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TVCatchup is an Internet television service for viewing free-to-air UK channels. It operates as a cable service and retransmits BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, and ITV along with many more channels. The service is UK only, overseas viewers should use Transponder.tv.
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TVCatchup retransmits free-to-air channels over the Internet on the basis of section 73 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988), which allows for the retransmission ofTVCatchup retransmits free-to-air channels over the Internet on the basis of section 73 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988), which allows for the retransmission of 'qualifying services'. Retransmission to 3G/4G mobile devices is prohibited, though home WiFi Mobile reception remains unaffected.
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The concrete aspect that, on closer inspection, dissolves, becomes abstract and then disappears. Through empty holes in stainless steel, the image of an anonymous portrait is developed through the viewers position to and perception of the work. For me this is an image of life's most fundamental rituals: meetings with people and meetings with situations. The work made of stainless steel is placed outside IKSU Spa. This anonymous portrait is the welcome and goodbye.
Born 1961 in Norway. Lives and works in Trondheim. Education: The Royal Academy of Art, Copenhagen, The National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo. Selected exhibitions: Galleri K, Oslo 1996, Trondheim Art Museum 2000, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo 2000, Galleri Stefan Andersson 2002. Art Basel, Miami, 2002, Heine Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, 2004, Beijing Biennale, 2005. Professor at the Art Academy of Fine Art in Trondheim, Galleri Andersson Sandström, Stockholm 2009. Selected group exhibitions: Preus Fotomuseum, Horten, Norway 2007, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland 2008. | {
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The baffling (and increasingly disturbing) Cars 3 is all about an intergenerational rivalry between the upstart Jackson Storm (Armie Hammer) and the old star Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson). In this trailer, it's not just the technologically new and superior Jackson that isn't good—it's apparently every bit of new technology out there.
See, to beat Storm, Lightning is offered all sorts of impressive things to help him train. And yet, it seems none of it is as good as a simple beach, or having your friends throw garbage in your way.
And now, I'll leave you with a question that I was asked that I had no answer for: If the cars are alive, is it attempted murder when one car wrecks another?
Cars 3 is out June 16. | {
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[Press Release]
Source: Incapital
Author: Incapital
Incapital Opens New York City Office to Strengthen Capital Markets, Credit Sales and Trading Divisions
Firm hires Larry Haag and Tony Coniglione to head its Credit Sales and Trading Operations
Incapital, a leading underwriter and distributor of fixed income, equity and equity derivatives, today announced the opening of its new offices in New York City.
Located on the 50th floor of the Chrysler Building, Incapital's newest office is focused on credit sales, trading and capital markets. Incapital has seven offices across North America with corporate headquarters in Chicago and a major sales, trading and capital markets presence in Boca Raton, FL.
Incapital this week also announced the hiring of two senior executives to fill new leadership roles. Larry Haag will head Incapital's Credit Sales in New York, while Tony Coniglione will oversee Credit Trading.
Mr. Haag joins Incapital as a Managing Director, leading Incapital's New York-based Credit Sales operations. Prior to joining Incapital, Mr. Haag had extensive experience building and developing similar teams as Head of Credit Sales at Cantor Fitzgerald and Raymond James.
Mr. Coniglione joins as Managing Director of Credit Trading. Mr. Coniglione joins Incapital from KGS Alpha preceded by long tenures at both Spear Leeds/FTN and BNY Melon.
Additional Recent Hires Based in NY Office
Paul Woldar recently joined Incapital as Executive Director, Institutional Sales. Mr. Woldar previously worked at Oppenheimer and Mesirow Financial, as well as National Sales Manager for Advest and Cowen & Co.
Mike Stevens joined Incapital earlier this year to lead the firm's Preferred Stock trading operations. Mike previously held positions at Susquehanna International Group, Kellogg Partners and Goldman Sachs.
Incapital's New York-based Capital Markets Group also includes Managing Directors Chris Hogg and Rob Fischer.
Chris Hogg joined Incapital in October of this year, after previously holding senior positions with Goldman Sachs, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch and Macquarie Capital.
Rob Fischer joined Incapital's Capital Markets group in January of this year. Rob joined Incapital from Pierpont Capital Advisors, preceded by a long tenure at Bear Stearns.
"New York is an important market for us and we're very pleased to have several key senior positions in place to help expand our presence in the New York metro area," said Phil Johnson, President of Incapital. "Our New York based executives all have extensive expertise in their respective fields and I'm certain our clients and employees will benefit immediately from their knowledge and insights."
Headquartered in Chicago with offices across North America, Incapital has established itself as one of the leading underwriters and distributors of a wide range of securities. About Incapital.
The information contained herein does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities. Investment products described herein may not be offered for sale in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful or prohibited by the specific offering documentation. Securities offered through Incapital LLC, Member FINRA / SIPC. 200 South Wacker Dr. Chicago, IL 60606. | {
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DCP Reimagines the Past at THE SNOW BALL
by Dennis Bloh February 7, 2015
A.R. Gurney writes plays with heart that investigates some of life's simplest problems. THE SNOW BALL fits neatly into that genre. THE SNOW BALL is about a group of friends who grew up together taking ballroom dancing lessons together as a rite of passage. The play looks back from the point of view of one of the group, now much older, but seemingly less wiser. The play centers on the efforts of two members Cooper Jones (the narrator) and Lucy Dunbar to reenact the "The Snow Ball" of years past. They connive, cajole and wheedle their way to relive the memories of simpler times. Cooper and Lucy focus on finding Jack Daley and Kitty Price, the stars of The Snow Ball. In the meantime Lucy is determined to wrench Cooper away from his wife.
Director Ray Thompson does a great job of capturing both the warmth and insight that is so rich in this play. It is hard to have mature adults to act like teenagers but the entire cast works hard at embracing the moments of their character's youth. It is truly an ensemble piece. As our narrator and flawed protagonist. R. Cameron Purdy does an engaging job of connecting with the audience. He plays his character's sense of confusion with great skill.
As Lucy, Nancy Server Thompson portrays the character as both saddened by the way her life has folded and desperate to rekindle a spark with Cooper who is bored with his marriage to Liz. Liz played by Doreen Haugh captures with great nuance as both the wife too busy to nurture her husband and the woman willing to fight to get him back.
Jack and Kitty whose back story drives a lot of the narrative is played as young dancers by Noah Baliles and Casey Gerhart. They are charming and convincing as the stars of the dancing school. Their older versions are played by Mark Henry and Casey's mother, Cindy Gerhart. As a literary conceit, the dancing couples both do a great job of moving the plot along. Everyone else in the cast contributes mightily to this wonderful group effort.
Thompson's tech crew deserve kudos for a very adaptable set, lovely costumes, appropriate lighting and well thought out sound. Special notice to the Stage Manager and her crew. They do a great job keeping the many moving parts in motion.
DCP Theatre is a well-established, reputable group that consistently produces well prepared, intelligent plays while having fun doing it. The joy of the cast is palpable and to me that what community theater is about. THE SNOW BALL continues until February 14. Call 215-234-0966 for tickets.
THE SNOW BALL
by A. R. Gurney
Directed by Ray Thompson
DCP Theatre
795 Ridge Rd.
Telford, PA 18969
http://www.dcptheatre.com
Dennis Bloh
Dennis Bloh has been an active participant in the Philadelphia area theater scene for forty years. He has acted, directed, stage managed and done tech for numerous shows mainly at Players Club of Swarthmore. He has also assistant directed at Act II, Theater Exile, and Interact Theater. Dennis served for many years as a Barrymore Awards judge. He teaches English at LaSalle College High School in Springfield Montgomery County.
MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL at Bucks County Playhouse Celebrates Women
No Script, No Set, No Costumes: BARELY LEGAL Brings Improv to City Theater Company | {
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WrestleMania 29 press conference tomorrow at 1PM
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WWE will hold a WrestleMania press conference on Thursday at 1PM EST live from the Radio City Music Hall in New York which will be streamed live on WWE.COM, Facebook, and YouTube.
Jerry "The King" Lawler will be hosting the press conference which will have appearances from The Rock, John Cena, Triple H, CM Punk, Vince McMahon, and other Superstars and Divas.
Following the press conference, a Q&A session will be held with Alberto Del Rio, Ricardo Rodriguez, Mark Henry, The Usos, and Fandango.
WWE responds to Michael Moody's comment regarding Paul Bearer's angle
RAW rating for 04/01/2013
Cena earns spot in WrestleMania main event by finally defeating CM Punk
John Cena and CM Punk battled in an almost 25 minute match to determine who would be facing The Rock for the WWE title at WrestleMania. Both Superstars kicked out of each other's finishing moves, with CM Punk also delivering the now non-existent piledriver on…
Both RAW and Smackdown to be taped from Verizon Center in D.C. tonight
Tonight, WWE will tape Monday Night RAW live and then tape parts of Smackdown which will air on Friday night along with scenes from Axxess later in the week. RAW is stacked with everyone - including The Rock, Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker, and Triple H - all scheduled…
The Shield get their WrestleMania match
The fourth match announced for WrestleMania was made official yesterday during the episode of Smackdown. A six man tag team match will be featured on the show with the team of The Shield - Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Seth Rollins - taking on Ryback, Randy… | {
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It's hard to not like the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT. The all-aluminum coupe is fitted with a wonderful naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V8 delivering 583 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque. Not only does the burly combustion engine launch the two-seater to 60 miles per hour in less than four seconds, but it does so with one of the world's greatest exhaust soundtracks as it roars, burbles and cackles down the road.
But what happens when Mercedes-Benz takes away the V8 and its accompanying fire-burning song? Stripped of one of its most appealing assets, does the SLS lose its soul?
Chris Harris recently had the opportunity to take the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive for a track spin in Europe. Sans gasoline, but with four electric motors providing a combined 740 horsepower (737 pound-feet of torque), all-electric all-wheel drive coupe uses sophisticated torque vectoring and a multi-mode operating system to put oversteer – drifting! – back into the equation. Fun? You bet. See for yourself, below.
Test drive the Mercedes SLS AMG Electric Drive with Chris Harris originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. | {
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That's my son Ben up there with the first Twin size quilt I ever made in 2008! Block tutorial can be found here (click here).
I received a question about quilting a large quilt on a home sewing machine, and while it was on my mind I thought I'd post a few tips for quilting a large quilt!
First you should decide whether to quilt it yourself or not. Let's say you have a Queen size quilt that needs finishing, and you are deciding whether to send that bad boy to a quilter or tackle the quilting yourself. There are a few things you may want to consider to help you decide, like if your sewing machine is sturdy and handle the weight and size of the quilt, if your back and shoulders are strong enough to hold up the weight of the quilt for long periods of time, and if you're prepared to baste a large quilt (and if you have space!). If you are confident and want to try it…then go for it! Everyone should quilt one huge quilt themselves at least once, and it's pretty awesome to make a big quilt from start to finish by yourself!
These days I pretty much send everything a Twin size and over to a long arm quilter, because I don't have the space to baste it, I never have the time, and it kills my back. I also send out anything that is for display at a quilt show or will be hanging in a shop. Basically anything that will be looked at closely by other people I send to a professional.
Baste it really well. If it's not basted well you'll end up with bumps and folds and extra fabric in the center. Spray basting a large quilt can get expensive quick, but you can spot baste it and just do the center, or use a dot of spray baste every 6-8″ or so. Then use pins to go over everything again and make sure it's all very secure. I have a tutorial on spray basting here. Also that tool down below is the Kwik Klip and I can never baste without it.
Make a quilting plan of action. Layout your quilt and figure out where you are going to start and stop quilting. I find it easiest to break my quilting into smaller sections. The image below is of a Throw size Shortcake Quilt, and imagine if I was sitting right at the START points. I quilt up and down the rows until the section is done, then I turn the whole quilt and start at the other section. Breaking it up into sections makes it less overwhelming and easier to handle under the machine.
Don't be afraid to start and stop in the middle! You don't have to start and end on the edges…and it's really hard to smoosh the whole quilt through the machine neck to get to the center. Instead just start in the center, quilt a section, and end in the middle. Just stitch in place a few times back and forth to make sure your thread is secure, and bury your thread if you prefer (or not!). You can start/end stitching in a seam to hide it even better.
Choose a design that you can keep consistent. Don't pick something super complicated or that requires moving the quilt around a lot.
Support the weight of the quilt. Use a table or ironing board, or whatever you have that can support the quilt to the left and back of the machine. It will save your shoulders and back if you are not holding all of the quilt weight by yourself! I move to my huge dining table when I'm quilting something big.
Use gloves. Quilting gloves (these are cheap and have great reviews) make gripping the quilt so much easier, especially in the center of a large quilt. Trust me, you don't think you need them until you try them. You don't need fancy quilting gloves either (see my photo below from 2009 using my yucky-but-clean gardening gloves)!
I've quilted more than one king sized quilts on my Janome 1600P, I work at my dining room table and it's like a wrestling match some days!!! LOL. The only thing I would add is make sure to take breaks, it can be hard on your back and shoulders. I've also ripped out a lot of quilting if it's just not right.
Yes…taking breaks is so important! I usually give myself a few days to do big quilts and come back to it now and then so it's not a huge task all at once! Thanks for visiting!
Thanks for the great tips. I agree with you, practice before starting in on a king size quilt.
And Jennifer's tip, 'take breaks'; great advice.
Thank YOU, Allison! You are a treasure!
Who is that sweet little thing holding up that whole quilt all by herself? I can't believe how big she has gotten!
I quilted my Tahoe quilt on my huge dining room table, it was like wrestling a soggy wet blanket. The quilt was about 86″ x 73″. It took me a more than a week to quilt it. Once I figured out how to distribute the weight and bulk of the fabric, and was about a third of the way finished with the quilting, I was finally felt pretty comfortable and confident. I don't know if I would do it again, but I probably will. What surprised me most was how physically exhausting it was! The really good part, though, is that the quilt turned out to be beautiful! My daughter loves it!
Oh My Gorsh! Early on in my quilting adventure I made a queen size and at that time I had no idea what a longarm was. The quilting is messy and the binding is all wonky, but we use it on our bed all winter. It was made with love and high hopes and it reminds me that this quilting journey is a process and an adventure and when I find myself fussing over perfection more than I loving what I am doing then it's time to quit! When friends ask me about the quilt my instant reply is, "Never again! I will either stick with smaller quilts or send them out!" ;o) Thank you for the tips. I may just have to try my next queen size on my home machine!
YES! I love this comment!!! I did the same thing with my first larger quilt…I had no idea what long arm quilting was, and my quilting was TERRIBLE but I still love that quilt and was extremely proud of it!!! Love your comment about fussing over perfection…so good! Thank you!
When I started quilting on my own I jokingly remarked that I was the Present of the American Association of Quilt Wrestlers! I learned by trial and error. That was about 25 years ago. I certainly appreciate your hints. I started quilting on a domestic machine. Learned lots of lessons. Then 6 years ago I bought an HQ Sweet 16 sit-down long arm. My oh my, what an improvement for me but at the same time I was still moving a big quilt. I made many on that machine but with age and arthritis I have adjusted yet again to a Baby Lock Coronet. Love it. No joint stress, great stitches, I am happy.
A machine with a generous harp space makes a big difference in reducing the amount of quilt wrestling required.
As for basting, I've had a couple of large quilts basted on a long arm, then quilted them myself.
I have only ever done hand quilting which I always find relaxing but it does take a lot of time and my 82-year-old hands tire too easily these days. I have three 'unfancy' sewing machines, all in the Singer family, and have quilted small pieces with them but been too timid to try larger ones. Your advice is clear and encouraging and I may try a larger one. It IS costly to send quilts out for long arm quilting but I am tempted, especially when I'm crushing to get out a few at the same time for gifts. I don't have access to a long-arm quilter in the New England area where I live – do you or any of your commenters know of one?
I just began receiving your blog and love it. You are a sweetheart!
I do know of someone in Maine that does long-arm quilting.
Quilts can be sent to Missouri Star Quilt Company. They do excellent work. They also gave wonderful products and a knowledgeable staff. You can find their quilt tutorials on You Tube.
Starting small is the best advice!
I use a ping pong table for spray basting. Works well.
Great tips! I was just looking for ideas to move forward in doing machine quilting.
Great advice! I loved reading this, as I am far from an experienced machine quilter. I do practise on smaller items, like mugrugs and table runners, but there's quite a way to go until I feel ready to tackle a "proper" quilt.
Thanks for the comments. I love your quilts and have made a few. I just want to add that spraying does not have to be expensive; I spray very sparingly and a single can has lasted for a few queen-size quilts. Just be sure to press the quilt on both sides after spraying to fix the bond and give yourself a nice flat surface. My quilting is mostly with a walking foot (thanks, Jacquie Gering) and it is slow! Even with my big-throated Juki the quilting takes almost as long as the piecing for many quilts.
I loved reading this! The mistakes I have made quilting! That would make a three page blog…But doing your own quilting does teach you so very much. I won't do anything larger than a double now. We do need to take care of our bodies since we are only given just the one. I think your quilting looks so great. Few people ever find our errors. I don't make my quilting look too uniform so that the little mistakes looked like individuality. A little weird to build this in, but I know I will make some errors. There, I told the truth again and I am free.
Love this comment! Yes the mistakes no one else notices but us and it gives it personality and teaches us a lot!
Is that a Juki TL98Q you at using? I just inherited one and I am kind of scared of the speed. All my be ever used is a Singe Featherweight. Is there a ay to slow it down a little so I can practice?
Mine is the 2010Q I think…but virtually the same as yours! You'll get used to the speed quickly! I did a post about my machine a while back, search JUKI in my toolbar at the top and you should find it!
These are really helpful suggestions, Allison. I followed your advice for my second quilting project and got gloves. I won't quilt without them now! Such a difference in your muscle tension when the rubber grippers work to hold the quilt in place and move it along, instead of your gripping and tensing your muscles! I just finished a top from your pattern, Easy Bake, and I love it! I plan to use fleece for the backing and have checked out your suggestions for this as well! I learn something new with each quilt. I had never thought of ending on a seam. Of course! Your advice is always helpful, whether it's a new idea or a reminder of a better way to do this. Thanks so much!
A fleece backing sounds heavenly today…what a great idea! Aren't gloves the best? It drives me nuts to quilt without them!
I agree with all your points. I tend to sew large quilts and FMQ them myself. My only suggestion to add is that instead of quilting an all over design, work using filler patterns in individual blocks or sections of blocks. That way you are only moving a small amount of quilt while you are sewing. Note that even doing that I still split the quilt into quarters and use a similar plan to yours, and work from the middle section towards the outer edges.
Thank you Allison! I'm just ready to quilt a pink log cabin quilt for my one-year-old and this is SO helpful!
I know this is well after your post, but I want to thank you. Because of your diagram and instructions, I was able to complete the quilting on my small lap project much easier. Having a direction in mind, helped me to be more organized instead of so random and it really worked out much better. Thanks again.P.S. I love your blog and I think Hazel is still my all time favorite fabric line.
Thank you Debbie! I'm so glad it helped!
Is the machine flat in the table or above the table. I'm wondering if you need the machine to be flush to quilt such a big quilt?
Beautiful quilts! I love your colors. Thanks for sharing your designs.
Hi Allison, I love CluckCluckSew! All of the comments here are very informative and incouraging. I have been quilting off/on for a few years and understand the importance of having a small pile of practice sandwiches so you can practice each new design you are learning. To improve my skills, and also do good in the world, I started volunteering with an organization "Quilts For Kids", and always FMQ their quilts. The quilts go to children in hospitals, homeless shelters, etc. Once I started FMQ their quilts, approximately 40″ x 50″, my skills improved tremendously over time. I continue to work with the organization, but am also increasing the size of my personal quilts to get more experience quilting larger quilts on my new Janome 6500P, which was a recent birthday gift. Something I read from another FMQ blogger "You can practice until you are blue in the face, but at some point you just have to dive in and do it!" It has worked well for me, before reading that comment I was stuck in the "Practice Phase".
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Q: How to pass column value to another column in Jqgrid I have the following jqgrid code, I am creating a link and then trying to pass the bankId values to each row.
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How can I pass the bankId values in fdic column in jqgrid
{ name: 'bankId',label: 'bankId', align:'left', width: 10,hidden:true },
{ name: 'fdicNumber', label: 'fdicNumber',width: 70, key: true,
formatter: "showlink",
formatoptions: {
baseLinkUrl: testUrl,
idName: "",
addParam: function (options,rowObject) {
// return "clientid="+options.rowid+" ;
return "clientid="+options.bankId+" ;
}
}
},
A: If you use free jqGrid then the usage of addParam as function is allowed. The callback function has one parameter with properties cellValue, rowid, rowData and options (with formatoptions). You can fix your code of addParam as following:
addParam: function (options) {
return "clientid=" + options.rowData.bankId;
}
or
addParam: function (options) {
return "clientid=" + encodeURIComponent(options.rowData.bankId);
}
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Q: Updating woocommerce_calculated_total after product pricing has been altered prior I've been using a role-based price adjuster to discount products by 5%.
I want to be able to round the figure to the nearest 0.05 after the discount is applied, I've been able to achieve this on the product page and shop page using:
add_filter( 'woocommerce_get_price_excluding_tax', 'my_custom_roundoff_product', 100, 1 );
add_filter( 'raw_woocommerce_price', 'my_custom_roundoff_product', 100, 1 );
function my_custom_roundoff_product( $price ) {
$round_num = round($price / 0.05) * 0.05;
$price = number_format($round_num, 2); // this is required for showing zero in the last decimal
return $price;
}
So 7.45 with a 5% discount gave 7.08, then with this code it has rounded the value to 7.10.
My problem is when I get to the cart or checkout, say I add 3 of these products, it will give me the price of 21.25 instead of 21.30. I'm guessing it is doing 7.08 x 3, then applying the rounding function, whereas I need this to be the product's set price before the multiplication.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
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Article published in:
Studies in Political Humour
In between political critique and public entertainment
Edited by Villy Tsakona and Diana Elena Popa
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 46] 2011
► pp. 167–189
Chapter 7. Being Berlusconi
Sabina Guzzanti's impersonation of the Italian Prime Minister between stage and screen
Clare Watters
The present study explores the function of satirical impersonation in contemporary Italian society through an examination of the work of satirist Sabina Guzzanti and her impersonation of the current Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The movement of Guzzanti's work away from television after the removal of the satirical show RaiOt from the airwaves allows for an assessment of political impersonation as a humour strategy on both stage and screen. The analysis reveals the role which impersonation has to play in redefining the image of Berlusconi, the restrictions which are placed on television satire in the Berlusconi era, and the development and politicisation of humour which stage appearances have encouraged in Guzzanti's work.
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.46.11wat
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The Book Fair will closed Wednesday, November 4th.
November 1st, is Math Mystery Night. Please plan to attend.
School will be closed Tuesday, November 8th, and 11th, for students.
Parents please check backpacks for important information being sent home.
Kindergarten students will be involved in PALS testing this week. Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest and eat a good breakfast either at home or school.
There will be a family engagement event for kindergarten students Tuesday, October 25th, at 6:30, entitled "Helping Our Kindergarteners Learn to Read".
The Book Fair will begin Wednesday, October 26th. Volunteers are needed.
Tuesday, November1 1st, is Math Mystery Night. It will begin at 6:30. Hope to see you there!
This week the skills are: recognizing/reviewing letters and sounds, identifying words that rhyme, recognizing high frequency words, tracking and reading nursery rhymes and level readers. Students will also identify community helpers and the jobs they perform as well as construct sets with fewer, more or the same.
Please continue to review personal information and high frequency words.
Thank you for participating in the Fall Fundraiser. This will be beneficial to the students as the funds will be used to supply students with materials used in the classroom.
October is Natural Bullying Month. Wednesday, October 19th, is Unity Day. Students are asked to show their support by wearing something orange.
This week the skills are; recognizing letters taught as well as S and E, making predictions, recognizing high frequency words and concept of word (COW). Students will continue to discuss the five senses and sets with fewer, more and the same.
Please review high frequency words and numbers 0-15. Also, continue to practice personal information.
Grandparent's Week will be October 10-14. Please return forms. Students and guest will eat on the stage.
The Fall Fundraiser will end Monday, October 11.
Spirit wear shirts will run through Wednesday, October 12.
Picture Day is Thursday, October 13.
Students have been bringing home level readers. Please have your child read the books to you , place it back in the baggy and return it the next day. It is very important to return the books because other students will read them as well.
Please continue to work on high frequency words, tracking and reading the poems on the homework menu. Also, please have your child identify words in isolation from the poems. | {
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I Have Cerebral Palsy and I'm Looking for Love
Dating is hard for everybody, but dating with Cerebral Palsy is harder.
av Aaron Broverman
2013 09 17, 3:00pm
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Not that I have much to complain about. I'm not, what the media likes to call, "confined to a wheelchair." I walk with a cane like Dr. House and though I'm no Hugh Laurie, I think I'm pretty decent looking. Sure, I use a mobility scooter to get around on the street, but people have cars, right?
Yeah, if you were a woman who decided to try dating men with disabilities tomorrow, but wanted to ease into it – I'm practically training wheels.
But the fact that I'm physically higher functioning than a lot of other guys with disabilities doesn't seem to move my dating life past anything more than sporadic. I'm intimately familiar with what comedy band Garfunkel and Oates call, "The Fade Away," where you think things are going well and then suddenly, radio silence. Some girls sell themselves as open-minded, assuring me that the disability doesn't matter. They hang around longer, trying to reconcile their words with the reality in front of them, before eventually being overwhelmed by their temptation for able-bodied human beings.
Perhaps I have some massive character flaw I am unaware of that has nothing to do with my disability, but if Paul Bernardo can find Karla Homolka, (and I'm a few thousand rungs below that) I wonder what else about me could be considered so unworkable?
If it is the disability, I don't blame them. I have yet to meet a woman with a disability who I'm truly, sexually attracted to myself. I know that you can't help who you like. Still, given the reality of my situation, I knew it was time to change my strategy if I wanted to get laid on the regular. That's when I heard about "devotees" – people with a sexual fetish for disability.
At an estimated 50,000 strong, this underground internet community sounded like pay dirt to me. Suddenly, what could be my biggest obstacle to a healthy sex life turned into my biggest asset towards one. Finally, I was at the top of the natural selection pecking order. Forget women dating me in spite of my disability, now they would date me because of it. Now, cerebral palsy wouldn't just be an attractive quality – it would be necessary for orgasm.
Open the floodgates! I had to find these women. It didn't matter how long it took, I was exactly what they were looking for... or at least, I thought I was, until I talked to a devotee named Sharon:
"I still have an attraction to men who are successful and accomplished despite any disability, and also an attraction to men in wheelchairs... but the sexual connection and arousal only seems to kick in when an amputation is included in the picture."
Unfortunately, Sharon isn't the only one. Most devotees are only into amputees and, to pour salt in my already gaping wounds, female devotees are rare. Most of them are men, ashamed of their kink and hiding behind computer screens.
Take "Mark". He's a man living a double life. On one hand, he's a professional artist, with an able-bodied wife and a couple of kids, living in a Toronto suburb, and on the other, he's playing out a fantasy by the light of his monitor, sneaking around and looking at photos of female amputees. His only other interaction comes anonymously with the other devotees online. Mark says if he had more courage he would've married an amputee in the first place, but the able-bodied route is easier and avoids the social stigma.
"Able-bodied women are perfect creatures. I don't hate them, but amputee women are even more beautiful. The most sexually pleasurable parts about being a devotee that I just can't get with able-bodied women is watching them walk or move around and touch their cute soft stumps. For me, their stumps are the same as their breasts, but missing a limb doesn't take away anything from that individual. It's a giant sexual symbol to me. Less is more."
In case you were wondering, Mark's wife knows his secret and she's disgusted by it – far removed from the understanding and compassion he thought he'd get by admitting it – not that she needs to be concerned. He says the repression instilled in him by his upbringing in communist China and his love for their children virtually guarantees that his devoteeism will stay in the closet. It's highly unlikely that Mark will leave his wife for an amputee.
A screenshot from one of the internet's many devotee forums.
So, I wish them luck, but where does that leave me? For a while it looked like I wouldn't be able to convince these women to sleep with me unless I lost a limb. They were all so specific about their requirements (single-leg above the knee being the most desirable) that I put my hopes of ever finding a female cerebral palsy devotee on the shelf for a few years. I was even told by a Toronto devotee calling herself Brystal that I wasn't disabled enough.
It seemed I was doomed to slog it out in "normal" dating society for my entire life, until I read this:
"I have a strong desire to be with men with all types of disabilities, but I mostly gravitate towards severe C.P. and quadriplegics. But, my passions involve travel, sports, my bike, overseas disaster aid and a whole lot of other things made difficult, if not impossible, when you can't walk. I've always dated able-bodied men as a result. I would feel guilty fucking a disabled guy. I would see an 'expiration date' on our relationship. Would it be wrong for me to seek out disabled guys just for sex?"
That's a self-described 23-year-old female devotee writing in to Dan Savage for advice. Of course, if you're me, the answer to her question is simple: yes, where can I sign up? Unfortunately, Savage Love contributors are always anonymous, but reading that gave me hope and renewed my search for the Holy Grail – a cerebral palsy devotee.
At this point you're probably asking, "Wouldn't you be concerned about being exploited?" Don't worry, a woman named France warned me about this.
France is a double above the knee amputee from Montreal who also didn't date much and saw the same opportunity in the devotee scene I did. Initially weary that she'd be treated like a piece of meat, valued only for her amputation, she thought she could weed out the guys who asked too many direct questions about her stumps: "Where are they? How smooth are they? How did you get them?" She thought, as do I, that devotees could care about her whole self even if the initial spark was physical.
At first it worked and she started a long-term relationship with a devotee boyfriend, but after a while she began to feel like his dirty little secret. He was too concerned about the potential consequences of being out as a devotee, which forced France into the closet with him.
"I'm not someone who wants to hide, I want to be like everyone else, I want to be sexually active, I want to have relationships, give back to society and get out there," she said. It was this treatment that made France swear off devotees for good. "How could a devotee accept all of you [as a person] when he doesn't fully accept his own choices?" she asked. "For many devotees they see us as being only half of what they want us to be. Meaning, they often see the disability first, and then the person. The disability is attractive, but quickly becomes mundane with time."
Still, I remained undeterred. Now, no amount of warning would keep me from my search. Instead, I joined a number of devotee message boards asking if they knew of a twentysomething female c.p. devotee who lived in Toronto. Responses came fast, there was such a person. Her name was Sarah, she was 28, and worked as an accountant for a construction company. Though they didn't know where she lived, the moderator told me she had already told her about me, so I might as well make her acquaintance via Facebook.
We exchanged photos. She was certainly entrancing and a little more probing than most girls. Then she told me the origin of her fetish for dudes like me: "A kid in my class had c.p. and just watching him walk made me excited, it's hard to explain." So, what is it about cerebral palsy that turns her all the way on?
"I like struggling," she said. "I like to watch a guy with c.p. struggle to physically accomplish something."
"Like those days when I'm trying to put on my shoe and I try and I try, but I just can't quite get it?" I asked, making sure to take my time before adding, "But I'll never ask you for help because I need nothing from nobody and then finally with… one...last...push and grimace, it slips in? That kind of struggle?"
"Mmmm... yes, tell me more," her immediate response.
From then on, it seemed we were off to the races. Apparently, I had achieved my goal and finally found what I was searching for from the very beginning... sort of.
"I'm from Florida," she said. "But, I have always wanted to move."
And I've always wanted to get away from the Canadian winter! Hopefully I'll be able to struggle for Sarah in the very near future.
Aaron would like to thank Kent Cadogan Loftsgard for his help with this article. You should follow Aaron on Twitter: @broverman
More about the disabled:
Rollin', Rollin', Rollin': Pretending to Be Disabled for a Day
Frenching the Disabled
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A smaller Empire State: New York continues to lead nation in population decline
Joseph Spector
ALBANY - New York continues to lead the nation in population decline.
New York's population dropped 1.6% from July 2020 to July 2021, a decrease of 319,000, according to preliminary data released Tuesday.
That is at least the second year in a row in which New York led the country in population decline as people leaving for other states hit 352,185 over the past year. The decrease was offset slightly by new births and immigration.
The U.S. Census Bureau said the national population growth of a mere 392,665, or 0.1%, was the lowest rate since the nation's founding.
It attributed the slow down to decreased net international migration, decreased fertility, and increased mortality due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic.
New York is the fourth largest state in the nation, behind California, Texas and Florida. It also had the fourth most COVID deaths at about 58,650 since the the state was the virus' first epicenter in March 2020.
The population troubles for New York have had a wide impact. For one, it is losing one congressional seat in upstate next year. It has also fueled a drop in college enrollment at SUNY and has contributed to a worker shortage being felt in the state and the nation.
Most of New York's population decline has been upstate.
"Population growth has been slowing for years because of lower birth rates and decreasing net international migration, all while mortality rates are rising due to the aging of the nation's population," Kristie Wilder, a demographer at the Census Bureau, said in a statement.
"Now, with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, this combination has resulted in an historically slow pace of growth."
Florida surpassed New York in 2014 as the third-largest state in the nation, and the gap continues to widen.
New York's population fell under 20 million to 19.8 million this year, while Florida grew by about 1%, or by more than 211,000 new residents as it led the nation in domestic migration, the records showed.
Overall, the South was the most populous of the four regions in the nation, encompassing 38% of the total national population. It was also the only region that had a positive net domestic migration between 2020 and 2021.
The Northeast, meanwhile, is the least populous of the four regions and had a drop of 365,795 residents over the past year.
Business groups said New York's dwindling population needs to be addressed by government leaders, such as lowering the state's taxes and improving its economic climate.
"Our outmigration crisis adds to the burden of remaining residents and threatens our ongoing recovery efforts," "said Justin Wilcox, executive director of Upstate United, said in a statement.
"We need Governor Hochul to tackle this issue and get New York growing in the right direction."
More:Where are all the workers? NY businesses struggle to find employees
More:Traveling in the Northeast for the holidays? What to know about COVID-19 protocols
Joseph Spector is the Government and Politics Editor for the USA TODAY Network's Atlantic Group, overseeing coverage in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. He can be reached at [email protected] or followed on Twitter: @GannettAlbany
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The Simplo was an American high wheeler automobile manufactured from 1908 until 1909 by the Cook Motor Vehicle Company in St. Louis, Missouri.
History
Cook Motor Vehicle Company of St. Louis advertised the Simplo as The biggest automobile value in America. Several variations were offered; air or water-cooled 2-cylinder engines and both solid or pneumatic tires. The Simplo featured a friction transmission, double chain drive and right-hand wheel steering on the runabout, priced at $600, .
In 1909, roadster and surrey models were added, but after a year of trying, the Cook Motor Vehicle Company decided to become a multi-marque automobile dealership.
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Drake Releases New Single, 'Started From the Bottom'
Fredrick M. Brown, Getty Images
Drake has been at the top for a while but last night, the Young Money emcee reminded fans that he really did seem to come out of nowhere in 2009, but it was hard work that put him in the spotlight.
Apparently, the rapper was so excited to share new music that he released his lead single, 'Started From the Bottom,' on Friday evening to everyone's surprise. Earlier this week, there were reports he would drop the track on Grammy night, more than a week from today.
On his October's Very Own site, he explained why he chose to debut the effort.
"I didn't feel I needed any interviews or radio or press to launch this song," he wrote. "It felt right to come back to the site that I started on and release it to the people that started here with me. Judging by this post, the tour that we've been planning, the conversations about new songs and album artwork…I think it's safe to say we're back together again."
On the track, Drizzy adopts a more monotonous flow than he's known for, although he does break into a quick melody -- as he's known to do -- towards the song's end. His cadences are longer between bars but in a sense it's fitting to the production behind 'Started.'
Beatsmith Mike Zombie is responsible for creating one of the darkest beats we've heard the Toronto emcee spit over. The track is far from that poppy, energetic sound we've heard from Drake in the past.
And Drizzy spits pretty aggressively. "Started from the bottom now we here, started from the bottom now my whole team f---ing here," he raps on the hook.
The first verse revisits his grind to build a career while living at home with his mom and having to borrow his uncle's car to get around. In the second verse, Drizzy goes hard at the doubters who allude that his success has been "bought" or handed to him. "We just want the credit where it's due / I'ma worry 'bout me / Give a f--- about you / Just as a reminder to myself / I wear every single chain / Even when I'm in my house," he spits.
If this is the track Drake started with, we're curious to know the direction of his upcoming LP.
Listen to Drake's 'Started From the Bottom'
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Leadership Conference is an internal corporate event held annually of which the top executives form nearly 20 regional offices of AIA Group will communicate their strategy.
Meanwhile, a competition called AIA's Got Talent was created in order to enhance tam spirits and loyalty through cross-regional competition. AIA's Got Talent, as we can see, is an internal competition of AIA that imitates America's Got Talent.
As a company, AIA group understands your needs in life. As an employer, AIA knows how to cultivate corporation philosophy and company culture. AIA's Got Talent is a popular event where employees perform talents such as singing, dancing and playing an instrument. It is a good and effective way to bring all the employees together and celebrate the annual leadership conference.
Creativeworks was responsible for the creative idea and theme design, online platform, technical support and maintenance of Leadership Conference. As for the AIA's Got Talent event, the representatives of each regional offices/group departments of AIA uploaded the video of their performances to the online platform for colleagues to watch and vote for them.
After logging in, colleagues could enjoy various kinds of performance through the website and vote for their favorite performer.
The top five teams would make live performance on the last day of Leadership Conference as the final round of the competition.
AIA's Got Talent 2013 has gain huge success. Over 250,000 people visit to microsite and there are over 12,000 employee votes during the campaign. The Finale live broadcast on AIA's network has created great engagement initiative across entities.
Over 12,000 AIA employee have voted and engaged in the event. | {
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Torpedo Digital Level | Digipas Technologies Inc.
DWL-200 is a Torpedo digital level having resolution of 0.1°/0.05°. The strong impact resistance ABS plastic material is moulded with a tough aluminium base to form the rugged yet elegant body structure. It has built in strong magnets to hold on to metal work piece.
DWL-280Pro Torpedo electronic level is designed to the stringent specification of industrial standard IP67 - waterproof and also shock, dust & freeze proofs, embedded with advanced LED technology allowing for the brightest display.
DWL-200 is a Torpedo Digital Level with a resolution of 0.1° & Alternate Zero feature. The strong impact resistance ABS plastic material is moulded with an aluminium base to form the rugged yet elegant body structure. It has built in strong magnets to hold on to metal work piece. | {
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Living in a world where social media dominates our every move and stress levels are at an all time high has meant we are losing the ability to 'be present'. In light of this WY? asked the fabulous Founder of Smiling Mind, Jane Martino to share her top five reasons why we should all take time to sit still and just be.
Meditation provides time and space to contemplate, breathe and reflect and will lead you on a path of self discovery. Personally, meditation has allowed me to let go of hesitations, to be vulnerable, admit weaknesses and accept that sometimes I need help with things.
We all work hard so rewarding ourselves (and our tired minds) with time out is an important part of nurturing ourselves and showing our body that we care about its welfare. All those 'bits' do an incredible job each day so they deserve us thinking about what they need to be at their very best!
Meditation leads to positive change and often causes a shift in one's outlook and perception on life. Others will often ask what your 'secret' is and that's your way of being able to help others make change in their lives. By educating others about the benefits of yoga and meditation the circle of change, acceptance, gratitude and giving begins.
When was the last time we as grown ups put down our phones and just enjoyed the moment? Parents often talk about how they cannot get their kids off electronic devices, but how can we expect the next generation to understand the importance of looking around and enjoying the world if we ourselves don't encourage time out. Enjoying real moments, in real time, with real people is part of just 'being' so avoid uploading every 'moment' to instagram and choose to be present instead.
Farewell 2014… We can't wait to meet you 2015! | {
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Spider veins in my cheeks help!
Cheeks on face get red with hives when outside in cold.
Blackheads all over my face especially my chin, nose, cheeks and forehead I use a blackhead face scrub in the shower but it doesn't help?
What causes burst veins in cheeks?
Im having pimples small size all over face not on forehead mostly in the place between ear and eye and small pores persist over cheeks and spots too ?
What causes random lumps or knots in my face? Mostly chin, lips, bridge of my nose or forehead.
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Tate Announces Shortlist For New Digital Industry IK Prize
13 January 2014 / Art Categories Art News, News / Art Tags IK Prize, Tate / / / / /
The four shortlisted entries for the first IK Prize, a new annual prize presented by Tate celebrating creative talent in the digital industry, were announced today. They range from robots roaming the galleries, to an interactive video, stories told via social media, and an art experience in the online gaming world of Minecraft.
The shortlisted proposals are: Evan Boehm with Nexus Productions for Through the Eyes of an Eight-Year-Old, Adam Clarke, thecommonpeople.tv for TateCraft, Storythings (Matt Locke and Kim Plowright) for #TateText, THE WORKERS (Tommaso Lanza, Ross Cairns and David Di Duca) for After Dark
They were chosen from a longlist of 51 entries by a panel comprising high-profile individuals and industry experts: Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia; Jemima Kiss, Head of Technology at the Guardian; Mark Leckey, Turner Prize winning artist; John Porter, The Porter Foundation; Marc Sands, Director of Audiences and Media, Tate; and Tom Uglow, Creative Director, Google Creative Lab in Sydney.
Alongside the six panel members, Tate invites the public to cast the seventh vote. On display at Tate Britain and available online are four short films in which the finalists explain their ideas. To watch and to vote, go to www.tate.org.uk/ikvote Voting opens Monday 13 January and closes Friday 24 January 2014. The winner will be announced on 6 February 2014.
Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia said: 'Widening access to art through the application of digital technology is a mission I share. I am delighted to be part of a jury that supports creative minds in this way. The shortlist demonstrates the potential of digital to offer diverse and radical new was of enjoying culture.'
Nicholas Serota, Director of Tate, said: 'Tate encourages creativity and this has reverberations in the creative industries as well as the fine arts. The digital space is one of the most dynamic and fast-changing areas of contemporary life, a place where new and innovative ideas can be developed. We believe that this is the right moment to establish a prize which recognises outstanding, creative achievement in the digital field.'
The IK Prize, named in memory of the philanthropist Irene Kreitman, celebrates creative talent in the digital industry. Supported by the Porter Foundation, the Prize is presented by Tate to a team, company or individual for an original idea that uses the power of digital to enhance the way people experience art. The four entries shortlisted will be showcased at Tate Britain with the winner receiving a prize of £10,000 and a £60,000 production budget to turn their idea into a reality. The winning project will go on show at Tate Britain later in the summer.
Irene Kreitman was a generous philanthropist and longstanding supporter of Tate. She served as a volunteer for more than 25 years and was always interested in helping people to engage with and be inspired by art. She and her husband, Hyman Kreitman, funded a number of acquisitions, especially in the field of modern British art, as well as the creation of the Hyman Kreitman Research Centre at Tate Britain. | {
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India Business Law Journal Names Shearman & Sterling Among Top 12 Foreign Law Firms For India-Related Work
Shearman & Sterling was once again recognized as one of the "Top 12 Foreign Law Firms" for India-related work by India Business Law Journal (IBLJ). This is the 11th consecutive year that IBLJ has included the firm in its top ranking.
IBLJ noted that "Shearman & Sterling has an enviable track record advising India-focused clients as a result of its deep industry experience in sectors including energy, healthcare, power, metals and mining and telecommunications. The India practice, led by Sidharth Bhasin (Singapore-Mergers & Acquisitions), consists of a network of lawyers in M&A, private equity, capital markets, project finance, arbitration, real estate and fund formation, based in Asia, Europe and North and South America."
Notably, IBLJ sited the firm's work for Capital Square Partners in its $700 million acquisition of a controlling stake in StarTek and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in its acquisition of a 40% interest in CLP India for $371 million. The firm also recently received the "Mergers & Acquisitions Deal of the Year 2018" award from IBLJ in its February 2019 edition for Dish TV-Videocon D2H merger.
Now in its 13th year, the IBLJ report drew on an analysis of more than 600 law firms that have documented deals and matters with an Indian element in the past 12 months. The results were based on intensive research, deep editorial experience and wide consultation with corporate counsel and Indian law firms.
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The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Bhutan: strategy and enablers
Tsheten Tsheten ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8071-57211,2,
Phurpa Tenzin3,
Archie C. A. Clements4,5,
Darren J. Gray1,
Lhawang Ugyel6 &
Kinley Wangdi1
Infectious Diseases of Poverty volume 11, Article number: 6 (2022) Cite this article
Bhutan has reported a total of 2596 COVID-19 cases and three deaths as of September 15, 2021. With support from India, the United States, Denmark, the People's Republic of China, Croatia and other countries, Bhutan was able to conduct two rounds of nationwide vaccination campaign. While many countries struggle to overcome vaccine refusal or hesitancy due to complacency, a lack of trust, inconvenience and fear, escalated in some countries by anti-vaccine groups, Bhutan managed to inoculate more than 95% of its eligible populations in two rounds of vaccination campaign. Enabling factors of this successful vaccination campaign were strong national leadership, a well-coordinated national preparedness plan, and high acceptability of vaccine due to effective mass communication and social engagement led by religious figures, volunteers and local leaders. In this short report, we described the national strategic plan and enabling factors that led to the success of this historical vaccination campaign.
Bhutan, a small landlocked country with a total area of 38,394 km2, is nestled in the Eastern Himalayas between India and China. The current population of the country is projected at 756,129 with a sex ratio of 110 males to 100 females. The majority (62%) of the population lives in rural areas. The median age is 26.5 years with an overall life expectancy of 70.3 years [1].
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Bhutan was first confirmed on 5 March 2019, in a 76-year-old tourist [2]. Subsequently, there were sporadic cases and localized outbreaks in different parts of the country [3]. As of 15 September 2021, there were 2,596 confirmed cases and three deaths in the country (Fig. 1).
Source: World Health Organization)
Daily reporting of COVID-19 cases from the beginning of the pandemic and the time period of nationwide vaccination rounds, Bhutan, 2021 (
The vaccination program in Bhutan was introduced as a part of the global initiative to eradicate smallpox [4]. Whilst diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT), oral polio vaccine (OPV) and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccines were introduced in few districts in 1976, Bhutan launched its expanded programme on immunization (EPI) in 1979 to develop and expand immunization services to achieve Universal Childhood Immunization [4]. At present, Bhutan provides vaccines against tuberculosis, hepatitis B (hepB), poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, haemophilus influenza type b (hib), measles, mumps and rubella. According to the 2020 EPI report, Bhutan has achieved more than 80% coverage for all vaccines in 20 districts without a single case of vaccine dropout for the pentavalent vaccine (DPT-hib-HepB) [5]. Recently, Bhutan expanded its national immunization schedule by introducing vaccines against human papilloma virus (2010), pneumonia (2019) and influenza (2020) [6].
Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective ways of preventing infectious diseases, currently saving 4–5 million deaths every year [7]. Notwithstanding the progress of vaccines, far too many people have insufficient access to vaccines particularly in developing countries due to inadequate resources [8]. To make the situation worse, vaccination coverage remains suboptimal due to the high level of vaccine hesitancy related to complacency, barriers to accessing vaccines, a lack of trust in government authorities, misinformation, and fear of adverse effects following immunization [9]. Here, we aimed to provide our perspectives on the drives that enabled high coverage of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Bhutan.
Bhutan conducted its first nationwide COVID-19 vaccination round with the inoculation of the Covishield vaccine (Oxford-AstraZeneca) on 27 March 2021 coinciding with an auspicious day of the local astrological belief (Fig. 1). For the first round, Bhutan received a total of 550,000 doses of Covishield vaccine (Oxford-AstraZeneca) from India through the vaccine Maitri initiative as a goodwill gesture of friendship between the two countries. Of the total 496,044 eligible population aged ≥ 18 years, 478,829 were vaccinated across 1,217 vaccination centres in 3 weeks of the campaign, achieving a vaccination coverage of 96.5% [1, 10] (Fig. 2).
Source: Ministry of Health Facebook page)
Distribution of vaccination posts/centres across 20 districts during the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Bhutan, 2021. The figure in the circle indicates the number of vaccination posts set up in each district (
Due to a massive surge in cases and a shortage of vaccine supply in India, Bhutan sought support from other countries to provide vaccines, including the United States (500,000 doses Moderna and 5,850 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine), Denmark (250,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine), Croatia, Bulgaria and others (~ 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine), and the People's Republic of China (50,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine). Similar to the first COVID-19 vaccination round, the second round kicked off on the auspicious day of 20 July 2021 (Fig. 1). However, during this campaign, Bhutanese had the option to choose other brands such as Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Sinopharm vaccines. A cumulative total of 473,715 people were vaccinated within 2 weeks, covering 95.6% of the eligible adult population [11]. Of those vaccinated, 95% received heterologous vaccines and the remaining received homologous vaccines [12].
Enablers of vaccine uptake
Enabling factors that led to high vaccination coverage in Bhutan are described below.
Strong leadership
The Prime Minister and the Health Minister guided and led the COVID-19 National and Regional Task Force committees responsible for planning and implementing all COVID-19 related initiatives. Perhaps, unique to Bhutan is the leadership role played by His Majesty the Fifth King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. His Majesty worked together with the government in encouraging and inspiring the public to take COVID-19 vaccines. His Majesty has also visited the diverse geographical terrains in the mountainous northern borders and the hot and humid southern borders. During these royal visits, His Majesty visited and supervised vaccination posts to ensure vaccine toolkits and other necessary resources are put into place for the safe vaccination of the population.
Vaccination planning
Planning of the National vaccination campaign began soon after the start of the pandemic, at a time when vaccine trials were initiated in other countries. The Bhutan Vaccine System (BVS) (https://bvs.moh.gov.bt/) was developed and successfully implemented to digitally enumerate the eligible population for vaccination. In addition, BVS was used to select the number of vaccination posts, their locations and automatic generation of vaccine certificates for the vaccine recipients. BVS also provided an important platform to follow up with the registered individuals and encourage them for the vaccination program. This system is managed by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and is user-friendly, leading to a high proportion of people being registered in it.
For the elderly and those individuals with mobility issues, home-based vaccinations were arranged. To overcome the physical barriers of rugged, mountainous terrain and to maintain a proper cold chain of the vaccine during the transportation process, vaccination services were facilitated by the Royal Bhutan Airlines and the Bhutan Helicopter Services Limited. This meant that vaccines were available in all the vaccination posts.
Vaccine communication
A massive public education programme was undertaken using appropriate vaccine communication strategies including pamphlets, advertisements on the national television channel (BBSTV) and radio, press briefs, and notices on the Facebook page of the MoH and the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Health Minister regularly provided updates to alleviate any fear of vaccination. Further, the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination were discussed on BBSTV by vaccine experts and epidemiologists.
Health and religion
The Central Monk Body of Bhutan (Zhung Dratshang) and other monastic organizations led by spiritual masters (Rinpoches) played a pivotal role in building trust in COVID-19 control through vaccination and other means. The specific times of the vaccination rounds were fixed according to the advice of the Zhung Dratshang based on astrological beliefs. Through religious discourse and teachings, these organizations were able to inspire people with otherwise anti-vaccine sentiments, along with the population at large, to accept the vaccine.
A large volunteer workforce, known locally as Desuups (www.desuung.org.bt), came forward to facilitate the organization of vaccination rounds and other activities to control COVID-19 [3]. Founded by the Fifth King, Desuup trainees undergo a value-based personal development program to encourage volunteerism for community services and play an active role in building the nation. During the vaccination campaign, Desuups were deployed in every vaccination post and supported conducting online registration and verification of vaccine recipients, and ensuring compliance with the COVID-19 safety protocol. The armed forces, foresters and customs officials were also deployed to support the vaccination campaign as well as during the COVID-19 pandemic to maintain law and order in strategic locations such as crowded places and along the border to prevent illegal immigrants. It is interesting to note that many people, after receiving the vaccine, described their positive experiences on their social media platforms and the MoH web page, encouraging people to get vaccinated.
There are a few limitations worth noting in this study. Firstly, opinions expressed in this study could have been influenced by the researcher's perception and understanding of the vaccination campaign. Secondly, inferences were based on the vaccination data from open sources such as the Facebook page of the MOH and the PMO. Authors believe these are credible sources with reliable information.
Adequate vaccination is the most important long-term solutions in the fight against COVID-19. Bhutan's high coverage of COVID-19 vaccine is attributed to strong leadership, a well-coordinated national preparedness plan, regular communication strategies and successful social mobilization. Despite high vaccination coverage, the COVID-19 containment measures such as social distancing and handwashing have to be continued to limit the spread of COVID-19, particularly in the context of new emerging coronavirus variants and low vaccine coverage in neighbouring countries. Additional rounds, including booster doses, might be necessary for the continued protection of the population.
The dataset used and in the current study were available on the WHO website (https://covid19.who.int/table).
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Bhutan Broadcasting Service Television
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There is no source of funding for this study.
College of Health and Medicine, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University, 62 Mills Road, Acton, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
Tsheten Tsheten, Darren J. Gray & Kinley Wangdi
Royal Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan
Tsheten Tsheten
Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan
Phurpa Tenzin
Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Australia
Archie C. A. Clements
Curtin University, Perth, Australia
School of Business, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Lhawang Ugyel
Darren J. Gray
Kinley Wangdi
TT and KW conceived this study. TT undertook literature review and drafted the manuscript. KW helped in the drafting and revision of manuscript. PT, DJG, LU and ACAC were involved in the critical revision of manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Tsheten Tsheten.
Competing interest
Tsheten, T., Tenzin, P., Clements, A.C.A. et al. The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Bhutan: strategy and enablers. Infect Dis Poverty 11, 6 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-021-00929-x
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All the exciting must-know events happening in March 2019
No public holidays in March? No worries, we've got these events to help us unwind
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After Chinese New Year, we truly are in a dry spell when it comes to public holidays. We have to wait until April for the next one, since, March hasn't blessed us with a a "free" day of reprieve.
But no worries, the March calendar is filled with events to make us forget that fact.
From theatre productions, to concerts (Maroon 5!), festivals and comedy shows, mark your calendar for these events you'll want to be part of.
1. Meenah and Cheenah (Rerun), Capitol Theatre — Now to March 10
Directed by local actress Selena Tan and starring Siti Khalijah and Judee Tan, this theatre production was so highly acclaimed that Dream Academy brought the show back for another run.
Khalijah as Meenah and Tan as Cheenah are rip-roaringly good. They tackle topics like proper Ramadan etiquette and the differences between Malay and Chinese spirits with humour, in a dialogue filled with local lingo.
Tickets cost $60 and up, available at Sistic.
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Photo: Sistic
2. Late Company, Victoria Theatre — Now to March 10
A study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) found that Singapore has the second highest rate of cyberbullying in the world.
It is this endemic issue that the play Late Company wants to address. The play from Pangdemonium and directed by Jordan Tannahill centres around two families, where the son of one seemingly has caused the son of the other to lose their life. The trigger: A bout of cyberbullying.
Stars Adrian Pang, his son Xander Pang, and Janice Koh. Tickets are available from Sistic at $25 and up.
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3. Still Life, 72-13 Home of TheatreWorks — Now to March 10
Art, the playwright posits in the show's trailer, begins with an error followed by a sequence of corrections, which seemingly parallel life.
Written by Dana Lam, Still Life by Checkpoint Theatre follows the lives of two women and their journeys with art.
Starring Dana and Jean Ng, the play is a discussion about how people see themselves and their lives, and how they make meaning out of life.
Tickets cost $45 from Sistic.
4. Pop Up Cafe, Design Orchard — March 1 to 17
Design Orchard, a new mall dedicated to showcasing local designs and labels, is hosting a weekend-only pop up cafe.
Helmed by sugar manufacturer Jewels Rock Sugar and fashion brand Ying the Label, the event is also supported by food and beverage brands Kombynation Co., Six Foot Coffee, Rainbow Lapis and The Quarter, so you can take a break from shopping with some kombucha, coffee or local treats. Best of all, you get to #supportlocal.
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5. Ode to Mardi Gras, 1880 — March 2
Luxurious private members' club 1880 is hosting a "debaucherous revelry" for Mardi Gras that promises to be a blowout celebration with outlandish disguises and good music that will have you grooving to the beat. Members go in for free, while non-members have to pay $48+ per pax. There are limited number of tables up or grabs and a table of 10 would require a minimum spend of $1,000. While you're there, don't forget to admire the spectacular facilities, such as the 2.5m-tall aluminium-clad cylinders which are soundproof phone booths. RSVP your attendance at [email protected].
Photo: 1880/Facebook
6. Singapore Design Week, Multiple Locations — March 4 to 17
Now in its sixth run, the Singapore Design Week touts itself as one of Asia's premier design festivals that challenges design thought by bringing together local and international designers to showcase, discuss and engage in meaningful conversations.
Activities include getting your portfolio critiqued by creative directors (Creatives Against Humanity), visiting artwork exhibitions to attending master lectures and networking sessions (such as SingaPlural).
Most events are free with registration required, and you can get more information here.
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7. Kodaline — Live in Singapore 2019, Zepp @ Big Box Singapore — March 5
After performing to a sold-out audience in 2015, Irish indie rock band Kodaline is back for more.
They will be performing songs from their latest album, Politics of Living, released in 2018. Here's hoping that they won't leave out classics like The One and Honest.
Tickets via Sistic for $128.
8. Maroon 5 Red Pill Blues Tour, National Stadium — March 7
You need no introduction to the group behind songs like This Love, She Will Be Loved and Girls Like You.
The American pop rock band, fronted by Adam Levine, is here in support of their album, Red Pill Blues. The venue: the National Stadium.
Tickets can be purchased from Apactix and cost $98 and up.
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9. Textures 2019, The Arts House — March 7 to 10
Proponents of Singapore literature will be familiar with the yearly Textures event co-commissioned by The Arts House and #BuySingLit.
This year's theme is "Love and Loss (and some things in between)," which explores how words are used to express and understand our emotions as we engage with the world.
From performances, exhibitions, panel discussions and workshops, the festival has both paid and free admission events. For more information, click here.
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10. Don Quixote Presented by Singapore Dance Theatre, Esplanade Theatre — March 7 to 10
Don Quixote is a Spanish classic novel written by Miguel de Cervantes. Published in 1605, it is a story of whimsical twists, love, betrayal and eternal devotion.
The Singapore Dance Theatre will restage its highly lauded production which will see a story filled with toreadors, flamenco dancers and dryads.
Tickets cost $40, $60 or $80 and can be purchased via Sistic.
11. Arts In Your Neighbourhood, Islandwide/Tampines — March 7 to 24
National Arts Council's Art In Your Neighbourhood is back for their 12th run and the focus is Tampines — Singapore's third largest new town and a former rubber plantation and site to sand quarries.
While most of the festivities are occurring in Tampines, such as pop-up music stage Tiger in Tampines and a roving music truck by Ding Yi company, there are activities lined up islandwide as well.
For full programme information, click here.
Photo: National Arts Council
12. Secret The Play, Kallang Theatre — March 8 and 9
Fans of Hong Kong hit TV series Heart of Greed should not miss this production, starring Ha Yu, Louise Lee, Michelle Yim and Louise Yuen, together with Elena Kong and Lau Shek Yin.
Secret follows the familial infighting over money and assets following the death of tycoon Ren Renzhong (Ha Yu).
Expect lots of laughter as the plot twists unfold.
Tickets costs $88 and up, available at Sistic.
13. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Esplanade Concert Hall — March 8 and 9
Nine-time Grammy winner Wynton Marsalis returns with the Lincoln Center Orchestra for two nights.
In this showing, they'll be paying tribute to jazz greats, Duke Ellington and Count Basie. Expect jazz classics that will have you up on your feet.
Tickets are $58 and up from Sistic.
14. Uniqlo Keeping The Balance, In Style Styling Workshop. Suntec City — March 8
Done in conjunction with the International Women's Day (March 8), Japanese fast fashion label Uniqlo is conducting a styling workshop to commemorate women who strive to find a balance between work and life.
Conducted by stylist Lena Kamarudin, the workshop is happening at the brand's Suntec City store and there will be three sessions for 30 pax each.
Admission is free but registration is required due to limited spaces. Get your slot here.
15. Bianca Del Rio 2019 Tour – It's Jester Joke, Shine Auditorium — March 8
Bianca Del Rio is the inimitable winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6, and returns to Singapore for a second outing. Expect the drag queen's brand of derisive humour as she pokes fun at issues encompassing life, travel, family and social media. Tickets are $108 and up from Sistic.
17. Garden Beats Festival, Fort Gate, Fort Canning Park — March 9
Presented by Sunshine Nation, Garden Beats Festival is the first carbon neutral music festival in Singapore.
Revel in music from a slew of performers including American pop music producer Yung Bae, British indie rock band The Kooks, and South African DJ Black Coffee.
There will also be talks on topics like conscious eating, sustainable fashion, and zero waste living. More information can be found at the official website.
Tickets are $128 and up, and can be purchased here.
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18. 2019 Park Bo Gum Asia Tour: Good Day: May Your Everyday Be A Goodday, The Star Theatre — March 9
After starring in hit South Korean TV dramas like Reply 1988, Love in the Moonlight and Encounter (alongside Song Hye Kyo), Park Bo-gum quickly became a household name.
He is also the youngest artist to be named Actor of the Year by Gallup Korea. He also topped Forbes' Korea Power Celebrity list in 2017.
This is your chance to meet the 25-year-old.
Tickets at $158 and up from Apactix.
19. Sakura Matsuri, Garden Dome, Gardens by the Bay — March 9 to 31
Lovers of all things Nihon, listen up.
Soak in three weeks worth of Japanese culture and entertainment at the Sakura Matsuri, a cherry blossom festival, at Gardens by the Bay.
View blooming sakura blossoms at the Flower Dome while enjoying Japanese food, products and games from the country at the Nippon Street, where you can even rent the traditional yukata (a summer kimono).
Moreover, you can immerse yourself with cultural programmes such as the wadaiko (Japanese drums) and chado (tea ceremony).
Finally, end the celebrations with performances by celebrity cosplayers, anime singers and pop culture performances.
20. Singapore Festival of Fun, Clarke Quay — March 14 to 24
Last held in 2017, the family-friendly event is held in three parts.
The festival kicks off with The Street Fest, on from March 14 to 19 at the Clarke Quay Fountain Square. Expect street circus and acrobatic performances from local and foreign artists.
Don't miss the International Comedy Festival on March 15, 16, 21, 22 and 23, and where comedians like Imran Yusuf and Tom Green are set to take the stage.
The Nickelodeon Fiesta will take place on March 23 and 24, and kids will be thrilled with the game booths featuring themes from familiar shows like Dora the Explorer and Spongebob Squarepants. Events are free, except for the comedy shows.
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21. World Down Syndrome Day celebration, Our Tampines Hub — March 16
Show support for persons with Down syndrome by attending this event at Our Tampines Hub. With the theme "Leave No One Behind", the event is organised by the Down Syndrome Association Singapore (DSA), and it marks the 16th year the World Down Syndrome Day has been commemorated in Singapore.
Aimed at raising awareness and building a more inclusive society, the event will begin with a community walk launched by Minister of Education Ong Ye Kung.
A family carnival will also be held, with activities and entertainment that include aikido and zumba performances by members of the DSA. The funds raised will contribute to the DSA's support services, educational and enrichment programmes.
More information can be found at their Facebook page.
22. Armenian Street Party 2019: Living Peranakan, Peranakan Museum — March 15 and 16
Marking the start of the Heritage Festival (March 15 to Apr 7), Peranakan Museum is hosting a farewell street party before the museum closes for refurbishment.
Activities include a fashion show, a wedding procession, a bazaar selling collectibles, dining under the stars on tok panjang (feasting at a long table — a longstanding Peranakan tradition) and nyonya-inspired craft workshops. Enjoy these and more while you enjoy classic hits played by a live band.
The festivities are happening between 6pm and 11pm and admission is free. For more information, click here.
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23. Fei Yu Qing 2019 Farewell Concert, Resorts World Ballroom, Resorts World Convention Centre — March 16 and 17
Famous Taiwanese ballad singer Fei Yu Qing, also known for hits like Qian Li Zhi Wai (Faraway) with Mandopop singer Jay Chou, announced his retirement last September.
This is the last time the singer will perform in Singapore, so break out the tissues. His farewell concert in Taiwan sold out within 21 minutes, so don't think, just book. Tickets are $28 and up.
24. Faust / Us, Drama Centre Black Box — March 21 to 24
Local Mandarin theatre company, Nine Years Theatre, reimagines the German classic, Faust.
This tale features a contemporary setting, and a female protagonist. In the story, Faust trades her soul with Mephistopheles in exchange for freedom from the shackles that bind her.
Faust / Us marks the directorial debut of writer Cherilyn Woo. The show will be performed in Mandarin, with English and Mandarin subtitles.
Get your tickets for $38 each at Sistic.
25. Ula by Bharathaa Arts, Esplanade Theatre Studio — March 22 and 23
Local Indian dance institute Bharathaa Arts is staging a production based on ula, a body of Hindu literature that dates back to the Pallava period (273CE to 897CE).
Images of the gods will come alive in this traditional dance performance.
Music featured will be from the late Bhagavatulu Seetarama Sarma, who's known for his contributions to dance and music, especially the dance-drama genre.
Tickets at $25. More information from the Esplanade website.
26. Pet Shop Boys The Super Tour, The Star Theatre — March 26
British synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, comprising Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, has sold more than 50 million records since its debut in 1981.
This is a super throwback from the singers of West End Girls and It's a Sin.
Tickets are $128 and up from Sistic.
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I love knowing what books people hold dear, almost as much as I enjoy recommending books. Luckily for me, people like hearing me talk books. Which, yes, is its own special language. When it comes to writing a best of year-end list, I considered what books came up in conversation most often, as well as what resonated with me.
Non-fiction is a wide ranging category. My list includes Christian Living, memoir, food memoir, sociology, or various hybrids. Most of these books were not published this year- I aspire to read books in a more timely manner but you know how my To Read stack is. Still, this is the best of the best, according to me.
To see the other books meriting a 4 or 5 star review from me, head over to my Pinterest board. Here's my favorite non-fiction of 2013.
There's a reason Brene Brown's name is mentioned with such reverence. Everyone should read this one, no matter what they believe about shame and vulnerability. Hint: we all struggle with shame and true vulnerability leads to freedom from it.
Beautifully written, lovely, engaging, insightful spiritual memoir. I guessed I'd love it because I've been looking forward to it for so long (I've read Micha's blog the past few years) but I had no idea it would resonate so deeply with me. Truly a breath of fresh air.
Johnson introduces us to his time in Iraq working for USAID, the PTSD which led to a horrific injury, and the birth of the nonprofit The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies. The way the US treated the Iraqis who helped us during the war is shameful. Future generations will judge our government, the way we judge those who did not act during WWII and the Holocaust and those who left Vietnamese allies behind after the US pulled out of that war. I commend Kirk for his tireless efforts. An eye-opening, well-written, and insightful read.
This social history of single women is laudable. The way Israel depicts the stigma single women faced in each particular era and the ways this stigma plays out still to this day is equally fascinating and horrifying. It made me grateful to be single now instead of then, even though singleness today is not without its own challenges.
It's shameful I hadn't read anything by Mary Karr sooner. Her writing bowled me over time and again. I almost wanted to turn back to page 1 and read it all over again. Now I need to read her first two memoirs!
When I started reading, I kept stopping to figure out if this was actually a novel. It reads differently than the average non-fiction book. Not quite memoir, certainly not fiction, wholly investigative journalism. Katherine Boo found a way to bring us right to the Annawadi slum and in to the world of the people we meet. Annawadi exists behind the airport, hidden by a wall covered in Beautiful Forever ads. The contrast is striking.
We see Asha plot, Manju study, Abdul barter, and Zehrunisa fight for her family. They live in the same settlement but hierarchies still exist. Those more well off than others. The Hindus compared to the Muslims. Men holding more power than women. They do have this in common: they dream of success and they work hard for it. Some through bribery, others picking up and reselling trash, a few through the power of education.
While Behind the Beautiful Forevers engages its reader, it is not always an easy read. It is not a spoiler to say it includes self-immolation, murder, illness, and rampant corruption. On the other hand, there are also stories of friendship, justice, and hope. The citizens of Annawadi strive for a better tomorrow, in spite of what many of us would call abject circumstances. You will root for some of the people you meet in these pages and curse others. Boo humanizes them all.
Miles writes about communion, faith, and poverty unlike anyone else. This is not a Christian book per se but I experienced God time and again while reading it. Hers is an unconventional life and faith and we would do well to pay attention. Miles lives out her beliefs, she puts faith in action and in doing so, she changed the food pantry landscape in San Francisco.
I wish this book had been around during my own dark night of the soul! Barbara Brown Taylor remains one of my favorite writers. I loved her insights about darkness and light. It deeply resonated from start to finish, especially considering lunar spirituality compared to solar spirituality. This makes for a deeper faith, if we will allow ourselves to go there.
Stellar follow up to A Homemade Life. I loved the behind-the-scenes look at how Wizenberg and her husband opened up their restaurant, especially since I was able to eat at Delancey this past fall. Well worth reading and visiting.
The level of vulnerability and high quality storytelling made this a book I couldn't put down. Nish has given us all a gift.
Jeff Chu may have been the perfect person to write this book. His story blends well with his journalistic approach as he traveled across the country hearing stories and perspectives about the intersection of faith and the LGBT community. Well written and filled with grace.
I want Nadia Bolz-Weber to be my spirit animal. Such a breath of fresh air!
I applaud Doughty's exploration of death and the funeral industry. Too few people recognize the value in these topics. When we ignore the reality of death, it hampers our ability to truly live and this plays out in myriad ways, from our healthcare system to Botox. Doughty has some unconventional thoughts about the post-mortem but I appreciated how she came to her conclusions and especially how she makes room for a difference of opinion over what should happen after we die. More than that, she makes room for honest conversation. Though I worked in hospice for several years and have attended funerals my whole life, I still learned a lot in these pages. If you're not familiar with the "death industry," you might not be prepared for the wacky sense of humor or what death looks like. And really, that makes the case for this book that much more. I wish everyone would read it.
This is a must-read, possibly my most favorite out of this entire list. Profoundly insightful, well written, and engaging. These are good things to think through NOW. Things we as a society need to wrestle with and address but really, it starts with us as individuals with ourselves, our families, and our doctors. If you haven't talked to your loved one about their end of life wishes or yours, this is the time to think through it and start the conversation. Gawande didn't start out in the place of understanding he came to and he had the same questions and resistance many of us do when it comes to the hard talks and that's part of why this book works so well. Trust me.
Wisdom and grace permeate the pages of this beautifully written book. We can find God and lose Him in many ways throughout our lives. We are worn down by life at times and this can make it that much harder to sense Godhead in the mundane. We may trust He is there, even if we no longer sense Him, but when the days turn into weeks turn into months, the longing turns into an ache. And then what?
Each time I've set out into the unknown, I have eventually landed where I was meant to be all along. It never looks like what I imagined and very rarely do I have anything to do with the result. I am changed by the process and more aware of my smallness and God's vast mystery. I suppose this then is why I recommend Preston's memoir. It serves as a guide through the unknown. Through Preston's story, we see ourselves. We remember our smallness and God's vast mystery. We remember what it is to be lost and then found. We remember what it is to be welcomed at the Table.
I couldn't stop laughing, relating, and nodding in solidarity. I want to widely distribute her thoughts on why not to online date. Although I think most people could relate to Heaney's romantic escapades, I especially recommend it to my fellow single ladies, no matter how much (or little) dating experience you have.
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Joanna's love of the ocean drives sustainable jet ski business
Sustainability champion Joanna Kristoffersen spent much of her childhood living on a yacht off Mooloolaba so it's no surprise that she has a strong affinity with the ocean.
The iJetSki business owner has spent countless days exploring local waterways, instilling a deep passion for taking care of our oceans and rivers.
Joanna wears a few hats - a scientist with majors in biotechnology and medical microbiology, Joanna works full-time at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. A prolific researcher, Joanna is also involved in research with the University of the Sunshine Coast where she has developed a rapid diagnostic test for detecting Hendra virus in horses. Somehow, Joanna also manages to squeeze in managing iJetSki, a jet ski service centre and showroom at Maroochydore.
Reflecting on a year as sustainability ambassador for the Sunshine Coast Business Women's Network, Joanna has shown that any business owner, regardless of their industry, can implement sustainable practices - and bring others on board along the way.
A carefree young life on the ocean
Moving permanently onto the family yacht at the age of one, Joanna tells of a carefree young life where she and her siblings would travel to primary school in a dingy. School holidays were filled with sailing adventures to Moreton Island and beyond.
"We lived on the yacht for ten years. There would always be somewhere cool to go, it was such an adventurous lifestyle," Joanna said.
"I learned to love and respect the ocean from an early age. We rescued a lot of seabirds that had become tangled in fishing line. I found it quite distressing to think that people would pollute the ocean in that way. We had to be self-sufficient and conscious of waste we produced and where it went."
Fast forward to nine years ago and Joanna was working and studying, longing to get back on the ocean. She contemplated buying a yacht but the prospect of needing a crew every time she took to the water didn't appeal so Joanna bought a jet ski instead.
"I quickly became obsessed," she said. "It's so easy to access the water. I get home from work, duck down to the ramp and head out for a ride within minutes. It's freeing, relaxing, and a great way to start or finish the day."
When the main local jet ski shop closed down, Joanna was faced with having to take her jet ski to the Gold Coast for servicing. A gap was identified in the local market and she opened a service centre at Kawana with her partner. They soon moved to bigger premises alongside the Maroochy River at Kuluin, offering repairs, servicing and a large showroom.
Joanna's commitment to sustainability at iJetSki is persistent yet practical, initially focusing on the quick wins before moving to other more challenging adjustments. To date, iJetSki has implemented a range of measures including:
Reducing paper use by moving to electronic communications and invoicing
Phasing out single use plastic bags
Composting food waste and recycling where possible
Using shredded paper for packing orders instead of bubble wrap
Finding ways to reduce or eliminate plastic use
Reducing water and energy consumption
Supporting local beach clean-ups.
The biggest challenges so far have been with postage and single use consumable items.
"Many of the cost-effective postage options use plastic satchels but we try to use paper and cardboard packaging. Single use consumable items are problematic in both the business and my research work. It takes extra time and effort to consider alternatives or reuse where possible."
Joanna says while it can seem overwhelming for businesses to take those first steps towards sustainability, we can all play a part.
"We aren't perfect but we are constantly striving to improve. We can all have an impact if we start with simple things and implement one change at a time," she said.
Joanna's top 3 tips for business sustainability
Involve your staff members and customers to amplify your impact.
Learn from the experiences of other businesses; share your successes and challenges.
Embrace technology to save paper, reduce travel and cut energy use.
How to jet ski sustainably
Joanna is an advocate for protecting our waterways and says there are many things that jet ski riders can do to help.
The iJetSki team regularly reminds customers to be conscious of the different zones for boating activity, especially in Moreton Bay (see Moreton Bay Marine Park User Guide). Designated zones with guidelines for use help to protect biodiversity and breeding habitats.
People on jet skis are required to stay 300 metres away from whales as well as follow other whale watching guidelines, including not approaching a whale from directly in front or behind) see Moreton Bay Marine Park for details).
Other ways that jet ski riders can help:
Slow down to 6 knows in rivers to reduce erosion
Be aware of other go-slow zones especially in rivers
Always keep an eye out for marine life
Don't carry items such as plastic bags that can blow away and pollute the water
Pick up any pollution you see in the water and on the beach
Call your friends out if they are polluting.
Joanna Kristoffersen was awarded the 2018 Sunshine Coast Sustainable Business Woman of the Year for her work as a change maker in our community.
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Global Gas Meters Market Size By Type, By End User, By Geography And Forecast
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Gas Meters Market Size And Forecast
Gas Meters Market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 7.86% from 2020 to 2027.
The Major factors that drive the smart Gas Meters Market size is supportive government policies, development of communication network infrastructure, and high developments in the field of advanced metering infrastructure. The Global Gas Meters Market report provides a holistic evaluation of the market. The report offers comprehensive analysis of key segments, trends, drivers, restraints, competitive landscape, and factors that are playing a substantial role in the market.
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Global Gas Meters Market Definition
Smart gas meters automatically measure the basic parameters such as pressure, volume, and temperature of the gas flowing in the pipeline. Installation of smart gas meter in commercial, industrial, and residential spaces is the next step toward providing access to gas for every individual. Governments' standards and policies have pushed the smart gas meter market to pump into the global GDP.
Collaboration of gas exploring companies with smart gas meter manufacturers also contributes for the same. No discrepancy in gas meters has ensured the market to drive swiftly in the upcoming years. Moreover, in the recent years, the rise in safety concerns and standards has led the global smart gas meter market to register a double figure growth.
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Over the coming years, digital technologies are expected to make systems more connected, reliable, efficient, and sustainable worldwide. In addition, technological advancements in data analytics and connectivity are empowering a range of new digital applications, such as shared mobility, smart appliances, and 3D printing. The ongoing and continuous development of the communication network infrastructure contributes toward the manufacturing of the advanced level of smart meters. The availability of the network infrastructure such as 5G, 4G, radio frequency, and others boosts the development of smart meters. The manufacturers are continuously engaged in production of advanced level of smart meters according to the growing network infrastructure; thus, contributing to the growth of the smart gas meter industry.
The Major factors that drive the smart gas meter market size is supportive government policies, development of communication network infrastructure, and high developments in the field of advanced metering infrastructure. Utilities are adopting these solutions for their vast benefits. In addition, large scale installations of the smart meters by the utility companies are focusing on strengthening the distribution of the smart gas meters. However, high installation and maintenance cost of smart gas meters borne by end users restrain the growth of the smart gas meter market. Several grid operators and other gas utility providers are effectively managing the demand for smart gas meters. However, various benefits offered by the market such as automatic meter reading and bill generation are further expected to contribute toward the growth of the smart gas meter industry.
In recent times, various factors have been integrated to make smart meters more remarkable, reliable, and affordable. The different connectivity technologies used by the smart gas meters are further spurring the growth of the smart gas meter market. In addition, the smart gas meters help in elimination of the manual monthly meter reading, and optimize the profit with existing resources.
Global Gas Meters Market: Segmentation Analysis
The Global Gas Meters Market is segmented based on Type, End User, and Geography.
Gas Meters Market, By Type
• Automated Metering Infrastructure
• Automated Meter Reading (AMR)
Based on Type, the market is segmented into Automated Metering Infrastructure, Automated Meter Reading (AMR). Smart gas meters are gaining wide acceptance across various end-use industries in the recent past and are expected to continue this trend in the future. Regulations phasing out old conventional ones for new intelligent products are expected to play a key role in shaping the market over the forecast period.
Gas Meters Market, By End User
• Residential
• Commercial
• Industrial
Based on End User, the market is bifurcated into Residential, Commercial, and Industrial. Growth in end-use industries, particularly in the developing regions, is expected to complement the regional gas meter markets. Increasing disposable income, urbanization, and growing standards of living have resulted in higher domestic as well as commercial demand. Government initiatives to encourage manufacturing activities in the developing regions have resulted in high demand from the industrial sector. These trends are presumed to aid the market over the next seven years.
Gas Meters Market, By Geography
• Rest of the World
Based on regional analysis, the Global Gas Meters Market is classified into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of the world. Developed regions such as North America and Europe are projected to witness brisk growth owing to regulations that mandate companies to phase out old conventional meter and adopt new intelligent ones. Developing regions such as Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, and Central & South America are expected to witness brisk demand due to factors such as growing urbanization and government initiatives favoring industrialization. Rising energy demand and shift in customer preferences towards natural gas consumption are other key factors expected to positively impact the market over the forecast period.
Key Players In Global Gas Meters Market
The "Global Gas Meters Market" study report will provide a valuable insight with an emphasis on the global market. The major players are Honeywell International Inc., Itron Inc., Landis+Gyr, Schneider Electric SA, Siemens AG, Badger Meter, EDMI, Sensus, Aclara Technologies, Apator SA.
The competitive landscape section also includes key development strategies, market share, and market ranking analysis of the above-mentioned players globally.
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Gas Meters Market is anticipated to grow at aCAGR of 7.86% from 2019 to 2026.
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The Major factors that drive the smart gas meter market size is supportive government policies, development of communication network infrastructure, and high developments in the field of advanced metering infrastructure are the major factors leading to the growth of Gas Meters Market.
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The Major players in Gas Meters Market are Honeywell International Inc., Itron Inc., Landis+Gyr, Schneider Electric SA, Siemens AG, Badger Meter, EDMI, Sensus, Aclara Technologies, Apator SA.
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Miscellanea galileiana - Vol. III
Miscellanea galileiana - Voll. I-II
Myasthenia Gravis, rivista sintetica e studio patogenetico
The Problem of Cosmic Radiations in Interplanetary Space
La prevenzione del cancro
Le Funzioni e le varietà quasi abeliane dalla teoria del Severi ad oggi
The Problem of Macromolecules of Biological Interest with Special Reference to Nuclear Proteins
Testosterone e patologia epatica
Funzioni quasi abeliane
Elastoplasticità
La rivascolarizzazione del miocardio
La vescica artificiale
The Problem of Stellar Population
Studio sulle ernie diaframmatiche
The Problem of Oligoelements in the Vegetal and Animal Life
Cellule cianofile e cellule mucoidi dell'adenoipofisi
The Problem of Microseisms
Ein Vorschlag zur empirischen Reduktion von Spektralverteilungen
Studio fisico dell'aorta normale e patologica
Tendenza aggressiva e accertamento precoce del sesso nel pavoncello
La strutturazione psicologica del linguaggio studiata mediante l'analisi elettroacustica
The Biological Problem of Cancer
L'anemia perniciosa
La sphygmographie
Catalogo dei gasteropodi polmonati
Index Général des travaux de l'Académie Pontificale des "Nuovi Lincei" 1847-1935
UK - Anisa Dhanji
Judge Anisa Dhanji, United Kingdom,
One Tuesday, over 200 years ago, a man stood up in the British House of Commons and delivered an impassioned speech that eventually led to the abolition of the slave trade. That man was William Wilberforce, and the date was 12th May, 1789.
Although the intervening centuries have seen Britain become one of the world's most pluralistic and tolerant nations, with a proud record of upholding human rights, the reality is that slavery still exists today in our towns and cities, just as it does in so many other parts of the world.
Modern slavery, which His Holiness Pope Francis has described as "a crime against humanity", takes a very different form, of course, from the slave trade of the 18th century. Its victims, already amongst the world's most vulnerable and defenceless people, are subjected to abuse, violence, hunger, rape, threats, and intimidation, often by organised crime gangs, operating across different countries. Young girls and women are sexually exploited, and forced into prostitution. Domestic workers are abused, and made to work for little or no pay. Vulnerable young men are made to live in appalling conditions and to labour for long hours in fields, in factories, or fishing vessels. The difference from Wilberforce's day is that then, slavery was legal and conducted openly. Modern slavery happens in the shadows. Its victims are mostly hidden, and this, of course, is what makes this crime so challenging to tackle.
The scale of modern slavery is significant. The Global Slavery Index, published by Walk Free, estimates that over 5 million people are trapped in slavery around the world. Research carried out by the UK government estimates that there are between 10,000 and 13,000 in victims in the UK. By its very nature, however, it is difficult to get a clear idea of the numbers involved, and many say that the true number is much greater. A high proportion of the victims of modern slavery come from Albania, Nigeria, Vietnam, Romania and Poland. However, many of the victims are UK nationals, which underlines the fact that not all victims of modern slavery come from other countries. And of course, behind the statistics, lies incalculable emotional, physical and psychological damage, inflicted on human beings whose lives are being, destroyed.
So, what is being done about it?
Britain is bound by the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings, which sets minimum standards on the identification, protection and support of victims of trafficking.
However, many charities, NGOs, and civil society organisations, who have been working with the victims, have been expressing grave concerns for some years, that much more needs to be done. In the past few years, there have been a number of initiatives which reinforces the UK's commitment to addressing the issue.
First, in 2015, the Modern Slavery Act was passed, and equivalent legislation was also passed in the Scottish Parliament and the Northern Irish Assembly. It provides harsher sentences, and new ways of convicting the traffickers and slave masters.
Legislation by itself, is of course, rarely enough. Successful prosecution depends on witnesses, often the victims themselves, who need to be encouraged, and supported to give evidence that will bring offenders to justice. It also requires dedicated police resources, and most of all, it requires greater awareness and engagement of the population as a whole. All too often, stories emerge in the media of someone who has been held captive in an ordinary residential neighbourhood for years on end, and one has to ask, how is it that the neighbours did not know?
In recognition of these issues, the government has extended the remit of the National Referral Mechanism ("NRM") to all victims of modern slavery in England and Wales. All first responders, such as the police, the National Crime Agency, the UK Border Force, the Home Office Immigration and Visa Service, and Social Services, must consider whether the person they are dealing with is a victim of human trafficking, or another form of modern slavery, including servitude, and forced or compulsory labour. If they are, then various supports and safeguards are put in place. As well, a multi-agency organisation, the Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Unit, led by the National Crime Agency, has been set up to provide a central point of expertise, support and coordination.
Third, an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner has been appointed. The Commissioner's aims are to increase the identification of victims and to refer them for appropriate support, and in tandem, to increase the numbers of prosecutions and convictions of traffickers and slave masters, using the 4P paradigm – Prevention, Protection, Prosecution and Partnership.
In addition, we now have an annual Anti-Slavery Day, which was established by an Act of Parliament. This year, it was marked on 18 October, so just recently. It provides an important opportunity to raise awareness about human trafficking and modern slavery. Each year, more and more charities, local authorities, police forces and individuals organise events and even awards to remind people that the battle against slavery did not end two centuries ago.
The courts are also playing their part. There have been a number of positive decisions recently from our higher courts, including a decision from our Supreme Court on 18 October of this year. It may have been no coincidence that the judgement (in Benkharbouche and Janah linked cases [2017] UKSC 62) was handed down on Anti-Slavery Day. The case arose out of a claim by two Moroccan domestic workers against foreign embassies in London, which invoked their immunity under the State Immunity Act. The Supreme Court decided that to apply diplomatic immunity so widely went beyond the requirements of international law. This decision is significant because overseas domestic workers working in embassies, approximately 75% of whom are women, are exceptionally vulnerable, and are often subject to exploitative employment practices.
In another landmark case, this one in 2014, the Supreme Court allowed a child victim of trafficking to recover damages from her trafficker, finding that to permit the trafficker to escape liability would be "an affront" to public policy.
Successful prosecutions, of course, depend also on prosecutors, and here, too, there has been progress. In October 2014, leading prosecutors from across the UK and Ireland, faced with figures that indicated a 22% increase in human trafficking in just one year, met and pledged to work together to tackle human trafficking and to share information across borders and jurisdictions.
I will leave you with one victim's story:
"I believed I was going to be safe and have a good life here but when I came to this country that was not the case. I was treated very, very badly. I was locked in a room and made to have sex with many men. They would come every day and make me do things I did not want to do. They never cared if I cried. They just carried on. The traffickers prostituted me for three months before I managed to run away and I still feel the pain now. It is in my heart and in my head".
Stories such as these about the horrors and the many lives that are destroyed by modern day slavery, reminds us that much still remains to be done.
It also brings to mind Lord Wilberforce's words from over 200 years ago: "You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know".
Summit 9-10 November 2017 - This meeting has been called under the conviction that modern slavery,... Read more | {
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Bet 11
Duration 148 years (02002-02150)
"At least one human alive in the year 2000 will still be alive in 2150."
Melody K Haller
STAKES $2,000
will go to Chabot Space and Science Center if Schwartz wins,
or Accion International if Haller wins.
Schwartz's Argument
Today there are several lines of research under way that are treating both the infirmities of aging and the aging process itself, so that we are treating many of the phenomena like loss of memory, loss of vision, sexual performance, and so on with individual therapies, and in the course of that we are essentially extending the quality of life for people at a much higher age. If one then in addition looks at the current work on stem cells as well as on certain phenomon like telomerase, an enxyme in DNA, what we find is we are learning a great deal about how that mechanism is the control mechanism for aging, and it is very likely that over the next 25 years, we will be actually be able to manipulate the production of telomerase in individual cells. In other words, society will see serious and effective medical intervention in the aging process---people undergoing such therapy will keep looking and feeling and acting younger than their calendar age. The prospect to individuals for living seriously longer than the current norm will begin to open up.
The Hayflick limit is the limit of the maximum number of cell replications that a human being (or any species) can engage in. So, how many times do our cells replace themselves? That's the limit of human lifespan. When you can't replace your cells anymore, you die. And Leonard Hayflick calculated that number for a variety of species, and for human beings it was 120. So we have almost no documented instances of people living more than one hundred and twenty years.
Science and medicine will not only be essentially extending people to their normal full life span (i.e. 120), but will extend the human natural life span to beyond that, and a reasonable guess as to how much will be gained over the next century or so is at least 25 or 30 years. In other words, a person born in the year 2000 will still be alive in 2150 There's one other factor. If one simply looks at the historical trend, one finds that over the last century, we have nearly doubled human life span. The average lifespan of human beings (average, not maximum) has gone from about 45 to about 85. With the advances in microbiology and molecular biology, there's no reason to imagine that we won't do at least as much in the next century. In fact, if you double 85, you're at 170... so I'm actually being conservative.
Haller's Argument
Peter's bet blithely refers to overcoming the Hayflick Limit without even considering the bioethical or social implications of doing so. I suspect that it will be broken, like the atom. But this is one of the fundamental building blocks of evolution--what arrogance and self-importance to think that our existence is so important and valuable that we have the right to mess with evolution, or that we have any clue whatsoever as to the implications of doing so. There's a tremendous outcry about cloning, bypassing sexual reproduction, but no one seems to think there's a problem with cracking the code to immortality.
The life span-expiration mechanism came into play in evolution about the same time as the infinitely popular sexual reproduction. Unless done in by inclement circumstances, single cell animals such as yeast don't die; they just divide. Ironically, the arising of limited life spans coincided with and seemingly contributed to the rapid proliferation of life on Earth. My nonscientific, intuitive take on this is that evolutionary adaptation takes place more rapidly when the older generation gets out of the way, especially as organisms increase in complexity. Humans may succeed in overcoming self-limiting life spans but the result is likely to be contra-indicatory to the continued success of humans and other life.
Further, from a political and compassionate point of view, I am convinced that such an extension of life span would benefit only the privileged and powerful, as it already does. The desire of the self to continue existing is a nearly irresistible force. But it is one thing to extend life by optimizing the care and circumstances of the organism and quite another to extend it by neutralizing inherent cellular functions. I do not doubt that further advances will be made in prolonging longevity and perhaps Peter will prove correct. Luckily, there's yet another expiration barrier that comes into play at about 200 years of age. I am betting money against his prediction purely because I believe that the further radical prolonging of human (and pet) longevity would not benefit the human species, nor the other species who are also rightful inhabitants of this small planet. | {
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Humanity took its first step into a harmonious world of true peace and justice.
The second step was a killer.
The freedom to be at peace with God and the world also included the freedom to make choices – including bad ones. Mankind was free to go its own way, to seek its own fortunes, rather than enjoy the prosperity God had created for them.
And the man and woman were free to listen, free to disobey God, and free to live with the consequences.
Mankind's choice? To listen to the Tempter. To abandon the roles ordained for us by the Creator. To rebel against the way God had created the world to work. To seek our own destiny.
The consequences? Shock waves rumbled across the universe. The harmony was shattered. Peace would dissolve into war. Freedom would give way to slavery, prosperity to poverty. Oppression, sickness, greed, and hatred would sweep through the human soul. Living souls, created in the image of God, would be shattered in every way.
Mankind chose rebellion over relationship that day, and God banished us from heaven on earth.
Every generation since has suffered because the man and woman believed an attractive lie: "You can be God. You are gods. You will be gods if you …." Each generation continues to believe its own versions of the attractive lie.
A rebellious spirit makes us vulnerable to deception. Disobedience leaves us broken. When God's peace is broken, his justice is lost, and all we have left is captivity and oppression.
And the most insidious captivity of all is the one in which the slave thinks himself free.
We see so much meanness in the world, and we each feel insignificant and powerless – just one little person who hasn't accomplished what he thought he would. We become skilled at keeping up appearances, even able to deceive ourselves, but down deep we each know a monster lives in our private place. Every one of us is broken. Each one suffers in her own captivity. Each heart is dark.
Oppression breeds would-be oppressors. Broken souls feel compelled to lord it over other broken souls. We who have believed attractive lies, in turn tell attractive lies to gain power over others. We will resort to brute force to get what we want, if we think we can get away with it.
In my heart's dark place, I am a would-be oppressor. I am only too willing to rebel against God's ways. There is no wickedness I cannot rationalize, if I believe I will get what I want. There is no evil I cannot ignore, if I believe I will be better off.
I am broken. My biggest problem is that a broken person cannot fix himself. I need someone to rescue me.
In what ways have you seen lives destroyed by rebellion against God's ways?
What is the most destructive "attractive lie" people believe?
Zeina* had been on the streets of Hamburg, Germany, for several years. She longs for her children to have a better life than she has had. Zeina works hard to provide that for them, but her "work" led her to the streets. Zeina wants out. She recognizes that this life is not a good one. But getting out is not as easy as it sounds. Click here to read more. | {
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The morning glow of a summer sun sizzles on the Indiana horizon, growing in intensity until the sun itself boils forth from the ground and rises, spreading it's rays over the state. It's already hot, however, at a steel mill, where it's twin pair of basic oxygen furnaces have been raging with the sun's same intensity all night. The enormous two-story, pot-bellied vessels alternately tip sideways and straighten, fed by chunks of solid steel scrap washed down with deep swigs of molten iron. Every 45 minutes, each furnace produces as much as 300 tons of molten steel.
is the result of a $50 billion investment made by the North American steel industry in advanced technologies that make the world's strongest, most innovative material even stronger and more innovative - and all at a lower cost to the consumer.
together to form the Steel Alliance.
The steel industry has emerged from the past two decades a leaner and more efficient industry than ever before. Thanks to advances in technology, no other country produces more steel per man-hour than the United States. In addition, the United States is the planet's lowest cost steel producer. The North American steel industry has also collectively cut emissions, increased the recycling of post-consumer steel products from the solid waste stream and reduced the amount of energy needed to make steel.
All these positive attributes of steel have something in common: the public, for the most part, is largely unaware of them. David Hoag, the chairman of TheSteelAlliance and chairman and CEO of LTV Steel Corporation, agrees.
Arming consumers with the facts about steel has begun through a five-year, high profile awareness campaign entitled "The New Steel. Feel the Strength." The campaign reaches out to the millions of people who buy automobiles, appliances, houses, canned food or any of the many products made of with steel to help them recognize steel's attributes. And with an audience of millions, the campaign is sure to keep Stephenson busy in the years ahead.
The infrastructure of the computerized age has crept into all areas of our lives, and the steel industry is no exception. From behind the glass of climate-controlled "pulpits" that overlook the steelmaking line, engineers monitor computer screens that flicker with data about the hot slabs of new steel rolling past. Computers working in concert with the latest technology in responsive steelmaking machinery ensure that steel is made to precise dimensions and worldclass quality.
Steel's biggest strength has long been its flexibility-meaning its ability to adapt to change and meet increasingly stricter performance demands. Metallurgists and engineers in the North American steel industry work with these new technologies to produce ever stronger, lighter, thinner steels. For example, the Sears Tower, the world's tallest building when it was constructed in 1974, could be built with 35 percent less steel today.
Make the steel manufacturing process cleaner: an initiative that the steel industry has backed with a multi=-billion dollar investment.
Over the past decade, the industry has invested approximately $10 billion to reduce steelmaking's impact on the environment, especially in regards to air and water emissions. Advanced air pollution control devices have been installed in steel mills that capture dust particles and gases.
Today, the industry has collectively reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 28 percent and waste water emissions by 91 percent compared to ten years ago. Annual energy consumption has been cut by more than 30 percent in the same time period.
The North American steel industry has worked in partnership with automobile manufacturers to engineer and manufacture automotive components that are much lighter and stronger than was thought possible less than a decade ago. This partnership has led to new vehicle designs and construction techniques that have meant a 20 percent decrease in vehicle weight since 1978.
on a project called the UltraLight Steel AutoBody, which combines cutting edge automotive design with the newest state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques to enable the world's automakers to produce a new family of safe, light-weight, low cost, fuel-efficient car bodies.
Steel built our skyscrapers and bridges. And now, environmental and economic concerns motivate the building industry to examine alternative materials and methods in residential construction. An exciting new market has been found in steel homes.
The new steel resists decay, corrosion, fire and floods more than any other material, which is why it is now being used more in residential construction.
The New Steel. Feel the Strength.
Nearly 150 years ago, steel sparked the industrial revolution. Today, it's still revolutionizing the way we live and shaping our future. | {
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Bryson-City is located in the mountainous southwestern tip of North Carolina, within the Nantahala National Forest. This small, friendly town sits on the southern side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, or what is known as "the Quieter Side of the Smokies." Some of the recreational activities in the Bryson City area include mountain biking, hiking, horseback riding, canoeing and some of the best fly-fishing in North Carolina. You are within minutes of Olympic caliber whitewater rafting, kayaking and tubing, and Bryson City is near superb winter sports facilities for skiing, snowshoeing and snowboarding. The Nantahala National Forest has over 600 miles of trails for backpacking or biking, including part of the Appalachian Trail and a 35-mile section of the Bartram Trail. There are numerous waterfalls in the region, and at Glen Falls Scenic Area, the river cascades over a 50-foot ledge in a spectacular display of nature. Bryson City enjoys all of the attractions of the Smoky Mountains, including the Great Smoky Mountain Railway, family theme parks, Cherokee Indian Reservation casinos, and the historic towns of Sylva, Dillsboro and Franklin.
The closest airports in the area are the Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge airport (GKT) located about 29 miles north of Bryson City in Sevierville, Tennessee, the Mc Ghee Tyson airport (TYS) located approximately 40 miles northwest of Bryson City in Knoxville, Tennessee, the Asheville Regional airport (AVL) located roughly 50 miles east of Bryson City in Asheville, North Carolina, the Moore Murrell airport (MOR) located around 51 miles north of Bryson City in Morristown, Tennessee, and finally the Greeneville Greene County Municipal airport (GCY) located about 63 miles northeast of Bryson City in Greeneville, Tennessee.
Cherokee Fun Park Cherokee NC 8.0 mi.
Santa's Land Cherokee NC 8.0 mi.
Ghost Town in the Sky Maggie Valley NC 20.6 mi.
Dollywood Pigeon Forge TN 25.4 mi.
Rockin' Raceway Pigeon Forge TN 25.4 mi.
NASCAR SpeedPark Sevierville TN 30.9 mi.
Lake Lanier Island Beach & Water Park Lake Lanier Island GA 92.7 mi.
Smoky Mountain Country Club Whittier NC 4.9 mi.
Franklin Golf Course Franklin NC 17.6 mi.
Mill Creek Country Club Franklin NC 17.6 mi.
Laurel Valley Country Club Townsend TN 24.2 mi.
Gatlinburg Municipal Golf Course Pigeon Forge TN 25.9 mi.
Lake Junaluska Golf Course Waynesville NC 26.5 mi.
Laurel Ridge Country Club Waynesville NC 26.5 mi.
Highlands Cove Highlands NC 29.5 mi.
Trillium Links & Lake Club Cashiers NC 29.5 mi.
Cataloochee Maggie Valley NC 20.6 mi.
Scaly Mountain Scaly Mountain NC 29.9 mi.
Ski Wolf Laurel Mars Hill NC 57.4 mi.
Ski Beech Banner Elk NC 101.8 mi.
Sugar Mountain Ski Area Banner Elk NC 101.8 mi.
Hawksnest Golf & Ski Resort Seven Devils NC 103.4 mi.
Black Rock Mountain State Park GA 36.7 mi.
Chatuge State Park GA 38.4 mi.
Knoxville Zoological Gardens Knoxville TN 45.2 mi.
Western North Carolina Nature Center Asheville NC 51.6 mi.
Greenville Zoo Greenville SC 71.7 mi.
Tennessee Aquarium Chattanooga TN 108.4 mi.
Warner Park Zoo Chattanooga TN 108.4 mi. | {
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The Human Rights Tribunal consists of at least seven members appointed by the government, namely a president chosen from among the judges of the Court of Québec and six assessors. The term of office of the president and of the assessors is five years, and is renewable (section 101). The Government may designate other judges from that court to sit as members of the Tribunal either to hear and decide an application or for a determined period (section 103). All members, judges and assessors, are chosen for their notable experience and expertise in, sensitivity to and interest for matters of human rights and freedoms.
The Tribunal is currently composed of 14 members, namely, the President, the Honourable Ann-Marie Jones, as well as three judges of the Court of Québec and ten assessors. When a case is referred to the Tribunal, the President assigns a division composed of three members, that is, the judge presiding over the division and two assessors to assist the judge.
The Tribunal staff plans and organizes the hearings and provides the necessary legal and administrative assistance to the members in the exercise of their functions.
Ms. Jones J. holds a bachelor's degree in law from the Université du Québec à Montréal and a post-graduate certificate in international law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. She was admitted to the Bar in 1980 and practised at the Centre communautaire juridique de Montréal and the Alarie Legault law firm until 1985. She then entered the Québec public service, where she successively worked as the Attorney General of Québec's prosecutor, a member of the legal department of the ministère du Revenu and the Régie des alcools et des jeux, and a legal advisor for the Direction des services judiciaires de Montréal.
She volunteered in various ways for the legal community and community organizations. She was a member of Bar committees and of the Ligue des droits et libertés, where she undertook to defend the rights of inmates. In 1985, she was part of an interdepartmental working group created by the ministère de la Justice. At the time, she helped draft the report entitled "La condition des femmes détenues au Québec".
In 1997, she was appointed as commissioner of the Commission des relations du travail. She exercised that function until she was appointed to the Court of Québec on September 5, 2001, after which she was assigned mainly to the Youth Division in the District of Montréal. On August 1, 2012, she was appointed to the position of associate coordinating judge for the Youth Division in the District of Montréal. She held that position until August 31, 2014. Since her appointment to the Court of Québec, Ms. Jones J. has participated in several Court committees. In addition, from 2010 to 2012, she was elected as representative to the judges in youth matters within the Conférence des juges du Québec.
Mr. Mario Gervais was appointed to the Human Rights Tribunal on June 8th, 2016. Mr. Gervais holds a bachelor's degree in law from the Université de Montréal. He was admitted to the Bar in 1983. He began his career as a lawyer for Legal Aid, Youth Division, in Longueuil. In 1990, he became director of that office and, in 1996, director of the Youth and Adults Criminal Divisions. Member of the Youth committee of the Commission des services juridiques, he presented with colleagues, memoirs in front of parliamentary committees of the National Assembly, the House of Commons and the Senate. In addition, Mr. Gervais presided the Youth committee of the Bar of Longueuil for ten years until 2007. In January 2007, Mr Gervais was appointed to the Court of Quebec, youth Division, in Longueuil.
The Honourable Magali Lewis was appointed to the Human Rights Tribunal on June 8, 2016. With both a bachelor's and a master's degree in law from the Université de Montréal, Ms. Lewis was admitted to the Bar in November 1988. She initially worked for The Court Challenges Program and subsequently practiced law for several years at the firm Ménard & Martin, working principally in the domain of medical, dental and hospital liability. She then opened her own firm where she broadened her practice to include family law. In July 2000, Ms. Lewis moved to California and obtained a master's degree in American law from the University of Santa Clara. Upon her return to Québec, she joined the firm Barrette & Associés where, in 2007, she added family mediation to her practice. Very involved in her community where she has served as president or vice-president of community organizations, Ms. Lewis was also member of the Comité sur l'arbitrage des comptes d'honorairesof theBarreau du Québec from December 2010 until her nomination to the Court of Québec on January 30, 2014.
The honourable Doris Thibault was appointed to the Human Rights Tribunal on November 1st, 2017. She holds a bachelor's degree in law from Université Laval and was admitted to the Bar in 1982. She practiced family law in different private firms in Chicoutimi.
From 1987 to 1991, Ms. Thibault taught family law at the Collège de Jonquière. She is the author of an article published in Développements récents en droit familial 2000 and her comments on judgements from the Superior Court were published on Éditions Yvon Blais' « Droit civil en ligne ».
Very much involved in her community, Ms. Thibault was Bâtonnière of the Bar of Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean in 1997. She was also member of several administration coucils, including the Comité de la protection de l'enfance et de la jeunesse du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Crime Victims Assistance Centre (CAVAC), Centre des services sociaux du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean and Accès-travail femmes, as well as president of the administration council of Centre féminin.
At the time of her appointment to the Court of Québec, on January 15, 2008, she was a partner at Simar Boivin Lemieux law firm, in Chicoutimi. Since her appointment, she has participated in several Court committees, including the Comité conseil en matière jeunesse and the Comité sur la modification de la Loi sur l'adoption. From 2013 to 2017, she was on the organizing Committee of the Séminaire de rédaction de jugements and acted as president of the Conférence des juges de la Cour du Québec from 2014 to 2016.
Mtre. Pierre Arguin was appointed as an assessor with the Tribunal on August 1st, 2018. He holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in Law from the Université de Montréal. He also holds a master's degree in political science from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), as well as a post-graduate diploma in public management from the École nationale d'administration publique (ÉNAP). Admitted to the Bar of Québec in 1983, he first practiced labour law at the Commission des normes du travail (CNT) and, in 1988, at the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST). In 2000, he joined the legal department of the Ministry of Justice of the Government of Quebec, where he practiced mostly constitutional and administrative law. In 2011, he was appointed Commissioner at the Commission des lésions professionnelles, and in 2016, member of the Tribunal administratif du travail and served as administrative judge until March 2017. He is also the author and co-author of many articles, published in various law journals, and of some versions of the Loi (annotée) sur les accidents du travail et les maladies professionnelles.
Mtre Djénane Boulad was appointed as an assessor with the Tribunal on January 9, 2018. A member of the Barreau du Québec since 1986, and retired attorney since 2017, she holds a master's degree (DESS) in Public International Law (Administration Internationale) from the Paris II Panthéon-Sorbonne University, in France. She has practised law as legal and legislative counsel at the House of Commons. Sha was also counsel to members of the Immigration and Refugee Board, as a refugee protection officer, and subsequently was Minister's counsel to the Board. Following an assignment with the Canadian Human Rights Commission as a human rights officer, she served for 10 years at the Competition Bureau as a competition law officer in charge of major fraud and misleading telemarketing investigations.
Mtre Jacqueline Corado was appointed as an assessor with the Tribunal on September 27, 2017. She was called to the Quebec Bar in 2005 and has since the beginning of her law career practiced in the fields of litigation and administrative law both in the municipal and federal public service as well as the private sector. She has been a presenter in numerous workshops and conferences in her fields of practice. In 2015, she joined the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada (TATC) where she is currently the General Counsel and is in charge, among other things, of the revamping in training for new Members and the professional development for the existing adjudicators at the TATC.
Mtre. Pierre Deschamps was appointed as an assessor with the Tribunal on July 3, 2018. He graduated in Law from McGill University in 1975 after obtaining a degree in Religious Studies from the Université de Montréal in 1972. He has been a member of the Québec Bar since 1976. He was a member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for ten years and Research Director at McGill University's Research Centre in Private and Comparative Law for more than 15 years. During those years, he also held an appointment as Adjunct Professor in the University's Faculty of Law, where he taught human rights law and civil liability. In 2000, Mr. Deschamps was made a member of the Order of Canada for his volunteer work. In 2013, he received the title of Lawyer Emeritus from the Québec Bar. In 2015, he was appointed to the Québec End of Life Care Commission.
Mtre Carolina Manganelli was appointed as an Assessor to the Tribunal on March 30, 2016. She was admitted to the Barreau du Québec in 2005. In addition to her civil law and common law degrees from McGill University, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Canadian Ethnic Studies from McGill University, as well as a Masters in Law in Human Rights Law from University College London in the United Kingdom. She worked with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe as well as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Upon her return to Canada she founded her own firm, thereafter pursuing her career in Aboriginal law with the Department of Justice Canada as well as with a private firm in Montreal. Before her nomination to the Tribunal, Me Manganelli was a Member of the Immigration and Refugee Board, Refugee Protection Division, where she presided over hearings and ruled on claims for refugee protection.
Mtre. Sabine Michaud was appointed as an assessor with the Tribunal on September 4, 2013. Member of the Barreau du Québec since 1993, she also holds a bachelor's degree in criminology, and a certificate in addiction intervention. She worked in the field of psychosocial intervention with people in difficulty, before practicing criminal law. From 2002 to 2010, Mtre. Michaud worked in Africa with local organisations in the field of human rights. In that context, she had the opportunity to host several workshops and give a number of lectures on the topic of Justice between men and women and of violence against women at the headquarters of Oxfam-Quebec. In 2013, she joined the International Bureau for Children's Rights, where she became project manager for the Côte d'Ivoire. Since September 2018, she works as a judicial council for Lawyers Without Borders.
Mtre Marie-Josée Paiement was appointed as an assessor with the Tribunal on January 16, 2019. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the Department of Applied Human Sciences of Concordia University as well as a Bachelor's degree in Law from the Université de Sherbrooke. She is admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1987. Since then, she has been practicing mainly as a prosecutor for the Director of Youth Protection of Batshaw Youth and Family Centres in matters of youth law. She was a member of the Committee in youth law for the Bar from 2007 to 2016 and she has worked for the Barreau du Québec from 2014 to 2015 as a lawyer for the Research and legislation department. In addition, she lectured in social law and in civil law for college level courses from 1991 to 2003.
Mtre. Marie Pepin was appointed as an assessor with the Tribunal on September 4, 2013. A member of the Barreau du Québec since 1994, she also holds an honours degree in industrial relations from the Université de Montréal. For over 25 years, she worked in the field of labour relations for the Confédération des syndicats nationaux. More specifically, she looked into women's working conditions and child labour throughout the world. She also participated in international missions regarding the rights of workers in developing countries. She is currently in private practice and associated with a firm that specializes in social law.
Daniel Proulx was appointed assessor to the Tribunal on March 20, 2019. He was a Faculty member of the University of Ottawa Law School for 24 years, from 1980 to 2014. He is currently a law professor at the University of Sherbrooke and in 2004 was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law for a seven year term. He is an expert in constitutional law and has published extensively in the field of human rights, especially equality rights and prevention of discrimination. Professor Proulx has also been a member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (1989-1997) and co-editor of the Canadian Human Rights Yearbook (1985-1990).
Mtre. Mélanie Samson was appointed as an assessor with the Tribunal on March 2, 2011. A member of the Barreau du Québec since 2005, Mtre. Samson is a professor at the Faculty of Law of Université Laval and the co-holder of the Chaire de rédaction juridique Louis-Philippe-Pigeon. Her main fields of research and teaching are human rights and methodology of law. She regularly gives lectures on those topics. Several of the texts she wrote were published in specialized law journals in Canada, the United States and Europe. Her doctoral thesis was published by Éditions Yvon Blais in 2013, under the title Les interactions de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne avec le Code civil du Québec : une harmonie à concrétiser. Mtre. Samson obtained many bursaries and honours while studying for her bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctorate in law, including the Prix Minerve and the Prix Henri Capitant which are awarded for the best Masters' thesis in Law.
Mtre. Isabelle Gauthier has been acting as an attorney for the Tribunal since September 10, 2012. Previously, she had held the position of legal research officer since April 2009. She has been a member of the Barreau du Québec since 1995 and holds a bachelor's degree in law from the Université de Montréal, as well as a master's degree in comparative law with a major in bioethics from McGill University. She worked as an attorney and bioethicist in the health and social services network and acted as a member of clinical and research ethics committees. She then worked for seven years as a litigation attorney in matters of medical and hospital liability, and in matters of human rights with a private law firm.
Mtre. Frederick J. Doucet has been acting as an attorney for the Tribunal since June 17th, 2013. He was an articled student of the École du Barreau at the Tribunal from September 2012 to March 2013. He holds a Bachelor's of Law degree, a Juris Doctor and a Master's degree in Common Law and Transnational Law from the Université de Sherbrooke, as well as a Master 2 Research in Human Rights from the Université Lumière Lyon 2. Mtre Doucet is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Law at the Université de Montréal, for which he receives a scholarship from the Fonds de recherché du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC). His doctoral thesis is focused on the recognition of professional qualifications of professionals trained abroad, examined through the lens of the right to equality, as guaranteed by the Quebec Charter. Mtre Doucet also worked as a lecturer at the Université de Sherbrooke, where he taugh Law Theory as well as the methodology of writing an essay, and is well-implicated at the Young Bar of Montreal and the Canadian Bar Association.
Ms. Mirma Doane Saint-Julien, an attorney by training, has been a law research officer for the Tribunal since August 7, 2012. She previously held the position of clerk of the Tribunal. In the past, she has been, among other things, a support officer for corporate affairs and compliance at the Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec, and an administrative reviewer at the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité au travail (CSST). She holds a bachelor's degree in law from the Université de Montréal. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in dispute prevention and resolution at the University of Sherbrooke.
Ms. Aurélie Mont-Reynaud acts at the Tribunal as an articling student of the École du Barreau since February 2019. She obtained a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Sherbrooke in 2016. She first completed a master's degree in common law and transnational law at the same university, during which she worked as an intern for UNHCR in Geneva, at the division of international protection. In 2018, she obtained a second master's degree in applied international law and politics, during which her team won the Charles Rousseau Moot Court Competition in international Public Law, for which she did an internship at the International Bureau of Children's Rights in Montreal. Her areas of interest include human rights, international law and refugee law.
Ms. Jennifer Nguyen has been acting as clerk of the Tribunal since October 13, 2015. She holds a diploma in social science from Dawson College, with a concentration in law, society and justice. She is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in public management at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Ms. Nguyen held the position of office clerk at the Montréal Civil Registry from May 2013 to December 2014. She subsequently worked for the Direction des registres et de la certification as a law clerk. In her capacity as clerk of the Tribunal, Ms. Nguyen manages the office and is responsible for the hearing roll, under the authority of the President. She is also responsible for coordination between the parties' attorneys and the members of the Tribunal.
Ms. Line Morin has been acting as principal secretary for the Human Rights Tribunal and assisting the President in her administrative functions since March 29, 2016. She is also the resource person for all matters related to the general secretariat of the Tribunal. Ms. Morin has extensive experience in secretarial work, having held operational positions and been an executive assistant at the ministère de la Justice since 1988. From 2001 to 2016, she assisted the Honourable François Marchand in his duties as judge and treasurer of the Conférence des juges du Québec.
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Under Discussion: The Encyclopedic Museum
Edited by Donatien Grau
In almost thirty interviews, Donatien Grau probes some of the world's most prominent thinkers and preeminent arts leaders on the past, present, and future of the encyclopedic museum.
Over the last two decades, the encyclopedic museum has been criticized and praised, constantly discussed, and often in the news. Encyclopedic museums are a phenomenon of Europe and the United States, and their locations and mostly Eurocentric collections have in more recent years drawn attention to what many see as bias. Debates on provenance in general, cultural origins, and restitutions of African heritage have exerted pressure on encyclopedic museums, and indeed on all manner of museums. Is there still a place for an institution dedicated to gathering, preserving, and showcasing all the world's cultures?
Donatien Grau's conversations with international arts officials, museum leaders, artists, architects, and journalists go beyond the history of the encyclopedic format and the last decades' issues that have burdened existing institutions. Are encyclopedic museums still relevant? What can they contribute when the Internet now seems to offer the greater encyclopedia? How important is it for us to have in-person access to objects from all over the world that can directly articulate something to us about humanity? The fresh ideas and nuances of new voices on the core principles important to museums in Dakar, Abu Dhabi, and Mumbai complement some of the world's arts leaders from European and American institutions—resulting in some revealing and unexpected answers. Every interviewee offers differing views, making for exciting, stimulating reading.
Includes interviews with George Abungu, National Museums of Kenya; Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York University; Homi K. Bhabha, Harvard University; Hamady Bocoum, Musée des Civilisationes Noires, Dakar; Irina Bokova, UNESCO; Partha Chatterjee, Columbia University; Thomas Campbell, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; James Cuno, J. Paul Getty Trust; Philippe de Montebello, New York University; Bachir Souleymane Diagne, Columbia University; Kaywin Feldman, National Gallery of Art; Marc Fumaroli, Collège de France; Massimiliano Gioni, New Museum; Michael Govan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Camille Henrot, artist; Max Hollein, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Henri Loyrette, Musée du Louvre; Jean Nouvel, architect; Zaki Nusseibeh, United Arab Emirates; Mikhail Piotrovsky, State Hermitage Museum; Grayson Perry, artist; Krzysztof Pomian, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales; Mari Carmen Ramírez, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Fiammetta Rocco, The Economist; Sabyasachi Mukherjee, CSMVS Mumbai; Bénédicte Savoy; Collège de France; Kavita Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Amit Sood, Google Arts & Culture.
Donatien Grau is head of contemporary programs at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. He is the author of Plato in L.A. (Getty, 2018).
"This collection will interest those researching museum studies, nationalism, national identity, provenance, and repatriation."
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"Grau's compilation of interviews essentially asks us not simply to rebuild, reorganize, or reconfigure the encyclopedic museum, but to conceptually reimagine such museums and their place in a globalized civilization divided into contentious nation-states."
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"An interesting opportunity to listen in on the thinking of prominent figures in the field, Under Discussion: The Encyclopedic Museum offers a birds-eye view of their renegotiation of a legacy of the European Enlightenment to serve twenty-first-century populations across the globe."
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2022 Volvo XC100: Full-Size Luxury SUV Review
Posted on January 11, 2021 at 6:54 pm by James
The 2022 Volvo XC100 is the latest project by the Swedish carmaker. Well, a lot of things are going on in this Scandinavian country. The latest update brought us an all-electric XC40, called Recharge. Experts already started bidding which will be the next EV in the crossover/SUV lineup. Also, we could hear a lot of rumors about the squad expansion. Volvo is currently offering XC40 and XC60 as compact vehicles, while the XC90 is the largest SUV from the mid-size segment. Well, with 195 inches of overall length, it is not far away from the full-size world. The XC100 will make that move official.
We already saw a few debuts. The newest member of this segment is BMW X7 and Audi is also going to bring a full-size model any time soon. Mercedes is already recognizable thanks to the GLS. Land Rover Range Rover makes the European full-size luxury SUV lineup complete for now. What is common for all these models? They are somehow at a higher level than Japanese and US models. In North America, we will find Cadillac Escalade and Lincoln Navigator is the most popular models, mostly because of their slightly lower prices. Toyota is paying the due because of the high MSRP and it seems the Land Cruiser is not going to be available anymore in the United States. Infiniti is bringing an all-new QX80 based on the Monograph concept.
So, with such a competition, what are the expectations from the 2022 Volvo XC100? The Swedish carmaker is always bringing something new and special. Knowing it, we can expect the most advanced stuff in the full-size vehicle. For example, an all-electric drivetrain is possible, while the PHEV system is certain. Volvo might add an autonomous drive. Bosses were speaking about Level 4. At this point, it seems like a far-fetched story. But, someone will have to break the ice and introduce this advanced technology. Tesla is on alert.
What We Know So Far?
Various sources are already informing about the new SUV. It is certain that the 2022 Volvo XC100 will be larger than the XC90. That means the body length will be at least 200 inches. That is enough for three rows of seats and passenger capacity for seven occupants. Of course, this can be downgraded to six, if you pick captain's buckets in the middle row.
The wheelbase will be also longer. According to reports, Volvo is preparing an all-new architecture for the XC100. The platform will make a drive more fun, while the main goal is to make the concept capable of taking an electric drivetrain. Price won't be cheap. The mid-size XC90 is one of the most expensive SUVs in its segment. We expect the same from its larger sibling. Sources from the UK say the fans can expect the base MSRP to be around 80,000 pounds, which is more than $100,000.
Electric SUV, T8 Setup, and More Drivetrain Options
Volvo is electrifying the entire lineup. Bosses claim that no internal combustion engines will be used by their company by 2025. It seems like a fairytale. Even if they keep some petrol configurations, we hope to see every model with an electric unit as an option. The evolution has already started with the XC40 Recharge. The new arrival could also be an EV. On the other hand, it is hard to imagine a full-size SUV with batteries instead of a conventional engine. There are no doubts the electric unit will be capable to produce a lot of power, but it needs to be very large. It also brings the question about recharge – such a big unit will need extra time for restoring the energy.
At this moment, the T8 seems to be the most reasonable option. With 400 hp and the plug-in system, it can provide enough fun. On the other hand, the setup is based on a four-cylinder engine. Ford uses a twin-turbo V6 for their Expedition and Lincoln Navigator, while all other companies are using V8. Even the German carmakers are installing eight-cylinder powerplants, while six-cylinder engines remain in the lineup as the entry-level versions. Well, buyers who want V6 and I6 are more likely to go after a mid-size SUV.
2022 Volvo XC100 Release Date, Spy Photos, Renderings
These are the latest rumors about the 2022 Volvo XC100. The release date is not set yet, but the SUV is going to be available by the end of the year. Fans are already busy with making renderings and images of how would they like XC100 to look. However, the spy photos are not available. Making the conclusions from the latest moves by Volvo, we can expect a huge grille. The most advanced technology is going to be offered. Level 4 autonomous drive is under development, but even the hard-core enthusiasts are not convinced this system will make a debut in 2022.
Source: Carbuyer UK
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Invesco Closed-End Funds Declare Dividends
12:15 pm ET January 4, 2021 (PR Newswire) Print
The Board of Trustees of each of the Invesco closed-end funds listed below today declared the following dividends.
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EX-DATE RECORD DATE REINVEST DATE PAYABLE DATE
01/14/21 01/15/21 01/29/21 01/29/21
Name of Closed-End Ticker Monthly Dividend Amount Per Share Change From Prior Distribution
Management Investment Company
Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II VKI $0.0485 +0.0020
Invesco Bond Fund VBF $0.0565 -
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust VCV $0.0475 -
Invesco High Income 2023 Target Term Fund IHIT $0.0500 -
Invesco High Income 2024 Target Term Fund IHTA $0.0467 -
Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust OIA $0.0316 -
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust VMO $0.0540 +0.0020
Invesco Municipal Trust VKQ $0.0520 -
Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust VPV $0.0500 -
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust IQI $0.0520 -
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals VGM $0.0535 -
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals VTN $0.0458 -
Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust IIM $0.0640 +0.0020
Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year will report distributions for federal income tax purposes. The Fund's annual report to shareholders will include information regarding the tax character of Fund distributions for the fiscal year.
1 A portion of this distribution is estimated to be from a return of principal rather than net income. The Section 19 notice referenced below provides more information and can be found on the Invesco website at www.invesco.com.
The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions in 2021 will be made after the end of the year.
In order to comply with the requirements of Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, each Fund will provide its shareholders of record on the record date with a Section 19 Notice disclosing the sources of its dividend payment when a distribution includes anything other than net investment income. The Section 19 Notice is not provided for tax reporting purposes but for informational purposes only. If applicable, this Section 19 Notice information can be found on the Funds' website at www.invesco.com
The amount of dividends paid by each fund may vary from time to time. Past amounts of dividends are no guarantee of future dividend payment amounts.
Investing involves risk and it is possible to lose money on any investment in the funds.
For more information, call 1-800-341-2929.
About Invesco Ltd. Invesco Ltd. is a global independent investment management firm dedicated to delivering an investment experience that helps people get more out of life. Our distinctive investment teams deliver a comprehensive range of active, passive and alternative investment capabilities. With offices in 25 countries, Invesco managed $1.2 trillion in assets on behalf of clients worldwide as of November 30, 2020. For more information, visit Invesco.com.
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The Practical Woodworker, edited by Bernard E. Jones, is a foundation set of books for the woodworker interested in early 20th-century woodworking techniques.
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The medical term for high BP is "hypertension". The medical abbreviation for it that I was taught to use in medical charts, was HTN.
I was first diagnosed with hypertension by a cardiologist in spring of 2001 after she ran a series of diagnostic tests.
I was put on a blood pressure medicine known as Metoprolol (ma-tope-row-lall).
It is a beta blocker which, I am not educated to explain; I was really strong, healthy and still thin in 2001 when I first got diagnosed with HTN. Thus, I didn't care to learn about something that by and large only required me to take a small dose of an Rx daily, that had no obvious side effects.
A couple of years later, I became a power walking fiend and thanks to my long legs and high energy, I did 5 miles in 50 minutes, five and six days a week.
Once I began that routine, I was actually able to CEASE my BP Rx altogether because this regular aerobic exercise took my BP back to its former safe, low normal rate!
Thus, if you suffer HTN and can get into a daily walking routine, DO! I didn't start off at 5 miles. I walked as far as I could go and when that was no longer challenging, I kept increasing the distance.
If you are depressed, you should also try to get into a regular excercise routine.
In just a few months, I got up to 5 miles and found that the perfect distance to rid myself of life's stress.
When chronic pain became a part of my life, doctors kept increasing my BP Rx because of my elevated BP readings. Eventually, I was put on its max dose of 100mg BID (BID means twice daily) and when the effort of just getting a shower and washing my hair, left me depleted of all energy for the rest of the day, that is when I finally learned that one of Metoprolol's side effect is depression.
It's awful. When you sustain a disabling injury that impacts every area of a human's existence, (physical, mental, emotional, financial, social, and spiritual), you will find it more common than not, to become clinically depressed.
Thus, taking a medication with this side effect, is only adding to your problems. Obviously though, having a heart attack or stroke from not being on a good BP Rx, is a worse option.
Thus, I thought I had no choice and I dealt with this double depressive whammy from 2007 until 2014. Then I finally realized that after all of these years, surely, someone created a better BP Rx? Yep! Please click my link below for Dr. Fo Chalkias (Cardio) page under Western Medicine to read what pill I now take and how much better I feel!
Most importantly, even if you don't endure chronic pain but you do suffer from depression and high blood pressure, please, read your BP Rx pharmacology sheet to see if depression is a possible side effect for your BP Rx. If it is, ask your doc if switching to this new med is an option for you so that you can feel your absolute best while still protecting your body from the risks of hypertension.
STOP Hitting Yourself In The Head With a Hammer!
I know many people who are clinically depressed but are not chronic pain people.
Some take prescription medications for it; some do not.
Surprisingly, many, drink to excess. Then, unsurprisingly, they become deeply depressed and negative.
They cry, they hate themselves, they suffer. It's almost as bad to witness as it is for them to experience because you know as you watch them fall into despair that you can't stop it.
I believe that there are two types of problems in this life. One is being a victim of circumstances and the other, is being a victim of ourselves. We are all both at times.
Let's face it, we humans can turn into crying blithering idiots when drunk, without being clinically depressed! So why the heck put yourself in that position if you know that you are???
Look, if you have a chemical imbalance that predisposed you to depression, you can't help that. But you can choose to not drink.
Let me put it another way. If you had a horrible headache, would you pick up a hammer and whack yourself in the head with it???
I think not. Drinking, when you suffer from depression is basically the same unhealthy, painful choice.
I used to love to go to happy hour, have cocktails at home, invite friends over for dinner and drinks, etc...but when chronic pain and multiple pain related Rx's came into the picture, I could no longer drink.
It wasn't even because of my depression, it was simply that I knew it was stupid to mix prescription drugs with alcohol.
Additionally, it was the rule when on all pain Rx's that I've taken* that I would get nauseated.
Thus, the last thing I was going to do was add to that horrid feeling. Plus, even if my pain pills didn't cause nausea, my super strong daily anti-inflammatory already exposes me to terrible things like a bleeding stomach so why the hell would I add alcohol to the mix?
Thus, I went years not being able to drink as the rule. I missed it; and on occasion, I'd take a sip of someone's beer, and it wouldn't taste right or good anymore.
Where there's a will, there's a way! In lieu of drinking, I'd buy a bottle of my favorite white wine and instead of having an actual glass, I'd pour some into a butter, olive oil and garlic sauce while sauteeing fresh mushrooms for pasta. It gave just enough of its flavor to make me feel less ripped off by the widespread limitations that chronic pain and being on pain pills, forces upon a person.
Since I don't believe in wasting money, I'd use the rest of the wine up by making cheese fondue a couple of times over the next few days.
When I went herbal as the rule in 2012, I couldn't wait to be "like a real person" again and enjoy an ice cold beer on a hot summer day!
I had lost my drinking skills! (Tolerance) I found that I buzzed severely off of just two light beers! I realized it was to be expected but it was still surprised me.
I have also discovered now that my glucose (blood sugar) is not where I want it to be, due to being fat and living a sedentary life, that if I have even just one of my beloved Southern Comfort, it leaves me feeling lousy immediately.
Thus, if you are actually a diabetic, make sure that you check with your dr. about alcohol because it is vital to keep yourself from the destruction that uncontrolled diabetes wreaks on a body. | {
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The farmer's "smelly" cows
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6th Gen Farmer Fined 8K After City Folk Slam Cow Smell
November 28, 2019 November 28, 2019 Joseph Golder 0 Comments Animals, City, Cow, Farmer, Fined, Folk, France, Neighbours, Slam, Smell
This farmer has been told he must pay his neighbours 8,000 EUR after they claimed his cows were "too smelly."
On top of that, he has had to fork out 130,000 EUR (111,230 GBP) to build a new building to house his cows, some 500 metres (1,640 feet) away from the original building.
The incident took place in the Cantal department in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of central France and has made national headlines.
The court ruling
According to local media, a retired couple, who have not been named but who are the neighbours of farmer Nicolas Bardy, filed a complaint a decade ago because they claimed his cows were too smelly. Now a judge has ruled on appeal that he is guilty.
The couple reportedly arrived in the village in 2001 and came from the city of Saint-Etienne in the Loire department.
Bardy told local media: "Making hay, stocking up and getting ready to feed the animals throughout winter, this is the normal life of a farmer in the Cantal. We are not doing anything out of the usual."
He added: "It took them a while but they got there, they have managed to make us move. And on top of that now I have to pay 8,000 EUR for the smell."
The farmer's "smelly" cows
Solange Bardy, Nicolas' mother, said: "Have you ever seen someone in a city file a complaint against a neighbour because their car pollutes?"
Mr Bardy's family have been running their cattle farm since 1870. Local media report there have been six generations of farmers in the family but this is the first time there are no longer any cows in the main building.
Locals are up in arms over the matter, with the vast majority apparently coming out in support of Mr Bardy.
Stephanie Fourcat, who has started an online crowdfunding campaign to support her neighbour, told local media: "I am worried. I am wondering what we are going to be eating tomorrow. If we no longer have any farmers and if they cannot work anymore…"
Other villagers are also up in arms over the incident, with neighbour Emile Bruel telling reporters: "Everyone used to get along so well in the village. And since then, it is a catastrophe."
The entrance to the village
Emile's wife Ginette Bruel astutely pointed out: "There have always been smells. A farm is a farm, eh?"
Farmer Nicolas said: "This is stupidity pushed to the maximum." But he has reportedly accepted the decision, after fighting for 10 years.
Nicolas, after spending a decade defending himself, is now worried about one thing above all else: that other farmers will find themselves in the same situation.
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AD: Miles earned right to keep building Huskers
Nebraska AD expects to start contract talks with Tim Miles after Final Four
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Coach Tim Miles will be back for a seventh season at Nebraska and talks about a contract extension will begin after NCAA basketball's Final Four, athletic director Bill Moos said Tuesday.
Miles is 97-97 with one NCAA tournament appearance in six years. Moos, hired away from Washington State in October, said he liked what he saw this season as the Cornhuskers went 22-11 and finished tied with Final Four-bound Michigan for fourth place in the Big Ten.
"I've always considered him my coach and felt he had a pretty solid year and deserved to continue and to build the program," Moos said of Miles in an interview with The Associated Press.
The Huskers went into the 2017-18 campaign coming off three straight losing seasons and finishes of no higher than 11th in the Big Ten. Former athletic director Shawn Eichorst chose not to extend Miles' contract after each of the past two seasons.
Miles has two years left on a contract that will pay him $2.375 million in 2018-19.
"I really can't judge what he's done before I arrived," Moos said. "But I thought he did a real nice job this year. He brought in some talent and managed it very well. I really thought we improved during the course of the season, which is something I look for, especially when you have new players who are getting used to each other.
"And hey, we won 22 games -- 13 in the Big Ten and finished in fourth place when we were predicted to finish near the bottom. I didn't see any reason not to continue the course."
Nebraska beat Michigan by 20 points in Lincoln in January but lost by 19 to the Wolverines in the Big Ten tournament. The Huskers were 16-1 at home, with the only loss by 1 point to Kansas, which also is in the Final Four.
The NCAA selection committee didn't deem the Huskers' résumé strong enough for an at-large bid. They instead went to the NIT and lost at Mississippi State in the first round.
Nebraska is the only school from a power conference that has never won an NCAA tournament game, and the last time the Huskers claimed even a share of a regular-season conference title was in 1949-50.
The Huskers opened a new practice facility in 2011 and new arena in 2013.
"Really, all we're missing is the tradition, and you've got to start that at some time," Moos said. "Arizona wasn't Arizona before Lute Olson got there. Stanford wasn't Stanford before Mike Montgomery got there. So you've got to start somewhere. Usually, it's with stability, if someone is having success."
Nebraska also announced Tuesday that guard James Palmer Jr. and forward Isaac Copeland Jr. will declare for the NBA draft but will not hire an agent, allowing them to maintain their college eligibility if they withdraw their names from consideration by May 30.
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Q: How to create video with images and different time interval using ffmpeg It seems duplicate :
How to create video with images and different time interval?
But it ain't duplicate since the author of the above question has framed the wrong title because the images are displayed for fixed time-interval.
What I want to do is this
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*Image 1 : 5 seconds
*Image 2-5 : 10 seconds
*Image 6 : 4 seconds
Please let me know how can I achieve this using ffmpeg. I tried googling but found nothing as such.
A: Is it an option for you to make separate videos with the certain length and finally join them together? ffmpeg -i "concat:file1.yuv|file2.yuv" -f <format> -c copy out.xxx
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COVID-19 and functional disability: current insights and rehabilitation strategies
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9398-0428Pasquale Ambrosino1,
Antimo Papa1,
Mauro Maniscalco1,
Matteo Nicola Dario Di Minno2
1Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Pavia, Italy
2Department of Translational Medical Sciences, "Federico II" University, Naples, Italy
Correspondence to Pasquale Ambrosino, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Via Maugeri 4, Pavia 27100, Italy; pasquale.ambrosino{at}icsmaugeri.it
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RESEARCH LETTER
In December 2019, the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) made the first appearance in Wuhan, China. Despite the attempts to minimise its spread, SARS-CoV-2 gave rise to a public health emergency, finally resulting in the WHO declaration of pandemic in March 2020.
Epidemiologic data indicate that SARS-CoV-2 causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a condition with a wide spectrum of clinical presentations, ranging from a mild disease with influenza-like symptoms to a severe form with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), requiring specialised management at intensive care units (ICU).
The long-term consequences of surviving the most severe form of SARS-CoV-2 infection are still largely unknown. However, based on the scientific evidence currently available, some preliminary considerations can be made on this issue.
To date, spirometry indicates a good capacity of recovery in terms of lung function after ARDS. The Toronto ARDS Outcomes Study Group investigated the computed tomography (CT) scans of patients with ARDS at 5-year follow-up, showing a complete resolution of consolidation in all survivors and less than 10% of patients with mild residual CT abnormalities.1
If the lung seems to be an organ with a good capacity of functional recovery, a series of residual limitations in terms of exercise capacity and quality of life have been observed following ARDS and ICU stay, with significant impact on the costs and the need of healthcare services.
Regardless of the underlying pathology, the post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) is a well-known condition, characterised by residual physical and cognitive limitations in ICU survivors. The main clinical manifestations of PICS include fatigue, weakness and exercise intolerance, with different degrees of sexual, sleep, mood and cognitive disorders. As a consequence, family members can be physically and psychologically affected both during ICU stay and after discharge, thus resulting in the PICS-Family (PICS-F). During SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, it is important to consider that PICS and PICS-F may significantly influence post-discharge costs and utilisation of healthcare services.
In a cohort of 109 patients with ARDS, the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group documented persistent limitations in terms of quality of life and exercise capacity among survivors 5 years after discharge from ICU.2 In detail, as compared to a healthy control population, the authors reported a reduced distance at the 6-minute-walking-test (6MWT), which was consistent with a concomitant reduction in the physical component of the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey. In addition, several physical and psychological problems affected family caregivers. Overall, because of the residual functional disability, the cumulative post-discharge healthcare costs per patient per year (from $5,000 CAN to $6,000 CAN) were comparable to those of elderly patients with severe chronic diseases.
The observation that young healthy subjects without important comorbidities do not return to a baseline functional status and to baseline levels of healthcare necessity after ARDS and ICU stay may have important public health implications, particularly in the frame of the current global emergency due to SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
Most clinical studies have shown that myalgia and fatigue are frequent symptoms in patients with COVID-19, regardless of the severity of the disease. It has been hypothesised that these symptoms are a consequence of the interaction between concomitant chronic diseases and the acute inflammatory state of the systemic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Moreover, in critically ill patients, the prolonged sedation and immobility in the ICU may play a key role in the genesis of the so-called ICU-acquired weakness (ICU-AW), which is a state of chronic fatigue that compromises the patient's physical abilities and his mental health for months or years after discharge. Critical illness myopathy and polyneuropathy are the most common cause of this neuromuscular weakness, which may affect skeletal muscles thus resulting in failure to wean from the ventilator. ICU-AW is a relevant component of PICS, with an important contribution to the residual functional disability after ICU. Thus, if it is reasonable to assume that recovery from mild COVID-19 may be accompanied by the total or near-total disappearance of fatigue and myalgia, patients with severe infection requiring mechanical ventilation may be affected by such persistent disabling manifestations, even after hospital stay.
To date, the mechanisms of the functional sequelae of critically ill patients after ICU have been investigated but not yet fully understood. In this regard, several hypotheses have been done (eg, secondary pulmonary fibrosis, organising pneumonia, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension).3–5 However, the need for a rehabilitative intervention both in the acute phase and after discharge seems to be a logical consequence of the currently available evidence for severe and critical patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
During ICU stay, when a minimum of clinical stability has been reached, patients with COVID-19 may benefit from passive mobilisation, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, frequent position changes and gradual achievement of the antigravity posture. The importance of an adequate positioning can be better understood if we consider the evidence that patients with COVID-19 may take advantage from prolonged prone position in the early acute phase. A multidisciplinary management of invasive ventilation is also required, in order to reduce the risk of ventilator-induced lung injury and to allow for a progressive ventilation weaning.
In the post-acute phase, recovery of pulmonary function, exercise capacity and quality of life after specialised pulmonary rehabilitation have been demonstrated in survivors of ARDS due to severe H1N1 influenza.6 However, the correct timing for exercise training and multidisciplinary rehabilitation after ICU is still to be defined for patients with COVID-19. Similarly, considering the wide range of clinical presentations of the disease, different rehabilitation strategies according to disease severity should be defined.
Whether non-severe patients may benefit from a structured rehabilitative approach is still uncertain. Some preliminary data investigating the prevalence of residual functional limitations among patients with mild COVID-19 showed high prevalence of sleep and mood disorders.7 However, in order to minimise the risk of contact and contagion in this period of global emergency, telemedicine and telerehabilitation may represent a valid support for non-severe patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. In keeping with this, although unable to address the whole range of requirements of a traditional rehabilitation therapy, virtual reality and commercial exercise games (exergames) may help to maintain an adequate level of physical activity at home, especially in younger patients who are the most likely to be compliant to this type of training.8
In contrast, an intensive in-hospital rehabilitative approach may be required for patients with severe and critical COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 infection seems to determine longer ventilation time and, therefore, higher levels of deconditioning than in general ICU patients. The diagnosis of critical illness myopathy and polyneuropathy is made by means of electrodiagnostic studies, and this is crucial for an adequate management of the neuromuscular weakness after ICU discharge. Moreover, several other complications (eg, post-extubation dysphagia, tracheostomy-related problems, bedsores, thromboembolism, urinary dysfunction) may affect patients with COVID-19 after the acute phase, thus needing specific rehabilitative programmes.
Moreover, current literature data suggest that SARS-CoV-2 is not confined to the respiratory tract and a multiple organ involvement seems to occur in critically ill patients. Therefore, in the attempt to predict and prevent the long-term consequences of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection, a further aspect to consider is the high incidence of cardiac and neurologic manifestations, thus calling into question the need for both prevention strategies and cardiac or post-stroke rehabilitation programmes.
Overall, the complexity and variability of COVID-19 manifestations support the hypothesis that the long-term consequences of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection cannot be considered from a single point of view, namely an acute infective disease of the respiratory tract potentially resulting in ARDS. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that the management of such patients after the acute phase cannot depend on a single generalised approach but rather on a patient-tailored multidisciplinary approach, which may be delivered by appropriate rehabilitation programmes.
In the past months, most efforts by governments and healthcare providers have been directed towards adequate treatment of patients with COVID-19 while adopting appropriate containment and mitigation strategies. As a consequence, rehabilitation services have been interrupted in some regions, while some rehabilitation facilities have been reorganised to enlarge the critical care capacity. Understanding the needs of a population is mandatory to plan an effective response in a period of global emergency. About 15% of the world's population lives with some form of disability, with higher levels of healthcare necessity and important public health implications. The unmet need for rehabilitative treatments may be further exacerbated by the pandemic, both as a consequence of the containment strategies and of the increased demand.
A growing amount of literature data suggests that the residual functional disability after the acute phase should not be considered as a secondary or marginal aspect of the pandemic. Accordingly, the increased need for essential rehabilitation services should not be ignored. Thus, in the frame of a primary healthcare policy, while ensuring the safety of both patients and caregivers, new measures to monitor the functional outcomes of COVID-19 should be adopted, and the link between community-based rehabilitation programmes and specialised rehabilitation centres should be urgently implemented.
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, et al. Exergaming as an additional tool in rehabilitation of young patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Games Health J 2020doi: 10.1089/g4h.2019.0167.
Contributors PA conceived the study and drafted the manuscript. AP and MM drafted the manuscript and made critical revisions. MNDDM drafted the manuscript and supervised the project. All authors read and approved the final version for submission.
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This article is made freely available for use in accordance with BMJ's website terms and conditions for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or until otherwise determined by BMJ. You may use, download and print the article for any lawful, non-commercial purpose (including text and data mining) provided that all copyright notices and trade marks are retained.https://bmj.com/coronavirus/usage | {
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Luke Nottage is Associate Professor of Transnational Law, Kyushu University; and Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
The Internet provides a wealth of material for those seeking information on business, law and Japan. This article provides an explanation of the process involved in creating and maintaining a Web page with up-to-date links and other information related to Japanese law, especially business law in a broad sense. It analyses possibilities for future directions in research derived from information about the users of the Web page. | {
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iSMSm A2P SMSC is a short message service center according to the GSM standards. Its purpose is to send SMS on behalf of mobile users and to deal with bulk sms from applications. Its focus is on the Application to Person market and many features have been uniquely developed for that market.
iSMSm A2P SMSC development started in 2001 due to the lack of high-speed SMSC's available on the market which could cope with the bursty traffic of bulk SMS. In its current implementation, it can handle many 1000's of SMS per second on today's hardware.
iSMSm A2P SMSC is built in layers according to the SS7 layered model. Its functionality is built from the ground up for high performance, and it scales well in multi-core CPU environments as it can heavily make use of multithreading. Its database engine uses smart caching to update the database in regular intervals to limit the number of queries hitting the storage system under extreme load. This reduced the number of queries by a factor of approximately 6.
The whole system is categorized into different priority levels. Higher priority level messages get sent first, providing the ability to transport interactive content in front of bulk.
Flow control down to the per-destination point code level.
Automated down throttling to slower speeds for traffic towards destinations with speed limitations.
Slow start approach for point codes that go out of service and come back, so to avoid a possible dump of the whole waiting queue causing overloading.
Automated mechanisms that prevent overflow traffic in the SS7 network.
SMPP submissions can be throttled down to a permitted speed defined per user and/or per user group.
Easy configuration, saving time and money.
Advanced reporting capabilities, with extremely detailed statistics per instance or per 30 seconds intervals.
High availability as iSMSm A2P SMSCs can be operated in a raid so to overtake load in case of one's failure.
All characters sets are supported.
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By Mike Madriaga
"I believe I had this COVID-19 virus a few weeks ago," said Sunnie. "I never felt so sick in my life."
Sunnie, 54, from Pacific Beach and a registered nurse, requested we not publish her last name.
I sent Sunnie a direct message on March 22, hours after Governor Newson called on young people to obey the stay-at-home order he made a couple of days earlier.
I asked Sunnie to look outside of her window and explain what the Pacific Beach section of the boardwalk looked like.
"There are still many people today," she said, comparing the crowd to the photos by her 28-year-old-neighbor, Max Nodland.
"I live 500 feet from this," Sunnie said.
"Mike, the wall photo was taken at 1:12 pm on March 21," Nodland said to me in a direct message, "that was in front of Woody's in Pacific Beach."
On Nodland's series of photos that went viral over the weekend, the Pacific Beach boardwalk, which is about two blocks away from his home, appeared packed with visitors not following six-foot social-distancing. On his wall photo, San Diegans sit inches from one another; on another photo, over 30 strollers walk on the boardwalk, inches apart.
"My girlfriend didn't want me to post them because she thought I might get the beach shut down," said Nodland, an e-commerce specialist and amateur photographer, "and we've been using walks on the sand as a way to get out of the house; the people on the sand were doing a great job of distancing."
Photographers around San Diego County and Tijuana are capturing empty streets and freeways that would normally be bustling with activity and then posting the "surreal and lifeless" photos on social media.
"I was hoping it was dead and brought my camera to take some pictures of what I assumed would be an empty beach," Nodland continued, "and when I got there — I was somewhat surprised."
A couple commenters blamed the "YOLO [You Only Live Once] post-millennial spring breakers" for being out and about, in which the commenters were likely swayed by recent mainstream reports of Florida spring breakers congregating and "super-spreading" on their beaches.
"I saw a ton of spring breakers here last weekend," Nodland said, "there seemed to be fewer this weekend. Today there was a wide age range represented — definitely not skewing young. I think the bulk age range was between 25-45."
Cristbel Adams from Imperial Beach lives close to their pier about 21 miles south of PB; she direct-messaged me an Instagram video of "yolo spring breakers."
"People are still hanging out like nothing, and not respecting the social distance," she explained. "Look, Mike, I'm originally from Venezuela, and I have been in many lockdowns there; the difference is that in my country the military takes actions if you don't follow the rules.
"And we are supposed to be in quarantine and they say we have to stay home, [yet] there's a farmer's market open in Little Italy. I just watched the news and they said it's OK. as long as the people keep the social distance."
Nodland and IB residents noticed surfers surfing by both of their piers.
"There's nothing bad about surfing," opined Adams, "because they just jump in the ocean alone, [keep their distance] and go back home without social contact."
Others not heeding our governor's orders by staying home are still practicing social distancing as they hike and mountain bike out in the boondocks, and many are heading east to off-road in the desert by El Centro and Yuma.
San Diego kids and teens are seen hosting dance parties with live DJs, and forming group chats where they are video conferencing and dancing in their parents' and guardians' homes.
For 21 and up San Diegans, they now have the option of picking up alcohol packed hand-mixed drinks, or they can have them delivered to their homes. On March 20, a "Notice of Regulatory Relief" passed by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, went into effect, and states in part: "bona fide eating places (i.e., restaurants) selling beer, wine, and pre-mixed drinks or cocktails for consumption off the licensed premises may do so when sold in conjunction with meals prepared for pick-up or delivery."
Over the weekend "young San Diegans" were reportedly congregating at Chula Vista, Ocean Beach and Pacific Beach house parties, with over ten individuals, and playing loud music and consuming alcohol — disobeying the "boomers" in their lives.
"Actually the young are the future so maybe stop acting superior since you aren't," posted a female on her social media. "And if you really think we aren't struggling in this garbage heap of a world that has been passed down to us to fix, then you are very mistaken and arrogant. It's fine though, it will definitely be a struggle for you when you need us to take care of you in your old age if this kind of mindset continues. And yes it's harsh but it's getting really old hearing people bash the younger generations when they are the only ones who will be around long enough to make a significant difference."
At about 2 pm on March 22, Nodland sent me a photo of the boardwalk and it appeared as packed as the day before when his photos went viral; mainstream news reported of the San Diego Police Department blocking access to city of San Diego beach parking lots.
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Cranfield and Siemens attempt autonomous Goodwood hillclimb with classic sports car
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A classic sports car modified by engineers from Cranfield University will attempt the hillclimb at Goodwood Festival of Speed without human direction for the first time.
Researchers from Cranfield's Advanced Vehicle Engineering Centre have worked with technology and engineering firm Siemens to integrate a suite of state-of-the-art sensors and control algorithms into a 1965 Ford Mustang to complete the famous 1.86 km track.
The Siemens Autonomous Hillclimb will be attempted on Thursday 12 July and will be repeated twice every day until the end of the Festival on Sunday 15 July.
Dr James Brighton, Senior Lecturer at Cranfield, said: "Goodwood offers us a chance to reflect on why we have an emotional connection with cars and acts as a reminder that humans like to be engaged and part of the action. The Siemens Autonomous Hillclimb challenge project connects the classic spirit of automotive adventure with advanced technology."
Juergen Maier, CEO Siemens UK & Ireland, said: "To help celebrate Goodwood's 25th year anniversary, we've partnered with Cranfield University to bridge the gap between the legacy of the automotive industry while pointing to the future of autonomy in terms of both motoring and wider industrial applications.
"Customising a 1965 Ford Mustang with autonomous technologies, we're going to attempt the famous hillclimb autonomously for the first time in Goodwood's history.
"With digitalisation already everywhere, our aspiration will allow guests to take an awe-inspiring look into the future and experience the technology of tomorrow, today as a means of ensuring UK plc is at the forefront of a technology-led revolution like no other before it."
The choice of classic car has presented a particular challenge as the model can be notoriously unpredictable even under manual control. Advanced location-scanning technology from Bentley Systems has allowed the engineering team to give the car an accurate 3D scan of the track, connected to an awareness of the car's own position.
The car will also be wrapped in a special silver design to mark the 25th anniversary and feature cameras mounted inside and out to livestream the demo.
"A project born of 'because we can', and a sense of fun, the result is a car containing advanced technology, but involving the driver – a perfect celebration for Goodwood's 25th anniversary," added Dr Brighton, who will be in the driving seat of the car due to safety regulations, but will only take over if there's a safety or mechanical issue during the run.
When the car is not on the hillclimb it will be parked in the main paddock and available for selfies and a meeting point for more information on autonomous vehicle technology and careers in science, engineering and technology.
Goodwood Festival of Speed is renowned for attracting the rarest and most exciting road and race cars and bikes ever created and has been staged every summer since 1993.
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Q: HTML5 video not playing in Firefox 3.6 I have the following code to play HTML5 video on website:
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Cleaning Up the Car Wash
At the London Road Car Wash, the first blast of soapy water is captured in a pit under the floor and used again. (Photo by Stephanie Hemphill)
Employees at the London Road Car Wash get a free lunch once a month -- paid for by recycling the trash they find in the cars. (Photo by Stephanie Hemphill)
Many business leaders are taking a serious look at their environmental impact. Companies from Ikea to Home Depot are following a science-based approach to sustainability called the Natural Step. Stephanie Hemphill visited one small business that's rethinking its operations:
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You probably wouldn't think a car wash would be the kind of place that pays attention to the environment. But this one is.
It's trying to become more sustainable — putting back what it takes away.
"What we'd like to do is, we'd like to be a closed system, a closed loop."
Frank Nicoletti is the manager of this car wash in Duluth Minnesota.
"That's the goal of the whole Natural Step is to be closed loop, meaning nothing goes in or out, and you just recycle the whole time. Of course, how feasible it is we don't know. "
Nicoletti is trained as a biologist. He's the kind of guy who spends a lot of time watching the hawks as they migrate across the western tip of Lake Superior. It's right across the street from the car wash.
His concern about nature is bubbling over into his business.
When a local non-profit group brought in Natural Step experts, Nicoletti and a dozen other business people signed up to learn how ecosystems work, and how they could operate their businesses more sustainably. They started looking over their operations from top to bottom to see how they could make them more earth-friendly.
One big change they've made at the car wash is switching to a biodegradable detergent. That's not required by law, but it's one of the principles of the Natural Step program — to reduce the use of man-made toxic substances.
"Everything that's on line here is non-persistent so it breaks down in the environment."
As cars move through the wash, the first flush of soapy water is captured in a pit the below the floor, and re-used.
The rest of the waste water is treated at the local sewage treatment plant, so grease and oil and other pollutants aren't going into Lake Superior. Around the country, most car washes send their waste water to treatment plants, and Frank Nicoletti says it's better for lakes and streams when people use a car wash instead of doing it on the driveway at home.
Here, the used oil from the lube operation is another part of that closed loop.
"We have two special boilers in our basement that actually recycles the oil and heats part of the building as well as heating all of the hot water."
And the company recycles the cans and bottles they haul out of the cars they wash. They use the money from the recycled trash to give the people who work here a free lunch once a month.
"The amount of trash that comes out of these vehicles is unbelievable. We're actually putting less trash in the garbage can now that we're recycling, which is a great thing, and we're also helping our guys out by giving them lunch once a month on these recycled cans."
That's another part of the Natural Step. It says a sustainable business will make sure its employees can meet their needs. And since they started recycling the trash from the cars, a lot of the workers are recycling at home now too.
Frank Nicoletti says he'd like to make the business fit in with nature even more — by rebuilding the roof.
"I'd love to make butterfly garden up there, and that will actually clean the air. Because the butterfly migration and the dragonfly migration through the lakeshore here is just huge. I mean, there are days when the dragonflies are going by, you can see a million — of different species."
When they've finished a year's worth of training and work, the car wash and the other businesses trying out the Natural Step approach will share their experiences with others in the community.
Frank Nicoletti says it'll be like a pebble dropped in a pond. There's no telling how far the ripples will go.
For The Environment Report, I'm Stephanie Hemphill.
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Atypical Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Unknown Analyte Identification in Complex Mixtures
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This dissertation details three studies which utilize nontraditional applications of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The first study explores and discusses the limitations of identifying unknown drug metabolites using ion-molecule reactions performed inside a mass spectrometer and coupled with high performance liquid chromatography. Ultimately, it was concluded that some highly-efficient, MS2 ion-molecule reactions coupled with some drug metabolites would be sufficiently sensitive for in vivo drug metabolism studies. However, this study also concluded that the rate of false-positives and false-negatives may be higher than previous publications suggest.
The next study analyzed sulfur-containing compounds under atypical negative mode electrospray ionization mass spectrometry conditions. After noting that low analyte flow rates during electrospray ionization experiments on ethanethiol resulted in significant oxygen incorporation, the aim of this study was to understand the chemistry behind the oxygen incorporation and search for ways to experimentally limit the degree of oxygen inclusion. The atypical conditions were ultimately shown to induce significant ozonolysis and other oxidation reactions. Ultimately, only the use of high flow rates or switching to a different ionization technique were successful in mitigating the oxidation product formation. A new reaction mechanism for the oxidation of ethanethiol with ozone was proposed. Quantum chemical calculations were used to support the mechanism.
Finally, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry was used to analyze mixtures of selenium and/or tellurium in amine-thiol solvent systems. Selenium and tellurium are essential components in many thin film solar cells and other photovoltaics and amine-thiol solvent systems have been identified as a key solution processing strategy for synthesizing selenium and tellurium thin films. However, the reaction between selenium/tellurium and the amine-thiol solvent system is poorly understood and requires detailed study before large-scale industrial synthesis can be achieved. In this study, the dissolution mechanisms for selenium and tellurium in two different amine-thiol solvent systems were explored and discussed. The role of the basicity of the amine, the relative concentrations of the thiol, and the presence of co-dissolved chalcogens were all studied and used to propose dissolution mechanisms. The results of the experiments were used to control the synthesis of lead-selenium-tellurium alloy nanoparticles and could inform further studies on controlling metal chalcogenide synthesis through the appropriate choice of amine-thiol solvents.
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Strategies for Lasting Peace Accords
Presented by Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
The University of Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs and the Embassy of Ireland hosted the forum "Strategies for Lasting Peace Accords" on June 12 at the Keough School's new Washington, D.C., office. Kroc professor David Cortright was one of the featured speakers.
Marking the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement among the Irish and British governments and political parties of Northern Ireland, the event will discussed lessons from that peace process as well as the Colombian peace accord.
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Warriors' Steve Kerr to Become One of NBA's Highest Paid Coaches
Josh Dhani June 29, 2018 0
Steve Kerr will be one of the NBA's highest paid coaches after finalizing a new deal with the Golden State Warriors, per Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports. The Warriors have won the title in three out of Kerr's four seasons with the franchise.
Three-time NBA championship coach Steve Kerr is finalizing a contract extension that will make him one of the highest paid coaches in the NBA, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 29, 2018
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Коулз, Джеффри (1871—1916) — британский стрелок, призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1908.
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City Terminates Contract of Parks and Recreation Director
By Matthew Leslie on January 17, 2021 • ( 16 Comments )
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The City has terminated the contract of Parks and Recreation Director Hugo Curiel. According to 1st District Fullerton City Councilmember Fred Jung, City Manager Ken Domer announced the action to members of the council Friday morning, January 15. In a letter that same day to members of the Parks and Recreation Commission, Domer wrote that the separation of Curiel's contract was for no single cause, citing a "need to move forward in a different direction from prior years."
Director of Parks and Recreation Hugo Curiel had his contract with the city terminated on January 15.
In an email to The Observer, Domer reiterated that the contract separation was not because of any "wrong-doing" and there was "no cause for my action other than I am constantly reviewing operations and responding to changing circumstances. As the City Manager I am responsible for day-to-day operations and to make adjustments as needed, and sometimes they are bigger than others that are made more frequently. Given the City's ongoing financial condition, as we transition to a lesser level of service ability in response to staffing levels and revenue projections, the organization will constantly be changing so we can continue to deliver services and be responsive to our residents."
According to Transparent California, Curiel's salary was $141,024 in 2019, the most recent year available on the site, with additional pay of $8,536. Pension debt of $33,089 and benefits of $ 34,217 brought his total compensation for that year to $216,866.
Domer also wrote in his message to Parks and Recreation Commissioners that he would not be appointing a new Director for at least a year, but rather he would assign specified City employees to oversee different areas of the department who would be reporting to "Toni in the Deputy City Manager role" (evidently referring to Antonia Graham). Graham is expected to leave that position in 90 days to take a position as Chief Operating Officer of the newly formed Orange County Power Authority, of which Fullerton is a member, where Jung represents Fullerton as Vice Chair.
The following day, Mayor Bruce Whitaker, who now represents the City's 4th District, said Curiel's removal wasn't a Council initiative, and that he had nothing to do with the decision, but did note that the Council has to be open-minded when looking at the City's budget. He predicted that the Council would have to become more active in a time of tight municipal finances and that cities would need to be willing to restructure personnel and overhead. Neither Whitaker nor Jung supported Measure S, a proposed City tax increase, which was on the November 2020 ballot and failed by a significant margin.
Fred Jung said he supported the decision to remove Curiel, calling it "necessary as we go forward" in a phone interview with The Observer Friday, January 15. Jung, who was elected in November, characterized Curiel's exit as, "The start of change that's necessary for the City," saying that it was "ridiculous that the City's parks weren't being better managed and taken care of." Mayor Whitaker also said he had noticed deterioration in the City's parks, but said most of the problems were "solvable," (such as "lots of trash") and suggested that volunteer assistance from residents could help to maintain parks in the City.
Without naming any specific issues, Jung also said he found it "objectionable on a personal level that the [Parks and Rec] department had found itself in the middle of one controversy after another."
Both Whitaker and Jung thought there was favoritism on the part of the City in allowing access to City parks and facilities to some sports groups and not others. Jung, a former Parks and Recreation Commissioner, was careful to say he thought that the department itself was "great," but that its leadership was not treating nonprofits equally. "You can't expect leadership not to appreciate equity amongst non-profits," Jung said. "One group's agenda should not be prioritized while another's is ignored."
Whitaker would like to see Independence Park be made more available to members of the public who are not necessarily involved in organized sports activities. Whitaker also said that personal relationships had played a part in deciding which groups were given access to City fields, and that the City needed to set aside biases in those decisions.
Curiel was appointed to the job of Director in 2013 by then City Manager Joe Felz. Curiel had been with the department since 2008, serving as a Parks Project Specialist. Felz, who served as City Manager from 2011 until his resignation in early 2017, had prioritized revenue-generating activities for many of the City's facilities. Downtown's historic Amerige Field, for example, is unavailable to members of the public because it is leased to Hope University for baseball games. Prior to his hiring as City Manager, Felz himself served as Director of Parks and Recreation.
Nothing about the decision was included in the most recent of Domer's weekly City Manager Updates, and the City has not issued a press release about Curiel's removal. Efforts by The Observer to reach Curiel were unsuccessful.
The personnel shift comes just one month after the first meeting of City Council that now includes two newcomers, Jung and 2nd District Mayor Pro Tem Nick Dunlap. Previous members Jennifer Fitzgerald and Jan Flory, who both declined to run for reelection, were generally supportive of city hall initiatives. Jung said Friday that he was "elected for change."
Correction: An earlier version of this story included two sentences referencing the appearance of a possible conflict of interest in the allocation of city sports fields to sports organizations in Fullerton in past years. This passage has been removed at the request of individuals who complained that the story implied that they had either exerted or benefitted from alleged favoritism in the City's decision to allocate fields and playing times to The Fullerton Rangers soccer club.
To clarify, in the author's conversation with him on January 16, Mayor Bruce Whitaker referred only to the "political clout" of the Fullerton Rangers, but did not name any specific individuals who might have brought undue influence to bear on decisions about which sports fields the city chose to allocate to the team. It was the author alone who cited the position of a now former Fullerton City Council member's spouse as a member of the Rangers' board as an example of perceived favoritism, recalling comments by members of the public at the time of field allocation decisions.
The author included the reference to the Fullerton Rangers only as an example of the public's perception of a possible conflict of interest, and did not mean to factually assert that undue influence was brought to bear on any field allocation decisions. The author apologizes to the individuals named if the former version of the article implied that it did. The Observer strives to be as factual and clear in our reporting as we can be, and will provide corrections and/or clarifications to stories as necessary.
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Mark Gennaro says:
Once again the Cost of "Red Tape" at the upper end of Management has caused more damage and waste of taxpayer dollars that should and could have been appropriated towards the the actual benefiting of the Fullerton Parks and Recreation programs
that Hugo Curiel was so passionate about improving. He will be missed by many residents who have seen the benefit of his work and contributions to the City, and I wish him the best in his future endeavors.
gtrueblood says:
"Domer also wrote in his message to Parks and Recreation Commissioners that he would not be appointing a new Director for at least a year" – Simple cost cutting for a financially overstretched city? Hmmm…
David Zenger says:
All sorts of strings in Fullerton appear to have been pulled and persuaded the past 8 years in a fashion so that plausible deniability could be exercised. Think of all the unanswered code violations, idiot vanity projects, foolish vendetta lawsuits and failure of police reform. Of course it could all be an unhappy coincidence.
And let's not forget forgery and fraud that was aided and abetted from the top,
MIchael Savage says:
Jesse,
Thanks for your response. I will not be making any official comments or statements. I have no desire to drag this out. Any future comments from me will be as part of public comments in a city council meeting.
savagel1 says:
I would like to thank Jennifer and Sean for calling out Fred Jung on his baseless accusations regarding field allocations. As a parks and Recreation commissioner and my involvement in the sports user group meetings as well as the development of the current sports user group policy, I find it appalling that Fred would stoop to that level and based on his misinformation, potentially make it difficult for Mr. Curiel to find employment in the public sector. In my opinion, Mr. Jung's claims may have something to due with the user group he is involved with getting pushback from Parks and Rec. for their consistent user group policy violations. I may be wrong but his group has come up in discussions more than once. I could go on with Mr. Whitaker's statements but I think Sean and Jennifer already addressed that appropriately in their above comments. Jesse, please explain to the group why the writer would publish this without fact checking his information. Seems like an important step in the process Right? I look forward to seeing an update.
Jesse La Tour says:
Hi Michael. Thank you for your comments. If you would like to make an official comment or statement, free free to e-mail [email protected]. In the article, Mr. Jung did not make any specific allegations, but gave an overall assessment/opinion on this matter and his views are of course his own. While I cannot speak to Mr. Jung's motivations, his opinions on the matter as a new sitting Councilmember are relevant to this story.
Sean Fitzgerald says:
In the interest of clarity, which I was very adamant about yesterday, I did not call out Councilman Jung. I simply wanted the baseless accusations included by Mr. Leslie removed…and they have been. Thanks again Jesse!
Ben Lu says:
I would like the mayor and city council to look into the practice the city Park and Rec commission had regarding leasing park land to cell phone companies to build cell phone transmission towers. One tower at the Edward White Park has just been completed but seems not activated yet. From the proposal, the lease will provide the city a meager $38K annual income, but taking space out of a city park, in a dense residential neighborhood, and right next to Parks Junior High, with only 20 feet from the school's track field, where kids do their daily outdoor activities. It is a potential liability to the city, if there are any adverse impacts to the health of the students, like what had been reported from many other cities across the country.
Jesse, thank you very much for that update and for your words of apology.
I want to be extremely clear: the assertion that I ever used my personal relationships to impact field access for either of the nonprofit sports organizations I have served is a slanderous lie. I have never once helped an organization prepare their field request, nor have I participated in any meetings related to field allocation, nor have I advocated in any way for greater field access, preferred fields or time blocks. In short, I've never had ANYTHING to do with that process, so there exists not one shred of proof that I've engaged in such conduct.
I understand that Councilman Whitaker makes the assertion that personal relationships have been used in the past, but I cannot tell whether he cites me as an example or the writer makes that insinuation on his own. If Councilman Whitaker did not make this assertion directly, then I'd respectfully ask that he clarify his statement to clear my name and that Mr. Leslie also clarify that adding this insinuation was irresponsible, particularly since I was not even asked to comment.
Ironically, it may be that Councilman Whitaker and I have very similar interests with regard to youth sports in this city. From my time on the Parks & Rec Commission to my time serving two different sports nonprofits, I have been a staunch advocate of recreational sports being the highest priority where our City's resources are concerned. During the City's most recent field use policy discussion, I advocated for greater transparency and accountability on the part of our partner nonprofits in the wake of the embezzlement suffered by the Rangers and FAST. In short, I have given hundreds of hours of my time to youth sports in Fullerton over the years, all the while maintaining a strict firewall between my service on local nonprofits and my wife's service of the broader community.
I will not simply watch as unfounded allegations are leveled against me, my wife, and others.
Sean, the writer is updating the article to more accurately reflect what Mr. Whitaker stated, what the writer added, and removing any reference to any implied wrongdoing for which we do not have proof. I apologize for any confusion and/or harm this may have caused.
Jennifer Fitzgerald says:
You do a great disservice to journalism when you print accusations that have no basis in fact. The city went through a thoughtful and exhaustive update on its field use policy ensuring that true non-profits got first priority access to field…fields that we taxpayers pay for. The entire City Council, including Mr. Whitaker, voted for that policy. You are dead wrong on favoritism being granted to any league because of my husband's participation. Next time, work harder to get the story right. I'm sick of being your favorite scapegoat.
Jennifer, the writer is updating the article to more accurately reflect what Mr. Whitaker stated, what the writer added, and removing any reference to any implied wrongdoing for which we do not have proof. I apologize for any confusion and/or harm this may have caused.
Hugo has been a wonderfully responsive, caring director of Parks and Rec. he not only returned phone calls quickly but would meet us in the park to better understand our concerns. Fullerton needs more people like him. Please rehire him.
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Health Reform Follies
Wooden-headeness, the source of self-deception, is a factor that plays a remarkably large role in government. It consists of assessing a situation in terms of preconceived fixed notions while ignoring or rejecting any contrary signs. It is acting according to wish while not allowing oneself to be deflected by facts.
Barbara Tuchman, The March of Folly (Alfred A. Knopf, 1984)
The Obama Administration has announced it has now has enrolled 7.1 million people in health exchanges. These people include the newly and automatically enrolled. The ACA is 80% of the way towards its goal of 9.1 million. By June, when the Supreme Court rules if people can enroll in federal exchanges, the administration expects to cover 10 million of the uninsured.
And so the march towards the high drama surrounding the Court's decision grows and crystalises.
The Obama administration says it would be sheer folly to deprive 10 million people of health insurance and let them die on the streets, in their homes, or in institutions for the destitute.
To put in more elegant terms, "The outcome in King could determine whether millions of people continue to have access to affordable, comprehensive insurance." ( "Predicting the Fallout from King v. Burwell – Exchanges and the ACA," NEJM, January 8, 2014).
Or, as a medical school classmate friend of mine said when I predicted the Court would rule against the Administration, "You can't be serious."
This attitude reflects the pre-conceived wooden-headedness of government. Only government can care for the poor. Only government has compassion. Only government can level the economic playing field. For God's sake , in the name of equity and social justice, doesn't everyone realize it is the duty of government to redistribute wealth and health.
This may be, but it ignores certain facts. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 55% to 60% of the American people, don't trust government, resent losing their doctors and health plans, think the ACA ought to be repealed or fixed, voted against Obama policies in the midterms, are opposed to ObamaCare in over 95% of polls over the last five years, and believe additional entitlements contribute too much to our $18 trillion national debt.
So much for the ACA follies.
The GOP has its own set of follies.
How does it propose to deal with 10 million out there now covered and the 20 million more yet to be covered?
Surely some sort of safety net is needed. We are all human beings with human needs, and the poor will always be with us and will always need our help.
How would the GOP provide that safety net? Through Medicaid expansion? Tax credits for all? Tax loopholes for those who need loopholes to survive? Removing regulations, cutting taxes, slashing the corporate income tax, the highest in the world, and by so doing, lifting all economic boats and letting prosperity insure upward social mobility?
Can "growth," "productivity," and "innovation" plug the holes in the safety net? Or does it require government professionals, or the "philosopher- kings," like Obama, wwho are disciplined in the art of government?
We are about to find out. The approaching King v. Burwell ruling has all the ingredients, tensions, and conflicts of high drama.
Technology v. humanism? Your health v. your wallet? Government v. markets? Compassion v. rationing? Collectivism v. individualism? Control v. choice? Washington v. the states? Obama v. Congress? Compromise v. confrontation?
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Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson booksigning at the Lyons Air Museum
Posted on February 18, 2011 by Editor Posted in Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Historical, Military, Santa Ana 4 Comments
Feb. 20 – Book Signing; Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson
Posted on February 15, 2011 by Jarco
'RED TAIL CAPTURED, RED TAIL FREE: THE MEMOIRS OF A TUSKEGEE AIRMAN AND POW'
SANTA ANA, Calif.—Famed Tuskegee Airman and author Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, 90, a retired U.S. Air Force officer who currently resides in Southfield, Mich., will be signing copies of his book "Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free: The Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW," on Sunday, Feb. 20, from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at Lyon Air Museum, located on the west side of John Wayne Airport.
The Tuskegee Airmen, the popular name of a group of African American pilots who fought during World War II, were the first black military aviators to serve in the United States armed forces. Jefferson's book is a personal memoir about black soldiers who served their country during and after World War II.
"Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson is an American treasure, and we're proud to have him join us to share his experiences," said Mark Foster, president of Lyon Air Museum, a premier Southern California showcase for vintage military aircraft and automobiles. "His saga is nothing less than the story of our nation in the 20th century."
Born Nov. 15, 1921 in Detroit, Mich., Jefferson was the eldest child of Alexander Jefferson and Jane White Jefferson. His maternal great-grandfather William Jefferson White was born to a slave woman and a white slave owner in the 1830s. Jefferson's grandfather became a minister, and in 1867 he opened an all-black ministry school for boys in Augusta, Ga., which today is known as Morehouse College.
Jefferson graduated from high school in 1938. In 1942, he graduated from Clark College in Atlanta, Ga., with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry and biology.
On September 23, 1942, Jefferson was sworn into the U.S. Army Reserves, volunteering but not accepted for flight training. Taking a job as an analytical chemist for three months, he entered the graduate school of Howard University, applying again to the U.S. Army Air Force.
Called up for flight training in April 1943, Jefferson received orders to report to Tuskegee Army Air Field to begin flight training.
In 1941, in an effort to train black aviators, the U.S. Army Air Corps established a training program at the Tuskegee Institute, a private, historically black school located in Tuskegee, Alabama. The army used Moton Field, four miles from the campus center, to train aviators, who became known as the Tuskegee Airmen. (The campus of Tuskegee Institute was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965. In 1985, Tuskegee Institute was renamed Tuskegee University.)
The Tuskegee Airmen initially were equipped with Curtiss P-40 Warhawks fighter-bomber aircraft, briefly with Bell P-39 Airacobras, later with Republic P-47 Thunderbolts. In July 1944, the fighter group acquired the aircraft with which they became most commonly associated—the North American P-51 Mustang. When the pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group painted the tails of their P-47s red, the nickname "Red Tails" was coined. Bomber crews adopted the nickname "Red-Tail Angels."
Receiving his pilot's wings and officer's commission at Tuskegee, Jefferson was assigned to the 332rd Red Tail Fighter group at the Ramitelli Airfield near Foggia, Italy, flying the P51 Mustang. In a fighter escort wing protecting bombing missions of the U.S. 15th Air Force, his job was to attack key ground targets and guard the bombing mission against enemy Luftwaffe fighters.
Jefferson was shot down on August 12, 1944, while attacking a radar installation during his 18th mission over Toulon in southern France. Parachuting to safety and landing in a forest, he was immediately captured by German ground troops. He was sent to a German prisoner of war (POW) camp in Poland called Stalag Luft III, a specialist Luftwaffe-run camp for captured Allied Air Force personnel. He was then moved to Stalag VII-A, just outside Dachau. After the Russian Army entered Poland, the Germans marched the prisoners to Munich, where they were freed by Gen. George Patton's U.S. Third Army. Jefferson returned to the United States on board the Cunard liner RMS Queen Mary, arriving in New York City in mid-1945.
But his homecoming was bittersweet. In his book, Jefferson recalls that, despite having been treated in Nazi capture like every other Allied officer, he personally experienced racial prejudice immediately upon his arrival back in the U.S. After coming into New York harbor past the Statue of Liberty, flags waving, he walked down the ship's gang plank only to be greeted by a white U.S. Army sergeant on the dock shouting a deeply offensive term for African Americans.
Following the war, Jefferson served as an instrument instructor at the Tuskegee Army airfield until its closure in 1946. He remained in the U.S. Air Force reserves until his retirement in 1969.
As a civilian, Jefferson received his teaching certificate from Wayne State University in 1947 and began teaching elementary school science for the Detroit Public School System. He received his master's degree in education in 1954, and was appointed assistant principal in 1969. After more than 30 years of service in the field of education, he retired in 1979.
In 1995, Jefferson was enshrined in the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame. In 2004, Jefferson was awarded with a Purple Heart for being wounded while being shot down over Nazi occupied France. On March 29, 2007, Jefferson attended a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, where he and the other surviving veterans of the Tuskegee Airmen and the widows of airmen no longer with us were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their service.
During World War II, African American citizens in many U.S. states still were subject to racist Jim Crow laws. The American military was racially segregated, as was much of the federal government. The Tuskegee Airmen experienced racial discrimination, both within and outside the U.S. Army. Despite these adversities, they trained and flew with distinction. Although the 477th Bombardment Group "worked up" on North American B-25 Mitchell bombers, they never served in combat. The Tuskegee 332nd Fighter Group was the only actual operational unit. First sent overseas as part of Operation Torch, they were put into action in Sicily and Italy before being deployed as bomber escorts in Europe, where they were particularly successful in their missions.
The 30,000-sq.ft. Lyon Air Museum opened in Dec. 2009. The facility represents the fulfillment of a dream of Maj. Gen. William Lyon, USAF (Ret), who held the position of Chief of the U.S. Air Force Reserve from 1975 to 1979. Currently, Gen. Lyon is Chairman of the Board and CEO of William Lyon Homes, Inc., Newport Beach, Calif. His passion for aviation history and youth education is the driving force behind Lyon Air Museum. In establishing the museum, Gen. Lyon sought to create a world-class facility that would be available to the local community and would offer educational displays to inspire young people. The museum has on exhibit some of the world's rarest operational aircraft and vehicles.
Lyon Air Museum is located at 19300 Ike Jones Road, Santa Ana, CA 92707. P: 714/210-4585. F: 714/210-4588. Email: [email protected] Web: www.lyonairmuseum.org.
Hours of operation are daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission rates: General admission–$8; Seniors and Veterans–$6; Ages 5-17–$4; Under age 5—Free. Groups of 10 or more–$1 off each visitor. Pre-arranged school groups—Free.
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Gary Zaetz says:
In commemoration of Black History Month, Americans of all races should honor the achievements of African-American servicemen and women, especially those who gave up their lives in service to their country. We can do this by making sure the Government begins to spend a sufficient amount of money to recover the remains of our missing in action, many of whom were African-Americans, such as the following 29 MIA Tuskegee Airmen of World War II (whose stories were documented not long ago in a series of articles in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch): Lt. Albert L. Young, F/O Carl J. Woods, Lt. William F. Williams Jr., Lt.Sherman H. White Jr., Lt. James R. Polkinghorne, F/O Leland H. Pennington, Lt. Andrew D. Marshall, Captain Andrew Maples Jr., Lt. Oscar D. Hutton Jr., Lt. Wellington G. Irving, Lt. Fred L. Brewer Jr., Lt. John H. Chavis, Capt. Alfonza W. Davis, Capt. Lawrence E. Dickson, Lt. Maurice V. Esters, Lt. Samuel J. Foreman, Lt. Frederick D. Funderburg Jr., Lt. Samuel Jefferson, Lt. Charles B. Johnson, 2nd Lt. James L. McCullin, Capt. Robert B. Tresville, 2nd Lt. Elton H. Nightingale, Lt. George T. McCrumby, 2nd Lt. Thomas C. Street, 1st Lt. Langdon E. Johnson, 2nd Lt. Ferrier H. White, 2nd Lt. Harry J. Daniels, 1st Lt. John H. Prowell, and Lt. Samuel G. Leftenant. The Defense Department has historically treated its MIA remains recovery program like a neglected stepchild, requesting a level of funding that is nowhere near the amount needed to recover the remains of the tens of thousands still missing. Please support substantially increased funding for location and recovery of the remains of our heroic missing Tuskegee Airmen, and all the other missing soldiers, sailors, and airmen of all ethnicities. Their sacrifice and their families deserve nothing less…Gary Zaetz, Project Homecoming, http://www.projecthomecoming.org
Takianna Hargrove says:
Hello,I'm In 8th grade and I admire your bravery and courage. We have watched your movie The Tuskegee airman and we have seen what you men encountered .We thank you for setting the example that Afican Amercains are smart and can do what Whites can do.We want to Thank you again for leading us to our civil rights.
Takianna Hargrove
Thomas Walker says:
Hello, I am in 8th grade and in class we watched the movie Tuskegee Airman and we were all greatly inspired. You and all the airmen must have dealt with a lot of stuff from the instructors and other pilots. What you and the other piliots did was great and allowed many other African Americans to follow in your path.
Bret Stiscia says:
Hello. I'm an eighth grader in the small town of Millbrook,NY, and have recently learned about the Tuskeegee Airmen, and I am amazed at your courage, bravery, and overall tolerence you must have had to deal with the white flight instructors. I am eternally grateful for you did for the civil rights movement. You were told that you weren't smart enough to handle an engine block, but you perservered and showed that you could handle anything,and handle it you did. I just wanted to let you know that you were a very important part of civil rights movement, and I thank you
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IDP: 2043
Barroux
Dan McDaid
Hannah Berry
Kate Charlesworth
Denise Mina
Mary Talbot
Writer / Artist
Will Morris
UK publisher / ISBN: Freight Books - 978-908754- 63-9
Does this pass the Bechdel test?: yes
Categories: Anthology, Science-Fiction, Social observation
Review by Graham Johnstone
It's 2043 and the sea levels have risen, leaving the population of Britain no choice but to abandon the old cities and relocate to higher ground.
That's the premise of this graphic novel realised by the Stripped programme of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. It marks the 30th anniversary of the Festival by looking thirty years into the future. It's a bold and laudable venture, and encouraging that it's publicly funded.
It's a creative collaboration too – helmed by novelist turned comics writer Denise Mina, with different teams producing different chapters. There's a broad spectrum of talent involved, mostly with connections to Scotland or the festival. Some chapters read as self-contained stories, while adding up to a kaleidoscopic novel.
It's kicked off by 2000AD veteran Pat Mills, a man at home with dystopias. Partnered with artist Hannah Berry (sample image), he introduces us to Cait, who lives in a shipping container, and is the proletarian voice-of-the-people on 'reality TV' show Sky Farm. The show aims to promote, new 'solutions' to feeding everyone. Cait, though has caught the attention of a committee of powerful people who decide she is an obstacle that needs to be dealt with.
Will Morris's chapter focusses on boxer Tom Sayers. We see his backstory through an effective montage of boxing posters and fragments of bouts. In the present though he's a reluctant heavy, working for a Mr Gartman, on – it slowly becomes clear – events we saw in the previous chapter. There's that kaleidoscopic effect.
In Adam Murphy's chapter, Cait's co-presenters Danny and Jools host an exclusive dinner party in their luxurious Sky Farm apartment. Cait ends up being somewhat forthright. She questions the very need for Sky Farm: after all, there's still plenty of land above the water. This device provides some back story and exploration of the issues, while acknowledging that this, like Cait herself, is the not entirely welcome guest at the party.
It's a coup for the editors to secure the comics debut of Irvine Welsh, author of hit novel and film Trainspotting. He provides a powerful back-story for the ruthless Gartman, but it falls down somewhere between him and illustrator Dan McDaid. It reads like a prose story illustrated, and McDaid's visualisation here is redundantly noir, as well as murky and inexact in both rendering and storytelling. He blows the visual clues that distinguish two adversaries in suits: one's jacket is buttoned, then open, and his tie changes colour between panels.
Mina's chapter, in contrast, has almost absurdly minimal text. One page just contains: "Good." "Great!" "…No". She trusts Frenchman Barroux to carry the story in his simple but stylish 'artoons'. Careful reading reveals we're seeing Danny and Jools, as they maintain a positive front for Sky Farm in the face of Cait's challenges, and revelations of realities both inside and outside. We also see their connection to Gartman and earlier events.
Mary Talbot has perhaps the toughest job – writing the conclusion. It resolves the plot and makes a breakthrough on the issues, while heavy on the exposition, and perhaps unduly optimistic. Kate Charlesworth does an commendable job of keeping this section (with ten pages in a boardroom!) visually interesting.
Most of the art is rendered in washes – reflecting perhaps, the encroaching water. Will Morris does it best – with stylish lines, and tones that are both confident and subtle – a real talent to watch.
This is a bold project, thoughtfully executed. It explores important issues for our present and future, only occasionally tipping into a lecture. Like an anthology though, some contributions will appeal more than others.
By the same creator
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In a lonely parking garage, young, shy, diminutive Ariel is confronted by four attackers bent on having their way with her and must find a way to survive.
In Ariel we get to explore one example of how a person can persevere and prevail against a brutal assault. It also looks at some martial arts concepts that one could apply in just such a situation. In a sense, Ariel is a martial arts film that is not a martial arts film. Rather than being a high spectacle, flashy action film with flurries of punches and kicks and tons of wire work, Ariel takes a smart, subtle look at martial arts technique that while on the surface looks like nothing, the outcome turns out to be devastating upon closer inspection.
Ariel will be produced as an independent study short film project in the Film Style Production class in Austin Community College's Radio, Television and Film Department. It is written, produced and directed by ACC film student John Hidalgo.
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"When asked to explain his long life, Frank Buckles answered, 'Hope.' All of America's veterans hope that their service will not have been in vain. They hope that their service leads to a better future for our Nation and the world. And they hope that the freedoms secured through their sacrifices will live long past their days with us on this Earth.
"We honor our veterans and their dedication to duty and selfless sacrifice. Nourishing the memory of their contributions feeds our own generation of hope. | {
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Logue Brook campground has been redeveloped as part of the Parks for People caravan and camping initiative.
Logue Brook features 126 camp sites with a variety of configurations suitable for tents, campervans, caravans and camper trailers.
Drinking water is not available, campers must bring enough for their own consumption.
Toilets are non-flush. Wash basins and showers are not provided.
Each camp site has a fire pit with a barbecue plate and a picnic table and benches. No fires outside of the provided fire pits and rings at any time. Campfires are usually permitted between 15 April and 30 November but fire restrictions may be imposed at any time and without notice. Bring your own firewood. When fire restrictions are in place campfires must not be lit and any appliance powered by burning solid fuel must not be used.
Undercover shared-use gas barbecues are provided.
Campers´ own liquid or gas fuel barbecues, stoves and heaters can be used at any time, unless a total fire ban has been declared (see Department of Fire and Emergency Services). Stoves, barbecues, heaters and other appliances powered by solid fuel are subject to the same seasonal restrictions as campfires.
Campers´ own generators may be used between 8am and 9pm only. There is no electric power supply at the campground.
Dogs are permitted. They must be on a leash at all times.
Part of Lake Brockman is a designated water ski area. There is a boat launching area adjacent to the campground. Water skiing and boating are subject to Department of Transport regulations.
Access to the water for swimming, fishing and launching canoes and kayaks is available at a number of places around the shore.
Check the Department of Fisheries website for information on fishing regulations, including licensing.
The long distance Munda Biddi cycle trail passes very close to the campground. Heading east the route is on purpose-built off-road trail then former forestry track with a gentle gradient making it suitable for beginners. To the north, the route is along Blackburn Road following the western shore of the lake.
The Lake Brockman Tourist Park café adjacent to the campground is open 9am to 5pm seven days a week. Firewood and some basic provisions are available for purchase. | {
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International Mold Corporation is an automotive injection molding company based out of Michigan. The BMW supplier chose Hogan Construction and MCA Architecture to provide Design-Build services for their new 21,600 square foot manufacturing facility.
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Entertainment | Croatia > Jarun
Updated at May 23,2013
The lineup for 2013 includes, among others, Arctic Monkeys, Iggy and the Stooges, Basement Jaxx, Block Party, NOFX, Editors, and Atheist Rap.
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Entertainment | Hungary > Budapest
The 2013 lineup features headliners such as Blur, David Guetta, Empire of the Sun, Everything Everything, Dizzee Rascal, Calexico, Chase & Status, Bad Religion, Peter Bjorn and John, The Cribs, and Regina Spektor.
Entertainment | Germany > Grundig Stadion
The lineup for 2013 for both festivals features performers such as The Killers, Green Day, The Prodigy, Fun, Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, Thirty Seconds to Mars, The Wombats, Bullet for My Valentine, Simple Plan, Bush, and others.
Entertainment | France > Paris > Hippodrome Auteuil
Hemingway used to visit two horsing race venues in Paris: Auteuil Hippodrome on Route des Lacs and Hippodrome d'Enghien-Soisy at 95230 Soisy-sous-Montmorency. Talking with the author John Dos Passos, Hemingway bragged that he was winning "great sums." However, in "A Moveable Feast," he confessed that, "It took full time work... and you could make no money that way".
Updated at Feb 4,2014
The Embankment and "Let it Be" Matinee' in Savoy Theatre :
Start & End: Embankment Station.
Head northeast and turn right toward Victoria Embankment Road. Turn left onto Victoria Embankment and take the crosswalk. You face Cleopatra's Needle. This is one of London's great landmarks. It is one of a pair of twin obelisks that were gifted, in year 1818, by the nation of Egypt to London. It's much old than Queen Cleopatra. The Sphinxes are beautiful. Everyone climbs on them, so hard to get a picture without some stranger riding on them:
Before you go to the Strand and the Savoy Hotel and Theatre to watch the "Let it Be" marvelous show - take one hour to stroll in the Embankment and the blooming Embankment Victoria Gardens. Just the view across the Thames itself is sufficient reason to walk the Embankment.The Embankment Victoria Gardens are gorgeous park with a very relaxing, comfortable atmosphere. The place is full of all sorts of legal system employees at lunchtime.
Walk to northern end of the gardens. Turn left onto Savoy St. Turn left onto Strand and the Savoy Hotel will be on the left. The entrance reception area is breathtakingly luxurious. You feel you had stepped back in time walking through the hotel. The decor is absolutely beautiful:
Next door is the Savoy Theatre with its immortal show "Let it Be". The theatre itself is art deco and trendy. The seats retain their art deco designs as does the wall decoration. A truly great afternoon out. A wonderful set of Beatles songs played and sung in the style in which the legendary 4 boys would have done it themselves. Great show, great acting, great music. Cameras are allowed. An excellent show that gets you up and moving. We felt 50 years younger by the end of the show.
In case you have time step into Somerest House in the Strand.
Opening times: Embankment level 10.00-18.00, The Edmond Safra Fountain Court 07.30-23.00, River Terrace & Seamen's Hall 08.00-23.00.
Call +44 (0)20 7845 4600 for latest information. Much depends on current exhibition there ! Somerset house is quite an impressive neo-classical piece of architecture. The inner court with its water feature is a haven of tranquility in the center of this bustling city. In the massive courtyard during summer children play under the water fountains. The grounds of Somerset House are good for taking photographs and also inside. The various photographic exhibitions are also of an extremely high-calibre and tastefully chosen. Pleasant cafe and in the summer pleasant to sit outside overlooking the Thames !!!
Updated at Oct 14,2014
The world is going mobile, but some cities are responding to the movement better than others!
Nowadays we all travel with our smartphones, and it's not uncommon to see a fellow traveller, tourist, or backpacker glancing at their smartphones from time to time as they walk through the busy streets of a foreign land. Of course, some cities haven't just embraced the mobile movement; others have shifted with the times and become mobile utopias where smartphones aren't just a tool, but a key to enjoying the city and unlocking its full potential.
There are cities like London, which mobile users can enjoy thanks to the many apps that have been designed for the city, including bus and train schedules, integrated TripAdvisor guides, and community-run city guide apps. Elsewhere in the world, particularly in Asia, people are embracing social technology and uploading information about their lives to social networks at rates never before seen. But some countries and cities continue to stand out.
Barcelona, Spain has been declared the Mobile World Capital by the GSMA for 2012-2018. "Becoming the Mobile World Capital was a strategic bid for Barcelona, and consolidates our leadership as a benchmark city for new technologies," said Xavier Trias, Mayor of Barcelona. The city competed with others from all over the world for the title, but ultimately it prevailed because of the local administration's efforts to spread mobile connectivity throughout the city. Three years later, and we still see the effects that winning the title has had on Barcelona. Other than playing host to this year's Mobile World Congress, everyday life in Barcelona has also been drastically improved.
Winning the title of Mobile World Capital also meant playing host to the Mobile World Centre, a shrine dedicated to the latest mobile technology. Located in downtown Barcelona, the Mobile World Centre houses both permanent and temporary exhibits that showcase the evolution of mobile technology. There are also several different events being hosted in the Centre, all open to the public, free of charge, from Monday to Saturday. The programs held at the Centre range from basic computer classes to app features, with some even teaching others how to make the most of their mobile phones.
The ground floor of the Mobile World Centre features the "Espacio Motivar", a commercial area that not only presents the latest in services to the public, but also showcases technological advances made by Telefónica, the largest operator in Spain and owners of O2 in Europe. The first floor features various exhibits set up to give visitors a walking tour of the evolution of mobile technology, and what changes have come about thanks to mobile development. Dubbed "mWorld", this exhibition space is divided into four interactive areas: mHistory, mWorld Speed, mWorld Definition, and mWorld Experience.
Barcelona also plays host to the Mobile World Festival, an annual event that sees thousands come together for sporting events, live musical shows, film awards, and application and technology features. Let's not forget the Mobile World Congress (MWC) itself, which the largest technological companies from all over the world attend annually. The MWC has, for the past few years, been the event to watch out for, as huge mobile brands come together to launch their latest gadgets and offerings to the public.
Barcelona has continued its quest to become a truly mobile-integrated city. With apps like Pinger, which allow for free domestic and international calls from Spain, now on the market, there's no denying that Barcelona is deserving of its title as the Mobile World Capital, and other cities need to step up to plate if they wish to steal the title from the city in 2018.
Entertainment | Hungary
Updated at Mar 10,2015
Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden:
Please allow, at least, 3-4 hours for visit in this marvelous zoo. An excellent half day. Worth a visit, but will take even a full good day to see all of it !
The area is large, so wear good walking shoes.
No English signage.
The gardens are especially beautiful In full bloom.
Prices: adult - 2500 HUF (London zoo is four times the price...).25% reduction with Budapst Card. Impossibile to pay with credit card. No cash machines (ATMs) around. Have some cash in your pocket:
The Japanese Garden:
Bonsais:
Butterflies farm (imported from Costa Rica - CRES):
Daru:
DO NOT MISS THE SPECIAL HUNGARIAN FOOD -
Kürtőskalács: Kürtőskalács is made from sweet, yeast dough (raised dough), of which a strip is spun and then wrapped around a truncated cone–shaped baking spit, and rolled in granulated sugar. It is baked above charcoal cinders while lubricated with melted butter, until its surface gets a golden-brown color. During the baking process the sugar stuck on kürtőskalács becomes caramel and forms shiny, crispy crust on the cake. The surface of cake can then be provided with additional toppings such as ground walnut or cinnamon powder:
Entertainment | Spain > Madrid
Don't know how much of a football fan are you, but one of the best teams in the world plays in Madrid, and the second best player currently lives - CR7. They have a great stadium called Santiago Bernabeo not far from the center. You can easily buy tickets at the gates from people who sell them.
Entertainment | United Kingdom > Reading
The 2013 lineup includes such names as Eminem, Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, System of a Down, Deftones, Phoenix, Johnny Marr, Chase and Statue, Fall Out Boy, and White Lies.
Entertainment | Serbia > Petrovaradin Fortress
The 2013 lineup includes names such as Cee Lo Green, Block Party, Atoms for Peace, Snoop Dogg, Fat Boy Slim, Chase & Statue, Diplo, and Pan-Pot.
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Spotify and Hulu Are Partnering to Encourage Students to Binge-Watch and Binge-Listen to Everything
By Jackson McHenry@McHenryJD
In order to keep college students as distracted from their real-life obligations as possible, Hulu and Spotify have come together to offer a combined streaming-subscription deal. The two services announced plans today for a special deal for U.S. college students that offers access to both Spotify Premium (which costs $9.99 a month) and Hulu's Limited Commercials plan ($7.99 a month) for a mere $4.99. The deal, which covers movies, TV, and music, is the first cross-platform offering from Spotify and would give undergrads the chance to listen to, say, "Wild Thoughts" and also watch The Mindy Project, or the new Taylor Swift and The Handmaid's Tale, which would honestly be a solid subject for a college paper. Students looking for similar subscription offers should be aware that Amazon Prime also has a student discount, and is available for $49 per year, or just over four bucks a month. If you're not a student but are still into the idea of a bundled subscription, Hulu and Spotify may have you covered in the future — the companies say deals targeted at the broader market are in the works.
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Meet the Designer Pierluigi Cerri with Olson and Baker
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Pierluigi Cerri graduated from the Polytechnic University of Milan. In 1974 he became a founder partner of Gregotti & Associati, winning numerous architecture competitions there. A member of L'Alliance Graphique Internationale, in 1976 he managed the image of the Venice Biennale; he was responsible for the image of the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle in Bonn and Palazzo Grassi in Venice. He has been editor of Casabella and Rassegna magazines; he has handled the design of collections of publications for the most important Italian publishing houses, including Electa, Einaudi, Bollati Boringhieri, Fabbri, Bompiani and Skirà. He has designed display layouts in the most important museum venues in Europe, Japan and the USA. He handled the corporate identity for the new cultural centre of Il Lingotto in Turin, and for Unifor, Italia '90, Pitti Immagi-ne, Prada, iGuzzini and Fratelli Guzzini, Ferrari Auto, Pirelli, GeNova04 European Capital of Culture, Cosmit ISaloni, the Milan Triennale, Mito Settembre Musica and Sea. He has designed objects and layout designs for B&B Italia, Desalto, Poltrona Frau, Fontana Arte, Arflex, Molteni&C and Fusital.
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Here's why football's best goalkeepers are worried about the World Cup 2018 match ball
This debate will rage on throughout the tournament
By Tom Victor
Every single World Cup, it feels as though debate over the official match ball takes up almost as many column inches as the games themselves.
Whether or not the ball is good or bad tends to be beside the point a lot of the time – goalkeepers will be used to playing with one ball throughout their regular season, only to be greeted with one which behaves differently and takes some adjusting to.
It's not just keepers who it affects, of course; the Jabulani, used at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, was accused of being too round to the point that it affected the flight of the ball for free-kicks – until folks got used to it later in the tournament.
However, with Saudi Arabia conceding five goals in their opening game against Russia, and with goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Mayouf looking shaky for one or two of them, it's only fair we revisit what some of the keepers at the tournament have been saying about the new ball, the adidas Telstar 18.
FIFA know better than to throw the ball at the world's finest with no preparation, at the very least.
It made its first appearance in a series of international friendlies earlier in the season, earning it a mixed reception from some of the stoppers who had to deal with it for the first time.
"The ball could be better; it moves a lot," said Germany and Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen after a 1-1 draw with Spain in March.
Thankfully for him, he might not have to adjust, with Manuel Neuer in line to replace him in the starting line-up after returning from injury.
Ter Stegen's opposite number that day, David de Gea, echoed the Barça man's concerns in an interview with AS.
"It could have been made better," the Manchester United keeper argued, presumably revealing a previously unannounced knowledge of design and technology.
Pepe Reina, meanwhile, suggested back in March that there was "still time to change" the ball before the start of the tournament, and predicted we'd see a lot of goals from range as keepers struggle to hold on to the ball.
Indeed, Al-Mayouf was beaten from range against Russia, including a late free-kick from Alexandr Golovin which some claimed he should have done better with.
As the tournament goes on, we'll likely see the ball come under scrutiny every time a goalkeeper gets beaten from range.
Maybe, though, they've just made a mistake.
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It's been quite a year for music, in terms of software, hardware and releases. But there's always more new gear to get. We caught up with 9 top electronic artists from Infectious PR working across a number of different genres to find out what they're hoping to find in their studio Christmas stockings this year, from mics and plugins to big touchscreen monitors. Read on to find out more.
The WAVES bundle would have to be the most comprehensive set of studio plugins I've seen over the years. I already use Waves: CLA vocals and RBass religiously, however I'm yet to get my hands on the bundle. Combining these with my Logic stock plugins would really add more dynamics to my records and thus is at the top of my wish list!
Slate Raven: This year it is kind of like a huge touch screen monitor you have in front of you where you can control all your faders/knobs and move around the arrange page easily. I'm really into hands-on production and this get your hands off the mouse and into your project.
The OP-Z synthesizer and sequencer by Teenage Engineering is definitely up there on my wish list. It is a fully portable 16-track synthesizer and sequencer, it woukd be amazing to have and play around with the different features it comes with to create innovative sounds. It would be a great gadget for my productions and even for live performances.
Kemper Profiler Amp - I'm mainly an in the box / soft synth kinda guy but the Kemper Profiler Amp looks amazing. It has the ability to model pretty much any type of guitar amp and signal flow. I'd use it to re-amp everything from distorted basslines and keyboard patches to vocals. I'm a guitarist, so having the ability to dial up any tone and then save the presets for other sessions is paramount.
I couldn't live without Ableton Live 10, the upgrade really elevates Ableton as a DAW. I find the workflow is far more accomodating for producers and there are no bounds to what you can achieve!
Pioneer DJ HDJ-2000mk2 Headphones: I did some research and these headphones look incredible for both DJing and producing. One of my favourite features is that they have a good amount of sound isolation, this is something I've always desired for a pair of headphones, particularly when I'm mixing in a club, or in a noisy environment. I also like the look of Mthem because the ear pads are made of memory foam, and they look extremely comfortable to wear.
I'd love to play around with that SSL Fusion that's just been released. I'm always trying to implement the positive elements of an analogue studio into the convenience of a digital workflow, and this sounds like a perfect tool for it. You just run your DAW master signal through it and it can compress high frequencies, EQ, add stereo width, saturation and much more. I really want to get my hands on this one Santa!
I'd love to have a Moog in my studio. It's one of those pieces of hardware you just have to have, because its sound is absolutely unique and its looks are just perfect. If it were software, then the entire library of Output. They have this amazing plugin called Exhale, which is just incredible and just inspires you to produce music for hours and hours.
If we could have one thing for christmas it would be a Shure SM7b microphone. It's not something a lot of people think about when they hear a song but this guy has helped us craft everything from day 1. As a producer I've gotten used to how both of our voices react to it, and obviously the fact that Michael Jackson used one helps unleash the inner pop-star performer in both of us. We won't have access to one soon, and for both professional recording as well as on-the-go demos, it would be an invaluable addition to our arsenal. | {
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Sam grew up as a country farm boy in a family of 11 children. He then went on to college in Hobart Tasmania, but found that he was more suited to get straight into work. After working in sales for a few years he found his passion, helping people. He then went and worked as a trainer in Northern Tasmania and soon became training manager, he also did many music theatre productions, & opened his own music studio. Sam has also worked as an Industry Adviser working with young people & industry, indentifying skill shortages and providing solutions and strategies for young people entering the workforce.
Sam's personal life journey changed dramatically 2 years ago when he was involved in a major car accident. Sam had his right arm amputated and lives with a permanent disability in his right leg. Sam was hospitalised for over four months and confined to a wheelchair for nine months. It is the story of Sam's remarkable resilience, his mental strength as well as his physical recovery that has amazed and inspired so many Australians, here & people around the world. Through overcoming such a tragedy Sam launched his business called 'Be Motivated'.
Sam has now spoken to over 50,000 people throughout Australia and overseas. He has been nominated for many awards and more recently won Tasmania's Young Australian of the Year. Sam's message to others is simple. He challenges people to be themselves, believe in themselves, find purpose and focus, nurture their creativity, develop resilient and protective behaviours, conquer obstacles such as fear, set and attain personal goals. In every way imaginable Sam is a living embodiment of the messages he delivers.
Sam is at the forefront of global trends and has the unique ability to transform impossibilities into possible realities. Sam's thought leadership is in corporate & personal turnarounds and his message called BOUNCE. He flies around the world sharing his expertise and his passion in 'Bouncing Forward'.
Sam's passion also stretches as far as India where he has set up his own foundation supporting people living with a disability in some of the poorest places on earth.
"WOW ... this guy is brilliant!! Prepared, truly professional, heart warming and inspiring. Sam's powerful message and delivery kept the audience wanting more and more. Such a positive, warm and delightful soul ... awesome speaker"
"Sam has a way of speaking that not only inspires but makes you feel like you've known him for years after the first smile. His message is one that is at once simple enough to be grasped by everyone who has ever struggled with a problem in their lives, yet profound enough that they could dedicate their lives to following it."
"Sam is a highly engaging speaker with an incredibly important message..."Sam is Sam; you just wind him up and let him go. His enthusiasm, his energy and his sense of humour are infectious. Just being around him is an uplifting experience and always leaves you feeling a bit better about your world"
"Sam's inspirational story and his passion for living touched many of our delegates deeply. Sam had our attendees laughing and in tears – he was both inspirational and motivating . I am sure our delegates who in their work and personal lives face crises will be inspired to bounce forward to new highs. Thank you Sam"
"Sam Cawthorn provided our senior leaders with a presentation that was both inspiring and entertaining in equal measure. Everyone in the room was transfixed by Sam's message of optimism and his ability to overcome seemingly insurmountable personal tragedy. In both business and in life, I think we learn more from the challenges we overcome than from the successes and Sam was able to demonstrate this in a very real way"
"Sam was amazing! Everyone was totally engaged in what he had to say - he gave a powerful message in a captivating manner! We won't forget you Sam!"
"WOW ... this guy is brilliant!! Prepared, truly professional, heart warming and inspiring. Sam's powerful message and delivery kept the audience wanting more and more. Such a positive, warm and delightful soul ... awesome speaker"
"Sam was fantastic! Working within a Motor Accidents environment and seeing how Sam has been able to bounce forward is extremely inspirational"
"Sam is a master communicator. I have never heard anyone quite like him. He will take any audience on a rollercoaster of emotion between laughter and tears. His message is authentic and engaging - no one will leave a talk by Sam unchanged. It is no wonder Sam is in so much demand"
"Sam is an experience. He is entertaining, hilarious, but most importantly, challenging and progressive in his approach as a speaker and as a forward thinker. He is dedicated to creating momentum for the movement our young people need to take up in order to engage in a greater vision for the future including those in poverty with a disability"
"I loved your analogy of bouncing forward opposed to bouncing back which is something I have not heard before, despite attending many self development programs. It is so easy to get caught up in daily life and the fast pace we operate at, it was a great reminder that it's important to keep perspective on everything in life including dealing with any adversity we encounter"
"Sam Cawthorn's presentation was fantastic. Moving, funny , inspirational and thought provoking. Participants of the conference were spell bound"
"I just wanted to say a massive thank you for your help and let you know Sam was FABULOUS! Truly truly amazing, inspiring, fun, I could just go on & on. He truly made our conference a memorable day.So often at these events many speakers try to get the audience to participate and they get one or two responses if that. Sam had every single person in the room participating and transfixed on what he was saying! I was amazed. Can you believe I cried?! No seriously, I did!"
You are the most extraordinary person that I've ever met. Your courage and will to overcome adversity is commendable. I truly feel privileged to have witnessed such an amazing talent. You are changing the world one person at a time. You've changed us.
Sam's obvious passion for life and family shines through so brightly that one quickly forgets that he has been through an horrific accident and a life changing moment… he lifts everyone's spirit in the room. This is true motivational speaking!
Your energy, humour, humility and obvious joy of life no matter what hand you happen to be dealt was inspirational. Also, your style of delivery was perfect for the wide selection of people that we had present.
"Sam is an ordinary guy who has lived an extraordinary experience. He shares his story in a simple 'down to earth' way that makes it accessible to a wide audience. Sam is inspirational!"
Sam is a highly engaging speaker with an incredibly important message…: "Sam is Sam; you just wind him up and let him go. His enthusiasm, his energy and his sense of humour are infectious. Just being around him is an uplifting experience and always leaves you feeling a bit better about your world.
Sam's humour and light-hearted approach to an amazing horrendous ordeal was a good wake-up for me. It had me appreciate and give up complaining about the simple problems I have. I was inspired by who HE has now caused himself to be out of such a journey. That tells the person. Bring it on Sam and go well!
"Sam's presentation was brilliant; he was well researched, dynamic and challenging!"
"What an amazing and positive young man. The energy was incredible, the passion for life made the hair on your neck stand up. I could listen to him all day on any subject."
We found Sam to be inspirational, funny and engaging. He is purely amazing… Thanks Sam, your messages are life changing!
Entertaining, engaging, inspiring and very, very funny - Sam Cawthorn is an amazing individual and any organisation would be mad not to book him as a guest speaker and motivator. I could not recommend him more highly.
Sam is a very engaging speaker and his message of "bouncing forward" resonated with our team. He's a living example of how important it is to stay positive, to be resilient and to keep pushing forward no matter what challenges come.
The stand out session from our conference was Sam Cawthorn. He is brilliant. I laughed, cried then laughed again. Sam was a simply inspirational person. He is 30 years old and one of the most impressive speakers I have ever seen.
Sam's session on the last day of our conference was 'magical'. He fully engaged the crowd with his story, his messages, his wit, heart and his passion. I had a number of attendees that had listened to Sam who that afternoon made some very big changes to their lives. I had another attendee that had his notes from the session still in his pocket that night to remind him of what Sam had said (and he did change for dinner). His impact was widespread and deep. His messages around 'Bouncing Forward', 'the decision not the condition….', 'holding hands in traffic' will be remembered. Sam was truly inspirational and is one of those people that you know is very special and very unique. Thank you for the magic Sam!" | {
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Embrace a sense of individualism and enjoy your own sense of happiness with the Lancome La Vie Est Balle by Lancome 75ml EDP for Women. Developed by renowned perfumers Olivier Polge, Dominique Ropion and Anne Flipo, this eau de parfum is an elegant composition. Investing three years and developing 5000 versions before arriving at this gourmand fragrance, the perfumers have infused a variety of simple, yet pleasurable notes of Iris, orange blossoms, jasmine, black currant, pear, tonka bean and more. The design of the perfume flacon is inspired by the classic Lancome bottle of 1949. | {
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The Comprehensive Treatment Clinic aims to serve anyone who has, or thinks they have, a problem with drugs or alcohol.
We offer an interdisciplinary approach to treatment for addiction.
We strive to examine the various aspects of addiction, offering services which address all of its complexities. This includes various forms of physical and psychological therapy, counselling services, and medication treatment, including methadone and suboxone.
Courage to ask for help and to do whatever it takes.
Honesty to engage in open communication to address all topics.
Respect for people struggling with the disease of addiction.
Trust required to develop a care plan together.
Faith that you can recover your life.
We will look at all aspects of your addiction, examine the root causes and treat them in many different ways — not simply by giving you methadone forever.
Counselling sessions with our student Therapist are offered at an affordable, student rate. | {
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We have state of the art diagnostic tools that allow our staff to better diagnose your pet's condition or illness. It is our commitment to stay on the cutting edge of diagnostic technology. Having these advanced diagnostic tools allows us to examine specific areas more closely and provide a quicker and more accurate diagnosis.
We use many tools such as digital x-rays which allows us to take high quality images with the lowest possible exposure of radiation to your pet. We also utilize digital radiology in our dental procedures.
Our in-house laboratory facilities provide for blood chemistry, hematology, serology, urinalysis, and parasite testing. We also utilize commercial veterinary laboratories for specialized diagnostics and consultations. | {
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I learned and didn't learn how to (among other things) look at a word on article and bring up a mental picture with word and visual image. Like lucky the ai, see a chair and the word Chair meme but in my head. Oh no! I forgot the word for this concept. I won't leave my apartment. All leave being afraid of things in my apartment. | {
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Welcome to the first message in our new "SNAPS In Focus" series. As you may remember, last year we preceded the annual NOFA with a series of Weekly Focus Messages aimed at providing Continuums of Care (CoCs), grantees, and other stakeholders additional information and insight behind our policy priorities in order to help communities make tough decisions and to encourage change at the system level. We received overwhelmingly positive feedback and will be continuing that method of communication beginning this summer, although this time around it will not necessarily be tied to the NOFA.
The Housing First model is not a new approach; however, it has only been since the adoption and implementation of Opening Doors that HUD and our Federal partners have really begun to emphasize the use of this approach. We have seen the impact of using Housing First principles and consider it to be a best practice when used in permanent supportive housing to serve people experiencing chronic homelessness. HUD has posted a brief called Housing First in Permanent Supportive Housing that discusses the core principles of a Housing First model to help inform implementation of this model at the local level.
As I stated in a Weekly Focus message last year, Housing First is a paradigm shift from the traditional housing ready approach. It follows a basic principle—that everyone is ready for housing, regardless of the complexity or severity of their needs. My colleague Richard Cho, Senior Policy Director at the US Interagency Council on Homelessness, recently posted a blog that aimed to de-bunk certain myths about Housing First. I encourage you to read it but I want to highlight one of his key points: Housing First is not a 'program', it is a system-wide orientation and response. For this very reason, HUD added a new scoring element in the FY 2013-FY 2014 CoC Program Competition that scored CoCs on the extent to which they had adopted a Housing First approach throughout all of their Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH). Recipients of grants that indicated that they followed a Housing First approach in their FY 2013 project application will therefore be expected to do so for at least the FY 2013 and FY 2014 operating years since this information contributed to the CoC's overall score for the joint competition.
Adopting Housing First has to go beyond this project-by-project implementation. What we—HUD, USICH, VA and our other Federal partners—are talking about here is systems change. Quoting Richard Cho, "Housing First is a whole-system orientation, and in some cases, a whole-system re-orientation. To borrow a phrase, it is about 'changing the DNA' of how a community responds to homelessness." Evidence has shown that people with long histories of homelessness and chronic disabilities who were served in PSH using a Housing First approach had a number of positive outcomes. Homelessness, arrests, hospitalization, and emergency room visits all declined significantly. Furthermore, the public costs of shelter, corrections, and health care declined significantly, making the net public cost of serving a person with PSH about the same as or less than the cost of allowing them to remain homeless.
The Housing First approach has several key features: few programmatic prerequisites, low barrier admission policies, rapid and streamlined entry into permanent housing, voluntary and engaging supportive services, and a focus on housing stability. In combination, these elements successfully house even people with long criminal histories and the most severe medical and behavioral health problems. HUD recognizes that this approach may not be applicable to all program designs, particularly for those projects formerly awarded under the Supportive Housing Program (SHP) or Shelter Plus Care (SPC) Program which were permitted to target persons with specific disabilities or projects that have more restrictive program models (e.g., "sober housing"). But it is imperative that CoCs look closely at all of its permanent supportive housing to make sure that this model is being implemented to the maximum extent possible.
A good first step is to assess tenant selection and admission policies to ensure they are as simple and streamlined as possible and that people who most need assistance are not screened out. Providers can also review termination policies to ensure that they are consistent with Housing First practices and that every effort is made to prevent lease violations and troubleshoot barriers to housing stability before resorting to evictions. The Housing First orientation is very different than the way many projects have been operating, and staff may need specialized training in practices such as motivational interviewing and harm reduction to successfully manage PSH with a Housing First approach.
In the coming months and years, HUD's emphasis on a Housing First approach in permanent supportive housing will likely grow, as will the need to prioritize people with the longest histories of homelessness and the highest service needs for PSH. This requires a new way of thinking that we recognize will not be easy and will not happen overnight. We continue to provide guidance and resources on this topic and in the meantime, would encourage you to use the USICH Housing First Checklist: A Practical Tool for Assessing Housing First in Practice. This tool is "intended for use by policymakers, government officials, and practitioners alike to help make a basic assessment of whether and to what degree a particular housing program is employing a Housing First approach.
The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently hosted "Core Principles of Housing First and Rapid Re-Housing," a webinar designed for homelessness service providers, communities, and policymakers to understand the core components of the Housing First approach and the Rapid Re-Housing model and how both work together to help end homelessness. If you were not able to participate in the live webinar, you are encouraged to view the webinar materials.
As always, thank you for your tireless work to help end homelessness. | {
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Use to be on the old one. Not much into typology anymore, but am into INTP's...if that makes any sense.
Nice to meet you. I guess your MBTI preferences just got more specific.
Wassup, vexed. If you are into INTPs, then I'm into you. | {
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This performance was a long-awaited one. Practices lasted an hour on average yet passed by in a second. But we all knew we were working toward a goal that would, hopefully, prove to be fruitful. This piece was a tarana which combines a balanced mix of both the expression based and technical aspects of Kathak. I was particularly afraid as in the expression based part, tarana's usually explore ideas and feelings that I had yet to experience, for instance, love, heartbreak, being overcome by God, etc. Nonetheless, along with my teachers expertise and my peers' guidance I was able to evoke some emotion and be more delicate with my hand movements (something I've always been told to work on). This performance and experience helped me build my collaborative skills. Since it was with a group, everyone had to be mindful of one another and communicate effectively to be in synch. This was helpful as it was a group effort, everyone had to be supportive to achieve the ideal we wanted to. Moreover, this performance was at 'Gardens By The Bay' an iconic tourist destination in Singapore which definitely added to the pressure. | {
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The linking of nodes together in python let's you tie two outputs to one input, but doesn't allow you to tie more than one input to an output which is the exact backward behavior from what you want. Run the attached file in the text editor and look at the nodes setup it creates.
Nick Keeline (nrk) attached 1 file(s): F20775: LinkNodeBug.py.
It seems the function expects (output socket, input socket) rather than (input socket, output socket), fixed now so both cases work.
Also the last two lines in your script are the same, need to use MathPower5 there somewhere, but the bug was there anyway. | {
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Allison Dean: Personal Life and Career
Updated on October 18, 2022 - by Phillip E. Tuller
Allison Dean's Net Worth as of January 2023 is $1.7 Million
Quick Facts of Allison Dean
Allison Dean may not have had a well-known media profile, but she has had a successful career. She has appeared in several films, including Incognito, American Intellectual, Where's Marlowe? and Chicago Hope.
3 Allison Dean: Career
4 Allison Dean: Net Worth
Allison Dean was born and reared in the Wichita, United States of America. She was born in a magnificent world in June 1970 to American parents.
Furthermore, she was born under the sign of the Ram. In her personal life, Allison has avoided using social networking sites.
Allison posing for a photo (source Pinterest)
As a result, no information about her family's history, such as her parents' names or jobs, is available. We also have no idea if she has a sibling.
Allison's childhood was filled with wonder. As she grew older, her parents showered her with love and affection.
According to sources, she grew up in a friendly and welcoming environment as an American citizen with an All-American ethnic ancestry.
Allison appears to be a well-educated and experienced professional.
She completed her studies at a handful of local high schools in her hometown before continuing her education at Western International University.
Allison Dean hasn't found love yet. She is currently enjoying her life as a single woman. Until now, her love life has been a mystery. In her life, love has remained a great mystery.
On the other hand, Allison is routinely pictured with her male co-stars and friends, but she never refers to them as boyfriends or lovers.
She is currently concentrating more on her professional life than on her personal life. She has never been the subject of uninvited personal conjecture and likes spending more time with her family.
Allison is a charming lady with a great smile. She will undoubtedly find an acceptable and ideal partner in the future who will love and care for her throughout her life.
Allison Dean is a lovely woman with a pleasant demeanor. Her physique is thin and an hourglass in shape. She is also physically and intellectually fit. She stands 5 feet 7 inches tall, or 1.7 meters tall.
Furthermore, Her total body weight is around 62 kg.
She has an excellent body measurement of 34-26-40 inches, including her breast, waist, and hip measurements. Her hair is jet black, and her eyes are a dark brown tint.
Allison Dean: Career
Allison Dean made her debut as an American actress in the entertainment industry.
Furthermore, she starred as Patrice McDowell in the popular film Coming to America in 1998.
She's also starred in films like Once and Again, Chicago Hope, Girlfriends (TV Series), Abandoned and Deceived, Dr. Ruth's House, etc.
Allison Dean (source thecoli.com)
She played Win in two CBS School break Special (TV Series). In addition, Allison has also appeared in the films 1993, Speed 2: Cruise Control, and American Intellectuals.
Allison Dean: Net Worth
Allison Dean has amassed a sizable fortune in her professional life.
According to some sources, she has a net worth of $1.7 million as of 2022. All of her property, riches, and assets are included in this income. She is content with the money she earns from her job.
Her professional work as an American actress is her primary source of income.
Aside from her professional work, she also made a respectable living by endorsing, advertising, and sponsoring various fashion brands and companies.
Her excellent career has also given her both name and fame. Allison is currently living a fulfilling and happy life in the United States with her family.
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As a college senior at the University of Idaho, the pressure to know what's next is palpable. Inevitably the dreaded question comes up: "What's next after graduation?" Concerns over opportunity and quality of life ultimately dictate the decision we make when we decide should we stay or should we go?
Like most college students around the state, I have strong ties to Idaho. My Basque grandfather immigrated here when he was my age to escape an oppressive dictatorship. America delivered on its promise of opportunity and my family has now lived here for three generations. My brother and I grew up in Idaho's forests, rivers, and mountains and we have America's commitment to keeping wild lands wild to thank for those experiences. This makes it especially disappointing to see some Idaho politicians continually pursue a state takeover of our public lands.
The proponents of this ill-conceived plan have promised us that our access wouldn't change, but fail to mention that the Idaho State Constitution mandates that we manage our state lands to attain the greatest possible profit. We only need to look to Priest Lake to see the latest example of what will really happen: our lands will be sold off. What will our access look like when this land is auctioned to private buyers? I'm not interested in rolling the dice to find out only to discover an Idaho full of keep-out signs and fences.
My decision about where to build a future is based on Idaho's legacy of public lands access. Staying in this state is contingent upon my ability to access the public lands I love and many of my peers feel the same. Let's spend our time and energy elsewhere and put this misguided plan to bed. | {
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/* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package org.flowable.editor.language.xml;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.util.List;
import org.flowable.bpmn.converter.BpmnXMLConverter;
import org.flowable.bpmn.model.BpmnModel;
import org.flowable.bpmn.model.ExtensionElement;
import org.flowable.bpmn.model.FlowElement;
import org.junit.Test;
/**
* @author Joram Barrez
*/
public class ExtensionsConverterTest extends AbstractConverterTest {
@Override
protected String getResource() {
return "extensions.bpmn20.xml";
}
@Test
public void convertXMLToModel() throws Exception {
// Check that reconverting doesn't duplicate extension elements
BpmnModel bpmnModel = readXMLFile();
FlowElement flowElement = bpmnModel.getMainProcess().getFlowElement("theTask");
List<ExtensionElement> extensionElements = flowElement.getExtensionElements().get("test");
assertThat(extensionElements).hasSize(1);
// Reconvert to xml and back to bpmn model
BpmnXMLConverter bpmnXMLConverter = new BpmnXMLConverter();
byte[] xmlBytes = bpmnXMLConverter.convertToXML(bpmnModel);
bpmnModel = readXMLFile(new ByteArrayInputStream(xmlBytes));
extensionElements = bpmnModel.getMainProcess().getFlowElement("theTask").getExtensionElements().get("test");
assertThat(extensionElements).hasSize(1);
}
}
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22 Mill Street Restaurant with Rooms are pleased to offer an interesting and affordable range of wines with the menu options.
Our selection of wines includes Old World classics from France, Spain and Italy with New World wines featuring from Australia, New Zealand and Chile. We aim to provide a variety in selection, price and quality. For those looking for something extra special, try our Connoisseurs Wine list, with limited numbers of stock this list is regularly changing.
We also have a selection of sprits, beer, ciders and juices with quality brands and a strong West Country element making the most of our local suppliers. | {
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These chocolate chip brownies are so moist, fudgy, and decadent that you won't even think you are eating a Paleo Brownie. These gluten free and clean eating brownies will not disappoint you–even our 2.5 year old daughter begs for more! And believe me we tried many Paleo Brownie and dessert recipes while my husband was on his pregnancy weigh loss journey. This recipe is super simple and easy. Write us and let us know how these turned out for you. Feel free to post a comment below.
3/4 Cup of enjoy life dark chocolate chips (Paleo approved non diary) otherwise use whatever brand of dark chocolate chips you prefer if non Paleo.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray non sticking cooking oil into a 13 inch baking pan. Mix all ingredients into a medium size bowl. Place into the 13 inch baking pan. Cook for 25-30 mins at 325 degrees. Let cool and then cut. These taste even more amazing after they are fully cooled.
*** To make these a fusion dessert recipe we add 1/2 tsp of cardamom since my husband is Indian. Give it a try! Enjoy!
Finding a healthier option for all things chocolate is my life's goal! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Yum!! I'm definitely going to try this one!
Please do and let us know how they turned out for you!
I love brownies. Yum. Great post.
These look awesome! They look super moist & tasty! | {
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