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Danny & Lana's Wedding Highlight Reel
Danny and Lana's Buddhist and Catholic wedding celebration was a beautiful and culturally rich event to document. Many thanks to Danny and Lana for enabling me to share their day and tell their wedding story. With all the planning that goes into trying to create a perfect wedding, it's easy to miss things. I hope this highlight reel allows Danny, Lana and their families the opportunity to relive this memorable day for years to come. Danny + Lana from Tricia Coyne on Vimeo. Featuring music by Secret Nation - Tonight Licensed at TheMusicBed.com[...]
Sonya & Jimmy's wedding highlight reel
Jimmy and Sonya's Catholic/Hindu wedding weekend has been amazing to edit and put together. It's taking me twice as long as any other wedding I've done, but so far it's been worth it! Thanks to Jimmy and Sonya for trusting me to tell their wedding story. I hope they enjoy this highlight reel for years to come. Jimmy + Sonya from Tricia Coyne on Vimeo.[...]
Ali + Tim
Ali and Tim's wedding day did not start off the way I had imagined. Talking to Ali on the phone as I pulled up to her house, it was clear from the sound in her voice that something wasn't right. Her voice was hoarse, and she sounded exhausted. "I think I have the flu," she muttered. "It's going around. My Dad has it, too." That morning was a tough one for Ali and the family. There were points throughout the day where I didn't know how she was going to pull through. Ali's a tough one though. She managed to make light of a truly unfortunate situation, and I t[...]
Shawn + Regan
Adam Coker and I teamed up to film Shawn and Regan's wedding video, and we had such a great time. The two of us drove out to Pullen Park in Raleigh to meet up with them a few weeks prior to the wedding in order to break the ice, get to know one another, and hear Shawn and Regan's love story. Regan is this beautiful, bubbly, young spirit, and her laugh is absolutely contagious. Shawn is her shy, serious counterpart, and you can tell that Regan's energy helps him open up and come out of his shell. A true tale of "opposites attract," but they complimented each ot[...]
Vinh + Samantha
What an awesome day. From the exchange of goofy jokes during preparation to the Gangnam Style-get down at the reception, this wedding was a lot of fun to cover. The ceremony at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church was beautiful, and I loved covering the traditional Vietnamese tea ceremony they performed at the reception. Special thanks to Audio To Go Entertainment for introducing me to Vinh and Samantha, and also for making their reception so memorable. I was happy to get to know this couple before the wedding. The two have an amazing sense of humor and such[...]
Natalie + Chad
At a Fourth of July pool party, hosted by the Preston Flats Lawn Tennis and Social Society, I had the privilege of meeting Natalie and Chad. It just so happened that the two were getting married in a week, and in a spontaneous act (influenced by a few delicious beverages), they agreed to have me shoot video of their wedding day. I can't thank Natalie and Chad enough for giving me the opportunity. You two are awesome! Natalie & Chad from Tricia Coyne on Vimeo.[...]


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Home Analysis SHOCKING: Communist China Killing Prisoners to Harvest Organs for Transplant
SHOCKING: Communist China Killing Prisoners to Harvest Organs for Transplant
More than one million people have been rounded up and jailed in torture camps with one evil purpose — to be farmed.
In a shocking news, an international tribunal has found that China is forcibly harvesting the organs of tens of thousands of political prisoners to operate a rapidly growing medical black market worth $1 billion a year. Though for several years, human rights groups have expressed concern many of the estimated 1.5 million people held in prison camps were part of an insidious human farming system, now, the specially formed China Tribunal in London has declared there is no doubt that state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting is occurring on a massive scale.
Made up of members from the United States, United Kingdom, Malaysia and Iran, including experts in human rights, transplant surgery and international relations, the independent tribunal heard from 50 witnesses and examined an enormous volume of visual and text evidence over the past year. That included testimony about the barbaric practices, including organ removal on live patients.
The number of operations performed, the incredibly short waiting lists for recipients and the expansion of facilities demonstrated "beyond a reasonable doubt" that "forced organ harvesting has been committed for years throughout China on a significant scale", the report said. Chaired by the esteemed Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, the tribunal heard most of the detainees murdered for their organs were political prisoners from the Falun Gong movement as well as ethnic Uyghurs.
The practice, which China continues to deny, constituted genocide and industrial-scale murder and torture, Sir Nice said. "Forced organ harvesting is of unmatched wickedness, on a death-for-death basis, with the killings (from) mass crimes committed in the last century," he said.
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Q: ¿Cómo cerrar el cursor negro/blanco en android studio? Cursor no me deja escribir o copiar linea. Cuando utilizo el comando FN+Insert,me permite escribir, pero luego cuando quiero copiar texto de alguna linea de código, me marca el cursor blanco/negro, nuevamente. Necesito ayuda.

A: Para quitar el cursor que indicas

lo realizas con la tecla Insert.
Pero esto no es la causa por la cual no puedas escribir en tu archivo, me parece que tienes el modo "read-only" activo, debes deshabilitarlo para poder editar tu archivo.

A: Estuve en un problema algo similar
SOLUCION: En tu pestaña(ventana) donde estas programando selecciona cualquier linea y presiona Las siguientes Teclas.
(SHIFT + 0)

Antes -  y  - despues

La barra ↑ gruesa no me dejaba seleccionar bien nada ni digitar,  con eso lo solucione.

A: Solución para mac:
Mi teclado no tiene la tecla Insert, pero esa función la podemos activar escribiendo control+command+s (^⌘S). Hay que hacerlo dentro de cada uno de los archivos que componen el proyecto (dentro de los archivos .java y .xml) y ya esta. Espero que les funcione.

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Fifty years of the Royal Ballet
4 January 2011 by gramilano Leave a Comment
The Proud Galleries in Chelsea launch its first ever exhibition dedicated to ballet with Fifty Years of the Royal Ballet, photographs by Colin Jones.
Born in 1936 as the son of an East London printer, Colin Jones spent his youth struggling with dyslexia and illiteracy. He was evacuated three times during the Second World War, and thus attended 13 schools before the age of 16. Eventually, after several years of ballet lessons which he took as he preferred the idea of being a dancer to a road sweeper, Jones won a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School in 1953, and soon embarked on a career with its touring company.
After buying his first camera on tour in Japan (running an errand for Dame Margot Fonteyn) Jones embarked on a six-month trial with the Observer, and so his photography career began.
Proud Galleries has been granted unique access into Jones' archive and has uncovered breathtaking prints which showcase life behind the scenes at the Royal Ballet School. Including portraits and action shots of ballet superstars such as Dame Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev and Dame Ninette de Valois, this exhibition reveals the glamour and elegance of the ballet as well as the gruelling regimes the dancers endured and the behind the scenes shots of rehearsals and dressing rooms.
Proud Galleries from 13th January to 27th February 2011
Photo credit: Colin Jones
Filed Under: dance, photography Tagged With: London, Margot Fonteyn, Ninette de Valois, Royal Ballet, Rudolf Nureyev
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The latest news regarding WEEE, e-waste, battery and packaging compliance
Topics for May 2019
French Battery Discounts
The Benefits of Compliance
As part of French government policy, battery schemes in France have been directed to reward producers of more environmentally considerate battery chemistries with a bonus. The objective is to financially incentivize preference for more 'eco-conscious' batteries to encourage producers to adjust the design of their products to choose more sustainable alternatives.
Batteries that qualify have certain qualities such as good economic value for recovery of the raw materials, especially for materials such as Cobalt, and battery life time as well as other features.
Discounted battery chemistries include:
Lithium accumulators using cobalt instead of secondary lithium accumulators. The reduced fee is 0.456 Euro per kg instead of the usual 0.479 Euro per kg. Examples are LCO (Lithium Cobalt Oxide), NMC (Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt) and NCA (Lithium Nickel Cobalt Aluminum)
Eco-versions of Alkaline batteries, which are those containing recycled materials. This does not apply to regular Alkaline batteries. The reduced fee is 0.360 Euro per kg instead of 0.372 Euro per kg.
Screlec, a French battery recycling organisation, is the first in France to implement the discounted fees for batteries with appropriate eco-criteria. Although the fee reduction is relatively small, the difference can add up, especially for large producers, and it is a good policy direction to encourage production and use of batteries that have more sustainable characteristics.
The official date for the UK to leave the EU is now October 31st of 2019 and, despite a great number of uncertainties, Accerio is able to provide some guidance based on probable outcomes. The good news is that it is likely that little will change for WEEE and battery waste management when Brexit does happen.
Some key known facts:
Regardless of any deals agreed on, once the UK leaves the European Union, it will no longer be an EU member state and UK entities will from that point on be regarded as Non-EU Entities. There may be further extensions of the deadline affecting when this occurs, and also the possibility too that Article 50 may be rescinded and Brexit called off.
All EU laws are being transposed into UK law, so that, at least temporarily, the same targets and obligations will be applied to those selling EEE and batteries in the UK. Of course, in time, the UK could choose to follow a different route to the EU.
Those who may see significant changes due to Brexit are companies with UK based legal entities who sell to other countries in Europe, because some countries have different regulations and requirements in place for EU entities as compared to non-EU entities.
A local Authorized Representative is required by any EU entity that sells into Denmark, France, Ireland, Portugal or Sweden in order to register and report. Non-EU entities do not require one.
Taking over Reseller responsibilities in Czech Republic, Finland, France, Portugal and Sweden is permissible to EU entities only. After Brexit, any current UK based entities will no longer be able to do this and will need to advise their affected resellers that they will need to be able to register and report for themselves.
If any country is using a UK-based certification scheme for EU compliance, such RohS certification or the CE mark, they will no longer be authorized to do this after Brexit. Any EU-wide standard mark can only be issued by a company registered in an EU member state. The certification schemes will likely have a plan in place to ensure their continued authority after-Brexit, but please do ensure you have checked this.
In the event that a deal is struck allowing the UK to retain a semi-EU status, similar to EEA members, it is possible that the UK could be viewed as a 3rd Party country and included in some EU requirements, such as AR requirement for UK based entities.
In the meantime whilst all wait for a final decision, here are some helpful documents both the UK government and the EU have released advising businesses on the changes that will come if no deal is agreed upon.
UK guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/how-to-prepare-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-with-no-deal
EU Guidance: https://ec.europa.eu/info/brexit/brexit-preparedness/preparedness-notices_en
EU Guide for non-food and non-agricultural products: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/file_import/industrial_products_en_1.pdf
EU Non-Food and non-agricultural FAQ: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/qa_brexit_industrial_products_en.pdf
The EU WEEE and batteries directives are critical to the sustainable management of the electronic and battery waste streams that have grown at an astonishing rate. It is anticipated that by 2020, in the EU alone, more than 12 million tonnes of electronic waste will be generated that year.
The three pillars of sustainability- People, Planet, and Profit – are fundamental to the spirit of intention behind the WEEE and batteries directives. These laws help to protect the health and well-being of everyone involved. Extended Producer Responsibility helps fund the management of all this waste according to the 'Polluter Pays' principle.
Waste electronics and batteries that end up in landfill contaminate soil, water and air, as toxic raw materials such as heavy metals and other compounds used in their manufacture, seep into the environment.
Transportation of WEEE and waste batteries to countries where regulation is poor or absent, impacts heavily on the health and well-being of vulnerable people who are employed in backyard 'recycling' operations where they are exposed to heavy metals and other contaminants.
Waste can be a valuable source of raw materials, especially as the scarcity of specific metals and minerals increases manufacturing and mining costs. And as recycling technologies improve, there are increasing economic benefits to the efficient re-use of these commodities.
Europe 2020's growth Strategy aims to lead to a more resource efficient Europe, and compliance with the WEEE and Batteries Directives supports the objectives towards building a more sustainable society. Through the financing of recycling programs, producers contribute to better health and well-being of humans, animals, and plants by preventing landfill of electronics and batteries. Producers also benefit from the economic and logistical efficiencies through the recycling of valuable raw materials, especially as some of these materials become more scarce and prices increase.


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Hari Raya Puasa Festival enlivens Singapore's Muslim community after the strict Ramadan season, which obliges them to abstain from foods, drinks and extra merriments.
In contrast with Ramadan period, Hari Raya Puasa festivities lavish dozens of dainties on the festival's attendees, tempting with lots of traditional Malay rice delicacies like ketupat, lontong or lemang, also spicy meat rengang and above all, the most famous Malay cake called Kuih Muih, which comes in endless varieties.
Food stalls at Geylang Seria during Hari Raya Puasa 2014.
On the day of Hari Raya Puasa Muslims wake up early to visit the mosque and thank God for everything they have. They also ask forgiveness from their elders and get special presents - 'green' packets of money. People get dressed in their best clothes to visit family and friends. Hari Raya Puasa means people will wear clothes of bright colors. Women wear a Baju Kurong (a traditional Malay costume which can be translated as "enclosed dress"), Baju Kebaya (blouse-dress) or Baju Jubah (flare dress). Men wear the male version of a Baju Kurong with a Kain Samping (a cloth worn over the trouser of the Baju Kurong). Men also wear a songkok (a cap made of felt, cotton or velvet) on their heads.
Traditionally the celebration features colorful dance and music performances and lights up Singapore's main streets with majestic illuminations and other decorative elements like a Crescent or Moon, reflecting the symbols of Islam.


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News From Around the Peninsula: Surf Rider Pizza, Point Loma Home Sales, Accused OB Sexual Attacker to Go to Trial
by Staff on August 19, 2013 · 0 comments
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Surf Rider Pizza Celebrates 3 Years in OB
One of the best pizza places in OB is now celebrating its third year in town. Surf Rider Pizza Cafe, at the corner of Abbot and Muir, has wonderful slices and pies, very unique. They also offer wonderful desserts in their show cases. Here is what they say on their website:
Surf Rider Pizza Cafe was founded in August 2010 with the simple goal of bringing great east coast style pizza and grub to San Diego. We also serve "sugary goodness" in our freshly baked treats daily. Expect a great selection, great service, and great food everytime you stop in. We are a block or so from dog beach in O.B., so bring your mutt by after a dip and hang out on our dog friendly patio and enjoy a slice.
Accused OB Sexual Assaulter to Go to Trial
Several months ago, one Richard C Butts was arrested in Ocean Beach accused on kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women here. The assaults occurred over a 7 month time. On Friday, August 16, Superior Court Judge David Gill ordered Butts to stand trial on the charges after his preliminary hearing.
Butts, 26, is charged in March with one count each of kidnapping with intent to commit a sexual assault, forced oral copulation and assault with intent to commit a sexual offense .
The charges stem from one incident on March 24th where the accused attacked a 26-year-old woman as she walked home from a friend's house. Then a month later – he was also charged with kidnapping and forcibly raping a second woman about 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 25, 2012.
Both attacks were geographically close to each other.
At the prelim, the victim from the attack that happened one year ago almost exactly to the day, testified that "she was jumped from behind on Muir Avenue as she walked toward her boyfriend's house, punched twice and dragged down a driveway and into a backyard, where her assailant tried to rape her. She stated that the attacker pulled her hooded sweatshirt over her head, so she didn't get a good look at him. She said the attack continued until the assailant heard something, jumped up and ran off," according to CNS.
A next door neighbor, James Delmar, testified that he was awakened by loud voices and a commotion. and saw a male dragging a woman down a driveway, hearing her screaming loudly. He stated she yelled: "Please stop! Don't do this! Let me go," and the assailant responded with "Shut the (expletive) up, bitch."
Here is more from the news account:
Delmar said the man was breathing heavily and could have been choking the victim during the assault.
Deputy District Attorney Wendy Patrick said the attack in March of this year happened about 10:15 p.m. as the victim tried to make her way home after dinner at a friend's house.
A 911 caller reported the woman screaming for help near Bacon and Voltaire streets. When witnesses ran to her aid, the assailant bolted toward Robb Field, San Diego police Detective Gary Hassen said. Patrol officers found him near the park a short time later and arrested him.
After Friday's preliminary hearing, Judge David Gill ruled that enough evidence was presented for Butts to stand trial Dec. 13. A readiness conference is set for Nov. 6.
Top Home Sales Around Point Loma
According to the Daily Transcript, here are recent sales in Point Loma
Charles B. Christensen and Susan M. Christensen sold a house on 2684 Jonquil Drive for $1,300,000 to George A. Espinosa and Claudine E. Espinosa on July 26.
Carole Barlas, successor trustee, sold a house on 3524 Carleton St. for $875,000 to Robert T. Stamps and Sarah A. Stamps, co-trustees, on July 26.
Stephanie Blakey Lower and Andre Blakey, successor co-trustees, sold a house on 3635 Curtis St. for $860,000 to Jeffrey D. Lower and Stephanie B. Lower on July 26.
Albert E. Trepte and Celeste A. Trepte, trustees, sold a house on 3311 Kellogg Way for $3,250,000 to Edward J. Brown Jr. and Kathleen V. Brown, co-trustees, on July 25.
ARP Real Estate I, LLC sold a house on 3104 Avenida de Portugal for $2,020,000 to American Coastal Properties, LLC on July 25.
Linda Canon and Joan C. Stevens sold a house on 3445 Dickens St. for $789,000 to William P. Brown and Shannon C. Brown on July 25.
Sanda Hanshaw, successor trustee, sold a condominium on 1021 Scott St., No. 160 for $445,000 to Jerelyn W. Biehl on July 24.
Willis J. Kaufman and Janice S. Kaufman sold a house on 2092 Historic Decatur Road for $747,500 to James Christopher and Kimberly Christopher on July 18.
Jeffrey M. Farrier and Tammy V. Farrier, trustees, sold a house on 3324 Harbor View Drive for $1,874,000 to Becky L. Robbins, trustee, on July 17.
Terence B. Jope and Tammy R. Jope, trustees, sold a house on 829 Rosecrans St. for $1,825,000 to Kevin D. Olson and Bonnie L. Alexander on July 17.
Tom Battaglia and Michele Battaglia, trustees, sold a house on 3540 Kellogg Way for $2,995,000 to Thomas H. Carruthers and Katherine M. Carruthers on Feb. 28.
Robert Teel sold a house on 1145 Sunset Cliffs Blvd. for $2,625,000 to Richard E. Peterson and Jill M. Peterson on July 2.
James H. Garrett, successor trustee, sold a house on 721 Golden Park Ave. for $2,400,000 to Ashley J. Mullen, trustee, on July 10.
Liquid Sky Properties One, LP sold a house on 826 Rosecrans for $2,400,000 to Chad Robley on May 2.
Asset Sentry, trustee, sold a house on 3235 Harbor View Drive for $2,400,000 to Lewis I. Schainuck and Michelle T. Schainuck on March 5.
Thomas Bruskotter and Jacqueline Bruskotter sold a house on 414 San Remo Way for $2,100,000 to Robert S. Harward Jr. and Mary J. Harward on May 17.
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San Diego Indie Fest Seeks Meaning
Fox5 reports that "hundreds of independent artists from around the globe walked the red carpet and took to the stages at Point Loma Liberty Station to showcase their talents at San Diego IndieFest-8." Here is the rest of their report:
The three-day event that kicked off on Friday is a place where independent filmmakers, musicians, businesses, and non-profits get their time to shine. Organizers of SD IndieFest-8 said they hope to change the perception of "indie" art, which is usually synonymous to "low budget" or "poor quality."
"Indie now means something else," said Danielle Lopresti, Co-Producer of the event. "It's like 'fist in the air, revolution!' We're doing it ourselves. We're finding a way to define ourselves and our art the way we see fit."
One of the headliners is Steve Grand. He is a college dropout from Chicago, who ditched the labels and became an overnight youtube sensation. Just six weeks after it's release, his song, "All -American Boy" has almost 2 million hits.
"Most of it's recorded in my parent's basement," admitted Grand. "All-American Boy" is a love ballad about a boy and a boy. Grand used his independent status to his advantage by debuting the music video on youtube. He said by not having a middle man getting in the way, he was able to convey the message he was trying to send. "It's about appealing to a specific niche," said Grand. "That is what I am trying to do. I stay focused on them because that is what they deserve."
Independent filmmakers at the event also did things non-traditionally.
Creators of "Counterpunch," 'A Beautiful Mind' meets 'Rocky' film, arrived at the San Diego IndieFest-8 red carpet a little out of order.
"We did't get picked up," said Kenneth Castillo Co-Writer and Director of 'Counterpunch.' "We got distribution, and now film festivals are screening us." Lionsgate already picked up the film. But creators say they love the free spirit of indie festivals.
Organizers hope their free-spirited visitors will be inspired to become artists of their own. "When you see what another independent has done all on their own, I think it's almost impossible not to think, 'What can I do?'" said Lopresti. "What do I have inside of me that I've always want to do?"
San Diego IndieFest-8 continues until Sunday. Organizers say Saturday is the most eventful of the three days, with big name indie artists like Talib Kwali and Cake taking the stage.
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Precarious is an interactive installation by Camille Utterback, created for the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition "Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now". I developed a Kinect body-tracking system, physics-based particle simulations, and a database mechanism that gives the piece memory across the entirety of its installation. More details on Camille's site (http://camilleutterback.com/projects/precarious/).


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does vlc work on Gentoo for ps3?
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I've installed it and every things seems fine but unable to run it in Gnome environment. Do I need to do some thing special?


With each flavorful bite, the blueberries in this mix add a "taste of Maine" to our delicious traditional country-style cornbread.
20-1/2 oz. Yields one 9x9 pan.
Ingredients: Unbleached Wheat Flour, Cornmeal, Sugar, 6 oz. Can Blueberries in light syrup Bakewell Cream Baking Powder and Salt.


Iron Mountain Park is located on a south facing hillside, overlooking Iron Mountain Boulevard. The site of an old iron mining operation, the park contains a unique plant community and is home to a great variety of wildlife. The park contains 1.5 miles of moderately steep soft surface trails. Springbrook Creek flows through the park, then the Lake Grove neighborhood before heading to Iron Mountain Park and Oswego Lake.


The Grants to States program is the largest source of federal funding support for library services in the U.S.
What is the Grants to States program?
The Freely Associated States (Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands).
Each year, over 1,500 Grants to States projects support the purposes and priorities outlined in the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). SLAAs may use the funds to support statewide initiatives and services, and they may also distribute the funds through competitive subawards to, or cooperative agreements with, public, academic, research, school, or special libraries or consortia (for-profit and federal libraries are not eligible).
States and subrecipients have partnered with community organizations to provide a variety of services and programs, including access to electronic databases, computer instruction, homework centers, summer reading programs, digitization of special collections, access to e-books and adaptive technology, bookmobile service, and development of outreach programs to the underserved. To find out more about how funds are used in your state, search projects from the State Program Report (SPR). For more information about each SLAA and its priorities, visit your state profile page.
Grants to States funds have been used to meet the needs of children, parents, teenagers, adult learners, senior citizens, the unemployed, and the business community. One of the program's statutory priorities is to address underserved communities and persons having difficulty using a library, and approximately ten percent of grant funds in recent years have supported library services for the blind and physically handicapped. The program also meets the needs of the current and future library workforce.
The Grants to States program allocates a base amount to each of the SLAAs plus a supplemental amount based on population. You can see recent allotments for all the states here as well as allotment tables that include the total program budget, matching funds, and data references.
How is the program evaluated?
The Library Services and Technology Act requires each SLAA to submit a plan that details library services goals for a five-year period. SLAAs must also conduct a five-year evaluation of library services based on that plan. These plans and evaluations are the foundation for improving practice and informing policy. View all the states' five-year plans and five-year evaluations for library services.
To strengthen the impact of the federal investment in the Grants to States program, IMLS and SLAAs have partnered to shift the way in which Grants to States program information is gathered and shared, improve program evaluation and reporting, and highlight evidence-based best practices. Results of this work are incorporated in the publicly accessible annual reporting tool known as the State Program Report (SPR).
When did the program begin? How has it changed over the years?
1956: Congress passed the Library Services Act (LSA), authorizing $7.5 million annually for 5 years for the extension and improvement of public library service in rural areas.
1962: LSA was reauthorized as the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), removing restrictions that limited funding to rural libraries and adding Title II, which contained funds for remodeling or construction of library buildings.
1996: Congress shifted LSCA to the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) as Subchapter II of the Museum and Library Services Act, ending federal funding for library construction and replacing it with a focus on new information technologies.
For more recent activity, see the IMLS legislative timeline.
For more information, use the IMLS contact form. You can also reach one of the program staff through our contacts list.


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This Newsletter
GFL Newsletter - February 2019
By Liloz01
This month starts out strong with major changes in our PR team. With WigglesWorth taking the lead after Private Pull stepped down, PR has started to see changes in a total reconstruction of the team, including the Media Team. Some of these changes include Member Acceptors now becoming a Human Resources department, as we have a bot to accept the majority of member applications. There is much more to come, and here's to the rework going smoothly and becoming a beneficial team once again.
Minecraft is looking for a new server manager to give the classic game and its following a renewal of life! Our skyblock and survival servers were left empty with last manager resigning to focus on IRL issues. If you're member+ with knowledge of bungeecord and how to manage a minecraft server, send a message to Benroy to discuss your interest in the server!
Server Reboots
Many servers have seen a revival as it is this month too. Kite has upgraded and remade our left 4 dead 2 server, hosting multiple events and adding many new custom maps and add ons. Another server brought back is the infamous CSGO Jailbreak, headed by our very own Leks. Both of which have seen a spike in activity since reopening. Let's hope to see them continue to grow.
Spotlight: GMod Purge Revival
Purge is a gamemode on Garry's Mod that is influenced by the film franchise "The Purge", where both the gamemode and the movie is set in a dystopian future in which every year, for one day, all crime is legal. All high-class government figures are exempt from the Purge and are thus spared from murder, theft, etc.. However, the civilians must either fend for themselves or attack - or else.
Purge now has some new features developed from pre-existing methods while also sprucing them up a bit to make sure Purge is running smoothly. These features include a completely revamped map made by Rick, a mix of new and old methods of making money, customizable player accessories, a simplified MOTD, and even more.
Flyingjoe32 is the leader of the new Purge server, and while he is very optimistic for the future and for GFL as a whole, he says he's gotta start off by focusing on the now rather than the future. The server first should start running properly and smoothly before branching out any further. With this in mind, we've also got some other news about Purge: staff applications!
Staff applications are now open for the Purge GFL Server. Obviously, Purge is now kicking once more, and for it to be run properly, we're gonna need some competent, obedient, and motivated moderators. Staff in general is very important, as it's basically the support of a community. Playerbase is important, but without anyone to control the masses and to keep everything under control, that server is already done for. Check out the Staff Applications for Purge now to apply!
While Purge currently isn't too invested in the future, the leader has high hopes that he can first start Purge up properly and smoothly and set the foundation for the future Purge. Come on in and have some fun!
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With our lights installed up front, one of our next steps was to deal with our engine ancillaries. To fit the engine, we had to remove the carburetors. Now we could reinstall them, and once we had everything on the passenger side of the engine hooked up, we could install the air box as well.
From there we could mount and wire our alternator that we picked up from Gustafson that looks like an original generator.
After that we installed the radiator and cooling hoses.
Engine bay looks really nice. When the carburettors start to look bigger than the engine you know you must be doing something right.
Tim, can you post the paint brand / code of the cam cover paint?
I don't like crow but I'm eating it with gusto. First, I wrote this car would be the parts car for the one you restore eventually. Then I was thinking you should've painted it the original color it came with but this looks so beautiful, I am at a loss for words. Don't listen to me. Just.......wow.


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The City Hall station, also known as City Hall Loop, was a terminal station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It was under City Hall Park next to New York City Hall in Civic Center, Manhattan.

The City Hall station was constructed for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) as the southern terminal of the city's first subway line, which was approved in 1900. Construction of the segment of the line that includes the City Hall station started on September 12 of the same year. The station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway. As ridership grew, it was deemed infeasible to lengthen the original  platform to accommodate ten-car trains. The station was closed on December 31, 1945, because of its proximity to the Brooklyn Bridge station.

The City Hall station, with its single track and curved side platform, was the showpiece of the original IRT subway. The single platform and mezzanine feature Guastavino tile, skylights, colored glass tilework, and brass chandeliers. The Rafael Guastavino-designed station is unique in the system for the usage of Romanesque Revival architecture. The tunnel passing through the City Hall station is still used as a turning loop for the . The station is a New York City designated landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History

Construction and opening

Planning for a subway line in New York City dates to 1864. However, development of what would become the city's first subway line did not start until 1894, when the New York State Legislature authorized the Rapid Transit Act. The subway plans were drawn up by a team of engineers led by William Barclay Parsons, chief engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission. They called for a subway line from New York City Hall in lower Manhattan to the Upper West Side, where two branches would lead north into the Bronx. A plan was formally adopted in 1897, and all legal conflicts concerning the route alignment were resolved near the end of 1899. The Rapid Transit Construction Company, organized by John B. McDonald and funded by August Belmont Jr., signed the initial Contract 1 with the Rapid Transit Commission in February 1900, in which it would construct the subway and maintain a 50-year operating lease from the opening of the line. In 1901, the firm of Heins & LaFarge was hired to design the underground stations. Belmont incorporated the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) in April 1902 to operate the subway.

The station had always been envisioned as a terminal with loop tracks. The initial plans in the 1890s called for a multi-track loop, extending beneath the City Hall Post Office and Courthouse, which was then at the southern corner of City Hall Park. The loop was planned to have either two tracks (on two levels) or four tracks.  When the plans for the IRT line were changed in 1898 to allow the express tracks to go to Brooklyn as part of the subway's Contract 2, the planned City Hall station was changed to a single-track local station, thereby avoiding a grade crossing with the express tracks. Under the 1898 iteration of the plan, the loop was to diverge from the line at the south end of Centre Street, traveling west under City Hall Park, south under Broadway, and then northeast under Park Row. In addition, tracks from the loop would have led to the post office building. East of the loop, there were two express tracks and two storage tracks.

Construction of the loop
A formal groundbreaking ceremony was performed at City Hall on March 24, 1900, pursuant to the contract's requirements. The ceremony was officiated by then-Mayor Robert Van Wyck. Degnon-McLean Contracting Company was awarded the contract for Section 1, from the City Hall loop to Chambers Street. Work began promptly after the groundbreaking. The tunnel was built using a cut and cover method, with steel beams supporting a concrete roof made of jack arches.  A further change was requested in September 1900, which would provide more room for the loop on the Park Row side. Plans for the loop under City Hall Park were modified in January 1901, providing for a shortened loop. By that March, the City Hall Loop was planned to be built just north of the post office, rather than around it. At the end of the month, trees in City Hall Park were being removed in preparation for the loop's construction.

The portion of the loop in City Hall Park was excavated starting in April 1901. The trees were removed from the park using derricks. One worker was killed that May when a derrick boom in front of the subway excavation was knocked loose. Sand from the  excavation was sold to builders who sought the sand for its "good quality". The short section adjacent to the post office could not be constructed because the Treasury Secretary had not approved the work, leading the IRT to request approval from Congress. The entirety of the loop within City Hall Park had been excavated by that August. Most of the excavation was covered over shortly afterward, although a small part remained open to facilitate work on the station.

In late 1901, the contractors began excavating the tunnel under Park Row, which would carry both the northbound track of the loop and the express tracks to Brooklyn. Work on the station was placed on hold because the station's concrete vaults were difficult to pour during winter. By February 1902, three-fourths of the work for the station's side walls had been completed, and work had started on the vaults. The tunnel under Park Row had been fully excavated and was being covered with steel beams. Most of the loop was completed by late 1902, except for the section under the post office. The contractors excavated the remainder of the loop after they were given temporary permission, in December 1902, to use the vaults underneath the post office.

Completion
By late 1903, the tilework of the sidewalks and the station's staircase were completed. Construction materials were being stored in the station's only entrance and exit. The subway was nearly complete, but the IRT Powerhouse and the system's electrical substations were still under construction, delaying the system's opening. On New Year's Day 1904, mayor George B. McClellan Jr. and a group of wealthy New Yorkers gathered at the City Hall station and traveled  to 125th Street using handcars. The IRT conducted several more handcar trips afterward. The first train to run on its own power traveled from 125th Street to City Hall in April 1904.

The City Hall station opened on October 27, 1904, as the southern terminal station of the original 28-station New York City Subway line to 145th Street on the West Side Branch, now the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. At the time, the station was called "City Hall Loop". Prior to the opening, more than 15,000 people were issued passes for the first series of rides from the City Hall station's platform. McClellan attended the opening ceremonies, which began at 1:00 p.m. The first subway train departed from City Hall at precisely 2:34 p.m., with McClellan at the controls. President A. E. Orr of the Rapid Transit Board requested that all New Yorkers join in the celebration by blowing whistles and ringing bells. The new line carried 27,000 passengers for free until 6 p.m., and another 125,000 passengers paid to ride the subway in the six-hour period that followed.

Operation

Early years

Because of the limited number of entrances to the City Hall station, it was served exclusively by local trains, which also stopped at the much larger Brooklyn Bridge station. All express trains terminated at Brooklyn Bridge and did not go around the loop. Furthermore, the City Hall station was originally an entrance-only station; disembarking passengers had to go to the Brooklyn Bridge station. After the Fulton Street station opened in January 1905, the City Hall Loop was served by local trains to the West Side Branch at all times and by local trains to 145th Street on the East Side Branch (now Lenox Avenue Line) during the daytime. By July 1905, East Side local trains to 145th Street ran to City Hall at all times, while West Side locals bypassed this station and went to Bowling Green or South Ferry. To address ventilation issues, the IRT installed ventilation grates in City Hall Park in mid-1906. By the end of the year, West Side locals ran to City Hall during rush hours, and East Side locals ran to City Hall at all times.

Not long after the station opened, the IRT started displaying advertisements in the station, which was highly controversial but was allowed under the IRT's contract to operate the route. The New York City government initially did not find the ads to be problematic, but public outcry led the city to file a lawsuit to force the IRT to remove the ads. In 1907, the New York Supreme Court ruled that the IRT was allowed to keep the ads. To address overcrowding, in 1909, the New York Public Service Commission proposed lengthening platforms at stations along the original IRT subway. As part of a modification to the IRT's construction contracts, made on January 18, 1910, the company was to lengthen station platforms to accommodate ten-car express and six-car local trains. The City Hall station was not lengthened, but the platforms at other stations were extended, and six-car local trains began operating in October 1910.

In 1918, the Lexington Avenue Line opened north of Grand Central–42nd Street, thereby dividing the original line into an "H"-shaped system. All local trains were sent via the Lexington Avenue Line, running along the Pelham Line in the Bronx. In 1938, as part of a remodeling of City Hall Park, city parks commissioner Robert Moses proposed relocating the entrances of the IRT's City Hall station and those of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)'s adjacent City Hall station. The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.

Decline
Increased subway ridership led to longer trains, and thus longer platforms, in the years after the subway's construction. The City Hall station, built on a tight curve, would have been difficult to lengthen, and it was also quite close to the far busier Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall station. In addition, the new, longer trains had center doors in each car, which were an unsafe distance from the platform edge. Movable platform extensions were installed to fill the gap. By the 1930s, the New York Herald Tribune reported that the City Hall station was little used, "and many of the younger generation have never seen it". During World War II, shortly before the station's closure, the skylights were blacked out with tar for safety.

In its final years, the City Hall station was not open at night and on Sundays, when trains continued to South Ferry. The majority of passengers used the Brooklyn Bridge station, which was only about  away. The Brooklyn Bridge IRT station provided both local and express service, including trains to Brooklyn, and it was much closer to the Brooklyn Bridge streetcar terminal and the BMT's Park Row elevated station. Given the extensive renovations that would have been required to bring the station up to modern standards and the fact that the city wanted to improve City Hall Park by removing the entrance kiosks, the city decided to close it instead. The final day of service was December 31, 1945. The station recorded 255,000 entries in its final year, compared to the Brooklyn Bridge station, which had 14 million entries. This amounted to about 800 entries per day.

Post-closure

The New York Transit Museum (NYTM) considered the City Hall station as a possible location in 1965. The museum ultimately decided to move to the abandoned Court Street station in Brooklyn. The station occasionally was used for tours after its closure, including in 1979 for an event celebrating the subway's 75th anniversary. In 1979, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the City Hall station as a city landmark, along with eleven other stations on the original IRT.

Proposals for reuse
By the 1980s, Mayor Ed Koch suggested allowing a restaurant to open in the old station as part of a larger plan to renovate City Hall Park. As part of this plan, replicas of the IRT's original cast-iron entrance kiosks would have been built. Civic leaders and city officials visited the station in July 1986. Ross Sandler, the city's transportation commissioner and a proponent of the station's reopening, lamented that the station was a "designated landmark that people can't visit". The plan had still not advanced over a year later, when parks commissioner Henry J. Stern said the station's restoration was dependent on whether funding to renovate City Hall Park was secured. Ultimately, the idea was overruled by the New York City Police Department, which expressed concerns that the station's location beneath New York City Hall was a security vulnerability.

In April 1995, the NYTM sought funding to reopen the station as a branch of the museum. The New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) estimated that about $1 million would be needed just to reopen the station, though the NYTM wished to raise $3.5 million. The museum had secured a $750,000 federal grant and a $350,000 grant from the NYCTA by that November. By 1997, some $2 million in state and federal funding had been allocated. Had the NYTM branch been built, it would have contained two entrances from street level. Early the next year, MTA officials started refurbishing the station's corridors and offered up to $5 million for underground repairs to City Hall Park, which at the time was being renovated. However, in late 1998, the administration of mayor Rudy Giuliani rejected the proposal, citing security risks in the area around City Hall after terrorist bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. Plans for the museum annex were abandoned, and museum tours ceased for several years. The MTA did spend $2 million to repair structural issues at the City Hall station.

21st century
By 2001, the NYCTA planned to temporarily reopen the station three years later for the subway's 100th anniversary. The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. For the subway's Centennial Celebration the same year, one of the street entrances was restored, and the station was opened for the duration of the celebration. Other than that, the station was used only as an emergency exit. By the mid-2000s, the staff of the Transit Museum were again conducting tours of the station; only NYTM members were allowed on these tours. Unlike other abandoned New York City Subway stations, there was generally little graffiti or dust in the City Hall station. The station remained in good condition in 2019, though only one of the original skylights remained. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the NYTM suspended its tours of the station between 2020 and 2023.

Station layout

The station consists of a concave -long side platform along a single balloon loop track, which could fit five cars. The radius of curvature of the track is about , meaning that the platform curves approximately 98.2 degrees between its front and back ends. As a result, when the station was in service, there were significant platform gaps between the train doors and the platform. The center doors of IRT rolling stock were as much as  away from the concave platform. The fare control area was on a mezzanine slightly above platform level, connected to the platform by a single, wide staircase. Intended as the showpiece of the entire subway system, the City Hall station was designed in a completely different style from the remaining stations on the IRT subway.

According to the Railroad Gazette, all of the City Hall station's public areas were designed "with a view to the beauty of their appearance, as well as to their efficiency", since the station was "a great public work". One observer wrote that there was "not a straight line" in the entire station when it was completed. The travel magazine Travel + Leisure ranked the station 12th in its list of "the most beautiful subway stations in the world" in November 2009. A replica of the station was built for the feature film Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. In addition, the station may have been the model for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' lair.

Design

The station was designed by Rafael Guastavino, and it makes extensive use of classic Guastavino tile to sheathe its soaring roof arches. The main consulting architects were Heins & LaFarge, which designed all of the other IRT stations. This station is unusually elegant in architectural style, and is unique among the original IRT stations, employing Romanesque Revival architecture. The station was constructed by cut-and-cover construction. The bottom of the station shell contains a foundation of concrete no less than  thick. There is a  gap between the trough wall and the station walls, which are made of -thick brick covered over by a tiled finish.

The ceiling is made of twelve Guastavino vaults. The ceiling surfaces are composed of white tiles, with green and brown tiles along the perimeter of each ceiling vault. The vaults were constructed of thin terracotta tiles bonded with a string mortar, added in successive layers to form a thin structural vault of great strength. Three vaults had leaded glass skylights, which opened upward to vault lights in City Hall Park. The skylights, designed with floral tracery, were blacked out during World War II and were restored in the 2000s. Additional lighting was supplied by twelve chandeliers hung from the center of the vaults, which contain floral motifs and nickel finishes. The chandeliers near the skylights have five arms, while the others have four.

The platform is made of poured concrete. The platforms still contain markings from where the platform extensions were formerly installed. The top half of the wall along the platform, under each of the arches, consists of Roman brick. At the bottom half of each wall is a marble course topped by a brick wainscoting and another marble course. On the platform walls are three blue-on-white faience plaques with letters reading , flanked by a pair of triangles and surrounded by green and buff tiles. Two of these plaques are rectangular, installed on the walls under the brick arches. The third is curved and is installed on an archway above the staircase that leads to the mezzanine. The mosaic tiles at all original IRT stations were manufactured by the American Encaustic Tile Company, which subcontracted the installations at each station. On the trackside wall, facing the platform, are three bronze plaques with the names of important figures involved in the original IRT's construction, including Parsons, McDonald, Belmont, Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company officials, engineering staff, mayors, commissioners, and city comptrollers. Gutzon Borglum designed the plaques.

The walls of the staircase between mezzanine and platform level are covered with yellow, green, and blue tile. The mezzanine contains a vaulted ceiling with a quoin pattern, consisting of brown trim with white and green tiles. The center of the mezzanine has a oculus skylight, with light bulbs around the skylight. The walls of the mezzanine contain large glass tiles interspersed with opaque ceramic tile. Wire conduits and pipes have been installed onto the mezzanine walls. The mezzanine once had an ornamented oak ticket booth, which has since been removed.

Track layout
North of the City Hall station, the IRT Lexington Avenue Line carries four tracks. From west to east, these are the downtown local track, the downtown express track, the uptown express track, and the uptown local track. The loop connects the downtown and uptown local tracks. The track is slightly canted toward the inner wall of the loop. When the loop was completed, Scientific American magazine wrote that "one of the more important tasks of constrictive engineering which the subway presented is solved".

South of the Brooklyn Bridge station, there is a switch on the downtown local track, allowing trains to leave service and enter either of two storage tracks. Trains in service turn onto a balloon loop, continuing past the abandoned side platform on the west side of the loop, and re-appearing in the Brooklyn Bridge station on the uptown local track. The uptown and downtown express tracks pass above the loop, continuing south.

Exits and access

There were two staircases from outside the City Hall building to the mezzanine of the station. Heins & LaFarge designed entrance and exit "kiosks" for the City Hall station and the other underground IRT stations. These structures were extremely ornate structures made of cast iron and glass, being inspired by those on the Budapest Metro, which themselves were inspired by ornate summer houses called "kushks". Brooklyn-based manufacturer Hecla Iron Works manufactured the kiosks. Exit kiosks were distinguished by their four-sided pyramidal wire-glass skylights, while entrance kiosks had domed roofs with cast-iron shingles. The kiosks also carried ventilation shafts for the stations' restrooms, which were generally directly underneath each kiosk. One critic said the station's original entrance and exit kiosks gave "a foreign appearance" to City Hall Park and compared the vaults to the interior of a mosque.

After the City Hall station closed, the staircases were covered with slabs. Since then, the only access point to the City Hall station has been a set of metal cellar doors in the ground. On the surface, all that can be seen is a concrete slab inset with glass tiles, the skylights for the platform below. This patch of concrete is in the middle of a grove of dogwoods in front of City Hall, close to Broadway. At street level, in the pavement in front of City Hall, a plaque commemorates the groundbreaking for the subway in 1900.

The station can be viewed by passengers who stay on the  as they travel around the loop to head back uptown. Under MTA policy, all riders on southbound  must leave the train at Brooklyn Bridge, but the policy is rarely enforced; by the 2010s, the MTA was intentionally allowing riders to stay on the train. Artificial lighting has often been dimmed to save electricity, but the skylights provide some illumination during the daytime. The loop track is classified as a revenue track, since trains can carry passengers through the loop. The announcement programs on the R142A subway cars, which were formerly used on the , announced a reminder that trains would turn around via the loop and stop on the northbound platform at Brooklyn Bridge. The older R62As, which make up the entire  fleet , use manual announcements.

See also

List of closed New York City Subway stations
List of New York City Subway stations in Manhattan
List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan below 14th Street
National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th Street
Beach Pneumatic Transit, in the basement of the nearby Rogers Peet Building

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

 City Hall (IRT) — Abandoned Stations
 Original 28 – NYC's First 28 Subway Stations — Forgotten NY
 Stair landing from Google Maps Street View

1904 establishments in New York City
1945 disestablishments in New York (state)
Civic Center, Manhattan
Defunct Interborough Rapid Transit Company stations
Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan
IRT Lexington Avenue Line stations
New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan
New York City interior landmarks
Railway and subway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
Railway stations closed in 1945
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1904


Wigwam was one of the first cabins built in 1918, as a gathering place for guests. Through the generations it has seen many remodels and but still retains its old cabin charm. Wigwam features a brick fireplace in the living room. The cabin is modern where it needs to be with leather furniture, comfy beds, flat screen TV but has the old charm as well with its vintage wicker and a few other antique pieces we have lovingly cared for.
The porch has not changed much from 1918 when the cabin was built and has one of our famous double swinging beds making it a true place to relax. The old wicker from the 20's and 30's on the porch complete the porch making it a step back in time.
Inside the cabin are 3 bedrooms, 2 rooms with queens and the largest bedroom has a double and 2 twins. The kitchen is fully equipped with microwave, coffee maker, stove, refrigerator and all the pots and pans you will need. The fireplace is the center of the cabin and everything else flows around it like a doughnut.
Wigwam is set back 50 feet farther than the other cabins from the lake. Without a cabin directly on either side it gives it a bit more room outside. Wigwam has a large sitting area with a fire pit within eye sight of the playground for the kids. It also has a cedar swing, adirondack chairs, a Weber grill and a picnic table. Many nights in the summer Wigwam becomes the gathering place for folks enjoying each other and a fire.


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Q: npm install server side, bower install client side for application using a component so, I have developed a small angular component (called myComponent) , that uses angular on the client side, and some server-side portions to persist data to the database.
Now, I want to use that component in another project (myApp).
npm install myComponent inside myApp works, installing the component into myapp/node_modules/myComponent
what I want to do automatically is then install the client portion into myApp/bower_components/myComponent
what is the best way to do this ? I tried adding a postinstall script to the package.json of the component, but seems to run bower install in the node_modules/myComponent directory, which was not what I wanted to do
How have other people approached this ? I would rather not split the project into a myComponent-server and myComponent-client, so is there any other approach that works for you ?
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Bartolomeo Pacca (ur. 25 lutego 1817 w Benewencie, zm. 14 października 1880 w Grottaferracie) − włoski duchowny katolicki, kardynał, bratanek dyplomaty Tiberio Pacci i prabratanek kardynała Bartolomeo Pacci starszego.

Święcenia kapłańskie przyjął 6 czerwca 1841. W latach 1868-1875 był prefektem Domu Papieskiego. 15 marca 1875 Pius IX kreował go kardynałem in pectore (nominacja została ogłoszona 17 września 1875), a 23 września 1875 nadał mu tytularną diakonię Santa Maria in Portico Campitelli. Wziął udział w Konklawe 1878, wybierającym Leona XIII.

Bibliografia

 Sylwetka na stronie Davida M. Cheneya

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The First Tree, an exploration game set in the wild, is out now on mobile
November 19, 2020 November 19, 2020 by gamermega
The First Tree is an adventure game set in the Alaskan wilderness, and it's just been released on iOS and Android devices after an earlier release on PC and consoles.
Created by indie developer David Wehle, The First Tree centres on two stories that run parallel to each other: the first about a fox attempting to reunite with her lost family, and the second about a son reconnecting with his father in the wilds. You control the fox as she embarks on her journey that interweaves with the story of the father and son.
It's not a long game. The First Tree may take up about two hours of your time. It's a title best suited for gamers who enjoy peaceful, poignant adventure games like Firewatch, Journey or Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Wehle even says this isn't a "fox simulator". It isn't about overcoming the harshness of the wilds through deep survival mechanics and gruesome combat with other predators. Instead, it's an intimate, emotional story with unforgettable narrative beats and a powerful ending.
Here's a trailer to show you more about what the game is like. As you can see, music is a huge component of the experience, and that's why Wehle included an elegant soundtrack crafted from acclaimed artists such as Message to Bears, Lowercase Noises, and Josh Kramer.
The First Tree was originally released in 2017 and was Wehle's second game release on a major platform after their earlier Home is Where One Starts… was put on Steam in 2015.
If you're interested, The First Tree is available as a premium title on the iOS App Store or Google Play for Android. You can purchase it for £4.99.
Credit: The First Tree, an exploration game set in the wild, is out now on mobile
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Some people love marzipan and almond-based sweets, and I should confess I'm one of them. I always think of marzipan as something with an air of the old world about it, no doubt as a mixture of ground almonds and powdered sugar mixed with rose water was a popular mediaeval confection is you had the substantial means necessary to buy the ingredients. Anyway, I was really happy to find out about Bethmännchen. These are little marzipan-based treats that originate from Frankfurt, and like all the best sweets, there is a bit of history about their creation.
Bethmännchen (meaning "little Bethmann") are said to have been created in the 1830s for Simon Moritz von Bethmann, a prominent Frankfurt banker and city councillor, and were originally decorated with four almond halves to represent his four sons. When one of the sons died a few years later, the sweets were made with only three almonds as a mark of respect. Of course, like all the best myths, there are those that disagree – some suggest that Herr von Bethmann died well before the 1830s, others suggest Bethmännchen were around before him. Well, we'll have to leave that one to the historians to sort out.
Today, Bethmännchen are hugely popular in Frankfurt, particularly at the Christmas market. And I think they also look rather jolly – while they look like the might contain saffron, they are actually glazed with an egg yolk wash before baking, so they emerge from the oven with a glorious golden colour that really stands out among all the other biscuits and bakes at this time of year. Some versions even have a dash of rosewater, which I've added to my recipe below.
Making these sweets is actually very easy. You just need to prepare the ingredients, mix it all to a smooth paste, then roll into balls, add the almonds and bake. Indeed, the only tricky bit is splitting the almonds into halves – I found the best way was to blanch whole almonds in hot water, then peel them and use a sharp knife to split them while still soft. Whether you obsess about getting equally-sized pieces of the dough is up to you, but I weighed mine out (each piece was 14g).
One thing that is worth knowing is that you must get the right sort of marzipan, and sadly, the stuff you buy in most British stores has a high sugar to almonds ratio. For this recipe, you want something that is really 50/50 (also called almond paste) otherwise the resulting Bethmännchen will be too sweet, and you'll have something that it a bit dry and brittle. I ended up using Odense Marzipan from Denmark (60% almonds), which I was able to pick up in Scandinavian Kitchen in central London. If you're struggling, you can easily make your own marzipan at home with equal weights of icing sugar and almonds, and use a dash of rosewater, honey or glucose syrup plus a few drops of almond extract to bring it all together.
And the taste? I loved them. They are really not that sweet, but have an intense almond flavour and subtle hint of rose, more exotic than simply floral. The outside is firmer (indeed slightly crisp when freshly baked) and the interior is soft and marzipan-like. Very much an adult sweet!
(*) You need to get the right stuff – at least 50% almonds. If you use one with 20-25% almonds, the resulting Bethmännchen will be way, way too sweet. I used raw marzipan that was 60% almonds.
(**) The almond extract and rosewater are entirely optional. I find a few drops of almond helps bring out the flavour, and the rosewater adds a subtle extra fragrance, and makes for a very different bake to most festive fare. Just be sure to use both with caution – they are strong!
1. Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F). Line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper and rub lightly with a dot of unsalted butter to prevent sticking.
2. Separate the egg. Reserve the yolk, and in a separate bowl, lightly whisk the egg white.
3. In a large bowl, mix the flour, ground almonds and icing sugar. Break the marzipan into chunks and add to the bowl. Add the egg white. Work everything to a smooth dough (it should be firm but will still be sticky). Add a little more flour or ground almonds as needed.
4. Divide the dough into 30 pieces (if you have more or less, not the end of the world). Press 3 almond halves into the sides of each ball. Transfer the Bethmännchen to the baking sheet. You may want to bake them in two batches so they cook evenly.
5. Make the glaze – mix the egg yolk with one tablespoon of water, and glaze the Bethmännchen.
6. Bake for around 15 minutes until the cookies look golden and slightly puffed.


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A capsule with asteroid samples arrives in Japan for research
Leland Griffith 1 month ago 2 min read
The Japan Space Agency says a small capsule containing asteroid soil samples dropped by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft from space has returned to Japan to research the origin of the solar system.
by Mary Yamaguchi Associated Press
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Tokyo – A small capsule containing asteroid soil samples dropped from space JapanThe Hayabusa2 spacecraft has landed in AustraliaN arrived remote tuesday at Japan To research the origin of the solar system and life on Earth.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said its capsule, tightly sealed and carefully stored in a container box, arrived in Japan on a flight from Australia It was attended by a group of JAXA officials and was later transferred to the Sagamihara Research Facility, near Tokyo.
At the end of its year-long flight from the asteroid Ryugu, more than 300 million kilometers (190 million miles) from Earth, Hayabusa2 launched the capsule on Saturday from 220,000 kilometers (136,700 mi) into space, successfully sending it to land a target area in the desert Sparsely populated in Woomera.
The high-resolution work at the end of Hayabusa2's six-year mission impressed many Japanese.
The unmanned Hayabusa 2 spacecraft was launched in December 2014, and landed twice last year on the asteroid Ryugu. Despite an unexpected rocky surface that forced the mission team to review its landing plans, the spacecraft succeeded in collecting data and soil samples from two locations – on the surface and underground.
Scientists say that the samples, especially those taken from below the surface of the asteroid, contain data from 4.6 billion years ago that were not affected by the speed of radiation and other environmental factors. They are particularly interested in studying organic matter in samples to see how they are distributed in the solar system and whether or how they are related to life on Earth.
Samples will be processed in a clean room at the Sagamihara facility to avoid any external influence, and work is expected to start soon. After preliminary and practical studies in Japan, some samples will be shared with NASA and other international scientists for further study.
Outside the Jaxa facility in Sagamihara, senior Hayabusa 2 team members and local fans lined up at the gate on Tuesday and welcomed the arrival of the capsule, which had been transported from the airport by truck, with some holding a sign saying "Welcome back!"
"It's really like a dream," said Yuichi Tsuda, Hayabusa2 Project Manager. "After 5.2 billion kilometers (3.2 billion miles) of the six-year space flight, (the capsule) is back and is now in front of me."
The capsule is scheduled to be analyzed at the facility later this month.
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Cabaret Star Joel Grey on His Double Life as the "Flower Whisperer"
The film and Broadway legend shows off his new book of stunning iPhone photography.
By Ingrid Abramovitch
Ingrid Abramovitch
There is no "Wilkommen!" There is no "Bienvenue!" when I enter the premises of J Rose Wholesale Flowers in Manhattan's flower district. But there is a warm welcome. "Come on back!" calls Joel Grey, the legendary master of ceremonies in the musical Cabaret, both on Broadway and in the iconic 1972 film, for which he won an Oscar. "I'll show you some stuff."
I find Grey knee-deep in purple hydrangeas in the cooler at the back of the shop: "I'm a flower freak." He is a regular visitor to the flower district; this season he also directed the acclaimed Yiddish-language version of Fiddler on the Roof currently playing Off-Broadway. "I have been since childhood. I would wander in the woods and find these crazy things that smelled like another world."
The Flower Whisperer
Indeed, a childhood picture of Grey standing in a field of lily of the valley appears in his new book of floral photography, The Flower Whisperer—next to an introduction by his daughter Jennifer Grey (of Dirty Dancing fame). "My dad's relationship to flowers—which has been indelibly printed on me—goes far beyond mere aesthetic affection," she writes in the book, "and into the realm of the spiritual."
As he wanders through the flower shop, Grey explains his modus operandi. "It's always just about what I see in a particular flower that I haven't noticed before. I'm very big on looking inside. Look at this!" he marvels, bending forward to study a cluster of velvety black sunflowers.
A photocollage of Grey as a child in a field of lily of the valley.
Joel Grey/Powerhouse Books
The flower images in his book—which were recently exhibited at the Staley-Wise Gallery in New York—are soft and impressionistic, with echoes of Monet and Irving Penn. He achieves his technique using nothing more than "a regular ordinary iPhone," adding standard filters and crops to zoom in on petals, stamens, and pistils until he gets the results he wants.
Grey frames a blossom on his iPhone.
If the flowers look more abstracted than real in his pictures, that is no accident. "I can't paint," Grey says, "but I'm becoming a watercolorist."
But back to his shopping trip. "It's a costly hobby," he says as he scoops up bunches of gladiola. Grey, whose Tom Pritchard-designed apartment was on the cover of the October/November 1994 issue of ELLE Decor, always has fresh flowers at home. His favorite bouquets consist of blooms of a single variety, arranged in one of his collections of 50-plus vases. "I always put them by the front window," he says. "I live on the third floor facing the river, and there is a certain light there that shows off the flowers. A lot of people ask: What have you done? How have you edited? But it's really about the light."
A flower photograph by Grey.
Joel Grey
He touches the spiky pink blooms of a king protea. "This is crazy stuff!" he exclaims, moving on to a cluster of pails stuffed with sunflowers. Photography is a longtime hobby; the new book is his fifth. In the meantime, he posts his images on his Instagram @joelgnyc.
Grey uses his iPhone to zoom in on a flower's features.
Why flowers? "No idea," he says with a shrug, heading to pay for the day's haul of hydrangeas, sunflowers, and gladiola before flagging a yellow taxi outside. "I guess I like the surprise of it—the innate, gutsy beauty."
The actor-director-photographer after a successful shopping expedition at J Rose Wholesale Flowers in Manhattan's flower district.
Ingrid Abramovitch Executive Editor, ELLE Decor Ingrid Abramovitch, the Executive Editor at ELLE Decor, writes about design, architecture, renovation, and lifestyle, and is the author of several books on design including Restoring a House in the City.
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I understand you are invited by our Prime Minister Abe and visiting to Japan in November.
Japanese people welcome you and your visit to Japan has to be a successful one.
In order to make your visit successful I will make a few proposals.
Since your visit has to be an official visit you have an honor to be received by His Majesty Emperor Akihito.
It is decided that Emperor Akihito is going to be succeeded by Royal Prince within a few years.
In other words you will be the last American President who will be received by Emperor Akihito.
Emperor Akihito is a symbol of Japan and Japanese and he has been wishing to see peaceful Japan and the world.
I hope you are smart enough to understand what I mean.


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TLN Prospect #4: Roni Hirvonen makes life difficult for his opponents
By Kyle Cushman
@Roni Hirvonen is just 20 years old, he's currently starring for Team Finland at the World Juniors, and yet he already has three seasons of professional hockey under his belt. Maturity has been the name of the game for Hirvonen since his draft year and is a major reason why he became a Liiga regular at just 17 years old.
Coming into the 2021-22 season, Hirvonen was looking to take the next step as a player. While he showed flashes in his DY+1 campaign, particularly at the 2021 World Juniors, he failed to take a notable step offensively and had somewhat stagnated in the Ässät system.
A move to HIFK and a full-time shift to the left wing was just what Roni Hirvonen needed to spark that uptick in performance, bumping him up two spots on the TLN Prospect Rankings and reinforcing the middle-six potential that made him a second-round pick in 2020.
Roni Hirvonen
LW | HIFK (Liiga) | Age: 20 | 5-foot-9 | 172 lbs | Shoots: L
Acquired: 2020 Draft, 59th Overall | 2021 Ranking: #6
While beginning his Liiga career with Ässät was a benefit given the ice-time and opportunity to play at the professional level, it showed its negatives in Roni Hirvonen's DY+1 season. Playing on a team that finished fourth from the bottom of the Liiga standings, Hirvonen was playing regular minutes…but wasn't getting much help. He finished fifth in team scoring despite only 21 points in 54 games.
Hirvonen landed with HIFK, one of the top teams in Finland that was coming off of a second-place finish in the regular season and a trip to the semi-finals. This move allowed Hirvonen to play on a deeper team with better teammates, even if it sacrificed a couple of minutes of time-on-ice per game.
The transfer proved fruitful, as Hirvonen saw his rate of production and on-ice impacts greatly increase from his time with Ässät. Hirvonen scored nine goals and 26 points in 46 regular season games, adding another three goals and six points in an impressive five-game showing in the postseason that would've been even better had he not been injured.
Statistically, Hirvonen is a big breakout candidate heading into next season. He is already one of the better playmakers in Liiga relative to his ice-time, consistently improving on that front year over year.
Where he really stands out is in his individual shot generation. Hirvonen peppered goaltenders with 9.5 shots per 60, ranking sixth in Finland in that category. Despite this significant amount of shot volume, Hirvonen scored just nine goals in the regular season, an 8.65 per cent conversion rate.
With a swing his way in terms of shooting luck and consistent form as a playmaker, Hirvonen is in store for a big year with HIFK.
As always, context is key. Hirvonen's 32 points in 51 total games in Liiga pale in comparison to the numbers put up by prospects playing at junior levels due to the level of competition he is playing at. So how does he fair relative to his peers? This is where it gets interesting.
The list of top DY+2 scorers (regular season plus playoffs) in Liiga over the past decade is a mixed bag. You have names like @Mikael Granlund and @Teuvo Teravainen at the top…but then an underwhelming group following.
Hirvonen ranks in the top ten but the group around him haven't faired all that well in the NHL either.
What is promising, though, is Hirvonen's playoff scoring. Of the same group of DY+2 forwards, many struggled to make an impact in the postseason. Hirvonen's six playoff points only rank behind @Joel Armia and @Juuso Parssinen's eight since 2011-12, a mark Hirvonen would have certainly beat had he played more than five games. Armia played 11 more games than Hirvonen, while Parssinen played eight more.
Interestingly, the other DY+2 forward to perform well in a limited playoff sample over the past decade was @Joonas Donskoi in 2011-12, who scored six points in six games with Kärpät. Donskoi scored at a lower rate than Hirvonen at the same age and didn't breakout until his mid-20s, but is a notable statistical comparable given Hirvonen's similar upside as a middle-six winger.
Back to the overall stats, Hirvonen wasn't just a shot generation machine for himself, he did so for his team as a whole. He finished fifth among Liiga forwards in Corsi-for at 60.9 per cent, a mightily impressive feat considering his age. Despite the positive impact as a two-way player, his on-ice goal impacts were decimated by an abysmal on-ice PDO of just 0.958.
Speaking of Hirvonen's defensive acumen, the root of his success on the ice revolves around his intelligence. He's an incredibly smart player and uses his hockey sense to be an effective presence despite a lack of top-end speed.
In the defensive zone, Hirvonen is constantly aware of his surroundings. He is quick to pressure his man when they receive the puck, creating numerous turnovers and bad passes as a result.
Here, Hirvonen overwhelms the opposing right winger quickly off of the draw, stealing the puck and creating a rush opportunity out of a defensive zone faceoff loss.
This is just a top-notch shift. Hirvonen has an opportunity to fly the zone, but as he remains aware of the play developing, stops and pivots back to defending as his team is unable to clear the zone. He then pressures the opposition not once, not twice, but three times. Hirvonen picks up the loose puck off of the rebound, turns it into a clean exit and a cross-ice pass, and eventually records the secondary assist as a result.
Hirvonen is also comfortable putting his body on the line to block a shot. Here, he blocks a shot off of the faceoff loss and breaks up a pass immediately afterwards, turning play the other direction and nearly creating an odd-man rush out of a defensive zone faceoff loss.
Where Hirvonen really stands out defensively is before the play even gets into the defensive zone. He's an adept transition defender, pressuring puck carriers into mistakes and funnelling play to the outside.
As we continue moving up the ice, these instincts and skills also make Hirvonen a strong forechecker. Just as he is in his own end and the neutral zone, he's quick to pressure defenders and can catch them off guard with his relentless harassment.
Hirvonen's intelligence around the ice and work ethic to constantly pressure his opponents makes him a nuisance to play against. He's always looking to make life difficult for the team he's facing.
Offensively, Hirvonen succeeds most as an in-zone creator. He's a good playmaker off of the cycle as he's particularly skilled in the "dirty areas", winning battles and turning them into quick passes to dangerous areas.
This makes Hirvonen a goal threat from around the net as well, an area he scored a fair amount of his points from. Take his game-winning goal from the 2021 World Juniors against Sweden as an example of his prowess around the net.
Hirvonen is also a sneaky shooting threat, with a quick and hard shot that he can get off in traffic.
Hirvonen can stand to round out his offensive game as a rush attacker. He became more involved in transition as the season went along, but I found Hirvonen to be fairly passive when carrying the puck up the ice. He primarily played a give-and-go style, looking to pass quickly rather than carrying the puck himself.
When he did carry the puck, often it resulted in a dump-in. I would like to see Hirvonen carry the puck into the zone more often and become more creative in transition to really round out his offensive game. This is an example where Hirvonen does carry the puck in, a play that keeps possession in HIFK's hands and eventually leads to a primary assist off of the cycle for him.
One of the knocks on Hirvonen has been his lack of speed given his smaller frame. While this will always be a hurdle to overcome, I don't think it is a major concern. He will need to add a step to his top-end speed, but Hirvonen is already quick to jump on loose pucks and pressure opponents. His lack of top-end speed won't impact his ability to remain strong in these areas at the next level, even if it does limit his ability to be a dynamic presence.
Hirvonen's skillset makes him a player that profiles as a potential middle-six winger in the future, one that can be a complementary piece offensively while helping push play in the right direction defensively.
Looking ahead to next season, Hirvonen is under contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs having signed his entry-level contract in the spring, but will remain with HIFK for the final year of his Liiga deal. As a 20-year-old with a Liiga contract, Hirvonen must be offered back to his team in Finland if he is not on the NHL roster.
Back with HIFK, we can expect Hirvonen to continue to rise up their lineup and gain more responsibility in his second season with the team. He almost exclusively played as their 3LW last year, I would anticipate he gets a look in their top six early and often. His playoff performance coupled with his strong showing right now at the World Juniors bodes well for the situation he will find himself in next year.
Come to the end of his Liiga season, he will join the Toronto Marlies for his AHL debut and hopefully a Calder Cup run.
Roni Hirvonen's impressive season in Finland has flown under the radar given the success of the three prospects ahead of him on the TLN Prospect Rankings, but it is not one that should be glossed over. At a tournament that features both Matt Knies and @Topi Niemela, it's Hirvonen that is grabbing the attention of Maple Leafs fans at the 2022 World Juniors.
With more ice-time and a progression to the mean in his shooting luck, don't be surprised if 2022-23 is Roni Hirvonen's turn to have a breakout season.
Statistics from Elite Prospects, Pick 224
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