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The McIlrath Letters
Author: David McIlrath	Publisher:	Killyleagh Branch Of The North Of Ireland Family History Society
Here is a series of sixty-four letters, carefully preserved by Mary McIlrath in Killinchy, Co. Down, N. Ireland.
They detail the progress of Mary'...
They detail the progress of Mary's great uncles, the two McIlrath brothers who emigrated in 1860 to New Zealand, and describe their work and achievements over fifty-five years. Historically and genealogically valuable are the frequent references to other emigrants from Killinchy and surrounding district whom they frequently met there. The news, messages and greetings included in the letters of the McIlrath brothers were sure to have been read and circulated to relatives, friends and neighbours, drawing that community at home closer together as well as closer to the one on the other side of the world. Re-reading these letters today, with their deeply personal style and content, it is easy to imagine that our ancestors are writing to us from the past.
Bind: paperback
Tags: May 2013 Biography History New Zealand
The eBike Book
Publisher:	TeNeues
Following on the success of The Bike Book, this volume takes us inside all aspects of this growing phenomenon—from smart technology and advanced design to the...
Following on the success of The Bike Book, this volume takes us inside all aspects of this growing phenomenon—from smart technology and advanced design to the top visual trends. With power, distance, and speed, these handy vehicles will soon change urban mobility forever. Far less expensive and polluting than even the smallest e-car, e-bikes can be suitable for a variety of lifestyles, such as for difficult hilly terrains or long distance riding. And just like traditional sport and urban bikes, they can also come in folding options for convenience and luxury versions for stylish comfort.
Bind: hardback
Tags: May 2013 Architecture & Design Transport
The Mad Toy
Author: Roberto Arlt	Publisher:	Hesperus Press
First published in 1920, The Mad Toy is set in Buenos Aires in the early twentieth century. Feeling the alienation of youth, Silvio Astier's gang tours neighb...
First published in 1920, The Mad Toy is set in Buenos Aires in the early twentieth century. Feeling the alienation of youth, Silvio Astier's gang tours neighbourhoods, inflicting waves of petty crime, stealing from homes and shops until the police are forced to intervene. Drifting then from one career and subsequent crime to another, Silvio's main difficulty is his own intelligence, with which he grapples.
Writing in the language of the streets and basing his writings in part on his own experience, with his characters wandering in a modern world, Arlt creates a book that combines realism, humour and anger with detective story.
Trailblazing for Boom writers who were to follow him such as Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende, Roberto Arlt is rated as one of the greatest Argentinean writers. Although astronomically famous in South America, Roberto Arlt's name is still relatively unknown in Anglophone circles, but the rising wave of appreciation of South American literature is bringing him to the fore.
Tags: May 2013 Classics
American Short Story Masterpieces
Publisher:	Dover Publications
As variegated as the American experience itself, this original treasury reflects the vibrant role of the short story in our national literature. Fourteen outsta...
As variegated as the American experience itself, this original treasury reflects the vibrant role of the short story in our national literature. Fourteen outstanding tales by famous American authors unfold in settings ranging from the decaying family mansion of Edgar Allan Poe's dark psychological thriller, "The Fall of the House of Usher," to the bustling modern apartment building of John Cheever's domestic drama, "The Enormous Radio." Moods and attitudes shift from the simmering menace of a lynch mob in William Faulkner's "Dry September" to the gentle optimism of an elderly couple in Ring Lardner's "The Golden Honeymoon."
Other stories include "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, Katherine Anne Porter's "He," "A Wagner Matinee," by Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," and "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane. Additional contributors include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Henry James, Edith Wharton, and O. Henry. An affordable resource for classroom use, this anthology is also a fine companion for all who appreciate well-crafted tales.
Tags: May 2013 Fiction & Literature
A la Mod
Author: Ian Moore	Publisher:	Summersdale Publishers
Comedian, mod and professional grump Ian Moore has had enough.
Tired of being unable to park anywhere near his cramped house in a noisy town he doesn't ...
Tired of being unable to park anywhere near his cramped house in a noisy town he doesn't like, he hatches a plan to move his wife and young son to a remote corner of the Loire Valley in search of serenity and space.
Several years later, Ian finds himself up to his neck in bilingual offspring, feral cats, promiscuous horses, dysfunctional spaniels and needy hens; he's wrestling with electric fences, a foreign language, a mountain of animal waste and a wife who collects livestock like there's a biblical flood on the horizon, all while trying not to dirty his loafers.
But despite the ups, downs and increasing demands of Ian's showbiz career, the Moore family persevere in true Brit style to create a unique, colourful and ultimately rewarding life in their new home – à la campagne and à la mod!
Tags: May 2013 Biography Travel
Author: Mark Cossey	Publisher:	Summersdale Publishers
'Here again, Mr Cossey?' asked the young Spanish embryologist, shooting me a welcoming smile as I followed him down the corridor. He had recognised me by si...
'Here again, Mr Cossey?' asked the young Spanish embryologist, shooting me a welcoming smile as I followed him down the corridor. He had recognised me by sight and that wasn't good. I was now the one thing you don't want to be in a fertility clinic. A regular.
Martha wanted a baby. Mark wanted a baby.
What's the worst that could happen?
In four years of baby-making boot camp, Mark and Martha face The Calendar, the joy of sober, scheduled sex, hostile cervical mucus, IUI and IVF. Through a combination of ignorance and outrage, Mark survives ejaculating into a small jar, stabbing his wife, having his sperm turned pink and group sex with whales. Written with genuine laugh-out-loud humour and complete honesty, Trying is a noholds- barred welcome to the world of the infertile written by a man who has lived through it all and come through with his ultimate dream realised – his own family. It says a lot when you can call two years of sleepless nights a happy ending.
Tags: May 2013 Biography Health & Wellbeing
Author: Choly Knight	Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing
Nothing is cuter than a baby, but this book comes close with simple and adorable sewing projects that are almost as cute as your little one! Step-by-step instru...
Nothing is cuter than a baby, but this book comes close with simple and adorable sewing projects that are almost as cute as your little one! Step-by-step instructions, how-to photographs and approachable patterns show you how to add sweetness to the nursery with darling baby clothes, stuffed animal plushies and practical accessories.
Eighteen easy-to-sew projects cover all of the basics that babies need for their first few years of growing. They feature charming appliqué faces inspired by the kawaii fashion sense-In Japanese, kawaii means cute, adorable, or loveable. Faces are one of the first things that babies are programmed to recognize, so why not surround them with lots of loving, handmade smiles?
Projects range from very easy to intermediate, so they're simple to understand and come together quickly. All you need is a sewing machine, some inexpensive fabric, and a few basic sewing tools. So go ahead and create some beautiful toys and cute little clothes to make some lasting memories with your one-of-a-kind baby!
Tags: May 2013 Craft & Hobbies
Wood Pallet Projects
Author: Chris Gleason	Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing
Lumber prices are soaring, and deforestation is a rising concern. Yet millions of pounds of perfectly usable wood are dumped in landfills every year. Wood Palle...
Lumber prices are soaring, and deforestation is a rising concern. Yet millions of pounds of perfectly usable wood are dumped in landfills every year. Wood Pallet Projects shows how anyone can upcycle salvaged pallet wood to create truly one-of-a-kind projects.
Maverick craftsman Chris Gleason combines sound woodworking techniques with a hip designer's sensibility to unleash the limitless possibilities of the common skid. Inside you'll find 15 of his inspired projects for rescuing and repurposing pallets. Some of his pieces celebrate the rough, edgy character of the material, while others are crafted as fine furniture. He shows how to construct both indoor and outdoor furniture in a variety of styles, along with other useful items such as a birdhouse, a toolbox, and even a ukulele.
There's plenty of nitty gritty here on working with pallets, including where to find them, how to process them into usable lumber, fasteners, sanding, and the best finishes (if any) to use. The author provides important advice on how to make sure that your pallets are safe, and not sprayed with harmful chemicals. A colorful gallery of finished work provides further inspiration for green crafting.
Tags: May 2013 2013 Xmas List Craft & Hobbies
Bread and Oil
Author: Tomas Graves	Publisher:	Grub Street
Coarse bread rubbed with tomato or garlic and then bathed in olive oil, is common to all the Mediterranean cultures. On the island of Majorca, it is known as pa...
Coarse bread rubbed with tomato or garlic and then bathed in olive oil, is common to all the Mediterranean cultures. On the island of Majorca, it is known as pa amb oli, bread and oil. Tomas Graves takes this healthy peasant staple as a starting point to explore not only Mediterranean cooking, agriculture, and traditions but also the historical events that have rescued this simple dish from disappearing along with a way of life that had remained essentially unchanged since Roman times. In Bread & Oil Tomas Graves celebrates the Majorcan character as reflected in its eating habits. He makes the sights, sounds, scents and people of the Spanish island spring to life so brilliantly in this creative triumph. Part adventure, part history book, part travelogue, part restaurant guide and part cookbook, the reader is charmed throughout. Recipes reflect the indigenous ingredients; wrinkled olives made with olive oil, lemon juice and crushed garlic; fried sardines topped with sauteed onions and marinated in vinegar served cold with bread and oil, and guacamole with tomatoes and onions. Originally published as Volem pa amb oli in the native Catalan language of the Balearics, this new revised and updated English-language edition of Graves' book offers an informative guide not only to an overlooked culinary tradition, but also to the immense cultural transition that's changing the face of Europe.
Tags: May 2013 Cooking, Food & Drink
Knead To Know
Author: The Real Bread Campaign	Publisher:	Grub Street
Whether you are a professional baker, a home baker who would like to turn a hobby into a career or just someone who loves Real Bread then this handbook is for y...
Whether you are a professional baker, a home baker who would like to turn a hobby into a career or just someone who loves Real Bread then this handbook is for you. It contains advice, recipes and insights from some of the country's most experienced bakers, millers and retailers. There are chapters on ingredients, how to make a bread starter, how to set up a community supported bakery, the bake house, equipment, courses and training and suppliers. Originally produced and published by The Real Bread Campaign, Grub Street is delighted to be adding this useful and informative book to its trade list to bring it to a wider market. The Real Bread Campaign was launched in 2009 to share the many values of real bread that have been lost in the quest for an ever cheaper loaf. It networks to bring farmers, millers, bakers and consumers closer together to create shorter food chains and support each other in making Real Bread available in their local communities and to aid bakers and other educators to share their skills, experience, passion and knowledge with children, caterers, professional and home bakers. One of the founder members of The Real Campaign is Andrew Whitley founder of the Village Bakery, in Melmerby in the Lake District and author of the best-selling Bread Matters. Since Andrew moved on from the business in 2002, he has run a training and consultancy company Bread Matters which moved to Lamancha in Scotland in 2012, where he continues sharing with people Real Bread skills, pleasures and benefits, as well as questioning the true costs of additive-laden alternatives.
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Kurt Warner is the true definition of perseverance. From being an undrafted player out of Northern Iowa to being in the Arena Football League, Kurt has persevered. Combine his athletic ability with his faith and you get one of the most well rounded personalities in sports. I love his enthusiasm for the sport and I love how he is unashamed to spread the gospel. Mr. Warner, with the assistance of his wife Brenda, is a great humanitarian who is involved with several organizations. Kurt and his lovely family are winners in my eyes regardless of the outcome of Super Bowl 43.


In this post I would like to share a quick way of identifying the timed-out SQLs from a SQL tuning task report.
Usually you would do that from EM Express (12c) or Cloud control. But, having an access to EM/Cloud control is not always possible and you might be stuck in identifying the correct statements.
Here is an example, the portion of the SQL Auto Tuning Task report which shows how many statements have timed-out.
I've extracted the following SQL from the EM Express – SQL Tuning Advisor report (page).
The original statement is much bigger, but the following portion should be good enough to give you the statements which have timed-out.
All you need to do is to specify the execution name. It has been tested on 11.2 and 12.1.


Hmm, it was actually nicer walking along the seafront than this makes it look!
Like many of the UK's barbershop population (and more than a few from overseas), I spent the bank holiday weekend in Llandudno for the British Association of Barbershop Singers Convention. It seems the convention is getting near to growing out of Venue Cymru - not only did they have to run the prime show twice there was so much demand for tickets, but the main arena is getting too small for the numbers who want to watch the contests. It was also significantly harder to get a table in a restaurant than in previous visits, which tells you something about the relationship between major venues and the surrounding businesses.
My friend Monica Funnell introduced me to the classification of people into radiators and drains in a recent conversation about how directors can build effective teams. It is one of those wonderfully self-explanatory concepts that sheds immediate light onto aspects of interpersonal relationships in real life. And, as these things are apt to do, it helped me identify what's been going on in situation that has been a source of low-grade anxiety in my own life.
This is an addendum to my post on preparing music to direct. I had a response from a director saying that his section leaders are charged with demonstrating their parts in rehearsal, and that he thought his time would be better spent doing various analytical tasks such as harmonic or voicing analysis. Now, I'm not one to discourage harmonic or any other kind of analysis, so please do continue doing this. But his comment made me articulate to myself why you still need to be familiar enough with all the parts to be able to demonstrate them in rehearsal.
When I've asserted this before, it has been in the context of why you need to know all the parts, and the ability to demonstrate them has been the measure of when you know them well enough. But this comment focuses the attention on why you also need to be able to demonstrate anything your singers might have to sing as a distinct desideratum in its own right.
I wrote these notes for delegates at the Directors Weekend I am working on for Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers. Those delegates will all have a session of hands-on coaching with a chorus, and I wanted to give them the best chance to go into that session well-prepared and therefore able to get the most out of it. But once I'd written the notes, I thought I may as well share them here, since they are valid - and I hope useful - for general music-making, not just for this event.
This is a description of what experienced directors typically do on meeting new music, although they may do a lot of it intuitively without laying it out on a checklist. I am listing it out systematically as an aid particularly for newer directors, but it's also good for the more experienced to review what they do from time to time.
There are two main types of preparation you need, the first to inform your practical work of supporting the singers in learning and performing the song, and the second to inform your artistic work of making and communicating interpretive decisions.
Some years ago I was walking in the park and met a group of children from a local nursery. One of them looked me in the eye and said, 'You are wee-wee and poo-poo'. I confess I did not have an adequate reply to this; I was struck dumb by a combination of surprise to be so accosted, and the dawning revelations that followed on the nature of insults and their function in human relationships. The impasse was broken by one of the nursery staff who remarked, accurately, 'That's not very nice, Leon,' and led him away.
Forgive me if I write a post that looks rather political, and therefore off-topic. Though it's really about trying to understand human beings, and to process some things I've learned through the process of the UK's recent general election. Helping us harmonise in the wider sense, so to speak.
How to hear your choir more perceptively is a theme I have explored before, both in its own right and in relation to elements of conducting technique such as stillness and mouthing the words. And my recent visit to the White Rosettes, with its opportunity to observe how a director can listen the music into tune, came at just the right moment for me to try and frame how these thoughts fit together as part of a practical guide to expressive gesture.


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Explore the latest practice-changing data on women's cancers, genitourinary malignancies, disparities in cancer care, gastrointestinal cancers, head and neck cancers, and lung cancer with these downloadable slides from the 3rd Annual West Cancer Center Oncology Conference – at Graceland on October 27 and 28, 2017, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Review of gastrointestinal (GI) carcinoid tumors: Latest therapies
Featured Expert: N. Arvind Dasari, MD
HIPEC: An exploration of the data
Featured Expert: Jeremiah Deneve, DO, FACS
Emerging concepts in the multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer
Featured Expert: Thomas J. George, Jr, MD, FACP
Front-line therapy and beyond for metastatic colorectal cancer: Novel targets
Featured Expert: Wells Messersmith, MD, FACP
Emerging therapies in hepatocellular carcinoma
Featured Expert: Andrew X. Zhu, MD, PhD
Genitourinary Malignancies
Molecular approaches to genitourinary (GU) oncology and beyond
Featured Expert: Petros Grivas, MD, PhD
Immunotherapy in GU oncology
Featured Expert: Daniel P. Petrylak, MD
De-escalation of therapy in HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer
Featured Expert: Ezra Cohen, MD, FRCPSC, FASCO
Treatment of salivary gland cancers
Featured Expert: M. Boyd Gillespie, MD, MSc, FACS
Immunotherapy in the treatment of head and neck cancers
Featured Expert: Maura Gillison, MD, PhD
AJCC updates and innovations: Hot off the press
Featured Expert: Mahul B. Amin, MD
Drive to eliminate disparities in cancer care delivery
Featured Expert: Edith P. Mitchell, MD, FACP, FCPP
Individualization of advanced lung cancer
Featured Expert: Leora Horn, MD, MSc
Optimal treatment of stage IA lung cancer in the era of low-dose computed tomography lung cancer screening
Featured Expert: Puneeth Iyengar, MD, PhD
Immunotherapy in lung cancer: Breaking into a curative role?
Featured Expert: Howard L. (Jack) West, MD
Women's Cancer
Novel targeted therapies and immunotherapy in ovarian cancer
Featured Expert: Robert L. Coleman, MD, FACOG, FACS
Hormone receptors: A broader understanding (CK, AR, ESR1)
Featured Expert: Anthony Elias, MD
Evolving concepts in breast surgery in multidisciplinary care
Featured Expert: Tina Hieken, MD, FACS
Emerging targets in breast cancer – TNBC
Featured Expert: Andrew Seidman, MD
Updates in HER2-positive breast cancer
This educational activity is specifically designed to meet the needs of practicing medical oncologists, hematologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, pathologists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of cancer.
Identify novel targeted and immunologic approaches to therapy for breast and ovarian cancers
Describe the role of nurses in counseling patients with cancer and integrating treatment recommendations to optimize care
Identify strategies to prevent and manage the treatment-related adverse events of targeted therapies and immunotherapies to improve tolerability and maintain quality of life
Assess emerging targeted and immunologic therapies for genitourinary malignancies, including prostate and renal cell cancer
Integrate recent findings on healthcare disparities into optimal therapy selection for individual patients with cancer
Identify optimal therapies for patients with gastrointestinal malignancies such as carcinoid tumors, colorectal cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma
Select optimal approaches to therapy for head and neck cancers, including considerations for immunotherapy
This educational activity is supported by grants from Merck and Co, Inc. and Novartis Oncology.
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Dr Amin has disclosed that he has received payment for lectures from Genomic Health. He also received fees for participation in advisory boards and/or study participation from Cell Max, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, and Urogen. He also disclosed pending participation on an advisory board for Precipio Lab. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Ballo has disclosed that he has received consulting fees, payment for lectures, and fees for participation in advisory or review activities from Novocure. He also received support for travel to meetings from Elekta. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Cohen has disclosed that he has received consulting fees from AstraZeneca; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Eisai; Human Longetivity,Inc.; Merck; and Pfizer. He received fees for participation in advisory or review activities from AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eisai, Merck, and Pfizer. He also received stock or stock options from Human Longevity, Inc. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Coleman has disclosed that he has received consulting fees from AbbVie; Debiopharma; Genmab; ImmunoGen; Merrimack; Navigant Consulting; Perthera; Vaniam Group, LLC; and Verastem. He received payment for lectures from Onc Live and Roche. He received fees for serving on a scientific advisory board from AstraZeneca; Bayer Healthcare, Inc.; Caris Life Sciences; Cerulean; Clovis Oncology; GamaMabs; Janssen; Novocure; Precision Oncology; Roche; and Tesaro. He also received funded research from Array Bio Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Clovis Oncology, EMD Serono, Gradalis, Janssen, and Merck. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Dasari has disclosed that he has received research funding and fees for participation in advisory or review activities from Ipsen and Novartis. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Deneve has disclosed that he has no relevant financial relationships to report. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Elias has disclosed receipt of consulting fees from Genentech. He also disclosed receipt of research funding for clinical trials from Astellas, CytRx, Immune Design, and Innocrin. He also disclosed stock or stock options in Abbott, AbbVie, Allergan, Celgene, Gilead, Lilly, Merck, and Pfizer. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Fenton has disclosed that she has no relevant financial relationships to report. She has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in her presentation.
Dr Fine has disclosed that he has no relevant financial relationships to report. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Fleming has disclosed that he has no relevant financial relationships to report. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr George has disclosed that he has received consulting fees from Merck. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Gillespie has disclosed that he has consulted for Cook Medical and Omniguide. He has received consulting fees from Inspire Medical. He also received research funding from ImThera and Zelegent. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Gillson has disclosed receipt of consulting fees or honorarium from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene. She has also disclosed receipt of support for travel to meetings from Bristol-Myers Squibb. She also disclosed receipt of research funding to her institution for researching funding for clinical research from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Merck. She has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in her presentation.
Dr Grivas has disclosed that he has received consulting fees and fees for participation in advisory or review activities from AstraZeneca, Biocept, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Clovis Oncology, EMD Serono, Exelixis, Genentech, and Merck & Co. He has received payment for lectures from Bristol-Myers Squibb. He also received research funding from AstraZeneca; Bayer; Genentech; Merck & Co.; Mirati; Oncogenex; and Pfizer. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Gupta has disclosed that he has received fees for participation in advisory or review activities from Exelixis. He also received stock or stock options from EDAP. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Hieken has disclosed that she has no relevant financial relationships to report. She has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in her presentation.
Dr Horn has disclosed that she has received consulting fees and fees for participation in advisory or advisory activities from AstraZeneca, AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech, and Merck. She has received support for travel to meetings from Boehringer Ingelheim. She also received research funding from AstraZeneca, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech, Lilly, Merck, and Takeda. She has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in her presentation.
Dr Iyengar has disclosed that he has no relevant financial relationships to report. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Robert Koch has disclosed that he has no relevant financial relationships to report. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Messersmith has disclosed he is the local principal investigator for research funding received by the University of Colorado from Aduro, Alexo, D3 Pharma, Immunomedics, Incyte, Millennium/Takeda, OncoMed, Pfizer, and Roche/Genentech. He also disclosed receipt of fees for participation in advisory or review activities from Gilead DMSC and Purdue Pharmaceuticals. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Mitchell has disclosed that she has received fees for participation in advisory or review activities from Novartis. She has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in her presentation.
Dr Petrylak has disclosed that he has received consulting fees from Bayer, Bellicum, Dendreon, Exelixis, Ferring, Johnson and Johnson, Medivation, Millinneum, Pfizer, Roche Laboratories, Sanofi Aventis, and Tyme Pharmaceuticals. He received research funding from Agensys, Dendreon, Eli Lilly, Johnson and Johnson, Merck, Millinneum, OncoGenex, Progenics, Roche Laboratories, and Sanofi Aventis. He also received stock or stock options from Bellicum and Tyme Pharmaceuticals. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Schwartzberg has disclosed that he has received consulting fees or honorarium from Pfizer. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Seidman has disclosed that he has received consulting fees or honorarium from Eisai, Genentech, Novartis, and Pfizer. He has received payment for lectures from Celgene, Eisai, Genentech, Genomic Health, Novartis, and Pfizer. He has received research funding from Bayer and Novartis. He also received fees for participation in advisory or advisory activities from Eisai, Genentech, Pfizer, and Novartis. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Shibata has disclosed that he has no relevant financial relationships to report. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Somer has disclosed that he has no relevant financial relationships to report. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Vaena has disclosed that he has received fees for participation in advisory or review activities from AstraZeneca and Exelixis. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr VanderWalde has disclosed that he has been a contracted employee for George Clinical and Vector Oncology. He has received research funding from Amgen. He also received fees for participation in advisory or advisory activities from Amgen, AstraZeneca, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Vidal has disclosed that he has received payment for lectures from AstraZeneca and Pfizer. He also received fees for participation in advisory or review activities from Eli Lilly and Pfizer. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Weksler has disclosed that he has received consulting fees from Intuitive Surgical. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr West has disclosed that he has received consulting fees from Ariad, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Genentech/Roche, Merck, PharmaMar, and Takeda. He received payment for lectures from Ariad, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Genentech/Roche. He also received fees for participation in advisory or review activities from AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Celgene. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in his presentation.
Dr Zhu has disclosed that he has received consulting fees or honoraria from Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eisai, Lilly, Merck, Novartis, and Sanofi. He also received research funding from Bayer, Lilly, and Novartis. He has agreed to disclose any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products referenced in her/his presentation.
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The sea, the beach at Cagnes sur Mer, 7 km away.
Nice is 16 km away, Cannes and the Croisette are 25 km away, Monaco 45 km away.
Antibes & Juan les Pins, famous for their nightlife, are 15 km away.
Le Var, with the Esterel and its ochre rock, its vineyards, Saint-Tropez.
The plateau areas, including Saint Paul de Vence (5 km away), Tourettes sur Loup and its artists, Grasse, the city of perfume (12 km away).
The Gorges du Loup is 10 km away, as well as the Cians and Daluis Gorges with red rock and a wide range of water sports (canyoning, rafting, etc.).
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Food & Wine Bottles that will make you rethink cabernet franc
Bottles that will make you rethink cabernet franc
Beppi Crosariol Wine & Spirits Columnist
There's always a surprise bottle at a big tasting, at least for me. A wine that captures my heart not because it's a blockbuster or necessarily merits the highest score but because it's intriguingly different. At a swanky event in Toronto last month presented by producers from the elite French trade group Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux, for me that bottle was Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion.
Certainly, there was no shortage of great reds poured at the $160-a-ticket fair, which was designed to showcase the outstanding 2016 Bordeaux vintage and was hosted at the Royal Ontario Museum by the LCBO's Vintages department. For example, I loved the wines of Château Clinet, Lynch-Bages, Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Rauzan-Ségla and Phélan Ségur, for example. But Les Carmes – which, at $375 a bottle, helped put the "grand" in grand cru – seemed stylistically distinct. It was ripe and dense, to be sure, but more delicate and fresher, almost airy. When I put on my reading glasses to scratch the surface, the reason became clear. It was all about the cabernet franc.
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While virtually all Bordeaux reds are sturdy blends led either by cabernet sauvignon or merlot, Les Carmes contained 41-per-cent cabernet franc as its primary component, joining another noteworthy franc-based wine, the $1,200-a-bottle Château Cheval Blanc. Normally such a large proportion of franc can be problematic in Bordeaux because in cool, damp years, the grape infamously tends to serve up bitter vegetal characters, which are produced by compounds called pyrazines. For Les Carmes, 2016's sunny skies clearly helped keep the greenness in check. But artful winemaking can take credit, too. Departing from the Bordeaux norm, estate winemaker and general manager Guillaume Pouthier ferments much of the crop as intact bunches, stems and all, rather than destemming everything as is done at virtually all other wineries in the region.
Whole clusters, most often associated with the vinification of pinot noir and syrah, can create a profoundly different environment in the fermentation vat. Besides being rich in structure-imparting tannins, stems crucially tend to slow down yeast activity and moderate undesirable temperature swings for a gentler extraction of flavours and more lifted, floral aromatics. Also, because stems are rich in potassium, an alkaline mineral, they dial back acidity and paradoxically can produce a softer, more seductive texture. "[We] needed to improve the balance and the singularity of the wine," said Pouthier, who began experimenting with whole clusters at Les Carmes in 2012. He particularly likes what the technique does in teasing out aromas of "iris, peony and violet," he added.
Althought cabernet franc has historically been grown in France's Loire Valley, other winemaking regions, such as B.C.'s Okanagan Valley, are taking up the trend.
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Les Carmes is just one of many wineries that are tweaking their approach to the grape and in the process changing the way at least some of us think about a variety often dismissed either as "cabernet sauvignon light" or, less generously, bell-pepper salad in a glass.
Coincidentally, a week later, I sampled another superb cabernet franc, this time a pure varietal wine made entirely from the variety. It came not from Bordeaux or even the grape's spiritual homeland of the Loire Valley in northern France but from British Columbia. The name itself sounded promising: Tinhorn Creek Innovation Series Whole Cluster Cabernet Franc 2016. Smoky and meaty, it displayed the obvious ripeness of a red grown in the intense summer sunshine of the south Okanagan Valley, yet it came with a bright aroma and wonderfully savoury characters that fell happily short of weedy or vegetal.
"To see a wine essentially released as youthful and to be popping on the nose with that much excitement and that kind of freshness is definitely something that I attribute to [whole-cluster] winemaking," said Andrew Windsor, Tinhorn's winemaker. "If this was a cooler site or different place where you've got pyrazines and greenness, we would have amped up the green factor of this wine dramatically and it wouldn't have had the appeal."
Windsor plans to keep making the whole-cluster red after what began as an experiment in 2016 with just 250 cases produced, all sold directly through the winery's members-only wine club.
Even in the cool Loire Valley, where the bell-pepper essence has been historically prized in such appellations as Chinon, Bourgueil and Saumur-Champigny, some small, exacting producers have been relying on whole-cluster fermentation for part of the juice in warmer years. More commonly, there's been a concerted and laudable movement in the region to prune vines more carefully so as to achieve smaller yields, thereby accelerating ripeness and burning off pyrazines as a way to appeal to broader international tastes. A recent initiative called Project Cabernet Franc, launched by the Loire Valley wine-trade body, has been encouraging producers to, among other things, remove excess shoots and harvest later in autumn to obtain sweeter fruit.
That quest for fuller, more balanced ripeness is alive in cool-climate Niagara, too, where winter-hardy franc – a genetic parent of cabernet sauvignon – has emerged from a supporting role in Bordeaux-style blends to a standalone varietal. There may be no more compelling an example than Thirty Bench Small Lot Cabernet Franc 2015 from Beamsville Bench. To the chagrin of many Loire Valley producers, no doubt, it garnered best-in-show honours for its category at the influential Decanter World Wine Awards in London last July, competing against wines from around the world.
For Emma Garner, senior VQA Ontario winemaker for Andrew Peller Ltd., which owns Thirty Bench, the wine could not have been made without diligent pruning in the organic vineyard, most notably by lopping off excess bunches mid-season to hasten ripening in the remaining fruit. "We'll sometimes take the vines down to one bunch per shoot if we feel that we're in a season that's a little bit cooler and things are not developing as quickly as we'd like," Garner said, adding that she was determined nonetheless to capture franc's characteristic tobacco and more pleasant herbal tones. "Back in the day, I think a lot of [Niagara] vineyard blocks were being overcropped, and that's where you get that nasty hangover of cabernet franc, the big pyrazine-driven wines. I think we're starting to understand how to work with it better in the vineyard."
Even at $75 a bottle for her world-champion red, all 219 cases sold quickly. But one can find many good, modern Niagara examples from such franc flag-bearers as Tawse, Cave Spring, Stratus and Vineland Estates. In B.C., look also for such names as Bartier Bros., Clos du Soleil, Culmina and Nichol, to name just a few.
Besides Canada (and the Loire), other places that have begun finding more hospitable vineyard sites to coax better balance from cabernet franc include the coastal Bolgheri district of Tuscany as well as Argentina and Chile.
For cabernet franc, these are salad days no more.
Painted Rock Estate Grown Cabernet Franc 2016, British Columbia
SCORE: 93 PRICE: $44.99
A tour de force, this could be an object lesson for Loire Valley producers who believe cabernet franc can't be fully ripe while also displaying some of the variety's lifted, herbal verve. Full-bodied and succulent, it's almost sticky-dense and bursts forth with essences that include cherry, dark chocolate, espresso, smoked meat and dried herbs. Available direct through paintedrock.ca and from private wine shops.
Township 7 Cabernet Franc 2016, British Columbia
Full-bodied but light on its feet. Juicy cherry, black currant and tangy cranberry lead the way, joined by a breezy herbal essence and barrel-driven bass notes of cedar, caramel and smoke. For comparison's sake, it's like a fleshier, substantial Loire red from a good year. Available direct through township7.com.
Inniskillin Reserve Cabernet Franc 2016, Ontario
Medium-bodied and tangy, with flavours of cherry and tobacco backed up by cedar and smoke. The texture is gently chalky, with grippy tannins. A Niagara red with good energy and crisp backbone. Available direct through inniskillin.com.
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Experimental studies on the bubble behaviour in submerged gas blowing were carried out with liquid Wood's metal. About 440 kg of Wood's metal at 100°C was contained in a ladle-shaped glass vessel with an inner diameter of 40 cm. The liquid metal was stirred by nitrogen, argon or helium respectively through a nozzle positioned centrically or eccentrically at the bottom. The bubble plumes were investigated under different gas flow rates and nozzle diameters by determination of local gas fraction, bubble frequency, size distribution and rising velocity of bubbles.
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We talk to Erin B Taylor, about her experience of applying anthropology to research the financial technology sector (like mobile payments), both in Haiti and The Netherlands; the ethics of money and business ethnography.
Erin B. Taylor is an economic anthropologist with experience both in the applied financial sector and in the academic sector. She holds a PhD in Socio Cultural Anthropology from Sydney University and was a postdoctoral researcher on financial mobility at the University of Lisbon. She is the co-founder of Canela Consulting, an ethnography-driven research and consulting group focused on finance and technology. Currently, she works as a senior researcher for Holland Fin-tech where she researches the changing fin-tech landscape, including insur-tech, identity & security, payments, regulations, and financial inclusion.
In today's episode we talk to Erin about her experience of applying anthropology to research the financial technology sector (like mobile payments), both in Haiti and The Netherlands. We also explore what is money, what types of relationships people build with it and its financial service providers, and how fin-tech fits into that. We explore the ethics and methods of asking people about their relationship to money (quick tip - ask for stories and not data). Lastly, we talk about the relationship between regulation and design, and the spaces of convergence between ethnographic and design research in the business sector.
Erin's work: Taylor, E.B. and H.A. Horst. 2017. Designing Financial Literacy in Haiti. In Design Anthropology: Object Cultures in Transition, edited by Alison J. Clarke. Springer.
If you want to understand how social scientists study human behaviour, how design specialists innovate or want to know more about how they can successfully work together and enhance each other, then you have come to the right place! Join Corina and Angel as they engage with anthropologists, other researchers and industry specialists from all over the world. The discussions will be about their specific work in understanding people and how they apply that understanding to advance business and/or larger societal goals. Whether you are a professional working in business and/or academia, still doing your studies or just simply interested in this topic, thank you for being here, and we hope you enjoy it!
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"The LORD is my Shepherd; I shall not want." You aren't without, you don't lack, you do want for anything when you've got the Lord. Yeah, right… Oh, it sounds great, and we want to believe it. (Lord, help our unbelief.) But day to day we don't think that, don't believe that, don't act like it. Otherwise, we wouldn't crave, desire, or want what we want. That's what coveting is all about: craving or desiring what you don't have, wanting what those around you have.
These two Commandments (Nine and Ten) tie in with the First Commandment. You can really study them together, take them together, they go hand in hand. Commandments Nine and Ten get us to the heart of the matter, the heart of our spiritual problem: our hearts!
That's a more than a little uncomfortable. We like to think of ourselves as self-sufficient, free, independent. We make choices. We're at least neutral, right? God and heaven on one side; devil and hell on the other side—we stand in the middle. The Lord tells us that that's not the case. That's what the Ninth and Tenth Commandments are all about. The truth is our hearts are a craving mess.
We crave, want, and desire. Is there any choice in it? Our mind will rationalize the craving, the desire, the sin of our heart. Adam and Eve were created to desire the Lord and His Word, but then Eve desired the fruit. She desired to be like God; so did Adam who was with her. Then they desired to cover themselves. Desired to hide from God. Desired to blame God and other people. But the true culprit, the true guilty party is clearly seen: the human heart.
This is sinful human existence. The heart wants stuff, and the mind rationalizes it. Why do we talk about people "falling" in love? "Love" gets reduced to "desire" and it always comes before the rationalizing of "why." But so many "whys" come flooding in with our screwed up desire. There are so many things that we just have to have. Why? No good reason, but, given enough time, we can come up with something.
We're to fear, love, and trust in God above all things, and we're to do it with our entire body, soul, mind, and heart. The heart desires, the mind rationalizes, the body does, and the soul is stained in God's sight. That's what James says, "Each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death." Just look at Ahab and Jezebel with Naboth's vineyard from our reading!
If we want a vacation, how quickly there are reasons of why skipping church is ok. If we crave something, how quickly we can rationalize not being generous to those around us, to the church, to those in need. We don't want to help with the chores. We don't love another to-do list. We don't crave putting others (neighbor or God) first with our time, our energy, our money.
Me first. That's the heart's first and greatest creed. It wants what it wants. That's how it works. Our neighbor? Well, I'll decide when and what to give. The Lord God? Give as much as I think is appropriate. That's just minds doing what they do. Rationalizing our heart's desire, and it's creed: "Me first." It's true: our hearts are a craving mess.
That won't do. Not any of it! The Lord's the Lord, and we're not. He isn't just God. He makes Himself our God. Why would He do that? It's not because we naturally desire Him. It's not because we love Him with our entire body, soul, mind, and heart. It's not even because we try so hard. No, He does it only because of His love and mercy in Jesus.
Our desires are all wrong, and in the saving department they don't matter. They matter in the unsaving department. That's what they earn us: our hearts, and desires. They earn us hell. No, it's the Lord's desire that matters. In spite of us, thanks be to God, that THE LORD DESIRES TO SAVE US. THE LORD DESIRES TO SAVE YOU. He wants to be your God and for you to be His child. He loves you. He craves to save you from you and your heart. Yes, THE LORD DESIRES TO SAVE YOU.
THE LORD DESIRES TO SAVE US, and so He does. To do that He must create a new heart. That's the only way. And so He does. He creates a new heart—for Himself! In the womb of the Blessed Virgin, the Lord knitted together a heart for Himself. God Himself became incarnate, the Son "became man." He had a body, soul, mind, heart. He lived a perfect life. He always desired to do His Father's will: cherish the Ten Commandments, love Him above all things, and carry the sinful desires your heart continually produces. He became the very sin that infects the heart to crave everything but God. He was crucified as sinner for sinners. He shed His blood, and finally, after He had given His life, His very heart was pierced to pay the penalty of our sin-infected, sin-broken hearts and desires.
THE LORD DESIRES TO SAVE YOU, and so He does. To do that He must create a new heart. That's the only way. And so He does. As Paul says, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation." You are baptized into Jesus. There you have a new in-Jesus heart. When you are in Him, He creates in you a clean, new, contrite, and God-loving, neighbor-loving heart. The Spirit continually creates that "clean heart" by daily repentance worked by His Word. The Spirit "sprinkles your heart clean" with the blood of Jesus when you receive it with His body in the Supper.
THE LORD DESIRES TO SAVE YOU. So He does. In Jesus He does. And you really do have a new heart in Jesus. It's only an in-Jesus sort of heart. Apart from Him, without Him, separated from Him and His Word and Gifts where He is and where the Spirit is—well, there you will only have your heart. The Lord will let you have that. Let you go off and desire and get whatever you want in this life. He will let you skip out on Him, His Word, His Gifts, His body and blood He shed for you.
Why would you do that? You really do have a new in-Jesus heart. He lives in you. He is within that you would desire and do according to His good will. Your new, clean, pure in-Jesus heart fears, loves, and trusts in Him and His Father before all things. That Spirit enlivened in-Jesus heart doesn't desire, want, or crave anything except to love your neighbor. After all, what your neighbor has is a gift for them, and you have your own God-given gifts. Why would you want what they have? Your in-Jesus heart doesn't.
But Your heart of flesh, which sticks around until the grave, does. It desires all sorts of things besides loving God and loving the people He put into your life. It only does that. So, thanks be to God, His desiring matters. Jesus died and rose. You're baptized into that. The Spirit dies and rises you in the Word. You're given Jesus' body and blood—continual being in Jesus and Jesus in you. THE LORD DESIRES TO SAVE YOU. And so you are.


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Brechin City striker Andy Jackson has been voted Ladbrokes League 1 Player of the Month for March after netting in all five games.
The former St Johnstone forward scored against Peterhead, Airdrie, Queen's Park, Alloa and East Fife to take his tally to eight in nine matches and 15 for the season overall.
Brechin currently occupy the final play-off place as they prepare to face second-placed Alloa at the Indodrill Stadium on Saturday.
Jackson, 29, told Ladbrokes News: "It's good to get the recognition for scoring some goals and we've done well lately. The manager let me know and I was delighted.
"If I hadn't been injured I could have hit 20 goals, which would have been amazing, but there are still four games left and I'll hopefully get close to it.


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The Delta Variant And Arkansas' Low Vaccination Rate Fuel COVID-19 Cases
Published August 10, 2021 at 2:03 AM MST
DEBBIE ELLIOTT, HOST:
Arkansas' hospitals are struggling to deal with the surge of new coronavirus cases fueled by the delta variant and low vaccination rates. The state yesterday set a new record for COVID-19 hospitalizations since the pandemic began. Arkansas' health officials say the entire state had only eight open intensive care beds available.
Dr. Cam Patterson serves as the chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He joins us this morning from Little Rock to talk about this situation. Good morning, Dr. Patterson.
CAM PATTERSON: Good morning, Debbie.
ELLIOTT: So if you'll start by just taking us inside the UAMS Medical Center - what are you and your colleagues dealing with this seemingly rampant surge of COVID right now?
PATTERSON: Well, you know, this is unlike anything that we experienced before during the COVID-19 pandemic. We, in the first wave, had mostly older, sicker individuals who were coming into the hospital. We were never really overwhelmed. Now we have an A-team taking care of patients, but they're tired. Almost half of our patients in the ICUs are in the hospital with COVID-19 complications. We've got four patients on heart-lung bypass because of COVID-19 complications. And the patients are younger. A year ago, our average COVID-19 patient was over 60. Now it's 40. About 20% of our patients have been pregnant moms. We've had moms who've lost their babies because of COVID-19 infections.
ELLIOTT: Oh, heartbreaking.
PATTERSON: And our children's hospital, Arkansas Children's Hospital, rarely had more than one or two COVID-19 patients. Now they've got 22. Over half of those kids are vaccine eligible. None of them had been vaccinated. We've got a 5-week-old baby who's in the hospital with COVID-19 complications.
ELLIOTT: So this has to be something very difficult for your staff to deal with day in and day out. We have been hearing on this program for several weeks now that medical staffing issues are an issue and then just the toll of dealing with the load day in and day out. What's it like for your staff?
PATTERSON: Yeah. You know, both of those issues are problems for us. You know, I heard from a nurse who said that she cries in her car before she comes into work now. We've had nurses walk off in the middle of shifts because they can't take it anymore. About 17% - almost 20% of our nursing positions right now are vacant, so the nurses who are still at the bedside are working harder. They're taking care of more patients than they're used to, and they're just flat worn out.
ELLIOTT: What are you doing to try to alleviate that problem?
PATTERSON: Well, obviously, we're trying to hire more nurses. But we're competing with everybody else because this is, you know, not a unique problem to UAMS. We're supporting them. We're providing them with extra payments to make sure that they feel appreciated. We have a rejuvenation room. We're doing everything that we can to maintain the esprit de corps. You know, one of the challenges that we have, though, is, you know, this is now an avoidable problem. And it's difficult to come into work and to deal with these challenges when you know that there was an antidote to this, the vaccine, that people have chosen not to take. And it's difficult not to become angry.
ELLIOTT: I bet. You know, the country has been dealing with COVID for now a year and a half. As you say, there is an effective COVID vaccine. There are mitigation strategies that have seemed to work. What do you think it is that has us back in a situation where you are overwhelmed like this?
PATTERSON: Well, you know, it's clear that when we first realized that the delta variant was a threat to the United States, that it was a race against time - right? - that we needed to get vaccinated enough so that we would prevent the delta variant from overrunning us. Here in Arkansas, the first case of the delta variant appeared in - May 1. Six weeks later, over 80% of the cases were the delta variant, and now it's, like, 95%. So we lost that battle.
And I think the - you know, vaccine hesitancy obviously is the main reason behind that. But there are multiple reasons why people are hesitant of the vaccine here. African Americans are less likely to get vaccinated than Caucasians. And that's due to a long history of mistrust with the health care system, which is understandable. We're...
ELLIOTT: Right.
PATTERSON: ...A poor state. We're a poor state, relatively undereducated, very rural. Those are the kinds of people who are vaccine hesitant. And then on top of that, there's this whole health care misinformation industry that's really grown up around the vaccine that is so frustrating to deal with.
ELLIOTT: What do you think the answer is to combating all of that?
PATTERSON: Well, you know, we're going to have to do a lot of hand-to-hand combat. We're going to have to work with community partners. Frankly, though, you know, at the end of the day, we know that mandates work. And if we can't have a statewide mandate, then maybe individual industries can do it. And we can do it piece by piece. But you know, getting vaccinated is going to be our off-ramp for COVID-19 here in Arkansas.
ELLIOTT: Dr. Cam Patterson is the chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Thank you so much for your time, and good luck to you and your staff as you deal with this new surge.
PATTERSON: Thank you, Debbie.


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Celebrating 37 Years of Volunteering
Local news31 January, 2020
Val McPherson from Thames Valley was recently formally thanked by Neighbourhood Watch Network at a celebration hosted in London by Neighbourhood Watch and the Home Office. Val has volunteered for over 37 years at Neighbourhood Watch, at both local and national level.
To mark this notable achievement a reception was held on 4th December 2019, attended by senior Home Office officials, Police & the Crime Commissioner of Thames Valley Anthony Stansfeld, trustees and the CEO of Neighbourhood Watch, and friends and colleagues from Neighbourhood Watch across the country.
There were a host of speakers congratulating Val on her remarkable achievement, and to highlight memorable moments from her long history of volunteering. These included John Hayward-Cripps and David Huse from Neighbourhood Watch, Andrew Johnson from the Home Office, Anthony Stansfeld and others, who reflected upon Val's loyalty, dedication and hard work over many years.
To commemorate the occasion, Val was presented with a tribute from Neighbourhood Watch, letters of thanks from The Right Hon. Theresa May, Chief Constable John Campbell, and a local resident, and a personalised football shirt bearing no. 37, signed by many of her friends and well-wishers.
In the early 1980s, Val joined Neighbourhood Watch and became the co-ordinator for her local scheme. Over time she took on more responsibilities and was for many years the Chair of the Thames Valley Association and the South East Regional Forum which included oversight of the Neighbourhood Alert database and messaging system being shared with TV Police. In 2015 she was awarded the British Empire Medal for her services to policing and community safety.
Val continues to be heavily involved in running her local Neighbourhood Watch and to support at a national level.
Derek Pratt awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
We are delighted that in the Queen's Birthday
Happy 100th birthday to a community champion
The whole Watch would like to wish Arthur Evans
Neighbourhood Watch to present at webinar for Local Authorities
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CD Review: Carolina Choclolate Drops – "Genuine Negro Jig"
Rod Ames Posted On February 16, 2010
By 'Rebel' Rod Ames
Over the years, I have been "turned on" to an enormous amount of incredibly fantastic music, music that has in some cases completely blown me away. A couple artists and their albums that have accomplished the feat of "blowing me away" are artists that eventually became household names. Artists such as Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's "De Ja Vu", Joni Mitchell's,"Court and Spark" and many others to numerous to name. Most of these artists came out of the late 60's and early 70's. There was an unusually large amount of phenomenally great music that came out of this period.
For instance, The Pointer Sister's 1973 inaugural self titled album, "The Pointer Sisters", followed by Blue Thumb's release of "That's a Plenty", took us on a journey of the jazz music that had to have influenced them in their musically formative years and were both, in my opinion, their best work. In fact, I don't believe they ever got close to either of these records ever again.
This brings me to the subject of the day. Carolina Chocolate Drop's latest release, "Genuine Negro Jig" (Nonesuch Records) is one of those records that completely blew me away. Yes, I can use phraseology such as "instant classic", "innovative", "and absolutely astounding". This record definitely falls under any one or all of those phrases or words.
"Genuine Negro Jig" is easily one of the best albums I have heard in thirty some odd years. The vocals are as smooth as any I have EVER heard, and if that were not enough, each member trades off duties on banjo, fiddle, jug, kazoo, and beat-box and does so with an incredible amount of proficiency. I literally cannot stop listening to this record.
As the Pointer Sisters did in the early 70's with their jazz roots records mentioned earlier, before straying so far off track and, in my opinion, diving off the edge of the world only to be swallowed up by the pop and disco insanity of the late 70's and early 80's. Carolina Chocolate Drops take us on a journey of the "jug and string band" music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries of their ancestors, and they do it with flair. From the looks of things, I do not believe there is any danger of this trio abandoning what they do. You can tell by watching them they do this with the main ingredient, a heaping spoonful of Heart and a bunch of Soul.
They stay very traditional, yet add elements of modern music to these very traditional arrangements. The talent this trio possesses is incredible. Their proficiency on the banjo, fiddle, and traditional percussion instruments of the era such as the spoons along with other traditional rhythm instruments, work into the arrangements in such away that it nearly feels as if these instruments were new. There is no loss of the freshness of this music, even when Rhiannon Giddens blows her kazoo. I never thought I'd say it, but she makes the kazoo actually sound "cool". When you add the element of "beat-boxing" (which I would not have known had I not seen it with my own eyes), the listener receives a dose of modernization within these otherwise, very traditional arrangements.
Each song creates an atmosphere of dimly kerosene lamp lit rooms with dusty wood-planked floors. The feet stomping on the floor to the beat of this powerful music creates little dust clouds around the listeners stomping feet. Close your eyes while listening to this amazing compilation of songs and see if similar images don't creep into your mind as well.
On most tracks, there is a focus on the trio's silky smooth vocalizations. Rhiannon Giddens is astounding on "Hit 'em Up Style", and it doesn't get any smoother than Justin Robinson's voice when he sings "Kissin' and Cussin". On other tracks like the traditional "Sandy Boys", the emphasis is on both the vocals and the instruments.
As mentioned earlier, Rhiannon Gidden's voice is amazing. Her voice is profoundly featured in a simple traditional a Capella tune called "Reynadine". If there really are angels, this is precisely what they would sound like when they sing.
Carolina Chocolate Drops will appeal to just about anyone. One might hear them in Harlem, Nashville, Austin, or Hollywood. However, currently they have a very strong following in the UK where this record was released earlier. The point is, this band will fit in and be welcome where ever they choose to play.
With "Genuine Negro Gig", they walk us through a period of American history that was shockingly detestable to any respectable American citizen. Not one American can deny this horrific past. However, that isn't the goal of this recording.
This collection of songs serve as sort of a history lesson and graphically illustrates how music can help to get us through incredibly tough adversities. Carolina Chocolate Drops, I believe, are not only paying homage to their ancestors who sang and played their way through some incredibly harsh conditions, but are also attempting to resurrect an entire genre of music not just lost amongst African-Americans but all Americans. If I am correct, and this is in fact their mission, then mission accomplished. This truly could be a resurrection in the world of music we haven't seen since Caucasians discovered Little Richard five decades or so ago.
The music had become sort of a defense mechanism to help African-Americans in the early twentieth century to get through some terrible hardships. Some survived this horrific era and some did not. The survivors came out of the ordeal stronger, wiser, and smarter, if not a bit on the justifiably cynical side. However, for having gone through it, they were ultimately better equipped for the next era, the era that ushered in Civil Rights and changed our great Nation, as we know it, for the better.
This music has been passed down through the ages. It is extremely obvious a lot of research and study went into the conception of Carolina Chocolate Drops' music, and especially this record. However, most importantly, and as mentioned earlier, my two favorite and arguably the two most important ingredients to anything of substance, the Heart and the Soul prevailed in the conception of this artistically historic masterpiece.
Carolina Chocolate Drops are Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson, and Dom Flemons, and are and will be for a long time, a powerful force in the world of roots music. This is roots music at its rootsiest and it must be heard.
'Rebel' Rod says you had better do what ever it takes to get this record in your collection. I promise, you will not regret it.


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Amal, George Clooney Stumbling into $500 Million Divorce?
02:56 PM EDT 10/28/2021 by Peter Alec Galvez
REUTERS Amal Clooney Allegedly Planning To Surprise George Clooney While He's Filming In Queensland
A year prior, New Idea revealed George Clooney lamented not securing his assets whenever he got the opportunity. As he and his significant other Amal endured a very long time of contentions, the Ocean's Eleven was gazing directly down the barrel of a $500 Million separate.
"If the bits of gossip are valid that they're parting, he's dealing with genuine monetary issues and could lose a large portion of his fortune," an insider dished.
"He must return to work. He hasn't had a hit film in years, so if Amal leaves with a large portion of his fortune or more, and with his two children, he must beginning chipping away at lucrative ventures just." George was compensating his attorneys double-time to attempt to figure out how to save his fortune.
The power source added that they might be compelled to record their separation in the UK, "where they are inhabitants because of her citizenship. The reality they wedded there, and their Sonning home is their main living place, he could be in a bad way."
The Clooneys aren't getting separated, and it's conspicuous they won't ever plan to. Since this report went to print, no trustworthy outlets at any point upheld up its cases. They appear to be more enamored than any other time.
However, this was an incredible story in any case since there's no evidence that they've at any point even had a difficult situation. Indeed, George guaranteed last year that he and Amal had never at any point had a contention.
In a meeting with People, George said, "I feel extremely fortunate to have met [Amal] in such countless ways. We haven't at any point had a contention."
And from what we can tell about their relationship, we trust it. They likewise pressed on the PDA at George's most recent film debut. It's unmistakable the newspaper needed to work up to show in their relationship. However, it didn't work. The Clooneys keep on being one of Hollywood's dearest couples.
This is not really whenever New Idea first has been off-base with regards to George Clooney. Recently, the newspaper asserted the entertainer at long last shut down a non-existent quarrel with Brad Pitt. Then, at that point, the newspaper announced George and Amal reestablished their pledges and had one more child coming. Also, most as of late, the power source revealed they were moving to Australia. New Idea doesn't have any knowledge of George and Amal Clooney's marriage.
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Our history can be traced back to the 1970′s when a number of Wah Yan old boys studying in Sydney gathered together regularly to exchange ideas about their studies and careers. Outdoor activities were often organised for the group too. Meetings in those days were held at a prominent retired teacher of WYCHK, Mr Robert Chung's house at Manly in Sydney. When the news spreaded, more and more Wahyanites joined the group.
With the effort of all the members over the years, WYPSA (Australia) Inc. has become one of the largest and probably the oldest past students' association in Australia for alumni from a Hong Kong high-school.


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Ivanovo – wieś w Chorwacji, w żupanii osijecko-barańskiej, w gminie Viljevo. W 2011 roku liczyła 290 mieszkańców.

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When executed well, inbound marketing (also known as content marketing), allows you to build an audience that builds your business.
HubSpot is the world's largest inbound marketing agency, and they have a reputation for getting results. Kipp Bodnar is Hubspot's CMO and in this TGIM Short, he explains how to use inbound marketing to accelerate the growth of your business, and turn strangers into customers.
Kipp: If you think about the way people have traditional marketing throughout the years, you basically interrupt people. You spam their email address. You send direct mail to their office. You cold call them on the phone. You put banner ads in their face and the lip. It's a very interruptive process. It's, "Hey. This is my business. Come look at me." That's really out bill marketing. Inbound marketing is essentially the opposite. Technology has innovated past all of that outbound marketing effectiveness because if you're a human being today, you can just ignore all that stuff. You've caller id on your phone. You have ad blocker on your browser. You have a DVR to fast forward through commercials on your TV. You can just tune out all that outbound marketing. Cold calls. Well, less than1% of cold call just pick up the phone, random call, will actually work to connect and get a sales deal. You're like, "Okay. Well, maybe I'm okay with that 1%." The challenge the 99 people out of 100, you create a really negative brand perception of interruption and annoyance. It's just not effective. Not only is it bad for your brand but it's bad for your business.
Inbound marketing is really about how do you create content and pull people in with content to your website, to your blog, to your social media accounts, just Facebook page etcetera, by helping them and giving them information that's going to make it easier for them to do their job. That addresses kind of the common questions concerns they have in the buying process. Look around your marketplace. What you'll likely see is all of your competitors spending a lot of money on advertising and beating people over the heads with messages about their product. You need to be the opposite of that. You need to be the outlier. You need to go and give that community what it sorely needs which is education and information on how to solve their problem and endure a better way.
We think about the marketing and sales funnel. We think about it that it has a few stages. The top of your marketing funnel is really awareness. It's getting people to have an understanding of who you are. If you think about the top of the funnel, inbound marketing is really about content and distribution. How do you create not product focus content but more general industry content, right? If you are a steel sheeting manufacturer, you're not going to publish a bunch of content on your blog and through your social media channels about the quality of your steel or the benefits of your manufacturing process. Instead, you're going to talk about the applications of steel in general. The problems that steel sheeting solves in the world. You're going to distribute that through your email marketing, through your Facebook page, through your Twitter account, through search engines, through basically all of the different web distribution channels. That's going to bring and attracts people back to your company. That's inbound marketing's role at the top of the funnel. Then you kind of have the middle of the funnel which is what we call conversion.
If you're an eCommerce business that people buy something on your site, if you're B2B company that somebody filling out a lead in form and becoming a lead that a sales rep can interact with, inbound marketing's role really becomes part of the conversion process. You might be reading your blog post on the 10 surprising applications of steel sheeting. We're going to keep our current example. Then they might see that, "Oh wow. You have a steel sheeting buyers guide that can outline what you should consider when you're thinking about making a purchase." All you needed to do was exchange a little bit of information and that buyer's guide is completely free. You go to a landing page. You type in some information on the form. You get this buying guide. That's really the conversion part of inbound marketing. Then the bottom of the funnel is really kind of where the hand off between marketing and sales happens. It's really where we call basically the revenue stage of the funnel where you're going to have that transaction.
Then the funnel goes one more stage down which is really how do you delight and make that customer very happy so that they'll either refer other business back up to you and kind of fill the top of your funnel or so that it when it comes necessary, they might buy additional products or service from your company. Those are the stages as we think about it.
The number one thing that you need to really bring somebody as a customer for your business is their trust. They need to trust you that you're the right partner for them. They need to trust that you have the right solution for them. If you're going to build that trust, it's really hard when you start out with a point of like, "Hey. I have the best product. It does XY and Z and it cost you this much money." It's not the point of which you build trust. The way we think about it is you build trust. You first sharing a lot of values. Adding a ton of experience. Now, we have people who buy HubSpot who have read our blog for years and they'll say like, "You know, I didn't need something like HubSpot before but I really appreciated the education, content and everything that you provided. Now that I need it, you're the obvious choice. I felt like I owed it to you call because you've given me so much value over the years." That's the kind of trust, that's the kind of perception that you want. Because not only is that the type of person who's more likely to buy your product and will really be successful but it's also somebody who's more likely to be a long-term advocate for your business.
That's the result of what good educational, full funnel content information give you versus starting basically right at the close which is what too many people do. There's too many companies ignore the top and middle of the marketing and sales funnel and just say, "Hey. Who are you? This is what I got. Would you want to buy it?" That's not the right way to go about it.


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Home Society Sport Iran Fierce Rival for Spain in 2018 FIFA World Cup: Lopetegui
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Iran Fierce Rival for Spain in 2018 FIFA World Cup: Lopetegui
Head coach of Spain National Football Team Julen Lopetegui describes Iran's national team as a fierce rival for his team during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Lopetegui says he and his assistants have gained a good knowledge of the Iranian national team and its head coach.
Speaking to IRNA's correspondent in Madrid, Lopetegui s`aid Iran's head coach Carlos Queiroz has been working with Team Melli for many years, and during these years, Queiroz has launched an interesting plan for the country's football which has led to significant growth of the team in technical areas.
He went on to say that the Iranian national football team has a great sense of belonging which prompts its players to work within a regular plan. "This has led to a competing sense among them and this will put us in trouble during our competition."
Head coach of Spain went on to say that Iran also has the experience of attending world cups in the past and performed well during those competitions. "Iran has made great progress in football over the past years and will emerge as a fierce rival for Spain."
Iran's national football team is in Istanbul to hold a training camp in the country. The team will face Turkey football team on May 29 in a friendly match as part of its preparation for the 2018 World Cup.
The Team Melli has been drawn in Group B of the 2018 World Cup along with Morocco, Spain and Portugal.
It will open the campaign with a match against Morocco at Saint Petersburg on June 15. Team Melli will later face Spain in Kazan on 20 June before meeting Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal in Saransk five days later.
The matches of the 2018 World Cup will be held between June 14 and July 15 at 12 stadiums.
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Bogota was founded as capital of the New Kingdom of Granada the 6 of August of 1538 by the Spanish conqueror Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a hard expedition to the Andes.
It is the third highest capital of South America (after La Paz and Quito), since it is at an average of 2,625 meters above sea level. It is located in the center of Colombia, in the natural region known as the Savannah of Bogota, which forms part of the Cundiboyacan highlands, a formation located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes.
Because of its high altitude, Bogota has a cold mountain climate; Due to its low latitude it presents / displays a little thermal oscillation throughout the year. Temperatures regularly range between 6 and 22 ° C, with an annual average of 14 ° C.
Due to its location near the equator, it only has two seasons: rain and drought, precipitation is abundant from March to May and from October to November, coinciding almost with the spring and autumn equinoxes of the northern hemisphere, respectively, because The sun crosses the equatorial line and the solar radiation is greater, increasing the heat in the forest and favoring the formation of storms in the cordilleran zone.
In contrast, the driest seasons of the year are from January to February and from July to August. The mist is the most common hydrometer: you have 220 foggy days per year.
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Andres Carne de Res, best party in South America - 35,8 kms
The largest Salt Cathedral in the world - 54,7 kms
The shoping center - 47,4 kms
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