Has it evolved into something hidden by the politeness of well-meaning British behaviour? What I call "the question", for example: the constant singling out of people of colour in order to ask: "Where are you from?" And to keep on asking, until information about some supposedly exotic country of origin is delivered. The kindly claim by a friend that you are fine, because "we don't really see you as black", or the patient explanation delivered by a colleague: "I'm not being racist, you just can't get a job around here any more if you're white." Even the "hostile environment" immigration policy that leaves you helpless as black British people you love are deported to a country they don't know doesn't actually say racism on the sticker.
There is still plenty that does say racism on the sticker, of course. In my book, I recall going into a high-end shop on my local high street, for example, only to be told I wasn't welcome because "the black girls steal". And the moment I realised my partner refused point-blank to enter shops of that nature in the first place, exhausted by the inevitable suspicion and hostility.
The launch on Sunday of the Guardian's Bias in Britain reporting reveals, in many cases for the first time, these experiences as more than just anecdote.
I now know for example, that, from a representative sample of 1,000 black and minority ethnic (BAME) people across Britain, 38% have been wrongly suspected of shoplifting in the past five years, compared with 14% of white people. I can tell you that 12% of BAME people have had racist language directed at them in the past month, rising to 43% in the past five years.
We can now look properly at the practical effects of bias on life in the workplace. Contrary to the perception that being a member of an ethnic minority is an advantage in companies seeking to prove their diversity credentials, the data reveals that 43% of BAME people feel that they been overlooked for a job or promotion in a manner that felt unfair in the past five years, more than double the proportion of white British people.
And we can analyse some of the emotional effects of bias – sometimes conscious, often unconscious – including the daily assumption that we are not actually British. Now my experience of "the question" is laid bare in the data: within the last month alone, one in five BAME people has had someone assume they aren't British on the basis of their ethnicity.
This research is important because, as well as these remarkable headline figures, it also examines experiences distinctive to different groups. Feeling overlooked at work affects black or mixed-race people more than those of Asian heritage. Muslims report having more negative experiences than BAME people of other religious backgrounds. Men are significantly more likely to have been stopped by the police, while women are more likely to have felt the need to alter their appearance because of their ethnicity.
My hope is that knowing how widespread these experiences are might have effects that are more direct than the pollsters could have imagined. That a little black girl trying to scrub her skin lighter would know that many other girls face the same shaming pressures. That the person unsettled by being constantly mistaken for someone else at work – in my case, alleged doppelgangers include Michelle Obama and Clara Amfo, which is hardly unflattering, except that I don't remotely resemble any of them – will know that three-quarters of black people have had the same experience.
Bias in Britain is a welcome addition to a badly neglected field of inquiry. But here are a few things it can't do. It can't quantify the psychological strain of feeling invisible, overlooked or treated with disdain; of feeling – in the mantra many of us know so well – like you have to do twice as much to succeed. It can't measure the pressure of being too visible – of having to do half as much to fail. It can't diagnose how many of our relationships crumble because a partner is too broken and angered by racism to be able to love, or how many of us lose our sense of identity under the burden of racism, allowing it to engulf and overwhelm us.
Because racism does have the power to overwhelm. I was struck by the story recently of a white theatre director who described himself as "born-again African", in part because of the racism he had experienced as a consequence of being mistaken for somebody black. Racism, I was reminded, has come to be such an integral part of the ethnic minority experience, it is confused with the entirely separate question of who we actually are. This is nothing new – it's the reason Marcus Garvey felt compelled to point out, almost a century ago, that blackness is not about shame but about greatness. The way to overcome this confusion is not to stop talking about racism, it's to understand it better. And to understand it, you have to ask the right questions, and listen – really listen – to the answers.


I Want To Go To Hollywood digital sheet music. Contains printable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file.
The Arrangement Details Tab gives you detailed information about this particular arrangement of I Want To Go To Hollywood - not necessarily the song.
For some reason the accompaniment makes this song trickier to sing than I thought it would. Not great for auditions unless you know your accompanist because it is tough to sight read and even tougher to sing if the accompaniment is off.
I am a vocalist, and the sheet music for this song provided exactly what I needed. It was accurate, in the originally published key, and I was able to access and print it easily and quickly.


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The intermediate students had been advised at the end of their last lesson that today's class would take place on the Quidditch Pitch, and a notice reminding them of this had been left pinned to the classroom door. The pitch was set up in a rather bizarre fashion. The hoops laid out flat across the grass were not terribly odd, not exactly - they were Quidditch equipment after all, though rarely were they laid flat for that purpose and there was also the fact that this was Transfiguration class. The hoops were also filled with what looked like sandbags in differing sizes and colours. The stands had also been modified to accommodate improvised writing desks, little planks of wood which hovered at a convenient height relative to the benches, and would adjust themselves according to who sat there.
"Good afternoon," Professor Skies greeted them, gathering them round her in the centre of the pitch, "As you should be able to guess, we are continuing switching spells today." Switching spells - which allowed for the instantaneous replacement of one object with another, had been a major unit for the intermediate class this term. "As you have all been working well on this, I thought it was time to test your skills over a greater distance, and with larger objects. As you can see, there are three different sizes of sack, the smallest for third years, middle for fourth and largest for fifth. Each pair of sacks comprises one black and one white so you can tell when you have switched them - and I can tell the difference between a switching spell and a colour changing charm, so you are only harming yourselves if you try to cheat." The sand inside the bags also matched their exteriors, so she would be able to tell if they had only partially swapped over.
"As you may recall from our last lessons, switching is closely tied with vanishing and conjuring. It is seen as a simplified form - although two objects are involved, this makes things easier owing to a sense of balance, especially in this scenario where your objects are more or less the same. I won't say much more about it, as your essays on why switching spells are considered Transfiguration are still in progress, and you should be finding some of these things out for yourself. I would like at least twenty minutes of practise on the practical from everyone. After that, you can choose to practise further or write your essays.
"As I mentioned last time, ability in casting switching spells has been found to be strongly predictive of ability to Apparate, so consider this useful practise for that, especially for those of you who will be of age next year," she added. Apparition was something that a lot of witches and wizards looked forward to doing immensely, and so adding the glamour of that to the otherwise possibly dull task of moving sandbags would hopefully give the students a bit more motivation. Selina had explained the concept when she had introduced the subject in the previous class, to be sure that everyone knew what it was.
"As with all our previous practises, the spell is suppuno with an open double loop wand motion plus the name of the object you are trying to acquire - in this case, that is the same as the object you are exchanging, a sandbag. As always, you should keep your gaze on the object you wish to acquire, and you can make the spell easier by specifying the colour of the target. You can make the spell harder by moving your hoops further apart." The class had been practising summoning spells for a few weeks now, so this information was revision. The wand movement was a little like an infinity sign that wasn't fully closed, starting with the object they wanted, circling around the object that they were getting rid of, and back to pointing at the target.
OOC - you may post either doing the practical, the essay or both. Posts will be marked on relevance, realism, creativity and length. Your character has some experience with this type of spell already. Catch me in chatzy if you have any questions.


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This topic explains the process of installing inSync master server on Windows.
You must have administrator privileges on the computer on which you plan to install the master server.
The MySQL DB is running. You have the required information about accessing the database.
You have downloaded the inSync master server installation package on the computer on which you want to install it.
Double-click the inSync master server installer.
Accept the End-User License Agreement (EULA) and click Next.
In the Choose Destination Folder field, specify the full path to the folder where you want to install the master server.
Select shortcuts to access the inSync Master Management Console.
Click Install and then Finish.
Launch the inSync Master Management Console.
Note: The inSync Master Management Console is launched automatically after installation of inSync master server is over. To launch the console manually, on the Windows Start menu click Start > All Programs > Druva inSync Master > inSync Master Server Management Console.
Hostname: The IP address of the computer on which the MySQL database is installed.
Port: The port required to connect to the MySQL database. The default value is 3306.
Username: The user name of the MySQL account. Make sure that ALL privilege is assigned to this user.
Password: The password used to access the MySQL user account.
DB Name: The name of the MySQL database instance that is created while installing the Master server.
Web Console Service TCP Port Number: The port used for accessing the inSync Admin Console. By default, inSync Server uses port number 6061. Make sure that the TCP port you assign to inSync is free.
Administrator Name: The display name of the first administrator.
E-mail address: The e-mail ID of the first administrator. The administrator will need this ID to log on to the inSync Admin Console.
Password: The password for the first administrator.
Note: As a good practice, do not change the password of the MySQL user after you have configured inSync master server. However, if you do change the password, reconfigure inSync master server following the steps mentioned above. After the configuration, manually stop and start all the inSync master server services. For the list of master server services, see inSync Log and Configuration Files.


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package io.ichi_go.ichigo.data.model;

import android.os.Parcel;
import android.os.Parcelable;

import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;

import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

/**
 * Created by russell on 2/22/15.
 */
public class Event implements Comparable<Event>, Parcelable {
    private String name = "";
    private String description;
    private String latitude;
    private String longitude;
    private String location = "none";

    private LatLng latLng;
    private String id = "";

    //private String location;

    public Event(String id, String name, String description, String latitude, String longitude, String location) {
        this.name = name;
        this.description = description;
        this.latitude = latitude;
        this.longitude = longitude;
        this.location = location;
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String printData() {
        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
        result.append(this.name);
        return result.toString();
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getDescription() {
        return description;
    }

    public void setDescription(String description) {
        this.description = description;
    }

    public LatLng getLatLng() {
        return latLng;
    }

    public void setLatLng(LatLng latLng) {
        this.latLng = latLng;
    }

    public String getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(String id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getLatitude() {
        return latitude;
    }

    public void setLatitude(String latitude) {
        this.latitude = latitude;
    }

    public String getLongitude() {
        return longitude;
    }

    public void setLongitude(String longitude) {
        this.longitude = longitude;
    }

    public String getLocation() {
        return location;
    }

    public void setLocation(String location) {
        this.location = location;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Event another) {

        return this.getName().compareTo(another.getName());

    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        if (this == o) return true;
        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;

        Event event = (Event) o;

        if (!id.equals(event.id)) return false;
        if (!name.equals(event.name)) return false;

        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        int result = name.hashCode();
        result = 31 * result + id.hashCode();
        return result;
    }

    public String writeJSON() {
        JSONObject jso = new JSONObject();
        try {

            jso.put("longitude", this.getLongitude());
            jso.put("latitude", this.getLatitude());
            jso.put("name", this.getName());
            jso.put("description", this.getDescription());
            jso.put("location", this.getLocation());
        } catch (JSONException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return jso.toString();
    }

    public JSONObject getJSON() {
        JSONObject jso = new JSONObject();
        try {

            jso.put("longitude", Double.valueOf(this.getLongitude()));
            jso.put("latitude", Double.valueOf(this.getLatitude()));
            jso.put("name", this.getName());
            jso.put("description", this.getDescription());
            jso.put("location", this.getLocation());
        } catch (JSONException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return jso;
    }

    @Override
    public int describeContents() {
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
        dest.writeString(id);
        dest.writeString(name);
        dest.writeString(description);
        dest.writeString(latitude);
        dest.writeString(longitude);
        dest.writeString(location);
    }

    public static final Parcelable.Creator<Event> CREATOR = new Parcelable.Creator<Event>() {
        public Event createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
            return new Event(in);
        }

        public Event[] newArray(int size) {
            return new Event[size];
        }

    };

    public Event(Parcel in) {
        id = in.readString();
        name = in.readString();
        description = in.readString();
        latitude = in.readString();
        longitude = in.readString();
        location = in.readString();
    }

}


Over the last several years, we have developed processes for strip-back and re-polish of process-monitor wafers as well as scrapped GaAs wafers from all points in the various TriQuint fabrication flows. Initial efforts produced several thousand mechanical grade wafers with high yields. Current processes produce prime wafers that meet all the TriQuint GaAs substrate specification criteria. These have been shown in initial production fabrication run trials to work generally as well as virgin GaAs wafers. The obstacles overcome in this development will be discussed and production lot electrical data will be presented to demonstrate the value of this promising and frugal workaround to the current worldwide wafer shortage.


If the idea of a boring vacation bores you, then you should look into a exciting vacation trip that will get your blood pumping. There are many people who are not keen on a relaxing vacation where you sit back and relax and enjoy the tranquility of the beach or some other quiet destination. Some people want to be active and go outside and do something invigorating and enjoy themselves while also being active. And if you are a thrill seeker, then you should definitely look into a vacation destination that will allow you to participate in something that is not only exciting, but also fun. Here's a couple of ideas to consider.
If you love the idea of rafting, and you really want a thrill, you should look into a white water trip down the Colorado river. This is one of the countries most exciting destinations when it comes to white water rafting. The rapids are some of the most thrilling and you will really be in for a treat. Rapids are classed on a scale. The lower white water rivers might be a bit too tame, and some of the class 5 rivers (which are at the top of the scale) might be too extreme and actually dangerous. The Colorado river, on the other hand, has just the right thrills. It's got all the rapids you will want to provide a thrilling adventure vacation without putting you at risk.
If you like the idea of mountain climbing, but are not someone who has the unlimited funds necessary (or the time required) to hike Everest, then consider a guided tour of Mount Kilimanjaro. This is an easier climb than Everest, but it's also exciting. Unlike a huge climb such as Everest or K2, where you would need special gear such as oxygen tanks, and need to hire Sherpas, not to mention weeks of prep time, a guided tour of this African Mountain is just the ticket for the average person. You don't have to take months off of work (something necessary for the extreme climbs) so you can schedule a regular vacation and not have to worry about leaving your house for weeks on end. Not only that, there are no serious dangerous like you would encounter on one of the ultra climbs. However, you do get the same enjoyment in seeing a foreign landscape (Africa in this case) as well as ascending one of the words largest mountains. Contact a Mount Kilimanjaro Tour Services for more information.


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WOW (Way Out West) sterling silver cuff with 5 large sugalite stones.5 1/4" inner circumference with a 11/4" gap, 3/4" wide, 98g total weight.
This is a ONE OF A KIND cuff, never to be duplicated from an older jewelry line co-created by legendary New Mexico jewelry designer Roger Wilbur. This cuff is STUNNING!


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using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Security;

namespace LLDB
{
    public unsafe partial class InstructionList : IDisposable
    {
        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit, Size = 8)]
        public partial struct Internal
        {
            [SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
            [DllImport("lldb", CallingConvention = global::System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.Cdecl,
                EntryPoint="_ZN4lldb17SBInstructionListC2Ev")]
            internal static extern void ctor_0(global::System.IntPtr instance);

            [SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
            [DllImport("lldb", CallingConvention = global::System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.Cdecl,
                EntryPoint="_ZN4lldb17SBInstructionListC2ERKS0_")]
            internal static extern void cctor_1(global::System.IntPtr instance, global::System.IntPtr rhs);

            [SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
            [DllImport("lldb", CallingConvention = global::System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.Cdecl,
                EntryPoint="_ZN4lldb17SBInstructionListD2Ev")]
            internal static extern void dtor_0(global::System.IntPtr instance);

            [SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
            [DllImport("lldb", CallingConvention = global::System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.Cdecl,
                EntryPoint="_ZNK4lldb17SBInstructionList7IsValidEv")]
            [return: MarshalAsAttribute(UnmanagedType.I1)]
            internal static extern bool IsValid_0(global::System.IntPtr instance);

            [SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
            [DllImport("lldb", CallingConvention = global::System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.Cdecl,
                EntryPoint="_ZN4lldb17SBInstructionList21GetInstructionAtIndexEj")]
            internal static extern void GetInstructionAtIndex_0(global::System.IntPtr @return, global::System.IntPtr instance, uint idx);

            [SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
            [DllImport("lldb", CallingConvention = global::System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.Cdecl,
                EntryPoint="_ZN4lldb17SBInstructionList5ClearEv")]
            internal static extern void Clear_0(global::System.IntPtr instance);

            [SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
            [DllImport("lldb", CallingConvention = global::System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.Cdecl,
                EntryPoint="_ZN4lldb17SBInstructionList17AppendInstructionENS_13SBInstructionE")]
            internal static extern void AppendInstruction_0(global::System.IntPtr instance, LLDB.Instruction.Internal inst);

            [SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
            [DllImport("lldb", CallingConvention = global::System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.Cdecl,
                EntryPoint="_ZN4lldb17SBInstructionList5PrintEP7__sFILE")]
            internal static extern void Print_0(global::System.IntPtr instance, global::System.IntPtr @out);

            [SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
            [DllImport("lldb", CallingConvention = global::System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.Cdecl,
                EntryPoint="_ZN4lldb17SBInstructionList14GetDescriptionERNS_8SBStreamE")]
            [return: MarshalAsAttribute(UnmanagedType.I1)]
            internal static extern bool GetDescription_0(global::System.IntPtr instance, global::System.IntPtr description);

            [SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
            [DllImport("lldb", CallingConvention = global::System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.Cdecl,
                EntryPoint="_ZN4lldb17SBInstructionList31DumpEmulationForAllInstructionsEPKc")]
            [return: MarshalAsAttribute(UnmanagedType.I1)]
            internal static extern bool DumpEmulationForAllInstructions_0(global::System.IntPtr instance, global::System.IntPtr triple);

            [SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
            [DllImport("lldb", CallingConvention = global::System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.Cdecl,
                EntryPoint="_ZN4lldb17SBInstructionList7GetSizeEv")]
            internal static extern uint GetSize_0(global::System.IntPtr instance);
        }

        public global::System.IntPtr __Instance { get; protected set; }

        protected int __PointerAdjustment;
        public static readonly System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary<IntPtr, InstructionList> NativeToManagedMap = new System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary<IntPtr, InstructionList>();
        protected void*[] __OriginalVTables;

        protected bool __ownsNativeInstance;

        public static InstructionList __CreateInstance(global::System.IntPtr native, bool skipVTables = false)
        {
            return new InstructionList(native.ToPointer(), skipVTables);
        }

        public static InstructionList __CreateInstance(InstructionList.Internal native, bool skipVTables = false)
        {
            return new InstructionList(native, skipVTables);
        }

        private static void* __CopyValue(InstructionList.Internal native)
        {
            var ret = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(8);
            LLDB.InstructionList.Internal.cctor_1(ret, new global::System.IntPtr(&native));
            return ret.ToPointer();
        }

        private InstructionList(InstructionList.Internal native, bool skipVTables = false)
            : this(__CopyValue(native), skipVTables)
        {
            __ownsNativeInstance = true;
            NativeToManagedMap[__Instance] = this;
        }

        protected InstructionList(void* native, bool skipVTables = false)
        {
            if (native == null)
                return;
            __Instance = new global::System.IntPtr(native);
        }

        public InstructionList()
        {
            __Instance = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(8);
            __ownsNativeInstance = true;
            NativeToManagedMap[__Instance] = this;
            Internal.ctor_0((__Instance + __PointerAdjustment));
        }

        public InstructionList(LLDB.InstructionList rhs)
        {
            __Instance = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(8);
            __ownsNativeInstance = true;
            NativeToManagedMap[__Instance] = this;
            if (ReferenceEquals(rhs, null))
                throw new global::System.ArgumentNullException("rhs", "Cannot be null because it is a C++ reference (&).");
            var arg0 = rhs.__Instance;
            Internal.cctor_1((__Instance + __PointerAdjustment), arg0);
        }

        public void Dispose()
        {
            Dispose(disposing: true);
        }

        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            LLDB.InstructionList __dummy;
            NativeToManagedMap.TryRemove(__Instance, out __dummy);
            Internal.dtor_0((__Instance + __PointerAdjustment));
            if (__ownsNativeInstance)
                Marshal.FreeHGlobal(__Instance);
        }

        public bool IsValid()
        {
            var __ret = Internal.IsValid_0((__Instance + __PointerAdjustment));
            return __ret;
        }

        public LLDB.Instruction GetInstructionAtIndex(uint idx)
        {
            var __ret = new LLDB.Instruction.Internal();
            Internal.GetInstructionAtIndex_0(new IntPtr(&__ret), (__Instance + __PointerAdjustment), idx);
            return LLDB.Instruction.__CreateInstance(__ret);
        }

        public void Clear()
        {
            Internal.Clear_0((__Instance + __PointerAdjustment));
        }

        public void AppendInstruction(LLDB.Instruction inst)
        {
            var arg0 = ReferenceEquals(inst, null) ? new LLDB.Instruction.Internal() : *(LLDB.Instruction.Internal*) (inst.__Instance);
            Internal.AppendInstruction_0((__Instance + __PointerAdjustment), arg0);
        }

        public void Print(global::System.IntPtr @out)
        {
            var arg0 = @out;
            Internal.Print_0((__Instance + __PointerAdjustment), arg0);
        }

        public bool GetDescription(LLDB.Stream description)
        {
            if (ReferenceEquals(description, null))
                throw new global::System.ArgumentNullException("description", "Cannot be null because it is a C++ reference (&).");
            var arg0 = description.__Instance;
            var __ret = Internal.GetDescription_0((__Instance + __PointerAdjustment), arg0);
            return __ret;
        }

        public bool DumpEmulationForAllInstructions(string triple)
        {
            var arg0 = Marshal.StringToHGlobalAnsi(triple);
            var __ret = Internal.DumpEmulationForAllInstructions_0((__Instance + __PointerAdjustment), arg0);
            Marshal.FreeHGlobal(arg0);
            return __ret;
        }

        public uint Size
        {
            get
            {
                var __ret = Internal.GetSize_0((__Instance + __PointerAdjustment));
                return __ret;
            }
        }
    }
}


Three modern-day adventures for Call of Cthulhu.
Unseen Masters is the first horror or roleplaying game supplement to receive an award from a World Health Organization Centre of Excellence and top international Psychiatry department. The book has been given the stamp of academic acceptance and recognition in the medical world.
The book also won the Origins Award for Best Role-Playing Game Adventure of 2001.
"These three adventures are designed more as mini-campaigns than as scenarios. Each can be expanded upon to create many nights of play. They are made for experienced players, and present new and unexpected challenges for them. Keepers should be experienced as well, as the adventures are complex and full of colorful non-player characters. Each includes extra resources of useful information.
- A serial killer stalks the citizens of New York City. As the body count mounts, the investigators must marshal the city's resources and try to make sense of the trail of evidence in time to prevent a massacre.
- What is Truth? Where is the line between imagination and reality? Who can say that the mad do not see into realms forbidden to the sane? When one investigator stumbles upon the Truth, he threatens to dispel the veil of illusion woven by a powerful evil.
- The prophesies of Armageddon will soon be fulfilled. As the plans of a great corporation begin to take direction, after twenty-seven centuries so does a shadow of ancient evil rise to finish what it began so long ago."


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Blackpool detective dies after valiant three-year fight with motor neurone disease
St Catherine's Hospice helped mum's final wish come true - now it's time to help the Hospice
After the Covid pandemic impacted its fundraising St Catherine's Hospice at Lostock Hall set a target to recruit 400 new monthly donors. Continuing our series of special reports FIONA FINCH shares the story of one new regular donor.
By Fiona Finch
Friday, 3rd September 2021, 4:55 am
Julie Smith will be forever grateful that with the support of St Catherine' s Hospice she was able to honour her mother's final wishes.
That Eileen McCann achieved her desire to die at home is an enduring comfort to her grieving daughter.
Eileen, from Chorley, died in January, at the age of 82 after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in November, 2019.
Eileen McCann achieved her wish to die at home
Julie said: "Right from being diagnosed my mum said to me, I don't want to die in hospital – I want to be at home, in my own bed. If it had not been for the support I got from St Catherine's then I wouldn't have been able to achieve that for her. Today I would be living with that – knowing I'd gone against her wishes."
"My mum was a very strong person, a very kind person, but she knew her own mind. The last thing I wanted to do was go against what she so clearly wanted. I am just so grateful to the hospice for helping me achieve what was important to her."
That gratitude explains why Julie is now sharing her experiences as part of the hospice's new campaign encouraging people to sign up to give a monthly donation.
The campaign, with its slogan Big Issues, Small Details, All the Difference , is putting a spotlight on how St Catherine's looks after the big issues and small details to make all the difference to local families coping with conditions such as cancer, heart failure and motor neurone disease.
Julie Smith, Eileen's daughter, is backing the Regular Giving appeal
Julie, from Bamber Bridge, was grateful for the support from the hospice's community clinical nurse specialists, who visit people at home . She especially praised nurse Tracy Rhodes and said: "I remember times being on the phone to them in tears, and they were just so genuine and caring. I can't get across how much that support meant."
She continued:"I had a lot of questions too – if you've never been around someone who is dying, you don't know what to expect. Tracy was so knowledgeable, so compassionate. She answered all my questions and helped me to feel more prepared."
Eileen also experienced care in the hospice. Julie said: "Mum also spent some time on the in-patient unit at St Catherine's. She was reluctant at first, but we are all so glad she went. They sorted out her medication and helped her to eat a little again. Her stay gave us extra time together at home, which we're so grateful for."
The Hospice's care and support extends beyond bereavement, as Julie also kn ows from experience: She said "After she (mum) died, I pretty much threw myself back into everything – but then ended up having a major wobble. Now I've been offered bereavement counselling to help. I didn't even realise they did that. St Catherine's are there for you all the way through – when someone is ill, at the end and then they're still there for you afterwards."
Lynn Kelly, St Catherine's Hospice Chief Executive
Julie began giving a donation to St Catherine's each month soon after her mum died. She said: "I know how important having St Catherine's here is and I want to do my little bit to help other families experience the same valuable support."
Melanie Holmes, the hospice's Community Services Manager, said: "We are so pleased our team could be there for Eileen and Julie. We know that at the end of life hospital is often not the most suitable place for people to be, or where they would wish to spend their last days. Our community Clinical Nurse Specialist team is here to enable people to be at home if this is what they want - ensuring they are comfortable, that their relatives feel supported and empowered, and working with other health and social care professionals to co-ordinate any other support that is required."
* St Catherine's Hospice is an independent charity which needs to raise £4m a year towards its £6m p.a. running costs. It has set a target of recruiting 400 new regular donors. During the Covid pandemic income from donations and community fundraisers has halved. Chief Executive Lynn Kelly said this highlighted the need for an income stream which continues "despite unforeseen circumstances". She said: "It's so necessary for the services we provide to have that regular income month on month."
Lynn said all donations little or large will be welcome as they all add up. She emphasised that the Hospice is also grateful to the many local people who organise individual fund raising events which also bring in much needed income.
The Regular Giving campaign slogan
* The hopsice provides specialised palliative and end-of-life care for the people of Chorley, Preston and South Ribble both at the hospice and in the community.
*If you want to become a regular giver and helpSt. Catherine's Hospice reach its target of 400 new donors see www.stcatherines.co.uk or call 01772 629171 or hereFor more information and our series about the Regular Giving campaign see here and here and here
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Retuara is a Tucanoan language of South America.
Retuara is spoken by around 100 people in Colombia. Tanimuca is a second dialect of the same language, which is mutually intelligible.
Translation of a Bible passage into Retuarã.
Demographic information about Retuara from the Ethnologue of Languages.
Theories about Retuara's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.
Retuara linguistic profile and academic bibliography.
Overview of the Retuara language in Spanish.
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I know I have been MIA for about a month...in my defense, I have been so crazy busy. School has been unbelievably hectic with homework and tests, and reading, and everything in between. Throw in college applications and I'm drowning! I turned in my first college app on the first, and it was so surreal...I can't believe in a year I'll be living somewhere else in a dorm!
Anyway, between all of that craziness, I have tried to set aside some time to cleanse my poor stressed out pores (see what I did there? I know, it was bad). I decided to try the Origins Clear Improvement mask with active charcoal to clear out pores. Especially because I used some foundation that was realllllly old. Like two years. I know. Even I'm shaking my head at myself. I was just way too busy to spend the time to go and buy new foundation, and I literally only use it for special occasions, which is maybe once every three months. I use BB cream for everyday wear, so I find it a waste of money to buy a whole bottle of foundation that I will rarely use. Long story short, I should've just stuck with BB cream. My face didn't break out, I rarely do since my skin is so dry (knock on wood!!) , but since it is super sensitive, I had little red dots on my face that were really annoying, and some have yet to go away. Just a quick note, lemon juice is supposed to get those pesky spots away!
And so, I decided to try this mask! I had heard really good things about it, and I have always wanted to try a face mask that looks like mud. I really don't know why.
This mask seemed perfect, so I went to Sephora and got it! I bought the smaller tube since I hadn't tried it yet, and I didn't want to be stuck with a giant tube of a product I wouldn't use.
The product goes on really easily, however it is easier to start out with a single, thick layer. The first time I put it on, I first put on a thin layer and was then going to put on a couple more layers, but when you put more product onto a pre-existing layer, the first layer comes off. If that makes any sense, it's hard to explain. So I ended up with too thin of a layer that dried in about five minutes, when you're supposed to have it on for 10-15 minutes. So just go crazy and slop on a thick layer!
Basically, once the mask has dried, it should feel like you have just had botox and can't make any facial expressions. I know, I look a little crazed in the first picture, but you really feel like you can't even smile. It isn't a bad feeling, your face is just very stiff!
When I first put the mask on, the mask felt almost minty. It feels very nice though! I put on a thick layer, and then I just hang out for 15 minutes to let it dry. After that, I rinse off the mask and put on face lotion. I'm telling you, my face feels amazing after I take the mask off! My skin is so soft and it feels so clean and refreshed. It also looks very vibrant! I give this face mask a full five stars and two thumbs up. I now use it every Sunday, as it's a great destresser and refresher for the long week ahead. I really recommend this mask for anyone! Trust me, my skin is super sensitive and this mask never harms it! It also reduces the size of pores and does indeed clear them out. However, don't expect instant results! It takes a couple of times for you to visually see pore reduction and reduction of blackheads.
If you guys have used this mask, let me know what you think of it! And if this inspires you to use it tell me how you like it!
What is your favorite face mask? Do you use it regularly?
Yeah they have some really nice products! I also have an eye cream from Origins and I love it as well.


What are Articulating Keyboard Arms?
Articulating Keyboard Arms are simply mechanisms that can adjust the height and position of a Keyboard Tray to an ergonomic height and location for the user. Superior models allow for features such as storability (when the tray is not in use), adjustable tilt (to provide a negative inclination to the tray), and extraordinary height range (for users desiring a sit stand solution).
There are two general categories of articulating keyboard arms which are defined by the type of storage track used; glide and ball bearing. Glide Tracks feature plastic 'glides' that with the help of a dry grease lubricant move along the metal track when the user pulls out or stores the Keyboard Tray. Note: The dry grease will over time require re-application to prevent grinding and wear or damage to the plastic glides. Ball Bearing Tracks are composed of hundreds of small ball bearings which allow the user to 'roll' the arm out and back without the need for any maintenance through the life of the product.
Keyboard Trays are simply a small work surface which can be affixed to a keyboard arm to provide an area to use the keyboard and mouse. Some designs feature a separate mousing area which can swing out or swivel out (which requires moving the mouse somewhere each time you store it). More durable and stable designs feature one solid piece which provides sufficient real estate for both the keyboard and mouse.
Keyboard Trays are typically composed of ABS Plastic (more flexible, less prone to breakage with impact) or Phenolic (more rigid, less likely to flex from the central arm support).
What are the Ergonomic Benefits of an Articulating Keyboard Arm and Keyboard Tray?
Articulating Keyboard Arms allow the user to adjust the height of their Keyboard Tray to the optimal position which is just above the thighs of the user. This should result in the wrists of the user being slightly lower than the elbows, and in no cases higher than the the elbows of the user. Articulating Keyboard Arms also allow the user to bring the Keyboard Tray very close to the body of the user to allow the arms above the elbows to remain parallel to the body when keyboarding and mousing. Finally, superior models allow for negative inclination of the Keyboard Tray which can assist in addressing Positively Inclined input devices.
What are Potential Concerns when Considering an Articulating Keyboard Arm and Keyboard Tray?
The first concern is whether there is sufficient space under the desk to mount and store an Articulating Keyboard Arm and Keyboard Tray. Typically one should have at least 1" of space on either side of the Keyboard Tray to prevent accidental pinching of fingers / clothing while storing the tray under the desk. The desk itself must be composed of a material that can support the Articulating Keyboard Arm and the weight which will be applied to it. If the desk is made of particle board or is not particularly strong, an additional sheet of plywood may be required (affixed with a large number of shallow screws) to provide a suitable mounting location for the Arm.
Once these procedural requirements are addressed, the next concern is to determine the range of movement required to provide the ergonomic benefits desired. If the arm doesn't extend out far enough, a Corner Converter may be required which allows the arm to be mounted at a 45° angle coming out of the corner of an 'L' shaped desk. The Articulating Keyboard Arm should adjust low enough to be below the height of the elbows when comfortably seated. If this is a sit-stand application, then for standing applications it should be capable of getting to within 2" below the elbows when the user is standing.
The Keyboard Tray must be large enough to accommodate not only the keyboard of the user, but also to provide a suitable Mousing Area for the user. A user with a conventional keyboard (18" wide) and mouse (6" minimum width) would therefore require a 24" tray, and would likely be better served with a wider tray.
For what Types of Tasks / Users are Articulating Keyboard Arms and Keyboard Trays Suitable?
Articulating Keyboard Arms and Keyboard Trays are well suited to any users who have a work surface that is higher than their elbows and cannot raise their chair to make the desktop the appropriate relative height. They are also suited to users who seek a sit-stand solution and do not have a desk which is itself height adjustable.
What Physical Injuries or Conditions Typically Benefit from an Articulating Keyboard Arm and Keyboard Tray?
Individuals who have pain in their hands, wrists, arms and shoulders will see immediate benefits from working on a work surface at the appropriate height. Injuries such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Guyon's Canal Syndrome and Lateral Epicondylitis can become aggravated as pressure from the edge of a desk will be felt on the underside of the wrist if the work surface is too high.


The Hawai'i County Department of Parks and Recreation will reopen 'Āhalanui Park after verifying that the park's volcanically heated pond does not have unsafe levels of bacteria.
Swimmers will be welcomed back into the Puna park starting at 7 a.m. Friday, October 4.
The Hawai'i Department of Health collected water samples from the hot pond and has determined the bacteria levels to be normal for safe swimming areas. The Department of Health has found no evidence to suggest that the pond water is contaminated.
After learning September 26 of media reports that the swimmer was hospitalized, Department of Parks and Recreation Director Clayton Honma took immediate action to close the park to ensure the public's safety. The Department of Parks and Recreation thanks swimmers, park users and the general public for their patience and understanding while the temporary closure was in effect.
The Department of Health wishes to remind the public not to go swimming with an open cut. Signs posted in 'Āhalanui Park warn against this activity. Open wounds, according to state health experts, should be kept clean, dry and covered to prevent infection, which can come from anywhere, including from bacteria that lives naturally on the human body.
Raylad Brown and Jeraldine Brown also were not charged in connection with Monday's burglary pending further investigation.
However, Raylad Brown was charged with shoplifting in an unrelated case. His bail was set at $1,000. Jeraldine Brown was charged with theft and contempt of court in connection with outstanding warrants. Her bail was set at $12,500.
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and her office were put on lockdown as gunshots were fired outside the US Capitol Building today in Washington DC.
At a 6:00 pm ET (22:00 GMT) press conference, officials confirmed the car chase suspect is dead and that a child, approximately a year-old, was recovered from the suspect's vehicle. The female suspect attempted to "breach" an outer-perimeter checkpoint to the White House just prior to a pursuit by police.
Washington reports the driver has been identified by law enforcement as Miriam Carey.
On Saturday, November 9, 2013 from 8:30 am – 1:30 pm the Breadfruit—From Tree to Table workshop will be held at the Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in South Kona.
Sponsored by Kamehameha Schools and Hawai'i State Department of Agriculture, the half-day Breadfruit—From Tree to Table workshop will assist Hawai'i's breadfruit growers in supplying grocery stores, restaurants and farmers markets with high quality breadfruit, and help chefs become more familiar with breadfruit handling and preparation in the kitchen.
Due to the sales and distribution of thousands of breadfruit trees in Hawai'i, the production of breadfruit is expected to increase dramatically over the next few years—representing millions of dollars in potential retail sales of breadfruit in the next 5-8 years. Breadfruit can also play an increased key role in island food self-sufficiency, as it has been a primary staple food in the Pacific for thousands of years. The workshop teaches how to properly harvest, handle and utilize breadfruit to fully realize its commercial and community value.
Topics and speakers include: "Working with Variety"—an introduction to the three most common breadfruit varieties in Hawai'i, presented by Dr. Diane Ragone, Director, Breadfruit Institute of the National Tropical Botanical Garden. "Tree to Table"—harvesting techniques, tricks and tools, and postharvest handling, presented by Ian Cole, Collection Manager, Breadfruit Institute of the National Tropical Botanical Garden. "Beyond Sticky"—preparing breadfruit for use in a variety of dishes or for storage, presented by Shirley Kauhaihao, Ho'oulu ka 'Ulu. "Some Like It Sweet"—making gourmet dishes from ripe breadfruit, presented by John Cadman, Pono Pies. "Going To Market"—marketing and value added products, presented by Andrea Dean and Craig Elevitch, Hawai'i Homegrown Food Network and Ho'oulu ka 'Ulu project. "Food from the Gods" —Breadfruit and the cultural importance in the Pacific Islands, presented by Ku'ulei Keakealani, Educational Coordinator, Ka'ūpūlehu Interpretive Center at Kalaemanō.
The Breadfruit—From Tree to Table workshop will be followed by music and a locally grown lunch prepared by volunteers from the Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Hua o Ke Ao, and the West Hawai'i Community College Culinary Arts Program.
Breadfruit—From Tree to Table is presented by Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden and the Ho'oulu ka 'Ulu—Revitalizing Breadfruit project and is cosponsored by Kamehameha Schools and the State of Hawai'i Department of Agriculture.
Space is limited and advance registration is required. The workshop is $12 per person and lunch by donation. To register please visit www.breadfruit.info. To volunteer at the workshop, to donate breadfruit or for general inquiries, please email hooulu@hawaiihomegrown.net or call Andrea Dean at 960-3727.


Antioch, TN—On Tuesday evening, September 27, 2011, the Board of Free Will Baptist International Missions, during a called session in Nashville, Tennessee, voted to employ Clint Morgan as general director. Morgan has served as interim general director since February 10, 2011. On Wednesday, September 28, the board convened in the International Mission's conference room with the new director to discuss strategies and plans for moving the Mission forward in its quest to win souls, plant churches, and train leaders.
Clint and his wife Lynette, daughter of pioneer medical missionaries Dr. LaVerne and Lorene Miley, served with excellence in Côte d'Ivoire (1976-2005). The couple spent two terms in evangelism and church planting before helping initiate and establish a Bible institute for training Ivorian leaders. Clint received a special assignment from the board in 2002 to research the possibility of the Mission entering creative access areas of the world. As a result, The Hanna Project was born in 2004. Clint was named its general director in 2010. Clint has also served as a regional director since the program's inception in 2004. The Morgans ministered in France from 2007 to 2011. Clint and Lynette have four children (Trey, Adam, Aaron, and Autumn) and six grandchildren.
Board members attending this special session were Danny Williams (AL, chairman), Randy Wilson (OK, vice-chairman), Tom McCullough (MI, secretary), Nelson Henderson (AR), Jeff Manning (NC), Greg McAllister (CA), and Robert Morgan (TN), and Mark Price (OH).


Colonel Jason K. Fettig is the 28th Director of "The President's Own" United States Marine Band. He joined in 1997 as a clarinetist and soon became a frequently featured soloist with both the band and the Marine Chamber Orchestra. After serving four years in the organization, he was selected as an Assistant Director, and he conducted his first concert with the Marine Band Aug. 1, 2001. He was commissioned a first lieutenant in July 2002, promoted to captain in August 2003, and became the band's Executive Officer the following year. He was promoted to major in August 2007 and to lieutenant colonel in July 2014, one week before assuming leadership of "The President's Own." He was promoted to his present rank in August 2017 in the Roosevelt Room by President Donald J. Trump. He is the third Director of "The President's Own" to be promoted to colonel in a White House ceremony.
As Director, Col. Fettig is the music adviser to the White House and regularly conducts the Marine Band and Marine Chamber Orchestra at the Executive Mansion and at all Presidential Inaugurations. He also serves as music director of Washington, D.C.'s historic Gridiron Club, a position held by every Marine Band Director since John Philip Sousa. In his first years as Director, Col. Fettig has led the band for numerous major national events both at the White House and throughout the country. He conducted national broadcast performances for the 200th Anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner at Ft. McHenry in Baltimore, a special Veterans Day performance with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City, and an appearance on the David Letterman Show at the invitation of Michelle Obama in New York. He leads frequent concerts throughout the Washington, D.C., area and across the country during the band's annual national tour. Live performances by the Marine Band under his direction are often heard on National Public Radio. Col. Fettig is a fervent advocate for both traditional and contemporary American music and remains dedicated to the ongoing development of music for wind band. In recent years, he has conducted world premières of substantial new works by James Stephenson, Jacob Bancks, David Rakowski, Adam Schoenberg, David Conte, and Narong Prangcharoen.
Throughout his career with the Marine Band, Col. Fettig has been deeply committed to music education and has taken an active role in the evolution and expansion of the many educational initiatives of "The President's Own." In addition to helping refine the Music in the Schools and Music in the High Schools programs, he has made it a priority to maintain a significant presence in schools throughout the nation during the band's national concert tours. He also began an interactive and theatrical Young People's Concert series in 2006 and authored, hosted, and conducted this popular annual event until 2015. In 2014, shortly after assuming command of the Marine Band, Col. Fettig launched an ambitious project to re-record all of the marches of John Philip Sousa and provide free performance and educational materials online to schools throughout the world.
Col. Fettig is a 1993 graduate of Manchester Central High School in New Hampshire and holds two bachelor's degrees from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (UMass) in both clarinet performance (1997) and music education with an emphasis in conducting (1998). In 2005, he earned a master's degree in orchestral conducting at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) where he served as assistant conductor for two productions of the Maryland Opera Studio. He studied clarinet with Michael Sussman and David Martins, and his principal conducting teachers were Malcolm W. Rowell and James Ross. Additionally, Col. Fettig has participated in workshops with several renowned conductors including Osmo Vänskä and Otto Werner Mueller.
Col. Fettig has represented the Marine Band on numerous occasions as a soloist, adjudicator, and clinician, and regularly conducts both concert bands and orchestras for all-state and honor festivals. In 2014, he was elected as a member of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association.
Watch Col. Fettig's interview about his 2013 Young People's Concert: "Sound Off!"
Assistant Director Captain Ryan J. Nowlin joined "The President's Own" United States Marine Band in August 2010 as staff arranger. He was appointed Assistant Director and commissioned a first lieutenant in July 2014 and was promoted to his current rank in July 2016. He was appointed Executive Officer and Senior Assistant Director in May 2018.
With "The President's Own," Capt. Nowlin has arranged and composed a variety of music for the Marine Band, Marine Chamber Orchestra, brass ensemble, and various small ensembles. In 2013, Nowlin collaborated with Kelly Clarkson ("America") and arranged a setting of "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the second inauguration of President Barack Obama. He also arranged "The Star-Spangled Banner" for Jordin Sparks, which was performed for the nationwide broadcast of the national anthem's 200th anniversary celebration in 2014. Capt. Nowlin's music has been heard in performance at many White House events, including state dinners and the Kennedy Center Honors and Medal of Freedom receptions. His transcription of Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor was featured on the 2013 Marine Band recording "From the Keyboard," and most recently his setting of David Conte's A Copland Portrait was included in the band's 2016 release, "Picture Studies." Additionally, his Let Freedom Ring was performed at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, and his arrangement of Amazing Grace is regularly included as part of the annual United States Marine Corps Worship Service held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
As Assistant Director, Capt. Nowlin's responsibilities include conducting the Marine Band and Chamber Orchestra in their winter/spring concert series and summer concerts on the National Mall as well as at ceremonies in the national capital region and at the White House. Additionally, he conducted the band at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Va.; at The Midwest Band Clinic in Chicago; and on the Marine Band's national concert tour. He has served as a producer for Marine Band recordings since 2014 as well as for The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa recording project since its inception.
Throughout his career Capt. Nowlin has been a dedicated advocate for music education. He currently manages Marine Band educational outreach initiatives such as Music in the Schools, Music in the High Schools, and the Concerto Competition for High School Musicians, and he has assisted in the production of the Marine Band's Young People's Concerts since 2011. Prior to joining "The President's Own," Capt. Nowlin was a music teacher in the state of Ohio for ten years, most recently as the director of bands at Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District in Ohio.
Capt. Nowlin is a 1996 graduate of North Royalton High School in Ohio. He earned both a bachelor's degree in music education in 2000 and a master's degree in music education and conducting in 2004 from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, where he studied horn with Herbert Spencer, Jr. and conducting with Bruce Moss and Emily Freeman Brown. He has also studied composition with prolific composer Anne McGinty and has participated in workshops and master classes with several renowned conductors and educators including H. Robert Reynolds, Mallory Thompson, Col. Arnald Gabriel, Harry Begian, and Frederick Fennell.
In addition to his duties with the United States Marine Band, Capt. Nowlin frequently appears as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator with high school honor bands and music festivals, with community and municipal bands, and with university ensembles across the country. He can frequently be found providing clinics and master classes to student musicians in classrooms around the country either in person or via satellite.
Assistant Director Captain Bryan P. Sherlock joined "The President's Own" United States Marine Band in May 2018. He is the first Assistant Director in the Marine Band's history to be appointed directly from the officer corps of the Fleet Marine Force.
Upon graduating in 1985 from F. J. Reitz High School, Evansville, Ind., Capt. Sherlock attended the University of Evansville in Indiana where he studied with Dr. William Bootz and Melissa Williams and earned a bachelor's degree in music education in 1991. He began teaching and freelance performing in Indianapolis before attending Butler University in Indianapolis to earn a master's degree in trombone performance in 1995 where he studied with Jared Roden and Harvey Benstein. During this time, he held the position of principal trombone in the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, while also performing in the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the Monument City Brass Quintet, the Resurrection Brass Quintet, the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra in Kentucky, and regional theater orchestras.
Capt. Sherlock enlisted in the Marine Corps in November 1996. Upon completing recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego as the Company Honor Graduate in 1998, he received a meritorious promotion, completed Marine combat training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California, and reported to the Armed Forces School of Music in Little Creek, Va. There he achieved an accelerated graduation and proceeded to the 2D Marine Division Band at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. By the time he was promoted to corporal, Capt. Sherlock was principal trombone and section leader in the concert and ceremonial bands, lead trombone in the jazz ensemble, and leader of the brass quintet, while simultaneously serving on the library staff and in the band administration section.
In 2000, Capt. Sherlock was assigned to the faculty of the Armed Forces School of Music as a theory and ear training instructor and was promoted to sergeant. Over the next several years, he was instrumental in redesigning and writing the theory curriculum before attending the Senior Musician Course. Promoted to staff sergeant in 2004, he returned to the faculty in 2005 and added rehearsal conductor to his duties.
As Assistant Director, Capt. Sherlock's responsibilities include conducting the Marine Band and Chamber Orchestra in their winter/spring concert series and summer concerts on the National Mall as well as at ceremonies in the national capital region and at the White House. Additionally, he serves as a supervisor for the acclaimed fall and winter Chamber Music Series, which feature the virtuoso musicians of "The President's Own," as well as all pre-concert music.
Major Douglas R. Burian has served with "The President's Own" United States Marine Band since 1997 as a trumpeter/cornetist, Operations Assistant, Operations Chief, and Operations Officer. He was appointed Executive Assistant to the Director in June 2018 and promoted to his current rank in August 2018. As the chief advisor to the Director for non-musical matters, he serves as the officer-in-charge of the United States Marine Band's Support Staff, which consists of the following sections: administration, information systems, music library, music production, the office of communication, recording lab, and supply.
Major Burian graduated in 1991 from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md., and received a bachelor's degree in music from Centre College in Danville, Ky., in 1995. In 1997 he earned a master's degree in music from the University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque and received his doctoral degree in trumpet performance at the University of Maryland (UMD) in College Park in 2008.
Prior to joining "The President's Own," Major Burian toured China with the New Mexico Brass Quintet and was the 1994 National Brass Winner for the Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist Competition. As a member of "The President's Own" trumpet section, he performed with the Marine Band and Marine Chamber Orchestra at the White House, in the Washington, D.C., area and across the country during the band's annual concert tour. He was also active as a performer and conductor for the Marine Chamber Ensembles recital series.
Operations Officer Chief Warrant Officer 3 Julia S. Piorkowski joined "The President's Own" United States Marine Band in October 2004 as a librarian and joined the Operations staff in March 2012. She was appointed as the Marine Band's first female Operations Officer on Aug. 1, 2018. As Operations Officer, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Piorkowski serves as the liaison to the White House Military Office for Marine Band and Marine Chamber Orchestra's White House commitments and to the Office of Marine Corps Communication for commitments assigned by the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Piorkowski is responsible for proposing and implementing the band's daily work schedule, coordinating ceremonial events with the Military District of Washington, and overseeing audition procedures.
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Piorkowski began her musical training on the French horn at age 9. After graduating in 1995 from Rosary High School in Aurora, she attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she earned a bachelor's degree in French horn performance in 2000 and studied with Kazimierz Machala. She received her master's degree in 2003 and completed her doctoral studies in 2004 at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she studied with Randy Gardner. While she served as a Marine Band librarian she collaborated with, and received training from, the librarians of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Prior to joining "The President's Own," Chief Warrant Officer 3 Piorkowski was a freelance musician and private teacher in the Cincinnati area.


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Chris Columbus Confirms What We Suspected All Along About Emma Watson's On-Set Behavior
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By Nina Starner/Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 9:05 am EST
Some actors are totally different from the characters they play on-screen... and sometimes, they're so similar that it's obvious as to why they got the part in the first place. According to one of the "Harry Potter" directors, the latter was true for a major member of the cast.
"Potter" fans got the best New Year's present of all time with HBO Max's 20th reunion special, "Return from Hogwarts," which brought everybody's favorite magical cast back together to explore the original set and reminisce about their time together. Alongside cast members like Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch, Matthew Lewis, and more, several directors who helmed different "Potter" installments returned and shared their own on-set stories.
Directors like Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, and David Yates, who helmed later installments of the franchise, were on hand, as was the series' first director, Chris Columbus ("Home Alone," "Rent"). As it happens, Columbus had some interesting tidbits about who was exactly like their character: Watson, who plays the whip-smart witch Hermione Granger. Here's what Chris Columbus had to say about working with Emma Watson and why she was the perfect Hermione.
Emma Watson was exactly like Hermione Granger on set
Seeing Watson, Radcliffe, and Grint sit down together after watching them play Hermione, Harry, and Ron for so many years was pretty heartwarming, and as they discuss their meteoric rise to fame, Columbus confirms that Watson was just as smart as Hermione on set.
After showing footage of a press conference where Watson addresses her newfound notoriety, a grown-up Watson appears, saying that Hermione "made complete sense" to her as an actress, continuing, "That's me. I am that girl."
According to Columbus, this was entirely true. "Emma was arguably the smartest person on set," Columbus admitted. "And I'm talking about everybody. She was a brilliant kid." Considering that she was playing a character frequently referred to as "the brightest witch of her age," this comes as no surprise, and just confirms that nobody could have played the role better than Watson did.
You can relive Watson's career-defining performance and what she has to say in the reunion on HBO Max, the exclusive home of the original films as well as "Return to Hogwarts."


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Former UWGB, Sheboygan North star Kayla Tetschlag joins coaching staff at Wisconsin
Kayla Tetschlag scored 1,372 points while at UWGB from 2007 to 2011.
Former UWGB, Sheboygan North star Kayla Tetschlag joins coaching staff at Wisconsin Kayla Tetschlag scored 1,372 points while at UWGB from 2007 to 2011. Check out this story on greenbaypressgazette.com: https://gbpg.net/2vvhHjV
Scott Venci, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 5:29 p.m. CT April 19, 2018
Kayla Tetschlag(Photo: Courtesy University of Wisconsin)
GREEN BAY – One of the top players in University of Wisconsin-Green Bay women's basketball history is joining an in-state rival.
Former UWGB and Sheboygan North star Kayla Tetschlag was named an assistant coach and co-recruiting coordinator at Wisconsin on Thursday.
"Kayla is a rising star in the coaching profession who has strong ties in the Midwest, especially in Wisconsin," Badgers coach Jonathan Tsipis said in a statement. "She had a tremendous playing career in high school in Sheboygan, followed that with NCAA Sweet 16 experience at Green Bay, and continued success playing overseas.
"Kayla has been an integral part of a championship culture on every level. She will be a great mentor to our players, has worked under great basketball minds and has tremendous pride in her home state. We are excited to welcome her home and cannot wait for the opportunity to work with her."
Tetschlag spent the past two years as an assistant at the University of South Dakota, where she was in charge of the defense and helped with game preparation.
The Coyotes went 52-16 during her time with the program and won the Summit League's regular-season championship this past season. They also went to the Women's National Invitation Tournament each of the last two seasons.
Tetschlag coached at the University of Sioux Falls for one season before arriving at South Dakota.
"I'm thrilled for the opportunity to join Coach Tsipis and his staff in my home state," Tetschlag said. "I look forward to using my past experiences as a player and coach to help this program continue to build and progress. I believe in Coach Tsipis' values and vision, and I'm excited for the future of Wisconsin women's basketball."
Tetschlag scored 1,372 career points while at UWGB from 2007 to 2011 and was the Horizon League's co-player of the year as a senior along with teammate Celeste Hoewisch.
She scored in double figures in 29 of 36 games that season and had 11 double-doubles. She averaged a team-high 14.2 points and 7.6 rebounds and shot 50.6 percent overall and 81.8 percent from the line.
Tetschlag's final collegiate game came against Baylor in UWGB's only Sweet 16 appearance in 2011, when she scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds while going up against Brittney Griner.
She also helped lead the Phoenix to a school-record 34 wins, along with both the Horizon League regular season and tournament titles.
Tetschlag arrived in Green Bay after a decorated career at Sheboygan North. She was the top vote-getter for the first Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association all-state team as a senior in 2007, when she led the Raiders to the WIAA Division I state title game. She was named the tournament's MVP after averaging 17 points in three games.
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# Backup API

This document describes the design for the Backup API feature.

## Motivation

The motivation that stands behind this idea is to provide the user an API which can be used to backup different VM disks in the system. The user will be able to use externalized backup applications which will provide the ability to backup the data of any image disk into a predefined container disk which will be used as part of a backup container (VM).

## Current status

*   Target Release: 3.4
*   Status: Released
*   Last updated date: Fri Apr 21 2016

## Functionality

### General Functionality

When attaching a disk to a vm only the active volume was used, if the user wanted to see the disk content at some snapshot he had to preview that snapshot.
As part of the backup API feature, a snapshot of a disk can be attached to another vm, regardless of the disk not being marked as shareable - when doing so, VDSM should create a temp snapshot allowing read/write access above the selected snapshot, the above should happend when hotplugging a disk/ running a vm.
In case of hot unplug of the disk snapshot vdsm should delete the temp snapshot.

### Backup Disk Functionality

The new backup disk is not a regular disk and will be blocked from being exported/ use in a template/ or be part of the backup VM snapshot.
If the new backup disk will be a boot disk and will have an OS installed on it then there can be one of the other use cases:
\* If the backup VM will already contain a boot disk with OS installed on it, then the original boot disk will be remained.

*   If the backup VM will not contain a boot disk with OS installed on it, then the original boot disk will act as a boot disk which the VM will start the boot from.

If the user will try to remove the backup disk snapshot it will remove the disk from the entire setup (also from the original VM)

## Example

1. Navigate to the wanted disk snapshot from REST by accessing:
SERVER:PORT:/api/vms/GUID/snapshots/GUID/disks

2. POST the copied disk with the disk id and the snapshot id:
 [http://SERVER:PORT/api/vms/GUID/disks/](http://SERVER:PORT/api/vms/GUID/disks/)

When creating a disk you will have to pass the the disk id and the snapshot id such as the following example:

    <disk id="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx">
        <snapshot id="xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"/>
    </disk>

After copying the data from the disk detach the disk snapshot from the VM using the REST with the following parameters:

      Method = DELETE
      URL indicates to the specific disk in the VM: http://SERVER:PORT/api/vms/GUID/disks/GUID
      Body=<action><detach>true</detach></action>

## The Backup Process

User can back up a virtual machine by an externalized application by the following steps:

*   Choose the disk snapshot which you want to use for back up.
*   Attach this disk snapshot to the target virtual machine for back up
*   Capture the virtual disk data and virtual machine configuration information (vim.vm.ConfigInfo).
*   Open and read the virtual disk and snapshot files. Copy them to backup media, along with configuration information.
*   Detach the disk

## Future Work

*   UI - would be handled in a following patch (the information is accessible through REST)
*   possibly further inspection of permissions

## Future work / Limitations

*   The created temp snapshots is stored on the host local storage (the host that the vm is running on) and not on the shared storage (domains) therefore the vm can't be migrated.
*   A disk snapshot can be attached to a different VM than the one of which the snapshot (VM snapshot) was taken of.


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Posted on April 5, 2011 by Richard Rodger
The mainstream programming language for the next ten years will be JavaScript. Once considered a toy language useful only for checking form fields on web pages, JavaScript will come to dominate software development. Why this language and why now?
What is JavaScript? It is the language that web designers use to build web pages. It is not the language the software engineers use to build the business logic for those same web sites. JavaScript is small, and runs on the client, the web browser. It's easy to write unmaintainable spaghetti code in JavaScript. And yet, for all these flaws, JavaScript is the world's most misunderstood language. Douglas Crockford, a senior engineer at Yahoo, is almost singlehandedly responsible for rehabilitating the language. In a few short, seminal online essays published shortly after the turn of the century, Crockford explains that JavaScript is really LISP, the language of artificial intelligence. JavaScript borrows heavily from LISP, and is not really object-oriented at all. This curious design was well suited to a simple implementation running in a web browser. As an unintended consequence, these same mutations make JavaScript the perfect language for building cloud computing services.
Here is the prediction then: within ten years, every major cloud service will be implemented in JavaScript. Even the Microsoft ones. JavaScript will be the essential item in every senior software engineer's skill set. Not only will it be the premier language for corporate systems, JavaScript will also dominate mobile devices. Not just phones, but tablets, and whatever enters that device category. All the while, JavaScript will continue to be the one and only language for developing complex interactive websites, completing drowning out old stalwarts such as Flash, even for games. For the first time in a history, a truly homogeneous programming language infrastructure will develop, with the same toolkits and libraries used from the top to the bottom of the technology stack. JavaScript everywhere.
How can such a prediction be made? How can one make it so confidently? Because it has all happened before, and it will happen again. Right now, we are at a technology inflexion point, yet another paradigm shift is upon us, and the JavaScript wave is starting to break. We have seen this before. Every ten years or so, the
programming world is shaken by a new language, and the vast majority of developers, and the corporations they work for, move en mass to the new playground. Let's take a look at the two technology shifts that have preceded this one, so that we can better understand what is happening right now.
Prior to Java in the first decade of this century, the C++ language was dominant in the final decade of the last. What drove the adoption of C++? What drove the subsequent adoption of Java? And what is driving the current adoption of JavaScript? In each case, cultural, technological and conceptual movements coalesced into a tipping point that caused a sudden and very fast historical change. Such tipping points are difficult to predict. No such prediction is made here – the shift to JavaScript is not to come, it has already begun. These tipping points are driven by the chaotic feedback channels at the heart any emerging technology. One need only look at the early years of the motor vehicle: steam, electric and oil-powered vehicles all competed for dominance in similar historical waves.
What drove C++? It was the emergence of the object-oriented programming paradigm, the emergence of the PC and Microsoft Windows, and support from academic institutions. With hindsight such large-scale trends are easy to identify. The same can be done for Java. In that case, the idea of the software virtual machine, the introduction of garbage collection – a language feature lacking in C++ that offers far higher programmer productivity, and first wave of internet mania. Java, backed by Sun Microsystems, became the language of the internet, and many large corporate networked systems today run on Java. Microsoft can be included in the "Java" wave, in the sense the Microsoft's proprietary competitive offering, C#, is really Java with the bad bits taken out.
Despite the easily recognizable nature of these two prior waves, one feature that both share is that neither wave led to a true monoculture. The C++ wave was splintered by operating systems, the Java wave by competing virtual languages such as C#. Nonetheless, the key drivers, the key elements of each paradigm shift, created a decade- long island of stability in the technology storm.
What is happening today? What are the key changes? Cloud computing is one. For the first time, corporations are moving their sensitive data and operations outside of the building. They are placing mission critical systems into the "cloud". Cloud computing is now an abused term. It means everything and nothing. But one thing that it does mean, is that computing capacity is now metered by usage. Technology challenges are no longer solved by sinking capital into big iron servers. Instead, operating expenses dominate, driving the need for highly efficient solutions. The momentum for green energy only exacerbates this trend. Needless to say, Java/C# are not up to the job. We shall see shortly that JavaScript is uniquely placed to benefit from the move to cloud
computing.
Mobile computing represents the other side of the coin. The increasing capabilities of mobile devices drive a virtuous circle of cloud-based support services leading to better devices that access more of the cloud, leading to ever more cloud services. The problem with mobile devices is severe platform fragmentation. Many different platforms, technologies and form factors vie for dominance, without a clear leader in all categories. The cost of supporting more than one or two platforms is prohibitive. And yet there is a quick and easy solution: the new HTML5 standard for websites. This standard offers a range of new features such as offline apps and video and audio capabilities that give mobile websites almost the same abilities as native device applications. As HTML5 adoption grows, more and more mobile applications will be developed using HTML5, and of course, made interactive using JavaScript, the language of websites.
While it is clear that the ubiquity of HTML5 will drive JavaScript on the client, it is less clear why JavaScript will also be driven by the emergence of cloud computing. To see this, we have to understand something of the way in which network services are built, and the challenges that the cloud brings to traditional approaches. This challenge is made concrete by what is known as the C10K problem, first posed by Dan Kegel in 2003.
The C10K problem is this: how can you service 10000 concurrent clients on one machine? The idea is that you have 10000 web browsers, or 10000 mobile phones, all asking the same single machine to provide a bank balance or process an e-commerce transaction. That's quite a heavy load. Java solves this by using threads, which are way to simulate parallel processing on a single physical machine. Threads have been the workhorse of high capacity web servers for the last ten years, and a technique known as "thread pooling" is considered to be industry best practice. But threads are not suitable for high capacity servers. Each thread consumes memory and processing power, and there's only so much of that to go round. Further threads introduce complex programming programs, including a particularly nasty one known as "deadlock". Deadlock happens when two threads wait for each other. They are both jammed and cannot move forward, like Dr. Seuss's South-going Zax and North-going Zax. When this happens, the client is caught in the middle and waits, forever. The website, or cloud service, is effectively down.
There is a solution to the this problem – event-based programming. Unlike threads, events are light-weight constructs. Instead of assigning resources in advance, the system triggers code to execute only when there is data available. This is much more efficient. It is a different style of programming, one that has not been quite as fashionable as threads. The event-based approach is well suited to the cost structure of cloud computing – it is resource efficient, and enables one to build C10K-capable
systems on cheap commodity hardware.
Threads also lead to a style of programming that is known as synchronous blocking code. For example, when a thread has to get data from a database, it hangs around (blocks) waiting for the data to be returned. If multiple database queries have to run to build a web page (to get the user's cart, and then the product details, and finally the current special offers), then these have to happen one after other, in other words in a synchronous fashion. You can see that this leads to a lot of threads alive at the same time in one machine, which eventually runs out of resources.
The event based model is different. In this case, the code does not wait for the database. Instead it asks to be notified when the database responds, hence it is known as non-blocking code. Multiple activities do not need to wait on each other, so the code can be asynchronous, and not one step after another (synchronous). This leads to highly efficient code that can meet the C10K challenge.
JavaScript is uniquely suited to event-based programming because it was designed to handle events. Originally these events were mouse clicks, but now they can be database results. There is no difference at an architectural level inside the "event loop", the place where events are doled out. As a result of its early design choices to solve a seemingly unrelated problem, JavaScript as a language turns out to be perfectly designed for building efficient cloud services.
The one missing piece of the JavaScript puzzle is a high performance implementation. Java overcame it's early sloth, and was progressively optimized by Sun. JavaScript needed a serious corporate sponsor to really get the final raw performance boost that it needed. Google has stepped up. Google needed fast JavaScript so that its services like Gmail and Google Calendar would work well and be fast for end-users. To do this, Google developed the V8 JavaScript engine, which compiles JavaScript into highly optimized machine code on the fly. Google open-sourced the V8 engine, and it was adapted by the open source community for cloud computing. The cloud computing version of V8 is known as Node.js, a high performance JavaScript environment for server.
All the pieces are now in place. The industry momentum from cloud and mobile computing. The conceptual movement towards event-based systems, and the cultural movement towards accepting JavaScript as a serious language. All these drive towards a tipping point that has begun to accelerate: JavaScript is the language of the next wave.
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The Street Stories Festival 2017, organised by the Stoneybatter & Smithfield People's History Project, gets underway this evening at 7:30pm at the Capuchin Day Centre, Bow Street, Dublin 7. Liz Gillis will give a talk on Kathleen Clarke: Guardian of the Flame. She will also launch the Project's latest publication: The The Women of 1916: They Didn't Go Away, and a map of revolutionary Stoneybatter and Smithfield. Details.
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