Having an impact in business requires patience, creativity, authenticity, and perseverance. It is a leveled out playing field with design, technology and marketing tools being at everyone's disposal.
To succeed in this highly competitive you need to be smart. Here are the vital tools that you can use to grow your business.
Technology tools are no longer for giant companies, even your small company can now reap the benefits that come from them. They are cheap, reliable and efficient. With e-commerce at its best, it is barely impossible to cope in the modern business world without these tools.
Social media is taking over the online business world and your business should change with it. Facebook is the social platform with the highest number of users. Use it to promote your products and services.
Creating a page for your business allows you to access a large number of people in a short period of time. Remember the goal is to have a large market for your products and services.
Use other platforms such as Twitter, Snapchat, and Pinterest. If your products and services solve your prospective customer's problems then most of the work is done and concentrate on sales. Most online businesses market their products in this way.
For your business to grow you need facts. There is no better way of doing this than using google analytics or seeking Irvine SEO services. Analytics help you to monitor your customers' trends based on the available facts.
This vital technology tool enables you to make transactions from the comfort of your phone. Their many applications out there coded by programmers that will do most of this chunk work for you.
Mobile payments enable you to perform duties such as online invoicing, payment of customers, online budget and filing of taxes. This saves you time and expenses leading to the growth of your business.
In e-commerce, this tool is highly used not only because of its efficiency but speed.
Create an online help desk or ticket system that will enable you to solve your customers' issues from the comfort of your office. This will also help you schedule your customer applications saving you at the expense of hiring a secretary.
Customer service also allows you to conduct online surveys by use of questionnaires. Getting feedback from them enables you to make a well-informed decision that conforms to their preferences.
Organizations such as digital marketing agency orange county offer this service which makes it easier to manage the business.
All businesses need to have a professional businesses email. G-suite enables you to access slides, Google Drive and Google Docs. These apps guarantee business productivity.
Google Docs is an important tool that opens a word document from an e-mail attachment.
On opening the document, store it in Google Drive and share it with other people for feedback. According to research, cloud technology like G-Suite enables businesses scale and grow faster. This helps them outsmart their competitors.
Your main aim here is to reach as many prospective buyers as possible. Honestly, people don't have time to look at your long boring paper sheets I don't either. We all like to be entertained so entertain us.
Create short, educative yet entertaining videos of two to three minutes. Make them as captivating as possible and don't leave out the important details. Focus on a moving story that will leave it lingering in people's minds.
Avoid technicalities to reach people from all walks of life. Include client testimonials and it should show how your products and services helped solve a certain problem.
Influencer marketing relies on people's honest opinions. Use people that you trust as your influencers to share experiences about your products and services. Do this before incorporating it into your business.
Identify prospective buyers and get to understand their goals, challenges and preferred content.
Use accounts such as Facebook and LinkedIn, peers, bloggers and publications to understand the potential customers' likes and interests.
Your aim is to sway many customers from your competitors to your side. Setting high-end blogs, high-quality whitepapers will certainly perform the trick. Show the potential customers that you are an independent thought leader.
Once developed, share the content to social media, and message boards that the users frequent. Working on your influencers' network and leverages would take some time but it is worth the effort and investment.
Competition is at all levels, to beat your competitors you must have a consistent program with high-quality products. Use this marketing tool to foster a strong relationship between the target buyers and your brand.
It would be expensive but using this tool is worth the risk, it preys on the customer's psychology of giving something back in return if you give them something of high value.
Make sure your content is amazing, unique and better than your competitors. This will help you stand out and move many customers to your side.
to get feedback from customers on your product.
You can also use live event integration when generating new sales.
This is a smart strategy in marketing as it helps you have a personal touch with your customers. Create customer portals where you post new products and alert them to upcoming events.
The portal will also allow you to receive suggestions on how to improve your products.
Designing in online business is a tool that is slowly catching up. Your product outlook should be appealing and captivating. Hire professional designers to have the job done, digital marketing agency orange county has the best I know.
Online businesses are taking over and if you want your business to grow and remain relevant in this ever-changing and unpredictable business world, you must have the above tools. It all requires patience, and investment. Follow your own path, remain unique and beat your competitors, that is the secret ingredient for business growth.


We have a holiday home overlooking Willson's Prom in South Gippsland. We are looking for help to maintain our property and return the bushland area of the property to its natural state for the local fauna and flora. The project we are working on at the moment is clearing vines and introduced weeds and replacing them with native plants. Since the property is on a steep hill it can be physically challenging work. The upside is the views are amazing.
The property is 2.5 hours drive from Melbourne CBD and there is a bus from the CBD which takes around 3 hours. We can collect you from Fish Creek which is a 10 minute drive away.
We are also about 10 minutes drive to Sandy Point. A great beach for both swimming and surfing. Pete is a keen surfer and would be happy to head you in the right direction if you are keen to try the local surf. If the surf is no good you would be welcome to join us for a walk on the beach with our dogs.
We would love to share our home and local area with you. If you could give us 4 hours help per day we would be happy to provide full board. We are not rigid with the working schedule and are keen to make time for you to explore the local area.
Our Autumn and Spring are the best times of the year to visit but we can usually find a few days work during the year. We look forward to hearing from you.
P.S. We are now booked out until early 2019.


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Republicans to Bernanke: QE2 Is a Bad Idea
Danny King, AOL.com
Nov 17th 2010 7:00PM
Republican members of Congress on Wednesday criticized the Federal Reserve's decision to buy $600 billion in bonds in an effort to spur the U.S. economy. In a letter to Bernanke, GOP Congressional leaders said the Fed's second qualitative-easing program, commonly known as QE2, could result in "artificial asset bubbles" and long-term inflation.
The news comes only hours after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke defended the policy before the Senate Banking Committee. He said the program would encourage business investment and could create as many as 700,000 jobs over two years, the Associated Press reported.
Beyond the Senate, other officials also continue to debate QE2. Nearly two dozen economists, including former John McCain advisor Douglas Holtz-Eakin and ex-Treasury official John Taylor, have criticized Bernanke in advertisements in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal this week.
Last week, Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh said the government's decision to buy up bonds -- at a time when the dollar is weakening and commodity prices are rising -- could cause longer term inflation. The government may be better off reforming the tax code to spur companies to boost investment, he said.
QE2

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There's been a lot of anticipation for Device, the new project from Disturbed's David Draiman, over the past year. But now the biggest update yet comes with Draiman confirming an all-star lineup of guest musicians for the album, as well as details on the disc's first single and a tentative release date.
Draiman says, "Crazy! Finally able to talk more about this amazing band. The first single off our debut record debuts at radio on Feb. 19 and we have a tentative release date for the record of April 9." Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler, Deep Purple singer-bassist Glenn Hughes, Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows, System of a Down singer Serj Tankian, Rage Against the Machine guitar great Tom Morello and Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale will all make appearances on the disc.
In addition, Draiman confirmed that his live band will employ Evanescence / Dark New Day drummer Will Hunt and Dope / Eve to Adam guitarist Virus. Aside from Draiman, the band's only other permanent member is onetime Filter guitarist Geno Lenardo.
Draiman also mentioned that the video for 'Vilify,' which will serve as the aforementioned lead single, is filming today (Jan. 11). He concludes, "Album artwork coming soon! Can't wait for all of you to hear this."
As previously reported, Draiman has described Device as an industrial band in the vein of Ministry and early Nine Inch Nails.


Our culinary journey brings us to Big Ed's Buzzard BBQ. Our destination is located in Santa Clara, California, in an industrial park. The location is a little unusual for a restaurant. It is situated in the back of a light industrial court. In fact we drove right by the location on our first pass. There is no signage on the street. You know you have arrived by the presence of Big Ed's large colorful catering trailer. Through the doors, you will be greeted by Big Ed's daughter Tiffany. The interior is small with several tables. You can see into the back area which is a large commercial kitchen. Big Ed's shares his kitchen with a dessert baker who also has counter space in the front.
We meet Big Ed as he is rushing out the door to a catering job. His restaurant is a family run affair. Big Ed's son, Big Ed Jr. is cooking today. I survey the menu and asked Tiffany what is popular. She say's the smoked corned beef is very good. She also says her favorites are the ribs and brisket. Say no more that is my favorite too. Big Ed Jr. did give me a taste of the smoked corned beef and it was mighty tasty.
At your table two bbq sauces in squeeze bottles are offered. Habanero/mango and blackberry are the two flavors. I give them a try, gambling with the wrath of habanero sting. The habanero mango is pretty tame in the heat department. It is tomato based with habaneros that is tamed by the sweet mango's. The vinegar adds a little vibrancy to this mixture. The blackberry is also tomato based and is pleasant. It is a nice touch that sauce is offered on the side. These sauces are also offered for sale.
The plate of bbq arrives and it looks yummy. The ribs are falling apart tender. There is a nice smoke flavor. It paired well with the habanero/mango sauce. The brisket was my favorite. It had a great smoke ring. It was tender with a lot of beefy flavor. The sides were all house made. The beans and slaw satisfied. If I could find any fault with this meal it would be the cornmeal muffin. It was just a little dry for my liking.
Big Ed is a competitive cooker, caterer, and bbq class teacher. He has a very nice family run bbq restaurant to show off his cooking skills. Stop on by and give it a try. Just bring your map or pay attention to the lovely lady on the GPS.
That plate looks pretty good. Strip mall BBQ always worries me. But, that looks good.
Three Dogs BBQ, It was an industrial court/strip mall. You would not be there unless you had business or your destination was Big Ed's. It was worth the search.
Not I crave BBQ. Go figure.
Greg, I dream about bbq. Don't tell anyone.
Do you count pigs to go to sleep?
Three Dogs BBQ, I sleep very soundly though I wake up in a puddle of drool and bbq sauce.


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The scrum is the very definition of rugby.
Looks like football, but it's not. Just ask a rugger.
Guys get tossed in the air on throw-in.
Even when you're down, you're not down.
When you go into the end zone, you must touch the ball on the ground.
You can kick the ball at just about any time.
Injured player Barry Martin and his son watch.
Celebration of breast cancer awareness.
Doesn't get much better than this.
This guy wore his kilt.
The Roanoke Rugby team played an exhibition game against a team from Triad North Carolina yesterday at Highland Park on an idyllic Saturday afternoon. This is a fun game, not as dangerous as football nor as safe as soccer and it has a devoted following. The Roanoke team lost by about nine points, but I don't think many people cared. It was too pretty to be keeping score.
Not as dangerous as football?..clearly this person has never played the sport. Play a game and the revisit your blog.
The injury rate in high school football is more than 80 percent per year. In college, it's 100 percent. In the pros, it's more than 125 percent. If rugby is more dangerous than that, it should be banned.
125%? So more people are getting hurt than are actually playing?
Anon: Some suffer more than one injury per year, accounting for more than 100 percent.


4/03/2010 · Find the mean from a frequency table. Find the mean from a frequency table. Skip navigation Sign in. Search . Loading... Close. This video is …... Mean or average or arithmetic mean is one of the representative values of data. We can find the mean of observations by dividing the sum of all the observations by the total number of observations.
Read data from a comma-separated text file, testScores.csv, into a table using the readtable function. testScores.csv contains test scores for several students. Use the student names in the first column of the text file as row names in the table.
6/08/2011 · This video provides an example of how to determine the mean of a set of data. Search Video Library at http://www.mathispower4u.wordpress.com.


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Simple Redis
============

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/xyproto/simpleredis.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/xyproto/simpleredis)
[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/xyproto/simpleredis?status.svg)](http://godoc.org/github.com/xyproto/simpleredis)
[![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/xyproto/simpleredis)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/xyproto/simpleredis)

Easy way to use Redis from Go.

[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/go:github-xyproto-simpleredis.svg)](https://repology.org/project/go:github-xyproto-simpleredis/versions)

Online API Documentation
------------------------

[godoc.org](http://godoc.org/github.com/xyproto/simpleredis)

Features and limitations
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* Supports simple use of lists, hashmaps, sets and key/values
* Deals mainly with strings
* Uses the [redigo](https://github.com/gomodule/redigo) package

Example usage
-------------

~~~go
package main

import (
    "log"

    "github.com/xyproto/simpleredis"
)

func main() {
    // Check if the redis service is up
    if err := simpleredis.TestConnection(); err != nil {
        log.Fatalln("Could not connect to Redis. Is the service up and running?")
    }

    // Use instead for testing if a different host/port is up.
    // simpleredis.TestConnectionHost("localhost:6379")

    // Create a connection pool, connect to the given redis server
    pool := simpleredis.NewConnectionPool()

    // Use this for connecting to a different redis host/port
    // pool := simpleredis.NewConnectionPoolHost("localhost:6379")

    // For connecting to a different redis host/port, with a password
    // pool := simpleredis.NewConnectionPoolHost("password@redishost:6379")

    // Close the connection pool right after this function returns
    defer pool.Close()

    // Create a list named "greetings"
    list := simpleredis.NewList(pool, "greetings")

    // Add "hello" to the list, check if there are errors
    if list.Add("hello") != nil {
        log.Fatalln("Could not add an item to list!")
    }

    // Get the last item of the list
    if item, err := list.GetLast(); err != nil {
        log.Fatalln("Could not fetch the last item from the list!")
    } else {
        log.Println("The value of the stored item is:", item)
    }

    // Remove the list
    if list.Remove() != nil {
        log.Fatalln("Could not remove the list!")
    }
}
~~~

Testing
-------

Redis must be up and running locally for the `go test` tests to work.

Timeout issues
--------------

If there are timeout issues when connecting to Redis, try consulting the Redis latency doctor on the server by running `redis-cli` and then `latency doctor`.

Version, license and author
---------------------------

* Version: 2.6.1
* License: MIT
* Author: Alexander F. Rødseth <xyproto@archlinux.org>

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Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) Biography
Con to the question "Should the Government Allow Immigrants Who Are Here Illegally to Become US Citizens?"
"A third way — neither roundups nor amnesty… Shrink the illegal population through consistent, across-the-board enforcement of the immigration law. By limiting the settlement of new illegals, by increasing deportations to the extent possible, and, most importantly, by increasing the number of illegals already here who give up and deport themselves, the United States can bring about an annual decrease in the illegal-alien population, rather than allowing it to continually increase. The result would be attrition of the illegal population, shrinking it over a period of several years to a manageable nuisance, rather than today's looming crisis."
"Statement of Mark Krikorian Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on 'Comprehensive Immigration Reform II,'" Oct. 18, 2005
"The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit research organization founded in 1985. It is the nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States."
"About CIS," www.cis.org (accessed May 8, 2007)
"It is the Center's mission to expand the base of public knowledge and understanding of the need for an immigration policy that gives first concern to the broad national interest. The Center is animated by a pro-immigrant, low-immigration vision which seeks fewer immigrants but a warmer welcome for those admitted."
501(c)(3) Public Charity
Is Illegal Immigration an Economic Burden to America?
Does Illegal Immigration Pose a Terrorist Threat to the United States?
ProCon.org. (2008, January 9). Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). Retrieved from https://immigration.procon.org/source-biographies/center-for-immigration-studies-cis/
ProCon.org, "Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)," ProCon.org. last modified January 9, 2008. https://immigration.procon.org/source-biographies/center-for-immigration-studies-cis/.
ProCon.org, "Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)." ProCon.org. 9 Jan. 2008, immigration.procon.org/source-biographies/center-for-immigration-studies-cis/
ProCon.org. "Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)." ProCon.org. Last modified on January 9, 2008. Accessed January 16, 2021. https://immigration.procon.org/source-biographies/center-for-immigration-studies-cis/


Swimming pool heaters: make a homemade pool heater. Solar energy offers a great opportunity for heating your swimming pool for a very negligible recurring expense.... Homemade pool skimmers will work just as well as those purchased from a... This cleaning keeps items from dropping to the bottom of the pool and possibly clogging filters later. Pool skimmers can be made at home out of items you already own.
In the swim spa and hot tub defoamer pool perfect with phosfree 3 inch chlorinating tablets hth pool algaecide super algae guard 60 copper free hth spa defoamer... Design a pool Before determining the design, you must first answer the question what is your goal to build a swimming pool. Whether for sports such as swimming athletes or for fun with the family, or a combination of the pool with a spa to relax.
Proper water chemistry is required to keep a swimming pool safe and clean for swimmers, and maintaining a swimming pool's chemicals can save pool owners time and money. By following these steps, any pool owner can maintain their own...... Swimming pool heaters: make a homemade pool heater. Solar energy offers a great opportunity for heating your swimming pool for a very negligible recurring expense.
You can copy this project to have a swimming pool in your backyard, at your patio with pallets and can even turn it into a home deck pool by suing more pallets! Also check the other pallet pool projects we have shared on our sites to learn a bit more before you take a creative start!
Are you a qualified pool builder. Do you have all the necessary permits? Do you know the N E C swimming pool electrical codes for building a pool shell?
Homemade Swimming Pool ming pool diy. The above ground pool is a further option, less cost to construct, but usually as expensive to run. This is the simpler (and quicker) option for those that don�t want to dig a hole in their backyard, but still want the full �swimming pool� experience.


Rated a 4+, but most of us would be using it well before then! This is simply an interactive book to teach children about toilet training. As simple as it is I found it most effective with my special needs child whom I was having difficulty toilet training. By the time he was six I had tried many things with little success.
I then stumbled across a number of applications to teach toilet training via the iPad and thought, why not, I had tried everything else. The visual this application provided was very powerful. It shows wee and poo on the floor and eventually in the toilet. Many items in the story the child can touch and the item will respond with talking or a noise and keeps this fun element going throughout. My son loved to touch the wee and poo and make them squeak. Within a few hours of this story he approached me for the first time saying that he needed to go to the toilet!
It is certainly a book to do together as it does not read the story to the child but has opportunities for conversation points such as nappies, undies, the potty and toilet, growing up, accidents in pants, and shows the child's accidents on the floor, as I said, very visual for kids making it a winner for me.


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John Locke's Method for Common-Place Books (1685)
The philosopher's method for creating a personalized encyclopedia of quotations….more
First English Edition of Michel de Montaigne's Essays (1603)
John Florio's translation of Michel de Montaigne's genre-forming Essays, including thoughts on grief, friendship, drunkenness, impotence, smells, death, and thumbs….more
Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote (1867)
From whole multi-paragraph excerpts to single lines, this wonderful little book dedicates itself, as the title declares, to presenting the wit and wisdom to be foun…more
Potts's Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster (1845)
19th-century reprint, with additional introduction by James Crossley, of Thomas Potts' The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster, first publi…more
Topsell's History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents (1658)
Totalling more than 1000 pages this brilliantly illustrated treatise on zoology, explores ancient and fantastic legends about existing animals, as well as those at …more
Le Centre de l'Amour (ca. 1687)
The centre of love: discovered through various emblems, gallant and facetious — a delightfully illustrated emblem book exploring all corners of seventeenth-centur…more
A Collection of Very Valuable and Scarce Pieces relating to the Last Plague in the Year 1665 (1721)
Compendium relating to the 1665 Great Plague of London, consisting of official regulations put in place as well as accounts of the symptoms and cures related to the…more
Speculations of the Changes, Likely to be Discovered in the Earth and Moon, by Their Respective Inhabitants (ca. 1666)
On how the Earth might seem to those living in the moon, observing how our landscape not only changes and varies because of the seasons but also because of the alte…more
Emblems of Love, in Four Languages: Dedicated to the Ladys (1683)
This excellently sub-titled love emblem book is a reworking of emblems originally found in the earlier Thronus Cupidinis. Each of the forty-four cupid-centred emble…more
Arthur Coga's Blood Transfusion (1667)
An account of the first ever blood transfusion involving a human in England. Six months after he successfully completed a blood transfusion between two dogs, the ex…more
George Wither's Emblem Book (1635)
The emblem book of English poet, pamphleteer, and satirist George Wither (1588 – 1667). Wither was employed by a London publisher called Henry Taunton to write Engl…more
A Relation of an Extraordinary Sleepy Person (ca.1698)
A Royal Society paper describing a bizarre case of a man who would periodically fall into a "profound sleep" from which no-one could wake him for a months….more


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Chase Winovich Expands A Bit On Michigan's 2018 Revenge Tour
Ever since fifth-year senior defensive end Chase Winovich coined the 'Revenge Tour' term earlier this season, it has gone viral.
He spoke about the notion tonight on the Inside Michigan Football radio show, along with several other topics regarding the Wolverines' outstanding season so far.
"Teams beat up on us last year, and I've known since January we had revenge dish out," Winovich explained. "I knew before the year we had that three-game stretch [of Wisconsin, MSU and Penn State], and it was almost like we were a band on tour going from city to city.
"You have to be careful about what you say, but on the flip side, it forces you to act upon it. A good example of that is what happened before the MSU game — I knew we had to win that one after what occurred."
While most would agree this season has been a smashing success for Michigan so far, Winovich actually said it has been a letdown in some ways — but gave a good reason as to why.
"It's been a letdown in that we lost a game," he admitted. "We're still on track to meet our goals, because goals and expectations are constantly changing.
"When we were 5-7 in 2014, our goals were a lot different than they are now. We haven't forgotten how Rutgers got the best of us that season."
A lot has obviously changed since that point, as the program doesn't even resemble the shape it was in back then.
Junior quarterback Shea Patterson has helped U-M get to where it is now, and Winovich (the two are roommates) explained how he clicked with the former Ole Miss signal caller from the first time they met.
"You just click with certain people," he noted. "I'm a big believer in vibe and energy, and you don't necessarily have to be friends with someone to know you're going to get along with them.
"Shea and I had similar goals in what we wanted to accomplish at Michigan — plus, we both needed roommates, so it was a good match."
It never would have happened, though, if Winovich would have gone pro after last season. He strongly considered it, but told Patterson he'd return to Ann Arbor for a fifth year if he (Patterson) transferred to U-M.
"At one point, Coach Harbaugh had told everyone I had made up my mind, but that wasn't the case," Winovich recalled. "I came to Michigan with a vision of being a championship contender. If I had left knowing I had another chance to get Michigan in that position, I wouldn't have been able to live with myself.
"I love this school and would come back for a sixth year if I could. This campus and the professors and the students — I almost get emotional thinking about it, because it's so special to me."
Winovich and his teammates will have a chance to be champions if they continue their winning ways, most notably against Ohio State in Columbus in just under three weeks.
"That game has been so elusive for us over the last decade, and no matter how fired up we've gotten, it always seems to escape us," he observed. "It's a beast we haven't slayed in a while, but I can't wait for that opportunity."
Michigan didn't run up score in 2016
Michigan basketball vs. Norfolk St.: Here's our prediction


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package ol.format.filter;

import jsinterop.annotations.JsType;

/**
 * Represents a During comparison operator.
 *
 * @author Tino Desjardins
 *
 */
@JsType(isNative = true)
public class During extends Comparison {

    /**
     *
     * @param propertyName Name of the context property to compare.
     * @param begin The begin date in ISO-8601 format.
     * @param end The end date in ISO-8601 format.
     */
    public During(String propertyName, String begin, String end) {
        super("During", propertyName);
    }

}


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La Médaille Benemerenti est une décoration instituée par le Saint-Siège, destinée à être remise aux personnes qui ont rendu de longs et éminents services à l'Église catholique, à leur famille et à la collectivité.

Histoire
La Médaille Benemerenti d'aujourd'hui remonte à diverses traditions de médailles papales appelées "Benemerenti" ou "Bene Merenti", qui ont été attribués pour les mérites civiles et militaires. En 1891, elles furent combinées par Léon XIII pour céer une distinction permanente.

Elle est ordinairement décernée aux membres de la garde suisse pontificale après trois années de service.

Insigne et ruban
La version actuelle de la Médaille Benemerenti a été conçue par le pape Paul VI. La médaille est une croix grecque en or. Au milieu se trouve Christ avec la main levée en signe de bénédiction. Sur le bras gauche de la croix se trouve la une tiare papale et les clefs de Saint Pierre. Sur le bras droit se trouvent les armoiries papales.

La médaille est suspendue à un ruban jaune et blanc : les couleurs de la papauté.

La médaille est portée sur le côté gauche de la poitrine.

Liste de récipiendaires
 Raoul de Vexiau (1841-1929), homme politique français de la Vendée, catholique et royaliste ; zouave pontifical (1861-1862).
 Alphonse-Joseph van Steenkiste (1849-1919), gentilhomme du pape Léon XIII, comte par bref pontifical d', chevalier de l'ordre de Saint-Sylvestre ou de la Milice dorée, décoré de la Croix de Mentana et de la  médaille Benemerenti.
  (1831-1911), Comte romain héréditaire (1887), né à Uzès le . Commandant (major) des Zouaves Pontificaux (1860-1870), Lieutenant Colonel de la Légion des Volontaires de l'Ouest (1870-1871). Chevalier de Saint Louis (1899, Décerné par le comte de Chambord, héritier des rois de France devenu grand maître de l'ordre. Décoration normalement plus décernée depuis 1830), De pie IX (1867) et St-Grégoire-le-Grand (1861). Décoré des médailles de Crimée (1856), commémorative de la campagne d'Italie (1859), de la Valeur Militaire de Sardaigne, Croix de Mentana (1867) et Benemerenti.

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Références

Décoration accordée par le Saint-Siège

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It is maddening when you plan an activity that a million, gazillion people have done before you, and there is scarcely any mention of it on the Internet. Such was the sad sate of affairs when I decided to bike along the Danube River between the Austrian cities of Melk and Krems. In response to the collective laziness of the Internet on this topic, I am going to tell you what to do in excruciating detail. You are welcome.
For regular bike riders, just skip right over this pep talk. The rest of you — listen up! This bike ride is approximately 24 miles long. Don't panic. The bike path is called the Donauradweg in German. It is primarily flat, and, if you ride in the direction from Melk to Krems, then it is slightly downhill in parts.
Go to the main train station (Hauptbahnhof) in Vienna and find a train to Melk. We took the 10:30 AM train. I highly recommended going straight to the dining car and being served a civilized breakfast for the approximate one-hour journey to Melk. Disembark from the train and pick up a rental bike from the nextbike rack located directly in front of the train station.
Nextbike provides non-electric rental bikes at stations across many European cities. You can rent a bike when you arrive using the nextbike app on your phone, and then return your bike to a different nextbike station. No round-trip necessary! The bike comes with a basket, a lock, and there are tools at the bike rack to adjust your seat.
I worried that all the bikes would be rented by the time we arrived, but we had no problem at 11:30 AM on a Monday in May. My back-up plan was to use the nextbike app to locate one of the other nextbike staging areas in Melk. See, I am even giving you back-up plans! You are so lucky to have found this blog post.
Tip: Download the nextbike app and register on their website before you leave home.
Step 4: Have a Look Around Melk.
Melk is home to a gorgeous abbey, which happens to be a UNESCO World Heritage site. I had seen the abbey on a previous trip, so we took a few pictures, bought some bottles of water, and headed for the bike path. The bike path is easy to find–just head to the river parallel to Melk's main street.
Tip: Download a Donauradweg bike path map before you leave home. It seems almost impossible to get lost on this bike path, but having a map is always a good idea. If you forget, you can take a photo of the bike path map at the nextbike rental racks.
There are bike paths on both sides of the river, but we followed the path to the right side of the river heading in the direction of Krems. I was told that the path on the right was more picturesque than the path to the left side of the river for the first part of the trip. We rode for approximately 1.5 hours until we reached the ferry that transports bikes and their riders across the river to the town of Spitz. The bike path is well-marked, so you would need to work hard to get lost.
Obviously, after this much exercise AND a ferry ride, you deserve a drink. Spitz is a pleasant spot where you can drink Austrian wine overlooking the river. Delightful!
Upon departing Spitz, follow the path on the left side of the river as you head in the direction of Krems. Take the path until you reach the absolutely adorable town of Weissenkirchen.
Weissenkirchen is a picture-perfect Austrian town surrounded by vineyards. We took a small tour of the local church; road our bikes along the winding roads of the town; and then stopped for lunch in the courtyard of a restaurant called Weingut Heuriger Ferdl Denk. We had a gorgeous meal comprised of wine, meat and cheese. It was one of our best meals in Austria.
Continue on the bike path to the left side of the river until you reach Dürnstein. In 1192, King Richard I of England was imprisoned in a castle here. I'm not going to lie – the street leading up to Dürnstein is one of the steep bits in this ride. On the plus side, the uphill climb is short. I gave up and walked my bike. No one laughed.
By the time we reached Dürnstein, it was late afternoon and much of the town was shutting down. However, it was still worth a stop, because tourists can hike to the top of the castle ruins. This hiking path was steep, but the castle ruins provide a stunning view over the river.
Tip: The good people of Dürnstein posted many signs warning us not to leave our bikes leaning against walls of businesses and homes. The fact that there were no bicycle racks made the situation a wee bit difficult. My exasperated husband, realizing his rule-abiding wife would never leave a rental bike where expressly forbidden to do so, finally found a set of bike racks well-hidden next to the monastery.
To reach our final stop of Krems, we again took the bike path on the left side of the river. My friend Jennie insists that Krems is wonderful. I have to trust her on that one, because the entire town was shuttered by the time we arrived at 7:00 PM. We effortlessly checked in our bikes via our nextbike phone app at the nextbike racks in front of the train station. We found the last open restaurant in Krems and enjoyed a traditional meal of schnitzel to end our day in the Austrian countryside. After dinner, we ran to catch the train back from Krems to Vienna.
I had heard that this bike ride would take 3-4 hours. We meandered, stopped for meals and photos, and did a little sight-seeing. We picked up the bikes at 11:33 AM, dropped them off 7.5 hours later at 7:05 PM, and it wasn't enough time! And, remember, we didn't even tour the abbey at Melk. If I could do anything differently, I would catch an earlier train in the morning. However, that's the only thing I would change.
I know this will sound cliché, but a bike ride is all about the journey and not the destination. If we had raced through the ride to get to Krems, we never would have spent time in Weissenkirchen, which I loved. We wouldn't have stopped for lovely photos amidst the vineyards along the way. We certainly wouldn't have climbed to the top of the castle in Dürnstein and discovered that amazing view.
There! The Internet now contains way more information about this bike ride than it did before I started writing this post. Don't say I've never done anything for you.
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There's still time for Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton to develop into the dominating one-two punch the Twins were hoping they would become, but if not, there's a couple of crazy-good prospects starting to make some waves for the Twins in the minors.
Royce Lewis, the 19-year-old shortstop and No. 1 overall pick in the 2017 MLB Draft, and Alex Kirilloff, a 20-year-old right field the Twins took in the first round in 2016, might be the next dynamic duo for the Twins.
Both players started the season at low-A Cedar Rapids but have been promoted to high-A Fort Myers, where Lewis has played 11 games and Kirilloff 30.
At Cedar Rapids, Kirilloff led the Midwest League in batting average (.333), homers (13), RBI (56), slugging percentage (.607) and OPS (.999) before being promoted. And he's only gotten better, hitting .374 for the MIracle entering play Thursday.
What's crazy is that Kirilloff might be the hottest hitter on the planet right now. Over his last eight games, he's hitting .606 (20 hits in his last 33 at-bats) with two homers, seven doubles, one triple and nine RBI.
The man is a monster at the plate, and it's even more incredible when you consider that he missed the entire 2017 season recovering from Tommy John surgery.
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"He didn't miss a beat with the missed year last year due to injury," said Zoll. "His ability to drive the ball to the opposite field and conduct at-bats is special and is going to serve him very well as he progresses through the minor leagues and into the majors."
Lewis, meanwhile, is the top prospect in the organization and has undeniable talent.
He hit .315 with nine homers, 23 doubles and 53 RBI in 75 games at Cedar Rapids and so far at Fort Myers he's hitting .273. We've written about Lewis a bunch, with one MLB scout recently comparing him to Derek Jeter.
Both players still have a long way to go before we see them in the major leagues with the Twins, but they certainly have the potential to be the future of the franchise.
Now just imagine what could be if Kirilloff and Lewis join the Twins in two or three years and Sano and Buxton have figured it out by then.
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According to Google, 60% of small businesses do not have their own website. With the help of a new tool they will be able to create them.
Google will no longer trust WoSign and StarCom certificates
Google reports that in the coming months, it will completely stop cooperation with certificates issued by WoSign and StarCom certification centers. The change will take effect with the release of Chrome 61, which is expected in mid-September. It will affect the certificates issued before October 21, 2016, the period of validity of which has not yet expired.
Last year, Google Chrome 56 stopped trusting the certificates from WoSign and StarCom, released later October 21, 2016. After the release of Chrome 57, the browser partially stopped trusting the old certificates. An exception was made for websites that are among the first million in the Alexa rating. From now on, all certificates from these centers will be banned.
"Starting with Chrome 61, the white list will be removed, which will lead to a complete cessation of trust in the existing root certificates of WoSign and StarCom and all certificates that they have given out. Websites that still use certificates from StarCom and WoSign should urgently consider replacing them, so as to minimize any inconveniences to Chrome users," reports Google.
It should be recalled Mozilla announced about freezing its cooperation with WoSign and StartCom in September 2016. Starting with the Firefox 51 the certificates are considered to be invalid. At the same time, the support of certificates issued before October 21, 2016 is still preserved.
Google tests a new format for price extension in Product Listing Ads
Merkle agency specialists noticed that Google is testing a new format for price expansion in product listings.
Testers put the product price, which is shown at a discount, and the crossed-out original price on the right side. As a result, users immediately see that the product participates in the promotion. Testing is carried out in the mobile and desktop Google versions.
As noted in Merkle, this format of displaying information about the discount allows you to save space in the ad and show other extensions (free delivery, product rating). In addition, it helps to increase CTR ads and highlight company offers among competitors' ads.
Testing is conducted on a limited scale. Google representative said to the Merkle Company that they are constantly testing various formats to give users the most useful information.
Google Image Search loses market share to Amazon and Facebook
The share of Google in the search market grew from 58.84% in October last year to 64.8% in March 2017. At the same time, the share of Google Image Search fell to 21.8% in favor of Amazon and Facebook. This information has come from analysts of the American company Jumpshot in partnership with co-founder Moz Rand Fishkin.
During the research, they analyzed search data in Google Search, Images, Maps, YouTube, Yahoo, Bing, Amazon, Facebook, Reddit and Wikipedia for the period from October 2016 to May 2017 with a sole purpose to determine the resources that accounted for the largest number of search engines Sessions and traffic.
Generally, at this period Amazon's share went up from 0.4% to 2.30%, and Facebook's 0.8% to 1.5%. Bing and Yahoo both showed growth of up to 2.4%, while Google Maps was ranked up to 1.2%. The activity of Google Search, Bing, Amazon and Facebook showed growth, while Google Images, YouTube, Yahoo and Google Maps lost their positions.
The report also included data on search volumes and CTR in the US. The number of search sessions in Google has exceeded 30 billion a month (as of October 2016). By May 2017, the growth trend remained at the level of 10-15% compared to the previous year.
The results of the organic search in 2016 went down to the bottom. In December they were ranked at 54% (despite the fact that in January and February of the same year their level was at 57% and 56%, respectively, and taking into account the traditional activity stop after the winter holidays).
November 2016 gave the highest rates of search activity without clicks and was ranked at 45.5%. At the same time, the lowest indicator was in October, which is only 40.3%.
According to Jumpshot, the largest traffic is generated by Google: about 63% in May 2017, with about 60% in October 2016. During this period, YouTube also showed better results and went up by 0.2%, while Amazon rose by 0.1%. Traffic from Facebook, Yahoo, Reddit, Imgur and Bing almost died, and that's only Wikipedia that remained at the same level.
Email marketing was rated effective by more agency marketers than any other channel with 79% of agencies stating that email provides excellent or good ROI, according to an Econsultancy study in February 2015. (Source: eMarketer)
Listrak reported that in Q2 2015 open rates for US shopping cart abandonment email campaigns averaged 28.0% among its clients with a 21.0% conversion rate. (Source: eMarketer)
More than 95% of the world's population are now within reach of a mobile network signal. (Source: TechCrunch)
Social media (including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest) was not a meaningful channel during the holiday 2015 weekend, driving only 1.6% of e-commerce orders. The same applies to Cyber Monday, where social media networks drove 1.5% of orders. (Source: Custora)
18% of local smartphone searches led to a purchase within a day compared to 7% on non-local searches. (Source: Google)
60% of B2B companies say the biggest challenge in creating new assets is producing engaging content. (Source: Content Marketing Institute)
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Arizona Governor Proposes 23% Spending Hike
Ever since state budgeters forecast a $1 billion surplus last fall, Arizona politicians have been debating how to use the money. Driven by a strong real estate market, population growth, and rising corporate profits, year-to-date revenue collections are up almost 20 percent over the prior fiscal year. And the money keeps pouring in.
Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) says the surplus offers an opportunity to "invest in Arizona." Her proposed fiscal 2007 budget would push state general fund spending over $10 billion for the first time, a 23 percent increase over fiscal year 2006.
The governor says her top priority is a $115 million all-day kindergarten program, which would require an additional $170 million in capital improvements in the coming five years. Should her proposal pass, more than 51 percent of the general fund would be spent on education. The proposed budget also includes $1.8 billion to be spent on health care, $143 million to increase state employee pay, and an estimated $100 million for security on the border with Mexico.
The state senate's minority leader, Linda Aguirre (D-Phoenix), praised the governor's proposal, saying, "now that Arizona is on the fiscal rebound, it's great to see a budget proposal that invests in Arizona's best resource, its citizens." She added, "With the governor's investments in education, health care, and border security, as well as her proposals for targeted tax relief, I think she has a great feel for what mainstream Arizona wants."
Big Deficits Projected
The state's Joint Legislative Budget Committee, however, projects the governor's spending plan would lead to a $375 million budget deficit next year, growing to $755 million in 2008 and $832 million in 2009.
Critics point out that in 2002, Napolitano campaigned on a promise of fiscal responsibility, and the looming deficits are 20 percent larger than the ones she inherited when she took office.
"Deficits are a function of overspending or a revenue collapse. The governor actually forecasts a revenue increase, and yet her budget still produces a $375 million shortfall," said Steve Voeller, president of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club. "That's just irresponsible."
Spending, Tax Caps Proposed
The governor's proposed budget has raised the ire of fiscal conservatives in the state legislature. Lawmakers have introduced several bills calling for the legislature to cap spending, cut taxes, and return at least part of the surplus to the taxpayers.
One bill would cut personal income tax rates 25 percent over five years and return more than $200 million in recently collected property taxes.
Another would reduce Arizona's personal and corporate income tax rates by 10 percent over two years. Rep. Laura Knaperek (R-Tempe), the bill's sponsor, said the governor's "tax cut proposals are minuscule and targeted to specific groups of people," adding, "broad-based tax cuts are sound policy."
Her colleague in the House, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Phoenix), has a different view of what is sound policy, saying the proposed tax cuts are "shortsighted" and fail to address the state's long-term needs.
Call Spending 'Investing'
Political observers note an interesting aspect of the surplus debate is the terminology being used. The governor and her supporters are using mainstream terms such as "investing"–part of an ongoing national trend among politicians to make government sound more businesslike and efficient.
Tom Patterson, chairman of the Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute, a free-market research organization, says it is better to call things by their proper names.
"When government is involved, let's call it what it is," Patterson said. "It's not investing. It's spending."
With the governor hoping to increase spending almost four times faster than population and inflation growth and three times faster than personal income growth, the burden on individual and corporate taxpayers will inevitably be heavier, opponents say.
Arizona Tax Burden Soaring
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Arizona's state tax burden in 2002 was $1,558 per person. In 2005 it was $1,853, a 19 percent increase in three years. That means less money to finance new companies, create new jobs, and increase wages.
The past two decades of fiscal policy in Arizona can be divided into two periods. From 1983 to 1991, taxes increased and, subsequently, Arizona's per-capita income and earnings per employee fell below the national average. But from 1992 to 1996, former Gov. Fife Symington ® cut taxes by $1.5 billion. During that period, job creation, population, and new business creation grew three times faster than the national average. The trend continued until the recession that hit during the 2002 fiscal year.
Noah Clarke ([email protected]) is an economist with the Goldwater Institute's Center for Economic Prosperity.
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Whicker: MLB's punishment of Astros was…
Whicker: MLB's punishment of Astros was the least it could do
The team's general manager and manager were suspended for a year before the owner decided to fire them.
Houston owner Jim Crane, not pictured, fired Manager A.J. Hinch, left, and GM Jeff Luhnow after they were suspended on Monday, a clear signal that the organization was embarrassed by the sign-stealing that an MLB investigation confirmed took place during Houston's run to the 2017 World Series title and during the 2018 season. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
By Mark Whicker | mwhicker@scng.com | Daily News
PUBLISHED: January 13, 2020 at 4:23 pm | UPDATED: January 13, 2020 at 6:32 pm
Jeff Luhnow believed he was smarter than baseball. That belief was suspended on Monday, as was Luhnow.
He is no longer the general manager of the Houston Astros, who, in winning the World Series in 2017 and the American League pennant in 2019, tried to spook the game.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred suspended Luhnow for one season. In an eruption of conscience rarely seen in owners, Jim Crane fired Luhnow.
Manager A.J. Hinch got the same suspension and dismissal. The Astros were fined $5 million and lost their top draft choices in 2020 and 2021.
That will not be enough for baseball people who wanted Luhnow suspended permanently.
When John Coppolella, the Braves' general manager, misreported signing bonuses for international players and made separate deals with agents, he was banned for life.
When Chris Correa, a functionary in the Cardinals' office, hacked into Houston's computer networks because he knew where Luhnow was burying his data, he went to the slammer for 46 months and also was banned for life.
Manfred could have been far tougher. He could have taken an entire draft class or two away from the Astros, or fined them the equivalent of the national TV money they'd receive. But he cited the Astros' cooperation, as opposed to Coppolella's obstruction.
The next casualty almost surely will be Alex Cora, who was Houston's bench coach in 2017 and Boston's 2018 manager. The Red Sox beat Houston in that AL Championship Series and the Dodgers in the World Series.
Cora helped design the Astros' plan to relay the signs electronically to a trash can-banger in the dugout, whose signals told the hitter what pitches were coming.
Since the banger could not transmit the nature of the pitch's movement or velocity, it's difficult to believe this really helped the Astros, as Manfred acknowledged. Their strikeouts plunged in 2017, but apparently the signals were garbled in Game 4 of that World Series, when they got one hit on Alex Wood's 84 pitches.
Houston struck out two fewer times per game in 2017 than in 2016. But the 2017 and 2018 Astros had better hitting numbers on the road than at home.
Manfred said the players were the prime movers in Garbagegate, but couldn't justify suspending them. He threw the book at Hinch for hiding his knowledge of it. He reprimanded Luhnow for lack of institutional control, saying there was no evidence he knew. It would take major gullibility to assume he didn't.
"I am deeply disappointed that I wasn't informed of any conduct," Luhnow said in a statement, "because I would have stopped it."
Luhnow descended upon baseball like a mall developer upon a family farm. He worked for McKinsey, the powerful consulting firm. There, he met the son-in-law of Cardinals president Bill DeWitt, and legend has it that his mastery of fantasy-league baseball helped him get inside the door, where he ascended from the scouting department.
Once in Houston, Luhnow began firing scouts and managers and wound up with perhaps the strongest roster in baseball. But Bobby Heck, one of the fired scouts, was responsible for drafting George Springer and Carlos Correa, and Jose Altuve and Dallas Keuchel were already there.
Luhnow's regime released J.D. Martinez and drafted Mark Appel with the top pick instead of future MVP Kris Bryant. To be fair, he pulled off the audacious trade for Justin Verlander that led to a championship.
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Luhnow also traded for spouse-beater Roberto Osuna. He didn't recognize that he couldn't close the clubhouse to reporters because Verlander didn't like one of them. He didn't disapprove when assistant GM Brandon Taubman could make a jackass of himself in a post-win celebration, or when pro scouting consultant Kevin Goldstein encouraged scouts to steal signs with their cameras. He thought baseball would prosper with fewer minor league teams, an idea from the McKinsey playbook.
In the end, he was undone by a decision to leave Michael Fiers off the 2017 postseason roster. Fiers was 10-8 for the season and led Houston in innings, and the Astros were 8-2 in his no-decisions. Everyone forgot it but Fiers, now with Oakland. He told The Athletic about the inner workings.
It's fashionable to scoff at baseball's unwritten rules and ethics, made up by Boomers who disavow "fun." Luhnow thought he could skirt the written rules, too, even after Manfred warned him.
The Dodgers will bask in their aggrievement, but no sign-stealing made them hit .205 in that series.
No, the real issue is whether the punishment fell short of the crime and whether the Astros would do it again even if they knew the penalties. And they probably would. If cheating is your thing, cheat loud.
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Q: Weeks between two dates (PHP) I would like to have the number of weeks between two dates but I don't know how to do and my research lead to solutions that do not work ...
$startDate = new DateTime("2015-01-23");
$endDate = new DateTime("2015-06-29");

Thank you in advance :)

A: Use diff & calculate the number of weeks depending on the number of days -
$interval = $startDate->diff($endDate);

echo (int)(($interval->days) / 7);

Output
22

A: Input:
DateToArray('2016-05-01', '2016-05-30');
public function DateToArray($dateTimeBegin, $dateTimeEnd)
{
    $dateToArray = DateUtils::GetDateListDateRange($dateTimeBegin, $dateTimeEnd);
    $total_weeks = array('1', '2', '3', '4','5','6');
    $week = array();
    foreach($total_weeks as $week_no):
        //intialize with null always but it is safer to initialize string when you output directly.  My Personal Preference
        $week[$week_no] = array('Sunday' => '','Monday' => '','Tuesday' => '','Wednesday' => '','Thursday' => '','Friday' => '','Saturday' => '' );
    endforeach;
    $current_week = 1;
    foreach ($dateToArray as $cdate):
        $day_of_week = date('l', strtotime( $cdate ) );
        if ($day_of_week == 'Sunday' and Date('j', strtotime($cdate)) !== '1'  ):
            $current_week ++;
        endif;
        $week[$current_week][ $day_of_week ] = date('j', strtotime( $cdate ) );
    endforeach;
    foreach($total_weeks as $week_no):
        if ($week_no > $current_week) unset ($week[$week_no]);
    endforeach;

    echo '<pre>';
    print_r($week);
    echo '</pre>';
    exit();
}

Output:
Array
(
    [1] => Array
        (
            [Sunday] => 1
            [Monday] => 2
            [Tuesday] => 3
            [Wednesday] => 4
            [Thursday] => 5
            [Friday] => 6
            [Saturday] => 7
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [Sunday] => 8
            [Monday] => 9
            [Tuesday] => 10
            [Wednesday] => 11
            [Thursday] => 12
            [Friday] => 13
            [Saturday] => 14
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [Sunday] => 15
            [Monday] => 16
            [Tuesday] => 17
            [Wednesday] => 18
            [Thursday] => 19
            [Friday] => 20
            [Saturday] => 21
        )

    [4] => Array
        (
            [Sunday] => 22
            [Monday] => 23
            [Tuesday] => 24
            [Wednesday] => 25
            [Thursday] => 26
            [Friday] => 27
            [Saturday] => 28
        )

    [5] => Array
        (
            [Sunday] => 29
            [Monday] => 30
            [Tuesday] =>
            [Wednesday] =>
            [Thursday] =>
            [Friday] =>
            [Saturday] =>
        )

)


What's Next for US-Egypt Relations?
Correspondent for The New York Times, Anthony Shadid writes that the future of the Arab world "was fought for in the streets of downtown Cairo on Wednesday." The populace is rethinking its role in Egypt as it calls for a new government. However, a new government will also mean a new understanding of U.S.-Egypt relations.
The United States has changed its tune throughout the week of protests in Egypt. The administration said that a transition to democracy needed to happen "now" (Gibbs then clarified, saying "now started yesterday") and condemned violence against protesters by pro-Mubarak demonstrators. This roiled Egyptian officials. This distancing from Mubarak marks a significant move. To explain the longterm impact of changes on U.S.-Egypt relations is Mark Landler, diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times.


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Piranesi in Rome
18th-Century Rome
Mapping Piranesi's Etchings
Hadrianic Spoils
Arch for Constantine (north side), detail of Hadrian roundels. Left: The emperor sacrifices a bull. Right: Sacrifice to Apollo.
Arch for Constantine (north side), detail of Hadrian roundels. Left: A lion hunt. Right: Sacrifice to Hercules.
Arch for Constantine (south side), detail of Hadrian roundels. Left: The emperor hunts a bear. Right: Sacrifice to Diana.
Arch for Constantine (south side), detail of Hadrian roundels. Left: The hunting party leaves the city. Right: Sacrifice to Silvanus.
The eight roundels arrayed on the north and south sides of the arch depict hunting and sacrifice scenes and may have been taken from an imperial hunting monument that was once dedicated to the emperor Hadrian (117-238 CE).1 Their style refers back to the Greek Classical period (5th to 4th century BCE). For example, the figures are carved to resemble an ideal human form, and the drapery of their garments are rendered in a realistic manner. It is clear too that, upon closer inspection, the heads of the Hadrian roundels were recarved to resemble Constantine. This type of re-decoration was somewhat unusual but not unheard of in Rome when the monument was first erected. Scholars agree that the recarving was part of a deliberate effort made by the arch's designers to reinforce a link between Constantine and Hadrian.2
1Jessica Hughes, "Memory and the Roman Viewer: Looking at the Arch of Constantine" in Memoria Romana: Memory in Rome and Rome in Memory, ed. Karl Galinsky (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2014), 106.
2Hughes, "Memory and the Roman Viewer," 107.
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A SUMMER OF GOOD-BYES
By Fred Misurella
A SUMMER OF GOOD-BYES is a touching, bittersweet novel infused with the grace and loveliness of the French countryside.
Fiction, Literary Fiction
Posted by IR Staff
A SUMMER OF GOOD-BYES begins with Ben Alto and his wife Lee, both artists, struggling with infertility, as they seek to adopt a Russian orphan baby named Mikhail Alexandrovich. Misha's adoption and growth into a healthy, happy boy anchors their family in love- but Lee's confession of an affair with a longtime friend upends things again. Uncertain of their choices in life, the family goes to Provence for a vacation – and Ben comes into contact again with the woman he once thought of as the love of his life, Anne-Marie, who is caring for her dying lover, a jazz musician named Zach. In this tangle of relationships, regrets, and paths not taken, Ben must decide for himself whether his choices have brought him to the right place and the right life.
A SUMMER OF GOOD-BYES is an artistic book, a series of moments and events captured in brilliant, rich emotional color. The book drifts gently backwards and forwards in time, drawing connections and illuminating key events as the story goes on. The characters' interactions with each other are shaded in a soft emotional haze of love, regret, forgiveness, and grief, with the anger of Anne-Marie's daughter Celestine and occasionally, Ben and Lee's marriage difficulties adding sharper, harsher notes in places for contrast.
The writing is lyrical, as lovely as the setting, which is so vividly and lovingly drawn as to be almost a character in its own right. The first-person perspective brings the reader directly into Ben's thoughts and emotions, as he tries to figure out whether or not he made a wrong turning in life or whether he is exactly where he is supposed to be. The result is not so much a story as a philosophical study in prose, musing on love, relationships, family, art, loss, and what it means to dedicate one's life to a person, a family, a calling. There is a warmth to the book, a readiness to forgive human failings and a generous acceptance of others' struggles, that makes it a very appealing read.
~Catherine Langrehr
IR VERDICT:
A SUMMER OF GOOD-BYES is a beautifully written tale on the influence of art and travel on a family's summer in the French countryside, where a coincidence leads to a rekindled relationship with a former lover and the flawed characters struggle to figure out their future.
Fred Misurella
Rated 4.5 / 5 based on 1 review.