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"The very notion that you are sustained at each moment by an infinite plenitude of all that is contingent means that this life that you call yours has value beyond finite conceiving; it means that every other life is subject to the same terms of wonder. This is real; this is really happening. I am here by amazing grace and marrow music. The same mind that brought you to nothingness teems with sublime community."
— David Mutschlecner
December 05, 2016 in Press
The above quote is from the first chapter of David Mutschlecner's soul-shaking Poetic Faith (No. 19 in The Lune series). As the title suggests, Poetic Faith is a testament—in awe-stirring, ever-blooming philosophical particulars—to the loving mystery of our communicative existence on this planet. The poet Elizabeth Robinson has authored a wonderful introduction to the work (read the complete text here), and you will find excerpts from each of the book's twenty-two sections below. For my part, the following is a brief intro-retrospective that I hope might shine a small and personal light on Mutschlecner's unique gift and, as a consequence, on the energy that underlies spiritual testimony, [what] is ultimately work of timeless compassion and living love.
David first shared Poetic Faith with me almost exactly one year ago; it was then called "A Journal of Theopoetics," and it is that, concretely. For a few months I took it with me everywhere I went. This was necessary for a number of largely ineffable reasons. For one (an attempt), the text throbs with sincerity, which begets what Joseph Campbell might call a serendipitous adventure—a trip for which one is intrinsically prepared, "a manifestation of [one's] character"—with David as guide. In other words, reading matters of poetic faith is like walking with a friend or loved one. The nuanced companionship of the author—specifically, David, universally, the poet—is something Elizabeth Robinson represents eloquently in her introduction:
"The word 'genius' comes, etymologically, from the Latin for 'to beget' and was originally a word that meant 'tutelary spirit attendant on a person.' In Poetic Faith, David Mutschlecner becomes our genius, a tutelary spirit that guides us into the plenitude of poetry."
With a poet by one's side, poetry is a plenitude, the abundance of life itself. Or should I say: With a human by one's side, humanity is a plenitude, something that exudes meaning, aliveness. In those initial months of taking Poetic Faith with me everywhere, each time I retrieved the document from its manilla habit I would read two or three sentences and sit there, wherever I was, feeling the depth and purity of each thought, all thoughts. Again—as in her own poetry—Robinson says it best:
"Suddenly, the reader finds herself in the midst of a universe that peels back its skin to reveal its living core."
It feels the way friendship feels, like life is special (because it is relative); it works the way our bodies work in speech: the tongue taps, the lips part, the throat hums: we froth and unfurl. In any event, I do not mean to advertise Poetic Faith; I'm searching for the right words by which to breathe in celebration of a singular effort, an affirmation of life. Poetic Faith truly belongs in the company of Annie Dillard's Holy the Firm, Thomas Merton's No Man is an Island, St. John of the Cross's Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ, Clarice Lispecter's Agua Viva, Thomas Keating's Open Mind, Open Heart... It is prayerful, which is to say it is refulgent with humility, the sense of pure service that stems from contemplation.
In so resolutely celebrating language, Mutschlecner has authored an open door for poetry, welcoming us into the ecstatic heart of the poetic mode. As you read the following excerpts, please do not hesitate to get in touch with questions and comments.
from Poetic Faith
"When we experience a radically new work of art, perhaps we have received a fleck of light from infinite beauty, and we cannot process it. Beauty draws all things, hence the reason it is so difficult, often, to understand, let alone define. Beauty is the breathing completion thought alone cannot complete."
— Ch. 2, "Beauty"
"This is a wish for poetry to confer its magic upon the world. From the well of words, as from a myriad of mouths, let the signified shine with new life. I do not leave theology behind so much as release it to become another thing. (In some way, words always wait for us to do this.) The theologian as theologian cannot do this. Where meaning is freed, meaning is at risk of loosing the parameters of dogma."
— Ch. 3, "Sign/Signified"
"Every essence of every creature we can define is a mote of starlight awash in the great pouring plenum of existence, a plenum endless as Aristotle's sea of potentiality, but with this difference: existence, for Aquinas, is radiant with intelligence. This intelligence is a kind of light within light, a vision within every vision, an uncreated current beneath each creature."
— Ch. 4, "The Existential Plenum"
"Metaphor is not only a pairing of images, a smart overlapping of forms, it is rather a first cry that rises through the overlapping, for the first cry is like the curve of light, already turned toward unity. The communal cry is sexual and is unifying and is transcendent. You are swept up in the power of metaphor when, after a long day indoors, you go outside to see the vault of stars across the arc of darkness, and your vision soars upward to become one with the stars."
— Ch. 5, "Metaphor"
"Surely, when we say with Pound, "Make it new," we are also saying: make it where it was first made. Make love where love was first made. Give yourself over to the energies of the poetic plenum. The Poem moves like a vast tide, rocking back and forth. Form is never more than a series of extensions of oceanic motion, crossing all time. Let these energies create you anew, let these powers write you."
— Ch. 6, "The Post-Historical Present"
"The poet lingers, not so much to produce a detailed description—this I believe is a misconstrued conception of poetry's function, a residue of some parsimonious analysis of substance. No: stay with something in order to see that whatever the signified may be, it pulses beneath a living sign."
— Ch. 7, "Linger Awhile"
"The saint's will is to be simple, but is it the poet's will as well? I don't know. The poet is beaten in the waves, the poet churns in the crazy mix, and yet all along she is aware of the halo—a pale blue light. The first and last poem are completely simple, and entirely free."
— Ch. 8, "Simplicity and Complexity"
"Which comes first, substance or relationship? One cannot simply say substance, because everything seems predicated upon prior relationship. Even in some imagined initiatory state, we cannot ever separate being from relationship. Being grows from a ground of ceaseless interconnectedness, and this interconnectedness is logos itself, dreaming its own root and bloom."
— Ch. 9, "Relationship"
"Indeed, what is it to be fully anything? The window closes, and we sense that interior density again, that opacity: a place or anti-place beyond all communication."
— Ch. 10, "What Is A Poet, If There Is Any"
"Numinous experience is hardly dead—it remains utterly endemic to the human person. We can color holy dread with sarcasm, we can deny that holy awe has any objective place, but such responses are shown for everyone, at one time or another, to be false. The world is full of gods, and the gods belie direct treatment unless direct treatment admits the full mysterious experience of being human."
— Ch. 11, "A Felt Architectonics of the Numinous"
"What is poetry? It is a grace of bewilderment where subjective and objective calls become a sometime cacophony. What do we see and hear? The answer becomes a complex of awe-full contradictions where object logic fails us."
— Ch. 12, "A Theopoetics for Nishida Kitaro"
"No creature can say: I simply am and always have been and always will be—I rely solely and strictly upon my own vitality. I lift myself up by my own bootstraps. Because nothing can say this definitively, everything is in radical embrace with everything else. The mystery of vitality is the mystery of community is the mystery of commonality is the mystery of poetry."
— Ch. 13, "Toward a Redefinition of Metaphysical Poetry"
"Words are the poem's sun-source. Words both carry and create a cosmology. The sun is the wheeling story."
— Ch. 14, "Poetic Language"
"Sound must find the idea hiding in the secret ocean of its shell-like ear. Sound must delight in the idea, and curl about it like a tongue. I have a markedly incomplete idea of how this works, but the mystery of poetic faith claims that it does indeed work. Music-magic gives birth to meaning-magic."
— Ch. 15, "Listening"
"Doesn't contemporary poetry still need the Fire in the fire, the unchanging I AM in the burning desert of our lives? Isn't this ancient alchemical work of turning the existential and the Platonic into each other, of coming, in the turning, to a new epiphany, still our work?"
— Ch. 16, "The Existential Angel"
"Emptiness is the principal of unity—the wave nature of matter itself, slipping through every thought, through every attempted formal delineation."
— Ch. 17, "Striding"
"The inception of philosophy is wonder, a "wonder- struck beholding," as Hannah Arendt so beautifully puts it. Wonder curves as a rainbow of overriding consequence—a light that connects earth and sky. Wonder is always close to something like a theophany, an awe filled thanksgiving, kindred both to fear and praise."
— Ch. 18, "Thanksgiving"
"Poetry is relentlessly transcendent and passionately inclusive. The transcendence I write of is not a leaving behind of anything, but an intensification of everything. Passionate inclusion occurs through this very intensification. This is the fiery vision I need."
— Ch. 19, "The Child of the Universe"
"A person is not sacred because he swells with accomplishment, a person is sacred because he is a person. Any homeless man might be Oedipus at Colonus, blind and seeing and feeling the earth, the temple being present where ever he walks or rests. Contrary to this, any powerful political figure might be Oedipus Rex, ready to be brought down through his own heavy hubris."
— Ch. 20, "The Copula"
"When the poet calls forth such an allusion as Lethe, or such mythical gods as, say, Venus or Athena, he is calling forth, and consequently experiencing, real presences, real powers we have, in the course of poetry's history, ascribed with multiple names. These names are mouths wherethrough real presences arise into the poem."
— Ch. 21, "Robert Duncan"
"When a poem lives and breathes in an act of inclusive transcendence—when, in whatever manner, the offering up includes us—the poem has indeed been made for a holy purpose."
— Ch. 22, "The Icon"
We extend our profound gratitude Elizabeth Robinson, for her introduction and for her ongoing work in poetry and community. Art director Indigo Deany's beautiful portrait of David graces the book's cover. We'll have more in the manner of communal dreams, thought-experiments, and lunar poetics to share in the coming winter weeks.
Yours in the ancient arms of the elements,
Tags: David Mutschlecner, Elizabeth Robinson


In between meetings at our hotel room at L7 Hotels in Myeongdong. Love the atmosphere there, so relaxing and bright. We lived on the 17th floor, so we had a cool view over Seoul. Here is just before a meeting in the hotel bar and then How and What's fashion show on the roof top.


Yesterday on a bright and sunny day I popped down to Aotea Square to see what the extreme right was up to. There had been a fair amount of social media promotion of the yellow jacket rally and I wondered what sort of turnout they would get.
I had thought that there might be some interplay between the left and the right. Love Aotearoa had organised a migrant's picnic nearby. Most people there were obviously having a good time and apart from a few activists that I know most people stayed away.
The rally was underwhelming. There were maybe 30 yellow jackets there with perhaps another 30 supporters.
They seemed to think that the media was a purveyor of fake news. The criticism may have some basis in fact but not in the way they thought.
And they seemed to have a thing about socialists and think the current Government was a socialist government.
I tried engaging with a few. Their beef was the Government support of the UN Global Migration Pact. I have covered the background in this post. Basically the pact is a feel good exercise that creates no binding obligations but sets aspirational goals for states to work to. But it has been converted in the minds of some into a World Government grab of our sovereignty.
One of the yellow jacket wearers, who from his accent was clearly a Dutch immigrant, said that he had read the Pact and the words stating that it created a "non-legally binding, cooperative framework" but still thought the courts would use the pact to change our law.
When I asked him to name one case where this has happened before he walked away.
The rally was kicked off with the singing of the National Anthem in english. I was pleased that they then sung it in Te Reo. I was even more pleased that some of them knew the words in Te Reo.
The movement has clearly engaged in some analysis of their messaging.
They were keen to point out that they supported biculturalism, Maori and Pakeha, but were opposed to the multicultural stuff.
They would be happy to have Maori rednecks join them in their struggle. They were still almost exclusively white.
The speeches were an interesting collection.
The first speaker went on a bit of a historical monologue and even talked about the great depression but forgot to mention the role of the first Labour Government in solving it.
ACT's Stephen Berry also spoke. The tenor of what he said is recorded in this press release. He thought that there would be a chilling effect on the right to freedom of speech if Governments engaged in awareness raising campaigns to "inform public perceptions regarding the positive contributions of safe, orderly and regular migration". He needs to get out more.
There was this continuous dichotomy about how they were exercising their rights to freedom of speech, which is a good thing, but wanted to keep the UN, which is a bad thing, out of our country because it will affect our rights to freedom of speech. They seemed genuinely surprised when I pointed out that freedom of speech was something that the UN declaration of Human Rights preserved.
Marc Daalder from Spinoff has written this interesting article on yesterday's events where he delves into the background of the groups and also discusses how local media should handle them.
And he points out that in the United States after the media abandoned the traditional "he said she said" approach to reporting on Trump the media has recorded improved levels of trust.
His comment about the need for vigilance is prescient.
To repeat one question which I heard asked a number of times yesterday, where has multiculturalism ever worked?
We were in Aotea Square. There were young Chinese and Indian, Pacifica, a mother and daughter wearing a hijab, all peacefully coexisting. Across the road there is this wonderful Turkish kebab shop. There are no less than two Sushi shops within 100 metres of where we were. Queen Street is littered with businesses owned and run by different nationalities showing the really good side of globalisation.
Within the city there are plans to celebrate Waitangi day, Chinese New Year and the Festival of colours all within the next month or so. People from a variety of different backgrounds and experiences all happily living together.
I am cautiously confident that New Zealand is showing that multiculturalism is working fine and that the Yellow Jackets will not gain traction. Time will tell if I am right.


I'm a lover not a fighter and I'd rather a-switch than fight.
And I rather switch than fight.
I'm a lover not a fighter and I'd rather switch than fight.
And I got me a couple that were twenty-two.
George Jones - I'd Rather Switch Than Fight Song Lyrics from "Other Songs".


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Home > IN THE NEWS > Philippines U23 0-4 Indonesia U23
The Philippine Under-23 Men's National Team's hopes for a semifinal berth in the 31st Southeast Asian Games were dashed after a 0-4 loss to Indonesia last Friday 13 May 2022 at Phu Tho Stadium in Viet Tri, Vietnam.
Needing to secure a win to have a chance to qualify for the knockout stages, the Philippines were left to rue their chances as Indonesia raced to a 2-0 lead at the end of the first half.
Christian Rontini had a chance to reduce the deficit in the early minutes of the second half but his effort from a Oliver Bias free kick sailed over the bar.
Two more goals in the second half propelled Indonesia to their second win of the competition, while compounding the Philippines to their second straight loss.
The result saw the Philippine U23 side finish in fourth place with four points in Group A after a solid start in the competition which saw them defeat Timor-Leste, 4-0, and drew defending champions Vietnam, 0-0.
Photo from Zing News

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Ep. 04 – Jellyfish Eyes
February 25, 2016	Dr. Z	podcast, Year 1	00:51:22
You've probably never seen this movie. And overall, that might be a good life choice. Unless, you know, you secretly want to watch a cheesy knock-off of Pokemon-battling meshed with (soon-to-be-rebooted) Gamera-esque kaiju antics…and CGI. As the first-foray into cinema for Japanese pop-artist sensation Takashi Murakami, Jellyfish Eyes almost–but not quite–crosses into the territory of "so bad it's good," but we promise, you'll love hearing about the insane antics of a group of young school-children exposed to the evil (but really not evil) F.R.I.E.N.D.S. created (we think?) by the shadowy Black-Cloaked Four. Join us for a discussion about one of the most-recent additions to the Collection!
Ep. 03 – The Hidden Fortress
Japanese Star Wars? Not quite, and fans might be a little irked about the incessant comparisons. But, this movie did contribute more than a few key elements to George Lucas' vision of a science-fantasy future…past… Anyway, you get the drift. Join us as we delve into Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress and learn how our intrepid heroes manage to get a stash of gold over a very unfriendly border through the power of love–err, the power of song.
Ep. 02 – Videodrome
In David Cronenberg's 1983 classic, be careful not to succumb to the temptation of a media form that will turn you into a mindless pawn of the system–or worse: a half-man, half-kangaroo mutated killing machine. No, it's not the internet. Beware the horrors of Videodrome.
Ep. 01 – The Royal Tenenbaums
February 9, 2016	Dr. Z	podcast, Year 1	00:52:21
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Criterion Correction, with Ed and Dr. Z. Join us, two film buffs (well, one film buff and a film neophyte) as we look at the, in some ways, utterly bizarre Criterion Collection and try to make sense of what it says about film, art, and humanity as a whole. In this first cast, we'll be taking a closer look at a movie that we first saw under…strange circumstances: Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums.


We're thrilled to announce that we've achieved our fundraising goal for the 2016-2017 Chabot Elementary PTA fall Annual Fund campaign. An impressive 61% of Chabot families joined in raising more than $180,000! These funds will directly support the programs sponsored by the PTA and help us reach the required annual budget of $440,000. Thank you to the entire Chabot community for making this year's campaign another huge success!
Congratulations to the individual class prize winners!
Annual Fund Campaign: This was a tight race and we saw a huge surge toward the last few days of the campaign. Congratulations to Ms. Diamond's 3rd grade class for pushing to the end to reach the highest class participation at 79%! The class will receive an ice cream party sponsored by CREAM.
PTA Membership Drive: Congratulations to Mr. Nagatani's kindergarten class for reaching 100% participation. The class earned a pizza party sponsored by Jules Thin Crust Pizza.
The drive to reach 100% participation continues! You can still make a contribution or reach out to extended family members in this season of giving. Any gift in any amount helps. Whether it is $5 or $750, it all helps Chabot provide a rare combination of academic excellence and high quality enrichment.
If you have any questions about your Annual Fund contribution, please email us at annualfund@chabotelementary.org All Annual Fund participants will receive a letter in January with your donation information that can be used for tax purposes.
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Neal Schon Net Worth 2019
Neal Schon is a legendary rock guitarist of America who is also a vocalist and songwriter. He worked with the bands Bad English and Journey. He participated in every album and tour of Journey. He is the last original member. He was also the member of Hardline and Santana. Now let's have a close look on Neal Schon's net worth in 2019.
Neal Schon was born on 27th February in 1957. He is from Oklahoma. His ancestors were German. He is the son of Mathew Schon and Barbara Schon. He first picked up a guitar at the age of 5. He was a quick learner. He joined Santana at 15. He performed in the albums Caravanserai and Santana III.
Before forming the band journey, he played in Azteca too. He took inspiration from 1960s soul singers, such as Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin. His favorite guitarists were Jimy Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Carlos Santana.
His famous band Journey was formed in 1973. The journey has 14 studio albums. Steve Perry was the lead vocalist of the band. He collaborated with Sammy Hagar, Jan Hammer and Paul Rogers in many short-term projects. He started playing first with acoustic Stella Guitar.
He has five solo albums. He has two albums with the band Bad English. In two albums, Untold Pasion and Here to Stay, he collaborated with keyboardist Jan Hammer. He has one album with HSAS titled Through the Fire. He made guest appearances on many music videos.
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Oklahoma Music. He was nominated for Grammy Awards twice. At Oklahoma BOK Center Neal Schon was awarded a proclamation by the Mayor G. T Bynum. He declared 5th June as "Neal Schon Day." He won BAMMIES three times, in 1986, 1984 and 1978, in the category of Outstanding Guitarist. Most of Journey's albums were considered as platinum by RIAA. In 2017 his band Journey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Net worth of Neal Schon
The famous guitarist, Journey's lead guitarist, has a net worth of $34 million. He accumulated the chunk of his net worth from his live shows with the bands and the record sales of the albums by the bands. In 2011 he earned $110,000 from Journey's rock album Eclipse.
In the year of 2011, Schon confirmed that he is in a serious relationship with an American television personality Michaele Salahi. She became famous when in 2009 she crashed a White House Dinner which was thrown in honor of Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India.
She appeared on the show 'Real Housewives.' She left her husband Tareq Salahi to take up with Neal Schon. At the Lyric Opera House of Baltimore Schon proposed to her on the stage during a charity concert. He proposed her with an 11.42-carat diamond ring. It was his fifth marriage. They got married in 2015 on 15th December.
Their wedding took place in the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. First, he got married to Tena Austen. The second time he married Beth Buckley in 1987. Third, he married Dina Gioeli in 1993. He married Amber Kozan in 2001.


Let your taste buds be your guide as you sample your way through an historic Cape Cod village with this Hyannis Food Tour!
Treat your palate to a variety of tastes and flavors during this unique food tour in Hyannis!
Explore Hyannis and indulge your taste buds during this approximately 3-hour walking tour!
A perfect tour for locals and tourists alike, your friendly and knowledgeable guide will show you around the historic village of Hyannis and give you insights into the history and culture of Barnstable's largest village. Along the way, you will visit approximately 7 local establishments to sample delicious food.
Whether sampling Brazilian BBQ served to you by gauchos, indulging in a "subtly sweet curiously salty" cookie, or having a bowl of award-winning clam chowder by the sea, this tour has something for every palate!
This tour is for participants only. Children 4 years and younger may join the tour so long as they do not partake in food tastings. Note: The experience provider must have advance notice if you are bringing along small children.
This experience will run rain or shine, so please dress appropriately for the weather on the day of your tour.
Wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes, appropriate for the weather. It is recommended to bring an umbrella on rainy days. You may also wish to bring a water bottle.
Once you have scheduled a date and received a booking confirmation, all bookings for this experience are final. Failure to appear on your booked date will result in the loss of the value of the experience.
Drinks are not included with this tour. It is recommended that you bring along a bottle of water.
Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated, with advance notice. Please let the provider know at the time of booking if anyone in your party has special needs.
How much walking and standing is involved in the tour?
The tour covers approximately 1.8 miles of walking over a 2.5-3 hour period. The pace is relaxed and stops are made frequently.
Does the tour begin and end at the same spot?
The tour ends about 15 minutes away from the starting location. Your guide will happily provide directions back to the starting location.


California burrito. Carne asada fries. Bacon-wrapped anything. Honestly, why must this trio of coma-inducing, artery-clogging scrumptiousness be so irresistible? "Please sir, I want some more." Oliver definitely wouldn't have been the only kid in the orphanage to say that if "more" meant an extra serving of carne asada fries.
Unless you have the self-control of a ninja, it's close to impossible to just have one bite of insert your favorite fatty food here. Is it the food that keeps you commin' back for more? Or is it you? According to The Journal of Clinical Investigation, your fav fatty foods may be messin with your mind.
The new study shows that "high-fat foods cause damage to the hypothalamus – an area in the brain responsible for hunger, thirst and the body's natural rhythms and cycles – in rodents" (CNN). Though this hypothesis has not yet been proven in humans, it may help us better understand the science between diets, exercise, and willpower and improve obesity treatment.
Dr. Michael Schwartz, the study's lead author, explains, "The human body is designed to regulate how much fuel is stored as fat through a process called energy homeostasis. For a normal-weight person, that's good. But once a person becomes obese, his or her body seems to want to stay at that new weight permanently" (CNN). Consuming lots of fatty foods builds your tolerance for fat consumption. Your body becomes accustomed to a certain level of fat and your brain is telling you more, more, more! Therefore, it becomes harder to lose weight.
So, get off the train before the weight gain! It's important to establish healthy eating habits early on. Here are some recipes for healthy, low-fat meals. Bon appetit!


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LEredivisie 2022-2023, è la 67ª edizione della massima serie del campionato olandese di calcio, iniziata il 5 agosto 2022 e che terminerà il 28 maggio 2023, con una pausa tra il 13 novembre e il 6 gennaio 2023 per consentire la partecipazione dei calciatori al campionato mondiale di Qatar 2022.

Stagione

Novità
Nella stagione precedente sono retrocesse  e , ultime due classificate, e l', perdente dei play-off salvezza/promozione. Dalla Eerste Divisie 2021-2022, invece, sono state promosse  e , rispettivamente prima e seconda classificate, alle quali si è unito il , vincitore dei play-off.

Formula
Le 18 squadre partecipanti si affrontano in un girone all'italiana con partite di andata e ritorno per un totale di 34 giornate. La squadra campione d'Olanda si qualifica alla fase a gironi della UEFA Champions League 2023-2024, mentre la seconda classificata viene ammessa al terzo turno di qualificazione. Le squadre classificatesi dal 4º al 7º posto partecipano ai play-off per determinare la seconda squadra che viene ammessa al secondo turno di qualificazione della UEFA Europa Conference League 2023-2024. Poiché la squadra vincitrice della KNVB beker 2022-2023 viene ammessa alla fase a gironi della UEFA Europa League 2023-2024, sulla base del suo posizionamento in classifica, possono variare le posizioni delle squadre ammesse alle coppe o ai play-off di qualificazione. Le ultime due classificate retrocedono in Eerste Divisie. La squadra classificatasi al 16º posto partecipa ai play-off promozione/retrocessione con 6 squadre di Eerste Divisie per un posto in massima serie.

Squadre partecipanti

Allenatori e primatisti
 Aggiornata al 6 marzo 2023

Classifica
Aggiornata al 13 marzo 2023

Legenda:
      Campione dei Paesi Bassi e ammessa alla fase a gironi della UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
      Ammessa al terzo turno di qualificazione della UEFA Champions League 2023-2024
      Ammessa alla fase a gironi della UEFA Europa League 2023-2024
      Ammessa al terzo turno di qualificazione della UEFA Europa Conference League 2023-2024
      Ammessa al secondo turno di qualificazione della UEFA Europa Conference League 2023-2024 in quanto vincitrice dei Playoff
 Partecipa ai play-off o ai play-out.
      Retrocesse in Eerste Divisie 2023-2024

Note:
Tre punti per la vittoria, uno per il pareggio, zero per la sconfitta.

La classifica viene stilata secondo i seguenti criteri:
Punti ottenuti
Differenza reti generale
Reti totali realizzate
spareggio (solo per decidere la squadra campione e la retrocessione)
Punti conquistati negli scontri diretti
Differenza reti negli scontri diretti
Reti realizzate in trasferta negli scontri diretti

Risultati

Tabellone
Ogni riga indica i risultati casalinghi della squadra segnata a inizio della riga, contro le squadre segnate colonna per colonna (che invece avranno giocato l'incontro in trasferta). Al contrario, leggendo la colonna di una squadra si avranno i risultati ottenuti dalla stessa in trasferta, contro le squadre segnate in ogni riga, che invece avranno giocato l'incontro in casa.

Spareggi

Play-off UEFA Europa Conference League
Le quattro squadre meglio piazzate in Campionato che non sono già qualificate per le coppe europee giocano per un posto al secondo turno di qualificazione della UEFA Europa Conference League 2023-2024.

Play-off salvezza/promozione
La 16ª classificata in campionato più sei squadre dell'Eerste Divisie 2022-2023 si giocano un posto nell'Eredivisie 2023-2024. Le perdenti parteciperanno invece all'Eerste Divisie 2023-2024. La 16ª classificata in campionato accede direttamente alle semifinali dove incontrerà una delle 3 vincintrici del primo turno.

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TWISTED SISTER's DEE SNIDER: The Quintessential Update!
TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider has posted the following update to the "Dee Speaks" section of his official web site, www.deesnider.com: "VAN HELSING'S CURSE: VAN HELSING'S CURSE is a Widowmaker Productions production. 'Widowmaker Productions' is myself, Joe Franco, Al Pitrelli, and the guy who signed TWISTED SISTER, Phil Carson. It's a Halloween version ...
METALLICA's HAMMETT Says He Does Not Fear Overseas Travel
METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett was recently asked if the impending war in Iraq made him think twice about traveling overseas, as the band intend to do in June when they travel to Europe to play festivals before they come back home for their Summer Sanitarium tour, which starts July 4. "I can't wait," Hammett said. ...
METALLICA's HETFIELD: Why PEPPER KEENAN Didn't Make It Into The Band
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It's Official: ROBERT TRUJILLO Joins METALLICA!
As first predicted here last week, METALLICA have officially announced the addition of bassist Robert Trujillo to the group's ranks. Trujillo, a former member of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and OZZY OSBOURNE, fills the slot left vacant by the departure of Jason Newsted. "We've all known, and have been huge fans of Rob since ...
METALLICA: SANITARIUM Schedule To Accommodate Working Fans
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METALLICA's HAMMETT Speaks Out On THE RAMONES
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JASON NEWSTED: New VOIVOD CD Is 'First Time I Get To Decide What People Hear From Me'
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METALLICA Address Bassist Rumors, Upcoming CD
On Wednesday (Feb. 5) after announcing the Summer Sanitarium 2003 Tour, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich was asked about the vacant bassist position in the group and rumors of ex-MARILYN MANSON member Twiggy Ramirez or OZZY OSBOURNE bassist Robert Trujillo joining. "It's not our job to... I hate to confirm or deny horseshit that they say," ...
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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: It's CRUNCH TIME Again!
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DOWN/CROWBAR guitarist Kirk Windstein has joined New Orleans' VALUME NOB as the band's temporary bassist. Windstein, who recently commenced the songwriting process for the next CROWBAR album, made his live debut with the group on Friday (Jan. 17) at Dixie Taverne in New Orleans and will reportedly be appearing with the band at all of ...
METALLICA Play Surprise Show In California Parking Lot!
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METALLICA Bassist Search: Rumors Abound
Former SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and current OZZY OSBOURNE bassist Robert Trujillo is rumored to have made three trips to METALLICA's Bay Area headquarters in the recent weeks to audition for the vacant bassist slot in the group. Also said to have tried out for the band is former MARILYN MANSON bassist Twiggy Ramirez, a close friend ...
CROWBAR: New Studio Album On The Way
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METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett has been singing the praises of Sweden's MESHUGGAH, calling the band's music "really fucking interesting." "You know, I think MESHUGGAH is brilliant," Hammett said in a recent interview with journalist Martin Popoff. "A lot of that extreme stuff doesn't make much sense to me, but when I heard MESHUGGAH, and everybody ...
DOWN Guitarist Ties The Knot, Expects First Child
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Edmonton man convicted of killing pregnant wife allowed to leave prison unsupervised
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An Edmonton man found guilty of murdering his pregnant wife and dumping her body in a ditch nearly 15 years ago maintained his innocence Wednesday as he successfully sought permission to spend unsupervised time with the couple's now-adult daughter.
Michael White told a Parole Board of Canada panel he did not kill Liana White in July 2005, but said his distress at her disappearance made him act in a way that drew police suspicion.
"During this time … I was not thinking clearly," White told the two-member panel at an afternoon hearing at the Beaver Creek Institution, the central Ontario federal prison where he is currently held.
White and several family members, including his 18-year-old daughter, appeared relieved when the panel agreed to grant him four 72-hour unescorted temporary absences over nine months, one of which is earmarked for family time.
The remaining three will be dedicated to helping White familiarize himself with the city of Barrie, Ont., and a halfway house there.
The panel did not explain the decision, as the board typically releases its reasons in the days or weeks following a hearing.
But panel member Bruce Malcolm commended White for taking part in programming related to his convictions while behind bars, which Malcolm said few who claim innocence do.
Aside from his daughter, White is not to contact any other victims during his absences, the board said. He is also barred from seeing his girlfriend — a condition recommended by his parole officer — and must report any new relationships.
Panellist Maureen Gauci expressed concerns Wednesday about White's behaviour in his new relationship, pressing him on an incident she said raised questions about his treatment of women and his ability to respect boundaries at a time when he should be on his best behaviour.
No further details were revealed, but White acknowledged he and his girlfriend were caught "in a heated moment of passion," contravening the institution's rules.
"It just got out of hand," he said.
The former mechanic, who also served in the military for more than six years, is considered at low risk for recidivism, though his parole officer noted he tested high on a risk assessment for spousal abuse.
White was convicted in 2006 of second-degree murder and offering an indignity to a dead body in the killing of his wife.
He was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years. White later appealed the verdict, but his bid was unanimously rejected by Alberta's highest court in 2009.
The panel heard Wednesday he has run out of legal avenues to challenge his convictions and has approached Innocence Canada, a non-profit organization that advocates for the wrongfully convicted.
Liana White was four months pregnant with the couple's second child when she was stabbed to death in July 2005.
She was reported missing after her SUV was discovered in a park near the White home. Days later, a search party that included her mother and husband found her badly decomposed body in a ditch.
Court documents say security footage from a local pub showed the SUV heading towards the park around 5 a.m. the day of Liana White's disappearance and, about 11 minutes later, a man closely matching her husband's description jogging from the park towards the couple's home.
A forensics expert testified that a product used to detect the presence of blood showed a trail from the couple's bedroom to the hallway, down the stairs and into the garage. The expert said there was also evidence consistent with blood having been cleaned up in several areas of the house.
A forensic pathologist told the court Liana White likely died from her throat being cut or stabbed, but the expert could not be completely certain given the body's decomposed state. Other injuries suggested White's body had been dragged over a rough surface after her death, court heard.
Court also heard police saw Michael White retrieving two garbage bags from an area on the city's outskirts two days after his wife's disappearance, and later putting them out for garbage pickup.
Investigators obtained the bags and found they contained clothing, paper towels and latex gloves that had Liana White's blood on them, as well as a broken lamp and other items. Some also had Michael White's DNA on them.
White told the panel Wednesday he was baffled by his decision to fetch the bags, believing it to be what led police to view him as the killer.
He said he acted out of fear that his neighbours, who had paid him to dispose of their garbage, would be mad at him if they found out he had been dumping it at the site.
"My mind was all over the place," he said.
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Taking a bite out of danger
Three dogs were bitten in the region in the past few weeks when they ventured too close to rattlesnakes. The dogs had to be rushed to the vet but they were saved when antivenin was provided quickly.
And recently, a 4-foot rattler was found near Pacific Coast Highway in the Point Dume area and an 18-inch rattler was also seen sunning itself on the back porch of a home in Latigo Canyon.
Cathy Goldberg, whose dog, Sparky, was bitten recently, recounted the accident.
"We didn't know what was wrong with her. Her face was puffy and she was bitten on her lower jaw. So we took her to the vet and they told us she had a rattlesnake puncture."
Once the dog was back home, the Goldbergs called Bo Slyapich, a professional rattlesnake wrangler who clears the sinuous serpents from properties and movie sets.
"We called him because we have three children and we wanted to keep them safe," said Goldberg. "He was really thorough and informative, showing us problem areas that we can deal with."
Slyapich said most of his calls come after a family member or pet has been bitten, but he hopes to help people prevent these accidents in the future by clearing properties before an accident takes place.
Slyapich, who captures and relocates the venomous creatures, said he enjoys the challenges of his job.
"Every time is different and the adrenaline is pumping," said Slyapich, who was in the stunt business and collected marine specimens, specializing in the gathering of baby sharks for the aquarium trade before making a living at snake wrangling.
This unusual professional aspiration began early on. At the age of five, when many are content with Play-Doh or drawing with crayons, Slyapich was out catching snakes.
Growing up in Malibu Canyon, he gathered nonvenomous California snakes, selling them to pet stores to earn money.
It was not until eight years ago that he started making a living at it in the entertainment industry, by clearing filming sites prior to the arrival of the crew.
Before a crew goes out, Slyapich also gives a safety talk, letting them know what to watch for. "As long as you can see where your feet or hands are going, you're safe," he says.
Slyapich partners up with his father, Sam, when he goes on dangerous jobs. "He is the only person who I can trust," said Slyapich.
Recently, Slyapich broadened his services, clearing ranches and backyards prior to holiday barbecues and clearing properties for real estate agents before a home is sold.
"I fell into doing the private sector after a doctor's son was bit in January," he said, realizing that there was a demand for this special trade. The one-and-a-half-year-old child went to intensive care after he was poisoned, but he fully recovered.
However, even when an area is cleared, there is no guarantee that snakes won't return. Education is key. "I will sit and talk with the client, advising of what signs to look for," said Slyapich.
The busy seasons for snakes are early spring and late fall, before and after they hibernate. They are also outside during the summer and generally hide in the shade to change their temperature, depending on a certain body temperature to survive.
In the heat of the day, they can hide behind washing machines in a garage or in woodpiles. They may lurk in a crawling space and they love to be under homes.
Over the years, snakes have become more problematic because people are moving into areas where the serpents live.
But snakes are not on the offensive. They will only bite to protect themselves when they feel threatened.
As they hike, people can avoid encountering rattlers if they walk heavy. "Take a stick and make lots of noise," said Slyapich. Rattlers have no ears, but they can feel vibrations through the ground.
If someone sees a snake, the best way to avoid bites is to stay clear from the animal. "A snake can hit anywhere from a quarter to half of its length," explained Slyapich.
Aside from dogs and people, horses are also curious and at risk of being bitten. If bitten in the face, a horse will suffocate unless they get immediate help.
"Keep a piece of four-inch garden hose in the barn or ranch and if a horse gets bit, put it up the nasal passage to keep the passage open until the vet arrives," advised Slyapich.
But if a child or a dog is attacked, the only response should be to bring them to the doctor or veterinarian as quickly as possible. "Do not suck the poison out, cut it or put on a tourniquet, just bring them to the vet or doctor," he cautioned.
The amount of time available before the bite becomes deadly is not precise because it depends on the amount of venom discharged and where a person or pet was bitten.
In many cases, people first call the fire department, animal control or the sheriff's department about a snake problem. However, these departments do not conduct extensive searches because of time constraints.
"They give me the calls that they don't want to handle," said the wrangler.
The cost of hiring a snake wrangler depends on the danger and how far Slyapich has to drive and how much acreage he has to clear.
Despite his expertise with snakes, the risks of being bitten do exist and Slyapich said he has contacted local hospitals to be sure that they do have antivenin available should it happen.
Despite their undesirability, rattlers do have a purpose–they keep the rodent population down. "I do not believe in destroying the rattlesnake. I try to capture it and transport it to an uninhabited area and set it free," said Slyapich.
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► Gig Is Up: Uber Agrees To Pay $100 Million In Dispute
There's a growing tendency for workers to request mobility in the labor market. Coupled with this is a growing tendency for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees. This phenomenon has been dubbed a "gig" economy. Recently, Uber agreed to pay $100 million to the state of New Jersey to settle a dispute over how it classified its workers. Employers should take note.
What is a 'Gig' Economy?
A gig economy is an environment in which temporary positions are common and organizations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements. A gig worker includes independent contractors, online platform workers, contract firm workers, on-call workers, and temporary workers. They enter into formal agreements with on-demand companies, like Uber, to provide services to the company's clients.
There's no doubt that a gig economy has begun. Currently, 36% of American workers are independent contractors—or at least classified as such. That's roughly 57 million workers.
With the increased tendency to classify workers as independent contractors, it's been more difficult for states to collect employment taxes. In addition, gig workers don't receive some important benefits based on their classification (i.e., no overtime pay or paid time off).
Settlement in New Jersey
While many businesses are already facing audits of their classification of workers, a recent development in New Jersey will likely cause employers to take an even closer look at this issue.
In September 2022, Uber agreed to pay the state of New Jersey $100 million in back taxes. New Jersey had conducted an audit of Uber's classification of its workers and determined that they were misclassified as independent contractors when they should have been employees.
The payment covers as many as 91,000 drivers who worked in New Jersey between 2014 and 2018. The money will purportedly help provide benefits such as unemployment, temporary disability, and family leave insurance.
In the last few years, many states across the country have tried to rein in gig-economy companies that depend on inexpensive and independent labor. With the current political landscape, employers' ability to comply with rapidly changing employment laws is difficult. If you're unsure of how your workers should be classified, consult with legal counsel.
By Heath P. Straka. Mr. Straka is a partner with Axley Brynelson, LLP, in Madison, Wisconsin. His practice focuses on personal injury actions, general litigation involving employment and construction disputes and also complex litigation and class actions involving product liability claims and wage and hour violations. He can be reached at 608-283-6755 or hstraka@axley.com.
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My weekly early childhood music class at Franklin Circle Church (Ohio City) for children 0-5! Bring your little one in to dance, sing, and learn with me! Drop-ins welcome! $10 for the first child, $5 for siblings, Free for siblings 6 months or under. Every Wednesday. You can come early for open gym which starts at 9:30 am!


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House of Mr. Chapin S. Pratt, Lawrence Park, Bronxville, NY, 1921, Lithograph. Bates & How.
A Beautifully Detailed, Original Lithograph of the House of Mr. Chapin S. Pratt in Lawrence Park, Bronxville, New York. EARLY PHOTOGRAPH. Bates & How, Architects. From the American Architect and Building News, April 20, 1921.
This picture is extremely hard to find. The American Architect and Building News had a very small circulation during this time and these original lithographs only appeared in a very limited number of issues that were distributed to a few prominent architects. It measures 8.5 by 11.75 inches. Has a mat border and foam core backing (not attached to the picture). The whole picture measures approximately 12 by 16 inches (with border). Extraordinary detail in this early photographic print. Shrink wrapped.
Plan is in VG+ condition with browning around the edges and light crinkling.
This is a highly unusual, scarce item. See our other auctions for more original pictures from this era.
House of William C. Weston, Birmingham, AL, 1909, William C. Weston
Alternate View of the House of John L. Kaul, Birmingham, AL, 1909, William C. Weston
House of D. M. Smyth, Pasadena, CA, 1899, Locke and Munsell
House of P. C. Baker, Pasadena, CA, 1899, F. L. Roerig


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Den som frygter ulven (originaltitel: Den som frykter ulven) er en norsk spillefilm fra 2004 baseret på kriminalromanen af samme navn, skrevet af Karin Fossum i 1997. I hovedrollen medvirker den danske skuespiller Lars Bom og i de øvrige roller medvirker Kristoffer Joner, Stig Henrik Hoff og Aksel Hennie.

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Røveren (Stig Henrik Hoff) havde lagt en minutiøs plan. Men han havde ikke regnet med at der skulle være en anden kunde i banken. Denne kunde som viste sig at være mentalt syg og efterlyst for mord, måtte røveren tage som gidsel. Den danske politimand Karsten Skov (Lars Bom) er manden, der skal opklare sagen. Noget han planlægger at gøre hurtigt, fordi han har bestemt sig for at flytte tilbage til Danmark. Alt i et desperat forsøg på at glemme at han faktisk har en fireårig søn her. En søn som han ikke har set i et år og sandsynligvis aldrig får at se igen.

Efterforskningen peger hurtigt mod at det er "galningen" Erkki (Kristoffer Joner), der er den skyldige, og Karsten indsætter alle ressourcer i jagten på den mistænkte. Kun et menneske, Sara Rask (Laila Goody) psykiater og Erkkis terapeut, tror Erkki er uskyldig. Hun kræver at Karsten skal undersøge og efterforske andre spor. Det hele leder til en dyb konflikt mellem Karsten og Sara.

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package cf;

import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;

public class CircumscribedCircleTest {

	@Test
	public void testCircumcircle() {
		CircumscribedCircle circle = new CircumscribedCircle();
		int[][] triangle = new int[][] { { 3, 2 }, { 1, 4 }, { 5, 4 } };
		int[] expecteds = new int[] { 3, 4, 2 };
		int[] actuals = circle.circumcircle(triangle);
//		Assert.assertArrayEquals(expecteds, actuals);

		triangle = new int[][] { { 8, 6 }, { 8, -2 }, { 2, -2 } };
		expecteds = new int[] { 5, 2, 5 };
		actuals = circle.circumcircle(triangle);
//		Assert.assertArrayEquals(expecteds, actuals);

		triangle = new int[][] { { 5, 7 }, { 6, 6 }, { 2, -2 } };
		expecteds = new int[] { 2, 3, 5 };
//		Assert.assertArrayEquals(expecteds, circle.circumcircle(triangle));

		triangle = new int[][] { { 3, 4 }, { 4, 5 }, { 4, 3 } };
		expecteds = new int[] { 4, 4, 1 };
//		Assert.assertArrayEquals(expecteds, circle.circumcircle(triangle));

		triangle = new int[][] { { 3, 4 }, { 4, 5 }, { 4, 3 } };
		expecteds = new int[] { 4, 4, 1 };
//		Assert.assertArrayEquals(expecteds, circle.circumcircle(triangle));

		triangle = new int[][] { { 2, 11 }, { 6, 7 }, { -2, 7 } };
		expecteds = new int[] { 2, 7, 4 };
//		Assert.assertArrayEquals(expecteds, circle.circumcircle(triangle));

		triangle = new int[][] { { 5, 1 }, { -2, 0 }, { 4, 8 } };
		expecteds = new int[] { 1, 4, 5 };
//		Assert.assertArrayEquals(expecteds, circle.circumcircle(triangle));

		triangle = new int[][] { { 1, 4 }, { -2, 3 }, { 5, 2 } };
		expecteds = new int[] { 1, -1, 5 };
//		Assert.assertArrayEquals(expecteds, circle.circumcircle(triangle));
	}

}

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As an online entrepreneur, your website is the public face of your business. If you've got a good design, relevant content, and a smoothly functioning back end, that's great. Now you just have to get the word out. You need to promote your website.
Site promotion starts in the same place as so much of your online activity: with SEO. Good SEO, executed according to a clear, professional plan, is the first step toward increasing site traffic, which in turn is the first step toward good web promotion. After all, you can't promote your website if no one sees it! Always start by doing your keyword research. In order to make the most of your web promotion efforts, you'll need to know what your audience is looking for, and what they want. Keyword research, the process of finding out what your site visitors are search for, is an invaluable method for determining this.
Your blog may not be the central page of your site, but it is definitely central to your site promotion. Chances are, your blog is the section of your website that sees the most new content, with the most frequent content additions and updates. This keeps your content fresh, and is vital to blog promotion. When you combine your new blog content with your SEO research, you'll be on track for effective website promotion.
One point to remember: in your blog promotion efforts, you don't need to reinvent the wheel. Feel free to recycle your best themes and topics. Social media is a great place to reuse proven content for site promotion; you can use successful pieces to create related posts on a variety of social platforms, which in turn will work to drive your traffic.
These day, so much focus in online promotion and advertising is on free or low-budget channels and getting great content together can take up a lot of time and effort. Sometimes though, free isn't always the best option. Paid advertising can be a great tool to promote your website. There is no one-size-fits-all recipe for which ads work best, but with research you can find what platforms are best suited to your site content and opt for those. Pay per click, Facebook ads, and Google ads could all have their place in successful promotional efforts.
Remember to Promote your Website Offline, too!
The best marketers always use as many promotional channels as possible. It's the only way to ensure the widest possible audience. You may be an online entity, but you exist in the offline world, too, and so it makes sense to take your site promotion offline.
The simplest method is just to stamp your URL on any physical promotional items you create. Put your site on your business cards, your office notepads and stationery, even pens and t-shirts if your circumstance permits. If it can get you noticed, it can be part of your site promotion.
Along those lines, make sure that you build a relationship with businesses in your local area. Do you have a nearby printer who delivers that office stationery? Let your customers know who you use, and ask him to show your notepads as samples of his work. Remember, he printed your site address on it, so it will count as website promotion. You can take a similar approach to other local businesses.
Your site won't go anywhere if you don't promote it. Successful promotion requires creative thought. Combining paid and free avenues, and the online and offline worlds, will give your site the widest possible exposure.
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The Ozarks facts for kids
Elevation map of the Ozarks
The Ozarks (also referred to as, the Ozark Mountains or the Ozark Plateau) are a physiographic, geologic, and cultural highland region of the central United States. It covers much of the south half of Missouri and an large portion of northwest and North central Arkansas. The region also goes westward into northeast Oklahoma and extreme southeast Kansas. The name Ozarks comes from the French Aux Arcs. The name means "with bows" and was given by an early French explorer to the Bow Indians (Quapaw). They were native to the area that later became Arkansas.
The Saint Francois Mountains, viewed here from Knob Lick Mountain, are the exposed geologic core of the Ozarks.
Grey dolomite laid down c. 500 mya nonconformally overlies reddish rhyolite that formed close to 1500 mya in the St. Francois Mountains.
Outcrop of Roubidoux sandstone along a bluff in Douglas County, Missouri
Canoers on the Current River in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
View of the Ozarks from Ha Ha Tonka State Park on Lake of the Ozarks, Camden County, Missouri.
CCC lookout on White Rock Mountain, Franklin County, Arkansas
The first public school in Jasper County, Missouri.
Artist's Point, located along the Boston Mountains Scenic Loop in Crawford County, Arkansas
Roark Bluff on the Buffalo National River
The Ozarks Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.


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Q: MPAndroidChart - How to display text to the left of LimitLine? I'm trying to display text on the left of the LimitLine like this:

However these are the only options I'm getting for setting the position of the Label for limit line.

I'm using LimitLine.LimitLabelPosition.LEFT_TOP and it only displays the Label above the Limit line.

YAxis leftAxis = mChart.getAxisLeft();
LimitLine minimumLimit = new LimitLine(50f, "Minimum Limit");
minimumLimit.setLineWidth(0.5f);
minimumLimit.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.white_60_opacity));
minimumLimit.setLabelPosition(LimitLine.LimitLabelPosition.LEFT_TOP);
leftAxis.addLimitLine(minimumLimit);

How do I display the LimitLine's Label to the left of the LimitLine?
Edit:
I have also tried used the methods .setXOffset(50f) and .setYOffset(50f) but this only shifts the position of the label and not the line minimumLimit.

A: You can achieve this by using a custom YAxisRenderer with a little modification of the override method public void renderLimitLines(Canvas c).
The modifications needed for this purpose are:
1.To calculate the label width of each limit line to be able to move the limit line to the correct x position like below:
limitLinePath.moveTo(mViewPortHandler.contentLeft()+getLabelTextWidth(l), pts[1]);

2.To draw the label to the new x,y position something like this:
c.drawText(label, mViewPortHandler.contentLeft() + xOffset, pts[1]+l.getYOffset(), mLimitLinePaint);

Below is a custom MyYAxisRenderer containing the above modifications:
public class MyYAxisRenderer extends YAxisRenderer {

    private final Paint textPaint;

    public MyYAxisRenderer(ViewPortHandler viewPortHandler, YAxis yAxis, Transformer trans) {
        super(viewPortHandler, yAxis, trans);
        textPaint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
    }

    @Override
    public void renderLimitLines(Canvas c) {

        List<LimitLine> limitLines = mYAxis.getLimitLines();

        if (limitLines == null || limitLines.size() <= 0)
            return;

        float[] pts = mRenderLimitLinesBuffer;
        pts[0] = 0;
        pts[1] = 0;
        Path limitLinePath = mRenderLimitLines;
        limitLinePath.reset();

        for (int i = 0; i < limitLines.size(); i++) {

            LimitLine l = limitLines.get(i);

            if (!l.isEnabled())
                continue;

            int clipRestoreCount = c.save();
            mLimitLineClippingRect.set(mViewPortHandler.getContentRect());
            mLimitLineClippingRect.inset(0.f, -l.getLineWidth());
            c.clipRect(mLimitLineClippingRect);

            mLimitLinePaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.STROKE);
            mLimitLinePaint.setColor(l.getLineColor());
            mLimitLinePaint.setStrokeWidth(l.getLineWidth());
            mLimitLinePaint.setPathEffect(l.getDashPathEffect());

            pts[1] = l.getLimit();

            mTrans.pointValuesToPixel(pts);

            limitLinePath.moveTo(mViewPortHandler.contentLeft()+getLabelTextWidth(l), pts[1]);
            limitLinePath.lineTo(mViewPortHandler.contentRight(), pts[1]);

            c.drawPath(limitLinePath, mLimitLinePaint);
            limitLinePath.reset();

            String label = l.getLabel();

            // if drawing the limit-value label is enabled
            if (label != null && !label.equals("")) {

                mLimitLinePaint.setStyle(l.getTextStyle());
                mLimitLinePaint.setPathEffect(null);
                mLimitLinePaint.setColor(l.getTextColor());
                mLimitLinePaint.setTypeface(l.getTypeface());
                mLimitLinePaint.setStrokeWidth(0.5f);
                mLimitLinePaint.setTextSize(l.getTextSize());

                final float labelLineHeight = Utils.calcTextHeight(mLimitLinePaint, label);
                float xOffset = getLimitLineXOffset(l);
                float yOffset = l.getLineWidth() + labelLineHeight + l.getYOffset();

                final LimitLine.LimitLabelPosition position = l.getLabelPosition();

                //draw the label on the left in the same y position of the limit line
                mLimitLinePaint.setTextAlign(Paint.Align.LEFT);
                c.drawText(label,
                        mViewPortHandler.contentLeft() + xOffset,
                        pts[1]+l.getYOffset(), mLimitLinePaint);
            }

            c.restoreToCount(clipRestoreCount);
        }
    }

    private float getLimitLineXOffset(LimitLine l){
        return Utils.convertDpToPixel(4f) + l.getXOffset();
    }

    private float getLabelTextWidth(LimitLine l) {

        String label = l.getLabel();
        if (label != null && !label.equals("")) {

            textPaint.setStyle(l.getTextStyle());
            textPaint.setPathEffect(null);
            textPaint.setColor(l.getTextColor());
            textPaint.setTypeface(l.getTypeface());
            textPaint.setStrokeWidth(0.5f);
            textPaint.setTextSize(l.getTextSize());

            int textWidth = Utils.calcTextWidth(textPaint, label);
            float xOffset = getLimitLineXOffset(l);

            return textWidth + (xOffset*2);
        }
        return 0;
    }
}

In the above renderer i have added two helper functions one for the calculation of the label text width private float getLabelTextWidth(LimitLine l) for a specific limit line and one to get the x offset of each limit line private float getLimitLineXOffset(LimitLine l) which you can modify based on your needs.
And you can use the above Renderer like the below:
lineChart.setRendererLeftYAxis(new MyYAxisRenderer(lineChart.getViewPortHandler(), lineChart.getAxisLeft(), lineChart.getTransformer(YAxis.AxisDependency.LEFT)));

Result:

Note: This was tested with v3.1.0 ('com.github.PhilJay:MPAndroidChart:v3.1.0')

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Demographic and enrollment patterns threaten the viability of many liberal arts and other institutions. Join us on November 15, 2018 to explore the challenges and possible strategies.
Inside Higher Ed is bringing together an intimate gathering of leaders and influencers to discuss big issues facing higher education. Each of our daylong events will focus on a pressing topic and targeted audience of approximately 150 people. Hosted at the Gallup World Headquarters in Washington, DC, these events are an extension of Inside Higher Ed's thoughtful, substantive and unflinching voice into a live convening of higher education leaders who share these values. Conversations will be led by editors Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman.


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COVID-19: Getting good information as virus crisis unfolds
Posted on March 12, 2020 by Gene Policinski in First Five
Let's add one more list to the various check-offs from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), employers and others on how to deal with COVID-19: Tools and tips for getting good information about dealing with the virus from sources you trust.
In times of crisis, from natural disasters to 9/11 and more, a free press has consistently delivered the goods, saving lives and asking the necessary and often inevitable challenging questions of the public officials on whom we depend for safety and security.
Put aside for now the blather about "fake news" — so politicized as to have no real meaning any longer. Discount President Trump's claim that it's the news media that's leading the world's stock markets into "yo-yo Dow" days. And pay less attention to the cable TV punditry and focus on the news reports from reporters with sources who appear by name in print, online or on TV.
The virus and its threat to our health is real. The market is down — and up and down — regardless of what's causing it. Look for facts. Don't be too accepting of information from any source, particularly on social media. Blog posts, tweets and public forums provide valued means of sharing individual information and experiences, as well as provide real-time data of how well government services are performing.
In the first such major crisis in which social media tools were more widely available, during 2005's Hurricane Katrina, the then-fledgling online efforts by the web alternative to New Orleans' Times-Picayune newspaper provided essential information on what was happening "now." Even police and Coast Guard rescuers said they had monitored NOLA.com, at times sending in teams to help those posting that they were in danger. NOLA.com later won a Pulitzer Prize for its efforts.
While some are upset that what they are hearing from the administration and what they are reading or viewing seem to differ, a free press response to that situation is: "So what's new?" Nearly 100 years ago, President Herbert Hoover's administration first responded to the 1929 stock market crash by calling it a market reset or passing adjustment — or at worst, part of a passing recession that would soon be over. Understandable perhaps as an effort to stave off worse news. But it's Variety's headline a day after "Black Tuesday" — the huge, one-day drop in the Dow — that let Americans know what really happened: "Wall Street Lays an Egg!"
From the Vietnam War — with its infamous "credibility gap" between what journalists saw in combat and what military leaders were saying, to what we now know about out-of-proportion government surveillance programs across decades of our nation's history, it's a free press that over time gives us the facts we need.
My colleague Barbara McCormack, who oversees the Freedom Forum's Newseum Education initiative, has this advice on turning to a free press for information and avoiding disinformation: "Break out of your content bubble and make sure you're engaging with diverse ideas. That includes ideas you disagree with. With a nearly infinite supply of information at our fingertips, it can be all too easy to start gravitating to sources that reinforce our beliefs and make us feel validated, but the less likely we are to spot propaganda that is trying to exploit our beliefs and biases."
Her advice: Break out of your media rut. Try this: Create a list of five news sources to consult on a regular basis — not necessarily every day, but every week or so.
The CDC has its basic instructions on handwashing. Here's something similar for getting good information you can use about COVID-19:
Identify two general news sources you already look at on a regular basis and usually agree with;
Find two general news sources you don't usually agree with;
Find one source that covers news from a specific perspective, such as the views of a particular demographic, religious group or profession;
Read and listen to each of them.
McCormack's advice: "It's OK for your sources to display a bias in their coverage, but make sure that all five are real, fact-based news and opinion organizations. If you're not sure, you can use a resource like the Freedom Forum's Newstrition® or the website AllSides to evaluate your sources. Check them on a regular basis to help you see the world in all its complexity, not just from a single vantage point."
The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Seattle Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Tampa Bay Times and others have removed paywalls for information about the virus crisis, or placed critical information outside their pay sites. USA TODAY, The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN and the broadcast networks and many other major news outlets are offering COVID-19 newsletters and medical tips on a daily basis.
A part of responding to any crisis is having enough good information on which to make decisions — whether you are making those for yourself or others. And in such times, throughout our nation's history, a free press — if we care to use it — has been there on our behalf to obtain and report the facts we need.
For more information: https://newseumed.org/fact-finder-guide.
Gene Policinski is president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum Institute. He can be reached at [email protected], or follow him on Twitter at @genefac.
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This Startup Has a Whole New Model for Helping Survivors of Domestic Violence
The startup FreeFrom is helping survivors recover financial freedom.
By Megan DiTrolio
Klaus VedfeltGetty Images
For two years, Sarah* lived in a shelter after surviving an abusive relationship, selling homemade greeting cards made from discarded arts and crafts supplies to help get back on her feet.
She now runs her own card-making business, and has sold out at every market she's participated in within the last eight months.
One in four women experience domestic violence in their lifetime, and Sarah is one of them. And, like a startling 98% percent of other domestic violence crimes, Sarah's abuse, which was emotional, physical, and sexual, was financial as well.
A hand-made card
Courtesy of FreeFrom
Financial abuse, though not as well-known as other kinds of abuse (the stigma around talking about money has even sank its teeth here), is when an abusive partner takes complete control of all finances in the relationship. It catalyzes a harrowing chain of events that can lead to catastrophic results for victims: abusers cut off their partner from all income, then take out credit cards in their partner's name, racking up thousands of dollars in debt. With destroyed credit in addition to other aspects of an abusive relationship, it can be difficult for the victim to find a job, or keep one (The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence found that up to 60% of victims lose their jobs due to reasons stemming from abuse). It's a billion-dollar, worldwide problem: The victims of intimate partner violence lose a total of eight million days of paid work each year, and the cost of intimate partner violence exceeds 8.3 billion per year.
When she asked her partner for money for tampons, he replied "you'll have to figure something out"
Sonya Passi has been working to aid survivors of domestic violence since she was 16. As CEO and founder of FreeFrom, a startup aiming to help survivors of domestic violence gain financial independence, she has seen economic exploitation too often. "One survivor I met only ever had a couple of dollars in her purse at any one time," she told MarieClaire.com. "When she asked her partner for money to purchase tampons, he replied: 'According to my calendar, your period isn't for another two weeks — so either you're lying to me or you're going to have to figure something else out.'"
FreeFrom founder Sonya Passi
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Without resources, it can be difficult if not impossible for victims to leave their situation. If they do, they usually have little money to set up their new life, and are often drowning in debt. One survivor, now a FreeFrom client, told us she was left in over $60,000 worth of debt due to her situation. Another was living solely off of government support: "I need funding from the government to pay childcare for my two children. When I don't have to rely on this funding, I will truly feel that I am financially free."
Proving that domestic fraud occurred is no easy feat. A survivor needs a police report stating that 1) you were a victim of domestic violence and 2) the abuser committed identity fraud. Though seemingly simple, the paperwork is nearly impossible to obtain.
"I've never known a survivor who was able to get a police report that said both of those things," says Passi, who hypothesizes that a combination of limited police resources and a survivor's hesitation to process a formal police report (which could be traumatizing) could be at play.
FreeFrom is working on legislation that would eradicate the need for these documents and instead use an advocate letter to prove domestic fraud, which they plan to roll out on a state-by-state basis (the original, Pre-Trump intention was to push it federally).
In the meantime, most domestic violence assistance plans are focused on emergency services, like helping survivors out of abusive homes and into shelters, and to obtain restraining orders. These are all crucial steps for a survivor's safety, but don't help much in creating a future. Many women and families return to their abusers (according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, a woman will leave her abuser an average of seven times before leaving for good) because they don't have the means to survive independently.
FreeFrom clients earning their lives back, literally
Photo courtesy of FreeFrom
FreeFrom is hoping to change that. The nonprofit helps survivors build new lives and plan for the future by helping them win compensation (pro bono), build and repair credit, and start their own businesses. FreeFrom also rolled out a self-help service in January for survivors in California that helps users (over 60,000 in the first six weeks) pursue a compensation plan without needing a lawyer. Last year, via their entrepreneurship program, FreeFrom helped 24 survivors start businesses, all of which made a profit in the first month that they launched. Perhaps more rewarding: 10 months later, none of those clients had returned to their abuser.
Yesterday, the non-profit launched an online store that lets you shop gift boxes completely comprised of survivors' entrepreneurial product lines. That creator earns 70% of all profits of the box; the remaining portion helps pay the survivors who ship and pack the gift, and to support other women entering the program. Currently there are three boxes available online, with plans to expand the shop next year.
The "Adore" box features a dozen roses body soufflé, coconut rose bath salts, coconut rose moisturizing soap, love potion essential oil roll-on
Sonya Passi
Though the funds they make from their businesses certainly help put survivors back on track, the entrepreneurial experience does something even better for their self-worth — often for the first time, these survivors have total control and can be their own boss. Take it from Sarah: "I feel like a super woman," she says.
*Name has been changed to protect the survivor's privacy.
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