It is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to Ship Galeb and "At a Standstill" exhibition.
The City of Rijeka and Galeb share a long common history. Galeb, at the time named Kiebitz and sailing under German flag, sunk on November 25, 1944 in the allied attack on the Port of Rijeka at whose bottom it rested until 1948. A frequent visitor to Rijeka during its twenty-seven years of service as Marshal Tito's presidential yacht, at the end of the 1990s, Galeb sailed into Rijeka's Viktor Lenac Shipyard where its then owner intended to turn it into a luxury yacht that would be made available to tourists. Unfavorable financial circumstances, however, did not allow the renovation to take place, and due to the ship's deteriorating condition as well as taking into consideration the ship's historical and cultural value, on October 10, 2006 the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia declared Galeb Croatia's cultural good. At the time Galeb's overall state was a cause of concern as certain parts of the ship's interior were severely threatened and the ship was in the danger of sinking. Thus, in June 2007 Croatia's Ministry of Culture issued a warning to its then owners, Liberia based Placid Sea S.A., and drew their attention to the need of undertaking immediate measures of protection of this cultural good and preventing its further decline. However, the owners remained silent. In accordance with the Act of Protection and Preservation of Cultural Goods, the Ministry of Culture concluded that the owners do not provide adequate care for Galeb and that this invaluable cultural good was in danger of further damage and destruction. Taking into consideration that Galeb was now in the area under the administration of the City of Rijeka, in December 2007 City Council declared the City of Rijeka's Department of Culture the ship's temporary guardian and committed to take the necessary measures aimed at the preservation and protection of this cultural good at the owners' expense. In order to save Galeb from further deterioration, in 2008, thanks to the finances made available from the Preservation of Monuments Fund and on the grounds of conditions issued by the Ministry of Culture's Department of Conservation in Rijeka, the ship underwent immediate repairs, and in 2009, after the City of Rijeka was declared the owner of the cultural good Galeb, in cooperation with the Conservation Department and in accordance with the opinion issued by Croatian Register of Shipping, the works on the necessary repairs of all the leakages on the ship's hull and decks resumed in January 2010.
Galeb's glory days when in its salons Tito, Nehru and Nasser drafted the Non-Allied Movement and when it was home to leading statesmen, scientists and artists of the world during its visits to twenty-nine ports on three continents have not passed. They are the capital Galeb's future rests on. After its thorough renovation conducted in accordance with the ship's original design and the modern needs, as well as museological and naval standards, Galeb is envisioned as a museum and a memorial center. Regardless of whether it will remain at dock in the Port of Rijeka and serve as a museum and a conference center where its rich history and maritime qualities will be made available to public or whether it will, in cooperation with a strategic partner, be renewed to a sailing condition and, aside from spending the three months a year in the port with its exhibition open to public, cruise the seas as a tourist ship and a sailing museum, Galeb's active life is still ahead of us. Following this strategy, the project of "At a Standstill" allows for a specific view of Galeb's contextual and special advantages for high-quality presentation of visual art, while the curatorial concept of the exhibition boldly faces the complexity and multitude of meanings Galeb evokes in the consciousness of the citizens of Croatia, the region and the world. Yet again Galeb stands at one of its many new beginnings.


TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford visited the Sunnybrook Veterans Centre, where he planted the first of many Canadian flags on the grounds, honouring the resident veterans.
"Generations of Canadians volunteered to protect our country and our way of life during some of the darkest chapters in history," said Ford. "For keeping our country safe through your valour and sacrifice, we will be forever indebted to you."
And soon, tabling legislation to ease the burden on Ontario's Royal Canadian Legion halls by ensuring they pay no property tax, benefiting more than 270 Legion halls across Ontario.
"We're doing what we can to show our gratitude and respect to the heroes who still walk among us today," said Ford.


With legs in stainless steel and a glass top, the V range mixes modernity and futurism. The range comprehends coffee tables, dining tables, bookcases, TV stands and side tables, all available in black or white glass. The V range is also ideal for reduced spaces thanks to its V shaped legs in the middle of the table that allow saving more space than the traditional four legged tables.


"Own It," originally published in 2017 in Ireland (where Foran is based), is a self-help book in which Foran outlines the strategies she has used to cope with her own anxiety. It's fairly easy to read, filled with tips and chapter summaries on dealing with anxiety, and as such, may be especially useful for busy college students (who are no strangers to stress and anxiety).
Foran draws attention to the fact that most people expect anxiety to be the result of something visible and immediate — a stressor or the aftermath of a major traumatic life event. She notes, however, that anxiety can also be a slow build-up — the result of which can rear its head many years down the line. It's a "deeper, quieter stress that erodes your ability to keep your sh*t together," she writes.
Foran chronicles her own struggles with anxiety, which started off manifesting with a "dodgy tummy" as a teen. As a young adult, her anxiety continued to creep up on her — even despite external achievements — before bursting into full bloom and leaving her to crash.
The cornerstone of her journey with anxiety has been cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, which she recommends as a fundamental tool for "owning" one's anxiety. The trick, she explains, is not necessarily to look for workarounds to avoid one's anxiety — but rather, to modify the way one looks at anxiety itself and one's relationship with anxiety. In fact, she notes, anxiety can drive one toward a better work ethic and provide self-awareness and awareness of others. In short, we need to make anxiety work for us rather than letting it drive us.
Foran also discusses other strategies for taking control of anxiety, such as changing one's lifestyle, exercise and sleeping habits, each of which directly impacts one's health and mental well-being. She also points to practices borrowed from ancient Eastern philosophy such as mindfulness, meditation and yoga breathing. In addition to that, there are methods that include positive affirmations, music, simply getting out in nature and prudent social media habits. Many of these things may seem like common sense in today's world, but, ironically, we often resort to them only when in crisis.
It is commendable that Foran has been able to make use of these techniques and strategies to not only identify her issues but also face them head on and overcome her anxiety. Her story is one that is worth telling — a story of successfully overcoming obstacles. It is not an easy journey by any means, and her work in this book cannot be discounted. The strategies in the book, however, are not revolutionary, since other authors have also delved into many of these strategies used to address mental health issues.
The reality for many with anxiety and other mood disorders is that they require not just knowledge about these strategies but also access to the right resources at the right time and place (not to mention at the right price). This is not a journey that one can undertake alone. Therapy is a very people-oriented profession, which means that there is variation between therapists offering the same service. For some, effective treatment requires that a number of things come together, such as the right amount of support from friends and family and access to a qualified and affordable CBT therapist as well as to qualified doctors if the medication route is necessary. Even alternative therapies have to be taught by effective practitioners. So while Foran's book is a good starting point, the task of making your anxiety work for you is not an easy one.
While the book is a good read for students, it's important to take a holistic approach to tackling mental health issues. For students here at UC Berkeley, the Tang Center offers mindfulness classes, workshops, sessions with counselors and other classes to help you deal with stress, anxiety and other mental health issues of both the everyday kind and more significant ones.
Contact Hari Srinivasan at [email protected].


There are functions to be used in Windows 10 that are more obvious and easy to find, other useful and very specific functions remain hidden in the system settings. Even those who are quite experienced could find surprises in this article of hidden features of Windows 10, especially because every time Microsoft has added them without too much publicity. These are less obvious, more hidden features of Windows 10 , sometimes to be activated manually, which make the Microsoft system more and more different from its predecessors and increasingly convincing.
Microsoft added the delay function in the capture tool. Open the capture tool by looking it up in the Start menu and try pressing the Delay button to take a screenshot of the screen after 1 or 5 seconds.
In Windows 10 you can also make screenshots and save screen images in a special folder within Images directly by pressing the Windows and Stamp keys.
Windows 10 allows you not to view the data consumed by you in the last 30 days and also to set a limit to the data traffic for a network set as a consumption connection, so as not to exceed the thresholds of subscription. To know how to do, refer to the guide on how to use the consumer connection in Windows 10, when and why .
If you work at night, the blue light emission of the screen can disturb and even disturb your sleep. The night light function of Windows 10 allows you to view warmer colors, tending to yellow, that tireless. This function can be activated in Settings> System> Screen , where it is also possible to have it activated automatically at sunset or at the scheduled time.
Windows 10 includes a function to record the game-play of video games on PC. When playing a game, if a video card is supported on the PC, a screen recording bar appears. We talked about this feature, much improved after the latest updates, in the guide to the Games Bar in Windows 10 to record the screen .
If you work by writing to the computer this is the most appreciated function. Before this function was added to Windows 10, if you copied and pasted a text twice, the second copy overwrote the previous one, so to paste the copied text first you had to find it again and press the Copy key again. If you can recall the notes, however, you can have a copy and paste history to use them at different times. To use it, just press the Windows-V keys together, as explained in the guide on how to use the clipboard history in Windows 10 with PC synchronization .
If you use a portable PC, you can configure the behavior of the touch-pad within the settings of Windows 10 without having to use a specific manufacturer program. The options are found from the Start menu under Settings -> Devices . You can therefore also disable the touch-pad when a mouse is connected so as not to annoy the commands.
Windows 10 improves screen resizing them in Windows 8.1 and allows you to set an independent DPI level for each connected screen. This is convenient if you have a high-resolution device and other external low-resolution monitor, to give everyone the right sizing. Previously, all connected displays had the same DPI setting. These options are in Settings -> System -> Screen . To get more configuration, select the " advanced screen settings " and select " advanced resizing of text and other elements " and click on the blue " Set a custom resizing level " blue link in the old control panel.
In the settings of Windows 10 there is a section dedicated to the connection with the Telephone. The guide to connect the Windows 10 PC and the smartphone with "Continue on PC" (Android and iPhone) explains in detail all that can be done. Thanks to the app " Your phone ", recently introduced in Windows 10, you can then read and send SMS from Windows 10 and even photos in the memory of the connected Android smartphone. With this Windows 10 Photo app you can quickly copy photos from smart phones to PCs via WiFi .
Go to the System section and then on Storage, press on a disk to explore how it is used by the files inside and to graphically discover which file types take up more space and which folders. In this same settings screen, you can also activate the Memory Sensor function to keep free disk space .
It has been improved in Windows 10 with several more options, becoming much easier and productive in the work. Especially, it is possible to enlarge the text and display the row and column numbers.


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Avenger....what's with that
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ok so it's been a while since i last posted....i feel like i'm confessing....but here's the thing.....my dream car was my 1969 Dodge Dart GT and ever since i've been looking for a viable replacement.....checked out the charger....gag.....and yesterday i checked out the avenger....double gag....what's with the 300 styling?....they all look the same....i'm going to be 50 next year and i really want to buy myself another dream car.....is the challenger really in the works for 2008? and if so...where is it?
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From what I understand it will be introduced in March-April area of 2008. BTW, welcome to the site!
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The Avenger styling looks blah.. but it would be a decent get-around car though.
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Overall, I like the Avenger except for them using the EGJ version of the 3.5L instead of the EGG H.O. version of the 3.5L and their choice to deny the new 6-speed automatic the Variable Line Pressure system to improve performance, fuel economy, and reliability. They should make this new 6-speed standard on all trim levels to give it a competitive advantage in fuel mileage and potentially performance, and replace the 2.7L with the more reliable 3.3L OHV.
I like the exterior styling; however, I can see your point as well. It appeals only to a particular audience which is more likely to be interested in the Charger. If they intend to compete with only two car divisions, they need to diversify their line-up's styling. I think the best thing Chrysler Group could do is style the Avenger as they did the original to follow the Viper's theme. This will allow them to appeal to the type that prefers arrow dynamic looking models. Also the interior needs the soft dash materials that can be found in the current minivan line-up. That stuff is very soft and does not look cheap as the hard plastics do currently.
I actually like the avenger. If this had come out when my Neon was killed, I might have opted for this and been happy until the Challenger came out. I don't like the one that replaced the neon.
I don't like the Caliber either. It doesn't fulfill the economy car segment at 32 mpg for the best fuel economy and the Hornet insults me that it will be built by Chery.[:@][:@][:@][:'(][:'(][:'(][:'(][:'(]. When I am buying a Chrysler product, I want a real CHRYSLER PRODUCT not just the badging.
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This video provides information about How to Create Multiple Stores with Different Content for Magento Website?
One of Magento's greatest strengths is its capabilities for scaling to support multi-store and multi-language retailing all from the same backend.
Now we create the store view which is the interface that the customer will be able to access on the frontend. Click the "Create Store View" button in System – Manage Stores.
Catalog – Manage Products – Edit the existing product – Left top side – Choose Store view – From the drop down box select your store view.
Untick the store view box besides the content area on the right side and edit the content. The content cannot be changes for the attribute area marked as global. To edit it, you will need to change the 'Global' for the attributes in manage attributes.
So similarly you can create different CMS blocks and category. And can create different page for the different store view and can build on your own the complete new store with a different language and content.


When I got this book a few months ago I still wasn't sure if I considered myself "a runner" yet, so I wasn't exactly sure what I would get out of a book called, "The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life".
The book is written by Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon and editor of Runner's World magazine. My initial thought was that whatever life lessons Burfoot, an elite runner and Boston Marathon winner, got from running probably weren't going to apply to the beginner runner (much less someone who wasn't even sure if they were a runner!). The book takes you through 15 "life lessons"…and I immediately identified with each one of them! Hmmm, maybe I was a runner! And as I read I stopped thinking of Burfoot as "an elite runner and Boston Marathon winner" and began to thinking of him as just "a runner".
There is something for every runner in this book and I've found myself continually going back to it to reference the many quotes I highlighted as I read through it. It's a simple but enjoyable book that shows us that the essential traits of a runner, or really anyone working towards accomplishing a goal, are the same.
Lesson 8, Losing – "I have learned that there is no failure in running, or in life, as long as you keep moving. It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped.


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Even With COVID-19 Cases, Suing Cruise Lines Is 'Extraordinarily Difficult'
The coronavirus-stricken Grand Princess cruise ship docked in San Francisco, Calif., on April 7, 2020.
The last cruise ship carrying passengers finally docked this week. On Tuesday, the Costa Deliziosa disembarked passengers in Genoa, Italy, allowing more than 1,500 people to return home after a 113-day voyage.
Under an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it will be another three months — at least — until cruise ships will once again be able to sail from U.S. ports. In the meantime, cruise lines are dealing with a host of lawsuits filed by passengers and crew who accuse the companies of negligence in exposing them to the coronavirus.
Florida attorney Debi Chalik first became aware of the cases of the coronavirus on the Grand Princess because her parents were aboard. "When I found out their ship was coming back early because of an outbreak of COVID-19, I was really enraged, very upset about the way everything was handled," she said.
Two people died and more than 100 tested positive for the coronavirus on the cruise ship, which was kept at sea for several days before authorities allowed it to dock in Oakland, Calif., on March 9. Chalik represents at least 36 clients who she said were exposed to the virus because of Princess Cruises' negligence. The company allowed more than 2,000 passengers to board, without warning them about an outbreak on the previous voyage, she said. More than 60 passengers from that trip stayed onboard, potentially spreading the virus.
Chalik also represents passengers who were on another cruise ship hit hard by the coronavirus, the Ruby Princess. One of the cases is a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of family members of 64-year-old Chung Chen, who contracted the virus and died after returning home. The Ruby Princess sailed out of Sydney, Australia, on March 8 after an outbreak of COVID-19 on the previous voyage.
Princess Cruises "certainly had the knowledge that this was very dangerous," Chalik said. "They dealt with the outbreak in Asia with the Diamond Princess." Eight people died on that ship and more than 700 tested positive for the coronavirus in early February.
The company said it doesn't comment on pending litigation. But it released a statement: "Princess Cruises has been sensitive to the difficulties the COVID-19 outbreak has caused to our guests and crew. Our response throughout this process has focused on the well-being of our guests and crew within the parameters dictated to us by the government agencies involved and the evolving medical understanding of this new illness."
Several lawsuits have been filed against Princess and other cruise lines. In Florida, attorneys have filed suit against the Costa line for deaths aboard the Costa Luminosa, another ill-fated ship that was denied entry at some ports after an outbreak of COVID-19.
As in the other cases, attorneys allege the company hid from passengers that people on an earlier voyage had symptoms of COVID-19. Another lawsuit in Miami seeks class-action status for employees of Celebrity Cruises who say the company didn't provide proper protective gear and needlessly exposed them to the virus.
Suing a cruise line for these types of cases is extraordinarily difficult.
Spencer Aronfeld, a lawyer with several pending coronavirus cases, said, "Suing a cruise line for these types of cases is extraordinarily difficult." That's because cruise lines enjoy a number of protections. They're not U.S. companies and not subject to health and safety regulations like the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
"The only way to really hold them responsible in a courtroom is to show a judge and a jury that their actions were unreasonable under the circumstances, and that's a very loose term," Aronfeld said. He and other attorneys will make the case that cruise lines ignored information about the pandemic and were negligent in failing to warn passengers.
A major factor protecting cruise lines is the ticketing agreements each passenger signs, which limit how and where lawsuits can be filed. Aronfeld said companies also benefit from maritime laws written decades ago.
"One of the classics," as he called it, is the Death on the High Seas Act. It's a century-old law that limits the amount a family can recover for funeral expenses and lost income. It applies to any deaths that occur from events that happen more than three miles offshore. "One of the challenges we're going to have," Aronfeld said, "is to find out exactly where the ship was when that passenger contracted the virus."
Martin Davies, an expert on maritime law at Tulane University, expects cruise lines to cite the Death on the High Seas Act when asking the courts to limit awards. He said, "If I were advising the plaintiffs, I'd be advising them to say that the wrongful act occurred onshore, with the failure to screen passengers before they got onboard."
Davies said perhaps the biggest challenge for people suing the cruise lines are the uncertainties and lack of information about the coronavirus. "The science behind how it's spread and how it could have been prevented is just not known yet," he said. With so little scientific information available about the coronavirus, proving the cruise lines are liable, Davies said, will be difficult.
Aronfeld agreed: "It's going to be challenging for me to prove the passengers contracted the virus where, when and how, and that all of that is Princess' fault."
With so many lawsuits already filed, and more likely to come, Aronfeld hopes some rulings will help write new case law and make it easier to bring future cases against cruise lines. Cruise lines have insurance to cover any possible awards or settlements, so the cases are unlikely to have much of a financial impact on the companies. A much larger threat to the industry is the no-sail order in effect in the U.S., its largest market, and the possibility it could be extended beyond July.


The Potential Gas Committee (PGC) is supported by the CSM Potential Gas Agency. The Committee, now in its 46th year, consists of 145 volunteer members from the natural gas industry, government, and academic institutions, who biennially assess the size and location of the nation's natural gas resource base. PGC provides statistically correct estimates of the U.S. natural gas resource base, approves the assessment criteria and methods, trains members in proper assessment procedures, insures maintenance of standards and objectivity, and publishes the gas resource assessments. The PGC studies show that Colorado is endowed with a significant portion of the remaining natural gas in the U.S.


null Newborn twin boys, born to a mother from Ghana and a father from Germany, have very different skin colors.
No one at the hospital in Berlin had seen anything like it. Doctors say the babies inherited completely different genetic codes.


After an upgrade from kernel 2.6.17 to 2.6.19 I noticed that my Thinkpad T41 was no longer hot. A quick look through the kernel changelogs reveiled that the nasty ACPI bug has finally been fixed. My laptop now has all the properties of a Laptop again.


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anyone have enclosures that are pretty?
I just bought my first house and my backyard is a blank slate. No plants or trees, just grass. My boxies are still living at my parents' house until I can build an enclosure at my new house.
It seems that all the enclosures I find online are just wood or some kind of siding walls. Not very attractive. I want to have an enclosure that looks like a garden. But I'm not sure what to use as the walls. Does anyone have something like this? Any ideas? Pictures? Websites?


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Allmediascotland blog section launches with 16 media columns
By Administrator in Advertising & Creative, Broadcasting, Digital, General Media, Media News, PR & Marketing, Press, Site News · January 7, 2013 · Comments Off
SIXTEEN new columns about the media are launching today on allmediascotland.com, as the site unveils its new blogs section.
Covering pretty much all corners of the Scottish media scene, the bloggers will be each writing regularly on advertising, broadcasting, digital media, print media and public relations.
They can be found mid-way down the front page: In My Opinion.
And they are, and a warm welcome to:
Ellen Arnison is a freelance writer, formerly with the Daily Star of Scotland and the Scottish Daily Mirror. Author of 'Blogging for Happiness: A Guide to Improving Positive Mental Health (and Wealth) from Your Blog'.
Neil Braidwood is head of CMYK magazine design and publishing company and vice-chair of PPA Scotland.
John Collins is a lecturer in radio broadcasting at Reid Kerr College in Paisley, following a 25-year career on both sides of the microphone at both the BBC and in commercial radio in Scotland.
Scott Douglas is director of Holyrood PR and also founder of Deadline News Agency. He is a former reporter with the Daily Record, The Journal and the Edinburgh Evening News.
Atholl Duncan is a former head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland and is now executive director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland.
Mark Gorman is a marketing consultant and was co-founder of the former advertising agency, 1576.
Bill Heaney is a former editor of the Lennox Herald and a former special adviser, on the regional Press, at Holyrood and Westminster.
Paul Holleran is the Scottish Organiser for the National Union of Journalists.
Ian MacKenzie is media project manager at Channel 4′s Creative Diversity department.
Derek Masterton is the media relations officer for the British Red Cross in Scotland. He is a former assistant news editor with the Daily Record.
Craig McGill has written for – or been a member of staff at – TIME Magazine, The Guardian, Daily Mirror, The Scotsman, Evening Times, The Press & Journal, The Sun and Evening Times. An author of four non-fiction books, he has been recently appointed a lecturer in 'cross-platform journalism' at Edinburgh Napier University.
Courtnay McLeod is director of the Scottish Media Academy and regularly teaches broadcast journalism at various universities and colleges.
Lisa-Nicole Mitchell is a third-year BA in Journalism student at Edinburgh Napier University.
Francis Shennan is director of MediaFaculty.com and Visiting Lecturer in journalism and law at Westminster, Stirling and Strathclyde universities.
Paul Tucker is a lecturer in broadcast production at the School of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of the West of Scotland. He has worked as a producer/director in broadcast television for over 20 years.
Stewart Weir is proprietor of weirmediaworks, specialising in online content, PR and media consultancy, and a former chief sportswriter with the Scottish Mirror.
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The Montessori philosophy states that all babies are born with a mathematical mind and a drive to understand the environment around them. And as humans, we have the inclination to learn things that enhance our ability to be exact and orderly, observe, compare and classify. However, in order for this part of intelligence to develop and flourish, it must be provided help and direction. The Montessori philosophy encourages the introduction of math at an early age so that the child's subconscious mind will be open to the information as it will not be accepting of it at a later date.
Included in the core math activities presented in the Children's House at Chesapeake Montessori School are Spindle Boxes and the Teens Board. Each activity has a specific way it is presented to the child that helps facilitate the overall learning process. The purpose of the activities is to continue in preparing the child for later learning through exposure to concrete materials, introduction to abstract concepts, and provision of a sequential understanding of math concepts.
This activity aims to guide a child in learning to count and to introduce the concept of zero as well as reinforce the natural sequence of numbers. The work consists of two boxes exactly the same, each with five compartments. At the back of each compartment are the numbers 0-9 painted in black, starting with 0 and progressing to 9.
The child counts out the quantity of spindles in their hand and places each set of spindles into the appropriate rectangular section. The activity aids in developing the idea that a quantity can be made up of loose units combined together as a set. Children also begin to learn the idea of zero as an empty set.
Another math activity, the Teens Board, is a means to facilitate the construction of the numbers from 11 to 19 and show their relation to the quantity of 10. It also helps to reinforce the idea of place value. The Teens Board requires a 9-bead stair and 9 ten bars.
This is the second post as part a monthly series that will explore core activities and materials found in Montessori Children's House environments in the areas of sensorial, math, language, practical life and culture. Please check back with us next month for a more in-depth look at some language activities.


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ROSCOSMOS launch of a Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-07 (68P)
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) launch of a Soyuz 2.1a Rocket
Sat, Oct 14th, 2017, 4:46 AM EDT
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) was scheduled to launch a Soyuz 2.1a rocket as part of the Progress MS-07 (68P) mission. The launch window for the Resupply mission was on Sat, Oct 14th, 2017, 4:46 AM EDT from 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The status of the launch was Success. Don't miss this exciting rocket launch! Watch the launch video of the Soyuz 2.1a and experience the excitement for yourself.
Progress MS-07 (68P)
The Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the International Space Station.
31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Soyuz 2.1A
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.


Easter is a wonderful time to celebrate God's overwhelming love for us! Use this colorful, festive art for all your Easter graphics this year. This free package includes editable files for social media, email, web, and print.


If there is a clear indicator that Paige is MY child, it's her love of shoes. She's adamant that shoes are not simply for functionality, they make or break an outfit. Have I mentioned she's 8? She's at that age where she really wants shoes that look great. I think it's important to have shoes that are comfortable. We've found that stylish, comfortable combination with Cienta shoes.
Made in Spain, Cienta has been creating high-quality footwear for children. They use natural materials with advanced technology that promotes the natural and correct development of children's feet.
We received two styles of Cienta shoes to try out. First the Mary Jane Sparkle in Gunmetal. I love that they are a breathable canvas with that touch of glitter/sparkle. Paige will quickly point out that her favorite color is sparkle. They feature an adjustable hook and loop strap closure with a removable insole. Available in a variety of sizes, from the littlest of walkers to little kid size, like Paige.
The other pair we tried out was the distressed, laceless Sneaker in pink. This pair is super chic and full of attitude. Paige loves slip-ons, so they have quickly become her go-to pair. Again made with a breathable canvas, both pairs are quality at its finest!
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New York|After Years in Foster Care, Intern 'Adopted' by City Hall Catches a Break
After Years in Foster Care, Intern 'Adopted' by City Hall Catches a Break
James Polite, 25, at his foster parents' home in Brooklyn.CreditCreditAmr Alfiky for The New York Times
By Emily Palmer
James Polite spent much of his childhood in foster care.
In high school alone, Mr. Polite estimates, he was placed in 10 different homes. And he received little encouragement from social workers to go to college.
But Mr. Polite, now 25, still believed that college was the best next step. He found encouragement as a volunteer in his teens, registering voters and canvassing neighborhoods in New York City during Barack Obama's first presidential bid. Mentors on the campaign trail urged him to pursue higher education.
In 2008, at a gay pride rally for Mr. Obama, Mr. Polite met Christine C. Quinn, then the City Council speaker.
Ms. Quinn still remembers their introduction on the steps of City Hall. "James was telling me his story," she recalled recently in an interview. "And I said, 'Do you have an internship?' And he said 'No.' And I said, 'Well, you do now.'"
He interned with Ms. Quinn, a Manhattan Democrat, for several years, working on initiatives to combat hate crime, sexual assault and domestic violence. He also took part in her re-election campaign in 2009 and returned to help with her unsuccessful bid for mayor in 2013.
"James was the adopted child of the Quinn administration," she said. "And it wasn't just me. It was the entire City Council staff."
Mr. Polite with his foster parents, Jenny Levison and Josh Waletzky. Mr. Polite was placed in their home just before he was set to age out of the foster care system.CreditAmr Alfiky for The New York Times
Ms. Quinn believed Mr. Polite could defy the statistics.
Across the country, high school graduation rates among foster children remain low. A report released by New York City in 2016 showed that just over a third of the more than 3,000 foster children in high school were on track to graduate within five years. And a recent study using a representative sample of foster youths in eight states, including New York, showed that graduating from college is even less likely, with 11 to 15 percent earning a college degree, according to Foster Care to Success, a national nonprofit.
"The statistics are abysmal," said Eileen McCaffrey, executive director of the nonprofit, which helps 5,000 students a year, including Mr. Polite, reduce and limit college loans and other expenses while also providing financial coaching services.
Ms. Quinn wrote Mr. Polite a letter of recommendation to Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., and followed up with a call to its president. Council staff members even drove him there on move-in day.
"We did everything that was stepping over the line," Ms. Quinn said. "But I didn't care. He had worked so hard all his life, and he needed a break."
Mr. Polite said his experiences working with Ms. Quinn and on the presidential campaign changed his trajectory. Otherwise, he said, "I would probably have not gone to college."
He was in kindergarten the first time he was pulled from his mother's home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. He was placed with a foster family in Queens. His mother regained custody of him when he was in the third grade. But as he got older, Mr. Polite, who says he identifies as queer and does not base attraction on gender, said he felt misunderstood at home.
Mr. Polite says he considers Mr. Waletzky and Ms. Levison his second set of parents.CreditAmr Alfiky for The New York Times
At 13, he ran away, spending three days in McCarren Park in Brooklyn.
According to his foster care records, he walked about five miles from Bedford-Stuyvesant to Manhattan, where he went to the headquarters of the city's Administration for Children's Services and requested that he be placed in foster care. The police escorted him home and found the conditions unsanitary. Mr. Polite was removed from his mother's care.
From then on, Mr. Polite said, he went through 10 placements over four boroughs, some lasting several months, the longest about a year.
As he was shuffled through the system, Mr. Polite said, he found purpose in volunteering. Following the guidance of those he met as a political volunteer, he set his sights on college.
Mr. Polite preparing to return to Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. He hopes to graduate in May with degrees in African-American studies and political science.CreditAmr Alfiky for The New York Times
After graduating from high school, Mr. Polite enrolled in a preparatory year at Brandeis. But he felt pressure mounting as he neared his 21st birthday, which would mark the end of foster care services, including money for room and board.
Months before that birthday, a Brooklyn couple learned about the possibility of fostering him. The couple, Josh Waletzky and Jenny Levison, said they had wanted to foster an "L.G.B.T.Q. youth" on the brink of aging out of the system. Children's Aid, one of the eight beneficiary organizations of The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, took over Mr. Polite's case in early 2013 and facilitated the placement. Although Mr. Polite was not legally adopted — his relationship with his biological parents has improved in recent years — Ms. Levison called it a "moral adoption." He says he considers the couple his second set of parents.
A case worker helped ease the transition into the new family, and the organization's college adviser visited campus to check up on him and help him navigate financial aid.
Mr. Polite and Ms. Levison, who called bringing him into her home a "moral adoption."CreditAmr Alfiky for The New York Times
Despite the assistance, Mr. Polite struggled at Brandeis. Smoking marijuana, he said, became a coping mechanism to manage his stress. He had first tried the drug at a foster home in his early teens, but in college his habit grew to three times a day. He was placed on a health leave of absence in late 2015 and required to enter a rehabilitation program. During treatment, he learned he had bipolar disorder, for which he is now medicated.
After seven months in the program, Mr. Polite applied to return to Brandeis but was rejected. "I didn't see it coming," he said. "But I decided to get my ducks together and plot something else."
He got a job at an organic coffee farm on the island of Hawaii, where he spent about three months picking beans. There, he said, he found a healthy life balance. After demonstrating that he could handle the responsibility of a job, he was able to return to Brandeis.
Mr. Polite hopes to graduate in May with degrees in African-American studies and political science, and took two classes over the summer to stay on pace. In June, Children's Aid used $856 from the Neediest Cases Fund for school supplies and fees not covered by his financial aid package.
After graduation, Mr. Polite would like to work with foster children, whom he called "the strongest people I know," and encourage them to pursue higher education.
"I know how hard it is to be in foster care," he said. "And when you're in foster care, you don't see a lot of others in the system making it, so I'm going to be the person there who can say, 'I was able to make it, so you can do it, too.'"
Correction: Dec. 16, 2017
Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article referred incompletely to the type of youth whom Josh Waletzky and Jenny Levison sought to foster. It was an "L.G.B.T.Q. youth" on the brink of aging out of the system, not merely a gay youth.
An earlier version of this article gave outdated information about a monthly stipend that James Polite receives for college, based on incorrect information from a source. He no longer receives $300 a month for college from Children's Aid.
Donations to the Neediest Cases may also be made with a check or over the phone.
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Millville, N.J. (23 July 2011) – Looking to score his third win in as many races, Matt Bell got off to a strong start in the B+ Foundation Heroes 200, but a promising beginning to the 2.5-hour New Jersey Motorsports Park event left the Stevenson Motorsports team looking to fight back in the final round.
Bell opened the ninth round of GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge competition with a remarkable run from 10th place on the grid – moving forward five positions within the first five laps. He continued to charge the No. 9 Camaro GS.R even further up the order and moved into the third position just prior to the first race caution.
Stevenson Motorsports would call Bell to pit road and the team quickly worked a routine pit stop for fuel and tires which saw the Camaro return to the track in the ninth position. However, GRAND-AM cut the forward progress short when the team was issued a 30-second stop-and-go penalty for a pit lane infraction and Bell would fall to 18th.
Despite emerging deep in the field, the poised young California racer began to steadily work his way back to the front and slotted into the ninth position following the second restart. However, the run at the front would come to an end when the Camaro made contact with another car and ended up off track. The No. 9 machine sustained significant damage to the left-front of the car and Bell was forced to return to pit lane.
The Stevenson Motorsports squad changed the entire left-front suspension but benefited from a full course caution which was displayed just after Bell hit pit road for repairs. Following fast pit work by the Stevenson Motorsports crew, co-driver John Edwards strapped in behind the wheel of the Camaro and drove to a 15th place finish.
"The car was very good," said Bell. "You can't see a whole lot with the Camaro so I didn't know there was a stack of tires when I came out of our pit box and I hit the next team's tires. We had a drive through plus-30 (second) penalty so I ended up at the back of the field and just tried to make my way back up through the field. I kind of got pinched down to the inside of turn one and it was my mistake.
"I didn't know it was going to be that slick on the inside and the car barely slowed down and I hit the No. 01. You hate to ruin anyones race, but especially another Camamro. Stevenson once again was amazing–the team had a record-quick suspension change so that was pretty incredible. It's unfortunate but we're going to keep trying."
Bell next travels to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio for the final round of the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.
"We were on the pole at Mid-Ohio last year and I like that track so we'll do our best," offered Bell of the final round of competition in September. "We took a hit in the championship today, but we'll see how far up the standings we can go."
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Big Hit Entertainment issues an official statement for the recent controversies surrounding BTS
by ayuhsi November 14, 2018, 5:52 pm
Since last few days, BTS, Seo Taiji, and Big Hit Entertainment had been under fire for the issues from the past that resurfaced, following the hype around BTS' Japan tour, their exclusion from a TV show, and the recent political tiff between South Korea and Japan.
It all started on 9th November when headlines began surfacing around the group being dropped from a Japanese TV show (TV Asahi's "Music Station"), following the controversy around Jimin's "Atomic Bomb T-Shirt". Jimin's clothing depicted a mushroom cloud, symbolising atomic bomb drop on Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki), among text celebrating Korea's liberation from Japanese rule during the Second World War. The issue led to the snowball effect, bringing forth other incidences surrounding the boys including RM's contentious photoshoot in the year 2015 and BTS' presence at Seo Taiji's "Classroom Idea" performance at his anniversary concert.
Amidst outlets' bid to supposedly release the speculations as news, fans' ardent attempts to clarify the air around the T-shirt, and the label's silence, a chaotic situation emerged that left everyone baffled. But yesterday, Big Hit Entertainment took on Facebook and Twitter to release an official statement concerning the issues that have been catching attention on both domestic as well as international front:
[공지] 최근 방탄소년단에 제기된 이슈들에 대한 빅히트엔터테인먼트의 입장
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— BigHit Entertainment (@BigHitEnt) November 13, 2018
Jimin's "Atomic Bomb" T-Shirt
In an attempt to spread awareness about the meaning behind T-Shirt's design, ARMYs started trending #LiberationTshirt and #LiberationTshirtNotBombTshirt on Twitter. Jeff Benjamin, in a piece for the Billboard, shed a light on the complicated history between the two countries and explained the probable reason for BTS being dropped from the TV show which according to him, goes beyond a piece of clothing:
"Still, the issue was mainly chalked up to the recent tensions over a South Korean supreme court ruling that Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. needs to compensate four Koreans for forced labor during World War II, a decision Japan denounced, according to Reuters, as 'unthinkable'.
"BTS' T-shirt incident certainly didn't help matters, but it's hardly the sole reason for this cancellation among issues that are largely rooted in long-standing political and cultural stances between countries. In fact, if it was the only issue, BTS' previous Japanese television appearances (including a December 2017 performance on Japan Music Station Super Live) would have logically been canceled too. To those watching the situation for longer than BTS' rise to prominence, it is yet another slip in an ongoing awkwardly tense situation where culture and politics far outweigh a fashion item."
Lee Kwang Jae, the CEO of LJ Company, the designer company behind the T-Shirt issued an explanation and in an interview with DongA said,
"That part was not included to mock Japan. It was simply added to show the truth and the process of how the liberation of Korea came about when Japan surrendered after the atomic bombs."
Big Hit Entertainment, in its official statement, reiterated Kwang Jae's point but at the same time, apologized to the people who might have been affected by the incident. The label exempted the artist from the issue and took the complete onus of the incident upon itself, accepting that the team should have been careful in the selection of the garment.
RM's Contentious Photoshoot (2015)
On November 11, the Jewish human rights organisation Simon Wiesenthal Center released an article questioning BTS' leader RM about his photoshoot from the year 2015. Three years ago, the artist did a photoshoot wearing a hat, supposedly comprising an image of Swastika which according to the writer allegedly "mocked" the victims and the history of the Holocaust.
Post-release of the article, stylish Kim Wook released a statement explaining that the hat did not represent the personal opinion of anyone involved in the shoot. As reported by Soompi, Wook said,
"It was not my own hat, nor was it something that the media outlet responsible for the photo shoot had prepared," he said. "I remember this photo shoot clearly because it was the first one I did after going independent."
He continued, "As I remember it, we were collaborating with a brand for the photo shoot. It is standard practice to write in the caption that something is the stylist's property when we're using an artist's own clothes or an unofficial sponsorship product."
Addressing the hat issue, Big Hit stated,
"Regarding the hat with a Nazi logo in the photoshoot in the past, as we stated above, there was no such intention, and although every outfit and accessory was provided by the media, we didn't inspect enough and our artist wore it, therefore, we sincerely apologize for the fact that it could have hurt the victims of Nazi unintentionally and it could be disturbing to see our artist linked with the Nazi image."
Seo Taiji's "Classroom Idea" Performance
In addition to the hat issue and Jimin's T-Shirt's controversy, the group was dragged further as their collaborative performance with Seo Taiji for the latter's song "Classroom Idea" was linked to Nazism. "Classroom Idea" is a popular song of the iconic South Korean artist Seo Taiji from his album "The Great 2008 Seotaiji Symphony With Tolga Kashif & Royal Philharmonic". The song is popular among the music listeners for its socially conscious message that questions the standardized education in South Korea. The flag used in the performance had images of structures representing institutional education which were later misinterpreted as the swastika.
Following the controversy, Big Hit in its official statement said,
"The performance that Big Hit's artists participated was an anniversary concert of a Korean legendary artist, Seo Taiji. It included the 'Classroom Idea' performance which contained a socially conscious message criticizing standardized education in reality.
"The flag and images which raised the issues were artworks unrelated to Nazi, and the performance was to criticize 'the uniform and totalitarian education system'.
"It is not true that the performance was connected to Nazi as it is claimed, in fact, it needs to be considered that this performance had creative elements to criticize the totalitarian reality."
Apology to the Affected
As mentioned above, Big Hit Entertainment took the complete responsibility for the issues and acknowledged that the label needs to be more careful. The label stated,
"'Let's comfort and encourage people around the world through music and artists' is Big Hit's reason for existing. Although it is challenging to have many things in our consideration as we are living in the world of diversity and tolerance, we are doing our best to carry things out well.
"Not only regarding the recent issue but based on understanding diverse the social / historical / cultural backgrounds, we will pay more attention in details to our artist's performance to not hurt any people.
"We sincerely apologize again to people who got hurt by our lack of consideration on those issues."
One thing that we as journalists and as consumers of content need to realize is that for issues that involves educating one's self about the history and the ones where a biased opinion can cause a serious harm to people affected by the history, an individual and her/his reputation, it is important to act with caution. While the label "clarified" the intention behind each incident and apologized to people who might have been affected by the instances, it is up to us to research our own facts and see how much can an act affect the recipient. What seemed to be an issue around a piece of clothing is actually a highly complicated political matter where someone's popularity is either being used as a tool or a catalyst in fueling the debate.
ARMYs Unification to Support BTS
Amidst these issues, a constant struggle between outlets and fans was visible as the latter were trying to bust the speculation behind each instance and support boys. Several projects including #AlwayswithJimin and #Project23 were released to show the unification of the fandom. The attempts came to fruition as 2!3! topped iTunes charts at several places. The song is deemed as the ARMY song that BTS released to offer comfort to their fans who go through different kinds of struggles in their daily lives.
The translated version of Big Hit's statement is available on the label's official Facebook page. The label has announced that it has contacted,
"Japan and Korea Atomic Bombs Victim Associations, gave an explanation and made an apology to those victims who were possibly hurt by the current issues.
"Big Hit also sent a letter to the Simon Wiesenthal Center that pointed out the recent issue to explain the situation and apologize to people who were possibly hurt by this issue."
While Big Hit has responded to the issues in a timely manner, it remains to be seen as to how the organizations will respond. Being artists who have now been bestowed with the honour of cultural merit, it is absolutely necessary for the concerned parties to be cautious of the issues that involve social sentiments. But at the same time, we need to acknowledge that everyone is learning and with their acknowledgement of the fans' and individuals' concerns, Big Hit has taken a positive step.
What do you think? Share your thoughts via tweet @ForeverBTScom.


Is the New Miami Boom Fueled by 'Dirty Money'? | Law Offices of Aaron Resnick, P.A.
Is the New Miami Boom Fueled by 'Dirty Money'?
Previously, we blogged about issues with South Florida real estate and how it has been and can be used as a mechanism for the laundering of foreign monies into the United States. In addition, we have raised concern over the effect this phenomenon as it relates to the increased prices for South Florida real estate.
1. Real estate is traditionally the preferred asset for criminals and thieves looking to stash money.
2. Jorge Pérez, a developer known as the "Condo King," told a local real estate conference earlier this year that all these foreign buyers make Miami the only city in America where the cash model works.
3. Significant numbers of foreign condo buyers are political figures and businesspeople seeking to illegally export capital abroad, launder profits or evade taxes.
5. In February, a member of Russia's ruling party, Vladimir Pekhtin, was forced to resign from the Duma when a blogger published documents showing that he owned three Miami properties worth more than a combined $2 million.
8. Alvaro Lopez Tardon, the alleged leader of a Spanish drug gang, is currently facing trial in Miami on charges that he bought fourteen condos and a fleet of luxury vehicles to launder $26.4 million in cocaine profits.
9. Florida's rate of mortgage fraud was higher than anywhere else in the country between 2000 and 2008. In the latter year, Don Saxon, Florida's top mortgage industry regulator, was forced to resign after a Miami Herald investigation found that 10,000 criminals–including burglars, cocaine traffickers and identity thieves–had been approved to broker home loans in Florida and had committed at least $85 million in mortgage fraud.
This recent article from the World Property Channel raise some additional concerns.


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HackMiami is a formal organization of information security professionals who host the annual international hacker conference that takes place in Miami Beach, FL known as the 'HackMiami Conference.'

The organization has been involved in research primarily in the fields of malware analysis, botnets, web application security research, cybercrime research, and network security research.

The organization also organizes bi-weekly local events themed around ethical hacking topics throughout South Florida, and offer information security consultation services to both individuals and businesses.

History

HackMiami gatherings informally began in 2008 and the organization officially incorporated in 2009. The original concept was a now retired goal of opening a physical hackerspace located in Miami, Florida.

HackMiami began as a group of computer science and engineering students having biweekly meetings held at Florida International University. The group initially focused on hardware research and development, as well as renewable energy projects. The group eventually stopped meeting at the university in order to maintain the quality and control of their research.

In early 2009, the group began to focus on web application security and malware analysis. In 2011, the organization pivoted to the a different business model of security consultation services and niche event planning in lieu of managing a membership based hackerspace.

In the year 2021, at DEFCON 29 Conference in Las Vegas, Jonathan Respeto and Chad Seaman, representing HackMiami, won the DEFCON Black Badge by placing first in the DEFCON Capture The Packet competition.

In the year 2022, at DEFCON 30 Conference in Las Vegas, Rod Soto and Jonathan Respeto with a team composed of Hackmiami and Pacific Hackers members won Red Alert ICS CTF.

Annual Conference

HackMiami holds an annual conference called the HackMiami Conference in South Florida.

The first 2013 HackMiami Conference took place over May 17–19, 2013 in Miami Beach, Florida. The event was the subject of the Rolling Stone article "The Geeks on the Front Lines." written by journalist David Kushner, which discussed the topic of government recruitment of hackers for digital warfare.

The Winter Hacker Festival presented by HackMiami took place December 7, 2013 in Miami Beach, FL. The event featured an all day edition of the K&&K CTF hacking tournament and featured performances from YTCracker, Lil Wyte, Project Pat, Dual Core, and DJ Percent 27.

The 2014 HackMiami Conference took place May 9–11, 2014 in Miami Beach, FL and featured presentations from RSA Threat Labs, Team Cymru, Dave Marcus of Intel Security, and HackMiami Board Alexander Heid, James Ball, Rod Soto and Christopher Snyder.

The 2015 HackMiami Conference took place May 15–17, 2015 in Miami Beach, FL and featured presentations from Dave Monnier of Team Cymru and John McAfee and HackMiami Board Alexander Heid, James Ball, Rod Soto and Christopher Snyder.

During the 2015 HackMiami Conference, ethical hacker Seth Wahle demonstrated an Android malware deployment method whereby he was able to infect mobile devices through a near field communication microchip implant that had been injected into his hand.

The 2016 HackMiami Conference took place May 13–15, 2016 at the historic Hotel Deauville in Miami Beach, FL and featured presentations from Iftach Ian Amit and John McAfee and HackMiami Board Alexander Heid, James Ball, Rod Soto and Christopher Snyder.

The 2017 HackMiami Conference took place May 19–21, 2017 at the Hotel Deauville in Miami Beach, FL and featured keynote presentations from Michael Gough , Neil "Grifter" Wyler, and HackMiami Board Alexander Heid, James Ball, Rod Soto and Christopher Snyder.

In July 2017, the Hotel Deauville was damaged by an electrical fire  and has since been condemned for demolition. The closure of the hotel forced HackMiami Conference to seek another venue for subsequent years.

The 2018 HackMiami Conference took place May 18–20, 2018 at the Seacoast Suites Miami Beach in Miami Beach, FL and featured keynote presentations from Christopher Ahlberg of Recorded Future, Jack Daniel of Security BSides, and HackMiami Board Alexander Heid, James Ball, and Rod Soto.

The 2019 HackMiami Conference took place May 17–19, 2019 at the Seacoast Suites Miami Beach in Miami Beach, FL and featured keynote presentations from Dave Marcus, Vinny Troia, and HackMiami Board Alexander Heid, James Ball, and Rod Soto.

Due to the COVID pandemic and macroeconomic issues of 2020-2022, no annual conference was held and the bi-weekly local meetups migrated to a hybrid format of online and on-site.

The 2023 HackMiami Conference is scheduled to take place May 19-20, 2023 in Sunny Isles Beach, FL.

Public Gatherings

HackMiami holds public biweekly meetings where matters of information security and the progress of ongoing projects is openly discussed. Members are encouraged to present any new information or research to the group and there is active participation and collaboration between all attendees. The attendees of the local meetings and conference maintain communication throughout the year via private Slack and Discord servers.

Founders

Current Founders that make up the board of directors for the HackMiami organization:

Alexander Heid - Co-founder

James Ball - Co-founder

Rod Soto - Co-founder

References

Hackerspaces
Technology conferences
Hacker culture
Hacker conventions
Recurring events established in 2013
Organizations based in Miami

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HOME > Funds and Investment Trusts > Schroder Asian Total Return: attractive 'all-weather' mandate
Schroder Asian Total Return: attractive 'all-weather' mandate
By Nick Sudbury 07 December 2021
Some investment trusts don't get the attention they deserve with Schroder Asian Total Return being a case in point; its strong track record and element of downside protection making it worth a closer look.
The £580m Schroder Asian Total Return (LON: ATR) aims to provide a "high rate of total return" from the Asia Pacific ex Japan region and offers a degree of capital preservation through the tactical use of derivatives. Longstanding managers Robin Parbrook and King Fuei Lee have an unconstrained, benchmark agnostic approach that is driven by fundamental research.
Over the last five years they have delivered an impressive NAV total return of 103.8%, which is well ahead of the 53.1% produced by their MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan benchmark and the peer group average of 92.9%. The performance has also held up well this year despite the negative returns from some of the other trusts operating in the region.
A key factor in this was the decision to reduce the fund's exposure to China to 13% due to the managers' wariness of state intervention in publicly listed businesses. The ability to use derivatives to hedge is also important as Parbrook and Lee have shown that they are capable of capturing a significant amount of the growth opportunities, while protecting investors in more difficult market conditions.
Portfolio approach
The portfolio consists of around 40 to 70 stocks that are selected on a best ideas basis and the managers then use quantitative models to identify whether particular countries are expensive or cheap in the medium term. Hedges are used to reduce the risk of those considered expensive, with the same tactic also employed to guard against a short-term market correction whenever necessary.
At the end of October the largest country allocations were: Taiwan 18%, China 13%, India and Korea both 12% and Australia 11%. The largest sector weightings were information technology at 33%, followed by consumer discretionary 15% and communication services 12%.
The fund's short-term tactical indicators are currently at sell levels, reflecting the near-term risks such as inflationary pressure and the fact that economic and earnings surprises are no longer positive. As a result the managers have added downside protection by buying out-of-the-money put options as well as short Taiwan stock exchange futures, which gives the portfolio a net notional market exposure of around 90%.
Buying opportunity
Parbrook and Lee think that the recent regulatory interventions in China should be considered a major policy re-set and no longer invest in some of the areas that have been affected such as insurance, healthcare and education. They don't however consider the country to be completely off limits and are still willing to own exporters, technology hardware and companies aligned with the newly introduced policies.
Because of its strong performance record, for much of the last five years the trust has traded at a small premium to NAV, which has enabled it to regularly issue new shares to mop up the excess demand. Although it is still one of the highest rated funds in its peer group, it is currently available at a discount of around two percent.
The broker Winterflood believes that its 'all-weather' mandate is particularly appealing at the moment given the concerns around inflation and increasing regulation in China. They say that Schroder Asian Total Return remains an attractive way to access the long-term growth opportunities in the region.
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Gareggiò tra la fine degli anni settanta e l'inizio degli anni ottanta, vincendo tra le altre la maratona di Parigi nel 1981 ex-æquo con Ron Tabb.

Palmarès

Competizioni nazionali
1972
  ai British Fell Running Championships

Altre competizioni internazionali
1973
  alla Maratona di Huddersfield ( Huddersfield) - 2h21'14"

1977
 7º alla Maratona di Fukuoka ( Fukuoka) - 2h16'20"
 4º alla Maratona di Enschede ( Enschede) - 2h17'34"

1978
 4º alla Maratona di Sandbach ( Sandbach) - 2h13'29"
  alla Maratona di Auckland ( Auckland) - 2h16'11"

1979
  alla Maratona di Toronto ( Toronto) - 2h16'53"
 9º alla Maratona di Bruxelles ( Bruxelles) - 2h19'56"
 4º alla San Blas Half Marathon ( Coamo) - 1h06'12"

1980
 10º alla Maratona di Fukuoka ( Fukuoka) - 2h11'35"
  alla Maratona di Montréal ( Montréal) - 2h11'21"
  alla Maratona di Auckland ( Auckland) - 2h13'44"
 7º alla Maratona di Milton Keynes ( Milton Keynes) - 2h16'19"

1981
  alla Maratona di Parigi ( Parigi) - 2h11'44"
  alla Maratona di Auckland ( Auckland) - 2h12'53"
 9º alla City-Pier-City Loop ( L'Aia) - 1h05'09"

1982
  alla Maratona di Gateshead ( Gateshead) - 2h12'49"
 19º alla City-Pier-City Loop ( L'Aia) - 1h05'04"

1983
 11º alla Maratona di Londra ( Londra) - 2h12'51"
 5º alla Maratona di Parigi ( Parigi) - 2h18'31"
 6º alla Maratona di Montréal ( Montréal) - 2h14'38"
 18º alla 20 km di Parigi ( Parigi) - 59'09"
  alla 10 miglia di Leeds ( Leeds) - 46'33"

Collegamenti esterni


Avondale have increased their lead on top of the table after a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the Melbourne Knights at Avenger Park on Saturday.
There was plenty of hype coming into the top-of-the-table clash, with the Knights looking to close the gap on the top-placed Avengers, while Avondale were hoping to keep their perfect start to the season intact.
The second-placed Knights had only lost one game so far this season, but they found themselves trailing early on after Avondale got off to a dream start with a goal in only the second minute.
Stefan Zinni chased down a through ball from Liam Boland and drove dangerously into the box, before beautifully squaring a pass back across goal for a wide-open Stefan Valentini to tap into an empty net.
The game soon settled into the tight heavyweight battle that many were expecting. Both sides fought to control the game, with plenty of good ball movement and strong defending.
Both teams managed to create a few half-chances, but it was the Knights who had the game's next big opportunity. Tomislav Uskok played a wonderful through ball to put Gian Albano through one-on-one, but Chris Oldfield made a fantastic save to deny the Knights an equaliser.
The huge stop swung momentum back Avondale's way as the home side looked to up the pressure before the break, and for one Knights player it proved to be too much. Uskok was shown two yellow cards in four minutes, reducing the visitors to 10 men just before the half.
Despite being down a man, it was the Knights who came out of the sheds firing in the second half and they soon had an equaliser to show for their efforts.
Hamish Watson's little flick on put Albano through one-on-one with Oldfield again, with the striker making no mistake this time as he slotted the ball into the ball into the bottom corner to tie things up.
But it didn't take long for Avondale to answer right back. Valentini's slick pass found Yitay Towns in the box and he was brought down from behind by a clumsy challenge. The referee had no hesitation in pointing to the spot, and Boland stepped up to slot the penalty home, scoring his ninth goal of the season and restoring Avondale's lead.
Having re-established their lead the Avengers soon began to take control of the game, but they struggled to make the Knights pay on the scoreboard.
Boland, Yusuf Ahmed and Tasuku Sekiya all had excellent chances to increase the lead, but excellent defending and good goalkeeping from Melbourne kept Avondale at bay. Three shots were blocked on the line by Knights defenders, including an effort from another indirect free kick.
The Azuri soon began to rue their inability to tack onto the lead as the Knights pushed hard late for an equaliser. There were a few nervous moments, but Avondale's defence once again held firm, securing a vital three points.
The win is Avondale's seventh in a row and increases their lead on top of the table to five points. The loss means the Knights drop to six points behind Avondale and fall to third place on the table, behind Bentleigh.
Avondale will look to continue their perfect start to the season next Saturday night when they take on Hume City away at ABD Stadium.


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For the first time in Italia, from September 26, 2020 to January 31, 2021, in the Chiablese Halls, the Royal Museums of Torino present a collection of over 150 colour images by Robert Capa (1913-1954), the famous Hungarian naturalized American photographer who in 1947 founded the Magnum Photos Agency together with Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, David Seymour and William Vandiver.
Ideated by Cynthia Young, curator of the collection at the International Centre of Photography in New York, the exhibition "Capa in Color" illustrates his particular approach to new technological means, highlighting his extraordinary ability to integrate the use of color in reportages made between 1941 and 1954, the year of his death.
Known above all for his legendary shots in black and white, capable of telling some of the bloodiest conflicts in history in a skilful and gripping way (the Second World War, but also the Spanish Civil War, the second Sino-Japanese war in '38 , the clashes between Israel and Palestine ten years later and the first war in Indochina in '54), Capa's work is here rediscovered thanks to a rich palette applied to film.
City Sightseeing Torino C line
Line 1 stop PORTA NUOVA + bus 11 or stop XVIII DICEMBRE + bus 72
Railwaystation TORINO PORTA NUOVA + bus 11 or train line Torino-Ceres (stop Venaria)
Highway Torino Nord exit Venaria or Savonera/Venaria
Court Life
Life in the Court of Savoy was a mix of amusements and ceremonies in the luxurious residences ringing the city, built to create a refined "Crown of Delights" around the capital, as a demonstration of the magnificence of the House of Savoy. Just a short way from the centre of Torino, surrounded by vines and elegant gardens, Villa della Regina and Castello del Valentino were the favourite residences of duchesses, princesses and queens, while the Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi and the Reggia di Venaria are stately baroque complexes created as hunting lodges and places of pleasure. Originally the castles of Rivoli and Moncalieri were for defence purposes, then transformed from ancient strongholds into "places of delight".
The construction of the Palace was due to duke Charles Emmanuel II, who chose Venaria – already the site for aristocratic hunting – to complete the "Crown of Delights".


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Pseudohyaleucerea melanthoides is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Schaus in 1920. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Moths described in 1920
Euchromiina


California will be voting for a new governor in November and former disgraced Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom is at the top of the race.
Newsom has some terrifying plans for California, including forcing a universal healthcare system on the state. Previous bills for universal healthcare have passed the California legislature, but the cost is so insurmountable that even Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the bills. There is just no way to pay for it.
Newsom doesn't care. He doesn't care about the voters or the taxpayers. In fact, he doesn't even try to hide his disdain for legal voters.
On a recent Pod Save America appearance, Newsome said he would not use the legislature to pass universal healthcare. His point pretty much amounted to the idea that no one is really smart enough to "get it" so it has to be forced on the people.
Obamacare would not have happened if it was just a legislative fiat.
He also went on to say that the only way to pay for the state's outrageous unfunded pension liabilities is to pass universal healthcare.
I'd broaden it well beyond a bill that basically started a process if you read 562 which the vast majority of elected officials that were for and against it didn't — did not for and against did not, because they would have actually known what it said, it would created a committee that began a process to come up with a strategy and plan to finance and organize with 34 proscribed benefits a universal strategy for single payer financing. That process can be done without a bill. That process should be done by the next governor. And I'm committed to it for no other reason than Health Care's devouring our budget. Health care in this state is the biggest driver of unfunded retirement benefits.
So let me get this straight…Gavin Newsom thinks paying for healthcare for every single person in the state would relieve the state of their significant fiduciary healthcare burden?
The ex-Mr. Kimberly Guilfoyle also proudly crows about how he passed universal healthcare for illegal immigrants while he was the mayor of San Francisco. He says he's proud of it.
Mr. Newsom, I don't know if you've heard but San Francisco is currently trying to dig itself out from a literal pile of sh**. The streets are swimming in needles, bodily fluids and homeless people. Nearly every person who isn't living with 10 other people or making over $200K a year has been priced out the housing market. Tourism numbers are suffering and several corporations have already pulled out of their annual conventions in San Francisco because of the health risks and homeless issues. Oh, and your city is now under a declared state of emergency because of a Hep A outbreak.
Tell me again why we should be excited to have you jamming universal healthcare down our throats without one vote from the citizens?