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The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Return to The Soraya
On February 5, 2022, Wynton Marsalis will join the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for an evening performance at the award-winning Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts- also known as The Soraya- at California State University, Northridge.
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by Pulitzer Prize-winning musician Wynton Marsalis, will perform at The Soraya, the Valley's premier performing arts center and significant regional cultural institution. Marsalis, who recently celebrated his 60th birthday with three in-person performances at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, returns to The Soraya to treat his audience to the full spectrum of the jazz experience for which he is world-renowned. The award-winning Marsalis remains the only musician to win a Grammy award in classical and jazz during the same year, and his exceptional talent and creativity will be on full display as he performs newly composed works and arrangements center stage at The Soraya.
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Country Singer Charley Pride Focus Of 2 Pbs Projects
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Paging Terrence Howard. Charley Pride still wants the actor to play him in a movie of the country music star's life.
The project has been discussed for about 10 years. Pride told a TV critics' meeting on Friday that it remains a goal to have it made with Howard, who stars in the Fox music series "Empire."
Meanwhile, Pride finds himself in the spotlight with two upcoming PBS projects: "Country Music," Ken Burns' film on the genre's evolution and the people who created it, and "Charley Pride: I'm Just Me," airing as part of the American Masters series on Feb. 22.
The 84-year-old Grand Ole Opry member shrugs off any suggestion of legend status as one of the few African Americans to find success in country music. His 1971 crossover hit "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" earned him Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year honors.
"People say, 'Well, you're a legend," he said. "I think, well, you're already dead and gone up there."
Pride initially wanted to make the major leagues and break records.
He used to pick up extra cash by singing before Negro League games. Pride got as far as tryouts with the then-California Angels and New York Mets, but never made the majors like his idol Jackie Robinson.
Eventually, the son of Mississippi sharecroppers began working toward a performing career, already having taught himself to play a $14 guitar ordered from the Sears catalog by his mother.
"I have no answer to what I've been able to achieve," Pride said. "Once I come out and start singing, it doesn't matter if I was pink. They wanted to hear me sing. That's the way my career has been all these years."
Burns' "Country Music" film is set to air from Sept. 15-18 and Sept. 22-25. Besides Pride, it focuses on Garth Brooks, the Carter family, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Will and Hank Williams, among others.
"One of the recurring stories about country music is that it is a bottom-up art form," writer and co-producer Dayton Duncan said. "Many of the people who became iconic and transformational in country music came from the poorest of backgrounds. The music speaks of universal themes and topics. That's when it's at its best and at its most powerful."
To promote the series, Burns will participate in a 30-city bus tour culminating in Nashville with a concert at the historic Ryman Auditorium.
The series ends in the mid-1990s, even though current musicians Dierks Bentley and Rhiannon Giddens of Carolina Chocolate Drops were among the 101 interviews conducted.
"We made it clear they're just too damn young for us to cover their career," Duncan said.

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V-Mail: You Write, He'll Fight
Victory Mail, commonly called V-Mail, was a process developed in 1942 to more efficiently transport the immense amount of correspondence being generated between military personnel and their families during World War II. The system was a cooperated effort between the U.S. Postal Service and the military, intended to preserve precious cargo space for essential military personnel, equipment, and supplies by reducing the volume and weight of the mail.
Blank v-mail sheets and envelope.
Personal collection of Kathy Lafferty. Click images to enlarge.
A V-Mail letter started out as a single sheet of pre-printed stationery that served as both letter and envelope. The use of V-Mail was voluntary for both military personnel and those on the home front, but its use was encouraged by all branches of the U.S. military as a way to support the war effort. Correspondents were instructed to write only within the space provided, using dark ink or a heavy pencil, then to fold and seal the paper along the lines indicated, forming an envelope. V-Mail was mailed along with normal U.S. mail. Post office staff separated out the V-Mail and sent it to V-Mail stations for filming, using equipment provided by Eastman Kodak. In the U.S., these stations were located in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago, while a network of V-Mail stations throughout Europe and the Pacific handled V-Mail written by those serving overseas. Letters written by military personnel were censored for classified intelligence before filming. Once filmed, reels of microfilm were created, each capable of holding approximately 1,700 letters. The reels of microfilm were then mailed. Once the microfilm reached a V-Mail station, it was developed, and each four-by-five inch printed letter was folded and placed into a window envelope for mailing to the recipient. Members of the military who were serving overseas could mail V-Mail, as well as all other mail, for free under an Act of Congress in March 1942.
Shown here are examples of V-Mail from a few of the manuscript collections housed in Kenneth Spencer Research Library.
V-Mail letter from Orin Roland Bales to his mother,
June 26, 1945. Bales Family Papers.
Call Number: RH MS 952. Click image to enlarge.
Orin Roland Bales (1919-2010) was born and raised in Lawrence, Kansas. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia (1940) and a master's degree from the University of Kansas (1942). From 1942 to 1945 he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces' 63rd Air Service Group, stationed primarily in the Philippines, where Luzon is the largest island. After the war he owned businesses in Emporia, Kansas, and Fairfield Bay, Arkansas.
V-Mail letter from John Avery Bond to his parents,
December 31, 1943. Papers of John A. Bond.
Call Number: RH MS 1272. Click image to enlarge.
John Avery Bond (1919-2016) was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1946, serving in the Pacific, French New Caledonia, New Zealand, Guadalcanal, and Bougainville. At Bougainville, Bond monitored radar for information about Japanese position changes and potential attacks. Back in the United States, he taught electronics to Navy sailors and worked at the U.S. Marine Corps Rehabilitation Office, advising discharged Marines of their rights and opportunities as veterans. After the war he graduated from the University of Chicago with a masters degree in social science, and then earned his Ph.D. in political science. Dr. Bond taught at Hillsdale College, the University of Minnesota, the University of Southern Illinois, North Dakota State University, and the University of Southern Colorado.
V-Mail letter from Bill F. Mayer to his parents,
April 11, 1945. Bill Mayer Correspondence.
Bill F. Mayer (1925-2014) was born in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1925. After graduating from Wyandotte High School in 1943, he served in the Army Air Forces as a navigator on B-24 bombers during World War II, flying missions over the European Theater of Operations. After his Army service, he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. He worked at the Lawrence Journal World newspaper for sixty years.
V-Mail letter from Charles S. Scott to his father, March 16, 1944.
Charles S. Scott Papers. Call Number: RH MS 1145. Click image to enlarge.
Charles S. Scott, Sr. (1921-1989) was born in Topeka, Kansas. During World War II, he served with the United States Army's 2nd Calvary Division and the Red Ball Express Transportation Unit. Following the war, he earned a law degree from Washburn University in 1948 and his Juris Doctorate in 1970. In 1954, Scott was one of the plaintiffs' attorneys in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, which ended legal segregation in public schools.
V-Mail letter from Robert Ernest Willman to his parents,
October 4, 1944. Robert Ernest Willman World War II Letters.
Robert Ernest Willman (1923-1978) was born in Lawrence, Kansas. He was inducted into the Army in 1943 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with the rank of Private. He was sent overseas in August 1944, serving in France, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, and Germany with Company C of the First Division's First Battalion, 26th Infantry. Willman was wounded in the Battle of Hürtgen Forest near Aachen, Germany, and was awarded the Purple Heart. He returned to active duty in May 1945 and served with American occupation forces at Fürth, Germany, guarding prisoners of war who had served in Hitler's SS forces. In February 1946 Willman suffered injuries in a jeep accident and was hospitalized at Nürnberg, Germany, returning to the U.S. in May 1946 for hospitalization and recuperation.
V-Mail letter from Leo William Zahner, Jr. to his parents,
June 25, 1944. Leo Zahner, Jr. World War II Letters.
Leo William Zahner, Jr. (1925-2007) was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He joined the Navy in 1943, receiving training in the Navy's metalsmith school. He shipped overseas in 1944, serving on a tank landing ship in combat zones in New Guinea and the Philippines. After the war, Leo joined his father in the family business, the Zahner Sheet Metal Company. Under Leo Jr.'s influence, the company applied its metal work to architecture, earning awards and a global reputation for innovative and visually striking building design. In 1989, Leo was awarded the National Sheet Metal Contractor of the Year. In 2000, he received the National AFL-CIO Labor – Management Award.
Kathy Lafferty
Tags: Bill F. Mayer, Charles S. Scott, correspondence, John Avery Bond, Kansas Collection, Kathy Lafferty, Leo W. Zahner Jr., Orin Roland Bales, Robert Ernest Willman, V-Mail, World War II
"Hope to See You Before Father's Day Again"
Many archival collections at Spencer Research Library contain letters exchanged between fathers and their children. In honor of Father's Day on Sunday, we're sharing several items from our collection of Leo W. Zahner, Jr.'s World War II letters, housed in the Kansas Collection.
Leo W. Zahner, Jr. and other sailors at the College Inn, San Diego, California,
January 1946. Leo is the second from the right, seated in the front row.
Leo Zahner, Jr. World War II Letters. Call Number: RH MS-P 1079.
Zahner (1925-2007) was a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Missouri. He joined the Navy during World War II, receiving training from August to November 1943 at the U.S. Naval Training Station at Farragut, Idaho. In late November, he was transferred to the Navy's metalsmith school at Great Lakes, Illinois, where he was hospitalized with scarlet fever in December 1943. In the summer of 1944, he shipped overseas, where he served on a tank landing ship at U.S. combat zones in New Guinea and the Philippines. He returned to the U.S. mainland in December 1945 and was discharged from service in March 1946.
The Zahner collection contains three items specifically related to Father's Day. One is a letter he wrote to his father to celebrate the holiday in 1945; the other two items (a card and a souvenir handkerchief) are undated, and a cursory examination of the collection didn't reveal when Leo sent them to his father.
Father's Day card, circa 1940-1946. Leo Zahner, Jr. World War II Letters.
Call Number: RH MS 1079. Click images to enlarge.
Painted souvenir handkerchief from the South Pacific, circa 1944-1945.
Leo Zahner, Jr. World War II Letters. Call Number: RH MS Q270. Click image to enlarge.
Letter, Leo W. Zahner, Jr. to his father, June 17, 1945. Leo Zahner, Jr. World War II Letters.
Call Number: RH MS 1079. Click images to enlarge. Transcription below.
Fathers Day.
Dear Dad;
Well its Fathers Day again and I'm still over here. Hope every thing is going fine with you.
The war looks like it's going pretty good in general and looks better at [our?] end too.
I wish you could get a letter off to me. its been a long time and you ought [owe] me a couple.
Mother keeps me pretty well up on the shop [the family business in Kansas City, A. Zahner Sheet Metal Company] lately. I hear Russell White is working for you Hows his friend Billy. There ought to be a lot of the old men come back
The 1st Lieutenant just call me up I've got to [go?] he wants me to fill out requestion for our supplies here in the C & R. He's our offer of Deck [officer on deck?]. were under [illegible]. I've got them all made out now so I can finish this letter to you. I take care of every thing we need down here. Its a pretty good job thank goodness it don't happen very often. He try to get me [illegible] but [i]s having lots of trouble. If I get 3/r [3rd?] in at most couple of months I have a good chance of getting 2/nd, but I settle for third. ha. ha. before going home. It would make a lot of difference after I get off this tub.
I've got all the gear to gather for Mellott to run off a batch of icecream. We had a pretty good snack last night Red and Ed did a little [illegible] for batch. So I had [break and the fire?] pot. The hot plates busted. I do the biggest part of the cooking.
We got turkey for chow today it was pretty good except the hide was about 1/2 thick with pen [illegible] like welding rod.
This is the first holiday weve had in three weeks. I sleep till noon. There was no church. It was felt good to sleep that late.
I've got a pretty nice job tomorrow a making a couple of brass covers for front of some big lights. [diagram] I like that kind of work.
Well Dad hope you had a happy fathers Day. Well write me soon now so Ill have something write back about.
Hope to see you before fathers Day again. About the end of this year. I hope I've counted my chickens right before the hatch.
Your Son
Caitlin Donnelly
Head of Public Services
Tags: Caitlin Donnelly, cards, correspondence, Father's Day, Kansas Collection, Leo W. Zahner Jr., photographs, textile, World War II


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A variety of ultrathin nanomechanical diffraction gratings that have been fashioned from the "wonder material" graphene have been created by an international team of researchers.
The interference pattern produced using a single-layer graphene membrane that was 250 nm long and so does not curl up into a scroll.
The team wanted to reduce the thickness of such gratings to the ultimate physical limit – that of a single atom. The researchers say that their graphene gratings are 10 times thinner than previous beam splitters for atoms, molecules or clusters and are even four orders of magnitude thinner than the width of a typical laser grating.
As quantum mechanics allows for a particle to simultaneously have a wavelike and particle-like nature, matter-wave interferometry is an essential way of studying the fundamental nature of such particle and making precision measurements. There are two basic types of beam splitters used in interferometry: amplitude beam splitters, which are based on photon recoil and are independent of the particle's position, and wavefront beam splitters – actual mechanical or optical gratings that essentially slice a wavefront.
Mechanical gratings, which are typically 100–200 nm thick, have been in use since the late 1980s, and these nanomechanical gratings are "universal" in that they can diffract everything from an electron and a neutron to larger molecules and clusters. An optical grating, on the other hand, would require very intense laser power at 200 nm, which would be difficult to produce continuously. So while mechanical gratings seem like the superior choice, they do have one fundamental stumbling block that crops up for more complex particles, such as large biomolecules, that are highly polarizable. Such particles are affected by certain perturbations that arise due to the presence of van der Waals forces between the particles and the grating walls. These interactions would "dephase" the interferometry, lowering the resolution of the interference pattern or not letting it form at all.
As a way of getting around this, Christian Brand, Markus Arndt and colleagues at the University of Vienna were keen to reduce the thickness of the grating slits as much as possible. "Graphene is the most natural candidate for that, and even though membranes of that material have existed for quite a while by now, no one had sculpted free-standing structures as we needed them," says Arndt. The Vienna group teamed up with Ori Cheshnovsky and colleagues at the Tel Aviv University to fabricate a variety of free-standing 2D gratings.
The team made single-layer graphene, bilayer graphene, single-layer graphene suspended in a silicon-nitride grating and a carbonaceous biphenyl membrane. While such membranes have become increasingly accessible, Brand says that "it had been largely unexplored how to sculpt them on the nanoscale, such that they form stable free-standing masks." Once the membranes were made and used as gratings, Arndt and colleagues used them to diffract phthalocyanine molecules – a commonly used blue-green dye that fluoresces when illuminated with a laser – and found that they could get fairly high-resolution interference patterns.
The team, however, was in for a surprise when it studied its single-layer graphene gratings using high-resolution microscopy – it found that the membranes had spontaneously self-organized to form nanoscrolls. "The graphene nanoribbons had rolled up by themselves to look a bit like an array of papyrus rolls or hollow strings," says Arndt, who adds that such nanoscrolls are interesting nanostructures, independent of their matter-wave experiments. "The discovery of the nanoscroll gratings was an accident, but we like it since we were surprised how high a quantum interference contrast we can get with them and how stable gratings they form," he says. The researchers did manage to produce single-layer membranes that remained flat, by using nanoribbons that were no longer than 250 nm.
The interference pattern produced using a single-layer graphene ribbon that self-organized into a nanoscroll.
The van der Waals interaction is an electrodynamic attraction between neutral particles and neutral grating walls and is caused by spontaneous quantum fluctuations of the charge distributions. This force attracts the molecules to the grating walls in the researchers' experiments. While the effectively conservative force does not normally induce decoherence in matter-wave interferometry – because it does not store information about the particle's path through the grating – it effectively narrows the slit. This has both positive and negative outcomes. The narrowing of the slit means that the particles going through have very high diffraction orders – a boon.
However, the van der Waals force also disperses the particles over all these orders, meaning that the signal per diffraction order drops by a similar factor, and this is bad. This low signal is especially a problem when it comes to large and highly polarizable particles because it brings into play the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. This is because the interaction with the slit can, in theory, make a slit recoil, thereby inadvertently revealing which path the particle took, immediately destroying its quantum nature. For this not to happen, the grating, in this case, needs to be sufficiently well-defined in position space, such that its momentum uncertainty is larger than any recoil imparted by the diffracted molecule. "What our experiment shows, however, is that high-contrast interference is still possible," says Arndt. Indeed, this very same scenario was one of the topics that Bohr and Einstein discussed in their famous debates, and the researchers' findings agree with Bohr's reasoning.
Story Source: The above story is based on materials of Nature Nanotechnology found on physicsworld.com. The original article was written by Tushna Commissariat. Image credit Brand et al./Nature Nanotech. 10.1038/nnano.2015.179/ University of Vienna.


EstonianMetal.com - Reviews | Tarm - "Veretasu Maade Poeg"
This is the first demo from Estonian newcomers Tarm. After a strange intro (which reminds me of the intro to a Realm of Carnivora CD a few years ago) we have the music; raw Pagan Black Metal, not a million miles from Bestia or the aforementioned Realm of Carnivora (Thonolon contributes the drums to this demo, so it´s not a surprise). Tarm, however, tend not to use blast sections and use strident mid tempos and some folky melodies (played in the metal style, though; we´re not talking Metsatöll or Nokturnal Mortum here) in their sound. The sound quality is raw but good and I think Tarm show some potential; they are a little generic, but development and more original song writing they might produce something special. Black CD-R with pro-printed cover, available from Hexenreich Records [hexenreich.estmetal.ee].


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Home » New Organization Handles Association Chapters Down Under
New Organization Handles Association Chapters Down Under
GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB) and the three Australian NEBB chapters have created a new organization to handle the administration of chapters in the country. NEBB Australia will operate the three chapters in a manner that meets the needs of the Australian industry, while at all times maintaining high quality NEBB standards.
NEBB Australia was officially established at a signing ceremony on Aug. 15, in Sydney. Attended by David Eynon, executive director of the Air Conditioning and Mechanical Contractor's Association (AMCA) and Mike Dolim, executive vice president of NEBB. The program is expected to grow into New South Wales, Australia, and parts of Southeast Asia under the new arrangement, using the same NEBB publications that are produced in the United States.
"This presents a unique opportunity for NEBB Australia to more closely reflect the needs of the Australian industry and the way in which it operates," said Eynon. He will serve as the coordinator for NEBB Australia.
Pictured above is Mike Dolim, executive vice president of NEBB (left) and David Eynon, executive director of AMCA, signing the agreement to finalize the creation of NEBB Australia.
For more information, visit www.nebb.org.
Publication date:12/04/2006
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Research on Willa Cather's Culture Identity
Author: MaYuHua
Tutor: YuBin
School: Nanjing University
Course: Comparative Literature and World Literature
Keywords: Willa Cather Cultural identity American modern culture European traditional culture Indian culture Immigrants
Willa Cather (1873-1947) is a contemporary American writer with distinctive characteristics, who grew up during the period in which the States'capitalism was developing rapidly and the social perception was abruptly changing. Both of her life experiences and her writing could strongly represent the time. In her childhood, Cather moved with her parents from southern Virginia to the Great Plains of Nebraska, joining the trend of Western Exploitation. After graduating from college, Cather join the tide of moving back, worked in Pittsburgh, New York and other well developed industrial cities of the central and eastern parts of America, gradually becoming a successful magazine editor. The dramatic changes in the outside world together with Cather's personal rich experiences enabled her to contact with different cultures and perceive the confrontation among them, while Cather's own cultural identity had also been affected and correspondently changed. In her works, Cather clearly expressed her different attitudes toward those cultures, which conveyed her own cultural identity.Looking at Cather's writing, the collision between different cultures is a major theme throughout her work. The study of Cather's cultural identity is still relatively lacking. This thesis attempts to follow Cather's writing history, as well as the primary works of different periods, to explore the recognition of Cather's cultural identity. This thesis includes introduction, main body and conclusion. The introduction discusses Cather's research situation at home and abroad, points out the blank in cultural research of her work and introduces the theory of cultural identity.The main body is divided into four chapters. The first chapter describes Cather's early life experiences, which exerted significant impact on her late period creation:migrating to Nebraska put Cather in various European cultural environments. Based on the education of classical culture, Cather was identified with European traditional culture, formed a value of caring for spirit but despising substances, and admiring art. Years of urban life provide her with a deep understanding of American modern culture which representative by materialism and utilitarianism. She also had disgusted feeling of the mechanization and the loss of personality of modern life, which expedited her traditional cultural identity.The second chapter analyzes the prairie trilogy O, Pioneers!, Song of the Lark and My Antonia. In the western frontier life as the background, Willa Cather described the invasion of the modern culture to the West and the cultural shocking with the traditional culture which inherited by European immigrants. In the collision, the modern culture obtained strong position, while the traditional culture gradually lost the soil for living. Faced by the invasion of modern culture to the traditional culture, Cather showed strong rejection and disgust, and by shaping a new type of pioneers, Cather constructed a more positive cultural identity which could better be adapted to the Modern life.The third chapter focuses on two novels:One of Ours, The Professor's House, in which Cather created a young romantic farmer Claude who escaped the stifling village in France to find the value of life with the help of the first world war, and survived only in fantasy and a traditional intellectual Professor Peter, who revolted modernity culture fiercely, but can only huddle up in the shabby attic and live by old memories. They are unable to tolerate vulgarity and suppression of modern life, however, could not either find a real way out or were lost. With the destroy of Europe which viewed as the Holy Land for Cather in the first world war, the traditional culture lost survival soil in modern culture's erosion. Cather's balance of identity was broken and had a crisis on cultural identity. The novels conveyed such crisis that generated by Cather's disappointment to the reality and perplexity caused by the loss of the way out.The fourth chapter will look into three novels The Song of the Lark, The Professor's House and Death comes for the Archbishop and reveals the forming of Cather's Indian cultural identity. Due to the identity crisis raised by the disappointment of the reality and bewilderment of the future, Cather began to look into the past and history more frequently, hoping to explore the underlying causes of human changes in history and find solutions to ego identity crisis. In this process, traditional American Indian culture's pursuit of the quality of life, their love of art and the idea of reaching the harmony with nature by self-blanking were all appreciated by Cather. The steady history and the strong vitality of Indian culture saved Cather from the identity crisis.In the end, the conclusion analyses Cather's nostalgic identity and summarizes Cather's cultural identity.With the variation in the outside world, Cather adopted an open attitude toward different cultures. She developed the useful ones and discarded the useless things. She continuously reflect upon herself to explore and modify the construction of cultural identity. At the same time, in the exploring process, Cather had always insisted on the lofty pursuit of the spiritual world and art, and this kind of continuous exploration and persistence enriched Cather's works with realistic and impressive charm. As critic Maxwell Geismar says:"She is a noblewoman in the wilderness, and she belongs to the traditional nobility in the equal social structure. She is a writer emphasizing agriculture in the industrial society, and a defender of the spirit of the United States in constantly materialistic civilization."As a writer located in a transition period of traditional and modern times, Willa Cather's pursuing of cultural identity has extensive representativeness.
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The latest versions are sealed for safety with less maintenance, the cells are submerged in sulphuric acid reacting with the lead plates.
To find out more about how Lead-Acid and other solar battery types work visit our Solar Batteries guide.
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In campaign, Bush moderates faith stance: Points to religious freedom
Even as the Democratic presidential candidate takes care not to wear religion on his sleeve, so too has President Bush struck moderate notes in speaking before the wider public.
At least in town hall–style visits from Florida to Oregon in mid-August, the incumbent Republican—well known for his evangelical Christian views—tried to deflect questions that invited him to give his testimony of faith.
Typical of Bush's answers, reported the Los Angeles Times, was his response to a Beaverton, Oregon, woman who asked the president to take a moment "right now" to pray for Oregon, which is reputed to be one of the most unchurched states.
Sep 07, 2004 issue
Responding only "I appreciate that," Bush went on—to the questioner's apparent surprise—to offer a defense of church-state separation: "I think the thing about our country that you must understand is that one of the most valuable aspects of America is that people can choose church or not church, and they're equally American. That is a vital part of our society."
Likewise, in Niceville, Florida, Bush evaded with a joke the comment of a 60-year-old man who said to him, "This is the very first time that I have felt that God was in the White House."
After thanking the man, Bush switched the subject to his brother, the Florida governor: "Let me ask you a question: Do you like Jeb? Jeb plants [this supporter] right here on the front row." Asked by another person in the audience if he was a Christian, Bush said yes, then added: "You have a right in this country to worship freely. . . . You are equally American if you're a Christian, Jew, Muslim or Hindu."
In an interview on CNN's Larry King Live August 12, Bush defended his positions on embryonic stem cell research and same-sex marriage, but he also touched upon the importance of a multifaith nation and church-state boundaries. King noted that Democratic rival John Kerry, a Catholic, received applause at his party's convention when he said that he doesn't "wear my own faith on my sleeve."
Asking if his faith affects his conduct in office, Bush said in part, "I make decisions on what I think is best for the country, but my faith is important to me. A lot of times my faith comes up because I thank people for their prayers—and I mean people from all religions."
With pollsters saying that many voters have already made up their mind on the presidential race, the "undecided" segment, especially self-styled independents, is often seen as crucial.
According to researchers at City University of New York, if the Bush and Kerry campaigns want to woo that segment of potential voters, they should avoid openly religious appeals.
Ariela Keysar and Barry Kosmin, authors of the 2001 American Religious Identification Survey, said independent voters are "unlikely to be won over in large numbers by messages with strong religious elements" because they are the most secular voters. The survey data from 2001 show that 24 percent of independent voters consider themselves secular in some fashion, compared to 19 percent of Democrats and 11 percent of Republicans.
Their socioeconomic profile indicates that "independents are likely to be found in the middle ground on most economic and political issues, but not on faith issues," they reported in August. People with a "religious" outlook tend to be Republican across denominations, and those who are "somewhat religious" tend to be Democrats.
When Bush deflects leading public questions on his conservative religious beliefs, one religious-political analyst says, he is rightly remembering that many voters are turned off by religious matters.
Doug Wead, who was a campaign liaison to evangelicals for the first President Bush, told the Los Angeles Times that the younger Bush is not hurting himself by evading invitations to proclaim his faith boldly. "He's got their votes," said Wead. "That woman [in Beaverton] is not going to go out and vote for John Kerry because the president didn't pray with her."
Evangelicals, said Wead, already know that their beliefs are not popular everywhere and, like Bush, have learned to choose words carefully so as not to offend the views of others.
Will Democrats get whacked on religion? Bush has wide lead among religious voters: Bush has wide lead among religious voters
On the faith-based campain trail: Bush shores up support
by John Dart
Political affliations of evangelicals shift: A more even distribution
Democrats in defeat ponder 'values gap' Centrist Democrats call on party to recast "moral issues": Centrist Democrats call on party to recast "moral issues"
Running on religion
By Timothy Renick January 14, 2008


It doesn't surprise me that about 97% of the folks out there get seriously worried about out-of-control federal government deficit spending every time they see this 'debt clock'. This is why it also doesn't surprise me that about 3% of the folks out there have as much wealth, if not much more, than those other 97% combined.
Fake news is not just confined to politics, this 'debt clock' is the monetary version of fake news, and just like any fake news, this 'debt clock' is pushing a narrative. Fake news is not a recent thing, it is everywhere, about everything, so the trick is to stand back from the picture, tune out the noise, and do your own research, do your own journalism, just like the real news used to do (Not a newsflash: the real news waved bye bye to journalistic integrity decades ago).
Cue: "BONG" (The 'debt clock' strikes…again).
Let's take a closer look at the 'debt clock'. The first number that meets the eye is the 'US NATIONAL DEBT' of $19.9T on the top left. It's wrong. Since 1971 (since the switch from gold backed dollars to pure fiat dollars was completed and made official) there is no 'US National Debt'. There was a federal gov't debt before the switch (because the federal gov't could not issue gold-backed dollars out of thin air) but there is no debt after the switch (because the federal gov't can now issue fiat dollars out of thin air). Today, in the post gold standard, modern monetary system, there is no such thing as the issuer of a pure fiat currency (any monetary sovereign nation using a non-convertible, free-floating currency) ever being in debt of that currency. The federal gov't, the issuer of dollars, doesn't need to 'borrow' its own dollars. Selling federal 'debt' is no longer needed as a financing operation. Rather than being needed to fund spending using gold-backed dollars, US federal gov't Treasury bond sales, now denominated in fiat dollars, perform other vital fiat-currency functions (such as upholding demand for the currency, fulfilling savings desires, maintaining price stability, and defending the overnight interest rate target). So either the 'US National Debt' figure is wrong (s/b $0.00), OR, the word 'debt' s/b changed. Why? The federal gov't is the sole issuer of fiat dollars. Those US Treasury bonds that make up the 'US National Debt' are obligations, yes (they are backed by the full faith and credit of the federal gov't); they are liabilities, sure (the federal gov't promises to pay semi-annual interest and pay back the principal at maturity); but a "debt", no. For example, IBM has liabilities to pay dividends on all outstanding shares of IBM stock, yes; IBM has an obligation to honor the equity ownership to those IBM shareholders, sure; but those IBM shares are not a "debt" to IBM, the sole issuer of IBM stock. Ask any accountant and they will confirm that all debts are liabilities / obligations but not all liabilities / obligations are debts. The way to look at federal gov't "debt", the reality, is that those Treasury bonds, just like IBM shares, are investment holdings, they are savings, of the private sector. So on the 'debt clock', the 'US National Debt' figure is wrong, or the wording is wrong (s/b US National Savings).
The 'US TOTAL DEBT' figure ($67.5T) shown on the 'debt clock' is deceiving (domestic financial debt of $16T plus domestic non financial debt of $48T plus plus foreign financial debt of $3.5T). The 'debt clock' should not include 'domestic financial debt' ($16T) in this 'total' figure. Why? Domestic financial debt is double-counting the debt because domestic financial institutions borrow solely to re-lend, so it should not be included. Furthermore, the 'US Total Debt' figure in the 'debt clock' includes foreign financial debt ($3.5T) which is obvious why it also shouldn't be included in a 'US Total Debt' figure.
Moreover, the 'M2 MONEY SUPPLY' figure ($13.5T) on the 'debt clock' needs to be changed. The federal gov't breaks down 'money' into several classifications (monetary base, M1, M2, etc.) for the same reason that they break down employment numbers (U1, U2, U3, etc.). The federal gov't does this because only one of these headline figures of 'money' or 'employment' has a significant effect on movements in the economy (economic indicators), so they just need to be watched more closely (NOT that the others are NOT 'money' or NOT 'employment'). For a better read on the money supply figure on the 'debt clock', better to add back in all the money, including those US Treasury bonds. Warren Mosler, the father of MMT, argues (correctly) that US Treasury securities 'held by the public' ($16T) should be included as part of the money supply because like dollars in our checking, savings, and retirement accounts held at banks (the 'M2 Money Supply' figure on the 'debt clock'), those bonds are also our savings at the Treasury via the Federal Reserve Bank.
Finally, the most eye-popping 'red ink' on the 'debt clock', that 'US UNFUNDED LIABILITIES' ($106T), is another deception. 'Unfunded' is not as sinister as it is intended to look. 'Unfunded' only means that these liabilities are 'pending', that they haven't been funded because they simply haven't come due yet (not that they are 'unfunded' because the federal gov't will be 'unable' to pay them). For example, a young worker's past withholdings to Social Security (off-budget) is not 'saved' in a 'lockbox' for the future. The federal gov't automatically credits each contribution amount towards today's federal gov't (on-budget) expenditures. The way the federal gov't records both that after-the-fact ledger entry and to also counter-post a future Social Security check that worker will receive at retirement age is called 'unfunded liabilities'. 'Unfunded liabilities', a.k.a. 'Intra-gov't debt', is merely the double-entry accounting construct on the consolidated balance sheets of the United States federal gov't that reconciles today's receipts vs. tomorrow's payments. There is nothing at all to worry about because those 'unfunded liabilities' are denominated in dollars, and there is absolutely no problem for the federal gov't to pay any amount of 'unfunded liabilities' in dollars. The federal gov't, the issuer of dollars, the sole monopoly supplier of dollars, will not run out of dollars! Today, the federal gov't will happily issue more fiat dollars and hand them over to you in exchange for your labor (your blood, sweat & tears) provisioning the federal gov't. You, however, will run out of time on earth (finite resource) swapping it for those dollars (infinite resource) and why the federal gov't will gladly do this trade all.day.long.
The key to making fake news believable, to give the scripted narrative some legs, is to make sure that you mix in enough real news, at least 40% ("I have the feeling about 60% of what you say is crap." David Letterman to Bill O'Reilly 01/04/06). Aside from the figures I mentioned above, the rest of the figures in the 'debt clock', like 'STATE DEBT' and 'LOCAL DEBT', are legit. For example, because they are in the same boat as you & I, all US local & state gov't debt is real debt (unlike the federal gov't, the rest of us are all users of dollars, not issuers of dollars). Again, despite those figures adding up ominously on the 'debt clock', there is nothing to worry about. For all that debt of the 50 US state governments combined, the median debt-to-GDP ratio is an easily-serviceable 2.4%.
(Keep this in mind the next time you hear the alarm from that 'debt clock').


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by Craig Wilson | Jun 23, 2014 | Blog
Beyond general aesthetic appeal, you might think that the style of your carpet in your place of business is not that important. However, the right carpet make your business more memorable and iconic. Here are 5 famous carpets that have become an integral part of each of their home's brand.
The Flying Carpet in the Sacramento International Airport
The Sacramento International Airport boasts an unconventional attraction—a pedestrian bridge carpet. Seyed Alavi created a woven masterpiece featuring an aerial view of a 50-mile range of stretch that follows the Sacramento River. Alavi created this 150 foot "flying carpet" for the airport as part of a competition to create a carpet that extends between the main parking garage and Terminal A of the airport.
This carpet serves as a welcome mat for all who visit Sacramento. Alavi wanted this carpet to be reminiscent of flying over the valley.
The Ardabil
The Ardabil featured in London is about 38 feet long by 18 feet wide. It features approximately 300-350 knots per square inch. The maker created the foundation of the carpet out of silk and the knots out of wool. This Persian masterpiece was woven around 1539-40 during the reign of Shah Tahmasp. It is revered not only for its size, but for its unique beauty as well. It is considered the most well-known carpet in a museum.
This carpet is actually one of a pair. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art each feature one of the Ardabil carpets. When the carpets first arrived in England, they were heavily worn. The second carpet, which was in worse condition, was used to restore the first to its former glory.
The restored carpet was sold to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the second was fixed up as much as it could be using the remaining usable sections. The more worn carpet eventually ended up in Los Angeles.
The restored carpet is lit for only ten minutes on the hour and half hour to preserve its color.
The Red Carpet from the Oscars
Is there a carpet more iconic than the Oscars red carpet? It has become synonymous with the glitz and glamor of Hollywood fashion and the entertainment industry. Every performer with aspirations of fame dreams of their moment walking down the red carpet with cameras flashing and all eyes on them.
The history of a red carpet being used as a symbol of honor or status dates back to Aeschylus's tragedy, Agamemnon in 458 B.C. In 1821, a red carpet was rolled out for James Monroe in Georgetown, S.C. It was not until 1922, at Sig Grauman's Egyptian Theatre for the premiere of Robin Hood, that a red carpet was used for a Hollywood event. The Oscars did not feature a red carpet until 1961.
Today, the Oscar red carpet covers 16,500 square feet, and it takes about two days to install. Even its scraps are zealously guarded so they do not end up on eBay.
Portland International Airport Carpet
If you aren't a Portland native, you may be confused when you hop off your plane and notice everyone taking pictures of their feet. Don't worry, you aren't behind on some global social media foot crazy. The carpet of the Portland airport has become an iconic symbol of coming home to those who live in the Portland area.
It has become a tradition to take a picture of your feet on the carpet and post it to social media with the hashtag #pdxcarpet.
In 1987, the carpet was replaced. When picking a design, John Schleuning, who helped design the carpet, looked at the carpets of at least 5 different airports. He noticed a lot of neutral, utilitarian colors. He wanted Portland to be unique.
The design team chose to imitate the natural colors of the Northwest: green and blue. They installed the carpet in the early 90s, and the people fell in love with it. You can buy T-shirts and socks with the design of the carpet to show your adoration.
The Flower Carpet in Brussels
Every two years, the Grand-Place of Brussels is covered in a stunning carpet of begonias. The vibrant colors and resiliency of begonias make it the perfect plant for this event.
The design is planned one year in advance. Designers make scaled models of the 77m x 24m carpet to calculate the amount of flowers that will cover the ground. Around 120 volunteers work hard for 4 hours to install approximately 1 million begonias. The carpet is only in place for one weekend.
Over the years, the carpet has paid homage to countries from around the world. From the flamboyance of the 18th century French royalty to the tribal designs of Africa, the carpet honors cultures from around the globe. This year, 2014, the carpet will honor 50 years of Turkish migration to Belgium. The carpet will be reminiscent of the kilim rugs of Turkey.
These carpets have defined airports, industries, museums, and even cities, but they can define your home or business as well. Choosing the right carpet for your place of business can have unexpected benefits. Make sure you choose a carpet that accurately depicts the image you want to portray.
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Bombshells: Femme Fatales of Film Noir
My love of Film Noir has never waned over the years. The mystery, the dark play with light, the heroes and the anti-heroines. The femme fatales…. they will always be style icons and more. Here are some of my favorites (in no particular order):
Joan Bennett as Kitty March in Scarlet Street (1945).
Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson in Double Indemnity (1944) with the handsome Fred McMurray.
Lauren Bacall as Marie "Slim" Browning in To Have and Have Not (1944) with Humphrey Bogart.
Rita Hayworth as Gilda in Gilda (1946).
Mary Astor as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (1941) with Humphrey Bogart.
Lana Turner as Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) with John Garfield.
Rita Hayworth (again!) as Elsa Bannister in The Lady From Shanghai (1948).
Who is your favorite femme fatale? Let me know in the comments or join in for Film Noir Week (today through Halloween) on my IG and FB accounts! See you there… xx, Karen
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Pumpkin Stripe. Vintage 1930's/40's Seersucker Striped Day Dress. Sz. M/L
Crescent Moons. Vintage 1940's 1950s New Look Tweed Jacket. Sz. M
Chocolate Corde. Vintage 1940s Crochet Gimp Purse
In Fashionable History, Bombshells Tags old hollywood, fashion history, style icon, film noir, femme fatale, rita hayworth, barbara stanwyck, lauren bacall, humphrey bogart, fred mcmurray, joan bennett, lana turner, mary astor
Lingerie By Decade- 1940's
We're moving right along on our monthly mini-series Lingerie By Decade! This month is the 1940s. In case you're behind, read up on the 1920's and 1930s in my past posts.
I'm not going to lie, I've been tempted to sit on a curb and fix my stockings too! In the 1940's stockings are a big deal. However, they are hard to come by and afford with war time rationing. Pantyhose or tights are not invented until the 1960's so women are still using suspender belts or clips attached to girdles to hold their stockings up. More and more women are in the work force during war time, and suits are becoming more common. As is the trend of separates (bras and tap pants) and rubberized shape wear that started in the late 1930's.
If women ran out of stockings, they painted them on. "Liquid stockings" start to line the shelves and make-up aisles.
Three piece sets were very popular in the 1940's. To give women more freedom garter or suspender belts come into fashion. Worn over tap pants and with a bra. Your slip would cover all of that.
Girdles are also a staple. With more and more rubberized fabrics hitting the market, these will keep your shape! Attached with stocking clips, of course!
The soft rounder shape of the bra cup in the 1930's becomes much pointier in the 1940s. The bullet bra is invented with circular stitched cone shape cups. To provide lift as well as projection, the cup has many seams. This look will continue on in the 1950's and early 60's.
Above is a 1940s Jantzen Whirlpool stitched bullet bra that sold recently from my shop. I'm always on the hunt for these!
And finally, I leave you with some glamour. 1940's films and film noir have some of the best fashion. Long gowns and peignoirs fill the boudoir scenes. This may not have been the average lady's look, but it sure inspired all to dream and stay gorgeous during a difficult time! Veronica Lake above. Rita Hayworth below.
This concludes our history of 1940's lingerie. Stay tuned for next month's installment- the 1950s! Afraid to miss out? Sign up for my monthly newsletter or follow on bloglovin'.
Gold Mesh. Vintage 1940's Crochet Drawstring Purse
La Belle. Vintage 1940's Twist Knot Capulet
Davidow New York. Vintage 1940's Patented Design Wool Jacket. Sz. M
Femicraft. Vintage 1940's Rayon Dressing Gown Peignoir. Sz. S
In Lingerie By Decade Tags fashion history, fashionable history, lingerie, 1940s lingerie, 1940s fashion, 1940s clothing, history of lingerie, girdles, bullet bras, veronica lake, rita hayworth, stockings, wartime fashion, wartime rationing


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Custom UIPickerView controller reconstruction allows you to customize the graphics
(background, shadow, selector) just replace those files with your own:

 * pickerBackground.png
 * pickerGlass.png
 * pickerShadows.png

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## Usage

1. Create AFPickerView instance and customize it

```objective-c
pickerView = [[AFPickerView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(30.0, 250.0, 126.0, 197.0)];
pickerView.rowFont = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:19.0];
pickerView.rowIndent = 10.0;
```

2. Set dataSource, delegate and call <code>- (void)reloadData</code>

```objective-c
pickerView.dataSource = self;
pickerView.delegate = self;
[pickerView reloadData];
```
3. Implement AFPickerViewDataSource and AFPickerViewDelegate

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Q: python3 with SQLObject class pass parameters I am new to python3 and tring to build a sqlobject class which named whatever. Then I created a function to caculate the average of one column. Here are parts of the codes.
class whatever(sqlobject.SQLObject):
    _connection = connection
    f1 = sqlobject.FloatCol()
    f2 = sqlobject.FloatCol()
    wid=sqlobject.IntCol(default=None)

def avg(col, num):
    l1 = []
    for i in range(1,num):
        e = whatever.get(i).col
        l1.append(a)
    return statistics.mean(l1)

print (avg(f1, 5))

But it returns the error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test1.py", line 58, in <module>
    print (avg(f1, 5))
NameError: name 'f1' is not defined

However, when I directly wrote down the code like this:
class whatever(sqlobject.SQLObject):
    _connection = connection
    f1 = sqlobject.FloatCol()
    f2 = sqlobject.FloatCol()
    wid=sqlobject.IntCol(default=None)

l1 = []
for i in range(1,5):
    e = whatever.get(i).f1
    l1.append(e)
print (statistics.mean(l1))

It works fine. So what should I do with the def avg(col, num) function?

A: Please note that whatever.get(i).f1 works — this because you name the column explicitly. If you want to get a column by name you have to:

*

*pass the name of the column, i.e. avg('f1', 5);

*get the value for the column using getattr.

So the fixed code is:
def avg(col, num):
    l1 = []
    for i in range(1, num):
        e = getattr(whatever.get(i), col)
        l1.append(a)
    return statistics.mean(l1)

print(avg('f1', 5))

PS. The next error in your code will be NameError: a. What is a? Do you mean e?

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Little Schoolhouses On The Prairie
"KickAss" In Small-Town Manitoba
September 8, 2011 Country Crossroads
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By Shannon VanRaes
Walking into the Brant- Argyle School is like stepping back in time save for the guy in shorts installing wireless Internet and the tidy computer stations aligned in rows.
You ve got this wonderful blend of old-school traditional and cutting-edge technology at the same time, said Rolly Gillies, one of four teachers at the two-storey brick schoolhouse. I believe that is the message we are sending to our children (is) there is value in what is going to last, in our communities, as well as in what s new,
A designated provincial historic site, the building has its original floors and stairs, bright windows, pressed-tin ceilings and a stone foundation.
It also has something else most other rural schools of its vintage don t have: students.
I believe there will be 46 children here in the fall, says Gilles. There was some talk years ago about how small we should go, and even then there were people in the community who were very adamant that the school, which is part of the community, stay open.
A few other small schools have also survived the amalgamation trend including the Alf Cuthbert School in Moosehorn and Waskada School, a K-12 institution that had a graduating class of only four students last June.
When you are at a school that is so small, you do always worry about closure, it s always at the back of your mind, said Denise Benton, who has been principal at Waskada School for the last six years. I think that the factors that keep a school like this open are a really dedicated staff and a very dedicated community.
Benton noted most of the students at Waskada School end up going onto post-secondary education, and there has been positive feedback from professors with Waskada graduates in their classes.
To help ensure the Brant- Argyle School keeps its doors open, that school s parent advisory council has recently published a brochure advertising the kindergarten to Grade 8 school and the benefits of multi-level learning. The Interlake School Division allows students from outside the Brant-Argyle School s catchment area to attend.
We wanted to make people aware of the options out there, that there are choices, said Cathy Crerar, an advisory council member and mother of two students at the school. This is a great learning environment. There aren t classes with 25 or 30 kids where some kids might struggle.
Smaller, mixed classes allow students to work at their own level, while identifying strengths and weaknesses, she said. Children are split between four classrooms, each with about a dozen students. Younger kids often learn through osmosis, listening in on other discussions, while older students have the opportunity to mentor younger ones.
Bullying doesn t appear to be an issue at most small schools either.
I like the small town, knowing the parents and the teachers. For my kids, I know it s made a big difference, said Crerar, adding her son Devyn, 10, had his best academic year ever after starting at the Brant-Arygle School last year.
The Crerars had been living in Alberta, attending a school with about 250 students.
I like this school more a lot, gushed Devyn, who didn t let a broken leg over the summer slow him down. When we get here, we play mostly grounders or tag. Mostly the whole entire school together. Then we go inside.
The Grade 5 student added he also enjoyed buddying up with younger students to help out with math.
IT S FUN
One of those younger students is Devon s sister, Cassie, who said it wasn t so bad seeing her brother at school.
But he is still my arch-nemesis, added the seven-year-old, grinning.
Brant-Argyle School principal Laura Perrella noted the advisory council s brochure has resulted in three additional students enrolling for September.
Perrella, drawn by the school s class structure, decided to come to Brant Argyle a year ago after six years teaching in Lynn Lake.
Multi-level learning does exist in other schools, but usually just in little pockets, it s not the focus. So it was very nice for me to be able to come on board here, and have that focus, she said.
Both Perrella and Gillies said students share a sense of ownership and respect for the building as well.
Know historically as the Brant Consolidated School No. 1703, the Brant-Argyle School is the last consolidated school still open in Manitoba. Built in 1914, it amalgamated Brant School No. 84, established in 1880, with McLeod School No. 239, established in 1883. The school was expanded in 1923 and a gymnasium was added in the 1970s.
It certainly gives a sense of beauty as people and parents come in, but they ll also comment on their own connection to the school, whether it was their parents who were students, or their grandparents, said Gillies. One fellow came in and his grandfather had been a contractor on the building. When the children hear comments like that, they know this is more than a building, this has history and has been here for a long time. It s a community and it s a family.
The closure of rural schools has altered rural life, said historian Les Green.
There was a time when there was a school almost every three miles. At that time they were the centre of the community, said Green. It was the place that celebrations were held, desks would be pushed aside for dances, and meetings would happen there.
Gillies said he believes his school will continue to be part of the rural community into the future and would like to see more like it.
If anyone were to ask me, I would say we should look at closing some of the big schools, and opening more of the small ones, he said.
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Ifanyoneweretoask me,Iwouldsaywe shouldlookatclosing someofthebigschools, andopeningmore ofthesmallones.
ROLLY GILLIES
Shannon VanRaes
Shannon VanRaes is a journalist and photojournalist at the Manitoba Co-operator. She also writes a weekly urban affairs column for Metro Winnipeg, and has previously reported for the Winnipeg Sun, Outwords Magazine and the Portage Daily Graphic.
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Pay as you go? But the Internet is free
Threatening to broadside BT's Wednesday announcement of a pay-as-you-use Internet service, many companies are raising the profile of their free online connections. And some offer free Web space and email in return for using other online services.
By Morgan Holt | June 12, 1998 -- 08:15 GMT (01:15 PDT) | Topic: Networking
There are strings attached, of course, as many of these services attach advertisements to your email and some even to your Web pages. Geocities, perhaps the best known, will give subscribers 11Mb of free Web space and a free email address in return for placing a randomly-selected advertising banner at the top of all opening Web pages.
There are at least five other companies who operate in similar ways, while traditional Internet Service Providers pull their belts in and squeeze a few pounds off their rival's prices. Now the threat extends to corporations who find they have saleable 'real estate' in the form of unused disk space.
An early example came from Citicorp's Citibank and Virgin Net which teamed to provide Citibank customers with free Internet access for online banking. Citibank has also stated that it will pass on savings in the form of higher interest percentages - savings that come from not having to build high-street branches. Online customers can expect 4.75 per cent interest rates compared to the 3 per cent of 'offline' customers.
It is the start of a trend that analysts say will not reverse. Jupiter Communications analyst Adam Schoenfeld told newscom, "If you get one very credible provider, then potentially no one could charge." Free Internet access acting as a loss leader was close, he said.
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Higgins, David, Jacob Oluwoye, and Dennis Lenard. "AN EXAMINATION OF THE INFLUENCES ON ORGANISATIONSí NEW SPACE DECISIONS." In 7th European Real Estate Society Conference. ERES: Conference. Bordeaux, France, 2000.


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Hungary revs up return to global debt markets with roadshow
By bne IntelliNews January 15, 2013
Hungary has hired a group of banks to organise a roadshow "in the coming weeks" for its first debt sale on international markets for close to two years, and plans to raise up to €4.5bn in foreign currency in 2013, the country's Debt Management Agency (AKK) announced on January 14.
BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs have been hired to arrange meetings with investors in Europe and the US, AKK said in a statement, according to Bloomberg. In a separate release, the agency said it plans to issue debt of €4bn-4.5bn on the international markets in 2013. "The AKK will determine the timing and currency type of capital market issuance based on the market environment," it said.
Plagued by erratic policymaking and the Eurozone crisis, Budapest last accessed the international markets in May 2011, instead relying on local currency debt auctions and a handsome trade surplus to finance itself as it spent the last year suggesting it was hoping to negotiate a bailout with the IMF and EU. However, the possibility of an IMF loan pretty much disappeared in the fourth quarter of 2012, and the international debt issue will drive the final nail its coffin.
Hungary has been trying to ward off admitting that fact, fearing the reaction of the markets, but faced with a debt redemption schedule totaling €5.1bn in 2013 it is running out of foreign exchange reserves. At the same time, with the liquidity washing around the globe pushing CEE yields to historic lows, Budapest simply can't resist grabbing a slice of the action before that dissipates.
Meanwhile, forint-denominated assets remain under some pressure due to an ongoing cycle of monetary easing by the central bank and the forthcoming end of term for Governor Andras Simor, who has been trying to halt the rate cuts by warning of inflation and other risks.
Following the announcement from the AKK, the forint appreciated 0.2% to €295.25 by 6:18pm in Budapest, reported Bloomberg, after falling as much as 0.9% in intraday trading. Meanwhile, the yield on Hungary's euro notes due in 2020 rose 0.03 percentage points to 4.92%, and yields on forint-denominated notes due in 2022 fell 1 basis point to 6.26% after a 16-basis-point increase on January 11.
Continuing a recent campaign to blame the country's difficulties on an international conspiracy, the Hungarian economy ministry insisted on January 14 that it is a call from Nouriel Roubini doing the current damage. The economist wrote on January 3: "Until Hungary signs a new deal with the IMF we recommend short HUF."
However, most analysts suggest that comments from Economy Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy in an article published on January 10 claiming that Hungary's previous policy of "keeping the forint strong" has "proved catastrophic" may have more to do with it. Matolcsy, credited as the architect of Budapest's "unorthodox" economic policy is widely tipped to replace Simor in March, and has spoken of a strategic alliance between the central bank and government - which has been pushing for "growth" orientated strategies for several months.
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The average train between Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) and Le Mée-sur-Seine takes 4h 21m and the fastest train takes 4h 11m. There is at least one train per day from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) to Le Mée-sur-Seine. The journey time may be longer on weekends and holidays; use the search form on this page to search for a specific travel date.
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Trains run once daily between Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) and Le Mée-sur-Seine. The service departs Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) at 11:34 in the morning, which arrives into Le Mée-sur-Seine at 15:45. All services require a transfer at PARIS NORD and take an average of 4h 21m. The schedules shown below are for the next available departures.
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Magnesium is an essential mineral present in all human tissues, especially in bone. It has both physiological and biochemical functions and has important interrelationships with calcium, potassium and sodium. It is needed for the activation of many enzymes (for example enzymes concerned with the replication of DNA and the synthesis of RNA) and for parathyroid hormone secretion, which in involved in bone metabolism. It is also needed for muscle and nerve function.
Nutritional deficiency is rare and characterised by progressive muscle weakness and neuromuscular dysfunction. Mild hypomagnesaemia (low blood magnesium) is common in severely ill patients, alcoholics and those with malabsorption disorders.
In contrast, intakes of magnesium that are judged to be too low are quite common in the UK. Despite magnesium being available in a wide range of foods, one in five women aged 19-34 years and more than half of teenage girls have intakes below the LRNI (51% of 11-14 age group and 53% of 15-18 age group) and more than 20% of boys aged 11-14 years are also at risk of low intakes.
There is no evidence that large dietary intakes are harmful to humans with normal kidney function. However, regular intake of high dose supplements can result in diarrhoea and may also result in raised blood levels of magnesium with associated adverse effects.
Magnesium is present in both plant and animal cells and is the mineral in chlorophyll, the green pigment in plants, and so is widely available. Sources include green leafy vegetables, nuts, bread, fish, meat and dairy products.


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As they currently stand, the number of nests given is based on Bird house tier. We think this, too, is quite strong. As these Bird houses have lower Hunter requirements compared to the levels necessary to craft them, people are capable of simply buying the highest tier and profiting regardless of Hunter level.
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The number of nests given is now randomised based on your Hunter level and Bird house tier.
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Il Campo del Moro è un giardino situato nella città di Madrid. Dichiarato di interesse storico-artistico nel 1931, occupa una superficie di circa venti ettari, situato nel retro del palazzo reale al Paseo de la Virgen del Puerto. Da nord a sud con i suoi confini fissati dalla Cuesta de San Vicente (lato nord) e la Cuesta de la Vega e il Parque de Atenas (lato sud).

I giardini si adagiano su un ripido pendio, posto tra il palazzo e le rive del fiume Manzanares. Sono stati creati nel 1844 su progetto dell'architetto Colomer Narciso y Pascual, che ha messo a punto un insieme formale, mentre le opere di paesaggistiche giardino non sono state portata a termine che alla fine del XIX secolo. La struttura paesaggistica è stata progettata da Ramon Oliva, che ha alterato l'originale concetto attraverso un approccio romantico.

Si tratta di una delle tre aree sistemate a giardino che ornano le vicinanze del Palacio Real, ma, a differenza degli altri due (Giardini di Sabatini e la Plaza de Oriente), la loro gestione non è affidata alla città di Madrid, ma al Patrimonio Nacional, un'organizzazione da cui dipendono da beni che erano nella proprietà della Corona spagnola.

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I'm a storyteller; that's what exploration really is all about. Going to places where others haven't been and returning to tell a story they haven't heard before.
As an up and coming explorer with Blue Marble Exploration, I am honored to be invited into such a prestigious group of astronauts, entrepreneurs, divers and well… explorers. My story is a bit different from other new explorers. I've been working for the intelligence community since the age of 19. Due to my test scores, I was recruited by the Army into a program that no longer exists. I was trained as a Counterintelligence Special Agent in the art of tradecraft, source operations, and interrogation. For those of you who are not familiar with the term counterintelligence, it simply means that I keep our nation's enemies from stealing our secrets.
After the Army, I pursued my intelligence career in private industry, and now I work for the Department of Defense as a Counterintelligence Special Agent. During my travels, I've been fortunate to meet many beautiful minds to include fellow explorers. I've always admired these men and women above all others. My experiences of global travel, extreme environments, and war zones gave me the qualifications to prosper within my field, but never in the name of science or exploration.
This is not the first time the intelligence and exploration communities have crossed paths. In 1985, Bob Ballard set out to lead an expedition with the hopes of discovering the Titanic. Ballard, a former Naval Officer himself, was able to fund the expedition through U.S. Naval Intelligence in secret. The Navy was not interested in financing the search for the Titanic. However, the Navy was desperately interested in discovering the location of two of their sunken nuclear-powered attack submarines from the 1960s. Stories like Ballard's inspired me and gave me hope for being accepted into the exploration community.
When I began working with Blue Marble Exploration and The Explorers Club, I was amazed but very cautious. For every similarity between these two worlds, there were several differences. Who pays for this stuff? I've been accustomed to Uncle Sam picking up the tab, and had no idea where the funding for these expeditions came from. I recognized very quickly there was no right answer for this question. Corporate sponsors, wealthy donors, crowdfunding, grants, and yes, in some cases the intelligence community has funded many of the amazing expeditions that have awed and educated us over the years.
In order to be accepted into the exploration community, I needed to embrace social networking. This has been the hardest change for me. Having active Twitter and Instagram accounts is considered a general faux pas within the intelligence community, especially for those in non-overt positions. Having a significant cyber footprint on the internet opens oneself up to possible cyber-attacks and visibility from the enemy. However, it also brings public interest to important causes, helps with crowdfunding opportunities, sponsorship for expeditions, and is a medium for educating the public.
Finally, I now have the ability to pursue expeditions with my particular interests. Having the freedom to decide where I want to travel and write on topics I'm personally interested in is a new concept for me. Being a certified scuba diver, I've always enjoyed exploring the world's oceans. In 2016, I'll be joining Blue Marble Exploration to be part of the first manned submersible expedition to the bottom of Dean's Blue Hole located in Long Island, Bahamas. The goal will be to pilot a small sub 663 feet to the bottom and broadcast the event live!
I live for these adventures and take this stewardship seriously. I now understand the bond between exploration and storytelling, and more importantly doing it in ways that impacts the human experience and deepens our connection to this planet. These stories are not only meant to entertain but to educate and remind us that the age of exploration is just beginning, not ending.


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Q: Perspective transformation with cv2.findhomography() results in wrong coordinates I am trying to perform perspective transformation with homography using the opencv-python package.
I have a background and foreground image and would like to perform perspective transform and stitch the foreground image on the background image given four (x, y) coordinates, as follow:
bgImg = cv2.imread(BACK_PATH, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
fgImg = cv2.imread(FORE_PATH, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)

bgHeight, bgWidth, dpt = bgImg.shape
origImageCoords = np.array([(0, 0),
                            (0, bgHeight),
                            (bgWidth, bgHeight),
                            (bgWidth, 0)])
stitchingCoords = []

def transformPerspective():
    y0 = 285
    y1 = 400
    x0 = 447
    x1 = 600
    stitchingCoords.append((x0, y0))
    stitchingCoords.append((x0, y1))
    stitchingCoords.append((x1, y1))
    stitchingCoords.append((x1, y0))

    homography = cv2.findHomography(origImageCoords, np.array(stitchingCoords))

    dst_corners = cv2.warpPerspective(src=fgImg, M=homography[0], dsize=(bgWidth, bgHeight))

    showFinal(bgImg, dst_corners)

After the perspective transformation is done using cv2.findhomography(), I mask the foreground and background images using appropriate masks and add them together, as follow:
def showFinal(src1, src2):
    grayed = cv2.cvtColor(src2, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
    _, grayed = cv2.threshold(grayed, 0, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
    grayedInv = cv2.bitwise_not(grayed)

    src1final = cv2.bitwise_and(src1, src1, mask=grayedInv)
    src2final = cv2.bitwise_and(src2, src2, mask=grayed)

    finalImage = cv2.add(src1final, src2final)
    cv2.namedWindow("output", cv2.WINDOW_AUTOSIZE)
    cv2.imshow("output", finalImage)

Problem
The problem is the that the find result is wrong because the transformed-foreground image is not stitched inside the four coordinates that I used for finding the homography.
Could anyone guide me as to why this error is occurring?
Expected Output

Actual Output