High heels are a type of footwear in which the shoe is constructed to make the heel section of the foot significantly higher than the toe part of the foot. Heels are often worn by women in order to look and feel taller, slimmer and sexier. But some men wear heels, as well. Whatever the gender, wearers agree that heeled footwear generally make everything look better, whether it's strappy sandals with dresses to ankle boots with jeans.
Heels can also be made out of a variety of materials, including leather, suede, plastic, lace, rope and faux leather.
Nearly every shoe company manufactures heels, considering it's such a popular type of footwear. However, some companies and designers are known for their heels. Some of these include Christian Louboutin, Manolo Blahnik, Jimmy Choo, YSL, Vince Camuto, Franco Sarto and Bandolino.
High heeled shoes have created quite a controversy, with many doctors warning that stilettos can lead to serious health issues like bunions and back pain. Despite the warnings, over 70 percent of women will wear heels at least once in her life.
Think you can't sport stilettos without exacerbating foot problems? Think again.
Cinderella's got nothing on you when it comes to finding the perfect pair of pumps.
Barbie has stepped out with a new (and much healthier) shoe look.


"We've got to get some of these safeties in," Williams told Justin Adams and Brandon Krisztal on Orange and Blue 760, but she added that she expects Ed Reed will get in, leaving Steve Atwater and John Lynch waiting for now. However, Williams also feels that safeties like Atwater and Lynch, along with others such as LeRoy Butler, are all worthy of the Hall. She also discussed the outlook for Champ Bailey and Broncos Owner Pat Bowlen, of whom she says, "He probably should have gone in a few years ago."


text:
The Foundations and Future of Public Law
A project funded by the British Academy and led by Liz Fisher, Alison Young and Jeff King
Public law is the body of law that governs governments. Over the last 40 years it has evolved rapidly, but given the rate and multi-dimensional nature of change, public lawyers are too often in response mode. There is little opportunity to reflect upon the implications of these changes, how they relate to one another, and to the foundations of the subject. The failure to reflect upon these fundamentals is akin to architects failing to analyse the architecture and engineering of buildings already built. This project, led by Professor Liz Fisher (Oxford), Professor Jeff King (UCL), and Professor Alison Young (Cambridge), brings together world leading scholars to provide authoritative opinions on the nature and substance of these fundamentals. First at a conference in September 2018 and then in a subsequent OUP publication.
The inspiration for the project is the work of Professor Paul Craig. Craig has been a driving intellectual force in EU and UK public law, due to his scholarship and the many editions of pioneering texts such as Craig, Administrative Law, Craig & de Burca, EU Law: Text Cases and Materials, and Craig, EU Administrative Law. His work has resonated across swathes of practice and scholarship in the EU and UK. While he has done much to chart the fundamentals of the subject, as he wrote in 2015, 'there is nonetheless much that is imperfectly understood' about them. Inspired by the depth, scope, and ambition of Craig's work, the focus of this project is upon producing a publication which explores six fundamentals of public law and the interrelationship between them: legislation, case law, theory, institutions, process, and constitutions.
Details of the conference can be found here.
Thursday - 10:30AM
The Foundations and Future of Public Law: a Conference in Honour of Paul Craig
Exploring the Fundamentals of Public Law
Liz Fisher
Professor of Environmental Law
Corpus Christi College

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Our mission is to provide a resource for parish members who are currently unemployed or facing unemployment, to gain the support, information and advice needed to navigate this difficult period in their life, and to reconnect with the job market. Individuals will work one-on-one with an advisor to gain the required focus and discipline needed to conduct a successful job search campaign. The process also provides encouragement and emotional support, and practical skills and techniques required for a successful job search campaign.
Anyone who would like to learn more about the support the Employment Search Ministry offers, or would like to request support, please contact Lou Foery.


text:
*Translations are unofficial and provided by Google translate
ABOUT THE WEPs
What are the WEPs?
What is expected of a WEPs signatory?
Who can join the WEPs Community?
AWARDEES VOICES
UN Women 2022 Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards:
Meet the National Judges
Xiaonan Liu
Professor, China University of Political Science and Law
Xiaonan Liu is a professor at the Institute for Human Rights and the Director of the Constitutionalism Research Institute at China University of Political Science and Law where she teaches anti-discrimination law, gender and human rights. She holds an LLM from Yale Law School, as well as an LLB, Master of Law and PhD from Jilin University School of Law in China.
Lu Haina
Associate Professor of the China Law School of Renmin University & Executive Director of the China Human Rights Center of Renmin University
Dr. Lu Haina, Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Leuven of Belgium, is the associate professor of the China Law School of Renmin University. She is also the executive director of the China Human Rights Center of Renmin University, which is the National Base of the Ministry of Education for Human Rights Education and Training. Dr. Lu is a member of the Human Rights Lawyers' Network of the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific. Her research is focused on international human rights law, employment discrimination, women's rights, LGBTI rights.
Deputy Division Chief, International Cooperation Division, Employers Department, China Enterprise Confederation
Ma Chao, Senior economist, master's degree in economics, and deputy director of the International Cooperation Department of the Employers' Work Department of China Enterprise Federation(CEC). He is responsible for international cooperation projects with ILO, IOE, UNDP,UNAIDS and other organizations, also with National Employers Organizations from Norway, Viet Nam and Indonesia,etc. He has fruitful experiences in the fields labor relations, collective bargaining, OSH, CSR, gender equality, elimination of AIDS in the workplace, PWDs employment, youth employment, employee engagement and leadership.
More and more enterprises have come to realize that talents are the scarce resources and inexhaustible driving force for the evergreen foundation of enterprises. Mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of male and female employees to the greatest extent, create a safe, zero discrimination, inclusive and incentive working environment, and take innovative measures play a key role in promoting the sustainable development of the enterprise, and would help establish the corporate image of the person in charge, expand the positive influence of the society, create a safe, healthy and equal social atmosphere and promote social equity and justice. Let's act!
Wang Lin
Director, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
The views expressed throughout this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the European Union, UN Women or the United Nations.
Visit WeEmpowerAsia.org
Terms of use | Privacy notice | Information Security
©2022 UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.


text:
"1200 Homes for Vets on VA Campus" Hears from Brentwood Homeowners Association
The Brentwood Homeowners Association sent a five-page letter to United States Department of Veteran Affairs regarding a plan for what went out in a press release as "1200 homes on VA Campus."
There is a meeting scheduled for 26 April, 5:30 to 7 pm at the West LA VA Medical Center, Building 500, R00m 1281, to hear about the proposal.
It was stated in the press release that the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System announced a proposal to enter into a 75-year lease with a principal developer in order to develop 1200 homes for homeless veterans at the VA West LA campus and build a real veteran community.
The Brentwood Homeowners Association letter states:
The development must be done in accordance with legally required procedures and process. In this case, the Proposal and the Project are unlawful because:
1. The Public Hearing Notice is legally deficient, ambiguous, and incomplete.
2. The Proposal and the Project, and any approval of the Project, prior to full NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) compliance, violates the Los Angeles Homeless Veterans Leasing Act of 2015 ("Act"), including specifically Section 2(f)(2) of the Act, and violates the requirements of NEPA.
420 in Venice
Venice has 43.5 Percent of CD11 Homeless; 66.7 Percent of CD11 Youth
Start here for critical facts…
nhdvs.net
… Click any event for links to supporting docs.
There's still a lot of shocking information I've yet to publish on that site. If you want to know more, or have questions about the site, etc., feel free to email me at rt@nhdvs.net
Marie Hammond
The Mayor is also a NIMBY
http://2preservela.org/abandoned-parker-center-should-become-homeless-housing-but-garcetti-is-a-nimby/
I have an idea. Instead of housing the homeless in a former jailhouse how about we start arresting all of you who are hiring all of the illegal immigrants around here and put you all in real jails ? I know you people think because you're "taxpayers" that you get to pick and choose which laws you want to ignore but that is not the way it works. Employing illegal immigrants is against the law. And you all know damned well that most of these latino nannies, gardeners and handymen you're putting to work around here are all in this country illegally. you're all a bunch of hypocrites calling the homeless criminals. Many of you are criminals too.
Betty Jo Sims
Brentwood are a bunch of limousine liberals. They VA is the perfect placement for the vets where else do they have to go. It's federal land.
The Dogs of Venice
Shameful…This vast campus was donated specifically to be a convalescent home for US soldiers and was built 30 years before Brentwood even existed. The campus (and our vets) have been neglected, mismanaged and underutilized for decades. It's about time that the VA did something to utilize this facility for what is was intended for and to properly serve the men and woman who sacrificed their lives to serve our country and protect our democracy.
It's one thing to oppose new construction in an area that is already congested. But this campus was built over 100 years ago to specifically serve up to 5,000 vets. And even with this current plan to house only 1,200 vets it's still woefully under-serving the veteran community and under utilizing the intentied use of this property. The people of Brentwood are completely out of touch and have a lot of explaining to do.
History of West LA VA Campus:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawtelle_Veterans_Home
Nick Z
It will be interesting to see how Garcetti and Bonin respond. Brentwood is a major source of Democratic funding not just locally, but nationally. Garcetti clearly has national ambitions, too early to tell for Bonin. Siding with a bunch of hypocritical Democratic donors over veterans, would be the death of a national campaign. Not siding with the Brentwood NIMBYs could also doom them from a fundraising perspective.
Brentwood NIMBYs are definitely crazier than Venice NIMBYs; I think everyone can agree on the relative comparison at least.
No they're not. If tomorrow it was announced that the Venice Median Project was going to be built exclusively for homeless veterans the same vocal minority here in Venice who oppose what's currently being proposed for that parking lot would still be opposed to it.
Leave a Reply to The Dogs of Venice Cancel reply


We woke up early in the Walmart parking lot and headed to Doggy Dude Ranch outside of Zion. The weather in Zion was cooler than down in Vegas but it was still too hot for Lucy to hang out in the truck while we hiked in the park. After depositing Lucy we found a campsite and drove around the park a little.
Dramatic sandstone canyon walls and formations carved by water are what define Zion. The region was once a massive sand dune desert similar to the current Sahara. The sand dunes transformed into sandstone and were then eroded by streams over time. The canyon walls are often over 2,000 feet of nearly vertical yellowish to red rock winding along stream valleys. The canyons are not barren desert landscapes though- precipitation slowly filtering through the porous sandstone produce consistent springs that feed lush cottonwood forests in the valley bottoms. The springs also feed small patches of vegetation called "hanging gardens" which cling to ledges high on the canyon walls.
Chandler had done a little research beforehand and read about Angel's Landing which is a classic park day hike. The first 2.2 miles were on a paved trail which was relatively easy but steep, the last half mile was another story. There were chains bolted to the rocks leading the way up to the summit because there were cliffs which dropped off 1,400 feet on either side. This resulted in single file lines of ascenders or desenders clinging to the chains with white knuckles. It was a little scary at times.
When we finally got to the top it was time for a snack. Apparently we weren't the only ones thinking that as we were quickly surrounded by 5 or 6 rock squirrels. These little guys had no fear as one crawled under my leg and another actually pulled Chan's finger, who was too startled to respond.
Originally, we had planned to head to Buckskin Canyon which is a slot canyon down the road a bit, but with Doggy Dude Ranch nearby and more to explore, we decided to stay another day and hike The Narrows.
This was a hike unlike any of us had ever done before. Instead of climbing for a view, we waded up the Virgin River through a canyon. The canyon got narrower as we headed upstream until we turned around at a point where it was about 20-30 feet wide.
The water wasn't too bad but it got colder the further up river we traveled. We saw a lot of people wearing dry suit pants which would have been warmer, but we were fine in our shorts. The deepest water we had to wade was between knee and waist deep.
The day ended well with a meal of Trader Joe's gnocchi, pesto pasta and a few beverages around the fire at the campground.
On Monday morning Tayler, Chandler and I went mountain biking at Bootleg Canyon outside of Boulder City, NV. It was rocky, hot and challenging for me, but very fun. I left an hour early to take Lucy to the Vet for a vaccine so she can go to doggy dude ranch outside of Zion National Park tomorrow. The boys kept biking.
That night we couldn't find a campground because the state parks in Utah close the entrance gates at 9pm, not sure how people get back in if they leave. So we ended up camping like real Americans in the Walmart parking lot in Virgin, UT!!!
Considering we were in Vegas, Chandler is a dam engineer and Tayler had never been, we headed to the Hoover Dam.
When we got to the security check point, we were told our trailer could not go down to the dam and we had the leave it at a casino up the road. Luckily Taylor was paying attention because he noticed a historical railroad hike that goes to the dam in the parks ng lot of the casino.
The hike was flat and easy, but it was sunny, warm and Lucy was welcomed. There were five tunnels and lots of interpretive signs along the way. The tracks had been removed, but we followed the route that had been used during the construction of the dam.
The Hoover dam is the second largest dam in the US and is a concrete gravity arch dam.
The bridge which bypasses the dam was also amazing and a little scary. Chan had already been on the bridge so he offered to stay with Lucy while Tayler and I had a look around. It was super windy and extremely high up with traffic rushing close by.
We spent the night at a campground that used to be right next to Lake Meade when the reservoir water level was higher. Now it is a 10 minute walk or so to the water.
Chan woke up early to watch the sun rise while I slept in until 7:45am. I am not a morning person, but we have been getting up so early without an alarm clock. I think it is because it is not dark all the time like it is in AK.
We bought a interagency park pass in Crater Lake and want to get our money's worth so we drove through Death Valley National Park. As usual, no dogs allowed off the pavement so we didn't do any hiking.
Death Valley wasn't too interesting except when we passed by the lowest point in the US, 282 ft below sea level. The temps were pretty moderate rising to only around 88 degrees F. We made a quick stop to walk out on the salt flats. I tasted it, it was salty.
Just outside of the park were some rooms and stairs carved into some soft, white rock. Lucy had a good time checking stuff out.
We survived the crazy Las Vegas traffic and made it to La Quinta in the afternoon on Saturday. It was nice to finally get settled in the hotel, driving through Vegas with the trailer was stressful. I think Lucy was also very happy to be out of the car for a while and relax. Poor puppy is 10 years old and used to a little less daily excitement.
Chandler picked up Tayler from the airport and brought him back to the hotel to enjoy a few beers before hitting the strip. Tayler wanted to see the water show and the fire show. Chan and I wanted to ride a roller coaster. The water show at the Bellagio was actually quite impressive and free. We never found out where the fire show was.
We headed to New York New York next for the roller coaster. We played arcade games and skee ball wly ile finishing our drinks. The roller coaster was a bit pricey but totally worth the money.
We spent the rest of the night people watching and wandering around the strip before going back to the hotel.
We had another lazy morning with Amber and Miles while we made plans for the next two days before heading to Vegas to meet Chan's brother, Tayler.
We decided on Yosemite because neither of us had been there before. The drive was uneventful, except for the cotton.
I had never seen cotton plants and felt like we should have been in Georgia or Alabama instead of central California. Chandler was able to find a field without a fence, so we were able to get up close.
We made it to Yosemite just after sunset. Chandler tried taking some photos of half dome in the fading light, but none of them were blog worthy. We decided to get up early and take some pictures at sunrise. I'm surprised we actually managed to do this as we shared a bottle of Meeker's graffiti zin (it was delicious, thanks Ty) that night.
Waking up before the sun was a good idea, as the park quickly became a zoo. Chan was able to get some nice photos of the sun rising with Half Dome and El Capitan without having to fight any crowds.
We bailed early because national parks are not especially dog friendly. Since Lucy was not able to have any fun today, we stopped at a lake just outside the park so she could swim. The lake was called Tioga Lake and was just to the east of Tioga Pass which was probably the highest point we'll hit on the trip at just under 10,000 feet.
We descended to Mono Lake. Los Angeles began diverting water from the lake's contributing creeks in the 1940s, which resulted in the water level dropping dozens of feet. As the lake level lowered these crazy formations called tufas were exposed.
Tufas are fossilized springs. The lake water has high salinity and has high pH so when fresh water from springs under the lake mixes with the lake water, minerals in the lake water come out of solution and form towers under water. When the lake level subsided, the towers were exposed.
We drove towards Las Vegas that afternoon and camped out in a pullout out in the desert to the west of Death Valley.
We started the day slowly by going on a run and a leisurely cup of coffee before meeting my parents for lunch. After Mexican food, we boogied down to my cousin's place in Campbell. But of course we got distracted along the way. At Suisun Bay there are a bunch of large rough looking ships moored in clusters that had caught our eye on a previous trip to California. It turns out they are part of a reserve fleet of cargo, tanker and military ships that can be used during times of national emergency. The inventory and purpose of the mothball fleet changes over time and it sounded like currently the ships are primarily used for oil spill training and hostile boarding exercises by the Marines.
After the stop in Suisun Bay we drove straight to Campbell in some pretty wild traffic. My Aunt and Uncle were in town from Saint Martian, which was an added bonus. We talked about our upcoming bike trip and ate pizza, but mostly were entertained by the cutest boy in the room, Xander, my "nephew".
We sang songs, played musical instruments, went to the park (tetherball is really fun) and watched Xander brush his teeth.
We had already made plans to go to Hollister to stay at my cousin Amber's house so, after the little man went to bed, we drove south..
We woke up in Hollister to a very warm day ahead of us and decided the beach was the place to be.
My cousin and aunt took us to Lover's Point in Monterey to do some snorkeling and sun tanning.
Again, I was a big weenie and didn't go in the water. Instead I stayed on the beach with Miles, my other "nephew", so his mom and grandma could enjoy the water. Good looks certainly run in my family, who wouldn't want to hang out with this guy? Miles was pretty entertaining as he was unsure of the sand and waves and it was fun to watch him explore his surroundings.
On the way back to the house, we stopped to check out some local history. The Old Mission San Juan Bautista was built in 1812 and has three aisles, making it the largest of the mission churches.
The day ended with pizza and deep fried artichoke hearts at my aunt's house.


text:
Zdenka Sertić (Sveti Ivan Zelina, 16. siječnja 1899. – Zagreb, 19. prosinca 1986.), hrvatska slikarica i etnografkinja.

Privatni život i školovanje

Rođena je od oca Milana (Krivi Put, Lika) i majke Zlate rođ. Rogina  (Zlatar, Hrvatsko zagorje). U rodnom mjestu je pohađala osnovnu školu. Nakon premještaja oca, državnog činovnika, polazila je Višu djevojačku školu u Karlovcu, pa Ženski licej – latinski odio u Zagrebu. Maturirala je 1917.god. Iste godine upisala je Višu školu za umjetnost i obrt, a Akademiju likovnih umjetnosti – slikarski odio, završila je u klasi prof.Ljube Babića. Za vrijeme studija profesori su joj bili Ferdinand Kovačević, Oton Iveković, Menci Klement Crnčić i Bela Csikos Sessia. Nakon položenog ispita za profesora srednje škole, nastavila je usavršavanje u Berlinu (1922.) i Parizu (1925.) Od 1927. bila je namještena kao kustos i slikarica u Etnografskom muzeju u Zagrebu, gdje je od 1939. do 1941. bila vršiteljica dužnosti ravnatelja. Umirovljena je 1959. godine, nakon čega do smrti djeluje kao slobodna umjetnica.

O njenom radu

U pristupu bogatoj baštini hrvatskog i južnoslavenskog narodnog umjeća i kulture, Zdenka Sertić na izvanredan način usklađuje znanstvenu i likovnu obradu tematike kojom se bavi. Osnova i istinska vrijednost njezinih radova potječe iz iscrpnog proučavanja povjesnog, kulturnog i geografskog materijala – a što je najznačajnije – iz neposrednog dodira s okolinom i narodom kraja koji u svojim radovima prikazuje. U raznovrsnim tehnikama majstorski je prikazala ne samo narodne nošnje i običaje, već i pučke zgrade, keramiku, drvorezbarstvo te radove na platnu i staklu. U znanstvenom pristupu temama koje prikazuje, oslanja se uz ostale izvore, na etnološke studije Mirka Kusa-Nikolajeva, s kojim je dulje vrijeme surađivala. Pored slikarskog stvaranja, Zdenka Sertić je izrađivala spomenice, diplome, plakate, ex librise, opremu knjiga te više serija maraka, koje su postigle najviše ocjene. Surađivala je u Jugoslavenskoj i Općoj enciklopediji. Sudjelovala je na izložbama u domovini te u Parizu, Leipzigu, Barceloni,  Berlinu, Kopenhagenu, Haagu i Bruxellesu.

Izvori

Vanjske poveznice
 LZMK / Hrvatska enciklopedija: Sertić, Zdenka
 LZMK / Proleksis enciklopedija: Sertić, Zdenka
 Zdenka Sertić na www.croatianhistory.net

Hrvatski slikari
Hrvatski etnografi
Životopisi, Zagreb
Hrvatski umjetnici stakla

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Writing academic papers takes time and if a person is not familiar with a topic, it may take longer time. However, you can save a lot of time and do other activities such as doing part-time jobs, having time with family and friends. This is possible if you visit Bestessayspapers.com, and let our professional writers prepare high quality papers within the shortest time possible.
No plagiarism, but unique and original work: You need not to worry when placing an order with Bestessayspapers.com because we guarantee 100% original content. All papers are written from the scratch.
No lateness: Writers at com deliver assignments without delay. We have a team of professional writers who deliver assignments on time without compromising on quality.
Client support is responsive: Our contact center is always available to serve you day and night. You can send an email, chat with us or make a call and you will get an immediate response. Our support staff are friendly and are available 24 hours in a day and 7 days a week.
Prices are cost-effective: Use our services today and make huge savings compared to other companies in the industry. The prices are affordable, and the discount system is comparable to none in the industry.
We have a team of professional writers who can handle all subject areas. The writers deliver the finest quality irrespective of how difficult the assignment is or even when the instructions are tricky. We train our writers to handle assignments in all subjects, and they can handle any academic level. We assign writers who are most suitable depending on the requirements to ensure that the client receives custom papers.
Students love our academic paper writing services because they acknowledge that we deliver fully customized, zero-plagiarized and high quality papers at affordable prices. We have different discount systems to new clients, return and regular clients. Therefore, place an order now and claim a discount to pay less for superior services.
Bestessaypapers.com hires native English writers with MA and PhD qualifications. They are eager to work deliver high quality work at different academic levels. So, use our services by placing an order and receive original, plagiarism-free papers written from the scratch at affordable prices.
You saved me time and the possibility of re-sitting the unit. I had struggled all through with the unit until I was referred to the ulbestessays.com by my friend. A BIG THANK YOU to the excellent customer support team.


text:
May half-term tours booking form
SLAO visit request form
School visit request form
We are committed to supporting all students in making informed decisions about studying at Merton, and within the University of Oxford. Our aim is to dispel myths and stereotypes about the College and University, in order to draw the best applicants regardless of background.
Merton College is particularly keen to work with state schools and colleges to promote aspiration-raising, fair and informed choices about universities including Oxford. As part of the University's regionalisation scheme for outreach, we work closely with all schools and colleges in Dorset, Wiltshire and the London Borough of Merton, athough we also work with schools across the UK.
If you're based in a Local Authority area other than those above, you may want to find your link college from this list on the University website, and check what is happening in your area on this University-wide listing of events for students and teachers.
Half-term tours at Merton College, May 2019
Students in Years 10-12 and their families are warmly invited to visit Merton at 2:00pm each day of May half-term (Monday 27 to Friday 31 May) to meet a current undergraduate student, have a tour around the college and ask any questions about life at Oxford. The tour will last 30-45 minutes. Booking is recommended but is not essential:
Book your half-term tour
Visits to Merton
We welcome group visits from UK schools, colleges and other youth organisations.
Our programme can be adapted to your needs but usually includes an introduction to Oxford, a tour of College and a visit to another part of the University such as the museums, departments and other colleges. During University term time we can often offer lunch in Hall and the chance to hear from our student ambassadors. We can usually only host full-day visits from state schools, and priority is given to those in our linked regions. For other schools, we can normally arrange a tour, and sometimes help with facilitated sessions.
To book a visit to Merton please use the School visit to Merton College request form.
Individual students may also be interested in visiting Merton, for an Open Day or a self-guided tour.
Visits to schools
The Schools Liaison and Access Officer is very pleased to visit schools and colleges, to speak to groups from Years 7-13 about university in general and Oxford University in particular. We are particularly keen to work collaboratively with groups of schools in a local area.
We can offer:
HE Fair presence (only at events open to students from more than one institution)
Oxbridge application talk
University finance talk
Parents' and carers' talk
Teachers' application briefings
Teachers' workshops on stretching and challenging the most able
Personal statement workshop
Interview workshop
To book a visit from our Schools Liaison & Access Officer please use the SLAO external visit request form.
For more information on Merton's schools liaison work please don't hesitate to contact the Schools Liaison and Access Officer, Andrew Miller.
Answers to many questions about Oxford admissions can be found on the very comprehensive FAQ and 'ask a question' page of the University website.


Материалы за 26.10.2018 » Warez downLOAD - качай здесь!
Cycles & Spots return with New Chords. 100 Loops in this fine pack come to you as WAV and MIDI files. Get inspired for your next Deep House/Nu Disco tracks with this superb follow up to Cycle & Spots?? well received Deep Chords release.
Cycles & Spots deliver finest Nu Disco material once more. 10 Themes with WAV & MIDI files covering Bass, Chord and Melody Loops plus 19 Beats and 89 Single Drum Loops.
This means you should be able to squeeze at least two dozens of songs out of "Digital Disco".
A beautiful Youtube + Vimeo video downloader for your Mac.
Supports Youtube and Vimeo. More platforms to be added upon user requests.
IceCream Screen Recorder is a flexible and useful application that can help you to quickly record a certain area of your screen or capture snapshot anytime you need.
PotPlayer is a comprehensive freeware video and audio player, that also supports TV channels, subtitles and skins. Done by the same Korean author as The KMPlayer. It works w/ madVR/HR/EVR and Reclock of course...it's a much improved/faster version of KMPlayer, including ffdshow and some other stuff to connect to a Korean-only video/chat network. Plenty of features and rich customization. It gives its users great control over its functions, allowing modification of the video speed, adjusting the audio volume, decrease or increase contrast and brightness. Also, several skins are available so that users can match the appearance of their video player to the theme of their OS. Player contains internal codecs and there is no need to install codecs manually.
Craft elegant layouts at your desk or on the go. The industry-leading page design and layout toolset lets you work across desktop and mobile devices to create, preflight, and publish everything from printed books and brochures to digital magazines, iPad apps, eBooks, and interactive online documents.
From the vintage classic, the ARP 2600, to modern Cartesian sequencing, the Modular sound library stems from a wide range of both musical and chaotic sources. Start experimenting and you'll find that any Modular patch could inspire your next track, from pulsing tones to lush effects to glitchy rhythmic syncopations to fat bass sounds. Designed to harness the varied sonic palettes and human-like nature of modular synths, the Modular pack delivers highly musical samples and patches that are ready to fit into any song or project.
Flare - Flexible 3D color grading and correction process. Expand your digital compositing capabilities with Flare software. Includes tools for 3D compositing, tracking, text, masking, keying, and relighting.
Flare fits into your existing Flame process.
High-end 3D visual effects software.Flame?� software offers tools for fast, interactive 3D visual effects, finishing, compositing, advanced graphics, color grading, conform, editorial, and look development.
Da Pianist Vol 2' brings you a pack of five Urban piano Construction Kits to add some class to your future Urban hits. Inside you'll discover plenty of musical ideas arranged into various chord structures and amazing melodies. This pack is suitable for a wide range of Urban musical styles such as R&B, Pop, Ballads, and Hip Hop.


Tell your followers and friends who you nominated.
Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn are central to engaging wider audiences in information sharing, debate, knowledge creation and collaborative action to achieve global health systems goals. Health Systems Global is the proud sponsor of the first Health Systems Social Media Awards to recognize and reward the individuals and organizations who best employ social media to communicate about health systems.
This award recognizes the best use of Facebook by an organization to inform, advocate, and engage about health systems.
This award recognizes the most effective use of social media by an organization to share their internal processes and decision-making in aid of transparency.


text:
Kings Par 3 Coming Up Soon!
It's been a hit for 17 years and the Dauphin Kings Par 3 Extravaganza is back again. The event is coming up on Saturday, June 8 at the Dauphin Lake Golf Club.
Registration is now open.
"Things have been going pretty good so far and we're just a month away," said Christian Laughland, Marketing Director & Media Relations for the Kings. "Something that's happening is some groups are half signing up and we want to remind those groups that they need to fully sign up. If we fill up and you don't fully sign up you're just going to get your money back. It's looking like it's going to be a good one this year."
Whether you're a really good golfer or you just play the game occasionally, you can still sign up to play in the event.
It's $150 per player which adds up to $600 for a foursome. That includes your entry fee, dinner and a great time. There will also be different contests going on throughout the golf course and on the putting green.
The event is also a big fundraiser for the Kings organization.
"Yeah, it's a significant fundraiser for us. It's sort of like the summer version of the comedy night, it raises anywhere in between $8000-$14,000 every year," said Laughland. "We want to thank our continued supporters that sign up to play every year and all of our sponsors. There will be some fantastic prizes up for grabs on the course and after the round during dinner as well."
Call Aspen Insurance or head down to the office quick before you miss out.
Contributed by Darnell Duff
Junior Open This Weekend At Dauphin Lake
Wheat Kings Name General Manager
Dauphin's Odut Enjoys New York
Sanheim Ready To Tee It Up
Summer Hockey League Coming Up
Delaurier Continues Strong Season


Here's how fraternity elections went down: 2 candidates for president, one with qualifications and a bunch of plans (me), one with more qualifications/work-with-the-house, he gets elected.
I'm pretty down about this election, but I think what worries me is that this man is not a politician/diplomat. He had zero plans laid out and his job requirement is to work mainly with relations in regards to the university, other fraternities, etc.
I had all of my ideas, but I know if I share them, I'll never get credit and therefore no one will know for the next election. I don't really care about credit for myself, I just want to be recognized so I can move forward in the next elections.
My question is: should I really share all my ideas knowing the executive council will take all of the credit and I won't be able to mention it during elections?
I get where you are coming from. I lost an election and it hurt. I thought I was more qualified than the brother who won, but it wasn't my time. Eventually it was. Hopefully the same will happen to you.
Give your fraternity everything you have. Give all your ideas to the executive board. Offer to help in any way they need you. Be their biggest cheerleader and supporter. Have a positive attitude. Be the model brother.
AND DO IT WITHOUT EXPECTING TO GET ANY OF THE CREDIT.
That is what leadership is all about. It is about serving others. It is about doing what is best for the fraternity and not caring about personal accolades. It is about giving – not receiving.
One of the times in my life I was held in high esteem as a leader was when I was in Officer Training School when I entered the Air Force. I joined because it was post 9/11 and my country needed me. I was there to serve, not to get personal accolades. So I did the very best damn job I could, and helped anyone who needed it. And I did it all without wanting or expecting recognition. I poured every ounce of my heart into what I was doing, and no one more passionate about being there than me.
It didn't take long before others noticed, and I became the unspoken leader. It didn't take long after that that I was assigned to be responsible for my squadron. It was an extremely rewarding leadership experience.
I became the leader in that situation because I cared about making the team better. I didn't care about myself. That taught me a valuable lesson.
My advice to you is to do what's best for your fraternity. Don't worry about giving away your great ideas – you will come up with more. Help make your fraternity great now, and you will be able to take it to even greater heights when you are president.
The secret of all this is every single brother in your chapter will recognize your contributions. The brotherhood always knows who is responsible for the success of the chapter. They will respect you more if your focus is on improving the chapter and not worry about the credit you receive.
This is how you will get elected and this is how you will become the future president of your fraternity.


text:
Lincoln Leads
Series 7 (2023)
Specialised Information
The Modern Museum
'Seeing Double'
AI and Modern Medicine
Truth and Evidence
Gender (collab. Lincoln Unites)
ARE WE ENTITLED TO CHOOSE HOW WE DIE?
Thursday January 30th 2020, 5:45pm – 7pm,
Oakeshott Room, Berrow Foundation Building, Lincoln College, Oxford.
MARIA STAMATOPOULOS
Maria Stamatopoulou is Associate Professor in Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in Classical Archaeology at Lincoln College. She studied History, Archaeology, and History of Art at the University of Athens before moving to Oxford to complete her Master of Studies in Archaeology and DPhil in Classical Archaeology at Somerville. Her research interests are in Greek Archaeology from the Archaic to Late Hellenistic periods (7th-1st centuries B.C.), with a focus on Thessaly and Macedonia; her doctoral thesis examined the Classical and Hellenistic funerary archaeology of the region. Dr. Stamatopoulou is the author of numerous publications, including Dining and Death: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the 'Funerary Banquet' in Ancient Art, Burial, and Belief(2016) and From Alcestis to Archidike: Thessalian Attitudes to Death and the Afterlife (2018).
AMY PROFFITT
Amy Proffitt is Deputy Medical Director and Consultant in Palliative Medicine at St. Christopher's Hospice in London; she also serves as Vice President of the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland and as an Honorary Consultant at Kings College Hospital. She received her M.D. from the University of Oxford in 2004 and undertook further training in haematology before discovering a passion for palliative medicine. Committed to the mentorship of junior doctors and medical students, Dr. Proffitt also received a Master's in Medical Education from Nottingham University. She works closely with the Royal College of Physicians as the Ambitions for End of Life Care representative and serves as a representative for the NHS England End of Life Programme Board. She speaks regularly at national conferences and has produced publications on the topic of assisted death and palliative medicine.
SELINA ABAECHERLI
Selina Abaecherli studied Social Anthropology and Classics as an undergraduate at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and is now pursuing a Master of Science in Social Anthropology at Oxford. Her research interests include the study of social institutions and how institutional knowledge affects the perception of human life. She is particularly interested in the development of the specialist narratives that form the foundation of practices of state regulation and intervention, such as in welfare policies, and the tension between individuals and institutions. She has conducted ethnographic research in Assam and Delhi, connecting studies of mental health actors with discourses of transnational epidemiology. For the MSc, Selina aims to develop a theoretical framework to engage with law-making processes in Sri Lanka and to analyse the empirical relationship of these processes to constitutional law.
MADELINE KETLEY


text:
Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies
Can entrepreneurship alone solve the poverty conundrum?
Sherif Youssef
Sherif Youssef is a postgraduate researcher at the Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies at Leeds University Business School and the Bauman Institute at the University of Leeds. Sherif is an Organizational Theorist with a background in marketing and public policy. His research focuses on hybrid organisations such as social enterprises in the emerging markets, which aims to address societal challenges while creating some financial revenues. He has a broader research interest looking at the economics of innovation, patient finance and economic growth.
Since its inception, Silicon Valley was hailed by different practitioners and policymakers as the world's technological hub. The Silicon Valley model used a unique collaborative approach between private companies, private and public capital, and key universities to support patient-led entrepreneurship. This model has proved the effectiveness of key networks and the importance of knowledge exchange between different institutions in order to build a dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Many different policymakers and international organisations have tried hard to replicate this model in different parts of the world without realising the uniqueness of this ecosystem – namely, that it is driven, in part, by technological social enterprises.
Scholars have also argued that social enterprises can be a driving force for social change through using business approaches to address the biggest societal challenges such as climate change, inequality and poverty. During the course of my PhD, which was partially funded by the Open Society Foundation and supervised by the Centre of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship and The Bauman Institute at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, I researched the emergence of social enterprises and noted the important role that they play in creating educational and entrepreneurship programmes for the Egyptian youth.
During my fieldwork, I had the opportunity to conduct in-depth interviews with different practitioners and intermediary support organisations, including investors, business incubator managers and venture capitalists, in order to uncover the challenges and the opportunities that social enterprises encounter within the Egyptian context.
In the last decade, Egypt has faced unprecedented political and socioeconomic upheaval culminating in the Egyptian Uprising in 2011 and the current economic reforms, which have led to considerable economic growth over the past year. However, poverty and youth unemployment are still among the most important challenges facing Egyptian society. Hence, there has been a sudden policy shift towards entrepreneurship from major international organisations such as the IMF and the World Bank.
Such policies were merged into official United Nation reports, which made the case that entrepreneurship can be seen as a vehicle for fighting poverty, creating job opportunities and ultimately generating economic growth throughout the Middle East. However, what these reports did not specify was that entrepreneurship is not created in a void, nor by emphasising the role of the individual in creating an ecosystem.
The empirical evidence reported by scholars such as Mariana Mazzucato and William Janeway argued that the US and Chinese entrepreneurial ecosystems – which are currently dominating the business scene in the realm of digital technology, or earlier innovative projects such as GPS, Siri or the internet – were initially funded by state-led investment anchored by bold policies. This is the original foundation for the finance that is required for innovation.
When looking at the Egyptian context, the entrepreneurial scene is still growing, and the seeds for creating the necessary sustainable and secure job opportunities will take time to germinate. However, scholars have warned against hurriedly establishing businesses as a means of employment as they can ultimately follow in the footsteps of micro-finance initiatives, which ended up saddling individuals with significant amounts of debt and increased poverty levels in countries such as Bangladesh and India.
We still lack coherent evidence on how entrepreneurship alone can solve the grand societal challenges such as poverty or youth unemployment. History shows that such societal challenges need a dynamic policy agenda to establish the principles of a modern welfare state in order to effectively tackle the problems in society.
Enterprise on low income: motives, value, and experiences
Migration and return: understanding returnee entrepreneurship


text:
Q: WordPress SVN Commit Failed My plugin has been approved in wordpress. But I am having trouble to upload the plugin via SVN. When I am filling out the username and passowrd and ticking on the save authentication this box is showing again and comes 4 times. Finally it shows Commit Failed! Please anyone help me how I can solve this issue.
Thanks

A: If your credentials aren't accepted, either you're entering them wrong (make sure you've got the correct case, as it's case-sensitive), you don't have the required permissions on the URL you're committing to, or the URL you're committing to is incorrect (again, it's case-sensitive, so make sure that you've got everything perfect).
But to get an authoritative answer, you need to ask the WordPress folks as they're running the server and granted you the access.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Haven Barlow, Jr., MD, is an ASPS Member plastic surgeon who is board certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery® and trained specifically in plastic surgery. ASPS members operate only in accredited medical facilities, adhere to a strict code of ethics and fulfill continuing medical education requirements in plastic surgery, including training in patient safety techniques. As your medical partner, Dr. Barlow is dedicated to working with you to achieve your goals.
The decision to have plastic surgery is an intensely personal one. Dr. Barlow understands the importance of confidence in your surgeon and of the peace of mind you deserve prior to having enhancement procedures. He actively participates in all stages of the surgical process. From the initial private consultation, through all stages of planning, surgery and post-operative care, Dr. Barlow and his staff offer their closest personal attention. You will approach surgery with a full understanding of the procedure and a realistic expectation of your results.
Dr. Barlow takes pride in offering the latest techniques and procedures to all of his patients, all the while maintaining the highest standards of patient safety and care. During your complimentary consultation you will have an opportunity to get to know Dr. Barlow and for him to get to know you! All of your questions will be answered. Your desires are important to us. Your lifestyle, expectations and goals will be important in determining what enhancement procedures will suit you best. You will leave your consultation feeling confident that your chosen surgeon and his staff have your best interest at heart.
Dr. Barlow is a genius. Not only his procedures are painless but once he's done, you will never look like you had surgery. I had drooping eyelids all my life. So I finally decided to get rid of them and while I was at it, I wanted to get a tummy tuck as well. After the birth of my third child, I looked 6 months pregnant no matter what. Dr. Barlow took time to listen to my concerns, my needs, and he was very reassuring. After the surgery, he called me to make sure that I was not suffering from any side effects. It is now a year later and there are no visible scars on my eyelids, I simply look refreshed and awake every day. I started exercising and now I have washboard abs. No more swelling or sagging skin. And my husband never walks by without looking. When your husband of 20 years looks, you know you have a hot body. If you have any spot in your body that is undermining your self-confidence, contact Dr. Barlow today. This is the best decision you'll ever make.
Before and after patient photos from Dr. Haven Barlow. Use the menu to filter by procedure.


text:
Home//Madrid//Capricho Park
Capricho Park – Your typical English park in Madrid
Last checked: Jan 30th, 2023 | By: Nadia Perez Rojas
Image by Nadia Pérez Rojas
Nadia from Madrid
I love to walk around cities and getting lost, and Madrid is the perfect place f...
This is not your typical urban park, it's best to think of it as a private garden. You cannot have a picnic at Capricho and there are no restaurants or cafeterias inside to sit properly and have a snack. Food, drinks, pets and even bikes or balls are not allowed, there are no playgrounds of any kind and visiting hours are limited to weekends and holidays. But trust me when I say that a visit is totally worth your time.
Capricho resembles the romantic parks you can find in France or England, with beautiful buildings that will make you feel like you are traveling back in time. The Duke of Osuna in Madrid ordered the construction of the buildings and the garden over a century ago and after City Hall took control of it, the park was opened to the public.
The thing I like the most about it is that it is totally different from every park in Madrid, because the bucolic feeling to it is very unique and special. I have never seen it crowded, and it is always perfectly clean and neat, you can tell lots of gardeners take good care of it. Do not miss the love trees and the lilacs in full bloom, during springtime, are my absolute favorites.
💚 Like these Madrid tips? You'll ❤ our iPhone / Android app!
La Mina – Family tradition in Chamberi
By: Andrea Lucy Roberts
Club Alma Sensai – Chic divine
By: María José Morr
Arranca Thelma – Enchanting bookshop
By: Nadia Perez Rojas
Plaza de la Paja – Historical Madrid
Paseo de la Alameda de Osuna, 25, Madrid
Oct - Mar Sat - Sun 09:30 - 18:30 | Apr - Sep Sat - Sun 09:00 - 21:00


Prayer plays a vital role in the life of any Christian and the life of any church. And here, both at St James' and St Timothy's, prayer ministry is central to our parish life.
We pray in a variety of different ways, but our motivation is always the same. Prayer not only connects us with God, but also changes situations.
Members of our Prayer Ministry Team are available at St Tim's after the 10:15am service to pray with anyone, about anything.
If you have a prayer request during the week, you can ask members of our Prayer Chain to be praying in confidence for you.
We have three short prayer meetings each week to which anyone is welcome. Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9:00-9:30am at St Timothy's, and Thursdays 9:00-9:30am at St James'. We share in some short bible readings set for the day and we pray for our parish and the wider community.
If you are in need of prayer or have any questions about our prayer ministry, please contact the Parish Office.


text:
Have in-law problems? Here's your patron saint
April 2, 2022 November 13, 2017 by Catholic Letters
St. Adelaide was exiled by her in-laws, and worked hard to heal the division.
Betrayal from within the family is usually the hardest to bear. We expect to be maligned by our enemies, but never imagine our own family members to be the source of evil.
A great intercessor for those experiencing this type of family turmoil, especially from in-laws, is St. Adelaide, patron saint against in-law problems. Born to a royal family in Switzerland in 931, Adelaide had a tumultuous life, full of in-law drama.
She married King Otto I in 951 and had several children with him. They were married for about 20 years when he died of a sudden fever.
His death brought a whole wave of family problems as her son, Otto II, married the Byzantine princess Theophano. Adelaide's new daughter-in-law turned Otto against his own mother, and the former Empress was forced to leave the royal court to live with her brother.
ALSO SEE: The miraculous image of Our Lady that came down from the sky
She worked hard to heal the division of the family and before her son's death, the two were reconciled and Otto appointed Adelaide as his viceroy. However, her daugther-in-law again took the opportunity to cast Adelaide out of the royal court. Adelaide did not return to power until the death of Theophano.
In the midst of it all, Adelaide kept a strong prayer life and later on helped build and restore monasteries and churches, retiring to a convent near the end of her life.
Even though Adelaide was only partially successful in healing familial rifts, she knew the importance of a united family. Family distress hurts everyone involved and is one of the greatest crosses to endure.
ALSO SEE: Pope Francis officially declares John Paul I 'venerable'
Here is a short prayer to St. Adelaide, asking her intercession for whatever situation you are currently enduring.
Heavenly Father, please help me with my family. Fill my heart with love, peace and charity and expel from it all divisive thoughts. Please touch the heart of my in-laws, bring them closer to you through the intercession of Saint Adelaide, so that our family can be whole, united and dedicated to you. I ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
A prayer to bless the door of your home from evil and robbery
BREAKING: Urgent prayer request for religious sisters kidnapped in Nigeria


Your Privacy is very important to us. We do not sell or rent your address, phone number, email address or any other personal information whatsoever. We do send out from time to time information on various coupons and special events to select customers. These special offers and event announcements can be opted out of by request (unsubscribe) at any time.
Cookies are used by Want2Scrap.com to store member information for login purposes and identifying visits to the site. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you can configure your browser to reject them or set your browser to let you know when a cookie is being saved. For the best shopping experience, we recommend Firefox or Internet explorer browsers.
Customers have the option of signing up for our company newsletters containing upcoming sale information, special events, and new product alerts. You may opt out of this free subscription at any time by visiting your profile and unchecking the newsletter box.
As an added layer of protection, your credit card information is not housed on the Want2Scrap site. All credit card processing is done via the secure network of Paypal.com which is protected under their security blanket and secure server processing.
If you should have any questions about your online privacy, please contact us! Thank you so much for being a valuable customer!


Voters in the St. Cloud school district face a major decision as next month's referendum approaches. A $167 million question on Nov. 3 will decide whether a new Technical High School is built, Apollo High School is refurbished to be an equal environment, and technology and safety upgrades are made throughout the system.
Yet there's one common trait for almost all of those who could feel the impact most: They won't be able to cast a ballot.
They're people like Ethan Gray, a 17-year-old Tech senior who says his class takes pride in its 99-year-old school but also jokes about it with peers in the area. There's Muftah Saney, a 15-year-old freshman who wants the best opportunity for his seventh-grade sister, but also worries about how a new school on the south edge of St. Cloud might be harder on his parents.
And there's Analy Santos, a 15-year-old sophomore at Apollo, who says a renovation there would lead to much more natural light in the building — helping improve a sometimes gloomy atmosphere and perhaps improve students' learning. Or 17-year-old senior Isaac Logeman, considering a college career in mathematics, who says he understands the impact on taxpayers but says it would be a good investment in the future.
There may be as many different messages to voters as there are students — approaching 10,000 in all grades district-wide. Some don't know enough about the issue or aren't old enough to comprehend it. Those currently at Tech and Apollo, however, tend to vouch that the need to improve those schools is legitimate.
It's easy for him to reel off his reasons. One wing of the Tech building has no air conditioning and temperatures fluctuate from stifling to freezing. He says many of the sinks and hand dryers in the bathrooms don't work, or the stall doors won't latch. Internet access can sometimes be spotty in the building, parts of which date back to 1917 — long before any electrician ever thought about wireless connectivity or charging stations.
Then there's the unused and decaying football facility — Clark Field — that serves as a constant reminder that most activities, even practices, take place at fields, courts and rinks all over the city. Parking is complicated, to be conservative, and many students feel at risk if they have to walk to their car in a lonely lot close to downtown after returning from a late-night game.
That is, until he saw what they have in Alexandria. Opening in 2014 at a cost of $73 million, the Alexandria High School has become a model of sorts for what St. Cloud school leaders would like to incorporate in better facilities here. It includes the latest technology, flexible learning spaces and state-of-the-art athletic and performing arts venues.
"I went inside and it made me think 'We could have this learning environment,' but instead we have the building we do now," Gray said. "They've got an open-room system with pods and 10 TVs in a room. The teacher had two projectors to help illustrate their (computer-assisted drawing) system. What they have opens so many doors in ways to teach as opposed to reading out of a book.
Saney, a ninth-grader who is active in cross country, basketball and speech, has only experienced Tech for a couple of months, but he says he's stuck in the middle on whether to try to maintain the existing school or go to the new one — which would cost $113.8 million and be about 41/2 miles away near 33rd Avenue South and County Road 74.
He thinks the academic opportunities will be better at a new building, and he would like athletic facilities on-site. But he thinks distance could be an issue for his parents.
The district is working with Metrobus to add a line that would connect downtown with the new school site, and there would be additional school busing options, too.
The distance will be worth it, according to Whitney Holm, a 16-year-old junior and daughter of Apollo principal Adam Holm. She participated on the high school solutions committee that helped make recommendations for Tech. She also takes a post-secondary education option class at St. Cloud State and said the extra 10-15 minutes it would take to get from the new Tech to campus fits easily in the half-hour time she has allotted to get there.
She has siblings in the sixth and seventh grades who she said would benefit from more science, technology and math learning opportunities at the new school, which wouldn't be built in time to benefit her.
Drew Erickson, a 14-year-old freshman whose father is a technology integrationist for the district, said the school is "falling apart." And Kaydee Miller, a 17-year-old senior and Tech's student council president, longs for an auditorium that could accommodate her whole class — something she won't be able to see.
If his family hadn't moved, Vincent Rouhlac would be at Tech right now. A 16-year-old junior, he went to Oak Hill Community School before moving to North Junior High. Now he plays football and is a diver at Apollo, which would get $46.5 million dollars in upgrades if the referendum passes.
He also thinks it would lead more students to make discoveries through career technical education classes, which is how he learned he wants to become a chef.
For now, Rouhlac works part-time at McDonald's — where his weekly paycheck amounts to about what a typical homeowner would pay extra in taxes per year if the referendum goes through.
"I understand people hate to pay taxes, but as long as they see our generation and the ones after us flourish and thrive, isn't that worth something?" Rouhlac said.
Logeman, who is president of the Apollo Student Union, thinks so because he believes today's students and the business leaders and teachers of tomorrow. He's also not concerned by the fact that a majority of the referendum money would go for a new Tech. He says those who use a refurbished Apollo shouldn't feel jilted in the arrangement.
Santos, who plays soccer, doesn't want to see her cross-town rivals get any advantage. But she said the benefits of upgrading Apollo will be worth it.
All the students can do is listen to the rhetoric and wait.


text:
A&S News
Dan Cristol returns to bluebirds for his 200th 'Birding' column
Man of many hats: Dan Cristol is director of William & Mary's 1693 Scholars Program, faculty director for undergraduate research in the university's Roy R. Charles Center for Academic Excellence, Chancellor Professor of Biology, an ornithologist and a newspaper columnist. Photo by Stephen Salpukas
Photo - of -
Graduate Studies & Research
Academic Programs List
Support A&S
by Joseph McClain | November 21, 2019
The very first "Birding" column ran in The Virginia Gazette in June 2003.
In that inaugural column, Dan Cristol described how he became "the proud father of five impossibly cute baby bluebirds that fluttered out onto my lawn, dashed for the cover of some boxwoods, and disappeared within an hour escorted by both parents."
That began a series of columns in which Cristol shared his knowledge of birds, the joy that birds bring him and his concern for birds, in more or less equal measure. Cristol, a professor in the Department of Biology at William & Mary, will publish his 200th "Birding" column in the Gazette on November 23. It's been a popular monthly feature.
"It's hard to imagine Dan has written 200 columns about birds, but I'm sure I've read and enjoyed most of them," said Gazette Editor Peggy Bellows. "He has a way of talking about what appear to be ordinary creatures with such extraordinary knowledge and understanding that I've come to see them in ways I couldn't have imagined.
"Dan's work and writing make nature real and important and reminds me that the little things in life are awfully important," Bellows added. Cristol says he judges reaction by his inbox traffic.
"I get several emails for each column, at a minimum," Cristol said. "And when I write one that just strikes people in a certain way, then I get more than a few emails. And they can be positive or negative."
Positive or negative, Cristol enjoys when "Birding" starts a buzz that goes beyond his own inbox. His column draws frequent mention in the Last Word, the Gazette's anonymous commentary feature.
"Someone will write in and say, 'Oh, he says the hummingbirds are disappearing for such-and-such a reason. That can't be right,'" Cristol said. "Then another bird expert around town will write in and say it's this other reason. I really like that a lot."
Birding is conducted across a wide degree of interests, starting, let's say, from a Level 1 birder, a person who enjoys seeing yard birds flit around a feeder. At the other end of the spectrum — Level 10 — perches the person who makes trips of thousands of miles to visit new birding habitat and calls in sick to drive overnight in hopes of catching a storm-generated fallout of migrants or even to try for a glimpse of the object of a Rare Bird Alert.
The columns, taken together, weave together strands for 1 to 10 level birders. Readers get the joy of a guy watching his feeders mixed with the knowledge of a professional ornithologist and conservationist. His favorite bird is the Baltimore Oriole. It's a favorite among readers, too. But not all birds get the same response.
"I get reactions when I describe a new bird, a bird no one's ever heard of, like the Cuban Pewee I saw in Florida or the local population of Lesser Black-backed Gulls," he said. "That European gull has become kind of common around here, but it's not even in a lot of the older bird books."
On the other hand, he has stopped writing about the Rufous Hummingbird, a species usually found in the west that has evolved a new wintering range on the Virginia Peninsula. "That story has been told," Cristol says. Oddly enough, mentions of Bald Eagles don't generate much response even though a sighting in the field can jazz the most jaded of birders.
"When someone recognizes you as a birder, they'll always come over and tell you about the eagle they saw," Cristol said. "But for some reason the newspaper-reading crowd doesn't particularly care about them. Maybe they're just over it because Mitchell Byrd's 50 years of studying Bald Eagles here has already raised their consciousness."
Cristol says that as far as he is concerned, Bald Eagle sightings never get old. He may have met a bird he doesn't like, but Cristol is too polite to say so. In front of the bird, anyway. He will suspend any conversation if a bird heaves into sight. He has leaped out of his desk chair in the late, unlamented Millington Hall, galvanized by the call of a Red-shouldered Hawk over in the woods. He has broken off in the middle of a sentence in the middle of a conversation in the middle of Barksdale Field. "Sapsucker! Squaaaaak!" he cries, tossing his head back to watch the flight of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker loping past.
And when someone points to a couple of birds far above the Sunken Garden, asking him to identify the species of hawk, Cristol's face narrows and his lips purse slightly. He looks just like an English lord after a dinner guest has passed the port to the right. "Those are Turkey Vultures," he says, working hard to remain encouraging.
That love of things avian makes its way into his "Birding" columns. Over the years, there has been plenty of birdy advice for the homeowner. Got a dead tree in the yard? Great! The birds will love it. Mix your own hummingbird feed: sugar and water at a 1:4 ratio. Don't use that red dye. Probably not good for the birds. Want orioles? Put out some grape jelly and slices of orange.
Many of Cristol's columns address the political issues surrounding birds. His Independence Day column this year put forth the argument that efforts to protect birds and bird habitat in America should be viewed as acts of patriotism. He explained in the piece that his research at William & Mary centers on the negative effects of mercury, which he notes has prevented the hatching of millions of birds in the Shenandoah and Holston River watersheds. He poses a couple of clearly rhetorical questions:
"Was it patriotic to pollute these rivers? Is it unpatriotic for an environmentalist to sue to get these rivers cleaned up or to get the mercury filtered out of our coal-fired power plant smokestacks?"
He's not a zealot, though, not even when it comes to birds. Consider the opening of the "Birding" column for last Thanksgiving: "As I carved the turkey this year, I was thankful for birds."
Cristol says he makes an effort to avoid being too "scold-y" — even on the subject of outdoor cats, which he points out are responsible for one billion bird deaths annually in North America.
"I try to not scare people away with the plight-of-birds part, which is very depressing," he said. "I know people will stop reading if I lecture too much. So, I slip a little bit of it into articles on practical or uplifting topics. People will be lulled into a false sense of complacency by reading about how to clean their bird feeder — and then they'll suddenly learn about climate change or evolution or extinction."
The 200th article will come full circle —back to bluebirds. It will address what Cristol and his colleagues and students have learned about local bluebird populations since that first column was written.
Note: In deference to "Birding," this piece capitalizes the common species names of birds in accordance with AP (Avian Priority) style.


text:
What is up in education?
Freiheit in der Bildung
Geschichte des effe
Vorstand und Council
effe Österreich
effe Schweiz
effe Großbritannien
CitzensLab
Right to Learn
Improving Social Equity
Kolloquien und Konferenzen
Projekte mit Schüler*innen
Freedom in Education
effe's History
Board and Council
effe Austria
effe Switzerland
effe U.K.
Projects with Pupils
Colloquia and Conferences
Current Issues in Education
effe Blog
History of effe - Achievements and milestones
Achievements and milestones in the history of effe - seeking a pathway towards new horizons
effe is based on the belief that education is at the core of social change. However such social change can only be beneficial if the education system is a free one. In 1989 people from a range of professional backgrounds and from different countries came to the conclusion that they could achieve more if they collaborated and cooperated internationally. Thus, effe was founded in Velence/Budapest in 1990.
69 people from 13 different countries participated in the first meeting. They came from Albania, Armenia, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Finland, Georgian Republic, East Germany (GDR), West Germany, Hungary, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia and UK. Within a few years effe grew into an international association of considerable size.
In April 1998 the European Forum for Freedom in Education was awarded a Theodor-Heuss-Medal during the celebration of the Theodor-Heuss-Awards. The motto of the event was "Looking for a New Ethos – Worldwide and at Home". We were delighted with this recognition of our work.
Shared values are at the core of our success
There are three main reasons for effe's success to date:
1. People from a number of major and many smaller educational reform movements are working together for freedom in education under effe's umbrella. These people treat each other with tolerance and respect.
2. effe members have realised that education is one of the most important prerequisites for inner freedom and social responsibility, for a tolerant society and human development.
3. All members share the belief that free education can only be achieved if institutions are self-reliant and not bound by bureaucracy, economic constraints and political directives.
Accomplishments and Milestones of effe
effe is a partner of the International Conference on Togetherness as motivation
effe becomes a founding member of CitizensLab
effe organizes a symposium in Edinburgh on Improving Social Equity through Education
Participation at the EUCIS-LLL, Lifelong Learning Week in December 2013.
Społecznego Towarzystwa Oświatowego (STO) - a Polish NGO that promotes education in free schools in Poland - becomes a member of effe
Participation at the EUDEC, European Democratic Education Conference, July 25th – August 3rd, 2008.
Acceptance of a National Representation in England by Human Scale Education.
Establishment of an effe national group in Estonia.
Merging of the Swiss effe national group with Elternlobby Switzerland.
The effe-project "Beautiful School sInternational" celebrated its 10th anniversary with conferences and competitions in Irkutsk and Nyzhny Novgorod (Russia), Capetown (South Africa) and Ufa (Bashkortostan).
"Heading for Helsinki": In a European relay the effe banner was carried from Vienna to Helsinki.
effe becomes a member of the Pan-European organisation EUCIS-LLL.
APAPS and the Fédération des écoles Steiner Waldorf in France become members of effe.
effe-Denmark and the Dansk Friskoleforening formally object to the regulation of the new educational law.
Increasing work with the EU: new member of staff is hired.
Establishment of a working group in charge of EU issues.
Publication of the "Atlas for the human right to education and freedom in education in the European countries".
Relocation of the effe international office to Bochum, Germany.
Contribution to a declaration concerning the Human Rights-Charter of the EU.
Letter and resolution to the European Convent regarding the significance of education within the European constitution.
7th anniversary of "Beautiful Schools in Russia" (project for the development of schools in Russia).
Successful action for the rescue of a Waldorf-influenced school in Armenia, which was persecuted on grounds of being a sect. The school was about to be closed by the authorities. A statement from effe to the Ministry of Education and Science as well as to the head of the Committee for Culture and Education of the Armenian Republic prevented the closure of the school.
Continuing work on a constitution for the EU.
In cooperation with the Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsrecht (Institute for Educational Research and Law) effe develops a draft for Article 14 (education) of the Human Rights Charter for Europe, which is presented in Brussels and adopted by various international organisations.
Support of the "School for Vital Learning" initiative in Konstanz by arranging consultants for the educational concept and participating in a press conference.
effe members donate almost 3000 DM in support of the Summerhill School. The school needs the money for a court procedure. effe Vice President Robert Bell establishes contact with parliamentarians and the school wins the case.
effe supports the Freie Schule Karlsruhe, whose approval had already been declined by the Cultural Ministry of Baden-Württemberg. However, after an exchange of letters with the Minister it is agreed.
effe support for Waldorf schools in France, which were accused of establishing a sect.
In acknowledgement of its accomplishments in the field of education, especially in Middle and Eastern Europe, effe is rewarded the Theodor Heuss award (Theodor-Heuss-Medaille).
Official recognition of effe as an NGO with an advisory status from the European Council.
Dr. Hildegard Hamm-Brücher becomes a patron of effe.
More than 600 unemployed teachers request the information sheet "Free School jobs" published by effe. This is covered in 10 regional newspapers and on the regional radio.
Establishment of the working group "school quality and evaluation".
During the controversy about the Tvind Schools, the state of Denmark made plans for a law suspending the founding of Free Schools for two years. effe successfully protested against this law by sending letters to the Secretary of Education and all members of the school board in the Danish Parliament. Plans for the suspension were lifted.
effe introduces itself for the first time at the Interschul Exhibition in Berlin. Together with the Organisation of Waldorf Schools, the Association of Private Schools and the Federal Association of Free Alternative Schools effe organises the well attended "Forum of Free Schools".
A census among its members shows that the number of members has risen from 69 (in 1990) to 680 people and 30 institutions.
Discussion with four parliamentarians and representatives of the press in Bratislava about the liberalisation of the educational system in Slovakia.
Campaign in support of a Waldorf kindergarten in Istria: after talks with the mayor of Rijeika the kindergarten continues to receive public funds.
Conference on the democratisation of the educational system in Bratislava. Discussion on a draft for an educational law written by Ingo Krampen, member of effe Board.
Campaign in support of an Israeli-Palestinian Waldorf school which achieves public funding for the school.
The workgroup "Minorities" gives a presentation on the rights of minorities in the educational system with the title "Minorities in the Educational System – a Challenge".
International campaign for schools of the Hungarian minority within Slovakia and for effe members who were fired from their jobs in schools and school supervision, because they defended Hungarian schools against attacks of the Ministry of Education.
On request of the European Council effe creates a draft for an optional protocol to the Declaration of Human Rights with special respect to minority questions.
The international workgroup "School Supervision" presents effe's suggestions on school supervision. These are sent to all permanent members of the conference of Ministers of Education in Europe.
Public campaign and legal support for the Freie Schule Wuppertal, which had been fighting for its licence since 1985. The Ministry of Education received 560 letters and postcards from 20 European countries. The school won the lawsuit against the Minister of Education in 1996.
Support of the Freie Schule Spatz in Offenburg through various talks at the Ministry of Education, leading to the school's approval in 1995.
effe membership rises to 594.
Support of a proposition for further funding of the Waldorf school in Zagreb. The Minister of Education announces a positive outcome during an international conference.
After one year of preparation the permanent working group "Innovative Teacher Education in European Cooperation" is founded. Over the years more than 1200 people from different educational approaches have participated in this working group.
Founding of the working group "School Supervision".
Publishing of "Suggestions for Educational Laws", these were sent to all Ministries of Education in European countries.
Continued discussions on the development of educational laws in central and eastern European countries, e.g. Latvia, Albania, Russia
Second edition of a "Map of Educational Freedom in Europe" published by effe.
effe supports the training of Waldorf teachers in Romania by compiling statements from the Association of Montessori and Jenaplan as well as the Federal Association of Free Alternative Schools and submitting them to the German Ministry of Technical Cooperation. 500,000 DM are obtained as a result.
Hungarian president Árpad Göncz and Slovakian president Milan Kucan become patrons of effe.
Continued discussions on the development of educational laws in central and eastern European countries.
Various presentations by effe at conferences in central and eastern Europe.
Support of free schools in Sweden during the amendment of the private school act, leading to a 20% increase of free schools, especially Montessori and Waldorf.
Lobbying for the law on alternative schools in Finland, leading to a breakthrough for the funding of Waldorf and other alternative schools.
Support of initiative groups for the founding of free schools in Eastern Germany as well as in Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia and Czechoslovakia.
Passing of the "Memorandum on the Role of the Educational System for the Unification Process in Europe" and the "Helsinki Declaration on the Human Right to Educational Freedom". These are sent to the conference of the Ministers of Education in Europe.
First edition of a "Map of Educational Freedom in Europe", published by effe and which is sold out within two weeks.
Distribution of materials on basic principles of a free, pluralistic and democratic educational system.
Successful discussions on the development of educational laws, e.g. In Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Estonia
Foundation of the International Office in Witten-Annen.
Members: 69 people.
Foundation of effe in Velence, near Budapest (Hungary).
First colloquium takes place in Witten-Annen (before the foundation of effe).
European Forum for Freedom in Education
Europäisches Forum für Freiheit im Bildungswesen
Le Forum Européen pour la Liberté dans l´Education
Dieburger Straße 78
contact@effe-eu.org
About | Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy


Milton J. Davis is an American author who writes about characters not seen enough in speculative fiction. His first book, was, he says, "a homage to African culture, spirituality and tradition".
He produced an anthology of SF & F that he called Steamfunk - "African and African American-inspired Steampunk".
It has somewhat. There are a few books and stories I probably would not have written if it wasn't for reader feedback. But still, I have to want to write a story for it to happen.
There is a particular reader who is very persistent about a certain character in my Changa's Safari series. Because of his enthusiasm I commissioned artwork of the character and I'm seriously thinking about writing a story featuring him.
Frank Herbert probably had the earliest influence on my science fiction and fantasy writing. Right now my biggest influence in Charles R. Saunders.
Shrimp and grits. I love shrimp and grits.
To leave a legacy of positive images and stories about people of African Descent.
I love to see the finished product. I get the most satisfaction from a job complete.
Anthologies edited: Griots, Griots: Sisters of the Spear, Steamfunk!, and The Ki-Khanga Anthology.


A Layman's Introduction to Recurring Neural Networks.
The more I learn about different deep learning architectures the more I get intrigued about the different use cases for each such architecture. In terms of providing a solution for sequential data (Temporal (or) Non – Temporal) RNNs work their charm like no other.
Any kind of Data that has multiple steps in which there exists an order weather temporal or not, without which there cannot be a significant inference made is called a Sequence Data.
Use cases where Sequence Data is used?
Recurring Neural Nets – Explained.
RNNs at their core are pretty simple. You just have a single weight matrix that you repeatedly use to determine the output at a step, This output will be used by the same Weight Matrix along with an external Input to evaluate the Output at the step that follows. This process repeats itself till there are no external Inputs i.e… till the end of the sequence.
Hope that made sense! Nevertheless the point of this blog is to help you understand what I understood. Hence, of all the resources that I have gone through I found this video to be very lucid and informative. It gives you a quick understanding of what exactly happens in RNNs.
Previous Post:Which Deep Learning Framework is Growing Fastest?


text:
20+ Twister Quotes From The Ultimate Tornado Movie
Kidadl Team
on 2 November 2022
Monisha Kochhar
Amazing Quotes From 'Twister' Famous 'Twister' Movie Quotes From Introductory Scenes Twister Quotes From The Iconic Drive-In Scene Funny Quotes From 'Twister' Food Scene Storm Quotes From 'Twister' Movie Famous Quote From 'Twister' Finger Of God Scene The 'Twister' Final Scene Quotes
Vijaya Durga
'Twister' movie was released in the year 1996.
Many movies came up with the genre of tornadoes. However, 'Twister' is considered the ultimate tornado movie in recent times.
More than twenty-four years down the line, it still makes an interesting watch. While many directors tried their hand at this genre, 'Twister' directed by Jan de Bont is appreciated for its cliched execution. The cinematography, chemistry between lead actors Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, plot, screenplay, and supporting actors added enough substance to make it a watchable movie. In this article, we bring to you a few amazing 'Twister' quotes that still are familiar with many other storm movies. If you're looking for more classic quotes, take a look at our articles on '80s movie quotes and for quotes about similar topics, storm quotes.
'Twister' is an adventure film focussed on an epic disaster - the fiercest tornado. The screenplay was written by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin. The movie stars include Bill Paxton playing William (Bill) Harding and Helen Hunt playing Dr. Jo Harding. All the supporting actors including Aunt Greene played by Lois Smith, Dr. Melissa Reeves played by Jami Gertz, Allan Sanders played by Sean Whalen, gave fantastic support to the lead actors of 'Twister' - Bill and Jo.
'Twister'starts with an F5 level tornado that leaves a family devastated. A little girl, Jo, watches her father succumb to the tornado that hits Oklahoma and destroys it. As Jo grows up, she is determined to find a solution to measure the intensity of tornadoes. She along with her husband Bill Harding builds a sensory device that can study what actually happens inside a tornado. First few minutes into the movie 'Twister', Jo Harding is seen fixing her machines. When Dr. Jo Harding says "She's here" the audience presume 'she' is the daughter of Bill and Jo. But surprisingly 'she' is a weather device - Dorothy, that Bill Harding had designed with his years of experience following the tornadoes. In 'Twister' movie, Dorothy carries sensors, which when sucked up into the tornado can give data to the scientists to predict future tornadoes. The entire movie revolves around the lead pair, trying to get their invention into the tornado and test it. Do they really achieve the feat? Are they heading for divorce? What happens to Dorothy? Will they become successful with their invention? All these questions keep the audience hooked to the screens as the plot slowly unfolds.
Here are some of the iconic movie's quotes for you to enjoy.
Amazing Quotes From 'Twister'
The movie begins with a family watching the news on their TV. The newsreader reads the warning that a tornado is going to hit Oklahoma State.
1. "It's coming straight for us! It's already here! Everybody underground now!"
-Mr. Thornton
Famous 'Twister' Movie Quotes From Introductory Scenes
Bill Paxton 'Twister' quotes from the first 30 minutes into the movie along with some other 'Twister' movie lines are key quotes. Here are some Bill Harding 'Twister' quotes from early on in the movie. As the crew begin to chase their first tornado of the day, we hear the famous 'Twister' Dusty song played in the background too.
2. "If I know Jo, she's already dragged her entire department into the field."
- Bill Harding to Melissa
3. "She forgets everything except her work."
4. "Yeah, she's, uh...she's really talking."
- Bill Harding to Jo Harding
5. "It's the biggest series of storms in 12 years."
- Jo Harding to Bill Harding
6. "You missed a page."
7. "I don't have a problem being a weatherman."
- Bill Harding
8. "Dorothy? What about her?"
9. "Does she work?"
10. "These sensors go up the funnel and radio back information about the internal structure, wind velocities, flow, asymmetries."
11. "We can learn more in 30 seconds than they have in the past 30 years, get a profile of a tornado for the first time."
12. "If we knew how a tornado really worked, we could design an advance warning system."
13. "Give people a chance to get to safety. At least, that's what these guys are trying to do."
14. "I can't believe you actually did it."
15. "Jonas Miller. He's a nightcrawler."
- Bill Harding. [Trivia: In the movie 'Twister', Jonas Miller is an antagonist played by Cary Elwes.]
16. "Get this loser off me!"
- Jonas Miller
17. "You want to take credit for my design."
18. "We'll see who gets there first, pal."
19. "It's the suck zone"
- Dustin Davis 'Twister' quote
20. "Oh, nothing. I was just wondering if we're gonna...chase this tornado, or you just want to catch the next one."
- Tim Beltzer Lewis
Twister Quotes From The Iconic Drive-In Scene
21."It's already here."
- Bill Harding from 'Twister' drive-in scene.
Funny Quotes From 'Twister' Food Scene
Jo Harding and Bill Harding, while chasing the tornadoes end up at Wakita, where Aunt Meg lives. The entire team loves Aunt Meg Greene and visits her home in Wakita. The iconic food scene from the movie 'Twister' adds some good laughs with funny narrations. Here are a few funny quotes from this scene.
22. "Tasty cow, Aunt Meg."
- Dusty Davis
23. "Jo, things go wrong. You can't explain it. You can't predict it. Killing yourself won't bring your dad back. I'm sorry he died, but it was a long time ago. You got to move on."
24. Aunt Meg Greene: "He didn't keep his part of the bargain."
Jo: "Which part?"
Aunt Meg Greene: "To spend his life pining for you and die miserable and alone."
Jo: "Is that so much to ask?"
25. "I got to go, Julia. We got cows."
- Dr. Melissa Reeves
26. "So, Jo's yelling at him to get out of the way, right? He just...He strolls up to the twister, and he says, 'Have a drink.' And he chucks the bottle into the twister, and it never hits the ground. Twister caught it and sucked it right up."
-Dusty Davis
Storm Quotes From 'Twister' Movie
In the 'Twister' movie scene in the fields, cows are seen flying due to a severe tornado. This is yet another remarkable picturization in the movie. Here is a conversation snippet from the 'Twister' cow scene.
27. Jo: "Cow."
Jo: "Another cow."
Bill: "Actually, I think that was the same one."
Famous Quote From 'Twister' Finger Of God Scene
This is another powerful quote from a scene featuring Melissa, Bill, Jason and others, discussing tornados the characters have previously witnessed.
28. Melissa: "Is there an F-5? What would that be like?"
Jason Preacher Rowe: "The finger of God."
The 'Twister' Final Scene Quotes
Wakita falls in the path of the tornado. Everyone from Jo's team is worried about Aunt Meg Greene. Jo and Bill search for her in the partially collapsed home. They find her injured under the debris in the basement. Jo worries about what happened at Wakita, leading to some inspiring moments.
29. Aunt Meg Greene: "Jo...it's going to happen to somebody else. You...You go stop it."
Jo: "I don't know how."
Aunt Meg Greene: "Well, I think you do. You've been...chasing these things since you were a little kid. It's what you do. Go. Do it."
30. Jo: "We did it."
Bill: "Yeah, we did. Dorothy really flew."
Jo: "It was a good idea."
Bill: "Yeah."
In the final scenes where a level 5 tornado arrives, it gives a final opportunity to put Dorothy in the path of the tornado. In the movie 'Twister', the extreme scene is how Bill and Jo succeed in their mission.
Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for 20+ Twister Quotes From The Ultimate Tornado Movie, then why not take a look at Steven Spielberg quotes, or 'Gladiator' movie quotes.
21 Items You Only Have In Your Kitchen If You Have Small Children
Kidadl's 10 Bathtime Commandments
Revenge Of The Toys: When Playthings Fight Back
23 Little Things You Only Learn As A Parent


text:
Q: Do we always have min/max with $x=y=z$ for symmetric function and constraint? Symmetric function means that $f(x,y,z)=f(x,z,y)=f(y,x,z)=...$
For example, let $f(x)=xyz$ and $g(x)=x+y+z$ where $g(x)=1$ is the constraint and $x,y,z\geq 0$ for simplicity. Both $f$ and $g$ are symmetric.
Then we have
min at:$(0,0,1) (0,1,0) (1,0,0)$
max at:$(1/3,1/3,1/3)\leftarrow x=y=z$
Suppose there is at least one max/min solution for the function and constraint. I want to know that do we always have at least one min/max with $x=y=z$ for symmetric function and constraint? Any proof or disproof? Thank you.

A: If you start with a function with no extrema at all, say $x+y+z$, then add bump functions that peak at $(2,0,0)$, $(0,2,0)$, and $(0,0,2)$, the result will be symmetric and only have extrema off the line $x=y=z$.  You could always rig the problem so that with the constraint your extrema are on that line though.  For instance if the constraint was $x^2+y^2+z^2=0$.


I'm in serious mourning after our trip to Sea Island. Ugh I hate how quickly our week there flew by. I'm thinking of blowing up a few pictures from the trip and having them framed. The nudie ones of Campbell will definitely be going up somewhere!
Those pictures are beautiful–definitely frame worthy!


You will enjoy the light fluffy texture of these muffins while still enjoying the benefits of whole grain barley flour. For a balanced breakfast have a side bowl of yogurt or cottage cheese and fresh fruit.
Mix eggs, oil, milk and sugar. Add flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and mix just until combined. Fold in blueberries and cranberries.
Line muffin tin with muffin papers or grease muffin pan well. Fill each tin with batter.
Bake at 400°F for approximately 18 minutes or until centre springs back when lightly touched.
Cool 10 minutes before removing from muffin pan.