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Ciro moved from Naples to Bristol with his whole family, taking with him the aroma, the colours and the flavours of a land which has always treated its food as a precious treasure.
Strong, black, hot and, above all, Neapolitan. The unmistakable aroma of what we call 'O' Cafè', can be found throughout the alleyways in Naples, on the beaches in Capri and even in the ancient city of Pompei.
The first historical reference to the production of olive oil on the Sorrentine Peninsula dates back to the Greek settlers when the ancient Greek inhabitants produced oil by crushing olives with rudimentary limestone mills. The colonists would then pay homage to the Goddess Athena taking amphoras filled with olive oil produced in Sorrento to her Shrine in Punta Campanella. Since then, olive oil has always been part of the Neapolitan tradition.
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After a lifetime on Broadway and in Hollywood, the director Mike Nichols finally makes it to Off Broadway, as the lead producer of "On the Line," by Joe Roland, a play "rooted in working lives," at the Cherry Lane. "We hear about worker outsourcing and worker statistics, but we have seen very little about workers' insides," Nichols said. This is not the first time that Nichols has put his money where his heart is. In the seventies, when no one else would bring "Annie" to town, Nichols did, and it ran for 2,377 performances. "Doing it was a no-brainer," Nichols said. In the eighties, he produced Whoopi Goldberg's first one-woman show. Nichols was "startled and depressed," he said, to learn that his recent favorite Off Broadway show, "Bug," didn't turn a profit. "How could something thrill an audience for two years and just break even?" Still, he and his other producers have stumped up a hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars to mount "On the Line." Given the bad economic odds, what's in it for him? "To see it and have them be seen," Nichols said. "To get scared with them."
This article appears in the print edition of the April 17, 2006, issue.


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Jed Distler Collection
Jed Distler, composer, pianist, writer and radio host, was born on December 8, 1956 in West Orange, New Jersey. He studied piano and music theory with Vera Tisheff until age 14, then attended the Juilliard Pre-College, where he studied composition with Lawrence Widdoes and Andrew Thomas. At eight, Distler met pianist, composer and arranger Dick Hyman, who became a lifelong friend and mentor. As a Sarah Lawrence College undergraduate, Distler studied piano with Stanley Lock, composition with David Maslanka, and counterpoint with Joel Speigelman. Other important teenage influences included composer/pianists Robert Helps and Frederic Rzewski.
In 1980 the jazz pianist Bill Evans asked Distler to edit his improvised solos for publication; Distler had just edited and transcribed a book of Art Tatum solos, published by Consolidated Music. Later on, Distler transcribed and arranged Bill Evans' music for Jean-Yves Thibaudet's Decca release "Conversations with Bill Evans," and was commissioned by Steven Mayer to transcribed further Tatum solos for concert and recording purposes.
After settling in New York City, Distler worked at Sarah Lawrence College as Music Director of the Theater Department from 1978 through 2002, and later as a guest faculty member, while pursuing an eclectic freelance career as composer and pianist. His diverse collaborations include many luminaries of opera, cabaret, dance, and new music. Andrew Thomas, William Schimmell, Andrew Violette, Alvin Curran and Frederic Rzewski are among the composers who have written works especially for Distler.
In 1987, Distler and his wife Célia Cooke (1948-2011) founded ComposersCollaborative, Inc., a not-for-profit organization devoted to presenting and producing new music. As artistic director, Distler created a number of innovative New York-based festivals and performance series.
He launched another career in 1992 as a professional freelance writer, contributing record reviews and articles to a number of publications (primarily Gramophone and Classicstoday.com), and annotating many box sets devoted to reissues of important pianists. In 2007, Distler helped to uncover the Joyce Hatto scandal, in which more than 100 CDs issued under her name turned out to have been stolen from recordings by other pianists.
In 2015 WWFM.Org The Classical Network chose Distler as the station's first Artist-in-Residence, inviting him to create, produce and host "Between the Keys," a weekly program encompassing a broad range of the piano world's artists, styles, genres, repertoire and trends. The show received ASCAP's 2017 Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award for excellence in broadcasting.
After Célia Cooke's death, Distler married the Italian painter and art conservator Maria Scarpini, with whom he collaborates on artistic projects, including a 2013 multi-keyboard event that won a Guinness Book world record, and the chamber opera Tools, with libretto by Luigi Ballerini.
Distler's compositions, arrangements and piano performances are available on the Decca, Nonesuch, Point, Bridge, CRI, Musical Concepts and TNC labels. He also records for Steinway & Sons' Spirio high definition player piano. Further information is available at www.jeddistler.com, and www.composerscollab.org.
The Jed Distler Collection consists of audio-visual materials, and papers related to the Composers Collaborative and other aspects of Distler's varied career. Future additions to the collection are anticipated.
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Partners In Health: HIV Care in Rwanda
by Michael E. Porter, Scott S. Lee, Joseph Rhatigan and Jim Yong Kim
In 2005, Partners in Health (PIH) was invited by the Rwandan Ministry of Health to assume responsibility for the management of public health care in two rural districts in Eastern Rwanda and create an HIV treatment program at these sites. PIH successfully implemented a comprehensive program focusing on four principles: health systems improvement, HIV prevention and care, accompaniment, and social and economic support. By January 2007, the Rwinkwavu site had conducted 67,137 HIV tests and provided antiretroviral therapy to more than 2,000 patients, of which, fewer than 1% had been switched to second-line drug regimens, 3.8% had died, and only one patient had been lost to follow up. A costing analysis done by the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative suggested that the model could feasibly be spread to other districts. Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Executive Director of Rwanda's National AIDS Control Commission and her colleagues in the Ministry of Health are contemplating how the program could be improved and whether it should be expanded nationally.
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Medical Specialties; Service Delivery; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; Health Industry; Rwanda;
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Martini Klinik: Prostate Cancer Care
Michael E. Porter, Jens Deerberg-Wittram, Thomas W. Feeley and Clifford M. Marks
Since its establishment in 2005, Hamburg's Martini Klinik had single-mindedly focused on prostate cancer care with a commitment to measure long-term health outcomes for every patient. A wholly owned subsidiary of the Hamburg University Hospital, Martini was a "hospital in a hospital" in close proximity to other hospital departments and services. By 2013, Martini Klinik had become the largest prostate cancer treatment program in the world with 5,000 outpatient cases and more than 2,200 surgical cases annually, with patients coming from all over Germany and from other countries. However, German private insurers were cutting reimbursement for prostate cancer by 15 percent, and denying extra payment for some new procedures, while reimbursement by public health plans was not covering costs. Dr. Hartwig Huland, Martini's founder and Medical Director, was considering how to respond.
Keywords: health care; Michael Porter; Jens Deerberg-Wittram; Clifford Marks; prostate cancer; health care policy; value agenda; integrated practice units; outcomes measurement; Health Care and Treatment; Value; Health Disorders; Insurance; Medical Specialties; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics; Business Processes; Insurance Industry; Health Industry; Germany;
Porter, Michael E., Jens Deerberg-Wittram, Thomas W. Feeley, and Clifford M. Marks. "Martini Klinik: Prostate Cancer Care." Harvard Business School Case 714-471, March 2014. (Revised June 2019.) View Details
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Cleveland Clinic: Transformation and Growth 2015
Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth O. Teisberg
The Cleveland Clinic's health care services are internationally renowned for quality. In 2008, The Clinic began to restructure the organization into teams defined around patient needs, rather than traditional medical specialties. "Patients First!" takes shape as the teams measure and report outcomes, coordinate care, and develop to support improving value for patients. In addition to restructuring care delivery in the hospitals and throughout northeastern Ohio, The Clinic has investments, facilities, and staff in several other states in the U.S. as well as in Canada and Abu Dhabi. Now in 2015, as the Clinic's domestic and international footprint continues to expand, its leadership is also focused in maintaining the Cleveland Clinic brand and providing optimal clinical care. Students can explore strategy transformation, geographic expansion, the process of introducing new measurement approaches, alignment of activities with strategic goals, and issues in leading change both within a company and across an economic sector.
Keywords: health; health care operations; health care quality; health care; strategy and leadership; strategy development; Health Care and Treatment; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Measurement and Metrics; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Outcome or Result; Health Industry; Cleveland;
Porter, Michael E., and Elizabeth O. Teisberg. "Cleveland Clinic: Transformation and Growth 2015." Harvard Business School Case 709-473, February 2009. (Revised June 2019.) View Details
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Growing a Cluster: The Singapore Biomedical Sciences Initiative
Michael Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
Porter, Michael, and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Growing a Cluster: The Singapore Biomedical Sciences Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 718-428, April 2018. (Revised November 2018.) View Details


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Ayios Theodoros (, ) ist ein Ort auf der Karpas-Halbinsel im Osten Zyperns.

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Nachdem die antike Stadt Elea nahe beim Kap Elaia durch ein schweres Erdbeben im Jahr 343 zerstört worden war, zogen die Überlebenden landeinwärts an die Stelle, wo Ayios Theodoros entstand, das nach einem christlichen Märtyrer benannt wurde, einem römischen Soldaten. Als muslimische Piraten das benachbarte Ayia Theodora zerstörten, zogen auch dessen Einwohner dorthin. Während der venezianischen Herrschaft (1489 bis 1570/71) wurde der Ort zum landwirtschaftlichen Zentrum der Region, verfiel jedoch während der frühen osmanischen Epoche.

Im 18. Jahrhundert hatte der Ort nur noch wenige Einwohner, doch zählte man 1831 wieder 31 türkische und 34 griechische Männer. Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts wuchs der Ort und die erste Telegraphenstation verband von hier aus die Insel mit Syrien. 1891 hatte man bereits 258 Griechen und 69 Türken gezählt, zehn Jahre später waren es bereits 375 bzw. 96. 1911 stieg die Zahl auf 507 und 122. Von da an sank der Anteil der Türken in den Jahren 1921, 1931 und 1946 von 85 über 60 auf 66, während der Anteil der Griechen in denselben Zählungen von 517 bzw. 512 auf 782 anwuchs. 1958 flohen die meisten Türken aus dem Ort. 1960 lebten dort 805 Griechen und 23 Türken, doch letztere flohen 1963 endgültig aus dem Ort nach Mehmetçik/Galatia und Livadia/Sazlıköy. 1973 lebten im Ort keine Türken mehr.

Am 14. August 1974 flohen wiederum die meisten griechischen Zyprer vor der türkischen Armee nach Dhekelia, wo eine britische Garnison lag. Etwa 150 Familien leben inzwischen in Großbritannien. Die drei Kirchen des Ortes wurden geplündert. Von den 810 Griechen blieben 30 bis Oktober 1975. Im September 1976 lebten nur noch fünf Griechen in Ayios Theodoros. Die letzten von ihnen verließen das Dorf im Dezember 1981.

Die Griechen wurden durch Türken ersetzt, von denen 1978 324 im Ort lebten. Sie stammten überwiegend aus Lefkara und Kofinou/Geçitkale, von wo sie geflohen waren; einige kamen auch aus der nahegelegenen türkischen Enklave Ayios Evstathios/Zeybekköy. 1976 und 1977 kamen einige Familien aus der Türkei hinzu. 2006 zählte man 430 türkische Einwohner. Am 31. Oktober versuchte Rauf Denktaş, der seit 1964 von der Insel verbannt war, bei Ayios Theodoros heimlich nach Zypern zurückzukehren.

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Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Soviet-born dancer of ballet and modern dance, one of the most celebrated of the 20th century. Nureyev's artistic skills explored expressive areas of the dance, providing a new role to the male ballet dancer who once served only as support to the women. Nureyev defected from the Soviet Union to the West in 1961, despite KGB efforts to stop him. Nureyev's first appearance in Britain was at a ballet matinée organised by The Royal Ballet's Prima Ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn. The event was held in aid of the Royal Academy of Dance, a classical ballet teaching organisation of which she was President. He danced Poeme Tragique, a solo choreographed by Frederick Ashton, and the Black Swan pas de deux from Swan Lake. Dame Ninette de Valois offered him a contract to join The Royal Ballet as Principal Dancer. His first appearance with the company was partnering Margot Fonteyn in Giselle on 21 February 1962. Fonteyn and Nureyev would go on to form a partnership. Nureyev stayed with the Royal Ballet until 1970, when he was promoted to Principal Guest Artist, enabling him to concentrate on his increasing schedule of international guest appearances and tours. He continued to perform regularly with The Royal Ballet until committing his future to the Paris Opera Ballet in the 1980s.


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Macedonian star Lozano has just released a new single, and we are totally in love with it! "Ova leto ke se pamti" is an endearing song with delightful instrumentals and a melody which as catchy as one can be. Its chorus is extremely memorable. We are fully addicted: it's our song of the week!


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Introduction of Comprehensive Stroke Center, JNUH
The comprehensive stroke center of the first affiliated hospital of Jinan University is staffed by a multidisciplinary team that provides optimal care for stroke patients. The Stroke Center team includes Neurologists, Neurointerventionalists, Neurosurgeons, Neuroradiologists, Emergency Department physicians, Neurocritical care nurses, Neuroimaging technologists, hyperbaric oxygen operators, Specialty trained ancillary and support staff. We proudly offer 2 neurologic intensive care units, 6 standard wards (300 beds), 2 domestic first-class hybrid-operation rooms and 1 gamma knife center.
As the leading center of Tianhe Regional stroke emergency network, our center incorporates the most advanced equipment and an around-the-clock staff of specialized doctors and nurses who are available 24/7. Established "Green Channel for Stroke", easy access to stroke unit, in our center has reached to a national leading level,which allows us to provide a more professional and efficient service to stroke patients. Annually, more than 30,000 out patients and 5000 inpateints accept our professional service. More than 300 endovascular thrombectomy and complex hybrid operations have been performed in our center in recent years.
Our center was also certified as clinical medical research and transformation center of ischemic cerebrovascular disease of Guangzhou and has hosted major clinical trial such as National Science and technology support program sub project "ischemic stroke acute phase thrombolytic treatment improvement system".
Besides, our stroke center has been granted as sites for postgraduate education and the standardized training program for residents and specialists. We has been selected as institutions of the professional qualifications of the national drug clinical trial. Currently, there are 10 doctoral supervisors and 30 master supervisors in our center.
Staffs working in our center are also served as the corresponding authors or team leaders of several national stroke guidelines or expert consensus. Professor Anding Xu, director of stroke center, has served as the vice president of the China Stroke Society and vice chairman of the Stroke Prevention and Control Committee of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association.
For the past 3 years, we undertook 8 National Natural funds, 1 major project in Guangdong, 4 major science and technology projects in Guangzhou, 2 multicenter clinical studies in China and more than 20 other provincial or ministerial projects. The total funding is up to 30 million yuan. More than 400 academic papers have been published both at home and abroad (over 100 papers in SCI journals, 4 papers IF>10, and 5 papers IF5-10).
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My first house 19 years ago was in Citrus Heights. If you live in Citrus Heights you know Sunrise Blvd. pretty well. Go east past the mall and you'll come to the complex with the Hometown Buffet in it. Tucked into the corner of the complex is Alonzo's Pizza Depot. Even though I live in downtown Sac these days, I will actually make the trek to Alonzo's for their pizza once in a while.
My ex and I still love Alonzo's. Deon even said once (when we had moved to house #2 in Rocklin) that if he won the lottery he would want to have him open a second location nearer our new house. I met up with him last night at the familiar digs.
Alonzo's does regular, deep dish, and stuffed pizzas. We always get the stuffed. We have two favorite combos. The Instant Love, pictured, has sausage, mushrooms, and spinach. The Artie's has artichoke hearts and feta and sausage. We also always ask for extra tomato sauce on top.
Because the thicker pizzas have a long baking time we normally order in advance. The stuffed can take close to half an hour to bake. We ordered a small and only ate half of it. We each took a quarter pizza home for left overs. The stuffed is that thick and filling.
The crust is a yeasty bread crust, nice and chewy. It holds up for the support it provides to the heavy toppings. After all, stuffed slices are about an inch thick. Stuffed has the bottom crust, the cheese, sausage, spinach in the center, another thin layer of crust, and then the sauce and mushrooms on top. Alonzo's doesn't skimp on the ingredients either.
Tonite I'll reheat my leftovers on a baking stone in my oven. (I'm not a cold pizza/leftovers person.) It will come out just as great tonite as it did last night.
I've become a big fan of Masullo's for thin, Italian style pizza. And Chicago Fire does a good stuffed as well. Theirs are just boring though. In that, they don't have any unusual combos. They just have basic stuff like meaty or veggie combos.
So if you are in the vicinity, check out Alonzo's. I'm sure you'll be a fan too.


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Andy Rubin: Google Doesn't Need Retail Stores
Published at 9:58 am on February 26, 2013
A Google executive said that Google doesn't need retail stores to succeed, despite rumors that the tech titan is developing a chain of storefronts.
Andy Rubin, Google's Android chief, told reporters that consumers need brick-and-mortar stores less because they rely on friends' advice or reviews, according to AllThingsD. "They don't have to go in the store and feel it anymore," Rubin said.
Rubin also said that the products are still too young to think about placement in storefronts -- which is kind of a weird thing to say, especially since that never stopped Apple. Every launch of their new device was treated as a celebration of excess.
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Rubin was also clear when asked about Google's retail store plans. "Google has no plans and we have nothing to announce," he said.
The rumor of Google retail stores began last week, when 9to5 Google said it received news from an anonymous sources. The report indicated that Google was opening the store primarily to see its Google Glass device.
Whether or not Google opens its own standalone stores or expands them in other chains, what Rubin says is incorrect. Even those who bought the first iPhone and iPads had the opportunity to look at it before forking over the money.


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Listen, If You Want to Take a Cruise On a Replica Of the Titanic, That's Your Prerogative
Meanwhile, we'll be embarking on these other adventures
By Lauren Steele
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You remember the Titanic, right? The massive British passenger liner that was deemed unsinkable, but then hit an iceberg and sank anyway in 1912? Leonardo Dicaprio? "I'm the king of the world"? Of course you do.
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer must not be as familiar with the Titanic as the rest of the world, because he's decided to forget history and recreate the original cruise ship, according to Travel + Leisure. The whole damn thing.
Set to hit the seas in 2018, the Titanic II will be a fully functioning cruise liner, complete with all the same trappings as the first—plus a few more lifeboats.
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The ship will have the capacity to accommodate 2,400 passengers and 900 crewmembers. Titanic II has already successfully passed safety standard tests and has implemented modern evacuation procedures, satellite controls, a digital navigation system, and radars that you'd expect to see on any 21st century seaworthy ship.
That's fine and all, but you'd have to be nuts to set foot on a ship called the Titanic II.
If you want to get your cruise on—and many people do, as a record 24 million people vacationed by ship this year, according to the Cruise Lines International Association—there are plenty of better options that aren't exact replicas of the friggin' Titanic.
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"It's all about river cruising right now—with smaller ships and amazing excursions," says Lindsey Woodcock, travel consultant at Jet Set World Travel. Setting sail on a smaller-scale ship allows for a less dramatic and more personal vacation, with the added perks of being able to do more than just eat, drink, and sit on a large boat with a ton of strangers.
"It's typically the smaller ships that offer more intimate experiences, a variety of excursions, and pre/post cruise opportunities," says Woodcock. "Companies are doing surf and ski small boat cruises, which are awesome."
Here are six infinitely better cruise ideas than spending 7 days at sea hoping you don't hit an iceberg.
Aqua Expeditions: Peru and Cambodia
Aqua Expeditions offers small-scale river cruises on the Amazon and Mekong Rivers. Ditch the boat and take a day trip to mountain bike, paddle, hike, and visit local villages during the 3-, 4-, or 7-night expeditions.
(Starting at $3,480/person, aquaexpeditions.com)
Zambezi Queen River Cruise: Botswana
Trade the cruise ship for a house boat and take an African safari by water with Zambezi. The floating hotel has a history: It was built in the early 1990s, and was first designed to carry guests on extended journeys from Katima Mulilo down the Chobe and Zambezi Rivers and back. Now you can book a 2- or 3- night safari on the vessel.
(Starting at $990/person, zambeziexplorer.com)
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Lindblad: Destinations worldwide
Lindlad partners with National Geographic to curate its cruise itinerary, so you know you'll get "very experiential cruising," Woodcock says.
You can choose to cruise in the Galapagos, Alaska, Scotland, and a dozen other destinations, with the opportunity to travel in the company of world-renowned scientists, naturalists, and researchers. Explore natural environments alongside the adventure experts using state-of-the-art tools.
(Prices vary, expeditions.com)
Crystal Cruises: Europe
If you're going to take an all-inclusive cruise, this is how you do it. Aside from indulging in free food and drinks onboard, you also get daily yoga and fitness classes while floating down the most iconic rivers in Europe: the Rhine, the Danube, and the Main.
Add two complimentary, curated onshore activities in every port throughout your cruise (think trekking, kayaking, and cooking lessons), and you have one hell of an adventure on your hands.
(Starting at $2,140/person, crystalcruises.com)
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Luex: Norway
Luex shrinks the ship down to a chartered yacht size, but the trips remain huge.
The Arctic Circle Ski Cruise is the stuff of adventure dreams. While traveling aboard the Arctica II ship, you spend your time aboard floating the fjords of Spitsbergen while searching for Norway's best ski slopes. Once ashore, play in deep powder and shred mountains.
If skiing and snowboarding aren't your thing, spend the days trekking, kayaking, and embarking on wildlife zodiac cruises.
(Starting at $7,900/person, luex.com)
Ponant: Cuba
This once-forbidden island isn't so forbidden for travelers now. Seize the opportunity to be one of the first Americans to experience the vibrant cities and historic regions of Cuba with Ponant's 9-day, 8-night cruise. It includes round-trip airfare to and from Miami, transfers, and excursions ashore.
(Starting at $8,190/person, us.ponant.com)
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Queen of Air and Darkness Paperback / softback
Part of the The Dark Artifices series
All first editions of Queen of Air and Darkness will include ten black and white interior illustrations, and a new short story!Dark secrets and forbidden love threaten the very survival of the Shadowhunters in Cassandra Clare's Queen of Air and Darkness, the final novel in the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling The Dark Artifices trilogy.
Queen of Air and Darkness is a Shadowhunters novel. What if damnation is the price of true love? Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, the sacred stronghold of the Shadowhunters.
In the wake of the tragic death of Livia Blackthorn, the Clave teeters on the brink of civil war.
One fragment of the Blackthorn family flees to Los Angeles, seeking to discover the source of the disease that is destroying the race of warlocks.
Meanwhile, Julian and Emma take desperate measures to put their forbidden love aside and undertake a perilous mission to Faerie to retrieve the Black Volume of the Dead.
What they find in the Courts is a secret that may tear the Shadow World asunder and open a dark path into a future they could never have imagined.
Caught in a race against time, Emma and Julian must save the world of Shadowhunters before the deadly power of the parabatai curse destroys them and everyone they love.
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Educate, encourage, and prepare students to be productive citizens.
A safe positive learning environment encouraging respect, personal growth and success for all.
With our foremost concerns always focused on what we want our students to know and be able to do while with us at GWISD and, ultimately, when they step out into the world of continuing education or work, we annually review and revise our district goals. Any revision made to our goals are, first, based upon data available that indicates our progress toward reaching our vision and our mission for our students and, second, upon new discoveries crucial to moving our students to higher standards. All annual objectives provide us with measures to ensure that we accurately gauge our progress in attaining each goal.
Goal 1: All students will exceed educational performance standards.
Goal 2: All members of the school community will be partners in the continuing improvement of the educational system.
Goal 3: A well-balanced curriculum will be taught so that all students may realize their learning potential and prepare for productive lives.
Goal 4: A school climate will be provided that is safe, orderly, and well-maintained.
The George West Independent School District and the citizens of this community recognize their responsibility to prepare students for life in the 21st century. The District's goal is to enable students to successfully become tomorrow's adults by giving them the knowledge, skills, and works habits necessary to make reasoned decisions in the ever-changing future. George West ISD is committed to providing both students and educators with the skills to access, evaluate and apply information and knowledge as technology advances. To accomplish its goals, the district acknowledges the necessity of employing qualified and skilled personnel at all levels, as well as encouraging the active participation of parents and community members in decision making and instruction.
One primary school, grades Pre K-3, one elementary school, grades 4-6, one junior high school, grades 7-8, and one high school grades 9-12
District facilities provide space for present as well as future student population growth. The district has passed two bond issues providing for major renovations, new classrooms and facilities, and a new high school.
One library on each campus, one main cafeteria serves high school, junior high, and elementary students. The primary campus has its own cafeteria; however, the food is prepared at the main cafeteria and transported to the Primary School.
The football stadium seats 2,500 spectators and has an all-weather track.
The district has two gymnasiums and a weight training facility available to all students.
One band hall, located on the west end of the main cafeteria, is utilized by the high school, junior high, and elementary schools.
Ten bus routes transport 500 students per day.
The superintendent operates the school system in accordance with locally adopted policies of the Board of Trustees, rules and regulations of the Texas Education Agency, and state and federal laws.
The District constantly strives to maintain a low teacher/pupil ratio.
The district employs 179 people; 101 professionals, 45 secretaries and aides, 10 cafeteria personnel, and 23 maintenance, custodial, and bus personnel.
Teachers continue to upgrade their teaching skills through scheduled in-service and by working toward advanced certificates and degrees.
Community Setting
The Board of Trustees for the George West ISD is composed of seven members. The George West public schools are divided into seven districts and one board member is elected from each district for a 3-year term.
Regular board meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the Administration Building, 913 Houston Street. Agendas are posted for all meetings of the Board of Trustees and meetings are open to the public.
George West is located approximately 85 miles southeast of San Antonio.
The wealth of the district is derived from farming, ranching, retail business, residences, and mineral interests. From these resources, the district generates a tax base of $578,063,927.
The average student population is approximately 1080.
The District continually plans for educational improvement in accordance with goals adopted by the Board of Trustees.
The District received a "Recognized" Accountability Rating for 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006. and 2010. The District received an "Academically Acceptable" Accountability Rating for 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011. TEA assigned no rating for 2003.
Comprehensive programs emphasizing academic strength in basics are provided to all students. In addition, Advanced Placement and Honors courses are offered at the high school.
Varied electives and vocational courses offer students opportunities to expand their educational plan to meet individual interests and requirements.
The George West ISD is a member of the Brush Country Co-op, which provides special education services for student ages 3-21 with disabilities.
It is the goal of the district to provide every student the educational opportunity to develop his/her full potential. We recognize that in order to develop his/her potential, an exceptional child must participate in the general education process to the maximum extent appropriate with supplemental support and services he/she may require based on individual needs. Our goal is to keep the student at the center of our focus as we combine the parents, school, community and related agencies' efforts to provide the most appropriate education for the exceptional child. Our ultimate goal in the education of the exceptional child is to develop each individual to his/her fullest potential in order for him/her to become a fully-functioning, self-maintaining member of society
Gifted/Talented Education
Students identified as gifted and talented in grades K-12 are offered educational experiences beyond those normally provided by the regular school program. Our district is committed to providing a sequential, system-wide, differentiated educational program for identified gifted students so they may realize their own potential and maximize their own contributions.
The Language Proficiency Assessment Committees (LPAC) meet on each campus to evaluate language and screening information of student placement in the English as a Second Language (ESL) program.
Extra- and Co-Curricular Activities
The George West School District will compete in Districts 15-3A(football) and 29-3A for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.
George West ISD Organizational Chart 2020-2021
The George West ISD Organizational Chart for the 2020-2021 school year.
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A Natural History of Pragmatism, A Pluralistic Universe, Alain Locke, Booker T. Washington, C.S. Peirce, Dickinson, Emerson, frontier instances, George Herbert Mead, George Santayana, Harlem Renaissance, Hawthorne, Jefferson, Joan Richardson, John Dewey, Jonathan Edwards, Josiah Royce, Melville, Poe, Pragmatism, Richard Poirier, slave narratives, Thoreau, transcendentalism, Twain, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Varieties of Religious Experience, W. E. B. Dubois, Whitman, William Bartram, William James
American Literary History and Pragmatism
In America, American History, Arts & Letters, Emerson, Fiction, History, Humanities, Literary Theory & Criticism, Literature, Nineteenth-Century America, Walt Whitman, Writing on August 29, 2012 at 8:45 am
American literary history, even before C.S. Peirce named "pragmatism" as a philosophy, validates much of what pragmatism has to offer. Joan Richardson speaks of "frontier instances" whereby certain writers become aesthetic outposts from which we can trace continuities of thought and artistic representation. She treats literature as a life form that must adapt to its environment; similarly, Richard Poirier looks to a tradition of linguistic skepticism in American literature to show the role that artistic influence and troping have had on American culture. Long before Richardson and Poirier, George Santayana exercised his own literary flair in his celebratory, summative essays about American culture and experience. If American literary history can undergo operations of tracing and mapping, it might be because—as Richardson, Poirier, and Santayana have suggested—the unfolding and development of an American literary canon have been processes of evolution. Literary texts and movements have shown a tendency toward growth that is responsive to the natural and changing circumstances of the time.
Richardson begins A Natural History of Pragmatism with 17th century Puritan ministers and then quickly moves to Jonathan Edwards. Edwards is representative of the Calvinist notion of limited disclosure, the idea, in other words, that God reveals his divinity to us through the shapes, forms, and outlines he provides to us in the phenomenal world. From this idea (and others like it) began the uniquely American insistence on the value of nature and the physical universe to thought and the spiritual or psychological realm. As Americans sought to make themselves culturally and intellectually independent from Europe, both in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, they used the New World landscapes and vastly unexplored (by Europeans at least) terrains as objects of their fascination and as sources of inspiration. Even figures like Jefferson insisted upon the scientific study of the natural world in order to authorize theories about law and politics, which he wished to distinguish from European ways. Jefferson, like William Bartram, another naturalist, lionized Natives as being more in tune with nature and hence more "lawful" in the sense that their communal governments were in keeping with the laws of nature. However problematic we may consider these romanticized depictions today, we should at least say of them that they inspired further attention to sustained observation of nature as a critical component of what was intended to be a new way of thinking divorced from the Old World of Europe.
Santayana says that when orthodoxy recedes, speculation flourishes, and accordingly it is no surprise that as Puritanism solidified into an orthodoxy of the kind against which it once defined itself, there was a resistance among artists and writers and thinkers. Emerson, for one, adapted the thinking of the Calvinists while maintaining their commitment to the natural world as a means for realizing higher truths. Instead of God revealing himself to man through the forms of the natural world, God, according to Emerson, was realized within the person with a poetical sense, who was inspired by the natural world to discover the divinity within himself. To become one and to see all—that is, to become a "transparent eyeball"—was something of a religious experience for Emerson. Read the rest of this entry »
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Power Made Perfect in Weakness
In Art, Arts & Letters, Communication, Creative Writing, Emerson, Essays, Humanities, Law, Literature, Poetry, Shakespeare, Teaching on August 28, 2011 at 1:30 pm
I wrote the following piece about three weeks ago, while I was vacationing in Destin, Florida, with my family.
If we expect others to rely on our fairness and justice we must show that we rely on their fairness and justice.
My wife and I are on vacation in Florida. Yesterday morning, over a cup of coffee and a doughnut, sitting on the balcony and reading the newspaper amid sounds of seagulls and the grating roll of morning waves, I noted that one Michael Stone—a blind man, XTERRA champion, and 10-time Ironman triathlete who recently published a book, Eye Envy—will speak at the University of North Florida on August 13. I haven't read Stone's book, but it's apparently a resource not only for those suffering from vision-loss any degenerative disease.
Stone began to lose his sight in 2004. His blindness is a result of a rare disease called cone-rod dystrophy. Despite his handicap, he has accomplished amazing things, but not without the help of others. During races, he relies on guides, who shout directions and warnings to him.
I'll never understand why God makes some people handicapped and others not, why some must rely on others, and some must be relied on. Someday and for a time, everyone relies on someone or something and is relied on by someone or something. Read the rest of this entry »


July 12, 2017—On Monday, July 24, the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) will hold an open board meeting from 3-5 p.m. in Grant Park C/D - Conference Center Level One of the Hyatt McCormick Place Hotel in Chicago.
There is no fee to attend, you do not need to be a current member or pre-register, and anyone wishing to learn more about the association's work is encouraged to participate.
The open meeting will precede the Collision Industry Conference (CIC) meetings on Tuesday.
The two-hour meeting will include updates from SCRS staff and committees highlighting current industry events of importance and work that the association has undertaken on behalf of the membership.
The program will also include a live presentation from the SCRS Education Committee on "Non-Included Items When Working With Aluminum." At the conclusion of the open meeting, SCRS will premiere the final installment of the three-part video series on MIG/MAG welding. This segment, which is under 12 minutes long, focuses on protective equipment considerations in the welding process.


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The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited has proved to be Nigeria's foremost cash cow as it paid the Federal Government dividends in excess of N63.2billion in the 2020 financial year.
The Federal Government received N144billion as dividends from the NLNG in the fiscal year ended December, 2020.
Despite 2020 being a very difficult year for the government as the Covid-19 induced fall in crude oil prices and the economic shutdown smashed projections and shrunk revenues, the dividends from NLNG shot up to 79 per cent higher than the projected N80.3billion.
The Minister of Finance, Dr Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this during a presentation of her ministry's Budget Implementation Report for January to December, 2020 fiscal period.
The dividend received from the Nigeria LNG served as a major bright spot in the government's revenue performance for the year.
The Federal Government's projected revenue of N5.36trillion for 2020 witnessed a shortfall of N1.4trillion or 27 per cent for the year as it only received N3.9trillion in revenues.
The huge dividend windfall received in 2020 is a stark contrast from 2017 when Nigeria just exited a recession triggered by falling oil prices and sharp exchange rate devaluation.
In that year, the Federal Government's share of dividends from Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) dropped by as much as $687million, from $1.04billion in 2015 to $365million in 2016, a 65 per cent drop.
The N144billion received in 2020 topped the amount received from signature bonuses only N78.2billion and complimented the N192billion received by VAT.
It is the most effective form of revenue generation for the government.
Regardless of this humongous dividend profile of the NLNG, which is jointly owned by Nigerian owned Nigerian National petroleum Corporation (NNPC) (49%), Shell (25.6%), Total (15%), and ENI (10.4%), the company's primary host community, Bonny Island has been reported to be held in grips of sea pirates' attacks.
The company is located in Bonny Island and has six trains with a total capacity to process 22 million tonnes of LNG a year and as much as 5 million tonnes of natural gas liquids.
Commuters Paid More For Transport In Dec, NBS Confirms
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says commuters for a bus journey and other means of transport within and out the city increased in December, 2020.
The bureau disclosed this in its monthly Fare Watch report for December, 2020, published on its website, yesterday.
The report covers the bus journey within the city per drop constant route; bus journey intercity, state route, the charge per person; airfare charge for specified routes single journey; journey by motorcycle (Okada) per drop; and waterway passenger transport.
It, however, revealed that average fare paid by commuters for bus journey within the city increased by 6.18 per cent month-on-month and by 78.50 per cent year-on-year to N354.49 in December, 2020 from N333.86 in November, 2020.
States with the highest bus journey fare within city were Zamfara (N600.50), Bauchi (N526.30), and Cross River (N458.07) while states with lowest bus journey fare within city were Abia (N200.50), Anambra (N242.23), and Borno (N243.12).
Average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey increased by 0.42 per cent month-on-month and by 18.54per cent year-on-year to N36,454.59 in December, 2020 from N36,301.74 in November, 2020.
Also, states with highest air fare were Anambra (N38,700.00), Lagos (N38,550.00), Cross River (N38,500.00), while states with lowest air fare were Akwa Ibom (N32,600.00), Sokoto (N33,500.00), and Gombe (N34,750.00).
The average fare paid by commuters for bus journey intercity increased by 4.98 per cent month-on-month and by 41.14 per cent year-on-year to N2,532.19 in December, 2020 from N2,240.66 in November, 2020.
Similarly, states with highest bus journey fare intercity were Abuja FCT (N4,415.73), Sokoto (N3,255.20), and Lagos (N3,250.60) while states with lowest bus journey fare within city were Bayelsa (N1,550.73), Bauchi (N1,600.70), and Akwa Ibom (N1,700.54).
The average fare paid by commuters for journey by motorcycle per drop increased by 6.14 per cent month-on-month and by 124.73 per cent year-on-year to N293.36 in December, 2020 from N276.38 in November, 2020.
States with highest journey fare by motorcycle per drop were Niger (N1,575.70), Yobe (N397.45) and Imo (N397.42), while states with lowest journey fare by motorcycle per drop were Adamawa (N80.40), Katsina (N130.25) and Kebbi (N146.25).
Average fare paid by passengers for water way passenger transport increased by 0.19 per cent month-on-month and by 33.56 per cent year-on-year to N758.27 in December, 2020 from N756.84 in November, 2020.
States with the highest fare by waterway passenger transport were Delta (N2,300.35), Bayelsa (N2,240.00) and Rivers (N2,200.00), while states with the lowest fare by waterway passenger transport were Borno (N240.73), Gombe (N293.24) and Kebbi (N349.64).


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I have installed JBossAS 4.0.5GA and JBossWS's latest release I found on the site 1.0.4.GA. I followed the installation instructions given in install.txt under JBossWS.
You need to manually replace the jboss-xml-binding.jar in the $JBOSS_HOME/client and $JBOSS_HOME/lib directories.
and my ALFEventManagerSOAP.wsdl is located under that relative path 'resources/xml'.
Please let me know what is wrong here. Is my configuration file right?
Line where it says new File so I guess something is wrong with my configuration and it cannot file wsdl files correctly?
The latest is 1.2.0, please use that.
Well yesterday I downloaded the trunk [I assume that will be the latest code even if 1.2 is out, please let me know if it is different]. I have updated my post on JBPM with the exception that I am seeing now.
So now the exception is in processOperationOutputs though I don't have any output there.
Ensure you download 1.20 and install it as per the instructions (you use ANT to do the install).
Ensure that the JBOSS_HOME/client jars are not conflicting with anything else in your path (i.e. move them up the search path).
Try using wsprovide and wsconsume to create your atifacts, not wstools. I followed this (kind of) from the quickstart guide.


We are beginning an interesting new project, sure to please some of our future guests here at the Blue Iris! We will begin remodelling my quilting room this winter into a kitchen/living room! This will be part of the ground floor bedroom and bathroom which George finished some time ago. The room is presently quite a big one, complete with a gas fireplace, outside entrance and a sunroom. When we are finished there will be a galley kitchen with dining area at one end and sitting area with fireplace. We plan to add another "room" to our Bed and Breakfast but this one will rent out in the winter time only, and for a longer period of time. It will be self-catering and fully furnished. Stay tuned for the reno pictures as we progress!


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Last update 08 July 2019Diplomatic missions
The Kingdom of Belgium
Diplomatic representations of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Kingdom of Belgium
Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in the Kingdom of Belgium
Address: Avenue Мoscicki 7, 1180 Bruxelles
Telephone: +32 2 374 47 88
Emergency number, after 18:00h: + 32 473 981 042
Office hours: Mon - Fri, 9.00 - 17.30 h
E-mail: Embassy.Brussels@mfa.bg
Website: www.mfa.bg/embassies/belgium
Consular Service
Address : Rue Copernic 4C, Bruxelles 1180,
Admission hours : Mon - Fri, 10.00 - 13.00 h (by appointment)
For appointments: +32 2 375 86 50 (14:30 - 17:00 h
Fax: + 32 2 375 53 82
Emergency number, after 18:00 h : +32 473 981 042
E-mail: Consular.Brussels@mfa.bg
Head of Trade and Economic Office
Bozhidar Patinov, Minister Plenipotentiary
Avenue Moscicki, 7
Моbile: +32 471 36 32 65
Phone/ fax: +32 2 280 34 63
b.patinov@mi.government.bg
Permanent Representation of the Republic of Bulgaria in Brussels, The Kingdom of Belgium
Address: 49, Square Marie-Louise, B-1000 Bruxelles
tel: +32 2 2358 300
Reception: +32 2 2358 301
Phones in case of emergency out of working hours:
+32 (0) 2 2358 300
E-mail: Mission.BrusselsEU@bg-permrep.eu
Website: www.mfa.bg/embassies/belgiumpp
Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Bulgaria to NATO in Brussels, The Kingdom of Belgium
Address: NATO HQ, NG building, Blvd. Leopold III, Brussels – 1110
Е-mail: Missionbrusselnatopp@mfa.bg
Website: www.mfa.bg/embassies/belgiumnatodelegation
Willy Van Impe
Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Kingdom of Belgium
Seat of the consular post: Aalst, East Flanders, Belgium
Consular district: Flemish Region
Address: Bredeweg 13, 9320 Niewuwerkeren-Aalst, Belgium
Tel.: +32 (0)473 94 33 28; +32 (0)53 83 83 73
E-mail: Willy.Van.Impe1@pandora.be
Luc Sougné
Honorary Consul of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Kingdom of Belgium
Seat of the consular post: Liège, Liège, Belgium
Consular district: Walloon Region
Address: 30/92 Bd. Frère Orban, 4000 Liège, Liège, Belgium
Mobile: +32 475 23 74 58
E-mail: lucsougne@hotmail.com
Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Sofia
Address: Blvd. James Bourchier 103, 1407 Sofia
Telephone: +359 2 988 72 90
E-mail: sofia@diplobel.fed.be
Crime levels in Belgium do not imply the need of taking special personal safety precautions. Certain caution has to be exercised during a visit to the so-called "Arabian market" in Brussels, at some hotels and railway stations in the capital city and larger cities, as well as in public transport vehicles, especially to avoid pick pocketing and documents snatching.
There are no contagious disease sites in Belgium. No specific vaccinations are required for Belgium.
Travel documents and visas
Since 1 Jan 2007 Belgium and Bulgaria apply Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of the citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States.
Citizens of the European Union have the right to reside on the territory of another member-state for a period of 90 days with no conditions or formalities attached, except for the requirement of holding a valid identity card or passport.
The above mentioned information applies to Luxembourg as well.
Any changes are announced in a timely manner so as updated information is made available travellers.
Certifications and legalisations
The Consular office would like to draw on the attention of citizens willing to certify documents translated in Belgium and Luxembourg that due to the existing controversial practice in Bulgaria, in some cases Bulgarian institutions may reject translations performed abroad when documents are submitted in a private manner regardless of the fact that the signature of the translator is certified by the diplomatic mission. It is advised to have documents issued in Belgium and Luxembourg and certified by an "Apostille" translated in Bulgaria.
On 30 April 2001 the Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation of foreign public documents, drawn up in The Hague on 5 Oct 1961 came into force in the Republic of Bulgaria. Both Belgium and Luxemburg are signatories to the Convention. In order to have legal effect on the territory of another state, official documents issued by these countries require an "Apostille" certification.
In that relation, civil status documents issued in Bulgaria are certified with an "Apostille' by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Administrative Services to Citizens Dept
Address: 2, Alfred Nobel St., Sofia
Documents issued by the judiciary in Bulgaria are certified with an "Apostille" by the
Address: 1, Slavyanska St., Sofia
Civil status documents issued in Belgium are certified with an "Apostille" by the
Federal Office of Foreign Relations, Legalization Office
Address: 27, Rue des Petits Carmes, 1000 BRUXELLES
Office hours: 09.00 - 12.30h, 13.30 - 15.30h
Civil status documents issued in Luxembourg are certified with an "Apostille" by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigration, Protocol Directorate
Address: 43, boulevard Roosevelt, L - 2450 Luxembourg
Telephone: + 352 478 8300; + 352 2478 8300
Registration of a Belgium civil marriage in Bulgaria
An estreat of the civil marriage formal document /Copie integrale de l'acte de mariage/ confirming the matrimony and bearing an "Apostille", and a certified translation of it in Bulgarian, is submitted to the Bulgarian municipality where the spouse of Bulgarian citizenship holds a permanent residence. If both spouses are Bulgarian citizens, documents are submitted to the municipality where the husband holds a permanent address.
Translations performed in Belgium are certified by the Consular Office at the Embassy in case the translation is done by a sworn translator (see a List of translators registered with the Embassy). Translations done in Bulgaria are certified by Administrative Services to Bulgarian and Foreign Citizens Dept, Consular Relations Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2, Alfred Nobel St., Sofia).
Registration of a Belgium/Luxembourg born child in Bulgaria
An estreat of the birth certificate (Copie integralе de l'acte de naissance), certified by the Federal Office of Foreign Relations of Belgium (Service Public Fédéral Affaires Etrangères, Ruedes Petits Carmes27, 1000 Bruxelles) or Luxembourg (43, boulevard Roosevelt L- 2450 Luxembourg) and a certified translation of it in Bulgarian, is submitted to the Bulgarian municipality where the parent of Bulgarian citizenship holds a permanent residence. If both parents are Bulgarian citizens, documents are submitted to the municipality where the mother holds a permanent address. On the grounds of this document the child is registered and a Bulgarian birth certificate is issued. Parents may request from the Consular Office to submit administratively such registration documents. In such a case the following documents are required:
an application (free text), which indicates parents names, civil identity numbers or dates of birth, permanent addresses in Bulgaria and address in Belgium;
identity documents (passport, identity documents) of parents;
an estreat of the birth certificate (Copie integralе de l'acte de naissance) confirming birth and a certified translation in Bulgarian.
The Law on Civil Registration provides for a 6-month period for registration of a child born abroad to a Bulgarian citizen, such registration being with the municipality as per the residence address of the Bulgarian parent. Parents may request having a Bulgarian passport issued to their child only after receiving a Bulgarian birth certificate. (See the rules and procedure applicable to submitting an application for passport issuance, available at "Issuing a passport".)
Registration of a Bulgarian citizen death that occurred in Belgium
Death of a Bulgarian citizen that occurred in Belgium is registered with the municipality as per deceased permanent address in Bulgaria.
Such registration requires to have an estreat of the death certificate (Copie intégrale de l'acte de décès) issued by the Belgium municipality, certified by an "Apostille", and translated into Bulgarian, the translation being certified by the Consular Office. If done in Belgium, the translation has to be performed by an Embassy registered translator.
The death certificate may be translated in Bulgaria by a licensed company and certified by the Consular Services Directorate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2, Alfred Nobel St., Sofia).
The document translated is then submitted to the Civil Status Office at the Municipality as per the deceased residence address in order to register such death. The Consular Office may submit administratively the relevant documents, namely the death certificate estreat and its certified translation. For that purpose, the Consular Office requires to have the deceased residence address in Bulgaria and the name of the respective municipality.
For the transportation of the deceased body to Bulgaria, it is necessary to hire an undertaker's agency. Such agency takes care of all documents required for the transportation, including coffin seal and relevant preparations, in compliance with international requirements.
The Embassy issues only a Laissez-passer mortuaire.


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Q: Running a timer for few minutes in python I am trying to run a certain function "foo" every second. I have to do this for a few minutes (say 5).
The function foo() makes 100 HTTP Requests (which contains a JSON object) to the server and prints the JSON response.
In short, I have to make 100 HTTP requests per second for 5 minutes.
I have just started learning python, thus don't have extensive knowledge. This is what I have tried:
import threading
noOfSecondsPassed = 0
def foo():
   global noOfSecondsPassed
   # piece of code which makes 100 HTTP requests (I use while loop)
   noOfSecondsPassed += 1

while True:
   if noOfSecondsPassed < (300)  # 5 minutes
       t = threading.Timer(1.0, foo)
       t.start()

Due to multiple threads, the function foo isn't called 300 times but much much more than that.
I have tried setting a lock too:
def foo():
  l = threading.Lock()
  l.acquire()
  global noOfSecondsPassed
  # piece of code which makes 100 HTTP requests (I use while loop)
  noOfSecondsPassed += 1
  l.release()

Rest of code is same as the previous code snippet. But this also does not work.
How do I do this?
Edit: Different Approach
I have tried this approach which worked for me:
def foo():
    noOfSecondsPassed = 0
    while noOfSecondsPassed < 300:
       #Code to make 100 HTTP requests
       noOfSecondsPassed +=1
       time.sleep(1.0)
foo()

Any disadvantages in doing so?

A: I would use another approach which is easier I think.
Create 300 timer thread, each running 1 sec after the previous. The main loop is executed in almost an instant so the error factor is very low.
Here's a sample Demo:
import datetime
import thread
import threading

def foo():
     print datetime.datetime.now()
     print threading.active_count()

for x in range(0,300):
     t = threading.Timer(x + 1, foo)
     t.start()

This code output should look like this:
2012-10-01 13:21:07.328029
301
2012-10-01 13:21:08.328281
300
2012-10-01 13:21:09.328449
299
2012-10-01 13:21:10.328615
298
2012-10-01 13:21:11.328768
297
2012-10-01 13:21:12.329006
296
2012-10-01 13:21:13.329289
295
2012-10-01 13:21:14.329369
294
2012-10-01 13:21:15.329580
293
2012-10-01 13:21:16.329793
292
2012-10-01 13:21:17.329958
291
2012-10-01 13:21:18.330138
290
2012-10-01 13:21:19.330300
289
...

As you can see, each thread is launched about 1 sec after the previous and you are starting exactly 300 threads.

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