A custom set focussed on high-impact hackathon performance for organisers or participants of Startup Weekend competitions.
Includes: Golden Circle, #MASSIVE Canvas, Pixar Canvas, Lean Canvas, Value Proposition Canvas, Business Model Canvas, Mission Model Canvas, Value Chain Canvas, Target Customer, Interview Context Planner, Interview Questions, Interview Discussion Planner, Interview Notes, Jobs to be Done, Problem as a Comic, Solution as a Comic, Universal Pitch Deck, Jobs, Build and Measure.
Startup Weekend Toolkit (v1.2). Use as it is or customise to suit and share with your team or community. Use the digital post it notes around each slide to build your own models.


It's raining cats and dogs outside. And in your house. Yup, the roof is leaking. So other than opening an umbrella in your living room, what do you do now?
First, attend to the matter at hand. Move any furniture out of the way, cover what you can't move with garbage bags or plastic tarps. Next?
Place a bucket beneath the leak - and to ensure that you don't lose your mind from the persistent "drip" sound, pin a piece of string to the spot on celling and let the water run down it and into the bucket.
If water is gathering in a "bubble" on the ceiling, use a drill open up that spot up and release the water. Better that than letting it pool and risking a ceiling collapse soon after.
Oh, and naturally, make sure there's a bucket underneath when you do it.
Aside from the obvious drip, there are some other signs that you have a roof leak. Water stains on the ceiling, peeling wallpaper, bulging paint, wet spots on the wall and a moldy smell hint at a problem.
Finding the source of the leak in your roof often requires some detective work. Where it leaks from doesn't mean that's where it's coming in. Water has its own logic, traveling down beams and trusses to a "weak spot" in the interior.
If you have attic access, that should be your first stop. During a dry, sunny day, grab a flashlight and have a look around to see if you can spot any obvious holes or gaps. Be careful: make sure you step only on support beams - not on the insulation or the ceiling itself. Then, begin looking above where the leak is dripping, and keep working your way up to check for wetness.
If you're really stuck as to where it's coming in, have a helper use the garden hose to spray a little water (you don't want a bigger mess) over where you think the leak might be. The water will reflect off the flashlight and give you a better sense of where the leak actually is.
Roofs should be checked out regularly for missing shingles, nails that have worked loose, flashing that needs repair or clogged gutters and downspouts that can back up. Some of this can be done using a pair of binoculars to give the roof a good once-over.


The gourmet kitchen is truly minimalist, with white monochrome cabinetry and subtle, high-end appliances. I love the minimalist home aesthetic, but it's funny to think about the kitchens that were popular just, like, a couple decades ago, when every suburban pageant mom hung artificially-weathered paintings of roosters on the forest-green kitchen walls, and had racks of purely ornamental copper pots dangling everywhere. I know everything comes back around, but I'm hoping we can make an exception for that era.
The master bath features a custom vanity and hand-crafted Waterworks faucets, as well as a glass-walled rain shower. Ever wonder what it's like being a train-jumping hobo who, upon hearing the first pitter patter of raindrops, quickly strips down and lathers up for his first shower since Cleveland? Well, now you'll know, sort of. The third level is a sizable, open "pentroom," which I guess is a term we're using now? No one told me, but okay. It's lofty and airy and this family room up here should definitely be where you spend most of your time at home. There's also an Ipe roof deck with gorgeous views of the city. "There's the city," you'll say to your significant other for the 345th consecutive night up on the deck. "Right where we left it, ha ha!" "I want a divorce," your significant other will say.
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Narrated Anas bin Sirin: Ibn 'Umar said: "I divorced my wife while she was menstruating. 'Umar mentioned that to the Prophet . The Prophet said, (to my father), "Let your son take her back." I asked (Ibn 'Umar), "Is such a divorce counted (i.e. as one legal divorce)?" Ibn 'Umar said, "Of course." Narrated Yunus bin Jubair: Ibn 'Umar said, "The Prophet said to 'Umar, 'Order him (Ibn 'Umar) to take her back.' " I asked, "Is such a divorce counted (as one legal divorce)?" Ibn 'Umar said, "What do you think if someone becomes helpless and foolish?"
Very well researched and a warning from the future...

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Digaly Sanitation Project – Senegal
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION.
Diagaly, Communauté rurale Barkedji, Département Linguere, Region Louga, Senegal
Diagaly is a small village in the Linguere Region of Senegal. It is 6 km from a major paved road, and is home to about 3,000 residents. The community is strongly defined by its nomadic livestock herding history. Receiving between 190-350 mm of rain per year and daily temperatures reaching 110-115 degrees Fahrenheit on the average day during the months of March-June makes Diagaly a challenging place to live.
The village is made up of two ethnic groups, Wolof and Pulaars. The Pulaar ethnic group is traditionally Nomadic, and in many ways that makes them more vulnerable now. Their living situations often reflect the transient lifestyle they are known for. This often translates into less permanent living structures and reveals the unpredictability of the coming year as they see it.
The Wolof population generally lives in the more compact village center that is much more permanent than their Pulaar neighbors. This means they have more reliable access to water and to the market or small shops.
While the village is relatively remote, it serves as the economic hub for about 13 smaller, surrounding villages. Livestock and subsistence farming dominate the lifestyle. Despite the large population, there is only a public French elementary school and a Franco-Arab school that serves the 8-13-year-old range. After this, students will generally travel to nearby cities to continue their studies while living with friends or family during the school year.
During the rainy season, there is a large influx of people who come to farm or bring herds of cattle up from the south to take advantage of the grazing lands. Diagaly is also home to a Master Farm which is a Peace Corps/USAID project to create pilot farms to serve as educational centers and demonstrate new technologies. This serves the community of Diagaly and the surrounding villages as a place to learn, share, and acquire materials like seeds or vegetable transplants that were previously out of reach for more people. In puts on multiple trainings a year and has open doors to anyone interested in learning or discussing challenges.
Problem Addressed
The Pulaar community has little in terms of permanent infrastructure, which can be traced to their traditionally nomadic lifestyle. This part of the community is largely, if not entirely, without access to latrines and continue the practice of walking out to the bush to relieve themselves. Children, in general, do not walk so far, and relieve themselves just outside of the family compound. This has huge implications for health in the community and puts all at risk. With the extreme heat and arid conditions, diarrheal diseases associated with fecal contamination can quickly lead to dangerous dehydration and potentially death.
Currently, the main educational institutions of Diagaly do not have proper sanitation facilities. The Master Farm, the French School, and the Franco-Arab school are all held back because the people they serve must walk long distances to either find a latrine, or to openly defecate nearby, which endangers others at the educational facilities. The lack of latrines also serves as a barrier to those using these educational facilities. It takes time away from learning as students and teachers leave class for extended periods to go to the bathroom.
This Project will build sanitation facilities at the Master Farm and Franco-Arab school as well as return latrines at the French school to working order.
The Master Farm (which serves about 200 people a year) will build one latrine and one washing stall in the same structure that is connected to a basin.
The Franco-Arab School (which serves about 110 people, including teachers) will build two latrines in one structure that is connected to a single basin. They will also bring a water source to the school, which will include 200 m of piping, a water meter, and a water spout.
The French School (which serves about 250 people, including teachers) will replace 9 wood plank doors, 7 Turkish toilets, some cement repair to the stalls, and 15 m of piping to provide a water source to the latrines.
Each institution is responsible for managing its project. The parent associations of both the French School and Franco-Arab school will work closely with the PCV to create an action plan, hire the mason, acquire materials and oversee the work as it is executed. The pilot farmer from the Master Farm will work with the PCV to follow the same steps as the two schools.
Each institution will also install a Tippy Tap, which is a device made for washing hands. This will be built by a blacksmith in Diagaly and be showcased at these 3 visible locations to encourage washing hands and the spread of the technology.
In the month prior to and following building these facilities, Peace Corps Health Volunteers from the region will help put on trainings that sensitize the community to the issue of open defecation and train each institution on proper maintenance for the latrines.
560 people will benefit from the project.
Adam Keally
This project will include consistent Follow-up, as the PCV works closely with each institution. They will each elect a member of its organization to be responsible and accountable for the maintenance of the latrine. That person will receive training from the Peace Corps Health Volunteers and the mason on how to maintain a clean, functioning latrine.
Let Girls Learn
Girls are more widely affected by the lack of sanitation facilities, making it a bigger barrier to their education and equality in the long run. Having clean, functioning latrines with running water will help remove barriers that keep girls out of school. Girls are significantly more likely to drop out of school than boys in Diagaly, making it important to address the obstacles they face.
While this is not an official Let Girls Learn project, it does fall into Water Charity's LGL+ grouping of projects that have a pronounced element involving helping girls go to, and stay in, school.
Funds raised in excess of the project amount will be allocated to other projects in the country.
$0.00 – This project has been fully funded through the generosity of the G3 Foundation, of Costa Mesa, CA, USA.
Additional donations will be used for future projects in Senegal.
This project has been completed. To read about the conclusion, CLICK HERE.


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2% TDS on cash withdrawal exceeding Rs 1 crore in a year
To discourage the practice of making business payments in cash the government proposes to levy TDS of 2% on cash withdrawal exceeding Rs 1 crore in a year from a bank account.
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New Delhi Updated on: July 05, 2019 15:45 IST
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Government to levy TDS of 2 percent on cash withdrawal exceeding Rs 1 crore in a year from a bank account
The Government on Friday proposed to levy TDS of 2 percent on cash withdrawal exceeding Rs 1 crore in a year from a bank account.
Presenting the Budget 2019-20, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said alternatives such as BHIM, UPI, digital payment modes, NEFT and RTGS could be used to promote a cashless economy.
"Business establishments with an annual turnover of Rs 50 crore would have to provide digital payment modes to customers at no extra charges or merchant discounts, on either customers or merchants," she added.
She said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the government will cover the costs from savings accrued via a decrease in cash transaction operations.
"Necessary amendments are being made in the Income Tax Act and the Payments and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 to give effect to these provisions," she added.
The Finance Minister also proposed that business establishments with an annual turnover of more than Rs 50 crore shall offer low-cost digital modes of payment to their customers and no charges or Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) shall be imposed on customers as well as merchants.
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General Assembly Candidates' Environmental Report Cards Reveal Partisan Divides
By Emma North, Capital News Service
RICHMOND -- The Sierra Club recently endorsed a number of candidates running on environmentally friendly platforms after its legislative scorecards — which give incumbents grades on their past environmental performance — presented a stark contrast between the priorities of the Democrat and Republican parties.
Del. Dawn Adams, D-Richmond, said that while she can't know what drives the legislative decision making of others, she thinks environmental issues end up being addressed as partisan issues.
"I think when most people talk about themselves and their families, it's very nonpartisan," Adams said. "When it gets into policy making it becomes more partisan and sadly that may just be because people aren't remembering that it's affecting their people and their family."
General Assembly members could be tasked with passing legislation in the 2020 session that tackles issues such as coal ash management, clean energy mandates, climate change, Chesapeake Bay management and public land protection. For example, Del. Elizabeth Guzman, D-Prince William, campaigns on prioritizing the disposal of coal ash outside of her district, while Sen. Jill Vogel, R-Faquier, has focused her environmental support on the preservation of agricultural land.
Nine legislators received an A-plus on the Sierra Club's legislative scorecard for the 2019 General Assembly session, four from Prince William County. The lawmakers that received perfect scores were:
Senators:
Sen. Jeremy McPike, D-Prince William
Sen. Lionell Spruill Sr., D-Chesapeake
Del. Dawn Adams, D-Richmond
Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, D-Prince William
Del. Lee Carter, D-Manassas
Del. Elizabeth Guzman, D-Prince William
Del. Debra Rodman, D-Henrico
Del. Danica Roem, D-Prince William
Del. Kathy Tran, D-Fairfax
With the exception of Rodman who is now running for a seat in Senate District 12, all of these incumbents are running for reelection in November.
Of the 140 incumbent General Assembly members, 15 scored a C grade. All but 14 Democrats scored a B or above and all of the Republicans scored a D or F except for Vogel, who earned a C.
Vogel was recognized as a legislative hero by the Virginia League of Conservation Voters. She represents District 27, which has a prominent agriculture industry and includes the counties of Frederick, Fauquier, Clarke, Stafford, Culpeper, Loudoun and the city of Winchester.
"I feel like I have to fight harder and do the right thing so that we have the opportunity to preserve agriculture and that means open space and that means good votes that usually skew more on ballots toward conservation votes," Vogel said.
The Republican Party of Virginia has a majority in the House of Delegates and Virginia Senate. The environment and clean energy are not included in the party's priorities.
"I wish I could have seen more of the candidates from both sides who are running for office talking about the environment," said Guzman. "I believe that it should be part of the three main issues of your campaign if you are considering running for office."
The legislative scorecard rated candidates based on how they voted on key bills, including HB 1934, which expanded the number of state agencies that can operate electric vehicle charging stations, and SB1456 and HB2329, which together would have removed barriers to generating solar energy.
"I think the environment is very important and as a legislator we have the responsibility to act today to secure the environment for future generations," Guzman said.
To help voters find candidates with environmentally conscious platforms the The Virginia LCV assembled a list of current endorsements to help voters find candidates with pro-environment platforms. Democrat Shelly Simonds is again challenging Del. David Yancey, R-Newport News, for the House seat in District 94. Simonds said her campaign includes promoting clean energy, expanding urban farming and increasing public transportation for Newport News.
All of the Virginia LCV endorsements for 2019 are Democratic candidates with the exception of Del. Lee Ware, R-Powhatan.
Adams said she is disappointed in how some legislators don't act in favor of a healthy Virginia and thinks that solutions such as adding more greenery to urban areas shouldn't deal with party lines.
"I really do hope that there is some kind of global awakening," Adams said. "We can't make the environment partisan."
Fall 2019 Capital News Service


Vauxhall has announced its first coupe for 16 years which is to be revealed in all its glory at the Frankfurt Motor Show this September.
The Monza was partially unveiled by Vauxhall's CEO Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann and shows what looks like a sleek new design, hoping to bring the car manufacturer to the forefront of car design.
Signature Vauxhall themes have been enhanced in the new design, including a deeper crease on the bonnet and a redesigned chrome grille bar.
The name Monza has already been used by Vauxhall when the Royale was branded this way in certain countries from 1978-1982.
The original was the first car that featured a digital display on the dashboard and the new concept hopes to be just as groundbreaking with its design and technology, although no precise details have been revealed so far.
Neumann said: "The Vauxhall Monza concept is our vision of Vauxhall's future and stands for our fundamental values: German engineering and precision, combined with enthralling design and innovations suitable for everyday use."
The Frankfurt Motor Show takes place from 14-22 September and is one of the biggest motoring shows in the industry.
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Seventy percent of U.S. employees are either "not engaged" or "actively disengaged" at work, according to Gallup's 2013 State of the American Workplace report. Put more simply, most of us hate our jobs. But there are ways to make work more than just a place to count down the seconds until you're back home again.
According to Gallup, 30% of U.S. employees are "engaged" at work, which the polling organization defines as those "who are involved in, enthusiastic about, and committed to their work and contribute to their organization in a positive manner." The rest of us are "emotionally disconnected" from our workplaces, making us much less likely to be productive. Fifty-two percent of employees says they are basically "checked out" at work, and 18% say they're so unhappy they're actually acting out their unhappiness in the workplace. "Every day, these workers undermine what their engaged coworkers accomplish," Gallup's report says.
You might expect that levels of employee disengagement have gone up since the Great Recession, considering both the extent to which employers have squeezed productivity out of existing employees and the large number of people who are under-employed. But that 30% engagement number has actually been relatively static since Gallup started tracking happiness in the workplace in 2000. In fact, 74% of employees said they were unhappy at work in 2000, more than at anytime since the recession.
Understand expectations. First, and most important, Harter says employees should have "role clarity" at work, which can often get overlooked by employers. "We define it as doing what you do best every day," he says. The more employees know what's expected of them, the better they might feel knowing they've accomplished what's being asked.
Tell your boss what makes you most effective and fulfilled. Harter suggests communicating exactly what gives you the most fulfillment from your job. Essentially, are you doing what you do best? Employees who don't have the opportunity to reach their potential can get frustrated quickly.


Beth Duff Designs and Witt & Sass Stamp Company have teamed up to collaborate using their British sets -- Adventures Abroad: London and Fabulously Gobsmacked. Adventures Abroad: London is part of Beth Duff Designs' Fall release, available next week (Saturday, September 22) so be sure to check back then!!
I thought it would be fun to use the crown from the London set, queening the Chubby Unicorn from Witt & Sass. This card makes me chuckle and I hope it brings a smile!
1st off, Stay safe in all this weather. I adore that you have sent Purdie to London. I didn't know that she was a member of the royal family. But that's Purdie! Just love your card!
LOL, Great card! It made me chuckle, because every unicorn needs to be Queen!
Love this card!!!! The crown is awesome.


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De Golden Globe voor beste film - drama (Best Motion Picture - Drama) is een jaarlijkse filmprijs van de Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Het is een van de belangrijkste Golden Globes. Enkel dramafilms komen in aanmerking voor deze prijs, de overige films komen in de categorie Golden Globe voor beste film - musical of komedie aan bod. De categorieën zijn gesplitst vanaf de negende uitreiking, voor films uit 1951, en werden voor eenmaal herenigd voor films uit 1953. Voor de splitsing werd de categorie aangeduid als beste film (Best Picture). De winnaars en genomineerden voor die categorie zijn hier vermeld.

Winnaars en genomineerden
De winnaar staat bovenaan in vette letters, de overige genomineerden staan eronder in alfabetische volgorde.

1943-1949
1943 (1e): The Song of Bernadette
1944 (2e): Going My Way
1945 (3e): The Lost Weekend
1946 (4e): The Best Years of Our Lives
1947 (5e): Gentleman's Agreement
1948 (6e): Johnny Belinda & The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1949 (7e): All the King's Men
Come to the Stable

1950-1959
1950 (8e): Sunset Boulevard
All About Eve
Born Yesterday
Cyrano de Bergerac
Harvey
1951 (9e): A Place in the Sun
Bright Victory
Detective Story
Quo Vadis
A Streetcar Named Desire
1952 (10e): The Greatest Show on Earth
Come Back, Little Sheba
The Happy Time
High Noon
The Thief
1953 (11e): The Robe
1954 (12e): On the Waterfront
1955 (13e): East of Eden
1956 (14e): Around the World in 80 Days
Giant
Lust for Life
The Rainmaker
War and Peace
1957 (15e): The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sayonara
12 Angry Men
Wild Is the Wind
Witness for the Prosecution
1958 (16e): The Defiant Ones
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Home Before Dark
I Want to Live!
Separate Tables
1959 (17e): Ben-Hur
Anatomy of a Murder
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
On the Beach

1960-1969
1960 (18e): Spartacus
Elmer Gantry
Inherit the Wind
Sons and Lovers
Sunrise at Campobello
1961 (19e): The Guns of Navarone
El Cid
Fanny
Judgment at Nuremberg
Splendor in the Grass
1962 (20e): Lawrence of Arabia
The Chapman Report
Days of Wine and Roses
Freud
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
Lisa
The Longest Day
The Miracle Worker
Mutiny on the Bounty
To Kill a Mockingbird
1963 (21e): The Cardinal
America, America
Captain Newman, M.D.
The Caretakers
Cleopatra
The Great Escape
Hud
Lilies of the Field
1964 (22e): Becket
The Chalk Garden
Dear Heart
The Night of the Iguana
Zorba the Greek
1965 (23e): Doctor Zhivago
The Collector
The Flight of the Phoenix
A Patch of Blue
Ship of Fools
1966 (24e): A Man for All Seasons
Born Free
The Professionals
The Sand Pebbles
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967 (25e): In the Heat of the Night
Bonnie and Clyde
Far from the Madding Crowd
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
In Cold Blood
1968 (26e): The Lion in Winter
Charly
The Fixer
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1969 (27e):  Anne of the Thousand Days
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Midnight Cowboy
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1970-1979
1970 (28e): Love Story
Airport
Five Easy Pieces
I Never Sang for My Father
Patton
1971 (29e): The French Connection
A Clockwork Orange
The Last Picture Show
Mary, Queen of Scots
Summer of '42
1972 (30e): The Godfather
Deliverance
Frenzy
The Poseidon Adventure
Sleuth
1973 (31e): The Exorcist
Cinderella Liberty
The Day of the Jackal
Last Tango in Paris
Save the Tiger
Serpico
1974 (32e): Chinatown
The Conversation
Earthquake
The Godfather Part II
A Woman Under the Influence
1975 (33e): One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Nashville
1976 (34e): Rocky
All the President's Men
Bound for Glory
Network
Voyage of the Damned
1977 (35e): The Turning Point
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Julia
Star Wars
1978 (36e): Midnight Express
Coming Home
Days of Heaven
The Deer Hunter
An Unmarried Woman
1979 (37e): Kramer vs. Kramer
Apocalypse Now
The China Syndrome
Manhattan
Norma Rae

1980-1989
1980 (38e): Ordinary People
The Elephant Man
The Ninth Configuration
Raging Bull
The Stunt Man
1981 (39e): On Golden Pond
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Prince of the City
Ragtime
Reds
1982 (40e): E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Missing
An Officer and a Gentleman
Sophie's Choice
The Verdict
1983 (41e): Terms of Endearment
Reuben, Reuben
The Right Stuff
Silkwood
Tender Mercies
1984 (42e): Amadeus
The Cotton Club
The Killing Fields
Places in the Heart
A Soldier's Story
1985 (43e): Out of Africa
The Color Purple
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Runaway Train
Witness
1986 (44e): Platoon
Children of a Lesser God
The Mission
Mona Lisa
A Room with a View
Stand by Me
1987 (45e): The Last Emperor
Cry Freedom
Empire of the Sun
Fatal Attraction
La Bamba
Nuts
1988 (46e): Rain Man
The Accidental Tourist
A Cry in the Dark
Gorillas in the Mist: The Adventure of Dian Fossey
Mississippi Burning
Running on Empty
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1989 (47e): Born on the Fourth of July
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Dead Poets Society
Do the Right Thing
Glory

1990-1999
1990 (48e): Dances with Wolves
Avalon
The Godfather Part III
GoodFellas
Reversal of Fortune
1991 (49e): Bugsy
JFK
The Prince of Tides
The Silence of the Lambs
Thelma & Louise
1992 (50e): Scent of a Woman
The Crying Game
A Few Good Men
Howards End
Unforgiven
1993 (51e): Schindler's List
The Age of Innocence
In the Name of the Father
The Piano
The Remains of the Day
1994 (52e): Forrest Gump
Legends of the Fall
Nell
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
1995 (53e): Sense and Sensibility
Apollo 13
Braveheart
The Bridges of Madison County
Leaving Las Vegas
1996 (54e): The English Patient
Breaking the Waves
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Secrets & Lies
Shine
1997 (55e): Titanic
Amistad
The Boxer
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential
1998 (56e): Saving Private Ryan
Elizabeth
Gods and Monsters
The Horse Whisperer
The Truman Show
1999 (57e): American Beauty
The End of the Affair
The Hurricane
The Insider
The Talented Mr. Ripley

2000-2009
 2000 (58e): Gladiator
Billy Elliot
Erin Brockovich
Sunshine
Traffic
Wonder Boys
2001 (59e): A Beautiful Mind
In the Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Man Who Wasn't There
Mulholland Dr.
2002 (60e): The Hours
About Schmidt
Gangs of New York
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist
2003 (61e): The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Cold Mountain
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit
2004 (62e): The Aviator
Closer
Finding Neverland
Hotel Rwanda
Kinsey
Million Dollar Baby
2005 (63e): Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Good Night, and Good Luck
A History of Violence
Match Point
2006 (64e): Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Little Children
The Queen
2007 (65e): Atonement
American Gangster
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
2008 (66e): Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
2009 (67e): Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Up in the Air

2010-2019
2010 (68e): The Social Network
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King's Speech
2011 (69e): The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse
2012 (70e): Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
2013 (71e): 12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Rush
2014 (72e): Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
2015 (73e): The Revenant
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
Room
Spotlight
2016 (74e): Moonlight
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
2017 (75e): Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
The Post
The Shape of Water
2018 (76e): Bohemian Rhapsody
 BlacKkKlansman
 Black Panther
 If Beale Street Could Talk
 A Star Is Born
2019 (77e): 1917
 The Irishman
 Joker
 Marriage Story
 The Two Popes

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Home » Schools » Shenango Jr/Sr High School
Dr. Joseph McCormick
Mr. Todd Anthony
Shenango Area Jr/Sr High School
2550 Ellwood Road
New Castle PA, 16101
Shenango High School prides itself on a variety of rigorous academic course offerings that prepare students for continued studies and careers beyond their secondary education. We also strive for outstanding extracurricular activities that develop well-rounded students. Whether it is in the classroom, during musical performances, or on the playing field, students at Shenango High School have the opportunity to develop and showcase their talents and build the necessary skills to prepare themselves to be career and college ready.
Shenango High School utilizes an educational model to identify the needs of every student and provide the necessary tools to help them become academically successful. Shenango teachers and staff care about each individual student encourage personal growth and development. As a result of our educational approach, exceptional professional staff and school community, we have been recognized across the state for our continuous improvement and high student achievement.
A more detailed account of our recent school performance can be found on the Academic Achievement page under the District tab. In summary, a few of the recent accolades for the Jr/Sr High School include:
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List of staff
Russ McMeekin
Co-Founder, President & CEO
https://www.linkedin.com/in/russ-mcmeekin-572b5110/
Costantino Lanza
Co-Founder, Chief Growth & Revenue Officer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/costantino-lanza-55a507/
Barry Po, Ph.D.
President, Connected Solutions & Chief Marketing Officer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-po-1643a02/
Chantal Schutz, CPA, CA
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Jim Christian
Chief Product and Technology Officer
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Dave Weinerth
President, Advanced Visualization Solutions
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President, Greater China
Nitin Kapoor
President, mCloud UK and EMEA
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Patrick O'Neill, Ph.D.
President, North America
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Michael A. Sicuro
Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Investment Officer
Michael Allman
Elizabeth MacLean
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Prior to joining mCloud, Patrick O'Neill was the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of JouleSmart Solutions, Inc., an "Infrastructure-as-a-Service" company focused on the small- to mid-sized commercial buildings market. JouleSmart provides deep facility upgrades and long-term maintenance and operations services.
Dr. O'Neill was also co-founder and CEO of NorthWrite, a cloud-based facility and energy information management services company that was one of the few to begin offering a "Software-as-a-Service" solution for the facility management market in the early 2000s. As NorthWrite's CEO, Dr. O'Neill led the company's evolution through the rapidly developing energy, wireless, mobile, and cloud-computing business environments before the company was acquired by BuildingIQ in early 2015.
Before founding NorthWrite, Dr. O'Neill spent ten years at Honeywell International as Vice President of Technology and Development where he led their global product and technology development teams, worked at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy) and taught undergraduate heat transfer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. O'Neill holds several patents and has authored and published more than fifty articles on software, HVAC systems and controls, and building operations and management. He earned his Bachelor (Suma Cum Laude), Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in mechanical and industrial engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.


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Q: Extracting interfaces with complex class structure I am a bit confused about the best way to use interface extraction when I have multiple layers of classes and interfaces. Suppose I have the following hierarchy:
Foo : WidgetBase, IWidget
WidgetBase: BusinessObject, IThingy
IThingy : IGenericObject

Now I know I have to extract an IFoo interface into a separate project; but does that interface structure have to replicate the real structure - meaning that I would have to extract interfaces for BusinessObject and WidgetBase too? Or does it mean that I should flatten the structure when creating extracted interface, creating 1 interface, IFoo, containing properties corresponding to the properties of Foo AND all of its parent classes and interfaces, all the way up the hierarchy?
There are also some enum type properties in my interfaces - how can I best tackle those?
public interface IWidget
{
    public WidgetType Type { get; set; }
}

public enum WidgetType
{
    Big, Small
}

Please shed some light.

A: Minimum requirements for IFoo
IFoo should inherit IWidget and IThingy.
It also needs to include all public members of Foo and WidgetBase.
public interface IFoo : IWidget, IThingy
{
    // public member of Foo and WidgetBase...
}

Potential refactoring 1:
It would probably be better to define an interface for WidgetBase like this:
public interface IWidgetBase : IThingy
{
    // public members of WidgetBase...
}

then IFoo could just inherit that:
public interface IFoo : IWidget, IWidgetBase
{
    // public member of Foo.
}

Potential refactoring 2:
The same could apply to BusonessObject: define an interface for it, and have IWidgetBase inherit that.
General principal:
Your interfaces should specify the behaviours of your objects, and should use inheritance where behaviours are naturally extended.

A: I will recommend that depending on your purpose of the new interface. What behaviors you want the IFoo to have? In other word, what is it used for in the new project. Extract just enough for the new project. Do not mess up your IFoo with the inheritance from other interfaces or from the current state of Foo class.

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Heinrich Wilhelm Limbertz (* 10. September 1874 in Eving; † 3. April 1932 in Essen) war ein deutscher Politiker (SPD) und Reichstagsabgeordneter.

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Nach dem Besuch der Volksschule arbeitete Limbertz bis 1902 als Bergarbeiter im Ruhrgebiet. Schon früh wurde er Mitglied der SPD. Um 1895 war er Arbeitersekretär in Iserlohn, von 1904 bis 1907 in Essen. Dort gründete er 1907 die Arbeiterzeitung, für die er bis 1910 als Redakteur arbeitete. Von 1911 bis Juni 1913 war er als Redakteur für das Sozialdemokratische Büro für Rheinland und Westfalen in Düsseldorf tätig. Nachdem in Berlin eine Zentralredaktion gegründet worden war, kam er im Juli 1913 zurück nach Essen, wo er Redakteur des Bergbauindustriearbeiterverbandes wurde. Bis August 1922 arbeitete er wieder für die Arbeiterzeitung in Essen-Bredeney. Im Anschluss war er bis zu seinem Tode Redakteur der Bergarbeiterzeitung Bergbauindustrie in Bochum. Daneben war er Mitglied des Bezirksvorstandes der SPD Niederrhein und Mitglied des Exekutivkomitees der Bergarbeiter-Internationalen.

Limbertz kandidierte 1903 erfolglos für den Reichstag. Nach der Novemberrevolution war er im Dezember 1918 Delegierter zum Ersten Reichsrätekongress in Berlin. Seine Kandidatur bei der Wahl zur Weimarer Nationalversammlung im Januar 1919 verlief jedoch erfolglos. Während des Kapp-Putsches war er Mitglied des Volksausschusses in Essen.

Limbertz war von 1919 bis 1921 Mitglied der Verfassunggebenden Preußischen Landesversammlung. Im Februar 1921 wurde er als Abgeordneter in den Preußischen Landtag gewählt, dem er bis 1924 angehörte. Anschließend war er nach der Wahl vom 4. Mai 1924 Mitglied des Reichstages, dem er bis zu seinem Tode angehörte. In beiden Parlamenten vertrat er den Wahlkreis 22 (Düsseldorf-Ost).

Literatur
 Erwin Dickhoff: Essener Köpfe. Wer war was? Verlag Richard Bracht, Essen 1985, ISBN 3-87034-037-1.
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 Herrmann A. L. Degener (Hrsg.): Wer ist's? – Unsere Zeitgenossen. IX. Ausgabe. Verlag Herrmann Degener, Leipzig 1928, S. 952.

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This free exhibition of photographic portraits celebrates athletes and those working behind the scenes to make the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games happen and includes new work by the most recently commissioned photographers.
The three-year National Portrait Gallery/BT Road to 2012 project followed the journey that began in 1997 when London prepared to bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games. BT, the official communications services partner for London 2012, and a Premier Partner of the London Festival has supported the National Portrait Gallery to create this lasting record of the people contributing to the success of the world's biggest sporting event.
Michael Thompson was born and raised in Washington State, where he was first introduced to photography at his father's small portrait studio. He spent his summers working with his father, then, after graduating from high school, he earned a degree from the Brooks Institute of Photography. After completing his schooling, Michael Thompson moved to New York City and began assisting the legendary photographer, Irving Penn.
Michael Thompson has since photographed models and celebrities for countless prestigious fashion magazines, including W, Details, Allure, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ and The New York Times Magazine.


The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) needed to implement an electronic access control system to manage the access points at their service yards and other facilities. As a number of different parties have historically had access to the locations, a method to authorize and deny access was critical. In addition, a clear audit history of authorized users that had accessed the premises was required, and all of this was required within a finite, pre‑established budget and time line.
ASG conducted field surveys of the eight locations that had the highest priority for a controlled access solution. In addition, a series of requirement-gathering meetings were organized with the appropriate stakeholders from departments such as facilities management and information technology. From the requirements gathered, it was determined that ease-of-use and scalability for future needs were paramount for any solution that was to be offered.
An appropriate solution was identified, and ASG coordinated a site visit at another customer location in order to show WSDOT representatives the real-world view into the user-interfaces offered by the proposed system. These representatives were impressed by the usability and features offered by the solution, and decided to move forward.
ASG then developed a very aggressive completion schedule, beginning with the implementation of field and head-end equipment. The implementation also included stringent testing, validation, commissioning and user training.
A proven access control solution, and the issuance of new proximity access card credentials, was implemented at critical WSDOT locations. All of this was achieved within the pre-defined budget that had been appropriated by the WSDOT.


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Arts, Culture, and History
Louisiana's Van Gogh: The Illuminating Works of James Michalopoulos
James Michalopoulos' solo exhibition "Heart of the Matter: The Celebration of the Essential in Everyday Life" will be on display at Shreveport's R.W. Norton Museum until Dec. 15.
Cayman Clevenger
Featured image: "Garden Quake" by James Michalopoulos. Photo credit: Cayman Clevenger
Last month, Cayman Clevenger, our Arts & Culture Editor, traveled up to Shreveport to cover the opening of James Michalopoulos' solo exhibition "Heart of the Matter: The Celebration of the Essential in Everyday Life," at the beautiful R.W. Norton Museum on Creswell Ave in the heart of Shreveport. This exhibition, which is free and open to the public, runs through Dec. 15, with an Ask the Artist scheduled for Dec. 1, 2019.
Photo credit: Cayman Clevenger.
George Rodrigue is often referred to as Louisiana's Henri Rousseau. If that is the case, James Michalopoulos must be Louisiana's Vincent van Gogh, not just because his technique is similar. Michalopoulos' work conjures emotion, movement, and the ethereal in the quotidian: Vibrant flowers, homes and buildings that waltz across the canvas, and vignettes of everyday life that are transformed into something profound.
To say he is having a moment would be to misapprehend what he has been doing for nearly four decades: Sanctifying what most of us in Louisiana take for granted.
James Michalopoulos was born in Pennsylvania in 1951. His father was an architect whose modernist buildings now define downtown Pittsburg. His uncle, William Baziotes, was a renowned surrealist painter whose works now hang on the walls of the Guggenheim and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Institute in Chicago.
In 1981, Michalopoulos was drawn to New Orleans, enchanted by, in his words, "the duality of beauty and decay." The architecture of the city became his muse, he often says.
James Michalopoulos with "Simple Sweet." Photo credit: Cayman Clevenger.
On the night of his solo opening at the R.W. Norton Museum of Art in Shreveport, Michalopoulos wore a blue and black tuxedo and a blue checkered shirt. Usually when he walks into a room, you know he must be an artist. He's typically dressed in bright poppy colors that look like they came directly from his color palate.
As he entered the R.W. Norton, the museum was filled with people admiring the largest exhibition of the artist's paintings to ever be displayed in the ArkLaTex. Some patrons gasped- literally- when first encountering his work. Others patiently waited to tell him how his art had touched their lives. A couple who had purchased one of Michalopolous' very first works on a weekend trip to the French Quarter nearly forty years ago told him how much they continue to cherish it. He remembered the painting; it was of a former girlfriend, he said.
Perhaps the most well-known of his works are the six (and counting) posters he has painted over the years for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival: Dr. John, Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, and Aaron Neville. No one else has had the honor of painting as many of the works selected as the artistic centerpiece of Jazz Fest.
But there aren't any paintings of well-known musicians on display in Shreveport.
The exhibition, titled "Heart of the Matter: The Celebration of the Essential in Everyday Life," features works that span Michalopoulos' career and includes works from the artist's personal collection, works currently available through the Michalopoulos Gallery, and works from private collections. It's an excellent representation of the artist's catalogue— with portraits, landscapes, architecturals, animals, sunflowers, and cityscapes.
Color abounds, both in Michalopoulos' work, and in the wall color chosen for the exhibition: a deep purple that contrasts well with the artist's palate. The entrance to the exhibit is a hallway lined with his works, with an incredibly large painting at the end of the hallway that draws you in. Two large rooms jut off the hallway and give way to work after perfectly lit work, displayed to highlight the artist's clever use of light and movement in his subjects.
At center, "Chimera" 60×72 by James Michalopoulos. Photo credit: Cayman Clevenger.
Some works require you to look closely, inviting you so close to the piece that you can smell the pungent perfume of oil paint. Other scenes become more clear from across the room.
Michalopoulos' thick impasto (layering of paint) creates a truly three-dimensional quality to his work, something even more apparent when looking at the variety and sheer quantity of his oeuvre.
Perhaps more than anyone else, Michalopoulos has the unique ability and perspective to capture the way New Orleans feels in his paintings. His iconic crooked houses and buildings- and the way he applies movement to inanimate objects- is the very movement you can often feel as the ground moves below you when a large truck rumbles down the street. Or maybe it is a vision of the city many folks see when they partake in the libations that have made New Orleans famous.
The focus of most of the critical acclaim of Michalopoulos' work is his architectural subjects and their movement, how they "seem to dance and sway, the upper floors appearing to head in one direction and the ground floors in another," writes Wayne Curtis in Garden & Gun. "The inanimate seems animate, and it's all at once enchanting and haunting."
His use of light and color to capture, in particular, the Louisiana skies over the Crescent City, are perhaps the most overlooked, but critically important elements of his work. The shared experience of a New Orleans sky is what transfixes locals and tourists alike.
New Orleans may be Michalopoulos' most prolific muse, but he also paints the French Countryside (where he lives half of the year), landscapes, sunflowers, and, this year, even donkeys.
He has had galleries in Lausanne, Switzerland, and Boston and has had exhibits in Geneva, London, and Berlin. Today, he has a beautiful gallery on Bienville in the French Quarter and another opened seasonally in Culny, France.
He also owns a sprawling, partially open air studio, complete with a metal workshop, on Elysian Fields in the Marigny. Before he bought the place, it had been a funeral home. Next to a massive collection of works, spanning his entire career, you'll occasionally find a casket.
The private studio and workspace of Michalopoulos on Elysian Fields in New Orleans. Photo credit: Cayman Clevenger.
It is entirely appropriate that Michalopoulos paints the majority of his works in a former funeral home: what better reminder that life is to be cherished and celebrated, the central theme of Michalopoulos's work and this exhibit.
The choice of the R.W. Norton as the venue for this show was an obvious one for Michalopoulos.
"I had wandered around the grounds here for several hours and was blown away by how beautiful it was," he explained. "Then I found the art museum, which was free to the public, and I thought, 'What an incredible place.'"
The R.W. Norton is equally thrilled by the opportunity.
"Having an artist of Mr. Michalopoulos's caliber at the museum is always a thrill for us, but it is especially exciting to introduce him to north Louisiana," Emily Feazel, designer of exhibits and special events, told me. "While we love showcasing artists from around the world, those from our own backyard and who can make as much of a splash as Mr. Michalopoulos does, are truly special. His heavy impasto and bold color combined with his portrayal of authentic Louisiana architecture, street corners, and musicians will have you humming a Dr. John song in no time."
This is hardly Michalopoulos' first solo exhibition. His works have been exhibited at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, the Venice Biennale Art Festival, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, Mississippi, the Amouse Bouche Winery in Napa, California, and the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia, among others.
Do yourself a favor: Take a trip to Shreveport before Dec. 15th and soak in this remarkable exhibition. If you want to meet Michalopoulos and hear him discuss his work- an experience I highly recommend- clear your calendar on Dec. 1st from 2PM to 3:30PM.
The R.W. Norton Art Gallery's permanent collection ranges from 2,400 BC Egyptian works through 21st Century contemporary artists living and working today such as Kadir Nelson and Andrea Kowch. From Rembrandt to Remington and Cassatt to Cole, the collection is solidly grounded in the great masters of the past as well as the up-and-coming talents of today.
With a prolific education department, community programing, and special exhibitions throughout the year, the Norton is a cultural beacon in the North Louisiana arts community and a true gem for the entire state. The Norton also boasts stunning gardens and grounds that make for an experience in of themselves.
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Arts and Culture editor Cayman Clevenger is a New Orleans-based art broker, certified fine art appraiser, attorney, and realtor. Born in Shreveport, Cayman grew up in the small town of Many, Louisiana outside of Natchitoches. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Tulane University and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law in Dallas. After finishing law school, he returned to Louisiana, where he and his wife Sarah are raising their daughter Evangeline. His website is LouisianaArt.com


I may leave anything but not you. I may forget anything but not you. I will not leave you, even if I leave myself. I will not leave you, even if you leave me.
Radha used to say to Krishan out of ecstasy of Love.
I may forget anything, but I will never forget you. I may leave everything, but I will never leave you. Hey Krishan, I will be not there when I leave my body. I will forget you only when my mind is gone. Hey Krishna, when I am no more in this world, you assume that my soul is not there. I will have a feeling that I am blessed whenever I totally become yours. I will learn two things when you examine me in any direction.
The vision of infinity ( Para Iksha ), Para means beyondness; Iksha means vision, it is philosophy; it is a way. Whatever takes me beyond myself; The way is which takes me beyond this illusion. The way which leads me towards you..... That is the test.
The examinations, which you talk about are different. The assessments which you put on yourself and articulate are different.
You will put all the tests on yourself and huff saying that the God keeps them. I am not talking about those tests.
There are only two tests which God will put.
All the tests which encounter in the middle way are yours. If you ponder it, you will understand. You give the name; you are the one who cuts the umbilical cord. You are the one who wears clothes, who feeds and drinks. You are the one who teaches, habits, qualities, behaviour. You are the one who teaches the language and educates. You are the one who teaches moralities. You are the one who explains and introduces the society and shows the social lifestyle. You are the one who presents the maternal and paternal relatives. You are the one who introduces the neighbours and friends. Moreover, if you see, you say that the God has scripted your life as he has no other business. You feel that you have a destiny and on the top of it there is karma; you assume that you are liable for this karma and have to bare all the circumstances. You feel that you have to erase all your sins. We have learned to blame the God always.
You should remember that you are the writer, director and guide of your life. There is no one else. God is not doing anything. God has just given the birth and the death; he has given the time. There are only two tests, taking birth and dying. Taking birth is to live beyond the birth; taking birth is to win the death.
"We are taking birth to skip this life and death cycle and getting the treasure of nectar."


A recall to duty occurs when an officer has finished their tour of duty and is recalled to work prior to the start of the next tour of duty.
For being recalled to duty there is a minimum of 4 hours payment if on a rest day. On a duty day you are compensated for the amount of time you work. In order to obtain the 4 hours the officer must be called out and return home again before the start of the next tour of duty.
In other words it is like an island of time in between two tours of duty.
A recall to duty doesn't count towards your normal daily shift.
For a duty to be advanced you must be notified of the change prior to its start. There are two different routes of compensation depending on whether the officer has received sufficient notice of the advancement of the duty.
Sufficient notice is defined as more than 8 hours.
If your duty start time is advanced with less than 8 hours notice on a day on which you have already completed a tour of duty, then you are on overtime from the time you come on duty until the start of your rostered tour of duty. That time also counts towards the time of your current duty as well.
Example: Officer works 9-5 on Monday and is rostered to work 9-5 on Tuesday. If they are told that their duty start time has been advanced to 0300 on Tuesday morning (with less than 8 hours notice) and continue working until 1400 hours they are on overtime from 03.00 until the start of their rostered duty at 09.00 and it counts towards their current day so they are also on overtime from 1100 hours to 1400 hours.
If the officer receives more than 8 hours notice of the advancement to come back to work on a Force day you have already worked then that day then this is merely an advancement of the start of the force day and no overtime is accrued.
Example: If our same officer is at 1700 hours on Monday told to be on duty at 0300 hours Tuesday, then that is sufficient time and the 0300 start is only a moving forward of the force day so they start at 0300 hours and only go onto overtime at 1100 hours.
Total = 3 hours overtime.
IF YOU ARE LIKELY TO TAKE CALLS FROM A SUPERVISOR WHICH MAY NECESSITATE YOUR RETURN TO DUTY, YOU SHOULD CLARIFY WHETHER THIS IS A RECALL TO DUTY OR AN ADVANCEMENT OF DUTY.
THE IMPACT OF A RECALL MAY MEAN YOU HAVING TO WORK ON LATER OR TAKE TIME OFF TO COVER ANY SHORTFALL IN YOUR ROSTERED SHIFT.


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Armchair Oscars
Sci-Fi/Fantasty
Armchair Oscars – 2004
THE WINNER:
Million Dollar Baby (Directed by Clint Eastwood)
The Nominees: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Ray, Sideways
MY CHOICE:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Directed by Michel Gondry)
My Nominees: The Assassination of Richard Nixon (Neils Mueller), The Aviator (Martin Scorsese), Badasssss! (Mario Van Peebles), Before Sunset (Richard Linklater), Garden State (Zach Braff), Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino), Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood), Sideways (Alexander Payne)
Clint Eastwood carved his niche into American cinema for 40 years creating a legacy as a great movie star. Yet, after his Oscar win for Unforgiven in 1993, he turned his efforts toward creating an impressive body of work as a great director. He had been directing ever since Play Misty For Me in 1971 but he would turn himself into a full-fledged cinema artist with the coming of the new century. Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Changling, Gran Torino and his Iwo Jima duology Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima are all incredible films from an artist who clearly loves his craft.
The academy noticed and after giving him Oscars for writing and producing Unforgiven, they rewarded him again for writing and producing a much better film, Million Dollar Baby, based on a story by F.X. O'Toole about a hard-nosed boxing trainer named Frankie Dunn who reluctantly agrees to train a scrappy young waitress (Best Actress winner Hilary Swank) who wants to prove herself in the boxing world.
Like all of Eastwood's films, Million Dollar Baby is about much more than boxing. It is about characters, about regret and ultimately about redemption. It tells a story that takes seemingly familiar material and turns it completely around with a developement that we don't expect. I have nothing but good things to say about this film. It is one of those surprising character studies that comes along and just seems to get every note absolutely right. Yet in choosing my favorite film of Two Thousand-Four, I am compelled to move in another direction. Eastwood is one of the best storytellers of the new century but Charlie Kaufman is one of the most inventive. While most screenwriters his age (he's in his early 40s) are happy to stick with safe, reliable genre pieces, action pictures and horror films, Kaufman has become the master of "The Brain Puzzle", telling stories that break the basic storytelling structure. His stories bend backwards upon themselves and contain multiple levels of madding invention. This was evident in the great 1999 film Being John Malkovich about a group of people who discover a portal into the brain of actor John Malkovich then sell tickets to the experience. That film was a great experience, taking a completely daffy concept and then spinning it into a second and third level of creative genius.
I don't think that Kaufman will ever equal that film's originality, but I think with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind he comes very close. I can't say that it was better than Malkovich but I can say that it was better than most anything I saw in two thousand-four. This film, like the earlier one, twists its story around and back again and adds a three-level playing field that is surprisingly easy to follow. The movie actually begins somewhere in the middle of the story, as we meet Joel (Jim Carrey), a nice guy who is shy and emotionally withdrawn. He is that kind of guy who dates the first woman who gives him the time of day, which would explain how he ended up with Clementine (Kate Winslet), a daffy, impulsive, dysfunctional extrovert who changes her hair color every week and never seems to stop talking. Opposites attract and they embark on the kind of sweet courtship that ends in disaster when their personalities clash when they try having a real relationship. He thinks she's a loon who never shuts up and she thinks he's boring and predictable (it says something of the movie that a character that Jim Carrey plays can be decribed with those two words).
The relationship goes sour and they break up. He doesn't want to lose her and seeks her out at her job, but she seems not to know him. Plus, she already has a new boyfriend, Patrick (Elijah Wood). He finds that Patrick is working for a company called Lacuna Inc., which provides a service that can completely erase memories from a person's mind. Clementine, it seems, has been to this clinic to have Joel erased from her mind and that Patrick has been using things that Joel gave her to pretend he knows her heart.
Joel, out of spite, goes to the same clinic to have Clementine removed from his mind and there meets a certain Dr. Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson), a kindly doc who has an oddly casual viewpoint on this mad procedure. "Is there any risk of brain damage?" Joel reasonably asks. "Well, technically speaking, the operation is brain damage", the doc says, "but it's on a par with a night of heavy drinking. Nothing you'll miss." He is required to gather every note, gift, photograph and piece of memorabilia that has any connection with Clementine so the doctor can create a complete "mental map" and trace the paths of his memories so they can be erased (I know . . . I didn't get it either).
While under the anesthetic, the Lacuna technicians come to his home to administer the mind wipe. During the procedure, Joel – inside his own head – witnesses the memories in his own brain being erased. As the process wipes the memories clean, he begins to long for the few good times he had with Clementine. Unfortunately, he's in a deep sleep back in the real world, so he decides to store the thoughts in areas of his brain that will not be effected. That sets off a stange journey through Joel's mind, his memory, his subconcious and his childhood repressions. He takes a version of Clementine that he meets in one of his memories help him out.
What I've told you doesn't begin to scratch the surface, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is an endlessly inventive as it travels through Joel's mind and we see the best and worst of his life with Clementine disappear like bricks in a lego set as the procedure takes effect. Some of it is inspired, like a trip to a date at a drive-in. Some of it is just plain weird, like a trip into Joel's infancy where we still see the adult Joel but he is clearly the size of a baby. Some of it is reasonably quite baffling.
What I love about Charlie Kaufman's screenplays is that he is very generous. Instead of adding one story thread and then following it through, he adds extra levels to his stories. In Malkovich, he added a third act that took the film in a completely different direction. He did the same with his great Adaptation in 2002, adding an extra level that gave the story more complexity. He does the same here with a revelation involving the technicians who are erasing Joel's memory. There is a connection between Dr. Mierzwiak and one of the techs that seems to add a nice sideplot but really it is changing the entire texture of the ending, making it bittersweet.
Those who are willing to play along with Kaufman's head game will get more out of it then they might expect. What I got from the film was the same insight I got from Koreeda's After Life, that great 1999 film about a group of people who are told to choose one memory from their lives to take with them to the afterlife. Both After Life and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are about the value of human memory. When we get to the end, we are really made up of our collective memories, learning from the bad ones and cherising the good. Joel's relationship with Clementine may have run hot and cold but what he finds is that he cherishes the moments of sweetness and wouldn't give them up for anything.
Jamie Foxx (Ray)
The Nominees: Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda), Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator), Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)
Sean Penn (The Assassination of Richard Nixon)
My Nominees: Jim Carrey (The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ), Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda), Giuseppe Cristiano (I'm Not Scared), Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland), Jamie Foxx (Ray), Bruno Ganz (Downfall), Paul Giamatti (Sideways), Liam Neeson (Kinsey), Ron Perlman (Hellboy)
To say that Jamie Foxx was a breakout star of two-thousand four was a little innacurate. Foxx started as a stand-up comic before his four year run on the comedy series "In Living Color" then a five year run on his own self-titled sitcom. His movie career was hit and miss, his most acclaimed work was as Willie Beaman a self-centered quarterback in Oliver Stone's forgotten Any Given Sunday and his best known role was as Bunz in the raunchy comedy Booty Call (which I liked) . I don't think he became a breakout star in two-thousand four, but I think he became an effective dramatic actor.
First, he played Max a good-hearted cab driver forced to drive a hitman (Tom Cruise) to his "appointments" in Michael Mann's riveting Collateral. Then he wowed his critics with a brilliant performance as Ray Charles in Taylor Hackford's Ray. He was nominated for both (one supporting, the other leading) but won the Best Actor prize. I loved his work in Ray because his performance transends a mere physical appearence. He able to embody the great musician and (except for a moment at the end when he takes off his glasses) make us forget we're watching an actor.
I am not overlooking Foxx because I didn't like his performance but because I found a lot of performances that I liked better. My first choice was Bruno Ganz who gave a ferocious performance in Downfall, in which he plays Hitler during the last few days of his life as his mind deteriorated in his bunker and leads to his suicide. Instead I'm choosing another actor who plays someone who's mind is coming apart, Sean Penn whose best work found him playing characters who were on the edge of exploding with rage and frustration. Watch him as Daulton Lee in The Falcon and the Snowman, Seargent Meserve in Casualties of War, David Kleinfeld in Carlito's Way, Emmet Ray in Sweet and Lowdown and Paul Rivers in 21 Grams and you'll see men who are boiling under the surface, who can't stand the world around them because of a deep-seeded insecurity. They can't seem to shape their worlds into a mold that gets them what they need. He's been perfecting this character for years and he finally gets it absolutely right playing the pathetic Sam Bick in Neils Mueller's little-seen The Assassination of Richard Nixon.
Sam Bick is Penn's most accomplished work, a pathetic human being who isn't a bad guy but isn't a guy you can easily tolerate. Bick is one of life's window shoppers, always looking in at opportunity but never able to partake in anything. His life is a mess, he and his wife are separated, he fails at his job as an office furniture salesman because he's too honest. He is having trouble moving on a bank loan so he can start his own tire business. He has a brother who wants nothing to do with him. We kind of understand why, he's an easy fellow to sympathize with but a difficult person to tolerate.
The thing that frustrates Sam more than anything is dishonesty so it is fitting that we're meeting him in 1974, as the Vietnam War is still burning, Nixon is defending himself in the press and the country has become disallusioned by the lies from its own government. Nixon's press conferences on television play as a Greek chorus to Sam's frustration and so we're not surprised when it becomes a catalyst for his eventual decent into madness.
Sam is an odd duck, stumbling around in three-piece suits with an irritating mustache, he seems to wear the tag "loser" on his back. He's is socially retarded and when he tries to be a man of good cheer, his attempts are so sad that we almost can't look. His associations with his ex-wife, his business partner, the loan officer at the bank, his boss always end in frustration. All of his association create snowball effect in which it will begin cheerily enough but inevitably snowball into a confrontation. Those who know him sigh and roll their eyes when they see him because he's a walking irritant, a thorn in thier sides that won't go away. Even his kids' dog seems indifferent when he comes around.
All through the film he provides his own narration which making tapes that, for some reason, he sends to composer Leonard Bernstein. It is never clear exactly why he chose Bernstein but the narration gives us clear insights into his addled brain. "Who are these men, maestro, who keep us waiting at their feet?" he says on one tape, "The meek shall not inherit the earth. The earth belongs to the bullies who do not care how they get to the top, as long as they arrive."
What Mueller does with the pacing of the film is interesting. He begins by slowly pacing the scenes depicting the mundane aspects of Sam's life, suggesting that every action is a frustrating stall but then later as he begins to lose his mind, the pace quickens and we sense that his mind has spun out of control. The last scenes of the movie are not a surprise. The pace of the film quickens and Sam's face becomes lined and droopy especially in a series of quick cuts as he goes to the mailbox everyday to see if the bank has sent him information on the loan. His plan to highjack a plane and fly it into the White House is pathetic, half-formed and when he finally takes it over (while it's still on the ground) we realize that this man, who can't seem to do anything right, can't even become an effective criminal. The film is loosely based on a real life story of a man named Samual Byck – the name and most of the facts have been changed. It was then ironic that this sad, forgettable man would become a tiny footnote in history.
Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby)
The Nominees: Annette Bening (Being Julia), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace), Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake), Kate Winlset (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
My Nominees: Nicole Kidman (Birth), Julianne Moore (The Forgotten), Meg Ryan (Against the Ropes), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace), Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby), Audrey Tautou (A Very Long Engagement), Uma Thurman (Kill Bill Vol. 2), Kate Winlset (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
In the years following her Oscar win for Boys Don't Cry, Hilary Swank seemed to have trouble coming up with a good role. Her subsequent films were either in supporting roles behind Al Pacino and Cate Blanchett and lead roles in forgettable fare like The Affair of the Necklace and the unfortunate sci-fi outing The Core. To some, she had become a private joke, an Oscar fluke who was never likely to have a good role again.
Then she silenced her nay-sayers when she teamed up with Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby, playing Maggie Fitzgerald, an aspiring boxer with a lot of heart and determination. She won a second Best Actress Oscar, not only making her a two-time winner but now her Oscar status was 2 and O. I was never among her negative critics, I always feel that she gives 150% even in movies that aren't so great. I almost gave her my Best Actress Oscar but revisiting these two performances, I have to say that I prefer her work in Boys Don't Cry. It's probably not fair to compare but I found her work in the earlier film to have a little more depth.
My favorite performance of the year came from one of Swank's fellow nominees, Imelda Staunton in the title role of Mike Leigh's devastating Vera Drake. I am sort of ashamed to admit that before this film, I had never heard of Staunton (though she had been in movies for more than 20 years). In terms of this film, that may have been an advantage because not being familiar with the actress lent a certain mystery to the character. Today, she is better known for her role as the wickedly evil Professor Dolores Umbridge in three of the Harry Potter pictures. Yet, if you see those films then screen, Vera Drake, you will be shocked. The difference between the two roles is like night and day.
We meet dear Vera in England in 1950 as she goes about her daily routine. She's a kindly lady with the round cheery face of an aunt who is always making tea and cookies. She walks about town visiting neighbors who are old or bed-ridden or just need a favor and then heading home to take care of her own large household. She is the housekeeper for rich people, always polishing one thing or another. In the homes of her poorer neighbors, we see her fluffing pillows, changing sheets, making tea and always humming a merry little tune.
Several times a week, she also performs abortions, stopping in the houses of women who need "help". This was illegal in England in the 1950s and we think that this is going to be a case of the cringe-inducing back-alley butchery but Vera's method is simply to use a rubber syringe to induce a miscarriage and her method is surprisingly easy to watch. We're surprised how simple her method is and even one of her patients gasps "Is that all?" She makes these women comfortable, gives simple instructions on what to do next and then leaves with a warm smile.
What is stunning is the way that director Mike Leigh handles these scenes. They aren't punctuated but they are seen simply part of Vera's daily routine. What I didn't notice at first is that Vera has a way of handling sympathy for these girls by keeping her distance. While she is very sweet to the women she helps, she never tries to be a comfort. Later, when one extremely nervous woman starts crying, Vera doesn't try to console her but but her face isn't uncaring. When she visits a Jamaican woman who has a lot of questions and a lot of concern, Vera's demeanor is pleasant and direct but not unkind. She accepts no money for these services, deeming it as a favor to a young girl in trouble. Her best friend, however, who often gets in touch with the women, occasionally takes money without Vera's knowledge. She is Lillian Crane, a hard old bat with the face of a school marm and a hateful demeanor. In terms of her disposition, she is Vera's polar opposite. It is Lillian who arranges Vera's unfortunate meeting with Pamela Barnes.
She meets the girl and her mother in their home and the procedure seems to go like all the others. The difference is that the next day, Pamela ends up in the hospital and her mother is forced to give up Vera's name to the police. When they come to the Drake home, Vera already knows why they are there and this is where Imelda Staunton's performance finds is center. We see this cheery face break down into a mask of fear and confusion as she tries, through her tears to explain that what she has done was not an abortion in the clinical sense but that she was doing a kindly service to women who were in need of help but could not afford to have them done by professional doctors.
The scene that will stay with me comes during her questioning by the police. A teary eyed Vera is asked to account for how long she has been performing abortions but she can't think and keeps repeating "A long time." There is a hint of some insight into her history when the large, very imposing, but not cold-hearted police inspector asks how she got started doing these favors. When he asks if she had it done to her as a girl, her tears overtake her and she never answers directly.
The film is broken into two halves, before she is arrested and then the effects afterwards. I was struck by how comfortable I was in the Drake's house with her kindly, loving husband Stan who works in machine shop alongside his brother (who has a bitchy wife who adds a nice touch of colour). They have two children, Sid is a tailor and when we visit him on the job we see that he really knows his stuff. They have a daughter, Ethel, a shy but sweet girl who, through her mother, meets an equally shy fellow named Reg. They can't help but be close, they live in a small house with cramped living quarters and narrow hallways. We see how Vera's efforts pull this family together and how their lives are effected by her. Contrast the cheery mood in the house early in the film with the mournful tone late in the film after Vera has been arrested. These events (plus the knowledge that they were kept completely in the dark about the abortions) nearly bring the family apart.
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Minnesota GOP Rep. Jim Hagedorn dead at age 59 after cancer fight
Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.) has died following a battle with kidney cancer, his family revealed on Friday. He was 59.
"It is with a broken heart, shattered spirit and overwhelming sadness I share my husband Congressman Jim Hagedorn passed away peacefully last night," Hagedorn's wife, former Minnesota state GOP chair Jennifer Carnahan, said in a Facebook tribute.
"Jim loved our country and loved representing the people of southern Minnesota," Carnahan added. "Every moment of every day he lived his dream by serving others. There was no stronger conservative in our state than my husband; and it showed in how he voted, led and fought for our country."
Hagedorn was elected to represent Minnesota's First District, which covers the southern portion of the state, in 2018. He was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer in February 2019, just six weeks into his first term and two months after marrying Carnahan.
The lawmaker went public with his diagnosis in February 2020 after undergoing surgery and more than a year of immunotherapy treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Hagedorn was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer in February 2019, just six weeks into his first term.CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag
"Today, one year later, I am happy to say I feel great and continue to perform my job in Congress unimpeded," Hagedorn said at the time. "I have not missed even a single vote due to illness."
In July last year, Hagedorn revealed that his cancer had returned.
"Be assured, I will continue to fight for America and serve the people of Minnesota's First Congressional District with the highest level of energy and enthusiasm," Hagedorn said after receiving the second diagnosis.
"I remain upbeat and view the future as bright. Jesus Christ is watching over me," he added.
This past January, Hagedorn revealed that he had tested positive for COVID-19, but was vaccinated and experiencing "very mild symptoms."
In paying tribute to her husband, Carnahan said Hagedorn was a loving son, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew and friend who would be "missed and remembered by many."
She added that he was an avid fan of the Minnesota Vikings, Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota Twins.
"While nothing can accurately prepare you for the unimaginable pain, intense sorrow, suffocating grief and seemingly never-ending emptiness that engulfs the entire body, soul and spirit when your forever love passes away; at least we can smile knowing Jim is smiling from heaven encouraging us to keep chasing our dreams, loving unconditionally and fighting for the country," Carnahan said.
Hagedorn during an interview in September 2018.CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) was among those who paid tribute to Hagedorn, praising him for his dedication to public service.
"Jim and I served in the U.S. House during a time of many great challenges for our nation and for our state — and all the while, he bravely endured the personal challenge of cancer treatment with dignity and grace while serving our country and his constituents," she said in a statement.
"Despite our policy differences on many issues, Jim and I were united in the common goal of achieving greater opportunities for future generations of Minnesotans.
"I want to offer my deepest condolences to Jim's family and the people of the First Congressional District during this difficult time. The Minnesota Congressional delegation is grateful for Representative Jim Hagedorn's service to our country."
"Gwen and I are thinking of Congressman Jim Hagedorn's family and loved ones today," tweeted Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who defeated Hagedorn in two hotly contested House elections in 2014 and 2016. "May they find peace during this difficult time."
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Che Guevara might have considered the United States his worst enemy, but he faced an even greater threat to his revolutionary ambitions: asthma. While it was U.S.-trained Bolivian forces who killed Che on this day, Oct. 9, in 1967, asthma was a constant threat from his earliest youth.
Che was born premature—tiny and sickly—in Rosario, Argentina, where his father took a rough approach to infant rearing. According to TIME's 1960 cover story about the revolutionary, baby Che was left to sun on a balcony, wearing only a diaper, in 45° winter weather. Moreover, he was plunged into cold baths and doused in icy showers. Instead of toughening him up, however, this tactic left him with a persistent cough and severe asthma.
And it didn't prevent him from following a rugged revolutionary road to Cuba, although it sometimes slowed him down along the way. While in Guatemala in 1953, he encountered a group of severely malnourished children whose poverty, in Che's eyes, was the result of exploitation by the United Fruit Company. According to a friend, Che flew into a rage, cursing "North American exploiters" and triggering a terrifying asthma attack that lasted two full hours.
He did little to ward off future asthma attacks, with a lifestyle that involved regular raging—and chain-smoking cigars. If anything, his own affliction seemed to be an afterthought. Although he earned a medical degree before embarking on his Communist crusades, he didn't focus on respiratory ailments.
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Síndrome de Bernard-Soulier é uma doença hemorrágica hereditária rara caracterizada por trombocitopenia, presença de plaquetas gigantes e uma tendência a sangramento.

Causas
É uma doença hereditária autossômica recessiva onde há falta da glicoproteína Ib na superfície das plaquetas. Essa glicoproteína é o sítio de ligação do fator de von Willebrand. A função do fator de von Willbrand é ligar-se às plaquetas e ao colágeno exposto do endotélio lesado.
código CID 10 D69.1

Sintomas
Os sintomas estão relacionados com a disfunção das plaquetas: sangramentos nas mucosas, nas gengivas, nariz e gastrointestinais. Pacientes heterozigotos geralmente não apresentam sintomas.

Diagnóstico
 Contagem de Plaquetas: apresenta-se abaixo do normal. Análise do esfregaço pode revelar a presença de plaquetas gigantes.
 Tempo de sangramento: prolongado.
 Agregação induzida pela ristocetina: não há agregação.

Ver também
 Doença de von Willebrand

Ligações externas

Hematologia
Bernard Soulier


happy international buy nothing day!
@nydel Oh right! Happy buy nothing day!
I know it's an old joke now, but I do genuinely like the idea of turning 'Black Friday' into a buy-nothing-day. Though I guess I'm in a position where it's easy to say that.