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Well, I've certainly left you sitting on dead air for awhile. My apologies. There have been several reasons — none dire, but all real.
First, I've been waiting for definitive word on the headstone. Carrie (the woman's name — she has allowed me to use it) has had several surgeries and has thus far not sent me the email note to all of you that I'm hoping to publish here. She has, however, purchased the headstone, and it should be installed soon. That is the point at which I am going to have to learn how to place photos on this website, because I want you all to see what you've helped accomplish. Despite my silence on the issue, it is truly a wonderful thing to be part of and to see coming to fruition. I'll bring you all back in the loop as soon as I can do so in a meaningful fashion.
On the writing front, I've been pushing hard to finish the Joseph book. This is truly a case of wrestling an alligator — all legs and arms and sharp teeth and dangerous tails. I had to go down to Kansas and Oklahoma to do some final work on the exile period, and this was both fascinating and rewarding. There is a man in Kansas who is a living historical treasure regarding the Nez Perce exile. He is a local historian, wedded to his small home town, who has done yeoman research that not only fills in a gap the Nez Perce story, but flies in the face of the observations of the various historical big dogs who have skimmed over this period of the Nez Perce struggle. It might not seem like much to an outside observer, but to one who has committed several years of his life to this project, this man — Larry O'Neal — and his work have been stunning, even monumental, discoveries.
He and I have become friends, and he has been kind enough to let me use his voluminous research for my own book. Sadly, I won't be able to do justice to his materials; this period deserves a book on its own. If it were my call, I would have written only about the post-surrender period of the Nez Perce struggle. But, as with most of our jobs, I serve a master, who serves another master, who serves yet another, until we arrive at the great master, PROFIT. It is a romantic misconception that authors just write what they want.
But, enough of my literary travails.
On a front that may interest you more, I stopped in Leavenworth, Kansas, and tried to bring a copy of Neither Wolf nor Dog to Leonard Peltier. It was quite an experience. The prison looks like the Supreme Court building, complete with colonnades and a white marble facade. But behind this facade is the usual walled fortress, stretching for what seems like blocks.
I drove up the long boulevard-like entry toward the colonnades and spoke into a microphone, explaining my purpose. Further passage was impossible because the road had been blocked with post-9/11 concrete berms. The voice that responded was, shall we say, less than inviting in its manner and intonation. It told me that I could not advance beyond that point. I explained my purpose and was told that I had to mail the book, and to do that I had to contact the prison. I pointed out that I was AT the prison and that this WAS my attempt to contact the prison. Said voice was decidedly lacking in a sense of humor and blurted out an address faster than I could write, then told me to move on. I felt like Dorothy and her friends asking for an audience with the wizard. Unfortunately, the great and powerful government had no intention of granting my request. I drove off unserved and unsatisfied, and not at all enchanted with the man behind the curtain. Obviously, if I want to get a book to Leonard, it will have to be done in a manner that allows the prison to parse it for metal files and anthrax and bomb plastique.
All in all, it was a very disquieting experience — unnecessarily unfriendly and brusque. And this is coming from a man who, in his younger days, played basketball in San Quentin, did work in Stillwater Penitentiary, and visited several maximum security institutions that carried the unlikely names of "vocational institutes." Even a short stop at the dreaded Pelican Bay prison near Crescent City, California, several years ago did not have the same dark, menacing edge as this simple drive up to Leavenworth Penitentiary on a sunlit, Kansas spring day.
So now I'm back after a short interlude in Alamosa, Colorado, where I spoke to a group of students at Adams College. Joseph and the Nez Perce loom before me like ten mile high thunderheads. Each day I trudge out to my writing cabin, tank up on coffee, and try to do justice to this fascinating story. Maybe one of these days I will actually get it done and achieve my purpose of bringing more people to an awareness of this little-known part of our national history. If that happens, the project will have been worthwhile.
Until then, I keep writing. And I'll do my best to keep on blogging, too.
Keep the faith and enjoy the springtime.
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In India, Navarathri is celebrated as Garbha-Dandiya, Ramlila, Golu and Durga Pooja in various parts of the country. It is probably the most important Indian festival you may have never heard of! Essentially, it is an arts festival and the celebration of good over evil.
Women take a central stage in this festival and it is a celebration of feminine qualities such as dance, music and decoration. It is also a reminder of historic status of women in India and how they held lot more power in ancient India.
In Tamil Nadu, it is called Golu. These idols & dolls are arranged in wood/steel stair specially built for this purpose. In Mysore, the legendary palace and large number of elephants are decorated and brought in. In Western India, the festival is celebrated as the dance festival - Garba. The north celebrates it as a victory of King Rama over the demon Ravana in the festival Ramlila. At the end of the 10 day battle, huge effigies of demon Ravana are burned in each neighborhood.
What is Navarathri? 'Nava' is nine, and 'Rathri' is night; hence 'Navarathri' literally means nine nights. The festival of the feminine force dedicates three days each to the worshiping the Divine in the forms of Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati.
Traditionally Navarathri is celebrated in autumn, when nature starts to undergo transformation. Fall sees the planets' axis directly in line with the Sun. The Sun is directly over the Equator during the autumnal equinox and heating the northern and southern hemispheres equally. As at night we sleep to awake refreshed, in the same way it is the best time to turn inwards to that space of quiet; to renew ourselves in order to emerge refreshed and creative.
Why fast, chant and meditate? The ancients have shown us, as we are always engaged in the mind, it is time to give our real-selves a break from constant noise and identifying with our senses. In silence, we turn gradually to the observer in us. I feel it is literally pressing the pause button on the reacting-replying mind. When one does this for a little while, the mind becomes sharper and we start to identify with intuition.
In Sanatana Dharma/Hinduism, pure consciousness-matter, when given a form is Male – Shiva. However, we know even in basic science, energy is needed to move matter. Energy is represented as Female – Shakti. In Hindu culture, we venerate this Shakti as Devi – the Goddess.
In order to realise this formless absolute, Navarathi is a journey through the three realms personified in the Devi. During the first three days we worship Durga to destroy our negative tendencies, personified as Asuras- demons in the puranas-legends. The demons of inertia, lethargy, sloth and lack of courage are depicted in the form of a buffalo, which can be removed by just chanting or remembering the image of the dynamic Durga in red.
The fourth to the sixth days are devoted to Lakshmi, Goddess of all wealth and prosperity. Lakshmi Devi is portrayed in vermillion red, orange or resplendent in gold and fine colours. Popularly worshipped for abundance of wealth as gold coins pour from her hands, she offers plenty in knowledge, courage and talent too, contributing to one's well-being. Lakshmi is the Light in one's life.
A person will invariably require all eight facets of Lakshmi Devi as support in the passage of life. As Ashta-Lakshmi, i.e. eight aspects: Adi-Lakshmi connects us to our source; Dhana-Lakshmi is the facet of material wealth; Vidhya-Lakshmi is the essence of all knowledge and skills; Dhanya-Lakshmi gives us abundance in food; Santana-Lakshmi is the aspect of progeny and creativity; Dhairya-Lakshmi is courage; Vijaya-Lakshmi is victory and Bhagya-Lakshmi for good luck and prosperity.
Having worshipped Durga to remove the darkness in our being, we welcome the light of Lakshmi, to pave the illumination of knowledge in Saraswati, in the final three days. Often shown sitting on a rock, as we need knowledge to be as steadfast in our voyage through life.
Also symbolically depicted sitting on a lotus, as it is well-known that the white water lily pushes through the surrounding mire, reaching towards the light in its full beauty. In her hands, Saraswati Devi holds a Veena, for she is Goddess of music, knowledge and all creativity. In her other hands, she has a japa-mala/rosary, blessing us in meditation, and scrolls of olai/papyrus, representing learning.
Her vehicle is a swan, which is known for discrimination. It is said if a mixture of milk and water is given to the swan, it will drink only the milk. She wears white, the colour of sattvic guna – purity. We pray to her for all forms of knowledge.
On the tenth day we emerge victorious with the Grace of the Devi, to go forward in our lives. In North India, the tenth day is also celebrated as Dusserah, when Lord Rama defeated the powerful demon king Ravana; and when Devi Durga defeated Mahisa, the buffalo-demon.
From earliest memory, we were encouraged to choose one aspect to relate to, from the many myriad manifestations of the one whole divinity. Even before I could say anything, my mother admonished me, "Not that one. - You pray to Saraswati, the serene Goddess of Knowledge!" She must have sensed my attraction to Kali-Durga! As children, my brother and I started the day by placing flowers from the garden, at the feet of Lord Ganesh, Saraswati Devi, our Guru and our personal choice of the Divine. We then sat cross-legged to meditate. We joked about how we had mastered the art of falling asleep in this posture!
It was when I came into my teens, and found the real meaning of Navarathri, I could not resist taking a taxi, over the back hill of a bidarari-cemetery, to the early morning services at six in the Ramakrishna Mission in Singapore. When the boys of the Home had finished their early-morning chorus of chanting in the temple, I felt it compelling to sit at the back of the hall with a few devotees as the monk performed a silent vedic-puja to the different aspects of Shakti during Navarathri. It is only now I am beginning to understand the effect of the pujas; they awaken the sleeping divinity within. It became more important to observe my own personal rituals at home, later on in the night. Perhaps I loved the fact that Navarathri, like Nature, encompasses all the different facets of Shakti.
I have tried to observe Navarathri throughout my life, for it has become that time of the year to renew myself. Even now my mother continues to inspire me in her devotions, despite being older and limited by her physical health. Along this path, I always remember and miss a dear friend during this festival, who observed fasting and silence and pujas in her own home.
May the Shakti-Energy- Force be with you, this Navarathri! Om Shanti.
Sarada is an Indian artist and writer, resident in the U.K. since 1973 and in Wales since 1990. Born in Singapore she worked as a journalist for local newspapers. In England, she spent the next two decades raising a family, writing for local weeklies during this time.
Sarada has exhibited her artwork at numerous venues in England and Wales, Ireland and Australia and has offered story-telling workshops through art, drama, writing in schools and in mental health groups. Her work draws upon great Hindu classics, the multi-cultural influences of her background, life experiences and travels.
Sarada has won awards for her work in mini-tales in the National Association of Writers' Groups in Durham, and won Travel and President's awards in the local writers' circle, and has had short stories published in both the University's Anthology 'Shadow Plays' in 2010 and more recently in the writing group anthologies.
Ganesh Chaturthi - Happy Birthday to Lord Ganesha!
JANMASHTAMI - Lord Krishna's Birthday.


hen won't stop laying under roosts!!!
Discussion in 'Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying' started by oceanbird, Oct 8, 2007.
I need help to get my hen to stop laying under the roosts- she couldn't pick a worst spot, it's where all the poop is! I have six hens and this is the only one who isn't laying in the boxes. I have plastic eggs and golf balls in the nest boxes. There is a mix of hay and pine shavings but still she lays on the floor. She is a new layer so this has been going on for a little over a week.
Are your nests elevated? If so, maybe she'd prefer one on the floor. Or, it just may take her a little more time to get the hang of it.
Have you seen her actually lay one. I had one pullet that was laying AT NIGHT, like in her sleep. I thought she was laying them on the floor and didn't know why until I figured out that she was dropping them from the roost.
It happens at all times of the day not just at night- I don't have any boxes on the ground but there is lots of floor space with hay- why does she choose to lay where all the poop is?
Maybe she thinks you won't take her eggs if they're dirty!
Not sure if you'll find more helpful info there, but it is common for pullets to 'dump' eggs any old place until they figure out the nest box. Especially when they get tired of waiting for their turn to get in the "special" nest.


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Methods for the detection and the characterization of low mass companions using the IFS of SPHERE
Author(s): A. Zurlo; D. Mesa; R. Gratton; R. Claudi; S. Desidera; E. Giro; J.-L. Beuzit; K. Dohlen; D. Mouillet; P. Puget; F. Wildi; M. Feldt; O. Moeller-Nilsson; A. Baruffolo; D. Fantinel; B. Salasnich; M. Kasper; A. Costille; J.-F. Sauvage; A. Vigan; C. Moutou; M. Langlois; J. Antichi; A. Pavlov; N. Zimmerman; M. Turatto
SPHERE is an instrument aimed to the search for low mass companions around young stars in the solar neighborhood. To achieve this goal light from the host star (and in particular the speckle pattern due to the telescope aberrations) should be strongly attenuated while avoiding to cancel out the light from the faint companion. Different techniques can be used to fulfill this aim exploiting the multi-wavelength datacube produced by the Integral Field Spectrograph that is one of the scientific modules that composes SPHERE. In particular we have tested the application of the Spectral Deconvolution and of the Principal Components Analysis techniques. Both of them allow us to obtained a contrast better than 10−5 with respect to the central star at separations of the order of 0.4 arcsec. A further improvement of one order of magnitude can be obtained by combining one of these techniques to the Angular Differential Imaging. To investigate the expected performance of IFS in characterizing detected objects we injected in laboratory data synthetics planets with different intrinsic fluxes and projected separations from the host star. We performed a complete astrometric and photometric analysis of these images to evaluate the expected errors on these measurements, the spectral fidelity and the differences between the reduction methods. The main issue is to avoid the strong self-cancellation that is inherent to all the reduction methods. We have in particular tested two possible solutions: the use of a mask during the reduction on the positions of the companions or, alternatively, using a KLIP procedure for the IFS. This latter seems to give better results in respect o the classical PCA, allowing us to obtain a good spectral reconstruction for simulated objects down to a contrast of ~10-5.
Date Published: 6 August 2014
Proc. SPIE 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 914770 (6 August 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2055085
A. Zurlo, Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille (France)
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy)
D. Mesa, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy)
R. Gratton, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy)
R. Claudi, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy)
S. Desidera, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy)
E. Giro, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy)
J.-L. Beuzit, Univ. Joseph Fourier-Grenoble 1, CNRS-INSU, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (France)
K. Dohlen, Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille (France)
D. Mouillet, Univ. Joseph Fourier-Grenoble 1, CNRS-INSU, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (France)
P. Puget, Univ. Joseph Fourier-Grenoble 1, CNRS-INSU, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (France)
F. Wildi, Observatoire de Genève, Univ. de Genève (Switzerland)
M. Feldt, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (Germany)
O. Moeller-Nilsson, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (Germany)
A. Baruffolo, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy)
D. Fantinel, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy)
B. Salasnich, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy)
M. Kasper, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
A. Costille, Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille (France)
J.-F. Sauvage, ONERA (France)
A. Vigan, Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille (France)
C. Moutou, Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille (France)
M. Langlois, Ctr. de Recherche Astronomique de Lyon, CNRS, Univ. Lyon 1 (France)
J. Antichi, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy)
A. Pavlov, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (Germany)
N. Zimmerman, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
M. Turatto, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italy)
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Suzanne K. Ramsay; Ian S. McLean; Hideki Takami, Editor(s)


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Q: Automatically set anonymous users' role to Visitor in ejabberd? I'm working on a project that has group chat capability using XMPP and moc_muc, in which only registered users can send messages (while anonymous users can only read but not write). I'm using ejabberd, with SASL anonymous support (registered users are authenticated using a custom external script).
The only method that I can come up right now is to use 2 different hosts for the 2 types of users, and write a component to set the roles of a user based on his/her host anytime he/she joins a room. This might work, but seems to be a quite complicated method for a seemingly trivial problem. I don't know too much about XMPP and all the specifications/modules/components in the wild, so I might have missed something obvious. I would appreciate any pointer!
Thanks a bunch

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The staff at Gompers Preparatory Academy Charter in San Diego implemented the Learning Upgrade courses school-wide in Spring 2011. A new five-minute video highlights the work of the students and teachers as they created a "culture of gold". Students below proficient including English Learners, special needs, and Title I earned Gold Certificates for reaching mastery in reading at math. Take a look below or visit the training page to see all of our videos.
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Citizenship procedures for those who have a residence permit or a blue certificate with an extension
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On October 23, 2020, a Circular of the Ministry of Interior was published, regarding the naturalization and second generation citizenship procedures for those whose residence permits or blue certificates have been extended due to COVID-19. The possibility of submitting and issuing a decision for the above categories was frozen, creating a big issue in the last 4 months, which is corrected with this Circular. As an organization, we identified the problem from the first moment as well as the need to solve it immediately, with a press release that was published on July 3, 2020. Below, you can see what applies according to the new Circular.
For applications for naturalization and second generation citizenship:
An application can submit those who:
Have a residence permit that has been extended (applied to those extensions of residence permits with an expiration date from 1/12/2019 to 30/6/2020 and from 20/7/2020 to 31/12/2020)
Have a residence permit application certificate (blue certificate), which is still valid or an application certificate that has been extended.
Attention: In case you are a holder of a residence permit or a blue certificate that expired between 01/07/2020 to 19/7/2020, for reasons of equal and fair treatment the same applies as in the second case, because it is assumed that you already have a «blue certificate»!
For the issuance of naturalization and second generation citizenship decisions:
If you have previously applied and now you are awaiting your decision and your residence permit has expired, your citizenship decision now can be issued, even with a valid blue certificate, since you provide it to the service.
For Αlbanian passports:
The same Circular also gives instructions for the expiration of Albanian passports in the citizenship procedures. If you have an Albanian passport which has been extended till 31/12/2020, it will be accepted during the submission of the citizenship application and the issuance of the decision. However, from 01/01/2021, you must have a valid passport to submit the citizenship application but also in order your citizenship decision to be issued.
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Rose & Kris decide to go commando and leave the guests alone for once. They wanted to return to their roots – is Black Panther a movie or a state of mind? – but DJ Felixx is in the ARIA Dance Top 10. Top 10! Come on now!!
Beyond losing their collective edges, Rose & Kris have gotten in way above their heads in interviewing Rachel Corbett. With a media CV the envy of her peers (and Rose & Kris), Rachel is the current Director Of Podcasting for Mamamia and the host of "You've Gotta Start Somewhere", a podcast where you hear how people got into showbiz and which has just been added to Virgin Australia's in-flight entertainment schedule. Something the boys can only dream of. The next level. But not as they meant it in Heaven's Gate, the latest cult to get a run on the show.


Merry Christmas everyone! Guys, have you been a good person for this whole year? If yes, Santa Claus will come down from your chimney to gives you presents. Well, we don't really know if this legendary person does exists. We surely hope that Santa is a woman and as beautiful as Kim Ha Yul.


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Salad Days Of Spring: Lettuce Live In New York
Written by: Geoff Tischman
Since 1992 Lettuce have been one of the best live bands on the planet.
The Boston outfit has four albums under their musical belts and their shows are always a funky blast of soulful grooves and musical virtuosity.
Playing the Capitol Theatre in New York (4/20) the band were joined by the Dean of Modern Jazz, John Scofield, and it was a spectacular collaboration.
Comprised of keyboardist/singer Nigel Hall, trumpet player Eric Bloom, drummer Adam Deitch, guitarist Adam Smirnoff, bassist Erick "Jesus" Coomes, and saxophonist Ryan Zoidis, Lettuce were in fine form, rolling through their two sets with precision and ease.
"Blast Off" and "KHRU" were fabulous and the band's cover of Miles Davis' "Black Satin" in Set Two was unbelievably cool.
Their take on Scofield's "Jungle Fiction" was pure magic and their take on Curtis Mayfield's "Move On Up" was utterly rousing.


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Чан Донгон (; род. 7 марта 1972 года в Сеул, Республика Корея) — южнокорейский актёр и музыкант.

Биография
Детство будущего актёра прошло в Йонсан-гу (Сеул). Позднее он поступил в , но бросил учёбу так и не получив степень.

Впервые Чан попал в сферу развлечений в 1992 году, участвуя в конкурсе талантов. Затем начал сниматься в корейских теледрамах, таких как Iljimae, The Last Match, исполняя главные роли в дуэте с Shim Eun-ha, его дебют в кино состоялся в фильме 'Repechage (1997) где он сыграл с актрисой Ким Хисон.

К концу 1990-х годов Чан Дон Гон завоевал популярность в Корее а также стал одним из первых корейских актёров, заслуживших популярность в других странах Азии, после того как там в конце 1990-х были показаны несколько теледрам с его участием. В 1999 году он снялся в привлёкшем внимание критиков фильме Nowhere to Hide в роли младшего партнёра Пака Джунхуна (Park Joong-hoon). Затем сыграл в полнометражном фильме Anarchists, снятом в Шанхае, истории о группе молодых террористов, работавших в Китае 1930-х и желающих повысить свой статус.

Дебют Чана состоялся в драме канала MBC Our Heaven, за это он получил премию «Голубой дракон» как лучший актёр. Другую награду он получил за роль полицейского в криминальном боевике «». В 2000 году Чан снялся в боевике «», самом кассовом корейском фильме того времени. Чан получил положительные отзывы за свою роль проблемного студента высшей школы, который присоединяется к мафии. Благодаря этому он смог получить роль в фильме «38-я параллель» о Корейской войне, который опять побил кассовые рекорды. За своё киновоплощение одного из братьев он получил третьего «Голубого дракона». Также Чан сделал прорыв в китайском кино, снявшись в фильме жанра Уся «Клятва» (2005).

Чан был избран для продвижения Nintendo DS Lite в Южной Корее, о чём объявил в январе 2007 года. Он также способствовал продвижению English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills! и Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! В 2010 году дебютировал в Голливуде, снявшись в фильме «Путь воина». Следующий фильм, в котором помимо Чана снимались такие известные актёры, как Одагири Джо и Фань Бинбин, вышел в 2011 году и обещал стать хитом, но провалился в прокате.

 Личная жизнь
Чан женат на актрисе Ко Со Ён, торжественная церемонии бракосочетания состоялась в сеульском отеле Силла 2 мая 2010 года, до свадьбы их роман длился 18 лет. 4 октября 2010 года у них родился сын, 26 февраля 2014 года у пары родилась дочь.

 Фильмы
Все фильмы в этом списке производства Южной Кореи, кроме особо отмеченных.

 7 лет ночи (Seven Years of Night) (2018) — О Юн Дже
 Человек, который плакал (No Tears for the Dead) (2014) — Кон
 Опасные связи (Dangerous Liaisons) (2012, Китай) — Се И Фань
 Мой путь (2011) — Джим Шик Ким
 Путь воина (2010 ) — Ян Good Morning, President (2009)
 Клятва (2005, Китай)
 Typhoon (2005)
 38-я параллель (2004) — Ли Джин тэ Береговая охрана (2002) — Кан Санбён 2009: Утраченные воспоминания (2002)
 Friend (2001)
 Anarchists (2000)
 Nowhere to Hide (1999)
 Love Wind Love Song (1999)
 First Kiss (cameo, 1998)
 Holiday In Seoul (1997)
 Repechage (1997)

 Телевизионные драмы
 А Gentleman's Dignity (2012)
 All About Eve (2000)
 Ghost (1999)
 Springtime (1999)
 Love (1998)
 Ready Go! (1998)
 Myth of a Hero (1997)
 Model (1997)
 Medical Brothers (1997)
 Icing (1996)
 The Last Match (1994)
 Il Ji Mae (1993)
 Our Heaven (1993)

 Дискография
 1998: Bon-seung & Dong-gun
 1995: Fly
 1994: Friendship : Dong-gun Jang, Chul Jun
 1993: Jang Dong-kun

 Награды
 2009: Andre Kim Star Awards — Best Star Award
 2007: Korean Advertise Festival — Best Couple Award
 2007: ChunSa Film Festival — Korean Wave Award
 2005: Max Movie Film Awards — Лучший мужчина-актёр
 2004: «Голубой дракон» — Лучший актёр за фильм Taegukgi 2001: «Голубой дракон» — Most Popular Actor Award
 2001: Asia Pacific Film Festival — Лучший актёр второго плана за фильм Friend 2000: Blue Dragon Film Awards — Popular Award
 1999: «Голубой дракон» — Лучший актёр второго плана за фильм Nowhere to Hide 1997: «Голубой дракон» — Лучший новый актёр за фильм The Repechage''
 1997: MBC — Best Actor за «Medical Brothers»
 1997: Baeksang Art Awards — Most popular performer
 1994: Baeksang Art Awards — Лучший актёр телевидения

Ссылки

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417520/

Гиперссылки
 Official Site of Korea Tourism Org.: Jang Dong Gun
 Adonis Official JDG story
 Adonis International Fan Club
 Just Jang Dong Gun
 Jang Dong Gun América Latina

Лауреаты премии «Голубой дракон» лучшему актёру
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St Hugh's Hospital in Grimsby has boosted its pain management team following the recruitment of Dr Swaroop Sampu as the Consultant in Pain Management and Anaesthesiology.
The newest member of the St Hugh's Hospital pain management team, Dr Sampu trained in medicine and completed a masters in anaesthesia in India. In 2002 he moved to England and completed a fellowship in Dublin to become a consultant in 2009.
Among his many accolades, he is an Associate Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine at the Royal College of Anaesthetists, a Fellow of the College of Anaesthetists at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and a member of the British Pain Society.
His particular areas of interest include pain relief and pain management, specifically for patients experiencing chronic back, neck and neuropathic pain, as well as those suffering from cancer pain and sports injuries.
As part of his clinic at St Hugh's, Dr Sampu will use state-of-the-art x-ray image intensifiers and ultrasound imaging to deliver precision-guided injections to achieve the best possible outcome for his patients.
Most of the pain procedures will be performed on a day-case basis, using sedation and local anaesthetics to ensure as much comfort as possible for patients. Treatments will include epidurals, blockers and joint injections.
Mr Sampu said: "I'm really pleased to be joining the St Hugh's team in Grimsby. I'm passionate about helping people overcome pain and return to their usual active lives.
"Pain usually falls under three main headings: acute, persistent and chronic. In the short term healthcare specialists will usually be able to work with a patient to overcome the source of pain. In the long term, however, pain can push patients to depression and even suicidal thoughts.
NHS patients can be referred to Dr Sampu and the pain management team via the national Choose and Book scheme, which allows patients to select the facility they receive their treatment at.
Private patients should contact the hospital direct to arrange an appointment with the team.
Ashley Brown, Hospital Director at St Hugh's, said: "I'm delighted that Dr Sampu has joined our dedicated pain management team. We want to offer the very best range of care to our patients, whether they are an NHS patient, have private medical insurance or want to pay for their treatment themselves.
"Our pain management service is made up of a multidisciplinary team that includes specialist pain consultants, nurses, psychologists and physiotherapists."


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Today is very cold day, so I decided to wear these hot dress by Alexander McQueen. They are from wool so perfect for winter. Today I have a lot things to do, I would like to chceck my clothes and some pieces I would like to take in a crisis center or orphanage. To help people is great. Someone you submit something, you smile to someone, you could write that you like someone and you are glad, that you know that person... You can always do someone happy. Not just with material things. Have a great Friday and weekend.
Dnes je veľká zima a tak som sa rozhodla obliecť si tieto teplé šaty od Alexandra McQueena. Sú z ovčej vlny a tak veľmi vhodné do chladného dňa. Dnes mám opäť naplánované stihnúť veľa vecí, jednou z nich je aj ďalšie pretriedenie môjho oblečenia. Pár kúskov chcem opäť darovať buď do krízového centra, alebo detského domova. Pomáhať treba. Nemusí ísť vôbec o materiálne veci. Niekomu pomožete niečo odniesť, inému poradíte, na ďalšieho sa usmejete, niekoho vypočujete, napíšete, že ste rád, že ho poznáte... Možností je veľa ako niekomu urobiť krajší deň. Želám vám pekný piatok a celý víkend.
I wore: dress by Alexander McQueen, turtleneck by Zara, boots by Colin Stuart (Victoria´s secret), handbag by Gucci.
Mám na sebe: šaty Alexander McQueen, rolák Zara, čižmy Colin Stuart (Victoria´s Secret), kabelka Gucci.
Veľmi sa mi páči táto kombinácia!
Great outfit, warm and cosy!
Beautiful outfit and beautiful thoughts on charity. We can never have too much love in this world.
nice bag , honey ! Have a wonderful weekend !
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The dress is absolutely stunning, beautifully styled as well!
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the dress is stunning and love your gucci bag too!
I love that bag, so pretty!
That looks like a very warm dress! I'm currently packing up my warm clothes as I'm going to the snow next week.
wow love your outfit!the skirt is stunning!
To je od tebe hezké, že daruješ oblečení. :) ty šaty jsou super!
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You managed to look fabulous on a cold winter day:-) love it!!!
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That's a really cute dress. It's a nice thing you're doing to give to people at their time of need.


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New MP Steinley will not receive MLA paycheque, Premier hopes to 'rectify' severance issue
Published Tuesday, October 22, 2019 1:16PM CST Last Updated Tuesday, October 22, 2019 6:54PM CST
REGINA -- Premier Scott Moe says new Conservative MP Warren Steinley will not continue to collect severance from the province.
It was previously stated by the premier that, despite resigning from his post as MLA for Regina Walsh Acres, newly-elected Regina-Lewvan MP Warren Steinley was entitled to $60,000 worth of severance from the province. The same was to apply to former Saskatoon Eastview MLA Corey Tochor, now MP for Saskatoon-University.
Steinley takes highly contested Regina-Lewvan riding for Conservatives
On Tuesday, Moe said discussions have taken place in Caucus and the issue will be "rectified soon."
"As we understand there is only one taxpayer," Moe said on Tuesday. "Going to elected office at the federal level, they have their own transition allowance that they would be able to avail themselves to at that point in time."
The premier said the intent is to move forward with this issue as soon as possible, because the allowance is in place for MLAs who have lost their elected seat and need assistance transitioning back into a career in the private sector.
"The pay structure for MLAs in this province has been put in place and supported by members on both sides of the house and we'll be adhering to that," Premier Scott Moe said to CTV News on Sept. 13.
With files from CTV News Regina's Wayne Mantyka and Taylor Rattray.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe attends a media event in Saskatoon, Thursday, October 4, 2018. .(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards)
Warren Steinley takes highly contested Regina-Lewvan riding for Conservatives


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Cate Blanchett "Losing It" On Reporter Has A Bigger Story
Published on March 26, 2015.
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Actress Cate Blanchett, 45, made headlines recently when she reportedly "lost it" on an interviewer who was asking her "silly" questions with many outlets reporting she shut down the interview after asking him, "That's your f–king question?"
The story instantly went viral as everyone loves to see a beloved actor or actress actually lose their cool with their media, but as it turns out, those stories were made only after seeing the end of the interview.
Blanchett was doing a routine sit-down interview for her new film, Disney's live-action Cinderella, when the interviewer, Jonathan Hyla, pressed her buttons by asking a silly question about how she kept the cat on a leash. "OK, serious question: How were you able to get that cat to do what you wanted to on a leash? I tried putting my girlfriend's cat on a leash and it just never works for me," Hyla asked the star.
That is when Blanchett shuts down the interview -but that isn't really what happened.
Hyla however took to his Twitter account to share the full uncut version of the interview, where it is very clear both Blanchett and Hyla are having fun poking fun at each other. "For those misrepresenting my #CateBlanchett interview, here it is uncut #IStillNeedKnowHowTheyGotThatCatOnALeash," he wrote along with the video.
He also reaffirmed that the interview was not in any way awkward, and Blanchett was not seriously angry with him on his Instagram account writing, "Thanks to my new favorite person Cate Blanchett for what might have been the best worst interview I've ever done. #WhyDoTheyLetMeInterviewOscarWinners #Vodka #Sex #Cinderella @TheProjectTV. Full interview link in my bio."
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Builder Levy grew up thinking the world could be — had to be — a better place. How he would do his part was almost predetermined. He grew up in a family of what would now be called progressives. He called them Mom, Dad and Aunt Dolly. One day, bored, he put on one of his father's records, "Which Side Are You On?" It entranced him.
"It was very emotional music," Mr. Levy, 71, recalled. "The melody was piercing. And the words! It was talking about how the world needed to be changed and there was a struggle going on. It was about the Harlan County coal miners strike in the 1930s."
That childhood epiphany would lead him to spend decades photographing coal country in Appalachia, where generations of men descended into mines, doing backbreaking, hazardous work. And the conditions they encountered above ground — trying to lift their families from poverty through union jobs that often drew the ire of their employers — proved to be just as daunting. But Mr. Levy felt called to do this documentary work in his free time and summers because he, too, believed in organized labor, being a member for the United Federation of Teachers who worked in New York City's public schools for 35 years.
During his photographic career, which began when he was an art student at Brooklyn College, he has shown himself to be squarely in the tradition of social documentary photographers whose pictures make you think, feel and maybe even take action. On Friday evening, he will sign copies of his latest book, "Appalachia USA," at the International Center of Photography. His book is still timely, coming at the 50th anniversary of the war on poverty, which tried to address the area's social and economic problems, as well as recent events in West Virginia in which coal-processing chemicals have polluted the water.
It has been his goal to humanize the people and places caught up in those events.
"I always wanted to show people's struggles," Mr. Levy said. "And I wanted to show people with humanity, dignity, culture and heritage that others might not know about. You want to go beyond the superficial and the stereotype."
Which means you have to go back. And back. In his case, since 1968.
Shelby Mari Hagan. Dixie, Nicholas County, W.Va. 2008.Credit Builder Levy
Mr. Levy grew up in Brooklyn in a family that believed in unions. His father, an architect, lost jobs when he tried organizing workers. His Aunt Dolly once quit a job when she learned her boss had been involved in a violent union-busting incident in Florida.
He was studying art and photography at Brooklyn College and, like his friends, had been supporting the civil rights movement, picketing and participating in sit-ins against establishments that discriminated against African-Americans. Mr. Levy took his camera with him, influenced by the work of Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange and the Farm Security Administration, among others.
He thought he would be an Abstract Expressionist, although his early efforts at painting and sculpture left him cold.
"I tried it, but the paintings I tried to do like de Kooning and the sculptures with welded metal didn't speak back to me," he said. "What I needed from my art was to be able to talk about what was going on in the world, out there in the streets. I could do that with photography."
After earning a master's degree in arts education from New York University, he became a public-school teacher in 1965. When not teaching, Mr. Levy was a street photographer, but he also wanted to do something more significant. He had already been supplying Freedomways magazine with images he had shot during civil rights demonstrations. But seeking a longer-term project, he turned to Appalachia.
"United We Stand." Fairview, Marion County, W.Va. 2008.Credit Builder Levy
"There were the struggles of the 1930s and the headlines of the 1960s, about starvation, unemployed miners and poverty," he said. "Appalachia has a tremendous significance to America that is unique. It was decades of struggle by miners and the union to make lives better for their families and working people as a whole. Here. The unions had brought American workers into the middle class."
His first trip — in his Volkswagen Beetle convertible — was during his the summer of 1968. He would return in subsequent trips — to North Carolina, Kentucky and West Virginia — mostly during summer recess. He used a medium-format camera, a process that takes more time, but also allows for more interaction with the subject, resulting in images suffused with a quiet understanding.
Although Mr. Levy published a previous volume of this work — with a foreword by Cornell Capa, no less — he is proud of what this latest book represents. Over the course of four decades he has seen changes big and small; big stores and highways now dot the landscape, while union membership has shrunk. He is also alarmed by how the industry has changed, as it resorted to blasting away mountaintops to get at the veins of coal underneath.
Over the years he returned to photograph people he had met decades earlier, like Charlie Blevins, whose father was a coal miner and union organizer in the early 1920s. Charlie once owned the Red Robin Inn, a road stop in Borderland, W.Va., that had a collection of artifacts related to the area's mining heritage (Slide 8). The inn had since closed, but he rebuilt part of it as an addition to his home and moved the memorabilia and artifacts there.
"Schoolkids would come to his house to learn," Mr. Levy recalled of the visit in 2004. "He was using an oxygen tank. He took off his mask to sing an old song. He died two months later."
The book conveys many anecdotes and observations with captions, giving it a deeply personal touch. It allowed Mr. Levy to finally present the work in a way that was true to his intent and his subjects.
"I feel like I've done something right," he said. "I tried to avoid being exploitative, condescending or patronizing, and I tried to avoid glamorizing or sentimentalizing. There are pitfalls if you don't make the effort and spend time or have an attitude. Some people need an attitude adjustment."
The feedback from some of his subjects has been good. He hopes to reconnect with more of them.
"You could explore these things forever," he said. "The more I got into these places, the more I learn there is more to learn."
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The army of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is currently fighting in Syria, but the country is ready to respond to the aggression, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an exclusive interview with Sputnik.
Turkey, as well as Saudi Arabia, have "crossed all possible red lines, possibly from the first weeks of the Syrian war," Assad said. "Today, the war against Erdogan and against Saudi Arabia is a war against terrorists. The Turkish army, which is not even Turkish, is Erdogan's army that is fighting today in Syria," he added.
Everything that Ankara and Riyadh "have done from the very beginning can be considered aggression. Aggression in a political sense or in a military sense – providing terrorists with arms – or direct aggression with the use of artillery, and other military violations," he stressed.
'Syrian Army's battlefield successes speed up political settlement' – Assad
Erdogan is directly supporting the terrorists as "he allows them to move into Turkish territory, to carry out maneuvers with tanks," the Syrian president said.
"This concerns not only individuals, he finances them [terrorists] through Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and through Turkey itself, of course,"he said.
According to Assad, his Turkish counterpart "trades oil that has been stolen by IS (Islamic State, Daesh), at the same time carrying out artillery attacks against the Syrian army – when it moves close – in order to help the terrorists."
According to the President, countermeasures to Turkey's aggressive actions must first of all take place within Syrian territory. Successful strikes against terrorists in the country will lead to the failure of policies pursued by Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, he added.
"They are terrorists and when we attack these terrorists in Syria, this leads to Erdogan's direct defeat," Assad said.
However, Assad stressed that there was no dispute between the peoples of Syria and Turkey.The relations between the two countries will be "good" if Erdogan stops interfering in Syrian affairs, he explained.
During the interview, Assad also expressed readiness to call an early presidential election in Syria if the people desire one.
"This depends on the Syrian people's stance, on whether there is a popular will to hold early presidential elections. If there is such a will, this is not a problem for me. It is natural to respond to the will of the people and not to that of certain opposition forces," he said. "The president cannot work without the people's support," the Syrian leader added.
If the election takes place, every Syrian citizen, including those who left because of war, should be able to take part in the voting, he said.
"This issue concerns every Syrian citizen because every citizen votes for the president," Assad stressed.
Assad also recalled his surprise visit to Moscow last autumn, which came less than two weeks after Russia began its bombing campaign against the terrorists in Syria on September 30, 2015.
"That visit was made under special circumstances," he said, adding that no documents were signed during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The talks in the Russian capital mainly revolved around two issues: "Firstly, the military operation, which had begun at the time, and as a consequence, the need to strike a blow at terrorism. Secondly, we focused on how we could use the military operation to support the political process," the Syrian president told Sputnik.
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import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import com.linecorp.armeria.common.annotation.Nullable;
import com.linecorp.armeria.common.grpc.protocol.Compressor;

import io.grpc.Codec.Identity;

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This is a great ride if you live anywhere along the route. I like to take it so that I end at the stockyards for a beer or two. It has a little of all kinds of riding, from small back roads to Interstates.
Watch for water trucks and other semis especially on FM 51 and FM 4. And as always watch for deer and people in cars neither see you.
7. Turn right onto FM 51 go around the square in Weatherford and stay on FM 51 to Granbury.
8. In Granbury turn left on to Pearl ST/Bus 377 at the town square.
15. Follow 1187 to IH-35 and go north.
16. Take IH-35 to Northside Dr and take it back to the stockyards.


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" I am Coming out of retirement, I miss Football" - Vincent Enyeama says as he Shares adorable video of himself and his Kids.
Former Captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Vincent Enyeama has taken to his Instagram handle to showcase a beautiful moment with his kids while Jokingly stating that he is coming out of Retirement.
Vincent Enyeama on Sunday, 27th of June 2021 posted a video of himself and his kids enjoying a good time together while playing a game of football in a 2 V 1 encounter.
The Well respected Goalkeeper took to his Instagram handle to state that:
"I am Coming out of retirement to be a striker. I miss Football. Sunday kick about with my kids"
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Read About the Intro to Quadrilaterals and their Attributes
WHAT IS THE INTRO TO QUADRILATERALS AND THEIR ATTRIBUTES?
Quadrilaterals are closed shapes with 4 straight sides. Quadrilaterals can be further sorted into more specific categories based on other attributes: side lengths, right angles, and pairs of parallel sides.
To better understand the Intro to Quadrilaterals and Their Attributes…
WHAT IS THE INTRO TO QUADRILATERALS AND THEIR ATTRIBUTES?. Quadrilaterals are closed shapes with 4 straight sides. Quadrilaterals can be further sorted into more specific categories based on other attributes: side lengths, right angles, and pairs of parallel sides. To better understand the Intro to Quadrilaterals and Their Attributes…
Building a Community Center
Let's say that the mayor of your town wants your help planning a community center. The mayor says that you can build a pool, a skate park, or a playground at the community center. The only rule is that whatever you build must be in the shape of a quadrilateral. A quadrilateral is a closed shape that has four straight sides. When you look at the drawing for the pool, you count eight sides. Is the pool a quadrilateral? No, it is not, because it does not have four sides. Next, you look at the drawing of the skate park and you see curvy sides. Is the skate park a quadrilateral? No, it is not because it does not have all straight sides. The playground is a closed shape with four straight sides, so it is a quadrilateral! The playground can go in the community center. It is important that when you group a shape into a category, the shape shares all of the attributes of the category. Try this one yourself: Will the mayor approve the community band's request to put a six-sided gazebo in the community center?
Building a Community Center Let's say that the mayor of your town wants your help planning a community center. The mayor says that you can build a pool, a skate park, or a playground at the community center. The only rule is that whatever you build must be in the shape of a quadrilateral. A quadrilateral is a closed shape that has four straight sides. When you look at the drawing for the pool, you count eight sides. Is the pool a quadrilateral? No, it is not, because it does not have four sides. Next, you look at the drawing of the skate park and you see curvy sides. Is the skate park a quadrilateral? No, it is not because it does not have all straight sides. The playground is a closed shape with four straight sides, so it is a quadrilateral! The playground can go in the community center. It is important that when you group a shape into a category, the shape shares all of the attributes of the category. Try this one yourself: Will the mayor approve the community band's request to put a six-sided gazebo in the community center?
Framing Your Best Picture
Let's say you have a bunch of oddly-shaped pictures that you would like to put into picture frames. You buy a package of frames that have all different shapes and every shape is a quadrilateral. The easiest way to frame your pictures is to match the attributes of the pictures to the attributes of the frames. The frame with four square corners is a rectangle. Your picture in the shape of a rectangle can go into this frame. Your picture that has four square corners and four equal sides is a square, and that picture can go in a square frame. The next picture you select looks like a square—because all of the sides are the same length—but it is tilted over. This picture is in the shape of a rhombus, a quadrilateral with four equal sides. You can put it in the rhombus-shaped frame. The next picture has opposite sides of equal length and these sides stay the same distance apart, which means they are parallel to each other. This picture is in the shape of a parallelogram, a shape with two sets of parallel sides. Try this one yourself: Why does a rectangle-shaped picture fit in a square frame?
Framing Your Best Picture Let's say you have a bunch of oddly-shaped pictures that you would like to put into picture frames. You buy a package of frames that have all different shapes and every shape is a quadrilateral. The easiest way to frame your pictures is to match the attributes of the pictures to the attributes of the frames. The frame with four square corners is a rectangle. Your picture in the shape of a rectangle can go into this frame. Your picture that has four square corners and four equal sides is a square, and that picture can go in a square frame. The next picture you select looks like a square—because all of the sides are the same length—but it is tilted over. This picture is in the shape of a rhombus, a quadrilateral with four equal sides. You can put it in the rhombus-shaped frame. The next picture has opposite sides of equal length and these sides stay the same distance apart, which means they are parallel to each other. This picture is in the shape of a parallelogram, a shape with two sets of parallel sides. Try this one yourself: Why does a rectangle-shaped picture fit in a square frame?
Airplane Wings
Now let's say you want to identify the name of the shape of an airplane wing. The wing's shape has four sides, so it is a quadrilateral. But, it is not a parallelogram since it has only one set of parallel sides. The airplane wing is in a shape called a trapezoid. Trapezoids are quadrilaterals that have exactly one pair of parallel sides. A trapezoid is different from a rectangle, square, rhombus, and parallelogram, because each of those shapes has two pairs of parallel sides. Did you know that the trapezoid shape of an airplane's wing is super important because it helps the plane soar through the air? Desks are also often trapezoids because many desks have exactly one pair of parallel sides. Try this one yourself: What is another attribute that rhombuses and squares share, in addition to having two pairs of parallel sides?
Airplane Wings Now let's say you want to identify the name of the shape of an airplane wing. The wing's shape has four sides, so it is a quadrilateral. But, it is not a parallelogram since it has only one set of parallel sides. The airplane wing is in a shape called a trapezoid. Trapezoids are quadrilaterals that have exactly one pair of parallel sides. A trapezoid is different from a rectangle, square, rhombus, and parallelogram, because each of those shapes has two pairs of parallel sides. Did you know that the trapezoid shape of an airplane's wing is super important because it helps the plane soar through the air? Desks are also often trapezoids because many desks have exactly one pair of parallel sides. Try this one yourself: What is another attribute that rhombuses and squares share, in addition to having two pairs of parallel sides?
Putting Shapes into Categories
Let's say we want to compare all the shapes we have learned about today. We would like to classify quadrilaterals according to which of the following attributes they share: one set of parallel sides, two sets of parallel sides, four right angles, all equal side lengths. Some quadrilaterals have just one set of parallel sides, and these are called trapezoids. Some quadrilaterals have two sets of parallel sides. These quadrilaterals are called parallelograms, and squares, rectangles, and rhombuses fit into this category. There is one other type of quadrilateral called a kite, which has no parallel sides and two pairs of sides next to each other with the same length. Kites go in a group all by themselves. Since all of these shapes we have looked at today are closed shapes with four straight sides, they are all quadrilaterals. Try this one yourself: What is the most specific category for a shape that has four right angles and two pairs of parallel sides?
Putting Shapes into Categories Let's say we want to compare all the shapes we have learned about today. We would like to classify quadrilaterals according to which of the following attributes they share: one set of parallel sides, two sets of parallel sides, four right angles, all equal side lengths. Some quadrilaterals have just one set of parallel sides, and these are called trapezoids. Some quadrilaterals have two sets of parallel sides. These quadrilaterals are called parallelograms, and squares, rectangles, and rhombuses fit into this category. There is one other type of quadrilateral called a kite, which has no parallel sides and two pairs of sides next to each other with the same length. Kites go in a group all by themselves. Since all of these shapes we have looked at today are closed shapes with four straight sides, they are all quadrilaterals. Try this one yourself: What is the most specific category for a shape that has four right angles and two pairs of parallel sides?
INTRO TO QUADRILATERALS AND THEIR ATTRIBUTES VOCABULARY
A closed shape that has straight sides.
A closed shape that has four straight sides.


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Abandoned Victorian doctor's surgery in Wales named as one of the most endangered buildings in the country
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A landmark building falling apart (Image: Michael Shaw)
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The Victorian Society's annual list of the most endangered buildings in the country includes a distinctive property in Wales drastically declining into dereliction.
The charity champions and fights to protect and preserve Victorian and Edwardian buildings and landscapes of significance in Wales and England for future generations.
Called Plas Alltran, the 'at risk' building on Anglesey was built in about 1890 in a picturesque style said to be modelled on Plas Mawr, a fine Elizabethan townhouse in Conwy, which survives to this day.
Tom Taylor, conservation advisor for the Victorian Society, says: "It was probably purpose built for Holyhead's first GP, Dr William Fox Russell.
"Its architectural qualities are excellent — the design makes great use of a prominent but awkward corner site and is executed with panache in a sort of Tudor style.
"It has historical importance and is a high-quality piece of architecture right next to the ferry terminal, in a highly visible location."
Called Plas Alltran it can be found on a corner plot near Holyhead Port (Image: Michael Shaw)
The grand entrance has been boarded up since the 1970s (Image: Michael Shaw)
The distinctive Grade II listed building has had a variety of uses since the doctor's surgery including being used as rented housing, classrooms for a girls' training institute, district nurse accommodation and a boarding house.
Situated next to Holyhead Port, the building is now empty and crumbling, not used since the early 1970s.
The charity says the owner, based in South Korea, has no known plans for the building.
Comedian Griff Rhys Jones is supporting the fight to save this Welsh building from dereliction in his role as president of the Victorian Society.
Originally from Cardiff, Griff became president of the charity in 2018 after many years of involvement within the sector as the presenter of three series of BBC2's programme 'Restoration' and as fundraising chairman for the restoration of London's Hackney Empire theatre.
Distinctive features include the stepped roofline (Image: Michael Shaw)
The large chimney stacks give the building extra character (Image: Michael Shaw)
Griff says: "The sad case of this building raises the question, why buy a building on the other side of the world and then not do anything with it?
"This building is of great historic importance to Holyhead, and now desperately needs its owner to do the right thing and put it on the market.
"Plas Alltran's rich history shows that it is a versatile building. We hope that inclusion on our list will help to secure the funding to save this fantastic building."
Conservation advisor Tom Taylor suggests a new lease of life for this local landmark building could range from a shop, offices, cafe or even residential.
He says: "The important thing with reusing historic buildings is to employ imagination to create a proposal which is viable but preserves what's really special about the building for future generations."
The owner has been traced to South Korea (Image: Michael Shaw)
Only pigeons making use of this once impressive local landmark building (Image: Michael Shaw)
The annual publication of the Victorian Society's 10 most endangered buildings in the country aims to highlight the problems and threats that many historic buildings in the country face, from demolition, neglect or insensitive development.
The charity states that raising national awareness of the plight of these properties often leads to new interest in the buildings on the list and can help save them, whether by capturing the interest of a possible developer or even just naming and shaming the current neglectful owners.
Commenting on the publication of the list Griff Rhys Jones says: "The list is both upsetting and enlightening. Look at these fascinating survivors of our history; when the Victorians built, they often created lasting adornments to their towns and cities.
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Griff continues: "But many of our Victorian gems have a depressing recent story. Often profit takes priority, and buildings are neglected until they have reached a complete state of dereliction.
"These buildings were built with great skill, and they brighten their urban environment. We know that restoring heritage of this kind adds value to an area.
"Never has there been a time, with the retail sector dealt another blow and the town centre fading as a business hub, for us to recognise that if we want our city and town centres to continue to be useful, visited and adored they had better look great.
"They must reflect their own past achievement and history, and be characterful and interesting.
"There are hundreds of examples of imaginative reuse to go to for inspiration. Let's get on to it, please – the reuse of historic buildings is the sustainable solution to the town and city centre crisis."
The other buildings on the endangered list
Darlington Street Methodist church in Wolverhampton (Image: Ian Tatlock)
Darlington Street methodist church can be found in Wolverhampton's city centre conservation area.
The Grade II* listed local landmark closed in 2019 and has deteriorated in condition since, endangering its richly ornamented plasterwork and vaulted ceilings.
Former Bavaria Place Police Station in Bradford (Image: Ian Tatlock)
The former Bavaria Place police station is a dramatic Grade II listed gothic-style towered former building on a corner plot in Bradford.
Built in 1877 the property is surprisingly ornate for a relatively small building but is now in dire need of saving.
In 2003 the council served an Urgent Works Notice and the building was made secure and weathertight but the charity says further repairs are now required.
Oldham, Greater Manchester
Ex-Prudential Assurance company offices in Oldham, Greater Manchester (Image: Rob Hannah)
The ex-Prudential Assurance company office is a fine Grade II listed building and one of a series of offices designed by one of the Victorian period's greatest architects Alfred Waterhouse. Waterhouse's other buildings include the Natural History Museum and Manchester Town Hall.
The charity states that the exterior hides a stunning lavishly tiled interior designed to impress past potential customers, yet the deplorable state of this landmark building is extremely uninviting. A sensitive conservation-led regeneration scheme is long overdue.
Bracebridge pumping station in Worksop, Nottinghamshire (Image: Ian Tatlock)
A Worksop landmark, the former Grade II listed pumping station has been abandoned for decades.
The charity says that in a 2018 auction catalogue it was noted that the building had a new roof and planning permission for 23 two-bed apartments and one attached house.
The condition of the Italian Romanesque style building is rapidly deteriorating and the striking, slender chimney is steadily eroding.
Newark-on-Trent
Northgate Malt House building in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire (Image: Rob Morton)
The former Warwick's & Richardson's Brewery malt house was constructed in 1864 but has been empty and derelict since its closure in 1964.
According to the charity this unique Grade II listed building stands with a forlorn 'To Let' sign at the site but with such strong links to the local history of the area, deserves restoration.
Teeside
The former Captain Cook pub in Teesside, Middlesbrough (Image: Mark Watson)
The former Captain Cook pub has stood boarded up and empty for ten years.
A plaque on the Grade II listed pub explains that it is named after the famous explorer Captain Cook, who was allegedly born in Marton on the outskirts of Middlesbrough.
The charity remarks that the pub is in a sorry state and a far cry from when it featured in the TV comedy-drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
Former Anglo-Bavarian Brewery in Shepton Mallet, Somerset (Image: Victorian Society)
The imposing Grade II* former Anglo-Bavarian Brewery claims to be the country's first lager brewery.
The building was converted into a trading estate but only a small portion of the ground floor is currently used. The rest of the building has been vacant for many years.
The charity says this grand brewery is in a very poor condition and can also be found listed on Historic England's 'Heritage at Risk' register.
Brighton Hippodrome (Image: Theatres Trust)
Grade II* listed Brighton Hippodrome, designed by renowned theatre architect Frank Matcham, is the country's finest surviving example of a circus theatre.
The building, originally built by Lewis Karslake in 1897 as an ice rink, was converted into a circus in 1901.
After a number of failed plans to revive the building, the charity states it was bought in September 2020 by Brighton-based Matsim Properties.
Samaritan Hospital for Women in London (Image: Victorian Society)
This Grade II listed property was built in 1889 as a purpose built hospital before becoming the Samaritan Hospital for Women in 1904.
It closed in 1997 and has since been left empty and slowly deteriorating, a rare sight of dereliction on the Marylebone Road within the City of Westminster district.
Griff Rhys Jones comments: "Why have the owners of this large handsome property in prime central London let it sit empty and deteriorating for 23 years - through some of London's biggest property booms?
"This valuable building could lend itself to office, hotel or residential use. Westminster Council must put pressure on the owner to carry out emergency repairs to prevent further harm. Surely someone will want to bring this prime central London listed building back to life."
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