What is Amherst, Nova Scotia known for?
first high school in 1934. Rescue trains were dispatched from across Atlantic Canada, as well as the northeastern United States. The first left Truro (Truro, Nova Scotia) around 10 AM carrying medical personnel and supplies, arrived in Halifax by noon and returned to Truro with wounded and homeless by 3 PM. The track became impassable at Rockingham (Rockingham, Nova Scotia), on the western edge of Bedford Basin. To reach the wounded, rescue personnel had to walk through parts of the devastated city until they reached a point where the military had begun to clear the streets. birth_place Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada death_date Goss was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1968. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Sandy Goss. Retrieved July 12, 2010. He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition under coach Randy Reese from 1987 to 1990. Goss received twenty-three All-American honors during his college swimming career. He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in marketing in 1991. Life and work He was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, son of the Rev. Canon Townshend, rector of Amherst, and Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of the late honourable Alexander Stewart (Alexander Stewart (Nova Scotian politician)), C.B., formerly master of the Rolls of the Province of Nova Scotia and judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court (vice admiralty court). Canon Townshend was the son of the late Honourable William Townshend (William Townshend (colonial governor)) of Wrexham, England. The family were descended from the Townshends of Norfolk, England. counties Hants (Hants County, Nova Scotia), Colchester (Colchester County, Nova Scotia), Cumberland (Cumberland County, Nova Scotia), Halifax Regional Municipality, East Hants (East Hants, Nova Scotia) towns Amherst (Amherst, Nova Scotia), Springhill (Springhill, Nova Scotia), Stewiacke (Stewiacke, Nova Scotia), Truro (Truro, Nova Scotia) cities From Glenholme, Trunk 2 continues west along the north shore of the Minas Basin through Great Village (Great Village, Nova Scotia), Bass River (Bass River, Nova Scotia), Economy (Economy, Nova Scotia), and Five Islands (Five Islands, Nova Scotia) forming parts of the Glooscap Trail and Fundy Shore Ecotour. At the town of Parrsboro (Parrsboro, Nova Scotia), Trunk 2 turns north through the Cobequid Hills to Newville Lake (Newville Lake (Cumberland County)) before turning northeast to reach the Southampton River (Southampton River (Nova Scotia)), which Trunk 2 follows to the town of Springhill (Springhill, Nova Scotia). Trunk 2 turns northwest from Springhill and runs a further 30 km to the town of Amherst (Amherst, Nova Scotia) which it passes through until it reaches the rural community of Fort Lawrence (Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia) on the interprovincial boundary with New Brunswick.
the First and Second World Wars, Library and Archives Canada url http: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca the-public 005-1142.27-e.html During the Amherst General Strike in 1919, worker unrest over social and economic conditions led to mass protests in sympathy with the Winnipeg General Strike. The eventual closure of companies such as Robb Engineering & Manufacturing (purchased by Canada Car and Foundry and then closed) and Amherst Pianos, among others led to a resignation of lost dreams as the town was overtaken by other newer manufacturing centres in central Canada during the 20th century. Amherst had a modest-sized industrial park constructed during the 1960s when the Trans-Canada Highway was being developed. Today the majority of the town's major employers are located there, including PolyCello and IMP Aerospace. Amherst hosted a prisoner of war detention centre during World War I, and Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was incarcerated there for one month after he was arrested in Halifax (Halifax (former city), Nova Scotia), Nova Scotia in April 1917. World War II , the Royal Canadian Navy named a Flower class corvette HMCS ''Amherst''. The town is served by Via Rail's Halifax-to-Montreal train ''Ocean (Ocean (passenger train))''. Businesses Amherst is the retail centre for Cumberland County and the southeastern part of Westmorland County (Westmorland County, New Brunswick). The town has several big box stores, including Walmart (Walmart Canada), Sobeys, Atlantic Superstore, Canadian Tire, Kent Building Supplies, and Shoppers Drug Mart, in addition to several fast food restaurants and auto dealerships. Zellers was a long time anchor store in the area until the purchase of the majority of the chain by Target (Target Canada) which promptly announced the closure of many Zellers locations in smaller centers such as Amherst. There are also smaller independent retailers and restaurants in the downtown area, situated among various historic buildings. The town's location on Highway 104 (Nova Scotia Highway 104) (part of the Trans-Canada Highway) has transformed South Albion Street and Robert Angus Drive into a highway service centre. Climate birth_place Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada death_date Goss was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1968. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Sandy Goss. Retrieved July 12, 2010. He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition under coach Randy Reese from 1987 to 1990. Goss received twenty-three All-American honors during his college swimming career. He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in marketing in 1991. Life and work He was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, son of the Rev. Canon Townshend, rector of Amherst, and Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of the late honourable Alexander Stewart (Alexander Stewart (Nova Scotian politician)), C.B., formerly master of the Rolls of the Province of Nova Scotia and judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court (vice admiralty court). Canon Townshend was the son of the late Honourable William Townshend (William Townshend (colonial governor)) of Wrexham, England. The family were descended from the Townshends of Norfolk, England. counties Hants (Hants County, Nova Scotia), Colchester (Colchester County, Nova Scotia), Cumberland (Cumberland County, Nova Scotia), Halifax Regional Municipality, East Hants (East Hants, Nova Scotia) towns Amherst (Amherst, Nova Scotia), Springhill (Springhill, Nova Scotia), Stewiacke (Stewiacke, Nova Scotia), Truro (Truro, Nova Scotia) cities From Glenholme, Trunk 2 continues west along the north shore of the Minas Basin through Great Village (Great Village, Nova Scotia), Bass River (Bass River, Nova Scotia), Economy (Economy, Nova Scotia), and Five Islands (Five Islands, Nova Scotia) forming parts of the Glooscap Trail and Fundy Shore Ecotour. At the town of Parrsboro (Parrsboro, Nova Scotia), Trunk 2 turns north through the Cobequid Hills to Newville Lake (Newville Lake (Cumberland County)) before turning northeast to reach the Southampton River (Southampton River (Nova Scotia)), which Trunk 2 follows to the town of Springhill (Springhill, Nova Scotia). Trunk 2 turns northwest from Springhill and runs a further 30 km to the town of Amherst (Amherst, Nova Scotia) which it passes through until it reaches the rural community of Fort Lawrence (Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia) on the interprovincial boundary with New Brunswick.
after the publication of a popular book on the affair. birth_place Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada death_date Goss was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1968. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Sandy Goss. Retrieved July 12, 2010. He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition under coach Randy Reese from 1987 to 1990. Goss received twenty-three All-American honors during his college swimming career. He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in marketing in 1991. Life and work He was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, son of the Rev. Canon Townshend, rector of Amherst, and Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of the late honourable Alexander Stewart (Alexander Stewart (Nova Scotian politician)), C.B., formerly master of the Rolls of the Province of Nova Scotia and judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court (vice admiralty court). Canon Townshend was the son of the late Honourable William Townshend (William Townshend (colonial governor)) of Wrexham, England. The family were descended from the Townshends of Norfolk, England. counties Hants (Hants County, Nova Scotia), Colchester (Colchester County, Nova Scotia), Cumberland (Cumberland County, Nova Scotia), Halifax Regional Municipality, East Hants (East Hants, Nova Scotia) towns Amherst (Amherst, Nova Scotia), Springhill (Springhill, Nova Scotia), Stewiacke (Stewiacke, Nova Scotia), Truro (Truro, Nova Scotia) cities From Glenholme, Trunk 2 continues west along the north shore of the Minas Basin through Great Village (Great Village, Nova Scotia), Bass River (Bass River, Nova Scotia), Economy (Economy, Nova Scotia), and Five Islands (Five Islands, Nova Scotia) forming parts of the Glooscap Trail and Fundy Shore Ecotour. At the town of Parrsboro (Parrsboro, Nova Scotia), Trunk 2 turns north through the Cobequid Hills to Newville Lake (Newville Lake (Cumberland County)) before turning northeast to reach the Southampton River (Southampton River (Nova Scotia)), which Trunk 2 follows to the town of Springhill (Springhill, Nova Scotia). Trunk 2 turns northwest from Springhill and runs a further 30 km to the town of Amherst (Amherst, Nova Scotia) which it passes through until it reaches the rural community of Fort Lawrence (Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia) on the interprovincial boundary with New Brunswick.
Battalion was headquartered in Truro (Truro, Nova Scotia) with individual companies located in Amherst (Amherst, Nova Scotia), Pictou, New Glasgow (New Glasgow, Nova Scotia), Springhill (Springhill, Nova Scotia), and Truro. The 2nd Battalion was headquartered in Sydney (Sydney, Nova Scotia), and in 2011 it was renamed back to its pre-1954 designation, the Cape Breton Highlanders.
'''Amherst''' (2011 population (Canada 2011 Census) 9,717; UA (Urban Area) population 9,547 ) is a Canadian (Canada) town in northwestern Cumberland County (Cumberland County, Nova Scotia), Nova Scotia.
Located at the northeast end of the Cumberland Basin (Cumberland Basin (Canada)), an arm of the Bay of Fundy, Amherst is strategically situated on the eastern boundary of the Tantramar Marshes 3 kilometres east of the interprovincial border with New Brunswick and 65 kilometres east of the city of Moncton. It is also located 60 kilometres southwest of the New Brunswick abutment of the Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island at Cape Jourimain (Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick).
Amherst is the shire town and largest population centre in Cumberland County. According to Dr. Graham P. Hennessey, "The Micmac (Mi'kmaq people) name was ''Nemcheboogwek'' meaning "going up rising ground", in reference to the higher land to the east of the Tantramar Marshes. The Acadians who settled here as early as 1672 called the village ''Les Planches''. It was named Amherst by Colonel Joseph Morse, the first settler, in honour of Lord Amherst (Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst), the commander-in-chief of the British Army in North America during the Seven Years' War.


FXFowle Principal Dan Kaplan explained that much of the design work had been completed for a 35-story tower on the site, and while it will not change significantly, it does require some updating, reports the New York Observer.
Following a land deal with New York City, the U.N. is back to work on building a new tower to house its operations across the street from the under-renovation U.N. Secretariat. Celebrated Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, is back to work on the project, along with local partner FXFowle.
The most notable project by Fumihiko Maki in Manhattan, if not the world, is Tower 4 at the World Trade Center (WTC), currently rising downtown. Among FXFowle's many New York projects are The New York Times Building, where the firm partnered with Italy's Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
The UN Tower architecture competition in 2004 was only open to Pritzker Prize-winning architects.
This HQ complex in New York City served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952.
It is located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood, between First Avenue and the East River, and between East 42nd Street to the south and East 48th Street on the north.
The United Nations has three additional, subsidiary, regional headquarters or headquarter districts, in Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi. The 17 acres (69,000 sqm) site occupied by the United Nations Headquarters is under the sole administration of the United Nations, ie it is not part of the USA.
The land was purchased from New York real estate developer William Zeckendorf. Sr. Nelson Rockefeller arranged this purchase. The $8.5 m purchase was then funded by his father, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who donated it to the city. Architect Wallace Harrison – personal architectural adviser for the Rockefeller family – acted as Director of Planning for the United Nations Headquarters Building. His architecture practice, Harrison and Abramovitz, oversaw the execution of the UN HQ Complex design.
Another key Le Corbusier Building in the USA is the Carpenter Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, dating from 1963.


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| COVID-19 Community Letters » April 8 2020
Dear Elk Grove Unified Students, Parents and Families,
We are on spring break and only 8 days remain before we start distance learning for secondary students and 12 days for elementary students. This week, schools prepared distance learning packets for our youngest students in preschool, transitional kindergarten and kindergarten and will begin communicating the distribution process to their parents. Next week, schools will begin their delivery of the packets using a drive-thru method to adhere to the county social distancing orders and guidance. Parents and/or guardians should look for the communication of this distribution process in their voicemails or emails. Moving forward, we are continuing with Chromebook check-outs, student enrollment and student transcript requests.
CHROMEBOOK CHECK-OUT CONTINUES
If your student really needs a Chromebook, go to your home EGUSD high school: Cosumnes Oaks High School, Elk Grove High School, Florin High School, Franklin High School, Laguna Creek High School, Monterey Trail High School, Pleasant Grove High School, Sheldon High School and Valley High School
For health and safety, the Chromebook check-out will be a drive-thru process to adhere to social distancing guidance.
Student(s) must be present in the car to receive the device – 1 per student maximum
Please write on a paper, have or know the Student ID number for each student
April 9th: Grades 1 & 2 Last names A-L 9:00 am-1:00 pm | M-Z 1:30 pm-6:00 pm
OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT REQUESTS
Elk Grove Unified School District is making the following changes to student transcript request processes while guidance for social distancing and sheltering at home are in place in Sacramento County.
Contact school: A parent, guardian or student who needs an official transcript will contact their school to make the request.
Make an appointment for pick-up or delivery: A parent, guardian or student will make an appointment to pick up the official transcript at the school site or request the transcript be mailed to them.
Keep social distance: School staff will follow guidelines for social distancing when delivering transcripts to those who are picking up transcripts.
NEW STUDENT WELCOME AND ENROLLMENT PACKETS
Elk Grove Unified continues to welcome and enroll students for this school year and the next (2020/2021). While our schools remain closed to the public, we have developed the following drop-off, e-mail/mail or fax process for completed enrollment packets:
Parents and/or Guardians can go online to download and print the New Student Welcome and Enrollment Packet
Parent/Guardians who do not have access to the New Student Welcome and Enrollment Packet or who cannot print it, can contact the school via email to make arrangements to pick up a packet and complete it at home.
If a parent and/or guardian is unsure of their school attendance area, they can visit our District's website here to search by address.
Once the enrollment packet is complete, the parent and/or guardian may email or call the school of residence for an appointment to drop off the New Student Welcome and Enrollment Packet. Parents can also scan and email, mail or fax the documents to the school of enrollment. Please visit the District's website for a list of schools and the school's website where you can find the school's address and contact information.
EGUSD IMMUNIZATION CLINICS POSTPONED
All Elk Grove Unified immunization clinics are currently cancelled during school closures. We will look at providing immunization clinics again in July and August.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND SERVICES
EGUSD School Meals: Elk Grove Unified's school meal drive-thru and grab-n-go service continues this week from April 6th – April 9th (extra meals will be provided to families on the 9th as no meal service will occur on Friday the 10th.)
EGUSD Family and Community Resources
Enrichment and Fun Activities
Thank you. Please stay safe, stay healthy and stay home as much as you can. Remember to subscribe to the Elk Grove Unified School District's YouTube Channel.
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Last weekend Deborah and I attended the Southern Cross University Graduations. Congratulations to all the graduates and best wishes in their future endeavours. We also farewelled Vice Chancellor Prof Peter Lee and welcomed Prof Adam Shoemaker into the role. I wish Peter & Janet all the best in their retirement and thank them for the contribution made to SCU and its growth during his tenure and I look forward to continuing a strong working relationship with Adam and his team.
The NSW Government will overhaul the building certification system in response to the Statutory Review of the Building Professionals Act 2005.
The NSW Government�s response has been released, supporting 72 of the Review�s recommendations.
The Government will introduce legislation to enhance certifier accreditation, including clarifying a certifier�s roles and responsibilities, improving the independence of certifiers and strengthening complaints processes.
An exposure draft Bill for public feedback will be released in the first half of 2017.
The Independent Review of the Building Professionals Act 2005 Final Report and NSW Government response are available at www.bpb.nsw.gov.au.
Last week I attended the announcement by Deputy Premier Troy Grant & Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight Duncan Gay of $4.8 million in NSW Government funding to roll out 28 new highway patrol vehicles across the state to crack down on dangerous drivers and help reduce the road toll.
The new high visibility vehicles are being deployed to key crash hotspots across the state, including Lismore, Tweed, Byron Bay & Grafton.
We�ve lost more than 280 people on our roads so far this year because of speed related crashes.
Drivers who continue to disobey the law while families are torn apart by loss of life on the road will have no excuse when they are caught � irresponsible behaviour will not be tolerated on NSW roads.


1. Director. The executive head of the bureau is the director.
2. Deputy director. The director is assisted in executive duties by a deputy director.
3. Personal attendance to duties. The director and the deputy director shall attend personally to the duties of their offices as far as practicable.
4. Appointment. The director and the deputy director are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the commissioner.
1997, c. 678, §13 (NEW). 2007, c. 240, Pt. NN, §1 (AMD). 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §§5, 7 (REV). 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §24 (REV). 2017, c. 284, Pt. PPPPPP, §1 (AMD).


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@interface MockMapViewTests : XCTestCase

@end

@implementation MockMapViewTests {
    LTTMockMapView *mapView;
}

- (void)setUp {
    [super setUp];

    mapView = [LTTMockMapView new];
}

- (void)tearDown {
    mapView = nil;

    [super tearDown];
}

- (void)testCanCreateMockMapView {
    XCTAssertTrue([mapView isKindOfClass:[LTTMockMapView class]], @"Should be able to create a new mock map view");
}

- (void)testMapViewHasEditableUserLocation {
    MKUserLocation *location = [MKUserLocation new];
    mapView.userLocation = location;
    XCTAssertEqualObjects(mapView.userLocation, location, @"The map view should keep track of its user location");
}

- (void)testMapHasEditableRegion {
    MKCoordinateRegion region = MKCoordinateRegionMake(CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(10.0, 12.0), MKCoordinateSpanMake(2.0, 4.0));
    mapView.region = region;
    XCTAssertEqual(mapView.region.center.latitude, region.center.latitude, @"The region center should match");
    XCTAssertEqual(mapView.region.center.longitude, region.center.longitude, @"The region center should match");
    XCTAssertEqual(mapView.region.span.latitudeDelta, region.span.latitudeDelta, @"The region span should match");
    XCTAssertEqual(mapView.region.span.longitudeDelta, region.span.longitudeDelta, @"The region span should match");
}

@end

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The basic principles of weight loss are important to know. Will you give this a little time to understand them? Let us look at the basics for Eggs For Breakfast Weight Loss c5i and how to lose weight fast . You are busy during the day. That means you are burning calories. You consume calories by your daily meals. When you burn off more calories than the calories that you have eaten, then those extra calories usually come from stored fat.
I hope that you do no think that this is a lot of work to do. This is actually easy. The activities of a day will have the average person burning as little as 2000 calories, or as much as 2500 calories. Given an average day, and an average person, your diet will be from 2000 to 2500 calories. The weight of this average guy or gal will not change because they have a balance between their intake of calories and their using of calories.
These are not difficult principles. Lets look at the case where your diet has 2000 calories in it, in a single day. So the equation is that you want to use up more than 2000 calories, in a day, or you could eat less than 2000 calories in one day. You could also do both of these. You can do this in your head. Just subtract 2 numbers. This is simple.
There is a lot of nutrition information on the labels of packaged foods. Always read them carefully. The amount of calories that is in each serving of the particular food will be given on the label. These are the steps and the information for realizing Eggs For Breakfast Weight Loss c5i and how to lose weight fast .This is the formula for Eggs For Breakfast Weight Loss c5i and how to lose weight fast . It is easy to compare different foods this way. Choose the lower calorie amounts for weight loss. You have to know what is going on. That means, how many calories are you eating and how many are you burning. This is crucial. You cannot get away from this. Take the time to do this.
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You probably are not expecting this. Eat all of you meals. All of them. A shocker. Yes we know. Having breakfast is of utmost importance.
Breakfast is called by that name because you are, breaking a fast. So now you are back to eating again. This is what we want. Digesting food requires metabolism which in turn burns those calories.
So you are going to substitute 5 to 6 smaller meal for the usual 3 big meals a day. This is called grazing. Our rationale is to run the metabolism by eating and as a result consume fat calories. We want Eggs For Breakfast Weight Loss c5i and how to lose weight fast , so we follow this approach.


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#import "FBGraphPlace.h"
#import "FBGraphUser.h"
#import "FBIntegrationTests.h"
#import "FBOpenGraphAction.h"
#import "FBRequest.h"
#import "FBRequestConnection.h"
#import "FBTestBlocker.h"
#import "FBTestUserSession.h"

@protocol FBOGTestObject<FBGraphObject>

@property (retain, nonatomic) NSString *title;
@property (retain, nonatomic) NSString *url;

@end

@protocol FBOGRunTestAction<FBOpenGraphAction>

@property (retain, nonatomic) id<FBOGTestObject> test;

@end

// Open Graph namespaces must be unique, so running these tests against specific
// Facebook Applications will require choosing a new namespace.
#define UNIT_TEST_OPEN_GRAPH_NAMESPACE "facebooksdktests"

#if defined(FACEBOOKSDK_SKIP_OPEN_GRAPH_ACTION_TESTS) || !defined(UNIT_TEST_OPEN_GRAPH_NAMESPACE)

#pragma message ("warning: Skipping FBOpenGraphActionTests")

#else

@interface FBOpenGraphActionIntegrationTests : FBIntegrationTests
@end

@implementation FBOpenGraphActionIntegrationTests

- (id<FBOGTestObject>)openGraphTestObject:(NSString *)testName {
    // We create an FBGraphObject object, but we can treat it as an SCOGMeal with typed
    // properties, etc. See <FacebookSDK/FBGraphObject.h> for more details.
    id<FBOGTestObject> result = (id<FBOGTestObject>)[FBGraphObject graphObject];

    // Give it a URL of sample data that contains the object's name, title, description, and body.
    if ([testName isEqualToString:@"testPostingSimpleOpenGraphAction"]) {
        result.url = @"http://samples.ogp.me/414237771945858";
    } else if ([testName isEqualToString:@"testPostingComplexOpenGraphAction"]) {
        result.url = @"http://samples.ogp.me/414238245279144";
    }
    return result;
}

- (void)testPostingSimpleOpenGraphAction {
    id<FBOGTestObject> testObject = [self openGraphTestObject:@"testPostingSimpleOpenGraphAction"];

    id<FBOGRunTestAction> action = (id<FBOGRunTestAction>)[FBGraphObject graphObject];
    action.test = testObject;

    FBTestUserSession *session = [self getTestSessionWithPermissions:@[@"publish_actions"]];
    [self loginSession:session];
    [self postAndValidateWithSession:session
                           graphPath:@"me/"UNIT_TEST_OPEN_GRAPH_NAMESPACE":run"
                         graphObject:action
                       hasProperties:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:
                                      nil]];

}

- (id<FBOGRunTestAction>)createComplexOpenGraphAction:(NSString *)taggedUserID {
    id<FBOGTestObject> testObject = [self openGraphTestObject:@"testPostingComplexOpenGraphAction"];

    id<FBGraphUser> userObject = (id<FBGraphUser>)[FBGraphObject graphObject];
    userObject.objectID = taggedUserID;

    id<FBOGRunTestAction> action = (id<FBOGRunTestAction>)[FBGraphObject graphObject];
    action.test = testObject;
    action.tags = [NSArray arrayWithObject:userObject];

    NSDictionary *image = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                           @"https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/387972_10152013102225492_1756755651_n.jpg", @"url",
                           nil];
    NSArray *images = [NSArray arrayWithObject:image];
    action.image = images;

    return action;
}

- (void)testPostingComplexOpenGraphAction {
    NSArray *sessions = [self getTestSessionsWithPermissions:@[@"publish_actions"] count:2];
    FBSession *session1 = [self loginSession:sessions[0]];
    FBSession *session2 = [self loginSession:sessions[1]];
    [self makeTestUserInSession:session1 friendsWithTestUserInSession:session2];

    id<FBOGRunTestAction> action = [self createComplexOpenGraphAction:session2.accessTokenData.userID];

    [self postAndValidateWithSession:session1
                           graphPath:@"me/"UNIT_TEST_OPEN_GRAPH_NAMESPACE":run"
                         graphObject:action
                       hasProperties:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:
                                      @"image",
                                      @"tags",
                                      nil]];
}

- (void)testPostingComplexOpenGraphActionInBatch {
    NSArray *sessions = [self getTestSessionsWithPermissions:@[@"publish_actions"] count:2];
    FBSession *session1 = [self loginSession:sessions[0]];
    FBSession *session2 = [self loginSession:sessions[1]];

    [self makeTestUserInSession:session1 friendsWithTestUserInSession:session2];

    id<FBOGRunTestAction> action = [self createComplexOpenGraphAction:session2.accessTokenData.userID];

    id postedAction = [self batchedPostAndGetWithSession:session1 graphPath:@"me/"UNIT_TEST_OPEN_GRAPH_NAMESPACE":run" graphObject:action];
    XCTAssertNotNil(postedAction, @"nil postedAction");

    [self validateGraphObject:postedAction
                hasProperties:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:
                               @"image",
                               @"tags",
                               nil]];
}

- (void)testPostingUserGeneratedImageInAction
{
    id<FBOGTestObject> testObject = [self openGraphTestObject:@"testPostingSimpleOpenGraphAction"];

    id<FBOGRunTestAction> action = (id<FBOGRunTestAction>)[FBGraphObject graphObject];
    action.test = testObject;

    // Note: we pass user_generated=false rather than true because apps must be approved for
    // user-generated photos and that's extra work for the unit-test-app creator. false achieves
    // the same goal (just checking that it was round-tripped).
    NSDictionary *image = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                           @"false", @"user_generated",
                           @"https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/387972_10152013102225492_1756755651_n.jpg", @"url",
                           nil];
    NSArray *images = [NSArray arrayWithObject:image];
    action.image = images;

    FBSession *session = [self loginSession:[self getTestSessionWithPermissions:@[@"publish_actions"]]];
    id postedAction = [self batchedPostAndGetWithSession:session
                                               graphPath:@"me/"UNIT_TEST_OPEN_GRAPH_NAMESPACE":run"
                                             graphObject:action];
    XCTAssertNotNil(postedAction, @"nil postedAction");

    NSArray *postedImages = [postedAction objectForKey:@"image"];
    XCTAssertNotNil(postedImages, @"nil images");
    XCTAssertTrue(1 == postedImages.count, @"not 1 image");

    id<FBGraphObject> postedImage = [postedImages objectAtIndex:0];
    [self validateGraphObject:postedImage hasProperties:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:
                                                         @"url",
                                                         @"user_generated",
                                                         nil]];
}

@end

#endif


NOVAK DJOKOVIC managed to guarantee plenty of publicity for his racquet manufacturer Head on the basis of packing a golf club in his racquet case.
The world number one was in a playful mood after a clinical 6-3 6-3 6-1 defeat of Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero as he explained: "It was a little joke we wanted to do with my sponsor, Head.
"They provided me with a junior golf club.
"I don't know if you have noticed but all the Head players have bags which look like golf bags because you can place them the way a golf bag stands.


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Пожа́рское — село в Холмском городском округе Сахалинской области России, в 25 км от районного центра. Находится на берегу реки Лютоги.

История
В японском Карафуто поселение было известно под японским названием Мидзухо, в котором в августе 1945 года произошла резня корейских крестьян этническими японцами. На месте трагедии советскими властями был установлен памятник.

Население

По переписи 2002 года население — 129 человек (63 мужчины, 66 женщин). Преобладающая национальность — русские (84 %).

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Q: Linux kernel driver: Finish 'completion' when device is removed I am writing a kernel driver to send/receive data with a PCI Express device. For this first version of the driver I am creating a character device interface where the user can read data using a file.
Background
I want to implement a blocking read where the user requests data and the driver populates a user buffer. In order to block the user's read call, I am using a completion structure.
When the driver is loaded and the user requests a read the driver blocks as expected. If I were to finish the read then everything runs fine.
The problem
In order to be safe, whenever the module is removed I call the complete_all function, just in case someone removes the module or device in the middle of a read transaction.
Neither the remove or exit function is called and both the module and user application is blocked. I've tried the following three functions (shown with their associated result).

*

*wait_completion(&dev->read_complete); //Blocks indefinitely, I need to reset the computer

*retval = wait_for_completion_interruptible(&dev->read_complete); //I can kill the user application manually and then remove the driver

*retval = wait_for_completion_killable(&dev->read_complete); //Same as interruptible

My expectation is that when the remove function is called I can call complete_all(&dev->read_complete) and the read function will return an error.
In order to remove external factors I've made a repo on github, so if anyone wants to see the behavior for themselves they just need to clone and follow the instructions:
Kernel Module Completion Test
The relevant parts of the module are here (/src/mymodule.c)

typedef struct {
  struct cdev cdv;
  struct class *cls;
  struct device *dev;
  struct completion complete;
} mymodule_t;
mymodule_t mymod;

//Sysfs 'mymodule_test' attribute (all but the actual function is left out for brevity)

static ssize_t mymodule_test_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
{
  int retval = 0;
  int value = 0;
  if (sscanf(buf, "%d", &value) == 1)
  {
    retval = strlen(buf);
  }
  if (value)
  {
    printk("Value is: %d\n", value);
    if (!completion_done(&mymod.complete))
    {
      complete(&mymod.complete);
    }
    printk("Sent Completion\n");
  }

  return retval;
}

//FOPS (all but 'read' function is left out for brevity)

ssize_t mymodule_read(struct file *filp, char * buf, size_t count, loff_t *f_pos)
{
  printk("Read!\n");
  if (completion_done(&mymod.complete))
  {
    reinit_completion(&mymod.complete);
  }

  printk("Wait for Completion\n");
  wait_for_completion_interruptible(&mymod.complete);
  printk("After Completion\n");
  return 0;
}

static int __init mymodule_init(void)
{
  ...
  //Register class and device
  //Configure character driver with fops
  init_completion(&mymod.complete);
  ...
}
static void __exit mymodule_exit(void)
{
  ...
  if (!completion_done(&mymod.complete))
  {
    printk("Send a completion!\n");
    complete(&mymod.complete);
  }
  //Clean up the rest of the module
  ...
}
module_init(mymodule_init);
module_exit(mymodule_exit);

Here is the userland application I use to exercise this:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <termios.h>

#include "mymodule.h"

#define FILEPATH "/dev/mymodule0"

#define TEST_SIZE 10

int main(void)
{
  int fn = -1;
  char buf[TEST_SIZE];
  printf("Attempting to open file module file...\n");
  fn = open(FILEPATH, O_RDWR);
  if (fn < 0)
  {
    printf("Failed to open file!\n");
    return -1;
  }
  printf("Attempting to read from the file...\n");
  read(fn, &buf, TEST_SIZE);
  printf("Finished reading from file\n");
  return 0;
}

Here is the dmesg output when I

*

*load the module

*run the user application (it opens the file, attempts to read 10 characters, then exits)

*write '1' to the sysfs attribute

*unload the module

[3217633.993937] Registering Driver
[3217633.993995] Driver Initialized!
[3217643.747791] Opened!
[3217643.747800] Read!
[3217643.747801] Wait for Completion
[3217646.436780] Value is: 1
[3217646.436792] Sent Completion
[3217646.436806] After Completion
[3217646.437010] Closed!
[3217727.378388] Cleanup Module
[3217727.378393] Check if we need to complete anything
[3217727.378395] Send a completion!
[3217727.378397] Unregistering Character Driver
[3217727.378400] Give back all the numbers we requested
[3217727.378402] Remove the class driver
[3217727.378571] Release the class
[3217727.378593] Finished Cleanup Module, Exiting

If I run the following commands:

*

*load the module

*run the user application

*unload the module

[3218223.442777] Registering Driver
[3218223.442934] Driver Initialized!
[3218229.378396] Opened!
[3218229.378419] Read!
[3218229.378422] Wait for Completion

then the module doesn't unload. If this were a real device, like a USB hard drive, it is possible that the user could remove the device in the middle of a read transaction. It seems like something is wrong, or perhaps I'm missing something. Am I missing something?

A: While USB device can be removed at any time, its driver (e.g. kernel module) cannot be unloaded during certain operations with that device (e.g. reading). It is driver who reports to the upper level(e.g. filesystem) about absence of device.

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I was with this man for four years and he cheated pretty much throughout the entire relationship. I was unfaithful to him in the fourth year because I knew he was being unfaithful I just couldn't prove it. I was with one other person he was with four! He wants us to work on the relationship I know he's changed and he's taking the necessary steps. It's just that I don't know if I can get past it. I know i'm not right for what i did but it was strictly out of revenge. I was faithful every other time. I'm very confused. I have no idea what to do. I just dont know if we are good for each other. I dont even know how to trust men anymore. I did everything for him and he betrayed it. I just dont know if I have the right to be hard on him because I did it as well...Any thoughts?
Your little act of revenge does not erase what he did and doesn't mean that you should automatically trust him. You can't force a person to trust you after you've betrayed them this way. You need to take your time and he needs to prove himself. You have a right to be suspicious, but you also have to give him a chance to change or it wont work. If you end up feeling paranoid and jealous anytime he even looks at a woman or talks to a female friend, you'll just inflict a lot of pain and suffering on yourself and it wont work out.
Don't compare what you did to what he did. It doesn't make it right, but don't beat yourself up about it. Having one slip is forgivable. Sleeping with 4 people while in a committed relationship is either an act of total disregard and disrespect for your feelings, or the sign of a person with a sexual addiction. Forgiveness is an act of faith, but don't be naive. Take your time.


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HomeOpinionAre you gaining weight? Get gut-healthy
Are you gaining weight? Get gut-healthy
Combinations of high trans-fat, high-refined carbs, and low dietary fiber diets lead to alteration in gut microbial composition, leading to harmful metabolic outcomes.
Subhasree Ray
24 September, 2021 12:15 pm IST
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All disease begins in the gut,' said Hippocrates. It's time we redefine our relationship with the gut bacteria.
Gut health is key to overall health. Every food and meal we eat influences the bacteria present in our gut for better or worse. Gut microbiota function like an organ within an organ. Emerging evidence sheds light on the complex mechanism of action between gut microbiota, diet and disease manifestation that need attention. A diverse, whole food based, probiotic diet is recommended to keep the gut microbiota healthy in the long run.
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What constitutes the gut
A human body houses trillions of microorganisms or gut flora. In a recent study, Ron Sender and colleagues estimated that the number of bacteria in the human body is the same as the number of human cells, and their total mass is about 0.2 kg. Almost 1,000 species of bacteria live in the human gut and each type plays a crucial role in our body. Microbes in our gut weigh 1 to 2 kg, carry more than 150-fold genes than the human genome itself and weigh almost the same as our brain. Gut microbiota functions as the second brain or an extra organ in executing multiple functions.
Before we dive into the existing evidence to understand the connection between alteration in gut microbiota and metabolic syndrome such as obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D), the concept of dysbiosis needs to be discussed briefly.
According to the Textbook of Natural Medicine, "dysbiosis can be defined as a reduction in microbial diversity and a combination of the loss of beneficial bacteria such as Bacteroides strains and butyrate-producing bacteria such as Firmicutes10 and a rise in pathobionts12 (symbiotic bacteria that become pathogenic under certain conditions), including Proteobacteria, which encompasses gram-negative Escherichia coli. Simply put, dysbiosis is the condition where harmful gut microbiota outnumbers beneficial bacteria and leads to several disease outcome.
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Obesity to diabetes–all come from the gut
A pile of original research studies, meta-analysis and comprehensive reviews compelled researchers to register the huge contribution of gut microbiota towards health and disease outcome.
Multiple studies have found that endotoxin, a bacterial waste product, leaks through the gut lining and enters the bloodstream, causing metabolic endotoxemia. Endotoxins are countered by the body's immune system, which treats them as foreign molecules that lead to autoimmune response and low-grade systematic inflammation linked to obesity.
Diet shapes gut microbiota and gut microbiota shapes obesity, Elaine Patterson and others explain in a comprehensive review. The authors mentioned metabolic endotoxemia has considerable effects on host adiposity and insulin resistance. They also said dysbiosis may contribute to weight gain.
A 2019 review cited multiple studies that reported microbiome dysbiosis-induced insulin resistance as the cause for nearly 90 per cent of all T2D cases worldwide.
A Lancet summary of 42 human studies reporting microbial connection with disease, identified that the bacteria colony of Bifidobacterium, Bacteroides, Faecalibacterium, Akkermansia and Roseburia were negatively associated with T2D, while Ruminococcus, Fusobacterium, and Blautia were associated with T2D disease occurrence and progression.
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The gut-heart connection
Gut microbiota influences your heart health too. Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a metabolite produced by some gut microbiota, is a potential biomarker of poor cardiovascular outcomes in patients living with heart diseases.
A review by researchers from the University of Cambridge explained some gut bacteria convert choline, a nutrient found in red meat and legumes, into trimethylamine (TMA), which gets converted into TMAO, a much more harmful version of TMA.
Similarly, L-carnitine, another nutrient found in red meat gets converted into TMAO and enhances the risk of atherosclerosis, a condition that occurs when plaque accumulates inside arteries.
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The diet that harms
Combinations of high trans-fat, high-refined carbs, and low dietary fiber diets lead to alteration in gut microbial composition linked to harmful metabolic health outcomes.
A 2021 review concluded overconsumption of sucrose or table sugar had more deleterious effects on metabolic alterations. Fructose, a sugar found in honey and fruits, affects gut barrier function and leads to subclinical inflammation that overall contributes to adiposity and sugar addiction.
A study conducted by the Yale University and National Institutes of Health reported that high intake of both sucrose and fructose, two different forms of simple sugar, were associated with compromised function of gut microbiota in lean and healthy people.
Higher consumption of sugar also leads to leaky gut syndrome, increases the number of pathogenic bacteria, eliminates beneficial bacteria and promotes inflammation.
A typical western diet contains multiple ultra-processed foods that are loaded with refined carbs, trans fat and preservatives. These diets disturb the balance between good and bad bacterial culture in our guts, change their composition and lead to inflammation.
Dr Subhasree Ray is Doctoral Scholar (Ketogenic Diet), certified diabetes educator, and a clinical and public health nutritionist. She tweets @DrSubhasree. Views are personal.
This is the first of a three-part series on gut health. The second article will focus on the relation between gut and mental health. The third will explain the relation between gut microbiota and the immune system, and provide detailed dietary guidelines.
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Blu-ray Review: The Sheik (1921)
A hundred years ago in 1921, Paramount released The Sheik in theatres. It's a pretty special thing to be celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of a motion picture like this, and in honour of the occasion, Paramount has released a newly restored version of the film on Blu-ray.
Directed by George Melford, and adapted from Edith Maude Hull's bestselling novel published two years earlier, the silent film propelled its leading man Rudolph Valentino into early movie stardom and became a hit at the box office with its million dollar gross.
A classic "desert romance" that would spawn sequels and copycats, the 26-year-old Valentino stars in the film as Ahmed Ben Hassan, an Arabian sheik who falls in love with Lady Diana Mayo (Agnes Ayres), an adventurous woman from England that he takes as his prisoner. While she resists at first, Lady Diana eventually starts to fall for him in captivity, which all happens in the span of the film's brisk 66 minute runtime.
Because of its subject matter and basic Stockholm Syndrome romantic plot, The Sheik is a film that has provoked controversy (then and now), and is obviously one that needs to be watched within the context of its time. But this in no way takes away from its place as an invaluable piece of cinematic history, and the Blu-ray (which presents the film with an original music score by Roger Bellon) restores the picture to something approaching its former glory, even if we can still see the wear and tear of its age.
The press release notes that "since original negatives for silent films rarely exist, Paramount searched the world for the best elements and used a print and an intermediate element called a fine grain. One source of the film yielded better results for image quality, another for intertitles. One of the elements was "stretch-printed" and had to be adjusted digitally during the restoration process. In the silent era there was no standard frame rate, so stretch printing was done to show silent films at 24 frames per second. In addition, tints and tones were digitally applied, guided by an original continuity script from the Paramount archive."
It concludes by saying this "is the best picture quality The Sheik has had since it was originally shown in theaters 100 years ago," which could be true. While there are still a lot of scratches and flickers that are noticeable throughout the film (especially on the intertitles), this is understandable given its age. For the most part, the sepia images have held up well and are presented on the disc with a surprising amount of clarity, including an interesting orange or blue tint to the scenes depending on if they are taking place in the daytime or at night.
Watching The Sheik now is like peering into a time capsule, and the fact that Paramount has taken the time to restore and release the film in such a way for its one hundredth anniversary is something worth celebrating. The Blu-ray is highly worth checking out for anyone interested in film history.
Bonus Features (Blu-ray):
The disc comes with a single bonus featurette that explores the film's legacy and is required viewing afterwards, but a dedicated look at the restoration process would have been a nice addition. There is no digital copy included in the package.
• Desert Heat: 100 Years With The Sheik (12 minutes, 21 seconds): Leslie Midkiff Debauche, a film historian and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, helps contextualize the somewhat complicated legacy of The Sheik in this revealing and honestly pretty fascinating featurette. She talks about the film's popularity in 1921, how it helped make Rudolph Valentino a movie star, and its place in cinematic history, including a nuanced discussion of the story's controversial subject matter and how its themes were perceived then versus now.
The Sheik is a Paramount Home Entertainment release. It's 66 minutes and rated G.
Street Date: October 19th, 2021
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Bringing hope to the homeless
Lolly Galvin is traveling across the country distributing dignity bags to those in need.
By Bill Chenevert
Published : May 16, 2016
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Lolly Galvin didn't even speak to a homeless person until she was 31 years old. She'd been influenced, like many others, to believe that individuals living on streets and sidewalks were dangerous addicts who'd put themselves in these situations through laziness or licentiousness. Not so, Galvin's found, and over the last four months she's raised $12,000 for what she calls Dignity Bags and this week she took off on a 12-city tour of America to take the homeless outreach she's been so successful with in Philadelphia on the road.
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"Homelessness doesn't always look like someone on the side of the street – a lot of people feel like they can't approach certain people and there's a huge stigma towards homeless people," she says. Her bags are full of little things that she's learned, through her regular interactions with people in need, they actually really want: toiletries like soap and shampoo; clean, dry socks; nail clippers, combs and razors; and when she can, a high-protein easy-to-eat snack.
But it's about more than handouts. Galvin says it's mostly about spending a moment with someone who's brushed off and ignored all day, everyday. "I'm just trying to have people take a minute and be present. For me, it's sitting next to them, it's talking, it's sharing lunch," she explains. Setting bag recipients onto a better path isn't necessarily the goal. "It's not 'What are you gonna do next?' It's sharing a moment and listening and learning and giving them a brief moment of a connection with another human being."
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It all started when she was messing around on Periscope and she declared on the social platform that she'd make a go at random acts of kindness. She took a homeless man named Tom to Five Guys for a burger, she shared his story on her private Facebook and Instagram, and the Dignity Project was born. "People just loved his story, he really resonated with them," she said. "I started documenting the homeless people I met and their stories and I started getting more and more donations. Now I'm getting messages from people around the world: Australia, France, England, Ireland – Yesterday someone wrote me from Pakistan. It's amazing the reach social media has if you want to do something good."
The LaSalle grad and Jersey native says she got a good deal on a van rental for the month, which she'll live out of, and all expenses associated with the travel are her own burden. The entirety of the $12k is going into the bags. She's so Instagram savvy (@realhumanist) her D.C. efforts late last week collected hundreds of double-taps in hours. And the testimonies she's heard break her heart.
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"They hear their own name about once every three months," she reports. Most of the time, they're on the street because they don't have the safety network many of us don't realize we enjoy. "You or I might have a relative. No one took them in – they had nowhere else to turn to," she says. The most common reason she hears for homelessness is devastating – "I had no one."
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Home > List of cultivated families > Brassicaceae
Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Brassicales
Brassicaceae - Cabbage family
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Warburg, E.F. (1962) Flora of the British Isles. 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Exell, A.W. (1960) Brassicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1)
Tutin, T.G. et al. (eds) assisted by Akeroyd, J.R. & Newton, M.E. (1993) Flora Europaea. Vol. 1. (2nd edition) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate. Flowers in racemes, usually bisexual, hypogynous, actinomorphic. Sepals 4, free, in 2 series. Petals 4 (rarely 0). Stamens 6 (inner 4 long, outer 2 short). Ovary 2-locular. Style 1. Stigmas 2. Fruit dry, usually a dehiscent siliqua or silicula, opening from below by 2 valves, sometimes breaking into segments transversely, sometimes indehiscent.
Comment: A family of predominantly introduced weeds, most of which are rather rare casuals. The name crucifer means "cross bearing", a reference to the cross shape made by the 4 petals. Closely related to the Capparaceae.
Worldwide: 365 genera and 3,250 species, cosmopolitan but especially in temperate areas (Mediterranean to central Asia, western North America).
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Расторопово — деревня в Сандовском муниципальном округе Тверской области России.

География
Деревня расположена в 24 км на восток от центра муниципального округа посёлка Сандово.

История
В 1676 году в селе Расторопово была построена деревянная Иоанно-Предтеченская церковь с 3 престолами.

В конце XIX — начале XX века деревня входила в состав Залужской волости Весьегонского уезда Тверской губернии.

С 1929 года деревня являлась центром Растороповского сельсовета Сандовского района Бежецкого округа Московской области, с 1935 года — в составе Калининской области, с 1954 года — в составе Топоровского сельсовета, с 2005 года — в составе Топоровского сельского поселения, с 2020 года — в составе Сандовского муниципального округа.

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USA states – Map, list of states, surprising information
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Administrative division into US states
All US states are members of the US Federation, with each state having a significant degree of autonomy. Each individual U.S. state has its parliament and government headed by a governor, courts, or police. His powers in the field of education, health care are also quite considerable.
USA states Map
Simplified map of all states that belong to the United States of America.
It all started in 1787
1787 is an important year in the history of the United States. This year, the Constitution of the United States was approved, which ensured the central power and rights of individual states. Until 1790, the constitution of 1787 was gradually approved by thirteen former colonies. We can consider these as the founding states of the USA . Other states were created in territories that the Americans managed to obtain through diplomacy or war.
The largest state in the USA
The largest state in the USA is Alaska. Alaska covers an area of more than 1,700,000 square kilometers. The capital is Juneau and the total population of Alaska is 741,894 inhabitants. It is a country that is also very rich in oil and minerals. Alaska is also the highest mountain in North America, called Mount McKinley, which is 6194 meters above sea level. There are also the largest continental glaciers in North America.
The smallest state of the USA
The smallest state in the U.S. is Rhode Island, which has an area of 3,140 square kilometers. The capital is Providence and the total population of Rhode Island is 1,056,426. The interesting thing about Rhode Island is that it was the first state in the United States where religious freedom was enacted. For this reason, people came here who thought that the state has no right to interfere in their religious values.
Largest USA states by population
The most populous state in the USA is California, which has an area of 423,970 square kilometers. The capital is Sacramento. The total population of California is 39,250,017 inhabitants. It is the state that is the richest and most economically active state in the United States. The center of the electronics industry, which is based in Silicon Valley near Los Angelos, is particularly well known.
More USA states maps
We made a special separate article about maps of the USA.
The smallest U.S. state by population
The smallest state in the United States in terms of population is Wyoming, which has an area of 253,600 square kilometers. The capital is Cheyenne and the total population of Wyoming is 585,501 inhabitants. It is a state that was annexed to the United States in 1803. The interesting thing about the state of Wyoming is that it was one of the first US states to engage women in politics. In 1925, Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross was elected governor here.
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Baltic Sea – Map, states, holiday guide
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My son and daughter took my wife and myself there for mothers day. The service was impeccable with even the manager checking to see if we were satisfied.... read more!
They have some good dishes on the menu and most I've had were delicious. Some are over priced but portions are always very generous. Service is hit or miss though! We've had great servers and we've had lazy ones. Atmosphere is nice and has a cozy feel. It is a chain and I don't have super high expectations but it's really not that bad at all.
Help us understand. What's wrong with this review by Eric?
We visit here quite often as my wife enjoys it but I seem to always have bad experiences here. I will say that the inside is nice and comfortable and service is usually very good, but food is very inconsistent. Most dishes are either very salty, burnt, or over cooked! My salmon was dry and lost all it's texture, and the lasagna was so hard underneath they wasn't much left that was edible. This chain has really fallen from grace and as much as everything sounds good on the menu, what you get is a disappointment. If it wasn't fore wife wanting the salad and bread sticks, which are the only things worth ordering, I would never visit again.
Help us understand. What's wrong with this review by Mike T.?
My wife and I go here about twice a month. We go for the unlimited soup and salad. We love it and the price is right. I just totally enjoy their soup. They have many great menu items too.
Help us understand. What's wrong with this review by Paul Christian?
My husband went out for date night to use our gift cards we got for Christmas. There was a bit of a wait but we didn't mind. The host/hostess were so pleasant! Sarah was our server and was perfect! Sweet and knowledgeable. It was a great night!
Help us understand. What's wrong with this review by Angelina Downing?
The last two times I have been there the food came out cold. It's a shame because it would have been good if it had been hot.
Help us understand. What's wrong with this review by Kathy?
Yummy! I liked the shrimp and scallop alfredo, chicken gnocchi soup and appetizer shrimp scampi fritta. No problems with service. Take out service is good - well-cooked, hot when picked up.
Help us understand. What's wrong with this review by Jane?
I used to LOVE Olive Garden and I haven't ate at one for awhile because my husband didn't like their food. Today, I was able to convince my husband to meet there for lunch. I don't think I would ever come back again. The service and the food was terrible. Our order was the simple Unlimited Soup, Salad and Breadstick deal. Our waitress was nice, but it took about 20 mins for us to get our salad. Then another 10 mins for her to come back and give us or soup. Which was maybe, one ladle of broth with a couple pieces of kale and potatoes and bits of sausage (Zuppa Toscana). We finished our one bowl of soup and basket of 3 breadsticks, and had to hurry back to work. I was dissapointed because I wanted to show my husband that if he gave this place another chance, he might actually change his mind. But I changed my mind about the restaurant and won't be back. This is just another mainstream restaurant. I'd rather go to Tuscan Grill (over in Flagler beach) instead.
Help us understand. What's wrong with this review by Anita Jay?
My son and daughter took my wife and myself there for mothers day. The service was impeccable with even the manager checking to see if we were satisfied. Our waitress Nicole was great and the food was wonderful. A very pleasant dining experience.
Help us understand. What's wrong with this review by Ron & Julia?
I am a long time Olive Garden fan and regularly ventured to Daytona. It was a very disappointment birthday dinner tonight. It was a series of unfortunate events. First my soup was late after 3 others were finished with their soup/salads. Then two people ordered the shrimp and chicken carbonara and chicken scampi was brought to the table. Waitress said someone else took her plates but I thought you checked your guest plates before leaving the kitchen. After waiting for 10-15 minutes, staff came to apologize but was not sorry enough to offer a comp on one of the meals. After 20 minutes, the meals were brought after we decided to get them to go. Worst experience ever and cannot say I will go back again. This is not the first time it did not go well but enough is enough.
Help us understand. What's wrong with this review by Jennifer B?
I be fair, we are not the biggest fans of Italian food. We do enjoy the Lunch Special, soup, salad & bread sticks, always good taste, service and value, and is a good way to use those Gift Certificates we receive as gifts.
Help us understand. What's wrong with this review by Denis Logan?
Our first time at this restaurant and was very impressed. Service staff and food quality were both excellent. We plan to be back again very soon.
Help us understand. What's wrong with this review by Gary Maitland?
Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences at Olive Garden. Please be as descriptive as possible and tell us objectively what you thought about this establishment. A valid email address is required to authenticate your review.


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When you have both iPhone and iPad on hands, it's convenient for you to sync and keep the data update. Then you need to transfer various files from your iPhone to iPad devices, such as contacts, messages, videos, photos, movies, apps and much more. Today, we will talk about how to transfer contacts from iPhone 8/8 Plus/X to iPad to send messages and make calls on iPad.
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The Earthshot Prize Council
The Earthshots
PROTECT & RESTORE NATURE
Clean our air
Revive our oceans
BUILD A WASTE-FREE WORLD
FIX OUR CLIMATE
Nominators
Prize Council
The Earthshot Prize Council is a truly global team of influential individuals from a wide range of different sectors, all of whom are committed to championing positive action in the environmental space. Every year from 2021 until 2030, The Earthshot Prize Council will award The Earthshot Prize to five Winners, one per Earthshot.
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah
Daniel Alves da Silva
Ernest Gibson
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Indra Nooyi
Luisa Neubauer
Naoko Yamazaki
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Yao Ming
Prince William has long been an advocate for conserving the natural world. He has led international efforts to crack down on the illegal wildlife trade, through United for Wildlife, helped deliver an ivory ban in the UK, and continues to support many global initiatives that focus on conservation and ending human wildlife conflict. However, he believes that if we are to succeed in our fight to protect the planet, we need to redouble our efforts over the next decade. The launch of The Earthshot Prize comes after two years of work by Prince William and The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to develop a project which will support the global effort to protect and restore the environment. As well as identifying evidence-based solutions to the biggest environmental problems the planet faces, The Earthshot Prize aims to turn the current pessimism surrounding environmental issues into optimism that we can rise to the biggest challenges of our time.
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah is an international human rights advocate whose work focuses on education, cross-cultural dialogue, and finding innovative solutions to the world's greatest challenges. A mother of four, Her Majesty has won international recognition for her efforts to shed light on the global plight of refugees and to promote acceptance between people of all cultures. Through her position on their boards, Queen Rania contributes to the work of the United Nations Foundation (UNF) and the World Economic Forum (WEF). She is also UNICEF's first Eminent Advocate for Children, a member of the International Rescue Committee's (IRC) Board of Advisors, and a recipient of several international awards for her humanitarian work.
Cate Blanchett is an internationally acclaimed and multi award-winning actress, producer, humanitarian, and dedicated member of the arts community. In recognition of her continued advocacy for the arts and support of humanitarian and environmental causes, Blanchett has been awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia in the General Division; the Centenary Medal for Service to Australian Society; the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres; the Stanley Kubrick Award for Excellence in Film; and the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Award for expanding the roles of women in film. She is a Global Goodwill Ambassador for the UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency, and was honoured with the Crystal Award at the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos. She is also a Patron of the Sydney Film Festival; an Ambassador for the Australian Film Institute and The Old Vic theatre; a BFI Fellow; and a Lifetime Ambassador for the Australian Conservation Foundation. Blanchett holds Honorary Doctorates of Letters from the University of New South Wales, the University of Sydney, and Macquarie University.
Christiana Figueres is a Costa Rican citizen and an internationally recognized leader on climate change. She was Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from 2010 to 2016. During her tenure at the UNFCCC, Ms. Figueres brought together national and sub-national governments, corporations and activists, financial institutions and NGOs to jointly deliver the historic Paris Agreement on climate change, in which 195 sovereign nations agreed on a collaborative path forward to limit future global warming to well below 2°C, and strive for 1.5°C, in order to protect the most vulnerable. For this achievement, Ms. Figueres has been credited with forging a new brand of collaborative diplomacy and received multiple awards. Since then Ms. Figueres has continued to accelerate the global response to climate change. Today she is the co-founder of Global Optimism, co-host of the podcast "Outrage & Optimism" and is the co-author of the recently published book, "The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis.
Daniel Alves da Silva is a world renowned Brazilian football player that currently plays at São Paulo Futebol Clube and is the captain of the Brazilian national team. Throughout his career, he has won forty titles, which makes him one of the most successful players in football's history. Amongst these titles, he has won three FIFA Club World Cups, three UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA Europa League and two FIFA Confederations Cups. He started his career in Juazeiro, a small Brazilian city, in which he was born. He also played for Esporte Clube Bahia before he went to Spain, where his career took off. Between 2002 and 2008, he played for Sevilla Fútbol Club. In 2008, he was transferred to Futbol Club Barcelona, where he became internationally admired. He also had positive experiences with Paris Saint-Germain Football Club and Juventus Football Club before returning to Brazil. Despite his international success, he has never forgotten his home country, its people and their struggles, being a voice of the Brazilian people on several issues.
British broadcaster, writer, and naturalist, Sir David Attenborough, is best known for his innovative and educational television programmes focussed on the natural world. His broadcasting career spans over 50 years and has seen Sir David visit every continent on the globe, documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. He has made and presented numerous landmark natural history series, including the iconic programmes Life on Earth, The Living Planet, Planet Earth, Blue Planet and Our Planet. Amongst many other accolades, Sir David was knighted for services to broadcasting in 1985.
Ernest Gibson is a youth climate activist from Fiji who currently sits on the 7-member United Nations Secretary General's Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change as the only Pacific Island representative. Ernest has worked in climate change projects across the Pacific, supporting community-led approaches to Climate Diplomacy and climate policy development. He works as a communications and development professional and has worked for development cooperation agencies like the European Union and INGOs like Oxfam. Ernest has a particular interest in development communications around bridging the gap between communities and the broader development sector, through circular communications and community engagement practices. Ernest now works as a technical officer in Risk Communication and Community Engagement at the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Office. Prior to joining the WHO, Ernest worked for the United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office, coordinating the Public Outreach component of the UN75 Campaign and supporting digital communications for the UN in the Pacific, across 10 countries.
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an environmental activist and member of Chad's pastoralist Mbororo community. She is a member of the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC) and served as co-chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change during the historic Paris climate conference. Hindou began advocating for indigenous rights and environmental protection at age 16, founding the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT) to build sustainable ecosystems and reduce nature-based resource conflicts. Her work with indigenous communities at the local and global level has achieved broad recognition and support including, the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award; the 2020 Refugees International Holbrooke Award; the Daniel Mitterrand Prize; appointment as a UN SDG Advocate, Conservation International Lui-Walton Senior Fellow; and National Geographic Explorer Hindou's TED talk on Indigenous knowledge meets science to solve climate change has surpassed more than 1 million views.
Indra Nooyi is the former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo (2006-2019); a Fortune 50 company with operations in over 180 countries.
In this role, Mrs. Nooyi was the chief architect of Performance with Purpose, PepsiCo's pledge to do what's right for the business by being responsive to the needs of the world around us. As part of Performance with Purpose, PepsiCo was focused on delivering sustained growth by making more nutritious products, reducing its environmental footprint and protecting the planet, and empowering its associates and people in the communities it serves. During her tenure, PepsiCo grew net revenue more than 80%, and PepsiCo's total shareholder return was 162%.
Mrs. Nooyi has received many prizes, accolades and honorary degrees over the years. In 2007, the Government of India awarded her the Padma Bhushan, the country's 3rd highest civilian honor. In 2007, she was named an "Outstanding American by choice" by the US State Department. In 2019, her portrait was inducted into the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
Jack Ma founded Alibaba Group in 1999 and served as executive chairman of Alibaba Group from 1999 to September 2019. He served as chief executive officer of Alibaba Group from 1999 to May 2013. Jack currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, president of the General Association of Zhejiang Entrepreneurs and chairman of the China Entrepreneur Club. He has been appointed by the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres as co-chair of the UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation since 2018. Jack also serves as a Global Board Member of The Nature Conservancy and is co-chair of the Paradise Foundation.
Luisa Neubauer, born in Hamburg in 1996, is one of the co-organisers of the climate strike movement and a prominent representative of the German movement in the media. In 2018 she met the Swedish student Greta Thunberg at the UN Climate Change Conference and then started the movement in Germany together with other activists. Since then, Luisa Neubauer has met various heads of state and government, participated in the world climate conference in Madrid and the World Economic Forum in Davos. In January 2020, Luisa Neubauer protested together with Fridays for Future against Siemens' participation in the planned Australian hard coal mine Carmichael and met Joe Kaeser several times. Luisa Neubauer completed a bachelor's degree in Geography in 2019. She is currently studying resource analysis and management as a master at the Georg-August University in Göttingen. Together with Alexander Repenning, she published the book "From the End of the Climate Crisis - a Story of our Future" in 2019. She is the host of the Spotify Original Podcast "1.5 Grad" (1.5 degrees) and writes a column for the German magazine "Stern". Luisa Neubauer lives in Berlin. Photo Credit: Oguz Yilmaz
Yamazaki earned a Master of Engineering degree from University of Tokyo in 1996, then started working for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). In 1999, she was selected as an astronaut candidate and was qualified as a Soyuz-TMA Flight Engineer in 2004 and NASA Mission Specialist in 2006. On April 5, 2010 Yamazaki was onboard Space Shuttle Discovery on the crew of STS-131, an assembly & resupply mission to the International Space Station.
After retiring from JAXA in 2011, Yamazaki has been serving as a member of Space Policy Committee of Cabinet Office, and devoting herself to space education as an adviser of Young Astronaut Club and a chairperson of "Sorajo (women in aerospace)" under Japanese Rocket Society. As space education emphasizes the sustainability of the Earth, Yamazaki served as an official supporter for Education for Sustainable Development in 2014 and contributed to the round table of studying energy situations in 2017-2018. To create an ecosystem in space as well as on the Earth, Yamazaki co-founded Space Port Japan Association in 2018 and is serving as its representative director.
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is an economist and international development expert with over 30 years of experience. Dr Okonjo-Iweala served twice as Nigeria's Finance Minister, from 2003-2006, 2011-2015, and briefly as Foreign Minister, the first woman to hold both positions. She is Chair of the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and of the African Risk Capacity (ARC). She is Co-Chair of The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. She also sits on the Boards of Standard Chartered PLC and Twitter Inc. Dr Okonjo-Iweala was recently appointed as AU Special Envoy to mobilise international financial support for the fight against COVID-19 and WHO Special Envoy for Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator. She has been ranked by Fortune as one of the 50 Greatest World Leaders in 2015, by Forbes as one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the World consecutively for four years, by Time as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2014, and by the UK Guardian as one of the Top 100 Women in the World in 2011.
Shakira is a Colombian singer-songwriter and multi-GRAMMY® award winner. She has sold over 80 million records worldwide and has won numerous awards including three GRAMMYs®, eleven Latin GRAMMYs®, and several World Music Awards, American Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards, to name a few. Shakira's last album "El Dorado" charted #1 on iTunes in 37 Countries, won Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2017 Latin GRAMMY® Awards, and Best Latin Pop Album at the 2018 GRAMMY® Awards. With over 10 billion streams, it is one of the most-streamed female albums of all time, and Shakira is now 5th most-viewed artist of all time on YouTube. In November 2018 she wrapped her hugely successful El Dorado World Tour. She performed at Super Bowl LIV at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Feb 2nd in what became the most-viewed halftime show of all time, and is currently recording her next studio album. Since 1995, she has been building schools in Colombia and advocating for universal access to quality education worldwide. She has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2003, in addition to serving on President Obama's Advisory Commission for Educational Excellence for Hispanics and the UN's SDG Commission.
Yao Ming has been enthusiastically involved in philanthropic and public service work since his early days as a professional basketball player. He has leveraged his celebrity influence to promote environmental and conservation causes. His most notable work involves being an active conservation ambassador in partnership with Wildaid in its global campaigns to protect sharks, and to end illegal wildlife trade in ivory tusks and rhino horns. In 2008, Yao Ming was named by UNEP as its first ever Environmental Champion. Yao Ming is the founder of Yao Ming Foundation, dedicated to bringing physical education and team sports to children of rural China. He is also a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics. Yao Ming is a three-time Olympian, and he is also the first Asian player inducted into Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame after an illustrious career as an NBA player. In 2017 Yao Ming was elected unanimously as the Chairman of China National Basketball Association.


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