As 2008 is nearing its end, it is a good opportunity to take time out to reflect on the year just past, remembering and considering all the things it held for us. The questions that follow are offered as a way to facilitate that reflection — and perhaps to stimulate your own thinking about questions you want to ask yourself. An article similar to this was first published in our Karuna Newsletter several years ago, and it seemed a good time to revise and repeat it as we come to the end of such an eventful year. In the previous version all the questions had a personal, psychological flavor. That is mostly true again this year, but I've also added a few questions related to how external world happenings may have impacted you personally. The world seems to get smaller every year. We are more aware than ever of how events and decisions on the other side of this island home can impact the air we breathe, the food we eat, the cost of gas, and our sense of security.
Some of the following questions are designed to help you recall good memories, interesting events and people. Some are just for fun. Some might put things into a different perspective for you. Some questions might trigger insights or help you learn some interesting things about yourself. And some are designed to be thought-provoking and even challenging. In the last regard, I feel compelled to add a small caution: if you find yourself feeling unduly distressed or overwhelmed by your answers to any of these questions, it might be best to put the questions aside and talk about your thoughts and feelings with a friend or family member who can give you support. If you feel you need to talk with a professional, you are welcome to contact one of the therapists here at Karuna (404) 321-4307, or you may prefer to talk with a clergy person. If you don't have other resources, you could also contact your local county mental health center.
Mostly I hope you enjoy this process, and find it useful. I've been doing it for several years and I enjoy going back and seeing what was going on in my life and in myself in previous years. You may not get through all these questions in one sitting. Take you time. Notice the questions you want to skip or the ones that stop you. Hold it all in compassion – no judgments. It's good to take time out to reflect on your life, no matter what the answers.
What was my greatest accomplishment(s) this year?
What was my biggest blunder of the year?
What gave me the greatest joy this year?
What was the biggest disappointment?
What was the best surprise?
What are the moments I wouldn't want to have missed?
What, if anything, do I wish I had done differently?
Who was the most interesting new person in my life?
What was the most difficult thing I had to do this year?
What was the worst experience of the year?
What was the most unusual experience?
What book or movie had a big impact on me? Why?
What was my coolest new purchase of the year?
What was the biggest waste of money?
What newsworthy event(s) had the biggest impact on me personally (e.g., the presidential race, global warming, Iraqi war, Olympics, gasoline crunch, plight of refugees, green issues, etc.), and why?
Do I experience the world differently than I did a year or two ago? In what ways?
What do those differences mean for me personally? Have they or will they change how I live and the choices I make?
Who were the people who were most important to me this year?
What was the area of greatest personal growth for me?
What area(s) need the most growth/development in the future?
What kindness was extended to me that meant a lot to me?
What was a kindness I extended to someone else that meant a lot to me?
Consider trying this exercise as an alternative to making New Year's Resolutions. Ask yourself the above question and use your answers to create a collage of some sort. It can include pictures, drawings, photographs, words – anything that represents what you want to invite into your life during the upcoming year.
What you create can then be displayed where you will see it occasionally to remind yourself what it is you really want. I once heard that given as a definition of self-discipline. I'll make it big so you can use it in your collage if you like.
P.S. I was supposed to have a book to go with this article, and there probably are some good ones, but the truth is some friends and I came up with this idea at a party one night and it has gone through several revisions and variations since then.
Imagine for a moment this Earth without animals. Forests, oceans and rivers, sky, plains and caves, empty of all the creatures that inhabit them. No songs of birds, nor chirping crickets, nor barks of dogs, nor trumpeting elephants. No laughter at their antics, nor respecting their power, nor interest in their unique view and interaction with the world. No Animal Planet programming. No zoos, safaris, or museum sections educating us about them.
How does it feel to imagine a world like that?
Even if you're not an animal lover, you'd probably not prefer a planet without them. In addition to providing a unique addition to the experience of life, animals have much to teach us about the human experience. Looking to nature is often a great place to start when trying to achieve some kind of personal healing or growth. Noticing particular animal attributes can be a fun and deeply moving way to add to your wisdom and experience.
Frog reminds us that life is a process of changing and evolving.
Of swimming through the watery currents of life and making our way to shore.
Of starting out as gray swimming tadpoles and forming into colorful leaping frogs.
Frog's rapport with rain and water reminds many of cleansing and healing as well.
providing the possibility of change that can cleanse and heal.
Strong Connections: Did you connect strongly to certain stuffed animals as a child? Did you dream of one day working with animals? Are you drawn to art depicting certain animals? Books and films?
Feedback from Others: Has anyone ever told you that you have remind them of a particular animal? That bear-like hug, that eagle-eye, that owl wisdom?
Sightings/Experiences: Have you come across animals in your daily routine—that hawk you noticed sitting atop a light pole across the street while you ate lunch? That owl that you know inhabits a tree a in your yard and hoots at night? The deer that crossed your path? Have you ever been attacked by or bitten by an animal?
Stories: Is there a story in your family of origin and/or family of choice about a special pet or a sighting/experience of a wild animal that is told over and over again?
Fears/Joys: What animals most frighten you? Which bring you to the most joy? Paying attention to strong reactions on both the "dark" and "light" sides can give you clues to look further.
Dreams: Do you dream about a certain animal more often than others? Do the dreams you have with a certain animal seem particularly powerful, meaningful of vivid to you?
Cards: There are decks of cards that can be used to help you. The Native American "Medicine Cards" book and deck by Sams & Carson is especially well done.
The Native American tradition has deep respect and reverence for what they call "animal medicine." What they mean by medicine is "anything that improves one's connection to the Great Mystery and to all of life, …includ[ing] the healing of mind, body, and of spirit, [and]…also anything that brings personal power, strength, and understanding." Since psychotherapy is a healing process with the intent to also empower, integrating animal medicine can be insightful, inspiring, and transformative.
I was driving to the mountains using the same route I've driven for years. On this long valley road on the way up the mountains, I spotted a turtle crossing the road. I stopped the car to move her to the side. This was the first time I've encountered a turtle on these roads and so the experience stood out to me. Over the weekend, I wondered how the turtle was and if she had safely arrived at her destination. On the way home down that same road, there she was again! She was off to the side this time, so I didn't have to stop. I did stop, though, later that night to flip through my animal books to look up the symbolism of turtle—Mother Earth. I was deeply moved by the insight and guidance it provided for me at that time in my life around issues surrounding maternal experience. It led to further personal healing and exploration and was a delightful addition to my process around this issue.
Gratefully, we do live in a vibrant, alive world with a wide variety of amazing and interesting animals. If you choose to allow their presence to interact with and support you on your life journey, you may find that your life becomes more amazing and interesting as well! And, in turn, your gratitude and appreciation for animals helps support them on their journey here also.
When making a career choice, you must have knowledge of both yourself and the world of work. When you allow for exploration of both of these areas, you will be more likely to make an informed choice, select a career that is a good fit for you, and have greater work and life satisfaction.
In learning about yourself and the world of work, consider each of the following areas. The ideal career will be a match for these important aspects of your life and identity. You would be fortunate to find a career that is compatible with who you are as a person and allows you to express yourself through the work you do everyday.
When considering your career interests, think back on all of the things you have experienced in your life. Which work experiences have been the most rewarding to you (include part-time jobs and volunteer work)? What hobbies do you enjoy the most? Which classes did you like or dislike in school? What do you like to do with your free time? What activities make you feel the best or bring out the most in you? What do you do where you don't even notice that time is passing? Allow yourself to think freely when considering your interests. There are over 26,000 jobs in the world and there are probably several that could combine your favorite activities and/or hobbies.
According to a psychologist named John Holland, career interests can be classified into six basic types. You can learn about this classification system in a more formal way through a career inventory, but this will provide you with an overview of the basics. Try to determine your type by choosing three of the six categories and place them in order of importance to you. Once you determine this, you can do more research on careers for your type at http://www.careersmarts.com/holland.htm.
Skills are learned while abilities are natural to us (learning to play golf well would be a skill, while being good with numbers is typically an ability). Generally speaking, we enjoy the things we are good at and are good at the things we enjoy. So, reflecting on your favorite activities will provide important information about your skills and abilities. Again, think back on classes, activities, hobbies, and jobs from the past. Is there any overlap between the ones you liked and how natural those abilities came to you? You can certainly choose a career that does not utilize your natural abilities, but you may find that it is more of a challenge to do that type of work.
A third area to consider when making a career choice is your value system. Values include: prestige, status, autonomy or independence, flexibility, variety, security, high salary, creativity, challenge, advancement, physical activity, or contribution to society. It is important to be honest with yourself about your values and recognize that no value is "right" or "wrong". We all have a different combination of values that make us unique. How we express these values is also very individualized. One person may give back to society by working with the homeless while another may contribute through volunteer work or making a regular donation to a charitable organization. Take this list of 12 values and prioritize it. You will probably find that you want almost all of these things in your life. To get more information about your priorities, pick your top 3 values. These will be the ones that you feel you cannot compromise.
These qualities exist on a continuum, meaning that you will fall somewhere in the middle of each set of traits. Very few people are complete extroverts or introverts. Most of us prefer one to the other but can do both when necessary. When you step outside of your natural preference, it may be more challenging and you may feel tired or strained. Finding a work environment that matches your personality type will lead to greater work satisfaction. Consider the following: Would you rather work alone or with a team? Do you prefer clear answers or to find new solutions? Do you want structure and predictability in your workday or do you enjoy the unexpected?
For a free Myers Briggs personality inventory, visit www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp. Once you have this information, you can do research online about how this relates career. Begin by visiting www.personalitypage.com and searching the personality and career link for your Myers Briggs Type.
The coming out process is best described as the internal and external experiences which accompany a person's recognition of, or shift in, their sexual orientation.
Researchers who have studied the coming out process have identified stages that most people go through as they recognize, accept and embrace a non-heterosexual identity. While some have described the process as sequential, i.e., one stage must be "completed" before the next stage can begin, many now see coming out as an interactive experience which is connected to the environmental/cultural context.
Integrating a GLBT identity into their overall self-concept.
the path is different for each person and there are many small stages within each larger stage. If you are in this process, be patient with yourself. It is an ongoing and deepening experience — one which never completely ends.
Micky O'Leary, Ph.D. is a member of the Georgia Psychological Association's Division H, Sexual Orientation Issues. She has helped scores of men and women with their concerns about coming out.
All life forms have boundaries and each part of our bodies has physical limits, from the skin to the membranes covering nerves and muscles. When our physical boundaries are invaded (when we are cut or scratched) we are vulnerable to infection. Therefore, our physical boundaries promote health and safety. My physical boundaries are defined by how close I let people get to me. My emotional boundaries are defined by how I allow others to interact with me – whether I tolerate abuse and hostility or whether I demand respect.
To learn more about your boundaries, think about the amount of personal space that you prefer. You can probably recall the creepy feeling that arises when someone (especially someone you don't know well) invades your comfort zone. Also, notice that this zone is very different with strangers than with acquaintances. We allow those that we love and trust to get much closer, but still there is a difference in what is acceptable for a friend vs. a lover. This illustrates an important point about boundaries – they are flowing and adaptable. It is our right to choose where to set the boundary of how close another can get to us physically or emotionally. This limit will change not only based on the relationship but also based on the situation. For example, in a relationship, there are times when partners feel like being sexual and times where they do not. Just because you are sometimes physically intimate with a partner does not mean that you owe this to your partner at all times. It is your right to set boundaries, to change your mind about those boundaries, and to have those decisions respected.
Where do boundaries come from? Why do I need them?
Boundaries define who we are and how we are connected and separate from others. Boundaries give us a sense of order and control over our lives. Healthy boundaries are empowering in that they set limits on what we will and will not tolerate from others. They allow us to bounce back from situations in which our limits are violated through awareness of our own needs and how to defend those needs. Empowerment comes not only from knowing how to protect ourselves but also from knowing that we will protect ourselves.
Boundaries develop throughout the course of our lives, beginning with our earliest interactions with the world. Our caretakers can promote healthy boundaries through encouraging individuation, which is the process of developing a clear identity that is separate from the identity of the caretaker. Conversely, a caretaker can also encourage non-existent or unhealthy boundaries. Unhealthy boundaries come in a variety of forms – boundaries can be set both too close, resulting in enmeshed boundaries. Enmeshment occurs when our uniqueness and individuality are not respected. Enmeshed families demand that all members exist for one another and sacrifice themselves in the interest of sharing the same beliefs, values, and opinions. However, boundaries can also be set too far away, resulting in little connection with the outside world. In order to determine where are boundaries are, we have to get close enough to others to feel their presence. We learn about our limits by testing them.
Childhood experiences, most significantly from caregivers, teach us where our boundaries lie and how to treat those boundaries. Enmeshed families promote the idea that boundaries do not exist and that to develop personal boundaries is to betray the family. Distant families teach their children that they are alone, isolated beings with nothing to lean on for support in this huge world. While we learn about our boundaries from our caretakers, we educate others about our boundaries through the way that we allow ourselves to be treated.
Healthy emotional boundaries lead to greater emotional health. Boundaries allow us to take care of ourselves and to defend our own beliefs, values, and needs. Boundaries allow us to say "No" to others and to act in our own best interest. Boundaries allow us to give to others without sacrificing too much of ourselves. Boundaries are highly individualized – they can be firm or flexible, close, or distant. They also vary by country and culture. Good boundaries necessitate attention and maintenance.
How do you know where your boundaries are?
When our physical boundary is violated our emotional boundaries are also transgressed. Our physical and emotional boundaries work like a system of checks and balances. Without each, we are vulnerable to violations. Our responses and emotions provide feedback about our comfort in a situation. This feedback allows us to take an inventory and as a result, to gain greater self-understanding. The combination of feedback and self-awareness facilitates boundary development. If we receive feedback but do not listen or respond to it, we are violating our own boundaries. If we do not react to our emotions, we send the message to ourselves that our feelings and gut responses are not important or reliable. In doing this, we risk losing our best tool for judgment by disconnecting from our feelings and relying on others to define our limits.
Not only do good boundaries limit harm, they also increase intimacy. The ideal relationship (be it romantic or friendly) promotes a strong sense of "us" while allowing each partner to be distinct enough to maintain her/his own identity. Healthy romantic relationships involve a commitment where two people choose to make a life together. This choice is not based on dependence or enmeshment – both partners could survive without the other. While enmeshment or infatuation may resemble intimacy, they are not. Enmeshment occurs when there is no boundary or individual identity in place. Enmeshment is loving the idea or image of another rather than that other's true self. Intimacy occurs when two people know each other deeply, accepting both strengths and limitations. Intimacy means being able to accept that your partner is distinct and has her/his own ideas, values, beliefs, and goals. Intimacy comes from having faith that you are known, accepted, and valued for who you truly are.
In sum, the goal is "to form boundaries that have some flexibility and some definite limits, boundaries that move appropriately in response to situations – out for strangers, in for intimates. Boundaries should be distinct enough to preserve our individuality yet open enough to admit new ideas and perspectives. They should be firm enough to keep our values and priorities clear, open enough to communicate our priorities to the right people, yet closed enough to withstand assault from the thoughtless and the mean" (Katherine, 1991, p. 81).
The information in this article came from a book entitled Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin (Anne Katherine, 1991).
Note: This is the second of a series of articles on the Enneagram. I recommend you read my first article on this subject in order to get the most out of this one.
and 9's would probably elect to start here as well because they wouldn't think it really mattered if they got it anyway.
And that's the real benefit of discovering your drive—becoming aware of the "defaults" in your way of being and giving yourself the opportunity to CHOOSE your response in certain situations or to create a "custom" response that usually involves some motivation, momentum, and decision-making.
So What Do I Do Once I Discover My Drive?
Discovering one's personality drive can be a fun and enlightening process. It can help us with our understanding of who we are and what has been the unconscious motivation of our thoughts, feelings, and actions. The discovery of your Enneagram drive is only the first step, though, as I mentioned in my first article on this subject.
After delving into a deeper understanding of yourself as mentioned in the first article, one of the most powerful aspects of the Enneagram is to find out where you are in the Levels of Development. From there you can begin elevating using your Path of Integration. First, let's talk about Levels of Development and then discuss how to move to higher levels of development once you discover your current level.
Just as with physical health and development, your psychological/spiritual health and development can fluxuate throughout your life for many reasons. As you live and grow and change, you may experience periods of good health, average health, and poor health. Each personality drive has nine levels of development ranging from healthy to unhealthy. At any given time in our lives (and at any given time during a single day for that matter), we are at a certain place of psycho-spiritual health and level of development along this spectrum.
The following is the spectrum of these levels of development and their descriptors. Notice that when people move between healthy and average levels, a "wake up call" experience is usually a part of it. And, in less healthy times—moving between average and unhealthy levels—it typically takes a "red flag" in that person's life to alert them that serious change and help is needed. Oftentimes, it is at these "wake up call" and "red flag" transitions that people seek help—including seeking help from a psychotherapist.
Each drive has distinct experiences, thoughts, feelings, and actions for each of these levels. For example, a level 5 for the 3 Achiever type will be different from a level 5 for a 7 Enthusiast type, even though they both involve Interpersonal Control themes. Reading through the levels of development for your drive will provide an important additional layer of insight into where you are now, where you've been at different times in your life, and—most importantly—where you'd like to be or your potential. Looking at the healthy levels can be very inspiring and directive to people, giving them hope for better living and a clear goal to have in mind in their efforts to do so.
So, how to get to the higher/healthier levels? The road is different for each drive and it's called the Path of Integration, Path of Elevation, or the Response to Challenge.
Moving up in the levels of development is the goal and purpose of discovering your drive in the first place. Each drive has a path of Integration (toward healthy) and a path of disintegration (toward unhealthy). The keys to how to move toward health lie in your drive's Path of Integration. If you look at the Enneagram geometric figure, you will notice that in addition to being connected to other drives by being on a circle, each drive "point" has two straight lines that connect it to two different drives (either as part of the triangle 3-6-9 or as part of the hexad (1-7-5-8-2-4). These two lines indicate the different paths.
For example: if a 1 wants to get healthier, they need to focus on the healthy aspects of a 7 in order to be lifted out of their perfectionism and move toward health. When Perfectionist 1's shift their attention to the fun/adventure/enthusiasm (7 drive qualities) of a given project/person/event instead of how it's not quite right, their enjoyment of life increases and the way which they interact with and experience themselves and others moves up in the levels of development.
Integrating by focusing on and moving toward another drive is not becoming that drive or changing your drive. Your drive does not change throughout your life. However, reaching toward the healthy aspects of the drive that is your own on your path of integration while still being rooted in the trueness of your drive creates a powerful positive synergy that can catapult you to living a healthier, happier life.
You may have heard a lot of talk lately about personality type tests and how they're used to help people with career choices, relationship issues, and personal growth. They're also used by businesses to screen candidates for positions and contribute to team building and organizational health. One that has received increased attention in recent years, including at Karuna, is the Enneagram.
Enneagram simply means "nine pointed figure": ennea> = "nine" in Latin, and gram = geometric figure. This figure/symbol is ancient in origin and its exact birth date is debated among scholars (some dating it to 500BC). The Enneagram is the matrix upon which the nine basic personality drives in human nature flow. These nine core drives are also influenced by subtypes and variations. In addition, these drives are interrelated as shown by the three shapes that make up the Enneagram: the circle (oneness/divinity), triangle (trinity/tree of life), and hexad (law of seven/evolution). The 4th century A.D. introduced personality types and the Enneagram symbol and personality types came together under Gurdjeff's 1875 work, thus, combining ancient wisdom with modern insights as well as bringing eastern and western philosophies together.
Know Your Type, Know Yourself–Not Exactly!
Every person is a unique, complex being with reactions and responses that are impacted by many forces both internal and external. It may seem strange, then, that I would find such interest in a personality typing tool that, to some, can be used to place people in confined boxes or "types." Instead of viewing the Enneagram as a static grid for typing and labeling people, though, I view it as a living matrix of energy that flows through human consciousness. Each person is born with a strong connection and certain rapport with one specific part of this living matrix—their personality drive.
Sorting Tests are a popular and effective way to narrow down the drives to a few that may be more likely than the others. Don't take these tests as the determining truth, though. Treat them as, say, taste tests—for only YOU can know your drive! You—yes you—are your own authority (being honest with yourself is pivotal to the reliability and validity of that authorship, however!). After taking a test, study more about that drive, checking in with yourself and your authentic experiences as you do so. There are many online resources and printed materials about the Enneagram (referenced at the bottom of this article).
It's only the beginning! Sadly, many stop at this point, though, satisfied at simply finding a type or label to simply explain or justify much of how they are in the world. This short cut, though, cuts them off. Cuts them off from the movement and growth and healing that can happen when one deeply works to not only discover but to harness and direct the powerful energy of their drive toward "integration" and more healthy living and relating. This is a misuse of this valuable, living, matrix that invites us to look deeply into the mystery of our true identity.
Since our perceptions are often what's reality to us and since our personality drive plays a key role in determining those perceptions, discovering one's drive is an invaluable tool for changing one's reality —that is, changing one's life. And that's why people come to therapy in the first place: to change something about their life through healing and growth. Therapy's purpose of providing a space and relationship for healing and growth, therefore, provides a powerful setting to work with the Ennegram.
Because I don't believe that any healing or growth path—including psychotherapy—is "one size fits all," awareness of a client's personality drive is helpful to both client and therapist. Some clients choose to use the Enneagram as integral to their work and others don't. I simply introduce it in the initial sessions and ask clients to take a short sorting test and work with me briefly to discover which drive seems to "fit" with their experience of themselves. I use this in work with individuals and couples and also lead a weekly group called Beside Our Selves.
There are many resources on the Enneagram, but the ones I work with most are from Riso & Hudson's Enneagram Institute (www.enneagraminstitute.com) and The Wisdom of the Enneagram, Daniels & Price's The Essential Enneagram, and Concept Synergy's Harnessing Your Personality Drive Through Exploring the Enneagram.


There is strike talk in the air from the Clark County Education Association. The bone of contention is what nationwide typically pits teachers unions against local school boards and politicians. The teachers want higher pay and better working conditions.
Torsten Slok of Deutsche Bank sends along the following fascinating graphs. The titles seem a little off. Yes, the market is expecting rate cuts (forward rate) but the market has been exactly wrong about everything for 10 years (and longer) first forecasting the recovery that never came, then forecasting much slower interest rate rises than actually happened. Survey expectations seem to match the forward curves well except perhaps at the very end.


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Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
Last names beginning with I
Ingram, Laura May Cook
Story: Ingram, Laura May Cook
Page 1: Biography
Teacher, community leader
This biography, written by Carol Markwell, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 2000.
Laura May Cook Ingram was born on 11 June 1912 in Murchison, the daughter of Garden Ingram, a Scot, and his wife, Flora Agnes Matilda Cook, from Riwaka. Her father was employed as a blacksmith, but the family later moved to Motueka to run a guesthouse. Laura, who was also known as Dede, began her schooling at Motueka District High School; in 1929 she was both head prefect and dux. She entered Christchurch Teachers' Training College in 1935. In her first year she was elected to the student executive and the following year became the women's president.
Laura Ingram was to have a lifelong association with education. After a probationary year teaching in Motueka, she moved to a position at Ongarue in the King Country, where she taught many Maori pupils. Six years later she was back in the Motueka district as sole-charge teacher at Hau, a side school of Motueka District High School. She was appointed infant mistress at the main school in 1952. When the primary section became Parklands School, she retained the position, staying there until her retirement in 1965.
An energetic and dedicated teacher, she was also remembered for her sense of fun, and of occasion. One of her pupils later recalled how on the day the Second World War ended, she climbed 'onto the old Post Office Hotel balcony dressed as Winston Churchill, complete with cigar and all – waving a flag and giving the V-for-victory sign'.
Outside teaching, Laura Ingram was actively involved in a wide range of community organisations. By the time she was 20 she was cycling the dusty country roads around Riwaka and Upper Moutere looking for girls to play outdoor basketball, and finding enough teams to begin the first competitions in 1932. She also formed the local Old Girls' Basketball Club, played for it, and became its first president. This drive and energy, and her ability to motivate others, was to characterise her work in the Motueka community. In the early 1930s, tall, robust and resplendent in her father's black busby hat, scarlet jacket and red tartan kilt and plaid, she was the drum major for the Motueka Ladies' Highland Pipe Band, marching in front when the band paraded in competitions or on ceremonial occasions. She was proud of her Scottish heritage.
In all, Laura Ingram belonged to more than 18 community groups and organisations. She was the first woman president of the local branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute, and the first secretary of the women's section of the Motueka RSA, later serving as president for 11 years and becoming a life member. Also active in local government, she was the first woman councillor in the Nelson region, serving on the Motueka Borough Council from 1944 to 1947. Elected to the Nelson Hospital Board for two terms, (1947–59 and 1962–78), she helped establish Motueka's Phyllis Moffatt Hospital as a geriatric hospital (previously it had provided only maternity care).
Laura Ingram was a special mentor and friend to the Maori community in Motueka and had a long and close association with Motueka's Te Awhina marae. In particular, she contributed substantially to the early development of Te Awhina by locating disused buildings in Nelson and having them transported to Motueka for use as meeting rooms and as teaching rooms on the marae.
One of Ingram's most abiding interests was pre-school education. In 1954 she helped establish the Motueka Free Kindergarten Association and was the association's president for 25 years. She was made a life member in 1967, and Motueka's first kindergarten is named for her. She was president of the New Zealand Free Kindergarten Union from 1966 to 1975 and a member of the National Advisory Council on Pre-school Education.
In addition to all her interests and activities, Ingram was a justice of the peace and a marriage celebrant. In 1965 she was made an MBE. Others in her family also rose to prominence. Her brother, Dan, became president of the New Zealand Police Association and her sister, Norma, was the wife of Keith Holyoake, prime minister and governor general.
Laura Ingram died in Motueka on 6 December 1994. Remembered for her quick and fiery use of language, she always commanded attention. She believed strongly in sound preparation and strict attention to detail and procedure. She never married, and throughout her life worked wholeheartedly and enthusiastically to serve her community, and to motivate others to do the same.
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Next:External links and sources
Carol Markwell. 'Ingram, Laura May Cook', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5i3/ingram-laura-may-cook (accessed 20 January 2020)

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Ever wondered what goes into building an acoustic guitar from start to finish?
Meet Michael Greenfield, a musician who began tuning, repairing, restoring, and making guitars in the 70s and since then has become a seasoned luthier of bespoke guitars. Having experience with vintage and antique guitar repair and restoration, he brings a unique insight to his craft, creating personalised musical instruments and functional works of art for artists, collectors and those who deserve the very best.
This documentary follows several different steel-string guitars from beginning to finish. As Michael puts it, the guitar still thinks it's a tree until it receives its first set of strings and that is when the instrument is born. After many months of work, the magical moment when we hear a guitar's first notes is like hearing a child's first words.
Also why not drop by our forum for more discussion on all types acoustic guitars, we would love to see you there!


A discussion programme that provides tips on how to become a fluent, confident speaker of English. You can also hear learners of English from around the world talking about their speaking problems.
A list of signpost language for presentations.
Study tips for new students from the University of Reading. It also has useful links to other study advice sections of the website.


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<?php

namespace Athorrent\Utils;

use Athorrent\Database\Entity\User;
use Athorrent\Filesystem\FileUtils;
use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
use Exception;
use JetBrains\PhpStorm\ArrayShape;
use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;
use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Path;

class TorrentManager
{
    private AthorrentService $service;

    /**
     * TorrentManager constructor.
     */
    public function __construct(EntityManagerInterface $em, private Filesystem $fs, private User $user)
    {
        $this->service = new AthorrentService($em, $fs, $user);
    }

    public function getUser(): User
    {
        return $this->user;
    }

    public function getTorrentsDirectory(): string
    {
        return $this->user->getBackendPath('new-torrents');
    }

    /**
     * S'assure que le dossier d'upload des fichiers torrents existe et retourne son chemin
     */
    public function ensureTorrentsDirExists(): string
    {
        $torrentsDir = $this->getTorrentsDirectory();
        $this->fs->mkdir($torrentsDir);

        return $torrentsDir;
    }

    protected function makePathRelative(string $path): string
    {
        $backendDir = $this->user->getBackendPath();
        return str_replace($backendDir, '<workdir>', $path);
    }

    protected function makePathAbsolute(string $path): string
    {
        $backendDir = $this->user->getBackendPath();
        return str_replace('<workdir>', $backendDir, $path);
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    #[ArrayShape(['hash' => 'string'])]
    public function addTorrentFromUrl(string $url): array
    {
        $torrentsDir = $this->ensureTorrentsDirExists();
        $path = Path::join($torrentsDir, md5($url) . '.torrent');

        file_put_contents($path, file_get_contents($url));

        return $this->addTorrentFromFile($path);
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    #[ArrayShape(['hash' => 'string'])]
    public function addTorrentFromFile(string $path): array
    {
        $oldFile = Path::canonicalize($path);
        $newFile = FileUtils::encodeFilename($oldFile);

        rename($oldFile, $newFile);

        $result = $this->service->call('addTorrentFromFile', [
            'file' => $this->makePathRelative($newFile)
        ]);

        unlink($newFile);

        return $result;
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    #[ArrayShape(['hash' => 'string'])]
    public function addTorrentFromMagnet(string $magnet): array
    {
        return $this->service->call('addTorrentFromMagnet', ['magnet' => $magnet]);
    }

    /**
     * @return array[]
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public function getTorrents(): array
    {
        return $this->service->call('getTorrents');
    }

    /**
     * @return string[]
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public function getPaths(): array
    {
        $paths = $this->service->call('getPaths');

        foreach ($paths as $index => $path) {
            $paths[$index] = Path::canonicalize($this->makePathAbsolute($path));
        }

        return $paths;
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public function pauseTorrent(string $hash): string
    {
        return $this->service->call('pauseTorrent', ['hash' => $hash]);
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public function resumeTorrent(string $hash): string
    {
        return $this->service->call('resumeTorrent', ['hash' => $hash]);
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public function removeTorrent(string $hash): string
    {
        return $this->service->call('removeTorrent', ['hash' => $hash]);
    }

    /**
     * @return array[]
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public function listTrackers(string $hash): array
    {
        return $this->service->call('listTrackers', ['hash' => $hash]);
    }
}


These are letters that are issued by the Medicines Authority and are placed on the website for patients and healthcare professionals. For a list of circulars click here. The Medicines Authority operates a notification system where you can subscribe and be notified by SMS and e-mail about any new information related to safety including warnings, alerts and product recalls.
Direct Healthcare Professional Communications are letters addressed to Healthcare Professionals that Marketing Authorisation Holders send by post or email on issues related to the safe and effective use of medicines. To search for ARCHIVED DHPCs click here.
Risk minimisation measures are educational materials that are given to healthcare professionals and/or to patients so that they can understand the risk associated with a medicine and the ways in which the risk can be minimised. These can include leaflets brochures and training, and/or restrictions in prescribing and dispensing. Not all medicines have additional risk minimisation measures. Over time, more than one risk minimisation measure may be associated with a particular medicine as more safety information is gathered through pharmacovigilance.
The Medicines Authority has created a list of products for which risk minimisation measures have been devised and approved. This can help you know if there is additional information related to the safety of your medicines. To search for ARCHIVED Risk Minimisation Measures click here.
The list of medicines under additional monitoring includes medicines authorised in the European Union (EU) that are being monitored particularly closely by regulatory authorities is available here. Medicines under additional monitoring have a black inverted triangle displayed in their package leaflet and summary of product characteristics, together with a short sentence explaining what the triangle means. For more information on the black triangle and additional monitoring please click here.


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28. сезона Формуле 1 је одржана 1977. године од 9. јануара до 23. октобра. Вожено је 17 трка. Ники Лауда је освојио свој други наслов првака, иако је Марио Андрети имао више победа. Рено је ушао у такмичење са турбо мотором који се није показао као најуспешнији.

Сезона ће бити упамћена и по стравичном удесу који се догодио на ВН Јужне Африке 5. марта када је Том Прајс у немогућности да избегне деветнаестогодишњег ватрогасца ударио у њега и изазвао хаос. Тело судије је летело у ваздух, а апарат за гашење пожара је ударио у Прајса и убио га.

Спољашње везе

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A collection of erotic vampire fiction by authors from around the world, Vamperotic is a new series of short stories for fans of vampire fiction and the Twilight series. Unlike other vampire fiction, Vamperotic goes further into the erotic genre by turning up the heat on traditional themes.
Have you ever wondered how vampires make love? In Vamperotic fifteen different authors from 5 different countries show you how. Some of the world's leading erotic writers submitted work to Vamperotic and they describe the vampire lifestyle as no one has ever done before. Rookie authors are present as well. Their work was chosen for the creative descriptions of vampire lust. All together Vamperotic is a collection of fifteen great erotic vampire stories.
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BUY Short Story Fiction: No Wedding Night by Neale Sourna [PDF / Kindle]
A wedding, a reception brawl, and the bride and groom's wedding night will be in jail. Or will it? _866 words Romance
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Abbreviations: "lb," "eg," "etc" Explained
Why does "lb" stand for "pound," when they have no letters in common? The letters come from Latin, as do many other everyday abbreviations, like a.m. and p.m., that stand for long-forgotten phrases.
Abbreviations: "lb," "eg," "etc" Explained...
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Check out Case Western's Contraception Museum! by: msmadelineS
Really Cool Contraception Museum in Cleveland Medical Library by Rachel Walden MLIS
History of Contraception in America [with POSTERS!]
MORE sex and contraception info links
Recently I was in Cleveland[, Ohio, USA] for Ohio Advocates, and we took a little trip to Case Western's Contraception Museum [contraceptive museum on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, on corner of Euclid and Adelbert RD, University Circle (on RTA Healthline aka #6, RTA 48/48A, #9)].
I was pretty geeked out about going, and let me tell you I was not disappointed! There was so much interesting information I never knew, and so much of it that I wanted to absorb.
The museum covered just about every aspect of contraception- condoms, sponges, spermicides, cervical caps, diaphragms, pills, IUDs. You name it, they had it.
The most interesting part about the museum was the amount of history it covered. The museum covered a lot of history as far back as the 17th and 18th century [all the back to ancient Egyptians, too_NS], and their unusual folklore, oddities and early methods of birth control.
Stories of different rituals such as inserting crocodile dung into the vagina, wearing weasel testicles around the neck, or walking around the urination from a pregnant wolf three times, were just a few examples of how women used to avoid pregnancy that the museum covered.
Naturally, the museum displayed many examples of condoms. Condoms made of animal intestines, condoms made of alligator skin, condoms made of candy wrappers, condoms made of what seemed like pretty much anything. (Same goes for cervical caps, it seemed like women thought that they could stick ANYTHING up there and it would prevent them from getting pregnant...yikes!)
[It's even worse when male doctors / scientists come up with spiky metal bits to help!_NS]
If you haven't seen this museum you should. Really. I mean it! I know I'm crazy about all topics related to sex and sex education and I may see a bit biased, but I promise you would find this museum very interesting and worth your time...plus IT'S FREE!!!
So get your butt there and learn about some ancient [and not so ancient] birth control!
Check out Ohio Advocates pictures from the trip on facebook!
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TV Writer / Creators Join Publicity's Front Lines with Social Media
Creators Join Publicity's Front Lines
Mitch Haddad/ABC
Bill Lawrence, a creator and aggressive promoter of ABC's "Cougar Town."
By JOEL KELLER, Published: February 12, 2012
Richard Foreman/ABC
Courteney Cox, left, and Busy Philipps in "Cougar Town."
Rick Rowell/ABC
Shonda Rhimes, creator of "Grey's Anatomy."
IN the olden days of television — somewhere around 2005 — the executives of a veteran show that was struggling to find an audience or trying to ensure that viewers returned after a long hiatus had limited promotion options. They could rely on their networks to flood airwaves, billboards and the sides of buses with ads. Maybe they wrote a blog on the network's Web site.
Since then social networking has opened new paths for show runners, writers and actors to tout their series. But even on those platforms, much of the communication is at least sanctioned by the network, if not outright fostered by it.
But Bill Lawrence, a creator of "Cougar Town" on ABC, is reaching out to the fans themselves. And he decided to do so without telling the powers that be at ABC first.
"I think network TV is still being dragged kicking and screaming into the realization that they're actually cable TV," he said, citing the small audiences now watching most network shows.
He spoke during an interview at a "Cougar Town" party for journalists attending the Television Critics Association press tour here in January. He paid for the party himself, one of several off-the-grid moves Mr. Lawrence and his fellow creator, Kevin Biegel, have made in the struggle to keep the show's profile high as it enters its third season.
It hasn't been easy. The show was left off ABC's fall schedule, had its episode order cut to 15 from 22, and only recently received a solid premiere date, Tuesday, after the midseason comedy "Work It" was canceled. As soon as they found out about the reduced episode order and vague promise of a winter premiere, the two creators activated a plan they had been batting around for some time: viewing parties with the show's fans.
"It's a defeatist attitude from TV writers that you have to run everything up the flagpole," Mr. Biegel said at the same party. "ABC, or whatever network you write for, pays for the show you shoot and pays for your salary," he said. "Aside from that they don't pay for anything. If it's my prerogative to take the show and show it to people, I can do that."
The plan was simple: run the first few episodes of the new season on big screens in bars around the country and give fans a chance to interact with some of the stars and writers. Starting in late December there have been viewing parties in nine locations, including Sarasota, Fla.; Chicago; Las Vegas; and on the show's set in Culver City, Calif. More parties — in New York, Philadelphia and elsewhere — were planned for this weekend. At many of the them Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Biegel have found a sponsor to help defray costs. But all were set up without the knowledge or assistance of ABC.
This isn't the first time the "Cougar Town" team has kept ABC out of the loop for a promotion. Last season the team worked with Dan Harmon, creator of the NBC comedy "Community," to have characters from each show appear on the other.
Because the crossover involved rival networks, Mr. Lawrence kept it quiet, asking journalists not to publicize it. Had the creators sought permission from the networks, he said, "it wouldn't have happened." He tried to keep a lid on leaks because "I harbored fears that I'd get calls to edit it out," he said, adding, "It only takes one person to say, 'Hey, they're promoting an NBC show.' " But once the episodes were broadcast, none of the show runners received flak from network executives.
In the case of the viewing parties, ABC has publicly supported them, especially the network's entertainment president, Paul Lee. "The great thing about Bill is that he's so open," he said, adding later, "I used to be a show runner, and I used to do exactly what Bill is doing."
Nevertheless Mr. Biegel said he found that "there are people at ABC who think we're out of our minds and wasting our time." To those people he would say, "Bill and I are going to do it, and if we're wrong, we're wrong."
The parties have been drawing robust, enthusiastic crowds, which is satisfying for the show's star, Courteney Cox, who is also one of the producers. "When you go and you see the fans who watch the show and care so much about it, and you're giving back to them and in turn we're asking them to spread the word, it just seems like a smart idea," she said. Besides, she added, there's no reason for the network to be upset: "Why wouldn't they be like, 'Oh, great, thanks for doing the stuff that we're not doing, that we should be doing'?"
Efforts like viewing parties, Facebook pages and Twitter feeds from the stars and writers try to foster a personal connection with fans. The more people feel fiercely loyal to the show, the more they will urge their friends to watch.
"When a comedy is fighting for every single ratings point, we feel one tick up on the chart keeps you alive," said Sam Laybourne, one of the show's writers. "Grass roots, as crazy as it seems, can work on TV."
That notion is relatively new in the industry. As an example, almost no one from ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," which its creator, Shonda Rhimes, calls "the last of the old-school shows," uses social media, yet numerous people from that series's spinoff, "Private Practice," do.
Likewise "Community" — which is not currently on the NBC schedule, though the network's entertainment president, Bob Greenblatt, assured those at the critics' tour that the show would return — has rabid fans, and the stars and writers communicate with them via Twitter and Facebook. The same applies to other comedies with small but devoted audiences, like NBC's "Parks and Recreation" and ABC's "Happy Endings."
But none have gone as far as "Cougar Town," mainly because the other shows lack the resources and leverage of Mr. Lawrence. He left ABC Studios and signed a development deal with Warner Brothers Television in 2011 and has sold shows to three networks.
"I felt like I didn't have the same pressure to play by any specific rules," he said. "If I were a neophyte, I'd never do this because it would label me."
Other show runners are watching to see how "Cougar Town" fares with its strategy. One of that sitcom's fans is Ms. Rhimes, who will have a new series on ABC in the spring. If it needs promotional help, "I'd probably call Bill Lawrence and ask him what he thought I could do," she said. "I'm not kidding."
A version of this article appeared in print on February 12, 2012, on page AR20 of the New York edition with the headline: Creators Join Publicity's Front Lines.
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Free Short Story Fiction: No Wedding Night by Neale Sourna
No Wedding Night
Neale Sourna
_Las Vegas NV USA; Today
Fisticuffs, as my Great Gran would say, broke out at our wedding; just before our vows were done. It was my bride's brother against my best brother slash best man; then her sister slash matron of honor against my favorite girl cousin teamed with that cuz's favorite BFF.
A groomsman, with valiant stupidity, waded into the fray—with the unladylike womenfolk—and got promptly damaged, slightly.
The police were called, by someone. No one's admitting it. The cops settled everyone down. Thankfully, no one went to jail, or the hospital.
All right the hard part.
She cried, out of frustration, out of disappointment, out of embarrassment, while locked in her vestry dressing room, and she finally let me in, and finally let me talk her back to the altar to say our I do's.
And we did, but the bad vibes hung there, I guess, contaminating everything, festering beneath our façade of happiness.
My family doesn't like her family and ditto with her family's feelings toward mine.
It seems that our making them both one family wasn't working out. Isn't this why old countries used to marry off their royal kids to their rival warring kingdom, in order to make blood peace? I must be the only one who loved history class. Of course, blood peaces resumed many a blood war.
We went to the reception, we had a peaceful meal and sweet toasts and teary eyed toasts and funny toasts, and we had our first dance, but the open bar's prepaid liquor was fueling fires in those still burning with discontent. Did I mention countries at war? Yes. I did.
The police were called again....more on the brawl's aftermath
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Cleveland's Horseshoe Casino looking to train 100 more card dealers, makes job offers to 700 for non-gaming positions
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Published: Thursday, February 02, 2012, 6:23 PM Updated: Friday, February 03, 2012, 10:38 AM
By Dave Davis, The Plain Dealer
View full sizeChuck Crow, The Plain DealerVeteran dealer Jerry Shields demonstrates the proper way to shuffle a deck of cards at Caesar's Table Games Service Academy at Thistledown.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The operator of a Las Vegas-style casino in the Higbee Building is making job offers to hundreds of people and has re-opened the door to people who want to deal cards and run table games in Cleveland's Horseshoe Casino.
Officials with Caesars Entertainment Corp. are looking to add 100 people to a class currently training at a 12-week card dealer academy at Thistledown in North Randall.
Applications are being accepted online only at www.horseshoecleveland.com.
The move became necessary because some people who had been attending the academy since December at their own expense dropped out. Some didn't like the dealing cards; others wanted to apply for jobs elsewhere in the casino or found another job altogether. And a few failed the drug test.
About 600 are currently training at the suburban horse racing track, which is owned by Caesars and has been turned into a makeshift casino for the off season.
"We've lost a few people," said Karen Kaminski, the casino's head of human resources. "The table games are going to be a very busy area of the casino. We want to make sure we have the right amount of staffing."
Caesars will oversee the day-to-day operations of the casino, a $400 million project on four floors of the former department store with 2,100 slot machine, 63 table games, a dedicated 30-table poker room and 400-seat buffet restaurant. The casino is being developed by Caesars and Dan Gilbert's gambling company, Rock Gaming LLC.
It was exactly a year ago Friday that Gilbert and Caesar's Chief Executive Officer Gary Loveman announced, at a gala press conference inside Higbee's, that they would build a casino inside the former department store under the Horseshoe brand.
In addition to the new openings dealing cards, Caesars is still accepting applications for 39 other types of jobs, everything from surveillance supervisors to security guards, bartenders to bakery chefs, facilities mechanics to financial controllers. You can apply for those jobs online at the casino web site.
Even though the Cavaliers were away on a road trip to Orlando, Quicken Loans Arena was buzzing this week as 3,300 people who had applied in December for mostly non-gaming positions were interviewed on Wednesday, Thursday and today. Caesars officials are making job offers on the spot to 700 candidates. The offers are contingent on passing a drug test and background check.
But exactly when everyone will start is still up in the air as state officials are a couple weeks away from naming opening days for the new casinos in Cleveland and Toledo.
With the Higbee renovation nearly complete, Caesars officials said Thursday that most people offered jobs can expect to go on the payroll for training and orientation a couple of weeks before the casino opens.
"There have been a lot of tears of joy, just a lot of great big smiles coming out of our job offer room," Kaminski said. "When they get the conditional job offer in their hands it's like winning the lottery for them."
View full sizeChuck Crow, The Plain DealerPeople at Caesar's Table Games Service Academy gather around a gaming table on the first day of class in December. Caesars is accepting applications once again for 100 more people to attend the 12-week training class.
All this is good news for the city of Cleveland, which will receive income taxes from employees along with several million dollars a year in casino revenue tax once doors open to gamblers, probably by June 1.
City officials Wednesday credited the income tax paid largely by construction workers at the casino, the convention center and medical mart with creating an unexpected $10 million windfall by last year's end. That money will help cushion a 2012 budget proposed by Mayor Frank Jackson Wednesday that calls for recalling 20 more laid-off police officers, giving city employees 3 percent raises, and restoring cuts in recreation services.
As of Dec. 31, the casino developer had awarded construction contracts totaling $98.8 million -- 46 percent, or $46 million, going to firms owned by minorities or women.
Those firms include M Rivera Construction, Aster Elements, Relmec Mechanical, RA Strauss Electric Supply, Safeguard Associates Inc., and McGarry & Sons, according to Rock Gaming officials.
The developer isn't required to award contracts to minority or women-owned businesses since no public money is involved in the project, but officials say doing so fulfills a pledge Gilbert made to Mayor Jackson and the public in 2009 when voters amended the Ohio constitution to allow to casinos in the state's four largest cities.
Natoya J. Walker-Minor, Jackson's chief of public affairs, noted Thursday that the developer had exceeded the city's goal of 30 percent inclusion.
"They've invested in the city through these small firms, so we're thrilled and excited about that," Walker-Minor said. "They have defied the myth that investing in minority and female businesses costs more. They're on time, on budget, with 46 percent minority and women-owned firms."
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The carpet is installed and Cleveland's Horseshoe Casino is ready for slot machines: (video)
Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 7:00 PM Updated: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 10:17 AM
Higbee casino tour Jan. 25, 2012 Jeff Cohen and Nate Forbes, principals in Dan Gilbert's Rock Gaming LLC, say they are nearly ready to install slot machines at Cleveland's Horseshoe Casino. They expect construction at the Las Vegas-style casino in the fomer Higbee's department store will be completed by March. Watch video
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Move over Toledo, you've got nothing on Cleveland -- casinowise, that is.
Just five days after officials at Toledo's Hollywood casino indicated they ought to be the first casino to open in Ohio because construction was pretty much complete except for the carpet, their counterparts at Cleveland's Horseshoe casino upped the ante by showing off a nearly finished casino, complete with new carpet.
During a tour Wednesday, two partners in Dan Gilbert's gambling company unveiled what they've done to transform the former Higbee's department store into a full-fledged casino complete with 2,100 slot machines, a 30-table dedicated poker room and 63 table games.
"We're ready to go," declared Jeff Cohen, a principal in Rock Gaming LLC who's overseeing the Higbee construction. Rock Gaming has joined with Caesars Entertainment Corp. to build and operate voter-approved casinos in Cleveland and Cincinnati
"We will be ready to be the first casino to open," added Cohen, who built the Cleveland Cavaliers new practice facility and renovated Quicken Loans offices in Detroit. "Hopefully, in three to four weeks they'll be delivering the slot machines."
View full sizeJohn Kuntz, The Plain DealerCleveland's Horseshoe Casino in the former Higbee's department store may be the first in the nation to have windows in the main gambling area. Higbee's huge display windows will be clad with sheer gold fabric panels that will allow people outside to discern lights and figures but not see faces.
At stake in the back and forth between the two developers, Rock Ohio Caesars in Cleveland and Penn National Gaming Inc. in Toledo, is the honor to be the first of Ohio's four Las Vegas-style casinos to open, which is expected to bring an overflow of customers for at least the first couple of weeks for whomever wins the competition and is the only casino open in the state.
Officials at the Ohio Casino Control Commission recently scrapped Cleveland's planned March 26 grand opening, saying that they needed more time to complete background investigations on owners, major investors and vendors. Toledo had been scheduled to open a week later.
JoAnn Davidson, chairwoman of the Ohio Casino Control Commission, said Friday that the commission might set a date range for the casinos openings, rather than a specific date. She added that a week between openings was not enough time for her staff.
"Two casinos cannot open that close when you only have one regulatory body that has to cover both of them," Davidson added. "There will have to be a couple of weeks between the openings."
Though the two developers teamed up for the successful passage of a 2009 constitutional amendment that okayed casinos in Ohio's four largest cities, the projects are worlds apart.
View full sizeJohn Kuntz, The Plain DealerJeff Cohen, left, and Nate Forbes talk about construction at Cleveland's Horseshoe Casino on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Cohen and Forbes are principals in Rock Gaming LLC, which has joined with Caesars Entertainment Corp. to build casinos in Cleveland and Cincinnati.
The $300 million Hollywood Casino Toledo is being built from the ground up on 44 acres off I-75 outside downtown. It's a theme casino, the 12th in Penn's Hollywood brand, and executives say convenience and "red carpet" customer service will draw people away from casinos in Cleveland, Detroit and Indiana.
"We're right off the highway," general manager Richard St. Jean said Friday during a tour, the first public look at the nearly completed casino. "We've got a great parking garage and easy access."
In Cleveland, Rock Ohio Caesars is spending about $480 million to transform four floors of the landmark Higbee Building into a casino with an eye for keeping the historic details.
Officials with the developer, at Gilbert's insistence, picked a downtown location off Public Square they say with the hope that the casino will feed off of the city's unique character and attractions and play a role in its revitalization.
The Horseshoe Casino Cleveland is keeping the story-high display windows, but is cladding them with sheer gold fabric panels that will allow people to discern lights and figures inside but not people's faces.
View full sizeJohn Kuntz, The Plain DealerDecorative wood panels with an art deco feel, a nod to the building's days as a department store, cover the base of the massive columns that line the gambling areas of Cleveland's Horseshoe Casino.
The brass-enclosed entryways off Public Square and Prospect Road will be familiar to generations of Higbee shoppers. The cast iron handrails and much of the woodwork, including decorative panels that wrap around the bottoms of the huge columns, gives the casino an art deco, 1930s department store feel.
"We've done everything we can to maintain the integrity of the historic building," Cohen added. "It's a tough task to take an old building and try to renovate it and maintain the character," he added. "You have to blend design elements of today with design elements of the past.
"And all the while meeting current (building) codes," said Nate Forbes, a developer and Rock Gaming principal who is know for high-end projects including The Mall at Millenia in Orlando.
"It has an old-world feel, yet hopefully people will feel comfortable," Forbes added. "We think it's something that people are really going to relate to."
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The first Suicide Squad won an Oscar, but not much love from the fans. It was in Hair & Make Up, to save you frantically Googling what on Earth the Academy could have recognised from this mess.
For a long time, it appeared that any sequel would be met with a lukewarm reception. But not any more.
Enter James Gunn, acclaimed director of Guardians Of The Galaxy and Slither. After being cruelly dumped by Disney for old jokes he'd apologised for before Guardians 1 came out, his future looked bleak. Not only was his shot at running the Marvel Cosmic Universe gone, but his chance at quite a few other franchises too. Disney owns a lot these days, after all.
But they don't own DC. And now anticipation for the Suicide Squad sequel is bubbling over as fans can't wait for Gunn to get his claws into these classic characters. There's certainly a hell of a lot to fix, but Gunn's more than up to the task.


Satoshi Kon's second movie "Millennium Actress" is a fascinating trip through the life of an actress and her life-long love for a stranger she met when she was still a girl. It is also a rollercoaster ride through Japanese history and the history of Japanese film making. Ultimately, it is a mediation on love like no other movie has ever delivered.
Like in his first movie, "Perfect Blue", the director masterfully blends the real world the characters inhabit with their inner lifes, keeping the viewer guessing to which is which.
Where other movies, specifically out of Hollywood, take the audience by their hands and guide them through the story like a Disneyland ride, Satoshi Kon locks his viewers in a haunted house for one and a half hours before opening the doors again.


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Heinz Radzikowski (7 September 1925 – 18 April 2017) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Stolp.

References

External links

1925 births
2017 deaths
German male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players of the United Team of Germany
Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Sportspeople from Słupsk
People from the Province of Pomerania
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
20th-century German people


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The 2019 Zhuhai Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the Zhuhai Championships (replacing the Shenzhen Open), and part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2019 ATP Tour. It took place at the Hengqin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai, China, from September 23–29.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

1 Rankings are as of September 16, 2019

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  Wu Di
  Zhang Ze
  Zhang Zhizhen

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
  Andy Murray

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  Damir Džumhur
  Tatsuma Ito
  Dominik Koepfer
  Kwon Soon-woo

Withdrawals
  Tomáš Berdych → replaced by  Tennys Sandgren
  Pierre-Hugues Herbert → replaced by  Steve Johnson
  Andrey Rublev → replaced by  Peter Gojowczyk

Retirements
  Casper Ruud (illness)
  Stefanos Tsitsipas (breathing problem)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

1 Rankings are as of September 16, 2019

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  Gong Maoxin /  Zhang Ze
  Wu Di /  Zhang Zhizhen

Champions

Singles

  Alex de Minaur def.  Adrian Mannarino, 7–6(7–4), 6–4

Doubles

  Sander Gillé /  Joran Vliegen def.  Marcelo Demoliner /  Matwé Middelkoop,  7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)

References

External links
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Q: Why the small cap command is ignored? I have a thesis front page. Would like to write the surnames with small caps. But it doesn't work. See here (the packages are required):
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,draft]{article}
\usepackage{url}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{53pt}
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{53pt}
\setlength{\marginparwidth}{57pt}
\setlength{\footskip}{30pt}

{\large \textbf{Albert E\textsc{instein}}}\\[0.2cm]
\end{document}

Font sample:

Used Thesis Template: Easy Thesis

A: When you process your document, you'll see the warning:
LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OT1/cmr/bx/sc' undefined
using `OT1/cmr/bx/n' instead on input line 10.

This warning indicates that small caps in the required series (bold face) are not available in the current (Computer Modern in OT1 font encoding) font and LaTeX uses a  replacement (Computer Modern in bold face series in OT1 font encoding).
You need a font having small caps in boldface. This can be achieved using the T1 encoding (or a package such as fourier providing the required font):
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,draft]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{url}
%\usepackage{fourier}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{53pt}
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{53pt}
\setlength{\marginparwidth}{57pt}
\setlength{\footskip}{30pt}

{\large\textbf{Albert E\textsc{instein}}}\\[0.2cm]

\end{document}

Notice, however, that small caps and bold face seems redundant.
Also, changes to the page layout are better done using the geometry package.

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Gertrude Miller was married to John Henry Miller and lived with him in the Pettway plantation house. John Henry Miller was an uncle of Missouri Pettway.
Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts
Gee's Bend quilts carry forward an old and proud tradition of textiles made for home and family. They represent only a part of the rich body of African American quilts. But they are in a league by themselves. Few other places can boast the extent of Gee's Bend's artistic achievement, the result of both geographical isolation and an unusual degree of cultural continuity. In few places elsewhere have works been found by three and sometimes four generations of women in the same family, or works that bear witness to visual conversations among community quilting groups and lineages. Gee's Bend's art also stands out for its flair—quilts composed boldly and improvisationally, in geometries that transform recycled work clothes and dresses, feed sacks, and fabric remnants.
The Quiltmakers of Gee's Bend
This uplifting, Emmy-winning PBS film tells the modern-day "Cinderalla" story of the quiltmakers of Gee's Bend, Alabama. Artists born into extreme poverty, they live to see their quilts hailed by a The New York Times art critic as "some of the most miraculous works of modern art America has produced."
Miniature string-pieced "Zigzags"


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Note: Rowyn and I had so much fun writing this post in 2006 that I decided to expand it into its own book. The Girls' Ghost Hunting Guide (perfect for boys too!) will be available May 1, 2012 from Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. Pre-order now at Amazon!
Visit GGHG's site for tips, EVPs and what to pack in your ghost hunting bag!
This was written by my daughter at age nine -- her "grown up" would have been me. =] Thanks for writing!
my friend Aysia. we are going to have ALOT of fun! Thank you for the tip. From aubrey age8 and aysia age 7.
I'm very excited to see how your investigation turned out, I hope you both had fun!
Thanks for your info me and a few friends are going to her Aunts house on Friday the 13th my B-day to stay the night and have a crazy fun night mabey even post this on youtube even though i dont have an accound yet im 10 almost 11 my friends are 9,9,10,10 and me the day we do it 11 you really should leave more I like it!
Happy birthday! I'm glad you liked the post, I had so much fun with it that I wrote a whole book about ghost hunting for kids your age. Why should adults have all the fun?
Did you catch a ghost,stacey?
I'm sure Rowyn would love to help you though now she's 16-years-old. Good luck with the show!


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Q: Get all possible exports from module by TypeScript API or ts-morph // sourceFileContent
import path from 'path';

// Short version of node_modules/@types/node/path.d.ts
declare module 'path' {
    namespace path {
        interface ParsedPath {}
        interface FormatInputPathObject {}
        interface PlatformPath {
            normalize(p: string): string;
            join(...paths: string[]): string;
            // other...
        }
    }
    const path: path.PlatformPath;
    export = path;
}

Code below is written using ts-morph which is wrapper around typescript
const sourceFile = project.createSourceFile('source.ts', sourceFileContent);
const importDeclarations = sourceFile.getImportDeclarations();

// loop for importDeclarations
let symbol = importDeclaration.getImportClause().getSymbol();
symbol = typeChecker.getAliasedSymbol(symbol);
const exportSymbols = typeChecker.getExportsOfModule(symbol);
// {"ParsedPath" => SymbolObject, "FormatInputPathObject" => SymbolObject, "PlatformPath" => SymbolObject}

Here I got three export symbols, but we know about normalize, join and other functions that should exists in path module.
import { normalize, join } from 'path'; // no errors

So I'm stuck in getting these functions (normalize, join, etc.), can you help
with getting all possible exports from module by using ts-morph or naked typescript API?

A: I'm not sure how to do this using symbols, but it is possible to get the properties on the path object by checking its type:
const defaultImport = importDeclaration.getDefaultImportOrThrow();
const defaultImportType = defaultImport.getType();

for (const property of defaultImportType.getProperties()) {
  console.log(property.getName());
}

Outputs:
normalize
join
resolve
isAbsolute
relative
dirname
basename
extname
sep
delimiter
parse
format
toNamespacedPath
posix
win32

A: With an interactive typescript session via ts-node:
$ npx ts-node
> import path from 'path'
{}
> Object.keys(path)
[
  'resolve',    'normalize',
  'isAbsolute', 'join',
  'relative',   'toNamespacedPath',
  'dirname',    'basename',
  'extname',    'format',
  'parse',      'sep',
  'delimiter',  'win32',
  'posix',      '_makeLong'
]
>