Once again, between the 28th and 29th of June 2004, the hospitable Samarran earth was the location for one of our trainings. In Tolyatti, the training-seminar � International and Russian Mechanisms of Cooperation between Ethnic Associations and Governmental Agencies� took place. It was organized by the Center for Interethnic Cooperation and the Jewish Organization �Tsvi Girsh� (Lower Novgorod), with the support of the Samarra Regional Ministry of Culture, Youth Politics and Sports.
The Seminar was carried out within the framework of a partner project called �Introduction to Positive American Experiences in the sphere of Interaction between Ethnic Minorities and Governmental and Non-governmental Organizations, � with the support of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and within the framework of the �PARTNER� project, which is put into practice by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX).
The first training cycle took place in Lower Novgorod. It was very interesting for us to compare the problems, the level of the organization, and the project ideas expressed by leaders of ethnic NGO�s of two big cities from the Volga Federal District (VFD).
Already before the training in Samara began, it was clear that Samara was an advanced and socially mature region.
One organizer of the training from the district�s administration - Nadezhda Petrova Osipova - is the main specialist of the Department for Cooperation with Social Organizations, Ethnic Issues and Religious Faiths of the Ministry of Culture, Youth Politics and Sports of the Samarra district.
She told us that the number of leaders of ethnic public organizations that wanted to participate was significantly greater than the space and financial capabilities of the project. Somebody had to be denied participation in the training, and instead given a promise to be supplied with all the materials distributed at and information about the training. This didn�t really substitute for going to the training, but it allowed all who wanted to take part access to the micro projects we came up with.
Leaders of regional social ethnic-cultural organizations (Russian, Tatar, Chuvash, Mordvinian, Azerbijani, Chechen, Armenian).
The training highlighted the more current problems of the ethnic situation in the Samarra region.
It�s interesting that in importance, problems of financing here were in 30th place, whereas 5-6 years ago they were designated as the most important.
The leaders of the native ethnic organizations (Tatar, Chuvas, Mordvinian,) also named education reforms that threaten the existence of small province schools.
Complexity of obtaining citizenship and carrying out the registration process.
Absence of directional programs to create a positive image of people of different ethnicities (of immigrants).
Discrimination against Russian speaking people in other former Soviet republics, which complicates the interethnic situation in Russia.
The wounded pride of ethnic Russians, which results in increasing Russian nationalism.
One of the problems in realizing regional ethnic policies revealed at the training is the state of the governmental culture institution House of Friendship between Peoples (HFP). HFP possesses an annual budget of 6 million rubles. At the same time, another program was realized in the region, called: �Different, but not strange - peace through culture,� in accordance with which 3.5 million rubles are allotted annually to support ethnic culture, ethnic education, ethnic media, and scientific research.
Funds for the carrying out of ethnic holidays are also allotted from budgets of different levels.
This excellent resource, granted by the state to NGO�s, is to satisfy the ethnic-cultural needs of the region�s population.
But despite the fact that at this time sociologists are recording an increase of xenophobia, and that in recent times there have emerged instances of worsening interethnic relations (for example, in the village of Sukhiye Avrali of the Yelkhovskiy region and the village of Mar�yevka of the Pestravkiy region), there are still newspapers, including the Volga Nightfall, which continue to inflame interethnic tensions.
This means that the availability of a financing budget and the special governmental foundation the House of Friendship of Peoples, which is occupied with conducting ethnic activities, haven�t acted as a panacea for the increase in xenophobia.
Today it is necessary to propose and designate new priorities for carrying out ethnic policies in the region, and in the foreground of this pursuit are: human rights questions; the creation of mechanisms for monitoring media that incites interethnic conflict; projects to promote tolerance in youth and student environments; and activities aimed at the mutual adaptation of immigrants and the native population.
The leaders of Chechen and Azerbaijani ethnic cultural centers, who in May of this year took part in a training visit to the UK (within the framework of a Russian-Britain project called: �Ethnic Minorities and Access to Justice�), gave a presentation to the seminar participants. They familiarized those present with the work experiences of the Greenwich Council for Racial Equality, with the governmental Commission for Racial Equality, and with Scotland Yard, the subdivision of the Police Office responsible for fighting racial crimes. It was interesting to hear about the work of the Greenwich Council, where every new policeman in Greenwich (the most multi-ethnic region of London) has to go and take classes on the ethnic particularities of Greenwich�s population.
A lot of attention has been devoted to examining the experiences of US social organizations, and in particular, of CAMBA (Church Avenue Merchant�s Block Association), which helps solve the social adaptation problems of migrants in the Brooklyn area of New York City. Together with the police department, the organization creates instructional videos for the police on immigrants and Muslim communities; realizes the "Mosaic" youth project; releases booklets and posters for the promotion of tolerance, etc.
The participants of the seminar were in agreement that today it is necessary for the Samarra region House of Friendship of Peoples to orient their actions toward the realization of ethnic-culture policies while taking into account the experiences of other countries that have survived such a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment in their societies.
A large part of the training was devoted to the search for ways to create mutually beneficial collaboration between the regional authorities and social ethnic organizations. Therefore, Victoria Shukhat, the trainer from the Center for Interethnic Cooperation, asked the participants to formulate a list of what kind of practical use the authorities could get from the project activities of ethnic associations.
Forecasting possible ethnic conflicts and making proposals to prevent them.
Improvement of the legal base of interaction between regional authorities and ethnic associations.
These lines of work turned out to be most relevant today in our multi-ethnic community. And, for the realization of these projects, IREX and the Ministry of Culture (in compliance with the Samarra Act �Different, but not Strange - Peace through Culture) are allocating funds in the amount of 120 thousand rubles. At the seminar a competition for these projects was declared. Therefore we invite all interested organizations to prepare an application for a project. The competition goes until the 1st of August 2004.
The necessary conditions for participation in the competition are a coalition of a few social organizations, active participation by the local or regional authorities in the realization of the project, and the organization�s own contribution of not less than 30% of the total cost of the project. More detailed information on the conditions for participation can be found on our website at http://79.174.72.86/~intereth/News/210704_1.html.
The possibility of realizing their own project ideas inspired many of the training participants. It was easy to compose a list of recourses necessary for participation in the project and that were available to the social organizations.
The situation in the regions has changed: the changing of priorities from culture to: the youth, the media, the growth of xenophobia (migration politics), and the defense of rights.
There was a lack of understanding of the NGO�s responsibilities for the situation in the region.
Aleksander Nikolaevich Popov, the chief of the department for cooperation with social organizations, ethnic issues and religious faiths of the Ministry of Culture, Youth Politics and Sports of the Samarra region, expressed an unconditional approval of the active positions of ethnic social associations.
But the main result of the training will be the projects submitted to the competition. The competition has begun, and we wish all participants good luck.


I had the honor of documenting the 60th birthday celebration of Mr. Oluwasusi this past Saturday. It was a joyous occasion and celebration of a man who has touched so many with his love and kindness. I wish you many more healthy and prosperous years.


My application is quite complex. Is there a way to add page specific routes? That is routes that apply to a single page?
Or, do you have any plans for future expansion, where your routes supports a graph of pages?
It is possible to define many routes. Currently a route needs to be at least two pages. If you are only going to a single page then you could use the on or visit methods to just instantiate the object and interact with it. I would like to hear more about your idea of page specific routes. Would you mind starting a conversation about this on the page-object google group?
At a couple of clients I have created several smaller routes (2-3 pages) and then selected the collection of routes to use based on what was being tested.
This is an interesting concept. How would you handle the case where someone calls a method on a page that requires a parameter.
I wasn't sure how you were handling this, however, so figured I'd ask.
Never mind. I see that this is accounted for. Oddly, the gem I had did not have the *args as part of the navigate_through_pages method. I have no idea how that is possible. Anyway, fixed.


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Excellent quality. Excellent gameplay.
The current bundles have rainbow shards and rainbow diagrams. I don't know if this was a thing before or if someone read my review and made it happen. My one disappointment has been rectified. Hopefully players will be able to obtain these items through means other than bundles, but it's a blessing to have if you need them. Enhanced equipment and mastering jobs is essential for the characters in this game. I did favor FF Brave Exvius as old school Final Fantasy games are what I grew up on. Even though that game is very good, the gameplay and every aspect of this game feels superior. I definitely recommend both, and even as F2P you can definitely complete content. This game is a definite must for all who enjoy the tactics RPG genre.
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This game is very good for those who like strategy and have time to kill, this game also has ways of speeding through when you don't want to feel like your grinding which is also excellent. Where this game does best is when there are partnerships with anime which we all know and love, or video game partnerships. In the past there was FF15, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, and even attack on Titan. These were incredible ideas and fun while they lasted. However, this is where the issues also arrive. These partnerships seem to be completely limited and there is no other way to obtain the characters other than to play long and hard during the events. After these events the characters that you want had better be yours or your done. This can leave a bitter feeling in your mouth and has caused me in the past to quit this game for months but I come back because of the new events which promise better characters, and the events have gotten easier to get at least one or two of the famous characters. Seven Deadly Sins Meliodas is my favorite. I hope they cycle back to the events or open up a way to unlock the others from past events. It would also be nice to see them update the older characters because the old event characters are almost outdated and outgunned by the newer ones.
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So after playing TAC since a few months after its original global release I've seen Gumi do many things right, and many things wrong. More recently things were going in the correct direction considering the cost ($$$) to Enlighten many of the new and old units. However it would appear that this is not their prerogative as things have gone to a worst case scenario in the last month in consideration to the: poorly designed/one-sided banners, lack of customer feedback from Gumi, and non-interest of the games health. You would think that considering game health in the Japan version of the game that Gumi would take steps to avoid past mistakes, this is not the case. Having a 2,500 gem banner for a non-limited unit is ludicrous. I for one won't be spending on the game because it will net me nothing at this point outside of heavy month long preparation for a single unit that Gumi will hinder with the next banner release. This saddens me because I would like to keep the game going considering all the friends I've made playing it and the fact that I enjoy it. Gumi has out priced itself, and I cannot support that. If I continue playing it will be as a free player only as the game can be enjoyed that way as well. Two stars for that reason alone.
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So we caught the tail end of this tulip festival in the Flower Dome, but it was still pretty.
There is so much to discover if you know where.
Sentosa Island has many beautiful, but artificial attractions, including some beaches.
Singapore hosts many highly accessible exhibitions in various museums.


Beautiful Parisian windows, the view over idyllic Île Saint-Louis, wild strawberry tart at Carette, Place des Vosges, blossoms in Jardin du Luxembourg, stumbling upon love and magic in the streets of Paris and pink Magnolia blooms. The beautiful view from Lauren's Parisian flat, morning coffee at Coutume, a sea of pastel coloured roses, Jardin du Palais Royal and the biggest congratulations ever to my love Grace who recently became a mommy for the first time. I couldn't be happier for you.
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Tanja Berg (née le  à Berlin), de son vrai nom Ute Kannenberg, est une chanteuse de schlager allemande.

Son principal succès est Ich hab' dir nie den Himmel versprochen (1971).

Lien externe

 Biographie sur MemoryRadio.de

Chanteuse allemande du XXe siècle
Chanteuse de schlager allemande
Naissance en septembre 1941
Naissance à Berlin
Naissance dans le Troisième Reich

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WWIN (1400 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Baltimore, Maryland.  Owned by Urban One, it broadcasts an urban gospel radio format.  Some Christian talk and teaching programs are heard middays and Sundays.  The studios are in Woodlawn, shared with sister stations WERQ-FM, WOLB and WWIN-FM.

WWIN is powered at 500 watts.  The transmitter is on East Monument Street in the Orangeville section of East Baltimore.

History
WWIN first signed on in 1951.  For most of its history, it has been programmed for Baltimore's African-American community.  Originally it played R&B and soul music, with some urban gospel in early mornings and on Sunday.  In later years, as most listeners switched to FM for contemporary music, WWIN switched to urban gospel full time.

References

External links
WWIN Website

FCC History Cards for WWIN

Gospel radio stations in the United States
Urban One stations
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Melchior (Malcher) Pudłowski, inna forma nazwiska: Malchiarus Pudlovius herbu Kościesza odmienna (ur. ok. 1539, zm. 1588) – sekretarz Stefana Batorego, polski poeta renesansowy, wójt krzepicki, sołtys w Zajączkach Mniejszych.

Życiorys
Urodzony w sieradzkiem, syn Jana i Urszuli z Bogusławskich. Studiował w Uniwersytecie Krakowskim, wpisany został w poczet studentów w 1555 jako Malcher Joannis Pudlowski dioc. gnesn. (Melchior syn Jana, z diecezji gnieźnieńskiej); był uczniem Jakuba Górskiego. Melchior pozostawał wówczas w służbie Stanisława Wolskiego z Podhajec herbu Półkozic, kasztelana brzezińskiego, rawskiego, późniejszego marszałka nadwornego koronnego i jego brata, Mikołaja biskupa chełmskiego, a od 1562 kujawskiego.

Dzięki protekcji Wolskich wstąpił w roku 1562 (lub 1563) na dwór królewski, gdzie został sekretarzem królewskim. 15 grudnia 1565 król Zygmunt August przyznał mu dożywotnio pensję w wysokości 200 złotych polskich rocznie. Niebawem od Macieja Błeszczyńskiego wykupił wójtostwo w Krzepicach (za 700 złp.) i sołectwo w Zajączkach Mniejszych (za 400 złp.) W 1566 został jednym z opiekunów nieletnich dzieci Stanisława Wolskiego, a rok później król mianował go koegzekutorem testamentu Mikołaja Wolskiego. Bywał w otoczeniu króla na sejmach (potwierdzony pobyt w Lublinie w 1566 i Piotrkowie w 1567, zapewne 1580 w Warszawie).

Poseł na sejm 1582 roku z ziemi wieluńskiej.

W roku 1571 opuścił dwór królewski i poślubił Zofię z Balina Balińską herbu Jastrzębiec, a król w tymże roku przyznał jej prawo do dożywocia na trzymanych przez męża królewszczyznach w tenucie krzepickiej. Melchior zmarł w 1588. Z małżeństwa z Zofią Balińską zostawił synów: Kaspra, studenta Uniwersytetu Krakowskiego w 1589 i Melchiora (zm. 1617) studenta tamże w 1598, żonatego z Barbarą Prowanówną. Według Trepki miał jeszcze trzeciego syna Baltazara.

Twórczość
W 1561 opublikował łacińską elegię na śmierć Jana Tarnowskiego. Temu poetyckiemu debiutowi patronował jego mistrz uniwersytecki, Wojciech Wędrogowski, który nie tylko wydał, ale i opatrzył pochwalnym epigramem debiut młodego poety. W tym samym roku w oficynie Łazarza Andrysowicza opublikował po polsku wierszowany Lament i napominanie Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Nominację swego protektora, Mikołaja biskupa chełmskiego, Pudłowski uczcił w roku 1562 łacińską mową Oratio pro Rep(ublica) et religione ad Magistratum Poloniae. Był miłośnikiem i naśladowcą twórczości Jana Kochanowskiego. Dał temu wyraz w opublikowanym w 1586 zbiorze Fraszek księga pierwsza. Przy tym Sen i Elegia polska. Ostatnim znanym utworem jest wierszowany romans Dydo, w którym wykorzystał wątki Eneidy Wergiliusza i Heroid Owidiusza, opublikowany pośmiertnie w 1600.

Wiersze Pudłowskiego nie przetrwały próby czasu, dzisiejsi literaturoznawcy uważają twórczość poetycką sekretarza królewskiego za odtwórczą i niewysokich lotów. Natomiast współczesny Pudłowskiemu, Bartosz Paprocki w swym pierwszym, wierszowanym herbarzu Gniazdo cnoty wydanym w 1578 nazwał Malchera człowiekiem uczonym. W wydanych sześć lat później monumentalnych Herbach rycerstwa polskiego pisał, że Malcher wieku mego był człowiekiem uczonym, w onym kraju Rzeczypospolitej dobrze zasłużonym.

Ważniejsze utwory
 Elegia ob mortem... Joannis comitis de Tarnow, Kraków (1561), drukarnia Łazarz Andrysowic
 Lament i napominanie Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, Kraków 1561, drukarnia Łazarz Andrysowic
 Oratio pro Rep(ublica) et religione ad Magistratum Poloniae (1562)
 Stanislao Orzechovio (oda), wyd. w: S. Orzechowski Chimaera, Kraków 1562; także Kolonia 1563
 Przedmowa do: J. Górski Commentariorum artis dialecticae libri decem, Lipsk 1563
 Fraszek księga pierwsza. Przy tym Sen i Elegia polska, Kraków 1586, drukarnia Łazarzowa (tu także Nagrobek Stanisławowi Grzepskiemu, przypisywany niegdyś mylnie J. Kochanowskiemu); Nagrobek... – przytoczył J. Brożek Żywot Stanisława Grzepskiego; przedr.: J. Sołtykowicz O stanie Akademii Krakowskiej, Kraków 1810, s. 294; w książce: J. Kochanowski Dzieła wszystkie. Wydanie pomnikowe, t. 2, Warszawa 1884, s. 437; J. Fijałek "Przekłady pism św. Grzegorza z Nazjanzu w Polsce. Wiadomość bibliograficzna i patrystyczna", cz. 2, Polonia Sacra nr 3 (1919), s. 192–193; T. Kruszewska "Funeralna poezja J. Kochanowskiego na tle poetyki renesansowej", Prace Literackie nr 1 (1956), Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego Bolesława Bieruta, seria A, nr 2, s. 182, przyp. 40; pojedyncze fraszki przedr.: J. Tuwim Cztery wieki fraszki polskiej, Warszawa 1937; także wyd. 2 Warszawa 1957; S. Czernik, J. Huszcza, J. Saloni Księgi humoru polskiego. Od Reja do Niemcewicza, Łódź 1958; J. Sokołowska "Poeci renesansu. Antologia", Warszawa 1959, Biblioteka Poezji i Prozy

Przekłady
 Dydo (poemat), 1600, przedr. S. Adalberg "J. Stoka, M. Pudłowskiego i J.A. Kmity powieści wierszowane", Kraków 1897, BPP nr 33 (parafraza z połączenia ks. IV Eneidy Wergiliusza i listu Dydony do Eneasza z Heroid Owidiusza)

Wydanie zbiorowe
 Melchior Pudłowski i jego pisma, wyd. T. Wierzbowski, Warszawa 1898, Biblioteka Zapomnianych Poetów i Prozaików Polskich XVI-XVIII w., zeszyt 10 (nie zawiera poematu Dydo)

Przypisy

Bibliografia

 Bartosz Paprocki, Gniazdo cnoty: zkąd herby rycerstwa sławnego Krolestwa Polskiego, Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego, Ruskiego, Pruskiego, Mazowieckiego, Zmudzkiego y inszych Państw do tego Krolestwa nalezacych Książąt y Panow poczatek swoy maią, Kraków 1578.
 Bartosz Paprocki, Herby rycerztwa polskiego: na pięcioro xiąg rozdzielone, Kraków 1584.
 J. Stoka, M. Pudłowskiego i J.A. Kmity Powieści wierszowane: 1564-1610, wyd. Samuel Adalberg, Kraków 1897. Seria: Biblioteka Pisarzów Polskich, nr 33.
 Melchior Pudłowski i jego pisma, wyd. Teodor Wierzbowski, Warszawa 1898. Biblioteka Zapomnianych Poetów i Prozaików Polskich, t. 10.
 Jadwiga Mosdorf, Materiały do życia i twórczości Melchiora Pudłowskiego, "Miscellanea staropolskie", t. 4, 1972, s. 19–34.
 Halina Kowalska, Pudłowski Melchior (ok. 1539-1588), sekretarz królewski, poeta, Polski słownik biograficzny, t. 29/2, z. 121, Wrocław 1986, s. 342–344.
 Bibliografia Literatury Polskiej – Nowy Korbut, t. 3 Piśmiennictwo Staropolskie, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warszawa 1965, s. 144–145

Linki zewnętrzne
 Dzieła Melchiora Pudłowskiego w bibliotece Polona

Absolwenci i studenci Akademii Krakowskiej
Członkowie stanu rycerskiego I Rzeczypospolitej
Pisarze związani z Krakowem
Polscy pisarze renesansu
Polscy poeci XVI wieku
Polscy poeci nowołacińscy XVI wieku
Posłowie na sejm zwyczajny 1582
Posłowie na Sejm I Rzeczypospolitej (ziemia wieluńska)
Melchior
Sekretarze Zygmunta II Augusta
Sekretarze Stefana Batorego
Zmarli w 1588


Ultimate Team has been the favored game mode of FIFA fans since it was implemented in the saga. Based on creating your club from scratch by purchasing cards (or items) such as players, managers, shirts, stadiums, contracts or physical forms, it has been established not only as the great online community of the EA Sports football title, but as one of the most influential in the videogame industry.
However, for those who are taking their first steps in FIFA Ultimate Team, it can be somewhat disconcerting to see the wide variety of options offered by the mode. Focusing only on the players, the basic pillar of any club, there are many types of FIFA 18 Player cards (to which new ones are added as the deliveries progress and as new updates come out).
One of the last to arrive are called Path To Glory. Last week, EA Sports made public the release of a new round of these items.
But what are they? Are they worth it?
These cards contain a selection of footballers, who have a leading role in both their club and in their selection and who are called to play an important role in the season. Most of them are young stars about to break out and those who are expected to do great things.
The Path To Glory cards are quite more expensive than any other card that exists until that player's time. This is because, the moment you return to take out a special item, your stats will improve and therefore your price will multiply. So yes, they are definitely worth it, so go for them!


Spying on sea life with an ocean floor network of sensors and cameras. University of Victoria.
This jellyfish and octopus are just two of the sea animals researchers can spy on with the help of Ocean Networks Canada, an initiative of the University of Victoria. The network operates the world's first interactive portal into the ocean, broadcasting data and images in real-time that are used to analyze earthquakes, research fish populations and predict the movement of tsunamis. At right, a yellow node containing a power source and internet hub is loaded onto a ship in Victoria, B.C. The hub is part of a system of hundreds of kilometres of cable, attached to a raft of instruments and sensors laid along the ocean floor and connected to the internet.


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Canada restores exports of PEI table stock potatoes to Puerto Rico
Today, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), announced that the United States has agreed to resume imports of Prince Edward Island (PEI) table stock potatoes into Puerto Rico starting tomorrow.
In a press release, AAFC says: "The Government of Canada has been taking a science-based approach with the United States to provide the necessary assurances that would allow for the resumption of trade for PEI's high-quality fresh potatoes."
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is working with industry to implement the import requirements for Puerto Rico, including labelling and traceability.
"Resuming exports of PEI table stock potatoes to Puerto Rico is an important step in restoring market access for PEI," the Minister says. "This issue has touched the lives of so many Islanders, from multi-generational family farms, to packers, processors, shippers, and more. Today, PEI's hard working farmers can finally feel some sense of relief knowing their high quality potatoes will start moving again for export. We know there is more work ahead, and that is why we will continue to engage with our American partners on a science-based approach to further restore trade for PEI table stock potatoes to all the continental United States."
Resuming exports of PEI table stock potatoes to Puerto Rico is an important step in restoring U.S. market access for PEI. In 2020, PEI's exports of table stock potatoes to Puerto Rico were valued at $12 million. Exports of PEI table stock potatoes to Puerto Rico represent a negligible risk for the transmission of potato wart, given that Puerto Rico does not produce commercial potatoes and that there are strong and effective risk mitigation measures in place.
In addition, PEI potatoes are an important staple for many families throughout Puerto Rico given their high quality and affordability.
The United States Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is also currently working expeditiously on their analysis for importing PEI table stock potatoes to the continental United States. The CFIA continues to have regular technical discussions with APHIS to provide the necessary scientific data and information to resume trade.
According to the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence: "The United States re-opening access to Puerto Rico is good news for our potato growers, and good news for Prince Edward Island. It has been an incredibly difficult few months, and this is a vitally important first step to resuming trade. We have been doing everything we can to get our world-class potatoes moving back across the border, and we'll keep fighting to restore access to the rest of the US market."
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Photo: Courtesy/credit Shane Hennessey/CBC


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As Todd Graham made a clean exit from a messy tenure as the head coach of the University of Hawai'i football team by resigning on Friday night, the speculation of who will perform the "cleanup" as the 25th head coach in program history began within hours of the announcement. Linebackers coac…
When I was in third grade, I took a very unique art class. The instructor gave us a blank piece of paper and told us to draw whatever came to our mind. She first told us to draw what sadness looks like to us; I drew a small blue dot in the middle of the page. She then asked us to draw happin…
How Hawaiʻi's abortion law will change if Roe v. Wade is overturned
Kalani Peʻa awarded 2017 Best Regional Roots album
Grammy Winner Kalana Peʻa
The February 12th Grammy win by musician Kalani Peʻa for Best Regional Roots album "E Walea" is also a win for the representation of Hawaiian music.
This is the first win for Hawaiian music since 2012, when the categories for genres such as Hawaiian, Zydeco or Cajun, Native American and polka were combined into the category of Best Regional Roots.
Peʻa is the first Hawaiian musician to win the category since its inception. The previous five winners have all been Louisiana-based with genres encompassing Cajun and Zydeco.
Peʻa originated from Hilo, Hawaiʻi, and is now based on Maui. "E Walea" represents traditional Hawaiian music with seven "haku mele" songs, as well as five cover songs. The album reached #1 on iTunes World Music charts as well as #12 on Billboard World Music chart.
Graduating from Hawaiian Language School Ke Kula 'o Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu in 2001, Peʻa sings in the Hawaiian language in all songs on "E Walea", including remakes of "Always and Forever" and "You Are So Beautiful".
While Best Hawaiian Music Album was a past Grammys category, many have criticized the selection committee for awarding artists in the category for music that does not hold true to the traditional Hawaiian sound and culture. Past awardees include Don Ho and Tia Carrere, who were no longer Hawai'i residents at the time of their wins and incorporated little elements of Hawaiian music into their work.
Peʻa's Grammy award is a step in added recognition and exposure for traditional music of Hawai'i. His win is encouraging for Hawaiʻi-based artists and reminds them that it is possible to achieve success without decamping to California, the base for many in the music industry. The success of "E Walea" validates the integrity of staying true to one's roots in both the physical and musical sense.
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THE CORTLAND REVIEW
C. Wade Bentley
Gabriel DeCrease
Pamela Hart
Robert Lesman
James B. Nicola
Chad Prevost
Mark Prudowsky
Cassandra Robison
Michael Shorb
Avery Slater
Elisabeth von Uhl
Muriel Harris
Paul Blaney
Neil Grimmett
David Rigsbee
reviews All of It Singing: New and Selected Poems by Linda Gregg
reviews Heat Lightning: New and Selected Poems 1986—2006 by Judith Skillman
"Proliferation"
(35" x 44")
Ink, Charcoal, Acrylic, and collage on paper.
Daniel Wallace
While studying at the Glasgow School of Art I became interested in the evolution of form. The patterns of growth allow one to see the passage of time all at once. This work on paper examines the similarities between the organization of cells within us and the organization of planned communities built to contain us. By examining patterns in natural phenomena and patterns of human construction it became clear that there is a very thin, if not intangible, line between what is considered natural and what is manufactured. More of Daniel Wallace's work can be seen at www.flickr.com/photos/danielwallace
I hope fall everywhere is as beautiful as it is here in Atlanta. I can't remember this much color and this many leaves still on the trees this late into November. I just want to stand out there in the celebration it is. I feel that way, too, about Cortland Review's Issue 41. Instead of a falling, however, Daniel Wallace's cover art gives us a burgeoning, and I envision this piece must have come into full bloom in the same way Cortland Review's issues do. We start with something central, a core piece if you will, and build around that with an eye for style, content, and color, still keeping to the Cortland Review aesthetic of what art is, and everybody here with a hand in. Dan's piece, ink, charcoal, acrylic and collage on paper, is aptly titled "Proliferation."
A painter/printmaker living in Baltimore, Maryland, Dan was born in New York, New York. He moved to Baltimore in 2001 to attend the Baltimore School for the Arts. He studied at The Glasgow School of Art in the fall of 2006, and is currently a student at the Maryland Institute College of Art. His paintings and prints have been exhibited many times at the institutions he attended, as well as by business establishments, and currently hang in private collections. Seriously intent on a career in art, he has received commissions for fine art, logo design and poster design. This is the kind of art that, while it reflects how the world increases and flourishes, it's colors and brush strokes propose an emergence in an intense calm and stability-exactly what this Cortland Review Issue wants to stand for in our social, political, and emotional climate.
Amidst falling stocks, failed institutions, and a general uncertainty for those seeking or trying to hold onto jobs, Cortland Review remains a steadying influence with another issue of the best writing around, and just in time, too, for the fireplace season, moving, inclusively, via your armchair, from "The First Day of Spring" to "A Christmas Story." And listen while Ross Gay praises his teachers:
. . . Tom Lux, who's just the kind of unbelievable teacher who is so deeply generous and thoughtful and considerate and an amazing reader of poems, and who has an amazing ability to put the poem that the poet wants to write in front of his own desires for the poem . . . and . . . Marie Howe . . . Joan Larkin . . . Rivard . . . and [Gerald Stern] . . . a model for how to ingest the world in a way that a poet might do it-you know, he's really really really engaged with the world. Deeply engaged with the world, so that his heart's really out there. And that's something you don't learn how to do, necessarily. . . .to be deeply sensitive to the world that you're living in—
With that, I'm sensing this is a good time to spill a secret only those who have hung on this long will know: TCR's December Feature, one month away, is a Gerald Stern celebration with Gerald Stern poems, an essay about him, a book review of his latest collection, "Save the Last Dance," and poetry from twenty of your favorite poets that he's personally invited to the party. Whatever else you miss in the busy holiday season, you won't want to miss this!
Distinguished by its ten years of audio archives, once again TCR offers audio from all our poets via Adobe Flash Player, probably already downloaded on your computer. With Flash, audio is instantaneous. If you can't hear the audio, you need to download Flash Player which is free here. Audio designated by the RealAudio symbol from Issues and Features prior to 2007 are still accessible via RealPlayer. RealPlayer can be downloaded free here.
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Thank you to all the Cortland Review staff for the dedication and hard work this represents.
Here it is. Issue 41
Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving!
Ginger Murchison
Haven't finished watching all of TCR's AWP (NYC '08) Tenth Anniversary Readings? Via the videos on YouTube, you can still catch one of the best '08 AWP events at:
Laure-Anne Bosselaar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NFMA1pD4pQ
Anne Marie Macari:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp4Mcu6ADuM
Maurice Manning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK5HPu2JTds
David Rigsbee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdSPo4sTOKw
Patricia Smith:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BE_G5kNIJM
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"Ultrafast Optical Pulses: Synthesis and Applications"
Ultrashort laser pulses open exciting opportunities and promise discoveries in ultrafast atomic and molecular physics. We develop a technique for production of pulses whose duration is shorter than one optical field cycle, providing a potential for non-sinusoidal field synthesis. Our technique, termed Molecular Modulation, relies on broadband coherent Raman scattering which provides the required optical bandwidth. We demonstrate spectral phase control and waveform synthesis, with the assistance of either a deformable mirror, or a pulse shaper based on an acousto-optic programmable dispersive filter. Moreover, we work on applications that involve ultrashort optical pulses, and, as one example, perform sub-diffraction imaging of remote objects by using a single femtosecond laser filament.


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Sofia film fest Sofia Meetings Sofia Film Fest on the road Dom na kinoto София филм фест за учащи
Sofia Film Festival
The festival Jury 2021 The Awards 2021 Sofia Award Team Archive
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The FIPRESCI 94 Platinum Award will be handed over to Agnieszka Holland at the Sofia International Film Festival in March, 2020
Barbara Hollender about Agnieszka Holland
"My life is not about being successful," says Agnieszka Holland. "I have the urge to communicate with people, to speak ˗ through my films ˗ about what seems important to me at a given moment."
She is a bold and consistent artist, with unique intelligence, speaking in her own voice. Unlike many artists, she is capable of nourishing her rebellion inside, defending her ideas without choosing the easy paths.
Her position in the international film industry is strong; she makes films in Poland, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Czech Republic. She directs television series. Starting from 2014, she served as the chairperson of the Council of the European Film Academy for two terms.
Her life is divided between the US, France and Poland. Yet she says: "My roots are unchanged. I am a woman, a mother, a European and a Pole. All of this defines me. This is how it is: no matter where you live, you carry your own world inside you."
The inner world of Agnieszka Holland was shaped in the 1950s and 1960s. First of all, there was the family home. Her mother: a journalist, author of books and guides, for example: How to Be a Loved Grandma. Her father: a pre-war communist, later a journalist hunted down by the system. He died in mysterious circumstances in 1961 during a secret police search in his apartment.
During childhood, Agnieszka Holland was ill a lot; she spent a lot of her time in hospitals: she learnt how it was to be different and alone. She started to devour books. When she was 16, she was a true savant. Later, she studied directing in Prague where she experienced the Prague Spring and the Soviet intervention. "I was observing a country that relished freedom for a brief moment but was quickly silenced again," she recollects. This was an important experience in her life. Holland was arrested during a manifestation and imprisoned. She lived there first love affairs and got married.
After returning to Poland, Holland made her début with Evening at Abdon's: a poetic impression based on Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz's short story. A year later she made Sunday Children, a socially sharp film filled with bitterness about illegal adoption, followed by full-length Screen Tests filmed together with Paweł Kędzierski and Jerzy Domaradzki.
The turn of the 1970s and the 1980s was an important period. At that time, filmmakers were the avant-garde. They noticed before the sociologists and politicians the social stances and anxieties which led to the solidarity revolution in 1980. Young directors around Andrzej Wajda became the co-authors of the Polish "cinema of moral anxiety." Holland created the flagship films of the movement: Provincial Actors and Fever. In 1981, she completed a television film entitled Lonely Woman ˗ a poignant story about alienation and lack of hope.
However, the time of freedom did not last long. The martial law was introduced when Holland was in Sweden. She did not return to the country, but the price for emigration was high. Separation with the family and with her husband; it was only after many problems that she managed to bring her daughter to Paris. These first years in the West were also hard for her as an artist. In France, she lost her sensitivity to nuances, the language, the appearance and the taste of the daily life. Maybe that is the reason why she turned to history in her next films. Her very first film made in the West was Angry Harvest a story about a Jewish girl hiding in a rural house during the German occupation. The film was successful and received an Oscar nomination.
Later, she made To Kill a Priest (about Rev. Popiełuszko, murdered by the Polish Secret Service captain) and Europe. Europe. She received another Oscar nomination for the screenplay for the latter film. The story about the life of a Jewish boy who got to the elitist Nazi school became a blockbuster at the American market.
In France, Holland made Olivier, Olivier and she also made her début on the great American market by filming the Secret Garden for Warner Bros. The film made 32 million dollars in America and Hollywood welcomed the Polish film director with arms wide open. She could have made more blockbusters and acclimatise there. Yet instead of making another hit with a grand American star, she decided to focus on a difficult picture about Rimbaud entitled Total Eclipse. Later she made Washington Square based on Henry James' novel and subsequently the Third Miracle where she spoke about the urge for faith in the times of rationality. In a smart way, without offering ready-made solutions, but only asking questions. Holland decided to make films for the wide audience: accessible, yet intellectually challenging. This was also the case with Copying Beethoven ˗ the story of the old Beethoven, who was losing his hearing, and his young pupil. An insightful film about a man with a great talent, about the torment and euphoria of creation, about the taste of success and failure, about being ahead of one's time and also about the price that other people pay for consorting with a genius.
Holland keeps returning to America. She directs episodes of series, often the outstanding ones, like The Wire, Treme, The Killing or The House of Cards. She also directed series in Europe, including the important ones: in the Czech Republic the Burning Bush about the self-incineration of Jan Palach and in Poland the political Ekipa where she laid bare the mechanisms of politics so that her story became almost prophetic. The artist divides her time between Brittany, Paris and Warsaw. She is the citizen of the world. Every one of her films becomes important.
In the Oscar-nominated In Darkness Holland reached for the authentic story of Leopold Socha, who during WWII was hiding a large group of Jews in Lviv, risking his own life. In the Spoor made on the basis of a novel written by the Polish Nobel prize laureate, Olga Tokarczuk, in the form of a stylised, ecological thriller, she examined the painful and the controversial issues of modernity: she showed the divided society, lacking tolerance and governed by the law of the stronger, with no place for the weak ones. Three years later, in Mr. Jones Holland reminds us about journalist Garreth Jones who described the Famine in Ukraine in the 1930s. She recounts the lies of the propaganda, the courage of the one man who wanted to tell the truth and the value of true journalism.
During the festival in Berlin, Holland is going to show her newest film, Charlatan. This is an authentic story of a Czech healer: a panorama of the 20th century starting from WWI until the communist times, a diagnosis of diseases suffered by Europe: regimes and nationalist movements that are born in it.
These themes are close to Holland's heart. She is defending the unsteady democracy in Europe, in America and especially in Poland and does not shy from strong and wise political appearances. She has also been talking about the necessity of taking an honest look at oneself for a long time. "You cannot build anything on hate," she repeats. "I do not know what amount of sand would be necessary to fill the ditches that are dividing people today. But you have to try." She believes that this is one of the tasks of art.
Barbara Hollender
© FIPRESCI 2020
Sofia Film Fest on the road
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import java.lang.Character.UnicodeBlock;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.hisp.dhis.sms.outbound.DefaultOutboundSmsTransportService;
import org.hisp.dhis.sms.outbound.OutboundSms;
import org.hisp.dhis.sms.outbound.OutboundSmsService;
import org.hisp.dhis.sms.outbound.OutboundSmsTransportService;
import org.hisp.dhis.user.CurrentUserService;
import org.hisp.dhis.user.User;
import org.hisp.dhis.user.UserService;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

public class DefaultSmsSender
    implements SmsSender
{
    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog( SmsSender.class );

    private static int MAX_CHAR = 160;

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    private CurrentUserService currentUserService;

    public void setCurrentUserService( CurrentUserService currentUserService )
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    private UserService userService;

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            throw new SmsServiceNotEnabledException();
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        {
            throw new SmsServiceNotEnabledException();
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                // Bulk is limited in sending long SMS, need to cut into small pieces
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                        if ( !Character.UnicodeBlock.of( each ).equals( UnicodeBlock.BASIC_LATIN ) )
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    public CurrentUserService getCurrentUserService()
    {
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LI companies like East/West Industries are major players in STEAM opportunities of the future.
The panel discussion was lead by James Beard Award-Winning food podcaster Dan Pashman (right), and included panelists left to right: Cheryl Davidson of Northwell Health, Anthony Costa from BAE Systems, Ryan Stanton of Long Island Federation of Labor, Briana Banks of Estee Lauder, and Mitch Maiman from Intelligent Product Solutions.
A grant from the Workforce Development Institute, and partnering with LaunchPad Huntington and RecruitLI, South Huntington School District hosted the Western Suffolk Career Opportunities Fair on September 27th. Other school districts also partnered with South Huntington in order to help parents, students and teachers connect the dots in the search for career opportunities and to know what could be available for our students in the future. "It is important to know that there are really good jobs on Long Island and fantastic STEM jobs that have great paying salaries," said South Huntington's Assistant Superintendent for Instruction and Curriculum, Dr. Jared Bloom.
The event created a forum to connect people from different industries and included a panel discussion that helped start the conversation on a much grander scale. The discussion was led by James Beard Award-Winning food podcaster Dan Pashman, and included panelists Briana Banks of Estee Lauder, Anthony Costa from BAE Systems, Cheryl Davidson of Northwell Health, Mitch Maiman from Intelligent Product Solutions, and Ryan Stanton of Long Island Federation of Labor.
Along with the panel discussion, the career fair also offered breakout sessions in which attendees had hands-on experiences with some of the industries that were present. "By connecting with these companies, it empowered students to know that they have options when it comes time to join the workforce," added Dr. Bloom. Whether a student has a bachelor's degree or is looking for work straight from high school, there are companies on Long Island that offer opportunities for everyone, including ones willing to pay college tuition while you begin your career.


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Rock e' nock är ett musikalbum av Kal P. Dal utgivet 1979 av Sonet. Liksom på de två tidigare albumen innehåller Rock E' Nock en del covers på kända rocklåtar med svensk text.

Låtlista

Medverkande
 Kal P. Dal - sång, gitarr
 Janne Knuda - bas, sång
 Bosse "Bronco" Nyman - trummor
 Hans Wärmling - gitarr, piano
 Camélen - gitarr, sång
 Jörgen Dansk - Gitarr
 Mårten "Micro" Tegnestam: gitarr
 Jo-Jo Kamp: bas

Referenser
 * Kal P. Dal - Rock e' nock! på Discogs

Noter

Album av Kal P. Dal
Musikalbum 1979


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The night Cameron Post's parents died, her first emotion was relief. Relief they would never know that, hours earlier, she'd been kissing a girl.
Now living with her conservative aunt in small-town Montana, hiding her sexuality and blending in and becomes second nature to Cameron until she begins an intense friendship with the beautiful Coley Taylor.
Desperate to 'correct' her niece, Cameron's aunt takes drastic action.
Now Cameron must battle with the cost of being her true self – even if she's not completely sure who that is.
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Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World
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When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm–and what's worse, her notebook filled with secret drawings of girls holding hands has gone missing.
Mysteriously, Ivy's drawings begin to reappear in her locker with notes from someone telling her to open up about her identity. Ivy thinks–and hopes–that this someone might be her classmate, another girl for whom Ivy has begun to develop a crush. Will Ivy find the strength and courage to follow her true feelings?
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EVERYONE KNOWS DAISY JONES AND THE SIX.
They sold out arenas from coast to coast.
Their music defined an era and every girl in America idolised Daisy.
But on July 12 1979, on the night of the final concert of the Aurora tour, they split. Nobody ever knew why. Until now.
This is the whole story, right from the beginning: the sun-bleached streets, the grimy bars on the Sunset Strip, knowing Daisy's moment was coming. Relive the euphoria of success and experience the terror that nothing will ever be as good again. Take the uppers so you can keep on believing, take the downers so you can sleep, eventually. Wonder who you are without the drugs or the music or the fans or the family that prop you up. Make decisions that will forever feel tough. Find beauty where you least expect it. Most of all, love like your life depends on it and believe in whatever it is you're fighting for.
It's a true story, though everyone remembers the truth differently.
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To Finn Voy, magic is two things. The first: a knife to hold under the chin of anyone who crosses her. The second: a disguise she shrugs on as easily as others pull on cloaks. A talented shapeshifter, it's been years since Finn has seen her own face, and that's exactly how she likes it. But when Finn gets caught by a powerful mobster she's indebted to, she's forced into an impossible mission—steal a legendary treasure from the palace or lose her shapeshifting magic forever.
After the murder of his older brother, Prince Alfehr is first in line for the Castallan throne. But Alfie can't help but feel that he will never live up to his brother's legacy. Riddled with grief, Alfie is obsessed with finding a way to bring his brother back, even if it means dabbling in forbidden magic.
In a cruel twist of fate, Alfie's best friend is nearly killed in the crossfire of Finn's heist, and Alfie accidentally unlocks a terrible, ancient magic to save him—a magic, which, if not contained, will devour the world. Alfie and Finn race to vanquish what they have unleashed. But to do so, they each must contend with the darkness hiding in their pasts.
Set in a Latin-inspired kingdom based in part on the author's own Dominican heritage.
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The Queens of Innis Lear
The erratic decisions of a prophecy-obsessed king have drained Innis Lear of its wild magic, leaving behind a trail of barren crops and despondent subjects. Enemy nations circle the once-bountiful isle, sensing its growing vulnerability, hungry to control the ideal port for all trade routes.
The king's three daughters—battle-hungry Gaela, master manipulator Reagan, and restrained, starblessed Elia—know the realm's only chance of resurrection is to crown a new sovereign, proving a strong hand can resurrect magic and defend itself. But their father will not choose an heir until the longest night of the year, when prophecies align and a poison ritual can be enacted.
Refusing to leave their future in the hands of blind faith, the daughters of Innis Lear prepare for war—but regardless of who wins the crown, the shores of Innis will weep the blood of a house divided.
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To Best the Boys
Every year for the past fifty-four years, the residents of Pinsbury Port receive a mysterious letter inviting all eligible-aged boys to compete for an esteemed scholarship to the all-male Stemwick University. Every year, the poorer residents look to see that their names are on the list. The wealthier look to see how likely their sons are to survive. And Rhen Tellur opens it to see if she can derive which substances the ink and parchment are created from, using her father's microscope.
In the province of Caldon, where women are trained in wifely duties and men are encouraged into collegiate education, sixteen-year-old Rhen Tellur wants nothing more than to become a scientist. As the poor of her seaside town fall prey to a deadly disease, she and her father work desperately to find a cure. But when her Mum succumbs to it as well? Rhen decides to take the future into her own hands—through the annual all-male scholarship competition.
With her cousin, Seleni, by her side, the girls don disguises and enter Mr. Holm's labyrinth, to best the boys and claim the scholarship prize. Except not everyone's ready for a girl who doesn't know her place. And not everyone survives the maze.
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The Priory of the Orange Tree
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction–but assassins are getting closer to her door.
Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
Across the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.
Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.
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BGC0001191, A-102395 biosynthetic gene cluster from Amycolatopsis sp. SANK. Locus 1. Partial MIBiG entry.
A-102395 (BGC0001191). Gene Cluster 1. Biosynthetic class = Other. GenBank KP995196, positions 21328-37853. Click on genes for more information.


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Miracles & Madonnas in Italia:
The most impressive Madonna I visited in Italy was in a small village called Ivrea in the Piedmont Region of the Italian Alps (situated between Milan and Turin, near the border of Switzerland and Italy).
The story of the Madonna of Ivrea goes back to 1859, when a family in Northern Italy needed money. To remedy the situation, they sold some of their furniture, including a picture of the Virgin Mary painted on wood. The new owners of the painting decided they no longer wanted the painting. So, they tried to break it with an ax. It would not break. So, they threw the piece of wood into a fire. It would not burn. While the edges burned delicately around the image (see photo below), the painting of the Virgin Mary would not burn. Determined at this point, the owners doused the painting in alcohol and set it afire. Once again, the Madonna would not burn.
The Miraculous Madonna of Ivrea
(Madonna on Wood Preserved When Twice-Burned and Once-Hatcheted!):
Frightened by this series of miracles, the new owners of the Madonna went to their priest. He counselled them to give the painting to "someone who could pray for them." They gave the painting to the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Ivrea (in the Italian Alps near the Italo-Swiss border), where it remains to this day.
When we visited the church that houses the Madonna of Ivrea, also known as the "Madonna of Miracles," there were about a dozen nuns praying at the foot of the image. As the vibrations of their prayers filled the church, the air was so still and quiet, and charged with the power of their devout prayers, I thought it may have been one of the holiest places I'd visited in Italy.
We prayed and meditated along with the nuns, and I experienced a stillness and peace equal to that of any of my deepest meditations. To me, this was a priceless gift that I will forever refer back to if I'm struggling with restlessness in meditation. In sitting with these nuns I had the impression they were so immersed in prayer that they were barely breathing, or had even entered a breathless state. It demonstrated to me the power of devotion and of loving concentration on a single point.
Another awe-inspriring Madonna is found at the Sanctuary of the Madonna of San Luca (named for Saint Luke the Evangelist), on a high hill in Bologna, in northeastern Italy. This Madonna is said to have performed the "miracle of the rain." In the 15th century, torrential rains threatened to destroy the crops in this northeastern Italian town. The townspeople decided to form a procession with the Madonna of San Luca (see photo below), which is said to have been painted by the apostle Luke. It was brought to Bologna from a basilica in Constantinople in the 1100s. As soon as the procession began, the rain stopped. And every year, to this day, a procession is held to honor the Madonna of San Luca. Locals told us that it will rain just a little at the time of the procession and then the sun will return.
Madonna of San Luca in Bologna, Italy
(Painted by Luke the Evangelist):
Another impressive site of miracles is at the Sanctuary of Oropa in the Italian Alps, which is dedicated to the Black Madonna of Oropa. (see photo below)
What was so impressive to me was the hall near the sanctuary that was filled from floor to ceiling with testimonials of people who had prayed to the Black Madonna of Oropa and had experienced miraculous healings or had been spared from perilous circumstances. As far as the eye could see, there were letters, drawings, and photos of people who described recovering from terminal illnesses, falling from a roof or other high place without harm, surviving normally fatal car crashes, finding lost children, or thieves returning stolen goods.
It proved to me that the power of prayer and faith can manifest miracles!
Black Madonna of Oropa (Piedmont Region of Italian Alps)
Miraculous Healings:
Another awe-inspiring Madonna can be found in Livorno, Italy, on the West Coast of Italy, near the Ligurian Sea
Madonna of Montenero in Livorno, Italy:
Prayers to the Madonna of Montenero have brought about many miracles, attested to through the many cards and letters displayed in a hall similar to the one at the Sanctuary of Oropa (No wonder Italians have a fervent belief in the power of miracles. By the abundance of letters attesting to miracles everyday people have experienced, one assumes that miracles are quite commonplace!) The only difference between the "hall of miracles" at the Sanctuary of Montenero in Livorno, and the Sanctuary of Oropo in the Italian Alps, is that the testimonials of miracles at Montenero not only cover floor to ceiling of one hallway, but also go up a staircase to a second floor!
Through the intercession of the Madonna of Montenero, tradition holds that the city was saved from an earthquake in the 15th century. A miraculous wind also saved the city from an invasion by the Roman Emperor Maximillian I in the late 15th century. And the city was spared from a plague in 1720. The Madonna also is credited with saving a sinking ship off the coast in 1750.
The story of this last Madonna is quite interesting. It was painted on a stucco wall on the outside of a home, which was the custom at the time, in Trevi, Italy (near Rome). Several years after it was painted, local villagers noticed that tears were flowing from the eyes of the Madonna. They appeared to be tears of blood. People flocked from far and wide to witness this miracle. Again, many documented miracles occurred to those who prayed to the image.
The image of the Madonna was eventually cut from the side of the house to preserve it from the elements and placed in a larger church in Trevi, Italy. (see photo below)
Madonna of Tears
Madonna that Shed Tears of Blood in 1485 (was painted on the side of a home in Trevi, Italy):
These stories are just a few of the hundreds of sites of devotion and miraculous events you can witness throughout Italy. These events deeply moved me with the energy of so many people's faith and devotion.
It also was so awe-inspiring to witness not only the site of miraculous events, but the ubiquitous religious art throughout Italia attesting to these miracles. I was continually struck by the thought that many, many people had taken the time and energy, many centuries ago, to construct relatively permanent testaments to their love of the divine. And they placed it in virtually every empty space, even on the side of a house, as evidenced by the miraculous painting above.
I found myself asking myself--and others--how could these elaborate churches, made of heavy stone and marble, have been constructed in the 1300s, 1400s, and 1500s, when they had no machines or even sophisticated tools. Further, these magnificent edifices are filled with large and heavy pieces of ceramic artwork that remains completely intact more than 500 years later.
Here are a few examples of the heavy ceramic pieces crafted by Andrea della Robbia more than 500 years ago, and found not only in churches, but on the outside of buildings throughout Italy, especially in Florence:
The answer I routinely got from the Italian "experts" was that divine intervention had made these works of art and architecture possible. The other answer I got was: "Why do you Americans build your homes of wood when it breaks down so quickly? Why don't you make your homes of stone, like we do?" There may be something to that, as homes in Italy that date back to the 1200s are still in active use!
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* EIGHT YEARS OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AHEAD *
* AMERICA'S KARMA *
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* RETROSPECTIVE ON FLORENCE, ITALY *
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* PLANETARY FORECAST 2023 *
* CARDINAL CLIMAX OF 2010 *
QUARTERLY PREDICTIONS 2022: Spring Equinox | Summer Solstice | Autumn Equinox


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Poor Flow
Ken Leighton
Ricasshay has been involved with hip-hop culture since 1983 and active locally since 1993. The MC/lyricist was a Best Hip-Hop nominee for a San Diego Music Award this year. He's cried foul over the selection of MC Flow/Abby Schwartz as the winner in that category.
"Being Jewish, white, or female has nothing to do with it," says Ricasshay. "One of my protégés is a white Jewish rapper named Arson Wells. Miki Vale was a very strong nominee; she could have won. MC Flow is good at what she does, but what she does is not hip-hop. She admitted that what she does is alternative hip-hop....
"I have never seen her in the scene. She has never participated. Paying dues is a big part of it, and I've never seen her involved at any hip-hop event."
Following a September 27 Reader interview with MC Flow, a large volume of bloggers made online comments about her award. Many were complimentary about her abilities, some suggested her act was perfect for coffeehouses, and others criticized her in the same vein as Ricasshay.
SDMA founder and executive director Kevin Hellman says the eight artists in the Best Hip-Hop category were nominated by a panel of local music professionals.
"There isn't a hip-hop scene [in San Diego] to begin with," says Hellman. "You have five or six artists who play maybe four or five times a year if they're lucky. How many true hip-hop artists are out and about performing?"
Hellman says that the category's winner was determined by Internet votes. What prevented a handful of people from overwhelming a particular category? Hellman says the voting system was set up so that no one could vote more than once per day, but he isn't clear on how it was done.
Hellman says the Internet-voting process was administered by a local company called Outside the Box. The only phone number on Outside the Box's website is a fax number. E-mail sent to the e-mail address listed ([email protected]) was returned as undeliverable. Hellman says he left messages with company representative Michael Breen, requesting that he call to clarify the methodology behind the vote tallying; no calls were returned.
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Wood jewelry box w/ glass lid
Kirby Sentria vacuum shampooer
The very early days of computers in San Diego
Editor's picks of stories Dave Zielinski wrote for the Reader
Some Kind of Nightmare tours while Social Spit stays home
The difference between young and old punk rockers


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This is a Ssh39 Soviet helmet that was captured / reissued to the German Luftschutz to be used as an air raid/ flak helper helmet. Captured Soviet helmets were commonly re-purposed by the Germans for non-front line use. Helmets like this are very hard to find today in their original condition. The helmet has been re-painted to a darker color than the original Soviet helmet and the Luftschutz decal applied to the front. Additionally the liner appears to be a custom replacement by the Germans. The original Soviet helmet date stamp is not visible as the helmet has been repainted, however the original metal stamping is still visible as 3a1357. The 3 is the helmet size as size 3 of 4 total sizes, so it is overall a pretty big helmet. The original Soviet Ssh36 has an unmistakable shape which makes this helmet very unique. The top had a small comb which covered a ventilation hole. The interior liner was made of a cloth stocking with an oil cloth sweatband, there is a corrugated metal band which doubled as ventilation and shock absorption, an idea taken from the WWI French Adrian helmet. Very cool and rare helmet!


new to dissensus so sorry if this is an old topic but does anyone know any amazing new music videos.
have to say the el guincho, 'bombay' video is the best ive seen this year.
oh right... just realised he wrote the tracks and others directed them... cool idea..


I received your grief package and am giving it to a psychologist friend. She is moving to Louisiana and will be working as head of a grief clinic.
We lost our son Clint last year on September 16th. His anniversary and birthday are coming up. His birthday is October 23, 1970. This has truly been a hard year for our family. We talk of him all the time, he in constantly in our hearts and minds. Please remember us at this time in your prayers.
Also, I am putting the butterfly sticker on my car today. We see butterflies all the time and from the first day they have reminded us Clint is with us. Also hummingbirds, chipmunks and doves. The day he died we had a large group sitting on our patio and 2 chipmunks came right in the middle and just sat there, did not move. Doves also do this for us. Clint loves animals.
I would like for you to put this on your website to share. I couldn't figure out how to get on the guest book.


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Major Donation to Help Students, Local Industry in Boulder County
By Jessica Peterson October 30, 2018
FRCC Foundation Receives Grant for Scholarships in Machining
Longmont, Colo. – The Front Range Community College Foundation has received a $16,000 donation for scholarships for precision machining students from the Gene Haas Foundation. The funds will be used to help aspiring machinists pay for their classes at FRCC, preparing them to move into jobs in the industry.
A Need for Machinists
"There is a shortage of skilled machinists in northern Colorado and nationally," said Ryan McCoy, executive director of the FRCC Foundation. "This funding will help area businesses thrive, and help our students make a good living. We're grateful to the Gene Haas Foundation for this support."
The Gene Haas Foundation has awarded $86,000 to FRCC over the last four years for machining scholarships. This year's donation will allow the FRCC Foundation to award scholarships to machining students on a case-by-case basis, depending on the applicant's need and available funds.
Helping Fill the Gap
"Since 2015, their funding has helped 39 students get well-paying jobs in the industry," said George Newman, director of FRCC's machining program. "Some of our students already work full time jobs, and some have families to support—which is why we offer classes at night. But there isn't as much financial aid available for our non-credit students. So this really helps the people who need it."
A recent report from Deloitte professional services firm and the Manufacturing Institute forecasts that almost 3.5 million manufacturing jobs will need to be filled in the United States in the next decade, but a "skills gap" is expected to result in 2 million of those jobs going unfilled. One goal of the Gene Haas Foundation is to introduce students to careers in machine technology and manufacturing.
"It's exciting to be able to assist people who are passionate about the industry," said FRCC's advanced manufacturing program coordinator Nicole Gervace, who helps distribute the scholarship funds. "Nothing compares to the feeling of giving people the opportunity to reach their goals."
FRCC and Gene Haas Foundation
FRCC's Precision Machining Program is housed in the Advanced Technology Center at the Boulder County Campus in Longmont. The program has more than a hundred students in its daytime for-credit program and its evening non-credit program.
Gene Haas is the owner of Haas Automation Inc., the nation's leading builder of CNC (computer-numeric-controlled) machine tools. FRCC's state-of-the-art machining center has numerous Haas CNC machines.
For more information regarding the machining program at FRCC's Boulder County campus—or on scholarships in machining—contact 303-678-3794 or Nicole.gervace@frontrange.edu.
FRCC offers nearly 100 degree and certificate programs from locations in Boulder County, Larimer County, Westminster, and Brighton, and online. FRCC is a member of the Colorado Community College System.
About the Colorado Community College System
The Colorado Community College System (CCCS) is the state's largest system of higher education, serving more than 137,000 students annually at 13 colleges and 39 locations across Colorado. CCCS's open access mission ensures that all Coloradans who aspire to enrich their lives have access to quality higher education opportunities. CCCS students save time and money with affordable tuition and fees, concurrent enrollment and guaranteed transfer to any public university in Colorado. Online courses are available via Colorado Community Colleges Online. CCCS also oversees career and technical programs in its 13 colleges, more than 160 school districts and 6 other post-secondary institutions. By partnering with business and industry, CCCS helps employers meet workforce needs and prepares students for direct entry to their chosen career pathway. The vast majority of CCCS students are Colorado residents and, after graduation, 97% of CCCS students stay in state becoming the workforce that powers the Colorado economy and the heart of its neighborhoods, businesses and communities.
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Harrington named dean of instruction at Boulder County Campus
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Carla Stein Joins FRCC-Boulder County as Dean of Student Services


In essence the plan to win an election is easy, it can be described in four easy steps.
Since the loss to the Liberals in 2003 the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party have tried three times to get back to government. Looking at the four easy step lets revisit the elections of 2007, 2011, 2014 and look ahead to the 2018 election.
The story of the 2007 election was that the Liberals were able to frame Leader John Tory on the promise to publically fund faith-based schools. Tory was branded as out of touch with Ontarians on this issue and the majority of the voters disagreed with the idea of extending funding past the Public and Catholic school boards. While all parties were able to manage the first two steps, the PC's lost the war in step three and with a flip flop to hold a free vote on the funding issue – John Tory was the leader with the largest misstep.
Both the PC's and NDP had new leaders. The Liberals stuck with Dalton McGuinty who was not experiencing the same popularity as he did four years earlier. The trouble was that Ontario voters did not know who Tim Hudak was. The PC's failed to capitalize on a new leader facing a tired Premier who really should have lost as the City of Toronto had voted in populist Rob Ford as Mayor and the Liberals federally were taking a pounding. The problem was not branding Hudak as the guy Ontario needs; rather going with a leader Ontario knew was the better option for the voters. As for the four steps, the PC's lost number 1, and didn't do well enough in the other three to recover from a lackluster branding of their leader.
This was an election Tim Hudak had in the bag, and lost it with not bad policy – but bad branding. The Liberals had a new Premier, Kathleen Wynne, who took over after McGuinty rolled up his sleeves for a press conference and threw in the towel. Polls were tight between the Liberals and PC, but Conservatives thought they had a winner of a platform. The double double of creating 1 million jobs in 10 years along with reducing the civil service through attrition by 100,000 was labelled as bad math and Hudak would fire 100,000 government workers. The PC's were not able to define their message ahead of the Liberals doing it for them. The PC's lost all four steps of how to win an election.
Up until the end of January this was Patrick Brown's election to win with a leader that was doing well and the People's Guarantee platform, then stuff happened and the PC's held a lickety split leadership and elected Doug Ford to lead the party to the June 7th election. Wynne was sinking in the polls, and the PC's had high polling results, without a leader. Ford is the new guy, but he's not inexperienced and so far neither Wynne nor the NDP have been able to put a label on him. The liberals will have to hang all their hopes on their election budget, however Ontarians seem to be seeing through the "buy your vote" spend to win platform. Andrea Horwath is in this for the third time running leader for the NDP.
Looking at our four steps, Doug Ford is a brand in itself, so far it's a brand that people are not running away from, the polls still indicate a huge loss for Wynne and big win for Ford. With Ford dumping most of the People's Guarantee, he has to present a platform that voters will see as sensible and achievable and he is clearly making his point that the Liberals are done. All that is left is for Doug Ford is to avoid the misstep history that claimed John Tory and Tim Hudak and finally bring the PC's back to government.
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Sometimes there is no need to read the complete story when the headline says it all. Minutes after Doug Ford's victory in the Ontario PC Party leadership, the headlines starting appearing. Put the headlines together and you practically have the whole story.
Ironically, Doug Ford wins PC Leadership – Will it be contested?
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Maybe the electronic onboard recorder rulemaking anticipated by the industry should have a GPS locator – especially since guesses as to when it would resurface have been all over the map.
Since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's advance notice of proposed rulemaking on the use of electronic onboard recorders closed Nov. 30, 2004, the industry has waited to see what the agency's next step would be.
Once the calendar ticked over to 2006, speculation has been rampant on when the EOBR rulemaking would hit the grid again. Initial estimates had it resurfacing sometime in February.
However, with the wide variety of groups shopping their proposed uses for the "black boxes" by FMCSA officials, the agency has decided to delay publishing anything on the topic for a few more months, according to an OOIDA official.
Among the items being kicked around for debate is the use of EOBRs to enforce compliance by carriers that have poor or bad safety ratings or maybe even "newbies" to the business. There has also been a group trying to get the supporting documents portion of the current regulations eliminated if or when EOBRs are implemented, the OOIDA source said.
FMCSA Administrator Annette Sandberg – who submitted her resignation Feb. 1 – told another trucking trade publication that unresolved issues with the hours-of-service regulations also played into the EOBR rulemaking delay.


In northern Borneo, VINCI Construction Grands Projets completed work on the three high-rise buildings making up the Jesselton Residences in February 2017. This second project on the island comprises 125,000 m² of residential and retail space with sea views. It has a seven-storey podium over two underground levels and will accommodate a 20,000 m² shopping centre and more than 900 parking spaces, as well as three 20-storey residential towers with a total of 333 apartments.
VINCI Construction Grands Projets is also building the Menara Hap Seng high-rise in Kota Kinabalu.