This Live Lecture, with Ekaterina, will have a little bit of everything for everyone. Ekaterina, who appeared on the SyFy hit show, Wizard Wars, will be giving you an exciting class in cardistry, magic & showmanship. There will be something here for both the complete beginner as well as the more advanced. So break out your cards, and prepare to learn everything from basic flourishes to enhance your magic, to the more advanced and difficult moves to just plain show off.
Ekaterina is one of the few consistently popular women in magic today. With her regular performing schedule, breakthroughs in cardistry and various television performances she can definitely keep up with the guys in her field. This was a different type of lecture and was a bit disjointed and difficult to watch.
Layers Signature Version (Performance Only): This is an incredible effect that Ekaterina performed on TV and happened to fool Penn and Teller with. A card is selected and signed. The signature then vanishes from the card face and the magician splits the card in two showing that the signature has penetrated the layers of the card. I have seen this multiple times and I was completely fooled each time. I think that this is a cool trick but I'm not a huge fan of the actual effect.
Layers Concept: Here Ekaterina explains how to print information inside of a playing card. She does not teach you how to make a spectator's signature appear inside of the card but gives various tips on how to make personal information appear inside of their selected card. She teaches a new method to split cards as well. It is more difficult than some of the methods usually taught but you can do a good portion of it without a table. I was able to split a card just fine before the video ended.
Ring Routine: The magician tries and tries to take off her ring but it repeatedly jumps back onto her finger. The big finish is when the ring is tossed up into the air and lands on the magicians finger effortlessly. This is a combination of fairly classic moves with a single ungimmicked ring to make a very nice routine altogether. This may be my favorite routine on the lecture.
Rope Escape: This is Ekaterina's version of the Keller rope escape. An audience member ties her up and she immediately escapes. I didn't really like this. We used to get a small piece of rope and tie each other up as kids and escaped in the same way that she does here. I don't feel like she has added anything presentation wise to make the effect more engaging and it feels very flat to me.
The Biddle Trick: Ekaterina has taken this classic effect made it a little fancier and maybe even a little awkward. A card is selected and lost. The magician is able to narrow down the selection to one of 5 cards. In an awkward move the magician rubs the selected card into the spectators shoulder causing it to completely vanish and appear face up in the deck of cards. I didn't like the addition of rubbing the audiences shoulder at all. Her spectator looked uncomfortable and I felt uncomfortable.
Basics in Cardistry: Ekaterina has really made her reputation as a card manipulator and she covers some good stuff here. She covers many basics including the charlier cut, revolution cut, thumb cut pressure fan, thumb fan smear fan and sybil cut. She also covers what she calls the Russian pyramid and the candle arm spread. All of these moves are fairly intermediate moves for well versed card manipulators. I was able to do everything that she performed according to her instructions but for magicians that are unfamiliar with this tough stuff you have a big challenge ahead of you.
Agape: This was produced as a download with Paper Crane Magic and she teaches it as a single card production, double lift and color change. This is a very pretty move but it is very challenging. I think this move is very deceptive and versatile and could do quite a lot. I really like it.
Slate Writing: As seen on Wizard Wars Ekaterina teaches us how to make writing appear on a piece of slate. This is a really great effect that could be used to create a modern version of the spirit slates. It is fairly inexpensive as well to make. Everything you need would be found at Office Depot with the exception of one key ingredient that you can get free.
Overall there is some good magic here but there were some funky problems. Ekaterina repeatedly left the frame of the camera for no reason turning the time over to our host Mike Hankins. This caused a lot of dead time. In places the organization was very hectic and the explanations were difficult to follow at times. I have a ton of respect for Ekaterina and her creative approach. I do not feel like this was one of the better lectures Murphy's has put out.
I honestly loved this lecture, I got something out of it. I didn't know how to do any ring tricks and I always wear a ring and I was able to do the ring routine Ekaterina explained here which I do everytime I perform now I also loved how to escape from a tied rope which is perfect for stage and for my birthday shows. I also loved the cardistry section where she teaches basic flourishes and advanced flourishes as well. I honestly loved this lecture, what I loved the most was how a spectator picks a card and once you find the card in the pack you split the card and inside of the split card you find the picture of the spectator, something that I used for a birthday party and the family gave me a $50 tip for performing an unforgettable trick so thank you Ekaterina. This is a lecture I will definitely come back to again and again.
She is very young. Cardistry is very good. The handling of magictricks is very basic. She has a very special way to talk with other people.


The most frequent things we hear from other people are "Your son is so happy!" and "He is the happiest baby we've ever seen!" While some of this may be his temperament, we firmly believe it's because of Babywise!
After the first few weeks of just getting to know our newborn son, we started focusing on eat-wake-sleep cycles, full feedings, and prioritizing sleep/nap times. That meant I tried not to let him fall asleep while nursing (although many times he did and I just tried again the next time). It also meant that we focused on finding optimal wake times, looked for sleep cues, and placed priority on making sure he napped/slept when it was time for sleep.
I knew that our diligence in paying attention to his cues, and focusing on establishing a routine would be hard at first but would pay off in the long run.
Of course, we dealt with most of the typical setbacks that many babies' experience – growth spurts, short naps, teething problems, sleep regressions, a tough transition from a bassinet to a crib, etc – but following Babywise principles helped us through each one.
I held and rocked and cuddled and loved him lavishly, but also helped my son learn how to fall asleep on his own. As the Babywise book says to do, I fed him when he was hungry, held him a lot to show him love, and gave him the gift of sleep.
One of my favorite Babywise bonuses is our son's flexibility! We travel a lot as a family – our son's first airplane flight was at 8 weeks – and he's been able to easily adapt to changes because we maintained a predictable schedule regardless of our physical location. If we miss a nap or stay up late for one reason or another, it's not the end of the world and we have a routine that we can get back to. He's now 18 months old and an experienced traveler who sleeps 12 hours each night with a predictable 2 hour nap each afternoon. Babywise has been so helpful for our family!


The National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs (NAASLN) is an association for educators, trainers, and employers of adults with all types of special learning needs. Robyn A. Rennick is the Vice-president of NAASLN.
Robyn Rennick, Director of Teacher Training for The Hardman Technique, presented four sessions at the conference. Her topics were: "MSLE: More Tan Theories - Practical and Accredited Curriculum for the Dyslexic/ADD/SLD Learner"; "Don't Tell Me How to Study, Teach Me How"; A Model Literacy Program for Dyslexia/ADD/SLD Adults; and "They Didn't Grow Out of It (dyslexia/ADD/SLD) Just Because They Grew Taller".
Florida's high stakes testing, the FCAT, was established to determine the success of Florida schools in teaching their students. However, students with disabilities were left out of the equation in terms of providing a level playing field as they take the tests.
Students who are visually impaired and who use talking computers and calculators in all classes and for all tests MAY NOT use them on the FCAT. They must read Braille, even though only 10% of all visually impaired have been taught Braille. Students who are dyslexic and who use readers during all other testing MUST read the FCAT by themselves.
Without the appropriate accommodations, hundreds of students with disabilities who had passed all course work were not being allowed to graduate with a standard diploma. Dyslexia Research Institute brought the inequities to the attention of Florida's legislators. Helping to craft legislation with Senator Stephan Wise's office and Representative Bev Kilmer's office, a bill is being passed to address some of these inequities.
The bill is a compromise. Students with disabilities must fail the FCAT two times, without accommodations, and then have their records reviewed to determine if they have the academic levels to earn a standard diploma. While this is still not a true level playing field, it does allow students to earn a standard diploma who may not be able to pass the FCAT without accommodations.
Rest assured DRI and Dr. Hardman will be going back to the Legislature next year to attempt to bring the FCAT in compliance with ADA and to assist students with disabilities to have the same opportunities/accommodations on the FCAT that they have on all other tests.
In 2000 Florida Statue 1002.39 was established. This is the John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program which allows parents of children with disabilities to attend alternate public or private school programs of their choice.
For the first time in Florida's history, parents who have children with disabilities have the choice to remain in the public school or to receive a scholarship to attend a private school of choice. The program began with 6 children and 3 schools participating in 2000 and has grown to over 9,000 children and 500 schools participating in 2002.
Dr. Patricia K. Hardman, director of Dyslexia Research Institute, was an integral part in crafting the bill with Senator John McKay's office. Since the program has been established in Florida, DRI has sponsored a seminar for private schools that are involved in the McKay Scholarship Program. DRI helped to establish The Coalition of McKay Scholarship Schools which is dedicated to making the McKay program remain viable for student with disabilities.
In the third year of its inception, Florida's Senate President Jim King has appointed a task force to examine accountability for the McKay Scholarship Program. Dr. Hardman, representing both DRI and the Coalition, has been appointed to this task force.
Dr. Hardman was also invited to The Cato Institute in Washington to participate on a panel (which was web-casted) discussing with other state leaders the effects of the McKay Scholarship Program. The McKay Scholarship Program is being reviewed and suggested as a national model.
Check our Links Page for more information concerning the McKay Scholarship Program and The Coalition of McKay Scholarship Schools.


Golzar Ettesal Trading Co. is one of the first leading companies in the field of importing and distributing building sanitary products using high technology which has begun its activities about two decades with the goal of customer orientation and the provision of services at standard levels by employing creative, experienced and capable human forces who are the main assets of this complex. This company is an exclusive distributor of Italy's VISENTIN, NOBILI, ALMAR and OLYMPIA products in Iran. The trading and marketing team of this company has been able to collect a unique collection of European-level brands in the field of sanitary valves and sanitary facilities by carefully studying the domestic market and the main competitors and identifying the needs of the target market and selecting the leading European manufacturers. The purpose of the establishment of this company was to cover the deep gap in the limitless importation of low quality goods from various brands in the domestic market which had been arisen in the last few years. The first phase of the company's activity was started to supply and distribute products that were most needed in the finish coating and interior design of the building. At present, the products of the firm include sanitary valves (concealed and exposed), Kitchen mixers, Shower sets, Sanitary ceramic wares, Wall-hung , Water closet and Lavatory cabins, that according to long-term and strategic vision of the management team of this company, There is the possibility of expanding these goods in the near future.


Hello my lovelies and welcome to my new post! Today I have for you what you love the most - an adorable unboxing and a giveaway from one of my favorite partners, Japan Candy Box! In case you didn't read one of my previous posts about this box, here's a little something about it!
Japan Candy Box is a monthly subscription box that contains around 10 original Japanese candies and snacks that are delivered to your doorstep every month. Every month the selection is different and it usually contains some of the most popular snacks and candies that can be found in Japan.
I just love that in this box you never know what to expect, it's always awesome and the ratio sweet to salty is pretty much 50 : 50 so there is something for everyone. These box are perfect for sharing with friends and family soon as there is enough for everyone and everybody's taste.
In the August box that I am showing you in my post today there were so many fun items! Some of these I've seen before and I know I love, while some of them were completely new to me. The DIY kit was pretty awesome like every time. I enjoyed cookie sticks (there is something similar in my country) and chocolate Pucca biscuits in fun shapes!
Strawberry cookies and fish shaped strawberry wafer were super tasty as well. Gummies and chewy candy were a perfect gift for a friend. Cream roll cake and pizza snack stick were perfect little additions to this box.
The best part is, price goes from 19.99$ and it gets lower if you want to get a longer subscription. Also, you can win one for yourself by entering my giveaway below!
One random winner will be chosen and will win a Japan Candy Box that will be delivered for free to winner's doorstep. Good luck pumpkins!
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I love the DIY Kits. They make snacking fun!
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25 Best Things to Do in Galveston, Texas
By VI Staff on January 7, 2020
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Galveston Island is one of the most popular vacation destinations in Texas. This lovely barrier island on the Gulf Coast has it all: miles of wonderful white sandy beaches, a port for cruise ships, a beautifully restored historic old town and a distinct Southern charm. Elegant Victorian architecture, endless festivals, and fantastic outdoor adventures will make you want to come back. Here are the best things to do in Galveston, TX.
1.Seawall Urban Park
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With ten miles of the nation's longest continuous sidewalk, plenty of beach side entertainment, and a plethora of restaurants, resorts, and beach side attractions, the Seawall Urban Park is one of top Galveston attractions and guaranteed fun for the entire family. Whether visitors like to splash in the water, sunbathe, go for a walk or jog, or people watch, a sunny beachside is the best place to do it.
Away from the water, visitors can shop for souvenirs at the beachside shops or relish in a fresh seafood meal. The Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier amusement park is packed with rollercoasters that soar over the Gulf of Mexico, carousels to take the little ones on a ride, and other exciting attractions.
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2.Galveston - Port Bolivar Ferry
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Until 1929, the only link between Galveston Island and the mainland was the skiff, The Tarpon, and later, two barges. The ferry, when it started taking people back and forth in 1929 was toll-free, but it was so popular that a fee had to be imposed. Today, free again, the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry takes more than eight million travelers between Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula every year.
While one vessel operates 24 hours a day, up to six ferries can be added if there is need. The ferry bridges two parts of State Highway 87, the only highway that goes around Galveston Bay. The ferry is the only way for motorists to cross the water between Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula.
502 Ferry Road, Galveston, Galveston Island, TX, United States, 361-749-2850
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3.1877 Tall Ship ELISSA
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ELISSA, a three-mast sailing vessel, is one of the world's oldest sailing hulls still in operation and one of the best things to do in Galveston, Texas. ELISSA has a rich history as a merchant vessel, and it was launched in 1877 from Aberdeen, Scotland – she's also sailed under Norwegian, Finnish, Greek, and Swedish flags.
Visitors can explore the decks of this now floating National Historic Landmark and imagine themselves as the daring sailors who were once onboard taking on the world's oceans. There is a museum and theater for visitors to gain a better understanding of ELISSA's history as well as her rescue from the shipyard and her restoration.
2200 Harborside Drive, Galveston, TX 77550, United States, 409-763-1877
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4.Bishop's Palace, Galveston, Texas
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You cannot miss it: Bishop's Palace, also known Gresham's Castle, is a riot of colored stone, rare woods, exquisitely carved decorations, bronze dragons, and stained glass – and that is only on the outside. On the inside, it is 19,082 square feet of Victorian opulence, with immense fireplaces, luxury furniture, sculptures of all kinds, and beautiful textiles.
The Victorian beauty, completed in 1892, is located in the East End of the Galveston's Historic District and is considered one of the city's dearest treasures. Galveston's premier architect Nicholas Clayton designed the palace, and it was built for prominent city lawyer Colonel Walter Gresham. This spectacular Victorian building is considered by the American Institute of Architects as one of America's most important buildings.
1402 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston, TX 77550, United States, 409-762-2475
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5.Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Waterpark
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Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Waterpark is 26 acres of fun. With dozens of spectacular adventures, it provides year-round entertainment to kids of all ages and those who are kids at heart. It has over 30 innovative, high adrenaline attractions, including the award-winning three-river system named Transportainment®. While a great number of adventures are seasonal, the Wasserfest area of the waterpark transforms into an indoor park in the winter in order to stay open year around.
There are three speed slides, four tube slides, three kids' activity areas, a heated pool, a secluded beach, a surfing wave, and the famous Torrent Tidal Wave River. The Soaring Eagle gondolas will let you fly 100 feet in the air, offering the best way to see the whole of Galveston. With fun private cabanas to create your own picnic or a party and a number of diverse restaurants, Schlitterbahn will keep you happy for days.
2026 Lockheed Rd, Galveston, TX 77554, United States, 409-770-9283
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6. The Strand Historic District
The Strand Historic District, or the Strand, is located in downtown Galveston, Texas and is registered as a National Historic Landmark District. It consists of a number of beautiful Victorian buildings that today house boutiques, restaurants, galleries, and antique stores. Start your self-guided tour at the Galveston Railroad Museum on the corner of 25th and Strand. Give this popular museum at least half an hour.
Check the stores on the Strand and remember that many of them survived the storm of 1900 when a hurricane killed more than 6000 people in Galveston. Don't miss Galveston's famous restaurants on the waterfront – the seafood is spectacular. In Harborside, on Pier 19, visit the Ocean Star Offshore Energy Center and Museum, check what is showing at the Pier 21 Theater, and enjoy the beauty of the tall ship Elissa at the Texas Seaport Museum.
2228 Mechanic St, Galveston, TX 77550, United States
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7.Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum
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If you have always been curious about the life on one of the drilling rigs, come and visit the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum, an actual tried, tested, and retired jack-up drilling rig. Located about an hour from downtown Houston, the world's oil capital, the museum is operated by the Offshore Energy Center and is located on Galveston's Pier 19 just a block off The Strand.
You are welcome to roam free through the rig and take a self-guided tour through its three levels and see the drilling equipment and some fascinating exhibits and videos. One of the most interesting exhibits is Offshore Drilling: The Promise of Discover, which takes you behind the scenes and shows the real process of drilling for oil and gas offshore.
2002 Wharf Rd, Galveston, TX 77550, United States, 409-766-7827
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8.Galveston Island Railroad Museum and Terminal
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The Galveston Island Railroad Museum and Terminal has been a part of the Galveston community for over 30 years and was created to depict the history of rail transportation. By accumulating the largest collection of rail artifacts, memorabilia, and railroad rolling stock, the museum was able to accomplish just that.
Visitors can enjoy permanent exhibits such as The Depot, which was an active passenger depot for over 30 years, and the "Ghosts of Travelers Past" exhibition, where plaster molds depict individuals who passed through the area. The museum hosts events throughout the year – museum train shows, parades, and Mardi Gras celebrations – all fun for the entire family.
2602 Santa Fe Place, Galveston, TX 77550, United States, 409-765-5700
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9.East End Historic District
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The East End Historic District has been designated a National Historic Landmark and covers 50 city blocks. The district, placed on the National Register of Historic Places, will take visitors back in time; horse-drawn carriages, the architectural details of the homes and buildings, ornate carvings found throughout, and a brightly-colored stained glass window all give visitors a peek into what it was like in Galveston's "Gilded Age".
Preserved by the East End Historical District Association (EEHDA), visitors are urged to attend and enjoy a host of events such as block parties, neighborhood clean ups, and Christmas light contests.
1501 Post Office St, Galveston, TX 77550, United States, 409-763-5928
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10.The Grand 1894 Opera House, Galveston, TX
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The Grand 1894 Opera House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been a part of Galveston history since 1894. The community, headed by Henry Greenwall, built the Grand in 1894, and then thousands of residents reconstructed it between 1974 and 1990 after a storm caused severe destruction. If you are looking for things to do in Galveston on a romantic date, attend an event at the Grand 1894 Opera House.
Now, visitors can enjoy events throughout the year, from musicals to food and wine festivals and everything in between. The theater hosts art shows and other memorable events; visitors can create memories by renting the opera house for lavish meetings, receptions, and parties.
2020 Postoffice Street, Galveston, TX 77550, United States, 409-765-1894
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11.Galveston's 61st Street Fishing Pier
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A chilled beer, fresh bait, and a fishing pole is all you need to have a good time at the Galveston 61st Street Fishing Pier – the best part is that visitors don't need to take any of that stuff with them, as it's all available at the pier.
The family fun goes on all night on the pier, and for a small fee, visitors can rent equipment, buy bait, and indulge in delicious pier-side snacks and foods. The pier is open for fishing all night, and it offers a great way to spend the day under the sun or the stars.
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12. Moody Mansion Museum
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The former home of W.L. Moody Jr., one of Time Magazine's Top 10 Wealthiest Americans in 1950, the Moody Mansion Museum is filled with antiques, furnishings, and personal effects from the Moody family. Visitors are invited to tour the 28,000 square-foot, four-story structure that was the home to the Moody family for over 80 years.
Tours include a description of the history of the Moody family, who started in the cotton industry and branched out to banking, insurance, ranching, and hotels. Each room is decorated in a different style and portrays the architecture and taste of the '80s.
2618 Broadway – Galveston, TX 77550, United States, 409-762-7668
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13.Stewart Beach
Stewart Beach is Galveston's premier family beach park, and its visitors are in for a treat as the beach provides a perfect getaway on a nice day. It is home to numerous concession stands filled with beach favorites such as hotdogs, burgers, and funnel cake and has many restaurants nearby.
Amenities such as a pavilion, restrooms, showers, beach volleyball courts, and chair and umbrella rentals are available, and lifeguards regularly supervise the area, ensuring the safety of visitors. Family Vacation Critic voted Stewart Beach one of the "10 Best Beaches for Families" in 2013.
201 Seawall Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77550, United States, 409-797-5182
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14.NOAA Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, manages fishery species and characterizes their habitats. Visitors go there mainly for the amazing work taking place to conserve endangered sea turtles and other marine species. A popular sea turtle tour is given weekly – visitors need to book this in advance.
The tours are a great way to learn about sea turtles and are led by volunteers who have extensive backgrounds in marine biology. The laboratory has an annual Ocean Discovery Day where visitors can tour the facilities, interact with scientists, and check out the cool technology being used. NOAA is a fun way for the entire family to learn about varying marine species.
4700 Avenue U, Galveston, TX 77551, United States, 409-766-3500
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15.Hotel Galvez Spa, Galveston, Texas
Located in the 100-year-old majestic Hotel Galvez right on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the Hotel Galvez Spa is a 10,000 square foot oasis of tranquility. Opulent and luxurious, the spa is designed to pamper both your body and your mind. This soothing space and the highly qualified staff will improve your circulation, relive muscle soreness and reduce stress through a series of customized services.
Treat yourself to rejuvenating massages, refreshing facials, and a range of body treatments with the spa's own ingredients. The spa has nine wonderfully decorated and equipped treatment rooms, a professional salon, and a well-equipped fitness center. Stroll through the spa's meditation garden and stop by the boutique to replenish your supplies of beauty products.
2024 Seawall Blvd, Galveston, TX 77550, United States, 409-765-7721
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16.Cool Tours
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Cool Tours will make your exploration of Galveston Island an absolute pleasure. In cooperation with Baywatch Dolphin Tours, they are now offering a very popular Land and Sea Tour to cover everything that makes the island and the city so unique. Starting at the Galveston Historic Pleasure Pier, a comfortable air-conditioned bus will take you around the island, while your charming and well-informed guide will share with you facts and fables about Galveston, its history, and its most colorful characters.
You will spend about half an hour touring the East End Historic District and its fabled magnificent 19th century Victorian mansions, as well as one of the city's landmarks – the famous tree sculptures. At Pier 21, you will board special jet propulsion Baywatch Dolphin Tour boat to explore the Galveston Harbor and delight in pods of frolicking dolphin that live permanently in the harbor. Your two and a half hour tour ends at the historic Strand District with its colorful shops and excellent restaurants.
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17.The Bryan Museum
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It all started when eight-year-old J.P. Bryan bought an 1859 four-barreled .22-caliber Derringer with the money he earned mowing lawns and delivering papers. It was the first item in his life-long collection of American West historic objects. The collection now has over 70,000 pieces and it includes such curiosities as a Mexican silver saddle and a Walker Colt, a revolver used in the war with Comanches. J.P. Bryan's collection is now part of the museum that made its home in the fully reconstructed historic former Galveston orphanage.
It is the world's largest collection of its kind. Different museum galleries contain historically relevant documents, superbly crafted saddles, antique firearms, spurs, rare maps, books, fine art, folk and religious art, superb portraits, and much more. Read more about The Bryan Museum.
1315 21st St, Galveston, TX 77550, United States, 409-632-7685
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18.Galveston Island State Park
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The Galveston Island State Park is over 2,000 acres of beaches, ponds, estuaries, wetlands, and dunes. Visitors can bring a picnic, swim and splash at the beach, hike, mountain bike, or just relax and enjoy the surrounding nature. The park is a great place to bird watch or go fishing – a canoe and kayak launch and a fish cleaning station are available on premises.
Visitors can rent a cabin or stay at one of the beach or bay campsites for overnight camping and experience the beauty of Galveston Island State Park at night.
14901 FM3005, Galveston, TX 77554, United States, 409-737-1222
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19.Rosenberg Library, Galveston, TX
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Successor to the Galveston Mercantile Library, which was founded in 1871, Rosenberg Library is the oldest continuously operating public library in Texas. The main building was dedicated in 1904, and the Moody Memorial Wing was added in 1971, doubling the floor space and allowing for the addition of a history center, a children's library, several galleries that house museum collections, and recently, a computer lab.
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Moody Garden Golf Course is a lavish 18-hole public golf course open all seven days of the week. Visitors can book a tee time and get ready to hit some balls on the breathtaking seaside course, which has a unique tropical feel thanks to its view of the sea, the upland and lowland native areas, natural wetlands, and swaying palm trees.
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Do you remember when you were in high school and the popular kids seemed to have those award winning perfect smiles? I'm sure you were secretly envying them from afar and wondering what great evil you bestowed on yourself to be given such crooked, cavity over run teeth? I know it seemed like every time you went to the dentist, cavities needed to be filled. Then finally your told braces are needed. Your thinking "just great"! "Metal needs to be put in my mouth to corral my teeth from escaping"?
The big question is, are bad teeth hereditary? The truth is, only part of the blame can be put on your mom and dad. Perfect teeth are not just products of genetics but do play a part in the grand design.
As for the genetic components listed, the absence of teeth is rare. More commonly seen are position of teeth issues, surface crevices or saliva. The good news is these conditions can be effectively treated with modern dental treatments.
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So in Part One I went to Maine, and in Part Two I went to Canada and got blown up at.
In Part Three I return to Maine and have a terrific week with Fancy Pants, FPS (Fancy Pants' Sister), and their assortment of very large dogs. I really like those girls. They're smart and goofy and kind of ruthless; they're full of odd personality combinations. They love the outdoors and have cynical senses of humor. They love their dogs.
We left Canada and headed back over the border. At the border checkpoint, I sat in the passenger seat. Both times. Both times I passed my identification over, and both times the border guard—up in a booth on the driver's side—examined it and waved us through without looking at my face. I could have handed them some other dude's ID while smoking a joint wearing a turban and they'd have given me a gift basket.
The thing that surprised me most this trip was that in Maine they grow marshmallows on farms. They're lined up in rows, in field after field, each one the size of a cow.
I spent a lot of time in Camden, sitting on benches and in their spectacular public library overlooking the harbor, and at picnic tables near ice cream stands, and always surrounded by greenery, walkways, and flowers. I carried the laptop and worked on the screenplay. Later in the week, the girls and I went to Acadia National Park, where we camped for three days. We climbed 2 or 3 mountains, watched the Perseid meteor shower, visited Bar Harbor, swam in ponds, and saw a bald eagle hunting and perching 50 yards away. (Bald eagles actually exist in real life. Did you know that? I bet you didn't.) At night in my tent, I'd use up my laptop battery writing, and then charge it by day in the bathroom.
I wrote in my tent with the hot computer on my lap. I wrote in a study carrel in the Camden library, and in a cozy bedroom at FPS's house. As I mentioned in Part One, I had characters with whom we could not sympathize, because I had characters whose lives were not yet rich. If you have seen The Departed, you have seen the result of what I consider to be one of the great screenplays of the last five years. There's hardly a man or woman in that movie who doesn't make your skin crawl, and yet it's hard to see any of them hurt because we have gotten so close to them. We hate in them what we hate in ourselves, and must forgive them to be forgiven. How do you achieve this in a screenplay? The simple answer is to make your characters likeable—for which you will receive the punishment you deserve: a drawer full of unsold screenplays. A slightly more nuanced solution is to deepen your characters by having them show a sympathetic emotion you don't expect, like tears from a bodyguard or the bad guy's love for his dead wife — for which you may be able to score a job writing for NBC's Heroes or a movie starring The Rock. The most painful and rewarding solution, however—and the only one I ever strive for—is the one invented by the Greeks and mastered by Jane Austen with Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice: the quality called pathos.
1. A quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow.
2. The feeling, as of sympathy or pity, so aroused.
If you have seen Good Will Hunting, you know it in action. Will Hunting is such a prick, and yet your heart flies to him like it would a wounded child. It is, after all, what he is. What does this have to do with Pride and Prejudice? The profound misunderstanding and redemption of Mr. Darcy only occurs because of the unsparingly brutal condemnation we are all made to feel in the early stages of the novel. He is not merely thought haughty; had Austen spared us the true apprehension of his pride we would never have enjoyed the shocking relief of its surrender. If you had the profound good fortune to see The Queen, then you know that heroic tragedy still lives in the modern world, and when perfectly written, directed, and performed, the pathos hums softly beneath the surface of the film and begins to resonate in the audience like a note making hundreds of crystal glasses vibrate. If the note is maintained at just the right pitch, and a low enough volume to keep from turning away the audience too soon, then it will slowly amplify inside them until their hearts are singing in tune and in some cases (like mine, for The Queen) made to shatter. The screenwriter (like the director and the actor) must not spare his audience the awful glare of his characters' failures.
Tip #2 We hate in others what we hate in ourselves, and must forgive them to be forgiven.
Our inner lives are not pure. Most of us idealize our own intentions and criminalize others; the same fault in ourselves we downplay—even under the same circumstances—that we would bitterly resent from a boss or a lover. You must not spare your characters the effects of their own folly. They may escape the consequences during the timeline of the film, but if you let them escape the audience's judgment, they will escape the audience's sympathy as well. The viewer must be allowed to doubt his own heart, must be challenged to forgive, dared to forgive—but allowed to forgive. This is the double difficulty in achieving this: the writer must show her characters' flaws, but not so much that the audience is disgusted beyond pity; the writer must show her characters' virtue, but not so much that the audience is insulted by too obvious an appeal. In this difficult effort, the highest achievement is pathos. It is a dreadful sympathy. We are frightened by our own capacity to forgive, threatened by the possibility we cannot; challenged to love, torn. We feel. This is painful. This is pathos.
Unless you count English teachers in high school, it was Fantasy Scribbler who first pointed this out to me, while helping me with my last screenplay. It's stuck with me to the point that I have my own deep opinions on the subject. Understanding this mature emotion is different from understanding glee or simple disappointment. I watched Taxi Driver again this year and was devastated by the emotion that years ago I completely missed. Pathos is why Knocked Up and Napoleon Dynamite made so much more money and acclaim than all the other comedies. It's why Pixar movies are so unbelievably great while almost every other American 3-D animated feature ever made has completely sucked.
I don't think I'll achieve it in this new screenplay unless I somehow achieve the time (in other words, money) to give it undivided attention; I suspect I'll end up falling somewhere between convenient emotional indulgence and the true prize of pathos. So while mulling his words over in Maine, I set off to find some inner light in the characters, and just as much inner darkness. The best I can say is I'm working on it.
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It's so funny that you mentioned The Queen. I can think of no other moment in any movie I've seen in the last few years that made a more deliciously *painful* lump in my throat than the scene with the stag. The beauty of that breakthrough (watching that stoic, cold, unlovable woman actually FEEL) mixed with Helen Mirren's insane talent made me want to crash through the movie screen and give her and everyone else involved with that movie a sobbing hug.
Finding true pathos is what makes a good character great, and it takes a hell of a writer to do it correctly. Good thing you're a hell of a writer, huh?
Simplified, the long and the short of a good script is that, when the lights go down and the movie starts, if you forget you're in a theater and become engrossed in the story, it's an excellent script/movie/everything.
Only if you're willing to feed me. 🙂 Seriously, I know you have a cadre of good people who are already looking to maximize the impact of your script.
There once was a guy with a rant / Whose script marched on like an ant / To avoid condemnation / Got a producer recommendation / And hopes to come away with a grant.


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Q: What is the mathematical notation for rounding a given number to the nearest integer? What is the mathematical notation for rounding a given number to the nearest integer? So like a mix between the floor and the ceiling function.

A: Although I'm not sure how common this is in pure maths settings, I would say the best notation is simply $\operatorname{round}(x)$. This is easily understood, albeit not completely unambiguous – but definitely better than $[x]$ which could mean a myriad of completely unrelated things, or $\operatorname{nint}(x)$ which looks like "ninn-t?"
If the ambiguity $1 \stackrel?= \operatorname{round}(1.5) \stackrel?= 2$ is a problem for you, make sure to explicitly discuss this. If you use the operation a lot, you could also define that you write it as $\lfloor x\rceil$, but I wouldn't use that without discussion.
round is also the name for the rounding function in many programming languages, because what it does is it rounds a number, hence the name "round".

A: I have seen $\lfloor x \rceil$. It must have been in the context of math olympiads, so I can't point to a book that uses it. Wikipedia suggest this notation, among others: nearest integer function.
Personally, I would prefer $[x]$, being a cleaner mix of $\lfloor x \rfloor$ and $\lceil x \rceil$. But I've seen this notation being used for the floor function. Especially in older texts, say, pre-TeX era.
You could also do something like $\mathrm{nint}(x)$, but in formulas that could be cumbersome.
See also the remarks at Mathworld.

A: I have seen the notation $[x]$. However, that is some times used as the floor function when TeX is unavailable, or the author is unfamiliar with it (I'm sure there are plenty of examples on this site, for instance).
The safest bet is to say something along the lines of

Let $[x]$ mean the integer closest to $x$ (rounding up for half-integer values).

or

Let $[\phantom x]$ denote the standard rounding function.

That is, explicitly defining the notation yourself, so that anyone who reads your text knows exactly what you're talking about. If you do this, you are of course entirely free to "invent" your own notation (within reason) for this if there is some other notation you prefer.

A: Whatever notation you use (punctured dusk gives some good suggestions), you should always define this explicitly if you are going to use it, since there is no standard way to treat half-integers. (I recently found this out the hard way when I assumed the rounding method I was always taught was standard, but python's default does something different.)

A: If you are fine going always in one direction for halfway values, you can resort to the programming trick of using $\lfloor x + \frac{1}{2} \rfloor$ (halfways towards $+\infty$) or $\lceil x - \frac{1}{2} \rceil$ (halfways towards $-\infty$).

A: I have seen $(\!(x)\!)$ for "nearest integer." My memory is dim, but maybe it was Emil Grosswald's elementary number theory text.  I like it because it's easy to type and it's not likely to be confused with another function.

A: It might be too verbose, but something like the following is unlikely to be misinterpreted.
$$\mathrm{RoundToEven}(5.5) = 6$$
If you need another convention such as rounding to the nearest odd number, rounding towards infinity, or rounding towards negative infinity I'd define my own function and include some examples.
For instance:

Let $R \mathop: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{Z}$ denote the function that rounds each real number to the nearest integer, rounding ties towards negative infinity.
$$ R(-0.5) = -1 $$
$$ \left\{ R(-0.3)\;,\; R(0)\;,\; R(0.3)\;,\; R(0.5) \right\} = \left\{ 0 \right\} $$
$$ R(1.5) = 1 $$
$$ R(1.7) = 2 $$

A: The short and sweet is that there is no short and sweet.  Rounding has many different contexts and interpretations, which means that you will have to define what rounding means to you in your particular context before your use it. Now, there is standard notation for two specific types of rounding.  $\lceil\text{Ceiling}\rceil$ brackets indicate that you always round up toward positive infinity, e.g. $\lceil1.1\rceil = 2$ and $\lceil-3.9\rceil = -3$, and $\lfloor\text{floor}\rfloor$ brackets indicate that you always round down toward negative infinity, e.g. $\lfloor2.9\rfloor=2$ and $\lfloor-6.1\rfloor=-7$.
Now, if we wish to define the typical elementary/secondary school form of rounding where you need to specify how many decimal places you wish to round to, and halves always gets rounded up, then we could do so as follows:
For $d \in \mathbb Z$, let $R_d:\mathbb R \rightarrow \mathbb Z$ such that $$R_d(x) = \frac{\lfloor10^d  x + 0.5\rfloor}{10^d}$$
Note that this method creates a bias towards positive infinity and as such the rounding behavior for positive and negative numbers seems incongruous for some.  In response to this, some elementary/secondary classes may then adopt the following adaptation that addresses this incongruity as follows:
For $d \in \mathbb Z$, let $R_d:\mathbb R \rightarrow \mathbb Z$ such that $$R_d(x) = \begin{cases}
\dfrac{\lfloor10^d x + 0.5\rfloor}{10^d}, &x\text{ is nonnegative} \\
\dfrac{\lceil10^d x - 0.5\rceil}{10^d}, &x\text{ is negative}
\end{cases}$$
Now $R_0(4.5) = -R_0(-4.5)$! Students rejoice! (Though subsequent teachers unaware of this adaptation will cringe)  This even has bias eliminating implications when dealing with aggregate data, however not all bias has been eliminated.  The positive bias more or less balances with the negative bias if your mean is at or close to 0, but all the rounding is still biased away from 0.  If you are inclined to tackle this you could instead round halves toward the nearest even integer (often referred to as stats rounding or banker's rounding), and we can tweak our definition as follows:
For $d \in \mathbb Z$, let $R_d:\mathbb R \rightarrow \mathbb Z$ such that $$R_d(x) = \begin{cases}
\dfrac{\lfloor10^d x + 0.5\rfloor}{10^d}, &x\text{ is nonnegative and }\lfloor10^d x\rfloor\text{ is odd}\\
\dfrac{\lfloor10^d x - 0.5\rfloor}{10^d}, &x\text{ is nonnegative and }\lfloor10^dx\rfloor\text{is even}\\
\dfrac{\lceil10^d x - 0.5\rceil}{10^d}, &x\text{ is negative and }\lceil10^dx\rceil\text{ is odd}\\
\dfrac{\lceil10^d x + 0.5\rceil}{10^d}, &x\text{ is negative and }\lceil10^dx\rceil\text{ is even}
\end{cases}$$
Now you've eliminated the bias away from 0, but you're left with micro-biases toward even numbers compared to odd numbers.  We could go on an on with different tweaks and variations on rounding, but the bottom line is that you will want to define a method of rounding that is most suitable for the task at hand, and then make sure that you clearly communicate that method of rounding and perhaps even include analysis of its desired advantages and known disadvantages for your particular application.

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To lend, or not to lend: that is the question.
Book lending is a touchy subject amongst avid readers; often our fear or a lost or damaged book is at war with our desire to spread the book love to all our friends and family.
The answer to the question, "Do you lend books?" will differ from person to person. After thinking a bit about the books I've lent, and the people to whom I have lent them, I've come up with some basic rules of thumb.
Never lend a book you won't mind losing or getting back damaged – This applies to books I've had since childhood and wish to preserve, as well as signed books.
Never lend to a stranger – I'll probably never see him or her again, so why lend a book to a person when I'm practically guaranteed of losing it?
If I've lent the person a book before and it was never returned, or returned in worse condition than when you lent it, I won't lend to him/her again.
If the person's own books are in bad shape, I won't lend them one of mine – If he/she mistreats their own tomes, there is no evidence to support that he/she will treat my book well.
No bookmark necessary – If you mark your place with a dog-eared page, that's cool. Just un-dog ear it before you give it back.
Feel free to write in a book I lend you – But fair warning: if you use highlighters, markers, or any instrument other than a pen or pencil, and especially if the comments you write are inane, asinine, or otherwise pointless, prepare to buy me a new copy of the book.
So you've heard of Netflix, yes? Pay a decent fee, and choose from a gazillion movies.
Well now some amazing, wonderful soul has created BookSwim.
All you do is pick a plan, create your book wish list, and then wait. BookSwim sends you books, which you then read at your leisure. When you want another book, just slip the current one into the prepaid envelope and mail it back.
The cheapest plan is $23.95 per month (about the price of one new hardback book), and you can have up to three books at a time. Plan prices and book amounts increase from there, all the way up to 11 books per month for $59.95. No due dates, no late fees. Perfect.
The only downside (other than the fact that you can't keep the book forever) is that you can't write in the books — they are merely loaned to you, after all.
These policies are relatively lax — mine are harder on myself than on the people to whom I'm lending, and BookSwim's is even easier than mine.
The curse can be understood in a different light once you recall that it was written prior to the invention of the printing press.
Before Guttenberg and his Bible, books were written and copied by hand, and were therefore extremely rare and precious. A lost or stolen book meant lost or stolen knowledge, and sometimes that knowledge was unrecoverable.
…All the same, I'd love to have a stamp of that to imprint on the front inside covers of all my books.
Do you lend books? If so, what's your lending policy? Would you use BookSwim? Do bookworms really gnaw on entrails?


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Art. 16.3 of the UDHR states: "The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State". The right of the family to live as an integral whole is protected also by other international instruments whether under international human rights law or international humanitarian law.
States have the obligation to provide the widest possible support and protection for the family as the natural and fundamental group unit of society and allow it to fully assume its role in the community and provide a conducive environment for the growth and well‑being of its members.
APG23 has a long history in promoting e defending the family, being it the natural environment for the growth and well being of all its members, in particular, children. APG23 prioritises supporting the family of origin to continue caring for its children but, when this is not possible, seeks to provide children in need with a substitute family such as a family home or a fostering family.
Owing to rapid socio-economic and demographic transformations that have affected society and culture in recent years, the family as the first, fundamental and vital cell of society and intended as the stable and true relationship of a man and a woman bond in marriage and open to the procreation of children, finds itself increasingly challenged. Attempts to redefine the very institution of marriage, the culture of the ephemeral and relativism, the lack of openness to life are all elements that shakes the family as the natural and fundamental group unit of society. A new form of aggression to the family is also the commercial maternal surrogacy, a phenomenon that violates the human dignity since it considers new-born babies as commodities open to the market where businesses companies are exploiting natural mothers forced to this form of trade as a strategy to survive from poverty.
As conditions have worsened for many families around the world, States and international organizations must commit to enact effective policies and measures to provide the necessary comprehensive support for the family and its members, including through promoting affordable, accessible and quality care services for children and other dependents, parental and other leave schemes, as well as formulating family sensitive policies in the field of housing, work, health, social security and education in order to create an environment supportive of the family.
Since 2014, in occasion of the International Year of the family, an alive and controversial discussion on "Protection of the family" is taking place at the Human rights Council, with two resolutions already adopted by voting (res. 26/11 and res. 29/22).
APG23 is seized on this crucial matter.
Maternal Surrogacy: a violation of fundamental human rights - Written statement and Joint Oral statement presented presented by Apg23 and other NGO's at the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material
Maternal Commercial Surrogacy Amounts to sale of children - Written statement presented by APG23 about the report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
Joint oral statement about Protection of Family, submitted by Apg23 and Heart's Home Association about the resolution on the Protection of the family concerning the role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of persons with disabilities at the 32nd Human Rights Council regular session - June 2016
The commercial maternal surrogacy violates human dignity - Joint written statement and joint oral statement submitted by APG23 at the 31° Human Right Council regular session. - Video
Protection of the family - Joint written statement submitted by APG23 at the 31° Human Right Council regular session.
The protection of family - written statement and joint oral statement submitted by Apg23 and other NGO's about the Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights A/HRC/28/40 entitled "Summary of the Human Rights Council panel discussion on the protection of the family" at the 28th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council - March 2015
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Protection of the Family and Its Members - Joint statement submitted 27th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (Geneva, 8 - 26 September 2014) by Apg23 and other NGO's about the Panel Discussion on the Protection of the Family and Its Members,
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Protection of the Family as natural and fundamental group unit of society - APG23 contribution on the Draft Resolution on Protection of the Family presented at the 26th regular session of the Human Rights - Geneva, 10-27 June 2014
Commercial Maternal Surrogacy amounts to sale of children (ENG) - Joint Oral statement submitted by Apg23 and other NGO at the 25th regular session of the Human Rights Council - Geneva, 3 - 28 March 2014. See also the video
The 9th march 2017 during the 34th session of the Human Rights Council (February 27 to March 24) a panel was held among a group of experts and delegations from all states. The theme of the round table was ...
The defense of the dignity of persons from their origin.
The APG23 office in Geneva in this Human Rights Council (31st regular session of the currently ongoing and will end March 24) wanted to defend children's rights and the dignity of being a mother taking a fi...
In Geneva, at ONU's palace, the world discusses about Family.
While in these days the Italian parliament is discussing the law-proposal "Cirinnà", in Geneva the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) publishes a report entitled "...


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Fr. Mark O'Keefe, OSB
Department Systematic Theology
Title Professor of Moral Theology
BA (Saint Meinrad College, 1978)
MA (Indiana University, 1982)
MDiv (Saint Meinrad School of Theology, 1983)
STL (The Catholic University of America, 1985)
STD (The Catholic University of America, 1987)
Fr. Mark O'Keefe, OSB, was the president-rector of Saint Meinrad School of Theology from 1996 to 2008. Before assuming office in May 1996, he had served in seminary administration for several years.
An educator and a moral theologian, he professed vows as a Benedictine monk in 1979, and began his studies for the priesthood at the Saint Meinrad School of Theology. He was ordained in 1983.
Fr. Mark teaches moral theology in the Seminary and School of Theology and formerly held the posts of academic dean and associate academic dean. He also is a consultant on medical ethics.
He is the author of a five-book series on the Catholic priesthood. They include Priestly Wisdom, Priestly Prayer,Priestly Virtues, The Ordination of a Priest and In Persona Christi.
Other books include Becoming Good, Becoming Holy: On the Relationship of Christian Ethics and Spirituality,What Are They Saying About Social Sin?, and Deciding to Be Christian: A Daily Commitment
His most recent book is Love Awakened by Love: The Liberating Ascent of St. John of the Cross, published in 2014.
His articles have appeared in academic and popular journals, and he is a frequent speaker at gatherings of priests, seminarians and parish groups.
He served as pastor of St. Mary Parish in Huntingburg, IN, from 2008 to August 2012.


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Tinubu Lamentations
"I made Buhari President after he lost three times and cried on TV" Tinubu says
The Nigerian ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader and presidential aspirant Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu lamented his betrayal by people he brought to power, Thursday in Ogun state while meeting APC delegates.
Detailing his grievances with President Muhammadu Buhari. "After losing three times and crying on national television, I went to Buhari and promised that I'd make him president." Tinubu lamented complaining about the lack of support from Buhari. The lamentations comes after Buhari told APC governors that he should be allowed to pick his successor.
Speaking in Yoruba, he told the delegates when issues arose about a Muslim-Muslim ticket he had to step down for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who is a Christian. "Buhari asked me to be his running mate, but Saraki campaigned against a Muslim-Muslim ticket. He felt it would affect his ambition to be senate president. The senate president could not be a Muslim as well. They rose against it. I said 'I have someone that's a Christian and I will nominate him. This party must not scatter'. And I nominated him (Osinbajo). That's the truth," Tinubu said.
Tinubu is very bitter that his erstwhile protege Yemi Osinbajo is also aspiring to be president when it should be his turn.
"But I went to his home in Katsina. I told him 'you would contest and win, but you won't joke with the matter of the Yoruba'. Since he has been elected, I have not been appointed minister. I didn't get a contract. He continued.
"This time, it's Yoruba turn and in Yorubaland, it's my turn." Tinubu stated.
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I assume in this review that you're looking primarily for spaced repetition software, and not a souped-up flashcard package. There's a significant difference between the two: flash cards are traditionally intended to help you learn something once for a test, while spaced repetition software is designed to help you remember things for years. I also assume you're using this software to become fluent in Japanese.
I did my research for the original version of this review in January and February of 2008. After passing the 2kyuu after six months of SuperMemo, I grew frustrated with its bugs and decided that I would try some open source spaced memory software. I tested the basic functions of several programs for a few weeks before narrowing my choices to Mnemosyne and Anki. Of course, a few weeks was not enough time to fully test the spaced repetition algorithms, but it was enough time to get a feeling for the programs' interfaces and their respective philosophies.


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Big Rat Drops From Ceiling Onto Customer's Menu at Buffalo Wild Wings in Westchester
By Rick Montanez
Rat Falls From Ceiling, Onto Customer's Menu at Restaurant
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A customer went to a restaurant hoping to get wings, but got a rat instead. A rat fell from the ceiling and onto a customer's menu. (Published Friday, June 21, 2019)
An unwelcome surprise dropped onto a woman's table at a Buffalo Wild Wings in the Westchester area of Los Angeles the other day — a live rat dropped from the ceiling onto her table.
Alisha Norman says the manager claims construction is to blame.
"I knew the rat was going to be injured because it hit like a Mack truck," she said.
Norman says she hadn't even ordered when she heard something overhead.
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"You could hear something come down," she said. Norman, on vacation from Texas, says she requested a manager who came over to help, with two plates in his hands.
"He took two plates and then they just picked it up and dumped it in a bag," she said. "It was terrible. It was disgusting."
She's not angry. She says the manager took care of her bill, to compensate for the lunchtime fallout.
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The storm over one of Newcastle's major cricket competitions is continuing to grow, with a judiciary suspending a board member from the game for 18 months and handing him a life ban from holding administrative positions, during a hearing in his absence on Sunday. And within 24-hours of Daniel Saunders' suspension, another former board member received a summons to appear at a hearing on a second charge, despite being rubbed out of the game for two years in August. It comes amid a bitter feud within the Newcastle City and Suburban Cricket Association that has involved claims of financial mismanagement, bullying and a lack of transparency. Several members have been banned or called before the judiciary to answer off-field charges in recent months. They say they have been targeted for trying to get answers about the association's spending - something NCSCA president Phil Northey has denied. Mr Saunders said he would appeal his suspension. He was banned over his involvement in a private - but leaked - Facebook conversation with three other association members in March in which derogatory comments were allegedly made about a board member. Mr Saunders was among three new board members appointed in August who forced the association's first elections in more than two decades. He is one of a handful who have been agitating for increased transparency. Read more: On Monday, former board member Roy Capitao received a summons for a judiciary hearing next week over his involvement in the same Facebook conversation that prompted Mr Saunders' ban. The hearing will take place despite Mr Capitao being suspended in August for allegedly accessing and sharing a document containing board members' fuel expense claims - which he denies doing. Mr Capitao said board members had taken a copy of the Facebook chat to his employer on three occasions in an effort to tarnish his name. "They're trying to get rid of everyone so basically there's no-one there to question them," he said. "I'm not under their jurisdiction. I've been banned - I've got no club - now they're trying to suspend me for something that happened back in March." The Newcastle Herald reported previously that, before 2019, the volunteer organisation had not conducted a financial audit since 2004 despite its constitution requiring one annually. When asked why Mr Capitao would face a hearing while already serving a lengthy ban, Mr Northey said he had been "charged under the association's media policy, code of behaviour". "In the next week or two this association will be releasing all documentation on what has transpired on these matters," he said in an email to the Herald. While you're with us, did you know the Newcastle Herald offers breaking news alerts, daily email newsletters and more? Keep up to date with all the local news - sign up here IN NEWS TODAY
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Another ban handed down as Newcastle cricket crisis deepens
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Suspended: Former NCSCA board member Daniel Saunders says he will appeal the judiciary decision. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
The storm over one of Newcastle's major cricket competitions is continuing to grow, with a judiciary suspending a board member from the game for 18 months and handing him a life ban from holding administrative positions, during a hearing in his absence on Sunday.
And within 24-hours of Daniel Saunders' suspension, another former board member received a summons to appear at a hearing on a second charge, despite being rubbed out of the game for two years in August.
It comes amid a bitter feud within the Newcastle City and Suburban Cricket Association that has involved claims of financial mismanagement, bullying and a lack of transparency.
Several members have been banned or called before the judiciary to answer off-field charges in recent months.
They say they have been targeted for trying to get answers about the association's spending - something NCSCA president Phil Northey has denied.
Mr Saunders said he would appeal his suspension.
He was banned over his involvement in a private - but leaked - Facebook conversation with three other association members in March in which derogatory comments were allegedly made about a board member.
Mr Saunders was among three new board members appointed in August who forced the association's first elections in more than two decades. He is one of a handful who have been agitating for increased transparency.
Not out: Umpire escapes with warning over comments
Just not cricket: Bitter feud splits Newcastle City and Suburban Cricket Association
Game over as die-hard cricketer handed controversial five year ban
Newcastle cricket crisis deepens as team forced to pull up stumps
Desperate plea to call stumps on cricket feud as two more to face disciplinary hearings
Cricket feud worsens as another board member called before judiciary
On Monday, former board member Roy Capitao received a summons for a judiciary hearing next week over his involvement in the same Facebook conversation that prompted Mr Saunders' ban.
The hearing will take place despite Mr Capitao being suspended in August for allegedly accessing and sharing a document containing board members' fuel expense claims - which he denies doing.
Mr Capitao said board members had taken a copy of the Facebook chat to his employer on three occasions in an effort to tarnish his name.
"They're trying to get rid of everyone so basically there's no-one there to question them," he said.
Banned: Former NCSCA board member and Cricketers Arms captain Roy Capitao. Picture: Sproule Sports Focus
"I'm not under their jurisdiction. I've been banned - I've got no club - now they're trying to suspend me for something that happened back in March."
The Newcastle Herald reported previously that, before 2019, the volunteer organisation had not conducted a financial audit since 2004 despite its constitution requiring one annually.
When asked why Mr Capitao would face a hearing while already serving a lengthy ban, Mr Northey said he had been "charged under the association's media policy, code of behaviour".
"In the next week or two this association will be releasing all documentation on what has transpired on these matters," he said in an email to the Herald.
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Q: Python Class with ctypes attributes has side effects I create a class for an image buffer. The class looks like this:
import ctypes

class ImgBuf():
    def __init__(self, bufnr=ctypes.c_int(-1)):
        self.bufnr = bufnr

The attribute 'bufnr' is handed over to a shared library by reference and changed for buffer management. I want to have multiple instances of this class (to manage several image buffers). In the small example
import imgBuf.ImgBuf
buf1 = dicamsdk.ImgBuf()
buf2 = dicamsdk.ImgBuf()
sharedDLL.allocateBuffer(buf1)

the bufNr has been changed in the both instances. How can I make instances independent?

A: ctypes.c_int, like list, is mutable, which should not use as a default argument, a very common mistake. You should create a new object each time the function is called:
class ImgBuf():
    def __init__(self, bufnr=None):
        if bufnr is None:
            bufnr = ctypes.c_int(-1)
        self.bufnr =ctypes.c_int(bufnr)

A: Default values for kwargs like bufnr will only get evaluated once at load-time, when the def statement is read. So in this case, a c_int will be created once and the same instance is then used for all ImgBuf instances that don't specify bufnr explicitly.
To avoid this, you would tyipcally use None as the default, then check for is None and instantiate the default value if needed inside the function's body, which creates a new instance every time.
The same applies for any other mutable object used as a default value, like lists, dicts and so on. See this link.

A: See the following code snipped:
from imgBuf import ImgBuf
buf1 = ImgBuf()
buf2 = ImgBuf()
print('id(buf1) == id(buf2): ', id(buf1) == id(buf2))
print('id(buf1.bufnr) == id(buf2.bufnr): ', id(buf1.bufnr) == id(buf2.bufnr))

The output is
id(buf1) == id(buf2):  False
id(buf1.bufnr) == id(buf2.bufnr):  True

Even though python correctly creates two instances of the class object, the ctypes values have the same identity. Usually, this is not a problem as python manages the storage. But this does not apply to the shared library in use.
The default values have been copied to ensure independent instances. The class looks like this:
import ctypes
from copy import copy

class ImgBuf():
    def __init__(self, bufnr=ctypes.c_int(-1)):
        self.bufnr = copy(ctypes.c_int(bufnr))

Now the objects should be independent (run code snipped again).


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Jonathan Josué Jeanne (* 3. Juli 1997 in Les Abymes) ist ein französischer Basketballspieler.

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Der aus dem französischen Überseegebiet Guadeloupe stammende Jeanne wurde bis 2015 im Leistungszentrum INSEP ausgebildet. 2013 nahm er mit Frankreichs U16-Nationalmannschaft an der Europameisterschaft dieser Altersklasse teil, 2014 gehörte er zum Aufgebot des Landes für die U17-Weltmeisterschaft. Im Sommer 2015 war Jeanne mit 8,6 Punkten sowie 6,7 Rebounds je Begegnung Leistungsträger der französischen Auswahl bei der U18-Europameisterschaft.

Der Innenspieler, der aufgrund seiner Körpergröße und seiner Begabung mit seinen Landsmännern Alexis Ajinça und Rudy Gobert verglichen wurde, wechselte zum Spieljahr 2015/16 zum Erstligisten Le Mans Sarthe Basket. Jeanne wurde damals zugesprochen, die Anlagen zu besitzen, um es wie Ajinça und Gobert in die stärkste Basketballliga der Welt, die nordamerikanische NBA, zu schaffen. Da er in Le Mans' Profimannschaft nur selten zum Zuge kam, wurde er im Laufe der Saison 2016/17 vorerst an den Ligakonkurrenten SLUC Nancy Basket abgegeben. Dort vervielfachte sich Jeannes Einsatzzeit.

2017 wurde festgestellt, dass Jeanne am Marfan-Syndrom leidet. Ihm wurde mitgeteilt, dass er seine Laufbahn als Profisportler deshalb beenden müsse. Später erhielt er von ärztlicher Seite grünes Licht für die Wiederaufnahme des Leistungssports, Jeanne wurde im Vorfeld der Saison 2018/19 vom spanischen Zweitligisten Iberostar Palma verpflichtet. Nach 517-tägiger Spielpause bestritt der Franzose im Oktober 2018 wieder ein Basketballspiel. Ende Dezember 2018 trennte er sich von dem mallorquinischen Verein, er hatte durchschnittlich 4,3 Punkte und 2,0 Rebounds je Begegnung für Iberostar erzielt. In der zweiten Hälfte des Spieljahres 2018/19 stand er ebenfalls in Spaniens zweiter Liga bei C.B. Prat unter Vertrag und kam in 18 Einsätzen auf Mittelwerte von 6,3 Punkten sowie 3,9 Rebounds und 1,2 Blocks pro Partie.

In der Saison 2019/20 spielte Jeanne beim dänischen Erstligisten Randers Cimbria. Mit 17,5 Punkten pro Spiel war er fünftbester Korbschütze der Liga. Jeanne sicherte sich je Begegnung im Mittel neun Rebounds, was ligaweit den zweitbesten Wert bedeutete, Gleiches galt für seine statistisch 2,8 geblockten gegnerischen Würfe pro Begegnung. Bei der Wahl zum besten Spieler der Saison 2019/20 in der dänischen Liga landete Jeanne auf dem zweiten Rang. Im Vorfeld der Saison 2020/21 erhielt er in Randers eine Vertragsverlängerung. Der Franzose führte Randers in der Saison 2020/21 in mehreren statistischen Wertungen an, darunter Punkte (17,3), Rebounds (8,8) und geblockte Würfe (2,1) je Begegnung. Im zweiten Spiel der Halbfinalserie gegen Horsens IC Ende April 2021 gelang Jeanne eine außergewöhnliche Leistung, als er 14 seiner 19 Zweipunkt- und sämtliche drei Dreipunktwürfe traf, insgesamt 41 Punkte, zwölf Rebounds, sechs Korbvorlagen und zwei Ballgewinne erzielte. Im Sommer 2021 nahm ihn Al-Wasl aus Saudi-Arabien unter Vertrag, es kam im September desselben Jahres wieder zur Trennung. Ende Oktober 2021 wechselte Jeanne zum französischen Drittligisten Tarbes/Lourdes und erreichte in seinen Einsätzen für die Mannschaft während der Saison 2021/22 im Schnitt 9,7 Punkte und 4 Rebounds.

In der Sommerpause 2022 schloss sich Jeanne dem ebenfalls in der dritthöchsten französischen Liga Nationale 1 masculine (NM1) spielenden Verein Poitiers Basket 86 an.

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Basketballspieler (Frankreich)
Basketballspieler (CB Prat)
Franzose
Geboren 1997
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Basketballspieler (Randers Cimbria)
Basketballspieler (SLUC Nancy Basket)
Basketballspieler (Le Mans Sarthe Basket)

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يکی از رويکردهای نوين در توسعه منطقه‌ای، \"نظام نوآوری منطقه‌ای\" است که در اين رويکرد، همچنان که نوآوری از منابع درون‌بنگاهی حاصل می‌شود، روابط بين بنگاهی نيز به ارتقاء ظرفيت‌های نوآوری در محيط منطقه‌ای کمک می‌کنند. هدف اين مقاله بررسی و تحليل نقش منابع درون بنگاهی درارتقاء روابط بين بنگاهی و ظرفيتهای نوآوری در منطقه کلان شهری تبريز می‌باشد. روش تحقيق مورد استفاده در اين مقاله، پيمايش بوده و نيز از شيوه اسنادی و کتابخانه‌ای به منظور تبيين مبانی نظری و تجربی و از شيوه نمونه‌گيری قشربندی شده سيستماتيک برای تعيين حجم نمونه استفاده شده است. نتايج تحقيق نشان می‌دهد که بين ويژگی‌های عمومی بنگاه‌ها و ظرفيت‌های نوآوری رابطه مثبتی وجود دارد، به طوری که با تقويت منابع داخلی بنگاه‌ها ظرفيت‌های نوآوری بنگاه‌ها نيز ارتقاء می‌يابد. در عين حال، يافته‌ها نشان می‌دهد که بين منابع داخلی بنگاه‌ها و تقويت روابط بين بنگاهی و ارتقاء ظرفيت‌های نوآوری در منطقه کلان شهری رابطه ضعيفی وجود دارد.
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New Mexican software allows to locate people in case of natural disasters
By Yucatan Times on September 29, 2017
Damages are seen after an earthquake hit in Mexico City, Mexico September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
According to El Universal locating and rescuing people in disaster areas could be more effective thanks to the "Solity" software developed by Mexican scientist Israel Reyes Gomez.
In its website, the software is described as a platform that "supports disaster, data breach, and general incident response plans as well as business continuity planning."
Therefore, "Solity" would allow authorities to know the number of people who were in a building before, during and after it collapse, during an earthquake, hurricane or even a terrorist attack.
Reyes Gomez said that according to the World Economic Forum's 2017 Risk Report, the world could witness further natural disasters as well as terrorist attacks.
(Image: El Universal)
The Mexican scientist explained that this software works with mobile devices allowing to detect the precise location of a person in a building via Global Positioning System (GPS).
In addition, the software sends a "safe and sound" alert to the authorities so they can carry out contingency and rescue plans in real time.
With this technology, already applied in New Zealand, it could be observed where the population headed by areas, at the exact moment of a tremor or a hurricane.
Scientist Israel Reyes Gomez said that at the moment he is improving "Solity" software with the help of students of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), in addition to that, they also hold talks with the Federal Government for its implementation in Mexico.
The Mexican Scientist is nominated for the 2017 National Science Award as a result of the "Solity" development.
For more information visit: solity.co.nz
Source: www.eluniversal.com.mx/english
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