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20 Outrageous Photos Which Will Make You Question The Human Race Entirely
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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

#import "../../internal/GRPCCallOptions+Internal.h"
#import "GRPCChannel.h"
#import "GRPCChannelFactory.h"
#import "GRPCChannelPool+Test.h"
#import "GRPCChannelPool.h"
#import "GRPCCompletionQueue.h"
#import "GRPCInsecureChannelFactory.h"
#import "GRPCSecureChannelFactory.h"
#import "GRPCWrappedCall.h"

#include <grpc/support/log.h>

extern const char *kCFStreamVarName;

static GRPCChannelPool *gChannelPool;
static dispatch_once_t gInitChannelPool;

/** When all calls of a channel are destroyed, destroy the channel after this much seconds. */
static const NSTimeInterval kDefaultChannelDestroyDelay = 30;

@implementation GRPCPooledChannel {
  GRPCChannelConfiguration *_channelConfiguration;
  NSTimeInterval _destroyDelay;

  NSHashTable<GRPCWrappedCall *> *_wrappedCalls;
  GRPCChannel *_wrappedChannel;
  NSDate *_lastTimedDestroy;
  dispatch_queue_t _timerQueue;
}

- (instancetype)initWithChannelConfiguration:(GRPCChannelConfiguration *)channelConfiguration {
  return [self initWithChannelConfiguration:channelConfiguration
                               destroyDelay:kDefaultChannelDestroyDelay];
}

- (nullable instancetype)initWithChannelConfiguration:
                             (GRPCChannelConfiguration *)channelConfiguration
                                         destroyDelay:(NSTimeInterval)destroyDelay {
  NSAssert(channelConfiguration != nil, @"channelConfiguration cannot be empty.");
  if (channelConfiguration == nil) {
    return nil;
  }

  if ((self = [super init])) {
    _channelConfiguration = [channelConfiguration copy];
    _destroyDelay = destroyDelay;
    _wrappedCalls = [NSHashTable weakObjectsHashTable];
    _wrappedChannel = nil;
    _lastTimedDestroy = nil;
#if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 110000 || __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 101300
    if (@available(iOS 8.0, macOS 10.10, *)) {
      _timerQueue = dispatch_queue_create(NULL, dispatch_queue_attr_make_with_qos_class(
                                                    DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL, QOS_CLASS_DEFAULT, 0));
    } else {
#else
    {
#endif
      _timerQueue = dispatch_queue_create(NULL, DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
    }
  }

  return self;
}

- (void)dealloc {
  // Disconnect GRPCWrappedCall objects created but not yet removed
  if (_wrappedCalls.allObjects.count != 0) {
    for (GRPCWrappedCall *wrappedCall in _wrappedCalls.allObjects) {
      [wrappedCall channelDisconnected];
    };
  }
}

- (GRPCWrappedCall *)wrappedCallWithPath:(NSString *)path
                         completionQueue:(GRPCCompletionQueue *)queue
                             callOptions:(GRPCCallOptions *)callOptions {
  NSAssert(path.length > 0, @"path must not be empty.");
  NSAssert(queue != nil, @"completionQueue must not be empty.");
  NSAssert(callOptions, @"callOptions must not be empty.");
  if (path.length == 0 || queue == nil || callOptions == nil) {
    return nil;
  }

  GRPCWrappedCall *call = nil;

  @synchronized(self) {
    if (_wrappedChannel == nil) {
      _wrappedChannel = [[GRPCChannel alloc] initWithChannelConfiguration:_channelConfiguration];
      if (_wrappedChannel == nil) {
        NSAssert(_wrappedChannel != nil, @"Unable to get a raw channel for proxy.");
        return nil;
      }
    }
    _lastTimedDestroy = nil;

    grpc_call *unmanagedCall =
        [_wrappedChannel unmanagedCallWithPath:path
                               completionQueue:[GRPCCompletionQueue completionQueue]
                                   callOptions:callOptions];
    if (unmanagedCall == NULL) {
      NSAssert(unmanagedCall != NULL, @"Unable to create grpc_call object");
      return nil;
    }

    call = [[GRPCWrappedCall alloc] initWithUnmanagedCall:unmanagedCall pooledChannel:self];
    if (call == nil) {
      NSAssert(call != nil, @"Unable to create GRPCWrappedCall object");
      grpc_call_unref(unmanagedCall);
      return nil;
    }

    [_wrappedCalls addObject:call];
  }
  return call;
}

- (void)notifyWrappedCallDealloc:(GRPCWrappedCall *)wrappedCall {
  NSAssert(wrappedCall != nil, @"wrappedCall cannot be empty.");
  if (wrappedCall == nil) {
    return;
  }
  @synchronized(self) {
    // Detect if all objects weakly referenced in _wrappedCalls are (implicitly) removed.
    // _wrappedCalls.count does not work here since the hash table may include deallocated weak
    // references. _wrappedCalls.allObjects forces removal of those objects.
    if (_wrappedCalls.allObjects.count == 0) {
      // No more call has reference to this channel. We may start the timer for destroying the
      // channel now.
      NSDate *now = [NSDate date];
      NSAssert(now != nil, @"Unable to create NSDate object 'now'.");
      _lastTimedDestroy = now;
      dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, (int64_t)_destroyDelay * NSEC_PER_SEC),
                     _timerQueue, ^{
                       @synchronized(self) {
                         // Check _lastTimedDestroy against now in case more calls are created (and
                         // maybe destroyed) after this dispatch_async. In that case the current
                         // dispatch_after block should be discarded; the channel should be
                         // destroyed in a later dispatch_after block.
                         if (now != nil && self->_lastTimedDestroy == now) {
                           self->_wrappedChannel = nil;
                           self->_lastTimedDestroy = nil;
                         }
                       }
                     });
    }
  }
}

- (void)disconnect {
  NSArray<GRPCWrappedCall *> *copiedWrappedCalls = nil;
  @synchronized(self) {
    if (_wrappedChannel != nil) {
      _wrappedChannel = nil;
      copiedWrappedCalls = _wrappedCalls.allObjects;
      [_wrappedCalls removeAllObjects];
    }
  }
  for (GRPCWrappedCall *wrappedCall in copiedWrappedCalls) {
    [wrappedCall channelDisconnected];
  }
}

- (GRPCChannel *)wrappedChannel {
  GRPCChannel *channel = nil;
  @synchronized(self) {
    channel = _wrappedChannel;
  }
  return channel;
}

@end

@interface GRPCChannelPool ()

- (instancetype)initPrivate NS_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZER;

@end

@implementation GRPCChannelPool {
  NSMutableDictionary<GRPCChannelConfiguration *, GRPCPooledChannel *> *_channelPool;
}

+ (instancetype)sharedInstance {
  dispatch_once(&gInitChannelPool, ^{
    gChannelPool = [[GRPCChannelPool alloc] initPrivate];
    NSAssert(gChannelPool != nil, @"Cannot initialize global channel pool.");
  });
  return gChannelPool;
}

- (instancetype)initPrivate {
  if ((self = [super init])) {
    _channelPool = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
  }
  return self;
}

- (void)dealloc {
}

- (GRPCPooledChannel *)channelWithHost:(NSString *)host callOptions:(GRPCCallOptions *)callOptions {
  NSAssert(host.length > 0, @"Host must not be empty.");
  NSAssert(callOptions != nil, @"callOptions must not be empty.");
  if (host.length == 0 || callOptions == nil) {
    return nil;
  }

  // remove trailing slash of hostname if a supported scheme is not provided
  if (![host hasPrefix:@"dns:"] && ![host hasPrefix:@"unix:"] && ![host hasPrefix:@"ipv4:"] &&
      ![host hasPrefix:@"ipv6:"]) {
    NSURL *hostURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[@"https://" stringByAppendingString:host]];
    if (hostURL.host && hostURL.port == nil) {
      host = [hostURL.host stringByAppendingString:@":443"];
    }
  }

  GRPCPooledChannel *pooledChannel = nil;
  GRPCChannelConfiguration *configuration =
      [[GRPCChannelConfiguration alloc] initWithHost:host callOptions:callOptions];
  @synchronized(self) {
    pooledChannel = _channelPool[configuration];
    if (pooledChannel == nil) {
      pooledChannel = [[GRPCPooledChannel alloc] initWithChannelConfiguration:configuration];
      _channelPool[configuration] = pooledChannel;
    }
  }
  return pooledChannel;
}

- (void)disconnectAllChannels {
  NSArray<GRPCPooledChannel *> *copiedPooledChannels;
  @synchronized(self) {
    copiedPooledChannels = _channelPool.allValues;
  }

  // Disconnect pooled channels.
  for (GRPCPooledChannel *pooledChannel in copiedPooledChannels) {
    [pooledChannel disconnect];
  }
}

@end

@implementation GRPCChannelPool (Test)

- (instancetype)initTestPool {
  return [self initPrivate];
}

@end

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From crisis exit to world challenges: The EU's Strategic Agenda 2019
Authors : Eric Maurice, Magali Menneteau
Eric Maurice, Magali Menneteau
On 20th June, Heads and State and Government adopted the European Union Strategic Programme for the next 5 years. A comparison with the previous programme shows that the EU has moved from a post-crisis resilience policy to a policy of affirmation, promoting its values and defending its economic and geopolitical interests.
Foundation : Atlas/EU - Report/2019 - Future/Europe - Website/Elections European Council : Conclusions - Euro Commission : Climate - Food Parliament : Groups Council : Agriculture/Fishing - Enlargement - Crimea/Sanctions - Transparency Diplomacy : Justice/United States Court of Justice : Discrimination/Freedom of movement - Poland ECB : Forum European Agencies : Ariane - Space/Jupiter - Inventions - Regions - Asylum France : Russia The Netherlands : MH-17/Justice Czech Republic : Demonstration UK : Brexit - Conservatives Turkey : Istanbul Ukraine : France/Germany Council of Europe : Migration - Russia OECD : Education Eurostat : Trade - Inflation - Debt Culture : Festival/Malta - Jazz/Montreux - Exhibition/Copenhagen - Exhibition/Sibiu - Exhibition/Frankfurt - Jazz/Vienne - Festival/Vienna
In "La grande bascule", published by Ecole de guerre publications, Jean-Dominique Giuliani shows - contrary to habitual ideas - that the European Union has the means to meet the new challenges of the 21st century. Europe has succeeded beyond the hopes of its founding fathers. It can continue to succeed and guarantee its place, at the end of the century, amongst the three biggest world powers.. Read more
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Study on the differing quality of foodstuffs
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Council : Conclusions of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council
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Conclusions of the General Affairs Council
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7 Member States for greater transparency
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The European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed on 17th June that the European probe Juice, set to study Jupiter and its icy moons, will be launched in 2022 by an Ariane launch vehicle, possibly an Ariane 6. This will be the first European mission to Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. On the first day of the International Air Show in Le Bourget, ESA signed a contract with Arianespace to launch this ambitious exploratory mission... Read more
European Inventor of the Year award
On 20th June, the European Patent Office (EPO) awarded its prizes for the Inventor of the Year 2019 to professionals from four Member States of the Union (France, Austria, the Netherlands and Spain) for their innovations: a cancer diagnostic tool, a machine to recycle plastic better, an alternative to the toxic paints used on boats and a quick way of duplicating DNA samples. Akira Yoshino from Japan, inventor of the lithium-ion battery, also received an award due to the importance of his technology... Read more
The European Committee of the Regions presents its vision of Union reform
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) presented a report on 13th June entitled "Working together to bring the EU closer to its citizens" in which it sets out its point of view on the future of Europe... Read more
Numbers of asylum applications in the Union
On 24th June, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) published a study on asylum applications in the Union. The number of applications fell for the third consecutive year in 2018, to reach the pre-migrant crisis level. In 2018, 664 480 asylum applications were recorded in the EU. This fall in the number of asylum applications has continued in 2019, despite a slight increase over the first five months of the year... Read more
France : Russian Prime Minister's visit to France
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe received his Russia counterpart Dmitri Medvedev in Le Havre on 24th June. The two heads of government discussed the crises in Ukraine and Syria, as well as trade and cooperation between their two countries. This is the first high level Franco-Russian meeting since Russian President Vladimir Poutine's visit to Versailles in 2017... Read more
The Netherlands : MH-17: 3 Russians and 1 Ukrainian charged with murder
Dutch prosecutors announced on 19th June that three Russians and one Ukrainian would be charged with murder for their presumed responsibility in firing the missile that destroyed flight MH-17 on 17th July 2014, causing the death of 298 passengers and crew members. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. The case should open on 9th March 2020, probably in the absence of the four accused. On 20th June, the European Council again called on Russia to "cooperate fully with the enquiry"... Read more
Czech Republic : Another demonstration against the Prime Minister
On 23rd June, almost 250 000 people gathered in Prague to demand the resignation of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, suspected of European subsidy fraud. The NGO "1 Million moments for democracy" organised the gathering, which was the biggest in Prague since the demonstrations against communism in 1989. According to several draft European Commission audit reports, A. Babis is still profiting from his Agrofert company which has received over €17 million in subsidies since 2017, and he is therefore in a position of conflict of interests. For the past few weeks demonstrators have been demanding the resignation of A. Babis and that of Justice Minister Marie Benesova, who is suspected of protecting him... Read more
UK : No deal Brexit: the Bank of England's fears
On 20th June the Bank of England (BoE) expressed its fears in terms of a no deal Brexit for the UK at a time when economic activity is stagnating. After +0.5% growth in the first quarter, the BoE now expects no growth over the second quarter. This situation has caused the BoE to maintain its bank rate at 0.75% and to continue with its bonds purchase programme... Read more
Leader of the Conservative Party
After the fifth vote on 20th June to elect the leader of the British Conservative Party, who will also become Prime Minister, the 313 Conservative MPs named the two finalists: former Foreign Minister Boris Johnson (160 votes) and the current holder of that position, Jeremy Hunt (77 votes). These candidates will be put to the vote by the party's 160 000 members in the week of 22nd July... Read more
Turkey : The party in power loses Istanbul city hall
On 23rd June Ekrem Imamoglu, candidate for the People's Republican Party, won the Istanbul city elections with 54% of the vote, against Binali Yildirim, the candidate for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP). An initial win by E. Imamoglu on 31st March, was invalidated. The AKP loses the richest and most populous city in Turkey... Read more
Ukraine : Volodymyr Zelensky's visits to Paris and Berlin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on 17th June and then German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on the 18th. The leaders expressed their support for sanctions against Russia as long as no progress has been made in respect for the territorial integrity of Ukraine, and their will to continue with peace negotiations within the context of the Normandy format because, as V. Zelensky said, "for a war to end, the two parties, Russia and Ukraine must want to do it ... Ukraine cannot be the only one to want peace.".. Read more
Council of Europe : Call to halt cooperation with Libyan coastguards
In a report published on 18th June, the Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe, Duja Mijatovic, called on European countries to suspend their cooperation with Libyan coastguards until guarantees are provided with regard to the respect of human rights. In the report she refers to serious violations of human rights in the treatment of people brought back to Libya by the coastguards, placed in arbitrary detention and victims of violence. No official data is available but the number of migrants present in Libya is estimated to be several hundreds of thousands... Read more
The Council of Europe Assembly reintegrates Russia
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted on 24th June in favour of Russia's return by 118 votes to 62. The PACE had deprived the Russian delegation of its voting rights in 2014 as a sanction against the annexation of Crimea. Russia then suspended its participation in the Assembly and had ceased to pay its contribution. It was threatening to leave the Council of Europe definitely, which would have deprived Russian citizens of any possibility of recourse to the European Court of Human Rights. On 25th June Ukraine announced its intention to suspend its participation in the work of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) after the latter's decision to authorise the return of the Russian delegation, putting an end to five years of institutional crisis with Moscow... Read more
OECD : Survey on teaching and learning
In its latest international survey published on 21st June, entitled "Teachers and School Leaders as Lifelong Learners", the OECD indicates that countries must make the teaching career more financially and intellectually attractive. EU countries are mostly beneath the average of OECD countries in terms of training and the use of IT and communication technologies... Read more
Eurostat : International trade in goods surplus
According to figures published by Eurostat on 18th June, euro zone exports of goods to the rest of the world came to €192.9 billion in April 2019, i.e. a 5.2% increase compared to April 2018. Imports increased by 6.6%, up to €177.2 billion in April 2019. The euro zone therefore recorded a €15.7 billion surplus in its international trade in goods in April 2019 with the rest of the world. Exports of goods outside the EU amounted to €171.1 billion in April 2019, i.e. a 10.2% increase compared to April 2018. Imports increased by 5.6% to €169.7 billion in April 2019. The EU therefore recorded a surplus of €1.4 billion in its international trade in goods with the rest of the world (compared to a deficit of €0.9 billion in April 2018)... Read more
Inflation rate down
According to figures published by Eurostat on 18th June, the annual inflation rate in the European Union was 1.6% in May 2019, down compared to April (1.9%). In the euro zone the inflation rate was at 1.2% in May 2019, down compared to April 2019 (1.7%). The lowest annual rates were recorded in Cyprus (0.2%), Portugal (0.3%) and Greece (0.6%) whilst the highest were in Romania (4.4%), Hungary (4%) and Latvia (3.5%)... Read more
Structure of the public debt in 2018
According to an article published on 21st June by Eurostat, the public debt of Member States is mainly held by non-residents in half of EU Member States. This is particularly the case in Cyprus, Latvia and Lithuania. Conversely, the largest share of debt held by resident financial companies was registered in Denmark, Sweden and Italy. The public debt of Member States is mainly comprised of debt securities, notably in Czechia (90% of total debt) and in Hungary... Read more
Culture : Malta Arts Festival
The Valletta International Arts Festival will be held from 28th June to 14th July. Music, theatre, dance, sculpture and photography events are organised at several venues in the Maltese capital... Read more
The 53rd Montreux Jazz Festival will be held from 28th June to 13th July on the banks of Lake Geneva. The festival, enjoyed by jazz fans as well as pop and rock enthusiasts, boasts prestigious headliners such as Elton John and Janet Jackson... Read more
Art and looking in Copenhagen
The "What are you looking at?" exhibition at the Louisiana museum in Copenhagen until 18th August underlines the importance of looking in art: the artist looking at the world or the spectator looking at art. This is one of the six themes around which the museum has organised the display of its collection this summer... Read more
Picasso, Matisse, Dali, Klimt in Sibiu
Until 30th August, the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu presents "The Art of Giving", an exhibition of the works of artists such as Picasso, Matisse, Dali and Klimt, organised during the Sibiu International Theatre Festival... Read more
"Die Brücke" in Frankfurt
From 26th June to 13th October, the Städel museum in Frankfurt presents the "Mysteries of matter" exhibition dedicated to the works of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, founders of the German expressionist group "Die Brücke" ("The Bridge")... Read more
Jazz Festival in Vienne
The town of Vienne, in Isère, hosts the Vienne Jazz Festival from 28th June to 13th July. Numerous activities are organised with, amongst other headliners, Thomas Dutronc and Parov Stelar... Read more
Music Film Festival in Vienna
From 29th June to 1st September, the park next to the Austrian capital's city hall turns into an open-air cinema for the Music Film Festival, showing music, opera and dance films... Read more
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В ролях
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 Жан-Клод Бриали — Серж (в роли Джей Си Бриали)
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Home / People / Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care And Aging Announces New Editorial Board Members
Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care And Aging Announces New Editorial Board Members
People June 2, 2017
Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging (ALTC), a peer-reviewed publication from HMP, a recognized leader in healthcare content and continuing medical education events, announced today new additions to its editorial advisory board.
Medical Editor of ALTC, Gregg Warshaw, MD, Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine (Chapel Hill, NC), said, "The newest Board members bring expertise in key areas of Alzheimer's disease, person-centered care, and infection prevention, and will support the long-standing mission of ALTC to provide practical, evidenced-based clinical guidance for the interprofessional long-term care team. I am very appreciative of the contributions of the retiring Board members, and I look forward to learning from our new members."
New board members include:
Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, CPASRM, Aging Services Operations Manager, Patient Safety, Risk and Quality at ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting, PA. Rose specializes in operations expansion, continuous performance improvement, and problem solving in the continuing care and post-acute care segments of health care.
Cherian Verghese, MD, MRCPsych, Principal Investigator, Medical Director, Keystone Clinical Studies, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. A member of the Eastern Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society Verghese specializes in Alzheimer's disease, depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorder research.
Joseph Mylotte, MD, Professor of Medicine Emeritus, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY. Mylotte is widely published in geriatric medical journals on topics such as infection control and antibiotic stewardship with an emphasis on surveillance and data analysis.
Alexis Coulourides Kogan, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. A mixed-methods health systems researcher, Coulourides Kogan focuses on person-centered translational aging research related to care transitions for older adults in addition to models of care for the seriously ill (palliative care and hospice).
Barry Fabius, MD, CMD, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, UnitedHealthcare Community and State Plan, DE. A past president of the Eastern Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society, Fabius has played an integral role in multiple health systems in the effort to provide the continuum of care in geriatrics from acute care and long-term care to home care, hospice, and outpatient services.
Beth Cwiklinski, MSW, MBA, Vice President, Residential Health Services, Meadowood Senior Living, Worcester, PA. Cwiklinkski has served in high-level management positions at several nursing facilities and has extensive experience in active aging, accountable care organizations, data metrics, care improvement, advancing care planning, policy development, strategic planning, and implementing regulatory guidelines.
Kenneth R Cohen, PharmD, PhD, CGP, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Touro College of Pharmacy, New York, NY. Cohen has spent most of his career in clinical and administrative pharmacy practice with a focus on the utilization of evidence-based medicine.
Terms for the new board began in May.
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1. In Theasa Tuohy's, novel, Jenny Flynn, the main characters exhibit contradictory personality traits, each suffering insecurity in some ways but also achieving groundbreaking status in others. How is this true for Laura? For Jenny?
2. Jenny Flynn's family life and background is in direct contrast with that of Laura's. What has been her experience growing up? How has she compensated? She has insecurities that she refuses to face. Explain.
3. Lots of clues surface relating to Laura's mysterious past early in the novel. What questions arise as the reader becomes acquainted with Laura. Consider her strange bohemian upbringing, the contradiction between her sophisticated literary experiences and her insecurity in social circumstances. How would you describe her personality as she strives to make a name for herself in journalism. How is she a trailblazer? How has her mother failed her?
4. Jenny's barnstorming stunts become a catalyst for Laura's career in journalism. Do you agree? Explain.
5. As the novel evolves and Laura and Jenny's relationship matures, each woman becomes a beneficiary. What begins as confrontation evolves as circumstances throw them together. Describe their initial conflict. How does each view the other? A barnstorming event, "stunting with a greenhorn," draws them closer together. Explain.
6. How do Laura and Jenny grow and mature? What are Laura's limitations as Jenny sees them? How does her friendship with Jenny encourage her to grow and gain confidence? How is Laura's future brighter because of her association with Jenny? What are Jenny's limitations as Laura sees them? How does her growing friendship with Laura help her to mature beyond these limitations? What does she eventually achieve because of Laura's encouragement?
though she values his friendship. Consider his role in her flying experiences—and her recognition of his ulterior motives as he tries to push her into professional flying.
8. How does Roy help Laura resolve some of her insecurities? Consider his encouraging her to fly with Jenny, to perform a parachute jump. Are these positive experiences? How does his seduction of Laura affect her? Is this a completely negative experience? Why or why not?
9. Barnstorming events become a prelude to a Wild West show at the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch, a National Historic Landmark near Ponca City, Oklahoma (Indian Territory). Jenny and Laura are featured as "two little ladies" in a plane, Roy performs his celebrated and difficult outside loops. This location in Oklahoma Indian Territory is where the unraveling of Laura's mysterious heritage begins. What does Laura learn about Osage culture, headrights, and murder?
10. The historic Indian Reservation murder case in Oklahoma becomes an important complication for Laura. How did greed and racism trigger the Oklahoma tragedy?
11. As Laura follows Jenny, she begins to discover clues to her heritage. How? Consider the information from the photo Aunt Edna had given her: St. Louis. Father Bernard. Bar talk between Roy and John, Jenny's husband: Stories about a defrocked Jesuit priest. What other coincidences begin to appear as she travels in Oklahoma?
12. The discovery of Laura's heritage appears to offer her benefits beyond just the knowledge of her father's identity? Explain. How might this impact her relationship with her mother? Her relationship with Clem?
13. At the end of chapter 44 after Jenny has confronted Laura's mother, Laura exclaims to Jenny, "You're finally in the air and I've finally got my feet planted." Using this statement as a springboard, can you project a future life for both Jenny and Laura? How does Jenny's earning her transport license and Laura's knowing her father's identity influence your projections.
14. Historical allusions to the "Roaring 20's" all of which conjure up a rich tapestry of life in America: The Great War, Flagpole sitters, Flappers, Marathon dancers, Barnstormers, Speakeasies, Bathtub gin, sob sisters, The Charleston.
Isadora Duncan, William Carlos Williams, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Marcel Proust, Friedrich Nietzsche, e e Cummings, Marlene Dietrich.
16. Allusions to famous aviators who were making names for themselves before regulations and laws curtailed activity: Wilbur Wright, Charles Lindbergh, Frank Hawks, Roscoe Turner, Amelia Earhart, Louise Thaden, Ruth Nichols, Pancho Barnes, Wiley Post,Marvel Crosson, Gladys O'Donnell, Lafayette Escadrille. Airplanes of the past: The Robin, Travel Air, Lockheed Vega, Bellanca, Ford Tri-Motor, Bi-plane.
17. Reference to journalists of historic note: Waldo Frank, John Reed, Will Rogers.
18. 1920's Styles and Mores: Dress for women: skirts, hats, gloves were required dress when appearing in public; Prohibition a law of the times led to bootleg liquor; Women were granted voting rights (19th amendment) only 9 years before novel takes place; Reporter's salary at a newspaper was $12.00 a week, a meal on the train cost $1.50; trains were powered by steam engines; wealthy drove Pierce Arrow cars.


The words exploded from me in a burst of white-hot anger. 'It's a lie.'It's a normal Friday evening for Elliot – until the police knock on the door and tell him his mum's in serious trouble! A security video clearly shows her breaking into a giant pharmaceutical company on behalf of the environmental action group A. N. T. I. D. O. T. E. Elliot can hardly believe it. His mum's a secretary, isn't she? Not a SPY! And even worse – now she's gone on the run . . .
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TUCKER, GA (May 13, 2014) — The Northlake Business District officially joined forces with Tucker Community Improvement District (CID) as the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners formally approved the Tucker Community Improvement District's request to annex over 67 Northlake commercial properties. The expansion adds over $111 million in appraised property value. The new boundaries extend down Lavista, Henderson Mill, and Northlake Parkway through the Northlake shopping district and the Montreal industrial corridor.
The Tucker CID formed only last year, but in that short time, the group has already improved the I-285-LaVista road gateway project. With the annexation of the Northlake commercial districts, two board seats will become open in early July in time to begin work on a master plan for revitalization. The board will also vote to change the name to the Tucker Northlake CID.


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A History of Walton Voices
WALTON VOICES – A BRIEF HISTORY
Walton Voices mutated out of Walton and Oatlands Choral Society (still its official name), which was founded in 1934 by Mr Welton Hickin, organist and choirmaster at St Mary's Church, Oatlands and was originally known as the Oatlands and District Choir. Few records remain from its early years, but we do know that the Society continued to flourish during the Second World War, and, at a concert in June 1946 performed works including Händel's Acis and Galatea, under the baton of the founder.
From 1948 to 1963, Herbert G Crellin was the Musical Director. During this period concerts of sacred music were performed in a variety of churches in the area, with a concert of more secular works being performed in June, usually at the Oatlands Park Hotel.
Peter Marshall took over the baton in 1963, and formed a link with Wallington Choral Society, where he was also Musical Director. The two societies joined together for their concerts and, combined, had over 100 voices which enabled them to tackle demanding choral works such as Verdi's Requiem and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. The choir was often accompanied by an orchestra at this time, led by Peter Marshall's wife, Davina.
In 1971, William Hayward became Musical Director, and, although the link with Wallington was broken, the Society continued to perform more substantial works, including the works of more modern composers.
From 1975 until 1993, James Attfield held the position of Musical Director, with John Riley as Associate. The policy of mixing the old with the new, and shorter works with the grand works, continued. When James Attfield stood down in 1993, the role of Musical Director was taken on successively by John Riley, William Hayward and Andrew Daldorf. In 1996 Susan Higgins took over as Musical Director, remaining with the Society until 2011, when she passed the role on to Sarah Burston.
Membership of the Choir had started to fall considerably by the spring of 2013 and it was decided to take the Choir in a new direction and relaunch it with an inspirational new Musical Director, Jonathan Kilhams, and a new name – Walton Voices. Since then the choir has almost tripled in size. We sing music we love and which we enjoy sharing with audiences at concerts for our local community. We are keen to encourage more people to come and sing with us and newcomers can be assured of a warm welcome.
Thanks to Jonathan's initiatives we have combined at concerts to sing with local school choirs and arranged workshops with them in support of their music curricula. We have also collaborated with Royal Holloway, University of London (of which Jonathan is an alumnus) to support students of music in refining their music directing skills.
We now have over 85 members.
We also collaborate in concerts with orchestras and bands and in 2016, 2017 and 2019 performed as part of the Festival of Chichester with Southdowns Concert Band in Chichester Cathedral.
What Our Singers Are Saying:
"When I decided to join the choir I hadn't sung for many years. But it was really easy to join, no auditions, and lots of help to learn the music. "I feel privileged to be able to take part in singing the choral classics that are part of our repertoire. As well as making new friends, I am singing music I love, brushing up on long idle sight reading skills and finding out about my community from long-time local residents."
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'The Good Fight' Season 4 Trailer: Things Are About to Get 'Motherf*cking Nuts'
Robert and Michelle King's CBS All Access show returns on April 9.
One of the best drama series on television that you're probably not watching returns for a fourth season on April 9, 2020. Yes, Season 4 of "The Good Fight" debuts on streamer CBS All Access in less than two weeks, with a doozy of an episode that sees Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) living in an alternate reality where Donald Trump was never elected, and Hillary Clinton is the current president of the United States. It's maybe one of the finest hours of television you will see this year. Ahead of that premiere, CBS has released a trailer for the upcoming season, which you can check out below.
The so-called #Resistance went crazy in "The Good Fight's" third season, as Diane Lockhart tried to figure out whether you can resist a crazy administration without going crazy yourself, while Adrian Boseman (Delroy Lindo) and Liz Reddick-Lawrence (Audra McDonald) struggled with a new post-factual world where the lawyer who tells the best story triumphs over the lawyer with the best facts. Meanwhile, Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) attempted to balance a new baby with a new love, and Maia Rindell (Rose Leslie) found a new Mephistopheles in the always effervescent Roland Blum (Michael Sheen), a lawyer who is corruption incarnate.
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Season 4 finds the African American law firm at the center of the series, Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart, navigating a very different landscape. After losing their biggest client, and their founding partner's name tarnished, they are forced to accept an offer by a huge multinational law firm, STR Laurie, to become a small subsidiary. While STR initially seem like benevolent overlords, the Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart staff find themselves chafing at their loss of independence.
To say anything further would be to ruin the experience of actually watching it all unfold firsthand. But fun times ahead are guaranteed for loyalists, who will be captivated by the season-long investigation into what the seemingly ominous "Memo 618" is, as highlighted in the trailer.
The series, from "The Good Wife" creators Robert and Michelle King, also Sarah Steele, Michael Boatman, Nyambi Nyambi, and Zach Grenier. A key newcomer to the cast this season is John Larroquette as the mysterious, philosophic chief leader at STR Laurie; Hugh Dancy also joins the cast in a recurring role.
The King serve as showrunners and executive producers of the series, which they co-created with Phil Alden Robinson. Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Brooke Kennedy, Liz Glotzer, William Finkelstein and Jonathan Tolins also serve as executive producers. The series is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Scott Free Productions and King Size Productions.
Watch the trailer for the upcoming fourth season below:
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New Board Members: Houston Lowrie, Gabrielle Lowrie
Denver, CO – February 11th, 2019
The Lowrie Family Foundation is pleased to announce its newest board members Houston Lowrie and Gabrielle Lowrie. In addition to serving on the board, Houston will also serve as Executive Director, and Gabrielle as Director of Public Relations. These new team members are ecstatic to continue the family tradition of service and philanthropy, and are determined to help charitable organizations reach their goals to improve the lives of those in need, as well as improve the well-being of communities.
Over the past 23 years, The Lowrie Family Foundation has donated in excess of $2,000,000 to local and National charities and has brought comfort and support to a variety of causes that improve health, safety and education, including: The American Transplant Foundation, The Susan G. Komen Foundation, Columbine High School, Responder Rescue and Alice Terry Elementary School. In addition to charitable contributions, The Lowrie Family Foundation founders have also given back to communities in an active and more sincere manner, donating over 2,500 hours of service as law enforcement officers.
The Lowrie Family Foundation will continue to support charitable causes that provide for those in need, along with dedicating their efforts to always find a way to improve the essential functions of every community. Moreover, The Lowrie Family Foundation will maintain their commitment to not only donating, but to actively giving back to communities through voluntary service. With further assistance from their new board members, Houston and Gabrielle Lowrie, The Lowrie Family Foundation will continually strengthen and discover more opportunities for philanthropic contributions.
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