The Czech Act No. 418⁄2011 Coll. on the Criminal Liability of Corporations and Proceedings against Them (the "Act") has been criticised for containing only the minimum requirements arising from the Czech Republic's international commitments so far. The new amendment to the Act, effective from 1 December 2016 (the "Amendment"), will extend the range of criminal acts for which corporate entities may be criminally prosecuted, and also the possibilities to exclude their liability.
was committed by (i) its statutory body or other persons acting on its behalf (eg under a power of attorney); (ii) persons performing management or supervisory activities within the corporate entity (eg manager, head of department); (iii) persons exercising decisive influence over the management of the corporate entity (eg parent company); or (iv) the employees while carrying out their tasks.
has assets in the Czech Republic.
Therefore, not only Czech corporate entities, but also foreign corporate entities can be held criminally liable under the Act for criminal offences committed in the Czech Republic. In addition, Czech corporate entities (ie entities with a registered office in the Czech Republic) can also be punished under the Act for criminal offences committed abroad.
Until now, the Act listed eighty-four possible criminal offences which could be committed by corporate entities. The Amendment introduced a new system by which criminal of-fences that can be committed by legal entities are no longer specifically enumerated in the Act. Rather, the Act only sets out criminal offences which cannot be committed (usually by their very nature) by corporate entities and refers to the range of criminal offences which can be committed by natural persons under the Czech Criminal Code (Act No. 40/2009 Coll., as amended). To this end, corporate entities may now be held liable for about 200 crimes.
As a result, under the Amendment certain crimes against property (eg embezzlement) and economic crimes (eg unauthorised business or consumer detriment) will be added to the list of crimes that can be committed by a corporate entity. Similarly, certain crimes against life and health (eg negligent homicide or bodily harm) and defamation (libel) will be also added to the list.
Another introduction is the extension of exculpation, ie the possibility of corporate entities to free themselves from liability for a criminal offence. Under the current Act, corporate entities can exculpate themselves from criminal liability only for crimes committed by their employees in the course of their work performance, if the corporate entity can demonstrate in criminal proceedings that its employees committed a criminal offence despite the fact that the corporate entity or its part implemented (i) obligatory legislation or (ii) measures that can be justly required from the corporate entity.
Under the Amendment, corporate entities have the new possibility to exculpate themselves from criminal liability even if the criminal offence was committed by their statutory body or a person in a managerial or supervisory position, or another individual outside the corporate entity who exercises decisive influence over it. However, in order to be exonerated from criminal liability, the corporate entity must prove that it has made every effort that may be reasonably expected to prevent the commitment of the criminal of-fence.
As case law does not address the question of what "every effort that may be reasonably expected" is, the interpretation of the term is now subject to discussion and will be further developed and elaborated on by professional writings and corporate commentaries.
Based on current expert views on the assessment of whether a company made every effort that may be reasonably expected, it will be necessary to examine, on a case by case basis (i) if a company has internal regulations in place which define the rights and obligations of individual employees, as well as persons in leading management positions; and (ii) whether a monitoring system is implemented which would control the compliance of respective employees and persons in leading management positions in line with the internal regulations.
The broad professional public view is that as a basic starting point in order to be exonerated as a corporate entity, basic rights and obligations should be stipulated in employment contracts or agreements on performance of a function or other contracts or agreements, or in the conditions of employment or the general internal regulations of the corporate entity. Other preventive duties in order to prevent possible criminal offences should be elaborated in statutes, working and organisational regulations, and other measures of the corporate entity. Mid-size and large companies should adopt other internal regulations that are mandatory for employees to comply with and that ensure the prevention of possible criminal offences, such as codes of ethics, standardised rules of employee conduct, and they should hold anticorruption and other programmes and trainings aimed at preventing risks and thereby creating awareness and a corporate culture, on a regular basis. Some companies create compliance programmes, comprehensively declaring that the corporate entity wants to act in accordance with all laws and regulations, as well as the internal ethics codes, both within the company as well as externally.
Further, in order for a corporate entity to have a chance to exculpate itself, it is also necessary to monitor and ascertain whether all employees as well as executives and members of the boards of the corporate entity are duly informed about all internal documents from which they derive relevant obligations, rules and instructions. For this reason, regular mandatory training sessions – compliance trainings – should be organised.
Besides the two above mentioned core changes, the Amendment also extends the range of criminal offences that can be committed abroad by a corporate entity without registered office in the Czech Republic (eg crimes against the Czech Republic, foreign states and international organizations, as well as crimes against humanity, against peace and war crimes), and also extends the catalogue of criminal offences where effective mitigation of liability is excluded and the catalogue of criminal offences whereby the ending of criminal liability and barring of the service of a sentence (punishment) by the statute of limitations are excluded.
Corporate entities should be aware of the wide range of crimes that they may be liable for under the Amendment. They should also be aware of the possibility to avoid criminal liability for delictual actions of their employees, statutory bodies and other entities in leadership or influential positions. It is important not only to ensure the implementation of prevention and compliance programmes, but also to provide control mechanisms relating to compliance combined with internal rules. It is always necessary to ascertain whether all employees, statutory bodies and other entities in leadership or influential positions are familiar with all internal documents and are informed of their special duties and the rules and instructions. In terms of prevention, employees and further persons involved in the management of a company listed above should undergo compliance trainings.
It is important not only to ensure the implementation of prevention and compliance programmes, but also to provide control mechanisms relating to compliance combined with internal rules.
Od 1. 12. 2016 vstoupila v účinnost novela zákona č. 418⁄2011 Sb., o trestní odpovědnosti právnických osob a řízení proti nim (dále jen "novela"). Samotná novela není příliš rozsáhlá, ovšem zcela zásadní je v tom, že rozšíří okruh trestných činů, za které můžou být právnické osoby odpovědné a zároveň rozšíří možnosti právnických osob se z trestní odpovědnosti vyvinit.
spáchaný (i) jejím statutárním orgánem anebo jinou osobou, která je oprávněna jménem nebo za právnickou osobu jednat (např. na základě plné moci); (ii) osobou, která u této právnické osoby vykonává řídící nebo kontrolní činnost (např. výkonný manažer, vedoucí oddělení); (iii) osobou mající rozhodující vliv na řízení právnické osoby (např. mateřská společnost); nebo (iv) zaměstnancem při plnění pracovních úkolů.
má v České republice majetek.
Za spáchané trestné činy tak mohou být v České republice odpovědné nejen české, ale i zahraniční právnické osoby. České právnické osoby (tj. osoby se sídlem v České republice) navíc mohou být podle zákona trestány i za trestné činy spáchané v cizině.
Dosavadní úprava obsahuje "pozitivní" uzavřený výčet 84 trestných činů, kterých se právnická osoba může dopustit. Novela tento přístup změní na "negativní" uzavřený výčet, tj. výčet trestných činů, za které právnická osoba být odpovědná nemůže. Nově tak budou moci být právnické osoby odpovědné za všechny trestné činy podle zákona č. 40/2009 Sb., trestní zákoník, s výjimkou trestných činů výslovně uvedených v negativním výčtu. Uvedená změna představuje nárůst počtu trestných činů, jež bude moci společnost spáchat, a to na zhruba 200 trestných činů.
K trestným činům, které může dle novely spáchat i právnická osoba, tak přibydou některé trestné činy proti ma-jetku, například zpronevěra a trestné činy hospodářské jako je neoprávněné podnikání nebo poškozování spotřebitele. Další skupinou trestných činů jsou některé trestné činy proti životu a zdraví, například usmrcení z nedbalosti nebo ublížení na zdraví.
Další novinku představuje rozšíření možnosti vyvinění se z odpovědnosti za spáchaný trestný čin. Dle právní úpravy před účinností novely se právnické osoby mohly vyvinit z trestní odpovědnosti pouze za trestné činy spáchané jejich zaměstnanci v průběhu plnění jejich pracovních úkolů. Vyvinění bylo možné pouze v případě, že v rámci trestního řízení bylo prokázáno, že společnost, resp. její orgány provedly taková opatření, která jí ukládají právní předpisy (převážně půjde o promítnutí požadavků právní úpravy bezpečnosti práce, ochrany životního prostředí, památkové péče či požární ochrany atd.) nebo která od ní lze spravedlivě požadovat.
Podle novely mají společnosti nově možnost zprostit se trestní odpovědnosti i v tom případě, pokud trestný čin v zájmu nebo v rámci činnosti společnosti spáchá statutární orgán nebo osoba ve vedoucím postavení vykonávající řídící nebo kontrolní činnost nebo jiné osoby stojící mimo společnost, které však na ni vykonávají rozhodující vliv. Ke zproštění se trestní odpovědnosti se však vyžaduje, aby právnická osoba vynaložila veškeré úsilí, které na ní lze spravedlivě požadovat, aby spáchání trestného činu zabránila.
Jelikož se judikatura otázkou, co přesně představuje "veškeré úsilí, které lze rozumně očekávat", dosud nezabývala, je nyní výklad tohoto pojmu předmětem odborné diskuse a lze očekávat, že bude dále rozebírán a popsán v odborné literatuře a komentářích.
Dle současných odborných názorů bude při posuzování toho, zda právnická osoba učinila vše, co od ní lze ro-zumně očekávat, vždy nutné zkoumat případ od případu (i) zda právnická osoba přijala vnitřní úpravu stanovující práva a povinnosti jednotlivých zaměstnanců i osob ve vedoucích manažerských pozicích; a (ii) zda byl implementován systém, který monitoruje a kontroluje dodržování vnitřních předpisů ze strany zaměstnanců a osob v řídících manažerských pozicích.
Široká odborná veřejnost je toho názoru, že prvním krokem k tomu, aby se mohla právnická osoba vyvinit z trestní odpovědnosti za spáchaný trestný čin, je mít základní práva a povinnosti stanoveny v pracovních smlouvách nebo ve smlouvách o výkonu funkce či jiných smlouvách anebo dohodách, případně v pracovním řádu anebo v obecných interních předpisech právnické osoby. Jiné prevenční povinnosti, jež mají zabránit možnému páchání trestných činů, by měly být rozpracovány ve statutech, pracovních a organizačních předpisech, a jiných opatřeních právnické osoby. Střední a velké společnosti by měly přijmout další interní předpisy, jejichž dodržování bude pro zaměstnance závazné a které zajistí prevenci trestní činnosti. Příkladem lze uvést etické kodexy a standardizovaná pravidla chování zaměstnanců a opatření ve formě pravidelně pořádaných protikorupčních a jiných programů a školení zaměřených na prevenci rizik a tím vytvářející povědomí o korporátní kultuře. Některé společnosti již vytváří tzv. compliance programy a vnitřní etické kodexy, kterými rozsáhle deklarují svůj úmysl jednat v souladu se všemi zákony a právními předpisy uvnitř i vně společnosti.
Aby se právnická osoba mohla zprostit trestní odpovědnosti, musí dále monitorovat a zjišťovat, zda jsou všichni zaměstnanci a osoby vykonávající funkce ve společnosti a členové orgánů právnické osoby náležitě informováni o všech interních dokumentech, ze kterých pro ně vyplývají povinnosti, pravidla a pro ně závazné pokyny. Z tohoto důvodu by měly být též organizována školení.
Kromě dvou výše uvedených hlavních změn novela též rozšiřuje okruh trestných činů, které mohou být spáchány v zahraničí právnickými osobami se sídlem mimo území České republiky (např. trestné činy proti základům České republiky, cizího státu a mezinárodní organizace a trestné činy proti lidskosti, proti míru a válečné trestné činy), a též rozšiřuje katalog trestných činů, u nichž je vyloučeno zmírnění trestní odpovědnosti stejně jako katalog trestných činů, u nichž je vyloučen zánik trestní odpovědnosti a promlčení výkonu trestu (trest).
Právnické osoby by si měly být vědomy širokého okruhu trestných činů, za které mohou být po účinnosti novely trestně odpovědné. Stejně tak by si měly být vědomy možnosti se vyvinit z odpovědnosti za trestné činy spáchané jejich zaměstnanci, orgány a dalšími subjekty ve vedoucích anebo vlivných pozicích. Důležité je nejen zajistit prevenční nástroje (např. compliance programy), ale též zavést kontrolní mechanismy vztahující se k dodržování právních předpisů a interních předpisů právě v kombinaci s nastavením interních pravidel. Je vždy důležité zjistit, zda jsou všichni zaměstnanci, orgány a jiné subjekty ve vedoucích nebo vlivných pozicích obeznámeni se všemi interními dokumenty a informováni o svých zvláštních povinnostech a pravidlech. Z hlediska prevence by zaměstnanci a další osoby angažované v řízení společnosti uvedení výše měli podstoupit compliance školení.
Důležité je nejen zajistit prevenční nástroje (např. compliance programy), ale též zavést kontrolní mechanismy vztahující se k dodržování právních předpisů a interních předpisů právě v kombinaci s nastavením interních pravidel.
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Gov't Reports Slam IRS for Lax Oversight of Tax Preparers
by Jennifer LaFleur
Feb. 26, 2009, 11:18 a.m. EST
The IRS allows tax preparers who have been penalized or sentenced in a criminal proceeding for tax shelter violations to still represent taxpayers before the IRS. So says a report released today by the Treasury's inspector general for tax administration.
U.S. taxpayers have more than $1 trillion held offshore, illegally evading $40 to $70 billion in annual taxes, according to a 2006 Senate report.
And according to a second report released today by the inspector general, the IRS can't even determine how many complaints against paid tax preparers it receives nor identify preparers on whom multiple complaints have been filed.
The IRS cannot investigate many complaints, the report found, because taxpayers often don't receive sufficient information on what to include in a complaint. The IRS also does not routinely tell taxpayers whether their complaints are received and many complaints are destroyed without IRS action.
"Taxpayer complaints about tax return preparers can provide valuable information about understanding the root cause of taxpayer problems, identify areas of noncompliance and help the IRS address core processes that need improvement," said Michael R. Phillips, deputy inspector general for audit in a memo accompanying the report.
The IRS does track some complaints filed by taxpayers against tax practitioners including certified public accountants, attorneys and enrolled agents. Complaints against unlicensed and uncertified preparers are not tracked.
The IRS also does not regulate all tax preparers, only those that represent taxpayers before the IRS, which must be CPAs, attorneys or enrolled agents. Those preparers are regulated by the IRS's Office of Professional Responsibility.
The inspector general analyzed three fiscal years' worth of data and found that of 1,175 tax preparers, just 280 fell under IRS oversight. For nearly half of those, the OPR did stop them from representing taxpayers. But the rest, who were fined a total of about $3.2 million, continued to represent more than 8,000 taxpayers before the IRS.
Both the OPR director and the IRS deputy commissioner for service and enforcement agreed with the inspector general's findings and submitted plans for improving their systems.
Jennifer LaFleur was ProPublica's director of computer-assisted reporting (CAR).
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Nato e cresciuto sia biologicamente che calcisticamente in Argentina, nel 1989 si trasferisce nel campionato boliviano per giocare con i campioni nazionali del Bolivar.

È proprio in Bolivia che Trucco si conferma il miglior portiere a livello nazionale e, naturalizzato boliviano già dal primo anno, diventa il titolare inamovibile della propria nuova nazionale.

Nazionale
Con la nazionale si qualifica ai Mondiali del 1994 dove gioca tutte le partite da titolare ma in tale competizione non appare affatto brillante, sia per demeriti propri che per la presenza nel girone di forti compagini europee come Germania e Spagna. Gioca anche altre competizioni per nazioni come la Copa América.

Allenatore
Nel 1997 si ritira per intraprendere la carriera di allenatore, e dopo la mancata qualificazione ai Mondiali del 2002 la nazionale boliviana nel 2003 lo ingaggia come commissario tecnico.

Collegamenti esterni

Calciatori della Nazionale boliviana

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Porcine model of proliferative vitreoretinopathy with platelets.
Porcine model of proliferative vitreoretinopathy with platelets
García-Layana A, Pastor JC, Saornil MA, Gonzalez G.
Instituto de Oftalmobiología Aplicada (IOBA), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Revisão:Current Eye Research
Data: 1/Jun/1997
Oftalmologia [ES]
To develop an experimental model of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) in the pig, and determine the efficacy of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) compared with different platelet plasma concentrates in its development.
Animals were divided into four groups of 12 pigs each. Group 1, 2, and 3 underwent four 3-mm-long retinotomies, a partial mechanical vitrectomy, and six transconjunctival retinal cryoapplications and were injected intravitreally with, respectively, 0.2 ml of platelet rich plasma, 0.2 ml of a solution containing 200 ng of porcine PDGF, and 0.2 ml of platelet concentrated plasma. Group 4 received only an intravitreal injection of 0.2 ml of porcine PDGF.
In Group 1, retinal detachments (RDs) developed in six eyes (50%) (two eyes, total RDs; four, extensive RDs). In Group 2, focal RDs developed in six eyes (50%). In Group 3, 11 eyes (92%) developed Rds (six eyes, total RDs; three, extensive RDs, two, focal RDs). Group 4, did not develop lesions. Statistically significant differences were found between Group 3 and the other groups. Group 2 RDs were associated with the presence of vitreoretinal membranes but there were no signs of PVR. In Groups 1 and 3, signs of anterior PVR, posterior PVR, and retinal holes with rolled edges were observed.
We have developed a model of PVR in the pig, the retina of which more closely resembles that of humans. Platelet plasma more effectively contributed to the development of an experimental model of porcine PVR than 200 ng of PDGF. The efficacy depends on the platelet concentration of the plasma. These results suggest that other growth factors and plasma components may interact synergistically with PDGF in the pathogenesis of PVR.
CITAÇÃO DO ARTIGO Curr Eye Res. 1997 Jun;16(6):556-63


Located in the heart of the lively Malia resort, the Kastro Apartments is a family run complex of apartments and studios. With an excellent location just steps away from an array of bars, clubs, restaurants and a gorgeous beachfront. This hotel is a perfect choice for those looking for an exciting break in this popular resort.
The beach is located 50m from the hotel.
This hotel is located 35km from Heraklion Airport.
Kastro Apartments offers a warm welcoming atmosphere for a pleasant stay. Each bright apartment includes a bathroom, Smart TV, fridge, hairdryer, Wi-Fi, safety deposit box, air conditioning, kitchenette and a private balcony. Guests also have access to all facilities such as the swimming pool, pool bar, and 24-hour reception.
Guests can enjoy a delicious breakfast, lunch and dinner with refreshing cocktails and drinks at Charlie's Bar. With live sport, pool tables and a great atmosphere Charlies bar is the perfect place to start an exciting night in Malia. The hotel also holds weekly BBQ nights serving tasty meats and Greek-themed nights also provide a true taste of the island life. The Kastro Beach Pool Bar overlooks the beachfront for a relaxed atmosphere to enjoy snacks, coffee and drinks.
The hotel pool is surrounded by loungers perfect for soaking up the Grecian sunshine. With a golden sandy beach just steps away guests can enjoy some beachfront fun. There is also free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel. Guests can also explore the large variety of bars, clubs and restaurants that surround the hotel with plenty of party options for those looking to dance the night away. The Island is also home to beautiful beaches, traditional villages and waterparks for guests to explore.


Titusville Area Hospital and Meadville Medical Center are full-service healthcare and trauma centers. Our facilities contain state-of-the-art equipment and an expansive support staff to assist doctors in their duties.
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Utilitarianism, a philosophy that´s worth to know about..
I developed the habit to have my breakfast and to read articles on the website "Psychology Today". Every day there are professional articles about really interesting themes, written by qualified scientists, doctors and philosophs (no hobby blogger or pseudo intellectuals).
I really like this approach, as it allows you to fulfill yourself without losing yourself. As I deeply believe that following just egozentric goals concidering just your own good and not of your surroundings or society – will create on the long term no real satisfaction, but leads to burn-out and unhappiness. But that is my subjective opinion.
To fullfil oneself is important. But same time it is important to have an eye for others, to care for our kids and families, and to try to make the world a better place.
If Utilitarianism would be a principle in this world, for employers and workers.. this world would be paradies. Ach ach.. dream on Mimi haha..
Be that as it may: everything starts with ourself!
Let´s be more utilitarians in a world of egozentrics and narcissists!
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Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to methods for the recovery of system restoration costs incurred by electric utilities following hurricanes, tropical storms, ice or snow storms, floods, and other weather-related events and natural disasters.
Texas. Legislature. Senate. April 16, 2009.
Added Title: A bill to be entitled an act relating to methods for the recovery of system restoration costs incurred by electric utilities following hurricanes, tropical storms, ice or snow storms, floods, and other weather-related events and natural disasters.
Texas. Legislature. Senate. 81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 769, Chapter 1, legislative document, April 16, 2009; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149759/: accessed April 21, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.


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The History of Public Health Informatics: Where Do We Go from Here?
URL 1: http://lms.southcentralpartnership.org/course/viewguest.php?id=200
Date Developed: Unknown. Source: South Central Public Health Partnership. Presenter(s): Nir Menachemi, PhD, MPH . Type: Online Course. Level: Introductory. Length: Self-paced.
What is public health informatics (PHI)? Simply put, PHI is a sub-field of public health. Program faculty will journey through the evolution of public health informatics and describe how key events over the past decade have contributed to development and utilization of many computerized systems that support public health practice. Special focus will be given to major PHI applications including syndromic surveillance. Emerging (e.g., geographic information systems, text-messaging) and future (e.g., social networking, public health information exchange) PHI applications will also be discussed.
• Discuss how the sub-discipline of public health informatics has evolved over time.
• Describe how health information technology (HIT) can be used to enhance public health practice.
• List potential ethical, social, and political issues associated with the development of HIT applications for public health purposes.
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When the Panthers lost 1,000-yard wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin to a season-ending knee injury in August, everyone moaned. But Olsen – perhaps the most sure-handed pass-catcher in team history – shrugged and went to work. He became clearly the best receiver on the team a year after he and Benjamin split that duty. Olsen had career highs in receptions (77) and receiving yardage (1,104) in 2015.
It's unusual for a tight end in the NFL to lead a team in both categories, but the Panthers have thrived.
Especially early in Newton's career, Olsen had to correct the quarterback in the huddle sometimes to make sure the team got lined up in the right formation. Olsen's father was a longtime high school football coach in New Jersey, and Olsen has always had a fast football mind.
No one on the Panthers' team has a bigger heart than Olsen – his charity work to help families who have children with serious heart problems is exemplary. And no one has better hands, either. He demonstrated them most vividly in the regular season with a diving, game-saving, fourth-down catch against New Orleans and in the postseason with a leaping 19-yard touchdown grab against Seattle. Despite the Panthers' offensive emphasis on Olsen, he manages to sneak behind the defense for at least a long gain during most games.
In his ninth NFL season, this is Olsen's first shot at a Super Bowl. At some point Sunday, the Panthers are going to need a big third-down conversion. And even though everyone will know the ball is likely going to Olsen, it probably will anyway. It might even be the play that decides the Super Bowl. And if it is, the Panthers would take Olsen as the guy trying to make that catch every time.
Boasting three straight 70-catch seasons, Greg Olsen now has the top four single-season reception records for Panthers tight ends. In order of receptions, here are the top five seasons in Panthers tight end history.
* Olsen made the Pro Bowl in these two seasons.


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"I don't believe in curses," declared Matt Arnold on Friday. Arnold — owner and general manager of the soon-to-open Wood Ear Whiskey Lounge & Noodle Bar in downtown Telluride, was referring to his location at 135 East Colorado Ave.: When it opens to the public Sunday, June 24, Wood Ear will become the fourth restaurant in the Roma Building since 2015.
After the shuttering of Honga's Lotus Petal, Honga's Japanese Steakhouse and Roma Bar & Grill, Arnold and his employees "have resurfaced every inch except for the original walnut bar" (which was crafted by the Brunswick-Balke-Collener Company in 1860).
Indeed, Wood Ear's preliminary menu reveals five items priced not in dollars but cents.
Along with a 25-cent nori sheet or 50-cent pickled carrot, diners will savor $2 charred corn, $4 wasabi potato salad or $5 shrimp tacos.
Since bar manager Alvin Davis, head chef Kevin Bush and Arnold all hail from Texas, they endeavored to incorporate Hill Country flavors in the menu, meaning warm potato salad, cucumber salad and all kinds of smoked meats, whether brisket, pork shoulder or Asian-barbecue-style porkbelly.
"We're trying to bring our own touch to ramen," Bush said. Lots and lots of ramen, that is: According to Arnold, Wood Ear will boil 200 pounds of bones per day to create broth for all the ramen entrees on the menu.
That process will take two days to complete, in order to intensify flavors, as will the smoking of Wood Ear's brisket.
Like neighboring restaurants La Cocina de Luz and Butcher & Baker, Wood Ear will operate as a counter-service joint. That way, Arnold said, he can save on employee costs and pass down the savings in the form of, well, 50-cent pickled carrots.
That sounds about right, given the new wooden paneling: a lively interplay of beetle-killed blue pine, aspen and white pine.
The mural surrounds the traditional stage of the Roma. The stage, Arnold said, will hold music acts during both Ride Fest and the Telluride Jazz Festival.


ØMQ (ZeroMQ, 0MQ, zmq) looks like an embeddable networking library but acts like a concurrency framework. It gives you sockets that carry whole messages across various transports like in-process, inter-process, TCP, and multicast. You can connect sockets N-to-N with patterns like fanout, pubsub, task distribution, and request-reply. It's fast enough to be the fabric for clustered products. Its asynchronous I/O model gives you scalable multicore applications, built as asynchronous message-processing tasks. It has a score of language APIs and runs on most operating systems. ØMQ is from iMatix and is LGPL open source.
For more detail I highly recommend reading 0MQ, The Guide.
As I was going over the various python code examples at github, I became interested in the taskvent / tasksink / taskwork examples. The pattern was recognizable as one I often use for distributed processing. In the past, I typically would have implemented such a work flow using the python multiprocessing library, using it's Queue class to communicate between processes. Recently I've implemented several data processing pipelines for work using the same technique, but using zeromq channels for communication, and I've been extremely pleased with both the performance, and the ease of use. So, I decided to write a short blog post with a simple example for others working on the same sorts of problems.
The ventilator sends messages containing the numbers to be squared.
Uses a ZMQ_PUSH socket to send messages to workers.
The workers receive messages from the ventilator, do the work, and send the results down the pipe.
Uses a ZMQ_PUSH socket to send answers to the results manager.
Uses a ZMQ_SUB socket to receive the FINISH message from the results manager.
The results manager receives all answers from all workers, prints them, and sends a message to the workers to shut down when all tasks are complete.
Uses a ZMQ_PULL socket to receive answers from the workers.
Uses a ZMQ_PUB socket to send the FINISH message to the workers.
So, without further ado, let's look at the code!
You may have noticed that I am using the tcp transport for communication between my processes. This is what I personally find the most exciting about ZeroMQ: if you use ZeroMQ for communication between processes in a multiprocess system, it is close to trivial to scale the code to run on multiple servers.
This only begins to scratch the surface of ZeroMQ. ZeroMQ supports multiple transports and many more topologies, and the library is available for multiple languages. This is a fantastic tool for both distributed computing, and polygot programming.
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FYI, the worker thread has lost its indentation and the break call results in an error.
Thanks for the heads up, I'll fix the example on the site once I get a few spare minutes!
It seems that the main function is getting confused by the multiple use of "result_manager" and "ventilator" as both a function and an object.
The resolution is to give them different names. I've changed the functions to have _func after them. This resolves the issues.
Thanks for the heads up, I'll fix the example once I get a few spare minutes!
Your blog motivated me to learn about 0MQ. Today I modified your code to do the following – let the ventilator send instead of numbers to workers, an array of good size instead. The issue that I ran into is that after the string_length variable near the top of the module is larger than 1024 * 1024 *3, the code would pause after the result manager gets back an answer. Have you seen anything like this? If so, how did you resolve it? I am running Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit on a machine with 2 cores, 8GB RAM. Python 2.7.1+, libzmq1 2.1.10 and pyzmg 2.1.10.
# Odd, why once the slen is bumped to 3MB or above, the code hangs?
former's elements. Both are returned in a tuple.
:param slen: The desired number of bytes of each array element.
# bytes long) random strings, and sends the array down a zeromq "PUSH"
Just a quick follow-up. I posted a more detailed Q on stackoverflow, and got an insightful answer. Please see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8905147/why-does-this-python-0mq-script-for-distributed-computing-hang-at-a-fixed-input. Thanks!
"Your blog motivated me to learn about 0MQ" is a great sentence to see the day I decide to reinvigorate the blog. Thank you for the feedback!
So you're basically using multiprocess Process in place of fork here, is that right? (I.e. it doesn't add much to the equation?) Just wondering.
Yes, I was just using it as a fork.


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The goal of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Ed (SNAP-Ed) is to provide educational programs to those that are income eligible.
Green County Food Pantries are available to assist people who are having difficulty purchasing enough food to avoid hunger. The attached list shows the available food pantries in Green County and gives the time, locations, and details of operations.


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Сондра Локк, наст. имя Сондра Луис Андерсон, урождённая Смит (; 28 мая 1944 — 3 ноября 2018) — американская , , .

Биография

Родилась в штате Теннесси, округ Бедфорд, в городе . Её отец Раймонд Смит служил в армии, мать Паулина Бэйл работала на карандашной фабрике. В 1965 году после окончания школы она поступила в университет, но через год бросила учёбу ради артистической карьеры. В 1967 году снялась в фильме «Сердце — одинокий охотник» в роли Мик Келли. За эту роль в 1968 году она номинировалась на премию «Оскар», как за лучшую женскую роль второго плана. В 1967 году она вышла замуж за своего школьного друга Гордона Андерсона, который был геем. Причём сама Сондра Локк об этом знала. Впоследствии в своей автобиографии Сондра Локк писала, что никаких сексуальных отношений между ними не было. Позднее они расстались, но официально не разводились и остались друзьями.

В 1976 году Сондра Локк снялась в фильме «Джоси Уэйлс — человек вне закона» вместе с Клинтом Иствудом. Со времени съёмок фильма у неё с ним завязались отношения, которые продолжались 14 лет. За это время она снялась в нескольких фильмах Иствуда, а также он продюсировал съёмки двух её фильмов. В 1990 году они расстались, причём Сондра Локк обратилась в суд с требованием взыскать с Иствуда 1 300 000 долларов. Кроме того, она утверждала, что Иствуд заставил её сделать два аборта и провести перевязку маточных труб.

В 1993 году она обратилась в суд с иском к компании «Warner Bros.», в котором указывалось, что компания подсунула ей фиктивный контракт и не собиралась продюсировать её фильмы и давать ей режиссёрские полномочия, потому что настоящий контракт был выкуплен Клинтом Иствудом. В 1999 году они завершили тяжбы, урегулировав свои отношения.

За время своей творческой карьеры снялась в целом ряде фильмов, снималась в телевизионных сериалах, а также сняла 4 фильма.

С 1999 года она окончательно отошла от карьеры в кино.

В 1990 году у Сондры Локк был диагностирован рак молочной железы и ей пришлось пройти длительный курс лечения, включая двойную мастэктомию и химиотерапию.

Актриса скончалась в своем доме в Лос-Анджелесе 3 ноября 2018 года, но известно об этом стало только спустя месяц. Причиной смерти стала остановка сердца, вызванная осложнениями в результате рака молочной железы и костей.

Фильмография

Актёрские работы

Режиссёрские работы
  — Мальчик-крыса / Ratboy
  — Порыв / Impulse
  — Смерть в малых дозах / Death in Small Doses
  — Без тормозов / Trading Favors

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Ссылки

Режиссёры телевидения США
Умершие от рака молочной железы
Выпускники Государственного университета Среднего Теннесси


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// The WeakShowerMEs provides ME's needed for W/Z emission in ISR or FSR.

class WeakShowerMEs {

public:

  // Constructor.
  WeakShowerMEs() {}

  // Calculate the 2 to 2 ME uG -> uG, up to a known overall factor.
  double getTchanneluGuGME(double sHat,double tHat,double uHat);

  // Calculate the 2 to 2 ME ud -> ud, up to a known overall factor.
  double getTchannelududME(double sHat,double tHat,double uHat);

  // Calculate the 2 to 2 ME uu -> uu, up to a known overall factor.
  double getTchanneluuuuME(double sHat,double tHat,double uHat);

  // Calculate the 2 to 3 ME uG -> uGZ, up to a known overall factor.
  double getTchanneluGuGZME(Vec4 p1,Vec4 p2,Vec4 p3,Vec4 p4,Vec4 p5);

  // Calculate the 2 to 3 ME ud -> udZ, up to a known overall factor,
  // and with the coupling between Z and d set to zero.
  double getTchannelududZME(Vec4 p1,Vec4 p2,Vec4 p3,Vec4 p4,Vec4 p5);

};

//==========================================================================

} // end namespace Pythia8

#endif // Pythia8_WeakShowerMEs_H


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UK Government has not proved that its mortgage guarantee scheme is value for money, MPs warn
Public Accounts Committee reports that Government broke Treasury guidelines and did not consider alternatives to scheme.
David WilliamsonPolitical Editor
The public accounts committee – whose members include Welsh MPs Guto Bebb and Nick Smith – will report that the Government broke with Treasury guidelines when it launched the scheme.
The UK Government has yet to prove that its controversial multi-billion pound Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme provides value for money, a report will warn today as fears grow about another housing bubble.
Labour committee chair Margaret Hodge said: "In the case of Help to Buy, it did not carry out any assessment of alternative, potentially more effective options before going ahead with the Scheme – a violation of Treasury guidelines. This means it has committed to spending up to £10bn on supporting Help to Buy without establishing whether it represents the most effective way of using taxpayers' money to achieve its objectives."
The report comes a day after it was revealed that UK house prices increased by 9.9% in the year to April 2014. Prices went up by 10.4% in England, 4.8% in Scotland and 3.3% in Wales.
In London house prices increased by 18.7%. Average house prices in April 2014 stood at £271,000 in England, £187,000 in Scotland and £166,000 in Wales.
The figures are likely to fuel speculation the Bank of England may call for action to calm the market. This could involve a restriction of the Help to Buy programme which supports mortgage lending of up to 95% of the purchase price on properties up to the value of £600,000.
Blaenau Gwent Labour MP Mr Smith said: "The housing market is fundamentally broken when it encourages the lucky ones to hope prices balloon. This can price many out of ownership.
"Instead of understanding the impact, the Government has thrown £10bn at the problem without any analysis of the problem. The Government must prove they are acting responsibly by taking on such risk."
Aberconwy Conservative MP Guto Bebb said he did not think the report was "particularly critical," adding there are "indications that Help to Buy might well be turning a profit potentially in due course". He noted the amount paid to agents for administering each sale has been negotiated down from £1,000 per case to £600, and argued it was clear the scheme was not "stoking up the market in London".
Plaid Cymru Treasury spokesman Jonathan Edwards warned the scheme could "end in tears," saying: "Help to Buy is a policy deliberately aimed at stimulating house price inflation, and it is therefore a potentially very dangerous short term economic measure which helps blow up another housing bubble which will inevitably be followed with another crash unless put right."
Plaid Cymru
Guto Bebb


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Through his unique entrepreneurship, Dr. Alf Bjørseth has established a number of vital businesses within the fields of renewable energy and advanced materials. Common for these companies is a technological foundation firmly rooted in research and technology. Alf himself uses every opportunity to communicate the importance of expert knowledge, often with his own Dr. Phil. in chemistry as example. For these reasons, Alf is an important role model and source of inspiration for future generations' young scientists. By instating Alf Bjørseth's «Inspirasjonspris» (Inspiration award), Scatec AS wishes to honor its founder and inspire young scientist on the threshold of a career within renewable energy and advanced materials.
In 1994, Dr. Bjørseth set up ScanWafer, a company within the global solar industry that specialized in the production of multi-crystalline silicon wafers. He later established a further three companies related to solar cell and module production, as well as a solar module installation company.
These companies were in 2000 merged into one holding company known as Renewable Energy Corporation (REC), of which Dr. Bjørseth served as President and CEO from the onset. REC was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in 2006 and was at the time one of the largest solar energy companies in the world.
When the IPO of REC was decided in 2005, Dr. Bjørseth retired as CEO in order to focus his time on developing new business ideas within his private company Scatec AS which he founded in 1989. These efforts have so far resulted in one more IPO, when the integrated independent solar power producer, Scatec Solar ASA, was listed on the Oslo Exchange in 2014.


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Jakub Rafael, vystupující pod pseudonymem MC Gey, je český rapper, básník, ilustrátor a spisovatel který je nejvíce znám pro své působení ve skupinách Actionday Crew a Ty Nikdy. Roku 2010 vydal své první album – Turbulence negativních dobrot, rok na to vytvořil společně s DJ Fattem album nazvané Imaginarium naprosto běžných podivností.

Texty v písních MC Geye se kromě značného množství vulgarismů, dvojsmyslů, jinotajů, černého humoru a příběhů vyznačují neobyčejnou barvitostí, nevyhýbají se tabuizovaným společenským tématům, jsou plné skrytých i zcela otevřených narážek na hiphopovou subkulturu, vysmívají se maloměšťáctví, předsudkům, floskulím.

V roce 2016 vydal album RλP-LIFE, které kompletně produkoval hudebník KRUDANZE. Album je koncepčně založené na tzv. punchlines (úderných, útočných, štiplavých rýmech), je směsicí narážek, kritiky rapu, vtipů a variací na urážky obézních žen – Gey zde často používá termín "tlustá holka" jako odkaz na americký černošský pouliční slang. Album bylo nominováno na Anděla v kategorii hip-hop.

Spolupráce: Prago Union, Kato, Luzer, Boy Wonder, Tono s, Jelínek, Idea, DJ Fatte a další.

Diskografie
 1999: Black Gang: The pohádky
 2005: Toy Story (s Actionday Crew)
 2010: Turbulence negativních dobrot
 2011: Imaginarium naprosto běžných podivností
 2012: Label (s Ty Nikdy)
 2013: Soundtrack (s DJ Fatte)
 2014: Opičí Král vrací úder (s DJ Fatte)
 2016: Rλp-life (s Krudanze)
 2018:  Akta X  (s Ty Nikdy)
 2019:  Rλp-life: Epizoda 2
 2023: O tatínkovi, který usnul

Externí odkazy
 Profil na Tynikdy.cz
 Profil na Bandzone
 Profil na Bandcamp
 Články o MC Gey na HipHopStage.cz
 Rozhovor s MC Geyem pro bbarak.cz
 Rozhovor pro Radio Wave

Čeští rappeři
Narození v roce 1985
Žijící lidé
Čeští spisovatelé
Čeští básníci
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Warframe Game Review
Image Credit: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/warframe/
Izzy Rivera
irivera1@umassd.edu
Warframe is a free-to-play action role-playing multiplayer online video game that was developed and published by Digital Extremes. It is available on almost any gaming console you can think of including PC, however Xbox One players cannot play with PC players, it is not yet cross platform in that aspect.
There is a single player and multiplayer mode, letting players choose if they want to take the journey alone or online with friends. The game opens by describing the Tenno, warriors of blade and guns, masters of their Warframe armor. They fought the old war and then disappeared, but in the beginning of the game they are called upon once more to help with uprising of sinister groups of enemies. This game has been described across the internet as "Space Ninjas", since the player has so many options on what kind of style they want to pursue the game. You can have a stealthy approach or go in guns ablazing, all while also having abilities that your specific Warframe has. A huge portion of this game also refers to a gaming term called "grinding", where players have to play missions over and over to get certain materials they need to build new things for their Warframes to use.
While this certainly is not everyone's cup of tea, the missions that are repeated always have a different edge to them, whether that be a different species of enemy or the game map is different, including that the chance of loot drop is always fluctuating. If you aren't into that type of gameplay no harm done, the story provides enough basic loot to create what you need for the main parts of the game, letting beginners and intermediates enjoy the game at their own pace.
Image Credit: https://xboxplay.games/warframe/-how-to-check-day-and-night-cycle-4989
Although this game is free there are in-game purchases, such as buying Warframes with premium currency and buying cosmetic skins and accessories for them. Although this is not necessary and you can grind for the materials to get new characters to play, the offer is still there for someone to spend $10-$20 to get someone new to play. Every character has its own abilities, even though you can use the same weapons across all, creating a unique experience for each Warframe a player tries.
People who have played 30+ hours of this game have said there is still so much more that can be done and the playability is quite expansive. There are over 20 Warframes for players to craft and try, and plenty of weapons for them to level up, all while having an immersive storyline. The visuals are breathtaking, from swampy maps with lots of over growth to flying around in space watching the galaxies pass by. This game is definitely worth a try if you have the space, it's free until you decide it isn't, and offers a major amount of game play for you and maybe your friends to enjoy. Will you join the Tenno to save the planets across the galaxy?
The Torch March 25, 2021 March 23, 2021 A&E, Game Review, Izzy Rivera, Video Games
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Q: I am trying to schedule an ionic cordova background geolocation plugin.Is it possible? I am using this below plugin for getting background geolocation from android application,
https://github.com/mauron85/cordova-plugin-background-geolocation
Is there any possible way to somehow stop the plugin after eight hours or schedule it for specific period of time.
Below is my ionic info,
cli packages:
@ionic/cli-plugin-proxy : 1.4.13
@ionic/cli-utils        : 1.13.1
ionic (Ionic CLI)       : 3.13.1

global packages:
cordova (Cordova CLI) : 7.1.0

local packages:
@ionic/app-scripts : 3.0.0
Cordova Platforms  : android 6.3.0
Ionic Framework    : ionic-angular 3.7.1

System:
Android SDK Tools : 26.0.2
Node              : v6.10.2
npm               : 5.5.1

A: One possible way of doing this is to use the background-mode plugin https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-plugin-background-mode
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I was trolling around the internet looking for stuff and I found this local Baltimore promoters essay about the game.
10 Reasons Why Club Promoters Are Now Largely Irrelevant in Baltimore January 25, 2015 at 7:57am *Some veteran promos & I chatted about how nightlife has changed over years. We probably couldn't accomplish the things we did back then now. It was unchartered & we pioneered. Now, there's a road map, but harder to do, w/ fewer companies & long term success resulting. Some points were factors then, but more now.
1) Facebook: Clubs can pay Facebook to promote their page or event and cut out the need for a third party. They now have a direct line in to their audience. Get Down did this successfully early on and now has nearly 16,000 likes / lines into their patrons. (Promoters can still be of some value as reinforcement for special events or at venues that have not mastered in house marketing.) Little replaces a personal relationship, but few promo companies are strong enough today to command that kind of mass regard. That's why smart venues hire popular serving staff to boost attendance.
3) Not Lucrative: The house always wins. Even if you negotiate well, you can often make scraps for what you are delivering to the table, so that eventually becomes undesirable, unsustainable and exhausting.
4) Lack of Target Market: This area doesn't sustain upscale nightlife unless it is a very intimate space, and even that can suffer after novelty wears off. The niche is too small. It's a bar town. They aren't fighting to book bottle service every single night by the droves. People walk to bars in Canton, Fells, Fed Hill, Towson & Mt. Vernon in whatever clothes they're in. The young professional set here is mostly sports-oriented and relaxed. Dancing, which clubs are often centered around, is not always the objective. There's not enough cultural diversity and disposable income within the bracket of those who are interested in clubs to warrant the investment.
5) Lack of Venues: When people think of where to go to dance, they often think of 3 or 4 venues in this entire city. That's pathetic, but reality. Because of the lack of target market existence and/or consistent participation, business owners have become smart enough not to open many of these concepts or to base them around food. They have watched them open only to fail time & time again. The few that have succeeded did many things right, but too few to inspire many others. Most that want to experience exciting nightlife go to DC where there are far more options.
6) Lack of National DJ Talent: The college & early to mid-twenty set is consumed by EDM super stars, DJ's they've heard of, that have produced hits and remixes. These guys are often too expensive for venues to book regularly here, so they become more special occasion nights. More heading to DC in the interim.
7) Seasons: College drives the club life. When college is on summer break, winter break or beach holidays, the clubs suffer. Baltimore college kids are not as heavily galvanized towards club life as the bigger city market kids. It's hard for a promo to draw from a tight, school network set when they are physically back in Jersey & New York.
8) Over-exposure / Backlash: Promoters get a bad rap because they are often douchebags. Lol. I wasn't and I know some that aren't, but there are enough to have given the stereotype merit. (This is not restricted to Bmore. I vomit a little in my mouth every time I meet someone in Vegas & they say they are a "VIP Host." This they say while checking their watch, phone and over my head to see if someone more important is walking in. Ha.) Promos, it may seem like you have a tons of friends, but everyone hates you and reveals it to be so the second you leave the room. Ha. I was fortunate to retain some actual real friends that endured the heavy push periods. People don't like to be solicited. Period. I have been a guilty party to this for years as it was often unavoidable, but tried my best to keep it at a minimum when I could. When we first started promoting parties, (Rob from Jetset, myself, etc.) people weren't receiving a trillion invites a week and several to the same event from different people. It's not as novel or cool to promote as it sometimes was before. Just like everyone became a DJ, everyone became a promo. If you thought we were seen as shady, self-absorbed douches in the promotional heyday of 2005-2010/2012, today we are seen as beyond annoying. Even to ourselves. Hence, the "unfollow/not accepting invites from this person" buttons.
9) People Club "Lite" Now: Since there are fewer options and the scene has been played out, people will instead dress up and go to a lounge or trendy restaurant that plays dance music, but doesn't host the all out dance floor that a club may.
10) Maturity: 21-25 is the height of clubbing. (18-25 for all ages spots.) Ages 26-29 still attend, but less frequently. Ages 30-35 are occasional and more special occasion visitors. 36-39 is even more rare. College kids and recent grads love a loud stupor of a night on a regular basis, yet as you get a bit more seasoned, you want to hear what your friends are saying to you and have a bit of a more laid back night out. For those going out to meet someone, they have usually met someone by a certain age and go less often.
*Takeaway: Always knew there was a shelf life for club promoting & never understood how others didn't perceive this or thought it was forever. The variables rested in terms of environmental opportunity, the patterns of age & priorities that change with it, the monetary value it would water down into and the results of technological advancement. Along with handling social media for brand clients, I still plan and/or promote events. They are mostly charitable events now, hospitality at the casino, dining, production companies, health studios, etc. and yes, still the special event concept at a club. What's cool about all the others though is that there is no age cap on them. There's longevity and security in ageless entertainment. For those that still do this or aim to do this, I would never discourage anyone from doing what they love to do. It gave me my start & I'll be forever grateful. Enjoy it for what it is, be safe, check your ego, learn from those who've gone before you, become wise through experience & keep the long term future in mind.


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Why did you want to go through the AMAZING 12 program at TNBFITNESS?
Megan: I wanted to participate in the Amazing 12 program because as a coach and an athlete, I had always trained for sport or performance. It was very different to train for a transformation. I looked at the program as a challenge, just like any competition I'd done, but I was able to compete against myself and make myself better along the way.
Kat: I wanted a guided program that got results in an environment that was based on positivity and empowerment.
What goals did you accomplish during the 12 weeks?
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Kat: I went in to the program with a clear and open mind. I hit strength gains in these 12 weeks that had taken me a year or more to accomplish in previous training programs.
How do you feel now compared to when you started the AMAZING 12 program?
Megan: I feel so much more confident and healthy compared to when I started the A12. I'm proud of myself for sticking with the program and making such a dramatic change. Not only do I feel better physically, but I am more confident in my skills as a coach because of what I've done.
Kat: I feel more self-confident. Not only do I feel more knowledgeable technically, I feel like I have a better understanding of what my body can handle. I have a new felt appreciation and respect for what I'm capable of and what can be accomplished. I feel proud.
What advice would you give to a person looking to start the AMAZING 12 program?
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We're standing on a small mound, surrounded by the tall, densely huddled buildings of a city. The walls are scorched, many structures are partially or entirely collapsed, and everywhere we see luminous discolourations of the rocky ground. In all directions, the city is surrounded by tall pillars and fields of energy coursing between them. In one direction, there's a hill with some sort of citadel on it about a kilometer off. Barely ten yards away from us we spy a small group of toga-wearing people staring back at us in surprise.
Once we assure them of our friendly intentions, they calm down but remain curious.We explain we were transported here by some magical accident. They don't seem to understand the concept of magic, but they seem to accept the accident part. The most talkative of the group is a young man called Akakhios. The rest include Demostratos, a spear-wielding local soldier, two young ladies, one of whom is called Eunikhe, and a black-togaed man called Diokles.
So, we last left our characters ("heroes" not really the right word) in Khonón, pondering the strange goings-on. Before returning to our ship for the night, we looked around in the inns of the Outer City, asking if anyone's seen Licar's "double". Nobody did, but Gwyddion learned that one of the warships of the city had left harbour on an unknown errand, and he also met two merchants from the distant southern lands ruled by the god Ishab-Lambar, who seemed interested in the giant amphibious octopus amber-gris Gwyddion collected on their journey; and agreed to check it out the next day. However, the next day brought some surprises.
In the darkness before dawn, our sentry on duty suddenly heard the slow, quiet "splosh splosh" of oars in the waters, immediately followed by the whistle of something flying through the air and then the huge detonation of two Fireballs as one of the northern areas of the dockside bloomed into flames. In moments, the whole town was up and abuzz, but a heavy detachment of guards showed up, locking down the harbour — with us in it. Licar turned invisible, flew over to the area and saw one of Khonón's war galleys closing with the burning Medeia, the pirate ship formerly captained by our departed friend Melkar. (Brief reminder: it was Gwyddion who had tipped off the local authorities the day before, without his companions' knowledge. I figured this would either put pressure on the pirates to skip town and join us on our dragonhunt, or it might get us some reward from the city. Either way, we'd come out ahead.) Once most of the fighting was over, Licar ventured inside the ship, seeing dead and bleeding people everywhere, and returned to us with a fancy robe for himself and a large box of money taken from the captain's room before the city guard could search it.
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Nem sokkal később válogatott lovakon egy kisebb csapat hagyta el Propyla városát. A lovasok a Délión felé vezető forgalmas kereskedőútról letérő, kisebb forgalmú útvonalon délnyugatnak, Akrászia városának fordultak.
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Nusantara: Diverse Cluster, Advocating for Each Other.
The writer is author of Divine Diversity: an Orthodox Rabbi Engages with Muslims.
Part one of a two part article.
Nusantara – an Indonesian word for archipelago, or cluster of islands. Composed of six thousand islands, Indonesia hosts three hundred ethnic groups and seven hundred and forty languages all under one flag. Echoing its all-inclusive connotations, Imam Shamsi Ali chose this term when he founded a Muslim charitable and outreach organization based in New York City.
Founded in 2013, the Nusantara Foundation's stated purpose is to promote a peaceful Islam, integrate the Muslim community into American society, reach out to non-Muslims to build greater understanding between religious groups, and provide social services to all – Muslim and non-Muslim alike.
Imam Shamsi Ali, Nusantara's founder, exudes a youthful exuberance. Raised in rural Indonesia, he studied in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia before immigrating to the United States in 1996 at age 29, whereupon he earned a PhD in political science. His collection of awards and honors includes being named one of the most influential religious leaders in New York City by New York Magazine in 2006, the Ellis Island medal of honor award in 2009 and 2010, and he was chosen as one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center, Jordan, and by Georgetown University.
"I've been known informally as the face of moderate Islam in the west," Imam Ali says, and it was he who was chosen to represent the Muslim community after 9/11 to visit the scene of the attack on the twin towers, hosted by president George Bush.
But this all-embracing love and acceptance takes a sharp turn when rebuking any acts of violence that occur in the name of Islam.
"…(ISIS) has risen against the very spirit of Islam and broken every single covenant prescribed by Islam – all while shamelessly calling itself the Islamic State. We call upon all to stand firm against this dark force and to stop them in their tracks, that they may indeed be the "losers" God has condemned them to be." This follows a quote from the Qur'an: "Those who break the covenant of Allah after ratifying it, and sever that which Allah ordered to be joined, and (who) make mischief in the earth: They are the losers" .
In this same article he severely condemns the murder of Rabbis Moshe Twersky, Calman Levine, Aryeh Kopinsky, and Avraham Goldberg in November 2014, also brandishing Qur'anic verses in his harsh condemnation of an inexcusable act.
In a discussion between Imam Ali and Rabbi Marc Schneier of the Hampton synagogue, NY, the Imam explains his work in combating violence in the Muslim world. "It is all a matter of education." He notes that there is nothing in the Qur'an that allows any Muslim to kidnap girls, referring to the kidnappings in Nigeria. Again underscoring the need for education, "Bin Laden never formally learned Islam, he was a business student, he may look like a good Muslim but he never formally studied the religion." More about the Imam's efforts in strengthening a peaceful Islam later, now I want to turn to the Imam's collaboration with Rabbi Marc Schneier.
The above noted interview was one of many projects between the Imam and the Jewish community; his work with the Rabbi had a slow start but turned out to be a very productive partnership, including the advancement of Holocaust education in Austria, the prevention of the threatened ban on circumcision on the European continent, and their joint book, "Sons of Abraham" , which has an introduction by President Bill Clinton.
She grabbed me by the elbow, I was startled, she was shaking. "You are naïve! I saw you sitting there, you think you can talk to them but they turn around and stab us in the back!" - A Jewish woman hastily whispered as she intercepted me. I had just exited a meeting in a Jerusalem restaurant with Muslim leaders. Raking me with a warning look she nervously walked away.
It would be easy to call her an Islamophobe, or label me naïve. I knew her feelings were coming from a fear I was all too familiar with. And her stance was not foreign to me. How do you move from heart-felt fear to trust-building? And I say trust-building – it is a process.
Imam Ali addresses this; he learned nothing good about Jews during his upbringing in Indonesia. He slowly got to know the Rabbi after 9/11 and the perceived need for some kind of reconciliation between the Jewish and Muslim communities.
- As he got to know Rabbi Schneier, he saw that what Rabbi Schneier says in private to the Imam is the same as what he says in public to everyone else.
- He saw Rabbi Schneier's emphasis on ethics – honesty, friendship, building community.
- He saw that Rabbi Schneier defends and fights for others. The Rabbi's advocacy for Muslim Americans led to the Imam's advocacy for Holocaust education in the Austrian Muslim community, which will be illustrated below.
Likewise, Imam Ali's trust in the Jewish community was encouraged when the Rabbi publicly defended American Muslims in March 2011; Representative Peter King had ordered hearings entitled, "The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and That Community's Response." Rabbi Schneier organized a rally and publicly objected that Islam alone was being singled out. Tragically, we have ample evidence that there are other sources of home-grown terror in the United States: the murder of Muslims Deah Barakat, his wife Yusour and her sister Razan in February 2015, the massacre of nine African Americans at a church in Charleston NC and the rise of the neo-Nazi movement in America. All sources of violence and radicalization should be investigated.
The Rabbi a softy? Sellout? Perhaps that is what you are saying after watching the video of the rally. But look where it led!
November 2013: Rabbi Schneier was invited to speak by the Jewish community in Vienna about the Holocaust. He brought Imam Ali, who in his speech unequivocally condemned anti-Semitism and the silence following Kristallnacht, and it was the Imam who got the president of the Austrian Muslim community, Dr Senya, to promise to introduce Holocaust education to the Austrian Muslim community.
That is the result of fighting for and defending the other. And anyone can do that, in whatever position they find themselves.
I felt it essential to add an addendum about this month of Ramadan, which this year coincides with the Hebrew month Tammuz. This month long daytime fast is binding on all able bodied Muslims from the age of eight years old. Evidently sharing a common root with Sefirat HaOmer, Ramadan corresponds to the Hebrew month Iyyar. After Pesach, the barley offering was brought in the Temple between Pesach and Shavuot, this spans the month of Iyyar, and until it was offered, it was forbidden to eat barley, wheat, spelt, oats, and rye.
After the Temple was destroyed, the barley offering could no longer be offered, and in a grain-based culture like Arabia, the Sadducean Jews observed this period as almost a total fast. They took the verse, "until the selfsafe day" to mean that the fast occurs during the day.
Rabbinic Jews living in Babylon prohibited new grains but allowed other foods. For them, this period became a time of mourning – some Jews would in fact fast, and weddings and music were forbidden.
Note the assumption in this verse that fasting did not start with the ministry of Muhammed, but preceded it.
Renee shares that her women relatives back in Morocco used to cook the iftaar (break fast) for their Muslim neighbors so that they could rest in the afternoon and look forward to a prepared meal. This implies a few things – Islamic law allows members of the People of the Book to cook for them, Muslims can fully accept Jews as Jews by holding that they need not fast during Ramadan, and we had a symbiotic relationship in the past that can be reclaimed.
In my mind the month of Ramadan implies not just a tolerance for, but a need for the presence of non-Muslims in society, as in our need for the "Shabbos goy" who are essential staff in religious hospitals in Israel. The symbiotic, interdependent relationship of Jews in Muslim society is nostalgically recalled by my older Sephardic neighbors, and Muslim leaders like Dr. Omer Salem.
Renee also shares that likewise, in Morocco, Muslims would bring flour to Jewish families to celebrate the Maimouna festival, or what Moroccan Jews referred to as the end of Pesach. Muslims would join in sharing the mufleta (pancakes) with honey and butter, savoring the first taste of chametz, facilitated by their Muslim neighbors.
I would think that western universities can make exam periods flexible to accommodate the fast. We are certainly familiar with the difficulties presented when our Days of Awe conflict with the very beginning of the university semester, breathing a sigh of relief when the Holy Days fall on the weekend. Our need to leave work early on Fridays in the winter, days off for holidays and no work on Saturday even if there is a deadline will of course inspire us to accommodate Muslims – we are not the only ones who have obligations vis a vis the sanctity of time.
It is just another form of standing up for the other.