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'Krasnoyarsk… is the best and most beautiful of all Siberian cities, with its smoked-coloured and dreamy mountains'
Pensioner with pacemaker uses pitchfork to fight off endangered Amur tiger, the world's largest cat
When this failed, Vitaly Saidov grabbed his gun and shot dead the predator to save himself and his family.
One of endangered 540 Amur tigers in Russia was shot by a local farmer. Picture: Vesti Rossiya
Vitaly was naked in his banya - a Russian steam sauna - when he heard a commotion in his cattle shed in Zolotoy village, in Lazo district of Khabarovsk region.
'I was washing myself when I heard growls and moans, and realised that something bad was happening,' he said.
'The sounds were coming from the shed.
'I threw on a dressing gown and rushed to open the shed door.
'It was messy sight with blood everywhere - and a tiger killing a cow.
'I grabbed a pitchfork and tried to strike the tiger on his back to scare him away, but it didn't help.
'The tiger lashed at me."
Vitaly will not be proscuted for killing an endangered animal. Pictures: Vesti Rossiya
It gave Vitaly time to flee and grab a more effective weapon.
'I jumped outside and ran inside the house, pulling my gun out and screaming 'Tiger!' to my wife.
'I shot once in the air, it didn't work.
'Then the second bullet hit the tiger in the head and killed him.'
Vitaly is upset that he had to kill the tiger, known and revered as the King of the Taiga, potentially a criminal offence punishable by up to two years in jail to deter poaching which almost wiped out the species.
He shot one of only around 550 Amur - or Siberian - tigers living in the wild and while big cats are now making a comeback, the species remains highlight endangered.
He wishes the predator had escaped but it was not to be.
The pensioner - who runs a smallholding with two bulls and three cows - has a disability pension due to heart issues which led to him having a pacemaker fitted.
'There was no way the tiger would have run away, he was about to start eating the cow, no tiger would leave its prey,' explained his wife Svetlana.
'I got such a shock when it happened. I heard heart-rending cries and then he stormed into the house, screaming: 'Help me, a tiger is in the shed!'
'But how on earth could I help?
'Our daughter was in the house with our grandson. It was an awful night.'
Vitaly's wife Svetlana is still shell-shocked after the recent attack. Picture: Vesti Rossiya
The pensioner will not be prosecuted over killing the big cat .
'He used the gun lawfully while defending himself and his family,' said Oleg Egorushkin, deputy head of the region's Wildlife Conservation department.
It tuns out the tiger was also a pensioner, having come to the village to steal a cow because he could no long kill in the wild.
'This was an elderly animal over 15 years old, he was almost toothless.
'The tiger acted as if he came to the village to die.'
The head of the village administration explained this was the first time locals had confronted a tiger, but he warned more attacks are likely.
Alexander Trifonov said: 'We shouldn't be surprised, since trees in our taiga - specially oak trees which are the main feeding source for wild boars - are cut down shamelessly.
'No boars means no food for tigers, which is why that poor cat got so hungry he broke into the shed.'
Amur tiger attacks
Good thing you and your family are safe from this tiger!
Polly, Spokane, Washington, USA
Treasure trove of Palaeolithic jewellery, made at least 45,000 years ago, found in the Denisova Cav
Archeologists discovered a new stone bracelet, two sharp pins, a marble ring and fox tooth pendants.
Photographer captures eerie graveyard of North Korean schooners scattered along the Russian coast
Ghost flotilla is the only memorial to dozens of North Korean squid poachers who never returned to their home waters.
Work underway to create the world's first Arctic station powered by hydrogen and renewables
The $27-million Snezhinka (Snowflake) is seen as a future international science hub for biotech, robotic and AI-driven projects.


The size of the allotment, the originality of the spaces and the appeal of the position each contribute to the exceptional opportunity offered by this classical c1950s home - a property with evident potential for renovation and enticing scope for investigating possible development potential, subject to council approval, on some 557m2 with a 15.2m approx. frontage. Traditional lines frame present day proportions featuring three bedrooms, a generous lounge and a separate kitchen/meals area while the north west orientation of the rear garden adds a natural advantage to dimensions that currently deliver a lock-up garage, secure work-shop/storage and a significant expanse of lawn. Paisley Park, recreation facilities, schools, transport, shopping and the beach - every direction provides an element that enhances the opportunity.


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Predatory journal clones of India's Current Science spring up
by Prasad RavindranathPosted on July 14, 2017 February 26, 2018
A clone of Current Science can be found at www.currentscience.co.in
An online predatory journal "Current Science", which is a clone of the Current Science journal published by the Current Science Association, Bengaluru in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Sciences, has sprung up and is soliciting manuscripts from gullible researchers. "This journal has not published any issues" is what one gets to read on clicking 'Current' issue on the predatory journal website.
A scroll in the original journal website warns readers of the predatory journal trying to dupe researchers. It says: "We have learned that an entity http://www.currentscience.org is operating from an IP address located in Turkey. It has copied content from the Current Science journal website and promotes itself as the publisher of Current Science."
Another clone of Current Science journal
Another clone of Current Science can be found at http://www.currentscience.co.in and is operating from an IP address located in Ukraine. The front page of the cloned predatory journal website is nearly identical to the original. Even the links to all the articles take the readers to the original content. Only discerning readers can spot the differences. While the URL of the original journal is http://www.currentscience.ac.in, the cloned version has a different URL (www.currentscience.co.in).
"This is a typical predatory journal behaviour and is a fraud," says the predatory journal alert put out by Current Science.
The journal warns its readers saying: "Emails originating from currentsciencejournals@gmail.com are fraudulent. These emails are from a fake website that could include a request to submit articles and promise to publish approximately two weeks after the submission. If you receive such an email, forward the message to currsci@ias.ac.in and delete the message."
Besides publishing journals with fancy titles, there are several predatory journals that are clones of respected journals. The predatory version of Current Science is one such instance of a clone.
The alert put out by Current Science
"Prof. S. C. Lakhotia, Department of Zoology at the Banaras Hindu University received an email from the predatory journal (currentsciencejournals@gmail.com) on July 1, and he in turn alerted Prof. R. Srinivasan, the Editor of Current Science," says G. Madhavan, Executive Secretary at the Current Science Association.
In an email sent to Prof Lakhotia, the predatory journal has invited him to contribute to the next issue of Current Science. Like all predatory journals, it lists out the impact factor, the acceptance rate of papers, which is 38%, and a promise to publish papers within two weeks of submission.
The mail is signed by Prof. R. Srinevasan, Editor-in-Chief, Current Science. It is only a discerning reader who will know that the journal does not send out such emails and that the original journal has only an Editor and not an Editor-in-Chief, as mentioned in the email. Also, Prof. Srinivasan's name is wrongly spelt in the email.
On further scrutiny one can find that the post box number (6001) of Current Science listed in the signature of the email is wrong (the correct number is 8001) and so is the pin code. However, the contact details listed in the journal website is correct and identical to the original journal's, including the email address.
"We are trying to get in touch with the Indian Computer Emergency Response team. Otherwise, there is little that we can do. So we are immediately informing people about the predatory journals in the name of Current Science. These are small steps that we are taking," says N.A. Prakash, formerly with the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Published in The Hindu on July 14, 2017
Posted in Current Science, India, Open Access, Open access journal, predatory journals, Publishing, Research, Science
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Q: Using my sales_data class to write a simple program I'm completing the following exercise from a book:

Using your sales_data class write a program that reads several
  transaction for the same isbn and counts how many times each isbn
  occurs

I have already written such program in which I had to enter a list of numbers and then print out how many times each number appeared.
This is the definition of my class that the book provides me to accomplish this task:
#ifndef SALES_DATA_H
#define SALES_DATA_H
#include <string>

struct Sales_data {

std::string bookNo;
unsigned units_sold = 0;
double revenue = 0;
};
#endif

This is the input that the program should receive:
0-201-78345 1-x 19.99 (ISBN, units_sold, price to book)

0-201-78345 1-x 19.99 (same ISBN)

2-201-78345-z 2 26.99

The output should be:
0-201-78345 x-1 OCCURS 2 times

2-201-78345-z OCCURS 1 times

My program, rather than reading all of the ISBNs and printing the counters, only prints the counters as soon as the isbns are different.
This is my code:
#include <iostream>
#include "Sales_data.h"
#include <string>

int main()
{

Sales_data currVal,val;
double price = 0;

if (std::cin >> currVal.bookNo >> currVal.units_sold >> price) {
int cnt = 1;

while (std::cin >> val.bookNo >> val.units_sold >> price) {

if (currVal.bookNo == val.bookNo)
++cnt;

else {
std::cout << currVal.bookNo << " occurs" << cnt << " times" << std::endl;
currVal = val;
cnt = 1;

}//end of else
}//end of while

std::cout << currVal.bookNo << " occurs" << cnt << " times" << std::endl;
}// end of outhermost if

system("pause");
}

Also, my program does not print the last ISBN if you do not insert the sequence of end-of-file.

A: Try using a std::map:
typedef std::map<Sales_Data, unsigned int> Container_Type;
Container_Time inventory;
//...
Sales_Data item;

// Assume Sales_Data has overloaded operator>>.
while (std::cin >> item)
{
  Container_Type::iterator iter = inventory.find(item);
  if (iter != inventory.end())
  {
    iter->second++; // Increment the occurances.
  }
  else
  {
     // New item, add to container.
     inventory[item] = 1;
  }
}

The above code also assumes that Sales_Data overloads operator== and operator<.
After reading, iterate through the container, printing the item and its number of occurrences.

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Acquired for clients, a modern self-contained office building measuring approximately 25,000 Sq ft standing on a site approaching one acre.
The office benefited from an extant consent for enlargement, and is located in an attractive leafy area of the town surrounded by a mix of office, retail and residential properties. Full planning consent has now been obtained for comprehensive redevelopment of the site.


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Soldier Kills Self, Customs Officer Over Bag Of Rice
by Yusuf Babalola,
in Others
There was pandemonium at the Seme border command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday night when a yet to be identified soldier allegedly killed himself as well as a serving Customs officer.
The incident happened at one of the checkpoints of the command along the Seme, Badagry expressway.
An eyewitness who craved anonymity said argument ensured between the two over a bag of smuggled parboiled rice before the military man shot and killed the Customs officer at close range
The eyewitness also said the military officer after realising the magnitude of what he did also shot himself immediately.
He said, "The military officer was believed to be under the influence of alcohol as that is what could have triggered his reaction after the incident. It was an unfortunate incident because both of them died at the spot.
When contacted, the command Public Relations Officer, Hussein Abdulahi confirmed the incident saying an officer of the Nigerian Army killed himself after killing one of the command's officers.
According to him, the incident has been brought under control and investigation into the issue has started.
Troops Dislodge IPOB/ESN Stronghold In Anambra
APC National Convention Holds February 26, Buni Declares
He said, "There was an incident and has been brought under control. Investigation into the matter has commenced and the reason for the action will be unveiled."
Abdulahi also confirmed that the officer was not one of the officers in the joint border drill of the federal government that comprised the Nigerian Army, Police, Immigration and Customs Service.
Human Rights Group To Mark Assassination Of Kudirat Abiola Today
NDLEA Arrests 40 Youths Over Drug Abuse In Maiduguri
Police Rescue 16 Kidnap Victims In Kaduna
Armed Forces Day: AbdulRazaq Seeks More Support For Security Agencies
Nnamdi Kanu: Uphold Justice, Ohanaeze Youth Council Urges Judiciary
ISLAM COLUMN: The Clergy And The Fight Against Covid – 19: Partners Or Adversaries?
Farmer Nabbed For Poisoning 9 Wells In Yobe


Task: Choose the correct answer.
Often, a team of engineers _______.
When Henry arrived home after a hard day at work, _______.
My parents _______ to stay with us next week.
I haven't tidied my office _______.
She works too hard so it's not _______ she's ill.
Will you marry him if he _______ you?
She speaks Russian _______ than me.
I'm tired. I_______ all day.
I was really _______ with the weather.
There were _______ people at the cinema.
Task: Each sentence below has four words or phrases capitalized. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), (D). You are to identify the one capitalized word or phrase that should be corrected or rewritten.
THERE WAS (A) A (B) very interesting news ON THE (C) radio this morning ABOUT (D) the earthquake in Italy.
Jim was UPSET (A) last night BECAUSE (B) he HAD TO DO (C) too MANY HOMEWORK (D).
While verbalization is THE MOST COMMON FORM (A) of language in EXISTENCE (B), humans make use of many OTHERS SYSTEMS (C) and techniques TO EXPRESS (D) their thoughts and feelings.
Writers and media PERSONNEL (A) sell THEIRSELVES (B) best BY THE (C) impression given in their verbal EXPRESSION (D).
FROM THE AIRPLANE (A) PASSENGERS CAN TO SEE (B) clearly THE (C) outline of the WHOLE ISLAND (D).
Task: Choose the sentences with a similar meaning.
When I got home, my husband was watching a football match on TV.
I arrived home and then my husband started watching a football match on TV.
My husband started watching a football match on TV before I arrived and then he continued watching.
My husband was watching a football match, it finished when I came into the house.
I arrived home and started to watch a football match on TV with my husband.
You might need to ring us, so take your mobile phone with you.
Have your mobile phone with you in case you need to phone us.
You must call us if you want us to give your mobile phone to you.
You don't need to call us although you have your mobile phone with you.
I may need to borrow your mobile phone so take it with you.
One isn't allowed to photograph the interior of the place.
They don't let people take photos inside the place.
No photos have been taken inside the place.
We couldn't take a photo of the place.
Nobody took photos inside the place.
You don't need to tell anyone.
You can tell someone if you want to.
There is a possibility that you can tell someone.
It is important that you keep it to yourself.
I am in the habit of living alone.
I have lived alone all my life.
I lived alone in the past but I no longer live alone.
I lived alone in the past and I still do.
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that no one else knows of this beer.
who has it, etc., I'd like to hear from you.
Hey bro, I really share the passion for this amazing dark beer. Pelforth brune is common in Paris and underrated. If you ever come across any please let know.


This week, Drayton Hall's Curator of Historic Architectural Resources Trish Smith posted an article on the Preservation Leadership Forum's blog. Her article highlights the preservation work being done on Drayton Hall's iconic portico. Below is an excerpt from her article.
Drayton Hall, a National Trust Historic site in Charleston, S.C., is widely considered the earliest and finest example of Palladian architecture in the United States. Chief among Drayton Hall's character-defining features is its two-story, iconic portico which projects from, and recedes into, the house. A recent structural assessment of the portico has brought to light important information about the construction and subsequent alterations to this well-known feature.
Since 1974, several interventions have been made to stabilize and conserve the portico, which documentary evidence tells us has been plagued with structural issues almost since its initial construction more than 250 years ago. On May 2, 1815, Charles Drayton (1742-1820) wrote in his journal that one of the portico columns was "in jeopardy," and was to be taken down. Four days later, he wrote, "Schnirle came [with] 26 fellows and took the pillar down safe and cleverly." A stack of limestone columns in the cellar of Drayton Hall may be what remains of the original stone pillars discussed in Drayton's diary. Architectural historians have long speculated about other alterations made to the portico….Click here to read the full article.


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Atlanta International Airport has a Flight to Wakanda
Marvel Entertainment via Youtube
If you have not seen Black Panther yet, and not many haven't, go see it. It's not only a damn good superhero movie but it's a good movie period.
It follows King T'Challa as he must learn to lead the nation of Wakanda while defending it from a man who wants to take the throne. That way over simplifies it but go see it.
Of course, Wakanda is fictious, but that didn't stop the Atlanta International Airport from offering a "flight" to the African country according to ksat.com. The proof lies in their Twitter post.
So how did it come about? The top chef at the airport placed a "call" to book a flight to Wakanda that he posted on his Facebook page according to mic.com.
From there, a couple of the actors got involved in the fun. Longview native, Forest Whitaker, who plays Zuri in the movie, tweeted...
They were glad to have him on board.
Lupita Nyong'o, who plays Nakia, wondered what the in-flight entertainment would be.
To which the Atlanta Airport responded.
Like I said above, if you have not seen Black Panther, do it. You'll love every minute.
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Remember to read and follow all manufacturer instructions for any propane-powered equipment, from grills to forklifts.
Never allow children to operate, transport or otherwise tamper with propane tanks or equipment. Always store and transport gas cylinders properly. When replacing propane cylinders, transport in a secure, upright position in a well-ventilated area in your vehicle, and take them home immediately. Don't store cylinders in a garage or shed, instead, always use or store cylinders in a secure and upright position outdoors.
If you smell gas, turn off the cylinder valve only if it is safe to do so. If you are unable to turn off the valve, leave the area immediately and dial 911 or your local fire department.


Studio views at L21xCamper Foundation residency for artists and curators, 2018.
Studio views at L21xCamper Foundation residency for artists and curators. 2018.
Szabolcs Bozó (1992 Pécs, Hungary) lives and works in London.
He focuses mainly on painting and drawing, treating the canvas with ease as if it was a colouring book. In his practice he is experimenting/playing with the borders between painting and drawing. He often uses childlike, animalistic elements in his works.
Recently he has participated in L21xCamper Foundation artistic and curatorial residency (Palma, 2018). His work has been shown in fairs like ARCO Madrid 2019 and in the group exhibition "I'm Trying to Explain" at L21Gallery (Palma, 2019). His first solo exhibition in the gallery will take place in 2020.
Szabolcs Bozo & Richard Woods. L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca (Spain).
I'm Trying to Explain. L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca (Spain).
L21xCamper Foundation, Palma de Mallorca (Spain).


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Dandelions Rising project works to support BIPOC youth through curriculum based on liberation and healing
By Ethan Dvorak
Photo courtesy of BIPOC Alliance
Colorado State University and the BIPOC Alliance of Larimer County are partnering on a project to develop young leaders in the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) community of Northern Colorado and contribute to positive mental health among children and youth.
Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Michelle Foster
The Dandelions Rising Project, funded by a two-year $143,600 grant from the Colorado Health Foundation, will focus on expanding healing and liberation efforts through a curriculum for BIPOC youth across the gender spectrum.
Michelle Foster, associate professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the College of Health and Human Sciences at CSU, is spearheading this program and was responsible for applying for the grant with full support and ideas from the BIPOC Alliance, which represents the voice and needs communicated from the BIPOC community.
"This initiative aims to create opportunities for BIPOC youth to develop peer networks, celebrate their identities, learn their histories and culture, and creatively heal to improve long-term inequities that are rife within our behavioral health systems using strength-based prevention approaches," said Foster.
Foster cited some statistics backing up the need for intervention programs such as Dandelions Rising. A National Center for Children in Poverty study demonstrated that only 13% of children from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds with mental health problems receive mental health services, whereas 31% of their white counterparts received services. Mental Health America showed that this trend carries through adulthood, with only 8.7% of Black adults receiving treatment for mental health compared to 16% of white adults.
"Black adolescents average over five racial discrimination experiences per day," said Foster, citing various studies. "Latinx youth are discriminated against with issues around language pride, immigration and the pressure to assimilate, and 25% of Native Americans youth also report being treated unfairly or negatively by peers. To promote a sense of belonging and well-being in BIPOC youth, it is important to create mechanisms that buffer the negative impacts of discrimination experiences while encouraging self-esteem."
In the first year of the program, organizers aim to include around 56 students from Northern Colorado, ranging in age from 12-18.
Distinct curriculum
Dandelions Rising will be composed of three stages with different curriculum and responsibilities for each group.
The first will be the Bud Program, for kids 7-11 years of age, funded by a CSU Office of Engagement and Extension seed grant.
The second stage will be the Flower Program, for those 12-18 years of age. Students in the Flower Program will have an age-appropriate curriculum, and will help teens develop into community leaders.
Lastly is the Seed Program, designed for the parents of children in the program. The parents will be integral in planting the seeds of instruction for the program and will help identify necessary curriculum to focus on.
"Dandelions Rising aims to build young leaders in the BIPOC community of Northern Colorado because most of the current programming focuses on adults," said Foster. "Hence, there is a need from the guardian BIPOC community to establish programming to empower our youth."
Currently the BIPOC Alliance of Larimer County engages over 3,000 individuals and provides consistent service and care to around 1,000 individuals who identify as BIPOC.
As an extension of the BIPOC Alliance, the Dandelions Rising program will continue to work as a catalyst toward positive change on an intersectional level.
"This project targets multiple factors around the psychological effects of racism and discrimination, and facilitates self-advocacy of, by and for the BIPOC community toward liberation as a strategic prevention framework," said Foster. "Together, these objectives join individual and community-level interventions to respond to the racial trauma experienced by BIPOC community members in Larimer County."
Photos courtesy of BIPOC Alliance
Education as a vehicle for healing
The curriculum development team will consist of CSU affiliates from the Office of Inclusive Excellence, School of Social Work, School of Education and the Department of Ethnic Studies. This includes scholars such as, but not limited to, Caridad Souza, Antonette Aragon, and Assistant Vice President for Inclusive Excellence Bridgette Johnson.
BIPOC-identifying CSU students will be recruited and trained to be the designated program class leaders for the middle and high school students. These are paid opportunities, and potentially graduate students will be able to actively participate as part of their research projects.
As CSU students will be essential for Dandelions Rising, this program will serve as an example for educational adaptation and embodies the CSU land-grant mission as well.
"The implementation of our project goal and objectives will directly align with the CSU land-grant mission as we are collaborating to extend our service and teaching into the Colorado community to benefit all our citizens," said Foster.
Foster hopes that the Dandelions Rising program will serve as another step toward meeting the college's goals of supporting equity and inclusion in the community and at CSU.
"BIPOC youth will feel supported, valued and reflected in a system that was created intentionally through coalition and by centering our perspectives," said Foster. "This creates a framework for BIPOC to continue to be at the center of the movement toward greater equity in health access, greater access to resources to support our community, and healthier outcomes that are defined by our own communities."
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Two weeks after suffering a major stroke, Israel's nonagenarian former president and unwavering voice for peace Shimon Peres passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 93.
Peres' bureau said that his family will deliver a statement to the press at 7 A.M. at the Sheba Medical Center.
His funeral is set to be held on Friday, Channel 2 reported, adding that the public will be able to pay its respects a day earlier.
Peres had been hospitalized at the Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer since suffering the stroke. His condition had been serious but stable, until it suffered a serious deterioration on Tuesday and he passed away, surrounded by his family.
Over a seven-decade career, Peres held virtually every senior political office in Israel, including three terms as prime minister and stints as foreign and finance minister. He won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in reaching an interim peace agreement with the Palestinians.
Doctors were cautiously optimistic about his condition when he was initially hospitalized two weeks ago, after Peres showed signs that he had not lost his cognitive and motor capabilities following his stroke. However, as the days passed, particularly the past few days, the feeling was that time is running out for Peres.
Peres had a massive stroke while in hospital for a checkup. He was hospitalized and an initial scan showed that a blood clot had caused a brain hemorrhage. A second scan revealed massive bleeding which could cause irreversible damage.
A stroke is a medical condition in which there is an interruption of blood flow to a certain part of the brain. The causes can be a hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis, which can block blood vessels, a clot, or the rupture of blood vessels in the brain which can cause intracranial bleeding.
Earlier this year, Peres was twice hospitalized for heart problems but quickly released.


Under the Quilt of Night is a historical fiction story about a runaway slave girl who is bravely navigating the Underground Railroad with her family. In this book, readers will follow the dangerous journey of a group of slaves who seek secret messages hidden in quilts to identify safe houses along their quest for freedom. This story will engage the curiosity of readers and support comprehension lessons on asking questions, understanding text structure and synthesizing.
The themes presented in Under the Quilt of Night make it ideal for a lesson on asking questions. Readers will naturally ask logical questions about slavery and the Underground Railroad to further their understanding of this story.
Students will need to employ multiple reading strategies, like making text-to-text connections, visualizing and asking questions, to fully comprehend this text. Using this lesson plan, students will pause throughout their reading to recognize which strategy they're applying at specific points to inform their understanding and opinion of this text.
This book gives readers a unique opportunity to practice drawing out meaning from a historical fiction book written in prose. Readers will learn how to read and comprehend poetry to gather new information and improve reading comprehension.
Use this "done for you" Running Record to assess oral reading fluency of Under the Quilt of Night. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.
If you use Under the Quilt of Night as an anchor text for reading comprehension, you can take advantage of your students' framework and directly tie in word study as well. This book is a good resource for teaching a phonics lesson about prepositions and prepositional phrases. You can find these lesson plans, interactive games and fun worksheets in your Super Pack, or download the individual Word Work package now.
Are your students familiar with new vocabulary used in Under the Quilt of Night? Download this Vocabulary Builder for fun resources and activities that support Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary growth. If you download this book's Super Pack, these resources are all included.


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 *
 * YOU SHOULD NOT MODIFY THIS FILE, BECAUSE IT WILL BE
 * OVERWRITTEN WHEN YOU RE-RUN CODE GENERATION.
 *
 * Refer to the MapForce Documentation for further details.
 * http://www.altova.com/mapforce
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package com.altova.xml;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import com.altova.mapforce.IEnumerable;
import com.altova.mapforce.IEnumerator;

public class DOMChildrenAsMFNodeSequenceAdapter implements IEnumerable
{
	public static class Enumerator implements IEnumerator
	{
		Node current = null;
		Node from;
		int pos = 0;

		public Enumerator(Node from)
		{
			this.from = from;
		}

		public Object current()
		{
			if (current == null) throw new UnsupportedOperationException("No current.");
				return new DOMNodeAsMFNodeAdapter(current);
		}

		public int position() {return pos;}

		public boolean moveNext()
		{
			if (current == null)
				current = from.getFirstChild();
			else
				current = current.getNextSibling();
			if (current != null)
			{
				pos++;
				return true;
			}
			return false;
		}

		public void close() {}
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	Node from;

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	{
		return new Enumerator(from);
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I won a ticket to this year's YOW conference in Sydney – thanks to Girl Geek Dinners!
I really enjoyed the talks by places doing Big Scale things, especially talks by Adrian Cockcroft (Cloud Native Architecture at Netflix), Ben Christensen (Creating Observable APIs with Rx) and Joel Pobar's insight into Facebook's culture ("Move Fast and Ship Things"). Both of these companies have hit limits in hardware, architecture, processing power, and general demand which have forced them to engineer new and creative solutions to meet those limits. In Netflix's case, they have ported Microsoft's Rx library into Java, and have some brilliant automation around deployment. Facebook has written their own PHP virtual machine to improve performance, up to nine times faster than traditionally interpreted PHP. They have also been introducing types into PHP, so that in future they can optimise their runtime engine even further.
The level of autonomy given to developers, and the sophistication of the toolsets in use daily sounds phenomenal in both companies. I am a huge admirer of engineering teams which have internal teams & tools focusing on making other developers more productive; it's a sign of team focus, maturity, and investment in quality.
Jim Webber's A Little Graph Theory for the Busy Developer was a great talk, particularly as someone who has recently re-learned graph theory since I wasn't as lost as I normally might be. His slides are definitely up there as some of the most entertaining, with the inclusion of a Dr Who graph and slides illustrating via graphs why World War II was predictable. Jim has also authored REST in Practice, a good read for anyone interested in API design.
Live Coding for Creative Performances, aka "algo-rave" by Andrew Sorensen is actually more appreciated when you watch the video. I thoroughly enjoyed this session! Andrew demonstrated how he could use language features in Lisp to generate a music track. Starting with a blank slate, he gradually added beats, track sampling and evolved it into an increasingly complex algorithm/track, programming it in real time.
Jared Wyles Tuning for Web Performance had some interesting suggestions on using Chrome's memory and performance benchmarking and putting that in a build pipeline, so that you can measure historical which I will definitely be investigating for our future projects at work.
I also very much enjoyed Stewart Gleadow's No App is an Island, a discussion on the benefits of REST/hypermedia backed up by a case study of the realestate.com.au iOS app. Great takeaways included using links as remote feature toggles (i.e. if the link is in the response, the feature is live, otherwise hide it!); minimising network calls by sending larger gzipped payloads of potential next requests; and letting your application's API do some of the heavy lifting in terms of formatting/sorting if your client language (e.g. iOS/Objective C) is not efficient at those tasks.
Scott Hanselman's keynote was basically an excuse to show off Azure. It was very entertaining. He's a pretty hilarious guy.
I liked that there was good accessibility to the speakers, especially on the first day they seemed to be floating around all the drinks and events throughout the day.


Q. I'm trying to keep my 4-year-old on a 7:30 p.m. bedtime, but she keeps telling me it's daytime because it isn't dark out yet. Any tips on helping her stick to her 7:30 bedtime?
A. First, make sure her bedroom is optimally set for sleep, says Rebecca Kammerer, a pediatric sleep coach who owns Sleep Cadets in Mineola. Invest in blackout shades or blackout curtains so the bedroom is dark even if it is light outside. Add a night light -- Kammerer recommends using a red bulb for soothing light -- so you can maneuver in her room in the dark and so she won't be afraid of the darkness. You might also add a sound machine so she hears and feels the hum of white noise -- even a box fan would do the trick, Kammerer says.
Then, when it's time to go to sleep but she tells you it's still light outside, explain to her that the time she goes to bed stays the same in every season, so that she wakes up feeling rested and happy. To get her to the bedroom, say this: "We're not going to go to sleep yet, but we're going to get ready," Kammerer suggests. Then, go through your nighttime routine of putting on pajamas and brushing teeth. "She wants to stay up to be with you," Kammerer says. So go with her into her dark bedroom, read her a story or two and sing to her. This gives her the cue that it's bedtime, and the dark room will reinforce it.


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Jackson, T.B.; Limaye, S.Y. & Porter, W.D. The effects of thermal cycling on the physical and mechanical properties of [NZP] ceramics, report, December 31, 1994; Tennessee. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc625384/m1/4/?rotate=90: accessed April 24, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.


Camps especially to inspire youth.
Bal-Vihar camps for children to instill values of life.
in Kolhapur city and nearby villages.
• Geeta chanting competition for schools.
17th Jan. - Mahasamadhi day of Swami Purshottamanandaji.
December – Datta Jayanti Saptah.


The smart coating market is a booming industry and is only expected to grow in upcoming years. The most common smart coatings that can heal themselves are based on soft polymers that can wear out quickly. But hard coatings can be too rigid to come back together to fix a tear or scratch. In previous research, Ming Yang and colleagues produced a stiffer, more healable coating, but its performance still needs to be optimized. In the current paper, the researchers developed a different way to make a soft, yet hard, self-healing material.
Mimicking the structure of human skin, the researchers used a layer-by-layer technique to form a soft, dynamic under layer containing polyvinyl alcohol and tannic acid. The hard outer layer contained these compounds plus a layer of graphene oxide. When fabricated at a certain thickness, the material successfully healed itself when cut, and it also could kill bacteria. The material could someday serve as an electronic skin or even as a scratch-proof coating on buildings or phones.
We overcome the fundamental dilemma in achieving hard materials with self-healing capability by integrating an epidermis-like hierarchical stratified structure with attractive mechanical and barrier properties of graphene oxide and show that such biomimetic design enables a smart hierarchical coating system with a synergetic healing effect and a record-high stiffness (31.4 ± 1.8 GPa)/hardness (2.27 ± 0.09 GPa) among all self-healable polymeric films even comparable to that of tooth enamel. A quasi-linear layer-by-layer (LBL) film with constituent graphene oxide is deposited on top of an exponential LBL counterpart as a protective hard layer, forming a hierarchical stratified assembly mimicking the structure of epidermis. The hybrid multilayers can achieve a complete restoration after scratching thanks to the mutual benefit: The soft underneath cushion can provide additional polymers to assist the recovery of the outer hard layer, which in turn can be a sealing barrier promoting the self-healing of the soft layer during stimulated polymer diffusion. The presenting hybridization mode of LBL assembly represents a promising tool for integrating seemingly contradictory properties in artificial materials with potential performances surpassing those in nature.


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Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester said the new bridge was part of the Coalition's record $50 billion Infrastructure Investment Programme and a key component of the Boundary Road Interchange Upgrade project.
"This bridge is another piece in the puzzle of making the Bruce Highway safer and more reliable for all motorists, including freight vehicles, local residents and tourists," Mr Chester said.
Queensland Minister for Main Roads and Road Safety Mark Bailey said the opening of the new bridge was great news for motorists.
"Construction on this $100.4 million upgrade has progressed faster than expected transforming the interchange, enabling traffic to move faster, greatly benefiting local commuters, cyclists, pedestrians and local businesses within the area," Mr Bailey said.
Federal Member for Petrie Luke Howarth said the new bridge, built to the north of the existing interchange, was six lanes wide with four dedicated left slip-lanes to provide access to the Bruce Highway on-ramps.
"The Bruce Highway is a vital thoroughfare and forms part of an overarching plan to improve infrastructure in and around the Petrie electorate," Mr Howarth said.
"Bigger and better than the existing 40-year-old bridge overpass, the new bridge streamlines movement and access for business and residents.
State Member for Kallangur Shane King said the majority of the lanes were now open to traffic. The remaining work to complete the final alignments for the Bruce Highway on-ramps, allowing all six bridge lanes to open, is scheduled to be completed by September, weather permitting.
"Boundary Road at the bridge over the Bruce Highway carries about 20,000 vehicles per day and the old overpass was experiencing high congestion at peak times and the project team has worked hard to deliver this milestone early," he said.
State Member for Murrumba Chris Whiting said the old two-lane Boundary Road overpass would be demolished and removed in the coming weeks.
"The old bridge overpass can no longer service this growing community and will be progressively demolished and removed in April," he said.


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Lahore man arrested for raping teenager with disabilities
Punjab Child Protection Bureau to provide survivor legal, medical aid
Jahangir Akram Khan Aug 25, 2021
The Lahore police have arrested a man on charges of raping a 15-year-old girl with disabilities.
According to the investigation officer, the suspect, identified as Rasheed, ran a scrap business in Harbanspura. Earlier this month, he took the teenager to his shop and raped her.
Rasheed was arrested during a raid on Wednesday after the police identified him through the CCTV footage obtained from the crime scene.
An FIR has been registered. "DNA samples of the suspect will soon be collected," the officer said.
Punjab Child Protection Bureau Chairperson Sara Ahmed has taken notice of the crime. A special team has been formed and instructed to talk to the survivor's parents and provide them medical, legal, and psychological aid.
"The crime is extremely condemnable and poses a threat to society," she said.
Cantt SP Saad Aziz has, on the other hand, requested parents to take special care of their children.
Pakistan's rape laws
Rape is a punishable offence in Pakistan. The definition and punishment for this crime are detailed under Sections 375 and 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
According to the law, a man is said to commit rape when he has sexual intercourse with a woman under circumstances falling under any of the five following descriptions:
Against her will
Without her consent
With her consent, when the consent has been obtained by putting her in fear of death or of hurt
With her consent, when the man knows that he is not married to her and that the consent is given because she believes that the man is another person to whom she is or believes herself to be married; or
With or without her consent when she is under 16 years of age.
The convicted rapists will be sentenced to jail for no less than 10 years or more than 25 years, according to the law. A fine will also be imposed on them.
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Square Enix wants to bring more Final Fantasy games to PC
Matthew Wilson February 19, 2014 Software & Gaming
Future Final Fantasy games could come to the PC now as Square Enix has become increasingly interested in developing for the platform according to series Producer, Yoshinori Kitase. Aside from the MMO's, the series has remained mostly console exclusive for some time now but Kitase told Eurogamer that things might change in the future.
Originally all three of the Final Fantasy 13 titles were developed on PC and later ported to consoles but Square Enix decided against releasing on the platform at the time: "As far as the technology is concerned, it would have been possible for us to make a PC version, but we decided against it for two reasons: we looked at the market situation and we didn't think it would be a good idea, and also it would have involved lots of complex issues like security. So we decided not to do it this time around."
However, since then the Publisher has opened its eyes to the strong potential that the PC platform holds:
"we see potential in it and there are lots of regions and countries where PC is very strong. So in terms of our hope of being able to deliver our games to every single country in the world and to as many gamers as possible, yes, we would definitely be interested in pursuing that route in the future. We haven't got an awful lot of experience in this field. So when we have more know-how and experience in this market we would be very interested."
Final Fantasy 15 is currently set to be a console exclusive but over time, that might change. Both Final Fantasy 7 and 8 have landed on PC but the Developer has yet to make its releases a habit.
KitGuru Says: Final Fantasy titles coming to the PC could be a good thing, we don't tend to get many JRPG's on the platform so it would be nice to see that change. Would you guys like to see Final Fantasy, or any other JRPG series release on PC?
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Another year, another New York Comic Con. We came, we saw, we conquered. The Big Apple presented its biggest convention and boy, was it a packed house. Did you survive the gridlock that happened at every intersection on the main floor of the convention? Did you not even see an empty seat when you traveled to the food court and did you get to see your favorite actor? While it can get crowded and at times overwhelming, there's nothing as exciting or as exhilarating at NYCC.
We had a lot of exciting panels this year, including American Gods, Daredevil, Gotham, The Gifted, Titans, The Walking Dead, and so many more. Many released trailers for their upcoming seasons and a few premiered clips that were never before seen by the public. I have to say, I'm most excited for American Gods and Daredevil – both are going to be amazing. One of our very own at Geek Vibes Nation was even able to nab interviews with Ryan Potter, Teagan Croft, and Minka Kelly of the upcoming DC Universe series Titans.
Of course, one of the best things about NYCC is all the amazing cosplay. I saw some spectacular and creative costumes this year, including a Joaquin Phoenix style Joker, a comic book traditional Wilson Fisk, and some seriously cool Loki and Hela convention goers. Our very own Brittany Heigle dressed up as the one and only Spider-Gwen, which the Spider-Man Universe was wildly popular at NYCC this year.
Unfortunately, one of the aspects that made NYCC so easy to get to this year was unavailable. Normally, you can take the 7 line from Grand Central, which takes you to about a block away from the Jacob Javits Center. For Saturday and Sunday, the stop you would need to get off at was under construction, making it frustrating and pricey to get to and from the location.
One other criticism I would give, is that there were a few interviews at the SYFY stage that was right next to an advertisement booth and the booth was blasting loud music. This made trying to listen to The Gifted and Gotham cast interviews very difficult to nearly impossible. This kind of set up was poor planning and I believe if you are going to have actors promoting their show, then there needs to be some conversation with the neighboring booths – that's just my opinion.
Although my feet are aching and I could use three more cups of coffee, I love NYCC. It's a fantastic collection of fans of every genre coming together to celebrate our interests. Whether you are into Marvel, DC, Anime, Wrestling, Comic books, video games, nick nacks, and everything in between, there's a place for you. And if you have any concerns about dressing up, just do it. Even if your cosplay is from something that you may not believe is that popular, someone will recognize it, and you'll probably make that person's day.
New York Comic Con will return in 2019 from October 3rd to October 9th! Save the date!


As the semester slowly draws to a close, the allure of winter break is stronger than ever. But once the excitement of sleeping in and not having to worry about problem sets wears off--winter break can get a little dull.
So, get creative and try out some of these seasonally appropriate DIYs to add a little sparkle to your winter break!
I love this idea because, let's face it, we all have an old sweatshirt hanging in our closet that we never wear. And you could go wild trying out different color combinations and patterns.
These rings could be the perfect piece of accent jewelry for your holiday party outfit. Plus, you'll get to feel a sense of pride when people come up and ask you where you got them.
Super simple concepts that manage to add a touch of prettiness and class to your gifts. Customize them for each individual present for a personal touch!
Coolest solution to losing a glove ever! This would make the perfect gift for any little ones in your life.
Do you guys have anymore cool seasonal DIYs? Share them in the comments!


In selecting its three finalists from among the 17 applicants for the open Post 5 position on the Oconee County Board of Education, the board chose three men with long ties to the community.
And the board rejected all three female applicants as well the only three who, in their applications, offered even mild criticism of the board and Oconee County schools.
The board also rejected the only applicant with a Ph.D., the only applicant with a medical degree and both candidates with law degrees.
The board also rejected the only applicant who had labeled himself a Democrat. That was when he ran unsuccessfully for the Post 5 slot less than two years ago.
Two of the three selected applicants have extensive business experience, while the third is a retired Oconee school teacher and administrator.
The four members of the board who made the decision include a businessman with experience in restaurant franchising, a businessman who operates a trucking company, a teacher and a staff member at the University of Georgia. All but the teacher are men.
Tom Breedlove, who resigned from the Post 5 slot in May, was a land planner who worked in development.
Breedlove and the other four board members were elected as Republicans.
These three finalists–Joseph Bagley, Michael Burnette and Glenn Townsend–will be interviewed by the board on at a meeting starting at 7 p.m. on Sept. 2. Board Chairman David Weeks told me in early July that he expected the board to makes it decision in late September or early October.
Seventeen Oconee County residents filled out an application form by the deadline on July 15.
The board released the names immediately, but it did not release the application forms. Those forms list name, educational and employment background, school and community activities, reasons for requesting appointment to the board, and length of residence in Oconee County.
Sixteen of the 17 appeared before the board on Aug. 2 and gave three-minute introductions of themselves. Applicant Alan Alexander, one of the two attorneys, could not attend, and Weeks read a statement from him. Most applicants summarized what they had put on the application form.
The board has put the application forms of the three selected applicants on the web for public review.
I requested and received the full set of applications. I summarized their responses in a spreadsheet.
The length of residence of the 17 applicants ranged from less than one year (Michael Brown, 9 months) to 33 years (selected applicant Burnette).
The applicant with the second longest tenure in the county was selected applicant Townsend with 26 years.
Among those selected, Bagley was a relative newcomer, with nine years of residence. But he attended high school in Commerce and did his undergraduate degree at the University of Georgia.
Bagley is vice president of development for Lassiter Properties, Inc. According to his application, he currently directs the development of two major retail centers for Lassiter. Based in Morrow, southeast of Atlanta, Lassiter owns and operates timberlands in the U.S.
Burnette, according to his application, has been a store manager for more than 20 years with Tires Plus and has been area manager for the company for the last eight years.
Townsend, who served as an assistant principal in the Oconee County school system from 1992 to 2008, is now retired. Prior to moving to the Oconee system, Townsend was an administrator and teacher in the Clarke County school system.
Townsend began his teaching career in Commerce, following a short stint as graduate assistant football coach at the University of Georgia.
Bagley said he has two children currently in the Oconee County school system, while Burnette and Townsend did not indicate if they have children in the schools. Burnette's application was one of the briefest, consisting of less than 11 lines of hand-written comments to the three open-ended questions.
"My background in accounting and 20 years in the business field will be instrumental with current economic times," Burnette wrote.
Only three of the applicants even hinted at criticism of the current board or system.
Dunham did not elaborate, but he did list communication, measurement of performance and development of personnel as areas he would like to focus on if he were appointed.
Shumake, a retired Oconee County school administrator, said the county needs school board members who can communication with and coordinate with leadership groups in the community, such as the county commissioners, city leaders, and civic and business leaders.
Of the three female applicants, two did not list current work outside the home. Roslyn Beckstead has been a teacher in the past, and DeeDee Gaines has worked in the health and wellness field.
Cindy Chapman currently is working as an office manager.
Gregory Zengo was the only physician on the list of 17 applicants. His practice is in Watkinsville.
Zengo had asked to be appointed to the board back in 2007, when Post 2 became vacant because of a resignation. Guest was appointed instead.
Richard Clark, who holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Connecticut and is on the public service faculty at the University of Georgia, also had applied for that opening.
Clark then filed as a Democrat to run against Breedlove in November of 2008. Breedlove had defeated Kyle Martin in the Republican primary for the Post 5 opening and defeated Clark in the general election.
During the Aug. 2 presentation to the board, Clark urged the board to seek diversity in making its selection and even said he would understand if he were passed over for someone with expertise in elementary or secondary education.
The other applicants were Britt Beaver, a teacher and coach, Mark Capobianco, a business owner, Gary Davis, a financial adviser, and Stuart McGarity, a financial representative.
The board opened the applications up to the general public after abandoning an earlier attempt to fill the slot from among the four persons who had filed to run for the two seats being contested in this year's election cycle.
Chairman Weeks made that proposal to the board on May 19, and members Mack Guest, Kim Argo and Mike Hunter quickly accepted it.
Guess and Argo were two of the four persons who had qualified to run. The others were Mark Thomas and Carter Strickland. Thomas filed to challenge Guest for the Post 2 position as a Republican, while Strickland filed to challenge the winner of that contest as a Democrat.
Argo has filed to run for reelection to Post 3 as a Republican and received no opposition from her party or from the Democratic Party.
Strickland alone asked to be appointed to the Post 5 position, but the board rejected his application on June 14 and decided to seek candidates from the general public.
Weeks said at the time that the public had registered its complaint with the restrictions the board had placed on applicants.
Thomas defeated Guest in the July 20 Republican primary. Thomas and Strickland will face off in the November general election.
Guest is the owner of Lad Trucking in Watkinsville. Argo is a Walton County teacher. Hunter is on the staff of the School of Forestry at the University of Georgia. Weeks owns six local restaurants, including three in Oconee county.
Thomas is a contractor, and Strickland owns a media content management service company.
Strickland had been critical of the current board and of Superintendent John Jackson in two candidate forums in June.
I met with Board Chairman Weeks on July and asked him if Strickland's party or his criticism of Jackson had been factors in rejecting his candidacy.
Weeks said these things had not been factors and that the board was open to applicants with points of view different from those of current members.


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AWS launches its new SaaS integration service AppFlow
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AWS is not only one of the best IT services management company, but is also known for its frequent updates in its services. Recently AWS launched Amazon Appflow, a new integration service for developers that makes transferring data between AWS and SaaS applications like Google Analytics, Marketo, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Slack, Snowflake and Zendesk easier. Like similar services, including Microsoft Azure's Power Automate, for example, developers can trigger these flows based on specific events, at pre-set times or on-demand.
Unlike some of its competitors, AWS is positioning this service more as a data transfer service than a way to automate workflows, and, while the data flow can be bi-directional, AWS's announcement focuses mostly on moving data from SaaS applications to other AWS services for further analysis. For this, AppFlow also includes a number of tools for transforming the data as it moves through the service.
"Developers spend huge amounts of time writing custom integrations so they can pass data between SaaS applications and AWS services so that it can be analyzed; these can be expensive and can often take months to complete," said AWS principal advocate Martin Beeby in today's announcement. "If data requirements change, then costly and complicated modifications have to be made to the integrations. Companies that don't have the luxury of engineering resources might find themselves manually importing and exporting data from applications, which is time-consuming, risks data leakage, and has the potential to introduce human error."


So. It was about time to finally get a new theme and build a brand new website. Which also gave me the possibility to re-think a few things as to content and structure. I decided to keep it minimalistic and cut down layout and gallery content quite a bit, the latter one to only show what I consider my most representative work(s) from the past few years, and I will go on from there.
As for the blogging, I have never been one to share every moment of my life with the rest of the world, so I guess you will be spared from seemingly never-ending entries about what I had for breakfast, how these new shoes just perfectly fit, and where to get that new top – I might have a thing or two to say about some art stuff I purchase, though, but it certainly won't be too rough to read through.
Oh, and maybe I will comment on some of my works.


Born in 1973 in Sokhumi (Abkhazia, Georgia) and graduated from Tbilisi State University's philology faculty, specialising in English language. He has been publishing since the 1990s. His poetry has been translated into German, English, Russian, Slovak and other languages. At the moment he is working as a geoscopic artist in a studio.


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The best Canadian snacks you've probably never heard of
If one of your favourite things about travelling is sampling new foods and delicacies from different cultures, then Canada is for you. Although its food bravado hasn't been talked about worldwide, it is home to some of the world's best snacks. In this article we will make your taste buds tingle and make you want to book that holiday to Canada you've always dreamed of as we fill you in on the best Canadian snacks you've probably never heard of.
The Montreal bagel
Although many think New York holds the crown for the world's best bagel, Montreal locals will put up a good argument. Cooked in a wood-fired oven, the Montreal bagel is smaller and sweeter than its American brother. Boiled in sweet honey water before being baked gives these bagels their distinct flavour. You'll often find them topped with poppy or sesame seeds.
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For the most traditional bagels in Montreal, join the Saturday morning queue in St-Viatuer Bagel. St-Viatuer have been baking since 1957 and have now perfected the art of the Montreal bagel. The family-owned business has grown from humble beginnings and now consists of 8 bakeries, 3 of which are Bagel Cafes. Their flagship bakery can be found in Montreal and is a landmark of the city.
Montreal smoked meat sandwiches
Staying in Montreal, after you've had your fill of bagels for breakfast, try a smoked meat sandwich for lunch. This smoked meat is made by salting and curing beef brisket but differs from pastrami in its flavour, thanks to its unique seasoning. Pile that high on rye bread, with lashings of yellow mustard and you've got yourself a classic.
By far the most popular place to sample one of these is Schwartz's Deli, just a few minutes' walk from Jeanne-Mance Park. Schwartz's was founded in 1928 and hasn't moved since. Their smoked meat is marinated for 10 days, and the recipes haven't changed for 80 years. The queue often trails down the street, so you'll have to put in some work to try a Schwartz's but trust us, it'll be worth it.
We spoke to Frank Silva, the general manager of Schwartz's, who told us a bit more about the deli: "Schwartz's was opened in 1928 by Reuben Schwartz, and is currently owned by a group, including Celine Dion. Schwartz's is a landmark where you will meet very interesting people, including celebrities and politicians."
Nanaimo is on Vancouver Island, just a short ferry ride from the city, and is home to the Nanaimo Bar. This no-bake treat has three iconic layers, a wafer crumb base, topped with custard and finished off with a layer of chocolate. Although these can be found worldwide, they are a staple of Canadian origin, and what's better than to try them in their home town?
A long rivalry held in Nanaimo means you'll have to search for your perfect bar. Luckily, Tourism Nanaimo have created the Nanaimo Bar Trail to help you out. With 34 stops, you'll be able to try a range of Nanaimo bars and Nanaimo Bar inspired treats, although we can't recommend doing the full trail in one go!
We spoke to Tourism Nanaimo, who told us why they created the trail: "The Nanaimo Bar Trail was created a few years ago to celebrate this iconic dessert and give visitors the chance to sample different variations on this treat and discover their favourite version. The Nanaimo Bar Trail boasts everything from Nanaimo Bar cupcakes to Nanaimo Bar pedicures."
We asked them why they think Nanaimo Bars are so popular: "No one really knows what caused the Nanaimo Bar to reach the level of fame that it has. It might be because many of the locals' have grown up with this dessert as a staple in their family or simply because these bars and their trio of flavours are so delicious!"
Finally, we asked them where the best place to try a Nanaimo Bar is: "You'll have to find out for yourself! With so many variations on the iconic treat, there is certainly something for everyone."
BeaverTails pastry
The BeaverTail pastry is a Canadian sweet treat that is beloved by all but has never made it out of the country. Inspired by the cooking methods used by aboriginals to cook actual beaver tails, this snack is very similar to a donut. It was first sold in 1978 by Grant Hooker at the Killaloe Craft and Community Fair and is now so popular that BeaverTail can even be found in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary!
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The stretched dough is usually coated in cinnamon, sugar and lemon but nowadays you can find all kinds of flavour combinations gracing it. The original however, can only be found in the ByWard Market BeaverTail flagship store in Ottawa, and the former US president Obama even paid a visit to try one of these himself. Although you don't have to ttravel to Canada to try one as the brand has now expanded to Japan, France, Mexico and UAE, as well as across the US, it is still best to try one in it's home nation.
We spoke to the team at BeaverTails, who told us some more about the history of the business, and the invention of the BeaverTail: "BeaverTails pastries were first created by husband and wife duo Grant and Pam Hooker. Grant grew up with his grandmother making the treats on weekends. It wasn't until his daughter (age 6) started calling them "beaver tails" that the official name was born. The couple first started selling the pastries at their local craft fair in Killaloe, Ontario in 1978. In 1980, the first store opened in the Byward Market, Ottawa, Ontario and the rest is history!"
"BeaverTails pastries are hand-stretched, float-fried, slathered with whichever indulgent toppings you wish, and served fresh and piping hot! What could be more delicious than that?"
Finally, we asked them what the perfect way to enjoy a BeaverTail is: "The perfect way to enjoy a BeaverTails Pastry is while having fun with friends and family! A BeaverTails pastry is the sweetest addition to an already memorable day. That's why we love opening stores in tourist landmarks, amusement parks, and attractions."
Butter Tarts
The butter tart is a small pastry loaded with buttery, sugary goodness. The tart is stuffed with a filling made of butter, sugar, syrup, and egg baked until the top is crunchy and the filling is still soft. Butter tarts can be served in the traditional way, but a lot are topped with things like pecans or raisins.
For the best of the best go to The Maids' Cottage in Newmarket, Ontario. Butter tarts aren't taken lightly in the province, and every year they hold the Butter Tart Festival. In the 2017 festival, it was The Maid's Cottage pecan butter tart that took the crown.
Saskatoon Berry Pie
The Saskatoon Berry Pie gains its distinct flavour from the saskatoons that make it. The purpleish-blue berries have a nutty, fruity flavour – like a mixture of almonds and cherries – and make a gorgeous-looking pie filling. The berries, cased inside a buttery crust, create this masterpiece, which is often served warm and with ice-cream, the way any good pie should be.
This nostalgic dish is perfect to warm you on a cold winter day. Although there are many ways to eat saskatoons, the pie is most popular. One of the best places in the country is The Berry Barn just outside of Saskatoon city. The Berry Barn's fresh berries make for one of the best pies in the country, and its views of the South Saskatchewan River make for the perfect backdrop.
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We spoke to the team at The Berry Barn, who told us more about their history-making the pies: "We have been making Saskatoon berry pies from the same recipe for over 20 years and is easily our top moving dessert.
"Saskatoon berry pies are popular for a couple reasons. First, it's a local berry that the city of Saskatoon takes its name from and local people are proud of. Second, it's not overly sweet or sour, has a nice smooth taste, rich in its own distinctive flavour, which makes for an enjoyable pie. A Saskatoon berry pie has a subtle sweet taste, rich flavour, and no pits or seeds to disrupt the pie."
Okay, we have to admit you've probably heard of this one, but we had to include it. It's the epitome of a Canadian dish and something everyone needs to try as soon as possible. If you think you've had chips, cheese and gravy, you haven't had it like this. Whether it's a late-night snack after dancing the night away, or in the middle of a winter's day to warm you up, poutine is greasy, it's hot, it's cheesy, and it's delicious.
The true secret to proper Canadian poutine is the cheese curds. A by-product of the cheese making process, these little gems of melty-goodness are what bring poutine it's distinct flavour.
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Poutine was created in Quebec, and if you want to try it as authentic as you can get it, head to La Banquise, a 24-hour restaurant in Montreal that specialises in poutine. They have over 30 flavours on the menu, from classic to variations like 'La "3 Amigos", topped with a hot-dog sausage, a pork and beef sausage and a merguez sausage.
Anything from Tim Hortons
Again, we know you've probably heard of Tim Hortons, but unless you've been there you don't know the beauty of it. Full of fantastic treats and exceptional coffee, a trip to Tim Hortons can indulge your snacking-desires and tick another item off of your Canadian bucket list at the same time.
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Their most popular snack is the Timbit. A small, bite-sized piece of donut-heaven. Grab a snack pack and you'll soon be back for more. With flavours including apple fritter, honey dip, old fashioned plain, chocolate glazed, sour cream glazed, blueberry, lemon and much more, you'll want to try one of each before you leave. If these donut holes aren't for you, you can just go for the full donut instead!
Image Credit: Schwartz Deli, Guilhem Vellut, BeaverTails, Laura D'Alessandro, Nick Harris, Esie Hui, insatiablemunch, Sean Fenzl/Tourism Nanaimo.
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Copyright applies separately to the various elements which make up a song: the lyrics, the music, the performance and the recording can all be individually protected.
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Brazil Poised For Historic Oil Boom
By Matthew Smith - Apr 23, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT
After being caught up in major corruption scandals and suffering from what some have claimed was its worst economic downturn in 100-years, Brazil has pulled itself back from the brink. The economy commenced growing again in 2017 with gross domestic product (GDP) expanding by 1 percent and 2018 GDP growth forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be 2.3 percent.
One of the key drivers of Brazil's improving economic outlook are Brasilia's plans to launch what could become the biggest oil boom in Latin American history.
You see, Brazil possesses what is rated as being among the top offshore oil assets globally, the massive pre-salt oil fields located in the Atlantic Ocean on the Latin nation's continental shelf. These fields are thought to contain recoverable oil reserves of a massive 50 billion barrels but in the past, they have proven difficult and costly to extract.
Nonetheless, foreign energy majors flocked to Brazil's latest oil auction.
It is easy to understand why, the reforms instituted by the Temer government in the wake of the Carwash corruption scandal and impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff made it more attractive to invest in Brazil. Key among them was removing Petrobras' right to operate exclusively in the pre-salt area and relaxing local content rules. That not only reduces the regulatory and political risks for foreign energy majors because they are able to better control the assets they acquire and also more effectively manage costs.
A range of analyst and oil company estimates put the breakeven price for pre-salt fields at less than $40 per barrel compared to $45 seven years ago. This can be attributed to improving drilling technology, regulatory changes, labor reforms and significantly improved efficiencies. In many cases pre-salt breakeven prices are even lower than many onshore unconventional U.S. basins. Earlier this year in a Reuters article the majority of shale oil producers confirmed they weren't breaking even with West Texas Intermediate (WTI) at less than $50 per barrel. Related: Can $80 Oil Be Justified?
These reasons make the pre-salt fields an extremely attractive investment for foreign energy majors which are aggressively seeking to boost oil reserves and production.
For the auction, Brazil's government offered 47 blocks for sale of which 22 were snapped up in the 29 March 2018 bidding round.
The most popular location by far was the prolific Campos basin which is the oldest and most established pre-salt basin. Of the 22 blocks sold, nine were in the Campos basin with Exxon Mobil and StatOil acquiring shared interests in four blocks each, Chevron in three blocks and Shell one block. These companies are scrambling to find means of accessing low-cost high-quality crude to replace depleted reserves and production in a difficult operating environment where oil prices remain exceptionally volatile.
By the end of the auction Exxon, which has been eagerly snapping up oil assets around the world as it seeks to replace reserves and bolster production, became the single largest acreage holder among international companies operating in Brazil. It invested a considerable but undisclosed sum to win interests in eight deep-water blocks, six of which it owns outright, totaling 640,000 net acres.
Exxon's top executive in Brazil Carla Lacerda stated: "We are more confident in investment in Brazil, without a doubt,"
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The auction saw Brazil's government scoop-up over $2.4 billion as energy companies opened their wallets to acquire deep and shallow-water offshore projects. If oil's rally continues for a sustained period, interest in the pre-salt and investment in Brazil's oil industry from foreign energy companies will grow at a rapid rate. Analysts have forecast that production from the pre-salt alone could make-up up to almost three-quarters of Brazil's oil output by 2021.
Nevertheless, for that to be achieved Brasilia will need to attract considerable foreign investment, with Petrobras still recovering from the corruption scandal that swamped the company in 2015 and a bloated balance sheet.
The incentive for Brazil's government is tremendous. It would fill depleted government coffers with much-needed royalty as well as taxation revenue and give an economy weighed down by the prolonged oil slump, corruption and political scandals a leg-up. That only further emphasizes the prize on offer for Brazil if the government can keep reducing risks and costs for oil companies while making the regulatory environment more transparent.
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Mamdouh G Salameh on April 23 2018 said:
While the pre-salt proven reserves of crude oil and Brazil's government auction of some 47 blocks in the pre-salt basin could vault Brazil's oil production from an estimated 2.71 million barrels a day (mbd) in 2017 to a projected 3.2 mbd by 2022 making it a major oil producer, they will not make it an exporter. Brazil's domestic consumption has been growing at an average 1% annually during the last five years to 3.05 mbd in 2017 and this is projected to grow to an estimated 3.2 mbd by 2022.
At best Brazil could become self-sufficient for a short while before reverting back to being an oil importer in the years after 2022.
And with break-even price of $40 per barrel, Brazil needs oil prices exceeding $80 a barrel to attract major foreign investments.
Kr55 on April 23 2018 said:
Brazil always seems to be sold as on the cusp of a boom.


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Women in Boardrooms: One Step Forward, One Step...
For women in the boardroom, it's one nice step forward. But there is still a step back.
According to a new study by proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services, in the first five months of 2018, women accounted for 248, or 31%, of new board directors at the country's 3,000 biggest publicly traded companies.
Comparisons from a year ago were not released, but the figure is encouraging in the long-running movement to bring gender balance to corporate decision-making; women currently occupy only 18% of board seats at the biggest companies.
At the same time, the study, a portion of which was reported in The Wall Street Journal, shows that women have a long way to go when it comes to assuming leadership roles on boards. According to the study, conducted by ISS Analytics, the data-collection arm of Institutional Shareholder Services, only 10% of lead independent directors and 4% of board chairs are women.
"That 4% number is inadequate," says Joe Griesedieck, vice chairman of Korn Ferry's global Board and CEO Services practice. But he adds that this low percentage isn't surprising, given that fewer than one in five board members are women. "For women to occupy a greater number of board leadership roles, the number of women on boards has to increase."
Jane Stevenson, a Korn Ferry vice chairman, Board and CEO Services, says that ISS's latest results are consistent with what Korn Ferry is seeing with its effort to place qualified women on corporate boards. She said that seven of the firm's last 10 director searches ended up being filled by women.
But Stevenson argues that women should eventually hold at least half of all corporate board seats in the United States. And the reasons go beyond political correctness. "If over half of the people graduating for various graduate programs are women, and if many are successful in their careers, you are sub-optimizing as a company if the board is still mostly men," Stevenson adds.
But while gender parity is the ultimate goal, she says, "moving to 25% and then to 30% and so on is what will be important for success."
Companies are getting the message. According to Griesedieck, many corporate clients are insisting their next board opening be filled by a woman, albeit one that has the appropriate skill set for the position. In finding ideal female candidates to serve on boards, Griesedieck says Korn Ferry is looking at women who have high-level executive responsibilities, with titles such as chief financial officer, chief marketing officer, chief technology officer, and division head.
"But a single woman on a board doesn't make it a diverse board," he adds. "If a third of the board is made up of women, the entire conversation shifts. CEOs will tell you that it's a better conversation because of the presence of women."
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The Venus Fly Trap Collective existed from 1992 to 1996, concluding with a site-specific apartment-based exhibition. For Les Occupantes, I prepared a site-specific installation work in the kitchen that revealed the accumulation of many smaller installation pieces within it. 4581, rue Garnier was an ideal space for certain of my ideas as it contained an unusually high number and variety of cupboards and drawers. This inherent aspect of the space helped establish a visual rendering of the passage of time to convey a feeling of accumulation. Opening cupboards and investigating drawers exposed connective threads between the different parts of the work, while moving about in the space revealed criss-crossing narratives of the personal, political and of place. The temporal and social aspects of the work constructed a reading of the self in relationship to its dwelling places, the body, home and the city.
The kitchen, as a domestic space, is historically woman-based and can represent the site of nourishment and nurturing (memories placed in bottles and put on shelves) and of desire and loss (the beautiful red dress and the dust collection). The domestic is made up of stories and little fictions that are told and retold. Stretched over time our personal stories are mediated by the politics of the day (newspapers pasted in cupboards or on windows and by the television placed under the sink).