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Brandenburg Gate | History, Transport and Photos
29/01/2020 by Emma
Visiting Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
The Brandenburg Gate (In German Brandenburger Tor) was built in the 18th-century on the orders of Prussian king Frederick William II. This is one of the best-known landmarks of Germany but did you know that it wasn't built as a political statement. The gate is built on the site of a former city gate which marked the start of the road from Berlin to the town of Brandenburg.
In the western part of the city centre of Berlin within Mitte, just at junction of Unter den Linden and Ebertstraße, and west of the Pariser Platz. Nearby you will also find the Reichstag building, which houses the German parliament (Bundestag). (Click here to find out how you can visit the Reichstag)
The Brandenburg Gate was one of eighteen gates within the Berlin Customs Wall. You will probably recognise the names Schleishers Tor and Cottbusser Tor from the U-Bahn
Originally named the Peace Gate (German: Friedenstor) it was built replacing guardhouses which flanked the original gate in the Customs Wall. The gate consists of twelve Doric columns, six to each side, forming five passageways. The design of the gate is based on the gateway to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
Although built for peace, the Brandenburg Gate has been at the centre of many political situations. After the 1806 Prussian defeat, Napoleon was the first to use the Brandenburg Gate for a triumphal procession and cheekily took its Quadriga (The golden chariot at the top) to Paris.
After Napoleon's defeat in 1814 the Quadriga was restored to Berlin. The arch was redesigned by Karl Friedrich Schinkel for its new role as a Prussian triumphal arch. The goddess, now definitely Victoria, was equipped with the Prussian eagle and Iron Cross on her lance with a wreath of oak leaves.
Did you know that only the royal family was allowed to pass through the central archway? However, when the chariot returned, The Kaiser granted this honour to the family in gratitude to Ernst von Pfuel, who had overseen the return of the Quadriga to the top of the gate.
Historic Landmark
The Nazis used the Brandenburg Gate as a party symbol as early as 1933 when Adolf Hitler was appointed to the position of chancellor. That evening, the new chancellor was treated to a torchlight procession through Berlin under the Brandenburg Gate to the presidential palace.
The gate survived World War II but was badly damaged with bullet holes and one of the horse's head from the original quadriga can be found in the Märkisches Museum. East and West Berlin governments worked together to restore the gate with both pedestrians and vehicles able to pass through the gate until the day after construction began on the Berlin Wall in August 1961.
Photo by George Garrigues from Wikipedia
The Brandenburg Gate became a centre point for celebrations when the 1989 revolution occurred and was refurbished in 2000 opening for the 12th anniversary of German reunification.
Pariser Platz,
Directions to Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate) (Berlin Mitte) with public transportation.
The following lines have routes that pass near Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate)
100, 147, TXL
RB10, RE1
U2, U6
S1, S2, S25
Subway stations closest to Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate) in Berlin Mitte
S+U Brandenburger Tor (Berlin)
S+U Brandenburger Tor <> S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
U Bundestag (Berlin)
S+U Potsdamer Platz Bhf (Berlin)
U Ruhleben <> S+U Pankow
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I always felt when my children were younger that if something happened to Pete and I, my children would continue to be well loved. I hope my friends thought the same in reverse.
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Q: Unable to upload Azure Storage File Share File from browser using Rest API (JavaScript) I am attempting to upload a file from a browser directly to a File Share File. The operation's spec is pretty straight forward, send an HTTP PUT request to a URL (with a SAS token) along with some headers. I attempted to implement this with a simple HTML form and some backing JavaScript in this jsfiddle. To my surprise the system fails, and responds XML indicating that the Content-Length header is incorrect:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Error>
  InvalidHeaderValue
  <Message>The value for one of the HTTP headers is not in the correct format.
RequestId:XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
Time:0000-00-00T00:00:00.0000000Z</Message>
  <HeaderName>Content-Length</HeaderName>
  <HeaderValue>12345</HeaderValue>
</Error>

I double checked the documentation, and it indicates that the Content-Length header should not be present, or it should have a value specifically containing 0. I did some digging, and Content-Length is a forbidden header name, which means you can't adjust the value programmatically.
To my puzzle, using the embeddd Azure Storage Explorer within Azure Portal jumps through some kind of hoops in order to specify Content-Length:0.
My goals are to:

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*Use the REST API from the browser

*Not introduce any external libraries

*Not introduce any servers

Is there way to use the REST API from the browser?
Some things that I have already checked:

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*I have tried forcing Content-Length:0 via the headers property.

*I have ensured that CORS settings in my Azure Storage Account (for Files) have been updated to account for my browser's location.

*I have attempted to integrate with Blobs as a comparison, which works great in the sample, but not what I am interested in for my project.

*I have tried working with the API out of the browser, and I have no issues sending in the same request (of course Content-Length:0 deviates as requested by the specification).

*I have tried mimicking the request headers as much as possible from a recorded XHR that was made from the Azure Portal.

A: Creating a file in File Storage is different than uploading a blob.
In File Storage, first thing you would need to do is create an empty file using Create File REST operation. During this operation you specify the size of file you wish to create (your content's length) in x-ms-content-length request header.
Once an empty file is created, you send the content to write to the file using Put Range operation. This is where you actually send the content. You would need to use either Range or x-ms-range request header to specify where exactly in that empty file you wish to write the data you're sending.
Based on these, I modified your code. Here're the modified methods:
async function upload(url, headers, content) {
    if (!url) { return; }

    const init = {
        method: 'PUT',
        body: content,
        headers: headers
    };
    console.log(init);
    const response = await fetch(url, init);

    document.getElementById('response-content').innerText = await response.text();
}

async function uploadToFileStorage() {
    console.log('creating empty file');
    const url = document.getElementById('url').value;
    const content = document.getElementById('content').value;
    const headers = {
      'content-length': 0,
      'x-ms-type': 'file',
      'x-ms-content-length': content.length
    }
    await upload(url, headers, '');
    console.log('empty file created.');
    const url2 = url + '&comp=range';
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        'Content-Length': content.length,
        'x-ms-version': '2015-02-21',
        'Range': 'bytes=0-' + (content.length-1),
        'x-ms-write': 'update'
    };
    await upload(url2, headers2, content);
}

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Seven Years Since He Left Guantánamo, Judge Rules That Omar Khadr's Sentence Is Over, and He Is A Free Man
Former Guantánamo prisoner Omar Khadr with his lawyer, Nate Whitling, outside court in Edmonton on March 25, 2019, after a judge ruled that his Guantánamo- related sentence was finally over (Photo: Terry Reith/CBC).
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Some great news from Canada, where a judge has ruled that former Guantánamo prisoner Omar Khadr's sentence is finally over.
Back in December, I reported how, although Khadr was given an eight-year sentence after agreeing to a plea deal in his military commission trial at Guantánamo on October 31, 2010, the Canadian government continued to impose restrictions on his freedom — disregarding the fact that their ability to do so should have come to an end with the end of his sentence on October 31, 2018.
As I explained in December, Khadr had been in court seeking "changes to his bail conditions, requesting to be allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia to perform the hajj (which would require him to be given a passport), and to speak unsupervised with his sister, who is now living in Georgia." However, the judge, Justice June Ross of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, refused to end the restrictions on his freedom to travel, or to communicate with his sister Zainab, who I described as "a controversial figure who, in the past, had expressed support for al-Qaeda."
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Video: I Discuss Guantánamo with Chris Hedges on His Show 'On Contact' on RT America
A screenshot of Chris Hedges and Andy Worthington discussing Guantanamo on Chris's show 'On Contact' on RT America.
An injustice does not become any less unjust the longer it endures, and yet, when it comes to the prison at Guantánamo Bay, you could be forgiven for not thinking that this is the case. Over 17 years since the prison opened, it is still holding men indefinitely without charge or trial, and yet these days the prison is rarely in the news, either in the US or internationally.
The is shameful, because, although only 40 men are still held (out of the 779 men held in total by the US military since the prison opened in January 2002), the blunt truth is that no one should be held indefinitely without charge or trial, because that is what dictatorships do, not countries that, like the US, profess to care about the rule of law.
I'm pleased to report that, in an effort to continue to shine a light on the ongoing horrors of Guantánamo, Chris Hedges, one of the most significant critics of America's current lawlessness, interviewed me for his show 'On Contact,' on RT America, which was broadcast on Saturday, and is embedded below via YouTube:
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The Lonesome Death of Haji Naseem, A Mentally Ill Prisoner at Guantánamo
An undated photo of prisoners praying in Guantánamo (Photo: Andres Leighton / AP).
In the long and disgraceful history of Guantánamo, some of the most depressing occasions have involved the deaths of prisoners — nine in total — all of men completely deprived of justice, abused, imprisoned without charge or trial, and then lied about after their deaths by the US authorities.
I have covered these stories repeatedly over the years. The first deaths — three in total — occurred on one night in June 2006. These deaths — of Yasser al-Zahrani, Mani al-Utaybi and Ali al-Salami — were described by the US authorities as a triple suicide, although that claim has been challenged over the years, not least by former US personnel, present at the time, who have suggested that the men may have been killed in a secret prison within Guantánamo.
Subsequent deaths at the end of May 2007 (of Abdul Rahman al-Amri) and the start of June 2009 (of Muhammad Salih aka Mohammed al-Hanashi) were also described by the authorities as suicides, but those claims have, in particular, been challenged by Jeffrey Kaye, a retired psychologist and investigative journalist, whose detailed analysis was featured in his 2017 book, Cover-up at Guantánamo: The NCIS Investigation into the 'Suicides' of Mohammed Al Hanashi and Abdul Rahman Al Amri. I've known Jeff for many years, and for further background, I recommend a couple of articles I published in 2017, Death at Guantánamo: Psychologist and Author Jeffrey Kaye Speaks to the Talking Dog and Guantánamo Suicides "Unlikely," Says Investigator Jeffrey Kaye in New Edition of His Book, "Cover-up at Guantánamo".
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Celebrating 2,500 Days Since I First Started Photographing London's 120 Postcodes for 'The State of London'
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Today is the eighth anniversary of an event that triggered the creation of my photo-journalism project 'The State of London', and last Friday marked a milestone worth remarking on in the history of that project: 2,500 days since May 11, 2012, the first day I began cycling around London taking photos on a daily basis for the project that initially had no name, but that I soon called 'The State of London.'
The eighth anniversary, today, is of when I was hospitalised following two months of serious agony as two of my toes turned black, but GPs and consultants failed to work out what was wrong with me for quite some time — only eventually working out that a blood clot had cut off the circulation to my toes — and also failed to prescribe me adequate painkillers. After I returned from a trip to Poland at the start of February 2011, for a short tour showing the film I co-directed, 'Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo,' until I was hospitalised on March 18, I was rarely able to sleep for more than five minutes at a time; almost as soon as I fell asleep, I awoke in agony. There was, I thought, something ironic about someone who campaigned for the rights of people suffering all manner of torments in US custody — including sleep deprivation — also ending up suffering from sleep deprivation, although in my case it was caused by my own body waging war on me.
After two days in Lewisham Hospital, where I was finally given morphine to take me beyond the pain, my wife figured out that they didn't really know what to do with me, and so pushed for me to be transferred somewhere that they might have a clue. That somewhere was St. Thomas's Hospital, opposite the Houses of Parliament, where I spent the next nine days, as consultants worked out that attaching me for five afternoons to a drip that pushed what felt like cement into my arteries might open up the blood supply to my toes, thereby saving them.
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As Mohamedou Ould Slahi is Denied a Passport, Remember That All Former Guantánamo Prisoners Live Without Fundamental Rights
I wrote the following article for the "Close Guantánamo" website, which I established in January 2012, on the 10th anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo, with the US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us — just an email address is required to be counted amongst those opposed to the ongoing existence of Guantánamo, and to receive updates of our activities by email.
In the long quest for justice for the 779 men and boys held at Guantánamo, it's not just the 40 men still held who are victims of the US's contempt for the law in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Although they, shamefully, remain held indefinitely without charge or trial, or are charged in a broken trial system, the military commissions, that seems incapable of delivering justice, those who have been released from the prison also face problems that, in many cases, will make the rest of their lives a misery.
This is an important fact that those paying attention were reminded of two weeks ago, when Literary Hub published an article about the tribulations of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, torture survivor and best-selling author, who, after nearly 15 years in US custody, was released in his native Mauritania in October 2016.
Although he was never charged with a crime, along with the majority of former Guantánamo prisoners, Slahi expected that there would be restrictions on his freedom following his release, and, sure enough, as Literary Hub described it, "the day after he returned to Nouakchott, Mauritania's director of state security told him that he couldn't leave the country for two years."
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Dear friends and supporters,
Every three months I ask you, if you can, to make a donation to support my work as a freelance journalist and activist, working primarily to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, but also working on social justice issues in the UK, particularly involving housing.
This time of year is always significant to me, as it was when, 13 years ago, three things happened that brought me to where I am today. On TV, on March 9, 2006, I watched 'The Road to Guantánamo', a dramatization by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross of the experiences of three British prisoners known as 'the Tipton Three.' Around the same time I also bought and read 'Enemy Combatant', Moazzam Begg's account of his life and his time in Guantánamo, and a few days earlier, on March 3, the Pentagon, in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the Associated Press, released 5,000 pages of documents relating to the prisoners.
When two prisoner lists were subsequently released — one listing 558 prisoners on April 19, 2006, and another listing 759 prisoners on May 15, all the components were in place for me to begin what seems to have become my life's work — going through all these documents, and thousands on other pages released by the Pentagon, telling the stories of the prisoners, and working to get the prison closed. Read the rest of this entry »
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'Guantánamo Kid': A Graphic Novel Telling the Harrowing Story of Child Prisoner Mohammed El-Gharani by Jérôme Tubiana and Alexandre Franc
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I'm pleased to note that the publishers asked me to write a review for the book, which they have used in the promotional image at the top of this article, and in which I stated, "Mohammed El-Gharani knows all about the horrors of Guantánamo, as a child subjected to torture by the US authorities and held in the prison for eight years. And yet far too many people still don't know about Guantánamo's long and abusive history, and one main reason is that no footage or photos of any of the torture and abuse has ever surfaced. Overcoming this critical lack of images, Jérôme Tubiana, a journalist who spent time with Mohammed after his release in 2010, hearing his story, has worked with the talented comic artist Alexandre Franc to bring his ordeal to life in a graphic novel that deserves to be read as widely as possible, as, in page after page of harrowing memories, Mohammed tells his story with wit, endurance and unbreakable spirit."
I covered Mohammed El-Gharani's story extensively while he was held at Guantánamo, originally in my book The Guantánamo Files, published in September 2007, in which I explained what I had been able to piece together at the time about his story, via US military documents, and his lawyers, at the London-based legal action charity Reprieve. Read the rest of this entry »
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Please Watch 'The Trial', A Powerful Video About Guantánamo's Broken Military Commission Trial System
In the long and horrendously unjust story of Guantánamo, the two key elements of America's flight from the law since 9/11 have been the use of torture, and the imprisonment of men, indefinitely, without charge or trial. A third element is the decision to try some of these men, in a trial system ill-advisedly dragged out of the history books by former Vice President Dick Cheney and his legal adviser David Addington.
That system — the military commissions — has struggled to deliver anything resembling justice, in large part because it was designed to accept evidence produced through torture, and then to execute prisoners after cursory trials. The Supreme Court ruled this system illegal in 2006, but Congress then tweaked it and revived it, and, after Barack Obama became president, it was tweaked and revised again instead of being scrapped, as it should have been.
Throughout this whole sorry period, the US federal courts have, in contrast, proven adept at successfully prosecuting those accused of terrorism, but at Guantánamo the commissions have struggled to successfully convict anyone. Since 2008, just eight cases have gone to trial, but six were settled via plea deals, and, of the other two, one ended up with the prisoner in question (Salim Hamdan, a hapless driver for Osama bin Laden) being released after just five months, while the other was an outrageously one-sided affair, as the prisoner in question (Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, a propagandist for Al-Qaeda) refused even to mount a defense. The commissions also have a history of collapsing on appeal — and with good reason, as the alleged war crimes most of the prisoners were convicted of were actually invented by Congress. For an overview of the commissions, see my article, The Full List of Prisoners Charged in the Military Commissions at Guantánamo. Read the rest of this entry »
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With 25 Days to Brexit, The Four Fathers Release New Single 'I Want My Country Back (From The People Who Wanted Their Country Back)'
Today marks 25 days until the UK is supposed to leave the EU, and my band The Four Fathers are taking the opportunity to release — via Bandcamp — our anti-Brexit anthem, 'I Want My Country Back (From The People Who Wanted Their Country Back)', which has become something of a live favourite over the last couple of years.
Please have a listen to it, share it if you like it, and, if you want, you can even buy it as a download (for £1/$1.25 — or more if you wish).
I wrote it in the weeks after the referendum, when the chorus came to me out of the blue — as often happens to me — and I then struggled to hammer out some verses, aimed at the stupidity, arrogance and lies of, variously, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and David Cameron. However, although the chorus arrived fully-formed and has never changed, I thoroughly revised the lyrics for the verses after discussions with my friend, the musician and producer Charlie Hart, whose suggestions led me in a direction that was — at least partly — more poetic, especially in the song's opening lines: Read the rest of this entry »
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Good morning Wednesday!! Hello BNI Business Spotlight Day!! Today's featured member is Patty Betz with Brand Management & is representing Caliber Cleaning Inc. She is one of our newer (newish – its been a few months now) members and we adore her!! We had our first one to one a couple of weeks back and I had no idea – Patty is SOOO cool! Of course, I should have assumed since she is part of the Madison Marketeers! =) She has so many great stories to share, I can't wait for the next time we get to hang out!
1) How long have you been in your business? How about BNI? I've been a marketing professional, specifically a brand manager, for major companies for over 15 years. I've been working with BNI since the beginning of 2009. One of my current clients, Caliber Cleaning Inc., is a long-time BNI member and I am helping them grow their business in new directions.
2) What made you choose to join the Madison Marketeers? (over other groups) Madison Marketeers has helped my client reach out to a more targeted group of potential customers. And the Madison marketeers are a very vibrant and talented group of business people– a pleasure to work with in growing businesses.
3) Is there anything you specialize in with your business? My passion is brands– helping companies develop new products and launching them into the marketplace to meet consumer needs.
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7) Any Hobbies?? I love travel and the outdoors and find the Pacific NW ideal for those pursuits. I'm married to an amateur golfer, my wonderful husband Dave, and have two boys– Bryan (12) and Parker (8). I'm an avid volunteer and currently involved in efforts to improve public education in our state to give all students a world-class education.
8) What is one interesting fact about you? One interesting fact– I won the 2001 Telly Gold award as Executive Producer for the best :30 television commercial never aired! Tellys are like the Golden Globes for advertising.


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Abersychan is a town and community north of Pontypool in Torfaen, Wales, and lies within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent.

Abersychan lies in the narrow northern section of the Afon Lwyd valley.

The town includes two schools; Abersychan Comprehensive School and Victoria Primary School; together with various shops and other amenities including Abersychan Rugby Club.

Abersychan was the birthplace of the politicians Roy Jenkins, Don Touhig and Paul Murphy (member of parliament for Torfaen); and of the rugby footballers Wilfred Hodder, Candy Evans and Bryn Meredith.

History

Like many of the 17th century isolated agricultural hamlets in the forested South Wales Valleys, Abersychan became a thriving industrial centre in the 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly for iron production.

After the discovery of iron stone locally, the principal ironworks were built by the British Iron Company in 1825, served mainly by the London and North Western Railway's Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway. The ironwork's main office building and quadrangle were designed by architect Decimus Burton, best known for his design of London Zoo. The works passed to the New British Iron Company in 1843 and to the Ebbw Vale Company in 1852, before closing in 1889. On 6 February 1890, an underground explosion at Llanerch Colliery killed 176.

The site of the former ironworks today is a core site of , and a total land area of , includes a number of listed buildings:
Abersychan Limestone Railway: built  to carry limestone from Cwm Lascarn quarry to the British Ironworks.
Air Furnace at British Ironworks
British Colliery Pumping Engine House: a Cornish beam pumping engine house built by the British Iron Company. Built of sandstone with a slate roof, and retains several fixtures
Cwmbyrgwm Colliery: Site of former colliery including remains of a water-balance headgear, chimney, oval shafts, water power dams, tramroad routes, and waste tips.

Various proposals have been made over the years to redevelop the site, currently under the ownership of HSBC, but none have so far passed the requirements of Torfaen county council.

Local government
Abersychan constitutes a community and electoral ward of the county borough of Torfaen. The area was part of the ancient parish of Trevethin, in Monmouthshire. On 3 June 1864 Abersychan was constituted a local government district, governed by a local board. In 1894 Abersychan became an urban district and civil parish. The urban district was abolished in 1935, with most of its area passing to Pontypool urban district, and a small area going to Abercarn UD.

In 1974 the area became part of the borough of Torfaen, in the new local government county of Gwent. The community of Abersychan was formed in 1985, but no community council has yet been formed. Abersychan and Cwmavon is now a ward for the Pontypool Community Council. In 1996 Torfaen became a unitary authority.

The Abersychan community includes Abersychan, Cwmavon, Garndiffaith, Pentwyn, Talywain, Varteg, and Victoria Village.

Local Transport

The nearest railway stations to Abersychan are Pontypool & New Inn (3 miles), Llanhilleth (3.5 miles) and Abergavenny (7 miles). Abersychan was served by the following (disused) stations:
Abersychan and Talywain railway station
Abersychan Low Level railway station

Places nearby

Pentwyn
Pentwyn, Torfaen is a small village located in the district of Abersychan. It contains a post office, several houses and a small play park. The village has a cricket team (Pontnewynydd CC) and is located right next to the old railway line. The cricket club celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2006 with a successful tour to Cork, Ireland. The village has superb views over the River Severn and Newport to the south.

Victoria Village
Victoria Village is a small hamlet located in the district of Abersychan. It comprises a small village school and a number of houses. A small group of houses on Incline Road mark the beginning of the village and the village boundary is near Cwmavon. Victoria Primary School is also in this area, housed in large grounds. Many homes are built around the school's boundaries.
Victoria Village primary school was opened in 1903 and closed by the council in 2018. The last head of the school was Miss Joy Dando. And caretaker Miss Debbie Williams.

References

Towns in Torfaen
Local Government Districts created by the Local Government Act 1858
Communities in Torfaen
Electoral wards of Torfaen

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Q: Select multiple options with datalist with Javascript and PHP Context: I'm retrieving an array with several tickers from stocks (such as AAPL, FB, TSLA,etc) from PHP and now I'd like the user to select multiple stocks from this datalist, however, I'm not sure how to do exactly that. I've tried using multiple, but it doesn't seem to be working. I am being able to see the scrollable list of the 500+ tickers from PHP (connected to MySQL), but I can only choose one at a time and not several of them.
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The Matinee December 13th
Published on December 13, 2016 December 13, 2016 by Ben Yung
The Matinee December 13th returns to its global roots with 9 new songs. Well, one is a cover, but it sounds like a new song. Let's get to the music.
Aurora Blue – "Cool Woman" (Orillia, ON, Canada)
RIYL: Tennis, Bec Sandridge, Alvvays
With the arrival of Alvvays, a wave of harmonious and melodic indie rock has overtaken the Canadian music scene. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, especially when the music is as infectious as "Cool Woman", the new single from under-the-radar bad Aurora Blue.
Like the current blanket of snow covering most of Canada, the song is chilly, smooth, and a dazzling wintry, wonderland. Frontwoman Gaby Taylor's vocals have an unsuspecting sultriness a la Bec Sandridge while the jangly guitar tones provided by Nathan Parker echo the Melbourne scene. Despite the melodic delirium, Aurora Blue's story focuses on a modern woman who "takes no shit". It's a clever piece of songwriting by these teenagers (they're still in high school), who could one day be opening for their famous indie cousins.
Aurora Blue are Gaby Taylor (vocals/bass), Ayden Miller (keys), Nathan Parker (guitar), and Ryan Lamb (drums).
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bed. – "Girl" (Portland, USA)
RIYL: Yo La Tengo, Waxahatchee, Blouse
Six months ago, Portland indie band bed. released their debut EP, Klickitat, which was a culmination of the trio's efforts of the past two years. They're not taking much time, however, to release new material, which could indicate that they are ready to go full throttle with their project. If so, then music fans everywhere will be receiving gifts all year long.
Their newest song is "Girl", a lo-fi, indie rocker that resembles the intimate infectiousness of Yo La Tengo's early work. The vocals are dreamy, and the reverb that filters throughout gives the song a touch of grit. And as we have come to expect from .bed, they write songs that are timely and relevant. The lyrics – Girl, you're nobody's girl until you're everyone's girl – reveal everything about this quietly powerful song.
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Blondfire – "Monuments" (Los Angeles, USA)
RIYL: The Sundays, The Vaselines, Sløtface
Despite their online success and acclaim, it is surprising to read that Blondfire's album, Young Heart, was just mastered and they were given ownership of the recordings. This news belongs in the "WTF?" category, as the Los Angeles-based quartet have long dazzled webzines, bloggers, and music fans in general. Something great, however, has come out of this, as the band celebrated the occasion by sharing three, previously-unreleased songs. One of them is "Monuments".
As has become Blondfire's trademark, "Monuments" is a blissful and highly contagious indie-pop tune. Frontwoman Erica Driscoll's vocals are, as always, light and stunning while the music is like a beautiful, California, summer day. The combination provides the perfect foundation for song's storyline. It is a look back at the difficult year that was 2016 and the legends that the world has lost and those who will fade away from the spotlight (e.g., President Obama). Meanwhile, they also look ahead and stay positive, proclaiming we will overcome. "Monuments" exemplifies why we, like so many others, have openly embraced Blondfire – they make music that is intoxicating to hear but real and honest in its message.
All three new songs can be heard here. Blondfire are Erica Driscoll (vocals), Anthony Polcino (guitar), Josh Miramontes (bass), and Reade Pryor (drums).
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – "Fireproof" (Philadelphia, USA)
RIYL: Jim James, Portugal. the Man, Jesse Mac Cormack
Over the past few months, Alec Ounsworth – the artist behind Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – has quietly been sharing new music. Yesterday, he made it official that the next CYHSY album will be released within the first quarter of 2017. The songs so far indicate a new direction for the band, and the latest single, "Fireproof", is no different.
The song is more synth-driven than anything CYHSY have released before. It is also seems the band move away from their anthemic pop leanings to infusing R&B, psychedelic, indietronica, and math-rock textures. The song, as such, is simultaneously trippy, groovy, and funky. The song is a grower, but a new discovery is made with each listen. And the further one digs into the song, the more Alec Ounsworth's genius is appreciated because this song is fantastic.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's fifth album, The Tourist, arrives February 24th. Mark it down in your calendars now!
Mosa Wild – "Smoke" (Ashford, England)
RIYL: The National, Frightened Rabbit, City Calm Down
Anyone questioning whether the UK music scene is at a crossroads should quickly turn their attention to Mosa Wild. This quartet from Kent will make you believe that the best is yet to come.
For the past three years, the band in its different incantations drew a following among their high school and university peers for their anthemic pop-rock. However, a couple of changes to the band signaled a new direction, which they reveal on their official "debut single", "Smoke". Released just last week, the song echoes the brooding cinema of The National. The first half of the song leaves you transfixed, but its slow-building climax leaves you breathless and exhilarated. The next step for Mosa Wild – to get signed by a label, which is inevitable.
Mosa Wild are Jim Rubaduka (lead vocals/guitar/keys), Alex Stevens (guitar), Edwin Ireland (bass), and Charlie Campbell (drums).
Noa May – "Hey" (Pixies cover) (Tel Aviv, Israel)
RIYL: Cate Le Bon, PJ Harvey, Ali Beletic
So many covers tend to either a) re-enact the original or b) completely transform them that the song is completely unfamiliar. But then the perfect rendition comes along that still respects the original's main yet offers a whole new song. Israeli singer-songwriter has achieved that perfect balance with her cover of the Pixies', "Hey".
With a bit of soul, a touch of the Middle East, and a little bit of jazz, May has made "Hey" into something that no one has envisioned a Pixies song before. It is sexy and sultry, full of suspense and moxy, and intoxicating. May hasn't just transformed this classic song; she's made it her own.
The cover is a bonus track from Noa May's sophomore EP, Grace Under Pressure.
Rainbrother – "Break Out" (Copenhagen, Denmark)
RIYL: Woods, Morgan Delt, Plants & Animals
With each single they release, Copenhagen's Rainbrother are cementing their place among psychedelic-folk's elite. A genre that was first ruled by English artists and later Americans has to make room for the Bjarke Bendtsen-led quintet.
With the control chaos of Woods, Rainbrother's new single, "Break Out", is, well, a psychedelic freak out. The trio of guitars sizzle and wail. The bass and drums set the crazy pace with head noodling effect. The harmonies, though, are smooth and even verge on dreamy. Together, we are taken on a frenetic yet deliriously fun, three-and-a-half minute ride. We dare you to find another song – no, another amusement park ride – that provides the same feeling of exhilaration.
forthcoming debut album, Tales From the Drought, due February 3 from General Bird.
Syd Arthur – "Death Wish" (Canterbury, England)
RIYL: Temples, Gengahr, The Doors
English indie band Syd Arthur have become one of the most difficult groups to describe. Indie pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelic, they've pretty much done it all and with aplomb. But just as you think you have heard everything from the band, they release a single like "Death Wish".
The song goes even further than their past efforts. The arrangements and tempo are oft-kilter, and not your standard 4/4 material. Musically, "Death Wish" is a treasure trove of delights. There's a bit of sultry acid jazz thrown into their gritty, neo-psychedelic approach. A hint of theatrical pop can be heard in the melody while the guitar riffs are bluesy. Despite the many moving parts, Liam Magill, Joel Magill, Raven Bush, and Josh Magill are able to rein them all in and create one heck of a song. Brilliant would be underselling Syd Arthur's creativity, so we'll just settle for ingenious.
Tripnaha – "Water" (Gothenburg, Sweden)
RIYL: Massive Attack, Portishead, Maribou State
There is nothing creative in Tripnaha's name. Their music sounds exactly what their name says – hypnotic trip-hop right out of Massive Attack's lengthy songbook. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with this.
Not much is known about the electronic duo, but this gem from Gothenburg won't be hiding in the shadows for very long. Their new single, "Water", is sensational. The vocals are enchanting, the production work is spectacular, and the two together create the feeling that the listener is being submerged in an ocean of sound. If you prefer to visually experience the song, the video can be viewed here.
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There are few political careers in Kentucky politics as storied or community-oriented as former Kentucky Governor Paul Patton's. On the political spectrum, he served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1972 before turning to local politics to serve as the County Judge Executive of Pike County, Kentucky for three terms where much of his work on poverty alleviation and rural development began. It was during this time that Gov. Patton worked to unionize Pike County employees through the Teamsters and worked to have the Kentucky Rural Economic Development Act passed, which incentivized businesses to locate in rural counties that were considered economically depressed.
In 1991, Gov. Patton was elected to the position of Lieutenant Governor, serving under Governor Brereton Jones who appointed him also as Secretary of Economic Development in the Governor's cabinet. It was during this time as Lieutenant Governor that he also served as President of the Kentucky Senate until a state constitutional change was enacted in 1992.
At the end of his term as Lieutenant Governor, Gov. Patton then ran for the Democratic party in the Governor's race of 1995. After a successful campaign, Gov. Patton became the first Eastern Kentucky Governor since the election of Bert T. Combs in 1959.
During this first term as Governor, Patton's influence on legislation stretched wide, beginning with worker's compensation reform, and covering a wider variety of topics including sweeping reforms to both the juvenile justice and first-time offenders court proceedings, and his almost complete reworking of the Kentucky higher education system (particularly the community and technical college system) in order to allow easier access and transferable credits between schools. Though his work in education is what Gov. Patton is perhaps most known for, his other work during this time also received national attention with Attorney General Janet Reno calling Kentucky's juvenile justice system, "A model for the nation." Patton was then elected for a second term as governor is 1999 where he served until 2003.
After the end of his political career, Gov. Patton returned to Pike County Kentucky, serving on the Big Sandy Regional Economic Development Board and the Pikeville/Pike County Industrial and Economic Authority. It was soon after that he was chosen to serve as chairman of the Kentucky Council on Post-secondary Education (CPE) and then, in 2010, was officially inducted as the President of Pikeville College. Today, he continues to serve as Chancellor of Pikeville College (now University of Pikeville), continues to live in Pike County Kentucky, and has recently seen the opening of the Paul E. Patton College of Education on the University of Pikeville's Campus.
Governor Patton will be joining the Centre College Campus community on Monday, November 12th to spearhead the conversations happening all over campus for Poverty and Homelessness Week. All students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to attend the convocation which will take place at 7:00 p.m. in Newlin Hall inside the Norton Center for the Arts.
The planned talk will cover some of the economic realities of Eastern Kentucky from a man who has worked closely not only in Kentucky politics but also in the attempted economic and environmental restructuring in the face of the decline of Kentucky's coal economy and in broad-sweeping educational reform efforts across the state. There will be time for questions and audience participation.


Boxes. And then some more.
Every item needs a home, that's for sure. If you don't know where to put it, it will stay on the counter/table/desk and keep cluttering your living space.
Yeah, that's in theory. We live in a small apartment and it doesn't matter how well organized I am, there are always items appearing from nowhere. My solution: get boxes. And then some more. And then wrapping paper.
I can live with boxes all around me as long as they are nicely wrapped. Which is why I am always in search of adorable wrapping paper. Do you possibly know any online shops that offer it with a free-of-charge shipping to Slovenia?
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Author: Libba Bray
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Beauty Queens
When a plane full of Miss Teen Dream contestants crashes on a deserted island, they must learn to find food, make shelter, and survive without bronzer. Listeners will revel in Bray's over-the-top narration and embellishments which elevate the text to a "whole new world of pretty."
The Diviners
In the era of speakeasies and flappers, Evie is thrilled to be shipped off to her Uncle Will's Museum of Creepy-Crawlies in New York City, where her newfound paranormal powers help her solve a gruesome series of murders. LaVoy manifests a large and varied cast, from showgirls to specters, musicians to maniacs.
In the era of speakeasies and flappers, Evie is thrilled to be shipped off to her Uncle Will's Museum of Creepy-Crawlies in New York City, where her newfound paranormal powers help her solve a gruesome series of murders
Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013
Evie O'Neill can tell your secrets simply by holding an object dear to you and concentrating on it. When the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol, Evie's Uncle Will, an occult specialist, is called to the scene. Evie realizes her gift
Horror: Better Dead than Unread
A Great and Terrible Beauty
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.
Teens' Top Ten 2004
Rebel Angels
Gemma and her friends from the Spence Academy return to the realms to defeat her foe, Circe, and to bind the magic that has been released.
The Sweet Far Thing
At Spence Academy, sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle continues preparing for her London debut while struggling to determine how best to use magic to resolve a power struggle in the enchanted world of the realms, and to protect her own world and loved ones.


Keith Sonnier's Dis-Play II (1970) is an environmental installation of foam rubber, fluorescent powder, strobe light, black light, neon, plywood, and glass. Dis-Play II is shown with Film and Videos 1968–1977, a selection reflecting Sonnier's decade-long exploration of sound and media work. Alongside peers such as Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, and Jackie Winsor, Sonnier utilized nontraditional and specifically ephemeral materials in his production. In his own words, "we made art that was defined by its defiance of the traditional idea of what could be considered art." First exhibited in Sonnier's solo exhibition at the Castelli Warehouse in New York in 1970, Dis-Play II brings together his ongoing interest in film, light, and experiential art environments.


Phosphorus is essential for microbial systems because it is a required component for sugar phosphates, RNA, DNA and high energy molecules. Because many of the inorganic salts of phosphate have a low solubility in aquatic environments, phosphorus is commonly a limiting nutrient in natural environments, and bacteria have adjusted to overcome this limitation.
The principal mechanism for bacterial acquisition of phosphorus is to use uptake transport systems for inorganic phosphate. Since iron and calcium form insoluble phosphate minerals, bacteria will solubilize phosphate by the production of acidic end products of metabolism. Organic phosphorous compounds in the form of phosphate esters are a product of biological material decaying, and phosphatase enzymes will release inorganic phosphate. There are two major groups of phosphatase enzymes: acid phosphatases and alkaline phosphatases. This classification of phosphates reflects the pH for optimum activity, and both types can use a variety of organic compounds with phosphate esters as substrates.
Generally, organisms in aquatic or soil environments will use alkaline phosphatases, while intracellular organisms growing inside vacuoles of host cells use acidic phosphatase. Additionally, organic molecules containing shown in Figure 10.13. Since inorganic phosphate may be limiting in the environment, many bacteria will store phosphate as a dense granule inside the cell. During periods of adequate levels of phosphate, it accumulates inside the cell as a polyphosphate granule, and when extracellular phosphate becomes limiting the polyphosphate reserve is utilized.
For cultivation of microorganisms in the laboratory, phosphate is commonly used as a buffer; however, in nature carbonate, and not phosphate, functions to maintain the pH within the tolerance levels for growth. There is a sensitive regulatory process that controls the production of different enzymes for phosphate utilization, and this is an important feature for bacterial persistence in the environment. When inorganic phosphorus may have a direct C–P bond; these molecules represent the phosphonates. Phosphonates are relatively common in nature, and inorganic phosphate may be released following the action of either a phosphonase or a C–P lyase (Wanner 1994).
Bacterial utilization of phosphate and phosphonate are summarized in the reactions phosphate is available in adequate levels to support the growth of bacteria, inorganic phosphate is transported into the cell by a low-affinity transport system with the repression of acid or alkaline phosphatase and phosphonase or a lyase. If inorganic phosphate is limiting, bacteria will produce appropriate enzymes for release of inorganic phosphate from phosphate esters or from phosphonates.
Phytic acid−(phytase) →inositol+6H 3PO4 Phytase is an extracellular enzyme produced by several strains of bacteria and fungi found in soil environments as well as in stomachs of ruminants (cows, sheep, etc.). Monogastric animals such as humans, pigs, and chickens do not have the appropriate microbial flora to produce phytase, so phytic acid is not decomposed in the animal but is released with the intestinal waste (Wodzinski and Ullan 1996). Phytic acid is readily metabolized by microorganisms in the soil or in aquatic environments.
Phosphorus is only second to nitrogen as a mineral nutrient required for plants, animals and microorganisms. It is a major constituent of nucleic acids in all living systems essential in the accumulation and release of energy during cellular metabolism. This element is added to the soil in the form of chemical fertilizers, or in the form of organic phosphates present in plant and animal residues. In cultivated soils it is present in abundance (i.e. 1100 kg/ha), but most of which is not available to plants, only 15 % of total soil phosphorus is in available form. Both inorganic and organic phosphates exist in soil and occupy a critical position both in plant growth and in the biology of soil.
Microorganisms are known to bring a number of transformations of phosphorus, these include: (i) Altering the solubility of inorganic compounds of phosphorus, (ii) Mineralization of organic phosphate compounds into inorganic phosphates, (iii) Conversion of inorganic, available anion into cell components i.e. an immobilization process and (iv) Oxidation or reduction of inorganic phosphorus compounds. Of these mineralization and immobilization are the most important reactions / processes in phosphorus cycle.
Insoluble inorganic compounds of phosphorus are unavailable to plants, but many microorganisms can bring the phosphate into solution. Soil phosphates are rendered available either by plant roots or by soil microorganisms through secretion of organic acids (eg. lactic, acetic, formic, fumaric, succinic acids etc). Thus, phosphate-dissolving / solubilizing soil microorganisms (eg. species of Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Micrococcus, Mycobacterium, Flavobacterium, Penicillium, Aspergillus, Fusarium etc.) plays important role in correcting phosphorus deficiency of crop plants. They may also release soluble inorganic phosphate (H2PO4), into the soil through decomposition of phosphate-rich organic compounds.
Solubilization of phosphate by plant roots and soil microorganisms is substantially influenced by various soil factors, such as PH, moisture and aeration.
In neutral or alkaline soils solubilization of phosphate is more as compared to acidic soils. Many phosphates solubilizing microorganisms are found in close proximity of root surfaces and may appreciably enhance phosphate assimilation by higher plants.
By their action, fungi bacteria and actinomycetes make available the organically bound phosphorus in soil and organic matter and the process is known as mineralization. On the other hand, certain microorganisms especially bacteria assimilate soluble phosphate and use for cell synthesis and on the death of bacteria, the phosphate is made available to plants. A fraction of phosphate is also lost in soil due to leaching. One of the ways to correct the deficiency of phosphorus in plants is to inoculate seed or soil with commercial preparations (eg. Phosphobacterin) containing phosphate - solubilizing microorganisms along with phosphatic fertilizers.
Mineralization of phosphate is generally rapid and more in virgin soils than cultivated land. Mineralization is favored by high temperatures (thermophilic range) and more in acidic to neutral soils with high organic phosphorus content. The enzyme involved in mineralization (cleavage) of phosphate from organic phosphorus compound is collectively called as"Phosphatases".


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Bush Airport celebrates 50 years since Apollo 11
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What do you see when you look at this lollipop?
Young man shot and killed in Cleveland HEB parking lot
Sugar Land police search for man who held up Home Depot cashier at gunpoint
By John Donnelly, FOX 26 News, FOX 26 Houston staff
Posted Jun 28 2018 10:29AM CDT
Video Posted Jun 28 2018 05:44PM CDT
SUGAR LAND, Texas (FOX 26) - Sugar Land detectives are searching for a gunman who took a cart-load of merchandise from Home Depot on June 25.
While trying to leave with some high end power tools at a steep 100 percent discount, an employee approached him thinking someone had made a mistake.
"To help him remove the security devices. As she gets near him, he pulls up his shirt, grabs a pistol from his waistband and points it at her head," said City of Sugar Land spokesperson Doug Adolph.
The cameras don't show that but captured him strutting away with the pistol in the air. It also showed him getting to a black Dodge Durango.
Not only does Home Depot have cameras, the City of Sugar Land does, too. License plate reading cameras in key intersections notify police immediately when a particular car passes through. Many people don't know they even exist.
"Oh dang! They're actually pretty nice. I thought they were regular cameras. That's actually pretty nice," said an astonished Christian Quijano.
That's the good news. The bad news is although the plan is to put a ring of cameras around the city, the ring is not yet complete. The cameras didn't catch this bad guy because of where the Home Depot is located.
"It's possible that he knew this store was in that area, or he got very lucky," said Adolph.
Doubly lucky because earlier in the day he had robbed a Home Depot on Westheimer. Will he hit Sugar Land again? We don't know, but some are thinking more license plate cameras might help prevent such crimes in the future.
"It wouldn't hurt. It wouldn't hurt," said Quijano.
The suspect is described as a white male, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed approximately 140 pounds. He was wearing a long-sleeve blue t-shirt and light-colored jean shorts.
If you have any information, you should call the Sugar Land Police Department at (281) 275-2540 or Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers at (281) 342-TIPS (8477).
By Ivory Hecker, FOX 26 News
George Bush Intercontinental Airport hosted a celebration Wednesday in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission which brought the first man to the moon.
United Airlines brought NASA members, Houston leaders and Space Center Houston staff on a commemorative flight to the Space City. They held an in-flight celebration of the Apollo 11 lunar landing before touching down in Houston Wednesday afternoon. The plane taxied between two water cannons.
Balloons hung around a large mural of a pink astronaut in Terminal C. The art piece celebrates the plan announced by the Trump Administration this year to send the first woman to the moon by 2024.
By Greg Groogan, FOX 26 News
In a city that's waited more than a decade to address chronic sewer spills into Houston waterways, Mayor Sylvester Turner today conceded additional time so that citizens could better examine a $2 billion commitment he and members of city council will make on their behalf.
"So that people can see it and read it and feel like they don't have to be rushed about it," said Turner.
The proposed settlement with the EPA, known as a consent decree, will initiate a range of specific remedies aimed at ending the rash of so called "sanitary sewer overflows," which have contaminated local waterways.
By Amy Lieu
The Russia-based FaceApp has become a viral trend for its age-altering photo filter, but its terms and conditions have been raising privacy concerns.
The app has gained immense popularity for allowing users to digitally alter their age, from much younger to much older. Even celebrities have joined in, posting pictures of their youthful, current or elder selves. More than a million users have downloaded the app from Google Play , and FaceApp is now the number-one app in the Apple Store's "Photo and Video" apps section.
But the terms and conditions of FaceApp allow it to access to use, modify, adapt and publish any images that a user offers up in exchange for its free artificial intelligence service.


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Hurricane Emilia space-view
posted Jul 12, 2012, 2:32 PM by Weather Man [ updated Jul 12, 2012, 3:47 PM ]
Soon after forming, Hurricane Emilia strengthened over the eastern Pacific Ocean in early July 2012. At 2:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on July 9, 2012, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that Emilia was a strong Category 2 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 110 miles (175 kilometers) per hour. Twelve hours later, the NHC reported that Emilia was now a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 miles (220 kilometers) per hour.
Hurricane Emilia posed no hazards to land as it was moving westward over the open Pacific Ocean, the NHC stated. As Emilia strengthened, another storm in the eastern Pacific, Daniel (below), gradually weakened. The NHC forecast that Emilia would also slowly weaken, probably starting on the evening of July 10.
Images courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center.


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First fully virtual senior art exhibit builds art graduates' portfolio
Rachel Schmid
The virtual art gallery is set up to look like the William Roland Art Gallery. It provides a walk through experience for anyone with WiFi.
Sebastian Gagnon, Reporter
The class of 2020's senior art exhibit 'Passionate Perspectives', offering creative interpretations of political, environmental, cultural and emotional messages, is fully virtual.
"Switching to a virtual exhibit really hit all of us hard. We know part of the experience when making and creating art is the joy of seeing it in a space and in person," class of 2020 alumna Bailey Huerta said in an email interview.
The Art department was able to transfer all of the seniors' art online through the website Artsteps. In this virtual space, the artists recreated the William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art digitally, said Rachel Schmid, curator of collections and exhibitions at California Lutheran University, in a phone interview.
"We created the exact footprint of the Rolland Gallery and we essentially just put up their art as it would be in the physical space," Schmid said.
While Artsteps created a parallel experience to a traditional showcase, Schmid said some users could not access the site due to limited bandwidth.
The Artsteps alternative is a virtual gallery that allows users to view the artist's work, profile and commentary about their piece, Schmid said.
"The format is much simpler, but was much more accessible," Schmid said.
Huerta, who created two paintings for the exhibit, said she and her colleagues were disappointed that their art pieces would only be displayed online.
"The cons [of switching online] were that absence of experience we were all looking forward to [such as] installing the pieces, our artist talk, etc," Huerta said.
Despite having to miss out on the in-person experience, Huerta said that the virtual exhibition helped her develop a professional portfolio.
"One thing that was super beneficial to us was developing an online portfolio… that became easily accessible because of the virtual exhibit," Huerta said.
Natalie Tseng, the student leader of the Passionate Perspectives exhibit, said in an email interview that one of the benefits of moving the exhibit online was that their art was accessible to a broader audience.
"No plane tickets or driving required; you only need an electronic device and some decent Wi-Fi," Tseng said.
Huerta said she wishes for "all of the artists working toward their senior year to have an open mind and heart."
The virtual art exhibit is available on the William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art website through Oct. 31.


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Colchester es un pueblo ubicado en el condado de New London en el estado estadounidense de Connecticut. En el año 2005 tenía una población de 15,389 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 121 personas por km².

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Colchester se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas .

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Según la Oficina del Censo en 2000 los ingresos medios por hogar en la localidad eran de $64,807 y los ingresos medios por familia eran $72,346. Los hombres tenían unos ingresos medios de $47,123 frente a los $34,250 para las mujeres. La renta per cápita para la localidad era de $27,038. Alrededor del 2.7% de la población estaban por debajo del umbral de pobreza.

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Words are not enough?
10 Feb 2014 Words are not enough?
Posted at 12:21h in Science communications	by	Amanda 0 Comments
When people hear the words "science communication," many still think of jargon-filled, unintelligible papers in dusty, peer-reviewed journals that no one except the boffins in white coats ever read.
Although news clips on the evening news about a key drug discovery, science blogging, museum signage or even TED talks are all good examples of science communication, for most people it's all about the the written word.
But what about sand art? Or opera? Or dance?
Sometimes words are not enough.
Maybe it takes music to get the message across, and that's exactly what chemists in Scotland did last fall. Not only did the University of Edinburgh's School of Chemistry have a composer in residence, it also got its very own opera. Commissioned from Edinburgh-born composer Julian Wagstaff to mark 300 years of chemistry teaching at the university, the chamber opera Breathe Freely premiered on October 24, 2013. It told the story of Polish chemist and freedom fighter Stanislaw Hempel, who escaped to the city during the Second World War to complete his research. The 40-minute opera gave audiences a brief slice of science history, showing that chemistry isn't all test tubes and Bunsen burners—there are real humans at the bench.
Shelly Xie, a medical researcher, is another scientist communicating through art. She uses sand art to tell audiences about schistosomiasis and its impact on daily life in Ghana. As her narration unfolds, her hands sift and scatter to form a moving storyboard on the lightboard, telling the story of how this tiny water-borne parasite devastates lives. Her powerful trickle of images conveys much more than a static PowerPoint presentation of text and graphs, engaging her audience about this otherwise little-known and neglected disease. Her presentation emphasizes that despite the availability of cheap and effective treatment, fewer than 10 per cent of those infected receive the 8-cent dose of praziquantel.
As more people have access to science through the Internet, it's important for researchers to explore new ways of communicating, to present their work in understandable, interactive and engaging ways. Communicating science to the public is now considered so important that the UK's Wellcome Trust sets aside £4.5million in grants funding for public engagement. Recently awarded projects include a dance production explaining evolution and a captivating yet unsettling film exploring what it means to live with dementia.
Although some think of art and science as complete opposites—logic versus passion—without the former, it's almost impossible to communicate the latter.
Deoxyribonucleic acid? Or would you prefer the familiar 3D ladder double helix model instantly recognizable to all, scientist or not?
Cooling atoms with lasers? John Bohannon does an excellent job of demystifying the physics behind it … with dance. In his words, "The fewer words you use, the better" when explaining complex subjects. With his encouragement, numerous doctoral students deliver their theses as dance performances each year.
And tiny cogs investigator Malcolm Burrows is reaching out to a wider audience with his arthropod mechanics research by collaborating with animation artists.
Although Talk Science To Me doesn't have a resident choreographer, composer or sand artist on staff, our ongoing copywriting contributions for Accelerating Proteomics also make research papers more accessible to a lay reader by summarizing key findings. Our writers, editors and designers can help turn dense prose into something that's a joy to read and intuitive to understand. And we offer presentation development and coaching services to help scientists find ways to make their findings clearer and more accessible to their colleagues and the public alike.
Using a non-traditional medium like art communicates science in a more engaging way for general audiences. And even if you're using more traditional formats, presenting complex theories and concepts without jargon and unencumbered by the dry, passive voice–laden text of formal science communication, art overcomes the language barrier and stirs an immediate emotional response.
Or, more simply put, it engages the reader.
And that's not a bad thing, is it?


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HomeNewsFormer presidential candidate criticises new stress on 'popularity'
Former presidential candidate criticises new stress on 'popularity'
António Sampaio da Nóvoa, a former candidate for president of Portugal, has all but ruled out standing again in 2012, saying that he does not spend "one second" of his days thinking about it, in an interview with Lusa in which he also argued that "the great statesmen have rarely been popular".
By TPN/Lusa, in News · 16 Feb 2019, 10:20 · 0 Comments
On the prospects of his standing again for president, the former dean of the University of Lisbon - now Portugal's ambassador to UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - said that he "would never say never" given that "the strongest idea of democracy is that we all have to be available and, to the extent of our capacities, prepared for the challenges of life." But, he said, the presidency "is a matter I do not really think about, it is not a matter that consumes me a second of my 24 hours."
The interview is the first that Sampaio da Nóvoa has given since he began his stint in Paris.
Sampaio da Nóvoa, who came second in the 2016 presidential election, with 22.8% of the votes, said he expects the incumbent, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, to be re-elected in 2021 because, in Portugal, the political system creates a "logic of 10-year presidents".
De Sousa himself "has practically announced" his intention to stand again, he noted.
However, Sampaio da Nóvoa said that he is convinced that at some point in the future a president will be elected with no ties to any party.
Sampaio da Nóvoa did not comment on de Sousa's performance as head of state, but instead expressed concern at the growth of populism and the growing importance of personal popularity in national politics – which might be taken as an implicit criticism of de Sousa, who is known for his walkabouts and selfie opportunities.
"Great statesmen have rarely been popular," said Nóvoa. "Because only those who live in the present, who say what people want to hear, are popular. What we need from politicians is not to tell us what we want to hear [but rather] that they are capable of opening up ways, anticipating things and having a political vision."
While he takes the view that in Portugal, the current Socialist government has shown that "there are other possibilities" for governing other than implementing austerity, the ambassador to UNESCO stressed that "the country's underlying problems are far from resolved," notably with regard to the distribution of wealth and citizen participation.
"We cannot resign ourselves to poverty," he said. "It is unacceptable to me that from 2000 to now we have been diverging from the average European [Union] income. I feel this as a generational failure."
As for citizens' participation, Sampaio da Nóvoa said he fears that parties' normal priority is to make use of voters.
"What we notice in the parties is that in certain situations of crisis, as happened with the crises of 2012 and 2013, there is a flurry of activity to open [things up] to citizens, but as soon as the crisis is over, the parties return to form and remain closed on themselves and forget the citizens. And when they do not forget them, it is to make use of them."
António Sampaio da Nóvoa was appointed a year ago by de Sousa, at the proposal of the government, as Portugal ambassador to UNESCO in Paris.
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Daniel Litvak said, in a statement, that the investigations launched by the Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DIAP) of Lisbon and by the Institute of Registries and Notaries (IRN), regarding the attribution of Portuguese nationality to Roman Abramovich seem to him "positive" to "put a stop to groundless theories about Masonic trickery and...
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According to the Financial Times, after having violated quarantine rules in Switzerland and the United Kingdom on two occasions, António Horta Osório ended up resigning as chairman of the Swiss bank, about nine months after taking office. The Portuguese banker will not be subject to contractual breach clauses and is free to go and perform other...
Enough water for a year and a half
The public supply of water for human consumption in the Algarve is guaranteed for a period of one and a half years, despite the fact that the region's dams record "less than ideal" volumes.
By TPN/Lusa, In News, Environment, Algarve 19 Jan 2022, 10:07
Teresa Fernandes from Águas do Algarve told Lusa that the water in the Algarve dams which is intended for human consumption "is much lower than normal and not ideal for this time of year", although the rainfall registered in recent weeks "has contributed to reinforce" the reserves. "Precipitation was not very significant...
Temporary fuel tax reduction renewed
The drop of two cents in gasoline and one cent for diesel will continue beyond January 31.
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Olhão mayor fights back against "licensing irregularity" accusations
The mayor of Olhão has told Lusa that he will file a complaint in court against "whoever has launched suspicions and accusations" of possible irregularities in the granting of municipal licenses for housing on the island of Armona.
By TPN/Lusa, In News, Portugal, Algarve 18 Jan 2022, 17:39
In question is an article published on Monday in the newspaper Correio da Manhã that points to the existence of about a hundred houses in an illegal situation, licensed by the municipality in an area of  maritime public domain and outside a concession area. "Even today, there is a complaint to the Public Ministry and to the Judiciary...
More children plunged into poverty in Portugal
More than 330,000 children were classed as being in poverty 2019, according to the report "Portugal, Social Balance 2021", according to which the risk of poverty increased to 19.1%, which means that almost two in 10 lived in poverty.
According to the report, presented by researchers Susana Peralta, Bruno Carvalho and Mariana Esteves, from Nova School of Business & Economics, one of the faculties of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, "children [0 to 17 years old] are a of the population groups most vulnerable to situations of poverty and social exclusion. "The...
Portuguese recycle 6.4% more in 2021
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3D Imaging Spreads to Fashion and Beyond
A body scan can save a lot of time in the fitting room, and fields from medicine to architecture are adopting 3D computing applications.
by Rachael King , Special Report October 6, 2008, 12:01AM EST
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Falling prices also make 3D computing more available to a wider range of businesses, such as jewelry, consumer electronics, and consumer products such as tennis shoes. And 3D is taking off in architecture and in medical fields, such as orthopedics and orthodontia.
Apparel businesses like Lori Coulter benefit from 3D software made by a company called Optitex that shows a fabric's texture, how it drapes, and how it would move on a 3D model walking down a runway. Fashion designers can now create entire lines virtually before cutting a piece of fabric. Lori Coulter uses the Optitex software to do prototyping during product development. "We set those patterns in 3D, put them on a mannequin, and simulate the sampling process, and we use various body shapes to see what will fit," says Lori Coulter, owner of the business that bears her name.
Optitex says that doing this digitally, rather than creating physical samples, can shave weeks off the time it takes to create new designs and get approval to sell them, as designers often need to wait for specific fabrics to arrive. "In the apparel market, there are about six seasons per year, and they run out of time with the prototypes," says Gadi Zadikoff, vice-president for research and development at Optitex. "They go back and forth a few times and then they just settle, or else it's too late for the season." Aside from Lori Coulter, Optitex counts Tommy Hilfiger, and Coach Leather (COH) as clients.
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Girls with curly hair know it can be a daily struggle maintaining their textured tresses without falling into a pattern of repeating the same natural hairstyles.
If you're ready to try something different without putting in a ton of effort, this tutorial is just for you. Makeup artist and curly hair influencer Christina Vega uses a printed headscarf to transform her natural hair from blah to beautiful in less than five minutes. Watch and learn!
1. Spritz hair with a hydrating spray like Curls Aloe & Blueberry Juice Curl Moisturizer.
2. Gather hair on top of the head into a curly topknot and secure with an elastic. For extra flair, style strands slightly to one side.
3. Smooth baby hairs with a pomade such as Curls Blueberry Bliss Control Paste. Pro tip: Use a clean toothbrush to style baby hairs.
4. Starting at the back of the head, wrap the headscarf around. Tie it into a knot at the front and tuck ends underneath at the nape of the neck. Christina's Ankara headscarf is by Kuchena.


From Android's inception, system updates have been delivered from the Settings app, but it looks like that's set to change with Android Q. The folks at 9to5Google uncovered a new string in the Play Store APK that allows system updates to be installed directly from the app, alongside regular app updates.
Google is now testing that particular implementation, with a user on Reddit getting a system update that was delivered via the Play Store. The device in question was on Android Q Beta 2, and while it looks like the update was a minor patch, the phone rebooted automatically and there was a "G symbol with a progress bar below it," just like the ones you get with regular system updates.
The user also noted in a comment that the update was "definitely faster than previous updates," and right now we don't know whether this is a feature that's trying out in the Android Q beta or an early look at broader changes to system updates. We'll have to wait until I/O 2-19 — scheduled to kick off on May 7 — to hear more details about the feature, including whether it will be exclusive to the Pixels or if it'll make its way to other OEMs.
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Young drivers using phones despite knowing dangers
Teenagers do understand the dangers of using cellphones while driving -- but they still use them, new research has found.
Car crashes kill more teens each year than anything else, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"Teenagers think about what they do behind the wheel in very different ways than we think about teenagers behind the wheel," said Marilyn Sommers, professor at University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing.
For the study, the researchers got 30 teenagers engaged in conversations on distracted driving.
Across the board, the teenagers said they understood the dangers of texting while driving, but they still engaged in the behaviour.
Some teens said they did not do it -- until the researchers dug a little deeper and found out what that really meant.
"The definition of 'texting while driving' is not the same for everyone," Catherine McDonald, assistant professor in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing, said.
"For example, in their responses the teenagers would indicate that they did not text and drive, but then later would say something like, 'At a red light, I'll check my phone'," McDonald noted.
The interviewees made a distinction the interviewers had not.
The data also helped the researchers understand how teens differentiated between texting and social media use -- checking Twitter, for example, was not texting while driving.
Sommers called it a classification system, a continuum of sorts, whereby some actions are too dangerous to ever happen but others, though generally considered unsafe, fall into a grey area.
The study appeared in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention.


I was early to the interview and that meant there was a chance for a nap.
I desperately needed some short burst of sleep. I had a simulator evaluation at 1:00 pm and it was now 10:40 am and I only had a short drive from airport to hotel. Perfect. I'll call and hope for early room entry.
Sometimes, in the frozen bays of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, your frozen runway might not last long. That area you landed on yesterday? Gone… overnight.
The only French Canadian in the village was called Patrick McKinnon, and he reported all matters flying conditions to visiting pilots.
And all the english speakers? They had french names, but didn't speak french.
"S'from de governmen'," would be the explanation. As a visiting bi-lingual city person I had multiple uses. Fly the airplane and read the mail from Le Gouvernment du Québec. As an anglo, meeting people with french names who spoke with french accents who could not read french was an eye opener. Welcome to the Lower North Shore.
I'm near certain that umpteen zillion posts have written about this subject. Nevertheless, here I go with my addition to the pile.
How do you teach students to land safely, who didn't know how to fly a mere 10 hours ago?
I found this image on reddit and realized that since criticism and CRM are topics of interest, this would be a nice post to prime the pump for an upcoming article I'll be doing on the supercritical wing.
The interesting thing about the supercritical wing is its age, ubiquity and connection to the area rule, which I wrote about here for the pilot and aviation buff community. It was timely for me since so many of us offer blank stares when quizzed on the "why" of shapes that fly. Whether we are asked about the hump on top of a 747 or the big blobs behind the wing where the flaps are (what is in those things?) most of us pilots know surprisingly little about design.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or Drones) to the rest of us, are something that we all kind of know is growing (8.5% of US Air Force as of this article) but somehow we think that we won't be around when the sky is darkened by them or our next airline flight is done with no one up front. For now we've accepted that they handle most surveillance and virtually all of the dark stuff that the military might want to try without putting an actual person in harm's way. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are relevant since they highlight just how integrated our lives are becoming with automation, technology and the omnipresence of the eye in the sky.
Glamor fades. Whether it is the sun, radiation, or just the sum total of alcohol consumed by pilots, the trend is that we are on our way out. And many of us don't like such talk. But this article on Sully and the Miracle on the Hudson really brought it home for me. Learning years ago was harder since you had to do more of it yourself. With a pen. Or pencil. And an E6B maybe. Oh, and a watch.
Revolution is tough without that disruptive nugget. Not having that nugget has led Surfair to retreat into the conventional operation of what could have been a novel membership based system. I've followed them since their birth since I'm no stranger to the concept of moving Pilatus PC-12s around with people in them whilst attempting to make money. What was great about Surfair, is that they validated our own Grabajet aspirations that I had designed with my business partner.
As a big fan of simplicity, biomimicry and a few other big words that designers and engineers throw around, I like to think of the reality of our current design paradigm as stuck. Stuck with convention, regulation and conformity. Leaving the herd makes it hard for us to imagine how things should move through the air if the herd weren't so dogmatic about how an aircraft should look. But there's good news. Looking at what Boeing and NASA have done in the pure research realm of the X-48, you'll notice a trend. The cutting edge stuff (stealth bomber, etc.) is trending towards our friends the birds.