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2019/2020 Sandra Janjicek
$2,000 Scholarship Award Recipient
Sandra is a student at the University of Toronto working towards her Master of Information. Sandra is an active member of the Croatian-Canadian community, with a passion for researching intellectual property rights. She has distinguished herself within the Faculty of Information (iSchool) and globally, relative to her research in the intersection of copyright and human rights. Sandra has travelled to Geneva, Switzerland to attend the World Intellectual Property Organization's thirty-eighth Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights where she had the privilege of observing negotiations, networked with the Canadian delegation, and proactively consulted Croatian delegates on fair dealing (copyright exceptions) for libraries, archives, and museums. Upon graduation, Sandra aims to fulfill a career in the public sector as an information professional, developing digital policy and returning to academia to research principles of data governance in pursuit of a PhD.
2019/2020 Helena Kunic
Helena is majoring in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Guelph. She is an advocate for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) roles. Through her position as the Big Sister Little Sister Coordinator, she partners first-year women in engineering with women in upper-years of engineering and plans events to help the first-years with the challenges of engineering. Additionally, through the University's Women in Science and Engineering Club, Helena volunteers at outreach events that encourage young women to pursue careers in STEM. While on a mission trip to Peru, Helena witnessed first-hand the devastating effects of poverty
on wellbeing and healthcare and is determined to use her education to better the lives of those less fortunate by creating more accessible technologies to detect various diseases. A participating member of the Croatian-Canadian community, Helena has both played soccer and coached young children.
2019/2020 Gregory Georg Radisic
Believing in the Croatian tradition of "work hard in school or else!", Gregory holds two Bachelor degrees and a Master degree. He is currently pursuing a Juris Doctorate in Law at the University of Calgary. Gregory has managed a non-for-profit with over 130 staff members, raised over $150k for various charitable organizations, was a vocal member of the university senate and student union, has resurrected a struggling magazine from debt and managed a team of students that over saw 5000 annual cases of student misconduct. He is currently the Marketing Manager and Host for Hearsay on CJSW station, a Canadian law radio show. Gregory is an active member of UCalgary's Student Legal Aid Office, where he works as a student advocate where he even represented a fellow Croatian-Canadian in provincial court last month.
2019/2020 Veronika Salamun
Veronika is a first-year graduate student currently completing her Masters of Architecture at the University of Toronto. She is committed to her education as well as preserving and celebrating her Croatian heritage. Veronika was selected to participate in an international exchange program in Spain as well as a collaborative research-based summer studio course. While she appreciates the value in academic success, Veronika believes it just as important to be involved in the communities we serve. At the University of Toronto, she was the President of the Croatian Students Association for three years, and is currently a Senior Mentor to younger students in her faculty. Having witnessed problems cities face such as overcrowding and unaffordability has inspired her. She believes in architecture of altruism; in order to be effective, design must have meaning, and to do this, it needs to respond to the ever-changing needs of society. It is her hope that as a future architect, she will play a role in an architecture that seeks to improve the quality of life for all individuals.
2019/2020 Marina Culo
$1,500 Bursary Award Recipient
Marina is a Bachelor of Science and Engineering student majoring in Biomechanics at the University of Calgary. She is also a member of the Dino Women's Volleyball team, one of the top teams in Canada that competes every weekend and travels across Western Canada for competitions. Marina trains six to seven days a week with the team during her eight-month academic calendar year and has achieved Academic All-Canadian status, awarded only to a select few students. In addition to playing volleyball, Marina coaches Kids Camps at Junior Varsity Center and Dinos Camps, mentors pre-teens through the Calgary Catholic Family Services Mentorship Program and volunteers with the Croatian Catholic Parish in Edmonton. With a keen interest in Rehabilitation Science, Marina will pursue a Master's degree in Occupational Therapy upon completion of her undergrad.
2019/2020 Caleb Robin Zeljko Milatovic
Caleb is an Art & Design student at George Brown College. He works as a Student Ambassador at George Brown College and volunteers his time at the Ontario College Information Fair (OCIF), helping high school students with their program specific questions and applications to George Brown College. Along with volunteering at OCIF, he also dedicates his time towards helping the Toronto Humane Society with building winterized feral cat shelters. Upon completion of his current program, Caleb will transition into the Graphic Design Advanced Diploma Program and upon graduating plans to work at a design firm to create campaigns for socio-economic causes as well as develop experience as a freelance Graphic Designer. Beyond volunteering, Caleb enjoys playing football and guitar.
2018/2019 Brian Bursic
Brian is a student at Western University studying Honours Specialization in Pharmacology. He has a demonstrated commitment to academic achievements and diverse leadership roles, continuing to contribute to the Croatian-Canadian community. Brian is currently a Dean's Honour Roll student, President and Founder of the Western University Technology Review Publication and President of the Croatia Club at Western. After his undergraduate degree, Brian aspires to attend Medical School to become an Oncologist.
2018/2019 Elena Grbac
Elena is a third year Medical student at the University of Toronto, pursuing a career in paediatric medicine. She was drawn to work with children from immigrant families, providing mentorship and tutoring and now works with a diverse population, each with their own unique migration story. Through a partnership with YWCA Arise, a shelter for women and children experiencing abuse, she created an initiative to improve health literacy. Elena looks forward to exploring the health inequities that are prevalent in immigrant children and advocate for the health and well-being of her future patients.
2018/2019 Nicholas Grubic
Attending Queen's University and majoring in Life Sciences, Nicolas will also earn a Certificate in Business from the Smith School of Business. Nicholas is heavily involved in two cardiovascular projects and is looking forward to expanding his research interests and experiences to develop the necessary skills needed to pursue a career within cardiovascular epidemiology. In addition to his studies, Nicholas has participated at the Ontario and Canadian University Rowing Championships, achieving gold medal finishes and represented Team Ontario at the 2017 Canada Summer Games.
2018/2019 Viktorija Burcul
Viktorija is a Biomedical Science student in her fourth year at the University of Ottawa. Upon graduation, Viktorija will continue to follow her life's passion and pursue an accelerated nursing degree in anticipation of becoming a Public Health Nurse. She firmly believes in interdisciplinary learning and engages with youth in her community as a clubhouse volunteer with the Boys and Girls Club, and as an Ottawa Branch Leader of Indigo Girls Group Ontario (IGG) – a youth-run, non-profit organization, that is devoted to empowering girls aged 6-18.
2018/2019 Julia Gradiski
Julia is majoring in Family and Community Social Services at the University of Guelph-Humber. Upon graduation, Julia plans to pursue a Master's degree in the field of mental health and fulfill her long-standing career goal to incorporate art therapy in the form of dance as a treatment tool for children struggling with mental illness. Julia currently volunteers at the Vitanova Foundation, a residential treatment program for adult men dealing with substance abuse and will spend her summer in California volunteering with the Fostering Dreams Project which uses dance to foster youth.
2018/2019 Emma Sara Juracic
Emma is a second-year Ph.D. student at the University of Waterloo, with a research focus on calcium ion regulation in skeletal muscle. She has completed her Honors B.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Waterloo as well as her M.Sc. in Kinesiology. Emma strives to exemplify the mentorship she has received onto graduate and undergraduate students, as both a researcher and teaching assistant and has thus been awarded the Doctoral Excellence Award and the Graduate Teaching Award. She hopes to follow in her mentors footsteps to become an assistant professor and develop her own research program.
2018/2019 Anastasia Turalija
Currently a second year student at McMaster University in their pre-law honours program JPPL (Justice, Political Philosophy and Law), with a minor in French, Anastasia hopes to pursue a career in the field of law. Anastasia was one of only sixty students chosen to enroll in McMasters extremely competitive pre-law program. She has been an active member of the Croatian-Canadian community, an active volunteer and is a member of the McMaster University Croatia Club. Anastasia firmly believes education is more than just acquiring information, it is the fundamental precondition to developing your own identity and role in today's world.
2017/2018 Ivana Kajic
Ivana is working towards her PHD in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Zagreb, Croatia and a Master of Science in Computational Neuroscience from Berlin, Germany. Ivana has organized events aimed at improving the quality of the academic environment for female graduate students including workshops that are targeted for individuals who would benefit from the knowledge of programming, but do not have an opportunity to learn within their workplace or academic curriculum.
2017/2018 Ivana Osojnicki
Ivana is majoring in Honours Planning with a minor in Environmental Assessment at the University of Waterloo. Amongst other community volunteer activities, Ivana is a volunteer at Waterloo's Sustainable Campus Initiative and Planning Student Association. She is on the Dean's Honors List and has received Honourable Mention for the Jack Rosen Memorial Award for Environmental Innovation.
2017/2018 Nicholas Vukelic
Nicholas is currently a student at the University of Western, Ivey Business School studying Engineering and Business. Nicholas is a mentor in the Ivey Consulting Club and a pro bono consultant for the United Way of London and Middlesex. He is a member of the Ivey Case Competition Club and the Western Croatian Club.
2017/2018 Damien Sabljak
Damien is a student at McMaster University studying Electrical Engineering. Damien is a member of the McMaster Solar Car Team as well as the Golden Key International Honors Society. He is on the Dean's Honour Roll and is competing in the McMaster Sumobot Competition, a robotics organization that challenges students to design their own autonomous fighting robots, which are pitted against each other in tournament-style, one-on-one wrestling matches.
2017/2018 Liam Hrvoje Kunic
Liam is majoring in Bio-Medical Science at the University of Guelph, upon completion of his degree he will pursue a career in Optometry. Liam is an active volunteer at The Riverside Glen and Arbour Trails Retirement Home as well as the coach and captain of his own intramurals team. He is the recipient of several honours and awards and a founding member of the Guelph Croatian Students Association.
2017/2018 Ana Mrazovac
Ana is majoring in Honours Health Sciences with a minor in Psychology, Biology and Chemistry at Wilfred Laurier University. On campus Ana is a member of Habitat for Humanity and Laurier Team Up Against Concussions while outside of school she volunteers at the Waterloo Wayside Centre. Ana aims to pursue a Masters of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and excel in a career in Public Health.
2016/2017 Agnes Crnic
Agnes is studying towards her Doctorate in Medicine at the University of Ottawa, having already completed a Bachelor and Master of Science. Agnes is a very active volunteer, dedicating her time to the Rape Crisis Centre, Mothercraft Birthing Centre and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada. She has been granted the unique opportunity to pursue an additional year of training in her field of study.
2016/2017 Igor Huskic
Igor, a student at McGill University has completed a Bachelor and Master of Science from the University of Zagreb and is pursuing his PhD in Chemistry. With six (6) published scientific papers, Igor has already achieved great success in his discipline. He has received two T. Sterry Hunt Awards and he is co-chair of the Gordon Research Seminar in Crustal Engineering.
2016/2017 Mateo Menalo
Mateo is currently a student at the University of Toronto studying Paramedicine. Mateo is a councillor for underprivileged youth at Camp Ozanam and a cross country enthusiast. He is a member of the University of Toronto Varsity Track and Field Team and was awarded Engineering Idol Champion in 2015.
2015/2016 – $2,000 Scholarship Award Recipient
Ryan Bacic
Ryan attends Ryerson University, studying International Economics. He is the Deputy of Events for the International Economic and Finance Union, a member of Ryerson's mentoring program and a course builder for a first year basic math course. Ryan is also a member of Ryerson's track and field team and was the National runner up for the Terry Fox Humanitarian Award.
Lauren Vrbanic
Lauren, a student at McGill University is pursuing a degree in Biological and Biomedical Life Sciences. She is a musician trained on the Saxophone and a member of the Croatian National Home Folklore Group. Lauren is a recipient of the "Lifer Award" and her ultimate goal is to be a neurosurgeon.
2015/2016 – $1,500 Bursary Award Recipient
Melisa Okanovic
Melisa is currently a student at York University enrolled in the Schulich School of Business. She is majoring in Accounting with a minor in International Business. Melisa has planned and organized several fundraisers for charities, she is a mentor and a volunteer at local shelters and homeless hubs. Melisa is experienced in planning professional development events in Toronto and is president of the York Rotary Club.
Filip Trstenjak
Filip attends Niagara College studying Computer Science. He is an Honours standing student and an active member of the United Nations Association. Filip is fluent in English, Croatian and German and he stays active by participating in volleyball, swimming and tennis.
Julijana Hajdinjak
Julijana attends Wilfrid Laurier University, studying Vocal Performance and Composition. While an active choir and Composers Union member, Julijana is also a private piano and voice teacher. She is a winner of the HKD Napredak Festival as well as a volunteer at the Canadian Croatian Library. In 2013, Julijana was honoured with the opportunity to perform with the Rolling Stones.
Maja Petrović
Maja, a student at the University of Toronto is pursuing her degree in Criminology & Political Science with a minor in Sociology. She is Vice President of the UFT Young Liberals, a UFT Campus Experience Coach and a mentor with the UFT Mentor Program. Maja is also an active participant in Mladifest.
Nina Omerović
Nina is currently a student at Humber College, majoring in Food & Nutrition with a minor in Food & Nutrition Management. Nina is a volunteer for International Development Week, The Marketplace and a member of the Canadian Association of Foodservice Professionals and the Canadian Society of Nutrition Management. While supporting her studies, Nina is working at Bronte Natural Health clinic where she applies her experience and knowledge to support patients with nutrition based lifestyle therapies.
Stefanie Petrina
Stephanie is pursuing her Bachelor of Education at Brock University with a minor in Geography. She is an active member of Hamilton Croatia and in addition to volunteering at the Brock University Reading Clinic, also volunteers at various Catholic elementary and secondary schools. Stephanie enjoys soccer, bocce, dodge ball and beach volleyball.
Nikolina Beg
Nikolina, who is pursuing her Master in Biostatistics at Carleton University after completing her Bachelor of Mathematics, has achieved a remarkable academic record. She has been an active member of NCRCFE "Croatoan" in Ottawa since childhood and continues to teach tamburica and folklore, while still an active performer in the group. Nikolina looks forward to becoming an influential statistician in the analytics field.
Peter Grbac
Peter, who is pursuing his Law Degree at McGill University, has an extensive scholastic record after having graduated from the prestigious Harvard University and studied at Oxford University and L'Institut d'Études Politique de Paris. He has won countless academic awards, written several published papers and continues to volunteer his time with various non-profit and academic organizations.
Nicholas La Delfa
Nicholas, who is pursuing his PdD in Kinesiology at McMaster University, has an outstanding academic record in his pre and post-graduate programs. He has been a volunteer in several worthwhile philanthropic organizations and can be seen teaching tamburica as well as playing tamburica in the well-known Tamburaški Sastav 'Frajeri". We look forward to seeing Nicholas become a professor in the field of Ergonomics.
Kristina Zilic
Kristina, who is pursuing her Law Degree at the University of Ottawa, recently graduated with a Master of Science from Western University and has a achieved a remarkable academic record. She has been an active member of the Croatian community in London through her volunteer efforts on and off campus and her active involvement in church, soccer and Folklore Ensemble "Dubrovnik".
Igor Kremnjas
Igor, who is pursuing his Master of Financial Economics at the University of Toronto, has achieved an outstanding academic record. He was awarded several business and leadership awards both in his undergraduate and postgraduate programs at McMaster and Uof T. Igor has been actively involved in the Hamilton Croatia soccer program and looks forward to completing his academic program to become an economist.
Luka Filipović
Luka, enrolled at the University of Waterloo, majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science, has achieved an outstanding academic record. He is the winner of serveral academic competitions both on a national and international level. Luka is actively involved as a volunteer for various associations and is an enthusiastic member of the Croatian-Canadian community.
Ana Komparić
Ana, enrolled at the University of Toronto , majoring in Bioethics and Immunology, has achieved an exceptional academic record. She has volunteered as a student research assistant at various medical institutions and laboratories. Ana is a member of the Croatian Students Association at the University of Toronto and an active member of the Croatian-Canadian community.
Franjo Stanić
Franjo, enrolled at the University of Toronto, majoring in Engineering, has achieved a remarkable academic record. He has proven leadership skills organizing and participating in international soccer camps as well as playing against Europe's best youth teams. Franjo is a former member of Toronto Croatia of the Canadian Soccer League and a dynamic member of the Croatian-Canadian community.
Michael Mitar
Michael, who is enrolled in his final year at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto (Doctor of Medicine), has achieved an excellent academic record, has shown commendable leadership skills, and is an active member of the Croatian-Canadian community.
Kasandra Julia Mrežar
Kasandra, who is enrolled at King's University College at the University of Western Ontario (Bachelor of Arts), achieved very good academic records and have actively participated in the Croatian-Canadian community and contributed to various charitable events.
Stephanie Paulina Pisačić
Stephanie, who is enrolled in her second year at the University of Toronto (Bachelor of Commerce), achieved very good academic records and have actively participated in the Croatian-Canadian community and contributed to various charitable events.


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Q: Different text for More TabbedPage (language resources source) As you can see on link bellow, after xamarin forms update to 4.3, you are able to put more tabs into TabbedPage. If you have more than 5 tabs, xamarin will cut last 5th one and create own tab "More" where will be list for rest of your tabs.
But my application using different language resources and even after switching of lang.(when all app is switched into diff lang.) the text of More tab is still "More". I would like to change text of that time for diff.lang.resources from my app.
Can you help me with this issue?
Link for TabbedPage MoreTab

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Q: Event listeners not firing in Laravel 5.1 I am having an issue getting my event listeners to fire in Laravel 5.1.
I am firing the following event:
/**
 * Add new project.
 *
 * @param AddNewProjectRequest $request
 * @return Redirect
 */
public function add(AddNewProjectRequest $request)
{
    // Event(s);
    Event::fire(new ProjectAdded($project, $request->only('file')));
}

I have the following event setup:
<?php

namespace App\Events\Project;

use App\Events\Event;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\ShouldBroadcast;

class ProjectAdded extends Event
{
    use SerializesModels;

    public $project;

    /**
     * Create a new event instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct($project)
    {
        $this->project = $project;
    }

    /**
     * Get the channels the event should be broadcast on.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function broadcastOn()
    {
        return [];
    }
}

Here is my EventServiceProvider file:
<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher as DispatcherContract;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\EventServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;

class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * The event listener mappings for the application.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $listen = [
        \App\Events\ProjectAdded::class => [
            \App\Listeners\Project\ImportFileListener::class,
        ],
    ];

    /**
     * Register any other events for your application.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher  $events
     * @return void
     */
    public function boot(DispatcherContract $events)
    {
        parent::boot($events);

        //
    }
}

Here is my ImportFileListener listener:
<?php

namespace Woodford\Listeners\Project;

use Woodford\Events\ProjectAdded;
use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;

class ImportFileListener
{
    /**
     * Create the event listener.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {

    }

    /**
     * Handle the event.
     *
     * @param  ProjectAdded  $event
     * @return void
     */
    public function handle(ProjectAdded $event)
    {
        dd('listener');
    }
}

As you can see above I have added dd('listener'); to see if the listener gets fired - it doesn't!
I have also tried running php artisan optimize and composer dump-autoload but still no luck!
Does anyone know what could be wrong?


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import {Component} from 'angular2/core';
import {DayPickerComponent, MonthPickerComponent} from './sparkle';

@Component({
  selector: 'app',
  directives: [
    DayPickerComponent,
    MonthPickerComponent
  ],
  template: `

Sandbox

day-picker

          <day-picker #p1></day-picker>

              <button (click)="p1.prev()" class="btn btn-default">Previous</button>
              <button (click)="p1.next()" class="btn btn-default">Next</button>

              The buttons above control the day-picker from the outside.
              These are equivalent to using the < and > buttons on the picker itself.

The value below is the currently selected day.

{{p1.value.toDate() | date}}

              These pickers also have a cursor property which
              controls where we are looking at.

{{p1.cursor.toDate() | date}}

month-picker

          <month-picker #p2></month-picker>

              The value below is the cursor value which is not the
              same as the selected value. The former controls what we
              are looking at and the latter is what actually is stored.

              And although you can use the month-picker as a
              standalone component it is normally intended as an intermediate
              step to quickly select a month for the day-picker view.

{{p2.cursor.toDate() | date}}

              The actual selected month is below, it's available as the
              value property of the month-picker
              component.

{{p2.value.toDate() | date}}

    `
})
export class AppComponent {
}

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1st LT EMILY E. SNYDER
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First Lieutenant Snyder is currently an Undergraduate Cyber Training (UCT) Student in the 333rd Training Squadron at Keesler AFB, MS. Lieutenant Snyder received her commission from the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in May 2018. Her first assignment was to attend American University's School of International Service in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the USAFA Department of Political Science. She received her Master's in International Relations: United States Foreign Policy and National Security, with a concentration in Cyber Policy in May 2020.
While working on her degree, Lieutenant Snyder served as a Cyber Warfare Intern under the Information Dominance Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Washington, D.C. There, she analyzed U.S. Air Force offensive and defensive cyber security postures, assisted in the development of cyber warfare and information technology program Congressional documentation, and integrated cyber policy with operational and development concepts.
Lieutenant Snyder was an inaugural staff member of the USAF Chief Software Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Washington, D.C. As a Cyber Policy Intern, Lieutenant Snyder supported the Department of Defense's Enterprise DevSecOps Initiative, creating and making software development tools available across the armed services. She also assessed current U.S. Air Force and DoD contract language of software acquisition strategies and assisted DoD Pathfinder Programs in the transition process to DevSecOps according to continuous Authorities to Operate (ATO) guidelines.
First Lieutenant Snyder has presented her research on the Tibetan Genocide at the 2018 Joint Service Academy Mass Atrocity Prevention Symposium, hosted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC. She has also spoken at the 2018 Bridging the Gap Workshop on Cyber Conflict hosted by the Cyber Conflict Studies Association of Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, sharing her research on the abuse of human rights in cyberspace by authoritarian regimes across the world.
2018 Bachelor of Science in Political Science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
2020 Master of Arts International Relations: U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security Degree, American University, Washington, D.C.
1. May 2018 – May 2020, AFIT Graduate Student, American University, Washington, D.C.
2. January 2019 – June 2020, Cyber Warfare Intern, SAF/AQIT, Pentagon, Washington,D.C.
3. August 2019 – June 2020, Cyber Policy Intern, SAF/CSO, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
4. June 2020 – Present, Student, 333rd Training Squadron, Keesler, AFB, MS
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There's a star in our midst and she's blissfully unaware of all the attention she has been receiving. Though yes, she will absolutely tell you "I'm famous" if you start to discuss the video. She knows she was on the Ellen show and will also mention that as well. This video has gone beyond what we could ever imagined it would. But in our house, we are still dealing with a newly turned three year old with lots to say and opinions to give.
We had family in town during spring break and after her father settled our company in, he left the room. Noelle was left with her Aunt and Noelle decided to tell you Aunt about HER brother.
Nelly: "Let me tell you about my dad....he's a good guy. His name is Tj and he's a good guy."
Auntie Londa: "What about your mom?"
Nelly: " She's a good mommy. But my dad, he's a good guy!"
Noelle spent time with her Aunt and cousins at the museum and it was time for lunch.
Auntie Londa: "Noelle, do you want some nuggets?"
We have now introduced the concept of strangers to this friendly girl and she's not having it. When the pizza man arrives with our order.
Me: "Noelle, come over here and wait next to me."
After the pizza man leaves.
Me: "Noelle, you can't go to the door by yourself. He is a stranger."
Nelly: "He's not a stranger, he's the pizza man!"
Nelly: "Hmm, I don't know."
Tj: "That means he's a stranger. We don't know him."
Nelly: "But he's not a stranger, he's the pizza man!! "
It's time for bed and Noelle is not ready.
Me: "Noelle it's time for you to go with your Dad and get in bed."
Nelly: "I'm not ready yet, can I just relax in your room for a minute? I just need to relax for a minute."
I encourage all parents to keep a log of the stuff your children come up with. This time in their lives, although it can be pretty tough, it is also magic. They are capable of more than we know and Tj and I are always shocked and tickled at the way her brain processes things. Though she does get out of pocket, we correct her and laugh behind her back!
Hey I'm Leah, wife to Tj and mom to Noelle and Lois with another little lady on the way. I'm just living life out loud and praising God as I do it! I love traveling, spending time with my girls, alone time with my husband and remodeling our 1922 Bungalow. Thanks for coming, hopefully you'll find a chuckle or two as you look around our small piece of the internet.
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Home News Regions Northern Virginia Calkain Cos. signs exclusive $20 million listing for Burger King portfolio
Calkain Cos. signs exclusive $20 million listing for Burger King portfolio
Calkain Cos., based in Reston, has signed an exclusive brokerage agreement to sell the real estate of a $20 million, eight-parcel Burger King portfolio.
The eight locations in Northern Virginia, with one of them already sold, come with new long-term, triple-net, leases. These deals frequently appeal to investors. In a typical triple-net deal, the tenant — often a single entity which in this case is a fast-food restaurant — signs a long-term lease and handles the taxes, insurance and maintenance while the investor collects a rent check every month.
Calkain said it secured the listing from a former Burger King franchisee that is looking to capitalize in a favorable seller's market.
The company's marketing team of Betty Friant, Rick Fernandez and Teal Henderson is handling the sale. "The seller chose from multiple offers, and we were happy to have the first of the eight locations close at such a phenomenal cap rate [5.1 percent] for a franchise location," Henderson said in a statement.
According to the company, the transaction closed at $1.9 million in the last 30 days, with the Burger King store operations and franchise sold in a separate transaction to a Burger King franchisee from Illinois.
Calkain is a commercial real estate brokerage firm that specializes in assisting buyers and sellers with single and multi-tenant, net-leased properties. The company has multiple office locations servicing the mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Northeast and Midwest markets.
Fredericksburg shopping center fetches $7 million
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Psathyrella is a large genus of about 400 species, and is similar to the genera Coprinellus, Coprinopsis, Coprinus and Panaeolus, usually with a thin cap and white or yellowish white hollow stem. The caps do not self digest as do those of Coprinellus and Coprinopsis. Some also have brown spores rather than black. These fungi are often drab-colored, difficult to identify, and all members are considered inedible or worthless (for eating) and so they are often overlooked. However they are quite common and can occur at times when there are few other mushrooms to be seen. The first report of a gilled mushroom fruiting underwater is Psathyrella aquatica.

The genus name Psathyrella is a diminutive form of Psathyra, derived from the Greek word ψαθυρος, psathuros 'friable'.  The type species of Psathyrella is Psathyrella gracilis, which is now known as Psathyrella corrugis.

Characteristics
In order to identify the species it may be necessary to take into account the presence and nature of any veil remnants on cap (which may only be visible on very young fruiting bodies), the colour of young fruiting bodies, which is often more vivid than with older ones, whether the cap is hygrophanous (it can well be a translucent brown or ochre colour in a humid state but a pure opaque white on drying out), and the spore size and the presence and nature of cheilocystidia, pleurocystidia and caulocystidia, distinctive sterile cells on the gill face, gill edge and stipe respectively.  All Psathyrella species are unusually fragile, and both the cap and stem break with very little effort.  Unlike most agarics, the caps of Psathyrella species easily break into triangular shaped pieces.

Selected species

For complete list see List of Psathyrella species

 Psathyrella ammophila (dune brittlestem)
 Psathyrella aquatica
 Psathyrella bipellis
 Psathyrella candolleana (pale brittlestem)
 Psathyrella corrugis (red edge brittlestem) (type sp., older synonym of Psathyrella gracilis)
 Psathyrella piluliformis / Psathyrella hydrophila (common stump brittlestem)

References

Marcel Bon : The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-Western Europe (Hodder & Stoughton, 1987).

External links

The North American species of Psathyrella by Alexander H. Smith, 1972. (Full text of monograph.)

Psathyrellaceae
Inedible fungi
Agaricales genera
Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries

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The Rockefeller Foundation marked the public launch of Atlas AI, a social enterprise established by the Foundation and a team of Stanford University professors to develop data products to support global development. Atlas AI works at the intersection of development economics, crop science, remote sensing, and artificial intelligence to generate detailed insights on poverty, crop yield and economic trends across Sub-Saharan Africa. Earlier this week, Atlas AI named Victoria Coleman, previously Chief Technology Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation, as the organization's first Chief Executive Officer.
"Atlas AI is an innovative model for translating the best research thinking into products and services that accelerate sustainable development. Part of The Rockefeller Foundation's vision is to unlock AI's tremendous potential to improve people's well-being while mitigating downside risks," said Zia Khan, Vice President of Innovation at The Rockefeller Foundation. "We're tremendously excited to welcome Victoria as Atlas AI's new CEO. We conducted an extensive search and she brings a unique combination of skills and experiences to complement a world-class team."
The reality is that it's difficult to reach people living at or near the poverty line with critical information and services, especially if they are not online. Fielding a census or survey is time consuming and remarkably expensive—particularly for low-income, fragile, and conflict-affected countries. Atlas AI was founded to solve these challenges, delivering information more quickly and cost-effectively, and with greater accuracy and detail.
Atlas AI has assembled a team of the best scientists and engineers in the world with the passion and creativity to make a positive difference. Today, Atlas AI announced Victoria Coleman as the organization's first CEO. As CTO at the Wikimedia Foundation – the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia, one of the world's largest and most popular web properties – Ms. Coleman set the vision and strategy for technology and operations for Wikimedia projects in collaboration with the Wiki community. Previously, as Vice President Engineering at Yahoo! Inc., she led the company's web services at scale. Before joining Yahoo!, Ms. Coleman served as Vice President, Emerging Technologies at Nokia. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated a commitment to open data, a crucial part of Atlas AI's mission. As a public benefit corporation, the company will support an open analytics platform allowing the public to browse economic datasets for the developing world, at sub-national resolution.
As a science-driven philanthropy focused on partnering for the greatest impact, The Rockefeller Foundation supports the growth and success of Atlas AI so that its cutting-edge data products and services get to those who need them most. The Foundation maintains a seat on Atlas AI's Board of Directors and will continue to be an active partner focused on long-term stewardship of results-oriented, global human development outcomes.


If you are a graduate and if you don't know what you have do to get a good job, you don't have to be upset. Many career opportunities are there in this economy which could possibly help you in getting your dream job.
You just have to show your creativity in searching for a right career option. The career advice you are looking for are given below. Just read how you have to apply them in your life.
* Are my career requirements in harmony with my family goals, etc.?
* What additional education qualification I require for getting a job?
* Do I want any additional responsibility for being a leader or would I be happier as a team member (be honest with yourself).
* Do I want to work at home or in the office?
2. What Do You Want to Achieve in Your Career?
This question is very obvious and mostly everyone ask me the same. As I have just finished my graduation I am pretty confused about what to do. Even many employees are there who still confused about their career. Mostly I receive an answer from them "I Know What I Don't Want". I found that lack of career goals are effecting in the job selection. The foundation of a successful career is knowing what you want from your career. Take the time to develop your career goals. Once you have done this then you can break your goals into controllable pieces and time periods so that you can unceasingly track how fruitful you are in achieving your aims. This career advice will help you to make a goal at your career.
Ideas for your dream job are all around you every day. Look for career ideas from the following resources. This career advice will definitely help you out to some extent.
* Think like management, and constantly seek to discover the challenges they face and develop solutions. Try to search the key points in yourself that could help you in developing your goals for getting your dream job.
* Think like your internal and external customers and find out what their biggest challenges are and how you can provide solutions.
* Look for trends for career opportunities in newspapers, magazines, or TV or radio, and the Internet. Act as an "opportunity filter" and look for the career opportunities where others only see the negative.
If you don't know which field is best for you to select then it's better to choose a consultancy. They probably help you to boost your confidence at a particular field where you are hesitating to go. They help you in all manner right from choosing a particular path up to getting a job. These consultancies are the best medium from where you can get a good career advice.


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The iconic "Jesus Saves" neon cross in New York City.
Today's blog topic is one many night owls – particularly those who spend any significant amount of time on the road – are probably familiar with: Neon church crosses.
Neon church crosses that light up the night sky are one of the most famous symbols of nighttime America. They can be found along many major American highways and interstates and in some inner city neighborhoods. Neon crosses can be found on top of church steeples and on the sides of various other buildings across the country, inviting the public to come to church or acting as beacons of comfort at night for anyone with troubles on their mind. During the Christmas season, they spread a bit of Christmas cheer along dark stretches of interstate highway where Christmas decorations might be sparse. Most importantly of all, neon crosses have become messengers in the night which help spread the message of Christ during the nighttime hours when most people are asleep.
For many centuries, crosses on top of churches have pointed us in the direction of Heaven, lifted the cross of Christ to the world, and much more. Neon crosses have served all of these purposes for many decades now. It's unclear when and where the first neon cross was created in the USA, but neon signs in general became highly popular in the United States during the 1920s-1930s. It can only be assumed the first neon crosses appeared on churches during this period.
For the next five decades onwards, neon crosses would pop up all over America. Many of these crosses have become historical landmarks. One such cross is the famous Route 66/I-55 neon cross over St. Paul's Lutheran Church (also known as the Church of the Neon Sign) in Hamel, IL. This cross was erected in 1946 in tribute to Oscar Brunnworth, a local soldier who was killed in Italy during World War II. This cross has been a source of inspiration and comfort to many late-night drivers driving along I-55 ever since it was erected. Another famous American neon cross is the foreboding cross hanging over St. Paul's House in Manhattan, NYC which has warned passers-by that "Sin will find you out" for six decades now since it was erected in the 1950s. Also in Manhattan's Alphabet City neighborhood is the iconic "Jesus Saves" cross, which has made appearances in TV shows, movies, websites, and more.
In the 1970s, the number of neon crosses (and neon signs in general) began to drop in the US due to complaints about light pollution and rising electricity and maintenance costs. There are not nearly as many neon crosses now as there once were, but they are still very much a part of the American nightscape.
The Suwon Jeil Church in Suwon, S. Korea.
According to a July 2008 article from the Asia Times Online, some of these red crosses have a meaning that goes beyond traditional Christian symbolism. In Korea, red crosses are also symbolic of the Donghak, or the "Eastern Learning" movement indigenous to Korea. These crosses reflect the "Poguk anmin" ("Protect the nation and secure peace for the people" in English) mantra, which is the call for a return to Confucian ideals and a Korean identity not shaped by foreign influence. In this case, these crosses are a call for Korean Christians to practice a more Korean-specific form of Christianity.
Shanghai's Muen, or Moore Memorial Church in 2007.
One other neon cross that deserves special mention is the neon cross on top of the Muen Church in Shanghai, China. Erected in 1936 when the church was known as Moore Memorial Church and inspired by the neon crosses in the US, this red cross stood out in the city's nightscape when all around it were neon signs advertising nightclubs, dance halls, and all the other "party hard" establishments that are part of any major city at night. After the Communist victory in mainland China in 1949, all the neon lights – including the Moore Memorial Church cross – were turned off by the authorities. The cross would not be turned on again until 1988. Today the Muen Church is surrounded by office buildings and billboards advertising the latest iPhone, but it still stands out in the midst of the urban hustle and bustle, just as it did in the 1930s and 40s.
Other countries which have their own neon cross traditions include the Philippines, where blue neon crosses can be seen in cities across the country at night; Vietnam, where the neon lights of the Nha Trang Cathedral can only be described as stunning, and the UK, where a blue neon cross adorns the top of the Round Chapel in the Lower Clapton district of London's Hackney borough.
Since they started making their first appearances in the night skies all those decades ago, neon church crosses have been a source of inspiration for many, have become historical landmarks, and have carried Christ's message throughout the night. They have also become a means of guidance (both spiritually and navigationally) and have soothed many a soul, Christian and non-Christian alike.
–A Protestant Church in Communist China: Moore Memorial Church, Shanghai 1949-1989 by John Craig and William Keating. Excerpt from Google Books about the church's neon cross.
-http://www.idealshanghai.com/venues/3756/ Website about Muen (Moore Memorial) Church.
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Communities feel bite of uncollected dog fees
Mike Melanson
Freddy Miceli, 50, of Bridgewater obeys the law. His puggle, Bustah, is licensed, and the dog's vaccinations are up to date.
But 1,000 of Miceli's fellow residents have not gotten their dogs licensed — and so the cash-strapped town has been cheated of some $35,000, town officials say.
Bridgewater is not alone.
Across the region, in Brockton, Middleboro, Raynham and elsewhere, communities are losing thousands of dollars in uncollected dog license fees and late fines — at a time when they face a budget crunch that is getting worse as the Wall Street mess trickles down to Main Street.
Communities need every dollar they can get, but lenient policies or inadequate manpower to enforce them make it mighty difficult to go after dog-license scofflaws, officials say.
"There's no teeth to the law," Middleboro Town Clerk Eileen Gates said about her town's dog-license policy.
Under state law, dog owners must license their dogs annually, showing proof of rabies vaccination.
Dog licenses help cities and towns keep track of the vaccinations, and help to reunite lost pets with their owners by having the dog tag on the animal.
Dog license fees are not small change.
Brockton, for example, has an estimated 15,000 unlicensed dogs, Animal Control Officer Tom DeChillis said. With a license of $6 for spayed or neutered canines ($15 if they are not), the city is being cheated of at least $90,000 in license fees alone. That's money that could pay for a couple of teachers.
And, "that's probably on the conservative end," DeChillis said last week.
The city also lost money in uncollected fines.
Brockton issued $70,575 in fines that included dog licensing and other animal violations in fiscal year 2008. Of that amount, more than 50 percent, or $37,175 in fines, was not paid to the city, DeChillis said.
In Raynham, there are 453 unlicensed dogs, said Animal Control Officer Fred Sylvia. With the license fee set at $10 for neutered dogs ($15 for unaltered), and a $25 fine charged to delinquents, the town is losing out on at least $15,855.
Middleboro has a more lenient dog license policy than some towns, not taking deadbeats to court, which might explain why unlicensed dogs outnumber those licensed.
Out of some 3,000 dogs in town, 1,433 dogs are licensed so far this year — down from 2,523 last year, said town clerk Gates.
With a license fee of $10 for altered dogs ($15 for unaltered), and a $10 late fee, failing to collect on those 1,567 unlicensed dogs means Middleboro is out a minimum of $31,340 in fees and late fines for this year alone.
Middleboro used to take dog delinquents to court, but now sends out only reminder notices, Gates said.
"That's as far as it goes," she said. "It just remains unpaid."
Some communities say they don't have the manpower in town to crack down on scofflaws so they may turn elsewhere for help.
Bridgewater Town Clerk Ronald Adams said officials are going to send out one more warning notice and then will consider calling in a collection agency or the sheriff's department to get delinquent dog owners to comply and pay up.
Based on the $10 license fee for altered dogs and a $25 late fee, the town is losing out on at least $35,000 by not extracting fees and fines from its 1,000 deadbeat owners.
Adams said delinquents also would be assessed collection costs.
Right now, however, Adams said his priority is processing voter registrations and absentee ballots for the presidential election.
"It's probably going to go on the back burner until after Nov. 4. We're too busy with limited staff," he said.
Staff writer Maria Papadopoulos contributed to this story.


A non-equilibrium heat treatment was used to produce secondary phase (β) in the single phase brass (α), which caused the modification of the grain structure and mechanical properties after friction stir processing. For this aim, the single phase brass plate containing 37 wt pct Zn was heated at 810 °C for 1 hour, and then quenched in water, which caused the formation of non-equilibrium secondary β phase. After the non-equilibrium heat treatment, bead on plate friction stir processing was employed. The origin of the modification by β phase was studied using high resolution electron backscattered diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The results showed that the average grain size, yield strength, and strain-hardening exponent were changed, respectively, from 4.8 µm, 166 MPa and 0.28 to 2.1 µm, 213 MPa and 0.25 in the presence of β phase. The β phase promoted the discontinuous dynamic recrystallization by particle-stimulated nucleation mechanism, and then transformed to α resulting in a finer microstructure with more random texture. In addition, the nanometer-sized β particles were retained at the grain boundaries, which reduced their mobility and hence the grain growth was inhibited.
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There is a growing need for bariatric products as the overweight patient population continues to increase in number.
GF Health Products, Inc. ("Graham-Field") is proud to add the Wide Clinical Care Recliner with Drop Arm to its Lumex Healthcare Seating line in response to this need. The 450 pound weight capacity (evenly distributed), wider seat, side table, and convenient drop arm provide the ideal recliner for bariatric patients and clinics.
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I met in Shanghai on Thursday afternoon with Tudou.com founders Gary Wang and Marc van der Chijs. Just beforehand, I was showing their video sharing site--which was China's first and remains one of the handful of leaders that has a good shot of surviving the coming die-off--to some colleagues and on a whim did a search for my old band.
What I turned up, to my delight, was this video that we shot for the song "Time at my Heels" (跑在时间前面,or 时间 as it was also known) from our second album Epic. We weren't happy with it at the time, and decided not to release it, but it was broadcast once on a regional (Hunan) station if I recall only once. Lucky someone got hold of it. It's kind of cheesy, but it's the only rock video from that album, so I'm glad it's there. There's also a bunch of old TD videos from songs like "A Dream Return to the Tang Dynasty," and some live stuff from a TD show in Germany.
Gary and Marc, by the way, are totally cool guys. Wish them luck on the Lhasa-to-Kathmandu bike ride they're planning for the end of April. And watch for a big announcement from them next week.
Gary Wang is a really big hero to everyone i cant believe he appears into that.. well maybe you can uppload the video!!!!
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Some of Tang Dynasty's early music was very much influenced by his is an excellent language for song lyrics even though the tones are lost when sung.
Hey cool site!!!I really like it, it has really interesting info!
Excellent post very useful for me I have many different videos in my house.
Great post about A Tang Dynasty music video thought lost I like your post thanks.
To me music and video are excellent to have a nice time like when you use Generic Tadalafil Online because is healthy and positive.
Interesting post I like to know more about this kind of music sound interesting.
The last thing that changes internet were those video sharing sites , starting with youtube.
It's a real shame see how we lost this cultural legacy.
At internet we can save their legacy.
see this legacy lost would be a great shame.
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I was showing their video sharing site--which was China's first and remains one of the handful of leaders that has a good shot of surviving the coming die-off--to some colleagues and on a whim did a search for my old band.
It may be a while but there will be a day when one will be able to express themselves through music and video without the restrictions placed on the Chinese people.
Thank you for sharing information. It quite useful for us also. I always love to read such type of things.


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Jim Obergefell
Last year saw a monumental Supreme Court decision: the affirmation of the constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry. It was a long-awaited victory for much of the country, but Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the case Obergefell v. Hodges that prompted the decision, had a particularly personal relationship to it. Fighting for love and fueled by love, he had become, in his words, an "accidental activist."
Obergefell came out to his large Catholic family in his mid 20s, and in 1992 began a long-term relationship with John Arthur. After meeting twice at a Cincinnati bar, the two met for a third time at a party thrown by Arthur, where sparks flew. Soon enough they fell deeply in love and forged a quiet, happy life together in Cincinnati. They worked with one another as consultants in IT, followed a shared passion for collecting art, and enjoyed an extensive network of friends and family. Their relationship was never an issue among the people who knew them — but living as an openly gay couple in Cincinnati was at times very difficult. In fact, after an amendment was passed in the city that banned laws protecting the LGBTQ community, Cincinnati was dubbed "The City without Pity". Ohio's legislative opposition to gays became especially problematic for the couple in 2013, when Arthur's illness of ALS worsened and Obergefell proposed marriage.
Although Ohio did not allow same-sex marriage, Maryland did. So Obergefell raised $14,000 to hire a chartered medical jet to fly them to the Baltimore airport, where the two men were married by Arthur's aunt on the tarmac. Yet despite this perfectly legal marriage, Ohio was going to refuse to recognize Obergefell as Arthur's spouse on his death certificate. Unwilling to accept this injustice, the newly married couple decided to sue the state of Ohio, and the case, given its story of love in the face of terminal illness, quickly received national attention. Obergefell was aware that winning his case could help guarantee rights for LGBTQ Ohioans. But he could not have expected that his case would rise as high as the Supreme Court, where it became clear that something greater was at stake. In June 2015, Obergefell won the case with a 5-4 majority — and the rest is literally history.
Now, a year after the Supreme Court decision, Obergefell has teamed up with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Debbie Cenziper to chronicle LOVE WINS: The Lovers and Lawyers who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality (William Morrow/June 2016), an in-depth look at the case that led to nationwide marriage equality. The book interweaves the stories of Obergefell and his late husband, and the decades-long career of civil rights attorney Al Gerhardstein; readers will get to know not only the facts of the case but also the faces of its advocates. Exactingly recounted, Love Wins is urgent in its subject matter and unforgettable in its emotion.
From the beginning, Obergefell and Cenziper were in agreement that the book should be about more than just one couple and their lawyer. "Throughout the entire process," Obergefell says, "I knew it was never just about me." The book introduces other plaintiffs ad some of lawyers in the case as well. It took many people to achieve justice for many people — and now Obergefell's case has granted marriage equality not only for millions of Americans today but also for generations of Americans to come. "One person, a group of people, can actually do something that impacts the world, that makes our world a better place. I discovered that it really can happen." Today, even Obergefell's home city of Cincinnati has changed in its attitude towards LGBTQ issues — Cincinnati has since elected an openly-gay council member and in fact was the second city in the country to ban conversion therapy.
Since the Supreme Court ruling, Obergefell has embraced his newfound role as a civil rights activist. He has worked with organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign and Equality Ohio, and has been honored with awards from organizations such as Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders (SAGE). Foreign Policy magazine named him one of its 2015 Global Thinkers.
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We're well aware that Stronghold players love their history and their castles, which is why we have started a new feature called Castle of the Month! At the end of every month we will post a new castle, with facts and figures about its size, history, claim to fame and the Stronghold game in which it features.
This month our pick is Dunnottar Castle in Scotland. Follow the link below for more information and as always feel free to suggest future castles in the comments below.
You should have players submit their castles and do a castle of the month from those. Just an idea.
That would be a massive security risk.
If your castle is selected you will get rewards similar to the rewards given out for the Coat of Arms winner.
How is anyone put at risk?
This is actually something I've been planning to do for a while, similar to the Shield of the Week competition. Unfortunately, there are some issues involved that need to be solved.
The main issue: What criteria should it be judged on? Aesthetics? The problems here are: 1) That's a very subjective way of judging the castle2) SHK castles aren't very beautiful to begin with. And they don't need to be, after all they are supposed to be practical. Which leaves the criteria of efficiency. A big issue here is that most active players (at least on the German worlds, as far as I've been told) all use the same few castle designs. After all, designs automatically go through a process of evolution through artificial selection. The other issue here is: Someone would need to test the castles. Unlike looking at shields, loading a castle structure on the development servers, completing the construction, sending attacks over and over and then counting which castle survived the longest would take up way too much time, time that is needed elsewhere.
So yes, I like the idea of having such a competition and I've been trying to figure out a way to make it happen, but at the moment it simply doesn't look feasible.
Ok I admit I overstated the risk but there would always be the potential danger, just like sometimes I try to track down the shield of the week.
and to be honest the coat of arms contest is pretty subjective as well.
That is true, but you can achieve much more variety with the shields, they differ a lot more than any two castles ever could.


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Q: Defining a topology on a (non-metric) space...but what is the definition of 'open'? A topology on some set is defined as a collection of open subsets satisfying three axioms.  I was first introduced to the concept of 'open' in the context of a metric space where, for any point in an open subset, there exists an open ball contained in that subset.
Does this new definition of 'open subsets' in the topology shatter my previous intuition? It's a very general definition and seems arbitrary rather than intuitive. Take, for example, $\mathbb{R}^2$. Say we decide to include a single point, the origin, in the topology. So this is now an 'open subset' despite being an isolated point of the space?
Thank you.

A: Before you give the set $\mathbb R^2$ a topology, it is just a set of points. You shouldn't think of it as having any geometric structure. The fact that you think of $\mathbb R^2$ as a plane is that "ordinarily", the topology on $\mathbb R^2$ is the one which is given by any of the common metrics on $\mathbb R^2$.
You could make a new topology on $\mathbb R^2$ in which all old open sets are still open, but $\{0\}$ is also open. The way you should think of this space geometrically is as follows: it is a plane with a single point missing (the set $\mathbb R^2\setminus \{0\}$) together with a separate point floating beside it (the set $\{0\}$).
Edit: in fact, this topology is also given by a metric: if $d$ is any ordinary metric on $\mathbb R^2$, then the metric $d': \mathbb R^2 \times \mathbb R^2 \to \mathbb R$ which is given for $x,y \neq 0$ by $d'(x,y) = d(x,y)$ and by $d'(x,0) = d(x,0) + 1$ induces this topology.

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Does this new definition of 'open subsets' in the topology shatter my
  previous intuition?

Yes, in a way. Intuition is often the motivation for generalization, then needs to be refined. The topology on a metric space comes from the intuition you have for how distances behave in Euclidean space. There are useful topologies that don't come from metrics - there your intuition is guided by how open sets behave in metric spaces.
One such example is the Zariski topology. You'll find others here:
https://mathoverflow.net/questions/52032/examples-of-non-metrizable-spaces .

A: "The new definition" should not shatter your intuition completely, and one should always bear in mind how topology of metric spaces works to have some intuition about general topological spaces. One should also be careful what properties of metric spaces fail in general topological space.
Open sets are precisely those that satisfy the three axioms. Now, in metric spaces, open set is union of open balls. It is good exercise to prove:

$U$ is union of open balls if and only if $(\forall x\in U)(\exists
 r>0)\ B(x,r)\subseteq U$.

Family of open balls in a metric space forms what is known as base of topology. It is very convenient to define topology in terms of it's base - you take some subsets which you want to be open, and generate the whole topology with it (this family cannot be chosen completely freely, as mentioned in the link above). This is precisely how we define topology on metric space: we take open balls to be it's base.


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Power outage in Ukraine in December 2016 was cyberattack – investigation
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An investigation concluded that a power outage near the Ukraine capital Kyiv in December 2016 was a cyberattack
An investigation into a power outage that left customers in Ukraine without electricity for an hour last month has concluded that the cause was indeed a cyberattack, Motherboard reports citing its sources.
This would be the second such known hack of a Ukrainian power facility following a massive December 2015 power outage affecting about 230,000 people, which was later blamed on the Russian government.
The more recent attack occurred at a transmission facility, as opposed to the 2015 attack that affected a distribution facility, and was not as far-reaching (although it could have been much worse—as disruptions to a transmission facility could impact a wider area than distribution facilities). But taken together, the implications of both attacks and a series of other breaches around Ukraine suggest that someone, or various individuals, may be using the country as a testbed for refining attacks on critical infrastructure that could be used across the world.
The attack last month, which occurred almost exactly one year after the previous outage, struck the Pivnichna substation outside the capital city Kyiv, and cut power a few minutes before midnight local time December 17, leaving customers in part of Kyiv and a surrounding area in the dark on a Saturday night. The outage lasted only an hour, and power was restored a little after 1 am.
Ukrainian security researchers involved in the investigation say they believe the attack was conducted by the same hackers who cut power in Ukraine a year ago. They also believe the attackers may be responsible for a series of other attacks that have struck other high-value Ukrainian targets in the commercial and government sectors, including the national railway system and the Ministry of Finance, which were hit around the same time.
Ukraine's intelligence service attributed the 2015 attack to Russia, without providing any evidence to support the claim. No one has publicly attributed this latest attack to Russia or anyone else.
UkrEnergo, the national power company that oversees the Pivnichna substation and others, told customers after this last outage that it was unclear if it was the result of hackers or equipment failure, but the researchers say there is now no question it was the result of an intrusion.
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We were happy to serve as Thanksgiving HQ this year for David and Ian from Seattle, Nick from Orlando, and Harry and Elle from Highland Park. David and Ian insisted that they wanted to take on the preparation of the Thanksgiving dinner. After a minimal amount of protesting, we caved to the request. David started early Thanksgiving morning with some help from Robert.
After the cars were cleaned up and the stove turned off, the guests headed into to DC for a Segway tour with Segs in the City. They gave the tour high marks but mentioned it was kind of hard to stand still that long.
After a fantastic dinner, it was time for some serious tower building. Robert requested a whole city, starting with the air port. This skyscraper was 9 stories (I think). Robert did an admirable job keeping Ian and Nick busy and David, Harry and Elle entertained.
The weather was pretty nice and we opted to tour the George Washington Masonic Memorial (known to us as Castle Roberto). It was interestingly different from the last tour. They were no longer trying to wrap themselves in mystery; I think Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol and Nicolas Cage's National Treasure influences made them want to be more clear and factual about their history and lack of any conspiracies.
They were very concerned the last time we took the tour about letting us see the Arc for too long. The tour guide on our first tour told everyone to ready their cameras because he could only open the curtains for 10 seconds. This time, the curtains were open the whole time. And the tour guide carefully explained that the Masons are not that old, but have adopted trappings of older cultures.
And I think, because it was warmer than 20 degrees, they let us outside at the top. The view as spectacular on such a clear day (that's our house with the black roof next to the huge monstrosity built next to us).
Since it was such a pretty day, there was baseball game in the back yard. Well... Audry Joy's backyard. Her yard is better for baseball with it's lack of trees. (And they were out of town for the holidays.) The boys were very good about taking turns as pitcher, batter and catcher (but Robert seems to most enjoy being pitcher).
We rounded out the day with a trip to Mount Vernon. The line for the Mansion was longer than we were willing to deal with, but we toured some of the grounds, enjoyed the view and ran races up the hillside.
Back at Thanksgiving HQ, Ian picked up a few pointers from Nick on guitar cords -- if only we had a piano, Ian could have reciprocated. Robert was soaking it all in, but happy to share is guitar.
The next day, Robert led a game of tag down to the river (we mostly avoided running into others out enjoying the weather). I was hoping for Party Parrots or the glass organ guy, but I think it was a bit cold for them. We did come across Curtis Blues who invited Robert (and the rest of his age set) to join him.
We were sad to see everyone head back to their respective homes after such a fun couple of days and we look forward to seeing them again soon.


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Stockholm protests against angry Turkey, cancels Sweden's ministerial meeting
Stockholm [Sweden]January 22 (ANI): Turkey on Saturday canceled a planned visit by Sweden's defense minister in response to anti-Turkish protests that heightened tensions between the two countries as Sweden seeks Turkey's approval to join NATO, the Washington Post reported.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said a planned visit by his Swedish counterpart Pal Jonsonto to Ankara has been canceled after Swedish authorities gave permission for protests in Stockholm.
Notably, a protest in Stockholm erupted on Saturday against Turkey and Sweden's bid to join NATO, including the burning of a copy of the Koran, sharply increased tensions with Turkey at a time when the Nordic country needs Ankara's support to gain entry into the military alliance.
Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line carried out the Koran burning. Last April, Paludan's announcement of a Koran "tour" during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan sparked riots across Sweden, Al Jazeera reported.
Surrounded by police, Paludan set fire to the holy book with a lighter after a long diatribe of almost an hour, in which he attacked Islam and immigration in Sweden. About 100 people gathered nearby for a peaceful counter-demonstration.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry immediately responded in a statement.
"We condemn in the strongest possible way the heinous attack on our holy book … Allowing this anti-Islam act, which targets Muslims and insults our sacred values, under the guise of freedom of expression is completely unacceptable," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said .
The Turkish ministry called on Sweden to take necessary measures against the perpetrators and urged all countries to take concrete measures against Islamophobia, CNN reported.
A separate protest took place in the city in support of Kurds and against Sweden's bid to join NATO. A group of pro-Turkish protesters also held a demonstration outside the embassy. All three incidents had a police warrant.
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said Islamophobic provocations were frightening, CNN reported.
"Sweden has far-reaching freedom of speech, but that does not mean that the Swedish government, or myself, support the views expressed," Billström said on Twitter.
Several Arab countries including Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait condemned the burning of the Koran. "Saudi Arabia calls for spreading the values of dialogue, tolerance and coexistence and rejects hatred and extremism," the Saudi foreign ministry said in a statement.
At the demonstration to protest Sweden's NATO bid and to show support for Kurds, speakers stood in front of a large red banner with the text "We are all PKK", referring to the Kurdistan Workers Party which is banned in Turkey, Sweden and the US among others countries, and targeted several hundred pro-Kurdish and leftist supporters.
Sweden and Finland applied last year to join NATO after Russia's invasion of Ukraine but all 30 member states must approve their bid. Turkey has said that Sweden in particular must first take a clearer stance against what it sees as terrorists, mainly Kurdish militants and a group it blames for an attempted coup in 2016. (ANI)
Source: sn.dk
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Trkiye cancels visit of defense minister from NATO hopeful
Trkiye cancels the visit of the NATO hope's defense minister


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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) presented by Anita Madill
April 14, 2015 June 12, 2019 / Janet Halls
Crop of Image "Solzenitsyn" by I, Evstafiev is licenced under CC BY-SA 2.5
Anita Madill's presentation was made even more poignant after hearing of the imprisonment and death of Anita's Uncle, an Estonian, under the Soviet regime. After the presentation, one of our guests reminded us of the importance to recognize victims of communism worldwide. Click here to learn more about Ottawa's planned memorial. It begins with a quote by Mr. Solzhenitsyn.
Born in 1918 just as the Bolshevik Revolution was evolving Solzhenitsyn witnessed, chronicled, and challenged Russia's political and social developments through the rise of Lenin, the Stalinist prison system, collapse of the USSR and the rise of Vladimir Putin. Considered one of Russia's most powerful writers in the tradition of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, themes include the dignity of the common man, pride in honest labour, corruption of government bureaucrats, strong belief in moral and spiritual goodness with a sprinkling of Russian proverbs.
Solzhenitsyn is best known for revealing the previously unspeakable terror of the prison system in Stalinist Russia. A decorated Commander of Artillery in World War 11, he was summoned from the war front, charged with anti-Soviet propaganda for criticism of Stalin in letters to a friend, beaten, interrogated and sentenced to eight years of hard labour in 1945. His experience in prison and treatment for cancer during exile formed the base for his writing as well as international recognition with the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature".
Except for a brief period of recognition in 1961 with the communist sanctioned publication of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich which served Khrushchev's campaign to discredit Stalin, Solzhenitsyn was denied status as a Soviet Writer. Manuscripts were confiscated by the KGB and he was branded a traitor. He continued to write underground with books and documents secretly spirited to the west by foreign writers and journalists. However, the government seizure of The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 detailing the complex and comprehensive system of the Russian prison system from Solzhenitsyn's personal experience of eight years of internment as well as reports, memoirs and letters of 227 witnesses led to his arrest, charge of treason and permanent exile from Russia in 1974.
Most of his twenty year exile was spent in the United States in a Vermont country estate with his second wife Natalya Svetlova and their three sons Yermolai, Ignat, and Stepan. He continued to write books, journal articles and gave a speech at Harvard. While deploring the 'destruction of the soul' in Russia he was equally critical of what he considered moral depravity of the western world. Rebuilding Russia: Reflection and Tentative Proposals,1990, was his road-map to return his country to its historic Rus roots and moral core.
Solzhenitsyn's Russian citizenship was reinstated in 1990. Despite undergoing torture, eight years imprisonment, three years of internal exile, another six years of dangerous underground authorship, rejection as a writer, branding as a traitor and exile to the west, Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia in 1994. Formal recognition finally arrived when Vladimir Putin visited his bedside to award Solzhenitsyn The State Prize of the Russian Federation for his humanitarian work. He died in 2008. Western recognition continues. 2014 Giller Prize winner Sean Michaels acknowledges Solzhenitsyn in his recent book, Us Conductors.
Anita Madill 2015, March 24.
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Impact of Serum Calcium Level Fluctuations on In-Hospital Mortality
Fluid and Electrolytes: Clinical - Acid-Base, Magnesium, Calcium, Phosphorus
Category: Fluid and Electrolytes
902 Fluid and Electrolytes: Clinical
Thongprayoon, Charat, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Charat Thongprayoon,
Cheungpasitporn, Wisit, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Wisit Cheungpasitporn,
Mao, Michael A., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Michael A. Mao,
Erickson, Stephen B., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Stephen B. Erickson,
Calcium concentration is strictly regulated at both the cellular and systemic level, and changes in serum calcium levels can alter various physiological functions in various organs. This study aimed to assess the association between changes in calcium levels during hospitalization and mortality.
We search our patient database to identify all adult patients admitted to our hospital from January 1st, 2009 to December 31st, 2013. Patients with ≥2 serum calcium measurements during the hospitalization were included. The serum calcium changes during the hospitalization, defined as the absolute difference between the highest and lowest calcium levels, was categorized into five groups: 0-0.4, 0.5-0.9, 1.0-1.4, 1.5-1.9, ≥2.0 mg/dL. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to assess the independent association between calcium changes and in-hospital mortality, using the change in calcium category of 0-0.4 mg/dL as the reference group.
Of 9,868 patients included in analysis, 540 (5.4%) died in the hospital. The in-hospital mortality progressively increased with higher calcium changes, from 3.4% in the group of 0-0.4 mg/dL to 14.5% in the group of ≥2.0 mg/dL (p<0.001). When adjusted for age, sex, race, principal diagnosis, comorbidity, kidney function, acute kidney injury, number of serum calcium measurements, and length of hospital stay, the serum calcium change of 1.0-1.4, 1.5-1.9, and ≥2.0 mg/dL were significantly associated with increased in-hospital mortality with OR of 1.67 (95% CI 1.24-2.25), 2.11 (95% CI 1.48-3.01), and 3.96 (95% CI 2.95-5.30), respectively. The association remained statistically significant when further adjusted for either the lowest, highest, or admission serum calcium.
Larger serum calcium changes in hospitalized patients were progressively associated with increased in-hospital mortality.


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Fiona Stuart Simpson (born 18 April 1965 in Sea Lake, Victoria) is an Australian politician serving as Liberal National Party (LNP) member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, representing Maroochydore since 1992. Simpson served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2012 to 2015 and further served as the Deputy Leader of the Queensland National Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2006 to 2008. Simpson is currently the Shadow Minister for Finance and Better Regulation and Shadow Minister for Integrity in Government.

Education
Simpson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Japanese, Journalism and Government and a Masters of Organisational Leadership. She also has completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors Diploma and an executive leadership course at John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard. She was a Rotary Exchange Student to Japan, and prior to that attended Nambour State High School.

Pre-Parliamentary career
Simpson was an accomplished journalist prior to entering Parliament, winning the prestigious Dalgety Excellence in Rural Journalism Award in 1989, for the State of Queensland.

Political career
Fiona Simpson is the longest-serving woman in the LNP party room and following the 2015 election, one of the longest-serving Members of Parliament. When she won the newly created Sunshine Coast seat of Maroochydore in 1992, she was the youngest woman ever to be elected to Legislative Assembly.

Simpson has had shadow ministerial responsibility for Health, Transport, Main Roads, Tourism, Women, Communities, Housing and Waste Watch, in addition to having been elected Deputy Leader of the Queensland National Party (and therefore Deputy Leader of the Opposition) on 18 September 2006. While Deputy Leader, Simpson was a key player in the merger with the Queensland Liberal Party, which created the Liberal National Party of Queensland. She voluntarily stepped aside as Deputy Opposition Leader in favour of Liberal Party Leader Mark McArdle to help facilitate the merger.

Following the LNP's win at the 2012 election, Premier Campbell Newman announced she would be nominated for Speaker. She was elected the body's first female speaker on 15 May 2012.

The end of Simpson's tenure as Speaker was signaled with the LNP's defeat at the 2015 Queensland state election. She unsuccessfully contested the LNP leadership and was subsequently appointed as Shadow Minister for Local Government, Main Roads, Community Recovery and Resilience.

Fiona is currently the Shadow Minister for Intergity in Government, State Development, Infrastructure and Planning.

Speakership
Simpson was the first female Speaker of the Queensland Parliament's 150-year existence. Simpson had previously spoken of the need to be proactive in encouraging women to stand for Parliament and other positions of leadership. Following her appointment, Simpson continued to encourage women to consider leadership. As Speaker, Simpson initiated the Queensland Inspiring Women Awards, for Members of Parliament to nominate women in their electorate and these awards had bipartisan support.

As Speaker, Simpson formally entered into a Parliamentary Partnership Agreement on 25 September 2013 between the Queensland Parliament and the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea to promote shared understanding and stronger Parliaments. This partnership was in addition to the Parliamentary Twinning relationship with the Parliament of Vanuatu.

Past Controversy
During a parliamentary debate in 2002 on changes to anti-discrimination laws that would prevent faith-based schools from discriminating against teachers not of their faith, including gay and lesbian teachers, Simpson referred to acquaintances who are 'former' homosexuals.  Simpson also said that she had previously interviewed Sy Rogers, Sy Rogers a leader in ministering to 'former' homosexuals within the controversial ex-gay movement, specifically from Exodus International. In her speech to Parliament, Simpson contrasted what she called "some very genuinely held beliefs" that homosexuality is an unchangeable, born trait with those who believe that homosexuality is a "lifestyle choice", such that homosexuals may choose to "grow into heterosexuality over time".

Media attention was brought to these comments in 2011, and despite the comments drawing criticism from Karen Struthers, mental health psychologist Paul Martin and the gay community, neither Simpson nor the LNP have responded to questions to clarify her personal beliefs on the subject of the ex-gay movement. Fiona Simpson deleted her Facebook page following the controversy after it was inundated with criticism over her support of Exodus.

Contacted in 2015 about the 2002 comments, Simpson provided clarifying remarks, saying "I understand that there are people who have been hurt by (these comments and) their reporting and that deeply saddens me. When I made those comments in 2002 I was sharing a friend's personal story. I believe equally that every person has the right to have their story heard and that every person is valuable and deserving of respect. I appreciate that different people will have different stories and our community is more welcoming when we listen more carefully and speak more compassionately".

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sy_Rogers

External links
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