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Asia Society: Walking on the Wild Side
Yes, there are Chinese indie road movies, but those cinematic byways tend to make for difficult traveling. Of course, being on the run from the law does not help. Three fugitive juvenile delinquents give idleness an especially bad name in writer-director Han Jie's Walking on the Wild Side, one two films produced by Jia Zhangke that screens during the Asia Society's current series of independent Chinese films.
In the morally ambiguous climate of Walking, boredom leads directly to tragedy. Three thuggish young men lay about their small mining town in China's northern Shanxi province, enjoying aimless hedonism. Unfortunately, when Liu Liu, their ostensive leader, impulsively rapes a local girl it sets off a tragic cycle of vengeance. Suddenly facing the threat of prosecution, Liu Liu and his gang head north towards Mongolia, sinning and carousing as best they can along the way.
Of course, such reckless behavior is not sustainable. Like the self-destructive protagonist of Godard's Breathless, it is clear they are rushing towards a bad end. The only question is whether they will all go down together or if either of Liu Liu's running mates will bail out before it is too late.
Society, as reflected in Walking, is thoroughly lawless at all levels, from the causeless rebels on the lam to the mining company whose negligence cost the lives of many employees. Tradition and family structures seem to have largely lost their power of social control, leaving nothing in their place to hold people together. Han holds a mirror up to nature and finds it decidedly brutish and nihilistic. Indeed, there is a violent episode (in a school no less) that is really quite disturbing. Yet, it does not faze the loutish trio at all, which is the whole point of the film.
Walking is an excellent picture, but it makes few concessions to popular audiences. Drearily naturalistic, cinematographer presents a grim, washed out vision of contemporary Shanxi. Still, unlike many recent Chinese films marked by a languid impressionism, it has a strong narrative drive, with a d ramatic story arc and clearly delineated plot points. Walking might be art cinema, but it is easy to follow.
Like Jia's films as a director, Walking has a Cinema Vérité-like realism, with its convincing cast submerging themselves into the picture. Nobody really stands out because everyone seems so realistic. Dark and uncompromising, it is definitely a compelling critique of contemporary Chinese society. It screens at the Asia Society this coming Thursday (3/11) as part of the two month China's Past, Present, Future on Film series.
Labels: Asia Society, Chinese Cinema, Han Jie, Jia Zhangke at Asia Society
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So, I was trying to think of a topic I could post on. Now, it may not be the most exciting thing but I thought - bow control.
while doing this you can also listen for good tone and work on that area too. And work on smooth transitions for up bow to down, and down to up.
Looking forward to hearing people's thoughts!
Hi @Kiara. I agree with using a mirror - I have a big one hanging on the wall in the kitchen (which is where I practice) and it's invaluable (not just for bowing, but for posture, watching my vibrato motion etc etc).
I set a metronome away at 60 or 72 and do whole bows, 'half' bows at different points (tip, middle, frog) starting with one bow per tick and doubling up until I can't go any faster, all the time watching to make sure I stay straight and at the same sounding point.
Here's what helped me with keeping a straight bow the best I could.
(1) If the bow is straight, it will appear to only move up and down, if you draw a crooked bow, then the bow will also move, left, right and all over the place. If you use a mirror, do remember the angle the bow appears on the bridge if you were to look at it while holding it, BTW, since the bow angle might appear "deceiving" from where you're holding it.
(2) If you are not playing the violin, then hold a pencil like you would a violin bow. Find a straight edge, and then start moving your hand in a "bowing" motion, parallel to the straight edge. Try not to make the "logo" of the pencil rotate as you move your hand along the straight edge in a bowing motion.
(3) One thing I learned from one guy who apparently claimed to know "Paganini's secret", is that the middle finger does help with drawing a straight bow. If you were to hold the bow with just the middle finger and thumb, it is really hard to draw a crooked bow (if you try it, keep it in mind that it might sound horrible, or weak because your other fingers are not helping to hold the bow). Then, when you add the other fingers, sort of picture, that it's your middle finger and thumb that's really holding and controlling the bow's movement, and that the bow moves with the middle finger and thumb.
As for other bow control tips, here's what's helped me.
The first finger and pinky and the ring finger do have their own functions as well (I also learned this from the guy who claimed to know Paganini's secret).
(1) The first finger is meant to add "weight" or pressure to the bow. It should feel like your hand is sort of hanging off the bow on your first finger. Releasing and adding pressure can help with bow control, not to mention dynamics, especially if used with the pinky.
(2) The pinky is meant to "subtract" weight even while the first finger remains "heavy". When you sort of add more weight to the pinky (or press down with it), the weight on the bow changes making it a little "lighter". This is especially helpful when playing with a soft dynamic, such as pianissimo, as if you subtract too much weight without using the pinky, a horrid sound could be produced.
-Side note based on adding "weight" or subtracting "weight" from the bow. In contrasting with dynamics, I've found that sometimes, it is not exactly pressing down with the bow harder, that determines dynamics, but more or less how much "weight" is on the first finger.
(3) The ring finger does help with stabilizing the bow.
As for "bow bounce" which can be annoying, all I'll have to say is: don't place the bow on the strings as if you're "dropping" or "banging" place the bow more careful.
So, yeah, I know this post is long, but this is pretty much everything I've learned that helped me with bow control.
Thanks too @Elwin some awesome ideas that I'll for sure be trying.
The bow crossing from left to right is a good tip. As looking into a mirror when practicing can be difficult as well.
The truth is that when you get better you can use the angles to bring the bow closer to the bridge or further from the bridge depending on what you want to achieve.
I've never used a mirror, but have used making videos of myself practicing to see what my bowing was looking like. If I feel I need to correct how straight I'm *not* bowing, lol, I do long slow bows either on open strings or while doing basic scales. Sometimes when I play on StreetJelly I'll glance at the computer to get a quick look at what my bowing arm is looking like, wrist, etc, lol.
For where I'm bowing between the fingerboard and bridge, I will watch that spot when I bow, or wipe off my strings and then check after I play where my rosin has ended up, lol.
Hello there. Long time no talk. I remember you fondly. And you and your sister had some videos back in the day? I also remember there was a Ukelele in your life.
How awesome to see you back.
Bowing straight is an issue I have. My teacher asked me to play in front of the mirror. I never did and I never have. I need to do this. By not doing it... well five years later..bow is not straight as I'd like.
Nice to see you and hear your tips and suggestions.
Hi Toni! @coolpinkone Yes it has been a long time. Aw thanks. 🙂 Yes, videos and ukelele. I haven't played the uke much though, just violin mostly.
How is the violin treating you lately?
Hmm, I know what you mean. my bow certainly isn't as straight as I'd like either.
Nice to see you. Violin is treating me well. I had a very hard year beginning. But I always play. I just was in a big transition with violin progress that I thought would happen sooner...but now it will happen now, so that is good too.
I agree that a good attitude helps. The ups and downs of learning. Those that are learning all experience the energy it takes to get over humps and bumps.
Solo-learning is hard ... self motivation is hard.
I know I need some guidance and help to progress to some of the more sophisticated pieces. Something about centuries old music makes me drawn to it. Thats why I wanted a wood bow. Somehow connecting to classical violin roots.???
I rewarded myself with a new bow. I get attached to things. Especially wood. I am happy that my bow is my own and my first wooden bow. I had a hard time selecting.
I can hang out here on the forum and get more tips... and get everything ready to be the best I can be.
Great topic @Kiara I never had much trouble bowing straight or being able to choose with lane to bow. I have in the past had a bit of trouble with bow bounce - seem to be over that.
At present I am working on the different bowing patterns. Each new song is real mental workout for me!!!!!!


Season 3 of The Librarians ended its run a couple of days ago, so the renewal should come as a relief for viewers wondering if they could count on a Season 4 at some point. There are no details yet available about when the next batch of episodes will hit the airwaves, but if Season 4 follows the pattern set by Seasons 1 - 3, the odds are that it will premiere in November or December and come to an end in late December/ early January. The first three seasons all got ten episodes, so it's a pretty safe bet that Season 4 will also score ten as well.
The Librarians had a rough time in the Live+same day numbers throughout Season 3, with an average rating of .47 and 1.8 million viewers in the 18 - 49 demographic. The Live+same day numbers for Season 2 were more impressive, with a .53 rating and 2.08 million in the key demo. A .47 rating and 1.8 million viewers aren't terrible for a cable series, but they're still not great.
The numbers that are great for The Librarians are the Live+7 day ratings that take multi-platform viewership into account. On average, the .47 rating and 1.8 million viewers rose to a .9 rating and a little more than 3 million viewers once DVR and on-demand viewership could be calculated. The bump is impressive for any show, and could certainly give TNT faith that plenty of people are tuning in- even if not necessarily live.
Besides, TNT has been mixing things up with its originals over the past couple of years. TNT and TBS Chief Creative Office Kevin Reilly instituted a policy in early 2016 to cut advertising times by half for some of its primetime dramas, and he announced the extension of the policy into at least 2017 at the summer 2016 TCA press tour. While The Librarians wasn't actually affected by the change, it was a sign that TNT is willing to take chances and try new things for the future of its lineup. Given that The Librarians is one of the most unique shows on television and constantly tries new things, it could have a home on TNT for a long time.
We undoubtedly still have a while to wait before The Librarians Season 4 premieres, so check out our midseason TV premiere schedule and our 2017 Netflix premiere schedule to see what you can watch in the meantime.


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As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants (10 minute read)
The New York Times has released another Facebook privacy scandal. They've been sharing tons of data with other tech giants. They allowed Spotify, Netflix and the Royal Bank of Canada to read, write and delete users' private messages. They let Apple hide all indicators that its devices were asking for data. Even Russian search engine Yandex had special access to Facebook's unique user IDs after Facebook stopped sharing them publicly, citing privacy risks. All of these special partnerships were in effect as of 2017 according to documents the NYT got. Facebook claims that it did not violate the FTC rules requiring them to secure users' consent before sharing data because Facebook considered the partners to be extensions of itself.
AT&T's 5G network goes live in 12 cities (1 minute read)
AT&T launched its 5G network in 12 cities yesterday morning, making it the first wireless carrier to do so. It's not currently ready for consumer use, it's being tested by businesses right now to work out the kinks. When they demoed it at a conference earlier this month, it reached speeds of about 140Mbps. Theoretically they should eventually be able to get up to 1.2 Gbps. 5G will require a "5G compatible" data plan.
Elon Musk Unveils Loop, The Boring Company's First Rideable Prototype (3 minute read)
Elon Musk unveiled the Boring Company's first tunnel last night in Los Angeles. It's 1.14-miles long and took 18 months and $10 million to build. It's 20 to 40 feet underground, and doesn't come with fully autonomous cars yet like Musk had promised. Elon said "We kind of ran out of time...That's why it's just a little rough around the edges." He says that they have abandoned the original idea to have a sort of autonomous platform on skates, and are now working on guide wheels that attach to the front tires of cars that come into the tunnel. Musk says that his first ride in the tunnel was bumpy but "epic."
Conservationists plant a 'super grove' of redwood trees cloned from ancient stumps (2 minute read)
A group of conservationists have planted a new "super grove" of redwood trees cloned with DNA extracted from ancient redwood stumps that are larger than any trees currently in existence. One was 400 feet tall and over 3,000 years old when it was cut down in 1890. They also help filter water and soil and are resistant to wildfires, droughts, and pests. Group leader David Milarch says "These saplings have extraordinary potential to purify our air, water and soil for generations to come. We hope this 'super grove,' which has the capability to become an eternal forest, is allowed to grow unmolested by manmade or natural disasters and thus propagate forever."
FAQGURU (GitHub Repo)
This is a huge list of common interview questions for basically every programming language (with additional sections for AWS, data structures, and stuff like that). If you're ever planning on interviewing for a new job, you should probably bookmark this.
WebOps Weekly (Newsletter)
This is an awesome resource for anyone interested in devops, it's full of news, tutorials, tools, and podcast recommendations. A lot of really practical stuff in here, like how to manage APIs, when to use GraphQL, and speeding up requests with HPACK headers.
8 Reasons Python Sucks (2 minute read)
I enjoy Python, but I have to admit, I have experienced most of the suckage this guy describes. He complains about versioning (the transition from Python 2 to Python 3 was a disaster), installation (pip is alright, I don't know that npm is better, are there any languages that get this really right?), syntax (I disagree on this one, I find Python super readable), quirks (Python strings are pretty confusing, I've wasted so much time on string encoding funkiness), and more. Surprisingly interesting article given the clickbait title, generally people really like Python so it's interesting to see the opposing point of view.

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What is the minimum population required to keep humanity alive in a Post-apocalyptic world?
The minimum number for our species to survive is very small, compared to about 7.8 billion people living on Earth today.
Nuclear war, the attack of a giant asteroid… it is not difficult to imagine a scenario in which human life on Earth could suddenly end. But assuming there are some survivors, how many will it take to keep our species going?
The short answer is that it depends on many factors. Different disasters will create different apocalyptic conditions for surviving human populations to endure. For example, a nuclear war could trigger a nuclear winter, exposing survivors to freezing summer temperatures and global famine, not to mention exposure to with radiation. However, putting some of these conditions aside and focusing on population size, the minimum number for our species to survive is very small compared to the approximately 7.8 billion people living on Earth. Earth today.
Research on this issue was conducted by Cameron Smith, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Portland State University in Oregon, USA.
He found the answer through the study of the first human civilizations and the colonization of space over time, thereby providing an insight into the hope of mankind's survival. after the apocalypse. In Smith's view, the big cities would be most vulnerable if global civilization collapsed, since that's where most of the food is imported and is heavily reliant on electricity. As a result, surviving populations will likely scatter out of cities in search of resources.
During the early Neolithic period (which started when the last ice age ended, about 12,000 years ago) when humans started farming, there were many small villages around the world with populations ranging from hundreds to about 1,000 individuals.
"Those are fairly independent populations, but I suspect they also have livestock links and marriage connections to other villages. And in an apocalyptic scenario, I imagine the same thing would happen. ", Smith shared.
And a population of just a few hundred survivors is enough to sustain a livestock system. But inbreeding or crossbreeding between closely related individuals is a major challenge faced by small populations.
The consequences of inbreeding can be demonstrated by the fall of the Habsburg dynasty, which ruled Spain during the 16th and 17th centuries. This dynasty regularly maintained inbreeding until 1700. , when the bloodline ended with King Charles II suffering from infertility and facial disfigurement.
A similar scenario could play out with a dwindling human population with limited breeding options after the apocalypse, unless they have enough genetic diversity to avoid close associations. There should be a sufficient number of individuals of the opposite sex of reproductive age, known as the effective population size, for successful mating to take place.
"Humans have the ability to prepare populations to survive the apocalypse if they perceive it to be coming," said Seth Baum, co-founder and chief executive officer of the Global Disaster Risk Institute, a private organization. nonpartisan consultation, recognizing the risk of global catastrophe.
He advocates that averting potential disasters, for example in the case of nuclear war, means ensuring good relations between countries with nuclear weapons. However, Baum's research also includes the prospect of building shelters to protect people in the event of a global disaster.
"If a disaster was imminent, we would want some kind of protection like this, so that at least part of the population could continue, and human civilization could continue," Baum said.
According to Baum, a key element in any form of refuge is the ability to insulate a group from whatever it is doing. For example, certain island nations, such as New Zealand and Australia, have effectively turned themselves into large-scale shelters during the COVID-19 pandemic.
One more step, Baum says, is to have a disaster shelter somewhere on Earth. He compared this hypothetical refuge to the global seed vault, located in Svalbard, Norway, which keeps backup copies of the world's seeds safe inside a mountain.
"And then, more ambitiously than that, would be to have something for the case that humans are no longer on this planet," Baum said.
And in another hypothetical situation, when humans were trying to escape to another celestial body or planet to avoid the apocalypse, what would be the minimum number of people needed to survive in space?
According to a 2018 study published in the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, led by Frédéric Marin, an astrophysicist at the University of Strasbourg in France who studies cosmic anthropology. This number is not large.
Specifically, a starting crew of just 98 people would be enough for a 6,300-year journey (traveling in a hypothetical spacecraft at the speed of current technology) to Proxima Centauri b, a planet. Earth-like habitable planet, orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun.
And the Proxima Centauri b crew will include not a random sample of 98 people, but 49 unrelated crossbreeding pairs, ready to pass on their genes. Populations will only be genetically diverse and healthy over time under certain conditions. So, the crossbreeding of the crew will have to be monitored and limited.
Also, if conditions are better, a starting group larger than 500 people may be a safer choice, as they will be more likely to keep their genetic diversity with more crossbreeding pairs. , according to a follow-up study by Marin and colleagues.
However, Smith's view recommends against using absolute minimums in spatial endeavors.
"The analogy is like you get on a plane and they take you to New York. You wouldn't want the pilot to have just enough precision fuel to get to the runway in New York. Always have a reserve in case of disaster." , he said.
Apocalypse, human, post apocalypse, survival


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He was living in the household of his father-in-law, along with his wife Cora.
In his household were his wife Cora, step son Harry, and daughter Velzora. He was a fisherman on the Great South Bay.
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.. "Captain" was an honorific title applied by common consent in the community to especially accomplished boatmen.
One of the cars in the backround has been identified as a 1939 Buick. Capt. Murdock died in 1940.
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[S42] 1880 Census, Census Place: Moriches, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 934; Family History Film: 1254934; Page: 97D; Enumeration District: 314; Image: 0750..


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����"It's a thing from the Jardin des Plantes.;����"Do you want to be doing the same?" said an old soldier, turning reproachfully to the man who had spoken of frozen feet.,����Rostov, knitting his brows, left the room with another low bow. ,By "Eshu Space".....when a man placeth his thoughts without himself, he goeth not his own way. An hasty fortune maketh an enterpriser, and remover (the French hath it better, entrepreneur, or remuamt), but the exercised fortune maketh the able man. Fortune is to be honoured, and respected, and it be but for her daughters, Confidence, and Reputation. For those two felicity hreedeth: the first within a man\'s self; the latter, in others towards him. ....����It was time that Bulow should arrive, as will be seen.,����If the purpose of history be to give a description of the movement of humanity and of the peoples, the first question- in the absence of a reply to which all the rest will be incomprehensible- is: what is the power that moves peoples? To this, modern history laboriously replies either that Napoleon was a great genius, or that Louis XIV was very proud, or that certain writers wrote certain books....
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Secondly, how the particular motions of anger may be repressed, or at least refrained from doing mischief. ,����Before the battle of Borodino our strength in proportion to the French was about as five to six, but after that battle it was little more than one to two: previously we had a hundred thousand against a hundred and twenty thousand; afterwards little more than fifty thousand against a hundred thousand. Yet the shrewd and experienced Kutuzov accepted the battle, while Napoleon, who was said to be a commander of genius, gave it, losing a quarter of his army and lengthening his lines of communication still more. If it is said that he expected to end the campaign by occupying Moscow as he had ended a previous campaign by occupying Vienna, there is much evidence to the contrary. Napoleon's historians themselves tell us that from Smolensk onwards he wished to stop, knew the danger of his extended position, and knew that the occupation of Moscow would not be the end of the campaign, for he had seen at Smolensk the state in which Russian towns were left to him, and had not received a single reply to his repeated announcements of his wish to negotiate.!,����"Yes.",����"My dearest, alas! my father insists on our setting out immediately. We shall be this evening in the Rue de l'Homme Arme, No. 7. In a week we shall be in England..����The predestined family, which returned to France when Napoleon fell, had the fatal simplicity to believe that it was itself which bestowed, and that what it had bestowed it could take back again; that the House of Bourbon possessed the right divine, that France possessed nothing, and that the political right conceded in the charter of Louis XVIII. was merely a branch of the right divine, was detached by the House of Bourbon and graciously given to the people until such day as it should please the King to reassume it.,����The Thenardier had cast a glance into the street, and had caught sight of Cosette in her ecstasy.;
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����The flood of nations begins to subside into its normal channels. The waves of the great movement abate, and on the calm surface eddies are formed in which float the diplomatists, who imagine that they have caused the floods to abate.!LastIndexNext,BOOK FOURTEEN: 1812,����"But, Madame," said Cosette, feebly, "there is no water.",,Need More Free Ebooks, Pls Go To;����"I did not come here at all to quarrel with you. On the contrary..."; ...
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FIRST EPILOGUE: 1813 - 20,����"If he fell into my hands, when I'd caught him I'd bury him in the ground with an aspen stake to fix him down. What a lot of men he's ruined!",����Petya was standing at the door when Denisov said this. He slipped in between the officers, came close to Denisov, and said:!��I am!�� shouted Harry, and a score of ghostly Harry's seemed to chorus I am! I am! I am! all around the room.!, ,����He spoke in a voice that was grave and almost bass..
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CHAPTER II .����"What a delicious garden that Luxembourg is!",BOOK NINE: 1812,����It was only gradually during his convalescence that Pierre lost the impressions he had become accustomed to during the last few months and got used to the idea that no one would oblige him to go anywhere tomorrow, that no one would deprive him of his warm bed, and that he would be sure to get his dinner, tea, and supper. But for a long time in his dreams he still saw himself in the conditions of captivity. In the same way little by little he came to understand the news he had been told after his rescue, about the death of Prince Andrew, the death of his wife, and the destruction of the French.,����When the second act was over Countess Bezukhova rose, turned to the Rostovs' box- her whole bosom completely exposed- beckoned the old count with a gloved finger, and paying no attention to those who had entered her box began talking to him with an amiable smile.,RED (V.O.),four to either side; and twelve to the main garden. The green hath two pleasures, ;
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J'errais avec toi, pressant ton bras souple....����Will you hold your tongue, you hussy? It's a pretty sort of a place where convicts are magistrates, and where women of the town are cared for like countesses!,����That evening, between issuing one order that the forged Russian paper money prepared for use in Russia should be delivered as quickly as possible and another that a Saxon should be shot, on whom a letter containing information about the orders to the French army had been found, Napoleon also gave instructions that the Polish colonel who had needlessly plunged into the river should be enrolled in the Legion d'honneur of which Napoleon was himself the head.,����We have happiness, we desire paradise; we possess paradise, we desire heaven....����Toll wrote a disposition: "The first column will march to so and so," etc. And as usual nothing happened in accord with the disposition. Prince Eugene of Wurttemberg fired from a hill over the French crowds that were running past, and demanded reinforcements which did not arrive. The French, avoiding the Russians, dispersed and hid themselves in the forest by night, making their way round as best they could, and continued their flight..����"Home!" said Pierre, and despite twenty-two degrees of frost Fahrenheit he threw open the bearskin cloak from his broad chest and inhaled the air with joy.,����"No. I'm quite, quite all right. I feel so comfortable!" answered Natasha, almost perplexed by her feelings. They remained silent a long while. The night was dark and damp. They could not see the horses, but only heard them splashing through the unseen mud....,Perhaps we can find something more befitting a man of your education.!
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����"You see, brothers, I know it's hard for you, but it can't be helped! Bear up; it won't be for long now! We'll see our visitors off and then we'll rest. The Tsar won't forget your service. It is hard for you, but still you are at home while they- you see what they have come to," said he, pointing to the prisoners. "Worse off than our poorest beggars. While they were strong we didn't spare ourselves, but now we may even pity them. They are human beings too. Isn't it so, lads?"!����So the child, who was greatly terrified at the idea of going to the spring at night, took great care that water should never be lacking in the house.,����"Hush! hush!" said Jean Valjean in a low voice.;����Anna Pavlovna remarked with a melancholy smile that Kutuzov had done nothing but cause the Emperor annoyance.,����Now, to our mind, in history, where kindness is the rarest of pearls, the man who is kindly almost takes precedence of the man who is great.......
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Teaneck resident Jaclyn Leifert and her children appear in a new five-minute film on organ donation by Orthodox Jews. Produced by the Halachic Organ Donor Society, the film can be viewed at hods.org or at youtube.com.
Leifert's late husband, Robert, was one of the few Orthodox Jews who was both an organ recipient and an organ donor. Nineteen years before he died at age 60 in April 2006, his brother had donated a kidney to him. After his death, in accordance with his wishes, his liver was transplanted at Hackensack University Medical Center into a father of three in his mid-50s.
At the Salute to Israel Parade the year before his death, Leifert joined the line of march with HODS, pushed in a wheelchair by his son, Aryeh. Aryeh, his sister Dina, and their mother marched the following year with a poster of Leifert. "It was very hard to do that, just two months after he died," said his widow, who also spoke before a HODS conference a few months after the parade.
In early 2010, HODS Director Robby Berman approached the family about appearing in the promotional video. Aryeh Leifert and his wife, Michal, had moved to Israel, so they waited to film the segment until the Leiferts were all together in June.
The film's release coincides with Donor Shabbat, a November program endorsed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to raise public awareness about transplantation and the critical need for donated organs.
According to HODS, more than 110,000 Americans are waiting for transplants, and about 18 Americans die every day waiting for an organ. Rabbis are being requested to dedicate one Shabbat sermon in the month of November to speak about Jewish law and organ donation.


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Singapore Fintech Festival 2021
MAS, Singapore Fintech Association Announces the Winners of SFF Global Fintech Awards
The SFF Global FinTech Awards brings together the Fintech Awards previously presented separately by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) at the Singapore Fintech Festival. The theme for this year's Awards is "Emerging from
Check Out the Winners of the Green Finance Themed Global Fintech Hackcelerator
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) announced the award winners of the Global Fintech Hackcelerator at the Singapore Fintech Festival. The theme for this year's Global Fintech Hackcelerator is "Harnessing Technology to Power Green
Top 10 Stories from Singapore Fintech Festival 2021
The 6th edition of the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) took place this week as a hybrid event combining both digital and physical elements aimed at bringing together the largest crowd of fintech experts, policymakers and key stakeholders. The week-long SFF
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Meet the Winners of MAS' Global CBDC Challenge
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced the winners of the Global Central Bank Digital Currency Challenge (Global CBDC Challenge) at the Fintech Awards Ceremony of the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF). Selected from 15 finalists, the three top winners each
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Check Out the 3 Winners of MAS' Global Veritas Challenge 2021
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced the three winners of the inaugural Global Veritas Challenge 2021 where each of them received a cash prize of S$50,000. The winners, selected from a pool of ten finalists, successfully addressed key
MAS Says Crypto Unsuitable as Money, Lays Groundwork for Digital Singapore Dollar
Cryptocurrencies have performed poorly as a medium of exchange, a store of value, or a unit of account said Ravi Menon, the Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) during a speech at the Singapore Fintech Festival today.
Here's an Overview of MAS' Four Pilot Programmes under Project Greenprint
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that it will form partnerships to pilot four digital platforms under Project Greenprint, to address the financial sector's needs for quality data on sustainability. Project Greenprint was launched in December 2020 and one
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Prudential Partners Privé to Roll Out PFM Offering on Pulse App
Prudential announced partnerships with online healthcare platform Smarter Health and Software-as-a-Service provider Privé Technologies to expand its health and wealth offerings on its Pulse app at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2021. Users will be able to use Privé's digital tools
MAS' Elevandi Sets up Center's Operations at Fintech Co-working Space Bridge+
Elevandi, a new Company Limited by Guarantee (GLC) created by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to manage the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF), announced that it has partnered with Bridge+, a flexible workspace and community platform. Located at the Central
MAS and STACS Join Forces to Build Blockchain-Based ESG Registry
Hashstacs (STACS) will be developing an industry-wide blockchain-based Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) data and certification registry in partnership with the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) Project Greenprint. MAS had announced the launch of Project Greenprint, a technology platform aimed


Sellier and Bellot was founded in 1825 by Louis Sellier, a German businessman whose family had been forced to flee France during the revolution. The company's first venture was making ammunition for infantry firearms by specific request of Francis I, the Emperor or Austria. Not much time passed before Sellier was joined by his fellow countryman Jean Maria Nicolaus Bellot, and it was Bellot who helped the company truly flourish. They established a plant in Vlasim, Czech Republic, and for more almost two hundred years, Sellier and Bellot has been manufacturing quality ammunition for firearms enthusiasts all around the world.
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You get 1000 target rounds in this case of ammunition. If you're a high-volume shooter, or just want to be, this is the perfect box for you; if you're looking to build your stockpile, well, get to it. The last thing you want to have happen is to run out of ammunition and not have any on hand when you need it most, that's why it's wise to make sure you have a case like this around. Experienced shooters praise Sellier and Bellot's ammunition for its dependable feeding and ejecting and also enjoy the fact that it doesn't overly dirty their guns. Buying this case of ammunition is more than just a good idea, it's pretty much a must, so hurry up and place your order.


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Nel 1881, in Algeria. L'americano Michael Denning e il francese Hector Servadac, si stanno preparando per combattere un duello. Nello stesso momento, vengono spazzati via dalla faccia della Terra, sfiorati da una cometa. I due uomini, si ritrovano sulla Luna, un altro mondo dove scoprono una civiltà preistorica, abitata da rettili e esseri umani delle caverne.

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Social crisis could be corruption, ethno-religious, war, genocide, or political, which effects are destruction of properties, waste of resources, and hence inefficient utilization of resources. Though Nigeria is blessed with abundant natural and human resources, however, the country has always been in one crisis or the other ranging from corruption, ethnic, and religious to political crises. This paper, therefore, examines the impact of these social crises on effective and efficient utilization of both its natural and human resources towards the development of its economy, using a descriptive analysis approach. Findings indicate that social crises in Nigeria, especially corruption and ethno-religious conflicts have been a clog on the wheels of economic growth and development in Nigeria. Based on these findings, some policy recommendations were offered, which include: the promotion of religion tolerance and peaceful coexistence of the citizens, and monitoring of the activities of its people through the establishment of committee of elders, to quickly intervene and nip in the bud any crisis before it degenerate to a major conflict. The government should employ the rule of engagement in deciding what the citizens want and take steps in meeting their needs, rather than deciding on its own what to provide for the people.


Southall is a multicultural, vibrant and lively place to live. Often referred to as "little India" it has a large South-Asian population, which is reflected in the array of street food stalls and award-winning restaurants showcasing Indian cooking and the shops filled with beautiful fabrics, fragrant spices and elaborate jewellery.
This is a place to immerse yourself in the sights and sounds, the tastes and the smells; it is unlike anywhere else in London and prides itself on its unique personality.


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Thu 17th April 2014
The 2014 Young Investigator Award Winners - Congrats to Neuroscience winners
Congratulations to the following 2014 Young Investigators Award Winners from the Neuroscience Department! Graduate Students: Manu Johny, winner of the Nupur Dinesh Thekdi Award, from David Yue's lab Lu Sun, winner of the Paul Erlich Award, from Alex Kolodkin's lab Postdoctoral Fellows: Ian Martin, winner of the W. Barry Wood Jr Award, from Ted Dawson's lab Hao Wu, winner of the Alfred Blalock Award, from Jeremy Nathan's lab Liang Han, winner of the Albert Lehnin...
Congratulations to the following 2014 Young Investigators Award Winners from the Neuroscience Department! Graduate Students: Manu Johny, winner of the Nupur Dinesh Thekdi Award, from David Yue's lab Lu Sun, winner of the Paul Erlich Award, from Alex Kolodkin's lab Postdoctoral Fellows: Ian Martin, winner of the W. Barry Wood Jr Award, from Ted Dawson's lab Hao Wu, winner of the Alfred Blalock Award, from Jeremy Nathan's lab Liang Han, winner of the Albert Lehninger Aw...
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Jim Knierim reports in Nature Neuroscience
The Knierim lab reports in the current issue of Nature Neuroscience. The Knierim lab demonstrates that new spatial firing fields (place fields) in the hippocampus can be created almost instantaneously when a rat pauses to investigate its environment. This finding may lend physiological support to current ideas about the role of the hippocampus as serving as a memory index that rapidly stores information about attended experience onto the rat's mental map of its environment. Mon...
Knierim Book Released: Space, Time and Memory in the Hippocampal Formation
A book co-edited by Jim Knierim and Dori Derdikman, "Space, Time and Memory in the Hippocampal Formation" was just released. This volume brings together a collection of chapters from internationally recognized experts on the role of the hippocampus and related areas in memory function. Focused primarily on the physiological correlates of the hippocampus in behaving rats, the chapters discuss the nature of information processing in input regions to the hippocampus, s...
The Knierim lab reports in the current issue of Nature Neuroscience. The Knierim lab demonstrates that new spatial firing fields (place fields) in the hippocampus can be created almost instantaneously when a rat pauses to investigate its environment. This finding may lend physiological support to current ideas about the role of the hippocampus as serving as a memory index that rapidly stores information about attended experience onto the rat's mental map of its environment. Monac...
A book co-edited by Jim Knierim and Dori Derdikman, "Space, Time and Memory in the Hippocampal Formation" was just released. This volume brings together a collection of chapters from internationally recognized experts on the role of the hippocampus and related areas in memory function. Focused primarily on the physiological correlates of the hippocampus in behaving rats, the chapters discuss the nature of information processing in input regions to the hippocam...


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HSV VZ Maloo R8
Aussie super-ute tears the record books a new one
by LOUIS CORDONY
SURE, YOUR W1 is the fastest, most powerful and last Commodore-based HSV to be built, but does it hold a world record? Well, the 2006 VZ Maloo R8 does, sitting right under the title for the fastest production pickup truck' on the planet. And rightfully so.
BY THE BOOK Guinness World Records defined a pick-up truck' by any vehicle with a flat load bed that stretches its entire width and one third of its length
Of course, down here in Australia we've called em utes since Lewis Bandt helped Mrs Farmer get her pigs to market in the 1930s. And we've also been hotting them up for as long as we can remember. Only two years after HSV was founded, it based its first super-ute on the VG Commodore, with a 5.0-litre V8 and overhauled front suspension.
Fast forward 16 years to 2006 and the Maloo had an LS2 V8 with 6.0 litres of shunt and rode on the updated VZ platform. With 297kW, 530Nm and 6500rpm redline, the Maloo certainly could move. Mark Skaife proved its speed on May 25, 2006, when he tore down a test range in Woomera, South Australia, at 277.16km/h in a four-speed automatic version (the manual version couldn' pull top revs in sixth). But that' not the speed you' find under its name in the Guinness World Record books. Its average speed of 271.44km/h was taken from passes in both directions over a full 1000m. Either way, it smashed the previous record held by a Dodge Ram SRT-10 packing a Viper V10 – by more than 20km/h.
It was good for this kind of stuff, being on a longer wheelbase than its similarly powered coupe and sedan siblings. The independent rear-end was great for handling and gave it the edge on the rival FPV Pursuit ute too. And while that tonneau cover, with spoiler, would have made lobbing tools into the tray tricky, it certainly helped at such speeds, according to HSV at the time.
It might be a pointless record, but we still wonder how fast the more recent Gen F2 supercharged Maloo could have hauled a couple of lawn-mowers...
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This screen will help you understand how many patients are actively visiting your practice and what type of patients visiting your office.
It will display how many insurance and cash patients are active for a specific date range out of the entire patient list.
1) You can set the date range in the From and To Date.
2) You can enter how many appointments patient should have in the date range to consider them as active.
It will display for each provider, office and exam room how many new patients and established patients are visited and out of that how many patients are self-pay and have insurance.
Active/Inactive: Payment Analysis pulls in appointment quantities within the date range. If the number meets or exceeds the appointment quantity threshold you specify, the patient is determined as active.
New/Old Patient: New patients are determined with the 'New Patient' checkbox in the new appointment popup or a 99203 CPT code.
Insured/Self Pay: Determined from the Payment Profile in an appointment.


How to write a script to use a specific row for plot bar chart?
I am not sure what is the best way to do it.
My thought is to select the row, save it to a new data table, transpose the new table and then use the two columns in the new data table to plot the bar. The script for this method is a little bit long so I would like to know whether there is a more simple way for it.
Re: How to write a script to use a specific row for plot bar chart?
The "values( dt[0, 5] )" refers to the values to be placed into the data table. The "dt[0,5]" referred to the 5th row in the data table. It actually was an error in my code, it should have been, "values( dt[5, 0] )". The "0" refers to all columns in the data table. I have changed my code below to meet the new requirement.
Thank you for your reply, Jim!


Diver, c. 1970. Some mounts are challenging in entirely new ways. This mannequin needed to fully support a diving suit but be light enough to be suspended from the exhibition room's ceiling to mimic the suit in action underwater.
The mannequin needed enough of a face to support and provide context for a face mask and regulator.
The mannequin's hands needed to be posable in order to grip an underwater mapping grid.


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Inspired by Shakespeare's famous quote "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," Artists By Any Other Name defies definition. We are an interdisciplinary ensemble that endeavors to realize a contemporary function for classical music by encouraging its symbiosis with contemporary dance. Through live performance in a variety of spaces, we communicate relevant themes to illustrate the worlds around and within us. We connect with an inter-generational audience by crafting unique programs that range from children's concerts, impressionist to avant-garde performances.
Artists By Any Other Name performs several full length shows each year. Our dedication to bringing art, and specifically classical music, to small and welcoming venues draws the audience closer, making them a part of the performance.
We produce 45 minute concerts developed specifically for children. Many of our artist members are passionate educators, excited to help kids engage with our art.
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Largest Black Multi-State Cannabis Operator Foster New Opportunities
PRNEWSWIRE/LOS ANGELES - Viola, a nationwide leader in the production and sale of premium quality cannabis products operating in Arizona, California, Colorado, Michigan, Nevada and Oregon, appointed rapper, songwriter, actor, record producer and entrepreneur, Tip "T.I." Harris as the company's social justice and reform ambassador.
Founded by NBA veteran Al Harrington, Viola is dedicated to producing ultra-premium products rooted in purpose with extensive social equity work done through its recently launched charity, Viola Cares.
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"As we continue to increase our social imprint within the cannabis industry, I am honored to welcome my brother T.I. into the Viola family," said Harrington, CEO of Viola. "His work helping communities of color over the years directly aligns with Viola's core values as we look to meet the needs of underserved communities by fostering new opportunities for people that look like us."
Harris brings decades of community advocacy supporting Black and other minority communities in need into his new senior advisory role at Viola. In this role, he will direct the community impact strategy for Viola. Pioneering initiatives that make the cannabis industry more diverse, equitable and inclusive, he will drive Viola's mission of racial equity and justice further by conveying the company's core values as it continues to give back to communities most affected by the War on Drugs. His efforts in unity with Harrington's will propel mass social reform of the cannabis industry.
"I have the utmost respect for Al and all the work he has done with Viola to increase minority representation in cannabis and help Black and Brown communities who have fallen victim to the War on Drugs," Harris said. "Together we will expand social justice reform by providing tangible resources for disenfranchised communities and opportunities to build economic autonomy within the cannabis industry."
Through education, equitable offerings, expungement, and incubation programs, the Viola Cares mission is to increase minority representation, facilitate community building and provide employment opportunities to Black and other minority groups in cannabis. With T.I.'s work within underserved Black communities, this new alliance and combined effort between Viola and T.I. will result in forthcoming initiatives such as supporting adult halfway houses in California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Michigan and Oklahoma, in partnership with Us or Else, Harris' social justice non-profit. The partnership will also provide scholarships to HBCU students who are studying the cannabis field at Southern University.
Harris' expansive work within the social equity space includes multiple organizations and initiatives. Us or Else's mission statement of fighting for the liberation of Black and all other oppressed people leads the ethos of his charity work. Harris Community Works (Atlanta), a subsidiary of Us or Else, works with the underserved communities to provide food, clothing and education. For The Love Of Our Fathers, works with Alzheimer's and dementia patients.
He also has spoken at area schools and has donated time and money to worthy efforts ranging from hurricane relief to the Boys & Girls Clubs. Harris has spent millions to buy properties and plots of land in Center Hill, where he grew up, to rejuvenate the neighborhood.
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Small Business Relief Grant Program
The Small Business Relief Grant is now closed.
City Announces Additional $825,000 in Funding to Assist Local Businesses
The City of Charlottesville Office of Economic Development (OED) is pleased to announce additional funding to help support City businesses impacted by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
The second round of the Small Business Relief Grant will help small businesses that have endured significant business interruption due to the required closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Priority is given to those businesses that are considered retail, restaurant, hospitality, tourism, and service related. A limited amount of grants will be awarded to non-profit organizations, whose primary focus is connected to hospitality, tourism, or supporting economic development/business causes. The Small Business Relief Grant program includes the following:
Small Business Relief Grant 2.0
Grants of $5,000 for businesses with less than 10 full-time employees
Grants of $10,000 for businesses with more than 10 but fewer than 50 full-time employees
Funds may be used for operating expenses or adaptive resiliency efforts
Online application process – Monday, October 19th at 9:00am – Friday, October 23rd at 3:00pm
Grant funds issued seven to ten business days from notification
A "How to Apply for the SBRG Webinar" will be held on Wednesday October 14th at 1:00pm – to receive the meeting link, please pre-register at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/sbrg2webinar
Online applications will open on Monday, October 19th (www.charlottesville.gov/econdev)
All City-based, small businesses are eligible to apply for grant funds. Previous recipients of the first round of Small Business Relief Grant funds are ineligible. If you applied previously in July and were not awarded a grant you do not need to reapply - your application will automatically be considered for funding.
The Small Business Relief Grant is funded with the City's Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding. The Office of Economic Development, in conjunction with the Charlottesville Economic Development Authority (CEDA), will administer the grant.
Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, the OED has administered over $2,000,000 in grants, loans and other supports to City businesses.
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import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
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import com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.IPublishTarget;
import com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.PublishException;
import com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.sample.ui.SampleConfigurationControl;
import com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.sample.ui.SampleSummaryComponent;
import com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.ui.wizard.ISummaryWizardPageComponent;
import com.aptana.core.util.StatusCollector;

/**
 * Test Publish Type. Performs a build and displays the location and settings of the publish
 */
public class SamplePublishType extends AbstractPublishType
{
	public static final String ID = "com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.sample.provider"; //$NON-NLS-1$
	public static final String PUBLISH_PROPERTY_DESCRIPTION = "description"; //$NON-NLS-1$
	public static final String PUBLISH_PROPERTY_PRIVATE = "private"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.IPublishType#createPublishTarget(java.lang.String, java.util.Map)
	 */
	public IPublishTarget createPublishTarget(String name, Map<String, String> properties) throws PublishException
	{
		return new SamplePublishTarget(name, properties);
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.IPublishType#getManagePublishTargetUrl(com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.
	 * IPublishTarget)
	 */
	public String getManagePublishTargetUrl(IPublishTarget publishTarget)
	{
		return publishTarget != null ? publishTarget.getName() : null;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.IPublishType#publish(com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.IPublishTarget,
	 * java.util.Map)
	 */
	public IStatus publish(IPublishTarget publishTarget, Map<String, String> parameters) throws PublishException
	{
		String platform = parameters.get(PUBLISH_PROPERTY_PLATFORM);
		String target = publishTarget.getName();
		String publishTypeValueId = publishTarget.getType();

		String output = parameters.get(PUBLISH_PROPERTY_OUTPUT);
		String description = parameters.get(PUBLISH_PROPERTY_DESCRIPTION);
		String isPrivate = parameters.get(PUBLISH_PROPERTY_PRIVATE);

		return new Status(IStatus.OK, SampleProviderPlugin.PLUGIN_ID, MessageFormat.format(
				Messages.TestPublishType_Test_publish_output, platform, target, publishTypeValueId, output, new File(
						output).canRead() ? Messages.SamplePublishType_publish_status_found_msg
						: Messages.SamplePublishType_publish_status_missing_msg, description, isPrivate));
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.IPublishType#contributesConfigurationControl()
	 */
	public boolean contributesConfigurationControl()
	{
		return true;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.IPublishType#createConfigurationControl(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite,
	 * java.util.Map, com.aptana.core.util.StatusCollector)
	 */
	public void createConfigurationControl(Composite parent, Map<String, Object> model, StatusCollector statusCollector)
	{
		new SampleConfigurationControl(model, statusCollector).create(parent);
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.IPublishType#contributesSummaryComponent()
	 */
	public boolean contributesSummaryComponent()
	{
		return true;
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.IPublishType#createSummaryComponent(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite,
	 * java.util.Map, com.aptana.core.util.StatusCollector)
	 */
	public ISummaryWizardPageComponent createSummaryComponent(Composite parent, Map<String, Object> model,
			StatusCollector listener)
	{
		return new SampleSummaryComponent();
	}

	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see
	 * com.appcelerator.titanium.publish.AbstractPublishType#createBrandingControls(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite)
	 */
	@Override
	public void createBrandingControls(Composite parent)
	{
		// Create a simple label
		Label label = new Label(parent, SWT.NONE);
		label.setLayoutData(GridDataFactory.fillDefaults().align(SWT.BEGINNING, SWT.END).span(2, 1).create());
		label.setText(Messages.SamplePublishType_branding_msg);
	}
}

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(434) 845-5703 • 721 Clay Street Lynchburg, VA 24504
Local Efforts Reduce Homelessness
by Tracey | Apr 28, 2016 | Latest News |
Homelessness drops in Lynchburg area
Amy Trent | Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 8:43 pm
BY AMY TRENT
Homelessness is rapidly declining in Lynchburg and surrounding localities.
According to preliminary numbers released this month by the agency leading the fight to end homelessness — the Central Virginia Continuum of Care — the number of homeless people in the region has decreased by
27 percent in the past year while the number of homeless families has dropped by a whopping
The numbers are expected to be confirmed by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development this summer.
"This is our first benchmark of success," said Tracy Dixon, a member of the continuum's board of directors and executive director of Lynchburg's Daily Bread, a nonprofit agency that feeds an average of 50,000 to 55,000 individuals annually.
"It is really wonderful news that overall, numbers are down. I'm surprised that we had such an impact so quickly."
In 2015, the region had 167 homeless households and 237 homeless individuals.
This year, there are 138 homeless households and 174 homeless individuals living in the area.
"These numbers really help to begin to tell a story that the problem that we have is real. It's across the country, but it's also right here in our backyard," said Denise Crews, a member of the continuum who has been part of the local homeless count for more than 16 years.
The decline in the homeless population, according to Crews and others, is due in large part to three quickly expanding re-housing programs run by Miriam's House and Lynchburg Community Action Group Inc., better known as Lyn-CAG.
Started as a pilot program in 2013, Miriam's House's Community First program was designed to quickly get families and individuals experiencing homelessness, or at risk of homelessness, into stable housing. In its first year, Community First found housing for 15 individuals.
Last year, it found housing for 68 individuals in families and another 15 single women.
Sister programs are having similar successes.
"The COC and all of our community partners have been working hard at innovative methods of preventing homelessness, and one of those that has been very successful is rapid re-housing," Dixon said.
"It's really a part of a much larger, best-practices
shift," she said.
Rapid re-housing, now a national initiative, represents a massive change in the way localities tackle homelessness. It acknowledges it is easier for individuals to get back on their feet, and do things like search for jobs and attend to their health, when they do not have to worry about where they are going to sleep at night.
In the past, clients had to slog through homelessness, shelter living and transitional housing before they were eligible for permanent housing.
One of the reasons the program is working is because it gives people hope when they need it most, said Sarah Quarantotto, Executive Director of Miriam's House, which administers Community First.
"It's far more hopeful to have a period of homelessness that's 30 to 60 days than one that lasts for months," Quarantotto said Wednesday. "… It also means more stability for children. Homelessness is super traumatic for families."
To that end, Miriam's House has changed its policy, reducing guest stays from six months to an average of 60 days.
Among other actions, Community First finds landlords willing to work with its clients and provides them with security deposits to get started. Local re-housing programs do everything they can to place clients into long-term homes and then envelope clients with support services to enable them to deal with the issues that led to their homelessness in the first place.
The continuum, funded by HUD, provides funding to nonprofits to support their efforts to quickly re-house homeless individuals and families to minimize the trauma and dislocation. It also helps the homeless access and use mainstream programs and achieve self-sufficiency
through special programming and financial supports.
Full staffing of the homeless intake program, which supports the continuum, for the first time since it started in 2014 is another reason for the decrease in homelessness, according to Crews, Lyn-CAGs director of housing and community development. Because of that, the agency is serving clients quicker than ever, getting them the services they need and, in many instances, preventing them from even needing a shelter.
That person serves as the gateway to all homelessness response programs.
Contributions from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs, aimed at increasing services for veterans, also have driven local numbers down.
In 2015, Lyn-CAG got about $300,000 from federal and state agencies to combat homelessness. It already has applied for the funding again this year. And Miriam's House was awarded $62,565 in 2015 from the Department of Housing and Community Development for rapid re-housing. Miriam's House went on to raise another $36,000 to fund the program and hire a full-time housing resource coordinator and provide clients with short-term financial assistance in the form of security deposits, utility deposits and rent.
The results are even greater than Quarantotto expected.
"We had hoped for a decrease, but certainly a 44 percent decrease [in homeless families] is incredible and far more than what is expected," she said.
A few months ago, the continuum partnered with the Virginia Housing Alliance to develop a strategic plan to use to end homelessness and developed specific goals and objectives for the continuum, identifying local needs and priority populations. The continuum will continue to prioritize its services, getting aid to the most vulnerable and those with the least resources first, to try to prevent homelessness in the first place.
"Even though we've seen a decrease, we still have members of our community that are homeless and don't have a place to sleep," Quarantotto said.
"We do have a problem with homelessness, but we also do have real solutions.
"I have hope that we can reach a functional zero in the next few years. I definitely think that's in sight."
» Localities across the country are required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to count the number of homeless living in their community annually. That count is called a Point-in-Time Count.
The count is done in January. The information gleaned determines the amount of state and federal money made available to localities for homelessness intervention and prevention services.
© 2017 Lynchburg Daily Bread. | All Rights Reserved. | 721 Clay Street Lynchburg, VA 24504 • (434) 845-5703 | Site Builder | Admin


A sweet friend asked me if I would give her a tour of my Christmassy kitchen. There is nothing more I would like to do! But since she lives all the way across the country, in Oregon no less... a virtual tour will have to suffice.
Welcome! I'm so glad you could come by! Here, let's make our way into the kitchen, it really is the heart of this home. I love to visit with friends and family in there. Whether we sit around the table or I scurry around making some supper or whatever, the kitchen is the place to be.
As we come in, you will see my most treasured table that was made for me. It's my most favorite thing in my whole house... aside from my precious family, of course.
You will also see my canning pantry there on the right. It's got jars of dry foods as well as jars of canned goods that we put by over the summer.
The kitchen sink and the pantry. And again my table.
Cue the hallelujah chorus... that's how I feel when I see it. Also, the runner on my table comes out every Christmas season. It is a treasured gift from my dearest friend, Lindsey.
There's another view of the canning pantry. that little closet houses the hot water heater and several bulk storage buckets and all my kombucha and kefir making bottles, etc.
As you turn toward your left, you will see my newest addition, it happened over the summer. One thing that I was lacking in my kitchen was storage. I'm serious. I had the cabinets you see. That's it. And for someone who spends as much time in her kitchen as I do... that's not a lot of storage to put things. Soap making supplies, herbs, cookbooks, pots, pans, bowls, mixer... you name it, it was all crammed on the very few empty spots I had in here.
So my mom and I came up with a plan on how to make the space much more efficient and beautiful and open shelving was the answer.
Here's a bit brighter of a shot to show you some of the jars, books, etc.
This is the whole shelf. It takes up the entire wall. I can not tell you just how happy this area makes me. I sit at the foot of our table, one... because my husband is the head of our home, two... because I get this view!
Right here is my apothecary cabinet and essential oil shelf. If you come by and are ailing from something... I may say, "I have an oil for that" or "you know, I have heard that a tincture from this and this will help that"
My kids call me a witchdoctor. It makes me laugh.
This is where I keep my loose grains. I hate lugging my buckets out every time I need to grind some wheat, or when I want to make a pot of oatmeal. This solves it. Taken from an idea on one of my most favorite blogs ever, (Jewels from Eyes of Wonder, still so sad she doesn't blog anymore), I found some of these old fashioned candy jars at Walmart and housed our loose grain in them.
When they get low, I pull out the buckets and refill. It works so nicely. And these are the ones I use the most anyways. There are others in smaller amounts on my canning pantry shelf.
But wait! Did we miss having a cup of coffee??
Come on back and let me pour you a cup. We can't leave our visit without enjoying a nice warm hug in a mug before we are through!
What? You have to go?
Thank you so much for coming by and wandering through the kitchen with me. Come back again soon. We hope you enjoyed your visit.
Love all your areas for specific tasks.
Very beautiful and soooo Christmasy!
I noticed you have no curtains in your living room. It's very pretty that way.
Can you share more about that wall where the open shelves are in your kitchen? How were they built?
That is a terrific space; especially those pieces built especially for the room. More of a production hub than a kitchen eh.
I could sit at your table and drink a cup of coffee all day...........so warm and welcome,thats what makes a home.


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package org.olat.presentation.framework.core.components.delegating;

import org.olat.presentation.framework.core.UserRequest;
import org.olat.presentation.framework.core.components.Component;
import org.olat.presentation.framework.core.components.ComponentRenderer;
import org.olat.system.event.Event;

/**
 * Description:

 * Possibility to implement a Component by providing a component renderer
 *

 * Initial Date: Jun 8, 2005
 *
 * @author Felix Jost
 */
public class DelegatingComponent extends Component {
    /**
     * Comment for FORWARDED : the only event fired by this component
     */
    public static final Event FORWARDED = new Event("forwarded");

    private final ComponentRenderer delegateRenderer;

    /**
     * @param name
     * @param delegateRenderer
     */
    public DelegatingComponent(String name, ComponentRenderer delegateRenderer) {
        super(name);
        this.delegateRenderer = delegateRenderer;
    }

    /**
	 */
    @Override
    protected void doDispatchRequest(UserRequest ureq) {
        // forward -all- dispatch request to listeners
        fireEvent(ureq, FORWARDED);
    }

    /**
     * @return the renderer (method used by the renderer only)
     */
    public ComponentRenderer getDelegateRenderer() {
        return delegateRenderer;
    }

    @Override
    public ComponentRenderer getHTMLRendererSingleton() {
        return delegateRenderer;
    }
}


1) To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another.
2) To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity.
2) Narratives of the inner world are a problem because the human psyche no longer seems a linear affair, as it did when what mattered was who your ancestors were and whether you would Transmit their beliefs intact to your own children.
3) The muscles are there, about the ears and beneath the scalp, and so are the nerves which Transmit sensations to the brain, but they are under-developed because they are not needed.
11) Narratives of the inner world are a problem because the human psyche no longer seems a linear affair, as it did when what mattered was who your ancestors were and whether you would Transmit their beliefs intact to your own children.
13) The muscles are there, about the ears and beneath the scalp, and so are the nerves which Transmit sensations to the brain, but they are under-developed because they are not needed.