At the European Gynecological Oncology Congress (ESGO) 2017, held in Vienna, a symposium on immunotherapy took place: A New Strategy for the Treatment of Cervical Cancer, sponsored by Advaxis, Inc.
Dr. Christian Marth, the chair of the symposium, and Dr. Sharad Ghamande, a Gynecological Oncologist coordinating a clinical study of the immunotherapy drug axalimogene filolisbac, shared with us their views about the current state of immunotherapy in cervical cancer.
Inside Perspectives: Will Immunotherapy Knock Out Cancer?
The answer is yes, and no. Advances in just the past five years have proven immunotherapy can stimulate the immune system's natural capabilities to kill cancer cells, and possibly lead to cures for many patients. So yes, it appears immunotherapy is the best weapon yet against cancer and is poised to deliver a knockout blow to this deadly disease.
Survival of patients with advanced, recurrent, or metastatic human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancer is suboptimal despite the availability of various treatment modalities. The recently developed bacterial vector Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) activates innate and adaptive immune responses and is expected to offer immunologic advantages.
Measuring the blood levels of certain proteins before treatment may help identify patients more likely to benefit from Advaxis' immunotherapy vaccine candidate axalimogene filolisbac (axal).
Robert Petit, MD, Chief Scientific Officer of Advaxis, Inc. gives an overview of Advaxis' Lm Technology™, which alters Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) bacteria to stimulate cancer-fighting T-cells directed against cancer antigens. This was recorded at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.
Robert Petit, MD, Chief Scientific Officer of Advaxis, Inc. discusses the NEO program which is a collaboration between Amgen and Advaxis that is designed to activate a patient's immune system to respond to certain mutations in the tumors. This was recorded at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.
Sharad A. Ghamande, MD of Medical College of Georgia discusses the unmet need for cervical cancer and the promising data coming out of the AIM2CERV trial, especially for patients with high risk of recurring disease. This was recorded at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.
Brian Slomovitz, MD of University of Miami Health System and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center discusses the challenges of the AIM2CERV trial at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.
Brian Slomovitz, MD of University of Miami Health System and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center discusses the use of AIM2CERV's axalimogene filolisbac for the treatment of HPV-associated cancers, including cervical cancer. This was recorded at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.
Erin Andrews, a cervical cancer survivor who is the host of ABC Television's "Dancing with the Stars" program, will be a special guest at the Advaxis-sponsored Cervical Cancer Educational Forum in Hollywood, Florida, May 18.
We begin today with a subject that is really important for women, because all of us are at risk for gynecologic cancers, and that risk increases with age. When gynecologic cancers are found early, treatment is most effective.


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Q: Django - Foreign Keys and the Admin Page I am trying to display the foreign key relations on the admin change page (i.e. the www.some.url/admin/<app>/<model>/<id>/change/ page):
I have two models linked together via a foreign key relationship like so:
# models.py

class Bank(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)

class Branch(models.Model):
    bank = models.ForeignKey('Bank', on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name='branches')
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)

And I have a model-admin like so:
# admin.py

class BankAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):

    list_display = ('id', 'name',)

How can I add the list of branches associated to a given bank on the django-admin-change page? Can I add something to my BankAdmin class that will achieve this?
i.e. If I were to visit the admin page and click on a bank instance (i.e. www.some.url/admin/<app>/bank/2/change/) I would like to see the name of the bank and all of its foreign-key related branches.
I've been scouring stackoverflow but have found a solution - please point me in the correct direction if one does exist.

A: One solution would be to register a link in BankAdmin's list display that points to a custom admin view showing that Bank's Branches. You could do so like this:
# admin.py

class BankAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):

    def link_branches(self, obj):
        return format_html(
            "<a href='/admin/<app>/bank/branches/?id={ bank_id }'> Branches </a>",
            bank_id=obj.id
        )

    list_display = ('id', 'name', 'link_branches')
    admin.site.register(Bank, BankAdmin)

Then you just have to create your custom view and update your urls.py to point /admin/<app>/bank/branches to that view.

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Williams rejoins Legion FC on loan from Atlanta
2 years ago Gunnar Sadowey
Legion FC announced on Thursday the acquisition of forward JJ Williams on loan from Major League Soccer's Atlanta United FC. His loan will last for the remainder of the season, including playoffs, pending league and federation approval.
Williams played an important role with Legion FC in their inaugural 2019 season, bagging seven goals while on loan from Columbus Crew SC. Additionally, he spent the 2020 preseason in Birmingham, competing with the boys in black before joining Atlanta United on March 5, 2020.
"We are excited to add JJ at this critical time during the season," Legion FC President and General Manager Jay Heaps said according to a press release. "He brings a winning presence to the locker room, and we look forward to the lift that can bring the team."
The 22-year-old Williams made 23 total appearances for Legion FC last year. The forward was tied for a lead in goals scored, third in shots (41), and eighth in chances created (15) in the regular season. His time with the squad was highlighted by his winning goal in Legion FC's 3-2 victory over North Carolina FC in the opening round of the 2019 USL Championship Playoffs.
The Montgomery native spent his youth career in Birmingham, starring for Vestavia FC. He was named the 2016 Alabama High School Player of the Year playing at Alabama Christian Academy as well.
Williams spent time in USL League Two with the Birmingham Hammers, Reading United and the Dayton Dutch Lions.
Williams was a first-round draft pick of Columbus Crew SC in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft and went on to make seven appearances for the club last year. Before his professional career began, he played three seasons (2016-2018) at the University of Kentucky, making 57 appearances on 30 starts, scoring 24 goals and providing 15 assists along the way.
His college accolades and achievements consist of a MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist, a First-Team All-American, and the 2018 Conference USA Player of the Year.
Williams will look to make an immediate impact with the squad and assist in the push for a first ever USL Championship trophy.
All in all, I couldn't be happier with this move. JJ is one of my favorite players and I couldn't be more excited to see him back in The Magic City. Hope his return is filled with goals and lots of flexing!
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Donna Salazar shows a peek of her new release for CHA in the form of a project here. Looks intriguing, doesn't it!
Marah Johnson's new collection, "Just Because," is shown here at Creative Imaginations. See one photo below.
Below is a peek from GCD Studios.
See Allison Kreft's new release with Webster's Pages here.
Maya Road shows a little peek of some of their new products put to use in projects here.
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Galeus schultzi és una espècie de peix de la família dels esciliorrínids i de l'ordre dels carcariniformes.

Morfologia
 Les femelles poden assolir 30 cm de longitud total.

Hàbitat
És un peix marí que viu entre 329-431 m de fondària.

Distribució geogràfica
Es troba a les Filipines.

Referències

Bibliografia
 Compagno, L.J.V. i V.H. Niem, 1998. Scyliorhinidae. Catsharks. p. 1279-1292. A: K.E. Carpenter i V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO, Roma, Itàlia.
 Compagno, L.J.V., D. Dando i S. Fowler, 2005. A field guide to the sharks of the world. Harper Collins Publishing Ltd., Londres, Gran Bretanya, 368 p.
 Coppola, S.R., W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, N. Scialabba i K.E. Carpenter, 1994 SPECIESDAB: Global species database for fishery purposes. User's manual. FAO Computerized Information Series (Fisheries). Núm. 9. Roma, Itàlia, FAO. 103 p.

 Fritzsch, B. i P. Moller, 1995. A history of electroreception. p. 39-55. A P. Moller (ed.) Electric fishes: history and behavior. Fish and Fisheries Series 17. Chapman & Hall, Londres (Regne Unit).

Enllaços externs
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schultzi

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Angel Leto and an acquaintance named The Mathematician—who, deeply tanned and always dressed in all white, "seems less like a flesh and bone person than one of those archetypes you see on billboards, those for whom every contingency inherent to humanity has disappeared"—walk twenty-one blocks together through the city, discussing a party celebrating politician Jorge Washington Noriega's sixty-fifth birthday despite the fact that neither of them were in attendance. In long, clause-on-clause sentences, this ambling conversation forms the basic plot of Argentinian Juan José Saer's novel The Sixty-Five Years of Washington.
It is, as we know, morning: though it doesn't make sense to say so, since it is always the same time—once again the sun, since the earth revolves, apparently, has given the illusion of rising, from the direction they call the east, in the blue expanse we call sky, and, little by little, after the dawn, after daybreak, it has reached a spot high enough, halfway in its ascent let's say, so that, through the intensity of what we call light, we refer, to the state that results, as the morning—a spring morning when, again, though, as we were saying, it is always the same time, the temperature has been rising, the clouds have been dissipating, and the trees which, for some reason, had been losing their leaves bit by bit, have begun to bloom again, to blossom once more, although, as we were saying, it is always the same, the only Time and, so to speak, from equinox to solstice, it's the same, no?
Saer makes use of that "utmost simplicity" with his easy plot, while ecstatically and radiantly writing of "the abstract order of everything" as well. It's not a perfect novel—even at a slim 203 pages, it's a bit overlong and the middle passage gets tiresome—but the opening and closing thirds are phenomenal, demonstrating a dazzling unification of form and function.
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So it sounds like I was long overdue getting Steve Krueger back in the studio. My how time flies. I kept looking over his shoulder during this set to see if he had boosted the tempo, because it just didn't seem possible to bang this hard and still only be hovering around 132bpm. I might have to go record shopping now that I've had a peek at his tracklist.
Thanks for sorting it, enjoying it now!


More than three times as many parents in Lancashire are being prosecuted for truancy compared to five years ago, amid a government crackdown on unauthorised school absences.
Councils covered by Lancashire Police took 1,210 parents to court in 2017, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show. This was a huge increase from 2013, when there were just 396 prosecutions. Of those charged in 2017, 778, or 64 per cent, were found guilty.
Courts issued fines in 679 cases and handed out community sentences, such as an order to do unpaid work, on five occasions. Prosecutions for truancy across England and Wales reached 18,377 during 2017 - 6,600 more than during 2013 - with parents being hit with more than 11,700 fines.
The National Education Union said fines were counterproductive, and that there was no easy fix for truancy Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the NEU, said: "One thing that is certainly needed, to ensure pupils are in school and engaged in learning, is a dialogue between the school and parents or carer.
More than three in five prosecutions in Lancashire were against women. Women were also more likely to be found guilty - 67 per cent of those prosecuted were convicted, compared to 59 per cent of men prosecuted.
Both parents have a legal obligation to ensure children attend school regularly, regardless of whether they are separated. Headteachers and councils can also issue on-the-spot fines to parents for unauthorised absences instead of taking them to court, but may prosecute if the fine is not paid. Around 400,000 such fines were issued in England and Wales between 2014-15 and 2016-2017.
She added that mothers were the sole parents prosecuted in many cases, even if the child belonged to a two-parent household. In total, parents have been prosecuted for truancy 4,295 times in Lancashire between 2013 and 2017. The courts found them guilty in 3,216 cases, imposed 2,585 fines and handed out 18 community sentences.


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The Bond Vigilantes Get Busy
in World — by Dr Binoy Kampmark — 03/11/2022
While the levels of schadenfreude will be going through the roof given the unfolding farce in British politics, the resignation of Liz Truss as UK Prime Minister was troubling in one vital respect. True, her juvenile salad understanding of economics, which involved spending billions on tax cuts and energy subsidies, was lamentable. To cope with the beast of aggressive inflation, she was advocating a policy that would feed it.
Then came the not-very-invisible hand of the market, which decided to throttle her government and its policies with petulance. While the vigilantes of the market have, depending on the occasion, burst into song at the announcement of tax cuts, thereby stimulating growth, the reaction was far different this time. Trussonomics had the effect of sending a spike in bond yields so serious it threatened the British pension system. The pound also received a mighty battering.
In one vital respect, this was yet another savaging blow for democratic, or at least representative control vis-à-vis the market. Never mind what those silly politicians do, the buccaneers in London City and Wall Street and other such engine rooms of finance know better. They, not the world's treasuries, can dictate policy for the commonweal by driving up borrowing costs. Central banks the world over are also complying, implementing monetary policy aligned with the bond market.
With the sacking of Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and his replacement in the resurrected form of Jeremy Hunt, the task of appeasing the bond vigilantes, a term minted by economist Ed Yardeni in the 1980s, gathered pace. Hunt even went so far as to announce a few Economic Advisory Council consisting of Rupert Harrison, former chief of staff of ex-Chancellor George Osborne; former Bank of England members Sushil Wadhwani and Gertjan Vlieghe; and JPMorgan strategist Karen Ward.
As Yardeni puts it, the bond vigilantes, active in the 1980s and early 1990s, went into something of a hibernation, largely because of subdued rates of inflation, negative interest rate policies and quantitative easing. They terrorised such figures as President Bill Clinton into throwing out a promise of tax cuts and cheered the arrival of Robert Rubin from Goldman Sachs who insisted that budgetary restraint was needed to keep interest rates on US government bonds low.
It was such threatening conduct that inspired Clinton's political advisor James Carville to revise his assessment on what he would like to return as were reincarnation possible. Initially, he had thought of returning as president, the Pope, or a .400 baseball hitter. "But now I want to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody."
Along with others, Yardeni remarks that the stimulative fiscal and monetary policies implemented in response to the pandemic saw inflation "roaring back in 2021 and 2022 forcing central banks to tighten their monetary policies, while fiscal policies continued to run amok."
In truth, the bond vigilantes were already poking around at the first stirrings of the Global Financial Crisis in 2007, taking issue with the way countries were handling the debt crisis. Those keen on austerity and severe budgets, Ireland being notable among them, were given different treatment to those governments needing to raise funds to prop up much needed stimulus programs.
The tragicomic irony of Truss's demise was how it proved to be the logical outcome of the ideological script she and her colleagues had contemplated in the previous decade. Along with her friend, colleague and ultimately sacked Chancellor Kwarteng, the animal virtues of rampant market freedom were qualities to be praised. In Britannia Unchained, a 2012 tract that never ceases in its oddness and inaccuracies, the image is one of freedom from bureaucracy and the swiping freedom of markets. They urge the invigorating "frontier spirit" to fight the "risk-averse society" that had come to shackle Britain. They praise the risk-taking venture capitalists as ingenious libertarians.
At the core of such a misreading is the steadfast refusal to accept that the market is a set of relationships and decisions, many linked through public and private investments and ventures. Far from being an expansive, unaccountable force to be worshipped, the market is the sum set of policies that involves, rather than rejects, the role of government.
Such capitalist phenomena as Silicon Valley and the Big Tech Wonderland arose precisely because of government support through contracts and state-funded research, with much of the impetus coming from the US military. The venture capitalist tends to wait for the seed to take root before swooping in. Jacob Soll of the University of Southern California also remarks that even such a "self-styled libertarian" figure as Tesla CEO Elon Musk received an enormous government hand to the value of US$6 billion worth in contracts, with another US$6 billion in electric-vehicle rebates. This is not to mention billions more in terms of grants, loans and $US60 million in subsidies from the state of Texas.
Unfortunately for Truss, her own neoliberal nonsense, ill-informed and historically inaccurate, ended up hoisting her. Her belief in the correcting market, as opposed to a correcting government policy, was so profound it destroyed her brief premiership. In a very true sense, she got her just desserts. Democracy, however, did not.
Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He currently lectures at RMIT University. Email: bkampmark@gmail.com
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In December, Stef featured on Celebrity Mastermind and raised £3,000 us. On Thursday, John Humphrys was replaced by our mascot, Bow Bear, who quizzed Stef on a range of subjects.
The track and field Paralympian enjoyed spending time talking to the children and young people who are cared for at our hospice.


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Q: $T(d_1) = T(d_2)$ if and only if $d_1(x_0,x_n) \rightarrow 0 <=> d_2(x_0,x_n) \rightarrow 0 $ (for any $(x_n)$) I have following problem:

Let $d_1, d_2$ - metrics on $X$
  Show that $T(d_1) = T(d_2)$ if and only if for any $x_0, x_1, ... \in X$ if $d_1(x_n,x_0) \rightarrow 0$ then  $d_2(x_n,x_0) \rightarrow 0$ and if $d_2(x_n,x_0) \rightarrow 0$ then  $d_1(x_n,x_0) \rightarrow 0$

I tried to prove that statement:
"=>"
$T(d_1) = T(d_2)$ and $d_1(x_n,x_0) \rightarrow 0$
So lets define $$B_n = B(x_o, d_1(x_0,x_n) + \frac1n) $$ where $B(x,r)$ is an open ball ($\frac1n$ may also be any other  sequence that converges to $0$)
Because topologies are equal then $B_n$ are open in $T(d_2)$ (but $B_n$ may not be balls)
 $B_n$ are open  neighbourhoods of $x_0$ and $dial(B_n) \rightarrow 0$
In metrical space there is a ball in every open neighbourhood so there is a sequence of balls $A_n$ (in $d_2$) so that $A_n \contains B_n$ and $r \rightarrow 0$.
And I am stuck at this point because I don't know hot to show that for big $n$: $x_n \in A_k$.
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The only idea I have is that closed sets in $d_1$ are the same as in $d_2$ (I think that it would implicate that $T(d_1)= T(d_2)$).
Closures of sets are equal because there is a theorem that $y_0 \in cl(O) <=>$ there exist $(y_n)$ that $y_n \rightarrow y_0$
Since closure of closed sets are equal those sets then any close set is closure of set.
Is it true that it implies that closed sets in $d_1$ are closed in $d_2$?


677 (Suffolk & Norfolk Yeomanry) Squadron AAC(R) follow the Battles of Messines and Passchendaele 1917.
The Squadron invited the Association to organise a Battlefield Tour following the key battles of Messines and Passchendaele in 1917. On the 14th July, the Squadron left Bury St Edmunds ARC along with Brian Greengrass and Trevor Jones and departed for Ypres, Belgium.
On arrival at the Hotel in Ypres the Sqn held an informal dinner with refreshments. Saturday morning started early, with the Sqn receiving a presentation on the Battles of Messines and Passchendaele from the tour guides, Trevor and Brian, to set the scene for the next two days.
The group arrived at the first location, Ploegsteert Wood Memorial and museum, where a short service of remembrance was held for 3 fallen Norfolk Yeoman, commemorated on the memorial stone.
The group then moved to the Irish Tower Memorial Park, which dominates the Messines Ridge, where an explanation of the Battle of Messines was given.
The next stop was Hill 60 and the Caterpillar Crater , where evidence of the underground war can still be seen today.
Then the party moved up to the Gheluvelt Plateau, where and explanation of the Battles for the Menin Road and Hooge were given.
After a brief bite to eat at Hooge, the group moved on the 1917 Memorial Museum Passchendaele, Zonnebeke where time was spent exploring this major historical collection, before walking in the footsteps of the British soldier up to the front line at Tyne Cot.
This concluded the first part of the tour, but was not the conclusion of the day's activities for the Sqn.
The Squadron then paraded at the Menin Gate Ceremony as the principle military presence, paying their respects by laying a wreath at the memorial.
An early start on Sunday, took us to the Canadian Memorial at Crest Farm, where the final phases, capture and conclusion of the Third Ypres were discussed.
From Crest Farm we made our way along the Passchendaele Ridge which allowed the group to study the topography and reflect on the immense struggle by the British and Canadian Divisions as they moved up toward the village of Passchendaele, the focus of so much death and destruction.
The Langemark German Cemetery was the last stop on the tour, prior to departing to Calais for the return the UK. The sombre contrast between British and German cemeteries was explained to the group.
The tour turned into a personal pilgrimage for one Squadron member who had learnt that his Great Great Uncle was buried in the area but did know where, Brian and Trevor were able to research the location of his missing relative and provide time for the tour to visit his relatives final resting place in the Wytschaete Cemetery.
Airtrooper James Atkinson 677 Squadron.


Last week, our son Joel graduated as a Master of Science (Earth Sciences) from the University of Waterloo. As you can see, his daughter Juliana is very proud of her daddy.
No wonder Juliana is proud. I bet you are, too. Congratulations!
Thanks, Sarah. Yes, we are.


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by Robert Genetski | Nov 3, 2021 | blogs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: Today, the FDA issued a statement that it is actively working with our federal partners, international regulators and medical...
How Safe are the Covid Vaccines?
by Robert Genetski | Oct 29, 2021 | blogs
While our health officials assure us the vaccines are safe, other health officials disagree. You may not have heard from these other officials, since they have been censored and are often removed from the Internet or labeled as "misinformation." Fortunately, the VARS...
Tracking US Progress in Containing the Virus
by Robert Genetski | Feb 25, 2021 | blogs
Unlike many other countries, the United States does not have standard, national data on COVID-19. The US also lacks standards for state-, county- and city- level public reporting of this life-and-death information. In July 2020, we conducted the first-ever...
Economic Recovery Remains Strong
Governments may make different choices when prioritising between preservation of existing businesses and net new creation. However, each is likely to evaluate and deploy a combination of the following interventions to support economic recovery. All governments need to...
Economic Reports Show Rapid Recovery Continues
The US economy continued to recover in the first three months of the year as businesses reopened and the government spent heavily on Covid relief for citizens. The economy grew at an annualised rate of 6.4% in the quarter, up from 4.3% in the final three months of...
by Robert Genetski | Jul 21, 2020 | blogs
21 July 2020 — Twenty-six (26) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 7039 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, six hundred and fifty-five (1655). To date, eight hundred and forty-eight (848) patients have...
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COVID 19 – Global Research
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NEW PALTZ VILLAGE TOWNHOUSE - Come tour this Briarwood townhouse located in the heart of historic New Paltz. Downstairs you'll find a large living room with a picture window overlooking the tree-lined street, a half-bathroom for guests, a dedicated laundry room with shelves for supplies, and kitchen with breakfast bar looking out to the dining room. French doors off the dining room lead to a cozy back deck for dining al fresco and entertaining. Follow carpeted stairs up the skylit stairwell to the second floor where you'll find a full tiled bathroom with tub, linen closet, master bedroom with walk-in closet and master bathroom with stand-up shower. Second and third bedrooms overlook the back deck with windows that let in plenty of light. The storage shed off the back deck offers storage with shelving for outdoor equipment, and a central heating and cooling system keeps this townhouse comfortable year-round. From this location, everything in downtown New Paltz is at your fingertips: Elting Memorial Library, SUNY campus, Moriello pool and park, bus station, dining, drinks, shopping, and galleries. Enjoy easy access to the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail and the new River to Ridge Trail for recreation at nearby Minnewaska State Park and Mohonk Preserve.


I LOVE these darling TREAT boxes from Poppy Seed Projects! Fill them up with a treat (like carameled popcorn) and you are good to go.
As a bonus Add the Free Darling download to the front of the box to REALLY make it festive!


Portonovi Montenegro, inspiring waterfront Resort, will feature as one of the leading exhibitors. Located at one of the most beautiful spots on the Mediterranean coast, this exquisite mixed-use resort in Montenegro will open its doors to first residents in 2019.
Symbolizing the country's outstanding beauty and exceptional lifestyle, the resort spreads on 26 hectares of land with more than 250 diversified properties, including stylish apartments, charming townhouses and modern Sky Villas.
Featuring 238-berth D-Marin Portonovi Marina and the Europe's first One&Only with Espace Chenot Health Wellness SPA, Portonovi is one of the most exclusive investment to life and unique lifestyle for discerning, globally connected individuals.


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puts "======= Loading transit asset query configurations ======="
Dir[TransamTransit::Engine.root.join("db/seeds/asset_query_seeds/*.rb")].each {|file| require file }

# exceptions
# NTD ID
ntd_id_field = QueryField.find_or_create_by(
  name: 'ntd_id',
  label: 'NTD ID',
  query_category: QueryCategory.find_or_create_by(name: 'Identification & Classification'),
  filter_type: 'text'
)

facilities_table = QueryAssetClass.find_by(table_name: 'facilities')
asset_fleets_table = QueryAssetClass.find_or_create_by(table_name: 'asset_fleets', transam_assets_join: "left join assets_asset_fleets ON assets_asset_fleets.transam_asset_id = transam_assets.id LEFT JOIN asset_fleets ON asset_fleets.id = assets_asset_fleets.asset_fleet_id")

ntd_id_field.query_asset_classes << [facilities_table, asset_fleets_table]

# ESL category
revenue_vehicles_table = QueryAssetClass.find_by(table_name: 'revenue_vehicles')
esl_association_table = QueryAssociationClass.find_or_create_by(table_name: 'esl_categories', display_field_name: 'name')
esl_field = QueryField.find_or_create_by(
  name: 'esl_category_id',
  label: 'Estimated Service Life (ESL) Category',
  query_category: QueryCategory.find_or_create_by(name: 'Identification & Classification'),
  filter_type: 'multi_select',
  query_association_class: esl_association_table
)
esl_field.query_asset_classes << [facilities_table, revenue_vehicles_table]

# land ownership id
infrastructures_table = QueryAssetClass.find_by(table_name: 'infrastructures')
land_ownership_organization_id_field = QueryField.find_or_create_by(
  name: 'land_ownership_organization_id',
  label: 'Land Owner',
  pairs_with: 'other_land_ownership_organization',
  query_category: QueryCategory.find_or_create_by(name: 'Registration & Title'),
  filter_type: 'multi_select',
  query_association_class: QueryAssociationClass.find_by(table_name: 'organizations_with_others_view')
)
other_land_ownership_organization_field = QueryField.find_or_create_by(
  name: 'other_land_ownership_organization',
  label: 'Land Owner (Other)',
  hidden: true,
  query_category: QueryCategory.find_or_create_by(name: 'Registration & Title'),
  filter_type: 'text'
)
land_ownership_organization_id_field.query_asset_classes << [facilities_table, infrastructures_table]
other_land_ownership_organization_field.query_asset_classes << [facilities_table, infrastructures_table]

# Vehicle Usage Codes
# create the view
transam_vehicle_usage_codes_view_sql = <<-SQL
  CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW transam_vehicle_usage_codes_view AS
    select vucae.base_transam_asset_id as transam_asset_id, Max(asset_events_vehicle_usage_codes.vehicle_usage_code_id) as vehicle_usage_code_id from transam_assets
    left join asset_events as vucae on vucae.transam_asset_id = transam_assets.id left join asset_events_vehicle_usage_codes on vucae.id = asset_events_vehicle_usage_codes.asset_event_id
    group by vucae.base_transam_asset_id;
SQL
ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute transam_vehicle_usage_codes_view_sql

vucae_table = QueryAssetClass.find_or_create_by(
  table_name: 'transam_vehicle_usage_codes_view',
  transam_assets_join: "left join transam_vehicle_usage_codes_view on transam_vehicle_usage_codes_view.transam_asset_id = transam_assets.id"
)
vuc_association_table = QueryAssociationClass.find_or_create_by(table_name: 'vehicle_usage_codes', display_field_name: 'name')
vucid_field = QueryField.find_or_create_by(
  name: 'vehicle_usage_code_id',
  label: 'Vehicle Usage Codes',
  query_category: QueryCategory.find_or_create_by(name: 'Life Cycle (Usage Codes)'),
  filter_type: 'multi_select',
  query_association_class: vuc_association_table
)
vucid_field.query_asset_classes << [vucae_table]

# Features (Vehicle, Facility)
# create the asset class view
transit_asset_assets_features_view_sql = <<-SQL
  CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW transit_asset_assets_features_view AS
  SELECT transam_assets.id AS transam_asset_id, facility_features.code AS features_code
  FROM assets_facility_features
  INNER JOIN facility_features ON assets_facility_features.facility_feature_id = facility_features.id
  INNER JOIN facilities ON assets_facility_features.transam_asset_id = facilities.id
  INNER JOIN transit_assets ON transit_assetible_id = facilities.id AND transit_assetible_type = 'Facility'
  INNER JOIN transam_assets ON transam_assetible_id = transit_assets.id AND transam_assetible_type = 'TransitAsset'
  UNION ALL
  SELECT transam_assets.id AS transam_asset_id, vehicle_features.code
  FROM assets_vehicle_features
  INNER JOIN vehicle_features ON assets_vehicle_features.vehicle_feature_id = vehicle_features.id
  INNER JOIN revenue_vehicles ON assets_vehicle_features.transam_asset_id = revenue_vehicles.id
  INNER JOIN service_vehicles ON service_vehiclible_id = revenue_vehicles.id AND service_vehiclible_type = 'RevenueVehicle'
  INNER JOIN transit_assets ON transit_assetible_id = service_vehicles.id AND transit_assetible_type = 'ServiceVehicle'
  INNER JOIN transam_assets ON transam_assetible_id = transit_assets.id AND transam_assetible_type = 'TransitAsset'
SQL
ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute transit_asset_assets_features_view_sql

# create the association/seed view
transit_asset_features_view_sql = <<-SQL
  CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW transit_asset_features_view AS
    SELECT 'Facility' AS `type`, `id`, `name`, `code`, `active` FROM facility_features
    UNION ALL SELECT 'RevenueVehicle' AS `type`, `id`, `name`, `code`, `active` FROM vehicle_features
SQL
ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute transit_asset_features_view_sql

features_table = QueryAssetClass.find_or_create_by(
    table_name: 'transit_asset_assets_features_view',
    transam_assets_join: "left join transit_asset_assets_features_view on transit_asset_assets_features_view.transam_asset_id = transam_assets.id"
)
features_association_table = QueryAssociationClass.find_or_create_by(table_name: 'transit_asset_features_view', display_field_name: 'name', id_field_name: 'code')
features_field = QueryField.find_or_create_by(
    name: 'features_code',
    label: 'Features',
    query_category: QueryCategory.find_or_create_by(name: 'Operations'),
    filter_type: 'multi_select',
    query_association_class: features_association_table
)
features_field.query_asset_classes << [features_table]

# component description
component_description_view_sql = <<-SQL
  CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW transit_components_description_view AS
    select transam_assets.id as transam_asset_id, transam_assets.description as transit_component_description from transam_assets
    left join transit_assets on transam_assets.transam_assetible_id = transit_assets.id and transam_assets.transam_assetible_type = 'TransitAsset'
    left join transit_components on transit_components.id = transit_assets.transit_assetible_id
    where transit_assets.transit_assetible_type = 'TransitComponent'
SQL
ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute component_description_view_sql

component_description_table = QueryAssetClass.find_or_create_by(
  table_name: 'transit_components_description_view',
  transam_assets_join: "left join transit_components_description_view on transit_components_description_view.transam_asset_id = transam_assets.id"
)
component_desc_field = QueryField.find_or_create_by(
  name: 'transit_component_description',
  label: 'Component / Sub-Component Description',
  query_category: QueryCategory.find_or_create_by(name: 'Characteristics'),
  filter_type: 'text'
)
component_desc_field.query_asset_classes << [component_description_table]

location_transam_assets_view_sql = <<-SQL
      CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW location_transam_assets_view AS
      SELECT transam_assets.organization_id, transam_assets.id AS location_id, transam_assets.asset_tag, facilities.facility_name, transam_assets.description,
CONCAT(asset_tag, IF(facility_name IS NOT NULL OR description IS NOT NULL, ' : ', ''), IFNULL(facility_name,description)) AS location_name
FROM transam_assets
INNER JOIN `transit_assets` ON `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_id` = `transit_assets`.`id` AND `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_type` = 'TransitAsset'
LEFT JOIN `facilities` ON `transit_assets`.`transit_assetible_id` = `facilities`.`id` AND `transit_assets`.`transit_assetible_type` = 'Facility'
WHERE transam_assets.id IN (SELECT DISTINCT location_id FROM transam_assets WHERE location_id IS NOT NULL)
SQL
ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute location_transam_assets_view_sql

parent_transam_assets_view_sql = <<-SQL
      CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW parent_transam_assets_view AS
SELECT transam_assets.organization_id, transam_assets.object_key as parent_id, transam_assets.asset_tag, facilities.facility_name, transam_assets.description,
CONCAT(asset_tag, IF(facility_name IS NOT NULL OR description IS NOT NULL, ' : ', ''), IFNULL(facility_name,description)) AS parent_name
FROM transam_assets
INNER JOIN `transit_assets` ON `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_id` = `transit_assets`.`id` AND `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_type` = 'TransitAsset'
LEFT JOIN `facilities` ON `transit_assets`.`transit_assetible_id` = `facilities`.`id` AND `transit_assets`.`transit_assetible_type` = 'Facility'
WHERE transam_assets.id IN (SELECT DISTINCT parent_id FROM transam_assets INNER JOIN `transit_assets` ON `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_id` = `transit_assets`.`id` AND `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_type` = 'TransitAsset' WHERE parent_id IS NOT NULL AND fta_asset_category_id != 4)
UNION
SELECT transam_assets.organization_id, transam_assets.object_key as parent_id, transam_assets.asset_tag, NULL, transam_assets.description,
CONCAT(asset_tag, IF(description IS NOT NULL, ' : ', ''), description) AS parent_name
FROM transam_assets
INNER JOIN `transit_assets` ON `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_id` = `transit_assets`.`id` AND `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_type` = 'TransitAsset'
INNER JOIN `infrastructures` ON `transit_assets`.`transit_assetible_id` = `infrastructures`.`id` AND `transit_assets`.`transit_assetible_type` = 'Infrastructure'
WHERE transam_assets.id IN (SELECT DISTINCT parent_id FROM transam_assets INNER JOIN `transit_assets` ON `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_id` = `transit_assets`.`id` AND `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_type` = 'TransitAsset' WHERE parent_id IS NOT NULL AND fta_asset_category_id = 4)
SQL
ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute parent_transam_assets_view_sql

infrastructures_object_key_view_sql = <<-SQL
    CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW infrastructures_object_key_view AS
    SELECT DISTINCT infrastructures.id AS id, transam_assets.object_key AS object_key FROM transam_assets INNER JOIN `transit_assets` ON `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_id` = `transit_assets`.`id` AND `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_type` = 'TransitAsset' INNER JOIN `infrastructures` ON `transit_assets`.`transit_assetible_id` = `infrastructures`.`id` AND `transit_assets`.`transit_assetible_type` = 'Infrastructure'
SQL

parent_id_transam_assets_view_sql = <<-SQL
      CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW parent_id_transam_assets_view AS
      SELECT transam_assets.id AS id, parents.object_key AS parent_object_key
      FROM transam_assets
      INNER JOIN `transit_assets` ON `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_id` = `transit_assets`.`id` AND `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_type` = 'TransitAsset'
      INNER JOIN transam_assets AS parents ON parents.id = transam_assets.parent_id
      WHERE fta_asset_category_id != 4
      UNION
      SELECT transam_assets.id AS id, parents.object_key AS parent_object_key
      FROM transam_assets
      INNER JOIN `transit_assets` ON `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_id` = `transit_assets`.`id` AND `transam_assets`.`transam_assetible_type` = 'TransitAsset'
      INNER JOIN infrastructures_object_key_view AS parents ON parents.id = transam_assets.parent_id
      WHERE fta_asset_category_id = 4
SQL
ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute infrastructures_object_key_view_sql
ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute parent_id_transam_assets_view_sql

location_qac = QueryAssociationClass.find_or_create_by(table_name: 'location_transam_assets_view', id_field_name: 'location_id', display_field_name: 'location_name')
QueryField.find_by(name: 'location_id').update!(query_association_class: location_qac)

parent_qf = QueryField.find_by(name: 'parent_id')
parent_qf.update!(name: 'parent_object_key')
parent_qc = QueryAssetClass.find_or_create_by(table_name: 'parent_id_transam_assets_view', transam_assets_join: 'LEFT JOIN parent_id_transam_assets_view ON parent_id_transam_assets_view.id = transam_assets.id')
parent_qf.query_asset_classes = [parent_qc]

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The History of Whisky
The knowledge of distilling was discovered somewhere in Asia around 800 BC. Initially the technique was only used to make perfume, but there is evidence that the Chinese also distilled liquor from rice at this time. It is unclear exactly how the knowledge of distillation found its way to the British Isles, but we know that the craft was brought to Europe by the Moors. What most likely happened then was that the knowledge spread through Europe's monasteries. A common theory is that it was St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, who brought the art with him when he came to Ireland as a Christian Missionary in 432AD.
In any event, the knowledge at some point came to the Celts who used it to make their Uisge Beatha, which is Gaelic for 'water of life'. We have the Celts to thank for the word 'whisky' at least, since 'whisky' can be derived from the Gaelic word 'Uisge'.
The year 1494 is a milestone in the history of whisky; in the Exchequer Rolls of that year is recorded a purchase of 'eight bolls of malt to Friar John Cor wherewith to make aqua vitae'. This is the first written proof of whisky production in Scotland. As with many other crafts the knowledge of distilling soon spread outside of the monasteries, and eventually the 'water of life' came to be produced on almost every farm in Scotland. This widespread household production was to continue until the 1820s when the Excise Act was passed and local government started to come down harder on illicit distilleries.
Whisky back in the sixteenth century tasted very different from the drink we enjoy today. At that time whisky was consumed very young and had a brutal, raw taste. The discovery that whisky improves and mellows if it is allowed to mature was not made until the mid eighteenth century. As with many other breakthroughs the discovery was made by accident; an old forgotten cask was found, and the lucky owner realised that the whisky had in fact not been destroyed but instead tasted better than ever.
The Act of Union in 1707 united the parliaments of Scotland and England. The treaty was the result of political and economic factors which all indicated that a union would be mutually beneficial. The government naturally wished to expand the treaty and the turn eventually came to malt. After a violent period with many riots with deadly outcomes an equivalent to the English Malt Tax was finally applied in 1725. This was the start of an era filled with illicit distilleries, smuggling and roving Excisemen. In the beginning of the nineteenth century more than every other bottle of whisky in Scotland was illegally produced.
The following years saw a large number of tax raises, the introduction of different duties for different distilleries and other license regulations. Crime and violence was common and the administration of all the regulations eventually became unmanageable. In the 1820s the government had had enough and passed the Excise Act which made clear exactly what kind of production was legal and what was not. Another act was also passed that substantially increased the penalties for smuggling. The new acts had the desired results and illicit distilling and smuggling was greatly reduced in only a few years.
In 1831 a former Inspector General of Excise in Ireland, Aeneas Coffey, invented a twin-column version of the patent still. This improved technique in continuous distillation lowered production costs and allowed simultaneous use of malted and unmalted barley together with other kinds of corn.
The Irish never liked the idea but Coffey managed to introduce it in Scotland. In just a few decades, the Irish standpoint would make them loose the dominance over the whisky industry; the Coffey Still could produce great quantities compared to the traditional stills but produced an inferior product. The solution to this problem was to blend the spirit from the Coffey Still with whisky from traditional stills. Andrew Usher introduced this idea in 1852, and the blending trade was born. Because of the immediate success of blended whisky, the Scottish volumes soon far exceeded the Irish. This advantage in volume soon became important; at about the same time as the introduction of blended whisky the American vine louse Phylloxera vastatrix came to France.
The pest rapidly spread and reached the Cognac region by the 1880s. The louse all but destroyed the entire brandy industry and the blended whisky was readily accepted as an alternative. By the time the French vineyards had recovered, whisky had ceased to be 'only an alternative' and was firmly established at the top.
Whisky started out as a product for the British market in the 1820s, but today it has become a drink that is appreciated and loved around the world. Much of this incredible development is the result of the introduction of blended whisky; even today approximately 90 percent of all whisky that is produced in Scotland is used in blended whisky. However the interest of single malt whisky has increased in recent years and this development is likely to continue.


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The Update - July 4, 2017
Reviewed by ABR Arts •
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Thursday (29 June) brought torrential rain (three months' worth in a day) and an unexpected Australian presence at Deutsche Oper's production of Don Carlo. Siobhan Stagg – a regular with the company – stepped in as the Celestial Voice and sang with great beauty in this tiny, moving role. Unusually, the Celestial Voice even appeared on stage, babe in arms. Stagg told ABR Arts she is much looking forward to appearing as Pamina at the Royal Opera House in September, her début at Covent Garden. There were several vocal highlights in Marco Arturo Marelli's striking (if audibly creaky) 2011 production of Verdi's masterpiece: Jamie Barton's Eboli, Giacomo Prestia's Philip II. Etienne Dupuis – sounding like a young Sherrill Milnes – was a sensational Rodrigo. Dupuis – a French Canadian – has just married Australian soprano Nicole Car, who makes her début as Mimi at Covent Garden in September. This month Car and Dupuis will sing in Opera Australia's concert version of Massenet's Thaïs at the Sydney Town Hall. Dupuis's presence caps what promises to a magnificent night of singing.
Famed Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich cancelled her appearances in Sydney on 29 June, 30 June, and 1 July, much to the disappointment of her fans, citing ill health. Argerich was scheduled to perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 in honour of conductor Charles Dutoit's forty-year collaboration with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Martha Argerich (Wikimedia Commons)
'I am unable to travel and play,' wrote Argerich, '... [I] feel very weak, exhausted ... I ask for you forgiveness, to Charles Dutoit, to the orchestra and you.'
Argerich has since cancelled her July 15 concert in Athens. However unlike The Athens State Orchestra (with the Athens and Epidaurus Festival), which cancelled the event altogether, SSO replaced Argerich with Chinese classical pianist Yuja Wang, whose performance was reviewed by Zoltán Szabó for ABR Arts.
Turangalîla-Symphonie
(Wikimedia Commons)Conductor Simone Young will lead musicians from the Australian World Orchestra (AWO) and the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) for a recital of Olivier Messiaen's 'epic love song', Turangalîla-Symphonie, on Saturday 29 July at Hamer Hall, Melbourne. The ensemble will comprise of fifty-six 'emerging musical talents' from ANAM and forty-eight Australian musicians from various world-leading orchestras and Australian state-based orchestras.
Thanks to AWO, we will be giving away a double pass to Turangalîla-Symphonie in Melbourne. For more information, see our giveaways section below.
La Mama turns fifty!
Our friends at La Mama Theatre in Melbourne will be celebrating their Golden Jubilee year with a 'Mini-Fest', a book launch, and a birthday party.
Artistic Director Liz Jones has invited a number of La Mama artists, including Susie Dee and Patricia Cornelius, Lloyd Jones, and Sofia Chapman, to present 'short seasons' of their work for the Mini-Fest (10 July –13 August 2017), a 'snapshot' of the theatre company's history and a 'celebration of their future'.
Judith Lucy
La Mama's birthday party (12 August) will be compèred by former La Mama house manager Judith Lucy, with music and performances, a raffle, and the launch of La Mama (Miegunyah Press) by Adam Cass, a 'visual and oral' history of the theatre company, which will go on sale from 14 August.
SAFC partners with Umbrella Entertainment
The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) has joined forces with film distribution company Umbrella Entertainment to relaunch a number of 'iconic 1970s, 80s, and 90s' South Australian film and television productions for worldwide audiences, across multiple platforms.
'These iconic films ... represent a golden period in the Australian film landscape and are punctuated by remarkable performances from young actors who are now legends in the industry', said Annabelle Sheehan, CEO of SAFC. The films include Sunday Too Far Away (1975), Breaker Morant (1979), and Storm Boy (1976).
ATYP at Griffin Theatre
Griffin Theatre Company will be the host venue for the Australian Theatre for Young People's 2018 performance season in Sydney. The residency will take place across three weeks in January and February, three weeks in May, and two weeks in October.
Griffin Theatre Company's Artistic Director Lee Lewis and ATYP's Artistic Director Fraser Corfield
The move has come about due to the redevelopment of the Walsh Bay Arts precinct, which will give ATYP a new 'state-of the-art' venue on Pier 2/3 in 2019.
'This new collaboration ensures that we continue to nurture the next generation of Australian voices while providing these artists with the opportunity to present work in a professional environment,' said Griffin's artistic director, Lee Lewis.
Griffin will release details of its 2018 season on 28 August.
Australian Festival of Chamber Music
Townsville will host the twenty-seventh Australian Festival of Chamber Music, the final for their Artistic Director Piers Lane AO. The lineup this year will consist of forty-two artists, including local ensembles the Goldner String Quartet, Orava Quartet, and Nexus Quartet, and thirteen international artists, including Poul Høxbro (Flutes and Percussion, Denmark), Francesca Dego (Violin, Italy), and Henk Neven (Baritone, Netherlands). The festival runs from 28 July – 5 August 2017.
AGNSW's Sydney Modern Project
The New South Wales Government has granted $244 million to The Art Gallery of New South Wales to expand its exhibition space as part of the Sydney Modern Project. Once completed, AGNSW expects the expansion to attract 'two million visitors' annually, while injecting '$1 billion into NSW economy over the next twenty-five years', leading to the creation of up to '242 full-time jobs' in NSW.
Pritzker Prize-winning architects SANAA has been working with AGNSW for the past two years to deliver an 'architectural landmark' for the Gallery.
In progress image of Sydney Modern Project, atrium as produced by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA (image courtesy of The Art Gallery of New South Wales)
In addition to the government funding, AGNSW aims to raise a further $100 million in philanthropic support. Of the $70 million already pledged to date, it was announced that the Susan and Isaac Wakil Foundation gifted $20 million towards the fund, 'the largest monetary gift in the Gallery's 146-year history'.
The Sydney Modern Project will commence in 2019, and be completed by 2021 – to mark 'the 150th anniversary of the Gallery's founding'.
Russian-born violinist Alina Ibragimova will make her début with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Béla Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 2 on 13–15 July. At the age of thirty-one, Ibragimova has already received numerous accolades, including the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award in 2010 and an MBE in 2016.
Melbourne Opera will stage a new production of Lohengrin, Richard Wagner's romantic opera in three acts. Lohengrin features some of Wagner's most well-known arias and ensembles, including the Bridal Chorus, Prelude to Act 3, and 'In Fernem Land'.
Lohengrin (image courtesy of Melbourne Opera)
'Inspiration for his production is drawn from the sense of fragility and the ephemeral,' said Lohengrin's Director Suzanne Chaundy, who also directed Melbourne Opera's Tannhäuser (reviewed in ABR Arts) last year, '[in Lohengrin], set at a time of enormous change in Germany ... we see how, in the blink of an eye, the fate of a person and a whole nation can change.'
Marius Vlad will perform the title role, with Australian soprano Helena Dix as Elsa von Brabant.
Lohengrin will be performed on 7, 10, and 12 August at the Regent Theatre, and on 19 August at Monash University's Robert Blackwood Hall.
Short Film Fellowships
Four emerging filmmakers were announced as recipients of the 2017 Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowships at the Sydney Film Festival, which wrapped up on Sunday 18 June. Emily Avila, Lara Kose, Goran Stolevski, and Thomas Baricevic each received $50,000 grants – the 'largest cash fellowships for short film in Australia' – to produce a film for screening at the 2018 festival.
The Fellows were chosen by a jury comprised of actor David Wenham, Sydney Film Festival Director Nashen Moodley, Lexus representative Vin Naidoo, and Australian producers Kath Shelper and Sandra Levy AO, from a shortlist of twenty emerging filmmakers.
Due West: Immersive Arts Festival
Artistic initiatives have been flourishing in Melbourne's rapidly gentrifying inner western suburbs thanks in no small part to organisations such as the Footscray Community Arts Centre and The Substation. To further bolster this growth, the City of Maribyrnong has launched Due West (10–27 August), a new 'immersive arts festival' that will invite festivalgoers to participate in 'performances, workshops, visual arts, music, and dance'.
The Victorian government pledged $85,000 in funding for Due West, to match the City of Maribyrnong's investment. Mayor Catherine Cumming hopes that investment in the festival will allow it to 'continue to support the arts community', and lead it to becoming 'a permanent fixture'. The full program will be announced soon.
Badu Gili – Water Light
On 28 June, Sydney Opera House launched Badu Gili, a new light projection celebrating Australia's First Nations culture, on its eastern Bennelong sail.
Badu Gili at the Sydney Opera House (photograph by Daniel Boud)
Badu Gili, meaning 'water light' in the language of the Gadigal people, will 'explore ancient stories' in seven-minute animations at sunset and 7 pm, all year round. The installation includes the works of five First Nations artist from across Australia and the Torres Strait islands: Jenuarrie (Judith Warrie), Frances Belle Parker, Alick Tipoti, and the late Lin Onus and Minnie Pwerle.
Badu Gili has been launched 'to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary year of the 1967 Referendum on the eve of NAIDOC Week (2–9 July 2017).
The Sydney Opera House's Festival of Dangerous Ideas has been replaced by Antidote, a two-day festival of progressive 'ideas, art, and action'. The lineup will include author and transgender rights activist Janet Mock, stories and songs from Uncle Jack Charles and Archie Roach, and the writers behind satirical news website The Onion.
Archie Roach and Uncle Jack Charles (photograph by Amanda James)
'In a world rife with anger and anxiety, Antidote is all about hope,' said Danielle Harvey, curator of the festival, '... it is my privilege as a curator to take a magnifying glass to the world that we live in and to find the right people to help us understand and respond to the issues that surround us.'
Antidote will run from 2–3 September 2017.
The Queensland Music Festival will present a free outdoor music event, uniting more than 250 locals, including 'schools, town choirs, singers, dancers, and horse riders', to 'celebrate the resilience of Central Queensland's agricultural and coal mining Isaac region'.
The Power Within (28–29 July) is a large-scale performance that tells the story of 'an abundant supply of music' being found underground, and small town being built to mine the resource.
'The event addresses important social and economic themes,' said QMF Artistic Director Katie Noonan, 'such as mental health, agricultural heartache, and the complicated nature of mining.'
The Queensland Music Festival will take place from 7–30 July across the state.
Art on the page
The University of Melbourne will host Art on the Page, an exhibition showcasing 'little-known' book illustrations – including 'woodcuts, lithographs, etchings, tableaux, and engravings' – by forty twentieth-century European and Australian artists.
Livres d'artistes or 'artist books' were the result of creative mergers between the works of visual artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and David Hockney, and authors such as James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and Emily Brontë.
The Art on the Page exhibition will take place at the Noel Shaw Gallery, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, from 3 August 2017–14 January 2018.
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Our concept of "the perfect body" is constantly changing.
Factors like the physical requirements of jobs, availability of food, and cultural trends have influenced our perceptions of humans' physical form. And in the future, journeys into space or the merging of humans with machines might change what we think of as ideal.
Artist Nickolay Lamm has done a significant amount of work on how understandings of an "ideal" female body differ from reality. He wanted to take a look at how Americans' standards for the ideal male body have changed over time as well, so he started collecting photos that depicted that body from the 1870s to today. Then he created models to show how that shape changed over time.
These generalizations don't represent everyone's preferences, of course. And this particular project was focused on body shape and didn't take into account other physical characteristics like skin tone, facial features, or hair color. But these illustrations help show how what we think of as the "ideal male" has changed significantly over the past 150 years.
1870s: In the late 19th century, being overweight was a sign of wealth, since it suggested one had the means to feast.
This photo shows the members of a "Fat Man's Club" in Connecticut in 1894. The club was founded in 1866, and members had to weigh at least 200 pounds. The idea became popular and spread across the US.
1930s: By this time, excess weight started to get associated with lower classes. Hollywood actors — who had to be fairly fit to look good on camera — started to represent a new ideal.
A relatively average-sized, generally (though not extremely) muscular body became the ideal.
1960s: By the late '60s, a counter-cultural wave had begun to reject the look associated with the corporate mainstream.
Rock stars with long hair and skinny bodies started to represent the ideal.
1980s: In the '80s, a more hyper-masculine, gym-built form started to gain popularity.
Bodybuilding went mainstream and action stars rocked huge muscles.
1990s: By the '90s, hyper-masculinity went back out of style, and the everyman came in.
A more blue-collar, working man's look — one that didn't require pumping iron — became the look men tried to cultivate.
The ideal now is still relatively similar to that of the '90s — lean yet muscular.
But the ideal will continue to transform, often in response to the state of the world.
And of course, that ideal usually differs from the average real body, both for men and women.
In the future, new technology may give us more control over how we look. Who knows what will be in favor then?
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Creating the perfect baby clothing store business plan may not be easy, but the rewards of running a successful baby clothing store can be quite great.
Both new and experienced parents are constantly trying to find the lowest cost, highest quality baby clothes, and the baby clothing store business plan you create will help give your new venture the competitive edge it needs to succeed.
One of the most important elements of the successful baby clothing store business plan will be a complete description of the proposed business.
Some creators of a baby clothing store business plan will want to focus on selling new baby clothes, while other store owners will recognize the lucrative market that exists in gently used baby clothing from the best designer labels.
Whether your baby clothing store business plan focuses on the new or used baby clothes business, it is important that the baby clothing store business plan focus on the unique challenges and opportunities facing the industry.
One of the prime factors that any baby clothing store business plan will need to address is the affordability of space for the business. In order to be successful, any baby clothes business will need a prime location, and it is important that the baby clothing store business plan discuss the prevailing market rents and/or the affordability of the local commercial real estate market.
The baby clothing store business plan should also address the need to hire dependable, customer service focused employees at a reasonable rate of pay.
The competition for qualified workers is quite stiff in many markets around the country, and it is important that the baby clothing store business plan you create address how you plan to attract, reward and retain the best employees.
It is a good idea to have the finished baby clothing store business plan reviewed by a competent attorney and accountant as well.
The baby clothing store business plan can be an important tool in tax planning and legal planning, but it is important to have it reviewed by these professionals before you begin using the baby clothing store business plan to start raising money for your new business venture.


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Julie Macpherson is a professor of chemistry at the University of Warwick. In 2017 she was awarded the Royal Society Innovation award for her research into boron doped diamond electrochemical sensors.

Education
Macpherson completed her bachelor's degree in chemistry at the University of Warwick. She struggled to choose between chemistry and physics as an undergraduate. She completed her PhD at the University of Warwick under the supervision of Professor Pat Unwin. Her doctoral research concentrated on the development of the scanning electrochemical microscope and developing means to understand microscope dissolution.

Research and career
Macpherson was appointed a Royal Society University Research fellow in 1999, and earned a faculty position in 2000. For her postdoctoral research she switched topics from scanning probe microscopy, and instead concentrated on the creation hydrodynamic microelectrodes, including the micro-jet and radial flow micro-ring electrodes. She was promoted to reader in 2004 and professor in 2007.

Macpherson's current research focuses on developing novel electrochemical sensors based on carbon allotropes (diamond, nanotubes, graphene) for applications in healthcare, environmental monitoring and pharmaceutical analysis. She is using 3D printing and lithography to create the sensors. Her group are also identifying advanced scanning probe microscopy techniques for imaging surfaces for fuel cell catalysis, as well as investigating their sensors.

In 2014 she was awarded a Royal Society Industry Fellowship in recognition of her contributions to diamond electrochemistry. The fellowship allows Macpherson to develop all-diamond polycrystalline electrochemical sensors and combined electrochemical / spectroscopic technologies for identification of trace metals for contamination monitoring. She works in partnership with Element Six, a de Beers group company. Her interdisciplinary team grown synthetic diamonds in a laboratory and process them for novel applications.

In 2017 Macpherson was award the Royal Society Innovation award, worth £250,000, for her research into using boron doped diamond (BDD) as sensor for pH and chlorine for water quality control. BDD is a semiconductor doped with degenerated boron, with semi-metallic characteristics. She is co-director of the collaborative multi-institution Centre for Diamond Science and Technology.

Macpherson has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and has a H-index of 46. She has filed 15 patents.

Awards
Macpherson has won many prestigious awards for her teaching and research. She has won the University of Warwick Andrew McCamley Prize, awarded to the best undergraduate lecturer, in 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2013.

2017 – Royal Society Innovation Award

2015 – The Analytical Scientist magazine Top 50 Women in Analytical Science

2007 – University of Warwick Andrew McCamley Prize

2006 – Royal Society of Chemistry McBain Medal

2005 – Royal Society of Chemistry Marlow Medal

2005 – Times Higher Education Awards Young Researcher of the Year

2003 – University of Warwick Andrew McCamley Prize

2003 – Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry Charles N. Reilley Young Investigator Award

2002 – The Observer Young Alpha Female

2001 – University of Warwick Andrew McCamley Prize

1999 – Molecular Imaging's Scanned Probe Microscopist Award

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A spacious detached cottage, tastefully converted from an original stone barn, is a romantic single storey cottage in traditional country style, which accommodates two persons.
The cottage enjoys a tranquil setting with commanding views over Laxey Bay and surrounding farmland. The cottage has an airy lounge with beamed ceiling, and an adjoining kitchen. A couple of steps lead from the lounge to the spacious, beamed double bedroom, two more steps leads you down to the fully tiled bathroom.


With the tough decision on whether to enter Syria still to come from President Obama, it appears that the USS Nimitz has already set sail and is headed in that direction. The carrier has been set in place simply as an act to be prepared with its current status. With no orders to attack, it is just there waiting, in case something should happen. The U.S. naval ship has moved into the Red Sea, but is not ready to be part of a plan to attack at this point. The recent story has been the hot topic all over the news lately, with the big controversy being whether or not the U.S should intervene in Syria or not.
In a report from ABC news, it was reported that President Obama announced that he had decided upon military action against Syria, but that he would first seek authorization from Congress. Last Wednesday, the USS Nimitz and four other ships in its strike group were kept in the Indian Ocean, as the likelihood of entering Syria continues to increase. The move to decide to seek authorization from Congress effectively put any future military strike on hold, since Congress does not return until September 9th. Defense officials said the delay will give them more time to assess the situation, specifically, which ships will be kept in the region and whether some may be allowed to leave. The Nimitz carrier group had previously been stationed in order to support U.S. operations in Afghanistan, but was due to return to its home port in Everett, Washington before being rerouted.
The Navy has also rerouted another ship to join the previous five destroyers heading in Syria's direction, the USS San Antonio, a ship that holds 300 marines as well as extensive communication equipment. This could be used to provide a temporary base for special operations forces, if they were needed.


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Thread: While DACA Illegal Aliens Demand Amnesty, Americans Demand Less Immigration
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While DACA Illegal Aliens Demand Amnesty, Americans Demand Less Immigration
While illegal aliens, the open borders lobby, and corporate interests are out demanding amnesty for millions of illegal aliens living across the United States, American citizens have repeatedly demanded less illegal and legal immigration to the U.S.
Illegal aliens enrolled and eligible for the President Obama-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program took to the streets on Monday to proclaim that they are entitled to an amnesty that would allow them to remain permanently in the U.S.
Meanwhile, Americans in recent polling say they want less overall immigration to the country, not more. Currently, the U.S. admits more than one million legal immigrants every year, the vast majority of which are low-skilled and thus immediately begin competing for jobs against working and middle-class Americans.
In the latest Harvard-Harris poll, 60 percent of Americans said they wanted the process known as "chain migration" ended for DACA illegal aliens, preventing the group of nearly 800,000 to 3.5 million illegal aliens from being able to inundate the U.S. with their foreign relatives.
Chain migration is the process whereby newly naturalized citizens can currently bring their foreign relatives to the U.S. as legal immigrants. Chain migration has imported about 9.3 million foreign nationals to the U.S. since 2005. In that same time period, a total of 13.06 million foreign nationals have entered the U.S. through the legal immigration system, as every seven out of ten new arrivals come to the country for no other purpose than to reunify with foreign relatives.
This makes chain migration the largest driver of immigration to the U.S. — making up more than 70 percent — with every two new immigrants bringing seven foreign relatives with them.
Likewise, the Harvard-Harris poll found that an overwhelming majority of Americans support President Trump's effort to reduce legal immigration by nearly half by ending chain migration and instead implementing a legal immigration system that is selective and chooses immigrants based on their merit, skills, and English proficiency.
A majority of 84 percent of Americans said they support a merit-based legal immigration system over the current chain migration process. Swing-voters are some of the most supportive Americans of a merit-based legal immigration system, garnering nearly 90 percent support for the plan from voters who identify as "Independent."
Another 79 percent of Americans polled in the Harvard-Harris survey said they are opposed to open borders and that the U.S. needs "secure borders." Seventy-one percent of black Americans and 72 percent of Hispanic Americans said they are opposed to open borders, favoring secure borders for the nation.
The most revealing component of the poll is a portion that shows widespread support among Americans for Trump's immigration plan that would cut legal immigration levels in half in exchange for allowing only illegal aliens enrolled in DACA — about 690,000 — to stay in the U.S. The results of the immigration reduction would likely be increased wages for American workers and a tightened labor market that would give more opportunity to young Americans graduating college, black Americans, and the white working class.
The immigration reduction plan is supported by 63 percent of Americans, including nearly 60 percent support from swing voters and 57 percent of Americans who identify as liberals.
As Breitbart News reported, Republican voters now say that reducing overall immigration to the U.S. is the second-biggest priority for them, marking it as more important than tax reform, destroying ISIS, and even repealing Obamacare.
The current big business-preferred, Washington-imposed cheap labor economic model of importing more than one million new legal immigrants every year to compete mostly for working and middle-class jobs against Americans has resulted in decades of stagnant and even decreased wages for U.S. workers:
For instance, the massive importation of low-skilled foreign nationals to the U.S. has translated to a cheap-labor economy that has aided in keeping American men's wages stagnant for at least 44 years, as Breitbart News reported. Median earnings for American men working full-time were actually lower in 2016 than they were in 2007.
Meanwhile, the economic nationalist model has already resulted in history-making wage growth for American workers in the construction industry, the garment industry, for workers employed at small businesses, and for black Americans.
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Region 11 Show was held at the Lucas County Art Council's building, the "FreightHouse", in Chariton IA.
 Picnic 1920 by Louise O'Donnell.
Region 3 2018 Red Ribbons: : Jim Updegraff of West Union with two reds, Becky Schoenfeld of New Hampton, Dolores Buchheit (not pictured) of Ft. Atkinson, Helen Rowell of Edgewood, and Mary Ann Gloe of Decorah.
Region 3 2018 White Ribbons: : Carol A. Hartmann of Guttenberg, Helen Rowell of Edgewood, Marcia Kruse of Lansing, Ketaki Payekar of Elkader, Jillian Webb Herrmann of St. Olaf, and Marlene Michel of Cresco.
Region 3 2018 Honorable Mention: Ken Balk with two items of West Union, Dolorles Buchheit (not pictured) of Ft Atkinson, Mary Ann Gloe of Decorah, and Ketaki Payekar of Elkader with 2 items.
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While driving to our youngest's bus stop I noticed a Dad who is always there with his two boys waiting in their car, wasn't. This is how I gauge whether or not we missed the bus on its last stop.
I leave earlier or later depending on all the kids morning activities.
This is the happy bus stop as it is the "sleep in 15 minutes later" bus stop on Thursdays.
I don't know the folks at this stop as it is out of my neighborhood. I do know the Dad is there everyday. He gives his boys not only hugs but long hugs. He pauses and draws them even closer and whispers into their ears something that is only intended for them and then a kiss. EVERY. DAY.
I marvel at the time he takes to say goodbye, while a busy highway packed with people going to work in one direction and people getting to school in the other, is paused for the flashing lights and the stop arm of the bus.
I had never seen a Mom there.
I assumed she worked early or late the night before or maybe there wasn't a Mom around anymore, judging how much the Dad doted on them.
These are sweet boys that would get out of their Dad's car and talk to my boys and pet our dog.
Their Mom must be the Mom that I didn't know that I heard died of breast cancer this week. She had been fighting it for years. Probably had been fighting it all of these lovely boys memory.
Once I dropped off the older boys at their school I finally had myself pulled together when our sweet electrician Earlie called.
If you ever read my story about the "That Time I Almost Rendered Earlie Late" you know he is helping us out often.
Earlie is a very southern gentleman, sometimes I need him to repeat himself, and he told me he wouldn't be out to the barn-house for a few days because of his Uncle's passing.
He began to get all choked up when he said he was one of his best friends and that he and his dad were a constant in his life.
So we both cried on the phone.
I cried for little boys who lost their Mom and for good Dads. Earlie cried for what he told me was an Uncle who treated him like a son.
We all have so much to be thankful for, even in loss.
We do have each other and we have the thought and prayers of people we may not even know are praying and sending good thoughts our way. I am thankful that I have a painful reminder that life is sadly unexpected and to let my boys know that even if they lost a parent that we have set up arrangements and that they will be loved and taken care of.
Some mornings we bicker about homework or quiz each other on test topics. This morning we talked about our blessings and how we don't know what someone is going through and we should always hug long and give kisses.
After I posted this I became aware of a Facebook page celebrating Melissa Clark and a way to donate to her young sons.
What a beautiful tribute. Melissa was my 2nd cousin (her mom was my cousin). She will be missed by family and friends near and far. Thank you!
Thank you for this post. Melissa was my sister-in-law and was loved very much by her family and friends. She was an amazing women. Through out her battle her faith and strength had been astounding. We never once heard her be bitter, show anger, or question "why". Her faith in God and the eternal life he gives was astounding. She made a mark on this world, through her family, her love, and her life. The joy and faith she shared, even to the end, has helped give many peace. Most of her family is here in Oregon, and was not able to be with her for the day to day, which has been very difficult. When I read your blog, sharing the love you witnessed between the boys and dad, I am wrapped in the love my brother-in-law has been giving those boys, and the love of her community. It has given me a peace. Thank you for sharing theses observations and words, God bless you.
Melissa is my dearest friend. EVER. She will remain that even though she isn't here. The boys are Austin and Logan. They are amazing boys – much because of they have been raised by AMAZING parents. You are right. Mom was never there. She was either fighting or fighting and working. Todd was fighting and managing a household and working. They are amazing people. Thank you for posting this beautiful reminder that you don't know what people are going through and the extra smile, lingering hug a quick wave or hello can do AMAZING things. Thank you thank you thank you.
What a beautiful picture of love you shared. Melissa was a friend – a beautiful sweet soul – now with Jesus. Thank you for your words!


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EPA: Tractor Supply Co. ATVs Didn't Meet Clean Air Rules
Tractor Supply Company Inc. has reached a settlement with federal regulators over the illegal sale of 28,000 off-road vehicles and small engines that failed to meet Clean Air Act requirements.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tractor Supply Company Inc. has reached a settlement with federal regulators over the illegal sale of 28,000 off-road vehicles and small engines that failed to meet Clean Air Act requirements.
The U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency announced the settlement Wednesday. The agencies said the Tennessee-based equipment and tool retailer sold the Chinese-made all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles and engines between 2006 and 2009.
The Clean Air Act requires vehicles and engines sold in the United States to have a valid EPA-issued certificate certifying they meet federal emissions standards for harmful pollutants. Officials determined at least 10 of the models sold at Tractor Supply were imported using certificates for less-powerful, less-polluting models.
As part of the settlement the company will pay a $775,000 fine and implement new compliance standards.


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Anybody want to buy an iPhone game? Developer puts app ownership on eBay
Jim Squires on Jan 3, 2012 at 7:25pm
BuckShot eBay
Everybody likes to buy games. Heck, that's the whole reason you read this site. But have you ever wanted to actually own one? Neil Schmidt wants to give you the chance. He's the developer of a moderately successful game called Buckshot, and he's selling complete ownership of his game on the internet's most popular auction site, and the bid started at only $1.
Not only will you have complete ownership of Buckshot, but you'll also have the other apps associated with his iTunes Connect account – Buckshot Free, Popular Brands, Popular Faces, Popular Movies, and Popular Places. Neil claims that Buckshot has 20,000 registered users, and brings in about $300 a month. What's more, your purchase comes complete with a tutorial from Neil himself to learn "everything you need to know on iTunes Connect."
But if the game is profitable, why sell it? Neil spoke to TechCrunch, and told them that he's generally fed up with Apple. He's not happy about paying $99 annually for iTunes Connect, losing 30% to Apple, and waiting more than a week for review whenever an important update needs to come out. He's ditching this in favour of HTML5 development.
So there you have it – a nice, simple, business that the developer promises is the "easiest thing in the world to maintain." The current bid is $3,050, and the auction closes Thursday morning at 9:18 PST. If any of our readers are the lucky bidder, be sure to let us know!
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