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The first time I ever acted was at Carnoustie High School, where my English teacher, Mrs Ella Law, encouraged me in my interest in performing. Here are some pictures from some of the school plays, and the opera Patience. I also appeared in productions with the Carnousite Theatre Club and the Carnoustie Musical Society.
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2019-04-21T22:02:52Z
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http://www.alancumming.com/1981
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Arts
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digitalmediatree
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Geometry can be found underlying all, or nearly all, the forms in nature. One learns this from D'Arcy Thompson's book "On Growth and Form," a favorite of Tony's, and from Jay Hambidge's "Elements of Dynamic Symmetry," another favorite of his. Of course one can learn this just from observation, if one looks intently enough. No form in nature is a perfect example of the geometry it is a case of, but when you average the many examples of one form - many examples of the skeletal structure of a bird's wing, or the arrangements of leaves on a stem, or cellular or atomic forms - you get the perfection we normally ascribe to man-made geometry. Of course, all man-made geometry is natural, because we are nature.
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2019-04-19T15:02:16Z
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http://www.digitalmediatree.com/artifax/?63133
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Science
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wikiquote
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Oscar is a 1991 American comedy film directed by John Landis. The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Marisa Tomei, Ornella Muti, Tim Curry, and Chazz Palminteri and was a rare attempt by Stallone at doing a comedy role.
Poole was right! You are an ox and a moron!
[removing Connie's many weapons] It's like disarming Germany.
Eduardo: Ah, so now you want to make-a peace with you papa? You want to me die happy.
Lisa: ...I want to go to the top of the Empire State Building!
Anthony: And what am I doing during all this? Babysitting Oscar's kid?
Lisa: You always this nasty?
Anthony: YES! Get used to it!
Lisa: [gasps] I'm marrying a brute! I never want to see your face again... until the wedding!
Anthony: That's fine with me! And separate honeymoons!
Anthony: See you in church!
Dr. Poole: [about Snaps' daughter, Lisa] She seems to have such nicely rounded diphthongs!
Snaps: That's what got her into this jam!
Snaps: [pointing to Anthony] Pop this guy!
Aldo: Boss, we cant have a stiff in the house with company coming!
Snaps: You're right. It ain't proper.
Connie: Do I have to, boss? Every time I have, I fall behind.
Connie: Even in the old days, he was known as an honest crook.
Dr. Poole: That's an oxymoron.
Connie: Gee, you shouldn't ought to said that, Doc.
This page was last edited on 8 December 2017, at 05:46.
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2019-04-22T14:35:32Z
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https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Oscar_(1991_film)
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Data centers managers in China and Hong Kong are comfortable running their facilities at a higher temperature, indicating that equipment can still operate efficiently at warmer temperatures and, hence, consume less energy.
Data centers managers in China and Hong Kong run their facilities at a higher temperature than their global counterparts, assured that this would not affect the performance of their equipment.
Warmer datacenter environments can lead to less energy consumption, and lower costs.
According to a survey conducted by energy management vendor Enlogic Systems, over 85 percent of data center administrators in Greater China were comfortable running their site at 25 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Farenheit) and higher. This went against a common belief that lower temperatures were necessary to keep systems cool and running more efficiently, with less risks of downtime.
The survey polled attendees at the DatacenterDynamics conferences held in Hong Kong in July, and in Shanghai in September, pulling some 70 respondents.
Some 60 percent of Hong Kong respondents felt it was safe to run data centers at up to 25 degrees C, while 51 percent in Shanghai felt likewise for temperatures of up to 30 degrees C. In comparison, the 2013 Uptime Institute Data Centre Industry Survey revealed only 7 percent of administrators worldwide operated their data centers at 23.8 degrees C or higher. The survey in 2011 revealed that 15 percent of data centers ran in temperatures below 18.3 degrees C. This figure dropped to just 6 percent of respondents the following year.
According to Enlogic, its survey findings indicated that more now realized data centers could operate efficiently at higher temperatures. It pointed to the ASHRAE TC9.9 global standard for datacenter operating conditions, which states the "allowable range" in temperatures at between 15 and 32 degrees C, while the "recommended range" sits between 18 and 27 degrees C.
Mike Jansma, Enlogic's co-founder and CMO, said in the survey findings released Wednesday: "Datacenter operators in the Greater China region could well lead the way toward establishing greener data centers with this awareness that a data center can operate efficiently even at a higher temperature.
"The data center industry is booming in Asia , especially in Greater China, and power consumption will be enormous so every little saving in energy use counts," Jansma said, noting that since most data centers in the Chinese market were comparatively new, there were opportunities to tap advanced tools to more intelligently measure energy and power use."
According to 451 Research Group, in a 15-year cost of ownership for data centers, energy costs accounted for around 30 percent of overall infrastructure costs.
IT vendors have been looking at ways to build equipment that would enable data center facilities to be operated at higher temperatures. Intel, for instance, brought in Korean mobile operator KT to trial a technology that would allow data centers to operate at over 38 degrees C. This was expected to help reduce energy costs by 7 percent for every 1 degree C raised. Hitting the target of 38 degrees C would yield annual savings in energy costs of US$7.5 million.
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2019-04-25T04:47:23Z
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/data-centers-run-warmer-in-china-hong-kong/
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weebly
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Artist, designer and researcher Zane Berzina works on interdisciplinary projects across the fields of science, technology and the arts. Her practice and research evolves around responsive and interactive textiles, new textile materials, processes and technologies as well as biomimetic practices. Zane Berzina is co-founder and Artistic Director of the 'E-Text and Textiles' project in Riga (Latvia), Research Fellow at the Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles (CHRRCT) and an Associate Member of Goldsmiths Digital Studios, University of London. Recently she took up a Professorship at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee, Germany.
She co-created the project E-Static Shadows which explores the speculative and poetic potential of static electricity found in our everyday environments, surrounding our everyday interactions. The aim of the project is to investigate how electrostatic energy could either be effectively utilised or play a part in the development of active, responsive and interactive textile systems which would be capable of detecting, translating and displaying this energy into dynamic audio-visual patterns. This design pilot project studies the possible translations of electrostatic energy into other types of energy such as light, sound and motion using specially engineered intelligent textile systems as mediators and displays for these processes.
These two designers and artists, founders of the Kobakant website, have worked on the project Involving the Machine. The objective of this project is to explore the combination of semi-automated machinery and handcraft processes for the production of electronic textiles. Electronic textiles (E-Textiles) are textiles that have electronic components embedded in them, or are constructed from fibers with electronic properties. They are interested in creating E-Textiles that have the ability to sense various stimuli such as pressure, bend and stretch. Whereas industry often looks to automate processes and eliminate human involvement, they are interested in developing production processes that rely heavily on human intervention and skill, while taking advantage of automation. They believe that such hybrid creative processes will allow them to produce more unique and diverse results.
They have both worked on a fabric with thermochromic pigments that reacts to heat. They are both lecturers at the DJCAD, the Duncan of Jordanstone College of art and design in Scotland. Their textile do not have an woven circuit, they are using copper tape to connect the reverse side if the textile to a circuit. They both studied at the Smart Textiles and Wearable Technology in Pervasive Computing Environments of Heriot Watt University.
Suzanne Tick is one of the best textile designer in the United States. She is the founder of Suzanne Tick Inc., specializing in materials brand strategy, product design, development, and direction for commercial interiors.
Suzanne currently holds two design positions with leading industry manufacturers – Teknion and Tandus Flooring– in addition to maintaining a distinguished career as a textile designer and studio Principal in New York City. At Teknion, Suzanne was appointed the Creative Director for Textiles, and is responsible for the development and direction of textiles for seating and vertical applications. She is developing a new textile business model for Teknion, offering textiles suited for both the Teknion and B&B Italia offerings as well as the industry at large. At Tandus, Suzanne is the Design Director responsible for design management and product design, a position she has held since 2005. Her designs for Tandus in broadloom carpet, modular tile, and Powerbond have won numerous design awards and continue to break new ground in the industry.
Suzanne is known for her intelligent and enthusiastic approach to design in evolving markets, along with conviction to provide innovative solutions. In addition to her work in commercial Interiors, Suzanne maintains a hand weaving practice and creates woven sculptures from repurposed materials. Her work is exhibited worldwide, including MOMA and Art Basel, as well as collected by private and corporate clients.
She has created textiles using fiber optics. Merging industrial technology with fiber art in collaboration with industrial designer Harry Allen they created a series of lamps constructed of handwoven fiber optic yarns. The Fiber Optic Double Weave is a vertical hanging wall lamp with a spray of yarn ends.
Her studio is near NYU. I hope to meet her in person.
Here are some links to important reports on wearables and etextiles.
A study on wearables by Endavour Partners.
An article in The Guardian on why consumers abandon use of wearables.
An article on the development of the etextile industry.
A study on the wearable industry trends and priorities for 2014-2024.
"An Uncommon Thread" - An article that explains why I am into my thesis.
An article about soft circuits and heat . In German I need a translator.
Here is a great summary of what thermochromic pigments are and how they work by Xslabs.
A great article about thermochromic applied to wearables.
How to dye with the pigments. If I need help, I could ask this company to help.
A short article about an experiment in India. Might help help.
An article I should read too.
QCR. Contact: (772) 237-5354. Mike. They cell an ink that can be screen printed on textile. Their products cannot be diluted and used to dye fabric.
What are liquid crystals? How do they work?
Fabcel by Wakita Lab from Japan. A textile that changes colors depending on voltage, so may color possibilities. Here is a paper I should also read.
Kristi Kuusk makes dances costumes. The color change is activated by the body heat.
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2019-04-19T12:59:42Z
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http://emeteuzblog.weebly.com/research.html
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ubc
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"That's your game theory? Rock Paper Scissors with statistics?"
Hello, I'm James Wright. I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta. I also hold a Canada CIFAR Artificial Intelligence Chair and am a Fellow of the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute. Previously I was a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research in New York City. I completed my Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia in 2016, advised by Kevin Leyton-Brown.
Here is a link to my new website.
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2019-04-24T14:37:53Z
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https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~jrwright/
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have launched their own official Instagram account, following the announcement last month that they were splitting from their joint household with the Cambridges.
Kensington Palace announced the news on Twitter and the @SussexRoyal account already has over 190 followers – and counting.
Meghan and Harry’s first post includes a gallery of nine photos from their charity work and their royal tour of the South Pacific last October. It includes what is thought to be a previously unseen black and white image of the pair with their backs to the camera, as they stand on the balcony of the Grand Pacific Hotel in Fiji.
Their first post alone, has already attracted over 60k likes, including one from Meghan’s best friend Jessica Mulroney.
The new social media platform has been set up just in time for the arrival of the Sussexes’ first child, expected at the end of April.
The couple have hired Hillary Clinton’s former advisor, Sara Latham, to head up communications. Ms Latham will report directly to The Queen’s Communication Secretary, Donal McCabe.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s office will continue to be based at Kensington Palace. Jason Knauf has been appointed as Senior Adviser to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. He was previously Communications Secretary for the Cambridges and Prince Harry’s office.
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2019-04-18T22:50:06Z
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https://uk.style.yahoo.com/meghan-harry-launch-official-instagram-account-145311940.html?src=rss
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taipeitimes
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President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is to hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) on Saturday in Singapore, the first meeting of leaders from the two nations since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
The two governments announced the meeting, which comes just weeks ahead of the Jan. 16 presidential and legislative elections, just before midnight on Tuesday.
The announcement came just about an hour after the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times' sister newspaper) reported on its Web site that a meeting had been arranged for Saturday, when Xi is in Singapore for his first official visit to the city-state.
The official announcement said that Ma and Xi would discuss cross-strait ties, but would not sign any agreements, nor issue any joint statements.
The Presidential Office yesterday said the purpose of Ma’s trip to Singapore was to "maintain the ‘status quo.’"
It also said that Ma would hold an international news conference tomorrow morning to explain the meeting to the public.
China's Taiwan Affairs Office Minister Zhang Zhijun (張志軍) said the two men are expected to have dinner after their meeting and would address each other as "mister," according to the Xinhua news agency.
The meeting came about after Chinese and Taiwanese officials met in Guangzhou, China, last month, Zhang added, referring to his meeting with Mainland Affairs Council Minister Andrew Hsia (夏立言) on Oct. 14.
At the time, that meeting was expected to be the last high-level cross-strait interaction of Ma’s final term in office.
The surprise announcement stunned the nation, and while the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) hailed the move, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday said the manner in which the meeting was announced had damaged democracy.
"I believe people across the country, like me, felt very surprised," she told reporters.
"A meeting of the leaders of the two sides across the [Taiwan] Strait is a great event, involving the dignity and national interests of Taiwan, but to let the public know in such a hasty and chaotic manner is damaging to Taiwan's democracy," she said.
DPP spokesman Cheng Yun-peng (鄭運鵬)said the timing of the meeting was suspect.
"How can people not think of this as a political operation intended to affect the election?" he said.
Cheng said that cross-strait issues are beyond the consideration of political parties, and no political maneuvers should be involved. He said that the timing of meeting gave the impression of a political maneuver.
The meeting also goes against Ma's promise that such a summit would only occur when the nation needs it, the public supports it and the legislature supervises its process, Cheng added.
Presidential Office Secretary-General Tseng Yung-chuan (曾永權) yesterday said that Ma was willing to report to lawmakers after his Singapore trip, if invited by the Legislative Yuan to do so.
Tseng made the comments after he and Premier Mao Chi-kuo (毛治國) briefed Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) on the upcoming meeting.
Wang said that he was not aware of the Ma-Xi meeting until reporters telephoned him for comments late last night.
Wang said the legislature supports any dialog between Taipei and Beijing that strengthens peaceful development across the Taiwan Strait and stabilizes the regional situation, but that any such discussions should be conducted on an equal footing.
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2019-04-25T00:27:38Z
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http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2015/11/04/2003631684
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How do I reinstall OS if my CD drive isn't working anymore?
How do I reinstall OS if my CD drive isn't working anymore? I want to reinstall the OS in one of my computers...I want to re-install snow leopard, but the CD drive doesn't work anymore.
You are posting a reply to: How do I reinstall OS if my CD drive isn't working anymore?
You are reporting the following post: How do I reinstall OS if my CD drive isn't working anymore?
First this is no longer on CD. I see DVDs.
In reply to: How do I reinstall OS if my CD drive isn't working anymore?
are not available on DVD anyway.
As you did not specify what version of OS X you would like to reinstall, we can touch on the Boot into Recovery mode, by holding down the "R" key at the chime, and download the latest version of OS X.
External CD/DVD player will work too as will Optical Drive sharing if you have another Mac available.
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2019-04-21T10:10:08Z
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https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/how-do-i-reinstall-os-if-my-cd-drive-isnt-working-anymore/
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A cyberspy group using tools similar to those of U.S. intelligence agencies has embedded spy and sabotage firmware in systems and networks in countries including Iran, Russia, Pakistan and China, a report by security vendor Kaspersky Lab claims. Kaspersky said that the tools can’t be combated by antivirus products and are also able to stealthily obtain a computer’s encryption keys in order to read otherwise protected data.
Tech workers’ worries about jobs being outsourced seem almost quaint now that AI developments are leading to more jobs being taken over by machines. The latest indicator of the trend: To help boost its bottom line without adding headcount, Indian outsourcer Infosys will acquire U.S.-based Panaya, which sells technology for automated testing of enterprise software deployments.
Samsung Electronics is set to begin manufacturing chips with 14-nanometer process technology, and will likely use those processors in its next flagship phone, the Galaxy S due to debut at Mobile World Congress next month, re/code reports. The chips should be faster and more power-efficient in mobile devices than those such as Qualcomm’s, which are manufactured at 20-nm.
In a move that is meant to assuage international customers’ ongoing sensitivities over storing their data with American cloud providers, Microsoft said Monday that it has adopted a relatively new standard for cloud privacy. The British Standards Institute has verified that Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online, as well as Azure, are in line with the ISO/IEC 27018 code for protecting personal data in the public cloud. In practical terms, that also means the company is committed to notifying customers if a government requests their data.
When Apple’s much talked about Watch goes on sale in April, it won’t have all the functionality that its developers once dreamed of, the Wall Street Journal says. Ambitious plans for a more highly functional health monitoring tool ran up against technical limitations and regulatory concerns. The paper also said that Apple is asking suppliers to make between five and six million of the devices in the first quarter.
What’s going on inside Google’s Project X? The New York Times says that investors are asking that question with a tinge of impatience, after the labs’ Google Glass failed to become a breakthrough success.
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2019-04-20T20:59:06Z
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https://www.pcworld.com/article/2885092/the-upload-your-tech-news-briefing-for-tuesday-february-17.html
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wordpress
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The Syssitias were very important institutions in Sparta, for when the men were not waging war, they were training for warring better. And if not, they socialized with their comrades in these “clubs”.
Just compare this legit Aryan club for males with the degenerate and pointless “mannerbünd” promoted in Fight Club.
Under the natural viewpoint prevailed in Sparta, it was a crime that existing perfectly healthy girls a lad deprived the race of offspring.
Do you think that for Jack Donovan et al it is a crime to deprive the white race from offspring? Be honest.
Again: Be honest. Do you think that NS Germany would accept membership of those who get laid with rock and drugs, a lifestyle promoted even in some prestigious WN sites of today?
Both the contempt of material and fleeting pleasures like money itself points to an ascetic, anti-materialist and anti-hedonistic society.
And what about those “Southern Nationalists” and other Murkans who are too electronically zombified to be able to discriminate between Balzac and Hollywood filth, and even watch sports featuring niggers?
For the last time: Be honest. Face the fact that the hedonistic society where most WNsts live is the perfect antithesis of Sparta.
Yes, let’s be honest. What we have today in the likes of faux-Westerners like Donovan and J. O’Meara is just that: degenerates masquerading as redeemers.
“To breed, to bleed, to lead.” The law of the English aristocracy of old proves that Anglos can be healthy ascetics too, but Costello made it very clear: all New Rightists he met have been on drugs. And who among them breeds, or is willing to bleed when the balloon goes up?
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2019-04-26T09:37:19Z
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https://chechar.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/sparta-ix/
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Friday the 13th is a 1980 American slasher movie produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, and written by Victor Miller.
It stars Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor, Mark Nelson, and Robbi Morgan. The movie tells the story of a group of teenagers who are murdered one by one by an unknown killer while attempting to re-open an abandoned summer camp.
Released in May 1980, Friday the 13th was a major box office success, grossing over $39.7 million in the United States alone. This was the first movie in the a long series of sequels with the creation of serial killer Jason Voorhees.
This page was last changed on 28 October 2018, at 23:18.
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2019-04-25T08:29:46Z
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(1980_movie)
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Reference
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comicsuk
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Moved: Does Anybody Know About This TV Century 21?
Sparky Annual 1970s Sci-Fi strip?
Magic Comic - Need Comic Cover Pictures!
Topper Annual 1995- was it ever in development?
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2019-04-19T06:16:36Z
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http://comicsuk.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=142
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wordpress
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I want to pinch these tables facial cheeks and call em’ pudding.
I dont think this is really vintage but it does got some nice grain to it and a simple shape.
A perfect little table for two.
This rug has good color to it.
I am in love with slabs.
Beautiful Black Walnut Slabs For Sale by owner.
1” Slabs are 53” X 23” Sold at $100 ea.
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2019-04-18T17:08:07Z
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https://mimomito.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/
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hubpages
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The Wilbarger Protocol has been used for years to help children who have problems with touch. This protocol has been used successfully with children who have sensory integration problems (SPD), ADD, ADHD and Autism.
There are many children that have an unusual response to different types of touch. Normal touches can be irritating or even painful. They can be very sensitive to clothing, typical clothing can feel scratchy, uncomfortable or even painful. Sensitivity to touch is referred to by Occupational Therapists as tactile defensiveness.
The Wilbarger Protocol is a therapy program designed to help children who have problems with touch, or are tactile defensive. This therapy was developed by Patricia Wilbarger, MEd, OTR, FAOTA. Many children have responded well to the protocol improving their reaction to touch, which has led to positive behavioral changes including lowered anxiety. Some of the benefits of the Wilbarger Protocol may also include improved attention span, enhanced coordination, and children simply feeling more comfortable with their bodies.
Brushing therapy only takes 2-3 minutes for each session. Children are brushed with a Wilbarger Brush using firm pressure. (You can also use a less expensive sensory brushes.)Brushing starts at the arms and works down to the feet. However, the face, chest, and stomach area are never brushed. When starting brushing therapy a therapist may recommend brushing every couple of hours while the child is awake. The intensity of the brushing usually goes down after about two weeks. Brushing continues as long as the child continues to make improvements.
Along with brushing therapy, joint compressions to the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers, hips, knees/ankles, and sternum for a count of ten may also be recommended. This can feel very calming for children. If a child really enjoys joint compression you can teach them to treat themselves whenever they feel the need for it. Some common joint compression exercises include pushing against a wall, jumping-jacks, push-ups, or jumping on a trampoline.
The last phase of the Wilbarger Protocol is called the Oral Tactile Technique, or OTT. OTT is designed to help children with sensitivities to food and textures in the mouth. OTT is simply carefully massaging the inside of the child's mouth. This is helpful for kids with oral defensiveness. These children may have trouble with certain textures of foods or have difficulties with brushing their teeth.
Before starting the Wilbarger Protocol with your child you should get trained by an Occupational Therapist. They should understand sensory integration and be trained in the Wilbargar Protocol. If the protocol is not followed correctly, it may not be effective and may cause the child a lot of discomfort.
Click here to purchase a less expensive sensory brush. Note: these brushes do not have handles, are a little smaller, and not as easy to hold.
If you buy a sensory brush, you can also buy an inexpensive handle. The nice thing about this option is brushes do wear out. You can buy several cheaper brushes and one handle, which can save a little money.
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2019-04-20T03:02:53Z
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https://hubpages.com/health/the-wilbarger-protocol-a-therapy-for-children-who-have-problems-with-touch
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tripod
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Pastel portrait by Lisabelle of a young pair of siblings. Hand painted in 2007 using Unisom Pastels. Known for excellent light fastness and buttery softness, rich colors that are handmade with the same pigment properties found in the finest oil paints. This is a painting from a photo, the size of the photo I was given was wallet sized a 1.5" x 2.25". At the time, that was all the commissioner had of her favorite subjects, and time was running out it was shortly before Christmas in 2007. Belinda's Grand Babes 2007 on a full sheet of Mi Tientes acid-free pastel paper by Canson. I enjoyed working the affectionate physical closeness of this brother and baby sister. This is a good example of children's portraiture. To commission your own children's pastel portrait click here.
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2019-04-19T19:21:40Z
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http://likabel.tripod.com/pastel_portraits_belindas_grand_babes.htm
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wordpress
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As we enter 2018, Equillibrium thanks every one of you who has purchased goods from us. Because of you we reach for more and are able to exist as a brand you can trust in sustainable fashion.
We are so grateful to do what we love and be supported in not only our creations, but our integrity in how we design, source, and produce sustainable high fashion street wear and accessories for you. Again, many thanks and continued returns.
First, is the Annual Dave Tuck Skate Jam in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The other event we are promoting is a Girl SK8 Jam in North Carolina, called S.E.S.H. Skate Jam – an acronym for South Eastern Sister Hood Skate Jam. This event dreamed up by our OG Skate Sister Tamra Church. The event was inspired to bring Girls who share a love for skateboarding together at all ranges of ages as well as skill levels.This is its kick off year, it will be rad to see what it grows into for next year!
Lastly there are Skateboard Camps coming up from Duchess Ride up in Eagle County starting June 4th! Duchess Ride is a 501(c)3 non-profit who’s mission is to cultivate TENACITY, CAMARADERIE, and CREATIVITY in young girls. They do great work and we love them for it! Check out the link to their website for more information.
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2019-04-22T21:54:13Z
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https://equillibriumclothing.wordpress.com/category/music/
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Arts
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Recreation
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typepad
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For this outstanding selection, 201 books from 26 countries – including Iceland, Lebanon, Australia and Korea – were submitted. Of these books, 50 were chosen as outstanding works.
Books selected as 2017 outstanding titles are featured in a print catalogue that will be launched at this year’s Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy on Monday, April 3rd. This catalogue has been digitized and is available online. Click on the cover below to look inside.
Des signes et moi [Signs and me] by Cendrine Genin. Illustrated by Séverine Thévenet. Âne bâté.
La Casa Di Riposo Dei Supereroi [Superheroes’ rest home] written and illustrated by Davide Calì. Biancoenero Edizioni.
Med Blikket på dyr, dokker og ballonger [Looking at animals, dolls and balloons] written and illustrated by Anette Diesen. Solum forlag AS.
Kon-Kon Kushan no Uta [Cough-cough, sneeze!] created by Mokomoko Group. Designed by Mitsuyo Noguchi. Mokomoko Group.
Counting [Braille] written and illustrated by Dorling Kindersley. Dorling Kindersley.
It Can’t Be True written and illustrated by Dorling Kindersley. Dorling Kindersley.
Morgh-e Sorkh-e Pa Kootah [The Little Red Hen] by Parvin Dowlatabadi and Setareh Eghtedari. Tactile adaptation by Badbadak Tactile Group. Badbadak Visual Arts Institute.
Sneeuwwitje breit een monster [Snow White knits a monster] written and illustrated by Annemarie van Haeringen. Stichting PrentenboekenPlus.
Si Ma Guang and the Giant Jar by Seow Ser Lee. Illustrated by Ai Khim Tan. Helang Books.
Un livre [A book] created by Hervé Tullet. Les Doigts Qui Rêvent.
Feestmaal voor de koning [Festive meal for the king] by Marlies Verhelst. Illustrated by Linde Faas. Lemniscaat.
Asa ni nattanode mado o akemasuyo [It’s morning, so I’ll open the window] written and illustrated by Ryoji Arai. Kaisei-Sha Publishing Company.
Les chiens (contraires) [The dogs (opposites)] created by Élo. Sarbacane.
Prendre & donner [To take and to give] written and illustrated by Lucie Félix. Éditions des Grandes Personnes.
Con la cabeza en las nubes [Head in the clouds] by Raquel Franco, Diego Bianchi and Ruth Kaufman. Illustrated by Diego Bianchi and other collaborators. Pequeño editor.
Imaginario [Imaginary] by Reyva Franco. Illustrated by Gerald Espinoza. Pequeño editor.
Un hueco [A hole] written and illustrated by Yael Frankel. Calibroscopio Ediciones.
Ren-chan hajimete no mitori: Obaachan no shi to mukiau [Good-bye great grand-ma: A young girl’s first encounter with end-of-life care-giving] written and photographed by Yasuhiro Kunimori. Nosan Gyoson Bunka Kyokai.
Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson. Illustrated by Sydney Smith. Groundwood Books.
Jinjja Ko Paneun Iyagi [A real story of picking one’s nose] written and illustrated by Gab Gyu Lee. Bear Books.
El soldadito de plomo [The Steadfast Tin Soldier] illustrated by Clara Luna. Ediciones La Topera.
Mankoushit Mariam [The Mankoushit ‘Lebanese pizza’ of Mariam] by Nabiha Mheidly. Illustrated by Lena Merhej. Dar al-Hadaek.
Chotto fushigina ehon no jikan: Otonaga yomiau katariau [An unusual time with picture books: Adults read together, talk together] edited by NPO Re~love. Photographed by Takuya Kodera. Kamogawa Shuppan.
Babola Salabim! by Anneli Tisell. Illustrated by Ola Schubert. Hatten Forlag.
Nevidimyj slon [The invisible elephant] by Anna Anisimova. Illustrated by Diana Lapshina. Foma.
To αuγό [The egg] by Eva Bakirtzi. Illustrated by Nikolas Andrikopoulos. Patakis Publications.
El Deafo written and illustrated by Cece Bell. Amulet Books, Imprint of Abrams.
The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. Dial Books (Penguin).
Il sole fra le dita [The sun between fingers] by Gabriele Clima. Edizioni San Paolo.
Dépourvu [Deprived] by Victoria Grondin. Éditions Hurtubise.
Dropping In by Geoff Havel. Fremantle Press.
Pojken och havet [The boy and the ocean] by Sofia Hedman. Illustrated Emelie Gårdeler. Kikkuli Förlag.
Mamma Klikk! [My crazy mom] by Gunnar Helgason. Illustrated by Rán Flygenring. Forlagið Publishing.
Appa, Mianhaehaji Maseyo! [Don’t be sorry, Dad!] written and illustrated by Na Ri Hong. Hanulimkids Publishing Co.
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. Nancy Paulsen Books.
Wireul bwayo! [Look up!] written and illustrated by Jin Ho Jung. Hyeonamsa Publishing Co., Ltd.
Şuşu, Can ve Dörtteker [Shushu, Can and the fourcycle] by Yildiray Karakiya. Illustrated by Başak Günaçan. SEV Yayıncılık Eğitim ve Ticaret A.S.
Calvin by Martine Leavitt. Groundwood Books.
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin. Feiwel and Friends (Macmillan).
Klass Korrekcii [The correctional class] by Ekaterina Murashova. Samokat.
Hest, hest, tiger, tiger [Horse, horse, tiger, tiger] by Mette Eike Neerlin. Høst & Søn, Rosinante & Co.
La lezione degli alberi [The lessons of the tree] by Roberto Parmeggiani. Illustrated by Attilio Palumbo. Massimiliano Piretti Editore.
Pensée assise [Sitting thought] by Mathieu Robin. Actes Sud junior.
Kossas minna wa 3anna [Stories by us and about us] written by Step Together Association, transcribed by Fatima Sharafeddine and Samar Mahfouz Barraj. Illustrated by Step Together Association and Mona Yakzan. Step Together Association.
An-chan [An-chan: My big brother] written and illustrated by Seiichi Takabe. Doshinsha Publishing Co.
Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson. Illustrated by Sean Qualls. Schwartz & Wade (Penguin).
Rebound by Eric Walters. Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
Nej! [No!] written and illustrated by Stina Wirsén. Bonnier Carlsen.
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The growing cost-containment pressures in major industrialized nations and continued technological advances will radically change coagulation testing practice during the next ten years. New specific and sensitive markers of hemostasis will be increasingly used on automated instrumentation. Coagulation testing in general, and APTT testing specifically, will become more standardized, offering opportunities for quality control products and services. Moreover, the continuing contraction of the hospital system and technological advances will facilitate decentralization of the APTT testing closer to the patient, creating additional opportunities and challenges for suppliers.
This report presents a detailed analysis of the APTT testing market in the US, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK) and Japan, including clinical significance and current laboratory practice, as well as 5- and 10-year test volume forecasts by country and market segment.
The report examines market applications of chromogenic substrates, monoclonal antibodies, immunoassays, IT, DNA probes, biochips/microarrays, and other technologies; reviews features and operating characteristics of automated analyzers; profiles leading suppliers and recent market entrants developing innovative technologies and products; and identifies alternative market penetration strategies and entry barriers/risks.
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https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aptt-us-europe-japan-test-volume-forecasts-by-country-and-market-segment-through-2018-133794993.html
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He was slammed after posting a Photoshopped image featuring the Senegalese soccer team appearing to sell counterfeit goods.
AceShowbiz - Lord Alan Sugar has apologised for posting a tweet in which he compared Senegal's 2018 FIFA World Cup squad to men selling bags and sunglasses on beaches.
The presenter of BBC TV show The Apprentice has been accused of racism after he posted a Photoshopped image featuring the Senegalese soccer team appearing to sell counterfeit goods.
"I recognise some of these guys from the beach in Marbella. Multitasking, resourceful chaps," the caption to the image read.
Several people criticised the businessman's tweet for being racist, to which he responded: "Why not it is meant to be funny" and "I cant see what I have to apologise for ... its a b**ody joke (sic)."
"Dear @Lord_Sugar, I'm afraid no Senegalese or African will see this as funny. What you wrote was hurtful and plays to a racist stereotype," wrote Osasu Obayiuwana, associate editor of New African magazine and a contributor to a BBC soccer show.
Sugar then tweeted he'd taken the image down after the reaction to his "funny tweet" which he said had only caused offence to "a few people".
However, just over an hour after posting the image, the 71-year-old had a change of heart.
"I misjudged me (sic) earlier tweet. It was in no way intended to cause offence, and clearly my attempt at humour has backfired. I have deleted the tweet and am very sorry," he wrote.
The BBC press office echoed his apology on social media, writing, "Lord Sugar has acknowledged this was a seriously misjudged tweet, and he's in no doubt about our view on this. It's right he's apologised unreservedly."
In 2013, Sugar was investigated by the Merseyside police force after he posted a photograph of a crying Chinese child and joked: "The kid in the middle is upset because he was told off for leaving the production line of the iPhone 5."
The post was classed as a "hate incident" by the force's specialist hate crime investigation team but it decided no crime had taken place.
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Spot from the York and Elizabeth Rivers were taken in 1983, 1984, and 1985. The length to weight ratio was used to find the equation for Condition Index (K). Condition Indices for the two populations were found and plotted against temperature. Regression lines were plotted for each group. From 6 to 19 degrees, the Condition Index of the two populations rises at similar rates. From 19 degrees on, the Elizabeth River Condition Index rises steadily while the York K drops down to approach the levels of winter.
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The Lawther Lecture was initiated in 1975, to honor Dean Lawther's retirement. In 1991, Ms. Maxine Forrest Allen (BSPE, 1935) established the Ethel Martus Lawther Fund to help to support this event.
The Lawther Lecture is presented each year to honor the memory of Dean Martus Lawther.
The Dean's Lecture series, also supported by the Lawther Fund, was initiated in 2016, by Dean Celia Hooper.
The School of Health and Human Sciences is proud of Dean Lawther's legacy.
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1 Me: But but... Dwalin gets massacred by orcs. Steve and Terry fly into a mountain. The Joneses fall foul of da Vinci's Last Deathtrap.
2 Me: The pirates are eaten by cannibals. Shakespeare succumbs to the car accident. The Nigerian Finance Minister is fatally shot.
3 Me: The Allosaurus is wiped out by an asteroid! The Mythbusters simply never get off the Infinite Featureless Plane of Death!
4 Me: I don't die!
2018-10-09 Rerun commentary: Yep. I tried to kill off everyone else.
For some reason, these sorts of plans always come back to bite you in the end.
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This is not only my second The Bacchae and my second Dionysus in two days, but it is also the second to take a bold comedic step outside of Euripides’ tragedy and into the turmoil of a failing modern production. Both Mikra Theatricals’ “The Bacchanals,” which I had caught yesterday at the Surgeons Hall, and today’s “The Bacchae,” which the University of St Andrews’ Mermaids are currently performing at the Infirmary Street Greenside, pits an insurgent all-female chorus against a pompous patriarchal director. In the former play, the director thinks himself Dionysus but he is eventually recast as Pentheus; in the latter, the patriarch is Pentheus outright.
Mikra Theatricals get the top score, though the Mermaids win a couple of bonus points for ambition. Whereas “The Bacchanals” is a witty farce that is set entirely backstage, in the chorus’s dressing-room, the play within the “The Bacchae” is dumped, excruciatingly unprepared, in front of us, the audience-within-the-play. With this device, the Mermaids are condemned, in the end, to perform The Bacchae mostly straight. The bickering between the directors and the directed is hissed sotto voce in between the normal lines. We thus experience Euripides’ original tragedy along with another, more comic play as a kind of marginalia.
This is an innovative and promising premise for a farce, but unfortunately the metatheatre comes across as a brief foreplay rather than as anything more exciting. Indeed, the silliness is faint-hearted and rather scrappy. Toby Poole is very watchable as an aggressively thespian Pentheus, who slouches squarely about with his jaw thrust out. He meets his match in Phoebe Soulon’s femme fatale Dionysus, who is prone to erupt alarmingly into insane cackling like the Joker from Batman. Pentheus’ death is the most skilful and spectacular aspect of this play and certainly worth waiting for. Yet the production only relies upon these two performers for its power and numerous farcical opportunities that are innate to staging a play-within-a-play are never chased up.
The reason for this is possibly that there is never much of a dispute between the rival theatre-makers to begin with. Phoebe claims to want to turn The Bacchae into “relevant” contemporary theatre, perhaps a play in which Pentheus, a representative of the establishment, is torn to shreds by maddened Brexiteers. Toby, on the other hand, wants the story to be told classically, “in togas,” with no politics, and with a man as Dionysus. After not too long, however, both characters have been sucked into the story. Dionysus’s would-be agitprop has harmonised imperceptibly with the traditional tragedy, whilst Pentheus’ stuffiness has melted away within the pulsating Dionysiac rhythms.
Euripides is the winner of this contest. His tragedy fulsomely contains both directors and they can never clamber out of it. Phoebe can hardly be arrested and charged with orchestrating Toby’s murder – the play has eaten her and all of the evidence.
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Western Ridge subdivision, while Eastern Avenue would run north-south and connect Route 240 to Route 250.
A fire along Old Three Notch’d Road caused a rush hour roadblock February 1 on one of Crozet’s main thoroughfares: Three Notch’d Road, aka Route 240. Instead of being able to drive to downtown Crozet, drivers had to make a U-turn, return to U.S. 250 and make a right, then another right onto Crozet Avenue/Route 240, only to be part of a massive backup at the light and four-way stop near the railway trestle at Crozet Square.
High-density growth area Crozet surely has the homes, but roadways have lagged behind. Will 2018 be the year several road projects begin in earnest?
“I think we’re one disaster away from being a critical need even more than it is now,” says realtor and Crozet resident Jim Duncan.
Some neighborhoods, like Parkside Village, Brookwood and Westhall, can only get in through Tabor Street, and that’s a concern for residents who “are afraid they can’t get out,” says Duncan.
“We’ve worked hard for the past 10 years, so it would be great to finally take some steps,” says Ann Mallek, chair of the Albemarle Board of Supervisors and representative of the White Hall District, which includes Crozet, where two connector road projects are in the works.
One would connect Route 240 to Route 250 through Park Ridge Drive and the Cory Farm subdivision.
The proposed Eastern Avenue Connector, which runs north-south, still has two major portions that need to be constructed, says Kevin McDermott, transportation planner for Albemarle County.
The northern piece may break ground soon. “The private developers of the Foothills-Daly development are responsible for making a connection onto Park Ridge Drive and onto Route 240,” McDermott says, and they have submitted all of the required applications.
The southern-portion work is No. 12 on the county’s priority list of road projects, McDermott explains. “Because other priorities are already under way, No. 12 will be a priority in the next year,” he says.
Once the county identifies funds to place into the capital improvement plan, design work will begin, maybe within a year, he says. The county would likely apply for a revenue-sharing grant with the state to get the southern piece of the connector started. “You’re probably looking at two to three years out for construction if everything works well,” says McDermott.
Just ahead of the Eastern Avenue connector is the Library Avenue extension at No. 11.
Developer Frank Stoner (no relation to David Stoner) owns Crozet New Town Associates and its construction arm, Milestone Partners, which will develop the former Barnes Lumber site. His business has put up about $1.9 million so the county could file for matching VDOT funds for an east-west connector road. Funds may be awarded by late spring.
If a go, Phase 1 road funds would become available in July, Stoner says. Design would start immediately, followed by construction in one to one and a half years, according to McDermott.
The roads would extend from Library Avenue to High Street and then back to Crozet Square, Stoner says. Later the connector might extend as a new Crozet “main street” that would go east to Parkside Village and possibly beyond, he says.
• Safety improvements, including a sidewalk in front of the Starr Hill Brewery.
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Citation: Kang, J.Y. (1988). Surgery for gastric cancer in Singapore, 1951-1980, with particular reference to racial differences in incidence. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 18 (5) : 661-664. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.
Abstract: The incidence of surgery for gastric cancer in Singapore increased during the period 1951 to 1980 (males from 3.5 to 8.7 per 100,000 per year: females from 0.5 to 4.2 per 100,000 per year). This increase occurred mainly during the first decade of the study and was confined to persons aged 55 and above. Chinese had the highest incidence, followed by Indians and then Malays. These racial differences remained unchanged over the period of study.
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Cameron lets out a cheer whenever the word "adopt" pops up in conversation. He's trying to offset the word's negative charge for Lily's sake. He's also putting together a little storybook titled Two Monkeys and a Panda. Lily is the panda and her dads are the monkeys (because Cam can draw monkeys). During the research phase, Cameron discovers that Lily's adoption document reads "Lily Tucker Pritchett." There's no hyphen!
The lack of dash means Lily has Mitchell's last name only. Cameron believes this was done intentionally. Mitchell denies it, but later fesses up to his premeditated move. He was worried that Cam was going to freak out at the idea of parenthood and leave them both. Ouch.
Mitchell begins the process of getting a hyphen placed into Lily's name. He also takes a whack at the narrative for Two Monkeys and a Panda. The subtext of the story is all about the undeniable love in their family. Cameron appreciates Mitchell's take on the life they have with their adopted baby girl. By the way, Lily now claps whenever she hears the "A" word. Kinda makes for a nice little story, doesn't it?
The valuable spa certificates that Phil and Claire picked up at an auction expire in one day. Phil says, "If you don't use them then all our money just goes to charity." The horror! Unfortunately, Claire is totally swamped. There's no way she can make the spa thing happen. But if you think those certificates will just go to waste…then you don't know Dunphy.
Alex ruins Haley's sweater as Claire embarks on her busy day. In an effort to avoid a big blowup, Claire travels many miles to buy a replacement sweater. Phil offers simpler solutions to the problem, but Claire doesn't want to hear it. We should mention that all of Phil's suggestions are done via speaker phone as he pampers himself during a luxurious spa day.
Phil's female spa buddies let him know that Claire doesn't want him to solve her problems. It's better to support her as she does things for herself. Later, Claire returns home with a brand new sweater that gets ruined when the ink from the security tag explodes. Haley's furious and Claire's feeling defeated. Fortunately, Phil's there to give her nothing but support. Of course, he's a little miffed when his wife doesn't notice his sparkling new manicure and super-clean pores.
Jay is totally jazzed about the two primo crypt spots he picked out. They're just four spots down from Bugsy Siegel! Gloria, however, would much rather be buried in the ground. A couple of their future crypt neighbors express concern. They are worried that if Jay dies, his much younger wife may sell her spot to a complete stranger. Gloria sees this as opportunity to ditch the whole creepy crypt concept. It's a dead issue.
Jay always figured Gloria would remarry should he die. That never bothered him. Even if Gloria did find someone else, Jay always felt the guy would suffer in comparison to him. Now he's not so sure. But Manny says his mom fell in love with Jay during their first fight because she had finally met her match. That kind of makes Jay irreplaceable. Nice.
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Now more than ever, women in entertainment are using their voices to not only raise awareness for a cause, but also to inspire others.
Friday marks International Women's Day, a day celebrating and recognizing women's rights. Latinas in Hollywood are a fiercely independent and hard-working group, who constantly ban together to spread messages of positivity, empowerment and equal rights. Topics such as better pay, politics, LGBTQ representation and self-acceptance, are what stars such as America Ferrera, Rosario Dawson, Jennifer Lopez and more are advocating for.
While it's easy to enjoy the glitz and glamour that Hollywood offers, these Latinas are going the extra step and sharing their – and other people's – stories, hoping that change comes sooner than later.
ET is celebrating the amazing women in entertainment. Here are eight Latinas who are inspiring a new generation in their own special way.
The Superstore star has been a strong supporter of Time's Up, Voto Latino, the Phenomenal Woman Campaign and also helped push forward more Latinx content in the industry. For Ferrera, it's all about working together with her fellow Latinas.
"It's so wonderful to be able to feel the support of your colleagues, and to know that there is room and space for all of us," she told ET during the How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World press tour in Los Angeles in February. "As a woman and as a woman of color, it is easy to fall in the trap that there's only one piece of the pie because that is what's communicated over and over again."
"I think what's happened so beautifully in communities of color recently, and especially in this industry, is us denying that falsehood, saying, 'You're not my competition. There should be room for all of us, and let's make the pie bigger,'" she continued. "So, if someone else is succeeding, I've got nothing but love and support and excitement that they're breaking down the doors that are in front of them and making room for more and more peoples' experiences to be represented and seen and heard."
Since co-founding Voto Latino in 2004, the actress and activist has been determined to give those whose voices aren't heard a stronger and louder platform. During last year's midterm elections, Dawson worked alongside Ferrera, Eva Longoria, Zoe Saldana and Gina Rodriguez to encourage Latinos to vote.
She's not only looking out for Latinos and their rights, she's also inspiring people who have dealt with loss to be open about their feelings and be more grateful.
“When my cousin [Vaneza] died at 26, it really put a lot in perspective,” she divulged. “My grandma died just before her 76th birthday… It’s so interesting how quickly your perspective can change. I wasn’t expecting to get so dark after my grandmother passed, but I’m so grateful that out of such tragedy with Vaneza I could just reconnect with my family and my friends, and myself, in a way that even in my toughest, most challenging days just gets me out there feeling motivated, grateful and excited. That no matter what, I have a chance at something."
In 2016, the Jane the Virgin star created #MovementMonday to bring awareness to the Latinx acting community. Each week, she spotlights a member/s of the Latino community who have made major impacts in their fields.
"It's me doing it to uplift and highlight and empower other Latinos," she first told ET when she created it three years ago. "To send the message that there's a lot of wonderful and positive things going on in our community -- that's what we should focus on."
These days, Rodriguez continues to celebrate people of color, work with Voto Latino, Time's Up and more organizations that empower and help others. On screen, she prides herself on sharing Latinx stories and representing her culture.
"Representation is clearly extremely important. There were 1700 kids at Carmen Sandiego Day, and that's all they kept repeating to me, how they wanted to see themselves and see their country represented," Rodriguez, who voices Carmen Sandiego in the Netflix animated series, told ET over the phone in January. "They all came with their flags and it was insane to see how much pride it brought them when I said their country's name. Like, you see it in the youth. They're aware, they feel it, they want to see themselves reflected."
"As a Latina, seeing that brown skin on animation is revolutionary. When I saw it in the trailer, I started crying," she continued. "That's not common. It should be. We give ourselves allowance when we see that. And for women, we've had an incredible year of so many strong, fantastic, brilliant women standing up and saying, like, 'Hey guys, not cool anymore.' So it's wonderful to have a character like Carmen, 'cause repetition is needed. We don't need to see one... we need to see a thousand, a million. Because it's necessary to show time and time again the normalization. That we are all valued, we are all worthy, every community, every culture, every religion."
When it comes to empowering females who are major #goals, J.Lo is surely on that list! The multi-hyphenate is passionate, fierce, independent and goes for what she is after. Countless times Lopez has spoken out about how she was told "no," and that she would never make it in Hollywood, only to time and time again prove everyone wrong.
"I think I was pretty fearless. I think when you're younger, you are. Like, ignorance is bliss," Lopez told ET last month about the upside of being young and hungry for success. "You have no idea [to think] like, 'I can fall on my face and it's gonna scar me for 10 years.' You know none of these things."
Aside from just being someone to look up to, the Second Act star also gives back to her community. Following Puerto Rico's tragic Hurricane Maria in 2017, she donated $1 million to relief efforts, as well as put together the Somos Una Voz fundraiser, which raised over $35 million.
For Lopez, the event -- which will feature performances from Lopez, Marc Anthony, Camila Cabello, Demi Lovato, Maroon 5, Ricky Martin and more to raise funds for Feeding America, Save the Children, Habitat for Humanity, Unidos for Puerto Rico, United Way and UNICEF -- was creating some positivity in the world.
"I did it because I wanted to for Puerto Rico but then it does something for me in reminding me we live with a lot of amazing people. There's a lot more love out there than hate," she told ET ahead of the event.
Better representation for Latinos in Hollywood is something that Longoria works hard towards. She not only takes on roles that feature empowering and versatile Latinas, she also creates and produces Latinx-focused shows and movies that feature people of color and women in front and behind the cameras. She also has her Eva Longoria Foundation, which aims to unlock the full potential of Latinas all over the world.
"For me and the foundation, we celebrate Latinas," Longoria, who was accompanied by Zoe Saldana, told ET at her gala in November. "Young Latina’s can’t be what they can’t see, and so to be able to see somebody like Zoe is so important to me because this night’s more about what my foundation does. It’s about celebrating what everybody’s doing in our community and putting a big, loud spotlight on it, a big loud voice, because there’s so much overlapping with what we’re doing."
It's also Longoria's passion to advocate for the Latinx community that keeps her going.
"There was a study that was out that makes sense: Latinos are 18 percent of the population, but we're 23 percent of ticket buyers to movies, and we over index in TV, but we're underrepresented onscreen and behind the camera," she explained during ABC's Television Critics Association winter press tour last month. "I want to create those stories for our community, because we can't be what we can't see, and if all you see on the news in the media is negative depictions of us, you have to counter balance that with our storytelling and our perspective."
"For me, I think when people see Latinos in television and media, it not only teaches others about minority communities, but it teaches us what we think of ourselves, and that's what I want to change," she expressed. "We have to think of ourselves as more, and I want to show that on TV."
The Alita: Battle Angel actress is on a mission to break Latina stereotypes in Hollywood. She prides herself in selecting roles that are out of the box and not necessarily portraying a Latin American woman.
"[In Alita], I got to portray a character where I didn't necessarily have to be anything related to a Latina," she told ET in December, adding, "That's what I also want to do, is branch out and kind of show and broadcast that Latina women are everything. I can be the typical Adelita [in Marwen], just a very typical Mexican woman. But I can also be a cyborg and I can also be a worldly woman."
"You'll Google some actresses and it says 'actress,'" Gonzalez explained. "But if you Google me it's 'Mexican actress,' and that's the stereotype that I want to break. As an actress, that's my agenda. If that means taking smaller roles that's going to help get to that place and be seen in a different light [so be it]. [I want people to say], 'Oh, she went and did this but then went and did that.' That, to me, is the ideal."
There's no doubt that Gonzalez will achieve that and so much more, already starring in a variety of different roles that fans will get to see in the coming year.
The actress couldn't be more proud to play Rosa Diaz on Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The role isn't just fun, it's also a chance for Beatriz to represent the LGBTQ community onscreen.
"I would say that most of that credit really goes to Dan Goor, the show's creator, and the writers who really adamantly feel like our show should reflect what the world and the United States looks like and is, which includes people that are in the LGBTQ community," Beatriz told ET in January.
The comedy was recently nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, as a result, in part, of Rosa's storyline as a bisexual woman. While there had been hints about Diaz's sexuality since the beginning of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the character didn't come out as bisexual until the show's fifth season in 2017, after Beatriz herself came out as bisexual on Twitter the year before.
"I think it's so wonderful that they chose to explore that storyline with my character," the actress expressed. "I'm really, really proud to be a part of that, and I'm so honored that GLAAD continues to shine a light on all this incredible work that's happening across our industry and many others. It's really, really, really amazing of them."
Also representing the LGBTQ community on screen is the One Day at a Time actress. Her character, Elena, came out as a lesbian in season one of the Netflix comedy.
"[I take it] so seriously that it's a little overwhelming, especially because I'm an ally and I'm not actually a person who is living through all of this," Gomez told ET at the season three premiere. "It's a little scary, because I haven't lived it personally, and I want to make sure I'm representing it accurately. So, I've just tried to be the best ally I can be, and to try to listen a lot, and make sure I'm getting all kinds of perspectives."
"But [playing this character is] very important, because I also understand what it means in the sense of, I haven't seen Latinx representation, and I know how great it feels to see that. So to know that I am that for another community, it's rough, but it's awesome," she added.
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Isis has shown up in the BUN TOON a few times over the years….here’s one of them from 2013.
Very tough week around my house.
Click the rabbit above for the last BUN TOON.
Yet Another Another Honest to God True Life Adventure! YAY!
The honesty! The veracity! The truth!
It’s only funny when it’s true, unless it’s funnier when it’s not. But in this case, it is.
According to the news, it turned out to be nothing nefarious. It was a heart attack – another ticker brother taken from the field, but no foul play involved.
So I’m allowed to walk through the park all I want, now.
But I always was, apparently.
If we’re talking about police and rabbits in the bonus section, there’s only one that counts.
Sam, and or Max. They’re both freelance police officers and one of those names is the rabbit. I think the other one’s a dog.
click on it to make it larger. It’s funny. It always is with Steve Purcell.
I’ll teach you young punks to respect me.
This weekend includes Father’s Day. Finally, a day for the men of this world to put aside their privilege, and be celebrated for the effort they sort of make, helping their wives raise a family.
Even though my parents were divorced, my father still had important things to teach me as I grew up and saw him on the occasional weekend and summer holiday.
Every one of those bits of advice are true, and I constantly use the one about writing when teaching my scripting classes. To this day, I still have a Siamese cat, and though I’ve never been in a boxing match, I know how to handle myself when a drunk gets troublesome.
No comment about the rest of it.
I have children of my own, now.
In the world of Father-based comic strip characters, they’re all second rate compared to Jiggs, the orangutan-faced hero of “Bringing up Father” (later known as Jiggs and Maggie).
The magnificent deco-inspired designs and line work of George McManus was inspirational when I was a kid.
I read a bunch of them when I was a kid, and they didn’t make a lick of sense to me. It wasn’t until I was much more sophisticated adult that I realised they weren’t supposed to.
For the slightly updated Bun Toon archive of years past, click here.
If you’re at ALL interested in my fairly interesting father, there’s a bunch of past pages on this blog dedicated to him.
Memory Tricks Bun Toons! What?
Again? I did one of these yesterday?
Didja read yesterday’s Bun Toon? Didja?
Enhanced Honesty Plus. It’s not just for American Media any more.
For the Archive (Yes, it needs updating!) click here.
I was Gumby. Now it can be told.
Long time readers of this blog might recall that I briefly played claymation superstar Gumby on a local TV show in Toronto back in the 80s. At least I did until the Art Clokey Productions people got wind of the WAY I was playing Gumby on the air and eventually took the suit back and put a stop to it.
Pictured above: The REAL Gumby.
We were given the suit and paid a couple of bucks to promote the Gumby video episodes that were on sale at the time, but because I am who I am, I tended to make Gumby tell dirty jokes and claim that the books he liked to walk into were mostly pornographic, and the owners of Gumby took the suit away after about three weeks of this. I like to think the time we rented a live horse to play our Pokey, and took it to a dance club where it shat all over the floor on TV might have played a part as well.
Anyway, I was at a birthday party for Bob Segarini tonight (the host of the show LATE GREAT MOVIES, where these appearances happened), and ran into someone who actually has video tape of this legendary time in my life, and promises to send me some clips to share with you guys. In the meantime, here’s a screengrab from one of the episodes. I’m the idiot in the suit to the right.
I’ll let you know as soon as there’s video.
Last year, someone in a Gumby suit tried to rob a convenience store in San Diego. I have an alibi for the day, and police did not suspect me.
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Fihi Maa Fihi, which means “In it is what is in it”, is a collection of classical Persian prose by Sufi poet Rumi.
Now I offer—together with extra commentaries—a new and much more correct translation of chapter 2. I have left out nothing, I have taken no liberties. I have maintained the original tone and grammatical structures as much as English allows, and when this causes confusion I have added commentaries and explanations.
Speech is the shadow of reality, and its subset. As the shadow absorbed/attracted, reality is the actual fact, and speech is a vehicle, a pretense; (if a shadow can attract, so can its reality) A human is absorbed (at spiritual-intellectual level) to another human through a suitable subset—not through speech—be it if one sees hundreds of thousands of miracles and expressions and holiness, if there is not in him a subset from a prophet or a friend of God, (any other) suitability will not work. So it is this subset that brings (another spiritually attuned) human to extreme enthusiasm (no such word in English) and selflessness and out-of-placedness (again, no such word in English; its closest connotation is being restless in order to go somewhere and do something, or being in a state of having lost one’s calm). If there is no electricity in hay, it would never go toward amber. This pull (quality of pulling) between them is secret, hidden. Humans are taken by the imagination of something to that thing: the thought of the garden takes one (in one’s imagination) to the garden, and the thought of the shop to the shop. But a treachery is hidden in these imagi-thoughts; do you not see when you go to so-and-so place and regret it, saying I thought it was a good place, but it turned out not be. Then these imagi-thoughts are like a chador or shroud, and a person is hidden in that chador. (that is, the possibility that a person can be concealed in a chador always exists, so don’t expect a chador to be just a chador). Then the imagi-thoughts stand up from the middle (are removed) and realities show their faces (become clear and apparent). Without the chador of the imagi-thoughts, there will be Doomsday, no regrets will have remained. (That is, this chador or shroud is this world in which our imagi-thoughts are leading us to various decisions that will cause regrets, as in the example of the garden; so the day of Judgment is the great remover of the shroud of this-worldliness).
Whichever reality attracts you, there will not be anything but that reality itself; “And the day the innermost secrets are made known” (Noble Quran, Surah Tariq, Verse 9) as it is apt to say that the puller (that which attracts) is one but seems numerous, do you not see how a human being wishes hundreds of things. Says, I want totmaaj (a Turkish toffee), I want Boorak (a kind of fried dumpling), I want Halva (sweet paste from flour, butter, cardamom and honey) , I want Qolia (fried kidneys), I want fruit, I want (fruit) dates, shows all these numerous quantities but its origin is one. Its origin is hunger, and hunger is one. Do you not see when he has had his fill (and satisfied that one thing: hunger), he says I do not anymore want these numerous foods. So it became clear that it was one, but not ten and hundred. (just as reality has many shadows, so reality can be manifested in numbers: but in fact it is but one).
“And we did not make the numbers except as a toil and illusion” (Noble Quran, Surah Mudasser, Verse 31) This counting of people, is an illusion, who say this is one and they are a hundred, that is, they say the Saint is one and laypeople are hundreds and thousands. This is a great illusion. Which hundred, which fifty, which sixty? A people without head and feet and without consciousness and awareness and soul ( that is, lost and confused and deluded) moving about like magic spell and mercury—now say they are sixty, hundred or a thousand, or this one just one (that is, the Saint as just one)—yet in fact they (the multitude) are naught and this (the Saint) is a thousand, hundred thousand and a thousand thousands: ‘Less in numbers if they are counted and numerous if they are joined together/united’ (probably an Arabic saying). (Once upon a time) a king would feed one of his men the shares of a hundred (could also mean awarded him hundred times more salary than the rest); the rest of his army were not happy with that. The king told himself (thought), the day will come so I will show you the reason. When the day of the battles drew near, all the rest had fleed but only his favourite general had remained by his side. Then the king said: so much for the reason.
Discernment is that fine meaning within you, (your soul) while you have been night and day busy pampering and protecting that discernless (the body and its desires). You seek excuses that this is based on that, but in fact that is also based on this. (you seek excuses that the soul is dependent on body and nourishing the body means you also care about the soul; yet in fact, the body depends more on the soul for its intangible, psychosomatic and spiritual nourishment) So how is it that you have been wholly and exclusively taking care of this (the body) and have wholly forsaken that (the soul); this is dependent on that and that is not dependent on this (this: body, that: soul). That light emanates from the openings of ears, eyes and so on, and if these openings had not existed, the light would have emanated still, from other openings. (the light emanates no matter what, hence the body is subservient to the soul but the soul is not to the body as much as the body is to the soul. When the soul leaves, the body is dead…yet when the body is dead, the soul lives on immortality. This was proved by Avicenna, refer to the “Flying Man” experiment). It is as if you have brought a lamp in front of the sun, saying you want to see the sun with this lamp; so what if you do not bring the lamp, the sun will display itself nevertheless so what need is there for a lamp.
Never to lose hope in God. Hope is the beginning of the safe path; if you do not go the path, at least keep safe by knowing where the path lies. Do not say I made wrongs, you take up rights—no wrongs would remain. Rightseousness (doing the right things, doing good, being a good Muslim) is like Moses’s walking stick, and those wrongs are the magic spells (Moses fought Pharaoh’s magicians and his walking stick defeated and obliterated the dragons and magic creatures that the magicians had summoned to fight Moses.) When righteousness arrives, it will eat up all the wrongs. If you have done any wrongs, you have done but to your own self, what harm can you cause to Allah?
It is a pity to go to the ocean and to be content with a jarfull or just a sip. After all, they extract gems, pearls and hundreds of thousands of precious items from the ocean. And what is the worth of mere water? And what pride exists in carrying mere water from the ocean for those who are smart and wise? True, this world is nothing but the foam (of water). And the foam’s river of water is the knowledges of the Saints.
What gem can this world be? (it is not a gem, so do not covet it). It is but a wandering foam, which becomes emboldened and numerous from the heavy tides and the stormy weathers and moving waves. “We decorated for people the desires for women and children and gold-filled bags, and fine horses, and other animals and farms and properties. These are the earnings of this world.” (Noble Quran, Surah Al-Imraan, Verse 14. Since the Noble Quran was addressed to Prophet Muhammad SAW, so the reference to desires for women is from that perspective.) So as God says “We decorated” it must not be the objective good, as it has been decorated or designed to appear good, and goodness comes from somewhere else. This world is a fake gold, or a worthless metal with a golden cover, utterly useless and worthless. And “We decorated it” to mean this, that it is fake and only appears real.
The human being is the astrolabe of God, so an astronomer is the one who knows how to use the astrolabe. Cucumber-peddler or a shopkeeper, give them an astrolabe and so what, what gains would they get from it, what conditions of the universe and changes and effects in orbits and revolutions in nebulas and so forth would they fathom? Thus, the astrolabe is useful for the astronomer, since, ‘Whoever knows himself, it is as if he realized how to know God’ (A saying attributed to prophet Muhammad SAW). Just as this (already-mentioned) copper astrolabe is reflective of the conditions of the multiverses, so is the being (of both soul and body) of a human, that “And We truly exalted the offspring of Adam” (Noble Quran, Surah Israa, Verse 70) is also the astrolabe of God.
I don’t know whether you check in with this blog anymore, but I just wanted thank you (SO MUCH) for posting this! You cleared up some things that I couldn’t understand from other translations of this discourse.
Glad to be of help. Take care.
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Forecasters said conditions will only get more lethal as the storm smashes ashore early Friday near the North Carolina-South Carolina line and crawls slowly inland.
Hurricane Florence's leading edge battered the Carolina coast Thursday, bending trees and shooting frothy sea water over streets on the Outer Banks, as the hulking storm closed in with 90 mph (135 kph) winds for a drenching siege that could last all weekend. Tens of thousands were without power.
Forecasters said conditions will only get more lethal as the storm smashes ashore early Friday near the North Carolina-South Carolina line and crawls slowly inland. Its surge could cover all but a sliver of the Carolina coast under as much as 11 feet (3.4 meters) of ocean water, and days of downpours could unload more than 3 feet (0.9 meters) of rain, touching off severe flooding.
Forecasters' European climate model is predicting 2 trillion to 11 trillion gallons of rain will fall on North Carolina over the next week, according to meteorologist Ryan Maue of weathermodels.com. That's enough water to fill the Empire State Building nearly 40,000 times.
A man wades across a bridge flooded by Hurricane Florence in Pollocksville, North Carolina, on September 16, 2018.
Flooding is seen near Interstate Highway 95 in Lumberton, North Carolina on September 16, 2018.
A steeple lies next to the Elah Baptist Church after being blown off by the strong winds of Hurricane Florence on September 16, 2018 in Leland, North Carolina.
A vehicle turns around at Cross Creek that has been turned into a river by the rains from Hurricane Florence as it passed through the area on September 16, 2018 in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Flooding in Brunswick, NC on Sunday September 16, 2018.
A road collapses due to flooding from Florence in Brunswick County, NC on September 16, 2018.
The statue of a horse stands in rising water at the Exchange Nature Park along the Neuse River September 15, 2018 in Kinston, North Carolina.
Rising flood waters overtake a gas station in Lumberton, North Carolina, on September 15, 2018 in the wake of Hurricane Florence.
Barricades block Highway 70 where the Neuse River has flooded the road September 15, 2018 in Kinston, North Carolina.
An emergency truck drives through flood water in Grifton, North Carolina on September 16, 2018.
Robert Dolman walks past a Cadillac that has a large tree limb on it, on September 16, 2018 in Wilmington, North Carolina.
A car is partially submerged in flood water near a house in Grifton, North Carolina on September 16, 2018.
A woman speaks into a cellphone asking for help at her flooded residence in Lumberton, North Carolina, on September 15, 2018 in the wake of Hurricane Florence. Members of the Cajun Navy came to her rescue.
People push a vehicle that stalled as it passed through the flood waters crossing the road after Hurricane Florence passed through the area on September 15, 2018 in Warsaw, North Carolina.
A man drives a Jon Boat through a neighbourhood flooded from heavy rains after Hurricane Florence made landfall on September 14, 2018, in Vanceboro, North Carolina, on September 15, 2018.
A neighbor makes photographs of a boat smashed against a car garage, deposited there by the high winds and storm surge from Hurricane Florence along the Neuse River September 15, 2018 in New Bern, North Carolina.
Boats lean against a tree after flooding the day before pushed them there when Hurricane Florence made landfal, in New Bern, North Carolina on September 15, 2018.
A man wades through rising flood waters on the Cape Fear River during Hurricane Florence in Wilmington, North Carolina on September 14, 2018.
Residents look at downed tree as Hurricane Florence passes over Wilmington, North Carolina on September 14, 2018.
The roof of a gas station is destroyed from strong winds as Hurricane Florence passes over Wilmington, North Carolina on September 14, 2018.
A NC Department of Transportation truck can be seen in the road surrounded by flood waters from the Neuse River in New Bern, North Carolina, September 14, 2018 during Hurricane Florence.
Flood waters from the Trent River inundate a park in Pollocksville, North Carolina on September 14, 2018 during Hurricane Florence.
Firefighters look into a home that a large tree fell on that has three people trapped after Hurricane Florence hit the area on September 14, 2018 in Wilmington, North Carolina.
A mother and daughter that friends were injured in a house that a tree fell on during landfall of Hurricane Florence, in Wilmington, North Carolina on September 14, 2018.
Firefighters pray at an operation to remove a tree that fell on a house injuring resident during Hurricane Florence in Wilmington, North Carolina on September 14, 2018.
A firefighter takes a break in a rescue operation at a house that a tree fell on during landfall of Hurricane Florence, in Wilmington, North Carolina on September 14, 2018.
A downed tree can be seen from State Route 17 in Pollocksville, North Carolina on September 14, 2018 during Hurricane Florence.
Flood waters rise up from the Neuse River in New Bern, North Carolina on September 14, 2018 during Hurricane Florence.
This NOAA satellite handout image shows Hurricane Florence as it made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina on September 14, 2018.
A damaged awning is seen as winds from Hurricane Florence on September 14, 2018 in Myrtle Beach, United States.
A tree bends from the heavy rain and wind from Hurricane Florence in Wilmington, North Carolina on September 14, 2018.
Volunteer Amber Hersel from the Civilian Crisis Response Team helps rescue 7-year-old Keiyana Cromartie and her family from their flooded home September 14, 2018 in James City, United States.
Rescue workers from Township No. 7 Fire Department and volunteers use a boat to rescue a woman and her dog from their flooded home during Hurricane Florence September 14, 2018 in James City, United States.
Rescue workers from Township No. 7 Fire Department and volunteers from the Civilian Crisis Response Team use a truck to move people rescued from their flooded homes during Hurricane Florence September 14, 2018 in James City, United States.
The Trent River (background) overflows its banks and floods a neighborhood during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in River Bend, North Carolina.
The streets of Wilmington, North Carolina, were expectedly deserted awaiting Hurricane Florence's arrival on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Strong winds and sheets of rain fell on the this coastal town.
A tree is down on a road in Wilmington, NC early Friday morning.
Men pack their belongings after evacuating their house after the Neuse River went over its banks and flooded their street during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in New Bern, North Carolina.
Michael Nelson floats in a boat made from a metal tub and fishing floats after the Neuse River went over its banks and flooded his street during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in New Bern, North Carolina.
A truck drives through deep water after the Neuse River went over its banks and flooded the street during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in River Bend, North Carolina.
A sign warns people away from Union Point Park after is was flooded by the Neuse River during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in New Bern, North Carolina.
Residents try to prepare for more floodwaters at the Trent Court public housing apartments after the Neuse River went over its banks during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in New Bern, United States.
Residents wade through deep floodwater to retrieve belongings from the Trent Court public housing apartments after the Neuse River went over its banks during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in New Bern, United States.
Flash flooding covers the road in low-lying areas as the outer edges of Hurricane Florence being to affect the coast September 13, 2018 in Atlantic Beach, United States.
Shianne Coleman (L) gets a hand from friend Austin Gremmel as they walk in flooded streets as the Neuse River begins to flood its banks during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in New Bern, North Carolina.
Residents walk in flooded streets as the Neuse River floods its banks during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in New Bern, North Carolina.
A man makes photographs of the flooded streets as the Neuse River floods its banks during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in New Bern, North Carolina.
Diamond Dillahunt, 2-year-old Ta-Layah Koonce and Shkoel Collins survey the flooding at the Trent Court public housing apartments after the Neuse River topped its banks during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in New Bern, United States.
The Trent Court public housing apartments are flooded after the Neuse River topped its banks during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in New Bern, North Carolina.
High wind and driving rain obscure the 8 1/2 Marina Village as Hurricane Florence beings to make landfall September 13, 2018 in Atlantic Beach, United States.
Portions of a boat dock and boardwalk are destroyed by powerful wind and waves as Hurricane Florence arrives September 13, 2018 in Atlantic Beach, United States.
Floodwater covers the walkway to the Bridgepointe Hotel and Marina as the Neuse River floods its banks during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in James City, United States.
High wind and driving rain obscure the view from the Atlantic Beach Bridge as Hurricane Florence beings to make landfall September 13, 2018 in Atlantic Beach, United States.
As of 11 p.m., Florence was centered about 85 miles (135 kilometers) east-southeast of Wilmington, its forward movement slowed to 5 mph (7 kph). Hurricane-force winds extended 80 miles (130 kilometers) from its center, and tropical-storm-force winds up to 195 miles (315 kilometers).
A spray painted message is left on a boarded up condominium as the outer bands of Hurricane Florence being to affect the coast September 13, 2018 in Atlantic Beach, United States.
Associated Press writers Seth Borenstein in Washington; Jeffrey Collins and Claire Galofaro in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Jennifer Kay in Miami; Gary Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina; Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie in Richmond, Virginia; Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina; Skip Foreman in Charlotte, North Carolina; Jeff Martin in Hampton, Georgia; David Koenig in Dallas; Gerry Broome at Nags Head, North Carolina; and Jay Reeves in Atlanta contributed to this report.
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I became interested in science and technology studies (STS) as an undergraduate engineering student in Georgia. When my flight performance professor off-handedly mentioned fuel dumping, I immediately wanted to know: Dumping on whom? With what consequences? And who gets to decide whether that’s okay?
As a graduate student in an interdisciplinary environmental studies program, I pursued questions about the human, political and environmental dimensions of science and technology. That led me to research at the intersection of STS and environmental justice studies, focusing on social inequality in the distribution of environmental hazards and decision-making power.
I came to Drexel in 2014 from the University of Washington-Bothell. I teach classes in Science and Technology Policy, Environmental Politics and Citizen Science. I also advise MS students in the Science, Technology, and Society and Environmental Policy Programs. My research group, the Fair Tech Collective, welcomes students from all levels and backgrounds who are interested in mobilizing science and technology to empower environmental justice communities. We use an apprenticeship model: students learn by doing alongside more experienced researchers.
Empirical – I observe and analyze environmental controversies in order to understand the disconnects between how technical experts understand environmental issues and how people actually live with these environmental hazards.
Ethical – I use political and ethical theory to envision ways that science and technology could better support environmental justice and more effectively empower communities.
Experimental – I collaborate with scientists, engineers and community members to put theory into practice: we create technologies and design studies to address environmental justice issues, then we assess their impact.
For example, in one project I document the history of community-based air monitoring at oil refinery fencelines (empirical) while collaborating with community air monitoring activists to develop an interactive website (airwatchbayarea.org) and an app for exploring real-time air quality data in the Bay area (experimental).
My book, "Refining Expertise: How Responsible Engineers Subvert Environmental Justice Challenges", was awarded the 2015 Rachel Carson prize for a work of social or political relevance by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S).
I currently serve as an elected member of the 4S Council (2015-2018), and on the editorial boards of Energy Research and Social Science and Citizen Science: Theory and Practice.
My commentary and analysis has been featured in The Washington Post, Contra Costa Times, Issues in Science and Technology, as well as in blogs such as PLOS One – Citizen Science and Backchannels.
I’ve been quoted in Grid Magazine, Public Source, and by the National Public Radio affiliate WHYY, as well as other publications focusing on energy, design, science and the environment.
“A Missing Link in Making Meaning from Air Monitoring,” Backchannels (Society for Social Studies of Science Blog), April 16, 2016.
“Technology that ‘works for us and not against us’,” The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association Blog, March 4, 2016.
“Citizen Engineers at the Fenceline,” Issues in Science and Technology, Winter 2016: 72-78.
“Is it good science? Activism, values, and communicating politically relevant science." Journal of Science Communication 14 (2015).
“Groundbreaking Air Quality Study Demonstrates the Power of Citizen Science,” PLOS Blogs – Citizen Science, November 6, 2014.
“Residents must be integral part of any monitoring system,” Contra Costa Times, September 5, 2014.
2013 Gwen Ottinger, Refining Expertise: How Responsible Engineers Subvert Environmental Justice Challenges. New York: New York University Press.
2011 Gwen Ottinger and Benjamin R. Cohen, editors, Technoscience and Environmental Justice: Expert Cultures in a Grassroots Movement. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, Urban and Industrial Environments Series.
2017 Gwen Ottinger and Elisa Sarantschin, “Exposing Infrastructure: How Activists and Experts Connect Ambient Air Monitoring and Environmental Health,” Environmental Sociology 3(2): 155-165.
2014 Gwen Ottinger, Timothy Hargrave, and Eric Hopson, “Procedural Justice in Wind Facility Siting: Recommendations for State-led Siting Processes,” Energy Policy 65: 662 – 669.
2013 Gwen Ottinger, Richard Worthington, Warren Gold, Kern Ewing, James Fridley, Rodney Pond, and Brooke Kiener, “Interdisciplinary CBR with Disciplinary Expertise: Bridging Two (or more) Cultures in Undergraduate Projects,” Currents in Teaching and Learning 5(1-2): 4 – 16.
2013 Gwen Ottinger, “The Winds of Change: Environmental Justice in Energy Transitions,” Science as Culture 22(2): 222 – 229.
2013 Gwen Ottinger, “Changing Knowledge, Local Knowledge, and Knowledge Gaps: STS Insights into Procedural Justice,” Science, Technology, and Human Values 38(2): 250 – 270.
2012 Gwen Ottinger and Benjamin R. Cohen, “Environmentally Just Transformations of Expert Cultures: Toward the Theory and Practice of a Renewed Science and Engineering,” Environmental Justice 5(3): 158 – 163.
2011 Gwen Ottinger, “Environmentally Just Technology,” Environmental Justice 4(1): 81 – 85.
2010 Gwen Ottinger, “Constructing Empowerment through Interpretations of Environmental Surveillance Data,” Surveillance and Society, 8(2): 221 – 234.
2010 Scott Frickel, Sahra Gibbon, Jeff Howard, Joanna Kepner, Gwen Ottinger, and David Hess, “Undone Science: Charting Social Movement and Civil Society Challenges to Research Agenda Setting,” Science, Technology, and Human Values, 35(4): 444 – 473.
2010 Gwen Ottinger, “Buckets of Resistance: Standards and the Effectiveness of Citizen Science,” Science, Technology, and Human Values 35(2): 244 – 270.
2009 Gwen Ottinger, “Epistemic Fencelines: Air Monitoring Instruments and Expert-Resident Boundaries,” Spontaneous Generations 3(1): 55 – 67.
2016 Gwen Ottinger, "Social Movement-Based Citizen Science." In The Rightful Place of Science: Citizen Science, edited by Darlene Cavalier and Eric B. Kennedy, 89-104. Tempe, AZ: Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes.
2016 Gwen Ottinger, Javiera Barandiarán, and Aya H. Kimura, “Environmental Justice: Knowledge, Technology, and Expertise,” pp. 1029 – 1058 in The Handbook of Science and Technology Studies, 4th Edition, edited by Ulrike Felt, Clark A. Miller, Rayvon Fouché, and Laurel Smith-Doerr. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
2011 Gwen Ottinger, “Rupturing Engineering Education: Opportunities for Transforming Expert Identities through Community-based Projects,” pp. 229 – 248 in Technoscience and Environmental Justice: Expert Cultures in a Grassroots Movement, edited by Gwen Ottinger and Benjamin R. Cohen. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
2006 Gwen Ottinger, “Belief in ‘Cancer Alley’: Church, Chemicals, and Community in New Sarpy, Louisiana,” pp. 153 – 166 in Dispatches from the Field: Neophyte Ethnographers in a Changing World, edited by Andrew M. Gardner and David M. Hoffman. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press.
2014 Gwen Ottinger. “Absence and Expectation,” Response to Special Issue on “Absences,” in Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 3(8): 10-12.
2013 Gwen Ottinger, “Peopling Petrochemical America,” Review of Richard Misrach and Kate Orff, Petrochemical America, in Southern Spaces, 26 November 2013.
2012 Gwen Ottinger, Review of Edward Snajder, Nature Protests: The End of Ecology in Slovakia, in Political and Legal Anthropology Review 35(1): 147 – 148.
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TV series from Iran. In Farsi with no subtitles.
This TV series is about 10 hours long and it comes on 6 DVDs. On Sale. Order it now.
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https://www.writermag.com/contests/bluecat-screenplay-competition/
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© 2015 The Editor of Ethnopolitics.This paper examines responses of states and intergovernmental organizations to the claims of independent statehood grounded in the right to self-determination. Virtually all assertions of independence invoke this right and it is highly probable that this long-standing global trend will continue. At the same time, only a relatively limited number of them are supported externally, either in the form of widespread public endorsement or outright recognition of a new state. This paper argues that there has been a clear prevailing international practice for more than five decades. On the one hand, international society has accepted self-determination claims to independence put forward by colonies and by non-colonial entities that obtained assent of their parent states. On the other hand, it has opposed claims set forth by non-colonial entities against the will of their parent states unilaterally. However, countries have been unable to maintain complete consistency and, in recent years, great powers found themselves at profound odds over a number of cases. These differences have led, and have a future potential to lead, to various forms of international conflict.
Ethnopolitics. 14. Issue 5. 498 - 504. ISSN 1744-9057. DOI 10.1080/17449057.2015.1051812.
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https://inta.gatech.edu/publications/pub/4157
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Originally published at Prepography, Andrew J. Jackson has generously allowed me to share his article with Survival Sherpa readers. Mr. Jackson approaches the study of preparedness, risk, enemy capabilities, economics, politics, the rise and fall of cultures/civilizations and just about everything else from a systems perspective. He is an entrepreneur working as a risk manager for hire. He has 27 years military experience beginning with an active duty stint as an 11B (Infantryman) in the 82nd Airborne Division and am currently a Reserve field grade Military Intelligence Officer. He is a generalist.
I’ve had several conversations with some of my closest confidants recently that have opened my eyes and eliminated a blind spot in my understanding of (some) other people’s preparedness paradigms…or lack thereof. It seems that some people fear thinking about preparedness. These people avoid the thought or discussion of perils and preparedness topics. Some people go so far as to avoid entertainment that deals with preparedness or the consequences from a lack of preparedness.
You may be chuckling too yourself at my former ignorance, but as a lifelong prepper (in mindset if not always in actuality) I never stopped to consider that someone would willing chose ignorance. I get it now, though. As a business owner I receive phone calls all the time from sales professionals wanting to sell me the next great thing to make my business grow. If they get through my well trained staff they rarely get past the first sentence of their sales pitch before I politely thank them for calling and tell them I’m not interested. At that point I don’t know the details of their pitch but I do know there are only so many hours in the day and I can’t spend them all listening to every telemarketer that calls. The bottom line is that I’m not open to whatever new information and knowledge (with the resulting price tag) that those telemarketers wish to ‘bless’ me with. By choosing ignorance of their ‘pitch’ I don’t have to deal with the potential discomfort of living without a product or service I might need or the discomfort of living without the money that I just spent on that product or service.
My prepper-shy friends are no different than I am with the telemarketer’s sales pitches except that missing this opportunity will potentially affect more than just the bottom line. These friends have expressed to me that the potential discomfort that they are avoiding is fear but they are already operating on a fear of the unknown. These people believe that the study of and actions necessary to become better prepared are attributable to and result from fear. By not entertaining the idea of preparedness they are avoiding living in fear. Unfortunately, this reaction is based on a half-formed thought.
According to Psychology Today “Fear is a vital response to physical and emotional danger—if we didn’t feel it, we couldn’t protect ourselves from legitimate threats. But often we fear situations that are far from life-or-death, and thus hang back for no good reason… exposing ourselves to our personal demons is the best way to move past them.” In other words, the more experience and knowledge you have about something the less fearful you will be. Additionally, even when the situation is life and death we must learn to banish fear to the point where we can do what is necessary to assure the survival of our loved ones and ourselves.
In the Army we know that people are fearful of new situations, whether it be public speaking (briefing in military parlance) or battle, so we train the troops… then we train them some more… and finally we train them again. Our training generally involves imparting initial knowledge and skills followed by exposing the troops to increasing realistic training scenarios. Military training is designed largely, not just to teach job functions and skills, but also to banish fear…or at least to keep fear at bay so that the mission can be accomplished.
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2019-04-20T23:05:39Z
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https://survivalsherpa.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/3-steps-to-banish-fear-of-preparedness/
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Washington, DC . . . On Friday, May 27, summer hours went into effect at the National Archives. The museum, located on the National Mall on Constitution Avenue and 9th Street, NW, is now open to the public from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week through Labor Day. Admission is free. The Museum is open every day except December 25. Research Room hours remain the same.
The Charters of Freedom: "A New World is at Hand" — Surrounding the Rotunda's centerpiece cases, this exhibit presents a selection of milestone documents that chronicle the creation of the Charters of Freedom in the 18th century and their impact on the course of history in the United States and around the world.
The Public Vaults — This interactive permanent exhibition creates the feeling of going into stacks and vaults of the National Archives. See the raw material from which history is made. From Washington's letters, Lincoln's telegrams, and FDR's fireside chats to UFO reports and declassified secrets of World War II, these documents chronicle both great national events and the lives of individual Americans.
Americans in Paris — For more than two centuries Americans have been drawn to Paris, on missions of commerce and diplomacy, in scientific and cultural pursuits, in voyages of pleasure and in the necessities of war. Records in the National Archives and its Presidential Libraries—including treaties, letters, photos and films—document many of these journeys. Located in the Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery, Americans in Paris" runs through Columbus Day, October 10, 2005.
William G. McGowan Theater — Starting at 10:30 a.m. and running throughout the day, a free 18-minute film is shown every 30 minutes. Produced by Middlemarch Films for NOVA/WGBH (Boston) and PBS, "Preserving the Charters of Freedom" reveals the behind-the-scenes excitement and drama of the preservation and re-encasement of The Declaration of Independence. The McGowan Theatre will serve as the Capitol region's most important venue for documentary film, as well as a forum for the great issues of American government.
The Microfilm and Central Research Rooms at the downtown building, and the Research Complex at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland, are open to the public Monday and Wednesday, 8:45 A.M. - 5 P.M.; Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 8:45 A.M. - 9 P.M.; and Saturday, 8:45 A.M. - 4:45 P.M. These hours are the same year round. The research rooms are closed on Sundays and all Federal holidays. For additional research information, please call 202-501-5400. The number for the Public Events Line, listing free public programs and upcoming events, is 202-501-5000.
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https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2005/nr05-75.html
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Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) presented an artist talk and screening with New York-based artist C. Spencer Yeh, whose interdisciplinary art bridges projects in sound composition, improvisational performance, and experimental video. In this special hybrid event, which launched EAI's distribution of his moving image work, Yeh explored the relationship of music and video in his art. Yeh screened several video works, including Scrub Study and Eclipse (both 2009), which acclaimed musician and composer Nate Wooley accompanied live. The evening also featured a special "listening" premiere of Yeh's forthcoming LP, Solo Voice I - X, to be released by Primary Information this spring. This presentation was followed by a conversation between Yeh, Primary Information's James Hoff, and EAI's Director of Distribution Rebecca Cleman.
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2019-04-21T00:49:51Z
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http://www.eai.org/public-programs/219
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Sister Christine Frost MBE (born 1937 in Limerick, Ireland) is a religious sister working and living in Poplar, London. She was awarded the MBE for her work in deprived areas of Tower Hamlets in the shadow of Canary Wharf, where she has been campaigning since the 1980s.
She launched the charity Neighbours in Poplar in 1968, to help older adults meet up and enjoy outings, and later South Poplar and Limehouse Action for Secure Housing (SPLASH), showing similar concern for teenagers. She is known locally for distributing Christmas meals to elderly and lonely people.
In 2010 she led a public protest against rigid restrictions introduced by Tower Hamlets Council in the name of safety following a tower block fire in south London.
On 8 August 2014, Frost removed an emblem resembling the Black Standard from the entrance to a Council estate in Poplar, as the local authority had been slow to react. She explained that the protesters had intended to express solidarity with Gaza, but had been unaware that other residents would be intimidated.
^ a b Dominic Gover (8 August 2014). "Who is Sister Christine?". International Business Times. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
^ Jane Kelly (30 August 2014). "'I see the powerlessness of the people here': a Catholic nun among east London's Muslims". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
^ a b "Nun sees off the doormat health and safety zealots". Telegraph. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
^ Gemma Collins; Mike Brooke (17 June 2008). "Sister of Mercy, headmaster and two professors put East End on Queen's List". East London Advertiser. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
^ Robin de Peyer (8 August 2014). "Black flag linked to jihadists Isis removed from London estate by nun". Evening Standard. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
^ Robert Booth (8 August 2014). "Islamist flag removed: 'There is no place for hate in Tower Hamlets'". Guardian. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
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The United States is on track to post a record high goods trade deficit for the first three quarters of 2018, contradicting President Donald Trump’s midterm campaign trail triumphalism on trade.
Instead of the speedy reduction in the trade deficit that Trump promised as a focal point of his presidential campaign, during his presidency, the U.S. trade deficit with the world, China and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) nations has steadily grown. The data underscores that the Trump administration has chosen not to employ all of the tools at its disposal to bring down the trade deficit.
When the U.S. Census Bureau releases nine-month data Friday, the global and China deficits are likely to be higher than the nine-month level of Trump’s first year, which was higher than the nine months of President Barack Obama’s last year. The U.S. also is on track to end 2018 with the highest goods trade deficit with NAFTA partners since 2008. This is being driven by increasing imports from both Canada and Mexico since 2016, but especially from Mexico this year.
This note provides comparison data for the cumulative third-quarter 2018 deficit relative to past years. This offers a clearer picture of overall trade flow trends than changes in month-to-month numbers. Monthly trade figures are volatile, and the “seasonal adjustment” of the monthly data done by the Census Bureau does not control for key factors, such as U.S. exporters trying to speed up shipments to avoid imposition of various countervailing tariffs. We focus on goods balances because services data by country lags the goods data by months. (The relevant services data will not be available until December 2018.) All figures are adjusted for inflation, so they represent changes in trade balances expressed in constant dollars.
The U.S. trade deficit with China is on pace to set another all-time record. The goods trade deficit with China over the first eight months of 2018 was the highest first eight months ever recorded – a 12 percent increase over 2016. Comparing the first eight months of Trump’s first year in office to his second year, the China goods trade deficit increased 7 percent from $245 billion in 2017 to $261 billion in 2018. This compares to $234 billion for the first eight months of 2016, Obama’s last year in office.
After increasing steadily during the Trump presidency, with a total increase of 24 percent over 2016, the U.S. goods trade deficit with NAFTA partners during the first eight months of 2018 was the highest in the decade since the financial crisis. The U.S. trade deficit with NAFTA partners during the first eight months of 2018 increased 10 percent from $129 billion in 2017 to $142 billion in 2018 after falling to $115 billion in 2016, the last year of Obama’s term. The 2008 eight-month deficit, before the effect of the crisis was felt, reached a record $167 billion before falling to $88 billion in 2009 over the same period.
The overall U.S. goods trade deficit with the world over the first eight months of 2018 was the highest in the decade since the financial crisis and up 13 percent over 2016. The U.S. trade deficit with the world over the first eight months of 2018 increased 7 percent from $532 billion in 2017 to $570 billion in 2018, up from $506 billion in 2016, the last year of Obama’s term. The 2008 eight-month deficit, before the effect of the financial crisis was felt, reached a record $658 billion before falling to $362 billion over the same period in 2009.
The growth of the NAFTA trade deficit has been overshadowed by focus on U.S.-China trade conflicts. But it is notable that the growth of the U.S.-Mexico deficit is accelerating, with 10 percent growth from the first eight months of 2017 relative to the same period in 2018 compared to 7 percent growth over that period from 2016 to 2017. The U.S. deficit with Canada is still growing, but the rate has not accelerated.
This data is likely to color the debate next year as a renegotiated NAFTA heads toward congressional consideration. Public Citizen’s analysis of the NAFTA 2.0 text revealed some improvements progressives have long demanded, damaging terms long opposed and important unfinished business. The analysis showed that fixing NAFTA’s trade-deficit-raising terms that incentivize U.S. firms to outsource jobs to Mexico to pay workers poverty wages, dump toxins and bring their products back here for sale remains a work-in-progress.
The data arrives on the heels of Trump’s Treasury Department failing to label any country a currency manipulator. An analysis released recently by Public Citizen shows how the Trump Treasury Department’s decision to rely on reporting criteria created by the previous administration has ensured no action on the issue, despite then-candidate Trump pledging to crack down on countries that gain trade advantages by distorting currency values.
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Stay focused, stay positive, and keep moving in a direction which contributes to kindness. Quickly put distractions in the rear view mirror, move on with determination, and stay on course.
During the past few years I have posted many thoughts on FB and on my blog which personally came from within and from my experience with life, it’s easy anyone can do it. Some people are interested, others could care less. I would be very naive to think my opinions and experiences resonate with everyone. My intent is to build a story over time that relates to everyday occurrences in real life. For every good intentioned thought or point of view, there will always be a different perspective. Different perspectives are fine, they can ignite a change which results in positive growth, understanding, and revising an existing opinion if we are open minded.
Over the years I’ve come to accept that it is fine for people to have different opinions, after all they are entitled to them whether they fit my narrative or not. Besides, if we cannot fathom anyones’s opinion except our own, we will travel a path which leads to a narrow tunnel. We become stuck in that tunnel and unwilling to budge. Each person is responsible for the actions they initiate in their life, and everyone has the freedom of choice. It’s how we choose to implement choices that determines our progression in life and thereafter.
Differences of opinion help define our world, they can steer misguided thoughts and actions in a positive direction or they can be misguided and create discord if encouraged. Our voyage through life is filled with agreements and disagreements. Differences are a way of life, they are bound to happen on a daily basis, that’s just the way the world operates. If one believes whole heartedly in a concept, step forward and defend it in a rational manner.
May the upcoming weekend bring peace of mind, kindness, and worship.
Lord, when we are feeble and frail, let us be able to reflect and know we did some good. Let us not look back and wish we did something when we did nothing.
Who doesn’t dream of living a long life, particularly after retirement? Everyone does, especially if that long life includes health and happiness. Unfortunately many people do not realize their dream due to physical maladies which wreak havoc on the body. They worked so hard for those they loved. Life is so very precious, each day we have the opportunity to make today a little better than yesterday whether we are still working or retired.
Retirement is embraced with great anticipation when we face challenging days on the job. If we are fortunate to be retired, we recall the days which summoned all of our patience and skills to survive the drama surrounding working with others. We dream about how nice it would be to wake up each morning knowing we are the ones in charge of managing our time. What a wonderful feeling of freedom to rise at the break of day and realize this day is my day, I choose what I accomplish today. We survived, and we are retired.
Anytime is a good time, but retirement is a perfect time to call upon our strengths to make the world a better place for everyone. If there is some small deed we can do to resolve an issue or to make life better for others, now is the perfect time to step up to the plate. We are retired, we have time, we have resources, we have experience, we have what it takes to help others. Our time can be filled with good works and making ourself useful to others. What is the point of living through many decades if we can’t see that the world was made better because of something nice we did?
God knows we all long for freedom from a daily job. God knows we need his help. We should ask for his help to guide us in a direction that grants us the knowledge to spend our time wisely so that we are a blessing to others. Lord, when we are feeble and frail, let us be able to reflect and know we did some good. Let us not look back and wish we did something when we did nothing.
Overuse Of The Exclamation Point Hits Epidemic Proportions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An exclamation point is used to emphasize a vigorous event or commanding revelation. I begrudgingly accept that, its overuse has resulted in nothing more than just another punctuation mark or a broken nail pounded with a jackhammer at the end of any sentence.
The obsessive overuse of the exclamation point on social media and writing has become an epidemic. It has evolved into an obsession to emphatically over emphasize ordinary circumstances. An exclamation point has become mundane, misused, overused, and unexcitable. It is often misunderstood and seems interchangeable with other forms of punctuation. I openly admit I am not a professional writer nor an English major and I make mistakes in grammar frequently. A basic understanding of grammar should be sufficient to digest the proper use of the exclamation point. We all have that basic understanding, right?
An exclamation point is used to emphasize a vigorous event or commanding revelation. It is used to indicate excitability and can offer great revelations when used properly. Its overuse has resulted in a broken nail flattened with a jackhammer to drive home a point at the end of statements or it is substituted for more suitable forms of punctuation. The issue is, exclamation points are rarely used correctly and are often used to affirm emotions which have angry tones or to proclaim an unwillingness to accept another’s opinion. Many people despise the exclamation point and immediately ignore expressions of statements which have a nail pounded at the end. At no point in the English language is it ever considered ideal to use multiple exclamation points after making a statement.!!!!!!!!!! It creates a negative interpretation because of the repeated nails flattened with a jackhammer. When a point has been made, one exclamation point is sufficient. No useful purpose is served by adding multiple nails jackhammered with an overwhelming g-force that flattens the keyboard. Multiple exclamation points can expose lazy vocabulary skills. There are a multitude of word choices available to drive home a point without using an exclamation point.
Feuding with one who has ended their statement with an emphatic exclamation point quite often begins a volley of exchanges which can quickly escalate into nonsense or swatting each other with rapid fire rants. Slow down, think about what needs to be said or written without the emphatic sledge hammer at the end of a statement. Composing a rational viewpoint which limits the possibility for turbulent exchanges and minimizes misinterpretations may take some time and diligent thought. Draft a sentence or thought that can initiate an exchange of ideas which are mutually acceptable to each party and omit the sledge hammer at the end. The outcome will result in a willingness to engage in understanding each others viewpoints and contribute to a well thought out volley of words. We want our viewpoints recognized, so minimize the use of the exclamation point, it rarely garners an exchange of words which contributes to civility and understanding.
Concise, honest, and compassionate writing along with prudent conversation helps cultivate the groundwork for humanity. Writing and speaking skills are a means of expressing our resourcefulness for ideas and a means to showcase our grammar. If one must use an exclamation point, do so in a manner that reflects excitability, civility, or in a way that transitions a persons attention to an urgent matter. and please one nail at the end is enough. The command of our English language has been hijacked by texting, using numbers for words, using individual letters for entire words, acronyms, and twisting of words. We have steadily slipped into the depths of limited vocabulary, limited knowledge of proper sentence structure, general withdrawal from proper english, and limited writing skills. Aside from that, resist the urge to pull the exclamation point out of the tool box because there are many other tools that can be used to drive home a statement.
Author scowgarPosted on July 10, 2017 July 12, 2017 Categories Short StoriesTags Explanation PointLeave a comment on Overuse Of The Exclamation Point Hits Epidemic Proportions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2019-04-23T10:31:34Z
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Let's Get Ready walks users through different beauty looks, and can add Max Factor, Sally Hansen and other consumer products to Amazon baskets.
Coty Inc. is getting ready — with Amazon’s Alexa.
The beauty conglomerate has developed a skill specifically for the Amazon Echo Show — the version of the company’s voice-activated service that includes a video screen — called Let’s Get Ready. The program will be deployed in the U.K. Wednesday and offers consumers a way to not only shop across several Coty consumer brands (Rimmel, Max Factor, Bourjois, Sally Hansen and Clairol), but to learn different beauty looks.
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2019-04-25T13:54:46Z
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https://wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/beauty-features/coty-develops-amazon-echo-show-technology-11097135/
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Heat the coconut butter in a deep frying pan and gently cook the onion and garlic until softened. Stir in the tomatoes, Italian herbs and balsamic vinegar. Bring to a simmer and cook slowly for 30 minutes. Stir in the basil and season with salt and pepper. This can be left chunky or blended in a food processor for a smooth sauce.
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This is the latest limited edition release by UK based GNOD. This is limited to only 70 numbered copies and available on the Reverb Worship label. It features 3 tracks in about 37 minutes and what a trip this is. The Thunderbolt Loop starts things off and is very hypnotic. Bass, different percussion, etc. slowly overtakes your attention for the starting dominant loop. Cool and very creative. Roofless (edit) is 24 minutes and starts with some chimes and disturbances. Nice chime playing but be patient. At around 8 minutes the chimes go wild and the aliens make the CD player spit the CD out and it is over. Damn… Ok... well, could not hear the last 16 minutes of that track but Off Somewhere in a Dingy is like a strange native American Indian chant freakout. Be careful with the peyote.
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http://aural-innovations.com/2009/october/gnod%20reverb.htm
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Forms of the imperfect, regular verbs.
hablar > habl-; comer > com-; vivir > viv-.
Endings: -ar verbs: -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -abais, -aban.
-er and -ir verbs: -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían.
To indicate an action or state viewed as being in progress in the past.
Yo cantaba mi canción favorita. I was singing my favorite song.
Estábamos muy cansados. We were (feeling) very tired.
To indicate a customary or repeated action or state in the past.
Cada domingo íbamos al parque. Every Sunday we used to go to the park.
De vez en cuando me miraban. They would look at me from time to time.
Eran las seis de la mañana. It was six o'clock a.m.
Era lunes, el cinco de junio. It was Monday, June 5th.
Ella tenía hambre, y no había nada en la refrigeradora. She was hungry, and there was nothing in the refrigerator.
Special usage: hacer with expressions of time.
To indicate an action which started in (prior) past time and which is viewed as still continuing in past time, the imperfect is used. In English this is often expressed with for plus a period of time, with the verb in the past perfect progressive.
(cuando algo extraño pasó). (when something strange happened).
In these expressions of time, you can use hacía ... que before the verb, or desde hacía after the verb, as shown in two examples given above.
Hace tres horas que trabajo. I have been working for three hours.
¿Cuánto tiempo hacía que usted viajaba por México? How long had you been traveling around Mexico?
Llevaba tres horas trabajando. I had been working for three hours.
¿Cuánto tiempo llevabas viajando por México? How long had you been traveling around Mexico?
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2019-04-24T20:23:04Z
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CANBERRA, Australia – Australia will allow gun owners to hand in illegal firearms without penalty next month as concerns grow over crimes involving such weapons.
The three-month amnesty will be the first such nationwide amnesty on surrendered firearms since 1996 when a lone gunman killed 35 people and galvanized support for tough gun controls.
Justice Minister Michael Keenan said on Friday the new amnesty is needed to reduce the number of guns in the community because of new security threats including Islamic extremism.
There have been five violent incidents in Australia that the government describes as terrorist attacks since the national terror threat level was raised in September 2014. Three involved illegal guns and two involved knives.
Keenan told reporters: "We're living in a time when our national security environment has deteriorated."
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2019-04-25T14:28:08Z
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/australia-to-hold-first-nationwide-gun-amnesty-in-21-years
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Dhaula Kuan (Hindi: धौला कुआँ) is a major intersection of roads in Delhi, India. The name also now refers to the neighbourhood surrounding the intersection.
Five major thoroughfares in Delhi meet at Dhaula Kuan. Passing Through the intersection are the Ring Road and National Highway 8, which feed traffic around Delhi and from Central Delhi to Gurgaon, and points south and southwest, respectively. National Highway 8 is also the primary route of traffic from Delhi to Delhi Airport.
A major infrastructure project during the 1990s and early 2000s led to the construction of a figure-eight interchange that eliminated stop lights and improved traffic flow.
In addition to being a major road hub, Dhaula Kuan is also a primary stop on the Delhi Ring Railway and is the location of a Delhi Metro stop on the Connaught Place - Airport line.
Currently, Dhaula Kuan serves as a primary exchange point for multimodal travellers, and its importance is expected to grow as the Delhi Metro and Terminal 3 at Delhi Airport is constructed.
The name Dhaula Kuan, means white well when translated to English from Hindi, (just as Dhaulagiri means white mountain), and refers to an ancient water well in the area that has white-colored sand. It has been speculated that the well was constructed by Shah Alam II, the nominal Mughal emperor of India in the 1761-1806 CE period, whose actual area of control spanned a small territory in the environs of Delhi. Shah Alam II is said to have been fond of excursions across his limited domain, from the Red Fort to the Palam area, leading to the sarcastic verse, Sultanat-e-Shah-e-Alam, Az Dilli ta Palam (The dominion of Emperor Shah Alam, begins from Delhi and ends at Palam). Dhaula Kuan (the well) is located along this route in the Jheel Park complex (near Metro Station), and its masonry has been dated to the Shah Alam period.
'Dhaula Kuan' has now also come to refer to the neighbourhood that surrounds and serves the interchange. The latter includes both small scale industry and restaurants.
Dhaula Kuan sits between Chanakyapuri and the Delhi Cantonment; the former is an affluent neighbourhood that is home to a number of embassies and the latter houses a number of military personnel and their families.
The South Campus of the University of Delhi, including the Sri Venkateswara College and the Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College.
Dhaula Kuan Metro Station is located on the Delhi Airport Express Line (Orange Line) of the Delhi Metro. This station is the only elevated one along the Airport Express Line and features check-in facilities. This station was opened to the public on 15 August 2011.
This page was last edited on 10 February 2019, at 21:06 (UTC).
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Apparently, using the word “rich” in a movie title is self-fulfilling prophecy. We know this because the surprise of the summer box office campaign didn’t arrive until the middle of August. Yes, Crazy Rich Asians is once again the number one movie in North America this Friday. Generally, winning a Labor Day weekend isn’t a big deal, though. The specific details are what make Crazy Rich Asians such an unbelievable story.
Yesterday, Crazy Rich Asians grossed $5.9 million domestically. That total almost exactly matches the combined box office takes of the second through fourth place films yesterday. We’ll get to them in a moment, but let’s spend most of today’s article celebrating the hit romantic comedy of the summer.
With $5.9 million on Friday, the movie is down only 16.5 percent from last Friday. That’s not even the amazing part. Crazy Rich Asians has fallen only 19.3 percent from its first Friday! This is a 1999 kind of remarkable box office hold, not a 2018 one.
In fact, one of the three films that’s most comparable to Crazy Rich Asians is The Sixth Sense, which dominated August box office all the way back in 1999. The film that elevated M. Night Shyamalan into a brand dropped 11 percent from its first Friday to its third one, and as BOP’s Tim Briody points out, that film came out the equivalent of five or six box office generations ago.
Crazy Rich Asians isn’t behaving like a modern release in any discernible way. Its closest equivalent may yet become a BOP fave, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which ran like clockwork for the body of 2002. Due to the truncated theatrical release windows caused by digital HD, Crazy Rich Asians won’t follow that model forever, but mimicking the pattern for a month or two is sublime for this day and age.
The most frequent comparison for the film has been The Help, the 2011 blockbuster, which also opened on a Wednesday in mid-August. That title wound up with $169.7 million in domestic earnings. Crazy Rich Asians currently paces nine percent ahead of that film after 16 days in theaters. Should that trend continue, the film would wind up with $185 million in North American box office!
A few weeks ago, BOP’s Michael Lynderey and I debated whether any August film could earn $100 million. He believed that The Meg was best positioned to do so. I foolishly argued against it, believing it would have one decent (not spectacular) weekend and then vanish. I then mentioned Christopher Robin as a possibility, although the film’s going to fall just a bit short, finishing in the upper 80s or lower 90s.
We both agreed that while Crazy Rich Asians tracking was nothing special, we’d noticed a strong buzz about the film. Neither of us could have possibly anticipated the degree with which this film has broken out, though. We felt like we were out on a limb saying that it could earn $100 million, which no major box office analyst believed was possible.
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2019-04-24T16:19:53Z
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http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=19534
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Hey beautiful woman, this is gorgeous. Just like the one who wrote it.
Some know who it is they wait and watch for when all the signs say, “Do not hope.” (and listing the reasons). Others wait and watch not knowing for whom. Is one easier than the other? I think not.
Always lines that make me think in your writings.
I know this feeling but you express more evocatively and powerfully than I could. Wonderful Miss Feather!
Such a way with words, you!
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2019-04-25T13:03:15Z
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https://thefeatheredsleepcom.wordpress.com/2018/12/10/anywhere-but-this/?shared=email&msg=fail
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Education students will gather at The University of Winnipeg this week to learn how to connect with “lost” youth at the sixth annual Lost Prizes/International Centre for Innovation in Education (ICIE) conference.
A new partnership between The University of Winnipeg and the University of Cambridge is letting high school students step into the shoes of the elderly to help them design a more accessible world.
Seven UWinnipeg Faculty of Education students recently returned from Germany after participating in an international practicum program* offered through the University of Winnipeg.
The University of Winnipeg community congratulates Dr. Jan Stewart, Professor, Faculty of Education, who is being awarded the RJ Cochrane award. CBC Manitoba presents a feature story here.
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2019-04-21T08:41:15Z
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https://news-centre.uwinnipeg.ca/category/f/faculty-of-education/
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We were gazing over the roofs of Cairo through the windows of an elegant, modern office. My companion was a scion of the local aristocracy and one of the founders of Egyptian Marxism.
“We must ally ourselves with the Muslim Brotherhood,” he said.
I remarked that this had already failed in Iran, where, for the very same reason, the left-wing Tudeh party had allied itself with Khomeini before the revolution, only to be liquidated by him once he was in power.
This conversation took place more than twenty years ago. I was reminded of it this week, when I saw what is happening in Egypt now.
The Western (and, of course, Israeli) media publish enthusiastic reports about the demonstrations for democracy and against the regime of Husni Mubarak. Some of the demonstrators are leftists, but most of them are Islamic militants and their sympathizers. The police have made extensive arrests of political activists, most of them Muslim Brotherhood leaders.
There are no signs that the Mubarak regime is about to fall. He did promise that in the coming presidential election other candidates may stand, but that was said mostly to placate President Bush, who is desperately claiming that his invasion of Iraq inspired a democratic awakening throughout the Arab world. In practice, there is no chance at all that the situation in Egypt will change. No serious candidate will be allowed to stand against Mubarak.
But let us assume for a moment that Mubarak is compelled to give up his intention of having himself reelected, and that truly democratic elections take place. In this hypothetical situation, who would win?
One of the plausible answers: the Muslim Brotherhood. They have, as mentioned, deep roots among the people. Their infrastructure has a history of fifty years and more. The Egyptian upper class, which is secular, liberal and open to the world, may find itself suddenly under the yoke of religious fanatics.
This dilemma exists in most of the Arab countries: in truly democratic elections, the Islamic forces will win forces that completely reject the vision of a secular, democratic and liberal state that Bush talks so much about.
Such an experiment has already taken place. Algeria had democratic elections. In the first round, it became clear that the Islamic forces were poised to win a resounding victory. The army intervened and prevented the second round. This resulted in a vicious civil war with hundreds of thousands of victims. Now, years later, some compromise is being sought.
In the Iraqi elections, of which Bush is so proud, the Shiite-led Alliance has achieved an impressive victory. It is under the authority of a religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Hussaini al-Sistani, who is in total command. Fortunately, he is very different from his colleagues in Iran, the neighboring Shiite (but not Arab) country. Unlike the Iranian Ayatollahs, who rule their country, al-Sistani believes that the religious leadership would suffer damage if it were directly involved in political life. But he, too, wants the state to be subjected to Islamic law.
For the time being, this objective is meeting with resistance. In order to attain the required 2/3 majority for the election of a president and the promulgation of a constitution, the Iraqi Shiites need the support of the Kurds, who are overwhelmingly Muslim Sunnis. The Kurds want autonomy verging on independence, and they object to the imposition of Islamic law. The result so far: no president, no constitution, everything hanging in the air.
In neighboring Turkey (another Islamic but not Arab country) some years ago, an Islamic party won the elections. When it started to enact Islamic laws, the army intervened and kicked it out. The Turkish army considers itself the guardian of the secular teachings of the great Ataturk, the founding father of the modern, very secular Turkish state. In the last elections, a much more moderate Islamic party won. It is moving very cautiously, partly because it wants to be accepted by the European Union, which is rather wary of its first Muslim candidate for membership. The enactment of religious laws might result in the gates of the EU being slammed in Turkey’s face.
In almost all Arab and many other Muslim countries, there is a real possibility that in free elections more or less extreme Islamic parties would win. The present dictatorships in so many Arab countries Libya, Jordan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, among others present themselves as a bulwark against fanatical Islamic forces.
We have already seen that democratic elections do not necessarily result in the election of democrats. The classic example is Germany. The Nazi party came to power through the democratic process (even though it never achieved 51% of the vote). A party like the Afghan Taliban could come to power through free elections, and then impose an extreme Islamic regime, oppress women and persecute opponents.
The elements of democracy multi-party elections, free election campaigns, unimpeded access to the media do not, in themselves, assure the victory of democracy. That necessitates a proper social environment, the strength of democratic values in the public mind, acceptance of majority rule and the safeguarding of the rights of the minority. In the absence of such a reality, elections are an empty vessel. The jinn of Islamic fundamentalism may emerge from the ballot box, much as the demon of Christian fundamentalism leapt out of the American ballot box.
What is the situation in Palestine? There is a great enthusiasm for democracy. It was not born after the death of Yasser Arafat, as many seem to believe. Already nine years ago, truly democratic elections took place in the territories of the Palestinian National Authority, as attested by international observers led by ex-President Jimmy Carter. But the dominant personality of Arafat and the concentration of executive power in his hands reduced the visibility of that huge achievement.
I believe that the participation of Hamas in the elections is a good thing. Palestinian society itself must decide whether it wants a democratic-secular or a religious future. I hope, of course, for the victory of the secular forces. But I am convinced that the Turkish example is preferable to the Algerian one, that the integration of religious forces in the democratic process is preferable to their violent suppression. Integration can moderate religious movements, oppression will radicalize them.
The outcome of the entire process in the Arab countries may be very different from the picture painted by superficial Western “thinkers” like Bush. Arab society is different from Western society and Arab democracy will not be a carbon copy of Western democracy.
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2019-04-18T15:33:31Z
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https://www.counterpunch.org/2005/04/04/djinn-in-the-box/print/
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Can anyone recommend any tools for automatic extraction of facts, relations and entities? Any information on the topic is greatly appreciated.
I believe these are somewhat common tasks in NLP (natural language processing).
You may check out this web-site for some pointers and software that might be useful.
Thank you, @magdon. Looks like some links are no longer available, but still, thanks a lot!
Some of those links are still working. Thanks for the link magdon, it is helpful.
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2019-04-24T13:51:32Z
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http://book.caltech.edu/bookforum/showthread.php?s=f65a0d2e2df37ddd5a06b8b12e05abed&t=4637
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A 36-year-old father of three and avid volleyball fan is Pakistan's most hated man, after he was named as the mastermind of this week's horrific attack on a school that left more than 130 children dead.
Umar Mansoor appeared in a video posted Thursday on a website used by the terror network trying to justify the Dec. 16 attack at a military school in Peshawar, Reuters reported.
"[The school was] preparing those generals, brigadiers and majors who killed and arrested so many fighters," he says on the video, which identifies him by name. "If our women and children died as martyrs your children will not escape. If you attack us we will take revenge for the innocents."
The Taliban say the attack, in which children were summarily executed and at least one was teacher burned alive, was revenge for attacks by the Pakistani army. But the school attack has left the nation shaken and angry, and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed to bring the killers to justice.
Sharif and Pakistan's military leaders vowed to crush Islamist militancy, particularly in the western region near Afghanistan. The military said Thursday that attacks in several regions-- including the Khyber tribal area, which borders North Waziristan-- had killed 77 militants.
Even the Afghanistan wing of the Taliban condemned the attack. But Pakistan’s Taliban spokesman Mohammed Umar Khorasanin said the assault at Army Public School was “a revenge attack” for the army’s offensive.
Reuters interviewed a half-dozen Pakistani Taliban members, who all confirmed the mastermind was Mansoor. Four said he is close to Mullah Fazlullah, the terrorist who ordered the attack on schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived and won a Nobel Peace Prize.
"He strictly follows the principles of jihad," one source said of Mansoor. "He is strict in principles, but very kind to his juniors. He is popular among the juniors because of his bravery and boldness."
Mansoor got a high school education in the capital, Islamabad, two Taliban members said, and later studied in a madrassa, a religious school.
"Umar Mansoor had a tough mind from a very young age, he was always in fights with other boys," said one Taliban member.
Mansoor's nickname is "nary," a word in the Pashto language meaning "slim," and he is the father of two daughters and a son, sources told Reuters.
"(Mansoor) likes to play volleyball," said one of the Taliban members. "He is a good volleyball player. Wherever he shifts his office, he puts a volleyball net up."
The Taliban video describes him as the "amir", or leader, of Peshawar and nearby Darra Adam Khel. Mansoor deeply opposes talks with the government, the commanders said.
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2019-04-26T09:43:54Z
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/mastermind-of-pakistan-school-attack-idd-as-militant-known-by-slim
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1.2 Great! How do I use it?
ECE has a wide format document printer for use within the ECE deparment.
The printer is an Epson Stylus Pro 9800 Professional Edition, a 44" wide photo-ready printer.
Posters, CAD drawings, Banners, Photographs And More!
We have 2 paper sizes: 36" and 44"
The standard poster size is 36x48", but we can print anything up to 44"
The only paper type is Photo Glossy.
We ask that all posters be sent to us as a PDF file, which will help ensure print quality and compatibility between your system and the Print Server.
Note: High resolution images will appear more detailed and fine-lined whereas low resolution images will distort if enlarged. For example, if you enlarge an image with low resolution your picture will appear blurred or pixelated.
1. Verify that your document appears correct and has the correct page size before you send in the document.
2. View your PDF Poster at Actual Size zoom level to find out the image's resolution.
Remember to check the resolution of your digital image. Why? When you download an image from the internet the image's resolution may appear detailed, however, when you print the image it appears distorted.
Why? Image resolution. Most images downloaded from the internet commonly have low resolution or small pixel dimensions. The smaller resolution images are easier and faster to download from a website than larger resolution images.
3. Please leave some whitespace trim to poster to prevent cutting off at the margins.
Note: Only Faculty and Staff can access the VT Logos. In order to gain access talk to your professor for assistance.
1. Go to the download location https://secure.hosting.vt.edu/www.downloads.branding.unirel.vt.edu/.
2. Use the .EPS or .Al vector graphic files. NOT the .tiff.
Click on File and select Save As.
Go to the Save as Type and save the file as PDF, i.e. .pdf.
Click Save to finalize the conversion from Powerpoint to PDF.
Note: Office 2007 cannot be locally saved as a PDF without having installed Adobe Acrobat Pro or Office 2007 add ons.
Click on the File menu icon at the top-left of the window.
Click the Save As icon.
Click on File and scroll down to Save As.
Click on the Format bar and choose PDF.
They will setup a time to get the job printed out and help you with formatting to ensure you have a quality project printed.
This page was last modified on 8 September 2016, at 13:10.
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2019-04-26T14:16:06Z
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https://computing.ece.vt.edu/mediawiki/index.php?title=Poster_Printing&action=history
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Computers
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sojo
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was killed in an enemy action over the weekend.
vehicle struck a land mine.
then the road melted to desert.
palms as she pulls herself up, rock by rock.
a caisson rolled her casket through the trees of Virginia.
Patricia Giragosian lives in Concord, Massachusetts.
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2019-04-23T09:21:54Z
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https://sojo.net/magazine/septemberoctober-2007/october-deadliest-month
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COSTA MESA — William Burke has enough ambition to climb mountains. You might even say that he has enough to climb the world's highest mountain, back to back, from opposite sides.
At 69, the Costa Mesa resident will attempt what he believes to be the first ever double-summit of Mt. Everest in a single season. He will attempt to summit the peak from the north and south sides.
"There's only a short weather window in May when you can get to top, but the altitude just takes a lot out of you," Burke said.
He's been to the top before. In May 2009, Burke said he became the oldest American to summit Everest. He descended safely from the south side, in Nepal.
This will mark his fifth expedition to Everest.
"It's just fabulous," Burke said of standing on the mountain's peak, which is 29,029 feet above sea level. "Just the whole experience of being at Mt. Everest, even putting your foot on the mountain, is sacred to me."
Burke, a corporate lawyer for more than 40 years, said he started out as an amateur mountaineer relatively late in life. Burke's website, http://www.eightsummits.com, boasts that he has climbed to the top of the highest mountain on each continent. He began high-altitude climbing after turning 60.
He will have about two weeks around the end of May in which the weather creates safe enough conditions for a single summit — let alone a double summit.
"It's going to be a little like threading a needle," Burke said. "But I'm going to try."
Burke blogs about his climbs on his website, and will periodically file updates during his upcoming trip.
However, after four previous trips to Mt. Everest, he is prepared for what he described as a grueling six-week climb through ice and snow.
In 2010, he attempted to summit the north side, but bad weather and safety precautions forced him back down.
In 2009, he said he had a close call when descending the south side, where a dangerous ice face poses an obstacle.
While descending, his feet slipped from beneath him and he was swept out over the sheer drop, held secure by his rope and harness.
"I was literally hanging there," Burke said. "I looked over my shoulder, down at a 3,000-foot drop down an ice face. That got my adrenaline going."
Mt. Everest, the Himalayas, 29,029 feet.
Aconcagua, the Andes, 22,834 feet.
Mt. McKinley, Alaska, 20,320 feet.
Mt. Kilimanjaro, East Africa, 19,339 feet.
Mt. Elbrus, Caucasus range, 18,510 feet.
Vinson Massif, Antarctica, 16,067 feet.
The Carstensz Pyramid, West Papua, Indonesia, 16,023 feet.
Mt. Kosciuszko, Australia, 7,310 feet.
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2019-04-20T18:29:19Z
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https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-xpm-2011-03-30-tn-dpt-0331-burke-20110330-story.html
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NSDateComponents encapsulates the components of a date in an extendable, object-oriented manner. It's used to specify a date by providing the temporal components that make up a date and time: hour, minutes, seconds, day, month, year, and so on. You can also use it to specify a duration of time, for example, 5 hours and 16 minutes. An NSDateComponents object is not required to define all the component fields. When a new instance of NSDateComponents is created, the date components are set to NSDateComponentUndefined.
An NSDateComponents object is meaningless in itself; you need to know what calendar it is interpreted against, and you need to know whether the values are absolute values of the units, or quantities of the units.
An instance of NSDateComponents is not responsible for answering questions about a date beyond the information with which it was initialized. For example, if you initialize one with May 4, 2017, its weekday is NSDateComponentUndefined, not Thursday. To get the correct day of the week, you must create a suitable instance of NSCalendar, create an NSDate object using date(from:) and then use components(_:from:) to retrieve the weekday—as illustrated in the following example.
For more details, see Calendars, Date Components, and Calendar Units in Date and Time Programming Guide.
The Swift overlay to the Foundation framework provides the DateComponents structure, which bridges to the NSDateComponents class. For more information about value types, see Working with Cocoa Frameworks in Using Swift with Cocoa and Objective-C (Swift 4.1).
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2019-04-25T22:40:18Z
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https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsdatecomponents
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commarts
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"Werewolf" :30, "Dizzy" :30, "Big Hug" :30 "The idea behind the It's Not Complicated campaign is to simplify the benefits of AT&T. It's so simple, even kids can get it. With that in mind, it only seemed natural to have kids, crazy logic and all, turn our messages into something fun, memorable and, above all, not complicated."
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2019-04-19T06:55:35Z
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https://www.commarts.com/project/15496/at-t
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Kids
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reference
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Browse Relevant Sites & Find Townhome Vs Condo Definition. All Here!
Search for Condo Vs Townhouse on Mydeal.io!
Condo vs Townhouse: What's the difference and which should you choose? When it comes to buying property, townhouses and condos throw a unique curveball to the equation and the definitions of each might seem to blur on your first look.
what is the meaning of "condo" vs "townhouse" vs "duplex" vs "multi-family" homes? Find answers to this and many other questions on Trulia Voices, a community for you to find and share local information. Get answers, and share your insights and experience.
Townhouse Law and Legal Definition A townhouse is an attached dwelling that is not a condominium, however condominiums are also described as townhouses. A townhouse doesn't necessarily share ownership of common areas in the same way as condominium owners.
Townhouse versus condo: The benefits of condos and townhouses for owners. Now that we have a sense of what separates a condo from a townhouse, let’s take a look at why these residences are so popular by examining their benefits and noting their differences.
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2019-04-20T04:55:04Z
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https://www.reference.com/web?q=townhome+vs+condo+definition&qo=contentPageRelatedSearch&o=600605&l=dir
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ox
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Our work is geared towards the development of new treatments and healthcare strategies for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases.
Previous work from our group contributed to the successful development of anti-TNFα therapy and subsequent studies on combination therapy led to clinical trials of anti-TNFα plus methotrexate, which has set the gold standard for pharmacological management of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.
Paradoxically, our most recent work has shown that anti-TNF treatment alone may be limited in its curative potential as it leads to an expansion of Th17 responses. We have also shown that this expanded population of Th17 cells is highly pathogenic when the anti-TNF therapy "brake" is withdrawn.
We hypothesise that the expansion of Th17 cells detracts from the therapeutic effect of TNF inhibitors and that their efficacy may be improved through the strategic use of combination therapy beyond methotrexate. We also hypothesise simultaneous targeting of immune and inflammatory pathways will interrupt the self-perpetuating cycle that drives chronicity.
Our core objective is the development of a combined therapeutic approach that will deliver long-term disease remission. We are also addressing questions which will help us understand the complex role played by tumour necrosis factors (TNF) in the immune system.
Specifically, our current research is focussed on understanding the regulatory pathways activated by TNF receptor signalling, including IRAK-M, which is a negative regulator of Toll-like receptor and IL-1 receptor signalling.
In addition, we are using next generation sequencing technologies to investigate the role of TNF receptor signalling in controlling the activity of regulatory T cells, which play a key role in maintaining a healthy immune system.
More recently, we have undertaken a new initiative, which aims to understand and exploit the indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase pathway for the treatment of immune-mediated inflammation. As part of this research we are currently examining the potential of kynurenine pathway modulators to influence the activity of regulatory T cells Th17 cells.
Selective tumor necrosis factor receptor I blockade is antiinflammatory and reveals immunoregulatory role of tumor necrosis factor receptor II in collagen-induced arthritis.
Treg cell function in rheumatoid arthritis is compromised by ctla-4 promoter methylation resulting in a failure to activate the indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase pathway.
Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase-mediated tryptophan catabolism regulates accumulation of Th1/Th17 cells in the joint in collagen-induced arthritis.
Blockade of tumor necrosis factor in collagen-induced arthritis reveals a novel immunoregulatory pathway for Th1 and Th17 cells.
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2019-04-25T12:35:37Z
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https://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/research/targeting-disease-pathways-in-rheumatoid-arthritis
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nzedge
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Less than two years and US$10 million later, The Marlton is absolutely buzzing and perfect for frugal hipsters not looking to sacrifice style for cents. With 107 rooms, including two penthouse suites with terraces, the on-site Margaux restaurant, a cocktail and espresso bar, the hotel oozes with Parisian charm and yet hasn’t lost any of its American heritage or bohemian ambiance, mixing up the old with the new in whimsical ways thanks to MacPherson’s own design handiwork.
MacPherson is also the owner of The Bowery Hotel, The Maritime and The Jane.
Original article by Kate Ayrton, Wandermelon, May 11, 2015.
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2019-04-25T22:46:33Z
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https://www.nzedge.com/news/sean-macphersons-marlton-one-nys-hippest-hotels/
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uwaterloo
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Organization Name: Wildcoast Adventures Ltd.
You may have heard we are still in the Wild West days of social media. All companies are trying to take the reins of marketing opportunities provided by the new technology and innovation is the name of the game. This is as relevant for large business campaigns as it is for small organizations catering to niche markets.
One such organization, actually located out west, is Wildcoast Adventures Ltd. a seasonal outfitter that offers kayaking adventures around the coast of British Columbia from June through September. Providing intimate guided kayaking day-long excursions and week-long holidays, you can pick from a variety of adventures that will leave you breathless. Whether it be encountering diverse wildlife, including whale watching, paddling through spectacular fjords under towering mountains or along emerald lagoons and swimming in the warmest waters north of Mexico, then sleeping under the stars at base camp after feasting on gourmet coastal cuisine – there is no better way to escape life’s stresses and strike one off your bucket list.
These dreams of an exotic vacation become that much more real when you peruse Wildcoast Adventures on a wide variety of social media platforms which make these visions come to life.
New clients are even found via Stumbleupon and guest testimonials are highlighted on the website blog. Further expert advice can be also found on the blog and Wildcoast makes it easy to e-mail any questions to staff at the bottom of each post.
Kristen Mucha, Owner of Wildcoast Adventures explains how social media is used for marketing in the following audio clip.
Taking full advantage of the appeal of photos and emerging trends, Wildcoast Adventures has creatively developed 13 Pinterest boards to highlight its different excursions as well as offer practical advice for customers on equipment and safety practices as well as general information relevant to clients.
Kristen explains that Wildcoast Adventures uses Google Analytics to track referrals.
So during these lazy days of summer when you are perhaps planning your next vacation Wildcoast Adventures reminds you there are alternatives to the hubbub of waterparks and amusement parks.
These words by Louis L’Amour explain not only a paddler’s experience in a remote picturesque paradise, but should also resonate with today’s social media marketer. At its core, social is about sharing and it’s not all about reaching high numbers (big impression counts) quickly on social media channels but engaging with the right people – people with a real interest in your business. It’s about taking the time to communicate effectively.
Being active on a wide variety of social media channels enables small organizations to reach large audiences. Using analytics to then understand which channels are best suited to reach your niche market will enable you to promote your business more effectively. Once you find your customers online take the time to communicate with them. Listen to them and respond appropriately in a timely manner.
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2019-04-24T13:57:25Z
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http://smbp.uwaterloo.ca/2015/07/the-call-of-the-wild-wildcoast-adventures/
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Recreation
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rutgers
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With feminist values, we strengthen and bridge voices for human rights, towards social justice and self-determination.
Convene those closest to the struggle to explore and exchange ideas and solutions.
Research guided by those committed to realizing rights.
Advocate with and for those traditionally excluded from decision-making.
We aim to achieve equality by eradicating gender-based discrimination and violence in the world of work.
We redefine peace and measure it with the indicators of equality, justice, and human rights to challenge the economy of war and violence.
We amplify feminist thought, standards, and leadership to influence civil society and its institutions and structures, thereby addressing inequality, discrimination, and violence.
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, which has been implemented in over 180 countries by more than 6,000 organizations.
Feminist Alliance for Rights, which aims to influence the 2030 Agenda from its position in the Global North with Global South leadership.
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2019-04-20T00:13:41Z
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https://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/about/purpose-goals
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wordpress
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On Saturday, 19th of April, some of the sharpest minds on the subject came together in Mumbai, to discuss child sexual abuse and answer questions from parents.
Swati Popat Vats, president of Podar Education Network, spoke about the need to teach your kids about safe and unsafe touch. Pooja Taparia, the founder of Arpan (an NGO to prevent CSA) spoke about how parents can have this difficult conversation without scaring the kids. Kiran Manral, popular mommy blogger and co-founder of CSAAM, Harish Iyer, CSA survivor, and Padma Iyer, his mother, spoke about myths, their experiences and brushes with CSA. Persis Sidhva of Majlis, a legal resource centre and senior police inspector Shirish Sawant spoke about the law and why it’s important to shrug off the shame and report crimes. And finally, Dr Avinash De Sousa, took parents through the process of how to help heal the wounds.
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2019-04-20T23:10:45Z
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Looking for a place to mingle with friends and stay out of the cold on Halloween night? Take a special trip up to Maserati of Baltimore on Friday October 31st for a frighteningly fun night with the Baltimore area Children’s Guild volunteers and the M.O.B. Exotics Guest Services team.
Conveniently located at 1630 York Road in Lutherville Timonium, Maryland between 695 and the Maryland State Fairgrounds, we know there will be plenty of opportunities for Trick-or-Treating in the nearby Baltimore County communities.
The team at M.O.B. Exotics will be on hand with hot cocoa, cappuccino, espresso, herbal tea, and a big batch of warm spiced apple cider to take the chill out of the evening. Folks without young ghouls in tow will be treated to friendly company and “Race Shop Livations” to warm the spirits of the oldest souls and given a comfortable seat so they can stay off the roads during all trick-or-treating hours safely while enjoying a bit of the atmosphere an exotic car museum or dealership brings to any community.
Throughout the night, we’ll have bits and bites of sweet treats to tide us through. For the Mbalt staff and client friends, we’ll have light dinner snacks delivered around 8pm, too.
Parents and Visitors dropping by will be able to pick up a special treat of their own–a coupon for an appointment for a ride and drive in a 2009 Maserati Quattroporte that can be redeemed any time between Halloween and Thanksgiving. Even better, each person arriving dressed in their finest race car driver apparel or will be given an additional “hot seat” ticket to ride shotgun in a Maserati 2009 Granturismo or 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo any time between now and New Years Eve.
We’ll have our cameras ready to capture the moment of any costumed visitors we might see–and photos after the date will be available in the October 2008 photo collection at http://www.flickr.com/mobexotics.
Beyond costumes, I think you can tell by the photos that the Davis family (Jack, Kae, and Drew) also take their pumpkin carving quite seriously. Yes, they really carved the ghoulish goodies you see posted here above–with General Manager Jack Davis carving the most fashionable new Jack-o-Lanterns that would make the chic-est headless horseman Ferrari pumpkin attire the car guy world has ever seen.
Bring a carved pumpkin, candy to distribute, or extra pumpkins for Maserati of Baltimore to help decorate our showroom for the evening and receive a complimentary car wash from our Lot Porters on the Guest Services Team.
Each person who comes in costume or dressed in full Race related attire will also be eligible for a 20% discount on any boutique merchandise purchased any time Thursday October 30, Friday October 31, and Saturday November 1, 2008. Contact Parts and Boutique Manager Vincent Veiga for more information about other merchandise specials for Lamborghini, Maserati, and Ferrari fiends.
Special thanks to Speed Millet and his staff and crew at Speed’s Cycle in Elkridge, Maryland for hosting such a relaxing all-day Fall Open house on October 18, 2008.
To see photos of Speed’s Cycle and the event click HERE.
To visit Speed’s Cycle online please visit www.speedscycle.com.
If you have been to the Maserati of Baltimore showroom lately, you already know that Speed has been keeping a fantastic rotation of the hottest new Moto Guzzi and Ducati bikes on display in our exotic car dealership. We are also happy to offer the most fashionable selection of Italian leather motorcycle wear on consignment from Speeds Cycles, giving race fans and adrenaline junkies fantastic shopping opportunities through the M.O.B. Exotics race Fan Boutique.
As we approach 2009 and the colder weather of the winter months, we are pleased to announce that we are already planning an indoor exotic car and motorcycle show. We’ll have our fabulous models back and modeling the hottest race gear and fashion while they mingle with the crowd and silent auction items will be available to bid on with proceeds to be directed to NIAF–the National Italian American Foundation.
Keep you eye on the blog in the next several weeks for a date confirmation. Until then, keep a careful watch out for motorcycles while you are cruising the “fall colors” while leaf looking along our Maryland and DC Metro area roads.
To donate directly to the NIAF Organization, please visit www.niaf.org.
Excerpt from http://www.redcross.org requesting assistance on behalf of the victims of Hurricane Ike.
To make a financial gift to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, log-on to www.redcross.org or call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish). You can also use your cell phone to donate $5 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund by text messaging they keyword “GIVE” to “2HELP” (24357). You can send multiple donations depending on your carrier. Contributions will appear on monthly bills or be debited from a pre-paid account balance. All applicable text rates apply.
Mark your calendars and get your appetite ready for an evening of culinary delight in Baltimore city. Tuesday October 28th, 2008, join Maserati of Baltimore at the annual March of Dimes fund raising special event and auction from their nationwide “Signature Chefs” series.
Happening at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Downtown Baltimore’s Inner Harbor district [700 Aliceanna Street, Baltimore, MD], tickets are available to singles or for a discounted rate when purchased as a VIP or corporate group table for 10. Whatever the size of your party, expect the $150 ticket cost (or $2000 premium tables for VIP guests) to be treated to an epicurean affair to remember.
Signature Chefs Auction of Baltimore features more than 35 of the city’s top chefs for an evening of culinary tastings. The event will include a live auction of unique dining packages donated by the participating chefs. Special guests include Hell’s Kitchen 3 winner Chef Rahman “Rock” Harper. The 2008 host chef is Tim Mullen.
You need a Ducati… or maybe a Motoguzzi… (or at least the hot Italian leather outfit).
Join Maserati of Baltimore and friends on Saturday October 18, 2008 in Elkridge, Maryland at a very special and fun annual gathering of motorsport enthusiasts.
Cost: Free to Spectators, Discounted Merchandise for M.O.B. Exotics friends.
Speed fans and Italian vehicle lovers are invited to join Maserati of Baltimore at the 2008 Speeds Cycle Fall Open House in Baltimore County, Maryland with friend Speed Millet.
Open 10am-4pm, adrenaline and fashion fans will be able to browse the Ducati dealership and Motorcycle Wear Boutique while enjoying the view of bikes, Lamborghinis, Maseratis, and Ferraris on display from M.O.B. Exotics.
Door Prizes of Gift Certificate 25.00 & 50.00 will be awarded to lucky visitors, with the the Big Prize $750.00 Off MSRP on select Ducati Models.
With catering by local Baltimore authentic Italian deli “DiPasquale’s Market Place”, the day is sure to satisfy all your cravings for delightful surprises from Italy.
Visit www.speedscycle.com for more information or driving directions.
Contact: Speed Millet at speedslogin@comcast.net or Jack and Kae Davis at mobexotics@gmail.com to join in the fun–satisfy your lust for all things Italian.
Maserati of Baltimore Guest Services team wants to extend thanks to all our rider guests and the parade organizers from Columbus Celebrations, INC. Thank you for allowing us to participate in the celebration October 12, 2008. We were so honored to chauffeur Baltimore’s Italian American special VIP guests and local award winners, including the Italian consulate, through the streets of downtown Baltimore.
Your group has done our own Italian family girls proud (Lamborghinis, Maseratis, and Ferraris). Landing at the end of the parade in the heart of Little Italy, we were overwhelmingly wowed at the outpouring of love, pride, and community support that welcomed Maserati of Baltimore’s M.O.B. Exotics Cars into the community.
In addition, we want to say a special word of thanks to Will and Donna Matriciani for connecting us with Nick Vaccaro this summer. For those of you who participated and remember, Vaccaro’s Italian Pastry Shop, INC was one of the sweet treat sponsors at the 2008 Maserati of Baltimore Rally for the Troops.
On cookie overload, the guests and visitors who braved Tropical Storm Hanna to come out in Baltimore and show their love and support for the USO Metro and our brave American Troops helped raise some sweet cash to keep the moral of our soldiers flying in and out through BWI, DCA, and IAD airports high. All the proceeds of the day were used to help fund the soldier lounges that are used by all our American heroes coming in and out of the DC Metro region.
If you have not eaten Vaccaro’s Italian Pastries or been to one of their fantastic locations yet, visit www.vaccarospastry.com to find out more information about their fantastic dessert selections. Special Thanks to Nick Vaccaro and Staff for taking such good care of the Maserati of Baltimore Team after the Parade.
Click HERE to see photos taken of our exotic cars parked and the Maserati of Baltimore Guest Services team “eating dessert before dinner” at Vaccaro’s in Baltimore’s Little Italy.
Every Monday night from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Nick Vaccaro offers guests an all you can eat dessert and coffee special for $12.95 a person. This is for their sit-down café in Little Italy only. Maserati of Baltimore guests please note that Monday holidays are excluded; parking at Dodge Garage is recommended.
How to Participate: CLICK “Register Here” to conveniently purchase your tickets or make a direct donation online!
Join the Abilities Network and Maserati of Baltimore on Monday, October 13, 2008 at the ESPN Zone in downtown Baltimore for TIME OUT for Monday Night Football.
Tickets are $125.00, which includes the chance to mingle with some of the Baltimore Ravens, a Q&A with the players, appetizers and a dinner buffet, an open bar, and unlimited game cards for the ESPN Zone video games that night! While watching the Monday night football game on the big screen, guests can also enjoy exciting live and silent auctions, which feature exciting sports memorabilia and exclusive packages! Our Corporate sponsors will enjoy a private VIP party an hour before the main event. For more information on how to become a corporate sponsor, click on the links below. So mark your calendars, because this is a one of a kind event you won’t want to miss!
ESPN Zone guests who park in the Pier V Parking Garage, located at 711 East Pratt St., may receive validation for discounted parking. Groups rates are available at the Pier V Parking Garage, which features easy access via Pratt St. and Eastern Ave., and is just a short walk from ESPN Zone. For additional information, contact the garage office directly at (410) 244-2277. We recommend this lot for guests of Capital Grill, P.F. Changs, and Fogo De Chao on a routine basis, as well. For parking that also allows party dining or a late night trip to Vaccarros in Little Italy, we recommend the DODGE GARAGE (just a short group walk down Pratt street across President street).
Click HERE to see pictures from last year’s Time Out event!
Click HERE to view the Corporate Sponsorship Levels.
Click HERE to visit the Abilities Network home page.
Click HERE to view the online special event invitation on the Baltimore Metromix site.
Click HERE to read the event writeup from TV station WBAL Chanel 11 in Baltimore.
Join 98 Rock & Theo for the 2nd Annual Time Out for Monday Night Football.
For more information, please call 410-828-7700×1229 or email ldunn@abilitiesnetwork.org.
The Abilities Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that assists people with disabilities to achieve their personal goals and reach their maximum potential. Services are customized to offer individuals and families choices. They provide extensive training opportunities for families, child care providers, teachers, and community members with the goal of fostering inclusion. The children, adults and families serves are affected by a variety of at-risk factors, including a diagnosed disability, lack of environmental supports, low-socioeconomic levels, and limited knowledge about resources and/or the capacity to access them. The Abilities Network has also been awarded the Seal of Excellence awarded by the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations. Certification in the Standards for Excellence program is bestowed only to the most well-managed and responsibly governed nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated compliance with 55 specific Standards for Excellence into all its activities to successfully complete this voluntary certification program. For more information about the Standards for Excellence program, please visit www.StandardsForExcellence.org.
Friends in Red presents “A Spectacular Evening”: Friends in Red have joined Johns Hopkins Hospital to take on the silent disease responsible for the deaths of more people younger than 30 years old than any other cause — Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). On Wednesday, October 29, 2008, Friends in Red will host its second annual fundraiser and auction from 6:30-9:30pm at Shofer’s Furniture store in Federal Hill. Included in the auction will be an opportunity to attend Fashion Week in New York, a thrilling ride in a Maserati at Sumitt Point, original artwork and one-of-a-kind experiences. Tickets are $150 when purchased individually, or $1,350 for a team of 10 tickets. To purchase a ticket, contact Bettye at 410-979-8670 or email your name and phone number to info@friendsinred.org and someone will contact you.
to make special pricing and gift packaging arrangements.
Come hungry and prepared to have some casual but gourmet dining and exotic car dealership browsing fun. Bring your own favorite beverage or bottle of wine and grab your friends and family. Jack and Kae Davis are hosting a little get together at M.O.B. Exotic Car Gallery and Race Fan Boutique again.
Enjoy a multi-course catered service “Old World Italian Family Style Sit Down Dinner” with the M.O.B. Exotics team and friends. PLEASE NOTE: Special dietary needs can be met with 48 hours of advanced notification [vegetarian, low sodium, food allergy or sensitivity].
Cost per person: appetizers and sweet treat only ($15 from 3-5pm) followed by entree courses and dessert (for an additional $20 from 5-7pm). Light fare diners are welcome to stay and mingle with friends throughout the night.
Reservations by email ARE required, seating is limited, BYOB/W, tips to waitstaff and Sweet Lela staff are encouraged.
Sunday, October 12, 2008 join your friends from Maserati of Baltimore and M.O.B. Exotic Car Gallery at the Oldest Continuous Marching Parade in America!
Visit http://www.columbuscelebrations.com to learn more about Columbus Day Parade events in Downtown Baltimore’s Little Italy historic district.
Special Theme Hosting by Participating Little Italy Restaurants.
Kick Off at Linwood Avenue in Patterson Park ~ Proceed West onto Eastern Avenue ~ Right onto High Street ~ Disband on Central Avenue. Parade Reviewing Stand and Spectator Seating located at Intersection of Stiles and High Streets in Little Italy.
Visit http://www.columbuscelebrations.com/photos.htm for a review of past years’ events and to find out more about participating in this historically noteworthy Maryland area event.
The mission of Columbus Celebrations, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, is multi-faceted and includes the following: 1) To celebrate America and its discovery. 2) To celebrate our Italian as well as the multi-cultural heritage of our magnificent nation, the United States of America. 3) To support our community, our children and those less fortunate, through charity and creative fundraising events. 4) To continue the great tradition of Baltimore’s Columbus Day Parade, America’s oldest parade and celebration of its kind.
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2019-04-26T01:44:53Z
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https://playingintraffic.wordpress.com/2008/10/
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"I am a doctoral-level psychotherapist specializing in trauma resolution, attachment-related issues, adoption, and postpartum mood disorders. People tend to seek me out when they feel stuck with their suffering and difficult feelings, and I imagine this is the case with you, too. You've tried lots of things to move forward from the residuals of disappointing relationships, traumas, or depression and anxiety, but it isn't happening. Relief has been only temporary at best."
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2019-04-18T15:07:28Z
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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/depression/78757?topid=74141
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Good Morning everyone! I am new to the site. I just purchased my first class C motorhome. (My parents owned RVs for many years) It is a 1984 Shasta. Pictures soon to come Unfortunately it has been sitting for quite some time. I am trying to get it livable right now, after i get that accomplished I will focus on getting it ready to travel.
Its missing plywood under rear couch/bed and under one of the dinette seats. Looks like they have remove the plywood for the bed over the cab and installed shelving. I am thinking of removing this and replacing the plywood. (I have kids and need the sleeping space.) So, other than that and some cleaning I should be ready for an RV park at least.
Now for the fun part... I notice the previous owner installed a toolbox on the back and on either side is the batteries. The boxes aren't waterproof so, the batteries have taken a beating. The cables are all corroded and battery terminals are corroded. I tested the batteries and seem to be holding a charge. It does have an Onan gas generator. I was able to get it to crank but not fire up. I checked the oil but, haven't checked the air filter yet. The hot water heater and stove are both LP. I noticed that the metal tubing going to the LP tank has been disconnected. I am having a hard time getting it to reconnect. Do you folks know if I can get the LP tank filled or do I need to get a BBQ pit style tank and run different tubing?
So, as I play around with stuff I will have more info and certainly more problems. Thanks Y'all!
I do remember RVing as a kid that the lp threads were left hand. But for some reason they disconnected the lp take from the supply line. It is being difficult to reconnect. Thanks for your info!
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2019-04-24T14:57:04Z
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https://goodoldrvs.ning.com/profiles/blogs/my-first-motorhome
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Re:Work will take place this year on Friday 10th June and promises to attract many industry professions to give talks as well as a range of companies to hold stalls.
The released confirmed attendees for this year, so far, include Kit and Ace, Kolab Digital, Creative United and Urban Outfitters. In past years, the careers event has attracted companies such as L K Bennett, Mint Velvet, Debenhams and Estee Lauder, with speakers such as designer Ella Doran and Robert Shaw, founder of Jack Wills.
There will be speakers, presentations and stands where students can talk one to one to companies, not only about potential opportunities, but also generally about working in industry. Also, It is the same day as the Private View of the BA Degree Show; which attracts a high footfall of industry and professionals from across the UK.
Winchester School of Art is ranked 11th in the UK for Art and Design by the Times and 8th in the UK for Fashion Design by the Guardian. It has 1600 students on the Winchester campus and 600 at the campus in Dalian, China. Their courses include Fine Art, Graphic Arts, Games Design and Art, Fashion and Textile Design and Fashion Marketing and Management, as well as management courses such as Luxury Brand Management, Design Management and Global Media Management.
Like the page on Facebook, Re:Work, or follow on twitter, @ReWorkWSA, to stay up to date with companies who will be attending.
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2019-04-20T19:10:44Z
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https://www.wessexscene.co.uk/news/2016/04/02/rework-winchester-school-of-arts-careers-event/
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This entry was posted on Friday, February 27th, 2009 at 2:22 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
im implementing your code, and it works.
but with the ajax call render :text => ‘success’ is not really working, it displays the success text if called.
My prototype skilz are a little rusty but you could make the time_zone action return “” instead of “success” or post to a hidden div.
You can see it ignores some time zones so that Denver will be picked above Arizona. Sorry Arizona.
A more complete solution would have the browser detect if it’s in a tz that recognized dst. I’m going to have to write a plugin for all this.
Just ran into a similar problem. Have you seen a different solution?
I’ve been thinking about tz formatting a little recently. I’d like to get the time zone from a service like simplegeo.
For your problem I think you’d have to reload the page or reformat the times with js once time zone info is available. Perhaps use an intermediate page or div that displays “Loading…”.
Alternatively, the server could make a call to simplegeo using the ip address of the client to get time zone.
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2019-04-24T20:54:35Z
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https://spongetech.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/detecting-browser-time-zone-with-rails/
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Trying to figure out which of these cars to buy? Compare the Mahindra TUV300 Plus Vs SsangYong Rexton W on CarAndBike to make an informed buying decision as to which car to buy in 2019. This comparison has been carried out on the basis of prices, engine specifications, mileage, and features of these cars.
The ex-showroom, New Delhi price of the base Diesel version of the SsangYong Rexton W costs ₹ 25.99 Lakh, whereas the Diesel top-end costs ₹ 27.51 Lakh. The base Diesel version of the Mahindra TUV300 Plus costs ₹ 10.8 Lakh, whereas the Diesel top-end costs ₹ 12.89 Lakh.
As for the claimed fuel efficiency, the SsangYong Rexton W base Diesel engine returns 12 kmpl. The Mahindra TUV300 Plus base Diesel engine returns 17 kmpl.
In the powertrain department, the SsangYong Rexton W gets 2 Diesel engine options - 162 bhp Diesel ,184 bhp Diesel engines. The Mahindra TUV300 Plus comes in 1 Diesel engine options - 120 bhp Diesel engines.
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2019-04-23T20:39:58Z
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https://auto.ndtv.com/compare-cars/mahindra-tuv300-plus-1548-vs-ssangyong-rexton-w-1302
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The warm rustic hue of antiqued copper chain is beautiful both on its own and in mixed metal jewelry. Choose from over 50 styles of antique copper chain, sold by the spool, foot, or meter. Options include chain with a core of brass or steel. Dangling charm chain comes with leaves, coins, flowers, and more. Additional styles include varieties of curb chain, cable chain, rollo chain, ball chain, and more. Great selection of supplies with wholesale prices when you buy multiple spools.
Tips: Nearly all styles of basemetal chain by the spool (except ball chain) begin with the 5 digits #40-099, followed by their 2-digit style number (-52 is 7.2mm Rollo Chain) and ending with a 1-digit color number (antiqued copper is -7).
To find the matching chain style by the foot, search for the 5 digits #40-090, followed by the style number (-52 is 7.2mm Rollo Chain), and the 1-digit color number. Example: #40-099-52-7 by the spool vs. #40-090-52-7, by the foot.
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2019-04-22T16:58:42Z
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http://www.rings-things.com/Products/Antiqued-Copper-Chain/
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All her life, Jennifer Cloutier ’13 wanted to understand how things work.
Cloutier’s curiosity has long since evolved from kitchen items to stem cells. As an undergraduate researcher in Professor Konrad Hochedlinger’s lab with the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, she takes adult skin cells from mice, infects them with viruses to express certain proteins, and then examines how those proteins prompt the cells to reprogram or dedifferentiate into stem cells. “I study why that happens, how we can improve the process, and how we can make it safer for any future therapeutics,” she said.
Another person in Cloutier’s position might have taken a different approach to the question of why things happen. When she was 6 years old, a two-car collision changed the family forever. The accident left Cloutier and her brother, who was 4, paralyzed.
Missing more than half a year of school and sharing a room with her brother as they both recovered, the Canadian Cloutier said, prompted her lifelong obsession.
Athletic accomplishments were another key to Cloutier’s recovery. Initially uninterested in physical activity, she nonetheless tried new sports such as seated hockey, downhill skiing, and water skiing, for which she won a gold medal in her first year of competition with Canada’s National Water Ski Development Team in 2008. Her confidence hit new heights.
Now accepted into Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, an M.D. initiative that bridges scientific research and medical practice, Cloutier said she hopes one day to be a principal investigator with her own lab, seeing a small group of patients relevant to her research.
A crop of new classroom and learning spaces across the University is helping to transform teaching and learning, while serving as important models of collaboration. One such collaboration resulted in Zeega, a software platform and social network devoted to digital storytelling. James Burns (from left), Kara Oehler, and Jesse Shapins are co-founders of the software platform.
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2019-04-20T18:21:54Z
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https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/05/embracing-the-magic-of-science/
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her adoration on it everywhere.
beyond the range to which his voice extends.
her adoration’s most enormous woe.
S1L6 was "her love’s most massive, ostentatious woe."
S4L2 "ardency" replaces "fervency" and "in" replaces "her"
with her love’s largest stones.
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I think you've been a bit free with the German - both in "massive, ostentatious" and in assuming the stones are jewels; I find them a bit ambiguous - they are big stones - and that might be nice to keep.
Second, in the line "the oil’s alleviation," I'd put the apostrophe after the s, since der Oele is plural.
Third, I'm not sure the German warrants "her fervency."
No other nits - a pleasure to read, as always.
John, I have made some revisions in line with your suggestions. Especially in Flemish and Northern European art, Mary Magdalene is often depicted in extremely rich attire, covered in jewels. I think that is the iconography that Rilke is referencing here, though the stones of her love are metaphoric. I can't imagine any other kind of stone that she would be wearing. She is treating her love as something that sets her apart and makes her better than the others, and Jesus finally denies her that vanity.
As for the wording, English is much more economical than German is, so I have been forced to fill out the line by using more than one meaning of the same word or by supplying a word that states a meaning that is only implied by the original. I have experimented with alternate words. You can tell me if you think they are warranted by the German.
Yes, I like your revisions. Your guess about Magdalene is likely right, and filling out the lines may be unavoidable. I'll just say that as I read this, Steine technically does not mean jewels, and her woe, not her costume, is laden with them. A woe laden with stones may be laden down with their weight rather than their dollar value, and that is the ambiguity I was pointing you toward. Some things vanish on translation, but it's nice for such losses to be conscious and deliberate, hence my remark.
John, I agree with you that "steine" means "stones," but not necessarily gems, so I have amended the literal translation accordingly. However, in the context of the poem, I think there are several reasons that those stones should be read as gemstones.
1. Mary Magdalene is in the "costume" of a grief, and that costume is studded with the stones of her love. To me, "costume" suggests something put on for show, and her love is adorning that costume. Her love is not weighing down the grief, though one might assume that the grief could weigh down the love.
2. Rilke is often influenced by works of art, so the iconography of Mary Magdalene has to be relevant here. She is not shown wearing heavy stones, though she is sometimes shown in jewels. After the crucifixion, when she becomes a recluse in a cave, she is often portrayed as being naked. So the elaborate garment of before is being contrasted with the implied going bare afterwards.
3. I would try to suggest ambiguity in the "stones" if I thought the ambiguity was relevant, but the reading of the large stones as heavy weights just does not seem to fit in with the rest of the poem. The message of the poem is about not mistaking the outer for the inner, the body for the soul. I think it muddies that message if I suggest other possible meanings of "stones" in this context.
I appreciate the thought you're putting into this question, and the hypotheses you're making. In conclusion at my end, I'll just say that "encrusted with jewels" seems a bit precious as a rendering of "besetzt mit Steinen." The German is qualitatively simpler, in both noun and adjective, and I stand by the ambiguity of the word stones. Stones weigh a person down; jewels do not. I think Rilke welcomes the reader thinking a moment of Magdalene weighed down by valueless grief. Anyway, your translation, obviously. My 2c.
John, "encrusted" was meant to convey "ganz besetzt," so "completely studded." The image, I take it, is of a garment covered with jewels, not just with a few jewels here and there. I will keep looking around for alternatives, but I did not pick "encrusted" lightly.
Well, technically it's the woe, not the costume, that is stone-studded. But I'm not pushing really against your primary reading, just looking to underline some ambiguity in the simpler German. Still, at the end of the day you have to trust your gut.
Scroll down to the second of the two paintings here titled "Mary Magdalene Holding the Unguent Jar," and click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it.
I doubt that Rilke ever saw this painting. However, it's interesting that seven very large jewels are visible in her necklace, in addition to other jewels adorning her dress.
These seven large jewels or stones might represent the seven demons which Jesus had cast out of the woman who publicly anointed him with perfume, washing his feet with tears and drying them with her hair. This jar-bearing woman who anointed the Messiah or Christ (a title which means "the anointed one") is mentioned in all four Gospel accounts. Mary Magdalene of course later brought myrrh to Jesus's tomb, so she got conflated with that woman.
St. Gregory the Great might have been the first to do so. He also said that the seven demons cast out of the woman/Mary might have actually been the seven deadly sins, which include Lust and Pride. Gregory preached a homily on her former Pride and Lust, in which he claimed that she had previously used those perfumed oils to anoint her own body for illicit acts.
I think that that's the source of the tradition of Mary Magdalene's vanity, which Rilke mentions in the poem.
I'm having trouble understanding Rilke's point in the final quatrain. The whole poem is about love, but is Rilke saying that Jesus wanted to make her a lover of humanity in general, rather than a lover of only one beloved? I'm also not sure what he's getting at with "seine Stimme übersteigt." Does he mean she no longer listens to him, not only because he's not speaking to her anymore, but because she has mastered what he taught and no longer needs him to tell her what to do?
I get the impression that the title really means that Mary Magdalene, rather than Jesus, is the risen one, because she is no longer sinking (as at the cross), or reaching (as at the tomb), or otherwise inclining herself toward her lover (as in the final stanza). There's probably some hint of female proneness versus male erectness in that imagery, too. Anyway, I think that that positional contrast is important, so "bends / her ardency" is probably less effective than some variant of "bends / herself" would be.
Why change the crib's "of" to "from" in S4L1?
Last edited by Julie Steiner; 04-14-2019 at 01:09 AM.
Julie, thanks for tracking down a relevant painting. I have been assuming all along that Rilke's title is ambiguous and refers to both Jesus and Mary Magdalene. I think in the last stanza, Rilke is implying that Mary now directs her love toward God, not toward the physical Jesus. Supposedly, toward the end of her life, Mary Magdalene was carried up to heaven by angels (for visits, I guess) before she even died. So the element of ecstatic vision is suggested for her. I don't know why I had "from" instead of "of" in S4L1, so I have changed that. I am not sure yet of how I could fit "herself" into S4L2, because I need more syllables for the line. But I will think about it.
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https://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?s=345c8b312af4f0cf23b1f4e3f89ae377&p=434991
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The Restoration of Redwood Creek at Muir Beach has been going on since 2009. Here is a summary of what has been accomplished so far.
Planning and community engagement for restoration and site improvements planned for 2013, including the re-alignment of the parking lot, extension of the pedestrian bridge, the installation of a trail along Pacific Way and to the beach, creation of a new picnic area, signage and other visitor amenities.
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2019-04-21T18:23:48Z
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https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/nature/redwood-creek-restoration-progress-to-date.htm
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We are nearing the completion of our extension build. It has been a long laborious journey, hundreds and hundreds of hours of digging drainage ditches, filling tyres with soil for the retaining wall and stripping bark of the logs for the main construction. We have also managed to finish the whole mosaic floor, the only thing it needs now is a final layer of grout to smooth it out and a polish. We are happy with the results and will write a bit more about it and show you some more pictures after the final polish.
Absolutely love the mosaic floor, the photos are amazing. When you get the time it would be wonderful to see more details on how you put this project together, especially the floor.
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2019-04-25T11:56:40Z
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https://fromacountrycottage.wordpress.com/2015/10/14/the-sky-is-the-limit/
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Even Georgia O’Keeffe noticed the pin-sized blisters bubbling on the surface of her paintings. For decades, conservationists and scholars assumed these tiny protrusions were grains of sand, kicked up from the New Mexico desert where O’Keeffe lived and worked. But as the protrusions began to grow, spread and eventually flake off, people shifted from curious to concerned.
A multidisciplinary team from Northwestern University and the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico has now diagnosed the strange paint disease: The micron-sized protrusions are metal soaps, resulting from a chemical reaction between the metal ions and fatty acids commonly used as binder in paints.
Walton, co-director of the Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts, a collaboration between Northwestern and the Art Institute of Chicago, discussed the research findings and technology at a Feb. 16 press briefing at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meetingin Washington, D.C.
The briefing, “Art Conservation Leverages Advanced Scientific Knowhow,” was held at 9 a.m. EST in Balcony A of the Marriott Wardman Park.
Cossairt will present the research at a scientific session tomorrow. His talk, “Diagnosing a Paint Disease with Computer Science: The Case of Georgia O’Keeffe,” is part of the session “Medicine, Computer Science and Art: Learning Through Technology” (8 to 9:30 a.m. EST on Feb. 17, room 2, Marriott Wardman Park).
The AAAS scientific session is organized by Francesca Casadio, the Grainger Executive Director of Conservation and Science at the Art Institute and co-director of the Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts. Northwestern researchers will also present work about teams traveling to Mars and water insecurity.
Nearly all of Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings have some degree of damage from metal soap formation. While some of the cases of “acne” are in early stages of development and can only be viewed with ultraviolet imaging, others are more advanced and can be seen with the naked eye. Conservators have restored some of the paintings where the damage is more pronounced, but the protrusions continue to return.
Walton and his team in the Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts are studying how quickly the process can advance by inducing metal soap deterioration in surrogate paintings. They also have decades of detailed information from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, which documents the different environments that various pieces have experienced while traveling and on display.
“After we understand what sort of environmental conditions they have been in, what sort of relative humidity, what sort of temperatures, whether they have been in direct sunlight, then we can prescribe a particular environment with particular conditions that will allow the art work to survive over a very long period of time,” Walton said.
These findings can also be applied more widely beyond O’Keeffe’s masterpieces. Soap protrusions are damaging oil paintings from across all time periods.
“If we can solve this problem, we’re preserving our cultural heritage for generations to come,” Walton said.
Cossairt likens his hand-held tool to a Star Trek “tricorder.” Fans of the show will remember watching their favorite characters use the pocket-sized device to scout unfamiliar areas, examine inanimate objects and diagnose disease.
Instead of assessing a human (or alien’s) health, the tool developed in Cossairt’s laboratory can help diagnose the health of a painting. It uses the LCD display and camera already available on smartphones and tablets. With a simple wave across the surface of a painting, the app quickly digest’s the work’s precise, 3D surface structure, or metrology. It can then subtract the work’s color to help researchers identify any deviations in surface shape that do not come from brush strokes or canvas texture.
The app uses the light source from a mobile device — either the LED flash or LCD display — to reflect light off the painting’s surface and capture those reflections with the camera. The image is then processed by custom algorithms developed at Northwestern by Aggelos Katsaggelosto extract surface shape information.
Compare this hand-held device to the large, cumbersome equipment that is currently needed to map a painting’s metrology. The primary technique, called reflectance transformation imaging, requires a large dome of several light sources and an expensive setup. Few museums can invest in purchasing and maintaining such instruments.
“We’re trying to make it much simpler, much less expensive and more readily available to lower the barrier to usage,” Cossairt said.
The research is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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2019-04-25T16:32:07Z
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https://news.northwestern.edu/index.php/stories/2019/02/georgia-okeeffe-paint-disease/
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Does Your Faith Have Works?
Is it wrong for a Christian lady to pursue a guy?
What Should Girls Wear At Church?
Sometimes, we just want to put filters in our actions and words, just so God wouldn't see what we did. But hear this, God has already made the best filter available for us.
Pictures and statements in this blog is owned by the maker of this blog unless cited.
Photos should not be used outside this blog unless permitted by the owner.
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2019-04-25T12:47:55Z
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https://improsohanna.wordpress.com/tag/christ-lives-in-us/
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Hooked Up: It's the best of celebrity tech. Exposed.
The only show where the world of celebrity collides with the world of technology.
I'm pretty juiced to announce an all-new show that you'll be able to find right here on CNET called "Hooked Up." It's a partnership between CNET and CBS Television Distribution, and it will be a new weekly Web series that brings you today's hottest stars and the technology that surrounds them.
CBS entertainment correspondent and host Kevin Frazier goes inside the homes of celebrities like Cee Lo Green and others as they share the gadgets they love. Each 15-minute show will feature a new celebrity and the shows will air on Wednesdays from April 24 through May 22.
I'll join Kevin each week to share insights and advice about the stars' tech products and show viewers how to create similar environments within their own homes.
There's never been a show that's combined the two worlds of celebrity and technology, and we're excited to bring it to you.
Discuss: Hooked Up: It's the best of celebrity tech. Exposed.
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University of Pittsburgh professor Jon Boyle’s ongoing investigation into the unique molecular relationship between disease-causing microorganisms and their hosts has earned him recognition by the Pew Charitable Trusts as a 2009 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences, an honor he shares with some of the nation’s top researchers, including two Nobel laureates. An assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in Pitt’s School of Arts and Sciences, Boyle is the first Pitt professor to receive the award.
Boyle, who will receive $240,000 over four years to support his research, was among 17 early-career scientists the Pew Trusts identified as “displaying outstanding promise in research relevant to the advancement of human health.” Fellow 2009 recipients include researchers from Columbia University, Harvard University, Princeton University, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Pennsylvania.
In his research, Boyle investigates the molecular factors that make pathogenic microorganisms and their hosts compatible. In particular, he studies the microorganism Toxoplasma gondii, the pathogen that causes Toxoplasmosis in humans as well as various mammals and bird species. Closely related to the microorganism that causes malaria, T. gondii’s wide range of hosts makes it a good candidate for identifying the parasite genes that determine virulence, and then exploring the effects of these molecules in different hosts, including mice and humans. Boyle and others have identified proteins within T. gondii that determine virulence, including one called ROP18 that can transform a benign strain of the microorganism into a lethal one. Uncovering the mechanism of these proteins could provide further understanding of the host-pathogen relationship at the molecular level and help in the development of more effective treatments for such diseases as Toxoplasmosis.
Boyle came to Pitt in 2008 after completing his postdoctoral research in molecular parasitology in the lab of John Boothroyd in Stanford University’s School of Medicine. He received his PhD in molecular parasitology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison School of Veterinary Medicine in 2003, studying under professor Timothy P. Yoshino. Boyle received his bachelor’s degree in molecular biology from the University of Montana in 1995.
During its 25-year history, the Pew scholar program has recognized more than 460 researchers, including such notable scientists as 1992 scholar Roderick MacKinnon of Rockefeller University, who won a 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and 1995 scholar Craig C. Mello of the University of Massachusetts, recipient of a 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The program has provided more than $125 million in research support. More information on the scholarship program is available on the Pew Scholars Web site at www.pewscholars.org.
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https://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/story/jon-boyle-named-%E2%80%9909-pew-scholar-biomedical-sciences
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Review of Stoic Warriors: by Nancy Sherman (Oxford, 2005) in Ancient Philosophy 26 (2006) 435-438.
"Socrates' Practice of Elenchus" in Socrates: Critical Assessments (Vol. III), ed. W. J. Prior (Routledge, 1997).
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A running back can give each of his offensive linemen nice wristwatches to reward them for their blocking. So what’s wrong with defensive players offering financial incentives to teammates for achieving specific goals?
That was the question of the day in Green Bay, where Packers defensive backs Charles Woodson and Al Harris were backpedaling after their apparent willingness to pay teammates for their play attracted scrutiny from NFL officials.
Woodson said he didn’t know such payments were against the rules, because he’d heard that other teams did it.
Woodson also wanted to make it clear the Packers weren’t offering “bounties” in the traditional sense – they didn’t want anybody to get hurt.
Another season for Favre? Now that the Packers are winning again, might Brett Favre once again put off retirement and return to play next season?
Favre hasn’t said that, preferring to delay his now-annual retirement saga until after the season.
But in a conference call with Detroit reporters on Tuesday, Favre at least hinted that the Packers’ successful season makes him more likely to return next year.
“If last season gave me hope, if I felt optimistic after our Chicago game last year at 8-8 and not making the playoffs, sure, I obviously have to feel a little bit better – especially individually,” Favre said.
Government wants Vick’s money: Michael Vick’s “deteriorating financial condition” prompted federal prosecutors to ask a judge to order the former NFL star to set aside nearly $1 million for the care of pit bulls seized from his dogfighting operation.
Briefly: Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher said he’s gathering facts about a weekend incident between suspended cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones and defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth.
— Giants Stadium will bolster security in an effort to crack down on rowdy Jets fans who chant obscenely at women during halftime.
— Joey Harrington will start at quarterback for Atlanta against Indianapolis after Bryon Leftwich missed practice because of a bruised tailbone.
— Ted Tollner rejoined the San Francisco 49ers as an assistant coach in an effort to spark the club’s miserable offense.
— San Francisco quarterback Alex Smith will miss the 49ers’ next two games to give his injured right arm more time to rest.
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2019-04-24T16:53:15Z
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https://www.twincities.com/2007/11/20/nfl-report-bounties-meant-to-motivate-not-cause-injuries-packers-say/
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The Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center supports education, outreach, and communication efforts that align with the goals of the Center and support AK CASC research projects. Brief descriptions of the education, outreach, and communication projects and initiatives are listed below. Select a specific project for more information.
This video shows landscapes of Alaska. From glaciers in the Alaska Range, to the Interior's boreal forest and the Arctic tundra--this short movie highlights the importance and stunning beauty of Alaska's frozen lands. It contains footage taken by Alessio Gusmeroli during research expeditions to the study glaciers, snow and permafrost in Alaska. The soundtrack for this movie is "Arktika" by the Russian artist Mara, who kindly gave permission to use this song for research and education. It fits perfectly with the landscapes shown in the video.
Girls on Ice is a unique, free, wilderness science program for high school girls that has been successfully run for 12 years in Washington State. The program provides young women with an intensive science-immersion experience through a backcountry expedition with professional glaciologists and mountaineers. In 2012, with the support of the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center (AK CASC), Girls on Ice was able to expand in a new direction: offering a Girls on Ice experience in Alaska primarily for Alaskan girls.
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CallisonRTKL’s Environments Studio and the City of Santa Ana Redevelopment Agency developed a wayfinding system—eight years in the making—that unites and spotlights six unique districts across a 20-block area.
Read more about What Makes a City a Brand? Find out in LA!
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2019-04-25T12:56:07Z
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New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph A. Foster announces the completion of the investigation into the officer-involved shooting that occurred in Claremont, New Hampshire on September 25, 2016, that resulted in the death of Cody Lafont (age 25). The purpose of this report is to summarize the Attorney General’s factual findings and legal conclusions with regard to this officer- involved deadly force incident. The findings and conclusions in this report are based upon information gathered during the investigation, including viewing the scene of the incident, photographs, physical evidence, and numerous witness interviews.
the Attorney General finds that Claremont Police Corporal Ian Kibbe’s use of deadly force against Cody Lafont on September 25, 2016, was legally justified.
At about 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 25, 2016, Cody Lafont was dropped off at his home at 53 Congress Street in Claremont by friends, after spending the evening with those and other friends. Mr. Lafont had been drinking alcohol throughout the evening, and appeared to those with him to be heavily intoxicated, but not belligerent, aggressive, or despondent. Mr. Lafont lived alone, and there was nobody with him at 53 Congress Street, a single-family residence, when his friends dropped him off and left.
Shortly after Mr. Lafont returned home, he called 911 several times. In those series of calls, the first which occurred at about 4:13 a.m. and the last of which occurred at about 4:45 a.m., Mr. Lafont requested that a police officer come to his house in order to talk to him, something he had requested many times in the past. Mr. Lafont did not sound distraught, upset, or angry in the calls, and did not indicate any intent or thoughts of harming himself or others.
In response to Mr. Lafont’s calls to 911, a police officer was dispatched to his home in order to advise him in substance to stop calling 911. One of the officers on duty that evening was Corporal Ian Kibbe, who responded to Mr. Lafont’s residence. Corporal Kibbe was dressed in a police uniform, and was driving alone in a marked police car. Corporal Kibbe had prior interactions with Mr. Lafont in his capacity as a police officer, and through those prior interactions knew that Mr. Lafont could be armed. On the way to Mr. Lafont’s home Corporal Kibbe was informed that Mr. Lafont likely was intoxicated and depressed, but had not expressed any suicidal ideation.
Corporal Kibbe responded alone to Mr. Lafont’s residence shortly before 5:00 a.m. When Corporal Kibbe arrived, he saw what he knew to be Mr. Lafont’s car parked in the driveway, and positioned his police car so that it blocked off any egress by Mr. Lafont’s car and illuminated the house. Corporal Kibbe parked his car so that Mr. Lafont would be unable to drive away, which could pose a danger to himself and others given his believed inebriated condition, and so that the officer could see into the house.
Corporal Kibbe then walked up to Mr. Lafont’s front door. Corporal Kibbe was armed with his service pistol, but he did not unholster the weapon. Corporal Kibbe then knocked on the front door, and Mr. Lafont opened the door. At that point, Mr. Lafont, behind an interior screen door, was accompanied by his unleashed and barking pit bull dog, and was holding in one of his hands, up at his chest, what Corporal Kibbe saw was a revolver. At that point, Corporal Kibbe repeatedly told Mr. Lafont to drop his weapon, backed up onto the lawn several yards away from Mr. Lafont, and unholstered his service pistol. Instead of dropping the revolver, Mr. Lafont opened the screen door, and his dog ran towards Corporal Kibbe and then veered off to the side, still barking.
Corporal Kibbe maintained his attention on Mr. Lafont, and continued to tell him in substance to drop his gun. Mr. Lafont did not say anything, strangely smiled at Corporal Kibbe, and then stepped towards the officer while moving the revolver that he held in the officer’s direction. At that point, believing that Mr. Lafont was going to shoot him and fearing for his life Corporal Kibbe fired his service weapon three times. When Mr. Lafont fell to the floor in the doorway to his house and dropped his revolver, Corporal Kibbe approached and attempted to talk to Mr. Lafont and keep him conscious. Corporal Kibbe also reported shots fired on his police radio and called for officer backup and an ambulance.
The second and only other officer on the scene, Sergeant Wilmot, arrived at Mr. Lafont’s home within minutes after Corporal Kibbe’s radio call reporting shots fired and requesting assistance. After Sergeant Wilmot arrived, Mr. Lafont was handcuffed and moved away from his home’s doorway, so that the residence could be secured and medical attention rendered to Mr. Lafont. At that point, however, it appeared that Mr. Lafont was dead.
After the incident, the revolver that Mr. Lafont was holding and pointed towards Corporal Kibbe was examined. The revolver was not loaded.
During the evening on Saturday, September 24, 2016, Cody Lafont was with several friends. Mr. Lafont and those friends attended car races, and also drove around to various other locations. Mr. Lafont drank alcohol steadily throughout the evening, to the point of intoxication.
At the time when Mr. Lafont arrived home early Sunday morning, two officers of the Claremont Police Department were working. Sergeant Brent Wilmot was the patrol supervisor, and Corporal Kibbe was the other officer on duty. Corporal Kibbe’s shift started at midnight, and was scheduled to run until 8:00 a.m.
dispatcher also asked Mr. Lafont whether he felt like he might harm himself, and he replied that he did not. The dispatcher repeated that she was going to send a police officer to Mr. Lafont’s residence to speak with him. In addition, the dispatcher transferred Mr. Lafont’s call to Sergeant Wilmot, who was at the police station.
Sergeant Wilmot was familiar with Mr. Lafont, based on numerous interactions between Mr. Lafont and the Claremont Police Department over the last several years. In particular, Sergeant Wilmot knew from these prior interactions that Mr. Lafont in the past had called the Claremont Police Department after he had been drinking alcohol, and had asked for rides to various locations and for officers to talk to. Sergeant Wilmot believed that Mr. Lafont’s latest call into the police department would be of a similar nature.
In Sergeant Wilmot’s telephone conversation with Mr. Lafont, Mr. Lafont indicated that he was depressed but not suicidal, and wanted a police officer to come to his residence in order to speak with him. Mr. Lafont also confirmed that he had been drinking. When Sergeant Wilmot asked Mr. Lafont whether he wanted to go to a hospital, Mr. Lafont refused. Sergeant Wilmot also indicated that he would listen to whatever Mr. Lafont wanted to talk about, but Mr. Lafont insisted that he wanted to speak with an officer face-to-face at his house. Sergeant Wilmot’s telephone conversation with Mr. Lafont ended after several minutes.
At about 4:42 a.m., Sergeant Wilmot placed a radio call to Corporal Kibbe, who was at home on his meal break. Sergeant Wilmot directed Corporal Kibbe to respond to 53 Congress Street and to advise Mr. Lafont to stop calling 911. In Mr. Lafont’s last 911 call, placed at about 4:45 a.m., he asked again to speak to the Claremont Police Department. Mr. Lafont spoke once more with the same dispatcher, who repeatedly told him that an officer was on the way to his residence to speak with him. Mr. Lafont responded by expressing frustration that an officer had not yet responded to his residence. During that last 911 call, Sergeant Wilmot called Corporal Kibbe, notifying him that Mr. Lafont had been drinking and was calling 911 again. Corporal Kibbe replied that he was on route to Mr. Lafont’s residence.
Mr. Lafont’s tone throughout the recorded 911 calls that he made was steady, and although in the last call he voiced frustration that a police officer had not responded to his residence he did not sound overly upset, emotional, or distraught. Nor did Mr. Lafont make any threats or indicate that he wanted to harm himself, a police officer, or anyone else. Sergeant Wilmot described his unrecorded telephone conversation with Mr. Lafont as similar in tone.
Corporal Kibbe arrived at Mr. Lafont’s residence at 53 Congress Street at about 4:49 a.m. – as documented by a radio transmission he sent to the police dispatcher to that effect – just after Mr. Lafont finished his last telephone call to 911. At about 4:50 a.m., Corporal Kibbe called in over his radio that shots had been fired and that he needed assistance. Moments after that radio transmission, Corporal Kibbe stated that he needed an ambulance sent to the residence immediately.
Sergeant Wilmot rushed to Mr. Lafont’s residence once he heard Corporal Kibbe’s initial radio call for assistance, and responded to the home within minutes. There, Sergeant Wilmot saw Corporal Kibbe, whose service pistol was unholstered, and Mr. Lafont, who was lying in the front doorway of his house.
Corporal Kibbe briefly told Sergeant Wilmot what transpired. Sergeant Wilmot called for an ambulance, and also directed Corporal Kibbe to handcuff Mr. Lafont, as a security precaution. Mr. Lafont’s body was pulled away from the doorway, so that the officers could secure inside the residence Mr. Lafont’s pit bull dog, which barked at the officers whenever they approached Mr. Lafont. Sergeant Wilmot saw that Mr. Lafont appeared to be dead, and also noticed, near his body, what appeared to be an old revolver.
Corporal Ian Kibbe joined the Claremont Police Department in about March of 2014. Prior to his tenure with the Claremont Police Department, Corporal Kibbe worked as a corrections officer in Vermont for about sixteen months, and then worked as a police officer with the Windsor Police Department in Vermont for about two years. Corporal Kibbe started his tenure with the Claremont Police Department as a patrol officer, and had been promoted to the supervisory role of corporal.
Kibbe successfully completed mental health training, training on the use of less than lethal force, as well a number of firearms trainings, including responding to active shooting situations, nighttime qualification, and basic special weapons and tactics. Before September 25, 2016, Corporal Kibbe had only discharged his firearm in response to animal threats, and had never been involved in a use of deadly force incident against a person.
Cody Lafont was a young man who had lived all of his adult life in Claremont. Mr. Lafont had several family members who lived in the area, as well as several close friends who he spent time with. Mr. Lafont struggled with clinical depression throughout much of his adult life, a condition that at times adversely affected his relationship with his friends and family, and that also adversely influenced his judgment and behavior. Sometimes when Mr. Lafont was depressed he drank as a means of self-medication, and at times drank excessively, which exacerbated his behavior when depressed. Friends and family members characterized Mr. Lafont as generally kind, gentle, and amiable, but that he could sometimes act erratically and aggressively when suffering one of his bouts of depression, which could last weeks or even months. Mr. Lafont also would have extremely low self-esteem and a low sense of self-worth when depressed. Friends and family were not aware that Mr. Lafont had any firearms in his house on September 25, 2016, and in fact believed that there were no firearms in the house.
going to be incarcerated. In that respect, Court records indicate that Mr. Lafont had a court date scheduled for October 24, 2016, in connection with several misdemeanor charges, including a charge of misuse of the 911 system. Mr. Lafont was supposed to be undergoing alcohol counseling as part of those court matters, apparently had not completed what he was supposed to in that regard, and repeatedly expressed fears that he was going to go to jail for failure to complete his counseling when he appeared in court on October 24. Mr. Lafont’s concerns were so intense that about a week before his death he had a heated argument with one of his closest friends in which he expressed those concerns as a cause of his aggressive behavior towards his friend.
from them. Mr. Lafont was typically intoxicated during these encounters, and while sometimes hostile or belligerent was never openly violent.3 Because of the frequency of Mr. Lafont’s interactions with police, many officers were well familiar with him, and of his penchant for calling up, usually intoxicated, seeking someone to talk to.
3 Between March and December, 2015, Mr. Lafont was placed into protective custody six times while intoxicated.
According to friends, Mr. Lafont had no hostility towards members of the Claremont Police Department. To the contrary, Mr. Lafont had a friendly relationship with many in the Claremont Police Department, and expressed his belief that officers were his friends, and were the only ones who could help or understand him when he was depressed and had been drinking.
Corporal Kibbe had several interactions with Cody Lafont prior to his encounter with him on September 25, 2016. The first time occurred in 2015, when Corporal Kibbe and another officer responded to Mr. Lafont’s house at his request via a 911 call. When Corporal Kibbe and the other officer arrived at Mr. Lafont’s home, they saw that Mr. Lafont had an unloaded assault rifle in his living room, pointed towards the window. Mr. Lafont was verbally abusive at points during the encounter, but was not violent.
During another encounter with Mr. Lafont at Mr. Lafont’s residence, Mr. Lafont’s dog was caged and barking at Corporal Kibbe. Mr. Lafont at one point told Corporal Kibbe in substance that if the officer killed Mr. Lafont’s dog Mr. Lafont would kill the officer.
Corporal Kibbe also described several unremarkable passing encounters with Mr. Lafont at local Claremont events and venues.
other surveillance cameras or similar devices at Mr. Lafont’s residence or in the vicinity to record events.
Corporal Ian Kibbe was interviewed. The interview was audio recorded with Corporal Kibbe’s consent. The interview was attended by Corporal Kibbe and his lawyer and police union representative, two investigators from the New Hampshire State Police, and two prosecutors from the Attorney General’s Office. Corporal Kibbe did not refuse to answer any questions, and did not stop the interview at any point.
Corporal Kibbe was working but on meal break at home when he received a radio transmission from Sergeant Wilmot to respond to Cody Lafont’s residence at 53 Congress Street and direct him to stop calling 911. Corporal Kibbe proceeded to his car, a marked patrol cruiser, and drove to Mr. Lafont’s residence, which was only about a minute away. Corporal Kibbe did not activate his siren or police lights as he proceeded to Mr. Lafont’s residence. On the way to Mr. LaFont’s.
4 Those few neighbors who heard anything of relevance heard what sounded like three gunshots, in quick succession. One neighbor also heard a voice, which did not sound like Mr. Lafont’s, yelling words that she could not make out just before gunshots. This limited information is consistent with the account provided by Corporal Kibbe infra.
Lafont’s residence, Corporal Kibbe received a telephone call from Sergeant Wilmot, who notified Corporal Kibbe that Mr. Lafont had called 911 repeatedly, that he had represented that he was depressed but not suicidal, and that he was intoxicated.
When Corporal Kibbe arrived as 53 Congress Street, he saw parked in the driveway what he recognized to be as Mr. Lafont’s car. In order to ensure that Mr. Lafont did not drive off and pose a danger to himself and others in his intoxicated state, Corporal Kibbe parked his patrol car so that it blocked Mr. Lafont’s car from leaving the driveway. Corporal Kibbe also positioned his patrol car so that its headlights illuminated the front of Mr. Lafont’s home, to provide increased visibility and safety. Corporal Kibbe did not activate the car’s siren or police lights, which was not unusual given the nature of the call that sent him to the residence.
Upon leaving his patrol car, Corporal Kibbe first checked Mr. Lafont’s car, to ensure that he was not in it. Corporal Kibbe then walked up to Mr. Lafont’s front door. On the way, Officer Kibbe shined his flashlight into Mr. Lafont’s living room, and saw who he believed to be Mr. Lafont sitting on his couch.
Corporal Kibbe waved to Mr. Lafont and pointed to the front door, and saw Mr. Lafont get up from the couch and heard his dog barking. Officer Kibbe walked up the front steps, knocked on Mr. Lafont’s front door, and announced that he was with the Claremont Police Department and needed to speak with Mr. Lafont.
Officer Kibbe was dressed in his police uniform, and wore a fleece jacket that had his badge and Claremont Police Department patches visibly displayed. Corporal Kibbe was armed with a semiautomatic pistol, an electric Taser, a baton, and OC chemical spray, all standard police-department issued and regularly carried by Corporal Kibbe and other patrol officers. Corporal Kibbe also was wearing a portable radio, with which he could communicate with the police department’s central dispatch.
Officer Kibbe waited at the front door for Mr. Lafont to answer his knocks.
When the front door ultimately opened, Mr. Lafont’s dog, a pit bull terrier, ran into the screen door, barking at the officer. Corporal Kibbe then saw Mr. Lafont, who stood at the front door. Mr. Lafont held a bottled drink in his right hand, and held in his left hand what Corporal Kibbe saw was a revolver. Mr. Lafont was holding the revolver by the handle, with a finger on the trigger, up by his chest with the barrel pointed towards the ground.
Upon seeing Mr. Lafont armed, Officer Kibbe told him to drop his weapon.
Mr. Lafont then placed the bottle he was holding in his other hand under his arm and opened the screen door between him and Corporal Kibbe. Corporal Kibbe backed down the front stairs, unholstered his service pistol, and told Mr. Lafont repeatedly to stop and to drop his gun.
When Mr. Lafont opened the screen door, his dog ran outside and towards Corporal Kibbe, but veered off to the side before reaching the officer. The dog was about five to ten feet from Corporal Kibbe, and continued to bark and growl at him. Corporal Kibbe’s attention remained focused on Mr. Lafont, who was standing in the doorway at the top of the steps. Mr. Lafont continued to hold the pistol, and was smiling. Corporal Kibbe continued to direct Mr. Lafont to drop the gun that he held. Instead, Mr. Lafont, who never spoke during the encounter with Corporal Kibbe, stepped towards the officer, while at the same time starting to point the gun at Corporal Kibbe.
Immediately after shooting Mr. Lafont, Corporal Kibbe called “shots fired” into his police radio, approached Mr. Lafont, and kicked the revolver away from him. Corporal Kibbe saw that Mr. Lafont was still breathing and told Mr. Lafont in substance to “stay with me” and “look at me,” but received no response from Mr. Lafont. Corporal Kibbe then backed away from Mr. Lafont and did not attempt to render medical assistance to him, because Mr. Lafont’s dog was by Mr. Lafont barking at the officer, and also because Corporal Kibbe was uncertain whether anyone was in the home who could pose additional danger to him.
Corporal Kibbe used his portable radio to call for medical assistance.
Corporal Kibbe estimated that the entirety of his encounter with Mr. Lafont lasted about a minute, an estimate consistent with the records of the radio transmissions that he sent to police central dispatch. Also, about a minute after Corporal Kibbe reported that shots had been fired, Sergeant Wilmot arrived at Mr. Lafont’s residence. After Corporal Kibbe briefly explained to Sergeant Wilmot what happened, the sergeant directed Corporal Kibbe to handcuff Mr. Lafont.
While Sergeant Wilmot provided protective cover, Corporal Kibbe returned to Mr. Lafont, handcuffed him, and pulled him away from the doorway threshold onto the top of the stairs so that Corporal Kibbe could close the front door and secure the residence and keep Mr. Lafont’s dog at bay. At that time, Corporal Kibbe saw that Mr. Lafont was no longer breathing and appeared to be dead. Medical personnel who arrived shortly thereafter confirmed that Mr. Lafont was dead.
The State’s Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Jennie Duval, completed an autopsy on Cody Lafont on September 26, 2016. Dr. Duval determined that Mr. Lafont was shot three times in the chest, directionality front to back, and that the cause of his death was those multiple gunshot wounds. The manner of Mr. Lafont’s death was homicide, which is a medical term meaning that the death was caused by another person. Toxicology testing on a sample of Lafont’s blood is still pending.
The relevant physical evidence collected at the scene consisted of three discharged cartridge casings. Those were consistent with the three shots fired from Corporal Kibbe’s handgun.
A revolver was also recovered at the scene, a few feet from Cody Lafont’s body. The revolver was unloaded. Ammunition that fit that weapon was found inside a locked safe in Mr. Lafont’s house. Mr. Lafont had purchased the revolver from an acquaintance back in January, 2013. Mr. Lafont’s friends and family members all believed that his mother and stepfather had taken all of his firearms back in 2015, after an alcohol-related incident, and that he had no firearms in his possession. None of Mr. Lafont’s family and friends was aware that he owned a handgun. Although testing is pending as to whether the revolver held by Mr.
Lafont was operable, as is discussed infra the results thereof do not impact the ultimate conclusions made as to whether Corporal Kibbe’s use of deadly force was justified.
New Hampshire’s laws regarding self-defense, defense of others and the use of physical force by law enforcement are set forth in RSA Chapter 627. Under RSA 627:5, II (a), a law enforcement officer, like a private citizen, is justified in using deadly force when he/she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to defend himself/herself or a third person from what he/she reasonably believes isn;t the imminent use of deadly force. Under RSA 627:9, II, “deadly force” is defined as any assault which the actor commits with the purpose of causing or which the actor knows to create a substantial risk of causing death or serious bodily injury. Purposely firing a weapon capable of causing serious bodily injury or death in the direction of another person constitutes deadly force.
N.H. 398 (1873). The reasonableness standard also applies in a situation where a person who uses deadly force is mistaken about the situation or the necessity of using deadly force. Thus, either a private citizen or a police officer may still be justified in using deadly force if he/she reasonably believed that he/she was in imminent danger from the use of deadly force by another, even if, in fact, they were not, so long as the actor’s belief was objectively reasonable.
benefit of hindsight, which is afforded by one viewing the circumstances after the fact.
The calculus of reasonableness must embody allowance for the fact that police officers are often forced to make split-second judgments—in circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving—about the amount of force that is necessary in a particular situation.
Id. at 396-97; see also Ryburn v. Huff, 132 S. Ct. 987, 992 (2010).
The Supreme Court has emphasized that there is no precise test or ‘magical on/off switch’ to determine when an officer is justified in using excessive or deadly force. . . . Nor must every situation satisfy certain preconditions before deadly force can be used . . . Rather, the particular facts of each case must be analyzed to determine whether the force used was justified under the totality of the circumstances.
accounts for the often fast moving nature of dangerous situations and the necessity of making decisions in less than ideal circumstances. See Huff, 132 S. Ct. at 991- 92 (chastising lower circuit court for not “heed[ing] the District Court’s wise admonition that judges should be cautious about second-guessing a police officer’s assessment, made on the scene, of the danger presented by a particular situation.”).
Based on all the facts and circumstances of this case, the Attorney General has concluded that Cody Lafont created a dangerous situation, which he escalated to the point where it became reasonable for Corporal Ian Kibbe to conclude that he faced an imminent threat of deadly force from Mr. Lafont, and to use deadly force against him in order to protect his own life.
In that regard, Corporal Kibbe acted appropriately when responding to Mr.
Lafont’s residence to inform him to stop calling 911. Given the nature of those calls, in which Mr. Lafont expressly disavowed any thoughts or intents of harming himself, as well as the history of Mr. Lafont’s prior encounters with Claremont police officers in general and Corporal Kibbe specifically, in which Mr. Lafont sometimes acted belligerently but was never actively violent, there was no reason for Corporal Kibbe to believe that he would be confronted with an imminent threat to his life. And, that belief would not have been altered by Corporal Kibbe’s brief sighting of Mr. Lafont immediately before the two actually encountered each other at Mr. Lafont’s front door. Notably in that regard, Corporal Kibbe was dressed in obvious police garb, and had verbally announced to Mr. Lafont that he was with the police. Notably too, the area where the two men ultimately encountered one- another was illuminated by the headlights of Corporal Kibbe’s patrol car, leaving little room for visual impairment or confusion by either.
The circumstances known and reasonably believed by Corporal Kibbe drastically changed once he encountered Mr. Lafont at the front door.
Specifically, the officer was faced with an imminently life-threatening situation. Mr. Lafont was holding a firearm in a dangerous manner, with his finger on the trigger. Only at that time, and after Mr. Lafont did not comply with repeated demands to drop the weapon, did Corporal Kibbe unholster his own firearm. And, although the danger to the officer increased when Mr. Lafont opened his screen door and released his barking dog, Corporal Kibbe did not fire his weapon, and instead repeated his demands that Mr. Lafont drop his weapon.
Despite Corporal Kibbe’s repeated directives, Mr. Lafont did not disarm himself. Nor did Mr. Lafont speak to the officer at all, let alone say anything that might have alleviated the officer’s reasonable concern for his own safety. Instead, Mr. Lafont escalated the already inherently dangerous situation that Corporal Kibbe confronted even further by walking towards the officer and moving the firearm that he held towards the officer. It was only at that time that Corporal Kibbe used deadly force, and ceased his use of such after Mr. Lafont dropped hisnown weapon.5 Based upon all of these facts and circumstances known to Corporal Kibbe when he encountered Cody Lafont, it was reasonable for Corporal Kibbe to believe that Mr. Lafont posed an imminent threat to his safety, and that when he fired his service weapon Mr. Lafont was about to use deadly force against him.
As to Cody Lafont’s motives for his conduct towards Corporal Kibbe, although several inferences can be drawn from the evidence gathered, ultimately there is no clear answer as to why he behaved as he did in that particular encounter. Factors that likely affected Mr. Lafont’s judgment and behavior at the time were his clinical depression, a serious condition that likely was exacerbated by his unusually heavy consumption of alcohol that evening, as well as his ongoing concern and anxiety over his belief that he was going to jail within weeks. But in the end, whether the product of one or more of these influences, or others, the fact remains that through Mr. Lafont’s conduct he presented an apparent imminent threat of deadly force to Corporal Kibbe when the two encountered one another outside of Mr. Lafont’s residence.
Accordingly, Corporal Ian Kibbe of the Claremont Police Department was legally justified in using deadly force against Cody Lafont, and no criminal charges will be filed against Corporal Kibbe as a result of Mr. Lafont’s death.
5 NH law defines a “deadly weapon” as “any firearm, knife or other substance or thing which, in the manner it is used, intended to be used, or threatened to be used, is known to be capable of producing death or serious bodily injury.” RSA 625:11, V (emphasis added). Here, although the revolver that Mr. Lafont held was ultimately determined to be unloaded, it still was a “deadly weapon” based on the manner in which he used it at the time of his confrontation with Corporal Kibbe, who reasonably assumed that the weapon was loaded.
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A garden shelf is a delightful place you can showcase the fruits of your green thumb. A garden shelf can greatly expand the amount of space available for your plants and it requires only a little time and effort to make. When building your own garden shelf, before you do anything else, you’ll need to assemble the frames of each shelf. After that, it’s a simple matter to connect the frames together with legs and finish the shelf by installing the baseboards.
Attach frame supports to the back of the frame. Each tier of this shelf will be comprised of one frame. The front and back of the frame are formed by 96 in (2.4 m) 2x4 boards. There are four supports for each frame, and each support consists of one 21 in (53 cm) 2x4. Measure and mark where your supports will go with a tape measure and pencil.
The supports will fasten the front and back piece of the frame together. Each support is separated by 29 in (74 cm).
The front and back boards should extend 1½ in (3.8 cm) beyond the left and rightmost supports on either side of the frame. All wood should be balanced on its narrow, long edge.
Three 2½ screws in per support should be sufficient to attach them sturdily to the back of the frame.
Check the angle formed by the pieces of your frame. Each support needs to meet the front and back boards and form an L-shape. Use a carpenter’s square to check the angle formed between the supports and the back board.
Adjust the supports by hand until each forms a right angle with the back board. Slide the next 96 in (2.4 m) 2x4 into place at the front of the frame and square it up with the supports in the same fashion as the back board.
Fasten the supports to the front of the frame. The supports should be held loosely in place by the screws connecting them to the back board. Double check the angle formed by the front/back boards and supports. Line up and screw in the supports to the front of the frame. Use three 2½ in screws per support.
If the angles formed by your back/front boards and supports don’t form an L-shape, this could compromise the stability or appearance of your shelves.
Reinforce joints with a waterproof wood glue, if desired. A joint is where two pieces of wood meet. Though gluing the joints of your frame is not necessary, doing so will give your shelf greater sturdiness. Follow the glue’s instructions for best results.
Repeat this process until four frames are made. Continuing in the same fashion you made the first frame, make three more. Each frame will be exactly the same. Remember to check the angles formed by supports and front/back boards. Each should form an L.
Keep in mind that the front and back boards of each frame should extend 1½ in (3.8 cm) beyond the left and rightmost supports.
Position the first set of legs. Arrange each frame so it stands upright and there is 19¼ in (49 cm) between each one. Align the outer edges of the frames. Lay one 72 in (1.8 m) 2x4 on the left and right protruding ends of the frames.
The long 72 in boards should be positioned on their long, narrow side and balance on the part of the frame extending beyond the left and rightmost supports.
This part of the project can be awkward by yourself. The frames will fall over easily, but once you get the 72 in boards in place, their weight should hold the frames somewhat in position.
Ask a friend or family member to help you during this part of the project or use other tools, like clamps, to hold the wood in place.
Attach the first set of legs. Before you do, check the squareness of your angles (you want them to form L-shapes) and other measurements. Adjust the wood as necessary. Use your drill to fasten the 72 in (1.8 m) board to each frame with four 1¼ in screws. Do this for each frame for both 72 in boards.
Reposition the frames carefully. Your shelf is halfway done and should be relatively stable at this point. Still, roughly handling materials at this point can cause damage to the wood. Carefully flip the shelf upside down, so the attached 72 in (1.8 m) legs are off the ground and opposite the floor.
Fasten the second set of legs to the frames. In the same fashion you fastened the first two 72 in (1.8 m) legs to the frames, fasten two more 72 in boards. Rest the long, narrow edge of each board on the part of the frame extending beyond the left and rightmost frame supports. Fasten these to the frames with 1¼ in screws.
Before fastening these legs, check all your measurements and angles again. While repositioning your shelf, you may have slightly altered something, like the distance between frames. This can cause the finished product to look poorly constructed.
Add vertical supports to the frames. Orient your frame so the attached 72 in (1.8 m) boards are standing straight up. Position the final two 72 in boards in line with your middle frame supports. Fasten the vertical supports with two 2½ in screws per frame.
Cut your plywood shelves. Three of the four plywood pieces will need to be cut to make shelves. The fourth piece will fit as the top shelf without being cut. Use a saw to cut three plywood pieces down to 24x93 in (.61x2.36m).
A table saw or a suitable handheld saw, like a circular saw, will work best for cutting your plywood. However, a handsaw will also work in a pinch.
Install the shelves. Slide a single piece of plywood onto each frame to form the baseboard for each. Use your drill to fasten each piece of plywood to the frame with 1¼ in screws. The plywood should be fastened with a screw every 6 in (15 cm).
Finish the wood, if desired, and enjoy. Sand down your newly built shelf to take the rough edges off. Use wood staining to finish the wood, or coat it in primer and paint it. When the staining or paint has dried, add your plants to it and enjoy your garden shelf.
The dimensions listed in this article are meant as a guided example. Feel free to use this general plan and adjust the measurements to fit your situation.
Always use caution when using tools. Improper usage could result in injury to yourself or damage to your home.
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Tiger Telematics, or Tiger, was a Swedish electronics company, best known for the failed Gizmondo handheld game console.
In 2000, Carl Freer formed Eagle Eye Scandinavian, a small electronics distribution business in Sweden. In 2002 the company merged with Floor Décor, a carpet retailer based in Jacksonville, Florida. Once that was completed, Floor Décor's Michael Carrender became the company's chief financial officer.
The merged company soon renamed itself Tiger Telematics Inc. with a new ticker symbol "TIGR". It made an attempt to take on Sony and Nintendo in the UK gaming market and relocated at an office near Farnborough Airfield. Stefan Eriksson, who Freer had met during a previous business visit, was brought into the company with Peter Uf and Johan Enander.
The Gizmondo device made its debut as a concept product at the German CeBIT show in March 2004, when its European subsidiary was then known as Gametrac Europe before renaming itself as Gizmondo Europe.
The company became known for its extravagant spending, despite not yet making a profit, let alone getting the Gizmondo off the ground. It counts amongst its exploits buying out model agency ISIS, and leasing a shop in Regent Street in London as its flagship showroom at a cost of £175,000 per annum. Despite the losses, Tiger Telematics gained continuing funding, including $73.1m worth of investment capital during 2005, and it issued some 24.7m shares which brought in over $200m.
The showroom also ran a launch party at the Park Lane Hotel and its own store, sparing no expense. The party was hosted by Dannii Minogue and Tom Green, with performances by Sting, Pharrell, Busta Rhymes and Jamiroquai. Sting was rumored to be paid £750,000 for the performance. In an attempt to promote the product, Eriksson competed at the 24 hours of Le Mans in the Gizmondo-sponsored Ferrari 360 Modena GTC in 2005, but retired in the morning with mechanical troubles.
In August 2004, the company announced it was buying Swedish games developer Indie Studios, which had already agreed to create two titles for the handheld.
In October 2005, shortly after Gizmondo was released in America, a Swedish yellow-page paper printed a story linking Stefan Eriksson and two other Swedish Gizmondo Europe executives to the Swedish crime ring "Uppsalamaffian" (Uppsala Mafia). The paper investigated a six months' loss of 200 million dollars, exhibiting large payouts to later bankrupt entities. Further, the trio's felonious history was revealed, such as Eriksson's 10-year prison sentences in 1993/94, for, among other things, conspiracy to pass counterfeit currency and attempted fraud, and the fact that Johan Enander was wanted by the Swedish police. In light of these findings, Eriksson and others resigned. One of those resignations came from Carl Freer, the chairman of the board and a director, who co-owned with Eriksson Northern Lights Software Limited. (Freer had previously sold luxury cars in France, Germany and the U.K., some of which turned out to have been stolen. In an interview for Realtid.se he claimed that he had no knowledge about that, and that it back then was very hard to verify if a car bought from another country was stolen or not. At one point, he stopped a check to a German seller since he suspected him of having delivered a stolen car, not knowing that it was a crime in Germany to stop a check once you had accepted delivery.) Northern Lights was paid a large sum of money to create Chicane and Colors, two Gizmondo games that were actually developed by Gizmondo Europe itself. Freer paid the money back to Gizmondo in order to stop an investigation into the matter. The Gizmondo company itself denied knowing anything about Eriksson's past.
In addition, Gizmondo paid $4m to Games Factory Publishing for nineteen concept games on the handheld, including a game called Typing Tutor, despite having no keyboard peripheral, $5.9m to Electronic Arts to port its SSX and FIFA games and $3.5m to Northern Lights to develop Colors (an urban gang warfare first-person perspective shooter) and Chicane (a Formula One racing game being developed exclusively for Gizmondo) which was in fact developed by other indie studios.
Around March 2005, US-based Tiger Telematics bought UK stock market-listed games developer Warthog for almost 500,000 Tiger shares and $1.13m in cash—altogether worth $8.1m. Acquiring all of Warthog's operating subsidiaries, along with the group's debts, and Warthog's CEO, Ashley Hall, COO Steven Law and CFO Simon Elms, to become Tiger employees. Warthog's team also has close ties with key games publishers and game franchise owners.
On January 23, 2006, the UK based arm, Gizmondo Europe (GE) declared bankruptcy. Gizmondo hemorrhaged hundreds of millions of dollars before filing for bankruptcy: in 2004, Tiger Telematics reported a loss of $99.29 million, and between January and September 2005, they lost $210 million, "Principally due to development costs for the Gizmondo and non-cash expenses associated with shares of restricted common stock issued for services". In other words, it had bartered shares in lieu of cash payments. Soon after Gizmondo retail locations in both the US and the UK closed, and the Gizmondo website was shut down. The game development arm of Gizmondo also went out of business.
The company was also involved in litigation. Swedish Ogilvy Group, MTV Europe, Christian and Timbers (landlord to their office), Handheld Gaming and Jordan Grand Prix all filed million dollar lawsuits against the company. Gizmondo is currently under investigation in the UK for approximately £25-30 million owed to HM Revenue and Customs.
In early February 2006, the High Court appointed two liquidators. David Rubin & Partners was to deal with the sale of the company's assets, thought to amount to little more than the furniture in its Regent Street showroom and Begbies Traynor was asked to investigate exactly where Gizmondo's money had gone. The 27 staff remaining at Gizmondo's head office in Farnborough and five at its London store were made redundant. No Gizmondo accounts for 2005 have been published. But internal figures show sales of just £1.4m in the first nine months of the year. Losses were equivalent to £500,000 a day. Directors' salaries amounted to £6.6m for the nine months. Leasing cars cost £2m-plus.
The console was deemed the worst console of all time by GameTrailers because they claimed it drove Tiger into bankruptcy.
In November 2007, Carl Freer stated in an interview with the Swedish-American journalist Hans Sandberg that he was interested in starting up production of the Gizmondo again. In April 2008, a press release was issued that an agreement had been reached between the joint liquidators of Gizmondo Europe Ltd in Liquidation and one of the company's ex-Directors, Carl Freer. The press release originated as a low quality copy of a letter purported to be from one of the accounting firms handling the insolvency, posted to a file sharing site. According to Mr Freer, “the shareholders of Tiger Telematics will now be able to prosper on the re-introduction of the Gizmondo into the market."
The new system never appeared. The original planned launch date was May 2008, but this was quickly pushed back to November 2008, along with details of a new company, Media Power, behind the launch, headed by Carl Freer and his Swedish partner Mikael Ljungman, with development apparently proceeding according to the new schedule at least until September. By December 2008, the console had still not appeared, and another announcement was made about a complete redesign as a Windows CE or Google Android powered smart phone.
Since then, the Media Power website has gone offline and co-founder Mikael Ljungman has been arrested and convicted of serious fraud.
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I like this design, I was just wondering if you had imagine building an aditional bedroom. If so, where would you place it?
An other option of a similar Arc (kind of) option with 2 bedrooms?
I like your site very much. Thanks for sharing.
The best place is probably on the west end behind the living room. That way the bedrooms are separated.
I’m bulding in a high (7,200′) desert. If I flipped the design with the convex wall facing south, could I add windows to maximize solar exposure? Then the concave patio would provide cool outdoor space during the brief, mild summer. (It could still be bermed.) I could place the wood stove in the apex (beside the door) to radiate to both “wings” and – most importantly – into the bathroom.
But what about the roof? I just can’t see how to do it.
Thank you so much for your time and help. Who knows how much greener the earth is due to the ripple effect of your shared expertise?!
What you propose is a great idea. Each plan has to be situated to match the local site, and that’s what you’ve done so well.
The roof is tricky, that’s why I haven’t finalized the computer renderings (plus, no one has bought it yet). Originally I planned a pole truss roof with radiating poles on the ends, but maybe it’s too much work for most people. It will be far easier to buy factory trusses. Just take the drawings to any truss manufacturer and they’ll give you a free estimate.
I live in Vermont and I am trying to find the difference (advantages/disadvantages) between straw bale timberframe and earth bag construction. Could you point me in the right direction?
Consider using both earthbags and bales in climates that get cold and wet. Here’s one option. Build the timber frame and roof first. Use scoria bags up to windowsill height to protect against moisture damage from snow drifts. Use straw bales above for maximum insulation and ease of construction. Make an insulated earthbag foundation using scoria bags. Research “shallow frost protected foundations”. Adapt the basic idea using scoria filled bags and save thousands of dollars.
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The immigrant charged with murder in the death of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts reportedly used the alias "John Budd" in employment documents.
IOWA CITY, Ia. — The Mexican man charged with abducting and killing an Iowa college student was known for years on the dairy farm where he worked by another name: John Budd.
During his four years at the farm near the small town of Brooklyn, Iowa, Bahena Rivera “was called and responded to the name he used in the hiring process,” Chesser said. He lived in a trailer owned by the farm as a benefit of his employment, as do about half of its 10 workers.
The farm did not use the government’s voluntary E-Verify system, which allows companies to verify the identity and immigration status of job applicants. Farm manager Dane Lang has apologized for a mistake in falsely claiming to have used E-Verify in an initial statement on Bahena Rivera’s Aug. 21 arrest, hours after he allegedly led police to Mollie Tibbetts’ body in a nearby cornfield.
It’s unclear whether E-Verify would have detected any red flags with Bahena Rivera’s claimed identity, but the farm has said it used a different government service to confirm that the name and Social Security number matched.
Police say Bahena Rivera followed and confronted Tibbetts while she was out for a run on July 18 and later killed her. She died of "multiple sharp force injuries," according to an autopsy report.
Bahena Rivera has been jailed on $5 million bond while awaiting trial on a first-degree murder charge, which carries a sentence of life in prison if convicted. The federal government has also filed an immigration detainer, which means he would be subject to deportation proceedings if acquitted.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to comment on whether the agency is investigating Yarrabee Farms, which has said that it received dozens of angry phone calls after Bahena Rivera was arrested.
Tibbetts’ father, Rob Tibbetts, urged the public not to bring his daughter’s death into the divisive racial debate over immigration.
His former defense lawyer, Allan Richards, has accused the farm and other employers in the area of turning a “blind eye” to the reality that many of their workers are in the U.S. illegally and employed under false documents. He has said that Bahena Rivera came to the U.S. when he was around 17 and has the equivalent of a middle-school education.
Des Moines Register reporters Luke Nozicka, Donnelle Eller and Stephen Gruber-Miller contributed to this story.
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The long-term goal of our research is to define the pathways that integrate activation of growth factor, chemokine and adhesion receptors to the regulation of morphogenesis, cell polarity, growth, differentiation, adhesion, and migration during cancer and in response to injury. We have a long-standing research interest on the role of protein tyrosine phosphorylation in tumorigenesis and regeneration following injury. Our early research led to seminal discoveries that defined the critical pathways employed by the Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase to induce human leukemias. Currently, we are employing novel animal models to investigate the role of tyrosine kinase signaling networks in the regulation of cell polarity, growth, differentiation, adhesion and migration required for tumor progression and the regeneration response following injury. In particular, we are dissecting the pathways that modulate the crosstalk between multiple cell types during tumor metastasis. Disrupting these “intercellular conversations” is expected to generate new targets for therapeutic intervention. Specifically, we focus on the role of the Abl family of tyrosine kinases, Abl1 and Abl2 (Arg), and associated actin regulatory proteins in diverse cellular processes leading to changes in cell morphology, motility, invasion, adhesion, as well as cell growth and survival. Among the research areas currently being pursued in our laboratory are defining the mechanisms that regulate the cross-talk between cancer cells and associated cells in the tumor microenvironment. ABL kinases promote metastasis of lung cancer cells harboring EGFR or KRAS mutations. Inactivation of ABL kinases suppresses lung cancer cell metastasis and ABL kinases are required for expression of pro-metastasis genes in lung cancer cells. ABL-mediated activation of the TAZ and beta-catenin transcriptional co-activators is required for lung adenocarcinoma metastasis. High-level expression of ABL1, ABL2 and a subset of ABL-dependent TAZ- and beta-catenin-target genes correlates with shortened survival of lung adenocarcinoma patients. Thus, ABL-specific allosteric inhibitors might be effective to treat metastatic lung cancer with an activated ABL pathway signature. The ultimate goal of our studies is to develop novel therapies for the treatment of metastatic solid tumors by targeting not only cancer cells but also associated stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment.
Repair following injury requires dynamic intercellular signaling to promote the proper balance of proliferation and differentiation of specialized epithelial progenitor cell populations required to restore normal lung epithelial architecture and barrier function. Absence or imbalance of these processes may result in death or long-term pulmonary disease among survivors. Currently little is known regarding the identity of signaling networks that might be effectively targeted to promote recovery from lung injury. Unexpectedly we found that inhibition of the Abl kinases promotes lung epithelial regeneration in mice after bacterial pneumonia challenge. Further, pathogen exposure elicits a dramatic increase in Abl1 expression in bronchial epithelial cells. Our exciting data demonstrate for the first time that inactivation of Abl kinases in a mouse model of bacterial pneumonia promotes alveolar epithelial cell regeneration.
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Newt Gingrich has been meeting with representatives from Mitt Romney’s camp to work out a role for the former House Speaker in the presidential campaign and to help retire some of his debt. Gingrich, who is suspending his bid for the GOP nomination for president, met with Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades, Fox News reported.
Gingrich has about $4.3 million in debt according to FEC filings. "The Romney campaign will give us access to some of their networks but it will be our responsibility to raise the money," Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond told Fox. "While campaigning in support of Romney, the party, and congressional candidates, we will also hold separate events to raise money to pay off debts."
The meeting examined ways for Gingrich to assist Romney in his battle with President Barack Obama. Gingrich has yet to give his official endorsement to Romney, Fox reported.
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Scott-Smith, Wesley (2013) Cognitive Strategies used by medical students in a simulated consultation. In: Medical Education Research Conference 2013: Today’s students... tomorrow’s specialists?, 5 December 2013, BSMS Teaching Building, University of Sussex, Falmer - BN1 9PX, UK.
Scott-Smith, Wesley (2013) Cognitive Strategies used in diagnostic reasoning by 3rd year medical students from an integrated curriculum. In: ASME Conference 2013, July 2013, Edinburgh, UK.
Scott-Smith, Wesley (2013) Diagnostic reasoning in medical students using a simulated environment. Doctoral thesis (EdD), University Of Brighton.
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Dating can definitely be an adventure. Some moments are sweet and others just downright sour. Couldn’t we all use a little help navigating the journey? So I took some time to pull together some surefire signs it may be time to look elsewhere for a partner. Honestly, some of these tips are either based on personal experience or observations of people in my sphere — friends, coworkers, family, etc.
The Creeper — Okay, I’ll put my own experience out there for this one. So it started off innocently enough. I met this guy at Borders, and he asked me for my number. He was a nice-looking man who seemed nice and polite. So I gave it to him. We went to the movies and nothing out of the ordinary happened. At some point in conversation, I mentioned my future plans for going to a coffee shop for a poetry reading — alone. After I went, the guy told me he saw me there. He never came into the building but saw me through the window and correctly described to me what I wore. Ding, ding, ding! The dude was lightweight stalking me! Suffice it to say, I never talked to him again. Anybody who shows up where you are unannounced and possibly undetected means you no good.
Leftover Lover — Some folks don’t know when to let go and have a balanced life. There are some people that have unhealthy attachments to people or things (i.e., family members, a job or other obligations) and it’s nearly impossible for them to be emotionally present. If you always feel like you are always put on the back burner and not a priority, it’s time to seriously consider moving on. You can have a conversation about it, make your feelings known and see if anything changes, but more than likely this person is not ready to contemplate a serious relationship.
Control Freak — This person doesn’t want to let you out of his sight for a minute. While hanging out with friends more than likely this guy wants to dominate your attention and often wants to ditch the crew early. Be careful he doesn’t begin to alienate you from friends and family and you feel dependent on him for all your needs. Often this is a precursor for abusive behavior.
Mr. Almost Right — So you meet an attractive goal-oriented guy going to school or with a great career. He has a great sense of humor, the conversation is great and the chemistry is so on point. But…your values are not the same. Whether its spiritual beliefs, family goals or political affiliation — the very thing you ignore can become an anchor weighing down the relationship. If your beliefs are very important to you, serious consideration needs to be made regarding a relationship that can cause serious heartache down the road.
Drama King — Guys can be just as insecure as women, but they may express it differently. He may put you or himself down in subtle ways, undermine your dreams or blame you for things that are his fault. Or avoid dealing with wounds from the past. He can be very sensitive but avoids admitting he has any feelings. Or he can dangerously resemble a lit powder keg — ready to explode at any minute. This man could use some counseling and spiritual guidance more than a woman in his life. Run FAST.
Baggage Handler — Baby mama drama. Shady associates. Sky-high debt. Old girlfriends are still calling him. Even his family is giving you the Why-Are-You-With-Him? look. This guy is just trouble. Stay away — period.
Any of the guys sound familiar? You may have met someone fitting one or more of the descriptions above. Of course this is not an exhaustive list, but overall we know when the person we are dating is not a good fit. It may take a little time to come to the conclusion, but lingering in a so-so situation makes you unavailable for the right person. Keep it moving until the man meant for you comes into your life.
Most people either know or have heard of someone who has tried online dating. Ten years ago, it was still a pretty new concept. Many people scoffed at the idea of meeting a stranger remotely and it conjured in many minds images of the crazy “cat lady” or the quiet neighbor on the block with bodies buried in the backyard. But in the face of an ever-changing global environment and relentless updates to digital communication, meeting people for love online has flourished. Personally, I know quite a few people who have had relationships or met their husbands and wives through various sites such as match.com, eharmony.com, and faithmate.com. There are so many options nowadays it can be a bit overwhelming for someone who is a novice to this new way of meeting people. Your color, nationality, age, spiritual beliefs, or lifestyle choice does not factor into the number of sites to choose from. You will be hard-pressed not to find a community that has not been marketed to. Now if you want to talk quality, that should be reserved for another post. But not surprisingly, you get what you pay for. Nuff said. Of course, you have loosely related sites for “other” activities. I am not speaking for those folks. I am speaking to people who are actually looking to be in a committed, long-term relationship that eventually leads to marriage.
It’s now reported that 20% of marriages in the United States are the result of Internet dating. And while many naysayers have come around to accepting this as a legitimate way to meet a spouse, there seems to still be a significant number of folks who give anyone on a dating site the side eye. Let’s just call them “traditionalists.” But the world is not the same as it was 20 or even 10 years ago. Our lives are busier and filled with more distractions than ever in world history. The pace of the digital age has been a technological blessing, but it has left us more disconnected in our personal lives. We are so attached to our iPads, Twitter pages and smartphones, all the while working longer hours and at the end of a long day the question still remains: When is there time to actually meet new people? If you live in a town like mine where there is no subway system and the weather is often cold, it makes encountering a possible match even more challenging.
“Traditionalists” often site the fact that you don’t know who you are meeting. Does anyone ever? If you meet someone at a party or bookstore, do you really know that person either? And there is always the argument about running into someone who is mentally unstable online. I guess that never happens in person either, huh? Isn’t it entirely possible to meet a “crazy” person in the flesh just as well as online? And if it’s just a matter of compatibility you can easily have a phone conversation or cup of coffee in a public place and realize whether or not there is a real connection.
1. The Profile–First off, are most of the questions filled out? And I am not talking about one-word answers. Most answers should be thoughtfully filled out and preferably with very few spelling errors. It speaks to the level of earnestness and effort the person is putting into making a first impression. And really pay attention to the answers. This is really the time to read between the lines–literally. If you desire to have children, and Mr. or Ms. Beautiful DOES NOT desire children, keep clicking. This is not the time to compromise. Don’t be swayed by the gorgeous professional photo staring back at you.
2. Speaking of Pictures–Oh boy. I could really go on about this.
a. If the first pic you see is of someone holding a beer of glass or wine, this may be a very clear indication this is how this person rolls all the time. Proceed with caution. If drinking and partying all the time is not your thing, it’s probably best to look elsewhere. Pictures should be clear and look recent (no jheri curls, mullets, or hi-top fades). Pay attention to the environment this person is in while taking pics. A lot of family oriented or bar/club pictures will give you an indication of this person’s personal interests and how he/she spends his or her free time.
b. Some people don’t post any pictures. Most websites will encourage you to post a pic because it will increase your number of responses. Personally I find it rather annoying when someone initiates contact and there is no profile pic. It is only fair to give someone an idea of what you look like.
c. Maybe you like to see muscles and cleavage before you know if a potential date smokes or not. I prefer a guy who doesn’t take a bathroom photo with his shirt off. I like a nice physique like anyone else, but maybe like me you are looking for a little bit more substance. So think twice if there are more pics of this person posing in front of a Jaguar or showing off a lavish lifestyle versus a nice head shot with a sincere smile.
3. Spotty Communication–okay so you’ve started communicating with someone you share mutual interests with and find attractive. But how is the conversation? If it’s taking the person a while to reply and the answers are brief, the person may not be as interested as you first believed or is just not serious about monogamous dating. At this point, if there is not talk about having a mini date over cappuccino anytime soon, it may be time to invest more of your time on looking at other profiles.
4. Dating in an Open Space–We’ve all heard it before, but for the sake of folks new to Internet dating: Meet people in public places.
5. Pray–Yeah, I said it. Not everything is revealed with the senses. You can’t always trust what you see, hear or sense. The heart is a tricky thing and when you couple that with attraction, you are prone to miss some important signs such as STOP or PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
So if you’re single and looking to meet someone new, the choice is ultimately up to you. Whether it’s howaboutwe.com, plentyoffish.com or farmersonly.com (yes, that is a real site), there are many options to explore. Or if you still think digital dating is not your thing, try a new hobby or setting that will allow you to get out there and be seen. You may find yourself meeting a whole new social group and enjoying life more. And maybe meet a really great person along the way. Happy dating to all!
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TimeCult Portable is a personal task management and time tracking application written in Java. TimeCult Portable allows to create a hierarchy of projects and tasks, collect time metrics, quickly estimate used time per any project/task for a given time period, exchange data with Microsoft Excel and/or OpenOffice.org Calc. TimeCult Portable keeps a detailed history of used time for any task along with comments on what has been done.
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Middlesbrough returned to second in the Championship as they held off a late Brentford fightback to win at Griffin Park.
After a relatively quiet, goalless first half, Jordan Hugill tapped in to put the visitors in front.
When Marcus Tavernier's downward header doubled the lead soon afterwards, the points looked safe, but Alan Judge fired in to pull one back for Brentford.
A tense finale followed but Darren Randolph did well to save from the Bees' Josh Da Silva as Boro claimed back-to-back victories.
The hosts, for whom defeat was their fifth in six games, had chances to level after Judge's effort, but Sergi Canos' low shot lacked the power to trouble Randolph.
Then Boro, who are the only Championship side to have still conceded fewer than 10 league goals this term, should have added a late third only for Lewis Wing to place wide from close range.
But Tony Pulis' men had already capitalised with two goals in five minutes during their best spell of the match, as first Hugill tucked in after Jonny Howson chested the ball down in the area and then Tavernier diverted home Dael Fry's fine right-wing cross.
They remain unbeaten on their travels since a loss to now leaders Norwich on 15 September, while out-of-form Brentford have won just once in all competitions at home or away since the same date.
"We dominated the game but you have to defend well in crucial situations, and although they were happy to sit back we needed to open the game up.
"Middlesbrough are a big team and are favourites to go up, and we matched and were better than them for much of the game. But we also need to be more aware offensively with our final balls and decision making.
"When we have Said Benrahma and Ollie Watkins fit we have enough quality to score goals, but in the meantime we need the rest of the boys to help out," he said.
"They are working hard and showing big heart and if we keep showing that then I am not in any doubt that we will get out of this spell."
"This is a very difficult place to come, it's a very tight ground and they move the ball around really well. They are a good side so this is a very good win.
"I've been here a lot and it's not a ground you look forward to playing at under the lights, so it's pleasing that we came and did a very tight, professional job.
"Once we were two up I thought we could have consolidated and looked to add to it, but we fell back a little and that allowed them to get back into the game which was disappointing.
"But we were resilient, well organised and always posed a threat going forward, so I can't complain too much about the outcome."
Match ends, Brentford 1, Middlesbrough 2.
Second Half ends, Brentford 1, Middlesbrough 2.
Chris Mepham (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Chris Mepham (Brentford).
Jordan Hugill (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Josh Da Silva (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rico Henry.
Offside, Middlesbrough. Jonny Howson tries a through ball, but Jordan Hugill is caught offside.
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Daniel Ayala replaces Marcus Tavernier.
Attempt missed. Lewis Wing (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by George Saville.
Foul by Alan Judge (Brentford).
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Lewis Wing replaces Stewart Downing.
Substitution, Brentford. Rico Henry replaces Moses Odubajo.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Adam Clayton.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Darren Randolph.
Attempt saved. Josh Da Silva (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nico Yennaris.
Attempt missed. Alan Judge (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Sergi Canos with a cross.
Substitution, Middlesbrough. George Saville replaces Muhamed Besic.
Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marcus Tavernier (Middlesbrough).
Attempt saved. Sergi Canos (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Neal Maupay.
Goal! Brentford 1, Middlesbrough 2. Alan Judge (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josh Da Silva following a corner.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Aden Flint.
Attempt blocked. Emiliano Marcondes (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Moses Odubajo.
Substitution, Brentford. Josh Da Silva replaces Lewis MacLeod.
Attempt saved. Sergi Canos (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Chris Mepham.
Attempt saved. Neal Maupay (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Emiliano Marcondes with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Nico Yennaris (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alan Judge.
Attempt blocked. Lewis MacLeod (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Emiliano Marcondes.
Attempt saved. Emiliano Marcondes (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Alan Judge (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adam Clayton (Middlesbrough).
Substitution, Brentford. Emiliano Marcondes replaces Josh McEachran.
Goal! Brentford 0, Middlesbrough 2. Marcus Tavernier (Middlesbrough) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dael Fry with a cross.
Delay in match Nico Yennaris (Brentford) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Jordan Hugill (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marcus Tavernier with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Neal Maupay (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lewis MacLeod following a corner.
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Oxshott is a low density suburban village in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey. Oxshott includes hilly acidic heath which is partly wooded (see Esher Commons and Prince's Coverts) and occupies the land between the geographically large towns of Esher and Leatherhead. The Oxshott section of the single carriageway north-south A244 runs through its middle and briefly forms its high street, centred 2 miles (3.2 km) from the A3 (Portsmouth Road) and the M25 (London Orbital motorway). A survey in 2010 by the Daily Telegraph asserted it was "the village with most footballers" in England and mentioned other celebrities who chose to live in the village — Chelsea F.C. have their main training ground in Stoke D'Abernon, which together with Oxshott makes up an electoral ward of Surrey County Council.
Before about 1912 there was an equally-used alternative spelling, Ockshot. Oxshott was part of Stoke D'Abernon until 1912, when Oxshott gained its first place of worship. The Prince's Coverts remains part of the Crown Estate, albeit decreased by some privatisation; and the public land of the village has been protected by inclusion in the Metropolitan Green Belt.
A great many of Oxshott's residential areas are on private roads, gated off and inaccessible to the general public. This, combined with the large and desirable properties that form much of the village's housing stock, contributes to Oxshott's status as the "most expensive village in England".
Oxshott means "Ocga's corner of land", from the Old English personal name Ocga and sceat (related to modern 'shoot') "corner of land". The first element does not, unlike Oxford, have anything to do with oxen.
The name was recorded in 1179 as Occesete. At this time Oxshott was a hamlet in the east of the village of Stoke D'Abernon of about 200 people and manor living greatly from the land, rather than trade, from forestry, farming and the keeping of pigs.
Until the 16th century Oxshott was fairly isolated from other centres of population, surrounded by heath and scrubland and connected to nearby villages only by footpaths. For almost the whole of a further three centuries no major transport links crossed the parish.
In 1820, the Duchess of Kent laid the foundation stone of the national (secular) primary school here, which was enlarged in 1897; from 1885 the nature of the village was changed forever with the building of the railway. The station (first named Oxshott and Fairmile) made the area accessible to day-trippers. The following 30 years saw Oxshott expand.
The Crown Commissioners limited early housing development to mansions or villas suitable for occupation by wealthy families. Examples of these are Danes Hill, Broom Hall and Bevendean. Subsequently, the village has expanded further, and now includes most types of housing, except for medium- and high-rise.
The religious needs of the growing population were met by the consecration of St. Andrew's Church in 1912, in the Church of England. Oxshott became a parish in its own right in 1913 under that name; this put an end to the use of the pre-1913 spelling of Ockshot, as used for example in 1911 in its topographical description in the Victoria County History. The high street expanded from what were once just three shops: a draper's, a tobacconist's and a set of tea-rooms. Industry arrived in Oxshott when John Early Cook set up his brickworks from the local deep patch of suitable clay in 1866. Production continued until 1958, and the works' distinctive chimney was demolished in 1967. Heathfield Pond is the site of the brickwork pit; it was previously called Brick Pond. The pond is about 100 ft (30 metres) deep with a cottage and machinery at the bottom. Alfie Skelton (aged 15) died in a boating accident on the pond in March 2011.
During World War II Canadian army engineers were billeted on Oxshott Heath whilst they built the Cabinet War Rooms.
From 1920 until 1978 the Oxshott Pottery, founded by Henry & Denise Wren, was based at Potters Croft in Oakshade Road, Oxshott.
Oxshott is served by commuter trains with services taking (best time) 38 minutes to Waterloo station calling at Vauxhall for interchange with the Victoria line, with local bus services also available. Oxshott railway station is just off Oxshott Heath, to the south of Oxshott Woods. Oxshott Heath geologically has an escarpment where the London clay and sand strata are raised substantially. For this reason, Oxshott had a brickworks from 1866 to 1958. The brickworks was served by a branch line that ran west from the station (towards Guildford). This is why the footbridge at the end of Sheath's Lane (this is the proper, historic spelling) can span three tracks.
At Cook's Crossing (named after John Early Cook, the owner of the brickyards), the railway crossing had three lines: two for the electrified main line to Guildford via Cobham and Stoke D'Abernon and a single track to the brickyards. This latter track can still be seen if one looks hard, and the old hand-operated gates were removed in the first years of the 21st century. The single track now disappears into the houses built on the brickyards on Somerville Road.
Many people have signed petitions for Oxshott to have a proper bus route. The current connections in the village are: the 408 every two hours, connecting to Leatherhead, Ashtead, and Epsom in one direction, and to Cobham in the other; the 513 to/from Kingston upon Thames three times a day; and, the Chatterbus to/from Cobham five times a day.
On Friday 5 November 2010 at 3:40 pm there was an accident where the Guildford via Cobham railway line passes in a deep cutting under the Esher to Leatherhead road. A 26 tonne concrete mixer lorry was crashed through the road bridge's parapet and fell about 30 feet (9.1 m) onto the railway line, colliding with a train travelling from Guildford to London Waterloo. Of the 40 people on board the train, four were injured. The culpable driver of the lorry was badly injured, and also apparently had a heart attack and had to be carefully taken out of the cab by the medical services. Rail and road had been cleared and re-opened by early the following Monday.
Oxshott has one, Anglican, church, St. Andrew's. Oxshott has its own primary school, the Royal Kent, named because its predecessor was founded by the Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria's mother, in 1820. The original building stood on the site of the petrol station. Oxshott has an independent preparatory school, Danes Hill School, and its pre-prep school, Bevendean. A senior independent school, Reed's School, just beyond its northern boundary, caters for boys aged 11 to 18 and girls aged 16 to 18.
There is also a very active sports club, which has developed from the village cricket club founded in 1896. Oxshott also has two public houses: The Victoria and The Bear. In a local monopoly, both were owned by the Courage Brewery, which still owns The Victoria.
The village has a large number of United States nationals and expatriates with their social organisations, due in part to the nearby ACS Cobham International school.
The village features in some versions, such as the Summer Olympics version[clarification needed], of the currently annual London-Surrey cycle classic.
Oxshott is featured in the popular Shopaholic novels by British author Sophie Kinsella, as the hometown of the series' narrator, Becky Bloomwood.
A greater part of the historic novel "Unter der Asche" (Beneath the ashes) by German author Tom Finnek is set in Oxshott and nearby Cobham. The novel deals with the Great Fire of London 1665–66 and the so-called "Diggers", a nonconformist dissenting group during the English Civil War.
Some scenes from the Monty Python feature film Jabberwocky (1977) were filmed in Oxshott Woods.
In the 1970s ITV situation comedy George and Mildred, Mildred's brother-in-law Humphrey is described as "the offal king of Oxshott".
Violette Cordery - racing driver and long distance record breaker.
A number of professional footballers settled at the start of the 21st century in Oxshott because of the proximity of the Chelsea Football Club training grounds at Stoke D'Abernon. Players are required to live within 6 miles of the training ground.
The proportion of households in the settlement who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free).
^ a b H.E. Malden, ed. (1911). "Parishes: Stoke d'Abernon". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
^ "Several injured as lorry falls on to a train". BBC News Online. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
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http://www.let.rug.nl/~gosse/termpedia2/termpedia.php?language=dutch_general&density=7&link_color=000000&termpedia_system=perl_db&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FOxshott
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Arts
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Society
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wikipedia
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Onchocerciasis, an aw kent as river blindness, is a disease caused bi infection wi the parasitic wirm Onchocerca volvulus. Symptoms include severe itchin, bumps unner the skin, an blindness. It is the seicont-maist common cause o blindness due tae infection, efter trachoma.
↑ 1.0 1.1 "Onchocerciasis Fact sheet N°374". World Health Organization. March 2014. Archived frae the oreeginal on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
↑ "Onchocerciasis (also known as River Blindness)". Parasites. CDC. 21 May 2013. Archived frae the oreeginal on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
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2019-04-19T01:12:25Z
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https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onchocerciasis
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Arts
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Health
| 0.539226 |
fairfield
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To get the most out of university life, sometimes you need to get away from it. Our study abroad programs are designed to do just that—to take you out of your comfort zone and expose you to new cultures and a wealth of new learning opportunities.
For more information about study abroad opportunities, please visit fairfield.edu/studyabroad.
To get the most out of life at your university, sometimes you need to get away from it. Our study abroad programs are designed to do just that!
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2019-04-25T04:14:39Z
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https://www.fairfield.edu/news/tags/parent-stories/study-abroad-fall-2018.html
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Arts
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Reference
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wordpress
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That’s when it hit me: At least as far as these gentlemen were concerned, thiswas a talk about the future of technology. Taking their cue from Elon Muskcolonizing Mars, Peter Thiel reversing the aging process, or Sam Altman and Ray Kurzweil uploading their minds into supercomputers, they were preparing for a digital future that had a whole lot less to do with making the world a better place than it did with transcending the human condition altogether and insulating themselves from a very real and present danger of climate change, rising sea levels, mass migrations, global pandemics, nativist panic, and resource depletion. For them, the future of technology is really about just one thing: escape.
So instead of considering the practical ethics of impoverishing and exploiting the many in the name of the few, most academics, journalists, and science-fiction writers instead considered much more abstract and fanciful conundrums: Is it fair for a stock trader to use smart drugs? Should children get implants for foreign languages? Do we want autonomous vehicles toprioritize the lives of pedestrians over those of its passengers? Should the first Mars colonies be run as democracies? Does changing my DNA undermine my identity? Should robots have rights?
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2019-04-20T19:08:06Z
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https://sladisworld.wordpress.com/2018/07/09/survival-of-the-richest/
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Arts
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Recreation
| 0.26768 |
commarts
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A new website from RISOTTO, Scotland’s leading risograph print studio, brings the magic of riso printing online. Created in collaboration with Scotland-based animator and digital developer Brendan Bennett, the site highlights the benefit of working within a riso community by offering a virtual, open-access approach to the studio. Visitors can explore archives and RISOTTO’s paper and ink library, learn the ins and outs of riso printing with tutorials, play with a print simulator, order its products, and sign up for a membership that offers access to exclusive content and a monthly subscription to receive collaborations between the studio and featured artists.
The site’s design strikes a balance between functionality and playfulness. “RISOTTO’s house style is notoriously bold and playful and we hope that feeling comes across in the design of the new site,” says RISOTTO’s founder Gabrielle Marcella. “We’ve stuck to a ‘strict’ palette of six main colors—with two secondary—and injected playful animations through the user interface to delight and surprise.” In order to reflect the tactile nature of riso printing, the design team scanned hundreds of print samples, papers, ink tests and artworks in order to realistically represent riso printing wherever possible.
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2019-04-19T18:33:00Z
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https://www.commarts.com/webpicks/risotto
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Arts
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Shopping
| 0.701548 |
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