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Alejandro Legaspi (Montevideo, 27 de marzo de 1948) es un director, editor y guionista de cine uruguayo.

Biografía
Legaspi nació en Montevideo el 27 de marzo de 1948. Ingreso en 1967 a la Escuela de Bellas Artes en Montevideo para estudiar pintura.

Con otros realizadores en Uruguay formó la Cinemateca del Tercer Mundo en 1969 en donde colaboró como camarógrafo en el documental La bandera que levantamos y como montajista en el documental Una epidemia de sarampión.

Alejandro Legaspi se casó con la periodista y crítica cinematográfica Rosalba Oxandabarat. En 1974 se exiliaron en Perú a consecuencia de la dictadura militar uruguaya. En 1973 nace el actor Julián Legaspi. Allí formó la productora "Marcha" y se dedicó a la realización de documentales, entre los que destacaron: Y se queda silencio y Dale golpe a ese cajón.

En 1979, mientras era corresponsal de guerra en Nicaragua, participó en el documental Victoria de un pueblo en armas (1979) y en el largometraje de ficción La Insurrección (1980) de Peter Lilienthal. Además, fue asesor del Instituto de Cine de Nicaragua.

En 1982 formó en Lima el colectivo de cine Grupo Chaski junto con Stefan Kaspar, Fernando Espinoza, María Barea y Fernando Barreto.

Paralelamente se ha desempeñado como profesor de los curso en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú y en el Instituto Charles Chaplin en cursos de realización cinematográfica, documental periodístico y dirección de fotografía.

Asimismo, ha sido en dos ocasiones jurado en el Festival de Cine de La Habana y jurado del concurso de proyectos cinematográficos en Colombia, Uruguay y Perú.

Filmografía

Largometrajes

 2024. El Regreso, director, guionista y productor.
 2015. La Ultima Noticia, director, coguionista y productor.
 1989. Juliana,  codirección dentro del Grupo Chaski, junto a Fernando Espinoza
 1980. Gregorio, codirección dentro del Grupo Chaski, junto a Stefan Kaspar, Fernando Espinoza, Fernando Barreto y María Barea.

Cortometrajes y mediometrajes

 1982. Miss Universo en el Perú.
 1985. Caminos de liberación
 1987. Margot la del Circo
 1987. Perú: ni leche, ni gloria
 1987. Encuentro de hombrecitos
 1989. Crisanto el Haitiano
 2005. Tipo de Memoria
 2007. Sueños lejanos
 2013. El azaroso camino de la fe
 2019. Kukama, la lengua de mis abuelos

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Ficha de Alejandro Legaspi (Grupo Chaski)

Directores de cine de Uruguay

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If the British Labour Party does well in European elections, it could help the left close the gap with the center-right.
The delay of Brexit could benefit the left in European elections in May.
A poll conducted by Hanbury Strategy for Open Europe found that the British Labour Party could win nearly 38 percent support and close to thirty parliamentarians in Strasbourg.
That would make theirs the largest delegation in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), surpassing the German Social Democrats, and close the gap with the center-right European People's Party (EPP), which stands to gain nothing from Brexit. Theresa May's Conservatives group with the mildly Euroskeptic European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) instead.
Britain will need to hold European elections if it is still in the EU next month.
Frans Timmermans, the Dutch commissioner who leads the S&D, is hopeful that a coalition could be formed for the first time without the EPP.
He said on Thursday that his "priority" would be to find a majority based on "progressive and sustainable values" with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), French president Emmanuel Macron's En Marche!, the Greens and elements of the far left.
This list excludes other Euroskeptic and far-right parties, who are projected to win up to one-fifth of the seats but whose alliances are likely to change.
The figure for ALDE includes the ~22 seats En Marche! is projected to win, although Macron has not officially joined the liberal bloc.
Only a broad coalition of the conservatives, socialists and liberals would command the 376 seats needed for a majority.


For many of us, holidays turn into a no-holds-barred food frenzy in which we break any diet rules we may have during the rest of the year. Stuffing ourselves with dishes we eat but once a year; having lots of rich, fatty foods; and eating and drinking late into the night - does this sound familiar?
Literally "feast" at our holiday feasts, eating large amounts of food at one sitting.
Often eat these extra-large meals in the evening, just a few hours before we turn in for the night.
Tend to celebrate by drinking festive beverages, and festive beverages usually come with a high calorie cost.
Eat out and at other people's homes more than usual during the holiday season. In both situations, the cooks are usually not concerned with health and lower calorie cooking.
1. Stop eating or drinking at around 7 p.m. This will help cut down on needless "extras" (extra drinks, desserts, second helpings and extra calories).
2. Ask for a SLIVER. If there is a food, dessert, or appetizer you really want to try, try a "sliver" of a portion and eat it slowly so you really enjoy it. You don't need a big piece of something to satisfy your curiosity.
3. Beware of beverages. You'd be amazed at how quickly calories from beverages can add up. Drinks often pack a big calorie punch because they're high in sugar, fat, or alcohol. With all the yummy food around, do you really want to spend a big portion of your calorie budget on drinks? Choose beverages with no calories instead. Seltzer water with a twist of lemon or lime tastes and looks great but contributes zero calories. Other no- or low-calorie drink options include unsweetened or artificially sweetened iced tea, hot tea, coffee (decaf or caffeinated), and, of course, diet soft drinks.
4. Relax during the holidays as much as you can. Emotional stress and anxiety can aggravate bad eating habits (such as compulsive overeating or undereating).
5. Whatever you do, keep exercising! Staying on track with your exercise program is particularly important during the holidays. This will help reduce stress and keep your metabolic rate (the amount of calories you burn just maintaining your body) high.
6. Keep portions to a minimum. As hard as this sounds, try not to eat those "till you explode" large meals. Passing up seconds will usually do the trick. I know everything tastes good, so bring leftovers home and enjoy the whole dinner again -- tomorrow.
7. Make better choices. When confronted with the typical holiday nibbles, know which ones are more likely to fit into your healthy eating plan (dishes that are lower in fat, higher in fiber, and higher in important nutrients).
8. BYOD (Bring your own dish). Offer to bring foods to the party or holiday meal that you know willbe a healthier choice. You can bring lower fat/lower calorie renditions of favorite holiday foods.
Use light cream cheese instead of regular in your holiday dips, spreads, and cheesecakes to trim about 16 grams of fat per cup of cream cheese.
Use a great tasting fat free sour cream for dips, spreads, and potato dishes, and cut about 320 calories and 35 grams of fat per cup of sour cream.
Use reduced fat cheese in your appetizers and side dishes. This will cut 36 grams of fat and 320 calories for every 8 ounces.
Make your dips, side dishes and appetizers with a mixture of real mayonnaise and fat-free sour cream (for every cup you need, blend 1/4 cup mayonnaise with 3/4 cup fat-free sour cream). This will trim more than 1,000 calories and 132 grams of fat per cup of mayonnaise.
When using eggs in a recipe, try using half real eggs and half an egg substitute (1/4 cup of egg substitute replaces one egg). Or, use egg whites in place of some or all of the whole eggs in the recipe (two whites replaces one egg).


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Monumental Hydraulic Urban Set Set of monuments of historical-artistic character represented by the Azud, Boqueras de Acequia, Noria and Bridge of ashlar masonry (XVI-XVIII centuries), they constitute a landscape and urban landmark. Download brochure urban monumental...
Orchard Museum The Hacienda de los LLanos or Don Florencio, an agricultural farm of 30,562 m2, has been set up as the Huerta Museum, in which the visitor knows the reality of traditional work in the countryside from the original buildings and utensils of the hacienda...
Municipal Archaeological and Paleontological Museum The richness of archaeological remains found in Rojales and its surroundings forms the exhibition space of the Municipal Archaeological and Paleontological Museum and are clear examples of the traces left by the...
Rodeo Caves One of the attractions of Rojales, is a set of caves excavated in the mountain in the eighteenth century, made by Murcian miners who came to Rojales to work in agricultural work. Their experience as stonecutters led them to build their dwelling in the...
The cisterns of Gasparito Since the second decade of the 20th century, Los Aljibes de Gasparito served as large dams for the commercialization of rainwater. Today, they host the permanent exhibition "Rojales and Water in the Traditional World". Avenida...

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40 On Producing Drake
In this new video, Drake producer Noah '40' Shebib talks about how
a simplified workflow keeps his sound authentic.
Noah '40' Shebib is the Grammy-winning producer behind the sound of Drake's innovative productions and the co-founder of OVO Sound – the label that launched Drake's career. In this video, he talks about building his Toronto studio with workflow in mind, shares production tips, and explains how MASCHINE and KOMPLETE KONTROL fit perfectly into his philosophy of delivering maximum artistic authenticity through simplicity.
"Simplicity with authenticity at the same time is so difficult," says Noah '40' Shebib, speaking from his tucked-away, state-of-the-art Toronto studio. It's a custom space, decorated by a local graffiti artist and designed to help anyone who steps inside feel relaxed and creative, and has become the home for Toronto's new generation of producers including Nineteen85 (Hotline Bling) and Majid Jordan. A minimalistic attitude is incredibly important to Shebib, who is best known for his production work with Drake, and specifically for the lo-fi underwater sound that has permeated the artist's past few records. In fact, it was the desire for simplicity that that led to Shebib's watery and submerged production vibe, created by degrading the sample rate and leaving the top range of the song entirely free for the artist. "It was just me and Drake wanting to do something different," Shebib explains. "To make a sound that we felt was unique."
The entire setup of the Canadian producer's studio is all about paring back unnecessary distractions – everything is embedded so that anyone can plug two cables into their laptop and be ready to go. But even though it's a quick and simple setting-up process, thanks to Native Instruments, the possibilities are still boundless. "It's built around Komplete Kontrol and Maschine," Shebib says. "That's what this room is for." Shebib produces with a minimum of fuss, and MASCHINE and KOMPLETE KONTROL assist in this vision.
In particular, MASCHINE's basic workflow offers the kind of simplicity that Shebib is always striving for. Once programmed, MASCHINE allows him to flip the banks, helping him achieve the different sound that he's always striving for. "It's like a starting point, in that it's very well organised."
In 40's setup, this workflow is added to by the power of KOMPLETE KONTROL. "Suddenly now, you can hit one button and see all of your sounds…flip between your patches with one click…" Shebib says. "That is ease of use! When you're trying to make your production setup as simple as possible, this is a no-brainer." This is possibly why the 40 has stuck in his home city, which he sees as the best place to conserve resources. "It's quiet here, and we can focus," he says. Shebib is happiest submerged in the vast possibilities of production, but just watch out when he comes up for air.
Read more about 40's production process here.
Listen to some of 40's biggest records in this comprehensive Spotify playlist.
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Monitoring flood conditions of the River Dyfi supports safe operation of the railway during extreme weather events
System supports Network Rail Extreme Weather Plan
Local Flood Alerts integrated into system
River level sensors
Bridge displacement sensors
Trackside cameras using visible light and infra-red
Custom dashboard for data display
The Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth line suffers regular disruption due to flooding of the River Dyfi near Machynlleth during extreme weather. Water levels rise rapidly, reaching the bridge soffit and higher. There is concern that the water pressure could displace the bridge, causing track alignment issues.
Under extreme conditions, it is unsafe to continue to run trains. In the past, there have been issues with trains becoming stranded in Aberystwyth, since there is no return to Shrewsbury other than through Machynlleth. This has caused huge disruption across the route as rolling stock could not be used in other areas.
Network Rail require systems to help them continue operation of their infrastructure during extreme weather with minimal disruption. These systems must be accessible to a range of users including asset managers, engineers, route control and signallers.
JF Strainstall installed systems to monitor conditions, including integration of local flood alerts from the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales. River levels are monitored closely and trackside cameras provide images of current status.
River levels monitored, providing status with traffic light warning system (Red-Amber-Green)
Analysis of rates of change drives warning system, informing Network Rail when rivers are likely to overtop
Automated alerts transmitted by email and SMS
Trackside cameras used by persons with BSN competency to authorise train at 20mph movements during and after flood conditions
JF Strainstall's flood monitoring systems are key to the safe and efficient operation of the railway in times of extreme weather. Their value has been proven in reduction of delays, associated compensation to train operators and by improving passengers' experience.
The addition of Natural Resources Wales flood alerts provides an additional early warning system, as they are often transmitted before any rise in water levels can be detected. When flood conditions are forecast, the monitoring equipment reacts by increasing frequency of measurement and data transmittal. This improves the ability to predict flood times and obtain a live status (every 5 minutes).
These systems form part of Network Rail's Extreme Weather Plan. Their use is stipulated in protocol for route control to allow safe and effective operation during difficult conditions.
Trains can continue to operate under temporary speed restrictions, even in flood conditions.
Following flooding, sections of line can be re-opened at 20mph if outputs of the monitoring equipment show no displacement of the deck.
Operation is enhanced as it is no longer necessary to wait for Civil Examination
Debris is detected with cameras, reducing need for inspections following floods
"The equipment has supported both the safety and operational decision making process, in terms of reducing the dependence on staff to venture out on site to check the bridge during extreme weather events and it enables Wales Route Control to provide sufficient notice to Transport for Wales to manage their operations including the suspension or termination of services before the bridge is closed due to flooding."
Kevin Giles, Senior Asset Engineer, Network Rail Wales Structures
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Cycle Computing is supporting Purdue University in harnessing idle compute power to create a dynamic Condor pool at the upcoming SuperComputing 2009 conference, Nov. 14-20, in Portland, Ore. The on-site project will be a demonstration of high-performance computing (HPC) and open source solutions in the cloud.
As demand for computational power for compute-intensive, mission-critical tasks rapidly outpaces IT budgets, companies are looking for innovative solutions to data center space, power and resource challenges. Cycle and Purdue will demonstrate how harnessing the power of idle, unused compute cycles can help companies cost-effectively perform computationally intensive tasks while optimizing existing IT investments and saving energy.
The Condor pool created at the event will be a smaller-scale version of Purdue's DiaGrid, which utilizes Cycle Computing's CycleServer management tools to aggregate the idle compute power of 28,000 processors across the university and on other campuses in Indiana, Kentucky and Wisconsin. Generating 177 teraflops of compute power, DiaGrid contributes more than two million hours to research projects every month -- the equivalent of a $3 million supercomputer. The research clusters within the DiaGrid pool also average a 1-2 percent idle time, providing one of the highest compute-utilization levels ever. The project benefits faculty, researchers and students who are able to perform demanding science, bioinformatics and social science research and computationally intensive tasks like rendering high-resolution pictures and video. The benefits of DiaGrid are available internationally as well through the NSF TeraGrid and Open Science Grid. Additionally, Campus Technology Magazine selected DiaGrid for a 2009 International Campus Technology Innovators Award.
To learn more about DiaGrid, visit www.itap.purdue.edu/diagrid. An animated video about DiaGrid is also available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH_YHGYQl2g.
"With DiaGrid, we were able to live by the motto of 'No Cycle Left Behind' by building a grid of idle campus resources to provide computational capacity to researchers throughout the world," said John Campbell, associate vice president of information technology, Purdue. "This recreation at SuperComputing 2009 will demonstrate how other organizations can easily share idle cycles, avoid purchasing additional computational capacity, maximize existing data center space and squeeze every bit of performance out of each hardware dollar spent."
In its 21st year, SuperComputing 2009 is the premier annual event for the technical community, bringing together a diverse group of researchers, scientists, IT and data center managers, application developers, computer manufacturers, programmers, journalist and analysts. At the event, Cycle is deploying the equivalent of a Linux Server image on Windows/Mac machines, enabling server HPC workloads to run on idle infrastructure. Thanks to virtualization, Condor and CycleServer, unused capacity can be harvested for useful calculations.


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Rambler (Series)
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Rambler (Series) (TBD)
60 min | English | 10 Episodes | Action-Thriller
Several major crime syndicates in London have just discovered they've all hired the same hitman to kill one another. A scarred up Cockney punk serial killer, who calls himself Rambler. They put a massive bounty on his head. The Metropolitan police and Interpol struggle to find Rambler and stop an all out street war from breaking out.
A mix of Hannibal/ Bronson meets The Sapranos meets The Wire
* Trailer is a "pitch tool" and does NOT represent the actors in the TV series.
Rambler was originally shot in 2013 as a concept short of one scene. The film went on to win a dozen international film awards including best actor, best director, and best film. It was one of the first films to be shown on the XBOX digital channel. It has since been work shopped at Manhattan Theater Club in NYC and developed into a 10 episode series currently being pitched.
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Humans of Utica (#1-40)
Humans of Utica #1
"My struggle right now is getting through the rest of the school year knowing that we're so close to finishing. I feel like my own actual path to life is finally opening up, but I'm nervous since I'm going to have to make big decisions on my own. Don't let senioritis drag you drag you down at the end of the year."
"When I lost my grandparents, it was the first time I lost someone very close to me. I became depressed and began to isolate myself. At one point I felt like I had lost all hope. But then I met my boyfriend, Tyler. When he told me that he would always be there for me, I knew everything was going to get better. I am so much happier now."
"I live with my mom and brother, but my dad lives in Georgia for work. Being apart from him is a big struggle for me. It's all about the memories we make together right now."
"I'm hungry right now. Always pack snacks, because you never know when the time will call for it."
"There are many struggles that we face in life but the one that stood out for me is watching my parents suffer every time they come home from work. Seeing them suffer physically is really hard knowing that they're still young for these issues. My one advice is that I encourage everyone to know or at least search about Jesus. I'm sure you will find peace and will follow him forever. Second, val...
"Love yourself. I don't mean be overly prideful, I mean love yourself and the skin you're in. Waking up in the morning and thinking about the good and not the negative makes your day a lot better, because you can't expect someone to love you when you can't love yourself."
"After we moved, my dog Nacho was given to a shelter for old dogs, I guess. Apparently he was too tough and scruffy to get a new home; I mean, he did have a chunk bitten out of his ear and a nasty smell to him. Oh yeah, and this isn't Nacho; I just randomly took this dog from someone's yard."
"I bought new hand soap from Bath and Body Works, and the smell was so good I decided I just had to use it in my hair. Although it did smell really good, my hair felt completely disgusting."
"Always trying to make people happy can be frustrating and can bring your mood down. Always keep your head up."
Humans of Utica #10
"Dealing with people who don't have common sense is a struggle."
"My friends share most of my beliefs with me but when I try to talk to them about certain situations I feel them looking down on me, almost questioning whether or not I'm a good Christian. I don't really think there's a perfect Christian. I live my life morally, how I feel is correct. It works for me; I have my own interpretation of certain things and it's just something I have to come to ter...
"For once I stepped out of my comfort zone and decided to try out for drum major. Even though I didn't make it, it was still satisfying to try and do something for myself. It felt different, but in a good way. I was proud of myself. No matter how small it may seem to others, it was a big step for me."
"The happiest moment that comes to mind for me was last season when I made top six for 100 butterfly at divisions. I was so proud of myself, because I proved everyone who told me I couldn't do it wrong. I'll never forget the way I felt in that moment."
"I screw up every day. So if you do screw up, it's okay. Just take a bath, listen to music and forget about it."
"My childhood, when I was younger, was the happiest time of my life. This was before life got hard and difficult. When I was a child, I never had to worry about anything but to just play and have fun with my brother and sister. Unfortunately, my life got hard. My parents got a divorce, but I didn't know this actually happened. I've heard many stories about it happening, but it didn't seem real ...
"My greatest struggle is my depression and not feeling accepted for who I am. When I went to Ford, I played football where I wasn't accepted for doing what I love. While there, I was bullied a lot from a team that was supposed to care about me. From here, I lost a lot of my happiness, which sent me into a spiraling depression. It has been three and a half years since I was there, and I still strugg...
"Evaluate your friendships and see if you are putting equal amounts of effort into it. If not, then maybe you need to end that friendship."
"I am going to try my hardest until I die."
"My biggest struggle in life right now is having to balance two jobs and school. I feel like students should not be working, I feel like school should be cut down by one more hour. I feel this way because school takes away a lot of people's lives and we don't have enough time to bond with our families and to work."
"I love being nice, since I know what it's like to be bullied, and what it's like to be in a crappy mood all day. I don't want anyone to feel like that ever, especially if I know them personally."
"Firmly grasp it!"
"I feel like school should be shorter for athletes and people that work."
"Growing up, my parents always acted happy, but as I grew up and got wiser, I started to realize what was really going on. My mother was unhappy with the relationship and never said anything because of us kids. Seeing my parents fight constantly and act separated really took a toll on my siblings and me. I overcame that sadness by getting over it and by becoming my mom's best friend; we do everything t...
"I moved schools my eighth grade year going into ninth grade, and it was a big adjustment for me. I had to meet all new friends, and it took all the way until summer to form lasting relationships with those friends. I am happy now with my friends, and live my life being happy and never letting anyone bring me down."
"I put on a confident face, but I really need people to tell me I'm doing well."
Q: "What brings you happiness?" A: "Eating."
"My marketing class can be a real struggle sometimes, but there's a lot of value in the lessons that are taught."
"I have two more years at this school, and it is going to be hard. My advice for anyone going through the same thing is to get along with your teachers."
"I'm worried that when I graduate college, I won't be able to find the right job for me. I'm scared I will have a lot of college debt from loans."
"My stepdad doesn't spend time with my mom; he's either drinking or sleeping."
I see myself overcoming my depression, but I need help with the process. It's gotten better recently because I've gone to professionals about it and gotten to talk about it more than I have in previous years."
"I would describe myself as wise. People are always coming to me for advice and in the end, they'll follow the advice that I had given them."
"My parents getting a divorce is probably my biggest struggle I've overcome. It technically happened in sixth grade. It was pretty shocking because I was so young, but I saw it coming. The divorce really happened before I was born, and they were trying to make it work as I grew up, but that didn't happen. Coming out of this, I realized love comes and goes."
"Becoming successful is a big part of my future, but I am also looking forward to having a family."
"After high school, I want to join the Navy, because I've been interested in doing that for a while. Then, I want to go to college to become a cosmetologist, because I love doing my makeup and also other people's makeup. I do the makeup for the plays at school for practice and for fun."
"My knee surgery ruined my sophomore year for basketball. The worst part of it now is that I need another knee surgery."
"I've known one of my friends for a while now, since seventh-ish grade. I was at the mall with a couple of other people at the time and she was there, too. We entered a store that was having a sale: buy something, get something half off. She wanted an item. So being the kind person I try to be, I purchased one for myself and for her. I learned merely three days later from a friend of hers that she ...
"One of my biggest accomplishments is getting the lead in the play Dracula my sophomore year. It was my very first show at Utica, and it was a big honor to be chosen to take on the lead at such a young age."
"I'm afraid my life won't turn out the way I want it to."
"I love not knowing [what I want to do when I grow up], because although I have a lot of ideas, and I'm pretty certain that it has to do with theater, I like a certain amount of uncertainty. It's just the anxiety that comes with 'Where will I be?'"
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State Rep. Jack Cera (D-Bellaire) yesterday announced the approval of Senate Bill (SB) 135 by the Ohio House, legislation which provides over $100 million for upgrades to voting equipment around the state. The bill calls for the distribution of funds to the Board of Elections in each county, allowing local officials to make the final determination about what type of equipment to purchase.
Voting equipment available to County Board of Elections must meet high standards set forth in SB 135. All voting systems, whether paper-based or electronic, must provide a voter verified paper audit trail. The Ohio Board of Voting Machine Examiners must also certify them.
The legislation also sets aside a portion of the funding to reimburse Boards of Election that acquired voting equipment on or after January 1, 2014.
Cera, a co-sponsor of the measure, said the bill now goes to Governor Kasich for his signature.
State Rep. Jack Cera (D-Bellaire) today announced his introduction of House Bill (HB) 167, legislation to ensure coal miners and their families receive fair disability compensation should they contract black lung disease during their careers. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, rates of black lung disease among Appalachian coal miners are the highest they have been in 40 years.
State Rep. Jack Cera (D-Bellaire) officially took the oath of office on Monday, marking the beginning of his final two-year term in the Ohio House of Representatives. Cera, the longest serving member of the House Democratic Caucus, said he is honored to return to the Ohio House for his final term in office. He will be unable to run for re-election in 2020 due to term limits.
State Rep. Jack Cera (D-Bellaire) will host a Town Hall meeting Thursday, August 9, from 5:30-7:00 pm at the Martins Ferry Library. Cera will be on hand to take questions and update constituents in the 96th House District about efforts to bring oil and gas money back to Eastern Ohio, investing in infrastructure and local communities and his push to eliminate corruption and waste in state agencies. The event is free and open to the public.
As workers and retirees from across the nation gathered on the Ohio Statehouse lawn today to speak out for pension protections for hundreds of thousands of retired American workers, Ohio House Democratic lawmakers spoke out in support of American retirees and urged the Ohio legislature to take up legislation, House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 8, that would urge members of congress to protect coal miner pensions.
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Annabel Langbein Made Guests of New Zealander of The Year Awards Laugh
The 11th year of New Zealander of The Year Awards became a meeting point of many outstanding people. Seeing Annabel Langbein among them was a pleasant surprise for many of her fans. Annabel enjoyed the attention of her admirers, smiling and talking to her fans and colleagues.
The famous chef couldn't hide her excitement and that made her look very sincere and touching. When Annabel made an announcement, her fans and guests of the event couldn't hold back their tears. The incredible woman has a unique talent to touch the hearts of people with simple and sincere words.
Guests met Annabel's announcement with a cry of admiration and loud applause. Annabel thanked her team, family, and fans and promised to keep moving forward, creating new recipes, books, and projects.
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An outsider may wonder how a chef can become as famous, loved, and respected as Annabel Langbein is in her native New Zealand. However, the more you learn about this strong woman, the harder it's to stay apart from an army of her devoted fans.
Being humble and quite a down-to-earth person, Annabel looks just like your friendly neighbor and this gives her some special charm. Annabel is an author of unique recipes that reflect cooking traditions of the Kiwi community and her own unique culinary approach. She's a co-creator and a host of popular culinary shows that are watched all over the world.
Each year of Annabel's career is marked with new books, awards, and achievements. Being so different from typical business sharks, she builds her own brand, doing things she loves and enjoys. 'I've only been myself!', – Annabel says when she's asked about the secret of her soaring success.
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If you want to be a chef, you shall go to culinary school or join special courses. If you want to repeat the way of Annabel Langbein, you have to live her life from the very beginning. The future celebrity has always been surrounded by things that inspire her.
Her father had a big kitchen garden with lots of fresh greens that made Annabel in love with gardening. Growing up among vegetable patches, beehives, and apple trees, the woman dreamed to share her passion for gardening and harvesting with others. And she managed to do it.
Culinary shows of Annabel are imbued with her special philosophy. She connects home gardening with cooking in a very natural way, just because it's the only way she believes real delights can be created.
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Annabel is mostly known as a chef, book author, and TV host. It seems like she's always been there on her cozy kitchen, cooking tastiest treaties and sharing her inspirational advice. However, Annabel Langbein has other sides that only a few people know about.
Annabel is a feminist and human right activist. She helps thousands of women against domestic violence and supports Kiwi communities. Moreover, Annabel started a campaign against genetically modified food to fight for our rights to eat healthy, rich in microelements fruit and vegetables.
When Annabel is asked why she spends so much time, caring about others, she says it makes her life has some sense and smiles back with one of her special smiles.
Home-cooked food as a life philosophy
For many of us, food is just another way to stop feeling hungry. Eating on the go and buying fast-food became a part of our culture. People like Annabel came to change such an attitude. She wants to remind us that having a meal shall be way different.
'Food unites people', – she says. Annabel believes that a dining table is the best place to gather as a family or friends. 'We meet, we talk, we share our memories and special moments together.' – she explains.
In that meaning, home-cooked food is another way to say 'I love you', to show your care. This adds special sense to Annabel's recipes that make us use healthy ingredients only. 'Spread love and you will be loved back', – these words can describe the fascinating life and success of Annabel Langbein.
Annabel has always been a curious and very energetic person. 'U never know what you can do before you start,' – she encourages her fans in one of her recent interviews. No doubts these words have often become a motto for Annabel.
The celebrity confessed she was ready for new beginnings. While Annabel is never planning to stop cooking and promoting her culinary philosophy, she's also thinking about some new projects that would not be connected to kitchen and gardening.
Now, Annabel is creating articles for travel magazines and popular sites. Perhaps, her next projects will be aimed at showing us the beauty of the world and sharing some traveling experience.
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Q: Extracting Depth images of Kinect using opencv Does anyone know what is the simplest way to extract the gray-level depth images of Kinect using OpenCV and C++? any source code in this field?

A: if you use OpenNI SDK, you can simply point to the buffer:
//on setup:
xn::DepthGenerator depthGenerator;
xn::DepthMetaData depthMD;
cv::Mat depthWrapper;

//on update loop,
//after context.WaitAnyUpdateAll();
depthGenerator.GetMetaData(depthMD);
depthWrapper = cv::Mat(depthMD.YRes(), depthMD.XRes(), CV_16UC1, (void*) depthMD.Data());

note that depthWrapper is const so you need to clone it in order to manipulate it

A: The documentation has everything you need. Can't elaborate better than this.

A: You need to do two things (apart from reading about context, depth generator and initialization of Kinect):

*

*Create Mat of the type CV_16U   a.
context.WaitOneUpdateAll(depth_map);   b. Mdepth_original =
Mat(h_depth, w_depth, CV_16U, (void*) depth_map.GetData())   c. copy
the Mat since it will be destroyed during next read:
Mdepth_original.copyTo(depth);

*Map depth to gray or color. Color seems like a good idea (256^3 levels) but a human eye is more sensitive to the luminance change. Even with 256 levels you can map 10,000 Kinect levels reasonably well using [histogram equalization][1] technique. A simplest way though is to loose precision and just do I(x, y) = 255.0*z(x, y)/z_range

Here is how histogram equalization is implemented in openNI2:
https://github.com/OpenNI/OpenNI2/blob/master/Samples/Common/OniSampleUtilities.h

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Q: corosync systemd resource does not reflect service status I have configured corosync cluster with few recources.
There is custom systemd service 'jira' and systemctl corectly returns its status.
QUESTION: How can I configure corosync to respect failed systemd service?
The crm status claims the resource is started even when service jira status sees it is inactive
I don't see anything useful in logs.

root@vjira1-testing.prg01~# crm status
Stack: corosync
Current DC: vjira1-testing (version 1.1.16-94ff4df) - partition with quorum
Last updated: Tue Dec  5 13:51:42 2017
Last change: Tue Dec  5 12:21:17 2017 by hacluster via crmd on vjira2-testing

2 nodes configured
5 resources configured

Online: [ vjira1-testing vjira2-testing ]

Full list of resources:

 Resource Group: group_jira
     fs_jira    (ocf::heartbeat:Filesystem):    Started vjira1-testing
     fs_attachments (ocf::heartbeat:Filesystem):    Started vjira1-testing
     service_jira   (systemd:jira): Started vjira1-testing
 Master/Slave Set: ms_drbd [drbd]
     Masters: [ vjira1-testing ]
     Slaves: [ vjira2-testing ]
root@vjira1-testing.prg01~# service jira status
● jira.service - Cluster Controlled jira
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/jira.service; static)
  Drop-In: /run/systemd/system/jira.service.d
           └─50-pacemaker.conf
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2017-12-05 14:03:59 CET; 1s ago
  Process: 6340 ExecStop=/opt/atlassian/jira/bin/catalina.sh stop 40 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  Process: 6040 ExecStart=/opt/atlassian/jira/bin/catalina.sh start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 5995 ExecStartPre=/opt/atlassian/jira/bin/catalina.sh configtest (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 6070 (code=killed, signal=KILL)

Dec 05 14:03:59 vjira1-testing catalina.sh[6340]: .8MMMMM:  :NMMMMN.
Dec 05 14:03:59 vjira1-testing catalina.sh[6340]: .MMMMMM.   .MMMMM~.
Dec 05 14:03:59 vjira1-testing catalina.sh[6340]: .MMMMMN    .MMMMM?.
Dec 05 14:03:59 vjira1-testing catalina.sh[6340]: Atlassian JIRA
Dec 05 14:03:59 vjira1-testing catalina.sh[6340]: Version : 7.2.1
Dec 05 14:03:59 vjira1-testing catalina.sh[6340]: If you encounter issues starting or ...de
Dec 05 14:03:59 vjira1-testing catalina.sh[6340]: Server startup logs are located in /...ut
Dec 05 14:03:59 vjira1-testing catalina.sh[6340]: PID file found but no matching proce...d.
Dec 05 14:03:59 vjira1-testing systemd[1]: jira.service: control process exited, code=...=1
Dec 05 14:03:59 vjira1-testing systemd[1]: Unit jira.service entered failed state.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

Thank you.

A: The pacemaker resource couldn't get the current status of the service because I missed the monitor operation.
op monitor interval=20
Unfortunately I did not find useful documentation on it nor the systemd resource agent implementation. I would appreciate any links.
The working primitive configuration from crm configure show is:

 primitive service_jira systemd:jira \
    op start interval=0 timeout=60 \
    op stop interval=0 timeout=90 \
    op monitor interval=10 \
    meta target-role=Started

A: I have got a link from there you can correlate op monitor interval
parameter to how to use it.
Else, there is one more way to get a short description how to use it, here is an example.
[root@cp2 ~]# crm
crm(live)# ra meta systemd:postfix
systemd unit file for postfix (systemd:postfix)

Postfix Mail Transport Agent

Operations' defaults (advisory minimum):

    start         timeout=100
    stop          timeout=100
    status        timeout=100
    monitor       timeout=100 interval=60


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The Inscription Of Zuhayr - The Earliest Dated Ḥijāzī Inscription, 24 AH / 644 CE
First Composed: 21st January 2006
Last Modified: 1st April 2018
Figure 1: (a) The inscription of Zuhayr dated 24 AH, (b) its outline and (c) the text.
Figure 2: (a) Picture of the inscription next to the Zuhayr inscription and (b) its outline.
24 AH / 644 CE.
Ḥijāzī.
The translation of the inscription [Figure 1(a)] is:
I, Zuhayr, wrote [this] at the time ʿUmar died in the year four
and twenty (i.e., 24 AH).
This inscription is the earliest dated Islamic inscription written in the ḥijāzī script. One of its notable characteristics is the presence of diacritical marks on a number of consonants, i.e. dots which distinguish between letters of the same form. They are ن, ز, ت, ف and ش. Their style corresponds exactly to the contemporary usage.
It has been long claimed by the Western scholars that the defective Arabic script during the advent of Islam explains 'variant' readings in the Qur'an and the difficulty in establishing a canonical text. For example, recently Christoph Luxenberg took the liberty to change the Qur'anic text on the belief that the Arabic script was defective as similar-shaped consonants could not have been distinguished without dotting. Now we know from the Zuhayr inscription and other contemporary texts such as the two well-known papyri PERF No. 558 and P. Berol. 15002, both from 22 AH / 642 CE, that the the dotting of many Arabic letters, if not all, was already fixed very early perhaps even before the advent of Islam. What can be said is that there are definite indications that the Qur'an was treated as a special case, distinct from documents and inscriptions.
Another notable feature of this inscription is the mention of the death of ʿUmar in 24 AH. It is worthwhile pointing out that caliph ʿUmar bin al-Khattāb died on the last night of the month of Dhūl-Hijjah of the year 23 AH, and was buried next day on the first day of Muharram of the new year 24 AH, corresponding to 644 CE. Thus the date mentioned in the inscription is authentic and conforms to the established and known date of the death of ʿUmar bin al-Khattāb.
Next to this inscription is a graffito [Figure 2(a)] which says: anā Zuhayr mawlā ibnat Shayba ("I am Zuhayr mawlā of Ibnat Shayba"). In this inscription the diacritical dots on the letters ن and ز are clearly visible. Like the earlier inscription, they correspond exactly to the dotting seen in the two papyri PERF No. 558 and P. Berol. 15002 from 22 AH / 642 CE as well as to the modern day dotting of ن and ز.
This inscription, it appears, is destined to be the most famous of all the Arabic inscriptions as the UNESCO has added it to the Memory of the World Register of Documentary Collections.
Qāʿ al-Muʿtadil (near al-Hijr), Saudi Arabia.
[1] ʿA. I. Ghabban, "Naqsh Zuhayr: Aqdam Naqsh Islāmī", Arabia, 2003, Volume I, pp. 293-342.
[2] ʿA. I. Ghabban (Trans. & Remarks by R. G. Hoyland), "The Inscription Of Zuhayr, The Oldest Islamic Inscription (24 AH/AD 644–645), The Rise Of The Arabic Script And The Nature Of The Early Islamic State", Arabian Archaeology And Epigraphy, 2008, Volume 19, pp. 210-237. Also see H. B. A. H. Al-Kilabi, Al-Nuqūsh Al-Islāmīyah ʿala Ṭarīq al-Ḥajj al-Shāmī bi-Shamāl Gharb al-Mamlakah al-ʿArabīyah al-Saʿūdīyah, 2009, Maktabat al-Malik Fahd al-Waṭanīyah: Ar-Riyāḍ, 2009, pp. 62-63.
[3] R. Hoyland, "Epigraphy And The Linguistic Background Of The Qur'ān" in G. S. Reynolds (Ed.), The Qur'ān In Its Historical Context, 2008, Routledge Studies in the Qur'an, Routledge: London & New York, p. 62 and p. 68 note 42.
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Brexpiprazole is a potential treatment to reduce agitation and other behavioral symptoms in people with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's-associated dementia. It is currently going through clinical testing in patients.
Co-developed by Otsuka Pharmaceutical and Lundbeck, brexpiprazole is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat schizophrenia and as an add-on treatment for people with major depressive disorder. It is available under the brand name Rexulti.
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Brexpiprazole in clinical trials
The safety, efficacy, and tolerability of brexpiprazole have been investigated in several clinical trials.
A Phase 3 clinical trial (NCT01862640) compared the efficacy of two fixed oral doses of brexpiprazole against placebo in people with agitation caused by Alzheimer's disease-associated dementia.
Another Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (NCT01922258) evaluated the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of flexible dosing of brexpiprazole in a similar group of patients. Both were 12-week studies in people with a diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's.
Top-line results from these studies, released in May 2017, revealed that treated patients showed improvements in symptoms of agitation relative to those given placebo. In both trials, which involved a combined total of around 700 patients, researchers measured improvements in agitation based on the variation in the Cohen-Mansfield agitation inventory (CMAI) total score, a 29-item scale that helps researchers to systematically evaluate the frequency of aggressive behaviors (physical and non-physical) and verbal agitation. Both studies also confirmed that brexpiprazole was well-tolerated and only mild side effects, such as insomnia, residual agitation, and somnolence (drowsiness), were reported by some patients.
Variability in data from different countries was evident, however, which the company reported might be associated with differences in standard of care.
A safety follow-up study (NCT02192554) observed about 450 of these patients for two months, without additional treatment. Results of this study are awaited.
Otsuka and Lundbeck announced that a new Phase 3 trial evaluating brexpiprazole as a potential treatment of agitation associated with dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease would start in 2018. The planned trial, announced in October, followed discussions with the FDA regarding the earlier Phase 3 studies.
Otsuka and Lundbeck actually initiated 4 new trials in 2018. A 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled trial testing 2 dosages of brexpiprazole against placebo (NCT03548584) will recruit approximately 225 patients in the US and Europe. A similar trial (NCT03620981), but for only 10 weeks, will recruit 407 patients in Japan. Both of these trials will have primary outcome measures of change from baseline in the CMAI. Following enrollment in these studies, patients can then be enrolled in a 12-week (NCT03594123 US and Europe) or 14-week extension (NCT03724942 Japan) of the studies to assess the longer-term safety of the drugs by monitoring adverse events. The trials are estimated to finish in late 2020 through late 2021.
Brexpiprazole is also being tested as a potential treatment for people with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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European CEO Alliance advocates for ambitious climate strategy
10 European business leaders invest 100 billion in decarbonizing their companies and products as part of their corporate strategies and call for far-reaching climate protection measures at the occasion of the international climate strike
The "CEO Alliance for Europe's Recovery, Reform and Resilience" was formed in 2020 as an Action Tank, working together on practical solutions in cross sector climate protection projects
The Alliance strives for an ongoing constructive dialogue with the EU Commission
100 billion euros of investment to decarbonize their companies by 2030, a gradual introduction of a cross-sector CO2 price and ambitious phase-out dates for coal: These are some of the key points of ten top managers from the energy, transport and technology industries issued in a joint position paper. Thereby, the leading European CEOs are calling for far-reaching climate protection measures at the occasion of the seventh international climate strike on Friday, March 19, 2021.
The ten business leaders Björn Rosengren (ABB), Thierry Vanlancker (AkzoNobel), Francesco Starace (ENEL), Leonhard Birnbaum (E.ON), Ignacio Galán (Iberdrola), Søren Skou (Maersk), Christian Klein (SAP), Henrik Henriksson (Scania), Jean-Pascal Tricoire (Schneider Electric) and Herbert Diess (Volkswagen) are members of the "CEO Alliance for Europe's Recovery, Reform and Resilience".
This CEO Alliance formed in 2020 against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic and the historic decisions on the European Green Deal. Their common goal is to make the EU the world's leading region for climate protection while unlocking investments, driving innovations in tomorrow's technologies and creating future proof jobs.
Today, the top managers published a joint position paper with ambitious proposals. They state: "We firmly believe that the EU Green Deal and Next Generation EUwill put Europe's innovation and business ingenuity to the service of the global climate cause, will kick-start a wave of investments into sustainability and resilience and will create future-proof jobs across the EU." The CEOs encourage European policy makers to take bold steps towards climate neutrality such as "continuing to pursue a standardized cross-sector CO2 price" and "setting end-dates for carbon-intense technologies".
The CEO Alliance considers itself an "Action Tank", working together in concrete joint projects: Cross-EU charging infrastructure for heavy duty transport, integration of EU Power systems, digital carbon footprint tracking, sustainable healthy buildings, e-buses for Europe, green hydrogen value chain and rapid build-up of battery production.
The aspiration of the top managers is to work with their companies across sectors to find practical solutions for effective climate protection. In doing so, they strive for an ongoing constructive dialogue with the EU Commission. In a digital meeting on Thursday, the Executive Vice President of the Commission Frans Timmermans and the CEOs discussed the progress on the implementation of the Green Deal and the interim status of the Alliance's joint projects.
Executive Vice-President Timmermans stated: "Making Europe climate neutral by 2050 is a huge challenge. The European Commission will propose legislation to put sectors like transport and energy on the right track. Our long term plan includes investment in charging infrastructure, battery production, renovation and renewable energy production. The NextGeneration EU recovery fund will help make this possible. Our goal is not any transition, it's a just and fair transition, leaving no one behind. I welcome the CEO Alliance's commitment to Europe's green recovery and share their conviction that their companies have what it takes to build a sustainable future."
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Rasau ist eine Ortsbezeichnung in Brunei. Das Gebiet mit dem Rasau Field (Ölfeld) wurde nach einem kleinen Dorf, Kampong Rasau, benannt, welches heute nur ca. 100 Einwohner hat.

Geographie

Rasau liegt im Distrikt Belait am Westufer des Belait River, südlich von Kampong Sungai Teraban, in der Nähe des Hauptortes Kuala Belait und gehört zum Mukim Kuala Belait. Im Westen schließt sich der malaysische Bundesstaat Sarawak an und nach Südwesten das malaysische Asam Paya Oil Field. Auf dem gegenüberliegenden Flussufer des Belait River liegen die südlichen Vororte von Kuala Belait und Kampong Sungai Duhon.

Kampong Rasau
Das Dorf Kampong Rasau selbst liegt südlich der Rasau Bridge. Ursprünglich lebten dort nur Bauern, Fischer und Jäger.

Heute dient der Ort als Vorstadt von Kuala Belait. Die Dorfbewohner erhalten die Erlaubnis, die Brücke ohne Brückenzoll zu überqueren, so dass sie zur Arbeit nach Kuala Belait gelangen können.
Eine Werft bei Kampong Sungai Duhon in Rasau, ist ein wichtiger Arbeitgeber für die Dorfbewohner und weit darüber hinaus.

Geschichte
Rasau war früher eine der ersten Stationen entlang des Belait River auf dem Weg vom Meer zum Verwaltungszentrum Kuala Belait. Der Ort lag so weit im Landesinneren, um einen gewissen Schutz gegen Piraten zu gewährleisten.

Erdöllagerstätten wurden in Rasau erst 1979 entdeckt und die Förderung begann 1983. Ein Blowout an einer der Ölquellen, Rasau-17, ereignete sich im April 1989. Das Feuer brannte vom 25. April bis 8. Mai, bis es endlich gestoppt werden konnte.

Rasau gewann in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts an Bedeutung, als eine Brücke gebaut wurde, die eine Verbindung über den Belait River nach Miri in Sarawak, Malaysia, herstellte. Seitdem sind Reisende nicht mehr auf den Fährverkehr auf dem Belait River angewiesen. Die Brücke wurde allerdings erst eröffnet, nachdem eine malaysische Familie während starken Regens am Fährterminal ertrunken war.

Öl und Gas
Rasau wird geprägt durch das Rasau Field, eines von zwei Ölfeldern im Inland von Brunei. Das Feld wird von der Brunei Shell Petroleum bewirtschaftet. Die meisten Quellen liegen in der Nähe des Highway, der die Rasau Bridge mit Sungai Tujoh im Gebiet von Rasau verbindet. Einige Quellen liegen auch östlich des Belait River in Kampong Sungai Duhon und Kampong Pandan.

Pipelines verbinden die Förderstellen mit den Tank-Farmen in Seria via Mumong und den Raffinerien von Seria via Kuala Belait.

Auch aus Malaysias Asam Paya Field in Sarawak wird Öl und Gas über Rasau nach Brunei hereingepumpt.

Verkehr
Der Highway von Bandar Seri Begawan zur malaysischen Grenze verläuft durch Rasau. Die Straße ist einspurig und asphaltiert. Sie verbindet auch den Seria Bypass und die Rasau Bridge mit der Straße zwischen Kampong Sungai Teraban und Sungai Tujoh.

Die Rasau Bridge ist eine mautpflichtige Brücke.

Es gibt auch die Möglichkeit mit einem "water taxi" (Bootsverbindung) von der Mole bei Kuala Belait Market entlang des Flusses nach Kampong Rasau und Kuala Balai zu fahren. Der nächstgelegene Flugplatz ist in Bandar Seri Begawan oder Miri.

Einzelnachweise

Distrikt Belait
Ölfeld


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Legacy Greens and their Christmas Open House on Saturday, December 1st from 1:00pm-4:00pm: you'll find the basics like fresh produce and delicious snacks, and also luxurious handmade soaps and essential oil-scented candles. Keep your eyes peeled for their online Christmas Shoppe that returns every November/December.
The Queen Street Commons: a cafe and shop helmed by the Working Centre. The goods on sale range from works of art to body-care products, all made by local artisans just getting their small businesses started.
A Second Look Books: a cozy space with an amazing selection of curated fiction and non-fiction books, and films. Make sure you clear your schedule for this one, you could be browsing the stacks and taking in that old-book smell for longer than you think!
Golden Mean Wellness: part shop, part clinic, this space is dedicated to all things health and wellbeing. These folks are dedicated to offering the highest quality products that the industry has to offer.
The Holigay Market @ Fresh Ground on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 9:00am-1:00pm: this market features the best local LGBTQ2+ artists and is a fundraiser for the Rainbow Reels Queer & Trans Film Festival.
The Christkindl Market gathers in front of Kitchener City Hall from Dec 6-9. This festive market features plenty of local small businesses and artisans.
If you're stopping by Queen Street Yoga this holiday season, we're hoping to spread a little extra coziness and cheer by putting all of our retail selections on sale at 15% off. We sell locally handmade beeswax candles and eye-pillows, and yoga props, yoga mats, and massage balls from Canadian companies. If you think someone special in your life might enjoy the gift of yoga, we are making that more affordable by selling $50 gift cards for $40, and $100 gift cards for $75.
Here are the folks at QSY that will do a happy dance when you shop with us this holiday season: Monica, Andy, Leena, Leslie and Emma! We live and breathe Queen Street Yoga, and love sharing movement and mindfulness practices with the community.
We hope this little DTK guide helps you feel good about your holiday spending choices. We believe in a win-win-win situation that supports both the spirit of the season and your local community. We hope to see you out and about in the next few weeks!


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Jack W. C. Hagstrom (AC 1955) Collection of Thom Gunn Bibliography Papers
The Jack W. C. Hagstrom (AC 1955) Thom Gunn Bibliography Papers consist of approximately 25.3 linear feet of material relating to Hagstrom's 1979 publication, Thom Gunn: a bibliography 1940-1978 and an update to that publication that was serialized in the journal Bulletin of Bibliography between 1992 and 1994. A large amount of the material postdates those publications, possibly collected in preparation for a further update.
It also includes Hagstrom's personal correspondence with Gunn, as well as Gunn's correspondence with others (originals and photocopies), some of which Hagstrom purchased from dealers and some of which he collected from various archives.
The largest component of the collection is 15 boxes of newspapers, magazines, journals, and other periodicals containing writing by or about Gunn. Two boxes contain audio-visual recordings of poetry readings, interviews with Gunn, and Gunn's poetry set to music. There are also a small number of handwritten or typed poems by Gunn.
Directly related to Hagstrom's bibliography are typescripts, notes, and galley proofs of the bibliography, as well as four boxes of correspondence between Hagstrom and various publishers, Gunn associates, and other parties who helped Hagstrom identify Gunn writings.
Hagstrom, Jack W. C., MD, 1933-2019 (AC 1955) (Person)
There is no restriction on access to the Jack W. C. Hagstrom (AC 1955) Thom Gunn Bibliography Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.
All requests for materials from this collection must be made at least 24 hours in advance.
Requests for permission to publish material from the Jack W. C. Hagstrom (AC 1955) Thom Gunn Bibliography Papers should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Jack W. C. Hagstrom (born December 2, 1933), physician, literary collector, LGBT rights advocate, and bibliographer, is a 1955 graduate of Amherst College. He earned an M.D. degree from Cornell University Medical College in 1959, where he went on to become Instructor in Pathology. He has retained close ties with the Amherst College Robert Frost Library as a member of the Friends of the Library and also as a collector and donor of modern British and American poetry, particularly work by gay poets. He has published several bibliographies of English language poets, including James Ingram Merrill: A Descriptive Bibliography (Oak Knoll Books, 2009); Dana Gioia: A Descriptive Bibliography with Critical Essays (Parrish House, 2002); and Thom Gunn: A Bibliography, 1940-1978 (Bertram Rota, 1979).
Thom Gunn (1929-2004) was born and raised in England. He studied at the University of Cambridge in the early 1950s, where he met his lifelong partner, Mike Kitay. He moved to the United States in the late 1950s, studying and teaching English at several institutions in the western U.S. and eventually settling in San Francisco, where he lived for most of the rest of his life. Gunn published numerous poetry collections during this lifetime and received multiple literary awards, including Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundation fellowships. His poetry explored San Francisco's counterculture and gay culture, including the AIDS epidemic, among other themes.
27 Linear feet (26 records storage boxes, 1 archives box, 1 oversize box)
Materials assembled by Jack W. C. Hagstrom in the course of writing a bibliography of poet Thom Gunn, published in 1979 as Thom Gunn: a Bibliography 1940-1978. An update to the book was published in issues of the Bulletin of Bibliography between 1992 and 1994 as Emendations to Thom Gunn: a bibliography 1940-1978 (Part I-[V]). The collection includes publications containing writing by and about Gunn; correspondence between Gunn and Hagstrom as well as Gunn and other people; and Hagstrom's notes, correspondence, and typescripts for the bibliography.
This collection is organized into three series:
Series 1: Thom Gunn Periodicals, Recordings, and Ephemera, 1940-2006
Series 2: Correspondence, 1952-2002
Series 3: Bibliography Notes and Publication Materials, 1978-1994
Gifts of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, together with a large quantity of books containing writing by or about Gunn, between 2003 and 2006. Acc. #2003-220, 2003-235, 2004-196, 2004-220, 2006-062, 2006-220. Acc. #2103.094 added in 2017.
Jack W. C. Hagstrom (AC 1955) Correspondence with or about Donald Hall, Marianne Moore, Dave Smith and Richard Wilbur, 1958-2002, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections.
Jack W.C. Hagstrom in Alumni Biographical File [1955], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections.
Thom Gunn published works in Amherst College's Frost Library.
Thom Gunn Papers, 1930-2004 (bulk 1950-2004), Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Thom Gunn Papers, University of Maryland Libraries.
Processed in July 2013 by Claire Lobdell, Merrill Project Archivist. Later additions were interfiled where appropriate with earlier accessions (e.g. later periodicals were interfiled alphabetically with the Gunn periodicals series). Hagstrom's correspondence with Gunn (Series 2, Subseries A), was previously included with a different collection of Hagstrom's literary correspondence.
Bibliography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Gunn, Thom
Hagstrom, Jack W. C., MD, 1933-2019 (AC 1955)
Poetry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Claire Lobdell, Merrill Project Archivist
Merrill Family Foundation
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection: [Identification of item], Jack W. C. Hagstrom (AC 1955) Thom Gunn Bibliography Papers [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection: [Identification of item], Jack W. C. Hagstrom (AC 1955) Thom Gunn Bibliography Papers [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library. https://archivesspace.amherst.edu/repositories/2/resources/281 Accessed January 19, 2022.


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  3: class Mandrill_Urls {
  4:     public function __construct(Mandrill $master) {
  5:         $this->master = $master;
  6:     }
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  8:     /**
  9:      * Get the 100 most clicked URLs
 10:      * @return array the 100 most clicked URLs and their stats
 11:      *     - return[] struct the individual URL stats
 12:      *         - url string the URL to be tracked
 13:      *         - sent integer the number of emails that contained the URL
 14:      *         - clicks integer the number of times the URL has been clicked from a tracked email
 15:      *         - unique_clicks integer the number of unique emails that have generated clicks for this URL
 16:      */
 17:     public function getList() {
 18:         $_params = array();
 19:         return $this->master->call('urls/list', $_params);
 20:     }
 21:
 22:     /**
 23:      * Return the 100 most clicked URLs that match the search query given
 24:      * @param string $q a search query
 25:      * @return array the 100 most clicked URLs matching the search query
 26:      *     - return[] struct the URL matching the query
 27:      *         - url string the URL to be tracked
 28:      *         - sent integer the number of emails that contained the URL
 29:      *         - clicks integer the number of times the URL has been clicked from a tracked email
 30:      *         - unique_clicks integer the number of unique emails that have generated clicks for this URL
 31:      */
 32:     public function search($q) {
 33:         $_params = array("q" => $q);
 34:         return $this->master->call('urls/search', $_params);
 35:     }
 36:
 37:     /**
 38:      * Return the recent history (hourly stats for the last 30 days) for a url
 39:      * @param string $url an existing URL
 40:      * @return array the array of history information
 41:      *     - return[] struct the information for a single hour
 42:      *         - time string the hour as a UTC date string in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format
 43:      *         - sent integer the number of emails that were sent with the URL during the hour
 44:      *         - clicks integer the number of times the URL was clicked during the hour
 45:      *         - unique_clicks integer the number of unique clicks generated for emails sent with this URL during the hour
 46:      */
 47:     public function timeSeries($url) {
 48:         $_params = array("url" => $url);
 49:         return $this->master->call('urls/time-series', $_params);
 50:     }
 51:
 52:     /**
 53:      * Get the list of tracking domains set up for this account
 54:      * @return array the tracking domains and their status
 55:      *     - return[] struct the individual tracking domain
 56:      *         - domain string the tracking domain name
 57:      *         - created_at string the date and time that the tracking domain was added as a UTC string in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format
 58:      *         - last_tested_at string when the domain's DNS settings were last tested as a UTC string in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format
 59:      *         - cname struct details about the domain's CNAME record
 60:      *             - valid boolean whether the domain's CNAME record is valid for use with Mandrill
 61:      *             - valid_after string when the domain's CNAME record will be considered valid for use with Mandrill as a UTC string in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format. If set, this indicates that the record is valid now, but was previously invalid, and Mandrill will wait until the record's TTL elapses to start using it.
 62:      *             - error string an error describing the CNAME record, or null if the record is correct
 63:      *         - valid_tracking boolean whether this domain can be used as a tracking domain for email.
 64:      */
 65:     public function trackingDomains() {
 66:         $_params = array();
 67:         return $this->master->call('urls/tracking-domains', $_params);
 68:     }
 69:
 70:     /**
 71:      * Add a tracking domain to your account
 72:      * @param string $domain a domain name
 73:      * @return struct information about the domain
 74:      *     - domain string the tracking domain name
 75:      *     - created_at string the date and time that the tracking domain was added as a UTC string in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format
 76:      *     - last_tested_at string when the domain's DNS settings were last tested as a UTC string in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format
 77:      *     - cname struct details about the domain's CNAME record
 78:      *         - valid boolean whether the domain's CNAME record is valid for use with Mandrill
 79:      *         - valid_after string when the domain's CNAME record will be considered valid for use with Mandrill as a UTC string in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format. If set, this indicates that the record is valid now, but was previously invalid, and Mandrill will wait until the record's TTL elapses to start using it.
 80:      *         - error string an error describing the CNAME record, or null if the record is correct
 81:      *     - valid_tracking boolean whether this domain can be used as a tracking domain for email.
 82:      */
 83:     public function addTrackingDomain($domain) {
 84:         $_params = array("domain" => $domain);
 85:         return $this->master->call('urls/add-tracking-domain', $_params);
 86:     }
 87:
 88:     /**
 89:      * Checks the CNAME settings for a tracking domain. The domain must have been added already with the add-tracking-domain call
 90:      * @param string $domain an existing tracking domain name
 91:      * @return struct information about the tracking domain
 92:      *     - domain string the tracking domain name
 93:      *     - created_at string the date and time that the tracking domain was added as a UTC string in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format
 94:      *     - last_tested_at string when the domain's DNS settings were last tested as a UTC string in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format
 95:      *     - cname struct details about the domain's CNAME record
 96:      *         - valid boolean whether the domain's CNAME record is valid for use with Mandrill
 97:      *         - valid_after string when the domain's CNAME record will be considered valid for use with Mandrill as a UTC string in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format. If set, this indicates that the record is valid now, but was previously invalid, and Mandrill will wait until the record's TTL elapses to start using it.
 98:      *         - error string an error describing the CNAME record, or null if the record is correct
 99:      *     - valid_tracking boolean whether this domain can be used as a tracking domain for email.
100:      */
101:     public function checkTrackingDomain($domain) {
102:         $_params = array("domain" => $domain);
103:         return $this->master->call('urls/check-tracking-domain', $_params);
104:     }
105:
106: }
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UHS Digital Team Wins Award for Website Redesign Project
April 2022 —The UHS Digital Team has been named a winner by the Horizon Interactive Awards for its work on the healthlinknow.com website redesign project. The team won the silver award in the "Websites – Health & Human Services" category.
The Horizon Interactive Awards, now in its 20th year, has become one of the most prestigious awards in the field of interactive, web design and creative media. The competition recognizes, promotes and awards the best websites and website design, interactive, videos, online advertising, print media and mobile applications. Each year, the Horizon Interactive Awards receives thousands of entries from all over the world and a volunteer panel of industry professionals — from diverse multi-media, graphic design, advertising and marketing backgrounds — reviews the entries to determine the work that is to be recognized.
"Defining what it means to create an engaging digital experience is an ever-changing part of our jobs at UHS," said Len Matty, Director, Digital Marketing. "One of our recent projects, in support of our continued focus on telehealth, was to rethink the healthlinknow.com website. This project provided our digital team with an opportunity to organize the content based on the various audiences we serve, and to craft a refreshed look and feel."
The UHS Digital Team created a new, user-friendly homepage and main navigation area for the B2C business audience and then moved the B2B business information to the secondary navigation space. By making these changes in conjunction with visual design improvements, the team created space for each part of the business to simplify its messaging and better communicate how HealthLinkNow can be a solution that meets each of its audiences' needs.
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Universal Health Services, Inc. Ranks on Fortune 500 for 19th Year
June 3, 2022 — UHS is honored to announce it is again ranked on the annual Fortune 500 list — this year at #297.
UHS Healthcare Heroes Tribute Video Wins Gold Award from the AVA Digital Awards Competition
February 28, 2022 — UHS is pleased to announce that it has received a Gold AVA Digital Award for its Healthcare Heroes Tribute video created in 2020 to honor, thank and recognize the outstanding efforts of its 90,000 employees during COVID-19.
Recovery Is About Growth
Talbott Recovery medical director Dr. Navjyot Bedi plays a special role in the NFL's substance use program.
Honoring a Healthcare Icon
Celebrating Alan B. Miller's legacy as he steps down as CEO of UHS.
COVID-19: Fighting It With Strength and Resolve
The coronavirus hit hard and fast for 59-year-old Jimmy Blaser. But he battled his way back with support from his team at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center.
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New Poll: 68% of Americans View COVID-19 as a Severe or Extreme Crisis; Survey Results Cite Leading Sources of Induced Stress, Anxiety, Depression
Survey set out to gain insight into Americans' level of stress, anxiety and depression since the COVID-19 outbreak, the resources they are using or willing to use to manage these negative feelings, and their outlook for the future.
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Charges: ConocoPhillips employee and cop friend stole millions in fraud scheme
Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
The ConocoPhillips building in downtown Anchorage. (Joey Mendolia/Alaska Public Media photo)
A senior ConocoPhillips employee tricked the oil company into paying more than $3 million to a business owned by his friend, an Anchorage police officer, for work that was never performed and materials that were never received.
That's according to wire fraud charges federal prosecutors filed Wednesday against Forrest Wright and Nathan Keays. Wright had been a senior drilling and wells planner at Conoco, and Keays is a K9 officer with the Anchorage Police Department.
Wright resigned following a civil lawsuit Conoco filed in December to get back its money. The Anchorage Police Department put Keays on paid leave in December after learning of the allegations. In a statement, a police spokesperson said Keays was put on unpaid administrative leave Thursday.
RELATED: Senior employee, APD officer embezzled $7.3M from ConocoPhillips, according to civil filing
"Officer misconduct will not be tolerated, and this allegation is in no way a reflection on the dedication and professionalism of the men and women who continue to serve Anchorage residents," Anchorage Police Chief Justin Doll said in the statement.
A related FBI investigation led to the charges this week, though Conoco's lawyers in the civil suit have been trying to recoup the money they say the pair stole for months, including taking control of at least 17 houses in Las Vegas that Wright's personal investment company bought.
Conoco claims the men embezzled nearly $7.3 million, while the criminal charges so far only allege they stole about $3.1 million.
The charges say Wright and Keays have been friends since childhood. A yearbook from Fairbanks' West Valley High School shows the two attended the school together in the late 1990s.
According to the charges, Wright conspired with Keays to make it look like Keays's insulation-spraying business, EcoEdge Armoring, could perform services for Conoco. The charges say Wright set up EcoEdge as a vendor to Conoco — which is described in the charges simply as "Victim Business" — and instructed Keays on how to submit fraudulent invoices.
"Keays had zero knowledge of the oil and gas industry," the charges say, "To overcome this obstacle, Wright and Keyes conspired to provide technical emails to Victim Business that appeared to be from Keays, when they were in fact composed by Wright."
According to the charges, part of the scheme involved charging Conoco for pipe inspections and filling out time cards for the inspectors, who turned out to not exist. In another, Wright allegedly set up EcoEdge as a vendor for a special, patented drill rig mat — the type that's laid down to protect tundra from drilling operations — and billing for the mats, which EcoEdge never possessed nor provided to Conoco.
The charges say Wright received a 50 percent kickback on the money he directed to Keays.
An FBI agents' review of Keays's personal email account found that he had deleted nearly all emails from Wright, an indication that, "as a veteran law enforcement officer, Keays likely knew what he was doing … was fraudulent in nature," the charges say.
According to the charges, Wright admitted during an interview with an FBI agent that setting up EcoEdge as a vendor had been fraudulent, and he seemed to be trying to protect Keays at one point, saying he had deleted emails to Keays. But the charges say the FBI found several of Wright's emails that corroborate the scheme.
An initial court hearing on the case had not been scheduled as of Thursday, and neither Wright or Keays had attorneys listed.
ConocoPhillips spokeswoman Natalie Lowman said in a statement that the company has recovered more than $3 million of the stolen money through its lawsuit.
"We are pleased to see that the perpetrators of this fraud are being brought to justice," Lowman wrote. "ConocoPhillips will continue to cooperate with the authorities on this matter."
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Past Features
Talented Shiba Inu Creates Amazing Paintings
By CHERESE COBB
Just call him Pablo Pawcasso. Hunter, a 5-year-old black-and-tan Shiba Inu from Alberta, Canada, has learned how to paint abstract masterpieces by crosshatching non-toxic acrylics in a drippy, streaky and swirly style.
His owners, Kenny Au, a computer engineer, and Denise Lo, an ESL teacher, discovered his hidden artistic talent when they were looking for a new hobby to teach him after he "got as far as he could go" in regards to agility courses. Incredibly crafty and intelligent, proud and independent, careful and tidy, Hunter enjoys exploring new hiking routes, chasing backyard birds and solving children's puzzles.
"He needs…physical and mental challenges to be happy," Lo says. "He's either sleeping soundly or 100 percent ready to accomplish his goals.
A year ago, they got him a little piano, but he hated it. Then a blank space on their wall inspired them to teach Hunter a doggone good trick: how to create art by painting paper with short, confident strokes.
"We had a large blank wall that needed something to go on it, and we thought about how we could make something that the whole family could contribute to," she says. "Because Hunter is such a calm, careful and responsive dog, we figured he'd be able to learn the brushing motions to create some kind of memento for us. We were really surprised at how good the result was right off the bat." So, they shared his work on Facebook and Reddit where it generated a lot of memes and even a Photoshop battle.
"We don't paint every day," Lo tells FETCH. "Hunter usually barks and stares at us when he wants to do it." Then he patiently stands in front of a blank piece of acrylic paper, taped on top of a black tarp by his humans. He's extremely picky about the weight of the brushes and how chewy they are. When he finally chooses one, his owners dab it in the paint and stick it between his teeth. After making a brush stroke on the paper, he's handed another brush with a different paint color and rewarded with kibble.
"It's not much, but it's different from the brand that we usually feed him. He thinks it's a treat," she says. "When he learns a new trick, however, he's…visibly proud of himself, so it isn't just the treats that motivate him. We can definitely see that he enjoys being placed in different environments and learning new things, especially after struggling with it. I think that's something that both an artist and [a] doggo can share."
While Hunter is normally pretty careful about where the paintbrush goes, he'll occasionally try to paint lying down, ending up with a rainbow of paint specks dried in his fur. As for signing his paintings, he doesn't like getting his paws dirty at all, so the couple created a stamp from a mold of his paw. "If he's feeling bored or uninspired, then he changes up his brush strokes a bit and the paintings become more interesting," Lo says. "We're trying watercolors as well, and we think the combination would look really good. We prefer it if he's not painting the exact same way every time because each painting should be unique."
Au and Lo don't think that Hunter's more capable of being trained than other dogs or breeds. Some dogs can balance three pints of Ben & Jerry's on their heads. Some dogs can hold behemoth slices of pepperoni pizza in their mouths without wolfing them down. Some dogs can even ride forward and backward on bicycles with training wheels. "Just like people, it really depends on the dogs and what they're into," Au says. "A large part of it has to do with the time and the effort that the owners are willing to commit to finding out what interests their dogs have and how to encourage them to test their limits."
Hunter isn't just painting for kicks—er, wags—anymore, though. He's cashing in on his talents with his nearly 100 paintings fetching $41.06 each on Etsy. (Now, that's a lot of kibble.) He's also giving pound puppies a paw up by donating his paintings to Second Chance Animal Rescue Society in Edmonton, Alberta.
The couple wonders if he'll ever get bored—at which point they'll stop doing it. But that hasn't happened. "He's been really consistent, and he's still enjoying it," Lo says. "[However], he thinks of us more as his companions than his masters, so if he thinks we are treating him unfairly, he'll let us know." Follow him on online @shibaartonline or visit his Etsy store (etsy.me/2J0Sfoy) to commission an original painting.
June 15, 2018 /2 Comments/by Cherese Cobb
Tags: Cherese Cobb, hunter, painting, Shiba Inu, summer 2018
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Thank you for the feature! I am so happy to share my paintings with you all ???⚡
I too have a Sheba, she's 13 going on 2. The only time she's not being."Sheba stubborn" is when she's learning something new. She should have been a circus dog.
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