contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia, and the report said it established that "the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and that the Campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts."
GRAHAM: "As to obstruction of justice, Mr. Mueller left it to Mr. Barr to decide after two years, and all this time. He said, 'Mr. Barr, you decide.' Mr. Barr did." — Senate hearing.
THE FACTS: Not true. Mueller did not ask Barr to rule on whether Trump's efforts to undermine the special counsel's Russia investigation had obstructed justice.
According to the report, Mueller's team declined to make a prosecutorial judgment on whether to charge partly because of a Justice Department legal opinion that said sitting presidents shouldn't be indicted.
As a result, the report factually laid out instances in which Trump might have obstructed justice, specifically leaving it open for Congress to take up the matter or for prosecutors to do so once Trump leaves office.
Barr wrote in a March 24 letter that ultimately he decided as attorney general that the evidence developed by Mueller was "not sufficient" to establish, for the purposes of prosecution, that Trump committed obstruction of justice.
Barr subsequently acknowledged that he had not talked directly to Mueller about making that ruling and did not know if Mueller agreed with him.
Find AP Fact Checks at http://apne.ws/2kbx8bd
Follow @APFactCheck on Twitter: https://twitter.com/APFactCheck. | {
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Lira rises against pound, loses against dollar
ISTANBUL Economy
Following Britain's decision to withdraw from the European Union, the value of the Turkish lira has risen and enabled local investors to derive profits from sales, and has pushed the dollar to TL 2.9085. With the announcement of the Brexit referendum results, the value of the dollar has rose above 3.00 and reached a balance at 2.93 on Friday afternoon. Also, the value of the British pound in relation to the lira has dropped to its lowest level since April last year. Britain's historic vote on secession from the EU has both dragged the country's future into uncertainty and dealt a heavy blow to the integrative efforts of the EU, which has aimed to form a more unified Europe since World War II.
Global financial markets have plunged as referendum results showed 51.8 percent of the British people voted to exit the union, while the remaining 48.2 percent voted to remain in it.
After the dollar-lira parity surged to 3.0015 from 2.8731/2.8754 on Thursday evening, it finally dropped below 2.92. The parity last experienced the same high level on May 24. Currently, as of press time, it is hovering above 2.92.
The pound-lira parity, which reached 4.2419 at the end of Thursday, has dropped down to its lowest level, 3.9205, since April 14, 2015.
Speaking to NTV, HSBC Portfolio Strategist İbrahim Aksoy said global central banks might display a coordinated action in the upcoming period in the wake of the referendum, adding that for a while, markets will not ask when the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) will hike interest rates. Aksoy also noted expectations that the post-Brexit period will experience abundance in global liquidity, which might create a positive atm
osphere in the markets after a while, continuing, "This is not yet the case, but it will happen after sales continue for a bit more." Referring to the fact that the lira has lost 2.2 percent of its value against the currency basket and the five-year Credit Default Swap (CDS) has increased, Aksoy said, "Interest rate cuts launched over the past four months and the residents' decline of foreign exchange deposits by $8 billion, which has left no supportive space for the lira, indicates that the dollar might exceed the 3.014 level that it experienced on May 24." According to Aksoy, the decline in the U.S.'s bond yields might restrict the upward impact on lira-denominated bond yields to a certain extent. With the decrease in global risk appetite, the 10-year bond yields, which stood at 9.45 percent at the end of Thursday, might approach 10 percent today. | {
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using EnvDTE;
using Lombiq.Vsix.Orchard.Models;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Timers;
namespace Lombiq.Vsix.Orchard.Services.LogWatcher
{
public abstract class LogFileWatcherBase : ILogFileWatcher
{
private const int DefaultLogWatcherTimerIntervalInMilliseconds = 1000;
private readonly ILogWatcherSettingsAccessor _logWatcherSettingsAccessor;
private readonly DTE _dte;
private readonly Timer _timer;
private bool _isWatching;
private ILogFileStatus _previousLogFileStatus;
public event EventHandler<LogChangedEventArgs> LogUpdated;
protected LogFileWatcherBase(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
{
_logWatcherSettingsAccessor = serviceProvider.GetService<ILogWatcherSettingsAccessor>();
_dte = Package.GetGlobalService(typeof(SDTE)) as DTE;
_timer = new Timer();
}
protected abstract string GetLogFileName();
public virtual void StartWatching()
{
if (_isWatching) return;
_previousLogFileStatus = GetLogFileStatus();
_timer.Interval = DefaultLogWatcherTimerIntervalInMilliseconds;
_timer.AutoReset = true;
_timer.Elapsed += LogWatcherTimerElapsedCallback;
_timer.Start();
_isWatching = true;
}
public virtual void StopWatching()
{
if (!_isWatching) return;
_timer.Stop();
_timer.Elapsed -= LogWatcherTimerElapsedCallback;
_isWatching = false;
_previousLogFileStatus = null;
}
public ILogFileStatus GetLogFileStatus()
{
var logFilePath = GetExistingLogFilePath();
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(logFilePath)) return null;
var fileInfo = new FileInfo(logFilePath);
return new LogFileStatus
{
Exists = fileInfo.Exists,
HasContent = fileInfo.Exists && fileInfo.Length > 0,
Path = fileInfo.FullName,
LastUpdatedUtc = fileInfo.Exists ? (DateTime?)fileInfo.LastWriteTimeUtc : null
};
}
public void Dispose()
{
Dispose(true);
GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
}
protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing)
{
StopWatching();
_timer.Dispose();
}
}
protected virtual string GetExistingLogFilePath()
{
var logFilePaths = _logWatcherSettingsAccessor.GetSettings().GetLogFileFolderPaths();
var solutionPath = IsSolutionOpen() && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(_dte.Solution.FileName) ?
Path.GetDirectoryName(_dte.Solution.FileName) : "";
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}
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High-rise Master Plans and Urban Developments in Frankfurt
A Conversation with Real Estate Expert Prof. Dr. Pützenbacher
The high-rise framework plans in Frankfurt are supposed to regulate the locations at which new high-rise buildings from 60 meters (197 feet) in height may be built. The readers of SKYLINE ATLAS submitted interview questions for the interview in May 2019. Now the renowned construction expert Prof. Dr. Pützenbacher answers to less publicly known details about the development of new high-rise locations.
"There must be no thinking bans on the development of high-rise buildings outside of the previous locations."
— Prof. Dr. Pützenbacher
SKYLINE ATLAS: Good morning, Professor Pützenbacher. Nice that you found time for our interview. What is it that fascinates you personally about Frankfurt and real estate?
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pützenbacher: For me, the diversity of architecture and real estate in Frankfurt is very memorable. If you drive into the city on the motorway in the morning, depending on which route you choose, you can see the skyline from different perspectives very early. For me it is very impressive to see the skyline and follow its development. What fascinates me is the movement, the constant change. It is a constant process that is not static, and of course I also contribute creatively as part of my legal advisory work as a lawyer.
SKYLINE ATLAS: How did you come up with the subject of real estate law and what led you to become a legal expert on skyscraper master plans?
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pützenbacher: I was interested in real estate law because sooner or later you can see the results of your work when advising on real estate law. In contrast to legal departments, which are more in the banking or corporate area, real estate law is mainly characterized by the fact that the advice bears recognizable fruit. In other words, if you give advice on high-rise planning and the high-rise is up and running four or five years later, then that's something I really like to tell my children because I've been accompanying the processes behind it for years.
SKYLINE ATLAS: Let's talk about investors and the administration. You have been dealing with real estate law since 1997. According to your subjective perception, what has changed in the last 20 years or so?
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pützenbacher: It has changed that cities and municipalities no longer have an open ear for every investor project. Instead, the cities are trying to steer the development – especially of high-rise buildings – in an orderly manner. That was different in the 1970s and 1980s.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the city of Frankfurt in particular welcomed every investor with a kiss and somehow made the high-rise project possible for them, possibly even at the limit of legal admissibility, as we now know from court decisions. Today it is different. One tries to bring more structure into this topic through the high-rise master plan. This annoys investors, but it opens up very good development opportunities for those properties that are already shown in the high-rise master plan.
SKYLINE ATLAS: Do neighbors from a high-rise location have the opportunity to object to the construction?
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pützenbacher: Basically, neighbors of building projects have the right to invoke rules and regulations that protect their neighbors. Purely in terms of planning law, these are, for example, the stipulations on the type of structural use that give the neighbor a so-called area conservation claim. Purely in terms of building regulations, these are, for example, spacing area issues, i.e. the question of whether or not the limit distances specified in the Hessian building regulations / state building regulations are observed.
In the case of all neighboring building projects, the client can be countered with the fact that he does not comply with the building planning law requirement of consideration if a building project affects the neighborhood in such a significant way that this can no longer be expected of the neighbor from the point of view of a neighborly community relationship. However, the case law has set a very high hurdle for such objections.
According to this stipulation, only measures that "shield" the neighbor, put him to an urban isolation, or that have an "overwhelming effect" on the neighbor or the buildings on the neighboring property are grossly inconsiderate. However, this will only be the case if a high-rise building has a particularly strong impact on a neighboring property that is significantly less developed. The deprivation of sun and ventilation, which would then have to have measurable effects on the quality of living and working on the neighboring property, would be such a circumstance that is grossly inconsiderate. However, this is regularly checked by experts during high-rise project development. The neighboring issues are then often dealt with by what are known as neighboring agreements before the construction work begins.
SKYLINE ATLAS: How can a client bring a completely new high-rise project to the city for discussion?
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pützenbacher: Every building owner is entitled to have the building feasibility of his property checked by the town planning office/the building supervision as part of a preliminary building inquiry. However, if the city has declared within the framework of the high-rise master plan that it will only allow new high-rise locations if they are already shown in the high-rise master plan, it is very difficult for a client in practice to build on a project that is not included in it.
The high-rise master plan allows exceptions to the principle contained therein and grants builders with a special position or public importance (such as the European Central Bank) the right to be able to build high-rise buildings even on properties that are not shown in the high-rise master plan. Experience has shown that the city is very cautious about this exception.
SKYLINE ATLAS: As an interested citizen, can you participate in the high-rise master plan?
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pützenbacher: The preparation of masterplans and urban planning framework plans is fundamentally an internal administrative matter, as these plans do not have any direct impact on the rights of property owners and citizens. Therefore, the possibilities for participation are fundamentally limited, unlike, for example, opportunities to participate in the preparation of a development plan.
However, it can be assumed that the city will set up workshops as part of the process for the renewal of the high-rise master plan, which are open to the general public in addition to the experts represented therein. After all, the city is about planning for its citizens, so that citizens' interest in new high-rise locations must also play a role.
SKYLINE ATLAS: Which topics are negotiable between the client and the City of Frankfurt?
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pützenbacher: In real estate practice, it happens again and again that lengthy negotiations are conducted between building owners and the city about the use of a property. The main topics are the height of the building or the utilization figures (GFZ and GRZ), which are defined in the development plans. However, topics such as follow-up infrastructure measures, i.e. the question of whether the builder has to pay for traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, daycare places or a measure to improve the general environment, are the subject of negotiations with the city.
Recently, the "housing compensation" requested by the city has been the subject of negotiations between the building owner and the city again and again. This is about the question of whether a 30 percent share of residential property must be proven when realizing high-rise buildings in the building or elsewhere, and the resulting additional question of whether an approximately 30 percent share should also be included in the case of the creation of living space socially supported living space must be created. Since both demands of the city fundamentally frighten the office tower investor, the negotiations are conducted very intensively and often sealed with a regulation in an urban development contract.
SKYLINE ATLAS: How long does a new high-rise project, once approved, remain valid?
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pützenbacher: In principle, the building owner can claim the legal protection you are referring to for three years from a building permit, i.e. H. as long as he can use a building permit for a high-rise building that has been granted. If the building permit has not yet been granted, but a high-rise project has only been determined by planning, a building permit for a high-rise building based on this plan can be applied for as long as the plan remains unchanged.
In the case of approved high-rise buildings, the builder can also defend himself against subsequent changes to technical or legal standards in the building permit by way of inventory protection, for example in the event of specific dangers, for example, retrofit fire protection or static precautions.
SKYLINE ATLAS: Do city councilors have to approve each high-rise project individually?
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pützenbacher: Since the decisions of the Administrative Court in Frankfurt and the Hessian Administrative Court on the Eschersheimer Landstrasse 14 project, it has been made clear by the court that every high-rise project requires a "tailor-made development plan" because of its diverse effects on the surroundings and the cityscape.
According to the regulations of the Building Code, a development plan is drawn up as a municipal statute. Various resolutions in the city council are required for this. As a result, the city councilors have to deal in detail with every high-rise project that requires a development plan.
SKYLINE ATLAS: Can an investor implement a completely new high-rise location?
SKYLINE ATLAS: What things should be simplified or improved regarding real estate law or building?
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pützenbacher: Well, we have already seen numerous changes to the law and amendments in recent years, most recently in 2018 in the Hessian building code. Above all, the transfer of responsibility for a large number of structural and technical requirements to the client is a very, very important point.
This means that as an investor or building owner you can no longer be sure that once a permit has been issued by the city, all points will be checked and "stamped".
I actually think that's a very good form of deregulation. On the other hand, of course, it means for the building owner that he has to protect himself when planning building projects. Securing means concluding contracts and concluding contracts usually means taking a lot of money in hand.
SKYLINE ATLAS: What are your very personal wishes for the future of Frankfurt?
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pützenbacher: I would like the city to develop further in terms of high-rise planning and that the realization of high-rise buildings does not turn into a kind of "closed shop" at some point where people say, "We have now reached a point where things cannot go on." I am of the opinion that urban development is a dynamic process and that it must not be brought to an end through early planning.
There must be no thinking bans on the development of high-rise buildings outside of the previous locations and therefore I would like to see dynamic development continue.
SKYLINE ATLAS: Let's move on to the last question. What is your personal opinion on the high-rise master plan? Is that a good thing, is it too stringent or does it not go far enough?
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pützenbacher: I think the master plans are basically a good thing, because there shouldn't be any uncoordinated high-rise distribution. Therefore, a rough framework plan with preliminary decisions about high-rise clusters and individual high-rise locations makes sense.
The crucial question, of course, is how strictly the high-rise master plan is lived. If it means the general end for alternative high-rise locations per se, then I think it can be criticized on this point.
SKYLINE ATLAS: Thank you for the conversation.
The interview was conducted in July 2019.
About the Person
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pützenbacher is a lawyer and notary, specialist lawyer for administrative law, honorary professor for planning and construction law and member of the Frankfurt Research Institute for Architecture • Civil Engineering • Geomatics at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (FFin). He is still known from publications in the relevant specialist media. His contributions can also be found in numerous books.
About the Frankfurt Research Institute for Architecture • Civil Engineering • Geomatics (FFin)
The FFin stands for research competence in planning, construction and operation in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main urban area. With its planning and construction-related disciplines, the FFin shows a special social responsibility for sustainable development and the well-being of people in urban and rural areas. Application-oriented research provides results for resource-saving planning and development as well as an aesthetically pleasing design of the built environment. More than fifty scientists from various disciplines are currently researching "real estate" at the FFin. Research on high-rise topics is often in the foreground.
Further information about the Frankfurt Research Institute for Architecture • Civil Engineering • Geomatics (FFin) is available on the FFin website: www.ffin.eu
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The Solo manual, with original piston rails and slip removed.
One of our most recent projects is the refurbishment of the manual keyboards on the magnificent four-manual Pilcher at the WWI Memorial Auditorium here in Louisville. We have been involved with the instrument nearly two years, and are making a significant push to get the instrument, now five years after being silenced to rebuild the console and switching relay, into suitable shape for giving concerts again by the Fall of this year.
Though the stop actions and combination actions were rebuilt, the manual claviers were left in their original condition. This left the key tension with no adjustment (since the leather-nuts were popping off when touched). The original thumb pistons were also refurbished. Though this effort of the organ's previous caretaker was heroic, it turned out that the use of the original hardware was problematic when used in conjunction with the modern solid-state relay.
We were faced with having to advise the client (in this case, the William H. Bauer Foundation, the non-profit organization who oversees and funds the organ restoration) as to a proper course of action. In this position, we have always concurred that the best course of action for this landmark, historic instrument is to leave things in as original condition as possible, using original methods and materials. Of course, the Foundation had wisely opted, when the unwieldy pneumatic relay was failing, to replace it with a modern relay, which returned the instrument to reliable, functional condition, especially in a setting where there is little chance for regular service. It was with this in mind that we advised to procure modern thumb-pistons, with reed-switch action.
Philosophically speaking, when dealing with an historic instrument of note, we feel it is important to be conscientious towards the original conceptions and intentions of the original builder. As we charge full speed through the twenty-first century, we see that many of the magnificent instruments of the former two centuries have been either dismantled or fundamentally altered to reflect changing tastes. It is becoming much more rare to see instruments from these exciting periods in their original conceptions. Though the world moves onward, these instruments serve as time-capsules for a former day, often shedding light on perspectives of our trade that we have overlooked in the modern musical milieu. Those perspectives may not reflect our own, but they were important enough to our ancestors to go through the great trouble of putting them into production, laboring intensely for years (as pipe organs are still consigned to be produced) to accomplish their construction. Do we not owe it to the memory of these folks to give their conceptions respectful consideration when we are called upon to render them service?
On the other hand, this need not be carried out to an extreme. An instrument must first serve the purpose for which it was intended, and if this purpose is not being served due to some defect, a conscientious remediation must be considered. For example, the organs of the 1920's, such as the very one at the WWI Memorial Auditorium, were run through very complicated and intricate electro-pneumatic relays, which are very difficult to repair and expensive to rebuild. Except in a few extreme cases, these units are rightfully replaced with modern solid-state relays, which are simple in conception, easy to service, and are more reliable over time.
Of course, there is much gray area involved, and often it is not clear whether making a change to a particular part or system will affect the historical value of the instrument as a whole. One must consider the instrument holistically, and any proposed changes should be looked at in light of the principles articulated above. The Organ Historical Society has taken great strides in educating the general public about the proper methods of preserving an instrument, and their guidelines should be consulted, both by any builder in question and also by the owners of the instrument themselves.
It was according to this line of thought that we have proceeded with the Auditorium instrument manual rebuild. Restoration of the manuals themselves is rather simple, as the keytops are in marvelous shape already and merely need a good cleaning and new leather nuts.
The thumb pistons will be replaced, as we already mentioned, with Syndyne reed-switch units. Reed switches, sealed in a vacuum and activated by a magnet, do not corrode or "drag" like the original exposed contacts, which causes unreliable action. We have worked with Syndyne's on-staff engravers to choose a font which reflects the particular type already represented by the old pistons. Since new rails will be made up, we will alter the layout to include functions not available in the original combination action, such as sequencing, increased number of general pistons, and pistons that work some of the traps. The original units will be well preserved inside the organ for future reference and documentation. The original divisional name plates will be retained.
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The Failure of Liberal Feminism in the Trump Era
Post on: February 6, 2017
Celeste Murillo
The restrictions imposed by the new administration on the right to choose and the promise of new attacks raise the question of how to defend women's rights in the Trump era.
One of Trump's first executive orders prohibits the granting of federal US funds to organizations that perform abortions or provide abortion-related counseling abroad. This measure was widely condemned in the United States and worldwide.
The Dutch government countered by proposing to establish a global fund to finance programs in so-called "developing countries" to support sex education and the right to choose. The measure may be a temporary palliative measure. However, it is not a solution to the fundamental issue, which is that the rights we have gained could be taken away from us with the stroke of a pen if they are not defended by protests and a constant struggle to guarantee that everyone – not just small sectors of society – can exercise them.
Women's rights in the United States are at serious risk. Trump's administration has already ordered the defunding of organizations that support women's right to choose, his Vice President led the anti-abortion march and the Republican majority in the House of Representatives voted against funding Planned Parenthood . But that's not all.
Women's rights are at risk because the Democrats, who governed the country for 8 years under Obama, a self-proclaimed feminist, did nothing to stop the Right's offensive. In several states, laws were voted to restrict the right to abortion, particularly affecting women relying on State health programs.
Trump has also nominated a pro-life judge to the Supreme Court. This opens the door to the possibility of a historic rollback of the Roe v. Wade ruling. The very possibility of this happening is – to a great extent – attributable to the Democratic Party and the feminist movement who have not put up a fight against attacks to the right to chose.
The Neoliberal Trap
The situation we find ourselves in is the result of the strategy of congressional pressure and compromises of most of the feminist movement in the United States, which went from taking the streets to depending on government agencies, and from acritique of patriarchy to watered-down "inclusive agendas." Limited representation in positions of power created a facade of inclusion that masks the economic exploitation of working class women, where LGBT, African-Americans and Latinos are overrepresented.
The fatal trap of inclusion led George W. Bush, for example, to use women's rights to justify the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001- using decontextualized women and human rights violations as a justification to invade and bomb- a racist colonial maneuver that in fact increases violence against the very same women. In this and other neoliberal causes, feminism has played a role in justifying reactionary policies, entangled in a "dangerous liaison" with capitalist democracy, as Nancy Fraser stated in 2013, when she warned of how a certain kind of feminism has become "capitalism's handmaiden."
The gap between the causes of "neoliberal feminism" and the living conditions of most women has drastically widened since the capitalist crisis that began in 2007. By that time, as journalist Nina Power said in 2009, "the argument about getting women, ethnic minorities and homosexuals into 'top positions' [was] an argument that [was] being won by the right." The term feminism has lost its radical character and arguments about women's rights and inclusion may be employed by the right- from Sarah Palin, to supposed "pro life feminism."
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Although Obama's arrival to the White House seemed to indicate the start of an era of change, the inclusion particularly of women in top political positions had already begun to call into question the benefits of representation without questioning imperialist democracy.
But if there was one moment that clearly showcased the failure of that "progressive neoliberalism," in the words of Nancy Fraser, it was Hillary Clinton's defeat. Her presentation as a "natural" feminist candidate merely laid bare her failure to get most women behind a historic "feat" that they felt did not represent them. And what's worse, thanks to the compromises made by that feminism, which embraced individualism and meritocracy in the guise of "free choice," the repudiation of Clinton and what she represented threw some white women into the arms of the Ivanka Trump's "entrepreneurial (and conservative) feminism," leading them to minimize her father's misogynist profile and support him at the polling booths.
For women, like for many other sectors, Trump's election clearly increases the likelihood of the continued restriction of their rights. But far from the skepticism towards mass movements displayed by liberals and Democratic Party apologists, one of the first reactions was a massive Women's March in the country's major cities, with several limitations and challenges ahead, but that also indicates the emergence of women's protests at the core of imperialist capitalism.
In different countries like Argentina and Poland, women are taking to the streets spontaneously in response to the most brutal manifestations of capitalism in the form of patriarchal violence or conservative reactions to reproductive rights. Equal pay for equal work protests have also reemerged, laying bare the inequalities maintained under capitalism even in supposedly egalitarian countries like Iceland.
In many countries, women's protests are a means of expression of broader discontent, of the resistance to general attacks launched by businessmen and their governments against the living conditions of the working class and impoverished sectors, in which women are a majority.
The inevitable defeat that "neoliberal feminism" has led us to highlights the necessity to link the struggle against patriarchal oppression with the fight against capitalism. This is why causes that at first seem to be "female" causes galvanize and gain the support of a large part of the population enduring the evils of capitalism.
The year that started with the threat of Hurricane Trump coincides with the centennial of the revolution that made women's emancipation an urgent agenda, granting them unconditional elemental freedoms that were unthinkable for the female masses of the time, such as the right to divorce or to have an abortion. In just a few months, the Russian Revolution showed the transformative potential of the revolution in contrast with the slow and conditional progress under capitalist democracies that would take a hundred years to achieve some of the same objectives.
The anniversary of the Russian Revolution is also a chance to recover its legacy and incorporate it into a women's movement that could merge with the struggles of the working class. Our fight for emancipation marches to the impatient beat of the majority of women who aspire not only to free themselves from gender oppression and subjugation, but also to free humanity from all exploitation and oppression.
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In his August 20 Facebook post, Ian Somerhalder shares a 'mind-blowing' article written by his wife Nikki Reed for Elle.com. He says 'It's what I want to spend the rest of my life doing-finding solutions to old and dangerous problems'. He has spent many years in his 'Vampire Diaries' chair thinking about his character Damon's life, his own and the planet… He has met many people of varying ages who 'inspire' him and those around them are some of the most impactful moments and relationships he's ever known. Nikki Reed inspires him to DO and BE more so our world can be a better place.
What lead her to this train of thought is the Humane Society is currently supporting a shelter in Louisiana that is run by prison inmates. 'The Humane Society gave this shelter the tools and the insight it needed to function. The shelter then gave the inmates the insight they needed to find purpose-to do better.' and it worked.
'So let's start changing our approach altogether The lack of compassion we find in kids that are obsessed with violent video games or who threaten their peers online have one thing in common-their interactions aren't rooted in anything real You can't see, touch or smell anything through a screen' you aren't truly communicating with anyone.' This tends to have a numbing affect and after a while they don't see how their actions affect the planet..
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Extensive experience with the UniVerse MultiValue database (part of the IBM U2 family).
Performed risk analysis and maintained risk management plans.
Created prototype for electronic data collection and processing, replacing paper forms and faxes with customer self-service model.
Managed projects that created, trader support (market "dashboard"), and trade management (track the performance of individual trades) systems.
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Dec 05, 2021 at 08:59 am by WGNS
(MURFREESBORO) The Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Department encourages the public to drive-through Cannonsburgh Village at 312 S. Front Street and enjoy the FREE Christmas lights. This event is open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening from 5:00 to 8:00PM now through December 19, 2021.
History of Cannonsburgh
If you are new to town and don't realize the history of Cannonsburgh, it was built in 1976 as a project commemorating Tennessee's bi-centennial. This replica was birthed by the late Murfreesboro Mayor W. H. Westbrooks and former MTSU's Historic Preservation Director Dr. James K. Huhta. Back then, Murfreesboro was the state's sixth largest city and had a population of 68,816.
But if we go back 200-years earlier, this place we call home was much different. According to state records, following over twenty years of earlier settlements in the 1780s and 1790s, land owner and Revolutionary veteran Colonel William Lytle gave land to establish the Public Square, a community cemetery, and its adjacent First Presbyterian Church. The town was initially named Cannonsburgh after Newton Cannon, a political dignitary in the area. The village's name only lasted around thirty days. For reasons unknown, Lytle specified that the new community be renamed Murfreesborough in honor of a Revolutionary War friend, Colonel Hardy Murfree.
So Cannonsburgh was this community's first name, but politics was powerful back then too--and a month later it became Murfreesborough.
The Importance of Cedar
Manufacturing cedar buckets was a thriving business in early Murfreesboro. The untouched cedar forests provided product to create the world famous Lane cedar chests in Smyrna, cedar penciles in Shelbyvile and cedar buckets in Murfreesboro.
In fact, as a promotion, the world's largest cedar bucket was built in 1887 by the Tennessee Red Cedar Woodenworks and displayed in the 1893 Chicago World's Fair as well as the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. It held 1,557 imperial gallons.
This bucket was placed at Cannonsburgh Village in 1976 as a permanent historical display. Sadly, it was damaged by fire in 2005. Investigators never really confirmed that it was arson and some believe that electrical problems may have started the blaze.
During the 35th Cannonsburgh Harvest Days Festival, a replica bucket was unveiled on October 22, 2011. It was created with a partnership between Roy Haney's sawmill in Cannon County and the Rutherford County Blacksmiths' Association.
You Are Driving Through History
As you drive-through Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Department's CHRISTMAS LIGHTS in Cannonsburgh Village, you are actually driving through history. You are driving through this community's state bicentennial project that took actual buildings from all parts of the county and placed them on S. Front Street.
Again, this is a FREE service of the Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Department and is offered from 5:00 to 8:00PM every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening now through December 19, 2021.
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The closing ceremonies officially wrapped up the 2014 ISAF World Championships today in Santander Spain. The overall event management was not without its challenges with difficult weather conditions forcing race committees to make some controversial decisions throughout the week. With priority placed on maximizing gold fleet racing, some of the silver fleets fell significantly behind including the Lasers with only 5 races in the books and Radial silver completing a total of 4 races to end their event.
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Will all four political parties agree to work together for the sake of Derby City Council?
Could Labour bow to pressure to return to a committee system in a week that could see all four party leaders sit round the table to thrash it out?
Zena HawleyAgenda editor
The clock is ticking. The ballot boxes may have been put away, the campaign posters taken down and the losing candidates may be licking their wounds - but the repercussions from the 2018 Derby City Council election are far from over and the four political parties have just over two weeks to sort themselves out.
The loss of three seats by Labour, including leader Ranjit Banwait, which resulted in the party relinquishing its one-seat overall majority, and the gaining of two seats by the Conservatives and one seat by UKIP, while the Lib Dems remained unchanged with a total of five seats, has left the council with no overall control.
So what happens next? One thing for sure is that the kingmakers in this situation are definitely the Lib Dems. With their five seats they have the power to make or break a bid for power by either the previously ruling Labour group, which now has 23 seats, or the Conservatives, who are on 20 seats. The three seats of UKIP could also prove to be a powerful tool in some of the possible permutations of power sharing too.
But Lib Dem group leader Councillor Ruth Skelton, who held her Blagreaves seat comfortably, has said from the start of campaigning back in March that she did not want to enter into a power-sharing coalition with any party.
Councillor Ruth Skelton retain her Blagreaves seat for the Lib Dems at the 2018 council election
Instead, she wants to see a different form of governance introduced to run the council - the committee system. In recent years, the council has been run using the cabinet system.
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Under the committee system, a council elects a leader to represent the authority and wield executive power. Power is exercised by a number of committees, made up of councillors in proportion to their parties' representation on the council. If a committee is unable to make a decision, or a minority group wishes to challenge it, the decision may be referred to a meeting of the full council for a final decision.
The cabinet system, which has been favoured by Labour up until now, sees the majority party elect a leader, who then chooses a cabinet of eight members (in Derby's case), which makes all the decisions away from the council chamber and then nods them through formally at public cabinet meetings without any debate. It has been said by several political commentators that the cabinet system excludes everyone except the cabinet, even the other councillors from the same majority party.
If the committee system was introduced, Ms Skelton feels there would be no need for council leaders from different parties to do deals and she feels optimistic because Derby UKIP and Derby Conservatives are already in favour.
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She said: "That means we hope that the Labour group, which has resisted attempts to change the system previously, might come around to what I am suggesting.
"The current system means that the electorate and its views are not being represented and it could lead to fairer debate.
"I think a move could be made quite quickly if everyone agreed to go down the committee path and it would be good for everyone and what Derby needs.
"I am hoping that Labour will listen to reasoned argument on this subject and we can get the city up and moving again.
"The Lib Dems are holding a group meeting early this coming week to discuss the situation further."
UKIP leader Alan Graves, who successfully defended his Alvaston seat last Thursday, said the council needs to work towards a committee system but said that could take a while to sort out.
UKIP's Alan Graves kept his seat by beating Labour's Thomas Spray
He said: "I think this cannot be implemented immediately, due to legal council procedures and council officer time. So there is still an interim period where we have to come to some arrangement.
"The biggest issue is the resistance of the Conservatives to work with UKIP. They have never supported any of our motions at full council including, ironically, the one in July 2017 to consider introducing a committee system. There is a long way to go before we can see how the future of Derby is looking.
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"Derby wants and demands change, that is very clear. If the three other parties (including UKIP) do not agree on a way forward then Labour would quite happily carry on. It is up to the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and UKIP to forge some sort of agreement.
"All the UKIP councillors on the council have a duty to do the right thing for all those who voted for us."
Matthew Holmes, Conservative group leader will be addressing his members on Tuesday to gauge reaction to the election results.
Conservative group leader Matthew Holmes
He said: "We've been in this situation before back in 2010 and it's a frustrating time for the public and the media because of the uncertainty of moving forward under no overall control. However, the experience I and others gained during that process will stand us in good stead as we work to find a stable way forward for the city.
"Clearly the onus is on either Labour as the largest group or the Conservative as the second largest to lead. Where the Lib Dems or UKIP as the two smaller groups could play a part remains to be seen. I can't say what the outcome will be at this stage because, genuinely, I just don't know.
"I'm sure they'll be lots of speculation, in fact there already is, but I urge everyone to allow the time needed for a prospective administration to emerge, whatever that may be. The council is still functioning and officers are more than capable of managing areas that find themselves without cabinet steer for the time being.
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"What I would like to re-assurance residents and the business community in Derby is that, in the absence of a council leader, I will be happy to assist if called upon to do so in the period before the council's annual meeting in regard to any urgent matters. I'm sure other senior councillors, regardless of political party, will also do the same."
The Labour group, still sore from its mauling at the polls on election night, has to elect a new leader before the party can take up the power struggle on the city council.
Councillor Baggy Shanker, speaking on behalf of Labour agreed it was early days to know what the outcome of the next two weeks would be.
Independent candidate Phil Ingall and Labour's Baggy Shanker (Image: Derby Telegraph / Ian Hodgkinson)
He said: "As a party, we need to heed the message that people in Derby are fed-up with what has been called the city's 'toxic politics'. Our pledges have already been quite clear and we need to speak with the other parties to see which of them shares our vision and if they plan to deliver on the pledges.
"For example, we are committed to opening a new pool and performance venue, what do the other parties think of that. And we are committed to no closing libraries and children's centres - who shares that vision?
"All four party leaders should sit down together and thrash out this situation. Everyone needs to get together. The Conservatives clearly had a good election night and there is a mandate for change in the city.
"I personally would not rule out a committee system but it would not be a return to the old-style it would have to be an alternative one and maybe the compromise would be the introduction of a four-year electoral cycle, unlike the thirds system that we have currently when a third of the council comes up for election each year."
Changing to a four-year cycle was put forward by former leader Ranjit Banwait in 2016 but was voted out in full council by the opposition parties.
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Perhaps with a hung council the time is right for the four-year cycle, it seems certain that Labour will try to use that as a bargaining chip.
One thing is certain, it is important that the four parties sort themselves out in time for Wednesday, May 23 when the new mayor is sworn in during the morning. Then later in the day, the council's annual general meeting takes place when it would be useful to have some agreement among parties otherwise it could be a stalemate situation in the chamber over any motions.
But the mayor-making could be the first sign that change is coming. Currently, the deputy mayor is Labour councillor Paul Bayliss, who with Labour backing in the chamber would have automatically step up to become mayor. But now that backing is not forthcoming, it is likely that UKIP, Lib Dem and Conservatives will combine their vote to elect a non-Labour mayor - perhaps a Tory one instead?
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Collaborate brought together entrepreneurs, government employees and technologists for two days of creative thinking. Here's what we got from it — and who we met.
Collaborate was held in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.
Tom Chi, the cofounder of Google X, wasn't wearing Google Glass when he spoke at Fosterly's first ever Collaborate conference on Friday. But he came with a piercing vision for marrying efficiency and creativity, particularly within large organizations.
"Doing is the best type of thinking. Thinking is the worst way to think."
The first prototype for Google Glass, he said, was pieced together in about three hours, from parts that included a coat hanger and the stretchable fabric high school kids use to cover their textbooks.
But that came after way too many hand-wringing sessions over questions like Glass's display colors, he said.
"The innovation that we have is 100 or 1,000 times too slow," he said.
And that's because organizations — even the top thinkers at Google — spend too much time planning and not enough fiddling with a real, actionable prototype.
So, what's a good way for large organizations to cut to the chase? Through rapid prototyping: putting the developer and designer in a room, to face a stream of nonnegotiable feedback from users, all the while coding and rebuilding the project.
The flow of reinvention is meant to free the creators from the Scylla and Charybdis of "deck dilution" and excessive attachment to one iteration of the project, allowing them to push forward with interesting new ideas.
The government also made an appearance.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a $100,000 prize for the best software to track and trace books in low-income countries. The initiative by All Children Reading, a partnership between USAID and the Australian government, follows a similar challenge announced last February for technology that could help authors create reading material for children in their local languages. More info on the grants here.
MakerBot announced it would donate a replicator to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library's lab space.
Aquicore, the company that helps buildings monitor their gas and water use in real time, won a Digital DC Tech Fund grant in October. They told us they're now equipping the D.C. government and had their first international client.
Beers and Careers is "re-humanizing the job seeking process," said founder Josh Shapiro. Founded two years ago, the group held 50 recruiting and networking events in D.C. last year and has hosted versions in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Miami, Phoenix and elsewhere.
Budget Referee is a pre-launch, Mint.com-like product that aims to use historical and predictive data to make live-updated recommendations and just-in-time suggestions to help make better habits. The founder is based in Reston, Va.
Eastern Foundry, the incubator for small government contractors, is 96 percent full. It's looking to expand on another floor.
Govlish, a one-man project to define all the lingo in federal government.
Her Farm App, a passion project from Sheila Flick that helps women farmers find the programs, grants and other initiatives available to them.
HiRise is an in-shop app developed by a handful of Jones Lang Lasalle disruptors. It will facilitate the leasing process by streamlining the search and document-signing process onto a single platform.
Kinglet. Keep an eye out for the small-space leasing platform; it's getting ready to launch in the D.C. market.
Measure is the personal planner for businesses seeking to use drones without buying an entire fleet.
On Second Thought is the text-delaying app that lets you retract a slip of the finger. Founder Maci Peterson told us she was working on the rollout of a curfew option — for those nights when you should just step. Away. From the phone.
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The Countess of Beverly Hills Mansions
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Before Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, socialite Dorothy Taylor may have been the first Hollywood celebrity who wasn't in the entertainment business. She was the ultimate party host and frequent 1930's scandal rag fodder. Her lovers included Gary Cooper, Bugsy Siegel, George Raft and an Italian count.
Dorothy's trip to celebrity fame began after she inherited $12 million in 1916, the equivalent of about $275 million today. The first thing she did with her money was divorce her British aviator husband, Claude Grahame-White, and embark on a long party in Europe's best circles. In 1923, she married Italian Count Carlo Dentice di Frasso, many years her senior. On the outskirts of Rome, the new countess acquired and restored one of Europe's most famous homes, Villa Madama, that had been designed in the sixteenth century by Raphael. It was later used by Benito Mussolini during World War II for National Fascist Party functions.
While residing in the villa, actor Gary Cooper was doing a movie in Rome and became quite ill. Dorothy took him in and during his recuperation began an intense affair with him under her husband's nose. Since she and the count were at that point leading separate lives, Dorothy went on with the affair and moved to Hollywood where she purchased a mansion in Beverly Hills. Making friends of some of Hollywood's most important stars through her Cooper connections, Dorothy called in the best decorators and landscapers and created a luxurious estate that was classic Art Deco filmdom glamour. Dorothy and Cooper eventually went their own ways but remained distant friends. She was always known as the woman who taught Gary Cooper how to dress, making him the most elegant man in Hollywood.
Through her new Hollywood friends, Dorothy eventually rented her mansion to Marlene Dietrich and headed off to search for sunken treasure on the studio-owned schooner, Metha Nelson; Captain Bligh's ship in the 1935 movie "Mutiny on the Bounty." Also on the ship was American gangster Bugsy Siegel. Although the trip turned into a disaster when the schooner was tossed violently by 70 mile-per-hour gale winds that split the main mast and destroyed the sails, it was the start of a new affair with Bugsy. She always rejected gossip of her association with Bugsy, instead referring to him as Benjamin to her friends.
In 1947, Dorothy sold the Beverly Hills house to MGM pianist Jose Iturbi, who lived there until he died in 1980. In 1954, Dorothy died of heart failure in a train compartment while she was traveling with George Raft from Las Vegas to Los Angeles after attending one of Dietrich's performances.
Once again for sale, the beautifully preserved Spanish Revival estate hasn't changed much since its heyday in the 1930s when it was featured in "House and Garden." At approximately 8,000 square feet, it has four bedrooms and five baths on 1.12 acres. The home was built for entertaining with large public rooms and although it looks like wallpaper, the walls are covered in hand-painted murals. In the dining room, the walls are mirrored verre églomisé panels that depict towering palms. There is also a two-bedroom guest house and pool nestled within the mature landscaped grounds. The asking price is $26.9 million. Dimitri Velis of Hilton and Hyland in Beverly Hills is the listing agent.
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People Kissing: A Century of Photographs
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In 2009, The Barbara Levine Collection of early vernacular photograph albums was acquired by the International Center of Photography. One of the albums was recently featured in Fans In A Flashbulb, the ICP's collection blog.
Frank H. Hodges's Columbia Poultry Farm, Red Bank, New Jersey by Erin Barnett
Frank H. Hodges (1869–after 1916) raised award-winning birds at his Columbia Poultry Farm in Red Bank, New Jersey. Hodges was born in New York and spent his early working years selling butter, eggs, and poultry wholesale. He moved to Red Bank in 1898 and had owned the farm for about six years when this album was made; there are newspaper clippings of prizes won at 1903 and 1904 poultry fairs pasted into the album. In addition to documenting the house and the farm buildings, the photographs depict each breed of pigeon, chicken, and duck raised in the farm. These amazing portraits of prize-winning birds are artfully arranged on the page and adorned with the sitters' feathers.
According to the 1905/1906 issue of American Poultry Advocate, "The Columbia Poultry Farm is one of the finest equipped plants and one of the most practical in the United States. Mr. Hodges founded it and he has been one of the most successful breeders of prizing-winning birds of any one breed in this country. His record for blue ribbons has yet to be duplicated."
Probably assembled by the woman accompanying Hodges in the photographs, the album celebrates the orderliness, modernity, and success of the farm. Hodges' personal life was quite different. His first wife, Mabel Robson Dewees died in a wagon crash in May 1900. Shortly after her death, Hodges sent his three stepsons Frank, William, and Gilbert to an orphanage in New York. He then married the twenty-six-year-old Mattie E. Williams on August 22, 1900; she is probably the woman pictured in the album. In 1905, the Hodges divorced after numerous court battles; Mattie accused her in-laws of poisoning her lavender oil with carbolic acid and her husband of cutting her clothing. Hodges alleged that his wife threatened to kill his mother and burn down the family home after tearing down the wallpaper. Shortly after the divorce, Hodges married Emma Reeves Hagerman on September 28, 1905. Both Hodges were involved in the Monmouth Poultry club; Emma won prizes for her silver seabright bantams. Hodges eventually abandoned the farm and worked at Casualty Company of America as an insurance adjuster in New York. According to the New York Times, Emma, who owned all of the couple's property, threatened to leave Hodges and refused to deed back the property. In June 1916, Hodges entered their house and shot Emma in the head in front of their nine-year-old daughter Dorothy. Emma died several weeks later and Hodges pleaded insanity.
Note: The Columbia Poultry Farm photograph album is also featured in Snapshot Chronicles: Inventing The American Photo Album by Barbara Levine and Stephanie Snyder
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Germans Get to Business With Putin
By Anatoly Medetsky
German business executives sought to improve their chances at Russian tenders and saluted Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's intention to run for president again as they met with him Wednesday.
This was the first of the annual meetings to take place since Germany ceded the rank of Russia's biggest trade partner to China last year.
"Of course, German investors want more chances in tenders in Russia," Eckhard Cordes, chairman of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations, a lobby group of German companies, said in opening remarks.
The 20 visiting executives represented companies ranging from giants like energy company E.On, industrial conglomerate BASF and building material group Knauf to midsized businesses.
Germany is unlikely to regain its status as the biggest Russian trade partner this year. The countries will likely exchange goods worth close to $70 billion by the end of December, Putin said.
Trade with China will climb to $80 billion or more, he said.
In a policy paper released in October last year, the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations noted that Chinese activities in Eastern Europe follow the same pattern that forced German construction companies to pull out of Africa before. Competition from China involved bids "far below the usual … costs" made possible, in part, by hidden state subsidies, the report said.
One of Germany's largest companies, Siemens, said earlier this week that Russia accounted for only a fraction of its global sales — 1.4 billion euros ($1.89 billion) out of 73.5 billion euros — in the financial year that ended Sept. 30.
Nikolaus Knauf, chairman of the Founders Council of the company that bears his name, downplayed talk that German companies wanted better chances at tenders. There was no further discussion of the subject at the meeting, he said.
"Why should we think it's possible that German industry has a better chance of winning?" he said by phone. "The best company with the best quality should have the best chances."
Knauf said he was happy to hear that the government earmarked large investment — 30 billion euros over the next three years — to expand and improve the railway system. The company transports 5 million tons of its products in Russia by rail every year, he explained.
He drew encouragement from the government's other plans, he said, without identifying them.
"It was good to hear that the government is ready to do its best to take the economy forward," he said.
Knauf said he also supported Russia's now-imminent entry into the World Trade Organization and the economic reintegration of the former Soviet republics into what could become the Eurasian Union in the longer term.
In the opening remarks, Cordes also wished Putin, who already served two terms in the Kremlin from 2000 to 2008, success in the presidential election in March.
"It was a very gratifying news for the German economy to know that you decided to run for the post of Russian president in 2012," he said.
Incumbent President Dmitry Medvedev proposed in September that the pro-government United Russia party nominate Putin as its candidate, a nomination expected at the party congress later this month.
Cordes also proposed in a statement before the meeting that after Russia joins WTO, the European Union should start negotiations about a new free-trade zone between Russia and Europe, independent of the ongoing talks about a new partnership and cooperation agreement. He argued that a free-trade agreement should be modeled on the European Free Trade Association, a group founded in 1960 that comprised states that did not want to join what was then the European Economic Community (later the EU).
Commenting on Cordes' suggestion, the EU Delegation's spokesman in Moscow, Soren Liborius, said it would be difficult to open new separate talks. "We fully support promoting trade, but for now we should stick to the format that we have agreed between each other," he said.
Putin, in his only public remarks at the meeting, stressed the government's current robust outlook for the economy and outlined some of the joint projects that German and Russian companies are doing or considering, including the Nord Stream pipeline to carry Russian natural gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea.
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Quality Shines Through Again for Elite…
ALincolnshire restaurant and takeaway chain is continuing to fry high after renewing its
National Federation of Fish Friers Fish & Chip Quality Award status in Lincoln.
The Elite Fish & Chip Company at the Moorland Centre on Tritton Road is the latest restaurant and takeaway in the Lincolnshire chain to have retained the award, which identifies fish and chip outlets that serve the highest quality fish and chips and deliver the best level of service.
Each Fish and Chip Quality Award is valid for two years and retention is dependent on standards being maintained. These are awarded by assessors from the National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF), the trade body that represents the nation's fish and chip shops. Tritton Road's renewal follows the Elite's Ruskington takeaway and restaurant and its sister takeaway Welbourne's in the village receiving the quality award back in August.
Shops are scored on presentation, hygiene and cleanliness, staff training, equipment, frying and sales skills and, most importantly, the quality of the cooked product.
Owner Adrian Tweedale, said: "After a period of thorough inspection and assessment, we are pleased to hear that Elite has once again come out on top.
"All our locations have their own unique charm and continue to be formally recognised for their consistency in providing the highest levels of quality and service. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in the quality of our fish and chips and it's thanks to our committed and enthusiastic staff that we retain these kinds of standards."
The NFFF runs the Quality Award scheme as a way of raising standards within the fish and chip trade and enhancing the profile of the industry.
It serves to reward and promote shops that provide good quality products and are hygienic, as well as friers who show a high level of competence.
There are currently around 250 fish and chip outlets across the country that have been recognised with the NFFF Fish & Chip Quality Award.
NFFF President Gregg Howard explained: "The NFFF Fish & Chip Quality Award assessment is extremely comprehensive. It sets the new benchmark for quality within the industry.
"We examine everything from food safety to other key aspects of business, from preparation and cooking equipment to the management of paperwork and the traceability of fish.
"Adrian and the staff at all of his restaurants and takeaways clearly take pride in where they source their fish and potatoes from. This provides the reassurance to customers that they are being served food made with high-quality ingredients."
For more information about The Elite Fish & Chip Company, visit: www.elitefishandchips.com
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You just found the magic way to learn your times tables!
Enjoy five incredible stories narrated by the brilliant Stephen Fry, featuring Chris Emmett and Mark Angus. These vocal performances will have your child effortlessly learning their times tables and laughing their heads off at the same time.
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Stephen Fry is a comedian, an actor, a writer, and a presenter. His acting roles include a Golden Globe Award-nominated lead performance in the film Wilde, Melchett in the Blackadder, a recurring role on the crime series Bones, and Gordon Deitrich in V for Vendetta, among others. He has also written and presented numerous documentaries and was also the longtime host of the BBC television series QI.
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Q: Return results based on datetime parameter I have a database table called Fees. In that table, I have FeeTypeEnum, EffectiveDate, and Amount columns.
Example of Table:
ID FeeTypeEnum EffectiveDate Amount
-----------------------------------------
1 1 1/1/2013 13.00
2 1 10/1/2013 98.36
3 2 4/1/2013 53.00
4 2 6/1/2013 51.00
5 3 7/1/2013 53.00
6 1 12/1/2012 12.00
How would I return only the results that would considered to be active based on the a datetime parameter date. For example: If today was 5/1/2013, only the following would be returned:
ID FeeTypeEnum EffectiveDate Amount
-----------------------------------------
1 1 1/1/2013 13.00
3 2 4/1/2013 53.00
I was thinking that I could just group them by FileTypeEnum and then remove the ones that are before the current date. Would that work?
Edit
Basically, I'm trying to return all the results where the EffectiveDate is BEFORE the datetime parameter and NOT the results where the EffectiveDate is AFTER the parameter.
Edit 2
When using the following query:
SELECT *
FROM [Fees]
WHERE [EffectiveDate] <= GETDATE()
ORDER BY [FeeEnum]
It also returns results for records that are no longer considered active. How would I select only 1 from each [FeeEnum] group?
A: New at this but I belive you want to bring back anything < systdate.
Try something like this:
SELECT *
FROM tablename
WHERE EffectiveDate<SYSDATE
A: Something like this?
SELECT *
FROM Fees
WHERE EffectiveDate <= @asOfDate
How you are calling the SQL (e.g. a stored procedure or directly form an application) will determine how to set the @asOfDate parameter.
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I have recently tasted a luscious fruit of modernity for the first time in my life: surgery. It was a simple matter that required less than 30 minutes of my doctor's time; but what a revolution for me. When I awoke from my first experience of anesthesia, I was missing an impacted wisdom tooth that had brought on recurring infections. My tooth was making me sick, so I had it removed. To replace the bone bordering on my sinus cavity, my surgeon inserted a small amount of animal cadaver — sheep, I am told — around which my tissue should rebuild. As a result, I am no longer entirely human.
Medical innovation is among the strongest arguments in favor of a progressive view of history. My newly cleared head, secured by the remains of a creature of another species, turns indignantly away from the ancients. Why look backward at all? We have come to a place where I do not have to live with a recurring tooth problem. When I grow a bit older, I may have the option to replace bad knees or hips. Bad arteries can be bypassed. An enormous number of things that once killed — quickly and slowly — have been done away with. Every day is brighter than the one before. We're headed in the right direction.
Despite my repaired orofacial arrangements, I can only conclude from human history that I am going to die. (Of your charity, pray it is not too soon.) The end of life may be pushed further out; but for normal humans and even mostly humans like me, the end still exists. And in fact, as the ancients knew, the "end" — in the sense of "purpose" — of human life is embedded in every moment of our time on earth and beyond. Because one day we won't be here, there must be a reason outside ourselves to explain why we are here now.
I am overjoyed to be rid of this troublesome tooth, so that I may continue to be a less frequently infected father to my children and priest to my parishioners. In fact, becoming slightly inhuman has made me more aware why I am alive. With or without this surgery — whether I should live 40 years or 80 — I was made to worship and to serve. This is my end. I live now as ever in a time vortex connected to history's apex, Anno Domini.
The world cannot believe that the most important event in its history has already happened. We want a different kind of "world without end" than that which the Church proclaims. And the only place to find it is beyond humanity — to imagine ourselves capable of defining our own existence, altering it, and eternalizing it. We must redefine our "end" to arrive at another end — namely, physical death is not inevitable. My partly sheep-boned jaw is a miniature example of the striving of our race to arrive, perversely, at what we are not. I am physically less myself (not more) than I was before my surgery. Likewise, striving to "be myself" may take me further away from rather than closer to the person I was made to be. If my "end" is myself, then obviously I want and need myself to conform to my feelings and, fantastically, to go on as such for longer and longer stretches of time, according to what tomorrow's therapeutic technologies can afford.
As a Christian, I believe that I will live forever, but not because I am my own reason for being. If dying in Christ is the path to living with Christ, then my existence is primarily about my Creator and only secondarily about me. I therefore do not define who I am, regardless of whatever condition I may feel in my emotional or physical state. Indeed, St. Paul would no doubt be perplexed with the all-too-common 21st-century sentence that begins, I feel like. Why? Because, he reminds the Corinthians and us too, "you are not your own" (1 Cor. 6:19).
On the contrary, modernity tells us we are our own, and our pitiful religion is that of the sovereign self. Wotan learns in Wagner's opera Siegfried that every man is his own god, who breaks the one staff of divine law, crafted from the sacred ash tree of the world. Each of us is his own master, even a three-year-old boy whose parents let him live as a girl. But mass autocracy comes at high costs — among them, harrowing stories of people whose self-construction leads only to the discovery that drastic measures have failed to reveal their true nature. Wounds fester instead of heal. The real self fades. Progress takes us from perfect freedom as worship of God, to an illusion of freedom as worship of a broken me. And still the world bangs its sad drum: The right step toward the right version of you is just around the next bend. Bear with us. Please!
I have recently taken interest in Jonathan Swift's great work Gulliver's Travels, and I agree with Allan Bloom and Harvey Mansfield that Swift sees the "end" (purpose) of scientific progress, at least in part, as the end of the world. Swift's concern looks ahead to the astonishing thesis by Rousseau almost a century later: Nature must be overcome. Swift predicts the folly of such thinking in the case of the floating island of Laputa, whose technological prowess results in an absurd system of domestic neglect coupled with tyranny over neighbors. Innovations inevitably involve errors of judgment that wreck both the Laputans and everyone else.
Meanwhile here I sit, transhuman, often prone to thrashing out my frustration at the prospect of further progress. But I am not my own. My becoming part sheep is not the end of the world. I have accepted a bit of ovine anatomy into my body as an alien presence, and a welcome one. But the real me is hidden with God in Christ, living for Resurrection Day. I know my end. Whatever I am now belongs once and for all to the great I am, whose will for me is total transformation into incorruptibility — to be what I am not, and thus more human than I have ever been. If I acquire more inhumanity in my body before then, may I live these unnaturally long years with blessed biological aberrations only to praise my God. If the increasingly animal or robotic me ceases to do this, I pray someone will melt me down immediately. | {
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EFFY Healthcare is proud to announce that HFM MAGAZINE just released the Success Story of BON SECOURS Heath Systems in using EFFY and our tool RAID Healthcare in addressing the challenges they had in Denials, namely at ther OPIC UNIT (OP Infusion Center).
Exhibit and presentation highlighted the Bon Secours experience with a Case Study presentation featuring EFFY and RAID Healthcare on the Bon Secours Outpatient Infusion Center (OPIC) provided attendees with valuable lessons on how to make their revenue cycle run smoothly with minimal intervention. Feedback from the audience was excellent. | {
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This year on the 29th of November in Ani Plaza Hotel "Gynuity Health Projects" and Women's Rights Center have held a training on protection of reproductive health in the scope of "Interruption of Pregnancy on the Second Trimester (13-22 weeks gestation) with Mifepriston and Misoprostol in Armenia" project, which was designed for medical personnel providing obstetrician – gynecological service in "The Institute of Reproductive Health, Perinatology, Obstetrics and Gynecology" OJSC and #2 Department of Yerevan State Medical University.
The general data on the medical abortion on the 2nd trimester and the existing experience, also the side effects, possible complications of the medicals and ways to monitor were presented in the training. The importance to data collection and analysis was also discussed in the meeting. | {
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February 11, 2021 • Leave a Comment
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(a) The Beraisa lists all the cases of a Hedyot purchasing from Hekdesh, the first of which is 'Moshcho be'Manah ve'Lo Hispik li'Fedoso ad she'Amad be'Masayim'. When the Tana says 'li'Fedoso', he means - to pay for it.
1. ... in this case - because, as we learned in our Mishnah, 'Reshus ha'Gavohah be'Kesef'.
2. ... in the reverse case, where at the time of the Meshichah the article was worth two hundred Zuz, and it dropped to a Manah before he managed to pay - because the Reshus of Hekdesh should not be less stringent than that of Hedyot, where Meshichah acquires (In other words, we always go le'Chumra regarding Kinyanim, and whichever Kinyan is to Hekdesh's advantage, takes effect).
(c) If he redeemed the article for two hundred Zuz, but by the time he made the Meshichah, it had dropped to a Manah - he also pays two hundred Zuz for it (because 'Reshus ha'Gavohah be'Kesef').
(d) However, in the reverse case, where he redeemed the article for a Manah and the price rose to two hundred Zuz before he managed to make a Meshichah, he pays only a Manah - because in such a case, Hekdesh is indeed no different than Hedyot, who cannot retract without receiving a 'Mi she'Para' (a curse).
(a) When the Tana of our Mishnah states 'Kol Mitzvos ha'Ben al ha'Av, Anashim Chayavin, ve'Nashim Peturos', he cannot be referring to Mitzvos of a son towards his father - because we have learned in a Beraisa, women are obligated to respect their parents just like men.
(b) The Tana does indeed comment on the Mitzvos of a son towards his father in the next case, which he refers to as 'Kol Mitzvos ha'Av al ha'Ben', and he concludes 'Echad Anashim ve'Echad Nashim Chayavin'.
(c) A woman is exempt - from Mitzvos Asei that are time-related.
(d) And she is also exempt from the three Mitzvos Lo Sa'aseh - cutting the Pei'os, destroying the beard, and (if she is a Kohenes) rendering herself self Tamei for as dead person, all of which are permitted to her.
(a) We know that a woman is obligated to respect her parents - from the Pasuk in Kedoshim "Ish Imo ve'Aviv *Tira'u*" (from the fact that it is written in the plural).
(b) According to the Tana Kama of the Beraisa, the three obligations that a father has towards his son, besides the Mitzvos of Milah and Pidyon ha'Ben - are teaching him Torah, finding him a wife and teaching him a trade.
(c) 'Yesh Omrim (Rebbi Nasan), Af Lehasito ba'Mayim'. Chazal have obligated a father to teach his son to swim - because he might find himself in a situation where he is traveling by boat, and the boat sinks.
(d) Rebbi Yehudah says that a father who does not teach his son a trade - it is as if he was teaching him robbery, because, seeing as he has no other means of livelihood, he will have to resort to highway robbery (or some similar occupation) in order to live.
1. ... "Vayamal Avraham es Yitzchok B'no" - that a father is obligated to circumcise his son.
2. ... "Himol Lachem Kol Zachar" - (from the use of the plural) that when there is no father to perform the Mitzvah, then Beis-Din (as representatives of the community) become obligated to perform it.
3. ... "Ka'asher Tzivah *Oso* Elokim" - that his father is obligated but not his mother.
(b) If neither the father nor Beis-Din circumcised him, then he becomes obligated to circumcise himself when he grows up. The difference between their obligation and his is - that his obligation carries with it a Chiyuv Kareis (immediately, according to some Rishonim; when he dies, according to others), whereas their obligation is a regular Asei.
(c) We know that this set of Halachos was not confined to Avraham Avinu, but applies to all generations from the Lashon "Tzivah", and from Tana de'Bei Rebbi Yishmael - that every Lashon "Tzav" in the Torah is a Lashon of encouragement and applies to all generations.
1. ... "ve'Tzav es Yehoshua ve'Chazkeihu ve'Amtzei'hu" - that "Tzav" is a Lashon of encouragement.
2. ... "Min ha'Yom Asher Tzivah Hashem va'Hal'ah le'Doroseichem" - that it applies to all generations.
1. ... the Pasuk "Ach *Padoh Tifdeh* es Bechor ha'Adam" - that where the father did not redeem his son, then the son becomes obligated to redeem himself when he grows up.
2. ... "Tifdeh" "Tipadeh" (from the fact that "Tifdeh" is written without a 'Yud') - that whoever is not obligated to redeem himself (i.e. a woman) is not obligated to redeem others (i.e. her son).
3. ... "Tipadeh" "Tifdeh" - that whoever is not obligated to be redeemed by his father (i.e. as daughter), is not obligated to redeem himself.
(b) And we know that a father is not obligated to redeem his daughter - from the Pasuk "es Bechor Banecha Tifdeh", from which we Darshen "Banecha", 've'Lo Benosecha'.
(a) According to the Tana Kama of the Beraisa, if a man is faced with the Mitzvah of redeeming himself and his son, then *he* takes precedence. Rebbi Yehudah says - that his son takes precedence, seeing as redeeming his son is basically *his* mitzvah, whereas *his* redemption was basically incumbent upon his father.
(b) Rebbi Yirmiyah qualifies this Machlokes. In his opinion - even Rebbi Yehudah concedes that, if he only have five Sela'im and no more, the father's redemption takes precedence (because a Mitzvah that pertains to oneself always takes precedence over a Mitzvah that pertains to someone else).
(c) He therefore establishes the Machlokes when there are also Meshubadim (i.e. fields that the father sold before the Pidyon ha'Ben of his son fell due). The Chachamim hold that 'Milveh di'Chesiv ba'Torah La'av ki'Chesuvah bi'Sh'tar Damya', and Rebbi Yehudah holds 'Milveh di'Chesiv ba'Torah ki'Chesuvah bi'Sh'tar Damya'.
1. ... the Rabbanan, precedence is given to himself - since there is no Meshubadim, and we have already learned that, when there only five Sela'im, his own redemption comes first.
2. ... Rebbi Yehudah, precedence is now given to his son - for whom the Kohen takes the B'nei Chorin, thereby enabling him (or another Kohen) to now redeem the father as well, from the Meshubadim (which are Meshubad for the father's redemption, but not for the son's).
(a) If someone is confronted with the Mitzvah of redeeming his son and going to Yerushalayim for Yom-Tov (together with his Olas Re'iyah), and he can only afford one of them, the Tana Kama of another Beraisa obligates him to give precedence to the former. Rebbi Yehudah says - that he should first go to Yerushalayim - to perform the Mitzvah that has a time-limit, whereas Pidyon ha'Ben can be performed later.
(b) The Rabbanan counter this - by quoting the Pasuk in Ki Sisa "Kol Bechor Banecha Tifdeh, ve'Lo Yera'u Panai Reikam", clearly giving precedence to Pidyon ha'Ben (over appearing before Hashem with the Olas Re'iyah).
(c) We learn from the word "Kol" - that if a man conceives five sons who are all firstborn of their mothers, then each one needs to be redeemed.
(d) This is not obvious at all, despite the Pasuk which refers to Bechor as "Peter Rechem" - because we would otherwise have learned from the 'Gezeirah-Shavah' of "Bechor" "Bechor" from inheritance, that Bechor goes after the father too (and that only a firstborn to both his father and his mother needs to be redeemed.
1. ... "ve'Limadtem Osam es Beneichem" - that a father is obligated to learn Torah with his son.
2. ... "u'Lemadtem Osam u'Shemartem La'asosam" - that (even) if his father failed to teach him, then he is obligated to teach himself when he grows up.
3. ... "ve'Limadtem" 'u'Lemadtem' (from the fact that the Torah omits a 'Yud') - that a daughter, who is not obligated to be taught by her father, is not obligated to learn herself either, and that since she is not obligated to learn herself, she is not obligated to teach her son.
(b) And we know that a father is not obligated to teach his daughter - from the Pasuk "ve'Limadtem Osam es Beneichem", 've'Lo Benoseichem'.
(c) The Tana Kama of the Beraisa rules that where both the father and the son wish to learn, and there is only sufficient sustenance for one, the father takes precedence. Rebbi Yehudah says - that if the son is keener, knows more and has a better memory, then he should rather go and his father should look after the estate.
(a) When Rav Acha B'rei de'Rav Ya'akov sent his son Rav Ya'akov to Abaye's Yeshivah to learn and he returned for Bein ha'Zemanim - his father tested him and found him deficient. So, on the basis that he was a bigger Lamdan than his son, he instructed him to remain at home to tend to the estate, whilst he went to Yeshivah to learn.
(b) Abaye instructed the Talmidim not to invite Rav Acha bar Ya'akov - because he knew him to be a great Tzadik, and he would perhaps save them from the havoc that the fearful demon who plagued their Beis-Hamedrash wraught (even when there were two people, and even during the daytime).
(c) That night - the demon threatened Rav Acha bar Ya'akov, taking on the appearance of a serpent with seven heads. Each time Rav Acha, immersed in prayer, bowed down, one of the heads fell off.
(d) Rav Acha, attributing his escape to a pure miracle (rather than to his own righteousness) commented that, if not for the miracle, Abaye might have been held responsible for a terrible tragedy.
(a) The Sugya discusses the order of priorities between learning Torah and marriage. The Tana of the Beraisa gives precedence to Torah study - unless one has difficulty in controlling his thoughts.
(b) Rav Yehudah Amar Shmuel gives precedence to marriage. Rebbi Yochanan seemingly objects to Shmuel's ruling on the grounds - that a person cannot possibly concentrate on his learning when he carries the yoke of Parnasah on his shoulders.
(c) We conclude however, that they do not argue, because 'Ha Lan, ve'Ha Lehu' - meaning that Shmuel was talking to the B'nei Bavel, who used to travel to Eretz Yisrael to study Mishnayos. And, because they were away from home, they did not have the yoke of Parnasah on their shoulders and could comfortably get married first. Whereas Rebbi Yochanan was speaking to the B'nei Eretz Yisrael, who studied Torah at home. They were better off learning first and marrying afterwards (see also Tosfos DH 'Ha Lan').
(a) When Rav Chisda boasted to him about Rav Hamnuna's greatness - he replied that when he came to hand, he should send him to him (presumably because he wanted to set eyes on such a great Torah-scholar).
(b) Rav Hamnuna did not cover his head with a Sudar - because he was not yet married.
(c) When Rav Hamnuna told Rav Huna that he was not yet married - he turned his back on him and told him not to see him again until he had a wife.
(d) Rav Huna follows his own reasoning. He says that someone who reaches the age of twenty and is not yet married - will constantly live with immoral thoughts.
(a) Rava corroborates this with a statement from Tana de'Bei Rebbi Yishmael, who says that if someone reaches the age of twenty and does not marry - Hashem declares 'Tipach Atzmosav' ('Let his bones swell!') see Agados Maharsha.
(b) Rav Chisda attributed his superiority over his colleagues to the fact - that he married at sixteen.
(c) What he meant was - that he was better able to concentrate on his learning (rather than on other things), placing him ahead of his colleagues who, because they married only at eighteen, had to grapple with this problem.
(d) He said that, had he married at fourteen - he would have been able to challenge the Yetzer ha'Ra and win. | {
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«Кафедра» — науково-популярний та літературно-мистецький машинописний нецензурований квартальник, заснований поетом і політв'язнем Михайлом Осадчим 1988 р. З другого номера журнал став органом Української асоціації незалежної творчої інтелігенції УАНТІ. Призначення часопису — публікація праць членів УАНТІ — неформального клубу митців, позбавлених доступу до державних видавництв, та інших творців, які відображають «національне буття України у контексті загальнолюдських ідеалів» (за декларацією УАНТІ).
Історія
Виходив у Львові (1988–90). Перше число з'явилося в січні 1988. Загалом вийшло 11 випусків.
В редакційну колегію входили Михайло Осадчий (відповідальний редактор), Василь Барладяну, Валер Бондар, Анатолій Бутрим, Богдан Горинь, Володимир Яворський. Богдан Горинь передавав матеріали «Кафедри» через іноземних журналістів у Москві до Н. Світличної. Вона організувала передрук у Закордонному представництві [[Українська Гельсінська спілка|Української Гельсінської спілки]. Від 7-го числа «Кафедра» передруковувалася в українському видавництві «Смолоскип» імені В. Симоненка. Частину перших номерів опублікував у Лондоні Союз українців у Великій Британії. Іншим шляхом, через Польщу, Оксана Гайова передавала матеріали Кафедри у Канаду і писала про свою роботу в «Кафедрі» так:
Основною метою цього видання було те, оскільки усі ми прагнули незалежної держави, щоб на цей час надати правдиву інформацію про історію України, Церкви. Труднощі були в тому, що не було доступу до інформації, до архівів, не було сучасної видавничої техніки. Усе було на папіросному папері і надруковане на машинці. Це сшивалося і везлось таємно через кордон
Це була гарна робота, необхідна, люди працювали щиро, були перейняті тим, щоб українці, які стояли перед днем Соборної незалежної держави, знали, якої держави вони прагнуть і очікують
Крім членів редколегі, в журналі публікувалися Микола Горбаль, Михайлина Коцюбинська, Тарас Мельничук, Кость Москалець, Атена Пашко, Володимир Перевозний, Степан Сапеляк, Євген Сверстюк, Валентин Стецюк, Іван Світличний, Опанас Заливаха, Левко Лук'яненко, Василь Барладяну, Богдан Горинь, В'ячеслав Чорновіл, Василь Стус, Ігор Калинець, Ганна Голумбієвська, Людмила Шереметьєва (Дашкевич), Степан Сапеляк, Анатолій Щербатюк і багато інших авторів.
Джерела
Зайцев Ю. Д. «Кафедра» //
Література
Батенко Т. Опозиційна особистість: друга половина ХХ ст. Політичний портрет Богдана Гориня. Львів, 1997.
Горинь Б. 1988. Голос проскрибованих. //«Український вісник». Випуск 11/13. 1989. Те саме. (передрук у Закордонному представництві «Української Гельсінської спілки»). Нью-Йорк.
Примітки
Самвидав
Літературні журнали України
Науково-популярні журнали України
Щоквартальні журнали
Друковані видання, засновані 1988
Засновані в Україні 1988
Друковані видання, закриті 1990
Зникли в Україні 1990 | {
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Decision support tools for agriculture: towards effective design and delivery
David C. Rose, William J. Sutherland, Caroline Parker, Matt Lobley, Michael Winter, Carol Morris, Susan Twining, Charles Ffoulkes, Tatsuya Amano, Lynn V. Dicks
Decision support tools, usually considered to be software-based, may be an important part of the quest for evidence-based decision-making in agriculture to improve productivity and environmental outputs. These tools can lead users through clear steps and suggest optimal decision paths or may act more as information sources to improve the evidence base for decisions. Yet, despite their availability in a wide range of formats, studies in several countries have shown uptake to be disappointingly low. This paper uses a mixed methods approach to investigate the factors affecting the uptake and use of decision support tools by farmers and advisers in the UK. Through a combination of qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys, we found that fifteen factors are influential in convincing farmers and advisers to use decision support tools, which include usability, cost-effectiveness, performance, relevance to user, and compatibility with compliance demands. This study finds a plethora of agricultural decision support tools in operation in the UK, yet, like other studies, shows that their uptake is low. A better understanding of the fifteen factors identified should lead to more effective design and delivery of tools in the future.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.009
Published - Nov 2016
Decision support systems
Evidence-based decision-making
Human-computer interactions, sustainable intensification
10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.009
Rose, D.C. et al (2018) Decision support tools for agriculture: towards effective design and delivery
© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Rose, D. C., Sutherland, W. J., Parker, C., Lobley, M., Winter, M., Morris, C., Twining, S., Ffoulkes, C., Amano, T., & Dicks, L. V. (2016). Decision support tools for agriculture: towards effective design and delivery. Agricultural Systems, 149, 165-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.009
Rose, David C. ; Sutherland, William J. ; Parker, Caroline ; Lobley, Matt ; Winter, Michael ; Morris, Carol ; Twining, Susan ; Ffoulkes, Charles ; Amano, Tatsuya ; Dicks, Lynn V. / Decision support tools for agriculture: towards effective design and delivery. In: Agricultural Systems. 2016 ; Vol. 149. pp. 165-174.
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note = "OA article Funding: Open Access funded by Natural Environment Research Council ",
doi = "10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.009",
journal = "Agricultural Systems",
Rose, DC, Sutherland, WJ, Parker, C, Lobley, M, Winter, M, Morris, C, Twining, S, Ffoulkes, C, Amano, T & Dicks, LV 2016, 'Decision support tools for agriculture: towards effective design and delivery', Agricultural Systems, vol. 149, pp. 165-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.009
Decision support tools for agriculture: towards effective design and delivery. / Rose, David C.; Sutherland, William J.; Parker, Caroline; Lobley, Matt; Winter, Michael; Morris, Carol; Twining, Susan; Ffoulkes, Charles; Amano, Tatsuya; Dicks, Lynn V.
In: Agricultural Systems, Vol. 149, 11.2016, p. 165-174.
T1 - Decision support tools for agriculture: towards effective design and delivery
AU - Rose, David C.
AU - Sutherland, William J.
AU - Parker, Caroline
AU - Lobley, Matt
AU - Winter, Michael
AU - Morris, Carol
AU - Twining, Susan
AU - Ffoulkes, Charles
AU - Amano, Tatsuya
AU - Dicks, Lynn V.
N1 - OA article Funding: Open Access funded by Natural Environment Research Council
N2 - Decision support tools, usually considered to be software-based, may be an important part of the quest for evidence-based decision-making in agriculture to improve productivity and environmental outputs. These tools can lead users through clear steps and suggest optimal decision paths or may act more as information sources to improve the evidence base for decisions. Yet, despite their availability in a wide range of formats, studies in several countries have shown uptake to be disappointingly low. This paper uses a mixed methods approach to investigate the factors affecting the uptake and use of decision support tools by farmers and advisers in the UK. Through a combination of qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys, we found that fifteen factors are influential in convincing farmers and advisers to use decision support tools, which include usability, cost-effectiveness, performance, relevance to user, and compatibility with compliance demands. This study finds a plethora of agricultural decision support tools in operation in the UK, yet, like other studies, shows that their uptake is low. A better understanding of the fifteen factors identified should lead to more effective design and delivery of tools in the future.
AB - Decision support tools, usually considered to be software-based, may be an important part of the quest for evidence-based decision-making in agriculture to improve productivity and environmental outputs. These tools can lead users through clear steps and suggest optimal decision paths or may act more as information sources to improve the evidence base for decisions. Yet, despite their availability in a wide range of formats, studies in several countries have shown uptake to be disappointingly low. This paper uses a mixed methods approach to investigate the factors affecting the uptake and use of decision support tools by farmers and advisers in the UK. Through a combination of qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys, we found that fifteen factors are influential in convincing farmers and advisers to use decision support tools, which include usability, cost-effectiveness, performance, relevance to user, and compatibility with compliance demands. This study finds a plethora of agricultural decision support tools in operation in the UK, yet, like other studies, shows that their uptake is low. A better understanding of the fifteen factors identified should lead to more effective design and delivery of tools in the future.
KW - Decision support systems
KW - Decision support tools
KW - Evidence-based decision-making
KW - Human-computer interactions, sustainable intensification
U2 - 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.009
DO - 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.009
JO - Agricultural Systems
JF - Agricultural Systems
Rose DC, Sutherland WJ, Parker C, Lobley M, Winter M, Morris C et al. Decision support tools for agriculture: towards effective design and delivery. Agricultural Systems. 2016 Nov;149:165-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.009 | {
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Looking For A New Car?
By: James Ruppert
Been asking yourself what new cars are coming to the UK? Well look no further, the UK will get a Lexus that has never officially been seen before and limited edition, high specification Sports Utility Vehicles from Mitsubishi. Meanwhile, Kia is doing all the old fashioned things that work to sell cars, with offers right across their range. So far it looks as though 2019 is full of cars from the Far East.
Never Seen Before: Lexus ES 300h
First of all, say hello to the Lexus ES, coming to a showroom this year, but you can order now with prices starting at £35,150. This is the middle size luxury model making its debut and the ES 300h is equipped with a new, fourth generation self-charging Lexus Hybrid Drive system.
It connects an ultra-efficient 2.5-litre petrol engine with a lighter, more compact and more power-dense electric motor. The combined cycle fuel economy is from 48.49 to 53.55mpg.
There's the entry-level ES, the F Sport and the top-of-the range Takumi, a new grade that takes its name from Japanese master craftsmanship, it translates as 'artisan'. In my experience, Lexus are well made, reliable and the only question mark could be the cost of repairing a Hybrid system in the far future.
Limited Edition: Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Black Edition
Those after a hard working SUV with a high specification twist should consider a Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Black Edition - such a long name costs £21,660. Available as a two-wheel drive manual or 4WD automatic. It features black 18-inch alloy wheels along with a black front grille, black front skid plate and black door mirror covers. The door rubbing strip inserts are also finished in black along with the rear skid plate.
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Other standard equipment includes a panoramic sunroof, 360 degree parking camera, head-up display, leather upholstery, a full suite of active safety equipment and Mitsubishi's touchscreen SDA audio system with smartphone connectivity and a Rockford Fosgate speaker system.
Only 500 are available, so hurry while stocks last. We like Mitsubishi, they make cars that are good value and mechanically tough. If you buy one out of manufacturer's warranty in a few years time, it will be fine, but make sure you get a MotorEasy Car Warranty to be sure.
New Car Offers: The Full Kia Range
Fancy a Kia? Well, at the moment there are a ton of offers. For instance, there's 2.9% APR available on the New Sportage and all-New Ceed. The rest of the Kia range is available with 5.9% APR paired with low monthly payments alongside generous deposit contributions on PCP contracts available for most models including the Kia Stinger.
The Kia scrappage scheme is continuing with the self-charging hybrid Niro available with a £3,000 saving. The Picanto is available with a £2,000 saving and the Stonic is available with a saving of £2,500. The Scrappage Scheme is also available with 5.9% APR finance but is in lieu of all other offers.
There's plenty more, just contact your local dealer. But, bear in mind that if lots of deals are being offered on new cars, it won't be worth as much at resale time. The great news is that a few years down the line I predict a used Kia is going to be even better value.
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THE IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVENESS OF ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION AND ELECTRICAL MUSCLE STIMULATION ON MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS1
Hsueh, Tse-Chieh2; Cheng, Pao-Tsai; Kuan, Ta-Shen; Hong, Chang-Zern
1From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Cheng Kung University (T.C.H., T.S.K., C.Z.H.), Tainan, Taiwan, and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital (P.T.C.) and Chang-Gung College of Medicine and Technology (P.T.C.), Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.
This study was presented at the AAP Annual Meeting, February 28-March 2, 1997.
2 All correspondence and requests for reprints should be addressed to: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Cheng Kung University, 138 Sheng-Li Road, Tainan (704), Taiwan, Republic of China.
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: November-December 1997 - Volume 76 - Issue 6 - p 471-476
This study is designed to investigate the immediate effectiveness of electrotherapy on myofascial trigger points of upper trapezius muscle. Sixty patients (25 males and 35 females) who had myofascial trigger points in one side of the upper trapezius muscles were studied. The involved upper trapezius muscles were treated with three different methods according to a random assignment: group A muscles (n = 18) were given placebo treatment (control group); group B muscles (n = 20) were treated with electrical nerve stimulation (ENS) therapy; and group C muscles(n = 22) were given electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) therapy. The effectiveness of treatment was assessed by conducting three measurements on each muscle before and immediately after treatment: subjective pain intensity [(PI) with a visual analog scale], pressure pain threshold[(PT) with algometry], and range of motion [(ROM) with a goniometer] of upper trapezius muscle (lateral bending of cervical spine to the opposite side). When the effectiveness of treatment was compared with that of the placebo group (group A), there was significant improvement in PI and PT in group B(P < 0.01) but not in group C(P > 0.05). The improvement of ROM was significantly more in group C (P < 0.01) as compared with that in group A or group B. When each group was divided into two additional subgroups based on the initial PI, it was found that ENS could reduce PI and increase PT significantly (P < 0.05), but did not significantly(P > 0.05) improve ROM, as compared with the placebo group for both subgroups. EMS could significantly (P< 0.05) improve ROM, but not PT, better than the placebo groups, for either subgroup. It could reduce PI significantly more (P < 0.05) than placebo controls only for the subgroup with mild to moderate pain, but not with severe pain. For pain relief, ENS was significantly better(P < 0.05) than EMS; but for the improvement of ROM, EMS was significantly better (P < 0.05) than ENS. It is concluded that ENS is more effective for immediate relief of myofascial trigger point pain than EMS, and EMS has a better effect on immediate release of muscle tightness than ENS.
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American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation76(6):471-476, November-December 1997.
Electrical Stimulation, Pain, Myofascial Trigger Point
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This Vairocana Buddha Alter Painting shows well typical characteristics of Buddhist paintings in the latter half of the 18th century of the Joseon Dynasty(1392-1910) as described in the balanced body of the statues of the Buddha, a graceful face, tiny features, elegantly flowing lines of a brush and the tone of thick red and green colors. As the painting record tells the exact years of manufacturing and the painter, the painting is of great value as a basic for understanding the Buddhist paintings of the time.
The piece was initially shrined in Yeongwonsa Temple located at Geumdae-ri, Panbu-myeon, Wonju-si(or city), but is currently housed in the Woljeongsa Temple's Seongbo Museum. The painting record at the bottom-center of the painting tells that the work was manufactured in 1759(in the 24th year of Qing's Chien Long reign) and was shrined in the Yeongwonsa Temple on Chiak Mountain in Wonju.
Generally, the Buddhist painting is serious in terms of exfoliation of creak and coloring, but highlights its stable composition and scrupulous description. The work is evaluated as a valuable material in studying the Buddhist paintings in the latter half of the Joseon Period in that the painting record tells the years of manufacturing, enshrinement venue and a monk painter of manufacturing. | {
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Seafood Experience Australia Ltd (SEA) is proud and privileged to have funded this video/DVD.
This short documentary is about a Seafood Industry Champion who passionately shares his approach, views and visions on future directions toward multi-dimensional Career Pathways and an innovative approach to Education and Training. Joe Coco is one of the pioneers in Queensland Prawn Farming, a highly credentialed Vocational Trainer and a graduate of the National Seafood Industry Leadership Program (NSILP).
Utilising Australia's, and possibly the World's, largest "Mobile Aquaculture Training Unit", Joe explains how the hi-tech and innovative facility works and showcases the end product of market size Barramundi and vegetables grown by the students. This seafood and salad approach enables young people to see how it is possible to grow a wholesome healthy nutritious meal through aquaculture. Additionally it promotes the opportunity to discuss within the schools issues such as obesity and chronic diseases and how a healthy nutrition diet will assist future generations avoid the today's major health issues. Such projects also give students a real life and hands-on experience allowing them a sense of ownership to the project.
From a training perspective the video also demonstrates an innovative approach to delivery and assessment methods catering for a range of students that have low or high literacy and numeracy levels. It complements the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority's role to make mandatory "Primary Industries" subjects from Kindergarten to Year 8 in the first stage of its process and then continue on to senior subjects and VET programs within schools.
Finally, with Joe's passion and his longer term vision, he shows opportunities for Indigenous, urban, rural and remote training, providing equilibrium in learning and job opportunities across the spectrum. | {
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Thanh Hieu Le, Marc Van Barel. On bounds of the Pythagoras number of the sum of square magnitudes of Laurent polynomials. Numerical Algebra, Control & Optimization, 2016, 6(2): 91-102. doi: 10.3934\/naco.2016001.
Chinmay Kumar Giri. Index-proper nonnegative splittings of matrices. Numerical Algebra, Control & Optimization, 2016, 6(2): 103-113. doi: 10.3934\/naco.2016002.
Manuel V. C. Vieira. Derivatives of eigenvalues and Jordan frames. Numerical Algebra, Control & Optimization, 2016, 6(2): 115-126. doi: 10.3934\/naco.2016003.
Magdi S. Mahmoud. Output feedback overlapping control design of interconnected systems with input saturation. Numerical Algebra, Control & Optimization, 2016, 6(2): 127-151. doi: 10.3934\/naco.2016004.
Rentsen Enkhbat, M. V. Barkova, A. S. Strekalovsky. Solving Malfatti\'s high dimensional problem by global optimization. Numerical Algebra, Control & Optimization, 2016, 6(2): 153-160. doi: 10.3934\/naco.2016005.
Ahmet Sahiner, Gulden Kapusuz, Nurullah Yilmaz. A new smoothing approach to exact penalty functions for inequality constrained optimization problems. Numerical Algebra, Control & Optimization, 2016, 6(2): 161-173. doi: 10.3934\/naco.2016006.
Ali Hamido\u01E7lu. On general form of the Tanh method and its application to nonlinear partial differential equations. Numerical Algebra, Control & Optimization, 2016, 6(2): 175-181. doi: 10.3934\/naco.2016007.
Erik Kropat, Silja Meyer-Nieberg, Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber. Singularly perturbed diffusion-advection-reactionprocesses on extremely large three-dimensional curvilinear networks with a periodic microstructure --efficient solution strategies based on homogenization theory. Numerical Algebra, Control & Optimization, 2016, 6(2): 183-219. doi: 10.3934\/naco.2016008. | {
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Mark Newton Heisinger
Lockeford, CA
Mark Newton Heisinger, 63, of Lockeford passed away at his home on Thursday, August 16,
2012. Born in Long Beach, CA on February 22, 1949, he then grew up in Stockton where he graduated from Stagg High School. Mark continued his education at Delta College and Fresno State where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.
Mark was active as a swimmer and water polo player while in college. Earning All-American honors for the years of 1968-1969 in the backstroke; Mark also obtained the distinction of All-Conference for water polo in 1968.
After graduating college Mark began a fulfilling career with PDM Steel as a Purchasing Manager where he created and maintained friendships for 34 years. Whether it was in the water, at the office, or simply at home with friends and family, Mark's laughter and wit filled the room.
Survivors include his wife, Brenda Heisinger, of Lockeford; stepsons, John (Khimm) Journagan of Lodi and Eugene Journagan of Stockton; stepdaughters, Jennifer (Scott) Allen, Amy Pendergrass, and Ashley Pendergrass-Joaquin all of Stockton. He was Papa to Kelly, Joshua, Zachary, Katelyn, and Calissa. His brother William (Kathy) Heisinger of Rancho Cordova, CA and sister Barbara Ann Heisinger Cartwright of Oregon also survive him. He was preceded in death by his loving parents Newton Heisinger and
Margaret Heisinger-Roecks.
Friends and family are invited to celebrate Mark's life on Saturday, September 8th at Joe's Grill,18690 N. Hwy 88, Lockeford, CA 95237 from 1-4 pm. Inurnment will be private at Cherokee Memorial Park.
Donations may be made in his name to Hospice of San Joaquin 3888 Pacific Ave. Stockton, CA 95205. Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home is honored to serve the Heisinger family. Please
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I don't think we've really seen much of Troy Ave since the situation at Irving Plaza. Now he seems to be stepping out of the shadows making a press run. His first stop is The Breakfast Club, and the interview is a lengthy one hitting just over a hour and a half. They touch on the situation and everything else under the sun that came to be after that. Press play. | {
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Two days down, and I'm still conscious. Which is amazing, considering I tend to have the attention span of a YouTube video; yet somehow my brain is still working.
It's always exciting to be surrounded by people interested in and doing the same thing as you. Here at the Non-Profit Technology Convention, there are hundreds of people from all over the country who work in the non-profit world, each sharing similar joys, failures, and challenges. It's fun to meet new people over lunch and see what you have in common, as well as commiserate over how snow in the eye stings a lot, coffee stopped keeping you awake, and our boots have soaked through to the soles.
1. Drink your body weight in coffee. Both to stay warm, and to stay awake.
2. Listen to music between sessions. If there's ever a need to zone out and save your brain it's between sessions on social data, meta tags, and measuring metrics.
3. Make friends with a local. It doesn't have to be lets-braid-each-others-hair friendly, but just friendly enough to ask them what to see in that area of the city. Locals know stuff.
Adora and I were both born in Southern California, and now live in Florida. See a theme? Yeah. Warmth. We like to be warm and consider Florida's recent "cold-spell" of 40 degrees to be extreme. However, for a few days, snow can be quite magical. I know I've enjoyed it.
This is Adora's face when we walked out in the snowstorm.
This year was great. Honestly it was. Lots of fun was had, plenty of mistakes were made, goals were reached, others left hanging, but hey, that's life. In a brief moment of introspection, I think it's safe to say I'm a lot stronger, maybe a little harder, and most of all thankful for everything that's happened this year.
It's always funny to me how we gear up for a new year like it's a clean slate, as if the date changing can somehow give us a fresh start. It doesn't really make much sense; after all, time just marches on right? What really makes December 31st 2012 that much different that January 1, 2013?
Actually, I think you can sum it up in one word.
I think we need to operate this way, as if an arbitrary date change can mean a new beginning. We need to break up our decisions, the good, the bad and the ugly, into a manageable period of time that at the end of which, we get a re-do. A mulligan. A chance to change.
So what do you want to change? What are your goals and resolutions? | {
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FBI still seeks woman wanted for newborn's death in 2004
Shadia Muse, who disappeared in 2004, is charged in the death of her newborn girl.
By Allison Manning
Shadia Muse is 28 now and has been on the run for nearly a decade.
Muse was 18 and a student at Mifflin High School when she gave birth to a baby girl in secret on Sept. 3, 2004. She wrapped the newborn in a blanket and a plastic bag and put her in a car trunk outside her North Side apartment.
She hoped nobody in her Somali family would discover her pregnancy.
But her body couldn't hide it. That night, she went to Mount Carmel St. Ann's hospital with stomach cramps and delivered a full-term placenta. Muse eventually admitted she had been pregnant and told Columbus police where to find the baby.
An autopsy determined that the newborn, whose umbilical cord wasn't clamped, died from asphyxia and blood loss.
Whether out of fear of prosecution or shame from her community, she fled after she was discharged from the hospital on Sept. 5. She was charged two days later with murder.
Police and prosecutors have been looking for her ever since. In October 2004, she was indicted on charges of murder, felonious assault and endangering children. A federal arrest warrant was issued on Nov. 3 that year after she was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
More recently, the FBI drafted a wanted poster, atwww.fbi.gov/wanted/murders/shadia-mahamed-muse.
"We're just trying to generate more publicity to generate more tips," said Todd Lindgren, an FBI spokesman.
The agent on the case recorded a short podcast about the crime on the FBI website.
"I have concerns about the rest of her life, if there are any other children involved ... so we need to know where she is, because there is no statute of limitation on murder," agent Kristin Cadieux says in the recording.
Premarital sex is considered so sinful among Somalis that those who give birth out of wedlock — and their children — are often shunned by their families and the greater community.
Columbus Police Sgt. Christ Holzhauser, of the homicide squad, worked on the case when the baby was found. He said there have been bits of information about it over the years, but nothing developed from them.
He speculated that she might have left the country, and "when they are able to get out of the country, it's hard to get them back."
Investigators also speculated that Muse might have fled to another Somali community, perhaps in Boston or Atlanta where she had relatives. Other large Somali communities are in Minneapolis, Seattle, Dallas, San Diego and Washington, D.C.
Anyone with information on Muse's whereabouts is asked to contact the FBI or Crime Stoppers at 614-645-TIPS (8477).
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