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Back in March of 2018 South Dakota updated their permitting system in order to better serve you. If you had a user name/password for the old permitting system, that will not log you into the new system, you will have to contact Motor Carrier Services at 605-773-4578 to send you the activation link so you can create a new password. This permitting system has a different email from the other system so look for something from SDpermits@state.sd.us. Each user must have a unique email address. No duplicate address can be used. If you do permitting for more than one carrier, than you will have to get set up as a permitting service since this system doesn’t allow duplicate emails.
If you were not set up to do online permitting in the old system but have gotten permits from South Dakota in the past, then you are already in our database therefore you do NOT want to create an account by clicking on "register if you do not have an account". This will create a duplicate carrier. This is only for those who have never gotten a permit from South Dakota in the past. Our Ports of Entry issue permits over the phone if you do not want to do them online. If you have any questions or issues with the system please contact one of our offices below.
Contact us: Sisseton Port of Entry 605-698-3925, Jefferson POE 605-356-0124, Sioux Falls POE 605-757-6406, Tilford POE 605-347-2671 or SDHP Headquarters (Motor Carrier Services) 605-773-4578.
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2019-04-19T12:43:36Z
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https://sdaps.sd.gov/sdaps/
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Irma and Brian Dahlquist have been married for seven years. At the StoryCorps booth in Chicago, reflected on their dating experience.
Irma and Brian Dahlquist first met as students in a psychology class at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. They've now been married for seven years, despite friends telling them they wouldn't last because she's a Pakistani Muslim and he's white.
In March, they sat down at the StoryCorps booth at the Chicago Cultural Center to reflect on the early years of their dating and marriage.
Northwestern University’s Natalie Escobar helped produce this story.
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2019-04-19T15:14:31Z
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https://www.wbez.org/shows/storycorps-chicago/being-with-you-taught-me-that-i-had-a-backbone/a04d1aef-016f-4e94-a6b5-e8c1ff1d873d
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Long sidelined, women artists slowly win recognition – and museum space.
Museums now are in a do-over moment. Exhibitions displaying female artists abound. Exhibitions such as “WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution” (2007-08), the Brooklyn Museum’s “Global Feminisms” (2009), and “elles@centrepompidou” (through February 2011 in Paris) display female contributions. New York’s Jewish Museum hails pioneers with “Shifting the Gaze: Painting and Feminism” through Jan. 30, and the Museum of Modern Art features “Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography” through March 21.
Butler co-edited a comprehensive book, “Modern Women: Women Artists at the Museum of Modern Art,” that covers both well-known and obscure figures, and the photography gallery has installed “Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography” through March 21, 2011.
Catherine Morris, curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, sees “a groundswell of interest in re-examining feminist contributions to the art of the second half of the 20th century.” It seems it’s catch-up time.
Art collecting is indeed dominated by male collectors, often newly super-rich moguls and hedge-funders who view art as an investment or as a trophy to advertise their wealth.
“We do live in a capitalist society,” Heller says, “but art is not pork bellies.” Nevertheless, the system where wealthy men collect easily recognizable, high-fashion art becomes “a vicious circle,” she says, which perpetuates the under-valuing of art by women.
Greg Allen (in a 2005 New York Times story) pointed out the glaring disparity in resale prices, citing evidence that an “X Factor” denigrates women’s art. Only a handful of women have broken the $1 million mark at auction, while men’s paintings have soared past $100 million. And it’s not just paintings by historical figures. An old master as well as a new master still beats a Ms., generally by a 10-fold ratio.
What about for contemporary artists – the daughters of the feminist revolution? The Brainstormers, a young artist-activist group, document continued inequities. Brooklyn artist Danielle Mysliwiec, a collective member, cites the 50/50 ratio of male to female students in art schools, which disappears at commercial galleries in Chelsea, where more than 80 percent of artists are male. Even in galleries that represent emerging artists, males dominate (they account for 70 percent).
“Young women have a much more level playing field than they did twenty years ago,” Butler says, “but the numbers speak.” The numbers trumpet a higher economic value for art by men—disproportionate to cultural or aesthetic value. “They make me want to say ‘ouch’,” says Morris.
“You see a disturbing perpetuation of discrimination,” Ms. Mysliwiec concludes, adding, “When you think about how an artwork increases in value, it depends on where it’s shown, how many times it’s shown, and in what venues.” A problem with galleries preferring male artists, she says, is that “curators are dependent on gallery validation” to determine which artists to show in museums.
Butler hopes the legacy of her generation of curators is to leave a more nuanced, complex, and complete version of art history than they were taught.
History is a mutable argument. It’s not set in stone, carved only by a male sculptor like Brancusi. Maybe it’s glued together—like a Louise Nevelson work—from fragments of wood. Not that one should replace the other. No one wants a ghetto-ized “Ladies Room” approach.
“Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958-1968” at the Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway at Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights, 718-638-5000), 15 October 2010 – 9 January 2011. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
It’s clear that female artists of the ’60s were pushed to the margins of art history. But a series of exhibitions showcasing their work reveals how un-Pop many of them were.
Suddenly art history (once again) finds itself being turned on its head as another aspect of the past gets unearthed and revised. This time the subject is the supposedly secondary—that is, the unacknowledged, neglected, subservient, auxiliary—role of the women Pop artists who were at work in the pre-Linda Nochlin days, when the textbook-writing Jansons and nearly everyone else thought that only men could create masterpieces.
“Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958-1968” at the Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway at Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights, 718-638-5000), October 15, 2010 – January 9, 2011. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
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2019-04-20T01:11:15Z
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http://nikidesaintphalle.org/2010/11/
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Home Colorado Plateau Archives Photographer and Equipment, Alaska.
Title Photographer and Equipment, Alaska.
Post a Comment for Photographer and Equipment, Alaska.
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2019-04-25T06:34:17Z
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http://archive.library.nau.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cpa/id/5073/
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Superhero Bystanders from Fandor Keyframe on Vimeo.
Whether it’s The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, or Green Lantern, the crowd shots always look pretty much the same. In some ways, they recall the famous “Spielberg Face”—that is, people gazing in wonder at something just offscreen—only without the purposeful framing and overarching sense of childlike awe Spielberg’s movies have.
The Spielberg Face from Fandor Keyframe on Vimeo.
The essay at Fandor suggests an alternate tack: “What if movies showed crowds taking action,” the essay asks, “instead of waiting to be saved?” The answer to that is provided by clips from Sam Raimi’s first two Spider-Man movies from 2002 and 2004. In these films, both set in New York, the citizens do their part in razzing the villain and protecting the hero. After all those dumb crowd shots, it’s a refreshing change of pace.
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2019-04-22T22:06:29Z
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https://news.avclub.com/mouth-breathing-bystanders-in-superhero-movies-love-sta-1798254257
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Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are back! The Country Music superstars are returning to host The 52nd Annual CMA Awards, Country Music's Biggest Night, live from the Bridgestone wrena in Nashville, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. The beloved hosts return for the 11th time!
But first, nominations! Two-time CMA Awards Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan, four-time CMA Awards-nominated duo Dan + Shay and five-time CMA Awards Vocal Duo winner Sugarland will unveil the final nominees on Good Morning America, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, live from Luke's 32 Bridge Food + Drink, Bryan's brand-new restaurant and bar on Lower Broadway in downtown Nashville. Nominees in select categories will be revealed on the top-rated morning news program. The highly anticipated announcement will also be available via livestream on ABCnews.com/live.
Immediately following the show, the remaining categories, as well as the CMA Broadcast Awards nominees, will be revealed live on GoodMorningAmerica.com as well as Good Morning America's Facebook page through Facebook Live and simulcast on Good Morning America's YouTube channel.
CMA will then release and post the full slate of all CMA Awards nominees to CMAawards.com and service a CMA Awards Nominees Video Highlights Package (VHP), which includes footage of the nominee announcements on Good Morning America, interviews and music video clips.
The 52nd Annual CMA Awards nominees and winners are determined by more than 7,400 professional members of CMA, which is the first trade organization formed to promote an individual genre of music in 1958 and celebrates its 60th anniversary in September.
The first CMA Awards Banquet and Show was held in 1967. The following year, the CMA Awards was broadcast on television for the first time – making it the longest-running, annual music awards program on network television. The CMA Awards have aired on ABC since 2006. ABC is the network home of the CMA Awards and CMA's other two television properties, CMA Fest and CMA Country Christmas, through 2021.
The 52nd Annual CMA Awards is a production of the Country Music Association. Robert Deaton is the executive producer.
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2019-04-22T16:56:08Z
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https://abc.go.com/shows/cma-awards/news/news/brad-paisley-carrie-underwood-host-2018-cma-awards
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But most of these past studies and reviews have focused on aerobic exercise, such as walking or jogging.
Far less has been known about the possible benefits, if any, of strength training for mental health. One 2017 analysis of past research had found that strength training can help people feel less anxious and nervous.
But anxiety is not depression.
So for the new study, which was published in May in JAMA Psychiatry, the same researchers who earlier had examined anxiety and resistance exercise now turned their attention to depression.
They wanted to see whether the available research could tell us if lifting weights meaningfully affects the onset and severity of depression. They also sought to determine if the amount of the exercise and the age, health or gender of the exercisers would matter.
The researchers began by gathering all of the best past studies related to resistance exercise and depression. They were interested only in randomized experiments with a control group, meaning that some people had been assigned to start exercising while others had not. These experiments are the gold standard for testing the effects of exercise and other interventions.
The experiments also had to include testing for depression before and after the training.
The researchers ultimately found 33 experiments of weight training and depression that met their criteria. The studies involved almost 2,000 men and women of various ages, some of whom had been diagnosed with depression, while others had not.
The researchers aggregated the results from all of these studies and then began digging through the data.
What they found was that resistance training consistently reduced the symptoms of depression, whether someone was formally depressed at the start of the study or not. In other words, if people began the study with depression, they usually felt better after taking up weight training. And if they started out with normal mental health, they ended the experiment with less chance of having become morose and sad than people who did not train.
Perhaps most interesting, the amount of weight training did not seem to matter. The benefits essentially were the same, whether people went to the gym twice a week or five times a week and whether they were completing lots of repetitions of each exercise or only a few.
The mental health impacts were similar, too, for men and women and for younger lifters (often college students) and people who were middle-aged or elderly.
And people did not need to pack on mass or might to reduce their depression. More strength after the experiment did not correlate with less depression, the researchers found.
All that mattered was showing up and completing the workouts.
Only a few of the studies had also included a separate group who tried aerobic exercise, making it difficult to compare the effects of that kind of workout with those of lifting weights.
But while the number of people involved was small, the combined results suggest that weight training and aerobic exercise have similar impacts on depression, the authors of the new review conclude.
Both types of exercise reduced symptoms, and to about the same extent.
This kind of review cannot tell us, though, how strength training might be influencing mental health.
The exercise probably has both physiological and psychological consequences, says Brett Gordon, a graduate student at the University of Limerick in Ireland, who led the new review. The weight training could be changing aspects of the brain, including the levels of various neurochemicals that influence moods, he says.
The review’s results do not indicate that resistance training is better for combating depression than other kinds of exercise, Mr. Gordon says. Nor do the results suggest that exercise can, or should, replace traditional therapies, including medication.
But as a whole, he says, the data do suggest that visiting the gym and lifting weights a few times a week might be an effective way to buoy mental health.
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2019-04-19T04:49:57Z
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/well/weight-training-may-help-to-ease-or-prevent-depression.html
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Not only one hub but three hubs at the same time. I get early warning by the administrator. It said the warning is only visible to me. What should I do? My friends, do you have experience related with this case.
Thanks, Morson for your answer. It's very helpful. Actually I don't want get involve with kind of this trouble. And this is not the first time my hub have been copied. The problem is I don't have any information in what site my hub been copied. I just get this information from Hubpages administrator. They didn't mention in what site my hub been copied. I really confuse with this case.
Prasetio30, I don't know if you have availability to Google Chrome or not, but because people were using my site for stuff I didn't approve of, Google recommended Chrome, it offers more ways to complain and flag items. Also, Write to the Hub Administrators on "Help" and ask the to explain clearer what all this means, and what steps to take.
Hi prasetio, you can file a DMCA complaint -- http://hubpages.com/hub/What-to-do-when … e-Internet Good luck!
Do your home work and find out no need to speculate. If it's your material you want to everything within reason to protect it.
I have not experienced such problem yet, but I'm glad I came around. I have learned something about the whys and hows of this issue. It's good that the admin issues the warning. I'm forewarned. Thank you, Prasetio, thank you admin.
This happened to me also sometimes back.
One of my hubs had been copied by two other blog sites. Then my hub was flagged as duplicate by HubPages. When I asked for explanations from HP, they said that my hub was a copy of a blog appearing on one of those two blog sites. I was given the url of that site by HP staff. I visited the site. It was really a copy of my hub. Then I searched Google and Yahoo search engines and found that one more site had copied my hub in addition to the url given by HP. I wrote to both blog sites asking them to remove those blogs as my hub was the original. One of them ( the url given by HP) responded immediately and asked for a DMCA report from me. When I sent my DMCA report, the duplicate blog was removed by them. The other blog site did not respond at all to my message but after few weeks they too had removed their duplicated blog.
visit the site that copied your hub. take a screenshot of your copied hubs on the site that copied them. then notify them (either by leaving a comment, calling, emailing or other means) that they are in copyright violation and ask them to take them off the site.
if they don't take your content down, find out who hosts their site and contact them that a website is in violation of copyright infringement and that you are considering filing a complaint and filing a lawsuit against the owner of the site and of course the hosting company. at that point the hosting company will most likely step in to fix the problem.
1. Go to "my account" and click on the article that has been flagged.
2. Click on the highlighted link that states "COPIED: The content of this hub may have been copied on another site".
3. You should now see a highlighted list with links to where you hub has been copied (there may be more than one site listed).
4. Click on the highlighted links and verify it is a copy of your hub. Many sites offer a way at the end of the "offenders" article that says "report this article" or something like that. If they have this, simply report the hub as being copied from your original article.
5. If there is no way to notify the website that they have copied your content, go back to your hub and the highlighted list. You'll notice that there is a link under "DMCA" that says "file". Click on the word "file" and it will provide you with a formal letter that can be sent to the website administrator.
Unfortunately, in most of my cases, no website administrator or contact information can be found. I could chase my tail trying to smack down these lazy writers (checking whois files, etc.), but it seems to be a waste of my time.
I wish HubPages used Copyscape or something similar that we could put in our posts. Has anyone out there put Copyscape warnings in their hubs?
My Hub has been copied - is it worth taking action?
"Your Article may have been copied . . ."
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2019-04-18T22:55:27Z
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https://hubpages.com/community/forum/188107/my-hub-may-have-been-copied-on-another-site
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We have so many reasons to be grateful.
I’d like to wish all of our clients and sparklers a Happy Thanksgiving, and to those who celebrate the Festival of Lights, Happy Hanukkah.
Sponge and Sparkle is honored to partner with the Cleaning for Heroes foundation to honor veterans and service members. Through our partnership, we will provide house cleaning services, at no cost, to disabled and/or elderly members of the United States military.
We are grateful for the opportunity to serve those who have so selflessly and courageously served our country.
This video shows the impact a house cleaning can have on a veteran’s family.
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2019-04-21T07:18:06Z
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https://spongesparkle.wordpress.com/2013/11/
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Though the 25th anniversary bill of KROQ’s Un-Acoustic Christmas show (seriously, they should change the name already) at the Forum this past weekend seemed extremely diverse when it was announced, the lineups fell into two very distinct camps: the vigorous, guitar-driven stomps of night one (Rise Against, Incubus, Linkin Park and System of a Down, to name a few) and the grand, pop-friendly romps of night two. Both nights featured just a couple of newbies alongside seasoned KROQ bands, but for our money, night two seemed a more digestible, less dated and altogether stronger bill, even without U2 headlining as originally scheduled.
No Doubt’s closing set punctuated this point. Not only were Gwen Stefani and the boys formidable replacements for U2 — as a local band who first got airplay on KROQ, in many ways they made more sense.
Dressed in bedazzled holiday garb and rocking a pink-dipped new wave 'do, Stefani commanded the stage like the pop diva she has become, plowing through the band’s catchiest hits (“Hella Good” “Sunday Morning,” “Spider Web,” “Underneath It All”) and inspiring sing-alongs of “Simple Kind of Life” (dedicated to hubby Gavin Rossdale, whom she met at a KROQ Xmas show) and the band’s breakthrough, “I’m Just a Girl.” She implored the gals — and strangely, the guys — in the crowd to sing along to the mega-hit in groups, after noting that she was the only female singer on the two-night bill.
We noticed the lack of female acts and frontwomen this year, too (which would've been even worse, if U2 hadn't canceled), and we were hoping Stefani would offer some inspirational words to would-be girl-rockers in the crowd, and issue a direct challenge to KROQ to do a better job of showcasing female artists. Instead, her statement came off as being about all about her and a little arrogant. It was The Voice judge’s only misstep.
There were some smaller estrogen-powered moments on stage Sunday, by the way. Following early evening openers Vance Joy, Alt-J and Interpol, Modest Mouse showcased a great female violinist — even if their set was, on the whole, uneven. As fans of their infectious “Float On,” we found the rest of their material less buoyant.
Weezer also delivered all the goods — a tight arsenal of hits, starting with the driving “Hashpipe” and “Pork and Beans,” closing with their older faves including “Undone - The Sweater Song” and “Buddy Holly.” They also played a new one from their latest album called “Go Away,” a duet that had Rivers Cuomo bring out the only other fronting female of the eve, Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino. As usual for a Weezer show, “W” hand-signs filled the air and a giddy energy took hold, filling the entirety of the huge, high-teched-out new Forum.
Smashing Pumpkins followed, and though they’ve played their share of huge stadiums, they didn’t engage in nearly the same way. Billy Corgan may have been the deepest, most prolific artist on the bill Saturday, but his set, though scorching and jam-tastic at times, still came off self-indulgent. It’s actually what we expected, especially after his recent comments comparing his songwriting talents to Kurt Cobain, a claim we don’t necessarily dispute. Corgan’s never been one for false modesty and he doesn’t seem to need a crowd’s validation. Still, we were hoping for the ethereal seduction of any track off Gish. At least we got “Silverfuck” off Siamese Dream and a beefy rendition of “Tonight, Tonight” embedded within the band’s short set of mostly newer numbers.
We arrived skeptical of Imagine Dragons and their mainstream-y rock, but they offered one of the most entertaining, interactive (“Radioactive”?) sets of the entire night. Their excitement was contagious. Singer Dan Reynolds expressed his joy repeatedly, and proved it with in-the-crowd sing-alongs and high energy during the band’s signature big drum riots.
The Dragons also brought the most holiday spirit, with a “Jingle Bells” interlude and lots of jumping and merriment their whole time onstage. They may have been the biggest contemporary pop act there, but they clearly dug playing with the KROQ “cool kids,” and it was a gift they tried to to give back.
Random Notebook Dump: Bizarre No Doubt intro! All the KROQ jocks came on stage to take bows, and Bean (of the Kevin & Bean morning show) fell off the stage. (He's OK, apparently.) Then Jed the Fish totally stole Rodney Bingenheimer's No Doubt intro, rudely speaking over the DJ legend as he started talking. Rodney's not the loudest, but he was first to play the band and he should have been given his moment.
Personal Bias: As an L.A. native, I've been to and/or written about KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas since almost the beginning of its 25-year run. The swanky new Forum is nice new home for the holiday fest, but I don't think anything will ever compare to its heyday at the Universal Amphitheatre.
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2019-04-20T20:22:46Z
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https://www.laweekly.com/music/kroqs-almost-acoustic-christmas-couldve-used-more-female-fronted-acts-5290344
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We’re only two days into 2019, and already have a number of famous baby announcements to celebrate.
Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa are expecting their fourth child. The retired Lakers star and his wife of 17 years are welcoming a fourth daughter, who will join 15-year-old Nia, 12-year-old Gianna, and two-year-old Bianka.
Vanessa and Kobe have been married since 2001. "Kobe and I are so happy to add another baby blessing to our family! Bianka will have a new baby sibling with and Natalia and Gianna are super excited to welcome another little baby sister to love,” the former dancer wrote on her Instagram.
Earlier today, news broke that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are also expecting their fourth child, a boy, who will be born in May.
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2019-04-22T12:33:04Z
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https://www.complex.com/sports/2019/01/kobe-and-vanessa-bryant-expecting-another-baby
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Ashley Jensen, the Extras actress, found her husband dead in his car after his suicide, a coroner heard, as the star said: "I had no idea he was capable of doing what he did."
Terence Beesley, also an actor, was found unresponsive by his wife in the silver Mercedes in the garage of the home the couple shared.
The emergency services were called to the property in Camerton, near Bath, on the afternoon of November 30 last year.
Paramedics tried to revive Mr Beesley, who played Buxton in ITV's Victoria, but he was pronounced dead at the scene at 6.03pm that day, Avon Coroner's Court heard.
In a statement read to the hearing, 48-year-old Ms Jensen said she came home, found her husband and called the authorities.
She had last spoken to him via text message and email on the afternoon of his death.
Ms Jensen said: "I was extremely shocked by what happened that night and I will never forget it. Terry and I had been together for 18 years, but I had not idea he was capable of what he did."
Coroner Peter Harrowing concluded that Mr Beesley's death had been as a result of suicide.
"There is no evidence that I have heard to indicate why Mr Beesley took the act that he did but in any event it is not my function to answer the question why Mr Beesley might have taken that act," said Mr Harrowing.
"Mr Beesley knew that his wife and young child were not at the house and he would not be disturbed... I am satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Beesley made a deliberate act."
Avon Coroner's Court heard Mr Beesley's medical cause of death was carbon monoxide toxicity.
Dr Sam Robinson, Mr Beesley's GP, said in a statement the actor had "no past medical history of any mental health issues".
In her statement Ms Jensen, who played Christina in the US show Ugly Betty, added she first met her future husband in 1999 while working on a production of King Lear.
They married in 2007 and had a child together two years later, living in London and LA before moving to Somerset.
She said her husband was outgoing and had many friends and colleagues.
Mr Beesley, who was born in London, played General Bennigsen in BBC One's War And Peace and appeared in numerous other TV shows including the Bill, Casualty and as Derek Branning in EastEnders.
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2019-04-18T22:43:54Z
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/13/ashleyjensen-found-husband-dead-suicide-inquest-hears-star-says/
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Would you like to take part in a community that enriches your experience at Georgetown?
Would you like to improve your Spanish while you are exploring different cultures and serving the community?
Then… join the Spanish Floor!
The Spanish Floor brings together Georgetown students and faculty to consider relevant global issues from different perspectives, seek exciting professional opportunities, and have fun. Students primarily speak Spanish within the community. The floor also hosts study sessions, movie nights, engages in community service, hosts faculty dinners, discussions and much more.
Members of the floor gain credit for their experience by taking the one-credit course, "Living and Learning Spanish."
This course allows students who are part of the Spanish Learning Living Community to explore Latin American and Spanish culture away from the classroom. The course hosts speakers and faculty on the Spanish Floor and engages students in cultural events both on and off campus. In addition to expanding students' Spanish language skills, goals of the course include improving students' knowledge of Latin American and Spanish culture by attending museums, plays, films and other cultural events. Students will write reviews about their experiences in order to assess their progress.
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2019-04-22T16:28:25Z
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https://spanport.georgetown.edu/spanishfloor
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tvguide
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Tired drama in which Proctor plays a crook turned artist who stays straight and pursues honest goals despite the efforts of old buddies to entice him into performing one more job. However, Proctor proves that painting hasn't interfered with his ability to shoot straight when he kills the gang leader and thwarts a theft of art treasures.
gang leader and thwarts a theft of art treasures.
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2019-04-18T21:53:19Z
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https://www.tvguide.com/movies/held-in-trust/review/125769/
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The Onyen is a satire blog and is for entertainment purposes only. All names, references and quotes are made-up.
Summer tour guide Gustavo Montana has a lot of friends.
They just don't know who he is exactly.
The junior public relations major has been giving tours since his freshman year.
Montana remembers his first tour like it was three years ago.
"I don't really remember much about that first tour, except that a parent blatantly asked me if I had any friends here at UNC," Montana said.
The parent had noticed that Montana wasn't stopping every two minutes to address someone passing by.
"Apparently all of the tour guides before me had done that, so they were worried I was a loner with no friends," Montana said, checking his phone although there were no new notifications.
Montana said this was not the case. He has lots of friends. They just didn't stay at UNC over the summer. Faced with this dilemma, he had to devise a new strategy.
"I'm constantly scanning my surroundings for potential fake friends. Once a target is spotted, I just wave like this and say an obscure greeting like 'Hey!' or 'What's up!?' and then I continue with the tour," Montana demonstrates his scheme, waving like he's trying to swat a mosquito.
So far, Montana's plan has earned him excellent reviews from parents and students.
"No parent wants some loner showing their student around campus," Montana said.
"You have to add credibility to your claims that UNC is the best by actually looking like you are enjoying yourself."
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2019-04-25T00:26:18Z
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https://www.dailytarheel.com/blog/the-onyen/2016/05/summer-tour-guide-waves-at-strangers-to-impress-incoming-students
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Surely you don't need me to tell you this, but it's Halloween today. The pagan tradition where snotty kids come round to your house every five minutes, daring you to smell their feet (or give them something good to eat) - I usually opt for the latter.
I am in two minds about this tradition, especially when you see kids dressed up as princesses and pirates, rather than something spooky - don't they know the difference between Halloween and Carnival? There aren't many people around here who could be bothered to carve pumpkins either (and I have to say I haven't done mine yet and am feeling the pain!) and many don't have any treats ready for the children, even though the special offers for fun-sized sweets (buy 17, get one free) are very much in your face at every supermarket. I've had some greedy little buggers come to my door and when they see what we have to offer, they quickly dive into the bowl and run off with a months' provision of sugar... one day I'll be sued for contributing to their cardiac arrest!
But I grudgingly bear it and play along, traditions are something which should be observed and it's fun to follow them even if they're not your own - at least when you have kids.
And while I slave in the kitchen to hollow out that pumpkin before it gets dark, here's a recipe for you to enjoy: pumpkin and chestnut strudel, wonderfully smoky with some roast garlic, spectacularly creamy courtesy of some taleggio cheese and sweet as it should be with roast pumpkin and chestnuts - it doesn't get more seasonal than that!
Dice the pumpkin meat (ca. 2-3 cm) and spread out on a lined baking tray. Roast in the oven for 30 minutes, then remove. In the last 10 minutes, add the garlic cloves.
Spread out the puff pastry on a non-stick baking tray, spread all the ingredients for the filling in the middle of the pastry, lengthwise, to cover roughly a third of it. Season to taste.
Fold the two "wings" of the pastry over the filling and close firmly by pressing the dough ends together between your fingers.
Transfer to the oven and bake for 20 - 30 minutes until puffed up and golden brown.
Serve immediately with some salad on the side.
Mmmmm, this looks heavenly! Anything containing pumpkin or squash gets my vote, but even more so when it also contains cheese :-) Sounds like a great combination and I agree with the previosu commenter that it should make a spectacular risotto.
Too busy organising the Halloween raid with 10 kids to cook yesterday... but it's a great recipe for every day of the newly budding cold winter!
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2019-04-19T02:36:36Z
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https://thepassionatecook.typepad.com/thepassionatecook/2006/10/pumpkin_chestnu.html
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Comments: Fast na+ and k+ currents responsible for action potentials, modified from traub & miles (1991). Written by a destexhe aug 1992. Also cites lytton & sejnowski (1991) in paper. Paper mentions no modeldb ancestors, and does not mention many currents in the mod files, but some ancestor files likely exist. No files are listed as ancestors. Animal model is from experiments in paper. Channel kinetics come from various sources.
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2019-04-23T04:08:01Z
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https://icg.neurotheory.ox.ac.uk/channels/2/330
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nba
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Ryan McDonough has hired as GM of the Suns in 2013.
"After much thought and a long evaluation of our basketball operations, I have decided to relieve Ryan McDonough of his duties as general manager of the Phoenix Suns,” Suns managing partner Robert Sarver said in a statement released by the team Monday.
ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reports via Twitter that McDonough had been pursuing the addition of a starting-level point guard, only to have many teams hold Suns up for an unprotected first-round pick in such talks. Additionally, Wojnarowski reports that Suns owner Robert Sarver has become more even more hands-on in the day-to-day operations of the franchise.
McDonough's tenure was met with immediate success, but difficulties with trades and draft picks short-circuited tenure. McDonough has been pursuing a starting-level point guard in marketplace, only to have many teams holding Suns up for an unprotected first-round pick in talks.
McDonough received a contract extension from the Suns two summers ago, at which time Jones was also hired. Prior to joining the Suns, Jones played the past 14 seasons in the NBA, two with the Suns, and was part of three championship teams - two in Miami and one in Cleveland. He also was secretary-treasurer of the NBA players association and helped develop its collective bargaining agreement with the league.
The Suns took Deondre Ayton with the No. 1 overall pick in this year's draft and gave Devin Booker a $158 million extension during the offseason. Phoenix has had four straight losing seasons and no playoff berths since 2010.
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2019-04-22T22:17:16Z
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https://www.nba.com/article/2018/10/08/suns-part-ways-gm-ryan-mcdonough
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Thanks, Mary. Working at Smashwords this time. Amazon’s algorithms are pushing me away.
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2019-04-25T14:29:00Z
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https://catherinewolffe.wordpress.com/2018/06/11/nothing-improves-the-flavor-like-free/
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bible
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These are the abbreviations used in the parsing of verbs in Lumina, our online Bible study tool.
*Note that some of the following are represented by the same letters. This means that it is important to understand where in the string of parsing the letter is, as well as what part of speech is in view (verb, noun, adjective, participle, etc.). Scroll down farther for additional actual examples for comparison.
The uniqueness of this edition of the Greek New Testament. and the feature that justifies the word analytical in its title, is the grammatical analysis located immediately below each word of the Greek text.
Every "grammatical tag" consists primarily of capital letters. The first letter indicates whether the Greek word is a noun (N); verb (V): adjective (A); determiner (i.e., definite article) (D); preposition (P); conjunction (C); or particle (Q) The category of "noun" includes both nouns (N-) and pronouns (NP). That of "adjective" includes those used substantivally, or "pronominals," (AP); adverbs (AB); and attributive and predicate adjectives (A-).
Subsequent letters in the tag, then, further specify the form of the Greek word. For example, the tag for a noun begins with N. The next place tells whether the word is a pronoun (P) or not (-). The third place specifies the case; the fourth, gender; the fifth, person; and the sixth, number. A noun (N) that is not a pronoun (-) and that is nominative (N), feminine (F). and singular (S) would have below it this tag: N-NF-S. Chart I outlines for other parts of speech what has just been explained concerning the noun.
In some cases there has been added to the basic analysis of a word's form a secondary analysis of function. This results in a "complex" tag, the two elements of which are connected by a box (^). An example, from Matthew 1:20, is this tag for the word υἱὸς in the phrase Ἰωσὴφ υἱὸς Δαυίδ: N-VM-S^N-VM-S. The reader who is interested only in the word's form may simply stop reading at the box.
Other and less frequent kinds of complex tags are connected by a slash (/) meaning "or"; a dagger (!), also meaning "or"; and an ampersand (&), meaning "and." The slash and dagger indicate that two analyses are possible; the dagger is used in preference to the slash when the order of alternatives possesses significance. The ampersand conjoins two tags neither of which would be adequate by itself, as in the case of crasis.
A plus sign (+) immediately before or after a tag indicates a close relationship between the word above the tag and another word, as in cases of verbal periphrastics. The sign appears on the side of the tag on which the pairing occurs.
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2019-04-24T16:08:19Z
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https://bible.org/article/morphological-abbreviations-lumina
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Since then, Americans have had ample time to digest the rules for land and water crossings -- scheduled to take effect last year but also postponed.
Laura Tischler, spokeswoman for the State Department, said the government has made great efforts to avoid the problems of 2007.
"We've increased our passport-issuance capacity by 90 percent," Tischler said. "We've increased our staffing; we've opened new facilities, including passport agencies in Detroit and Minneapolis; and have plans to open an additional agency in Dallas."
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2019-04-24T03:53:04Z
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https://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2009/05/31/PASSPORTS.ART_ART_05-31-09_A1_64E1F90.html
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Posted August 9, 2010 in Natural History.
Marie has created a wonderful garden of flowers and food at our home in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Marie passed away in March but her spirit lives on. Her family will maintain her wonderful garden and, more importantly to Marie, her grandchildren will experience the joy of working with plants and creating a beautiful space full of life.
Brunnera leaves are as eye-catching as most flowers.
Marie Nelson working in her garden.
A row of bleeding heart flowers in our front yard.
While other petals have fallen off, this last tulip petal is holding on tight.
Morning dew decorates the edge of this lady's mantle leaf.
The back corner of the garden has a clump of lily of the valley plants.
A flower in mid-August covered with morning dew.
The seed pod of the Angel's Trumpet plant is about the size of a golf ball.
The Angel's Trumpet seed split open in early September to release the seeds. Some unreleased seeds can be seen inside the pod.
Raindrops on a phlox flowere near the end of August.
The colour of this pink rose intensifies towards the centre of the flower.
A spider hiding in the sepals of a rose flower after a heavy rain.
Blackeye Susans (Rudbeckia) in our Thunder Bay garden.
Daylilies are large with striking colors. Subtlety does not seem to be one of their main attributes.
These tomatoes, green in early August, will soon be part of our lunch and suppers.
Two Echinacea (cone flowers) in early morning light.
A close-up of a multi-coloured Brunnera leaf.
A fly rests on a seed pod.
One of many foxglove flowers on a flower spike.
A honeybee seeking pollen on an Echinacea flower.
Squash flowers are both huge and edible.
Looking into a large squash flower.
Squash flower giving birth to a baby squash on our lawn. I was fortunate to be there, usually just the father and immediate family are present at this intimate event.
Looking down on the pistil and stamens of a large Asiatic lily.
Our front yard in July. Photo made more dramatic by merging three photos using HDR.
Marie planted milkweed two years ago and this year we saw a Monarch butterfly in July. In mid-August we have at least seven caterpillars on our plants.
A monarch caterpillar's continuous diet of milkweed leaves allows it to accumulate toxins which protect it from predators.
A milkweed seed still cling to a plant in our garden in mid-December.
The large pistil and stamens of an Asiatic lily protrude well above the flower.
Purple (blue) green beans taste wonderful raw and turn green when cooked.
A red admiral butterfly rests on a cone flower.
A solitary Shasta daisy stands out among a crowd of Rudbeckia flowers.
The spotted throat of a foxglove flower.
As usual Jon….you have a wonderful creative eye.
And Marie has a great green thumb!
Has little Mairen been in the garden and is there a little Leif/Heather yet?
Absolutely lovely. I’ve just scrolled through hundreds of images of Lily of the Valley and yours is the prettiest I’ve seen.
Is that seed ball from an angel trumpet tree or a datura or moonflower angel trumpet? I have the white moon flower & the single & double datura that have balls. But just wondering if my pink, orange, etc. tree will ball also?
The flowers are fantastic and the photos capture them, even to the dew of the morning. Thank you Jon for your inspiring work and for showcasing Marie’s incredible gifts in her garden. My efforts at gardening have been struggling with a dry hot climate in Calgary. I can visit your fine website and cherish all that in there.
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2019-04-24T16:32:23Z
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http://www.jon-nelson.com/maries-garden/comment-page-1
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harpersbazaar
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- Is this Miley Cyrus' new boyfriend? The pop star is rumored to be dating Patrick Schwarzenegger. E!
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2019-04-23T13:21:23Z
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https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/news/a4214/scarlett-johansson-eva-mendes-post-baby-style-110414/
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complex
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Video: Snoop Dogg f/ Young Jeezy & E-40 "My Fuc'n House"
Doggumentary is in stores today, but Snoop Dogg's #PuffPuffPassTuesdays continues, regardless. This week, we have a video featuring Young Jeezy and E-40. The clip is filled with chronic smoke, cooking pots and even a motel robbery. You know, just another thugged-out day in the LBC.
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2019-04-23T02:31:12Z
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https://www.complex.com/music/2011/03/video-snoop-dogg-young-jeez-e40-my-fucn-house
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The Beatles as musical legends go are top contenders. Perhaps a longstanding key to their success is that each member played a front role and shared the spotlight in addition to their incredible talent. No one can say too much of unity.
In example, below the this week 70 yrs old Ringo Star (drummer) performs alongside an all star line up (including Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, and Elton John) a hit Beatles song which he sang. ‘With A Little Help’ is one of few Ringo sang lead on, however, it made its mark.
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2019-04-26T09:44:12Z
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https://hungrytigermusic.wordpress.com/category/with-a-little-help/
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When a new toy line becomes successful, there are usually a bunch of cheaper copies created to look like the originals, and to sell like originals. This was no exception for the Jem dolls. Jem was Hasbro's flagship, and there were all kinds of knock-offs and cheap imitations. Some are obvious bootlegs and are mostly done by smaller companies, while the bigger ones try to hide their attempts by making their own and a little different version of the original idea without stepping on any copyrights and trademarks. Then of course there are those dolls that just happen to be lookalikes, and sometimes it's hard to tell which ones are what.
Too much competition is believed to be one of the reasons that eventually caused the Jem doll line to be discontinued, since it prevented the sales of the Jem dolls. But Jem obviously made it's mark and a lasting impression in the history of doll lines, and even today you can find new dolls that are clearly inspired by Jem dolls.
Here are some dolls that have something in common with the Jem dolls in one way or another, either they are direct bootlegs, rockstars, have punk hair colors, were made by the same company, were made in the 80's, or have some characteristics that reminds of Jem.
The queen of all fashion dolls ever since she first arrived in 1959, invented by businesswoman Ruth Handler, based directly on the German doll Bild Lilli. Barbie is a modern woman who has all kinds of interests and professions, she has a boyfriend named Ken and lots of friends. Although there's been a number of attempts to put her off the throne by other toy companies, several of which have practically succeeded, she has always worked her way back by creating new competition and following trends. Having a worked in name and being backed by such a huge company, has of course been an advantage.
In 1985, Mattel learned that Hasbro was releasing the Jem dolls. Barbie was Mattel's biggest brand, and Mattel apparently felt that the Jem dolls, even with the differences in size and theme, and even before they were released, posed a big threat. This was going to be the biggest competition that Mattel had faced for their worldknown doll line Barbie. Mattel was terrified of the competition and decided to give Barbie a rockband too, "Barbie and the Rockers", or "Barbie and the Rockstars" as in Europe. This was a completely new direction of the Barbie doll which had been pretty harmless in her previous releases, usually as a princess or a ballerina or such.
The first set of Barbie and the Rockers dolls to arrive were Barbie, Diva, Dana, Dee Dee and Derek. The dolls came with a fashion, shoes, a microphone, a sheet of cardboard prints, an iron-on decal, and the females also had a hairpiece, ring, bracelet, extra t-shirt and a hairbrush. Barbie came with a cassette which included the songs "The Rockers Theme", "Dressin' Up", "Born With A Mike", and "Stretchin' It", only two of which were included in the cartoon.
The second edition of the doll band was called "Real Dancing Action" for the females, and "Hot Rockin' Fun" for the males. Now there was one more male added to the group: Ken of course. This edition of dolls would kinda move their arms when you turned their body, they had new fashions but included no cassette.
The third set of dolls included Barbie and three female friends and a male, as "Barbie and the Sensations" and had a 50's look to them. They resembled what Barbie and the Rockers looked like when they travelled back in time in the cartoon. But all characters except Barbie changed to a name starting with a "B": Diva to Bopsy, Dee Dee to Belinda, Dana to Becky, and Ken to Bobby. There was also a line with six female fashions.
There were two sets of fashions released: Barbie and the Rockers fashions included 12 different fashions, two of which were for the male dolls. The second set of fashions included 6 fashions, one of which was for the male dolls, and was called "Concert Tour Fashions" or "Tour Fashions" in Europe.
There was a playset of a stage called "Hot Rockin' Stage", a pool called "Rockin' Pool Party", furnitures set called Rockin' House Party, extra instruments set called "Live Concert Instruments" and "Rock Concert", and other playsets like "Vanity Set", "Dance Cafe", "Recording Studio", "Hot Rockin' Van" and a remote controlled "Rockin' Cycle". And a cassette player without a stage in the same like Jem, called simply "Barbie And The Rockers Cassette Player".
As mentioned, there was even a Barbie and the Rockers cartoon made, in two parts, called "Out of this World" and "Rockin' Back to Earth", which featured all the characters, and several of the outfits and playsets. In the cartoon, Barbie and the Rockers were the only band around and loved by everyone in the whole world. There was certainly no competition from a band like the Misfits. Alot of the cartoon was about being friends and having a good time. At their worst, the Barbie and the Rockers characters were tired or disappointed for a second, then it was time to sing and dance again. They even went into space to perform.
Similarities to Jem, other than colorful rockstar dolls, were that the Barbie and the Rockers dolls had an edition of the leadsinger with star earrings, there was a male doll with combable hair, the group had one black and one asian member, the dolls came with a cassette with songs, and there was a Stage playset and a car. While the Jem dolls had more realistic and more bendable bodies, Barbie and the Rockers had their "Real Dancing Action" edition of dolls. Both of the cartoons had music videos that were blended with the action. The cartoon included some similar storylines as in the Jem cartoon, like time traveling and a fifties theme.
With all the similarities, Barbie and the Rockers were still apparantly of lower quality, as could be expected since they were made in a hurry and rushed out to compete with the Jem dolls. Half of the about 10 songs sang by Barbie and the Rockers in the cartoon were covers of old songs, some by the Beatles. While the Jem cartoon contained over a hundred songs, with no covers.
Mattel didn't seem to care at all about Barbie and the Rockers once they managed to silence Jem. Today however there is no question about which of these 80's rockstar cartoons and dolls is more remembered and popular. Try to search for a better site about Barbie and the Rockers than this one for example. And take a look at the auction site eBay, Barbie and the Rockers dolls are barely selling. While Jem dolls are selling better than ever. This is probably also how the sales would look today if Jem made a comeback into the toystores, even if Barbie and the Rockers made a copy-comeback (infact Mattel re-released an anniversary issue of Barbie from Barbie and the Rockers in 2008). Especially since the only thing that speaks in Barbie's advantage is that it's a wellknown brand and that Barbie has set the standard of doll fashion sizes, which won't fit dolls in bigger sizes like the Jem dolls. But those are easy fixes for Hasbro.
Offsite link: More info about Barbie and the Rockers on this page.
To make sure Jem was really dead, Mattel put out another band for Barbie, consisting of Barbie, Midge and Christie. This time they had glow in the dark fashions, and again came with a cassette tape, with songs written by Jerry and Cheryl Caglese and co-produced by Carlos Rios. There was also a fashion line with glow in the dark fashions.
After Barbie and the Beat, Mattel kept releasing music themed doll sets for Barbie, as if they had some kind of tics: Lights & Lace: "The hottest video music star", Rappin' Rockin': "Dance with Barbie to a jammin' beat".
Off-site link: Barbie & the Beat cassette music.
When the rights to Disney's "Little Mermaid" went to Tyco, Mattel did the same thing as always, their own version, but with pink hair? This might have been the very first time Barbie actually appeared in completely pink hair. It only goes to confirm how much Mattel really feared Jem back in the 80's and wish they had made her. And about 8 years later it was time to release another pink-haird mermaid called "Mermaid Fantasy".
Here is a Barbie with pink or blue hair streaks. Came with some kind of color to wash Barbie's hair with so it would go pink or blue.
In the late 90's as a response to the Spice Girls which had their big breakthrough a year earlier, and with Jem and the Holograms in memory, Mattel did it again, they responded with a rockband for Barbie, named "Beyond Pink". Beyond Pink consisted of Barbie and her friends Teresa and Christie. Barbie got a dress that reminded more of Jem's than ever, the dolls now had wild hair color strands, glow-in-the-dark accents in their hair, Jem style instruments, and came with a cassette again, this time with a song called "Think Pink", Dance Moves Barbie: "You make her move like a real dancer".
If you dip this Barbie's styling tools in cold water, you can stamp or stencil pink and purple hair tattoos. As usual there's a Teresa and Christie version also with punk hair colors.
Barbie got pink hair once more. There's also Barbie and Christie, both with the haircolors pink, orange and yellow. But Teresa was the most interesting of them. Teresa has light brown hair, plus the "hula hair" with the three punk colors, red, blue and purple. The same three colors as the Holograms dolls, Kimber (red), Aja (blue), Shana (purple).
It was a new century, and Mattel still hadn't gotten over Jem. This was perhaps one of their closest attempts to make dolls that looked like Jem. To begin with, the name "Jam", and to use it the same way the Jem line did "Jam'n Glam" (like "Glitter 'n Gold Jem" or "Rock 'n Curl Jem"...). Then there's the haircolors, you could switch between normal hair colors into wild hair colors. There were playsets like instruments and a tourbus that turned into a stage.
After Jam'n Glam, Mattel released even further sets with a music theme similar to Jem: Pop Sensation, My Scene: Jammin' In Jamaica, Chat Divas, Fashion Fever, I can be a Rock Star.
Off-site link: Jam 'N Glam Barbie Commercial.
Mattel covered all kinds of themes, whether it was female action figures, princesses, aliens, or now recently... monsters.
She-Ra the heroine of the planet Etheria, is the alter ego of Princess Adora, who is He-Man's lost twin sister. She-Ra is the leader of the Great Rebellion who are fighting against the evil Hordak to protect the planet. There was a 93 episodes long cartoon created by Filmation.
This line of action figures with rooted hair, arrived at almost the same time as Jem and although it had figures with punk hair colors, and She-ra had a dual identity, it wasn't a direct competition for Jem. She-Ra was Mattel's way of making a female version of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, as well as cashing in on the Golden Girl line by Galoob. The line wasn't a big success outside the US.
Lady Lovely Locks is a princess, who togheter with her friends Maiden FairHair, Maiden CurlyCrown and the flying animals called Pixietails, defends the kingdom of Lovelylocks against Duchess Ravenwaves. There was a 20 episodes long cartoon series by Dic. This was another line of 80's dolls with colorful hair, although not much direct competiton for Jem.
These alien dolls from the planet "Shimmeron" had chrome bodies, sparkling strands in their hair. A line that was created by Mattel, and while Barbie and the Rockers covered the rockstar part about Jem, this line covered the wild hair colors and Jem-like makeup. Although the chromed bodies somewhat resembles Synergy's purple body, the reason they had chromed bodies was probably to compete with another doll, by Tonka, called Aurora. The main character of course had bright pink hair, and of course the male character had combable purple hair, and the black female member of course had bright purple hair. There was also a line of fashions available and playsets. This line wasn't a big success across the world.
When Hasbro didn't give up, but changed everything about Jem they thought would sell better, by making Maxie, Mattel must have been shocked. Mattel had released all they could think of to compete with Jem, a rockgroup, The Rockers, and dolls with punk hair colors, Spectra. Now it was time for Mattel to compete with Hasbro's more down to earth, blonde, high school doll line Maxie. So Mattel introduced Jazzie, as the "Cool Teen Cousin of Barbie".
Mattel played it safe, they added a visible "Barbie" logo. They also got this line out quite fast, like they did with the Rockers. This was possible by re-using molds and some ideas from their own ealier lines, which could match the theme of Maxie.
Jazzie boxes said "high school", which made it obvious they covered the same theme as Maxie. And Jazzie had a more round and youthful face and body than Barbie, and more colorful clothing. Jazzie and her friend Chelsie (redhead) got their head molds from Mattel's line Starr from 1979. Her friend Stacie (african american), got her headmold from the 1972 Mattel doll Steffie. And Jazzie's boyfriend Dude got his facemold from Derek of the Rockers. Perhaps Mattel was also inspired by it's own 1966 teen cousin of Barbie, called Francie.
It looks like Mattel were still competing against the Jem line aswell, by choosing a music-sounding name starting with a "J", and a box with a logo that was a little more hip like the Jem boxes. And choosing more obviously smiling facemolds, which had been one of the noticable updates of the Jem dolls in their second year.
This line, all in all, consisted of 13 dolls (counting the later two releases of Jazzie outside the actual line), 10 of which was Jazzie herself. There were 2 fashion lines of 6 fashions each, all for Jazzie herself. And they even took help from a known brand, Burger King, of which they released as a playset where also Barbie was featured on the box hanging out with Jazzie and her friends. They also made use of the brand Volkswagen when releasing a Cabriolet car.
The dolls weren't very well received, and Jazzie was not highly marketed world wide. Mattel was actually competing with themselves by releasing a very similar line for Barbie at the same time called Cool Times.
By 1990 the boxes of Jazzie became pink, perhaps to appeal to Barbie buyers. After the line was discontinued, Jazzie was kept as a friend of Barbie, they changed the boxes to look exactly like Barbie's pink boxes and with a huge Barbie logo, with the name Jazzie in smaller text. The last doll of Jazzie was released in 1992.
But apparently this doll, along with Barbie's own regular line, offered enough competition for Hasbro's Maxie line to be cancelled, just before Hasbro was planning on going back to the rockstar theme from Jem, with their next release of Maxie dolls.
None of the Jazzie dolls are considered rare today, and you can easily find any of the dolls up for auction.
Fashionable monster creatures who are said to be relatives of the famous old monsters like Dracula, Medusa, Frankenstein's monster, Zombies, Werewolves and so on. This is definitely Mattel's most successful attempt at competing against the Bratz and Moxie Girlz. Perhaps the highest-quality, most detailed, and most daring dolls Mattel has ever put out.
There are all kinds of dolls that resemble the styles and haircolors from Jem, like the redhead Operetta who is even dressed similarly to Kimber, and there's actually a car that uses the name "Roadster" like in the Jem line, not a common name for doll cars. It's not impossible this line was very inspired by Jem infact, because the twin brother designers of the Monster High line, Garrett and Darren Sander, are fans of Jem, which can even be seen in an official Mattel Youtube video where Darren wears a necklace with the Jem logo.
Hasbro has put out a number of fashion dolls, most noticably Sindy, which has been their longest lasting attempt, although the doll was more popular in Europe than in the US. Then there's been several short-lived doll lines, often based on real life singers, or even disney characters. After the Jem doll line was discontinued, Hasbro continued to use accessories from the Jem dolls, like bracelets and necklaces, on their other and new doll lines. And who knows what else was originally intended for the Jem line but used on later lines instead. These dolls are the closest that other dolls can truly come to the Jem dolls, since they're made by the same company.
An older version of Sindy, this Sindy with the bigger head is how Sindy looked before Hasbro bought the rights to Sindy from Pedigree in 1986. Sindy first came around only three years after Barbie, in 1962, and was a British creation in shape of a 12" fashion doll first produced in Kent. This particular doll is supposed to be a space doll, with the pink hair, silver top, a silver/pink cummerband, pink skirt and sandals. Most Sindy dolls had regular haircolors though. As for Jem connection, were also a couple of Sindy dolls called "Starlight", and several Sindy fashions used the same fabrics and shape of zigzag bracelets, and shared fashions with a line called Lace by Creata which made dolls based on the Jem style.
Now Hasbro had taken over the line and changed the head mold, made it a little smaller, but not as small as it was going to be. This doll, although it was made by the same company as Jem, seems to have been inspired by Jem, and top fabric is the same as the 1987 Jem Music Is Magic fashion "24 Carat Sound" the earring mold and color are the same as the 1987 Raya doll came with. Also included a similar microphone. This particular look was later re-released with Sindy's new smaller head, which had a change of top fabric though.
This is an example of the next version of Sindy's changed head size, which was more in size of Barbie's head. These dolls provided Barbie with a lot of competition in Europe, until atleast around 1996. This particular doll is interesting because it came with three bracelets, a pink, a yellow, and a black which have the exact same shape as the bracelets that came with the Jem dolls Glitter 'n Gold, Rock 'n Curl and Clash.
It seemed that Hasbro thought a rockstar doll like Jem was too distant for girls to identify with. And instead of changing Jem, Hasbro threw Jem away and started over. Still, Maxie inherited several things from the Jem dolls, as Hasbro re-used some sculpts for the male doll bodies, accessories like earrings, sunglasses and bracelets, and used some ideas that were supposed to be used on the Jem dolls before the line was discontinued. Like jewelry molds, or very similar ones, that was originally to be used on the Rockin' Romance Jem doll.
The dolls were more similar to Barbie's thinner size. Maxie was of course the main character with blonde hair, then there were her friends the brunette Ashley, redhead Carly, african american Kristen/Simone, and Maxie's boyfriend Rob. There were plenty of playsets aswell. The line only lasted three years though, atleast 28 dolls were released, and before it ended Maxie was even planned to get her own rockband, much like Jem.
Maxie also had her own cartoon called Maxie's World by DIC Entertainment, which lasted 32 episodes, almost half as long as the Jem cartoon, in which Maxie was a blonde high school girl with her own tv show, and otherwise lived a very down to earth life in seaside town of Surfside. The animation quality wasn't very great, but like Jem, it included some songs, but included more as background music.
Off-site link: The Sunny Surfin' World of Maxie.
The colorful ponies with combable hair and tail, that each had a special marking on both sides of their flanks. These ponies first appeared in the early 80's and were based on a less colorful pony called My Pretty Pony, also by Hasbro. There are regular ponies, seaponies, pegasus, unicorns, flutterponies, mermaidponies, and other animals even. Infact there are hundreds or even thousands of different ponies made since the 80's. And the line keeps returning in new shapes. Their first comeback was in 1997, the second was in 2003, and they're still around, currently in the fourth generation, referred to by collectors as G4. There were lots of fashions and playsets aswell. There were cartoon episodes and a movie made in the 80's, and in later years new shows have appeared aswell.
Collecting these ponies might seem like an impossible mission, especially since so many different ponies where created in different countries. The original series of ponies in the 80's and early 90's, released in the US and Europe, are called G1 and considered to be the main line, because these were released in higher numbers and were more consistant in their appearance. While ponies made in other countries during that time are referred to as Nirvana ponies. Infact there are some big differences even between the US and Europe ponies. Certain sets of the US ones were flocked, called So Soft, while the European ones were regular plain. Europe didn't get all ponies of some sets, but on the other hand they had some sets that were not available at all in the US.
You won't have any trouble finding most of the US and European ponies for sale today though, since they were very heavily massproduced. It just comes down to the rare ones which are more difficult to find, like the mail-in ponies, Euro exclusives (if you live in the US), Nirvanas, or even rare 80's bootlegs. And you have to be up to locating them all and perhaps buying lots. If you're planning to sell yours, let me tell you good luck! Because most collectors are so spoiled with finding options of ponies for sale, that they won't look your way unless you're a wellknown name in the pony collector communities who knows how to clean and restyle a pony. Or unless you are willing to sell a perfect shape pony for practically a dollar or two. But like many old toys, the ponies suffer from their own defect, unsensitively called "pony cancer". Which, along with penmarkings, haircuts, and worn hair is probably the biggest problem collectors have to face.
Since these ponies were made by Hasbro they shared molds with Jem for certain items, like the "Get Into The Groove" fashion in 1987 which included a green boom box in the same shape as the Jem doll Danse has in orange.
Something that was believed to connect the My Little Pony line to the Jem universe was the mail-in offer Rama Llama. A mysterious pink lama that was later proven to only be intended for Jem, even though it perhaps bares more resemblance to the colorful ponies.
Off-site link: Dream Valley - A Collectors Guide to My Little Pony.
Sort of a mix between My Little Pony and Jem. The connection to My Little Pony is obvious, and to us Jem fans so is the connection to Jem. The dolls come with colorful hair like Jem, but with pony ears. Some editions even come with instruments, and they have their own band called The Rainbooms.
Made by Kenner, a company that was bought by Tonka in 1987, and then Kenner and Tonka were bought by Hasbro in 1991. The body shape is similar to Jem. There were no punk hair colors, and the fashions were more elegant and 70's like than rockstar-like. There was also a fashion line, and a disco playset.
Golden Girl and the Guardians of the Gemstone is a line of female actionfigures (as well as two males) who battle against the evil forces of Dragon Queen. Female action figures are not the most common toys, and these pre-dated Mattel's She-ra, and were of superior quality. They were very detailed, had combable hair in punk hair colors, came with a cape, shield (in metal!), weapons and a comb. There was a line of fashions and playsets which included a couple of horses and a castle. There's no connection to Jem, but this was a cool line worth mentioning.
Off-site link: The Lair on Storm Isle.
About Rose Petal and her friends Lily Fair, Daffodil, Orchid, Sunny Sunflower, and Iris, which was available as a movie. Came out before the Jem line, and other than the colorful fashions, the only connection to Jem is that they share some of the fabrics of the Jem doll line. The fashion "Painting Posies" had a fabric that was going to be used on the Music Is Magic Jem fashion Splashes of Sounds, and was featured on the fashion box, although they for some reason went with another fabric for the Jem fashion.
The boxes said "The ultimate poseable fashion doll!" and "The future looks beautiful". This was apparently a futuristic line of dolls. Aurora, Mirra and Lustra came with chrome bodies and wild hair colors, like pink, blue and purple.
This line was an obvious copycat of Jem. Or perhaps something inbetween Jem and the Rockers. The box says "The Celebrity Rock Star with Fashion & Fame", which is partly the same as in the Jem theme song. It consisted of female dolls with regular haircolors with some streaks of either pink, red, light blue, or black. It also got a male member in the third edition, called "Glow N Glitter Ladd", does the name remind you of Glitter 'n Gold Rio? It even had a line of fashions. In box. What's most exciting about this line is that it can practically be considered a semi-official sister-line to Jem, like Sindy, Maxie and Darci. I'm not certain about how it all fits together, but apparently a Sindy set of dolls by Hasbro was released with the very same fashions as the Creata Lace dolls, the 1986 Disco Magic Sindy Dolls. Perhaps this fact will get some collectors running for unsold Lace dolls on online auctions, much like the My Little Pony collectors do for the Takara fakies. Creata also copied other doll lines of the time, like Lady Lovely Locks.
Off-site link: Creata's Lace Celebrity RockStar.
This is one of atleast four dolls, or atleast heads, called "Popstar/Popstyle styling heads". This is the most interesting of the dolls, it very much resembles Stormer. The flower in the blue curly hair, and that makeup. The other three have white hair and are called "Princess" or "Rock Star".
One of the first boybands. They consisted of five members: Jordan, Jonathan, Joe, Danny, Donnie, and were formed in 1984. They became world famous in the 80's and early 90's, with hits like "Step by Step", "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" and "Hangin' Tough". There was even a cartoon about them that featured their music, in around 18 episodes.
The main similarities to Jem is that they're a music group, with dolls made by Hasbro. The bodymold may be similar to Rio's. They also came with a mike (looks like the same shape as the Jem mikes), and there was a stage playset. Two issues were available "Hangin' Loose" and "In Concert" which came with a cassette.
The Spice Girls was a girlgroup of five members from the United Kingdom, who formed in 1994 and had their breakthrough in 1996 with the song "Wannabe". For a few years they gained success by marketing themselves almost as specific characters with nicknames, using the key phrase "Girl Power" and cashing in on all kinds of merchandise with their name and pictures on it. A doll line was one of the things that was released, and it consisted of 11 editions and lasted for about three years.
The girlgroup had several similarities to Jem and the Misfits, by the way they chose to market themselves, their looks and music videos. And the doll line only added to it all. Some of the dolls had punk haircolor strands, and their fashions had alot in common fabrics-wise. The first edition Emma doll resembled the first edition Jem doll alot, with it's metallic pink minidress. But the big deal was the Jem line's trademarked phrases which the Spice Girls dolls used without permission, like "Smashin' Fashions" and "Truly Outrageous". And there were rumors of a cartoon for a while, which never happended. Eventually Hasbro bought Galoob, and started making their own version of the Spice Girls dolls.
Off-site link: Spice Girls Vs. Jem.
These dolls, which first appeared in 1992 in Japan, are based on an anime show in which these characters are superheroes, dressed in sailor outfits, fighting against evil villains. It seems that many fans of Sailor Moon are also fans of Jem. But are the shows really that alike? The main character has a secret identity and then there are some punk haircolors on some of the characters, two with pink hair: Sailor Mini-Moon and Wicked Lady. And one of the main characters, Sailor Mars, has red star earrings. The blue-haired doll pictured is Sailor Mercury.
Soon upon their arrival these dolls became Mattel's biggest worry since the Jem dolls, infact they practically erased Barbie from the doll shelves. You could walk into toystores and had to literally search to even find a few Barbie dolls. A whole new generation of collectors ruled now, and they practically said Barbie was over.
Eventually Mattel did as they usually do, released their response, a very similar line of dolls. Mattel called it "My Scene", and the dolls had a lot more in common with the Bratz dolls than Barbie's regular format, with the big heads and a more modern style of clothing. This wasn't enough though. Despite contradicting themselves by having copied the style of the Bratz dolls, Mattel even took MGA to court, claiming the creator of the Bratz dolls had created the look of the Bratz dolls while he still worked at Mattel, and claimed the right for this doll format. Mattel managed to stop the Bratz dolls' takeover of the doll market for a while. And as the case went back and forward in favor of the two companies, Bratz lost a lot of ground on the market. So in retrospect Bratz who could have ruled the doll scene to this day, instead practically became known as a parenthesis, a shortlived trend in the doll industry.
Similarities to the Jem dolls, are large heads and some releases with punk hair colors or rockstar themes. There's a series of rocker dolls "Girlz Rock" which came with instruments and one of the dolls had pink hairstrands. The "On the Mic" series had a music theme and came with wild hair color strands and instruments. The "Masquerade" dolls have wild hair colors like all pink hair (three dolls) and other colors, but were likely made to compete with Mattel's "Monster High" dolls.
The Moxie Girlz was MGA's new line of dolls that were created during Mattel's lawsuit against the Bratz dolls. They are slightly larger than the Bratz dolls, but have a similar shape. The dolls in this set came with an instrument, a mike, and a wig of wild hair colors to change into.
Some lower quality dolls, which weren't marketed in an organized way, but worth mentioning because of their similarities to Jem.
A 11�" doll made in Hong Kong which is an obvious Jem copycat, with the artwork, the colorful hair, and even unusual set of instruments. Apparently came carded or boxed. Donna wasn't just the name of a rock and roll doll though, this company released all kinds of dolls under this name.
Diana, 1997 by Kee Fung Plastic World Ltd.
There were several of these released, and this particular one had a dress with a fabric from the Jem Glitter 'n Gold fashion "Fire & Ice", and they even used red fabrics under, and it was cut the same way, and came with white net tights and red shoes, and the top was of metallic fabric but not golden though.
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Sporty cars with design charisma, spirited performance, fuel efficiency and affordable price tags are a Hyundai specialty. A pair of new 2013 sport coupes — the Veloster Turbo and Elantra Coupe — reinforce the automaker’s prowess in these areas.
While both the three-door Veloster Turbo, base priced at $21,950, and two-door Elantra Coupe, with a $17,445 starting price, boast slick “Fluidic Sculpture” styling geared to rev emotions, powertrains strongly factor into the lure of these front-wheel-drive coupes.
The Veloster Turbo gets an engine fitting for a car with a stand-out muscular form. Performance wasn’t the focus with the original Veloster, motivated by a 138-horsepower engine, but the Turbo version gets a kick. It packs a 1.6-liter turbocharged gasoline-direct-injection four-cylinder, cranking out 201 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 195 lb.-ft. of torque at 1,750 rpm.
Other numbers the Veloster Turbo delivers are 125.6 horsepower per liter, 14 pounds/horsepower weight-to-power ratio and up to 26 miles per gallon city and 38 mpg highway with the six-speed manual transmission. A six-speed automatic transmission with Shiftronic paddle shifting is a $1,000 option.
The turbo used is a twin-scroll unit that provides efficiency advantages in combustion and low engine speed. Sport-tuning the engine intake and exhaust note — bellowing from larger, round, twin center-exiting outlets — boosts the Veloster Turbo’s performance character.
Steering also is sport-tuned, calibrated to provide quicker response. The suspension system is a carryover design, which teams with distinctive 18-inch turbine-style five-spoke alloy wheels with chrome inserts and P215/40VR-18 tires. Other exterior changes upping its performance character are an aggressive front fascia with more-prominent grille, bold fog lights, rocker sills and rear spoiler.
Buyers can push the bad-boy-look envelope with a Hyundai-first Matte-Gray paint, adding $1,000 to the price tag.
Inside, the Veloster Turbo’s well-bolstered seats are upholstered with leather, and “Turbo” is embossed on the seatbacks. The driver benefits from a larger, clearer Supervision Cluster that delivers information in an interactive format.
The Elantra Coupe, available in base GS and sportier SE versions, is powered by a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine, producing 148 horsepower at 6,500 rpm and 131 lb.-ft. of torque at 4,700 rpm. It’s mated with a choice of a six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission with Shiftronic and an Active Eco System.
Enhanced with the efficiency of Continuously Variable Valve Timing, estimated fuel economy with the manual transmission is 29 mpg city and 40 mpg highway. An electronic push-button start, combined with proximity key entry, is available.
In comparison with its Elantra sedan sibling, steering is tuned for a more-responsive feel. Those looking for a sportier driving experience can opt for the more-aggressive-looking SE model, base priced at $19,745, which rides on a firmer suspension, calibrated for its 17-inch alloy wheels and lower-profile P215/45R-17 tires. The GS rolls on 16-inch alloy wheels wrapped with P205/55R-16 tires.
Along with fuel efficiency and performance, Hyundai focused on providing passengers with improved cabin space and interior quietness.
Cloth is the standard upholstery for the GS model and the SE gets a leather upgrade. Cargo space is expanded with fold-down 60-40-split rear seatbacks.
A Bluetooth hands-free phone system with voice recognition is standard, and a 7-inch touch-screen navigation with rearview camera and iPod/USB inputs is available.
Hyundai’s Elantra Coupe and Veloster Turbo stack up well against competitors, offering eye-grabbing styling, efficient powerplants, an impressive list of standard features and affordable pricing.
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In her writing, teaching, and personal practice, Melina Esse enacts her longstanding fascination with the connections between gender, materiality, and performance. A scholar of opera in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, she has published widely—on voice and technological mediation, on opera and film, and on gender and the emotive body. Her latest work probes the intertwining histories of musical texts and improvisatory performance in Saffo’s Lyre: Improvising Italy’s Past in Nineteenth-Century Opera (forthcoming from Indiana University Press). The book shows how discourses of spontaneity—specifically those surrounding the improvvisatrice, or female poetic improviser—were paradoxically used to carve out a new authority for opera composers just as improvisation itself was falling into decline. Her initial foray into this field, the article “Encountering the improvvisatrice in Italian Opera,” received the 2014 Einstein Award from the American Musicological Society. Professor Esse’s research on the improvvisatrice was supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities in the form of a 2010 Summer Stipend.
Saffo’s Lyre: Improvising Italy’s Past in Nineteenth-Century Opera. Indiana University Press (forthcoming 2015).
Mediating Opera (editor), a special issue of Opera Quarterly 26, no. 1 (Winter 2010).
“The Silent Diva: Farrar’s Carmen.” Essay in Technology and the Diva: Sopranos, Opera and the Media from Romanticism to the Twenty-First Century, edited by Karen Henson. Cambridge University Press (forthcoming 2014).
“Encountering the improvvisatrice in Italian Opera.” Journal of the American Musicological Society 66, no. 3 (Fall 2013): 709-70.
“Performing Sentiment, or How to Do Things with Tears.” Women and Music 14 (November 2010): 1-21.
“Don’t Look Now: Opera, Liveness, and the Televisual.” Opera Quarterly 26, no. 1 (Winter 2010): 81-95.
“A Note from the Guest Editor.” Opera Quarterly 26, no. 1 (Winter 2010): 1-3.
“Donizetti’s Gothic Resurrections.” 19th-Century Music 33, no. 2 (Fall 2009): 81-109.
“Rossini’s Noisy Bodies.” Cambridge Opera Journal 21, no. 1 (March 2009): 27-64.
“Speaking and Sighing: Bellini’s canto declamato and the Poetics of Restraint.” Current Musicology 87 (Spring 2009): 7-45.
Review of Hilary Poriss, Changing the Score: Arias, Prima Donnas, and the Authority of Performance (Oxford University Press, 2009). Journal of the American Musicological Society 64, no. 3: (Fall 2011): 725-30.
Review of En Travesti: Women, Gender Subversion, Opera, edited by Corinne E. Blackmer and Patricia Juliana Smith. Jointly authored with Holly Watkins. GLSG: Newsletter of the Gay and Lesbian Study Group of the American Musicological Society, October 1997.
“Hugo von Hofmannsthal.” Published in the Lyric Season Companion: 2005/2006 (Chicago: Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2005).
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Chew Toys for Humans -- the Next Great Weight-Loss Invention?
General Mills' Fiber One's work out of Saatchi & Saatchi NY has been hilarious recently -- first we had the pregnant man who wasn't, and now there's a fake infomercial for "Chew Treats" -- chew toys for humans.
The idea, so the ad explains, is that instead of snacking on high-calorie treats, you can do as your dog does and just have something to chew on, like a rubber donut or slice of cheesecake.
In the spot, directed by Augusto Gimenez Zapiola of Argentinacine, we see a bunch of people doing just that. Eventually, we learn that alternatively, you could just have some of Fiber One's low calorie brownies, cheesecake bars and lemon bars.
Fiber One: What Is This Pregnant Guy Actually Expecting?
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To improve the home’s overall energy performance and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
Follow the criteria in EA Prerequisite Performance for Energy Star Homes to demonstrate a percentage improvement in the proposed building’s performance compared with the baseline building performance of ASHRAE 90.1–2010, or USGBC-approved equivalent standard for projects outside the U.S. Points are awarded according to Table 5.
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Students in the Acting emphasis select elective courses in scene study, dance, voice and speech, movement, stage combat, audition techniques, and Shakespeare performance.
Arkansas State University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Theatre. The NAST establishes national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees and other credentials for theatre and theatre-related disciplines.
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Mordecai Richler’s expertly detailed, often satiric portraits of the Montreal streets of his youth are among the richest aspects of his work. Books that revel in the wartime and postwar colour of St. Urbain and its neighbouring thoroughfares include The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Son of a Smaller Hero, St. Urbain’s Horseman, andThe Street. Though most of the Jewish community abandoned the neighbourhood in the postwar decades, a strong nostalgia and interest remains for the part of Montreal where Jewish life once thrived. One of the quirks of the place, based on long years (now past) of economic decline, is that the neighbourhood, with its characteristic architecture, remains remarkably intact. Walking tours of Richler’s Montreal have gained a following, and there is no better guide for such a tour than Stan Asher. A graduate of Richler’s alma mater, Baron Byng, a teacher and radio broadcaster, Asher brings a perfect balance of humour, lived and literary experience to a walk from St. Urbain, along Bernard, toward Outremont, the neighbourhood Richler satirized as the haunt of arriviste Jews with renovated rec rooms and encyclopedia sets for show. What follows are excerpts of a tour taken with Asher by this volume’s guest editors.
The Special, how’s it made? You pay ten cents extra if you don’t want mustard on it because they have to make an independent decision. Now you see, if you don’t want mustard it’s got to be removed from the assembly line and that takes some independent thought, so that’s the reason for the special. As to what the special is made of, I think it’s different kinds of bologna and non-kosher meats slapped between two rolls.
… Well let me just finish the story about Richler having the special. And he’s there having a special not communicating with anybody as far as I could see, certainly not with me, whom he didn’t know. Suddenly a guy came in, parked his Mercedes—double parked as they are wont to do here on a lunch hour as you’ll see. He came over and there was Richler having a special. And he clapped Richler on the back and said “Hey Moe Baby.” Of course nobody ever called him Moe Baby. “Remember me? You sat behind me in high school and copied all my English. Now, what are you? They say you’re very famous in Montreal. What are you—a filmmaker, musician or something? Well keep up the good work Moe Baby.” And he clapped him on the back again and left after having picked up his special.
The original Wilensky’s, which goes back to 1932, was at the northwest corner of St. Urbain and Fairmount, a block from here. At some point later, the exact year I don’t know, probably in the sixties, they moved over here. So when the film was made it was using this as the setting for the story. Duddy Kravitz we’re talking about. And in fact for the occasion of the film they put chairs and tables in the space. There never were [chairs and tables]. It was just the saloon type thing with the booth.
This was and still is the Fairmount bagel bakery. And where we’re leaning now was the window of the Christian Mission to the Jews. When I was in high school, from ’45 – ’49, around the time whenDuddy Kravitz is set, in the window was the New Testament in Hebrew with the word Yeshuah underlined. In Duddy Kravitz there is a story somewhere, I don’t know exactly where, near the beginning of the book, in which Duddy goes in here and gets the interest of the man who is running the place (whom I remember as a man named Mr. Rosedale who was actually a converted Jew named Rosenthal) and he [Duddy] says we would really like some pamphlets about Christianity because we have friends who are in the Orthodox school. We would like to show them about real Jesus. I’m paraphrasing the words. So they took these pamphlets and supposedly at least it says in the book, they stood outside what would have been one of the Jewish or Hebrew schools of the neighbourhood, and they gave them out to little Hasidic boys just to be malicious. So, shortly after that, when the people who ran the Christian Mission to the Jews realized that there wasn’t really much call for conversion because I don’t think Jews took to it all that well, they stopped it and then it reverted to the bagel bakery. So that’s basically the Duddy connection to this building. Now it’s a very chic place and gets attention.
So 5257 St. Urbain was where Richler lived, I would say the first dozen or so years of his life. He may have moved later, I’m not quite sure. His parents, as you probably know, split after his birth and the story was that his father took a place somewhere across the street, exactly where I don’t know, so that they could keep an eye on each other. The house here is like a typical Montreal cold water flat.
So there would be two bedrooms and I think Mordecai was the older brother and Avrum was the younger if I’m not mistaken. Is that correct? By a five or six year difference. Avrum is still alive, he lives in Corner Brook, Newfoundland I think or St. John’s, Newfoundland. I know people who go there on business and visit him all the time and bring him greetings from Montreal and maybe bagels for all I know. I suppose that the parents would have slept in what they call the double parlour, which would be as you walk in. The double parlour would have been a living room and maybe a curtain, because there was no actual separation, and a back bedroom.
These houses are mostly, I don’t know the dates around here, from about 1900 – 1910. I don’t think it was a Jewish neighbourhood at the very beginning. I think that came later. I think it came more after the First World War, when the Jews moved up from where I was brought up around de Bullion Street. So that’s the layout of the house. If you want to see what a house layout of the type is I can take you later on to the radio station, which is built exactly like that.
This was the original Wilensky’s from ’32 to maybe the fifties.
We reached just about this point and suddenly a group of Hasidim came out of there. And I didn’t make the connection at first. One of the Hasidim leaned against one of the poles at the corner here, on a Saturday afternoon, took out a Molson from his inside kapote, took out a cigarette, lit it and started to drink and said “Hi Stan.” And I realized he wasn’t Hasidic after all. He was a guy called Paul Hershon who was an actor that I once worked with in some film years ago. Anyway I didn’t speak to him, he just continued doing his thing, I did my thing. At that very moment—I’ll get to the Richler part soon—at that very moment the real Hasidim at two o’clock Saturday afternoon were coming out and they were on the other side of the street. They were about where the Collège Français is and this abomination was taking place on this side of the street and a little kid said in Yiddish “Mama gbn a kik, s’iz du einer fun undzere un er roichert shabos un er trinkt shabos.” I don’t know if I should translate or not.
Asher: Alright, “he’s drinking and smoking on the Sabbath, he’s one of us.” The mother took the kid, covered his eyes with her hand, and went down the street. At that moment Mordecai came out of an adjacent building, and I looked around and I suddenly realized that this was being used as the set for Joshua Then and Now. Because then I noticed as we walked a block west—which we will in a moment to about where that took place—we saw him with a very early kind of cell phone, it was like a walkie talkie.
So he was doing something, he was yammering on the phone to somebody and I realized, as I looked around that there were push carts all along here, and some of the street names had been covered up in Yiddish.
So, we’re now in Outremont. This is, by the way, the former Chevra Kadisha synagogue where they’ve removed, as everywhere else, the Ten Commandments from every building that used to be a synagogue.
So here’s Richler, I’m quoting from St. Urbain Street Then and Now and Home Sweet Home: My Canadian Album.
If you want to go to Baron Byng it’s 4251 St. Urbain. You can’t miss it. You go down St. Urbain and when you get between Marie Anne and Mount Royal, about six blocks south, Sun Youth, and you’re allowed to go in, and they don’t really mind, you can take pictures inside if you like. They won’t let you into classrooms because they’re being used to store furniture and things like that for the poor people. Well the exterior is exactly as it looked when Richler went to school, there’s been no change whatsoever.
When I was there [at Baron Byng] and so was Mordecai and the people he writes about, the teachers that he gives fictional names to were as real and as close to their portrait as you could get by comparing, let’s say, what I knew about them and what he writes about them. For example, he has a teacher there who always drank and that was a teacher called McKennan. I remember that. Well he didn’t come into class drunk but he had medicinal things on his desk and one always suspected they weren’t medicinal. And the stories about him are pretty accurate, cruelly accurate. Then there was Lumas the physics teacher who was portrayed with another name. He was O.J. Lumus as in O.J. Simpson. O.J. stood for Oradel Johasavitz or something like that, a biblical name. We called him Jos. The reason for the Jos was that O.J. backwards spelled JO, JO is Joseph. Joseph is Jos among the Jewish kids. And he was profoundly deaf. I’m sure you probably remember the reference to him, to the deaf Physics teacher. He carried a huge hearing aid. In those days they didn’t have the little hearing aids like my cousin just bought. They got this big thing that looked like a short wave radio. It was an ear trumpet that was screwed in and of course, you got a guy like that in front of the room and you go a bunch of kids like Mordecai… So I must point out I never took part in it. I just watched in innocence. And then that’s in the book eh? Bender was a chemistry teacher, Baxter Garfield Spraklin—why do I remember these names? I don’t know—whom we called Barney for a reason that I have no idea. This was before the days of the Flintstones. I don’t know where he got the name Barney. And he would have been shell shocked in a World War I battle at Passchendaele or one of those places. And the reason he was still teaching high school was that some of the able-bodied teachers in 1945 had not yet come home from the war. So they were still hanging on to some of these other characters.
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https://canlit.ca/resources/special-projects/mordecai-richler/a-walk-in-mordecai-richlers-old-neighbourhood/
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March 28, 2019 | 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
"Surprises in the Saturn System: Cassini Mission Highlights"
The Cassini mission’s findings revolutionized our understanding of Saturn, its complex rings, the amazing assortment of moons and the planet’s dynamic magnetic environment. The robotic spacecraft arrived in 2004 after a 7-year flight from Earth, dropped a parachuted probe named Huygens to study the atmosphere and surface of Saturn’s big moon Titan, and commenced making astonishing discoveries until the mission ended with a fiery plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere on 15 September 2017.
Key discoveries include icy jets shooting from the tiny moon Enceladus from a liquid water ocean beneath its icy crust, and lakes of liquid hydrocarbons and methane rain on Saturn’s giant moon Titan. These Cassini findings have fundamentally altered many of our concepts of where life might be found in our own solar system and beyond. This presentation highlights the Cassini mission’s most intriguing discoveries.
BIOSKETCH: Dr. Linda Spilker is a planetary scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory who has participated in NASA and international planetary missions for over 40 years. Spilker’s mission roles include mission leadership as well as design, planning, operation and scientific data analysis. As Cassini Project Scientist Dr. Spilker leads a team of over 300 international scientists. She has worked in a science role on the Cassini project for 30 years and is a Co-I with the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer team. She previously worked on the Voyager mission for 12 years. She also conducts independent research on the origin and evolution of planetary ring systems and supports proposals and concept studies for new missions to the outer planets. She enjoys yoga and hiking in National Parks, including her favorite park, Yosemite. She is married, with three daughters and seven grandchildren.
Space Physics while also working at JPL. She has received a number of awards including a NASA Outstanding Public Leadership Medal and two NASA Exceptional Service Medals.
For more information about this event, please contact Robert Harr at 577-2677 or robert.harr@wayne.edu.
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2019-04-19T06:44:41Z
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https://events.wayne.edu/2019/03/28/2019-vaden-w-miles-memorial-lecture-80986/
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This page is in need of heavy revision. Please edit and improve this page.
Below is the classification of Star Control races by various criteria.
Arilou Lalee'lay - The Arilou will not formally ally themselves, however; they do reward the captain with several Skiff vessels and build him the QuasiSpace Portal Spawner.
Chenjesu - The Chenjesu and Mmrnmhrm requested to be slave shielded together so they can combine their species, the Chenjesu are effectively replaced by the Chmmr.
Chmmr - The Chenjesu and Mmrnmhrm are slave-shielded and in the process of becoming the Chmmr and cannot be spoken to without the assistance of a HyperWave 'Caster. After the Captain speeds up the merging the Chmmr will ally themselves with the New Alliance.
Humans - Starbase commander Hayes actually starts out neutral, but is quickly pursuaded to resume the fight with the Ur-Quan as an ally.
Melnorme - The Melnorme do not formally ally with the captain, but do sell valuable information and ship upgrades. If the Captain attacks the Melnorme, he will have to offer reparations ranging in value from a sincere apology all the way up to offering every piece of non-essential equipment off the Flagship.
Mmrnmhrm - The Chenjesu and Mmrnmhrm requested to be slave-shielded together so they can combine their species, the Mmrnmhrm are effectively replaced by the Chmmr.
Orz - The Orz accept the Captain's offer of alliance immediately after it is requested; however, they will become enemies if you ask about the Androsynth too many times.
Pkunk - The Pkunk will not formally ally themselves; however, they do reward the Captain with several Fury vessels every few months if he visits their homeworld and also provide him with advice and give him the Clear Spindle the first time he visits their homeworld.
Slylandro - The friendly Slylandro do not formally ally with the captain, as they possess no star fleet. Their Probes are hostile due to a programming mistake on the part of the Slylandro.
Supox - The Supox are quite friendly from the very first meeting, they become formal allies after the Captain returns the repaired Ultron to the Utwig.
Syreen - At first the Syreen refuse to help the Captain, but will agree to a formal alliance after he helps them exact revenge upon the Mycon.
Zoq-Fot-Pik - The Zoq-Fot-Pik can become formal allies after the Captain visits their homeworld, however; the Captain must be sure to uphold his agreement to come to the Zoq-Fot-Pik's aid if they request it or these allies will be lost.
Druuge - The Druuge are immediatly interested in trading with the Captain, but never formally ally themselves. The game cannot be won without making enemies of the Druuge.
Keel-Verezy - The Keel-Verezy are only mentioned in passing by the Melnorme, there is no way to interact with them.
Spathi - The Spathi begrudgingly enter into a formal alliance after the Captain exterminates the Evil Ones from the surface of their homeworld. However, the Spathi have an ulterior motive and will only be formal allies for six months.
Umgah - The Umgah actually start out indifferent as they are under the mental compulsion of the Dnyarri. After the Captain saves them the Umgah make him their Great Hero; then get bored with that and make him their Great Enemy and stay hostile from then on.
Utwig - The Utwig become formal allies after the Captain returns the repaired Ultron to them.
Androsynth - As a race the Androsynth do not appear in Star Control II, there is no way to interact with them aside from visiting their ruins and getting a small bit of history.
Dnyarri/neo-Dnyarri - The Dnyarri are not a whole race in Star Control, but are represented by one individual. If the Captain obtains the Taalo Shield the Dnyarri can be forced to cooperate to a certain extent.
Ilwrath - The Ilwrath are loyal Ur-Quan battle thralls, and extremely hostile, however; they become indifferent to the Captain while they are attacking the Thraddash.
Mycon - The Mycon are typically hostile, but can be communicated with at Beta Brahe I and will become indifferent if they find a suitable planet to implant their Deep Children on. However, once the Captain acquires the Sun Device, the Mycon will become hostile once more and will refuse to communicate with the Captain from then on.
Shofixti - The one and only remaining Shofixti captain is hostile due to a misunderstanding involving damaged sensors. The Shofixti captain become friendly after the Captain proves he is not an Ur-Quan by insulting them, and become formal allies shortly after he receives Shofixti maidens.
Thraddash - The Thraddash start off hostile, but become formal allies after the captain becomes their Great Teacher. Should the captain steal their Aqua Helix they will become hostile.
Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah - The Kohr-Ah are hostile and no form of alliance can be achieved.
Ur-Quan Kzer-Za - The Ur-Quan are generally hostile, but patient. There are many instances where they will let the Captain leave without fighting. The Kzer-Za become neutral after they lose the Doctrinal Conflict.
VUX - The VUX are typically hostile, but do refer the Captain to Admiral ZEX. There is no way to formally ally with the VUX.
Yehat - The Yehat have become Ur-Quan battle thralls. However, during the game the captain can incite a civil war and has a 50/50 chance of running into Yehat rebels who are friendly and might provide ships. The Yehat cannot be formally allied with.
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Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the department of geology at Kent State University recently co-authored an op-ed essay for Undark.org with his colleague Eelco J.
Kent State University professors discuss the importance of funding collegiate research.
Two Kent State University geography professors bring hurricane lessons into the classroom.
Electroencephalogram (EEG) caps are helping Kent State University researchers unlock the secrets of the mind.
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2019-04-21T15:00:36Z
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https://www.kent.edu/flash-feed/research-science
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Swathed in his favorite jacket and atop his Harley, Tommy Thompson surveys the state and develops ideas for Wisconsin's Future!
The Thompson Transportation Conference will be a one-day event that examines a host of issues relating to transportation, including financing for Wisconsins Transportation System, the future economic impacts of potential state policy decisions, access and solutions for rural and urban wisconsinites, the future of freight as it relates to Wisconsins ports, highways, and railways, and numerous other transportation topics. Similar to Thompson’s corridor initiative, this conference will focus on jobs and what transportation solutions can mean to businesses and average Wisconsinites as the state prepares for the future.
Feedback, questions or accessibility issues: crevier@wisc.edu.
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2019-04-26T07:58:07Z
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https://thompsoncenter.wisc.edu/upcoming-conference-b/
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In 1923, Karl Schramm founds an upholstery and saddlery business. In 1959, Karl Schramm Jr takes the workshops over from his father. Schramm specialises in making premium mattresses and base mattresses. In 1998, Axel Schramm takes over the management. Just a year later, in 1999, Schramm builds a completely new manufacturing facility in Winnweiler: the spacious steel-and-glass architecture provides sufficient room for state-of-the-art production flows and artisanal processing techniques. Home of Sleep – a synonym for sleeping with class. Stylish, designed for real life, authentic. But perhaps the most important thing of all for a good night’s sleep is the functionality of the mattresses. Here, Schramm builds a bed system that provides unparalleled comfort – with all the experience acquired in almost 100 years.
In 2012/2013, Schramm extends its facility with the addition of a new building for production, warehousing and shipping. The diversity of its ultramodern workshops and a 200-strong workforce guarantee individually produced and excellently made sleeping products. Almost 400 specialist dealers sell the product range in virtually all of Europe, as well as in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, South Africa and Taiwan.
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2019-04-23T23:07:13Z
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https://www.architonic.com/en/story/atrium-magazin-fur-wohnkultur-design-und-architektur-home-of-sleep-schramm/20029403
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Tonight we will be practicing Sympathetic Joy or Mudita, one of the Divine Abodes or Brahma Viharas taught by the Buddha as a practice for opening and softening the heart. In addition to practicing Loving kindness (Metta) towards ourselves and others and Compassion (Karuna) for the suffering that all human beings face, we can develop joy for the contentment that other people are experiencing. This capacity is called Sympathetic Joy (Mudita).
Joanna Macy has a creative way to move beyond comparing mind, which blocks our capacity to take joy in someone else’s happiness and success. When we compare our own amount of satisfaction and accomplishment to that of anyone else, we often feel diminished or jealous, which creates inner suffering. In order to confront the immensity of problems in the world, it is essential to feel that we are connected to more resources than just our own individual ones.
To encourage that sense of connection, I’ll guide you through Joanna’s imagery exercise called “The Great Ball of Merit,” adapted from The Meditation of Joy and Transformation, written 2000 years ago, when the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism was starting.
Sit in a relaxed posture and close your eyes.
Sense your connection to all beings with who you are sharing this moment on our planet—everyone in this room, this city, this country, and all around the globe.
Extend your consciousness to think about all the beings that have ever lived, the rich and the poor, of every race and religion.
Consider that in each of these innumerable lives there was an act of merit. No matter how difficult or challenging their lives were, there was a gesture of generosity, a gift of love, or an act of courage. From these numerous people came acts of kindness, wise teachings and healings. Now imagine sweeping all these immeasurable acts of merit into an enormous pile, and contemplate it with happiness and gratitude.
Transform the pile into a huge Ball of Merit that you can hold in your hands.
Remember that no act of kindness is ever lost. It lasts forever and is a resource for transformation in the world.
We can use the Great Ball of Merit for healing our hearts and for celebrating what is good in life. In this Ball, we are touching the goodness and bravery of Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Theresa, and every hero or heroine who has ever lived. We can sense their enormous inspiration resonating within ourselves. This idea is similar to the Treasury of Merit in the Catholic religion or the “cloud of witnesses” mentioned by Saint Paul in the Bible.
“What could this person add to my Great Ball of Merit?
What talents do they have that could enrich our common reserves?
So often we feel inadequate when we perceive the abilities of others. When we use the Great Ball of Merit, we can move beyond rivalry or jealousy to enjoy the good fortune and talent of other people. We become like detectives, finding in the people around us hidden treasures that are of common benefit.
As we feel the pleasure of perceiving other’s good qualities, we can view their attributes as shared resources like air, water and sunshine.
People who are unaware of our secret game, can sense something positive in our attitude towards them that invites them to show their gifts more openly.
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2019-04-18T17:34:45Z
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https://imhouston.wordpress.com/dharma-talks/ginger-clarkson/brahma-vahara-practices/the-great-ball-of-merit-practicing-sympathetic-joy/
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An on-going series starring Hank Hall and Dawn Granger as the duo, Hawk and Dove. The book was written by Sterling Gates, with art by previous series artist, Rob Liefeld whom also took over writing duties with issue #6. The series was cancelled as of issue #8.
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2019-04-24T02:10:33Z
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https://comicvine.gamespot.com/hawk-dove/4050-42556/
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Life in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution underwent rapid social and economic changes due to the developments of mechanized working methods based, in part, on the factory system and the steam engine. As a result, work became more regimented and disciplined, and moved outside the home. Large segments of the rural population migrated to the cities causing dramatic lifestyle changes.
The industrial belts of Great Britain included the Scottish Lowlands, South Wales, northern England, and the English Midlands. The establishment of major factory centers helped develop networks of canals, roads, and railroads, particularly in Derbyshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, and Yorkshire. This is where the proletariat class was born. The Industrial Revolution helped create opportunities for employment for all members of the family. However, any improvement to the quality of life for the working class had come from a hard and bitter experience from factory labor.
It is generally agreed[by whom?] that the impact of the Industrial Revolution was negative for children. In the industrial districts, children tended to enter the workforce at younger ages. Many of the new factory owners preferred to employ children as they viewed them as easier to deal with than adults. Although most families channeled their children's earnings into providing a better diet for them, the physical toll of working in the factories was very great and led to detrimental outcomes for children.
Children were preferred workers in textile mills because they worked for lower wages. Child laborers tended to be orphans, children of widows, or from the poorest families. Children were needed for low pay and nimble fingers. Child labour was not an invention of the Industrial Revolution; they were first exploited by their parents on the farm.
Children were required to work under machines and were constantly cleaning and oiling tight areas. Young children were worked to near exhaustion, to such an extent that they would fall asleep over machines. If they were caught sleeping or showed up to work late, they were beaten and tortured by their supervisors. Cruelty and torture were enacted on children by master-manufacturers to maintain high output or to keep them awake. The children’s bodies become crooked and deformed from the work in the mills and factories. Their bodies and bones became so weak that they couldn't hold themselves up, and their backs permanently hunched. Children in the mines did not have it any better. Both boys and girls would start working at the age of four or five. A large proportion of children working in the mines were under 13 and a larger proportion from ages of 13-18. Mines were not built for stability, rather, they were small and low and children were needed to crawl through them. The conditions in the mines were not remotely safe, children would often have limbs crippled, and bodies distorted or be killed. Children could get lost within the mines for days at a time. The air in the mines was injuring to breathe and could cause painful and fatal diseases.
The impact of the Industrial Revolution on adults is more complex and has been the subject of extensive debate amongst historians for the past hundred years. Optimists have argued that industrialisation brought higher wages and better living standards to most people. Pessimists have argued that these gains have been over-exaggerated. They argue that wages did not rise significantly during this period, and that whatever economic gains were actually made must be offset against the worsening health and housing of the new urban sectors. Since the 1990s, many contributions to the standard of living debate have tilted towards the pessimist interpretation. Most of the work has been within the economic history framework. There have been attempts to measure variables such as real wages, mortality, and heights. More recently the historian Emma Griffin has marked a departure from this approach by using a large number of working-class autobiographies to consider how working people themselves conceived of these changes. She has argued that some working men did see improvements in their lives at this time, through higher wages and a greater degree of autonomy and self-determination.
In traditional labouring class society during the Georgian era, women would marry men of the same social status. For example, a shoemaker’s daughter would marry a shoemaker’s son. Marriage outside this norm was rare. During the Industrial Revolution marriage shifted from this tradition to a more sociable union between wife and husband. Women and men tended to marry someone from the same job, geographical location or from the same social group, but throughout the Industrial Revolution miners were the exception of this new trend. A coal miner’s daughter would marry a coal miner’s son.
The traditional work sphere was dictated by the father, and he controlled the pace of work for his family. However, factories and mills undermined the old style of authority. Factories put husbands, wives, and child under the same conditions and authority of the manufacturer masters.
In the latter half of the Industrial Revolution, many women who worked in the factories or mills did not have children or had children who were already grown up. However, mothers who worked in the factories and mills would often use narcotics to put their small infants to sleep. This was a common trend because mothers would work 14 to 16 hours a day, leaving their infant with a babysitter for most of the day. They used narcotics such as Godfrey, including ingredients of opium, treacle, water, and spices. Mothers would use Godfrey or opium on their small infants as much as three times a day, one before work, one in the afternoon, and the last one when they get home from work.
Safety was very poor in early industrial factories and mines and there was no injury compensation for the workers as well. The injuries from machinery could cause whole fingers to be cut off, mild burns, severe arm and leg injuries, amputation of limbs and death. However, diseases and cancer were the most common health issues that had long-term effects on the workers. Cotton mills, coal mines, iron-works, and brick factories all had bad air, which caused chest diseases, coughs, blood-spitting, hard breathing, pains in chest, and sleepless nights for the workers.
Housing for the workers was overcrowded and unclean, making it suitable for the hazards of typhoid, cholera, and smallpox. Workers during these times did not have sick days and forced themselves to work to provide money to support the family. Traditionally women and girls were always in charge of cleaning the house, but since the women were spending just as much time working as the men, they had no time to clean the house. The housing was tiny, dirty, and sickly for the working laboring class during the Industrial Revolution, and the workers had no personal time to clean or change their own atmosphere even if they wished to.
The Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802 tried to help the condition for workers by making factory owners more responsible for the housing and clothing for the workers, but with little success. This act was never put into practice because magistrates failed to stop or force mill masters.
The Cotton Mills and Factories Act 1819 forbade the employment of children under the age of nine in cotton mills, and limited the hours of work for children aged 9-16 to 12 hours a day. This act was a major step towards a better life for children, since they were less likely to fall asleep during work, resulting in fewer injuries and beatings in the workplace.
Michael Sadler was one of the pioneers in addressing the living and working conditions of industrial workers. In 1832, he led a parliamentary investigation of the conditions of the textile workers. The Ashley Commission was another investigation committee that studied the plight of the mine workers. What came out of the investigation was that with increased productivity the number of working hours of the wage workers also doubled in many cases. The efforts of Michael Sadler and the Ashley Commission resulted in the passage of the 1833 act which limited the number of work hours for women and children. This bill limited children aged 9-18 to working no more than 48 hours a week, and stipulated that they spend two hours at school during work hours. The Act also created the factory inspector and provided for routine inspections of factories to ensure factories followed the laws of the reforms.
According to a cotton manufacturer, "We have never worked more than seventy-one hours a week before Sir John Hobhouse's Act was passed. We then came down to sixty-nine; and since Lord Althorp's Act was passed, in 1833, we have reduced the time of adults to sixty-seven and a half hours a week, and that of children under thirteen years of age to forty-eight hours in the week, though to do this latter has, I must admit, subjected us to much inconvenience, but the elder hands to more, in as much as the relief given to the child is in some measure imposed on the adult."
The first report for women and children in mines lead to the Mines and Collieries Act 1842, which stated that children under the age of 10 could not work in mines and that no women or girls could work in the mines. A second report in 1843 reinforced this act to the public.
The Factories Act 1844 limited women and young adults to working 12-hour days, and children from the ages 9 to 13 could only work nine-hour days. The Act also made mill masters and owners more accountable for injuries to workers. The Factories Act 1847, also known as the ten-hour bill, made it law that women and young people worked 10 hours a day, and a maximum of 63 hours a week. The last two major factory acts of the Industrial Revolution were introduced in 1850 and 1856. After these acts factories could no longer dictate work hours for women and children. They were to work from 6am to 6pm in the summer, and 7am to 7pm in the winter. These acts took a lot of power and authority away from the manufactures and allowed women and children to have more personal time for the family and for themselves.
The Prevention of Cruelty to, and Protection of, Children Act 1889 aimed to stop the abuse of children in the work and family sphere of life.
The Elementary Education Act 1870 allowed all children within the United Kingdom to have access to education. Education was not made compulsory until 1880 since many factory owners feared the removal of children as a source of cheap labor. However, with the simple mathematics and English skills the children were acquiring, factory owners had workers who could read and make measurements and therefore contribute more to the factory.
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^ "The Life of the Industrial Worker in Ninteenth-Century England". 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
Clark, Gregory (2007) A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World Princeton University Press ISBN 978-0-691-12135-2.
Mokyr, Joel. (1990). The Lever of Riches - Technological Creativity and Economic Progress. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-506113-6.
Stearns, Peter N. (1993). The Industrial Revolution in World History. Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-8596-2.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Industrial Britain.
The Industrial Revolution: An Introduction.
The Growth of Victorian Railways.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_Great_Britain_during_the_Industrial_Revolution
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The study programmes in Slavonic Studies are primarily scientifically oriented and serve to promote the understanding of Slavonic languages and cultures as a whole and in their parts.
Language training is the essential foundation of Slavonic studies. Very good knowledge of the respective languages forms the basis of successful studies and the subsequent professional practice.
Linguistics describe the structure of Slavonic languages according to various scientific methods and investigate their change in the course of history as well as their genetic relationship with other (Slavonic and Indo-European) languages.
Literary studies deal with literary theory, methods of text analysis and interpretation, sociology of literature, literary history and the comparison of different literatures.
Area and cultural studies provide basic knowledge about culture, geography, politics and economy of the respective area from today's and historical point of view.
For more detailed information on our study programmes, please visit the german version of this website.
Please note: For the admission to degree programmes a proof of German knowledge at level C1 is required.
Admission to our study programmes is managed by the office for Teaching Affairs and Study Services. You can find more information about the admission procedere here.
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2019-04-23T17:58:55Z
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https://slawistik.univie.ac.at/en/studies/
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1) Make sure your person buys you a bright light or something reflective so that you are more easily seen at nighttime.
Reflective vest that Mum found at a dollar store.
My raincoat has reflective strips on it!
2) Always walk right beside your person when crossing the street, no matter what kind of leash you might have.
3) Be alert and aware of your surroundings, especially around cars (I’ve seen guardians busy on their phones or listening to music, so you need to be vigilant even when they’re not).
4) Above all, be safe, be seen and have fun!
Can you see me??? No…but you can see my little red light!!!
That’s it! That’s my lesson for today and everyday!
With a little more light you can actually see ME!
this is so cute! and very helpful! thank you hannah!
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2019-04-20T10:14:25Z
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https://lizforanimals.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/hannahs-lesson-for-everyday/
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aboriginalartdirectory
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Southern Exchange facilitates cultural exchange activities between people and projects who work within the traditional and contemporary cultures of Australia, South Africa, and the rich and rapidly transforming culture of South Korea.
Southern Exchange designs and delivers events, exhibitions and special commissions that connect people in new and exciting ways.
Together, as the world gets smaller, we have much to share and to learn from one another.
Through our activities, Southern Exchange hopes to expand and enhance existing cultural and economic linkages between the arts and cultural sectors of Australia, South Africa and Korea.
We actively seek to work with participants from a wide range of sectors - business, government, civil society and the arts - for the purpose of exhibitions, events, trading and consulting activities.
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2019-04-23T08:02:43Z
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https://www.aboriginalartdirectory.com/shop/art-tourism/southern-exchange.php
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months we’ll be giving away free soundpacks as well as a chance to win the Grand Prize.
We’ll ask a trivia question in each podcast for the next three months. All you have to do is send us an email with the correct answer. All the correct entries will be put into a drawing and 10 random winners receive a free soundpack from our audio library.
The winners will also be entered into the Grand Prize Drawing to be held in December.
Grand Prize: 1 Winner – A Specimen Print and Play, Zombie bundle and a Complete Collection – A $45 Value!
Click here to get the podcasts!
No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Only one monthly prize per contestant. Winners determined by random drawing from correct response emails sent to podcast@toxicbag.com. No cash substitutions. Employees of Toxic Bag Productions and DeLeo-Kaga Corporation, their families and business associates are not eligible. Contest ends December 31, 2014.
Next post: End of the year lists!
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2019-04-23T10:32:42Z
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http://toxicbag.com/?p=4491
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This is a beautiful and motivating piece. It’s good that you are able to share this with us. It gives us comfort to know that we are not passing through down times alone, everybody has their lows, and it’s okay to take a break once in a while. Thank you for giving us the courage to do so. I appreciate this!
Thanks for sharing your vulnerability and this piece with the interwebs!
You’re a wonderful writer, and when you share your humanity, others see that they’re not alone.
Thank you Susan. That means so much, really.
Great piece. You’re as vulnerable as you are authentic. Your writing spoke to me.
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2019-04-26T00:03:32Z
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https://lollietalk.wordpress.com/2018/11/19/break/
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During my routine 9:45 AM call to my sister she mentioned that I had received an envelop that looked like it could potentially be my W2s. In my complete and utter excitement I told her to rip the envelop open so she could confirm right then and there. She confirmed that in fact it was my w2’s. I have not felt that sense of relief, happiness, and excitement in such a long time. My happiness level was a solid 10/10 in that moment! I told her I would literally run out of my office right on time to go pick up the paperwork and immediately drop it off with my income tax lady. No matter what the amount of my refund is, it is going to make a hell of a positive difference for my next couple weeks/months.
My work day ended and I RUSHED to my sisters house, picked up the envelop and drove straight to the income tax office. Mind you I decided to skip on the gym to make sure I got to the tax office before it closed. I LOVE going to the gym, so skipping out on it is a huge sacrifice for me. I pull up to the parking space and decide to take a look at my W2s just to make sure all looks good. I notice it looks completely wrong. I definitely made way more gross income than was indicated. My freaking W2s are filled with errors, and therefore I cannot file my taxes. Not only can I not file them right then and there, I have to reach out to my payroll contact, figure out whats wrong, and get them to correct it. God knows how much longer that is going to make this whole process and I needed that return yesterday!
Has this ever happened to you? Was the process as complicated as I imagine it will be? Help!
Rock Bottom Budget Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.
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2019-04-24T10:41:47Z
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https://rockbottombudget.wordpress.com/tag/income-tax/
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Nursing, requested within the past hour (!), has been filled. Thank you!
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2019-04-25T11:47:22Z
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https://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9606b&L=MEDLIB-L&P=72847
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Not included: "Where can I get one of those awesome red robots?"
The full-length trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has finally arrived. But with all the soaring music, aerial dogfights and shots of Han and Chewie dancing, there are dozens of questions still left unanswered—thank goodness. Here, then, are 25 of the biggest burning questions posed by the latest Star Wars trailer. Feel free to join the resistance in the comment box below.
1. Who is asking "Who are you?" to Rey (Daisy Ridley) in the first bit of voiceover?
The best bet currently is Lupita Nyong'o's space pirate Maz Kanata (who many assume to be the begoggled character next to R2-D2 on the poster). Presumably, she's on the same planet as Rey, Jakku. Later, we hear her voice again: "The Force... it's calling to you."
2. What ship is Rey exploring in the opening sequence?
With the gorgeous wide shots of a downed Star Destroyer in the teaser trailer, we hope - okay, we pray - this is the inner workings of one of the Empire's finest battleships.
3. Is this ship in the distance Kylo Ren's command shuttle?
It could easily not be, especially as we didn't see it in the original teaser trailer, where the Millennium Falcon is being chases by TIE fighters. It couldn't be, you know, just a ship, could it?
4 and 5. Finn (John Boyega) was "raised to do one thing" but now has got "nothing to fight for" - what is that and why is that?
The easy answer for the first question is "be a stormtrooper", but how does his crash and what happens to him change his modus operandi? Could it be heat stroke from wearing possibly the worse clothing possible in the middle of a hot desert?
Another thought: what is it that causes his TIE fighter to crash? Is this Finn escaping from a bigger ship? That blood red look is presumably because of the New Order's color palette.
6 and 7. Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) says "nothing will stand in our way" and that he "will finish what you started" (referring to Darth Vader) - what exactly did he start and why is Ren so desperate to do it?
Again, the simple answer is "the annihilation of all Jedi", but what's curious is why he's so adamant about it. It seems as if Kylo - and his group, The Knights Of Ren (more on them later) - are indoctrinated zealots, rather than imperial lapdogs.
8 and 9. Where is C3PO? Where is Simon Pegg's character?
Perhaps after all of Anthony Daniels' comments grumbling about the secrecy surrounding the film, he's been snipped out of the trailer. As for Simon Pegg's cameo, there's no sign of him here. Likewise, with Admiral Ackbar also confirmed for an appearance, there's no inkling of him and his squidly trappings.
10 and 11. Is Resistance X-wing pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) being tortured or turned? Has he failed his mission?
Dameron is in a lot of pain, with Kylo Ren appearing to crush his mind with a thought. Is this to extract information or to make him turn to the dark side?
And how does he end up in Kylo Ren's clutches? Presumably it's after the failed attack shown later (with Han and Chewie holding their hands up). But really, what's most important here is that Dameron isn't just any old pilot - he's something special.
12. What is causing that explosion through the trees?
Just that, really. Would be nice to know.
13. How have the events of the Episodes IV, V and VI become myth?
After blowing up a second Death Star, you'd think the galaxy would be pretty clued up on who did it and why, but that's not the case. Perhaps Han and company don't want to be heroes, and what remained of the Empire tried to suppress news of their heroic deeds.
Moreover, as Star Wars lore dictates, the whole concept of "The Force" and "Jedis" is most often dismissed as old-fashioned hokey bunk. But here, it's old cynic Han who comes full circle with the words: "It's true. All of it."
14. Are these the Knights of Ren?
Note the new guns, the different masks and the crossguard lightsaber working the rain.
15. Can we expect some Saving Private Ryan-style war sequences?
With the 'Ride of the Valkyries'-style X-Wing swoop and the boots on the ground stormtroopers seen here, can we expect some real, um, wars in this particular Star Wars movie?
There's been no detail on this red robot in advance of the trailer, so who or what he is remains an utter mystery, as does this temple.
That said, eagle-eyed fans have spotted in amongst the flags the symbol for the Mandalorians - Boba Fett's race. Is this a sneaky hat-tip from a production designer, or is there much more to this temple than we thought?
Here he is, reaching out and touching R2-D2 - note the metal hand - but unlike the teaser trailer, there's none of Luke's voice.
19. When are we going to see a better close up of Kylo Ren's command shuttle?
Because good Lord it is cool.
20. What is Rey crying about?
Presumably, again, someone has died. Chewie? Han? For Rey to react so strongly to their death - go with us here - it would have to be someone she knows quite well, you'd think. There are strong suggestions this might be Finn, after his fight with Kylo Ren.
Or... it could be Han. If Han does indeed die, is this a hint that Rey is his daughter? The answer is no: this is not that hint. This is just a second and a half of footage where a character is crying. Pull yourself together, man.
21. Is this Skellig Michael?
At a guess, this is the end of the failed attack seen earlier, with our heroes holding their hands up in surrender. But is this shot of the Irish island of Skellig Michael, soon to be seen again in Episode VIII?
22 and 23. What is this wall? Is this on a different planet?
Are we looking at a Game of Thrones crossover? No. No, we're not.
24. What is Leia so upset about?
It's not clear quite what's happened to make Leia so distraught. The death of a loved one? The death of Finn?
25. How is this a fair fight? Is this where Luke comes in?
We've seen this moment teased many times before, but it still seems an unfair fight. Could this be when Luke Skywalker comes in to save our budding Jedi? Or, as alluded to earlier, is this Finn's fin?
Check Out These New Photos from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
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2019-04-18T22:42:43Z
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https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/movies/a17843/star-wars-the-force-awakens-trailer-burning-questions/
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The TV Blanket is a large throw blanket that looks great on your couch or chair. It's soft and comfortable with 3 individual foot pockets on the bottom inside for your feet. The TV Blanket is 6 feet long and little over 5 feet wide, so you can easily share it with someone while watching TV or a move. This blanket also folds into a pillow which makes it versatile, in that it's both a throw blanket and a pillow.
A good throw blanket should not only look beautiful, but it should also be comfortable and usable. Why have a throw blanket that just looks good, but isn't worth using? The following four qualities make for the best throw blanket.
A good throw blanket should look great on the couch. The gray TV Blanket is neutral color and looks nice on just about any couch color. The blanket has a clean feel to it and can soften up a leather couch. If gray isn't your color, the TV Blanket comes in many color options such as black, light blue, denim, navy blue, and other colors.
The TV Blanket is a soft material with a nice 300 GSM weight which is higher quality then most fleece blankets. Its very comfortable and feels wonderful when you wrap yourself in the blanket. It is double layered which makes it feel like it has some weight to it.
This is not a small blanket! It is 72 inches long and 64 inches wide which makes it plenty big to share with another adult. Three kids can easily share one TV Blanket. So whether you are using the blanket for yourself or sharing it with someone else, its plenty big for any situation.
The TV Blanket folds into the foot pocket to become a throw pillow so you can change things up a bit. So depending on your mood you can leave it as a throw over the couch or fold it into a pillow for a different look a feel. The cool thing about it, is you get to choose... no other throw blanket has that option!
Buy the perfect Gray Throw Blanket Now!
The TV Blanket is the best option for a versatile throw blanket. It looks great, is soft and comfortable, comes in gray (or grey depending on how you spell it) and many other color options, is large enough for 2 adults, and folds into a pillow.
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2019-04-24T08:27:05Z
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https://www.tvblanket.com/blogs/tvsolutions/gray-throw-blanket-that-folds-into-a-pillow
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Join K-12 schools, early care and education programs, hospitals, and colleges in celebrating local foods by cooking up the Wisconsin Chili Lunch recipe on Thursday, November 15!
Make the special Wisconsin Chili Lunch recipe using locally-grown ingredients, and customize it to meet your needs! Add local meats, cheese, or yogurt! Serve it in a bowl, on a baked potato, or with a cinnamon roll!
The Wisconsin Chili Lunch is a great way to highlight your farm to cafeteria efforts, practice using local foods, support Wisconsin farmers and join forces with cafeterias and kitchens across the state to be “vocal for local.” Register for the Wisconsin Chili Lunch to let us know you are interested and to receive more info.
Thank you to the Coulee Region Farm2School partners for developing a tasty chili recipe and sharing it with the state!
Love the recipe but want to substitute or add ingredients like meat, dairy, or other vegetables? Use the USDA Food Buying Guide to determine how much to purchase and how these substitutions or additions will credit in your recipe.
Looking for help to launch your lunch? Email Vanessa Herald (vherald@wisc.edu) for information and guidance including: adapting the recipe, crediting toward the meal pattern, sourcing Wisconsin-grown foods, promoting your event, etc.
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2019-04-21T19:02:31Z
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https://www.cias.wisc.edu/chililunch/
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Visit the OCAD U gallery district for the second annual art crawl at eight galleries. Guided tours depart from the Lobby at 100 McCaul at 2, 3 and 4 pm. Mar 23 from 2-5 pm. Free.
At three galleries at 100 McCaul; Learning Zone (113 McCaul); Open Space Gallery (49 McCaul); Graduate Gallery (205 Richmond West); Onsite Gallery (199 Richmond West); and Ignite Gallery (165 Augusta).
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2019-04-24T11:13:19Z
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https://nowtoronto.com/events/ocad-u-gallery-crawl/
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Canada's Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau says he spoke with U.S. President Barack Obama about the U.S.-led mission against Islamic State, the TPP, and had conversations with other world leaders. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: Canada's Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau says he talked with U.S. President Barack Obama about the fight against Islamic State militants, and also spoke broadly with the U.S. President about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Obama and Trudeau talked about the recently completed Trans-Pacific Partnership, combating terrorism and working together to achieve an "ambitious" climate agreement in Paris later this year, the White House said. The Prime Minister-designate also said he spoke with French President Francois Hollande, Italian Prime Minster Matteo Renzi, and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
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2019-04-24T17:02:24Z
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https://in.reuters.com/video/2015/10/21/trudeau-says-he-spoke-with-obama-about-i?videoId=366014429
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^ a b c d e f Our History, Merck & Co., Inc.
^ a b c d Vernon, Leonard F. (2017). “How Silencing of Dissent in Science Impacts Woman. The Gardasil® Story”. Advances in Sexual Medicine 07 (04): 179–204. doi:10.4236/asm.2017.74015. ISSN 2164-5191.
^ Wadman, Meredith (2007). “Merck settles Vioxx lawsuits for $4.85 billion”. Nature. doi:10.1038/450324b. ISSN 0028-0836.
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2019-04-25T01:05:39Z
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https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%91%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC
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Yang Huiyan, vice-chairwoman of Country Garden, ranked first on the list of richest Chinese women for the sixth consecutive year, according to Hurun Richest Woman in China 2018 released on Tuesday.
With 150 billion yuan ($21.7 billion) in wealth, Yang tops the list, followed by Wu Yajun (58.5 billion yuan), chairwoman of Longfor Properties and Chen Li Hua (50.5 billion yuan), chairwoman of Fu Wah International Group.
"China accounts for 60 percent of the world's most successful female entrepreneurs, while Chinese women make up one-fifth of the world's female population," said Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman and chief researcher at Hurun Report. "Reform and opening-up, as well as entrepreneurship of Chinese women, can be the reason behind this story," he added.
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2019-04-23T10:30:04Z
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http://www.china.org.cn/business/2018-10/16/content_66460761.htm
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The UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics regularly hosts visiting scholars from all over the world at different points in their career. Meet some of our past visitors on this page.
Dr Melinda Dooly, Department of Language and Literature Education and Social Science Education, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Research topics: Foreign language teaching methods, technology-infused teaching and learning, integrated plurilingual education.
Read about Melinda’s experience with us here.
Prospective visiting scholars can find more information about the process here.
Alicia Fernández Barrera, Ph.D researcher at the University of Castilla-La Mancha under the supervision of Ana María Relaño.
Funding source: Fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.
Read about Alicia’s experience with us here.
Prospective students visitors can find more information about the process here.
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2019-04-23T12:14:02Z
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https://uclappliedlinguistics.wordpress.com/visiting-researchers/
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The Daily Roxette » TDR Archive » SONG OF THE DAY: Don't forget to play a little Jesse Winchester now and then! /P.
SONG OF THE DAY: Don't forget to play a little Jesse Winchester now and then! /P.
Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding - Jesse Winchester on Elvis Costello's "Spectacle"
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2019-04-26T08:27:46Z
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http://www.dailyroxette.com/song-of-the-day-dont-forget-to-play-a-little-jesse-winchester-now-and-then-p/
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The image above, acquired by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8, shows Hubbard Glacier on July 22, 2014. The second image shows a close-up of the glacier’s terminus on that day. Yellow lines indicate the location of the terminus on August 1, 1978, and on July 13, 2002.
Twice in the past hundred years—in 1986 and again in 2002—the moraine has made contact with Gilbert Point and blocked the entrance to Russell Fjord. With nowhere to drain, runoff caused the water level in the fjord to rise rapidly.
The image below, acquired on July 13, 2002 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus on Landsat 7, shows the glacier the last time that it sealed the fjord. Water levels to rose 0.24 meters (0.8 feet) per day. However, the closure was temporary, as water pressure overpowered the encroaching ice and debris and burst through the natural dam, returning the fjord to normal levels.
Those consequences provoked her to investigate what controls the terminus position and its advance, and to estimate when the fjord might become permanently blocked. The findings, recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research, explain how the mechanics at the terminus override the influence of other climate fluctuations.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens and Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and Hubbard Glacier data provided by Marcy Davis of The University of Texas at Austin. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.
This tidewater glacier in southeast Alaska is not like the others; it’s advancing, and threatens to transform a fjord into a lake.
Stearns, L.A. et al. (2015) Glaciological and marine geological controls on terminus dynamics of Hubbard Glacier, southeast Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research, Earth Surface , 120.
U.S. Geological Survey (2010, December) Hubberd Glacier, Alaska. Accessed May 19, 2015.
U.S. Geological Survey (2002, June 18) Advancing Glacier Coming Close to Blocking Fiord Near Yakutat, Alaska. Accessed May 19, 2015.
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2019-04-25T07:00:09Z
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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/85900/the-advance-of-hubbard-glacier
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Joves, let us know the specs you decide on.
- The SSD is 100 instead of 160 GB. My cousin thought the price difference is way too much to go for the bigger capacity.
- The motherboard didn't accept one of the memory sticks, so the PC has 8 instead of 12 GB ram now.
- Been having trouble installing some software (hresult: 0x8007371). Ironically, one of them is MS Office.
Other than that...man, this thing is fast!
Re: Buy or build or MODIFY?
Having built hundreds of systems for myself and to sell in my store I sometimes have to innovate to get what I want.
I had a lot of parts for a new system but couldn't find a suitable case for my new "water cooler" system. I mounted the parts in a new small case but it overheated almost immediately so I knew I needed a larger case. The Motherbord is a 4 slot MSI-SLI board, AMD Black Edition quad core CPU (unlocked), 8 gigs of Gskill ram, 320 primary HD and 2 TB external so I utilized an older full tower case I already had.
Because the ambient temperatures approach 80 deg F. daily for most of the year I decided on an ECO-water cooled CPU cooler and Gskill ram with heat sinks and the primary H.D. sitting 1/2" under a large fan (140mm) and lots of air flow. ATI 5770 video card with a giant heatsink and a 120mm fam mounted on the side of the case blowing directly onto the video card. I had a local fab shop make me a couple of "mesh" panels to fit the fans and provide adequate ventilation. I cut the old case and fitted all the parts then painted and reassembled it.
I am really pleased with the operation as it lowered the temperatures on the CPU, HD and video card by 15 deg C., quiet and cool now. I originally had bought the full tower case 10 years ago from a local guy when I had my store and wasn't using it 'til now.
I bet it was fun doing all the modifications there.
Yes, when you are retired you look for projects.
I've been building my own for nearly 30 years but my last one I had custom built for me. The reason is the installation of the operating system as well as setup & testing. A few months after purchase I had a cd/dvd drive quit on me. Back to the shop with it and they replaced a faulty hookup cable. Total cost, zero. It cost me $25 for them to assemble the hardware, install the software & RAM and warranty the whole thing for one year. Can't beat that with a stick for the assembly price.
See my post. This is what I just built. It is very fast. A always build my own.
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2019-04-22T19:06:11Z
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https://photocamel.com/forum/computers-software/127466-buy-build-6.html
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So BAD . Maybe, good ?
Professor Gangreen attempts to brainwash the world; a police assistant and a tomatologist team up to stop him.
After escaping from jail, Professor Gangreen plots to take over France and eventually the world, by having his hapless assistant impersonate Louis XVII.
A group of people thwart a mad scientist trying to take over the world with evil mutated tomatoes that he can change into people.
Ted Swan: We have to convince the little housewife out there that the tomato that ate the family pet is not dangerous!
This film was perhaps THE big low-budget/cult/parody flick in its time. While it doesn't create belly laughs from start to finish, it does have some truly hilarious moments. My favorite scene has dozens of tomatoes just floating in a lake, attacking some unsuspecting summer-campers(believe me, you'll positively crack up when you see the underwater footage!). Also, watch for the sequence in which grown men blast with shotguns tomatoes that were obviously rolled at them off-camera.
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2019-04-25T12:53:36Z
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080391/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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The General Assembly gave final approval Wednesday to a landmark bill that would extend paid sick leave to almost 700,000 Maryland workers, setting up a potential clash with Gov. Larry Hogan, who has threatened to veto the measure.
The House of Delegates approved the Senate version of the Democratic legislation by a veto-proof margin, sending it to the Republican governor.
A Hogan veto would set up an override vote as one of the first items of business when the legislature reconvenes in an election year next January. Hogan promised last month to veto the bill, which he derided as "a partisan attempt to put points on the board to use against me in a campaign in 2018."
Asked about the bill at an event in Baltimore Wednesday afternoon, Hogan was more equivocal.
"We're dealing with the 27 bills they sent us," he said. "They're going to send us another thousand. We'll have until May to talk about all those."
The legislation, five years in the making, would require businesses with 15 or more full-time employees to let their workers earn at least five days of sick time a year.
Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday promised to veto paid sick leave proposals advancing in the legislature, deriding the plans as business-killers designed to hurt his re-election campaign.
Hogan had proposed a rival bill that would have applied to businesses that employ 50 or more workers in a single location. Democrats rejected that approach, saying businesses that large typically already provide employees with paid sick leave.
The governor's bill would have offered tax credits for smaller businesses to offer such a benefit. Democrats said Hogan never explained how he would pay for the $60 million annual cost of the credit.
Republicans warned that the bill sponsored by Democrats would hurt small businesses and cause them to close their doors or move out of state.
The House voted 87-53 to approve the legislation. GOP delegates voted as a bloc against the bill. Three Democrats joined them. Another was absent Wednesday. It takes 85 votes in the House to override a veto.
As the vote approached, about two dozen supporters of the legislation lined the fence along Lawyers Mall, the route delegates use on the way to the State House. They waved signs and chanted on the warm, sunny morning as they had all through the winter months.
"This is a really exciting day for us," said Crystal Hall, a leadership organizer with United Workers. "We've been here rain, sleet and snow. We've been here because workers need it."
Not everyone was as excited as Hall. Republican lawmakers passed by the demonstrators stone-faced.
"Report they all took off sick today to be here," said Sen. Wayne Norman, a Harford County Republican.
Many Democratic lawmakers greeted the demonstrators, shaking hands and exchanging high-fives and hugs.
Receiving the most enthusiastic greeting was Del. Luke Clippinger, the bill's House sponsor.
"I think we're going to have a very good product that has been the result of good negotiation," the Baltimore Democrat said. "The burdens of illness should not be compounded by the problems of poverty.
The Senate passed the bill Monday, after amending it to reduce some burdens on businesses.
Where the House had proposed seven days of leave, the Senate changed that to five. The Senate also changed the average number of hours an employee needs to work per week to qualify from eight to 12, and extended the minimum number of days on the payroll to qualify from 90 to 106, a concession to employers who hire workers for seasonal jobs, such as those in Ocean City in the summer.
Similar legislation passed the House last year but got hung up in the Senate Finance Committee.
That panel's chairman, Sen. Thomas M. "Mac" Middleton, convened a work group including businesses and advocates last summer. The group helped hammer out a more acceptable version of the bill.
With the Democrats' proposal gaining momentum, Hogan weighed in late last year with what he billed as a "common sense" alternative. The measure won praise from Republican lawmakers, but business groups did not line up to support it.
Seven states and the District of Columbia require most employers to provide their workers with sick leave.
During Wednesday's debate, House Minority Leader Nic Kipke urged colleagues to reject the Democrats' measure. He warned it would impose undue burdens on small businesses.
"We believe some businesses might end up not being able to survive," the Anne Arundel County Republican warned.
Del. Mark N. Fisher, a Calvert County Republican, charged that the bill "establishes a new entitlement in the state of Maryland and has someone else pay for it."
But Del. Dereck Davis, chairman of the House committee that helped craft the bill, noted that lawmakers continue to receive their taxpayer-funded salaries when they are sick.
The Prince George's County Democrat told opponents that if they're feeling ill, they shouldn't come to him asking for favors in scheduling so they can go home early.
Mike O'Halloran, Maryland director of the National Federation of Indepdendent Business, lamented that "the legislature chose not to listen to the pleas from Maryland's job creators."
O'Halloran urged Hogan to follow through on his previous veto commitment.
"We have no doubt that the governor will adhere to that promise and veto the bill to avoid the harsh economic side effects that allowing it to become law would create," he said in a statement.
Clippinger urged the governor to drop his objections and allow the bill to became law.
"If he doesn't, we'll see him next year and override his veto," he said.
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2019-04-25T03:01:29Z
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https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-paid-sick-leave-passes-20170405-story.html
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Educreations is a great app for creating whiteboard videos. Teachers can draw on the screen, have audio directions, include image backgrounds to write on, and post these for students to review later. It is easy to set up and teachers can create student accounts for them to do the same. Each video gets a web link that can be opened up and posted on websites or shared via email. As a teacher, I set up a classroom and enroll all my students (with an enrollment code) into the classroom. Then I can have all the videos the students create appear in my classroom folder to look over. This works well for assessments (student works a math problem, dictates their steps, and sends me the clip). This works very well and is easy for students to do (I did this with 2nd-5th graders).
This was a MUST HAVE app until the last few months. It just went to a paid service. As a classroom teacher, this might be one of the services I would pay for, but the yearly subscription will be costly ($99 currently). Still, Educreations is easy to use, students enjoy it, and awesome for students/parents to review lessons. Overall a very useful tool if teachers are willing to pay the new annual subscription fees.
I love using this app to really see what my students are thinking!
This app allows students to create a visual and auditory presentation of their learning.
Great tool to help parents see how kids learn, and what questions to ask.
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2019-04-26T16:22:59Z
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https://www.commonsense.org/education/app/educreations-interactive-whiteboard-teacher-review/4029561
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chinadaily
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Prince Harry included a tribute to his late mother Diana in his wedding service with a Bible reading about the power of eternal love.
and the voice of the turtle doveis heard in our land.
The reading was one of several tributes to Diana that Harry included in the service, which his mother never got to see as she died when he was 12.
The hymn “Guide Me, O Thy Great Redeemer”, which was played at Diana's funeral, was played at the wedding ceremony.
Harry also used two diamonds from his mother's personal collection in the engagement ring he had custom made for the proposal.
Diana's favourite flowers, white peonies and white garden roses, also adorned an elaborate archway over the organ loft and entryway as guests entered.
Harry also handpicked flowers from Kensington Palace to include in Meghan's bouquet, including forget-me-nots which were another of Diana's favourites.
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1. At its 23rd meeting, on 17 November 2006, the Fifth Committee, pursuant to rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, considered the statement submitted by the Secretary-General of the programme budget implications of draft resolution A/ES-10/L.19 (A/C.5/61/12). At the same meeting, the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions orally introduced the related report of that Committee (subsequently issued as document A/61/587).
2. The statements and comments made in the course of the Fifth Committee’s consideration of this question are reflected in the relevant summary record (A/C.5/61/SR.23).
3. At the 23rd meeting, on 17 November, the Chairman of the Committee orally proposed a draft decision.
4. At the same meeting, a recorded vote was requested on the draft decision.
Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Australia, Israel, Micronesia (Federated States of), Palau, United States of America.
6. After the adoption of the draft resolution, statements were made by the representatives of Australia, Finland (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the European Union), South Africa (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China) and Japan (see A/C.5/61/SR.23).
(b) Also decides that any additional resources as may be necessary will be reported in the context of the second performance report on the programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007.
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Starring John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra, Shiney Ahuja, Bharat Dabholkar.
While some films have their finger on the pulse. This one has its pulse on the finger. In one heart-stopping sequence the ruthless mobster, mysteriously named Captain, chops off the ethereal Shalini’s finger and sends it in a gift box to her tormented husband John.
Remember Brad Pitt being similarly ‘gifted’ in Seven? Don’t expect the immense intensity of Seven to hit you in Karam. But music- video maverick /cinematographer Sanjay F Gupta does wallop a punch or two in the solar plexus with his unusually violent skilfilly narrated story of an assassin’s brutal efforts to come clean.
It’s an uncluttured story, written with panache and passion by the talented Suparn Varma who last week, succeeded in creating a freshness in the romantic comedy genre with Socha Na Tha.
This week he does a bit of the airspray act with the gangster movie. Karam is at heart a love story detailing internecine intrigue and violence of the underworld. From its initial delineation of the hit man John’s initiation into a world of crime (done in cartoon-strip animation, a la Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill) debutant director Gupta moves with a skill-will through a series of cohesively choreographed scenes of violence.
The squeamish are advised to set aside their reservations. For, countermanding the abject savagery of a world governed by greed and ambition is the beauty tenderness and fragility of Shalini.
In many ways, Priyanka Chopra’s Shalini holds the key to the plot. She’s like an orchid blooming in a relentless desert. The love, tenderness and passion that John feels for her irrigates the dry-land of bloodied violence.
In many sequences, such as the one where she makes the long run in the rain to escape her kidnappers, we the audience are overwhelmed by Shalini’s vulnerability.
It’s easy to get carried away by the film’s stylish surface and chic format of narration, and miss the film’s strong plea against violence as reified in the hit-man’s journey from violence to self-negation.
Tautly scripted and annointed with a virile candour that slices open the wounded lives of the two protagonists, Karam has great visual strength. Gupta uses images music and colours from music -videos to accentuate the anxious desolation of the couple, struggling to come together in a world ripped apart by violence.
The violence undercutting the main love story is intolerably harsh. Scenes of villains smashing heads and pumping bullets into unsuspecting victims cut across the narrative creating an unsettling pyramid of passion and perversion. The life-changing shoot-out in which John and his accomplices (Murali Sharma and Rajesh Khera) accidently gun down a little girl, shimmers and seethes in the lurking shadows of discontent.
Throughout, the director creates a sense of selfdestructive foreboding, punctuated by unexpected passages of tenderness.
The John-Shalini love story unfolds amidst a gagle of shrieking diabolism. Among the seedy villains there’s a cross-dressing gangster whom we see being massaged by a beefcake mounted on his supine back.
By and large the narrative avoids getting unnecessarily cheesy even if the characters are forever mired in murk. The narrative never sprawls and spirals out of control. Except for theatre actor Bharat Dabholkar whose act of villainy is hammy and incongruous (his voice seems specially disembodied) the performances lift the narrative by many notches.
This isn’t the first time that John Abraham has played an angst-ridden socially castigated creature of torment. He gets a grip over the assassin’s character and never lets go. Shiney Ajuja seen as the passionate priest in Vinod Pande’s Sins dons the cop’s clothes. He fits awkwardly into the plot’s need for a protagonist to offset the assassin-hero’s character.
But it’s Priyanka Chopra who moves mountains with her poised interpretation of high drama. Playing a pigeon among cats, she flies high creating a character whose vulnerability and beauty are endorsed by both the inner and outer worlds created for her character.
A triumph above what she achieved in the career-defining Aitraaz last year. And then there are Vishal-Shekhar’s pain-lashed songs and Amar Mohile’s intensely saturated background music, giving the film its tight texture of tension and torment.
The images in the songs go from the searing and staccato (Tera hi karam) to the haunting and sensuous (Tinka tinka).
Here’s one actioner where the songs are not allowed to get in the way of the wallops. But then Karam isn’t really an action film. It’s a passion-play staged in the blood-steeped world of crime. To that extent, it goes beyond the expected.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The national debate over immigration policy could be coming to a diner near you.
From down-home delis to upscale bistros, dozens of restaurants nationwide are seeking "sanctuary" status, a designation owners hope will help protect employees in an immigrant-heavy industry and tone down fiery rhetoric sparked by the presidential campaign. First inspired by churches, the label is something cities and other public entities have sought to offer local protections to immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, whether it's barring police from asking citizens about immigration status or refusing to cooperate with federal agents.
Roughly 80 restaurants are participating, in locations including New York, Minneapolis, Detroit, Boston, Oakland, California, and Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The restaurants agree to anti-discrimination policies, put up signs on windows that pronounce their sanctuary status and receive know-your-rights training, such as webinars on how to ask federal immigration agents for proper paperwork if there's an attempted raid. Some will also offer a text line for customers or employees to report any incidents of harassment.
At Detroit's Russell Street Deli, customers walking in the front door of the racially diverse restaurant see a sign that reads: "SANCTUARY RESTAURANT, a place at the table for everyone."
"I have this one little place where I get to decide how people treat each other," said owner Ben Hall, who is biracial and was moved to sign up after a few customers' racially tinged comments. "If someone has the need to insult someone ... then they don't get to participate. I've told them, 'There's another diner next door.'"
The movement is loosely defined and largely symbolic. Restaurants are private businesses subject to workplace law and regulations, and a sanctuary designation will do nothing to prevent federal agents from arresting any workers in the country illegally.
But organizers of the sanctuary restaurants movement say it's a response to the uncertainty surrounding how President Donald Trump will carry out campaign pledges to step up deportations and a build a wall along the Mexican border, among other things. Trump signed executive orders Wednesday aimed at jumpstarting construction of the wall and punishing cities that declare themselves sanctuaries for immigrants. Organizers of the movement say the restaurant industry is more vulnerable than others, given its heavy reliance on immigrant labor.
Not all restaurant industry groups agree with the tactic.
The National Restaurant Association, which represents roughly 500,000 businesses, is instead pushing for an immigration overhaul, including an updated verification system that confirms employees' eligibility to work in the country legally. Association Senior Vice President Steve Danon said the organization "is looking forward to working with the Trump administration" on ways to make verification "easier and more cost-efficient."
Roughly 12 million workers are in the restaurant industry and immigrants make up the majority, including up to 70 percent in big cities such as New York and Chicago. An estimated 1.3 million in the industry are immigrants living in the country without legal permission, according to Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, which launched the campaign and works to improve industry conditions.
They pitched the program with an economic argument, saying restaurants need a "robust pool of workers." In a recent letter, they appealed to Trump as a businessman and urged him to "speak out to alleviate the fear of deportation and other harassment."
"This is not about a restaurant harboring people in a closet. This is about creating a safe space," said Saru Jayaraman, a co-founder of ROC United. "Employers have a responsibility to protect their workers."
In Chicago, the general manager at the rustic French restaurant Bistro Campagne said he applied to become a sanctuary restaurant because he wanted his employees to feel supported. Half the employees at his neighborhood bistro are immigrants, including from Romania, Ecuador and Mexico.
"Restaurants are part of embracing other cultures," said Todd Feinberg. "We are all an immigrant culture. The idea that we might not accept that disturbs me a bit."
At Brightwok Kitchen, an Asian inspired build-a-bowl restaurant in downtown Chicago, owner Jeremy Klaben said he sought sanctuary status because he wants employees and customers to feel included. The restaurant draws a busy lunchtime crowd of college students, corporate employees and tourists.
Employee Iris Quijano, 22, said it's an extension of how she and colleagues feel. The Chicago native who has family in Mexico was drawn to the restaurant after she graduated from college.
"In terms of all the negativity and the hatred we have in social media and in general ... it'll be good to be known as a sanctuary restaurant," she said. "All our co-workers stand for the same things. It's really important for others to feel the same vibes in the restaurant and have a good meal without having to worry about anything negative."
This version of the story corrects the spelling of the name of the bistro in the 14th paragraph.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4154888/Restaurants-The-immigration-debate.html
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It started when the stock market(Dow Jones) closed down 777 points. (Sept 29/08).
Ever since hitting 666, the stock market has been tearing upwards. The 666 low is now a 14 year low.
a 777 day countdown that begins with the day the stock market hit the 666 low...ends on Good Friday/Earth Day April 22nd, 2011.
777 days of hyped up market economies...than with an epic shake of the earth....the global economy implodes.
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As you’ll know from January, we are fast approaching our next quarterly release. This update contains three great additions to our Reporting Suite, making it more powerful than ever.
This first blog post is going to cover what’s new to our Split Test reporting.
We’ve always made it really easy for you to split test your campaigns on subject lines, friendly from name, creative and from address and decide what metric you’d like to measure; opens, clicks or ROI. We’ve then made this information easy for you to find and digest. Pretty cool huh?
The good news is, we’ve just made this even better. You can now drill down into each version and see exactly how it performed. Get a breakdown of stats for your winning and losing variations across all metrics and use this data to easily understand what makes your audience tick and act on it.
With this new update, you can build better insight of how each version has worked so you can constantly improve them to help you constantly improve the performance of your email and generate more ROI from your email marketing.
Keep an eye out for our next two blogs on what else is new in our reporting suite.
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https://blog.dotdigital.com/split-testing-drilled-down/
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Integration is aligned with Oracle Retail's overall integration strategy.
Retail Merchandising System (RMS) and Oracle Financials.
new fields requested by EBS.
RMS/Retail Inventory Management to EBS.
The JAR files are renamed to follow industry standard naming conventions.
Oracle Retail applications effectively and efficiently.
disassembly, or decompilation of this software, unless required by law for interoperability, is prohibited.
terms and license restrictions applicable to the programs. No other rights are granted to the U.S. Government.
use. Oracle Corporation and its affiliates disclaim any liability for any damages caused by use of this software or hardware in dangerous applications.
trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
in an applicable agreement between you and Oracle.
MicroStrategy for Oracle Retail Data Warehouse and MicroStrategy for Oracle Retail Planning & Optimization applications.
licensed by Access Via of Seattle, Washington, and imbedded in Oracle Retail Signs and Oracle Retail Labels and Tags.
licensed by Adobe Systems Incorporated of San Jose, California, and imbedded in Oracle Retail Promotion Planning & Optimization application.
re-engineering or reverse engineering and recompilations or reverse compilations of the VAR Applications or any derivatives of the VAR Applications.
to replace, with functional equivalent software, any of the VAR Applications in future releases of the applicable program.
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At the center of the recto side of this folio is a shamsa, or sunburst, an exquisite symmetrical pattern of floral and geometric shapes painted in precious pigments and gold to reference divine light. The shamsa might have been intended to contain a name or portrait identifying the manuscript’s original owner, but in this case it is empty.
This is a talismanic inscription against insects who might damage the book.
Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini; New York, Asia House, "Muslim Miniature Paintings from American Collections, September, 1962-February 1963.
CMA: Juxtapositions, September 10-October 10, 1965 (both folios).
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35%79°43°Cloudy with a high of 78 °F (25.6 °C). Winds variable at 7 to 11 mph (11.3 to 17.7 kph).Night - Clear. Winds from S to SSE at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 46 °F (7.8 °C).
Today - Cloudy with a high of 78 °F (25.6 °C). Winds variable at 7 to 11 mph (11.3 to 17.7 kph).
Tonight - Clear. Winds from S to SSE at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 46 °F (7.8 °C).
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Home Religion Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps Maximus of Turin, St.
Bishop; place and date of birth unknown; d. c. 408–23. The only source for Maximus' life and work— apart from the evidence contained in his own extant sermons—is an early one, gennadius's (d. c. 492–505) De viris illustribus 41. This brief notice lists 24 of Maximus's sermons by title, referring to others as "many," and states that Maximus died in the reign of Honorius and Theodosius the Younger. However, Bp. Maximus of Turin signed the acts of the Council of Milan in 451 and those of the Council of Rome in 465. In the light of this evidence, baronius identified the Maximus of Gennadius with the Maximus of the conciliar acts and maintained that Gennadius was in error about the date. The view of Baronius was widely accepted until the end of the nineteenth century, but since that time it has been rejected. It is now universally recognized that there were two bishops of Turin bearing the name of Maximus. Around the nucleus of the 24 sermons known by title, a large number of others came to be assigned to Maximus in the course of the MS tradition. B. Bruni was the first to attempt to separate the genuine from the false in his edition (Rome 1784; repr. in Patrologia Latina [Paris 1878–90] 57), but of the 240 sermons and treatises accepted as genuine, a large number, including 40 by the Arian bishop Maximinus, were wrongly assigned to Maximus of Turin.
A critical edition of Maximus by A. Mutzenbecher (1962) made it possible to evaluate Maximus and his work satisfactorily for the first time. On the basis of the converging evidence furnished by 16 carefully chosen criteria, the editor has included 119 sermons in his edition, but this number includes two belonging to St. jerome, one belonging to basil (in Latin translation), five that must be regarded as dubious, and six that are labeled as spurious. Mutzenbecher's introduction covers the life and work of Maximus, the history of earlier editions, the MS collections and their relations, and concordance tables indicating the listing and order of the sermons in the MS collections and the printed editions.
Maximus may be described as a zealous and effective pastor of souls. His Latin is clear and direct, if somewhat rhetorical in keeping with the taste of his age. His imagery is rich, vivid, and concrete. He shows a fondness for allegorical interpretation and for seeking Old Testament prototypes for all persons and events in the New Testament. His Lenten and paschal sermons are valuable for the history of contemporary ecclesiastical practice, and his repeated warnings against pagan superstitions and usages indicate that paganism was still very much alive in his area. Sermon 37 employs the story of Ulysses bound to the mast as a symbol of Christ bound to the cross, identifying the cross as the mast that has saved the human race.
Bibliography: a. mutzenbecher, ed., Maximi Episcopi Taurenensis Sermones (Corpus Christianorum. Series latina. 23; Tournhout 1962), with bibliog. vi–xiii. b. altaner, Patrology, tr. h. graef (New York 1960) 545–546. h. rahner, Greek Myths and Christian Mystery, tr. h. battershaw (New York 1963), esp. 382–383. c. de filippis cappai, Massimo: vescovo di Torino e ilsuo tempo (Turin 1995). m. modemann, Die Taufe in den Predigten des hl. Maximus v. Turin (Frankfurt am Main 1995). a. merkt, Maximus I. von Turin (Leiden 1997).
"Maximus of Turin, St.." New Catholic Encyclopedia. . Encyclopedia.com. 22 Apr. 2019 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.
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Yes mam - there are drinking fountains located throughout all the parks. You'll find them near restrooms as well as other locations. You are more than welcome to bring a refillable water bottle into the parks as long as it isn't glass. I drink a lot of water so I always bring in a refillable water bottle or buy a bottled water and refill it at the drinking fountains.
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2019-04-22T00:20:01Z
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https://disneyparksmomspanel.disney.go.com/question/drinking-fountains-located-inside-parks-wondering-141926/
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Summary: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2013 Lexus GS 350 vehicles manufactured June 8, 2012, through December 26, 2012. In the affected vehicles, the switch that senses the amount of pressure that the driver is applying to the brake pedal may fail.
Consequence: If the switch fails, the vehicle may begin braking without the driver's input, and without illuminating the brake lights, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the brake pedal support assembly which includes the brake pedal load sensing switch, free of charge. Parts for the remedy are not currently available. Toyota will send owners an interim notification letter in late June 2014 to advise owners of the recall, and will mail owners a second letter when remedy parts are available. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331.
Summary: TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2013 LEXUS GS350 VEHICLES, MANUFACTURED FROM DECEMBER 12, 2011, THROUGH FEBRUARY 7, 2012. THE STEERING CONTROL ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU) PROGRAMMING FOR THE VARIABLE GEAR RATIO STEERING (VGRS) SYSTEM COULD CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME OFF-CENTERED WHEN RESTARTING IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE VEHICLE IS PARKED WITH THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED.
Consequence: IF THIS OCCURS, THE DRIVER MAY NOT REALIZE THAT THE STEERING WHEEL IS OFF-CENTERED AND THE VEHICLE COULD MANEUVER IN AN UNEXPECTED DIRECTION, RESULTING IN A CRASH.
Remedy: TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND LEXUS DEALERS WILL UPDATE THE VGRS SYSTEM FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN EARLY JUNE 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.
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https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/lexus/gs/2013/reliability
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GDN Discussion Papers. These pages can be used to promote discussion of issues of interest to geographers, earth and environmental scientists in higher education. It will provide a quick outlet for new ideas and is suitable for conference papers and papers which would benefit from discussion before being submitted or accepted for publication.
Foote, K. (1998) The Virtual Geography Department Project: building national and international collaborations in the World Wide Web. Paper presented to the FDTL Geography National Conference, University of Warwick, 17-18 September 1998.
Gibbs, G. (1998) Improving Teaching, Learning and Assessment. Paper presented to the FDTL Geography National Conference, University of Warwick, 17-18 September 1998.
Hay, I. (1998) From the Absence of 'Rights'. On Rules and Reflexivity in Ethics Teaching in Geography. Paper presented to the FDTL Geography National Conference, University of Warwick, 17-18 September 1998.
Healey, M. (1998) Developing Higher Education Networks in Geography. Paper presented to the FDTL Geography National Conference, University of Warwick, 17-18 September 1998.
Healey, M. (1999) Developing the Scholarship of Teaching Geography in Higher Education, Paper presented to the Improving Student Learning International Conference, University of York, September 1999, and the National Council of Geography in Higher Education Annual Conference, Boston, November 1999.
Healey, M., Foote, K. & Hay, I. (2000) Developing the International Network for Learning and Teaching (INLT) Geography in Higher Education, Paper presented to the International Geographical Union Commission on Geographical Education Symposium, Kyongju, Korea, August 2000.
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On a small island in Scotland we found this beautiful building. The previous owner had died ans the property was up for sale with the bank trying to recoup some money.
We loved the property so much that we made an offer in October, only to find out at the end of December that the bank had chose another offer!
Designed by John Loban of Stornoway, 1814 -16 The former manse is a comparatively grand Georgian house which, like its twin on another Scottish isle, has a tall nepus gable over the central bay and lower, flanking domestic offices. Restored later in the 19th century, when dormers and storm porch were added.
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https://concreteanorak.weebly.com/the-island-manse.html
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BeeWee the two-year-old black Labrador Retriever mix is a playful, happy guy. He quickly led the way to the off-leash run and had a fun time following his nose and exploring. When I threw a tennis ball, he bounded right after it–but he hasn’t quite mastered ‘fetch’ yet so he didn’t bring it back. He’s a retriever, though, so with a little practice I’m sure he’ll get the hang of it!
BeeWee is the type of pooch who wants to say hi to everyone and be friends with everyone. He was originally sharing his kennel with another (big) dog who has since been adopted, so he could go to a home with or without another dog. BeeWee loves to get attention and will do a cute little dance when you scratch his hips. Stop by soon to say hello to BeeWee!
Bonnie the five-year-old black Labrador Retriever mix is much smaller than your purebred Lab. In fact, her legs are so short that when she tried to hop up onto the bench next to me, she couldn’t make the leap! (So I moved and sat down on the ground so she wouldn’t feel left out.) Bonnie is an absolute sweetheart who just wants to love and be loved in return.
Bonnie could be considered a “Velcro” dog because she likes to stay close to her person. Even when I let her off the leash, she still stayed close to me as I walked around. Whenever I knelt down next to her, she would put her head in my lap and cuddle. And walking with her on the leash was a breeze. If you’re looking for a sweet and gentle companion who loves to snuggle, come in soon to meet Bonnie!
Gambler the two-year-old Border Collie mix is one of those dogs who will make you smile immediately because he is just so friendly. When another volunteer hooked Gambler onto a leash and let him out of his kennel, the first thing Gambler did was give that volunteer a doggy hug. It was quite possibly the cutest thing I have ever seen, because it was so clearly a “thank you for taking me out!” hug. After that, I knew Gambler and I would get along great.
Gambler is a happy pooch with a constantly wagging tail. He had a good time racing the dog on the other side of the fence while we were in the off-leash run, but soon came back to me and buried his head in my lap so we could snuggle. Gambler seems like he gets along with other dogs, but if you do bring him into a home with another dog, Gambler would prefer to eat his meals separately. If doggy hugs are your thing, be sure to say hello to Gambler!
I also saw Bella, Blush, Diamond, Kayne (also spelled as Kane), Lexi, and O’Shea.
Posted by Meet the Pooches on August 27, 2015 in Dog Profiles and tagged adopt, adoption, animal shelter, animals, Black Dog Syndrome, Border Collie, Chicago, Deerfield, dogs, Labrador Retriever, Orphans of the Storm, pets, Riverwoods.
Black dogs are so beautiful!
They really are! It’s not always easy to capture in photos, but they’re so pretty–especially in the sunlight!
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The approach of the Training School is interdisciplinary, meaning that we welcome participation from across the social sciences, the humanities and law. Papers may focus exclusively on Russia, on the impact of and responses to Russian actions in neighboring countries, including but not limited to the Eastern neighbourhood, the Baltics, Central Asia and the Caucasus, and on the changing geopolitical role of Russia in the global order. Comparative approaches are also welcome.
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Annamaria is a partner who specialises in interior design. She graduated in architecture and product design from the University of Turin and the ENSCI of Paris. She has extensive experience of working on hospitality, residential and corporate projects. Since joining Foster + Partners in 2007 she has been responsible for the interior design of numerous projects including Me Hotel London and Yacht Club de Monaco. Previously working as an exhibition designer, Annamaria is an art enthusiast who enjoys exhibitions, auctions and art fairs.
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https://www.fosterandpartners.com/studio/people/partners/annamaria-anderloni/
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This comedy is set 15 years after the final nuclear holocaust and centers upon two fellows who have been stuck in their fathers' elaborate bomb shelter since the bombs began to fall. They had plenty of food, clothing (from the 1940s), and necessities, but their only entertainment was a huge set of pulp mystery novels by such writers as Dashiel Hammett and Raymond Chandler. By the time the two young men, Phillip and Marlowe finally emerge from the shelter in 2010, they have become "hard-boiled" detectives. They manage to find an old car and head off down the ruined roads looking for action. Along the way, they see beautiful, but hard-as-nails blonde Miles Archer and pick her up. She ends up robbing them and abandoning them. In her haste, she drops a set of keys--the keys to the last nuclear warhead. Whoever holds them, holds the world in their hands and suddenly the young men find themselves pursued by assorted weirdos, including man-eating hippies, looking for the ultimate power.
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Baslow is an ancient village in North Derbyshire about 3 miles east of Bakewell, appearing in Doomsday Book as Basselawe. The Manners family, later the Dukes of Rutland, became Lords of the Manor in 1565. Until the mid 1800s it was a Chapelry of the Parish of Bakewell and included the hamlets of Bubnell, Curbar and Froggatt.
Most of the village of Baslow is on the east bank of the river Derwent, while the hamlet Bubnell is on the west, north of the bridge. The land in the valley bottom is reasonable for arable and pasture. To the east the ground rises steeply to the rocky "Edges" and the extensive moorland beyond. Bubnell had a share of this moorland. All land in the valley, and some on the edges and on the open moorland had been enclosed before the nineteenth century. There had been Millstone production, Lead Smelting and Coal Mining on the Edges, but all three were of little significance by the 1820s, though some Quarrying continued.
In 1841 the population was 962 in Baslow and 128 in Bubnell.
Baslow had always been important for its bridge and relatively easy route over the hills to Chesterfield and the North Sea Ports. The first Turnpike was built in 1759 from Wardlow to Chesterfield passing through Little Longstone, Hassop and Baslow, up through "The Park" to Robin Hood and on to Old Brampton. An alternative route included Stoney Middleton, Curbar Gap and Clod Hall.
Baslow was well provided with Shops, Inns, Mills and a wide range of Craftsmen, and would have provided services to other villages, including Bubnell which had none of the above. The Duke of Rutland as Lord of the Manor owned most of Baslow and all of Bubnell. Freehold land accounted for perhaps 6% of the total in Baslow, much of which originally came from an estate at Nether End belonging to the Eyre family of Hassop.
Chatsworth House and Park, belonging to the Duke of Devonshire, lie immediately to the south of the village. Before the exchange of Lands, the Park extended to the Baslow Parish Boundary which is approximately halfway between the House and Baslow village.
Three events affected Baslow in Derbyshire between 1822 and 1826. They were The Enclosure Act of 1824, the Construction of a new Turnpike road to Robin Hood and Chesterfield, and the Exchange of Lands of 1823 between the Dukes of Rutland and Devonshire. The Enclosure Act abolished various Rights and Taxes, and led to alterations in land ownership though no land was enclosed. The New Road gave better communications to the East. The Exchange allowed the Duke of Devonshire to extend his Park to the North with a new approach road running through it. The planning and execution of each were spread over the same few years.
This paper described these events, with Appendices giving details of individual villagers and their property. Curbar and Froggatt are not included in the article.
The objective of Enclosure Acts was twofold. The first (irrelevant in Baslow) was to enclose the common agricultural land so the farmers could be more productive. The second was to abolish various Rights and simplify administration. The owners of the Rights were recompensed by portions of the Common and Waste Lands which then became the personal property of individuals. The Right of Access to these lands had been an important asset to villagers being used for grazing, the collection of wood and peat etc.
The Act was implemented in three stages. First all eligible persons were allocated "allotments on the Moor". Next all these Allotments were exchanged for assets elsewhere. Finally some land ownership was reorganise for the convenience of the Dukes.
The value of all the Rights listed was calculated, and the Common & Waste Lands were divided up in proportion to their value. Most recipients got a neat rectangle of barren moor off the Turnpike from Curbar to Chesterfield. The Duke, much the largest Landowner in the village, received the biggest allocation, which included all of Big Moor and Gibbet Moors. Details of the Rights involved and the area of land allocated in exchange are listed in the Table 1.
Chief Rent is defined as "A payment made on freehold Land to the original freeholder". This had been paid for generations by a number of villagers to the Duke of Rutland. It was abolished by the Award, with the Duke accepting Allotments on the Moor in compensation.
The rent could not have been large as the area allocated amounted in total to only 2 acres.
Small Tithes had been paid to the Vicar of Bakewell by the Duke of Rutland, who was reimbursed by the Tenants as part of their rent. In return for abolishing them, The Vicar received two Allotments, one each for Baslow and Bubnell. We do not know if the rents were reduced - probably not!
The Surveyors of the Highways got one acre for each village "for the getting of stone"
As Lord of the Manor the Duke of Rutland got 82 acres for Baslow and 85 acres for Bubnell.
For Common Right. All freeholders were entitled their share of the Common and Waste Ground in proportion to the value of their holdings. In Baslow the freeholders got 79 acres while the Duke got 1271 acres. It can be deduced that that the freeholders owned about 6% of the value of the village. The list of freeholders, the size of their allotments and the amount of Chief rent give an insight into the social structure of the village. This discussed later in the article.
There were no freeholders in Bubnell, so the Duke was allocated all the remaining Common and Waste Lands.
These allotments on the moor were never intended to be enclosed or occupied. Each was exchanged for Rutland property elsewhere, mainly in Baslow, leaving the Duke as sole owner of all the Common and Waste Lands outside the village. The Schedule to the Act of Parliament gives full detail.
The Vicar of Bakewell got property in Bakewell.
The Surveyors of Highways would no doubt have got some other facility for getting stone.
Baslow freeholders got land within the village conveniently close to their current property, with the few exceptions noted below.
The Curate got an extension to his "Glebe" - a larger garden.
No exchange was mentioned for the Society of Methodists' Allotment. Is it chance that the Methodists leased land for their new Schoolroom in School Lane in 1822?
Thomas Gardom and William Kitchen got land outside Baslow.
The only Allotment on the moor not accounted for in the Act belonged to The Duke of Devonshire. However the transaction did appear in the financial accounts for the subsequent Exchange of Lands, proof of the interconnection between the Enclosure Award and the Exchange of Lands.
The diagonal road is the 1759 Turnpike between Curbar and Chesterfield, with the Baslow to Owler Bar and Totley road crossing it at the bottom left. Allotments to freeholders were within the subdivided rectangle south of the road.
The Duke of Rutland took advantage of the Act to reorganise his property in the Parish, partly to consolidate his ownership of all land outside the village itself, and partly to prepare for "The Exchange of Lands" with the Duke of Devonshire. Freeholders with land in the future Park were given plots nearby - to be subsequently purchased by the Duke of Devonshire. Thomas Gardom, who lived at Cliff House between Baslow and Curbar, exchanged his fields off the Bakewell Road (and his allotment on the moor) for Rutland land adjoining his house in Curbar. Nicholas Broomhead exchanged moorland near Cupola for building land in the village. Neither of the last two were relevant to the Enclosure, but both were listed in the Act of Parliament.
Before the Turnpike era, travellers leaving Baslow towards the south and east would have used a route across the Bar Brook at Nether End, through “The Park” and up the deep hollow way then known as Coal Pit Lane to Dobb Edge and Parkgate Farm, and on to Holymoorside or Ashover. According to J B Ward, the route was known as the “Halifax Gate”, and Parkgate Farm was “The Horns Inn”.
The first Turnpike connecting Baslow to Chesterfield, built in 1759, passed up through The Park, crossed the Heathy Lea Brook just before reaching Robin Hood and continuing to Wigley and Old Brampton.
The eastern part of the Turnpike over the moors - the old road - must have become inadequate for the traffic which would have included heavy industrial goods. In 1812 a diversion was built starting from the bridge below the Robin Hood. It continued for a kilometre on the south bank of the Heathy Lea Brook, often at stream level, up the narrow steep sided valley until it reached open moorland at the junction of the Umberly and Blackleach Brooks. It then followed a new route (the present A619), across the moors to Wadshelf and Chesterfield.
The narrow section must have been difficult, especially in times of flood so an alternative route would have been welcome. Also lower part of the Turnpike near the village crossed land which the Duke of Devonshire was planning to include in his new Park extension. This would not have suited the Duke. The solution was simple, and The Dukes would have had no difficulty in arranging for their Turnpike Trust to build another diversion, this time from The Wheatsheaf Inn in Baslow, north of the Heathy Lea Brook, through Robin Hood and on the join the 1812 road at the start of the open moorland. The Toll Bar was at Robin Hood, now the triangle of grass opposite the Inn where the Old and New roads to Chesterfield diverge.
The section of the new road in Baslow Parish then became the new boundary between the Rutland and Devonshire Estates.
The photograph shows the route of the Turnpike up Heathy Lea Brook between 1812 and 1824. The road is next to the stream.
William Spencer Cavendish became the 6th Duke of Devonshire In 1811. The next three decades saw major changes both in the Gardens and the Park. At Edensor, houses and roads were moved and the Park extended, achieving among other objectives a much better approach to the house from the west. The north end of the Park remained a challenge. Though a minor road connected the House to the Turnpike, this did not provide the gracious entrance that the Duke desired.
In his early years, some improvements were made, but the breakthrough came around 1820 when the Dukes of Devonshire and Rutland decided to exchange several estates in North Derbyshire. In all the Duke of Devonshire acquired 3366 acres, including 1002 acres in Baslow, 1273 acres in Hathersage and 409 acres in Aldwark.
Unfortunately there are no records of the land acquired by the Duke of Rutland. It is perhaps relevant that his temporary sporting Headquarters were in Baslow at the time, and that he built his new Hunting Lodge at Longshaw a few years later.
the existing Baslow Chatsworth Parish Boundary to the east.
The exchanged land can be divided into three sections.
“It may not be improper to remark that there are several Freeholds within this district, which will probably be a lasting inconvenience, as they cannot be obtained by purchase or Exchange, but on the most disadvantageous terms”.
The middle section, which remained as farmland, occupied the shelf above Dobb Edge between Robin Hood and Park Gate Farm but included a few fields below the Edge near Robin Hood. This area was still being farmed by the same tenants 20 years later. The area had previously been mined for Coal, but as this is not mentioned in the documents and it is likely that mining had ceased before 1824.
The third and largest section was Gibbet Moor, 652 acres of open moorland east of the original Chatsworth estate. The Duke of Rutland had only just acquired full ownership with the passing of the 1824 Enclosure Act, and thus the right to sell it. It is interesting to note that the Exchange of Lands is dated 1823.
The Duke's first task was to buy this freehold land. It must had been negotiated well before the exchange, as the Enclosure Award had ensured that all the property was in convenient parcels ready for sale. There is no record of any objections by the owners.
The next task was to clear “The Park” of tenants. There were seven tenant farmers with 9 to 72 acres. They included Park Lane Farm, Heathy Lea House, Heathy Lea Corn Mill and two farmhouses near the Turnpike. Two farmers lived in Baslow village. Later none of them could be traced in the Baslow 1841 census or the 1848 Tithe Award, so they all must have left the area. Chatsworth Estate records locate three of them 20 years later as Devonshire tenants in Dore and Edensor. The others may have been accommodated on Estates further afield or helped in other ways.
There were eight dwelling houses without land. Six were situated near the Bar Brook on land that remained outside Park so the tenants were not affected One tenant moved into its own freehold property in Nether End, and the last, who had relatives in Baslow, probably moved into the village.
A number of Baslow residents had a few acres in the park. They all had further land or occupation, so the loss would not have been disastrous.
A list of all the tenants in the land acquired by the Duke of Devonshire appears in Appendix A below.
Once the Land had been cleared of people and the turnpike road diverted, the Duke of Devonshire had the major task of landscaping his Park. Obviously this took many years. All buildings and field walls were meticulously removed, though some of the hedgerow trees were left to become the mature specimens still standing today. New plantations were made to extend the “Capability Brown” type landscapes, hiding Baslow and the new road in the process. The Drive was moved to its present route, and the new Grand Entrance constructed, complete with approach, Lodges and Golden Gates.
The Photograph shows Bubnell and Baslow villages in the foreground. The land which became the extension to Chatsworth Park is below the lower scarp in the upper right quadrant. The rest of the Exchanged Land is at the top and extends to the horizon on the right and beyond. The modern A619 road runs through the trees to the left of the picture to Robin Hood which is hidden from view. The 1759 Turnpike went straight up the middle of the Park and can just be discerned.
Most Baslow and Bubnell villagers lost their Rights to Common and Waste Lands.
Tenant farmers from the new Park were evicted: some may have been resettled elsewhere.
Derbyshire got a better road between Baslow and Chesterfield.
Baslow Villagers were relieved of paying Small Tithes and Chief Rent.
Baslow freeholders gained property in the Village or nearby.
The Duke of Rutland got complete control of the Baslow moor lands, and with minimal exceptions became the sole owner of all agricultural land outside Baslow village itself.
The Duke of Devonshire was the main Winner. He got a large private Grouse Moor within walking distance of his home. He got a big extension to his already outstanding Park.
And he got an imposing new northern entrance to Chatsworth House through his new Golden Gates.
Personally I think the last is the main reason why the Enclosure Act was passed, the Chesterfield Road was diverted and the Dukes Exchanged Lands.
A view of Baslow and Chatsworth from Gardoms Edge near Robin Hood. The 1824 Turnpike is across the centre with the shelter belt and the New Park behind it. Baslow is on the right. Chatsworth house is just out of sight in the upper left corner.
Tenants of land acquired by the Duke of Devonshire from the Duke of Rutland.
In 1823 The Duke of Devonshire exchanged lands with the Duke of Rutland, and acquired the part of Baslow west of the Bar Brook and south of the Baslow to Chesterfield Road (the A619). Apart from Gibbet Moor, the land was occupied by tenant Farmers. In order to extend his park some of the tenants had to be moved. The Table below lists all the Tenants, and their fate after the park was extended.
Tenants of Houses in the Park with under 1 acre of land.
Tenants with over 9 acres.
Tenants with less than 3 acres noted for the record.
The Duke of Rutland had been the Lord of the Manor of Baslow for generations. This account describes the freehold land and freeholders in Baslow village only. The associated hamlet of Bubnell was owned entirely by the Duke and is not considered further.
I have identified all the freeholders and the locations of their lands before the Enclosure Act of 1824, and the changes effected by the Act. Information is from Enclosure Act of 1824, the Baslow Census of 1841, the Tithe Award of 1848, and documents about Eyre property kindly provided by the Chatsworth Archive Department.
The Table lists the freeholders in the village who qualified for “Allotments on the Moor” together with the size of their allotments. It also includes the Chief Rent paid by them. The size of each gives an indication of their relative importance.
The schedules and maps with the Enclosure Act and information from Chatsworth give the location of the freehold property which is summarised in the Map of Baslow below. Most was at Nether End and around Daisy Bank, with more off Bakewell Road and in the south of the village.
The largest area of freehold in the village can be traced back to Rowland Eyre of Hassop. Records at Chatsworth confirm that he sold two farms in Baslow in 1701. Most of the land was at the north end of “The Park”, in the vicinity of the Golden Gates.
The first Farm, of 20 acres and known at the time as “Marples Farm”, was sold to John Jackson for £190. The main part, a Homestead and 13 acres east of Bar Brook at Nether End was subsequently bought by the Marples family, who retained it until 1826. The original farm included a few fields off the Baslow Bakewell Turnpike near Rymas Brook (perhaps the relics of an ancient Field System). The latter were sold to Robert Holmes, who sold them on to Nicholas Broomhead for £170 in 1790: finally Sampson Bowler bought 2 acres - some if not all of the area - in 1791.
The second Farm was sold to William Johnson. The Homestead was on the Bar Brook just south of the Turnpike Road to Chesterfield, with 10 acres to north of it. It included the triangular area at Nether End between Goose Green, the Bar Brook and the old Turnpike road, with two fields south of Nether End (3 acres).
In 1787 the Johnson family were in debt and had to sell part of the farm to William Kitchen, retaining the Homestead, 4 acres east of Bar Brook and the north part of the area at Goose Green (opposite the Wheatsheaf Inn). Later Johnson sold his farmhouse to the Duke of Rutland and retired to a new house (now Bar Brook House) built on his property at Goose Green. Meanwhile William Kitchen had the residue of Johnson's fields, and the southern part of the Goose Green site which he developed into a Malthouse, Brewery and “The Barrel” Inn.
The Tithe Award shows a second group of freehold properties located in a small rectangle either side of Daisy Bank, covering about ¼ acre. The Houses included Moorstones, Hanover Buildings, Raleigh Cottage, Sycamore Cottage (on School Lane) and the (old) Methodist Chapel. John Lees, a resident of Bakewell who owned Moorstones, also had 2 large fields to the east and north of the house. It is tempting to guess that the whole area was (part of) some earlier freehold Farm or Estate.
Robert Holmes had 2 separate fields north of the village, Valentine Ashton had a field up Bar Road and William Bowler owned 2 fields on Rymas Brook as mentioned above. Nicholas Broomhead had 6 acres of rough hillside up the Sheffield Road near Cupola. The Trustees of Thomas Gardom of Cliff House near Curbar (he died in 1817) had three fields on the west bank of the Derwent. Finally there were two freehold houses. One was the present Prince of Wales Inn (now Rowley's) which was a Carpenter's shop and house belonging to the Gregory family. The other was Magnolia Cottage in School Lane, owned by John Marples a Millwright.
All the property east of Bar brook, and two fields south of Nether End, were bought by the Duke of Devonshire, that is all the original Eyre estate except the plot at Goose Green. The Duke of Rutland acquired all the fields west of the Derwent and the fields up the Bar Road & the Sheffield Road, leaving only one landowner in the village, John Holmes with two fields near Over End. There was no change in ownership of the freehold houses, with each benefiting in some way from the Act.
Nicholas Broomhead, the Publican at The Peacock Inn (now the Cavendish Hotel), deserves special mention. He was wealthy, as he could lend £1000 to William Kitchen and like John Holmes could afford to take part in property deals. He had also owned 6 acres of rocky pasture off the Sheffield Road, the only Moorland property in private hands. It was immediately next to the Cupola, a Lead Smelting Facility. It is interesting that an ancestor John Broomhead was Smelter to the Duke of Rutland in 1679.
In the Enclosure Award he did well by getting a valuable acre of Land opposite the Church in exchange for his 6 acre pasture and his allotment on the moor. On this acre, he built a large House for himself (Baslow House) and the block terraced houses on Church Terrace and School Lane. Perhaps repayment of the £1000 owed him by William Kitchen provided the finance for the development.
As a note of interest, it is possible that this acre contained the temporary Hunting headquarters of the Duke of Rutland which is mentioned in the Exchange of Lands Documents.
William Kitchen was an entrepreneur with several interests. His family had been tenants of Bramley farm since before the Civil War. In the late 1700s he had a share in the Mill at Calver and owned land in Barlow. In 1776 he was owed money by William Johnson who could not repay. Kitchen acquired some of his land at Nether End including the southern half of the plot at Goose Green on which he built a Malthouse, a Brewery and an Inn, The Barrel. Later he too had financial problems, perhaps because of the fire which burned down Calver Mill in 1801. He had to mortgage his land in Baslow and elsewhere. In 1810 he re-mortgaged, borrowing £1000 from Nicholas Broomhead, an enormous sum in those days. The debt was partly paid off when he sold the Johnson fields to the Duke of Devonshire, and the Goose Green property to local developers. The latter included the White family who rebuilt the Inn as The Devonshire Arms in 1861.
The Gardoms were another long established Baslow family based at Far End (Yeld Farm) and associated with the place name Gardoms Edge. A branch of the family moved to Bubnell Hall, where they prospered and bought Cliff House, the residence of Thomas Gardom before the Enclosure Act. He died in 1817, and the transactions were in the name of his trustees. In exchange for three fields amounting to 6 acres in Baslow west of the Derwent, he was awarded a group of fields around his house creating a small estate, which was later to become Cliff College.
Robert Holmes was the tenant farmer at Cherry Tree Farm (behind the Village Shop) He too must have had wealth, as he is known to have been involved in buying and selling fields near Rymas Brook. The origin of the two fields he owned north of Over End is not known.
Joshua Gregory a Carpenter, bought the buildings at the present Prince of Wales in 1741. In his will he left it to his three children. One carried on the business. The eldest, who inherited the section nearest the road, emigrated to London to establish a carpenters business in the capital. His daughter Ann Dawkins owned the property in 1824 at the time of the Enclosure Award. She got a small plot north of the building, which eventually became the village mortuary, a building still remembered by older village residents.
The Marples were an influential village family. George Marples had the farm at Nether End which was bought by the Duke of Devonshire in 1826 for his Park. His cousin John Marples, a Millwright who owned Magnolia Cottage, was awarded land between his house and the Methodist School Room, which became his family's residence and work yard. Other independent members of this extended family included the Blacksmith, a Saddler, a Butcher, a Tailor, a Shoemaker and earlier a Publican.
The Duke of Devonshire had always owned a few acres in Baslow west of Barbrook and adjoining Chatsworth Parish.
Daisy Bank is the short lane behind the Old Chapel.
after Six acres near Cupola + a Malthouse in Park.
after Property at Goose Green, and Land near Golden Gates.
+ after Land in The Park near Golden Gates.
Most of the facts in this Study come from the Enclosure Awards of 1824, the Tithe Award of 1848 and the Census returns for 1841 and 1851. I am indebted to The Chatsworth archivists for further detail about the Land Exchange of 1823.
Modern Names are in italics. The “The Park” refers to the part of the land acquired by the Duke of Devonshire in 1823 used for the extension to his park.
The above information was contributed by David Dalrymple-Smith in October 2005, and May 2007.
The account has also been published in the Bakewell Historical Society Journal in 2007.
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Now that we're in the 21st Century, shouldn't we be uncomfortable with a significant tax provision that originated before World War II? You might think so, but the last-in, first-out (LIFO) conformity rule has been at work for so long that almost no one even notices it. We certainly have noticed, and we find that the conformity rule forces managers to shortchange stockholders in either the financial statements or the tax return. Without it, financial reporting would provide more useful information, and the economy would be more productive and prosperous.
Bahnson, Paul R. and Miller, Paul B. W.. (2004). "It's Time to Get Rid of LIFO Conformity". Strategic Finance, 85(12), 43-47.
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https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/account_facpubs/17/
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‘The Incredibles 2’ Teaser Trailer Debuts!
The teaser trailer for the upcoming Pixar film, The Incredibles 2, has debuted!
While it doesn’t reveal anything about the plot (as it is a teaser), it has gotten many people interested in the sequel. I personally am waiting for the first theatrical trailer to get excited.
Author The Animation CommendationPosted on November 18, 2017 Categories Animation NewsTags animated film, animated movie, animation, bob odenkirk, brad bird, catherine keener, craig t nelson, disney, holly hunter, huck milner, john ratzenberger, pixar, samuel l jackson, sarah vowell, the incredibles, the incredibles 28 Comments on ‘The Incredibles 2’ Teaser Trailer Debuts!
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Three things I can say with certainty about public speaking: 1) Most normal people start off fearing it (slightly preferable to losing a limb). 2) It's one of the most valuable business/career skills you'll ever have. And 3) it's a skill that most definitely can be learned.
Of the universe of outstanding public speakers and presenters, some of them are just born that way; give them a stage and microphone and they can talk a dog off a meat wagon, as the saying goes. The other 99% of us, however, have to work at it.
Fortunately, the work isn't that hard and can be extremely rewarding, assuming you're motivated to improve, which I suspect you are, or you wouldn't be reading this article.
Full disclosure: There are a lot of ways to skin this cat. There are a legion of companies out there - many excellent - who teach public speaking to people all the time. I'm not one of them. I'm just a quiet person by nature who, over time, gained a functional knowledge of speaking and presenting because I realized it would be helpful (indeed essential) to my career. So what I'm not passing along is a system that can work for everyone, but simply four insights - nothing profound or difficult - that proved valuable to me. And I believe can be of value to others.
1) Watch yourself on video. I first did this for five minutes many years ago at a presentations seminar given by my employer, and it was the best five minutes of my time I ever invested. It wasn't pretty. On video I could see right away what I needed to improve. I was technically proficient in that I knew what I was talking about (in this case it was advertising), but I needed to be far more animated, emotive, engaging. The video was a clear, if unforgiving, roadmap, showing me quickly where I needed to go.
2) Find your own style that you're comfortable with. Know who you are, and what your strengths and weaknesses are. Being soft-spoken and understated by nature, I was never going to be a charismatic speaker who would enthrall thousands with 'fire and brimstone' emotion. But that was no excuse to be boring. Two things I could do reasonably effectively was use dry humor and tell stories. Those were natural aspects of my personality that could be integrated. That's a great thing about speaking and presenting - there's no inherently right way to do it. You can be charismatic, motivational, educational, entertaining, informative, low-key, professorial - you name it - whatever works best for your personality. Find the suit that most comfortably fits your skin.
3) Pick out one person in the audience and pretend you're having a conversation with him or her. This is by no means an original insight, but a practical tactical maneuver I always liked. It can help turn a potentially overwhelming situation into a manageable one. Instead of facing dozens or even thousands of people, you're (sort of) having a personal conversation with one other. Naturally in the course of a speech or presentation, you may focus on numerous different individuals - it's just a helpful way to cut a large inchoate event down to size.
4) Practice, practice, practice - know your material cold. For me this was by far the most important element - there's no substitute for thorough knowledge of your material. Get completely comfortable with your content. Facing a large audience is no time to discover you're really not too sure what you want to say. If you're especially gifted maybe you can bluff it, but for most of us mortals this is a recipe for implosion. Personally I never liked to memorize things (sounded too wooden), but wanted to clearly understand and think through all aspects of my message. Before a big presentation, when our kids were growing up, I'd spend a fair amount of time practicing quietly in our basement (ironing board as podium), and in the car driving to and from work. This was a classic "competence breeds confidence" scenario -- putting in the time made all the difference. My performance could vary from bumbling (if I hadn't prepared well) to pretty effective and even occasionally entertaining (if I had).
My conclusion: I was not a natural public speaker, but I became a whole lot better than when I started. You can too.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2012/11/12/a-quiet-persons-guide-to-effective-public-speaking/
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I can't cook beans for beans.
Beans are probably my favorite food, but I can't seem to make beans that really taste good. I mean like refried beans, rice and beans, carribean-style black beans...I have made all of these and they've all been bland and I haven't wanted to finish the pot (I like to cook a lot of something and eat it all week). I feel stupid about this. Please share your bean recipes with the internet.
sofrito, for Cuban/carribean flavors, although I leave out the bell peppers.
If I make a huge pot of beans for the week, I like to layer more flavors in as the week goes on, maybe chop some sun-dried tomatoes in one day, some fresh cilantro another day, some chilis the next, etc.
Alton Brown had a good episode about beans. I seem to recall that it's important not to salt them too early (it makes the skins tough?). Like other starches, they can take a pretty aggressive hand with the salt.
One thing I love is Crescent Dragonwagon's Cuban black bean soup. Soak them overnight, simmer them until tender in fresh water with bay leaves and hot chilies. Then saute an ungodly amount of chopped onions and garlic (and some bell pepper if you want) in an even more ungodly amount of olive oil (1/4 cup to 3/4 cup depending on your own personal OMG WTF level). Add the onions to the beans, simmer 30 more minutes, done.
yeah, i think i'm too lax on the garlic because my beans often come out tasting kind of sweet, it's not good. i'm trying new refried recipe right now.
I don't understand how beans could be BAD! Last night I chucked a can of black beans into a pan with diced tomatoes/bell peppers/onion/garlic, sprinkled in some cumin & cayenne, and served the whole thing over some kind of pork chop & couscous. Sour cream and chives as garnish. Delish and a total no-brainer.
wrong! also i want to use dried beans. i don't eat animals. my beans are blander than bland. i'm also pretty impatient sometimes and they don't always cook all the way. i'm good at cooking but this really throws me for a loop.
Do you soak them? I usually soak overnight. You can either cook the next day or refrigerate for 2-3 days until you are ready to cook.
Make that "drain and refrigerate...". Also, William OTM about not adding salt early on.
If I were an impatient person wanting to cook dried beans I'd fix myself up with a nice energy-efficient pressure cooker.
Try this: fry up a cup of chopped garlic and six tablespoons of cumin in a half-cup of olive oil. Spoon that into your cooked pound of black beans until they have enough flavor. Add salt and sherry vinegar to taste. If you can add the whole seasoning mix and the beans are still bland, the problem lies elsewhere.
A half-drop of liquid smoke might give them a little kick too.
Try this: fry up a cup of chopped garlic and six tablespoons of cumin in a half-cup of olive oil.
I think this sentence gave me some sort of taste-bud hard-on.
yes i soak them! i think i'm just retarded.
I also had a hard time trying to find a successful way to prepare dried beans. Even after soaking them for a long time (and not adding salt to the cooking liquid!), most beans would come out either too firm or crunchy, or else they would just dissolve into a bean porridge - I could never manage to make beans that retained their shape yet were soft enough to mash easily with a fork.
Then I stumbled upon a thread on one of the Egullet cooking forums, that stated the best way to cook dried beans to perfection, was to put them into a heavy pot, UNSOAKED, with lots of SALT ADDED, and cook them for a couple hours in a 250F degree oven.
I was wary about trying this out, as it contradicted the received wisdom to never salt beans until they are basically done cooking, or else their skins will harden and extend the cooking time. But I tried it anyway, and they actually came out great, much to my surprise.
Heat oven to 250 F. Place beans, water, salt, and any seasonings* into a heavy pot and bring to a simmer on stovetop. Cover pot, put in oven, and cook until done, usually a little over two hours.
* they say not to add anything acidic (vinegar, hot sauce containing vinegar, tomatoes, etc) to the beans while they are cooking, as it will harden them.
I make black beans for burritos using this method almost every week; I like to add a tablespoon or more of liquid smoke to the cooking liquid to give them additional flavor.
I also prepare dried split peas, like chana dal or black-eyed peas using the oven-method - they take about 45 minutes to an hour, and need a little less water.
Recently, I cooked some dried chickpeas that had been in a jar on the shelf for over a year. I thought I would need to increase the cooking time substantially, but it turned out they only took about two and half hours to cook.
Did you know the Turkish make a desert with beans five different kinds, nuts, dried fruit,spices,sugar and milk and yes they do soak them. Sorry I dont know the recipe but could not be too hard too figure out. The Chinese and Japanese make sweet bean deserts also the aduki bean being my favourite. I usually cook beans with a bit of ginger helps reduce the fart factor. Today i bought Persian Red Lentils which I think Ill cook with star anise and ginger and ill have em with herbed lamb sausage and baked sweet potatoe yum!
although i've never used dry beans myself, from what i hear, some of the problems people may be having with resucitating them may be due to their age - they keep well, but after some period of time they become basiclaly brittle and fall apart when moistened.
also, they need to be dried at the right time when they're fresh. i'm guesing that better-quality dried beans are easier to deal with.
If beans are anything like lentils they need a TON o salt. I can put in over a tablespoon per large pot and it still is only just right. Also at least 3 garlic cloves, and some stock, and then herbs, or tomatoes, or some garam masala/cumin. Num.
I have had luck with the pressure cooker and slow cooker methods! Slow cooker is particularly easy and effective.
i dunno, they got to the point of being edible (and not like in a barely tolerable way) but never truly softened, and i surely let them go longer than long.
i've tried twice now, once with a hot-soften before cooking, and once with a cold overnight soak. similar results each time.
but in both cases i was cooking with other things, and after a certain point i just figured, i couldn't let it cook forever if i wanted to keep any of the other ingredients tasting vaguely like themselves.
still no luck with kidneys rather than black, either i'm cooking them too hot or the additional ingredients i'm cooking them with are too salty too soon.
wish i could see what you're doing j. as i have no idea where the problem lies.
cooked a buncha red beans yesterday - soaked 4 hours, drained, rinsed, boiled ~ 75 minutes. done. then added some salt.
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The French Revolution put the finishing touches to the course of the economic and social evolution of Judaism in Western Europe. The development of industrial capitalism will speed up the penetration of the Jews into the ranks of the bourgeoisie and their cultural assimilation. The triumphant march of the Napoleonic armies was the signal for Jewish emancipation everywhere. Napoleonic policy reflected the will of bourgeois society to assimilate the Jews completely. But in the regions still ruled by the feudal system, important difficulties surged across the road to emancipation. Thus, contrary to the Jews of Bordeaux, completely absorbed into the bourgeois class, the Alsatian Jews were little differentiated from their ancestors of the Middle Ages. The peasant riots against Jewish usury compelled Napoleon to promulgate exceptional laws against Alsatian Judaism. Bourgeois juridical norms proved inapplicable to a feudal state of society. The same was true of Poland where formal legality for all citizens before the law introduced by Napoleon was not applicable to Jews “for a period of ten years”—as the face-saving formula put it. It is necessary to add that the great mass of Polish Jews, led by fanatical rabbis, was resolutely opposed to emancipation. Except for a small layer of wealthy bourgeois, the Polish Jews in no way felt the need for civil equality.
12. Based on Ruppin, op. cit.. Leon’s operation on Ruppin’s statistics here appears to be incorrect. We therefore append an abstract of Ruppin’s table (pp.319-20). Despite the differences, these confirm Leon’s contention.—Tr.
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In the midst of a treacherous attack by Ares, Wonder Woman drops the journal in which she has been recording her thoughts on the epic battle ahead. That journal has now fallen into your hands. It contains several pages of notes and sketches created by the Amazing Amazon herself, before giving way to blank ruled pages on which you can jot down your own notes. Atmospheric, engrossing, and designed with a dynamic in-universe aesthetic, this journal lets readers feel like they’re part of Wonder Woman’s world!
"Who wouldn’t enjoy this distinctive journal? This is perfect for anyone on your gift-giving list. And, by the way, there’s a Superman version too!"
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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wonderwoman-hardcover-ruled-journal-daniel-wallace/1124023162?ean=9781608875290
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Open yourself to the Universe. It will embrace you and you will discover opportunities that before had been blurred.
LOL like your wrote your post for me! And totally not self-centered at all.
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Introduction to Army life begins inside the foyer at Sand Hill’s reception station, where baby-faced enlistees squeeze nervously onto wooden benches, their civilian lives put on hold as they await the arrival of their drill sergeants. Looking down on them is a portrait of a man about their age, a man for which Building 3020 is named. Those inclined to learn the soldier’s identity will find that Donald Ray Johnston, 21, was killed in Vietnam on March 21, 1969, after throwing himself on a satchel of enemy explosives, saving six soldiers in a bunker with him. For that action, Spc. 4 Johnston of the famed 1st Cavalry Division was awarded the Medal of Honor.
The drive from Johnston Hall to the Main Post Cemetery takes but a few minutes. Beneath the flagpole in Section E, Row 5, Grave Site 12, is Donnie Johnston’s resting place, his marble marker proclaiming his birth, his death and his heroic sacrifice. It’s there, as often as possible, that Johnston’s best friend from Baker High School brings his buddy’s medals and pictures, arranging them perfectly on his grave, so that cemetery visitors will have a hard time ever forgetting the sacrifice of Donald Johnston.
David Delffs keeps a 35-year-old picture of Johnston in his wallet, not to be reminded of what the young man known as “Skeeter” looked like, but to show to people who exhibit the least bit of interest in Johnston’s story. Such as the basic training group he collared at Fort Benning recently.
“They were fascinated with Donald’s story,” said Delffs, who works at Helms Brothers Body Shop in Columbus. “They like to hear about heroes. And to me Donald is another Audie Murphy.” One soon notices that Delffs refers to Johnston only as Donald; surviving siblings prefer Donnie; his pals called him Skeeter.
Travel from the Main Post Cemetery, down South Lumpkin Road to Rigdon Park, one will find another tribute to Johnston, though it will take an effort to find the granite marker, buried in a clump of small trees, directly behind the centerfield fence of one of the ballfields.
“He’s in pretty good company,” said Delffs, noting that the slab includes four names: Col. Robert Nett, Maj. Freeman Horner, Maj. Charles McGaha…and Johnston, with the inscription “In memory and honor of Medal of Honor recipients.” The first three were awarded their medals for action in World War II. Johnston was the only local man to receive the nation’s highest military honor from the Vietnam War. And the only one honored posthumously.
Johnston was the most unlikely of heroes.
Donald Johnston didn’t graduate from Baker. He took a job at an auto supply company, primarily to make enough money to buy the ’67 GTO he’d fallen in love with. But at about the time his pals graduated from high school, Johnston was enlisting in the Army.
Johnston’s late father, James, himself a veteran of two wars, told a reporter almost 20 years ago that his son loved to go to a nearby creek, put ropes across it and “play soldier.” Yet once he joined the Army and received orders to Vietnam, James Johnston was overwhelmed with a hopeless feeling.
“He didn’t have enough experience,” his father said. That’s why James, a decorated master sergeant, offered to go to Vietnam in his son’s place. The Army rejected his offer.
Delffs talked to Donald right before he shoved off to war.
But a hero is exactly what he became. In his last letter to his folks, Johnston told them he’d been promoted to squad leader. But, he added, almost everyone in his squad had just arrived in the war zone. That had him concerned. Twelve days later, Johnston’s company — Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment — came under intense enemy rocket and mortar fire in the Tay Ninh province of Vietnam. Johnston was no stranger to such action. Five months earlier a piece of shrapnel had torn a hole in his face. This time the enemy moved through the perimeter and began hurling explosive charges into the main defensive bunkers. Johnston and six of his squad members had moved from the exposed position to one of the inner defensive bunkers. While they were firing away, an enemy soldier tossed three charges into the bunker. According to the Medal of Honor citation, he sensed the danger to his men and threw himself on the charges, shielding the others from the blast. Almost two years after his death, President Richard Nixon presented the Medal of Honor to his parents in a White House ceremony.
David Delffs can’t recount the number of times he’s told the story of his best friend.
After the death of Johnston’s parents, Donald’s brother and sister entrusted their brother’s medals to Delffs.
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https://crockettlives.wordpress.com/vietnam-page-of-honor/soldiers-sacrifice/
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Migrants are not to blame for sexual attacks and terrorism incidents across Europe, the Swedish prime minster told CNBC, just days after his country introduced tighter border controls.
Reports of a rise in sexual assault incidents across major European cities from Cologne to the Swedish capital Stockholm have been blamed by a number of politicians and campaign groups on the influx of migrants to the continent.
But Stefan Löfven, the prime minister of Sweden said that the migrants should not be blamed for attacks in Sweden.
"Sexual harassment is not automatically binding to migration and immigration. We have had sexual harassment in Sweden for many, many years, unfortunately," Löfven told CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.
"What it now takes is to be very clear that this is not appropriate, it is absolutely out of line and we need to take a very clear message now to show to these young girls and women they are of course entitled to walk in the city… without sexual harassment."
The comments come amid continued debate over whether Europe should tighten up its open border policy. Almost every country in the 28-country European Union are part of the "Schengen" zone, where people can travel across common borders without controls.
But recently, Denmark and Sweden have tightened up checks at their common border, highlighting the tension of the movement of migrants across the continent.
"The Schengen zone needs to be taken care of much more carefully…we need to make sure that the Schengen borders are handled in the correct way and safe way because if we don't that that will jeopardize the inner movement," Löfven said.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/20/migrants-not-to-blame-for-sex-attacks-swedish-pm.html
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Quantitation of 211At in small volumes for evaluation of targeted radiotherapy in animal models.
We have evaluated SPECT and two planar imaging methods, geometric mean (GM) and buildup factor (BF), for their potential to quantitate in vivo 211At distributions in rat spinal subarachnoid spaces using phantom studies. The use of medium-energy collimators and the small diameter (3 mm) of the subarachnoid space complicate quantitation. Net activities from distributions in various backgrounds were obtained using a large region of interest with background subtraction. Results showed quantitation accuracy within 10% for SPECT and BF in low backgrounds increasing to 25% at higher background levels while GM errors ranged from 20 to 45%. We have also obtained images of [211At]astatide distributions, administered intrathecally, in rats.
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https://scholars.duke.edu/display/pub743128
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The office romance is alive and well in the East of England, with around a fifth of people having met their partner through work.
The research by Totaljobs also found that two thirds (65%) of workers in the region had dated a colleague or would consider doing so.
But a third (34%) have completely ruled out a work relationship – with half (50%) saying it is because they do not think work and romance should mix.
The jobs site surveyed more than 5,500 people around the UK to assess the prevalence of workplace romances and get the public’s views on them.
Some 20% of people polled in the East of England said they met their partner through work – more than through friends (19%), online dating (12%) or at a bar or nightclub (9%).
The survey also uncovered a “culture of secrecy” around workplace relationships, with 80% of people in the East saying they have or would keep an office romance quiet.
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2019-04-24T13:52:15Z
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https://www.edp24.co.uk/business/office-romances-in-east-of-england-totaljobs-survey-1-5573548
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75%53°39°Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 38 °F (3.3 °C).Cloudy with a high of 52 °F (11.1 °C) and a 80% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 3 to 12 mph (4.8 to 19.3 kph).
75%50°39°Rain today with a high of 50 °F (10.0 °C) and a low of 39 °F (3.9 °C). There is a 75% chance of precipitation.
Today - Cloudy with a high of 52 °F (11.1 °C) and a 80% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 3 to 12 mph (4.8 to 19.3 kph).
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2019-04-23T19:38:47Z
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather/spain/castille-and-leon/peranzanes-769934
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Across the U.S., there’s a growing recognition that art and culture can drive community and economic development. But it’s rare when those artistic efforts include rural communities and their colleges, or focus on bringing together all parts of a community, including its poor and working class residents, for development that is equitable.
A new initiative, Performing Our Future, is creating a model for how to do just that.
Over a two-year period and with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, ArtPlace America, and the National Endowment for the Arts, three communities in different geographic locations will demonstrate how artistic expression leads to community-wide empowerment and how the assets of local culture can develop economic sustainability.
A union of economists, artists, and scholars is behind the initiative’s methodology: the rural arts and humanities institution Appalshop and its Roadside Theater; the economists and students at Lafayette College’s Economic Empowerment and Global Learning Project in Easton, Pa.; and the national consortium of 100 colleges advancing public scholarship, Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life. Key elements in the methodology include creating public performances based on local stories and mapping community assets to identify opportunities for value and wealth creation through market exchange.
To enrich learning, ensure national impact, and develop and disseminate findings, the three local projects will interface with each other and with the national research team of economists, artists, scholars, and students. The local college partners in each community will be drawn from Imagining America’s network of more than 100 higher education institutions elevating higher education’s public purposes.
One of the project sites is Appalshop’s home of Letcher County, Ky., a county in the nation’s poorest and sickest congressional district, which has developed and enacted Performing Our Future’s methodology for two years. Through Appalshop’s award-winning films, radio, music, and theater productions, community residents are exploring new strategies for entrepreneurship to replace the decline of the coal mining industry. In collaboration with Lafayette College’s Economic Empowerment and Global Learning Project and Imagining America, Appalshop is leading a process for its community to translate the region’s cultural assets into new and expanded businesses, leadership development programs, and tourism.
Core research questions for Performing Our Future include the ways in which culture and artistic expression shape individual and community identity, expand imagination, and influence microeconomic incentives and behavior. The research will draw on the learning of Lafayette College’s Economic Empowerment and Global Learning Project, which, in addition to Appalachia, has undertaken successful projects in Easton, Pa.; rural Honduras; the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, La.; and Jamaica, winning recognition as a model of public scholarship – a rigorous research process that is driven by community expertise, and which fosters a rich environment for discovering new knowledge and student learning.
Lafayette College’s participation is supported, in part, by a generous gift from trustee George Jenkins, Class of ’74.
Dudley Cocke, artistic director of Roadside Theater, and Jamie Haft, assistant director of Imagining America, will co-direct Performing Our Future. Gladstone “Fluney” Hutchinson, associate professor of economics and director of Lafayette College’s Economic Empowerment and Global Learning Project, and Scott Peters, professor in the Department of Development Sociology at Cornell University and faculty co-director of Imagining America, are co-principal investigators of Performing Our Future’s research.
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2019-04-20T08:59:01Z
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https://www.appalshop.org/news/launching-a-national-arts-based-initiative-on-community-and-economic-development/
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This entry was posted in baking, pot luck, The idea of the month, treats and tagged eclair, interview, MaitreChoux, pastry, shop, South Ken, sweet treats, Thermomix. Bookmark the permalink.
Diane, your lemon choux were delicious and to die for! I shall go and experience the Maître Choux ASAP!
Merci pour un nouvelle recette, bien appetissante..
Aurais tu une autre photo a poster avec ta recette, celle ci n’est malheureusement pas tres nette.
Ok Thierry, je vais essayer de changer la (premiere?) photo pour une plus nette.
Bravo! Et oui c’est trop bon et voilà pourquoi je suis si heureuse de diffuser la recette! La boutique est trop chou aussi… Merci pour ta visite!
I dont think you can find “vegetable gelatin leaves” anywhere as gelatin is animal based – though Agar agar can be used… Did I say that? If I did it is a mistake!
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2019-04-18T16:21:59Z
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https://travelsaroundmykitchen.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/choux-and-choux/
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Shopping
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dailymail
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A penny for the thoughts of England's 'drop outs' right now.
An England squad ravaged by injury have recorded two highly credible draws against Germany and Brazil.
Who would have thought that when the likes of Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Raheem Sterling and Jordan Henderson pulled out of the squad through injury last week?
Speaking ahead of the clash against Brazil, manager Gareth Southgate said he hoped the praise bestowed on his young stars in recent days would force the more established members of his squad to think again if they are planning any future withdrawals.
It's a fair point. Playing for England is the pinnacle; players - no matter the profile - should want to meet up at all costs.
But make no mistake - Southgate simply cannot do without his drop-outs.
Kane, Alli, Sterling and Henderson will all be in Southgate's final 23-man squad for next summer's World Cup.
What's more, all four will have prominent roles to play in Russia.
Harry Winks and Fabian Delph, who also pulled out of the current squad, still have work to do to prove they are worthy of a place on the plane next summer.
But however commendable Southgate's rhetoric on blooding England's youth, a World Cup is no time for an experiment.
The likes of Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Joe Gomez have done their World Cup ambitions no harm at all over the past 10 days.
But when push comes to shove; Southgate knows where his bread is buttered.
You suspect the presence of Kane and Co against the Brazilians wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference on how the game panned out.
The sight of Brazil keeping the football for minutes on end is a thing of beauty.
Wembley. Brazil. Neymar. Philippe Coutinho. For the football neutral, it doesn't get much better; unless, of course, you're one of the 11 guys chasing shadows.
It's something English football must aspire too. Perhaps one day when the likes of Alli, Winks, Loftus-Cheek and Phil Foden reach their peak, England will reach those lofty standards.
But there were moments on Tuesday night when you couldn't help but feel for England's young guns…and their legs.
Running after those famous gold shirts wasn't the way they'd hoped to spend their evening.
The experience will do them no harm, though. But tournament football is demanding. It requires a level of maturity.
Southgate will know that more than most.
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2019-04-18T20:34:24Z
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5082993/England-starlets-promise-senior-drop-outs-needed.html
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Carmel Community Players - F. A. Q.
When are Carmel Community Players’ performances?
Performances for Carmel Community Players’ productions are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:30pm, unless noted otherwise. For specific dates, please visit the Upcoming Events page.
Tickets to Carmel Community Players’ non-musical productions are $16 for Adults and $14 for Seniors (62+) and Students. Musicals are $18 for Adults and $16 for Seniors (62+) & Students.
Prices of other events at the Carmel Community Playhouse can vary. Group rates (15% off) are available when 10 or more tickets are reserved/purchased.
You can buy tickets online right now! Just visit the TICKETS page and click on the “BUY TICKETS NOW” button for the event you wish to attend (Convenience fees apply).
You can also buy your tickets or make a reservation by calling the box office at (317) 815-9387 and leaving a message. As an all-volunteer Community Theater, we are unable to man the box office 24 hours a day/7 days a week. But, we will always call you back as soon as we possibly can. You can pay for your order over the phone with a credit card or when you come to the performance with cash, check, or credit card.
We offer Season Tickets (1 ticket to each CCP production) for $80 for Adults /$70 for Seniors (62+) and Students and are valid for the Season purchased.
We also offer the Playhouse Pass - tickets that can be used for any CCP performance, 8 tickets for $110. To buy either a season ticket or the Playhouse Pass, visit our TICKETS page.
No. Our seating is general admission: You get to choose your seat when you get here. The box office opens :45 minutes before show time and we start seating :30 minutes prior to show time. Individuals requiring wheelchair access or similar reserved seating are asked to let us know in advance so we can reserve space to accommodate you. In the event of a sellout, all reserved tickets that have not been picked up are released 5 minutes before curtain.
The Carmel Community Players presentations are casual. Many patrons wear business casual attire, rather than formal wear. Please feel free to dress as formal or as casual as you are comfortable.
We serve water, Coca-cola, Diet Coke, Sprite, Coffee (Regular and Decaf), Hot Chocolate, Beer and Wine as well as an assortment of chocolate bars and candies. All items are $1.00 each.
Yes. All the venues we where we present plays are accessible.
I have trouble seeing/hearing. Is there a way to reserve seats for me in the front row?
When you purchase your tickets, ask for early seating and arrive at least one-half hour before curtain. The usher will let you into the theatre as soon as the doors open and help you to your reserved seating. Additionally, we offer audio assistance devices to those with hearing difficulties. Just ask us about them when you arrive.
Ticket sales amount to just over half of our income. So we rely on various contributions from individuals, corporations, and foundations. Your contribution is tax deductible to the amount allowable by law. In fact, you can make a donation online right now and you can even set up and recurring payments by clicking here.
Do you accept planned gifts?
Yes! Gifts of cash, stocks, bonds, and real estate are welcome. For more information about including Carmel Community Players as a beneficiary on your insurance policy, in your will, or through other financial vehicles, call (317) 815-9387.
How can I get involved with the theatre?
The theatre uses hundreds of people each year in a variety of capacities: serving concessions, helping at the box office, working various special events, working in the office, and backstage on crews. Two concession volunteers work at each performance and get to see the show for free. Please call (317) 815-9387 and leave a message.
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2019-04-21T22:30:35Z
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http://www.carmelplayers.org/f-a-q/
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The 27th annual Southwest Iowa Hot Air Balloon Days is underway this weekend in Creston. Balloon committee spokesman Bill Fastenow says the winds are the determining factor of whether or not the balloons will fly and, of course, their destination. Fastenow says this (Saturday) afternoon at 4:30, there’s a balloonists’ meeting, followed by a “night glow” at the Creston Airport south of town, which he says is a pretty sight to see. Creston Chamber of Commerce executive director Ellen Gerharz says at least 57 balloonists have signed up to take part in this weekend’s events. Besides the ascensions, Gerharz says there are other attractions in Creston. There’s also a parade starting at 10:30 this (Saturday) morning. One more balloon race is scheduled for early tomorrow (Sunday) morning. This event is second only to Indianola in Iowa for the number of balloonists taking part. For more information; call the chamber at (641) 782-7021.
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2019-04-23T14:24:36Z
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https://www.radioiowa.com/2004/09/18/southwest-iowa-host-hot-air-balloon-days/
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princeton
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At first blush: very impressive!!! Hats off to all!!!
way to generate one? Or is that in the works?
> organized. Thanks for your patience.
> thank Tomasz, Kas, Scott, and Michael. They did a great job.
> get some ongoing help.
> of new bugs in their system. Truly ChucKian.
> sprint to integrate the solutions we develop across the whole manual.
> centralized to that system.
> new documentation and not just rehash the old stuff with a new skin.
> an account and help us to continue building the documentation.
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2019-04-23T16:30:49Z
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https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/pipermail/chuck-users/2009-December/005157.html
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Arts
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Business
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amarillo
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OKLAHOMA CITY - A teenager was swept to her death and at least two dozen motorists had to be rescued from their vehicles Thursday when heavy rain, fueled by persistent tropical moisture, pounded parts of Oklahoma.
The girl was playing with friends around a drainage ditch near Durant in Bryan County when water 3 to 4 feet deep carried her off, said Cherokee Ballard, a spokeswoman for the state Medical Examiner's office. Durant is about 145 miles southeast of Oklahoma City.
"Her friends got out and were running alongside trying to help, but she didn't make it," Ballard said late Thursday.
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2019-04-20T14:26:23Z
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https://www.amarillo.com/oklahoma/2010-07-15/teen-drowns-oklahoma-floodwaters
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Arts
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Recreation
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