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Kadar je kot θ enak 36º in so antiprizme na istem mestu v parih, kar pomeni, da imamo njihove nagrajene kopije je to sestav šestih pentagramskih križnih antiprizem.

To telo ima enaka oglišča kot sestav dvanajstih petstranih antiprizem z vrtilno svobodo.

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Big News! Trailer lands for It Was Fifty Years Ago Today!
Excitement reigns as the release date gets closer!
You can pre-order your DVD or Blu-Ray copy at Amazon UK by clicking here.
In the meantime feast your eyes on the trailer.
Other Links -
Film Website (includes Free Draw for tickets to see the film)
NME Article
Guardian Article
Here's an article for our Italian friends!
Posted by A-M at 09:10
December 2016... Hunter, Beatles, RC, Cavern, Marilyn, Ealing and another No.1...
(30) Amazon.co.uk – another impressive landmark came when Hunter's The Beatles Book once more returned to the top spot and became the sites No.1 "Best Seller in Beatles" for that particular day / week. "Happy New Year all. Here's a Happy and Prosperous New Year... for everyone."
(25) Berkshire - The Big Day for everyone across the world, and Keith wanted to wish the management, staff and residents at the Care Home for making the great day so special for him and his dear Mother, Kathleen.
(22) World – The latest edition of Record Collector crashed thru the letterboxes of subscribers across the country, and included in it, after a short break, was Keith's latest Rockin' The Box piece, on the Tyne Tees show, The Georgie Scene. "Happy Christmas all."
(21) Leafy Berkshire – Work on The Beatles' movie wrapped for Christmas. "It's been quite an adventurous year… Here's to an exciting and prosperous 2017."
-For the fourth straight year, Marilyn featured in the "Best Sellers in Monroe, Marilyn" section on Amazon Canada. The softback edition sat at #16 while the hardback version was seen in the #40 position. "Incredible!"
- A year-end, Cavern book catch-up with Bob Young.
(20) West End London – Another trip into London to meet director, Alan G and the gang, film producer, Rob Harvey, Buzzcock, Steve Diggle and DJ, Gary Crowley for a Christmas drink.
(19) UK – Keith's tome with Hunter Davies, The Beatles Book was, once again the "#1 Best-Selling Beatles" item on Amazon in the UK.
(9 - 18) Leafy Berkshire / world – A day of downloading / sending Beatles files over to Ealing, a conversation with producer, Alexa Morris and a big push towards the selling of an extremely rare Beach Boys film punctuated another most busy day. "All go here!" (The researching on the Beatles movie, involving both video and stills, continued for the next 9 days.)
- For the second successive year, copies of Marilyn (paperback version) were once more depleted on both Amazon.co.uk. and Amazon in Canada.
(7) Leafy Berkshire / Goodreads – further archive transferring via the WeTransfer site and a big, big thank you to "Vettius29" for posting a five-star rating of Marilyn on the Goodreads site. That's three top-rated reviews in a row in just 10 days. "How cool is that?"
(6) Leafy (but still extremely cold) Berkshire – A bit of blogging sandwiched in-between another frantic day of archive clip sending to the Beatles edit suite in Ealing Film Studios. And, oh yes, "Happy Birthday to me!!"
(5) Leafy (but cold) Berkshire – Archive Beatles research continues on the new documentary including the sending of the first archive clips to the Ealing edit suite by way of (the most friendly website) WeTransfer.
(3) Leafy Berkshire – Keith's 2016 Birthday celebrations began at The George with some of his closest and dearest mates.
(2) Ealing, London – 11:30am. First meeting with director, Alan G. Parker and editor, Ian Farr at the historic, legendary, most famous, Ealing Film Studios ."Wow!"
(1) Lawford – Sunny Slough – Keith returned from his latest "Lawford excursion." His arrival in Reading was greeted by some truly superb news (from Simon L) about plans to turn Keith's Marilyn book into a 3-part drama series. "How incredible! More news soon. Watch this space!"
- Goodreads – The month got off to a flyer with yet another five-star, Marilyn review on Goodreads, this time from the reader called 'Gwearbennenon'. " Thank you, indeed!!"
Posted by Keith Badman at 07:10
Big News! Trailer lands for It Was Fifty Years Ago...
December 2016... Hunter, Beatles, RC, Cavern, Mar...

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The perfect fall color, a metaphor for IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN CHARLIE BROWN. Dress or tunic? Add opaque hose OR skinny jeans!
An interesting aesthetic from the House previously helmed by the likes of Nicholas Ghesquiere and Alexander Wang, not necessarily known for their floral motifs.
Gulag chic. Who doesn't love pants with BIG front pockets?
PANTS can be paired with almost anything. The unexpected slacks protruding from under a midi dress is my new favorite trend.
Never underestimate the allure of the RUFFLE.
Upscale BOHO like only this house can do it. I would totally throw this over jeans and COWBOY BOOTS. See below (DOUBLE DROOL).
(From the VALENTINO web site).
Bring on the PANTS! And a few embellishments can never hurt.
Always on the look out for a COOL raincoat.
No rules when it comes to pants, trousers, and leggings. Here we have the casual sculptural contingent.
Victorian with a hint of saloon.
Not sure what is more fabulous, the layers of purple lace, OR those over the knee PURPLE suede boots.
Ahhhh, nothing like a trip back to Studio 54.
Finally, LEATHER a n d LACE.
Ironically, we get pastels from Olivier Rousteing. And the steel blue suede thigh highs?….ZOWIE!


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There is always a difference between what the Ferguson Instruction book tells you, what is implied and what you actually do. The information here serves as an addition to the Ferguson plough manuals and should be seen as extra notes. Read the Ferguson Mouldboard Plough Manual first!
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Install 5.1 (new install) and finish with trying to install updates.
Did it work in Mageia 5 ISOs?
> Did it work in Mageia 5 ISOs?
Should it be no problem to have both?
> > Did it work in Mageia 5 ISOs?
That's quite possibly because before release there are no updates available. I've just tried repeating the experiment with the released Mageia-5-i586-DVD.iso, and get the same error.
Repeating the process with the Mageia-5.1-x86_64-DVD.iso, but going into the TTY after adding the on-line media and before performing updates and removing the CDROM entries from urpmi's list of media allowed the updates to be performed without error.
To double check, I swapped the roles and repeated the exercise. This time the mga5 ISO (with CDROM media removed) updated successfully and the mga5.1 ISO (with CDROM media retained) failed.
I'll also note that a GNOME only install didn't suffer from this bug. My guess is one of the updates is pulling in a new dependency which is found on the original media.
For me there were 57 Mb, 80 packages to be updated as I already wrote above in my original description.
But this did not work in the current 5.1 iso.
But as noted in comment 8, what seems to be the trigger for this bug is an update that pulls in a new dependency that can be found in the original release, at which point the installer attempts to read that package from the CDROM, and fails because the udisk daemon is not running.
Solved that mystery - when checking for updates at the end of installation, it looks at all media, not just update media. Pre-release, there will be plenty of new versions appearing in the release repositories.
1) Disable the cdrom media when adding the on-line media. This also removes the annoyance of being prompted to insert the CDROM when installing software after booting the system.
2) Use the --excludemedia option to temporarily disable the cdrom media.
urpmi --auto-select --excludemedia "Core Release,Nonfree Release"
works, but gurpmi doesn't support the --excludemedia option.
Installed public 32-bit Mageia 5 on EFI [64-bit] hardware from USB, taking the suitable precautions. I hit this Udisks error near the end when accepting immediate updates. It did successfully a list of 'essentials', then proposed the much bigger list of the rest. Whence the Udisks error.
After which the installation went to end OK.
which threw the Udisks error.
I might try --auto-select --excludemedia "Core Release,Nonfree Release" as per Comment 14. If that does not work re-do the installation with *no* immediate update, and try updating from the installed system - if it works.
I forgot to say that my last - and good - x64 Classic Mageia 5.1 installation (EFI real h/w from, I think USB) did not give this problem on doing its immediate updates; some 90 IIRC. I may have remembered to disable first the installation media, though.
We need a better understanding of what triggers the issue.
> We need a better understanding of what triggers the issue.
For the TL;DR version, see last paragraph of comment 10.
Note there are two active media each for core release and nonfree release, with the ones on the installation media listed first, and hence taking precedence.
When you then choose to update the installed packages, the installer will search all the above media for newer versions of the packages installed. For installed packages themselves, it should only ever find newer versions in the updates media (that's only true for a stable release - before that, the on-line release media are quite likely to have changed after the ISO you're testing was built).
However, those new versions may introduce new dependencies that weren't present in the original release of the package, and if those dependencies haven't themselves been updated in the meantime, they will be found in the release media, not the update media. So the installer will try to read them from the installation media (because they take precedence), and because the udisks daemon isn't running, fails.
An example of a package that triggers this bug is lib64xcb-devel. This tries to install lib64xau-devel, which is only available in core/release, not core/updates. So if you select the Development category during installation, you should see this bug.
Another example that will trigger this bug is abiword, which introduces a dependency on lib64aiksaurus.
We could disable DVD Sources (aka urpmi.removemedia -a) prior to adding online media for updates.
Having just stumbled across this bug again, I've tested the attached patch and can confirm it fixed this bug for me. Tested on the Mageia-6-x86_64-DVD ISO.
As we need a drakx update to fix bug 23393 for the 6.1 ISOs, it would be good to include the fix for this bug as well.


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¹H NMR study of ornithine and the development of Yb(EDDS), an aqueous chiral chemical shift reagent
Jianzhou Zhao, University of the Pacific
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Master of Science (M.S.)
Michael J. Minch
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Donald K. Wedegaertner
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Charles A. Matuszak
Third Committee Member
Vyacheslav Samoshin
Ornithine is an amino acid of which the side chain contains three pairs of diastereotopic protons. The diastereotopic protons are chemically nonequivalent. The NOEDIF spectra of ornithine were obtained in an acid solution to assign the individual chemical shifts of the β diastereotopic protons with the aid of the theoretical calculation of conformation distribution. The β Pro-S resonance was found to be at a higher field than β pro-R proton.
(S,S)-Ethylenediamine-N,N'-disuccinic acid (EDDS) was found to be a good chiral chemical shift reagent ligand in water solution. The Ytterbium complex of EDDS was used to distinguish L-ornithine and D-ornithine. For the α protons, the enantiomeric shift difference was affected by the pH of the solution and the substrate : Yb(EDDS)' ratio. The association constants between Yb(EDDS)' and L- or D-ornithine were found to be slightly different. Yb(EDDS)' may also be useful to distinguish between the diastereotopic protons in ornithine and other molecules in NMR spectra.
Zhao, Jianzhou. (1997). ¹H NMR study of ornithine and the development of Yb(EDDS), an aqueous chiral chemical shift reagent. University of the Pacific, Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2322
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Adopted on February 23 1955.
The words to the song "Alaska's Flag" were written by Marie Drake, a long-time employee of the Alaska Department of Education, and set to music composed by Elinor Dusenbury, whose husband was commander of Chilkoot Barracks at Haines from 1933 to 1936. The Territorial Legislature adopted Alaska's Flag as Alaska's official song in 1955. Alaska's State Song was adopted on February 23, 1955.
Alaska State Song: "Alaska's Flag"
The mountains, lakes and streams nearby.
The simple flag of the last frontier.
Source : Alaska Blue Book 1993-94, 11th ed., Juneau, Department of Education, Division of State Libraries, Archives & Museums.
Copyright for Alaska's Flag is held by the University of Alaska. For further information contact the University Archivist at the Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6808.
Verse 2 by Carol Beery Davis. 1986.
Origin of the Song: "Alaska's Flag"
The words to the song Alaska's Flag were written by Marie Drake, The Territorial Legislature adopted Alaska's Flag as Alaska's official song in 1955.
"Alaska's Flag" written by Marie Drake a long-time employee of the Alaska Department of Education, and set to music composed by Elinor Dusenbury, who husband was commander of Chilkoot Barracks at Haines from 1933 to 1936 was adopted as the official state song in 1955, and was gifted to the University of Alaska in April 1960. Carol Beery Davis wrote the second verse to "Alaska's Flag" and gifted the words (protected by copyright) to the University of Alaska Foundation in February 1987.
"The blue field is for the Alaska Sky and the forget-me-not, an Alaskan flower. The North Star is for the future of Alaska, the most northerly in the union. The Dipper is for the Great Bear - symbolizing strength."
Marie Drake, author of the words to Alaska's Flag, the state song, was born February 11, 1888. In 1907 she married James Drake in Van Wert, Ohio, where she was engaged in social work with the Y.W.C.A. and the Red Cross. They came to Alaska when her husband was assigned to work with the Bureau of Public Roads. In 1917, Lester Henderson was appointed first commissioner of education, and he hired Marie Drake as his secretary. She remained with the Department for 28 years, retiring July 1, 1945.
Marie Drake assumed the post of assistant commissioner of education in 1934. She edited and wrote most of the material for the department's School Bulletin, that was circulated throughout the territorial school system. The poem that later provided the words for the official state song first appeared on the cover of the October 1935 School Bulletin. In recognition of her devotion to the young people of Alaska, Marie Drake received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Alaska in 1958. She died March 5, 1963.
The law designating the song "Alaska's Flag," as the official Alaska state song is found in the 2015 Alaska Statutes, specifically Title 44, Chapter 09, Section 060 .


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Breast cancer patients, survivors wanted for UPEI exercise study
UPEI's applied human sciences department is looking for 15 to 20 people who have or had breast cancer to participate in a 12-week exercise program to determine if exercise will benefit them during treatment and after.
Programs will run in fall and winter in 12-week sessions
Gail Harding · CBC News · Posted: Aug 29, 2018 7:00 PM AT | Last Updated: August 29, 2018
UPEI will host two exercise programs for breast cancer patients and survivors to determine how exercise might help their physical and mental wellbeing. (Randy McAndrew/CBC)
Assistant professor Travis Saunders says the program will be tailored to each person's fitness level and abilities.
"So what we'll do the first week is we'll have them come in, we'll do some basic testing and see sort of where they're at right now and then we'll have a 12-week group program that will happen every week."
Walking program for breast cancer patients, survivors
Saunders said once the program is complete, follow-up testing will be done with participants to see how much they've improved.
"Have they gotten stronger, do they feel better or that sort of thing at the end of the program."
Physical and mental benefits
Saunders said most people know exercise helps to make people feel better both physically and mentally.
"We really don't have programs for people going through cancer treatment in P.E.I. The idea is to offer this program and to evaluate what are the benefits, what do people like about it, what would they like us to change."
Saunders said the long-term goal is to create a more formal program people could sign up for if they get a cancer diagnosis.
The plan is to have two exercise programs — one in the fall, the other in the winter. Saunders encourages people to contact him to see if they would be a good fit for the program.
Participants will perform low to moderate resistance exercise and aerobic exercise at stations set up in the lab.
"You will move through the course and over that 30 to 40 minutes you will get a nice overall workout."
While things like stamina and mobility will be measured, Saunders said they will look at improvements in functional fitness to help with things in their day-to-day lives.
People with breast cancer or survivors are being asked to participate in an exercise study at UPEI.
"We'll also have a lot of questions related to people's mental health, their symptoms related to their cancer treatment, because we know those things often improve more than the actual physical measures," he said.
"We really want to know not just can you walk farther, can you lift more weight but do you feel better, and are you less tired, are you sleeping better cause those things are also really important to people's health."
Saunders said the fall session will be starting the week of Sept. 10 but those interested can join any time.
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Bike Thefts
Mason Meyers, Staff Writer
No one knows who's been stealing bicycles around the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus, but University Police think they're getting close to cracking the case.
So far this semester, five bicycles have been reported stolen. During the 2014-2015 school year, bicycles were the number one item reported stolen, beating out the previous years' item: cell phones.
UPD's Crime Information Officer Jason Bone has experience dealing with these bicycle thefts, and said sometimes they do turn up and sometimes they don't.
"We find a lot of bikes on the other side of campus from where they were stolen," Bone said. "Some kid will get out of class and not want to walk, take an unlocked bike and ride it back to their dorm and leave it. So we do recover some of these bikes, but there are some that we never get back."
Bone has been looking into the thefts and thinks they may have found at least one of the individuals responsible. A surveillance camera outside of Whitley Hall caught a man cutting the chain off a bicycle and riding away in the middle of the night.
"This particular individual was very selective in what he stole," Bone said. "He walked past a lot of unlocked bicycles, picked one out, cut the chain, and off he went.
"Obviously, this [the surveillance footage] doesn't solve the case for us, but it does tell us a bit about what we need to look for," Bone said. "In this case, we're looking for a white male who goes out in the middle of the night." The man in the video is also wearing a white baseball cap.
However, while this person is responsible for one of the thefts, Bone does not think that all of the thefts are being committed by one individual.
"I'm not going to go out on a limb and say they [the bikes] are all being stolen by one person, but a lot of the high-end bikes are probably being targeted by one person," he said.
The bicycles that have been stolen range price-wise from $200 to one bike that is worth $1,800.
In order to help prevent further thefts and to help with solving the case should a bicycle be stolen, UPD suggests that owners get a good metal lock for the bicycle, and register the bike with UPD, providing the serial number, a picture of the bicycle, and pictures of any marks on the bicycle that could be considered unique.
Also, if a victim sees a bicycle that looks like theirs, UPD recommends don't take it, but call them immediately.
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MassPrinting, Inc., a leading document output solutions provider, announced today it has been selected as a speaker at the Insurance Accounting and Systems Association (IASA) Annual Educational Conference and Business Show held in Nashville, TN, from June 3-6, 2018.
MassPrinting's panel discussion, Working with InsurTech Startups: Partnerships, Pilots & PoCs, will occur on Tuesday, June 5 from 1:15pm - 2:15pm. This panel will detail specific implementations that leverage the InsurTech ecosystem of startups and technologies with significant benefits for carriers.
For those who cannot attend the session, MassPrinting is available for meetings at their exhibitor booth, #356, throughout the show. Speak with MassPrinting for 15 minutes about your document output needs and you'll be entered to win a $250 gift card.


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Partnerships: Industry/Education Success Stories
Partnerships:Industry/Education Success Stories
San DiegoScience Alliance Expands Science Education ThroughoutCounty
Ourchildren are 25% of our population and 100% of our future. We allagree that providing the best possible education and network ofresources is imperative for their success. Hence, the San DiegoScience Alliance (SDSA) was formed in July 1994 when a small group ofpeople interested in enhancing science education decided to gettogether to determine what science-related programs were availablefor teachers in San Diego. Through networking efforts, theall-volunteer group grew to include representatives from high-techcompanies, the biomedical community, higher education, museums,science professional societies and informal educators throughout thecounty.
Certainly this was a bigtask for the small group. However, with great determination,enthusiasm, commitment, corporate support and the vision to build abridge between the education and business communities, their effortshave paid off handsomely.
SDSA developed a ResourceCatalog, now in its fourth edition, to alert teachers to a diversearray of science-related education programs in San Diego County, suchas field trips, classroom speakers, science fairs, job shadowing andhands-on activity kits. Participating organizations are profiled,highlighting their best-known products or services, Internet Websites and internship opportunities. The Catalog is provided free ofcharge to educators countywide.
In addition, a newsletterdisseminates information and fosters communication among teachers,scientists and other community organizations interested in supportingscience literacy.
An Internet Web site(http://www.sdsa.org)has been dramatically redesigned, with over 120 hyperlinks tobusinesses and public schools. Educators, students, and industryleaders alike can log on to the SDSA Web site and search the onlineversion of the Resource Catalog, read the latest newsletter and findthe most up-to-date information on upcoming seminars, workshops ornetworking meetings.
Each year, a PartnershipAwards breakfast is held to recognize outstanding contributions madeby businesses, individuals, teachers and administrators, toward theimprovement of science education. SDSA also provides judges forstudent science competitions, such as the Secondary Science Olympiad,Inventors' Showcase and the Greater San Diego Science and EngineeringFair.
The San Diego ScienceAlliance, now more than 100 member organizations strong, was recentlygranted nonprofit 501(c)(3) status and is governed by a 24-memberBoard of Directors. More than 90% of its funding comes from monetaryand in-kind contributions; additionally, SDSA has been awardedseveral grants from philanthropic foundations.
Through networking efforts, the all-volunteer group grew to include representatives from high-tech companies, the biomedical community, higher education, museums, science professional societies and informal educators.
Other select programs thatSDSA sponsors or participates in include:
High-Tech Fair. Several thousand students attended the first annual Educational Technology Fair, a countywide event co-sponsored by SDSA in collaboration with the San Diego County Office of Education and all five San Diego County congressional representatives. Students interacted with more than 50 of San Diego's high-tech businesses to gain hands-on experience with scientists and science careers. This high-profile event put science education in the spotlight, and plans for next year's Fair are already underway.
Teachers' HotlineTo San Diego Scientists. The Teachers' Hotline was created to tap the wealth of human resources from science and high-tech businesses to help high school teachers make science concepts and careers come alive for their students. Any teacher with access to e-mail can simply send a question in any of 18 science content categories to the Teachers' Hotline, and it is routed to a local scientist who has volunteered his or her expertise to answer questions in that particular category. Originally conceived as an e-mail-based program, the Teachers' Hotline will be transitioning to Web-based technology on the SDSA Internet site in the near future.
Pisces Project. Partnerships to Involve the Scientific Community in Elementary Schools (PISCES) targets elementary science instruction and provides curriculum to schools throughout the county. The highlights of this program include teachers and scientists actively working together to design and implement curriculum that makes sense. SDSA, the San Diego County Office of Education and San Diego State University are helping to provide the critical link among these groups. Support from the American Physical Society has also been instrumental.
"Science In San Diego" SEMINARS. Periodically, SDSA offers a series of weekly seminars for local educators at a wide cross-section of companies in San Diego's science and technology community. Evaluations of the seminars revealed that participating teachers would apply in the classroom what they'd learned at the sites, and that they felt the information would increase their effectiveness as teachers. Participants also submitted excellent suggestions for improving both the content and relevance of the seminars.
In four short years, theimpact of the San Diego Science Alliance has surpassed even the hopesof its founders. Membership in the organization has growndramatically, as more and more educators are introduced to SDSAthrough the host of professional development activities it sponsors.Using the enhanced Web site as a springboard, SDSA members will soonbe able to form their own interactive science education communities,taking professional development into their own hands. This is trulyan industry/ education success story: a small group of peopleleveraging a vision, with the determination to join forces andsupport science literacy in local schools and creating aclearinghouse of science education resources to make scienceinstruction relevant and meaningful. Our children &emdash; the futureleaders of our communities, our country and our world &emdash; arethe ultimate beneficiaries.
Ellie Glaser develops QUALCOMM'S strategic involvement in thecommunity, including the development of educational programs. Shecurrently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committeesof the San Diego Science Alliance as Communications Chair, and playsan instrumental advisory role for other community organizations aswell. Glaser holds Bachelor of Science and Masters degrees inElementary Education from Boston University.
Tracy Landauer is aneditor and research professional for WestEd, a nonprofit educationalresearch and development agency that provides technical assistanceand strategic planning to the San Diego Science Alliance underfederal contract. She is Editor of the Science Alliance ResourceCatalog, a frequent contributor to the Alliance's newsletter,recording secretary to the Alliance's newsletter and Board ofDirectors, and manager of their various databases. Landauer alsoconducts research in education policy issues, coordinates andconducts substance abuse surveys at county schools and provideseditorial support for a variety of other WestEd projects. She is agraduate of Stanford University.


It's Morphin Time! Celebrate the holidays with this Power Rangers™ glass disc ornament from Kurt Adler. This two-sided silver glass ornament features all the Power Ranges on a red and black background rimmed in red glitter on one side. The second side of this ornament features the Power Rangers™ logo.


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Mary Poppins is returning to London's West End in 2019 and here's how to get tickets
The hit production is back at the Prince Edward Theatre
Jonathan Yates
Mary Poppins returns once again but this time its to London's West End.
The award-winning production is heading to its original home at the Prince Edward Theatre
Disney Theatrical Productions and Delfont Mackintosh have confirmed it'll be back by autumn with tickets going on sale 'soon'.
Zizi Strallen is back in the title role following great acclaim at the recent sell-out UK tour, while Broadway actor Charlie Stemp is playing the role of Bert in the much-loved story.
Set at the turn of the century, Mary Poppins tells the tale of the world's favourite nanny who arrives at a house on Cherry Tree Lane to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
Theatre shows to look forward to on London's West End in 2019
The stage adaptation of the classic 1960s film brings the story to life with dazzling choreography, amazing effects and unforgettable songs.
It features beloved songs including Let's Go Fly A Kite, Chim Chim Cher-ee, A Spoonful of Sugar and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Zizi Strallen in Mary Poppins the musical (Image: JOHAN PERSSON)
More recently Mary Poppins returned to the big screen in the sequel to the 1964 film with Emily Blunt in the title role and Lin-Manuel Miranda also starring.
The film directed by Rob Marshall received rave reviews from critics and a number of major film award nominations and has grossed nearly 40 million pounds at the UK box office alone.
12 of the best theatres to visit in South London
The theatre production of Mary Poppins originally opened in the West End in December 2004, running for three years and winning two Olivier Awards, with more than 11 million people having seen it worldwide.
Now it makes a welcome return to the West End this Autumn, find out how to sign up for tickets below.
How to get tickets
The ticket details will be announced 'soon' and you can sign up for priority access now here.
Gig tickets
Marks and Spencer is selling a lookalike of Holly Willoughby's sold-out dress in a new colour
Marks & SpencerIt's a real classic look
Primark shares picture of oversized shirt dress and fans all go mad for 1 thing
Fashion'Looks like scrubs', quipped one follower
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package com.opengamma.financial.analytics.model.option;

import com.opengamma.OpenGammaRuntimeException;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.option.definition.AmericanVanillaOptionDefinition;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.option.definition.EuropeanVanillaOptionDefinition;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.option.definition.OptionDefinition;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.option.definition.StandardOptionDataBundle;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.option.pricing.analytic.AnalyticOptionModel;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.option.pricing.analytic.BlackScholesMertonModel;
import com.opengamma.engine.target.ComputationTargetType;
import com.opengamma.financial.security.FinancialSecurityTypes;
import com.opengamma.financial.security.option.AmericanExerciseType;
import com.opengamma.financial.security.option.AsianExerciseType;
import com.opengamma.financial.security.option.BermudanExerciseType;
import com.opengamma.financial.security.option.EquityOptionSecurity;
import com.opengamma.financial.security.option.EuropeanExerciseType;
import com.opengamma.financial.security.option.ExerciseTypeVisitor;
import com.opengamma.financial.security.option.OptionType;

/**
 *
 *
 */
@Deprecated
public class BlackScholesMertonModelFunction extends StandardOptionDataAnalyticOptionModelFunction {
  private final AnalyticOptionModel<OptionDefinition, StandardOptionDataBundle> _model = new BlackScholesMertonModel();

  @Override
  public ComputationTargetType getTargetType() {
    return FinancialSecurityTypes.EQUITY_OPTION_SECURITY;
  }

  @Override
  public String getShortName() {
    return "BlackScholesMertonModel";
  }

  @Override
  protected AnalyticOptionModel<OptionDefinition, StandardOptionDataBundle> getModel() {
    return _model;
  }

  @Override
  protected OptionDefinition getOptionDefinition(final EquityOptionSecurity option) {
    return option.getExerciseType().accept(
      new ExerciseTypeVisitor<OptionDefinition>() {
        @Override
        public OptionDefinition visitAmericanExerciseType(final AmericanExerciseType exerciseType) {
          return new AmericanVanillaOptionDefinition(option.getStrike(), option.getExpiry(), option.getOptionType() == OptionType.CALL);
        }

        @Override
        public OptionDefinition visitAsianExerciseType(final AsianExerciseType exerciseType) {
          throw new OpenGammaRuntimeException("Unsupported option type: Asian");
        }

        @Override
        public OptionDefinition visitBermudanExerciseType(final BermudanExerciseType exerciseType) {
          throw new OpenGammaRuntimeException("Unsupported option type: Bermudan");
        }

        @Override
        public OptionDefinition visitEuropeanExerciseType(final EuropeanExerciseType exerciseType) {
          return new EuropeanVanillaOptionDefinition(option.getStrike(), option.getExpiry(), option.getOptionType() == OptionType.CALL);
        }
      }
    );
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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As for the Daily Challenges, these are built to encourage "bragging right opportunities" whereby completing in-game objectives results in rewards. Daybreak notes that each day brings three levels of difficulty to challenges, and that players will earn Skulls as a currency to purchase items such as skins.
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[Banjaluka]
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STS096-380-011 - STS-096 - STS-96 In-flight crew portrait in the Node ...
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Straight on, high angle, medium shot, of Jerry Quiller, Assistant Men'...
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Florigge D. Office and USMC CPL ...
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Riding a bike is considered one of the best ways to reduce the health problems that come with a sedentary lifestyle. Discover the benefits of teaching your children how to ride a bike in today's article.
Teaching children how to ride a bike is fun and extremely positive. Keep in mind that, among other things, cycling plays a crucial role in children's integral development.
Learning how to ride a bike early on nourishes children's development. It not only contributes to physical development, but it allows for mental and emotional growth as well.
Most children want to learn how to ride a bike. Without a doubt, it's a great way to get them to go outdoors and be active. As a mother, the sense of achievement and confidence that you'll feel the first time your children ride a bike will leave you speechless.
Why teach your children how to ride a bike?
Cycling is a very healthy and low-impact way to exercise. It's an activity that people can enjoy at any age. And above all else, it's cheap, fun, and respectful to the environment.
So then, riding a bike is something that all children should experience. To choose the right bike for your little one, you need to be sure to find one that's the right size. You also need to make sure it's mechanically solid and that it includes all the right safety devices.
Childhood obesity is a major source of worry for many parents, especially in this day and age. Bike riding is one of the best ways to fight against this problem because it's a type of aerobic exercise, perfect for burning fat.
Without a doubt, many children can carry out this simple activity, which causes no harm to their knees. This makes it a great option for children who need to lose some body fat.
Riding a bike is an excellent way to get the heart pumping. It's one of the most moderate forms of exercise and is very attractive to children. It keeps them active and alert, which has a number of benefits.
At the same time, you should keep in mind that inactivity can lead to several health problems. This is true not only in adults, but in children as well.
It's also important to note that when parents set poor examples, it can greatly affect their children. This is especially true of parents who spend more time at home, glued to their screens.
Riding a bike represents an excellent way to create bonds between parents and children and to share interests.
At the same time, you can go for a bike ride along the shore or enjoy a ride during your next family vacation.
Not only will this provide your family with effective and healthy exercise, but it will also fill your afternoon with laughter and memories that your children will value for the rest of their lives.
These experiences will also have a positive effect on your children's emotional and mental health. It reduces stress levels and keeps anxiety and depression at bay.
Children love to get out and spend time outdoors. Bike riding is one of the best activities to keep in mind, as it allows little ones to have fun in a natural environment, with sunlight and fresh air.
Pedaling also helps children sleep better at night. Remember that a good night's rest contributes to better health and optimum physical growth.
It's never too soon to think about your child's heart health. Cycling places demand on the larger leg muscles, which in turn increases heart rate and, at the same time, maximizes children's endurance.
Children who regularly participate in bike riding exercises have much greater endurance in comparison to children who practice other sports.
So, as you've seen, teaching children how to ride a bike is very positive. But remember, it requires a great deal of patience.
Finally, once your child has learned, you can start making plans to spend your free time together on your bikes. Always remember that your child should wear appropriate clothing and use cycling gear that guarantees maximum safety.


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Sightsavers receives Innovative Practice prize in Zero Project Awards
Sightsavers has received an Innovative Practice Award from the Zero Project for our early childhood development and education project in Malawi.
The Zero Project Awards recognise innovative practices and projects supporting people with disabilities around the world.
Thanks to funding from Comic Relief and Dutch charitable fund Stichting Dioraphte, Sightsavers has been supporting the training of special 'caregivers' in Malawi who work in pre-schools to ensure children with disabilities can learn and play alongside their peers. Children with disabilities are often excluded in educational settings because teachers and caregivers lack confidence, experience and expertise in catering to children who have diverse needs. A simple and effective solution is to provide special training to teachers.
One of the caregivers that we have trained, Materson Speak, travels to the education centre every morning on a specially adapted bicycle, picking up one of the children, Theresa, on the way. When Materson first met Theresa, she was unable to walk and her family carried her on their backs. After some special physiotherapy sessions and support, Theresa was able to start walking. Materson says: "I feel good when I see Theresa moving around because I know I had a stake in making that happen."
Having access to early childhood development and education programmes can make a huge difference to a child's prospects and increase their chance of attending primary school. Thanks to players of People's Postcode Lottery, Sightsavers can continue this vital work in Malawi ensuring that more children get the support they need to truly thrive.
See our video below for more about our work in Malawi.
Find out more about the Zero Project here.
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Look. I despise Trump. I want him out. I want the Dems to make huge gains in Congress to check his power.
But removing Trump using the 25th Amendment is a coup. It may be a constitutional coup, but it is still a coup. You would be removing a constitutionally elected president against his wishes and the wishes of those who voted for him.
And it damn well could spark armed conflict.
You want Trump out? BEAT HIM IN THE NEXT ELECTION. *That* is how democracy works. Nominate someone who can beat him (it really shouldn't be that hard - but it would require nominating someone who represents more than just your interests, so...). Win on ideas. Respect the process. Respect your fellow Americans' rights.
Want his power checked? Turn over Congress.
But invoking the 25th Amendment is (believe it or not) the easy way out - in the short term. In the medium and long term, it drive our nation apart, it insults 45+% of the country, it GUARANTEES they will try to do the same to you, and it brings us significantly closer to open, armed conflict.


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Connecting with like-minded professionals is one of the most valuable and enriching professional experiences. There are exciting movements with digital technology and the arts however; it is fundamental to share these movements so that we can progress in a conscious and informed manner. My experience at MCN 2015 was very empowering in this regard. The work that I have been engaged with at Drexel covers a number of areas at the forefront in digital transformation. To hear how these practices are being implemented in other institutions and from world leaders, I feel has greatly contextualized and informed my learning. MCN provided me with a unique opportunity to engage with a multitude of individuals from various backgrounds working within the industry.
However, the most profound and impactful insight I have taken away from MCN has come from the keynote speaker, Designer, Social Innovator and Urbanist Liz Ogbu. It was incredibly refreshing and courageous to initiate a conference on the subject of digital transformation within the museum with a speaker who is not directly connected to either of those fields. As her presentation went on it became clear that she was in fact more connected than I had imagined. Liz spoke of focussing on the importance of the end user and looking beyond the object to the larger system. I particularly resonated with this idea of learning from the end user as one of the fundamental elements for interpreting our collections. I'm a strong advocator of moving the idea of museum as a precious, restricted space to that of a social space that allows for emotional connection. Liz reminded us all of the importance of empathy and bringing our own humanity into the museum space to effectively generate this change. Also, that to make any significant amount of change it is necessary to have the end goal in mind but implement small steps to get there. I tapped into all of these core ideas that were presented during the keynote throughout the course of the conference and will continue to do so as I progress through my professional and personal journey.
During my stay in Minneapolis I managed to make it to both the Walker Arts Center and Minneapolis Institute of the Arts (MIA) in order to balance the information overload of the brain with some visual stimulation. Physically being immersed within these spaces I also found myself referencing a number of discussions and ideas presented at MCN 2015. At MIA I stumbled upon one of my favourite artist's Nick Cave and captured my second Soundsuit I've seen while being in the United States – a personal highlight!


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1999 Independent Christmas Jumbo
Jumbo puzzles take an awful lot of setting, and an awful lot of typing up for a website. To save time, I'm putting up the grids on the site, with PDFs for the clues scanned in from my own records. There's also a PDF of the grid alone. This reveals how long in advance Christmas puzzles are done – a bit like TV specials, no doubt.
It's possible that there may have been a few edits of the clues between my copy and final publication. But you will get all the clues – when I looked at the published copy, I noticed that the last half of both the last Across and last Down clue had been omitted. I don't recall a hoo-hah at the time, but it may have dissipated over the ensuing period of dissipation.
This particular Jumbo comes from Christmas Eve 1999. The reverse of the puzzle has a lot of quotes from celebrities about what they will be doing to welcome in the new millennium. The mathematically-correct answer of: 'Oh, I don't know, it's still a year off' is not among them. Surprisingly many of the selected celebrities are still known today – good long-term trend-spotting from the 1999 Independent reporters. My thanks to the Independent for permission to reproduce the puzzle here.
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Book review: Varoufakis complains that Capitalism didn't listen to him!
Josh Holroyd
In his latest book, And The Weak Suffer What They Must?, Yanis Varoufakis ("the most interesting man in the world" according to Business Insider) offers a potted history of post-war global finance, the rise of the euro, and its spectacular fall, along with his own prognosis and solution for the interminable crisis of European capitalism.
As is explained in the book, the rather clunky title comes from Thucydides' Peloponnesian War, in which the vainglorious Athenians assert their right as victors to do as they please with the vanquished Melians: "The strong actually do what they can and the weak suffer what they must". The Melians' reply is that it is in the interest of the strong to show mercy to the weak lest their own fall "would be visited by the most terrible vengeance, watched by the whole world" - an argument which Varoufakis reproduces in relation to the treatment of Greece by their mighty German creditors.
For Varoufakis, the key to redressing the contradictions and imbalances implicit in the Eurozone (and any system of fixed exchange rates for that matter) is for "the strong", i.e. Germany, to rule in "enlightened self-interest" by providing a stimulus to the Greek economy (and all other deficit states) rather than the current programme of devastating austerity.
The example given by Varoufakis is that of the intervention of the United States' Federal Bank to prop up the state of Nevada after the 2008 crash. It is the lack of this "political surplus recycling" mechanism which, according to Varoufakis, has condemned the Eurozone to its present crisis-ridden state.
Flirting with Keynes
In many respects, the book is a love letter to John Maynard Keynes, whose ideas form the bedrock of both Varoufakis' analysis of the euro crisis and his proposals for its resolution. For this reason, the problems with Varoufakis' vision of the world economy are essentially the same as Keynes'.
Ultimately, Keynesian economic models view the economy in a similar way to Newton's 'clockwork universe', in which everything moves in an unchanging and predictable fashion, reducible to simple mechanics. In this clockwork universe, a simple "mechanism" is perfectly capable of fine tuning capitalism to the point where its contradictions are effectively resolved. It makes perfect sense. However, the realities of capitalism are quite different.
When the system fails, as it did during the collapse of the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates in the 1970s, the formalistic nature of Varoufakis' (and Keynes') argument makes it necessary to either throw out the model altogether or insert some external pollutant as the alleged cause of the problem. Varoufakis opts for the latter option, with hubris playing the role of the villain. Indeed, the expression, "collapsed under the weight of its own hubris" is used several times throughout the book as a sort of deus ex machina with which to explain away the inevitable crises which make his model unworkable.
It was apparently the hubris of European upstarts like Britain and France, who began to strain against "Washington's stewardship of global finance", which led the Nixon government to jettison the entire Bretton Woods system and left the Europeans to wander the desert – the euro's tale of original sin.
Likewise, it was the hubris of the German Bundesbank and countless European officials which sealed the euro's disastrous fate, despite being warned all along by none other than Yanis Varoufakis, who suffers the same fate as the Iliad's Cassandra, the Trojan Princess who was given the power to see the future but was cursed to never be believed.
Limits of the nation state
What is absent from Varoufakis' analysis is an appreciation of the fact that under capitalism, vested national interests will always come to the fore, and that ultimately no political institution can be fully independent of these interests. Generally, it is the interests of the stronger state (the USA in 1944, Germany in 2015) which predominate, and the inability of institutions like the European Central Bank to act in "enlightened self-interest" has little to do with the hubris of its officials, and everything to do with the reality of capitalist relations and the straightjacket of the nation state.
Another vital aspect of the crisis which Varoufakis hints at but never examines seriously is the question of class. Varoufakis explains with admirable clarity how the so-called "bailout" of Greece was nothing more than a smokescreen for plugging the holes on the balance sheets of French and German banks with yet more taxpayers' money, but the point is not developed. In a system where the interests of a certain class of a certain nation (or group of nations) are diametrically opposed to the interests of another, then these will inevitably come into conflict with only one winner. This is precisely what occurred in Greece under Varoufakis' leadership.
Varoufakis heaps scorn on European officialdom, which "lacks the political courage to do either and is bereft of the analytic capacity to take a stand on anything controversial". This may be true, but it gives no explanation as to how such a collection of cowardly ignoramuses were able to crush the most left-wing European government in the history of the EU. The answer to this riddle surely lies in Varoufakis' and his colleagues vain attempt to convince the European ruling class of its own enlightened self-interest.
First as tragedy, second as farce...
Having established that the euro was a doomed enterprise from the beginning, which is now subjecting nations like Greece and Ireland to never-ending "fiscal waterboarding", Varoufakis sets out his grave predictions for where this will lead.
Referring to the rise of the Front National in France, Victor Orban's ultra-nationalist government in Hungary and the success of the Golden Dawn in Greece (a Nazi party in a very real sense), Varoufakis warns that unless the euro is saved from itself, Europe will disintegrate, bringing about a return to the horrors of Fascism and the War which engulfed Europe and the world in the 1930.
To prevent this from happening, Varoufakis states that firstly the euro crisis and its endless cycle of austerity must be stopped; and secondly, that Europe must be democratised in order to survive. As for how these can be achieved, Varoufakis appends a "Modest Proposal", drafted in 2013, which effectively sets out a European New Deal, in which the ECB prints money to funds infrastructure and make up for the lack of private investment in the European economy.
Aside from the fact that this Proposal is already somewhat out of date in the light of the ECB's trillion euro programme of Quantitave Easing, it also effectively argues that a depression comparable to the 1930 can only be avoided by implementing the same policies which failed to end the Great Depression in the first place.
Elsewhere, the USA, Japan, and China have all attempted similar QE programmes in recent times, all to no avail. Yet Varoufakis is intent on Europe repeating a failed experiment again and again, at the expense of the working class.
As for Europe's democratisation, a "large democratic stimulus" is needed. What this means in practice is left to the reader to decide. Whether such a stimulus would rest on a movement of European workers and what form this should take is likewise not mentioned, leaving nothing more than an abstract call to build democracy with… democracy!
Ultimately this book is more about Yanis Varoufakis than anything else: Embarking on this book as a wide-eyed student of Keynes, our protagonist is thrown aside by arrogant conquerors, only to return as a prophet of doom, foretelling an apocalyptic future for those who do not follow him. The foundation text for a new mass movement? Perhaps not. But as a Greek tragedy for our time it fits the bill quite well.
The migrant crisis and Fortress Europe 22 Jun 2018
Varoufakis' "Modest Proposal": Pragmatism or Utopianism? 15 Jun 2016
Book review: Varoufakis complains that Capitalism didn't listen to him! 26 Apr 2016
EU-Turkey refugee deal of shame 24 Mar 2016
The crisis in Europe - Part three: What is the EU and where is it going? 3 Mar 2016


Berat National Ethnographic Museum is located in the city of Berat and it was opened in 1979. The building where the museum is placed was constructed in the 18th century and it is typical creation of the local schools of art and crafts, designed and constructed by local masters. The museum is situated inside a few of the most characteristic houses in town and the rich collection of traditional objects together with the actual domestic spaces inside, are one of the principal examples of Berat's long history and culture.
Butrint (ancient name Buthrotum) Archaeological site is located 14 km south from Saranda and close to the border with Greece. It is a part of the Butrint National Park. Although the area around the site has evidence of prehistoric occupation, it is known as an ancient Greek city, later Roman city and an early Medieval Bishopric. Following a period of prosperity under Byzantine administration, then a brief occupation by the Venetians, the city was abandoned in the late Middle Ages after marshes formed in the area. Since 1992, Butrint Archaeological Site is an important UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Durres Archaeological Amphitheater is located in Durres, the second largest city in Albania. The amphitheater was built in the second century BC and was still in use up until the 5th century AD. It is the largest amphitheater on the Balkan Peninsula with a capacity of 20.000 people. Inside the ruins of the amphitheater there is a preserved chapel from the 6th century, dedicated to the first bishop of Durres, St. Astius. This popular tourist attraction is currently on a list of endangered heritage sites in Europe.
Durres Archaeological Museum is located in the city of Durres and it was established in 1951. This is the largest Archaeological museum in the country, reopened in March 2015, after 4 years being closed. The museum consists of a large collection of artefacts dating back from the Ancient Greek, Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Gjirokaster Ethnographic Museum is located in the Palorto Quarter, which is the best preserved district in the old town of Gjirokaster. The museum stands on the site of the home of Enver Hoxha, the well known communist dictator. The museum building was constructed in 1966 after the original house was destroyed in a fire. Its architecture is a model of traditional house. The rooms are arranged as they would have actually been used and they are decorated with numerous household items, folk costumes and cultural artefacts of a wealthy family of merchants or Ottoman administrators who lived back in the 19th century.
Korce National Museum of Medieval Arts is located in the city of Korce. It was inaugurated in April 1980 and it represents one of the most important museums in Albania. Its fund counts over 7.000 art items, mainly medieval icons as well as stone, wooden, metal and textile works by anonymous and well known artists from different areas of the country.
Pavilion of Mother Teresa, dedicated to Mother Teresa's family, life and work.
Royal tombs of Selca and Poshtme are located near the town of Pogradec, on the right bank of the river Shkumbin on elevation of 1040 m above the sea level. The ancient Iron Age Illyrian settlement was destroyed in antiquity. However, the site is now known for the associated necropolis used by the Illyrian kings during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. Probably, during this period, the city was an important political and economic center. In 1996, Albania included the Royal tombs in the UNESCO World heritage list of proposals.
Skanderbeg Museum is located in Kruja Castle and honours the name of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, a national hero who successfully defended the first Albanian state against the Ottomans and its military achievements. The exhibits include paintings, armour and other original military artefacts. Although there is a replica of the hero's goat head-topped helmet, the original can be seen in the Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria.
The ancient city of Apollonia was established by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth and developed into one of the most important ancient Greek cities in Illyria. The city reached its greatest development in the Roman period, but it was abandoned in late antiquity. This ancient Greek city and former bishopric in Illyria is located on the right bank of the river Vjosa and its ruins are situated in the Fier region, near the village of Pojani. The city is characterized with high authenticity, offering important data about the history of the city and making Apollonia of Illyria very popular among the international scientific community.