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TheatreWorks' 'The Prince of Egypt' brings a big story to life in a spectacular way
October 19, 2017 October 24, 2017 A Good Reed Review ReviewBrennyn Lark, Diluckshan Jeyaratnam, Jamila Sabares-Klemm, Jason Gotay, Philip LaZebnik, Scott Schwartz, Stephen Schwartz, The Prince of Egypt, The Prince of Egypt review, The Prince of Egypt world premiere, TheatreWorks, William Liberatore, WPLongform
By Ande Jacobson
TheatreWorks is no stranger to world premieres, or even to working with the powerful father-son artistic duo of Stephen and Scott Schwartz. Lest audiences think that the current TheatreWorks production of The Prince of Egypt is routine in any way, they can rest assured that it is not. The show is adapted and expanded from the 1998 DreamWorks film of the same name, and conveys its story of biblical proportions in an immensely creative and captivating way while providing some breathtaking theatre. The Prince of Egypt tells the story chronicling the early life of Moses up through his awakening as one of the Hebrews on his quest to "let his people go." The production is a world premiere that Mountain View audiences will savor for reasons that will be described shortly. What will be seen on stage; however, stems from a collaboration that breaks new ground for TheatreWorks. The stage adaptation by Stephen Schwartz and Philip LaZebnik is being mounted in collaboration with the acclaimed Fredericia Teater in Denmark. Once the Mountain View run completes, Diluckshan Jeyaratnam (Moses) will head back to his homeland to star in the European portion of this co-world premiere in both Fredericia and Copenhagen, telling the story in both Danish and English beginning in April 2018.
What makes this production so spectacular? It's all in the storytelling. The cast is a talented, diverse, international troupe that explodes with the grandeur and precision this story demands. The grand scale, with empires and monumental physical elements from the Egyptian pyramids, to the river Nile, the expansive desert, and the Red Sea are well-known, and generally not seen on stage. In a film, these can be included directly, but on stage, while they could be projected, a far more creative approach can also be applied. Per director Scott Schwartz:
"We call on cloth, light, and dance to represent water, fire, plagues, and more."
An abstract projection space hangs above the stage, and while some projections add to the scene definition, they are never overpowering or obtrusive. On the floor, the stage contains a raked, multi-part main platform, the front of which hangs precipitously over the orchestra pit. At one point Moses and his wife Tzipporah (Brennyn Lark) are drawn downstage, and they dangle their sandaled feet over the edge during a pivotal moment.
There are numerous cement blocks of varying sizes that the actors use to smoothly build on the spot into trappings such as Pharaoh's throne, the walls of a temple, or the bank of a waterway. The block structures pose a slight danger though as they are not anchored. As a result, they can cause an actor to trip on occasion as happened on the second press night when Jeyaratnam slipped while stepping onto the river bank at one point. Fortunately, a fellow actor kept him from falling.
In this production, beyond the blocks, the dancers create most of the monumental physical elements in an imaginative odyssey unique to the stage. As the baby Moses is sent on his journey down the Nile, the dancers become the roiling waters, the basket buoyed along its reaches atop their elegant movements. In many cases, there is no line between Kevin Depinet's scenic design and Sean Cheesman's choreography as they blend together seamlessly.
The choreography is stunning throughout the production. Even when not portraying nature or physical structures, the movement is often gymnastic and intense, and it is executed with impressive precision and energy. The dancing is so vigorous in fact, that the 28-member cast includes some extra singers to cover during moments when certain dancers would be far too out of breath to simultaneously dance and sing.
The dramatic action is also greatly enhanced by movement inspired settings. In one affable bonding sequence, brothers Moses and Ramses (Jason Gotay) wreak a bit of unintentional havoc in their chariot race. Their chariots are brilliantly formed by the dancers carrying the exuberant young men on their quest to each outdo the other while leaving destruction in their wake.
Another fascinating use of movement to portray a physical entity is when Moses encounters the Burning Bush, brilliantly portrayed by ensemble dancers. Their movements give life to the "flames" and voice to the instructions that Moses receives in a captivating scene.
Several other scenes are invoked primarily through movement, and they stimulate the audience's imagination in exciting ways. The one major instance that breaks the trend is when the climactic final scene is enacted, this time using cloth instead of dancers. The illusion works to a point, but it is inverted (i.e., flows in the wrong direction), and its execution is not as smooth as either the block-building or movement inspired monuments.
Stephen Schwartz began with most of the music from the film, only removing "Playing with the Big Boys" as Hotep's (Will Mann) sidekick Huy is the one notable character not in the stage adaptation. Yocheved's lovely "River Lullaby" is merged into the opening number "Deliver Us", and twelve new songs are added for the stage, greatly expanding the musical aspects of the story. Some of these new songs are molded from non-vocal segments of the film score, but most are brand new. In a few cases, they put some of the film dialog into song, but in most, they expand the story, adding complexity and nuance to deepen the plot.
The orchestration, with execution commanded by music director William Liberatore, is more intimate than the film score. It is compressed into a small, 9-member pit orchestra including: three orchestral strings; three brass; guitar; percussion; and Liberatore as the player/conductor on keyboard filling in the rest. The sound is larger than what might be expected from such a compressed pit. The music is polished, lush, and precise as it has evolved through the development/preview process.
The story from the DreamWorks film is included, but it is greatly expanded, particularly exploring the complicated relationship between Moses and Ramses. Jeyaratnam and Gotay capture the turmoil that each brother experiences quite well, although they are slightly mismatched vocally at times, Jeyaratnam being the stronger singer. There are several very touching moments where the conflicting loyalties between family and heritage are brought to the forefront allowing for the shades of gray that aren't evident in the film version.
The other relationships that have far more depth than the film are between Moses and Tzipporah and between Ramses and Nefertari (Jamila Sabares-Klemm). Both domestic relationships are explored in more detail, and though possibly shocking for these times, in both cases, the wives are portrayed as strong, intelligent women who are full partners in their marriages.
Performances run 2 hours and 15 minutes including the intermission, though it feels much shorter. While the show is likely to continue to grow and evolve a bit when it gets to the next phase of its world premiere, this production soars and enthralls. The Prince of Egypt is entertainment on a grand scale, suitable for the entire family.
What: The Prince of Egypt, based on the DreamWorks Animated Film; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by Philip LaZebnik
Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro Street, Mountain View
When: Continues through 5 November 2017
Here's a snippet to whet the appetite:
See http://theatreworks.org/201718-season/201718-season/prince-of-egypt/, email boxoffice@theatreworks.org, or call (650)463-1960 for more information or to order tickets.
(Photo credits: Kevin Berne, video courtesy of TheatreWorks)
Background References:
The Prince of Egypt (stream via Amazon Video)
The Prince of Egypt (DreamWorks Animated DVD)
The Prince of Egypt (film soundtrack)
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Anyone who has sailed a Laser will tell you that it is first and always a nimble sportboat—responsive, sized right, intuitive, thrilling to sail on a reach and the magnet at the center of a modern social network. Laser fleets are usually age, ability and gender agnostic, and Laser sailors are generally welcoming and helpful to each other.
But legal battles regarding the license to build the Laser may kill this masterpiece of sailing couture and culture. So thousands of Laser sailors are wondering about their investment. They have a lot to be worried about.
Here's an idea. Go Open Source.
Read more in the September 2013 issue of Sailing Magazine.
The primary appeal of a laser is it ISNT open source, and that you compete with the exact same equipment as the world champions compete with.
The comparatively low cost of a new boat, the fact that it will never become obsolete or superseded by technology and the fact it's an Olympic class, but can be sailed by novices has enabled many developing nations to form competitive sailing programs.
An "open source" laser as we currently know it would require expensive equipment to build (moulds, fibreglass chopper gun) and lead to increased prices, as manufactures redesign the manufacturing process of the boat for better weight distribution and stiffness as has happened with the optimists simple design.
It's a shame about the laser's legal battles, but it's also a shame that the designer of the boat isn't being recognized by the manufactures and that the class association has removed his name from the boat.
I agree completely with you on what was.
The "open source: proposal is offered as a prescription for something new that could be.
It might be different, but it might also be much better than the direction we're head now.
The idea, however, that increased supply would lead to higher pricing, seems counter to my basic economic understanding.
I'd like to learn more about your thinking on those lines.
You are currently reading Imagine: Open Source Laser Sailing at Saving Sailing.


It's been one hell of a year for videos. With the Cult video at the start of the year, Deadline just recently, and now the Markit DVD. They premiered it at Austin, TX this past weekend, and now Ten Pack Distribution are bringing it to Canada and we'll get to see it for the first time this Saturday, October 26th at Joyride 150. It's $15 for the session after 7:00pm, and the video starts at 8:00pm. There will be a jam in the street room and you can pick up a copy of the DVD at the premiere. If you're in the GTA make it out for what should be one hell of a video. Check out the Facebook event here, and we'll see everyone there.


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Markus Bailey and Brycen Hopkins get NFL Combine invites
Two former Boilermakers will be showcasing their skills later this month in Indianapolis
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The NFL released the full list of 337 invitees to the 2020 NFL Combine from February 23rd to March 2nd at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and two former Boilermakers will be heading to the home of the Colts to showcase their skills in Brycen Hopkins and Markus Bailey.
Purdue's 2020 Pro Day will be in April so Brycen and Markus will be able to workout for teams there along with their former teammates.
Markus Bailey is an interesting case as he has the talent, leadership and drive to be a great NFL linebacker, but injuries have caused some bumps in the roads during his time in West Lafayette. He tore his ACL during his freshmen campaign and again tore it this past season forcing him to sit the year out.
Bailey was a guy that could do a little bit of everything at the linebacker position for Jeff Brohm and the coaching staff, he finished his career with 324 total tackles, 29 TFL's. 14.5 sacks and 6 interceptions. Those numbers are outstanding, not to mention the fact that he really only played 3 years as two of his 5 seasons with the Boilermakers he played in only two games due to the aforementioned knee injuries. His football IQ, toughness and work ethic will translate to the NFL level, given a team gives him the opportunity to play.
There is not a lot of information on teams that are interested at this point in time, but I have seen some indications that the Packers, Redskins, Giants and Saints have some sort interest in him. This week in a conversation with Chris Rosvoglou, Markus said that two teams he would enjoy playing for in the NFL were the Saints and Seahawks.
I talked a little bit about Hopkins in a previous post after he participated in the 2020 Senior Bowl in January, but Hopkins is viewed as an early Round 2 prospect on NFL Draft Big Boards right now. He has outstanding athleticism at the tight end position, can create separation, and get yards after the catch, all of which will be highly valued by NFL teams. Some teams that have shown interest in the former Purdue pass catcher are the Colts, Bears, Jets, Steelers, Rams and Redskins, but with a solid performance at the NFL Combine he has the chance to slide up draft boards to potentially become a first round pick.
It will be interesting to see who will take a chance of the former Boilers and how their careers will progress at the pro level. Good luck to Brycen and Markus, Boiler Up!


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Man City soccer player Benjamin Mendy found not guilty of six counts of rape
Jan 13, 2023 | World & Africa
Benjamin Mendy CLEARED of raping women at mansion after Man City star accused of 'locking victims in panic rooms'
Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault at Chester Crown Court
Jurors could not reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape, following a six-month trial.
Mr Mendy and his friend Louis Saha Matturie, 41, were accused of various sex offences against young women.
Mr Matturie was also found not guilty of three counts of rape at Chester Crown Court.
Jurors failed to reach verdicts on three counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault against him.
Mr Mendy covered his face with both hands as the jury foreman repeated "not guilty" to the six counts, which related to four young women or teenagers.
The unanimous verdicts were delivered on Wednesday by the seven men and four women on the jury, one juror having been discharged earlier for medical reasons.
The verdicts could not be reported until jurors concluded considering the remaining two counts, after they were given a majority direction by Judge Steven Everett, meaning he would accept a 10-1 majority on any verdict.
Mendy, of Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, had denied all charges. He has been suspended without pay by Manchester City since first being charged in September of 2021.
After the jury was discharged Matthew Conway, representing the prosecution, said that they would be seeking a retrial on the two counts the jury could not reach verdicts on.
In a statement, Man City said: "Manchester City FC notes the verdict from Chester Crown Court today, where a jury has found Benjamin Mendy not guilty of seven charges. The jury is hung on two charges and the trial is now over.
"Given there are open matters related to this case, the Club is not in a position to comment further at this time."
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The aim was to train a small group of mostly community leaders to become experts in Inga alley cropping so that they would then train other farmers in their regions to adopt the Inga system. We are very grateful to the Guernsey Overseas Aid Commission for providing the grant for this training. We initially had planned on having five people that Gaston Bityo has already worked with. But more wanted to come, which we agreed to, so in the end there were about a dozen people.
The hotel in Kumba where the training was held, and Denis Amougou, Gaston's co-driver and assistant, setting up the equipment.
The training was done by Gaston Bityo. It began on Wednesday afternoon (24th February), and finished on the Saturday lunch time. It covered Inga alley cropping in detail, and discussed related topics, such as why slash and burn is no longer a good option.
Breakfast for the group at the hotel, with Gaston in the lower photo. A good time to get to know each other and ask more questions.
good teacher and a good leader.
I have already started Mr Wilson Antanga gave me Inga seed to carry to Nguti [where he comes from] . I will sent lots of pictures as you say concerning my work in Nguti. I wish to thank you for the camera and the money you sent to me.
Atanga found many Inga trees near where he is. That has been a great help, as bringing seeds or seedlings up from Bizang would be a very long and difficult journey, risking some of these fragile seeds dying.
Some of the participants. From the left Tabangmua Danisius, Prof. Tabouguie Alphonse, Gaston Bityo and Pastor Nsandah Premous. On the right is Mrs. Ngwa Relindis from Limbe, who regrettably had to miss some of the trainings as she had to care for her baby that was with her.
All the community leaders who came to this training are expected to start farmers in their regions with Inga. They were given a small payment for themselves, and money for expenses in contacting farmers, giving training to them (always includes feeding people), and of course setting up nurseries and growing seedlings. They were also given a camera and largely pictorial leaflets to give to the farmers. They already had mobile phones. A camera is essential for us to be able to keep track of what they do. All said they could start with between 10 and 100 farmers, except Mrs. Ngwa, who wants to introduce the Inga to three schools. We encouraged them to start with only 10 farmers each, and expand later. Gaston Bityo will do a follow up, and if all is well we will provide more resources for them all to expand.
Pastor Nsandah Premous reading out a note from Rainforest Saver on the left, and Gaston Bityo on the right.
Gaston Bityo with slide show.
Gaston Bityo giving the training.
Gaston Bityo gave the training, including a slide show and our excellent animation, and there was a field visit to an Inga plot and a school Inga plot that were not too far away. These had been started by Atanga Wilson, one of the community leaders that we had also invited to the training, to complete his understanding of the Inga system.
Field visit to an Inga plot, and the plot's owner.
Visiting Inga plantation at a school. The Inga is growing well, and even though it has not been pruned the natural leaf fall already is covering the ground.
A man from IRAD (Cameroon government Institute of Agricultural Research for Development), Chrysantus, also came. He is an expert on growing fruit trees and contributed to the training. Fruit trees add to the diversity of what a farmer can grow, which is always a good thing.
Chrysantus holding a guava mancot on the left, and a grafted tangerine on the right. Marcotting and grafting are ways of propagating fruit trees.
The next stage will be a follow up and if all is going well we will provide further resources for these trained Inga experts to enable them to start more farmers with Inga.
With greetings to all, and wishing those of you who celebrate Easter a very happy Easter.


On July 19, Avista announced it had entered into an agreement to be acquired by Ontario-based Hydro One. A few weeks earlier, Telect announced it had been acquired by Amphenol. Previously, it was PAML acquired by LabCorp, Demand Energy Networks by Enel Green Power and etailz by Trans World Entertainment. That makes five acquisitions of Spokane-area companies in roughly a six-month period.
In many instances, the common worry is a loss of jobs and a reduction in corporate funding of community causes. While these are fair concerns, I believe these business transactions are an overall net positive for our region. These acquisitions reflect the maturation of an enterprise. Our future economic health, however, still depends on our region proactively and regularly birthing new companies — even at a higher rate than we're used to.
Infusion of incremental funding. Generally, buyers are larger and more substantial businesses, in many cases publicly held, with access to significant capital resources. This ensures that acquired entities will have the necessary funds to pursue growth objectives, including hiring new employees and purchasing additional property and equipment.
Realization of strategic synergies. Priced into acquisitions are strategic benefits accruing to the target; they may take the form of a more broadly recognized brand, a larger sales force and relationships with a wider swath of potential customers, great purchasing power with vendors, and economies of scale associated with more defined processes and procedures.
Migration of new and diverse talent. Integration of an acquired company typically involves transfer of new talent in varying degrees in operations, engineering, finance, marketing and/or sales. These individuals can bring experience and knowledge that otherwise may not have been recruited or organically developed, adding to the regional talent pool.
Creation of discretional capital. Acquisitions of regional companies may generate substantial capital gains for founders, investors and key employees. A portion of these gains often are reinvested into innovative new companies and community initiatives.
Verification of the quality of our business environment. Offering an educated and skilled workforce, providing an infrastructure conducive to efficient business practices, deploying business-friendly policies and tax codes, enabling a high quality of life and demonstrating affordability are competitive advantages. So acquisitions by large, reputable companies of Spokane-based companies verify the existence of these attributes, and serve as a flywheel for the formation of startups, recruitment of new businesses and additional acquisitions.
Through the acquisition of etailz, a transaction I am familiar with as a co-founder, I have witnessed these benefits firsthand. Trans World Entertainment has provided incremental funding enabling etailz to hire more employees, pursue new opportunities and grow at a faster rate than it could have accomplished on a stand-alone basis. The liquidity provided to many etailz investors has instilled confidence in the early stage investment model and has already been, and will continue to be, redeployed into new businesses.
Of course, not all acquisitions turn out as originally expected. Sometimes the investment banking skepticism of "buyers are liars" is true. Locally, there are no remnants of General Dynamics' acquisition of Itronix in 2005, nor PerkinElmer's 2010 acquisition of Signature Genomics.
Yet the "circle of life" is such that as small companies grow and attain industry leadership, they attract the acquisition interest of larger companies that are unable to innovate quickly and/or cannot achieve desired growth targets organically. This outcome is inevitable and desired.
We need to embrace the reality that the leading companies in our region may ultimately be acquired, view the outcomes as favorable overall, and accept the instances when they are not.
Silicon Valley does not develop angst when one of its stars is taken over; the community there applauds acquisitions as success stories. This is the lens through which we should view purchases of companies headquartered in Spokane.
The only missing piece is a focused, broadly supported effort to establish our region as a hub of innovation, with the requisite resources to identify, start, fund and nurture new enterprises. Avista understood this well and demonstrated a track record of successfully innovating new companies. Its offspring include Itron, Itronix, Ecova and ReliOn, in addition to funding several other emerging businesses in the region. I am hopeful the company's dedication and support to funding innovation will continue post-acquisition.
Tom Simpson is an entrepreneur, angel investor and advisor to startups and other businesses in the Spokane region. Simpson is a shareholder in Avista, held stock in Demand Energy Networks and etailz and served on the boards of Telect and etailz. You can reach him at tsimpson@inlander.com.


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Ronda Rich
The long and true story a photograph tells
Forsyth County News
Updated: May 29, 2012, 4:46 p.m.
A picture — even one old that has faded from black and white to soft gray — can a tell a story, long and true. That one certainly did.
It was made somewhere in the late 1920s and showed three children, ragamuffins really, who did not have the happiness that most children show in photos today. Two little girls, with chopped off, blunt hair, were attired in simple, wrinkled dirty white dresses made from flour sacks and their dirty feet were bare as they stood on the dusty, rocky ground. The little boy, blonde and round faced, was dressed in hand-me-downs, britches several inches above his ankles and laced up, battered shoes with one of the laces missing. They looked to be two sizes too big for him. There was a sadness in their faces, a scowl that seemed to say, "Life is grim and hard."
And I suppose it was. The kind of grim and hard that few can imagine. It was, after all, the beginning of The Great Depression and it was the Appalachian Mountains, which had never known anything but depression, both great and small. Folks there were so poor that it was hard to believe they could be any poorer, but in time, they were. The time came when they fought to scrounge up enough quarters to pay the taxes on the farm or find enough turnip greens or Polk Salet to feed their bellies.
The story in my daddy's eyes told far more than I cared to know. His eyes were both angry and fearful, his frown too severe for a child so young. I know more than the photo tells. I know of the beatings he took and how he was forced to kill his dog, his only friend, because his father in a drunken stupor had commanded him to do so.
"I knew if I didn't," he said softly years later, his green eyes moistening, "That he'd beat me." That was years before he left the drink behind and became a good man. Back then, he cuddled up to a pint of moonshine to forget how he could barely keep his family alive.
At 13, Daddy ran away, living in barns for a while until his Uncle Oscar and Aunt Fairy opened their front door and welcomed him. They finished raising him, the only true raising that he got.
He overcame that childhood. Somewhat. But he carried scars that his children could neither see nor understand. I suppose he just prayed his way out of those memories or, at least, prayed as best he could. Some wrongs, those that can never be righted, stain the soul of a man.
Even when he was grown and his father had reached down deep to find the good man that he could be by giving up drinking and becoming solid and dependable, those childhood memories surely haunted Daddy. But he held no grudge. He forgave and became close to his father.
A while back after Sunday dinner, I walked out of my sister's house to see three boys flying by on various sized motorcycles. They rode through the pastures, jumped hills and ditches, laughing happily as they did. In the back yard, four little girls squealed joyously as they jumped in and out of the pool. It was pure merriment.
"These children are going to look back on their childhood with such happiness," I said to Rodney about his grandchildren.
He shrugged. "It's no happier than our childhoods were," he said. "They just have more toys than we did. But I was happy."
I was, too. And, I'm ashamed to say, that until I saw that photo of a little boy who seemed to carry the weight of the world on his tiny shoulders, I had taken it for granted.
Ronda Rich: Reporting the details has gone by the wayside
Ronda Rich: Mama said nothing looks better than a pretty bow tied right
Ronda Rich: Making buttermilk biscuits to perfection
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On the edge! 2 FTSE 100 stocks that could sink or swim in 2017
Royston Wild | Wednesday, 4th January, 2017 | More on: RRS TSCO
Despite the steady upward momentum of the German value supermarkets, British grocery giant Tesco (LSE: TSCO) managed to perform valiantly in 2016. The stock gained 38% in value during the course of the year.
Investors ploughed into Tesco thanks to a much-improved performance at the checkout in recent months. Indeed, the latest survey from Kantar Worldpanel in mid-December showed the chain gaining market share for the third successive month — Tesco's take stood at 28.3% as of December 4 versus 28% a year earlier.
But I believe Tesco's shooting share price is at variance with what is, at best, a mild sales recovery.
The supermarket's decision to invest more in price-cutting and customer service has undoubtedly achieved no little success. However, the fight against Aldi and Lidl is set to intensify in the months ahead as inflation in the UK heats up in 2017 and puts pressure on shoppers' spending power.
Tesco faces considerable trouble to keep slashing prices across the store as a still-declining pound heaps stress on its wafer-thin margins. The grocer is already facing a fight to stymie the impact of new store openings by its foreign counterparts.
If Tesco can navigate these problems and keep the tills ringing ever louder, then further share price rises can be expected. Having said that, a toppy P/E ratio of 20.5 times for the year to February 2018 leaves Tesco in danger of a sharp retracement should sales data start to disappoint again, a very real possibility in my opinion.
Precious… But precarious?
Gold digger Randgold Resources (LSE: RRS) also faces an uncertain future in 2017 as a variety of factors tug at precious metals prices.
The commodities colossus saw its share price rise 52% last year as concerns over the fallout of Brexit drove demand for store-of-value assets like gold in the run-up to June.
However, a recovering US dollar, spurred by strong economic data and the consequent expectation of Federal Reserve rate hikes, drove gold values sharply lower during the latter half of 2016. This caused the metal to tip from $1,350 per ounce at the start of July to end the year around the $1,120 marker.
Last month the Federal Reserve suggested that three more interest rate rises could be in store for this year alone. And signs of further progress for the US economy could send gold still lower in the months ahead, and with it Randgold Resources' share price once again.
And, like Tesco, the mining play's huge P/E ratio of 21.8 times for 2017 certainly leaves scope for investors to head towards the exits.
Of course the prospect of a lengthy and difficult British withdrawal from the EU could prompt fresh waves of risk aversion across financial markets. And many other issues, from uncertainty over incoming-president Donald Trump's plans for the US to fears over economic cooling in China and the rest of Asia, could also put gold front-and-centre once again.
Randgold Resources could clearly go either way in 2017.
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Connecticut residents can now use text messages to reach 911 emergency dispatchers.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Thursday that the state has launched the text-to-911 service as part of a new emergency communications system.
Officials said voice calls to 911 are still the best and fastest way to contact emergency services. The text service is aimed at people who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech disability. It's also intended for when it's unsafe to place a voice call, such as during home invasions or acts of domestic violence.
Summary: An unlucky coincidence of space and Earth weather in early September 2017 caused radio blackouts for hours during critical hurricane emergency response efforts, according to a new study. The new research, which details how the events on the Sun and Earth unfolded side-by-side, could aid in the development of space weather forecasting and response, according to the study's authors.
An unlucky coincidence of space and Earth weather in early September 2017 caused radio blackouts for hours during critical hurricane emergency response efforts, according to a new study in Space Weather, a journal of the American Geophysical Union. The new research, which details how the events on the Sun and Earth unfolded side-by-side, could aid in the development of space weather forecasting and response, according to the study's authors.
On September 6, three hurricanes advanced in a menacing line across the Atlantic Ocean. Category 5 Hurricane Irma ravaged Barbuda in the Caribbean's Leeward Islands in the early morning and churned onward to St. Marin, St. Barthelemy, Anguilla and the Virgin Islands, causing massive damage. Tropical Storm Katia hovered in the Gulf of Mexico and Tropical Storm Jose approached from the open ocean. Both were upgraded to hurricane status later that day.
On the surface of the Sun, 150 million kilometers (93 million miles) away, another storm was brewing. A class X-2.2 and major class X-9.3 solar flare erupted on the morning of September 6 at about 8 a.m. local time. NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center warned of a strong radio blackout over most the sunlit side of Earth, including the Caribbean.
Amateur radio operators assisting with emergency communications in the islands reported to the Hurricane Watch Net that radio communications went down for most of the morning and early afternoon on September 6 because of the Sun's activity, according to the new study. French civil aviation reported a 90-minute loss of communication with a cargo plane, according to the study's authors, and NOAA reported on September 14 that high frequency radio, used by aviation, maritime, ham radio, and other emergency bands, was unavailable for up to eight hours on September 6.
Another large class-X flare erupted from the Sun on September 10, disrupting radio communication for three hours. The disruption came as the Caribbean community coped with Category 4 Hurricane Jose's brush with the Leeward Islands and the Bahamas, and Irma's passage over Little Inagua in the Bahamas on September 8 and passage over Cuba on September 9.
"Space weather and Earth weather aligned to heighten an already tense situation in the Caribbean," said Rob Redmon, a space scientist with NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information in Boulder, Colorado, and the lead author of the new study. "If I head on over to my amateur radio operator, and they have been transmitting messages for me, whether it be for moving equipment or finding people or just saying I'm okay to somebody else, suddenly I can't do that on this day, and that would be pretty stressful."
"You can hear a solar flare on the air as it's taking place. It's like hearing bacon fry in a pan, it just all of a sudden gets real staticky and then it's like someone just turns the light completely off, you don't hear anything. And that's what happened this last year on two occasions," Graves said. "We had to wait 'til the power of those solar flares weakened so that our signals could actually bounce back off the atmosphere. It was a helpless situation."
The new study detailing the activity on the Sun and its effects on radio communications from September 4-13 serves as an overview to a collection of journal articles in Space Weather investigating the solar activity of September 2017. The collision of Earth and space weather in September delivered a reminder that solar events can happen at any time and may coincide with other emergencies, according to the study's authors.
The information in the study could help scientists improve space weather forecasting and response, according to the study's authors. By understanding how the events on the Sun and Earth unfolded, scientists can better understand how to forecast and prepare for future events, they said.
"Safeguards put in place to prevent dangerous disruption to GPS from solar events worked," said Mike Hapgood, head of space weather at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the United Kingdom, and a scientist not connected to the new study. "In many ways, we were ready. Some things that could have caused big problems didn't, but shortwave radio is always tricky to use during solar events. But good radio operators are aware of the events and will work hard to overcome problems."
"It's the Sun reminding us that it's there," Hapgood added. "The Sun's been very quiet for the last 10 years. It reminds people not to be complacent."
The 2017 flares were the largest since 2005 and the best documented solar storm to date, observed from a fleet of spacecraft between the Earth and the Sun, in Earth's orbit, on Earth and Mars.
X-rays from solar flares interact with Earth's atmosphere 50-1000 kilometers (30-600 miles) above the Earth, in a region called the ionosphere. Shortwave radio communication works by bouncing signals off the ionosphere and refracting them back to Earth. When the Sun releases a burst of x-rays, like the flares released in early September, the extra energy delivered to the ionosphere can cause it to absorb high frequency radio signals, like those used by ham radio enthusiasts.
NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center issued warnings for potentially severe geomagnetic storms for September 7-9.
During the September crisis, the Caribbean Emergency and Weather Net logged many "radiograms" relaying survival notes between anxious family members on the islands and the mainland via ham radio operators, Redmon said.
"Seeing that logbook really brought home to me the human dimension of the storm," Redmon said. "It put the humanity in the science."
"A lot of folks in the area were asking us: We heard there's Jose coming behind Irma, what's this thing going to do?" he said.
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ARRL members and Amateur Radio clubs are expressing increased concern over the inclusion of WWV and WWVH on a list of proposed cuts in the White House's National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ) Fiscal Year 2019 budget request. The proposed cuts also would include the Atomic Clock signal from WWVB used to synchronize specially equipped clocks and watches. Online petitions soliciting signatures include one established by Tom Kelly II, W7NSS, of Portland, Oregon, who would like to see funding for the stations maintained. At this point, the budget item is only a proposal, not a final decision. That would be up to the Congress to decide.
ARRL is among those worried over the possible loss of WWV, WWVH, and WWVB and is suggesting that members of the Amateur Radio community who value the stations for their precise time and frequency signals and other information sign Kelly's petition and/or contact their members of Congress promptly, explaining how the stations are important to them, beyond government and military use.
NIST's full Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request to Congress calls for the agency to "discontinue the dissemination of the US time and frequency via the NIST radio stations in Hawaii and Fort Collins, Colorado." The agency noted, "These radio stations transmit signals that are used to synchronize consumer electronic products like wall clocks, clock radios, and wristwatches, and may be used in other applications like appliances, cameras, and irrigation controllers." The specific cut, which would come from the NIST Fundamental Measurement, Quantum Science, and Measurement Dissemination budget, would amount to $6.3 million.
The WWV campus in Fort Collins, Colorado.
WWV and WWVH broadcast time and frequency information 24/7, including time announcements, standard time intervals, standard frequencies, UT1 time corrections, a BCD time code, geophysical alerts, and marine storm warnings. Transmissions are broadcast from separate transmitters on 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz. An experimental 25 MHz signal is also currently on the air. WWVB transmits standard Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) signals on 60 kHz to appropriately equipped timekeeping devices.
Increased wildfire activity in the state has called attention to gaps in the systems that deliver wireless emergency alerts to residents in harm's way.
(TNS) — Before the flames appeared, Sandie Freeman thought the sky above her Redding home looked especially beautiful.
The evening was golden hued and still; pretty enough that she took a picture. Minutes later, a light wind picked up and leaves from her oak tree began falling like rain, she said.
It was the only warning she received that something was amiss.
The breeze turned into heavy gusts, then a roar that sounded "like a locomotive in your front yard," she said. The Carr Fire shot up behind the house across the street, leaving her and her husband mere minutes to grab their dogs and make a dash for the road, only to find a line of cars stuck in a slow-motion crawl to safety.
Donald Kewley, a family friend of Melody Bledsoe's, who died in the fire with her two grandchildren , said he believed evacuation orders could have been given sooner when it became clear the fire was moving toward the city limits. He said he watched the fire approach the river for hours from the roof of his house a few miles from the Bledsoe property before it jumped across, but he never received an alert of any type. He decided to leave when the smoke got so bad a baby woodpecker fell out of the sky at his feet.
Before his ascent, Pai received safety instruction and fall protection equipment from EasTex Tower . They discussed the work they do each day, building, maintaining and deploying communications tower sites and associated wireless infrastructure. Their tower technicians accompanied the Chairman on his climb and EasTex safety and SBA personnel were on-hand to help. EasTex Tower is a NATE Star Initiative participating company. The STAR Initiative site safety audits and program documentation requirements have enabled participants to proactively identify and correct hundreds of job site hazards and deficiencies since the program's inception, according to NATE.
"The Chairman's site visit served to reinforce the prominent role communications tower owners, contractors and technicians continue to play in enabling connectivity to all sectors of our diverse economy," stated David Sams, Vice President of Risk Management at SBA Communications. He's also Chairman of the Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program.
Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) recently asked Pai when he was going to climb a tower, noting that his colleague, Commissioner Brendan Carr, has now scaled two structures, Inside Towers reported. Pai committed to climbing a small tower, acknowledging Carr's youth and fitness.
The Chairman is visiting Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah this week to highlight how closing the digital divide can create jobs and increase digital opportunity.
Normally due September 1, this year's filing falls on a federal holiday, pushing the deadline back to the next business day. FCC Form 477 collects information about broadband connections to end-user locations, wired and wireless local telephone services, and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Territories and possessions. Data obtained from this form will be used to describe the deployment of broadband infrastructure and competition to provide local telecommunications services. Four types of entities must file this form: (1) facilities-based providers of broadband connections to end user locations; (2) providers of wired or fixed wireless local telephone services; (3) providers of interconnected voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service; and (4) providers of mobile telephony services.
Carriers with questions about Form 477, including whether and how they have to file, should contact the firm for more information.
A change in the form of organization from a corporation to an LLC, or vice versa, even though such changes may not regarded as a change in entity under state law.
Any transfers of stock, partnership or LLC interests that would have a cumulative effect on 50% or more of the ownership.
The conversion of a corporate entity or partnership into another form of organization under state law — e.g., from corporation to LLC or partnership to LLP and vice versa.
Fortunately, transactions involving many types of licenses can often be approved on an expedited basis. But this is not always the case, especially if bidding credits and/or commercial wireless spectrum licenses are involved. Also, in some instances Section 214 authority may be required, especially in the case of wireline and other telephony services. Clients planning year-end transactions should contact us as soon as possible to determine if FCC approval is needed.
On August 21, the FCC issued a Public Notice announcing that the modified requirements for conducting queries of the number portability database and extended forbearance from toll inter-exchange dialing parity rules to competitive local exchange carriers, which the FCC adopted in July, will be effective September 19.
Carriers are now expressly allowed to query the number portability database even if they are not the second-to-last carrier to handle the call.
The Report and Order eliminated the last vestiges of the "dialing parity" rule, which was intended to ensure that consumers could choose and access a stand-alone long-distance provider without dialing extra digits. However, the FCC found that stand-alone long-distance service is disappearing with the rise of all-distance plans, VoIP and wireless, and the FCC in 2015 eliminated the rule for most local providers. It also eased the "N-1" rule that requires the next-to-last carrier in a call – typically the long-distance provider – to query the number portability database. The adopted modification allows other carriers in the chain to query the database.
On August 21, the FCC released an Order, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Memorandum Opinion and Order in which it extended deadline for the close of the Mobility Fund Phase II (MF-II) challenge window by an additional 90 days. Accordingly, challengers will have until November 26, 2018, to submit speed test data in support of a challenge. In light of the extension, the FCC also proposed to make modifications to the speed test data specifications regarding the relevant time-frames for valid speed tests. The comment window is not yet established but will be short, with comments due 10 days after Federal Register publication, and replies due five days after that.
In order to ensure that the extension of the challenge filing deadline does not inadvertently create hardships for those challengers that have already conducted speed tests, and to provide similar testing parameters for both the challengers and the challenged parties, the FCC proposes to accept speed test data in support of challenges collected at any time on or after February 27, 2018. The FCC also proposed to make a corresponding change to afford respondents at least the same amount of time as challengers to collect data. Accordingly, respondents would have at least nine months to collect speed test data of their own network, and respondent speed tests collected on or after April 29, 2018, would be considered valid.
On August 20, New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood filed a new brief in the lawsuit to block the FCC's rollback of net neutrality, urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to vacate and reverse the FCC's order. As we reported in a previous edition of the BloostonLaw Telecom Update, Attorney General Underwood leads a coalition of 23 Attorneys General in the lawsuit, which was filed at the beginning of the year.
On August 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied motions to stay the March 2018 Second Report and Order that amended and adopted new rules to streamline the wireless infrastructure siting review process under NHPA and NEPA. According to the court, the petitioners have not satisfied the requirements for a stay pending court review.
Verizon Wireless recently throttled a fire department's use of data during the ongoing Mendocino Complex Fire (the largest in California history), even though the County had selected a government contract with Verizon that provided unlimited data.
In an addendum to a brief filed by 22 state attorneys general (see the article above for more), the District of Columbia, Santa Clara County, Santa Clara County Central Fire Protection District, and the California Public Utilities Commission, County Fire Chief Anthony Bowden stated that "[t]he Internet has become an essential tool in providing fire and emergency response, particularly for events like large fires which require the rapid deployment and organization of thousands of personnel and hundreds of fire engines, aircraft, and bulldozers." Chief Bowden stated that "[t]his throttling has had a significant impact on our ability to provide emergency services.
Verizon imposed these limitations despite being informed that throttling was actively impeding County Fire's ability to provide crisis-response and essential emergency services." During active fire operations, it was discovered that the data connection to the fire department's mobile command vehicle was being throttled by Verizon and that data rates had been reduced to 1/200 or less of the previous speeds. As a result, Bowden stated that the throttled speeds severely hampered the capabilities of the mobile command vehicle — which is set up with computers and other technology to monitor the progress of a major incident. Despite being notified of that data speeds had been throttled and that it was adversely impacting the fire department's ability to fight this wild fire, Verizon refused to lift the throttling for "public safety purposes." Bowden stated that while Verizon admitted to the throttling, it would not lift it until the fire department contacted the department that handles billing and switched to a new plan – at more than double the cost. Bowden pointed out that this harmed public safety and that personnel were forced to use other agencies' Internet access or personal cell phones in order to function.
AUGUST 29: COPYRIGHT STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS . The Copyright Statement of Accounts form plus royalty payment for the first half of calendar year 2018 is due to be filed August 29 at the Library of Congress' Copyright Office by cable TV service providers.
Sep. 10 – Reply comments are due on Extension of Jurisdictional Separations Freeze.
ASTRID, the operator of the countrywide public safety network in Belgium, announced today that it has validated the new Swissphone pager s.PAGE X05.
The s.PAGE X05 is a basic model with the functional design of the high-end s.QUAD X35, a high-resolution display for up to 200 characters per message, intuitive operation and a loudness of over 95 dB (AT). It resists without problem to a fall of a height of two meters.
Unlike the reference model, the more powerful s.QUAD X35, which offers more than 64 addresses and selection profiles in addition to the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) interface, the entry-level model s.PAGE X05 has the basic functions of a Swissphone pager with 8 addresses in total.
S.PAGE X05 is compatible with all s.QUAD accessories such as chargers, programming interfaces and leather covers. It can be powered by standard AA alkaline rechargeable batteries.


We might well be approaching the endtimes and I had a few requests that seemed to be edging towards a theme, so I put together a show for the apocalypse, with the advice from Patton Oswalt's late wife Michelle McNamara - "It's chaos; be kind." That may be my new motto in life.
#179 - "Mushroom Cloud Confetti" (The Apocalypse Mix): "It's chaos; be kind."


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3 DRSN - Département des Réacteurs et des Services Nucléaires
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3 DRSN - Département des Réacteurs et des Services Nucléaires (France) StructId : 40044
CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives : DEN/DRSN (Centre de Saclay Centre de Grenoble Centre de Cadarache etc - France) StructId : 300016
Abstract : The degradation of iron-based materials by atmospheric corrosion is a well-known problem that may have incidence, especially for the storage of radioactive nuclear wastes. It is of importance to evaluate the damages due to this kind of corrosion within long time-periods. One parameter which can influence atmospheric corrosion in the case of storage container is irradiation. As atmospheric corrosion happens when a water film condensates at the surface of a material, radiolysis of this water film in contact with air can have for consequence the formation of acid an oxidizing species which can modify the corrosion process. As a consequence the aim of this work is to evaluate the influence of γ-irradiation on atmospheric corrosion of low alloy steel. In this goal, an experiment, called CASIMIR, has been developed. During this experiment, samples of low alloy steel have been introduced into small stainless steel container. In these ones, two different media has been introduced. The first medium is a small quantity of water in order to fix a relative humidity (RH) of 100 %. The second medium is a melt of KH$_2$PO$_4$/ K$_2$HPO$_4$in a small quantity of water corresponding to a relative humidity of about 70% at the surface of the samples. The small containers have been introduced in a heating system which enables to fix a temperature of 80°C. This system has been installed in an irradiation pool with three $^{60}$Co sources which fix, according to the location of the stainless steel in the system, a dose rate of 80 Gy.h$^{-1}$ or 20 Gy.h$^{-1}$ at the surface of the low alloy steel samples. After six, nine and twelve months of corrosion in these conditions some samples were extracted of the experiment and analyzed by different methods. Gravimetry after desquamation of the corrosion layer enables to measure total corroded thickness in function of RH, dose rate and time. As show on figure 1, after 6 month of exposure, sample aged with a RH of 100% are more corroded than the one aged at 70%. Moreover the dose rate does not have an effect on the corroded thickness for 20 Gy.h$^{-1}$ whereas it increases corrosion when the dose rate is equal to 80 Gy.h$^{-1}$ . This result is confirmed for longer times. Gas analysis after corrosion experiment have shown that for the higher corrosion rate, oxygen was totally consumed after 6 month and reveal also a production of hydrogen. Microscopical observations also confirm the influence of dose rate on atmospheric corrosion. All the results show that dose rate does not influence atmospheric corrosion until a value between 20 and 80 Gy.h$^{-1}$. For a dose rate up to these thresholds, irradiation increase corrosion rate on low alloy steel in presence of high values of relative humilities. 6th International Worksh
Keywords : atmospheric corrosion low alloy steel radiolysis
https://hal-cea.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02445722
Last modification on : Monday, December 13, 2021 - 9:14:40 AM
CEA | DEN | CEA-UPSAY | DEN-SACLAY | GS-ENGINEERING
S. Perrin, J.M. Lameille, M. Fenart, P. Le Tutour. Radiolysis influence on low alloy steel atmospheric corrosion at 80°C. LTC 9992016 - 6th International Workshop on Long-term Prediction of Corrosion Damage in Nuclear Waste Systems, May 2016, Toronto, Canada. ⟨hal-02445722⟩


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TSB reveals £1.7bn Spain-based takeover bid
TSB's board of directors have indicated that they are happy at the proposed price of 340p per share after holding talks with Sabadell.
In a statement, the UK's seventh largest lender said reaching an agreement depends on "other terms and conditions of any offer".
Lloyds Banking Group currently holds a 50% stake in TSB, but the group is required to sell the rest of its shares by the end of the year as a condition for being bailed out by the UK taxpayer during the financial crisis.
TSB's statement said: "Based on preliminary discussions, the board of TSB believes that Sabadell could support and accelerate TSB's retail growth strategy and accelerate the expansion of TSB's presence in the SME sector.
"Sabadell recognises the achievement of TSB's management and employees and would continue to operate TSB as a robust competitor in the UK banking market, building on the TSB brand name."
Shares in TSB have soared by more than 25% to 331p since the offer became public knowledge.


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Living schoolyard at SAGES comes to life thanks to volunteers
Gloria Hafemeister
FOX LAKE – A dream is becoming reality for students, teachers and supporters of SAGES (School for Agricultural and Environmental Studies) in the Waupun Area School District.
SAGES is a 4-K-6 public charter school located in Fox Lake. The unique school with a project-based agricultural and environmental focus opened its doors and has been thriving since the fall of 2012.
Last weekend with help from more than 30 local volunteers –some of the school's original students – saw the dream they had for a "living schoolyard" develop into just what they envisioned.
The weekend of work was planned to resemble an old-fashioned "barn raising" but since the restrictions due to COVID-19. organizers needed to scale back a bit and spread out the workers. That didn't stop the volunteers from showing up to help though.
The workday involved only adults and no students but a couple of high school students who were a part of the original plan five years ago rolled up their sleeves to assist. Current students will participate in the next work day to help complete the project that has been in the works for about five years.
The outdoor classroom and playground was initiated back in 2015 by a team of SAGES fifth graders who will now be entering their Junior year at Waupun Jr./Sr. High School.
Delays and uncertainty held up the project but the students and staff never gave up on the idea of the legacy and it was re-launched last December when a group of fifth graders at the school contacted GRG Playscapes in Milwaukee to present their ideas.
John LaPoint president of GRG, a company that specializes in nature-based play revolutions, said he was surprised and impressed by the phone call.
He says, "I was very surprised to have the children call me. It's the first time in the fifteen years we've been in business that this has happened."
The students had obviously rehearsed what they would tell him and they had all the ideas of what they hoped to see in their living schoolyard. They viewed it as an outdoor nature-based play/learning environment that would be useful in promoting physical activity, imaginative play, healthy risk-taking, connections to nature and a sense of community.
Together the students and LaPoint figured out a way his company could help them and remain within the school's limited budget. His company's specialty is building play grounds in parks, at day-cares and at schools using natural materials.
The kids presented him with their ideas and a map of how they would like the playground-outdoor classroom to look.
"Our role is to take the plan the kids came up with and help to build the structural items with safety features and practicality," LaPoint said. "Our experience with building this type of playground helped them in locating materials they needed and coordinated what they needed."
He says they told him they wanted places to climb, jump, and explore. SAGES students also pointed out that they wanted to use natural materials and recycled farm items like tractor tires. The plan will even include a recycled 24-foot diameter grain bin.
The playground includes a jungle gym built with black locust trees, a tree native to Wisconsin that also tends to be invasive.
"It's what we're all about," says LaPoint. "It's a way to repurpose something people want removed. It's a strong wood that should last for years in the playground."
The final phase of the outdoor development will be converting the grain bin donated to the group by FS. The bin will serve as a "gazebo style" shelter that provides shade and can be used as an outdoor classroom, play space or for other outdoor gatherings.
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Students received help from engineers at MSA in Beaver Dam who teamed up with them on the project. MSA staff will work with the students to teach them the engineering processes involved in building the structure. It's a great hands-on way for students to explore numerous careers, said Sherry Hicken, Ag Educator at SAGES.
Hicken along with a volunteer team of teachers at SAGES, including Principal Julie Schmidt, met weekly during the summer to plan the work days and bring everything together.
Schmidt says they are extremely grateful to the many community individuals, businesses, and organizations like Wisconsin Women for Agriculture and others for their generous monetary gifts and support in the form of donations, time, talent and services.
"Without that support, our "living Schoolyard" project wouldn't be as dynamic or be becoming reality," Schmidt said.


I love taking the boys to the mall…Well, for the most part. But, I can say that while I love it I still sit there wondering.. who's going to have a tantrum?, who's going to start screaming? Who's going to fall and lie on the floor because they would rather run around freely than sit nicely in their stroller or hold our hand? The other week Luke and I were on our way over to the mall and we looked at eachother with horror when we realized we forgot our double stroller! I had to pick up some new glasses and Luke was tasked with watching two little ones, for literally only about 15 minutes. Thankfully, with the help of some nice strangers all went well and we all survived.
However, thanks to Pickering Town Centre, If Luke was ever to forget the stroller again… they have something that, personally I feel, all malls should have for the sanity of the parents and people around them. A Toddler Play Park.
Pickering Town Centre is two floors. First, I always start off covering the first floor while the boys slowly start to settle in a just enjoy looking around at all the stores. Eventually as we go, I start to see patience running low. Not just the boys, but my own too.
We head to the bottom floor, which is like a parents dream come true. At the centre of the mall a little play park filled with a treehouse play slide, a crawl threw log with a friendly bear and a butterfly and fish that kids can stand on, fall on, whatever they wish. Oh, and they are foam sooooooooo less chances of blood, bruises and a screaming child.
Also, along the walls are interactive toys just so everyone has something to play with or in case your child isn't like Mason and doesn't want to jump off or climb everything they see. Now, when we all head to Pickering Town Centre we have an exact plan of what needs to be done. And either one of us could watch the boys plan while the gets things done!! Such a relief.
….And, yes fellow germophobic parents, there is a sanitizer dispensing machine right outside as you come in and out to stop the spread of germs which are already going around.
This is such an amazing idea for us parents. Ill have to try my next shopping trip there!
Love this!! It would definitely make shopping with my toddler more fun if our mall had such a cute play area!
Is it in a secluded spot or is it in the middle of the mall? This looks like the perfect stop, I don't live far from Pickerjng.
Aw Mason looks like he's having so much fun. This is definitely a something every family should consider when they are going to a mall!
What a fun little play area! My kids would love it!
I can only imagine how helpful this is. Now the problem will be trying to take your children home without crying!
My son is just about to outgrown these play areas and I'm so bummed. There were some days when he was littler and it was too cold to do anything outside so we'd go to the mall JUST for these little play area!
I love these areas of the mall and had no idea they existed!! I don't remember these as a kid, but now that I have kids of my own, I see them EVERYWHERE! Love taking my kids there!
This is seriously a parents dream. We need more places like this around here so that I can let my daughter roam and play!
Ok this place is awesome! We need more places like this around here so that I can let my daughter roam and play, without freaking out that she might get hurt!
I wish more malls had these! We only have one mall that has a play area and they're so helpful! I love to take the kids I nanny and my niece and nephew there! Great post about it.
Yes! We moved away from the mall that had a great play area and I miss it so much!
This is such a great idea! I will have to remember this when I have kiddos!
I love when malls have a play space for kids! It's also extra helpful during super cold or rainy days as it gets everyone out of the house!
I know my mom used to love to take us to the mall when we were little! It's a great free way to get out of the house and keep them entertained!


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She stays till the flight is called
This is significant because after 9/11 (only a couple months away now), only ticketed passengers can go through security in an airport and wait by the gate.
Fan-made videos that use video from video games as footage for the story.
My best to Siegfried and Roy.
A popular Vegas magic act until 2003 when Roy was bitten by a tiger.
Bringing them to a standoff, ethnicity of your choice.
Plays on the idea of a Mexican standoff--a situation in which three armed people are all pointing guns at each other. Read more here.
Igor Dashkov
This fictional character appears to possibly be based on the real-life Yegor Lavroff. See here.
padonki
Marie of Roumania
Marie of Romania (Marie Alexandra Victoria, previously Princess Marie of Edinburgh; 29 October 1875 – 18 July 1938) was Queen consort of Romania from 1914 to 1927, as the wife of Ferdinand I of Romania. She was called Missy by her family.
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania.
–Dorothy Parker, Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "Comment"
Deimos and Phobos
Mars has two known moons, Phobos and Deimos.
mi gratto la pancia
Italian for "I scratch his belly."
khuem grushi okolachivat
Russian, literally means "knocking pears out of a pear tree with your dick." But it's used in Russian to refer to someone who's being lazy or messing around unproductively or (see Italian phrase above) scratching his belly.
Russian Special Forces. From WIKI.
HALO jump
High Altitude - Low Opening
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This module provide SendGrid as a transport for transactional e-mail in Zend Framework 2.

## INSTALLING

`composer require andrebian/sendgrid-transport-module`

After install follow one of these steps:

1) Copy the contents file `vendor/andrebian/sendgrid-transport-module/mail.global.php.dist` and put it in your `config/autoload/mail.global.php`.

2) If this file does not exists in your application, just copy the entire file and place into your `config/autoload` removing the .dist extension.

Then put your SendGrid API Key. To get your API Key, please visit https://sendgrid.com/docs/Classroom/Send/How_Emails_Are_Sent/api_keys.html

```php
// config/autoload/mail.global.php

return array(
    'mail' => array(
        'sendgrid' => array(
            'api_key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY',
        )
    )
);
```

After all, you must register `SendGridTransportModule` in your `config/application.config.php`.

```php
// config/application.config.php
return [
    'modules' => [
        'YourPreviousModules',
        'SendGridTransportModule'
    ],
    'module_listener_options' => [
        'module_paths' => [
            './module',
            './vendor',
        ],
        'config_glob_paths' => [
            'config/autoload/{{,*.}global,{,*.}local}.php',
            'module/{*}/config/autoload/{{,*.}global,{,*.}local}.php',
        ],
    ]
];
```

## USAGE

### Via Service

By default, when the **SendGridTransportModule** is loaded a service is registered and ready to use.

```php
// In a Controller
$sendGridTransport = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('SendGridTransport');
```

#### Full example with service

```php
use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController;
use Zend\View\Model\ViewModel;
use Zend\Mail;

class SomeController extends AbstractActionController
{
    public function someAction()
    {
        $mail = new Mail\Message();
        $mail->setBody('This is the text of the email.');
        $mail->setFrom(new Mail\Address('test@example.org', 'Sender\'s name'));
        $mail->addTo(new Mail\Address('some@address.com', 'User Name'));
        $mail->setSubject('TestSubject');

        $sendGridTransport = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('SendGridTransport');
        $sendGridTransport->send($mail);

        return new ViewModel();
    }
}
```

### Directly

If you need more control, you can use the library anywhere you want.

```php
use SendGrid;
use SendGridTransportModule\SendGridTransport;

class SomeControllerOrServiceOrHelper
{
    public function someMethod()
    {
        $mail = new Mail\Message();
        $mail->setBody('This is the text of the email.');
        $mail->setFrom(new Mail\Address('test@example.org', 'Sender\'s name'));
        $mail->addTo(new Mail\Address('some@address.com', 'User Name'));
        $mail->setSubject('TestSubject');

        $sendGrid = new SendGrid('YOUR_API_KEY');
        $sendGridEmail = new SendGrid\Email();
        $sendGridTransport = new SendGridTransport($sendGrid, $sendGridEmail);

        $sendGridTransport->send($mail);
    }
}
```

> Is strongly recommended to use the already registered service.

## CONTRIBUTING

You can contribute with this module suggesting improvements, making tests and reporting bugs. Use [issues](https://github.com/andrebian/sendgrid-transport-module/issues) for that.

## LICENSE

[MIT](https://github.com/andrebian/sendgrid-transport-module/blob/master/LICENSE)

## ERRORS

Report errors opening [Issues](https://github.com/andrebian/sendgrid-transport-module/issues).


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Q: jQuery UI change styling of dragged element I would like to change the color of a list item that is draggable once I drag it.
Thanks for your help.
$("#DragWordList li").draggable({helper: 'clone'});

A: You want to simply style the CSS class ui-draggable-dragging
e.g
.ui-draggable-dragging{
   border:1px dashed red;
   background:yellow;
}

A: You can add a class to the dragged cloned element in the drag event function like:
 $("#DragWordList li").draggable({
     helper: "clone",
     drag: function(ev,ui){
         ui.helper.addClass('red');
     }
 });

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/IrvinDominin/AFkRL/

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