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is a video game that was developed by Namco and published by Nintendo. It was released for the Nintendo GameCube. It was released in Japan on December 16, 2004, in North America on February 14, 2005, and in Europe on April 29, 2005. The game has three types of gameplay, including the Arwing, Landmaster, and on foot. Arwing gameplay is similar to Star Fox and Star Fox 64, where players guide Fox McCloud's Arwing spacecraft through stages. The player shoots down enemies and has to defend their teammates. Power-ups are placed on stages to help the player. In some stages, the player may hop out of the Arwing. In Landmaster gameplay, the player guides a tank called the Landmaster. Players shoot or run over enemies, and help their teammates when they need help. On foot gameplay is similar to a traditional third-person shooter video game. The player starts with a blaster gun, and they can get stronger weapons, such as machine guns and sniper rifles. Multiplayer can be played with up to four players. They can play on foot or in vehicles. New characters, weapons, items and maps can be unlocked in the game. 2004 video games Nintendo GameCube games Star Fox Namco video games
Concourse Update (July 21 2019) The Concourse team had the opportunity to visit some Concourse users out in Montreal last week. We had a blast meeting everyone, including some folks from the Concourse OSS community. Thanks again for hosting us! I’ll also be in Kansas City for two days next week to meet some other Concourse users as well, so give me a tap on Twitter or Discord (username jama) if you wanna meet up. Parallel Input Streaming In addition to the work on Algorithm improvements from the Core track, the Runtime track tested out their new work on Parallel Input Streaming. By parallelizing the input streams we saw a massive improvement on the initialization of tasks in our test pipelines. In our test we saw Dwayne Forde’s Strabo pipeline (which has over 100 input resources on a job) go from a 1 hour, 22 min initialization to just over 4 min. We were able to observe these results on both the BOSH and k8s deployment of Concourse. Exciting work! Runtime Interface Track For those who are interested, you can follow along our swappable runtimes (including k8s) work in the Runtime Interface track . We’ve been doing a lot of planning and research, but its all come down to “lets just give it a shot”. We’ll probably have more to say on this next update. Release Engineering One of the big changes that have come out of our Release Engineering track is extracting our ci automation into its own repository. This was done to make our project more resilient and reusable. You can now track those changes under concourse/ci
Guido Cerniglia (3 February 1939 - 14 May 2020) was an Italian actor and theatre director. He was born in Palermo, Italy. He was known for his roles in The Scientific Cardplayer (1972), Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno (1974) and in Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno (1975). Cerniglia died in Rome on 14 May 2020, aged 81.
Home of the Windjammers Junior Narrative, Exposition and Research Semester II 2012 – Mr. Williams -Junior Narrative, Exposition and Research is a college preparatory class focusing on writing. There will be some associated reading. Download Narrative Common Core Standards Aligned Outcomes.pdf . All papers will follow MLA format. Students will also complete a writing journal. Grading Process 50% Product 50% itunesU code: K76-WC7-FA5
Valley Park is a town in Oklahoma in the United States. Towns in Oklahoma
Equilibrium price with institutional investors and with naive traders This informed. - Marco Pagano, 1989. "Trading Volume and Asset Liquidity," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 104(2), pages 255-274. - Pagano, Marco, 1986. "Trading Volume and Asset Liquidity," CEPR Discussion Papers 142, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. - Benjamin M. Friedman, 1995. "Economic Implications of Changing Share Ownership," NBER Working Papers 5141, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. - Paul H. Kupiec, 1995. "Noise traders, excess volatility, and a securities transactions tax," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 95-26, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). -. - Sias, Richard W, 1997. "Price Pressure and the Role of Institutional Investors in Closed-End Funds," Journal of Financial Research, Southern Finance Association;Southwestern Finance Association, vol. 20(2), pages 211-229, Summer. This item is not listed on Wikipedia, on a reading list or among the top items on IDEAS. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:fip:fedgfe:1998.
Saint George is a town in Dorchester County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,084 at the 2010 census. It has been the county seat of Dorchester County since 1897.
* The TLRs 7, 8, and 9 stimulate innate immune responses upon recognizing pathogen nucleic acids. U-rich RNA sequences were recently discovered that stimulate human TLR7/8-mediated or murine TLR7-mediated immune effects. In this study we identified single-stranded RNA sequences containing defined sequence motifs that either preferentially activate human TLR8-mediated as opposed to TLR7- or TLR7/8-mediated immune responses. The identified TLR8 RNA motifs signal via TLR8 and fail to induce IFN- from TLR7-expressing plasmacytoid dendritic cells but induce the secretion of Th1-like and proinflammatory cytokines from TLR8-expressing immune cells such as monocytes or myeloid dendritic cells. In contrast, RNA sequences containing the TLR7/8 motif signal via TLR7 and TLR8 and stimulate cytokine secretion from both TLR7- and TLR8-positive immunocytes. The TLR8-specific RNA sequences are able to trigger cytokine responses from human and bovine but not from mouse, rat, and porcine immune cells, suggesting that these species lack the capability to respond properly to TLR8 RNA ligands. In summary, we describe two classes of single-stranded TLR7/8 and TLR8 RNA agonists with diverse target cell and species specificities and immune response profiles. The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.. This article has been cited by other articles:
The Baha'i World Centre is the headquarters of the Baha'i Faith. It is located in Haifa, Israel on Mount Carmel. The Baha'i World Centre includes the World Baha'i Archive, Universal House of Justice of the Baha'i Faith, International Center for advisors, and the Scripture Study Center. There are many Baha'i believers in Haifa and Acre.
Seventh Circuit Review Article Title No Jury Rigging in the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit: An Analysis of Jury Testimony to Impeach Jury Verdicts Abstract Following a federal jury trial, losing litigants may seek a new trial by challenging, or impeaching, the validity of the jury's verdict. It is well recognized that, unlike fine wine, steaks, and cheese, lawsuits do not improve with age because as time passes, memories fade, witnesses become unavailable, and evidence is often lost. Accordingly, society has as interest verdict finality, but few would deny a litigant, especially a criminal defendant, a new trial if the jury's verdict was tainted by something external to the protections of the courtroom. Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) generally prohibits juror testimony to impeach a jury verdict; hence, it protects the individual jurors from, inter alia, harassment by losing litigants and it protects society's interest in verdict finality. However, an outright prohibition of juror testimony may destroy the only evidence that shows a tainted or mistaken verdict, thus Rule 606(b) has carved out three exceptions under which a juror may testify. One exception permits juror testimony concerning "extraneous prejudicial information." The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently addressed this little-known rule in Arreola v. Choudry. While the court correctly addressed the merits in this case, it provided little guidance to the district courts for future application of "extraneous prejudicial information" under Rule 606(b). This article will attempt to clarify how to determine extraneous prejudicial information and how courts should proceed when such information was present during deliberations. Recommended Citation Brian W. Reidy, No Jury Rigging in the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit: An Analysis of Jury Testimony to Impeach Jury Verdicts, 4 Seventh Circuit Rev. 428 (2009). Available at:
The Balochistan forest dormouse (Dryomys niethammeri) is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is endemic to Pakistan.
I’ve been inspecting several flipped homes lately and it inspired me to write this article. Full disclosure, I have nothing against investors, I’m happy they’re buying these homes and getting them back on the market and in to the arms of loving owners. The process represents part of the American dream. Make an investment, pour some hard work in to it, and reap some rewards. Capitalism at its finest. What I typically find with flipped homes, is what we kindly refer to as “lipstick on a pig”. While not always the case, often times we find the home has new paint, flooring, updated kitchen and baths, with a whole bunch of issues lurking under the surface. Sometimes there is more than just cosmetics, I have seen flips with new roofs, updated electric and plumbing etc. The most common problem I find with flips are things installed or updated by people who aren’t necessarily qualified or experienced at doing so. That typically also means that proper permits were not obtained and chances are no one has inspected this work to make sure it was done properly or meets local standards. Last fall I inspected a flip home. The listing info indicated the roof had been updated as part of the renovation. I arrived to the inspection and found half the new roof shingles laying in the back yard. Upon inspection of the roof itself, I found it had been installed by someone with little to no experience in roofing, and unfortunately this roof needed to be torn off and replaced by someone who knew how to do it. On another recent inspection of a century old home, the entire electric system was advertised as “brand new, recently upgraded”. I found defect after defect throughout the system including some conditions that were completely unsafe. In both of these scenarios, I found no records of permits having been obtained for the work that had been done. Flip homes are attractive, especially to first time buyers, and that’s ok. Just make sure your client understands the potential things that may come up and that they’ll need some extra patience to get through to closing. Buying a flipped home is like negotiating a nuclear peace treaty; “trust, but verify”. Try to get a list of updates from the owner, and do some research to see if these things required permits and if they were obtained. Whatever you do, don’t forgo a good home inspection. You’ll want an experienced professional on your side to help find any underlying problems.
Carencro (; historically ) is a small city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a suburb of Lafayette. 7,526 lived here at the 2010 census.
Orders for US durable goods went up more than the forecast in April. This was seen as an indicator that the world’s biggest economy will rebound in the second half of the year as investments strengthens. Orders for equipment meant to last for at least three years increased 3.3 percent last month after it dropped 5.9 percent in March. This was stated in the report released by the Commerce Department. The average forecast from 78 economists polled by Bloomberg was for a 1.5 percent increase. Advances in residential construction, increasing demand for autos, and the need to upgrade equipment can help the economy recover from a slowdown this quarter. The government budget cuts as well as the fewer exports have curbed demand. These could drag the rebound of the economy. Stocks closed higher from early losses as investors saw the prospect of improving economic growth despite their concerns with regards to the Federal Reserve policy makers’ stance on reducing the stimulus before the end of the year. German business confidence improved in May for the first time in three months. This is an indicator that Europe’s biggest is rebounding. The estimates for April durable goods in the poll made by Bloomberg ranged from a drop of 5.9 percent to an increase of 4.6 percent. The Commerce Department modified the March decline from the initially reported 6.9 percent drop. The increase in orders last month was bolstered by the rebound in demand for commercial aircraft. Aircraft orders went up 18.1 percent in April after the drop of 43 percent the previous month. Boeing said it got orders for 51 aircrafts in April, which was up from 29 in the previous month.
The flag of Herefordshire is flag of the English area of Herefordshire. It was officially put to the Flag Institute on 2 November 2019. Proposed flags When there was no official flag, the banner of Herefordshire Council was sometimes used. It was flown usually with the Union Flag. Another design for a flag has been popular. The flag was created as a joke by a student. It is sold at the Hereford Tourist Centre.
Investec shares its views on the situation in Egypt Malcolm Gray, portfolio manager of the Investec Africa Opportunities Fund, and the Investec Frontier Investment Team give an update on events and their views on Egypt.[hidepost=9] [/hidepost] Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak The situation has changed rapidly in Egypt over the past three days. The degree to which protests, riots and looting have been reported in the media and local sources has been extensive. Looking beyond the headlines, however, feedback from Cairo indicates that most areas of the city (and reportedly the rest of Egypt) have to date been largely unaffected by the protests in terms of threat to lives and property. The implications for potential social and political change are however significant. Some of our expectations of the likely course and consequence of events have been met, however events continue to move rapidly. Although there appears to be significant media coverage about the pressure on Mubarak to resign, we also note a general sentiment of appreciation and respect for what he has overseen in terms of economic policies and reforms over the past 30 years. It is nevertheless clear that he has outlived his tenure and there is a desire for him to leave office; in addition there is now almost no chance that his son, Gamal Mubarak, will succeed him. As expected Ahmed Ezz, a prominent businessman and close associate of Gamal, has stepped down as secretary of the ruling party. The appointment of Omar Suleiman as Vice President – although not universally positively received – is a clear sign that change is now inevitable, and the role the military will play remains crucial, possibly as the transition manager to a new government. Two new key cabinet appointments have also been announced. From an investor point of view we note: - The Egyptian markets were closed yesterday (Sunday, 30 January 2011), due to the imposition of a curfew. Banks are closed, and economic activity is limited to shopping for necessities. We expect the market to reopen once the curfew is lifted. - Regional markets were mixed on Sunday: - Qatar’s QE Index slid 3% - Dubai’s index was down the most in eight months at -4.3% - Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index rebounded, climbing 2.5% - Although not our central scenario, the likelihood of radical change has now increased. The events of the last few days have come as a shock, and investor sentiment has been severely dented. Our expectation is for an aggressive short-term sell-off in Egyptian listed assets when markets open in the coming days. - However, given that there are a number of Egyptian stocks with London-listed GDRs as well as an ETF, there will be some means for short-term price discovery from today. - We note that an aggressive sell-off may well prove a very attractive long-term buying opportunity. However this should be balanced with the consideration that the end result of the political instability is uncertain, and there is no guarantee of a continuation of the very successful economic policies of the last few years. - We note that the risks have increased significantly in the short term, but hope that the events of the last few days will result in positive change in the long term.
Nasser Farbod (; 27 April 1922 - 26 April 2019) was an Iranian political activist and military officer. He served as the Chief-of-Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army from 27 March 1979 until his resignation on 12 July 1979. He was born in Tehran. Farbod died on 26 April 2019, at the age of 96.
Earlier today, compLexity Gaming announced on their website that Canadian Call of Duty player Jevon “Goonjar” Gooljar-Lim has acquired a P-1 Athletic visa, allowing him to compete in the United States as a recognized athlete. Goonjar is one of the only Call of Duty players to currently have this type of visa. This comes nearly two months after Goonjar was prevented from entering the United States due to immigration officers believing he was entering the country for work. This caused him to miss out on competing in the Call of Duty World League Stage 1 Relegation Tournament in Calif., forcing Team Kaliber, his team at the time, to use a substitute. They would go on to lose their qualification series with the substitute, which caused tK to lose their spot in the CWL. P-1A visas have become more popular in esports with several League of Legends, DotA and Counter-Strike players securing them recently because of the sheer necessity of traveling to the United States for competition. Examples of this were shown earlier this year when numerous players and teams were prohibited from participating in the first Counter-Strike major in Columbus, Ohio due to visa problems. Kyle Bautista, the General Manager of compLexity, said “We made it a top priority to work with Activision/Blizzard, ESL, and the legal team at McCown & Evans to secure a P-1A visa.” Hopefully this prompts more teams to prioritize getting P-1A visas for their players like compLexity has done for Goonjar, especially with the Call of Duty Championship coming up in the back half of the year. No one should miss the biggest Call of Duty tournament in history because they cannot enter the country. To read compLexity’s full press release, click here. For the latest Call of Duty news and more, make sure you follow us on Twitter at @GAMURScom.
Wingfield is a village in the county of Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. Location Wingfield is two miles west of the town of Trowbridge.
After years of working in the fitness industry, training thousands of clients, attending numerous courses and reading hundreds of books I've finally figured out why the vast majority of the population loves to eat a lot of junk food. Reasons I usually see as to why so many people throw junk food down their neck, as if there is going to be a fizzy drink drought, varies. From cost related reasons like 'healthy food costs much more than unhealthy food', time related reasons like 'it's faster to order a pizza than it is to prep and cook a healthy meal' and even pseudo-scientific reasoning like 'The sugar and additives in junk food can lead to the brain getting addicted, and I'm addicted!'. While I think all of these are very valid reasons why some people eat junk food, I still don't think they touch on maybe the biggest reason of them all, the reason that is so mind numbingly obvious. Junk food tastes absolutely amazing. Who doesn't want to eat pizza all day every day? Who doesn't want to eat chocolate in front of the television every night? Who doesn't want to eat ice cream until it's coming out of their ears? The fact of the matter is that most junk food tastes so good, why wouldn't we want to eat it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? No wonder the obesity levels are on the rise when not only is there high availability of junk food but the quality of unhealthy food is on the rise too. Living in the North East of England, I must have seen around fifty brand new restaurants and takeaways open in the past year, all of which look mouth wateringly tasty. I'm a Personal Trainer and sometimes I even struggle with the sweet lure of junk food. Last year I gained over 30lbs due to eating my ever-increasing weight in junk food every single day. I knew I needed to do something about it, when I was getting tired walking up the stairs and I couldn't in a million years do the workouts I was telling my clients to do. This is when I realised, to be in with a fighting chance start eating healthy again, I had to make healthy food something that I wanted to eat and that I was excited to eat. Gone were the days of tasteless diet meals like chicken salads and in were the extremely tasty meals. Putting twists on my unhealthy favourites helped me to stay focused. Healthy versions of curries, pizza, chicken dippers, fish fingers, chips and ice cream all made the transition back to being healthy a whole lot easier. Within weeks, the weight started dropping off and I was eating real food again. Food that nourished my body, food that made me feel good instead of making me want to continue habitually ramming my mouth with greasy, sugary delicacies. Within months, a huge chunk of that 30+lbs I had acquired while giving Homer Simpson a run for his money were gone and even now, each day I'm getting healthier and I'm getting leaner. So if you're finding yourself eating junk food like it's going out of fashion, try making your healthy food just as tasty. Replacing a twelve inch stuffed crust meat feast pizza with a boring chicken salad is going to grow old very fast. Oh and yes, I do still have the occasional junk feast, It does taste good after all. Follow Joe Sexton on Facebook:
The Eleventh Amendment (Amendment XI) to the United States Constitution was passed by Congress on March 4, 1794 and ratified by the states on February 7, 1795. It deals with each state's sovereign immunity and was adopted to overrule the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Chisholm v. Georgia. Text Lawsuits against states The idea of sovereign immunity originated in English common law. It was also proposed by political theorists like Thomas Hobbes and Jean Bodin. The founding fathers of the Constitution were aware of the traditional doctrine that states were immune from private lawsuits. Several Anti-Federalists were afraid that Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution, which declares that the federal judicial power extends to suits "between a State and Citizens of another State", would override that doctrine. The Eleventh Amendment was a direct reaction to an unpopular ruling by the Supreme Court in Chisholm v. Georgia (1793). In Chisholm the Court said federal courts had the power to hear lawsuits brought by citizens against US states. Also, that states were not immune to these cases. The Eleventh Amendment reversed this decision and does not allow cases brought against a state by a citizen of another state or country. It says nothing about a citizen bringing a suit against their own state. In Ex parte Young, the Supreme Court decision allowed suits in federal courts against officials acting on behalf of states of the union to proceed despite the State's sovereign immunity, when the State acted unconstitutionally. The Eleventh Amendment is one of five amendments that overturned earlier Supreme Court decisions.
LINWOOD is set for a welcome jobs boost with the opening of a new family-run nursery. Carli’s Kindergarten, which already has a successful nursery in Erskine, has opened up in the town’s Napier Street with the potential to create 30 jobs. Provost Lorraine Cameron officially opened the facility last week when a delegation from Renfrewshire Council was given a tour of the premises. Gayle Millar, one of a team of three who own Carli’s Kindergarten, said the company the addition of Linwood was a major development for them. She added: “We employ 30 in Erskine and see the Linwood nursery as creating work for a similar number.” Gayle said there was a need to hire people with a variety of skills. Gayle said the firm had identified a need for nursery places in Linwood which was included in the Scottish Index for Multiple Deprivation. She added: “We want to take pressure off families.” Read all the latest from Renfrewshire and beyond
Philadelphia is a large city in the United States state of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia might also mean: Philadelphia, Mississippi Philadelphia, Tennessee Philadelphia (movie) Amman, Jordan, which was called Philadelphia during the Greek and Roman periods.
What’s Happening! 3/13/17 to 3/18/17 THREE UPCOMMING EVENTS! - This Thursday is our St. Patrick’s Day Buddy Bash. Sign-up sheet is available. - This week is Stripe Week! - Our instructor Skip Hancock is coming to teach special classes for all students on March 24th and 25th. Sign-up now! Dragons Will need their sparring gear both Thursday & Saturday. Kenpo Kids will need a club on Thursday & sparring gear on Saturday. BBC through Teens and Adults you will need sparring gear this week.
George Boole [], (November 2, 1815 - December 8, 1864) was an English mathematician and philosopher. Works He created Boolean algebra. This is one of the bases of modern-day computer science. Other humans, like Augustus De Morgan and Charles Peirce, refined and completed his work. In their times, very few people knew of the work those mathematicians had done. Boolean algebra was rediscovered by Claude Shannon about 75 years after Boole's death. In his doctoral thesis, Shannon showed that boolean algebra was useful. It could simplify the design of electric switches and relays (like those that were used in the telephone switchboards of the time). Shannon also showed that such switches could solve boolean algebra problems. All modern-day digital circuits (mainly computers) use such algebra to solve problems.
Why Working Overtime Is Unproductive Regardless of the reason, working overtime for a long period of time is unproductive. 🏠 ‣ Articles ‣ HR ‣ Employee Engagement ‣ Work Life Balance by Sonnie \| Work Life Balance Regardless of the reason, working overtime for a long period of time is unproductive..
Randy Jackson (born 1956) is an American musician, record producer and judge on American Idol. Randy Jackson may also refer to: Randy Jackson (singer) (born 1961), member of The Jacksons and brother of Michael Jackson Randy Jackson (Zebra), guitarist and lead singer of the rock band Zebra Randy Jackson (baseball) (born 1926), American baseball player of the 1950s Randy Jackson (offensive lineman) (born 1944), American football player of the 1960s and 1970s Randy Jackson (running back) (1948-2010), former NFL football player
9 Signs You’re An Old Soul “How... 3# You’re spiritually inclined.... 6# You see the bigger picture.. 7# You aren’t materialistic.. 8# You were a strange, socially maladaptive kid. do, and either passively or aggressively resisting them. If you can talk to your child like he/she’s an adult – you’ve probably got an old soul on your hands. 9# You just “feel” old.”. Are you an old soul? I’d love to hear your stories.
Mom is an American television show. It began on CBS on September 23, 2013. It ended on May 13, 2021. The show is set around Brooklyn, New York. It looks at a dysfunctional mother and daughter duo, Christy and Bonnie Plunkett. They have had alcoholism addiction problems. They try to pull their lives together by attending Alcoholics Anonymous. Anna Faris and Allison Janney play the leading roles in the show. Also acting in the show are Kristen Johnston, Mimi Kennedy and Jaime Pressly. For her role, Janney has won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014 and 2015. She was also nominated in 2016. Mom has also gotten nominations at the Critics' Choice Television Awards and People's Choice Awards in its run. Mom has constantly gotten high ratings in its genre. The average viewership is 11.79 million. That makes it the third-highest rated comedy under broadcast television in the United States. On September 4, 2020, Faris was leaving the show after seven seasons.
Interview with co-designer, David Abelson, on his game Gartenbau. A game for 2-4 players where players will be using color theory and tile-laying to grow their planted seeds into flowers. David, it’s a pleasure to be able to talk to you about Gartenbau, which will soon be on Kickstarter. Could you tell us a little bit about the gameplay? David: Sure. Gartenbau is a tile-laying game in which players build and grow unique gardens by acquiring and arranging domino shaped tiles in a tableau. Tiles will be placed end to end and also on top of one another. The game is based on basic color theory and has three levels of tile: - The seedling tiles include seedlings in primary and secondary colors. They are the basic building block of your garden. - The plant tiles include plants of the same six colors (primary and secondary) and these can be acquired to grow from the appropriate color seedlings. For instance, a red seedling and a yellow seedling will grow to form an orange plant. - The flower tiles are the goal. They grow to fit on top of two plants that fulfill the color requirements of the flower. Flower tiles come in primary, secondary and tertiary colors and each can be grown from the right combination of plants. Each flower tile thrives under very specific conditions. Include those conditions in your garden and you will earn a lot of Prestige – the Victory Points in the game. Players start the game by drafting flowers and they will each have a combination of four flowers to grow before the end of the game. Using resources: water and sunlight – players take turns acquiring tiles to build their garden. When a player plays their fourth flower, the end game is triggered. At the end of the game, players calculate the Prestige earned on each grown flower. The player with the most Prestige wins. Every game’s creation has some kind of story behind it. What is Gartenbau’s? David: Let’s start at the beginning then…Gartenbau was created by Alex Johns and myself. Alex and I were taking his game Healer’s Path around last year and we took it to the Unpub Convention in Maryland. On the plane, I was working on an idea I had for an 18 card game using domino style tiles. I was fiddling but hadn’t come up with something concrete yet. Alex and I play games at the same store in Charlotte. I happened to stop in the store after the Unpub to see him at the table with a bunch of domino tiles with colors on them. He explained what he was thinking – about a color theory oriented game with domino tiles that could stack on top of each other. I explained what I had been working on and immediately asked if he would mind designing the game together. My first experience with the very raw early game reminded me of the basic genetics we learned in high school and I suggested we make it a game called about fruit flies where players use flies of different colors to create hybrid flies. I had some cute ideas about the fruit flies but after taking it to Origins and playing it around there, I was sure that the fruit flies theme was too cute for this game. After much soul searching Alex and I settled on a similar genetics experiment – this time featuring botany. It IS abstract mind you, but there you have it. And gartenbau means something like horticulture in German, correct? So fruit flies didn’t really work, how has the acceptance of it being a flower game been? David: Yes, the name means horticulture in German. Both Alex and I have German ancestry…and we decided to name the game in a way that honors its Euro nature. People have been very accepting of the new theme. It places us in good company. In recent years garden games have been very well accepted: Herbaceous, Cottage Garden, Lotus – all great games with flower themes. Most of the people who have played so far have enjoyed the theme and I feel as though it is refreshing to play a game that stays away from the common gamer themes. There are no zombies in this game. Was it challenging at all to work color theory into the main theme of the gameplay? David: This particular game started mechanics first, so it was more about working the theme into the color theory and yes, there were some challenges. I think the bottom line question we had to answer was, “How abstract can the game be while still being thematic?” I feel confident that we answered that question. I don’t expect plant scientists to be pleased with what we have done, but it feels good and thanks to Will Meadows’ art it looks good too. The drafting you mentioned is almost like a mini-game before the game. For an easier or quicker set up you will have set you can start with. Why not just start with pre-determined sets all the time? David: Great question. We do have pre-set hands of flowers that beginners will want to use to start. We tested other ways of getting flowers. There are really two reasons we feel strongly about the draft: - Challenge. Drafting tiles with asymmetric abilities and then attempting to maximize the combination you draft is, for many, both challenging and stimulating. Players have tended to agree, with one caveat. They would like to have preset flower combinations with which to learn the game. That makes sense. - Replayability. Many games get played once and never again. It’s sad really. I look at my game shelf of nearly 200 games and think how horrible it is that so many of them have only been played one time. Some have never been played. When players are done with their first game of Gartenbau, they usually feel a strong desire to play again, using the knowledge they have gained during their first play. Drafting allows for a unique and new experience for every player nearly every time. We want players to get their money’s worth. Let’s talk art for a second. You mentioned Will Meadows, who many may not know as an artist, but as the co-founder of Tantrum House. What drew you to his art that you know it was right for Gartenbau? David: Your readers may not know – Tantrum House published a game a few years ago. Will was instrumental in the design as well as the graphic design for that game – Steam Court. Last summer I had the opportunity to spend some time with Will at Dice Tower Con, demonstrating his game and discussing the finer points of graphic design – a skill that we have in common. We later discussed the types of illustration styles he felt comfortable with and came to a common vision about what we thought the art should feel like and when I asked if he could be the guy to do it, He agreed. Good art is a very valuable part of the equation…but more important is a good working relationship. Will has been very easy to work with. He is naturally very collaborative and he’s a fun guy. What was the best piece of feedback or advice you received from a playtest of Gartenbau in regards to the gameplay? David: The best advice…was to make sure that every action player’s take is meaningful. We have spent months streamlining the game to meet that expectation – including switching from one currency to two. Close second in my opinion was advice regarding our use of color theory – from an early iteration of the game. We were told to make sure the game is VERY clearly playable without needing to know the colors. An integral part of the development of Will’s art was the need for all the seedlings, plants and flowers to be uniquely distinguishable in lieu of their assigned colors. I believe we have accomplished that! When someone walks away after playing Gartenbau for the first time, what do you hope they walk away thinking or feeling? David: I hope they walk away feeling stimulated by the experience. I hope they are asking themselves, what can I do next time to have a better chance of optimizing my Prestige (the game’s Victory Points) and I also hope they leave wondering who they know that would also enjoy the challenge. We really should mention that you are working with One Tree Planted. Could you tell us your pledge that deals with them and Gartenbau? David: Sure. Well, there is a little more to the story than that. As you know, Gartenbau is a gardening game, and the Kickstarter campaign ends on Earth Day! I decided to work with OneTreePlanted.org to plant one tree for each backer of the Kickstarter campaign, and one tree for every copy of the game sold after the official launch. After giving it further consideration I started to think that maybe manufacturing board games isn’t the best for the environment so now I’m looking into sustainable packaging options… Not just for Gartenbau but for every game we make from now on… If it’s feasible. I haven’t worked out the details yet but the fancy molded tray will be a stretch goal in the campaign so I should be able to make it happen with the support of the backer community. As we come to a close, is there anything else you would like us to know about Gartenbau? David: Not much. I would like for you to know that Alex and I have enjoyed making Gartenbau, so much that we are finishing up the design for a solo variant and we’re hoping to have a five-player expansion in time for the Kickstarter. Thanks again, David, for taking time out to do this interview. Gartenbau will be on Kickstarter on March 26, 2019. You can keep updated on the game by following David at Twitter @FisherHeaton or on Instagram at.
Kim Thayil (born September 4, 1960 in Seattle, Washington) best known as the lead guitarist in Soundgarden. 1960 births Living people American guitarists Soundgarden Musicians from Seattle
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Milton Ramirez Barboza (April 2, 1950 - August 18, 2022) was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1970 to 1971 and the Oakland Athletics in 1979. Ramirez was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Ramirez died on August 18, 2022 in Mayaguez at the age of 72.
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Calafat is a city in Dolj County, Romania. It is near the Danube River. This is across from the Bulgarian city of Vidin. Calafat was started in the 14th century by Genoese colonists. About 21,200 people lived in Calafat, as of 2000. International relations Twin towns -- Sister cities Calafat is twinned with: Vidin, Bulgaria Zajecar, Serbia Duiven, Netherlands Binan, Philippines
Back to Journals » Patient Preference and Adherence » Volume 10 Patient education, nudge, and manipulation: defining the ethical conditions of the person-centered model of care Received 1 November 2015 Accepted for publication 17 February 2016 Published 5 April 2016 Volume 2016:10 Pages 459—468 DOI Checked for plagiarism Yes Review by Single-blind Peer reviewers approved by Dr Doris Leung Peer reviewer comments 2 Editor who approved publication: Dr Johnny Chen Gérard Reach1,2 1Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Avicenne Hospital AP-HP, 2EA 3412, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine Ile-de-France (CRNH-IDF), Paris 13 University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France Abstract:. The aim of this article is to examine the idea that PE may sometimes be a manipulation that is organized for the good of patients in a paternalistic framework. Theoretically, PE differs from manipulation by addressing the reflective intelligence of patients in full light and helping them make autonomous choices. In this article, we examined some analogies between PE and nudge (ie, techniques used to push people to make good choices by organizing their environment). This analysis suggests that PE is not always as transparent and reflective as it is supposed to be and that unmasking these issues may be useful for improving the ethical quality of educational practice that must be performed in a framework of a trusting patient–doctor relationship. Under this condition, PE may sometimes represent a form of persuasion without being accused of patient deception and manipulation: trust is therefore the core of the person-centered model of care. Keywords: patient education, adherence, autonomy, nudge, persuasion, manipulation, deception, trust, person-centered care model, shared.
The Human Rights Party was a socialist political party in Michigan. It existed from the year 1970 to the mid-1970s around Ann Arbor. Platform Communication More people can be in government through the use of cable television Media is to be funded blindly by the government Foreign Policy United States' wars are for the rich and companies The United States should stop fighting the Vietnam War Focus on community planning and growth Education Schools are used to oppress groups, through sexism, racism, and class Schools are used to spread propaganda of an free society Students deserve privacy, dignity, due process, and other decisions Schools should be controlled by students, parents, and teachers Schools should be funded by a income tax. The tax should be the same throughout Michigan. If a person gets more money, more of the tax they pay Childcare The government and employers should pay for childcare Parents, staff, and children should run the childcare The young Age should not be a factor of the rights a person has The legal system All crimes which doesn't affect another person should be repealed Jails contain more poor, black, and young people Social inequality is the cause of crime People convicted with non-violent crimes should be released without bail The police should be controlled by the community Prisons should be replaced by rehabilitation All laws on having drugs should be repealed Ann Arbor should have more relaxed laws then the state Ann Arbor should fund treatment for addicts. Education of drugs should be in schools Economics Wealth goes to a few people. The tax system doesn't stop this, but might help it Labor unions must be protected Workers must be given good working conditions Taxation There must be progressive taxation Sexism Sexual preference and activity should not be regulated if not interfering with another person Human rights should be given to people of all sexual orientations and genders Laws against prostitution and sexual orientation must be repealed Marital status should not determine rights. Immediate divorce should happen if both individual consent to it Discrimination against single people in tax laws, housing, jobs and credit must end. Laws about pornography should be repealed Birth control should be accessible Anti-abortion laws should be repealed. Abortions should be free Racism Minority groups should have control over their future The city should have more funding and power to find discrimination Courses of minority culture should be offered in schools Community control of the police to end police racism Model cities Community control is more important then the model cities program
Will Blockchain Change How Financial Businesses Innovate? Blockchain will change finance, even if you never buy a bitcoin. The world’s financial system was never built to do the things that it does. If twenty years ago, you’d told your average investor that stock markets would see billions of trades made by amateur investors over their lunch hour, that little bits of computer … Continued
Juan Carreno de Miranda (25 March 1614 - 3 October 1685) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. Born in Aviles in Asturias, he was the son of a painter with the same name, Juan Carreno de Miranda. His family moved to Madrid in 1623, and he trained in Madrid during the late 1620s as apprentice of Pedro de Las Cuevas and Bartolome Roman. He came to the notice of Velazquez for his work in the cloister of dona Maria de Aragon y en la iglesia del Rosario, he was asked to help paint in the Royal Palace of Madrid with frescoes on mythological fables. He was named "Painter of the King" in 1669. In 1658 Carreno was hired as an assistant on a royal commission to paint frescoes in the Alcazar palace, now the Royal Palace of Madrid. In 1671 he was appointed court painter to the queen (pintor de camara) and began to paint primarily portraits. In 1671, upon the death of Sebastian de Herrera, he was named chamber painter. He refused to be knighted in the order of Santiago, saying "Painting needs no honors, it can give them to the whole world". He is mainly remembered as a painter of portraits. His main pupilswere Mateo Cerezo, Cabezalero, Donoso, Ledesma y Sotomayor. He died in Madrid. 1614 births 1685 deaths Spanish painters
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Extreme Rules was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event made by WWE. The event took place May 1, 2011 at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. It was the third Extreme Rules event. Nine matches overall took place, with eight airing live on PPV. Background Raw matches On the April 11th edition of Raw held a 5-man gauntlet match which would decide the number one contender to face The Miz for the WWE Championship. This match featured John Cena, Randy Orton, John Morrison, R-Truth and Dolph Ziggler. The last two men in the final round were John Cena and R-Truth. After The Miz and Alex Riley beat down both wrestlers, the match was resulted in a double disqualification, which would then lead to the anonymous Raw general manager stating that both John Cena and R-Truth would compete for the WWE Championship against The Miz in a Triple Threat match. The following week on Raw, John Morrison challenged R-Truth for Truth's spot in the match and won, but Truth turned heel and attacked Morrison after the match. Later in the night, it was revealed that the match would be contested inside a steel cage. Also on Raw, commentators Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler are also continuing their rivalry from WrestleMania XXVII. At the event, Lawler made Cole submit to the ankle lock, but the anonymous Raw General Manager reversed special guest referee Stone Cold Steve Austin's decision, thus making Cole the winner via disqualification. On the April 11 edition of Raw, Lawler defeated Cole's trainer, Jack Swagger, allowing him to announce that he would team up with his former broadcast partner, Jim Ross, to face Cole and Swagger at Extreme Rules. Two weeks later, the Raw General Manager declared that the teams would face each other in a Country Whipping match. SmackDown matches Meanwhile on "SmackDown", Edge was scheduled to defend his World Heavyweight Championship against Alberto Del Rio in a ladder match at Extreme Rules after Del Rio won a number one contendership match against Christian on the April 8 edition of SmackDown. But less than a week later, on the April 11 edition of Raw, Edge announced he was being forced to retire due to a real injury to his neck. That Friday, on the April 15 edition of SmackDown, Del Rio demanded to be crowned champion as he was the number one contender. SmackDown general manager Teddy Long didn't see it that way and announced that the match would still happen but that it would now be for the vacant title. Del Rio would be one contender. He also announced his opponent would be the winner of a 20-man over-the-top-rope Battle Royal. Later in the final match of the evening, Edge's real best friend for the past 20 years Christian won. Following this, on the April 25 edition of Raw, Del Rio was drafted to Raw as part of the year's draft. As such if Del Rio wins, he will bring the title to Raw, making the title a "Raw only" title. Another feud from the SmackDown brand is between Layla and Michelle McCool, formerly known together as LayCool. Disagreement between the two divas started on the April 8 edition of SmackDown when McCool refused to tag Layla in a tag team match against Beth Phoenix and Kelly Kelly. The following two weeks, the two attended couple's therapy sessions, but the latter session ended with McCool attacking Layla, making their break up official. During the 2011 WWE Draft, after Layla lost her match against Eve, she attacked McCool for distracting her. On the April 29 edition of SmackDown, after fighting to a double count-out in their match, Layla and McCool agreed to have a No Count-out, No Disqualification match at Extreme Rules with the loser leaving WWE. Matches
linseed paper glue Want to share some knowledge of eco products. Or have you heard about any new eco projects that you want to share with the world? Post Reply 6 posts • Page 1 of 1 linseed paper glue i'm pleased with myself! making xmas cards and finding we were out of paper glue i boiled up a teaspoon of linseed (flax) and made the best glue to hold my cards together. bravo me! - Carltonian Man - A selfsufficientish Regular - Posts: 575 - Joined: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:29 am - Location: Nottingham Re: linseed paper glue I'm impressed, didn't know you could make glue from linseed. Not surprised though, I put a tablespoon on my oats every day and some always stick to gums etc. - marshlander - A selfsufficientish Regular - Posts: 1323 - Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:45 am - Location: Cloddygate Farm, North Linconshire coast. Re: linseed paper glue That's very clever, what gave you the idea it would work? (Linseeds catch in my throat and I choke. I give them to the hens instead = omega eggs) (Linseeds catch in my throat and I choke. I give them to the hens instead = omega eggs) Terri x “I'd rather be a little weird than all boring.” ― Rebecca McKinsey “I'd rather be a little weird than all boring.” ― Rebecca McKinsey Re: linseed paper glue i have made hair gel in the past with it. a teaspoon boiled in a mugful of water makes a lovely gel, to be kept in the fridge though as it does go off. from leaving the seeds in the teastrainer i knew it set fast, so i just used less water to make a thicker gel for glue. well if you consider linseed is the stuff for window putty. don't know how long the paper will stay stuck mind but atm it is doing the job on the xmas cards. - The Riff-Raff Element - A selfsufficientish Regular - Posts: 1650 - Joined: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:27 pm - Location: South Vendée, France Re: linseed paper glue Linseed oil is a drying oil - it reacts with the oxygen on the air and forms natural polymers, so goes hard, which is why the example you give of glaziers putty works - so I would have thought your glue would set fast, given that paper is at least a little porous. Jon The Vendée Blog The Vendée Blog Re: linseed paper glue hi jon, apparently it's the outer coating () which does the job not the internal seed oil. fascinating nature huh!? Post Reply 6 posts • Page 1 of 1
Uncut Gems is a 2019 American thriller movie directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronald Bronstein. The movie stars Adam Sandler as Howard Ratner, a Jewish jeweler and gambling addict in New York City, who must get an expensive gem he purchased to pay off his debts. The movie also stars Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, and Eric Bogosian. Uncut Gems had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2019. It had a wide release on December 25, by A24. The movie strong good reviews, with its screenplay, direction, editing and Sandler's performance. It was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten movies of 2019.
a “reasonable standard of care” in place, ensuring it does what any prudent organization would do. There are countless checklists for organizations that serve children, and it is doubtful that one checklist would serve every program for youth. However, what does cut across all organizations are those foundational questions every organization should ask itself. These kinds of questions will help create effective checklists and other tools. If the questions aren’t posed, then when and if a crisis occurs, your critics will certainly find fault and point fingers. Safety Checklist Policies - Do our policies keep current with governing regulations and accepted standards of care? - Do we define acceptable, unacceptable and prohibited behaviors for adults and children? Screening - How do we screen our adults to ensure they are safe and trustworthy? - How do we evaluate our children to ensure they are not a threat to other children? Premises - How do we know the properties we own or utilize are maintained to be safe? - Do we have control over access and have clear surveillance of the children we supervise? Communication - How are people in our programs taught about keeping themselves and others safe? - How does the organization hear and respond to complaints, accidents and policy violations? Leadership - Who leads the safety efforts across our organizations and what qualifies them? - How does our organization’s safety leader motivate others? Oversight - Who outside our organization helps evaluate the effectiveness of our safety practices? - How does our organization measure safety success or failure? These questions are not easily answered, by design. But answering them honestly will put your organization on the path that leads to a true culture of safety. About the Author Les Nichols is a child safety and security consultant and also serves as an expert witness in cases involving injury to children under the care of organizations. Over the past 25 years, he has worked with organizations to help them reduce the likelihood of child sexual abuse, bullying, violence and abduction, as well as assessing their policies, emergency procedures, premises, transportation and technology. To learn more about how he can help your organization, contact: [email protected].
Claudia Naomi Webbe (born 8 March 1965) is a British politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Leicester East since 2019. She was suspended from the party whip in September 2020 after being charged with harassment of a woman. She was then removed from the party on 3 November 2021 after being convicted in October 2021.
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Hanami () means "flower viewing" in Japanese. Enjoying beautiful flowers is an old Japanese custom. Cherry blossoms are the most popular. The custom of hanami is more than a thousand years old. It is still very popular in Japan. Hanami takes place in the spring. Cherry blossoms are there for only a week or two. The cherry trees flower in late March and early April. The blossoms do not stay fresh very long. After a little time, the blooming is over. Then the blossoms fall from the trees. An older form of hanami also exists in Japan. It celebrates the plum blossoms, instead of the cherry blossoms. History The practice of hanami is many centuries old. It started during the Nara Period (710-784) when the Chinese Tang Dynasty influenced Japan in many ways; one of which was the custom of enjoying flowers. Though it was ume blossoms that people admired in the beginning, by the Heian Period (794-1185), sakura began to attract more attention. The sakura were considered sacred by the Japanese, and they were so important that they still are a cultural symbol of Japan. People believed in gods' existence inside the trees, and the hanami party was used in the beginning to divine that year's harvest and to announce the season of planting rice. Those who went to the hanami made offerings at the root of sakura trees, and after the ceremony, they took part in the offering drinking sake. Emperor Saga of the Heian Period adopted this custom, and celebrated parties to view the flowers with sake and feasts under the blossoming branches of sakura trees in the Imperial Court in Kyoto. This was said to be the origin of hanami in Japan. Poems were written praising the delicate flowers, which were seen as a metaphor for life itself; beautiful, but lasting for a very short time. This 'temporary' view of life is very popular in Japanese culture and is usually considered as an admirable form of existence; for example, in the samurai's principle of life ending when it's still beautiful and strong, instead of slowly getting old and weak. The Heian era poets used to write poems about how much easier things would be in Spring without the sakura blossoms, because their existence reminded us that life is very short: Hanami was used as a term that meant "cherry blossom viewing" for the first time in the Heian era novel Tale of Genji (chapter 8, Hua Yan Hana no En, "Under the Cherry Blossoms"). From then on, in tanka and in haiku poetry, "flowers" meant "sakura", and the terms "hanami" and "flower party" were only used to mean sakura blossom viewing. At the beginning, the custom was followed only by the Imperial Court, but the samurai nobility also began celebrating it during the Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568-1600). In those years, Toyotomi Hideyoshi gave great hanami parties in Yoshino and Daigo, and the festivity became very popular through all the Japanese society. Shortly after that, farmers began their own custom of climbing nearby mountains in the springtime and having lunch under the blooming cherry trees. This practice, called then as the "spring mountain trip", combined itself with that of the nobles' to form the urban culture of hanami. By the Edo Period (1600-1867), all the common people took part in the celebrations, in part because Tokugawa Yoshimune planted areas of cherry blossom trees to encourage this. Under the sakura trees, people had lunch and drank sake in cheerful feasts. Today Japanese people continue the tradition of hanami. People fill parks to eat and drink under the flowering trees. In more than half of Japan, the cherry blossoming days come at the same time of the beginning of school and work after vacation, and so welcoming parties are often opened with hanami. Usually, people go to the parks to keep the best places to celebrate hanami with friends, family, and company co-workers many hours before. In many places such as Ueno Park, temporary paper lanterns are hung for night viewing of the flowers. The blossom forecast or cherry blossom front is announced each year by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The first cherry blossoms happen in the subtropical southern islands of Okinawa, while on the northern island of Hokkaido, they bloom much later. In most large cities like Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, the cherry blossom season normally takes place around the end of March and the beginning of April. The television and newspapers closely follow this "cherry blossom front", as it slowly moves from south to north. Outside Japan Hanami is also popular outside of Japan. There are hanami celebrations in Korea, Philippines, China, and elsewhere (many other places). In 1912, Japan gave 3,000 sakura trees to the United States to celebrate the nations' friendship. These trees were planted in Washington, D.C.. 3,800 more trees were added 1956. These sakura trees are a popular tourist attraction. Each year, the National Cherry Blossom Festival happens when they bloom in early Spring. In Macon, Georgia, another cherry blossom festival called the International Cherry Blossom Festival is celebrated every spring. Macon is known as the "Cherry Blossom Capital of the World" because 300,000 sakura trees grow there. In Brooklyn, New York, the Annual Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival takes place in May at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. This festival started in 1981 and is very popular. Picture gallery Related pages Sakura Momijigari
CLAVVS (Release). New single "Lay Back" is out now. Two albums later, Amber and Graham have dialled. Perhaps that would make sense, given that Amber grew up performing in musical theatre and singing her original Americana songs at local venues in Atlanta. And Graham spent years on the major label side of the industry, earning four Grammy's for his work with acts like Bruno Mars and Gnarls Barkley before walking away to pursue a career in music that felt a bit more human. Listen & Share: Lay Back CLAVVS is just that— an alternative pop band that examines human experiences with candour and imagination. Based in Brooklyn, Amber and Graham craft songs that subtly challenge and subvert the pop genre, an element that stands at the heart of everything they make. Get social with CLAVVSFacebook Spotify
The Treaty of Maastricht was a treaty signed between European countries, in the Dutch city of Maastricht, on 7 February 1992. This treaty made possible further integration between European states, and made possible the existence of the European Union, doing better than previous treaties such as the Treaty of Rome. European integration went even further with the Treaty of Lisbon, which was signed in 2007 and became effective in December 2009. Maastricht 1992 in Europe Maastricht 20th century in the Netherlands 1992 works Treaties of France Treaties of Germany Treaties of Italy Treaties of Spain Treaties of the Netherlands Treaties of Belgium
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Prolific filmmaker-mogul Tyler Perry’s fifth feature since 2005’s Diary of a Mad Black Woman (his sixth is already scheduled for a September release) is surprisingly half-decent—surprising because Perry’s not about to switch up his hardly revelatory but consistently bankable box-office signature: African-American familial drama, complete with soapy romance, broadly farcical supporting roles, and motivational Christian principles. Finding a positive, progressive tone in what would ordinarily be played as woe-is-me melodrama, Meet the Browns is the story of an inner-city Chicago woman of tireless integrity, single mother of three Brenda (Angela Bassett, the film’s soul and highlight), who remains strong even after being laid off: “One thing a black woman know how to do is make it.” Keeping her head up when she and the kids travel to Georgia to attend her long-estranged father’s funeral, Brenda makes earnest efforts to refuse handouts from the eccentric extended family she’s just gained—as well as romantic advances from the amateur b-ball scout (Rick Fox) who may or may not want to cash in on her talented son. Unlike Diary, the drama here is buoyant enough to handle the contrast of its too-silly slapstick; Perry’s pot-smoking granny Madea only turns up in cameo, fortunately, but David Mann’s leisure-suited buffoon Leroy may be too shrill for those Perry has yet to convert.
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The United States is deeply committed to arms limitations, right? No, wrong. Shockingly, if "peace" were to break out tomorrow, war would surely be the result! Why such a paradox? Simply because the major industrialized powers are so deeply committed to their own "defense" programs that instant "peace," rendering an such industries obsolete, would throw the combined economies of the world into such chaos as to bring about dramatic social revolutions, rearming, and war. It is the ultimate irony that, while we in America seem to be striving toward defusing a dangerously armed world, the United States remains the number one trafficker in arms. Please click the above PDF icon(s) to view or download the full Magazine Article in PDF format.Searchable HTML version coming.
Peter Lindbergh, born Peter Brodbeck (23 November 1944 - 3 September 2019), was a German photographer and movie director. He was known for his cinematic images. His best known movie works were Models, The Film (1991); Inner Voices (1999), which won the Best Documentary Award at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2000; Pina Bausch, Der Fensterputzer (2001) and Everywhere at Once (2008). Lindbergh died on 3 September 2019 at the age of 74.
The Beths have used their latest livestream to launch their latest single, sharing “I’m Not Getting Excited” with fans overnight. Guitarist and vocalist Elizabeth Stokes introduced the track during the group’s Live From ‘House’ 2 stream overnight, with guitarist Jonathan Pearce helping to debut the song by way of a “chill acoustic version”. “People always ask ‘are you excited!?’ and it’s a fair question, because exciting things do happen to us sometimes,” Stokes says of the new single. “Support slots, overseas tours, music releases. Stuff we’ve dreamed about for years. “So the correct answer is always ‘yes.’ But the truth is that deep down there’s a tiny Liz saying, ‘don’t get excited.’ She is certain that anything good that could happen will most likely not happen, because of a freak accident. Or because somebody finally realises that we aren’t worthy, shouts “phony!” and takes everything away. “I wrote ‘I’m Not Getting Excited’ last year, well before everything really did get taken away. From everyone. It feels like the song has a new context, but we don’t know what it is yet. And now we all share a blurry, uncertain future.” While the group also performed tracks such as “Lying in the Sun”, “You Wouldn’t Like Me”, and a cover of Bic Runga’s “Sway”, their livestream ended with the official release of “I’m Not Getting Excited” and its accompanying video, which had been previewed during the stream. Directed and animated by Callum Devlin and Annabel Kean while under lockdown, a statement explains that the directors “animated old towels, all the cardboard in the house and The Beths themselves… frame by bloody frame.” “There’s a lot of scary imagery in the song that we wanted to play on,” they continued. “There’s a madness too, in the contradiction between what the song is about and its frenetic energy. It has defined the lockdown for us—being locked indoors but furiously busy.”
KH Abdurrahman Wahid (September 7, 1940 -- December 30, 2009), called Gus Dur, was the president of Indonesia from October 20, 1999 to July 23, 2001. He was the first elected president after the end of the Suharto government. He was removed from office in 2001 on charges of being corrupt. He was buried in Jombang, East Java, where a crowd of about 5,000 people went to the funeral. He had been very ill for a long time and was blind. Early life Wahid was born in Jombang, East Java, in 1940. His grandfather started Indonesia's biggest Muslim organization, the Nahdlatul Ulama, or NU. His father was the first Indonesian minister of religious affairs. The family moved to Jakarta in 1944. In 1959 he went back to Jombang, where he became a teacher and later a school principal. In 1963 he won a scholarship to go to Egypt and study at al-Azhar University in Cairo. He later studied in Baghdad and in the Netherlands. He returned to Indonesia in 1971 and worked as a journalist.
To be or not to be..is that really the question? Lol let me stop Well i finally started a blog after all the procrastination. writing has always been my passion, but also something ive put to the side. An old freind once told me since i seem to have an issue getttin out what i honestly wanna say i should first write it down, so here goes.... Knowledge is power and everyone is entittled to their own opinion. I guess this is something like a thesis..my overachieving self:) Some may disagree some may agree..either way i dont really care its just my thoughts and experiences that i have experienced in my 19 short years here on this torturous planet we call earth. makind has truely found some ways to make it amazing and excuse my french.but also fuck it up in the process Life's truley funny to me, the people, the places, all the emotions, people's reactions and outbursts, how dejavu occurs (even though its really a trick of the mind), white lies, big lies, why people really lie in the first place and the biggest lies are told to ourselves, denial, secrets, dang mostly the psychology of the mind.it really entrigues me (hence my psych major;) Ive ran into a good amount of people in my lifetime..shoot i was raised around them: cheaters, cleptomaniacs, narsasists!, egomaniacs, depressed ppl, confused ppl, hell ive seen it all Not to say that i am the most perfect person in the world..CAUSE IM NOT..but at least im bold and honest enough to say that i have had my fair share of mistakes (no regrets) just learning experiences that i can only hope to make better I hate ppl who have been through something but have to make it public, like AHH HELLO EVERYOne has had their fair share of issues and heartbreaking stories good enough to make th oprah show and so have i but damn u see me exploiting it to everyone and advertising that shit like a damn mr.clean commercial.its not neccessary..GROW UP, talk about it with a select few, most of all SEEK HELP People get mad at the dumbest things, just to get over it and get mad all over again. But you know what in the end you have to get over whatever you were mad at eventually or just move on Everything and everybody is not meant to be, forever. Stop holding on to things of the past or trying to change people. Maybe you just need to change your situatuion or environment. You shouldnt try to change people because then they wouldnt be themselves.. Sometimes you have to truley let go and let god..stop fighting the enevitable SN: if u dont understand half these words im using..u 1) didnt pass your SAT's 2) need to get a dictionary or get over it 3) stop reading now and just kill yourself bc they really arent that complicated i havent even started to bring out the really big ones n this is only the intro to my blogs..dhhat contd:) I love the people in my life that are postive to me..but i love the ones even more who are negative..why you ask? You need people period, not just to succeed, but when you fail to have something to look back at and learn from. Make mistakes, its apart of life. Fooled me once shame on you, Fool me twice shame on me To those that i may have affended already not just in my blogs but recently in actions or just in general..im truely sorry, but i cant apologize for being me..you can either take it or leave it..shit happens..you can speak to me about it or not..dats on you really..For those who have offended or wronged me..dnt worry i forgive u..but i also forget u WHy do ppl always do things out of the "kindness of their heart?" but then expect something bak in return or feel you owe them?..this is why i never accept much from ppl.id rather struggle until i get what i need myself..i hate having to depend on ppl.even your closests freinds are untrustworthy sometimes much less family Ive been feeling so conflicted lately about situations and the lifestyle i live now; but some things you just have to let happen and see how they play out.ive always tried to be two steps ahead of the game..but sometimes god has other plans no matter how far ahead we plan Now i know your saying (especially those haters) i know this girl aint tryna be spirtual and curse at the same time in this blog..im not gunna listen..dnt..but also dnt judge me nobody can except one..take a sec.thnk about it..DNT WORRY ILL WAIT..(katt williams vocie) like cudi said "ill be up, up, and away cause in the end they'll judge me anyway so whatever!" Have lost my focus for a sec i have to admit.almost lost my eye from being on the prize..but its cool.we all slip up sometime..ill get it straight next semester..wont let ppl dictate my life or feelings or establish what im supposed to do..ill do what i think is right.wont tolerate ppl messing with my head or emotions.not being coldhearted..just a lil wiser with who i let in and out of my life.never a follower always a leader..was always destined for greatness~.even if my destiny seems detered for the moment..just work my way up and OUT ~This is only a glimpse into the actual thoughts that go through my head on the daily basis..y people do what they do..try to be so perfect in the public eye with all the flaws in the world..be REAL..we wont judge..as much at least..their are always those u need hand sanitizer for when greeting the public;) Until next time my freinds..n not so freindly.... ~Shan~ Shout out to my girl daija n my boy clinnie b they have amazing blogs too u should def check them out if u care to be enlightented by young ppl beyond their time n who r the realest n most down to earth ppl you will eva meet!
AH Scorpii (shortened as AH Sco) is a red supergiant variable star in the constellation Scorpius. It is a very large star at 1,411 times the radius of our Sun and one of the most luminous stars of its type. It is one of the largest stars in the Milky Way.
Today is World Book Day, which is a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and reading. Schools across the UK are dressing up for the occasion, despite the weather from the ‘Beast from the East’. Here at Wild West, we love getting stuck into a good book! Whether it’s fiction or not, we enjoy a good meaty story. Here’s some meat inspired stories we enjoy: - Green Eggs and Ham - The Secret Life of Cows - Henny Penny (Chicken Little) - Animal Farm Let us know if you can think of any other novels with meat based titles! Why not read some of our other blogs? Where can I buy Wild West Salmon Jerky How does jerky compare to other snacks?
Wait for Me () is a 1943 Soviet war drama movie directed by Aleksandr Stolper and Boris Ivanov. It stars Boris Blinov, Valentina Serova, and Lev Sverdlin. Actors Boris Blinov as Nikolai Yermolov Valentina Serova as Lisa Lev Sverdlin as Misha Weinstein Mikhail Nazvanov as Andrei Panov Nina Zorskaya
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Warm Leatherette is the fourth studio album by Jamaican singer Grace Jones. The album was released on 9 May 1980 through Island Records. Background For the album Jones worked with reggae producers Sly and Robbie. The album is different from Jones' first three albums as they were mainly disco and R&B. This album had reggae and electronica sounds. Chris Blackwell planned to make a record with "a harsh sound that was heavy with Jamaican rhythm". Track listing LP release Side A "Warm Leatherette" (Daniel Miller) - 4:25 "Private Life" (Chrissie Hynde) - 5:10 "A Rolling Stone" (Deniece Williams, Fritz Baskett, Grace Jones) - 3:30 "Love Is the Drug" (Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay) - 7:15 Side B "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" (Smokey Robinson) - 3:50 "Bullshit" (Barry Reynolds) - 5:20 "Breakdown" (Tom Petty) - 5:30 "Pars" (Jacques Higelin) - 4:05 CD and cassette release "Warm Leatherette" (Daniel Miller) - 5:38 "Private Life" (Chrissie Hynde) - 6:19 "A Rolling Stone" (Deniece Williams, Fritz Baskett, Grace Jones) - 3:30 "Love Is the Drug" (Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay) - 8:41 "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" (Smokey Robinson) - 6:45 "Bullshit" (Barry Reynolds) - 5:20 "Breakdown" (Tom Petty) - 5:30 "Pars" (Jacques Higelin) - 4:44 Personnel Wally Badarou - keyboards Chris Blackwell - production, engineering, mixing Mikey Chung - guitar Sly Dunbar - drums Jean-Paul Goude - artwork Grace Jones - vocals, background vocals Barry Reynolds - guitar Alex Sadkin - production, engineering, mixing Robbie Shakespeare - bass Kendal Stubbs - assistant engineering Uziah Thompson - percussion Ted Jensen - mastering engineer Chart performance Release history
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James "Duke" Aiona (born June 8, 1955) is a Republican state government official for the U.S. state of Hawaii. He has spent his life trying to make Hawaii a better place to live in his role as Lieutenant Governor. During his first term in 2002, he made a campaign to stop drug abuse including crystal methamphetamine and underage drinking. He was the rival of Democrat David Ige who defeated him in the 2014 election for governor. Sources "James (Duke) R Aiona Jr." State Directory. Bethesda, MD: Carroll Publishing, 2009. Biography in Context. Web. 4 June 2015. Lynne Duke Washington Post Staff Writer. "The Right to Bear Barbs; Court Says 'Hateful' Speech, 'Million Youth March' Are Protected."Washington Post. 03 Sep. 1999: A02. eLibrary. Web. 04 Jun. 2015.
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Don't Torture a Duckling () is a 1972 Italian thriller horror movie directed by Lucio Fulci and stars Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas, Marc Porel and Georges Wilson and was distribuited by Medusa Film.
go to bug id or search bugs for New/Additional Comment: Description: ------------ When the mysqlnd driver is used PDOStatement->nextRowset() does not return bool(false) when there are no more result sets. This causes several test failures, which all have a diff looking similar to this: 008+ 009+ Warning: PDOStatement::fetchAll(): SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error in %s/bug_41997.php on line 11 010+ array(0) { 011+ } This can be traced down to mysql_next_result() returning 0 instead of -1 in. The reason is that (when using mysqlnd) mysql_next_result is aliased to mysqlnd_next_result, but both have different APIs: The mysqlnd_ version only returns PASS = 0 or FAIL = 1, whereas the mysql_ version returns -1 if the call worked, but there were no more resultsets. This is documented at in the "Return Values" section. The default mysqlnd next_result implementation is here:. Add a Patch Add a Pull Request Related bug report: Just looked at the code again, what I said above is wrong. The code checks mysql_more_results() before (), so it should not be related to the return value of mysql_next_result(). Something else is wrong.
The Langbian flying frog or Kalakkad tree frog (Rhacophorus calcadensis) is a frog. It lives in India. People have seen between 200 and 1400 meters above sea level.
Program Officer - Employer - James Irvine Foundation - Location - California, United States - Salary - Salary Commensurate with experience - Closing date - Dec 16, 2021 View more - Position Type - Programs, Grant Making - Fields - Advocacy, Community Development, Education, Other Fields, Research - Employment Type - Full Time Position Title: Program Officer (4 Openings) Location: Los Angeles or San Francisco Status: Exempt Apply By: December 3, 2021 FOUNDATION OVERVIEWFOUNDATION OVERVIEW The James Irvine Foundation is a private, nonprofit grantmaking foundation dedicated to expanding opportunity for the people of California. The Foundation’s vision. We have about 60 staff across our San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. The Irvine Foundation is committed, internally and externally, to the values of accountability, curiosity, empathy, equity, nimbleness, partnership, and transparency. POSITION SUMMARY This is an exciting time to join The James Irvine Foundation as our grantmaking has grown steadily from $67 million in 2012 to a projected $129 million in 2021 due to strong investment performance. As we increase our giving it is imperative that we build our internal capacity to collaboratively achieve the impact we seek. We are hiring four (4) passionate, nimble relationship-builders who are committed to low-income workers and can contribute to our journey to operationalize equity across all we do. These Program Officers will add needed depth and diversity to our deeply collaborative programs team. We seek generalists who bring relevant professional and lived experience across nonprofits, philanthropy, consulting, and/or the public or private sectors and in one or more of our focus areas. Irvine’s programmatic efforts are focused on three major, multi-year initiatives: Better Careers, Fair Work, and Priority Communities with additional initiatives on the way. Since the Foundation is ever evolving, adjusting for social relevance and policy shifts in both its current initiatives as well as piloting new ones, the Program Officer role requires strong analytical and change management abilities and a high degree of initiative. Reporting to a Director of Program Development, the Program Officers will work in partnership with the Foundation’s program staff and other staff on a set of initiatives and projects to advance Irvine’s vision of a California where all low-income workers have the power to advance economically. The ideal candidates have experience in project execution and grantmaking; and exceptional interpersonal, writing, and communication skills, including a deep commitment to respecting and lifting up diverse viewpoints. Program Officers work on one or more grantmaking initiative teams, which may be led by an Initiative Director or another senior staff member. Program Officers may also work on short-term assignments across the grantmaking portfolio to support special projects and/or capacity needs on various initiative or program development teams. In addition, Program Officers have an Advisor who provides professional development coaching and performance assessments. Ideal candidates will be equity-centered, flexible, capable of positively pushing through ambiguity to create clarity, and view change as opportunity. Program Officers will have a minimum of three to five (3 to 5) years of experience and, although generalists with broad experience are welcome, candidates with knowledge of workforce development, public policy, and/or rural/inland communities in California should highlight relevant experience in their application. Successful candidates will demonstrate excitement to work on a dedicated, growing team managing multiple demands, shifting priorities, and ongoing change with attention to detail and a desire to achieve excellence for low-income workers. Candidates must have experience managing and facilitating projects that involve collaborative efforts and be authentic, trusting communicators who can engage directly with community in a way that helps to minimize traditional power imbalances in philanthropy and lift the voices of low-income Californians. The Foundation endeavors to live into our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in our policies and practices and continue to find inclusive ways to elevate staff voices while acknowledging persistent, pervasive racism in our institutions and systems that must be eliminated if we are to improve outcomes for all Californians. Experience actively contributing to an organization’s DEI journey with an explicit anti-racism focus and an understanding of how one’s own identity and lived experiences inform their work is highly desired. CORE RESPONSIBILITIESCORE RESPONSIBILITIES - Grantmaking and Project Support - Monitor the performance of a set of grants; coach and advise grantees, including the negotiation of performance milestones to support grantee partner - In partnership with Initiative Directors and relevant leads, identify organizations with strong potential for partnership; conduct due diligence and assess grantee partners for effective track records, internal capacity, and strategic - Consult and coordinate with other Irvine program staff in exploring new grantmaking opportunities within - Contribute to written materials that communicate the alignment of grantee activities with initiative goals and strategies, including grant recommendations and context - Provide project management support for teams, which could include planning and facilitating internal meetings, conducting research in a discrete new area of potential grantmaking, - As appropriate, and in partnership with other Irvine staff, convene grantees and others in the field to advance collective action, networking, and learning - Analyzing and Evaluating - Remain well informed of current research, activities, and trends in the issues addressed by - Support staff in assessment and learning activities that inform strategy and continuous - Participate in the ongoing refinement of Irvine’s initiatives, through discussions with relevant initiative - Collaboration with Colleagues to Execute Portfolio and Foundation-wide Efforts - Collaborate with other staff –– to coordinate with and contribute to projects and relationships that may connect to other foundation - Maintain a working knowledge of other foundation DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCESDESIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCES - A minimum of three to five (3 to 5) years of experience in grantmaking or project execution focused on benefitting target communities or populations, which could be in the public, nonprofit, or private sectors (the totality of candidate’s academic, professional, and lived experiences will be considered) - A strong desire to contribute to the mission of The James Irvine Foundation - An understanding of issues impacting low-income communities - A commitment to and track record of working with disadvantaged communities - Ability to learn; work on new content areas quickly; assemble and assess data and research; and conduct landscape analyses and the action-orientation to turn data into insight - Excellent written and oral communication skills, and listening skills, and judgment in communicating within a variety of settings - Personal presence to represent the foundation in diverse forums and relationships - Willingness to learn and grow, alongside the Foundation and team, and experience in positively contributing to a culture of learning, overall, and as it relates specifically to DEI - Demonstrated ability to plan and think strategically; set and achieve realistic goals and objectives; and balance multiple priorities with excellent attention to detail and follow through - Demonstrated respect for diverse perspectives - Ability to assess the leadership, track record, and capacity of social sector organizations and collaboratives - A desire to work collaboratively in a dynamic team-oriented environment - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent lived and/or professional experience related to the role COMPENSATION, BENEFITS, AND WORK LOCATION POLICYCOMPENSATION, BENEFITS, AND WORK LOCATION POLICY, including comprehensive medical and retirement options, a summary of which can be found here. While many Foundation staff continue to work remotely through COVID-19 pandemic recovery efforts, there will be a shift to a hybrid in- person/remote work arrangement at both the Los Angeles and San Francisco offices when it is deemed safe to do so. At this point, all Foundation staff will be required to be fully vaccinated with one of the FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines. HOW TO APPLYHOW TO APPLY The James Irvine Foundation is partnering with Walker and Associates Consulting, a BIPOC- and woman- owned national strategic management consulting and executive search firm, for these openings. To apply, email a cover letter, resume, and list of three references (candidates will be notified in advance of any outreach to references) to [email protected] on or before 5:00 p.m. PST on Friday, December 3, 2021. Use the subject line: Program Officer Search. Submission via one PDF or Microsoft Word file is preferred. Questions or Nominations? Email Jeannine N. Walker at [email protected]. The James Irvine Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we encourage applicants who reflect the diversity of California. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (“FCO”). The Foundation greatly appreciates all expressed interest. Apply for Program Officer Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required Get job alerts Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.Create alert
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Hans Funck (1953 - 16 July 2014) was a German movie editor. He started his career in only 1996. His best known works were Das Experiment (2001), Downfall (2004) and Diana (2013). He worked with German movie director Oliver Hirschbiegel many times. Funck died from an asthma attack on 16 July 2014 at his apartment in Munich, Bavaria. He was 61.
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Ronald Stacey King (January 29, 1967) is an American who is the current announcer with Neil Funk for the NBA's Chicago Bulls. He is known to provide nicknames for many of the Bulls players. King's own nicknames are Sky and Pearl, named after Earl "The Pearl" Monroe. King was born on January 29, 1967 in Lawton, Oklahoma. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois.
Runaway religious were monks, canons and friars who had taken vows of religion and who, with benefit of neither permission nor dispensation and for myriad reasons, fled their monasteries and returned to a life in the world, usually replacing the religious habit with lay clothes. Not only the normal tugs of the world drew them away: other less obvious yet equally human motives, such as boredom, led to a return to the world. The church pursued them with her severest penalty, excommunication, in the express hope that penalties would lead to the return of the straying sheep. This book is the first to tell their story. MORE FROM THIS COLLECTION
San Lorenzo Isontino (, ) is a comune (municipality) in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is about northwest of Trieste and about west of Gorizia.
The New York City local has crowned some amazing titleholders over the past few years (and as far back as 1921), including multiple Miss Americas. In fact, more Miss New York City titleholders have competed at Miss America, (and won), than every other NY Local title combined. The NYC Local pageant has also changed leadership and titles may times. After some unfortunate legal issues over the “Miss New York City” title during Acacia Courtney’s (’13) and Kira Kazantsev’s (’14) years, the local dropped this most iconic title, replacing it with Miss Manhattan. Meanwhile, the Miss Cosmopolitan and Miss Metropolitan had been added as second and third titles for two years. Last year, the Metropolitan title was dropped, but added to another triple. In 2016, following the crowning of Jamie Lynn Macchia, Miss Greater New York, as Miss New York, the Miss Cosmopolitan title was replaced with Miss Greater New York. This year the Organization is spearheaded by a group of formers with years of experience on the Miss New York stage. Regardless of who is in charge, and which titles are awarded, it goes without saying that whoever wins a NYC Local title will do great at the Miss New York pageant. Are you interested in competing in the Miss NYC Local pageant? Contact: [email protected] Eligibility: The 5 Boroughs, Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley (Westchester, Putnam, Orange and Rockland Counties). .
La Flocelliere is a former commune. It is found in the region Pays de la Loire in the Vendee department in the west of France. On 1 January 2016, it became a part of the new commune of Sevremont.
My Mistress (2014) Watch Online Free Full Movie putlocker , solarmovie Genres: Drama, Romance, Upcoming Release Year: 2014 Director:Stephen Lance Stars:Emmanuelle Béart, Harrison Gilbertson, Rachael Blake My Mistress (2014): What starts as a beautiful and strangely innocent affair between a vulnerable teenage romantic and a French S&M mistress soon becomes more dangerous.
Wanda Maria Chotomska (26 October 1929 - 2 August 2017) was a Polish children's writer, screenwriter and poet. She was born in Warsaw. She was known for being the screenwriter of the Jacek i Agatka television series. Her poems include: Wiersze pod psem (1959), Siedem ksiezycow (1970), Tance polskie (1981), Kram z literami (1987), Wiersze dla dzieci (1997), and Wanda Chotomska dla najmlodszych (2000). Chotomska died in Warsaw on 2 August 2017 at the age of 87.
Best Label Denver 2009 - Bocumast Some labels have a sound, others have a mission. Bocumast falls into the latter category, and what a mission it is! The defining characteristics of Bocumast's diverse roster, which ranges from the oddball post-punk guitar funk of Natural Selection to the oceanic electronic bliss pop of Iuengliss, are simple: They're all excellent, and none of them are afraid to take chances. The results are always surprising and consistently strong. At a time when record labels seem to be heading for obsolescence, Bocumast is ensuring its continued relevance by showing us the best stuff we might have otherwise overlooked.
The 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals was the final tournament of the 2018-19 edition of the UEFA Nations League The tournament was held in Portugal from 5 to 9 June 2019, and was played by the four group winners of Nations League A. The tournament was made up of two semi-finals, a third place play-off, and final to determine the first ever champions of the UEFA Nations League. Portugal won the final 1-0 against the Netherlands to become the first champions of the UEFA Nations League. Qualified teams The four group winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals. Venues In their bid dossier, the Portuguese Football Federation proposed Estadio do Dragao in Porto and Estadio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimaraes as the venues. Bracket All times are local, WEST (UTC+1). Semi-finals Portugal vs Switzerland Netherlands vs England Third place play-off Final Statistics Goalscorers Assists Awards Team of the Tournament The Team of the Tournament was selected by UEFA's technical observers, and includes at least one player from each of the four participants. UEFA also announced a team of the tournament based on the FedEx Performance Zone player rankings. Player of the Tournament Bernardo Silva Young Player of the Tournament Frenkie de Jong
Honda, which operates as an engine supplier and not a constructor, currently makes power units for Red Bull Racing and its junior team AlphaTauri (nee Toro Rosso). The company, which returned to F1 in 2015 following its previous exit as a constructor in 2008, said the automotive industry is in the middle of "a once-in-one-hundred-years period of great transformation." For more like this Subscribe to the Roadshow newsletter, receive notifications and see related stories on CNET. Per current FIA regulations, the company with the fewest customers -- Renault -- is on deck to supply teams in need of a power unit. "Whilst we are disappointed not to continue our partnership with Honda," Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said in a statement, "we are enormously proud of our joint success, delivering five wins and 15 podiums for both Red Bull owned teams and we thank everyone at Honda for their extraordinary efforts and commitment." The Japanese automaker made a rocky reentry into the motorsport after first supplying McLaren with engines. - Honda to withdraw from Formula One at end of 2021 seasonFresno Bee - Agag Says Honda's F1 Exit Is Bad News for All MotorsportU.S. News & World Report - Why is Honda leaving F1 and which engine will Red Bull use?Motorsport.com, Edition: Global - ANALYSIS: Six key questions answered following Honda's shock exit announcementFormula 1 - Red Bull Respect Honda's Decision to Quit F1, Says HornerU.S. News & World Report - Could Honda exit force Red Bull into a Renault reunion – and cost them Verstappen?RaceFans - Honda announces shock F1 departure at end of 2021RACER - Honda will quit Formula 1 to focus on fuel cell and EV technologyEngadget - Honda to quit F1 to focus on zero-emission technologyReuters
is a Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team. Biography Hirao was born in Matsudo on December 31, 1996. She joined Nadeshiko League club Urawa Reds from JFA Academy Fukushima in 2014. She played many matches as regular goalkeeper and the club won the champions in first season. However her opportunity to play decreased behind Sakiko Ikeda from 2015 season. In 2018, she moved to Albirex Niigata. In September 2012, when Hirao was 15 years old, she was selected the Japan U-17 national team for 2012 U-17 Women's World Cup and she played 3 matches as regular goalkeeper. In November 2016, she was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2016 U-20 Women's World Cup. She played 5 matches and Japan won the 3rd place. In April 2018, Hirao was selected the Japan national team for 2018 Women's Asian Cup. Although she did not play in any matches, Japan won the championship after two tournaments in a row. On August 2, she debuted against Australia. In 2019, she was selected Japan for 2019 World Cup. She played 2 games for Japan until 2019. Statistics
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Villa Rica (Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese translation: Rich Village) is a city in Carroll and Douglas counties in the U.S. state of Georgia.
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Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies (their body forms), for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the back end of the last vertebra or to the posterior end of the midlateral portion of the hypural plate. This measurement excludes the length of the caudal (tail) fin. Total length (TL) is the length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of the end tail fin, usually measured with the lobes compressed along the midline. It is a straight-line measure, not measured over the curve of the body. Standard length measurements are used with Teleostei (most bony fish), while total length measurements are used with Myxini (hagfish), Petromyzontiformes (lampreys) and usually Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays), as well as some other fishes. Total length measurements are used in slot limit and minimum landing size regulations. Fishery biologists often use a third measure in fishes with forked tails, called Fork length (FL), the length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the middle caudal fin rays, and is used in fishes in which it is difficult to tell where the vertebral column ends. Fin lengths and eye diameter Other possible measurements include the lengths of various fins, the lengths of fin bases and the diameter of the eye. Related pages Ichthyology terms Standard weight in fish
八月竹 ba yue zhu Arundinaria szechuanensis Rendle in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 64. 1914; Oreocalamus szechuanensis (Rendle) Keng. Culms 2.5–4(–6) m tall, 1.5–2 cm in diam.; internodes terete or obscurely 4-anged, 18–22 cm, grooved and ridged above branches, glabrate; basal nodes with rings of root thorns. Branches 3 per node. Culm sheaths deciduous, shorter than internodes, thickly papery, glabrous, main veins purple, transverse veins distally prominent, margins ciliate; ligule 0.5–1 mm; blade subulate-triangular, 3–5 mm, articulate. Leaves 1–3 per ultimate branch; sheaths leathery, glabrous, margins ciliate; oral setae pale, 3–5 mm; ligule 1–1.5 mm; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, 18–20 × 1.2–1.5 cm, secondary veins 4–6-paired. Pseudospikelets without bracts or with 1–4 bracts, upper 1 or 2 with buds or secondary spikelets; florets 3 or 4. Glumes 2 or 3; lemma ovate-lanceolate, 7–9-veined, apex gradually acuminate. Palea narrowly ovate, subequal to lemma. Anthers yellow. Ovary ovoid; style short, divided nearly from base. Caryopsis nutlike, ovoid-ellipsoid, ca. 16 × 6 mm. * Mountain areas; 1000–2400 m. Sichuan. This species is not to be confused with Chimonobambusa si-chuanensis (species no. 1). Treatments in Other Floras @ Chinese Plant Names Other Databases W3TROPICOS IPNI Other Databases
Tesfaye Gessesse (September 27, 1937 - December 16, 2020) was an Ethiopian actor and theatre director. He was born in Addis Ababa. He became the General Director of Hager Fikir Theatre in 1974. In 1975, he was removed and sent to prison by the Derg government after his play "Iqaw" which criticized as state terrorism. Gessesse died on 16 December 2020, at the age of 84.
Pen to Paper: Artists Handwritten Letters from the Archives of American Art 96 Lyme St Old Lyme, CT 06371 USA Just as putting pen to paper to create a line in a drawing is an artistic act, so is writing a letter. Pen to Paper, a selection of 42 letters from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, reveals the beauty and intimacy of the craft of letter writing. From casually jotted notes to elaborately decorated epistles, the exhibition.
Hartwig Loger (born 15 July 1965) is an Austrian politician and former business executive. He was the Acting Chancellor of Austria from 28 May 2019 to 3 June 2019. From 2011 to 2017 he was chief executive officer of UNIQA Austria (part of the Uniqa Insurance Group) and since 2017 he has been Minister of Finance. On 22 May 2019, he was named Vice Chancellor, and on 28 May 2019, he was sworn in as Acting Chancellor after Austria's first ever successful vote of no confidence against the federal government, following the Ibiza affair.
Many boys are reluctant writers. -Captain Obvious You know that or you wouldn’t be here, right? Having a reluctant writer is hard. You probably know that too, but I’m putting that right up front anyway. It needs to be validated. It’s hard. In our current education culture, advanced skills keep trickling down to lower and lower grades (developmentally appropriate or not), so it’s hard when getting your kid to do bare minimum writing – if that! – is a fight. We feel this unspoken pressure to make them do more. We feel as if we’re failing if they don’t like writing. And we worry they’ll never learn to write if we don’t get them writing now. Let’s also address upfront the kids born with an affinity for words and language. There are some homeschoolers who unintentionally make it seem as if nurturing a young boy writer is like magic. It just works! It’s absolutely not intentional on their part, but unless you’ve had a struggling or reluctant writer, it’s possible to take for granted how easy it is when your kid has an innate talent for language, words and writing. When we parents of struggling/reluctant writers hear in our homeschool circles these other parents talk about allllll of the writing their child joyfully chooses, we have the urge to bop them on the head. With a harmless Socker Bopper, of course. But in the spirit of catharsis, we want to bop them. Or is that just me? If having a reluctant writer is hard, helping a reluctant writer is hard too. I’m not going to blow smoke up your skirt there either. You will research one thousand things to try and 999 won’t work. You will lose your patience. You’ll vent to a friend. Waste money on curriculums. Cry. Eat chocolate. Lots of chocolate. Be prepared for something other than sunshine and daisies, Sweetheart. These are choppy waters. But I’m here to help! To share the things I tried that worked. Help weed through some of those one thousand things. Granted, there is no guarantee these tips & resources will work for your kid. After all, each child has a mind of his own, even if that mind drives you up the wall at times. So where do you start? Start by creating a safe environment for writing. OR NOT WRITING. If there’s a lot of tension in your home around writing (or lack thereof), this is where you start. You have to heal that bad juju first. Learning always circles back to the quality of the relationship between the student and the teacher. That’s where I had to start, so no shame, girlfriend. Both of my boys came out of public elementary school with damage around writing, and if that wasn’t enough, I had pour my own terrible attempts to teach writing on top of it. It was not pretty in the beginning. So how did I begin creating a safe environment for writing? I dropped all writing requirements. This is the first move I made in healing the pain around writing. I dropped all writing requirements. For a long time. I did this partly because I needed to get my head straight on how to go about teaching writing in a way that didn’t create more damage. Clearly what I tried to do wouldn’t work. I needed time to research and figure out what to do. Over this no-writing-required phase, two things happened… First, my oldest son (my struggling but motivated writer) picked up a pencil on his own about three months later and started writing pages and pages of video game ideas. #win! Second, my younger son – the capable but reluctant writer? He was entirely happy to not pick up a pencil. Ever. #fail! Or was it…??? If my younger son been like his brother and started voluntarily writing too, I would be one of those homeschoolers who thinks getting boys to write is MAGIC. It works if you just get out of the way, you guys! So thank my son for keeping me humble. I left my boys’ writing alone for approximately two school years. On top of my reluctant writer, the other one has a learning disability that directly impacts written expression, so I had a lot to untangle and figure out. My oldest wrote when he wanted with no revision or edits from me for those two years. My youngest would do a few Mad Libs and a round robin story with me here and there, but that’s it. Would I do that again? Truthfully, I don’t think so. With hindsight, experience, and a Time-Turner, I would use Jot It Down with my youngest, probably my oldest too who was 10-12 at the time. I’m not getting paid by Brave Writer to say that, no affiliate member or free products for review. I simply believe Brave Writer’s approach to writing works, especially when working with struggling and/or reluctant writers. (And it’s not the only program I tried.) I credit Brave Writer for turning our homeschool’s writing life around. And look, guys, I use Jot It Down techniques at times with my high schoolers. This technique is useful beyond early elementary. If my teens feel stuck or unclear on their essay topic, we have a conversation about it and I take notes as they talk. I “jot down” their thoughts & help them get a direction going. Of course, you don’t want to buy the Jot It Down program if you have teenagers. So listen to this podcast series to get the gist of what Jot It Down means, and then fill that role for them when needed. You have to really drop the requirement. When I dropped the requirement to write, I had to really drop it. I couldn’t let on with nonverbal cues that while I said they didn’t have to write, I really wished they would. I had to act as if I were truly okay with them not writing. EVEN THOUGH I DIDN’T FEEL 100% OKAY ABOUT IT! I wasn’t completely Zen about this stage; I wasn’t sure how it would turn out. (Spoiler alert! It turned out fine. I have two essay-writing high schoolers.) But I couldn’t let on to my doubts. They needed space to heal, to have their feelings, and to have the pressure to perform off of them. And I needed space to figure out the next healthy step forward. I had to sit with my discomfort and trust that not doing additional damage was a better stopgap at this time than doing more damage. I have two other ways I worked on creating a safe environment for writing, but let’s break with this possibly difficult-to-digest idea of NOT requiring writing as a means of getting them to write. Even as I type that I realize it sounds crazy. Counterintuitive! But there it is. It was a significant step in healing my boys’ pain around writing. In the meantime, do some research and reading about writing. I have some recommendations for you. - Go read Boy Writers. I’m not going to shut up about it until you do. - Read Brave Writer’s blog post Shift the Power. - Listen to Brave Writer’s podcast 6 Writing Myths Busted. You can command writing, but you can’t command good writing. -Donald Murray That’s a start. More to come… Heather what do you think?
Sennwald is a municipality in Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
A detailed subscription article on this conference is available at Genomeweb (here). As a follow-on meeting to the FDA's February workshop on genome panel tests in tumors, the FDA has announced a workshop on liquid biopsies in oncology on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. The FDA has posted the agenda here. The FDA writes, "Lquid biopsy technologies are advancing quickly...are likely to be rapidly incorporated into clinical care." The workshop is co-sponsored by the American Association for Cancer Research. Over the past year, the AACR has urged the FDA to regulate cancer LDT's as devices (here). For a non official transcript of the February oncogene panel workshop, here. Agenda clipped as of April 11, 2016: Public Workshop – Liquid Biopsies in Oncology Drug and Device Development, an FDA-AACR public workshop, July 19, 2016 The workshop will provide a forum to discuss relevant scientific advances in the field of liquid biopsies in oncology and a regulatory environment that will support rapid translation of this emerging technology into improved patient care. The workshop aims to: 1) provide a state of the science overview of liquid biopsies in oncology; 2) discuss the use of tumor-derived cfDNA in drug development and clinical use, focusing on the treatment of lung cancer as a case study; 3) discuss current approaches to validation of in vitro diagnostic devices (or tests); and 4) discuss with diverse stakeholders ways to accelerate development of these technologies to advance cancer care. Date, Time and Location:This meeting will be held July 19, 2016, beginning at 8:15 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. at the following location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center 801 Mt. Vernon PL NW Washington, DC. 20001 AGENDA Registration to Attend the Workshop:If you wish to attend this Workshop, please visit AACR’s website using the website link below: Pamela Bradley, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, [see original webpage for contact information].

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