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Here's a collection of important dates to note in your diary over the next few months.
Semester dates for the academic year beginning September 2020
28 September 2020 - 2 October 2020
5 October 2020 - 5 February 2021
8 February 2021 - 23 June 2021
24 June 2021 - 1 October 2021
Term dates for the academic year beginning September 2020
5 October 2020 - 18 December 2020
11 January 2021 - 26 March 2021
26 April 2021 - 23 June 2021
Term four
Please note that in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Semester and Term dates for 2020/21 were changed by the University Senate on 17 June 2020 from those originally published. The effect of the changes is that the Semesters and Term dates for 2020/21 have been moved back one week, with the lengths of the Christmas and Easter vacations remaining unchanged.
Please note that it was announced in January 2021 that Semester 2/Summer Term would be extended from the original finish date of Wednesday 23 June 2021, to Friday 25 June 2021.
Future Academic Year Dates
23 June 2022 - 30 September 2022
10 January 2022 - 1 April 2022
2 May 2022 - 22 June 2022
Easter Sunday: 17 April 2022
(Note: Because Easter Sunday is relatively late, there are 8 weeks of Semester 2 prior to the Easter vacation).
Looking for other important dates? See our events calendar or contact london-enquiries@lboro.ac.uk.


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Sul piccolo schermo, partecipò ad una quarantina di differenti produzioni, a partire dalla metà degli anni sessanta, lavorando in vari film per la televisione.  Tra i suoi ruoli principali, figura quello di Klaus Nicholaison nella serie televisiva Blankenese (1994); era inoltre un volto noto al pubblico per essere apparso come guest-star in vari episodi di serie televisive quali L'ispettore Derrick, Il commissario Köster/Il commissario Kress (Der Alte) e Un caso per due.

Era il padre delle attrici Muriel Baumeister e Peri Baumeister.

Biografia

Morte
Nel pomeriggio di domenica 27 giugno 2004, a due settimane dal suo 60º compleanno, Edwin Noël si toglie la vita, sparandosi un colpo di pistola nella sua casa di Monaco. Il corpo senza vita dell'attore viene rinvenuto riverso nel proprio letto intorno alle 16.45 dalla polizia, allertata dai vicini che avevano udito uno sparo.

Filmografia

Cinema
 Il caso difficile del commissario Maigret (Maigret und sein grösster Fall), regia di Alfred Weidenmann (1966)
 Morenga (1985)
 Tiger, Löwe, Panther (1989)

Televisione
 Die fünfte Kolonne - serie TV, 1 episodio (1965)
 Das Haus der sieben Balkone - film TV (1965)
 Neapolitanische Hochzeit - film TV (1967) - Umberto
 Josephine - film TV (1967) - Eugène Beauharnais
 Der Trinker - film TV (1967)
 Kurzer Prozeß - film TV (1969)
 Gestrickte Spuren - film TV (1971)
 Mandala - film TV (1972)
 Hochzeit - film TV (1972)
 Oscar Wilde - film TV (1972) - Lord Alfred Douglas
 Ein unheimlich starker Abgang - film TV (1973)
 Die preußische Heirat - film TV (1974) - principe ereditario
 Tatort - serie TV, 4 episodi (1974-1991)  - ruoli vari
 Eine schlimme oder eine gute Zeit - film TV (1976)
 Il commissario Köster/Il commissario Kress (Der Alte) - serie TV, 7 episodi (1978-1996) - ruoli vari
 Die Buddenbrooks - miniserie TV (1979)
 Sierra Madre - film TV (1980)
 Schlaflose Tage - film TV (1982)
 L'ispettore Derrick - serie TV, ep. 10x04, regia di Helmuth Ashley (1983) - Walter Lenau
 Krimistunde - serie TV, 1 episodio (1983)
 Hanna von acht bis acht - film TV (1983)
 Die Schöffin - serie TV (1984)
 L'ispettore Derrick - serie TV, ep. 11x07, regia di Theodor Grädler (1984) - Sig. Muschmann
 L'ispettore Derrick - serie TV, ep. |11x10, regia di Theodor Grädler (1984) - Manfred Richter
 Un caso per due - serie TV, 7 episodi (1984-2000)  - ruoli vari
 L'ispettore Derrick - serie TV, ep. 13x11, regia di Alfred Weidenmann (1986) - Helmut Bossner
 Schlüsselblumen - film TV (1987)
 L'ispettore Derrick - serie TV, ep. 15x04, regia di Alfred Weidenmann (1988) - Rust
 Heimatmuseum - miniserie TV (1988)
 Die Männer vom K3 - serie TV, 2 episodi (1989-1992) - ruoli vari
 L'ispettore Derrick - serie TV, ep. 18x01, regia di Alfred Weidenmann (1991) - Alfred Steiner
 L'ispettore Derrick - serie TV, ep.|18x06, regia di Zbyněk Brynych (1991) - Kurt Kubian
 Faber l'investigatore - serie TV, 1 episodio (1992)
 L'ispettore Derrick - serie TV, ep. 21x04, regia di Zbyněk Brynych (1994) - Erich Buschler
 Blankenese - serie TV, 26 episodi (1994) - Klaus Nicholaison
 L'ispettore Derrick - serie TV, ep. 21x10, regia di Helmuth Ashley (1994) - Borchert
 L'ispettore Derrick - serie TV, ep. 22x03, regia di Alfred Weidenmann (1995) - Arno Braun
 Peter Strohm - serie TV, 1 episodio (1995)
 Faust - serie TV, 1 episodio (1996)
 Große Freiheit - serie TV, 9 episodi (1996-1997) - Dott. Frank Feier
 14º Distretto - serie TV, 1 episodio (1997)
 Zugriff - serie TV, 3 episodi (1998) - Dott. Oberländer
 Wolff - Un poliziotto a Berlino - serie TV, 1 episodio (1998)
 Einsatz Hamburg Süd - serie TV, 1 episodio (1998)
 Der Bulle von Tölz - serie TV, 1 episodio (1999)
 Lady Cop - serie TV, 1 episodio (2000)
 Polizeiruf 110 - serie TV, 1 episodio (2002)
 Un dottore tra le nuvole - serie TV, 1 episodio (2005)

Teatro

Attore

Regista

Note

Collegamenti esterni

  Biografia di Edwin Noël su Steffi-Line
  Filmografia di Edwin Noël su Zweitausendeins/Filmlexikon

Attori televisivi tedeschi
Attori teatrali tedeschi
Registi teatrali tedeschi
Suicidi per arma da fuoco

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Entries in NASA (7)
Fiscal Cliff Could Put 20,000 NASA Jobs at Risk
(ARLINGTON, Va.) -- The "fiscal cliff" might be a "fiscal black hole" for the aerospace industry.
NASA could face an 8.2 percent budget cut, resulting in the loss of over 20,000 jobs, if the government's sequestration plan takes effect in 2013, according to a report from the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA).
Since the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 forbids cutting the civil service work force through the end of 2013, the AIA says the cuts would all come from the private sector.
If the cuts take effect, the hardest-hit site would be the Johnson Space Center in Texas, which would lay off 5,610 workers. California and Colorado aerospace centers would be forced to cut 4,586 and 2,121 jobs, respectively.
"The loss of these jobs would be significant," the report says. "To a large extent, these are the scientists, engineers and technicians that design, manufacture and operate our nation's spacecraft and launch systems."
The AIA went on to say that the cutbacks could dissuade bright young Americans from pursuing advanced science courses.
Friday, December 14, 2012 at 4:02PM by Brad Mielke Permalink
tagged Aerospace Industries Association, Fiscal Cliff, NASA in Jobs
Former Apple, NASA Engineers Make $11,111 Coffee Maker
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A group of engineers who previously worked at Apple and NASA created an $11,111 coffee maker that measures the liquid's heat as it brews to maintain the "perfect" temperature.
Blossom Coffee company is the brainchild of coffee fan, Jeremy Kuempel, and two colleagues. Kuempel is an MIT engineering graduate who previously worked on Apple's iPad and at electric-car maker Tesla.
The company debuted its first luxury product at Tech Crunch's Disrupt Conference earlier this month and is taking pre-orders for about 10 of the Blossom One Limited, which are intended for commercial use and will be available in the spring, the company said.
The Blossom One Limited is about the size of a traditional desktop computer, measuring 7 inches wide. So far, restaurants, cafes and private individuals have inquired about owning one.
When asked if he's a coffee drinker, Kuempel answered, "I'm obsessed with it."
The company wanted to keep coffee as "front and center" as possible, so the machine's design only allowed the coffee to touch glass and steel, which are inert materials that won't react with it.
"We started with the coffee and designed around it," Kuempel said.
It also has Wi-Fi capability and a camera for a QR scanner. Why a camera?
Kuempel said the company is working with high-end coffee bean providers to one day allow users to scan a QR code on the coffee bag. That way, the coffee maker will know exactly what type of coffee it is and how to brew it.
"This is how crazy we are about coffee, design and service," Kuempel said.
Blossom Coffee also is hoping to embody its enthusiasm for coffee in its level of customer service. Built into the price of the coffee maker is a one-year parts and labor warranty that will bring a company representative to your door for any problem.
"We will be there to fix it, and we won't charge you for it," Kuempel said.
In addition, the coffee maker has a lifetime defect-free guarantee saying that it is free from errors; or, in other words, that the "machine will do what we say it will do," Kuempel said.
Not only that, but the company will work with clients to build a coffee maker that is perfect for them, including the device's exterior. The company aims to match whatever wooden material is requested.
Kuempel said, "A lot of coffee houses feature wood in their design. We will go to lengths to find the exact same wood."
What about marble or glass?
"We can't promise it, but we will investigate it and do whatever we can," he said.
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 11:24AM by Christine Hsu Permalink
tagged Apple, Coffee Maker, NASA in Retail
NASA's 'Made in America' Rover Reaches Mars
NASA/JPL-Caltech(NEW YORK) -- The safe landing on Mars Monday by Curiosity, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, was a huge accomplishment for the space program but also for the U.S. companies that contributed to the mission.
Indeed, the entire $2.5 billion mission was "made in America."
The high-tech parachutes, retro-rockets and even the never-before-used "sky crane" that helped Curiosity come to a stop on Mars -- after an eight-month, 352-million-mile journey -- were all made in the United States.
"It's only in America, these United States, that we could have pulled this off," said Adam Steltzner, team leader for the entry, descent and landing of Curiosity. "There is something uniquely American about what it takes to put a rover like this on Mars."
U.S. companies in 33 states, from coast to coast, were involved. They include:
-- Pioneer Aerospace of Windsor, Conn., which made the parachute;
-- Litespeed Bicycles employees in Chattanooga, Tenn., who put down their two-wheelers to help build the rover's arms;
-- Honey Bee Robotics in New York City, which built the robotic tools that will now help the rover collect rocks and soil.
Even the cameras were from San Diego.
"This really is a human endeavor; it's not just the U.S.," said Ann Devereaux, an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "But God bless America because we did put something on Mars."
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 4:29AM by Jeanette Torres Permalink
tagged Made in America, Made in the USA, Mars, NASA in Business General
Angry Birds Teams Up with NASA for Space Venture
Tim Whitby/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Those Angry Birds have their work cut out for them. Not only have they been destroying those green pigs in celebration of Valentine's Day and every other major holiday, but they're now being launched into outer space.
Rovio, the maker of the cult game Angry Birds, recently announced at SXSW 2012 that its next version will be Angry Birds Space.
But this isn't just another iteration of the game. This one has the full support of NASA.
A demo video, released by Rovio, features astronaut Don Petitt on the International Space Station, where he shows how a stuffed toy Angry Bird and a balloon fly in a straight trajectory because of the lack of gravity in space.
Of course, the masses won't be playing the game aboard the space station, but the entire game has been redesigned with that weightless element. I got a chance to play it here at Samsung's Lounge in Austin, and the birds do in fact fly in straight lines. I only played a few levels, but it sure did seem to make the game a bit easier.
"NASA wants to educate about all things space, and they think this is a great tie-in with a game that shows off gravity in space," Rovio's Saara Bergstrom told ABC News.
Rovio has also teamed up with Samsung to offer some exclusive levels on the company's Galaxy Android devices. The game will be available March 22 in Apple's App Store and Google's Android Play store.
Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 2:56PM by Rebecca Fenton Permalink
tagged Angry Birds, NASA, Rovio, Samsung in Business General, Technology/Electronics/Software
Space Junk: NASA Urged to Find Way to Clean Up the Mess
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- There is so much man-made space junk orbiting the earth, according to scientists who've done the calculations, that even if NASA never launched another rocket, the problem would continue to worsen.
How can that be? A report this week from the National Academy of Sciences offered an answer: "Some scenarios generated by the agency's meteoroid and orbital debris models show that debris has reached a 'tipping point,' with enough currently in orbit to continually collide and create even more debris, raising the risk of spacecraft failures."
The Air Force Space Command currently tracks 22,000 pieces of space junk—spent satellites, parts of nose cones, booster fragments, pieces that blew free when satellites separated from the rockets that launched them, and so forth. It's troublesome, expensive, and hard on the nerves for them to watch it all. A couple of times a year they have to call NASA with an alert for the Space Station astronauts to take cover; they move to the Russian Soyuz capsules they use as lifeboats until the danger passes.
How much should us on Earth care? We get weather forecasts, GPS readings, TV transmissions, and a fair amount of Internet data via satellite, and while the odds of any one satellite getting pulverized are still low, they are expensive to replace. The situation was made substantially worse by the Chinese in 2007, who used an old weather satellite for target practice for a military missile. They succeeded and thousands of shards of satellite are still orbiting the planet every 90 minutes, putting astronauts and other satellites in danger.
What to do? There are no simple answers. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, released a report earlier this year, with all sorts of blue-sky ideas about giant nets or magnets in space to catch debris. DARPA exists to think outside the box, but its principal suggestion was to avoid creating space junk in the first place, and it's a little late for that.
Saturday, September 3, 2011 at 10:20AM by Rebecca Fenton Permalink
tagged Earth, NASA, Satellites, Scientists, Space, Space Junk in Business General
NASA Layoffs Planned as Space Shuttle Program Ends
NASA TV(HOUSTON) -- Now that space shuttle Atlantis has returned home safely, America's human spaceflight program faces a period of retrenchment and doubt.
Atlantis' landing early Thursday morning marked the end of NASA's 30-year space shuttle program and the beginning of layoffs for the space agency. On Friday, 1,500 shuttle workers are scheduled to get their pink slips. By the time all the layoff notices are handed out, a total of 8,000 workers will have been cut.
At its peak, the shuttle program had about 11,000 people working for it.
NASA's space program, however, is hardly over. Astronauts will continue to live for months at a time on the International Space Station until at least 2020. Eventually, the Obama administration proposes they go explore a passing asteroid and ultimately land on Mars.
An ambitious probe to orbit Jupiter is on the launch pad, scheduled for an August launch. A new Mars rover, called Curiosity, is scheduled to leave in November. NASA says it would announce Friday where on the Martian surface Curiosity would try to land.
But for now, the one way for Americans to reach orbit will be by hitching seats on Russian Soyuz spacecraft, at a cost of $60 million a pop.
NASA says that in a few years the job will be taken over by private companies such as SpaceX, Sierra Nevada, or Boeing. Each has a spacecraft and launcher in the works, though so far, only governments have ever launched people into orbit.
Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 9:30AM by Jeanette Torres Permalink
tagged Layoffs, NASA, Space Shuttle in Business General, Jobs
NASA Gambling Space Program on Unproven Companies?
ABC News Radio(WASHINGTON) -- Members of Congress Thursday signaled they are growing concerned with NASA's decision to bank on two commercial start-up companies to carry cargo, and possibly astronauts, to the International Space Station once the space shuttle program retires this summer.
NASA has committed billions of dollars and assigned the risky task of delivering supplies to the station to two companies that were unproven in the rocket business, but that have both promised to develop a less costly formula for travel to space: California-based SpaceX and Virginia-based Orbital Sciences. Government auditors reported to Congress that both companies have experienced delays and, at least initially, both underestimated the amount of money it would take to begin launching rockets.
Rep. Ralph Hall, a Texas Republican, told members gathered at a hearing on commercial space program Thursday that he is worried NASA is relying too heavily on the two companies.
"NASA…is now gambling the future of space station on the success two very new launch systems," Hall told members of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. "I simply regret that there continues to be so much uncertainty about our nation's ability to reliably get cargo to Station with the final Shuttle flight now less than two months away."
With the Space Shuttle Endeavor currently docked with the space station, and only one more shuttle flight scheduled, NASA officials and outside experts have agreed that the storied American space program is about to enter a murky period known as The Gap. It will be the first time since 1981 that the U.S. will completely lack the ability, on its own, to put astronauts into space. And NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told ABC News he is working hard to limit the duration of the gap.
His strategy has been to focus NASA's energy on future plans for deep space exploration, while relying heavily on commercial outfits such as SpaceX to lift satellites into orbit and service the space station.
Senior executives from both companies told members of Congress Thursday they are confident in their ability to take on those tasks, and said they are on target to mount test launches of the rockets they are developing later this year. They predicted they will begin shuttling supplies to the space station in 2012.
SpaceX President Gwynn Shotwell noted that when the company successfully launched a test flight last year, orbited a capsule around the earth, and recovered it upon reentry, it had accomplished something that had only previously been achieved by six nations, and never by a private company.
William H. Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for space operations, told the committee members their plans, while ambitious, were realistic. At the same time, he tried to temper that optimism by reminding the House members that space travel, no matter how routine it may seem, is never easy, and they should expect some delays.
"Establishing a regular flight rate after the initial flights will not be easy," Gertenmaiar said. "I think both companies are well prepared to move forward. We're prepared for the problems that will occur. We anticipated these inevitable start up challenges associated with a technologically ambitious endeavor."
Those concerned about the risks of relying on commercial companies for space travel, Shotwell said, should keep in mind that the Falcon 9 rocket and its Dragon capsule "were each developed from a blank sheet to first launch in four and a half years for approximately $300 million each."
Several members, however, continued to voice their concerns about NASA's approach. Subcommittee Chairman Steven Palazzo, a Mississippi Republican, said he wanted the companies to be forthcoming about their progress, and about the costs of their endeavors.
"I want to remind NASA and the commercial partners that you are spending taxpayer money, and lots of it. So you will not be exempt from oversight and financial scrutiny," Palazzo said. "NASA has spent $1.25 billion over the last five years and it is my firm hope that before the year is out we will have real proof that this investment has been worthwhile."
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 3:00AM by jc Permalink
tagged NASA, Orbital Sciences, Space, SpaceX in Business General

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Users can now view 3D imagery on Google Earth on an even bigger screen by downloading Google Earth 7 on their desktops.
Egyptologists have confirmed that two unidentified possible pyramid complexes pointing to the lost pyramids of Egypt have been located.
Google Inc and Apple Inc are attracting renewed scrutiny of their practices due to privacy concerns - this time for flying "military-grade spy planes" over major US cities as they race to shore up their rival 3D mapping services.
Switzerland's Suprem Court has given partially repealed a lower court decision that required Google to guarantee absolute anonymity for people pictured in its popular Street View service.


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Welcome to the second episode of Wireless LAN Weekly.
This week's first segment comes to us from Marcus Burton, Director of Product Development with the CWNP Program. Marcus has stepped up and is filling the technical side of CWNP.
His topic comes from his great white paper on the same subject. "802.11 Client Arbitration" – this is a topic we all need to be reminded of. It encompasses many of the aspects on the how/why/when issues concerning the client side of our wireless network. Listen well to his presentation, but also download his white paper. Then check out all the other documents from Marcus on the http://www.cwnp.com website.
This week's second topic is another technical one. This segment comes from Adam Conway, Vice President of Product Managment at Aerohive. He'll be discussing the merits and issues concerning Management, Control and Data planes with respect to both historically wired systems (routers & switches) but also to how these thee aspects can work with Wireless Access Points.
He starts with some of the issues we had in the past – describing the interaction between networking devices. Then on to a little history of how Access Points evolved over the last decade or so. And finally on to how we can use protocols to help manage and control our data flows over wireless media.
Thanks also to Adam for taking time to speak with us from his office in Santa Clara, California – and also check out the Aerohive website at http://www.Aerohive.com.
We'd love to hear your reactions to the Wireless LAN Weekly Podcast. Any ideas, suggestions, or comments are all gladly accepted.
Until next week – continue your personal efforts to better our craft of managing Wireless Networks.


The Bay Transit Annual Roadeo is an event with multiple opportunities for training, skills development and camaraderie as 69 Drivers throughout the Region compete to be the best Driver in the organization.
The top three Drivers become eligible to participate in the State Roadeo (to be held in Chesterfield, VA) on Saturday, April 9 and the winner of that event qualifies for the National Roadeo (to be held in Portland, OR) on Sunday, May 22.
Three days of competition were completed at the Gloucester and Warsaw Transit Facilities.
A was a great day of skills competition, professional development and camaraderie as over 50 Drivers from across the Commonwealth of Virginia participated in this annual Roadeo.
Bay Transit was well represented with three Drivers (combined experience of over 27 years) that demonstrated outstanding knowledge and skills throughout the Roadeo.
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Cal-Hi Sports Southern California Boys Basketball Player of the Week
Tuesday February 15, 2022 by By Harold Abend
SoCal/NorCal Players of the Week
By Harold Abend | Published: February 9, 2022
Two of this week's SoCal/NorCal players of the week are Trinity Zamora of Piedmont and Marley Gonzalez of Escondido Charter. Photos: Harold Abend / Cal-Hi Sports & Hudl.com.
As the basketball season is about to hit the section playoffs throughout the state, for our Southern California honorees we visit Escondido in the North County portion of the CIF San Diego Section and Newport Beach in Southern Orange County. In the north, there's a player from a team that was undefeated in Visalia until this week getting attention while there's a stop in the East Bay hills near San Francisco.We hope you enjoy this free story on Cal-Hi Sports.com. For our state rankings packages in boys and girls hoops plus State Stat Stars of the Week, state record updates and special features, please check out our Gold Club membership today. If you're not a member, CLICK HERE.
Note: For these honors, we consider CIF Central Section players for Northern California. We also remind readers that for all of our Player of the Week features in all sports, girls and boys, we use it to uncover hidden talent that doesn't always make the limelight, and for tracking entries into the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book. To nominate anyone, email markjtennis@gmail.com.
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Cal-Hi Sports Southern California
Marley Gonzalez (Escondido Charter, Escondido) Sr.
For our Southern California Boys Basketball Player of the Week honor, we land in the North County portion of the CIF San Diego Section about two miles east of Interstate 15. At Escondido Charter, we find a 6-foot-8 senior center named Marley that makes opponents a little gnarly when they have to face him.
As is the case with a lot of players who consistently put up big numbers, we could have picked Gonzalez a week earlier in the season to honor him so him winning this week's SoCal boys honor is kind of like awarding him for this season's overall body of work.
Last week started out as a bit of a downer for Gonzalez and his White Tigers' teammates but Marley did what he could with a huge double-double 20 points and 23 rebounds with three blocks in a 54-46 loss at Carlsbad Pacific Ridge. Marley came back with another monster double-double 25 and 22 rebounds with three assists in a 62-45 victory in San Diego at Maranatha Christian.
So far this season for the 17-9 White Tigers, Gonzalez is averaging 19.7 points and 15.6 rebounds per game and he has 21 double-doubles in 26 games. His high water mark is 34 points with 20 rebounds in a 71-65 loss to Mar Vista of Imperial Beach. His top game rebounding total was when he snagged 32 rebounds to go with 28 points in a 62-31 victory at Guajome Park Academy in nearby Vista.
Earlier this season, Gonzalez hit the 1,000 career points milestone and heading into a Thursday night matchup with crosstown Calvin Christian he has 1,182 career points.
Addison Deal and team at Pacifica Christian are the top seed for the CIFSS D4-A playoffs. Photo: @PCHS_Tritons / Twitter.com.
Girls Basketball Player of the WeekAddison Deal
(Pacifica Christian, Newport Beach) Fr.
Southern Orange County less than a mile from the Pacific Coast Highway is our destination and at Pacifica Christian is where we find our Southern California Girls Basketball Player of the Week.
We don't honor a lot of freshmen not because we don't want to, but because not a lot of first-year players put up the kind of consistent numbers Deal has been delivering, so in a bit of an odd twist we honor a freshman from Southern California for the second straight week after honoring Elle Stone of Santa Barbara last week.
We realize that saying Deal is the real deal is a cliché but not so much so when it's true. Addison is another example of a player who puts up the kind of consistent numbers that would have qualified her to be one of our weekly winners earlier this season but this was her week.
The Tritons only had one game last week but Deal made the most of it just missing a triple-double after the 5-foot-11 wing went for 29 points (two three-pointers) and 11 rebounds with nine assists in a 90-46 victory over visiting Rancho Christian of Temecula.
Two weeks ago, the real Deal just missed a quad but did register a triple-double after going for 19 points, 15 assists, 10 steals and seven rebounds in an 87-14 win over crosstown Newport Christian. So far, in a 21-5 season, Addison is averaging 21.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 3.5 steals per game. Her next game won't be until next week since Pacifica Christian on Tuesday received the top seed and first-round bye in the CIFSS Division 4A playoffs.
Cal-Hi Sports Northern California
Girls Basketball Player of the Week
Trinity Zamora (Piedmont) Jr.
To find our Northern California Girls Basketball Player of the Week, we visit a small city in Alameda County that's completely surrounded by the city of Oakland. At Piedmont, we find a 6-foot junior who we won't say is flying under the radar since a ton of colleges are interested in her, and she was an All State First Team Sophomores selection in the COVID shortened spring season. Still, most girls high school fans don't know a lot about her since the huge numbers she's been putting up are not reported.
After we saw Zamora at the St. Mary's Stockton MLK Showcase in a 60-43 win over Lynwood when she had 21 points and 14 rebounds with five assists, four steals and two blocks in around three quarters of work, we asked Highlanders' head coach Bryan Gardere to start sending us her stats for each week's games. With the way Trinity can fill a stat sheet, and after what we saw she did against Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland) when that team was in the rankings we waited for the right spot to honor Zamora and this is the week.
Zamora started off last week with a double-double 32 points and 15 rebounds with six steals, five assists, and four blocks in a 69-25 victory over Berkeley. She followed that up with a double-double 18 points and 18 rebounds with four assists, three steals and three blocks in a 52-35 win against Alameda. Next was Oakland Tech at the Bishop O'Dowd rescheduled MLK Showcase last Saturday when Miss Double-double was at it again with 23 points and 19 rebounds with three assists in a 55-52 victory over a solid Bulldogs' squad.
The O'Dowd stats that caught our eye were a monster double-double 20 points and 22 rebounds with four assists, four steals and two blocks in a 54-34 victory. There's a rematch with the Dragons to played this week (Wednesday) that is not included. Heading into that game, Trinity had gone for 30 or more points four times this season with a high water mark of 38 in a 70-43 win over California of San Ramon. On the season she was averaging 23.9 points, 16.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 3.0 steals and 2.0 blocks per game.
According to Gardere, most of the Pac-12 schools have shown interest in Trinity including Cal, Washington and Washington State. Georgetown has made an offer and all the western mid-major conference schools have an interest in Zamora as well.
Carter Glick of Mt. Whitney was MVP early in the season at the Immanuel of Reedley tournament. Photo: @pioneermwbball / Twitter.com.
Boys Basketball Player of the WeekCarter Glick (Mt. Whitney, Visalia) Sr.
Our destination in search of the Northern California Boys Basketball Player of the Week takes us to "The Valley" as the locals affectionately call the CIF Central Section.
Visalia is where we land, just off Highway 99 about 45 miles south of Fresno and 80 miles north of Bakersfield. At Mt. Whitney, we find a 6-foot-2 guard who is a chip of the old block named Glick, and when he clicks the Pioneers are pretty hard to beat. In fact, with Glick clicking Mt. Whitney was a perfect 26-0 heading into a Tuesday night matchup with nearby Lemoore. The Pioneers saw their unblemished record end, but they already had an earlier win over Lemoore, have already clinched the West Yosemite League title and it's still been an outstanding season for them and for Glick.
Mt. Whitney doesn't report stats but thanks to a nomination from Cal-Hi Sports longtime friend and contributor and Central Section historian Bob Barnett, who wrote up Carter in his weekly milestones feature we get, we know of Carter's exploits.
Last week, in a 59-40 West Yosemite League victory over neighboring Hanford, Glick went for a career high 32 points. He followed that up with 26 points in a 53-42 league win over crosstown rival El Diamante. Carter also was nominated to be a player of the week by the Visalia Times-Delta when he led the Pioneers to the title of the Polly Wilhelmsen tournament.
We said a chip off the old block earlier since Glick's father, Jason Glick, was a star at Mt. Whitney from 1989-1991 and scored 1,581 career points, the second most in school history.
Harold Abend is the associate editor of CalHiSports.com and the vice president of the California Prep Sportswriters Association. He can be reached at marketingharoldabend@gmail.com. Don't forget to follow him on Twitter: @HaroldAbend


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OOPS: 'SNL' Mocks Trump 'Bringing Jobs Back to ISIS'...As News Breaks of ISIS Leader Killed
By Tim Graham | October 27, 2019 8:18 AM EDT
Now this is an Epic Satire Fail. Saturday Night Live went on the air at 11:30 pm Eastern time with an opening skit where Alec Baldwin's Very Fake Trump was thanked by Pete Davidson's Very Fake ISIS Member for "bringing jobs back...for ISIS." Six minutes before, Jennifer Griffin of Fox News was tweeting that ISIS leader Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi may have been killed in a raid by U.S. forces in Syria. John Santucci of ABC reported it via Twitter at 11:53.
Cable news broke the story shortly after midnight, Eastern time. Somehow, NBC had no live break-in during SNL.
TRUMP: My followers love books, except the new anonymous book about me, called A Warning. My lawyers told me not to say this, but if I find out who the author is, I'm going to shoot them in the face on Fifth Avenue.
TRUMP FAN: Oh yeah. And I would be honored if you'd use my gun!
TRUMP: Oh, no, no, no. Thank you very much for coming.
TRUMP FAN: Well, the Earth is flat and Beyonce is white!
TRUMP: Okay, who's next? You, sir, please.
ISIS MAN: Oh, thank you.
TRUMP: So great to see a young Trump supporter.
ISIS MAN: Oh, thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you.
TRUMP: And where are you from? New Mexico?
ISIS MAN: ISIS! Yeah, I was a prisoner in Syria until last week when you freed me, so, I just wanted to say, thank you for bringing jobs back. To ISIS. And I promise that I will make ISIS great again! Whoo!
TRUMP: Terrific. What a great guy. ISIS is back in a big, big way, folks. And we love that, don't we? Okay.
Update: "Weekend Update" mentioned Trump's "something very big has happened" tweet, and made a McRib joke at 12:19:
'Saturday Night Live' DID notice Trump's "big news coming" tweet at 12:19 am...and made it fun of it. The al-Baghdadi news had broken by then. pic.twitter.com/IgfHX5hvG7
— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) October 27, 2019
Hat tip: Ben McDonald
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Tim Graham is Executive Editor of NewsBusters and is the Media Research Center's Director of Media Analysis


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Language barriers make navigating EDD resources tougher for some families
Updated: 5:51 PM PDT May 23, 2021
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backlogged claims, missing certifications in complete wage information and other issues, add it all up and well over a million Californians are still waiting for benefits from California's E. D. D. George. Patton knows all about it, saying it can feel all but impossible to even get a hold of anyone at E. D. D. I mean I5 emails I sent them and not even they said you know, you can go online and send these emails. That's the quickest response. Nothing. George says that even after finally being able to get through to an operator, it took more than a month to actually get his claim resolved. I was able to talk to somebody for five minutes And they told me, Okay. Mr Hatton, we're going to have to do an interview with you. Someone will contact you shortly. Well, I'm thinking shortly maybe 48-72 hours. But as tough as it was for George it can be even tougher for others if you speak english Eddie is remarkably difficult to navigate, but it's next to impossible if you don't Assembly member David choose says that in addition to jammed phone lines, millions of Californians face substantial language barriers. We have seven million Californians who speak a language primarily other than english. And while the majority of those folks are spanish speakers, 2.4 million of them speak a language other than Spanish or English. And during this pandemic in this recession, people of colour and immigrants have been especially hard hit. I reached out to read in a statement. They said they have spanish translators that they're exploring options to expense services to other people with limited english skills. Ed says they have phone lines for calls in multiple languages, including mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese, but they didn't respond to questions about how long it takes them to contact claimants when it comes to trying to resolve cases or schedule interviews they had. The claimants should try to answer a certification questions carefully to avoid delays, Marisela de la Cruz Casey every three news ENGLISH. BACKLOGGED CLAIMS MISSING CERTIFICATIONS IN COMPLETE WAGE INFORMATION AND OTHER ISSUES ADD IT ALL UP AND WELL OVER A MILLION CALIFORNIANS ARE STILL WAITING FOR BENEFITS FROM CALIFORNIA'S EDD. GEORGE HATTON KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT SAYING IT CAN FEEL ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE TO EVEN GET A HOLD OF ANYONE AT EDD. I MEAN I FIVE EMAILS I SENT THEM AND NOT EVEN THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND SEND THESE EMAILS. QUICKEST RESPONSE NOTHING. GEORGE SAYS THAT EVEN AFTER FINALLY BEING ABLE TO GET THROUGH TO AN OPERATOR IT TOOK MORE THAN A MONTH TO ACTUALLY GET HIS CLAIM RESOLVED. I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO SOMEBODY FOR FIVE MINUTES AND THEY TOLD ME OKAY, MR. HATTON, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO AN INTERVIEW WITH YOU. SOMEONE WILL CONTACT YOU SHORTLY. WELL, I'M THINKING SHORTLY MAYBE 48 72 HOURS. BUT AS TOUGH AS IT WAS FOR GEORGE, IT CAN BE EVEN TOUGHER FOR OTHERS IF YOU SPEAK ENGLISH EDD IS REMARKABLY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE, BUT IT'S NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE IF YOU DON'T IN FACT ASSEMBLY MEMBER DAVID CHU SAYS THAT ADDITION TO GEMS PHONE LINES MILLIONS OF CALIFORNIANS FACE SUBSTANTIAL LANGUAGE BARRIERS SEVEN MILLION CALIFORNIANS WHO SPEAK A LANGUAGE PRIMARILY OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FOLKS ARE SPANISH SPEAKERS 2.4 MILLION OF THEM SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN SPANISH OR ENGLISH AND DURING THIS PANDEMIC AND THIS RECESSION PEOPLE OF COLOR AND IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY HARD HIT. I REACHED OUT TO EDD IN A STATEMENT. THEY SAID THEY HAVE SPANISH TRANSLATORS THAT EXPLORING OPTIONS TO EXPENSE SERVICES TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH LIMITED ENGLISH SKILLS. EDD SAYS THEY HAVE PHONE LINES FOR CALLS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES INCLUDING MANDARIN CANTONESE AND VIETNAMESE, BUT THEY DIDN'T RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES THEM TO CONTACT CLAIMANTS WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO RESOLVE CASES OR SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS. THEY HAVE A CLEMENTS SHOULD TRY TO ANSWER CERTIFICATION QUESTIONS CAREFULLY TO AVOID DELAYS.
Backlogged claims, missing certifications, incomplete wage information, and other issues. Add it all up, and well over a million Californians are still waiting for benefits from California's EDD. Leer en españolAs of Thursday, 198,605 claims are still facing delays within California's Employment Development Department and as of May 8, more than 1.9 million claims are still unprocessed.George Hatten knows all about it, saying it can feel all but impossible to even get a hold of anyone at EDD. "I mean I sent them five emails and not even they said, you can go online and send these emails. That's the quickest response. Nothing," Hatten said.Hatten said that even after finally being able to get through to an operator, it took more than a month to actually get his claim resolved."I was able to talk to somebody for five minutes and they told me, 'OK Mr. Hatten we're going to have an interview with you. Someone will contact you shortly.' Well I'm thinking shortly is 24 or 48 hours — that was the end of April," Hatten said.But, as tough as it was for George, it can be even tougher for others. Assemblymember David Chiu is leading a bill to help nonEnglish speakers. "If you speak English, EDD is remarkably difficult to navigate but it's next to impossible if you don't," Chiu said.Chiu said in addition to jammed phone lines, millions of Californians face substantial language barriers. "We have 7 million Californians who speak a language primarily other than English, and while the majority of those folks are Spanish speakers, 2.4 million of them speak a language other than Spanish or English and during this pandemic and recession, people of color and immigrants have been especially hard hit," Chiu said.KCRA 3 reached out to EDD and in a statement, they said they have Spanish translators, and that they're exploring options to expand services to other people with limited English skills.EDD says they have phone lines for calls in multiple languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, and Vietnamese but they didn't respond to questions about how long it takes them to contact claimants when it comes to trying to resolve cases or schedule interviews. They add that claimants should try to answer certification questions carefully to avoid delays.
Backlogged claims, missing certifications, incomplete wage information, and other issues. Add it all up, and well over a million Californians are still waiting for benefits from California's EDD.
As of Thursday, 198,605 claims are still facing delays within California's Employment Development Department and as of May 8, more than 1.9 million claims are still unprocessed.
George Hatten knows all about it, saying it can feel all but impossible to even get a hold of anyone at EDD.
"I mean I sent them five emails and not even they said, you can go online and send these emails. That's the quickest response. Nothing," Hatten said.
Hatten said that even after finally being able to get through to an operator, it took more than a month to actually get his claim resolved.
"I was able to talk to somebody for five minutes and they told me, 'OK Mr. Hatten we're going to have an interview with you. Someone will contact you shortly.' Well I'm thinking shortly is 24 or 48 hours — that was the end of April," Hatten said.
But, as tough as it was for George, it can be even tougher for others. Assemblymember David Chiu is leading a bill to help nonEnglish speakers.
"If you speak English, EDD is remarkably difficult to navigate but it's next to impossible if you don't," Chiu said.
Chiu said in addition to jammed phone lines, millions of Californians face substantial language barriers.
"We have 7 million Californians who speak a language primarily other than English, and while the majority of those folks are Spanish speakers, 2.4 million of them speak a language other than Spanish or English and during this pandemic and recession, people of color and immigrants have been especially hard hit," Chiu said.
KCRA 3 reached out to EDD and in a statement, they said they have Spanish translators, and that they're exploring options to expand services to other people with limited English skills.
EDD says they have phone lines for calls in multiple languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, and Vietnamese but they didn't respond to questions about how long it takes them to contact claimants when it comes to trying to resolve cases or schedule interviews. They add that claimants should try to answer certification questions carefully to avoid delays.


Earlier this week Rob Mayo delivered a guest post on Japan's transit system and how stations are used as destination places rather than ones of just travelling through (as Auckland does) (see: Guest Post: Turning passengers into shoppers – adopting a Japan-style public transport service model for Auckland).
In a 'just-in-time' coincidence resident Australian Cities Skylines Player and Planner Sam Bur released a video this morning on the Urban Geography of Tokyo – one of the World's largest and most dense cities!
If you have been to or seen pictures of Tokyo you notice the grid street patterns connected with non-grid roads as the City continued to expand in a haphazard but also organic fashion. This is compared to North American cities (and Auckland post 1991) which seemed to have grown like (as we call it in Sim City 4 or Cities Skylines) ploppables to get some form of "perfection" or rather control.
Organic using just the RCI (residential, commercial and industrial) zone tools.
With the Organic city building style the basic premise was that you build some basic transport spines (arterial road or transit lines) then build offshoots from that spine and place down your RCI zones. When it was time to expand you basically just added more RCI to the edge of the previous expansion and if need be build a secondary transport spine. The result was a rather haphazard method of spatial development that would give its organic urban geographic appearance.
The basic premise of Plop Everything was that everything was minutely controlled from transport, civic infrastructure to what RCI buildings could go where. It would be rare for the City to to develop or expand on its on convolution. The City appearance could be grid or cul-de-sacs everywhere but the urban geography of the area is one of uniformity of the urban fabric rather than the rather interesting heterogeneous "mess" seen with organic urban geographies.
Rather ironically and as Sam would point out Tokyo despite its organic urban geography keeps it all together and functions extremely well given its size. While in North America their cities with their "ploppable" urban geographies (apart from maybe the core of their oldest cities) seem to be a magnitude of chaos to the point urban and infrastructure decay/degradation grip them (requiring often fraught urban renewal and transit schemes) .
Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava are a great writing team on Tokyo. They call it "an incrementally redeveloped slum".
It is fascinating how Tokyo and Japanese cities manage to have good-value Real Estate without the sprawl that is the guarantor of the good value in many US cities (and the sprawl in those cities guarantees the affordability regardless of low density mandates, NIMBYism and other factors alleged to be problematic for affordability).
Japan did have one severe lesson-teaching RE bubble and bust, so their institutional arrangements did not completely guarantee stable affordability like the USA's median-multiple-3 cities have. But it is still remarkable that cities in Japan have remained so non-sprawling without there being the relentless trend to land rent inflation and cyclical volatility repeating endlessly every 15-20 years like in every Anglo market that decides to ration its land supply.
I think there are four factors. Japan's demographic collapse. The lassez-faire nature of redevelopment rights. Cultural love of hygeine and hence "new" things. Japanese hate sitting in seats that other people have sat in for years, including car drivers seats; and they hate living in spaces previously inhabited by others. So they are constantly tearing houses down and building new ones, cheaply and with minimal regulatory mandates. This weakens the important bubble-pumping factor in other countries, of speculative mania in existing housing units.
The fourth factor is the institutional arrangements for public transit. Public transit enterprises are landlords as well, owning most of the land around their own stops. When separate owners are involved and the public transit is a subsidized monopoly, what results is guaranteed capital gains and wealth transfers for the property owners regardless of what they do. But in Japan the incentives are aligned: the interprises involved want riders and they want tenants and they want "trip attractors". They want their network to be like a "master planned community" in network form. And there are multiple, competing enterprises each with their own such networks on offer. Hence downwards competition in rents; all of them are competing for "volume" in ridership and tenants. This is the opposite of the perverse consequences that sabotage "transit oriented planning" in the Anglo world.
In fact this is the one way that mass transit and redevelopment can be a substitute for the competitive effects of automobile-based sprawl. Japan's cities also have wonderful "articulated density" as a result; density spikes at the right places. No Anglo-world city with fringe land rationing policies has achieved anything other than inefficient cramming in of structures everywhere including at the least efficient locations, which is where you should have low density. See Alain Bertaud, "The Spatial Distribution of Urban Densities".
It might surprise you that the Tokyo-Yokohama urban area density is 4400 people per square km versus London's 5,900. And seeing Tokyo has a lot better articulated density than London, this means that Tokyo has much less crowded suburbs than London. Another important factor in the funtionality of urban density, is the intensity and connectedness of the street network. Auckland is singled out for ridicule by the authors of the UN report "Streets as Public Spaces and Drivers of Urban Prosperity" for its outlier-low street network intensity and bad connectivity. It has only 1/3 to 1/2 the street-network capacity of famous powerhouse cities like Tokyo. This explains why Auckland is imploding with congestion inefficiencies at 2800 people per square km – and the planners are hell-bent on increasing this!
The UN report completely blew the cover on the absurd myth that Auckland's problems involve excessively "car dependent" planning. The opposite is the case – its street network inadequacy has no comparators in the first world, but is close to former USSR cities where no-one was allowed to own cars (and post-totalitarianism, they are now the world's most congested, actually worse than Auckland). One of the UN report's main arguments was that the viability of repurposing street space for non-car modes is strongly affected by the amount of street space you have to start with. We are stark, raving bonkers if we think Auckland can have cycle lanes and light rail tracks netted out from the already world-outlier-low street capacity without disastrous consequences for urban efficiency. NZ cities are going to become a historical political object lesson in the consequences of complex issues that no-one has the patience to get knowledgeable about, being left to "experts" who are quasi-religious ideologues and charlatans.


If you love before and after photos as much as I do, I have several projects in the pipeline that are going to have some really fun before and afters.
Below, are two projects I'm currently working on that are almost ready for their "after" shot.
This is a wonderful house in the rolling hills of Austin that has been a wonderful project to work on. Above, you can see that we painted the exterior brick and now we are pouring a new walkway and steps, as well as adding some planting beds. I also plan to add a couple other exterior touches that will really transform this exterior.
This is a townhouse in the San Fernando Valley (Southern California) that needed a complete gut.
As you can see above, we removed most of the wall on the left to open up the space between the living room and kitchen. We painted the walls one of my favorite colors from Farrow & Ball — Clunch, and now are adding a kitchen from IKEA. I'm hoping to post the before and after photos next week, and many of you will not believe the transformation.
Like so many, I absolutely love the gardens in Provence! When I visited the region 5 years ago, I fell in love with this part of France including its gardens & slower pace of life. The beauty, simplicity, sophistication and disregard for contemporary ingenuity was beautiful to me. The effortless style drew me in and I tried to take notes of everything that appealed to me. I particularly loved the areas in the gardens which were designated for eating or entertaining. The materials were so simple — an old farm table, rustic chairs and simple plantings all made up that certain feel that is so desirable for so many of us. Therefore, while remembering my Provencal vacation, I thought I would put together some simple tips on how you could create your own little South of France right in your backyard.
Although, many of us don't have a charming French farm-house or the amazing Mediterranean climate we can still obtain "the look" in our own backyard. It's relatively easy, all you need is some space and a couple of items.
First, figure out the area in your garden where you are going to add this little Provencal nook — preferably a shady part of your garden.
There are many types of gravel but the gravel usually used in Provence is similar to our 'pea' gravel.
A place to sit and sip on a glass of Rose and enjoy a late lunch is always nice. I like a simple picnic table and benches but it can be really anything. Places, like Restoration Hardware, Ikea and Pottery Barn offer some type of "farm" table. If you don't want to wait years to get an aged look, try Craig's list for a used (weathered) teak or picnic table.
Of course, plants like Lavender and Rosemary are well know Provencal plants but there are tons more. Plants like Pittosporum, roses, salvias, and certain citrus are popular as well. If you don't get full sun in your garden, or live in an area that doesn't allow for you to grow Mediterranean plants then try plants that are similar. It's really about working with the climate you are living in and using similar shapes and textures to Mediterranean plants. Also, these gardens tend to keep the plant list simple — using only several varieties of plants. Too many varieties and it becomes more of an English cottage garden. Your local nursery should give you the best advice on which plants would be comparable.
STEP 6: POUR YOURSELF A GLASS OF RICARD OR ROSE & ENJOY!
We all know it's not really what you put outside but what you do with it or how you live in your space. Even if you only have a simple courtyard or balcony, the main thing is to take time with friends and family, pour a glass of wine or a cup of coffee & just enjoy the moment.
In the past I've been quite adamant about only using real flowers in a home. However, faux flowers have changed, and let's face it some of us are just too busy to keep up with it all. A trip to your local farmer's market or grocery store for fresh flowers before company arrives might not be realistic — the solution just might be some fake ones, why not?
British Interior Designer/author, Rita Konig's, home above with faux dahlias.
Abigail Ahern, also an interior designer, stocks lovely fake flowers in her London shop.
Most local floral/craft stores carry faux flowers, as well as Ikea. The trick to using fake flowers is to use what would typically be in season at the time (more believable). The brilliant thing about faux flowers is that they add a beautiful burst of color with little effort. Enjoy!
One of my favorite items to use in a home, that's never hard to find or costly but totally makes a room, is the glass hurricane. Whether it's modern or traditional in style, it can bring a bit of warmth and sophistication to any room.
Of course fans of the Barefoot Contessa will know about the ones on her kitchen island. Lovely.
This part of the home is really overall "The Family Room". It's probably where most of the lounging and hanging out will ultimately happen. The previous owner had it split into two areas — a living area and an office. Our plan was to keep the living area but turn the office into a "library".
This little nook we carved out for the owners became my favorite area of the home. To create more warmth, we removed the tile floor and replaced with wood. We hung curtains to frame the large wall of windows, as well as to filter the Texas sun in the afternoon. We added a section of built-ins to house their collection of books. The two wing-back chairs and ottoman (in Fog) are from Restoration Hardware.
The plan here was to beef up the built-ins by removing the closet to the left. We also wanted to simplify the look of the built-ins by having only shelves on top and keeping the drawers and cabinets on the bottom.
Next time, the mud room!
The goal with this project was to create a casual and comfortable home with a neutral palette that would be soothing for the homeowners, yet relevant for a family of four. Because they were moving from a smaller home into a larger one, I knew there would be new pieces to purchase. However, to keep the new home cozy and familiar, I wanted to use as much of the homeowners' original furniture as possible. Though there are still odds and ends that need to be done, I am finally ready to post the "after" photos.
The photo above shows the original space as you enter the front door. A large atrium sits in the middle of the home connecting the dining, kitchen and formal living room. Behind the atrium is the formal dining room, and then the large family room. To the right of the atrium is the entrance to the kitchen.
As you can see we removed the atrium, which allows for a much larger dining room and overall space to entertain. A wall was added in an "L" shape between the dining and kitchen to add a bit more privacy between the two areas, as well as to add extra storage in the kitchen.
In addition to removing the atrium and adding a wall, we opened up the entrance into the family room about 2 feet to provide a better balance.
Again, you can see with the removal of the atrium, the space is more open. For functional purposes, as well as to incorporate color, we placed a 9 foot red bench in the entry. The owners are still waiting for the 10 foot dining room table and a piece of art that will be placed on the wall opposite the buffet. The chandelier is from Hinkley Lighting.
We removed the stucco from the fireplace to reveal the original brick. We had the fireplace, walls and ceiling painted, added a mantel and hung two large picture shelves from Ikea. Now, we're just waiting on one large jute rug to come in and this room is done!
Next time: the breakfast nook and kitchen!


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The War Has Started: Juventus May Have To Choose Between Sarri and Ronaldo?
For over a decade now, two players have rose through the ranks of men and are now perceived by many, even their folks as extraordinary or simply put, Superhumans. The headlines of Messi and Ronaldo is that which continues to generate traffic for publishers, newspapers and anything you can mention in the media. The duo are the perfect explanation of George Orwell's popular Animal Farm saying, "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others." When you talk about players who exert more influence in the Club ( even administratively) than their coaches most times, you can always mention Messi and Christiano Ronaldo without mincing words. They're top rated and every manager must be careful not to upset them or risks the vituperation of their fans, and to some extent, risks being fired. Having said that, I will like to use the Juventus Star man Christiano Ronaldo as a case study for the purpose of this blog. You're free to key in your opinion using the comment section, it's a blog that I presume should generate diverse opinions. In general, let's get interactive! You will recall that Ronaldo departed from Real Madrid to Join the Italian giants in order to help them lift a European Silverware.
However, with Juve's disappointing outing in the Champions League last season, coupled with Ronaldo's lack of decisive impact in the games, many fans are beginning to consider the lump sum paid for the Portuguese as a wasted investment. But that's by the way, let's talk about the recent drama between Juve Coach Maurizio Sarri and Ronaldo. The past two games for Juventus have witnessed a mile drama between the former Chelsea Boss and Juve's star boy. In Juve's last Champions league match against Locomotiv Moskow, Sarri had surprised most us by substituting Ronaldo. After the introduction of Douglas Coastal against Moskow, it didn't take long for the Vigorous attacking Midfielder to add flames to Juve's attack and even scored the winning goal. It was a big relief to Juve fans and Sarri enjoyed the accolades that came with such tactical replacement. Well, it was the tail end of the game, so many people wouldn't have attached much to the "untouchable Ronaldo" being substituted. Against AC Milan, the unthinkable happened, as Sarri took a hard bite on rock and replaced Ronaldo with the magical Argentine Dybala. It was just 55th minutes in the clock and for some moment, I thought there was a mistake. But hell No! That was what Sarri ordered. Juve's attack lacked vigour and precision and Ronaldo wasn't making any impact at the front line.
Well, many and even Ronaldo himself would have been expecting Gonzalo Higuain to be replaced, but Sarri being who he is, knew the moves he was taking irrespective of whose feather is being ruffled. It seems the Italian Mafia's love for Higuain cannot be quantified, as he is always taking Gonzalo with him anywhere he goes. He is his most trusted striker and provoking a Ronaldo will certainly be the least of his worries. Stefano Pioli's Milan were resilient against the Old ladies and were posing more threat against the home side. It was a tough decision for Sarri, but tough moments define tough men, so he went for the hard shot and replaced the demi god, Shocker! Ronaldo who isn't famous for suppressing his anger appeared not impressed by Sarri's decision. He headed straight down the Tunnel and will later leave the stadium before the final whistle. I don't know what Ernesto Valverde's fate will be if tries this with Messi against the Argentine's which, he just may not survive it. Barcelona is firmly built on the shoulders of Messi and he influences the signing of New coaches with his status. Well, for two consecutive games now, Sarri has been right to substitute Ronaldo, because that's when Juventus actually do win the games. The Juventus team does not need Ronaldo to survive, rather his absence on the pitch may be a source of motivation, judging from their last two games. Dybala later scored the winning goal to hand Juve a 1-0 win over Milan, thereby vindicating Sarri's decision. Though Sarri gave his reason for replacing Ronaldo, it seems that reason is just a cover-up and doesn't go down well with the Portuguese captain.
What's Your Take On This, do you think Juventus May Have to Choose Between Sarri and Ronaldo?
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I took a little trip down memory lane this week, and smoked some interesting cigars. I did smoke some newer cigars, the Brick House Corona Larga was very nice (I'll get to that another time) and I smoked another Norteño Toro which is the one cigar from the Herrera Esteli line that I really love. I also threw in a Cornelius toro for kicks. I spent my day off working on a huge building project in the backyard and felt a reward was in order, Listen to the current Retrohale podcast episode to see what those guys thought of one of my favorite cigars, Anyway, lets see what I thought of some of the older cigars I smoked this week.
About five months ago I was given a very well aged Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Cameroon in the King Arthur size, which is a lonsdale (although they call it a corona, it's a 6.25 x 45, so I guess it's neither). Back around 2000 or thereabouts, General Cigar did one of their promotional taste test samplings where they sold a three pack and consumers voted on their favorite of the three, the winner became the Excalibur Cameroon, and there was much rejoicing. Rami, our local General sales professional here in PA, produced a box of these from his locker at an event I happened to be attending and gifted me one, and I decided with the weather getting nicer it was time to smoke this rare gem. Age was kind to this cigar, it held up nicely. Excaliburs used to be a staple cigar for me, back when a $5 Excalibur No.1 was an expensive treat, and the Maduros were quite the treat. I haven't smoked one in many years, I might need to grab a few. It still had some of the delicate Cameroon sweet, nutty flavor, Camerooniness, if you will, that unmistakable flavor. Burn and draw were perfect and it was quite a joy to smoke. I believe these are still available, and reasonably priced.
There was a lot of news this week that I failed to post about, Altadis marketing Montecristo Minis, Placensia and Davidoff partnering on a cigar, and Fratello releasing a beer line, I missed out on those stories, but my colleagues in cigar media all reported on those stories. The one that was the most surreal was the purchase of a majority interest in Lars Tetens Cigars by Alec Bradley CigarsAlec Bradley Cigars. For those who may not know, Lars Tetens preceded Acid Cigars in the infused cigar market in the mid 90s, they were the first real counter-culture, herbal/botanical infused cigars, and were quite the rage for a while. They've continued to be available here and there, I had the opportunity to meet Lars at an event in 2015 as he lives, or spends a lot of time, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. At least until recently, his cigars could be found on several local retailers shelves. He gave me a sampler when we met, and I smoked one soon after, but left several of the more infused smelling examples safely ensconced in a ziplock in the bowels of the humidor until this week when I screwed up the courage to smoke another one. I selected a toro sized cigar called the Tropical Candy, with an Alec Bradley Lineage nearby as an emergency back up, Surprisingly, the cigar wasn't bad, I finished it. Any infusion must have aged out, as it just tasted like a nice, sweet tobacco, and the burn and draw were fine, although it was a bit loosely packed. I was pleasantly surprised, no hallucinations, no weird dreams, no urge to skateboard or anything, Maybe I was a little let down! I kinda understand the acquisition from a FDA predicate standpoint, as these blends certainly go back to the 1990s. I'll be very interested to see what Alec Bradley does with the line.
Of course, I had to follow up with an actual Alec Bradley cigar, but instead of the Lineage, I went with an old favorite, the Nica Puro. I got home from work late last night and grabbed a robusto from the humidor, and saw the Nica Puro (I misplaced the Lineage…), and I love the Nica Puro! I haven't smoked one in a while and I knew it would hit the spot. I do believe this cigar is my favorite cigar Alec Bradley produces, although I have an affinity for several others. This one has a balance of strength and flavor that hits me right. It's one of those cigars that seems to burn right every time, with a nice straight burn, flat ember, I forgot how much I really like this cigar. There's a bit of spice, some dark espresso, just damned good tobacco. I always like to have these in the humidor. I like the Robusto in this line, but the Diamond Rough Cut is pretty good too.


Josh and Victoria want to open a cafe in Hawke's Bay.
At this stage, they don't have any particular themes in mind for the cafe.
What information do they need to look at to work out whether or not it's a good business idea?
And what factors should they aim to cater to in order to increase their likelihood of success?
Firstly - how many cafes are there already?
*Unfortunately, as is the case with many business types - the statistical codes group them together and we cannot look at cafes alone in this instance.
Is there trained staff in the region? There are already 300 people employed as Cafe & Restaurant managers, 288 cafe workers, and 132 baristas in the Hawke's Bay region.
The largest proportion of Hawke's Bay population are aged 65+ so there could be benefit in making your business welcoming to that demographic.
Alternatively, you may want to locate yourself in close proximity to the households with the largest incomes.
Nationwide household spending on restaurants and ready to eat foods increased significantly from 2013 – 2016, so it does seem to be a growing industry.
However births and deaths of café businesses are fairly balanced.
There will be large seasonality in business, which will need to be planned for.
The bottom line? Average rent for all property types in Hawke's Bay was $352/week in January 2017.
What proportion of turnover will go towards wages and salaries?
Josh and Victoria now have a lot more information about their community and how to provide the best service for their customers.


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My AP top-25 football ballot: Alabama remains No. 1, Michigan State climbs, Ohio State plunges
Posted on November 22, 2015 by Jon Wilner
Highlights from the ballot …
Pressed for time because of post-Big Game assignments, so this will be short and sweet (or, more likely, sour).
*** Moved Michigan State to No. 2 (up four spots) after the win in Columbus.
The Spartans now have victories over Oregon, Michigan, Air Force and Ohio State. That adds up to the second-best resume, behind only Alabama, which is No. 1 on the ballot for the fifth consecutive week.
Michigan State owns a much stronger SOS and has more quality wins than Iowa, which is undefeated but hasn't played any of the B1G East powers (Spartans, Buckeyes, Wolverines) and didn't face a team of Oregon's quality out of conference.
Basically: The Spartans' edge in schedule difficulty and quality wins trumps Iowa's edge in record (11-0 vs 10-1).
It can't all be about wins and losses, especially this deep in the season.
*** Baylor returned to the ballot after a brief absence.
To summarize: The pathetic schedule meant keeping Baylor on the ballot for all those weeks based largely on faith. The Bears finally played a quality opponent, lost, and were removed because they has no results to stand on.
Now that they have a quality win — finally! — they're back on.
Worth repeating: The AP encourages voters to make significant changes to ballots from week to week in order to root out preseason hype and discrepancies in schedules.
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My AP top-25 football ballot: Alabama remains No. 1, Clemson is close behind, Notre Dame and Oklahoma State rise
Posted on November 8, 2015 by Jon Wilner
Highlights from the top-25 ballot with the AP rankings due out in a few moments …
*** Kept Alabama in the top spot for the third consecutive week. The Crimson Tide earned the position initially because of their strength of schedule and quality wins. The Tide's resume hardly took a hit with the impressive performance against LSU. In fact, it's now even better relative to the competition.
Clemson held the No. 2 position after beating Florida State for the Tigers' second high-quality win of the year. (The only quibble: They got both Notre Dame and FSU at home.)
The Tide and Tigers clearly have the best resumes — it took me just a few seconds to slot them into the No. 1 and 2 holes.
That's not to say they are necessarily the best teams, or the favorites to win the title. But they have the best results — teams like Ohio State and Baylor are woefully behind Bama and Clemson when it comes to SOS and quality wins.
*** LSU held onto the No. 3 spot despite the loss in Tuscaloosa, while Notre Dame jumped into the No. 4 position. The three-rung climb was the result of overall improvement in resume:
The Irish not only beat Pitt (6-2 entering the game), but Navy toppled Memphis. The Irish have now handed two teams their only loss of the season: Temple and Navy.
Add the wins over 6-3 Pitt and 6-3 USC and the two-point loss at Clemson, which continues to gain quality, and one could certainly make the case that UND has a top-four resume, if not a top-three.
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My AP top-25 football ballot: Utah remains No. 1, LSU, Iowa and Stanford rise
Posted on October 18, 2015 by Jon Wilner
Highlights from the top-25 football ballot, which was sent to the AP late last night …
*** Utah remained on top following its victory over Arizona State (No. 22 last week), but I spent a good 10-15 minutes pondering the No. 2 spot.
*** There were no obvious options and plenty of flawed possibilities:
LSU has only one elite win, and that came by a mere touchdown, at home, over a Florida team with a backup quarterback.
Clemson has one win over a team with a winning record (Notre Dame), unless you count Appalachian State.
Michigan State struggled to beat numerous second-rate opponents and earned its best win (by far) on a fluke play.
Alabama lost at home to Mississippi, which just lost to Memphis.
Ohio State's best win is over unranked Penn State.
Florida State's best win is over unranked Miami.
TCU's best win is over unranked Texas Tech.
Baylor's best win is over unranked Texas Tech.
The _____ (Seminoles/Buckeyes/Horned Frogs/Bears) might end up being the best team in the country, but this ballot isn't predictive. It's reactive, and no way can a ballot based on results place any of those four teams in the No. 2 position.
It's the middle of freakin' October, and they haven't beaten anybody!
(Sorry, Red Raiders. I'm not sold.)
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My top-25 football ballot: Utah remains No. 1 while Michigan rises, Cal soars and Oregon and USC drop out
Highlights from my top-25 football ballot …
*** My instinct was to send a ballot with No. 1 left blank, because all the choices seemed flawed relative to what we're used to at this point in the season.
But the AP wouldn't go for a blank space at the top (or anywhere), and it would have been a cop-out. So I kept Utah on top. The Utes didn't look like a No. 1 team Saturday night — and they certainly don't have the aura of a traditional midseason No. 1 — but they continue to own the best resume to this point.
Yes, they got hit by Oregon's home loss to Washington State, which clearly devalues the Utes' win in Eugene. But the Week 1 victory over Michigan looks better and better, and Cal stands as a solid second-best win.
I left Texas A&M in the second spot and moved Florida and Clemson up, as Michigan State plunged (see below).
Michigan jumped from No. 12 to No. 5 after trouncing Northwestern. Add the victory over Brigham Young and close loss at Utah, and the Wolverines are quickly building a first-class resume.
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My AP top-25 football ballot: A new No. 1, Ohio State falls, seven Pac-12 teams included
Posted on September 20, 2015 by Jon Wilner
Highlights from my AP football ballot — the top-25 rankings will be out in a few hours — which required some significant reworking this week on account of developments in SEC country …
*** I moved Mississippi into the No. 1 spot after its victory at Alabama.
The result supplants Michigan State's win over Oregon as the best victory of the season, and this is a result-oriented ballot. It took about two seconds to decide to slot the Rebels No. 1, despite the jump it would require.
And it was a big jump: They were No. 25 on the ballot last week.
As noted previously, the early-season ballots are a combination of what we think and what we know – it can't all be what we know, because of the meaningless results many teams produce against cupcake opponents.
What I thought: Ole Miss would not be an elite team (so the Rebels were far down the ballot).
What we know: They're good enough to win in Tuscaloosa.
(And if Alabama has a less-than stellar season, that will impact my evaluation of Ole Miss.)
Important reminder: In the guidelines sent to pollsters before the season, the AP encourages voters to make dramatic changes in the ballots – it's the only way to negate preseason bias and create a results-oriented ballot.
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Q: Wpf, .resx resource file. Accessing bmp I have a Wpf application project called WpfTest which references WpfTestLib (A class library).
WpfTestLib has a resources file MyResources.resx in a project folder called Resources. MyResources contains a single bmp, bar.bmp. The resource name is bar.
In MyResources.Designer.cs I can see
namespace WpfTestLib.Resources {
and
public class MyResources {
and
public static System.Drawing.Bitmap bar {
I've tried to get the image in code by:
BitmapImage image = new BitmapImage();
image.BeginInit();
image.UriSource = new Uri(@"/WpfTestLib;component/Resources/MyResources/bar", UriKind.Relative);

I've tried various combinations for the Uri, but no luck. Any ideas? I can get the bar if I add it as an image to the project, with a type of resource. But in this case I want to access it as part of a resource file.
Thanks
Edit: Actually it's two questions. I have answers to both, but not the bit in the middle that holds it together.
So I can retrieve the image in code using MyResources.bar, which returns a System.Drawing.Bitmap
I can also set the my WPF Image to a resource image using the Uri format shown above. What I can't do is initialize a WPF Image with a System.Drawing.Bitmap, nor can I find a mapping Uri for a .resx. Hope that helps (you to help me :) )

A: Ok, I think I've found the issue. There's plenty of information here: That gave me the information I needed to deal with an image properly. Using old style resource dictionaries was then easy peasy.

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Drawing from a deep knowledge and passion for cognitive science, I work with educational stakeholders across the NEU/NExT network to transform the nature of today's classrooms and enhance the learning experiences of our youngest citizens. As a former public school teacher, successful female founder and entrepreneur, author, and researcher, I bring the lens of cognitive science and authentic assessment to our shared work at NExT. Together we will create a more equitable system of education by building solutions that can scale to meet the needs of today's most pressing issues. From designing and developing transformational educational initiatives to measuring the efficacy of those innovations to ensure maximum impact, we will work to ensure all of our children have access to high quality and purposeful learning from K to gray.
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Portnoy, L. (2019) Designed to Learn: Solving Problems with Purpose and Passion. ASCD.
Portnoy, L. (2019, October, 8) What is 'design thinking'? And why does it belong in classrooms? Washington Post
Portnoy, L. (2019, June, 12). Design thinking: Bridging learning and real-world application. K12 Insight. Retrieved from https://www.k12insight.com/trusted/design-thinking-bridging-learning-and-real-world-application/
Portnoy, L., & Schrier, K. (2019) Using Games to Support STEM Curiosity, Identify, and Self-Efficacy. The Journal of Games, Society, and Self. 1(1), 66-96. Retrieved from https://kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/Journal_of_Games_Self_Society_Issue_1/7857578
Portnoy, L., (2019) Biome Builder: Tabletop Games that build STEM knowledge. In K. Schrier (Ed.), Learning, Education & Games: 100 Games to Use in the Classroom (5 pp.). Carnegie Mellon University: ETC Press.
Portnoy, L., & Bernasconi, H. (2019) VR Gets Right to the Heart of Learning from Cells to the Human Body. In K. Schrier (Ed.), Learning, Education & Games: 100 Games to Use in the Classroom (5 pp.). Carnegie Mellon University: ETC Press.
Portnoy, L., & Moore, R. (2019) Learning Games with Bite: How Venomous Marine Snails Fuel Engagement and Inquiry in the Classroom. In K. Schrier (Ed.), Learning, Education & Games: 100 Games to Use in the Classroom (5 pp.). Carnegie Mellon University: ETC Press.
Portnoy, L. (2018, November). Developing the whole child, one collaboration at a time. Getting Smart. Retrieved from https://www.gettingsmart.com/2018/11/developing-the-whole-child-one-collaboration-at-a-time/
Portnoy, L. (2018, August). How design thinking can help teachers solve real problems and find their voice. EdSurge. Retrieved from https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-08-22-how-design-thinking-can-help-teachers-solve-real-problems-and-find-their-voice
Portnoy, L. (2018, April). Design thinking adds "why" to the "what" and "how" of learning. ASCD Express, 3(14). Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol13/1315-portnoy.aspx
Portnoy, L. (2018, February). Level up your classroom assessments: Are you game? ASCD Express, 3 (12). Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol13/1312-portnoy.aspx
Portnoy, L. (2018, February). How SAMR and Tech Can Help Teachers Truly Transform Assessment. EdSurge. Retrieved from https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-02-01-how-samr-and-tech-can-help-teachers-truly-transform-assessment
Portnoy, L. (2018, February). How Continuous Feedback Fosters Learning. Getting Smart. Retrieved from http://www.gettingsmart.com/2018/02/how-continuous-feedback-fosters-learning/
Portnoy, L. (2017, June, 30). Love in virtual reality. Digital Culturist. Retrieved from https://digitalculturist.com/love-in-virtual-reality-cf173a106e92
Portnoy, L.B. & Holford, M. (2017, May 11). Children should be playing more games in the classroom. Here's why… World Economic Forum . Retrieved from https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/05/children-should-be-playing-more-games-in-the-classroom-here-s-why/
Portnoy, L. (2017, April, 21). Ethics in virtual reality: Do the same rules apply? VU Dream. Retrieved from http://www.vudream.com/ethics-in-virtual-reality-do-the-same-rules-apply-dr-lindsay-portnoy/
Portnoy, L. (2017, April, 14). Human Motivation in the 4th Industrial Revolution. Digital Culturist. Retrieved from https://digitalculturist.com/human-motivation-in-the-fourth-industrial-revolution-78e82552030d
Portnoy, L. (2017, April, 4). Embodied cognition and the possibility of virtual reality. Digital Culturist. Retrieved from https://digitalculturist.com/embodied-cognition-and-the-possibility-of-virtual-reality-ca2ec8fd05ea
Portnoy, L.B. (2015, May 6). The need for feedback. ACERT Hunter College. Retrieved from http://acert.hunter.cuny.edu/blog/the-need-for-feedback/2015/05/06/
Portnoy, L.B. (2015, April 28). How do you know when you don't know? ACERT Hunter College. Retrieved from http://acert.hunter.cuny.edu/blog/how-do-you-know/2015/04/28/
Portnoy, L.B. & Rabinowitz, M. (2014). What's in a domain: Understanding how students approach questioning in History and Science. Journal of Educational Research and Assessment, 20 (2), 122-145.
Rabinowitz, M., Acevedo, M., Casen, S., Rosengarten, M., Kowalczyk, M., & Portnoy, L.B. (2013). Distinguishing facts from beliefs: Fuzzy Categories. Psychology of Language and Cognition, 17 (3), 233-324.
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