Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk got married in a star-studded Hamptons ceremony on September 29.
In a wedding cake "compromise," Paltrow and Falchuk decided to serve 90 individual cakes at their wedding — 45 carrot cakes and 45 chocolate and vanilla cakes.
For dinner, wedding guests were served prime rib and tortellini prepared by New York-based chef, Mario Carbone.
For their rehearsal dinner, the couple hired an Argentine chef who specializes in live-fire cooking.
On September 29, Gwyneth Paltrow married Brad Falchuk in a star-studded Hamptons ceremony. In true Paltrow fashion, from her Valentino wedding dress to the elaborate decor, the wedding was a sight to see.
When it came to what would be served for the occasion, the wellness mogul revealed their full wedding menu on Goop.com and it's just as elaborate as one would expect.
When it came to choosing a cake, the duo couldn't decide which kind to serve so made a "compromise" and served both of their choices.
Per Goop, Paltrow and Falchuk served 45 individual carrot cakes — Paltrow's choice — and 45 chocolate and vanilla cakes — Falchuk's choice. The cakes were all made by Nine Cakes, a popular Brooklyn-based bakery.
The mini desserts were decorated with white frosting in a naked-cake style and placed on ornate white plates, as seen in the Nine Cakes' Instagram.
As for dinner, the couple hired Mario Carbone, a New York-based chef and owner of the popular New York bistro, Carbone.
Carbone and his team prepared Dungeness crab Louis, Scampi tortellini, honey mustard duckling, prime rib, and an assortment of fall vegetables for the wedding guests.
Last night G&B ❤ flipping the Piadina stuffed with onions and aged Vermont cheddar. Dando vuelta la Piadina con Cheddar estacionado de Vermont. East Hampton, NY.
It wasn't just their wedding day that boasted an enviable menu. For their rehearsal dinner, the couple had Argentine chef Francis Mallmann fly 5,000 miles from Santiago, Chile to cook in his signature live-fire style.
The renowned chef made dishes such as a succulent 12-hour fire-roasted pineapple, his signature rib-eye, and piadina, a thin Italian flatbread.
Anyone looking to replicate the wedding menu of Paltrow and Falchuk can do so thanks to a detailed 48-photo slideshow on Goop's website.


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SB-106 Budget Act of 2019.(2019-2020)
Current Version: 07/01/19 - Chaptered Compared to Version: 07/01/19 - Chaptered 06/26/19 - Enrolled 06/20/19 - Amended Assembly 06/17/19 - Amended Assembly 01/10/19 - Introduced
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Senate Bill No. 106
An act to amend the Budget Act of 2019 by amending Items 0530-001-0001, 4800-101-0001, 6440-001-0001, and 6610-001-0001 of, and adding Item 0530-495 to, Section 2.00 of, and amending Section 39.00 of, that act, relating to the state budget, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, budget bill.
[ Approved by Governor July 01, 2019. Filed with Secretary of State July 01, 2019. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 106, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Budget Act of 2019.
The Budget Act of 2019 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2019–20 fiscal year.
This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2019 by amending items of appropriation and making other changes.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Item 0530-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2019 is amended to read:
0530-001-0001—For support of Secretary of California Health and Human Services ........................
0280-Secretary of California Health and Human Services ........................
Reimbursements to 0280-Secretary of California Health and Human Services ........................
−2,452,000
Provisions:
1. Of the funds appropriated in Schedule (1), $5,000,000 is for the support of activities related to the Healthy California for All Commission. Notwithstanding any other law, these funds shall be available for encumbrance or expenditure until June 30, 2021.
2. Of the funds appropriated in Schedule (1), $2,200,000 is available in the 2019–20 fiscal year, $2,200,000 is available in the 2020–21 fiscal year, and $2,200,000 is available in the 2021–22 fiscal year, for the Early Childhood Policy Council pursuant to Article 14 (commencing with Section 8286) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code.
3. Of the amount appropriated in Schedule (1), $5,000,000 is available for administration of the Master Plan for Early Learning and Care pursuant to Article 14 (commencing with Section 8286) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code. Notwithstanding any other law, these funds shall be available for encumbrance or expenditure until June 30, 2022.
Item 0530-495 is added to Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2019, to read:
0530-495—Reversion, Secretary of California Health and Human Services. As of June 30, 2019, the balances specified below of the appropriations provided in the following citations shall revert to the balances in the funds from which the appropriations were made.
0001—General Fund
(1) Item 0530-001-0001, Budget Act of 2018 (Chs. 29 and 30, Stats. 2018). $5,000,000 appropriated for the Commission on Health Care Delivery Systems in Program 0280-Secretary of California Health and Human Services.
4800-101-0001—For local assistance, California Health Benefit Exchange ........................
(1) 4202-State Subsidy Program ........................ 428,629,000
1. Pursuant to Title 25 (commencing with Section 100800) of the Government Code and the program design adopted by the California Health Benefit Exchange in accordance with that title, the amount appropriated in this item shall provide advanceable premium assistance subsidies during the 2020 coverage year to individuals with projected and actual household incomes at or below 600 percent of the federal poverty level.
2. Of the amount available in this item, the program design, in accordance with Title 25 (commencing with Section 100800) of the Government Code, shall allocate approximately 17 percent to provide advanceable premium assistance subsidies to individuals with household incomes above 200 percent and at or below 400 percent of the federal poverty level and approximately 83 percent to provide advanceable premium assistance subsidies to individuals with household incomes at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty level and to individuals with household incomes above 400 percent and at or below 600 percent of the federal poverty level.
3. The Director of Finance may authorize an increase in this appropriation to pay all premium assistance subsidies authorized for the 2020 coverage year pursuant to the program design. Any augmentation under this provision shall be authorized no sooner than 10 days after notification in writing of the necessity thereof to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or not sooner than whatever lesser time after notification the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or the chairperson's designee, may in each instance determine.
4. Notwithstanding any other law, funds appropriated for the 2020 coverage year pursuant to this item may be encumbered until December 31, 2021.
6440-001-0001—For support of University of California ........................
5440-Support ........................
This appropriation is exempt from Sections 6.00 and 31.00.
2. (a)
The Regents of the University of California shall implement measures to reduce the university's cost structure.
The Legislature finds and declares that many state employees hold positions with comparable scope of responsibilities, complexity, breadth of job functions, experience requirements, and other relevant factors to those employees designated to be in the Senior Management Group pursuant to existing Regents policy.
(c) (1)
Therefore, at a minimum, the Regents shall, when considering compensation for any employee designated to be in the Senior Management Group, use a market reference zone that includes state employees.
At a minimum, the Regents shall include in a market reference zone all comparable positions from the lists included in subdivision (l) of Section 8 of Article III of the California Constitution and Article 1 (commencing with Section 11550) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Notwithstanding any other law, the Director of Finance may reduce funds appropriated in this item by an amount equal to the estimated Cal Grant and Middle Class Scholarship Program cost increases caused by a 2019–20 academic year increase in systemwide tuition. No reduction may be authorized pursuant to this provision sooner than 30 days after the Director of Finance provides notice of the intended reduction to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
Of the funds appropriated in this item, $1,000,000 shall be used for the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.
The Controller shall transfer funds from this appropriation upon receipt of a report from the Department of Finance indicating the amount of debt service anticipated to become due and payable in the fiscal year associated with state general obligation bonds issued for university projects.
The Controller shall return funds to this appropriation upon receipt of a report from the Department of Finance.
Payments made by the state to the University of California for each month from July through April shall not exceed one-twelfth of the amount appropriated in this item, less the amount that is expected to be transferred pursuant to Provision 3. Transfers of funds pursuant to Provision 3 shall not be considered payments made by the state to the university.
Of the funds appropriated in this item, $119,800,000 shall be available to support operational costs.
5.2. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this item, $15,000,000 shall be available to support meal donation programs, food pantries serving students, CalFresh enrollment, and other means of directly providing nutrition assistance to students. The funds shall also be used to assist homeless and housing-insecure students in securing stable housing.
(b) The University of California shall report to the Department of Finance and relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature by March 1, 2020, and each year thereafter regarding the use of funds specified in this provision. The report shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following information:
(1) The amount of funds distributed to campuses, and identification of which campuses received funds.
(2) For each campus, a programmatic budget summarizing how the funds were spent. The budget shall include any other funding used to supplement the General Fund.
(3) A description of the types of programs in which each campus invested.
(4) A list of campuses that accept or plan to accept electronic benefit transfer.
(5) A list of campuses that participate or plan to participate in the CalFresh Restaurant Meals Program.
(6) A list of campuses that offer or plan to offer emergency housing or assistance with long-term housing arrangements.
(7) A description of how campuses leveraged or coordinated with other state or local resources to address housing and food insecurity.
(8) An analysis describing how funds reduced food insecurity and homelessness among students, and, if feasible, how funds impacted student outcomes such as persistence or completion.
(9) Other findings and best practices implemented by campuses.
5.3. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this item, $10,000,000 shall be available to continue support of 2018–19 enrollment growth.
(b) Of the funds appropriated in this item, $49,900,000 shall be available to support the enrollment of 4,860 California resident undergraduate students by 2020–21 above 2018–19 levels.
Of the funds appropriated in this item, $5,300,000 shall be available to increase student mental health resources.
5.6. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $2,500,000 shall be available for the creation or expansion of equal opportunity employment programs. Funding shall be distributed to selected departments on campuses seeking to create or expand equal employment opportunity programs.
6. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $143,536,000 shall be expended to address deferred maintenance projects that represent critical infrastructure deficiencies. Of this amount, up to $5,000,000 may be used to support an assessment of the University of California's facilities needs. The amount allocated shall be available for encumbrance or expenditure until June 30, 2022. The Department of Finance shall notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee 30 days before the release of funds and provide a list of projects and associated costs that the University of California plans to support with these funds.
6.2. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $6,000,000 shall be expended for outreach to low-income students and students from underrepresented minority groups, including students who were enrolled in high schools in which the enrollment of students who were unduplicated pupils as defined in Section 42238.02 of the Education Code is more than 75 percent of the total enrollment.
6.3. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $3,500,000 shall be available on a one-time basis to the University of California San Francisco Dyslexia Center to support a dyslexia screening and early intervention pilot program.
6.4. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this item, $3,500,000 shall be available to support rapid rehousing efforts assisting homeless and housing insecure students.
(b) Campuses shall establish ongoing partnerships with community organizations that have a tradition of helping populations experiencing homelessness to provide wrap-around services and rental subsidies for students. Funds appropriated in the item may be used for, but authorized uses are not limited to, the following activities:
(1) Connecting students with community case managers who have knowledge and expertise in accessing safety net resources.
(2) Establishing ongoing emergency housing procedures, including on-campus and off-campus resources.
(3) Providing emergency grants that are necessary to secure housing or to prevent the imminent loss of housing.
(c) Funding shall be allocated to campuses based on demonstrated need.
(d) The terms "homeless" and "housing insecure" shall be defined as students who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. This includes students who are:
(1) Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason.
(2) Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations.
(3) Living in emergency or transitional shelters.
(4) Abandoned in hospitals.
(5) Living in a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
(6) Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings.
(e) The University of California shall submit a report to the Director of Finance and, in conformity with Section 9795 of the Government Code, to the Legislature by July 15, 2020, and annually thereafter, regarding the use of these funds, including the number of coordinators hired, number of students served by campus, distribution of funds by campus, a description of the types of programs funded, and other relevant outcomes, such as the number of students that were able to secure permanent housing, and whether students receiving support remained enrolled at the institution or graduated.
6.5. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $4,000,000 shall be used by the University of California to provide summer-term financial aid to any student who is eligible for state financial aid and is a California resident, including students receiving an exemption from nonresident tuition pursuant to Section 68130.5 of the Education Code. These funds shall be used to supplement and not supplant existing funds provided by the University of California for summer-term financial aid. The Legislature finds and declares that this provision is a state law within the meaning of subdivision (d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.
6.55. (a) The funding provided in Provision 6.5 shall be suspended on December 31, 2021, unless the condition in subdivision (b) applies.
(b) The suspension shall not take effect if the estimates of General Fund revenues and expenditures for the 2021–22 and 2022–23 fiscal years, as determined pursuant to Section 12.5 of Article IV of the California Constitution that accompany the May Revision required to be released by May 14, 2021, pursuant to Section 13308 of the Government Code, contain estimated annual General Fund revenues that exceed estimated annual General Fund expenditures for the 2021–22 and 2022–23 fiscal years, by an amount equal to or greater than the sum total of all General Fund appropriations for all programs subject to suspension pursuant to this act and all bills providing for appropriations related to this act.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to consider alternative solutions to restore this program if the suspension takes effect.
6.6. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $1,299,000 shall be allocated for a statewide grant program expanding the number of primary care and emergency medicine residency slots.
6.7. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $1,915,000 shall be used for the Statewide Database, and shall be available for encumbrance or expenditure through June 30, 2022.
6.8. Commencing with the 2019–20 fiscal year, the University of California and the University of California Davis campus shall not assess administrative costs or charges against the funds previously appropriated for support of subdivision (c) of Provision 4.2 of Item 6440-001-0001 of Chapter 23 of the Statutes of 2016. It is the intent of the Legislature that funds previously appropriated for support of subdivision (c) of Provision 4.2 of Item 6440-001-0001 of Chapter 23 of the Statutes of 2016 be directly allocated by the University of California to the University of California Davis Firearms Violence Research Center.
6.9. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this item, $15,000,000 shall be available on a one-time basis to develop or expand degree and certificate completion programs at University of California extension centers. The amount shall be available for encumbrance or expenditure until June 30, 2024.
(b) Programs supported by this appropriation, at a minimum, shall meet the following conditions:
(1) Tuition and fees for the programs developed with these funds shall be commensurate with, or less than, the cost of providing the instruction. It is the intent of the Legislature that the cost to students of degree or certificate programs developed with these funds shall not exceed a reasonable proportion of the students' wage or salary increase anticipated within the first ten years of expected employment following the completion of a degree or certificate.
(2) The University of California shall not use these funds to contract, directly or indirectly, with non-public, third-party entities, including but not limited to private for-profit and private non-profit institutions.
(c) The University of California shall submit, 30 days prior to the release of funds provided pursuant to this provision, a plan to the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee that includes:
(1) A budget plan and description of how funds will be used for initial planning, curriculum development, outreach, and other start-up costs for the new or expanded programs.
(2) Types of certificates, degrees and programs the University of California plans to develop or expand, which University of California extension locations will offer these programs, and how these programs meet regional labor market needs and student demand.
(3) The tuition and fees for each certificate, degree and program.
(4) The estimated number of students, by extension campus location and home institution, that will participate in the program.
(5) Information on types of financial aid, including state, federal, and institutional financial aid and loans that students in these programs may be eligible to receive.
(6) A long-term plan that describes how these programs will be self-supported after the initial start-up.
(d) The University of California shall report biennially, beginning on June 30, 2021, to the Department of Finance and relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature regarding all University of California extension programs. The report shall, at a minimum, include:
(1) A description of each extension program and how it meets regional labor market needs and student demand.
(2) A description of current re-entry options and programs, and recommendations on how to improve access and success in these programs.
(3) The completion rates of programs developed.
(4) The total cost of attendance for extension programs.
(5) The number of students and financial aid recipients, by campus and program that complete their degree or program.
(6) Demographics of students served, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, age, and other factors, provided that disaggregating the data by these categories does not yield results that would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student.
(7) An explanation of the circumstances under which extension students may use federal grants and loans for these programs, pursuant to Title IV of the Higher Education Act.
(8) The estimated number of financial aid recipients, disaggregated by financial award type and the average financial award amount.
(9) A list of contracts with third-party entities used by University of California extension for educational programs, including but not limited to contracts for the development of course materials, administration of the programs, or the provision of instruction. For purposes of this paragraph, "third-party entities" does not include California community colleges, the California State University or the University of California.
6.95. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $250,000 shall be allocated on a one-time basis for the Underground Scholars Initiative at the University of California Berkeley campus.
7. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $6,000,000 is provided on a one-time basis to establish the University of California and California State University Collaborative for Neurodiversity and Learning.
7.1. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $1,500,000 shall be allocated on a one-time basis to the Center for Labor Research and Education at the University of California Berkeley campus.
7.2. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $3,850,000 is provided on a one-time basis for allocation to the University of California, Davis Firearms Violence Research Center to support firearms injury and death prevention training.
7.3. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $10,000,000 is provided on a one-time basis to support conservation genomics.
7.4. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $2,000,000 is provided on a one-time basis for grants administered by the Wildlife Health Center at the Davis campus to local marine mammal stranding networks.
7.5. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $1,000,000 is provided on a one-time basis to support the University of California Davis Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies.
7.6. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $2,000,000 is provided on a one-time basis to support the Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Department at the University of California Berkeley.
7.7. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $1,200,000 is provided on a one-time basis to establish the Marcus Foster doctoral fellowship program at the University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Education.
7.8. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $2,500,000 is provided on a one-time basis to support the University of California Los Angeles Latino Policy and Politics Initiative.
7.9. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $3,500,000 is provided on a one-time basis to support the University of California Los Angeles Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies.
8. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this item, $7,500,000 shall be allocated on a one-time basis to the Charles R. Drew University for the following purposes:
(1) $5,000,000 for enrollment growth and student support services.
(2) $2,500,000 for academic facilities upgrades.
(b) These funds shall be used to supplement and not supplant existing funds provided by the University of California to the Charles R. Drew University.
9. Notwithstanding Section 92495 of the Education Code, the University of California is authorized to pursue a medical school project at the Riverside campus pursuant to Sections 92493 to 92496, inclusive, of the Education Code. It is the intent of the Legislature that this item be augmented in subsequent fiscal years to support the debt service for bonds associated with this project.
10. Notwithstanding Section 92495 of the Education Code, the University of California is authorized to pursue a medical school project at, or near, the Merced campus pursuant to Sections 92493 to 92496, inclusive, of the Education Code. It is the intent of the Legislature that this item be augmented in subsequent budget years to support the debt service for bonds associated with this project.
6610-001-0001—For support of California State University ........................
Of the funds appropriated in this item, $193,000,000 is provided to support operational costs.
1.2. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this item, $85,000,000 is for enrollment of an additional 10,000 full-time equivalent resident undergraduate students beginning in the 2019–20 academic year, compared to the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in the 2018–19 academic year.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that these funds be used to enroll new students at the university.
1.3. (a)
Of the funds appropriated in this item, $75,000,000 is provided for the Graduation Initiative, of which $30,000,000 is provided on a one-time basis.
As a condition of receiving these funds, the California State University shall report to the Legislature by January 15, 2021, regarding:
The amount each California State University campus spent on the Graduation Initiative in 2019–20.
How specifically these funds were spent in 2019–20.
A narrative on how these spending activities are linked to research on best practices for student success.
Campus data indicating whether these activities are achieving their desired effect.
A description for each campus on its efforts and spending activity to close the achievement gap for low-income students, historically underrepresented students, and first-generation college students.
Growth in management, faculty, and support staff positions in 2019–20 when compared to 2018–19, and how this employee growth advances student success.
Of the funds appropriated in this item, $3,300,000 is provided to support Project Rebound. As a condition of receiving these funds, the California State University shall, no later than April 1, 2020, and annually each year thereafter, report to the Department of Finance and the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature regarding the California State University's use of these funds, program enrollment, and student outcomes. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) An expenditure plan.
(b) The amount of other funds, including Graduation Initiative funding and philanthropic grants, each campus is using to support Project Rebound students in 2019–20.
(c) A description of educational and support services each Project Rebound campus provides to students and potential students.
(d) How Project Rebound programs coordinate with other campus student support services and statewide and local programs available to formerly incarcerated individuals.
(e) Student enrollment in Project Rebound, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, and age, as well as first-time freshmen, transfer students, undergraduate students, and graduate students.
(f) Outcomes associated with the program, including student retention, graduation, and recidivism rates.
(g) Any plans to expand Project Rebound to other California State University campuses.
1.45. (a) Of the amount appropriated in this item, $35,000,000 shall be expended to increase the number of tenure-track faculty pursuant to the Graduation Initiative. Funds shall be used to hire full-time, tenure-track faculty above and beyond the university's 11,228 current tenure-track faculty. The California State University shall give consideration to qualified existing lecturers that apply for tenure-track faculty positions.
(b) By October 2019 the California State University shall provide a plan to the Legislature for allocating the funds designated in subdivision (a) to campuses and their expected hiring amounts.
(c) No later than December 1, 2020, and every two years thereafter until funds are fully allocated, the California State University shall report to the Legislature on how the funding allocated in this provision was spent to increase the number of tenure-track faculty.
(d) The California State University shall use evidence-based equal employment opportunity practices to improve faculty diversity for the purposes of reflecting the student population enrolled at the California State University.
Of the funds appropriated in this item, the following amounts are provided on a one-time basis:
$239,000,000 for deferred maintenance costs or to expand campus-based childcare facility infrastructure to support student parents. The Department of Finance shall notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee 30 days before the release of funds and provide a list of projects to be supported by these funds.
$15,000,000 for basic needs partnerships. The California State University shall report to the Department of Finance and relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature by March 1, 2020, regarding the use of funds specified in this subdivision. The report shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following information:
(c) $2,000,000 for the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University, in consultation with the Department of Finance, to undertake a review of a potential California State University campus in Concord, Chula Vista, Palm Desert, and the County of San Mateo. By July 1, 2020, the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University shall report to the Director of Finance and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee on the potential need for new California State University campuses located in each of those identified regions. The reports shall, at a minimum, include the following:
(1) Anticipated benefits of new California State University campuses in the identified regions, including benefits to local students, the regional economy, and students across the state.
(2) Information on how potential campuses in the identified regions would affect the long-term plans of the Board of Trustees of the California State University, including (i) the projected enrollment demand from local public and private high schools; (ii) the projected enrollment demand from local community colleges; and (iii) the estimated effects on existing California Community College, California State University, and University of California campuses.
(3) Impacts of potential campuses on the California State University's capital expenditure debt limitations pursuant to Section 89773 of the Education Code.
(4) An initial identification of sites available for potential campuses in the identified regions.
(5) A timeline for the development of each of the potential campuses in the identified regions, including, at a minimum, the timeframes when (i) potential campus sites would be approved for an environmental impact report; (ii) a capital outlay plan would be submitted for review by the Department of Finance; (iii) a president would be chosen for the campus; (iv) a curriculum would be developed that places a focus on graduating first-time freshmen students in four years and transfer students in two years; (v) staff and faculty would be hired; and (vi) the campus would be expected to start enrolling new students.
(6) A description of how campuses in the identified regions are expected to affect the California State University's automatic redirection policies established pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Statutes of 2017.
(7) An enrollment plan for the new university that incorporates the long-range enrollment projection needs of the state.
(8) Initial estimates of the financial cost for the potential campuses, including capital outlay and ongoing operational expenses.
(d) $2,000,000 for the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University, in consultation with the Department of Finance, to undertake a review of a potential California State University campus in San Joaquin County. The California State University Chancellor's Office shall report to the Director of Finance and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee by July 1, 2020, on the potential need for a California State University campus located in San Joaquin County. The report shall, at a minimum, include:
(1) Anticipated benefits of a California State University campus in the County of San Joaquin, including benefits to local students, the regional economy, and students across the state.
(2) Information on how a potential campus in the County of San Joaquin would affect the long-term plans of the California State University Board Of Trustees, including the following:
(A) Projected enrollment demand from local public and private high schools.
(B) Projected enrollment demand from local community colleges.
(C) Estimated effects on existing California Community College, California State University, and University of California campuses.
(3) Impacts of a potential County of San Joaquin campus on the California State University's capital expenditure debt limitations pursuant to Section 89773 of the Education Code.
(4) An initial identification of sites available for the potential campus.
(5) A timeline for the development of the potential campus, including timeframes when, at minimum:
(A) Potential campus sites would be approved for an environmental impact report.
(B) A capital outlay plan would be submitted to the Department of Finance for review.
(C) A president would be chosen for the campus.
(D) A curriculum would be developed that places a focus on graduating first-time freshmen students in four years and transfer students in two years.
(E) Staff and faculty would be hired.
(F) The campus would be expected to start enrolling new students.
(6) A description of how a campus in the County of San Joaquin is expected to affect the California State University's automatic redirection policies established pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Statutes of 2017.
(8) Initial estimates of the potential campus' financial costs, including one-time capital outlay and ongoing operational expenses.
(e) $740,000 to support a First Star Foster Youth Program Cohort and the California State University, Sacramento.
(f) $3,000,000 to establish a California State University Center to Close Achievement Gaps.
(g) $3,000,000 for the California State University to increase enrollment in graduate specialist programs in speech and language pathology. These funds shall be available for four years. By July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2023, the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University shall report to the Legislature regarding the number or enrollees, graduates, and job placement.
(h) $5,000,000 for the California State University, Channel Islands to develop a childcare center.
(i) $11,500,000 for the California Council on Science and Technology Policy Fellows Program.
(j) $3,000,000 for the California State University Council on Ocean Affairs, Science, and Technology.
(k) $700,000 for the Mervyn Dymally Institute, located at the California State University, Dominguez Hills.
(l) $250,000 for the California State University, San Jose to plan for a mixed-use housing project.
(b) Campuses shall establish ongoing partnerships with community organizations that have a tradition of helping populations experiencing homelessness to provide wrap-around services and rental subsidies for homeless and housing insecure students. Funds appropriated in this item may be used for, but are not limited to, the following authorized activities:
(d) "Homeless" and "housing insecure" mean students who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. This includes students who are:
(e) By July 15, 2020, and annually thereafter, the California State University shall submit a report to the Director of Finance and, in conformity with Section 9795 of the Government Code, to the Legislature regarding the use of these funds, including the number of coordinators hired, the number of students served by campus, the distribution of funds by campus, a description of the types of programs funded, and other relevant outcomes, such as the number of students who were able to secure permanent housing, and whether students receiving support remained enrolled at the institution or graduated.
1.7. Of the funds appropriated in this item, $6,000,000 shall be used by the California State University to provide summer-term financial aid to any student who is eligible for state financial aid and who is a California resident, including students receiving an exemption from nonresident tuition pursuant to Section 68130.5 of the Education Code. These funds shall be used to supplement and not supplant existing funds provided by the California State University for summer-term financial aid. The Legislature finds and declares that this provision is a state law within the meaning of Section 1621(d) of Title 8 of the United States Code.
(b) The suspension shall not take effect if the estimates of General Fund revenues and expenditures for the 2021–22 and 2022–23 fiscal years, as determined pursuant to Section 12.5 of Article IV of the California Constitution that accompany the May Revision required to be released by May 14, 2021, pursuant to Section 13308 of the Government Code contain estimated annual General Fund revenues that exceed estimated annual General Fund expenditures for the 2021–22 and 2022–23 fiscal years, by an amount equal to or greater than the sum total of all General Fund appropriations for all programs subject to suspension pursuant to this act and all bills providing for appropriations related to this act.
The Controller shall transfer funds from this appropriation as follows:
For base rental as and when provided for in the schedule submitted by the State Public Works Board. Notwithstanding the payment dates in any related Facility Lease or Indenture, the schedule may provide for an earlier transfer of funds to ensure debt requirements are met and pay base rental in full when due.
For additional rental no later than 30 days after enactment of this budget, $58,000 of the amount appropriated in this item to the Expense Account in the Public Buildings Construction Fund.
For debt service anticipated to become due and payable in the fiscal year associated with state general obligation bonds issued for university projects upon receipt of any report from the Department of Finance.
The Controller shall return funds to this appropriation if directed pursuant to a report from the Department of Finance.
Notwithstanding any other law, the Director of Finance may reduce funds appropriated in this item by an amount equal to the estimated Cal Grant and Middle Class Scholarship program cost increases caused by a 2019–20 academic year increase in systemwide tuition. A reduction shall not be authorized pursuant to this provision sooner than 30 days after the Director of Finance provides notice of the intended reduction to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
Payments made by the state to the California State University for each month from July through April shall not exceed one-twelfth of the amount appropriated in this item, less the amount that is expected to be transferred pursuant to Provision 2. Transfers of funds pursuant to Provision 2 shall not be considered payments made by the state to the university.
Section 39.00 of the Budget Act of 2019 is amended to read:
SEC. 39.00.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the following bills are other bills providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill within the meaning of subdivision (e) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California Constitution: AB 75, AB 76, AB 77, AB 78, AB 80, AB 81, AB 82, AB 83, AB 84, AB 85, AB 87, AB 90, AB 91, AB 92, AB 94, AB 95, AB 96, AB 97, AB 100, AB 101, AB 102, AB 103, AB 104, SB 75, SB 76, SB 77, SB 78, SB 80, SB 81, SB 82, SB 83, SB 84, SB 85, SB 87, SB 90, SB 91, SB 92, SB 94, SB 95, SB 96, SB 97, SB 101, SB 102, SB 103, SB 104, and SB 105.
This act is a Budget Bill within the meaning of subdivision (e) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall take effect immediately.

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Influences of dietary soy isoflavones on metabolism but not nociception and stress hormone responses in ovariectomized female rats.
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We get the word 'communion' from 1 Corinthians 10:16. It is the translation of a word in the Greek language, KOINONIA, which appears twice in this verse.
Communion has become the name of the ceremony when Christians share bread and wine together. However, the original meaning is the friendly relations that that people have with each other, or with God.
Of course, not everyone has a friendly relationship either with God, or with other people. Christians believe that a right relationship with God is only possible because of Christ's death. They were God's enemies, but Christ died to save them (Ephesians 2:12-13).
For Christians, a right relationship with other people should be the result of a right relationship with God. God loved them, so they should love other people (1 John 4:11). Especially, they should love each other (John 15:17).
Christians share bread and wine to show that their relationship with God depends on Christ's death. They do it together to show that their relationship with each other also depends on Christ's death. They do it regularly because Christ told them to do that. They will continue to do it until Christ returns to this earth (11:23-26).
Of course, the bread and wine themselves cannot give anyone a right relationship with God. Such matters as ceremonies, food and drink cannot do that. It is God who can forgive our evil deeds by means of Christ's death. We must ask him, in a humble and sincere manner, to save us. We must confess our evil deeds to him and we must invite him into our lives.


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Taputapuatea est une commune de la Polynésie française de l'île de Raiatea. Elle comprend les communes associées de Avera, 'Ōpoa et Puohine.

On y trouve le principal marae de Raiatea, le marae de Taputapuātea qui lui vaut son inscription à la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO.

Géographie

Toponymie

Histoire

Le , à l'occasion d'une visite officielle en Polynésie française, le président de la république François Hollande se rend à Taputapuatea pour visiter le marae de l'île ainsi qu'une vanilleraie.

Taputapuātea est inscrite sur la liste du patrimoine mondial par l'UNESCO le .

Politique et administration

Liste des maires

Démographie

L'évolution du nombre d'habitants est connue à travers les recensements de la population effectués dans la commune depuis 1971. À partir de 2006, les populations légales des communes sont publiées annuellement par l'Insee, mais la loi relative à la démocratie de proximité du  a, dans ses articles consacrés au recensement de la population, instauré des recensements de la population tous les cinq ans en Nouvelle-Calédonie, en Polynésie française, à Mayotte et dans les îles Wallis-et-Futuna, ce qui n'était pas le cas auparavant. Pour la commune, le premier recensement exhaustif entrant dans le cadre du nouveau dispositif a été réalisé en 2002, les précédents recensements ont eu lieu en 1996, 1988, 1983, 1977 et 1971.

En 2017, la commune comptait , en augmentation de 0,13 % par rapport à 2012

Économie

Lieux et monuments

 Chapelle Saint-François-d'Assise de Puohine.

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes de la Polynésie française

Liens externes

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Commune en Polynésie française
Patrimoine mondial en France d'outre-mer
Patrimoine mondial inscrit en 2017

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Mother of All Lies – Casey Anthony. RIP Caylee. We won't forget you, Little Sweetheart.
July 5, 2011 by Chris Hempel
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Note: I normally don't post anything on Addi and Cassi's website that is not about their disease or something that is medical related. Hugh would say to leave it to Facebook or Tweet about it.
But the case with Casey Anthony and her little daughter Caylee has captured my attention….and my heart.
When you're in so much pain about losing your own kids to a terrible disease, you can't imagine a mother suffocating an innocent child and discarding her in a swamp to be eaten by animals.
Peter Gelzinis of the Boston Herald said it all for me! His commentary is below.
Jury swayed by
mother of all lies
The O.J. Simpson case introduced us to the idea of jury nullification, but it took a 25-year-old bar-hopping party girl, bored by motherhood, to refine the concept.
Yesterday, a Florida jury acquitted Casey Anthony on all three counts of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
Then, this very same jury went on to return four guilty counts of lying to police about . . . that's right, the murder of her daughter.
Shame on this jury for denying the obvious.
If the O.J. debacle proved anything, it was that the chances of killing your wife and beating the rap are better in California.
Likewise, what we take away from this sad, slimy soap opera in the Sunshine State is that a bimbo looking to detach herself from the burdens of her 2-year-old daughter has a good chance of getting away with murder in Florida.
All you needed to know about the absurdity of yesterday's verdict was uttered by Casey's victorious defense lawyer, Jose Baez, who reminded the public that he had never denied his client was a liar.
Quite a victory declaration.
Ah, but then what else could this lawyer say? Even though Casey Anthony was the last person to see her daughter alive, she spent a month denying Caylee's disappearance to everyone, including her own parents.
Even when the trunk of her car reeked with the stench of death left by a decomposing body, Casey kept lying. She couldn't even bring herself to conduct a sincere vigil. While the cops searched by day, Casey was hitting the bar scene at night.
But as this trial unfolded, it was clear that such damning "circumstantial evidence" was dwarfed by the suntanned dysfunction of a family who were all more than somewhat wacky.
O.J. was helped tremendously by the behavior of a white LAPD detective branded a racist.
To plug the huge holes in Casey Anthony's story, she and her lawyers put her father on trial. All of this woman's malignant deficiencies and narcissism could be explained by the alleged molestation she suffered at the hands of her father, a former homicide detective.
Casey's lawyers tried to pin Caylee's death on Dad, suggesting he was the one who put the duct tape over her mouth after she drowned in the family's pool.
Apparently, that seemed to qualify as reasonable doubt in this jury's collective consciousness.
And yet they weren't troubled by a young mother who gets the two-word credo "belle vita," or beautiful life, tattooed on her body while her dead child is rotting away in the woods.
The old saying is that it only takes one to hang a jury. (You just know Sal DiMasi was on his knees lighting vigil candles for that one dissenting juror.)
It takes 12 knuckleheads to nullify a jury. And yesterday, those 12 people managed to say that, yes, Casey Anthony lied about what happened to her child. But no, she had nothing to do with Caylee's horrible death.
It's a verdict that simply does not make any sense. It's a verdict that is, in itself, a lie.
Perhaps the only sorry truth to emerge from this hellacious modern-family fable is that Caylee Anthony was probably doomed by the accident of her birth into such a heinous household … and then further betrayed by 12 strangers who were unable to see the truth before their eyes.
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ADF Troops Allegedly Caught In Vile Rape And Abuse Facebook Group
The group promotes domestic violence, rape and sexual abuse of children.
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Scores of serving members of the Australian Defence Force are allegedly part of a Facebook group which shares material promoting domestic violence, rape and sexual abuse of children.
The Victims of Abuse in the Australian Defence Force Association has undertaken an analysis of eight per cent of the 30,000 likes of the Facebook site SNAFU - Situation Normal All F***D uP- and identified 100 serving Australian defence personnel so far.
ADF troops are allegedly part of a Facebook group which shares material promoting domestic violence and rape https://t.co/IKIxNxtUa9
— SBS News (@SBSNews) October 23, 2017
Some of the material shared on the site carries misogynistic messages or cartoons and memes promoting child sex abuse.
"There's a picture of a poor girl naked, hanging from a rope and a rafter and the meme reads - if you rape them right you don't have to kill them, they will kill themselves," association secretary Jennifer Jacomb told AAP.
"It shows the ongoing culture of abuse is alive and well in the Australian Defence Force."
Another meme reads: "The best part of a hooker dying on you?... the second hour is free."
Ms Jacomb alerted Veterans Affairs Minister Dan Tehan to the site in July.
The group represented a national security risk was been monitored by foreign nationals in China and Russia.
Scores of ADF troops allegedly part of pro-domestic violence, rape and child abuse Facebook group. #9Newshttps://t.co/OHp7HcrGlY
— Nine News Queensland (@9NewsQueensland) October 23, 2017
A Defence spokesman said the department did not endorse the SNAFU Facebook site.
"The use of the Commonwealth logo on the SNAFU site is also not sanctioned by Defence," the spokesman said.
"Defence has approached Facebook and requested the page be shut down for violating Facebook's community standards."
The defence force's investigative service has been looking into the site to determine whether any serving members or Defence public servants have engaged in unlawful or inappropriate use of social media.
"Anyone found to have acted contrary to Defence policy will be held to account with disciplinary or administrative action being taken against them," the spokesman said.
"Anyone found to be engaging in criminal behaviour on the site will be referred to the relevant authorities for further investigation."
Man Arrested On Child Porn Offences At Australian Defence Force Facility
Royal Commission Hears Horrifying Testimony About Rape Of ADF Cadets
Children Feared Killed In Botched ADF Bombing Raids In Iraq
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The 69th annual Avonworth Community Memorial Day Parade will take place Monday, May 25, beginning at 10 a.m.
Parade division numbers I and II will march along Center Avenue in Emsworth and continue along Church Avenue in Ben Avon. Division III emergency services will line up at the former Shop 'n Save lot and join the parade there.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. at Lance Cpl. Kenny Field. Robert B. Jones, mayor of Ben Avon and Vietnam War veteran, will be the guest speaker.
In case of rain, services will be held at Sacred Heart Church, in Smith Center.
The perfect marriage of fire and ice has resulted in new educational opportunities for students at three local elementary schools. The Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation has presented 20 Kindle Fire tablets, as well as all the necessary apps, to each of the three local schools: Avalon and Bellevue elemnentary in the Northgate School District, and Avonworth Elementary in the Avonworth School District. Avalon Elementary students received their new Fires directly from the foundation Thursday morning.
First Student district manager Phil Eades attended Monday night's meeting of the Avonworth School Board to answer any questions arising from the district's decision to cancel school on Tuesday and Wednesday during last week's extremely cold temperatures.
Psychologists call it a "flashbulb memory," that special, autobiographical memory that is seared into one's mind upon seeing or hearing something emotionally traumatic. For many individuals aged 55 or older, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy often evokes such a carefully-preserved memory. A lot of people can provide a detailed description of where they were when they heard that tragic news.
Ben Avon Fire Chief Jim Rupert told the borough council at last week's meeting that the department's new firetruck will be picked up Thanksgiving weekend.
At the October meeting, council approved the purchase of a multi-purpose fire truck from a company in Mendham, NJ. According to Rupert, the truck will be able to provide complete coverage for the borough, whereas 25 percent of Ben Avon streets are currently unreachable by Bellevue's bigger and bulkier ladder truck.
With the usual weather related delays to the start of baseball season behind them for now, the Avonworth Antelopes played their home opener last Thursday, when they hosted the Northgate Flames.
Getting a solid pitching performance from freshman Brach Herzig in his debut, the Antelopes notched their first win of the season, downing the Flames 12-6. Herzig surrendered one hit while striking out four and walking four through the first four-and-a-half innings.
Bellevue's property tax millage rate for 2013 was set Tuesday night with adoption of two ordinances designed to accommodate the increased property values resulting from Allegheny County's recent reassessment.
The millage rate in Bellevue will drop from 7 to 4.89 mills this year. Whether individual property owners will pay more, less or the same depends on the change in assessment of their properties.
Elsie Scialabba Elsie L. Macaluso Scialabba, 100, of Cohasset, MA, formerly of Metowers in Avalon and wife of the late Sam Scialabba, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 in Sunrise Assisted Living in Cohasset. Mrs. Scialabba was a longtime member of the Church of the Assumption.
In a game categorized as a "must win," the Avonworth football team got back on track when they hosted Springdale last Friday. Taking control in the fourth quarter, the Antelopes managed to survive a late rally by the Dynamos to earn a 28-22 victory.
Head coach Duke Johncour who was pleased with the win, said, "It puts us in a good spot for the playoffs. We have to win-out basically, and see where it all ends up."
Preparing for Apollo Ridge, the Eastern Conference's newest member, Avonworth football coach Duke Johncour warned his team about the high caliber team they were about to face. Both teams battled through four quarters of play at Apollo Ridge last Friday but the game ended with a loss for the Antelopes, defeated in overtime 28-21.
Although the Avonworth football team's offense might be characterized as run-oriented, they picked a good time to take to the air against Leechburg last Friday.
Freshman quarterback Zach Chandler stepped up his game, throwing three first-half touchdown passes and leading the Antelopes to a 35-0 win over the Blue Devils.
"We thought we could exploit some of their weaknesses in the defense," said coach Duke Johncour. "They wanted to pack the box a little bit, and we wanted to take what they were giving us."
The Northgate Flames finished 4-4 in the Eastern Conference last year, and 5-5 overall, making their first WPIAL playoff appearance in eight years. T.J. Wiley returns for his second year as the Flames' head coach, and says, "The kids are excited because they know what type of potential we have."
The Flames lost some key players from last year, and Wiley has the formidable task of re-configuring the offense after losing the WPIAL Class A's leader in passing yardage, Jon Girvin. But Wiley and his staff have been stoking the fire all summer.
The Northgate School Board gave special recognition to retiring attendance and child accounting secretary Carol Lipke, who is retiring. Lipke has worked for the district since 1981.
Also during Monday's regular meeting, the board accepted the resignations of head girls' softball coach Michael Bichko and assistant softball coach Nicole Smith.
The board also accepted the resignation of part-time Avalon Elementary custodian John Stiger, and hired Amanda Sedell and Daniel Silvester as substitute custodians.
Bellevue Council member Kathy Coder has her work cut out for her between now and November.
Coder easily defeated Jeremy Angus of Harmony Township in the Republican primary for the 16th Legislative District, with votes accrued in Allegheny County carrying her over a slight deficit in the Beaver County portion of the district.
In Allegheny County, Coder received 1,443 votes, according to the unofficial election results released by the Allegheny County Department of Elections. This was compared to a mere 399 votes Angus picked up in Allegheny County.


I am a dedicated, hard working 9 year old who just loves to perform. Whenever I get the chance I will be singing and dancing. I follow direction extremely well but if the situation requires I can ad-lib as well. I love to perform and I am happy both on stage and in front of a camera. Whenever I can I love to climb trees or anything else that I can climb. I am an advanced swimmer having passed my Swim England Stage 7, I also enjoy swimming in the sea. I am an avid reader and love colouring as well.
I attend Stagecoach to train in acting and I an going through the Royal Academy of Dance for Ballet.
For relaxation I play the piano, ride my bike, swimming and enjoy my gymnastics.
2018 Started with me in February filming Out to Sea, a short film where I am the lead character.
In March I was also been filmed for the a Vodafone advert.
In May I was in the Spirit of Ireland show, my third appearance in this.
In July I performed at a charity concert for Alzheimer's where I was invited to sing solo at this.
In August I appeared in 6 performances of the Ballet Coppelia where is was part of the ensemble (the principal roles were all taken by professional ballet dancers).
In December I was Blushy in Snow White and the seven dwarfs working along side Mike Nolan from the Fizz.
2017 I had fun and exciting experience of FHODS production of Aladdin at the Tower Theatre in Folkestone where i was the one in the junior dance group to have lines in my group. I was also in the HSBC advert with Richard Ayoade.
Being involved involved with the development of a brand new musical called Eternally Yours where I play a lead character called Zoe was great fun and allowed me to develop my singing and acting.
Modern Dance Grade 2 Exam Distinction.
Junior Silver Irish Exam Distinction.
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Q: How to implement pagination on a list? Is there any library that can be used to implement paging for a list?
Let' assume I have a space of 10 lines, and the user can select if he wants to scroll forward or backward by page (thus +- 10 items). This might eg be controlled by -1, 0, +1.
This is probably much work to build a class that prevents scrolling backward/forward if there are not enough items to display, and to self-save the state on which page the user is currently.
So is there anything?

A: Minor optimization, if you don't really want to create any new list at all.
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A: I've solved this before.  I made a static getPages method that breaks a generic collection into a list of pages (which are also lists).  I've provided the code below.
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The 1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup' was the second season of the European top-tier level professional basketball club competition FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague). It was won by Rīgas ASK for the second straight time, after they again beat Academic, in both EuroLeague Finals games (79–58 & 69–67). Riga defeated Lech Poznań in the semifinals, and Honvéd in the quarterfinals.

Competition system
21 teams. European national domestic league champions, plus the then current FIBA European Champions Cup title holders only, playing in a tournament system. The Finals were a two-game home and away aggregate.

First round

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*Etzella and Sundbyberg withdrew before the competition due to financial problems, so Lech Poznań and Honvéd received a forfeit (2–0) in both games

Second round

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*Simmenthal Milano withdrew after the 1st leg, team rejected playing on an outdoor court.

Automatically qualified to the quarter finals
 Rīgas ASK (title holder)

Quarterfinals

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*The second leg was not played as Al-Gezira didn't travel to Bulgaria due to financial reasons, and therefore Academic received a forfeit (2-0).

Semifinals

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Finals

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Awards

FIBA European Champions Cup Finals Top Scorer
 Jānis Krūmiņš ( Rīgas ASK)

References

External links
 1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup
 1958–59 FIBA European Champions Cup
 Champions Cup 1958–59 Line-ups and Stats

1958–59 in European basketball
EuroLeague seasons


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This entry was posted on Saturday, November 5th, 2011 at 11:57 am	and tagged with creativity, family, imagination, parenting and posted in creativity, parenting.	You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
lovely article. what a wonderful home you must have grown up in!
It sure was! I'm sure I took it for granted at the time, but the longer I parent myself and the more I talk to others about their upbringing, the more clear it is what wonderful parents I have.


Whenever Agrus Kos, Wojek Veteran attacks, attacking red creatures get +2/+0 and attacking white creatures get +0/+2 until end of turn.
Whenever Akki Lavarunner deals damage to an opponent, flip it.
: Akroma, Angel of Fury gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have more cards in hand than each opponent, you may sacrifice a Swamp. If you do, return Akuta, Born of Ash from your graveyard to the battlefield.
As Alhammarret, High Arbiter enters the battlefield, each opponent reveals their hand. You choose the name of a nonland card revealed this way.
Your opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name (as long as this creature is on the battlefield).
: Target player puts the top three cards of their library into their graveyard.
If a nontoken creature an opponent owns would die or a creature card not on the battlefield would be put into an opponent's graveyard, exile that card instead.
, : Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Activate this ability only before the combat damage step.
Anya, Merciless Angel gets +3/+3 for each opponent whose life total is less than half their starting life total.
As long as an opponent's life total is less than half their starting life total, Anya has indestructible.
Eminence — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if Arahbo, Roar of the World is in the command zone or on the battlefield, another target Cat you control gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
Whenever another Cat you control attacks, you may pay . If you do, it gains trample and gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is its power.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Arcades Sabboth unless you pay .
: Arcades Sabboth gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
: Target artifact creature's controller sacrifices it. That player may search their library for a noncreature artifact card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle their library.
Whenever you cast a spell, put the cards in your hand on the bottom of your library in any order, then draw that many cards.
Whenever Ashling, the Extinguisher deals combat damage to a player, choose target creature that player controls. The player sacrifices that creature.
: Until end of turn, Autumn Willow can be the target of spells and abilities controlled by target player as though it didn't have shroud.
: Attach target Aura attached to a creature to another creature.
, Sacrifice another creature: Exile target nonland permanent. Activate this ability only if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total.
Tap an untapped Wizard you control: Draw a card.
You may play two additional lands on each of your turns.
, Exile Balthor the Defiled: Each player returns all black and all red creature cards from their graveyard to the battlefield.
Other Barbarian creatures get +1/+1.
: Another target Barbarian creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
: Regenerate another target Vampire.
Whenever a Forest enters the battlefield, green creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample until end of turn.
Grandeur — Discard another card named Baru, Fist of Krosa: Create an X/X green Wurm creature token, where X is the number of lands you control.
: Ben-Ben, Akki Hermit deals damage to target attacking creature equal to the number of untapped Mountains you control.
: Target spell or permanent becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.
Bontu the Glorified can't attack or block unless a creature died under your control this turn.
, Sacrifice another creature: Scry 1. Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
, : Create a 1/1 black and red Demon creature token named Minor Demon.
, Sacrifice an artifact: Bosh, Iron Golem deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's converted mana cost to any target.
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may gain life equal to that spell's converted mana cost.
Whenever Brago, King Eternal deals combat damage to a player, exile any number of target nonland permanents you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices an artifact, creature, or land.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may put an artifact, creature, or land card from their hand onto the battlefield.
• Breya deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker.
• Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
: Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile deals 2 damage to each attacking or blocking creature target player controls.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 2/1 blue Myr artifact creature token. Then you may choose a token you control. If you do, each other token you control becomes a copy of that token.
: You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you control ten or more lands, flip Budoka Gardener.
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may put a ki counter on Budoka Pupil.
At the beginning of the end step, if there are two or more ki counters on Budoka Pupil, you may flip it.
When a creature dealt damage by Bushi Tenderfoot this turn dies, flip Bushi Tenderfoot.
: Target opponent discards two cards. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.


(1. An avid cyclist [sp.] 2. A delicious beer made with flowers) Elderflowers are often described as having a character reminiscent of ripe pear and floral lychee, or as having an aroma existing somewhere between stone fruit and citrus fruit, with some licorice notes for complexity. Paired with these bright flavours is a gentle lager-like bitterness and an orange marmalade note from Pacifica hops, as well as a tropical fruit peachy-gooseberry note from dry hopping with Galaxy hops. The malt is primarily Canadian 2-Row, with large additions of Maris Otter and Toasted Wheat. Making up the rest is acid malt, which creates a slight sourness, something that enhances the perception of citrus from the flowers and hops, and increases the beers "Refreshing" thirst quenching qualities. (Think Lemonade- or Elderflower Cordial!) Fermented as a Lager, and filtered until sparkling, this beer is clean and crisp with a touch of lager bite, enhanced by the botanical additions and clean lactic tartness.


Winter horseback riding can be a very fun sport activity. Depending on the weather, and conditions, we can offer up to an hour and a half of recreational, private horseback riding.
Our trails are regularly maintained throughout the season. View of Whiteface Mountain, Saranac Lake, and Adirondack High Peaks. Enjoy our climate controlled facility during snowy winter days. Appropriate winter clothing is a must ! Hats, gloves, warm coats and insulated ski pants suggested !
Winter horseback riding at its best ! Views of mountains, open fields and dense forests. Rides are 60 minutes(1hr), SEI certified helmets are provided, instructional 20 minute lesson and quiz prior to mounting given. Weather permitting. By reservation only, please contact us for more information.
Instructional 1/2 Day Ride lasts approximately 3 hours, SEI certified helmets are provided. A thorough, on ground lesson and review quiz prior to mounting is given. Rides are accompanied by guiding instructors. You want to allow a total time of 3 1/2 - 4 hours here with us. Top of the Mountain Meal: Broiled, succulent chicken breast, roasted herb redskin potatoes, fresh garden salad/steamed veggies. Beverages: Hot tea, hot coffee, hot cocoa, bottled water, bottled soda. Weather permitting. By reservation only, please contact us for more information.


The Home Blessing is a great gift for any occasion. This set includes a special design of an amber swirl half glass Hamsa and a metal blessing in English with matching glass mezuzah. The blessing set comes in white gift box.


Here you will find information and links to organisations who can provide a wide range of support for your Social Innovation.
Amplify NI is an initiative of the Young Foundation which works with communities to help them tell their stories and come up with innovative ideas which can then be scaled up to achieve social change.
Established in 2014, the NI Innovation Lab sits within the Northern Ireland Civil Service Department of Finance (DoF). The Lab responds to challenges where effective service provision for the public has proved most difficult. It aims to improve public services by creating new and ground-breaking innovations through transformation and invention.
Entrepreneurial Spark is the world's largest free business accelerator for early stage and growing ventures. E-spark have opened a 'hatchery' in Belfast in partnership with Ulster Bank that provides entrepreneurs with free office space and takes them through a cognitive and action centred development process. The Entrepreneurial Spark programme lasts for 6 months and can continue for up to 18 months.
Co-operative Alternatives aims to develop and support a strong co-op movement connected across the island of Ireland and doing business in a fair, just and ethical way. They are Northern Ireland's leading co-operative development agency offering high quality support and expert knowledge to existing and emerging co-operatives. They are the delivery agent for the Building Change Trust's Community Shares Ready! programme.
This is a Department of Health Innovation fund which will provide up to £1million in 2016/17 for Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations to help tackle long standing health and social care problems that just won't go away. The amount of funding available is expected to rise to £4.5million in 2018/19.
With Accelerating Ideas, the Big Lottery Fund want to support the development of great ideas and build on good practice across Northern Ireland. Moving away from from applications that are only paper-based to something that is more engaging and conversational, they want to fund projects that are developing and using successful approaches to tackling local issues in communities and we want to increase the impact of projects funded by us or others.
The NI Social Enterprise Hubs are a project of the NI Executive to provide support to social enterprises including training and mentoring, office space, retail space and conference/meeting facilities. All potential social enterprises can avail of a range of advice and support.
The NI social enterprise hubs are available to all new or existing social enterprises with an idea for a new product or service. There are 11 hubs located over the nine Social Investment Fund (SIF) zones in Northern Ireland.
They are located in Enniskillen, Strabane, Derry~Londonderry, Ballymena, Lisburn, Downpatrick, Lurgan, North Belfast, South Belfast, East Belfast and West Belfast.
UnLtd is the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in the UK and offers the largest such network in the world. UnLtd resources hundreds of individuals each year through its core Awards programme.
UnLtd operates a unique model by investing directly in individuals and offering a complete package of resources; from awards of funding to ongoing advice, networking and practical support.
Nominet Trust is the UK's biggest 'social tech' funder, they bring together, invest in and support people making imaginative use of technology to address complex social challenges.
Nominet Trust was established as a charitable foundation in 2008 by Nominet. Nominet is an international internet company delivering public benefit and to date, Nominet has donated £39 million to Nominet Trust.
The NT 100 index is published each year and is a great source of inspiration for those interested in using digital technology for social impact.
Nesta Impact Investments want to see the power of innovation and technology used to solve major social problems, bringing the benefits of innovation to everyone in society. They help to do this by investing in ventures with inclusive and scalable innovations that are run by outstanding entrepreneurs. They are an experienced team of sector experts, venture capitalists, impact investors and evaluators backed by a strong, innovative institution – Nesta.
The Housing Executive's Social Housing Enterprise Investment programme, along with other resources, provide opportunities for individual and groups to get access to financial assistance and guidance in relation to helping create training, employment and other opportunities, revitalising how we engage and encourage those within communities to come engage with us and other statutory service providers and developing additional services and facilities which are of added value to social housing communities.


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U.S. "deeply concerned" about detainee Whelan in Russia -Kirby
Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who was detained and accused of espionage, stands inside a defendants' cage during his verdict hearing in Moscow, Russia June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
The United States is "deeply concerned" about American detainee Paul Whelan in Russia and has not been able to get information on his whereabouts or condition from Moscow, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Wednesday.
Kirby addressed the issue after Whelan's family said this week that they had not heard from Paul Whelan, a former Marine, since Nov. 23, but had seen reports he had been moved to the prison hospital. read more
"We have been trying to get more information about Mr. Whelan's condition and his whereabouts. And as we speak this morning, regrettably, we do not have an update specifically about where he is or what condition he's in," Kirby told reporters in a telephone briefing.
"That deeply concerns us and we certainly share the anxiety and the concern of the land and family," Kirby added. "We are deeply concerned about the lack of information and the lack of contact from Paul, and we're working on it as hard as we can through the diplomatic channels."
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The pula is the nominated currency in use in Botswana. The word pula actually means rain, which is of great importance to those living in the country as it is very dry in nature. The pula is a decimal currency – each pula is made up of 100 thebe.
There are seven coins available for this currency. Three are in the pula denomination and four are in the thebe denomination. The smaller value thebe coins are in 5, 10, 25 and 50 thebe, while the pula coins are available in 1, 2 and 5 pula denominations.
As for the banknotes, well, there are five of those. These range from the 10 pula note through to the 20, 50 and 100 pula notes, and finally the largest is the 200 pula note.
The pula hasn't actually been in existence for very long. It first came into being in 1976, before which Botswana used the rand. The rand is still used in South Africa to this day.
It has suffered through devaluation in recent years but fortunately it has recovered rather well. When compared to other currencies used in the African region the pula stands up very well indeed in terms of value.
You can get hold of some currency for your trip to Botswana prior to actually travelling there if you wish. Most good bureaux de change will have it available, especially those that operate largely online. If you are calling into a local bureau de change it might be useful to order your pula in advance. It is not one of the most commonly ordered currencies around so you may find it easier to pre-order it for collection just prior to your trip.
Alternatively you can exchange your own currency once you arrive in Botswana. There are bureaux de change and banks in many major areas, and it does pay to have some cash on you at all times. You may need to tip in cash, as well as paying for small purchases with cash. Credit cards are accepted in many places as well though, so you may find card payments are quite easy to do from time to time. It might be prudent to take more than one card with you so you have more than one option to rely on.
There are cashpoints available but they can be choosy as to which cards they accept. Those with Visa written on them should be fine, but anything else might lead you to run into problems.
Even though the pula may not be a currency you are particularly familiar with, you will still find it relatively easy to find out how far your own currency will go if you transfer it into the pula. Just bring up your favourite currency converter online and enter your own currency as the one you currently have. You can then find the Botswana pula on the second drop down menu you should see there. You can enter the amount you want to convert and hit the convert button to get the figure you need. It's that easy.
If you are thinking about visiting Botswana and you wish to learn more, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation can be found at http://www.mofaic.gov.bw.
Botswana isn't a popular destination among British tourists, but there are many reasons why you might want to travel there. The good news is you can enjoy your visit without worrying about the potential for crime to occur. Attacks are rare, thankfully, but as with many other places around the world the major towns and cities are the most likely places to run into problems.
It is wise to keep your passport in the hotel safe if you can, and to carry a photocopy of it with you in case you are asked to provide it. If you hire a car make sure you lock the doors and don't keep any valuables on show. Some thieves do try to break into cars while they are stationary at traffic lights.
The usual rules regarding petty crime and protecting yourself against potential theft also apply in Botswana. Divide up your cash and carry it in separate pockets or in a money belt if possible. The more valuables you have the more likely it is you will present an attractive target to those looking to steal.
Don't assume there is a high crime rate in Botswana though. You should be perfectly fine – but it does pay to take some sensible precautions.
Botswana is bordered by Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa and has several large game reserves within its borders. These are the Moremi Game Reserve, the Mabuasehube Game Reserve and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. You can also visit the Chobe National Park if you have time during your stay in the country. In the south western corner of the country the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park crosses the border with South Africa.
Indeed many people visit Botswana with the intention of staying at one of the large reserves to see the animals there. Safari holidays are very popular in Botswana and there are many opportunities to stay in lodges or camps in various locations. The presence of several reserves in the country means there is the opportunity to enjoy a multi-centre holiday if you wish. Alternatively you could stay in just one place. One of the best things about this type of holiday is that there are several ways you can do it. For example some trips include the potential to fly from one reserve to another, enabling you to see animals from the air as well as close up on the ground.
Chobe National Park, as we mentioned earlier, is a great spot to visit, particularly if you happen to like elephants. This is because it is famous for the number of elephants here, and you can enjoy a houseboat trip if you like. This enables you to stay on the houseboat while sailing up close to the elephants as well.
While you are in the country you should definitely visit Gaborone. This is the capital of the country and if you are a fan of the writer Alexander McCall-Smith you should definitely plan a visit there. It is the setting for the series of books known as The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. It certainly puts a different spin on seeing the city for yourself. There is a tourism office in the area too that is very useful if you're not sure where to go or what there is to see.
One suggestion we can give you is the National Museum and Art Gallery in the city. This is well worth a trip to explore the many artefacts and exhibitions, as they will help you gain a better understanding of the country as a whole.
Gaborone is also the place to go if you want to spend a pula or two while you are there. It boasts several large shopping centres with all manner of different shops available. You could happily spend a day here alone buying things to take back home with you.
When it comes to safaris most people think of visiting South Africa. However as you can see there is plenty of potential to enjoy when you are in Botswana as well. It may not be the first country you would consider visiting but most of the British citizens who go there each year have a wonderful time. The plethora of game reserves and national parks here make it a sure bet if you want to come to see the wildlife.
As we have seen though, Botswana isn't just about the wildlife – it is also about the capital city and the things you can see and do while you are in the country. With many other areas such as Bahurutshe Cultural Village, the Matsieng Footprints and the Gcwihaba Caves and Aha Hills to try out as well, you won't run short of things to do. In fact it can be well worth planning ahead and considering how long you will be in the country and what you can do while you are there. Safaris are top of most people's to do lists, but it might be worth seeing a few other great sights as well.
The great thing about booking a pre-arranged safari holiday is you probably won't need too many pula while you are there. Most things will already be covered by the holiday deal, but do check before you leave so you know exactly what to expect. All that remains then is to enjoy your holiday and to discover exactly what makes Botswana so well worth a visit.
I'd never even heard of this currency until I watched a BBC programme on television a few months back that was set there. Suddenly I became more familiar with a currency that was completely new to me.
This article also reminded me about that programme, and it seemed to have given a good impression of Botswana. It isn't somewhere I am ever likely to visit, but it doesn't matter when you can visit through the TV or the internet, does it? I quite enjoy learning about all these different countries by reading these articles though – keep it up.
I am trying to buy some Botswana Pula and Zambian Kwacha can you please advise whether these currencies can be purchased in the UK before I travel.