We had some of these at a miniature railway in the tea bar - the problem we found was that they got hot (well there was a cooker for the bacon butties) and the plastic body broke leading to one batten falling from the ceiling left hanging by the cable. The other problem we had at Church with similar fittings was the clips holding the diffuser - they became brittle with time and broke when you tried to remove them.
Interesting. We used them in the kitchen too and didn't have these issues. I guess that our kitchen use was somewhat less than yours.
I remember from the nursery visit, they wanted us to fit bespoke covers on the urinals in the boys toilets. They didn't say from where these could be procured, just that they'd need to be bespoke and cover the urinals.
Digressing a bit... but why would you need to have covers for the urinal? Its not as if a child can drown in one!
Playing with the pretty yellow/blue "soap" blocks?
I don't really know why, the nursery kids would be too small to use them, I thought perhaps it was in case they touched them? For hygiene reasons?
I don't really know. We've never used the blocks in them, we just chuck some bleach down them once a week.
Savings yes, there is nothing whatsoever unsafe about the setup described. There is quite simply nothing to burn - the fitting is metal and the tubes are glass. Add a diffuser and *then* you have a fire risk.
I would seriously question the competence of whoever wrote that, to the point that I'd be pushing to bin the fire RA and have someone actually competent do it again.
The saving probably will never happen, although when i'm working in workshop there are 8 running so its a bit of a saving, but the real improvement is instant on especially in cold weather and no fragile glass tube.
I've suggested to our GSL to change the hut lights as tubes fail but again for us electric heating is the biggest expense.
Many years ago i worked for a company that supplied strip tubes to a large manufacturer of sweets, these all had to be encapsulated tubes that is they had a clear plastic tube over the glass and bonded to the metal ends so if they broke no glass could fall and contaminate anything. if these are still available they would be ideal in a scout hall environment behind cages.
No, they're not. The cage itself will prevent the glass from being broken so it won't be going anywhere (tubes don't just break on their own, you have to hit them with something, which is prevented by the cage). Whereas, the plastic tube poses a fire hazard that is not posed in its absence.
Less is very often more.
The cage itself will prevent the glass from being broken so it won't be going anywhere (tubes don't just break on their own, you have to hit them with something, which is prevented by the cage).
Hitting them with something isn't always prevented by the cage. Our strip lights have cages. A close inspection of the fittings will reveal a few with arrow holes.
The diffusers do add some protection and they are not a hazard, they wouldn't be on sale if they were. Google striplights causing fires and you will exclusively find results from cheap non-complaint LED fittings, not traditional flouresent lights.
That said, as i mentioned above, we don't have diffusers, just the cages. Not because they are in any way dangerous, just that I can do without another thing that can break and get in the way of replacing the bulbs.
To be fair, if you're shooting bows and arrows at them you have, shall we say, slightly specialist requirements.
Don't get me started on those! I insisted on taking them out in our hut. I can't find the reference now, but at the time I tracked down an H&S Executive document that explained very clearly why they make plug sockets _more_ dangerous.
I had a hell of a job convincing other leaders that a standard plug socket is specifically designed so that sticking something it in will not electrocute you - you have to stick three things into at the same time. However, if you try to level off one of the pesky plastic covers they snap very nicely so that you end up with one stick poking in the top hole for you - now you only need to stick two things in the remaining holes.
Out of interest, while I don't disagree with these socket cover things being pointless, are they really any more dangerous?
But has anyone actually been fried as a result of the placement of one?


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State of Change in the Nation
Benjie Oliveros July 20, 2017 Bulatlat Perspective, President Rodrigo Duterte
Although a latecomer in the presidential race Rodrigo Roa Duterte overtook all his rivals with his no-nonsense administration of Davao City as its mayor for several terms and his promise of change. Before Duterte's entry into the 2016 presidential race, it was Sen. Grace Poe, a fresh face in the Senate and Philippine politics, who was leading. But when Duterte entered the fray, it was clear that he presented a totally different perspective. Even the way his team ran his campaign was different: it was based on grassroots mobilization. The result: a landslide. The landslide win was comparable only to that of Joseph Erap Estrada, a former action star, in 1998.
It was clear that the people want change, and not more of the same policies even if packaged differently. And the people wanted genuine change to be really acted on, and not the rhetoric-reality divide of the former Aquino administration, where change was happening merely in speeches and press releases.
The subsequent policy declarations of President Duterte, early on into his term, did not disappoint:
1. An independent foreign policy – President Duterte threatened to abrogate unequal treaties with the US and ranted against the pronouncements of the European Union against the killings of drug suspects and the arrest of former Justice Sec. Leila de Lima. On the other hand, he courted the support of China and Russia.
2. He promised to end the contractualization of labor.
3. President Duterte ordered the resumption of the peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) to address the roots of the armed conflict.
4. He threatened mining companies, which have been destroying the environment, and appointed Gina Lopez, an environmental advocate, to head the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources.
5. President Duterte appointed progressives in his Cabinet, namely Social Welfare Sec. Judy Taguiwalo, Agrarian Reform Sec. Rafael Mariano, and National Anti-Poverty Commission Chair Liza Maza.
But it appears that President Duterte's attempts at balancing the interests and concerns of the different power blocs in his government and in Philippine society has been negating the changes he promised.
While he gained some headway in the country's relations with China, thereby easing the tension at the West Philippine Sea and even getting arms from China, the revelation that US troops are involved in the war in Marawi seemed to have negated his independent foreign policy.
Workers groups, from a broad array of persuasions and organizations, are one in saying that the Duterte administration's Labor Department Order has failed to eliminate the practice of contractualization.
The GRP-NDFP peace talks have been on and off, punctuated by threats by the Duterte administration.
Gina Lopez is out, after being rejected by Congress. Social Welfare Sec. Judy Taguiwalo, Agrarian Reform Sec. Rafael Mariano, and NAPC lead convener Liza Maza have not yet been confirmed by Congress.
Without all these promised changes, what has so far defined the Duterte administration are its bloody war on drugs and the martial law in Mindanao.
Peace and order appeared to be the priority of the Duterte administration. But the Duterte administration should by now realize that trying to achieve peace and order by killing drug suspects and attempts at wiping out Islamic extremist groups from the face of the earth does not work.
First, it could not arrogate to itself the power of life and death over the country's citizens. It violates the most basic, essential right of individuals. It is a recipe for abuse of power. And it simply does not work. Has the illegal drug menace been wiped out after thousands have been killed? Has peace and order been restored in Marawi after pouring in thousands of troops and incessantly bombarding the city?
Second, peace and order could not be had under oppressive and repressive conditions. There could be no peace without justice. There could be no peace without addressing the problems of poverty, social inequities, exploitation, and oppression.
Third, because of these, attempts to maintain peace and order by the use of force without addressing the social problems confronting society could only worsen what the government set out to do in the first place.
If the Duterte administration would want to achieve development, prosperity and peace in this country, it would be better for it to look back at why it was elected in office in the first place. It is about the yearning for change.
Yes, a year is too early to expect change, but the policy directions and the defining characteristic of the administration should be clear by now.
Featured image from the Presidential Communications Operations Office official Facebook page. Photo by Ace Morandante/Presidential Photo.

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Russia Could Block Access to Baltic Sea, US General Says
NATOSource by Defense One, Defense News, and Army News Service
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Gen. Ben Hodges, Commander of US Army Europe, Dec. 9, 2015 (photo: Department of Defense)
From Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One: Russia has moved ballistic missiles to and conducted nuclear strike drills from its Kaliningrad exclave, prompting Pentagon fears that Moscow could block access to the Baltic Sea.
There is a "significant amount of capability" in Kaliningrad, including anti-ship weapons, air defenses, and electronic warfare equipment, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, commander of U.S. Army Europe, said Wednesday.
"They could make it very difficult for any of us to get up into the Baltic Sea if we needed to in a contingency," Hodges said in a briefing at the Pentagon….
For exercises in Kaliningrad, Moscow has deployed the mobile, short-range Iskander ballistic missile, Hodges said."We have seen them do exercises where … there's a nuclear strike," Hodges said. "They don't [say] gray land, and silver land, or red land, or stuff like that. They say 'NATO is the adversary' when they do their exercises. I mean, they're pretty blunt about that."
From Jen Judson, Defense News: The top US Army commander in Europe said the service will work to establish most of its maintenance sites for equipment caches — built up to respond to Russia's continuing incursion into Ukraine — by the end of next year.
Maintenance sites for what the Army is calling European Activity Sets in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria will be completed by the end of 2016, ideally by September, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, commander of US Army Europe, said Wednesday at the Pentagon.
Three sites in Lithuania, Romania and Bulgaria are now complete because those contracts were quickly finalized, Hodges said. When the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division wraps up its rotation in Europe, the equipment it's using will be left at those facilities for the next unit to use.
As the plan stands, the next heavy brigade will arrive in April, draw out the equipment and train on it. The equipment will be transferred to newer maintenance sites in Poland, Estonia and Latvia when that unit's rotation is finished.
Hodges added that he believes one last maintenance site will be constructed in Hungary in 2017 as well….
Hodges said the equipment for the heavy brigade combat team now consists of about 1,300 vehicles to include about 235 to 250 tanks, Bradleys and Paladin Howitzers.
Gen. Dennis Via, commander of Army Materiel Command, told Defense News in October at the Association of the US Army's annual conference that additional activity sets are needed in Europe.
From David Vergun, Army News Service: Because Russians can operate on their interior lines and quickly shift forces around, all exercises conducted by the United States and its European allies place heavy emphasis on speed, the commanding general of U.S. Army Europe said today….
By "speed," Hodges explained, he means speed to recognize a potential crisis, speed to act politically and speed of assembly and movement of troops to the point of crisis by road and rail. Once in place, he said, speed and proper execution of operation also would depend on interoperability among all of the U.S. allies, so that's the focus of training and exercise….
Hodges said that while the United States has done and will continue to do a lot, each European country is responsible for its own defense as well, in terms of training and equipment.
"We don't want Russians to miscalculate that we're not capable or willing to respond," the general said.


A little-known fact about Bi-2 – one of Russia's most famous rock bands – is that its members, Shura and Leva, spent years living in Australia before they hit the music charts on home territory in Russia's chaotic late '90s.
After the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the then-young musicians moved from Belarus to Israel. Then, in 1993, Shura moved to Melbourne, and Leva followed, although not until 1998.
Over 1998 and 1999, the two recorded an album called And The Ship Sails On. It wasn't released in Russia in full, but a few tracks made their way back home and were played on Russia's top rock stations, including Nashe Radio and Radio Maximum; and it was the popularity of these tracks which drew them back to Russia.
In 1999, the two went to Moscow, planning to stay no more than two months – but it was two years before they next returned to Melbourne.
After their single No One Writes to the Colonel made the soundtrack of the blockbuster cult film Brat 2, they were suddenly famous.
Since then, the pair have won 12 music awards, including the World Music Award in 2001, for higher sales than any other music group in Russia. Their tracks went on to appear in 20 more films and they recorded eight albums.
The duo say that Australia had an important influence in helping them make commercially successful music. In the late '90s they were strikingly better in quality terms than other bands already on the Russian market.
This was due to Australian sound-recording quality and the fact Western influences helped this group to be at the forefront of a new genre in Russia, which was somewhere between rock and pop.
Leva: There's nothing rosy about emigration. We were leaving for a desert [Australia] not knowing what awaited us.
Shura: I was 21 at the time.
Leva: And I was 19. We were very young. But grown-up [emigrés], who had worked as doctors, musicians and engineers back in Russia, had it even harder than us.
Did you really work washing dishes when you first arrived in Australia?
Shura: How else do you think we earned the money to record? I washed dishes and worked as a kitchen hand; Leva painted walls. This is how we saved up for our first album And The Ship Sails On [which was released by Sony in 2000].
We have no regrets, though. For example, it was in Australia that we really learned what sound recording was about. I arrived there ahead of Leva, and played with a succession of different cover bands and a Gothic band called Chiron. Then, just two weeks after Leva arrived from Israel, I took him to our studio. This was his first time in a professional studio, and he was immediately asked to do a guitar solo. Of course, he was overwhelmed.
Is recording in Australia really so different from Russia?
Shura: It's somewhat similar to how they do it now, but it had nothing in common with how it was done [in Russia] in the '90s. Back then, there wasn't a single Russian studio that would have come close to the standards of Australian sound recording.
We've now got a large and pretty decent studio in Moscow and we record everything there. But we still do our mixing in Australia or the UK. We have an Australian sound engineer (Adam) who does a lot of mixing.
Following Western conventions, vocals are usually set at the same level as instrumentals – like, at the same level of the bass drum.
I keep asking Adam to make our vocals louder, but he reckons they're already too loud.
But it's important for Russian audiences to hear the lyrics. So we squabble our way through each new album.
I speak better English than Leva, so Adam's not afraid of me; he is afraid of Leva. Leva will say something to me in Russian, and Adam will ask me to interpret, and I'll go: "He's not happy with your work because we can't hear the vocals. If you don't bring them up, he'll bring some friends round to your place and have a man-to-man chat …" Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't.
Adam told us we were one of the most successful bands he'd ever worked with.
You've lived in Russia for 13 years now. Do you ever miss Australia?
Leva: We go there regularly because it's where our music is mixed. We usually fly over in early January, right after New Year's and stay a couple of months, while Russia's having its hardest winter months. Australia is warm and comfortable, and we have a lot of friends there. It's also a really safe place, with virtually zero crime.
You didn't have any success breaking through in Australia?
Originally published in March 2014 in the Russia Beyond the Headlines supplement to The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald newspapers in Australia.


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package org.wso2.balana.ctx.xacml3;

import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.wso2.balana.DOMHelper;
import org.wso2.balana.Indenter;
import org.wso2.balana.ParsingException;
import org.wso2.balana.XACMLConstants;
import org.wso2.balana.ctx.*;
import org.wso2.balana.xacml3.Attributes;
import org.wso2.balana.xacml3.MultiRequests;
import org.wso2.balana.xacml3.RequestDefaults;

import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Represents a XACML3 request made to the PDP. This is the class that contains all the data used to start
 * a policy evaluation.
 */
public class RequestCtx extends AbstractRequestCtx {

    /**
     * define boolean value whether to send back the applicable policies to PEP or not
     */
    private boolean returnPolicyIdList;

    /**
     * uses for when multiple decisions is enabled in PDP. This is defined whether to combine
     * multiple decisions or not
     */
    private boolean combinedDecision;

    /**
     * lists multiple request contexts by references to the <Attributes> elements
     */
    private MultiRequests multiRequests;

    /**
     * contains default values for the request, such as XPath version.
     */
    private RequestDefaults defaults;

    /**
     * Constructor that creates a RequestCtx from components.
     *
     * @param attributesSet a Set of Attributess
     * @param documentRoot  the root node of the DOM tree for this request
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the inputs are not well formed
     */
    public RequestCtx(Set<Attributes> attributesSet, Node documentRoot) {
        this(documentRoot, attributesSet, false, false, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Constructor that creates a RequestCtx from components.
     *
     * @param documentRoot       the root node of the DOM tree for this request
     * @param attributesSet      a Set of Attributess
     * @param returnPolicyIdList a boolean value whether to send back policy list of not
     * @param combinedDecision   a boolean value whether to combine decisions or not
     * @param multiRequests      a MultiRequests for the  MultiRequests element in request
     * @param defaults           a RequestDefaults  for the  RequestDefaults element in request
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the inputs are not well formed
     */
    public RequestCtx(Node documentRoot, Set<Attributes> attributesSet, boolean returnPolicyIdList,
                      boolean combinedDecision, MultiRequests multiRequests,
                      RequestDefaults defaults) throws IllegalArgumentException {

        this.xacmlVersion = XACMLConstants.XACML_VERSION_3_0;
        this.documentRoot = documentRoot;
        this.attributesSet = attributesSet;
        this.returnPolicyIdList = returnPolicyIdList;
        this.combinedDecision = combinedDecision;
        this.multiRequests = multiRequests;
        this.defaults = defaults;
    }

    /**
     * Create a new RequestCtx by parsing a node. This node should be created by
     * schema-verified parsing of an XML document.
     *
     * @param root the node to parse for the RequestCtx
     * @return a new RequestCtx constructed by parsing
     * @throws org.wso2.balana.ParsingException
     *          if the DOM node is invalid
     */
    public static RequestCtx getInstance(Node root) throws ParsingException {

        Set<Attributes> attributesElements;
        boolean returnPolicyIdList = false;
        boolean combinedDecision = false;
        MultiRequests multiRequests = null;
        RequestDefaults defaults = null;

        // First check to be sure the node passed is indeed a Request node.
        String tagName = DOMHelper.getLocalName(root);
        if (!tagName.equals("Request")) {
            throw new ParsingException("Request cannot be constructed using " + "type: "
                    + DOMHelper.getLocalName(root));
        }

        NamedNodeMap attrs = root.getAttributes();
        try {
            String attributeValue = attrs.getNamedItem(XACMLConstants.RETURN_POLICY_LIST).
                    getNodeValue();
            if ("true".equals(attributeValue)) {
                returnPolicyIdList = true;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new ParsingException("Error parsing required attribute "
                    + "ReturnPolicyIdList in RequestType", e);
        }

        try {
            String attributeValue = attrs.getNamedItem(XACMLConstants.COMBINE_DECISION).
                    getNodeValue();
            if ("true".equals(attributeValue)) {
                combinedDecision = true;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new ParsingException("Error parsing required attribute "
                    + "CombinedDecision in RequestType", e);
        }

        attributesElements = new HashSet<Attributes>();
        NodeList children = root.getChildNodes();

        for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
            Node node = children.item(i);
            String tag = DOMHelper.getLocalName(node);
            if (tag.equals(XACMLConstants.ATTRIBUTES_ELEMENT)) {
                Attributes attributes = Attributes.getInstance(node);
                attributesElements.add(attributes);
            }

            if (tag.equals(XACMLConstants.MULTI_REQUESTS)) {
                if (multiRequests != null) {
                    throw new ParsingException("Too many MultiRequests elements are defined.");
                }
                multiRequests = MultiRequests.getInstance(node);
            }

            if (tag.equals(XACMLConstants.REQUEST_DEFAULTS)) {
                if (multiRequests != null) {
                    throw new ParsingException("Too many RequestDefaults elements are defined.");
                }
                defaults = RequestDefaults.getInstance(node);
            }
        }

        if (attributesElements.isEmpty()) {
            throw new ParsingException("Request must contain at least one AttributesType");
        }

        return new RequestCtx(root, attributesElements, returnPolicyIdList, combinedDecision,
                multiRequests, defaults);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a boolean value whether to combine decisions or not
     *
     * @return true of false
     */
    public boolean isCombinedDecision() {
        return combinedDecision;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a boolean value whether to send back policy list of not
     *
     * @return true or false
     */
    public boolean isReturnPolicyIdList() {
        return returnPolicyIdList;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a MultiRequests that encapsulates MultiRequests element in request
     *
     * @return MultiRequests element in request
     */
    public MultiRequests getMultiRequests() {
        return multiRequests;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a RequestDefaults that encapsulates RequestDefaults element in request
     *
     * @return RequestDefaults element in request
     */
    public RequestDefaults getDefaults() {
        return defaults;
    }

    /**
     * Encodes this  AbstractRequestCtx  into its XML representation and writes this encoding to the given
     * OutputStream with indentation.
     *
     * @param output a stream into which the XML-encoded data is written
     * @param indenter an object that creates indentation strings
     */
    public void encode(OutputStream output, Indenter indenter) {

        String indent = indenter.makeString();
        PrintStream out = new PrintStream(output);

        out.println(indent + "<Request xmlns=\"" + XACMLConstants.REQUEST_CONTEXT_3_0_IDENTIFIER +
                "\" ReturnPolicyIdList=\"" + returnPolicyIdList + "\" CombinedDecision=\"" +
                combinedDecision +   "\" >");

        indenter.in();

        for(Attributes attributes : attributesSet){
            out.println(attributes.encode());
        }

        if(defaults != null){
            defaults.encode(output, indenter);
        }

        if(multiRequests != null){
           // multiRequests
        }

        indenter.out();

        out.println(indent + "</Request>");
    }

    /**
     * Encodes this  AbstractRequestCtx  into its XML representation and writes this encoding to the given
     * OutputStream. No indentation is used.
     *
     * @param output a stream into which the XML-encoded data is written
     */
    public void encode(OutputStream output) {
        encode(output, new Indenter(0));
    }
}

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Q: How to update a mongodb removing a duplicates using nodejs? I have to generate a report based on some flags. My code will be as follows.
   var arrFail = [];
   for(r=0;r<res.length;r++){
   if(mflag != "1" && phone !="0" && src != false){
      //expresions
       if(clag && gflag && oflag && tflag){
           arrFail.push([res.num,"not ok"]);
        }
       else if(){
        //expressions

       }
    }
   else{
      arrFail.push([res.num,"phonefail"]);
    }
   }
  return arrFail;

Finally Im sending back this arrFail.So there I need to update the mongodb.
     const fail = async function(model,failedRecords,arrFail,Id){

for( var i=0;i < arrFail.length; i++ ){

    for( var j=0;j< arrFail.length; j++ ){

        var query = { PhoneNumbers : arrFail[i][j] , Id: Id };
        var set = { 'Status': 'Failed',FailureReason:arrFail[i][j+1] };
        model.updateMany(query,{ $set: set},async function(err, result){
            if(err){
                console.log("er",err);
            }
            else{
               console.log("no error ",result);
               return;
            }
        })

    }
}

}
So this is how I'm updating the mongodb. My problem here is if first if condition is a failure, I will send it back as "phoneFail" in the arrFail Array. If phonetype and mflag & src is a failure I need to send my failArray as "phoneFail"and  also mflag,src failure. I not only have 3 fags. I have 8 flags like this. How do I append to my array & send this to update mongodb?

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News Jul 25, 2012 1 commentupdate:Sep 25, 2012
Russia aims to limit poultry imports from Belarus
The Russian Union of Poultry Producers (Rosptitsesoyuz) has sent a request to the Government, demanding a restriction of poultry imports from Belarus, which violate trade agreements between the two countries.
In particular Rosptitsesoyuz noted that Russia and Belarus signed a food balance sheet, according to which in 2011 the size of imports should not exceed 15,000 tonnes. However, Belarusian manufacturers ignore this document, and deliver five times more poultry production to the Russian market.
"We ask to limit the supplies, as there is the balance sheet and the parties must follow it. In Russia the domestic production of poultry meat is rising, and imported production which is a third cheaper than the domestic ones threatens losses to Russian manufacturers. According to the budgeted balance sheet for 2011, Belarus was to import only 15,000 tonnes to Russia, but it imported nearly 75,000 tonnes, resulting in Belarus becoming the second largest importer of poultry meat to Russia after the United States," said general director of Rosptitsesoyuz, Galina Bobyleva.
According to her the violation of trade agreements also continued in the beginning of 2012. "Also during the first quarter of 2012, Belarusian poultry shipped to Russia amounted to 35,000 tonnes of poultry meat," she added.
However, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), believe that Russia has no right to restrict the supply of agricultural products from the countries - partners in the Customs Union.
Source: Vladislav Vorotnikov
Vladislav Vorotnikov
Russian correspondent
Mos-KP
Very interesting situation - can Russia block imports in terms of the rules of the Customs Union ? This could be an interesting test case.
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when looking for some old photographs i came across all my old school work from when i was a kid. my mom kept about 5 folders full of school work. so i decided to scan some from the one folder i found.
as dated, 1-29-83… i was 2 years old. i had this…"fetish"…for drawing everything with HUGE eyelashes that went off the page. hahah.
first grade…6 years old. see eric's site for the commander tom episode on mpeg (if the link doesn't work TELL ME PLEASE). I actually do remember being very nervous when Commander Tom got to interview me. He asked me "if you were the principal of the school what would you do?" and i replied "i'd give the kids more work to do"…he asked me if i thought we didn't have enough work, and i said yes we didn't get enough work. he also asked my what my favourite letters were, and i said D and S. Also in this journal where this scan came from i had an entry saying "i hate seat work"…if i hated it so much why did i want more?!
also from the same journal in first grade. my mailbox was blown up. LOL. and apparently this was a big enough deal that i wrote about it in my journal. some of the journal entries have "Translations" at the bottom. there was one that was something like "i saw my mom wearing goggles"…which in and of itself makes NO SENSE, but it was spelled so phonetically, and in words that were only half spelled out (like gogs was supposed to be goggles)…no idea what it said until i read the translation.
this had no date, but it must be 1989. hahah. hahahahaha. it's just funny.
no date, but hey look. i was drawing madonna before she even wore cone bras!!
entitled "the masterpiece"… i remember drawing scenes like this alot. wreaths, christmas tree, the candle… the girl under the mistletoe. usually i had a fireplace in there instead of the mistletoe. the guy coming down the stairs has hearts by his face cuz he is in love with the girl in the archway hahahaha. it is indeed a masterpiece!
this one was the best. i got tired of doing them towards the end, i actually sorta remember doing them. there was a candy store, and a fish store called "fishy smells" HAHA.


When you think you're stealing a powerful opioid, only to find it was laxatives, it makes for an awkward day!
So who got him into this mess to begin with? Well techinically this was his own fault, but the pills belonged to his roommate, Jayme Ream. Ream decided to set him up when he suspected Emery was stealing his pills. So, he bought a camera and switched the laxatives and opioids to see what would happen.
Sure enough, Emery was soon busted! Not only that, but he was actually caught opening up a lockbox at the home that Ream put the pills in!
"I couldn't believe how quick he got in. He just basically, from the video, walked in, had the code and took the pills," Ream told reporters.
The arrest warrant showed how the home video caught Emery opening up the lockbox and taking two pills from the mislabeled pillbox, then leaving.
After his arrest, Emery quickly admitted to stealing the pills, but he claims he threw them away when he learned it wasn't what he thought it was. DARN!
Emery now faces charges of felony petty theft, after being found guilty of theft back in 2014 and 2015, as well.
We're really just curious, though, if he actually realized the pills were laxatives and threw them away, as he claimed, or if he found out the hard way!


Below are a variety of fixed blade knives that I have previously sold including bowies, fighters, daggers, push daggers, and hunting knives. A fixed blade knife is a knife that does not fold. Many of the fixed blades I make have historical significance. The push dagger for example was carried by card players in the old west and could be concealed in their vest.


Aimo e Nadia bistRo was born from the happy encounter between the culture of Italian gastronomy and that of design: Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia, an establishment reference of Italian gourmet cuisine for over 50 years and Rossana Orlandi, one of the most influential avant-garde design gallerists. Two Italian excellences, internationally recognized for the quality of their work, have given life to a common project, capable of declining the respective excellent characteristics in a simpler formula.
A convivial space in which the personalities of Stefania Moroni, Alessandro Negrini and Fabio Pisani, owners of Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia, and of Rossana Orlandi, express themselves in a complementary way, each one in its own sphere, to give life, together, to a bistro which combines the charm of interior design, created in collaboration with Etro, with the pleasures of taste and conviviality, fundamental elements of the gastronomic proposal and service.
The bistro cuisine is based on the same principles of Italianness, selection of raw materials, respect for producers and the territory, typical of Il Luogo di Aimo and Nadia, applied in this case, to simpler proposals, designed for fruition throughout the bow of the day. The ingredients come from specific areas of our peninsula, indicated in the menu, as in a sort of virtual map of Italy.
The bistro reflects Rossana Orlandi's style and creativity, in a sort of extension of her adjoining Gallery, from which come the furnishings and works: vintage pieces skilfully combined with new productions, signed by known and emerging designers, discovered by her. The environment is strongly characterized by Etro Home wallpapers, fabrics and upholstery, an expression of the textile culture and brand values, complementary elements that give harmony and enhance, at the same time, works, functional furnishings and decorative elements, creating a unique setting of great charm.
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Art in Ibiza
Discover the top Ibiza art and design
Updated 1 September 2021
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Ibiza has strong artistic roots going back to the 60's and 70's. Many artists and designers were drawn to this small Island because of a very unique and eclectic atmosphere, of course the stunning colours and light on both the land and the water, and its rich history and culture which is still evident today.
Known for its tolerance and embracing environment Ibiza encourages expression and is influential in the global arts scene. From traditional artisans and their timeless pieces of work to the new painters and their creative expression, Ibiza has a wonderful and eclectic heritage.
For lovers traditional and contemporary art, Ibiza has a wealth of art galleries spread over the island. All of them are individual in style and exhibit the works of all kinds of artists, but in particular those of local artists.
Jewellery & decorations
Hand crafted jewellery, designed and made on Ibiza is a popular thing to find in local boutiques and markets across the Island. With many talented designers based here you are sure to pick up the perfect item! From inexpensive trinkets to those uber-expensive "must have" fashion items.
Spanish leather items are always popular and being an Island makes this no less true in Ibiza. Colourful leather handbags, belts, purses, jewellery and clothing are to be found in every market and in many of the fashion boutiques. Leather sandals are also popular and the Sandal Shop in Ibiza Town is possibly the best place to go for some custom-made footwear...a must on any Spanish beach holiday!
If you are on a clubbing holiday in Ibiza then you could be forgiven for thinking that face and body painting are the only type of painting going on! However, you will find that artists and painters have been coming to the Island for many years and in particular in the post war years of the 1950's when Ibiza was seen as a place of refuge and acceptance. It is thought that perhaps as a result of centuries of domination the people of Ibiza have grown particularly tolerant and that ideal of freedom is still strongly promoted on the Island today.
Art can be found all over the Island, as painters are inspired by the landscapes, beautiful light and freedom of expression that Ibiza grants them.
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Commanders waive rights to quarterback Johnny Manziel
The troubled QB will play for the Memphis Express
The San Antonio Commanders waived the college allocation rights for quarterback Johnny Manziel, the team announced late Saturday night.
"We have decided not to exercise our rights to sign Johnny Manziel as a San Antonio Commander," said Commanders general manager Daryl Johnston in a statement. "When I took this job as general manager of the Commanders there were foundational experiences from my career as a player and as a broadcaster that I would not deviate from. There were also things that I would have to learn from my experience on the job. One of the most important things I have already learned is when there is an opportunity to get better … you get better. The challenge is finding the balance in what I know and what I have learned and finding the best solution to get better as a team. I truly believe that the moves necessary to add Johnny to our roster do not make us better at this time."
Manziel will now head to Memphis to play with the league-worst Memphis Express, who are just 1-5 on the season.
"We are pleased to welcome Johnny Manziel to Alliance of American Football, which we've always described as a league of opportunity for talented players to launch or revitalize their pro football careers," league co-founder Bill Polian said in a statement Saturday night. "We completed extensive background work to determine whether it would be appropriate for Johnny to play this season, and after consulting with many people familiar with his situation, we concluded that it would be good for him to resume his pro football career here at The Alliance."
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The second Gift of Music 'Jazz workshop' was held by the Music for One with the National University of Art and Culture (NUAC) students.
Professor Goesta Mueller from Austria leaded the Jazz Workshop collaborating with Mr. Moe Naing (Piano), Soe Soe (Drum) and Mr. Pan Htang (Double Bass) from Yangon Music School.
Firstly, Jazz musicians perform Jazz songs and After the Concert, NUAC students asked questions about Jazz music styles and Prof.
Goesta Mueller answered perfectly. Prof. Goesta Mueller let the Students' band to play one song for the audience and taught the audience the rhythm pattern with hand clapping.
Music for One also donates the Music CDs to NUAC Music Department.
The workshop ended with the last Jazz song performed by students and Jazz musicians.
M4one's vision for this project is to let everyone acknowledge that music education for all human being. Our children and friends will enjoy happiness through music.


Overheat occurs after approximately 6 seconds of continuous fire. Of course, for Epic Games to keep adding in new content and creating these live events for players to enjoy, updates and server maintenance is required. This damage no longer ignores shields. It was developed by Epic Games using their Unreal Engine 4. Save the World updates Fans of our Save the World mode also get a slew of new content.
Find it in the Event Store. No problem, now you can build right through it and continue on your way to a Victory Royale. And Season 7 wasn't just a gift for Christmas. Can I play Fortnite on mobile? Epic will also be continuing its recent in-game for players minded towards more professionally competitive play. You can also get a list of all the Week 1 challenge for Fortnite with a.
Further improvements will be coming in future updates. These are essentially treasure chests found in unusual locations that will reward you with good loot. What is a Fortnite Hack? Given Fortnite players on Xbox have also now got , it's clear we're being given a lot of fun new toys to play with. The battle begins on Thursday, April 18. That being said, all of them are fairly critical to enjoying the latest Battle Royale experience. Remote Explosives come in stacks of four, with a maximum of 10.
Pitting 100 players against each other on a single map, it melds fun, cartoonish gameplay with a fierce competitive streak, and has attracted millions of players across the globe across all ages and demographics. However, this is still not allowed while a game in progress. What's the latest new Fortnite update? At that point, we will again begin running tournaments regularly for all players. According to the official Fortnite 1. This was apparently an error, and Epic acknowledged it as such via Twitter Tuesday afternoon. The official Fortnite Twitter account revealed the news about the patch which fixes a number of issues that players have been experiencing.
Battle Pass Premium can only be purchased with in-game V bucks and not with real money. The complete patch notes for Fortnite update version 7. What are your thoughts on Fortnite update 7. You join a discord conversation out of epvp and the scam game begins. The official update version is 6.
Is it the full game? There is also no spread which means even if you hip fire, all your shoots would connect with the enemy burst weapons are the deadliest when you use no spread. Sounds great, how do I get it? There are new upcoming cosmetics, including new skins, pickaxes, gliders, back bling and emotes. The article is now updated with the Fortnite 1. It is following the that was released yesterday on all platforms. The most recent discovery from has revealed that one of the leaked skins from earlier today will be the reward for a set of new challenges related to an incoming. Given how significant the 7.
Jump high and aim well! You can see a round-up of what's been uncovered today on our page. Activate them by pressing your jump button while in mid-air. Cruise around the storm in style with the brand-new Hoverboard, a new way to traverse the map. The Battle Pass is a purchasable item in Fortnite that gives you access to exclusive in-game rewards. Countless of times people have walked out the edges and felt into the depths.
Everyone that has a Battle Pass will get the Free reward they unlock, but only Premium Pass holders will get the Premium reward. This may not be an issue for anyone else but I too often would accidentally pick up a weapon when trying to reload mid fight so I split my reload and interact into two buttons since my paddles allowed me to move things to the dpad and map them. Find charges as loot throughout the map. Epic has also made some changes to stat caps and rolled back patch 3. Check your game update and download the latest Fortnite Update 1.


As March 2019 draws to a close we start to look ahead at what's coming to Netflix in the United Kingdom in April 2019. Here are all the movies, TV series and specials all scheduled for release throughout the month.
There's plenty for the kids in April too. Two Dreamworks series are getting updates with both Spirit Riding Free and Trolls: The Beat Goes On! are both getting new episodes.
The March 1st new movie additions include a couple from the Adam Sandler vault which could be prepping us for the 2019 Netflix movie from the comedian. Both 50 First Dates and Click will be returning to Netflix UK in April.
On the weekly episode fronts, we mainly see the continuation of shows throughout April. Riverdale season 3 will start to wrap up in April 2019 with its final episode due out in the middle of May. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend will see its final episode release on Netflix on April 6th.
There's plenty of Netflix Originals planned for April and if you're looking for more information on them all, check out our Netflix Original preview for April.
Note: This list has now been updated with the official list of new releases by Netflix.
There you have it, that's your April 2019 additions. Don't forget this is not the complete list as new titles are added to Netflix every day that aren't present on this list. Every Friday, we round up the new Netflix UK releases.
What are you looking forward to in April? Let us know in the comments below.


Welcome back to the Cyclingnews podcast, brought to you in association with Sportful, Pinarello and Floyd's of Leadville.
We've had our winter break but we're back and at the Tour Down Under. And we're kicking off the season with an exclusive interview with Trek Segafredo's Richie Porte. We'll also hear from the race's defending champion Daryl Impey of Mitchelton-Scott.
Porte moved from BMC Racing in the winter and has big hopes and aspirations when it comes to stage racing this, along with one final crack at the Tour de France. We talk to Porte about the hunt for success at the Tour, mental as well as physical pressure, and how he has settled with his new teammates ahead of the Tour Down Under.
Impey, who denied Porte the 2018 Tour Down Under title, returns to lead the line at Mitchelton Scott and talks tactics over a race that will be decided by seconds.


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Fibroids and Cancer
The Acessa Experience
What are the steps to fibroid removal with Acessa?
Uterine fibroids can cause a lot of discomfort, including pelvic pain, frequent urination and even heavy menstruation. For some women, continuous problems with fibroids can mean having to undergo major, invasive inpatient fibroid surgery. Luckily there is hope. With the minimally-invasive Acessa procedure a hysterectomy is rarely necessary. This outpatient fibroid surgery is a laparoscopic procedure that rapidly reduces symptoms and has a fast recovery time.
What is the Acessa Procedure?
This same-day, outpatient fibroid surgery does not involve removing the uterus. The tip of a disposable electrosurgical handpiece is inserted into the fibroid and delivers energy to the fibroid, destroying it and causing it to shrink or disappear completely. The procedure requires general anesthesia and may last a couple of hours, depending on the size and the number of fibroids in the uterus.
Acessa Procedure Steps:
Consult with a Physician — If you think you may be suffering from uterine fibroids, the first step would be consulting with a physician to assess the situation. In some cases, inpatient fibroid removal surgery may be inevitable, but for most women, the Acessa procedure is a safe option. Your physician will be able to explain all the different fibroid treatments, their risks and benefits. Once both of you are convinced that the Acessa procedure is the best for your situation, an appointment can be made.
Incisions — Two small incisions less than a 1/4 of an inch in size are made.
Laparoscopic Ultrasound — During the procedure, the first step is to map the uterus and determine the exact location and size of each fibroid. Using a laparoscopic ultrasound probe, the surgeon can "see" fibroids as tiny as 2mm in diameter.
Inserting the Hand Piece into the Fibroid — With the help of ultrasound, the tip of the hand piece is inserted into the fibroid tissue.
Hand Piece Electrode Deployment — With the tip still inside the fibroid, an electrode array may be opened according to the size of the fibroid. The surgeon ensures that the electrodes stay inside the fibroid through ultrasound and laparoscopic evaluation.
Ablation — Treatment is applied for exactly the right amount of time for each fibroid before the hand piece is withdrawn.
Safety and Recovery
Clinical trials have been done and led to the Acessa hand piece being FDA cleared. In three, separate studies, women who had the procedure had very low complication rates and the need for further treatment was calculated on average at less than 4 percent per year. It was evident that this is a very safe procedure with a short recovery time. Unlike inpatient fibroid removal surgery, patients who opted for the Acessa procedure could go home the same day after recovering from the anesthesia. After approximately four days, most patients are fit for work. Symptoms such as heavy bleeding often reduce within the first three to six months or even during the first menstrual period after the procedure. It is not hard to see why so many physicians recommend Acessa to their patients.
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My kids started at a brand new school this past September after we realized the public school system just wasn't right for them, and with new schools come new rules and new allergies for kids and classrooms! My kids have no allergies as of right now, knock on wood, but so many kids do and I always try to make sure I send snacks to school that are allergy friendly but it can be hard when you start a new school with new rules, how are you to know? There are so many things people can be allergic to.
Turns out Jayden's teacher is allergic to melon. He can't take any type of melon, so therefore the school is a melon free zone on top of being peanut/nut-free as all schools are in Ontario. We have always taken precautions to make sure we never send anything with nuts, but the melon was new to us. I also never really considered any of the other 9 allergens either, which makes me feel awful now but I'm glad we've finally found something that I can feel good about sending and know those top 9+ allergens are covered when my kids want to fill their bellies with FreeYumm Treats.
Just because my kids don't have allergies doesn't mean others in their class or school doesn't, so it's very important to me to make sure my kids have appropriate healthy snacks they can take to school that is safe for everyone!
Snacks for school can get repetitive and boring. No one wants that. I am sure taking the same things over and over again makes for a boring lunch the kids don't really look forward to which results in somedays snacks coming back home. I don't want that, I want to be able to offer a variety and know my kids will eat what's sent with them to school so they can fuel their bodies and minds for a great school day. FreeYumm doesn't use any unhealthy fillers in their bars or cookies and no highly processed sweeteners. For more information on the ingredients, visit here.
Allergies come in a wide variety of forms. Did you know some people can be fine around specific types of foods they are allergic to while others allergies are air-born meaning even the smell of them in the room can cause serious issues, sometimes even anaphylactic shock? No one wants that, and although it can be a minor inconvenience to you if your child is picky, and you have a long allergy list at your school it's important we all do our part to make sure everyone is safe when it comes to snacking.
FreeYumm allergen-friendly treats are the perfect school snack. All FreeYumm products are made in a dedicated allergen-free bakery and are designed with everyone in mind. FreeYumm snacks are also free of the top 9 allergens including milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat/gluten, soy, fish, shellfish, sulphites, and sesame. Meaning you can even take these to school as a classroom treat on special occasion days and everyone can be included when enjoying these delicious treats!
FreeYum bars and cookies are made with specially selected ingredients that have themselves been produced to be free of priority allergens. In addition, the FreeYumm staff of trained bakers works diligently in a dedicated facility to ensure the top 8+ priority allergens are never allowed on site.
FreeYumm uses healthy ingredients, including natural sweeteners and whole grains. They also use organic and non-GMO where possible. With flavors like double chocolate cookies, banana maple cookies, ginger cookies, chocolate chip oat bars, raspberry chia bars, blueberry oat bars, and honey apple oat bars there is something for everyone!
If you are looking for variety and want to make sure your kids can fill their bellies at school or on the go while also making sure everyone is protected during snack time be sure to check out FreeYumm Treats for all the delicious flavors. Also be sure to check out the store locator to find a store carrying FreeYumm products near you!


The definition of change is to become different, whereas "evolve" means to develop gradually. Often, with any changes in SEO, when you look back in time, there was more of an evolution than any drastic change.
Google is ever-evolving to better meet its mission. It does so in part by updating its algorithm. Moz provides an outstanding overview of the big algorithm updates over the years.
Look at the most recent update called Medic on August 1, 2018, and what you see is an update to Google's algorithm that places more emphasis on EAT (expertise, authority, and trust). EAT didn't get invented overnight. EAT came into play in 2015 and gradually gained importance within Google's algorithm.
Another example was the Mobile Speed Update on July 9, 2018. Google started talking about this update six months in advance and Google emphasized the importance of site speed all of the way back in 2010. Again, the world's largest search engine, Google, evolved more than it changed with this update.
The rank of each result is a big component of the search engines. Another is the layout of the results on www.google.com, www.bing.com, and www.yahoo.com. The layout of these pages (called the search engine results pages or SERPs) has also evolved over time.
In the not-so-distant past, Google featured 3 paid results at the top and several at the bottom of the page or on the right. Then, in 2016, Google started experimenting with 4 paid ads at the top of the search results. The experiment has become a standard now for competitive keyword spaces with 4 paid ads at the top of the search results.
There has also been variation in how local search results are displayed in the SERPS. There was the 7 pack and now the more common 3 pack.
With each of these updates, we see it as an evolution more than a change. Local search still matters for local businesses. Paid ads still compete with the free space in the search results. Where and how you position your business needs to evolve within this framework.
We often see businesses react to a change in their results from SEO by looking to the algorithms or the SERP layout. Often, there is an evolution to one's own business which is also at play.
Like SEO, your business is ever-evolving. Take for example a business that advertises a new service or product; it represents a new market and sales opportunity that can be leveraged in the search results. Alternatively, if you change your business phone number or open a new location, that too impacts your SEO strategy.
Be sure to communicate these changes with whoever is responsible for your SEO strategy and tactics, making sure that your website and its presence in the search engines evolve in this broader context.
61% of users are unlikely to return to a website on mobile if they had trouble accessing it and 40% visit a competitor's site instead, according to Google. Over time, user expectations of websites evolve and this evolution impacts SEO.
Fortunately, it's easy to satisfy user expectations as they continue to evolve. Try to stay current with web design best practices and use a good content management system to build your website. We recommend WordPress because it is user and search engine friendly. You can learn more about it with this great WordPress starter guide from our friends Maddy Osman and WP Buffs.
How to Approach Evolution within SEO?
SEO evolves and thus it isn't a "set it and forget it" marketing initiative. You can future-proof your efforts by taking a holistic approach that focuses on real-world marketing initiatives that make logical sense. We share our holistic strategy and break it down into actionable steps at Pathfinder SEO. We call this approach guided SEO.
It also helps to collaborate with tools that evolve alongside the search engines. For example, our favorite WordPress SEO plugin is Yoast SEO. It is constantly evolving alongside the search engines and helps you stay up to date.
You can also stay up to date with SEO by signing up for the monthly Pathfinder SEO e-newsletter.


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By overlapped communal spaces in the dwelling blocks, different types of residents can coexist together.
To create a community with interactive in- between space which has a variety of spatial layers to promote the communication between dwellers.
Een eigentijds woonconcept binnen de bestaande structuur van de 'van der Kunbuurt' in Amsterdam.
The theme of the studio 'At Home in the City' is focusing on contemporary and future urban architecture on the scale of both dwelling and the city. Van der Kunbuurt is one of the suggested location that was needed to be transformed. At least half of the current 50's apartments should be kept that can accommodate the contemporary dwellers.
The project is about bringing the perimeter blocks of the urban plan and 21st century living of nowadays household compositions together, as the perimeter block, as a structure, transformed throughout time as a result of proceedings in society.
A design and development strategy for a mixed use building on the last open plot on the Oostelijke Handelskade in Amsterdam.
Assisted Living as a solution for the housing shortage for the elderly in the 21st century.


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Dwight Edward 'Harry' Harrison, 64, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, April 13 while vacationing with his brother in New Orleans.
He was born in Modesto on Aug. 2, 1945 to Fay and Jessie Harrison. He attended schools in Escalon, graduating from Escalon High School. He graduated from Barber School and received his barber license in 1965. For a short time he had his own barbershop in Escalon, then worked 20 years for Petri Winery, where he retired.
Mr. Harrison moved to Oklahoma in 1991. He lived in Boswell for the last 10 years. He was a member of the City Council of Boswell for two years and was instrumental in developing a Youth Center and Dog Pound for the city.
He enjoyed gardening, traveling with his brother, fishing, spending time with great grandson and sitting on his front porch visiting with his friends and family. He loved his two dogs that were around him constantly.
Survivors include his children, Sherrie Emery of Delhi, Tyler Harrison of Modesto, and Kelly Harrison of Riverbank; stepchildren, Christi Michael of Boswell, OK, Mike Armbrister of Hugo, OK; 13 grandchildren and one great grandson; sister, Katherine (David) Steed and brother Eddie (Sharon) Harrison and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Kathy (Cline) Harrison, his parents, brothers, Jimmie and Phil.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 20 at Victory Life Church in Boswell, OK. Officiating was Bro. Terry Brown under the direction of Miller & Miller Funeral Home.


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It's not even a correct picture.
It's an HDR but not so HDR-looking.
It doesn't have an uniform background.
it makes me thinking of daydreaming.
A dangerous, but sometimes helpful, activity.
means that I don't have to go out to take pictures (unless I want something new).
Those few flowers on the balcony are enough to get the "beauty oxygen" necessary to go ahead.
And, hopefully, tomorrow I'll clean and check the bolt of my swing…looks like time to study outside enjoying the warm weather arrived.
I fear this summer won't be super productive but…one thing is sure, this winter had been the best of the last 4-6years.
Unable to take a real-world-like picture.
I've taken this picture today, but this isn't, clearly, as the flower looks like in reality.
The colors are different, not because I "changed" them with the editing pictures program, I changed the light, it's like changing colors but not the same. I know it sounds crazy but… oh, well, if you like it ok, if you don't, whatever!


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Dylan Groenewegen's sprint finish wraps up a sleepy, six-hour stage that remains part of the Tour de France's rich heritage
Dylan Groenewegen won stage seven of the Tour de France in Chalon-sur-Saone as Giulio Ciccone retained the yellow jersey
Tom Cary, Cycling Correspondent, in Chalon-sur-Saône
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This was one of those soporific days at the Tour de France when everything slows down to such an extent the riders at the back of the peloton could probably sneak off for a refreshing glass of Chardonnay at a nearby chateau and still make it back for the bunch sprint at the end.
The longest stage of this year's race, 230km from Belfort to Chalon-sur-Saône, was eventually won by Jumbo-Visma sprinter Dylan Groenewegen. The Dutchman pipped Caleb Ewan [Lotto-Soudal] by the width of a wine glass after six hours of slow-motion advertising for the Burgundy tourist board.
There was precious little light relief. The days of riders actually sneaking off during boring grand tour stages (to go and buy ice creams, for instance, as Matt White did at the 2006 Giro d'Italia) are long gone. Cycling is a serious business these days. Teams are alert to everything, riding in formation, keeping constant tabs on the break.
Wanty-Gobert's Yoann Offredo and Cofidis' Stephane Rossetto attacked from the flag on Friday but never had any chance of staying away. The duo spent over 200km out on their own before being reeled in with just under 30km to go.
Not that these stages do not have their place at the Tour. Like a sleepy session in a Test match when the cameras pan to members snoozing in their straw boaters due to the lack of wickets or runs, they are part of the Tour's rich heritage; a chance to slow down, to appreciate La France Profonde.
They cannot all be action-packed slugfests like Thursday's stage to La Planche des Belles Filles when Geraint Thomas stamped his authority on this race with that late attack. Talk of his Thomas's form was everywhere at the buses on Friday morning, with support for the Welshman's chances having grown markedly overnight.
The Dutchman pipped Caleb Ewan at the line Credit: AFP
There was a notable shift in rhetoric outside the Ineos bus, in particular, with Dave Brailsford seemingly happy to back the 2018 winner as de facto team leader now, while dampening expectations around Egan Bernal.
Asked whether he thought people were maybe expecting too much of his 22 year-old Colombian, who had been tipped to win on La Planche des Belles Filles but appeared to struggle, eventually losing nine seconds to Thomas and switching positions with him on GC, Brailsford agreed.
"I think maybe everyone is getting a bit carried away [with Bernal]," he said. "I think for a young guy, the first time he has been here with that pressure on his young shoulders…for me this [race] is as much about learning how to manage that expectation as it is about trying to win the race."
It was an interesting admission and felt in stark contrast to Brailsford's eve-of-Tour assessment of Bernal's chances in Brussels last week, when he had stated: "I think you have a physical age and a mental age but when you're ready, you're ready. And he's ready."
Whether Bernal really is struggling to cope with the pressure, or whether Brailsford would simply prefer to heap it on Thomas's shoulders, safe in the knowledge that the Welshman can handle it, remains to be seen. Either way, Brailsford admitted that Bernal lying sixth on GC, five seconds behind Thomas, might help the youngster.
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"Yeah I think it's a better position for him to be in actually," he said. "I think Geraint is so experienced, and so calm now… he has been through it all."
That is certainly true. Thomas has been through it all at the Tour, from finishing second last on debut in 2007, to riding around with a broken pelvis in 2013, to giving his victory speech (plus mic drop) on the Champs Elysees last year. After Thursday's performance, the Welshman is suddenly most pundits' favourite to win again. Not that anyone should have been surprised. He did tell Telegraph Sport in an interview at his training camp in Tenerife in late May that his numbers were "as good as last year".
The only thing he lacked, and we lacked - due to Thomas's subsequent crash at the Tour of Switzerland - was proof in a race setting. Now we have it.
Saturday's 200km test from Macon to Saint-Etienne will be another long, hot one. But with seven categorised climbs and the possibility of some real racing, unlike Friday, there will be no time for ice creams.
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At first it was two DJs having more fun playing shows together rather than separately. That turned into an Amsterdam club night, after which Yellow Claw took their show on the road-in the Netherlands and across the world. Their first songs came out in 2012, Blood For Mercy became a mantra and Barong Family was established as a record label. With a huge, loyal fanbase crowding their gigs from Las Vegas to Tokyo and everywhere in between, Yellow motherfucking Claw's is one of the most electrifying shows you'll come across.
As much as their music is about energy release by any means necessary, Yellow Claw's whole approach is highly conceptual and deliberate: from the numbered mixtapes to the branded merchandise (parkas to bathing suits), the slick music videos and collaborations with artists as diverse as Diplo and Ty Dolla $ign, Ti?sto and Pusha T. Launched in 2014, Barong Family has become a home to upcoming, likeminded artists like Cesqeaux, LNY TNZ, Moksi, Mightyfools, Mike Cervello, Chace and more.
Over the years, Yellow Claw has performed at the main stages of EDC Las Vegas, Ultra Music Festival, Jack ?'s New Year's Eve party, Spring Awakening and Coachella in the United States, Tomorrowland in Belgium, Mysteryland, Kingsday Festival, The Flying Dutch and Sensation in the Netherlands and Future Music Festival in Australia, has held a residency at the Wynn Las Vegas and played numerous headline shows in North and South America, Eastern and Western Europe and all along East Asia.
In November of 2015 Yellow Claw finally delivered its full-length debut album Blood For Mercy on Mad Decent, followed by a massive US tour. Featuring many big name features, it went straight to #1 on Billboard's Heatseeker Albums as well as Top Dance/Electronic Albums charts and also reached #1 on Beatport.
In 2016, Blood For Mercy won the Edison award (Dutch equivalent of the Grammys) for dance music in the Netherlands. The single "In My Room", made in partnership with DJ Mustard and featuring Ty Dolla $ign and Tyga, has so far clocked over 10 million views on YouTube and over 96 million streams on Spotify (not counting remixes). Two brand new singles were released both featuring debuting singer Yade Lauren ("Invitation" followed by "Love & War") with a 16-date Barong Family World Tour scheduled in between for good measure.
As Yellow Claw continue to play shows around the globe almost every weekend, they are pressing on with their second album which is expected to come out before the beginning of spring 2017. In the meantime, Barong Family, keeps up a regular schedule of releasing banger after banger from new as well as more established family members.


Pulaski International School of Chicago prepares students to meet the challenges of a changing world.
Our academic program is based on the curriculum frameworks and programme standards and practices of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) and Middle Years Programme (MYP).
This distinctive approach to the curricula provides a comprehensive, international program of study that aims to equip every student with the essential skills for lifelong learning and meet individual learning needs. Our school encourages independence and self-discipline in an atmosphere of mutual respect and appreciation of diverse opinions and cultures.
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A rede ferroviária norte americana é a mais extensa do mundo com cerca de 226,612 mil quilômetros (2005). Suas ferrovias são divididas em 3 classes (de acordo com cotas de lucro anual criadas pelo Surface Transportation Board):

 Ferrovia Classe I: companhias ferroviárias de grande porte. São as companhias que obtêm uma receita operacional anual de US$ 250 milhões ,após terem sua margem de lucro corrigida pelo índice de preços do frete ferroviário, desenvolvido pelo Bureau of Labor Statistics. De acordo com a Association of American Railroads (AAR), as ferrovias classe I  tinham transportado em 2006 um mínimo de receitas operacionais de US$ 346,8 milhões.
 Ferrovias Classe II: companhias ferroviárias de médio porte. São as companhias que obtêm uma receita operacional anual entre US$ 20,5 milhões e US$ 277,7 milhões por no mínimo três anos consecutivos. Ferrovias com tráfego e equipamentos compartilhados e terminais de carga não são considerados de classe II.
 Ferrovia Classe III: companhias ferroviárias de pequeno porte. Segundo o Surface Transportation Board, são ferrovias que obtêm uma receita operacional anual de é uma ferrovia com uma receita operacional anual de até US$ 20 milhões.

Apesar do transporte ferroviário ter nascido na Europa, os Estados Unidos adotaram esse meio de transporte de tal forma que sua história se confunde com a história do país, principalmente entre a metade do século XIX até a metade do século XX.

História

1826-1850

A criação da primeira ferrovia do mundo na Inglaterra serviu de inspiração para os norte americanos iniciarem planos de construção de ferrovias. Naquela época o transporte de mercadorias era feito por carroças, muares e de forma fluvial.

A ferrovia foi considerada o maior feito tecnológico estadunidense do século XIX. Ela serviu como uma ligação vital para o comércio e as viagens que conectou as metades oriental e ocidental ao fim do século XIX nos Estados Unidos.

O estado de Massachusetts chegou a elaborar um plano de rede ferroviária em 1829, embora não tenha sido executada por falta de recursos. Essa falta de recursos do estado obrigou a criação de cartas de crédito e incentivos fiscais à iniciativa privada que acabou implantando a maior parte das ferrovias norte americanas. Com isso muitas companhias ferroviárias surgiram no país, viabilizando a construção de uma imensa rede ferroviária no futuro.

A primeira companhia ferroviária dos Estados Unidos foi a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B & O), fundada em 1827 que inaugurou seu primeiro trecho entre Baltimore e Ellicott's Mills (hoje chamada de Ellicott City) em 24 de maio de 1830. Posteriormente essa empresa levaria seus trilhos para a capital Washington D.C..

Após a B&O, surgiu a Boston and Providence Railroad, fundada em 1831para construir uma ferrovia entre Boston, Massachusetts e Providence, Rhode Island que seria concluída em 1835;

Novas ferrovias surgiram para fortalecer o transporte intermodal hidrovia-ferrovia, principalmente no sul do páis, onde a crescente produção agrícola precisava ser escoada com cada vez mais rapidez.

Entre 1829 -1830 foi iniciada a construção da Tuscumbia-Courtland-Decatur Railroad, primeira ferrovia construída a oeste dos Apalaches. Ligava duas cidades do Alabama, Decatur e Tuscumbia. A Pontchartrain Rail-Road, ferrovia de 8 km de extensão, ligava o Lago Pontchartrain ao Rio Mississipi.

Como crescimento do transporte ferroviário, fusões e falências e emcampações de empresas ferroviárias se tornaram inevitáveis, formando grandes comporações ferroviárias.

Por exemplo, o Camden e Amboy Railroad (C & A), a primeira estrada de ferro construída em Nova Jersey, inaugurada em 1834, acabou sendo incorporado pela Pennsylvania Railroad.

1851-1900

Nas décadas de 1850 e 1860 o sistema ferroviário norte americano viveu seu auge no século XIX. Naquela época construir ferrovias era o melhor negócio do pais, atraindo milhares de investidores privados.

A Primeira Ferrovia Transcontinental, aberta ao tráfego em 10 de maio de 1869, com o "Prego de Ouro" () em Promontory, Utah, a rota estabeleceu uma rede de transportes trancontinental mecanizado que revolucionou a população e a economia do Oeste Americano.

1970-presente

Historicamente, onde uma companhia ferroviária teve o monopólio incontestável do transporte de passageiros, os serviços de transporte foram prestados de forma espartana e/ou com péssima qualidade, além de sob preços mais altos que os determinados pela Interstate Commerce Commission. Já em lugares onde havia concorrência entre duas ou três ferrovias, os serviços de transporte de passageiros eram vistos pelas companhias ferroviárias como meio de demonstrar sua eficência e, assim, atrair novos clientes para os serviços de transporte de carga. Com esse intuito, investiam quantias cada vez mais altas para proporcionar serviços de passageiros luxuosos e ao mesmo tempo populares (com preços acessíveis).

Para defender o transporte de passageiros, foi criada em 1967 a National Association of Railroad Passengers, mas seus esforços foram prejudicados pelo Partido Democrata, de oposição política a qualquer tipo de subsídios para ferrovias de propriedade privada, e pelo Partido Republicano, que se opunha à nacionalização da indústria do transporte ferroviário.

A situação do transporte de passageiros nos Estados Unidos se tornou insustentável em 21 de junho de 1970, por ocasião do pedido de falência da Penn Central Transportation Company, que dominava o transporte da região noroeste dos Estados Unidos.

Nesse mesmo ano, o governo americano edita o Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, e o congresso cria a National Railroad Passenger Corporation (renomeada Railpass até assumir seu nome definitivo - Amtrak), para subsidiar e supervisionar os serviços de transporte ferroviário de passageiros.

Transporte ferroviário nos Estados Unidos

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German Translator: Monika Nöcker-Ribaupierre, Dr.sc.mus.
Monika Nöcker-Ribaupierre has over 20 years of clinical experience, working in NICU, with developmentally delayed and multiply disabled children. Currently, her primary focus is auditory stimulation after premature birth. Prior to this, Monika was chair of the postgraduate music therapy training program at Freies Musikzentrum Munich e.V. and Vice President of the European Music Therapy Confederation. She is Vice-President of the International Society of Music in Medicine and serves on the scientific board of "Musiktherapeutische Umschau", Bundesverband "das frühgeborene Kind" e.V. and the Editorial Board of the interdisciplinary journal Music and Medicine. She has published a number of books, book chapters and articles.
Japanese Translator: Dr. Kana Okazaki-Sakaue, D.A, MT-BC, NRMT, ARAM
Kana is a music therapist trained both in UK and USA. She studied piano at the Royal
Academy of Music, London, England and was trained at the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre in London. She also obtained Master's and Doctorate degree in Music Therapy at New York University, USA. She is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Kobe university, Japan and also serving as a board member and the chair of International Committee of the Japanese Music Therapy Association. She has also been involved as a committee member of Accreditation and Certification Commission of the World Federation for Music Therapy. She has been active as the Advisor for Tohoku Music Therapy Project, supporting music therapy work for survivors after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, since 2011. Her current clinical work includes special education setting as well as experiential training for music therapists and trainees. She supervises music therapists and other related professionals such as psychologists and psychiatrists. Her specific research is about clinical improvisation.
Japanese translator: Aiko Onuma, MT-BC
Aiko Onuma is a music therapist/educator who works in the greater Boston area as well as internationally. Aiko is currently the president of "Kakehashi" Music Therapy Connection Group and provides music therapy services and individualized music instruction for all ages and levels. She holds a Bachelor degree of Music Therapy from Berklee College of Music.
Chinese Translator: Yi-Ying, MA, MT-BC
Yi-Ying currently works at Taipei Medical University Hospital in Taiwan, serving multiple population in medical setting. She completed graduate studies at Montclair State University in the U.S. and was clinically trained in Beth Israel Medical Center.
Korean Translator: Juri Yun, MT-DMtG, KCMT
Juri Yun is a certified music therapist in Germany (DMtG) and S. Korea (KCMT). Ms. Yun received Diplom from Music Therapy Institute Berlin in Germany and completed doctoral coursework in Music Therapy from Ewha Womans University. Ms. Yun currently serves as the clinical supervisor at Ewha and a researcher for the Ewha Music Wellness Center. Her clinical expertise lies in working with adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders and children with special needs.
Spanish Translator: Natalia Garrido
Natalia Garrido was born in Madrid, Spain, where she earned her Masters degree in Music Therapy from the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid. Her post-graduate work in Madrid was focused extensively on children living with physical and neurologic impairment, and emotional disturbance, as well as with pediatric patients admitted to cardiac unit of the Gregorio Marañón Hospital. Continuing this work internationally, Natalia provided music therapy to physically and emotionally challenged children form underprivileged areas and low resources in Mexico and India. Subsequently, she accepted the position as the 2010/11 Research Fellow for the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine in New York, NY. She has built a music therapy program in the oncology unit of the Hospital de Jaen, Spain where her work focuses on developing environmental music therapy, conducting research within the chemotherapy infusion suite and providing individual music psychotherapy. Natalia participated in the 2012 World Music Therapy Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. She was co-author in the research Effects of Monochord Music on Heart Rate Variability and Self-Reports of Relaxation in Healthy Adults conducting in School of Therapeutic Sciences, SRH University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Since she came back to Spain, Natalia is currently working with elderly people who suffer Alzheimer and young people who are hospitalized in a mental health facility.
French translator: Kate Walker
Kate Walker, originally from Australia, is a music therapist based in France. Her clinical experiences include children and adults with sensory impairments (specifically visual and auditory), adult psychiatry, as well as people with dementia and alzhiemers. Her research interests include neurologic music therapy, the effects of cultural influences, and the many ways music interacts with our brains. Kate was a presenter at the 2021 and 2022 Online Conference for Music Therapy.
Turkish translator: Sukru Torun MD, MT-TR
Sukru Torun is a full-time Professor of Neurology with 30 years of experience and a music therapist authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Health in 2016 for Turkey. Currently, he is the chair of the first music therapy master training program approved by the Turkish Council of Higher Education in 2021 at Anadolu University Health Sciences Institute and the music therapy department. Dr. Torun is the member Complementary and Functional Medicine Scientific Board of the Ministry of Health. Also, serves in the workng groups of dementia-behavioral neurology, quality of life and neurorehabilitation of the Turkish Neurological Society. Having many scientific publications related to his fields of study, Dr. Torun is also one of the academic editors of PLoS ONE, a SCIE and SSCI indexed and Q1 category journal covered by WoS. Professor Torun continues his music therapy research and practice for developmental and acquired neuropsychosocial disorders in the country's first officially approved music therapy unit, which he established in Eskişehir in 2017.


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Not Too Slow for This Team
Tryouts for our gymnastics team were always more of a showpiece than a real tryout. The decisions about who had made the team were made by evaluating daily practices seeking out the qualities I favored in my team girls.
Our gymnastics team had an excellent reputation both regionally and nationally and being on our gymnastics team in our community was close to super stardom in the town.
Our team girls were the envy of even the most popular cheerleaders, since they better than others realized the skill and talent our team girls had. Since losing some of our team girls to cheerleading in the first two years I coached there, we had always gone out of our way to make our gymnasts' talent and success visible in the community.
I called it our "Gymnasts as Heroes" program and it consisted of a series of public exhibitions, high school basketball halftime shows at the basketball games with the biggest local rivalries, and exhibitions at the schools of every gymnast on the team featuring most prominently the ones who attended that school regardless of whether they were the best on the team.
The program was a success and our team girls were well known in the community and achieve an enviable and recognizable status. Because of this and because of our competitive success, there were always many girls who wanted to make the team, enrolled in Pre-team and Jr. Team programs and tried out for the team
This year was no different and there were seven girls who had demonstrated the qualities that I was looking for to continue the competitive success and reputation we had created over the years.
Strength and flexibility were the prerequisite. No one made the team without being strong and flexible. Coach-ability was something that makes every coach's job easier, but is also the factor that allows even talented athletes to rise above their natural talent level. Determination, attendance record for practices and the ability to progress in gymnastics skills and execution rounded out the primary criteria. Talent is always a factor, but it does not take a good coach to see talent. Everyone sees it.
One of the seven girls who had, in my mind already made the team, was Tammy. She was physically 12 years old, a little bigger than the average team girl and a few years older than the age at which we normally moved girls up to the team, because she had started gymnastics late and her progress was not as fast as some.
Tammy was extremely strong and had worked fanatically to improve her splits and flexibility to an acceptable level. She was eminently coachable, always listening intently and trying her hardest to do what she was told. Although Tammy's learning style (visual) and my coaching style (auditory – verbal) were different, there always seemed to be one of our team girls around to demonstrate skills, which she then quickly picked up.
Her talent level was medium, but her determination and love for the sport showed through and she had certainly done everything to earn a place on our team.
Tryouts were always on Saturdays and the entire team and all of the hopefuls were tested and scored, even though once a girl made the team her position was ensured as long as she followed the team rules.
After tryouts, we made a big show of tallying up the results and then announced the new team members, presenting them with their team leotard and warm-up. Usually, this ceremony was attended only by the girls trying out and their parents and our regular team girls went home. The parents whose daughters were to make the team already pretty much knew, because we had to get their leo and warm-up sizes ahead of time and we had to give them a chance to decide if they, as parents, were ready and able to make the time and financial commitment before we announced their daughter's name.
On the way up to the podium area where we normally made the presentations, Tammy's parents stepped determinedly into my path with a look on their faces I had come to see as trouble. My experience told me that there was going to be some problem that was going to keep Tammy off the team and her parents wanted to tell me before Tammy might have to be disappointed.
I could tell that it was difficult for them and after several attempts they finally made it clear that Tammy didn't go on the same bus or to the same school as the rest of the girls, but rode the special bus. Her dad said, "Tammy has always been slow in school."
In less than a second, I responded, "Not in gymnastics she's not. Not in this gym she's not."
I looked around and saw that all of the regular team girls were still here. They and their parents hadn't gone home and they were all watching this. I suddenly realized that every one of them knew. Every girl knew Tammy rode the short bus. And I suddenly realized why there was always some team girl there when I needed a demonstrator for Tammy.
I turned back to Tammy's parents and said, "And not on this team."
In the next few seconds, my team girls and I saw the most amazing transformation in the eyes of Tammy's parents. They had approached me fully expecting this to remove their daughter from consideration and participation on the team. They were so hopeful for their daughter and yet they felt obligated to tell me the truth about their daughter.
And in the next few seconds, visible in their eyes was the burden of years of reduced and shattered hopes and dreams disappearing replaced by joy and pride and amazement in the realization that their daughter was to join the ranks of the most exclusive and successful athletic team in the area. They both turned and looked at their daughter, perhaps for the first time ever, able to celebrate her success as a high achiever in the tough and real world, the world of gymnastics. Their posture perceptibly straightened, their shoulders went back and their heads went up and they positively glowed as looked with fresh eyes of admiration for their now truly "special" daughter.
I looked at Tammy and she was demonstrating the quiet firm confidence, typical of our team. I looked at my team girls and was glad that even not having seen all of the now obvious signs that I had made the right decision. I had already made my decision that Tammy deserved to be on the team and I stuck with it.
Tammy not only deserved to be on the team, actually, she was already on the team. The team girls had already made that decision and I had passed yet another of their tests by confirming it. They had expected me to do the right thing and I did. It was a great moment to see the respect in their eyes and to know I had confirmed their respect for me. And I was never more proud of my team than at that moment.
Needless to say, her parents became strong supporters of the gym and tireless workers at home meets and fundraisers.
As it turned out, Tammy did belong on the team. Tammy competed on the team for six years. She won many medals and ribbons at the compulsory level and eventually won a State Championship in Vaulting. She competed as a Level 8 successfully doing Tzukahara vaults and was always strong on bars. Her vault and bar scores often counted when we won team medals. The fine points of beam and floor dance came slower to her, but her teammates were always there to demonstrate and tutor her.
And after Tammy came on the team, it seemed as if more and more that the team girls lost some of their focus on just themselves and started to help out, not just Tammy, but other girls on the team. And that made our team better and even closer than before. Each of us has been given gifts and when you do the right thing and give to others, it always comes back to you.
NOTE: We received this story anonymously and with it a note that said:
I read your story "Are You Sure She Should Be On the Team?" and it reminded me about one of the most heartwarming moments in my coaching career. I just felt compelled to sit down and tell my story about Tammy, which seems so remarkably like your story about Marley. It is good to know that there are coaches and teams members in our sport that make stories and dreams like this come true.
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Yesterday I picked up a few cozies with some of my Christmas money and I read this one last night.
I really liked the writing style of this book! Well written dialogue and a well crafted mystery plot with red herrings all the way up the end.
The main character is Jaymie Leighton, a complicated woman, who yearns for a simpler time, hence her interest in things vintage, particularly homemaking or kitchen related. She is a great character, not a stereotype at all and on top of that I was able to relate to her. The theme of all things vintage kitchen was charming as well.
Highly recommended cozy. I will definitely be continuing this series!
I hope you like it. I went and got the next one to read already.


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Museum Directors named
In October, Provost Eric Boynton announced the directors of the Wright and Logan Museums.
In October, Provost Eric Boynton announced that Joy Beckman and Nicolette Meister had been appointed directors of the Wright Museum of Art and the Logan Museum of Anthropology, respectively.
Prior to Boynton joining Beloit in June, the college considered a new structure in which both teaching museums would be led by one director. After additional deliberation, college leadership concluded that the roles should remain separate.
Meister, who has served as the Logan's curator of collections for nearly two decades, was named the James E. Lockwood Jr. Director of the Logan Museum of Anthropology. She replaces Bill Green, who retired in December 2018, after 17 years with the college.
Beckman, who has served as director of the Wright Museum of Art for nearly 13 years, will continue in that role.
Whitney Helm
Director of the Wright Museum of Art
Director of the Logan Museum of Anthropology