On March 7, 1876 the son of a hearing impaired mother and instructor of elocution father patented a device to transmit sound. On March 10, 1876, a ground breaking first-phone call from Alexander Bell to his electronics assistant, Mr. Watson was executed. Alexander Graham Bell had the simple desire to transmit sounds. He was a Professor instructing deaf mutes in Boston, Massachusetts. His beloved wife was an ex-student.
Fast forward a few decades while the marketing of the telephone for business and consumer use was growing by leaps and bounds. From an article entitled, Telephone Tribute, the first directory had 21 listings in 1878, by 1900 over 856,000 telephones were in use. 1881 – Mr. Eckert, who ran a telephone company in Cincinnati, said he preferred the use of females to males as operators. "Their service is much superior to that of men or boys. They are much steadier, do not drink beer nor use profanity, and are always on hand." As inventions increase distance and quality, owning telephones becomes a priority instead of a luxury. Telephones symbolize overcoming communication distance with speed. Compared to the horse and carriages, early cars, and mail of the early 1900's, a phone call seemed like a lightning bolt.
American music even reflects the impact of the telephone. Glenn Miller in 1940 releases Pennsylvania 6-5000, a popular jazz ensemble piece. By the 1940's code exchanges were developed to aid remembering a phone number. I grew up in a northern suburb of Chicago, during the 1950's and I recall using MAjestic 3, and ONtario 6. By the 1970's, phone use was taken for granted. From an Oscar winning hit written by Stevie Wonder, " I Just Called To Say I Love You " 1984, or "Last Call" song by Lee Ann Womack in 2008, and " Hello" by Adele in 2015, demonstrates phone use remains a part of our lifestyle. If interested, there are 100 songs with telephones as a theme through the decades.
Superman needed to change his clothes in a phone booth, not to mention the unforgettable adventure in 1989 of Bill and Ted in a phone booth traveling through time. Movies such as Midnight Cowboy and The Birds have various phone booth shots. The first phone booth was in a bank in 1889, and the customer paid for the call after its completion. Within a span of 10 years, the new improved telephone booth used a prepaid system that stuck. The first outdoor booth was present in 1905. The glass door models I hunted for while in college in the late 1960's were introduced during the 1950's. According to this author, Nathaniel Meyersohn from CNN Money Watch on March 19, 2018, 100,000 phone booths still remain. During a natural disaster pay phone use stays active while other services tend to disappear.
My favorite phone improvement (1971) was being able to turn on an answering machine. I could screen my calls eliminating worrying about a missed call and better yet, ignoring the calls you did not want to answer. Ironically, the answering machine was available in the 1940's but the fear of decreasing phone use delayed product development. I spent the first 40 years of phone use worrying about the length of the cord. New York Times archives in 1983 ran an article stating that "Cordless Phones Were Catching On". I can't imagine feeling chained to a phone again.
A cell phone that weighed 2.5 pounds was the last game changer for phone use. Inspired by Star Trek's Captain Kirk who had a communicator in his hand. Martin Cooper in 1973 invented the wireless, handheld cell phone. He hoped it would increase safety and freedom for consumers. The bulky cell phone took several years to gain popularity before Motorola introduced a winner. Voicemail and advancing internet technology keep advancing what cell phones accomplish.
Currently Smartphones, a minicomputer at your fingertips, dominate the market. Worldwide cell phone use keeps increasing, thanks to a room to room call made on March 10, 1876.


The Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) announced last week that from September 30, 2007 they will cease to offer insurance cover to Independent Midwives. This is a devastating blow to Ireland's hardworking Independent Midwives and for the women all across the Country who desire homebirths. The Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS) Ireland asks for your signature in order to show support for Independent Midwives and the tremendous services they offer. We, the undersigned, petition to the INO to immediately reinstate malpractice insurance cover for Independent Midwives in Ireland.


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Le Parc national de l'archipel d'Ekenäs (, )  est un parc national de Finlande, dans la région d'Uusimaa.

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C'est un parc largement marin (90 % de la superficie), regroupant de petites îles extérieures du golfe de Finlande, autour de l'île principale d'Älgö (4*3 km), et des îles plus petites de Mödermagan (800 * 200 m) et Jussarö (1,5 * 1 km). Les îles principales comptent des parties privées non classées et des sentiers de découverte.

C'est une destination privilégiée pour les Finlandais disposant de leur propre bateau. L'accès est plus difficile pour les autres, des excursions sont cependant organisées les week-ends d'été depuis Ekenäs. Il est également possible de rejoindre les îles en kayak (9 km depuis le point le plus proche accessible en voiture).

On peut y voir de nombreux oiseaux, des phoques, chevreuils et plus rarement des élans.

Les plus grandes îles sont sorties de l'eau par l'effet de l'isostasie dès avant l'époque viking. Älgö est mentionnée pour la première fois dans les années 1240. Jussarö a quant à elle été habitée des années 1800 aux années 1960, autour d'une petite mine de fer.

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Sub zero, but Lake Windermere looking glorious!
As the nation plunges into sub-zero temperatures Windermere basked in sunshine today (for a change!) What better excuse to get all wrapped up & go and see what action was going on down by the Lake. It was rather bracing, but lovely to see everyone out in an array of hats!
Lake Windermere looked stunning in it's crisp, winter glory, a bright blue sky & some dramatic cloud formations made for a beautiful back drop. It was so cold that even one of the swans had decided to "buy" a coffee to warm up. We've been arguing over what's the best caption for the photo....suggestions welcome!
An enthusiastic Annabel christened her new boots by running all over the beach at the promenade, determined as ever she headed straight for the water, we had to tell her it's not time for the Great North Swim just yet!!!
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HomePoliticsJoint declaration of the tripartite peace mission to Cameroon
November 28, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas Politics 0
Following the conclusion today of the three-day visit of the joint peace mission to Cameroon, led by Baroness Patricia Scotland – Secretary General of the Commonwealth; the Chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission – Moussa Faki Mahamat; and the Secretary-General of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) – Louise Mushikiwabo, a joint declaration has been issued.
The aim of the mission was to meet with the country's leadership and other stakeholders to encourage momentum in efforts to address the conflict in the northwest and southwest regions of the country.
Life in Cameroon's two English-speaking provinces has been brought to a standstill by three years of conflict, which has cost about 3,000 lives and forced 500,000 from their homes.
The dispute had been simmering for decades, but boiled over in 2016, when teachers and lawyers started to protest against the use of French in schools and courts.
The government in the majority French-speaking country responded with lethal force, provoking rebels to declare independence for the region they call "Ambazonia", which in turn led to an even stronger military crackdown.
This is what today's joint declaration says:
1. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Secretary-General of the International Organization of la Francophonie, Louise Mushikiwabo and the Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland (Photo – above), undertook a tripartite visit to Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 26 to 28 November 2019, in order to exchange views with the national actors on the situation in Cameroon.
2. The tripartite mission is an extension of the visits that the leaders of the above-mentioned organizations had undertaken over the last months to Cameroon. The aim of the tripartite mission was to encourage the ongoing national efforts for the implementation of the conclusions of the Grand National Dialogue, and support the pacification of the situation, peace-building, national cohesion and unity in this important country, which is a member of the three organizations.
3. The tripartite mission held talks with the President of the Republic, His Excellency Paul BIYA and the Prime Minister, Joseph Dion Ngute. It also met with the main political actors, religious leaders, youth representatives and other Civil Society Organizations.
4. The Chairperson of African Union Commission, the Secretaries General of the OIF and Commonwealth welcomed the convening of the Grand National Dialogue which ushered in a new dynamic and which recommended, inter alia, the acceleration of decentralization, the special status of the North West and South West regions, and the review of the education and legal systems, including the measures taken by President Biya to defuse political tensions. Convinced that dialogue remains the preferred path to be encouraged within the present Cameroonian context, they encouraged all the stakeholders to continue on the path of wisdom and responsibility, particularly that of the government in the implementation of the conclusions of the Grand National Dialogue.
5. The Chairperson of the AU Commission and the Secretaries General reaffirmed their commitment to support the national actors in the quest for ways and means to reach the necessary national political consensus, and the creation of conditions conducive to the conduct of legislative and local elections, particularly in the North West and South West regions of the country, in peace, national unity and in accordance with our shared democratic values. The three leaders also urged for every effort to be made in order to restore security, justice and the conditions for the resumption of normal life in the regions affected by the crisis. END
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Literary adaptations often get a bad press, with the books' fans lamenting the necessary excision of events in the book or the loss of tone and character. Yet the best film adaptations capture the mood of the original or completely reimagine the stories in their transition to the big screen. Works by Emile Bronte, Joseph Conrad, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Thomas Hardy and more inspired these great films, with Francis Ford Coppola transporting Heart of Darkness to Vietnam in Apocalypse Now and Michael Winterbottom reimagining Tess of the d'Urbervilles in 21st century India in Trishna. Shelley and Stoker certainly couldn't have predicted the influence their books would have in the future, with Frankenstein and Dracula having been adapted countless times for the big screen.
Jean-Pierre Melville's film of Jean Cocteau's controversial novel about a teenage brother and sister and their intense, closeted relationship.
In Hitchcock's early thriller, the witness to a murder is accused of the crime, evading arrest to track the real killer.
Czech animator Jan Švankmajer's adaptation of Horace Walpole's Gothic novel.
Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of Maxim Gorky's novel, in which inhabitants of a slum revel in illusions to avoid bitter reality.
Alex Cox's visually stunning, deliciously dark adaptation of the short story by acclaimed Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.
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Scientists report on identification of clays and carbonate that formed on early Mars in a liquid water environment near a large impact basin. Coordinated analyses using multiple datasets were used to characterize the composition and stratigraphy of the region. A paper published online in April 2013 in the Journal of Geophysical Research highlights new mineralogic and geologic observations at a site called Libya Montes just south of the Isidis Basin on Mars. "Liquid water is likely to have been present on the surface or subsurface of this region when the clays and carbonates formed" says Janice Bishop, SETI Institute scientist and lead author on the paper.
This 3D image provides a view ~40 km wide of the mountains and a valley in the Libya Montes region using a composite mosaic of MRO-CTX and MEx-HRSC overlain on a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) from HRSC and vertically enhanced by 2.5X. Co-author Daniela Tirsch of the DLR in Berlin who prepared these maps describes that "the clay units are exposed below the olivine-bearing unit at several sites where the wind abrasion has scoured the surface". The colored sites are compositional maps from MRO-CRISM where the pyroxene-bearing basalt is mapped in blue, olivine-rich basalt is mapped in green and Fe/Mg-clays are mapped in red.
This ~2 km wide portion of Hashir Crater featuring HiRISE image DT1EA_002756_1830_002822_1830_A01) with colors from CRISM image FRT000047D8 (blue is pyroxene, green is olivine, and red is Fe/Mg-clay) was overlain on a HiRISE DTM and enhanced 3X vertically. Co-author Livio Tornabene of the University of Western Ontario developed this technique "to illustrate the stratigraphy of the geologic units and view changes in the surface morphology with composition on a scale of meters rather than tens of meters".
This ~8 km wide 3D view of CRISM image FRT0000A819 shows the locations of different minerals found in the rocks at Libya Montes.
This graph illustrates differences in the spectral properties of the mineral types shown in the 3D CRISM view.
Evidence for a past history of wet Mars seen at Lybia Montes from SETI Institute on Vimeo.
Rotating 3D view of CRISM image FRT0000A819 showing evidence of an ancient wet Mars at Lybia Montes from SETI Institute on Vimeo. The phyllosilicates and carbonate formed in an aqueous environment on early Mars (cyan) through alteration of an ancient pyroxene-bearing basalt (grey) that forms 1-2 km high mountains in some places. Olivine-bearing rocks (red-brown) covered the region more recently. Image is 5X vertically exaggerated to better illustrate the phyllosilicate-bearing units.
Age dating of the geologic units through crater counting was employed to develop a map of the region. Older terrains on Mars have a larger number of craters. Analysis of these geologic units and their ages were coordinated together with the compositional information and surface morphology in order to create a likely stratigraphy for the region.
Geologic map of the Libya Montes region created using ages of distinct units and analysis of surface morphology.
This is an example from Hashir Crater of how craters are identified (marked in red) and counted and then modeled using crater counting statistics to illustrate age differences of geologic units.
The Fe/Mg-smectites and carbonate were likely formed by alteration of the ancient basaltic rocks through interactions with water. The Fe/Mg-phyllosilicate and carbonate are often associated with olivine in CRISM and HiRISE images because these alteration minerals are observed where the olivine-rich lavas have been eroded away. More recent olivine-rich and pyroxene-bearing lava flow or impact melt deposits filled in the valley regions including Hashir Crater after it formed. Wind erosion of these basaltic caprock units has sufficiently scoured off these materials in some places to provide a window down to the ancient Noachian rocks that were altered under aqueous conditions on early Mars.
Stratigraphy cartoon of the rock units in the Libya Montes region determined from this study.
MOLA Map of Isidis Planitia Basin region showing location of Libya Montes study site.
Dr. Janice Bishop is a chemist and planetary scientist who explores the planet Mars using spectroscopy. Her investigations of CRISM data of Mars are revealing clays and sulfates in the ancient rocks that provide information about the geochemical environment at the time the minerals formed. Dr. Bishop studies the spectral fingerprints of minerals and rocks in the lab in order to generate a spectral library for identification of these in the Martian data. Her research also involves collecting and studying Mars analog rocks and soils at a variety of locations including volcanic islands, cold deserts, hydrothermal regions, acidic aqueous sites, and meteorites which are the only Martian samples available on Earth to date. Another component of Dr. Bishop's research is collecting spectra under Mars-like conditions. Spectra of many hydrated minerals change depending on the moisture level in the air and the amount of water molecules adsorbed on the surface or bound in the mineral structure. Understanding the spectral properties of mineral mixtures in the lab is also important for identifying minerals on Mars and Dr. Bishop's group is preparing and characterizing the spectral properties of several mixture suites.


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Connecticut Student-athlete is 2015 NFHS Spirit of Sport Winner
By NFHS on March 06, 2015 awards
Grace Cummings (left) and her sister, Meghan (right)
Grace Cummings, a student-athlete at Madison (Connecticut) Daniel Hand High School, has been selected the 2015 national recipient of the "National High School Spirit of Sport Award" by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
The "National High School Spirit of Sport Award" was created by the NFHS to recognize those individuals who exemplify the ideals of the spirit of sport that represent the core mission of education-based athletics.
Described as being fearless, tenacious, self-sufficient and self-motivated, Cummings is a highly accomplished three-sport student-athlete who plays field hockey in the fall, ice hockey in the winter, and tennis in the spring.
On the performing arts side, Cummings has been a member of the percussion section in both the school's marching band and concert band, and she has also been a member of the flag squad.
Cummings has been equally exemplary in the classroom, where as a high honor student she has maintained a glittering 3.98 grade-point average while taking all honor or advanced-placement college-level classes.
While those accomplishments are amazing in and of themselves, they are made even more remarkable by the fact that since a very young age Cummings has been challenged by serious health issues related to her liver.
At birth in 1997, Cummings had a choledochal cyst in the biliary tract of her liver, and just days later, she had extensive surgery to remove it. She was healthy until age two, when she developed her first episode of cholangitis – a bacterial infection in her liver that required her to be hospitalized two weeks on antibiotics.
Cummings had additional episodes in 2010 and 2011 that also required hospitalization on antibiotics. She had to have a PICC line inserted, which remained for many months. Cummings subsequently was diagnosed with Sclerosing Cholangitis, showed evidence of portal hypertension and cirrhosis – all of which put her on a list for a liver transplant in May 2012.
With that list being ranked by the MELD (Model End State Liver Disease) scores, Cummings had a low score and her diagnosis did not mesh well with the scoring system. The doctors told her family that Cummings needed a transplant as soon as possible.
Unable to locate a cadaver liver, with the assistance of the Yale Transplant Team, the Cummings family sought a live donor. Within three months, they located such a donor – a young man who was about to become a father. The donor had to first undergo a battery of tests and the transplant took place August 14, 2012.
Although that prevented Cummings from attending school and from athletic competition for six months, she maintained both her sterling athletic and academic regimens and has now returned to full capacity.
After being cleared to return to physical activities, Cummings again played her three sports, where she additionally served as captain of both the ice hockey and tennis teams.
On the academic side, she received national commendation for her high scores on the PSATs, and did extremely well on her SAT test, where she scored a perfect 800 in math and in the 700s for reading and writing.
Grace and her parents, George and Colleen Cummings
In addition, Cummings will graduate on time and at the top of her class. With a particular interest in the areas of science and math, she intends to pursue those academic disciplines in college with a possible major in engineering.
Among her recognitions, Cummings received the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Michael H. Savage Spirit of Sport Award, the Sons of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Award, and the Daniel Hand High School tennis team sportsmanship award.
In an effort to give back to others similarly afflicted and to thank those who helped nurse her back to health, Cummings has been a highly active advocate in the fight against liver disease. Among her efforts, she has been a walk ambassador and team captain for the American Liver Foundation's (ALF) "Liver Life Walk," for which she helped raise more than $40,000 for liver research and cures. She also received the "Quarter Century Salute " from the ALF, and her walk team received the "Top Teen Team" from the foundation in 2009.
Although never one to complain – and while her new liver is exceptional - Cummings must remain vigilant in staying healthy and will be taking many medications for anti-rejection for the rest of her life.
In addition to the selection of Grace Cummings as the national award recipient, the NFHS National High School Spirit of Sport Award Selection Committee chose eight individuals for section awards. Following are the 2015 National High School Spirit of Sport section winners:
Section 1 – Grace Cummings, student-athlete, Madison (Connecticut) Daniel Hand High School
Section 2 – Willie Burton, student-athlete, Louisville (Kentucky) Fairdale High School
Section 3 – Kayla Montgomery, former student-athlete, Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Mount Tabor High School
Section 4 – Luke Vervynckt, student-athlete, Plymouth (Indiana) High School
Section 5 – Rachel Woell, former varsity football team student manager, and the Fridley (Minnesota) Totino-Grace High School football team
Section 6 – Josh Derrough-Harvey, student-athlete, and the Dallas (Texas) Adamson High School football team
Section 7 – Jonathan Stern, student-athlete, Scottsdale (Arizona) Desert Mountain High School
Section 8 – Hunter Gopp, student-athlete, Fruitland (Idaho) High School
Nominations for this award were generated through NFHS member state associations and reviewed by the NFHS National High School Spirit of Sport Award Selection Committee composed of state association staff members. While the national winner will be recognized June 29 at the NFHS Summer Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, the section winners will be recognized within their respective states and will receive awards before the end of the current school year.
The National High School Spirit of Sport Award was started in 2008. Including this year, eight individuals and three teams have been chosen national award recipients.
The previous award recipients follow:
2008 – Tammy Dufford, cheerleading coach, Evergreen (Colorado) High School, and Megan Bomgaars, cheerleader, Evergreen (Colorado) High School
2009 – Dakota Dana, student-athlete, Afton (Wyoming) Star Valley High School
2010 – Tori Clark, student-athlete, Roselle (Illinois) Lake Park High School
2011 – New Kensington (Pennsylvania) Valley High School Softball Team and Umpire Bill Dithrich
2012 – Jacob Goldberg, student-athlete, Fort Lauderdale (Florida) Pine Crest High School
2013 – Magoffin County High School, Salyersville, Kentucky, and Logan County High School, Russellville, Kentucky
2014 – Zach Pickett, student-athlete, Shingle Springs (California) Ponderosa High School
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Cedars YCC invited to London Youth Celebration at Buckingham Palace
Representatives from Cedars Youth & Community Centre joined HRH Prince Phillip, as London Youth celebrated its 130thanniversary at Buckingham Palace. The day marked another very special milestone; 70 years of patronage from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.
Trust staff members Steve Williams and Sean Flaherty were in attendance with participants Gary Smith and Kavanagh Byron. Both Gary and Kavanagh were invited after achieving success at the Trust. Gary was recently awarded as Watford FC's Premier League Kicks Hero, whilst Kavanagh has applied himself to the Trust and is hoping to start the BTEC course pending his GCSE results.
Over 250 people attended the event with several London Youth Supporters and youth workers, as well as young people from more than 30 community and youth organisations across London. The Trust was extremely privileged to be just one out of two Premier League Football clubs to have been invited to the celebration. Gary and Kavanagh took part in a host of activities, including table tennis, as the Buckingham Palace Gardens were transformed into a youth club for the afternoon.
While on a tour of the Palace Garden, Prince Philip was able to view several outdoor activities and creative projects, including an art wall portraying the things that inspire young people in London. The Duke also took the time to speak to different young people at each stage of his tour, finding out more about their youth clubs and experiences growing up in the capital.
To conclude, His Royal Highness watched a dance performance and cut a cake to mark the 130th Anniversary occasion. The celebration coincided with the first ever London History Day, co-ordinated by Historic England, and was a fantastic opportunity to put the role of youth organisations into the context of the capital's rich history.
Steve Williams, Head of Facilities at Cedars, spoke about the event, "Last June we were pleased to be awarded our Gold Level of the London Youth Quality Mark, presented by the Duke himself at Cedars, so it was great to be able to be invited back to the Buckingham Palace for this celebration. The day was a great success and something that all four of us won't forget. I'm glad Gary and Kavanagh had the chance to experience something like this because they deserve it after their outstanding efforts with the Trust."
For all in attendance being part of such a special event, celebrating two key milestones in London Youth's history will be a special memory that they can keep with them forever.
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Have you ever felt alone? God designed us for relationship with him and others. The MOPS group at CUMC provides real, authentic relationships for Mothers of Preschoolers. This group is designed to network about resources, tools, and lifelines to conquer common struggles and challenges. Ultimately, we hope to point moms to their true lifeline, Jesus! For some, the MOPS resources online as well as the videos and devotions shared at meetings are a new encounter with Jesus. MOPS is an international Christian organization with fresh, relevant, insights to Motherhood. Come join us!
MOPS exists for you. Being a mom is beautiful and hard and we get that sometimes you just need a safe space to breathe. A place to get some encouragement that what you are doing matters. MOPS Membership provides resources and some fun goodies that remind you that you are important and we are all in this together. See all the membership facts by clicking here.
During our MOPS meetings, your children will be lovingly cared for and participating in age appropriate activities by the Children's Ministry staff.
MOPS dues are $31.95/year which you pay online. Our group code is ONAV.
MOPS of Christ United meets the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month (with a few exceptions) from 9:00-10:30am in Room 222 on the Christ United campus.


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Dream Morning Musume (ドリーム モーニング娘。), Es un grupo idol japonés femenino, formado por 10 exintegrantes del grupo Morning Musume. Es dirigido por la agencia Up-Front Agency y producido por Tsunku.

Biografía
El grupo debutó en abril de 2011, con el álbum titulado "Dreams 1", el cual alcanzó la posición número 10, en las listas de oricon semanal, para septiembre de 2011, la agrupación realizó entonces una gira de conciertos por todo Japón. Por otro lado Miki Fujimoto estuvo inactiva durante su embarazo.

El 15 de febrero de 2012, lanzaron su primer single nombrado "Shining Butterfly", obteniendo el lugar número 7 en el ranking oricon de ventas diarias.

Miembros
Yuko Nakazawa/  edad actual: 42 años / Con Morning Musume (1997 – 2001)
Kaori Iida/ edad actual: 34 años/ Con Morning Musume (1997 – 2005)
Natsumi Abe/  edad actual: 34 años/ Con Morning Musume (1997 – 2004)
Kei Yasuda/  edad actual: 35 años/ Con Morning Musume (1998 – 2003)
Mari Yaguchi/  edad actual: 32 años/ Con Morning Musume (1998 – 2005)
Rika Ishikawa/  edad actual: 30 años/ Con Morning Musume (2000 – 2005)
Hitomi Yoshizawa / edad actual: 30 años/ Con Morning Musume (2000 – 2007)
Makoto Ogawa / edad actual: 28 años/ Con Morning Musume (2001 – 2006)
Miki Fujimoto / edad actual: 30 años/  Con Morning Musume (2003 – 2007)
Koharu Kusumi/  edad actual: 23 años/ Con Morning Musume (2005- 2009)

Sencillos
Shining Butterfly

Álbumes
Dreams 1

DVD
Dream Morning Musume Concert Tour 2011 Haru no Mai (Sotsugyōsei DE Saikessei)

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Página oficial de Dream Morning Musume
 Dream Morning Musume en oricon.co.jp

Grupos de pop de Japón


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Darwin Day lectures: Zachary Moore, "Evolution: A Theory Confirmed"
Center For Inquiry celebrated Charles Darwin's 200th birthday on February 15 (3 days after his actual birthday, but we had to wait for the weekend) with a day full of educational activities for children, lectures for grownups, and a dinner. There were three hour-long lectures of evolution. That's a lot to sit through in one chunk of time, but the talks were lively enough to hold my attention. Here's the summary of the first talk, given by Dr. Zachary Moore, a molecular biologist, and titled "Evolution: A Theory Confirmed". It doesn't say anything you wouldn't find elsewhere on the web in more detail, but it briefly sums up the ways evolution science has progressed since Darwin's times.
There were many things that Charles Darwin didn't know about evolution. They were discovered by scientists in the centuries to come. Three kinds of evidence for evolution that were discovered after Darwin's times are:
speciation in action
key transitional species
molecular biology evidence
An example of speciation in action is so-called ring species.
When territories of two different, but related species of animals partially overlap, they can often interbreed. So you have a chain of several species, and any two neighboring species can interbreed between themselves. In a way it's like a spectrum: on one end there is "red" species, which then morphs into orange, yellow, green, and blue. Any color (or at least, individuals on the ends of any color) can interbreed with neighboring colors. But if the "blue" species migrates into the territory of the "red" species, they often find they can't interbreed anymore. Too many genetic differences have accumulated. Yet since interbreeding is possible all the way from red to blue, we don't know whether to consider them separate species or one big species. All that it takes for this group to separate into different species, is for some intermediate species to go extinct. This has happened in nature. Ring species illustrates how concept of species is arbitrary "in a cosmic context" (to quote Dr. Moore), but is meaningful in human context.
Transitional species
Many people imagine transitional species to be something akin to a mythical crocoduck kirkcameronii (here Moore showed a picture with a head of a crocodile and body of a duck). This, of course, is not what transitional species are like. A real example would be Achaeopteryx lithographica, a primitive bird with a lizard tail. It has wings and feathers.
How do you get from a fish to a tetrapod? Most people think there must have been something fishy-like that grew legs. But we haven't found a good example of it until discovery of Tiktaalik roseae in 2006. This shows predictive power of evolution. Scientists were able to predict in what type of rock, what type of location they could find something like this -- a fish-like creature with appendages resembling legs. It has a tail with fins, it also has gills. But the front fins were very different: they had primitive wristbones. It could push itself up with them. It also had a very unfish-like head, and a neck.
Another remarkable transitional species is Ambulocetus natans, a walking whale, discovered in 1996. It's a mammal that's perfectly adapted for aquatic life.
Molecular evidence
While the subtle points of the argument might have escaped me, the gist is that similar molecular sequences in ubiquitous genes indicate a genealogical relationship between species.
Pictures from Darwin Day can be found in my photo gallery. I will keep adding new pictures in the days to come.
Labels: biology, Center For Inquiry, CFI, Darwin, evolution, freethought, image, science
A few weeks ago I went to a meeting of the Ethical Society of Austin. This was part of my search for a secular community. While I've been involved with a few of those, and frequently mention them in my blog, it doesn't mean I have found my "community-home". But that's not what this post is about. The folks at the Ethical Society were warm and welcoming. The presentation of the guest speaker, Kate Lovelady, was titled "A Sustainable Community -- Eco-Village Life and Ethical Culture". She spoke about the Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, which she visited not long ago. I've heard about ecovillages, cohousing, and intentional communities before, but not in much detail. There is a range of communities that are variations on cohousing theme. Some of them are in big cities, and truly green living is not any more possible to them than it is to most of us, so they don't even set it as a goal. And then there are communities like Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, located in remote corners of the world, and their members take radical (by our standards) measures to live sustainably.
What do people in ecovillages live on?
When you imagine a community located far from a city, and you learn they share 3 cars among 50 people (a deliberately chosen restriction), you realize those people aren't just living out in the country and commuting to city jobs. That would be the opposite of sustainable. So you've got to ask yourself, what do they live on? The speaker, Kate, addressed that question, and the answer was not very inspiring. Most live on a patchwork of precarious sources of income. Such a lifestyle is easier in an ecovillage than in the mainstream world. The folks here don't need very much, and they get most of what they need from the inside economy. They grow their own food and do jobs for one another (such as building houses). Many do random jobs here and there. Some live off retirement funds. They have been entertaining an idea of opening a bed-and-breakfast. Not everyone agrees, though, because some people feel it would restrict them from gardening in the nude. But an increasing number of members have home-based, or web-based, businesses.
And yes, they have internet access.
Freedom from some of society's regulations is what prompted them to choose this unlikely location in Missouri, instead of someplace in California, as one might expect. This place does not have building codes for private residences, so they could build any kind of houses they wanted. One woman turned an old bus into a house. She insulated it and made it otherwise livable. However, at the time of Kate's visit, she had a big mouse problem.
To be a successful hippie, you have to have a lot of structure
This, however, does not mean everyone is free to live any way they want without any restrictions or regulations. Quite the contrary. Policies and procedures govern their everyday life. Kate quoted one resident saying: "When I joined the Dancing Rabbit, I thought I was going to have to throw my watch away. Instead I got a day planner!" They have lots of meetings to discuss issues that come up. "To be successfully hippy-dippy, you have to have a lot of structure," says Kate. They have co-ops for everything. I guess those are formal structures for exchange of goods and services. There's even an co-op for internet access, and, of course, car co-op. Sharing 3 cars among 50 or so members means lots of carpooling, thus, lots of coordinating.
Some of the biggest sore points among members are dogs and children. Those are two kinds of creatures that don't necessarily obey rules, and it does not help that many ecovillagers are opposed to population growth. So there are constant boundary negotiations going on, some people's freedoms pushing against other people's rights.
What do they do for healthcare?
Since they are outside of the corporate world and don't have health insurance, what do they do for healthcare? Most people, unfortunately, go without. Some visit local rural clinics, staffed by nurses. Some are negotiating with health insurance companies to create special plans for intentional communities, though they don't seem to have made a lot of headway. Some justify their opting out of healthcare with an argument "if something happened to me, I'd rather die at home than be hooked up to life support machines in a hospital for weeks". That's an understandable sentiment, but, as Kate Lovelady pointed out, there are many shades of gray between good health and life support machines, and many times a doctor is invaluable.
Living one's values to the maximum
What specific ways of sustainable living have they adopted? They heat houses using waste woods from local small factories, and solar arrays. This does not mean entire houses are covered with them. Solar arrays, Kate says, don't have to be big to power VCRs, refrigerators and power tools. The bathrooms in the ecovillage -- one of the more "exotic" manifestations of sustainable living -- use "humanure" system. That's pretty much what it sounds like. The villagers use human waste for compost. Instead of flushing the toilet, you cover up waste with sawdust. Kate said she was more than a bit uneasy about using them at first, but in reality there's nothing gross or weird about them. The bathrooms mostly just smell like sawdust.
Similarly, the folks who live in ecovillages are not weird. They are mostly just ordinary people; what's different about them, Kate thinks, is dedication they put into living their values. Kate herself practices environmentalism -- she's a vegan, rides a scooter, and wears second-hand clothes. She's considered an extremist even in the Ethical Society. But in the Dancing Rabbit she was perceived as a bourgeois!
As one may expect, living your values to the maximum comes at a cost. Apart from lack of healthcare, there are more personal costs as well. In private conversations with Kate some people expressed their apprehensions regarding loneliness. Someone being one of only three singles in the community, if they don't hit it off with one of the other two people, they'll probably move on in half a year.
Labels: cohousing, ecology, Ethical Society
Darwin Day lectures: Zachary Moore, "Evolution: A ...


I have two big weaknesses in life: Madewell and pizza. If you haven't picked up on it by now, Madewell is one of my favorite places to shop. It's the perfect place to find relaxed styles with added flare. So, of course, when I found this striped tee from Madewell, I couldn't resist. Add it to a pair of distressed jeans, and I am all set for a night out to indulge in my other weakness. Yes, when it comes to pizza, I offer myself a lot of grace. In other words, I don't hold back. In my world, calories don't exist when it comes to pizza. Amen.
The word grace isn't one we are stranger to. And while we are often told about the grace Jesus offers to us, we seldom think about the grace we must offer to other people.
When someone is having "a moment" and that moment affects you, it is hard to offer up some grace. Trust me. There have been times in my life where I have been so angry with people that it brings me to tears. It feels almost unfair to give them grace. Especially when they haven't said those two little words that we feel like we all deserve to hear. Yes, "I'm sorry" goes a long way. But life isn't always going to apologize. There will be times where you have to choose to give grace.
When we are having a moment, we hope that the people we encounter will offer us grace. In turn, we have to get better at offering those around us the same kind of grace. Grace in understanding that their choices may be different from ours. Grace in knowing that there could be more to their "moment" than we really understand. "Grace allows us to grow, to become more of who God created us to be." And that grace is the same grace that we should share with others.


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Quay Quarter Tower by 3XN
AASA 8 December 2022 7 December 2022 3XN Architects, Architecture, Australia, Tower
Quay Quarter Tower has been named the winner of "World Building of the Year" at World Architecture Festival 2022. Located on the edge of Sydney's bustling Circular Quay, the tower "upcycles" the existing AMP Centre tower. The 206-meter, 49 story Quay Quarter Tower (QQT) is a once-in-a-generation project.
Built only in 1976, the original AMP Centre was reaching the end of its usable lifespan, but rather than simply tear it down and start over, the project team set out to reach an ambitious goal: to reuse as much of the existing building and set a lofty new standard for what is possible for adaptive reuse in architecture.
Today, that goal has been achieved. QQT retains over 65% of the original structure (beams, columns, and slabs) and 95% of the original core, resulting in an embodied carbon saving of 12,000 tonnes (the equivalent of 35,000 flights between Sydney and Melbourne).
The World's First Tower Transformation
Transformation is a sustainable initiative, and for Quay Quarter Tower, there are three levels of sustainability: Environmental, Social, and Urban. The First, environmental sustainability, focuses on two main features. The first is a facade with an external sunshade hood, which blocks 30% of the solar radiance, reducing mechanical loads and eliminating the need for internal blinds for thermal control.
Photo © Adam Mork
The second form of environmental sustainability is to retain 2/3 of the existing structure. The former gives the building a strong identity and texture to the building envelope, while the second, less visible, it upcycles an older building asset, giving it new life and reinvigorating the surrounding precinct. This leverages the existing infrastructure of the building and urban environment to sustain a precinct and revitalize it, giving new life to a formerly tired precinct.
Shaping Quay Quarter Tower
Quay Quarter Tower is composed of five stacked and shifted volumes; the lower floors face the bustling Young Street and Harbour Bridge, and fan out eastwards as they climb to frame panoramic views onto the Royal Botanic Gardens and the Sydney Opera House. Working within the solar envelope and other contextual constraints, the design adds approximately 45,000m2 of new construction, primarily on the north side of the building by grafting on new floorplates to the existing slabs.
The new structure composed of concrete filled, steel tubes optimizes the structural grid span to increase views to the harbour. The façade's external sunshade hoods, reduce the heat loads on the building so that internal blinds are not needed for thermal comfort. The façade design not only reduces energy loads, but also ensures that the views to the world recognized Sydney Harbour and its icons are always within view.
The Vertical Village
By dividing the building into five separate volumes, the best of both worlds is achieved: an optimal balance between intimacy and connectivity. Each of the tower's five volumes are a hub unto themselves, floors threaded together by a spiral stair and arranged around stacked atria that bring daylight deep into the 2,000sqm floorplates. The visual transparency of the open atrium spaces allows for easy visual access to the surrounding areas, departments, and colleagues, thus promoting collaboration and interaction.
As an additional benefit the rotated volumes help self-shade the northern façade from harsh afternoon sun, creating a passive sustainability feature. The outdoor area of each entrance, the roof-top terrace and terraces become interactional spaces – social micro-scale urban place elevated above ground that allows employees to meet, linger and interact. These types of semi-public communal areas afford frequent chance meetings, social interactions and a sense of community among the users.
The Quay Quarter Precinct
The success of the user experience for any high-rise starts at the moment of arrival. Quay Quarter Tower's podium design encourages street level activation, while creating a moment of arrival with the large, voluminous tower lobby visible from the multitude of arrival indentations that form the podium's market hall massing. Large flowing steps and escalators flow around the perimeter of the podium at each level. This flow begins with a large, urban scaled steps facing Young Street, acting as a visual terminus from Customs House Lane.
These steps act as a public plaza, becoming a catalyst for street level activity and events. As one moves into the podium from the plaza steps, each successive floor level extends downward, accentuating the flow from one level to the next; thus, making way-finding easily understandable. The podium's visual and physical permeability encourages an active public domain that takes advantage of the favorable Sydney climate by extending the internal, market hall tenancies to external terraces.
Atop the two level, podium rooftop is a publicly accessible parkscape that is activated with a roof top café extending from the tower lobby. Due to the severe site topography that drops 11m from the southern lobby entry, to the northern end of the podium, the rooftop garden can also be accessed directly from the ground level lobby. Quay Quarter Tower's podium, rooftop garden creates a place destination and a much needed green space for Sydneysiders to enjoy in the revitalized precinct. Source by 3XN.
Architect: 3XN
Lead Architect: Kim Herforth Nielsen, Fred Holt
Project Team: Nielsen and Holt, Audun Opdal and Jeanette Hansen
Executive Architect: BVN
Landscape Architect: ASPECT Studios
Public artwork: Olafur Eliasson
Lobby and Market Hall interiors: Tom Dixon DRS
Structural services: BG&E
Services and ESD: Arup
Project management: Pier Property Corporation
Contractor: Multiplex
Client: AMP Capital
Size: 102.000 m2
Photographs: Adam Mork, Courtesy of 3XN
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"What's your favorite color?", I would ask the cute guy sitting across from me. "Blue", he would say.
Have you ever had one of those moments, the kind where you change bits and pieces of who you are in hopes that you win over whoever you're trying to please?
As women particularly, we are some of the biggest people pleasers. Our worth and value coming from what some other person thinks of us. So much so that you lose yourself over and over again until you don't even know who you are anymore.
When I was 21 and ending my marriage, I realized that I had no idea who I was. I didn't even know what kind of music I liked.
I remember this moment vividly when I was in 7th grade and I liked this guy, Jose. I asked him what his favorite band was and he said Blink 182. ME TOO, I said, as I quickly googled the lyrics to their most popular song and sent him my "favorite line".
From that moment on, my life turned in to what felt like one massive lie. I couldn't even begin to tell you who I was or what I liked. I needed other peoples validation. I needed to know they accepted me.
Until one day, after having left my marriage, I went on a mission to discover what I liked, who I was and it led to no longer needing validation.
The really popular millennial thing to say is that "I don't care what people think", which isn't really true. We do care to a degree and words can hurt. However, we can still care, without needing their validation. The two aren't one in the same.
A common people pleaser mindset is thinking that you don't have a choice. You must agree with what they are saying or say yes, in order to be validated. Remember though, you always have a choice to not agree or say no.
The first time you don't tell the person you're seeking validation from that you completely agree with what they are saying or thinking is hard. Point blank. The more you do it though, the more connected you become to your confidence and power. The more you begin to think for yourself.
I use to think that if I tried hard enough, I could win over everyone. Literally. When I shifted my mindset and realized that would be impossible, I began to slowly be able to shed my need for others validation, knowing how unrealistic it was.
This little Diddy is a hard one. Get honest with yourself with why you're saying yes to things. Are you simply saying yes because you think you'll get some sort of approval from doing it? Or, do you actually want to do it?
The journey into letting go of the need for validation from others is one that is scary, because it requires you to get honest with yourself and step into your own power.
Lean into the fear, the journey and take it one step at a time.
Can you imagine how amazing your life will be once you're living it for you?


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iamtheCODE has joined forces with Microsoft to host a Hackathon in Brazil to address five of the United Nation' Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs).
iamtheCODE claims to be the first African-led global movement to mobilize government, private sector, philanthropic organizations and Foundations to advance STEAMED (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics, Entrepreneurship, and Design) education for those in marginalized societies.
Founder Mariéme Jamme's mission is to build a generation of a million women and girl coders by 2030 to equip them with the skills needed for the future.
The main track at the event in Sao Paulo, addressing Goal 2 – No Hunger, was co-created with Gastromotiva, the Brazilian organization transforming lives with culinary training.
The best ideas from girls at the Hackathon will be incubated and supported by iamtheCODE in Brazil.


Looking for Drug Rehab and treatment centers in Slatington, Pennsylvania?
There are numerous alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs solutions to the people residing in the Slatington region. It is very important recognize each of the types of rehabilitation options available in Slatington, AB., to be able to choose the suitable rehabilitation approach for yourself or a loved one. Selecting the proper drug treatment program in Slatington is the central element in the process of treating of drug abuse, addiction and alcoholism. The following data will help you recognize your various treatment options allowing you to have the highest chance of a successful end result.
Let's take a look at the various alcohol and drug treatment programs in Slatington, Pennsylvania possibilities that correlate with the circumstances of the person in search of treatment.
Inpatient alcohol and drug rehabilitation in Slatington, AB. is a rehabilitation option best for people who need medical intervention in the course of rehab or clients with substantial drug abuse histories. Women and men will experience both mental and physical dependence to drugs even after a short time period, so inpatient drug and alcohol treatment in Slatington is among the best treatment option in nearly all scenarios. As a result of dependence and addiction, men and women will frequently not be able to make a full recovery with the minimal solutions made available from outpatient rehabilitation programs in Slatington, Pennsylvania where drugs continue to be easily obtainable when they leave the outpatient facility. In addition, men and women in rehabilitation who take part in outpatient treatment instead of inpatient alcohol and drug rehab in Slatington remain prone to negative relationships and situations which might cut across their process of recovery. If someone lives with an abusive partner or continues to maintain associations which entail substance abuse, any rehabilitation endeavours in outpatient rehabilitation are done in vain. This is the reason in-patient drug rehabilitation in Slatington, AB. is going to result in more tangible results which will prove long lasting contrary to an outpatient drug rehabilitation facility where advantages are often very minimal and acute.
In Slatington there is both short-term and long-term inpatient drug rehab. Short-term is a 30-day program, while long-term inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation in Slatington, Pennsylvania is significantly more prolonged and rehabilitation lasts 90-120 days on average. It is deemed an ideal setting for clients because it is a safe and secure drug free environment where they're able to recover both physically and mentally without interruptions. Preferably, women and men proceed in the long-term in-patient alcohol and drug rehabilitation program in Slatington for the optimum stretch of time allowed, to enable them to deal with anything which might jeopardize their sobriety when they depart treatment. Due to the fact detoxing and becoming physically stable can take a couple weeks alone, the 3 to 6 months in long-term in-patient drug and alcohol rehab in Slatington is going to be time spent well and a lot more effective than short-term facilities.
The main factor of all if you or a loved one is struggling with a substance abuse or addiction issue is to get it resolved right away, call someone and seek the advice of skilled addiction professionals and get an assessment and treatment options to ensure the best opportunity for a full recovery.


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Many years ago, I saw a very exciting movie, which called Resident Evil. The protagonist was a girl, whose name was Alice. She woke up one day and found the world was different. A lot of people turned into walking dead and she had to fight for the evil. I love this movie so much. Alice is a brave girl. she is smart and equipped with all kinds of skills. Now the last chapter has come. The movie will end and Alice will finish the task. It is hard to say goodbye to this exciting movie, which has become a part of my childhood memory.


FSB Connect Cornwall have joined forces with Cornish Partnerships to offer you great networking opportunities for 2019. These events take place twice a month in various venues across the county and are run by Cornish Partnerships on behalf of FSB. They are FREE for FSB members and £5 for non-members.
Our second FSB Connect/Cornwall Partnerships event of the year is at the Liskeard Tavern and we've got Richard Woods coming along to tell you all about outsourcing and whether it's right for your business. Outsourcing, like any instrument, can be good or bad. Is it right for you and for your business? We'll look at it objectively, weigh the benefits against the costs of outsourcing and whether it pays to outsource to build. You'll also have lots of time to network and chat to your new and old contacts.
Tea/Coffee and refreshments are available to purchase at the event if required. Free parking is available onsite.


18 tracks on the Western track ladder of the Central Train Station were existing. For supplementing the 100 years old steel support structures, integral 3-span bridges for the future 17 tracks in 7 new support structure units are planned. Two 30 m long support structures in sequence on a temporary center structure will be built to serve as supplemental bridges. The lowered depth location of the now 3-lane underpass mandates a continuous white trough. This structure will accommodate all installations of the city's infrastructure.
Feasibility study, permit application procedure, tenders preparation, construction phase planning, detailed project, auxiliary construction measures.
Within the scope of the short-distance traffic project a new track arrangement with additional tracks was implemented on the existing 4-track bridge with two track switches. At the same time, the clearances were expanded and an additional bicycle path was created. The orthogonally spanning steel supports of the object had to be reduced and intercepted in order to maintain railway- as well as road traffic. This could only be achieved with the aid of a heavy overhead and slanted (more specifically, arranged parallel to the tracks) supporting steel structure. The new sub-structure rests on ductile piles whose segmentation is able to accommodate the heavy-weight horizontal loads. The three new support structures are WIB (sectional girders in concrete)- support structures with depressed height.
Within the framework of the short-distance traffic project a 4th track was added to the 3 existing tracks and the sub-structure was expanded (ductile piles) and retrofitted (carbon bands) on both sides. The 4 new support structures are WIB (sectional girders in concrete)- support structures, which have been partially inserted.
The new 3-field bridge was built at the location of the 5-field bridge with new river pile locations. A 3rd track for short-distance traffic was added. The narrowing of the Salzach during construction was demonstrated on test models at the Technical University (TU) in Graz and enabled the construction phases to continue during the winter seasons. We consulted an architect for the bridge design. The high-level design demand was implemented in the design plans. The deep foundation in the Salzach was implemented with protective rock-fill embankments, sheet pile building pits and in part, underneath the old bridge. Coffer dams made of sheet pile were used in the abutment area. Stop access points were integrated in the abutments.
Project coordination for all 8 planners, bridge system study, hydraulic construction coordination, tender draft for sub-structure, LV and tender, detail draft for sub-structure, supplemental construction measures, overall planning.
The Eastern loop crosses the S1 speedway at a slanted 48º angel and an arch. With a support structure in the center lane and a comparably light-weight appearing T-beam across, a total of 4 fields can be achieved. A total system, incl. flexibly installed piles were entered in a 3D model, whereas the support structure was displayed as a slanted and arched support girder. The design concept of the other S1 road crossing bridges has been used to design the railway bridge piles to create an attractive, crystalline structure.


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Lakeland PBS in Bemidji hosts inspiring clean energy events
By Joel Anastasio October 18th, 2018
Back to back clean energy events at Lakeland PBS on Thursday October 11th featured a tour of solar, geothermal, and energy efficiency projects, a screening of a new MN clean energy documentary, and local speakers. Geeking out: Touring clean energy projects at Lakeland PBS in Bemidji An afternoon event featured a behind-the-scenes tour of the Lakeland PBS facility, including their cost-saving solar, geothermal, and energy efficiency projects. Over 40 people from Bemidji and across the region attended the tour, with interests ranging from sustainability to economics, and... Continue reading
Chisago County's role as Solar Capital of Minnesota celebrated at community event
By Dan Thiede October 5th, 2018
On Thursday, October 4, Chisago County took center stage at the Chisago Lakes High School Performing Arts Center in Lindstrom to celebrate the county's role as the Solar Energy Capital of Minnesota. Solar in Chisago County: The 100MW North Star Solar installation in Chisago County is Minnesota's largest, and produces enough electricity to power about 20,000 homes. Chisago County is also home to several community solar gardens and installations on area homes and businesses. This event, and The Power of Minnesota film, focused on telling the many stories of the people behind this enormous... Continue reading
Over 100 gather in Canby for The Power of Minnesota film screening and conversation
By Lissa Pawlisch October 1st, 2018
On September 18th, over 100 people gathered at the Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Canby for the first official screening of The Power of Minnesota documentary. Pioneer Public Television also unveiled a segment of an upcoming Prairie Sportsman episode that features solar and pollinator habitat (and honey and beer and cider). The Power of Minnesota film is about people, their communities, and their stories about clean energy development around the state. Following the screenings, participants shared conversations with their neighbors about what they learned and what... Continue reading
Hill Vue Farm in Rushford upgrades to solar to cover energy needs
By Kirsten Zoellner September 26th, 2018
This article was republished from the original by Kirsten Zoellner with the Fillmore County Journal. With the costs related to farming on the rise, Rushford resident and farmer Jon Peterson is always on the lookout for ways to increase efficiencies and maintain sustainability efforts. This May, Peterson and his family installed a 37.5 kilowatt-generating solar array at Hill Vue Farm, their 800-acre organic farm. "This was really the only option we considered," says Peterson. "I had thought about wind in the past, but decided on solar because of much less maintenance and cost." The farm... Continue reading
Minnesota now boasts over 160 clean energy projects financed using PACE
By Peter Lindstrom September 21st, 2018
From the Greenway Office Building in Minneapolis to Timm's Trucking in Morristown and from AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji to the First National Bank in Saint Paul, businesses are benefitting from solar and efficiency improvements with no up-front costs and streamlined payments through their property tax assessments. Updated map: 63 of Minnesota's 87 counties now allow PACE financing, as you can see on the map below. In these counties, there are more than 160 businesses, multi-family apartment buildings, nonprofits, places of worship, and other commercial entities with exciting... Continue reading
Government group buying helping to spread solar across Minnesota
By Frank Jossi September 14th, 2018
This article is reposted from the original by Frank Jossi in Midwest Energy News. Cities, school districts, and government agencies are using a shared contract to streamline the process of procuring solar power. The state of Minnesota and nearly a dozen other government entities will use a collaborative buying approach to build 4 megawatts of on-site solar. Called Solar Possible, the initiative used a master contract and a joint request for proposals to select vendors and gather pricing data. The Minnesota Department of Administration's Office of Enterprise Sustainability and two... Continue reading


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Daniel Carlsson Solander (19. února 1733 Piteå – 13. května 1782 Londýn) byl švédský botanik.
Solander se narodil v obci Piteå, v Norrlandu ve Švédsku v luteránské rodině. V roce 1750 se přihlásil na universitu v Uppsale a zahájil studia jazyků a humanitních oborů. Profesorem botaniky na universitě byl slavný Carl Linné, na kterého brzy udělaly dojem Solanderovi schopnosti a který pak přesvědčil Solanderova otce, aby syna nechal studovat přírodozpyt.

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Roku 1760 odjel do Anglie, aby zde prosazoval nový Lineův systém klasifikace. Od roku 1763 byl asistentem knihovníka Britského musea a následujícího roku byl zvolen členem Královské společnosti. Poté dostal funkci dohlížitele tištěných knih v Britském museu.
Roku 1768 byl Solander spolu se svým spolupracovníkem Dr. Hermanem Spöringem zaměstnán Josephem Banksem a poté se zúčastnil první plavby Jamese Cooka do Tichého oceánu na palubě lodi HM Bark Endeavour. Po Banksovi a Solanderovi nese jméno australský Botanický záliv, kde Cookova expedice poprvé v Austrálii přistála. Záliv byl původně nazván Botanist bay (Záliv botaniků). Solander pomáhal popisovat sbírku australské květeny, zatímco Endeavour kotvila na místě, kde je dnes Cooktown, 7 týdnů předtím, než byla poškozena na Velkém bariérovém útesu. Tato sbírka rostlin později vytvořila základ sbírky rytin Banks' Florilegium.

Po návratu z výpravy se stal Banksovým tajemníkem a knihovníkem a žil v jeho domě na Soho Squere. Roku 1772 doprovázel Bankse na jeho plavbě na Island, Faerské ostrovy a Orkneye. V letech 1773 až 1782 byl vedoucím přírodozpytného oddělení Britského musea. Roku 1773 byl zvolen za zahraničního člena Královské švédské akademie věd.

Solander vynalezl knižní schránku zvanou Solander box, která se dosud používá v knihovnách a archivech jako nejvhodnější způsob k ukládání tisků, kreseb, herbářů a různých manuscriptů.
Ve věku 49 let zemřel v Banksově domě na Soho Squere na mozkovou mrtvici dne 13. května 1782.

Jeho jméno nesou zahrady Solander Gardens, nacházející se ve východní části Londýna a také Solanderův ostrov, ležící v blízkosti Jižního ostrova Nového Zélandu. Jednou z mnoha rostlin po něm pojmenovaným je Nothofagus solandri.

Solander byl spoluautorem Banksova díla Illustrations of the Botany of Captain Cook's Voyage Round the World a jeho The Natural History of Many Curious and Uncommon Zoophytes bylo sestaveno Johnem Ellisem a vydáno posmrtně roku 1786.

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 The Solander society
 Detailní biografie na ADB online

Švédští botanici
Švédští spisovatelé
Švédští zoologové
Narození v roce 1733
Narození 19. února
Narození ve Švédsku
Úmrtí v roce 1782
Úmrtí 13. května
Úmrtí v Londýně
Zemřelí na cévní mozkovou příhodu
Členové Královské společnosti
Členové Královské švédské akademie věd
Muži
Absolventi Uppsalské univerzity
Pohřbení na hřbitově v Brookwoodu


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Sen. Richard Burr asks for retraction on report of comments about Ted Cruz by Jim Morrill
January 22, 2016 The-Editor 0 Comment 2016 Presidential Election, Bernie Sanders, North Carolina, Sen. Richard Burr, Ted Cruz
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) on Thursday strongly denied a news report that said he had told people he would vote for Democrat Bernie Sanders over Republican Ted Cruz.
Burr's aides asked The Associated Press for a retraction. An AP spokesman said the news agency was sticking by its story.
"I will support whoever the GOP nominee is," Burr tweeted. "@AP is trying to create discord where there isn't discord by telling lies."
Burr was responding to an AP story by reporter Erica Werner about Cruz's unpopularity with fellow Republican senators.
The story said, "Cruz has become such a pariah that one of his colleagues, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, told supporters at a campaign fundraiser … that he would vote for liberal Sen. Bernie Sanders for president before Cruz, according to one person who attended the event.
"Burr did not appear to be joking, said the person, who demanded anonymity to discuss the private gathering," the article stated.
Alex Johnson, Burr's director of strategic operations, called the report "completely inaccurate."
"They're trying to create discord where there's no discord," he said. "(Burr) told (the AP) Ted Cruz would make a great chief executive. He's said time and time again he will support the nominee."
But AP did not back down.
"As we have told Sen. Burr's campaign, we stand by our story," said Paul Colford, AP's vice president and director of media relations. Burr faces a March 15 primary against three other Republicans. One, Greg Brannon, wasted little time in responding to the article. He issued a news release headlined, "Burr goes full Socialist – threatens to vote for Bernie Sanders over Cruz."
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee gleefully included the AP story in an email. Burr consultant Paul Shumaker said the candidate has pledged to support whichever Republican wins the nomination.
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Did Senator Ted Cruz disclosed classified information during Tuesday's Republican presidential debate? The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee is launching an investigation to find out. Sen. Richard Burr chairs the Intelligence Committee, told reporters Wednesday morning that he asked staff to review Ted Cruz's comments from debate to see if he released classified info. The North Carolina Republican is specially looking at the moment Cruz said "The old program covered 20 percent to 30 percent of phone numbers to search for terrorists, the new program covers nearly 100 percent. That gives us greater ability to stop acts of terrorism, and he knows that that's the case." Burr's communication director said "Cruz shouldn't have said that."
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Wimbledon 2019: On day of Brits, Dan Evans, Harriet Dart, Jay Clarke, Cam Norrie join Edmund and Watson
Britons enjoy royal support as Duchess of Cambridge watches Dart and Konta
By Marianne Bevis at WimbledonTuesday 2 July 2019, 18:42 UK @mariannebevis
Jo Konta (Photo: Getty Images for Nature Valley Classic)
Two Britons made it through on the first day of action at Wimbledon, both the top-ranked man, No30 seed Kyle Edmund, who beat Jaume Munar, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, and Heather Watson, who is currently ranked at 122 after a tough year or so on the tour.
Following a worrying retirement with a knee injury at the French Open less than a month ago, Edmund looked physically solid if a little rusty in beating the No90 ranked Spaniard whose preferred surface is clay. Munar had never won a match at Wimbledon before, while Edmund made the third round last year, and was chuffed to bits to be scheduled on Centre Court on the first day.
He will next play former top-10 veteran Fernando Verdasco, who has beaten the Briton in their two previous matches, though both went to deciding sets.
Watson played well above her ranking to beat 17-year-old Caty McNally, 7-6(3), 6-2, but there is something about Wimbledon that brings out the best in the sunny Watson.
Playing here in the main draw for the 10th time, she arrived on the back of first-round losses in Nottingham, Birmingham and Eastbourne, and that after losing in the first round here last year. She was, she admitted, nervous in the early goings:
"I was a bit nervous today and I think it showed… I'm a confidence player, so not having those wins in the last few weeks, I was maybe over-thinking."
And she confirmed that the nerves had never diminished here, even after 10 years:
"I think it's just the same. It hasn't changed at all. I think my excitement, my nerves, I can never sleep well. It's the same every year. I think that's great for me because it shows how much I wanted it then and how much I still want it now."
Watson was one of four Britons in the women's singles draw, with Johanna Konta, Katie Swan and Harriet Dart playing their first-round matches on the second day. Indeed Tuesday boasted a packed British schedule of no fewer than eight players.
Konta, seeded 19 after her best-ever run at the French Open to the semi-finals, has always performed well on grass, though she did not shine as brightly as usual on the home turf of Eastbourne, and pulled out of Nottingham, where she has twice been runner-up, to recover from Paris.
But there has been no doubting her increased confidence since GB's successful performance at the Fed Cup tie in London, and she made the semis here two years ago. She took on world No132 Ana Bogdan, and despite the Romanian's lowly ranking, she had almost beaten Konta in their recent clay meeting in Rabat, 6-1, 6-7(6), 6-2.
But with a home crowd on the brand-new show court No1, Konta was favoured to come through. It certainly proved to be a close contest right from the start, with both women going for their shots, and it was nip and tuck ahead of what looked like a certain tie-break. But Konta threw in a drop shot and thumped her forehand deep to break for 7-5.
The Briton broke for a 4-2 lead in the second set, and would not drop another game, 6-2, to set a second-round meet with Katerina Siniakova.
If Dart did not feel the nerves before her opening match, she surely did when the Duchess of Cambridge, Patron of the All England Club, joined the limited seating on Court 14.
Dart played Christina McHale, and those nerves seemed to take a hold of the 22-year-old, as she failed to convert her break chances, and was herself broken for the first set, 6-4.
But once the Duchess left the court, Dart settled, broke early, and served out the second, 6-4. The third was a tense affair, with repeated breaks on each side, but Dart finally got the hold when serving for the match, 6-4, to score her first Wimbledon, her first Major match-win.
Dart will next face qualifier Beatriz Haddad Maia, who upset the 2017 champion Garbine Muguruza, 6-4, 6-4.
Dan Evans was ranked 192 at the start of the year, but went on a tear to reach the final in Delray Beach, and once he hit the grass, he could hardly stop winning.
With a new-found dedication to his sport after an enforced year's absence, his crowd-pleasing single-handed game, full of variety, tough and net play, was soon wowing fans again as he won back-to-back Challengers in Surbiton and Nottingham, and then lost in the quarters of Queen's to compatriot Edmund.
Now ranked 61, he took on Federico Delbonis, ranked 75, a man who was looking for his first match-win in five appearances at Wimbledon. And Court 18 was treated to all of that Evans flair and grass skill in a two-hour plus three-setter during which Evans was never broken, and completed the victory 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3, with 42 winners to just 20 errors, and 25 points won from 34 net charges.
It was the kind of tennis that the British fans love, using the old-fashioned skills redolent of grass courts. And in this packed British segment of the draw, he will next play No18 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili, who beat James Ward in a thrilling five-set tussle after the Briton took the first two sets, 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 8-6.
And Katie Swan lost out to Laura Siegemund, 6-2, 6-4, but second-ranked British man, Cameron Norrie made light work of Denis Istomin, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4, in two hours, scoring his first win at his third Wimbledon. He next plays No8 seed Kei Nishikori.
Meanwhile, 20-year-old Jay Clarke was targeting a meeting with eight-time champion Roger Federer when he took on Noah Rubin, and the 20-year-old got his reward. After dropping the first set, he came back to win, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4.
Federer was asked what he knew of the young Briton's game. He smiled:
"I don't know him very well. I've seen him around. I watched the end [of his match] a little bit… I know him a little bit better than Lloyd [Harris]—not a whole lot, though."
But beware, Jay: It does not take the veteran Swiss long to master new opponents. After losing the first set to Harris, he allowed the young South African just five games in the next three sets.
NB Teenage wildcard Paul Jubb, who recently won the prestigious NCAA college title, was last on Court 17 where he would play No66 Joao Sousa.
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package net.unicon.cas.mfa.authentication.principal;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import net.unicon.cas.mfa.authentication.DefaultCompositeAuthentication;
import net.unicon.cas.mfa.util.MultiFactorUtils;

import org.jasig.cas.authentication.Authentication;
import org.jasig.cas.authentication.Credential;
import org.jasig.cas.authentication.principal.Credentials;
import org.jasig.cas.authentication.principal.Principal;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * A {@link Credentials} implementation that is to ease multifactor authentication.
 * It primarily carries the following entities:
 *

 *
Chain of credentials: represent various forms of credentials during an MFA flow

 *
Chain of authentications: represent the authentication contexts established during the flow
 *      when credentials are verified.
 *

 *

 *
Because the {@link Credential} itself is simply a marker interface, it is up to each credential
 * implementation in the chain to decide how it wants to identify itself. This identifier will be used
 * to locate the particular credential entry in the collection.
 *
 *
The collection of established authentication contexts are ordered, in such a way that
 * each entry in the collection is linked to corresponding leg in the authentication flow.
 *
 *
It is the responsibility of the authentication flow of course, to gather and carry on
 * the instance of {@link MultiFactorCredentials} as it knows how to authenticate the user agent
 * and is itself the recipient of each credential identifier.
 * @author Misagh Moayyed
 * @see #getChainedCredentials()
 * @see #getAuthentication()
 */
public class MultiFactorCredentials implements Credential {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2958788799684788738L;

    private Map<String, Credential> chainedCredentials = new LinkedHashMap<String, Credential>();

    private List<Authentication> chainedAuthentication = new LinkedList<Authentication>();

    private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());

    public final Map<String, Credential> getChainedCredentials() {
        return this.chainedCredentials;
    }

    /**
     * Indicate whether or not the authentication chain is empty.
     * @return true, if the context is empty.
     */
    public final boolean isEmpty() {
        return this.chainedAuthentication.isEmpty();
    }

    /**
     * Count the number of authentication contexts in the chain.
     * @return total number of authentications in the chain.
     */
    public final int countChainedAuthentications() {
        return this.chainedAuthentication.size();
    }

    /**
     * Add the authentication to the chain, having verified
     * that the resolved principal of the new authentication
     * matches what has been remembered and collected as the principal.
     * @param authentication authentication context to add to the chain
     */
    public final void addAuthenticationToChain(final Authentication authentication) {
        if (!doesPrincipalMatchAuthenticationChain(authentication)) {
            logger.warn("The provided principal [{}] does not match the authentication chain. CAS has no record of "
                    + "this principal ever having authenticated in the active authentication context.",
                    authentication.getPrincipal());
            throw new UnknownPrincipalMatchException(authentication);
        }
        this.chainedAuthentication.add(authentication);
    }

    /**
     * Enumerates the list of available principals in the authentication chain
     * and ensures that the newly given and provided principal is compliant
     * and equals the rest of the principals in the chain. The match
     * is explicitly controlled by {@link MutablePrincipal#equals(Object)}
     * implementation.
     *
     * @param authentication the authentication object whose principal is compared against the chain
     * @return true if no mismatch is found; false otherwise.
     * @see MutablePrincipal
     */
    private boolean doesPrincipalMatchAuthenticationChain(final Authentication authentication) {
        for (final Authentication authn : this.chainedAuthentication) {
            final Principal currentPrincipal = authn.getPrincipal();
            final Principal newPrincipal = authentication.getPrincipal();

            if (!currentPrincipal.equals(newPrincipal)) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Creates an instance of the {@link net.unicon.cas.mfa.authentication.CompositeAuthentication} object that collects
     * and harmonizes all principal and authentication attributes into one context.
     *
     *
Principal attributes are merged from all principals that are already resolved in the authentication chain.
     * Attributes with the same name that belong to the same principal are merged into one, with the latter value
     * overwriting the first. The established principal will be one that is based of {@link MutablePrincipal}.

     *
     *
Authentication attributes are merged from all authentications that make up the chain.
     * The merging strategy is such that duplicate attribute names are grouped together into an instance of
     * a {@link Collection} implementation and preserved.
     * @return an instance of {@link net.unicon.cas.mfa.authentication.CompositeAuthentication}
     */
    public final Authentication getAuthentication() {
        if (!isEmpty()) {
            /**
             * Principal id is and must be enforced to be the same for all authentication contexts.
             * Based on that restriction, it's safe to simply grab the first principal id in the chain
             * when composing the authentication chain for the caller.
             */
            final String principalId = this.chainedAuthentication.get(0).getPrincipal().getId();
            final MutablePrincipal compositePrincipal = new MutablePrincipal(principalId);

            final Map<String, Object> authenticationAttributes = new Hashtable<String, Object>();

            for (final Authentication authn : this.chainedAuthentication) {
                final Principal authenticatedPrincipal = authn.getPrincipal();
                compositePrincipal.getAttributes().putAll(authenticatedPrincipal.getAttributes());

                for (final String attrName : authn.getAttributes().keySet()) {
                    if (!authenticationAttributes.containsKey(attrName)) {
                        authenticationAttributes.put(attrName, authn.getAttributes().get(attrName));
                    } else {
                        final Object oldValue = authenticationAttributes.remove(attrName);
                        final Collection<Object> listOfValues = MultiFactorUtils.convertValueToCollection(oldValue);

                        listOfValues.add(authn.getAttributes().get(attrName));
                        authenticationAttributes.put(attrName, listOfValues);
                    }
                }
            }

            return new DefaultCompositeAuthentication(compositePrincipal, authenticationAttributes);
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Provides the ability to access the resolved
     * and primary principal based on the authentication context.
     * @return the primary principal.
     */
    public final Principal getPrincipal() {
        final Authentication auth = this.getAuthentication();
        if (auth != null) {
            return auth.getPrincipal();
        }
        return null;
    }

    public final Credential getCredentials() {
        return getChainedCredentials().values().iterator().next();
    }
}


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$etcPath = "/hab/etc"
$configPath = "$etcPath/cli.toml"
$ctlSecretPath = "/hab/sup/default/CTL_SECRET"

Describe "reading from supervisor and service config files" {
    BeforeAll {
        Remove-Item -Force -Recurse -ErrorAction Ignore $configPath
        New-Item -ItemType directory -Force -Path $etcPath
        $supLog = New-SupervisorLogFile("cli_config_file")
        Start-Supervisor -LogFile $supLog -Timeout 45
        $script:ctlSecret = Get-Content -Path $ctlSecretPath
    }

    It "CLI succeeds with secret from file" {
        Invoke-NativeCommand hab svc status
    }

    It "CLI fails without secret set" {
        Remove-Item -Force -Recurse -ErrorAction Ignore $ctlSecretPath
        {
            Invoke-NativeCommand hab svc status
        } | Should -Throw
    }

    It "CLI succeeds with secret set in config file" {
        Set-Content -Path $configPath -Value "ctl_secret='$ctlSecret'"
        Invoke-NativeCommand hab svc status
    }

    AfterAll {
        Stop-Supervisor
    }
}