Amy Sancetta, Associated PressA frustrating season for Peyton Hillis, standing at right in street clothes during the Browns win over Seattle on Oct. 23, escalated Friday when he re-injured his hamstring in practice. The drama surrounding Hillis has worn on the nerves of the team's front office.
BEREA, Ohio — The Browns are near the end of their rope with running back Peyton Hillis and are prepared to let him walk in free agency after this season, NFL sources said.
At this point, it would take a dramatic turnaround in behavior and production for Hillis to persuade the Browns to re-sign him when he becomes a free agent in March.
"It's one thing after another, and what's been out there isn't even the half of it," one source said.
And now, Hillis is expected to miss at least a couple of more games after re-injuring his hamstring in practice Friday afternoon. Hillis had an MRI on Friday, and it showed a significant strain to his left hamstring. Hillis got hurt in the first 15 minutes of practice, which was open to the media.
On a run up the middle, Hillis came up limping and grabbed the back of his left leg. In dramatic fashion, he spiked the ball and then whipped his helmet to the ground.
Hillis limped off the field and stood hunched over in pain. Then he spent time talking to a trainer with his head down and his hands on his hips. Within a few minutes, he limped halfway toward the fieldhouse, stopped and was examined by the trainers.
He's listed as questionable on the official injury report but is not expected to play Sunday in Houston. Chris Ogbonnaya will replace him in the starting lineup, and newly signed Thomas Clayton will serve as a third-down back.
"I'm sure if [Hillis] can't play this week, he'll be frustrated by that, but the key is to do everything in his power to get healthy so he can play," said coach Pat Shurmur.
After everything that's transpired with Hillis this season, some of the players weren't sure what to make of the dramatic display. "But the injury is legit," a source said.
Browns quarterback Seneca Wallace confirmed a report on Yahoo Sports and in The Plain Dealer that the players are tired of some of Hillis' antics. Michael Silver of Yahoo Sports first reported that some of the players talked to Hillis on Wednesday about his recent actions. A source told The Plain Dealer that it was the Browns' "regular leadership group," which includes Hillis. They stayed after their meeting with Shurmur to confront and support Hillis.
The players were annoyed that Hillis spent most of pregame warm-ups in San Francisco -- despite being ruled inactive for the second straight week with the hamstring -- throwing passes from midfield to the crossbar alongside third-string quarterback Thad Lewis.
"It was a bad look," one veteran Browns player told Silver. "And it did not sit well with any of us."
Said Wallace: "Yes, it did get on some people's nerves that he was throwing balls when he was injured. But at the end of the day, it's his last name on the back of his jersey, and he has to decide how he wants to represent himself."
Wallace also confirmed a report by The Plain Dealer that players were upset Hillis went to Arkansas to get married last Tuesday instead of coming in for treatment. He practiced Wednesday and then sat out the rest of the week, including the Niners game. For comparison's sake, cornerback Joe Haden underwent eight hours of treatment on his knee some days to get ready for the Seattle game Oct. 23.
"Of course we're going to be a little upset if Peyton's not in there getting his treatment," said Wallace. "We're a team, and we rely on each other. But if he felt he wanted to go get married that day, that's his business. You never really know what a person is going through. You don't know what type of influences a person might have. I don't know the stuff that Peyton has going on in his life."
Wallace acknowledged that Hillis doesn't seem to be the same person he was last season when he rushed for 1,177 yards and 11 touchdowns.
"I think everybody's noticed a little bit of a change in him, but he could have some family issues or something," said Wallace. "Maybe his priorities have changed. We have a whole new staff, so a lot of things have changed. Maybe some of it's overblown."
A source said Hillis was recently late to a team meeting on top of his other erratic behaviors. On Monday night, he missed a scheduled appearance at the Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland's Halloween party and issued an apology Wednesday. He attributed it to not receiving the right information from his brother and business manager, Kyle Hillis, and not realizing the importance of the event. He also promised to make it up.
Hillis' star-crossed season began with unsuccessful negotiations to extend his contract -- negotiations which broke off recently. Browns President Mike Holmgren said recently the Browns would try to re-sign Hillis in free agency, but that's now in serious doubt. Then came the strep throat that led him to miss the Dolphins game in Week 3 upon the advice of his agent. A league source confirmed some players did not appreciate Hillis listening to his agent and taking himself out before the game. By the time he missed the San Francisco game, some wondered just how hurt he really was -- especially watching him launch those passes from midfield.
One veteran Browns player told Silver: "I've never seen anything like it. Last year, Peyton was such a positive, inspirational force on our team -- but now he's like a different guy. It's like he's in a funk that he can't get out of, and it's killing us, because we really need him. And we've told him that. But we're at the point where we just don't know what to do."
Another confided he thinks Browns management failed to support Hillis at a time when he's apparently mentally fragile.
Another said: "The organization is not going to reward a guy they think is moping or acting out or going about it the wrong way, just out of principle, and because of the message it sends to younger guys. And I totally understand that."
Browns General Manager Tom Heckert told Yahoo Sports, "The guys we did sign [to big contracts], those are the guys we feel are ultimate team guys who want to be here."


Karamles (Karamlesh) is one of the most ancient settlements in north of Iraq (Assyria). During the Sumerians Third Dynasty of Ur (third millennium B.C.), Karamles (Karamllis) was called Kar-Denkir-Nin-lil, meaning the "City of the Goddess Nin-lil." According to Professors Parpola and Porter, Karamles is the historic Assyrian city of Kar-Mullissi, which meant in Akkadian the "City of Mullisi." The Akkadians used this name during their reign over northern Mesopotamia. Karamles, according to archaeologist Julius Oppert (Expedition Sceintifique en Mesopotamia, Paris, 1863), was called "Er-Elu-Banu," meaning the "City of the God Banu." Furthermore, a rectangular plate dated 734 B.C. with Assyrian Akkadian cuneiform inscriptions was discovered in 1957 by archaeologist Max Mallowan. The inscriptions reflected ownership of a certain sized land by a certain Kasudi in the city of Uru-Kar-Mesh (Karamlesh). Karamles is referred too as Garmsha in the "History of Rabban Bar 'Idta," as one of the four villages in the Mosul plain that had remained part of the Church of the East since the sixth century and the same name appears in a manuscript of Mardin according to Bishop Addai Scher.
There is between 600 and 650 families in Karamles. The vast majority of the population is ethnically Assyrians (also known as Chaldeans and Suryan). They were mainly members of the Church of the East, however, they have converted to Catholicism from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and took the name Chaldeans. Today, the inhabitants of Karamles are mainly members of the Chaldean Catholic Church, but there are also members of the Syriac (Syrian) Orthodox and Catholic Churches. There is a very small minority of Moslems in Karamles, whose presence is relatively recent. Originally, the town had eight main families but have since branched out to close to 50 families, including Alboshabi, Qatta, Hannona, Shinkul, Babikka, Tammu, Sha'yuta, Jiju, Deacon Estifu, Rammu, Makku, Tiyari, Zibari, Bi Banna, Eliya, Sa'aoor, Kanni, Eshu, Mamuka, Babu and others.
Karamles (36° 19´ Lat. & 43° 28´ Lon.) sits on a large ancient hill that sits in the middle of a plain land. The town is some 15 to 30 feet above the level of the surrounding plain. Karamles is located less than 17 miles (28 kilometers) southeast of the ancient Assyrian capital city Nineveh (Mosul) and only 13 miles (22 kilometers) from the other Assyrian capital city of Kalhu (Nimrod). Karamles is surrounded by many historic tels or tells (hills), and these historic hills made one big city in the ancient times. The town is beautifully located near the Khazir (ancient Hozur) River to the east, Greater (Upper) Zab to the south and Tigris River to the west. A brook, named after the town, runs through Karamles and pours into the Tigris south of Nimrod. Joseph Bonomi (Nineveh and its Palaces, London, 1852) states that Karamles was a religious center and that it contained holy temples, something that is reflected from its name. According to Kubie, Layard had stated that the hills of Kalhu (Nimrod), Quyunjik (Nineveh), Dur-Sharrukin (Khursabad), and Karamles were the four corners of a parallelogram of 60 miles in circumference that represented the Greater Nineveh, which explains why it took Jonah three days to go around it.
Archaeologists excavating in Assyria made sure to visit Karamles. The first who started those archeological diggings in the hills of Karamles was A. H. Layard and his expedition team, which included H. Ross, G. Rawlinson, H. Rassam and others, in 1846. Layard writes that the Assyrian artifacts that were discovered in Karamles prove that Karamles was a great Assyrian city. He adds: "At Karamles a platform of brickwork had been uncovered, and the Assyrian origin of the ruin proved by the cuneiform inscription on the bricks, which contained the name of Sargon, the Khorsabad king." Indeed, Karamles was as great as its contemporary Dur-Sharrukin (Khursabad).
Karamles lost its importance during the reign of Shalmenessar III (858 – 824 B.C.) whose son led a rebellion against his father. This led to a civil war that lasted four years 827 – 824 B.C. The war caused destruction to many cities, including Karamles. For that it took the name of "Oru-Karmash," meaning "The Ruined City." Until this very day, Assyrians in neighboring regions call Karamles as Karmash. However, Karamles was reinvigorated during the reigns of Kings Shalmenessar V (726 – 722 B.C.) and Sargon II (721 – 705 B.C.).
The great historical battle of 331 B.C. between the Greeks under Alexander the Great and the Persians under King Darius III took place at a site known as Gaugamela. Eyewitnesses and historians, such as Ptolemy and Strabo, attest to this. The victory of Alexander at Gaugamela had drastic political and social upheaval on the entire Near East history. The question is, where is the location of Gaugamela? Many scholars, such as Fuller, Oppert, Place, Grote, Stein, and Lane attest that Gaugamela is modern Karamles. Earlier, Darius I lost most of his camels and spoils from exhaustion around the city. Thus, the name Gaugamela (Aramaic Ko-Komle) came in use, which means the Camels' Square.
The importance of Karamles seem to have declined after the death of Patriarch Dinkha II in 1381. The village is mentioned again in 1567, when a scribe Hurmiz of Karamles copied a certain manuscript in the Jazira region. Many manuscripts have survived from the churches of Mar Giwargis and Mart Barbara between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Excavations by archaeologist V. Place at the surrounding hills of Tell Barbara uncovered the remains of an Assyrian temple while at Tell Ghanam the remains of an Assyrian palace was discovered. V. Place dug between 1852 and 1854 in Karamles at the hills of Barbara and Ghanam. He writes that in Karamles there is a small hill not that high, however it occupies a large space. When digging there, we uncovered two layers of burned bricks that were equal in size and similar to those used in Dur-Sharrukin. The second layer contained cuneiform writings with the names of Shalmenessar and Sargon II. The information we gathered proves beyond any doubt that the remains under this small hill are ancient Assyrian remains.
In the latter parts of 1934, a descendent of the originally Nestorian Christian al-Jalili family in Mosul that adopted Islam later, Sa'eed al-Haj Hussein Agha al-Jalili, began excavating at Tell Ghanam. He used the services of few Assyrians, such as Elias Hudi and Behnam Sha'ya. After months of excavation, the Iraqi Antiquity Department ordered them to stop digging and took them to court. At the time, many Assyrian statues and artifacts had been already discovered in two large and deep rooms. However, they were forced to return the earth back and cover their discoveries. On October 28, 1971, another Assyrian statue was discovered at the hill. Dr. Behnam Abu Al-Soof, the Director of the Iraqi Antiquity Department, coordinated with the Mosul Museum personnel who agreed of the discovery. On November 18, 1971, excavations at Tell Ghanam in Karamles unearthed an Assyrian doorstep decorated with the Assyrian rosette and a cylinder seal, believed to have belonged to King Sargon II.
Lastly, but not least, it is a well known historical and archaeological fact that Nineveh had 15 gates. The fourth gate was designated for the city of Karamles (Kar-Mullissi).
Karamles converted almost completely to Christianity by the second century of the Christian era. The process was long and not easy with the continued strong presence of Assyrian, Greek, and Zoroastrian religions. Most of the Assyrian temples were converted to Christian worship places. Early Christians faced great persecution and many became martyrs, including Barbara, the daughter of the pagan governor of Karamles. For that reason, one of the hills around the city is named after her.
Karamles served as the see of the Church of the East for crucial period of persecution against the Assyrian Christians. In A.D. 1332, Mar Dinkha II (consecrated in Baghdad) decided to move the seat of the patriarchate of the Church of the East to Karamles after its relocation earlier from Baghdad to Arbil and then to Maraga. The see remained in Karamles for 94 years. Patriarchs Dinkha II (1332 – 1381), Elia IV (1381 – 1408), and then Shimun II (1418 – 1427), occupied the Karamles seat and the latter moved it to Alqosh in 1426.
We know that the Christians of Karamles remained members of the Church of the East until Catholicism began to find its place in the Nineveh (Mosul) Plain in the latter parts of the eighteenth century. Still, and according to Wilmshurst, by early nineteenth century, the Diocese of Mosul of the Church of the East consisted of the city of Mosul and nine wholly Christian villages (TelKepe, TelIsqof, Alqosh, Piyoz, Karamles, Bet Qopa, Batnaya, Naseriya, and Bet Handawaya) to the north and east of the city. By the mid nineteenth century, many Church of the East (Nestorians) members converted to Catholicism. They became ever since known as Chaldeans.
Mar Giwargis Monastery. This Monastery was built in the northern parts of town by a monk named Giwargis in late sixth century. It continues to stand to this very day; however, it is believed that it was turned to a cemetery after the Mongols invasion.
Mar Yonan Monastery. A monk named Yonan built this monastery in the seventh century. The monastery is mentioned in an unidentified Nestorian writer in his manuscript in the fourteenth century. It is believed that it was abandoned after the invasion of Nadir Shah in 1743.
Mar Youkhanna Monastery. There is nothing left of this monastery but a small hill known as the hill of monk Youkhanna (tell rabban Youkhanna) situated in the southern parts of town. It was mentioned in A.D. 660 in the manuscript of Bar'aeeta and it was populous in 1736 according to the manuscript of kitab dafanat al-Mowta (the book of the hidden treasures of the dead). It was destroyed completely during the invasion of Persian Nadir Shah in August 15, 1743.
Dair Banat Maryam. It was attached to Mar Giwargis Monastery and served as a monastery for the nuns. The monastery suffered tremendously at the hands of Mongol in the thirteenth century and in the eighteenth century at the hands of Kurdish Ismail Pasha of Rawandos. It was referred to by Charles Watson Bradt during his visit to Karamles on June 2, 1758.
The Church of the Forty Martyrs. The remains of this church are situated on a hill known as Beth Sahde (the Martyrs Home) southeast of the town. We know that it was standing in 1236, when Karamles was attacked by the Mongols. It was destroyed by Nadir Shah in 1743.
St. Barbara Church. The church is situated on the ruins of a hill by the same name east of town. It was built on the ruins of an ancient Assyrian temple for the god Banu. Excavations at the hill in 1852 uncovered two halls used by ancient Assyrians in their religious ceremonies in addition to the findings of specific tools that were used during worship. The earth soil covers a Ziggurat that was built by ancient Assyrians to serve as a temple. Barbara was the daughter of the pagan governor of the region. She converted to Christianity, with her servant Yulina, against the will of her father who imprisoned her. When they refused to change their mind and denounce Christianity, the pagan governor ordered their death. They were killed in a room attached to the temple, where the church stand today. The church was attached by Nadir Shah, however, the town folks renovated and rebuilt it in 1798.
The Church of the Virgin. The church is situated in the center of town. It is a small church but beautiful. It used to be the home of a lady who donated it to the public. It was established as a church in 1887 and enlarged in 1902.
Mar Addai Church. The church is situated on the northern parts of town. It is the largest and most modern churches in Karamles at this moment. Construction began in 1937 and after some delays it was consecrated in 1963.
Arbil was attacked and destroyed by the Mongols in 1235 and later the same fate followed Karamles. Bar Hebraeus, the Maphrian of the Syrian (Syriac) Orthodox Church, historian, philosopher, and theologian among other things, reported the attack of the Mongols on Karamles. Karamles is also commemorated in a poem of the Assyrian poet Giwargis Warda of Arbil, who described how the Mongols forced the Assyrian Christians of Karamles to leave the village. However, many returned and there are evidence of the presence of Mar Abdisho (Odisho), who was an active scribe in 1290, in Karamles.
The continuous wars between the Persian and Ottoman Empires, prompted Persian Nadir Shah in 1732 to attack and occupy central and northern Mesopotamia, which was under the Ottoman rule. After occupying Baghdad in 1732, he deployed 8,000 of his troops to occupy Nineveh and its surroundings. However, his smaller army was defeated. In 1743, he headed an army of 300,000 soldiers and 390 canons and marched toward Mosul. He caused destruction in Kirkuk, Arbil and then in Mosul and the villages around it. He entered Karamles on August 15, 1743 and remained there for four days causing much killing and destruction. It is estimated that he killed over 4,000 people during those four days alone. He committed the same in Baghdeda (Qara Qosh) and Bartella (Baritle).
Karamles (Karamlesh) is an ancient Assyrian settlement that flourished during the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Its Assyrian people adopted Christianity in the first and second centuries of the Christian era. The Diaspora community must work closely with the central and local officials and with the locals to protect this ancient Assyrian town and all the artifacts that are still buried under its mounds. It is the moral obligation of the Diaspora Assyrian (also known as Chaldean and Suryan) groups to initiate Karamles' economic revival. In a free, democratic, and pluralistic Iraq, we must take all measures and provide the locals with every incentive possible, including economical prosperity, to help them remain on their ancestral lands.
Bar Hebraeus. Tareekh al-Zaman. Translated to Arabic by Fr. Ishaq Armalah. Beirut: Dar al-Mashriq, 1991.
Kubie, Nora Benjamin. Road to Nineveh: The Adventures and Excavations of Sir Austen Henry Layard. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964.
Layard, Austen Henry. Nineveh and its Remains: A Narrative of an Expedition to Assyria during the Years 1845, 1846, & 1847. Originally published in 1882. Connecticut: The Lyons Press, 2001, p. 36.
Parpola, Simo & Michael Porter. The Helsinki Atlas of the Near East in the Neo-Assyrian Period. Finland: The Casco Bay Assyriological Institute and the Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 2001.


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Henry Parke (1790–1835) was an English architect and draughtsman.

Life
He was a son of John Parke the oboist, was intended for the bar, and studied under a special pleader; but a speech impediment led him to abandon the law. He studied architecture, and his father placed him with Sir John Soane, who used him as a draughtsman for his Royal Academy lectures. He became versed in mathematics, geometry, mechanics, and drawing, both architectural and landscape.

Between 1820 and 1824 Parke visited Italy, Sicily, Genoa, Greece, and Egypt, ascending the Nile in 1824 with a fellow-student, John Joseph Scoles. At Rome and elsewhere he worked with Frederick Catherwood, Thomas Leverton Donaldson, and others, measuring antique remains and modern works. On returning to England, at the end of 1824, he worked out his sketches.

Parke died 5 May 1835. Many of his oil and water-colour drawings and marine works were sold at Sotheby's by auction in May 1836.

Works
In 1829 Parke published a Map of Nubia, comprising the Country between the First and Second Cataracts of the Nile, and gave a plan of the island of Philæ. He continued making drawings and views of buildings and ruins. A collection of between five and six hundred, including some near Dover, was presented to the Royal Institute of British Architects by his widow.

Parke exhibited at the Royal Academy drawings of an Interior of a Sepulchral Chamber, 1830, and Temples in the Island of Philæ, 1831. He designed a house in Queen Square, Westminster, facing on St. James's Park. He is said also to have largely designed the medal presented by some architects of Great Britain to Sir John Soane; from the die of this medal the Soane medallion prize of the Royal Institute of British Architects was reproduced.

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Many visitors to Athens have some connection to the University of Georgia; whether as a parent, a prospective student scoping out the campus or simply a curious visitor. The university's visitor center can round out your visit. Current students lead tours around campus, giving the information a personal touch. To beat the crowds, avoid visits on holiday weekends. Visiting while school is in session will give you the most authentic taste of the campus atmosphere.
Should you decide to extend your trip to Athens with a few additional excursions, consult with Georgia's official travel guide. ExploreGeorgia.org is the state's official tourism website. You can use the online guide to focus on Athens, gaining an overview of the city's charms. From there, take a look at nearby attractions to weigh any daytrips or short excursions to nearby towns or natural sights. For a hard copy, order an official travel guide from the website.
Hill, Danielle. "Official Tourist Information for Athens, Georgia." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/official-tourist-information-athens-georgia-37193.html. Accessed 21 April 2019.
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I know this Tommy Hilfiger ad campaign is from a while back, it's from the Fall/Winter 2011 collection to be exact. Tommy Hilfiger's ads are constant eye candies to me especially when I'm browsing through my fashion magazines, I have to stop and take a look just coz there's a lot of interesting details going on.If you've noticed, every single one of his ads has a story and it lingers because it makes you want to figure the story out. At a very superficial point of view it's a bunch of good looking fashionable people hanging out together, you'd have to admit they do come up with a pretty cool looking posse.
Just an FYI to those who still think that Tommy Hilfiger is racist, well that's a complete Urban Legend that started all the way back in 1996 and they've actually cleared his name on Oprah a while back. ( I suggest you Google it) And NO, he has nothing against FILIPINOS wearing his line. Sad to say the only Tommy Hilfiger I have on me for today's outfit is my scent. Haha…It's been one of my go-t0 scents for years now.
Today's Outfit completely says: Preppy Menswear and that's because I've 'borrowed' some of the items from the men in my family which happens very seldom. Thanks pop, thanks pau!
I should start shopping more menswear. Haha.
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A concept plan of the new auditorium and place of worship planned for Officer township.
A 520-seat auditorium and cafe planned for Officer township could rival the Cardinia Cultural Centre as a venue for large group gatherings.
Cardinia Council approved ambitious plans for the Tivendale Road development at Monday night's town planning meeting.
Proposed by the Follow Baptist Church, the venue would be used principally as a church, but would be available to schools, community groups and other organisations for use.
The church group also planned to base some of its community projects – such as the Bless Collective food van that operates at Bourke Park – at the venue.
The build would include 157 car parking spaces, and a later, second stage, would include further meeting rooms and storage, if approved.
In welcoming the plans, Cr Brett Owen said the church was being treated like any other developer and would be required to also build its section of a shared footpath and make a $500,000 developer's contribution.
He said this would be hard for the church, but they hadn't shirked.
Councillors also applauded the group's decision to build in the township – with the additional costs of being in the Urban Growth Boundary – and being part of the community, rather than seeking land in the surrounding green wedge areas.
In backing the plan, Cr Leticia Wilmot also noted the venue would have a greater seating capacity than the Shire's own 356-seat Cultural Centre.
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The takeaway: When teachers must miss a day at school, a substitute takes over. But the sub cannot replace the beloved teacher and the class grows anxious. This book shows exactly what children feel when their teacher is gone for the day and helps them get through the day and even enjoy it.
When the teacher takes a day off, without warning, the children in her class feel like the world is coming to an end. Nothing follows course, confusion is the name of the day, and the initial surprise turns quickly to anguish.
The main character of this book, a girl with brown hair in two ponytails, makes a list of everything that goes wrong when her teacher is missing from class and her place is being taken by a young substitute, Miss Pelly (like a pelican), with red framed glasses and a green top.
She expresses her unhappiness trough short letters, very direct, very explanatory. In a nutshell, this is a summary of her complains: rules are not respected, routines are not followed, diligent homework must wait to be appreciated and, in general, the chaos is just about to rule the day.
First of all, she writes, when she'd entered class, big surprise – a substitute! Where is Mrs. Giordano, her beloved teacher, she asks, exasperated.
Then, the substitute doesn't even know how to say their names. More, she doesn't collect the homework that the girl had stayed up all night working on it. That must earn a Pledge to Mrs. Giordano, isn't it?
And how about the library? They used to get new books every Tuesday but wait, now the substitute brought her own books! Then she even laughed.
What's worse is that the turtle's tank won't get clean today either. Because the substitute said that it may be done tomorrow. What if the tank explodes or the turtle dies because the tank is dirty? Everybody knows that their teacher would never skip the tank cleaning.
Then, there's the rules that this sub teacher, taking nothing seriously, changes in a whim: like the line leaders, or the chair stacker. Really?
The least, the lunch stays the same. Even the food swapping, which by the way is not allowed. But the sub saw it, like she has eyes on her back! That's not fun, the little girl must hold her tears.
And then there is story time which is not supposed to happen today, but it does and what's more is that Miss Pelly reads poems. She says that it is ok to mix things up a little bit.
But the poems are really funny, and the girl discovers with surprise that she likes poetry. She even makes up her own (with the sub's help!). Maybe Miss Pelly is ok after all. And if Mrs. Giordano isn't quite ready to return to school tomorrow that is ok because sometimes is good to mix things up a little bit.
Chris Raschka, a Caldecott medalist, is the illustrator of this book. He captures the story in bright beautiful pictures done and aquarelle, in a childlike style. His illustration enhances every page of this book by adding elements to the story, in a visual narrative. Enriching details emerging from every page along with particular set of colors makes the book a really treasure cove for children, while exploring what a substitute day at school may look like.


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Wellness London speak exclusively to Martijn Van Pieterson about his personal experiences in both work and wellness.
Martijn, thanks for speaking with WL. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your career?
I studied Econometrics at Erasmus University in Rotterdam after which I did internships at Shell Oil's Finance Department in the Czech Republic, and ABN AMRO in Amsterdam on the trading floor. I became an employee at ABN AMRO on graduating and remained with them for the next 12 years moving up the echelons towards management of the Financial Markets business. It was great fun but the pressure certainly increased, with the increasing level of responsibility.
I was working 12 hour days. Eventually, I had more and more overseas duties, travelling to London each week and further abroad. I never worked on weekends, as is the nature of working in the markets, but work during the week was intense and I never truly switched off.
As part of ABN AMRO's take-over I started working for RBS, and at this point, I moved to London. I continued working in management functions in the Markets business and eventually became part of the management committee where I was responsible for a large trading department. My overseas travel continued.
In 2013, I quit my job and moved my family to Antwerp to set up our art gallery and dealership: Ibasho.
We know Wellness is important to you, but was there a time it was not so important?
Wellness was not important to me at all in my 20s nor 30s. I worked hard, played hard. Hot coffee and alcohol played a regular part in my life. I spent zero time in the gym or playing sports. I basically ate and drank whatever I wanted, without considering the negative effects.
Looking back, what indicators were there that your health was suffering?
I was overweight, over 100kg, had high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I was stressed because of the pressures and demands at work and the excessive travelling and suffered from the usual stress related complaints, sleeping poorly, and suffering from various ailments. This of course spilled over into my home life.
Were other colleagues and friends in the same line of business also suffering?
Yes, although I think I felt worse than the rest of my team as I carried the weight of responsibility. My team actually looked after themselves much better than I did. Looking back, I would do it differently, I would set the example.
When did everything come to a head for you, health-wise?
In 2010 I was rushed into A+E. I had a fever and other serious symptoms. I remained in hospital for a week. After I was discharge, my wife said "enough" and insisted I start looking after myself.
6. What strategies did you put in place to address your work/life balance?
For a few weeks I did nothing, I did not want to leave the house, I had no energy. I then decided to take control. I met Philip Jones (co-founder of Wellness London) and started having once a week personal training sessions, which progressed to three a week as I became able to do more and recover more quickly. I began enjoying myself. My wellness journey has continued to improve. I started seeing two coaches: one for my career and one for my life in general. It made a huge difference.
I decided to quit my job and made a career change into trading art where my wife and I opened our art gallery, Ibasho, in Antwerp.
After approaching my physical and mental health, I then sought advice from a dietician to help with my weight and wellbeing. I have now lost 17kg, and I no longer drink alcohol or coffee. The real key was becoming aware of calorie intake; I had no idea how many calories I was consuming.
7. What are your thoughts on wellness in the workplace, now compared to then?
My views on wellness in the workplace and my own wellness are entirely different now. With a proper focus on wellness for their employees, corporates will improve productivity and reduce sick leave. If I had done all the things I do now back then – things would be different. I possibly would not have left, but this aside, I certainly would have been healthier and avoided such serious health issues.
8. Do you think wellness programmes will become a standard offering in the future?
People need educating. Wellness is one of the ingredients for a sustainable career, particularly in the sector in which I worked. Attitudes are changing with the rise of the tech firms and influence of American ethos, but many corporates have a long way to go to provide their employees with an appropriate wellness offering.
9. Finally, do you think millennials have a different attitude towards health and wellness?
I believe that they already do, yes! They have less of a view on career alone and more of a motivation for life as a whole. They have a lot more perspective and balance and will be looking for employers who value and respect this.
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When a stranger turns up, breaking into his house in the middle of the night, Fred pulls out his gun to defend his wife and property, but if the stranger is a locksmith sent by the bank... and if the house has been foreclosed, what then? And what does Fred's wife, Alice, have to do with it all?


Background: Insulin independence after islet transplantation is generally achieved after multiple islet infusions. However, single infusions would allow increasing the number of islet transplant recipients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of IAK transplantation in type 1 diabetic patients according to the number of islet infusions.
Methods: Islets were isolated at the University of Geneva and shipped and transplanted between 2004 and 2010 into French patients from the Swiss-French GRAGIL network, on the "Edmonton" immunosuppression protocol.
Results: Nineteen patients were transplanted with 33 preparations isolated from 36 donors. Fifteen patients reached 24 months follow-up after the first islet infusion: 8 subjects were single graft recipients (Group 1) and 7 were double graft recipients (Group 2). Single graft recipients received 5,312 IEQ/kg (5,186-6,388) vs 10,564 (10,054-11,375) for double graft recipients. Insulin-independence was achieved in 5/8 Group 1 subjects vs 5/7 in Group 2 subjects. Insulin-independence duration was 4.7 months (3.1-15.2) in Group 1 vs 19 months (9.6-20.8) in Group 2. At 24 months post-transplant, insulin doses were reduced by 58% in Group 1 (31-80) vs 97% (60-100) in Group 2, HbA1c was 6.5% (5.9-6.8) in Group 1 vs 6.2% (5.9-6.3) in Group 2, and basal C-peptide was 0.9 ng/mL (0.4-1.4) in Group 1 vs 1.8 (1.2;2.4) in Group 2.
Conclusions: One infusion achieves good glycemic control and sometimes insulin-independence. However, patients with 2 infusions remain insulin-free longer, and have lower HbA1c and better graft function 24 months after the first transplant.


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3D Printed Chain Mail Flexes and Stiffens on Demand
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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) researchers have created a polyamide chain mail which is flexible but can harden when needed.
Made out of interlocking eight faced octahedrons that are wrapped in plastic, the structure becomes 25 times stiffer when vacuum packed. Similar to how your loose grains of coffee become a rigid mass when vacuum packed, the stiffer packed structure can actually act as a form of armor.
This could lead to "wearable structured fabrics" that would be soft enough for us to wear but stiffen when needed. Think of a pair of skate shorts that would be soft and flexible but could become rigid just before impact. Or consider a more comfortable bullet proof vest. Or imagine a robot arm that would soften just before it impacted a human nearby.
Assistant Professor Wang Yifan from NTU's School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering was the lead author of the research published in Nature today.
"With an engineered fabric that is lightweight and tuneable – easily changeable from soft to rigid – we can use it to address the needs of patients and the ageing population, for instance, to create exoskeletons that can help them stand, carry loads and assist them with their daily tasks," Wang said. "Inspired by ancient chain mail armour, we used plastic hollow particles that are interlocked to enhance our tuneable fabrics' stiffness. To further increase the material's stiffness and strength, we are now working on fabrics made from various metals including aluminium, which could be used for larger-scale industrial applications requiring higher load capacity, such as bridges or buildings."
"We wanted to make materials that can change stiffness on command. We'd like to create a fabric that goes from soft and foldable to rigid and load-bearing in a controllable way," stated Professor Chiara Daraio, Caltech's G. Bradford Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics.
The idea that this cloth is tunable and can be manipulated on demand is a powerful one. We've had a lot of chain mail like structures in 3D printing before. Also a number of helmet manufacturers have shown that we can 3D print geometries that optimally respond to both high-velocity, sharp impacts and slow, significant, blunt impacts. Now, we're getting a truly digital material that can be programmed and changed at will to respond to stimuli in the environment. Think of how pneumatics and actuators work nowadays. With this material, we could find a new way to move, grip, hold, levitate, and absorb impact all with the same material and the same manipulation.
These fabrics can be 3D printed in one go on one machine and still be comprised of different interlocking shapes. The number and size of these structures, as well as the size of the fabric itself, could be changed per application. The team states that, when the hollow nylon 3D printed fabric is stiff it can hold, "1.5kgs, more than 50 times the fabrics' own weight". They also measured a "six times reduction in penetration depth."
This is a very elegant solution that could lead to a lot of potential commercial applications. What I also really enjoy is that this is a soft robotics application. Soft robotics has always kind of remained an interesting idea waiting for an application and I can really see how this mechanism could lead to a lot of commercial products that can really make soft robotics more popular, prevalent and useful.
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Hands-on with the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and Apple Watch Series 5 [Videos]
After Apple unveiled the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and Apple Watch Series 5 at Steve Jobs Theater, members of the press were given time to go hands-on with the company's latest products.
Head below for a roundup of early hands-on videos with the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, and Apple Watch Series 5.
The Apple Watch Series 5 is the first Apple Watch to feature an always-on display. The new always-on display works by intelligently dimming the screen when a user's wrist is down and returns to full brightness with a raise or a tap.
The Verge describes the always-on display as a "big deal" for the Apple Watch from a timepiece perspective:
Of course, the ability to always see the time without having to do a convoluted arm gesture is a big deal, and it finally makes the Apple Watch a competent timepiece. It works just as you'd expect: You can see the full watchface at a dimmer brightness all the time and at full brightness when you lift your wrist up.
CNET offers some commentary on the titanium finish:
The titanium case has a brushed-metal look that's pretty different from the polished mirrored steel of the stainless models. The Apple Watch Series 5 doesn't feel dramatically different, but having an always-on display is a big and overdue change that we didn't expect, but are glad to welcome.
Watch a roundup of Apple Watch Series 5 hands-on videos below:
Next up, we have the iPhone 11 — Apple's follow-up to the iPhone XR. It's available in new colors, packs a new dual-camera system, the new A13 Bionic processor, and more. It's also $50 cheaper than the iPhone XR, coming in at $699.
TechRadar took a brief look at the new camera technology in the iPhone 11:
The quality of the images we took was impressive, although we couldn't test the camera hard in low-light settings, which is a real test for today's high-end smartphones. Apple is touting its night mode for such situations, and the test images they had for us to see looked good indeed.
Engadget on the camera bump:
The biggest aesthetic change here — aside from a handful of new colors, like a neat minty green — is the dual camera around back. Most of the rumors going into the event suggested we'd be getting a telephoto camera here, but Apple zagged on all of us with a 12-megapixel ultra-wide cam, and that was probably for the best.
Watch a roundup of iPhone 11 hands-on videos below:
Last but not least is the iPhone 11 Pro, which packs a new triple-lens camera setup as well as matte design on the back, new colors, an improved OLED display, and more. The iPhone 11 Pro is more durable than previous iPhones, and packs notable improvements to battery life as well.
ArsTechnica praises the new display:
Apple says this is an improved OLED display in a number of ways, maybe the most important being that it can now reach a maximum brightness of 1200 nits. That's pretty much unheard of in mobile devices, and it puts this phone in the same ballpark as the very best, brightest consumer HDR TVs. This is going to be a very good phone to watch movies or play games on, and the screen looked spectacular in person.
The Verge comments on the new software features for the wide-angle zoom features:
Obviously, Apple is very good at lighting its hands-on areas, so I haven't had a chance to really test the cameras. But I did play with the new camera interface a bit, and it's great. When you're in the standard "wide" zoom, the viewfinder fills the whole screen, so you can more easily see what mode you're in. And if you slide through the wide and telephoto lenses instead of tapping, it shows you a dial with your zoom level in both multiples and millimeters.
Watch a roundup of iPhone 11 Pro hands-on videos below:
Apple's iPhone 11 includes dual cameras, night mode for cameras, new colors, and more. iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max includes a triple camera, A13 chip, Super Retina XDR screen, and more.
The Apple Watch Series 5 was released on September 20, 2019. Headline features include an always-on display and a built-in compass.