Jammu, Jan 12 : Three days after 2010 UPSC topper Dr Shah Faesal announced to quit the post, Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday said in case he would continue his services as an IAS officer he could serve the people of society in a better way than a politician.
On the resignation of the IAS officer, Governor Satya Pal Malik in a statement issued here said that that Shah Faisal was an efficient and dedicated officer who rendered his services with great zeal and enthusiasm for the welfare of the state and its people particularly belonging to weaker sections of the society.
Terming the decision to join politics by Shah Faisal as his personal, Governor observed he could have done better even otherwise.
"He (Shah Faesal) has to consult the youth to know their aspirations and try to create a new platform for the redressal of problems and grievances of youth," Governor said, reiterating that Dr. Shah Faesal could deliver better as an officer rather than as a politician.


Infant Brain Research: It began, as so many things do, with the birth of children.
As the Seattle-based telecommunications billionaire Bruce McCaw and his wife, Jolene, welcomed their two children into the world, they wanted to be the best parents they could.
But they soon found themselves frustrated with the lack of solid, scientific, yet understandable information about how infants learn. So they sought out John Medina, a University of Washington molecular biologist.
Over lunch, the three lamented the scarcity of research on infant brain development and imagined the profound influence such knowledge could have on anyone who raises or works with children. In July, the McCaws announced a $91 million commitment to make that vision a reality by founding the Talaris Research Institute in northeast Seattle.
Breaking their usual habit of extreme privacy to appear at a news conference, the McCaws said they want the best in learning opportunities for their daughter, now 21/2, and son, 9 months.
"You realize there is so much you want to know," said Mr. McCaw, who ran a leading cellular phone company, McCaw Cellular Communications Inc., before selling it to AT&T Corp.
Mr. McCaw, 54, now runs an auto-racing company.
Mr. Medina, who will serve as Talaris' founding director, said the institute will be an unusual blend of science and communications. As many as 100 researchers will study brain development in infants and young children, and the staff will then share those findings with parents and educators, the news media, and the business community.
The McCaws paid $18 million for a pastoral 20-acre site to house the institute and have committed to spending $48 million or more to construct new buildings on it. In addition, they pledged $25 million in operating expenses for the first five years, said family spokesman David Schaefer.
Kyle Pruett, the president of Zero to Three, a Washington-based nonprofit group that advocates healthy practices for infants and toddlers, said the "resources, integrity, and passion" of the institute make it "very promising." But he urged parents to remember that while scientific understanding can enhance a child's early years, a close emotional bond with parents is crucial.
"Even the brightest mind, if not connected to a good emotional experience, is not going to do anyone any good," Dr. Pruett said.


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Staying true to its Los Angeles streetwear and skatewear, this collection draws on the late '90s and early 2000s nostalgia, bringing oversized silhouettes and retro graphics to the forefront. The pieces give of a resemblance of vintage thrifting finds, especially in the broad range of cut-and-sew pieces. The collection sees co-branded graphics, reflective detailing, jacquard artwork and ripstop fabrics with mesh overlays to further emphasize the evident nod to the '90s aesthetic. The HUF x Pleasures is comfort-focused as evident in the brown cardigan featuring a "plantlife" symbol and the baggy psychedelic bowling shirt. Nostalgic graphics are featured on the party line hoodie, head unit t-shirt and spore socks, which are packaged in a VHS case.

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Here are the books I got in the last week or so; IMM is hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren. Thanks for watching, and don't forget to stop by Fairy Tale Fortnight and my World Book Night giveaway on the 23rd!
For more on Fairy Tale Fortnight, see this post. And don't forget to stop by on April 23rd for my World Book Night giveaway!
I've been wanting to read Dearly Departed for awhile now too.I hope you enjoy it. Here's my IMM!
First, I'm REALLY stoked for Fairytale Fortnight! I can't wait!
And your books are fabulous this week. The Vicious Deep is so on my wishlist and that is because it has do with MERMEN. I'm so there. The Duff remains my favorite book by Kody Keplinger, as there is no one just like Wes and Bianca, and I just adore them both so much! The Girl of Fire and Thorns is another favorite as the fantasy is incredible and so is the main character's growth. I NEED THE SEQUEL. Dearly, Departed is so good. After you get passed the first hundred or so pages of agonizingly slow-paced plot, action kicks up and the romance is... just so sweet!
Awesome books! I enjoyed Dearly Departed! I still havent read Girl of Fire and Thorns! I've heard its really good! Enjoy!
Awesome books. I've never heard of WBN, but I just looked at the webiste, it looks awesome thanks for telling us about it and I can't wait for FTFN tomorrow! Been looking forward to it since last years ended.
My IMM is up as well.
And yay, we're both Bloggers of the Deep! Zoraida is so easy to work with, I can't wait to finally read The Vicious Deep.
YAY THE BOOK THIEF! <3 that book. You got some amazing books in you mailbox this week. Can't believe you haven't read The Duff yet. I can't wait to read the other three. Happy Reading!
Fairy Tale Fortnight is going to rock omgggggg.
ALSO I LOVE GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS FOREVER AND EVER.
I'm so excited for Fairy Tale Fortnight! I wish I'd found out about it sooner to better plan ahead my reads...ah well, I will next time round, and I'll be checking in regardless.
I just finished THE VICIOUS DEEP and enjoyed it, though it wasn't as vicious as I was anticipating after that bloody cover! LOL! I liked THE DUFF okay. I liked SHUT OUT more, though. But I really want to read her new one...A MIDSUMMER NIGHTMARE, I think it's called? I looooved THE GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS! I can't WAIT for you to read it! I want the second one so much! I love the cover for DEARLY, DEPARTED, though I'm not a zombie lover, so I won't be reading it!


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Libyan Security Committee Calls U.S. Muslim Leader a Terrorist
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https://www.investigativeproject.org/6273/libyan-security-committee-calls-us-muslim-leader
Omeish and U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine. Source: Facebook
A prominent Muslim American political activist is included on a list of 75 terrorists issued by a Libyan parliamentary committee.
Esam Omeish is a former president of the Muslim American Society and remains a prominent figure at the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, Va. He is among 75 people the Libyan House of Representatives' Defense and National Security Committee labeled Friday as enemies.
Libya's government remains fragmented, with the House of Representatives based in a city called Tobruk. It is considered closely aligned with Egypt.
Omeish is the 29th name listed on the terror list and is described as an "international member of the Muslim Brotherhood." Another American, Aly Abuzaakouk, appears just after Omeish's, also identified as an international Muslim Brotherhood member.
Omeish blasted the move in a statement on his Facebook page, saying "my name had unjustly and falsely been placed on a so called list of supporters of terrorism." He protested Saturday to Virginia U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, the 2016 Democratic vice presidential nominee, and plans to try meeting more members of Congress today.
Omeish wants the committee's leader "legally prosecuted for fraud, slander and defamation to obtain a judgement inhibiting their ability to travel to America..." He also wants penalties for committee members who approved the list, accusing them of "randomly charging American citizens who have no offense or crime, or involvement with any of the forms of terrorism, and who are major in the American landscape in the fight against terrorism and working with all security and legal agencies to preserve the country's security and the safety of the society and communities with transparency and integrity which everyone near and far knows."
Omeish formerly served as president of the Muslim American Society (MAS), which insiders have acknowledged is the Muslim Brotherhood's overt arm in the United States. In a December Facebook comment, Omeish wrote that Muslims "have not known of the people of Islam ... those more just in understanding, wider in approach and closer in application than the Muslim Brotherhood. We have not known of humane brotherliness and its people, (and we are affiliated with all men whom Allah has created a propensity for love, mercy, an upright disposition, good morals and honorable character) better in ethics, of gentler parts, deeper in adherence to duty, nobler in morals among all their sons, and every one of their actions than the Muslim Brotherhood."
Last year, he advocated that the U.S. support for a group known variably as the "Revolutionary Shura Council," or the "Mujahideen Shura of Derna," despite ties between its officials and al-Qaida. Egypt's air force bombed the group last month in retaliation for terror attacks against Coptic Christians in April.
Abuzaakouk also has deep Muslim Brotherhood connections. He has served as executive director of the American Muslim Council (AMC), and publications director for the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). He became foreign minister of the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Government of National Salvation based in Tripoli after dictator Muammar Gaddafi fell. That group opposes the internationally recognized government in Tobruk.
The AMC was founded in part by Mahmoud Abu Saud, who helped Hassan al-Banna create the Brotherhood in Egypt, the Washington Post reported in 2004. FBI officials have long suspected that the IIIT housed leading Brotherhood officials in the United States.
Despite his overt support for "the jihad way" and for the Brotherhood, Omeish has been close to Kaine for at least a decade. When Kaine was Virginia's governor in 2007, Omeish was forced to resign from a state immigration panel after Investigative Project on Terrorism video showed him praising Palestinians during a 2000 rally for knowing that "the jihad way is the way to liberate your land."
At a separate event two months earlier, Omeish similarly praised Palestinians "for their bravery, for their giving up their lives for the sake of Allah and for the sake of Al-Aqsa [Jerusalem]. They have spearheaded the effort to bring victory upon the believers in [Palestine]."
It was during a 2010 fundraiser for Omeish's state assembly campaign that U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison – now the Democratic National Committee's vice chair – complained that Israel unduly influence U.S. policy in the Middle East. "A region of 350 million all turns on a country of 7 million," Ellison said. "Does that make sense?"
Ellison added: "We can't allow another country to treat us like we're their ATM. Right? And so we ought to stand up as Americans. Now some of us have affinity for other places around the globe. Some of us are new Americans and adopted America as our home. But whether you're born here or whether you accepted America as your own voluntarily, this is our home. Right? All of our home equally, and we can't allow it to be disrespected because some, by a country that we're paying money to."
In this case, Kaine serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's subcommittee for North Africa.
It is unclear what impact the Libyan House committee's terror list will have, especially among U.S. policy makers. There's no public information indicating Omeish was directly involved in any terror support. But he has openly advocated for "the jihad way" and lauds the Brotherhood, a movement which articulated a goal of creating a global Islamic state and serves as an inspiration for Sunni jihadist groups including al-Qaida, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Ja'amat Islamiya.
"The common link here is the extremist Muslim Brotherhood – all of these organizations are descendants of the membership and ideology of the Muslim Brothers," former National Security and Counter-terrorism Coordinator Richard Clarke testified in 2004 before a U.S. Senate committee.
There are twin bills pending in Congress that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group. The United Arab Emirates has already done so.
Related Topics: , Esam Omeish, Muslim American Society, terrorist designations, Libyan House of Representatives, Tim Kaine, Keith Ellison, Revolutionary Shura Council, Aly Abuzaakouk, American Muslim Council, IIIT


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Robin Wilde is an awesome single mum. She's great at her job. Her best friend Lacey and bonkers Auntie Kath love her and little Lyla to the moon and back. From the outside, everything looks just fine.
But Robin has a secret.
Behind the mask she carefully applies every day, things sometimes feel...grey. And lonely. She struggles to fit in with the school-mum crew. Online dating is despair-inducing, and how can she give her little girl the very best when, honestly, some days it's hard to find a clean pair of knickers?
After 4 years (and 2 months and 24 days) of single mum-dom, Robin realises it's time to get out there and Change. Her. Life!
Will Robin seize the possibilities she creates for herself? And what surprises does her life have in store if she does?
Wilde Like Me is written in an easy to read, chatty style that echoes Louise Pentland's Sprinkle of Glitter YouTube channel.
Robin Wilde feels empty. Sure, she has a fantastic job with a great boss and a gorgeous daughter, but her life still feels ... empty. Dull. She's sick of being single and trying to measure up to those perfect mums, with their perfect husbands and their perfect children. Will she ever fit in with the mums at her daughter's school? And. Will she ever find her perfect man?
Louise Pentland has created some wonderfully likeable characters in this story of Robin Wilde, from Aunt Kath to the bumbling ex-fiance that is the father of Robin's beloved daughter.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can't wait for #2 to come out!
If you like Bridget Jones, you're sure to love Robin Wilde.
Not recommended for readers under the age of 18.


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Ester Workel (ur. 18 marca 1975 r. w Haaksbergen) – holenderska wioślarka.

Osiągnięcia
 Mistrzostwa Świata – Lucerna 2001 – ósemka – 8. miejsce.
 Igrzyska Olimpijskie – Ateny 2004 – ósemka – 3. miejsce.
 Mistrzostwa Świata – Gifu 2005 – ósemka – 3. miejsce.
 Mistrzostwa Świata – Monachium 2007 – ósemka – 7. miejsce.
 Igrzyska Olimpijskie – Pekin 2008 – ósemka – 2. miejsce.

Przypisy

Urodzeni w 1975
Wioślarze na Letnich Igrzyskach Olimpijskich 2008
Medaliści Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 2008
Uczestnicy Mistrzostw Świata w Wioślarstwie 2007
Medaliści Mistrzostw Świata w Wioślarstwie 2005
Wioślarze na Letnich Igrzyskach Olimpijskich 2004
Medaliści Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 2004
Uczestnicy Mistrzostw Świata w Wioślarstwie 2001
Holenderscy medaliści olimpijscy
Holenderscy wioślarze

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Following the tradition of IUI in previous years, we will offer student participation support in the 2014 IUI conference. The support is provided by SIGART and the NSF to attend the IUI Conference. This support is in the form of a small stipend to cover registration fee and partially cover the costs of travel and living expenses while attending the conference. The students will be reimbursed for their expenses after the conference.
The objective of IUI's student support is to encourage students interested in subjects related to Intelligent User Interfaces to become active members of the IUI community. To apply, the student should be actively enrolled as a student in an academic institution. Priority will be given to students who are first authors of accepted papers and to participants in the doctoral consortium. Recipients of the stipend are also expected to help the conference organization as student volunteers. The level of support will be determined by the availability of funds and the number of eligible applications.
The school you are attending, your major, and the country in which the school resides.
Please submit your application to the local organization chairs via email by January 20th 2014. Your application will be reviewed by the IUI Student Committee. Notification will be given by January 30th, 2014.


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Introducing an iOS App for Teachers and Learners
by Kiddom | Jan 3, 2017 | Content Integrations, EdTech Engineering, Instructional Technology, New Releases, Resources, School Improvement, Superintendent and District | 0 comments
We're building Kiddom to be a place where teachers and learners can work together effortlessly, no matter where they are. Today, we're proud to release our first version of an iOS app that supports both teachers and learners.
Our latest iOS app (optimized for iPhone and iPad) makes it easier than ever for teachers to plan, assess, and analyze student work.
But most importantly, this is an app that students can use too, making it an effective way for 21st century students to stay organized, submit work, and get feedback in a timely manner.
Browse Premium, Standards-Aligned Content
Educators love Kiddom because we connect directly to premium, standards-aligned content. With our latest iOS app, teachers can browse and assign any of this content directly from their iOS devices.
Moving forward, a teacher doesn't have to wait to get in front of a computer to browse Khan Academy's videos for a student that requested additional guidance on a particular topic.
A teacher that is assigned to cafeteria duty can still browse CK-12's real-world activities to find the most appropriate exercise for students that are ready to apply what they learned in the previous class.
And teachers that can't access a computer because they share a room can still peruse CommonLit's news articles, short stories, poems, and historical documents directly from the app. Yeah, we'd say teaching and learning just got a little more convenient.
21st Century Students Rely on Instant Feedback
Grading student work can grow to become a daunting exercise this season as quarters, trimesters, semesters, and all sorts of grading periods start to wrap-up. With our latest iOS app, teachers can assess student work and share critical feedback instantaneously.
Students are free to ask their teachers questions on assignments in real-time from the convenience of their own iOS device.
The ability for learners to learn on their own time and ask clarifying questions in-the-moment helps create a productive, continuous learning cycle. If students don't have to wait until they physically see their teachers to get questions answered, then they're free to learn more and get more done on their own time. We think that's beautiful.
So, What's Next?
We're excited about this first version of a teacher and student iOS app, but we realize there's more work to be done. We'll continue to build more functionality for the iOS app over the next several months. In the meantime, download the app and let us know what you think in the comments.
Kiddom's mission is to unlock potential for all teachers and learners. With today's iOS app launch, we're excited to get one step closer to a world where teachers have the time to inspire students and students have the ability to learn on the device they're most comfortable with, on their own terms.


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Home prices in the entire Carolina MLS area just continue to rise, with housing inventory in the Charlotte region at a low, and a growing demand for property in this super hot real estate market. Home sales increased 11.5% in March 2017 as compared with the same month of 2016. This increase is a whopping 54% jump compared to February 2017. Plus, the average list price was up 9.4% in March as compared with the same month in 2016.
Inventory in Lake Wylie was also down 28.6% in year over year numbers for March, however there was a 9.1% drop in the average sales price of homes. New listings, though, were up 35.8% in March 2017 versus March 2016.
In Fort Mill, inventory is also down, but the average sales price is up 14.5% in year over year numbers, and new listings are surprisingly down 3.5%.
With the low months supply of inventory and few new homes being listed on the market, a rise in sales price is fairly predictable. Across the nation, there has been a steady and constant increase in home sale prices. They are rising the quickest they have in approximately three years, and Charlotte as a whole still has these nationwide numbers beat.
Mortgage rates are also higher now than compared with those of a year ago, and this, coupled with higher home prices, may eventually temper the heightened demand for housing in Charlotte. Currently, homes seem to sell almost as soon as they are listed, so buyers will want to act quickly when they find a home they are interested in.
Charlotte definitely has a seller's market on its hands, with low inventory, rising home prices, and a surge in home sales. For more details and info on what this means for home buyers and sellers alike, be sure to take a look at the full article at CharlotteObserver.com.


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Coronavirus News Technology US world affairs
G20 leaders: We're "committed to do whatever it takes" on coronavirus
G20 Leaders said they are committed to do whatever it takes to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.
In a statement released after a virtual meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia, the G20 said it would spare no effort to protect lives, safeguard people's jobs and preserve financial stability.
The G20 members have committed to injecting over $5 trillion into the global economy, the leaders said in the statement. It also gave support to the "extraordinary measures" taken by central banks and bodies like the IMF and World Bank.
The statement did not outline any new or specific measures the G20 was taking, but said leaders were ready "to react promptly and take any further action that may be required."
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$19.99/Movie?: Greed and Film in the Time of Coronavirus
13 Jul $19.99/Movie?: Greed and Film in the Time of Coronavirus
Posted at 13:00h in ENTERTAINMENT, FEATURED ARTICLES, LIFESTYLE, MUSE'INGS, Recent Posts, THOUGHTS	by	museadmin 0 Comments
When COVID-19 hit our world in the early winter, everything changed instantly. People were ill and dying, the economy collapsed, schools,stores, and just about every physical establishment indefinitely closed. While it is unanimous that COVID-19 affected everyone's lives in dramatically different ways, each individual was probably disappointed about the absence of a major part of their life.
For some, it might have been the inability to shop, or the cancellation of sporting events, or simply the postponement of hugging friends and family to a later date. For me, when COVID-19 emerged , and I inevitably knew movie theatres would begin to shut, a wave of sadness and longing swept through me. Movies to me are not just about the movie itself– it is about the greater theatrical experience. It's about the debates over paying an extra $4 for comfier seating, collectively agreeing with friends on splitting a particular flavour of popcorn, or the nerdy joy when a trailer comes on for a highly anticipated film. It's an experience centred around a film, but the experience itself is much more than that.
Movies in theatres are a way I've developed and connected with friends and family over the years, laughing together, crying together, complaining about how shitty a film was, or trying to wrap my mind around an abstract ending with my indie Queen's film friends.
Hollywood, and the global cinema industry at large, has responded to COVID-19 in a multitude of ways. SXSW was the first major film festival to announce its cancellation and we've only seen the trend spiral. TIFF recently announced an ambitious plan that consists of a combination of virtual, drive-in, and digital screenings for its annual festival in September. We have seen the postponement of some major releases (most notably Tenet and Wonder Woman 1984), while some smaller releases have gone straight to VOD.
Something I can't seem to wrap my head is how regressive some of these decisions seem to be. Take the VOD example. King of Staten Island, the Judd Apatow-directed Pete Davdison-starring film was set to be a fan-favourite at both SXSW and TriBeca Film Festival– both of which ended up being cancelled. Instead, Universal Pictures,the film's distributor, opted to release the film straight to VOD. This means that it is available for purchase on iTunes, Apple TV, Google Play, and other similar services.
Yet, a 30-day Digital rental of the film costs $19.99. Once you start the film, you have 48 hours left to view. That's significantly more than the cost of a general admission ticket to see a film in theatres. The economics behind the price tag are logical from a profiteering perspective– less people will purchase the film online than pay to see it in theatres. It's easy to see that even with the increased price, it likely won't bring in as much money as a theatrical release.
Yet, there are ways Hollywood could avoid the $19.99 movie. I was surprised that more streaming services did not acquire films at the digital film festivals that took place this year. After all, if Netflix or Amazon were to acquire a buzz-worthy festival film and release it immediately, the viewership would have been unbelievable. Drive-in-theatres have also had an unexpected renaissance and studios seemed to not utilize this method of viewing enough. I would also argue, using my amateurunderstanding of microeconomics, that by lowering the price to say, $9.99, more people would have purchased the film and the profit might have even been higher than the current sales.
$19.99 is more than two months' worth of Netflix, where I could theoretically watch a different film every single night. Don't get me wrong, Universal's plan was monstrously successful. King of Staten Island was the top-rented film on these digital platforms for two weeks in a row. Despite this apparent success, the practice of releasing movies immediately to VOD is not only regressive, it's also inaccessible. Part of the rise in streaming services was due to young crowds turning away from movie theatres due to the hefty ticket prices. And yet, to sell a film for $19.99 seems elitist and likely that it will only reach a wealthy demographic, likely one slightly different than those who would've seen it in theatres.
Some distributors have postponed releases to ensure that the audience will be able to view the film as originally intended– while also securing greater monetary profits. While movie theatres primarily profit off concessions, the operational costs involved with theatre maintenance and employment salaries create a very slim margin compared to the digital marketplace. You would think that the lack of operational costs associated with streaming would make going straight to Netflix instead of VOD a no-brainer, but this hasn't been the case.
Frankly, I laughed out loud when I saw the $19.99 price. It reminded me of as a kid, when a Friday night at Blockbuster was one of the most happening spots in the neighbourhood. Or a few years later, when you and your friend would pay $4.99 for a Rogers on Demand movie at a sleepover. But, as I grew up, suddenly paying $12.99 for a movie theatre ticket weekly became less than ideal.
Hollywood listened to us and gave us a solution. It gave us entertainment that was accessible and interesting. Would a film like Roma have been an Oscar-frontrunner with a theatrical release? Likely not. Would Orange Is The New Black be able to share the same stories if it were on network television? I doubt it would have ever been green-lit. Streaming allowed people who, for one reason or another, did not utilize movie theatres frequently, to consume entertainment at their own leisure.
While realistically, the VOD model will diminish as movie theatres slowly begin to re-open, reflecting on a small section within a larger chapter of history will allow us to question; was that really the best approach? Why, in an era, when the globe was literally confined to their homes, did they make entertainment as expensive as it could be ? More than anything, we see how Hollywood is manipulating COVID-19 to its monetary advantage.
I eagerly anticipate the day where I can stroll into my favourite movie theatre again, and watch my film of choosing, for less than $19.99. I actively await a lazy Sunday afternoon seeing a flick with a friend and the joy that I, and many cinephiles alike, experience of enjoying a film with one another.
But, until then, no, I won't pay $19.99 for a VOD. I will likely turn to a streaming service and pick something that likely would have never been able to see the light of day in a theatrical release such as Private Life on Netflix or Honey Boy on Amazon Prime. Let's use this unique moment in history to explore films from the underrepresented, the marginalized, and well, not the $19.99.
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Jordan Pike is a guest contributor to MUSE Online.
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The Quality Overall Summary (QOS) is a summary that follows the scope and the outline of the Finished Product. The QOS should not include information, data or justification that was not already included in the Body of Data. The QOS should include sufficient information from each section to provide the Quality reviewer with an overview of the Finished Product. The QOS should also emphasize critical key parameters of the product and provide, for instance, justification in cases where guidelines were not followed. The QOS should include a discussion of key issues that integrates information from sections in the Quality part and supporting information from other parts, including cross-referencing to volume and page number in other Parts This QOS normally should not exceed 40 pages of text, excluding tables and figures.
Data on the development of studies to establish that the dosage form, formulation, manufacturing process. Container closure system microbiological attribute and usage instruction are appropriate.
Should identify and describe the formulation and process attributes (clinical parameters) that may influence batch reproducibility, product performance and drug product quality.
Overages if any should be justified.
Parameter relevant to the performance of the finished product e.g. pH, dissolution.
Differences between the manufacturing process used to produce pivotal clinical batches and the process described in P3.2, if applicable, should be stated.
Suitability for storage, transportation and use of the drug product e.g., choice of materials, protection from moisture and light, compatibility of the materials of construction with the dosage form including sorption to container and leaching safety of materials of contraction, and performance such as reproducibility of the dose delivery form the device when present as part the drug product.
Selection and effectiveness of preservative systems in products containing anti-microbial preservatives.
For sterile products, the integrity of the container closure system to prevent microbial contamination should be addressed.
Literature data acceptable for the compatibility of the drug product or reconstitution diluents(s) or dosage devices, e.g. precipitation of drug substance in solution, sorption on injection vessels and stability should be addressed to provide appropriate and supportive information for the labeling.
If the product is repacked/assembled by another manufacturer, details of repacking/assembly and quality control must be supplied.
The full description of manufacturing process must sufficient details to cover the essential point of each stage of manufacture.
Critical steps: Tests and acceptance criteria should be provided (with justification, including experimental data) performed at the critical steps identified P3.3 of the manufacturing process to ensure that the process is controlled.
Intermediates: Information of the quality and control of intermediates isolated during the process should be provided.
Description, documentation, and result of the validation studies should be provided from critical steps or critical assays used in the manufacturing process (e.g. Validation of the sterilization process or aseptic processing or filling).
Justification for the proposed excipient specifications should be provided, where appropriate.
Compendial requirements or appropriate information from the manufacturer.
Description and test results of all relevant batches used to establish specification and evaluate consistency in manufacturing.
A tabulated summary of the batch analysis, with graphical representation where appropriate should be provided.
Details of packaging inclusion e.g. desiccant, etc.
Evidence is required to demonstrate that product is stable, meets the finished product specifications throughout its proposed shelf-life, that toxic decomposition products are not produced in significant amount during this period, and that potency, efficacy of preservative etc. are maintained.
All criteria under ICH Guidelines are acceptable with the exception of real time storage conditions which should be 30oC, 75% RH. Provisional of moisture protection of packaging should be taken into consideration.
Results of the stability studies should be presented in an appropriate format (e.g. tabular, graphical, narrative). Information on the analytical procedures used to generate the data and validation of these procedures should be included.
The summary should include, for example, conclusions with respect to storage conditions and shelf-life, and, if applicable, in-use storage conditions and shelf life.
The type of studies conducted, protocol used and the result of the studies should be presented in the study report.
Note: This requirement is applicable to all generics (scheduled poison) in oral solid dosage form (including immediate released, modified released, effervescent, dispersible, orodispersible, sublingual, buccal and chewable oral tablet/capsule) only.
Kindly note that the application will need to conform to current requirements, guideline, circulars and directives which includes BE centre accreditation.
For BE Centres that have not been accredited by NPRA or regulatory authorities accepted by NPRA/not listed in the NPRA, Compliance Programme for Bioequivalence Centre, an application for the purpose of BE study centre inspection must be submitted to Centre for Investigational New Product (CINP) before submission of product application for screening. Kindly submit proof of payment (receipt issued by NPRA) along with proof of application to CINP at the point of screening.
For BE Centres that have been accredited by regulatory authorities accepted by NPRA, the BE Centre inspection report (study specific) needs to be submitted to Centre for Investigational New Product (CINP), NPRA for evaluation and verification before submission of product application for screening. A verification letter on the accreditation status issued by CINP must be submitted during submission of application to Centre for Product Registration (at the point of screening).
Kindly ensure the complete following documents are submitted (attached) in the Quest 3+ system (in E14 if unable to attach the complete report in P9).


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The men's and women's field hockey competitions at the 2014 South American Games were the second inclusion of hockey at the South American Games. Both tournaments were held in conjunction with one another between 8 and 16 March 2014 at Club Deportivo Manquehue in Santiago, Chile.

In the men's tournament, Argentina won the gold medal for the second time by defeating Chile 8–1 in the final. Venezuela won the bronze medal by defeating Brazil 3–2 in the bronze-medal match.

In the women's tournament, Argentina won the gold medal for the second time by defeating Chile 3–1 in the final. Uruguay won the bronze medal by defeating Brazil 3–0 in the bronze-medal match.

The top two teams in the men's tournament, Argentina and Chile, and the top two teams in the women's tournament, Argentina and Chile all qualified to compete at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Participating nations

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Medal summary

Medal table

Men's tournament

Round robin

Classification round

Fifth and sixth place

Bronze-medal match

Gold-medal match

Final standings

 Qualified for the 2015 Pan American Games

Goalscorers

Women's tournament

The competition consisted of two stages; a preliminary round followed by a classification round.

Participating nations

Preliminary round

Classification matches

Bronze-medal match

Gold-medal match

Final standings

References

2014 South American Games events
South American Games
2014
2014 South American Games
Qualification tournaments for the 2015 Pan American Games


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Our use of sand brings us "up against the wall", says UNEP report
REAO > News & Events > Our use of sand brings us "up against the wall", says UNEP report
Geneva, 26 April 2022 – 50 billion tons: enough to build a wall 27 metres wide and 27 metres high around planet Earth. This is the volume of sand and gravel used each year, making it the second most used resource worldwide after water. Given our dependency on it, sand must be recognised as a strategic resource and its extraction and use needs to be rethought, finds a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
The report, Sand and Sustainability: 10 strategic recommendations to avert a crisis, released today by UNEP's GRID-Geneva team, provides the necessary guidance gathered from world experts to switch to improved practices for the resource's extraction and management.
Extracting sand where it plays an active role, such as rivers, and coastal or marine ecosystems, can lead to erosion, salination of aquifers, loss of protection against storm surges and impacts on biodiversity, which pose a threat to livelihoods through, among other things, water supply, food production, fisheries, or to the tourism industry.
According to the report's authors, sand must be recognised as a strategic resource, not only as a material for construction, but also for its multiple roles in the environment. They stress that governments, industries and consumers should price sand in a way that recognises its true social and environmental value. For example, keeping sand on coasts may be the most cost-effective strategy for adapting to climate change due to how it protects against storm surges and impacts from sea level rise – such services should be factored into its value.
An international standard on how sand is extracted from the marine environment should also be developed, the report proposes. This could bring about dramatic improvements as most marine dredging is done through public tenders open to international companies. Meanwhile, the report recommends that the extraction of sand from beaches be banned due to its importance for coastal resilience, the environment and the economy.
"To achieve sustainable development, we need to drastically change the way we produce, build and consume products, infrastructures and services. Our sand resources are not infinite, and we need to use them wisely. If we can get a grip on how to manage the most extracted solid material in the world, we can avert a crisis and move toward a circular economy," said Pascal Peduzzi, Director of GRID-Geneva at UNEP and overall programme coordinator for this report.
Infrastructure, homes, food and nature at stake
Sand is critical to economic development, needed to produce concrete and build vital infrastructure ranging from homes and roads to hospitals. By providing habitats and breeding grounds for diverse flora and fauna, sand also plays a vital function in supporting biodiversity, including marine plants that act as carbon sinks or filter water. The resource will be crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and tackling the triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss. However, it is being used faster than it can be naturally replenished, so its responsible management is crucial.
A circular economy is within reach
The authors note that solutions exist for moving towards a circular economy for sand, including banning the landfilling of mineral waste and encouraging sand to be reused in public procurement contracts are among the policy measures cited. Crushed rock or recycled construction and demolition material, as well as 'ore-sand' from mine tailings are among the viable alternatives to sand that should also be incentivised, the report details.
They add that new institutional and legal structures are needed for sand to be more effectively governed and best practices shared and implemented. Sand resources must furthermore be mapped, monitored and reported on, the report recommends. Meanwhile, all stakeholders must be involved in decisions related to the management of sand to allow for place-based approaches and avoid one-size-fits-all solutions, the paper stresses.
The report follows a resolution on Mineral resource governance adopted at the fourth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) that called for actions on sustainable sand management. This mandate was confirmed at UNEA-5 in 2022 in the new resolution titled Environmental aspects of minerals and metals management, adopted by all member states.
Source: UNEP


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I currently live and work in Bali, at least until April 2019. I'm almost always available for coffee.
P.S. If you're working for a charitable organization, send me a message as I'd love to do some pro bono work!
P.P.S. I also own a self-build camper van, with which I travel Europe from time to time.
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Are you thankful? We have so much to be thankful for, Life, health, breath. The very fact that you are here, that you can see, think, and hear. All too often we take life for granted and seldom do we stop to thank God for what we have, yet this is His will for us. In everything give thanks.


Last Saturday 1/14, was our first 10AM prime time show! We answered all your real estate questions with Special Guest Deanna Scortino of CUTCO Cutlery. Tune in to hear the whole show below!
The team welcomed Deanna Scortino, #1 Salesperson Nationwide of CUTCO Cutlery, to talk about CUTCO closing gifts, saving and investing, and more!
If you want an instant appraisal of your home's value, visit TBGHomeValues.com.
Danny shared his latest horror story of a client's experience working with a lender other than Movement Mortgage.
The team talked millennials and how they can get into the real estate market including saving up to buy!
ReMi talks about the mortgage meltdown and how credit agencies played a huge part in this and big news about a recent legal settlement involving this meltdown.
The department of HUD reduced mortgage insurance premiums by almost 25 points! This is great news for anyone closing escrow after January 31st.
Mohamed Hadid, father to GiGi and Bella Hadid put Le Belvedere mansion on the market.
Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale's former home is now on the market for $35 million!


Business intelligence, in and of itself, does not constitute a golden ticket that ensures company success. In fact, the best business data analyst in the world cannot produce enough data to guarantee a client will succeed. Business intelligence is just one in a much larger collection of tools that businesses use to compete in the digital era.
I have been offering freelance business intelligence services for years, and I've never seen a perfect business intelligence solution. I have never seen a perfect piece of software, a perfect use of data, or even a perfect database from which to glean that data.
Company A uses a customised business intelligence software from a vendor who specialises in business data analysis. Company B prefers the freelance business intelligence services approach. Both companies still make heavy use of spreadsheets.
The first dirty little secret of business intelligence is that spreadsheets are still king. Just about every piece of business intelligence software is created to find data, extract it, and dump it into spreadsheets where it can be used by people who need it. Why? Because spreadsheets are something we understand. They are great tools for connecting data across multiple points, creating running formulas, and sorting data in particular ways.
The previously mentioned Company A uses one of the best business intelligence software solutions on the market. So does three of its competitors. Interestingly enough, all four companies experience inconsistent results even though they use the exact same software package.
The second dirty little secret of business intelligence is that software is inconsistent by its very nature. Simply put, software solutions cannot possibly anticipate every need a company might have. Developers have to be somewhat general in what they offer in order to reach the widest possible audience, so their software has inherent gaps that create inconsistency.
The cloud offers modern businesses a lot of benefits, especially in the software as a service (SaaS) space where most business intelligence solutions are found. But the cloud also makes life more difficult for data retrieval and analysis. This is the third and final dirty little secret of business intelligence.
Cloud computing dictates that business intelligence is no longer limited to data found on local networks. Now we have to access data scattered across the cloud and consolidate it before it can be used. The more locations we are harvesting data from, the more complex the process becomes.
Business intelligence is by no means perfect. It can be a very good tool if used properly and with the right perspective. If you would like to know more about how this is done, please reach out to me. Let me help you understand how business intelligence used the right way can benefit your business.


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40% of new hires at Accenture will be women by 2017
Pierre Nanterme, chairman and CEO, Accenture, has said gender equality is fundamental for business and the next generation of leaders.
Accenture plans to increase the number of women in its workforce, and has pledged that 40 per cent of its new hires by 2017, across the world, will be the fairer sex. In FY 2015, approximately 39 per cent of the company's over 100,000 new hires, were women.
In addition, four of the 11 independent directors on Accenture's board — including its lead director — are women, and the company's Global Management Committee, which has ultimate accountability for running the business, includes three women.
That is not all. Women hold many key leadership positions at Accenture including leading the company's businesses in the United States, India, China and the Philippines.
"At Accenture, our commitment to inclusion and diversity starts at the top, and we empower all our people – including our more than 130,000 women – to lead," Pierre Nanterme, chairman and CEO, Accenture has said.
"We strongly believe that gender equality is essential for a high-performing, talent-led organisation. This commitment extends to pay, and we strive to ensure that all our people — women and men — are compensated fairly and equitably from the moment we hire them through the milestones of their careers here," said Nanterme.
Accenture has ongoing rigorous processes to identify potential pay discrepancies, looking carefully at specific roles in each country, and is proactive at all stages of an individual's career. "If we identify a problem, we fix it," Nanterme said.
"We create an environment where our people can be successful, both professionally and personally. Quite simply, our diversity makes Accenture stronger, smarter and more innovative," asserted Nanterme.
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ASA Bans Spiderman Ad
Britain's Advertising Standards Authority has banned an online gambling advertisement because it depicted Spiderman and may appeal to children.
The ad, for oninegamblerweb.com, appeared on another Web site whose average user is 41 years-old.
The authority acknowledged in its ruling that while the webbed one appeals to some adults, using a popular comic book character to advertise a gambling-related service would have a particular appeal to children.


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This site has outgrown this Bibliography list. See also Books 1 and Books 2 pages.
World War II in Ukraine by Andrew Gregorovich: This is probably the best history of Ukraine at World War II. Most books don't acknowledge that Ukraine was at the war. See http://www.infoukes.com/history/ww2/
Forum Ukraine Review No. 92, Spring 1995, Ukrainian Fraternal Association, Scranton, PA
A Short History of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, 1986.
Annals of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the US., New York 1977, vol. 13 no. 35-36, pp. 23-50.
The Pattern of Soviet Power, New York: Random House 1945, p.73
Rebirth a History of Europe Since W.W.I, Cyril E. Black, Boulder Westview Press, 1992, p 58-9; 67-9; 162-165.
A Geography of Europe, Jean Gottman, Holt Rinehart & Winston, NY. (date?) p. 628-9.
FDR, My Exploited Father-in Law,Curtis B. Dall, Christian Crusade, Oklahoma, 1968, p. 80-81, 120, 144.
The Ukrainians in America, Myron B. Kuropas, Lerner Publications Co., Minneapolis, 1972, pp. 12, 16, 29, 31, 33-4.
Churchill Roosevelt Stalin, The War They Waged and the Peace They Sought, Herbert Feis, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1967, p. 28-33, 122-23, 284-7 , 293-4, 372-3, 454, 460-1, 522-3, 657-661
OSS The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency R. Harris Smith, Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA 1972, p. 373-4
The Cold War, A Conflict of Ideology and Power, Edited by Norman A. Graener, 1976, DC Heath & Co.
The Secret War Against Hitler, William Casey, Regency Gateway, Washington, DC, 1988, p. 175-6. Europe Since 1939, Arthur J. May, Holt, Rinehart & Winston Inc., NY 1966, p. 129, 190, 217.
The Aftermath: Europe, Douglas Botting and the Editors of Time Life, 1983, p. 90-93,165, 173, 191.
Eastern Europe Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, by Godfrey Blunden and the Editors of Time-Life Books, NY p. 11, 48, 100. Execution by Hunger, the Hidden Holocaust, Miron Dolot, WWW Norton & Co., New York.
The Newly Independent State of Eurasia: Handbook of Former Soviet Republics,
Poland: A Country Study, edited by Glenn E. Curtis, USGPO, 1994, p. 270-284, 286, 296, 311.
Russia: A Country Study, edited by Glenn E. Curtis, US GPO, 1998.
USSR, A Concise History, III Edition, Basil Dmytryshyn, Scribner, New York, 1089, pages 228-9, 346-7, 348-9, 370-1.
Why did the Soviet Union Collapse, Robert Stayer, M.E. Sharp, New York, 1998, p. 160-1, 156-9, 194-9.
Age of Delirium, the Decline and Fall of the Soviet Union, David Satter, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1996.
Russia at War 1944-1945, Vladimir Karpov, Vendome Press, New York, 1987.
A History of Poland, O. Halecki, David McKay Inc, New York, 1942-1966.
Eisenhower: At War 1943-1945, David Eisenhower, Collins, 1986, page 820.
Stories from the Ukraine, Mykola Khvylovy, Philosophical Library, NY, 1960. pp. 1-13.
photos of bombed out Aschaffenburg
more photos & history on Wildflecken DP camp


Wie fühlt sich Krieg an? Und wie war es, im Zweiten Weltkrieg aufzuwachsen? Davon handelt die achtteilige Serie »Der Krieg und ich«.
Was heißt es, ein Kriegskind zu sein? In dieser ersten deutschen Dramaserie für Kinder über den Zweiten Weltkrieg setzen wir der offiziellen Geschichtsschreibung ganz bewußt eine junge und internationale Perspektive entgegen und zeigen, wie Kinder in Europa den Krieg erlebten.
In der ersten Folge geht es um den zehnjährigen Anton. Er will kein Außenseiter mehr sein und endlich in die Hitlerjugend, aber sein Vater ist dagegen. So fälscht Anton kurzerhand die Unterschrift. Es kommt zum Streit mit dem Vater, doch Anton fühlt sich sicher, denn seine Kameraden geben ihm Rückhalt. Erst als seine jüdische Freundin Greta zusammen mit ihren Eltern Schutz bei ihm sucht, erkennt er, zu was die Nationalsozialisten wirklich fähig sind. Er vertraut sich einem Kameraden aus der HJ an und bringt damit seinen Vater und Greta in große Schwierigkeiten.
Fritjof's (10) fishing village was occupied by the German army. While his father is at war, Fritjof must contribute to the livelihood of his family. At first, he works for the German occupiers, but the news that his father is missing changes everything. Fritjof no longer wants to accept the situation.
Sandrine's father is the village pastor and is actively helping Jewish people to escape the Nazi regime. She not only has to vacate her room, but also share her parents. Suddenly, Sandrine's father is arrested, and the situation becomes even more dangerous. The policeman Major Dubois makes Sandrine an offer: if she gives him the names and hiding places of the Jews, her father will be freed. Sandrine is facing a tough decision: does she continue on and risk her own life, or does she betray the refugees and thereby help her father.
Calum (15) has lived alone with his mother since the outbreak of the war. His father is a pilot in the Royal Air Force. Instead of wasting his time on air-raid protection exercises, Calum prefers to nick apples and skip school. But then German bombers fly in over his home city and attack.
Romek (10) lives in the ghetto and is part of a group of smuggler children. From his last run, he brings not only potatoes but also some unsettling news: the residents of the ghetto are to be moved to a labour camp. A race against time ensues – Romek wants to find a way out of the ghetto for himself and his parents.
Vera (10) loses her home and must go to live in an orphanage on the countryside. While the other children there hope to be adopted and find new parents quickly, Vera believes that her mother is still alive and waits to hear from her.
Justus (15) is delighted; finally, as a »soldier« he can contribute to defending Germany. He and a handful of other young boys are given the task of holding a village street against the Americans. The order is to »hold until the last man«. Justus leads his troops to the designated deployment area. But the »real war« destroys all their hero fantasies. When the American tanks move into attack positions, Justus must decide: does he order the others to fight, despite their enemy's obvious superior strength?
Eva (14) is already an orphan when she arrives in the Auschwitz concentration camp. She hopes to find her friends there from the Theresienstadt camp children's choir, who were deported before she was. She had accompanied the choir on the piano. Miraculously, she finds Renata, but the former soprano appears to have given up on life. Eva tries with all her might to keep Renata alive. It is her music that gives Eva the strength to keep going, because only that will make it possible for the two girls to escape the hell in which they find themselves. And Eva actually manages to bring Renata back from the edge. But a rescue or indeed liberation from Auschwitz is not yet in sight.


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To: The New York State House, The New York State Senate, and Governor Andrew Cuomo
Design-Build for the BQE
Peter Bray
Victory! The creator of this petition declared the campaign a success. You can still sign the petition to show support.
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) has a 1-1/2 mile, three-level structure, built in the 1940s, on which the world-famous Brooklyn Heights Promenade is perched. The highway's "triple cantilever " must be rebuilt urgently; its deterioration is accelerating. If reconstruction is not completed by 2026, 16,000 trucks a day will have to be re-routed onto local streets. The State Legislature must pass legislation authorizing the City of New York to use a Design-Build approach to reconstruct the BQE, which will save both time and money.
Should the New York State Legislature fail to pass this legislation this spring, the diversion of trucks onto local streets will have catastrophic impacts, imperiling the health and safety of Brooklyn residents, damaging the region's economy, and costing taxpayers $113 million more to complete the project. Design-Build is the only means to forestall this situation. It is an approach being used on major public and private projects nationwide to save time and money. Moreover, eight New York State agencies are already using Design-Build, but New York State has to-date refused to allow the City to use this time and cost-saving project delivery approach. By signing the petition, you will send a message to the State legislature and the Governor that Design-Build authority needs to be enacted without further delay.
Lindsay W.
Debbe E.
Leslie L.
Kathi M.
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We need fewer trucks on Court street not more.
Keirsten G. 2018-04-06 23:29:33 -0400
It is critical that the State Legislature enact legislation authorizing New York City to use a Design-Build approach t reconstruct the BQE.
Ann C. 2018-04-01 23:13:21 -0400
Please pass design-build legislation for the BQE.
Joyce p. 2018-03-28 16:45:21 -0400


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Alumni Extra
Green Design: Harvest to Use
By Elaine Jacobs Smith
Chris Weiland, recently retired principal faculty member of the Center for Turning and Furniture Design, coordinated the building of a wood-drying shed during a three-week class in May. (Keith Boyer photo; click on any image for a larger version.)
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Eric Hoover, left, and Chris Weiland moved a log cut from a limb of the pin oak that once stood between Fisher Auditorium and Waller Hall.
Just outside the Robertshaw building on IUP's South Campus sits a twenty-by-forty-foot woodshed built by students in May as part of a three-week architectural woodworking class.
Its purpose—to protect and dry wood for use by students of the Center for Turning and Furniture Design—is clear from what's happening in and around the shed: Outside, a portable bandsaw mill is surrounded by logs, soon to be sliced into usable lumber. Gaps between slats of the shed's wood siding allow fresh air to circulate, and inside, hundreds of boards are stickered with pieces of scrap wood for ideal drying.
A closer look at some of the lumber, however, reveals a "G" or "F" on the crosscut, hinting that there's more to the story of the shed and its contents.
"F" stands for Fisher Auditorium. These boards were cut from a majestic pin oak that once stood between Waller Hall and Fisher. After tests found disease, the tree was removed before the start of construction on the Performing Arts Center. The boards marked with a "G" were from a white oak near Gordon Hall, cleared in 2007 to make way for the Northern Suites.
Also within the shed's inventory are remnants of a grove of larch trees, removed along with the old Annex building, and the campus's only Australian pine, which once stood near Breezedale.
So far, more than two hundred logs from campus trees have been donated to the Center for Turning and Furniture Design as part of the Harvest to Use initiative.
Through this initiative, logs that would have been headed for the landfill or chipper have instead found new life as a source of high-quality wood, laden with historical and emotional ties to the campus, for future student projects.
Chris Weiland, left, indicated with white markings where he wanted the grounds crew to cut the pin oak between Fisher and Waller.
A white oak was removed outside Sutton Hall in August 2009 as part of the Harvest to Use initiative. (Keith Boyer photo)
Personnel from the Center for Turning and Furniture Design were allowed to pick through the doors and cabinetry of Langham Hall before it was razed in 2007.
CenterWorks students used wood from Langham Hall to make these gifts for key players in the Residential Revival.
Initiating Harvest to Use
Seeing an occasional tree in the Oak Grove be chopped down, cut up, and hauled away, Chris Weiland began wondering, "What if…?" As principal faculty member of the Center for Turning and Furniture Design, he knew the challenges and expense of acquiring good wood. And his program, formerly called Woodworking and Furniture Design, had focused on the salvage and reuse of materials for student projects since the early eighties.
From Weiland's questioning, a partnership formed between the woodworking program and the university's Facilities Management group. After the first tree designated for the program—a white oak outside Sutton Hall—was cut down in January 2005, the initiative that became known as Harvest to Use took off.
The following year, as parts of campus were cleared for the Residential Revival, the project to replace student housing, the number of trees slated for donation skyrocketed. Using a portable bandsaw mill that the center had purchased through grant funding, the staff and students quickly took the wood from logs to lumber.
Tom Borellis, director of Student Housing Development, estimates the Residential Revival resulted in the removal of about 125 trees, with 175 being planted in their place.
In addition to trees, the doors and cabinetry from Langham Hall, demolished in 2007, were made available to the center. The repurposing of trees and other materials for art projects earned the Residential Revival special recognition through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, a rating system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council to encourage environmental awareness.
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The initiative's environmental benefits (using wood that would otherwise go to waste) and economic advantages (a free source of high quality wood) are obvious. But, according to Weiland, processing the wood has been an invaluable experience for students—both in learning to identify high-grade lumber and developing a deeper connection with the traditions of their craft.
"We've become so dependent on fast service and immediacy," he said. "This provides a deeper appreciation from many angles."
The hope is that art students won't be the only ones feeling a connection to the wood. Steve Loar, director of the Center for Turning and Furniture Design, expects the wood's tie to the campus to increase the value of the projects for which it's used.
"This is emotionally laden wood, whether it's a general tree from campus, a specific tree—such as the tree in front of the Performing Arts Center, or a dormitory door—possibly from your room."
That's why the center has given the trees, as Loar described it, the "paparazzi" treatment, doing photo documentation before, during, and after their harvest.
This may sound like a business strategy, and it is. The campus wood has been particularly useful to CenterWorks, the professional-development arm of the Center for Turning and Furniture Design.
"We're trying to, within the framework of academia, offer a real-life work experience," Loar said.
CenterWorks' first project on commission started as an offer to Weiland. Each year, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts selects an artist to develop the awards given to recipients of the Governor's Award for the Arts. In 2006, that artist was Weiland. Knee deep in the revamp of IUP's woodworking program, he was hesitant to take on the commission. But, by bringing his students in on the project, he was able to accomplish both.
"I didn't want to pass up an opportunity, so you create an opportunity," he said. The money received from the awards went into starting CenterWorks.
Several other commissions followed: a display pedestal for a bronze statue at the community library, a series of benches for the Performing Arts Center—the project that connected Fisher Auditorium and Waller Hall with a two-story grand lobby, and commemorative pieces presented to key players in the Residential Revival. Designed as a simple yet elegant puzzle, the 150 Residential Revival mementos were made from the wood of Langham Hall.
Experience in mass production is part of learning "the realities of what's necessary to make a living," Loar said. "It's about saying, 'What would it take to make ten or a hundred,'" rather than focusing on one piece.
For their work on the projects, the students were paid by CenterWorks, the same as if they were employed by a company.
CenterWorks is just one example of the center's efforts to help students survive as working artists. Through the Visiting Artist Program, students see firsthand how a working artist makes a living. Students also take part in exhibitions, such as the Adirondack chair series, the most recent of which welcomed entries from eleven other universities across the country. Adirondack III: Transformation/Reinvention focused on green design and allowed students to choose their material from a selection of wood from campus trees.
Even Pittsburgh photographer Roy Engelbrecht's day on campus to take photos for the exhibition's program was a learning experience, Weiland said. "Students learned about photography and what you need to do to promote yourself well."
And few students have an experience more real than building their own wood-drying shed. It was their one missing piece in the study of all phases of cutting, grading, and drying the lumber.
Building the Shed: A Big Piece of Furniture
Students began preparing the posts and beams for the shed during an advanced woodworking class in 2005. But decisions on where the shed would be built and other factors delayed further construction.
"We cut out the mortise and tenons with chisels," said Kate Gagermeier, of Loretto, a 2007 graduate of the program. "At that point, it was a dream of Chris's to have the wood-drying shed."
With his retirement in Spring 2009 looming, Weiland began to question whether he would see the shed go up. When he received word of its approval, he got a summer teaching contract and created a course syllabus for Architectural Woodworking 576/451.
Complying with various building codes—through the township and the Department of Labor and Industry—was part of the project. "It's not just pounding nails," Weiland said. "You have to deal with township supervisors and codes, and the students learned that."
Both Weiland and his students described working on the shed as though it was a big piece of furniture.
"We treated it like a really big chair," said Master of Fine Arts student Mike Stofiel, originally of Kansas City. "The leg is the post—it just takes three guys to put it up."
Most of the eight students on the construction crew worked twelve-hour days to finish the shed in time. Aside from pouring the concrete floor and installing the electricity, which were done by Facilities Management, all building tasks were handled by the students and center staff.
Some tasks, Dan Kuhn, of Brackenridge, an M.F.A. student on the crew, was skeptical about accomplishing without a forklift, backhoe, or other heavy equipment. "There was a solid forty-foot beam, and six guys raised it sixteen feet in the air with ladders," he said.
The traditional post-and-beam construction and the crew's reliance on manpower rather than machinery reminded Matt Nauman, who served as a project manager for the shed's construction, of the Amish raising a barn.
"A lot of people were skeptical about whether we would finish," said Nauman, an M.F.A. student from Frederick, Md. "We conquered any disbelief that was happening anywhere."
Weiland's last day as a faculty member was May 22. The shed was finished the day before.
"It was the best class I've taught in thirty years," Weiland said. "I couldn't have left the university in a better way."
After her preliminary post-and-beam work, Gagermeier, now the director of a family center in Cambria County, was sorry to have missed the construction. "I just wish I was there to see his face when it was finished," she said.
CenterWorks students, along with professor Chris Weiland, made the awards for recipients of the Governor's Award for the Arts in 2006—the group's first project on commission.
Green Design, Inside and Out
Inside and out, the shed is a model of green design. Weiland found the wood used for siding in a refuse pile, covered with water, outside Robertshaw. After power-washing the wood and drying it for six weeks, he could see, while it wasn't furniture grade, it was certainly usable.
Amid the stacks of salvaged wood inside the shed, and used in various roles, are old audio-visual carts that Weiland picked up at IUP surplus sales. The projectors they once carried may have gone out of style, but Weiland still finds the carts useful for transporting wood or—when topped with an old door—acting as a stand for a miter saw.
In retirement, Weiland said he hopes to continue playing a part in the Harvest to Use initiative: as a board member of the Allegheny Arboretum, which assists the university with long-term planning of tree planting and removal, and by helping the center acquire grant funding for expanding the woodshed and wood-drying technologies.
But there's also a commission he has yet to do: a trellis for the Heritage Garden—formerly the Touch and Smell Garden (and once known as the Shakespeare Garden), which was removed along with neighboring Gordon Hall during the second phase of the Residential Revival. The garden has since been recreated on the south side of the Northern Suites.
Weiland just isn't sure which wood he should use—the larch from outside the old Annex building, the Australian pine from near Breezedale, or the pin oak that once stood between Fisher and Waller.
Steve Loar, right, director of the Center for Turning and Furniture Design, recently worked with graduate student Adam Criscuolo on the lathe. (Keith Boyer photo)
Kate Gagermeier, a 2007 graduate with a keen interest in green design, used a door from Langham Hall in the making of her Adirondack chair.
Matt Nauman, right, got a hand from Dan Kuhn in the making of his Adirondack chair.
Working with the portable bandsaw mill were Andy Scott, left, an IUP Master of Fine Arts graduate, and Chris Weiland.
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Athiya Shetty who was recently seen in Mubarakan makes a special appearance in Nawabzaade's Tere Naal Nachna.
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The song fits right in with the recent trend of Bollywood of party songs more than soulful ones. The song is typically a Badshah song, based on drinking and partying. While Athiya is said to be the main performer in the song, one just cannot overlook Remo's Trinity – Raghav Juyal, Dharmesh Yelande and Punit Pathak. All the elements make the song as glamorous and eye-catching as possible. Tere Naal Nachna is said to be the opening credits' song and while Athiya does feature in the song, she's not in the movie. Also, while Varun and Shraddha are the leads in the movie, they are not featured in the song.
With this groovy track set to get included in the parties all over the country, Tere Naal Nachna sets the bar a little higher for Nawabzaade. The movie is said to be released in August 2018. And the audience is eagerly waiting for its trailer. The movie is directed by Remo D'Souza and produced by Jayesh Pradhan.


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A "giant of Irish politics," Martin McGuinness, died on March 21 at the age of 66, several months after retiring due to illness. Hundreds of people accompanied the coffin that was draped in the Irish flag as it was carried through the Bogside area of Derry to his home.
McGuinness's long-time friend and political ally Gerry Adams said he was "a passionate republican who worked tirelessly for peace and reconciliation and for the reunification of his country."
Irish President Michael Higgins paid tribute to "his immense contribution to the advancement of peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland."
He was born James Martin Pacelli McGuinness in Derry's deprived Bogside neighbourhood in 1950. He spent his political life fighting for the unification of Ireland and will be remembered for his role as the main republican architect of the peace process that led to the power-sharing Good Friday Agreement. It was part of a process that saw him transform from paramilitary to peacemaker — which culminated in the former IRA commander becoming Stormont's deputy first minister in 2007.
McGuinness joined the IRA after witnessing the vicious treatment of Catholics protesting peacefully for civil rights in the 1960s. Rising quickly through the ranks, he was the IRA's second-in-command in Derry at the age of 21 when British troops opened fire on a peace march in the city on Bloody Sunday in 1972. Fourteen people were killed by British Army soldiers who shot unarmed protesters and those who were helping the injured.
Adams explained: "Martin McGuinness didn't go to war, the war came to him. It came to his streets, it came to his city, it came to his community. When we were arguing for civil rights, we got the answer. When we were arguing for basic modern reform, we got the answer, and it was a militaristic answer."
Sinn Fein leader in the north Michelle O'Neill said McGuinness "was truly a giant of Irish politics and was known and respected across the world. He was an international statesman. He was a man that was recognised as a peacemaker and a man that touched the lives of so many people … his impact will be felt for many years to come."
British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn praised his "immeasurable role in bringing about peace in Ireland," saying "the past 20 years have shown us that if there is leadership and the will on all sides, we can achieve change."


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The Octagon Theatre turns back the clock to the Trotters' finest hour with And Did Those Feet a play about the Wanderers, written by Wanderers fans performed at their home ground.
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