A few Pieces of work!
Here are a couple pieces from the little line, every peace is so different. The one with the shark is called love the beach, the pink pants are called fairy dust, and this one with the peace sign is called peace please!
I will have more to show you soon. Just printed all of my hang tags and shopping bags today!


1 - Log into LRS Connect to Add a Device.
2 - Select the applicable location on the left panel.
3 - On the overview tab you'll first see the Name and Activation Code associated to your existing iPad in an Active status. To sync your new iPads click on +Add Device.
4 - A new Device will appear with an Awaiting Activation status. Click on the Device Name to name your iPad so you can easily identify your synced devices later on.
5 - Download the latest version of On Cue for Restaurants on your second/third iPads.
6 - Enter the newly added Device Code in your second/third iPad with On Cue for Restaurants.
Devices screen of an On Cue for Restaurant's user synced with other iPads.
7 - Check that all iPads are on the same WiFi network. The Devices screens on every iPad will update to reflect each other as Synced Devices (it could take up to one minute for the screens to update).
Your Guests and Tables are now synced!
Remember your Settings and Preferences don't sync so you'll have to adjust those separately.


The banking industry has a need to manage all aspects of their buildings and monitor them as one, whether it's at the corporate headquarters or at any of its branch banks, wherever they are located.
Monitoring the energy using systems allow for the total building being managed as a whole. The inter-relationship between what is on or off to save energy costs, also allows for looking at the operational aspects of the energy using systems. An example is the lights being brought on, automatically, if someone enters the building when the alarm is armed. Besides turning on the lights, we could trigger the motion sensor to direct the security camera to focus on the intruder and start the DVR to record the activity. Thus pulling together lighting control, access control, security and being able to see the results from any web browser.
There is no limit to what is possible. Most of what we do come from clients asking if they could have our systems do something else, an idea they thought of, based on their business needs. Our philosophy is "If you can think of it, we probably can do it".
Our systems have proven to be very successful energy management tools that are paid for through the savings generated through our total management program. The best part is you can manage your buildings, while home, at the office or traveling. Continued monitoring will keep everything at your finger tips. This is true whether you are at that location or are looking at it from the prints of the job over your web browser.


Tasty Tuesday is back again, and this week it's on The Players' Retreat! Established in 1951, by Bernie and Mickey Hanula, Player' Retreat was known as a family owned establishment. Since then, the restaurant and bar has been a popular place for all ages and walks of life. Affectionately known as PR, it has strived to keep the same traditions that were set in the beginning. PR continues to be a hit spot in the Hillsborough Street area due to its great atmosphere and fantastic food.
The red umbrellas and flags always caught my eye whenever I drove past the location. The outdoor seating area is a popular choice and has plenty of shade to help combat the summer heat. I chose to sit inside, and was immediately met with friendly service. The bar was a great size to accommodate many people and I loved the fish tank we sat near. It was also lined with several TVs, perfect for showing different games. There was a room off to the side with pool tables that are ideal for enjoying a nice game while sipping on a drink. The woodwork, vintage décor, and pictures made me feel comfortable and right at home.
Our waiter was very friendly, and answered any questions we had about the menu. He recommended their "From the Grill" section because it was the most popular. I chose their house-ground, grilled-to-order "Bernie Burger". I was more than happy with my decision, and knew from my first bite why the burgers were so popular. The quality of the meat was exceptional and made every bite great. I had the choice to have chips or pasta salad as my side. I'm a big pasta salad lover, so that was my choice, and it was a great asset to the meal.
Their menu has a wide variety of options, and I can't wait to go back and try more of their homemade items and favorites. They have a great drink list and were the recipient of the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2010-2015. A prime place for NC State Students and the Raleigh community now for over 65 years, I highly recommend giving PR a visit. It is sure to become a top contender for your hangout and food go-to.


The truth is, if you know your prescription and have your existing rx glasses practical, it is absolutely quite simple to buy glasses online.
your current prescription. I keep mine in the health file in my filing cabinet. If you can't find your prescription, visit wherever you last longer had your eyes examined and ask for a backup. Your optician, optometrist, or ophthalmologist is required by law release a your eyewear prescription for you. You now need to be aware of a few critical bits of information from your prescription (see example above–click to enlarge). Among other information, you should see three columns on your prescription–sphere, cylinder, and axis.
A relatively less critical amount is your temple size. If you're blessed, you'll also see a temple duration and bridge size in your prescription. If not, don't perspire it, you can amount it out yourself. The temple length describes the space of the two bars that connect the glasses to your ears. It really is measured from where in fact the 90-degree curve from your zoom lens structure to the side bars (temples) commences to the very end of the temple, like the curve. It isn't assessed from the flex point of the temples, because the "stub" between your flex point and zoom lens structure is not really a standard size.
Now, take out some measuring tape (ideally the kind of tape used for appropriate clothes and sewing, as it is very flexible) and measure an existing pair of spectacles that fit easily. The average temple span for men is 135mm or 145mm. For women, 130mm to 140mm is standard. If the tape only has inches wide, measure to the nearest eighth or sixteenth and multiply that number by 25.4 to have the dimension in millimeters. Temple lengths are generally available in 5mm increments, such as 130, 135, 140, 145, etc. For the most part online spectacles stores, temple duration is shown inside a frame description and is not customizable. Therefore, you will need to find a frame with a proper temple size. This occasionally varies if you are in a site specializing in designer spectacles, where you have the choice to source your own temple size.
Genuinely, temple size is not really a huge deal. I've one couple of spectacles with 135mm temples and another with 140mm temples. Both pairs fit perfectly. If for some reason you can't think of a temple measurement, don't let that stop you from making an eyewear purchase online. Instead, simply choose 140mm temples if you are a man and 135mm temples if you are a woman. It's likely that, this length will fit pleasantly.


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Q: Kendo UI Column with Detail Table I am currently displaying a Kendo UI chart with a standard HTML table underneath it. Does anyone know of a way where I can specify each category to be displayed with a specific width? The reason why I would like to do this is because I would like that the category labels match up exactly with the table headers beneath it so that it's easy for the user to see the data in detail.
Here is what I currently have. You will notice that as more dates get added the more it gets out of sync. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
current sample

A: Set a width on the td's of your HTML table equal to the column width of your graph.
For example if the columns of your graph are 35px wide, then in your css:
td.tableDataBelowMyGraph{
width: 35px;
}

As it stands, your td's width are being set by their contents.

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Before Friday night's bout against the Houston Aeros, the Chicago Wolves were 33-5-0-2 when scoring the game's first goal. They were 24-3-0-2 when leading the game after the first period. And the Wolves, who had lost three straight, hadn't lost four straight games since December. So when Chicago's Jason Krog got his 34th goal of the season to put the Wolves up 3-0 at 17:41 of the first period, if you were one of the 10,211 fans in attendance, you might be forgiven for thinking the game was over.
Playing like a team possessed, the Aeros stormed onto the ice in the second period and played one of the best periods of hockey they've played this season. Defenseman Brandon Rogers fired in a slap shot from the left circle at 9:52 of the second to make the score 3-1. And after Chicago left wing Jordan LaVellee scored 20 seconds later to make it 4-1, the Aeros hopped aboard the magic stick of right wing Joel Ward and got right back into the game.
Receiving a cross-ice pass from left wing Petr Kalus, Ward rifled a shot from the right face-off circle to make the score 4-2 at 11:05 of the second. Then, skating and sliding through the traffic, Ward got to the right of the goalie and slipped the puck through open space into the net to make the score 4-3 at 15:46 of the second.
Chicago held this 4-3 lead into the third when Wolves right wing Darren Haydar was sent to the penalty box for slashing at 8:34. Then right wing Joey Crabb was sent to the penalty box at 9:21 for holding, and suddenly the Aeros were on a five-on-three power play.
The magic appeared to still be there as Rogers tied the game at 9:43 (his second goal of the night). However, the goal was disallowed because left wing Peter Olvecky's foot was in the goal crease and he made incidental contact with Chicago goalie Robert Gherson.
"[Referee Dean Morton] had told our team a number of times not to get their feet in the blue and make incidental contact," Constantine said after the game.
So the Aeros reset and regained control of the puck after the face-off. Rogers was up top and passed the puck down to the magic stick of Ward who found center Marco Rosa open across from him, and Rosa proceeded to slap the puck in to tie the score at 10:21 of the third, wiping out Chicago's seemingly insurmountable lead.
The full comeback succeeded just over a minute later when center Serge Payer won a face-off in the Chicago zone, fed the puck up to defenseman Jon Awe at the blue line, and Awe fired a rocket toward the Chicago goal.
That little lane, it should be noted, was temporarily occupied by right wing Danny Irmen, who was able to deflect Awe's shot just enough so that, at 11:34 of the third, the puck flew past the goalie to give the Aeros the 5-4 lead.
As the clock hit 00:00, the crowd was on its feet, shouting, and stomping, and shaking the Toyota Center as the guys hugged each on the ice and headed off for their lockers.
Then the guys hit the bus for the trip to San Antonio and a game with their cross-state rival Rampage on Sunday. Barry Brust blocked 36 of 38 shots. Ryan Hamilton scored two goals, and Danny Irmen got the other, as the Aeros won 3-2.
The Aeros record is now 38-25-2-3 (81 points) for the season. With 12 games remaining in the season, the Aeros are now tied with the Milwaukee Admirals in the standings and have climbed to within one point of the third place Rampage, with the second place Rockford IceHogs only three points ahead.
If the Aeros finish in fifth in the West, they will probably qualify for the playoffs and become the fourth seed in the North Division, where they would face Toronto in the first round of the playoffs. If they can find a way to stay in fourth place of the West, they will face off with the Wolves. But there's still the chance they can move up to second place and get the home ice advantage. Or, since the division is so close, there's also the chance they will still miss the playoffs.
Friday night was only the second time this season the Aeros have come back from a three-goal deficit. The first time happened on February 22 when they came back in Syracuse to beat the Crunch 5-4.
The Aeros now have a record of 9-22-1-1 when the opponent scores first, and they are now 5-13-0-1 when trailing after the first and 4-17-2-0 when trailing after the second. And to show the importance of offense, the Aeros are now 30-1-2-2 when scoring three-plus goals in a game.
Marco Rosa now has a point in five of his last six games (two goals and seven assists for nine points).
Many of the 10,211 in attendance had yet to find their seats when the fun started on Friday night. Right wing Matt Kassian got into a bit of a tiff with Chicago center Andre Deveaux that had them sent to the penalty box for fighting at 2:28 of the first. And despite the goals, the Aeros kept with the hitting throughout the first period, which included more fights, several roughing penalties, and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Chicago.
More good news: the Lady Dynamics were present. And forget what I've said about their short skirts. Friday night they wore black biker shorts and tight black tops. I think I have a new favorite Dynamic uniform. Thank you, ladies.
I spoke briefly with Erik Reitz and Nolan Schaefer after Friday's game. Reitz said his ankle was better, but he's still not able to skate. Schaefer is able to skate, and he thinks his groin is improving, but as he said, he's been thinking that for a couple of weeks now.
As for Reitz, the last word out of Minnesota is that as soon as he's healthy enough to skate he will be on his way up to the big club.
And speaking of the Wild, for any of you who are wondering, Benoit Pouliot score his first two career NHL goals in the Wild's 5-4 loss to Calgary on Saturday night. I wouldn't be expecting his return to Houston anytime soon.


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Shatrughan Sinha hits out at Piyush Goyal
By On April 07, 2019, 8:05 AM IST India News
New Delhi [India]: After joining Congress on Saturday, former BJP member Shatrughan Sinha hit out at the Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal and said, "Nobody will recognize Piyush as Agriculture Minister if he goes to the market."
Earlier on today, Goyal had said," Why has Sinha had been quiet for so long? Is he trying to save his position?"
On being asked about the same, Sinha replied, "Goyal would be constrained to say this. He is a good human being and must be given lollipop by the party. Even he has to save his job."
"There are many deserving leaders who have not given any position. These are the old tactics of BJP to get attention. Who knows ministers? With due respect, nobody will recognize Piyush as agriculture minister if he goes to the market," Sinha added.
Sinha went on to add, "I did not take the decision to leave BJP overnight. I was in the party for 25 years. I saw that this (BJP) government was a one-man show and two men army. It had turned autocratic."
"Yashwant Sinha left BJP as he was compelled to. Such circumstances were also created in front of Jaswant Singh, Arun Shourie and others. We all know about what happened with Murli Manohar Joshi and Lal Krishna Advani. My fault is that I always spoke the truth and stood with Advani," he added.
Sinha said, "I had never demanded anything from the party. We have seen the impact of this government on media also, how media persons started singing the songs of BJP. Then I made up my mind that now enough is enough. Many leaders like Mamta Banerjee, Mayawati, Arvind Kejriwal, Akhilesh Yadav and Lalu Yadav were also inviting me to meet."
Recalling that today is the founding day of the BJP he said, "The party was like a family to him (Sinha) and I respect it. Painfully I left the BJP and joined the Congress party, which has great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel and Rahul Gandhi. I will be serving the nation under the wings of Congress party," he said and vowed to make his new party strong.
He alleged that BJP had warned him of throwing out of the party and Sinha said, "BJP should remember Newton's third law that every action has its equal and opposite reaction. I was with the party but today I quit when it has fielded a candidate from my constituency (Patna Sahib)."
"I had been an integral part of the BJP for almost last 25 years and shared good and bad times together. I used to say that BJP is my first and last party but when I came to know that I am not the only one who is being ill-treated by the party but also the founding members of the BJP and senior leaders like, LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Arun Shourie, Jaswant Singh and Yashwant Sinha, who took BJP from 2 to 200 seats." Sinha said.
Topics:Piyush Goyal Shatrughan Sinha

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Amended General Order No. R-31106 extends the deadline for governmental entities to file applications under the Quick Start program from February 1, 2019 to March 1, 2019. The Commission voted to amend General Order dated January 11, 2019 at the January 16, 2019 Business and Executive Session.


ExoticA is hosted with Mythic-Beasts who are kindly sponsoring the bandwidth needed for the site. They offer an excellent Mac Mini dedicated hosting service which is ideal for a low cost hosting solution. The Mac mini is very small, so you can fit 8 in 3U of rackspace, but also they don't require a great deal of power. For more details please visit the Mythic-Beasts Mac Mini page.
The server name is Malus, which is the genus for Apple :-) It also means evil in latin, but you can't have everything.
And to finish with we have to have some pictures of the actual server. Malus is on the bottom left.


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Music Got Through to the Soldier is a pleasant, upbeat and acoustic melody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqg0aJca7gU
Julian has just released his debut single - Music Got Through to the Soldier; this is a pleasant, upbeat and acoustic melody with a beautiful guitar arrangement and smooth vocals.
His biggest musical influences include John Mayer, Noel Gallagher and Jamie Cullum and this is evident within this debut single.
Julian is a half South African / half Italian musician who specializes in Blues and Rock whilst also performing as a solo acoustic musician; he is currently based in London and studying Music Technology at the London College of Music and already been performing live for over 5 years, having played in South Africa, Italy, Spain and the UK.
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/juliangrahammusic
Twitter: http://twitter.com/julianrgraham
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loveforinsomnia/
Aileen's unique Irish lilt makes the opening track something magical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EElKDPCE1Z0
Light Over There are a transatlantic musical duo, featuring Irish Singer/Songwriter Aileen Henderson and American Singer/Songwriter Rex Haberman.
A year after the release of their self titled debut EP they have returned with a 6 track follow up EP - The Journey
Time features a delightful instrumental melody and Aileen's unique Irish lilt makes the opening track something magical.
Do Love Right is a smooth tune, thanks to the guitar arrangement and also Rex's vocals.
Leads Me To Belle Plain treats us to soulful lyrics, which are bought to life by Aileen's beautiful vocals.
While We're Still Young is a upbeat ditty with a gentle and laidback melody.
Catch You is a lovely Country song with positive lyrics and a catchy instrumental arrangement.
Off Track concludes the EP with a smooth guitar track.
Website - http://www.lightoverthere.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/lightoverthere?fref=ts
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/lightoverthere
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTx_VCLciWo55Joolylpl7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXhn6kNxjN0
Charise Sowells hails from Oakland and performs as soul sensation Lake Lady, her diverse influences include acts such as Massive Attack and Billie Holiday.
She has toured nationally as lead vocalist / synth player for The Grayson Wray Project, performed at the 2012 Art Outside festival with Dream Pop Group Notsolow and even played in France for the Fete de La Musique (World Music Day) with her groove pop duo Lake Lady and the Mountain Man.
Charise will soon be unveiling her five track EP - Better Day and here is a rundown of what you can expect.
Will Your Feelings Change shimmer with a haunting melody and silky smooth vocals.
All Over This Town showcases Charise's dreamy vocals alongside a gentle tempo.
Be Still My Heart treats us to the pleasant twang of the Ukelele as well as other eclectic instruments which give the song a Spanish feel.
In the footsteps of Will Your Feelings Change, Will He Ever Come has a similar quality to it thanks to the beautiful vocal performance whilst also delivering heavyish beats.
Better Day sees Charise giving the closing track more of a typical Pop / RnB feel to this upbeat melody.
In addition to her music, Charise has worked in other sectors of the entertainment industry, including production assistant on TLC's Randy to the rescue, Managing Director at the La Little Theater in Santa Monica and Editor and Event Planner at the Austin Branch of The Deli Magazine.
Website - http://www.lakeladyofficial.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/lakeladyofficial
Twitter - https://twitter.com/lakeladymusic
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Shadowglass opens with the pleasant orchestric sounding Sand Of The Hourglass
https://leftinthedark.bandcamp.com/releases
Shadowglass opens with the pleasant orchestric sounding Sand Of The Hourglass, with its powerful piano arrangement, the rest of the album treats us to some wonderful vocals as well as delightful instrumental melodies, the interlude track Glasshouse is a real delight to the ears and to finish things off we are treated to Left In The Dark's trademark energetic rock and powerhouse vocals.
Left In The Dark are a four piece Rock / Alternative metal band from Dayton, Ohio; they formed 2 years ago and focused their efforts on writing their debut album Shadowglass, following on from this in October 2015 they started playing live.
The lineup is currently as follows:
Josh Schaurer: Keyboard, Guitar and Lead Vocals.
George Hargreaves: Guitar and Backing Vocals.
Travis Reynolds: Bass and Backing Vocals
Brian Gerth: Drums, Keyboard and Backing Vocals.
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/leftinthedarkofficial/
The Silence doesn't bother me gives you the strength to confront and overcome your fears
https://soundcloud.com/sarantos-melogia/the-silence-doesnt-bother-me
The Silence doesn't bother me is a upbeat song about finding the strength to confront and overcome your fears.
Thanks to a beautiful intro, Sarantos's smooth vocals, uplifting lyrics and a catchy arrangement makes this my favourite song from Sarantos, the melody and lyrics lift me up and put a smile on my face.
Music Got Through to the Soldier is a pleasant, up...
Aileen's unique Irish lilt makes the opening track...
Will Your Feelings Change shimmer with a haunting ...
Shadowglass opens with the pleasant orchestric sou...
The Silence doesn't bother me gives you the streng...


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For immediate release: January 8, 2020
Contact: Hannah Ross (202) 448-0246 press@changethenypd.org
Communities United for Police Reform responds to Governor Cuomo's State of the State and failure to address police violence
In response to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2020 State of The State address, Communities United for Police Reform released the following statement, which can be attributed to spokesperson Nahal Zamani:
"We're disappointed in Governor Cuomo's failure to address reducing police violence and improving police accountability and transparency in New York State.
"Recent cases of police misconduct and the consistent lack of accountability when police engage in activity that harms the community are clear indicators that it is beyond time for New York to join the majority of other states in increasing transparency of police misconduct records. We urge Governor Cuomo and state legislative leaders to pass the Safer NY Act in the 2020 legislative session.
"The Safer NY Act is a package that includes bills to:
Repeal New York's harmful police secrecy law, 50-a, (A2513-O'Donnell/S3695-Bailey);
Strengthen the Special Prosecutor Executive Order (A1601-Perry/S2574-Bailey);
Increase transparency of police interactions through the PoliceSTAT Act (A-Lentol/S1830A-Hoylman) requiring statewide reporting on policing of minor offenses and deaths in police custody;
Legalize marijuana under a marijuana justice framework through the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (A1617-Peoples-Stokes/S1527-Krueger) land
Reduce unnecessary arrests (A4053-Aubry/S2571-Bailey) by banning custodial arrests for non-criminal violations.
"While we're heartened that Gov. Cuomo's address mentioned the long overdue need to legalize marijuana, it's imperative that these efforts ensure tax revenues received from legalization are reinvested back into the communities who have historically been most harmed by the criminalization of marijuana."
About Communities United for Police Reform
Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) is an unprecedented campaign to end discriminatory policing practices in New York, and to build a lasting movement that promotes public safety and reduces reliance on policing. CPR runs coalitions of over 200 local, statewide and national organizations, bringing together a movement of community members, lawyers, researchers and activists to work for change. The partners in this campaign come from all 5 boroughs, from all walks of life and represent many of those most unfairly targeted by the NYPD.
Topics: Police STAT Act Repeal 50-A Safer NY Act Special Prosecutor


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Q: Cable length vs obstructions tl;dr For minimal signal loss: a longer cable is better than solid obstructions. Right?
I would like to enhance (the non-existing) phone signal indoors and have been thinking of connecting an external antenna to one inside. Basically:
cell phone <-> whip antenna <-> RG-58 cable <-> aerial

So I was thinking where to place the indoors antenna. Should I try to minimize cable length or obstructions? I might have found a conclusion by researching for this question, but I would still like to verify my thinking.
As RG-58 has about a loss of 0.3 dB/m at 960 MHz (GSM), and a 15m cable run would mean about 4.8 db loss according to this online calculator, or about 1/3 (1W in gives 0.3W).
On the other hand, solid wood dampens the signal by 5-12 db. That means even a 2m stretch of cable to minimize loss would be for nothing if I had an additional timber frame or door for the signal to pass through.
Is my thinking correct?
P.S. Follow-up question on using 75 ohm vs 50 ohm cable here

A: Your observation seems correct  but choice of cable is poor.  Except doors are dry wood and that makes a big difference.
Use SAT or CATV coax with satellite dish but LNA removed but located above chimney.
You need a high gain direction rooftop antenna in order to act as a passive repeater to be much stronger than the direct phone signal levels, otherwise, it will be worse by adding another multipath fading error.
Old cheap sat. DTV dishes were only  5dB gain. Bigger ones , more precise ($) could get more dB gain. But this shows the ideal diversity ( beamwidth) vs antenna gain tradeoff.  A whip is almost isotropic but not down the end of the conductor, so close to 1dB gain.  It assumes direct line of site, so the miles is theoretical.

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
This is like an ascii drawing of a house, ideal antenna aimed at tower above trees, with moot point about 75 vs 50 ohms considering coupling impedance between phone and whip antenna. SO I suggest you will need to wrap a few turns of spring telephone coil   around mobile phone to couple energy to phone patch antenna.


The revenue of the canned mushroom market in Middle East amounted to $X in 2017, lowering by -X% against the previous year. This figure reflects the total revenues of producers and importers (excluding logistics costs, retail marketing costs, and retailers' margins, which will be included in the final consumer price). The market value increased an average annual rate of +X% from 2007 to 2017; however, the trend pattern indicated some noticeable fluctuations throughout the analyzed period. The pace of growth was the most pronounced in 2011, when it surged by X% y-o-y. Over the period under review, the canned mushroom market attained its maximum level of $X in 2012; however, from 2013 to 2017, it failed to regain its momentum.
In 2017, exports of mushrooms (canned) in Middle East totaled X tonnes, going up by X% against the previous year. The canned mushroom exports continue to indicate a deep slump. The most prominent rate of growth was recorded in 2010, when exports increased by X% year-to-year. The volume of exports peaked of X tonnes in 2007; however, from 2008 to 2017, it stood at a somewhat lower level.
In value terms, canned mushroom exports amounted to $X in 2017. The canned mushroom exports continue to indicate a drastic deduction. The level of exports peaked of $X in 2007; however, from 2008 to 2017, it stood at a somewhat lower level.
Turkey (X tonnes) and the United Arab Emirates (X tonnes) were the largest exporters of mushrooms (canned) in 2017, reaching near X% and X% of total exports, respectively. Palestine (X tonnes) ranks second in terms of the global exports with a X% share, followed by Syrian Arab Republic (X%), Jordan (X%) and Lebanon (X%). Kuwait (X tonnes) followed a long way behind the leaders.
From 2007 to 2017, the most notable rate of growth in terms of exports, amongst the main exporting countries, was attained by Palestine (+X% per year), while the other leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.
In value terms, Turkey ($X), the United Arab Emirates ($X) and Syrian Arab Republic ($X) appeared to be the countries with the highest levels of exports in 2017, together accounting for X% of total exports. Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon and Kuwait lagged somewhat behind, together comprising a further X%.
Among the main exporting countries, Palestine (+X% per year) experienced the highest growth rate of exports, over the last decade, while the other leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.
In 2017, the canned mushroom export price in Middle East amounted to $X per tonne, picking up by X% against the previous year. The canned mushroom export price continues to indicate a relatively flat trend pattern. The most prominent rate of growth was recorded in 2011, when it surged by X% against the previous year. In that year, the export prices for mushrooms (canned) attained their peak level of $X per tonne. From 2012 to 2017, growth of the export prices for mushrooms (canned) failed to regain its momentum.
There were significant differences in the average export prices amongst the major exporting countries. In 2017, the country with the highest export price was Jordan ($X per tonne), while Kuwait ($X per tonne) was amongst the lowest.
From 2007 to 2017, the most notable rate of growth in terms of export prices was attained by Jordan (+X% per year), while the other leaders experienced mixed trends in the export price figures.
In 2017, canned mushroom imports in Middle East amounted to X tonnes, shrinking by -X% against the previous year. The total import volume increased an average annual rate of +X% over the period from 2007 to 2017; however, the trend pattern indicated some noticeable fluctuations over the period under review. The most prominent rate of growth was recorded in 2011, with an increase of X% against the previous year. Over the period under review, the canned mushroom imports reached its peak figure volume of X tonnes in 2013; however, from 2014 to 2017, it stood at a somewhat lower level.
In value terms, canned mushroom imports amounted to $X in 2017. The total import value increased an average annual rate of +X% over the period from 2007 to 2017; however, the trend pattern indicated some noticeable fluctuations over the period under review. Over the period under review, the canned mushroom imports attained its maximum level of $X in 2012; however, from 2013 to 2017, it failed to regain its momentum.
In 2017, Israel (X tonnes), Saudi Arabia (X tonnes), the United Arab Emirates (X tonnes), Lebanon (X tonnes) and Jordan (X tonnes) were the largest importers of mushrooms (canned) in Middle East, making up X% of total import. It was distantly followed by Kuwait (X tonnes), achieving X% share of total imports. Qatar (X tonnes) took the weak share of total imports.
From 2007 to 2017, the most notable rate of growth in terms of imports, amongst the main importing countries, was attained by Saudi Arabia (+X% per year), while the other leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.
In value terms, the largest canned mushroom markets worldwide were Israel ($X), Saudi Arabia ($X) and Lebanon ($X), together comprising X% of total imports.
Saudi Arabia (+X% per year) recorded the highest growth rate of imports, among the main importing countriesover the last decade, while the other leaders experienced more modest paces of growth.
In 2017, the canned mushroom import price in Middle East amounted to $X per tonne, standing approx. at the previous year. The canned mushroom import price continues to indicate a relatively flat trend pattern. The most prominent rate of growth was recorded in 2011, when it surged by X% y-o-y. Over the period under review, the import prices for mushrooms (canned) attained its maximum level of $X per tonne in 2012; however, from 2013 to 2017, it failed to regain its momentum.
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the canned mushroom market in the Middle East. Within it, you will discover the latest data on market trends and opportunities by country, consumption, production and price developments, as well as the global trade (imports and exports). The forecast exhibits the market prospects through 2025.


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Saved by Her Corset: Feminine Fashion Foils the Fiend
How a corseted Bavarian girl of the 1830s might have appeared. "Portait of a Girl" by Bavarian painter Bernhard Peter von Rausch (1793-1865) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
A monster… roaming the streets….
With the moniker "Girl-Cutter," he fills the city with terror….
With these words, the Bavarian newspaper Rheinbayer spread goose bumps among its reading public. It was April 1835 and a serial criminal was on the loose. Augsburg called him the Mädchenschneider, or "girl-cutter." He didn't kill. Instead, he took his pleasure by slipping a knife out of his coat and slashing young girls. He was a serial stabber, or piqueur, who terrorized Augsburg from 1819 until his arrest in 1837.
What makes this case particularly interesting is how one young girl was spared from serious injury. She was saved by her corset. The annals of true crime are full of women whose corsets – and the steel or whalebone stays in them – saved them from knives and bullets. But most of these stories are from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is the earliest case I've found – and also the youngest victim saved by her corset. We'll take a close look at her story, and then we'll take a brief romp through other cases in which feminine fashion foiled the fiend.
Residential street in Augsburg, Germany. Pixabay.
Girl-Cutter of Augsburg
Augsburg's girl-cutter typically attacked at night. Augsburg documented 39 attacks, but the perpetrator later admitted to 50. He stabbed his victims severely enough they required medical attention; some of them needed surgery. During the crime spree, women feared to leave their homes in the dark and men began to arm themselves.
Augsburg finally apprehended a vintner named Carl Bertle (sometimes spelled Bartle) in 1837 after someone recognized him. He confessed. Police found a variety of stilettos and knives in his apartment. Bavaria convicted Bertle and sentenced him to hard labor.
Brief sketches about the girl-cutter of Augsburg appear in psychiatric casebooks as an example of piquerism, the perverse sexual urge to penetrate the skin of others. The London Monster, who attacked women between 1788 and 1790, is another example of a piqueur.
Pattern for a girl's corset in 1850. USpatent7627 (1850), public domain.
Eight-year-old girl saved by her corset
The Bavarian newspaper article described an attack in 1835:
Augsburg, April 10. Yesterday morning at 10:00, six girls aged from about eight to ten years wanted to go to their sewing lessons with Madame Lesuire [sic]* in the Wintergasse [an alley]. They chose to take a shortcut through a frequently used passage by the garden of the brewery "Little Blue Tankard." The path there isn't very wide, so the girls had to walk in single file. The last one, the daughter of trade commissioner who has been gone on business trips for most of this year, was about to go through the little door that leads to the Hunoldsgraben [a street], when a man with green glasses and a black greatcoat, whom the other girls had likewise noticed, drew a cutting instrument from his coat and injured the poor child with a foot-long incision over her left armpit. Fortunately, her corset was made of particularly strong material so that the cut didn't penetrate too deeply into her flesh. Although she bled severely, it wasn't a gaping wound. Madame Lesuire, to whom the screaming girls ran, took the wounded girl immediately to the police, where all conceivable measures were immediately taken to catch the wretch, but unfortunately, the search has been fruitless.
Another source, Hitzig's Neue Pitival, describes the wound as a light incision six inches long, leading from the left armpit to above the left breast. The victim was only eight years old. Although I was surprised that a girl as young as eight wore a corset, a period dictionary confirms that the German word used in the newspaper, Schnurleibchen, does indeed refer to a corset rather than a laced bodice.
A portrait of two Bavarian girls in 1830. By Bernhard Peter von Rausch (1793-1865) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The staying power of the corset: an overview of other cases
Here's a snapshot of a few of the many other cases I found on the internet. Our eight-year-old girl wasn't the only one saved by her corset!
1888, Barnsley, England. Mimi Matthews' delightful history blog offers an example of an estranged husband who stabbed his wife after kidnapping their baby from her. He then invited her over to see the baby. When she arrived, he stabbed her. The stays of her corset were strong enough to break the blade – and save her life.
1890, Omaha, Nebraska. "Was saved by her corset," reported the newspaper. William Schipp tried to shoot Dora Bowman in a lover's quarrel, but the bullet struck her steel stay and fell to the ground. Schipp was convicted of assault and imprisoned.
1897, Troy, New York. "Saved by Her Corset Steel," read the newspaper headline. A bullet deflected off a young woman's undergarment and a young man admitted causing the shot while fooling around with a pistol. The strange part about the case was that he told the police the woman was his wife, and she denied knowing him. The man was arrested.
1897, Plainfield, New Jersey. A tramp entered the home of Mrs. A. Moebius while she was alone, preparing dinner, and demanded money. She refused. When she screamed, he stabbed her in the breast. Fortunately for her, the blade of the knife struck one of her corset stays and broke. She fainted and the tramp ran away.
1898, Wellington, New Zealand. One woman walked into a department store and shot her estranged business partner. The bullet ricocheted off the steel boning in the victim's corset, leaving her alive to testify against the perpetrator.
1906, San Francisco. A stranger entered the rear of Mrs. George Alger's house and tried to stab her. She told the police her corset saved her from injury and her screams drove him away.
1908, South Orange, New Jersey. Mrs. Edward H. Graves was saved by her corset when a neighbor cleaning his gun accidentally discharged it. She fainted. The physician who examined her determined that the bullet bounced off the steel in her undergarment.
1909, Chicago. Dr. Jennie A Beardsley, a physician, was stabbed twice in the breast and stomach when she answered a knock at her back door at night. "A steel ribbed corset saved her life," the newspaper reported. The attack was part of a failed attempt at extortion.
1913, St. Petersburg, Florida. Two residents in a boarding house got into a row and one stabbed the other. The victim was saved by her corset, the newspaper wrote. "The blade of the knife, a vicious looking weapon, was broken by the force with which it was driven."
"Young Girl with Flowers and Fruit Basket" (1822) by Bavarian painter Bernhard Peter von Rausch (1793-1865) – Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
No matter what their age, the women of the past had a message for criminals. No matter how feminine they appeared, they could be as tough as steel.
Do you know of any other cases of a crime victim saved by her corset?
* The teacher in the Girl Cutter case was Julie v. LaSuire, who appears in an 1859 Augsburg directory as an Arbeitslehrerin, or teacher of a trade. Her address was O. Hunoldsgraben 86.
Rheinbayer, April 23, 1835, p. 195 (translation mine).
J.E. Hitzig, "Der Mädchenschneider in Augsburg," Annalen der deutschen und ausländischen Rechtspflege 31:196-233 (1841)
Wilhelm Ludwig Demme, Das Buch der Verbrechen 281
Posted by Ann Marie on Apr 26, 2016 in Historical true crime | 27 comments
London Monster: Interview with Karen Lee Street
."The Monster Cutting a Lady" by Isaac Cruikshanks, 1 May 1790 published by S.W. Fores; public domain.
London, 1788. A fiend terrorized the city with his series of crimes. The "London Monster," as the city dubbed him, didn't kill, rape, or ignite.
He slashed.
Karen Lee Street, with permission.
Karen Lee Street has just launched a novel about the London Monster. She joins us today to talk about the true crime history on which she based her story.
Karen is a writer with extensive international experience in feature film script development. She has taught screenwriting at universities and professional training programs throughout Europe. Although born in Philadelphia and now in Australia, Karen has lived in London most of her adult life.
Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster is the first novel in her mystery trilogy. A summary of her novel follows at the end of the post.
Ann Marie: The London Monster was a serial criminal, but not a murderer or rapist. What did he do?
London Monster slashing a woman's backside. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, public domain.
Karen: From 1788 – 1790, over fifty women in London complained of being attacked by a man who was dubbed 'the Monster'. His victims were primarily attractive young women of comfortable means (with nice clothing) who were slashed across the buttocks with a sharp blade that ruined their skirts and often cut into their flesh. The victims also complained that the Monster abused them verbally. The crimes caused mass hysteria and satirical cartoonists of the day drew images of ladies wearing copper pots to protect their posteriors. It is important to note that in 1790 it was a felony to maliciously cut or deface a piece of clothing while it was worn by another person, a crime that could be punished by hanging or transportation.
"Copper Bottoms to Prevent being Cut" by Isaac Cruikshanks, 1 May 1790 published by S.W. Fores; public domain.
Were the London Monster's crimes unique?
The Monster's assaults could be labeled piquerism, which is defined as deriving sexual arousal from piercing another person's body, most often the buttocks, with sharp objects, sometimes to the point of causing death. It is not a terribly common crime and many recorded cases are more brutal and gruesome than the Monster's exploits. While the nature and number of the attacks suggest that the perpetrator (or perpetrators) might have been a piquerist, the descriptions of the attacks by his victims do not come across as sadistic or murderous, but rather as if he (or she?) were ridiculing the victims. In writing the novel, I had to play profiler and consider what the motive might be. An uncontrollable compulsion — a paraphilia — such as piquerism did not interest me as a motive for my perpetrator. I wished to explore a pre-meditated act driven by emotions that are easier to identify with such as jealousy and the desire for revenge.
How many victims were there?
Over fifty women claimed to have been attacked by the London Monster. Some of these claims did not fit the perpetrator's modus operandi, however. For example, one woman was scratched on the nose by a pin when she (at invitation) leaned to smell an artificial nosegay. As it had been noted in the press that the Monster's victims were attractive and these ladies gained a great deal of attention, some false claims were made. For example, Lady Eglantine Wallace stated that she had been accosted by the Monster, but later in court airily admitted that her story was a fabrication, one of her little jokes.
Did London even have a police force in 1788?
The Metropolitan Police was not established until 1829 and up until 1749 law enforcement was conducted by private citizens; thief-takers who pursued wrong-doers for a fee; and night watchmen who were often elderly or recruited from the workhouses. Corruption was a problem and the system was not considered very effective. In 1749, magistrate (and author) Henry Fielding founded the first unofficial British police force: the Bow Street Runners, who were connected to Bow Street Magistrates' Office in Covent Garden where a group of magistrates headed criminal investigations. The Runners served writs and arrested individuals under the instruction and authority of the magistrates, and they were paid with government funds. The Bow Street Runners did not have a specific uniform, but were permitted to carry a truncheon with a crest to show their authority.
How did they try to catch the Monster?
A lady getting fitted for a copper bottom — as protection against the Monster. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, public domain.
Victims made formal complaints of being attacked to the Magistrate's Office — magistrate Sir Sampson Wright was in charge of the London Monster investigation. The Bow Street Runners were given descriptions of the victims' attacker, but unfortunately these descriptions varied a great deal, which did not make it easy to round up suspects. The Monster's activities accelerated after the Queen's birthday ball on 18 January 1790 when six women were accosted and newspapers published incendiary accounts of these attacks. The wealthy John Julius Angerstein became very interested in the Monster's victims and personally interviewed these ladies, writing down their testimonies and summing up their appearances. Angerstein gathered donations from various gentlemen and advertised a reward of fifty pounds for the capture and an additional fifty pounds for the conviction of the Monster. Posters were put up around London on 29 April 1790 regarding this reward and describing the Monster as about thirty years of age, average in height, rather thin, pock-marked with a large nose and light brown hair. The notice also instructed servants to take notice if they discovered blood on a man's clothing and cutlers to watch for any man asking to have a weapon sharpened. On 7 May 1790, Angerstein distributed a second poster that noted two culprits might be at work and gave a description of the Monster's clothing during his various attacks. Vigilantes were formed to patrol the streets at night and one such group wore 'No Monster' badges to make it clear to ladies that they were protectors rather than perpetrators; none of these groups were successful in stopping the attacks or capturing the Monster.
One man was convicted and jailed, but you think he was innocent. Why?
First, the descriptions of the London Monster given by his victims varied so wildly. Some journalists posited that there might be two attackers at work or possibly an actor with a facility for disguise. On 13 June 1790, Anne Porter, one of the Monster's victims, claimed that she saw her attacker and her fiancé, John Coleman, chased after him and persuaded the man she accused to accompany him to the Bow Street offices. The accused did not match the initial description Miss Porter had given of her attacker, but she stuck to her claim and her fiancé Mr. Coleman collected the one hundred pound reward. She married him in April 1791.
The accused had two trials, both of which were farcical, with seemingly little attempt to operate under the supposition of 'innocent until proven guilty'. The first trial on 8 July 1790 failed to present substantial evidence regarding the accused's guilt, such as a weapon on his person or at his lodgings, and he was not identified without doubt by most of the victims. Indeed, those who thought him to be the wrong man were not called to testify. His moral character was criticized on the basis of his impoverished living circumstances and for generally being considered a pest by attractive ladies who had suffered his verbal 'compliments' in the past. When the accused took the stand, he was roundly hissed by the audience as were his character witnesses and those providing alibis. The jury found the accused guilty, but his sentence was deferred until the opinion of the twelve judges was heard; he was imprisoned in Newgate.
"The monster disappointed of his afternoons luncheon — or porridge-potts preferable to cork-rumps" by James Gillray, 10 May 1790, public domain.
Soon after, Theophilus Swift published a pamphlet The Monster at Large that claimed the accused was innocent and his accusers had been lying. On 10 November 1790, the judges met to discuss whether the accused had committed the felony of willfully cutting clothing; it was decided that his offence did not fall into that arena and a retrial was granted for the misdemeanor of willfully and maliciously cutting a person. At the second trial on 13 December 1790, Theophilus Swift conducted the defense. Unfortunately, this 'defense' was highly eccentric and did little to truly assist the accused. He was convicted again and imprisoned for six years in Newgate.
One fictional aspect of your novel is the inclusion of Edgar Allan Poe. What role does he play?
Poe plays sleuth, along with his fictional character the great ratiocinator C. Auguste Dupin, thus adding the element of alternative history. Poe's grandparents had been actors on the London stage during the Monster's reign and his grandmother immigrated to America not long before the accused's release from Newgate. In my story, Poe is sent a collection of letters, allegedly written by his grandparents; these letters suggest they were the true perpetrators of the Monster's attacks. As the story begins, Poe's goal is to prove the letters forgeries. He cannot bear the idea that he might come from 'bad blood'.
Why did you think of using Poe as a character?
Edgar Allan Poe. Public domain.
I knew that I wanted to do something with the story of the London Monster as the trial scenes in particular had captured my imagination. I was given a collection of Poe's stories with an introduction that noted that his grandparents were actors in London and that Poe had lived in London for a time as a child. For some reason that stayed with me. I don't remember the a-ha moment of thinking to use Poe, although I do remember being delighted to discover that the dates worked. I liked the idea of Poe as an investigator who would need to call on the highly objective ur-detective Dupin to help him with his family mystery as Poe could not conquer his emotions. I felt that Poe's personal history made his reactions to his strange (fictional) inheritance plausible. Poe was orphaned before he turned three and he and his two siblings were sent to different foster families. He expressed great pride in his mother's career as an actress and I felt that pride would extend to his grandmother who was also a very talented actress. Finding out that she was a criminal would be quite a blow.
Thank you, Karen, for your insights into such an unusual chapter of London's history.
Here's the scoop on Karen's book:
Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster by Karen Lee Street (Point Blank, 7 April 2016, Hardback £12.99). Image courtesy of Karen Lee Street.
Summer, 1840. Edgar Allan Poe sails from Philadelphia to London to meet his friend C. Auguste Dupin, in the hope that the great detective will help him solve a family mystery. For Poe inherited a mahogany box containing a collection of letters allegedly written by his grandparents, actors who struggled to make a living on the London stage. The mysterious letters suggest that the couple played a more clandestine role as the 'London Monster'— stalking well-to-do young women at night on the city's streets, to slice their clothing and derrières.
Poe hopes to prove the missives forgeries; Dupin wonders if they are real, but their content is fantasy. Soon Poe is being stalked by someone who knows far more about his grandparents and their crimes than he does. And then he remembers disturbing attacks made upon him as a child in London … Could the perpetrators be connected?
Posted by Ann Marie on Apr 20, 2016 in Author interviews, Historical true crime | 3 comments
Mark Twain and the Winged Lion of Venice
The columns in St. Mark's Square sport a winged lion and a dragon slayer.
Real quick now – which saint killed the dragon? What's the first name that comes to your mind?
St. George. Is that what you thought?
It's what I thought, too. St. Mark's Square in Venice sports two monolithic columns with figures on top. One is a winged lion and the other a man killing a dragon. St. George, I assumed, when my husband and I visited the square. I mentioned it to our gondolier.
"No! Not St. George!" he said. "It's San Marco. San Marco is Venice's patron saint."
"St. Mark also killed a dragon?" I asked.
He shrugged his shoulders. "I dunno. But it is Marco. Not George."
Our gondolier, who graciously gave me permission to publish his photo.
St. Mark, the winged lion of Venice
His answer made sense. Venetian merchants, according to legend, stole the relics of St. Mark the Evangelist from a church in Alexandria in 828. They brought the bones back to Venice. (Some scholars claim the merchants made a major blooper and actually made off with the skeleton of Alexander the Great!) St. Mark's relics now reside in Venice's Basilica di San Marco. The winged lion is a symbol for St. Mark, so that explains the figure on the other column.
But my quick perusal of St. Mark's history revealed nothing about dragon mythology.
St. Mark's Sqaure. Pixabay.
St. Theodore of Amasea and the dragon
Are gondoliers really infallible when it comes to Venice's history? Maybe not.
You can imagine my surprise when I checked our guide book back at the hotel. It said the dragon slayer at St. Mark's Square was St. Theodore. I'd never heard of the fellow, but the author said Theodore, a simple Greek soldier and minor saint, was Venice's patron before Mark's relics made the trans-Mediterranean trip to the floating city. St. Theodore enjoyed more popularity in the Eastern Orthodox Church. But in the west, he was too minor a martyr for Venice. The Venetians felt compelled to search for another patron in 828. They wanted someone who could offer more protection.
The Venetian flag. Pixabay.
The Eastern Orthodox Church holds the clue to the dragon. Theodore's iconography often shows him spearing the vile serpent. And sometimes Theodore's even depicted accompanying St. George.
So that's where the dragon comes in. The two columns, with the dragon slayer and winged lion, represent the floating city's two patron saints. That makes sense, right?
Mark Twain in Venice
Venice's lion is often shown holding a book. Pixabay.
Enter Mark Twain. He visited Venice in 1878 and came up with a more charming explanation for the winged lion of Venice than any historian ever did. It came to him while he was viewing Tintoretto's painting Paradise in the in the Doge's palace. It offers a view of heaven.
There are fifteen or twenty figures scattered here and there, with books, but they cannot keep their attention on their reading – they offer the books to others, but no one wishes to read, now. The Lion of St. Mark is there with his book; St. Mark is there with his pen uplifted; he and the Lion are looking each other earnestly in the face, disputing about the way to spell a word – the Lion looks up in wrapt [sic] admiration while St. Mark spells. This is wonderfully interpreted by the artist. It is the master-stroke of this incomparable painting.
Lions, in the form of statutes, paintings, and even the city flag, are everywhere in Venice. They're often depicted holding a book. If Mark Twain is right, that book isn't a Bible. The winged lion of Venice is holding a dictionary and trying to help us with our spelling. And that gave me a whole new way of interpreting Venice's artwork.
The winged lion of Venice on the bow of the royal barge.
Here the lion is poised on the bow of the royal barge in Venice's naval museum, announcing to the world that the royalty, of all people, knew how to spell.
The winged lion of Venice. Pixabay.
You can see by his expression in this picture how disgusted the winged lion of Venice is with the chap to the left. He must be a really bad speller.
In St. Mark's Square, the lion also appears to have given up on St. Theodore. He's facing in the other direction, looking out on the tourists, hoping to find a writer among them. And if he does, he whispers down letters to them; he breathes long-sought words across the expanse of the piazza.
I like that lion. And thanks to winged lion of Venice, I'll never see my dictionary the same way again. From now on it will have soft, golden fur and outspread wings, ready to take my writing to greater heights. And should I ever misspell a word, I expect it to roar and bite me in the buttocks.
As it well should.
Did you notice Twain's spelling error? Do you think he did it on purpose? Is this another example of Twain's sly sense of humor?
Jenny John, Venedig (Munich: Gräfe und Unzer, 1997).
Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad (public domain).
Posted by Ann Marie on Apr 6, 2016 in Mark Twain in Europe | 11 comments


You've likely heard that you should be eating salads and taking walks, but how much of a difference can it really make? Quite a bit, according to recently released research.
The largest coordinated study of women's health confirms the benefits of healthy living. Postmenopausal women who followed the American Cancer Society recommendations on eating and exercising had a 30 percent lower risk of dying during the eight-year study. They also had a 22 percent lower chance of breast cancer and a 52 percent lower risk of colorectal cancer.
Researchers looked at data collected on 65,838 women age 50 to 79 through the Women's Health Initiative launched by the US National Institutes of Health. The study followed the women over an average 8.3 years.
"The message is simple and clear: If you want to reduce your risk for cancer, even later in life, eat a healthy diet, be active daily, avoid or limit alcohol and don't smoke," said researcher Cynthia Thomson, University of Arizona professor of public health.
Eat a healthy diet with an emphasis on plant foods.


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Zan Wimberley
Who could bear to look up at the night sky and know which stars are already dead
6 July - 30 July 2016
Zan Wimberley works across photography and video to explore ideas surrounding mortality, immortality and mourning in a post-internet, twenty-first century context. By creating artworks which negotiate the space between the heavy and almost incomprehensible reality of death and the absurd or macabre nature with which it is often met in contemporary society, Wimberley's work offers a thoughtful and poetic series of ruminations on the human condition.
Wimberley's first solo exhibition at Artereal Gallery, Who could bear to look up at the night sky and know which stars are already dead, deals with the undercurrent of hedonistic nihilism so inherent in our contemporary culture, showcasing dramatic black and white photographs of exploding fireworks alongside a series of stereoscopic images of stars and constellations, both
of which are used as metaphors for the transient nature of life and the ultimate fragility of our existence within the wider universe. The exhibition's poetic title suggests a subtle comparison between death and the constellations, prompting the thought that the stars above us are perhaps already dead and it is just their last light that is still reaching us.
Presented en masse as an installation, I dreamt about climbing into the night sky is a series of sixteen photographs of fireworks erupting against an impenetrably inky sky. At once strikingly beautiful and sublime, each image captures the thrilling sense of wonderment and awe, which fireworks never cease to evoke. And yet underlying these poignant images
is a sense of loss, for every climactic explosion is fleeting, lighting up the sky and wowing the masses below before fading away into nothingness, leaving behind nothing but an empty void and a sense of melancholy.
These bittersweet musings on life, death and passing time were inspired by a slightly bizarre moment of happenstance and an unlikely experience in the artist's life. Stuck in peak-hour traffic, Wimberley found herself staring at an advertisement on the back of a car which encouraged people to consider having their cremated ashes turned into fireworks. Inspired by this slightly macabre concept, Wimberley has turned her attention to an examination of the broader existential and philosophical questions surrounding death – likening the momentary joy and celebration associated with fireworks to contemporary society's hedonistic and glib approach to life and our ongoing struggle to find meaning within our existence.
Complementing this series of photographs is a series of four stereoscopes which depict four fictional constellations – each of which references an artist or celebrity who has recently died. Titled Black Star, in reference to David Bowie's last album and recent death, these stereoscopes offers a subtle commentary on the culture of melodramatic online breast-beating which now accompanies news of a celebrity's death, a trend often seen on social media and via internet commentary.
Heavily influenced by pop-culture and music, the Black Star series holds up a mirror to those sub-cultures within contemporary society that tend to canonise celebrities after their death – a bizarre phenomenon illustrated recently when Belgian astronomers collaborated with a group of hard-core Bowie fans to register a constellation shaped like a lightning bolt in honour of David Bowie. The creation of the constellation is part of the Stardust for Bowie tribute project, where fans can use Google Sky to add their favorite Bowie songs with a short note to a virtual version of the constellation.
Responding to these currents within contemporary online culture, Wimberley's stereoscopes maps of fictional constellations dedicated to recently deceased celebrities offer a light-hearted yet antagonistic look at the complex subject of mortality and its associated philosophical questions which have of course held a fascination for artists since time immemorial.
On a more personal level, Who could bear to look up at the night sky and know which stars are already dead, acts as a moving tribute and poetic paean to the artist's father, who passed away almost four years ago to the date of the exhibition's opening. The significance of this is hinted at throughout the exhibition via numerous subtle but evocative gestures, with the fourth anniversary of his passing informing the decision to create four stereoscopes and to make each photograph from the series I dreamt about climbing into the night sky an edition of four.
A keen novice astronomer and a talented woodworker, the Artist's father has likewise left an indelible mark on this series of works, as evidenced by the Victorian blackwood frames and the stereoscopes, which the Artist has painstakingly made by hand using tools inherited from her father and wood sourced entirely from one particular tree.
Reminding us that we will all inevitably be touched by death at some point in our lives, Wimberley's work is a powerful testament to the human spirit and our ability to find beauty and poetry in the face of the inescapable tragedy and melancholy which at time defines the human experience.
Rhianna Walcott
Zan Wimberley is a Melbourne based emerging artist who trained in Scientific Photography at RMIT before working under Cinematographers on major feature films within Australia. Zan graduated from a Masters at Sydney College of the Arts in 2013 and has since been working on her own practice, including exhibitions at Firstdraft and Annette Larkin Fine Art. Her work can be found in numerous private collections throughout Australia.
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Again this year!! How fabulous!
Okie dokie - who's going??
Thanks for all the updates Karen!
Great news & glad to see the guys are still enjoying collaborating with each other!
IS it the new album??
Thanks for the updates Karen!


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"Navigating the movie landscape"
In theatres now: the good, the not bad, and the ugly
By Jeff Mitchell
New in Theatres:
"As Above, So Below" 1.5/4 stars - Scarlett (Perdita Weeks) - who earned two PhDs - is on a lifelong quest to find the key to eternal life in the form of rock called the Philosopher's Stone. Her journey take her to Paris, and she leads a team of twenty-somethings just underneath the city through hidden tunnels of the infamous Catacombs. Although Scarlett is "wicked smart", she makes horribly-dumb decisions, and leads this band of semi-merry men and women to the Gates of Hell. Frustrating, predictable - and for being trapped 100 meters below the surface - the film does not really give a sense of claustrophobia at all. A scary movie misfire.
"Frank" 3.5/4 stars - A wholly bizarre rock 'n' roll story about a terrible alternative band trying - in vain - to make a record. Frank (Michael Fassbender) - the group's mentally ill lead singer/songwriter - uses highly unconventional methods to write and record music, and - to top it off - wears a large papier-mâché head on his head at all times. Frank and the band members' (called Soronprfbs) individual personalities and musical approaches eventually wear very thin on Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), the new keyboard player, and believe me, this band will wear on you too! The movie's unexpected jumps and twists will keep you on your toes. Amongst the severe dysfunction, we hope for a happy ending, but boy, it does not seem likely.
"The November Man" 1.5/4 stars - Pierce Bronson plays an ex-CIA wonder-spy who is forced out of retirement to escort a fellow agent out of Russia, but this is only the beginning of film with about 1,000,006 plot twists. If you are keeping score, that's about 1,000,003 too many. The editing is all over the place which made me scratch my head over various characters' motivations actions. Bronson is fine in the starring role. He has not lost his touch, but he really needed a better script. A much better script.
"Boyhood" 4/4 stars - Writer/director Richard Linklater creates an absolute marvel of a film. In a most unique way, he organically captures the impact of a dysfunctional and flawed upbringing over a 12-year period. Yes, Linklater filmed the story of a six-year-old boy named Mason (Ellar Coltrane) over 12 years. Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, and Linklater's daughter, Lorelei come along to tell Mason's and their characters' narratives too. Day-to-day conversations and seemingly ordinary events compile over years to help form a person from child to adult. Over 2 hours and 45 minutes, we, the audience, see his progression and the emotional land mines he'll need to avoid from age 18 and beyond. A complete triumph. I've never seen another movie like it.
"Calvary" 4/4 stars - Brendan Gleeson delivers an utterly captivating performance as a good priest living under extreme duress in small seaside Irish community. Although scenic beauty surrounds him at every winding country road turn, almost all of the townspeople constantly spew hostility in his direction. The biggest danger, however, comes from a man who enters his confessional box and threatens to kill him in one week. Writer/director John Michael McDonagh weaves a very dark "whodunnit" film which plays like an old western as it marches towards Father James's (Gleeson) date with destiny. A surreal and difficult picture to watch, but McDonagh creates a beautiful film noir. Kelly Reilly, Chris O'Dowd and M. Emmet Walsh co-star.
"Guardians of the Galaxy" 4/4 stars - Marvel Studios latest effort is also their very best. When five ruffians band together to deliver a mysterious orb for an astronomical (pardon the pun) profit, they discover the meaning of friendship. As corny as that sounds, the manner which director James Gunn gets us there is anything but corny. This is a highly entertaining action film - accompanied by a wonderful 70s soundtrack - captures the imagination, but more importantly, this movie is simply extremely funny. As far as I'm concerned, "Guardians of the Galaxy" is right up there with "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and dare I say, "Star Wars". Most fun I've had in a theatre in years.
"Get On Up" 3.5/4 stars - Chadwick Boseman channels James Brown and delivers a remarkable Oscar-worthy performance playing the Godfather of Soul. Director Tate Taylor takes a non-linear approach to this biopic and attempts to link the pain of Brown's childhood to his actions as an adult. The music is fantastic, and one particular 10 minute concert sequence will make you want to stand on your theatre seat and yell, "Get on up!" Nelsan Ellis (of "True Blood" fame) is excellent as Brown's musical partner, Bobby Byrd and should receive Oscar consideration as well.
"A Most Wanted Man" 3.5/4 stars - Hamburg is the setting for this very smart espionage motion picture based upon the John le Carré novel. Issa (Grigorly Dobrygin) - a mysterious Chechnyan/Russian immigrant - sneaks into Hamburg, and local spies, led by Günther Bachmann (Philip Seymour Hoffman), believe this "most wanted man" is the key to catch a very important man, Abdullah (Homayoun Ershadi), who is funneling large sums of money to terrorists.
The focus is first on Issa, because as Gunther explains, "It takes a minnow to catch a barracuda. A barracuda to catch a shark."
Director Anton Corbijin weaves through the secret world of German intelligence - which circumvents local laws - through the gray and cloudy daylight surrounding broad antiseptic office buildings and hidden basement garages. "A Most Wanted Man" is a most welcomed film, and we have a golden, but melancholy, opportunity to witness Hoffman's brilliance.
"Begin Again" 3/4 stars - "Once" writer/director John Carney returns to the silver screen with his welcomed and frank bohemian style. Instead of Dublin, New York is his canvas, and this time, all eyes fall upon Keira Knightley. She does a terrific job of playing a vulnerable, sweet and broken-hearted Greta who followed her musical boyfriend (Adam Levine) to NYC, but was soon dumped. Greta owns some musical chops of her own, and a down-and-out record producer (Mark Ruffalo) talks her into recording an album. "Begin Again" isn't as strong as "Once", but Carney offers a pleasant and warm story.
"Chef" 3/4 stars - Writer/director on Favreau's new film about a very talented Los Angeles chef who starts over by running a food truck is a nice diversion from your typical summer blockbusters. Carl (Favreau) is divorced, and takes his son on a cross-country trip promoting his new mobile business. Speaking of mobile, his son Tony (Emjay Anthony) does most of the marketing using the latest social media, and Favreau makes does a good job of mixing it into the film. Fun and light, "Chef" is a most pleasant rated-R family film. John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale, Sofia Vergara, Oliver Platt, Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman, and a surprise cameo round out a talented cast.
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" 3/4 stars - A worthy successor to 2011's "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", this film really dazzles with remarkable special effects. In fact, the CGI is so good, the apes seem much more human than their stiff and wooden human counterparts. It is some years after the 2011 film took place, and the apes - led by Caesar (Andy Serkis) - live in harmony in the Northern California forest, but conflict arises when humans trespass in order to jump start a dam for electricity in nearby San Francisco. Gary Oldman's, Jason Clarke's and Keri Russell's talents are completely wasted here, and the real interest is between Caesar and a rival ape named Koba (Toby Kebbell).
"Lucy" 3/4 stars - Scarlett Johansson stars in Luc Besson's exciting and wild sci-fi thriller, and with a runtime of just 90 minutes, "Lucy" does not waste any time to transport the audience on a crazy journey. Set in Taiwan, Lucy (Johansson) inadvertently takes an experimental drug which allows her to use a higher percentage of her brain. A higher percentage than anyone else in human history. Mayhem, craziness and about seven different film genres spray all over the screen, so prepare yourself for the unexpected. Isn't that why we go to the movies?
The Not Bad:
"Let's Be Cops" 2.5/4 stars - With their careers going nowhere, two down-on-their-luck Los Angeles roommates, Ryan (Jake Johnson) and Justin (Damon Wayans Jr.), decide to dress up as police officers and fight crime. Johnson and Wayans Jr. have terrific comic chemistry and bring out some very funny sequences. I laughed a lot, but - although this is a new idea - the thin and predictable story arc feels like a retread. On the other hand, again, I did laugh a lot. Keegan-Michael Key makes a hilarious supporting turn.
"The Hundred-Foot Journey" 2/4 stars - An Indian family - led by the patriarch, Papa (Om Puri) - moves to France to start their lives over. They open a restaurant 100 feet from a posh establishment with traditional French cuisine and thus, begin a heated rivalry with the owner, Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren). This Lasse Hallstrom film looks terrific and has all the ingredients for a hit film, but the script crams too many ideas (most likely from the book) into 2 hours and 2 minutes. The end result? We are simply left with a bland movie.
"Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" 1.5/4 stars - An absolutely huge all-star cast - including Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson, Eva Green, Powers Boothe, Ray Liotta, Dennis Haysburt, Christopher Lloyd, and Bruce Willis - cannot save this joyless and uninteresting follow up to 2005's smash hit. This movie looks and feels like the first film, but lacks its pizzaz and surprise. It was great to see Rourke's brutish Marv again, but Alba's storyline was tired, and Willis's continued cameos throughout the picture were tiresome and repetitive. The biggest disappointment of the year, so far.
Image Credits: Universal Pictures
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In Theatres Now..(out of⭐⭐⭐⭐)
"Gifted" ⭐⭐⭐1/2
"Norman" ⭐⭐⭐1/2
"The Dinner" ⭐⭐⭐
"Jeremiah Tower" ⭐⭐⭐
"The Lost City of Z" ⭐⭐⭐
"The Lovers" ⭐⭐⭐
"The Promise" ⭐⭐⭐
"The Wall" ⭐⭐⭐
"The Zookeeper's Wife" ⭐⭐⭐
"Kong : Skull Island" ⭐⭐1/2
"Their Finest" ⭐⭐1/2
"Tommy's Honour" ⭐⭐1/2
"Voice from the Stone" ⭐⭐1/2
"Free Fire" ⭐⭐
"Paris Can Wait" ⭐⭐
"Pirates" ⭐⭐
"Wakefield" ⭐⭐
"Fate of the Furious" ⭐1/2


The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP).
An alternative university entrance qualification to the German Abitur that offers so much more!
The IBDP requires students to complete three higher level courses (Leistungskurse) and three standard level courses (Grundkurse), as well as three additional components: Theory of Knowledge (TOK), Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) and the Extended Essay (EE). All subjects will be taught and completed in English, apart from German (language and literature).
- "The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right".
The IBDP qualification is officially recognised by German universities, as well as universities all around the world. The question is however, when will this be offered in Neuzelle?
- "Gymnasium im Stift Neuzelle is a candidate school for the Diploma Programme. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students".
This means that – as a candidate school – we are currently working towards authorisation, with the ultimate goal of starting to teach the programme from September 2018.
In the coming months, parents and students alike will be provided with further information about the prospected IBDP in Neuzelle, however for any queries or questions before then, please don't hesitate to contact the programme coordinator (Michael Tomkinson).
You can find more information about the IB at www.ibo.org and the IBDP at http://ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/ .


My kids will eat melons IF they get to use the melon baller. (Finally, I've found the answer!) Last week, we bought a honeydew, a cantaloupe, and a watermelon. Each girl got a melon baller and got to work "balling" the melons.
After making the balls, the kids stuck the balls onto straws. And inadvertently, we made patterned skewers. Math in the kitchen! (again?) I am quite obsessed with food lately.
Patterns. Remember, patterns are math!
hard: red, green, green, orange, red, green, green, orange.
We can do an at-home math lesson while unloading the dishwasher? Who woulda' thunk it?


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The role of Mediterranean diet on human milk composition: The results of MediDiet study
Clinical Pediatrics: Open Access
Clinical Pediatrics: Open Access received 482 citations as per Google Scholar report
Clinical Pediatrics: Open Access peer review process verified at publons
Pediatric Research Pediatric Nutrition Pediatrics and Therapeutics journal
38th International Conference on Advanced Pediatrics and Neonatology
32nd International Conference on Pediatrics Health
37th Global Summit on Pediatrics
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12th World Pediatric Congress
December 13-15, 2018 Abu Dhabi, UAE
Guido Moro
Italian Association of Human Milk Banks, Italy
Keynote: Clin Pediatr
Introduction & Aim: Human milk has evolved as the natural exclusive food for newborns during their first months of postnatal life; it fulfils all the nutritional requirements and it is related to a better short and long term outcome. The knowledge on how maternal diet and in particular the adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet may be reflected in composition of human milk is very limited. We know that maternal diet influences Fatty Acid (FA) composition of breast-milk with changes appearing within 8-10 hours after a meal intake. FA are important for neurodevelopment of newborn in early stages of extrauterine life. The MediDiet multicenter study aimed to evaluate how human milk anti-oxidative properties can be affected by the adherence to Mediterranean diet. Methods: We sampled breast milk of 300 mothers from 5 sites to provide reference values of milk fatty acids in the population. In a period between 5 and 7 weeks after childbirth these women were asked to provide a sample of their freshly expressed breast milk. A validated food frequency questionnaire was submitted to all the eligible patients included in the study. Results & Conclusion: The adherence to the Mediterranean diet was lower in the center and south of Italy than in the north. This result seems to be in line with the observation of a trend towards a decreasing adherence to the Mediterranean diet in Mediterranean countries in the last decades. Milk fat contained on average 22.5% palmitic acid, 39.2% oleic acid, 10.9% linoleic acid, 0.5% α-linolenic acid, and 0.3% docosahexaenoic fatty acid. The ratio of n-6 to n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in milk fat was 2.4. Oleic acid content is among the highest reported for any geographical region of the world and similar to an earlier Italian study by Marangoni et al. (2002) on a much lower number of samples. The ratio of n-6 to n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids is also similar to the one reported by Marangoni et al. Such ratios have been implied to provide specific benefits for cardio-metabolic health.
Guido Moro has been Professor of Neonatology at the University of Milan, Italy and Director of the Department of Neonatal Pathology of Macedonio Melloni Hospital in Milan. His main field of research is infant nutrition, with particular interest to very low birth weight infants feeding, human milk and human milk banks. He has published more than 250 scientific papers in international journals. In 1985 he founded the Human Milk Bank of Milan, the most technologically advanced human milk bank in Italy. Presently he is the President of the Italian Association of Donated Human Milk Banks (AIBLUD), which coordinates the activity of the 37 existing banks in Italy. He has been the first President of the European Milk Bank Association (EMBA). In 2005 he received the "Gold Medal" from the City of Milan (the highest honor for people working in this city), for his scientific activity and his interest and involvement in social field.


This weekend I finished my "Go big or go home" canvas and it is bright and happy and very me. There is no way you can see all the texture, so here are a few close ups.
Adding color makes me so happy and makes it all come alive!


The owtemp driver provides support for the 1-Wire temperature sensor. The sensor possesses a single temperature value that can be accessed through the sysctl(8) interface.
The owtemp driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.0.
The owtemp driver was written by Alexander Yurchenko <grange@openbsd.org>.


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Many of central Melbourne's street names are evidence of the grand vision of the city's pioneers who named the streets after explorers, colonial leaders, British nobles and monarchs.
Although streets like La Trobe, Collins and Flinders were named after key local figures – Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe, explorer Matthew Flinders and Captain David Collins of the 1803 Sorrento settlement – others were named in honour of British officials and royalty:
The streets from the west to the east were called after Lord Spencer (the Lord Althorpe of a Melbourne Administration), Governor King, of New South Wales; William Street, after William the 4th, and Queen Street after his Consort.
– Garryowen, Chronicles of Early Melbourne 1888
Finn, E 1888, The Chronicles of Early Melbourne, centennial edition, 1976, Vols 1–3, Heritage Publications, Melbourne, Vic.
Versions of history that we call 'facts' have to start somewhere. At some point, someone, like Garryowen, decides what they think is true and records it in a text people can refer to in the future.
The rationale for the naming of Spring Street, however, was somewhat of a mystery. Journalist Garryowen pieced together a theory based on the testimony of locals:
The only theory that ever suggested itself to my mind, with any show of probability was that, the street, when pegged out, was so far away in the 'bush', and it passed over such a smooth, grassy, picturesquely timbered stretch of country, up a beautiful hill from the Yarra - across towards the Carlton Gardens, that either Governor or surveyor was induced by the fragrance of the gum trees and the freshness of the day, to present a votive offering to the goddess of Spring, whose season in another country they seemed to be enjoying, and so Melbourne came to have a Spring Street. This fanciful surmise has been singularly sustained by the testimony of Mr. Hoddle.
It's hard to know exactly what happened in the past, even when you're dealing with 'evidence'. It's up to you to read between the lines of a source and decide whether the information is accurate.
Street names, eMelbourne
Streets & roads, City of Melbourne
Melbourne maps
Most accounts of John Batman's life focus on his success, and overlook the tragedy of his final years.
Melbourne's population in the 1800s reflected the city's growth as a bustling metropolis.
John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner are credited as Melbourne's first pioneers, but who arrived first?