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Driverless buses, drones: NTU seeks to become Singapore's smartest university
"NTU's large, beautiful and green campus makes it the ideal place to research, testbed and showcase new smart technologies." Source: K.D.P./Shutterstock
Tech-enabled solutions and digital technology will be at the core of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore's future under its ambitious new president.
Professor Subra Suresh this week launched the university's Smart Campus initiative, which includes rolling out a new Smart Pass used for cash-free payments, security purposes and other campus services; 22-fully electric shuttles including a number of self-driving vehicles; and use of drones to clean campus spaces and return trays in NTU canteens.
"We are working hard to ensure that NTU will be Singapore's largest Smart Campus, and that it will take the lead in Singapore's drive to become a Smart Nation," Subra said,
"NTU will also strive to serve as a model for other communities in Singapore and around the globe by demonstrating how advanced tech-enabled solutions can help improve everyday life in a sustainable manner."
NTU President Subra Suresh showcases the new Smart Pass. Source: NTU
According to data from Elsevier's Scopus and Times Higher Education, Nanyang Technological University is already ranked third in the world in terms of Artificial Intelligence, based upon the number of publications released from the institution.
It is also ranked first on the in Quacquarelli Symonds' (QS) Asia University Rankings for 2018.
Subra said:
"It is not just about technology. It is equally important for us to focus on the impact of technology on humans, the natural and built environment, and local and global society."
"NTU's large, beautiful and green campus makes it the ideal place to research, testbed and showcase new smart technologies, from applications for sustainable buildings and efficient energy utilisation to electric and autonomous vehicles to enriching and improving the way we learn, work and live."
The university is partnering with tech giant Siemens to research smart infrastructure aimed at optimising the environmental performance of green buildings and driverless vehicles.
Singapore's NTU beats NUS again to be Asia's best university
How Singapore expands 'soft power' through education


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Official Poster
God's Not Dead 2
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness
God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018) marked the third installment in a popular franchise of Evangelical Christian–themed movies by production company Pure Flix. Like its predecessor, God's Not Dead 2, it was filmed in central Arkansas and features several prominent landmarks. The movie was released nationally on March 30, 2018. Set in the fictional Hope Springs, Arkansas, God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness opens where the previous movie left off—with Pastor Dave Hill (played by David A. R. White, who also produces) in jail for refusing a subpoena for the text of his sermons. After he is bailed out by his co-pastor, Reverend Jude (Benjamin A. Onyango), he finds that his church, St. James, has become a …
Gold Mine Springs Mines
Abandoned mines play an important ecological role as temporary or permanent habitats for various biota. Many of these mines were merely short shafts dug out of the earth during a search for precious minerals or metals, whereas others became lengthy. Moreover, abandoned mines represent unique ecological resources for both invertebrates and vertebrates that utilize the mines on a permanent or temporary basis as sites for breeding, hibernating, feeding, or avoiding predators. In Arkansas, most of these abandoned mines are located within the uplands, especially the Ouachita Mountains, but some are within the Ozark Mountains. For instance, there were numerous abandoned lead and zinc mines scattered about much of the Arkansas Ozarks. Some communities were even named after the mines, such …
Goldeyes and Mooneyes
aka: Mooneyes and Goldeyes
aka: Hiodontid Fishes
North American freshwater fishes of the family Hiodontidae (order Hiodontiformes or Osteoglossiformes) include the goldeye (Hiodon alosoides) and mooneye (H. tergisus). The goldeye ranges from James Bay (bordering the provinces of Ontario and Quebec) in Canada and the Mississippi River basins from the Northwest Territory to western Pennsylvania and Ohio south to Louisiana. In Arkansas, H. alosoides is found sporadically in lakes and the larger turbid rivers of the state, including the Arkansas and Mississippi, and the smaller Black River. The mooneye (also called the "freshwater tarpon") ranges from the St. Lawrence–Great Lakes, Mississippi River, and Hudson Bay basins from Quebec and Alberta, Canada, east to western North Carolina and south to Louisiana. In Arkansas, H. tergisus occurs in large …
Fan-tailed Goldfish
Golf's popularity in the state of Arkansas can be measured by the sport's rich history in the state, the state's numerous golf courses, and a number of regular collegiate, amateur, and professional tournaments. Along with several famous men and women golfers from Arkansas, the state also boasts the Natural State Golf Trail and numerous clubs and organizations devoted to the sport. Today, golf is an individual sport played with a variety of metal or graphite clubs and a single ball composed usually of urethane. The goal is to hit the ball with a club into a hole in the fewest number of strokes. Golf holes and courses stipulate "par," or the number of strokes a first-class player should normally require. …
Goodlett Gin
The Goodlett Gin is located at 799 Franklin Street in Historic Washington State Park in Washington (Hempstead County), once the county seat for Hempstead County and the last Confederate capital of the state of Arkansas. Constructed in 1883 in nearby Ozan (Hempstead County), the gin was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and moved to the park between 1978 and 1980 after it was purchased by the state. Reassembled in the park, it opened as a non-operating exhibit to the public in 1984. David Goodlett was born on April 3, 1840, in Tippah County, Mississippi. After the death of his mother in 1844, Goodlett moved with his family to Camden (Ouachita County). In 1859, he moved …
Goodspeed Histories
The Goodspeed histories of Arkansas are a collection of six volumes originally published individually between 1889 and 1891 (as well as a seventh volume published in 1894) by the Goodspeed Publishing Company of Chicago, Illinois; Nashville, Tennessee; and St. Louis, Missouri. In an effort to "gather and preserve…the enormous fund of perishing occurrence," each volume contains an extensive description of the existing historical record of the era, often supplemented with information obtained from local citizens and public officials. Although their style, content, and the method in which they were sold suggests that they were written to appeal to the general public, the Goodspeed histories are now recognized as a valuable tool for local historical and genealogical research. The content within …
Gosnell: Vietnam War Monument
Musicologists and journalists have often provided conflicting definitions of the term "gospel music." Early African-American gospel was a blend of nineteenth-century hymns, spirituals, field songs, ragtime, and blues, while the religious music performed by white artists—an obvious antecedent to what would be labeled Southern gospel—incorporated folk, traditional hymns, and singing convention standards. Today's Christian music is often categorized by genre, reflecting the social, racial, ideological, and generational diversity of the Christian community. This diversity is shown in a contrast of pervading traditions, varied approaches to lyric writing, and stylistic exchanges between the sacred and secular. Throughout the evolution of gospel music, Arkansas has remained at the forefront, producing noteworthy pioneers of yesterday and molding trendsetters of today. Several key figures …
Gospel of Eureka, The [Movie]
The independent documentary The Gospel of Eureka (2018), directed by Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher, attracted acclaim for its mix of natural beauty and genial small-town tolerance. The portrait of Eureka Springs (Carroll County) focuses on the Great Passion Play, the Eureka Live Underground gay bar, and the relaxed attitudes of the organizers and patrons of both those local attractions. The filmmakers cleverly cut back and forth between two groups of enthusiastic local amateur performers: those working on the Passion Play and those appearing in the drag queen extravaganzas at the bar. Bar owners Lee Keating and Walter Burrell (a couple for thirty-one years, until Keating's death in 2017) and Kent Butler, marketing director and star of the Passion Play …
Governor, Office of the
Between being made a territory of the United States in 1819 and becoming a state in 1836, Arkansas was overseen by four territorial governors. Appointed by the president to a three-year term (with the possibility of reappointment), territorial governors simultaneously served as commander of the militia and superintendent of Indian Affairs, though Arkansas's first territorial governor, James Miller, was little more than an absentee landlord. Miller was appointed on March 3, 1819, but did not arrive in Arkansas until December 26; he was later absent from April 1821 to November 1822 and left again in June 1823 never to return. He never moved his family to Arkansas. In his absence, Robert Crittenden was the de facto governor of the territory. …
Gowrow
The gowrow, one of several fabulous monsters reported in Arkansas popular lore, may owe its origins more to journalism than to traditional narrative and folk belief. The principal documentation of the creature's existence is a story that appeared in the Arkansas Gazette on January 31, 1897, apparently written by Elbert Smithee. Elmer Burrus provided an illustration, allegedly based on a photograph, to accompany the piece. Fred W. Allsopp, who edited the Gazette at the time, recounted the circumstances that led to Smithee's story. William Miller, a Little Rock businessman who had been traveling in the Ozarks of northwest Arkansas, told Smithee of a "horrible monster" known as the gowrow. Its name came from the noise it made during its nocturnal …
Gowrow Article
Fire House Santa
GAR Monument
Grand Army of the Republic Monument (Gentry)
The Gentry Grand Army of the Republic Memorial is located in the northeast section of Gentry Cemetery in Gentry (Benton County) and was erected in 1918 by the Charles Harker Post of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). Along with monuments in Judsonia (White County) and Siloam Springs (Benton County), it is one of only three known GAR memorials in Arkansas. The Grand Army of the Republic was a national organization of Union Civil War veterans initially formed to help the widows and orphans of fallen Union servicemen and to support the Republican Party. It later focused on promoting patriotic activities and decorating the graves of the war dead. The first GAR camp was established in Decatur, Illinois, in …
Grand Army of the Republic Monument (Judsonia)
The Grand Army of the Republic Monument located in the north-central section of Evergreen Cemetery in Judsonia (White County) was erected in 1894 by the W. T. Sherman Post No. 84 of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). It is one of three such monuments known to have been erected in Arkansas, the others being in Siloam Springs (Benton County) and Gentry (Benton County). The Grand Army of the Republic was a national organization of Union Civil War veterans initially formed to help the widows and orphans of fallen Union servicemen and to support the Republican Party; it later focused upon promoting patriotic activities and decorating the graves of the war dead. The first GAR camp was established in …
GAR Monument, Siloam Springs
Grand Army of the Republic Monument (Siloam Springs)
The Grand Army of the Republic Monument located in Twin Springs Park in Siloam Springs (Benton County) was erected in 1928 by the S. R. Curtis Post No. 9 of the Grand Army of the Republic's Arkansas Department. It is one of three such monuments known to have been erected in Arkansas, the others being in Gentry (Benton County) and Judsonia (White County). The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a national organization of Union Civil War veterans initially formed to help the widows and orphans of fallen Union servicemen and to support the Republican Party; it later focused on promoting patriotic activities and decorating the graves of the war dead. The first GAR camp was established in Decatur, …
Grand Jury Receipt
GPHS Plaque
Battle of Arkansas Post Marker
Grapette Jingle
Grapette Brochure
Grapette Delivery Truck
Grapette Mural
Grapette International, Inc.
Grapette soda was developed by Benjamin Tyndle Fooks in Camden (Ouachita County) in 1939. Once one of the bestselling non-cola soft drinks in the United States, Grapette virtually disappeared from the marketplace for most of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s after being bought by a leading competitor. As the twenty-first century began, Grapette International in Malvern (Hot Spring County), the last remaining subsidiary of Fooks's Grapette Company, re-acquired the Grapette and Orangette trademarks, reuniting the original flavors with the brand names. Currently Grapette, Orangette, and two other flavors made by Grapette International are distributed nationwide exclusively in Walmart Inc. stores as part of their store brand line of soft drinks. Fooks bought a soft-drink bottling plant in Camden in 1926 …
The Grapevine, published from 1970 to 1993, was a weekly newspaper based in Fayetteville (Washington County). It began as an off-campus University of Arkansas (UA) student publication and evolved into an alternative news source for the broader northwestern Arkansas community, with a focus on Fayetteville arts and culture, student life, and progressive politics. The paper officially began as a weekly published off campus by the Arkansas Student Free Press Association, beginning on March 18, 1970, although longtime Grapevine editor Peter Tooker suggested that it may have had its origins the previous year as an underground campus paper focused on Greek life and concerns at UA. The paper's founder and editor in 1970 was Richard (Cid) Sutoris Jr.; while a student …
Spavinaw Creek Bridge
Gravette Historical Museum
aka: Kindley House
The Gravette Historical Museum is housed in the historic two-story Kindley House located at 503 Charlotte Street in Gravette (Benton County). Founded in 1995, the museum houses a collection of artifacts documenting the history of the area, as well as detailing the life of one-time town resident and World War I air ace Field Kindley. The Kindley House—L-shaped and of Italianate design—was constructed sometime in the 1870s of brick manufactured on site. After having several occupants, it was purchased by Amos Eraster Kindley, who moved to the town in 1898 and assisted in establishing the Bank of Gravette. In about 1908, he and his wife, Mary, obtained custody of their nephew Field Eugene Kindley, whose mother had recently died. The …
Gray Tree Frog
Mill Ruins
The Great American Conference (GAC), created in 2010, is an athletic conference comprising institutions located in Arkansas and Oklahoma. The conference is associated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II, and the conference headquarters are in Russellville (Pope County). The Arkansas institutions that created the conference previously participated in the Gulf South Conference (GSC). These universities include Arkansas Tech University, Harding University, Henderson State University, Ouachita Baptist University, Southern Arkansas University, and the University of Arkansas at Monticello. These institutions also previously participated in the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference. The GSC includes member institutions from Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi, but due to the large travel costs associated with conference play, the member universities in Arkansas began exploring the …
Great Balls of Fire! is a 1989 motion picture loosely based on pioneering rock and roll star Jerry Lee Lewis. Several scenes of Great Balls of Fire! were filmed on location in the Arkansas towns of Marion (Crittenden County) and West Memphis (Crittenden County), with other filming taking place in nearby Memphis, Tennessee. It starred Dennis Quaid as Lewis, Winona Ryder as the thirteen-year-old cousin whom he married, and Alec Baldwin as another cousin, televangelist Jimmy Swaggart. The 108-minute film was based on a book by Myra Brown Lewis and was directed by Jim McBride. It follows Jerry Lee Lewis's early career in 1956 through 1959 as he rose to stardom. A pivotal plot point is his controversial marriage to …
Great Balls of Fire! Poster
Great Lester Boggs, The
aka: Hootch Country Boys [Movie]
aka: The Hard Heads [Movie]
aka: Redneck Country [Movie]
The Great Lester Boggs is a ninety-four-minute feature film directed by Arkansas filmmaker Harry Thomason and shot on location around central Arkansas, particularly Beebe (White County). It was released in late 1974 by Thomason's company, Centronics International, and carried a rating of PG. The film was later re-released to various areas of the United States under different titles, including The Hard Heads, Hootch Country Boys, and Redneck County. One of its promotional taglines was "Learn about life the hard way." The plot, by writers Don McLemore and Harry Thomason, concerns a young man named Malcolm Vandiver who embarks on a cross-country motorcycle journey. When, as almost all reviews note, his trip "boggs" down in the fictional Mountain Glen (in the …
Great Passion Play
aka: Passion Play
The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs (Carroll County) is an outdoor drama depicting the last week in the life of Jesus Christ. There was a "soft" media opening on July 14, 1968, followed the next night with the first public performance. More than 7.5 million people from all over the world—an average of 100,000 a year—have attended this tourist attraction, the outdoor play with the largest attendance in the United States. The production includes animals, period costumes, a life-sized city street scene, numerous special effects, original music, state-of-the-art sound and lighting, and more than 200 cast members. The Great Passion Play is one of the Five Sacred Projects of the Elna M. Smith Foundation, created by Gerald L. K. Smith and …
Great River Road Map
The Great Southern Hotel, also known as the Rusher Hotel or Hotel Rusher, is a historic hotel building at 127 West Cedar Street near the town square in Brinkley (Monroe County), about seventy miles west of Memphis, Tennessee. Brinkley was an important railroad town in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The three-story brick building was constructed in 1915 to serve as Brinkley's Union Station. Its main entrance originally faced the railway tracks but was reoriented to a street façade after the decline of the railroad. The Great Southern Hotel building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 18, 1986. The building is part of Brinkley's Lick Skillet Railroad Work Station Historic District, which itself …
Greek Amphitheatre
Greek Amphitheatre Bench
Greek Amphitheatre Entrance
Greek Amphitheatre Marker
Greek Columns
Green Forest Water Tower

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La cité administrative de Liège est un ensemble de bureaux destinés à accueillir différents services publics. Le bâtiment datant de 1967 est un des premiers gratte-ciel de Liège, il a été dessiné par les architectes Jean Poskin et Henri Bonhomme.

Historique
Dès 1901, la ville de Liège envisage la centralisation de ses services communaux sur les sites de l'ancien hôpital de Bavière et de la tour des Finances. Mais la concrétisation de ce projet n'arrive qu'à partir de 1961. À cette époque les services de la ville sont dispersés, on compte pas moins de 28 bureaux répartis dans 18 bâtiments pouvant être distants de plusieurs kilomètres. La construction commence le  et l'inauguration du bâtiment a lieu le .

Description
Reposant sur 300 pieux en béton armé, la tour est construite sur une surface de , s'élève à  de hauteur et compte près  de bureaux. Les architectes, influencés par le style international, s'inspire fortement du siège des Nations unies situé à New York.

Œuvres
 Deux jeunes filles qui se coiffent les cheveux (ou Confluence) de Idel Ianchelevici, placée au pied de la Cité.
 Citation de Michel de L'Hospital gravée à la base du pignon sud-ouest :
 Peinture murale, depuis 2006, de l'artiste Nicolas Kozakis représentant les contours de la grotte de la Nativité.

Rénovation
La tour n'a jamais fait l'objet de grands travaux de rénovation depuis son inauguration en 1967. Toutefois, ces travaux de rénovation sont prévus pour début 2020 et devraient durer 27 mois. Depuis 2013, une partie des employés ont déménagé rue des Guillemins.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Patrimoine public de Liège
 Liste des plus hauts immeubles de Liège
 Cité administrative

Lien externe

Bâtiment à Liège
Gratte-ciel en Belgique
Gratte-ciel construit en 1967

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import uuidV4 from  'uuid/v4'
import {map} from 'lodash'
import {newRecording, newOverdub} from '../../../../types/recording'
import {startPlayback, stopPlayback} from '../../timelines/timelines'

export const MIDI_RECORDING_CREATED = 'MIDI_RECORDING_CREATED'
export const MIDI_RECORDING_CREATED_BY_PEER = 'MIDI_RECORDING_CREATED_BY_PEER'
export const MIDI_OVERDUB_RECORDING_STARTED = 'MIDI_OVERDUB_RECORDING_STARTED'
export const MIDI_OVERDUB_RECORDING_STARTED_BY_PEER = 'MIDI_OVERDUB_RECORDING_STARTED_BY_PEER'
export const MIDI_OVERDUB_RECORDING_STOPPED = 'MIDI_OVERDUB_RECORDING_STOPPED'
export const MIDI_OVERDUB_RECORDING_STOPPED_BY_PEER = 'MIDI_OVERDUB_RECORDING_STOPPED_BY_PEER'
export const MIDI_EVENT_RECORDED = 'MIDI_EVENT_RECORDED'
export const MIDI_EVENT_RECORDED_BY_PEER = 'MIDI_EVENT_RECORDED_BY_PEER'

/**
 * createNewMidiRecording create a new midi recording.
 *
 * @param recordingId :: string
*/
export const createNewMidiRecording = (recordingId = uuidV4()) => dispatch =>
  dispatch({
    type: MIDI_RECORDING_CREATED,
    payload: {
      recording: newRecording(recordingId),
    }
  })

export const startMidiOverdubs = (recordingContexts, timelineId) => dispatch => {
  // start overdub recording
  dispatch({
    type: MIDI_OVERDUB_RECORDING_STARTED,
    payload: {
      recordingContexts: map(
        recordingContexts,
        recordingContext => ({...recordingContext, overdub: newOverdub(uuidV4(), 0)}), // TODO (cw|10.29.2017) parameterize timeOffset
      ),
      timelineId,
    },
  })

  // also start playback
  dispatch(startPlayback(timelineId))
}

export const stopMidiOverdubs = (recordingContexts, timelineId) => dispatch => {
  // stop overdub recording
  dispatch({
    type: MIDI_OVERDUB_RECORDING_STOPPED,
    payload: {
      recordingContexts,
      timelineId,
    },
  })

  // also stop playback
  dispatch(stopPlayback(timelineId))
}

/**
 * recordMidiEvent records a midi event to a recording overdub. This action should
 * only be used by the midi-middleware.
 *
 * @param recordingId
 * @param overdubId
 * @param midiEvent
 */
export const recordMidiEvent = (overdubId, midiEvent) => dispatch => {
  dispatch({
    type: MIDI_EVENT_RECORDED,
    payload: {
      overdubId,
      event: midiEvent,
    }
  })
}

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Send Flowers for Marion
Marion A. (Stone) McCloud
Marion Alice (Stone) McCloud, age 90, of Shelburne Falls, MA passed away on Oct. 28, 2019. At the time of her passing she was a resident at Buckley Health Care Center in Greenfield, MA. She died peacefully, her niece and goddaughter Gloria Jean (Coutu) Purinton was by her side.
Marion was born in Adams, MA on November 19, 1928, the daughter of Alford and Ernestine (Urban) Stone. She graduated from Arms Academy High School in Shelburne Falls and married Everett McCloud in 1948. They were married for 49 years, until Everett's death in 1997.
She is survived by her half-sister, Ida Mae Stone and Ken Kilhart; five children; Jerry and Lynn Welcome of Gill, MA; Jeffrey and Bonnie (Stetson) of Lisbon, NH; Joel, of Colrain, MA; Joan and Laurie Denaro, of Shaftsbury, VT; and Jan, of Furlong, PA; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; nephew Paul and Jeanne Stone, for whom Marion was "Auntie Mom;" and many other nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews.
She is predeceased by five siblings; Dora Mae, Alfred ("Brod"), Jean (Coutu), Irene (Miner), and Robert; one grandchild, Crystal McCloud, daughter of Jerry McCloud and Sandy (Hillman) McCloud, and one great-grandchild, Emily McCloud, daughter of Sam McCloud.
Marion worked hard at whatever she put her mind to. Some of her many pursuits were home redecorating, furniture refinishing, gardening, canning, baking, knitting & crocheting - she made many baby hats and sweaters for a charity organization, and afghans for family and friends. She was always there when someone needed help.
She worked as a chambermaid for several years, then at the Greenfield Box Factory for many years, until her retirement. She loved to read and travel, going on bus tours with her husband, friends and children. In more recent years she went on cruises with her long time friend Connie Burrington.
She also had an avid interest in genealogy, and traced both the McCloud and Stone families as far back as she could, even traveling to the genealogy library in Boston, MA where she found the ship's roster containing her ancestors' names when they emigrated to the United Sates in the late 1800s.
She kept a meticulous record of photographs and the names of all those in the pictures from 1940 - the early 2000s. She delighted in visits from family, friends and her grand children and great-grandchildren.
She loved music, and introduced her children to a variety of genres, from country to rhythm and blues, easy listening to rock & roll. She loved to dance in the kitchen.
Marion's funeral services were held on November 2, 2019 at Smith-Kelleher Funeral Home. She is buried at the Branch Cemetery in Colrain, next to her husband Everett.
The McCloud family would like to thank everyone for their sympathy and kind thoughts.
In lieu of flowers, donations to American Cancer Society
To send flowers to Marion's family, please visit our floral section.


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SSH, or secure shell, is used to access a remote terminal/machine. You can SSH into the CS lab machines from an external computer, or SSH from one lab computer to another.
By default SSH uses your CS password. For many uses (e.g., using Swat GitHub), an ssh key with a passphrase is better or possibly required.
Once you've created the key with a passphrase, you'll generally do something with the public part (here id_rsa.pub). For example, if using Swat GitHub, you'll upload the id_rsa.pub file.
Now try it out: ssh lab.cs.swarthmore.edu (it should ask for your passphrase instead of your password).


Do you have a stain on your wooden floors you can't remove from months? Creaky Boards, that make you mad? It's time to call a professional floor maintenance company to deal with these problems. Floor sanding in Wandsworth SW18 is the most affordable company in the area. We will erase the passage of time on your wooden floors with an ease. The service is suitable for every type of wood, be it hard or softwood, and every style of floor – floorboards or parquetry.
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The Northeastern University Dance Company (NUDANCO) is the longest standing performance-based dance company at Northeastern University. Established in 2002, NUDANCO's bi-annual showcases have become a permanent fixture in the NUperforming arts scene. Our performances feature an all-student cast of dancers and choreographers, who collaborate for months to produce artistic works that will entertain the NU community, dance enthusiasts, and our supportive fans. Our dancers are committed, creative and passionate about sharing their love of dance with our audiences. In addition to our own showcases, NUDANCO collaborates with other dance and non-dance groups at NU to create various performance opportunities.


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Oxygen 18/oxygen 16 and D/H studies of plutonic granitic and metamorphic rocks across the Cordilleran Batholiths of southern British Columbia
Magaritz, Mordeckai and Taylor, Hugh P., Jr. (1986) Oxygen 18/oxygen 16 and D/H studies of plutonic granitic and metamorphic rocks across the Cordilleran Batholiths of southern British Columbia. Journal of Geophysical Research B, 91 (B2). pp. 2193-2217. ISSN 0148-0227. doi:10.1029/JB091iB02p02193. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141029-161133426
Hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios of 500 samples, mainly from granitic plutons, were measured along a 700-km, E-W traverse across the "accreted terranes" of southern British Columbia (latitudes 49°–52°N). Despite the geological complexity and range of intrusive ages (Late Triassic to Tertiary) and although there are "steps" in the isotopic values at some geologic boundaries (e.g., across the Strait of Georgia), two clear patterns emerge: (1) The ^(18)O/^(16)O and D/H ratios of the waters involved in hydrothermal interactions with the granitic rocks show a regular eastward trend of depletion in D and ^(18)O. Enormous areas were affected by the hydrothermal processes, but the most intense alteration is localized along major north trending lineaments (e.g., Okanagan Lake). (2) Independent of the hydrothermal effects, the primary δ^(18)O values of the granitic rocks also change systematically eastward, from +7.0 to +8.5 in Vancouver Island, reaching a minimum of +5.5 to +7.0 in the western and central Coast Plutonic Complex, then increasing progressively from the eastern Coast Batholith to the Okanagan Batholith, and attaining a maximum of +10.0 to +12.0 in the Nelson Batholith. Two groups of samples are unique in their high δD values. The first group is represented by two geographically isolated batholiths (Guichon and Thuya) that were not affected by the Tertiary meteoric-hydrothermal systems and that have therefore preserved their Early Jurassic to Triassic K/Ar ages. The second group is represented by the Jurassic plutons of Vancouver Island; there, the hydrothermal fluids were both D-rich and ^(18)O-rich (δ^(18)O > 0), as evidenced by the fact that feldspars in the altered granites are enriched in ^(18)O relative to coexisting quartz. Both "anomalies" can be explained if these terranes were located closer to the equator and/or in a maritime environment at the time of intrusive and hydrothermal activity, in agreement with available paleomagnetic data. Excluding these anomalous areas, two distinct ages of meteoric-hydrothermal activity can be identified, Cretaceous in the west and early to mid-Tertiary in the east. The isotopic trends in the rocks are similar to the present-day patterns of meteoric waters in the region, with one primary difference: the paleowaters are enriched in D by about 20%, compatible with a northward translation of these terranes, a climatic change, or both. The similarities of the patterns suggest a topography similar to that of the present day (a mountain chain along the coast) during the early Tertiary. The whole-rock δ^(18)O values of the granitic rocks (determined by extrapolation of the trends of δ^(18)O quartz versus δ^(18)O feldspar, to correct for hydrothermal alteration effects) suggest that the main part of the Coast Plutonic Complex formed from magmas similar to those in oceanic island arcs, derived from basaltic crust or from an upper mantle source. Toward the east, an increasingly larger component of sedimentary rocks must be present in the source regions of the granitic magmas. It may be significant that right at the edge of the North American craton there is a drop in the δ^(18)O of the plutons from +11 down to +9.5, suggesting involvement of old granitic crust instead of sedimentary rocks. These new data from southern British Columbia confirm and amplify previous studies that have documented: (1) the existence of widespread and pervasive hydrothermal effects throughout the North American Cordillera, and (2) regular west-to-east asymmetries in the amounts of different kinds of parent rocks in the source regions from which these Mesozoic and Cenozoic granitic magmas were derived.
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Copyright 1986 by the American Geophysical Union. (Received January 22, 1985; revised October 11, 1985; accepted October 14, 1985.) Paper number 5B5445. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation grants DES 71-00510A03, EAR-7816874, and EAR-7621310. We are grateful to G. J. Woodsworth and J. A. Roddick supplying some of the samples analyzed in this study. We are also grateful for discussions and data provided by G. J. Woodsworth, L. S. Hollister, J. A. Roddick, J. Saleeby, and R. L. Armstrong and particularly to George E. Gehrels, who supplied a great deal of much needed information and insight into the geology of British Columbia and Alaska. Contribution 4141, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
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How did *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos shift from "deer" to "lamb"?
Browsing the Wiktionary randomly, I bumped into this PIE word, *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, meaning "deer". Interestingly enough, it evolved into words for "deer" or similar in several languages, but in PG it gave rise to *lambaz, the ancestor of many Germanic-language words for "lamb" ("lamb" included). Even more curiously, the etymologically related synonym *h₁elh₁en produced two synonyms for "elk", *algiz and *elhaz. That is, at least, what I gathered from the Wiktionary. How did this come about How did "elk"/"deer" shift to "lamb"?
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We do not have any texts in Proto-Indo-European, so we do not really know what any PIE words meant. We can only deduce this by examining the meanings in the daughter languages. In this case descendants of *el-en- (the proposed laryngeals do not really help us any further) mean "deer" in Armenian, Baltic, Slavic, Celtic, Tocharian, while the suffixed form *el-en-bʰo- gives the word for "deer" in Greek (elaphos, with full grade in the first syllable and zero grade in the second), but "lamb" in Germanic (*lambaz, with zero grade in the first syllable and full grade in the second). It has been suggested that these all go back to an IE root *el- "brown", in which case the original meaning could have been "brownish animal", later narrowed down to either "deer" or "lamb". Wild sheep are typically brownish, not white.
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Did you mean "wild sheep"? AFAIK, deers are indeed brown, and sheep are white, so maybe it's "wild sheep" which are brown, and I don't know about that because I've never seen a wild sheep?
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Yes, I have edited it.
– fdb
@fdb Laryngeals are necessary for accurate PIE reconstruction, basically every Indo-Europeanist accepts 3 (or sometimes 4) laryngeals in PIE.
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@Aryaman. No one denies that laryngeals are "necessary". The question is whether two laryngeals are necessary to explain this particular root.
@fdb They are needed to explain the vowels in Greek élaphos.
It's worth looking at Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak's article "A New Look at the Etymology of Germanic *lambaz". This can be found on www.academia.edu . He believes the word originally referred to a species of wild sheep, probably the mouflon, and probably the young of it. In areas where the wild sheep was wiped out (most areas) the name was transferred to another animal, either wild such as the deer, or domestic, such as the farmed sheep.
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Thanks, a very interesting article. The author in fact separates German *lambaz from the IE "deer" words. academia.edu/6917767/…
The answer given by fdb is excellent, I just want to expand some more on the notion of semantic change. The fact is that semantic change is unpredictable, and in any way comparable to the regularity of the phonological change, which was the first impulse for Comparative linguistics to become a science. So far, none of the proposed frameworks for the description of the semantic change has been convincing enough, notwithstanding some interesting attempts (see here). As long as there is no general rule, there could not be any rigorous answer to a question like yours (i.e. why, and how, a certain meaning changes at some time).
If you read an etymological dictionary of whatever language extensively, you will realise how frequent are the cases of abrupt and seemingly unnatural semantic change. Nonetheless, comparative linguistics has systematically used semantics as a heuristic tool:
First, we observe that some "same meaning" words from different languages show regular phonological correspondences. (Let's pretend that such thing as "same meaning" really exists). For example, all the IE languages attest a word for 'mother' coming from the PIE root *méh₂ter.
On this evidence we establish some phonological patterns and generalize them to all, or most, of the remaining lexicon.
Then it comes out that in Albanian there is a cognate word motër coming from the same PIE source but meaning 'sister' rather than 'mother' (see here). Is this a problem? No, it's not, since we know how labile semantics might be.
Therefore, once we have established the general patterns of the phonological correspondence, semantics looses its relevance and can be simply ignored when there is apparently an unexpected or unlikely semantic change.
This implies that we can also have cases of semantically unrelated words that are, however, cognate, provided that their phonological form justifies such hypothesis.
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Elberton's granite monument two hours outside of Atlanta is the closest thing Georgia has to Stonehenge. Built in 1980 by a man (or group of men) known as "Robert Christian," the six 20-foot-tall slabs inscribed with so-called "principles" – ordering a global population capped at 500 million people and mandating healthy living and harmony with nature – have drawn plenty of conspiracy theorists. Skeptics claim it was a brilliant PR campaign to generate interest in the area's granite industry, while black helicopter aficionados say it's a clue to the shadow elite's plan for a New World Order. 1065 Guidestones Road, Elberton. www.radioliberty.com/stones.htm.
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Whether you're the authority on every Civil War skirmish, or can't stop imagining a Rhett Butler sweeping you off your feet, maybe you should inject a little Southern charm into your life. Just 35 minutes south of Atlanta is the two-square-mile town of Jonesboro that served as inspiration for Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind. Simple pleasures and Southern manners run abundant in this tiny town touched little by time or modernity. Start by browsing the Road to Tara Museum, which houses GWTW memorabilia, then visit Stately Oaks Plantation right down the road to experience Old South traditions, with themed events throughout the year and an annual battle reenactment. Road to Tara Museum: 104 N. Main St., Jonesboro. 770-478-4800. www.visitscarlett.com/gonewiththewind. Stately Oaks Plantation: 100 Carriage Lane at Jodeco Road, Jonesboro. www.historicaljonesboro.org.
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Every now and then we tire of the "convenience" of city life, with its 24-hour traffic jams, crowded shopping and two-hour restaurant waits. Sometimes, what we need is a return (or, for some, an introduction) to nature. Amicalola Falls' majestic cascade of water and brilliant rays of sunshine are pretty much like free Valium – not to mention the killer view on the way up to north Georgia. After you bust your ass on the trails, head over to Poole's BBQ, where the Texas toast alone is worth going a few miles out of the way. Amicalola Falls: 706-265-4703. www.amicalolafalls.com. Poole's BBQ: 164 Craig St., East Ellijay. 706-635-4100. www.poolesbarbq.com.
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Southern charm, hospitality and food bloom here like the many flowers lining the grounds of Social Circle's Blue Willow Inn. Special touches surround the turn-of-the-century Greek Revival mansion, including an elegant three-tiered fountain out front and a large koi pond out back. Margaret Mitchell frequently visited the home's original inhabitants, the Upshaws, during a courtship with one Redd Upshaw. But that was before the buffet. Now people come from miles for the restaurant's moderately priced traditional Southern fare. Can't miss items: fried green tomatoes and Blue Willow Bars. Reservations highly recommended. 294 N. Cherokee Road, Social Circle. 770-464-2131. www.bluewillowinn.com.
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God told Howard Finster to make art and he did. And it was good. Nestled a few blocks off Highway 27 north in a quiet Summerville neighborhood is Paradise Gardens Park & Museum. The home-turned-reliquary of the late legendary Georgia folk artist is a labyrinth of sculptures, mosiacs, signs and outbuildings, including the massive Folk Art Chapel, all made in the name of God. The self-taught Finster began garnering widespread acclaim in the '80s after creating album art for bands such as R.E.M. (Reckoning) and the Talking Heads (Little Creatures). Yes, you can see the giant tangle of bicycles shown in the video for R.E.M.'s "Radio Free Europe," but you'll be more fascinated by the sheer quantity, intricacies, humor and pathos of Finster's work. Paradise Gardens is kinda dusty, moldy and muddy, but that's part of its charm (bring bug spray). Unfortunately, some parts have fallen into disrepair over the years, including the chapel. Donations are encouraged and benefit the grounds' restoration. Oh! Make sure to stop and chat with Finster's grandson if he's there. He's full of enlightening tales about "Paw-paw." 84 Knox St., Summerville. 205-587-3090. finstersparadisegardens.org.
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    }
    return this.__api
  }
}

export { BaseWidget }


text:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Mozu.Api.Security;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System.Threading;

namespace Mozu.Api.Resources.Platform.Entitylists
{
	///
	/// Entities are JSON entries within the MZDB ( Mongo DB) for handling large data sets to heavily filter (>2,000 items). Each entity is associated to an EntityList with schema, rules, and formatting for storing the content. This content can be accessed via the  API and  Hypr tags.
	///
	public partial class EntityResource  	{
		///
		/// <see cref="Mozu.Api.ApiContext"/>
		///
		private readonly IApiContext _apiContext;

		public EntityResource(IApiContext apiContext)
		{
			_apiContext = apiContext;
		}

		public EntityResource CloneWithApiContext(Action<IApiContext> contextModification)
		{
			return new EntityResource(_apiContext.CloneWith(contextModification));
		}

		///
		///
		///
		/// <param name="entityListFullName">The full name of the EntityList including namespace in name@nameSpace format</param>
		/// <param name="id">Unique identifier of the customer segment to retrieve.</param>
		/// <param name="responseFields">Filtering syntax appended to an API call to increase or decrease the amount of data returned inside a JSON object. This parameter should only be used to retrieve data. Attempting to update data using this parameter may cause data loss.</param>
		/// <returns>
		/// JObject
		/// </returns>
		/// <example>
		///
		///   var entity = new Entity();
		///   var json = await entity.GetEntityAsync( entityListFullName,  id,  responseFields);
		///
		/// </example>
		public virtual async Task<JObject> GetEntityAsync(string entityListFullName, string id, string responseFields =  null, CancellationToken ct = default(CancellationToken))
		{
			MozuClient<JObject> response;
			var client = Mozu.Api.Clients.Platform.Entitylists.EntityClient.GetEntityClient( entityListFullName,  id,  responseFields);
			client.WithContext(_apiContext);
			response = await client.ExecuteAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
			return await response.ResultAsync();

		}

		///
		///
		///
		/// <param name="entityListFullName">The full name of the EntityList including namespace in name@nameSpace format</param>
		/// <param name="filter">A set of filter expressions representing the search parameters for a query. This parameter is optional. Refer to [Sorting and Filtering](../../../../Developer/api-guides/sorting-filtering.htm) for a list of supported filters.</param>
		/// <param name="pageSize">When creating paged results from a query, this value indicates the zero-based offset in the complete result set where the returned entities begin. For example, with this parameter set to 25, to get the 51st through the 75th items, set startIndex to 50.</param>
		/// <param name="responseFields">Filtering syntax appended to an API call to increase or decrease the amount of data returned inside a JSON object. This parameter should only be used to retrieve data. Attempting to update data using this parameter may cause data loss.</param>
		/// <param name="sortBy">The element to sort the results by and the channel in which the results appear. Either ascending (a-z) or descending (z-a) channel. Optional. Refer to [Sorting and Filtering](../../../../Developer/api-guides/sorting-filtering.htm) for more information.</param>
		/// <param name="startIndex">When creating paged results from a query, this value indicates the zero-based offset in the complete result set where the returned entities begin. For example, with pageSize set to 25, to get the 51st through the 75th items, set this parameter to 50.</param>
		/// <returns>
		/// <see cref="Mozu.Api.Contracts.MZDB.EntityCollection"/>
		/// </returns>
		/// <example>
		///
		///   var entity = new Entity();
		///   var entityCollection = await entity.GetEntitiesAsync( entityListFullName,  pageSize,  startIndex,  filter,  sortBy,  responseFields);
		///
		/// </example>
		public virtual async Task<Mozu.Api.Contracts.MZDB.EntityCollection> GetEntitiesAsync(string entityListFullName, int? pageSize =  null, int? startIndex =  null, string filter =  null, string sortBy =  null, string responseFields =  null, CancellationToken ct = default(CancellationToken))
		{
			MozuClient<Mozu.Api.Contracts.MZDB.EntityCollection> response;
			var client = Mozu.Api.Clients.Platform.Entitylists.EntityClient.GetEntitiesClient( entityListFullName,  pageSize,  startIndex,  filter,  sortBy,  responseFields);
			client.WithContext(_apiContext);
			response = await client.ExecuteAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
			return await response.ResultAsync();

		}

		///
		///
		///
		/// <param name="entityListFullName">The full name of the EntityList including namespace in name@nameSpace format</param>
		/// <param name="responseFields">Filtering syntax appended to an API call to increase or decrease the amount of data returned inside a JSON object. This parameter should only be used to retrieve data. Attempting to update data using this parameter may cause data loss.</param>
		/// <param name="item">JSON code for objects.</param>
		/// <returns>
		/// JObject
		/// </returns>
		/// <example>
		///
		///   var entity = new Entity();
		///   var json = await entity.InsertEntityAsync( item,  entityListFullName,  responseFields);
		///
		/// </example>
		public virtual async Task<JObject> InsertEntityAsync(JObject item, string entityListFullName, string responseFields =  null, CancellationToken ct = default(CancellationToken))
		{
			MozuClient<JObject> response;
			var client = Mozu.Api.Clients.Platform.Entitylists.EntityClient.InsertEntityClient( item,  entityListFullName,  responseFields);
			client.WithContext(_apiContext);
			response = await client.ExecuteAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
			return await response.ResultAsync();

		}

		///
		///
		///
		/// <param name="entityListFullName">The full name of the EntityList including namespace in name@nameSpace format</param>
		/// <param name="id">Unique identifier of the customer segment to retrieve.</param>
		/// <param name="responseFields">Filtering syntax appended to an API call to increase or decrease the amount of data returned inside a JSON object. This parameter should only be used to retrieve data. Attempting to update data using this parameter may cause data loss.</param>
		/// <param name="item">JSON code for objects.</param>
		/// <returns>
		/// JObject
		/// </returns>
		/// <example>
		///
		///   var entity = new Entity();
		///   var json = await entity.UpdateEntityAsync( item,  entityListFullName,  id,  responseFields);
		///
		/// </example>
		public virtual async Task<JObject> UpdateEntityAsync(JObject item, string entityListFullName, string id, string responseFields =  null, CancellationToken ct = default(CancellationToken))
		{
			MozuClient<JObject> response;
			var client = Mozu.Api.Clients.Platform.Entitylists.EntityClient.UpdateEntityClient( item,  entityListFullName,  id,  responseFields);
			client.WithContext(_apiContext);
			response = await client.ExecuteAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
			return await response.ResultAsync();

		}

		///
		///
		///
		/// <param name="entityListFullName">The full name of the EntityList including namespace in name@nameSpace format</param>
		/// <param name="id">Unique identifier of the customer segment to retrieve.</param>
		/// <returns>
		///
		/// </returns>
		/// <example>
		///
		///   var entity = new Entity();
		///   await entity.DeleteEntityAsync( entityListFullName,  id);
		///
		/// </example>
		public virtual async Task DeleteEntityAsync(string entityListFullName, string id, CancellationToken ct = default(CancellationToken))
		{
			MozuClient response;
			var client = Mozu.Api.Clients.Platform.Entitylists.EntityClient.DeleteEntityClient( entityListFullName,  id);
			client.WithContext(_apiContext);
			response = await client.ExecuteAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);

		}

	}

}


When you devote something for a purpose or cause, that thing becomes useless for anything else. If Nascar called and said, "We want to use your car as the Pace Car for the Daytona 500." How many people are going to get in that car and drive it anywhere? A BIG, FAT ZERO! You won't drive it, your spouse won't drive it, your kids won't drive it, and as a matter of fact you wouldn't let your own mamma drive it to pick up her medication from the drugstore! That car is parked for the duration of time leading up to the Daytona 500. That car gets washed more, waxed more, tires shined, motor cleaned and upgraded, and guarded like the National Armory of the United States, all because it is now devoted to being the Pace Car for the Daytona 500.
If this is our idea of devotion we don't have a clue, and I am preaching to the choir, the preachers, the worship leaders, the pew setters, the pew jumpers, the aisle runners and myself included! We have downgraded the devotional standard to better suit our lifestyles. When Jesus walks up to us and says, "Follow Me" we can't lug around the net and follow Him. We have to lay aside every weight and sin that easily entangles us and run with patience the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:1-2).
Now, what I'm not saying is that you become a monk and run off to the Himalayas. You don't have to quit your job, divorce your spouse, and live every day of the rest of your life in seclusion. God wants you in the world. He wants you planted dead smack in the middle of the different cultures of this world. He wants you there because He wants to use you to change those cultures. We have been given an unshakable Kingdom (Hebrews 12:28) and when the unshakable Kingdom shows up through us in the culture, the culture begins to to reveal its shakiness. All of the sudden every culture that can be shaken will be shaken all because God was able to plant His sons and daughters, who carry the unshakable Kingdom, in the middle of a jacked up culture.
But none of this happens without complete and total, sold-out devotion. Ellen G. White said, "We do not belong to Christ unless we are His wholly. It is by half-heartedness in the Christian life that men become feeble in purpose and changeable in desire." If everything we do isn't saturated with the presence of God from a place of deep devotion then we aren't "His wholly." We are trying to follow God from a distance and distant followers make poor listeners. Distant, halfhearted followers are feeble in purpose because they don't spend enough time in the presence of Jesus, hearing His words, and being filled with the knowledge of His will (Colossians 1:9). They are changeable in desire because the desire of their heart isn't Jesus. Jesus hasn't become the "one thing" in their life. When there is a singleness of the eye there is the ability to focus. When Jesus becomes your focal point and single desire then you have an unshakable, unchangeable desire. So when the culture around you starts falling apart and shaking you have the assurance of being a house built on the Rock!
So don't diminish the devotional standard because it conflicts with your lifestyle. Sit at the feet of Jesus, spend time with Him, let His words fill you and transform you. The culture wants to put you in a mold and force you to conform, but Jesus is offering you the opportunity to be uniquely transformed! He wants you to be set apart and different!


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Many insurance companies have a policy of making very low offers to people who are hurt in car accidents and then telling them that "they don't need a lawyer". This is almost always terrible advice: you should call a competent injury lawyer before you settle any case to make sure that you are not getting cheated.
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If you have a case where you are being sued, or where the case is not about recovering money, then you would normally pay your attorneys by the hour. Depending on how much time your attorney needs to put in on your case, that could be a small or large amount.
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Nobody can answer that question without knowing all the facts of your case. Some cases "look" good or bad before sufficient investigation is done, when they really aren't. One of the reasons you need a good attorney is so that you can be sure that your case is being properly analyzed.
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As part of NAW we decided to congratulate and celebrate apprentices on their outstanding performance. Whether it was for their determination, progression or even their professional and committed approach to work, employers could nominate apprentices to win our Apprentice of the Term.
enriched.it nominated Scott Johnson for the Apprentice of the Term award.
Working towards an apprenticeship in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools, Scott has stood out time and time again for his fantastic attitude and eagerness to learn.
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It was clear to us, here at City College Peterborough, that Scott had really made the most of his apprenticeship whilst also adding a lot of value to enriched.IT. As a result, we were delighted to announce he was City College's Apprentice of the Term.
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Please notify Countryside Dispatch (non-emergency) at (847) 362-5224 before doing any burning.
Village of Vernon Hills Open burning is NOT permitted. Outdoor fireplaces and fire pits are permitted only when firewood is used for recreational purposes in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
Village of Long Grove The burning of leaves, grass clippings or construction debris is NOT permitted. Burning of twigs, branches, and small trees is permitted. With a permit, prairie conservation areas are allowed to be burned in a controlled manner.
Village of Hawthorn Woods Open burning is NOT permitted. Outdoor fireplaces and fire pits are permitted only when firewood is used for recreational purposes in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. With a permit, wetland or prairie conservation burns may be allowed to be burned in a controlled manner.
Indian Creek Burning of leaves or grass clippings is NOT permitted. Burning of twigs, branches and logs is permitted. With a permit, prairie conservation areas are allowed to be burned in a controlled manner.
Unincorporated Lake County Burning of leaves and small branches is permitted during daylight hours. Open burning must be 25′ from any structure and 50′ from schools and roads. Absolutely no burning on roads. The burning of landscape waste must be generated on the property. Maximum size of any burn pile is 5′ in diameter and 3′ high.
Bonfires (All Areas) Requires notification and approval from the District.


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The Boteti River and the salt pans are exceptional locations and give a unique insight into Botswana's culture and natural environment. If you have a 4x4 vehicle, you can explore by yourself, but you might want to join our experienced guides to make the most of your stay and make sure you take full advantage of everything there is to see and learn.


The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was established by Security Council resolution 2100 of 25 April 2013.
Under the terms of the resolution, the mission would support the political process and carry out a number of security-related stabilization tasks, with a focus on major population centres and lines of communication, protecting civilians, human rights monitoring, the creation of conditions for the provision of humanitarian assistance and the return of displaced persons, the extension of State authority and the preparation of free, inclusive and peaceful elections.
The Mission would operate under robust rules of engagement with a mandate to use all necessary means to address threats to the implementation of its mandate, which would include protection of civilians under imminent threat of physical violence and protection of United Nations personnel from residual threats, within its capabilities and its areas of deployment. This could include the conduct of operations on its own or in cooperation with the Malian defence and security forces. French forces deployed in Mali were also authorized to intervene in support of MINUSMA when under imminent and serious threat upon request of the Secretary-General.
The United Nations Office in Mali (UNOM), established earlier in accordance with Security Council resolution 2085 of 20 December 2012, would be subsumed into MINUSMA immediately following the adoption ofresolution 2100. On 1 July 2013, MINUSMA would take over the authority from the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA), subject to further review by the Council of the security situation in Mission's area of operations. MINUSMA would comprise up to 11,200 military personnel, including reserve battalions capable of deploying rapidly within the country as and when required, and 1,440 police (comprising formed police units and individual police officers).
It is envisaged that the majority of the military, police and civilian substantive and support components would operate primarily in the north with a possible logistics base in Gao or Sevare, while a light presence, including civilians, military and police elements would be based in Bamako.
Despite these gains, serious security challenges remained, including continued terrorist activities and military operations in some areas. The need to restore the integrity of Mali's territory and ensure the physical security of communities in the north continued to be a central priority. Even when full territorial integrity is regained, many serious security risks will remain, including terrorist attacks, weapons proliferation, drug smuggling and other related criminal activities, which are likely to continue to undermine governance and development in Mali for the foreseeable future.
The most significant development in the political process during the first three months of 2013 was the adoption of a road map for the transition, which was unanimously approved by Parliament on 29 January. The road map highlighted two essential missions for the transitional Government: the restoration of territorial integrity and the organization of free and fair elections. The road map provided for further military operations alongside Operation Serval and AFISMA, aimed at recovering the areas occupied by armed groups and restoring the country's territorial integrity; the full re-establishment of State authority in the north; the reform of the armed forces; dialogue with groups who renounce military struggle and adhere to the unitary nature of the Malian State and its Constitution; the return of refugees and displaced persons; inter-communal dialogue; and the fight against impunity.
The road map also outlined commitments in three areas related to the organization of elections, namely: reforming the legal and institutional framework; finalizing the revision of the voters' list; and setting an electoral calendar, which envisaged legislative and presidential elections before the end of July 2013.
Further to the letter to the Secretary-General from the interim President of Mali, in which the transformation of AFISMA into a United Nations stabilization and peacekeeping operation was envisaged, and the corresponding letter from the President of the Security Council, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Edmond Mulet, visited Mali from 10 to 16 March, together with a multidisciplinary delegation, to develop recommendations for the Council's consideration on options for establishing a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Mali.
On the basis of this mission's findings, the UN Secretary-General presented to the Security Council a report, outlining options for the establishment of the UN peacekeeping operation in Mali.


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