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When She Thaws by Lily Craig
⭐⭐☆
…or when The Sound of Music becomes a lesbian romance. Having seen The Sound of Music like 16.72 gazillion times, it was disconcerting, to say the least, to find it in this book.
Sadie Powell, who is about twenty seven, from Chicago lands in Austria as an au pair to the Webers. A single mom, forty-five year old Inga, and her three kids – two teenagers and one six year old. Inga's husband left her two years back for an Instagram model and ever since then she has her kids home schooled. Hence, au pair. But there hasn't been much luck with retaining au pairs, till Sadia comes along. Inga also wants to keep her kids strictly regimented to ensure that things go according to plan. Sadie tries to get into the routine, but thinks the kids deserve more fun times.
Austria. Single parent. Ice queen. Home schooling. Regimented. The Sound of Music.
Craig's books can do with a little more fleshing out of characters and building up the relationships. They aren't bad but they fall short of being good because they seem to skim the surface a lot. There are some scenes, like right in the beginning when Sadie asks for books in English which really build the characters and the slow burn of the relationship. More of such scenes would've helped making this a more engaging read.
On the whole, okay.

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Le nozawana saumuré est une des spécialités culinaires de la préfecture de Nagano.

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Rome — Italy's capital is enjoying a boom in tourists from Latin America due at least in part to the popularity of Pope Francis, according to new figures from the city government.
Overall, tourism in Rome -- one of the city's economic pillars -- is up by nearly 7 percent so far this year, led by a nearly 20 percent increase in visitors from Latin America, according to Marta Leonori, Rome's top tourism official.
Among the Latin Americans, the pope's fellow Argentines are leading the way, with 66 percent more people traveling to Rome from the pope's homeland compared to a year ago.
"We have seen a steady rise in tourism and it's clear the election of Pope Francis is one of the main reasons," Leonori said.
Europe, Asia and North America remain the most popular points of origin for 12 million visitors to the Eternal City each year.
The overall economic impact on the city from the new increase may be muted, however, according to Italian media reports, since Latin American visitors to Rome generally spend less on average than their counterparts from other parts of the world.
For now, a visit to Rome and the Vatican appears to be the best way for Argentines to see the first Latin American pope. Francis told a group of students from Uruguay over the weekend that he did not envision returning to his native country until at least 2016.
Francis said when he makes the trip, he'd likely visit neighboring Uruguay and Chile as well, since he was unable to travel to those countries when he traveled to Brazil for World Youth Day in July.


TRAIN services by the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) are expected to resume today, thanks to government's intervention to the impasse that has gripped the authority since Monday last week.
The Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Transport, Dr Shaaban Mwinjaka, told the 'Daily News' in Dar es Salaam that the government held meeting with Tanzania Railway Workers Union (TRAWU) and TAZARA administration and agreed on the resumption of services as the government assumed responsibility to settle some of the issues raised.
Dr Mwinjaka said the government of Tanzania agreed to settle salaries for April and February, while Zambia is expected to settle March and May salaries.
He said the meeting scheduled for last Friday did not take place. It is understood that Zambia has requested for the meeting to be held at the end of this month.
"We made remarkable progress yesterday (Saturday) after meeting with the workers union and the TAZARA management and agreed that work should resume tomorrow (today) as we settle the issue of salaries for February and April," Dr Mwinjaka explained.
He added that the government felt that waiting until the end of the month to start resolving the issues will be catastrophic to the public, as it would hamper train services hence the decision to settle the February and April salaries.
"The Zambia government on the other hand will settle the March and May salaries," the PS said. He noted that in scheduled meeting, Tanzania will get a chance to know why the March salaries have not yet been availed by Zambia.
The railways' workers downed their tools last week, demanding unpaid salaries for February, in some cases and for March and April 2014, stressing that they will continue with the strike until their salary backlog is settled.
Meanwhile, TAZARA has ordered 18 new passenger coaches and spare parts from after government intervention China, valued at Chinese Yuan 60 million (approximately 9.52 million US dollars) to be delivered by October, next year.
TAZARA signed the 15bn/- contract with the Chinese Civil Engineering and Construction Commpany (CCECC), which was appointed by the Government of the People's Republic of China to co-ordinate implementation of all Chinese-supported projects at TAZARA.


This was my 2nd night at Ding Dong in a row reviewing bands. Ding Dong Lounge is such a cool little community of creative people! I know it's been a while since the renovations happened upstairs but I couldn't help but remember the first time I saw Skinny Hobos at Ding Dong a few years ago when the stage was in the corner. I mention this because Alex brought it up last night. I love the new and improved band room and with Paul behind the desk you are guaranteed an excellent sound! After reviewing Black Metal and ambient metal bands the night before and then these three Rock n Roll, Blues, Grungy Rock bands all with Paul behind the desk, all of the bands sounded amazing! All the levels were spot on, the drums were clear and the vocals all combined to make all seven bands I saw this weekend sound international quality!
The Saturday night at Ding Dong was opened by West Auckland band AnimalHead. Right from before they took the stage the room was packed with people cheering and calling for the band. Everyone was straight into it, the crowd and the band all feeding off each other in a high energy frenzy. It was one of the most active crowds I have ever seen for an opening band which made me take even more notice of this powerful 3 piece. It was my first time seeing AnimalHead but I have heard their name mentioned a few times. Before I got upstairs to the band room I was feeling very fatigued from the previous night's show but by the end of the first song from AnimalHead my fatigue was gone and I was just as excited and ready to dance like the crowd around me.
AnimalHead are inspired by a lot of different influences and this comes across in their music with not one song being able to be pigeonholed as one particular genre. Watching an AnimalHead set is almost a trip in history of Heavy Rock music with Grunge tones, Jazz, Blues, Heavy Rock boarding on Metal with the heavy drum beats and soaring guitar solos. I loved the drum tones and guitar solos that AnimalHead played, these guys know how to play their instruments and their love and passion shines through. AnimalHead will appeal to anyone who likes any of the sub genres of Rock and Metal and they have the stage presence and attitude to go along with it. Check them out, you won't be disappointed. Their next show is Winterslam back at Ding Dong on the 16th June, get along!
Auckland band Coridian were up next and I can see why this line-up is playing together straight away as Skinny Hobos are the only band I have seen previously. Again, like AnimalHead, I had heard the name Coridian but last night was my first time watching them. Dity is one of the best Rock frontmen I've seen live in a long time – he knows how to work a crowd and is jumping all over the stage right from the first note. I couldn't help but think to myself that I would love to see what he could do on a bigger stage and I would love to see them perform at The Powerstation or similar venue. Dity had the crowd eating out of his hands and by the end of their set the entire front half of the room is jumping up and down.
The set that Coridian played last night was a mix of fast Rock, slower Bluesy tunes with Jazz elements and heavier grunge tones. I don't want to keep drawing similarities with AnimalHead but this is another band that lovers of all heavy music can get into. This show was to celebrate their release of their newest single Reflections which is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Music, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Tidal and Deezer with all of these links available on their Facebook page. Reflections is a song that takes the listener on a journey and I loved where it took me. I could relate to most of the songs Coridian performed and my favourites were Reflections, Milk, Brave Disguise and their last song Blind Faith. Brave Disguise spoke to me the most and while writing this review I've already listened to it three times. By the end of their set I was regretting not having checked out their music prior to coming to the show but it is definitely providing me with some amazing music to check already.
Coridian have a few shows coming up get out and support them! They are touring with Wellington band Curlys Jewels in May and June. 26th May they are playing at Lovelands in Wellington (which has already SOLD OUT!) then the 10th of June at the Cabana in Napier and on the 24th June they are playing at Backbeat Bar in Auckland, so get along!
Last, but most definitely not least, was Auckland duo Skinny Hobos. When you think of a musical duo it is very easy to think of acoustic or low key but these are terms that do not apply at all to Skinny Hobos. They experimented with their set last night, playing a set they mentioned they had never played before. They played some of their crowd favourites Jokers and Fools and Merchant of Tirau and but they also mixed it up and the set overall was of a heavier tone. This could have been a risk with the other bands and crowd being more Rockier but I think it was a risk that worked out, I loved it and I wasn't the only one! By the end of their set the room was absolutely jam packed and there were people standing out the door. I looked around during the last song and even the guys standing around with their arms crossed (which seems to be an Auckland thing) were at least either moving their heads or swaying in time to the music. There wasn't one person standing still in that room and I've only seen this a handful of times this year with the 60 or so bands I've seen this year.
Right throughout their set Skinny Hobos had the crowd eating out of their hands and during their slower songs the people right up the front got out their lighters and started swaying their arms back and forwards, during the faster dancier tunes the crowd were all swaying as one and during the heavier bits everyone was head banging as one. It was as if everyone in that room was part of the performance instead of just Alex and Sam on stage. In-between the songs they kept up a steady stream of banter with the crowd and even tried raffling off one of the crowd members, Rodrigo who they did a shout out too who is playing drums in their next video, which I can't wait to view!
There won't be anyone that loves rock and grunge music that doesn't know what happened to Chris Cornell and I've read on social media and heard vocalised by a lot of people that there aren't many people who come close to his range of vocals. Skinny Hobos did a tribute to the great man which started off as a solo by Alex and I got chills and goosebumps while he was singing, it was the closest I've heard anyone come to, to emulating such an iconic voice and Alex nailed it! Talking of covers Skinny Hobos ended their set on a cover of Steriogram's Walkie Talkie Man if you have never seen a drummer rap and play drums at the same time it is something that blew my mind! Sam you are a machine to be able to pull that off! I wouldn't normally talk about bands doing covers and try to focus on their original music as much as possible but these two songs showed their wide range of musical abilities and were both widely different to their usual sound and they absolutely nailed them!
I've seen over 60 bands live this year and these three bands, collectively, put on one of the best live shows I've attended. They blew a lot of bigger bands I've seen out of the water and while I almost felt like I had to drag myself out of the house into the cold dark night, today I am still buzzing with how amazing these bands were. All three put on powerful, high energy performances. Their love for their music shone through and the crowd lapped all of it up. By the end of the three bands I should have been exhausted but I found myself wishing there was a fourth band to play after Skinny Hobos. If you haven't checked out any of these bands live yet, you won't be disappointed! Get out and check them out when you get the chance!


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Home Celebrity Eddie Murphy plans to make a stand-up comedy comeback
Eddie Murphy plans to make a stand-up comedy comeback
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How many years has it been since Eddie Murphy appeared on a stage to perform stand-up comedy? If you don't count the time he took a jab at Bill Cosby when he accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor back in 2015, it's probably been over 30 years.
Now the actor and comedian revealed that he may soon take on the stage once again. In the teaser clip for the forthcoming 11th season of Comedians in Cars Getting coffee, the actor expressed his interest in returning to stand-up.
"You know that you not doing stand-up drives people crazy. You know that, right?" the show's host Jerry Seinfeld tells Murphy.
"I'm going to do it again. Everything just has to be right," Murphy tells the host. "You have to get up there and start working out."
For Murphy, returning to stand-up comedy scene means working the clubs again.
"You should buy the Comic Strip, and I'll come and work out there," Murphy suggests.
"If you want to do that, I'll do it. I'll call it Jerry Seinfeld's Comic Strip," Seinfeld responds.
See the full clip below:
Aside from Murphy, the show has a hefty line-up of comedians taking the passenger seat in the show's latest season. Ricky Gervais, Matthew Broderick, Seth Rogen, Jamie Foxx, Martin Short, Sebastian Maniscalo, Melissa Villasenor, Barry Marder, and Bridget Everett will also appear as guests so prepare to laugh your heart out.
Mark your calendars, the 11th season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee premieres on July 19 only on Netflix.
Laura is a reporter and a gossip columnist for Best in Australia. She focuses on celebrities, science and social affairs in Australia and worldwide.
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Q: Compute the value of Fresnel's Integral So, my teacher wants us to compute the value of the Fresnel integral:
$$\int_0^\infty\cos(x^2)dx=\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{8}}$$
The problem is that we cannot use complex analysis to prove that and we should do that using the Euler identity:
$$\int_0^\infty\cos(x^2)dx=\frac{1}{2}\int_0^\infty e^{iw^2}dw+\frac{1}{2}\int_0^\infty e^{-iw^2}dw$$
But I have that integral of $e^{-iw^2}$ and I cannot solve that :(
I am an engineering student, so basically, I only have the "basic" calculus, just simple/double/triple integrals, some notions about series, ODE's and PDE's, but nothing as deep as in the regular Math degree, so probably there's no need to use hard stuff to figure this out.

A: You can use double integrals and change of variables. Consider the surface $e^{-y^2}\cos(x^2)$ in the positive octant, and determine the volume bounded by it. Compute the integrals both in polar coordinates and in Cartesian coordinates, and equate the values. Then you can solve for the value of your integral.
To do it in Cartesian coordinates, you have a product of the Fresnel integral, $I$ and the Gaussian integral with value $\frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2}$. Then
$$V = \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2}I$$
By expressing $V$ with polar cooridinates, and using the substitution $u = p^2\cos^2(\theta)$ then the substitution $\tan(\theta)=t$, you get the integral
$$V = \frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{t^2}{t^4+1}dt$$ Using partial fractions you can get that this is $\frac{\pi\sqrt{2}}{8}$. Then by equating your two values of $V$ you can solve for I and get $$I = \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{8}}$$ as desired.

A: Here is a (non-rigorous) proof with Fourier Transforms I discovered. It involves double integrals mostly.
Define the Fourier Cosine Transform of $f(x)$ to be:
$$\mathcal{F}_{c}(f(x))=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi}}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} f(y) \cos(xy) \ dy.$$ One can see that $\mathcal{F}_c$ is self-adjoint by checking the definition using the inner product: $$\langle f(x), g(x) \rangle= \int_{\mathbb{R}} f(x)g(x) \ dx. $$ The definition more specifically is $$\left \langle \mathcal{F}_c(f), g \right \rangle=\left \langle f, \mathcal{F}_c (g) \right \rangle.$$ To prove it is true, expand the left hand side into a double integral, and use Fubini's theorem to get the right hand side.
We compute the inner product of $$\left \langle \mathcal{F}_c \left(\cos(x) \right), \frac{1}{\sqrt{|x|}} \right \rangle$$ in two ways.
Expanding the inner product, we get the inner product equal to $$\left \langle \sqrt{2 \pi} \delta(1-x) , \frac{1}{\sqrt{|x|}} \right \rangle= \sqrt{2 \pi},$$ from the integral property of Dirac Delta function $\delta(x).$
On the other hand, exploiting the self-adjoint property, $$\sqrt{2 \pi}=\left \langle \cos(x), \mathcal{F}_c \left( \frac{1}{\sqrt{|x|}} \right ) \right \rangle =\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{\cos(x) \cos(xy)}{\sqrt{|y|}} \ dy \ dx.$$
Apply the change of variables $$x=u, y=\frac{v}{u}$$ which has Jacobian
$$\frac{\partial(x,y)}{\partial(u,v)}= \frac{1}{u}$$ to get
$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{\cos(u) \cos(v)}{\sqrt{|uv|}} \ dv \ du.$$
Since the first half of the proof showed that this integral is $\sqrt{2 \pi},$ we see
$$2\pi= \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{\cos(u) \cos(v)}{\sqrt{|uv|}} \ dv \ du= \left (\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{\cos(u)}{\sqrt{|u|}}  \ du \right)^2.$$
So $$\sqrt{2 \pi}=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{\cos(u)}{\sqrt{|u|}}  \ du=2 \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\cos(u)}{\sqrt{u}}  \ du. $$
As a result,
$$\frac{\sqrt{\pi}} {\sqrt{2}}= \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\cos(u)}{\sqrt{u}}  \ du.$$ Lastly, let $u=z^2, du = 2z \ dz$ to get that
$$\frac{\sqrt{\pi}} {\sqrt{2}}= \int_{0}^{\infty} 2 \cos(z^2)  \ dz,$$ so
$$\int_{0}^{\infty} \cos(z^2)  \ dz =\frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{\sqrt{8}}.$$

A: Hint: note that $$I=\int_{0}^{\infty}\cos\left(x^{2}\right)dx\stackrel{x^{2}=u}{=}\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\infty}u^{-1/2}\cos\left(u\right)du
 $$ $$=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{\pi}}\int_{0}^{\infty}\cos\left(u\right)\int_{0}^{\infty}v^{-1/2}e^{-uv}dvdu
 $$ and now using the Fubini theorem we can exchange the integrals and get $$I=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{\pi}}\int_{0}^{\infty}v^{-1/2}\int_{0}^{\infty}\cos\left(u\right)e^{-uv}dudv=\textrm{Re}\left(\frac{1}{2\sqrt{\pi}}\int_{0}^{\infty}v^{-1/2}\int_{0}^{\infty}e^{u\left(i-v\right)}dudv\right)
 $$ $$\textrm{Re}\left(\frac{1}{2\sqrt{\pi}}\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{v^{-1/2}}{v-i}dv\right)=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{\pi}}\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{v^{1/2}}{v^{2}+1}dv\stackrel{z=\sqrt{v}}{=}\frac{1}{\sqrt{\pi}}\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{z^{2}}{z^{4}+1}dz
 $$ and the last integral is simple to evaluate using partial fractions. Note that $$\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{z^{2}}{z^{4}+1}dz=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{2}}\left(\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{z}{z^{2}-\sqrt{2}z+1}-\frac{z}{z^{2}+\sqrt{2}z+1}dz\right)
 $$ $$=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{2}}\left(\lim_{a\rightarrow\infty}\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{a}\frac{2z-\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{2}}{z^{2}-\sqrt{2}z+1}-\frac{2z+\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{2}}{z^{2}+\sqrt{2}z+1}dz\right)
 $$ $$=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{2}}\left(\lim_{a\rightarrow\infty}\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{a}\frac{2z-\sqrt{2}}{z^{2}-\sqrt{2}z+1}-\frac{2z+\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{2}}{z^{2}+\sqrt{2}z+1}dz+\int_{0}^{a}\frac{\sqrt{2}}{z^{2}-\sqrt{2}z+1}dz\right)$$ and I think you can conclude by yourself from here.

A: After using Euler's, use Gaussian Integral:
$$\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}e^{-a(x+b)^2}dx=\sqrt{
\frac{\pi}{a}}$$
or Integral of a Gaussian Function:
$$\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}ae^{-(x-b)^2/2c^2}dx=\sqrt{2}a\,|c|\sqrt{\pi}$$

A: We have to prove: $$\int_{0}^{\infty} \cos(ax^2) dx =\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{8a}}$$
Now, we consider the LHS.
$$ LHS = \int_{0}^{\infty} \cos(ax^2) dx $$
Now, we make the substitution: $$x \rightarrow x^{\frac{1}{4}}$$
Therefore, we get:
$$ LHS =\frac{1}{4}\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{-\frac{3}{4}}\cos(a\sqrt{x}) dx $$
Now by Maclaurin series,
$$\cos (a\sqrt{x}) = \sum\limits_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^n(a\sqrt x)^{2n}}{2n!}$$
This can also be written as:
$$\cos (a\sqrt x) = \sum\limits_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{(-x)^n(a)^{2n}n!}{2n!n!}$$
On plugging the value into LHS, we get:
$$ LHS =\frac{1}{4} \int_{0}^{\infty} x^{-\frac{3}{4}} \sum\limits_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{(-x)^n(a)^{2n}n!}{2n!n!} dx$$
Now, by Ramanujan's Master Theorem, we get
$$ LHS = \frac{1}{4} \int_{0}^{\infty} x^{-\frac{3}{4}}\sum\limits_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{(-x)^n(a)^{2n}n!}{2n!n!} dx = \frac{1}{4}\frac{\Gamma(\frac{1}{4})\Gamma(\frac{3}{4})}{\sqrt{a}\Gamma(\frac{1}{2})}$$
Therefore, by Euler's Reflection Formula, we get
$$\int_{0}^{\infty}\cos(ax^2) dx =\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{8a}}$$

A: $$
\begin{aligned}
\int_{\infty}^{\infty}\left[\cos \left(t^2\right)-i \sin \left(t^2\right)\right] d t
= & \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} e^{-t^2 i} d t \\
= & \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} e^{-\left[\frac{(1+i) t}{\sqrt{2}}\right]^2} d t \\
= & \frac{\sqrt{2}}{1+i} \sqrt{\pi} \\
= & \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}(1-i)
\end{aligned}
$$
By comparing the real parts on both sides, we get
$$
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \cos \left(t^2\right) d t=\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}
$$
Hence $$
\int_0^{\infty} \cos \left(t^2\right) d t=\frac{1}{2} \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}
$$

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VYPE MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES THE 2022 SHELTER INSURANCE MR. FOOTBALL AWARD WINNER: XAVIER ROBINSON FROM CARL ALBERT HIGH SCHOOL
TULSA, OK (January 9th, 2023) – VYPE Magazine and Shelter Insurance are proud to announce the winner of the Mr. Football Oklahoma Award, Xavier Robinson of Carl Albert High School. Robinson becomes the eleventh player to win the coveted award and the first Mr. Football Oklahoma to represent Carl Albert High School.
The Shelter Insurance Mr. Football Oklahoma Award recognizes the outstanding athletic achievements of Xavier Robinson and the high standards of athletic excellence and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, which distinguishes Robinson as Oklahoma's best high school football player this season.
Robinson finished a great season with Carl Albert High School by helping his team to a Class 5A state championship. Under the leadership and guidance of head coach Mike Dunn, Robinson helped lead the team to a, 12-2 season, finishing the year ranked No. 1 in Class 5A.
VYPE Magazine Publisher Austin Chadwick said of Robinson, "He's just a kid you want to cheer for," said Chadwick. "Robinson is a great representative of Carl Albert High School and their commitment to the student-athlete. Robinson left an impression on everyone who watched him play. The staff at VYPE Magazine and Shelter Insurance would like to congratulate Xavier Robinson on winning the Shelter Insurance Mr. Football Oklahoma Award."
Robinson joins former Mr. Football award winners; Trey'Vonne Barre of Jenks (2012), Kai Callins of Guthrie (2013), Mason Fine of Locust Grove (2014), Cooper Nunley of Jenks (2015), Shamari Brooks of Tulsa Union (2016), Joshua Proctor of Owasso (2017), Noah Cortes of Broken Arrow (2018), Brennan Presley of Bixby (2019), Owen Ostroski of Holland Hall (2020), and Braylin Presley of Bixby (2021).
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OSLO -- StormGeo and DNV GL have announced that they have signed an agreement to consolidate their fleet performance solutions under one banner. The agreement will combine DNV GL's ECO Insight and Navigator Insight solutions with StormGeo's FleetDSS and ship reporting solutions, thus creating a new fleet performance management solution.
This combination will result in a new offering to the global shipping industry that will be able to provide a complete fleet performance portfolio, including route advisory, navigation and planning, and fleet performance management services. The fleet performance centers, delivery, product development, and sales will be managed by StormGeo. The result is a combined fleet of more than 12,000 vessels that will receive a daily service from StormGeo in route advisory, weather intelligence, navigation and planning or fleet performance.


Digital Cinema Media, the cinema company formerly known as Carlton Screen Advertising, has appointed Naked Communications to undertake a strategic review of its business.
The agency will look at the current and future cinema market and develop a new long-term brand positioning and identity for Digital Cinema Media. The agency is now talking to key advertisers, media and creative agencies.
Naked strategy director, Dan Cresta, says the newly formed company aims to "reinvigorate" the cinema advertising sector and reassert the benefits of the medium.
Digital Cinema Media interim chief executive Debbie Chalet says the sales house will "review both cinema as a medium and our place within the market".
Digital Cinema Media was formed between Odeon Cinemas and Cineworld Group in March this year. The new ownership, which takes over in July, will establish the sales house as a media owner.


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Great Indian Getaways Near Delhi
By: Namrata Bhawnani
When you've fully explored the delights of Delhi, and developed a talent for dodging its logic-defying traffic, you may just find yourself in need of a rural retreat. A farmhouse stay is the perfect antidote to the busy city, and you can find some lovely Indian getaways within easy reach of the capital. Whether it's a mango orchard retreat or soul searching in an ancestral heritage property, there's no reason why you can't be at one with the universe in style.
The first stop is a Lutyens style four-bedroom haveli that goes by the delightful name of Tikli Bottom. Less than 50 kms south of Central Delhi in the state of Haryana, Tikli Bottom is set in the scenic Aravalli hills. Spend some time lounging in the courtyard in the company of colourful bougainvilleas or sleep on a charpai (rope-strung bed) under the stars. Take a walk around the organic farm with owners Martin and Annie Howard and sample its produce during an informal communal dinner. If you'd like to perfect the art of doing nothing, this is a good place to start.
Spread over eight acres in the Aravalli hills, Laksh Farms uses sustainable methods and creates local employment while offering the village experience © Laksh Farms
Another place to find pure tranquillity in the Aravalli hills is Laksh Farms, situated in Mangar Village, off the Gurgaon-Faridabad Highway. Spread over eight acres, the farm uses sustainable methods such as vermi-composting and bio-waste management. If you're seeking a village experience with the added benefit of air-conditioning, you get the package deal here. Spend your days feeding the geese and watching cows being milked, or observe rotis being made on a chula and take a tractor ride for the ultimate rustic experience.
Nestled in the mango orchards, Baghaan has been built on the principles of local architecture and design © Baghaan Orchard Retreat
If it's the earthy, raw experience that works for you, Banni Khera Farm is a soothing sight for the restless soul. An easy 90 minute-drive from West Delhi, the solar-powered farmhouse is a sustainable, eco-friendly farm-stay set in 10 acres with its own fishing and boating lake. You could also explore the 350 acres of family farmland. The food on offer is vegetarian and there is a vegan option too – this is all about nourishing food for the soul.
A two-hour drive from Delhi, Baghaan offers 25 cottages surrounded by mango orchards © Baghaan Orchard Retreat
From the rural vibe to an orchard retreat, you're spoilt for choice when it comes to great Indian getaways near Delhi. A two-hour drive from Delhi, Baghaan Orchard Retreat has 25 cottages surrounded by mango orchards. From bonfires to barbeques, you can unwind here with the whole family and soak up the peace and quiet. In Garhmukteshwar (10 kms away), go fishing, visit the Hastinapur wildlife sanctuary, learn the art of meditation or experience a dolphin boat ride on the Ganges.
Savista has all the comforts of a luxury retreat while offering a taste of the countryside © Savista
Changing tracks in the direction of Rajasthan (via a short flight or a five-hour drive from Delhi), the family-run Savista is a boutique property set in a 12-acre estate of trees, gardens and fields. Located close to Jaipur, this ancestral heritage estate-turned-retreat offers a taste of Rajasthani hospitality. This eco-friendly property grows its own vegetables and grains and uses solar power, with organic produce picked fresh each morning for the day's meals. Try your hand at block printing at a workshop, take a camel cart tour, do a bazaar walk and book a day trip to Pushkar, Chand Baori (a famous stepwell located in Abhaneri), the Bharatpur bird sanctuary and the Barefoot College in Tilonia.
Savista is an ancestral home that has been turned into a boutique retreat in the Jaipur countryside © Savista
Another of the great Indian getaways in Rajasthan is Shahpura Bagh, a working farm estate set in 45 acres of gardens and pasture. Admittedly, the eight-hour drive from Delhi (or a four-hour drive from Jaipur and Udaipur) is a little on the long side, but this is an excellent option if you're planning to explore the colourful state of Rajasthan.
The residence of the rajas has opulent Rajasthani comforts as you share the premises with the ruler and his family © Shahpura Bagh
In the early 1900s, Rajadhiraj Nahar Singh of Shahpura mortgaged the family's property and jewels to create two lakes that form a wetland refuge. Shahpura Bagh is the residence of the rulers of Shahpura and the family lives in one of the two residences on the estate. They will happily share the tales and quirks of royalty with their guests. The second residency, where the guests stay, was built as a manor for visiting nobility.
Shahpura Bagh is the residence of the rulers of Shahpura. In the early 1900s, Rajadhiraj Nahar Singh mortgaged the family's property and jewels to create two lakes here © Shahpura Bagh
Spend your time fishing and boating on the lake or take some solitary time-out among the neem, mango and peepal trees on a hammock or a charpai.
No matter which of these Indian getaways you choose, you're sure to feel fully rejuvenated by the time you leave.
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Have you stayed at any of these rural Indian getaways? Which one would you most like to visit? Let us know in the comments section below.
Written by Namrata Bhawnani
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Q: in-app review is not opening when user click on button in-app review is not opening when user click on button. I am using xamarin.forms android and using ref link
i am using same code in github. I think i might be missing some thing
i downloaded nuget StoreReviewPlugin (version 2.0 latest)  to my shared & android project
  private async void OnRating_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
              //i also tried true & false
                await CrossStoreReview.Current.RequestReview(false);
}

in my app, i dont have login page. could this be a issue?

A: You need to install PlayCore nuget package in your Android project to view the review dialog.
https://www.nuget.org/packages/PlayCore/?WT.mc_id=appreviews-blog-jamont
Also your app must be in the Testing phase and downloaded from the play store for it to work.
Here is a complete example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE9J8Trwid4


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Takeaways From This Year's JMBLYA Festival
In its fifth year, the hip hop/EDM festival scores big.
Dan Solomon
https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/takeaways-years-jmblya-festival/
Lindsay Eyth
When JMBLYA entered the crowded Texas music festival landscape in 2013, it made its splash by bringing back the multi-city touring festival format. The first edition of the hip-hop and EDM fest brought Odd Future stars Tyler, The Creator and Earl Sweatshirt, Toronto electronic duo Zeds Dead, and Outkast's Big Boi, among others, to Houston, Austin, and Dallas for an assortment of fans that numbered around 5,000 between the three dates.
In 2017—in an even more crowded music festival landscape (seriously: Fort Worth's Fortress Festival, Austin's Sound On Sound, Houston's Day For Night, and Middlelands Festival are all new entries to the market)—JMBLYA has proven itself as the little festival that could. The fest dropped Houston from its itinerary after its first year, which has cleared up money for rising stars and fostering ongoing relationships with its talent. This year, the two dates of JMBLYA (in Dallas's Fair Park and Austin's Circuit of the Americas) each sold out to the tune of 25,000 people per day.
It's not hard to see why. Scoremore Productions, which puts on JMBLYA, nurtured its relationships with the acts who played the fest over the past five years of the event, as well as through its all-night SXSW parties. This year's headliners, as a result, included two of the biggest names in music: Chicago's Chance The Rapper and Atlanta trio Migos. This was Chance's second time headlining the festival—he previously topped the bill in 2014, back when he was a college kid cult favorite—but that relationship helped secure the "Best New Artist" Grammy winner who, just days before JMBLYA, would be announced as the headliner for the Austin City Limits festival. Migos, meanwhile, have been a rising act for a while. But JMBLYA invested early, securing their presence before the album Culture debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and they became a ubiquitous radio presence with "Bad & Boujee."
Those two acts might have been the main attraction at Fair Park and COTA, but the line-up was otherwise stacked. Migos ended up playing a late afternoon set, opening for DJ Steve Aoki—whose career peak came sometime around 2012—which made for an awkward dynamic at the Austin date as the crowd make a beeline for the festival's food stands as soon as their set ended. The festival's audience was much younger than events like Austin City Limits and Sound On Sound, where college-aged music lovers are joined by weekend warriors and aging punk rockers, and it showed in how hungry they were for new talent.
That's not to say that there wasn't any respect for the old-timers, though. Gucci Mane, playing a triumphant evening set in Austin before the headliner, introduced Bun B for a brief cameo in which the OG played "Get Throwed," despite not being on the bill. Gucci Mane's set in itself seemed to serve as sort of a tribute to how much people must like spending time with Gucci Mane: not only did Bun B pop over from Houston just to make an appearance, but early day act Young Dolph emerged for an appearance of his own, and Migos returned for a triumphant interlude to play their collaboration with the rapper, "Slippery," for the second time that day.
The festival, though, belonged to Chance. The "3" caps were everywhere, fueling the artist's coffers (which will, in turn, presumably continue to fund Chicago's public schools, making if a feel-good fashion statement) and establishing him as a sort of revival leader for 25,000 fans a night.
It's a comparison that Chance invited throughout his set on Saturday night, backed up by gospel quartet. His music has always had a spiritual component on record, and he's unafraid to play that up to a crowd who's in for a party atmosphere. It makes sense, though—throwing your hands in the air is the same gesture whether you're doing it because you just don't care or you want to send up your praises, after all—and given how sincere Chance comes off on stage, it never feels like anything other than a natural part of the performance.
It'd be dismissive of JMBLYA, and of the craft of Chance's performance at the festival, to call what he did over the weekend as warm-up for ACL and the other festivals he'll be headlining this year (Governor's Ball, Bonnaroo, and Lollapalooza among them), but it's nonetheless an interesting chance to see the artist level-up in real time. JMBLYA was a packed crowd of 25,000, but when he plays Lollapalooza, he'll be in front of more than four times that many fans. Because of how he feeds off of their enthusiasm for his music—he's prone to letting the last word in his lines linger for fans to pick up, but he'll also prove on frenetic verses like the opening of "Angels" that he's capable of delivering live—the tenor of his set at the bigger festivals this summer will probably be a little different. It's rare that a crowd of 25,000 feels intimate, but that's the place Chance The Rapper is at in his career right now.
All of which makes JMBLYA a unique piece of the Texas music festival landscape. With two back-to-back sellouts, 2018 is all but assured, and it'll be interesting to see how the festival evolves now that it has scored such an unparalleled triumph. It scooped an ACL headliner five months early, but the festival business is a forward-looking one. We'll have to see how they plan to make sure that it didn't peak in 2017, but based on what they delivered over the weekend in Dallas and Austin, we wouldn't bet against JMBLYA.
(photos by Lindsay Eyth)
Tags: Music, Chance the Rapper, It happened In Texas, JMBLYA, Music, Music festivals, music recaps, Scoremore
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Q: How can I fix this CUDA / Darknet installation error? I'm trying to install darknet on Google Collab, and in doing so I ran the following code / commands:
!git clone https://github.com/AlexeyAB/darknet
!apt-get update
!apt-get upgrade
!apt-get install build-essential
!apt-get install cmake git libgtk2.0-dev pkg-config libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev
!apt-get install libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-d
!apt-get install libopencv-dev
%cd darknet
!ls
!sed -i 's/OPENCV=0/OPENCV=1/g' Makefile
!sed -i 's/GPU=0/GPU=1/g' Makefile
!ls
%cd ../
!ls
!apt install g++-5
!apt install gcc-5
!apt update
!apt upgrade
import tensorflow as tf
device_name = tf.test.gpu_device_name()
!/usr/local/cuda/bin/nvcc --version
%cd darknet
!wget https://pjreddie.com/media/files/yolov3.weights
!make
!./darknet detect cfg/yolov3.cfg yolov3.weights data/person.jpg
def imShow(path):
import cv2
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline
image = cv2.imread(path)
height, width = image.shape[:2]
resized_image = cv2.resize(image,(3width, 3height), interpolation = cv2.INTER_CUBIC)
fig = plt.gcf()
fig.set_size_inches(18, 10)
plt.axis("off")
#plt.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = [10, 5]
plt.imshow(cv2.cvtColor(resized_image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB))
plt.show()
def upload():
from google.colab import files
uploaded = files.upload()
for name, data in uploaded.items():
with open(name, 'wb') as f:
f.write(data)
print ('saved file', name)
def download(path):
from google.colab import files
files.download(path)
imShow('/content/drive/My Drive/face/img/bv.jpg')

From that string of commands, it returns the following error:
CUDA status Error: file: ./src/dark_cuda.c : () : line: 239 : build time: Jun 16 2020 - 20:18:49

 CUDA Error: invalid argument
CUDA Error: invalid argument: File exists
darknet: ./src/utils.c:326: error: Assertion `0' failed.

I've tried installing this before, and it worked previously. Apparently, there may have been a recent update which caused this bug, but I'm not sure.


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A Baleár-szigetek olasz megszállása 1936-ban kezdődött és a spanyol polgárháború végéig tartott. A fasiszta Olaszország azon céllal avatkozott be a polgárháborúba, hogy egyrészt segítse az azonos gondolkodásúnak tartott Falange-t, ezáltal egy fasiszta Spanyolország támogathatná Benito Mussolinit a Földközi-tenger medencéjében történő olasz egyeduralom kiépítésében, másrészt Mussolini meg akarta szerezni a Baleárokat és az észak-afrikai Ceutát (utóbbi helyen egy bábállam létrehozása is felvetődött). A Baleárok ellenőrzésével Mussolini olyan stratégiai pozíciót akart felvenni, amellyel zavarhatta volna a franciák észak-afrikai gyarmataival (különösképp Algériával), valamint a britek Gibraltárral és Máltával való összeköttetését.

Bár az olaszok de facto katonai megszállókként voltak jelen, ám a szigetek polgári kormányzatát továbbra is a spanyol nacionalista kormány ellenőrizte (ráadásul jogilag sem volt deklarálva az olasz megszállás). Viszont a kikötőket és reptereket mindvégig az olasz hadsereg használta.

A megszállás története
Mussolini már a polgárháború kitörése előtt kapcsolatban állt Antonio Goicoechea spanyol nacionalista politikussal és pénzügyi támogatást ajánlott fel a köztársasági kormány megdöntésére. A konfliktusba való beavatkozás első fázisaként önkéntesnek címzett, feketeingesekből álló fegyveres alakulatot küldött a Baleárokra Arconovaldo Bonaccorsi vezetésével.

A 3000 fős feketeinges haderő (amelyet vadászrepülők és bombázógépek is támogattak) nélkülözhetetlen erősítésének köszönhetően, a csupán 500 fős nacionalista katonaság le tudta győzni a 8000 fős köztársasági milíciát, így Bonaccorsi elfoglalta Mallorcát. Bonaccorsi ugyanakkor kijelentette, hogy a szigeteket mindörökre Olaszországhoz csatolja. A feketeingesek rögvest rémuralmat vezettek be Mallorcán: rengeteg embert megöltek olyan vádakkal, miszerint kommunisták lennének, továbbá a börtönökben raboskodó szinte valamennyi foglyot agyonlőtték. Bonaccorsi rémtetteinek 3000 áldozata volt. Az önjelölt diktátor a sziget településein, így a székhelyen Palma de Mallorcán olasz nyelvűvé keresztelte át az utcákat és tereket, valamint ókori római jelvényeket helyezett ki. Bonaccorsit odahaza később meg is jutalmazták a mallorcai ténykedéséért.

A köztársasági erőknek csak Menorca szigetét sikerült megtartani. Mallorca, Ibiza, Formentera és a többi kisebb sziget mind olasz ellenőrzés alá jutott. A haditengerészeti bázisokat a flottaminiszter helyettese, Giovanni Remedio Ferreti szervezte meg és Mallorcára vagy 1200 reguláris katonát telepítettek. A nacionalista hatóságok jogköre a bázisokra nem terjedt ki, azokat kizárólag az olaszok vezették.

Az olasz légierő Mallorcát használta támaszpontnak további spanyolországi bevetésekhez, jóllehet eleinte korlátozottak voltak ezek akciók, ugyanis Mussolini amennyire lehetett, kerülni próbálta a britekkel és franciákkal való összeütközést.

Miután nyilvánvaló vált, hogy Nagy-Britannia és Franciaország számára közömbös a baleári olasz jelenlét, így Mussolini növelhette a katonai egységek (főképp a légierő) számát Mallorcán. Pilótaként itt szolgált Bruno Mussolini is, a diktátor fia. A légibázisok folyamatosan bővültek és mind nagyobb mennyiségű hadianyagot szállítottak a Baleárokra, mígnem 1938. januárjára már kétszerannyi olasz bombázó állomásozott Mallorcán, mint 1936-ban. A hadihajó forgalom is jelentősen megnőtt, amely a nacionalistáknak biztosította az utánpótlást.

Bár a brit vezérkar már 1936-ban aggodalmát fejezve ki úgy nyilatkozott, hogy az olasz bázisok mallorcai jelenléte sérti az angol érdekeket, mégsem tekintették komoly fenyegetésnek. Franciaország csak 1938-tól kezdte rossz szemmel nézni az olasz légibázisokat, valamint azok akcióit spanyol republikánus kikötők és hajók ellen. Az angolok 1939-től kezdtek komolyan tartani attól, hogy a Baleárok (különösen Mallorca) tartós olasz megszállás alatt marad.

1937-ben, amikor a köztársasági kormány nehéz helyzetbe jutott, kétségbeesetten próbálta visszavonulásra bírni Mussolinit és a hitleri Németországot. Ennek fejében készek voltak a köztársaságiak átadni a Baleárokat az Olasz Királyságnak, a Kanári-szigeteket pedig a Harmadik Birodalomnak. Az olaszok azonban további feltételeket támasztottak: semlegességükért cserébe követelték a Spanyol Marokkó átadását, 100 millió dolláros hozzájárulást a hadi kiadásaikhoz, a Baleárok Olaszországhoz való csatolásán túl 100 ezer olasz betelepítésének a biztosítását a szigetekre, s további 100 ezer olasz nemzetiségű betelepítését az Ibériai-félszigetre is, valamint egy-két légibázis bérbeadását. Luis Araquistáin franciaországi spanyol nagykövet, a köztársasági kormány megbízottja csak a szigetek átadását és az olasz betelepítést tartotta leginkább elfogadhatónak.

1938-ban az olasz pénzügyminisztérium egy olasz érdekeltségű spanyol társaságon keresztül nagyobb földterületet vásárolt a mallorcai S'Albufera régióban.

A megszállás vége
Menorca szigete 1939-ben is még ellenállt a nacionalistáknak és az olaszoknak. Az olaszok ekkor közvetíteni próbáltak a felek között és elérni az ottani köztársasági erők megadását, mire a franciák és az angolok közbeléptek, nehogy Menorca is olasz megszállás alá kerüljön. A köztársasági kapituláció Menorcán így francia-angol közvetítéssel történt meg.

Az olasz megszállás rögvest Francisco Franco és a nacionalisták győzelmét követően ért véget a Baleárokon, nem sokkal azután, hogy Mussolini megszállta Albániát. A prominens spanyol tábornok Antonio Aranda Mata portugáliai lapoknak nyilatkozva kijelentette, bár Olaszország áhítozott a Baleár-szigetek után, azok mégis spanyol ellenőrzés alatt maradnak.

Mussolininek valójában ezidőtájt megváltozott a figyelme, ugyanis nem tetszett az olasz diktátornak Hitler egyidejűleg történt, Csehszlovákiával szemben elért sikere, amelynek során a németek megkaparintották egész Csehország és Morvaország területét, Szlovákiából pedig bábállamot csináltak. Mussolini nem akarta veszni hagyni a kelet-európai pozíciókat, ezért a nyugati mediterrán régiók helyett a balkáni területekre összpontosított.

Jegyzetek

Spanyol polgárháború
Baleár-szigetek
Mallorca
Ibiza
Olaszország történelme
Gyarmatosítás


Joseph Velkovich, 62 of Bridgeport Ohio died Monday May 31st after fighting a courageous battle against cancer, at Wheeling Hospital. He was born May 13, 1953 a son of the late Joseph and Minnie De Genova Velkovich in Bellaire, Ohio. Joseph was owner of Route 40 Auto Sales and worked at several local dealerships in the valley. He also worked for Alpha Natural Resources as a dispatcher. He was a Catholic by faith and attended St. Johns Catholic Church of Bellaire, Ohio.
I am so sorry to hear about Joey. I remember going to the pool and Mom would pick me up at your house.Joey would always be smiling when he seen me.He was a nice guy.You are in my prayers that God comforts you at this difficult time.Always think of the great memories you had and hold them close to your heart.


Speech, language and communication helps a child make sense of the world, to form friendships, to learn, achieve and to be happy. Our team of qualified Early Years Educators and Teachers are committed to ensuring children have the essential communication skills to develop socially, emotionally and academically by the time they leave for school.
At Seymour House the nursery environment is language rich with play spaces, resources and activities to support language development. Although it can seem like it, communication does not simply develop on its own. Visual cues, makaton, daily story, song and rhyme times, chatter boxes, talking points and most importantly high quality adult-child interactions, are just some of the provisions in place to support your child in becoming the best communicator they can be.
Our staff are well trained in the different stages of language development. With an estimated 1 in 10 children experiencing speech, language and communication difficulties, we recognise the importance of staff knowing what typical language development looks like, in order to identify language needs. We also know that with the right support and encouragement, many children are able to overcome language difficulties, often catching up with other children of the same age.
They might have speech that is difficult to understand due to unclear speech sounds or dysfluency.
They might have difficulties using language, for example putting words together to express their thoughts in a way which makes sense grammatically. This is known as expressive language.
They might struggle to understand or comprehend words heard or read, known as receptive language.
They might find it difficult to use speech, language and communication appropriately to interact with others, known as social or pragmatic language.
Or they might have difficulties eating, drinking and/or swallowing.
Your child's key person, with support from the settings SENCo and external speech and language therapy, will plan and deliver a programme of strategies, activities and games tailored to suit your child's speech, language and communication needs. For example if your child is struggling to form a specific speech sound, their programme might include a bank of exercises and activities to strengthen oral muscles needed to create the target speech sound clearly, and auditory bombardment games so your child can hear the sound accurately pronounced several times within a short period.
Should you have any concerns regarding your child's speech, language and communication development please speak to your child's key person or the settings SENCo for reassurance, advice and guidance. With your permission we are able to make a referral to speech and language therapy on your behalf.


Local filmmaker Matthew Marshall and his company m & s Marshall productions has been taking on the hot topic of high school bullying in his newest short film Malicious Attack which filmed a couple days over the holidays, right in the backyard of his home turf of London / St Thomas in Southwestern Ontario. To add to that "home grown" aspect the film has a certain St Thomas High School flair. Namely Parkside Collegiate Institute with Katie Ostojic, Morgan Flanagan and Elina Lattanzio who are all Parkside students and are all in principle roles as part of the short film. The cast also includes a number of other PCI students including Mallaidh Pouti, Kailey Dennis, Tiandra Edwards, Aaliyah Paul. When director Matthew Marshall was asked about the connection, he smiles and says "well I am a PCI grad." He also puts a lot of credit to a talented pool of people that have dramatic interests that are connected to the arts within PCI.
The film which will continue to film in the coming months is about Naomi Spencer (played by Ostojic), a teenager girl is pushed to her limits by several girls at her school who make her the target of their attacks until Naomi reaches a breaking point. When asked how Marshall relates to the topic of bullying. "Think we all have seen bullying in some form or another regardless of our ages", says Marshall. He goes on to say that his cast is made up on mostly teenagers or students who have just moved on to post-secondary studies recently and have a very real perspective on the issue from a high school level. "They get the issue and are or have been witness to the issue, some even firsthand" The film's lead offered these words about what teens need to know. "You're never alone and that it can be scary to come forward, but it's always good to talk to someone you can trust. If you don't have anyone you trust In your life there are many helplines available, surround yourself in positive people and healthy environments" – Katie Ostojic (Naomi). Morgan Flanagan who plays Macey, Naomi's friend in the film offered these words, "bullying is something that touches home for everyone, and is a problem that should be faced head on. I hope this production can bring to light some of the issues people are experiencing." Another cast member April Booth who plays the role of Raven which is one of the girls that gets bullied offered this, "I really believe this film shows the extremes of bullying and what can happen if the bullied don't speak up. In personal experience, I know the fear that can come with exposing bullies, but a lot worse can happen if you remain silent," says Booth.
A release date for the film is not set yet. However Marshall hopes when the film is done that it can be used by youth groups and possibly schools to talk about the issue and start conversations amongst teens and between parents and teens.
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URI oceanographers explore world's oceans to better understand underwater volcanoes, microscopic life, Arctic winds
An image taken from a ship engaged in the NASA-led EXPORTS expedition in the North Pacific. (NASA EXPORTS project)
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. – October 29, 2018 – Scientists from the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography spent weeks at sea last summer on research expeditions designed to gain a better understanding of underwater volcanoes, microscopic life and Arctic winds.
The summer expeditions are representative of the wide variety of subjects that URI oceanographers study and the leadership role the University plays in gaining new knowledge about the world's oceans.
In a NASA-led expedition to the North Pacific, URI oceanographers and graduate students were among 100 scientists participating in a month-long project to study microscopic organisms that live deep in the ocean and play a critical role in removing carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere.
This first-of-its-kind effort to explore the impact of plankton on Earth's carbon cycle used two research vessels to deploy advanced underwater robotics and other instruments to depths up to a half mile, where little or no sunlight penetrates. In these regions, carbon produced by plankton can be confined in pockets and kept out of Earth's atmosphere for decades, or even thousands of years.
Phytoplankton are of particular interest to researchers because they play a key role in Earth's climate by removing heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis. Yet a detailed account of what becomes of that carbon — how much of it goes where within the Earth and for how long — has beset scientists for decades.
"Our experiments and sampling were all successful," said URI Oceanography Professor Tatiana Rynearson. "The project collected terrabytes of data and thousands of samples that will provide insights into the mechanisms of carbon export from the oceans' surface waters."
In another NASA-led expedition, this time to an underwater volcano off the coast of Hawaii, URI used its Inner Space Center to help NASA learn how to use telepresence in the way it may use it for space exploration. The researchers blended ocean and space research to better understand if the watery worlds found on moons and planets in our solar system offer conditions that could support microbial life.
According to Dwight Coleman, director of the Inner Space Center, the type of hydrothermal venting at the Lō`ihi Seamount is a good representation of conditions scientists believe exist on certain moons in the outer solar system.
"We accomplished every goal that we set out to accomplish," said Coleman. "The primary goal was to simply use the Center as it was designed to support seagoing ship-based ocean exploration involving a multidisciplinary team of scientists. It worked perfectly for that."
In a follow-up expedition next year, a delay in the Inner Space Center communications system will be simulated to represent the transmission delays likely to occur during space exploration.
In the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska, URI oceanographer Robert Campbell and two students joined a project to understand how winds and ocean physics influence plankton and fish prey availability and how marine mammal and seabirds respond to varying conditions. The URI team was responsible for describing the changes in abundance and distribution of zooplankton in response to the upwelling of deep water during east winds and determining the nutritional quality of zooplankton for animals that feed on it.
This was the second year in a row that Campbell has participated in the project.
"The conditions we encountered in the two years were dramatically different," he said. "In 2017, there was no ice and we encountered two large upwelling events with strong winds from the east. In contrast, during the 2018 cruise the entire region was still covered in ice and mostly light, non-upwelling winds dominated. We anticipate that the two contrasting years will provide a nice comparison in the distribution, abundance, and nutritional quality of the zooplankton prey field."
URI's Narragansett Bay Campus is home to the URI Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO), one of the world's premier oceanographic institutions. Founded in 1961, GSO has built a reputation for excellence in deep water oceanographic research, coastal planning and management, sustainable fisheries and monitoring the health of Narragansett Bay. With operations, researchers, faculty and students worldwide, the Bay Campus education and outreach programs train the next generation of scientists and policymakers, while ensuring Rhode Island's K-12 teachers and students gain an appreciation for the importance of ocean science through a variety of hands-on programs.
On Nov. 6, Rhode Islanders will vote on Question 2, a $70 million higher education general obligation bond that includes $45 million for upgrades to the Narragansett Bay Campus. If approved, proceeds from the bond will be used to improve the GSO's pier (required to accommodate a newly awarded Regional Class Research Vessel from the National Science Foundation worth about $125 million), construct a 20,000-square-foot Ocean Technology building, a 12,000-square-foot Marine Operations building and fund other necessary improvements to campus facilities.
Health Sciences associate dean inducted as Kinesiology Fellow


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David MacDougall (born November 12, 1939) is an American-Australian visual anthropologist, academic, and documentary filmmaker, who is known for his ethnographic film work in Africa, Australia, Europe and India. For much of his career he co-produced and co-directed films with his wife, fellow filmmaker Judith MacDougall.  In 1972, his first film, To Live with Herds was awarded the Grand Prix "Venezia Genti" at the Venice Film Festival. He has lived in Australia since 1975, and is currently a professor in the Research School of Humanities & the Arts at Australian National University.

MacDougall has produced films covering a wide range of subjects, be it the semi-nomadic Turkana people of Kenya in The Wedding Camels or an elite North Indian boys' boarding school in The Doon School Quintet. Influenced by cinéma vérité and Direct Cinema in the 1960s, he is considered to be one of the pioneers of observational cinema, films that present the observations of an individual filmmaker, whose perspective is shared with the viewer. He has advocated "participatory cinema" in which the subjects of documentary films are more fully involved in their creation. He was one of the first ethnographic filmmakers to eschew explanatory narration and employ longer takes, using subtitles to translate the speech of people in other cultures. His films have also explored what he has termed "social aesthetics," the combination of manners, everyday rituals, textures, colors, architectural forms, and material objects that create the distinctive character of a community.

MacDougall is considered one of the most prominent theorists in visual anthropology. Both Judith and David are considered to be among the most significant anthropological filmmakers in the English-speaking world. In 2013, MacDougall received the Life Achievement Award from the Royal Anthropological Institute in London.

Early life and education
MacDougall was born on November 12, 1939 in New Hampshire, United States, to a Canadian father and an American mother. He attended Dalton School in New York City until the eighth grade and then The Putney School in Vermont. He went to Harvard University, where he received a bachelor's degree magna cum laude in English literature in 1961. After Harvard, he enrolled in the film program at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he participated in the Ethnographic Film Program and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1970.

Career
MacDougall began his career in 1972 when he made his first film To Live with Herds about the semi-nomadic pastoral Jie people in Uganda. It won the Grand Prix "Venezia Genti" at the 1972 Venice Film Festival.  After this, MacDougall, along with his work partner and wife, Judith MacDougall, worked on the Turkana Conversations Trilogy. The series investigated the lives of the Turkana people, semi-nomadic camel herders in Kenya. Lorang's Way, released in 1979, was a portrait of a senior man of the Turkana, and won the first prize at the Cinéma du Réel in Paris in 1979. The second film, The Wedding Camels, looks at the marriage of one of Lorang's daughters, and was awarded the Film Prize of the Royal Anthropological Institute in 1980. After Africa, MacDougall's focus shifted to Australia, where he directed, or co-directed with his wife, ten films on Aboriginal Australian communities for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. These include Goodbye Old Man (1977), Takeover (1980), Stockman's Strategy (1984), and Link-Up Diary (1987).

After Australia, MacDougall made Photo Wallahs in India in 1991 with Judith. The subject was photographers and photography in the Indian hill town of Mussoorie. MacDougall said in an interview, "Our first plan for the film was to look for a place where one photographer served a small community - a town with a resident photographer...Perhaps we were naive in thinking such photographers actually existed. If a town was big enough to have a photographer at all, it had twenty...We ended up making the film in one of the most heterogeneous towns one could imagine, a hill station called Mussoorie." In 1993 he made Tempus de Baristas about mountain shepherds in Sardinia, produced by the Instituto Superiore Regionale Etnografico and the BBC, and awarded the 1995 Earthwatch Film Award. In 2009, his film Gandhi's Children was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The setting of the documentary was a shelter for abandoned, runaway, or orphaned children on the outskirts of New Delhi, where MacDougall lived for several months.

The Doon School Quintet
Between 1996 and 2003, MacDougall worked on one of his most ambitious projects, The Doon School Quintet, a five-part ethnographic film series that was a long-term visual study of The Doon School, a boys' boarding school in the North Indian town of Dehradun. The then headmaster, John Mason, gave MacDougall unprecedented access for filming, and he stayed on campus with the boys between 1997 and 2000. From over eighty-five hours of collected material, he produced five documentary films, edited and released between 2000 and 2004. They studied the daily lives of the boys, the social aesthetics of the school, its rituals, traditions, material culture and language. "My primary interest in the school was as a crossing place for people from different backgrounds, how they got on with each other across class lines," MacDougall said in an interview. "But in the process of working on it, I actually became much more interested in the school as a kind of social organism, a micro-society with its own rules and rituals, and the films ended up being about the experience of students growing up in this kind of institution where they had to learn a whole new game plan, different from their previous lives which had been living within their family."

MacDougall went on to make film studies of two further institutions for children in India, the Rishi Valley School in South India and the Prayas Children's Home for Boys in New Delhi. From 2011 to 2017 he directed the 6-year "Childhood and Modernity" project in India in which different groups of children conducted research in their own communities using video cameras. It produced over 20 short films, 12 of which are presented in the DVD production, The Child's Eye (2018).

Honours
In 2013, MacDougall was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Royal Anthropological Institute for his contributions in the field of ethnographic and documentary filmmaking. In Australia, he has held a Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship and a Professorial Fellowship awarded by the Australian Research Council. From 1997 to 2007, he was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research at the Australian National University, and is currently a professor in the Research School of Humanities & Arts.

Books

Filmography
 To Live with Herds (1972)
 Kenya Boran (1974) (co-directed with James Blue)
 Goodbye Old Man (1977)
 The Wedding Camels (1977) (co-directed with Judith MacDougall)
 Lorang's Way (1979) (co-directed with Judith MacDougall)
 Takeover (1980) (co-directed with Judith MacDougall)
 A Wife Among Wives (1981) (co-directed with Judith MacDougall)
 Stockman's Strategy (1984)
 Link-Up Diary (1987)
 Photo Wallahs (1991) (co-directed with Judith MacDougall)
 Tempus de Baristas (1993)
 The Doon School Quintet:
 Doon School Chronicles (2000)
With Morning Hearts (2001)
Karam in Jaipur (2001)
The New Boys (2003)
The Age of Reason (2004)
 SchoolScapes (2007)
 Gandhi's Children (2008)
 Awareness (2010) (co-directed with Judith MacDougall)
Arnav at Six (2012)
 Under the Palace Wall (2014)

References

External links
 Princeton University Press profile

1939 births
American anthropologists
American documentary film directors
Academic staff of the Australian National University
Cultural anthropologists
Harvard University alumni
Living people
The Putney School alumni
Social anthropologists
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Visual anthropologists
Writers from New Hampshire


Barely anyone at this year's Comic-Con has put their entire panel online, at least not officially. Let's all be grateful to Activision for immediately uploading video of the entire Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare panel to Youtube. It's a little less than an hour in total, and can be seen here….
Today you will see: interviews and a Q&A session with the Infinity Ward developers, never-before seen footage from the campaign, an interview with actor Kit Harington (Admiral Salen Kotch), the first look at the Terminal Bonus Map, and more! Greg Miller serves as moderator.
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare will be released November 4 for Playstation 4, XBox One and PC. The special edition will include an HD remaster of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Award-winning studio Infinity Ward breaks new ground in storytelling, by exploring the weight of leadership and the responsibilities that come with it in an emotional, character-driven narrative. Players are thrust into wartime leadership as Captain Reyes, a Tier 1 Special Operations soldier, who takes the helm of the Retribution, one of Earth's last remaining warships. In a time of unthinkable hardships, Reyes must lead the remnants of coalition forces against a relentless enemy in a war that stretches to new terrains across the vast expanse of our solar system.
Infinite Warfare introduces new weaponry, new player abilities and stunning new settings to the Call of Duty® franchise. In addition to a riveting single player campaign, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare will also deliver a robust multiplayer mode, and a unique cooperative zombies experience. More details will be released at the upcoming Call of Duty fan celebration, Call of Duty® XP, September 2 – 4.


The Impossible Astronaut had a final consolidated audience figure of 8.86 million viewers, a 43.3% share of the total TV audience, according to figures released by Barb.
The number includes those who recorded the programme for viewing within 7 days of its initial showing. The figure is over two million higher than the initial overnight reported rating. A full report for the week, which will reveal the shows position in the weekly charts will be released by Barb on Tuesday.
The figures do not include those watching on iPlayer, where over 300,000 accessed the programme within the first two days following transmission.
The Impossible Astronaut had roughly the same final audience as other new series openers, excluding those with a new Doctor. New Earth had 8.6 million, Smith And Jones 8.7m and Partners In Crime 9.1 million.
An additional 0.47 million watched the BBC Three repeat on Friday.
Meanwhile in Australia the show was the fourth watched programme of the day with around 0.86 million viewers in the five capital cities. The rating similar to that achieved by A Christmas Carol, shown on Boxing Day. It was only outranked by news programmes.


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New Eden Project Youth Hostel to open on October 24
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A new Youth Hostel made from shipping containers is set to open at the Eden Project on October 24.
The hostel is a partnership between Eden, the Youth Hostel Association and Snoozebox and was granted planning permission in July.
The 58-room hostel can accommodate more than 220 guests and is a direct replacement for the YHA's Youth Hostel at Golant, near Fowey, which closed earlier this year.
The new hostel, on the former site of Eden's Strawberry car park, offers views over St. Austell Bay and is a short walk or bus ride to Eden's main entrance. It is being built by Snoozebox, the leading provider of portable hotel accommodation and services.
The comfortable rooms are all en suite and equipped with all the usual YHA conveniences.
Prices start at £39 per night for a private room or £12 per night for a bed and can be booked by visiting www.edenproject.com. Guests can add discounted tickets to the Eden Project to their order when booking their accommodation.
The Youth Hostel is a further development of the relationship between Eden and the YHA, which saw camping facilities being made available at the Bodelva site for the first time this summer
Dave Harland, Eden executive director, said: "This is an exciting development for Eden and we're very pleased to be working with the YHA and Snoozebox to further expand the options for people who would like to stay here and make Eden their base for exploring this fantastic part of Cornwall.
"This is a Youth Hostel with an Eden twist and must rank as one of the most novel places to stay in the country. The quirky, innovative rooms – housed in shipping containers – are incredibly comfortable and will be a real talking point for anyone spending time in them."
Caroline White, YHA Chief Executive, said: "We are so excited that YHA will be providing accommodation at the Eden Project. It will broaden access to this wonderful place and what YHA offers to thousands of people each year. Our work with the Eden Project and Snoozebox is so innovative and we can't wait to get started."
The YHA core business will be made up of school groups taking part in educational experiences developed and delivered in partnership by the association and the Eden Project. The Youth Hostel would also be used by a large number of families during traditional school holidays and at weekends.
At Golant last year the YHA had 11,500 overnight stays or 5,750 people, the majority being school children visiting Eden. With the closure of Golant YHA, the Eden Project was an obvious location for a replacement hostel.
A code of conduct will be provided to all guests on arrival to advise them of the nature of the location and to cover aspects of behaviour such as limiting noise at night. This would reduce any disturbance to other residents within the hostel and would promote responsible behaviour on leaving or returning.
The YHA currently operates 138 Youth Hostels in both urban and rural locations. Last year, more than 400,000 under 26-year-olds stayed with them. The YHA has a strong track record of good relations with neighbours, police and local authorities. They are proud of this aspect of their work and expect this to extend to the proposed Eden Youth Hostel.


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Foreign volunteers in relief efforts
NGO trying to involve non-Japanese in 'international cooperation' to support Tohoku
by Jon Mitchell
Special to The Japan Times
Ever since the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, the nongovernmental organization Peace Boat has sent teams of volunteers to assist survivors in disaster-stricken areas as far afield as Kashmir, New Orleans and Indonesia. But according to Takashi Yamamoto, current director of Peace Boat's relief efforts in Tohoku, nothing could have prepared him for what he witnessed when he first arrived in the small seaside city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.
"Six days after the tsunami struck the community, the damage was still on an entirely different level. The only thing I could compare it to was photographs of Tokyo after the 1945 air raids."
Given the degree of devastation, Peace Boat's criteria were understandably strict when selecting the first group of 50 volunteers from the general public to travel to the area on March 25. Candidates had to be physically strong, hold a manual driving license and be able to endure sleeping outdoors in Miyagi's subzero temperatures.
Peace Boat cofounder Tatsuya Yoshioka also specified one further requirement — he wanted to include as many non-Japanese members as possible. "This disaster is so massive that it's very difficult for Japan to recover alone," said Yoshioka. "We can't do it without the world's support — and that includes international volunteers."
According to Yoshioka, some Japanese aid groups are reluctant to accept foreigners due to the perceived cultural and language barriers. "Luckily, here at Peace Boat we have many bilingual staff. This enables us to dispatch foreign volunteers to the damaged areas — even if they don't speak Japanese."
Among the initial 50-member team chosen to travel to Ishinomaki, there were two North Americans and a Briton. All three were long-term residents of Japan and shared a common desire to support their adopted country at its time of need.
Jon Garner, a 39-year-old Englishman, summed up their feelings when he said, "No matter how small my contribution, I felt that I had to do something to help the people of Tohoku."
Upon Garner's arrival in Ishinomaki, he didn't have to wait long to get his chance. As soon as he'd set up his tent on the snow-covered athletics track that serves as Peace Boat's base, he and his team of fellow volunteers were dispatched to Pika Pika Home — a care center for the elderly.
Fortunately, its residents had been evacuated before the tsunami struck, but the monster waves washed in tons of sticky black mud that made it impossible for them to return. Using shovels and wheelbarrows, the volunteers cleared away the sludge, in the process uncovering poignant belongings of the center's residents, such as family photographs, birthday cards and a page-a-day calendar still turned to March 11, the date disaster struck.
On their second day in Ishinomaki, Garner's team had an opportunity to meet some of those most affected by the tsunami. Scattered around the city are thousands of people unable to find a place to stay in the overflowing evacuation shelters, or who have chosen not to relocate due to the centers' lack of privacy and fears that their homes — once abandoned — will be looted. These residents continue to live on the second floors of their tsunami-ravaged houses in appalling conditions.
During its early reconnaissance of Ishinomaki, Peace Boat identified the Koganehama district as being particularly desperate. As Garner and the volunteers drove through the flooded streets, past wrecked cars and grounded fishing boats, they were lost for words. But the moment they arrived in Koganehama, they quickly put aside their distress and half the team unloaded dozens of boxes of supplies from their truck, while the other half scoured the ruined neighborhood, announcing the site of the distribution to residents.
Within 30 minutes, more than 100 local inhabitants had lined up to collect what for many of them was the first food relief they'd received since the earthquake and tsunami struck.
Watching Garner and the other non-Japanese volunteers hard at work, local resident Shoetsu Ozawa said he was particularly impressed with their zeal. "They're not Japanese but they still want to help. It is the first group to bring food to the area and I feel really grateful for them."
As the Peace Boat volunteers handed out sanitary goods, fresh fruit and bread, many residents offered them a polite "Thank you" in English and shook their hands. When the supplies ran out, a local citizen asked whether they would be back the next day. Apologetically, the coordinator explained that the shortage of supplies and volunteers makes it impossible for the NGO to maintain food distribution in the same area on a regular basis.
However, cofounder Yoshioka hopes to change this over the coming weeks. "Our goal is to provide at least 2,000 hot meals a day. But that takes money plus many more volunteers. We're in the process of building a systematic network to send approximately 100 people a week to Ishinomaki over the next three months — and possibly longer."
In order to facilitate the large numbers of non-Japanese participants they anticipate, two of the current volunteers in Ishinomaki are preparing multilingual guidance pamphlets. Dave Paddock, an outdoor expert, said, "The information will cover all aspects of the volunteers' stay — everything from how to dress for the cold to how to stay safe during aftershocks."
Meanwhile, Akira Uchimura, founder of the Nikkei Youth Network, has assembled a team of over 100 translators who will help to translate the guidance sheet into almost any language necessary.
Yoshioka remains firmly committed to recruiting as many non-Japanese volunteers as possible. "Japan has lost close to 30,000 people. But if we can turn this into an opportunity for international cooperation, then we will have created something positive from this terrible loss. And we will all be better prepared for when this type of disaster happens again."
Details on how to volunteer for Peace Boat's work in Ishinomaki, and how to donate money and supplies to the relief effort, can be found at www.peaceboat.org/ or by e-mailing pbglobal@peaceboat.gr.jp