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Dodgers: Roberts Says Ryan Pepiot"s Changeup Has 'Taken a Couple Steps Back'
Dodgers rookie Ryan Pepiot cruised through the minor leagues despite some questionable command at times, due mostly to his outstanding changeup. Keith Law of The Athletic, back in February when he ranked the Dodgers farm system the best in baseball, had this to say about Pepiot's changeup:
"Pepiot has an 80 changeup, one of the best pitches of its type in baseball right now, along with an above-average fastball, although he didn't dominate left-handed batters last year as you'd expect for someone with a change or splitter of that caliber. Instead, he uses it as much to neutralize right-handed bats as left, and I think he could pitch in the majors in relief right now."
To be clear, when Law said Pepiot's changeup was one of the best "in baseball," he didn't mean "in the minors." He was saying in all of professional baseball, including the big leagues. In scouting terms, 80 is the highest grade a skill can get, so calling it "an 80 changeup" is essentially saying it's as good as it can possibly be.
Six starts into Pepiot's big-league career, though, we have yet to see the changeup dominate the way it should with those accolades. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked for his thoughts on Pepiot before Thursday's game, and he had a lot to say:
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"I think he's continuing to grow as a big-league pitcher. I think he's got to continue to command the fastball. It just needs to continue to get better. I think the slider has come on, which is good to see. The changeup has taken a couple steps back. With Ryan, the changeup was his best secondary, a plus-plus pitch, but right now, where it's at, it just hasn't played. I don't know the reason behind it, that's why we have pitching people to kind of dig in on that, but we've got to tighten up the changeup and we've got to tighten up the fastball command. But, as far as yesterday, the compete is there, and he's only going to get better."
Roberts was then asked if the problem is that Pepiot isn't throwing the changeup for strikes.
"Well, it's just not in the lane long enough, It's a ball out of hand, whether it's down or it's off the plate. He threw a good one yesterday for a strikeout, but outside of that they've been pretty non-competitive."
This is a blunt assessment from Roberts, perhaps uncharacteristically so. But it's also hard to argue with. Simply put, Pepiot's changeup hasn't been nearly as big a factor as we expected it to be.
It could be related to the fastball command. When you're not in a good pitcher's count, you're much less likely to get a chase on a changeup that darts out of the zone. For most pitchers, a changeup is a chase pitch, where you're relying on deception to get the batter to chase. Whether the batters aren't chasing because they're just better hitters than he faced in the minors, or because they're in good hitters' counts, or simply because the pitches are "balls out of hand," it's hard to say for sure. Most likely, it's some combination of all those elements and others.
But for Pepiot to reach his potential as a big-league pitcher, he needs that changeup to "take a couple steps" back in the right direction. He has at least one more big-league start coming this weekend — the Dodgers plan to use a six-man rotation at least the first time through after this weekend's return of Dustin May — so hopefully he can make good use of his time with Mark Prior and the rest of the major-league pitching coaching staff.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Pitcher R.A. Dickey has been activated from the bereavement list by the Toronto Blue Jays, who have recalled left-hander Rob Rasmussen from Buffalo and have selected the contract of right-hander Todd Redmond from Triple-A club.
Dickey's father, Harry Lee Dickey, died last Tuesday at age 63, and Dickey was placed on the bereavement list Thursday.
Rasmussen is 4-1 with a 2.93 ERA in 21 games with Buffalo. Redmond has a 11.88 ERA over 8 1-3 innings in three appearances with the Blue Jays this season and is 1-2 with a 4.81 ERA in 10 appearances with Buffalo.
Toronto made the moves Monday, a day after optioning pitchers Scott Copeland, Phil Coke and Ryan Tepera to Buffalo.


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Scotland's
Poets & Artists
Festival 2019 »
StAnza: The Organisation
David Vallis Photography
StAnza's mission is to celebrate poetry, to bring poetry to audiences and to enable encounters with poetry. The organisation works all year round to deliver poetry events and projects in Scotland and beyond.
StAnza's main focus is our annual festival in St Andrews each spring. Now recognised as one of the leading poetry festivals in the UK and Europe, StAnza has over the years featured a strong list of contemporary poets from within Scotland and also from across the UK and the rest of the world. StAnza has brought a range of major poets to the festival, commissioned art works from leading artists, featured both past and present Poet Laureates, and has showcased poets from over 50 countries worldwide.
Drawing by Jenny Soep from StAnza 2008 programme
StAnza also actively promotes readings in foreign or minority languages and has featured poets reading in many of the national languages of Europe, as well as in regional languages and dialects. We regularly include Gaelic and Scots language poets.
StAnza is very much a cross-arts festival with poetry at its core. As well as readings, the festival features performances, in conversations, an annual lecture, workshops and masterclasses, films and video projections, children's events, stand-up sessions and a range of exhibitions and installations. Music, drama, comedy, dance, contemporary circus and regular digital events have all played a part in the festival in recent years. Full lists of all previous festival participants can be seen in the past participants section of the site archives, at the Previously at StAnza page.
The StAnza festival was conceived in 1997 by three St Andrews-based poets, Brian Johnstone, Anna Crowe and Gavin Bowd, the first two of whom continue to be involved in the organisation. The first festival was launched on National Poetry Day in 1998. StAnza continued to take place each October until its relaunch as a spring festival in 2003, from which time it has been held annually in March. All previous festival programmes can be seen in the past programmes section of the site archives.
The festival highlights over the years have been many and varied, from Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's appearances in 1998 and 2010 to our contemporary project, the digital Poetry Map of Scotland. In 2007 we celebrated ten years of StAnza with our 100 Poets Gathering; and our 2009's Distant Voices virtual festival webcast to 68 countries was a world first. As part of our participation in Homecoming Scotland 2009, the festival was launched by then First Minister Alex Salmond, leading to the festival being shortlisted for a Scottish Thistle Award.
StAnza's spring festival has now grown to be recognised as the major poetry event in Scotland, attracting audiences from across the country and beyond. It is one of the principal poetry festivals with a nationwide reputation operating in the UK and has been recognised as a major European festival of poetry through its involvement with the international poetry festivals' network based in Berlin. StAnza is also a founder member of Bookfestival Scotland, the professional association of Scottish literary festivals established in 2009.
StAnza also delivers schools and community workshops and projects throughout the year, as well as stand-alone events in St Andrews and elsewhere, and multiple digital projects.
Frisian and Scots poetry at StAnza 2018: David Vallis photography
Organisational developments saw StAnza becoming a registered charity in 2001. In 2003 the organisation was reformed as a charitable company limited by guarantee under a board of trustees to whom the paid officials—the Festival Director, Artistic Director and Press & Media Manager—were directly responsible. In 2010 the staffing of StAnza was restructured with the appointment of the current Festival Director who is now supported by a Press & Media Manager, Programme Co-ordinator and Education Co-ordinator, and from 2010 StAnza developed a year round programme of schools, community and public events and projects. StAnza is an Inland Revenue recognised charity.
The festival is put together by the Festival Director and Programme Co-ordinator supported by a planning committee formed of volunteers drawn from the local, student and academic communities who help to plan, organise and develop the programme, meeting throughout the year and chaired by the Festival Director. The committee is supported by various voluntary educational, legal and financial advisors.
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StAnza funding, from the festival's inception in 1998, has been received principally from the Scottish Arts Council and their successor agency, Creative Scotland. This has increased steadily over the years. Regular funding contributions have been received from Fife Council and, since 2003, from various sections of The University of St Andrews. StAnza received funding to contribute in 2009 to Homecoming Scotland, and thereafter received funding from EventScotland. The festival is, however, fully independent of all of these organisations.
StAnza: The People
Festival Director Eleanor Livingstone
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Festival Director: Eleanor Livingstone
director@stanzapoetry.org
Press & Media Manager: Louise Robertson
press@stanzapoetry.org
Programme Co-ordinator: Annie Rutherford
programme@stanzapoetry.org
Eleanor Livingstone has worked for StAnza since 2005. She has a background in legal work and as a creative writing tutor. She is also a poet, editor and reviewer.
Photo: Perry Jonsson
Annie Rutherford is the editor of Far Off Places and the co-founder of the Poetree Festival in Göttingen. She also writes and is the translator for German poet Nora Gomringer.
Louise Robertson is with the communications company, Message Matters. She studied tourism management and journalist at Napier University. She has worked in broadcast journalism and PR work since 2001, including work for other festivals and as Head of Public Affairs for an animal welfare charity.
Patrons:
The Rt. Hon. Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP
Professor Douglas Dunn
Professor Kathleen Jamie
Billy Kay
Dr Robyn Marsack
Honorary Presidents:
Anna Crowe
Drew Clegg (Secretary): Joined StAnza Board in 2003; Chair 2004-6, during which StAnza gained charitable status as a limited company. Retired as Managing Director of Errol Developments Ltd, a brick production company, in 2005.
Anna Crowe: In 1998, Brian Johnstone, Gavin Bowd and Anna Crowe sat down and decided that a poetry festival in St Andrews should be international and Scottish, promote a love of poetry in children and embrace other arts. Poet and translator, Anna was Artistic Director of StAnza for 7 years.
Dr Kate Hendry: joined the StAnza Board in 2018. Kate teaches English; previously in prisons, further and higher education, currently in a secondary school. She was reader-in-residence at the NLS and reading group facilitator at the Scottish Poetry Library. She has co-edited three SPL anthologies: for prisoners, doctors and teachers. Her own poetry is published by Happenstance Press.
Maureen Jack: Joined the StAnza Board in 2005. A retired educational psychologist, she brings to the StAnza Board experience in charity governance and as a senior manager in the public sector.
Dr Tom Jones: Joined StAnza Board in 2010. Lecturer in the School of English, St Andrews University; teaches eighteenth-century poetry, fiction and philosophy, as well as poetic theory and practice across a broader historical range.
Dr Robyn Marsack, FRSE (Chair): Joined StAnza Board 2017. Publishers' editor, translator and critic, she was Director of the Scottish Poetry Library 2000-2016. Currently Member of the Board of Directors of Carcanet Press, Forward Arts Foundation, Edwin Morgan Trust.
Shona Munro: Joined StAnza Board 2007. Co-Director then Director of Edinburgh International Book Festival, 1987-95. Previously an educational psychologist. Trustee of Life Changes Trust.
Kathryn Ross: Joined StAnza Board in 2015. Partner in Fraser Ross Associates Literary Agency and co-administrator of the Pushkin Prizes in Scotland and the Young Walter Scott Prize creative writing awards for young people. She was deputy director of Scottish Book Trust from 1991 to 2002, and previously a teacher of English.
Bob Steel (Treasurer): Joined StAnza Board in 2014. Retired chartered accountant and former managing partner at Henderson Loggie CA.
Margaret Jarvis (Committee Secretary)
Jean Johnstone (Exhibitions Advisor)
Andy Jackson (Programme Assistant)
Robin MacKenzie (Distribution)
Peter Jarvis (Distribution)
Kathleen Gray (Workshops Officer)
Jim Carruth (Artistic Advisor)
Colm Lyons (Legal Advisor)
Jenny Elliott (Exhibitions)
Julia Prescott (Exhibitions)
Colin Mackay (Accommodation)
Claudia Daventry
Barbara Davey
Helen Nicholson
Rupert Crisswell
Alan Gay
Wendy Orr
Katherine Bone
Mercedes Weidmer
Gabriela Milkova
Catriona Aitken
Alexandra Rego
Violet Chaudoir
Lily Clarke
Rachel Wells
Annie Leverton
StAnza - Scotland's Poetry Festival - is a private company limited by guarantee and registered under the Companies Acts (Registered No. SC253342). Recognised by the Inland Revenue as a Scottish Charity (Charity No. SC 031789). StAnza is a fully independent festival funded by Creative Scotland, with contributions from Fife Council and the University of St Andrews.
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Anthony Joshua, Andy Ruiz Jr on what's at stake for them ahead of Saturday's rematch
Anthony Joshua, Andy Ruiz Jr on what's at stake for them ahead of Saturday's rematch
It was one of the biggest upsets in boxing when the seemingly invincible Anthony Joshua was beaten by Andy Ruiz Jr at the Madison Square Garden in New York in June. On Saturday, they face off again.
By: Sports Desk | Published: December 6, 2019 7:06:07 pm
Andy Ruiz Jr and Anthony Joshua pose for a photo in front of promoter Eddie Hearn during the press conference (Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge)
It was one of the biggest upsets in boxing when the seemingly invincible Anthony Joshua was beaten by Andy Ruiz Jr at the Madison Square Garden in New York in June. The completely unfancied Ruiz – who was filling in for another boxer who failed multiple doping tests – knocked down Joshua four times to take the World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization titles.
On Saturday, they face each other in a highly anticipated rematch in Saudi Arabia. Despite the criticism of the event being held in Saudi Arabia, it will be worth the fighters' while. Joshua is expected to earn $70 million while Ruiz will reportedly get $10 million from the rematch, and it's not certain that there won't be another clash between the two again.
Here's what both fighters have had to say before the bout.
Anthony Joshua celebrates with title belts after winning a bout in March 2018 (Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge)
British boxer Anthony Joshua spoke to Associated Press's Steve Douglas about how he dealt with the shock loss by going back to his roots in Nigeria and starting out again.
Joshua spoke about how he'd gone to Nigeria for the first time in 17 years to visit the homeland of his parents and where he briefly attended boarding school at 11.
"In Nigeria, the people love you for you, not for what you have," he said of the visit, during which he visited Makoko, a slum just off mainland Lagos that is largely a floating community of wooden homes on swampland.
"It was good to see hope," Joshua said. "Anyone that can bring hope to you, they appreciate it and they appreciate my journey so far. That's what I liked. We're on a journey."
Speaking about the shock loss, Joshua said he understood why it had happened. "I took it like a man, I'd say. I took it like a champion should. Because I understood my mistakes. And I've changed them, I've rectified them."
"If anything wasn't to go my way this time, I just have to say the man is better than me. He is a tricky customer but I think I'm a better fighter than him, even though I didn't get the decision last time. I went straight back in. I didn't say, `Ah, I need a warm-up fight.' I knew where I went wrong. I know how to improve it, and I've done that," he said.
Since the loss, Joshua says he has changed his sparring partners, his routines, and his mentality. However, he has retained long-time trainer, Rob McCracken, who has been with him before he won an Olympic gold medal at the 2012 London Games. The boxer has also become slimmer and seems lighter in the public workouts he has shown up for in Riyadh.
Joshua says the fight is like the first of the 23 he's had so far, of which he's won 22 with knockouts.
"I have erased the old fight from my memory and I'm approaching it like I'm fighting for the heavyweight championship of the world, which I am. I'm not looking at it as a rematch," Joshua said.
Andy Ruiz Jr
Andy Ruiz Jr in action with Anthony Joshua (Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge)
An Associated Press profile points out that Andy Ruiz Jr has made the most of his new status over the last five months. He bought a car for his mother, a lavish new home in California that has a fountain and pool and met Mexico's president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
"Basically doing things he could never have imagined when he used to mix cement for his father, Andres, as a youngster and, as recently as 2017, went a whole year without even fighting following a loss to Joseph Parker in his only previous world title bout. He was disregarded as a potential champion then, mocked for his flabby frame even though his fast hands and skills pointed to a boxer with talent," the profile says.
But he's very clear that he intends to remain the world champion.
"There's no way I'm going to let these belts go… I'm going to die trying. It's been a roller coaster but now I've finally made it all this way, there's no way I'm going to let them go," he said.
Portly but with a big heart, fast hands and unexpected power, Ruiz is still revelling in his status as the first fighter of Mexican descent to win a heavyweight title and has no intention of letting that happen.
"I know AJ's (Joshua) is going to come with a different game plan, I know he is prepared and motivated," he said.
"That's what gives me the motivation, the edge to be more cautious. I know he lost weight, is going to try to box me around. It's my job to prevent that. I'm ready for whatever comes my way," he added.
with inputs from Associated Press


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Герцог Анри-Франсуа де Лаферте-Сентер (Сен-Нектер) (; 23 января 1657 — 1 августа 1703, Париж), пэр Франции — французский генерал.

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Сын герцога Анри II де Лаферте-Сентера, маршала Франции, и Мадлен д'Анжен.

Первоначально носил титул маркиза де Лаферте. 10 августа 1671 отец передал ему свой пехотный полк. В 1672 году участвовал во всех осадах, которыми Людовик XIV руководил лично, в 1673-м воевал в Германии под командованием маршала Тюренна. В марте 1674 был назначен наследником принадлежавшей его отцу должности губернатора областей Меца и Вердена и отдельно города и цитадели Меца, Вика и Муайянвика. В кампанию того года под началом Тюренна сражался в битвах при Зинсхайме, Энцхайме и Мюльхаузене, в 1675-м при Туркхайме, а после гибели Тюренна при Альтенхайме. Внес вклад в деблокирование Хагенау и Саверна.

Бригадир (24.02.1676), сражался при Кокесберге под началом герцога де Люксембурга, в 1677 году служил в армии маршала Креки, участвовал в военных действиях против Карла Лотарингского, подчинении принца Саксен-Эйзенахского и осаде Фрайбурга, во время которой был ранен.

После того как отец отказался в его пользу от титулов герцога и пэра Анри-Франсуа 8 января 1678 принес присягу в парламенте. В кампанию того года командовал отрядом из 1200 гренадер при осаде Гента, участвовал в атаке Рейнфельдского моста и ретраншементов Зеккингена, разгроме неприятеля в Кинцском проходе, взятии Келя и замка Лихтенберг.

В 1684 году участвовал в осаде Люксембурга. В феврале 1686 сложил командование полком, оставил службу и уехал в Венецию.

В 1690 году, узнав об угрозе Казале, покинул Венецию и отправился на помощь этой крепости, а затем присоединился к войскам маршала Катина, осаждавшего Сузу. В 1691-м служил бригадиром в Пьемонтской армии, быд ранен при взрыве бомбы во время осады Вильфранша, был при сдаче Вейяно, осаде и взятии Карманьолы и Монмельянского замка.

Кампмаршал (2.05.1692), продолжил службу в Пьемонтской армии, перешедшей к обороне, а в 1693—1695 годах служил в Германской армии, участвовал в осаде Гейдельберга (1693). Генерал-лейтенант (3.01.1696), кампании 1696 и 1697 годов провел на Рейне, где французы держались в обороне.

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Жена (18.03.1675): Мари-Габриель-Анжелика де Ламот (ум. 29.04.1726), дочь Филиппа де Ламот-Уданкура, герцога де Кардоны, и Луизы де При, воспитательница королевских детей

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The Metropolitan Golf Association's Executive Committee created the MGA Ambassador Program in 1995 to foster improved and continuous communication between the Association and its member clubs. We feel that this program is a critical link to ensure that each club can take full advantage of MGA services, programs and resources, as well as making our organization aware of issues and concerns that clubs are facing.
Ambassadors act as important liaisons between their clubs and the MGA to ensure that each club is taking full advantage of the MGA's services, programs and resources. From the MGA's side, these ambassadors will serve an important role in making the MGA aware of issues and concerns that clubs are facing on a timely basis, so we can proactively help and support our member clubs.
Formerly known as the "Club Rep Program," the re-branded initiative will also look to expand the reach and create a more diverse culture of ambassadors. To this end, the MGA will default to appointing both the Men's and Women's Golf Chairs from each of our member clubs to serve as the club's MGA Ambassadors if the current Ambassador does not wish to remain in the position. This shift will provide the MGA with greater opportunities to provide better solutions and services to the Met Area golfing community with issues that affect everyone at the club. No issue will be too small to address, and the diverse participation will add to the wealth of knowledge already created by the program.
The Ambassador program fosters open communication between the MGA and our valued member clubs in the hopes of creating real solutions to any issue a club might face. This network of Ambassadors and their connections with their peers at other clubs will be a valuable resource of ideas, suggestions and solutions for all.
An actively engaged Ambassador can provide valuable assistance to the club as a whole. To be an effective liaison, we ask that your Ambassador be a board member (note: the program is designed for volunteer leaders, not staff members) or someone who has regular access to the Board. The MGA will default to appointing both the Men's and Women's Golf Chairs from each of our member clubs to serve as the club's MGA Ambassadors if the current Ambassador does not wish to remain in the position.
•Attend the annual Spring Ambassador Luncheon Meeting and other regional meetings held throughout the season.
•Participate in short online surveys throughout the year.
•Keep the MGA informed of issues and concerns facing the club and challenge the MGA to assist with the development of solutions for their club.
The 2019 Spring Ambassador Luncheon is on Saturday, April 6 at The Apwamis Club in Rye, N.Y. The program starts at 12 p.m. Please be sure to RSVP to Kevin Kline at kkline@mgagolf.org.
In today's fast-paced world and changing club society it is more important than ever that clubs be aware of issues that may affect them and the services available through the MGA. Your association is committed to serving clubs in this critical area and our club representative program is a vital link in our ability to provide this service.
To be an effective liaison we believe your club representative should be a board member, or someone who has regular access to the board. To find out more about the MGA Ambassador program, contact Kevin Kline at 914-909-4849.


Association "Fabrik Art" is non government organization of artists – experts of drama, fine arts, applied arts, music and theory, management of culture and art . It is non profit organization founded in 2009. based in Belgrade, Serbia. Through art "Fabrik Art" works on positive promotion and education of values and creative thinking audience, which is mainly youth. Promotion intercultural dialogue through art and culture.
International works: Multimedia art project Ether Wind with German art dancer Barbara Kupser; International art project "Windform" documentary and art movie with soundtrack for art festival in Germany 2008; International art project "Zone Zero", Killkis, Greece 2009.
International art project: "Music for Peace", Istanbul, Turkey 2009.
Exhibition and show of Flounder Lee (www.photoflounder.com) – American photographer in Novi Sad, Serbia 2009.
We were co-organizer of: Festival of acoustic music "FAMUS" in Sivac, Serbia 2009; Festival of acoustic guitar "Gasini akordi", Starcevo, Serbia 2009.
Artists of "Fabrik Art" did workshops and art projects with youth artists. Keep contact with most of people we worked with and now we are working together on preparing new projects with them.
- Contributing to the development and expansion of the fields of national action and international artists, theoreticians, art historians, and managers of culture and simultaneously create a spirit of life in new circumstances, contribute to the cultural identity of our country.
- Commitment to the promotion of women authors in culture and art.


Republican Rep. Trey Radel singled out Senate Democrats Friday as being responsible for not only the sequester but a series of other budget issues because they have failed to "get off their butts" and do "their damn jobs."
Apparently following the lead of House Speaker John Boehner, who referred rather crudely this week to Senate Democrats sitting on their "asses," the Florida freshman expressed a bit of anger in a Newsmax TV interview that Democrats have been preaching compromise and bipartisanship while actually working to make compromise more difficult.
With the midnight deadline approaching when $85 billion in automatic, across-the-board spending cuts will begin to be implemented, Radel sought to play down the impact they could have on government operations and the daily lives of Americans. He said the cuts had been overhyped, given that the total dollars involved represent only 2 percent of the federal budget.
"Just think about that . . . That's like cutting two pennies out of your budget at home. But the president goes touring around the country, campaigning and fear mongering, telling everybody that the world is going to end," he said.
Radel, who was not in Congress when the 2011 Budget Control Act setting up the sequester was passed, said he would have favored a different approach if he had been around because the legislation is an admission that Congress can't do its job.
In addition to a real budget, he said Congress should also work on simplifying the tax code as soon as possible to give individuals and businesses more certainty about future tax liabilities.
As many of his GOP colleagues have done, Radel joined the chorus in accusing President Barack Obama of fear mongering in his efforts to saddle Republicans with blame for the looming cuts.
"House Republicans passed two pieces of legislation to take the edge off the president's argument that people are going to feel pain, that you'll wait longer at the airport and pay more for your food because food inspectors would be cut," he said.
"House Republicans said we don't need to cut personnel on the front lines that affect your everyday life, let's just cut spending. We could still achieve the same means to an end," he added.
Republican Rep. Trey Radel singled out Senate Democrats Friday as being responsible for not only the sequester but a series of other budget issues.


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Shanghai, China, 29th May 2013- The latest game by Italian studio Digital Tales took off from Milan, touched down in Paris and San Francisco, and eventually landed in Shanghai: after being presented at the European and American editions of Game Connection, Bravura: Quest Rush was selected among the best projects by Game Connection Asia 2013. It won a place in the shortlist of 7 nominees and is taking part in the awards ceremony held in Shanghai this week.
Selected projects at Game Connection Asia is a sort of Cannes Film Market for concepts embodying innovation and creativity. The only Italian project at the competition, Bravura: Quest Rush was nominated alongside other international productions from Japan, China, Spain and Iran, which shows how global independent game development actually is.
Bravura: Quest Rush is an iOS game slated for worldwide release in September. It perfectly complements the other mobile titles by Digital Tales - Battleloot Adventure and Ducati Challenge - which were very well-received by international gamers and critics alike.
Founded in 2006 and based in Rome and Milan, Digital Tales develops games, e-Learning platforms and multimedia communication tools with a strong graphic appeal. It also specializes in online interactive advertising. In the last few years it published two successful mobile titles, Ducati Challenge and Battleloot Adventure, which topped iOS and Android charts worldwide with over 2 million and 1 million downloads respectively. Digital Tales' mission is to offer user-friendly technology, leveraging imagination and creativity supported by strong technical know-how and experience in multiple industries.


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HÀ NỘI — Sơn Đoòng Cave in the central province of Quảng Bình has been listed as one of five dream destinations for 2019 by travel magazine Lonely Planet.
Sơn Đoòng, the largest cave in the world, is ranked third on the list after the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru and the 'Burning Man' music and arts festival in Nevada, the US.
The cave has been recognised as the largest in the world by three international organisations including Guinness (based in the UK), the Association World Record (based in Hong Kong) and World Kings (based in the US and India).
The cave is located in the heart of Phong Nha – Kẻ Bàng National Park in Quảng Bình province. It was discovered by a local in 1991 and was first explored in 2009 by the British Cave Research Association. It has been open to the public since 2013.
The nine kilometre-long cave system, which extends through a mountain, was named one of the most captivating caves on earth by National Geographic.
Geologists say the cave formed two to five million years ago. It is roughly 200m high and 150m wide.
The cave contains some of the tallest known stalagmites in the world, which are up to 70m tall.


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What are the characteristics of Hellenistic sculpture?
Zelma Taylor
Sculpture grew increasingly lifelike and expressive throughout this time period, with an emphasis on conveying extremes of emotion. In addition to physical accuracy, the Hellenistic artist attempts to depict the character of his subject, incorporating topics such as anguish, sleep, and old age. Sculptors also began to show wounds, bruises, and other signs of human frailty.
The Hellenistic period was one of great artistic achievement and diversity. The sculptors who worked in this era created portraits that captured the essence of their subjects while still being aesthetically pleasing to the eye. They showed strength and vulnerability, pain and pleasure. Using simple tools, they carved figures that have survived hundreds of years because they express ideas and feelings that we can connect to today.
Why did Hellenistic artists focus on realism?
What is the major difference between classical Greek statues and Hellenistic Greek statues?
What were Hellenistic artists deeply interested in?
Hellenistic art sprung from the solid basis of ancient Greek art in many ways. The painter's task was also seen as an opportunity for entertainment, since most paintings were intended to be decorative.
Realism was important because it allowed for a more accurate representation of the world around us. Artists needed to know exactly what things looked like if they were to be able to paint them. A realist could accomplish this by drawing directly from the object itself or by studying photographs or drawings of similar subjects.
In addition to being realistic, Hellenistic paintings are also detailed and have a strong composition. These qualities made Hellenistic art popular with wealthy patrons who wanted their walls decorated with beautiful pictures that would not be mistaken for sculptures.
Ancient Greek artists had focused on ideal beauty, so the realist approach of the Hellenistic artists is not surprising. But what is interesting is that even though these paintings did not aim to be representations of reality, they still provide insight into how we see the world today. Modern artists often copy the styles of other times or places, but rarely do contemporary artists attempt to show us what vision was like in antiquity.
2. Hellenistic art is regarded to express more emotions, including dramatic characteristics filled with delight, fury, anguish, and comedy. Classical sculptures lack these feelings and are idealized or motionless. However, during this time period, there were also many sculptors who worked in both styles.
While classical painters focused on idealized individuals, Hellenistic artists explored a broader spectrum of topics, such as the wounded and vanquished, as well as the very young and very elderly. This time is also marked by a renewed focus in drama and in engaging the audience. Painting became even more important than it had been before.
The term "Hellenistic" refers to the culture that arose around Alexander the Great and his empire. It lasted until about 30 B.C., when it was replaced by the Roman Empire. Scholars debate how much influence Greece itself had on this culture. But it's clear that many important ideas came from elsewhere, including Egypt, Syria, and Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey).
Alexander the Great was one of the most important people in history. At the age of 32, he defeated the king of Persia at the Battle of Plataea and went on to conquer India. The idea of world conquest through the use of force was new, and it quickly transformed the world economy and society.
After Alexander's death in 323 B.C., his empire was divided among his generals. The last ruler, Antigonus III Doson, died in 239 B.C. without an heir. So in the spring of 240, the leaders of the various kingdoms met in Sparta to choose a new king.
Zelma Taylor is an artist who has been interested in art ever since she could hold a brush. She loves to paint and draw, but also enjoys working with other materials like clay or metal. Zelma's passion is to create, and she does so with joy and passion.
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Q: I'm a transplant to Texas from the country's northern regions, and one thing that has struck me since I got here is that there are virtually no basements in people's houses. As someone who did a lot of growing up in basements—playing air hockey, watching Fast Times at Ridgemont High a few hundred times, maybe engaging in some occasional necking, etc.—this seems like a major disadvantage of living in Texas. Can you explain to me why Texas is a basementless state?
A: So, if the Texanist is hearing you correctly, what you are saying is that one of the big pluses to living in northern climes is an abundance of dank, windowless, subterranean rooms? And that not having such spaces in homes here in Texas is somehow a drawback to the growing-up process? The Texanist is scratching his head.
It is true that basements in Texas's residential structures are a rarity. The Texanist specifically highlights "residential" because basements are not uncommon in larger buildings. The Capitol, in Austin, has a basement; the nearby Goodman Building, a stone's throw from the statehouse's west entrance, has a basement that houses an historic bar at which the Texanist likes to wet his whistle now and then; and the Alamo, despite what you may have learned from Pee-wee's Big Adventure, has two basements. In fact, almost all the big Texas buildings the Texanist can think of, both historic and new, have basements. But you are absolutely right that few houses in Texas are similarly equipped.
This is, to answer your main question, due to a variety of factors. In some parts of the state the water table is too near the surface of the ground, making leaking and flooding an issue. In other areas the bedrock is too near the surface, making digging a basement difficult and costly. In still other areas, what's known as "expansive" soils—clay and/or shale that shifts around in excessively wet and excessively dry conditions, which is to say normal conditions in Texas—make a basement unworkable. And then there's the matter of the frost line, the depth at which water in the ground freezes in wintertime, which is pretty much nonexistent here in largely subtropical Texas but is a big deal in the frosty north. See, a foundation set in ground that freezes and thaws can move around, which is not a good thing. Thus, in your native land, Mr. Fish, foundations have to be constructed below the surface of the ground—sometimes many feet below the surface. And since the builder of a home is going to be burrowing down anyway, why not add a basement? In Texas, there exists no such imperative.
Another reason we don't have basements but natural-born Yankees such as yourself do: In much of Texas we've got a superabundance of land and a relative scarcity of zoning regulations; in the north it's exactly the opposite. So where builders up yonder who want to add additional square footage to a house feel compelled to dig down, here we're usually happy to opt for the easier path: building up and/or out.
Of course, as you point out, basements were not really an option for the Texanist and his cohort. So, like most young folks in the Lone Star State, the Texanist did his "growing up" aboveground. Thinking back, he played his air hockey at Skate Haven, watched Fast Times at Ridgemont High at the theater, and engaged in bouts of necking, etc., whenever and wherever he could.
Additionally, the Texanist fished, gigged frogs, caught turtles and snakes, shot his BB gun, smoked his grapevine, glimpsed his soggy old men's lifestyle and entertainment magazines, experimented with smokeless tobacco, drank his garage refrigerator-appropriated beer, and expanded his dirty-word vocabulary on the banks of the beautiful and storied Bird Creek in his mostly basementless hometown of Temple. Which is to say he did all of those things outdoors, which is really how it ought to be.
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I have seen basements with dens, workshops and photo darkrooms. But, you are right, it is all about the area. Some areas of NJ and LI have no basements.
I've seen basements (small ones sometimes) built for food storage in some of the old German stone homes in hill country.
I was whisked away from my Texas birthplace to the north(Michigan) when I was six. Moving north in 1957 from south Texas brought several previously unknown things into my life. The positive or negative impact of these such as television and central heating, is still being debated. When my folks bought a house, it came with a basement. Air hockey didn't exist so my Dad built a Ping Pong table which endured many winters. He spent his winter spare time in another corner tying flies for summer fishing trips. I also practiced my putting stroke on a strip of carpet down there in anticipation of spring. The basement was also cooler in the heat and humidity of summer. In those days there was still plenty of time for outdoor fun like shoveling two feet of snow out of the driveway following a winter blizzard or pushing a lawn mower around the largest lawn in the neighborhood every Saturday during the summer months. After nearly 50 years of meandering to various locales in the country, I returned to Texas happily to find that in spite of the lack of basements, television along with central heat and air and found their way to the Lone Star State.
LIMESTONE and other really hard rocks make it too expensive to bulld basements in most areas.
The length of the reply was necessary – I live in the hill country now and it's true – three inches of top soil and underneath lies limestone. Lousy for gardening. But I'm a native Houstonian and, poke a stick in the ground, water bubbled up. This state is too large and geologically complex to characterize with one sentence.
Move to west Texas. There are lots of basements out here in tornado country.
Many of us grew up with "basements" in NW Texas but we called them storm cellars. They are not whole house in size.
I grew up in Georgia where all the houses had basements and I just assumed everyone did. We roller skated down there, my parents had parties there, my sister taught the kids in the neighborhood arts and crafts and we put on skits for our parents. My dad had his workshop there, too. But at night on the weekends when my parents would go out and leave us to tend to ourselves it became a scary place and every bump in the night would make us think someone was coming to get us through the bottom back door that led to the outside of the house. Still, I wouldn't have traded our basement for the world because it was many things depending on the day or night and depending on the season.
No basements here because in the summer Texas is the closest place to Hell without digging a hole.
I grew up in Amarillo, where we had a basement. That's where Dad kept his snake collection and where we huddled with a transistor radio, flashlights and candles when there were tornado warnings.
Most of the old German houses in the Hill Country have "cellars". Of the three old homesteads in my family, all have "cellars". They were cool in summer for projects, and we stored vegetables, milk, sausage, etc.
Basements are good. Extra room for work, play, and storage. What passes for "attics" in modern Texas houses are tiny, dirty blast furnaces that are useless bug havens and lack of basements as usable space is why everyone in Texas with a garage usually is forced to keep junk in it, not cars. And we could sure use basements to keep our water heaters, laundry machines, and AC/heating units in, as well as protected pipes that aren't as likely to freeze in the winter.
Maybe it's a joke, but the Alamo, historically, has no basement(s). If someone has built one since the battle, it's news to me.


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Anonymous Engaged Massive Cyber-Attack To Bring-down Vatican Website
Hacker collective group Anonymous take-down the official site of Vatican. In the last Wednesday evening Vatican faced massive denial of service of attack and www.vatican.va, was inaccessible for much of Wednesday afternoon and evening. According to Anonymous the motive of this cyber attack is to protest everything from Catholic doctrine to the sexual abuse of children. The hacker group said - "This attack is not against the Christian religion or the faithful around the world but against the corrupt Roman Apostolic Church," said the statement, posted on the Italian-language version of the Anonymous website.
"Anonymous decided today to besiege your site in response to the doctrine, to the liturgies, to the absurd and anachronistic concepts that your for-profit organization spreads around the world," the hackers said in a statement. Last year also Anonymous tried to engage cyber-attack into the Vatican but failed. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, confirmed the attack but declined to comment on its possible source. He said he didn't know how long it would take the Vatican's technicians to bring the site back up.
Similarly last year Anonymous has declared Operation Brotherhood and Threatens to "Destroy The Muslim Brotherhood". According to the official you tube video release Anon declared that to hack Muslim Brotherhood websites, starting with the Arabic Ikhwanonline.com. But #OpBrotherhood caused serious damage for Anonymous while a hacker named a Pakistani Hacker called Tha Disastar has Hacked and defaced the official website of AnonyOPS. The DDoS specilist has also faced massive denial of service attack on the anonyops.com. In the message hacker said that "Anonymous should stay in limits,and must not go out of there limits to others peoples religion". That time also Anonymous clarified that the attack was not to hit the Muslim religion but to those grand-masters who vows to follow all orders of the Murshid, without hesitation such as terrorism and so on. But the Muslims took that in a conservative way and as a result Anon faced massive criticism as well ass cyber attack. Who knows may be this attack against Vatican may also create the same scenario for the Hacktivist.
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Traditional Chinese bookbinding, also called stitched binding (Chinese: 線裝 xian zhuang), is the method of bookbinding that the Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, and Vietnamese used before adopting the modern codex form.

History

Scroll

Up until the 9th century during the mid-Tang dynasty, most Chinese books were bound scrolls made of materials such as bamboo, wood, silk, or paper. Originally bamboo and wooden tablets were tied together with silk and hemp cords to fold onto each other like an accordion. Silk and paper gradually replaced bamboo and wood. Some books were not rolled up but pleated and called zhe ben, although this was still one long piece of material.

Butterfly binding

During the 9th and 10th centuries, a new book format known as "butterfly binding" appeared. This change is tied to the rise of Buddhism and woodblock printing. When Buddhist sutras were brought to China from India, they were in the form of narrow folded palm-leaf books. The accordion-fold books were easier to handle than scrolls while reading and reciting sutras. Scrolls were gradually replaced by butterfly binding (經摺裝), also known as sutra binding, from the Tang period onward. The advantage was that it was now possible to flip to a reference without unfolding the entire document. Woodblock prints made the new format easier by allowing two mirror images to be easily replicated on a single sheet. Thus two pages were printed on a sheet, which was then folded inwards. The sheets were then pasted together at the fold to make a codex with alternate openings of printed and blank pairs of pages. In the 14th century the folding was reversed outwards to give continuous printed pages, each backed by a blank hidden page. The next development known as whirlwind binding (xuanfeng zhuang 旋風裝) was to secure the first and last leaves to a single large sheet, so that the book could be opened like an accordion. During the 16th and 17th centuries, pasted bindings were replaced by stitched thread bindings.

Materials

The paper used as the leaves are usually xuan paper (宣紙). This is an absorbent paper used in traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting. Stronger and better quality papers may be used for detailed works that involve multicoloured woodblock printing. The covers tend to be a stronger type of paper, dyed dark blue. Yellow silk can be used, which is more predominant in imperially commissioned works. The cover is then backed by normal xuan paper to give it more strength. Hardcovers are rare and only used in very important books; The silk cord is almost always white. The case for the books are usually made of wood or bookboard, covered with cloth or silk and the inside is covered in paper.

Method
The method of this binding is in several stages:

 The first stage is to fold the printed paper sheets. The printing method was to print on a large sheet, then fold it in half so the text appears on both sides.
 The second stage is to gather all the folded leaves into order and assemble the back and front covers. Important or luxury edition books have a further single leaf inserted in the fold of the leaves. Front covers tend to be replaced over time if it gets damaged. For very old books, the front cover is usually not original; for facsimiles, it is most certainly not.
 The third stage is to punch holes at the spine edge, around 1 cm from the spine. Four holes are the standard. In China, six holes may be used on important books. If the book is a quality edition, the edges of the spine side are wrapped in silk which is stuck on to protect the edges. In Korea, an odd number of holes is normally used, typically three or five.
 The fourth stage is to stitch the whole book together using a thin double silk cord. The knot is tied and concealed in the spine.

Encasement
After a group of books are printed, they are often put in a case. This is a cloth case that is constructed from boards that have a cloth upholstering. Traditional cloth cases are a single line of boards attached together and covered by the cloth; the insides are papered. The pile of books are placed in the middle board, and the left-hand boards wrap the left side and the front of the books, and the right boards wrap the right side and on top of the left side boards. The right side front board has the title tag pasted on the top right-hand side. The rightmost edge has a lip, from which two straps with ivory or bone tallies are connected to. These straps are pulled down the left side, where there are the loops where they are inserted to secure the whole case together.

Modern cases are much like Western ones. They are basically cuboid with an opening in one side where the books slot in. The Chinese have a separate board to wrap the books before inserting into the case.

References

Literature
 Kosanjin Ikegami: Japanese Bookbinding: Instructions from a Master Craftsman. Weatherhill, 1986.

External links
 K.T. Wu 吳光清, The Chinese Book: Its Evolution and Development T'ien Hsia Monthly, Vol.III, No.I, August 1936, pp.25-33.
 Japanese bookbinding
 Vietnamese bookbinding
 The Herbert Offen Research Collection of the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum
 A video lesson in Chinese wrapped-back binding (pt. 1)
 A video lesson in Chinese wrapped-back binding (pt. 2)

Bookbinding
Chinese literature


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Another throwback Thursday, Erzulliestas! What did Erzullie Icon and Plus Size Model, Kat Catapia, thought of the corporate 2013 collection?
Nothing brings out the Erzulliesta's strength than a day in the office! And this gets amplified more when given the right style! This was a lift from her interview: "The 'C' Factor".
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Vulcan Hand Flash Drive: Fascinating.
Here's another very geeky flash drive that is kind of awesome in its own way. It's too bad that it only has 2GB, but then again, you're not paying for the size, you're paying for a USB flash drive in the form of the traditional Vulcan greeting. Plus, it will help your data live long and prosper.
Some of these sort of novelty flash drives are cool enough to have around, while others are definitely part of the crapgadget category. Many people who don't know anything about Star Trek will wonder about this flash drive when they see it. Heck, even for Trekkies, the hand looks kind of creepy.
You can get one of these for yourself from Audiocubes for $35.99 (USD).


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Marie-Thérèse Fortin est une comédienne québécoise, née le  à Saint-Octave-de-Métis, dans la région de la Gaspésie au Québec. Elle a été directrice artistique et codirectrice générale du Théâtre du Trident à Québec de 1998 à 2003 et du Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui de 2004 à 2012. Elle est surtout connue pour son rôle de Claire Hamelin dans la série télévisée Mémoires vives, pour celui de Françoise Langevin dans le monde de Charlotte et ainsi que pour de nombreux rôles marquants au cinéma, à la télé et au théâtre.

Biographie

Elle est diplômée du Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec de l'année 1982. Marie-Thérèse Fortin joue aussi bien à la télévision, qu'au cinéma ou au théâtre.

À sa sortie du conservatoire, elle se produit d'abord principalement dans des créations théâtrales présentées à Québec. Ainsi, elle a tenu des rôles principaux dans une cinquantaine de pièces à Québec dont Les Troyennes, Andromaque, Agnès de Dieu, Méphisto, Le Songe d'une nuit d'été, Les Bonnes, Bousille et les justes, Les Belles-sœurs, Les Muses orphelines, Inventaire, Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard, Le Malade imaginaire, Lucky Lady. Elle tient le rôle titre dans Elizabeth, roi d'Angleterre présenté en 2008 au Théâtre du Nouveau Monde qui lui a valu le prix Gascon-Roux d'interprétation féminine. Elle est aussi de la distribution des Belles-sœurs, une adaptation musicale de la pièce de Michel Tremblay par Daniel Bélanger et René Richard Cyr qui a été présenté en tournée au Québec et à Paris. Marie-Thérèse Fortin est également chanteuse et elle a tenu l'affiche dans le spectacle Marie-Thérèse Fortin chante Barbara.

Au petit écran, Marie-Thérèse Fortin a joué Françoise dans Le Monde de Charlotte et Un monde à part. Elle a joué dans Casino I et II, Temps dur, Jack Carter, Cover Girl, 4 et demi, L'Officier de la garde, Mémoires vives, Blanche et elle est Madame Barbara, la fidèle assistante de Sophie Paquin dans Les Hauts et les Bas de Sophie Paquin. Au cinéma, elle a joué dans Sans elle et Les Grandes Chaleurs de Sophie Lorain.

En plus de sa carrière artistique, Marie-Thérèse Fortin a parallèlement été directrice artistique du Théâtre du Trident à Québec de 1998 à 2003. En 2004, elle est nommée directrice artistique et codirectrice générale du Centre du Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui. Étant en charge des programmations chaque saisons, elle met en place des résidences de deux ans pour les compagnies de la relève, offrant à ces compagnies une vitrine ainsi qu'un soutien administratif et financier. Elle présente entre autres les œuvres de Sarah Berthiaume, Simon Boulerice, Jennifer Tremblay , Olivier Kemeid, mais aussi de Christian Lapointe ou Fanny Britt. Pendant son mandat, elle supervise des travaux de rénovation et d'agrandissement du théâtre, avec notamment l'ajout d'une salle de répétition. En 2012, elle démissionne de la direction du Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui.

En 2013, elle reçoit le Mérite d'honneur en éducation pour souligner que dans le cadre de ses activités professionnelles, elle se distingue par son intérêt remarquable pour la qualité du français et son rôle d'ambassadrice de la langue française auprès des jeunes et des adultes.

Le 12 avril 2018, à l'occasion du Gala-bénéfice des Violons du Roy, elle interprète Barbara dans le cadre d'un récital original présenté en compagnie du pianiste Yves Léveillé et des Violons du Roy.

Elle a remporté des prix Gémeaux à trois reprises, et a été décorée Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. En 2002, lors d'un gala-bénéfice organisé par le YWCA de Québec, elle est nommée Femme de mérite, catégorie Arts et culture.

Le 14 juin 2022, elle est nommée membre du Cercle d'honneur et de rayonnement du Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec.

Distinctions

 1986 Prix Nicky-Roy : Jeune espoir à Québec Calamity Jane
 1990 Prix Paul Hébert : Meilleure performance au théâtre à Québec Duo pour voix obstinées
 2001 Gémeaux: Meilleur premier rôle féminin: Téléroman Le Monde de Charlotte
 2002 Gémeaux: Meilleur premier rôle féminin: Téléroman Le Monde de Charlotte
 2001 Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
 2002 Femme de mérite dans la catégorie Arts et culture: Gala bénéfice organisé par le YWCA de Québec
 2006 Gémeaux : Meilleur premier rôle féminin: Téléroman Un monde à part
 2008 Gascon Roux : Prix du public Meilleure interprétation rôle féminin Élizabeth, roi d'Angleterre
 2013 Mérite d'honneur en éducation : Prix du Conseil pédagogique interdisciplinaire du Québec
 2013 Gémeaux : Meilleur premier rôle féminin: Téléroman Mémoires vives
 2014 Gémeaux : Meilleur premier rôle féminin: Téléroman Mémoires vives
 2015 Nomination Gémeaux : Meilleur premier rôle féminin: Série dramatique annuelle Mémoires vives
 2016 Nomination Gémeaux : Meilleur premier rôle féminin: Série dramatique annuelle Mémoires vives
 2016 Gémeaux : Meilleur rôle de soutien féminin: Boomerang
 2017 Nomination Gémeaux : Meilleur premier rôle féminin: Série dramatique annuelle Mémoires vives
 2018 Nomination Gémeaux : Meilleur rôle de soutien féminin: Boomerang
2017-2018 Nomination Prix de la critique (AQCT): Interprétation féminine La Détresse et l'enchantement
2020 Nomination Gémeaux:  Meilleur rôle de soutien féminin: comédie Boomerang
2022 Membre du Cercle d'honneur et de rayonnement du Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec

Interprétation

Cinéma
 2005 : Sans elle, de Jean Beaudin : Hélène
 2006 : Roméo et Juliette, de Yves Desgagnés : Procureure de la couronne
 2009 : Les Grandes Chaleurs, de Sophie Lorain : Gisèle Cloutier
 2010 : Le Poil de la bête, de Philippe Gagnon : Sœur Margot
 2012 : Inch'Allah : Mère de Chloé
 2015 : Le Journal d'un vieil homme de Bernard Émond : Barbara
 2016 : Le Fils de Jean de Philippe Lioret : Angie
 2021 : Le bruit des moteurs : Johanne
 2022 : RU de Charles-Olivier Michaud : Jeannine
 2023 : Katak, the Brave Beluga : Perlette Macareux (Voix)

Télévision
 1985-1988 : Le Village de Nathalie d'Ève Déziel et Jacques Michel :
1989-1993 : Kim et Clip: Simone
 1990-1995 : Sur la rue Tabaga :
 1990 : Desjardins : La Vie d'un homme, l'histoire d'un peuple (mini-série) : Imelda
 1993 : Blanche , d'Arlette Cousture et de Charles Binamé : Jacynthe Barbeau
 1995 : Les grands procès (série télévisée) : Mélina Viau
 1992-1995 : Scoop IV : Lise Gariépy (saison 4)
 1994-2001 : 4 et demi…: Johanne Bérubé (saison 3, 4, 5, 6 et 7)
 2000-2004 : Le Monde de Charlotte, de Richard Blaimert : Françoise Langevin
 2003 : Les Aventures tumultueuses de Jack Carter : Lucie Clermont
 2004-2006 : Un monde à part, de Richard Blaimert : Françoise Langevin
 2004 : Temps dur, de Louis Choquette : Laure Pelletier
 2005-2007 : L'Auberge du chien noir, de Christian Martineau et Yves Mathieu : Johanne Constantin
 2005 : Cover Girl, de Louis Choquette : elle-même
 2006-2008 : Casino : Maria Delucci
 2006-2012 : Tout sur moi : elle-même
 2006-2009 : Les Hauts et les Bas de Sophie Paquin : Barbara Blouin
 2009-2013 : Tactik : France St-Cyr (saison 2, 3, 4, 5 et 6)
 2005-2012 : La Promesse : Véronique Cormier (saison 7)
 2013-2017 : Mémoires vives : Claire Hamelin
 2015-2019 : Boomerang : Monique Bernier
 2019 : Le Monstre : , psychologue
2021: Virage : Christiane Lessard (saison 1)
2022 : Cerebrum : Paule Lachapelle (saison 2)
2021-2023: Les moments parfaits: Judith Côté

Théâtre

 1989 : Duo pour voix obstinées, mise en scène: Denis Bernard / Prod.: Théâtre du Trident
 1993 : Sainte-Carmen de la main, mise en scène: Lou Fortier / Prod.: Théâtre du Trident
 1994 : Les Bonnes, mise en scène René Richard Cyr / Prod.: Théâtre du Trident
 1995 : Le Songe d'une nuit d'été, mise en scène Robert Lepage / Prod.: Théâtre du Trident
 1995 : Lucky Lady, mise en scène Michel Nadeau / Prod.: Théâtre Niveau Parking
 1996 : Méphisto, mise en scène Serge Denoncourt / Prod.: Théâtre du Trident
 1996 : Messe solennelle pour une pleine lune d'été, mise en scène Serge Denoncourt / Prod.: Théâtre du Trident
 1997 : Agnès de Dieu, mise en scène Philippe Soldevila / Prod.: Théâtre de La Bordée
 1998 : Andromaque, mise en scène Françoise Faucher / Prod.: Théâtre du Trident
 1999 : Les Troyennes , mise en scène Wajdi Mouawad / Prod.: Théâtre du Trident
 1998-2000 : Inventaires, mise en scène Collectif / Prod.: Théâtre Les Trois Sœurs
 2002 : L'Officier de la garde, mise en scène Marie Gignac / Prod.: Théâtre du Trident
 2008 : Élizabeth, roi d'Angleterre, mise en scène René Richard Cyr / Prod.: Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
 2013 : Furieux et désespérés, mise en scène: Olivier Kemeid / Coprod.: Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui et Trois Tristes Tigres
 2013 : Le Balcon, mise en scène: René Richard Cyr / Prod.: Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
 2010-2014 : Belles-sœurs, mise en scène: René Richard Cyr / Prod.: Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui
 2013-2014 : L'Homme Atlantique (et la maladie de la mort), mise en scène Christian Lapointe / Prod.: Théâtre Péril
 2017 : Extramoyen , mise en scène Daniel Brière / Prod.: NTE
 2019 : La Queen's, mise en scène Fernand Rainville / Prod.: La Manufacture
 2019 : KNOCK, mise en scène Daniel Brière / Prod.: Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
 2018-2019-2020 : La Détresse et l'enchantement, mise en scène Olivier Kemeid / Prod.: Théâtre du Trident
 2021-2023 Les filles du Saint-Laurent / Anne Tremblay / M.E.S.: Alexia Bürger / Prod.: Centre du Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui
 2022-2023 : Verdict / Michel-Maxime Legault / Prod.: Les Agents Doubles Productions

Mises en scène
 1997 Moulins à paroles / Prod.: Théâtre Niveau Parking
 2004-2005 L'Aigle à deux têtes / Coprod.: Théâtre Denise-Pelletier et Théâtre de La Bordée
 2007 Des Yeux de verre / Prod.: Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui
 2010 La Liste / Prod.: Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui
 2016 La Liste de mes envies / Prod.: Juste pour rire
 2018 L'Éducation de Rita / Prod.: Théâtre du Rideau Vert

Musique

2010-2014 : Belles-sœurs, mise en scène: René Richard Cyr / Prod.: Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui

2010 : Album musical Belles-Sœurs

2015-2019: Piaf a 100 ans. Vive la môme!

2015 : Piaf a 100 ans. Vive la môme! : Concert Symphonique OSM

2017 : Le Fleuve : 8e édition du Festival Québec en toutes lettres

2018: Marie-Thérèse Fortin chante Barbara

Activités connexes
2021: L'Histoire du Soldat (de Stravinsky) / Narratrice / Prod.: Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

2018: La Petite Poule d'Eau (de Gabrielle Roy) / Narratrice / Réal.: Sylvie Lavoie / Prod.: Radio-Canada

2018: Le Cortège (court-métrage d'animation) / Nathalie (VHC) / Réal.: Pascal Blanchet et Sylvain Charbonneau / Prod.: ONF

2004-2012: Directrice artistique / Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui

1997-2003: Directrice artistique / Théâtre du Trident

Liens externes

 Fiche de l'Agence Eugénie Gaillard
 Fiche télé de Qui Joue Qui ?
 Fiche du Centre du Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui
 Fiche IMDB

Notes et références

Naissance en avril 1959
Actrice québécoise de cinéma
Actrice québécoise de télévision
Actrice québécoise de théâtre
Étudiant du Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec


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Shiv Nadar Wealth: ₹1.57 lakh crore
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Shiv Nadar's Path To Philanthropy
Credited with many firsts, he transformed HCL Tech into India's third-largest IT services firm.
By Asmita Dey, Sep 12, 2022
HE MAY NOT be armed with a degree from Harvard or Stanford or an IIT, but Shiv Nadar, the founder of HCL Technologies, the country's third-largest IT firm, is a self-made billionaire with a net worth of ₹1,57,361 crore. His Mantra: "The world is full of opportunities"!
Nadar left his job at DCM's (Delhi Cloth & General Mills') calculator division along with seven of his colleagues and went on to set up Hindustan Computers Ltd. (now HCL Technologies) in 1976, with an aim to make personal computers.
Born in Tamil Nadu's Moolaipozhi village and having lost his father early, financial hardship had been Nadar's way of life. But while others would have been content with an undergraduate degree in engineering and a decent job at a reputed firm thereafter, Nadar dared to dream big. HCL, best described as the "garage start-up" of its times, was launched from a small barsati room. Under Nadar's leadership, the company achieved many firsts — building India's maiden indigenous computer; digitisation of NSE; 2019 deal with IBM to acquire the latter's select software products for $1.8 billion, among others. The company closed FY22 with a revenue of $11.48 billion, and increased its clientele in the $50 million bracket to 43 from 35 in FY21.
Nadar, who himself completed his college education through a sponsorship offered by philanthropists, acknowledges that the story of HCL began because "somebody was thinking beyond business." The Shiv Nadar Foundation, launched in 1994, boasts of a wide range of initiatives, including the SSN Institutions, VidyaGyan, Shiv Nadar University, Shiv Nadar School, Shiksha Initiative and Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. The Foundation has spent $1.1 billion across its initiatives so far.
A private person, Nadar made headlines in 2014 for spending ₹115 crore to buy a bungalow in Delhi's New Friends Colony. The tech doyen, however, doesn't want to be remembered only as the architect of HCL. "I do hope that with the transformational work of the Foundation, I will be known as Shiv Nadar, the philanthropist who also founded HCL, for posterity," he said in 2018.
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Talk about the best of times! On Oct. 24, the professional staff and board of Meals On Wheels celebrated their 25th anniversary by honoring the volunteers who help assemble, pack, and deliver meals in Somerset County. They arranged a banquet meal, prepared and served by the Culinary students at the S.C.T.C. Thanks, Chef Dayok and students, what a tasteful meal and so graciously presented.
Attorney Vincent Barbera, emcee, charmed the group of more than160 with wit and reminisces along with statistics of meals cooked and served each day by four pros, Marge Coddington, Bonnie Berkley, Judy Gelpi and Francis Reid, and their army of helpers. Records show an increase from seven homes served to an average of 150 homes served each day, with 14 driving routes that stretch from the northern edge of Somerset County south to Salisbury. That means 14 drivers plus carriers plus three kitchen helpers are needed each day.
Old-timers will remember, as Rev. Harry Sherry pointed out, the MOW program originally served out of the State Hospital kitchen. Time and fortune didn't allow that plan to continue and MOW faced a dim future. MOW needed a new home. Twenty-five years ago Calvary Methodist Church in Somerset agreed to be that home. Thank you, Calvary Methodist Church family for your steady, compassionate faithfulness.
The volunteers were treated to a musical serenade by Don Yoder and Scot Ohler Their talent and enthusiasm brought smiles and lots of toe tapping. Thank you, Don and Scot, for making us feel so special.
Thank you, business people and individuals of the area, for contributing so generously for door prizes and the cost of the meal. No MOW funds were used. We know it was your tribute to those who give of their time and close their eyes and open their wallets at the gas pumps, but it's also a tribute to the program's founders and sustainers, those many folks who provide food and funds during the year.
Rev. Raymond Lyon closed the evening asking our Creator to bless all involved in MOW and here's where I claim the best of blessings. I am a driver and route coordinator. I have met the most wonderful people as we gather at Calvary Church to pick up our meals, a zillion new friends.
I have met the most wonderful attitudes in those who have agreed to drive my assigned routes, you know, bend over backward, go out of their way kind of people. I have wonderful clients on my routes.
They thank me, they worry about me, they tell me jokes, they witness to a strength of independence, they share some of their sorrows, they share flower seeds and share their wisdom, they bless me with their smiles.
On behalf of all the volunteers, including those who were not able to attend your tribute, thank you, MOW staff, board members, and community supporters, for a delightful evening.
Somerset County is a good place to be. Lots of good programs are in practice, lots of people help each other, but this is your week MOW, hats off and congratulations on your 25th!


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Writing software can be pretty draining work. It is insanely fun when you're in the zone and feeling good, and insanely dull when you're not feeling your best.
In my personal experience, I've found that my programming ability is directly correlated to my motivation for the task at hand. Since I'm having a pretty good day today, I thought I'd take a moment to reflect on programming and motivation.
Good software is all about passion. It doesn't matter if you're an excellent programmer–if you wake up each day and hate what you're working on, the way you're feeling will be reflected in your work.
On the other hand, if you love what you're working on, really care about the people who will be using your software, and aren't afraid to be ruthless with your day-to-day development, you're going to produce awesome software, and nothing will be able to stop you.
When I'm not feeling so great, I try to really put myself into the shoes of my users. If I were using my software, how would I feel about it? What can I do to make it better so my users love it more, and want to keep using it? Just the process of sitting down and really thinking about this is usually enough to get me kick started, and motivated to do some serious hacking on whatever project I'm working on at the moment.
Programming is a mental exercise. Like any mental exercise, it's easy to burn yourself out if you do it the wrong way.
Imagine sitting down reading a book on algorithms–sure, it's fun for a while (when you're feeling motivated!), but the farther along you go the more drained you become, and eventually you'll get frustrated and demotivated.
The key to having fun while programming (at least for me), is to do it in bursts. If you've got a lot of code to write, take some time to organize your thoughts before you dive in. I like to list some small goals, e.g.
Write automated email script for low-balance notifications.
Write a script to automatically adjust DynamoDB throughput for the users table.
This way I've at least got something concrete to look at in front of me, and instead of writing code and constantly thinking about all the things I have to do, I can just focus on a single task and do a really good job of finishing it.
While I'm definitely not a doctor, I can tell you with certainty that caffeine makes me feel awesome.
Despite the fact that some people respond poorly to caffeine, to me it is a staple of programming motivation. Not only do I feel great on caffeine (happy, thoughtful, energetic), but it generally awakens my technical curiosity and really gets me in the mood for some hacking.
Caffeine + programming is a magical mixture.
For the health conscious–if you're interested in a good energy drink with no sugar (no carbs), great flavor, and copious amounts of programmer blood caffeine, you should try the Rockstar No Carb (my favorite).
Everyone has their ambitions–what are yours? Do you want your open source project to get a million followers on GitHub? Do you want to launch that side project you've been working on for the past three months? Do you want to get 500 new users this month?
It is so easy to get distracted by day-to-day life, that it often becomes difficult to always keep working towards your ambitions. I realized a long time ago that no matter how busy you are, no matter how much pressure you're under, and no matter how beat up you're feeling–you need to keep working on yourself, and pushing yourself to the next level.
Progress only happens when you work hard, fight for what you want, and don't stop until you get it.
The next time you're not feeling your greatest, take a minute to think about all the things you want to achieve, and then get out there and do them! Every moment you spend feeling bad is a moment wasted, so try to focus on accomplishing the things you want to accomplish, and making the journey to get there as fun as possible.
Ultimately, your success or failure to fulfill your ambitions rests solely on your shoulders. Push yourself, and don't give up!
Motivation is a powerful thing. If you can manage to stay motivated for the task at hand, whether it be programming, exercising, or whatever else you'd like to do–you'll be able to do it better, faster, and enjoy it more along the way.
For programming (especially), maintaining motivation is extremely important as your mood greatly effects your work.
Now get out there and write some code!


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James Marsden buys Austin home and gushes over 'small-town feel'
Business // Real Estate
Bob Goldsborough, Express-News
Jan. 16, 2022 Updated: Jan. 17, 2022 7:01 p.m.
James Marsden looks on in the Paddock during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of USA at Circuit of The Americas on October 23, 2021 in Austin, Texas.
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Actor James Marsden, who is known for his role as Cyclops in the "X-Men" movie franchise, in May paid an amount likely around $1.8 million for a five-bedroom, 5,160-square-foot house in the Commons Ford area of Austin.
In December 2020, Marsden, 48, told Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest, the hosts of "Live with Kelly and Ryan," that he had moved to Austin several months earlier, and added that he was renting a home at the time.
"I love it," he told the show's hosts, referring to Austin. "I've been coming here for 20 years. I have some friends here. I grew up in Oklahoma, all my family's still there."
Of Austin, Marsden said, "it's still got that small-town feel to it but it's definitely booming at the moment."
Marsden told the hosts that he had secured some land in Austin and had planned to build on that property. However, records show that Marsden now has bought an existing home in the Commons Ford area.
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In Austin, the house that Marsden bought was built in 2007 and has 4-1/2 bathrooms, seven-inch ebony hardwood flooring throughout and a fireplace in the living room. Outside on the 1.07-acre property are mature trees, a guest casita with a full kitchen and a Murphy bed, an outdoor shower surrounded by bamboo and an IPE wood deck.
The exact amount that Marsden paid was not disclosed. However, public records show that Marsden took out a loan against the house for the principal amount of $1.84 million, suggesting that that amount was close to his purchase price.
The house had an estimated property tax bill in 2021 of $24,845. The home also is assessed $450 a month in homeowners association dues.
Marsden also has owned several houses over the years in Los Angeles.
Goldsborough is a freelance writer
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