Even if you constantly keep your home clean, thorough cleaning of carpets and furniture remains one of the most time-taking duties for every housewife. How to ease your work and what carpet cleaning tools at home to use, you will learn from this article.
To answer these questions, we will provide you with several arguments that will prove you of the need for safe carpet cleaning tools at home. During daily use, carpeting and area rugs inevitably absorb dust, dirt and various solids that can cause allergies.
On the surface often enough appear spots that can become a source of unpleasant odor. Moisture and any contamination create a favorable environment for the development of various pathogens and bacteria.
Vacuum them once or twice a week in order to collect dust from the surface.
Clean the carpet thoroughly, at least once a season.
A more thorough approach - cleaning carpets and furniture, as a rule, includes cleaning of stale spots and contamination with special or improvised means.
How to Clean Carpets at Home?
If you prefer to perform carpet cleaning at home with the help of improvised carpet cleaning tools at home, adopt a few simple but highly effective methods for cleaning carpets.
Pour 1 liter of cool water into the container.
Dilute 2 tsp ammonia in it.
Moisten the prepared solution with a sponge or a soft brush.
Apply the liquid to the carpet.
Wipe the surface with a dry cloth.
Take a piece of ice from the freezer and wrap it in a plastic bag.
Apply ice to the dried wax for 5 minutes.
Remove the ice with the wax.
Wax and paraffin can also be removed with a hot iron. To do this, cover the stain with a cloth and pat the top with a hot iron. Then, after 5 minutes, the paraffin can easily separate from the surface.
Take 1 teaspoon of grated soap and mix with the same amount of apple cider vinegar.
Add this mixture to 1 liter of warm water.
To work out a solution a stain and to wipe from above a dry rag.
Dilute 1 teaspoon of liquid soap in 1 liter of water.
Apply the solution to the stain and rub it with a brush.
Then, prepare the vinegar solution (1 teaspoon per 1 liter of water) and wipe the stain.
To restore brightness and color, you should clean the carpet with soda and vinegar with the addition of a detergent.
Take a bowl and pour 150 grams of warm water.
Add: 1 tablespoon of soda, 70 grams of vinegar and 1 tablespoon of detergent.
Stir the solution until the components are completely dissolved, and then pour into a bottle with a spray gun.
Spray copiously on the stains. Leave the solution on the carpet for 10 minutes, and then rub with a brush.
Cleaning should be carried out: from the edges to the center.
After washing, wipe the stain with a damp cloth and get wet with a napkin.
Take a container and pour there 1 liter of water.
Pour 1 tablespoon of soda and 2 teaspoons of citric acid (you can replace 3-5 drops of lemon juice).
Dissolve these ingredients and then apply the prepared solution to the carpet.
Carefully rub the surface with a brush and then wet with a dry cloth with excess moisture.
Take the remaining tea residue from the brewer and distribute it evenly throughout the carpet.
After you take a hard brush and rub it well, and then sweep away the rest of the tea.
This is the most budgetary means for carpet cleaning, because it does not need to be bought, but it is sufficient to use the remaining tea leaves from your morning cup of tea. This method perfectly helps to clean colored and dark carpets.
Take 3 medium-sized potatoes, peel and grate on a fine grater.
Pour gruel 1 liter of warm water and leave for a couple of hours.
Drain the liquid and apply it evenly to the carpet.
With a hard brush, it is good to rub the entire surface, and then wipe with a damp cloth.
How to Clean a Light Carpet?
Carpeting with light colors is the greatest problem for any hostess. After all, any stains, spots and dirt will be immediately visible! Are all of the above ways able to cope with the cleaning of the white carpet? Perhaps, but there is a really proven method that works 100%!
Clean the white carpet at home using conventional wood chips and gasoline. It is worth noting that these two main ingredients should be cleaned and free of additional impurities.
Take 100 grams of gasoline and mix it with 1 liter of soap solution.
Throw sawdust into the solution and leave for 15 minutes to soak.
Spread this mixture over the carpet and allow it to dry.
Then dry the sawdust from the dried cover with a broom.
Take 1 liter of water and add there 2 teaspoons of ammonia. Stir.
Take a soft rag, soak it in a solution and gently wipe the white surface of the carpet.
In the end, soak the carpet with napkins.
If the light carpet is very dull, then in this solution, you can add 1 tablespoon of detergent. In this case, only ammonia is added in the amount of 1 teaspoon.
The room should not be damp. From the excess moisture on the carpet appear holes.
Keep an eye on your pets: give pets a special tray for the toilet. The urine of animals is able to penetrate very deeply into the carpet fiber of the palace and remind of itself not only a stain, but also an unpleasant odor.
Once a week, vacuum the coating.
Once or twice a year, do a deep carpet cleaning.
In winter it is useful to pull out your favorite rug in the snow. This process not only cleans the carpet, but also refreshes the entire apartment with frosty coolness.
White carpets are best used as decor. Small light rugs should be placed wherever it is least likely to walk.
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by Sara Guaglione , February 7, 2018
Megan Greenwell will become the first female editor-in-chief at Deadspin, and the brand's fifth editor.
She succeeds Tim Marchman, who was promoted to Gizmodo Media's editorial executive team last December to serve as head of special projects.
Most recently, Greenwell was executive features editor at Esquire, where she oversaw the magazine's digital narrative journalism program. She has previously held senior roles at ESPN Magazine, New York and The Washington Post.
Marksman had served as editor of Deadspin, then a part of Gawker Media Group, since 2015.
All of Gawker Media Group's brands, save for flagship Gawker.com, were acquired by Univision in 2016 and renamed Gizmodo Media Group. Gizmodo Media also oversees Earther, Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Kotaku, Lifehacker, The Root and Splinter. Only two of those brands (Jalopnik and Kotaku) have male editor-in-chiefs now.
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Training with the pros: Andy Tennant's track cycling tips
World Championship team pursuit contender on building form, eating right and staying motivated
Ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, Great Britain's track cyclists return to the scene of the incredible triumphs of London 2012 for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
The great and good of track cycling will hit the Lee Valley VeloPark boards looking to test their form and lay down markers for the summer.
And it's not just the Olympics British Cycling are looking ahead to, with the announcement of a £200,000 legacy programme by the team behind putting the World Championships on in London.
Andy Tennant is part of Great Britain's 21-strong squad for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in London (pic: PedalSure)
Aimed at inspiring more youngsters to get involved in cycling, the hope is another major tournament on home boards will help to inspire the next generation of gold medallists.
But how can you become a good track cyclist? We asked Andy Tennant, a former world championship gold medal winner bidding for a place in the Olympic team pursuit squad exactly that.
So read on for an insight into Great Britain's men's endurance squad preparations and Tennant's tips on how to make it in the sport.
Hit the road, Jack
One of the biggest misnomers when it comes to track cycling is the belief that to improve you have to spend hours on the boards.
In fact, Tennant explains, it is the complete opposite – the road is for the base miles and the track is simply to top up the specifics.
Tennant, who rides for Team Wiggins on the road, says most training for the track is done away from it (pic: Alex Broadway/SWpix)
"People think we train a lot more on the track than we actually do," he explains. "But to be honest, the track is more for fine-tuning.
"With track, when you're in the wheels, it's all about your threshold power and how you're able to recover. That's really the major way of effecting your VO2.
"We do similar efforts on the road, to compensate when we're not on the track, but on the track we do all the speed and power work, such as standing starts and short, sharp efforts.
"We also do longer, endurance efforts like rolling five kilometres where we'll overpace. You over-gear or under-gear, so it's either working the cadence or if it's over-geared it's usually a bit easier."
And what of the training on the road? "We just do a lot of repeated ten-minute efforts on the roads and at training camps because when we are on the track we either go at race pace or above race pace," Tennant explains.
And there's also the turbo, for short, flat-out efforts of 30 seconds or one minute, 'because on the turbo you don't have to worry about the distractions even on the track – whether it's other riders or holding your line etc'.
Being part of the British Cycling system gives Tennant and his team-mates a distinct advantage over the rest of us – namely full support staff (not that we can begrudge them that – they've worked bloody hard to get there!)
But it doesn't mean amateurs or beginners can't also analyse their own performances and set markers for improvement.
Tennant says the numbers are looked after by the coaches, like Heiko Salzwedal and Paul Manning, on the track but he will look at wattage on the road and look at the power he can sustain (pic: Simon Wilkinson/SWpix)
"They [the team] look at all the power outputs on the track, but they will be analysed by the sports scientists rather than us riders," Tennant says. "They'll take speed grabs, and look at how you are condition-wise.
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"When we're on the road, though, it will be a ten-minute effort where we're looking to hold a set amount of watts. If you can hold 410 watts, as opposed to 390, then it's easy to see whether you're getting better.
"But we do look at numbers, more so on the road because I've got easier access to it with the SRM power meters. On the track, people are there to do it for you – all we have to concentrate on is lap splits and going as fast as you can. When you're racing you don't have that power data, you're just watching your coach walking the line."
Round and round and round and…
Another important factor in training, of course, is motivation – to a beginner, going round and round in circles may not seem the most inspiring way to spend an afternoon in the saddle.
But that, Tennant explains, is where only doing the specifics on the track comes into its own.
"Efforts on the track are so hard you don't have time to be bored." (pic: Alex Broadway/SWpix.com)
He says: "We don't spend too much time on the track, but then the efforts we do are so hard you don't have time to get bored.
"You have to remember the team pursuit is only four kilometres. The most efforts we'll do are five kilometres. Even if it's a points race, or that sort of stuff, there's a purpose.
"Whenever you're on the track the key is to utilise it, I'd say. We never go on the track just to ride around – that's what we'd do on the road.
"Standing starts, sprints, lap splits – whenever we're on the track there's always something we're working on. Most people have limited track time, so when you're on the track it's really important to make the most of it."
So that's the training covered, but that's only half the battle – you also need to eat right, of course, and Tennant believes it can be slightly easier for a track cyclist than a roadie.
"On the track you just burn carbohydrate," he says. "You don't use any fat as a fuel at all because the efforts are so intense.
Carbs are vitally important for track cycling
"It's relatively similar with the road though, to be honest. On the intense training days you up your carbohydrate intake and on the easier days you reduce it. Protein content stays quite high – trying to take two grams of protein per kilo. I do that on the road too, because there you're trying to maintain muscle mass whereas on the track you're trying to build it.
Nutrition: what is carb loading?
"You don't want to be under-fuelled, but it's easy to over-fuel too so there's a fine balance – but you're not having to constantly manage your weight like a road rider would."
Following recipes is another way to manage your food intake, Tennant adds, buoyed by working with David Dunne at Team Wiggins – Dunne posts many recipes on his Twitter and Facebook pages.
Nutrition: how fasted training can help keep your weight in check
"From there you can adjust the carbohydrate intake but the protein pretty much stays constant," Tennant adds. "It's the carbohydrate content that varies daily depending on the effort.
"On the track, you're probably only training properly for 20 minutes but you're working so hard. When you get back on the road you start doing a few empty rides to kick-start that metabolism again."
Team pursuit is just one string to Tennant's bow, meanwhile, with the Wolverhampton-born rider also up for selection for the individual pursuit in London (though it is no longer an Olympic event, so won't be on the cards in Rio).
Like female counterpart Jo Rowsell, though, Tennant admits the individual pursuit is a very different beast compared to team pursuit.
Tennant also rides the individual pursuit and admits it's tough to get your pacing right (pic: Alex Broadway/SWPix.com)
"It's so easy to go out too hard," he admits. "You're so used to going out at 12-7 or 12-5, that you find yourself going out for the individual pursuit too fast.
"Because at Great Britain we don't do any IP training – we only train for the Olympic event [i.e. Team Pursuit] – quite often the first standing start you do will be the day before or, if there are no days in between events, you pretty much go straight into it.
"I never do any specific efforts for the individual pursuit, it's just a case of doing the event and having a look at how you got on.
"You are conscious in your mind that you have to go slower, but you get into that gear – you tend to ride a smaller gear, and I'll be knocking maybe a 106 in the individual pursuit whereas it will be a 112 in the team pursuit, and there's quite a drastic difference between how easy it is to get them up to speed – so it is very easy to go out too quick.
"It's almost a case of finding that fine balance. You can utilise that effort of going out fast, but you can also do too much damage to yourself too quickly. Sometimes you get it right and sometimes you can get it drastically wrong."
That's the dos and don'ts of track cycling covered then, so how do you get involved? Tennant suggests finding an outdoor track first, and progressing from there.
"The benefit now is that we have new velodromes everywhere – Derby being the latest example of one which has just opened," he says.
Tennant recommends riding an outdoor track first, before doing a taster session at a velodrome (pic: PedalSure)
"But the first thing to do is try to find an outdoor track near you – that's what I did. It's different from indoor, but it's a good place to start.
"Most clubs – for example the Wolverhampton Wheelers, which was my local one – will have members with fixed wheel track bikes you can have a go on.
"You can also get more riding – the Manchester sessions can get very busy, which is good that everyone wants to give it a go but obviously bad at the same time."
Then it's time to step it up, with Tennant highly recommending taster sessions at the velodromes.
"If you want to go to an indoor velodrome, then you have the taster sessions – book yourself onto one of those and go from there," he adds. "Manchester will provide you with the bike and the kit too, while some clubs will book the track for a few hours too – the Wolverhampton Wheelers used to do it at Christmas time.
"I think the taster sessions most velodromes put on are a great way of getting involved though."
Andy Tennant has recently been appointed as a PedalSure Ambassador. PedalSure cover you and your bike, and uniquely their policies cover personal injury, paying out even if an accident is your fault. They also cover amateur racing including track cycling.
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Hi. So I guess it's time for that awkward first post, huh? Perhaps I should start things off by telling you a bit about myself. As you can see, this post was written by someone named "SE." My friends call me either Sue or Taylor and you are welcome to do the same if you so desire. That said, I'll probably also answer to "SE" or "hey you" should you choose to yell either in my direction.
I'm a 30-something based in Pennsylvania. I've enjoyed writing ever since I learned how and I've been intrigued by blogging ever since I learned what blogging was. I started my first blog in high school and have been blogging off and on ever since. This should come as no surprise for those who know something about me: I currently have several blogs. Besides this one, I have a journal blog called Nerdy Wordy, a Star Trek blog called She Treks and a general pop culture blog called Geekalicious. I'm also in the process of planning out posts for a performing arts blog that I hope to unveil either late 2018 or early 2019. Yeah – I told you I liked to blog. "Why all the blogs?" you ask. "Wouldn't it make sense to combine all those ideas into one places?" To this I say, yes, that might make some sense. But I'll tell you why I ultimately chose to separate them: one of these topics might appeal to someone, but not all of them. After all, how many people really care what I have to say both about journaling and Star Trek? Maybe some people do, but I suspect those people are the minority. I suspect most people who care what I have to say will only care about one topic and they might be discouraged from reading my blog if they have to wade through content they don't care about in order to find what they do care about. The way things are now, people can just visit the blog the interests them (or visit none of my blogs if they're not interested – after all, there is so much interesting stuff on the internet, why waste your time on my blogs if they don't interest you?). I like to think that interests can be pretty random, and other people's interests aren't necessarily random in the same way mine are, if that makes sense. Furthermore, as I write this, I don't know what direction any of my blogs will ultimately take. For all I know, I might meet folks who are interested in joining the party and one or more of my blogs might become a group effort.
So what's with this blog, then? Well, a couple things. First, I wanted a space to write about random things. Sometimes I might have something I want to write about that doesn't fit with my other blogs but I also don't have enough to say about it to warrant more than a blog post or two. Second, whether it's obvious or not, I put a lot of pressure on myself when it comes to my other blogs. I realize that I don't have a huge following. While I think a following would be nice, that's not my primary objective. My primary objective is to create something I'm proud of. So when it comes to my other blogs, I put a lot of pressure on myself to create something that I'm happy with. For example, I feel like I need to stick to some sort of schedule. One of the reasons this blog exists is to give me the space to blog without nearly as much pressure: I want to be able to write about what I want (even if it's not coherent) whenever I want (even if I don't post here on any sort of schedule). If that sounds appealing to you, I'd love it if you choose to stick around and join me on this journey into random things.
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Mr Ashford Tettey Oku, Administrative Manager of the club told GNA Sports that the game would also serve as a preparatory one for their Super Cup game billed against Enyimba of Nigeria on Sunday February 20 in Aba, Nigeria.
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Q: how to get angular2 formcontrol parent How to get parent form group in a nested form group for a control. At the time of validation of a control, i need a sibling control value. Both these controls are part of formgroup, which is part of formArray.
I know we have root, which gives the root element. How can I get immediate parent of a given form control.

A: I had the same problem. We have a nested form group like this:
FormGroup1:
 - FormControl1
 - FormControl2
 - FormGroup2
   - FormControl3
   - FormControl4

So in the custom validator for FormGroup2.FormControl3 you can find the root which is FormGroup1 like this:
export class CustomValidator {
    static FormControl3Valid() {
    return function (input: FormControl) {
      if (!input.root || !input.parent) {
        return null;
      }

      const root = input.root as FormGroup;

      if (root.get('FormControl1').value === 'someValue1' &&
        root.get('FormGroup2').get('FormControl4').value === 'someValue2') {
        return { 'required': true };
      }

      return null;
    };
  }
}

Just remember that this piece of code makes all the difference:
if (!input.root || !input.parent) {
   return null;
}

You have to check that the FormGroups are created before navigating to root or parent.

A: You can access the parent of a given FormControl with .parent the same way you would be using .root.
Here's the doc: https://angular.io/api/forms/AbstractControl#parent

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As often noted in this space, the journalistic reflex toward "balance" often leads to distortions of the truth: false equivalencies. For example, how often have you read or heard that a Bush v. Clinton race in 2106 would be a clash of "dynasties"?
On reflection, this is obvious nonsense. John Ellis Bush's great-grandfather was the president of a steel company; his grandfather was a U.S. Senator; his father and brother were both Presidents. That's dynastic power.
Hillary Rodham's grandparents were coal miners in Wales. Her father graduated from Penn State with a degree in Physical Education. He then rose from being a fabric salesman to running his own textile company, but there's no evidence that her family connections helped her career at any point. Wellesley, Yale Law, House Judiciary Committee staff (working on the Nixon impeachment): pretty much a standard meritocratic career track until she married a Yale Law classmate (also without any hereditary juice) named Bill Clinton, and joined him in Arkansas. No one ever doubted that "the Clintons" were a political partnership, not just a politician and his wife.
So it's absurd to treat Jeb and Hillary as equivalent beneficiaries of privileged head starts. Â More than that, in Jeb's case it's hard to see what he's done other than being born a Bush that would qualify him to seek the Presidency.
Below is a note from a professional observer of Florida politics, who for career reasons prefers not to be named. Note also what he doesn't say: that J.E.B., who accomplished nothing of note before becoming governor and nothing of note as governor, has accomplished anything of note since except earning a bunch of money.
Take away the Bush name and is there any reason why Jeb stands above John Kasich, or several others?
And how exactly did he get to be governor of one of the largest states? If you look at all the major party gubernatorial nominees in Florida in the past 40 years, almost all had significant electoral success. Governor is not usually an entry level position. The least among the politicians had 10 or more years in the legislature. Martinez was the Mayor of Tampa. Lawton Chiles had been a three term U.S. Senator. Skip Bafalis was a Member of Congress. Charlie Crist was the Atty Gen etc. There were only three who had never been elected: Jack Eckerd, who was an Undersecretary in the Ford Admin, and had grown his family drugstore business into a huge chain and could massively self-finance, Rick Scott, who also is a self-made zillionaire who could self-finance and Bill McBride, who was at least the managing partner of one of the biggest law firms in the country and who beat Janet Reno to get the nomination.
Jeb has been cut in on various business deals, but he can't compare with Scott, Eckerd or even McBride for private sector achievement. His only governmental credential for being governor is spending a year and a half as Bob Martinez's state secretary of Commerce. It's a post he was probably under-qualified for when he got it in his early 30s, but it hasn't exactly been the stepping stone to glory for many others. And what happened when Jeb got the Gubernatorial nomination in 1994, the best GOP year in ages? He LOST. It was close, but have any other defeated gubernatorial nominees in recent Florida history gotten another shot four years later? Without having won any other office in the intervening period or ever before? Of course not.
Look, he's a reasonably intelligent, tall, white Christian, heterosexual man. He's not an alcoholic like his older brother, but not as gregarious either. So he was dealt a pretty good genetic hand. Probably if Barbara and George left him on the doorstep of some childless dentist's family in Midland he would have done all right in life. He wouldn't have gone to Andover, but he might have gone to UT and been some kind of banker or insurance executive living in a nice subdivision somewhere in Texas. But is there any reason at all to believe he would be close to where he is today?
There were people who saw Clinton and Obama as comers from very young. Even John Edwards was a minor celebrity trial lawyer and had obvious gifts, snake-oil salesman that he was. But Jeb? Please.
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United States Historical Events in January
United States Historical Events is a daily guide to the important events that shaped America to what it is today. It is a compilation of significant events for the month of January including the birth and death of famous Americans as well as laws promulgated by authorities. The list is constantly updated to incorporate the most recent events.
Day Year Event
1 1776 During the American Revolution, George Washington unveiled the first national flag in America, the Grand Union Flag.
2 1788 Georgia became the 4th State to be admitted to the Union.
3 1959 Alaska became the 49th State to be admitted to the Union.
4 1896 Utah became the 45th State to be admitted to the Union.
5 1929 Birthday: Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the most visible spokesperson and leader of the n the American civil rights movement.
5 1933 Death: Calvin Coolidge, the 30th US president, died in Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S. at age 60.
6 1912 New Mexico became the 47th State to be admitted to the Union.
6 1919 Death: Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th US president, died in Oyster Bay, New York at age 60.
7 1800 Birthday: Millard Fillmore, the 13th US president, was born in Moravia, New York.
8 1815 Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.
9 1913 Birthday: Richard Nixon, the 37th US president, was born in Yorba Linda, California.
10 1776 Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense which advocated independence from Great Britain using persuasive moral and political arguments.
11 1759 The first American life insurance company is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was called the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers and it is now part of Unum Group.
12 1792 Thomas Pinckney is appointed first U.S. minister to Britain.
13 1847 The Mexican–American War in California formally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga.
14 1784 US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris that officially ended the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain
15 1782 Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
16 1786 The State of Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom as authored by Thomas Jefferson.[
17 1893 Death: Rutherford Hayes, the 19th US president, died in Fremont, Ohio at age 70.
18 1862 Death: John Tyler, the 10th US president, died in Richmond, Virginia at age 71.
19 1883 The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service in Roselle, New Jersey.
20 1887 The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
21 1861 Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate. Later, he became president of the confederate states.
22 1973 Death: Lyndon Johnson, the 36th US president, died in Stonewall, Texas at age 64.
23 1789 Founding of Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.)
24 1848 James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento giving impetus to what is termed called Caifornia Gold Rush.
25 1819 Commonwealth of Virginia grants charter to University of Virginia with Thomas Jefferson one of its founders.
26 1837 Michigan became the 26th State to be admitted to the union.
27 1785 Founding of the University of Georgia, the first public university in the United States.
28 1851 Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
29 1843 Birthday: William McKinley, the 25th US president, was born in Niles, Ohio.
29 1861 Kansas became the 34th State to be admitted to the union.
30 1882 Birthday: Franklin Roosevelt, the 32nd US president, was born in Hyde Park, New York.
31 1865 The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.
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"What kind of library do you want to work in?" This is always the question other librarians ask me upon learning that I study Library and Information Studies. To be honest, I still don't have a clear answer. I usually reply with, "Oh, I'm open to anything!" Uninspiring, but true. Some people on my course know exactly what they want to do after they finish – work in a special collection or a law library. I've only ever worked in a public library, and so I wanted to use my two week placement to try out something new.
I've always had the idea in the back of my mind that it would be interesting to be a subject librarian – to combine my BA in English and Creative Writing with my library qualification, and help students studying English Literature. So when UCL placed me at Goldsmiths, I was excited to see the day to day working life of a subject librarian.
The first day was like the first day of any new job, crammed with introductions, tours, health and safety and shadowing various people. I was instantly struck by the impressive facilities, and the bustling yet relaxed atmosphere of the ground floor, which is a social study space. Everyone I met was interested in my course and happy to help. The first day provided me with an overview of the library and the Reader Services team, who are responsible for the help desk, stock circulation and user experience. As part of the Reception Team in my previous job, being on the help desk is something I really enjoy and have experience of, and definitely something I miss. The rest of my placement would be full of new experiences with the subject librarian team.
Goldsmiths currently have a team of four subject librarians, each responsible for a number of subjects. I think my favourite part of the placement was seeing how the librarians engage with students. A significant chunk of their time is dedicated to leading workshops on academic skills such as referencing, a subject that could be very dry, but is critical to success at university, and so the librarian's knowledge and genuine desire to help shines through, leaving the students feeling more confident in their abilities. Something else that struck me about Goldsmiths Library was the enthusiasm for getting students involved. Each year the library runs a Library Student Rep Programme, which gives students practical experience working in a library, as well as the opportunity to purchase books for their course. I attended the debrief meeting in which the students gave their feedback – they all seemed to really enjoy and value the experience. I thought it was a brilliant idea and definitely something I would have done back at university – I was quite jealous!
Another aspect I found really valuable was looking at budgets and usage statistics. As someone who endured secondary school maths with a constant headache, I never thought I would admit that statistics and budgets would be interesting. But it is definitely something I need to get my head around for the future. I was given a mini-project looking at the usage and value for money of an e-resource – it was really valuable experience and helped me to think more about library budgets and getting the best out of resources. Tip – learn to love spreadsheets and graphs!
So, what kind of library do I want to work in? Certainly, subject librarianship still calls to me, and I am so glad I've had the opportunity to see a subject librarian team at work. But any role where I can help the library user, and feel like I've made a difference, surrounded by lovely colleagues is the perfect role for me.
Art is subjective, but what isn't? There are multiple artistic styles: realism, impressionism, abstraction, to name a few. Different people have a personal connection to the style, or styles, that appeal to them the most.
I am not an art connoisseur. I know what you are thinking; I knew the names of different artistic styles so I must be. A quick Google search can turn any amateur into a professional. I have always had a deep appreciation of art. I am in awe of people that have a flair for art, since I cannot even draw 2 circles that are the same size. Everyone has their own way of expressing themselves, and art is a way for others to appreciate that self-expression. In a lot of ways, images can illustrate more than words. They can implicitly address certain issues, and are open to interpretation. Words are used so often and without thought that they lose meaning. Images are not always easy to decipher — there lies their beauty, but also their downfall.
I know that art is so vast, but some pieces of art make me question how selective art should be. If I was confident enough and had contacts, I am sure I could blag my way in getting some of my work into the Tate. Take Anthony Hill's "Diagonal Composition," on the left, for example — yes, it is aesthet ically pleasing. However, on a serious note, could they not have found anything better to display on their website? I could have drawn his piece, and that says a lot. I am sure a backlash of angry fans of Hill are waiting to attack me, but that is my view. For me, realism is my favourite style. I like when you can identify what is happening in an image fairly quickly. The fact that subjects of realism were predominantly from the lower and working classes appeals to me even more. When I look at realist art, I am truly dumbfounded by how incredible the artist is. I can compare the image to its counterpart in real life to see how life-like the image is. Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks", on the right, is one of the most iconic realist paintings. Looking at it, I feel like I am standing on the street looking into the bar. I can imagine the smell of gin lingering in the air. It is a scene that we would often encounter on a regular basis in reality. The painting is pretty simplistic, but makes viewers think. Why is one man sitting alone? Who are the couple? Are they even in a bar? We may never know the answers to these questions. However, that is art. It can excite and baffle you at the same time.
Sometimes it is so easy to discredit creative subjects, since we are constantly told they are "soft" and won't get us anywhere in life. I fell into that trap in the past. Being at Goldsmiths, a university which strives on creativity, it is hard to ignore the beauty and relevance of art. Art does not have a correct answer. Does that mean it is of less importance than biology? Certainly not!
We should not be afraid to excel in what we are good at. Whether it is mathematics, history or art. Everything that we do will contribute to society, so it should not matter what we study or appreciate. Since you are at Goldsmiths, why not take the time to explore the artistic talent on offer. With alumni including Damien Hirst and Antony Gormley, it would be a shame not to.
This blog post was written by Danielle, a history at work student, who completed a placement at Goldsmiths Special Collections.


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L'isocolon (substantif masculin), du grec iso (« équivalent, égal ») et kôlon (« membre, jambes ») est une figure de style de répétition qui consiste à former un nombre égal ou quasi égal de syllabes dans une unité d'une période, généralement parce que ces groupes de mots utilisent la même structure syntaxique. L'isocolon peut aussi désigner une autre forme d'identité phonétique ou syntaxique, proche du parallélisme. Un isocolon résulte souvent d'une isotopie et vise un effet rythmique de symétrie.

Exemple
La célèbre formule de Jules César  constitue un parfait exemple d'isocolon : la succession de trois verbes de deux syllabes, conjugués tous au même temps (le parfait). La perception des isocola, ou isocolons, est ici renforcée par le rythme ternaire instauré par la juxtaposition, la concision de la formule favorisée par la syntaxe économe du latin, l'usage du même temps verbal et la proximité sonore entre les mots. Proximité créée notamment par la paronomase entre les deux derniers verbes, différenciés par une seule lettre (vidi/vici), la multiplication des mêmes phonèmes v et i, la répétition à l'initiale du v et à la fin des mots du i, donnant un effet d'homéotéleute.

Définition

Définition linguistique
L'isocolon opère une transformation morpho-syntaxique (mots ou groupes de mots) de répétition à l'identique, fondée sur une symétrie rythmique ou prosodique. Les isocolons sont mieux perceptibles (comme dans la phrase de César) lorsqu'ils trouvent un équilibre prosodique (symétrie des accents toniques). Du point de vue linguistique, lié à la construction syntagmatique, l'isocolon est un parallélisme stricte. Au contraire de cette autre figure, l'isocolon concerne exclusivement la période et détermine par là la cadence de la phrase ou du vers.

Définition stylistique
L'isocolon a pour effet principal d'imposer un rythme particulier, cadencé et égal sur toute l'étendue de l'ilôt discursif concerné. L'effet stylistique vise une démonstration de maîtrise argumentative, et par là suggère une irréfutabilité du propos (cas des proverbes notamment).

On trouve de nombreux isocolons dans la langue orale. D'autre part, lorsqu'un lecteur lit un texte ou entend des paroles, il analyse sans s'en rendre compte les phrases qu'il entend en isocolons, en les distinguant plus ou moins bien. Cette analyse est essentielle s'il veut suivre correctement la progression thématique du texte, c'est-à-dire en comprendre le sens global. La publicité peut y avoir recours afin d'imposer ou de suggérer des qualités irréfutables, en combinaison avec d'autres figures souvent ( est une prosonomasie fondée sur la régularité d'un isocolon).

Genres concernés
L'isocolon est historiquement rattaché à la rhétorique classique, par la notion de colon (membre de vers ou de phrase, unité minimale prosodique). Néanmoins il se retrouve dans tous les genres littéraires, et surtout en poésie où il est une ressource formelle de versification. Par ailleurs, les maximes contiennent beaucoup d'isocolons, parce que leur esthétique est fondée sur des jeux de symétries ou de chiasmes. Par exemple, la maxime 228 des Maximes de La Rochefoucauld est un isocolon, car la première partie de la phrase est syntaxiquement mais aussi sémantiquement symétrique à la deuxième :  (La Rochefoucauld, Maximes, édition de 1678)

En musique, la succession identique de notes peut s'apparenter à un isocolon ; au cinéma la figure est également traduisible sous la forme d'images ou de scènes de même timing.

Figures proches
 Figure « mère » : répétition
 Figures « filles » :  aucune

 Paronymes : symétrie, chiasme
 Synonymes : parallélisme

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Texas mom arrested after officials find possible remains of her missing son, 2, tossed in dumpster
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WACO, Texas - A Texas mom was arrested Tuesday after authorities found what are believed to be the remains of her missing 2-year-old son disposed of in a dumpster next to a church in Waco.
Laura Sanchez, 35, was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree felony injury to a child with intent, the Waco Police Department announced Tuesday afternoon. So far, she has not been charged with murder.
She has been charged in connection with the death of her son, Frankie Gonzalez, 2, whom she reported missing Monday afternoon. The investigation is ongoing. Police said Sanchez lead officers to the dumpster behind the Park Lake Drive Baptist Church Tuesday, where the body and several trash bags were found, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported.
The church is less than three miles away from where Sanchez first reported her child missing in Cameron Park around 2 p.m. Monday afternoon. She initially told police she had taken her son to use the restroom next to the splash pad in the Pecan Bottoms section of the park and had turned away briefly before realizing he was gone.
"This is a tragic scene for our community and for our police officers today, too," Waco police spokesman Officer Garen Bynum said. "A lot of us are parents too and this is just heartbreaking to see, but we will do our absolute best to investigate this fully, like to do every case, for this child."
Waco police had announced earlier Tuesday morning that the body of a young child had been found in the dumpster and officials were waiting for an autopsy to confirm the identity. Believing the remains to be Gonzalez, the Texas Department of Public Safety also discontinued its Amber Alert at that time.
Police said Sanchez told detectives Gonzalez died in her care on or around May 28. She allegedly admitted to lying to officers Monday when said the 2-year-old was being cared for by her eldest son, Killeen, over the weekend. She now claims she stashed the boy's body in the dumpster on Saturday before reporting him missing from the park Monday, according to the Tribune-Herald.
Details about how the child died were not immediately released by authorities.
The Waco Fire Department, Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the McLennan County Sheriff's Office joined in searching the park lake by boat and the sky overhead by helicopter before suspending efforts by 8:30 p.m. to resume in the morning, KXXV reported.
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Little Free Library has big a reason to celebrate: On November 4, the nonprofit with a passion for literacy and community planted its 50,000th Little Free Library. This is double the number of Little Libraries in existence just a year and a half ago.
Library No. 50,000 stands at the Illumination Foundation, an innovative homeless shelter in Santa Ana, California—a community that has only one public library for more than 335,000 residents.
How did it come to arrive in Orange County? Through Little Free Library's philanthropic Impact Fund, which places Libraries in communities where they can have a positive impact on reading motivation and social engagement.
According to a press release, Marytza Rubio, founder of the Makara Center for the Arts, applied to the Impact Fund for a Library to be placed at the Illumination Foundation as the first step in a larger push to place Little Free Libraries throughout Santa Ana.
Books for all. The Little Free Library organization estimates that 50,000 Little Libraries equals a whopping 36,500,000 books shared in a year. How's that for a booming sharing economy?
Stronger communities. Little Free Libraries help people get to know each other. How many platonic meet-cutes have happened a Little Free Library? A whole lot. It's estimated that 50,000 Libraries result in 600,000 neighbors meeting each other for the first time.
Self-expression to the max. Take one look at this gallery of Little Free Libraries, and you'll see what I mean. There are Libraries that look like owls. Libraries that look like movie theaters. And even a Little Free Library painted with the patron saint of childhood reading, LeVar Burton.
If 50,000 Little Free Libraries can make all of these good things happen, imagine what 50,000 more could do! You can help bring Little Libraries where they're needed most by supporting the Impact Fund or applying for a Library here.


Wonder is technically a children's novel. It is located in the children's section of your local library. However, this book is so much more.
August Pullman is an incoming fifth grader who was born with an incredibly strange facial deformity which sets him WAY apart from the other kids his age. Ever since he can remember, everyone has stared at him when he walked down the street. He has always been known for his face. In the beginning of the novel, his parents persuade him to attend Beecher Prep, a middle school for Advanced Smart Kids. This is the first "real school" he will ever attend.
The story progresses as a tale of August's first year of middle school. It is told through the perspective of multiple characters, some very minor. This is an interesting addition to the writing style, as I was not expecting the POV change until the first one occurred, much less the multiple POV changes. I found it to keep me on my toes as well as tell the story in the most effective way possible. I loved the perspective changes.
As you can imagine, this book deals primarily with bullying. There are, of course, horrible scenes in which kids are just plain mean to August. In one tearful moment, August cries to his mom, "Why do I have to be ugly?" Seems hopeless, right?
However, the progression of the book both shocked and delighted me. The general kindness of people is put in a spotlight. From his very first day, a girl named Summer sits with him at lunch and proceeds to sit with him every single day. A boy named Jack sits next to him in every class and proceeds to become his very best friend. Throughout all the hardships, August still has kids to lean on.
In the beginning of the year, kids are acting as if he has "the Plague;" they will not touch him and if they do, they must wash their hands within thirty second. During science demonstrations, they will stand on the other side of the beaker from him. August is isolated from almost all of the fifth grade class.
However, they get used to August's face. The year progresses, and the games and jokes and stares die down. August is able to proceed with a pretty normal, if not extremely unpopular, middle school life.
The best and most striking element of this book is the shift towards the ending. At the end of the year, the school goes on a camping field trip for three days and two nights. The last night, they attend a movie in a corn field with two other schools on field trips. Long story short, August and Jack find themselves in the midst of some seventh grade bullies who are very mean to August. Jack stands up to them, but he is too small. In that moment, three of the jocks who bullied August earlier in the year appear. One of them tackles the bully ringleader, and they all run away. It is apparent that a shift has been made. When it came down to it, the kids were there to protect their August from harm.
The rest of the school hears of the incident, and they are all very sympathetic toward August. They are proud of his bravery. They are worried for his safety. Essentially the entire fifth grade class of Beecher Prep rallies in August's defense. These kids, who were so scared of him and his face just a school year ago, have found themselves protective over him.
My absolute favorite thing about this book was the way that it showcased kindness. Some of these kids were mean at the beginning, sure, but when it came down to it they did the right thing. They defended the little guy. They had big hearts.
This book is absolutely fantastic. I would recommend it to anyone. It's a simple read, but more than worth it. Every single character draws you in and makes you want to give them a great big hug. This book will renew your faith in humanity. Beautifully and creatively written, gorgeous beginning middle and ending. 5.5 stars!
""no, no, its not all random, if it really was all random, the universe would abandon us completely. and the universe doesn't. it takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can't see. ... maybe it is a lottery, but the universe makes it all even out in the end. the universe takes care of all its birds.""
p 204. This is part 6 of the novel, told in the perspective of August's older sister's boyfriend. This particularly hits home for me today. The universe does take care of all its birds, even the birds with the deformed faces, the birds who are middle school bullies, the birds who are you and the birds who are me. Fantastic book that I can't wait to finish.
The books on my "read" shelf are the books I've read since the beginning of 2014. The full list of books I've read is on my goodreads.
Anyone who knows me knows that I love historical fiction. Adore it. Simply devour it. I picked this book up with a single goal: to learn about a community during a time period that I knew not a single thing about. I definitely accomplished that goal; I knew nothing of Shaker culture, or even that it existed, before reading this novel. The author does a wonderful job of painting a picture of a society that is both strangely haunting and quietly beautiful. In these ways, Rachel Urquhart has accomplished an incredible feat.
However, much of it was difficult to read for me; I have trouble with abuse in literature. Polly's pregnancy was difficult to get through, as well as the details of blood and abandonment and sexual abuse. Additionally, I was not a fan of Simon's perspective, as I just found myself willing it to be over so that I could read about the girls. I believe that his existence in the story could have probably been avoided if it were written slightly differently. I honestly just found his voice and his personal story line boring.
Overall, the story was seamlessly tied and the ending was surprisingly not horrifyingly sad. Although I was not impressed by Simon's perspective, his story was successfully tied into the stories of the rest of the characters. Throughout the novel, I was expecting the ending to be terribly sad and everyone to die, however it was surprisingly happy.
This book gets 2.5 stars because I found it very difficult to pick up and continue.


a meal where each course is served at a different location.
This is definitely one of my favorite dates. Probably cus after being couped up in suburbia with the kids all week, I want to feel like I really got out and had a night on the town.
Pick three places. Consider the parking factor - it might be a good idea to choose locations you can walk to from one another. Now delegate a course to each location.
What's your favorite progressive dinner date?
And, recently, my husband and I had a sort of progressive dinner-shopping trip, where we headed to publix to buy our dinner supplies. The rule? I pick the first dinner item/ingredient, he picked the next, then me, then him... We started with a couple of potatoes, and I think ended up having some fabulous steak dinner or something! It was fun to keep each other guessing when one would lead us down a random aisle as a head fake. SO much fun!
My favorite progressive dinner... E. 6th St.
Sarah - i like! Im gonna have to try the goat burger!
mandy - awesome idea! way to stir it up!
For our anniversary one year we strolled through Whole Foods downtown : ) It was fun figuring out what we wanted for an appetizer, main course and dessert. Lots of choices all under one roof!


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Judy Kuhn (born May 20, 1958) is an American actress, singer and activist, known for her work in musical theatre. A four-time Tony Award nominee, she has released four studio albums and sang the title role in the 1995 film Pocahontas, including her rendition of the song "Colors of the Wind", which won its composers the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Kuhn made her professional stage debut in 1981 and her Broadway debut in the 1985 original production of the musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Subsequent Broadway roles include Cosette in Les Misérables (1987), Florence Vassy in Chess (1988), and Amalia Balash in She Loves Me (1993). For all three, she received Tony Award nominations. She also received an Olivier Award nomination for her 1989 West End debut playing Maria/Futura in Metropolis. Other musical roles include Betty Schaeffer in the 1993 US premiere production of Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles and her Obie Award winning role as Emmie in the 2001 Off-Broadway production of Eli's Comin. She received a fourth Tony nomination in 2015 for her role as Helen Bechdel in the original Broadway production of Fun Home, and a second Olivier nomination in 2020 for her role as Golde in a London revival of Fiddler on the Roof.

Early life
Kuhn (pronounced ) was born in New York City to Jewish parents and grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. She attended Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C. She entered Oberlin College. After taking voice lessons with Frank Farina, Kuhn transferred into the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Kuhn was also interested in musical theater and other types of music, in addition to classical music for which the Conservatory is best known. She trained as an "operatic soprano" at Oberlin, and graduated in 1981.

After college, she moved to Boston, where she waited tables and studied acting. After appearing in summer stock, Kuhn moved back to New York.

Stage career

1985–1989
Her Broadway debut was in Drood, a Rupert Holmes musical based on the unfinished Charles Dickens novel, in 1985. She played the roles of "Alice / Miss Isabel Yearsley / Succubae" and understudied the title role played by Betty Buckley. Her next appearance on Broadway was in the ill-fated Rags, which opened on August 21, 1986, and closed after four performances.

Her next role of Cosette in the 1987 multiple award-winning Broadway production of Les Misérables brought her the first Tony Award nomination, as Best Featured Actress in a Musical (1987), and the Drama Desk Award (1987) nomination as Outstanding Featured Actress in A Musical.

Kuhn appeared in the Trevor Nunn-directed Chess, with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and lyrics by Tim Rice in the 1988 Broadway transfer from the West End, playing one of the main roles (Florence Vassy). Despite the show's success in London, Trevor Nunn decided to rework it for Broadway from a pop/rock opera as staged in London into a more conventional musical theater piece with a new book by Richard Nelson. As a result, the new show was greeted with mostly negative reviews and closed after less than a two-month run, on June 25, 1988. Kuhn's performance in the musical received praise from the critics. "Her beautiful pop-soprano voice is the show's chief pleasure. She acts the sympathetic, gutsy role with spirit and heart", wrote Variety. The Village Voice noted that "she pours a river of feeling and lush vocal tone into...the role".  She garnered her second Tony Award nomination, this time as Best Actress in a Musical (1988), and a 1988 Drama Desk Award nomination as Outstanding Actress in a Musical. In addition, The Original Broadway Cast recording of the musical was nominated for a Grammy Award.

She reprised her role of Florence Vassy later in January 1989 in a Carnegie Hall concert performance with the rest of the Broadway cast, which was a benefit for the Emergency Shelter Inc. She also performed in a Chess concert version in 1989 in Skellefteå, Sweden, during a chess World Cup final tournament, where she joined with Tommy Körberg and Murray Head, two principal actors from 1986 West End production of the musical.

Kuhn made her London debut in 1989, when she starred in the West End production of Metropolis, with Jeremy Kingston, reviewing for The Times (London) writing "I greatly enjoyed Kuhn's edgy, angular performance." She received an Olivier Award nomination as Best Actress in a Musical.

1990–1996
Kuhn's next major Broadway project, Two Shakespearean Actors (1992), despite a cast that included Brian Bedford, Frances Conroy, Hope Davis, Victor Garber, Laura Innes and Eric Stoltz, was commercially unsuccessful, closing after 29 regular performances.

In 1993, Kuhn played in the Roundabout Theater Company revival of She Loves Me, portraying Amalia Balash, a young Budapest shopgirl who is unaware that the co-worker she despises is the young man with whom she's been sharing an anonymous correspondence. Her performance earned her a Tony Award nomination as Best Actress in a Musical. The 1993 Broadway recording of this revival does not feature Kuhn, who left the production before the album was produced.

In December 1993, Kuhn played the role of Betty Schaefer in the U.S premiere production of Sunset Boulevard at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles. The L.A production recorded a cast album, which is the only unabridged cast recording of the show with the original London recording being cut by thirty minutes.

Regional theatre credits in the early 1990s include The Glass Menagerie at the McCarter Theatre, Princeton, New Jersey, in 1991 as "Laura" and Martin Guerre, at the Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, Connecticut, in 1993. Kuhn reprised her role as Cosette in 1995, for the 10th anniversary concert performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, which was released on DVD as Les Miserables: The Dream Cast in Concert.

1997–2006
Kuhn appeared in the Broadway concert King David which was a 1997 Disney project with a book and lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Alan Menken and directed by Mike Ockrent. It played for a nine-performance limited run at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

Kuhn sang in the second annual benefit concert for The Actors' Fund of Funny Girl in September 2002 at the New Amsterdam Theatre, with different actresses taking on the role of Fanny Brice. She sang "Who Are You Now?" and "People" of which Andrew Gans of Playbill wrote: she "provided an intense, moving, full-voiced 'People,' sensationally belting 'are the luckiest peeeeeeople (wow!) in the wooorld'."

Kuhn's Off-Broadway and regional theater credits in this period include: As Thousands Cheer (1998) Off-Broadway at the Drama Dept., Greenwich House Theater; Strike up the Band (1998) Off-Broadway Encores! Concerts at New York City Center; the title role in The Ballad of Little Jo (2000) at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago; Eli's Comin (2001) Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre Company (for which she won an Obie Award); The Highest Yellow (2004) at the Signature Theater in Virginia; and  Three Sisters (2005) In a new adaption by Craig Lucas at the Intiman Theater in Seattle, Washington.

2007–present
On October 23, 2007, Kuhn returned to the Broadway production of Les Misérables after 20 years, this time assuming the role of Fantine. She succeeded Lea Salonga and remained with the show until the revival ended on January 6, 2008.

Kuhn portrayed Fosca in the Off-Broadway Classic Stage Company revival of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical Passion from its opening in February 2013 through its scheduled closing in April 2013. Kuhn had previously played Fosca in the Stephen Sondheim celebration production in 2002 at the Kennedy Center.

In 2013, Kuhn originated the role of Helen Bechdel in the off-Broadway Public Theater production of the musical Fun Home, which began its run September 30, 2013 and opened officially on October 22, 2013. The run was extended multiple times and closed on January 12, 2014. She played the same role in the Broadway production, which ran from April 2015 to September 10, 2016, at the Circle in the Square.

Kuhn played the role of "Golde" in the Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof, starting on November 22, 2016. She played Golde in the Menier Chocolate Factory (London) production of Fiddler on the Roof which began on November 23, 2018, and ran to March 9, 2019.

Career outside theatre
Her television credits include Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU, All My Children and two PBS shows: My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (recorded 1998, released 1999) and In Performance at the White House: A Tribute to Broadway – The Shows in March 1988.

Kuhn sang the title role in the 1995 Disney animated film Pocahontas. The film's score won an Academy Award, and the soundtrack reached #1 on the Billboard 200, selling over 2.5 million copies. The film included Kuhn's rendition of the song "Colors of the Wind", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award.

Kuhn also sang as Pocahontas in the straight-to-video sequel Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World and in "If You Can Dream", a Disney Princess song. Kuhn briefly appeared in the film Long Time Since (1998) and supplied the vocals for the movie's soundtrack, which includes a rendition of Auld Lang Syne.

She has performed in concert at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Avery Fisher Hall in Manhattan, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and at the Royal Albert Hall in London. She has performed in a solo cabaret/nightclub act at, for example, Joe's Pub at the Public Theater in October 2007 and the Iridium in New York in January 2008. She performed her solo concert at Feinstein's at Loews Regency in March 2012.

Her first solo album, Just in Time: Judy Kuhn Sings Jule Styne, was released on January 31, 1995. Kuhn's second solo album, Serious Playground: The Songs of Laura Nyro, was released on October 2, 2007. In 2013, she released her third album All This Happiness, which contains pop, jazz, cabaret, and blues songs, along with the title song of the album, from the Stephen Sondheim musical Passion.

Kuhn also teaches a song interpretation class at Michael Howard Studios in New York City, where she studied earlier in her career. Andrew Gans of Playbill wrote that Kuhn "possesses one of the richest and most exciting instruments around; it is also an extremely versatile and rangy voice" and that Kuhn has "remarkable interpretive skills".

Personal life
Kuhn lives with her husband, David Schwab, in New York City. They have one daughter, Anna.

Filmography

Film and television

Stage

Discography

List of albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

Theatre
Source:IBDB

References

External links

Judy Kuhn's Myspace Page
Judy Kuhn's 2007 XM Satellite Radio interview
darkestnight: the works of Alain Boubil & Claude-Michel Schönberg
Judy Kuhn's Serious Playground Album on Ghostlight Records

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Our trip began in Habersham County taking Hwy 441 to Cornelia GA. We visited the Train Museum, had lunch at Bigg Daddy's and walked the City Walking Trail. We then drove to Mount Airy, GA and camped at Lake Russell Recreation Area. The last stop in Habersham County is Clarkesville GA and we stopped for lunch at Batesville General Store. The next county is Rabun County to visit the Goats On The Roof in Tiger GA.
We crossed the Chattooga River to SC on Hwy 76 and camped at Chau Ram River County Park. We stopped in Walhalla SC to visit the Oconee History Center, but it was closed.
Our next stop is Jackson County in NC and we stopped at Gorges State Park for the views and drove through Lake Toxaway. We stopped next in Cashiers NC for lunch and drove through busy Highlands NC. We spent the night just outside of Highlands NC boondocking in Van Hook Glade Forestry Campground.
The next county is Macon County and we walked around Franklin NC and on to Clay County. This was Sunday and we drove leisurely through Hayesville NC and on to Cherokee County. We stayed two nights in Murphy NC at our first KOA Park. Harrah's Cherokee Valley River Casino was less than a mile away.
Polk County is next and we drove through Ducktown TN and to Thunder Rock Recreation Area in Benton on the Ocoee River. This is the site of the 1996 Olympics Whitewater Rafting competition. We left TN and headed back into GA and Murray County. We stayed at Fort Mountain State Park in Chatsworth, GA. The ride to the park was beautiful and a little steep.
Gilmer County is next and we drove through Ellijay GA. Carters Lake is a great camping area in Ellijay. We drove through Blue Ridge GA and one day will return to take the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway drive. We drove on down to Blairsville GA, which is in Union County to have lunch, and visited the Byron Herbert Reece Farm & Heritage Center. Vogel State Park is a mile away and we snagged the last spot for the night.
Towns County is next on the list with Hiawassee being a big attraction but we were ready to head home. This was a great driving tour and very relaxing.


Like so many parts of being an educator, the act of being vulnerable can quickly become a double-edged sword.
We know the value of authenticity when building relationships and rapport with our students. We know students can sense artifice and respond poorly to insincerity. We also feel the tenuous balance of power within the classroom and we want to be genuine without tipping the balance. This is a vulnerability we learn to negotiate as teachers.
However, then there is the concept of being vulnerable as a professional within a career that rarely encourages open discourse beyond the concerns of curriculum. The idea of talking about the all-to-real struggles with teacher stress and well-being.
I recently was invited to speak at an event. This is not an odd occurrence. I have spoken at conferences, professional development, and education events plenty of times before. However, this time was different for a couple of reasons.
This time I would be speaking to a district from which I still was tethered through a leave contract and from which I was actively deciding whether to return to or not.
And, this time I would be speaking about my own experiences and my own struggles with teacher stress and burnout.
Needless to say, I was feeling more nervous than usual… and pretty vulnerable.
You see I have never in all my 19 schools (yes, 19!) that I have taught in ever seen a teacher speak openly and honestly about the emotional and physical impact of their job on their own well-being and not received some sort of negative feedback.
Whether that feedback be a quick dismissive changing of the subject or joke in an attempt to soften the subject/mood. Or, a sharp rebuttal or defensive refusal to listen. Although I am sure it happens, I personally have never witnessed vulnerability about teacher-stress pay off for an educator. But it should.
So, I whipped up a speech to share my experiences and the research behind why it's so important that we shine a light on teacher stress and burnout, as well as what we can do to help build teacher resilience. And, I took the stage.
Nerves took hold a bit.
I discovered a little warble in my voice I never had experienced before.
I may have looked at my notes at one part and began to say the wrong thing.
Several people told me how much they appreciated the speech. I even got a business card and potential future contact.
The more important thing that happened though, is that I told my story. I allowed myself a voice, and not my usual voice of content knowledge and authority. This time it was a voice of vulnerability and truth, of bravery.
And, when teachers are feeling overwhelmed it should be part of the discourse, a welcomed piece of professional development within an open and safe school culture. Not in the sense that teachers can complain all the time, but that they can problem-solve together, support one another and know they are not alone in their hurdles.
If we could all try to be more vulnerable we could perhaps begin to change the tide on ideas surrounding teacher well-being.
It doesn't need to be on a stage, or even in an all-staff meeting, it could happen much smaller, much quieter, in a classroom after school, in a hallway during passing time.
It can start with checking in with one another.
Looking up from our stacks or grading and planning and really listening to each other.
Offering support when a colleague needs it and letting them know you understand them and hear them.
We know the benefits of being open and honest, getting "real" with our students. It's time we start attempting to do the same with each other. Vulnerability isn't easy, especially when it's not the norm within our field but when it can potentially change our well-being and the well-being of those around us, as well as, impact our school culture, then it's worth the nerves and the voice warbles to try.
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PopGap #22: Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
By dorrk, November 14th 2016
I like the stink of the streets. It makes me feel good.
Sergio Leone is such an unmistakably gifted visual artist that it almost feels criminal to admit how bad his movies can be. Last year, I revisited his beloved "Dollars" trilogy of spaghetti westerns and was so disheartened by their slipshod nature that I immediately had to revisit my favorite of his movies, Once Upon a Time in the West, just to confirm that it, too, was not severely compromised (it's not: I think it's a masterpiece, still my favorite western by a wide margin, and the one time Leone seems to be in full, coherent control of his operatic tendencies). By and large, however, Leone's movies, to me, are lot like being served an oversized bowl of homemade gourmet spaghetti and meatballs, only the chef was drunk when he made them, and they were knocked off of the table and stomped on before you were able to eat them. All the ingredients are there, but the presentation and final result are a mess. One or two meatballs came out unspoiled.
I've seen Once Upon a Time in America before, in some fashion. It's a movie that has undergone numerous revisions. I don't know which version I watched (more than once) as it aired on cable movie channels in the 1980s; all I recalled from it was Robert De Niro in an opium den and a young, dancing Jennifer Connelly spied on through a peephole. This month, I watched the longest available cut of Leone's epic, the one that clocks in at 229 minutes. After all that, I can see why I remembered so little from this movie: it's four hours of never-dull but half-formulated and lifeless plot tropes wrapped up in a truly majestic visual package.
For my Shadow Top 20 project, I'm watching 20 movies that are considered "similar to" each of my 20 favorite movies. All of these suggestions came from the website MovieLens. Once Upon a Time in America was suggested as similar to The Godfather Part II, which is my favorite movie of all-time. Certainly, they have plenty in common, including a few aspects that will endear me to any movie: a lot of pre-1990s Robert DeNiro (the period during which he was my favorite actor) and sweeping shots of early 20th century New York City. Also, Ennio Morricone's score contains a couple of his most evocative themes, and Leone is operating on another level in terms of shot design and art direction. Cinematographer Tonino Delli Colli, who worked with Leone on The Good the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West, turns in impeccable work. It would be a joy to watch if it wasn't so full of disconnected plot threads, non-sequitur character moments, and bizarrely incoherent gushers of unearned sentimentality. I suppose Leone and his seven screenplay collaborators were attempting, in their adaptation of Harry Grey's autobiography The Hoods, to depict how the habits developed and petty thuggeries committed during childhood form a legacy that haunt men throughout their lives, and that clinging to the past can cripple even the most successful adults, but it's too scattered and immature to resonate. The appealing cast — James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Tuesday Weld, Olga Karlatos, Burt Young, Danny Aiello, and Joe Pesci — somehow keep it watchable despite its staggering and indulgent disarray.
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LTC and EOS – Is the increase ending?
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Since the start of the week, the price of Litecoin has been increasing and has come up from $55.84 at it's lowest point to $62.86 at it's highest which is an increase of 12.57%. The price is currently being traded around the levels of today's high but is starting to show the signs of struggle to keep up the upward momentum.
On the hourly chart, you can see that the price today came up to the vicinity of the prior high and has tested the 0 Fibonacci level, finding resistance there on the quick spike to the upside. This indicates that the horizontal level serves as a strong resistance and is likely to continue doing so. After a decrease of 18.8% made last week, ending at the 0.786 Fib level, which is considered the 4th wave out of the five-wave impulse we have seen an increase of 23.13% which could be the 5th wave. As the price came up to the prior high this 5th wave could be completed or it could continue for another attempt and eventually wick above it, but is likely to end soon.
Another possibility would be that the price ended its 5th wave on the 17th of January in which case the current increase could be corrective in nature, but in either way from the current levels we are to see the start of a downside move either as the 2nd wave of the higher degree, or further downtrend continuation if this five-wave impulse was the part of the correction to the upside.
From Monday's open at $3.64 the price of EOS has increased by 15.5% as it came up to $4.2 at it's highest today and is still being traded around those levels. The price is still in an upward trajectory and is indicating bullish action.
On the hourly chart, you can see that unlike in the case of Litecoin the price of EOS has surpassed the prior high made on the 17th of January but like Litecoin reached the horizontal resistance level close by and is currently retesting it for resistance.
As we have most likely seen the higher degree five-wave impulse from the 17th December last year the increase is soon expected to end, but that doesn't mean that the price is can't continue moving to the upside for another 10% as there is still room to go to. The ending wave is most likely developing and considering that it surprised the prior high it might continue to the next horizontal level to the upside which is at $4.6 but that all depends on the current interaction with the horizontal resistance.
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Nikola has a bachelor degree in Sociology, which gives him the edge in the financial market, knowing a lot about herd mentality. That is why he uses Elliot wave principles mostly, in combination with Fibonacci levels. He started learning more about financial markets back in 2015 and is now a full-time trader.
As an anarcho-capitalist, he fully supports the vision of decentralized future offered by cryptocurrencies, that's why his attention and interest are mostly focused on them. His analysis has been praised by some of the most influential people from the cryptocurrency scene, like Jeff Berwick, the founder of The Dollar Vigilante Newsletter, Vit Jedlicka, the president of Liberland, and other trader colleagues.
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