We have a lot of salmonberries in our yard, so saturday morning I went out and picked a bowl full of them. I decided to make some scones, and they are dellllicccciousssss! (you can of course make this with any berries you like).
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a food processor, pulse together flour, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add butter and pulse until pea-size pieces form. In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk and egg yolk. Slowly pour buttermilk mixture through feed tube into processor, pulsing until dough just comes together.
2. Transfer dough to a lightly floured work surface and sprinkle raspberries on top. Knead three times to fold in raspberries (there may be loose pieces of dough and a stray berry or two). Gather and pat dough into a 1-inch-thick square and cut or pull apart into 2-inch pieces. Place pieces, about 2 inches apart, on two parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets and sprinkle tops with 1 tablespoon sugar.


Round Two of the London Community Energy Fund offers London-based community groups grants of up to £15,000 to help design solar PV installations and community energy projects.
The Charities FM Group focussed on the topic of "Facilities Management and Wellbeing" at its meeting on 7 June 2017.
Our first meeting of 2017 will look at how Facilities Managers in voluntary organisations can to 'add value' to their charities.
Sustainability is based on a simple principle: everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment.
To pursue sustainability is to create and maintain the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony to support present and future generations. Sustainability is not just about beeing "green" it is about focusing on the social, economic and environmental dimensions of our activities.
Many charities have introduced ethical procurement policies. These typically set out the standards which charities require from their suppliers, sub-contractors and sometimes also governments and communities.
The climate is fundamental to almost all aspects of our lives: it directly affects our health, food, water, environment, economy, and infrastructure.
Recent years have seen a range of extreme weather events, such as flooding, severe winters, and warmer than average summers. These events have had caused significant disruption and have had a high financial cost.
Saving water is part of the wider picture of sustainable facilities management; it's good for the environment and can also save your charity money by reducing your bills for water use and sewage services. Facilities managers are generally responsible for managing the consumption and disposal of water. This page sets out some key steps facilities managers can take to reduce water usage.
The first step is to audit where water is used your charity.
The following is a report on a meeting of the Charities Facilities Management Group which focused on recycing.
David Prestage of the BPR Group outlined how to design and implement an effective recycling scheme. The BPR Group is the parent company of Paper Round, the recycling company which was originally set up as a Friends of the Earth project in 1988.


I am truly blessed to have the priviledge of spending the rest of my life with my best friend. I am so in love with my husband. We have our ups and downs as a married couple. Sometimes he makes me so angry I can't see straight, thankfully those times are few and far between. Sometimes we just go day by day with nothing new or exciting to report. Sometimes I am filled with such a supreme feeling of love that it brings tears to my eyes. Today is one of those days. From stolen kisses to the simple act of making our family hamburgers for lunch, I am so in love with this man. He brought me home a surprise present and I'm pretty sure it is a candy bar. I'm so craving chocolate, and I'm pretty sure that's what I'm going to get! He is a fantastic father. The fun he has with our children, the laughter. How he works with Brianna on homework and coaches her soccer team. He is Katie's prince charming. The way he snuggles with Alex. The father and son bonding over football already, so adorable!
My previous entry was kind of depressing. I am confident in one thing though, my husband knows me through and through. Sometimes better than I know myself. I cherish him. I love him. I am beyond thankful to have him in my life.
Next postI will always remember.


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Home » » SHADES OF MEANING ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONAL NAMES AND NAMING IN IGALA
SHADES OF MEANING ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONAL NAMES AND NAMING IN IGALA
1.1 Statement of the Research Problem
1.3 Aim and Objectives
1.3 Scope and Delimitation
1.4 Justification for the Study
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 A Brief History of the Igala
2.2 Culture versus Language
2.3 Review of other Related Literature
2.4 Personal Names in Onomastics
2.4.1 Personal Names
2.5 Topical Review
2.5.1. Other Naming Systems
2.5.2 Colour System
2.5.3 Kinship Terms
2.5.4 The Concept of Meaning
2.5.5 Sense Relations
2.5.6 Sense and Reference
2.5.7 Names as Identity Markers
2.6.1 Semiology
2.6.2 Justification for the Choice of Semiology
3.1 Sources of Data
3.2 Methods of Data Collection
3.4 Analytical Procedure
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
4.1 Social Characteristics of the Subjects
4.1.1 Distribution of Subjects by Age
4.1.2 Distribution of Subjects According to Sex
4.1.3 Distribution of Subjects According to Occupation
4.2 Presentation of Data (a)
4.3 Presentation of Data (b)
4.4 Naming Practice in Igala
4.5 General Analysis and Discussion
4.6 Comparative Study of Igala Names and Names in Some Other Nigerian Languages
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The purpose of the research is to examine the shades of meaning that are associated with names and naming in Igala. The study examinened the various circumstances attached to the meaning of names in Igala, and the peculiar features that differentiate the practice from those of other Nigerian languages. The study looked at the practice of naming among the Igala to find out the peculiar features that differentiate the practice from those of other Nigerian languages as well as the meanings that personal names have by reason of the society that confers these meanings and that gives them the status as names. Data were gathered from the native speakers of the language who were asked to list six Igala names that they know .Native speakers were interviewed using the interview questions. Therefore personal names which are regarded as Igala names were collected.
Semiology, Roland Barthes" approach to language analysis was used to analyse the data. The study analysedIgala names as elements of the language grammar and as any other lexical item in the language. It was found that the circumstances surrounding the birth of a child play a major role in the name they are given. It was also found that Igala people generally believe that both the bearer of a name and the society that endorses his actions help to bring to reality the proclamation in the name. Some Igala names only possess descriptive meanings that are associated with the physical features of the child for example, Oboni – six fingers or toes, Enefu – white –skined. It was also found that Igala names connote certain things in the language which Igala people hold as the meaning of a name. These are, the personality of other people bearing the names, for example, "Obaje" of Ali
Obaje, the immediate past and late traditional ruler of Igala land. It was also found that names are not given for the purpose of identity alone but also as a proclamation of the future of the bearer. Therefore, Igala personal names have shades of meaning that are tied to some socio-cultural variables.
In spite of the cross cultural variations that characterize human societies, one phenomenon that is constant is the identity carved out for individuals through the names they bear. Names are a valuable source of information which indicates gender, birthplace, nationality, ethnicity, religion and position within a family and the lager society. Names are said to be the most meaningful lexicon in the vocabulary of any language and they are considered as an integral part of the language inventory, Mphande (2006). Thus, names are regarded as social emblems crafted for and attached to every human no matter their creed, sex, ethnic affiliation or nationality. Names and naming are considered a universal phenomenon as every culture has its own naming practices and the implication of such practices helps for the construction of identity for the individual.
Naming practices vary considerably across the human race. As such names do not seem to make any meaning to the outsider in terms of their underlying cultural essence. For instance, a Nigerian, from the Igala speaking group, would wonder why an English man would bear such names as Stone, Grass, Fox and the likes. This is because among the Igala, names are given to reflect circumstantial factors relating to the birth of a child apart from having bearings with the lineage, religion, culture, vocation and values of the people. For instance, some names such as "Agaba" are based on panegyric (praise) attributes, while some have to do with congenital circumstances such as
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Q: Leaks in UIPasteboard objects I see a lot of leaks in several UIPasteboard objects. Until today, I never heard of this class and (obviously) didn't use one myself in the program. Here's a screenshot:

What can I do to get rid of these leaks? Am I even looking at this problem correctly?

A: Without a stack trace, you can't do a whole lot.
UIPasteboard is used for implementing copy&paste. On the desktop it's also used for drag&drop. Besides these two tasks, I'm not really sure what else people commonly use it for, but it is a way to send snippets of data between apps (assuming both apps know to look at the pasteboard).

A: make sure to check if the problem is a UIPasteBoard instance in any 3rd party code used.

A: If this is not an application pasteboard that you have set than it is a system pasteboard so you will need to access the generalPasteBoard than get all its items and all the types for those items and set their string and data values to nil.
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try putting this at the beginning of your application.... Still its strange that the general pasteboard is leaking... By the way, it may also be the find pasteboard UIPasteboardNameFind (also a system pasteboard)
Note that this is for finding out if it is the general pasteboard not using in the final distributed app. Also make sure to check if the problem is a UIPastBoard instance in any 3rd party code used.

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In theoretical physics, the hierarchy problem is the problem concerning the large discrepancy between aspects of the weak force and gravity. There is no scientific consensus on why, for example, the weak force is 1024 times stronger than gravity.

Technical definition
A hierarchy problem occurs when the fundamental value of some physical parameter, such as a coupling constant or a mass, in some Lagrangian is vastly different from its effective value, which is the value that gets measured in an experiment. This happens because the effective value is related to the fundamental value by a prescription known as renormalization, which applies corrections to it. Typically the renormalized value of parameters are close to their fundamental values, but in some cases, it appears that there has been a delicate cancellation between the fundamental quantity and the quantum corrections. Hierarchy problems are related to fine-tuning problems and problems of naturalness. Over the past decade many scientists argued that the hierarchy problem is a specific application of Bayesian statistics.

Studying renormalization in hierarchy problems is difficult, because such quantum corrections are usually power-law divergent, which means that the shortest-distance physics are most important. Because we do not know the precise details of the shortest-distance theory of physics, we cannot even address how this delicate cancellation between two large terms occurs. Therefore, researchers are led to postulate new physical phenomena that resolve hierarchy problems without fine-tuning.

Overview

Suppose a physics model requires four parameters which allow it to produce a very high-quality working model, generating predictions of some aspect of our physical universe. Suppose we find through experiments that the parameters have values: 1.2, 1.31, 0.9 and 404,331,557,902,116,024,553,602,703,216.58 (roughly 4×1029).
Scientists might wonder how such figures arise. But in particular, might be especially curious about a theory where three values are close to one, and the fourth is so different; in other words, the huge disproportion we seem to find between the first three parameters and the fourth. We might also wonder if one force is so much weaker than the others that it needs a factor of 4×1029 to allow it to be related to them in terms of effects, how did our universe come to be so exactly balanced when its forces emerged? In current particle physics, the differences between some parameters are much larger than this, so the question is even more noteworthy.

One answer given by philosophers is the anthropic principle. If the universe came to exist by chance, and perhaps vast numbers of other universes exist or have existed, then life capable of physics experiments only arose in universes that by chance had very balanced forces. All of the universes where the forces were not balanced didn't develop life capable of asking this question. So if lifeforms like human beings are aware and capable of asking such a question, humans must have arisen in a universe having balanced forces, however rare that might be.

A second possible answer is that there is a deeper understanding of physics that we currently do not possess. There might be parameters that we can derive physical constants from that have less unbalanced values, or there might be a model with fewer parameters.

Examples in particle physics

The Higgs mass
In particle physics, the most important hierarchy problem is the question that asks why the weak force is 1024 times as strong as gravity. Both of these forces involve constants of nature, the Fermi constant for the weak force and the Newtonian constant of gravitation for gravity.  Furthermore, if the Standard Model is used to calculate the quantum corrections to Fermi's constant, it appears that Fermi's constant is surprisingly large and is expected to be closer to Newton's constant unless there is a delicate cancellation between the bare value of Fermi's constant and the quantum corrections to it.

More technically, the question is why the Higgs boson is so much lighter than the Planck mass (or the grand unification energy, or a heavy neutrino mass scale): one would expect that the large quantum contributions to the square of the Higgs boson mass would inevitably make the mass huge, comparable to the scale at which new physics appears unless there is an incredible fine-tuning cancellation between the quadratic radiative corrections and the bare mass.

The problem cannot even be formulated in the strict context of the Standard Model, for the Higgs mass cannot be calculated. In a sense, the problem amounts to the worry that a future theory of fundamental particles, in which the Higgs boson mass will be calculable, should not have excessive fine-tunings.

Theoretical solutions
There have been many proposed solutions by many physicists.

UV/IR mixing
In 2019, a pair of researchers proposed that IR/UV mixing resulting in the breakdown of the effective quantum field theory could resolve the hierarchy problem. In 2021, another group of researchers showed that UV/IR mixing could resolve the hierarchy problem in string theory.

Supersymmetry
Some physicists believe that one may solve the hierarchy problem via supersymmetry. Supersymmetry can explain how a tiny Higgs mass can be protected from quantum corrections. Supersymmetry removes the power-law divergences of the radiative corrections to the Higgs mass and solves the hierarchy problem as long as the supersymmetric particles are light enough to satisfy the Barbieri–Giudice criterion.  This still leaves open the mu problem, however. The tenets of supersymmetry are being tested at the LHC, although no evidence has been found so far for supersymmetry.

Each particle that couples to the Higgs field has an associated Yukawa coupling λf. The coupling with the Higgs field for fermions gives an interaction term , with  being the Dirac field and  the Higgs field. Also, the mass of a fermion is proportional to its Yukawa coupling, meaning that the Higgs boson will couple most to the most massive particle.  This means that the most significant corrections to the Higgs mass will originate from the heaviest particles, most prominently the top quark. By applying the Feynman rules, one gets the quantum corrections to the Higgs mass squared from a fermion to be:

The  is called the ultraviolet cutoff and is the scale up to which the Standard Model is valid. If we take this scale to be the Planck scale, then we have the quadratically diverging Lagrangian. However, suppose there existed two complex scalars (taken to be spin 0) such that:

 (the couplings to the Higgs are exactly the same).

Then by the Feynman rules, the correction (from both scalars) is:

(Note that the contribution here is positive. This is because of the spin-statistics theorem, which means that fermions will have a negative contribution and bosons a positive contribution. This fact is exploited.)

This gives a total contribution to the Higgs mass to be zero if we include both the fermionic and bosonic particles. Supersymmetry is an extension of this that creates 'superpartners' for all Standard Model particles.

Conformal
Without supersymmetry, a solution to the hierarchy problem has been proposed using just the Standard Model. The idea can be traced back to the fact that the term in the Higgs field that produces the uncontrolled quadratic correction upon renormalization is the quadratic one. If the Higgs field had no mass term, then no hierarchy problem arises. But by missing a quadratic term in the Higgs field, one must find a way to recover the breaking of electroweak symmetry through a non-null vacuum expectation value. This can be obtained using the Weinberg–Coleman mechanism with terms in the Higgs potential arising from quantum corrections. Mass obtained in this way is far too small with respect to what is seen in accelerator facilities and so a conformal Standard Model needs more than one Higgs particle. This proposal has been put forward in 2006 by Krzysztof Antoni Meissner and Hermann Nicolai and is currently under scrutiny. But if no further excitation is observed beyond the one seen so far at LHC, this model would have to be abandoned.

Extra dimensions
No experimental or observational evidence of extra dimensions has been officially reported. Analyses of results from the Large Hadron Collider severely constrain theories with large extra dimensions. However, extra dimensions could explain why the gravity force is so weak, and why the expansion of the universe is faster than expected.

If we live in a 3+1 dimensional world, then we calculate the gravitational force via Gauss's law for gravity:

    (1)
which is simply Newton's law of gravitation. Note that Newton's constant G can be rewritten in terms of the Planck mass.

If we extend this idea to  extra dimensions, then we get:

   (2)

where  is the  dimensional Planck mass. However, we are assuming that these extra dimensions are the same size as the normal 3+1 dimensions. Let us say that the extra dimensions are of size n ≪ than normal dimensions. If we let r %ll; n, then we get (2). However, if we let r %gg; n, then we get our usual Newton's law. However, when r ≫ n, the flux in the extra dimensions becomes a constant, because there is no extra room for gravitational flux to flow through. Thus the flux will be proportional to  because this is the flux in the extra dimensions. The formula is:

which gives:

Thus the fundamental Planck mass (the extra-dimensional one) could actually be small, meaning that gravity is actually strong, but this must be compensated by the number of the extra dimensions and their size. Physically, this means that gravity is weak because there is a loss of flux to the extra dimensions.

This section is adapted from "Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell" by A. Zee.

Braneworld models

In 1998 Nima Arkani-Hamed, Savas Dimopoulos, and Gia Dvali proposed the ADD model, also known as the model with large extra dimensions, an alternative scenario to explain the weakness of gravity relative to the other forces. This theory requires that the fields of the Standard Model are confined to a four-dimensional membrane, while gravity propagates in several additional spatial dimensions that are large compared to the Planck scale.

In 1998–99 Merab Gogberashvili published on arXiv (and subsequently in peer-reviewed journals) a number of articles where he showed that if the Universe is considered as a thin shell (a mathematical synonym for "brane") expanding in 5-dimensional space then it is possible to obtain one scale for particle theory corresponding to the 5-dimensional cosmological constant and Universe thickness, and thus to solve the hierarchy problem. It was also shown that four-dimensionality of the Universe is the result of stability requirement since the extra component of the Einstein field equations giving the localized solution for matter fields coincides with one of the conditions of stability.

Subsequently, there were proposed the closely related Randall–Sundrum scenarios which offered their solution to the hierarchy problem.

The cosmological constant

In physical cosmology, current observations in favor of an accelerating universe imply the existence of a tiny, but nonzero cosmological constant. This problem, called the cosmological constant problem, is a hierarchy problem very similar to that of the Higgs boson mass problem, since the cosmological constant is also very sensitive to quantum corrections, but it is complicated by the necessary involvement of general relativity in the problem. Proposed solutions to the cosmological constant problem include modifying and/or extending gravity, adding matter with unvanishing pressure, and UV/IR mixing in the Standard Model and gravity. Some physicists have resorted to anthropic reasoning to solve the cosmological constant problem, but it is disputed whether anthropic reasoning is scientific.

See also

Naturalness
CP violation
Quantum triviality
Weak gravity conjecture

References

Standard Model
Physics beyond the Standard Model
Unsolved problems in physics

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Film Review: 'The Innocents'
A test of faith and ideology
By Joe Bendel
June 28, 2016 Updated: February 5, 2017
Mathilde Beaulieu's faith will be challenged by the horrors she witnesses as a Red Cross doctor during WWII—her Communist faith. She was supposed to oversee the repatriation of French POW and concentration camp prisoners, but she also reluctantly started treating the nuns of convent repeatedly raped by the conquering Soviet Red Army. To do so, Beaulieau will risk more than her ideology in Anne Fontaine's "The Innocents."
Beaulieu's mission parameters are rigidly focused on French nationals, so she tries her best to turn away the distraught nun. Her Communist materialism also makes her instinctively antagonistic towards the Catholic Church. However, she ultimately relents, moved by the woman's desperation and apparent piety. When she arrives at the convent she immediately understands why the sisters refused to seek help from the Russians or fellow Poles.
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She finds one nun on the brink of delivery and many others in advanced stages of pregnancy. They were the spoils of war for our Russian allies, who raped them repeatedly during several visits. Fearful the future Soviet-dominated government will use the pregnancies to discredit the Church, the Mother Superior is desperate to keep their condition secret. The nuns' vows of modesty also make routine examinations difficult. Yet, the nuns slowly start to trust Beaulieu, especially the worldlier Maria, who joined the order after having experienced a bit of secular life.
Based on the records of French Resistance and Red Cross physician Madeleine Pauliac (whose nephew Philippe Maynial developed the film's original story), "Innocents" is an uncomfortably true episode of WWII history. Undoubtedly, some churlishly pedantic critics will object to the bestial depiction of the Red Army. Yet, the awkward truth is Stalin had largely purged anyone from the military who exhibited any signs of intelligence or talent by this time. All that were left were the brutish and the blindly loyal, so yes, the film portrays them with rigorous historical accuracy.
It will also be tempting for some to think of "The Innocents" as a prequel to the Oscar-winning "Ida," especially since Agata Kulesza and Joanna Kulig appear in both films, albeit in radically different roles. While the latter was the standout as the notorious Communist hanging judge in Pawlikowski's film, she has a harder time humanizing the rigid Mother Superior, which becomes somewhat problematic.
French rising star Lou de Laâge is terrific anchoring the film as Beaulieu.
Regardless, French rising star Lou de Laâge is terrific anchoring the film as Beaulieu. She has a smart, forceful presence much greater than her slender size would suggest. She also forges some intriguing chemistry with the resilient Sister Maria, played with earnest grit by Agata Buzek. (We frequently defend the under-rated Jason Statham film "Redemption," so it is worth noting that is where Fontaine first saw the accomplished Polish thespian.)
Fontaine also gets credit for vividly capturing the terrible sinking feeling a woman would get when pulled over by a Soviet patrol. Frankly, "The Innocents" is not likely to get much distribution in Putin's Russia, but that attests to its honesty and artistic integrity.
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In fact, the period details are all carefully realized and the large ensemble cast really knuckles down, seamlessly blending into this bleak, war-scarred environment.
Highly recommended, "The Innocents" opens this Friday, July 1, in New York, at the Lincoln Plaza uptown and the Angelika Film Center downtown.
'The Innocents'
Director: Anne Fontaine
Stars: Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza
Release Date: July 1
Rated 3.5 stars out of 5
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Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fukœ-the curse that has haunted the Oscar's family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and, above all, ill-starred love. Oscar, still waiting for his first kiss, is just its most recent victim.
Díaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss. A true literary triumph, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao confirms Junot Díaz as one of the best and most exciting voices of our time.
Among the praise for the novel:
"Díaz's gutsy short story collection Drown (1996) made the young Dominican American a literary star. Readers who have had to wait a decade for his first novel are now spectacularly rewarded. Paralleling his own experiences growing up in the Dominican Republic and New Jersey, he has choreographed a family saga at once sanguinary and sexy that confronts the horrific brutality at loose during the reign of the dictator Trujillo. Díaz's besieged characters look to the supernatural for explanations and hope, from fukú, the curse unleashed when Europeans arrived on Hispaniola, to the forces dramatized in the works of science fiction and fantasy so beloved by the chubby ghetto nerd Oscar Wao, the brilliantly realized boy of conscience at the center of this whirlwind tale. Writing in a combustible mix of slang and lyricism, Díaz loops back and forth in time and place, generating sly and lascivious humor in counterpoint to tyranny and sorrow. And his characters—Oscar, the hopeless romantic; Lola, his no-nonsense sister; their heartbroken mother; and the irresistible homeboy narrator—cling to life with the magical strength of superheroes, yet how vibrantly human they are. Propelled by compassion, Díaz's novel is intrepid and radiant."
--Booklist (starred review)
"The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a book that speaks in tongues. This long-awaited novel by Junot D'az is a masterpiece about our New World, its myths, curses, and bewitching women. Set in America's navel, New Jersey, and haunted by the vision of Trujillo's brutal reign over the Dominican Republic, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is radiant with the hard lives of those who leave and also those who stay behind-it is a rousing hymn about the struggle to defy bone-cracking history with ordinary, and extraordinary, love."
--Walter Mosley, author of Devil in a Blue Dress and Cinammon Kiss
"Terrific... Narrated in high-energy Spanglish, the book is packed with wide-ranging cultural references - to Dune, Julia Alvarez, The Sound of Music - as well as erudite and hilarious footnotes on Caribbean history. It is a joy to read, and every bit as exhilarating to reread."
--Jennifer Reese, Entertainment Weekly
"Astoundingly great.... You could call The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao the saga of an immigrant family, but that wouldn't really be fair. It's an immigrant-family saga for people who don't read immigrant-family sagas."
--Lev Grossman, Time
"Now that D'az's second book, a novel called The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, has finally arrived, younger writers will find that the bar. And some older writers - we know who we are - might want to think about stepping up their game. Oscar Wao shows a novelist engaged with the culture, high and low, and its polyglot language."
--David Gates, Newsweek
"In the imagination of many writers it is the untold stories that propel-those vibrant, colorful, magical, historical swirls of humanity that make up our knowing. Junot D'az's wondrous first novel offers that and more, enchanting us with energetic poetry and offering us a splendid portrait of ordinary folks set against the extraordinary cruel history of the Dominican Republic in the 20th century. Those of us who have for years known and marveled at Mr. D'az's stories will not be disappointed."
--Edward P. Jones
Read an excerpt from The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and learn more about the book and author at Junot Díaz's website.
Junot Díaz's fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The Best American Short Stories. His debut story collection, Drown was a national bestseller and won numerous awards. Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times called The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao "a book that decisively establishes him as one of contemporary fiction's most distinctive and irresistible new voices."
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Lehtonen's Next Contract
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Today marked the very first steps toward assembling the 2007-08 Thrasher squad as the team announced the signing of several recent draft picks. But for a moment I'd like to look ahead to next summer. The summer of 2008 will be a key moment in franchise history as the contracts of Bobby Holik, Marian Hossa and Kari Lehtonen are all set to expire. The team could change substantially depending upon what happens then.
Two of those three players will be unrestricted free agents, but Lehtonen will be a restricted "free agent" which means that he really isn't free at all. Why am I talking about Lehtonen in June of 2007? Well the Carolina Hurricanes just announced they resigned their starting goaltender and Playoff MVP Cam Ward to a three year deal that pays him $2, $2.5, $3.5 (an average of $2.66 per year). Personally, I think Ward is a decent comparable to Lehtonen other than that playoff MVP thing of course. They are both roughly the same age and have the same role on their respective teams. Assuming Lehtonen continues to show improvement I would think his agent would seek a contract something like the one Cam Ward just inked.


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Q: mysql generating report (columns into rows and then comparision) I have mysql table that looks like this
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|date     | quarter |   value1| value2|     value3| company  |
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3/30/2016 | q1 2016 |       1|      2|          3|  A        |
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6/30/2016 | q2 2016 |     1.1|    2.1|        3.1|  A        |
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9/30/2016 | q3 2016 |     1.2|    2.2|        3.2|  A        |
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I would like to create report like this that allows comparison of values for different time periods.
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|Values  | q1 2016 |    q2 2016 | q3 2016  |
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value1   |       1 |         1.1|      1.2 |
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value2   |       2 |         2.1|      2.2 |
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value3   |       3 |         3.1|       3.2|
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I am new to mysql. Any directions how to get this results will be very appreciated.
Edit : I looked into pivot and unpivot. Though mysql doesnt offer this function, there are workaround. But I still cant figure out how I will get value1, value2, value3 (ie column header) in rows in results.


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Demelza tricks Verity into a tryst with Captain Blamey. Overwhelmed, Verity attempts to run off but they are caught in a riot over corn prices and Blamey must rescue them. Source: BBC
Labels: BBC One, Captain Blamey, Clip, Demelza, Episode 5, Poldark, Verity
Bree Abiageal 1 April 2015 at 21:49
excellent! I love this series
Cornish resident 2 April 2015 at 14:20
This is a brilliant adaptation of Winston Graham's books which I've read many times and so far each episode improves on the last. Poor Aidan is having to put up with so much re his appearance, we're losing sight of his superb acting. He absolutely is Ross, portraying every aspect of this complicated man with great skill. Yes Robin Ellis was terrific but you have to see the two series as completely separate things, comparison is a waste of time. Casting is 5 star. Eleanor is just amazing as Demelza, she's so talented and is developing the character wonderfully. Her performance as she matures throughout episode 4 superb, particularly when you remember how young she is. The 'look' of the filming is beautiful, locations, costume and direction just can't be bettered and I have been a huge fan of he 70's series. It's worth watching each episode again on iPlayer so you see the small details so easily missed on one viewing. It's these small details as much as the obvious which makes the BBC so good at costume drama. The posts on the internet about hopeless Cornish accents are a diversion. I live here in Cornwall and what needs to be remembered is that a true Cornish accent is totally unlike that of anywhere else in the UK and difficult to imitate accurately. The locals who criticise should be pleased they are unique! On the whole the cast don't do a bad job. It would be fabulous to see the new series on the big screen, I believe the first episode shown at the cinema in Truro was fabulous - can't someone find a way to do it? One detail - somewhere it's reported that the epidemic which affects the family later in the next few episodes is scarlet fever. It was diphtheria, known to the 18thC and in the novel as 'morbid sore throat'. It was a big step for the BBC to decide to film Poldark again but they are to be congratulated. Surely they must do the sequel.
Kate Delaney 3 April 2015 at 22:39
Thank you. I agree the a BBC have created a beautiful piece of drama. It is a shame it is not a daily show.
sazpedz 10 April 2015 at 21:39
Wonderful series, being Cornish and being interested in the history of cornwall, I would love to be an extra in the new series. If they were to advertise for future extras, where would you find out about this? X
poldarked 10 April 2015 at 21:49
Last year extras were recruited through Film Cast Cornwall https://www.facebook.com/FilmCastCornwall?fref=ts
Here is some info from last year http://www.poldarked.com/2014/04/be-extra-in-poldark.html


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Q: Solving error "delimiter must be a 1-character string" while writing a dataframe to a csv file Using this question: Pandas writing dataframe to CSV file as a model, I wrote the following code to make a csv file:
df.to_csv('/Users/Lab/Desktop/filteredwithheading.txt', sep='\s+', header=True)

But it returns the following error:
TypeError: "delimiter" must be an 1-character string

I have looked up the documentation for this here http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/generated/pandas.DataFrame.to_csv.html but I can't figure out what I am missing, or what that error means. I also tried using (sep='\s') in the code, but got the same error.

A: As mentioned in the issue discussion (here), this is not considered as a pandas issue but rather a compatibility issue of python's csv module with python2.x.
The workaround to solve it is to enclose the separator with str(..). For example, here is how you can reproduce the problem, and then solve it:
from __future__ import unicode_literals
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame([['a', 'A'], ['b', 'B']])
df.to_csv(sep=',')

This will raise the following error:
TypeError ....
----> 1 df.to_csv(sep=',')
TypeError: "delimiter" must be an 1-character string

The following however, will show the expected result
from __future__ import unicode_literals
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame([['a', 'A'], ['b', 'B']])
df.to_csv(sep=str(','))

Output:
',0,1\n0,a,A\n1,b,B\n'

In your case, you should edit your code as follows:
df.to_csv('/Users/Lab/Desktop/filteredwithheading.txt', sep=str('\s+'), header=True)

A: Note that the although the solution to this error was using a string charcter instead of regex, pandas also raises this error when using from __future__ import unicode_literals with valid unicode characters. As of 2015-11-16, release 0.16.2, this error is still a known bug in pandas:
"to_csv chokes if not passed sep as a string, even when encoding is set to unicode" #6035
For example, where df is a pandas DataFrame:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from __future__ import unicode_literals
import pandas as pd

df.to_csv(pdb_seq_fp, sep='\t', encoding='utf-8')

TypeError: "delimiter" must be an 1-character string

Using a byte lteral with the specified encoding (default utf-8 with Python 3) -*- coding: utf-8 -*- will resolve this in pandas 0.16.2: (b'\t') —I haven't tested with previous versions or 0.17.0.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from __future__ import unicode_literals
import pandas as pd

df.to_csv(pdb_seq_fp, sep=b'\t', encoding='utf-8')

(Note that with versions 0.13.0 - ???, it was necessary to use pandas.compat import u; but by 0.16.2 the byte literal is the way to go.)


Benchmarking is critical to ASC revenue cycle success. Here are some key definitions and points to know to get your benchmarking efforts moving in the right direction.
External benchmarking is a comparison of financial data from your ASC to other surgery centers. External benchmarking gives you an idea of how your center is performing as compared to other centers. External benchmarking will be most helpful when you can compare your performance to similar centers (e.g., specialties, case volume, procedure type, market).
Internal benchmarking is comparing financial data within your own center, usually on a monthly basis. Internal benchmarking of your center helps you to pinpoint problems quickly so that corrective action can be taken sooner rather than at year's end when the damage caused by the error may already be significant and possibly irreversible.
The information necessary for you to compute indicators for internal benchmarking come mainly from your accounting records and ASC software system. Your accounting records will supply payroll amounts, expenses, profit margins, overhead expenses, etc. Your ASC software system will supply case information, charges, adjustments, collections, etc.
Information for external benchmarking that will allow you to compare your center to other like centers will come from resources offered by the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, VMG Health (Intellimarker) and possibly your state ASC organization.
Internal benchmarking can also be used as a tool for measuring quality control, such as timeliness and accuracy in pre- and post-procedure revenue cycle tasks (scheduling, insurance verification, patient financial counseling, coding, billing, collections, payment posting).


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Districtul Porto () este un district în nordul Portugaliei, cu reședința în Porto. Are o populație de 1 781 826 locuitori și suprafață de 2 395 km².

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Keeping in Touch – March 2021
Do you have a question about your courses or your research? Communication is so important in genealogy in order to keep abreast of constantly evolving information. The same is true within The National Institute for Genealogical Studies. As a student of The National Institute, there are various ways you can communicate with us and your fellow students (see below).
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Bursting with colour the collection is covered with stylised flowers sprinkled across a white background, the geometric style daisies bloom in light blues, roses and lime greens and adorn an ever growing range of ceramics, cutlery and tablemats.
Portmeirion's Crazy Daisy was introduced in 2009 and marked a new design concept which moved away from Portmeirion's traditional decoration. To herald the new decade Portmeirion wanted a pattern that was on trend for the 21st century. The fashion for softer pastel colours and contemporary design were the inspiration behind Crazy Daisy. Geometric representations of flowers with a colour palette of pastel blues, green, pinks and yellows against a pure white background proved an instant success. New shapes were introduced including the Coupe Dinner Plate. This rimless plate, available in two sizes, offered a new and modern silhouette and the Crazy Daisy 15cm Footed Bowl was another shape not seen before in Portmeirion's previous collections. The pattern appealed to a younger audience and its popularity increased rapidly. With Cutlery, Tablemats and Trays added to the range over the following years Crazy Daisy became the pattern for casual dining. Made from Porcelain, Crazy Daisy was finer than Portmeirion's traditional Earthenware ranges but just as durable. To fit into the ever increasing hectic family life, Portmeirion ensured that Crazy Daisy was fit for purpose with all items being oven, microwave, freezer and dishwasher safe. If you are looking for contemporary design and practicality then Portmeirion's Crazy Daisy fits the bill perfectly. All prices for Crazy Daisy are discounted by 20% at Kings and Queens making it a perfect time to start your collection.


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If I happened to be a princess, I wouldn't ask for much. Just a wall full of books and loads of time to read them. Since J and I have been married, it has been an ongoing joke between us that he would never buy me shelves. I asked for them once and he said that 'Army families couldn't have shelves because they'd just get damaged or broken in the various moves we'd have to make and no one makes a good, sturdy shelf anymore so we'd just have to wait until we got out of the Army'. I'm paraphrasing here, but I'll tell ya- that's pretty spot on to what he told me.
Naturally, I thought he was joking, but as the years go by, I'm starting to believe him. The man won't buy me bookshelves.
They were fabulous. So much room for literary geniuses (and ok, let's be honest, some delightful vampire novels)! So much room for little knick knacks.
Those awful little cube shaped shelves. Now, I know they have their place. I have this one because it was originally in my very own craft room that no longer exists due to lack of space. And I'm sure it will look sweet as pie when I move it to Baby K's room to organize his toys later on in life.
It's no place for books.
Anyway, thanks pinterest, for letting this (wannabe) princess dream.
I'll start with fiction because I just love fiction.
This book is to be a part of a series. I was very happy to read that after I finished this book because there was so much left up in the air. The book is excellent! It appeals to the magic, vampire nonsensical side of me, but it is very intelligently written. Try it out!
Only an hour out of port, the Dunne family's summer getaway to paradise is already turning into the trip from hell. Carrie, the eldest, has thrown herself off the side of the boat in a bid for attention. Sixteen-year-old Mark is getting high belowdecks. And Ernie, their ten-year-old brother, is nearly catatonic. It's shaping up to be the worst vacation ever.
Katherine Dunne had hoped this trip would bring back the togetherness they'd lost when her husband died four years earlier. Maybe if her new husband, a high-powered Manhattan attorney, had been able to postpone his trial and join them it would all have been okay….
Suddenly, a disaster hits–and it's perfect. Faced with real danger, the Dunnes rediscover the meaning of family and pull together in a way they haven't in a long time. But this catastrophe is just a tiny taste of the danger that lurks ahead: someone wants to make sure that the Dunne family never makes it out of paradise alive.
To my counseling buddies, you should check out Competent Christian Counseling and Effective Biblical Counseling.
I also thought The Anxiety Cure would be useful for someone suffereing from panic attacks and severe anxiety. This book attempts to describe the physiological etiology of such issues while also addressing the spirituality issue that many secular theorists and psychologists ignore.
The rest were not so good. Ha! I'll try to do these more often so as not to bombard you with a bunch of titles.
In a last ditch effort to ignore today, I signed in to Google Reader. When things aren't all copacetic around here, I like to read about my bloggy friends and how they're doing. It takes me to another place, much like reading works of fiction do. The first three blog posts I opened were about reading and/or books which reminded me, I haven't participated in Jenn's blog hop yet this week! You may have guessed that this week's topic is all about Good Reads. I won't be vlogging as I normally do because I don't think you want to see this soon-to-be Mama minus the makeup and her sanity and a shower and with bloodshot eyes. Instead I'll hide behind this glorious contraption that is my computer while you pretend I'm typing away, looking fabulous as I sip a fruity (non-alcoholic) drink, and living the good life. Can you do that for me?
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini It's pretty good thus far. I'll be sure to update you after I'm finished.
2.) What is your favorite book and why? I can't ever answer this question. There are too many novels, too many genres that I love. I think the Harry Potter series would have to rank pretty highly on this list, though. J.K. Rowling is a literary genius and if you still haven't given ole Harry a chance- you should!
3.) What types of books do you like? For the longest time, all I ever wanted to read was Greg Iles. He writes psychological suspense. Yes sir- right up my alley. I also enjoy Nicholas Spark's books, although I typically stay away from other authors who write the mushy, gushy lovey stuff. I like to read biographies, too.
4.) Do you read more than one book at a time? Sometimes I do. I don't like to, though. When I read, I want to be totally immersed and interested in that one story and not have other plots confusing my train of thought.
5.) Do you use an e-reader? Nope. Not that I would be opposed to it while traveling, but I enjoy having the tangible pages to turn. I like seeing my progression through a novel instead of being told that "I'm 44% done…" Some of my favorite days are spent in libraries and book stores just browsing.
6.)How do you get your books? I'm a Barnes and Noble junkie. When I realize I'm poor, though- I start hitting up repeat book stores. I've been known to purchase literary treasures from Goodwill, yard sales, etc.
7.) Have you ever been part of a book club? Yes, very briefly- I participated in an online forum discussing a book that we had all collectively agreed upon. After reading, I looked forward to an in depth discussion about it or at least something a little more than "I like it" or "I think it's dumb". I typed out a lengthy, reflective post about the book and got no response. I was that nerd who put too much thought into it. I decided that wasn't the book club for me. I like the idea of discussing literature among friends over a cup of coffee- nothing too homework-like and mildly thought provoking. If anyone wants to start an email/blog/forum book club, shoot me an email!
I haven't read as much as I would like to this year. The last book I finished was Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks. It might be my favorite of his as far as grabbing my attention goes. I really enjoyed it because it had the element of suspense mixed in with a real-life type of love story. For a full description, click on the link above.
Happy Reading! If you want to link up with Jenn she'd love to have ya!
my favorite things! Not as cool as Oprah's favorite things, but still post worthy. I mean, you've gotta appreciate the small things in life!
1. Amazon deliveries (and reading!)– Call me a bible thumping Republican, if you will, I've been called worse. I'm excited to read these three new books that were delivered to my door yesterday. Back in our days in the Great White North, I visited Decision Points at Barnes and Noble each time I went to read by the fire. I never purchased it, though. It's mine now! America By Heart was one I added to my list, too because I think Sarah Palin in interesting. Finally, Baby Wise was recommended to me by several mothers and soon-to-be mothers. It's a Christian-based book that supposedly is a miracle worker for trying to get your baby to sleep through the night!
2. Bath time– Ahh, I just love a nice hot bath! Pretty pink robes and products that make my skin super soft and smooth are some of my very favorite things. Usually, I'd add a glass of red to this combo, but I think Baby is too young for that yet. 😉 Oddly, I haven't missed my wine tastings much.
3. Fabulous vintage finds– I found this old ring at a vintage jewelry store in town for 3 dollars. Consignments and repeat stores are my new best friends.
What are some of the small things in your life that make you happy?
Hey! It's Mrs. K- back in real time. 🙂 Captain J, the dogs, and I got off the ferry around 10 AM this morning with a spring in our step. The boat ride cut off many, many miles from our car trip so we were thankful for that, but we were also very ready to be on dry land. The weather was yucky and rainy most of the time so it was difficult to see much along the way due to all the fog in the area. Still, we're glad we took the ferry. We had a lazy couple of days and I read so many books- I may just have to review them for you in a moment.
The Last Bridge was written by Teri Coyne. It is a very dark book about a woman who has become estranged from her family due to disturbing issues involving them in her childhood years. When she gets word that her mother has committed suicide and left her the only suicide note reading, "He's not who you think he is", she wants to get to the bottom of it and find out who her mother meant when she wrote it.
I didn't want to stop reading this book, although I wouldn't recommend it if you can't handle reading about child abuse. Parts of it were quite shocking, but it is a work of fiction!
I also finally read Sweet Love, a book lent to me by the lovely Nicole. This novel was written by Sarah Strohmeyer. It's a cute book, but do not read while hungry! She describes desserts to die for! The main character, Julie, receives a gift from her mother to attend a class by a renown chef. She hesitates to go because her career seems to be on the downhill slope much to her dismay, she finds out her first love is enrolled as well, and to top it all off- she's juggling the role of single parent along with all her other titles. If you enjoy Shakespeare, you'll enjoy the quotes that the author ties in quite frequently.
Remember how I told you I wanted to read Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'Easter? Well, my dear friend, Sarah, got it for me for my birthday and I absolutely loved it! I read this one in about a day because it was just so relatable for me. Written by a resident of Memphis, Lisa Patton created a witty work of fiction that describes the life of a Tennessee woman who loyally follows her husband to Vermont to fulfill his dream to open a bed and breakfast inn. LeeLee finds herself changing as she adjusts to life with a bunch of yankees 😉 As I said before, I loved this novel and would definitely recommend it to a pal!
On Captain J's recommendation, I finally picked up Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern. J and J's friend were talking about how hilarious it is and when I ran out of things to read, I perused his collection. I sometimes read what this guy has to say on Twitter and I hear they have a show coming out on tv, too. The book is funny. There's a lot of profanity and crudeness, but still there are many humorous quotes. I suppose it's good end table material!
Last but certainly not least is- I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced. This nonfiction book was written by Nujood Ali with Delphine Minoui. This young lady is from Yemen and was forced by her father to marry a man 3x her age. With much courage, she decided she would no longer tolerate her husband's tendency toward abuse. She found a chance to flee from her family and marched up to the courthouse where she insisted a lawyer help her to get a divorce. She was honored by Glamour magazine (alongside Condoleezza Rice!) as their Woman Of the Year. This book is excellent!
As you can see, I've had a lot of time on my hands. I owe you all some more book reviews, but I'm going to stop with what I've read recently. Perhaps I'll catch up eventually. Now, I want to get to reading some of your blogs!
It's 7ish PM Alaska Time (Yes, that's the name of the time zone) and my husband is outside tinkering with his jeep, although he is home so I can't complain. I have a glass of red sitting by the computer and dinner intoxicating our home with delicious smells. The two dogs are downstairs being good (and quiet) and I can truly say, "Life is good today".
While I'll admit I only got half way through it before it was time to leave to go start dinner, I already have been spoken to via her writing and God's will. I will, of course, have a book review to come when I do finish, but I just wanted to go ahead and recommend it to all of you. Her story is one of struggle. She pictured her life all planned out, but God continues to throw some curve balls in her way. You may know that this family experienced a tragic loss when one of their sons hit one of their adopted daughters in a tragic car accident. She writes about this loss and many other obstacles that she has had to deal with throughout her life. What I like about her story is that it is real. We often look at people in the so-called spotlight and put them up on a pedestal. Christian musicians and ministers have it all together, in our minds. In reality, they struggle, too. Everyone struggles with something. Life isn't perfect. But the faith and grace that Mary Beth Chapman talks about in her book can be an example to anyone who wonders why God does some of the things He does. We may never understand His ways, but it's encouraging to know that there are others out there who endure (very) hardships but still come out at the end praising and worshiping God for all He has done in their lives.
Another aspect of the book that I enjoyed learning more about was their experience in adopting. The Chapmans' adopted three beautiful little girls from China to add to their already family of five. Since I was young, I have always thought about how one day I would like to adopt. Captain J and I have talked about this as an option (an option far, far away, of course) and I plan to look into it some more as the years go by.
I could have posted up there all day and finished the book if time allowed. I love her writing and I really love stories of faith and grace. You won't be disappointed if you check out her book.
I'm glad I was able to look at my life today and see how God has blessed me. I'm choosing to see!
Anyway, I'm going to go prepare some rice to go with what I've already prepared. Let's talk soon, mmkay?


Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura has given the green light for the operation of two thermal springs in Thessaly, Central Greece.
The facilities of Smokovo and Soulanta near the mainland town of Karditsa have been included in the ministry's national plan to promote health and wellness tourism as well as establish new tourism destinations thus contributing to the local and national economies.
Indicatively, a recent study found that Greece's thermal spring facilities can triple revenues to some 390 million euros per year if they are upgraded while Greek travelers are willing to spend 45 euros on average per day for accommodation, food and spa treatments and stay for up to eight days.
According to Kountoura's decision, published this week in the Government Gazette, the Smokovo and Soulanta springs will offer hot spring treatments for a wide variety of ailments.
Studies, meanwhile, found that the number of potential visitors to Greece's 124 hot spa facilities can reach 3.1 million. Over the past five years, 3.3 million people spent time at a Greek thermal spring facility.
Late last year, Minister Kountoura paved the way for the further development of Greece's thermal tourism, after a bill covering thematic and special interest tourism passed in parliament.
The president of the European Historic Thermal Towns Association (EHTTA), Giuseppe Bellandi, was in Athens, in December, to support the decision, welcoming the ministry's legislative initiatives to capitalize on untapped heath resources.
Bellandi also announced that EHTTA's next general assembly would be taking place at the Pozar Springs in northern Greece, in March 2019.


When Paige and her mom first contacted the studio we were beyond excited, for us it's the biggest compliment when the family comes to us again after having one of their seniors photograph by us. We photographed Giuliana pages sister a couple years back and had a wonderful time! Paige and Giuliana might be sisters but like most sisters, their total opposites! For pages session we went out into the frigid cold in November and took some gorgeous photos in the frosty air. I was so glad to have Pages friend Rachel with us keeping us company.
For pages session we explored ship creek from all of the rusting industrial con exes to the beautiful rustic weathered wood and autumn leaves. If you can believe that we found autumn leaves in November in Alaska! More than anything else Paige wanted natural unposed candid photos of her self she wanted look to look like who she really is! That's our favorite thing to do!
This year at Shalem photography we are all about unretouched unfiltered beauty we don't take our photos and photo shop before we post them we just post them with a little filter love! This is how we keep it authentic and keep it real real beauty real personality real you!


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Wisconsin homeowners encouraged to test houses for cancer-causing gas called radon
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NOW: Wisconsin homeowners encouraged to test houses for cancer-causing gas called radon
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A dangerous gas known to cause lung cancer in thousands of Americans is common in Wisconsin, according to the Department of Health Services (DHS).
Gov. Tony Evers declared January as National Radon Action Month.
Radon is a radioactive gas found in soil and rock after elements, like uranium, decay.
"It is something that is odorless, tasteless and colorless," SWAT Environmental Regional Director Scott Jacka said. "It can happen to anyone. It can be anywhere."
Radon can move into buildings through cracks and holes in the basement.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports about one in every 15 homes in the United States has high levels of radon.
DHS reports about one in every ten homes in Wisconsin has high levels of radon.
Dr. Toby Campbell, a UW Health oncologist, told CBS 58 radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports more than 21,000 people die every year from lung cancer caused by radon.
"Globally, across the United States, and the rest of the world, we know that radon is a significant risk," Campbell said. "We have a lot of work to do and if possible, avoiding getting this deadly disease would be my recommendation."
Testing for radon is common during inspections when a house is sold, but experts encourage homeowners to test regularly because levels can change with the seasons or home renovations.
"The only way you can take care of it is if you test for it," Jacka said.
Testing can be done with or without professional help.
If the first test is less than 4 pCi/L, DHS said no follow-up is needed.
If the first test is between 4 and 7 pCi/L, DHS encourages more long-term testing.
If the first test is 8 pCi/L and above, DHS encourages homeowners to consider fixing their homes.
"No level of radon is deemed safe," SWAT Environmental Quality Manager George Booth said.
SWAT Environmental, a local and national radon mitigation service, encourages homeowners to take action if a test comes back 4 pCi/L or higher.
SWAT Environmental specializes in installing systems that remove hazardous amounts of radon from a home.
"We're moving as much air below the foundation of the home as we can to basically pull the radon out from the soil and vent it to the outside of the home where it's no longer hazardous because it's not confined within the constraints of the home," Booth said.
For more information or to order tests, call 1-888-LOW-RADON (1-888-569-7236) or 1-800-NO-RADON (1-800-667-2366).