The Scouts are made up of the three and four year olds. The Scouts wear yellow vests, learn a verse fragment, and have a game and a craft.
The next group is the Marchers, comprised of the five and six year olds, also known as K-5 and 1st grade. They wear red vests, learn more of the verse, and also have games and crafts.
The Keepers and Sentinels, 2nd and 3rd graders, are split into groups of girls (Keepers) and boys (Sentinels). They wear yellow shirts, learn more than one verse, have a game, but not a craft.
Defenders and Protectors are the names for the 4th and 5th grade girls (Defenders) and boys (Protectors). They wear red shirts, learn several verses, have a game, but not a craft.
The final group is the 6th grade girls and boys, known as the Standard Bearers (girls) and Armor Bearers (boys). They wear blue shirts, learn the entire memory passage, and spend part of their club program either preparing the following week's craft for the Scouts and Marchers, or helping the Scouts and Marchers do the craft that was prepared the previous week. The intent is to point them toward service to others.


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Vasco: Yet another aircraft suffered bird hit today at the runway of the Dabolim airport. A few days ago, a flight of the Indian Airlines also suffered a bird hit at the airport.
Sources informed that the Jet Airways flight 9W 473 suffered a bird hit while landing at the Dabolim runway. However, the aircraft landed safely.
The sources said the incident occurred at around 3.45 p.m. The Jet Airways flight was coming from Mumbai to Goa carrying 152 passengers. While landing a bird hit the engine side of the aircraft.
The management of the Jet Airways managed to accommodate the stranded passengers at Dabolim airport in a flight of Kingfisher Airlines and other flights bound for Mumbai.
The aircraft lied grounded at the Dabolim tarmac till late in the evening, awaiting technicians to do repairs.


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Q: how to properly show a form modal when select function is called in javascript? I have a div (modal) to show when a select function is called in JavaScript. I tried many ways but cant get it to work. I am pasting a snippet of my JavaScript (the select  function below to help me call my div (form). Right now, I am just prompting the user to enter in JavaScript. Can anyone help me solve this issue. thanks for the help.
here is my code:

select: function(info, start, end, jsEvent) {
  let title = prompt("Event Content:");
  if (title) {
    calendar.addEvent({
      title: title,
      start: info.startStr,
      end: info.endStr
    })
  }
  calendar.unselect();
},

Add Task

        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</button>

        <form id="event-form">

            Title:
            <input type="text" name="title" id="title" class="form-control">

            Project:
            <input type="text" id="project" class="form-control">

            Est. Time (hours)
            <input type="text" id="time" class="form-control" placeholder="(Examples: 3,12.5,5.75" )>

            Time Spent (hours)
            <input type="text" id="timeSpent" class="form-control" placeholder="(Examples: 3,12.5,5.75" )>

            Description

              Priority

              <select class="form-control" id='firstList' name='firstList' onclick="getFoodItem()">
              </select>

              Start Date

              <input type="date" id="myDate" placeholder="yyyy-MM-dd" />

              Due Date

              <input type="date" id="myDue" placeholder="yyyy-MM-dd" />

        </form>

A: I think you are trying to open a Bootstrap modal when a date on your calendar is selected.  You were almost there - the only thing you need to do is programatically open your modal with Javascript.  The Bootstrap docs describe how to do that:
// Set up your modal, here with an empty set of options {}
var myModal = new bootstrap.Modal(document.getElementById('myModal'), {});

// Now open it
myModal.show();

So you just need to do that, inside your select function.  I've added a working snippet demonstrating this below.
Some notes:

*

*Of course the next part of the problem is how to make use of whatever data you add in the modal.  That's really a separate question, but to get you on the right track:

*

*Add a button to your modal, to submit the entered data;

*Add an event handler to handle clicks on that button;

*In the event handler, take the inputted values, and use them to calendar.addEvent() (based on your existing code I'm assuming that's what you want to do);

*It seems that Boostrap's CSS clashes with Fullcalendar's, so  links are styled blue and underlined, whereas they should not be on a Fullcalendar.  I added some hacky CSS to work around that;

*you have some typos in your HTML, the placeholder text in both time and timeSpent inputs has the closing bracket ) outside the quotes ", I've fixed these below;

*I'm sure it is just copy-paste issue here in SO but your modal HTML is missing some closing
s, I've added them here;

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
    var calendarEl = document.getElementById('calendar');
    var myModal = new bootstrap.Modal(document.getElementById('schedule-edit'), {});
    var calendar = new FullCalendar.Calendar(calendarEl, {
        selectable: true,
        initialView: 'dayGridMonth',
        select: function(info, start, end, jsEvent) {
            myModal.show();
            calendar.unselect();
        },
    });
    calendar.render();
});
/* Bootstrap sytling overrides FullCalendar and conflicts */
/* Manually work around that */
a {
  text-decoration: inherit !important;
  color: inherit !important;
}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/fullcalendar@5.10.2/main.min.css">
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.1.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

Add Task

                <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</button>

                <form id="event-form">

                        Title:
                        <input type="text" name="title" id="title" class="form-control">

                        Project:
                        <input type="text" id="project" class="form-control">

                        Est. Time (hours)
                        <input type="text" id="time" class="form-control" placeholder="(Examples: 3,12.5,5.75)">

                        Time Spent (hours)
                        <input type="text" id="timeSpent" class="form-control" placeholder="(Examples: 3,12.5,5.75)">

                        Description

                            Priority

                            <select class="form-control" id='firstList' name='firstList' onclick="getFoodItem()">
                            </select>

                            Start Date

                            <input type="date" id="myDate" placeholder="yyyy-MM-dd"/>

                            Due Date

                            <input type="date" id="myDue" placeholder="yyyy-MM-dd"/>

                </form>

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A flurry of recent renovation activity across Australia continues to bolster the large format sector, with a range of retailers expected to benefit from sales growth over the medium term.
With house prices remaining high in most capital cities across the country, particularly on the east coast, renovations are emerging as a more cost effective way for owners and buyers to upgrade their properties.
CBRE's Head of Large Format Retail, Chris Parry, said as house prices continue to rise, so will renovation expenditure, which is particularly beneficial to hardware and household goods retailing.
"With the household goods sector representing a key fundamental for large format retail, we expect the sales growth will in turn benefit rents and centre performance," Mr Parry said.
According to CBRE's Q3 Retail Marketview report, household goods retailing continued to experience growth over the year to August 2016, with a 1.4% increase experienced over the period.
Mr Parry said although this growth wasn't as strong as what was witnessed in the previous year, it represented a more normalised and sustainable rate for the market.
This trend is exemplified by the number of household goods retailers who are expanding across Australia, including Koala & Tree which has established a new showroom in Maribyrnong Homemaker Centre and Beacon Lighting's recent lease at Bell Street Showrooms in Preston.
"Despite some industry speculation that house prices would fall over the year, they have continued to remain at high rates and we expect the large format sector to continue benefiting from increased renovations over the medium term," Mr Parry said.


The appreciative feedback regularly received from visitors to this website has been a great encouragement to me in developing my Paxman History Pages. Below are just a few of the many kind compliments which have been received. My grateful thanks to all who have emailed me with their generous comments.
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The Real Deal LA' s summer issue is live!
Jul.July 14, 2017 11:00 AM
By Hannah Miet
As summer temperatures hit historic highs, The Real Deal takes a closer look at a real estate investor who's taken some heat because of his close ties to President Donald Trump. Colony NorthStar chairman Tom Barrack turned down a role as an official adviser to his longtime friend. But the Californian's long business history in the Middle East makes him a significant player in shaping Trump's thinking on the region.
Also drawing heat: luxury housing prices in Malibu, which recently saw an $85 million house trade hands. TRD ranked the priciest sales in the coastal city over the last 12 months, and our look at the most expensive active listings indicates seller confidence in rising prices.
Brokers say those hopped-up home values can be largely attributed to new community amenities, like Soho House and Nobu Ryokan Malibu Hotel, which are owned by one of the town's most powerful residents, Oracle's billionaire co-founder Larry Ellison.
The temperature's also turning up on two residential brokerage businesses in L.A. County. TRD examines how relative newcomers Douglas Elliman and Compass are struggling to gain traction in La La Land — and why their approaches to the market could not be more different.
Commercial brokerages are also going elbow to elbow. As investment sales volume begins to slow, trophy towers continue to sell at historically low capitalization rates. While the firms have tried to beef up their capital markets teams to get in on the high-rise action, one brokerage still dominates the priciest sales in our ranking.
In the multifamily market, landlords who attempt to flip rent-controlled apartment complexes are having a tougher time as tenants rights activists educate renters and lobby for more legislative protections. Some developers say the laws are driving them to look outside L.A. to build.
Industrial landlords, meanwhile, are taking the retail apocalypse to the bank. As e-commerce grows, its warehousing and distribution needs have been a boon to L.A.'s industrial owners.
We are also proud to take you up close and personal with some of the biggest movers and shakers in L.A. real estate, including NIMBY-champion Robert Silverstein and Related California CEO Bill Witte.
Enjoy the issue in full here, and stay cool out there.

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module Bun
  class Roff
    def expand(line, options={})
      register_arguments = self.arguments
      line = line.dup # So we don't change the original version of the line
      original_line = line.dup
      # TODO could move these and only change them when the characters do
      expanded_line = []
      toks = line.tokens.dup
      while toks.size > 0
        token = toks.shift
        if token.type == :insertion
          if (self.expand_substitutions || options[:expand_substitutions]) \
              && options[:expand_substitutions]!=false
            # Expand insertion
            invocation = token.value
            call = request_words(invocation)
            syntax "Missing request name" if call.size == 0
            register = call.shift
            syntax "Expected register name, found #{register.inspect}" unless register.type==:word
            defn = get_definition(register)
            if defn.nil?
              warn "#{register.value} is not defined"
              new_tok = ParsedNode.new(:number, text: "0", interval: register.interval)
              toks.unshift new_tok
            else
              toks = defn.invoke(*call) + toks
            end
          end
        else
          expanded_line << token
        end
      end
      split_parsed_lines(expanded_line)
    end

  end
end

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I will be posting more of their drinks as I taste them. I have a personal friend that works there and will ask for some suggestions.
If you personally want me to try anything, just leave a comment and I will try it and write a review about it! Thanks!
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Three ways that Room to Read supports climate justice
Literacy, Girls' Education,
Literacy Girls' Education
In celebration of Earth Day, we are sharing three ways that Room to Read supports sustainability and climate justice.
1. Climate book collection
Nonfiction books are an important tool to help children unlock a love of reading. In addition to supporting the development of critical thinking and analytical skills, nonfiction can also help students gain deep knowledge of their environment and society. By exposing students to serious topics addressed through nonfiction, such as climate change, we prepare children to become informed global citizens.
So, what better way to build a healthier planet than to publish a series of nonfiction books that educate young readers on the rich biodiversity that surrounds their communities and illuminates the importance of protecting their regional ecosystems? Room to Read's climate book collection does just that with four titles focused on climate-related topics specific to Indonesia, Vietnam, Nepal and Tanzania. In each book, the author highlights an issue of local importance — from the loss of biodiversity in Nepal to the melting snowcap of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, from drought in the Mekong delta in Vietnam to the effects of sweeping deforestation in Indonesia. While each book was written in the author's native language, the full series will be translated across several languages so that children in all four countries of distribution will benefit from learning about the myriad ways in which climate change has altered — and continues to threaten — ecosystems and communities around the globe.
Nonfiction books for young learners enhance the development of literacy skills, and subjects that connect to students' real-life experiences, like that of climate change, inspire action, often serving as a jumping off point for students interested in leading climate activism and advocacy efforts in their home communities. To further inspire children to take action in response to climate change, each book in the series ends with a chapter that outlines steps readers can take to address changes to their natural environment.
2. Staff and organizational commitment to sustainability
Countering the effects of climate change requires commitment and collaboration from both communities and individuals around the world. At Room to Read, we believe that everyone can contribute to a more sustainable future for ourselves and our planet. From carrying a reusable water bottle to adopting a more plant-based diet, there are numerous ways that each of us can contribute to climate action.
To support this belief, we enacted the Room to Read Sustainability Policy in 2018. This policy commits to promoting positive environmental practices through our global operations and programs with an awareness that a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality is only possible when households and communities are not hindered by climate change, natural resource degradation, and poor access to sustainable and reliable energy. Over the past three years, we have been in the process of developing a conceptual framework, recommending concrete goals and identifying how our practices, processes and people can advance environmental sustainability in the workplace.
Watch the video below to hear how some of our staff incorporate sustainable practices into their daily lives.
3. Girls' Education Program climate justice curriculum
We know that staying in school has an astounding effect on a young girl's quality of life and that of her future family's. Because women are traditionally the primary caretakers of their families, they play an essential role in setting an example for the generation that follows them. Ensuring that all girls have access to a quality education is one of the best solutions to the world's most pressing problems, including climate change. According to UNESCO, worldwide access to primary and girls' education could result in an 85 gigaton reduction of carbon dioxide by 2050. Deaths caused by natural disasters and extreme temperature events could be 60 percent lower by 2050 if 70 percent of women are able to achieve a lower-secondary-school education.
That's why Room to Read is expanding our gender equality programming to encompass climate justice. Tapping into Room to Read's Girls' Education Program curriculum, we are focusing on supporting girls with the critical life skills they need to engage in climate action. We are developing an innovative gender and climate justice curriculum that will foster young feminist leaders poised to take action and advance a global movement.
One recent example of this climate justice curriculum came from our staff in Nepal. Room to Read Nepal's Girls' Education Program staff created a podcast focused on climate justice, which provides girls with skills to adapt to the realities of climate change. The podcast also highlights the need to support a sustainable and resource-efficient society. Nepali speakers can listen an episode of the podcast below!
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Q: Does altova mapforce exposes any REST APIS? I am new to altova mapforce. I wanted to know that does Altova Mapforce exposes any kind of REST APIS so that we can supply it the input from a single page web application and get the data from the tool back in any format(JSON,XML)?

A: MapForce version 2022 rel 2 still can't expose REST services, only SOAP.
The SOAP service has to be compiled in an ASPX app and run on IIS.
It can consume REST and SOAP services.
You can create a REST service with the FlowForce/MapForce servers.
However ist does not support CORS.
It wouldn't work with a Single Page Web App.


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The food is not that great and the service is average. However, the kulfi (sweet dish) is a must try! Also, there is a live band after 8 which is nice.


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Q: Symfony2 'Bundle "default" does not exist' I have build a library using some of the Symfony2 components and Doctrine. I now want to use this library inside a Symfony2 console app. I have included my library through Composer as a vendor, however, I'm getting the following error when I execute my library code:
PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught exception 'InvalidArgumentException' with message 'Bundle "default" does not exist or it is not enabled.' in /home/user/project/vendor/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/DependencyInjection/AbstractDoctrineExtension.php:90

I'm not sure what the "default" bundle would be, how this is related to Doctrine or how to start to debug this.
Any help much appreciated.
UPDATE:
This is the Composer.json for my console app:
{
    "name": "my/console",
    "type": "application",
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url": "git@bitbucket.org:my/library.git"
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "php": ">=5.3.3",
        "my/library": "dev-dev-master"
    },
    "autoload": {
        "psr-0": {
            "My\\": ["src/"]
        }
    }
}

This is the Composer.json for my library:
{
    "name": "my/library",
    "type": "library",
    "keywords": [
        "my", "library"
    ],
    "homepage": "https://www.mine.com/",
    "autoload": {
        "psr-0": { "My\\": ["src/"] }
    },
    "require": {
        "php": ">=5.3.3",
        "symfony/symfony": "2.3.*",
        "doctrine/orm": "2.3.*",
        "doctrine/doctrine-bundle": "1.2.*",
        "twig/extensions": "1.0.*",
        "symfony/swiftmailer-bundle": "2.3.*",
        "symfony/monolog-bundle": "2.3.*",
        "sensio/distribution-bundle": "2.3.*",
        "sensio/framework-extra-bundle": "2.3.*",
        "sensio/generator-bundle": "2.3.*",
        "underscore/underscore.php": "1.3.1",
        "sami/sami": "v1.1"
    },
    "scripts": {
        "post-install-cmd": [
            "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::buildBootstrap",
            "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::clearCache"
        ],
        "post-update-cmd": [
            "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::buildBootstrap",
            "Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::clearCache"
        ]
    },
    "config": {
        "bin-dir": "bin"
    },
    "minimum-stability": "stable",
    "extra": {
        "symfony-app-dir": "app"
    }
}

A: You can see what is causing this in the AbstractDoctrineExtension. As you can see, this error has something to do with the mappings you have defined in your config file.
It is also mentioned here that this error is triggered by an error in the mappings, just try to comment out what you have in the mappings.
orm:
    auto_generate_proxy_classes: %kernel.debug%
    default_entity_manager: default
    entity_managers:
        default:
            mappings:
                #whatever you have here


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Q: How to plot hysteresis loop using excel? I have data like this:
0,00000     -0,17278    -2,30557
0,05000     -0,16098    -2,28972
0,10000     -0,15170    -2,27128
0,15000     -0,13824    -2,25024
0,20000     -0,12830    -2,22890 ...
I need to plot hysteresis, something like this:

Is that possible in excel, and if yes how exactly with these 3 types of data?

A: This will get you close, I think.
First, order your data so the hysteresis path is defined. Excel plots points in the order that they are listed. I sorted the second set of points in descending order and appended the first data point to the end of the list to force a closed loop.
0,00000 -0,17278
0,05000 -0,16098
0,10000 -0,15170
0,15000 -0,13824
0,20000 -0,12830
0,20000 -2,22890
0,15000 -2,25024
0,10000 -2,27128
0,05000 -2,28972
0,00000 -2,30557
0,00000 -0,17278
Then create a "smooth lined" scatter plot of the data.
The result looks like this:


torlanco needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
We are a group of web developers! We are currently drinking 2 Colt 45s and we like to have fun at the beach with Camila.
University students are our audience!
In the site, students will be able to give grades to their professors and we want to make them feel at home.
We need 3 versions of the logo, one with an ilustration (logo), another that includes the site name next to the logo, and a final one for print without gradients and preferably black & white.
The site is for university students so the logo needs to be hip. The name 'notaso' in spanish could be translated as 'what a grade!' ...I dont know if that helps you at all.


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Education:University of California Berkeley School of Law
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Jeffrey B. Valle is an attorney providing legal services covering Business Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation and Entertainment & Sports.
Jeffrey Valle, who practices law in Los Angeles, California, was selected to Super Lawyers for 2009, 2013 - 2020. This peer designation is awarded only to a select number of accomplished attorneys in each state. The Super Lawyers selection process takes into account peer recognition, professional achievement in legal practice, and other cogent factors.
Prior to becoming an attorney, he studied at University of California Berkeley School of Law. He graduated in 1983. After passing the bar exam, he was admitted to legal practice in 1983.


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We have found that often what appear to be the primary issues with troubled youth are actually symptoms of the real problem, which is often low self esteem, depression, anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), or Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). All of which can contribute to problems in school, substance abuse and out of control behavior. Without specifically addressing each issue, the treatment will be significantly less effective. Sorenson's Ranch School is a school for troubled teens.
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Akira Original Manga Exhibition by Katsuhiro Otomo
Otomo's genga will make you remember
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Without "Akira" there would be no "Cool Japan."
Along with the "Akira" images are around 700 other original drawings by Otomo tracing his career from 1970s to the present.
There's no denying that for many non-Japanese back in early 1990s. The anime adaptation of the manga "Akira" was for them the first taste of a drug that ultimately drove the addicted to seek more highs like it, and it caused a pandemic of interest in Japanese pop culture that still exists today.
No wonder then, that when Katsuhiro Otomo announced he would be displaying the genga(original drawings) of every single page of his six-volume masterpiece "Akira," the twitterverse lit up like synapses sparking in a neural network — transmitting the news to diehard manga fans in Japan and the world over.
Published between 1982 and 1990 by Kodansha in Young Magazine, the inception date of "Akira" was around the same time as William Gibson's novel "Neuromancer" and Ridley Scott's film "Blade Runner." Together, these three works defined the cyberpunk genre of dystopian science fiction and established the archetypal image of a futuristic Neo-Tokyo, rising from the rubble of apocalypse, that's burned into the psyche of sci-fi fans everywhere.
Last year, when images of the destruction wrought by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami began to beam into TVs around the world, it seemed like that postapocalyptic vision had come horribly true. It's somehow fitting then that the "Otomo Katsuhiro Genga" exhibition currently showing at Tokyo's 3331 Arts Chiyoda was conceived in the days following the quake as a way to raise funds to help disaster victims.
On March 11, 2011, Otomo was in the midst of working on a collection of his past work to be published as a sequel to his highly praised art book, "Kaba" (1989). When the quake occurred, Otomo — who hails from Miyagi Prefecture — knew that he had to do something to help.
Around the same time, a group of like-minded creators were also thinking about what they could do. One thing led to another, the group met with Otomo, and the idea to display — for the first time ever — the complete genga of "Akira" became the foundation of the exhibition and charity fundraiser.
The right frame of mind: Rather than hang them on the wall, Katsuhiro Otomo painstakingly arranged all 2,300 pages of the "Akira" genga (original drawings) on shelves in glass tanks.
What makes this rare chance to see the genga so special is that you get to see beyond the high-contrast black-and-white images that appear in the final published manga. You can see the process of creation captured in the work itself: Pencil sketches show through the final ink work, mistakes are covered by white-out, speech-bubble texts are glued-on pieces of paper. It's in these details that a manga artist's character and thought process can be surmised: How was an effect achieved? When was there hesitation, and when were creative decisions made? The "Akira" genga are astounding in this regard.
Some say that you can date manga as "pre-Otomo" and "post-Otomo," and seeing his hand-drawn pages close up you can understand how, at the time of its release in 1982, "Akira" must have totally and utterly consumed the imagination of Japan's teenagers.
The story seems to build with the pace of an action movie, your eyes fly across the page following speed-lines, noticing places where Otomo made notes or reworked an area, struggling to take in everything he crams onto each page. Each frame of the manga is drawn with such attention to detail — every single one of the 2,300 pages is a classic of composition, each of the six volumes a masterpiece and the entire work an opus of astounding complexity, skill and storytelling.
Otomo credits the work of French comic artist Moebius as being a huge influence on his own style and composition. Like Moebius, Otomo's work is highly complex, has vast areas of exaggerated perspective, futuristic cityscapes and realistic character design. That, combined with a storyline set in a future that sees Japan once again in a period of postwar rebuilding, facing impending Olympic games, political protests, violence and chaos, made for a manga unlike any that had been seen before.
The way Otomo has chosen to display the genga has, by his own admission, created a new work, one elevated into the realm of fine art. The sheer number of genga meant that displaying them on the walls of the gallery was not feasible. Instead, each volume of the manga is displayed in a large glass box — reminiscent of the glass tanks in which Damien Hirst was so fond of placing dead animals. Within the boxes, thin wires are arranged in seven "shelves" upon which the sheets of genga lie, exposing the contents of each volume in an exploded view that shuffles the pages according to the way Otomo felt they should be seen. Instead of simply laying out each page in chronological order, he placed each genga in a position that he felt optimized its view. He has said that during the laborious process of positioning the pages for this exhibition he discovered a new rhythm in the work.
Additional reporting by Maaya KonagiAlongside the "Akira" genga, the exhibition also includes around 700 other drawings by Otomo. Seeing his earlier work, it is fascinating to see how telekinesis, childhood trauma, dysfunctional societies, apocalypse and mass destruction are repeated themes. Though Otomo has often denied that his work has any "message," in post-March 11 Japan — struggling as it is with its lingering nuclear disaster and trying to rebuild Tohoku — it is hard not to see one of warning here.
Katsuhiro Otomo and the event organizers are working with the nonprofit organization Think The Earth to ensure that people do not forget about the effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake and to realize that Japan is far from healed.
This exhibition is the first event in the Wasurenai Project (Don't Forget Project) and from each ¥1,500 ticket, ¥500 will be donated to charity. Visitors can choose from six charities to donate to by placing their ticket stubs in one of six boxes at the exit of the exhibition. For an extra donation of at least ¥500 to "Bokura Company," an organization that supports autistic children, you can also have your photo taken while sitting on a working replica of the motorbike used by the character Kaneda in "Akira." (A. L.)
"Otomo Katsuhiro Genga" at 3331 Arts Chiyoda runs till May 30. Demand for the exhibition has been so intense that tickets must be purchased in advance at Lawson convenience stores. Tickets are not available at the venue and only valid for certain timeslots. Open 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. (Sat. and Sun. 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Admission ¥1,500. www.otomo-gengaten.jp (Japanese).
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Our approach is to have a gender-balanced workplace: Parineeta Cecil Lakra, IKEA India
Parineeta Cecil Lakra, Country People & Culture Manager, IKEA India, said, "I am happy to share that overall, at the country level, we have 46% women coworkers, and at country level management we are 60% coworkers. Our male-to-female manager ratio is 50-50."
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Parineeta Cecil Lakra, Country People & Culture Manager, IKEA India
By Baishakhi Dutta
A key trait of successful organisations is reinforced attention towards equality, diversity and inclusion. In every enterprise's journey towards an equal gender workforce ratio, pay consistency and overall employee wellness, HR and organisational leaders have a key role to play. Parineeta Cecil Lakra, Country People & Culture Manager, IKEA India, shares her thoughts with ETHRWorld on equality, diversity and inclusion in workplace, and what the new normal has in store for businesses.
Equality, diversity and inclusion are today a part of the corporate focus area. What's the current ground-level scenario, especially in the context of the Indian business ecosystem?
It's not just with corporates – it's everywhere. When I bring that context home to IKEA, our vision is to create a better living life for people. Thus, while talking about equality, diversity and inclusion, it's not really an agenda for us – it's a very natural thing to do. Since the time we actually started retail way back in 2014, we have kept a really close eye on equality, diversity and inclusion because we also want to be known as an equal opportunity employer. Since then, knowing that market around us, we have taken a lot of actions and put policies in place.
I am happy to share that overall, at the country level, we have 46% women coworkers, and at country level management we are 60% coworkers. Our male-to-female manager ratio is 50-50. So, our approach is to have a gender-balanced workplace and ensure that we are giving equal opportunities for both men and women coworkers.
How big is the gender equality gap in the furniture & appliances industry today? What are the key stimulants of this gap?
In the retail industry, I think the best case is 30% of female coworkers in organisations, and again, depending upon the region – north, south, east and west – the participation of women in the labour force changes. It is lesser in the north compared to the south. Having said that, when we look why we don't see women participation in the retail industry, one reason is the inadequate support network availability. Another reason is with shifts starting early in the day or finishing later in the evening, commute to work becomes a consideration, especially from a safety viewpoint. As a solution, IKEA has ensured transportation for coworkers working in such shifts.
How is IKEA working towards closing this gap in gender equality? What efforts are you taking to attract more female candidates?
When we look at our 50-50 gender diversity, we want to have that ratio of female coworkers across all levels – starting from entry level up to country-level management. We ensure that in the recruitment process, the candidates coming for an interview, as well as the interview panel, have equal representation of women and men.
When we look at mass recruitments, we partner with organisations and one such partnering was to create a programme called 'Disha', where we had worked in United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for creating employment for the underprivileged women.
We are looking for collaborations to continue this commitment. Our coworkers are the best brand ambassadors for us.
Are you taking any initiatives to mend the gender pay gap?
This is something we have been addressing for over three years, and is a part of the global IKEA direction. Today, the pay gap between men and women in IKEA is -0.095%, in comparison to the India industry where the pay gap is -30% to -40%. We are hoping that by the end of FY21, we will close the pay gap completely.
Any specific efforts to bring in more specially-abled talents?
Recruiting specially-abled talent is also a part of our diversity and inclusion agenda. We have to be conscious in the context of our stores, especially where we have machinery operations, as well as the work environment to ensure we offer a safe and secure workplace for such coworkers. We are working towards having office spaces that are absolutely open and has no distinction. For our frontline stores, we will start working towards ensuring these are safe workplaces for them.
What key actions in terms of workplace safety and employee engagement should HRs take to drive better gender equality, diversity and inclusion in their firms?
In the current situation, the awareness that bringing in numbers for the sake of just showing results is not the right approach is crucial. When we talk about an inclusive mindset, infusing the leadership with the organisation is important. When we look at the population around us, customers are representative of men and women. So, from what we have learned, having a balanced workforce is the right thing to do and makes good business sense as well.
Secondly, commitment is very important in the workplace when we have to drive the agenda of gender equality. This includes being committed to ensure that we are getting an equal number of men and women candidates during recruitment, ensuring developments of our colleagues inside the organisation, and ensuring adequate number of women for leadership and development programme.
Finally, we need to listen to our colleagues about what we could do to support them. In turn, it makes the workplace safer, better and productive.
Covid-19 has impacted work-life balance for most of us. How can firms reinstate and reinforce work-life balance for their employees?
Organisations, as well as their coworkers, have gone through tremendous changes due to Covid-19. We all must continue to care for our colleagues and take considerate approaches in the following months. At IKEA, we care for business as well as for our people, and that becomes really important in the new normal. Research shows that across the world, the pandemic has had a lot of impact on emotional and mental wellbeing. So, one of the aspects is to support the coworkers on an emotional and mental level. Lastly, we must remain agile and flexible. The ramifications of the change that has happened are being faced by all of us in different tones. We must emotionally support each other, build resilience among each other, and empower the organisation to navigate the unknown ahead of us post-Covid.
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Stagioni 2002-2012
Nato a Tirana e immigrato all'età di sei anni in Italia dall'Albania, Erjon Tola risiede a Breuil-Cervinia e gareggia prevalentemente in gare FIS (dal febbraio del 2002) e in altre prove minori.

Ai XX Giochi olimpici invernali di , dopo esser stato portabandiera durante la cerimonia di apertura, ha gareggiato nel supergigante, arrivando 56º, e nello slalom gigante, in cui è arrivato 35º; non ha terminato invece la prima manche dello slalom speciale. In seguito ha partecipato anche ai XXI Giochi olimpici invernali di , continuando a essere portabandiera durante la cerimonia di apertura e unico rappresentante della sua nazione e classificandosi 63° nello slalom gigante e 48° nello slalom speciale.

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Ai XXII Giochi olimpici invernali di , dove è stato per la terza volta portabandiera durante la cerimonia di apertura (ma non più unico rappresentante dell'Albania, essendo stato affiancato da Suela Mëhilli), non ha preso il via alle due gare cui era iscritto (lo slalom gigante e lo slalom speciale). L'anno dopo, ai Mondiali di Vail/Beaver Creek 2015, si è classificato 57º nello slalom gigante e non ha completato lo slalom speciale. Ai Mondiali di Sankt Moritz 2017 si è classificato 46º nella prova di slalom gigante e non ha completato lo slalom speciale. Ai XXIII Giochi olimpici invernali di  si è classificato 47° nello slalom gigante e 36º nello slalom speciale; l'anno dopo ai Mondiali di Åre 2019 è stato 46º nello slalom speciale, mentre a quelli di Cortina d'Ampezzo 2021 si è piazzato 34º nello slalom gigante e 29º nello slalom speciale.

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At the Secret Service, improving engagement starts with employees, and extends to their families
By Nicole Ogrysko | @nogryskoWFED
It's easy to write off an 11-point improvement on the 2018 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings as one that only a small agency component like the Secret Service could achieve in a year.
With an engagement score at 44 points, the agency isn't exactly a threat to NASA's number one spot on the rankings.
But the Secret Service is deploying an employee engagement strategy that, after five years of slow, steady progress, is beginning to resonate with its workforce. And it's one that human capital leaders at the Department of Homeland Security have said could serve as a model as DHS continues its own attempts to improve morale.
For the Secret Service, improvements came after leadership secured more funding to invest in its workforce — and made a concerted effort to solicit and listen to feedback from its employees and their families.
"We started an upward climb in terms of morale that really didn't start to get reflected in any of the employee engagement public surveys until last year," Susan Yarwood, the Secret Service's chief human capital officer, said in an interview with Federal News Network. "We're pretty happy about that, but we know we have a long way to go."
Like a lot of agencies, the downturn for the Secret Service began in 2013 with sequestration. The agency's employee engagement score on the "Best Places to Work" rankings fell from 62.3 points in 2012 to 52.8 points in 2013, according to the Partnership for Public Service.
"We stopped hiring so that we could continue on our no-fail mission," Yarwood said. "That resulted in increased forced overtime. It resulted in longer shifts. Those kinds of things lead to, obviously, attrition. We've always had an inconvenient lifestyle, [but] people started voting with their feet and saying 'this is not only inconvenient; it's unsustainable."
Overtime for Secret Service agents had reached an all time high. And more than 1,000 of the agency's employees were never compensated for the hours they spent working in 2016, because total overtimes hours exceeded the statutory pay cap.
By 2016, engagement reached a new low at just 32.8 points, according to the Partnership.
"I got in and saw this tremendously dedicated, passionate, no-fail workforce that loved working there," said Yarwood, who arrived at the agency shortly after the 2016 presidential campaign. "A couple weeks later, the Best Places to Work [rankings] came out, and we were on the bottom, if not close to the bottom. Personally, I was absolutely stunned, because what I was seeing in the numbers and in the ratings did not match what I was seeing and feeling."
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Top Secret Service leadership, who saw their agents pressed to the limit with long shifts and overtime that extended well past the statutory pay caps, appealed to lawmakers for help.
Congress eventually gave the agency both the authority and the funding to pay over the statutory cap, which Yarwood said the Secret Service will use through the end of the next presidential campaign.
By 2015, the Secret Service started receiving enough in appropriations to begin hiring more people and incentivizing others to stay with the agency, Yarwood said.
Congress gave the agency about $10 million in 2016 to begin a variety of retention incentives and other programs that, based on employee feedback, the Secret Service started or strengthened in an effort to improve engagement.
The Secret Service this past year formed an advisory council with agency leadership and employees of all grades. The council helped dissect the results from the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey and developed an improvement and communication strategy.
Former Secret Service Directors Joseph Clancy and Randolph Alles, who had always spent time in the field with their agents, helped solicit feedback from the field.
"They spend a lot of time walking around the grounds of the White House [and] at something huge like the United Nations General Assembly," Yarwood said. "They're up there with the troops, and we're asking the questions, 'What do you need? What's working? What's not working?'"
Secret Service offers retention incentives, tuition reimbursement
In soliciting feedback from its employees, the Secret Service heard common concerns from the agents in the field.
The rising costs of child care, for example, was a challenge for many agents, Yarwood said. The agency developed a child care subsidy program to offer some relief.
"We can directly pay child care providers that are accredited … and take some of the burden off of the employees not only for the cost, but also that allows those spouses who aren't really able to continue their careers as they're moving around, it gives them a little freedom to invest in themselves as well," she said.
Tuition reimbursement is another important program for the agency. And about 600 Secret Service employees have participated in the agency's student loan repayment program over the last three years, Yarwood said. Those employees have committed to work for the agency for three years.
Retention bonuses for the agency's uniformed division officers and senior agents are also paying dividends, Yarwood said.
Today, about one-third of the Secret Service workforce participates in the agency's child care subsidy or tuition reimbursement programs or has received a retention incentive of some kind, Yarwood said.
In addition, the Secret Service has started a relatively new bonus program for its cybersecurity professionals. Cyber specialists, based on their level of training and the number and complexity of cases they're working, can earn a certain percentage of their salaries as a bonus, Yarwood said.
"Attrition is starting to go down, and we can see that morale is picking up as well," Yarwood said. "But it's not just about money and those kinds of bonuses. It's really about the family life. It's [about] the family support and whether or not you're getting days off [and] whether or not you're working eight hour shifts versus 12-hour shifts."
Home, family life impacts engagement at work
For the Secret Service, improving employee engagement isn't only about boosting the morale of its workforce in the office and in the field. Instead, the agency sees a responsibility to engage the families and spouses of its Secret Service agents, many of whom must upend their lives when the next deployment comes.
Yarwood, a military spouse herself, understands how the Secret Service lifestyle can be hard on the agents and their families.
"I've never seen more family support than I've seen at the Secret Service," said Yarwood, who came to the agency after years at the Defense Department. "The spouses are incredibly communicative with each other. If an agent … has to drop everything and deploy for an unexpected event, the agents and uniformed officers that are not going will immediately ban behind and make sure the family gets taken care of. And that goes across not just work related issues, it goes across illnesses, it goes across some of the family events that every employee might have."
The Secret Service already has an active chaplain program and a popular employee assistance program, which offers financial assistance workshops for employees and their families. Now the agency is examining how it can secure employment priorities and other kinds of support for agents and their spouses and partners, especially those who move frequently for the job, Yarwood said.
The Secret Service is also working with the Department of Homeland Security to help its employees build better personal partnerships.
"By partnerships, I mean anything from marriages to cohabitation, every kind of partnership," Yarwood said. "Right now we're looking at how do we invest some of those strong relationship skills building into an organization that is culturally very secretive about any personal or organizational problems. That's not an easy thing to do."
Like many DHS components, the Secret Service also experienced a recent change in leadership, but Yarwood said the agency's employees "didn't miss a beat" during the transition. The employees thanked Alles, who served as the agency's director for about two years, when he left the Secret Service in May.
James Murray, a longtime career Secret Service agent with decades of field experience, has been sworn in as the agency's new director.
"He cares deeply about the employees and understands that taking care of the employees is how we get our mission done," Yarwood said of Murray. "So [it's] business as usual. Get the job done, and make sure we're taking care of our people in the process. In fact, [Murray] talks about mission first, people always."
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👤by Scott Snowden	 0 comments	📅15 February 2018, 21:04
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Writer: Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
Director: Brannon Braga
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Yeah, this series gets better with every episode. Just look at the names attached to this one, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong wrote it – and she's basically written most of Family Guy – and Star Trek veteran Brannon Braga directed. What more could you ask for? Seth MacFarlane, a self-confessed Trekkie of epic proportion, has absolutely nailed The Orville and in doing so, has reset the bar for the once-dwindling sub-genre of sci-fi comedy. Let's face facts, this is the only successful sci-fi comedy out there aside from Red Dwarf.
Episode 10, "Firestorm" starts straight away with a tense scene as the Orville is struggling to make its way through a particularly bad plasma storm. Lt. Gordon Malloy (Scott Grimes) quips, "Looks like a giant screensaver…" and laughs at his own joke as we do too, but it's not looking good when a giant bolt of plasma strikes the ship. There are explosions in engineering and significant damage to the ship.
Debris is falling all around the engineering deck and Lt. Harrison Payne (Tim Mikulecky) suffers a quite gruesome injury, MacFarlane-style, 'cause you know, that would happen. Chief Engineer Steve Newton (Larry Joe Campbell) calls the bridge for Lt. Alara Kitan (Halston Sage) to come down and help. She sprints down to engineering to be greeted by a room filled with fire, smoke, debris and general carnage. There's a giant explosion between her and the injured crew man…and she hesitates, frozen with fear as this fireball erupts in front of her. Newton yells and Kitan snaps out of it…just as another giant piece of debris falls onto the already half-crushed crewman. So, that's it for him – he's not so much toast, but more a pancake.
Kitan rushes over, casually throws the section of fallen bulkhead over her shoulder ('cause she comes from a planet with a much stronger gravitational pull) and is distraught to see the dead man lying there, her nostrils flaring repeatedly, knowing that if she hadn't hesitated, he might still be alive.
After the opening credits, we see Payne's funeral taking place in the cargo bay. Newton gives an eulogy and there are some very sombre faces in the gathered crew in what could become an emotional scene, but MacFarlane defuses it slightly by having Newton say, "It's funny that his name was Payne, because he probably died in a lot of it."
Kitan heads to the holodeck to take her frustration out in a boxing gym simulation where she utterly destroys a punchbag as Cmdr. Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) and Dr. Claire Finn (Penny Johnson Jerald) look on. They both try to explain that the first injury Payne suffered would've killed him and if she hadn't hesitated, she more than likely be dead too. But Kitan's not having a bean of it and blames herself for his death.
Again, the emotional drama is cut off before it goes too far by Malloy and Lt. John LaMarr (J Lee) as they enter the holosuite dressed in full 18th century pistoliers costumes, wearing wigs and carrying flintlocks.
"Oh hey. We had the simulator at 3, how much longer are you guys gonna be..?" Malloy asks, with deadpan delivery.
"Yeah…um, can you give us a minute, OK?" replies Grayson in a matter-of-fact tone, trying to manage the delicate situation.
"Oh, that's fine. Yeah, why even have reservations…" Malloy and LaMarr mumble sarcastically as they turn and walk out of the holosuite.
Kitan, fighting to hold back her emotion, refuses to listen to Grayson or Finn and goes back to her boxing holographic simulation.
At which point Lt. Cmdr. Bortus (Peter Macon) enters…dressed in a full 18th century pistoliers costume, wearing a wig and carrying a flintlock, asking in an almost monotone manner, "Am I early?"
It's trademark MacFarlane humour and yes, we love it.
Meanwhile, Capt. Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane) is struggling to write a letter of condolence to Payne's parents and has got as far as "he was a really neat guy".
Enter Kitan, who wishes to hand in her commission and she no longer believes she is capable of serving onboard the Orville or any other starship. Sage has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to play the Chief of Security with an abundance of lip-quivering emotion in this series and this episode is no exception. Her voice croaking, she practically insists, "Harrison is dead because I was scared!"
Refusing to accept her resignation, Mercer suggests she do a little soul-searching and perhaps even speak to her parents. Cut to Kitan chatting to her folks and – if you listen carefully – you can hear the sound of every Trekkie across the country simultaneously cheering as the enigmatic, the charismatic, the mesmerizing and memorable, the one and the only Robert Picardo cameos as Kitan's father (her mum is played by Molly Hagan).
Following the usual peptalk questioning her decision to join the Planetary Union, Kitan asks her mother and father if there was ever an incident involving fire when she was a child that might have resulted in a fear of it now. Turns out there was.
Later, while walking along the corridor, Kitan sees a clown. Yes, a clown, which runs towards her and nearly knocks her over. She chases it and upon turning a corner, it has disappeared. Naturally, she's deeply disturbed by this and strides towards the bridge where she demands to be placed in psychiatric care. Upon exploring why, the inevitable dialogue associated with scary clowns follows and while predictable and probably now considered clichéd, it's still enjoyable.
However, what is refreshing is that a playback of security camera video footage from the corridor reveals that Kitan…did indeed see a clown. So now the crew are trying to determine what the blazes is going on.
"We'll divide into teams," Mercer says as the seriousness of the situation is reflected with dramatic background music. "Issac will remain on the bridge and continue to scan. All weapons are to be kept on stun. We want the clown alive."
"Captain," Malloy adds, "I think its only prudent to caution everyone to watch out for pies."
Bortus and Kitan search the shuttle bay and the clown attacks. In the ensuing scuffle it gets accidentally vaporized, so nothing can really be analyzed. While walking back from the conference room Grayson suggests that she and Kitan go for a drink once they had a chance to change out of uniform. As Grayson opens the door to her quarters…a bottomless black void greets her and she falls, only just managing to cling onto the ledge of the floor. The Security Chief hears the screams and dives to the door, just catching Grayson's hand as she looses her grip. Some seriously weird shit is happening onboard the Orville.
A trip to see the Doc doesn't yield any further insight and she suggests everyone have a brain scan, but waddayaknow, this goes bonkers too; Kitan is held down against her will by quadruple-fortified restraints and poor Nurse Park is shot in the back by Finn. Just as the good doctor seems about to perform a multi-opti-pupil-optomy on the captive Xelayan, she breaks free of her restraints, crushes the neck of the doctor and throws her against the wall like a ragdoll, in a similar manner to the unfortunate end of Captain Antilles in Star Wars: A New Hope.
It appears though the quack wasn't killed and she's questioned in the brig, but she's clearly not herself. Wiping the rapid foam from her mouth, she teases something about an imminent threat in a sinister, Dr. Lecter type way.
Further conference is needed, so the remaining sane senior officers meet to talk it through. Grayson postulates that perhaps the plasma storm did more than just structural damage to the ship. Maybe it's frayed some boundary between reality and…unreality? At which point the room is suddenly filled with tarantulas. And then it isn't.
Mercer suggests going back into the storm in an effort to work out what the hell's going on. As preparations are made across the ship, Malloy and Kitan share a nice moment while they wait for a turbolift…which opens and out crawls a giant, drooling spider-like monster with equally giant fangs that chases them down the corridor.
It catches Malloy…and eats him. Whole.
By now, Kitan is close to cracking. Hey, you would be too. She runs to the bridge to find it deserted. No one is answering comms – any attempt to raise anyone, is being met with silence…plus the ship is hurtling toward the ion storm and Kitan doesn't know if the deflectors have been raised. It's not looking good.
She runs about the ship with a flashlight and pistol, as the storm intensifies. She finds only Isaac in engineering. Apparently, the ship's power is offline so Isaac tries to transfer power from his portable scanner to provide enough juice to access the Orville's logs and find out what happened to the crew. But once again, things are what they seem. Like one chapter after another of your worst nightmare, Isaac attacks Kitan and an entertaining fight ensues as these two, each with enhanced strength attempt to klick the crap out of each other. She runs to a weapons locker and pulls a rifle, blowing Issac away. The ship's computer announces that the inner hull has been compromised and everyone must evacuate. Kitan runs down the corridor, lit only by the red emergency lighting, rifle in hand…as the camera zooms out a little and we can see the corridor is part of a simulation on the holodeck…and Mercer, Grayson, Finn and Isaac look on.
"Captain…we need to stop this now," Finn says.
Kitan has exercised Directive 38 – no bare feet in the engineering section…no, wait, wait…38 – oh, that's the ability for the Chief of Security to override all over clearance and only ever used if the captain has been compromised…or is really drunk. In other words, this whole nightmare has been some seriously twisted holodeck simulation and Kitan is locked inside it. One could even say it's a little like the Stargate: SG1 episode "Avatar" (S8, E6) where Teal'c tests the virtual reality pods from P7J-989 and gets trapped inside a game.
Inside the simulation Kitan has run down to the shuttle bay and is battling with Isaac, who evidently wasn't blown away. She makes it inside a shuttle and preps for take off as Isaac pushes a large container marked "highly flammable" in the way then shoots it, creating a wall of fire. Yup, you guessed it…she has to overcome her fear of the fire to fly to safety, escape and end the simulation.
Ultimately, we hear all the explanations, why Kitan didn't know she was in a simulation, why it was created…and even where each of the different fears came from, as it seems everyone contributed a bit, but the most important thing is that everyone was OK. Aside from Lt. Payne of course.
While possibly not as good as some of the really original episodes (Majority Rule, Into The Fold and Krill – my personal favourite) and borrowing quite a bit from quite a few different series, it's still funny, enthralling and well made, which makes it entertaining and something to look forward to each week. And that's all we can ask.
Romping with a Retepsian ✓
• Incidental score featured more than one nod to Aliens
• Subtle references to Star Wars and Red Dwarf
Moclan gender law ✗
• Perhaps this episode was a little bit too much like previous TNG
• The holosuite has a viewing balcony..??! Creepy
Read all our reviews of The Orville here
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Denis Ramilievitch Galimzianov - en russe :  - transcription usuelle en anglais : Denis Galimzyanov, forme la plus souvent utilisée, (né le  à Iekaterinbourg) est un coureur cycliste russe, membre de l'équipe russe Katusha de 2009 à 2012.

Biographie
En 2006, Denis Galimzyanov est membre de l'équipe continentale russe Premier. Il gagne cette année-là une étape du Way to Pekin et du Tour de Bulgarie. En 2007, il est vainqueur d'étape du Grand Prix de Sotchi, des Cinq anneaux de Moscou, du Tour de Berlin, et remporte la Mayor Cup. En fin d'année, il remporte le prologue et la  du Tour de Hainan, en Chine, et en est leader du classement général pendant les cinq premiers jours de course.

En 2008, il rejoint l'équipe continentale Katyusha. Avec cette équipe, il gagne une étape du Tour de Normandie, du Bałtyk-Karkonosze Tour, du Grand Prix de Sotchi, et le classement général et quatre des six étapes des Cinq anneaux de Moscou. Avec l'équipe de Russie des moins de 23 ans, il dispute le Tour des Flandres espoirs, qu'il termine à la .

En 2009, il est recruté par la nouvelle équipe ProTour russe Team Katusha. Ses meilleurs résultats durant cette saison sont un cinquième place lors de la Nokere Koerse disputée au sprint, une  finale au Tour du Qatar et une deuxième place d'étape au Tour de la province de Grosseto où il est uniquement battu par le sprinter italien Daniele Bennati. En 2010, il est 17 fois classé parmi les dix premiers. Sa seule victoire est un contre-la-montre par équipes, au Tour de Burgos. Il se classe  du Grand Prix d'Isbergues et d'étapes du Tour de Burgos et du Ster Elektrotoer,  du Grand Prix de Denain. Il participe à son premier grand tour, le Tour d'Espagne. Il abandonne après la , en ayant obtenue cinq places parmi les dix premiers.

En 2011, Denis Galimzyanov bénéficie des conseils de Mario Cipollini, sprinter vedette des années 1990 et 2000, champion du monde en 2002 et détenteur du record de victoires d'étapes sur le Tour d'Italie, et engagé pour aider les jeunes sprinters des équipes Katusha à progresser. Deux coureurs intègrent l'équipe et sont appelés à lancer ses sprints : Alexander Porsev et Vladimir Isaichev. Après plusieurs podiums lors d'étapes du Tour du Qatar, du Tour d'Oman et de Paris-Nice, Denis Galimzyanov obtient sa première victoire avec Katusha, en gagnant au sprint la  des Trois Jours de La Panne, devant John Degenkolb et Peter Sagan. Il se classe ensuite deuxième du Grand Prix de l'Escaut, où il est devancé par Mark Cavendish, et décroche en mai une deuxième victoire, une étape du Tour de Luxembourg. En juillet, il participe à son premier Tour de France. Il se classe  de la  et  de la . Mis hors-délais à l'issue de la première étape de haute-montagne, il ne termine pas ce Tour. L'équipe Katusha prolonge son contrat jusqu'en 2013.

Le 16 avril 2012, l'UCI annonce dans un communiqué de presse son contrôle positif à l'EPO à la suite d'un test réalisé hors-compétition le 22 mars 2012. Le 17 avril 2012, le coureur avoue avoir pris des substances interdites mais nie l'implication de son équipe dans cette affaire . Peu de temps auparavant, il avait remporté la première étape du Circuit de la Sarthe. Le coureur est suspendu de la date de ce contrôle positif au 12 avril 2014.

Palmarès et classements mondiaux

Palmarès

 2006
  de Way to Pekin
 b étape du Tour de Bulgarie
 2007
  du Grand Prix de Sotchi
 Mayor Cup
  de Cinq anneaux de Moscou
  du Tour de Berlin
 Prologue et  du Tour de Hainan
 2008
  du Tour de Normandie
 Cinq anneaux de Moscou
 Classement général
 b, ,  et
  de Bałtyk-Karkonosze Tour
  du Grand Prix de Sotchi
 2010
  du Tour de Burgos (contre-la-montre par équipes)
  du Grand Prix d'Isbergues
 2011
  des Trois Jours de La Panne
  du Tour de Luxembourg
 Paris-Bruxelles
  du Tour de Pékin
  du Grand Prix de l'Escaut
  du Mémorial Rik Van Steenbergen

 2012
  du Circuit de la Sarthe

Résultats sur les grands tours

Tour de France
1 participation
 2011 : hors délais ()

Tour d'Espagne
1 participation
 2010 : non-partant ()

Classements mondiaux

Légende : nc = non classé

Notes et références

Liens externes

Coureur cycliste russe
Naissance en mars 1987
Naissance à Iekaterinbourg


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Ever want to run on a runway at O'Hare? Well, this is your opportunity. On Saturday, October 20th the Chicago Department of Aviation and United Airlines are partnering to host a 5K timed run and a 5K fun run/walk.
The website indicates this is on an active runway, which sounds pretty cool to me. After the race there is additional entertainment for the whole family. All the proceeds from this event go to the Wounded Warrior Project, a great organization.
I just signed up for the fun run, this morning. I haven't done a race at all this year, mostly because of this, so I figured I'd start slow.
I read about an equivalent run at JFK earlier this year and I was pretty excited about the idea. Now this great idea is in my own back yard! I cannot wait. I think this event will sell out, so if you are interested, you should sign up right away. Let me know if you sign up and we can all meet up at ORD.
It seems like this is the season for my friends and colleagues to dramatically change their dietary habits. Several friends are going Gluten-free and a colleague has gone Vegan. You even see Gluten-Free Menus everywhere now.
I was recently in Toronto for work with my Vegan co-worker. Let's start by saying this Vegan use to be the most voracious carnivore around. While in Toronto we ate at Barberian's Steak House – the place we visit every time we are in Toronto. This is really an old world steak house. I was concerned that my colleague wouldn't really be able to find any vegan fare. Boy, was I wrong.
He explained to the waiter his dietary restrictions and without missing a beat the waiter opened the menu and started explaining all the alterations that could be made to the menu items then he started explaining all the items that the kitchen could make off the menu. There was no consulting with the kitchen, the waiter took control and owned the table.
The Vegan got a huge healthy salad, an entree with both cooked and raw vegetables and a baked potato. Now I'm not saying that a Steak House doesn't have these items anyway, but the way this was handled was top notch. I wouldn't expect the Steak House to have too many Vegans popping in for a meal.
My point: Don't let your dietary restrictions stop you from going out to restaurants with friends and colleagues. You just have to ask for an accommodation, it is extremely common now. If a local Steak House can accommodate a recent Vegan, you'll be surprised what other restaurants can do. Although, I wouldn't go reverse and ask a Vegan restaurant to accommodate your wild carnivorism.
Do you have dietary restrictions that keep you from dining out? Do you find restaurants to be quite accommodating? Are you seeing the dietary restrictions becoming more and more common?
I love London! Seeing this City with the buzz of Olympic Fever was great. While in College I spent 5-6 weeks in London. I got a good feel for the City and saw a ton of the touristy things in January 2000. I didn't feel obligated to run around like a wild man trying to see everything in just 48 hours.
I woke up Saturday morning (22 hours after my arrival at Heathrow). I had a quick bite to eat with my friends who were hosting me and I decided to pop down and take a walk along the river Thames. I took the Jubilee Line down to the London Bridge station. My plan for the day was to see the Bridge with the Olympic Rings, then I'd walk across the river and make my way to Big Ben, eating lunch along the way then hope back on the Jubilee Line and go to Wembley Park for the Football Game.
While in College, I often ate at Pizza Express and I had intended on eating here again – just for old times sake, not because it was a destination. Unfortunately, each Pizza Express I came across was closed. Such is life.
I stood on London Bridge and took a picture of Tower Bridge – such a quintessential London landmark. This was even a greater treat with the Olympic Rings flying high. I debated on popping over to the Tower of London and being an uber-tourist again, but thought better of it — since I really only had about 2 hours of site seeing time.
I continued walking along the north side of the Thames – along the river walk. I passed by the rebuilt Globe Theater, then I came across the Eye of London. When I visited in 2000 the Eye hadn't opened yet. — it actually opened about a month after I left the UK. While, I don't care for heights, I do think this is someplace I'd like to visit and take a ride. I didn't do it this time, again, because I didn't have a whole lot of time to kill.
I really had forgotten how far this walk was. In my mind I figured it would be about 30 minutes allowing for time to stop and take photos and to really enjoy the unexpected London heat. This 2.5 mile walk around the River took me just about an hour. I managed to make it to Big Ben and saw a beautiful view with both the Union Jack and the Olympic flags blowing in the wind. Such a great, once in a lifetime view.
By now, it was 14h00 and the game would start at 15h00 and the trek from Big Ben to Wembley would take about 40 minutes. I decided to head up and spend a bit of time at the Olympic shops outside of the Stadium. I figured there would be some Olympic tchotchkes that I could bring back to some friends and colleagues.
I hopped back on the Jubilee Line and was heading Northwest the 13 stops from Westminster. Then I decided that I wasn't quite ready to go to the game. I wanted a beer at a pub along the way. I hopped off at the very next stop, which happened to be Baker Street. For those of you unfamiliar with the Baker Street station, when you exit you are in a very touristy area and are just a few feet from 221B Baker Street — Sherlock Holmes' House. I walked around the block and found a nice little pub and ordered a pint. I sat at the bar and drank my beer for about 25 minutes, then headed back to the Jubilee Line and worked my way back up to Wembley.
There was one thing that London did very well during the Olympics was the "Pink People". Outside of the major tube stops and various attractions one would encounter people who were wearing pink clothes (a jacket, a windbreaker or a shirt). These folks were equipped with maps and timetables — they were City Customer Service people. I did stop off at Baker Street and asked a couple of questions: 1) How does it take to get to Wembley (which I already knew) and which Tube Line is the best? and 2) What pub do you recommend within walking distance from here? Both answers were quick and accurate. I found out later that most of these Pink People were actually volunteers. How great would it be if London (or Chicago or New York) would have these volunteers to help visitors?
Did you do some non-Olympic related tourism while in London? When visiting the City what are your go-to locales? When sitting on the Tube (or the subway, the El, the Metro, Max, or BART) do you get an urge for a beer and just hop off and find the first place around? If you do, does that mean you are an alcoholic?
Lifehacker posted an article about creating an individual macaroni and cheese in a coffee cup…in the microwave. The point is to make a non-processed individual serving as a quick side or as a way to feed a craving. You can buy the microwavable individual serving mac and cheese in the store, but it's all processed and chemical driven.
I like mac an cheese, but never fix it because it takes too long to make a good one and the blue box stuff is just crap – in my opinion. Let me also tell you that until I bought my condo in 2009 I didn't even own a microwave. I was without a microwave from 2001 until 2009 and was perfectly happy. I still don't use a microwave much, but at least I have one now — I gave into the modern American requirement (actually, it came with the condo, I didn't request it).
Back to the matter at hand. When I first saw this recipe, I wanted to try it immediately. Unfortunately, I didn't have macaroni. The smallest noodle I had was orecchiette. Let's just say using orecchiette doesn't work. It just turns into a noodle brick. See!
Today I tried it with actual macaroni. While the recipe works pretty well, in my mug and my microwave, I had to add about 1/4 cup more water after the second two minute cooking window.
I didn't have shredded cheese, but I did have a couple slices of cheddar, which I crumbled up and put in the cup. I also added just a splash of soy milk and stirred. Definitely needed to add a bit of salt and pepper, too. Other than that, I followed the recipe exactly.
Have you tried recipes from Lifehacker? Do you ever crave mac and cheese – and if so, how to you deal with it? How often do you use your microwave? Do you have an irrational hatred of the microwave, like I do?