Meet Penelope, a one year old who is rocking that extra chromosome like a boss.
As a mother we have a special connection with our children even before he or she is born. When I was pregnant with Penelope, I knew something was going to be different. We had our 8 week ultrasound and from that day on I just had this feeling. She was so small compared to my son at that age. I said something to my husband when we were at the office and even said a comment to our doctor about her looking so small but he said everything looked on track, so I didn't really think anything of it. Penelope was going to be our second child so I knew what to expect. My husband and I decided to opt out of any extra testing that's offered in the early stage of pregnancies, the test didn't matter to us.
I remember being so excited for our 20 week ultrasound appointment, I couldn't wait to find out if we were going to have a boy or girl. This time around I had a strong feeling it was going to be a girl. Everything was going great, I guessed right… IT'S A GRIL! Little did I know all of the excitement was going to turn into worry. The sonographer said she would be back after the doctor looks at the pictures. A couple of minutes turned into 10 minutes which turned into 15 minutes which turned into the doctor coming back to our room not the sonographer. With Penelope being my second I knew this was not a good sign, I once again told my husband there was something wrong. They found that her nose bridge was in the 2nd percentile and she was measure very small. The doctor said it still could be nothing but it also could mean soft markers for Down Syndrome. We got scheduled for another ultrasound in two weeks. Two weeks later we went for another ultrasound, once again she was very small. We decided to go forward with a simple blood test.
We were shocked, but at the same time I wasn't. A week later we got our blood test back and it was positive and with the other soft markers on our ultrasound it gave us 90% chance of Down Syndrome. It was hard dealing with the unknown of the future; would she need surgery, will we make it full term, what's going to happen after she was born, am I going to be able to give her everything she needs. My pregnancy was a rollercoaster of emotions and it was hard. I cried every time I left an ultrasound because of being so worried. I was induced at 37 weeks because Penelope continued to decline in the growth chart.
Then she was here and it was a total relief. All the worries we had went away the minute we had her in our arms. Our 4lbs 13oz little peanut was perfect! Penelope does have a ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) as of right now we just need to monitor in hopes it will close on its own. Penelope also has had many doctor appointments with many different doctors. We have been so blessed with her doctors, they have been supportive, loving and they have showed us how much they want her to succeed as much as we want her too. The support we have received from Flower City Down Syndrome Network and DSDN (Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network) has been amazing.
Penelope is an amazing little girl who loves to spend time with her family and friends. She loves music and likes to dance. Her smile lights up a room and she will wave "HI" to everyone that passes by. She was our little quiet baby that liked to watch everything around her, now she is a flourishing little girl that likes to play with her big brother. Her laugh is contagious. We are so in love with her and I couldn't imagine life without her!!!
Having a child with Down Syndrome brings many worrisome moments and unknowns but it also brings so much joy, excitement and unconditional love! She has taught me so much and because of her I have grown as a person and never knew the strength that was within me. Being a mom is amazing…Being a mom to a child with an extra chromosome is life changing in the best kind of way.
Oh, the places you will go, Penelope!


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Unethical Broadcast Journalism
September 26, 2016 By: Winstanley. R. Bankole. Johnson
Initially I thought my ears were deceiving me. So I had to listen to the AYV-TV broadcast footage a few more times to finally conclude that indeed there's an urgent need to re-introduce "Civic Education" in various communications fora to avoid serious but inadvertent distortions of our national history. I think I've made that point several times before.
"Faux-Pas"
The issue relates to a soon to be introduced series on AYV-TV called "Brain Teaser" to be anchored by a charming beauty of a presenter called Hurai Bangura. And their "faux-pas" was to have awarded points to a participant for his response to a "teaser" that the first President of Sierra Leone was Siaka Probyn Stevens. But I supposed they can be excused, given their relatively tender ages. So I now make it my duty to correctly remind our younger generation that the very first President of Sierra Leone was The Hon. Mr. Justice Christopher Elnathan Okoro Cole. His role was however ceremonial and his remit lasted for under 24 hours, when Siaka Probyn Stevens was elected the very first Executive President of this Sovereign Republic of Sierra Leone.
It has to be acknowledged however, that irrespective of enormous constraints, our various broadcasting houses are rising to previously unimaginable heights and through exposure of our youths to greater corporate responsibilities, are extensively also improving on their technical competencies through regular periodic trainings as have made them the envy of broadcasting franchises in the sub-region and beyond.
Let me now proceed with the issue for this week, which has to do with a practice I consider unethical for professional broadcast journalism.
In advanced environments, and no matter the number of guests being hosted in a particular Radio/TV programme, they are independently and very carefully slotted without us the viewers ever suspecting their public, let alone back stage interactions – if at all. The programmes are further so structured that unless they have a relevance to it, guests do not necessarily have to sit by throughout to listen to other guests speak, or get involved in topical discussions outside their remits. They are released from the studios as soon as their own sessions are over.
The value of that arrangement lies in the need to avoid unnecessary intrusions or interventions by other guests into issues totally unconnected to their calling, but for which they might habour such strong emotions that they cannot keep silent about. That ethical kind of arrangement does not exist in our local Radio/TV Broadcasting outlets. Rather, guests are obliged to sit throughout programmes as the hosts or anchor rotate questions among them on varying topics, sometimes eliciting emotional and very untidy interventions by others with much stronger or alternative views on issues being discussed. So what we continue to listen to, or witness on our Radio/TV shows on a few occasions is that some panelists, probably moved by sheer self interest or deep feelings of mistrust for the authorities, have had to wade into topics that bear no tangent to them or their organisations, and more with an intention to sow mischief than to provide solutions.
Traumatised
A case in point was a recent SLBC-TV Morning Show which hosted about five girls from the IMATT Secondary School at King Tom, who were rightly aggrieved at being disallowed by the Ministry of Education from attempting their WASSC Examinations, for which their parents and guardians had fully paid up and were receipted for. On that same programme was also being hosted an individual described on the information bar as a "Veteran Civil Society Activist". He (the latter) was there on a totally unrelated matter, but being moved by his trade mark anti-government sentiments to sow discord rather than proffer solutions, and even without any prompts or solicitation, jumped into the fray and rather unprofessionally advised the already frustrated and traumatized little girls to "go straight to the offices of Ministry of Education at the New England Ville next door to escalate their complaints to the Minister". That was a case of incitement. Pure and simple!!
I hold no briefs for the Ministry of Education (and never will especially at these precarious times that it is having so much credibility challenges at all levels) but I consider it unkind and very irresponsible for that matter, that anyone claiming (or even pretending) to be a parent could be so heartless as to have further misdirected those little girls away from the SLBC into another quagmire he fully knows they cannot survive without parental guidance. And I believe that that unfortunate and unethical contact could have been avoided if the SLBC-TV (like they do in advanced environments) had inculcated a culture of not allowing guests to either interact and/or delve into issues that do not pertain to their spheres of invitations.
Let's for argument's sake assume that any of those little girls were the "Veteran Civil Society Activist's" own offspring. Would he have misdirected them to the Education Ministry in that same manner? I think not. Because parents know what is good for their own children. So the Bible asks in Matt.7: 9-10 and Luke. 11:11-12 "What Father ……if his (child) asks him for bread, will give him a stone……Or ….if for a fish will give him a serpent…….Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?"
As I have always recognized, Civil Societies have an alienable right to keep any government on its toes through noisy protestations and denunciations to make them accountable to the electorate. But living up to that sacred responsibility also obliges them to be proffering recommendations for alternative dispute resolution methodologies that could assuage tension and ensure sustainable peace and national stability. Inciting minors into further confrontations with the authorities is certainly out with their remits.
And as I ruminate over that untenable and unethical arrangement at the SLBC-TV studios that exposed those innocent IMATT School girls' minds to such outlandish recommendations for redress from a purported "Veteran Civil Society activist", I would respectfully recommend henceforth that our local broadcasting houses now begin to separate their guests so as to avoid inadvertently courting irate, unsolicited and unethical interventions by guests that might have a tendency to sow discord, discourage viewership and rather make us anxious to revert to obituary announcements as the only credible reality shows on our TV screens.

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Q: Amazon SWF Parallel Child Workflow Executions Halt Parent Workflow I am attempting to start two parallel executions of a child workflow with differing starting parameters. However, I am noticing that only one of those child workflow executions is run. The parent workflow execution halts due to tasks not being scheduled which causes to not have any further activity in the execution history until it times out. No exceptions or errors are thrown, it just stops doing anything at all. Interestingly, it is always the second child workflow execution that completes.
If the parent runs only one execution of the child workflow, the child completes successfully, and the parent workflow continues to completion. My suspicion is that it has something to do with running multiple copies of the child workflow simultaneously and that they interfere with each other since they poll the same tasklist; I just don't know how I am supposed to approach the problem.
Code:
ProcessRunnerClient childWorkflowClient = factory.getClient();
List<Promise<T>> childWorkflowsDone = new ArrayList<Promise<T>>;
switch(condition){
case 1:
    childWorkflowsDone.add(childWorkflowClient.method(case1Params));
// Works fine
    break;
case 2:
    childWorkflowsDone.add(childWorkflowClient.method(case2Params));
// Works fine
    break;
case 3:
    childWorkflowsDone.add(childWorkflowClient.method(case1Params));
    childWorkflowsDone.add(childWorkflowClient.method(case2Params));
// The execution of the child workflow with case2Params completes,
// and parent execution suspends
    break;
default:
    throw new WorkflowException("Condition " + condition + " not supported");
}

A: Make sure that each child workflow is started using its own instance of the generated client. So change your example to:
List<Promise<T>> childWorkflowsDone = new ArrayList<Promise<T>>;
ProcessRunnerClient childWorkflowClient1 = factory.getClient()
childWorkflowsDone1.add(childWorkflowClient.method(params1));
ProcessRunnerClient childWorkflowClient2 = factory.getClient()
childWorkflowsDone.add(childWorkflowClient2.method(params2));

It is done to support communication to the child workflow after it is started. For example the same client can be used to send signal or retrieve runId.

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Royal Enfield Classic 650 retro motorcycle: Here's what it'll look like
Posted on February 21, 2018 by CarToq Editor
Well, that's if Royal Enfield decides to go ahead and plonk the 650cc, twin cylinder engine from the Interceptor, into the Classic. Here is a render that shows how the new Classic 650 with the larger, parallel twin engine could look like. We like it.
As you can see from the render, the Classic 650 simply borrows the 650cc engine from the Interceptor and Continental GT650. It also seems to have the double cradle frame, which is necessary to hold the new engine. The current versions of the Classic sold have a different frame – a single downtube unit.
The 650cc engine is an all-new unit that Royal Enfield has designed ground up. It'll power the Interceptor and Continental GT650, both of which are launching here in a few months' time. The engine displaces 650cc, has a single overhead camshafts, four valves in each cylinder, air-oil cooling, fuel injection and a 6 speed manual gearbox with a slipper clutch. In other words, it's the most advanced engine-gearbox combination Royal Enfield has ever engineered. It produces 47 Bhp and 52 Nm, and is capable of revving to 7,500 rpm, which means a top speed of over 160 Kmph.
Thump addicts will have to look elsewhere. This engine uses a 270 degree crank, which means that it'll produce a rumble rather than a thump, and soon after market exhausts should make it sound even cooler. And since it's a parallel twin, vibrations are expected to be minimal. That's a great thing as the Classic 350 and 500 have very vibey engines.
The Classic 650 with the new engine will be a totally different beast. But Royal Enfield has yet to confirm whether the bike will get the new engine. For now, the only other bike that we know will get the 650cc, parallel twin engine apart from the new Interceptor/Continental is the Himalayan.
Render courtesy IAB
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'The Batman' Surprises With Strong Sunday With a $134M Opening Weekend
The final numbers are in and 'The Batman' has even beat expectations on Sunday, as word-of-mouth carried it over the weekend.
Never underestimate the power of word-of-mouth, as The Batman's final numbers have found their way online and surprised many with the film's Sunday dropping by 21% from Saturday, which is way lower than its initial 35% estimate. As such, it pulled in $34M and now stands at a strong $134M opening weekend rather than the initially reported $128M.
These numbers further solidify The Batman as Warner Bros.' strongest opening since the pandemic started, and is Matt Reeves' biggest opening for any of his releases. The big question remains just how strong its legs are going to be, especially with the confirmed April release on HBO Max. Their 45-release window strategy will open up some new challenges but could set the standard for the future of cinema.
Still, a 10% drop from the expectations is quite astonishing, and that is for a very genre-defining take on a superhero film. Batman is a very popular character, but it seems like a sign that people were waiting for this kind of film to offer something unique. It seems that even the almost three-hour runtime wasn't going to scare anyone off, and it'll be interesting to see how strong its second weekend might be.
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It has been a while since High 5 Games unveiled a new slot. Fortunately, the wait is over after the casino software providers decided to launch Silver Enchantress this week. Ever since November, a YouTube video of the game has been available, and it showcased what the slot was likely to offer. Now, the game finally makes its debut at casinos.
The new release has a lot in common with many other fantasy-themed slots which can be played online. It is mobile-friendly and provides players with a chance to win a non-progressive jackpot which is capped at around 300,000 credits in total.
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High 5 Games returns to the casino world with their Silver Enchantress slot. The new game features a 5-reel, 243 ways to win payline system, so players aren't going to be short of ways to bag wins in this release. It also comes with a handful of nifty features which ramp up the level of success players are likely to have when trying to bag a win.
Wild symbols can act in the stead of any other standard paying icons when they crop up on the second, third, fourth and fifth reels. Scatters need to appear at least 3 times to trigger a free spin bonus of 10 games, and there are other goodies, too.
Following any win in the game, any symbols which don't feature in a win are removed from the reels. New ones drop down to replace those, and players could potentially add to their winning combination.
Enchanting and Mystical Gameplay
One of the other magical elements of gameplay to be had in this game is the Blinking Bucks bonus. This can appear either during the base game or the free spin round and is triggered when 6 or more successive wins are notched together with the Racking Up Riches (tumbling reels) feature. In the bonus, players will get to hit a buzzer to land an instant win cash prize, the free spin bonus (if it isn't already triggered) or a jackpot prize bonus round.
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The Silver Enchantress slot sees a welcome return to form for High 5 Games. The new slot promises 3D graphics, a handful of features and more than respectable cash prizes. It can be played at all High 5 Games powered casinos this March.
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The Latest Happenings and Updates
By tinyfrogsupport Newsletter
A WORD FROM OUR CFO
With the novelty of virtual workplaces and zoom meetings wearing off, we are finding new ways to stay active, engaged, and most of all communicative with our clients, staff and colleagues.
Back to the Office: as essential workers begin to return to the office we have seen a wide range of approaches to how and when that happens. . At Latitude 33 we have chosen a phased approach which allows employees a choice. We have seen approximately 20% of our employees return completely, while the remainder are split between half-time in the office and those who are continuing to work completely from home. In our "Company Culture" section of the newsletter you can see how we celebrate successes and keep our team connected even when we can't be together.
Pursuits Continue: how do you impress a new client and showcase your personality and technical abilities over Zoom? We have all learned the importance of reading body language and how to adapt your approach and delivery based on those non-verbal cues. When we were faced with a virtual project interview with a brand new client we needed to adjust our approach and invest time into getting comfortable with new technology and practicing a new style of presenting. Check out a deeper dive into how we prepared and won the UC Irvine As-Needed contract in the "Project Wins" section of this newsletter.
Networking: for the time being, networking is not like it used to be. In lieu of 200+ BIA and ULI events we are meeting virtually on zoom with small groups of networking partners. We attend webinars and listen in on educational podcasts and interviews. We place high value on our relationships both internally and externally and are happy to put in the extra effort to stay connected. Now more than ever we rely on our strategic partners and friends to stay informed and up to date on what's happening in our Industry and we strive to be a resource to our partners and clients in return!
Continue to Be Safe and Stay Healthy!
China Lake
On July 4th and 5th, 2019, many of the facilities at Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake were severely damaged by the Ridgecrest Earthquakes. China Lake is the Navy's key research & development site for major aviation and weapons systems testing and evaluation. Covering 1.2 million acres in the Mojave Desert, China Lake felt the brunt of the significant 6.4 and 7.1 magnitude quakes. The tremors left buildings, roadways, and utility infrastructure impacted, and entire Mission programs without adequate space and facilities to continue their critical work and research.
Latitude 33 is excited to be a part of the recovery efforts at China Lake. As a subconsultant to Jacobs Engineering Group, Latitude 33 recently completed design-build bridging documents for a new weapons research laboratory situated on ~10 acres within NAWSCL Main site. The new laboratory was carefully designed to consolidate several Mission programs into one state-of-the-art facility and included much site planning and engineering. In the early phases of the project, Latitude 33 provided several site layout concepts to maximize building and parking coverage of the available real estate, which ultimately led to the development of the design concept used for the project bridging documents. Documents provided consisted of: basis of design narrative, part 3 engineering systems requirements, concept grading plan, site improvement plan, utility plan, storm water management calculations and report, and overall project consultation and coordination throughout the duration of the project.
One of the many unique challenges faced included the live development of the constantly evolving project program to provide the most comprehensive bidding documents to the satisfaction of the End Users. Another unique engineering challenge included the analysis and design of a solution to re-route an existing major drainage channel bisecting the project site to make space for the laboratory and supporting parking lot and other site features. Latitude 33 is proud and excited to be a part of such a meaningful project and Mission to rehabilitate buildings and systems at China Lake!
Groundbreakings
Jefferson, La Mesa
JEFFERSON LA MESA, a 5-acre multi-family development, broke ground in early February. Developed by JPI, JEFFERSON LA MESA is at the intersection of Baltimore Drive and University Avenue and is near the trolley station and downtown dining and entertainment district. This four-story, luxury development will consist of 230 apartment homes that will feature sleek and contemporary finishes, designer kitchens, and SMART Home Technology.
Community amenities will include a two-level fitness center with yoga room and cycling studio, co-working space, resort-style pool with cabanas, high-tech resident lounge, pet park with grooming station, outdoor fire pit, and other design features.
Latitude 33 provided services for not only the onsite grading and improvements, but also extensive improvements to existing El Cajon Boulevard, University Avenue, Baltimore Drive and Nebo Drive for roadway widening, new medians, new bike lanes, traffic signal and upgrades and new sewer and water mains. The project also included obtaining permits and approvals from several agencies including San Diego County Water Authority, Helix Water District, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, Heartland Fire and City of La Mesa.
JEFFERSON LA MESA is estimated to be completed 2021!
Learn more at www.jpi.com
Juvenile Justice Campus
Groundbreaking for grading officially has begun! One of Latitude 33's most innovative projects is the Urban Camp at the JUVENILE JUSTICE CAMPUS, Phase 1 of a three-phase redevelopment of the County Juvenile Hall and Probations Center. Located at 2840 Meadowlark Drive in Kearny Mesa, the project is south of the I-805 & SR-163 junction. This development for the County of San Diego is intended to be a model for positive development and reorient the way we approach the rehabilitation of incarcerated youth.
Phase 1 of the JUVENILE JUSTICE CAMPUS project, dubbed the Urban Camp, entails adding approximately 131,000 sq. ft. of new buildings, over 300 parking stalls, and new campus amenities, including a recreation field, ball courts, indoor gymnasium, educational facilities, vocational spaces, and four new housing facilities. The project will provide for their basic physical needs, safety, and security, and support personal growth. The environment will emphasize staff and youth interaction, family connections, positive program participation, and a sense of wellness for both youth and staff. The design emulates a residential campus, such as a private boarding school, with a secure environment and aims to be a place where youth can grow and flourish. The project is designed to achieve Zero Net Energy (ZNE).
The design-build team is being led by Balfour Beatty + DLR Group, along with nine (9) design/engineering partners and 11 trade partners, including Latitude 33.
Virtual Win
Latitude 33 has won a 3-year Executive Engineering Contract with University of California, Irvine to provide Civil Engineering services for a multitude of deferred maintenance projects across the campus.
This project was procured during the COVID-19 shelter in place order for California during the months of March and April, meaning the final interview was presented online to the UCI Selection Committee through a Zoom Virtual Meeting.
Presenting in this new environment meant a collaborative effort of Latitude 33 Staff, including Dana Keil (Marketing), Matt Semic (Principal), and Kyle Boyce (Project Manager) to create a presentation that was engaging and precise. Latitude 33 took advantage of the free reign to be creative when developing our power point and took special care and time rehearsing on-line with our Latitude 33 audience critiquing. They even coordinated apparel! Key points made during the online interview included dedicated speakers, engaging examples and illustrations to convey messages presented by the speakers and ensuring committee members felt engaged.
Blossoming Partnerships
Latitude 33 is excited to join the General Atomics team! As a leader in the energy sector and a prominent defense corporation, General Atomics specializes in research and technology development. Headquartered in San Diego, General Atomics has an impressive campus footprint in both La Jolla and Poway. The recently awarded as-needed contract is intended to assist the Facilities Engineering Services team in efforts including existing conditions reconnaissance, ADA upgrades, storm water assessment, entitlement work and other various engineering related tasks.
San Diego Unified School District
Latitude 33 has teamed with HPI Architecture to assist on 12 SDUSD school sites. Heightened security has become a priority at all Public Schools and Latitude 33 is elated to assist the district in achieving their security goals. The project initially consisted of providing survey work including boundary mapping, topography and as-built research on all twelve (12) campuses. As the projects evolved, Latitude 33 was tasked to provide assistance on security functions on all the site as wells. The work entailed coordinating fencing locations with security gates, providing ADA compliant paths of travel to points of entry, designing erosion control plans and providing Water Pollution Control plans as necessary.
Pacific Highlands Ranch Community Park Wins 2020 APWA "Project of the Year
We're very pleased that the American Public Works Association (APWA) has recognized Pacific Highlands Ranch Community Park with the Project of the Year Award for 2020.
This 13-acre community park offers a diverse and unique blend of recreational amenities for the local community that include an entry garden, discovery playgarden, parkour area, children's play areas, and picnic areas.
This community park also offers opportunities for athletic and community-based functions with a central gymnasium, separate multi-purpose building, and a large flexible outdoor courtyard in their 17,000-square-foot recreation center along with a full size softball field, a ½ mile loop pathway which connects the field and access to the dog park and pump track.
Latitude 33 proudly provided planning and engineering services for this community park.
Congratulations to the development team: Schmidt Design Group, Architects Hanna Gabriel Wells, and T.B. Penick and Sons, Inc.
UC San Diego Osler Parking Structure Wins DBIA 2020 Award of Merit
This design-build collaboration is located off Gilman Drive in the School of Medicine. With six-levels and over 1,300 stalls, it replaces two parking lots that served the Heath Sciences West community. This innovative design blends the natural landscape seamlessly and enhances visitors experience, providing connectivity to the surrounding campus including access to the Visitor Center from a pedestrian bridge.
For this project, Latitude 33 provided grading and site design, including excavation quantities and precise grading to support ADA path of travel requirements; Leading coordination efforts with a broad spectrum of sub-consultants; Storm water treatment BMP design for water quality; Strategic thinking and collaboration with UCSD during utility and site layout to best address the future needs of the school; Value engineering and construction support efforts.
Congratulations to our design team: UC San Diego, Gensler, Watry Design, Inc., Swinerton, tk1sc, and Spurlock Landscape Architects
Latitude 33's Newest Project Manager
Rory Linehan, P. E. has joined Latitude 33 Planning & Engineering as a Project Manager. He brings nearly two decades of experience as a naval officer and a civil engineer. For the past 14 years, he has worked in the construction and engineering fields, managing projects, coordinating contractors, and ensuring projects complied with engineering and architectural plans. Additionally, Mr. Linehan serves in the Navy Reserves. During his active duty, he served as a Construction Manager and an Engineering Division Officer, among other roles. For Latitude 33, Mr. Linehan will manage projects ranging from infill mixed-use developments to life science and hospitality projects.
"Looking forward to contributing to the dynamic Latitude 33 team across a diverse variety of projects and being a part of helping shape the beautiful San Diego region"
Latitude 33's Newest Design Engineer
Aubrey Kramer has just joined Latitude 33 Planning & Engineering as a Design Engineer and has recently graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Ms. Kramer truly has a passion for others as she volunteers in her spare time and also enjoys baking and traveling.
Welcome to the Latitude team!
"Civil Engineering gives me the opportunity to help others within this industry such as providing housing and helping solve water resource issues"
We are actively seeking talented individuals for the following positions:
Apply Online at www.latitude33.com
Celebrating a prosperous quarter
Whether it's virtual, in person or a hybrid of both, Latitude 33 always finds a way to stay connected and to simply celebrate! Latitude 33 has been pushing the creativity when it comes to company culture with Halloween themed happy hours (in June!) and trivia nights with the crew.
On June 24th our team in the office and virtually from home met at Cutwater Spirits to celebrate a prosperous second quarter and to cheers to exciting new opportunities.
Thank you for being a part of our planning and engineering family. From the entire Latitude 33 team, stay healthy and enjoy your summer!
Latitude 33 Adapts to Virtual Workplace
By Katie Yee Newsletter
Dear Clients, Colleagues & Friends,
Week two in the virtual workplace has proven that humans still thrive on facial interaction. Zoom meetings were not new to any of us, but how often did people actually have their cameras on? I know I was guilty of having it off, usually so no one could see me multi-task! Within 48 hours of our entire industry being virtual, in all my meetings, everyone had their cameras on. People I had never met had their cameras on. By the end of the week the real human side set in. We didn't dive right into work or have anxious small talk as we rushed from meeting to meeting and felt behind on our day. Real conversations began occurring. People are now letting us into their houses virtually. We are meeting kids, spouses, and pets, and people are showing personality with creative Zoom wall papers.
ENR featured Latitude 33 in a recent article about how our industry is adapting to the California lockdown (click here to read the article). We can likely all say we will never forget this spring season. The situation around us is evolving by the minute. The range of emotions we are all experiencing is on this same roller coaster, but one thing we all strive for in times like this is to have normalcy. With that, we bring you the first quarterly newsletter of the year!
Be Safe, Stay Healthy!
Matt & the entire Latitude Planning & Engineering Team
The New Urban Camp at the Juvenile Justice Campus Prepares to Break Ground
The Urban Camp at the Juvenile Justice Campus will break ground next quarter.
One of Latitude 33's most innovative projects is the Urban Camp at the Juvenile Justice Campus, Phase 1 of a three-phase redevelopment of the County Juvenile Hall and Probations Center. Located at 2840 Meadowlark Drive in Kearny Mesa, the project is south of the I-805 & SR-163 junction. This development for the County of San Diego is intended to be a model for positive development, and reorient the way we approach the rehabilitation of incarcerated youth.
The design-build team is being led by Balfour Beatty + DLR Group, along with nine (9) design/engineering partners and 11 trade partners, including Latitude 33. The project is preparing to break ground in the second quarter of 2020.
Construction Begins on MERGE 56, Landmark Project in Rancho Peñasquitos
Merge 56 broke ground in early February, 2020.
MERGE 56, a 40-acre mixed-use development in Torrey Highlands, broke ground in early February. Developed by Sea Breeze Properties, MERGE 56 is adjacent to State Route 56 at Camino Del Sur, and will include approximately 450,000 square-feet of Class A office and retail space, a boutique hotel, and 242 residential homes. Of those, 47 homes are slated to be affordable units for residents earning less than 65 percent of the area median income.
MERGE 56 has been touted as a model for suburban development, providing one of the few walkable mixed-use environments in Central San Diego. Parking is provided in partly subterranean structures, rather than surface lots. Residents and visitors will also have direct access to the miles of hiking and biking trails in the adjacent open space of Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve.
The development will also complete the traffic grid for the Rancho Peñasquitos community, including extending Carmel Mountain Road, and extending Camino Del Sur to Park Village Road. This will help relieve traffic congestion on Black Mountain Road by giving approximately 2,000 more homes direct freeway access.
Sea Breeze Properties acquired the land in 2013, with a pedestrian-centric, mixed-use environment in mind. Latitude 33 helped to obtain the necessary engineering, grading, and entitlement permits for the development of the master plan. The project received unanimous approval from the Rancho Peñasquitos Community Planning Group, City of San Diego Planning Commission, and the San Diego City Council.
To learn more about MERGE 56, check out this recent article from the San Diego Business Journal.
Edencrest in Escondido Breaks Ground
Construction is underway on the 74-acre Edencrest community in Escondido. Image courtesy Trumark Homes
Homebuilder Trumark Homes is officially underway on 95 new homes in its newest community, Edencrest. The 74-acre community in Escondido is the former home of historic Henry Ranch avocado farm. As a nod to its roots, the community will include two neighborhoods named Arbors and Groves. Arbors will be a neighborhood for move-down buyers consisting of 57 single-story homes from 2,496 to 3,399 square feet. Groves will be a more family-focused neighborhood consisting of 38 one- and two-story homes, ranging from 3,100 to 4,043 square feet.
Latitude 33's services for this project included civil engineering and surveying services for Substantial Conformance plans, Grading and Improvement plans, water quality and drainage studies, offsite improvement plans to upgrade the regional storm water system, and existing street improvements.
Construction Underway on Aperture Del Mar
Aperture Del Mar will consist of five, Class A office and life science buildings.
Located within Pacific Highlands Ranch, Aperture Del Mar will be a vibrant office campus five miles from Torrey Pines Beach. Developed by Lincoln Property Company, the development broke ground in September of last year. The campus blends highly amenitized spaces, cutting- edge design by Gensler, and prime Class A office space for life science and technology companies spaces ranging from 100,000 to 650,000 square feet. Designed to bring the outdoors in, each building and floor connects to the outdoor environment. Campus amenities include an organic bistro, boutique coffee roaster, event lawn, an amphitheater, bocce court, half basketball court, sand volleyball court, dog park, jogging trail, outdoor lounges, reading nooks, an organic community garden, and indoor and outdoor fitness facilities.
Latitude 33's planning department assisted in securing the necessary approvals for this project. Phase one is expected to be complete by the second quarter of 2021.
To learn more about Aperture, check out this recent article from the San Diego Business Journal.
Construction Continues on Pacific Village
Pacific Village consists of a mix of single-family homes, triplex homes, townhomes, and apartments.
Located off of Carmel Mountain Road, Pacific Village is a planned community featuring 601 new homes. Pacific Village features 99 single-family homes, 105 triplex homes, and 120 townhomes developed by Lennar Homes, and 277 apartments developed by Atlantic & Pacific Companies. The community has four neighborhoods: The Commons, The Pavilion, The Promenade, and The Courtyards. The 41-acre community also features park and picnic areas, walking trails, an event lawn, fitness facilities, swimming pool and spa, and even showcase spaces for local artists. Located just west of I-15, Pacific Village is also adjacent to Black Mountain and its open spaces. Model homes are now open for interested homebuyers, and the for-rent apartments are anticipated to be open as early as late 2020.
Services provided by Latitude 33 include planning and civil engineering for entitlements and final engineering.
County of San Diego Sheriff's Department Crime Laboratory Recognized with Regional DBIA Award
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department Crime Laboratory. Image courtesy SmithGroup.
We're very pleased that the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) Western Pacific Region recognized the San Diego County Sheriff's Department Crime Laboratory with a Merit Award for 2019. This four-story crime lab features office space, laboratories, conference areas, training and interview rooms, two holding cells, a ballistics lab, and 60,000 sq. ft. of evidence storage in the waterproof basement. The project has achieved LEED Gold Certification for its numerous sustainable elements, including extensive daylighting, low-flow indoor plumbing, native plants with high-efficiency irrigation, and a photovoltaic solar array.
Congratulations to the development team: Lowe Enterprises, DPR Construction, SmithGroup, Lastras de Gertler Landscape Architects Inc., Dynalectric, AMC Mechanical, Degenkolb Engineers, Project Management Advisors Inc., Schuff Steel Co., and Latitude 33's outstanding team of civil engineers and planners!
UC San Diego Mesa Nueva Graduate and Professional Student Housing Wins Regional and National DBIA Awards
UC San Diego's Mesa Nueva Graduate and Professional Student Housing has won both regional and national awards.
One of Latitude 33's recent, highly lauded projects is the $188 million UC San Diego Mesa Nueva Graduate and Professional Student Housing. Last year, the project was recognized by the DBIA Western Pacific Region with a "Distinction Award," and went on to earn two (2) national DBIA awards: a "National Award of Merit" in the Education Facilities Category, and a "Best of Award" for Best in Teaming.
With 1,350 new beds, the residential community is one of the largest graduate and professional student housing facilities in the country. The 10-acre Mesa Nueva development features furnished units in studio, 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom designs in five (5) side-by-side residential buildings. The new units surround a grassy open space where students can gather or relax. Mesa Nueva also includes a 900-space parking structure and a bike rack for every resident. The development was designed to meet the need for housing and provide students with a greater sense of community. Shared amenities include a social pool with spas and splash zones, a brew pub, outdoor lounge, a small grocery store, and more.
For this project, Latitude 33 provided guidance to the team for an optimum site design solution that addressed all environmental, water quality, and retention concerns. Congrats to UC San Diego, Hensel Phelps, Mithun, MA Engineers, Helix Electric, and of course, the Latitude 33 team for these well-deserved awards!
Latitude 33 Celebrates Holidays in Style
The Latitude 33 celebrates the holidays at Carté Hotel in downtown San Diego. A karate demonstration was one of the highlights of this year's talent show.
Latitude 33 celebrated the holidays, the close of a successful year, and its outstanding projects, with a holiday party at the recently completed Carté Hotel in downtown San Diego. The Carté Hotel united Tucker Sadler Architects, davisREED Construction, and Latitude 33 for this new Curio Collection hotel by Hilton.
Every year, the holiday party includes a talent show. All employees showcase their talents, from comedy to singing. This year, we had a special karate performance, including gravity- defying stunts and powerful kicks by Dustin Daneri, Matt McGuirk, Jacob Schaniel, and Sean Drake. Latitude 33 never ceases to have a great time! It was such a treat to celebrate our team, our clients, our projects, and our successful year in this stylish new hotel!
Latitude 33 Strikes Again!
The Latitude 33 team at URGE in San Marcos.
On February 21, Latitude 33 enjoyed a day of bowling at URGE in San Marcos. Sea Breeze Properties, developer of the North City community where URGE is located, is also the developer MERGE 56, one of Latitude 33's signature projects. This evening of food and fun was the perfect way to unwind and bond over some burgers, beer, and bowling. It was also a great way to celebrate all of our "strikes" in recent months. Way to go, team!
Thank you for being a part of our planning and engineering family. From the entire Latitude 33 team, stay healthy and enjoy spring!
Latitude 33 Continues Diversifying
Since our inception over 25 years ago, Latitude 33 has made diversity a core value. Initially founded by multi-talented staff, Latitude 33 was able to offer expertise in both planning and engineering under one roof. As we have grown, diversity has continued to be one of our core values—both in the type of services we offer and the projects we accept.
We are excited to report that Latitude 33 is more diverse than ever before. We have pursued team members who bring unique skillsets, and we have undertaken projects in new sectors. Today, planning, civil engineering, surveying & mapping, drone technology, and Geographic Information Systems are a few of the major services we provide. And more than ever, Latitude 33 serves clients in numerous sectors, including municipalities, private developers, hospitals, military, and educational institutions, to name a few. In this quarter, our newsletter features a few of our unique projects: a monastery, a world-class biotech research facility, and a crime lab.
Latitude 33's scope and capabilities are extensive—and growing. Thanks for being a part of our journey.
Latitude 33 Succeeds with Approval of Phap Vuong Monastery
The Phap Vuong Monastery's Major Use Permit was unanimously approved by the County of San Diego Planning Commission on June 21, 2019.
Latitude 33 Planning & Engineering recently had a long-anticipated success with the Phap Vuong Monastery. The Major Use Permit to allow for the construction and operation of a monastery was unanimously approved by the County of San Diego Planning Commission on June 21, 2019. Located at the southwest corner of Vista Avenue and North Ash Street in Escondido, the project is in the North County Metropolitan Subregional Plan Area.
The Phap Vuong Monastery will include a two-story, 8,272 square-foot religious assembly building, associated parking, and landscaping on seven (7) acres. The monastery will be open daily and host special events throughout the year. The beautiful new structure will feature meditation rooms, a kitchen, social room, and guest room on the first floor. The second floor will include four bedrooms and a sitting area for resident monks.
For this project, Latitude 33 provided both Planning and Engineering services, including continuous guidance and strategic advice to navigate the project through the entitlement process. With a number of design changes, the involvement of multiple municipalities, and solving issues with the sewer, the entitlement process was a six-year long process. Congratulations, Latitude 33 team, on this highly anticipated success!
UC San Diego's Center for Novel Therapeutics Now Open
The Center for Novel Therapeutics at UCSD opened in September.
On September 6, 2019, The Center for Novel Therapeutics (CNT) opened at UC San Diego. The $92 million facility, developed by a public-private partnership between UC San Diego and BioMed Realty, pairs the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center with local research organizations as they work together to find treatments for cancer. The new CNT is home to the first academic-industry drug discovery incubator in San Diego to accelerate scientific discovery and commercialization.
The 137,500-square-foot CNT facility fulfills an important part of the UCSD master plan for East Campus in the heart of UC San Diego's Science Research Park. Latitude 33's services included design/build services with innovative site design and water quality treatment systems to achieve the building's LEED Gold certification.
Other development team members for this project included: UC San Diego (owner), BioMed Realty (developer), McCarthy (general contractor), Perkins and Will (architect), LandLAB (landscape architect), EXP (Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing systems), and Coffman Engineers (structural engineer).
San Diego County Sheriff's Department Crime Laboratory Receives ENR Best Project Award of Merit
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department Crime Laboratory was named a Best Project of 2019 by ENR California.
We're very pleased that ENR Magazine named the San Diego County Sheriff's Department Crime Laboratory one of the Best Projects of 2019. The project was recognized with an "Award of Merit" in the "Green Project" category. This four-story crime lab features office space, laboratories, conference areas, training and interview rooms, two holding cells, a ballistics lab, and 60,000 sq. ft. of evidence storage in the waterproof basement. The project has achieved LEED Gold Certification for its numerous sustainable elements, including extensive daylighting, low-flow indoor plumbing, native plants with high-efficiency irrigation, and a photovoltaic solar array.
Congratulations to the development team: Lowe Enterprises, DPR Construction, SmithGroup, Lastras de Gertler Landscape Architects Inc., Dynalectric, AMC Mechanical, Degenkolb Engineers, Project Management Advisors Inc., Schuff Steel Co., and of course, Latitude 33's outstanding team of civil engineers and planners!
Matt Semic, PE Named a Finalist for the San Diego Business Journal's "40 Next Top Business Leaders Under 40"
Matt Semic, PE, Principal at Latitude 33 attends to the San Diego Business Journal's "40 Next Top Business Leaders Under 40" Awards Dinner on August 28, 2019.
Congratulations to Latitude 33's Principal, Matt Semic, PE for being a named a finalist in the San Diego Business Journal's 2019 "40 Next Top Business Leaders Under 40" awards program! The recognition comes as 2019 has been the most significant year thus far in Matt's career. His ability to lead a company and his civil engineering expertise are influencing some of San Diego's largest and most consequential real estate projects. His most notable developments are for UCSD and the County of San Diego, collectively valued at over $1 billion. Congratulations, Matt!
Latitude 33 Welcomes Mike Caughey, PLS
Mike Caughey, PLS is Latitude 33's newest professional surveyor.
Latitude 33 is thrilled to welcome Mike Caughey, PLS to the team. Mike is a professional surveyor with 22 years of progressive experience in surveying and civil design. He has extensive expertise in field surveying, boundary analysis, and preparation of survey maps and engineering plans. Mike joins Latitude 33 to strengthen the survey and mapping department services. He will assist Latitude 33's team with managing survey field crews, overseeing office mapping, and drone services. He will also play a pivotal role in expanding Latitude 33's in-house surveying services. Mike holds certificates in surveying and GIS, and FAA training. Welcome, Mike!
Sean Drake, P.E., QSD Returns to Latitude 33
Sean Drake, P.E., QSD has returned to Latitude 33, bringing his experience on nearly two-dozen NAVFAC SW projects.
Latitude 33 is pleased to announce that Project Manager Sean Drake, P.E., QSD has returned to Latitude 33. Sean has worked in the engineering field for 15 years. While he has experience in multiple project types, he has become an expert in military work, and is passionate about pursuing these projects. Since 2014, his experience has been in design and project management support for nearly two-dozen NAVFAC SW projects. Sean previously worked at Latitude 33 for four years, and has now returned to bring his military expertise to Latitude 33. We're so glad to have you back, Sean!
Latitude 33 Volunteers with Feeding San Diego
Latitude 33 Planning & Engineering and the ARRIVE San Diego Aviation Alliance partner together to volunteer at Feeding San Diego in August.
On Thursday, August 22, Latitude 33 partnered with the ARRIVE San Diego Aviation Alliance in volunteering at the Feeding San Diego warehouse. Established in 2007, Feeding San Diego is the leading hunger-relief organization in San Diego County. The organization feeds 63,000 people in San Diego each week.
For the volunteer event, Latitude 33 sorted apples, peaches, and nectarines to be offered in Feeding America's Mobile Pantry. Serving predominantly rural areas in the North and East Counties of San Diego, the Mobile Pantry delivers food to underserved neighborhoods that have a high incidence of poverty and lack transportation to reach grocery stores or other food sources. These farmer's market style distribution sites are offered across the County twice per month, often paired with nutritional education and other community resources.
Latitude 33 Enjoys a Day at the Races
On Sunday, August 11, Latitude 33 hosted our team and their families for a Day at the Races at the Del Mar Fairground. Latitude 33 employees and families had a great time mingling and getting an up-close look at the horses in action. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
Thank you for being a part of our planning and engineering family.
From the entire Latitude 33 team, enjoy fall!


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\subsection{Classification and clustering}

There is no need to use machine learning for shape classifications, it
is certainly possible to write an analyser function that checks the
slopes of the distributions and puts them into predefined shape classes.
However it turned out that this procedure is cumbersome, as it should
take into account bin-by-bin variations as well as more global
features of the $m_{hh}$ spectrum, and it is hard to extend to a larger
number of shape types.
Therefore, to avoid the bias introduced by the ``manual'' definition of the shape
types, and to find a more flexible classification  which
can be extended easily to more shape types,
we devised a different approach to the classification problem,
using unsupervised learning techniques.

We constructed a classification of the shapes of the $m_{hh}$
distribution into a given number of shape clusters, where we did not predefine what the clusters should look like.
For this purpose we used an autoencoder to find common patterns in the data.
The setup is implemented using {\sc Keras}~\cite{keras} and {\sc TensorFlow}~\cite{tensorflow}.
As input data we used 30 bins of width 20\,GeV for the normalised $m_{hh}$ distributions.
We trained a neural network based on a set of $10^5$ distributions,
produced by variations of the coupling parameters in ranges as specified below.

To reduce uncertainties, for example due to overfitting,
we produced ten different autoencoder models,
where for each model we picked $10^4$ random points from the training set for
validation.
The ten models all have the same goal,
but are starting from different training and validation sets and thus a different
initialisation of the weights.
We trained the autoencoder for each model over 10000 epochs using {\tt
  Adam}~\cite{Kingma:2014vow} as optimiser and the root mean square
error to define the loss function.
The ten different encoded training data sets are then fed to a
classification algorithm, where we employed the {\tt KMeans}
clustering algorithm from {\tt scikit-learn}~\cite{scikit}, asking for
a classification into a given number of clusters, where we
tested classifications into 4--8 clusters.
\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.8\linewidth]{plots/fourCls_all.png}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{plots/sevenCls_all.png}
  \caption{The clusters obtained by asking for a classification into
    four or
    seven shape types. The cluster centres obtained from 10 different
    encoder models are shown, in
    the colour codes used later to visualise the underlying parameter space.}
  \label{fig:KMeans7}
\end{figure}
Asking the {\tt KMeans} algorithm to find 4 and 7 clusters yielded the
shape types shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:KMeans7}.
The curves denote
the cluster centres determined by the  {\tt KMeans} algorithm, for
each of the ten encoder models.

One can see from Fig.~\ref{fig:KMeans7} that in the case of clustering
into four shape types, cluster 2 contains shapes which vary substantially.
In contrast, for seven shape types, the cluster centres obtained
from the ten different encoder models are quite similar.
Applying the procedure to 4--8 clusters revealed that seven clusters seemed to be the optimal number to
capture distinct shape features, while
defining more than seven clusters did not lead to useful additional features, but rather to the
tendency to focus on local minima in the clustering space.

To combine the results from the ten autoencoder models,  we adopted
the ``majority vote'' method, i.e. for each of the ten
outcomes, a given point in the coupling
parameter space gets a label (``vote'') corresponding to the cluster it belongs
to. The final cluster assigned to that point is the one which
collected the largest number of votes.

\clearpage
\section{Introduction}

\input{intro.tex}

\section{Parametrisation of anomalous couplings in the Higgs sector}

\input{procedure.tex}

\section{Shape classification and clustering}
\label{sec:classification}

\input{classification.tex}

\section{Parameter space underlying the clusters}

\input{results.tex}

\section{Conclusions}

We have identified shape clusters for the Higgs boson pair invariant
mass distribution $m_{hh}$ based on an unsupervised machine learning approach.
Using these clusters we investigated how anomalous couplings in the
Higgs sector affect the shape of the $m_{hh}$ distribution.
We found that the trilinear coupling $c_{hhh}$ and an effective $t\bar{t}hh$
coupling, $c_{tt}$, have the largest influence on the shape, while variations of the top Yukawa
coupling and effective gluon-Higgs couplings in the experimentally
allowed ranges have a smaller shape-changing effect.
As the SM-like shape is not very robust against variations of $c_{hhh}$,
combined information about the shape of the $m_{hh}$
spectrum and the total cross section has some potential to reveal
New Physics effects at the High-Luminosity-LHC.

\section*{Acknowledgements}
We would like to thank Gerhard Buchalla, Alejandro Celis, Long Chen,
Victor Diaz, Stephan Jahn, Stephen P.~Jones, Matthias Kerner, Gionata
Luisoni, Ludovic Scyboz and Johannes Schlenk for collaboration on
Higgs boson pair production and for useful discussions.
This research was supported in part by the COST Action CA16201
(`Particleface') of the European Union and
by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under Germany's
Excellence Strategy EXC-2094-390783311.

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Küçüksu Sarayı - Small palace
Küçüksu Palace is a palace situated in Küçüksu neighbourhood of Beykoz district, at the Asian shore of Bosphorus between Anadoluhisarı and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge today. The tiny palace was used by Ottoman sultans for short stays during country excursions and hunting.
The palace was commissioned by Sultan Abd-ul-Mejid (1823-1861), and designed and constructed by the Armenian-Turkish architects Garabet Amira Balyan and his son Nigoğayos Balyan in baroque style. A two storey timber palace on the waterfront here, built during the reign of Mahmud I (1696- 1754), by his Grand Vizier Divittar Mehmed Pasha and continued to be used by Selim III (1761-1808) and Mahmud II (1785-1839), gave place to the new palace, which was completed in 1857.
The building consists of two main stories and a basement on a ground area of 15 x 27 m. Unlike other palace gardens with high walls; its garden is surrounded by cast iron railings with one gate at each of the four side. The basement was provided for kitchen, larder and quarters for servants. The above floors reflect the design of a traditional Turkish house so that four rooms in the corners surround a hall in the middle. The rooms at the waterfront have two fireplaces while other rooms having only one. The fireplaces were made out of colorful marble brought from Italy. The rooms have crystal chandeliers from Bohemia. The curtains, the coatings of the furniture and the fine carpets were woven in Hereke. The halls and the rooms exhibit valuable paintings and arts objects. Sechan, stage designer at Vienna State Opera, was charged for the decoration of the interior.
During the reign of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz (1830-1876), more elaborate decoration was added to the façade. Some of the original additional buildings in the garden of the palace were demolished since then. In the beginning of the Republican era, the site was used as a state guesthouse for some years. After a thoroughly restoration in 1944, Küçüksu Palace is open to the public as a museum today. (Location: İstanbul, 20 Aug 06)
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Number of unique downloaders, in descending order, here are the ten most downloaded episodes of Toronto Mike'd in 2015. A download here is either a literal download or a stream via the site, iTunes or other podcast aggregator.
There's often little correlation between quality and popularity. These are the popular episodes, but not my personal favourites.
I push the Retrontario one whenever I recommend the podcast. Really stood out for me too.
I just download as mp3 and I did listen to Retrontario.
As for the list, I listened to 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9. Maybe I listened to Marsden (1) but I can't remember for sure.
Retrontario was awesome. I have to have him back.
What the fk!? This list is bogus, something is way out of wack with your metrics! No Elvis? Fking criminal.
Mike, any chance you could try and get Andy Frost? Think he would have a good chance making the top 10 list next year!
I love suggestions like that. Andy Frost would be great, and I will ask him soon!


Assists the University in retaining Asian Pacific American students through direct service and support and by providing programs that foster cultural awareness on campus and in the Fort Collins community.
Assist students who identify as or with the African American culture with their transition to Colorado State University and throughout their academic career by providing support and encouragement for their academic, professional, cultural, and personal development. We strive to provide a "family-like" support system made up of faculty, staff and student organizations that help students succeed.
Assist students who identify as Hispanic, Chicana/o, Mexican American, and Latina/o students in their academics, cultural, professional and personal pursuits through programs and services.
Assists the University in retention of Native American students through services and programs that support students' cultural, academic, professional, and personal development. Offer programs to increase awareness and appreciation of American Indian culture on campus and in the community.
Provides support services for GLBT students and allies of the CSU community. The office initiates, coordinates and provides educational materials, programs and professional development opportunities for all Colorado State University students, faculty and staff members on GLBT issues to help enhance a campus environment that welcomes all students, faculty and staff. Also remove that the office provides counseling.
Provides services and accommodations to ensure students with disabilities are afforded equal access to all University programs and activities for which a student is qualified to benefit or participate. Enrolled students with mobility, visual, hearing, and learning disabilities are qualified for support, as well as students with chronic health conditions.
Provides services and programs with women as the focus. Serves all students — undergraduate and graduate, women and men, faculty and staff, and community members. Offers programs to expand awareness and interest levels of students, while creating conditions that allow both women and men students to share fully and equally in the many University opportunities and resources.
Outreach Programming – Feminist Thought & Activism Conference, Survivor support and healing groups, podcasts, etc.


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Юлиус Баб (; 11 декабря 1880, Берлин, Германия, — 12 февраля 1955, Рослин-Хайтс, Нью-Йорк, США) — немецкий театральный критик и драматург, представитель берлинского модернизма, один из основателей Культурного союза германских евреев.

Биография

Был сыном торговца Элькана Баба и его жены Фанни, урожденной Херрман. Учился в берлинской Асканийской гимназии, где, в частности, познакомился с будущим писателем Генрихом Эдуардом Якобом. В 1902—1905 годах Баб изучал в Берлине и Цюрихе германистику, философию и историю. В 1905—1913 годах был одним из основных сотрудников своего близкого друга, журналиста и театрального критика Зигфрида Якобсона, издававшего журнал Schaubühne (позднее — Die Weltbühne), а также сотрудничал как писатель, драматург и театральный критик и с другими берлинскими изданиями. Был тесно связан с берлинским театром «Фольксбюне», в 1923—1932 годах издавал «Драматургические листки» этого театра. Преподавал в театральной школе Макса Рейнхардта.

В 1933 году после прихода нацистов к власти все книги Баба были включены в список книг, подлежащих сожжению. Вскоре он стал одним из основателей Культурного союза германских евреев, и вплоть до его роспуска в 1938 году руководил отделом постановок и тесно сотрудничал с отделом драматургии.

В том же году иммигрировал через Францию в США. В 1951 году побывал в Германии в рамках лекционного турне.

Был женат на Элизабет Лоос (1878—1963); у супругов родилось трое детей: Бьорн, Урсула и Барбара.

Избранные сочинения
 Fortinbras oder Der Kampf des 19. Jahrhunderts mit dem Geist der Romantik. Sechs Reden. — Berlin, 1914.
 Die deutsche Kriegslyrik 1914—1918. — Stettin, 1920.
 (gem. mit Willi Handl): Wien und Berlin: Vergleichende Kulturgeschichte der beiden deutschen Hauptstädte. — Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, 1926.
 Richard Dehmel. Die Geschichte eines Lebenswerkes. — Leipzig, 1926.
 Das Theater der Gegenwart, 1928.
 Die Devrients. Geschichte einer Theaterfamilie, 1932.
 Rembrandt und Spinoza. Ein Doppelbildnis im deutsch-jüdischen Raum. — Berlin: Philo-Verlag, 1934.
 Leben und Tod des deutschen Judentums. Essays, Briefe und vita emigrationis, 1939. — Berlin: Argon-Verlag, 2002.

Издания на русском языке
 Бернар Шоу, как писатель и художник. — М.: Современные проблемы, 1911.

Редакторские работы
 1914. Der Deutsche Krieg im Deutschen Gedicht. — Band 1. — Berlin o.J.

Примечания

Литература
 Bab, Ilse. Julius Bab — Kritik im Dienste des Theaters. // EMUNA. Horizonte zur Diskussion über Israel und das Judentum. — Heft 1. — Frankfurt am Main. — Jan./Feb. 1974. — S. 38-46.
 Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, AG (Hg.). Reichshandbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft. — Bd. 1. — Berlin, 1931.
 Rogge-Gau, Sylvia. Julius Bab und der Jüdische Kulturbund. — Berlin: Metropol, 1999. — ISBN 3-932482-14-X.

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Those Present : Pat Arthur, Rob Roberts, Geoff Cowie, Bernard Kaye, Dave Flacks, Barbara Serres, Julia Dearing, Ric Dearing, Gareth Thomas, John Hampson, David Stevenson, Liz Stevenson, Dawn Herbert, John Herbert, Jean Keen, Dave Keen, Pauline Rudolph, John Rudolph, Liz Commins, Mark Weeks, John Griffith, Rekha Gatfield, Jill Oddie, Mike Greatbach, Chris Pope, Chris Raymond, Barry Jones, Angus Clarke, Sally Clarke, Paul Roberts, Julian Merrill, Richard Alcock.
1 Apologies. Apologies were received from Bob Pitts, George Eakin, Ted Revely, Al Stephenson, Joan King, Paul Holt and Andy Prothero.
4 Chairman's Report. The Chairman, Paul Roberts, read his report, a copy of which is attached to these minutes and which will be available on the county web site. As suggested at the 2012 AGM, Paul also read out a list of some notable successes achieved by county players in the last year (also attached).
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For the decisions taken, please see item 7.3 A below.
5 Secretary's Report. There was nothing to report except that the M&CBA constitution, as modified in line with the EBU's requirements at the last AGM, has been sent to the EBU.
The Treasurer distributed the audited Accounts (attached) which showed a profit for the year of £411.
Mike Greatbach suggested that the cash in hand, amounting to more than £12 500 was more than necessary. The surplus could be absorbed by reducing the pay‐to‐play rate from 4p. to 0. Another suggestion was to reduce the entry fees to county events.
The Chairman pointed out that the county has offered to use the reserves to help clubs with their development, but that no proposals have been received to date. He asked Mike Greatbach to make a proposal in writing that the Executive committee will consider at the next meeting.
 County Youth Officer. In spite of serious efforts, notably by Simon Whitehouse, himself a teacher, no progress has been made in developing the game in schools. There are also no candidates for the post of County Youth Officer and the Chairman asked whether anyone knew of someone who would be prepared to visit schools to try to arrange teaching and/or playing sessions. Help is available both from the EBU and the county but Simon had been met with apathy or antipathy when he had contacted schools. The secretary will write to the EBU to obtain a list of qualified teachers in the M&CBA region.
 Vice‐Presidents –Jean Keen suggested that Dave Keen should be elected in view of his contributions to the county, notably as secretary to the selection committee. The following were elected : Doris Coltman, Erika Slatcher, Adrian Fontes, Chris Wentworth, Dawn Herbert, Liz Stevenson , Ted Reveley, Jean Keen, Julia Dearing and Dave Keen.
 EBU Shareholders – In line with the Chairman's proposal and with the President's agreement, the two EBU shareholders will be, ex officio, the Chairman and vice‐Chairman, currently Paul Roberts and John Hampson. The Chairman emphasised that the President, Grattan Endicott, who was previously one of the shareholders does not wish to continue but that he is entitled to attend all shareholders' meetings by virtue of his position within the EBU.
 Webmaster – Barbara Serres. Jean Keen having expressed her wish to stand down at the AGM, has been working with Barbara Serres to ensure a smooth changeover.
A Selection Committee – Dave Keen wished to stand down as Chairman and John Griffith had indicated that he was not seeking re‐election. It was decided that the committee should consist of 9 members. A secret ballot was held and the following were elected: Dave Keen, Geoff Cowie, John Hampson, Chris Pope, Alan Stephenson, Ted Reveley, Liz Commins, Barbara Serres, Dave Flacks. It was agreed that John Hampson would act as interim Chairman and would convene the first meeting of this committee. At that meeting, a Chairman would be elected and all of the many and various points brought up in the debate would be considered.
The Chairman presented the Cheshire salver to Barbara Serres.
Jean Keen read out an email (see below) from Mary Stanley, a member of the Dublin team who had recently played a match against the county, expressing her thanks.
Thank you and Dave and, indeed, everyone, for such a wonderful weekend. Each time I bump into one of my teammates in our various clubs, there is reminiscing and laughter, and genuine pleasure and appreciation. I simply had to drop you a line to tell you that.
I am so sorry I missed the dinner on the last night which I gather was great fun. I loved all the other meals and know the amount of work that went in to making this such a brilliant weekend.
There being no other business, the meeting finished with a (moderate) tasting of the excellent wines brought by Julian Merrill while looking at a prototype of the new County website. This was greatly appreciated by all.
First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who has supported our County's bridge activities over the past year, whether by serving on one of our committees, undertaking a specific role, organising an event, or simply playing in a County event.
 Angus Clark has resigned as County Secretary, and also from being one of our two Shareholders.
Both people have worked very hard in support of our County Association for many years, and I am sure everyone will share my appreciation for all their efforts.
I'd like to thank Richard and Barbara for volunteering to take over these key positions. I understand that they will be happy to continue in these posts if elected at the AGM.
Many other Counties appoint their Chairman as an "ex officio" Shareholder. Subject of course to the willingness of the incumbent, I would recommend this approach for M&CBA.
Our other shareholder has – for many years – been our President, Grattan Endicott, but in recent years he hasn't been able to attend many shareholders' meetings. Since he is entitled to attend almost all EBU meetings, including those of shareholders, in his own right as an EBU Vice President, he has told us he is happy to stand down as a MCBA shareholder. I would therefore suggest that – for continuity ‐ there would be merit in electing our current Vice Chairman as our second shareholder.
 Phil Nuttall (of Deva BC) is now our County Club representative.
Unfortunately we have not succeeded in identifying anyone willing to take up the key role of County Youth Officer.
I have also just heard that Dave Keen has decided not to seek re‐election as Chairman/Secretary of the Selection Committee. Dave has worked very hard in this role, and I doubt there are many people who are aware of the extent of his efforts in organising the many different teams that the County puts out each year, so I am really sorry that he has decided not to continue in this role.
Perhaps in the future the Selection Committee might consider some way of spreading the load – with different individuals organising teams for different events: The Dublin match, the Derby match, and the County Trials might all be candidates, though it might be more difficult to share the organisation of the Northern League between several people.
At last year's AGM it was agreed that it would be desirable to recognise the successes of our players as individuals, pairs or teams. Unfortunately we haven't established a mechanism for logging such successes, beyond those reported in the County newsletter, so I apologise if the attached list misses out your own achievements.
 The EBU plan to form a "Charitable Incorporated Organisation". As I understand it, this will take over those EBU activities which are accepted as fitting within the auspices of a Charity. The remaining activities will continue to operate outside the Charity.
 They have produced a strategic plan "Bidding for the Future" – a number of copies are available here, for anyone who would like to peruse them. There is an EBU County Chairmen's meeting on 26 June, at which I – if re‐elected as Chairman – am happy to raise any questions or concerns.
 The EBU are planning some – relatively minor – changes to the alerting and announcing rules. Again, I've got a few copies here if anyone wants to look at them. These seem pretty sensible and non‐contentious to me, but I'm not entirely clear how/when they are to be implemented.
Selection for top teams in any sport is never easy, and is not helped by the fact that no‐one can ever prove whether it is correct: However well a selected team does, it may be thought other players would have done even better; however badly, there can be no certainty that others would not have produced even worse results.
In the Westmoreland Swiss Pairs that took place on Sept. 30th, Bernard Kaye and Roger Waddington finished equal second, on the same score as Neil Thomas, who was partnering Sue Richmond of Lancashire.
David Stevenson and Liz Commins won the LCBA October green-pointed pairs event.
John Hampson and Julian Merrill have an excellent record in the EBU Seniors' Congress. Last year they won the A' final of the pairs event from a very good field. This year they managed a very creditable 5th in the A' final and then went on to achieve success in the Swiss teams, finishing 2nd with teammates Barry and Barbara Stoker from Surrey.
M&CBA players had a lot of success at the Blackpool end of Year congress with pride of place going to David Stevenson, Liz Commins and Paddy Murphy, who with Tracy Capal of Manchester won the Swiss teams.
Well done also to Margaret Howe and David Burrows, who won a prize in the Swiss pairs as the highest placed category B pair.
Julian Merrill and Joan Marray, together with Jean and Peter Hand of North Wales/Manchester, reached the final of the Cambria Cup where they lost to a very strong team from South Wales.
for what was a lively meeting.
on Thursday 19th June (TBC) at a venue to be agreed.
PLEASE TRY not to wait until the last minute to declare any intention to stand down from office, to put forward any new ideas or to volunteer your help and/or advice concerning any part of the County administration or the organisation of County events etc.
IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF ANY PROPOSALS, NOMINATIONS etc.


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FILE PHOTO: Oil pump jacks at sunset near Midland, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jessica Lutz/File Photo
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies including Russia, a group known as OPEC+, could approve deeper crude output cuts when they meet in Vienna this week.
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Oil prices had been held back by the uncertainty over prospects for a trade deal between the United States and China. The dispute between the world's two biggest economies has weakened the global economy and limited oil demand growth.
Wall Street's main indexes rose for the first time in four sessions, following a report that the United States and China were moving closer to signing a phase-one trade deal.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that trade talks with China were going "very well," sounding more positive than he did a day earlier when he said a deal may have to wait until after the 2020 election.
"While we are starting to see signs of life in the global economic recovery, slowing demand could easily warrant an OPEC surprise this week," said Edward Moya, a senior market analyst at OANDA in New York.
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Fitch Solutions said oil prices are likely to fall next year as oil supplies keep rising, outweighing any pickup in growth. It predicted Brent crude will drop to an average of $62 a barrel in 2020 and $58 in 2021, from a $64 average this year.
Reporting by Devika Krishna Kumar; Additional reporting by Stephanie Kelly in New York, Noah Browning in London and Aaron Sheldrick; Editing by David Gregorio and Lisa Shumaker


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8:00 p.m.: Dancing With the Stars (12.5/19 HH rating/share, 19.98M viewers, 4.1/10 A18-49 rating/share).
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NBC followed in fourth place for the evening with a 3.5/5 household rating/share, 5.600 million viewers and a 1.9/5 rating/share among adults 18-49.
8:00 p.m.: Chuck (3.1/5 HH rating/share, 5.35M viewers, 1.9/5 A18-49 rating/share).
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10:00 p.m.: Chase (3.3/5 HH rating/share, 5.00M viewers, 1.5/4 A18-49 rating/share).
The CW finished in fifth place for the evening with a 1.2/2 household rating/share, 1.806 million viewers and a 0.9/2 rating/share among adults 18-49.
8:00 p.m.: 90210 (1.2/2 HH rating/share, 1.81M viewers, 0.9/2 A18-49 rating/share).
9:00 p.m.: Gossip Girl (1.2/2 HH rating/share, 1.80M viewers, 0.9/2 A18-49 rating/share).
Notes: Network average numbers from the week prior are based on preliminary data. Comparisons from the week prior (or episode-to-episode, etc.) on specific shows are based on final national data. Ratings for the current day are based on preliminary data. (Expect all three scenarios to be the case at all times, unless otherwise noted). The final numbers for first-run episodes that aired this evening will be reported the following week. So for example, the final numbers for tonight's episode of "Two and a Half Men" will be reported in next weeks report for Monday, October 18, 2010. Also keep in mind that because these are preliminary numbers, when the finals are released there may be noticeable changes.


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