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Team of architects and scientists find 'anomalies' in thermal scanning of Egypt pyramids
A camera stands in front of the great pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) in Giza on the outskirts of Cairo during an infrared thermography experiment to map out the temperature of its walls on November 9, 2015. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI.
CAIRO (AFP).- Anomalies have been found in Egypt's Khufu pyramid two weeks into a thermal scanning project aimed at discovering the famed pharaonic monument secrets, officials said on Monday.
Operation Scan Pyramids began on October 25 to search for hidden chambers inside four pyramids including Khufu's, the tallest and also known as the Great pyramid of Giza.
Two weeks on, the team of architects and scientists from Egypt, France, Canada and Japan said in a joint statement they had observed "thermal anomalies" on the monuments, including on the Khufu pyramid.
"The teams have concluded the existence of several thermal anomalies that were observed on all monuments during the heating up or the cooling down phases," the statement said.
"To explain such anomalies, a lot of hypothesis and possibilities could be drawn up: presence of voids behind the surface, internal air currents," it added.
In particular, it said, an "impressive" anomaly was found "on the eastern side of the Khufu pyramid at ground level".
Thermal scanning of the massive structure indicated that some of the limestone blocks were hotter than others.
"This area should be the subject of further investigation during the subsequent phases of the project," which is expected to last until the end of 2016, the statement added.
"Khufu will offer us today one of its secrets," Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mamduh al-Damati told reporters at the pyramid.
But neither he nor the experts provided any tangible explanation for the anomalies, which could indicate the existence of a secret chamber.
The project also involves thermal scanning at the Khafre pyramid of Giza as well as two pyramids in Dahshur, all of them south of Cairo.
Khufu was built by the son of Snefru, founder of the fourth dynasty (2,575-2,465 BC), while Khafre was built by the son of Khufu.
The two pyramids at Dahshur were built by Snefru.
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Outstanding Van Dyck portrait acquired for Bowes Museum, accepted in lieu of tax
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Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky detained for torching security service headquarters door
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Major new gallery for the display and study of Spanish art commissioned in County Durham
Major showing of woodcuts at the National Museum from Albrecht Dürer to Edvard Munch
New Harley Gallery to open in March 2016 with rarely seen work by Michelangelo
Luc Tuyman's first exhibition in Scotland on view at the Talbot Rice Gallery
"Dance: Marc Mellon, Jane Sutherland, Philip Trager" on view at the Walsh Gallery at Fairfield University
Canvas outdoor museum show opens in downtown West Palm Beach
High Museum of Art premieres North American tour of Iris van Herpen's innovative haute couture designs
New portraits displayed at the National Portrait Gallery
1400 square foot luminous landscape of bold color by Liza Lou on view at the Neuberger Museum of Art
Major Gerda Wegener exhibition opens at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art
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6 inch phablet is perhaps the fastest growing segment in the mobile gadget market. Despite having seen so many launches in the past sometime, the segment surely has the capacity to take a lot more. Joining the bash, the latest animal is Micromax which has launched its new phablet Canvas XL. The device is priced at Rs 13,990 and its super size 6-inch qHD (960×540 pixels) display really matches with the name. Here are the features and specifications of the phablet-
Display– 6-inch qHD (960×540 pixels) 183 ppi
Processor and RAM– Powered by 1.3GHz quad-core processor with 1GB RAM
Memory– 4GB of internal memory along with a microSD card slot that can accommodate up to 32GB of additional memory
Camera- 8-megapixel camera on the rear and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera
Connectivity- 3G (HSPA+), Bluetooth with A2DP, Wi-Fi, dual SIM with dual standby
Operating System– Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
Battery– 2,450mAh battery, which can provide up to 9.5 hours of talktime on 2G
Weight and Dimensions- 180 gms, 165mm x 84.2mm x 10.4mm
The phablet has not been officially announced by the company so far. However, it will be available on HomeShop 18 starting January 19 and we expect it to be available on physical store starting the last week of the month. It is priced at Rs 13,990. The Canvas XL A119 will be up against devices like Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 and the recently announced Sony Xperia T2 Ultra. Micromax's low proposition may give it an edge over its rivals. The company maintained its second position on the largest selling mobile device maker in India in the third quarter of the last year. With its strategy of aggressively launching new devices and network expansion, we can expect the company to move up the ladder in the coming quarters.
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Micromax Canvas XL
Good phone.Just wait & watch.I think this price will get down within 1 month
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Third class mobile with third class specifications. All are copied from branded companies like Nokia, Samsung, Sony etc.

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Auditing the Kennedy Center
on December 24, 2020 December 24, 2020 By Tommy C
Sitting in the nation's capital, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has been the target of many critics of various government stimulus bills in 2020.
Earlier this year, the Kennedy Center received $25 million in stimulus, and subsequently released a statement detailing how the majority of those funds would be used to cover payroll. While this might seem to make sense at face value, considering most businesses who were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic struggled to pay their employees, the Kennedy Center is owned and operated by the Federal Government — and federally funded with a fixed annual budget for operational expenses including payroll.
(In other words, that fixed payroll was already funded for the fiscal year. What was not funded by the government was programming costs, which are covered by ticket sales and donations — but the Center has been closed, so there is no programming).
Adding further curiosity to the designated stimulus funding is a second round of stimulus recently passed by the congressional omnibus bill, including another $40 million for the Kennedy Center, with $26 million dedicated explicitly for operational expenses that include payroll.
That's a total of $65 million for a facility with a $25 million annual operating budget.
Kennedy Center leadership stated earlier this year that if they did not receive government stimulus, they would run out of money. This couldn't be further from the truth when you consider the annual statements of the Center. In addition to the Kennedy Center's annual budget for 2020, a review of their annual tax filings discloses that they average more than $320 million annually in additional revenue from donations, grants, program service revenue, interest income, and other undisclosed sources of income.
This is further corroborated by the website Charity Navigator, who discloses the Kennedy Center's 2018 Income Statement totaling just over $319 million for FYE 9/2018. The statement goes on to list annual expenses at just under $280 million, for an excess profit of more than $39 million for the year — with an additional $436 million of net assets, or reserves on hand.
In fact, page 12 of the Kennedy Center's 2018 tax filing shows net assets for the year at just over a half-billion dollars. Yes, a cool $500 million, for a Center that says it is going broke.
The Kennedy Center's President, Deborah Rutter, receives an income (with bonus) of $1.2 million annually, which is roughly 20% of the entire staff payroll, with most senior leadership making around $300k annually (see tax filing for details), and the average employee making about $80k annually.
There seems to be an enormous and unusual disparity in wages between the a Center's President and even its most senior leaders, with an even broader gap between the frontline workers.
Another variable that calls into question the financial integrity of the Center: 14 members of the Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees are members of the very Congress tasked with appropriating the Center's funds from the federal tax pool. Those members of Congress currently include:
Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Rep. Peter A. DeFazio
Rep. Sam Graves
Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy
Rep. Joyce Beatty
Rep. Jason Smith
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sen. John Barrasso
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
Sen. Mark Warner
Sen. Roy Blunt
Sen. John Cornyn
The tax filing does not reveal any reportable income for those members of Congress, and their inclusion as Board Members appears to be something that the Congress themselves have written into law, in yet another tangled web of elite privilege. 20 U.S. Code§ 76h outlines the establishment of the Board of Trustees.
However, the tax filing also does not reveal what additional benefits those members may receive without having to disclose them. For instance, the Center spent more than $320k in 2018 for travel to Europe, Russia, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean for "fundraising and program services." Almost $800k was spent on independent consultants, with little detail given, or any way to know whether or not they were connected to the Board of Trustees.
Additional discretionary spending includes 440 grants, totaling nearly $1.3 million, that were given to domestic organizations or individuals within the United States. There were also 16 grants totaling $27k that were given to individuals or organizations outside of the United States. There is no detail as to exactly whom those recipients were, or whether or not there was any connection to the Board of Trustees.
At a minimum, the optics are horrible to have members of Congress sitting on the Board of an Institution whose tax revenue they legislate. At a maximum, it is a serious conflict of interest. We may never know how the discretionary funds are spent, either, thanks to a clause included in the original 1958 Act establishing the Center. Section 5(c) states: "The actions of the Board, including any payment made or directed to be made by it from any trust funds, shall not be subject to review by any officer or agency other than a court of law." Imagine being able to legislate yourself into a position where you control the funds, and then not have to be accountable to anyone for how those funds are spent — and it's all legally written into the law that you wrote.
Finally, there is something very amiss about the operating expenses of the Kennedy Center, and this is before any of the programming expenses. The Center's footprint is roughly 77,000 square feet. A $26 million budget for operating & maintenance puts the cost to operate the facility at almost $338/psf. According to the most recent data from the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) in Washington DC, the average operating expenses for a commercial facility are just under $18/psf.
The government is providing the Kennedy Center with funds that are nearly 20x the market rate for operating expenses, and that is before all of the Center's private donations, memberships, and endowments.
Two things are certain. The Kennedy Center is at no risk of running out of money anytime soon, and there seems to be an untold story of where all of the funds are ultimately spent.
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Jela Cvijanov (Subotica, 10. ožujka 1938.) je samouka naivna umjetnica slikarica iz Male Bosne. Rodom je bačka Hrvatica.

Životopis
Rodila se 1938. u Subotici.

1968. se godine uključila u rad Likovne sekcije HKPD Matija Gubec Tavankut, a nakon nje to su učinile naivne slikarice Nina Poljaković i Ana Skenderović te slikarice slamarke Anica Balažević iz Tavankuta, Roza Lipaić i Teza Vilov s Bikova, Ruška Poljaković i Matija Dulić iz Đurđina, Ruža Sarić i Marija Matković iz Subotice i ostale.

Članom kolonije bila je do 1972. godine. Nakon velikih političkih čistki za i nakon hrvatskog proljeća 1972. u kojima je uglednim članovima KUD-a Matija Gubec bio onemogućen rad (Stipan Šabić, Marko Vuković, Pero Skenderović, Naco Zelić, Ivan Balažević...), dolazi do promjena u radu KUD-a. Rad Likovne sekcije zastaje, a u izložbama nakon toga, izlažu se samo djela nastala poslije 1972. godine i to samo slikarica koje su radile u tehnici slame, dok su vrsne naivne slikarice bile zapostavljene, iako su djela tih članica KUD-a Matija Gubec (Marija Vojnić, Jela Cvijanov, Cilika Dulić Kasiba, Marga Stipić, Nina Poljaković i ost.) bile cijenjene u naivnom slikarstvu SFRJ; pretpostavlja se da su se Marga Stipić i Marija Vojnić zbog toga prebacile u potpunosti na slamarsku tehniku.

Izlagala je na 25 izložbi, u Subotici, Tavankutu, Apatinu, Zagrebu, Hajdukovu, Đurđinu, Kovačici, Pančevu, Žedniku, Uzdinu, Opovu i dr.Sloveniji (Kostanjevica na Krki)

Izvori
HKPD Matija Gubec Tavankut  Stranice posvećene prijašnjim članicama Likovne kolonije

Vanjske poveznice
Zavod za kulturu vojvođanskih Hrvata  Hrvatsko kulturno-prosvjetno društvo "Matija Gubec" – Tavankut
HKPD Matija Gubec Tavankut  Slika Jele Cvijanov: Momačko kolo, tempera, 1969.

Vojvođanski Hrvati
Životopisi, Bačka
Hrvatski naivni slikari
Hrvatski umjetnici iz Vojvodine

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Middlebranch is an unincorporated community in northeastern Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio, United States.  It is located about 7 miles Northeast of Canton. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44652.  The community is part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area. The area is mostly residential, with notable amounts of land being used for farming as well. Trains from the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway often run through the area carrying loads of scrap metal bound for other Ohio cities.

A post office called Middle Branch was established in 1844, and the name was changed to Middlebranch in 1893. The community takes its name from the nearby Middle Branch Nimishillen Creek.

Middlebranch School
Middlebranch elementary school in the Plain local school district.   The school functioned as the district's first high school from 1926 to 1957. After that it was became a middle school until the 2006-07 school year when it became an elementary school.

Also

 Plain township, Stark County

References

Unincorporated communities in Stark County, Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Ohio


you are a beautiful, shining star forever and always.
beautiful, shining star, you are!
so happy to see you healthy and happy.
(and if you see three similar comments from me, don't approve all of them. lol! I'm having issues posting from my phone).
I'm on a bit of a weight loss thing too. Not that I want to be skinny, just more happy with how I look and I'm quite pleased so far. Good for you for that gorgeous and happy smile!
DDanita, you are beautiful! Great job. I, too had lab band surgery in October. i reached my goal and 10 pounds more this sum merl Keep it up!
Congratulations, you are beautiful!!! Most importantly be happy!!!!
You are beautiful and yes you do look happy!!!
I think we are on parallel lines right now, about the same time you had your surgery I got diagnosed with gallstones, I had felt ill for months before hand and then it reached a peak. It was awful but I chose to go an a very strict diet rather than have surgery (it's an easy diet to stick to because breaking it means the return of terrible pain) and the weight has fallen away. Better still I feel healthier and happier than I have in such a long time.
Well done Danita. I'm glad to hear you are happier in yourself. You've always looked beautiful though.
BRAVO querida Danita ! Parece como una princesa ! BRAVO !!!
Congratulations on feeling healthier and beautiful. You are beautiful - before and after, but now you are healthy too!
Great job, Danita! You are being a healthy role model for your little girl. Wishing you continued health.
How wonderful for you!! To be happy in your skin is a wonderful place to be!!!
Estás increíble Danita!!! FElicidades por estar en el proceso y lograr esa luz interior. Yo estoy intentando hacer lo mismo, porque me subí UFF!! un montón.
I thought you were beautiful before but I am thrilled you are so happy. I always say it is a great day when I start tucking in my shirts again. So I get what you are saying.
Good for you, Danita. You are beautiful in any shape of skin and thank you for your powerful example of being willing to work hard for what you want both as a creator and as a person..
That´s the best part of all!!! THAT YOU ARE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!! la la la... la la la..... happy is our right and we should always do things in life that makes us happy!!! you indeed look very happy ... feliz cual lombriz!!! que alegría!!! aplausos!!!
That is so great. I'm happy for your success.
You've always been beautiful, Danita....but now, you are muy bonita in a NEW way....I can see how happy that you are! Hugs and congrats!!!
I'm considering lap band surgery myself....I am sick and tired of being sick and tired!
Happy for you and thanks for sharing your journey with us!!
Se te ve muy guapa y no solo eso, sino que tal como dices se te ve feliz. Me alegro!
Danita I dont know if this photo was taken before or after your weightloss but I had to write to let you know that I think you are SO GORGEOUS!!!
I'm a huge fan but have never commented. Can I tell you something? I always thought you were beautiful. You have a kind, warm, and LOVELY face. That's your face! You look especially happy now and, yes, beautiful as I've always thought you were.
Dear Danita, Congrats on the healthy, happy journey! You are beautiful inside & out & inspiring.
that is awesome. i really can see the happy in your face. great work.


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Las Termas imperiales de Tréveris o Kaiserthermen en alemán se sitúan cerca del Rheinisches Landes-Museum en Tréveris, Alemania. Construidas a inicios del , durante el reinado de Constantino I el Grande, eran el tercer mayor complejo de termas del mundo romano. Las ruinas de las paredes y cimentaciones todavía muestran el diseño original. Los muros del caldarium (sala con piscina de agua caliente) son las mejor preservadas. Después vienen el tepidarium, las termas templadas.

El espacioso frigidarium era usado para los baños fríos y la palestra, una área externa para los ejercicios, también era amplia. La otra parte fundamental de las termas era el sistema de calefacción hypocaustum, en el que el aire era calentado por hornos y conducido por debajo del pavimento.

En 1986, las termas imperiales, así como otros monumentos romanos que se conservan en Tréveris y en la región, se inscribe en la lista de Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco, dentro del conjunto denominado Monumentos romanos de Tréveris (Porta Nigra, anfiteatro, basílica de Constantino, Barbarathermen, puente romano, termas imperiales y columna de Igel), catedral de Tréveris e iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Tréveris.

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Treveris
Bienes individuales inscritos Patrimonio de la Humanidad en Alemania (Monumentos de Tréveris)
Arquitectura de Alemania del siglo IV
Ruinas de Alemania


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Epsom is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,834 at the 2020 census.

History
Incorporated in 1727, Epsom takes its name from Epsom in Surrey, England. Although dotted with several small mountains, the land was suitable for grazing and growing grain. By 1859, when the town's population was 1,366, it had two gristmills and two sawmills.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which  are land and  are water, comprising 0.57% of the town. The town is drained by the Suncook River and its tributary, the Little Suncook River. Epsom lies fully within the Merrimack River watershed. The highest point in Epsom is the summit of Fort Mountain, at  above sea level, in the eastern part of town. Other neighboring small mountains in town include McCoy Mountain () and Nats Mountain ().

Adjacent municipalities
 Pittsfield (north)
 Northwood (northeast)
 Deerfield (east)
 Allenstown (south)
 Pembroke (southwest)
 Chichester (west)

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,021 people, 1,491 households, and 1,103 families residing in the town.  The population density was 117.7 people per square mile (45.4/km2).  There were 1,592 housing units at an average density of 46.6 per square mile (18.0/km2).  The racial makeup of the town was 98.63% White, 0.10% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.10% from other races, and 0.75% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.45% of the population.

There were 1,491 households, out of which 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.0% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.0% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $50,685, and the median income for a family was $56,875. Males had a median income of $40,995 versus $27,106 for females. The per capita income for the town was $22,026.  About 1.9% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.4% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation
Three New Hampshire state routes and two U.S. routes cross Epsom.

NH 9, U.S. Route 4, and U.S. Route 202 run concurrently through town, connecting Chichester in the west to Northwood in the east. It is known locally as Dover Road.
NH 28 crosses the western side of town, roughly paralleling the Suncook River, connecting Pembroke to Chichester along Suncook Valley Road.
NH 107 enters from Deerfield at the eastern edge of town in the vicinity of Northwood Lake, and joins NH 9, US 4, and US 202 to form a four-way concurrency before entering Northwood. It follows North Road before joining the other routes.

Notable people

 John Dolbeer (1827–1902), inventor, entrepreneur
 Noah Martin (1801–1863), doctor; 30th governor of New Hampshire
 Andrew McClary (1730–1775), highest-ranking officer to fall in the Battle of Bunker Hill; Fort McClary in Kittery, Maine, is named in his honor
 John B. Sanborn (1826–1904), lawyer and Civil War-era brigadier general; state representative in Minnesota
 Walter Henry Sanborn (1845–1928), U.S. federal judge

In popular culture
Epsom was the town where Leo Rockway (known initially as "Joe") in Stephen King's The Stand was from.

References

External links

 Epsom Public Library
 Epsom Historical Association
 New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile

Towns in Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Towns in New Hampshire


When you hear someone's name, it tends to trigger all sorts of biases that color how you perceive the subsequent information we learn about them — biases informed by stereotypes about gender and race. As I explained in my piece last year arguing against the use of cover letters and résumés in the hiring process, there's a great deal of evidence supporting this idea, and it's a very real factor in determining who gets access to which opportunities. To take the classic example, all things being equal, job applications with "white"-sounding names tend to garner more interview invites than those with "black"-sounding ones, even when the résumés under the names are identical.
Sherman Alexie, guest editor of the 2015 Best American Poetry, has a wonderful post about this phenomenon at the BAP blog. It's pegged to a mini-scandal about one poem in particular.
Since all of this has come out, Alexie, himself of Native American descent, has gotten some heat from other poets to renege on his selection in light of the new information about the poem's true authorship. But even though he was "so angry that I stormed and cursed around the room," he decided he wasn't going to.
Rule #2: I will be extremely wary of choosing any poem written by somebody I know, even if I have only met that person once twenty years ago and haven't talked to that person since.
Rule #4: I will not choose any poem based on a poet's career. Each poem will stand or fall on its own merits. There will be no Honorary Oscars.
It can feel threatening to acknowledge that we are all susceptible to bias. The reality is that it's simply a part of being human — if we see the name of a writer we know and like under the title of a given work, unless we're very careful, we're likely to overestimate the quality of the writing. The same goes for the aforementioned influence of race and gender.
Alexie, in both explaining his guidelines and acknowledging the fact that he read Hudson's poem in a different, more open way because he thought the author was Chinese-American, is being refreshingly honest about all of this stuff. It's obviously an unusual case because most of the research on names and bias focuses on members of minority groups getting discriminated against as a result of their names, but the simple idea that, yes, names trigger bias is an important one to wrestle with rather than try to explain away.


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New Charges for Sudanese Christian woman after she was re-arrested
Posted on June 24, 2014 by News Editor in Latest, North Africa, Trending // 0 Comments
The Christian Sudanese woman released from prison and then re-arrested at Khartoum airport Tuesday has now been charged with fraud and banned from leaving the country, according to authorities.
Meriam Ibrahim, who has been held in a Sudanese prison with her son since February, was freed of her death sentence for practicing her Christian faith, after international groups and government officials put pressure on the Sudanese government.
Ibrahim gave birth to a baby girl while in prison.
Ibrahim was then re-arrested at the airport with her husband and two children. Now, new charges are being brought against her for allegedly forging travel documents as she tried to leave the country, according to a report by Mail Online.
Ibrahim's husband, Daniel Wani, an American citizen residing in New Hampshire, had said upon his wife's release from prison that the family intended to travel to the U.S.
Meriam, who had been charged with apostasy, or leaving Islam, was told she should have used her given name on the documents and not the Christian name she adopted after becoming a Christian, according to sources.
At the airport in Khartoum, 40 members of Sudan's security police confronted Meriam and her family, taking them in for questioning.
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Le Corps canadien était un corps d'armée de la Première Guerre mondiale. Il prit part à la bataille de la crête de Vimy et l'offensive des Cent-Jours du Canada.

Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il fut renommé  Corps canadien.

Première Guerre mondiale

Le corps fut créé en , à la suite de l'arrivée de la  Division canadienne en France. En  on y ajouta la  Division canadienne puis la  Division canadienne en . L'organisation de la  Division canadienne débutait en , mais elle fut fondue dans les autres divisions en .

Le Corps expéditionnaire canadien a perdu  au cours de la guerre.

La bataille de la crête de Vimy donna lieu à de nombreux sacrifices, commémorés depuis 2003 le 9 avril, date du début de la bataille, par le « Vimy Ridge Day ». Cette bataille démontra la capacité du Canada à organiser et effectuer une opération militaire d'envergure.

Seconde Guerre mondiale
Le Corps canadien est le premier corps militaire des Forces armées canadiennes à avoir été établi lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il fut opérationnel le  au Royaume-Uni. Il a été commandé par le lieutenant-général Andrew McNaughton ( à ) et le lieutenant-général Harry Crerar ( au ). Le corps fut nommé  Corps canadien et intégré à la  Armée canadienne à la suite de l'augmentation des effectifs des forces expéditionnaires canadiennes au Royaume-Uni.

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Articles connexes
 Corps expéditionnaire canadien
 Offensive des Cent-Jours
 Bataille d'Amiens
 3e bataille de Picardie
 Bataille de la crête de Vimy
 Deuxième bataille d'Ypres
 Petit Théâtre du Vieux Noranda, anciennement une installation du Corps canadien

Liens externes
Base de données des soldats de la Première Guerre mondiale (1914-1918)
Guide de recherche sur l'histoire militaire du Canada : La Première Guerre mondiale
 Histoires orales de la Première Guerre mondiale : Les anciens combattants de 1914 à 1918 à Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

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Not since the days of former superintendent Billy Reagan has the Houston media had a chance to sit down in a media roundtable with the superintendent of the Houston ISD, but Tuesday morning Superintendent Terry Grier rejuvenated the discarded tradition and invited the Houston Press and others in for a talk and a typical school breakfast.
Grier took the opportunity to pitch the recent expansion of the school district's free breakfast program, promising that by packing breakfast into more kids, great results will follow -- and more than just the increased federal subsidy money the district will be getting. Kids will study better, learn more, and behave better for their teachers if they have something other than growling tigers in their stomachs to get them through the day. In fact, Grier somehow worked it around that the district will be saving $2 million with its additional orders through the Aramark food service because buying in greater bulk means more discounts on the pricing.
Of course the district has touted its breakfast program before, but when Houston Press' Sarah Fenske did an on-site visit at Jefferson Davis High School in 2004, she found many of the breakfasts weren't actually eaten. And that the teacher checkoff lists, showing how much had been eaten, bore little reality to the inspected coolers returned to the cafeteria.
As representatives of Aramark looked on, Grier says all that's changed now. The district and Aramark have made the meals much more nutritional (HISD is apparently the anti-Philadelphia, which got caught handing out Krispy Kreme donuts to the kids when it instituted a breakfast program, according to Grier) and yet somehow more enticing to the kids, he says, which is really a wow and maybe the district can make some money off that selling its secret to other districts, and parents. They even had kids taste-test prospective items.
In the interests of front line duty, Hair Balls/Eating...Our Words (in dual persona form) ate the breakfast. The turkey ham (HISD has moved away from serving pork because of cultural/religious reasons for some kids, and won't the right-wing radio stations love that?) and cheese sandwich tasted enjoyably greasy, the biscuit on the fried chicken sandwich was a little dry but the chicken was great. The muffin (bran? wheat? not sure) was sweet and moist. In sum: Not bad at all.
For a lot of kids, the only two meals they get each day are at school, Grier says, so the free breakfast and lunch program makes a huge difference in kids' lives. There had been reports that serving breakfast was just too much trouble, but they checked with schools and found that not to be the case. Free breakfasts may cut into some instructional time, but give teachers a chance to teach responsibility when they get kids to not make a mess while eating and to clean up after themselves.
"It was not the calamity of errors that people opposing the program said it was." Grier says.
Looking at a month's breakfast calendar, we saw a range of items with a lot of sausage, egg and cheese biscuits and yogurt. Also, surprisingly enough given all the emphasis on nutrition: Pop-Tarts. Now it's a "whole grain Pop-Tart," but still? To be fair, Julie Spreckelmeyer, an Aramark liaison with HISD's food service, pointed out the Pop-Tarts, saying they are on their way out.
The superintendent also talked at length about teacher evaluation standards and firing bad teachers, but we'll save that for another post.


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Preparing for an emerging threat: wheat stripe rust
By Carolyn King
Stripe rust is a fairly new fungal leaf disease that has been spreading throughout the province and slashing yields in susceptible varieties. While there are fungicides available, researchers are working towards stripe rust resistance in winter wheat for Ontario, preparing to combat the rise of more aggressive pathogen races.
The winter wheat variety on the right is severely infected with stripe rust while the one on the left is resistant. PHOTOs COURTESY OF Mitra Serajazari, University of Guelph.
Wheat stripe rust was first detected in Ontario in 2000, but this fungal leaf disease didn't cause significant impacts in the province until 2016. That year, some areas reported yield losses as high as 40 bushels per acre for susceptible winter wheat varieties.
In response to the 2016 outbreak, Alireza Navabi, an associate professor in plant agriculture at the University of Guelph, added stripe rust resistance as a new objective in his winter wheat breeding program. The aim is to develop varieties that have resistance to both stripe rust and Fusarium head blight, the program's other key disease resistance objective.
Stripe rust, also known as yellow rust, is caused by Puccinia striiformis. Like other cereal rust pathogens, it is able to produce huge numbers of spores that can be carried for long distances by the wind and has the potential to cause devastating crop losses. Stripe rust looks similar to leaf rust, but in stripe rust, the pustules are yellowish orange and run in stripes parallel to the leaf veins, whereas in leaf rust, the spores are reddish orange and are scattered across the leaf.
"In 2016, Puccinia striiformis was widely distributed in the wheat growing areas in the Canadian Prairies and in southwestern Ontario, to a level that was never seen before," explains Mitra Serajazari, a research associate in Navabi's program.
"It was hypothesized that this wide distribution of the stripe rust pathogen in Canada in 2016 was due to 1) a warmer winter allowing the pathogen to overwinter farther north in North America, and 2) the prevalence of more aggressive races of the pathogen that can tolerate higher spring/summer temperatures." These newer races first arrived in North America in 2000 and have since replaced most of the older races that used to be found in the U.S. and Canada.
Serajazari says, "When development of an aggressive race is combined with the presence of a susceptible crop variety and optimum environmental conditions, rust epidemics can happen immediately." So, although fungicides are available for managing stripe rust, resistant wheat varieties are a very valuable tool for controlling this disease, especially with the rise of these more aggressive races.
Navabi and his research team are currently developing the information and tools needed to breed stripe rust-resistant winter wheat varieties for Ontario. This project is funded by Grain Farmers of Ontario, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) and the University of Guelph.
Stripe rust races and resistance genes
One of the studies in this project involves monitoring the stripe rust races in Ontario so the researchers will be able to develop varieties with resistance to those races.
So far, Navabi's team has collected or received 80 samples from 20 locations across Ontario. To identify the races, they test the samples on a set of 42 differential wheat lines. These lines carry different stripe rust resistance genes so they respond differently to the different races.
Serajazari notes that there is no evidence that the stripe rust pathogen overwinters in Ontario. Instead, the spores are blown into the province from the United States.
"Our results have shown that the Ontario races resemble races from central and eastern United States," she says. Most of the races found in Ontario are the more aggressive ones that are better adapted to warmer temperatures.
Through this work, the researchers have identified several stripe rust resistance genes – called Yr genes – that would work for Ontario. Serajazari says, "The results suggest that the seedling resistance genes Yr1, 5, 10, 15, 24, 26 and 28 are effective against the current prevalent races in Ontario."
Seedling resistance, also known as all-stage resistance, is one of two types of rust resistance. Seedling resistance involves major resistance genes that provide strong resistance against specific races of the pathogen. Usually this resistance relies on a single gene, so the pathogen needs only one mutation to overcome the resistance.
The other type of resistance is called adult-plant resistance because it comes into play sometime after the plant's seedling stage. Adult-plant resistance usually involves several genes, with each of the genes contributing a little to the plant's ability to fight the pathogen. It usually produces moderate resistance. However, it can be more durable than all-stage resistance because the pathogen needs several mutations to overcome the resistance in the plant.
Navabi and his team would like to add both adult-plant and all-stage resistance genes into the program's breeding lines. Having both types of stripe rust resistance in individual varieties would help to provide resistance that is both strong and durable.
Field evaluations to find resistance
In another component of the project, Navabi's team is evaluating many winter wheat varieties and lines in the field for all-stage and adult-plant resistance to find plants that could be used for making crosses to add stripe rust resistance into the program's breeding lines.
As part of this work, the researchers have evaluated diverse Ontario varieties. "Those evaluations showed that Priesley is the only Ontario commercial winter wheat with all-stage resistance against stripe rust," Serajazari notes. "More than 50 per cent of Ontario commercial winter wheats possess varying degrees of adult-plant resistance."
They have also tested 430 wheat lines and cultivars from the Canadian Winter Wheat Diversity Panel (CWWDP). This unique germplasm collection, which was developed by one of Navabi's PhD students, includes a wide range of historic and modern winter wheats from across the country. Navabi's team has genotyped all the lines in the CWWDP.
The researchers have found that 56 per cent of the CWWDP lines have varying degrees of adult-plant resistance to stripe rust. Less than five per cent carry effective all-stage resistance.
Genomic searches for resistance
Navabi and his team are also conducting genomic work to detect locations along the winter wheat genome that are related to stripe rust resistance. This work can lead to the development of molecular markers. Such markers would enable efficient, accurate screening of breeding materials in the lab, avoiding the laborious work of growing thousands of plants, exposing them to the pathogen, and measuring their disease responses.
Using the genotypes in the CWWDP, the researchers applied a technique known as a genome-wide association study to see if any particular genetic variants occurred most often in genotypes that have stripe rust resistance. As a result, they have identified eight potential locations in the winter wheat genome associated with all-stage resistance and one location associated with adult-plant resistance.
This stripe rust infection occurred at the seedling stage.
The research team is also using another technique for mapping the location of resistance genes. This approach involves developing what are called recombinant inbred lines and then comparing those lines with each other. To create these lines, they have crossed a resistant wheat variety, Priesley, and a susceptible wheat variety, Venture.
The researchers now have a set of 250 inbred lines that they will be evaluating for adult-plant and all-stage resistance in the greenhouse and the field. Then, each line will be genotyped and analyzed against the disease response data collected in the field and greenhouse. This analysis will enable the researchers to figure out where the resistance is located in Priesley's genome and to develop markers for that location.
Understanding pathogen-host interactions
Another study in this project is gaining a better understanding of the interactions between Puccinia striiformis and its winter wheat host at a molecular level – fundamental work that will help in fighting the pathogen.
"We have a spectrum of different reactions to stripe rust in our wheat cultivars, from extreme susceptibility to moderate tolerance and finally full immunity. How mechanistically, at the genetic level, these diverse defense reactions are controlled in wheat is not yet entirely known. Unravelling key defence genes and pathways in these resistant plants will provide valuable building blocks for our existing and future breeding programs," explains Hamed (Soren) Seifi, another research associate in Navabi's program.
"What is known is that there are promising plant resistance sources available against stripe rust, but what is not known is the molecular mechanisms underpinning resistance response. For instance, [an Australian wheat genotype known as Avocet-YR15], which harbours the Yr15 resistance gene is fully resistant to several virulent strains of stripe rust. In our lab, we have tested three different isolates of stripe rust on Avocet-YR15 plants. These plants are showing full immunity – absolutely no symptoms – against these isolates."
He notes, "To unravel the resistance mechanism in Avocet-YR15 at the molecular level, we are conducting a transcriptomics study (a high-throughput gene expression analysis in an organism). The genome of wheat is very huge, more than five times bigger than that of humans. It is also exceptionally complex. Therefore, to be able to analyze such genetic codes, we needed to use high performance computing cloud services."
This study had two phases. "In the first phase, we performed several infection trials, in vitro assays, microscopy analysis and finally RNA extraction and sequencing. In the second part, we analyzed the raw RNA sequencing data using different bioinformatics tools on our high performance computing cloud to make sense of the wheat gene expression profile during the resistance reaction to stripe rust," Seifi says.
"We have already concluded both phases and were able to generate some promising and novel results. We are currently doing some lab experiments to validate our findings."
Overall, Navabi's stripe rust project is contributing to increased information on the stripe rust races in Ontario, the genetics of stripe rust resistance and pathogen-host interactions, and to the development of new tools for breeding winter wheat varieties that have the right combinations of resistance genes to provide strong, durable resistance to stripe rust.
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TETSUO MILK
February 10, 2012 / Brendan
This is a Constellation Games post, just so you don't get too deep into it without realizing that. There are spoilers, but only for the chapters that have already gone out to subscribers.
In late 2001, I spent far too much time on the forums for my favorite webcomic, Checkerboard Nightmare. They were hosted on EZBoard, a free/paid service that allowed you to assign custom titles to forum members based on how often they'd posted. Kris Straub, the strip's creator, innocently filled these in with names from the comic; one of the upper ranks was Doctor Hot, a gag character who had appeared in exactly one panel. I think I was the first one to hit that rank, which tells you a lot about my priorities in college.
I embraced Doctor Hot the way a defensive tackle embraces an unguarded quarterback, and so did the rest of the forumoids. There were even fan-created spinoff characters, including his nemesis Professor Cold and their lovechild Profoctor Hold, whose title I would eventually steal for Davey (did I mention the forums are where I first met Stephen Heintz?). Kris's reactions wavered between resignation and outright fury, which was his response to everything on the forums, but still.
The point of the foregoing: this was my first encounter with what is now called a "fan favorite" character. A link on Checkerboard Nightmare also led me to crummy.com, which is how I started reading Leonard Richardson's writing, which of course leads to Constellation Games and its breakout star, Tetsuo Milk.
Leonard likes Tetsuo Milk more than Kris liked Doctor Hot, because Tetsuo is a real character and also Constellation Games doesn't have a forum to ruin everything, but you can still read a little exasperation into his chapter 11 commentary. Rachel put it to me the other day that Leonard likes to examine the emergence of agency in his characters; Ariel's struggle to become an adult is the obvious Campbellian case, but we're already seeing subtler examples, like Krakowski's little independent assignment, or the way Dana (a friggin' phone app) has started to assert her needs in a way that forces both Bai and Ariel to take significant action on her behalf.
But Tetsuo already has agency. Tetsuo has too much agency, which is how he's able to (per Leonard) grab the plot and "run off in some weird direction." He also has too much optimism, in contrast to Ariel (and uptight Jenny, and cautious Ashley, and fuck-the-system Curic); he's the kind of person who actually does see every problem as an opportunity, which of course drives everyone around him crazy. The worst part is that he inhabits a postscarcity megacivilization with near-limitless resources, so he's usually right.
Much as with the bad Doctor, I love Tetsuo Milk without reservation, and not just because he gets most of the good non sequiturs ("Hot!" would be a pretty good Tetsuo line). He's the book's mascot, and the recurring reminder that in spite of all the friction and pitfalls and broken partnerships, in the world of Constellation Games things do get better. Gifts fall from the sky. Refugees get rescued. You don't even have to ask to walk on the moon.
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· The Terms of Reference (ToR) for the MoEF at point No 7 clearly mention that "the study area should cover an area of 10 km radius around the proposed site for conventional pollutants and 30 km radius for radiological parameters." Instead the EIA report categorically mentions that 30 km for radiological areas of the study will be undertaken in future, the radiological survey is yet to be carried out for 30 Km area and have not been carried out as stipulated by MoEF in the ToR. But this has been clearly violated.
· No villager/village panchayat in the 10-30 km radius was informed or served notice for the public hearing as the rules stipulate by the concerned authorities.
· The EIA report clearly mentions that the resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) plan for the project affected families is under making and the details of the same have not been mentioned in the EIA report as per the ToR No 29 of MoEF (detailed R&R plan/ compensation package in consonance with the national/ state R&R policy for the project affected people, taking into account the socio economic status of the area, homestead oustees, land oustees, landless labourers etc.). No details are available on such a crucial point. Hence the exercise of preparation of EIA report and further that of the public hearing is rendered as a meaningless exercise. Neither there are any details of the ongoing discussions being held with district collector/ commissioner of the concerned area for compensation for land and landed properties, as mentioned in EIA at page number IX.
· The forest clearance required for the forest land acquired for the process has not yet been obtained as per ToR No 10 of EIA (forestry clearance for the forestland involved in the project should be obtained and a copy furnished).
· The ToR No 1 states that "a note on site selection should be given in the EIA." But the EIA only states that "the site selection committee appointed by the Government of India comprising members from MoEF, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), DAE, and NPCIL have recommended Mithi Virdi as the suitable site for establishing the nuclear power plant (6 X 1000 MWe) capacity Light Water Reactor. The site selection committee has considered various site selection criteria as specified by AERB/MoEF such as location, land availability, transportation accessibility, source of cooling water, meteorology, population, seismic zones, flood analysis, sustainability of the project, other environmental aspects etc. before recommending the suitability of the site for establishing NPP." But a copy of this report is not annexed with the EIA.
· The proposed plant site is falling under irrigation command area identified by the Gujarat State irrigation department. An application for seeking no objection certificate for development of the proposed project is submitted to irrigation department, Government of Gujarat. Yet again a copy of the no-objection certificate to develop the project in an irrigation command area application is not there in the EIA report, as required by ToR of MoEF.
· The ToR states that "all documents to be properly referenced with index, page numbers and continuous page numbering" and "where data are presented in the report, especially in tables, the period in which the data were collected and the sources should be indicated." But the EIA violates both at many places.
· The ToR No 34 states that "detailed risk assessment and disaster management plan should be given." However, in Chapter 7, there is only a discussion on what needs to be included in the disaster management plan, but no real plan has been offered. There is also a reference to a manual on off-site emergency response plans, to be issued by the State Level Emergency Response Committee. However, no such plans are available.
The letter by Prajapati says that AV Shah, regional officer of the Gujarat Pollution Control Board had reassured Rohit Prajapati and Swati Desai, who were representing on behalf of the villagers just before the EPH proceedings that sarpanches of ten villages (Jaspara, Mithi Virdi, Paniyali, Khadarpar, Mandva, Sosiya, Navagam (Nana), Goriyali, Rampar (Garibpura), Bharapara) would be allowed to raise procedural issues after the opening remarks by the collector who chaired the EPH proceedings and the GPCB's opening remarks on the issue."The sarpanches had already prepared the written submission for the procedural lapses in the EPH as directed by the authorities. However, when the EPH proceedings started, the first violation of the norms happened, when authorities reneged on their assurances to Rohit Prajapati and Swati Desai", it adds.
The fourth violation happened when the collector did not again read the sarpanches' written submission on procedural lapses, which included the Delhi High Court judgement during the entire EPH, even after the villagers' walkout, and neither did he express any opinion on it. The collector thus ignored the Delhi High Court judgment, which was a vital point in sarpanches' representation during the entire EPH.
Also, "unnecessary barricades and iron wire fencing between the collector's dais and the participants area" were put up, "a first ever arrangement during the EPH in recent times in Gujarat. The barricades and iron wire-fencing might have been put for the safety and security of the collector and officials, but they created an atmosphere of coercive tactics that invoked state control and fear over the proceedings of grave public concern.
Also, the collector allowed songs and recordings in favour of the NPCIL to be broadcast from the public address system arranged by the collectorate. "These recordings continued to be played till the EPH proceedings began formally. This is a clear violation of the neutral approach that the collector should have taken on the issue and instead made clear his predisposition on behalf of the NPCIL. On the contrary, the villagers were not only prevented from making free and fair representation; their representations on procedural issues were also ignored during the EPH", Prajapati said.


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Can Interferon Alpha Injections Treat Peyronie's Disease?
Interferon alpha injections for Peyronie's disease treatment uses interferons to reduce the production of collagen and thus help reduce plaque in the penis, although study results have been variable. Interferons are proteins produced naturally by the body, and they are involved in regulating the immune system. A type of interferon used to treat Peyronie's disease is interferon alpha-2b, which is a drug typically used to treat cancer.
Studies of Interferon Alpha Injection Therapy for Peyronie's Disease
The first study to use interferon alpha injections for Peyronie's disease involved alpha-2b and was reported in 1995. The injections were successful in reducing pain, decreasing penile curvature, and diminishing plaque size. (Wegner 1995) However, a subsequent study by the same researchers in 30 men with early Peyronie's disease found treatment to be ineffective and the side effects, including muscle pain and fever, to be intolerable.
Subsequent studies of interferon alpha injections for Peyronie's disease by other researchers yielded both positive and negative results. A study in 1999 that involved 21 men reported elimination of pain in 90% of men, significant improvement in penile curvature in 65%, and a decrease in plaque size in 85%. (Ahuja 1999) In a study of 34 patients, injections of interferon alpha-2b led to resolution of palpable lesions in 62%, improvement in penile curvature in 47%, and disappearance of erectile dysfunction in 79.2%. (Astorga 2000)
However, poor results were reported by researchers who treated 23 men three times per week for three weeks. Only 26% of the men were satisfied with the results of treatment, and there was no significant change in penile curvature or plaque size. (Brake 2001)
Perhaps the most definitive study of interferon alpha injections for Peyronie's disease was a placebo-controlled, single-blinded trial involving 117 men: 55 were given interferon alpha-2b at two-week intervals over 12 weeks while the remaining men received placebo. Penile curvature declined from 49.9 degrees to 36.4 degrees in the interferon group compared with 50.9 degrees to 46.4 degrees in the placebo group. Plaque size and pain also declined significantly in the men treated with interferon compared with those who received placebo. There was no significant difference, however, between the two groups in terms of erectile function before and after treatment. (Hellstrom 2006)
Dose and Side Effects of Interferon Alpha Injections for Peyronie's Disease
The typical treatment program for interferon alpha involves injecting the drug directly into the plaque every two weeks for six months. Improvements generally are better for men who have small plaques. Most men who receive interferon alpha injections experience flu-like symptoms. Other less common side effects include hematoma, swelling of the penis, development of cysts in the penis (requiring surgical removal), and leaky veins (venous leakage).
Ahuja S et al. A pilot study demonstrating clinical benefit from intralesional interferon alpha 2B in the treatment of Peyronie's disease. J Androl. Jul-Aug 1999; 20(4):444-8.
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Have I got a treat for you! My NYU "Food Writing" class is here with info about fun food things to do in New York City. They're each sharing a few links to some of the delicious moments they've had while working on stories for our class.
These students spend a lot of time doing pretty intensive weekly assignments. But the subject matter makes all the reporting, writing and reading more palatable. So in this post, each student has written up a little tidbit for you below. They have also included their Twitter info because I want to help them build their own audiences — please feel free to follow them.
Chris Wytenus (@chriswytenus on Twitter): Tequilla is a trendy liquor right now and these Manhattan tequila bars are great places to learn how to sip and savor fine tequilas. They serve pure 100 percent agave tequilas and expertly crafted, innovative cocktails. La Biblioteca de Tequila (622 3rd Ave.) is literally a tequila library. Biblioteca stocks 400 different types of tequilas sourced from mostly small haciendas in Mexico. If you're intimidated by the selection, the resident tequila librarian Courtenay can help you choose a bottle based on your flavor palette. Los Feliz (109 Ludlow St.) is another tequila bar that attracts a young, hip crowd, which isn't surprising considering its Lower East Side location. In addition to its 150 different tequilas, there's a full sit-down dinner menu. This place is very happening on the weekend. Then there's Teqa (443 Third Ave.). In addition to tequila, it recently started introduced an extensive taco menu (with fillings like jalapeno teriyaki chicken and BBQ pork). Check out the cool décor here — there's a chandelier made out of tequila bottles hanging over the entrance.
Courteney Rae Palis (@courteneygoy on Twitter): Look carefully when you're buying your honey! The unobservant consumer can easily be tricked by "honey-flavored syrup" masquerading as pure honey, especially when both are sold in the same honey-bear shaped bottle. To ensure you're buying the pure honey you're looking for, read the labels on bottles and containers. There should only be one ingredient listed: "Pure honey!" You can find the real thing at farmers markets and places like Whole Foods. For a list of suppliers, you can also check out The Honey Locater.
Danielle Desmond (@dand3s on Twitter): The 85-year-old Feast of San Gennero is starting to attract upscale vendors. New York City's biggest street fair, which is hosted in Manhattan's Little Italy, has always served up Italian favorites like rolls with sautéed sausages and peppers and cream-filled cannoli. But in recent years, the sweet smell of fried zeppole dough has been joined by gyro, tacos and even pickles. And this past September's San Gennero had more upscale vendors and fusion fare, including Torrisi Italian Specialties (248 Mulberry St.) and its Chinese "nachos" (crispy won-tons); the pop-up shop Byggyz (pronounced "Biggie's") with its sandwich of short-ribs braised in pomegranate juice and molasses; and Frito pie from L'Artusi (228 W. 10th St.).
Ellen Frankman (@ellenfrankman on Twitter): New Yorkers are hitting city parks to forage their own free food, straight from the earth. Despite backlash from park conservancies, foragers see their gathering as a sustainable and healthy way to diversify their diet and eat locally. Upscale restaurants are catching on to the foraging frenzy as well: Restauranteur Daniel Boulud has hired an in-house forager, Tama Matsouka, at his Upper East Side restaurant Daniel; "Wildman" Steve Brill offers bimonthly tours through Central Park while Leda Meredith runs shares recipes and info about her own tours in Brooklyn on her blog.
Hana Song (@hanaasong on Twitter): Get hot chocolate on a stick at Popbar (5 Carmine St.) or a cup of Mexican hot cocolate from the street vendor La Newyorkina (various locations throughout the city)!
Jamie Lee (@shopnchop on Twitter): Korean food trucks are gaining popularity and success, while customers are acquiring a liking for Korean food. Here are three to check out: KorillaBBQ, Bob & Jo and Kimchi Taco.
Kayla Harrington (@harringtonk1 on Twitter): Want a drink to go with the season? East Village bars are serving up seasonal cocktails for $15 or less. Try a Hot Chocolate car bomb at The Redhead (349 E. 13th St.). Or drop by The Belgian Room (125 St. Marks Pl.) for a Garden Gnome made of gin, vodka and orange with a Midori glass rinse. There's also bacon-infused vodka and maple syrup at Please Don't Tell (113 St. Marks Pl., inside of Crif Dogs hot dog shop).
Lauren Frankfort (@laurenfrankfort on Twitter): Erin Smith's New York City Celiac Disease Meetup Group gave me hope when all I could see were dry rice cakes of despair in my future. I was recently diagnosed with Celiac disease. This autoimmune disorder is triggered by gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, spelt, malt — aka everything delicious. I became panic stricken. Bagels are in my blood. Lucky Charms are breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert to me. Did you know that even soy sauce has gluten in it? Soy sauce. Then I found Smith's group. Its 1,345 members share scrumptious food without fear during happy hours, lectures, and restaurant specials that all help educate and spread awareness. Eeven if you aren't gluten-free, you most likely know someone who is; 1 percent of Americans have celiac while an even larger number are intolerant and sensitive.
Nancy Ryerson (@nancyjean19 Twitter) : Care about animals and the earth but just can't give up meat? You might be a good candidate for the "flexitarian" lifestyle. Flexible vegetarians eat meat rarely but don't give it up entirely. The term "flexitarian" was named the most important word of the year in 2003 by the American Dialect Association. And now in New York, more people can stick to their values while eating burgers by shopping at places that raise meat ethically and locally, like the city's Greenmarkets. Some committed vegetarians think the whole "movement" is just an excuse to chow down on chicken (sometimes). Either way, the best thing to do is to eat as sustainably as you can. Here is an interesting pro-flex article and The Vegetarian Resource Group has helpful information.
Nicole Torres (@nicole90t on Twitter): After Hurricane Irene, New Yorkers who bought farm produce from Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs rallied around their devastated farmers. Even though each of these members of who were devastated by Hurricane Irene. CSA members organized fundraisers and collected donations. In October, the Essex Street Market CSA held a fundraising dinner for Angel Family Farm in Goshen, N.Y.
Wendy Wong (@ohlookfood on Twitter): Grilled cheese has been an American comfort food since the Great Depression. Back then, it was simply buttered white bread and melted American cheese. Now New York City's food truck craze has inspired four businesses to hit the pavement with their own takes on the original. Gorilla Cheese, Morris Truck, Milk Truck and Food Freaks Grilled Cheese all debuted within the last year. Their creations, ranging from modernized classics to creations like gruyère with short rib and blackberry jam, are luring grilled cheese lovers out of their homes and onto the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan.
these nyu students of mine come up with the best ideas! hope you try out some of their finds.
Grilled cheese: the new cupcake? Man am I homesick for the Big Apple!
Thanks for being so generous with sharing your students' hardwork! Much appreciated…especially for someone who grew up in NY but now feels lost and out-of-the-loop with the exciting dining scenes and tidbits of the city.


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Half of Eurovision tickets remained unsold
Eurovision kicked off on Tuesday night with too many seats were empty despite the fact that the prices of the tickets were declined.
Israeli TV Channel 12 has reported that half of the tickets to the Eurovision Song Contest were not sold, noting that this means losses estimated at two million shekels ($558,771).
"About 15,000 tourists are to arrive in Israel," the channel said, adding that thousands of tickets to Saturday's finale remain unsold.
Eurovision was highly affected by the international boycott campaign, which is being spearheaded by famous international artists, including Roger Waters among others.
BDS has called for artists, viewers and concert goers alike to boycott this year's Eurovision, which begins in Tel Aviv this week after Israeli singer Netta Barzilai won the 2018 contest.
Since Israel's Broadcasting Authority is a member of the European Broadcasting Union, which is responsible for the event, Israel is allowed to field a contestant despite its extra-European location.
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South Korea-Israel Free Trade agreement would exclude goods produced in occupied territories of Jerusalem, West Bank and Golan Heights, Israel media has revealed.
Israeli occupation municipality demolished on Wednesday four Palestinian shops in Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan under the pretext of lacking building licenses.


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On the last Friday of April, hundreds of people gather outside to celebrate the importance of trees. National Arbor Day is just one of the many projects associated with the Arbor Day Foundation, a nonprofit whose mission is to inspire people to plant, nurture and celebrate trees.
The Nebraska-based organization boasts more than one million members nationwide and oversees the distribution and planting of nearly 11 million trees each year. Multiple programs exist to further its mission, including reforestation programs and the sale of greeting cards, coffee and t-shirts.
The Foundation has multiple funding sources and programs nationwide, including its headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska and a 260-acre Arbor Day Farm in Nebraska City. With so many programs, keeping track of its $45 million budget was becoming more and more difficult with outdated software.
"We wanted to integrate with our other systems to build a full 360-degree view of our members, including their orders, their donations and their preferences, while also providing easy access to information for our staff in multiple locations," said Arbor Day Foundation Accounting Director and Treasurer Gary Deemer.
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Customized Integrated Sales and Receivables
Having a software system that could be tailored to each individual program the Foundation uses was key. With so many diverse programs operating under one organization, no out-of-the-box system could fully support the nonprofit's needs. The customizable platform of Serenic Navigator was exactly what the Foundation needed to bring its accounting systems current.
One major benefit from implementing Serenic Navigator was the ability to track a donation all the way to the forest. Previously, the Foundation's nine-member accounting team had to manually sift through multiple excel spreadsheets to determine where a particular donation went.
"Now, with Serenic Navigator, we can look up each $5 card sale and tell the donor or recipient when their tree was planted and in which state or national forest," said Deemer.
In addition, staff at any level can use the system to get the information they need. Before implementing Serenic Navigator, program managers would have to wait for a monthly report that by then was often outdated. Now, each of the Foundation's 87 users can filter and search for data in real time, keeping better track of complex transactions and tracking orders at every stage much more quickly.
The Arbor Day Foundation has found the Serenic platform so beneficial that the organization has already made plans to implement the software in other areas, including to improve its shipping process.
Serenic is one of Boyer's independent software vendor partners. The flexibility and scalability of this ERP software was designed specifically for nonprofit organizations.
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Steady is how LEAF sales have rolled most of the year, but now we see another slight downturn.
November 2018 is likely to be the strongest sales month in U.S. history, but the Nissan LEAF just can't seem to move the electric car needle all that much these days.
With just 1,128 LEAFs sold in November, sales again are down compared to the 1,234 LEAF sold in October. On the flip side, last November saw LEAF sales at just 175 units, so year-over-year sales are up an impressive 544.6 percent.
Looking at YTD figures for the LEAF we note that cumulative sales for the first 11 months of 2018 now stand at 13,048, which is a decent improvement over the first 11 months of 2017 when LEAF sales totaled 11,128.


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From Where I Stand
Life Messages from the Weekly Torah Reading
By Yossy Goldman
"I have known Reb Yossy for many years as a gifted speaker and
outstanding orator. He is a master at relating the Parsha to the
contemporary scene and Jewish life today. Fluid and fascinating,
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Rabbi Yossy Goldman leads Johannesburg's Sydenham Highlands North Hebrew Congregation, one of the great synagogues of the English-speaking world. Rabbi Yossy is a rare and special talent. I remember vividly our first meeting, more than twenty five years ago, in his capacity as a Jewish radio producer. I was struck then by his energy and drive, his great gifts as a communicator, his seemingly effortless ability to connect Jews and Judaism and to make the ancient teachings of our faith accessible, relevant, contemporary and compelling. I loved his combination of learning, humanity, and a sense of humour.
I remember how blessed South African Jewry was to have such a man in its midst.
This new collection of his words is a gem, witty and wise, learned yet accessible, like the man himself. Read it and enjoy it. It will make you smile, and better still, it will make you grow.
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http://MariaAndTom.com "This development was built by a builder / slash architect, and you can see that throughout the space. It's well thought out," commented Tom Makinney as he and Maria Gracik showed me around a large, dramatic townhome in the heart of downtown Elmhurst. The 2,435 square foot, 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home as a first-floor master suite. That's an unusual feature among Elmhurst townhomes, according to Maria. The home has a very flexible layout, dramatic two-story spaces in the entry and living areas, a lower-level rec room with a wet bar and, very unusual in a townhome, two laundry rooms. The breakfast area in the kitchen opens to a patio and yard. The home has good storage space for a townhome, and additional storage in the 2 ½-car garage. It's priced at $615,000.


A few years ago, I wrote about some people I know in the blog post Pastor On Trial. I recently read the book about the trial of Matt Baker because my mom was reading it and I thought it would be something we could talk about.
It gripped my insides and flipped them inside out. I know, to think that the enemy has not infiltrated and tried to take control of the church is ridiculous. Of course he is in there. To see how far he will go is truly maddening.
I knew much of the details of the trial being so close, but there were details about Matt's upbringing that I had not heard before. In the end of it all, I felt desperately sad for everyone. People were quoted in the book as saying that they couldn't believe a man of God could do this. I didn't feel that way. I thought long and hard about my own depravity and the unrighteous nature that grips us all. I prayed that this whole thing would be used of God to reconcile people to Himself. I'm praying for Matt and both families with great heaviness of heart.
I thought Kathryn did a great job of handling the subject of a pastor in a murder trial. I was wondering if she would take the opportunity to bash Christianity or religion, but she did not. She spoke with great tact and simply reminded people what can be done when we attempt to use religion for our own gain.
I had this type of poisoning/murder happen in my own family and it was hard to read the details of what happened and the completely emotionally detached personality that could carry this action out. How do people end up there? We must grieve for the things that strip people of the simple ability to love.


The focus of the inaugural Scottish Seafood Summit, organised by Seafish, is on the impact of the UK leaving the EU, which was due to take place this week, on March 29... but isn't anymore. Keep checking back for updates.
Seafish's most up to date annual survey on employment in the processing sector in 2018 – which surveyed 11,000 workers – found that at least 51 percent were EU nationals.
"So it is clear the processing sector in the United Kingdom remains heavily reliant on EU workforce, particularly those from Poland, Lithuania and Bulgaria," said Lewis Cowie, economics researcher with Seafish.
Scotland was particularly reliant on workers from the EU, the study found, with around... read the full story here.
Trade body Seafish is launching an online seafood trade and tariff database to assist seafood importers and exporters in the UK as they navigate issues from Brexit and beyond.
The Seafish Trade and Tariff Tool allows users to access historical trade data from 2010 to 2018 and current UK tariff data, giving them an overview of seafood markets... read more about it here.
Mike Park, CEO of the Scottish White Fish Producers Association (SWFPA) is calling for a more inclusive system of fisheries governance post-Brexit, as opposed to the current "dictatorial and paternalistic" EU system.
Setting out what the association is hoping to get out of Brexit, one of the key hope is for a new fisheries governance system whereby the fishermen are "bolted in at every level," said Park.
Park is looking for a system which has more of regional management approach as "not one size or approach fits all", as well as one which favors equivalence over standardization, and "carrot over stick".
"We hope for a system of co-management over paternalism," he said.
In addition, Park said due to the way current quotas are shared, UK fishermen within the United Kingdom EEZ are missing out on around £850 million a year in additional revenue to vessels from EU, the Faroe Islands and Norway.
"We are just after a bigger share of what's available," said Park, adding he is hoping Brexit will deliver new fixed shares for key commercial species by 2025 and on all TAC species by 2027.
Fergus Ewing MSP, the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, is warning a no-deal Brexit would have "severe and disproportionate adverse effects" on several Scotland's industries, including seafood.
While accepting Brexit could present some opportunities, there are also many potential challenges to overcome, but at the moment, noone can be absolutely certain how it will unfold.
Ewing also said it was important to continue to promote the importance of the Scottish seafood sector and is pressing the UK government to support its efforts to reduce the need for export health certificates, remove barriers on using ferries to transport seafood and prioritize seafood lorries through Dover.
However, Ewing said he recently had frustrating conversations with Michael Gove on this topic, who is refusing to prioritize these issues... read more here.
The UK's latest proposed tariffs for seafood imports in the event of a 'no deal' Brexit will see mixed reaction from importers, but the vast majority should be "happy", according to Ivan Bartolo, regulatory affairs advisor at Seafish.
Particularly those who import shrimp that goes through Europe for processing, regardless of where it was farmed, are set to be "hard hit" by the tariffs... read the full story here.
Welcome to sunny Aberdeen, and to where the inaugural Scottish Seafood Summit -- sister event to the UK Seafood Summit -- is kicking off today with a focus heavily on Brexit and the implications the United Kingdom leaving the European Union will have on the fishing and seafood industries.
Purposefully planned to be held in the same week as Brexit was due to officially happen on March 29, this is now -- perhaps unsurprisingly -- not going to happen.
With UK politicians failing to reach any kind of agreement on moving forward, the EU has now agreed to postpone this date, leaving two new important dates to keep in mind: April 12 and May 22.
If Theresa May can get her withdrawal deal through Parliament this week -- which is not looking likely -- the departure date will be pushed back to May 22 to give time to pass the necessary legislation.
But if the Prime Minister can't get the deal through, the UK will have to propose a new way forward to the EU by April 12.
Nevertheless, the Scottish Seafood Summit will be focused on the looming exit from the EU and the impact it will have on the seafood industry with regards to the changing political, economic and regulatory landscapes.
The event is designed to provide a platform for sharing insights, discussion and debate on all these issues affecting the seafood industry.
According to Seafish, more than 100 delegates are due to attend, representing key opinion makers from the catching, food processing, and food service sectors.
And there is a line-up of speakers from trade, industry and science who will all focus on the challenges arising from the UK's exit from the EU and offer stakeholders the knowledge to respond to the changing landscape.
Labor constraints: EU exit and our changing immigration status – what are the options for Scottish seafood business?
Fergus Ewing MSP, the Scottish Government's Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker of the event.
Other speakers include Richard Barnes from the University of Hull, who will explore marine resources, while Allan Gibb from Marine Scotland will give an overview of the regulatory and management changes as Scotland leaves the common fisheries policy (CFP).
Mike Park, from the Scottish White Fish Producers Association will give an industry perspective on the potential resource implications that post EU Exit regulatory changes will bring and what this will mean for the Scottish/UK catching sector and the wider supply chain, and Graham Young, from Scotland Food and Drink will discuss the opportunities in a changing world.
Meanwhile, Darren Stevenson from McGill & Partners Immigration Lawyers, will be focusing on the immigration constraints and what it means for seafood businesses and Colin Faulkner from Defra who will talk about the new dynamic in trade agreements post EU exit.
The two-day Summit opens Tuesday March 26 with an afternoon seminar exploring exports, followed by a Seafood Fayre showcasing seafood from around the UK paired with local produce. The main conference takes place the following day on Wednesday March 27.
Keep checking back here to stay up-to-date with what's being discussed.


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Q: android Firebase Cloud Messages notification icon I use FCM in my project and it works pretty well. But there is one issue: on some Android devices instead of coloured application icon (when no custom default icon is set and no icon is set in the notification payload) round gray circle is shown. Why this happens and what kind of icon should I use? Should I set custom default icon using meta-data tag?

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Inside application tag in the AndroidManifest.xml file add this lines.
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and put the file called my_notification_icon.png file in the /res/drawable folder.

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