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Tukked Shirts by Designer Chelsea Cortese
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Napa Retailer Designs A Button-Front Shirt To Fix A Familiar Problem
Napa retailer, now fashion designer, Chelsea Cortese believes she has solved a long-time fashion faux pas of the "Boob Gap" women experience when wearing a button-front shirt.
"I have no idea where the idea came from," said Cortese. "It was January 2, 2018, I was lying in bed with my two kids and I was thinking about another idea I wanted to invent and it was like divine intervention, the idea just popped into my head."
Cortese said she ran downstairs and googled for a product that would solve the problem of button-front shirts pulling and revealing one's bra, but she couldn't find one. Astonished and amazed that no one thought of her idea, the next day she reached out to her father-in-law, Joe Cortese, who used to do upholstery.
"He was the only person I knew that I could trust and knew how to sew," Cortese said. "I took him one of my blouses and said 'Pops, don't ask any questions, but here is what I need you to do' and he said okay."
A week later Cortese tried out her newly designed prototype and Tukked Shirts was born.
"Pops brought me the shirt, I tried it on and it was perfect," she said. "There was nothing I had to change about it. It worked exactly how I had envisioned it."
All Tukked Shirts are patent pending designs. The front placket of buttons is sewn shut to permanently eliminate the gap that happens at the breast-line for most women. The top three "functioning" buttons allow for the consumer's personal style choices. The blouse easily slips over the head and zips with ease down the back with a hidden zipper. This stretch cotton blouse offers two body types, the classic straight body and a "rouched" style that is very flattering at the waist. There are three sleeve options; long sleeve, ¾ sleeve and sleeveless.
"The hidden zipper in back starts at a woman's bra line, which makes putting on the shirt a breeze," she added. "Most women can reach around their back to where their bra connects."
Within a week, she reached out to a patent attorney, contacted a pattern design company that helped take her designs and put them into patterns for each size. A year later, her quiet little secret that only her husband and few close friends knew about is about to be unveiled. The first 300 test shirts are expected to arrive in her retail stores, I-Elle in Yountville and Simplicity in Sonoma, in late spring. If they match Cortese's strict quality standards, she will begin selling the shirts direct to consumer at tukkedshirts.com.
"Tukked Shirts can be found only at my retail stores and online," said Cortese. "By selling direct to consumer and eliminating the whole- saler, I can keep the cost of the shirts around 80-dollars."
Cortese said every aspect of this new business has fallen into her lap. Through an acquaintance, she was introduced to a former CEO of a big fashion company, who happens to live in Napa. The two met and he told Cortese that Tukked Shirts was going to be the next biggest thing to happen to women's fashion since Spanx.
"That was exciting to me because Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, is an inspiration to me and I feel our stories are similar."
"This shirt keeps a woman looking professional without worrying about adjusting her shirt all day," said Cortese.
"Like Spanx, I want to gives a woman the immense sense of freedom in their clothing. They don't have to look down and readjust their top, which has become second nature to most women. Every aspect of my design is methodically thought out, every little detail measured with purpose, inten- tion and it's easy to wear."
Born into the fashion industry, Cortese has been in the trenches since she could walk. Cortese worked side by side with her mother, absorb- ing decades-worth of industry knowl- edge. Levine passed away three years ago, and it was then that Cortese took over the family business.
"I'm connected to our customers," said Cortese. "I hear the complaints and I hear the issues that women have. I know what kind of fabrics they like and how much they are willing to spend. I have taken my life experience and have formulated a blouse for my customer. I'm not a designer sitting in a studio somewhere completely disconnected from those I'm trying to sell my product to."
She said every woman is a potential customer.
"There isn't a person out there that doesn't have a use for a button-front blouse, from people in the service industry to professional women to women who love that classic Ralph Lauren look," she said. "The blouse is so versatile with a vest, a sweater and a jacket and you can style it however you want. The blouse will come in a variety of colors and every season we will have a limited edition of colors and prints for all styles. During fall, holiday, spring and summer we will offer new twists on the design. The body of the shirt will always stay the same, but we will switch it up with dif- ferent colors, sleeves, pleating down the front or use different fabrics. The classics will always be there. We will carry sizes XXS to 3X."
Cortese said women just want to be confident in what they are wearing. They are moving and grooving going through life and now their blouse is perfectly in place.
"No more 'peek-a-boo' from the side with my shirts," Cortese said. "I hope to potentially put this Valley on the map for fashion, in addition to wine. This is an iconic fashion piece. Everyone wears the button-front shirt, but they have never fit well, until now."
Visit tukkedshirts.com. The full brand will launch on the website by the end of July where customers can purchase their entire line in all styles and multiple colors options.
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We are proud to offer several innovative workshops for teachers and educators. We want to support teachers and help them to integrate 21C learning approaches into their practice.
Our flagship CPD programme is the Postgraduate Certificate in 21st Century Teaching and Learning (NFQ Level 9, part-time).The aim of this course is to equip in-service teachers with the requisite knowledge, skills and competence to support the development of an innovative learning culture within schools, which is team-based, technology-mediated, project-focused and cross curricular. The course modules aim to enhance the expertise of participant teachers in new models of teaching and learning with particular emphasis on, but not limited to, Science, Technology/Computer Science, Engineering, and Maths (STEM). In particular, the Bridge21 pedagogical model is used throughout the course.
The modules also aim to address complex challenges related to developing an inclusive educational environment and preparing all school students for higher academic aspiration and progression, through a focus on whole school culture, leadership and change management. It is intended that participant teachers will learn how to develop and lead a 'cultural change process' within the classroom and the wider school community.
The modules include hands-on, practical session in innovative pedagogical approaches covering areas such as Digital Media Literacy, Computational Thinking, Computer Programming for Beginners (and more advanced levels), Contextual Mathematics and Information Literacy. In addition to modules on innovative pedagogical approaches there are a number that promote the development of innovative and inclusive cultures within schools, these include: Inclusive Education, Leadership and Change Management and Teacher as Co-Researcher. More detail can be found in our course brochure or the module outlines below.
This course requires registration fees and the submission of assignments, although the workshops are open to those not interested in accreditation (see below for more details on these À La Carte Workshops). The course commitment includes attendance on six modules and each module runs on a full Saturday (with the occasional Friday evening). Certificate participants complete one assignment for each module. Workshops will usually take place in Trinity College Dublin with selected workshops held in our purpose-designed learning space in Oriel House, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, just off the main Trinity College Dublin campus – (see map here).
Participating in the Postgraduate Certificate has helped our school introduce and embrace 21st century skills in our classrooms. We have developed a team of teachers and students that are engaged in project-based learning in the Arts, Sciences and Technology using the Bridge21 model of teaching and learning. Personally, I am enjoying a more facilitatory, creative role in my classroom, and my students have become more active learners.
If you'd like to take part in (audit) any of the modules from the certificate course (listed below) without registering for the course or submitting any assignments, you can do that.
The modules that are currently open for registration are shown below - click on the title of the workshop to book your place.
Digital media is all around us in our daily lives. This workshop aims to develop teacher's confidence to design lessons that use digital technology, communication tools, and the internet creatively and innovatively. This module provides the participants with an immersive experience, where they will see and experience the Bridge21 Model in action.
At the heart of all computer programming is the ability to "think like a computer". This workshop looks at developing 21st century thinking skills such as problem solving, data visualisation, modelling real world problems and developing algorithms. There are no pre-requisites and teachers of any subject can attend and benefit from this module.
Research in TCD has developed a set of guidelines for the design of maths learning activities which are technology mediated, contextualised and which resonate with a view of mathematics as a problem-solving activity in which students construct their own knowledge through the solution of real world problems. This workshop is suitable for Junior and Senior cycle maths/applied maths/physics teachers.
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning in post-primary education, particularly the subjects of Science and Mathematics, has undergone major development in recent years. Teachers will learn how to create learning opportunities for students to develop key skills, such as cooperative and collaborative learning, creativity and problem-solving. Suitable for STEM teachers.
The main means by which students at post-primary and third level seek out information is via Internet searching. Participating teachers will learn how to use the internet effectively as a research resource, design their own contextualised inquiry activity, and plan and implement strategies to teach inquiry skills in the classroom context. This module is suitable for teachers of all subjects.
This module is for those who are new to programming and provides a quick introduction into algorithmic thinking ("how to think like a computer"). We uses a simple drag and drop, block based interface (e.g. Scratch, Snap!) that is suitable for developing basic animations. This is suitable for teachers of all subjects.
This module builds on the "Introduction to Animation" module, and is centered on designing a multi-level game using a block based programming environment (e.g. Scratch). Prior Scratch (or similar) experience is recommended. This is suitable for teachers of all subjects.
The Python programming language is the next level beyond block based programming and is used extensively as an introduction to text-based coding. This module will focus on a mix of Python basics that will then be used to build a more complex application. Participation in the Problem Solving and Introductory Programming modules is recommended. This is suitable for teachers of all subjects.
Embedded computing technologies, such as those found in ATMs, traffic lights and wearable technologies, are becoming ubiquitous, readily available, cheap and easily modified for a variety of applications. A number of platforms such as Raspberry Pi, Arduino and Micro:bit come with a set of easily programmable interfaces. This module provides an introduction into the world of computers and controllers. The workshop will focus on hands on activities exploring light electronics, buttons and game controllers.
This module helps teachers to critically examine the role that leadership has in promoting change in schools and reflect on their own part in this process. On successful completion of this module, participants should be able to: Identify and critically discuss key issues related to educational leadership, Taking context into account, reflect critically on change theories and their implementation in practice, Evaluate their conceptualisation of leadership within the context of their own schools.
This module explores the socio-cultural factors that impact on the distribution of educational access, participation and advantage/disadvantage within the compulsory context. On successful completion of this module, participants should be able to: Identify and critically describe key issues related to educational (dis)advantage, Evaluate and apply educational theory to an analysis of educational access, participation, advantage and disadvantage and marginalisation in the Irish context, Reflect on the relevance of sociological perspectives and concepts interrogated through the module.
This module will provide participants with a critical grounding in the principles and practices that underpin the generation of research-based evidence, with a specific focus on its effect on policy and practice in the domain of education. It is intended in this module to provide participants with the capacity to undertake their own research, but to do so from a theoretically and methodologically informed perspective, to enact evidence-based change within their school context.


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Play as Captain Jack Sparrow, Captain Barbossa, Davy Jones and over 70 other Pirates of the Caribbean characters.
Jump aboard Story Mode to follow the course set by Captain Jack through all four Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Captain your crew well and claim cleverly hidden Ship Bottles and LEGO studs.


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Paul Hudson: Why our obsession with winter goes beyond the bookmakers and headline writers
Snow in March 1979: The pitch at Wakefield Trinity rugby league club is cleared of snow.
Published: 13:21 Tuesday 15 December 2015
It seems that not a week has gone by this winter without warnings of the next Big Freeze, and just last month, odds were slashed on a white Christmas.
But a fascination with the winter isn't just down to bookmakers and headline writers, according to BBC Look North weatherman Paul Hudson "everyone is obsessed with the snow".
Paul Hudson has been a familiar face on BBC Look North for 18 years.
Whether you're looking forward to the chocolate box image of snow-topped roofs and snowball fights, or you're dreading the commute in the slush, it seems the possible onslaught of wild weather is the question everyone wants answering.
But even with 18 years on our screens, and having trained at the Met Office College after completing a geophysics degree, Paul says it's impossible to know for sure if we'll be making snowmen this winter.
"Predicting snow is the Holy Grail of weather forecasters," he said. "A winter forecast is very difficult, there are so many different variables to take into account. It's just impossible to know.
January 1985, Ossett.
"There was no way of predicting the winter of 2010."
That winter is still fresh in many people's minds, for all the wrong reasons.
Snow began falling in November but the worst came at the start of December, with 30cm of snow recorded in the Peak District in Sheffield, and 40cm in Rotherham on December 1. The M1 closed, and in the week that followed thousands of motorists across Sheffield became stranded as up to as much as 2 feet of snow fell on the city.
The Met Office recorded temperatures of -19c in Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, overnight on December 2 - the coldest night in over 100 years.
Throughout the winter, blizzards brought some of the worst driving conditions in years in Yorkshire, and the coldest Christmas Day since 1820, with an average temperature of -5.9C.
Paul remembers it well. His love of wild winter weather is so strong that in 2006, along with fellow forecaster Ian McCaskill, published Frozen in Time: The Years When Britain Shivered, a tribute to our worst winters.
"Of course, that was published in 2006 before the horrendous winter in 2010 that took everybody by surprise," Paul said. "It was the coldest since '78-79 and deepest December snow since 1981.
"At the time, with all the talk of global warming, and coming off the back of the '90s, which were particularly remarkable for the lack of snow and frost, it came as a bolt out of the blue. It was right up there with the severest in the last century
Winter, he says, is without a doubt his favourite time of year.
"Although as I get older I'm starting to enjoy it less," he said. "But winter is definitely my favourite, especially for the kids."
When writing the book, Paul and Ian trawled through newspaper archives to find out the personal stories behind the staggering snow statistics. In the winter of 1963, barrels of beer at the Tan Hill Inn, Britain's highest pub in Swaledale, froze. While 1963 was noted as the coldest winter since 1740, 1947 was the snowiest.
Paul said: "When you speak to older people, they remember '47 as worst. Parts of the Yorkshire Dales were entirely cut-off. But it was post-war, rationing was still in effect and it must have felt worse than in '63."
"The science fascinates me more than anything. It just goes to show there are no reliable long-range forecasts. We see the headlines saying it will be the worst winter since the woolly mammoth but we just don't know. There are no reliable indicators."
Despite this, we could not go without asking Paul about this winter.
Bookmaker Paddy Power last month dropped the odds of a white Christmas in Leeds to just 3/1, and 4/1 in Doncaster. The last White Christmas in the UK was during that "horrendous" winter of 2010, with snow being recorded on the ground at 83 per cent of UK weather stations, and snow falling at 19 per cent of stations on the day.
But after the deluge of flooding that came with Storm Desmond earlier this month, Paul said it's still rain - not snow - that is going to cause a headache this winter.
Paul said: "I suspect it may well be flooding that could be a problem this winter, especially in the coming weeks as mild Westerleys bring heavy rain.
"It looks like it's going to be a pretty normal winter from a snow point of view, with one or two short incidents of snow on the hills but on the whole, it's looking to be quite wet and mild.
"In 2010 the winter started extraordinarily early, with snow at the end of November, all through December and into January.
"Despite what many people think, December isn't normally known for snow, but for being mild and wet."

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First, I downloaded the file from: https://t.co/o0eR3HII7x . …That part is straightforward.
I extracted it to my location of choice (full disclosure…I ran into some issues so I changed my extract location a couple times until I figured out the issue. So, if you see different install folders, you will know why!).
Because my VM was new, I had never set the JAVA_HOME environment variable. Of note, for OAC Data Sync, you must reference the JDK installation. JRE is not going to work!
In the config.bat file, edit the JAVA_HOME to the location you just created in Environment Variables.
Now, I am no Java expert (a novice's novice, perhaps, at BEST) so I did a LOT of research. I saw that the Java class could not be found, which is held in a path using the DACCLASSPATH variable.
The config.bat file is where the DACCLASSPATH is set.
Once I updated each batch file, I ran the datasync.bat script to create the Data Sync environment.
I missed the screenshot on this one…where you choose between creating a new environment or connecting to a previous one, but I chose to create a new one.
You will wait a few seconds for the files to create before you get an all clear.
Next, you will run datasyncClient.bat to start setting up the actual data synchronizations.
If you chose to save the password earlier, it will be entered for you. Otherwise, enter the password.
My connection tested successfully, so I'm good to move on.
On the Project tab under Source Data, I am choosing Data from Object(s) as it's an Excel file. So I set the location of my Excel file.
I created a new "Target" name…aptly "TestLoad".
Next, it renames my column headers to more relational database friendly names.
This part is crucial! On the "Target Objects" tab, you need to fill out the requisite details including Application, Cube, and Rules file name. …Correct. The Rules file already has to be created so you can load the data (insert eye rolling, IMHO). You also have to choose between a Dimension Load or Data Load.
OH. And you have to type these values in. They are not in a dynamically generated list for you.
When you have the items entered, click "Run Job" at the top. Note that it took around 10 times for me to be able to get to a successful job run because of various things not mentioned in the (lean) documentation.
The blue line is the successful run.
To note, if you are trying to debug your failed loads, the following file was key for me and helped me navigate my way towards the correct settings.
For proof, my one line of data loaded!


Altruism is defined as the practice of disinterested concern for the well-being of others – and isn't it what yoga is all about? A way of living dedicated to achieve mindfulness in order to be a peaceful being, capable of serving this world. Through selfless giving, we are letting the light within us honor the light within others, therefore, altruism is the perfect example of living the true meaning of Namaste.
We're privileged to have had an inspiring talk with Daphne Charles, a yoga teacher who lives her practice with this philosophy always in mind. She owns Routes of Yoga, where she leads retreats, immersions and teacher trainings worldwide; and this year, she is giving a scholarship for a teacher training program in Bali, to those generous souls who have a strong passion about social work.
Read on to find out more about Daphne's commitment to society and her scholarship program. It may just be your opportunity to give back to the world through your yoga practice!
Could you talk a little bit more about your scholarship program?
ROY's Yoga Teacher Training Scholarship applications are now open and close on April 8th. This year's grants are focused on finding the bright sparks out there in our communities that are involved with or have a strong interest in humanitarian work, the ones that have a strong calling for service. As part of the post-training requirements, the candidate has to teach 24 free yoga classes at a partner institute that otherwise wouldn't have access to yoga classes, such as a juvenile center, seniors home, jail, orphanage, special needs organization etc.
This is a win-win situation, because besides the obvious benefit of getting a grant, it also allows the candidate to start teaching yoga soon after the completion of their yoga teacher training program, which is often not the case.
How important do you think giving back to society is? How does it influence your yoga practice?
It is, and is not. What is of higher regard is to take action from the heart, to act from a genuine place. This might or might not result in giving back to society in a conventional sense and can manifest in many other forms like being a good parent, or loving your partner. There are many people that give for the wrong reasons as well! At the same time, softness and compassion are attributes that develop with a practice and giving is a natural occurrence from that.
Personally, it is important for me and is my driving motivation and fire behind practice. The more you practice, the more ability and life force energy you have to give out. The more you give, the more you have to practice so that the ego does not hold onto useless identifications, praise or reward.
In 2015 ROY dedicated 100% of profits from your Nepal Retreat back to the country - Why?
Why not? In 2015, Nepal was still recovering from its earthquake when oil and gas was cut off from India. Everything stopped. Vehicles stopped running and without gas, restaurants had very little to serve to an already ghostly amount of tourists. The daily vehicle expenses for our retreat tripled overnight, this was very unfortunate since all profits were being donated.
I can't actually recall my first yoga class. But what drew me in then and still does to this day, is the presence that a great yoga session brings - you are here, now. You are at ease with your place in the world; your feet stand firm on the ground. When your mind is not held up in the past or future, you are available for whatever or whoever steps in front of you at this moment.
What made you decide to organize a pilgrimage retreat to Nepal? How is Nepal significant to you and your yoga journey?
Nepal has a long and living tradition of Spiritual practice and is a place very close to my heart.
Everything is put into its place - mindfulness and compassion are adhered to over physical yoga poses and among the long lineage of practitioners that dedicate a lifetime to serious practices, the modern ego is humbled. Also, when you take the time to learn about deep roots of any kind – lineage, your own ancestry, a craft, it makes it easier to gain a genuine respect; and this is for our own benefit and ability to receive teachings, not for them, the wise don't need that.
Deciding on programs with ROY is easy. We share what we know, value and believe with others.
Lastly, moving forward, what is coming up with Routes of Yoga and what are your hopes and dreams for it?
Apart from our scholarship program and our Teacher Trainings in Bali, of course we will be headed back for our yearly Yoga Pilgrimage Retreat in Nepal this November.
As for Routes of Yoga, to share is such a privilege and a responsibility. My hope is that it continues to grow as we grow and sway as we sway – the dream is happening now.
Thanks for reading this post. Looking for more teacher trainings to give back to spread the yoga love and give back to the community? Click here for the largest offering of yoga-focused travel and training courses available on the web!
Daphne has been interested in the concept of space from an early age and initially explored this as an architect with concrete man-made structures. She has since then evolved into exploring this on a more subtle level through yoga and within the natural structures of the human body and mind. Her practice and teachings are built upon this union between the inner and outer realms - two seemingly opposing fields within the maya of our eyes.


The Hades Mask was created for Director Rusty Cucio in 2012 for New Musical version of Lysistrata with music by Tony Award winning Galt MacDermot and book and lyrics by Matty Selman. The world premier was on Long Island.
This character half mask is great example of the a custom mask made by mask maker Jonathan Becker. The sculpture was made out of water base clay, cast in plaster and then the neoprene mask was made in the mold of the mask. A thermoplastic (veraform) wig form is sewn to the mask and then the wig is attached to the form and the mask itself. This way the whole piece can be easily put on and taken without having to restyle the wig each time.
Lysistrata is of course a comedy written by Aristophanes. The play is the story of the women of Athens extraordinary effort to end the Peloponnesian war. The play is a commentary of the working of sexual relations in patriarchy. The Musical by Galt and Selman was called Goddess Wheel.


The Hotel is located in the privileged Iracema Beach , close to the boardwalk , Monsignor Tabosa Avenue , Central Market ,"Dragão do Mar" Cultural Center , Pirata Bar and several other restaurants and bars.
Tips about Attractions and Events in Fortaleza. Starting with the beautiful central border formed by the beaches of Iracema, Meireles and Mucuripe, united by the Av. Beira Mar, a meeting point for tourists and residents in time for sunset.


HP has announced the appointment of Elisabeth Moreno as the new Managing Director for HP Inc. Africa effective immediately.
Based in Johannesburg, Elisabeth Moreno takes over from David Rozzio who will move to another leadership position at HP, leading its Central Europe cluster.
Moreno began her career as an entrepreneur in the construction industry before moving to the technology sector joining France Telecom (now Orange), serving as the Leader of its Small and Medium business. In 2000, she joined Dell as the Sales Manager of French Corporate accounts and was then appointed to the position of EMEA Sales Director for Global Accounts. At Lenovo, she joined as Regional Sales Director and was then promoted to Executive Director of Global Acquisition Accounts for EMEA before becoming President and General Manager of Lenovo for France.


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Boundary Hotel, Restaurant, Bar and Café
Boundary, a new hotel and hospitality project in Shoreditch, East London, opened in January 2009. Located in a converted Victorian warehouse, Boundary offers three restaurants and bars, 17 guest bedrooms, a bakery and a small food store.
Boundary is a joint venture between Terence Conran, Vicki Conran and Peter Prescott.
Boundary rooms and suites
On the first and second floors there are 12 spacious guest bedrooms. The smallest of the rooms is 31m² (others are considerably larger) and the four corner rooms benefit from six large sash windows. Each of the rooms has a different design that has been inspired by legendary designers or design movements that the owners admire. They are:
Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand
Young British designers
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On the third and fourth floors there are four duplex suites designed by Sir Terence Conran, Lady Conran, Priscilla Carluccio and Polly Dickens – creative director of the Conran Shop. A further double-width suite has been designed by Sir David Tang. All of the suites have outside terraces.
Boundary restaurant and bar
Cooking is by Ian Wood, formerly of Almeida. Menus are based on classic French and English recipes, with a large selection of crustacea. Many of the dishes are perfectly simple; this applies to both the flavour and the preparation. The bar, also open to non-diners, promotes classic Savoy-esque cocktails, including an exceptionally stiff dry martini.
Albion café
Albion is located on the ground floor with large doors opening on to Boundary Street where pavement seating is provided. Its menu is based on typical British café food: nothing challenging or complicated, just straightforward hearty ingredients and recipes. A small food store specialising in British produce and a bakery offering an extensive range of breads and cakes complete the ground floor.
Boundary rooftop bar, restaurant and garden
Bondary Rooftop includes a large bar with seating arranged around an open fireplace, a 48-seat grill restaurant and a garden. There are 360° views, from Canary Wharf to the city's Gherkin and Barbican, to the rooftops and spires of East London.
History of the Boundary
The original building has housed, among other things, a print works, a general warehouse and an advertising agency before lying vacant for several years. Over the course of a two-year period the layout of the original building has been altered to incorporate two new floors and a rooftop garden. Care has been taken to retain the most charming of the building's original features: the distinctive brickwork, the large sash windows and industrial design light-wells.
Art and design led by Terence Conran
The design has been led by Terence Conran together with Conran & Partners, Terence's architecture and interior design practice. A large amount of the art is being provided on loan from Terence Conran.
From the outset the directors wanted to create an environmentally friendly building. This mantra has applied to all elements of the project, from selecting the materials to the use of local suppliers and insulating a 120-year-old building in a modern way. However, the main and most important element in this regard is the building's bore holes.
Working with the Environment Agency, two 120m bore holes have been drilled below the floor in the restaurant. One hole collects water and energy from the London aquifer and the other hole returns the same untainted resource after it has been used to operate the air-conditioning, refrigeration systems, ice-machines and various other equipment.
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LISTEN / PHOTOS - One Of The Stones Most Historic Gigs
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The Rolling Stones at London Airport (now Heathrow Airport), 17th October 1969. L-R; Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts. (Photo by Stroud/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
On July 5, 1969, The Rolling Stones played one of their most historic shows, a free concert in London's Hyde Park that was attended by anywhere between 250,000 and 500,000 people. While the show was originally intended to be the unveiling of their new guitarist Mick Taylor, it became a tribute concert to their departed guitarist, Brian Jones, who passed away days earlier. Check out audio & photos.
The band hadn't played together for quite some time prior to this gig, so they rehearsed at The Beatles' Apple Recording studio. During rehearsal they received word about Jones' passing. While still in shock, they decided it woudl be best to continue with the concert and to turn it into a tribute for their former bandmember.
Prior to The Rolling Stones set, Mick Jagger spoke to the crowd about Brian Jones. At first the crowd wouldn't quiet down and Jagger began to get a bit frustrated. Sensing his anger, the crowd began to hush and Jagger from the Percy Shelley poem "Adonais". After his reading, a box full of a thosand white butterflies was released.
While Mick Taylor and the founding members of the band both agreed they weren't at the height of their musicianship for that gig, the vibe of the concert made it what they called 'a great event'.
Check out vintage photos from the concert and then audio of the concert below.
1969: Photos of the historic Rolling Stones comeback concert in Hyde Park
On July 5, 1969, the Rolling Stones headlined a free music festival in London's Hyde Park, drawing a crowd between 250,000 and 500,000 fans. The blowout was the Stones' first public concert in more than two years, meant as the grand debut of the band's new guitarist, Mick Taylor.
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Uder is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district Eichsfeld, in Thuringia, Germany. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft is in Uder.

The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Uder consists of the following municipalities:

 Asbach-Sickenberg
 Birkenfelde
 Dietzenrode-Vatterode
 Eichstruth
 Lenterode
 Lutter
 Mackenrode
 Röhrig
 Schönhagen
 Steinheuterode
 Thalwenden
 Uder
 Wüstheuterode

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Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thuringia

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Q: How can I serialize Jackson's JsonNode object? I am replacing an in-house caching system with memcached but memcached client cannot cache the JsonNode objects since they don't implement Serializable.
Is there any way you can achieve serializing a JsonNode object? Does Jackson provide Serializable equivalent of this class?

A: JSON is best serialized by writing it out as bytes. In Jackson, it is done using ObjectMapper, for example by:
byte[] raw = objectMapper.writeValueAsBytes(root);

MemCache does not really need Serializable since it's all raw bytes; although Java clients may try to be helpful and handle serialization.

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Photo Clockwise: Ms. Lala Fojas, EVP and General Manager of Shangri-La Plaza, Dr. Dr. Jincheol Lee, director of the Korean Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, and Liza Diño-Seguerra Chairman and CEO at Film Development Council of the Philippines. Invited VIP Guests at the lobby of Red Carpet Cinema during the launch of Korean Film Festival, Performers from the Korean Cultural Center, and support staff who managed the event. Photos courtesy of Korean Cultural Center
By Monsi A. Serrano
Not too many people know about the longstanding friendship between Korea and the Philippines.
Speaking to THEPHILBIZNEWS, Dr. Jincheol Lee, director of the Korean Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, said there should be no mistake about the closeness of these ties as Korea takes pride in the 70 years of diplomatic relations with the Philippines this year.
For Dr. Lee, what better way to highlight this closeness than through the arts. And so last April 6-7, the Korean Embassy held the first-ever Korean Film Festival at the Red Carpet Cinema 4, Shangri-La Plaza.
"I am very happy that the past 70 years, the Philippines and Korea have developed stronger ties together. Koreans love to do business in the Philippines and we admire the Filipinos for their resilience and hospitality which is the strength of your country that entice a lot of foreigners to look at the Philippines as a destination for business and tourism," Dr. Lee said.
"We are also delighted, how the Filipinos have embraced various Korean cultures and arts like K-Pop, Korean telenovelas, and K-food. And we want to sustain this and let the collaboration between Philippines and Korea to go on forever," he added.
Interestingly, the Philippines and Korea have been friends and allies since the post-World War II era. The unbreakable cultural ties and the continued interest in each other's cultures and countries wherein a lot of Filipinos have preferred to go to Korea than other Asian countries.
"Now, I am very happy to tell you that Korea has made it easier for the Filipinos to get a visa, and depending on the evaluation of the Consul, Korea now gives 5 years visa. This will make (it) easier for the Filipinos to go to Korea and the processing is shortened as long as you submit the required documents," said Dr. Lee.
Both Korea and Philippines expect to maintain the closer relationship that they built in the past 70 years and would go beyond the platinum anniversary.
The Korean film festival which was part of the year-long celebration of the 70 years of Philippines-Korea bilateral relations, presents two critically-acclaimed period dramas, "Man of Will" and "The Last Princess," that depicted the heroic lives of these two persons who bravely defied the Japanese colonial rule.
Event host Shangri-La Plaza EVP and General Manager, Lala Fojas said: "We are really happy and proud to host the first Korean film festival here at the Red Carpet Cinema. Apart from celebrating the different cultures and their ability to inspire and empower us, Shangri-La Plaza wants to put forward narratives that make us understand our Asian allies more and storylines that discuss events in history that should not be forgotten."
"And we are grateful to our partners for this powerful film selection, and, we assure you all that Shangri-La Plaza provides the best cinematic experience for Remembering Our Heroes," she added.
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Denver Broncos Offense SB50 Betting Preview
Written by Joe Solari on January 27, 2016
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Okay, so Peyton Manning had a really dismal 1 TD to 8 INT ratio when playing at home during the regular season. His overall regular season numbers—9 TDS with 17 INTs—weren't any better. But then, that isn't everything you need to know about Denver's offense, at least if were are to consider what the Gary Kubiak-led attack has done in its two playoff games, leading to two crucial victories over two stellar offense-oriented opponents. Obviously, there is still a dire need for Denver's offense to find better rhythm if it is to dispatch the Carolina Panthers and their blistering offense, but going by what we've seen from the Broncos in the last two games (as is detailed below), there are sufficient reasons to believe that Denver's attack will do just fine. As we come closer to game day, you can click here and check the current NFL betting lines.
The confetti has fallen, but there's still a lot of work to do. #3andOut – #SB50 style https://t.co/2N6cST3LwU https://t.co/Dmxqp9bPWo
— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) January 27, 2016
Denver's Offense is a Great SB Betting Pick, But Not Perfect
Just to be clear, I am not saying that a Denver's offense that is averaging 22.11 PPG scoring in its 18 games this season (and 23.33 PPG scoring in its last 3 games) will be scoring big to match up to Carolina's fluid attack that is averaging 32.22 PPG scoring in its 18 games (and an astounding 39.33 PPG scoring in its last three). In fact, it would be a miracle if the Broncos put up anywhere near 30 points on the Panthers, given that this is a Denver team that has scored just 30 points twice all season (including the playoffs).Still, 13 of Denver's 18 games this season were decided by seven points or less, showing just how good the Broncos (14-4 SU) are good managers of the game, something that has bailed them out repeatedly and seen them make it all the way to the Super Bowl.Moreover, Denver's starting QB Manning—a true game manager that has led his team to two wins in his last three games without throwing a touchdown pass—is coming off a morale-boosting two-touchdown performance against the Patriots. In addition, Manning and the Broncos committed just one turnover against the Pats—on an incomplete pass that was successfully challenged by New England as a backwards pass. Apart from that instance, Manning and his offense showed a lot discipline. Matter of fact, the 39-year-old QB has not thrown an interception in the three games he has played since returning from injury. This is a big boost to the team, considering how Manning was incessantly troubled by miscues prior to his injury. So, although the Panthers defense is a different animal compared to the inferior versions of defense the Broncos have faced against the Steelers and Pats in the playoffs, it wouldn't be far-fetched to expect The Sheriff and his attacking unit to figure strongly.
Support from a Talented Running Game you can Bet on
Whether it has been out of necessity or simply based on a sheer plan from Coach Kubiak is anyone's guess, but the bottom line is that the Broncos have been orchestrating a lot of running plays in their games this season. Despite starting the regular season slow with some abhorring numbers, the Broncos have importantly improved in their running ability, entering the Super Bowl averaging a healthy 107.00 YPG rushing. Running backs C.J. Anderson and Ronnie Hillman have been the biggest components of this running game, and if they can bring their A-game to the Super Bowl against Carolina's rushing defense (which is allowing 86.28 YPG; the Broncos will not only control the clock, but Manning and his offense could witness better efficiency and more production in terms of scores.
Final Remarks Before Betting on Super Bowl 50
Given the all-roundedness of the Panthers, the margin for error will be extremely thin for the Broncos. Essentially, this means Denver's offense (both the running and passing units) will need to a strong start to the game (as was the case against New England) to avoid falling behind big to the Panthers, who have showcased their stellar ability to sprint off the blocks with scores of their own. Even more importantly, Denver will need to sustain its attacking momentum throughout the game, rather than cliffing off as the game progresses. Last but not least, Denver's offense will need tons of support from its defense. Owing to Denver's limited ability of lighting up the scoreboard, the defense must find a way of stopping the dynamic Newton-led offense. It is only through such a multifaceted approach that Denver's imperfect offense can have a perfect day at the Super Bowl 50 game. It won't be easy, but it's definitely possible.
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Born Declan McManus in Paddington in 1954, his family moved to Liverpool when he was 13 where he began writing songs. His father, Ross McManus, was a singer with the Joe Loss big band.
Leaving school at 16 he became a computer operator at Elizabeth Arden cosmetics. Moving to London, he also formed a band called Flip City and began sending out demos. One of these was heard by Stiff Records pioneer Jake Riviera.
The label signed McManus to a solo deal as 'Elvis Costello' (Costello was his grandmother's maiden name, and Elvis was a suggestion from Riviera) and Flip City quickly disbanded.
He recorded his first album, My Aim Is True, with the aid of a West Coast American country-rock outfit called Clover – who would go on to become Huey Lewis and The News.
Elvis Costello burst onto the Summer of Hate (1977) like a sneering Buddy Holly, unloading a razor sharp set of blazingly intelligent songs that veered between bitter disappointment and disgust, revenge and guilt.
His début single, Less Than Zero, was a track about fascist leader Oswald Mosley. The beautiful ballad, Alison (later to be butchered by Linda Ronstadt) was the follow-up single, but it also failed to chart.
By July, Elvis had quit his day job with Arden, assembled The Attractions – Steve Nieve (keyboards), Pete Thomas (drums) and Bruce Thomas (bass) – as his backing band, and been arrested for busking outside the Hilton Hotel in London where a CBS sales conference was in progress.
This Year's Model (1978) was the angriest, cleverest, most overwrought album to emerge from the late 70s New Wave scene.
The single Radio Radio was a scathing attack on the very people who controlled whether Costello's songs received any airplay. When Tony Blackburn first played the single on Radio 1 he felt compelled to comment on the lyrics.
He called Costello "a silly little man" and commented, "I wonder what radio would be like in the hands of Elvis Costello". In fairness to Blackburn, he did go on to say that he liked the single – and at least one of his Radio 1 colleagues (Paul Gambaccini) named it his Record Of The Week.
The Attractions added a new power to Costello's songs, now all bristling with reedy Farfisa's, clipped guitars and finger-snapping amphetamine beats in a peppy, knowing homage to 60s garage pop.
While touring the US in March 1979 with his Armed Forces (1979) album – which contained the hit single, Oliver's Army – a very drunk Costello ended up in a heated argument in a Holiday Inn hotel bar in Columbus, Ohio, with Bonnie Bramlett (from Delaney and Bonnie) and members of Steven Stills' entourage .
The dispute was reportedly about the relationship between race and music, and it came to an end when Bramlett punched Costello in the face for denouncing Ray Charles as "a blind, ignorant nigger".
The ensuing press coverage damaged Costello's career for some time in the US. His records were taken off playlists and he finished the 1979 tour escorted by armed bodyguards as a result of the sheer number of threats made against him.
Get Happy! (1980) introduced Elvis the Soul Man. And the Merseybeat Man. And the Brill Building Man. And the Ska Man. The album was a kaleidoscopic homage to pop's golden age from a man who didn't have to worry about his punk cred anymore.
The long joyous song sequence starting with King Horse and ending with New Amsterdam evokes side two of Abbey Road – and Nick Lowe and Roger Bechirian's production was as authentically 'period' as that coffee cup ring on the front cover.
In 1981, in the era of eyeliner and Korg keyboards, prejudices against country music were so entrenched that Costello (or more likely the record company) actually whacked a sticker on the cover of Almost Blue warning "this album contains country and western music and may cause extreme reactions in narrow-minded people". They needn't have worried. Costello's take on the genre was delightful.
With Imperial Bedroom (1982) Costello delivered a corker. These were the best songs of his career – Man Out Of Time, Beyond Belief, The Loved Ones to name but three. The combination of scintillating lyrics and imaginative orchestrations were delivered with the spontaneity of a man baring his inner turmoil as never before.
In Pidgin English he even dared to be tender, offering the eternally good advice, "if you're so wise, use your lips and your eyes, take her to the Bridge of Sighs." It drew comparisons with Lennon and McCartney as well as Gershwin and Porter, although Chet Baker's sublime version of Imperial Bedroom's Almost Blue probably chuffed Costello more.
Praised to the hilt on its release in 1983, Punch The Clock has never been as good an album as some critics like to think, and the grafting on of the horn section and Muscle Shoals swagger were no more convincing than Spandau Ballet's contemporaneous attempts at the same thing. The album did produce two superb songs though, in Every Day I Write The Book and Shipbuilding.
King Of America (1986) was a sober, adult collection laden with regret. The album went some way towards repairing the damage done by the awful Goodbye Cruel World, and T-Bone Burnett's production added authentic gloss to a record that was the clearest indication thus far that Costello saw himself in the venerable traditions of American song rather than as a punk survivor.
And yet within the year, Elvis reunited with The Attractions and Nick Lowe for Blood & Chocolate (1986) – something of a return to the acidic vigour of his punk laureate phase.
Commercial suicide has never sounded so sweet as on The Juliet Letters (1993), Costello's collaboration with The Brodsky Quartet – a classical British string quartet. The concept of the album revolved around imaginary letters sent to an imaginary recipient, Juliet Capulet. Stand-out tracks included I Almost Had A Weakness and the single, Jacksons, Monk and Rowe.
Costello decided in 1994 to patch things up with The Attractions and record a power pop album produced by Mitchell Froom. Brutal Youth felt like a bracing swig of fizzy pop after the posh plonk that had become Costello's vintage.
Painted From Memory (1999) found Costello collaborating with Burt Bacharach on the best of his many collaborative ventures. The album is built around the glorious torch song God Give Me Strength that the pair wrote for the Alison Anders' movie Grace Of My Heart. Like the film, the album drips with nostalgia and reverence for the Brill Building era.
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Each year, an average of 364 students graduate from criminal justice schools in Nevada. If you too are interested in a career in criminal justice, Nevada has 8 criminal justice schools for you to choose from. Tuition at Nevada's criminal justice schools is approximately $5,307 per year for a degree in criminal justice.
The largest criminal justice school in Nevada, by student population is University of Nevada-Las Vegas. It is located in Las Vegas. In 2009, a reported 193 students graduated with a criminal justice degree from University of Nevada-Las Vegas. This was 53% of the total criminal justice graduates in Nevada for that year. Tuition at University of Nevada-Las Vegas, was $5,097 per year in 2010.
A majority of those with a degree in criminal justice choose to become criminal justice professionals. If after graduation, you are planning on sticking around the state, you should keep in mind that the job outlook for criminal justice graduates in Nevada is not very good. An estimated 20,570 criminal justice professionals are in Nevada state. And the government projects that this number will decrease by -4%, or to 19,620 criminal justice professionals by the year 2018.
In Nevada, as a criminal justice professional, you can expect to earn a salary of anywhere from less than $17,738 per year to more than $45,333 per year. The median salary for criminal justice professionals in Nevada is $32,805 per year.


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EBSCO Information Services has announced the release of 12 new EBSCO eBooks Subject Sets, which increases the total number of subject sets to more than 200. The subject sets are offered to libraries in convenient collections grouped by subject matter. Subject Sets are pre-packaged sets of titles from leading publishers in specific, high-interest topics designed to meet the needs of libraries while simplifying collection development.
The 2014 edition of the CAB Thesaurus, which covers agriculture, life sciences, human health, and related subjects, was published on July 21, 2014. The web site at http://www.cabi.org/cabthesaurus/ has been updated and the new thesaurus has been integrated in all of CABI's publishing processes.
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced its new partnership with the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). Beginning in 2015, OUP and ASAPS will work together to publish Aesthetic Surgery Journal (ASJ). ASJ is an official publication of ASAPS and the official English-language journal of more than a dozen major international societies of cosmetic, aesthetic, and reconstructive surgery.
Registration is now open for the ARL Fall Forum 2014, 'Wanted Dead or Alive—The Scholarly Monograph,' to be held in Washington, DC, on October 9. The program will explore the future of the scholarly monograph. The forum will feature a keynote address by Laura Mandell, director of the Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture at Texas A&M University.
Ebook production house Helicon Books has announced that its two new products – EPUB Preview and Createpreview – allow digital book store owners and publishers to display a preview of an EPUB file in an online viewer window or create a shorter version of the book for an eBook version. The new online Preview invented by Helicon Books enables the display of a reader-like window allowing users to page through the first few chapters of a book.
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced the formation of the London OSA Local Section, the first local section of the society located in the United Kingdom. The London OSA Local Section was recently approved by the OSA Member and Education Services Council and will serve the London area in England. OSA Fellow Azizur Rahman of City University London will serve as president of this section, which is a self-governing organisation with its own officers and bylaws.
ICIS, the independent authority on global energy markets, has launched the ICIS Power Index (IPI), which provides UK energy users, commercial buyers and policy-makers with a simple way to see wholesale energy price trends that impact the retail market. The IPI is based on daily trade data for a whole year of delivery, which helps prevent confusion caused by seasonal price trends.


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Q: Polymer 2. Change value on other html-page (iron-page) after iron-ajax response When I change a page with iron-page i want to set the values on my new page. The properties have the correct values, but the html does not update correctly.
Here is my page. The orderconfirmation values is correct value when I switch to this page. Values in  is still empty string tho.
<dom-module id="pn-bookpickup-confirmation">
<template>

{{localize("thankYou")}}

      {{localize("orderReference")}}:
      {{orderconfirmation.orderreference}}

</template>

 </dom-module>

And here in my main-page where I do the switch to the other page after I set the correct values:
  handleResponse: function (data) {
    console.log(data.detail.response);
    var response = data.detail.response.Item;

    this.orderconfirmation.orderreference = response.order.orderReference;
    this.orderconfirmation.pickuptime = response.order.operationDate;
    this.selectedpage = "booking-confirmation";
  },

So i want to change the orderconfirmation values in the HTML when I reseved the data.
Anyone who know how I should handle this?
Thank you

A: Information you provided I recommend to try :  this.set this.set('orderconfirmation.orderreference', response.order.orderReference);
 this.set('orderconfirmation.pickuptime ', response.order.operationDate);
use the set method to make an observable change to a subproperty.
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Last month, I was reading an article on the Economist Web site: http://www.economist.com. It is still available, and is called the Burgeoning Bourgeoisie, and is about the new 'middle classes' in emerging markets.
What first attracted me to it was that it was a relatively positive article, especially given the not-so-positive economic news that tends to monopolise the headlines these days. This special report is saying that for the first time in history, more than half the world is middle class. This is thanks to the rapid growth in the emerging economies. The piece gives us an update on the competing definitions of middle class-absolute versus relative definitions of middle class.
Personally, I was drawn to the definition from Brazilian economist Eduardo Giannetti da Fonseca, who describes members of the middle class as 'people who are not resigned to a life of poverty, who are prepared to make sacrifices to create a better life for themselves, but who have not started with life's material problems solved, because they have material assets to make their lives easy.' In giving an example of this new 'middle class' in political action, the article looked at India.
Last December, just a week after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, thousands of young, English-speaking professionals gathered in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad. They were demanding a new security law, a ban on criminals holding parliamentary seats, as well as urging people to vote. Apparently, India's professional classes have long been considered indifferent to politics and less inclined to vote than the poor. Now social-networking Web sites were full of memorials to the victims and proposals for further political action.
Most who followed the Obama campaign would have noted the way technology was exploited. My cousin Kwesi was one the many foreign-based Trinis who visited 'home' for Carnival. Despite the festivities, we spent some time talking politics and technology over the Carnival weekend.
Apart from being a political science graduate, Kwesi worked for the past couple of years or so in the Obama campaign machinery, and in the final stage was actually based in that key swing State of Ohio. Synchronising the door-to-door canvassing with Internet and SMS tactics definitely was not easy. Now we come to what I see happening here in Trinidad and Tobago. The Internet is becoming increasingly popular as a tool for not just expressing political points of view, but also for mobilising support.
Future elections in T&T will definitely see the Internet playing an important role. My friend Bose tells me that in the UK they use the Net for everything in politics, including sensitising members, raising funds, stimulating debates and many other uses. In the UK, Bose sees the Net enabling the Labour Party to reach the important student and middle class populations where victory in the 2010 election lies. In T&T, there is, of course, Facebook, which last week was our nation's No 2 Web site (according to Alexa.com).
You may be amazed by the number of MPs and senators that are already on Facebook and keeping in touch with their constituents. But also spend some time on Google, and you would be surprised by the number of sites and blogs on local politics. Of late, I have even been noticing more videos being hosted on YouTube, where young local political analysts are posting their opinions for others to view. Thanks to the Government's education policies, more Trinidadians and Tobagonians are enjoying tertiary education than ever before in our nation's history.
Thanks to TSTT's Blink, Flow, as well as a host of smaller Internet service providers (ISPs) like Cablenett and Green Dot, home users have faster and cheaper Internet access than ever before. Even those who may not have Internet access at home can check their e-mail at a neighbour, library, school, community centre or Internet cafe. I do not know what percentage of our population is considered 'middle class,' but I am guessing that (depending on the accepted definition of course) it may be higher than expected.
But beyond the 'middle class,' our population has greater access to more information and is more technologically savvy than ever before. As always, I end by saying that despite our challenges, we are so blessed to live in this beautiful country. We need to remember and acknowledge just how much uplifting work is being done all around us. Let us continue to have the audacity of hope in our country, as we move towards Vision 2020.


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Even Don Cheadle Doesn't Get His 'Falcon and the Winter Soldier' Emmy Nomination
We're guessing it's because there's no Outstanding Cameo at the Emmys
Samson Amore | July 13, 2021 @ 4:58 PM
A lot of people were baffled when Don Cheadle scored an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama for his extremely brief appearance in Marvel's "Falcon and the Winter Soldier" — including Don Cheadle.
Cheadle was nominated for a scene in the Disney+ show's first episode, in which Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes (Cheadle) tries to convince Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) to keep Captain America's shield instead of handing it over to the Smithsonian. It's crucial in setting up Sam's personal journey to becoming the new Captain America, but it's also super, duper short.
Literally about 3 minutes long. That's it. Basically a cameo.
'WandaVision,' 'Falcon and the Winter Soldier' Land First Emmy Nominations for Marvel Studios
"Thanks, well wishers, sorry haters. Agreed, shruggers. I don't really get it either. buuuuuuuuuut on we go …" Cheadle tweeted after the nomination was announced.
thanks, well wishers. sorry, haters. agreed, 🤷🏿♂ers. i don't really get it either. buuuuuuuuuut on we go …
— Don" 't ask me google questions" Cheadle (@DonCheadle) July 13, 2021
Cheadle is nominated alongside two guest stars on another Disney+ show, "The Mandalorian" — Carl Weathers and Timothy Olyphant, both of whom we'll add appeared for way more than 3 minutes. Charles Dance was nominated for "The Crown," while Courtney B. Vance was nominated for his role in "Lovecraft Country." Check out a full list of Emmy nominees here.
We don't know if he has a chance, but here's hoping if Cheadle is skipped, he'll be back next year after Disney+'s "Armor Wars," which puts War Machine front and center, for the lead actor category. Then again, "Falcon and the Winter Soldier" star Anthony Mackie was snubbed. Maybe if he shows up for a single scene in "Armor Wars," the TV Academy will notice him.
Of all the streaming outlets this year, HBO and HBO Max led the Emmy nomination count with 130 nominations, just one ahead of Netflix's 129. Disney+ was the third in line with 71 nominations.
"Falcon and the Winter Soldier" and "WandaVision" were the first two Emmy nominations for Marvel Studios this year. Overall, "Falcon and the Winter Soldier" scored five nominations.
The 73rd annual Emmy Awards will be broadcast live Sept. 19.


Looks like the FBI was told about the mass murderer before he went on a rampage that left 17 dead in a Florida high school this week. This isn't the first time the FBI was tipped off about a mass murder plot and did not stop it. The shooter that killed 9 in a South Carolina church was allowed by the FBI to buy a gun. The FBI were tipped off about the Boston Bombers, the Fort Hood Shooter and the Pulse Nightclub mass murderer all well ahead of time. Is this incompetence or "too stupid to be stupid"?? Should someone be fired?


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Q: Java8 CompletableFuture conditional chaining I have read many java8 completable future tutorials, most of them are basically same. All talking about some basic method "thenAccept"/"thenApply"/thenCombine" to build a pipeline flow.
But when come to a real work problem, I feel hard to organize different completable futures from different Service. For Example:
    interface Cache{
       CompletableFuture<Bean> getAsync(long id);
       CompletableFuture<Boolean> saveAsync(Bean bean);
    }

   interface DB{
       Completable<Bean> getAsync(long id)
    }

the service logic is quite simple, get data from Cache, if exist return to our client, if not, get it from DB, if exist save it back to Cache, and return it to our client, if neither exist in DB, return "error" to client.
using synchronize API, it will be quite straight ahead. But when using asyncnorized API, there are "many pipelines", manny conditional break. I can not figure out how to implement this using CompletableFuture API.

A: If you don't care about the result of saving into the cache and if you want to throw an exception on bean not found, then it can be e.g.
CompletableFuture<Bean> findBeanAsync(long id, Cache cache, DB db) {
    return cache.getAsync(id).thenCompose(bean -> {
        if (bean != null) {
            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(bean);
        }
        return db.getAsync(id).thenApply(dbBean -> {
            if (dbBean == null) {
                throw new RuntimeException("bean not found with id " + id);
            }
            cache.saveAsync(dbBean);
            return dbBean;
        });
    });
}


This exciting children's ministry training programme is focused on a single goal – to prepare leaders to help children come to know, love, and obey God. The twenty-two training sessions of In Step with the Master Teacher are divided into four main groups.
Each group is built around one hour of Core training. Together, the four hours of Core training provide a foundational understanding of a teacher's role. The Satellite session in each group expand on ideas presented in the Core session and can be mixed and matched according to need. Each session is full of creative and practical ideas that you can use regardless of the location, size, or resources of your children's ministry.
Developing a Biblical Attitude and Modeling: We will not disciple our students if we are not convinced from God's Word that it is important. The first part of this session examines Scripture to see what God says about children. It sets out the goal clearly for teachers – to help our students come to know, love, and obey God. The second part of the session looks at the importance of modeling in the life of the teacher – the importance of the teacher in moving towards the goal in his or her own life.
Studying the Bible for Yourself: This session helps the teacher work through a Bible passage using a basic inductive Bible study method.
Depending on the Holy Spirit: This session looks at the role of the Holy Spirit in bringing about life change in our students and the importance of prayer in our ministry.
Building Relationships: We will not disciple our students if we have not taken time to build relationships with them. This session looks at how we can get to know our students and show them that they are valued.
Knowing and Meeting Student Needs: When we get to know our children and build relationships with them, we discover many needs that can overwhelm us. This session looks at how to recognise and respond to those needs.
Developing a Discipline Plan: This session looks at the importance of discipline in discipleship. It deals practically with how to plan ahead to prevent discipline problems, how to respond to problems in the classroom and what to do when it 'all falls apart' and you have a major confrontation.
Working with Preschoolers/Working with Students who have Intellectual Disabilities: These two sessions look at the characteristics of these special groups of students and how we can respond appropriately to their unique needs.
Teaching for Response: It is not enough to model God's truth and to build relationships with our students. We need to present God's truth and challenge our students to respond with faith and obedience. This session looks specifically at how we do this in our Bible lessons.
Preparing Bible Content: This session looks at the centrality of the Bible and how to prepare to teach the Bible lesson without the benefit of a teacher's book.
Involving the Senses: This session looks at practical ways we can get the children hearing, seeing, saying and doing during our Bible lesson.
Communicating with Children: This session looks at how we make sure the picture in our minds and hearts is being accurately transferred to the minds and hearts of the children we are teaching. It explores how to develop an introduction that will capture their attention and how to ensure that the words and concepts are clear.
Encouraging Response: This session looks at how to develop a clear teaching aim together with appropriate application and response activities.
Presenting the Gospel Clearly to Children: This session looks at how to explain the key points of the gospel clearly and visually.
Leading a Child to Christ: This session looks at how to respond sensitively to a child who responds to a gospel invitation—either by redirecting them or by leading them to accept Christ.
Following-Up a New Believer: This session looks at how we care for and teach a child who receives Christ as Saviour.
Using Your Time Effectively: We have so little time with our students each week. This session looks at how we use all of our time with the students to help them move towards the goal. It explores how we can use the various elements of our programmes to reinforce the truth taught in the Bible lesson.
Holding Students Accountable: This session looks at the importance of reviewing Bible truth as well as application from week to week. It includes many practical ideas for the teacher.
Teaching Bible Memory Verses: This session looks at the importance of 'hiding God's Word' in the hearts of our students as well as practical and fun ways to do that.
Helping Students Grow: This session looks at practical ways we can help our students learn to pray, read the Bible and find church fellowship for themselves.
Teaching through Music: This session looks at how we can use our song time as a key part of our teaching programme rather than a time filler.
For seasoned educators and rookie teachers alike, ISMT is a superb resource for all who minister to children. It is also a great value for 22 hours of quality training. I was so pleased with the selection of topics and the discipleship focus. ISMT provides much more than anything else available!
Donetsk Christian University, in partnership with BCM International, hosted In Step With the Master Teacher and Train the Trainer seminars for 3 consecutive years. During these 3 years, DCU teachers taught ISMT to over 100 students….not only at DCU main campus, but also at DCU's extension site and at our partner churches all over Ukraine. All in all, ISMT was well received in Ukraine.
All of us who were present, can say that we learned much. We were encouraged and even challenged to look and see the great need to reach millions of children around us. This marked the beginning of a new direction in the life of Bible Centered Fellowship children's ministry… ISMT also opened doors of opportunity to partner with other churches and organisations working together for the cause of children.
The In Step with the Master Teacher training program is Bible centered, and the topics are simple. Even the lay people can understand without any difficulty.
For more than 15 years New Hope International has partnered with Bible Centered Ministries, resulting in over 4,000 Sunday school teachers being trained and equipped for ministry throughout Eastern Europe. In recent years In Step with the Master Teacher has gone a step further in training nationals throughout Eastern Europe to train more national workers within their own countries.
In a day when so many are looking to the next entertaining video series or searching for latest curriculum being marketed to the church, BCM International is targeting the only solution… training the next generation of disciple-making, Spirit-led teachers! Exceptional children's ministry is the by-product of exceptional teachers and In Step with the Master Teacher is an exceptionally powerful teacher training tool.
We were greatly encouraged by the responses from the participants. What was an even greater blessing was to receive calls and e-mails from the participants, who immediately began using the literature and manuals we provided to further train their own workers in their respective churches. This was what [Train the Trainer] was all about! To train and inspire teachers to multiply their workers!
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Samos island
LOCATION OF THE GRAND VIEW VILLAS COMPLEX
Just 4km away from Samos town, the Grand View Villas complex is within a short distance from the island's important monuments and sights and its beautiful and immaculately organized beaches.
INDICATIVE DISTANCES
Samos City 4 km
Port 2 km
Kokkari 10 km
Psili Ammos - Mikali 9 km
Pythagorion 12 km
Ireon 18 km
Samos is one of the most beautiful and green islands of Greece. It is an integral part of the Ancient Greek Culture, elements of which survived until today and are located at its most important cultural sites.
According to the historian Herodotus, Heraion was the largest temple in Ancient Greece and was dedicated to the goddess Hera. The Tunnel of Eupalinos, an underground aqueduct of substantial technical work of antiquity is also located in Samos, in the area of Pythagorion. The island has two museums located in the capital of Samos and in Pythagorion as well as a museum of natural history, a museum of folk art and a wine museum.
Monasteries like Zoodochos Pigi and Agia Zoni with their carved wooden shrines and icons of the 17th century are worth visiting during your stay in the villas. The spectacular view from the monastery of Zoodochos Pigi includes the coastline of eastern Samos and its picturesque beaches as well as the coast of Asia Minor. The unique view at this height is breathtaking.
Higher up at the Zoodochos Pigi monastery, you can see St. Paul's first steps where according to tradition was the first place in Greece where he came to preach Christianity. At the monastery of Agia Zoni you will admire the 18th century sculptured temple as well as the icons of saints and the beauty of the landscape.
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We would like to point out some features for our Hotel Complex "GRAND VIEW VILLAS" which make it a safe and protected place to spend your holidays.
1) Our hotel accommodation consists of two autonomous villas (buildings), each of which consists of two independent luxury suites of 75 m².
2) Each suite has an independent private entrance as well as a private walkway leading from the parking lot to the entrance of each suite.
3) There is no reception or any other place where many people gather so that the risk of transmitting diseases is too low.
4) In addition, the cleaning staff of our hotel complex complies with all the prescribed measures announced by the government.
We wish everyone a good rest of the season, opening our doors from 01/07/2020 and soon overcoming the problem with COVID-19.
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Christmas has been over for a long time now. Valentine's Day is history, today we changed our clocks, St. Patrick's Day is next week. What's left?
Easter, of course! Easter is just six weeks away. It's the biggest holiday of the whole Christian year.
Many churches celebrate the Easter season each year, which is called Lent. The word "Lent" comes from the ancient English word lencten, which means "springtime". Lent starts this week, and it always takes place during the spring of the year.
Easter is what the church calls a movable feast. That means that the date of Easter changes every year. Have you ever noticed that? It's based on the Jewish holiday of Passover, because Jesus was executed just before the Passover feast.
Do you remember what Passover celebrates? It celebrates the freedom of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. God set the whole nation free, all at once.
In a way, it's a kind of a parallel. At Passover, God set people free from physical slavery. They didn't have to live their whole lives as slaves any more, and they didn't have to die as slaves. At Easter, Jesus set people free from slavery to sin and death. Both holidays are about freedom.
Passover is a big deal. The people of Israel had to spend forty years re-learning how to be a free people, how to follow God every day and how to get along with each other. They had a lot of adventures along the way, and they made a lot of mistakes. But eventually, they made it home again, back to the Promised Land, and they always remembered Passover, down to this very day.
Passover actually isn't a calendar date — it's based on the moon. If you want to get technical, Passover (or Easter) is the first Sabbath after the first full moon after the spring equinox. Easter can happen any time between March 22nd and April 25th. This year Easter's going to be on April 21st, so that's almost as late as it can ever be.
Long story short – a couple of thousand years ago, Christians started getting ready for Easter by creating the season of Lent, which is six weeks or 40 days before the holiday.
This morning's Scripture reading is a traditional one for the beginning of Lent. Lots of other Christian churches, all around the world, will all be hearing this same reading that we're going to be reading today.
Jesus had just been immersed in the River Jordan by John the Baptist. It was an echo of the experience of crossing the Red Sea. This is what happened next.
When the devil had finished all this tempting, the devil left Jesus until an opportune time.
When Jesus went out into the wilderness, he was led there by the Holy Spirit. It was a time of listening and reflection for him. It was a time for him to be immersed in the Spirit and to be immersed in the presence of God. It was also a time for Jesus to be challenged, for him to see the dark side of power clearly, and to understand what twisting the religious impulse could lead to.
So, Jesus went into the wilderness, led by the Holy Spirit, and he fasted for 40 days and 40 nights. I'll bet he was pretty hungry afterwards.
Some Christians still fast during Lent. They're sharing and experiencing the fast that Jesus did. Most people can't go without food for 40 days, but even when I was a boy, many devout people gave up eating meat for Lent. Some people wanted to make it an even more personal experience, so they gave up some favorite food – a lot of people gave up chocolate, or smoking, or alcohol.
It also means that Jesus was echoing the "wilderness experience" of the people of Israel, who wandered for 40 years in the same wilderness. Any time you see that number 40 in the Bible, it's a signal that something important is going on.
So Jesus fasted. And he prayed. He looked for vision. He waited, for the voice of God. He searched himself. And in addition to whatever moments of exaltation Jesus experienced, and aside from the beauty of the desert scenery, and the presence of God, Jesus also experienced temptation.
In this morning's Scripture, it says that Jesus was tempted by the devil. I know some people take that literally. They take very seriously the idea that the devil, Satan, goes around tempting people, trying to break them down and destroy them.
What I want to talk about this morning, though is the actual content of Jesus' temptations.
First, Jesus was tempted to turn stones into bread. That temptation was partly aimed at Jesus' own personal hunger. But I think it was also aimed at Jesus' deeper desire, to feed the hungry.
Every place Jesus went, later in life, he was surrounded by hungry people. The poor and the hungry are always with us. And Jesus did feed them. He fed thousands of people at one time, with nothing more to start with than a few loaves of bread and some dried fish.
But the point of doing that, was not to impress people. The point was to draw people to God. The temptation, was for Jesus to turn the power that he had, into a sideshow attraction. It was to twist a very real power away from its real purpose.
That's what temptation is. It's very seldom a temptation to do evil. It's to twist good.
"People do not live by bread alone. . ." That's the truth. We need more than food and water. We need more than clothing and shelter. We need the Word of God. We go out into the wilderness to learn that.
We could lose our cars and our cell phones. We'd survive. We could lose all our fast food, and go back to grits and beans and greens for a while, like our grandparents did. We'd be all right. But we would still need the living Word, the word that brings life. We cannot live without God.
So, Jesus doesn't want anyone hungry or starving. But people are hungry for more than just food. People are thirsty for more than just water.
Maybe that's one of the things Jesus learned, out there in the desert.
The temptation was for Jesus to misuse the power he had for his own glory. He could have turned stones into bread, and everyone would have said, "Look! Wow! He's a miracle man!" They'd give up trying to grow their own food, and just bring Jesus piles of rocks all the time.
Physical hunger is important. It tells us we're missing things we need to live. But spiritual hunger goes even deeper. We can have all the food in the world, and still be starving inside.
Look at what's going on here. Again, the temptation was to twist something good, something that really existed, to a wrongful purpose.
Jesus had authority and power. He had those things, all along. But he refused to let his authority and power be twisted.
The tempter said, "You can have it all. All you need to do, is just worship me. . ." The temptation was for Jesus to become someone other than who he was, to be someone other than who God had called Jesus to be. The temptation was for Jesus deliberately to misunderstand God, and to misunderstand himself.
He was not going to be someone who craved power over other people. He was not going to be someone who beat them into believing in him. He didn't come to force people into faith. He invited people to walk with him, and learn from him.
That is the complete opposite of what Jesus was tempted to do in the desert. He was tempted to be a strong man, a ruler, a war leader. One time, Jesus was asked by his disciples, after a group of people had rejected him, whether Jesus wanted them to call down fire and brimstone from heaven to destroy them.
Over and over, the lesson Jesus learned in the desert in today's gospel, is the same lesson he taught to his friends. Jesus never wanted to rule people with violence. He wanted to rule over their hearts, instead.
That's one temptation I've ever tried. Maybe I don't think God loves me that much. I don't jump off temples. I don't walk on water. I don't even go too far out on a limb.
That's an interesting thought. Can God really be tempted, or tested? Jesus didn't say that if he jumped, that God couldn't save him. Presumably, if God can move mountains, if God can calm tempests, God could catch one person. That's not the point, though. Jesus said that it was wrong to test God.
The difference between testing and trusting is kind of a subtle difference, but it's one we're all familiar with. It's the difference between a child trusting their parents for everything good that they need, and a smart-aleck kid seeing just how far they can push Mom or Dad before they get angry. We all know the difference. And it's about attitude and intention as much as anything else.
Jesus refused to test God. He just wanted to trust God.
Jesus trusted God to lead him. He trusted God to give him the right words to say, to teach people and reach out to them. Jesus trusted in God's love, when he prayed for God to heal them, and forgive them.
Jesus never used God to get what he wanted. Instead, Jesus let God use him, so that what God wanted could come true.
So, maybe there were more times that Jesus was tempted, that we don't know about. Maybe even Jesus had to struggle with temptation, time and again.
What today's story shows, is that Jesus overcame all the temptations that were thrown at him, even when he was hungry and tired and weak. He did it. And he shows us how.
Every time Jesus was tempted, he went back and found something good that God said. And he took his stand on that. God doesn't try to trip us up. God wants to help us. And just like in today's story, God takes us back to the most basic lessons of all.
The message of Christ is that every one of you is truly a beloved child of God. Every one of you is known, and loved. Jesus said that even the hairs of your head are numbered.
And God calls every one of us to a health, and a strength, and a life, and a joy, and a peace, that most of us have hardly even imagined.
God knows every trial that the world throws at us, as we do our best to trust and be faithful. And God calls us beyond each test, to something we can hardly even dream of.
In your tests every day – and I only know about some of them – I would ask you to hold on to that call, to that infinite promise, in your hearts.
I would invite you to discover, not just what it means to tough it out every day, but to discover the joy of faithfulness, and the freedom of simply being the person God wants you to be.
I would ask you to remember, that in every trial, that Jesus has gone before us, that God's own Spirit is beside us, and that beyond every trial, God is waiting for us, with open arms.