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Paul Logan is an American actor, model, martial artist, stuntman, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles in action films such as Syfy's Mega Piranha. Logan is also known for his portrayal of Glen Reiber on the NBC soap opera, Days of Our Lives.
After a few small parts on a few early films and television episodes, Logan gained better screen time with the movie Killers as the lead in 1997. Logan would also appear in the Triple-B genre film, L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach. A year later he made appearances in the TNT television series' L.A. Heat and UPN's Malcolm & Eddie. In 2000, Logan appeared in the mockumentary, The Independent. In 2001, he appeared in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off, Angel. In that same year Logan was cast as Glen Reiber in Days of Our Lives for three years.
In 2003, Logan made a guest appearance in an episode of the NBC television sitcom, Friends. He followed this up with a series of action films such as The Eliminator, Curse of the Komodo and Way of the Vampire where he portrayed Dracula.
In 2008, Logan appeared in The Terminators. A year later, Logan's martial arts background came in handy for the martial art-styled action film, Ballistica, with a leading role as a top-notch CIA agent trained in the title art of Ballistica (hand-to-hand combat with firearms). In that same year, he appeared alongside Brittany Murphy in the disaster film Megafault. Logan's third film with The Asylum saw him in a leading role as the US commando sent to South America to stop mutating killer-fish in the SyFy original Mega Piranha. The film garnered 2.2 million viewers on the network, making it the channel's most-watched film of the year so far.[2]
Most recently, Logan would write, produce and star in the 2016 action horror film, The Horde.
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Effort, tension and sacrifice: training for tennis and having a winning mentality for the hardest moment of a match
"No ball is the same to the one before it. No shot is identical to another. Whenever you're preparing to receive the incoming shot, you must assess the trajectory and speed of the ball within a fraction of a second and decide how, with how much power and where to try to hit it back". Rafael Nadal
The components for excelling in a complex sport like tennis are many. Training is important to prevent injuries and to ensure high performance on every terrain (red earth, grass or concrete). Each match can be different in intensity and duration, but without preparation, it is hard to hope ending a match with the victory in your pocket. Physical preparation is integral to improve essential tennis skills such as speed, agility, strength and coordination. Therefore, it is a key component of any specific tennis workout.
To that extent, Technogym equipment is functional for both athletic and specific tennis workouts, which consists of various activities:
exercises that develop the main tennis skills
exercises to develop tennis technique on the court
To train the movement composing the shot, Kinesis allows total freedom of movement, thanks to the patented FullGravity technology, which allows moving in every direction, stimulating all the kinetic chains of the body.
However, another key factor for the success in tennis is also the way you approach the game, the so-called winning mentality. Many experts have tried to explain what this mentality is. According to the web magazine Tennisworld, the winning mentality is the expression of extreme self-confidence, or the social condition that determines that willingness to assert oneself, the famous "hunger to win".
In this article, we will talk about how tennis is not only made of training and winning strokes, but also of winning mentality, built with effort and commitment. Two dimensions that contribute to the realization of the dream of a professional career this sport, as Alice Savoretti can tell. The young Italian tennis player explained to us how tennis for her is a blend of tension and sacrifice.
Tennis workout: a 30 minute example
In addition to functional training - essential for the performance of the match - in a tennis workout, it is important to work on the muscles involved in the execution of the shots such as the rotator cuffs, the trapezoids but also the chest and triceps, useful to give more power in the execution of the shot.
A good indoor tennis workout of about half an hour could be:
an excellent warm-up run to avoid injuries, on a treadmill suitable for monitoring the main metrics such as Skillrun 7000. Run for 5 minutes at 60% of your threshold.
Arm rotations lying down. Lying on one side with the knees one on top of the other, place one arm on the ground in front of the chest with the elbow flexed at 90 degrees; the other arm is lying along the side and the head is raised from the ground. Turn the shoulder and bring one dumbbell towards the opposite shoulder without moving the elbow. Slowly rotate the shoulder in the reverse direction and lower the handlebar to the starting position. 3 series of 10 repeats x 75% 1RM x 30 seconds
Outward rotation of the arm lying down: with a dumbbell in front of the torso, the elbow flexed at 90 degrees, palm towards himself. Turn your shoulder and move the dumbbell towards the ceiling without moving your elbow. Slowly rotate the shoulder in the reverse direction and lower the handlebar to the starting position. 3 sets of 10 repetitions x 75% 1 RM for 30 seconds.
Train your movement to hit the ball with Kinesis Personal
Tractions: 2 sets of 12 repetitions at 70% of your 1RM for 30 seconds on Low Row Artis, to work on back muscles and triceps.
Abs crunches on Abdominal Crunch Selection, Technogym's equipment for abdominal work. Selection is the new line of isotonic equipment with weight pack, created for the workout of the whole body, and it allows you to work on specific muscle groups. 2 series of 12 repetitions at 70% of your 1RM.
Stretching, at the end of workout, to stretch femoral muscles, widely used in changes of direction in tennis.
Physical workout, however, is not everything in tennis. As we said before, also the appetite for victories - the winning mentality, needs to be increased day by day. Alice Savoretti, professional tennis player from the Italian region of Marche, has explained to us that it takes time to build it. In addition to a lot of sacrifice.
If it is true that we need victories - she explains - even defeats are essential to achieve success. There are many matches in which you lose, of course, but you go out with your head held high, because you've done your best. That's also an important moment for an athlete.
Effort, tension and sacrifice: the story of Alice Savoretti
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Born in Loreto in 1992, Alice Savoretti has been playing tennis since she was a child, after a short parenthesis not too happy with swimming. She declares: "When I was about ten years old, my mother brought, or rather forced me to swim but I didn't like it at all. Then one day I went by chance on a tennis court with my grandfather and it was love at first sight. From there I started playing, at the beginning once a week, then twice, then more and more, more and more... until it became my job".
Winner in 2012 and 2014 of two titles in the single in the circuit of the Italian Tennis Federation, Alice Savoretti reached her best ranking in 2015, being the 405th in the single and 319th in the double the following year.
At the beginning it was very challenging - explains - There are sacrifices to make, especially when you are little, because there is the school, there are friendships and it is not easy to juggle everything. Something must be put aside. When my friends were living their lives, I would be training or I would be away for tournaments and I couldn't do the things everyone did, like going to the movies or to birthday parties. All things that can be defined as sacrifices when projected onto a child's life.
When the others came out I would train or I would be away for tournaments and I couldn't do the things they all did, like going to the movies or birthday parties.
It is difficult for Alice to find a pivotal moment able to sum up her sport: I think that the moment that sums it all up is the victory. When you give your opponent's hand and you have won, or at least you have made a good performance and you feel satisfied with the goals achieved during the match. Then it's not just the victory that's satisfying; There are a lot of games where you lose, of course, but you still come out with your head high, because you've done your best. That's also an important moment for an athlete, or at least for me. I don't know if I can give you a precise moment in a match, but when I think of tennis, I'm thinking of the effort above everything else, the tension and the sacrifice to make a good match.
Energy, tension and sacrifice are the main elements characterising the very long matches, where the final point never seems to come. Alice has many under her belt her, but there is one that she remembers with joy and a bit of nostalgia as it was her first professional tournament win. It was a ten thousand [dollars, ed] final, I had played for three hours after six match points. I remember very well that I was exhausted and that I practically kept going purely because of inertia. Then I got a ball that I managed to close with a smash in the net, a shot like a dunk made by intercepting the ball over my head. I still remember that when I realised I've won, I immediately made an incredible scream. I think I've never done it like this before.
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Photo Report: The World at Night Across Chile
During the International Year of Astronomy 2009, Chile, a country famous for spectacular dark skies, hosted public TWAN exhibits in about 30 locations in 20 cities of the country. Tens of thousands people visited a stunning collection of The World at Night images. Production and travels of two exhibition sets was supported by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and coordinated by TWAN photographer in Chile, Stephane Guisard. In April 2009, Antofagasta, a port city in northern Chile, was the first venue before the exhibition travel to the central and southern part of the country. Tarapaca, near the Bolivia border, was another northern Chile region which hosted TWAN in several locations. The VI O'Higgins region in central Chile exhibited TWAN in over a dozen locations including the region's capital San Fernando. However the most visited display was in Santiago during July 2009. The Centro Cultural Palacio de la Moneda, under the presidential palace, was the venue, while the exhibit returned to the capital in October for the celebration of Science week. In organizing TWAN-Chile events ESO collaborated with the national Conicyt (equivalent of the National Science Foundation) in Explora program, which made the exhibitions travel around and make them visible to many schools.


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On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 the Henrico County Board of Supervisors adopted the Route 5 Corridor Study. The goals, objectives, strategies and design guidelines have been incorporated into the 2026 Comprehensive Plan. A copy of the final report is available below, as are answers to Frequently Asked Questions compiled during the study.
Henrico County's 2026 Comprehensive Plan identified both Route 5 (New Market Road) and Marion Hill as Special Focus Areas that warrant further study because of certain characteristics, challenges or opportunities.
In Henrico, Route 5 is a state-maintained road approximately 14 miles in length that runs from the eastern boundary of the City of Richmond through the Varina Magisterial District to Charles City County. The Marion Hill neighborhood shares a boundary with Route 5 and, due to its close proximity, will be studied in conjunction with the Route 5 corridor. Development adjacent to Route 5 has historically been rural in nature but has evolved in large part to more suburban style single-family developments amidst small farms and large-acreage homes. On March 14, 2017, the Board of Supervisors directed the Planning Department to initiate a study for the Planning Commission's review and recommendation to the Board regarding possible Comprehensive Plan amendments.
The corridor study area extends 500 feet on either side of the centerline of Route 5. This includes 878 parcels and 1,409 acres. It will be the longest corridor plan undertaken in Henrico County.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the existing character of both focus areas and offer recommended guidelines for use in future review of development proposals, while integrating and respecting the existing agricultural, residential and commercial development currently present along the corridor. Data was compiled on previous studies, existing conditions, and visual conditions. That information can be found below in the document entitled Draft Route 5 Corridor Study.
PLEASE NOTE: The Marion Hill neighborhood has been removed from the Route 5 Corridor Study. During the previous open house and community meetings, residents raised concerns about the neighborhood's unique characteristics, and how they differ from the Route 5 corridor. Staff has determined an independent study is appropriate and will be completed at a later date. For further information regarding this study, please contact Rosemary Deemer at (804) 501-4488 or via email.
The goal of the Public Engagement portal is to provide additional opportunities for citizens and stakeholders to participate in the study and to provide a platform for your comments. It includes a short community survey and a new feature – a public input map where you can pinpoint and comment on opportunities/strengths and challenges along the Route 5 Corridor. These suggestions will be labeled directly on the Corridor Study Map. The portal also includes a virtual tour to help you get started and reacquainted with the corridor.
On Thursday, May 11, 2017 Planning staff kicked-off the project with a presentation to the Henrico County Planning Commission. Approximately 25 residents, stakeholders and representatives from local community organizations attended the meeting to heard a brief overview of existing conditions and the proposed framework for the study. Following the presentation, several individuals shared their thoughts about the corridor, and surrounding neighborhoods, with the Planning Commission.
Also on Thursday, May 11, 2017 the Planning Department introduced a project-specific website and public engagement portal.
The Planning Department hosted an Open House at the Varina Library from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on June 8, 2017. Varina residents and other members of the public were welcomed to view background information compiled by staff for the Route 5/Marion Hill Study. Over 110 people attended, asked questions, shared their thoughts, and made comments via an exit survey.
There were a variety of maps and graphics displayed throughout the room, including segment maps showing aerial photography, zoning and Future Land Use designations. Other maps depicted recreation/park facilities, historic markers and conservation properties, the Major Thoroughfare Plan, parcels falling within the 500-foot study boundary and existing views and vistas. Graphics of various cross-sections throughout the corridor and suggested sub-areas based on differing character and land uses along the 14-mile long corridor were also provided.
A copy of the maps, and a summary of comments from the Exit Survey can be found by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking on the links for the Open House Graphics and the Open House Survey Results.
On Thursday, August 3, 2017 a Community Workshop was held at John Rolfe Middle School. Over 100 residents gathered for an overview of the Draft Route 5/Marion Hill Study document. The Planning Department's facilitator, Greg Dale, also discussed how input is used to formulate goals, objectives and strategies. Attendees were then assigned to work tables and asked to identify their 5 most important issues facing Route 5 and Marion Hill. Participants were also encouraged to label such examples on a map of the area. Approximately 70 individuals remained to participate in this portion of the workshop.
Each table presented their ideas to the larger group. Staff recorded them and sheets of the shared ideas were then hung on the walls. The workshop concluded with participants using a dot voting technique to identify those issues/concerns they most agreed with. The chart below indicates which topics garnered the most votes.
A copy of the evening's agenda, PowerPoint presentation, and a complete list of comments and pictures of the dot sheets can be found in the Documents section.
The input received from the community workshop, as well as the June Open House and the Web Survey, are being used to draft goals, objectives and strategies for the corridor and Marion Hill.
On Wednesday, September 27, 2017, staff presented an update to the Planning Commission on public participation efforts conducted for the study. A summary of website activity was provided, including total number of "hits" to-date and an analysis of most-commented upon topics from the dedicated survey and public input map. Staff also provided information on the number of attendees and top issues/concerns shared at the June Open House and the Community Workshop held in August.
The presentation used for the Planning Commission briefing is available by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking on the appropriate link.
On Thursday, October 19, 2017, a second Community Workshop was held at John Rolfe Middle School. Over 110 residents and interested members of the public attended. The Planning Department's facilitator provided a summary of the results of public input received to-date. This was followed by a brief review of the framework used to develop goals and objectives.
The remaining portion of the workshop was spent gathering feedback on a series of draft goals and objectives, as well as design preferences. Attendees were each provided with a hand-held keypad device and asked to indicate their level of agreement for statements or images in the presentation. The results were displayed on-screen within seconds. The exercise was also used to obtain feedback on general architectural style-preferences for the future design of a restroom facility to be constructed at the Four Mile Creek Park trailhead parking lot.
As the workshop concluded, attendees were asked to identify a place along the corridor they could envision as a town center. This was in response to comments received at the August community workshop suggesting the development of such a use.
A copy of the presentation for the keypad polling exercise, including the responses, the meeting agenda and images of the town center mapping exercise, can be found at the bottom of the page.
Many of the goals and objectives were overwhelmingly agreed upon, while others were thought to be "vague" or "leading". The town center concept was particularly discussed at length. In response to the feedback and as an effort to simplify, clarify, and streamline the goals and objectives, staff reviewed all the comments received throughout the public participation process.
This included the 59 exit surveys, 118 online survey responses, 30 public input map comments and 3 letters, plus the original worksheets (13) from the August goals/objectives/strategies brainstorming exercise. The five issues below were identified as the most frequently commented upon.
Using these topics and feedback, staff revised the goals and objectives, and identified corresponding strategies. A summary document explaining how the goals, objectives and strategies were revised and how they are intended to be implemented can be found by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking on the appropriate link.
On Monday, June 4, 2018 the Planning Department hosted an Open House at the Varina Library from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. to gather feedback on new and revised information pertaining to the study. Following a complete review of all comments received throughout the public participation process, staff revised the previous goals and objectives, identified corresponding strategies and developed draft design guidelines. The information was made available on the website prior to the open house.
Over 140 attendees gathered to review the maps, graphics and text displayed throughout the room and discuss issues and concerns one-on-one with staff. In addition to the above-mentioned items, an exhibit of the various architectural style found in the Route 5 area was displayed, as were cross-sections illustrating the various sub areas with recommended setbacks and landscaping.
Participants also had an opportunity to offer feedback via a Citizens Comment Sheet. Based on a review of the initial responses, most attendees were supportive of the information provided. Several comments reflect the misconception this study proposes to widen Route 5 or encourages future residential or commercial development. Neither is true. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the existing character of Route 5 to determine how future development proposals, should they occur, integrate the current agricultural, residential and commercial development present along the corridor.
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) currently has 2 proposed projects in the study area. A public information meeting was held on January 16, 2018 for a pedestrian safety enhancement study for the Capital Trail. VDOT also held a public information meeting on May 15, 2018 to discuss turn lane improvements along Route 5 at Buffin Road.
A copy of the Revised Draft Goals, Objectives and Strategies, Draft Design Guidelines, Architectural Styles, Cross-Sections and Citizen Comment Sheet can be found at the bottom of the page, under Documents.
At their Thursday, July 12, 2018 work session, the Planning Commission received a presentation from staff on the status of the Route 5 Corridor Study. Staff reviewed the purpose of the study, existing conditions, public participation milestones and feedback, as well as recommended goals, objectives, strategies and potential design guidelines.
A copy of the July work session presentation can be found at the bottom of the page, under Documents.
At their Thursday, August 9, 2018 work session, the Planning Commission continued the discussion of the Route 5 Corridor Study. Planning staff presented suggested changes to the revised goals, objectives and strategies, and draft design guidelines received from stakeholders, as well as responses to each.
A copy of the August work session presentation can be found at the bottom of the page, under Documents.
The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the Route 5 Corridor Study on October 18, 2018 (rescheduled from October 11, 2018 due to inclement weather). At the request of the Varina District Supervisor, the meeting was held in in the auditorium of the New Bridge Learning Center at 5915 New Bridge Road in an effort to be closer to the study area. Approximately 85 citizens attended the meeting and 13 speakers offered public comments.
On November 8, 2018, the Planning Commission reviewed the comments received at their October public hearing and recommended the Route 5 Study on to the Board of Supervisors.
On December 11, 2018, the Henrico County Board of Supervisors adopted the Route 5 Corridor Study. The goals, objectives, strategies, and design guidelines were incorporated into the 2026 Comprehensive Plan as a plan amendment.


"The length of a line can be used as a measure of time. Ten thousand feet is the length of a feature film at 1 hour and 30 minutes. A line that spans the distance of ten New York City blocks would be approximately one mile long. It takes about twenty minutes to walk one mile. That's one mile, ten blocks, and twenty minutes."
The Accumulation Project has developed over the course of eleven months. There have been five workshops totaling twenty-seven hours in which Museum visitors have contributed to making this line out of paper. The process involved making narrow strips of paper and assembling them into a single line. Hundreds of families, both adults and children, have added pieces to the line. Many noted that they enjoyed the experience of spending time making something together. The line is 2,490 feet long.


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'Kids forced back to stealing CD's from music stores if Napster closes'
[Edition 26] LOS ANGELES, Monday: A US court has heard that music crime will be forced back into the music stores if Napster is shut down. Napster, a program which allows people to download computer files (MP3s) of musicians' work without paying either artists or record companies, was held by a US court at first instance to be in breach of copyright laws.
The threat to music if Napster is closed down … Napster users take their music 'downloading' skills back into the local music store.
The downloading of MP3s over the internet is seen as a major threat by the established music industry. The decision to ban Napster has sent shock-waves through the worldwide community of music thieves.
"If Napster is shut down I'm going to have to go back to stealing Metallica CD's from HMV," said one disappointed Napster fan.
Music stores have found themselves in a difficult position as the growth of Napster has seen not only a reduction in sales but also a reduction in store theft. Stores expect that the closure of Napster will force them to increase staff numbers to some extent in retail but primarily in the security sector.
"When the initial finding said that Napster had been closed down my store was full of kids 'downloading' CD's into their jackets," said Shane Crossing, who manages the Virgin Megastore at Darling Harbour. "Typical bloody Napster users, they kept saying that they were just going to sample the new music and then come back and pay us for the CD if they liked it."
Napster claims that it simply allows people to exchange their own private copies of music in the same way that people have always exchanged dubbed copies of tapes. This claim has been supported by the Australian "Friends of Napster" group which claims that nothing will change if Napster is shut down.
"It may take a bit longer to do, but we can still do searches of what music other people have manually, dub it and send it out to Australia by post. It's just the same as downloading it from the internet."
Critics of Napster however claim that the program allows for large scale evasion of copyright and deprives musicians of profits from their music.
"Napster is really threatening the livelihood of rock stars," said a spokesperson for Napster enemy number one Metallica. "And it doesn't just stop there. Once the musos are short of cash, the booze and cocaine sellers are the next to go. Pretty soon hotel repairmen across the globe will be retrenched and the world will accumulate dangerously high reserves of acid wash jeans."
Breaking news: A Court of Appeal has decided to avoid the increase in store crime by granting a stay of the decision against Napster.
"There are serious questions about the legitimacy of this judgement," the appeal judge claimed referring to the initial order for Napster to close given by Marilyn Patel of the United States District Court in San Francisco. "If Napster is forced to close tonight I won't be able to finish downloading 'Oops I did it again'. I'll be the laughing stock at my Britney fan club."


Very rare, delightful ruffled blooms in creamy pink shades sit well above the fresh green foliage of this easy-to-grow hardy annual nasturtium. Plants are neatly compact and look stunning planted in borders or containers. Grow some in the vegetable plot too and use the flowers and leaves to brighten salads.
Sow outdoors where they are to flower. Sow seed, 20mm deep in drills 30cm apart in well-cultivated soil which has been raked to a fine tilth. Water ground regularly, especially in dry periods. Germination usually takes 7-12 days.


The small art vase from Kähler can adorn both as an aesthetic design object and a graceful vase. Botanica Mini is a sweet series of miniature vases, created in the same fascinating matching colours and wondrous matching sizes as the voluminous design vases from the same series. Let the vases' enigmatic and almost indefinable colour universes compliment each other and be an eye catcher in the window, on the coffee or dining table.
Wash the product by hand with hot water and soap. Use a soft cloth to gently clean the surface of the product. Let the product air dry to allow any moisture absorbed by the pottery to evaporate. This helps to prevent moisture rings on the surface.


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Q: Woocommerce cart table too wide I am developing a custom theme from scratch and I am using woocommerce to build the shop. The problem is that on the cart page, the cart table ( with all the products added to cart) is too wide and is scrollable. The product images are small but each column is very wide. I tried it on several different themes and the result is the same. I might be wrong but I don't think that this it the default behaviour of it. I want to make it fit the screen without being scrollable.

A: What you see if default Woocommerce. To override the cart page, copy the WooCommerce template file to your theme like so:
woocommerce/templates/cart/cart.php
to --> yourtheme/woocommerce/cart/cart.php

and modify it in your theme.

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HP Admits It Will Eventually Sell a Smartphone
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Sep 14, 2012, 9:30 AM by Eric M. Zeman @zeman_e
HP CEO Meg Whitman said that the company will return to the smartphone business, at some point. "We have to ultimately offer a smartphone because in many countries of the world that would be your first computing device," she said to FOX Business. "We are a computing company, we have to take advantage of that form factor." HP purchased Palm for its webOS smartphone platform in 2010, but effectively shuttered the Palm unit in August 2011. HP recently released a beta of open webOS operating system to the developer community. Whitman didn't provide a timeframe for when it might jump back into the smartphone business, not did she indicate what platform HP might use.
more info at FOX Business »
Facebook Makes Sweeping Changes to Data Collection Policies as It Admits Cambridge Analytica Breach Impacted 87M
Facebook today made significant changes to its platform as it continues to deal with the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica breach. To start, the company now believes Cambridge Analytica was given improper access to the data of as many as 87 million people, mostly U.S.
Palm Comes Back from the Dead With Pint-Sized Verizon Exclusive
Palm, a California company that purchased the rights to the Palm brand from TCL, today launched a new device it calls an ultra-mobile product that "syncs with your smartphone to keep you connected but not consumed." The idea is to allow people to access their vital apps when needed, but keep them from staring at their screen all day — particularly when they are out and about. The device is tiny and features an aluminum chassis with Gorilla Glass panels front and back.
LG Releases Open Source Version of WebOS to Spur Invention
LG today made an open version of the webOS platform available to developers and the public. Anyone can download webOS Open Source Edition from LG's web site and use the the code for whatever they wish.
Verizon's Palm Device Available to Buddy Up with Your Phone On November 2
Verizon Wireless today shared launch details concerning the new Palm companion device. Verizon says the small smartphone will be available online and in stores starting November 2.
Huawei's Meng Facilitated Deals with Iran, Says U.S.
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is facing extradition to the U.S. so she can face accusations that she hid connections with a company in order to sell sanctioned equipment to Iran.
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If only HP had its own smartphone operating system, one which was really innovative and had a devoted cult fan base....an operating system with its own app store....which could run on both smartphones and tablets....which had really good reviews from technology experts and was very simple and intuitive to use.....
What am I talking about....this is a fantasy, nothing like that could ever exist in the real world!
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That was good.
As much as I would like to see WebOS live on, I think they would be better off with Microsoft considering what shape HP is in. It would fall in line with their PC offerings better.
HP is not Apple which is why Web...
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Ladyhawk is an album by Canadian indie rock band Ladyhawk, released in 2006.

The songs "Drunk Eyes" and "The Dugout" can be heard in the 2009 film The Thaw.

Track listing
"48 Hours" – 2:01
"The Dugout" – 5:22
"My Old Jacknife" – 2:50
"Long 'Til the Morning" – 7:04
"Came in Brave" – 3:06
"Advice" – 3:48
"Sad Eyes/Blue Eyes" – 3:28
"Teenage Love Song" – 2:22
"Drunk Eyes" – 3:20
"New Joker" – 5:18

2006 albums
Ladyhawk (band) albums

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Echoes of Thunder
A Guide to the Seven Days Battles
This is a valuable and welcome addition to this series of battlefield guides. This book will provide you with a guide on the field or it will supplement reading about the American Civil War battle of The Seven Days.
Malvern Hill
Poindexter's Farm
Peninsula Campaign
Peninsula Campaign Map
The Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula and the Seven Days
The Richmond campaign of 1862 ranks as one of the most important military operations of the American Civil War. Key political, diplomatic, social, and military issues were at stake as CSA General Lee and USA General McClellan met.
This was the sixth and last of the Seven Days' Battles.
On July 1, 1862, General Robert E. Lee launched a series of disjointed assaults on the nearly impregnable Union position on Malvern Hill. The Confederates suffered more than 5,300 casualties without gaining an inch of ground.
Despite his victory, McClellan withdrew to entrench at Harrison's Landing on James River, where his army was protected by gunboats. This ended the Peninsular Campaign.
When McClellan's army ceased to threaten Richmond, Lee sent Jackson to operate against Major General John Pope's army along the Rapidan River, thus initiating the Northern Virginia Campaign.
Campaign: Peninsular Campaign (March-September 1862) previous battle in campaign Campaigns
Date(s): July 1, 1862
Principal Commanders: Major General George B. McClellan [US]; General Robert E. Lee [CS]
Seven Days Battles Map
Oak Grove Mechanicsville Gaines Mill Savage Station Glendale Malvern Hill
The Young Napoleon
By age 35, General George B. McClellan (1826�1885), designated the "Young Napoleon," was the commander of all the Northern armies. He forged the Army of the Potomac into a formidable battlefield foe, and fought the longest and largest campaign of the time as well as the single bloodiest battle in the nation's history
The staggering challenge of treating wounds and disease on both sides of the conflict. Written for general readers and scholars alike, this first-of-its kind encyclopedia will help all Civil War enthusiasts to better understand this amazing medical saga. Clearly organized, authoritative, and readable
The Gun-boats Galena and Mahaska shelling the Rebels at Harrison's Landing, July 1, 1862
Line engraving, based on a sketch "by an officer of the Navy", published in "Harper's Weekly", Volume 6, July-December 1862, page 470.
USS Galena is at left and USS Mahaska is at right.
The Seven Days
By Joe Ryan
Union River Ironclad 1861-65
At the start of the American Civil War, neither side had warships on the Mississippi River. In what would prove the vital naval campaign of the war, both sides fought for control of the river. While the Confederates relied on field fortifications and small gunboats, the Union built a series of revolutionary river ironclads
Union Naval Ship the Monitor on the James River After the battle
Richmond Virginia Area Civil War Battles
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To The Gates of Richmond
The Peninsula Campaign
For three months General McClellan battled his way toward Richmond, but then CSA General Lee took command of the Confederate forces. In seven days, Lee drove the cautious McClellan out, thereby changing the course of the war
Kids Zone Gettysburg
American Civil War Book Titles
George B. McClellan and Civil War History: In the Shadow of Grant and Sherman
The complex general who, though gifted with administrative and organizational skills, was unable and unwilling to fight with the splendid army he had created. In this book, Rowland presents a framework in which early Civil War command can be viewed without direct comparison to the final two years of the war
Counter-Thrust
From the Peninsula to the Antietam
A window into the Union's internal conflict at building a military leadership team. Lincoln's administration in disarray, with relations between the president and field commander McClellan strained to the breaking point. Shows how the fortunes of war shifted abruptly in the Union's favor, climaxing at Antietam.
Sword Over Richmond: An Eyewitness History Of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign
Told through the words of participants and observers, both military and civilian, this book is an account of the events that followed George B. McClellan's appointment as commander of the Army of the Potomac, and his controversial Peninsula Campaign
Lee Vs. McClellan: The First Campaign
An interesting account of the struggle for western Virginia in 1861. It follows that year's rolls of Generals McClellan and Lee; the former using the successes of the campaign to further his reputation and career, and the latter struggling to straighten out a quagmire and failing to do so
The H. L. Hunley
The Secret Hope of the Confederacy
On the evening of February 17, 1864, the Confederacy H. L. Hunley sank the USS Housatonic and became the first submarine in world history to sink an enemy ship. Not until World War I "half a century later" would a submarine again accomplish such a feat. But also perishing that moonlit night, vanishing beneath the cold Atlantic waters off Charleston, South Carolina, was the Hunley and her entire crew of eight
Confederate Blockade Runner 1861-65
The blockade runners of the Civil War usually began life as regular fast steam-powered merchant ships. They were adapted for the high-speed dashes through the Union blockade which closed off all the major Southern ports, and for much of the war they brought much-needed food, clothing and weaponry to the Confederacy
McClellan's Own Story
Born in Philadelphia on December 3, 1826, George B. McClellan graduated from West Point in 1846 before serving in the Mexican War. At the start of the Civil War, McClellan was put in a position of leadership and after a successful campaign in Virginia he was given command of the Army of Potomac, one of the Union's strongest armies. He led the Peninsular campaign with almost 100,000 troops under his command. marching toward Richmond.
The Peninsula Campaign Of 1862: Yorktown To The Seven Days
George B. McClellan got closer to Richmond than any previous Union general by a bold amphibious landing, but lost his advantage due to his own indecision and Robert E. Lee's superior generalship.
Civil War Video Games


Now that my cousin's birthday has already come and gone, as of this Thursday in fact, I consider the summer on the decline. Man is it trucking by or what.
Remember all those fancy trips I'd pondered earlier on? Well, I don't think any of them are really going to happen, for one reason or another. So, I've just had to make the best I can out of my little staycation.
I just returned from my third trip to Charlotte this year, this time to visit my cousin and his wife in their new digs. They live in a nice little place not far from where I spent some of my formative childhood years. There isn't a whole lot in the way of restaurants or retail over there, but I suppose as a residential area it's pretty decent. It'll also give them the best chance to get off to a solid financial start.
I decided I'd take Friday and today off, since I would have done so if I'd actually gone to Washington DC as planned. On Friday I headed to Charlotte, having an entertaining train trip in which I got to talk to a nice woman all the way down to Greensboro. She said she's 20 years of age, attending UNC Greensboro, and working a full-time and part time job. The full time is at Burlington Coat Factory and often can encompass 5 and a half days per week. The part time is babysitting children closer to her home town of Fuquave Marina. Right off of that train, she would go to work at the store from 7-10 that night, and by 9 AM Saturday morning.
"Wow, you're a hard worker!" I said.
"I have no choice," she responded.
And in a demonstration of how out of control our education costs are these days, she will still have to take the Fall semester off in order to save some money before continuing. This makes me sad, as one must have at least a Bachelor's Degree, and really more than that, if one wishes to have a decent career.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately, and especially as I try to decide what kind of path will get me to where I'm going. As I prepare to begin this HTML course, (last day to enroll, by the way), I of course know and hope that others who are taking it are aware as well, that it alone will not result in some sort of magical employment opportunity. In fact, I hope that my experiences in the job market haven't pushed my idealism/realism meter too far to the other side, to the point where I'm not really sure anything will quite work. I do hope this course will get me thinking about how I can use my newly acquired skills, along with ones I already have, to start the hard work of building credentials and experience. And as I discover that some of my long-time friends will also be taking this course, I grow even more excited by the possibility of firming up professional relationships.
Will I find a graduate school program to attend? Well, I'm not sure. As I said earlier, education expenses are increasing exponentially. And those points were in reference to undergraduate students. On this past Friday alone, I met three (3!) individuals who said they either were taking this semester off or had taken the previous semester off in order to scrounge up enough dough. While I hope I can get something to work out with my idea to become a professional blogger or social media manager, I know there are no guarantees. I'd like to avoid a $200,000 student loan debt that I'd never be able to repay with my workshop salary. So the tough adult choices continue to spin through my head, with no one to give me definite answers on which are correct.
My Charlotte trip did give me some respite from all of these worries, even if only for a couple of days. I ate, slept, enjoyed chatting and listening to baseball games with my cousin, and had my regular Charlotte lunch dates with a good friend I met online. On Saturday night, I even helped to make delicious fudge brownies that we enjoyed with almond milk, after having consumed garlic bread that my cousin made, and a couple of plates of delicious spaghetti with meat sauce and parmesan cheese.
So all in all, it was a great weekend. When I returned to Durham, I met the kind cab driver who has often assisted me these days in grocery shopping, going so far as to accompany me up and down the aisles and thus making it a lot less irksome a process. She quite regularly works with many of the area's blind folk, and started telling me about all sorts of places near my apartment that I might want to know about as well. Things like that make Durham feel to me less like just a place to stay and more a bit of home.
More soon, probably on what I think after experiencing my first couple of HTML classes. I hope you've enjoyed this summer.
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The movies are as full of heroes as they ever were, though it may be true to say that the apparent horizon of heroism has narrowed. It is a commonplace of contemporary heroes that they are aware of their limitations and do not, unless they are superheroes, expect to save the nation or the world. Indeed, it is a crucial aspect of their heroism that they fight on in spite of this. To wish, as Bowman does, that the movies would feed an (entirely fictional) audience appetite for supposedly traditional heroes is to miss the peculiar beauty of which both film and especially TV is now capable.


"Women Only" sign in front of the keikyuu line cars at Maborikaigan station.
A letter seriously written by a maid of a 20-year-old Japanese girl. Unfortunately it is not very beautiful.
Souvenir. Made magnets out of them for the fridge. Loved the Pasmo!


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Thus far, the stone path was the only fluid line in the garden. We wanted more curves—as well as varied plant heights—to offset the rigidity and uniformity of house and hedge. We started with a swath of rockspray cotoneaster weaving its way through the garden lengthwise, crossing both paths and giving the yard its backbone. We reinforced the rockspray cotoneaster with a band of low-growing C. dammeri beside it. These shrubs, in addition to providing flowers in the spring, berries in the winter, and leaves of contrasting textures throughout the year, also serve to link the different parts of the garden, making them all feel a part of the whole.
With the major lines of the garden established, the project began to feel a bit more manageable. We began to fill in, both reinforcing the existing lines in the garden, and adding new ones. For example, we used moss and stepping stones in places to create a sense of passage—sometimes real and sometimes illusory.
At the northern edge of the property, a problem became an opportunity. Despite a great deal of shoveling, I still had not gotten the level right here nor worked out how to finish off this end of the garden. We had a pile of clean river stone left over from the construction of the house, however, and it soon suggested a Japanese-inspired stone river, which could serve as both an occasional path and as a storm drain.
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Braves jump on Phillies early again in second straight win
Carroll Rogers Walton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Even in slippery conditions, the Braves only strengthened their grip on first place against the Phillies Tuesday night.
The Braves' personal rainmaker Troy Glaus was just buoyed by a first-inning downpour as he connected for a three-run home run that jump-started the Braves in a rain-delayed 7-3 win over the Phillies.
Behind Glaus' second three-run homer in the past two games, the Braves clinched their first series win in three tries against the Phillies this season and assured themselves first place in the NL East win or lose Wednesday.
They had to hang on while the Phillies brought Ryan Howard to the plate with the bases loaded representing the tying run in the ninth, but Billy Wagner cleaned up what the Phillies started against Jonny Venters with a groundout.
The Braves, now 1 ½ games ahead of the Phillies, will go for a series sweep and a perfect 9-0 record in day games at Turner Field this season when they wrap up this three-game series at 1:05 p.m. Wednesday.
"Huge win for us," said Tim Hudson who worked around a 64-minute rain delay to pitch six strong innings. "What we've done in the last two or three weeks has been a real testament to our character and the guts we have on this team. We had a tough go of it for a while and were able to battle through it and show everybody the kind of team we really are."
Hudson won for the fourth time in five starts to move to 6-1 with a 2.30 ERA on the year. The lone exception was his no-decision last Thursday in Florida when his outing was halted after four innings by rain.
He tried to talk his way back into that game after a 77-minute delay, having thrown 70 pitches. This time he didn't have to do any convincing after a short first inning.
"He only threw 11 pitches the first inning, there's nothing wrong with bringing him back like that," manager Bobby Cox said.
With a 3-0 lead to work with, after a couple rounds of catch and one simulated inning in the indoor cages, Hudson lasted six innings on 104 pitches, allowing two runs and beat the Phillies for the first time in 11 starts since August of 2006.
Hudson wasn't about to miss his first opportunity at the plate, either. He extended his hitting streak to five games with a single in the second.
From the mound, Hudson had only one real regret. Howard hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning -- his sixth homer in 39 at-bats against Hudson -- after Hudson thought he had him struck out on a 1-2 change-up.
The Phillies broke up a streak of 68 innings without a home run on that swing but still lost for the 10th time in 14 games.
"Obviously they've had their troubles over there, but we've had our troubles as well earlier in the season," Hudson said. "They're a great ball club and they're going to get out of it, I just hope it's not (Wednesday)."
Phillies starter Cole Hamels, meanwhile, gave up three runs in two outs and got washed out after only 24 pitches.
Just as the skies had opened up on Hamels, Glaus connected on a 2-1 change-up, sending it to the left field seats to give the Braves their second consecutive three-run first-inning lead in the series.
It was Glaus' second consecutive three-run homer, after he launched a three-run homer in his final at-bat of Monday's 9-3 win. With that and his first swing Tuesday, Glaus took over the Braves' lead in RBI from Jason Heyward with 40 to Heyward's 37, after finishing the month of May with 28 RBIs to lead the National League.
"We're playing good, we're winning games," Glaus said. "That's always fun."
Martin Prado turned a tough double play to thwart Phillies' comeback hopes in the seventh, taking a low throw from Chipper Jones at second and firing home nail Carlos Ruiz by a step at the plate.


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Q: How to programmatically determine which version of .NET Standard is supported by the current version of .NET Framework? I'm looking for some API, registry setting, xml/json file that would tell me, at runtime, which level of .NET Standard is implemented by the current framework.
For instance, this API would tell me, in a few years: .NET Standard 2.2 is supported by the current runtime because you're running .NET Framework 4.8.5.
Update: The procedure needs to work on a developer machine with the SDKs installed.

A: There appears to be a class that is used to get information related to the .NET runtime. Specifically, the FrameworkDescription property is suppose to return a string that indicates the current ".NET Installation that the app is running in". Though, if you are using .NET Core, prior to version 3.0 RC1, you might end up with an inaccurate version number. The recent RC1 release states that this is fixed going forward.
To get the framework version string:
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

Console.WriteLine($"RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription: {RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription}");

This will print a sting that corresponds to your current .NET Framework version that the assembly is running on. One of either ".NET Core", ".NET Native", or ".NET Framework" followed by the current version string.

A: You mentioned in the comments that you're looking for a way to programmatically determine which Nuget lib directory to install. You can use the Nuget.Framework package from Microsoft, which provides a DefaultCompatibilityProvider.IsCompatible function.
Using it would look like this:
var currentVersion = GetCurrentFramework();
var selectedPackage = Directory
    .GetDirectories(Path.Combine("path/to/nuget/package/", "lib"))
    .Last(lib => DefaultCompatibilityProvider.Instance.IsCompatible(
        currentVersion,
        NuGetFramework.Parse(Path.GetFileName(lib))
    ));

// helper method for getting the currently running framework
private NuGetFramework GetCurrentFramework() =>
    NuGetFramework.Parse(
        Assembly
            .GetEntryAssembly()?
            .GetCustomAttribute<TargetFrameworkAttribute>()?
            .FrameworkName
    );

The source for this package and the DefaultCompatibilityProvider class is available on GitHub.


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The United Nations welcomes the announcement of a new Government
05 Jul 2008 - August 6, 2007, Dili – Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste, Mr. Atul Khare, welcomed the announcement this evening of a new Government resulting from the June 30 Legislative elections...
United Nations condemns violence in Dili
05 Jul 2008 - August 7 2007, Dili – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste Atul Khare has condemned the sporadic violence in Dili following the announcement of the new Government yesterday afternoon. Mr Khare, who characterized the violence as sporadic and...
The UN Condemns violence in Baucau and Viqueque
05 Jul 2008 - Dili, August 8, 2007 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste, Atul Khare, has strongly condemned the violence in Baucau and Viqueque over the past 24-hours.
At least seven buildings in Baucau, including three government...
Police Arrests follow violence in Timor-Leste
05 Jul 2008 - Dili, August 12 2007 - United Nations police in Timor-Leste have arrested 34 people in relation to the violence in the eastern part of the country over the past few days. In Baucau, 21 people have been arrested and charged with creating a public disturbance including blocking...
UNMIT Press Conference - 14 May 2008 – Near Verbatim Transcript
05 Jul 2008 - UNMIT Spokesperson Allison Cooper: Thanks for joining us this morning. We are going to be talking about the Global Food Crisis and its effect in Timor-Leste, we will first hear from the Acting SRSG Finn Reske-Nielsen and we will then take your questions. Chana Opaskornkul of...
Political Leaders Condemn Violence in Timor-Leste
05 Jul 2008 -
In a meeting held at the United Nation's headquarters in Dili this morning, the leaders of all political parties in Timor-Leste have strongly condemned the violence that has troubled the new nation since Monday.
The meeting was...
The United Nations strongly condemns attack on UN convoy in Baucau
05 Jul 2008 - Dili, August 11 2007 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste has strongly condemned those behind an attack on a UN convoy travelling from Baucau to Viqueque.
The ambush on three UN vehicles was perpetrated by a group of people...
Police Capture Alleged Rapist in Baucau
05 Jul 2008 - DiIi, August 13, 2007 - United Nations Police (UNPol) and the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) have arrested a suspect in relation to an alleged rape in Baucau on Friday.
Reports so far indicate that an 11 year old girl was raped by a 16 year old male...
Top officials meet over Security Sector Reform in Timor-Leste
05 Jul 2008 - Dili, August 17, 2007 - The Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) has outlined four key areas to address in working towards the reform of the security sector in the nation. At a high level meeting in Dili this week, attended by senior leadership...
UNMIT assists Government of Timor-Leste to expedite humanitarian assistance
05 Jul 2008 - Dili, Timor-Leste – In an effort to rapidly meet the humanitarian needs caused by the recent violent outbreaks in the eastern part of the country, the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) and its agencies have provided security and logistical assistance to...


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Sound recordings (1)
Manuscripts (documents) (367)
Sound recordings (349)
Clippings (information artifacts) (204)
Records (documents) (179)
Audiotapes (136)
Videotapes (107)
Compact discs (78)
Video recordings (78)
Floor plans (57)
Audiocassettes (46)
Memorandums (45)
Plans (drawings) (44)
Floppy disks (42)
Architectural drawings (37)
Motion pictures (visual works) (33)
Art museums (101)
Special events. (73)
Aeronautics (50)
Fund raising (50)
Folk festivals (47)
Folk music (47)
Food habits (43)
Museum buildings (38)
Natural history museums (36)
Historical museums (35)
Historians (32)
Congresses and conventions (26)
Art, American (23)
Zoos (23)
Galleries (21)
National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division. (3177)
Smithsonian Institution, Office of Special Events (1880)
Smithsonian Institution, Office of Special Events and Protocol (1418)
Smithsonian Institution, Office of Special Events and Conference Services (1316)
National Air and Space Museum. Office of Special Events (801)
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Special Events and Protocol (789)
National Museum of American History. Office of Special Events (718)
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (483)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Office of Special Events (340)
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (244)
Orth, Edward J. (244)
Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Office of Membership and Special Events (192)
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Office of Special Events (184)
National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director (179)
National Museum of the American Indian, Office of Special Events (164)
Custom Craft (163)
Rice, Moses P. (163)
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.) (163)
Scurlock, Addison N. (163)
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison) (163)
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders) (163)
Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary (104)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Administration and Museum Support Services (87)
National Museum of American History. Office of Special Events. (86)
Music, Sports and Entertainment, Division of, NMAH, SI (71)
Sidney, Corinne Entratter (71)
Sidney, George (71)
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Communications and Marketing (70)
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (65)
Stanley Home Products (56)
Beveridge, Frank Stanley (55)
Indians of North America (26)
Hispanic Americans (12)
Latino Americans (12)
Asian Americans (8)
Yoruba (African people) (6)
Indians of South America (5)
Jamaican Americans (5)
Kiowa Indians (4)
Limba (African people) (4)
Ojibwa Indians (3)
Teton Indians (3)
Absaroke Indians (2)
Afro-Caribbean cults (2)
Assiniboine Indians (2)
Cheyenne Indians (2)
Crow Indians (2)
East Indian Americans (2)
Caribbean Area (19)
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.) (13)
Shaw (Washington, D.C.) (11)
Smithsonian Institution Archives (9769)
National Air and Space Museum Archives (3208)
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections (500)
Archives of American Art (194)
Anacostia Community Museum Archives (24)
National Anthropological Archives (20)
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art (16)
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives (4)
National Museum of African American History and Culture (3)
Query: Special events
Accession 11-305
Event Files / Box 1 / National Writing Project Reception (National Postal Museum), 4/11/2002
SCMP Dinner for Siemens Corporation (SI Building), 4/17/2002
Event Files / Box 1 / SCMP Dinner for Siemens Corporation (SI Building), 4/17/2002
Board of Regents Audit and Review Committee Meeting (SI Building Regents Room), 4/22/2002
Event Files / Box 1 / Board of Regents Audit and Review Committee Meeting (SI Building Regents Room), 4/22/2002
Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center (VIARC) Behind-the-Scenes Volunteer Reception (SI Building), 4/24/2002
Event Files / Box 2 / Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center (VIARC) Behind-the-Scenes Volunteer Reception (SI Building), 4/24/2002
SCMP Breakfast for 3M (SI Building), 5/2/2002
Event Files / Box 2 / SCMP Breakfast for 3M (SI Building), 5/2/2002
Board of Regents Dinner (NMAH), 5/5/2002
Event Files / Box 2 / Board of Regents Dinner (NMAH), 5/5/2002
James Smithson Society Tour and Reception (NMAH), 5/10/2002
Event Files / Box 2 / James Smithson Society Tour and Reception (NMAH), 5/10/2002
Luncheon hosted by the Office of Development (SI Building), 5/13/2002
Event Files / Box 2 / Luncheon hosted by the Office of Development (SI Building), 5/13/2002
Staff Breakfast hosted by the Secretary (SI Building Parlor), 5/15/2002
Event Files / Box 2 / Staff Breakfast hosted by the Secretary (SI Building Parlor), 5/15/2002
Smithsonian Luncheon Group (SI Building Library), 5/23/2002
Event Files / Box 2 / Smithsonian Luncheon Group (SI Building Library), 5/23/2002


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#include <aws/eventbridge/model/PutRuleRequest.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/json/JsonSerializer.h>

#include <utility>

using namespace Aws::EventBridge::Model;
using namespace Aws::Utils::Json;
using namespace Aws::Utils;

PutRuleRequest::PutRuleRequest() :
    m_nameHasBeenSet(false),
    m_scheduleExpressionHasBeenSet(false),
    m_eventPatternHasBeenSet(false),
    m_state(RuleState::NOT_SET),
    m_stateHasBeenSet(false),
    m_descriptionHasBeenSet(false),
    m_roleArnHasBeenSet(false),
    m_tagsHasBeenSet(false),
    m_eventBusNameHasBeenSet(false)
{
}

Aws::String PutRuleRequest::SerializePayload() const
{
  JsonValue payload;

  if(m_nameHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("Name", m_name);

  }

  if(m_scheduleExpressionHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("ScheduleExpression", m_scheduleExpression);

  }

  if(m_eventPatternHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("EventPattern", m_eventPattern);

  }

  if(m_stateHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("State", RuleStateMapper::GetNameForRuleState(m_state));
  }

  if(m_descriptionHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("Description", m_description);

  }

  if(m_roleArnHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("RoleArn", m_roleArn);

  }

  if(m_tagsHasBeenSet)
  {
   Aws::Utils::Array<JsonValue> tagsJsonList(m_tags.size());
   for(unsigned tagsIndex = 0; tagsIndex < tagsJsonList.GetLength(); ++tagsIndex)
   {
     tagsJsonList[tagsIndex].AsObject(m_tags[tagsIndex].Jsonize());
   }
   payload.WithArray("Tags", std::move(tagsJsonList));

  }

  if(m_eventBusNameHasBeenSet)
  {
   payload.WithString("EventBusName", m_eventBusName);

  }

  return payload.View().WriteReadable();
}

Aws::Http::HeaderValueCollection PutRuleRequest::GetRequestSpecificHeaders() const
{
  Aws::Http::HeaderValueCollection headers;
  headers.insert(Aws::Http::HeaderValuePair("X-Amz-Target", "AWSEvents.PutRule"));
  return headers;

}


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US immigration
Analysis and commentary on Australian politics
Shorten exploits the missing link in government's visa ban plan
October 31, 2016 7.09am EDT
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
University of Canberra provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU.
Bill Shorten called on the government to reveal the detail of any accompanying arrangements for resettling the Nauru and Manus people. Glenn Hunt/AAP
Shortly after Malcolm Turnbull and Immigration Minister Peter Dutton aggressively targeted Labor on Sunday when announcing the government's latest draconian border deterrent, Turnbull rang Bill Shorten to talk about the plan.
The controversial proposal is for legislation to provide that boat arrivals taken for regional processing since July 19 2013 will never be allowed to apply for any sort of visa to enter Australia.
It is seen as part of a wider but unrevealed strategy to resettle in a third country or countries refugees who are on Nauru and Manus.
It's not clear why Turnbull decided on the private conversation but in it, Shorten is understood to have criticised the ban.
If one (though not the main) government motive with its legislation is to wedge Labor, Shorten, normally cautious on this ground, doesn't seem overly concerned.
In a Monday Facebook post the opposition leader hit back hard. "It seems ridiculous to me that a genuine refugee who settles in the US or Canada and becomes a US or Canadian citizen is banned from visiting Australia as a tourist, businessman or businesswoman 40 years down track," he wrote.
Turnbull was "earning the praise of One Nation - I hope he's proud of that. The old Malcolm Turnbull would never have proposed this to keep the extremists in his party happy."
Helpfully for Labor, One Nation has been claiming a good deal of credit for the Turnbull plan.
Shorten repeated the criticisms later at a news conference.
Given the sensitivity in Labor around refugees and asylum seekers – many in the ALP believe their party has sold out these vulnerable people by saying they will never settle in Australia - the government had hoped Shorten would face division in his ranks on the initiative.
The over-the-top nature of the bald announcement – especially without the context of whatever third country settlement may come – meant that caucus members would want Labor to be up in arms about it, and many quickly took to social media.
But Shorten also seems very willing to play tough – while keeping his options open (sort of) on how to treat the legislation in parliament, by saying Labor hadn't seen it yet. Pressed on whether Labor opposed the legislation in principle, frontbencher Joel Fitzgibbon (from the right) told the ABC's Q&A on Monday night that he thought "this is a policy without principle".
Shorten called on the government to reveal the detail of any accompanying arrangements for resettling the Nauru and Manus people. For whatever reasons, the government can't or won't do that at this stage. Until it does, it is likely to be on the back foot in this latest iteration of border security policy – not where it normally finds itself on this issue.
The strength of Shorten's criticism suggests he feels confident he is on reasonably safe political ground. And he probably is, at least for the moment, although he will still have to be careful when more detail emerges.
Now that the boats have stopped arriving, the public is not so responsive to the government's conjuring up the threat of a new armada.
And the proposition that someone resettled in a third country should be banned in 20 years time from visiting relatives in Australia or making a business trip here is one that is easy to slam.
Indeed by early Monday the government was softening the edges of its plan with a little more detail. Dutton's tone had changed when he spoke to the ABC. He didn't focus on Labor; he strongly indicated that the ban was part of a wider strategy to get people from Nauru and Manus Island to third countries.
One reason why the legislation was important was that "we are keen to get people off to third countries if they can't return back to their country of origin and we are working with a number of third countries now. What we don't want is if somebody is to go to a third country that they apply for tourist visa or some other way to circumvent what the government's policy intent is by coming back to Australia from that third country."
A more reasonable-sounding Dutton also flagged that there would be ministerial discretion that could be exercised around, for example, family matters.
But as Shorten turned the heat on the government, Dutton later in the day was back throwing everything at Labor, and claiming the Shorten was "being torn apart by the left of his party".
"The Labor Party has divided itself again on this issue," Dutton claimed. There is a long way to go but at this point, it hasn't.
Peter Dutton
Offshore detention
October 30, 2016 New ban on boat people may be belt-and-braces for resettlement initiative
November 2, 2016 Refugee resettlement announcement expected within weeks


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Exeter's success is in sharp contrast to other locations in the UK. London saw a mighty 94.9% increase in business closures, whilst Northampton (72.7%) and Aberdeen (71.7%) were also badly affected.
Cllr Rachel Sutton, Lead Councillor for Economy and Culture, was encouraged by the report.
Elsewhere in the report, Exeter's air quality has significantly improved. Where other cities have seen CO2 emissions going up, Exeter has seen a 10 per cent reduction.
Employment is another positive for the city, with Exeter having the third lowest number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance.
The highly regarded report also highlights how austerity has hit cities hard over recent years with year-on-year cuts in government funding. Exeter has been hit hard – the second hardest hit city in the South West - with a 17% reduction in funding since 2009/10. This equates to a £383 reduction per person in Exeter in the last ten years.


Blue Hawaii is a West Coast Oddball Baby Blanket.
I had hoped to use some blue for my section, but I didn't have anything that matched the turquoise that the other knitters used. I decided to add some white foam to the waves.
Started in December 2010, this blanket became hopelessly stalled with one knitter for over nine months. It was a struggle to get Blue Hawaii back into circulation. I am glad this beautiful blanket is finished and ready for a baby.
The use of monograms to represent Jesus Christ our Lord is of very early origin. The monogram IHS stands for for the name Jesus: they are the first three letters of the word Jesus written in Greek capitals.
The pomegranate is a popular symbol of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and also of the resurrection of His faithful followers. It, therefore, symbolizes the hope of new life because it is split by the pressure of its many seeds by which is signified the fruitfulness or the power to reproduce life. The Bible says, "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things have passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Corinthians 5: 17) By the power of Christ's resurrection, we are raised to a new spiritual life in Christ and we have everlasting life now. So the symbol of the pomegranate should remind us of Christ's resurrection, our new spiritual life in Christ, and of our own bodily resurrection on the Last Day.
Cinderella was one of my favorite snow sculptures. Notice the slide on the right side of the sculpture. You can see a close-up in last week's Foreign Friday.
Isn't the detail on this carriage wonderful?
Even Cinderella's lost, ice slipper is on the step.
I practically need ice skates cross the street and retrieve my mail. My mailbox (by the pine trees in this photo) is at the end of the dead-end street. Earlier this week, I thought I'd be smart and drive to the mailbox instead of attempting to cross the street. Well, that was a BIG mistake, as I nearly landed on my keister just trying to get out of the car. Yesterday, I sprinkled de-icer on the street near the mailbox so it will be a bit safer for me and others. I might do another application today.
Residential streets aren't plowed, and residents must fend for themselves until the thaw. Because my street doesn't get a lot of traffic, fluctuating temperatures have turned my street to a sheet of ice. It's even more treacherous at night.
Does anyone have ice skates or ice cleats that I can borrow?
Last week I went to this office to have my teeth cleaned. Can you imagine sitting in a dental chair on the other side of those long vertical windows and looking out at this river scene? The view is calming in any season: the river, the trees, the birds, and the gorgeous blue sky make dental appointments more delightful than dreadful.
I'll admit that I was wary of eating at this establishment. How was I to know it was one of Hawaii's best kept secrets?
After all, it was only a van parked in front of a covered eating area, but my brother-in-law thought we should eat there before we left the island.
Giovanni's Shrimp is delicious! I ate every morsel of the garlic shrimp plate. I even licked my fingers!
As of last night, I have a hat to wear with my scarf and mittens. This is one of my favorite hat patterns because the garter ridges allow the hat to vertically stretch and create a thick band to keep my ears warm.
I didn't have a pattern for this hat, but here is how you can make one.
Once you have the number of ridges/rings you want, then continue working on the hat with only knit rounds. The hat in the picture above measures 6 or 6.5 inches from the cast-on edge. (Measure without stretching out the ridges) Once you have the desired length, then begin the decrease rounds.
The symbol of the cross and circle, also known as the Cross in Eternity, depicts the suffering and the death of the Lord Jesus Christ for the sins of the world. The circle symbolizes eternity since its circumference is an endless line. The cross in eternity gives the concept of the completeness and the everlasting nature of Christ's work and Kingdom.
The cross is always a reminder of our Lord's saving work of redeeming mankind through His sacrifice for our sins, thereby bringing forgiveness and salvation.
The fish is one of the earliest and most complex symbols employed by Christians to represent the Savior. Reading the initial of the Greek acrostic phrase meaning "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior," one obtains the Greek work for "fish," Ichthus.
The fish symbol was probably used by the persecuted Christians as a means of avoiding unpleasant attention of the Roman police. The symbol of the fish is one of the most widely used symbols depicting the Lord Jesus Christ and the Christian belief that He is indeed the Son of God and Savior of the world.
Every year Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan, hosts a seven day Snow Festival. If you ever have the chance to attend, do not hesitate. Dress for the cold and plan to be awed by the detail of the nearly 400 snow sculptures.
I don't know how many people viewed the sculptures the year I attended, but it is estimated over 2 million people attended in 2007.
The larger sculptures like the one shown in the photo had attached ice slides. The kids were having a ball.
Soldiers offered assistance to the children and kept the lines moving efficiently. Everyone in my group tried the slides and discovered the reason why the children were able to zip down so easily: their snow suits. Trust me, blue jeans and wool pants do not work well for sliding.
In front of every sculpture is an area for photos. My friends and I stopped for a Kodak moment. Shown are fellow teachers Margo Harper, Rae White, me, and Wendy Barry.
More Snow Festival photos will be featured in future Foreign Fridays.
When you see a cattle or horse drive approaching on the highway, the best thing to do is stop in your lane and wait for the animals to pass. The animals will move around a stopped vehicle, but if the vehicle is moving, they may bump into it and cause damage, so save yourself some frustration, but just stopping and admiring the animals that pass.
If you are behind this kind of drive, you can inch along with the animals or attempt to clear the animals from your path by "pushing" them aside. This technique will not earn you much cooperation with the hands working the drive and could result in damage to your vehicle if an animal is spooked. Sometimes, the riders at the rear of the herd may assist by moving the animals to one side of the road when the terrain allows, but don't count on their assistance if you have already spooked the herd by honking, etc.
Winter has taken up residence, and new mittens were needed to keep my hands warm. These mittens were knit on size 2 needles, using 100% wool. The yarn is close to a DK weight and created a nice dense knit.
I used this pattern (Midge) from Berroco. The mitten has a long cuff, extending 3 or 4 inches past the wrist, so it will prevent cold or snow from slipping down the coat sleeve.
Does the yarn look familiar? It should: my Eternity Scarf was also knit from this yarn. Now, I have a matching set of Winter Wear.
The symbol for Holy Matrimony is the cross with the two interlocking rings. The cross, which is a symbol of the Savior, signifies God's blessing on the couple and the promise of His everlasting presence through Jesus Christ, His Son. The interlocking rings tell of man and woman made one in Him, a union living under the promise and the power of Almighty God. Blessed indeed is the Christian husband and wife whose marriage is centered in Jesus Christ as depicted by the symbol for Holy Matrimony.
The heavenly Zion, the final abode of the Redeemed in heaven promised to all of God's children through faith in the Resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, is symbolized by the crown of glory, the palms of victory, and the stars of heaven. Every time we see this symbol, our hearts should leap for joy and our lips should break forth and shout - "Jerusalem, thou city fair and high, would God I were in thee! My longing heart fain, fain to thee would fly; It will not stay with me. Far over vale and mountain, Far over field and plain, It hastens to seeks its Fountain, And leave this world of pain."
I loved the tips on the roof tops. They look like the long fingertips of traditional Thai dancers.
Last Friday, Sue and I picked up Ribbons of Hope from the machine quilter, and on Saturday, I added a hanging sleeve and label, before tacking down the binding. Sue is donating the finished quilt/wall hanging to the oncology clinic in town.
The machine quilter (Quilting from Sheep Camp) used an awareness ribbon pantograph over the entire quilt.
You can see previous post about the quilt here and here.
To eliminate some small balls of yarn, I knit garter-stitch squares for Sandy's Give a Square project. Bridge and Beyond is where she documents all of the donations received for the homeless. Sandy accepts: hats, scarves, mittens, and squares.
My squares are 7-inches, knit on size 8 needles, using 30 stitches.
During these cold, cold days of January, I wish I was still in Hawaii, watching the never-ending waves rush to shore.
Feel free to join me . . .
2011 is the Year of the Rabbit, and for me it is a special event because I was born in 1951, also the Year of the Rabbit. In addition, 1951 and 2011 were both Metal Rabbits (based on the elemental signs of the Chinese Zodiac), so this could be a significant year for me.
I purchased a small book, Japanese Fortune Calendar, by Reiko Chiba when I was in Japan in 1979-80. The description of those born in the Year of the Rabbit is pretty close to my personality, albeit good and bad.
That told, I'm a definitely a Rabbit in the Chinese and Japanese zodiac calendar. If you want to know what animal you are, use this calculator. Care to share? Leave a comment.
Named for its moss stitch border, Mossy Delight, a preemie blanket is nearly finished. It is being knit on size 8 needles. I used the single chevron stitch and Caron Simply Soft (Soft Sage) for my section.
Mossy Delight is finished and ready for a newborn.