Through the years, our taste has continuously leveled up and we become more adventurous with our choices. Dunkin'Donuts understands this — that is why they keep on giving reasons to love the brand — from yummy treats like Boston Kreme and Choco Butternut, to its equally yummy endorsers – Derek Ramsay and Piolo Pascual.
This year, they are once again raising the bar with the Delicious DD Bar!
Three of the biggest Filipino stars today, now the faces of the Dunkin' Donuts Brand. The top-brass personalities in the country who all embody the rare combination of charisma, talent, and passion. Being one of Derek's longest ambassadorships to date, one of Piolo's first few commercial stints on TV, and Dingdong's longtime favorite treat, Dunkin'Donuts surely has a special connection with the trio. This connection is proof of their true love and appreciation of the brand.
Kicking off the new year with these 2 wonderful announcements definitely gives us Filipinos more reasons to love Dunkin'Donuts. From brand new offerings to a brand new ambassador line-up, Dunkin' Donuts sure knows the Filipinos' taste by heart.


Spoilers for Stranger Things Season 2 will follow. Dr. Martin Brenner, one of the masterminds behind the insidious experiments going on at Hawkins Lab, and twisted makeshift father figure to our hero, Eleven, was attacked by the demogorgon at the end of the first season of Stranger Things. It's assumed that he died, but some qualms with that theory have always lingered. We didn't see him actually die onscreen, which left a certain amount of wiggle room for the writers this season. And by the end of Season 2, you'll need to know if Stranger Things' Dr. Brenner is still alive. While we got a serious clue, the moment was surrounded in some dubious circumstances — we still don't totally know for sure, it seems as though he may really still be alive and kicking.
To recap, in Season 2, Eleven finds her "sister" from the lab and together they track down Ray (one of Dr. Brenner's former minions) and boy, did they have some questions for him. Ray seems more reasonable than in his previous scenes — he understands their anger, and says he only ever did what Dr. Brenner told him to do and that he thought the patients in the study, including Eleven's mother, had been sick. He then offered to help Eleven and her sister find Dr. Brenner, who shock of shocks, Ray claims is still alive, despite the belief that the devious doc had actually been killed in the demogorgon attack at Hawkins Middle School. "I'm not lying," Ray said, after Eleven flung him up against the wall, like she does with people who she's not too fond of. "He trusts me. I'll take you to him."
Ray isn't exactly allowed to follow through on that offer — Eleven chokes him out until she sees a broken picture frame that featured his daughters. She's got a soft spot for family, and isn't exactly too keen to take a parent away from children like the lab and Dr. Brenner did to her. She eventually spares his life, and protects him from further harm, but she remains unconvinced that Dr. Brenner is still alive. After all, the man who told Eleven her "papa" was still alive was under serious duress when he coughed up the information.
But then Eleven's lab sister conjures a hallucination of Dr. Brenner, who utters the very telling words (but also not that telling because he's a conjuring) upon asking Eleven why she didn't look for him: "Is it because you thought I was dead? Or because you were afraid of what you might find? You have to confront your pain. You have a wound, Eleven. A terrible wound. And it's festering." This could be a clue, but it's also something Eleven's sister conjures to manipulate her enough to go after Dr. Brenner. She asked her to help heal their mutual wounds together, and to avenge Eleven's mother. But in the end, we don't get a chance to see the mystery solved — Eleven sees that her friends back in Hawkins needed help, so she returns home to them before we get even an ounce more information about Dr. Brenner.
That's the last explicit glimpse of Dr. Brenner all season, but it seems pretty apparent that he is indeed very much alive — if he isn't, that was a pretty significant amount of time spent on an inconsequential character in a nine-episode season. Plus, the show's creators seem to have also hinted that Dr. Brenner will be back. "As an audience member watching the show, if that was his death, that would be very unsatisfying to me – when the monster jumps on him and we cut away," Matt Duffer told IGN. "He would deserve much more than that as an ending. So yes, there's a possibility of seeing him again."
But is seeing all we're going to get? Was Kali's vision the last of Dr. Brenner? It appears as though we can't rest up just yet. There's surely more to be explored between Eleven's mother, her laboratory sister Kali, and Dr. Brenner. There's simply too much business left unfinished in this origin story.


The days are brighter, the air is crisp, and the sun is warm. Flowers are in bloom and the birds are chirping. Yep, it's spring and time to clean out all the cobwebs. And not just from your home. Your PC needs some TLC this time of year, too.
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The teacher was telling his students the story of a sinking ship in the middle of the sea. On board, there was a couple and a lifeboat for only one person. All of a sudden, the man pushed his wife aside, jumped into the boat, and sailed away from the sinking ship, leaving his wife to face her impending death alone. As the ship began to sink in the sea, the woman shouted at her husband..... At this moment, the teacher stopped telling the story and asked the students, "What in your opinion did she say to him?"
While most of the students replied that the woman hated her husband and insulted him for leaving her alone, the teacher noticed that one of the students was sinking deep in his thoughts. He approached the boy and asked him his opinion. The boy straightened himself and said to the class, "I think the woman said to her husband, 'Please take care of our child.', right?" The teacher was shocked by the boy's response and asked him, "Did you read this story before?" "No sir," said the boy. "I didn't read it before, but this is what my mother said to my father just before she died of the chronic disease she was diagnosed with."
"You are right," said the teacher and continued the unfinished story. The ship sank in the sea and the man returned back to his home where he took care of their daughter. Years later, the man, himself, passed away and his daughter found a notebook written by his own hand. In his notes, the man mentioned that he and his wife were in a voyage across the sea after the doctors diagnosed her with a chronic disease, telling her she had several months to live on earth. Just moments before the ship sank, the man jumped into the only chance of surviving and wrote in his notes, "Sweetheart, I wish I could give you the chance to survive and to take care of our daughter, but your disease didn't leave any other option. Don't worry, she is going to have a safe and beautiful life. My heart is filled with pain and deep sadness for this hard decision. Just rest in peace, sweetie."
"Never judge others without knowing the circumstances that forced them to take hard decisions. Strength doesn't always mean holding tightly onto something precious God has given to us, it sometimes means letting go when we are forced by destiny.


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Welcome back Good Shepherd families! Even though our alumni are spread across the globe, there is a bond that remains long after your Good Shepherd days are over. Every former student is part of the Good Shepherd Alumni Community and we cherish all of you.
If you are a Good Shepherd alumni or parent/family and would like to share news and updates, please send us the info and we will feature it below! We also love to have our alumni come in and read books to the children. Please contact us to schedule a very special guest reader time.
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Miss Jessica was a Manatee teacher at the Good Shepherd School for five years before her promotion to the Director of the school. She has been a cornerstone of our school as well as a leader within our community. She has taught hundreds of children to be responsible members of their community and to live life in a way that supports the teaching of the Catholic Church. Although not in the classroom as a teacher, she still lives this legacy daily in our school through our current students as well as our alumni.
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Epi is a peaceful island with beautiful white sandy coves, many white and some black sand beaches, and inshore reefs. The interior is the rugged terrain of recent volcanic activity covered with lush rainforest. There are several small lakes where you can fish and swim and may get a chance to see wild birds, wild pigs and cows. The coastal area is very fertile and covered with coconut plantations. The people live scattered around the coast. Few vehicular roads exist.
There are two airstrips on the western coast, one at Valesdir to the south and the other at Lamen Bay, to the north. Valesdir is a plantation and in the 1920's colonial heydays, it had its own currency. From Valesdir, it is a 6 km walk to Imao lakes, known for their wild ducks. Namuka island, an uninhabited islet off the southern shore of Epi offers white sand beaches, clear water, coral and a fringing reef.
The 1.5 km long beach at Lamen Bay is considered to be Epi's finest. There is plenty of shallow coral for spectacular snorkeling. The beach is an unusual combination of black volcanic sands to the south, then suddenly changing to white coral sands at the northern end. The waters are safe and best of all, there are resident dugongs. One male in particular has taken a liking to people and is an exceptionally friendly, safe playmate even for children (who can swim). He really loves people coming into the water to interact swim and cavort with him. Being a completely wild animal, he is free to come and go as he pleases and may not be seen for a day or two at a time.
About two kilometres away by canoe is Lamen Island, a small but beautiful island surrounded by white sand beaches. About 450 people live here and always delighted to show visitors their traditions. The volcanoes on Ambrym and Lopevi Island can be seen from the northern point of Epi. There is a hot spring accessible on the northeastern tip. Epi has two submarine volcanoes close to its shores, Mt. Nitaia, part of the collapsed Kuwai volcano, 3 km offshore, occasionally steams or bubbles up and Cape Kone, also part of Kuwai, which is intermittently active.
Throughout Vanuatu, magic is believed to work best near active volcanoes, consequently, the Epi people are known for their ability to make magic and invoke ancestral spirits. In the past magic was used to harm their rivals. Nowadays young male islanders use love magic to win the hearts of their favourite girls. Around Epi, the waters are safe from sharks and locals swim freely everywhere.
Epi Island is truly one of the gems of the Vanuatu archipelago. A 'must visit' destination when travelling to Vanuatu.


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Financial Tech Providers S1 and Fundtech to Merge
The combined company will be called Fundtech and be based in S1's home city of Atlanta.
Atlanta-based S1 Corporation and Jersey City, N.J.-based Fundtech Ltd. today announced a merger between the two financial services technology providers.
The combined company will be called Fundtech, and will be based in Atlanta. Fundtech's cofounder and CEO Reuven Ben-Menachem will serve as executive chairman, and S1's Johann Dreyer will remain CEO.
"This merger will create an industry leader that provides a complete suite of technologically advanced transaction banking solutions," Ben-Menachem said. "The S1 and Fundtech organizations and cultures are very similar in their commitment to deliver innovative products and generate the highest levels of customer satisfaction. The companies have complementary product offerings and extensive cross-selling opportunities which will position the combined company to secure larger contracts and cultivate more strategic relationships with customers."
Under the terms of stock-for-stock merger, S1 shareholders will own about 55 percent of the combined company, and Fundtech shareholders will hold about 45 percent. The combined company will have an eight-member board of directors with equal representation from both companies.
The merger expands the company's product portfolio and geographic footprint. S1 is a payments and financial services software provider with more than 3,000 clients in more than 75 countries. Fundtech provides transactional software and services, and has more than 1,000 financial institution clients in more than 70 countries.
"The future of the transaction banking industry is highly dependent upon innovation and state-of-the-art solutions and this combination will put us at the forefront of these advancements," Dreyer said. "Both companies have key strengths in technology, products, customers and culture, and we are extremely excited about the opportunities that will be created by combining these businesses. This merger will expand our geographic footprint and enhance our ability to accelerate revenue growth and increase profitability."
Fundtech and S1 expect to complete the transaction in the fourth quarter of 2011.


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Cicisbeo
Luigi Ponelato, Il cicisbeo, etching, 1790
Genetic or adoptive
By marriage
Open marriage
Polyandry
Polygyny
Group marriage
Mixed-orientation
Friendship (romantic)
Non-monogamy
Mutual monogamy
Polyfidelity
Concubinage
Meet market
Limerence
Bride price
Hypergamy
Narcissistic parent
In 18th- and 19th-century Italy, the cicisbeo (Italian pronunciation: [tʃitʃiˈzbɛːo]; plural: cicisbei), or cavalier servente (chevalier servant in French), was the man who was the professed gallant or lover[1] of a woman married to someone else. With knowledge and consent of the husband, the cicisbeo attended his mistress at public entertainments,[2] to church and other occasions, and had privileged access to this woman. The arrangement is comparable to the Spanish cortejo or estrecho and, to a lesser degree, to the French petit-maître.[3] The exact etymology of the word is unknown; some evidence suggests it originally meant "in a whisper"[4] (perhaps an onomatopeic word). Other accounts suggest it is an inversion of bel cece,[5] which means "beautiful chick (pea)". According to OED, the first recorded usage of the term in English was found in a letter by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu dated 1718. The term appears in Italian in Giovanni Maria Muti's "Quaresimale Del Padre Maestro Fra Giovanni Maria Muti De Predicatori" of 1708 (p. 734).
1 Social importance
2 In the arts
Social importance[edit]
This arrangement, called the cicisbeatura or cicisbeismo, was widely practiced, especially among the nobility of the cities of Genoa, Nice, Venice, Florence and Rome.[6] While many contemporary references to cicisbei and descriptions of their social standing exist,[7] scholars diverge on the exact nature of the phenomenon.[8] Some maintain that this institution was defined by marriage contracts,[9] others question this claim and see it as a peculiarity of 18th-century customs that is not well defined or easily explained.[10] Other scholars see it as a sign of the increasing emancipation of aristocratic women in the 18th century.[11]
The cicisbeo was better tolerated if he was known to be homosexual. Louise d'Épinay wrote from Paris to her friend Ferdinando Galiani about the impending departure of marchese Alvise Mocenigo, the Venetian ambassador, whose tastes the ambassador had displayed in Paris:
Nothing equals the friendly companionship afforded to a woman by men of those persuasions. To the rest of you, so full of yourselves, one can't say a word that you don't take as provocation. ... Whereas with those gentlemen one knows quite well that they want no more of us than we of them—one feels in no danger and deliciously free"[12]
Regardless of its roots and technicalities, the custom was firmly entrenched. Typically, husbands tolerated or even welcomed the arrangement: Lord Byron, for example, was cicisbeo to Teresa, Contessa Guiccioli. After Byron's death, the Contessa's second husband, the Marquis de Boissy, was known to brag about the fact.[13] Byron also famously analyzed the institution from an English point of view in his poem Beppo. Attempts by the husband to ward off prospective cicisbei or disapproval of the practice in general was likely to be met with ridicule and scorn:
... for, you must understand, this Italian fashion prevails at Nice among all ranks of people; and there is not such a passion as jealousy known. The husband and the cicisbeo live together as sworn brothers; and the wife and the mistress embrace each other with marks of the warmest affection.[14]
[E]very married lady in this country has her cicisbeo, or servente, who attends her every where on all occasions, and upon whose privileges the husband dares not encroach, without incurring the censure and ridicule of the whole community.[15]
Cicisbei played by set rules, generally avoiding public displays of affection. At public entertainments, they would typically stand behind their seated mistress and whisper in her ear.[6] Customs of the time did not permit them to engage in relationships with any other women during their free time, making the arrangement rather demanding. Both parties could decide to end the relationship at any time. A woman's former cicisbei were called spiantati (literally penniless, destroyed), or cast-offs.[13]
In the arts[edit]
The topic can be found in the contemporary poem Il Giorno (1763) by Giuseppe Parini. Other works from the period which make good (subjectively) use of the topic include:
Così fan tutte Act II scene 1 (1790), an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Antiquarian's Family (1749), a comedy by Carlo Goldoni
L'italiana in Algeri (1813) and Il turco in Italia (1788), operas by Gioachino Rossini
La Tosca (1887), play by Victorien Sardou, the basis of the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
Beppo (1817), a poem by Lord Byron.
^ Chapter 5 of Roberto Bizzocchi. A Lady's Man: The Cicisbei, Private Morals and National Identity in Italy. Translated by Noor Giovanni Mazhar. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 320 pp. ISBN 978-1-137-45092-0
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cicisbeo" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 360.
^ Silvana Patriarca, "Indolence and Regeneration: Tropes and Tensions of Risorgimento Patriotism", The American Historical Review, 110(2), 2005
^ Gaite
^ DIZIONARIO ETIMOLOGICO ONLINE
^ a b Krünitz, Cicisbeo.
^ Boswell, 17–19; Smollett; Black, 123–26; Forsyth, 377, 411–12. All cited in Patriarca.
^ Patriarca.
^ Barbagli, 331–36. Cited in Patriarca.
^ Bizzocchi, 67–69. Cited in Patriarca.
^ Cazzoli, 2028–35. Cited in Patriarca.
^ Quoted in Francis Steegmuller, A Woman, A Man, and Two Kingdoms: The Story of Madame d'Épinay and the Abbé Galiani (New York) 1991:178.
^ a b Hodgson, 16.
^ Smollett, Letter XVII from Nice, July 2, 1764.
^ Smollett, Letter XXVII from Nice, January 28, 1765.
Marzio Barbagli, Sotto lo stesso tetto: Mutamenti della famiglia in Italia dal XV al XX secolo, (Bologna, 2000)
Roberto Bizzocchi, "Cicisbei: La morale italiana," Storica 3 (1997)
Roberto Bizzocchi. A Lady's Man: The Cicisbei, Private Morals and National Identity in Italy. Translated by Noor Giovanni Mazhar. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 320 pp. ISBN 978-1-137-45092-0
Jeremy Black, Italy and the Grand Tour, (New Haven, Conn., 2003)
James Boswell, Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy, Corsica, and France 1765–1766, Frank Brady, ed. (New York, 1955)
Carla Pellandra Cazzoli, "Dames et sigisbées: Un début d'emancipation feminine?". Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century 193 (1980)
John Forsyth, Remarks on the Antiquities, Arts, and Letters during an Excursion in Italy in 1802 and 1803, 2nd edn., (London, 1816)
Barbara Hodgson, Italy Out of Hand: A Capricious Tour, Chronicle Books LLC, 2005
J.G. Krünitz (ed.), Oekonomische Encyklopädie oder allgemeines System der Staats- Stadt- Haus- und Landwirthschaft, Volume 8, 1776. Cicisbeo. Retrieved on March 27, 2006
Silvana Patriarca, "Indolence and Regeneration: Tropes and Tensions of Risorgimento Patriotism". The American Historical Review April 2005. Retrieved on March 27, 2006.
Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de Sismondi, Histoire des Républiques Italiennes du Moyen Age, 5th edn., vol. 8 (1807–1818; Brussels, 1839)
Tobias Smollett, Travels through France and Italy, numerous editions.
Gaite, Carmen Martín (1991). "Love Customs in Eighteenth-Century Spain". Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
"DIZIONARIO ETIMOLOGICO ONLINE" (in Italian). Retrieved 2006-12-08.
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People using public transportation in Richmond is on the rise, reversing a decades-long trend of ridership decline.
According to new data from the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC), ridership on the bus system in the final months of 2018 is up by roughly 11 percent compared to the previous year. That makes Richmond a rare American city where more, not less residents are choosing to use public transit.
GRTC officials credit the launch of the Pulse bus rapid transit line, a new partnership with VCU, and an overhaul of bus routes for reversing ridership decline.
Spokesperson Carrie Rose Pace said the new 15-minute frequency on main lines like Carry and Main Street are also driving up ridership numbers. "When you place more frequent, more convenient service like that on a major corridor, then people take advantage of it and get on the bus," she said.
The new data from GRTC also shows the popularity of Pulse has exceeded goals set prior to its launch. The Pulse line currently has about 6,100 riders each weekday, nearly double the goal of 3,500.
RVA Rapid Transit activist Nicholas Smith said the new improvements, as well as the launch of Transit App in Richmond are making public transit in the city more convenient than ever.
GRTC officials say more improvements, such as one-ride passes for sale on its mobile app, should help sustain increased ridership going forward.


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High performance, energy efficient 6-issue, 64-mac vector DSP core targeted for 4G/5G advanced wireless terminal and Infrastructure applications with scalable vector processing based on the fourth generation ZSP architecture
MoSys Opens China Office and Partners with RTI Technology China Limited to Bring Local Representation for its Bandwidth Engine(R) Family of ICs to the Region
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec 14, 2011 -- MoSys, Inc., a leading provider of serial chip-to-chip communications solutions that deliver unparalleled bandwidth performance for next generation networking systems and advanced system-on-chip (SoC) designs, has expanded its global presence to include an office in Shanghai, China. MoSys has also appointed RTI Technology China Limited (RTI), as its new manufacturer's representative to meet MoSys' growing need for sales and support of its Bandwidth Engine family of ICs in the region. RTI serves the communications, consumer and computer industries in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and has 12 locations throughout China and Hong Kong.
"China is of great strategic importance to MoSys and a key market for our Bandwidth Engine family of ICs, as it is the home to some of the world's largest networking companies. It is critical that MoSys has a strong local presence in China to serve these customers," stated David DeMaria, Vice President of Business Operations for MoSys. "We've invested in opening an office and we're delighted to have partnered with RTI, a top manufacturer's representative and distributor in China with a strong history serving the networking market. The combination of a local office and channel partnership with RTI enables MoSys to provide world class support to customers in the region."
Established in 1989, RTI is a leading manufacturer's representative and value-added reseller serving the network infrastructure, cellular-phone and consumer industries. RTI has 12 locations in Hong Kong and throughout China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen, Chengdu, Xian and Shenzhen, which provide application engineering services and technical support through its experienced field application engineers to high tech manufacturing firms.
"We are very pleased to be selected as MoSys' channel partner in China, and excited about the opportunity for the Bandwidth Engine family of ICs. Our experience in this region and in the networking industry puts us in a very unique position to bring this innovative new product to the Chinese market," stated Arthur Chau, CEO of RTI. "At RTI, innovation and quality are of utmost importance and we are glad to be able to bring these together with MoSys to the Chinese networking industry."
MoSys' Shanghai office will be led by Herrick Wang, China Director. Wang is responsible for driving the company's Bandwidth Engine IC business opportunity in China. Previously, Wang served as Sales Manager for PMC-Sierra in China and was instrumental in driving significant growth for PMC at a variety of leading networking companies. Prior to PMC, Wang served as a Field Applications Engineer and Sales Manager at RTI.
"We are very happy to welcome Herrick to our team. His strong technical background and relationships with Chinese networking companies, as well as with RTI, will be invaluable in our pursuance of design wins in the region," continued DeMaria.
MoSys' Shanghai office is located at 836, 8/F, Yueda 889 Centre, No.1111 Chang Shou Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai, 200042, P.R.China.
About RTI Technology China Limited
Established in March 1989, RTI Industries Company Ltd. is a leading Value-Added Reseller (VAR) serving the Communications, Consumer and Computer industries in Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China (PRC). We sell a broad range of components and board level semiconductor products through our six facilities in Hong Kong and the PRC. RTI, an acronym for Reliability, Technology and Intelligence, adopts these fundamental concepts as our core business philosophy. For more information, please visit http://www.rti.com.hk/en/index.asp .
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LSJ prep athlete of week: Laingsburg's Sara Hurst
Sara Hurst contributed to what was a record season for the Laingsburg girls basketball team this winter.
The senior is now working toward helping the Wolfpack softball team experience similar success
So far the results have been positive for Laingsburg, which is off to a 12-1 start and is three victories away from matching last year's win total.
Hurst aided that start by helping the Wolfpack to five wins last week, which included capturing the title at the Grand Ledge tournament.
"That definitely shoots us up for conference," Hurst said of last week's success that included wins over Fowlerville, Battle Creek Pennfield, Charlotte and Everett. "To go 3-0 (in a tournament) against Class A and B schools was really. really big. I definitely think it will give us more confidence going through the rest of the season."
Hurst, who was voted the LSJ prep athlete of the week, has contributed in the circle and at the plate during the Wolfpack's strong start. In the circle she is 8-1 with a 1.65 ERA. She's also hitting .472 and driven in 12 runs.
"Offensively, you have to be confident going up to bat and I'd say that's going pretty well right now," Hurst said. "Defensively, I've just got to keep pitching the way I've been. Really I have to give credit to the defense behind me. They are the ones who do most of the work, so credit to them. I have a really good defense behind me."
That solid defense and an experienced core have helped the Wolfpack in their early success. Laingsburg has several returners from a team that mounted a strong finish to last season that included a district title.
"With the way the season ended last year, we had a lot of confidence for this one as well." Hurst said. "We have a lot of the same players that we had last year and we gained a couple of good young players. I think last year definitely gave us more confidence for this season. We're excited and we've got a pretty good team. I think special things will happen this season."


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Kentucky native J.D. Shelburne featured on Kentucky Living Magazine April cover, distributed to 460,000 households statewide
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Shelburne to appear in Kentucky Tourism's 'Sound Travels' Documentary Series on April 6th
Country music singer/songwriter J.D. Shelburne is featured on the cover of the Kentucky Living Magazine's April Edition. This well-known magazine is sent out to 460,000 homes and will instill Shelburne's admirable sense of state pride in the hearts of many. Known for his unwavering work ethic, undeniable talent and strong Kentucky roots, Shelburne embodies the 'Unbridled Spirit' of the Bluegrass State in an all-new digital & social media series called Sound Travels to promote Kentucky's 2020 year of music. Other accomplished Kentucky artists in the documentary include Grand Ole Opry member John Conlee, Billie Renee Johnson and Billy Goat Strut Revue. The series is set to premiere April 6th and takes a genuine, unfiltered look at the emotional stories that define Kentucky music by profiling musicians for behind-the-scenes interviews and spontaneous jam sessions. Shelburne discusses growing up in Kentucky and how his upbringing inspired his present passions.
"As a native Kentuckian, words can't describe how honored I am to be featured as one of the four artists a part of the 'Sound Travels' video series. Born and raised in Taylorsville, Ky. on my family's tobacco farm, my love of this land stems from the values they instilled in me: a strong work ethic, a love of family, and having a passion for what you do. Music has been a staple in my life since I discovered the guitar and I am so thankful for how it has impacted my career. I am thrilled to know that my fellow Kentuckians will be able to hear my story and know how proud I am of our rich musical heritage and our state's history," says Shelburne.
In addition to being a part of the Sound Travels series and Kentucky Living Magazine cover, Shelburne recently won Kentucky lifestyle magazine, TOPS Louisville's "Behind the Screen" online contest generating a donation of $1,000 to feed hungry kids in the Louisville community through his chosen charity, Blessings In A Backpack. Shelburne received the most votes out of six local celebrities from the online fan voted poll!
To hear more from J.D Shelburne in the Sound Travels special, click here.
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About J.D. Shelburne: Nashville-based country music artist J.D. Shelburne was raised on a tobacco farm in Taylorsville, Kentucky, just outside of Louisville. When J.D. was 19, he found a guitar after the death of his grandmother. He quickly learned how to play it, and began writing and singing songs on his own. By his sophomore year of college, he had found a few gigs at some local bars in Louisville & Lexington, Kentucky area venues, developing a large base of fans along the way.
Fast forward to today, J.D.'s latest album Two Lane Town, is building upon his blossoming career as a modern country singer, songwriter and performer. His debut single and video for "One Less Girl" world premiered on CMT in 2018, and then went on to become a Top 30 Music Row charted song at country radio. CMT again world premiered his second song and video for "She Keeps Me Up Nights" in April of 2019, which peaked at #3 of their 12 Pack countdown series.
At the close of 2019, Shelburne joined international superstars like Lewis Capaldi and Billie Eilish on BandsInTown's year-end fan favorites list — for playing more shows in 2019 than any other artist on their social networking platform! A global accomplishment for a country boy from rural Kentucky.
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Like many twenty-somethings, the transitional period of my life between college and career was characterized by uncertainty, insecurity, and indecision. I asked myself the same question every morning. What do I want from life? I was working a 9 to 5 job in Manhattan at the time, a job not unlike millions of others. The monotony sucked the energy and passion from my life. I was dying a little bit every day. But I stayed for 2 years, rationalizing to myself that this is what people do. Perhaps I am being a bit dramatic but this is what I felt at the time.
I look back at that period of my life sometimes and smile because life at CHUNGDAHM has been good to me. The contrast is sharpened and my life shines a bit brighter. CHUNGDAHM has offered me the precious things that I could not previously find and I am in the rare and enviable position of being fully cognizant of this fact.
I appreciate the fact that every day at CHUNGDAHM brings new challenges. Like the challenge of figuring out how to teach appreciation for the beauty of Shakespeare's words to a young Korean student with only basic English skills.
I appreciate the freedom offered by the almost criminally high income few other people my age enjoy, especially in light of the low cost of living and even lower rate of tax.
I appreciate the fact that CHUNGDAHM offers an environment that fuses professionalism with a family-like atmosphere, and a well-structured management system with openness to suggestions and input.
I appreciate the fact that at CHUNGDAHM teaching does not equate to babysitting. I especially appreciate having engaging conversations with colleagues about teaching methodology or participating in workshops to improve my teaching skills.
I appreciate the fact that CHUNGDAHM is a burgeoning corporate behemoth whose mission is truly admirable and whose ambitions I can fully support such as its goal of striving for the improvement of education in Korea and the world.
holidays. There is a lot of prep work. CHUNGDAHM expects as much or more from its employees as any other company I have ever worked for. But hard work in the name of a cause you believe in, for a goal you envision, for a life you dream of, is not hard at all but immeasurably rewarding.


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NASDAQ:DOX - Amdocs Stock Price, Forecast & News
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Amdocs Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides software and services to the communications, pay TV, entertainment, and media industry service providers worldwide. The company offers amdocsONE a line of services designed for various stages of a service provider's lifecycle, including planning, delivery, implementation, and ongoing support, as well as consumer experience and monetization, media and digital, enterprise and connected society, service-driven network, and services and agile operation solutions. Read More…
Industry Custom computer programming services
Sub-IndustryIT Consulting & Other Services
Current SymbolNASDAQ:DOX
CUSIPG0260210
Webhttp://www.amdocs.com/
Phone1 314 212 7000
P/E Growth2.06
Return on Assets10.67%
Next Earnings Date2/4/2020 (Confirmed)
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Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Amdocs' stock symbol?
Amdocs trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "DOX."
How often does Amdocs pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Amdocs?
Amdocs declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 12th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.285 per share on Friday, January 24th. This represents a $1.14 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. View Amdocs' Dividend History.
How were Amdocs' earnings last quarter?
Amdocs Limited (NASDAQ:DOX) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 12th. The technology company reported $1.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.08. The technology company earned $1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.03 billion. Amdocs had a return on equity of 15.98% and a net margin of 11.73%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 2.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.99 EPS. View Amdocs' Earnings History.
When is Amdocs' next earnings date?
Amdocs is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Amdocs.
How can I listen to Amdocs' earnings call?
Amdocs will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.
What guidance has Amdocs issued on next quarter's earnings?
Amdocs updated its first quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.02-1.08 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.11. The company issued revenue guidance of $$1.015-1.055 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$1.04 billion.
What price target have analysts set for DOX?
3 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Amdocs' shares. Their forecasts range from $72.00 to $83.00. On average, they expect Amdocs' share price to reach $76.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Amdocs.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Amdocs?
3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Amdocs in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Amdocs.
Has Amdocs been receiving favorable news coverage?
News articles about DOX stock have been trending positive on Monday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Amdocs earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Amdocs.
Are investors shorting Amdocs?
Amdocs saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,170,000 shares, an increase of 6.4% from the December 15th total of 2,980,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 660,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.8 days. Approximately 2.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Amdocs' Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Amdocs' key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Amdocs include Accenture (ACN), IBM (IBM), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Leidos (LDOS), Gartner (IT), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Caci International (CACI), Mantech International (MANT), Teradata (TDC), Virtusa (VRTU), Forrester Research (FORR), Unisys (UIS), The Hackett Group (HCKT) and Servicesource International (SREV).
What other stocks do shareholders of Amdocs own?
Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Amdocs investors own include Home Depot (hd), Comcast (CMCSA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Target (TGT), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), AbbVie (ABBV), Boeing (BA), Caterpillar (CAT), Delta Air Lines (DAL) and Iqvia (IQV).
Who are Amdocs' key executives?
Amdocs' management team includes the folowing people:
Mr. Joshua Sheffer, Pres & CEO (Age 59)
Ms. Tamar Rapaport-Dagim, CFO & COO (Age 48)
Mr. Matthew E. Smith, Sec. & Head of Investor Relations (Age 47)
Mr. Gary Miles, Chief Marketing Officer
Darcy Antonellis, Head of Amdocs Media
Who are Amdocs' major shareholders?
Amdocs' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include PGGM Investments (0.34%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.15%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.02%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.02%) and CenturyLink Investment Management Co (0.01%).
Which major investors are selling Amdocs stock?
DOX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, Henry James International Management Inc., First Hawaiian Bank, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Bowling Portfolio Management LLC.
Which major investors are buying Amdocs stock?
DOX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Orrstown Financial Services Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, We Are One Seven LLC, OLD National Bancorp IN, Cerebellum GP LLC, Accurate Investment Solutions Inc. and Raymond James Trust N.A..
How do I buy shares of Amdocs?
Shares of DOX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Amdocs' stock price today?
One share of DOX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $74.37.
How big of a company is Amdocs?
Amdocs has a market capitalization of $10.02 billion and generates $4.09 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $479.45 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.07 on an earnings per share basis. Amdocs employs 24,516 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Amdocs.
What is Amdocs' official website?
The official website for Amdocs is http://www.amdocs.com/.
How can I contact Amdocs?
Amdocs' mailing address is 1390 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield MO, 63017. The technology company can be reached via phone at 1 314 212 7000 or via email at [email protected]
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st. scholastica shuts out st. norbert, first home ncha shutout of snc since 1995
From Sports Information Director, January 30, 2009 | Men's Hockey
GREEN BAY - The College of St. Scholastica continued its surge toward the top of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association standings with a convincing 3-0 win over St. Norbert College at the Cornerstone Community Center.
The Saints, ranked No. 2 in the USCHO.com Poll, improved to 17-3-2 overall and 8-2-1 in the NCHA, one point behind first-place UW-Superior. St. Scholastica handed St. Norbert its first home shutout in an NCHA game since a 3-0 loss to UW-River Falls on Feb. 10, 1995. It was the Green Knights' first shutout overall by an NCHA opponent since Nov. 5, 1999. St. Norbert had not been shutout at the Cornerstone Community Center since a 1-0 loss to Middlebury College on Dec. 2, 2000.
Fifth-ranked St. Norbert, now 15-6-1 overall and 6-4-1 in the NCHA, saw its scoring slump continue. The Green Knights, 7-6-1 in their last 14 games, have scored five total goals in their last four games.
St. Scholastica got all the scoring it would need on a first-period shorthanded goal by Matt Saler. Saler's first goal of the season came at the 13 minute mark of the first period.
The Saints would pad their lead at the 8:33 mark of the second period when Saler found Jeff Gagnon all alone in the slot for a one-on-the-goaltender goal and a 2-0 lead.
A.J. Tucker would round out St. Scholastica's scoring with a 5-on-3 power-play goal at 6:53. Tucker would take tic-tac-toe passes from Jeremy Dawes and Dustin DeGagner for his 15th goal of the year.
St. Norbert could not solve St. Scholastica goaltender Steve Bounds, who made 29 saves for the shutout. Any decent St. Norbert scoring chances were turned away time and again by Bounds, who made 10 saves in each of the first and third periods and nine in the second period.
Blake Bashor worked the first two periods in net for St. Norbert, making 10 saves. B.J. O'Brien made seven stops in the third period for the Green Knights.
St. Norbert outshot St. Scholastica 29-20. The Saints were 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Green Knights were 0-for-5.


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Overview of native chicken breeds in Italy: Conservation status and rearing systems in use
The most reared species of farm animal around the world is the chicken. However, the intensification of livestock systems has led to a gradual increase in the concentration of a limited number of breeds, resulting in substantial erosion to the genetic pool. The initial step of an 'animal conservation program' entails establishing the actual conservation statuses of the breeds concerned in a defined area; in this case, in Italy. To this end, a survey of breeds was performed by means of a census questionnaire divided into two parts. The first part collected information on breeds, breeders, housing facilities, and management aspects, the results of which are presented here. The second part of the questionnaire regarded chicken products and their markets, and these data will be reported in a second paper. The breed status of six chicken breeds was shown to be exceptionally worrying, with total numbers ranging from just 18 to 186 birds. Population sizes exceeding 1000 birds was identified for just four breeds, the maximum being 3400. Some improvements in status were noted in relation to breeds which had been the subject of conservation efforts in the past. The two most common breeds reported are the Bionda Piemontese, a double-purpose breed, and the Livorno egg-laying hen. Collo Nudo Italiano, Millefiori Piemontese, Pollo Trentino, and Tirolese chicken breeds and the Castano Precoce turkey breed were not listed by breeders at all. The most reported turkey breeds are the Bronzato Comune and the Ermellinato di Rovigo. The population sizes of native Italian poultry breeds were shown to be generally poor. Italian poultry farmers and the population at large are largely ignorant about indigenous poultry breeds. Thus, promoting the virtues of Italian breeds would help their conservation by encouraging breeders to rear these birds and consumers to buy their products. The identification of strategies to facilitate access to pure breed birds is essential, and will require the collaboration of university research centers, public entities, and breeders. The results presented in this paper constitute the initial part of a more complex conservation program.
Titolo: Overview of native chicken breeds in Italy: Conservation status and rearing systems in use
Castillo A.
GARIGLIO, MARTA
FRANZONI, Alessandro
SOGLIA, DOMINGA
SARTORE, Stefano
Buccioni A.
Mannelli F.
Cassandro M.
Cendron F.
Castellini C.
Mancinelli A. C.
Iaffaldano N.
Di Iorio M.
Marzoni M.
Salvucci S.
Cerolini S.
Zaniboni L.
SCHIAVONE, Achille
Autori: Castillo A.; Gariglio M.; Franzoni A.; Soglia D.; Sartore S.; Buccioni A.; Mannelli F.; Cassandro M.; Cendron F.; Castellini C.; Mancinelli A.C.; Iaffaldano N.; Di Iorio M.; Marzoni M.; Salvucci S.; Cerolini S.; Zaniboni L.; Schiavone A.
Abstract: The most reared species of farm animal around the world is the chicken. However, the intensification of livestock systems has led to a gradual increase in the concentration of a limited number of breeds, resulting in substantial erosion to the genetic pool. The initial step of an 'animal conservation program' entails establishing the actual conservation statuses of the breeds concerned in a defined area; in this case, in Italy. To this end, a survey of breeds was performed by means of a census questionnaire divided into two parts. The first part collected information on breeds, breeders, housing facilities, and management aspects, the results of which are presented here. The second part of the questionnaire regarded chicken products and their markets, and these data will be reported in a second paper. The breed status of six chicken breeds was shown to be exceptionally worrying, with total numbers ranging from just 18 to 186 birds. Population sizes exceeding 1000 birds was identified for just four breeds, the maximum being 3400. Some improvements in status were noted in relation to breeds which had been the subject of conservation efforts in the past. The two most common breeds reported are the Bionda Piemontese, a double-purpose breed, and the Livorno egg-laying hen. Collo Nudo Italiano, Millefiori Piemontese, Pollo Trentino, and Tirolese chicken breeds and the Castano Precoce turkey breed were not listed by breeders at all. The most reported turkey breeds are the Bronzato Comune and the Ermellinato di Rovigo. The population sizes of native Italian poultry breeds were shown to be generally poor. Italian poultry farmers and the population at large are largely ignorant about indigenous poultry breeds. Thus, promoting the virtues of Italian breeds would help their conservation by encouraging breeders to rear these birds and consumers to buy their products. The identification of strategies to facilitate access to pure breed birds is essential, and will require the collaboration of university research centers, public entities, and breeders. The results presented in this paper constitute the initial part of a more complex conservation program.
Fascicolo: article n. 490
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3390/ani11020490
Parole Chiave: Autochthonous poultry; Avian biodiversity; Italian poultry breeds
Rivista: ANIMALS
Castilo et al. ANIMALS 2021 Italian poultry breeds manuscript + supplementary materials.pdf PDF EDITORIALE Open Access Visualizza/Apri
http://hdl.handle.net/2318/1776034


Loomination in today's Boston Globe Magazine!
Loomination is in the Boston Globe Magazine today! The article Boston career changers can find plenty of helping hands is by Jonathan Fitzgerald, who wrote about programs for people who are starting their own businesses or are under- or unemployed. He came to visit me in my workspace and a few days later, I was visited by Globe photographer Jonathan Wiggins, who took this great shot of me at work. Click here for the full article.


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Lletres de batalla sind katalanische Fehdebriefe, die über den oft als trocken empfundenen juristischen Formelstil hinaus persönlichen literarischen Stil der verschiedenen katalanischen Ritter erkennen lassen und teilweise durch ausgefeilte Ironie gewürzt sind. Die Lletres de batalla wurden oftmals öffentlich angeschlagen und somit Teil des literarischen Lebens.

Wichtig ist insbesondere der Einfluss auf die mittelalterlichen katalanischen Ritterromane, die mit Vorliebe die Handlung durch die Lletres de batalla verzögern.

Literatur

 Martí de Riquer: Lletres de batalla, 3 Bände, Barcelona 1963–1968.

Katalanische Geschichte
Katalanische Sprache
Literatur des Mittelalters
Roman, Epik
Kulturgeschichte (Spanien)

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Рут Ф. Кёртейн (16 июля 1941 — 18 марта 2018) — австралийский математик, которая много лет проработала профессором математики в Гронингенском университете в Нидерландах. Ее исследования касались бесконечномерных линейных систем.

Образование и карьера
Кёртейн родилась в Мельбурне. Она была дочерью маляра. Отец хотел, чтобы она бросила школу в 14 лет, но при поддержке матери она продолжила обучение. Кёртейн изучала математику в Мельбурнском университете и получила степень бакалавра в 1962 году, диплом педагога в 1963 году и степень магистра в 1965 году. Затем она переехала в США и училась в аспирантуре по прикладной математике в Брауновском университете, где она и защитила диссертацию «Стохастические дифференциальные уравнения в гильбертовом пространстве» под руководством Питера Фальба в 1969 г..

Затем она работала на математическом факультете Университета Пердью, но в 1971 году перешла в Уорикский университет. В 1977 году она снова переехала, на сей раз в Гронингенский университет, где и работала до выхода на пенсию в 2006 году.

Книги
 Функциональный анализ в современной прикладной математике (совместно с А. Дж. Притчардом, Academic Press, 1977)
 Теория бесконечномерных линейных систем (совместно с совместно с А. Дж. Притчардом, Springer, 1978)
 Введение в теорию бесконечномерных линейных систем (совместно с Хансом Звартом, Springer, 1995)

Награды и премии
В 1991 году Кёртейн была избрана членом IEEE, связанного с IEEE Control Systems Society, «за вклад в теорию управления стохастическими и бесконечномерными системами».

В 2012 году Общество промышленной и прикладной математики присудило Кёртейн приз У. Т. и Идалии Рейд за выдающиеся исследования в области дифференциальных уравнений и теории управления. Награда была присуждена за ее «фундаментальный вклад в теорию бесконечномерных систем и управление системами, определяемыми дифференциальным уравнением в частных производных и уравнениями с запаздыванием».

Примечания

Действительные члены IEEE
Преподаватели Гронингенского университета
Преподаватели Уорикского университета
Преподаватели Университета Пердью
Выпускники Брауновского университета
Выпускники Мельбурнского университета
Женщины-математики Нидерландов


Marc Aubele's Sport is out now on Ingrown, and available from your favorite digital retailer. Marc is an audio engineer, composer, and performer who has worked with Mumford and Sons, U2, Bell X1, The Corrs, Damien Dempsey, Jack L, Declan O'Rourke, Glen Hansard and Ed Sheeran. He is also one half of Nanu Nanu with Laura Sheeran. The album features collaborations with singer and composer Linda Buckley (BBC Symphony Orchestra/ RTE Orchestra), Glitterface (Laura Sheeran), and Fred H. This is Marc's first official solo release under his name, on tape and just in time for the upcoming Equinox and cooler weather.


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A 100-year-old physics problem has been solved at EPFL
© 2017 EPFL
EPFL researchers have found a way around what was considered a fundamental limitation of physics for over 100 years. They were able to conceive resonant systems that can store electromagnetic waves over a long period of time while maintaining a broad bandwidth. Their study, which has just been published in Science, opens up a number of doors, particularly in telecommunications.
At EPFL, researchers challenge a fundamental law and discover that more electromagnetic energy can be stored in wave-guiding systems than previously thought. The discovery has implications in telecommunications. Working around the fundamental law, they conceived resonant and wave-guiding systems capable of storing energy over a prolonged period while keeping a broad bandwidth. Their trick was to create asymmetric resonant or wave-guiding systems using magnetic fields.
The study, which has just been published in Science, was led by Kosmas Tsakmakidis, first at the University of Ottawa and then at EPFL's Bionanophotonic Systems Laboratory run by Hatice Altug, where the researcher is now doing post-doctoral research.
This breakthrough could have a major impact on many fields in engineering and physics. The number of potential applications is close to infinite, with telecommunications, optical detection systems and broadband energy harvesting representing just a few examples.
Casting aside reciprocity
Resonant and wave-guiding systems are present in the vast majority of optical and electronic systems. Their role is to temporarily store energy in the form of electromagnetic waves and then release them. For more than 100 hundred years, these systems were held back by a limitation that was considered to be fundamental: the length of time a wave could be stored was inversely proportional to its bandwidth. This relationship was interpreted to mean that it was impossible to store large amounts of data in resonant or wave-guiding systems over a long period of time because increasing the bandwidth meant decreasing the storage time and quality of storage.
This law was first formulated by K. S. Johnson in 1914, at Western Electric Company (the forerunner of Bell Telephone Laboratories). He introduced the concept of the Q factor, according to which a resonator can either store energy for a long time or have a broad bandwidth, but not both at the same time. Increasing the storage time meant decreasing the bandwidth, and vice versa. A small bandwidth means a limited range of frequencies (or 'colors') and therefore a limited amount of data.
Until now, this concept had never been challenged. Physicists and engineers had always built resonant systems – like those to produce lasers, make electronic circuits and conduct medical diagnoses – with this constraint in mind.
But that limitation is now a thing of the past. The researchers came up with a hybrid resonant / wave-guiding system made of a magneto-optic material that, when a magnetic field is applied, is able to stop the wave and store it for a prolonged period, thereby accumulating large amounts of energy. Then when the magnetic field is switched off, the trapped pulse is released.
With such asymmetric and non-reciprocal systems, it was possible to store a wave for a very long period of time while also maintaining a large bandwidth. The conventional time-bandwidth limit was even beaten by a factor of 1,000. The scientists further showed that, theoretically, there is no upper ceiling to this limit at all in these asymmetric (non-reciprocal) systems.
"It was a moment of revelation when we discovered that these new structures did not feature any time-bandwidth restriction at all. These systems are unlike what we have all been accustomed to for decades, and possibly hundreds of years», says Tsakmakidis, the study's lead author. "Their superior wave-storage capacity performance could really be an enabler for a range of exciting applications in diverse contemporary and more traditional fields of research." Hatice Altug adds.
Medicine, the environment and telecommunications
One possible application is in the design of extremely quick and efficient all-optical buffers in telecommunication networks. The role of the buffers is to temporarily store data arriving in the form of light through optical fibers. By slowing the mass of data, it is easier to process. Up to now, the storage quality had been limited.+
With this new technique, it should be possible to improve the process and store large bandwidths of data for prolonged times. Other potential applications include on-chip spectroscopy, broadband light harvesting and energy storage, and broadband optical camouflaging ("invisibility cloaking"). "The reported breakthrough is completely fundamental – we're giving researchers a new tool. And the number of applications is limited only by one's imagination," sums up Tsakmakidis.
Source: Breaking Lorentz reciprocity to overcome the time-bandwidth limit in physics and engineering
Cover image capture: Generic image illustrating wave-interference and resonant energy transfer from
one source to another distant source or object, pertaining to the fundamental concept of
resonances.
Study conducted by:
Kosmas Tsakmakidis, lead author, former researcher at the University of Ottawa and currently an EPFL Fellow in EPFL's Bionanophotonic Systems Laboratory
Linfang Shen and collaborators, Institute of Space Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China and State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Prof. Robert Boyd and collaborators, University of Ottawa
Prof. Hatice Altug, director of EPFL's Bionanophotonic Systems Laboratory
Prof. Alexandre Vakakis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Author: Laure-Anne Pessina
Breaking Lorentz reciprocity to overcome the time-bandwidth limit in physics and engineering


Ten years ago Andy King made his first step on an incredible journey with Leicester City.
When the 18-year-old academy graduate ran out for his first senior appearance against Wolves in the Championship he could scarcely have imagined that a decade later he would still be donning the blue shirt and performing for City in the Premier League.
King is the only player to have won the title in League One, the Championship and Premier League, and he sits 12th in the list of City's all-time appearance makers.
He is also one of only 26 players in the club's 133 year history to have served the club for a decade or more and he has also become the club's highest- ever goal-scoring midfielder.
Players, managers and even owners have come and gone in the time King has been a City player and the humble Wales international says he is indebted to the club for making his dreams come true.
He was almost fated to become a Fox. After being released by Chelsea, he impressed during a trial at Belvoir Drive and there was a special spectator that day.
"There was a fox walking along the side of the pitch during one trial game," said King.
"Of course we knew Leicester were known as the Foxes, but we didn't put two and two together at the time. Perhaps it was a sign.
"I had a trial game on one of the back pitches at Belvoir Drive. I remember Jon Rudkin then asking me if I wanted to sign for Leicester. I was like, 'yes'.
"I had played two games against Sheffield United and Milton Keynes Dons. I remember winning the league with the youth team and then my debut. I am pretty good at remembering games and who scored. I remember it all. It has been an unbelievable journey and I am so grateful to everyone who has helped me along the way, especially my parents and my brother and sister, who made a lot of sacrifices to help me.
"I am massively proud of being a City player for 10 years, especially with all the ups and downs.
"The highs have been unbelievable and I will remember them for a lifetime.
King has certainly achieved so much with City, but along with the incredible highs there have been some inevitable lows too.
However, King says he will never complain when times are tough after losing a childhood friend, who died serving his country in Afghanistan.
"I feel very lucky to be in my position," says King, his voice cracking with emotion as he speaks.
"I grew up with a friend from school called Dan who wanted to go into the army, while I wanted to be a footballer.
"He achieved his goal but trod on a mine in Afghanistan and died.
"Whenever I think the going is getting tough I think about Dan. I have lived my dream and he achieved his but how could I possibly complain when things don't go my way in something as small as football when he has paid the highest price for his country?
"We both had our dreams and he went his way and I went my way, so I feel massively grateful and lucky to be in the position I am in.
"Whenever I see people complaining or moaning because they are out of the team I think how can you possibly moan when there are people who are living their dream but ultimately it costs them their life.
"That is at the forefront of my mind when you think times are tough.
King feels he has been lucky to achieve his dream of becoming a professional footballer but he has shown incredible dedication to ensure he has made the most of his opportunities.
The 28-year-old admits he is not the most technically gifted player, he points out there have been many far more gifted players who have worn the City shirt, but his attitude and professionalism has taken him all the way to the top of the game.
"I have dedicated my life to this football club ever since I came through the door," says King, who is now City's all-time most capped international.
"I have had to make sacrifices but I wouldn't change one single day of it.
"Everything that has happened from when I was 15 and 16 to the day when I have just played Bournemouth in the Premier League, I wouldn't change.
"Sacrifice is hard work but I have loved every minute of it and, hopefully, there is more to come.
"You have to be professional, especially in this day and age. If you have a talent, you have to make the most of it.
"I am not one of those who has had it easy at all. You see some players who are massively gifted and they can cruise their way through. For me, I wanted to be professional. The injury record as well, you have to look after yourself to limit injuries.
"I have been fortunate to do that. That is down to the preparation I put in and how I handle myself off the pitch as well. I always train hard. I dedicate my life to it and hopefully I will reap my rewards.
"The right attitude is a gift, of course it is. There have been better players than me who I have seen come and go. The right attitude is massive in how you deal with stuff.


When you imagine a special space in your home, what does it look like? Is it flooded with light from a beautiful bay window? Or is it a bow window? Is there a difference? Bay and Bow windows are often confused for each other. They may seem like the same thing, but there are differences between the two types of windows, including price. How do you know which type is right for you and your budget? Bay Windows Bay windows are a set of at least three windows, two on the side and one larger picture window. The center window.
Finding the perfect place to read may seem like a simple task. Plop down on a couch or bed and start reading, right? But the avid bookworm knows that comfortable reading isn't that easy. On a couch, you're in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the home. People are wandering around, watching TV, asking you questions like "where are my keys?" and "Why are you taking up the whole couch?" In a bed, you risk turning your reading time into nap time. But the perfect reading nook isn't as far away as you think. Creating that reading.


Sir Isaac Newton on Science & Religion, an Intelligent Creator, and "Prophecies of Daniel & the Apocalypse of St. John"
Sir Isaac Newton was born in 1642, the same year Galileo died.
A contemporary of Robert Boyle, Sir Isaac Newton became a mathematician and a natural philosopher, discovering the laws of universal gravitation and formulating the three laws of motion, which aided in advancement of the discipline of dynamics.
He constructed one of the first practical reflecting telescope. Using a prism, Newton demonstrated that a beam of light contained all the colors of the rainbow.
The supreme God exists necessarily, and by the same necessity He exists always and everywhere."
"Now by the help of these principles, all material things seem to have been composed of the hard and solid particles, above-mentioned, variously associated in the first creation by the counsel of an intelligent agent.
For it became him who created them to set them in order. And if he did so, it's unphilosophical to seek for any other origin of the world, or to pretend that it might arise out of a chaos by the mere laws of nature; though being once formed, it may continue by those laws for many ages."
"From His true dominion it follows that the true God is a living, intelligent and powerful Being; and from His other perfections, that He is supreme, or most perfect.
He is eternal and infinite, omnipotent and omniscient; that is, His duration reaches from eternity to eternity; His presence from infinity to infinity; He governs all things, and knows all things that are or can be done."
"God made and governs the world invisibly, and has commanded us to love and worship him, and no other God; to honor our parents and masters, and love our neighbors as ourselves; and to be temperate, just, and peaceable, and to be merciful even to brute beasts.
who has gone into the heavens to receive a kingdom, and prepare a place for us, and is next in dignity to God, and may be worshiped as the Lamb of God, and has sent the Holy Ghost to comfort us in his absence, and will at length return and reign over us."
"God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, movable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportion to space, as most conduced to the end for which he formed them."
Worshiping God and the Lamb in the temple: God, for his benefaction in creating all things, and the Lamb, for his benefaction in redeeming us with his blood."
"Daniel was in the greatest credit amongst the Jews, till the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. And to reject his prophecies, is to reject the Christian religion. For this religion is founded upon his prophecy concerning the Messiah."
"Daniel is most distinct in order of time, and easiest to be understood, and therefore in those things which relate to the last times, he must be made the key to the rest."
"When I wrote my treatise about our System I had an eye upon such Principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a Deity and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose."
But through the system of revealed truth which this Book contains is, like that of the universe, concealed from common observation, yet the labors of the centuries have established its Divine origin, and developed in all its order and beauty the great plan of human restoration."
"The folly of Interpreters has been, to foretell times and things, by this Prophecy, as if God designed to make them Prophets. By this rashness they have not only exposed themselves, but brought the Prophecy also into contempt.
The design of God was much otherwise. He gave this and the Prophecies of the Old Testaments, not to gratify men's curiosities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event; and his own Providence, not the Interpreters, be then manifested thereby to the world.
For the event of things predicted many ages before, will then be a convincing argument that the world is governed by providence."
"For the prophets and apostles have foretold that as Israel often revolted and brake the covenant, and upon repentance renewed it, so there should be a falling away among the Christians, soon after the days of the Apostles, and that in the latter days God would destroy the impenitent revolters, and make a new covenant with his people.
... For as the few and obscure Prophecies concerning Christ's first coming were for setting up the Christian religion, which all nations have since corrupted, so the many and clear Prophecies, concerning the things to be done at Christ's second coming, are not only for predicting but also for effecting a recovery and re-establishment of the long-lost truth, and setting up a kingdom wherein dwells righteousness.
"Newton himself was a student of Old Testament prophecies and believed in the Scriptures as inerrant guides."
In his book Chronology, Newton studied the sequence of historical events and inserted a geometric diagram of Solomon's Temple, giving the lengths of the Temple in relation to the measurement of time.
This was in accordance with the Renaissance view that the Temple was a microcosm of God's creation embodying the order of the universe.
He looked on the whole universe and all that is in it as a riddle, as a secret which could be read by applying pure thought to certain evidence, certain mystic clues which God had laid about the world to allow a sort of philosopher's treasure hunt ..."
"The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe, concealed from common observation yet the labors of the centuries have established its Divine origin."
"Opposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.
... Whence is it that the eyes of all sorts of living creatures are transparent to the very bottom, and the only transparent members in the body, having on the outside a hard transparent skin, and within transparent humours, with a crystalline lens in the middle, and a pupil before the lens, all of them so finely shaped and fitted for vision, that no artist can mend them?
... We are, therefore, to acknowledge one God, infinite, eternal, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, the Creator of all things, most wise, most just, most good, most holy.
And this is the first and the principle part of religion. This always was and always will be the religion of all God's people, from the beginning to the end of the world."
That is, we are to worship the Father alone as God Almighty, and Jesus alone as the Lord, the Messiah, the Great King, the Lamb of God who was slain, and hath redeemed us with His blood, and made us kings and priests."
"And when you are convinced, be not ashamed to profess the truth. For otherwise you may become a stumbling block to others, and inherit the lot of those Rulers of the Jews who believed in Christ, but yet were afraid to confess him lest they should be put out of the Synagogue.
And rejoice if you are counted worthy to suffer in your reputation or any other way for the sake of the Gospel, for then, 'great is thy reward'!"


The epic feel of the music soundtracks a mini-movie complete with a tough little girl, a violent crime boss, and a come to life teddy bear. It is original, creative, and surprisingly emotive. The artist seems to juxtapose the "magic" of Christmas with the reality for many. Of course, he has fun with it with a exaggerated story, but this serves only to magnify that for many, the holiday is anything but "magic".
If you are looking for a great story, sound, and near brilliant artist, look no further than "Christmas on the Moon" by Nico Cartosio.
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I am using FrameMarket and Market Press.
On my blog page I want to show the whole of the post and any featured images/images in the post but currently only showing an excerp and i can't work out how to change this.
Have you tried the Dasbhoard>Settings>Readings options menu?
that is where you can usually set the default display of your posts on your blog page.
Thanks for the quick reply. I tried that first but it messes up my home page/store and doesn't fix the blog posts :slight_frown: Hence my confusion.
Do you have your blog page set as the /blogs url in the settings?
or do you have your blogs showing on the homepage via teh settings?
I'm slightly confused, so hopefully my answer will make sense.
the default post category is set to blog.
set as front page displays latest posts - I did try changing this to a static front page and setting the posts page as 'blog' but the blog page then started showing all my products and not posts so changed it back.
With the current set up when I create a post it goes straight to the 'blog' page which is fine, except it only shows an excerpt and no images which I'd like to change.
That should fix you up!


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To keep it this way, you're being asked by the City of Boroondara to provide your feedback on a draft Tree Strategy by Sunday 5 November 2017. The draft strategy focuses on the major issues facing the area's tree population, including the ageing and limited diversity of tree species, and explores how to address these and other issues.
You're invited to find out more at an information and engagement session being held on Wednesday 25 October at 6pm at the Hawthorn Arts Centre. A presentation titled 'Managing trees for people in a changing climate' will cover some of the challenges facing Boroondara's tree population.
This will be delivered by Dave Kendal, Research Fellow University of Melbourne from the Clean Air and Urban Landscape (CAUL) hub of the National Environmental Science Program.
"It's important we ensure our community is well informed and the draft Tree Strategy reflects our shared needs and aspirations," said Cr Phillip Healey, Mayor of Boroondara.
"From December 2016 to March 2017 we heard what was important about our trees from over 500 community members. These sentiments also aligned with what we heard from the community via the Boroondara Community Plan.
"We've developed a draft vision and strategy that reflects this feedback and I urge anyone who is passionate about our trees to attend the information session or read the proposed strategy on our website. Community feedback will help inform the final strategy, being presented to Council later in the year," Cr Healey added.
To access the draft strategy visit 'Have your say on the Draft Boroondara Tree Strategy.' This page includes an opportunity to register to attend the information session as well as an email address and phone number where you can provide feedback on the solutions proposed.
For more information email Anne Forbes, Communications Business Partner. Phone: 9278 4420.


– The U.S. and global housing bubble will burst – or better fizzle-out – in 2006.
– The global economy will also slow down in 2006 towards a 3.0% growth rate from 4.3% in 2005.
– The US current account deficit will worsen in 2006 towards a $900b deficit and global current account imbalances will become larger.
– The US fiscal deficit will worsen in 2006 adding to the US twin deficits.
– Rising protectionist pressures in the US and Europe.
– China will allow its currency to appreciate by at least 10% and the rest of Asia, including Japan, will follow.
-The dollar will also weaken relative to other floating currencies but by less than relative to China/Asia.
– The BW2 regime will start unraveling driven by less forex reserve accumulation in China/Asia and the movement of their currencies.
– Oil prices will head again above $70 a barrel before falling once the US/global slowdown starts.
– The Fed Funds rate will go above 5% and the Fed will not be able to react to a US/global slowdown by easing rates.
– The ECB and BOJ will start tightening monetary policy and the global easy liquidity conditions will start to reverse.
– Equity markets will do poorly, especially in the U.S.
– Geo-strategic and geo-political risks will remain high and they will affect asset markets.
– High risk that a major US corporation will enter bankruptcy.
– Rising political tensions deriving from globalization and the pressures that it puts on workers in the US and Europe.
– Rising spreads on a variety of risky assets and increases in asset prices volatility.
– Increased probability of a systemic risk episode.
It may be a little early to declare victory but, in most dimensions, my bearish views on the US and global economy are starting to emerge as quite correct. The Three Bears scaring Goldilocks (that I have been referring to since the beginning of the year) – high oil prices, a flattening housing market, and rising inflation leading to higher policy rates than expected – are starting to kick in and leading to a sharp U.S. economic slowdown. Q2 growth may already be in the 2-2.5% range that I predicted in January and is likely to further decelerate in H2. As I predicted, oil would go above $70 a barrel because of geopolitics (Iran, Nigeria) and have a stagflationary impact.
Commodity Prices Sharp Rise…and Recent Sharp Fall: Bubbles or Fundamentals?
The rapid increase in commodity prices in the last few years accelerated in the last few months, followed by a major and sudden fall last week that appears to be continuing today. This rollercoaster in commodity prices has renewed the debate (see Roach, Hamilton, CERA, Riholtz, Rassou and others) on whether the rapid rise in commodities prices represents an asset bubble – possibly ready to burst soon – or can rather be explained by economic fundamentals. There are many questions to be addressed. Can the increase in commodity prices be explained only by economic fundamentals? Is the sharp fall last week a temporary blip or the beginning of the bursting of this asset bubble? Could the fall be explained in terms of changing economic fundamentals?
Formally proving the existence of asset bubbles is never easy and some distinguished scholars – Garber, Fama – believe that asset price bubbles never occur and that any asset price change can be explained by some economic fundamentals.
Existence of speculators and new investors and asset instruments in the commodity markets.
Let us consider each of these fundamental explanations in sequence; and then discuss whether – and how much – a bubble could account for the recent rise – and fall – in commodity prices.
Yesterday Iceland; Today US, Turkey, Hungary, EM Markets; Tomorrow US and Global Slowdown..
Pragmatism or Populism: Which Will Be the New Latin America's Dominant Ism?
US Treasury Climbing on Mirrors to Avoid Uttering the M-Word..and Needing to Learn That It Takes Two to Tango..
Will China be Branded Manipulator? Will China Let the RMB Appreciate Faster and How Will Other Asian Currencies React?
Risks of EMU Break-Up: Exaggerated or Understated?


People abuse a lot of different substances. Although salvia has been around for centuries, it's getting more attention since 2010. Learning more about the drug can help you see why there may be a need for a salvia addiction rehab program in FL.
Salvia divinorum is a hallucinogenic herb with a high potential for abuse. It's not a regulated drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act, but it's illegal in at least 29 states. Some people may know the drug by its other names, which include diviner's sage, magic mint, and Sally-D.
Although salvia comes from a plant, its effects are dangerous. When people abuse it, they chew or swallow fresh leaves, smoke the dried leaves, or vaporize and inhale the extract. The results include anxiety, feelings of detachment, hallucinations, slurred speech and uncontrolled laughter.
How long these effects last varies depending on how people use the drug. For instance, the effects of chewing it can last for up to two hours. However, the effects of smoking it only continue for about 15 minutes.
Salvia can also cause chills, dizziness, nausea and slowed heart rate. Abusing it can lead to accidental injuries as well. After prolonged use, some people might need a salvia addiction rehab program.
The reason is because of how salvia affects the brain. Its main ingredient, salvinorin A, attaches to kappa opioid receptors. However, these receptors are different from those connected with opioid drugs. Despite that, these receptors still regulate consciousness, mood, and motor control.
Scientists have performed limited research on the addictive nature of salvia. Since it changes the chemical balance in the brain, repeated use can become a problem. Some people may be unable to stop using the drug without help. For this reason, they might need a salvia addiction rehab program in FL.
Various levels of care are available at a rehab center. The first step, though, is detox. This step is especially crucial for those who have hallucinations for more than a few hours. The medical assistance that a detox program provides can relieve rare withdrawal symptoms.
When people are stable after detox, they must continue their treatment with rehab. They could choose an inpatient or outpatient salvia addiction rehab program in FL. The significant difference is that they live at the rehab center for the duration of inpatient care. During outpatient treatment, they visit the facility for therapy but continue to live at home.
An intensive outpatient program (IOP) and partial hospitalization program (PHP) are in-between options. An IOP requires more therapy time than standard outpatient treatment. A PHP requires even more therapy time, but people still live at home. The level of care that people need depends on several factors, including their age and the severity of their problem.
Like the level of care that people need, not everyone responds to the same types of therapy. Because of that and the effects of drugs on the body, a salvia addiction rehab program in FL must customize the counseling services.
Individual and group therapies are beneficial in salvia treatment because therapists can use several strategies. One of the most popular techniques is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). It helps people transform negative behaviors and thoughts into desirable behaviors and thoughts. It also teaches them how to avoid relapse.
Education is essential during a salvia addiction rehab program too. The best way for people to learn why they shouldn't use drugs is to teach them. Also, family therapy educates family members so that they can learn how to support their loved ones in recovery.
All programs at Beaches Recovery include customized treatment plans. We provide traditional and holistic care. Our staff can help you determine which services will best meet your needs. Some examples include family therapy, anger management, CBT, rope course therapy and art therapy.
Don't let using salvia lead you on the path to a substance abuse disorder. Seek help through a salvia addiction rehab program. Dial 866.605.0532 for more information about the services at Beaches Recovery.


Our Adoption scheme is a great way for you to support the animals in our care, and also for you to have that special friend to come and visit or read about in our updates.
It costs only £10 to support a horse, donkey or mule, for a whole year. That's equivalent to just under 84p a month!
You will receive an A5 colour certificate with a beautiful postcard picture of your chosen animal. This certificate has information about your horse, donkey or mule, including their height, age, the reason they came to Bransby Horses and their likes and dislikes. You will also receive an information leaflet on the charity. All this comes in a presentation folder of your choice.
In addition to this, we will send you two newsletters a year updating you on your adopted animal and the latest charity news.
The toughest part is choosing which adorable animal you are going to adopt!