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BREAKING: Cassius Winston makes decision on future at Michigan State
by Don Drysdale April 19, 2019, 4:46 pm 2k Views
According to reports, Michigan State point guard Cassius Winston has made a decision on whether or not he will enter the NBA Draft.
The Lansing State Journal is reporting Winston will not enter the NBA Draft but instead will return to Michigan State for his senior season.
Michigan State basketball star Cassius Winston returning for senior seasonhttps://t.co/iLIMnlTJS0
— GreenandWhite.com (@LSJGreenWhite) April 19, 2019
Here is the full statement from Michigan State:
Michigan State All-American and Big Ten Player of the Year Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) has announced his decision to return to Michigan State for his senior season.
The junior guard was a consensus second-team All-American, earning first-team honors from The Sporting News and the Associated Press. He averaged a team-best 18.8 points per game and set a Big Ten single-season record with 291 assists. He was named Most Outstanding Player of both the Big Ten Tournament and the NCAA Tournament East Regional.
Quote from Cassius Winston
"Playing in the NBA has always been my dream. But I have other dreams as well. This was an incredible season with an amazing group of teammates, but I believe there is still more to accomplish. From the moment the season ended, I started thinking about what else I could do and how I could improve, to help us reach the goals we want to reach. It was surreal to be compared to some of the all-time great Spartans during the tournament because in my mind I still have something left to prove. Those goals will motivate me throughout the offseason. It will always be my goal to play in the NBA, but that's a dream that can wait a year. I look forward to improving as a player, and continuing to get stronger. I know my teammates are equally committed to improving and I can't wait for what our future holds."
Quote from Tom Izzo
"Cassius and I had some great talks after the season. Our relationship has grown throughout his career, and this process has only taken it to another level. I was in full support of Cassius entering his name in the NBA draft process, because I know that's his dream. But I've come to understand that he also has some other dreams. Since the Final Four, he's been talking about the goals he has both for himself and the team. Cassius is an unbelievably smart player, so he knows that there are no guarantees. But he's willing to work to improve and better himself and his team for next year and beyond.
"As a coach the ultimate goal is to get to watch a player live his dreams. So if Cassius dreams of becoming one of the best players in Spartan basketball history and leaving a legacy, I look forward to doing everything I can to help him make that a reality."
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What Are The Rules Of Badminton?
Badminton is a fun backyard game that is also played competitively around the world. The rules are straightforward, and points are scored by serving and volleying, like in other racket sports. Keep reading for a beginner's overview of the rules of badminton.
Serving Rules
Scoring Rules
The game of badminton follows very similar rules to that of tennis. Both sports use a rectangular court in which some sort of ball is hit across netting that has been hung in the center. In badminton, a piece of equipment called a shuttlecock is used instead of a typical tennis ball. This item is hit across the net by the individual players until it hits the ground, which those participating in the game are trying to avoid. When the shuttlecock touches the ground of the court, depending on where it has landed, there will be a stoppage of play, and one single point will be awarded to the designated team who earned that rally's point.
Serving in badminton happens both at the very beginning of the match in addition to each time a point has been earned by a team and there has been a stoppage of play. Therefore when a player serves, they are signaling that the next rally will begin.
The most basic form of badminton in singles, which is when there is only one player participating on each side for each team. The game always begins with a score or 0-0. The first server begins by standing in their right-service court, and will continue serving from this court when they have an even amount of points. If the server has an odd amount of points they will stand and serve from their left-service court.
When serving, the server must hit the shuttlecock over the net and into the opponent's diagonal service court. For example, when the server begins the game in their right-service court, their serve must land in their opponent's left-service court.
In badminton it is important to know that only one point can be scored at a time. This means that when the shuttlecock touches the ground, a point will be earned by only one player.
To earn a point in badminton, a player must win a rally. A rally can be won a few different ways. The majority of rallies will be won when the shuttle touches the ground. This can either be inside or outside of the court lines. When the shuttle touches the ground inside of the court lines, the player who missed the shuttle will lose that rally, and therefore the other player will earn the point. If the shuttle lands outside of the court line, the player who last hit the shuttle will lose the rally, and therefore the other player will earn the point.
Each game ends when one player has earned 11 points with a two point lead. If 11 points have been reached, but that player does not have a two point lead, the game will continue until one player does.
The game of badminton is played on a regulated court typically with a hard flooring like concrete. The specific dimensions of the court, when used in a competition or tournament are 44 feet by 20 feet. Although this is the size of the court, when only single players are participating they will use the more narrow lines that are drawn on the ground in order to keep the game as regulated as possible.
The court is shaped like a rectangle, and therefore allows each player to stand on the two opposite sides on either far end of the court. In the very center of each court moving across the width of the court is the badminton netting. A regulation net is typically 20 feet in width, the same as the court, and by 2.5 feet in height. The nets are typically made out of either nylon or some sort of polyethylene material.
To participate in a badminton match, each player must have a regulated badminton racket. Badminton rackets can be purchased at any sports store or online. In pro competitions, the racket must be strung a certain way and there are regulations on the size and weight of rackets allowed. The total weight of the racket has to be between 80 and 100 grams, and it cannot be larger than 680 mm long and 230 mm wide.
In addition, at least one shuttlecock or birdie is required for each game, but more than one can make the game go more efficiently. There are also rules for how big and heavy a birdie can be, as using a non regulation birdie would lead to unfair advantages. The feathers of the birdie must be between 62 and 70 mm long, and the birdie must weigh between 4.74 and 5.5 grams.
What is a shuttlecock?
A shuttlecock is the small piece of equipment used in badminton, that players hit across the court with their racket. There are a bunch of names in which you can refer to a shuttlecock as, and the most popular include shuttle or birdie. The majority of these shuttles are made from different materials to create cones out of a cork attached to feathers. Typically six feathers are used to make one individual shuttle.
How big is a badminton court?
A regulation size badminton court is always 13.4 m (44 ft) long. Depending on what type of badminton is being played at the time, either singles or doubles, the width of the court will change. For singles the width is 5.18 m (17 ft) wide, and for doubles the width of the court is 6.1 m (20 ft). In addition, the width of the net will always be the same as the width of the entire badminton court, this means that it is the same width as the court lines used in doubles play.
How many people can play badminton at one time?
Up to four individual players can participate in one badminton game at one time. For tournaments, and more serious play, games can only be played in even numbers. This means either two or four players can compete, depending on if the match is with singles or doubles. In more casual play, like in a backyard game, any number of players can compete in a match at a time.
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I had some downtime between consulting assignments and decided to skip town. I drove down to Los Angeles to visit my little sister who had recently moved there and was pursuing a career as a music artist, model and actress. What I hoped would turn out to be a week long trip/vacation ended up being just a few days as I had to rush back to Sacramento to begin an urgent assignment at the Secretary of State's office, in preparation for major Elections. I did manage to get around LA a little and explore my photography. Below are a few highlights from my outings with my little sister.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic and Museum of Contemporary Art were my favorite from this visit.


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Kolmanskop (afr. za Colemanovo brdo, njem. Kolmannskuppe) je napušteni grad, tzv. grad duhova, u pustinji Namib na jugu Namibije. Nalazi se nekoliko kilometara u unutrašnjost od lučkog grada Lüderitza.

Godine 1908. radnik Zacharias Lewala slučajno je pronašao dijamant kada je radio na ovom području. Ubrzo je utvrđeno da se ovdje nalaze velike količine dijamanata, pa su se ubrzo ovdje naselili mnogobrojni njemački rudari. Stanovnici su potaknuti velikim bogatstvom od dijamanata izgradili grad u stilu njemačkih gradova toga vremena. Grad je imao sve sadržaje i institucije, kao što su bolnica, plesna dvorana, elektrana, škola, kuglana, kazalište i športska dvorana, kockarnica, kao i prvi tramvaj u Africi. Grad je imao željezničku vezu s Lüderitzom. Nakon Prvog svjetskog rata zalihe dijamanata su gotovo potrošene, a grad je konačno napušten 1954. godine. Dio napuštenih građevina se urušio ili je pak dijelom zatrpan pijeskom.

Kolmanskop je danas turistička atrakcija i najpoznatiji grad duhova u Namibiji. Pošto se nalazi u zaštićenom području Sperrgebiet turisti moraju imati posebnu dozvolu za ulazak.

Izvori
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Vanjske poveznice

 Kolekcija fotografija Kolmanskopa iz 2012.

Napuštena naselja
Zemljopis Namibije

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In preparation for teaching my kids in Bible Quizzing this week, I have been studying Pharaoh and his hardened heart. I discovered that in some places it says "God hardened Pharaoh's heart", in others it says "Pharaoh hardened his heart" as well as "Pharaoh's heart became hard". I did a little research because I can remember being puzzled as a child by the fact that God would harden someone's heart and then hold them accountable for what they did. That just didn't seem to line up with what I knew to be true about God. While God certainly would have every right (as God) to make a person do what he wanted, we see over and over in scripture that that's not his way of doing things. He patiently waits for people to choose him and to do what is right. He never forces his will or his ways on anyone. So in my study, I found a couple of interesting insights.
These different ways of talking about Pharaoh's heart were all really saying the same thing. Pharaoh was a man who thought more highly of himself than he should've. He had no use for YAWEH – God of the Hebrews. He even said, "Who is the LORD that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD and I will not let Israel go." (Exodus 5:2). He had allowed his heart to become hard and was not interested in that changing.
Sometimes phrases in the original language do not mean literally what they say (think of slang phrases we use like "biting someone's head off" or "getting cold feet") but they give a basic idea of what is going on. So while God did not actually force Pharaoh to harden his heart against his will, God did know how evil, depraved and hard his heart already was. God allowed Pharaoh to see his power and yet not be moved by it. I have no doubt that if Pharaoh had wanted to believe in YAWEH, let the Israelites go and repented for how he had treated them, God would have certainly let that happen! But the knower of all things knew that would not happen for Pharaoh was the epitome of stubbornness and pride. So God was involved in the process, but did not force Pharaoh to harden his heart. He did however make full use of Pharaoh's hardened heart to make himself known to his people!
In the Exodus account we see Moses and Aaron approach Pharaoh 11 times asking that the people be allowed to leave. Several other times, Pharaoh summons them to pray for him and remove the plague that God had sent to get his attention. In this we see God's great patience with Pharaoh. He is giving him multiple opportunities to recognize that he alone is God, but Pharaoh refuses each time. In the end, it cost him his heir, his army and his nation's prosperity.
But we often go beyond just "guarding it" and allow it to be hardened to the point of resisting God. I myself have been there when I have been deeply hurt or deeply disappointed in God (meaning God did not act in a way that I thought he should have). I've also seen it happen in the lives of others I have loved and greatly respected. Some of them no longer serve God or even believe in him. Their hearts are hardened in such a way that even when they see his love in others or miracles happening around them, they cannot accept it as coming from a loving God.
I have found this to be true in my life. At the time when my heart was the hardest it's ever been, it took his love raining down on me to loosen all that was binding me. When I responded to that love, tenderness began to flow again. It wasn't overnight, but healing did come.
Sin is completely deceiving. Pharaoh thought he was being so wise when in reality, he was being so foolish. I can see in my own life too how pride has kept me from so many blessings. I want to encourage each one reading this today. You can stop right where you are and choose to let go of what is keeping your heart hardened. Come to God – talk to him about your pain, fear, and disappointment. He already knows and is waiting to bring healing! Don't let sin's deceit keep you hard-hearted like Pharaoh. Change may not happen immediately, but God can only work in a soft heart. Let him work. Blessings await!


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California is the most populous state in the United States.

California may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film and television
California (1927 film), an American Western silent film by W.S. Van Dyke
California (1947 film), an American Western by John Farrow
California (1963 film), an American Western by Hamil Petroff
California (1977 film), an Italo-Spanish Spaghetti Western by Michele Lupo
California Carlson, a sidekick of Hopalong Cassidy
Robert California, a character on the American TV sitcom The Office

Music
California, a 1973–1985 pop rock band featuring Les Fradkin

Albums

California (American Music Club album), 1988
California (Blink-182 album) or the title song, 2016
California (The Electric Prunes album), 2004
California (Gianna Nannini album) or the title song, 1979
California (Mr. Bungle album), 1999
California (Wilson Phillips album), 2004
California (Datarock EP) or the title song, 2011
California (Diplo EP), 2018
California, by Riverdogs, 1990

Songs

 "California" (Amelia Lily song), 2014
 "California" (Belinda Carlisle song), 1997
 "California" (Big & Rich song), 2017
 "California" (Delta Spirit song), 2012
 "California" (Joni Mitchell song), 1971
 "California" (Lenny Kravitz song), 2004
 "California" (Mylène Farmer song), 1995
 "California" (Phantom Planet song), 2002
 "California" (Usher song), 2020
 "California" (Wave song), 2001
 "California", by Bob Dylan from NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack - Vol. 2, 2009
 "California", by Childish Gambino from "Awaken, My Love!", 2016
 "California", by Chuck Berry from Rockit, 1979
 "California", by CHVRCHES from Screen Violence, 2021
 "California", by Debbie Boone from Midstream, 1978
 "California", by Grimes from Art Angels, 2015
 "California", by Hollywood Undead from Swan Songs, 2008
 "California", by James Blunt from The Afterlove, 2017
 "California", by John Mayall from The Turning Point, 1969
 "California", by Keith Stegall, 1985
 "California", by Lana Del Rey from Norman Fucking Rockwell!, 2019
 "California", by Lorde from Solar Power, 2021
 "California", by Low from The Great Destroyer, 2005
 "California", by Manafest from Stories Since Seventy Nine, 2012
 "California", by Mazzy Star from Seasons of Your Day, 2013
 "California", by Metro Station from Metro Station, 2007
 "California", by Never Shout Never from What Is Love?, 2010
 "California", by Oliver Tree from Cowboy Tears, 2022
 "California", by Rich Brian, Niki, and Warren Hue, 2021
 "California", by Rufus Wainwright from Poses, 2001
 "California", by Semisonic from Feeling Strangely Fine, 1998
 "California", by Silverstein from This Is How the Wind Shifts, 2013
 "California", by Tim McGraw from Damn Country Music, 2015
 "California", by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from Songs and Music from "She's the One", 1996
 "California", by twlv, 2020
 "California", by Wax from 13 Unlucky Numbers, 1995
 "California", by the Wedding Present from Hit Parade 1, 1992
 "California", by Wild Strawberries from Bet You Think I'm Lonely, 1994
 "California", by Winds of Plague from Against the World, 2011
 "California", by Withered Hand from New Gods, 2014
 "California (The Way I Say I Love You)", by Good Charlotte from Generation Rx, 2018
 "California (There Is No End to Love)", by U2 from Songs of Innocence, 2014

Other arts and entertainment
California, a fictitious island in the novel Las sergas de Esplandián
California (novel), by Edan Lepucki
California (sculpture), a marble sculpture by Hiram Powers
 California Class starship from " Star Trek Lower Decks"

Naval vessels
USS California, a list of U.S. Navy ships
California-class cruiser, a class of two U.S. Navy guided missile cruisers
ARM California, a list of Mexican Navy ships

People
Randy California (1951–1997), American musician, band member of Spirit
California Molefe (born 1980), Botswana runner

Places

Regions and historical territories
California Republic, a short-lived state declared during the Mexican–American War
The Californias or Las Californias, a region along the west coast of North America during Spanish and Mexican rule
Province of Las Californias, a province of New Spain, encompassing the region and further areas
California (department), a department of the Second Mexican Empire (1863−1865)
California (titular see), a titular see of the Catholic Church
Island of California, an early geographical misconception that the Baja California Peninsula was an island

Municipalities and neighborhoods

United Kingdom
California, Bedfordshire, a hamlet
California, Berkshire, a village
California, Birmingham, a suburban area of Birmingham
California, Buckinghamshire, a hamlet
California, Derby, an inner-city area of Derby
California, Falkirk, a village
California, Ipswich, Suffolk
California, Norfolk, a seaside resort

United States
California City, California
California, Kentucky, a city
California, Louisville, Kentucky, a neighborhood
California, Maine, an unincorporated community
California, Maryland, a census-designated place and community
California Township, Michigan
California, Missouri, a city
Califon, New Jersey, originally named California, a borough
California, Ohio (disambiguation), several places
California, Pennsylvania, a borough
California, West Virginia, a ghost town

Other municipalities and neighborhoods
Califórnia, Paraná, Brazil
California, Ontario, Canada
California, Santander, Colombia
California, Usulután, El Salvador
La California, Tuscany, Italy
California, Ubay, Bohol, Philippines
California, Trinidad and Tobago

Outer space
California Nebula
341 California, an asteroid

Other places
California peninsula, also called the peninsula of Baja California
Gulf of California, a body of water between the Baja California peninsula and the Mexican mainland

Education
University of California, a public university system
California Golden Bears, the athletic programs of the University of California, Berkeley
 California University of Science and Medicine, Colton, California
California University of Pennsylvania, California, Pennsylvania
California Vulcans, the athletic programs of California University of Pennsylvania
 California High School (San Ramon, California)
 California High School (Whittier, California)
 California Elementary School, Orange Unified School District, Orange, California

Transportation

Land vehicles
Ferrari California, a convertible
Moto Guzzi California, a motorcycle
Volkswagen California, a passenger van
Chevrolet Corvette 305 "California," the version of the 1980 Chevrolet Corvette sold in California
Chrysler California Cruiser, a concept car

Ships
SS California, a list of ships
California, a small sailing ship used during the Northwest Passage expedition of 1746

Chicago Transit Authority stations
California (CTA Blue Line station)
California (CTA Congress Line station), an abandoned station on the Congress Line (now part of the Blue Line)
California (CTA Green Line station)
California (CTA Pink Line station)

Other stations
 La California station, a station of Caracas metro

Other uses
Hotel California (disambiguation)
California (magazine), a magazine published by the Cal Alumni Association
California macrophylla, a plant species in the family Geraniaceae

See also
Alta California (disambiguation)
Baja California (disambiguation)
California Star (disambiguation)
Californian (disambiguation)
Californië (disambiguation)
Californio
Californium
Kalifornia (disambiguation)


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Али-паша Ризванбеговић-Сточевић (1783 - 1851) је био столачки капетан и херцеговачки везир.

Рођен је у Стоцу око 1783. године којим је управљао од 1813. до 1833. године. Био је противник поретка Хусеин-капетана Градашчевића и у почетку покрета стао је на чело султанове стране. За заслуге које је показао у борби против Градашчевића именован је 1833. године херцеговачким везиром и од тада па све до смрти 1851. године готово је самостално управљао Херцеговином која је 1833. године издвојена из Босанског пашалука и претворена у посебан ајалет. Поразио је Црногорце на Грахову 1836.

Иако је Ризванбеговић надао да ће његови наследници добити титуле везира, Омер-паша Латас је наредио да се Ризванбеговић погуби на понижавајући и суров начин, а Херцеговачки пашалук је присаједињен Босанском.

Пореклом је био из старе српске племићке породице, по народности је био Србин, исламске вероисповести и писао је ћириличним писмом српског језика.

Иво Андрић је написао приповетку "Алипаша" о лику и делу овог везира.

Референце

Види још
 Босански пашалук
 Херцеговачки пашалук
 Хусеин Градашчевић
 Босански устанак (1831-1832)
 Босна (1831-1832)

Литература

Спољашње везе

 Задужбине Али-паше Ризванбеговића

Рођени 1783.
Умрли 1851.
Сточани
Срби муслимани
Срби у Босни и Херцеговини
Историја Босне и Херцеговине под Османским царством
Херцеговачки везири
Паше Османског царства


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La stazione di Legnago è una stazione ferroviaria a servizio del comune di Legnago in provincia di Verona. L'impianto si trova sulle linee Verona – Rovigo e Mantova – Monselice.

La gestione degli impianti è affidata a Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) controllata del gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato.

Storia
L'impianto fu aperto il 1º febbraio 1877 assieme al tronco per Badia Polesine della Verona – Legnago – Rovigo. Il 6 agosto dello stesso anno fu poi unita all'impianto di Cerea, mentre a partire dal 31 dicembre 1886, con l'apertura della tratta fino a Montagnana entrò a far parte del complesso della linea Mantova – Monselice.

Entrambe le linee furono finanziate grazie dall'interesse che lo Stato manifestò con la legge 29 giugno 1873, n. 1475. La città di Legnago fu prescelta come punto di incrocio fra le due linee per via della sua posizione strategica nell'ipotesi di un conflitto bellico con l'Austria-Ungheria. Nel caso in cui le forze austro-ungariche avessero costretto l'esercito italiano sulla difensiva, Legnago avrebbe funzionato come testa di ponte sulla linea dell'Adige in modo da poter fermare una calata da Verona. Per questo motivo era necessario che fosse collegata sia all'interno del possibile fronte, quindi verso Mantova e Rovigo, sia all'esterno (Verona e Monselice). A corollario di questa strategia fu proposta la costruzione di alcune fortificazioni a protezione delle infrastrutture ferroviarie.

Strutture e impianti
Il fabbricato viaggiatori si sviluppa su due livelli di cui solo il piano terra è fruibile dai viaggiatori. Dal fabbricato principale si diramano poi due corpi di minori dimensioni ad un solo piano.

Il piazzale si compone di cinque binari più altri tre dedicati ai treni merci.

Quelli dedicati al servizio viaggiatori sono dotati di banchina e protetti da una lunga pensilina in ferro battuto. Le banchine sono collegate fra loro da un sottopassaggio.

La stazione è gestita dal Dirigente Locale (detto informalmente anche capostazione), il cui ufficio è collocato al piano terra del fabbricato viaggiatori (in prossimità del sottopasso per l'accesso ai binari 3-4-6 e della sala d'attesa) e prospiciente al primo binario.

Nella stazione è presente inoltre un Posto di Polizia Ferroviaria del Compartimento Polfer di Verona, competente per l'intera linea.

Movimento
Il servizio viaggiatori è svolto da Trenitalia e Sistemi Territoriali che svolge il servizio in subappalto per conto di Trenitalia.

Circa 107 treni effettuano servizio in questa stazione e le principali destinazioni sono: Monselice, Rovigo, Mantova, Verona Porta Nuova, Padova e durante le fasce pendolari è disponibile una corsa diretta per Venezia Mestre.

Fermano solo treni regionali.

Servizi
La stazione offre i seguenti servizi:
 Biglietteria self-service (aperta 24/24h).
 Fermata autobus
 Sottopassaggio
 Parcheggio auto e bici.
 Bar.
 Edicola.
 Servizi igienici.
 Sala di attesa.
 Posto di Polizia ferroviaria

Note

Bibliografia

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Legnago
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15 Jun 2015, 3:26 pm
Heavy rainfall in association with a tropical low will bring significant rainfall to the part of the country that needs it the least: Texas and much of the deep south.
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Nick Wright joined LaFleur in late 2017 as a web developer and designer. Nick graduated from Michigan State University in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in media and information, then worked as a freelancer and an in-house designer for a distribution company before he became a full-time member of the LaFleur team.
We caught up with Nick for a few minutes to talk about his work with LaFleur, his favorite hobbies, and the decidedly non-classical inspirations for his designs and artwork.
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So, after starting at community college, I transferred to Michigan State University in their Media and Information program, which is basically a combination of interactive web design, game design, and film studies. I liked it because I was able to combine creativity with problem-solving to start building websites and understanding code.
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LF: Where do you get your inspiration from? Do you have a favorite artist or design movement?
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LF: I can definitely see video games inspiring a lot of younger artists and designers. I don't really play new games anymore myself, but the scope and detail of some of the newer games are just astounding. Do you have any recent favorites?
NW: The new Zelda game, Breath of the Wild, is amazing. I think I convinced like three people at my old job to buy [Nintendo] Switches just from talking about that game. Also, Fortnite is really doing it for me lately.
LF: What else do you like to do in your non-work, non-gaming time?
NW: In my free time, I like to do a bit of athletic stuff. I've gone rock climbing twice recently, and I really like that a lot. I also do a lot of painting, usually with acrylics or watercolors. I paint sort of cartoon-inspired characters and surreal scenarios. It's a little hard to describe.
LF: What's something about you that tends to surprise people?
NW: I guess it's that I'm pretty creative and like to do a variety of artsy things.
LF: See, maybe it's because I work with you and know you're a designer, but I would have said the rock climbing was more surprising than that.
NW: Yeah, I guess that's true. People in college were always surprised to learn that I wrestled for six years. I try to be well-rounded.
LF: Anything else you want to tell us?
NW: I bought a new non-stick pan that I'm pretty excited about.
LF: Congrats. So you like to cook a lot, then?
NW: Nope. Well, enough to live and get by.
LF: What's your go-to dish to impress a date?
NW: I'm gonna go with my sizzlelini. You sort of fry up some noodles, spaghetti sauce, sausage, chicken, peppers, all the usual Italian-type vegetables — it's a simple dish, but I think I've almost perfected it.


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Q: The graph of every real function has inner measure zero I'm trying to understand the answer to this question:

Let $f:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a (general) function. Is there an $N\subset \mathbb{R}^2$ with $\lambda^2(N)=0$, such that $\{(x,f(x)):x\in \mathbb{R}\}$ $\subset N$ ?

First line of the answer, found there: "No function can have a graph with positive measure or even positive inner measure, since every function graph has uncountably many disjoint vertical translations, which cover the plane. "

I don't understand why the fact that "every function graph has uncountably many disjoint vertical translations, which cover the plane" (I agree with that) implies the desired result.

Thank you for your help.

A: If a function graph $G$ of positive inner measure existed, then choosing $K\subset G$ measurable of positive measure and considering the translates of $K$, you would get uncountably many disjoint measurable sets of positive measure.  This is impossible in any $\sigma$-finite measure space.
Indeed, let $X=\bigcup X_n$ be a $\sigma$-finite measure space with $\mu(X_n)<\infty$ and let $\mathcal{C}$ be an uncountable collection of disjoint measurable subsets of $X$ of positive measure.  Then for each $A\in\mathcal{C}$, there exist $m,n\in\mathbb{N}$ such that $\mu(A\cap X_n)>1/m$.  Thus there must exist some pair $(m,n)\in\mathbb{N}^2$ such that $\mu(A\cap X_n)>1/m$ for uncountably many different elements $A\in \mathcal{C}$.  But since the sets $A\cap X_n$ are all disjoint, this would imply $\mu(X_n)=\infty$ (say by choosing a countably infinite collection of such $A$ and using countable additivity).

A: Suppose the graph had positive measure. Then we can cover the plane with uncountably many disjoint translates of this positive-measure set. Then this question completes the proof.

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Q: Referencing parent object instance from inner class I'm trying to create a syntax friendly library that doesn't require the user to constantly pass in credentials or type redundant or excessive statements. My strategy is to focus on how I intend the library syntax to look, and then design the library to function in that way. I know I can implement the following:
api = Api(user="admin", pswd="blahblah")

new_order = api.Order()
new_order.status = "pending"
api.create(new_order)
api.order_assign_user(new_order, user)

existing_order = api.get_order(orderId=12345)
existing_order.status = "shipped"
api.update(existing_order)

using something like the following:
class Api(object):
    def __init__(self, user=None, pswd=None):
        self.user = user
        self.pswd = pswd

    class Order(api):
        def __init__ (self, status=None):
            self.status = status

    def create(self, x):
        auth = Auth(self.user, self.pswd)
        # use authorization credentials to create data remotely
        return x

    def update(self, x):
        auth = Auth(self.user, self.pswd)
        # use authorization credentials to update data from remote
        return x

    def get_order(self, orderId=None):
        auth = Auth(self.user, self.pswd)
        # use authorization credentials to update data from remote
        return order

But I'd like to be able to use the following statements:
new_order.create() # instead of api.create(new_order)

new_order.assign_user(user) # instead of api.order_assign_user(new_order, user)

existing_order = api.Order.get(orderId=12345) # returns retrieved Order Instance

Which presents me with a problem:
How would I get the Order() instance to access attributes of the Api() instance that created it? Without access to these, any attributes like 'user' and 'pswd' would be inaccessible (they're needed for requests.get() calls)
I've tried variations of functions and classes to accomplish this, but could never solve this problem. This is the closest I've been able to achieve:
class Api(object):
    def __init__(self, user=None, pswd=None):
        self.user = user
        self.pswd = pswd

    class Order(api):
        def __init__ (self, status=None):
            self.status = status

        @classmethod
        def get(cls, value):
            return cls(status=value)

        def create(self):
            auth = Auth(self.user, self.pswd)
            # these credentials need to come from the Api() instance?, not self
            return x

        def update(self):
            auth = Auth(self.user, self.pswd)
            # these credentials need to come from the Api() instance?, not self
            return x

Is this possible? Or am I going about this the wrong way? I've considered making this into a module but that didn't seem to be a valid option either.

A: Inner classes in Python are just separate classes, and their instances are not in any way automatically associated with an instance of an outer class.
I would suggest a solution in which the constructor of Order would take an Api instance as an argument and work with that instance:
class Api(object):
    def __init__(self, user=None, pswd=None):
        self.user = user
        self.pswd = pswd

class Order(object):
    def __init__(self, api, status=None):
        self.api = api
        self.status = status

    @classmethod
    def get(cls, api, value):
        return cls(api, status=value)

    def create(self):
        auth = Auth(self.api.user, self.api.pswd)
        return x

    def update(self):
        auth = Auth(self.api.user, self.api.pswd)
        return x

A: This demonstrates a basic implementation of what I think you want to do, I found this better than the __get__, __set__ hackery that I had in mind when I commented your question
import requests

class Order:
    def __init__(self, user:str, passwd: str):
        self.session = requests.Session()
        self.session.auth = (user, passwd)
        self.status = None

    # This is only to make the class callable, since the class is
    # already instantiated in Api init calling it again would raise an exception
    def __call__(self, **kwargs):
        for key, value in kwargs.items():
            setattr(self, key, value)
        return self

    def get(self):
        response = self.session.get('https://httpbin.org/basic-auth/my_user/my_pass')
        print(response.text)

    def post(self):
        response = self.session.post('https://httpbin.org/post', data={'status': self.status})
        print(response.text)

class Api:
    def __init__(self, user: str, passwd: str):
        self.Order = Order(user, passwd)


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require_relative "spec_helper"

describe Vhdl::FileGenerator do

  before do
  	attrs = {:title => 'title'}
    api = Vhdl::FileGenerator.new(attrs)
    @file = api.generate
  end

  it 'generate new file' do
    @file.path.must_include "filename"
  end

  it 'file has title' do
    @file.read.must_include 'title'
  end

  after do
    @file.close
    @file.unlink    # deletes the temp file
  end

end

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Seeing the Del:
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DJ's write our nocturnal soundtracks. Spinning the energy in the room, they ease their audience in; build them up; hold them in suspense. They have us clawing for the next big drop, then reeling from the release. This week, I met with Siyabonga Sibeko (DJ Capital) to talk about the art of the DJ. In the nightclub, there is a dialectic: audience and DJ in communion and conversation. The DJ attunes themselves to the energy of the audience, reading their desire or distaste through their bodily responses, their calls, the extent of draw to the dancefloor. "You can't really plan a set because you never know what kind of crowd you're gonna get", Capital says. "You'll have 5 big songs that you will play. But for everything else, it's a 'feeling' thing. When I play a song you haven't heard before, you are going to stand and look at me. You have to find a way to ease them into it". The task of reading the crowd demands high-level intuition and improvisation. "If the time now is 1.27am", Capital says, "[Often], I don't know what I'm playing at 1.30am". And the audience, too, has ways of asking, thanking, sharing and validating their DJ.
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The dialectic between DJ and crowd has been the driving force of Capital's art. He first tried his hand at DJ'ing — not in a basement studio, or on a friend's PC, or in his bedroom — but in the club. As a student at Wits, Capital began throwing parties at what was then Keys club: already an architect of 'the good night out'. One night, when a headline DJ failed to pitch, Capital found himself behind the booth. "I literally ran to my car, where I always had the latest music. Got all my CDs and I just started playing. I didn't know what I was doing. I was just putting a CD in and pressing play. No sense of mixing whatsoever. It was terrible. But luckily I was playing all the right songs. After that I was like, 'Yo I can actually do this if I actually learn what I'm meant to do'". From there, Capital was self-taught and dedicated, dropping out of his final year at Wits. "I was so scared to tell my parents I actually wrote them a letter".
Today, Capital is a three time SA Hip Hop Award nominee and has opened for major international acts: Usher, Wiz Khalifa, Lil John, DJ Drama, Deadmau5 and more. In July 2015, he embarked on a European tour, headlining shows in London and Moscow. He is host of the Capital Rap Up on Touch Central, and presenter of ETV's Club 808. It's part of his acknowledgement that a DJ is not simply a music vessel, but a personality, such that music somehow tastes different depending on who's delivering it. Capital has produced several tracks with some of the country's best Hip-Hop acts, including Hell of a Life (ft. Reason and AB Crazy), What You Like (ft. Kwesta x Kyle Deutsch) and All to You (ft. Dreamteam). "Hip hop has influenced so much of my life – the way people talk, the way people dress, even hip-hop sports like basketball", he says.
Few people know just how much DJs, and club culture, have had to do not only with the success of South African Hip Hop, but also its sound. "About 5 years ago, all the [Hip-Hop] DJs and all the artists met at the Radisson in Sandton. We were literally having this huge argument. Rappers were like, 'Why don't you DJ's play our stuff?' And we were like, 'Why don't you give us stuff we can play at the clubs?' Back and forth, DJ's and artists. At the end of the night we were like, 'There's obviously a problem here. Let's work together. And that's when DJs started putting out songs with artists. And that's literally how South African Hip Hop changed". It's not simply that many clubs now sound like hip-hop, hip-hop has increasingly been made to sound like the club.
Despite his own production success, it's the energy of a live audience that is still primary for Capital. He tells me he once done six gigs in a single night, starting in the late afternoon. "In December, I did three provinces in one day". There's a reason Capital defies time and space to play for a crowd.
As author Bill Brewster said, it's "because DJ'ing is not about choosing a few tunes. It's about generating shared moods; it's about understanding the feelings of a group of people and directing them to a better place. In the hands of a master, records create rituals of spiritual communion that can be the most powerful events in people's lives".


Q: I'm thinking about a career change. Well, to be honest, I'm thinking about thinking about a career change. I don't even know where to start. Can you give me any pointers? Before I even go to meet somebody such as a coach or career direction specialist, I would like to think about questions I should be asking myself. (IT, email ).
A: Your confusion is apparent in your question, IT. Career change is all about working through that confusion, rather than backing away from it – chances are if you back away, the confusion will persist or return, or you will live to regret your inaction, writes Brendan Heneghan, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers.
Here are typical questions I use to start a conversation with my clients. Perhaps you could ask these of yourself now too, just to get you thinking.
1. What kind of career do you want?
What do you really love doing? I find many people do not know what they want in a career. There are several simple psychometric tests readily available on the internet that will help in this regard.
How can you add value to an organisation? What are your transferable skills? What do you excel at?
I find most people are blissfully unaware of their depth of knowledge, the skills they possess and their personal qualities or attributes. It is critical to have confidence in what you can offer. A good CV is an obvious starting point. Bear in mind that other organisations may value what a person can offer far more than the organisation the person works for at present.
3. What roles do people with your skill sets fill?
Be creative. Look around and see what other people with similar skills and qualifications are doing. What roles in particular would suit and energise you?
4. What organisations would value those skill sets?
What kind of organisation will provide the working environment for you to flourish in?
Abraham Maslow, an American psychologist, in a ground-breaking study of successful people in the 1950s, came up with a model called the Hierarchy of Needs. The model suggests our most basic need is for food and water. We care for little else until this need is met. Then we begin to concern ourselves with shelter, clothing and safety. As we climb up the pyramid – we begin to focus on our social needs, we begin to look for recognition. At the top of the pyramid is self-actualisation, where our focus is on setting and achieving goals, having choice in our work and having purpose and meaning in our lives.
Gear your approach towards meeting the needs at the top of the pyramid.
5. Can you start working on your career plan?
Write it down!! The power of capturing our best thinking on paper should not be underestimated. We all have good ideas from time to time, but most are in our heads and become dislodged easily due to the daily challenges of life.
6. Who will support you?
When a person has finished writing down his/her vision, sharing the vision with a friend who will be positive and supportive is powerful - the plan will then appear more realistic and attainable. A good career coach is a valuable partner on the journey, offering guidance, support and encouragement.


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New orders fall at fastest rate for 24 years
Grant Prior 11 years ago
Shocking new construction orders figures released today by the Office for National Statistics created even more confusion about the real state of the industry.
Reuters said the official figures show the biggest fall in new orders since 1987 during the first quarter of the year with a 23% drop on the previous three months and an 18% decline on the same period last year.
The numbers were even worse in the civil engineering sector with infrastructure orders down a staggering 48%.
But the ONS data will again call into question the accuracy of the Government's numbers after the latest construction purchasing managers survey yesterday painted a much healthier picture of the industry.
Civil Engineering Contractors Association director of external affairs Alasdair Reisner said: "The ONS figures show that the orders needed to drive growth are drying up, putting the industry at real risk of further decline."
Simon Rubinsohn, RICS Chief Economist, said: "Official figures for new construction orders received during the first quarter of the year paint a disturbing picture for the outlook for the sector.
"The volumes of orders received was the lowest since the first quarter of 2009 and, though the public sector was responsible for much of the decline compared with the final three months of last year, the private sector also produced disappointing results.
"To some extent this can be blamed on the volatile nature of the sector; the three quarter rolling average of new orders has been broadly flat since the middle of 2010.
"But after the more upbeat tone to sentiment as reflected in the latest RICS survey of the sector, today's numbers provide a timely warning that the backdrop for the construction industry remains challenging as public spending cuts bite, the private sector only recovering in some areas and development finance still restricted."
Noble Francis, Economics Director of the Construction Products Association said: "The fall in orders for this quarter follows a 26 per cent increase from the previous quarter at the end of 2010. These two figures show that quarter on quarter the situation is very volatile.
"To achieve a more accurate picture of the longer trend it is better to look at the orders over the last 12 months and compare these with the previous 12 months. Over this period orders were 7 per cent down with significant falls in the public housing, education and health and infrastructure sectors, only partially offset by rises in private housing, commercial offices and retail sectors.
"Looking at orders in the latest 12 months compared to the previous 12 months, public housing orders were 8 per cent lower, education and health orders were 18% lower and infrastructure orders were 32 per cent lower.
"This indicates the start of the public sector spending cuts that we had anticipated since the Comprehensive Spending Review and we would expect this fall in orders to feed through into construction output from the second half of the year.
"On the plus side, private housing orders during the last 12 months were 45 per cent higher than during the previous 12 months. Commercial offices, retail and leisure orders were 6 per cent higher over the same period. Both of which indicate a continued recovery in private sector construction.
"However, the sharp nature of the public sector spending cuts appear as though they will outweigh private sector recovery in the short term and, as a consequence, we forecast that construction output will fall in 2011 and 2012, by 1 per cent and 2 per cent respectively, before private sector recovery starts to drive growth in the construction industry as a whole."


Stephen D. Wiviott, MD, FACC is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Medical School (HMS, Honors). He served as a Medicine resident and Chief Medical Resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). Following his medical residency training, he served as a Cardiology fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a Senior Investigator with the TIMI study group. He attends in the Lown Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and general Cardiology service at BWH.
As an investigator, Dr. Wiviott has played important roles in the planning, implementation, leadership, and interpretation of multicenter, national, and international clinical trials in acute coronary syndromes including the TRITON-TIMI 38 trial, PRINCIPLE-TIMI 44 and of the TIMI 38 Coronary Stent Registry. He has also served in leadership of trials of secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease as global PI of DECLARE – TIMI 58 and CAMELLIA – TIMI 61 assessing CV safety and efficacy of metabolic therapies. He is the Chairman of the TIMI Clinical Events Committee and recognized as an expert in event definitions and adjudications. Dr. Wiviott is an author of nearly 200 peer-reviewed publications in major medical and cardiovascular journals. He was named in 2014 and 2017 by Thomson Reuters and Clarvate Analytics as one of "The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds" and in 2016 as a "Highly Cited Researcher," recognitions inclusive of the top 1% of researchers in Clinical Medicine by citation.
Building on his trials experience, Dr. Wiviott was appointed Executive Director of the Clinical Trials Office (CTO) for Partners HealthCare. The CTO provides contracting, budgeting, and clinical trial management services for Partners hospital investigators and industry sponsors and is tasked with supporting and growing clinical trials research at Partners.


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Elizabeth von Arnim
The International Society Devoted to Scholarship on Elizabeth von Arnim
EvA News Blog
About Elizabeth and Her Work
The Beauchamp Family Tree
Biography: 'Elizabeth' (Von Arnim), 1866–1941
Biographie: 'Elizabeth' (Von Arnim), 1866–1941 (en français)
Books by Elizabeth
Elizabeth's Works in Translation
Adaptations for Theatre
The Bibliography
Monographs for Purchase
Archives: The Huntington Library
Archives: The British Library
Von Arnim Collection at the University of Toulon
Conference: Women Writers and Comedy, 1890-1950 (Online, 17-18 September 2022)
2022 Conference Programme
2022 Keynote Speaker Margaret Stetz
2022 Conference Participant Biographies
2022 Conference: Paper Abstracts
Event: "Reading Vera" (Online, 18 November 2021)
Conference: Elizabeth von Arnim — Identities (2 July 2019)
2019 Keynote Speaker: Kate Macdonald
Conference Update from Toulon
Talk by Isobel Maddison: Elizabeth von Arnim and Virginia Woolf (January 2019)
About the 2017 Elizabeth von Arnim and Katherine Mansfield Conference
About the 2015 Elizabeth von Arnim Conference
The Betrayed by Carol Chappell
December 8, 2022 December 8, 2022 Noreen O'ConnorCarol Chappell
Editor's note: In this short blog series, artist and von Arnim fan Carol Chappell explores a taxonomy of the writer's most memorable female characters. In this post she draws our attention to…The Betrayed.
The betrayal of women is common terrain in von Arnim's novels, a theme that re-appears in various forms over the course of her career. Sometimes it's funny. Sometimes it's painful. But it's always the basis for good fiction.
In my opinion, one of the worst-betrayed of von Arnim's heroines has to be Rose-Marie Schmidt. Being left at the altar is the ultimate betrayal for a woman, but we might think that Rose-Marie has it even worse in von Arnim's Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther [1907], because she is betrayed twice over: first as a friend and then as a lover. But betrayal can lead to unexpected endings for von Arnim's female characters: Rose-Marie is a case in point.
Fraulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther is the story of a young German spinster, Rose-Marie Schmidt, and her developing relationship with Roger Anstruther, a young Englishman who has come to spend a year living in the Schmidt household to study with Rose-Marie's father. The story is told through Rose-Marie's letters to Roger, correspondence that begins on his departure and which reveal the friendship that grew up between them over the course of his stay in Germany, as well as Roger's hasty and unexpected proposal of marriage in the last hours before his return to England.
At first, the letters are love letters, and Rose-Marie signs hers intimately with ' R.M.' and includes little notes about her love for Roger as well as details of her daily life. However, as time goes by it becomes clear that the relationship is under strain. There are fewer references to the prospect of Rose-Marie and Roger's marriage and a new formality creeps into them: they are signed "Sincerely, Rose-Marie Schmidt" and eventually, are left unsigned altogether. When it becomes clear that Roger is attached to another woman, Nancy Cheriton, Rose-Marie changes tactics and sets out to make Roger jealous with flattering accounts of her neighbor's accomplished and handsome son. News of Roger's engagement to Nancy Cheriton arrives and the betrayal seems complete. Still, somehow Rose-Marie manages to move through bitterness to a kind of stoicism and finally to a generosity of spirit that appears to allow her to extend dispassionate friendship and sympathy to a past love.
Ironically, the betrayer is himself betrayed when Miss Cheriton throws Roger over to marry a duke and it isn't long before he realizes that his true loss was that of Rose-Marie's affections. When he returns to Germany to take up a post in Berlin, he is determined to renew his addresses to Rose-Marie's affections, but she is no longer interested in him. She tells him not to come to Germany. She will not see him. She doesn't love him. She will not marry him. In fact, she threatens to stop writing altogether if he persists in love-making, and the novel ends with her final letter: 'I shall not write again'.
The novel's ending can read like the tragic culmination of betrayal: Rose-Marie has been jilted by Roger and will be alone for the remainder of her life. But the epistolary form of the novel leaves a great deal open to the reader's interpretation and there is more than one way to read the ending of this novel. Just like Baron von Ottringel's first-person account in The Caravaners [1909], in Fraulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther we only know one side of the story, Rose-Marie's side. While the Baron's account of his trip to England unwittingly exposes his prejudices and rude behavior, Rose-Marie's writing is a cover for her plan to win back Roger's affections. Rose-Marie warns Roger to stay away but 'Methinks the lady doth protest too much'. She knows exactly what she is doing, using various tactics to remind Roger of her intelligence, the great discussions they had together, and all that he was missing when he jilted her for Nancy Cheriton. By running away from Roger in her letters, she forces him to pursue her until she catches him. In fact, if there were a sequel to Fraulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther, I surmise that we would find Roger coming to Jena to woo Rose-Marie and that in a short time they would be married.
How do you read the ending of this novel? Does the romantic betrayal at the heart of this novel end in tragedy, or do you see the possibility of a renewed romance for Rose-Marie Schmidt and Roger Anstruther in its final pages?
What do you think? Is Rose-Marie in fact the worst-betrayed of von Arnim's protagonists? Are there other contenders for the title? Are there also some men who have been betrayed?
Name the other betrayals in Elizabeth's works. Which ones might be as egregious or more so than that of Roger to Rose-Marie?
The Countess from Kirribilli – In Conversation with Joyce Morgan
In Conversation with Joyce Morgan
Silent Night – Christmas in a Bavarian Village
Francesca Pierini celebrates the 100th anniversary of The Enchanted April in Connotations journal
Jennifer Shepherd on Silent Night – Christmas in a Bavarian Village
Jennifer Shepherd on Conference Call for Abstracts: Women and Comedy 1890 – 1950
Jennifer Shepherd on The Almosts by Carol Chappell
Judith Braid on Conference Call for Abstracts: Women and Comedy 1890 – 1950
Jack Odonnell on Only Happiness Here: Gabrielle Carey's new book on Elizabeth


Guess what I found in my letterbox?
My very own signed copy of Faylina!
I am absolutely thrilled at how beautifully this little book turned out!
I'll try to share a better quality photo soon. But for now, I'm off to do more illustrations.


We've had a lot of discussion about ways to support the band and the most important at the moment is to spread the word about Mr Barton's upcoming 50K run. PLEASE visit the Donate page of the Mac Band website for complete details and PLEASE share it with as many people as you can. And THANK YOU!
We also discussed the new website and one thing that was requested was a place where everyone could share their photos and ideas without having to have special access or login to a specific program. So you'll now find a new page that is entitled Share where you can upload photos, send ideas, make comments and ask questions.
Thursday, January 18 @ 7:00 pm in the high school auditorium.


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