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When he was young, John Ross's incredible speed made him complacent. It was only when he discovered his drive that he took his game to new heights.
A wide receiver out of the University of Washington, Ross set a new NFL Combine record on Saturday when he clocked an official time of 4.22 seconds in the 40-Yard Dash, narrowly surpassing the previous record of 4.24 seconds set by Chris Johnson in 2008.
A wide receiver out of the University of Washington, Ross set a new NFL Combine record on Saturday when he clocked an official time of 4.22 seconds in the 40-Yard Dash, narrowly surpassing the previous record of 4.24 seconds set by Chris Johnson in 2008.
Ross's stupidly fast 40 time, combined with his outrageous showing in the Broad Jump (11'1"), has his draft stock skyrocketing.
But how in the world did this man get so fast?
According to Ross, he's been fast for as long as he can remember. That's one reason he believes much of his speed was God-given. "I was 6 years old, outrunning 10-year-olds, stuff like that. It was almost weird," Ross told STACK. "[I think much of my speed is] God-given. I've always been a fast guy. Always been the fastest kid on the team, the fastest kid in school."
His speed allowed Ross to flourish on the field from a young age, as he simply blew by his competition. But his gift also had a consequence—complacency. When he was a freshman and sophomore in high school, Ross was already so fast that he didn't see the point in training. "I had a problem with working hard early in high school. I always felt like, 'well, if I'm faster than these kids, why do I still have to work?' That [kind of thinking] got me early in my career," Ross said. He was content with just going through the motions.
But as Ross began to realize his potential, he discovered his drive. "My junior year, I really saw my potential and started working hard. I thought, 'maybe I can be the best on my team, maybe I can be the best in the league.' I knew that I could do more on the field the more work I put in. So I started to work harder and I could tell I was getting faster and stronger," Ross said. "[I realized that] if you work hard today, you'll improve tomorrow."
That attitude helped Ross elevate his play and earn offers from powerhouse programs like Michigan, Oregon, UCLA, Miami, Wisconsin and Washington.
At Washington, Ross continued to work hard despite less-than-ideal circumstances. Early in his college career, he bounced between receiver and cornerback, flashing brilliance at both positions but feeling frustrated by his sporadic usage. He envisioned himself as a star wide receiver, not a utility man. During the third game of his sophomore season, he suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee. He gutted out the remainder of the season, but he wasn't anywhere close to 100 percent.
After post-season surgery, Ross entered the spring of 2015 ready to prove himself as the team's top receiver. But during his first full practice of spring ball, a non-contact "freak" injury caused him to tear the ACL and meniscus in his left knee. He was forced to take a medical redshirt for the 2015 season. "Facing the fact that I was going to sit out a whole year with that injury—that was hard to deal with," Ross said.
But Ross was diligent with his rehab, allowing him to have a full offseason of training prior to the 2016 season. He made the most of it, putting in extra work whenever he could. "When I got into  spring ball, I felt like I could really become an even better player if I continued to work. So I would set up cones on off days and after practices and do stuff by myself until I was tired. I would get sore, but I felt like if I wanted to reach my maximum potential, then that's what I had to do," Ross said. That work ethic led him to clock a 4.25 40-Yard Dash at UW's annual off-season "Husky Combine."
Over the Summer, Ross connected with NFL star DeSean Jackson, a fellow native of Long Beach, California, where the two shared many mutual friends. Jackson, a noted speedster himself, invited Ross to train with him for a few days in Los Angeles. Ross accepted the offer. During their sessions together, Jackson taught Ross how to smartly implement his speed for maximum effectiveness. "He showed me how to control my speed," Ross told NFL.com. "Before [training with DeSean], I just figured, I'm faster than this guy, so I can just outrun this guy. That doesn't work all the time . . . it was good for me to get with DeSean and learn how to use [my speed] and when to use it and when to turn it on and when to turn it off."
Ross went on to have an exceptional redshirt junior season, compiling 81 receptions for 1,150 receiving yards and 19 touchdowns.
As Ross's path turns to the NFL, his work ethic continues to light the way. He said, "You never know how far hard work can take you. The potential you have is based off your confidence and how much work you put in."


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StructureMap is an IoC/DI container for .Net which has been a long time around. I've been using it for these past few years, and after all this time, I found out the correct way to implement it.
I am currently working on a Backend API that acts as a middleman to a Front API and a DocumentDB database (the structure is shown in the above image).
I had the following class which is used to send data to both the Front API and to the DocumentDB. Some of the fields needed to be hidden when returning a response back to the Front API, since they weren't useful for the user and for security concerns. First I tried using [JsonIgnore] and [IgnoreDataMember] (as seen below), which successfully excluded the required fields from the response, but using them was also excluding the same fields when sending the data to DocumentDB, so it was a no-go.
Hope that all of you are fine and thanks for reading this blog. Have not been writing much posts as of lately but I was busy making some new plans for my new place on the internet.
I had this place on wordpress for these last 5 years, 3 months and 4 weeks. It was nice writing posts on ciappara.wordpress.com but now the time has come to move and be independent. Don't worry, I'm not going away. I'm just moving this blog to a personal web address. From now on you can find me and my new posts on www.ciappara.com. I had to do this a long long time ago, but now it's time.
In this blog I write any problems that I face while developing applications and websites. The response from other people having these problems was amazing in that users started helping each other in the comments. I will update my new blog on a more regular pace and also have plans to start making some new fun stuff as well… but i will tell you more on this later on.
Hope to see you all on www.ciappara.com! Btw, what do you think of my logo… any suggestions?
Just read some very sad news! Steve Jobs passed away. Apple confirmed the news on its Web site. He was a great visionary that led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone! Jobs leaves behind his wife, four children, two sisters, and 49,000 Apple employees Very unfortunate!!


Women are a a very fast growing segment of shooters. They represent a large portion of new NRA memberships and can be found in abundance at local CPL classes. Personally I can attest to the fact that the last 3 CPL classes I have been to had more women than men in them. However new female shooters I have spoken to are often put off by Gun Shop employees or a lack of reviews, blogs and news that is specific to the issues and challenges that females face. Having patient teachers and helpful reviews with a slant towards the issues that face these new shooters is going to be a key factor in how involved women become in the sport.
It is great to see more female shooters becoming not only participants but active supporters and educators to their peers. Falia who I believe is a Michigan native is one such shining example. You can find general gun reviews, product reviews and reviews specifically geared towards women and those of smaller stature on her YouTube channel.
Falia did a recent review of the LULA series of magazine loaders located here.
Here is a women specific review for a concealed carry jacket.
When my wife first started looking into choices for concealed carry Falia was my first recommendation to her. I only hope that as time continues we see more and more intelligent and helpful members of the community step up to assist the n00bs like Falia has.
If you run a blog, YouTube channel or other educational service geared towards female shooters please leave us a message. We are always looking to find more ways to support those interested in teaching.
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40-year overdue library book incurs no fee – but gratitude inspires donation
Michael Kelly checked out 'So You Want to Be a Doctor' in 1970. Since then, libraries have changed – dramatically, in some cases – to keep pace with changing reading habits and technology.
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Caroline Ramirez (l.) and Sam Martinez, use computers at BiblioTech, a first of its kind digital public library, a December day in 2013, in San Antonio. Bexar County's BibiloTech is the nation's only bookless public library, according to information gathered by the American Library Association.
By Rowena Lindsay Staff
@Rowena__Lindsay
In 1970s, Michael Kelly checked "So You Want to Be a Doctor" out of the Kanawha County Library in West Virginia. Forty years later, he is a successful plastic surgeon in Miami, Fla., but – as he recently discovered – he never returned the book that helped him get there.
"I was and am a voracious reader, so I would scan the shelves looking for things to read," Kelly, told WCHS Eyewitness News. "I saw 'So You Want to Be a Doctor' and checked it out. I actually found it very helpful because it went through step by step what it took to become a physician, both academically and from a training perspective."
Embarrassed to find the book still on his shelf, Dr. Kelly plans to return the book to the country's main library in Charleston, the state capital, on Friday, along with a $500 library donation as a show of gratitude and apology. Kelly, who wanted to be a doctor since his early years of high school, hopes that his story will inspire other kids to follow their dreams.
Aspiring doctors might still visit their local libraries for resources, but the facilities themselves have changed a lot since 1970, as librarians adapt to keep pace with Americans' changing reading habits.
Although some people may think of libraries as dusty, or even archaic, they actually have a history of bringing technology to the public before it becomes affordable to the masses. Before there was a computer in every home, much less every pocket, people learned to use computers at the library – and before that, the same was true with typewriters. Today, 250 public libraries across the United States provide access to 3-D printers, according to data from the American Library Association.
Digitalization "swept through the music and the book industry, and now it's reached the physical economy, the economy of tangible things," Charles Wapner, ALA information policy analyst, told The Christian Science Monitor last May. 3-D printers allow users to "bring pretty much anything you can imagine into the physical world through digital content."
Access to the latest technology is not the only way libraries today are fighting to stay relevant: some have done away with books altogether.
The United States' first entirely digital public library, BiblioTech, opened in San Antonio, Texas, three years ago. With 20,000 e-books, 800 e-readers for adults and children, 48 computers, 10 laptops and 40 tablets, the library has frequently been compared to an Apple Store, with the librarians serving as the techy geek squad.
Library enthusiasts came from all over the world to see the library, but BiblioTech may be most important for its immediate neighbors: the facility is located in a low-income neighborhood where many residents don't have internet access, and it can provide a service the community desperately needs.
Other libraries are modeling themselves more and more on community centers. While many libraries have always had community programing, the focus was usually on the books and related events. Now, in addition to classes on learning how to use e-readers or designing your resume, libraries are offering diversified events, including Zumba classes, speed dating sessions, concerts, and coffee shops or cafes. The variety of programming gets a larger variety of people into the library.
"Now there's cross-pollination," Michael Salpete, a senior librarian in Georgia, told The Atlanta Journal Constitution. "People who come for the programs check out books, and the people who come for materials stay for programming."
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Home Opinion Lawlessness is crippling our country
Lawlessness is crippling our country
It was Roman leader Julius Ceasar who said that "experience is the teacher of all things". He is often misquoted as having said "experience is the best teacher".
I'd like to put it more simply: We don't realise how idiotic and painful our actions can be until they haunt the hell out of us.
What is currently happening in the country – arson, looting, taxi industry violence and attacks on motorists, among others – is awful, to say the least.
And those involved are short-sighted if they don't realise that they have just destroyed the country's economy – or contributed to its destruction.
What will follow next is the inevitable finger-pointing and cries that government doesn't care about us or deliver essential services.
And soon those involved in the wholesale destruction will be adding their voices to the desperate calls for help. Harsh as it may seem, I feel that before we help them, we must ensure that they properly experience the impact of what they have done.
Because, to misquote Caesar again, they should learn from their experience.
As news of the rampant violence in KZN and Gauteng reached us, I have heard many people saying it was the first time they have witnessed such unrest.
For me, however, this was the second time.
I grew up in an independent state called Ciskei, led by Lennox Wongama Sebe. During the start of the change in the country, Brigadier Oupa Gqoza led the coup by the Ciskei Defence Force that dethroned Sebe.
At the outset he ruled in an exemplary manner, but later he changed and turned against his people.
He established his own smallanyana party.
And guess what happened? It was riot after riot. We were young and energetic. People ran amok, looting and destroying everything they thought was of Gqozo. Ciskei had a wealth of food schemes but they were destroyed within minutes.
So understand my context when I say that what has just happened in KZN and Gauteng is not new to me.
After the looting and destruction in Ciskei, we had to travel 60km for a box of matches or a loaf of bread. That is why I would never condone vandalism of the infrastructure that we have. I will never forget how we suffered and those who were behind that were sitting nicely at their posh houses.
But don't get me wrong. I'm not blaming the people of KZN because they were clueless – like we were. They will never know, until they know. That is called experience.
Instead I hope that this government with an economy that fills the pockets of only a few, takes the blame.
Government should have seen that the country was sitting on the time-bomb and people have been waiting for any excuse explode the way they have in recent weeks.
But added to the looting and violence in KZN and Gauteng, the country as a whole is still battling Covid-19. The Western Cape is struggling with its transport system. The taxi industry in the province is up in arms over something that hasn't been fully revealed to us.
Sadly, again this country is on its knees. Petrol, electricity and water costs are a killer. Youth unemployment is on the rise. The same country that is politically in tatters must now deal with violence in KZN and Gauteng and other parts of the country and neglect this project called Covid-19.
When KZN vandals torched their mall and razed the future of children in the name of Zuma's incarceration, somebody smiled. But I thought back to Gqozo's time in Ciskei.
Social media was abuzz with those who supported the torchers and those who didn't. I was lost and confused, astonished by the delight shown by so many.
Meanwhile, in KZN, the instigators are having nice meals with their families and the poor remain poor and suffering for other people's sins.
Those who are against the soldiers' deployment have their own hidden agendas too.
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From the Pen of Paul: The Fantastic Images of Frank R. Paul
Stephen D. Korshak, Sir Arthur C. Clarke
"One glance at a Paul illustration can change your life forever. I was eight years old when I laid eyes on an illustration he did for A. Hyatt Verrill story about a world with giant ants. It made me want to be part of a world of imagination and within a few years I fell completely in love with science fiction– all from this one illustration." – Ray Bradbury
The first and only book on the life and art of the Grandfather of science-fiction illustration. The book is edited with an Introduction by Stephen D. Korshak, a Preface by Sir Arthur C. Clarke, a Foreword by Jerry Weist and Roger Hill, and essays by Gerry de la Ree, Sam Moskowitz, Forrest J Ackerman, and a Paul Bibliography by Frank Wu. The Hardcover Trade Edition is 128 pages of text, color and black and white illustrations. The Deluxe and Ultra Deluxe Editions will have an Illustrated Index of all of Paul's full-color science-fiction magazine covers and 20 pages of additional art.
The Paintings of J. Allen St. John: Grand Master of Fantasy
Stephen D. Korshak, J. David Spurlock, Frank Frazetta
This, Vanguard's second volume devoted to the work of the original grand master of fantastic art, J. Allen St. John, concentrates on the artist's full-color fantasy, science fiction and adventure paintings for novels and Pulp magazines by famous authors, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack Williamson, Robert E. Howard and more.
St. John is the original, grand illustrator of Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, and others. His illustrations inspired generations of later fantastic artists including Roy G. Krenkel, Jeffrey Jones and Frank Frazetta. St. John will always be recognized as the first and most important illustrator of Burrough's writings and this book is produced with the full endorsement and cooperation of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Also featured are essays by renowned science fiction author Jack Williamson, Danton Burroughs, Lin Carter, and illustrators Vincent Di Fate, and Frank Frazetta. To order this publication visit www.shasta-phoenix.net.
The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage: Queen of Pulp Pin-Up Art
Stephen D. Korshak, J. David Spurlock
Starting in 1932, Margaret Brundage, wife of leftist revolutionary Slim Brundage, -- whom she met at the wildly-bohemian Dil Pickle Club during the Chicago Renaissance -- forever changed the look of Fantasy and Horror with her alluring, sensationalistic covers for the legendary pulp magazine, Weird Tales. Brundage, whose art contemporaries include Virgil Finlay and Hannes Bok, is unique as she was the first female cover artist of the pulp era.
Decades before the Gothic fetish craze, Brundage's lush, provocative paintings, which frequently featured smoldering, semi-nude young women bearing whips, became a focus of acute attention and controversy. At the very peak of the notorious pulp's classic run, the magazine's appeal was due as much to Brundage's covers as to the stories inside by famous authors H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert Bloch and Conan creator, Robert E. Howard. Long before Frazetta, it was Brundage who was the very first Conan cover artist.
The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage is the premier book devoted to this noted artist and features all of her Weird Tales and Conan covers. To order a copy of this publication visit www.vanguardproductions.net.
A Hannes Bok Treasury
Stephen D. Korshak with Foreword by Ray Bradbury Underwood-Miller
Hannes Bok's paintings, woodcarvings, and illustrations captured the imagination of science fiction readers for 30 years, arguably the peak period of the genre. Bok achieved a luminous, stained-glass quality in his work through the use of an arduous glazing process, reminiscent of the work of his early mentor, Maxfield Parrish. Hannes Bok's fantastic illustrations graced the pages of many major science fiction magazines and books. A Hannes Bok Treasury features 45 full color and 50 distinctive black and white illustrations, including previously unpublished paintings and drawings. Also reproduced here are rare samples of Bok's work in costume design and his elaborate paper mache masks. This unique showcase edition is for every fan of science fiction and fantastic art.
Stephen D. Korshak
St. John began by studying the old masters in the museums of Paris around 1880. Returning to America, his notoriety among Fine Art enthusiasts developed with recognition from the Society of American Artists and Metropolitan magazine in 1889. The artist went on to become a professor of drawing and painting at both The American Academy of Fine Art and the Chicago Art Institute, but his greatest notoriety came as he ventured into the colorful world of Pulp magazine and adventure book illustration. For the readers of science fiction, St. John surpassed the work of his famous contemporaries Frank Schoonover and N.C. Wyeth.
This definitive retrospective features the artist's paintings for novels and Pulp-magazines, the most in-depth biography to-date, and essays by renowned science-fiction author Jack Williamson, Danton Burroughs, Lin Carter, and illustrators Vincent Di Fate and Frank Frazetta.


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Through Her Sacrifice, Korryn Gaines Exposed the Naked Aggression of the State Against Peaceful Human Existence
By Rayn | August 4, 2016 - 1:40 pm | December 5, 2016 News Commentary
I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…
Police murder victim, Korryn Gaines
Korryn Gaines: 5 Extremely Important Facts You Need to Know:
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/korryn-gaines-5-important-facts/
(Jay Syrmopoulos) On Monday, August 1, at 9:30 am, police arrived at the Carriage Hill Apartments to serve a warrant on Korryn Gaines, 23, for failing to appear on charges stemming from a traffic stop in March, which Gaines recorded.
Shortly after arriving on scene police learned that there was a firearm in the house, so they brought in a SWAT team to deal with the situation. Officers initially knocked on the door, identified themselves as police officers, and after 10 minutes with no response obtained a key to the apartment from the landlord, according to police.
Upon entry to the residence, Gaines was found sitting in on the floor with her son and pointing a shotgun at the entering officers and informed them that she would shoot them if they did not leave the premises. Officers then retreated to a hallway and called for backup.
(Read entire article here…)
My Commentary: Failure to comply with arbitrary, pre-crime-based edicts of pathocratic control-freaks, refusal to pay extortion fees for permission to exercise natural rights as though they were mere privileges, and lethal resistance to abduction and false imprisonment by State mercenaries.
Through her sacrifice, Gaines exposed the naked aggression of the State against peaceful human existence, and highlighted the role government plays as Accuser of the innocent, in that absence of a requisite victim.
Gaines courageously stood up to the soul-sucking State meat-grinder, even though she knew she would likely be killed by it. And, as usual, the government scrambles for excuses to justify its latest cold-blooded murder, and attempts to tarnish the name of their victim, and the merits of her actions…
(All original portions of this work, by Rayn Kleipe, are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, while all redistributed links, images, sounds, videos, and writings are protected under 17 U.S.C. § 107: Fair Use, or under Public Domain)
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#define	HUFFLOOKUPBITS		8
#define	HUFFLOOKUPSIZE		(1<<HUFFLOOKUPBITS)
#define	BITBUFFERSIZE		512
#define	DECODEBUFFERSIZE	512

class CHuffDecode : public CAbstractHuffPipe
{
public:
		long			outputPosition;
		long			bitPosition;
		long			bytesInBuffer;
		char			codeLengths[NUMSYMBOLS];
		HuffTreeNode	*lookupBuf[HUFFLOOKUPSIZE];
		unsigned char	*outputBuffer;
		unsigned char	*bitBuffer;

	virtual	OSErr		Open();
	virtual	void		CreateLookupBuffer();
	virtual	OSErr		PipeData(Ptr dataPtr, long len);
	virtual	OSErr		Close();
	virtual	void		Dispose();
};

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Strength training isn't just for bodybuilders and marathoners. It's for anyone who wants to feel healthier, more energetic and, yes, younger.
who works primarily with older adults. "Benefits of resistance training, and subsequent strength gains, in older adults include better control of symptoms of chronic disease, pain and depression, as well as prevention of falls, maintaining existing muscle mass, improving posture and stability, increasing bone density and remaining functional." For instance, a 2015 Experimental Gerontology study of men and women ages 65 to 97 in retirement care facilities found that performing strength exercises just two times a week for six months significantly improved participants' mobility and functional performance. The result: a longer and, most importantly, fuller life.
After all, as we age, while we naturally lose some muscle mass because our muscles become less sensitive to dietary protein's muscle-building ways and changing hormones, a decline in physical activity is the biggest culprit. Called sarcopenia, this loss of muscle – which begins around age 50 – is linked with low bone-mineral densities, falls, fractures and insulin resistance, which may be an early sign of early Alzheimer's disease, according to recent research published in Diabetologia.
Luckily, virtually everyone is able to complete strength exercises, as long as they take into account their personal health rather than the number of candles on their birthday cake. "I have clients that are 25 years of age that may need more modifications than 70-year-olds who have been working out their whole life," says Briana Klein, exercise scientist and founder of Roots of Integrity Holistic Fitness in Chicago. Meanwhile, strength training has helped one of her clients with existing Parkinson's disease manage her condition and ease symptoms. Everyone has a different starting point.
"Start small. Some is better than none, more is better than some," McHale says. If you have any limiting conditions such as bad knees, hypertension or a replaced joint, talk to you doctor before beginning any exercise routine.
These work your glutes, your body's largest muscle group, while also opening up the hips, McHale says. The hips can get especially tight in people who find themselves spending hours sitting throughout the day.
Among the most functional exercises around, squats strengthen the entire lower body and core to help you take stairs, pick things up off the floor and get out of chairs without struggle into old age, he says.
Improve your whole upper-body strength, especially your arms and chest, with this simple exercise, Klein says.
This little move has big benefits: It strengthens your hips while improving mobility through the joint, she says.
This exercise is great for improving balance, coordination and strength in the back and abdominals, she says.
They have a funny name, but they'll seriously help you improve your core stability for greater balance and all-over strength, McHale says.
This plank variation will improve side-to-side core stability as well as strengthen your shoulder, a joint that can give many older adults problems, he says.
Ease back pain and improve your posture by opening your chest and working your shoulders with these simple against-the-wall moves, he says.


Great day and night out, I think everyone was partying last night. Ice cream in the sun with sk8rs. Shows at Garage and loads of free beer. (Well, there's really no such thing as free beer, just beer that somebody ells paid for.) I even ended up with some cuddling and kissing at the end of it.
I'm really looking forward to moving. I'll go on surprise visits to people and say "yo little girl or boy, lets have fun in the sun!". I see sun in my future.
hei du! hvem cuddlet og kisset du med a?


Actor Clark Gregg took to social media to announce his arrival on the set of Captain Marvel, and MCU fans are now a lot more excited for the project than they were a few weeks ago. The addition of Agent Coulson into the cast was announced a short while ago, and many have begun to speculate what this means for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Marvel TV. For now, fans can rest easy knowing that Agent Coulson is back on the big screen.
Clark Gregg's Agent Coulson is a fan-favorite character who lives on in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series after dying in the first Avengers movie. However, his revival has not been recognized by the MCU at this time. Gregg was able to return for Captain Marvel because the movie takes place in the early 1990s, where it will see him alongside Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury again, but this time Fury has full use of both eyes. S.H.I.E.L.D. is expected to play a pretty large part in the upcoming movie, so fans of Clark Gregg and Agent Coulson should be pretty excited.
In addition to Nick Fury and Agent Coulson, Captain Marvel will also bring back some old favorites who first popped up in the MCU in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1. Lee Pace is back as Ronan the Accuser and returns alongside his Guardians of the Galaxy co-star Djimon Hounsou, who is reprising his role as Kree mercenary Korath the Pursuer. Ronan and Korath are both members of the alien Kree race and served Thanos. Their inclusion in Captain Marvel is also just as welcomed as Samuel L. Jackson and Clark Gregg's.
Though nothing has been officially announced, Marvel fans are beginning to wonder if Agent Coulson's return to the MCU in Captain Marvel will lead to him coming back to the MCU in a more permanent role in the present-day universe. This would definitely go a long way in pleasing fans, but the MCU hasn't touched any of the Marvel TV material before, so it seems unlikely at this time, but anything is possible. Even if Agent Coulson made a small cameo in the upcoming, still untitled, Avengers 4, fans would be pretty ecstatic.
Brie Larson and the rest of the crew of Captain Marvel have been hard at work since production started a few weeks back. The movie is filming in and around the Los Angeles area and was recently spotted in Ventura County filming a carnival scene. Jude Law has also been spotted on the set of Captain Marvel, but we've yet to see him in costume as of this writing, but there have been plenty of shots of Larson in her costume floating around. In addition to working on the set, Brie Larson has also been documenting the training regimen that she has been undertaking to stay in Captain Marvel shape and it looks intense. While we wait for more news, you can check out Agent Coulson's return to the MCU below, courtesy of Clark Gregg's Instagram account.


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Alvark Tokyo is a Japanese professional basketball team located in Tokyo. The team, which is sponsored by Toyota, currently plays in the Japanese B.League.  Until 2000, the team was known as the Toyota Pacers. Founded as Toyota  Pacers in 1948, the club won two consecutive JBL Super League league titles in 2006 and 2007.

In July 2015, it was announced that the team would compete in the first division of the new Japan Professional Basketball League, which commenced from October 2016.

As of 2020, the team has been the reigning back-to-back champion of the B.League, Japan's top basketball league.

Honours

Domestic

B.League
Champions (2): 2018, 2019
National Basketball League
Runner-up (1): 2015
Japan Basketball League
Champions (1): 2011
JBL Super League
Champions (3): 2001, 2005, 2006
Runner-up (1): 2002
3rd place (1): 2004
Japan League Division I
Runner-up (1): 1996
3rd place (1): 1991

Continental
FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Champions (1): 2019
Runner-up (1): 2018

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Head coaches

 Shuji Ono: 2000–2005
 John Patrick: 2005–2006
 Torsten Loibl: 2006–2008
 Koju Munakata: 2008–2010
 Donald Beck: 2010–2015
 Takuma Ito: 2015–2017
 Luka Pavićević: 2017–2022
 Dainius Adomaitis: 2022–present

Practice facilities

They have their own gymnasium, Toyota Motors Fuchu Sports Center in Kitayamacho, Fuchu, Tokyo.

References

External links

Historical Finishes
Team Profile

Basketball teams in Japan
Basketball teams established in 1948
Sports teams in Tokyo
Toyota
1948 establishments in Japan

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What makes the 2018 Toyota Tundra different from other trucks on the market? Well, for starters, it's exclusively powered by V8 engines. Intrigued? We thought you'd be.
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The 2018 Tundra has a 38-gallon fuel tank, which allows you to take longer hauls and trips. The truck gets an EPA-estimated 15 city / 19 highway MPG.
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In addition to five grades and plenty of additional packages to choose from, the 2018 Toyota Tundra is available in several cab and box lengths in both 2WD and 4WD. The three cabs are Regular Cab, Double Cab and CrewMax. Box lengths are an 8.1-foot bed for Regular Cab, 6.5-foot bed for Double Cab and 5.5-foot bed for Crew Max. All 2018 Tundra beds are 22-inches deep.
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Handel - Sonata Viola da Gamba for cello and piano. You can download the sheet music Handel - Sonata Viola da Gamba for cello and piano on this page. This excellent expressive composition is still the higher masterpiece opus for cello by the brilliant virtuoso of music. This composition delight the listener by the magnificent changes of melody and other musical characteristics.
To view the first page of Handel - Sonata Viola da Gamba for cello and piano click the music sheet image.
Handel's compositions include 42 operas, 29 oratorios, more than 120 cantatas, trios and duets, numerous arias, chamber music, a large number of ecumenical pieces, odes and serenatas, and 16 organ concerti. Among the works with opus numbers published and popularised in his lifetime are the Organ Concertos Op. 4 and Op. 7, together with the Opus 3 and Opus 6 concerti grossi; the latter incorporate an earlier organ concerto The Cuckoo and the Nightingale in which birdsong is imitated in the upper registers of the organ. Also notable are his sixteen keyboard suites, especially The Harmonious Blacksmith.
Handel introduced previously uncommon musical instruments in his works: the viola d'amore and violetta marina, the lute, three trombones, clarinets or small high cornetts, theorbo, French horn, lyrichord, double bassoon, viola da gamba, carillon, positive organ, and harp.


On Saturday 2 December 2017 the choir of King's College, Cambridge joins the Britten Sinfonia for an enticing programme at the Barbican which pairs RVW's Dona Nobis Pacem with Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, conducted by Stephen Cleobury with soloists Ailish Tynan (soprano) and Neal Davies (baritone). The programme also includes the world premiere of Emma-Ruth Richards' Sciamachy. The programme will be repeated at Saffron Hall on 16 February 2018.
Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, written for the 1965 Southern Cathedrals Festival in Chichester and commissioned by the then Dean of Chichester, the Very Rev. Walter Hussey, have proved one of Bernstein's most enduringly popular works perhaps because Bernstein based some of the music in the piece on discarded and unused material from his musical theatre works.
RVW's cantata Dona Nobis Pacem was premiered bythe Huddersfield Choral Society in 1936, and unlike some of the composer's more abstract works of the period, does have an explicit link to the international situation at the time. The text combines sections of the Latin mass with poems by Walt Whitman, sections of the Book of Jeremiah and a parliamentary speech by the politician John Bright (RVW speculated that it was the first time such a speech had been set to music).
The concert opens with the world premiere of Emma-Ruth Richards's Sciamachy for chamber orchestra, directed by Britten Sinfonia leader Jacqueline Shave. Commissioned by the William Alwyn Foundation with support from individual donors to Britten Sinfonia's Musically Gifted crowd-funding scheme, Sciamachy (taken from the Greek 'skiamakhia' meaning 'fighting your shadow') draws on the themes of Bernstein's Chichester Psalms to journey through various fields of peace, conflict and resolution.


Apr 1st U3A on manifestos.
3rd Good Friday with IPC hot cross buns.
9th Bella Italia Uxbridge with Littles.
12th PL good Col 3. Commissioning service for Sotirovos with LCM. PL good Rom 8:28.
15th U3A at Jola's on uses and abuses of religion. DSZ here.
18th Tilbury. Cabin good. Broadway musicals show.
19th Met Christian couple at breakfast. Into Amsterdam by coach. Flower market. Canal tour. Watched passage out through sea loch.
20th North Sea calm. Food abundant.
21st Ulvikfjord.Coach to hotel built in 1891 above the snow line. 6' deep and more snow.
22nd. Flam railway up to snow. Steepest traction track in the world. Completed by Nazis.
23rd Bergen. Coach to Grieg's house.
26th Jn 10 HIRC. Incontinence.
27th Session in budget. AR back and enough questions to try the patience of Job.
29th U3A introductory meeting at Conservative club.
May 2nd Decided to cut out caffeine.
3rd Pl 1Tim 1. Jn 11 HIRC.
5th U3A Christianity and Islam in UK.
6th U3A on democracy. Gulas arrived and spoke at prayer meeting.
7th Voted UKIP. Exit polls say Cons 316, not a majority.
8th To bed 4am. SNP have all but five Scottish seats. Lib Dems routed. Cons majority of five. garage, Clegg and Milliband all resign. UKIP 4,000,000 votes but only one seat.Gulas left with Alan Craig.
9th VE day concert and commemoration.
10th PL 1Tim. Mark Larson and three girls to lunch. PL very good Ps 46.
11th Brief elders as no AR.
17th SC Dt am. Terry Beldam to lunch. SC good 1Th 1.
18th U3A on Caucasus migration.
23rd Surprise IPC 90th birthday party for Ram Hallett. She is failing.
24th PL good 1Tim 2. Act 2 at HIRC.
28th Lunch with Littles Beefeater Ruislip.
31st PL good 1Tim 2. HIRC Jn 11.
Jun 2nd U3A on the church and the Nazis.
3rd U3A on After the election. Tim Dalton staying.
5th I moderated closed presbytery complaints session. Synod. Stauar MacKinnon here.
7th Phoebe baptised. Hosiers and Hills to lunch. HIRC Jn 12.
11th Session with reports from Rob Ilderton and CR. Abel has given us a £2000 Lord's supper carpet we cannot accept.
12th E&E staying while RAD go to wales for Michael's wedding.
14th Treated to Bridge Hotel lunch for babysitting.
15th Michael, ex HIRC, accosted me in Ealing. First time ever meeting a detainee outside of HIRC.
21st Peter Ould excellent on Esther St Mary's. Battle of Britain memorial near Folkestone.
28th Adam Wilson am. HIRC Jn 13.
29th New full of Tunisia killings.


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use std::marker::PhantomData;

fn apply<T, F: FnOnce(T)>(_: T, _: F) {}

#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
struct Invariant<T> {
    t: T,
    p: PhantomData<fn(T) -> T>,
}

fn verify_reempty<T>(x: T) {
    // r is inferred to have type `Invariant<&ReEmpty(U0) T>`
    let r = Invariant { t: &x, p: PhantomData };
    // Creates a new universe, all variables from now on are in `U1`, say.
    let _: fn(&()) = |_| {};
    // Closure parameter is of type `&ReEmpty(U1) T`, so the closure has an implied
    // bound of `T: ReEmpty(U1)`
    apply(&x, |_| {
        // Requires `typeof(r)` is well-formed, i.e. `T: ReEmpty(U0)`. If we
        // only have the implied bound from the closure parameter to use this
        // requires `ReEmpty(U1): ReEmpty(U0)`, which isn't true so we reported
        // an error.
        //
        // This doesn't happen any more because we ensure that `T: ReEmpty(U0)`
        // is an implicit bound for all type parameters.
        drop(r);
    });
}

fn main() {}


The stunning view from the WWII bunker across the Kyle of Bute.
The little islands are the Burnt Isles and the hills are the mainland with Colintraive & Glendaruel in the forefront. You can access the WWII bunker viewpoint by taking the Balnakailly Loop path. The trail to the bunker is just off the turning circle closet to the Blankailly settlement. In spring, there are ground nesting birds in this area so please keep dogs on leads – however well behaved they are we don't want them chasing parents away! In autumn, the area is littered with fungi. On the way, you'll see one of our standing stones.
The forest contains evidence of a decoy site built in World War II. Decoy sites were built to fool German bombers into attacking a place which had no civilians and were of no military value instead of their real targets. The concrete bunker below is one of three in the forest which would have controlled lights and set off trails of fire throughout the area. This would have looked from the air like an airfield or other important military base. It was unsuccessful on Bute and the forest was never bombed.
There is more information on an interpretation board at the site, thanks to the People's Postcode Trust. You can download the pdf of the board here: Decoy Village Info.


In our latest installment of Bib & Tucker, we sat down with Ron Wagner, whose men's clothing store, Bespoke Edge, is Colorado's highest reviewed custom clothier.
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Mechanistic study of the [(dpp-bian)Re(CO)3Br] electrochemical reduction using in situ EPR spectroscopy and computational chemistry
Pavel A. Abramov, Alexey A. Dmitriev, Kirill V. Kholin, Nina P. Gritsan, Marsil K. Kadirov, Artem L. Gushchin, Maxim N. Sokolov
Лаборатория функциональных материалов на основе кластеров и супрамолекулярных соединений ФЕН
Кафедра химической и биологической физики ФФ
Лаборатория структуры и функциональных свойств молекулярных систем ФФ
Кафедра неорганической химии ФЕН
The [(α-diimine)Re(CO)3(Hal)] complexes are able to act as efficient catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2 into energy-rich compounds. Among the α-diimine ligands, the 1,2-bis[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino]acenaphthene (dpp-bian) attracted recently increased attention. Reaction of [Re(CO)5Br] with dpp-bian leads to formation of [(dpp-bian)Re(CO)3Br], which was isolated and characterized by XRD as solvent-free [(dpp-bian)Re(CO)3Br] (1), and two solventomorphs [(dpp-bian)Re(CO)3Br]·C6H5CH3 (1-C7H8) and [(dpp-bian)Re(CO)3Br]·0.5CH3CN (1-0.5CH3CN). Electrochemical reduction of 1 in DMF and CH3CN has been studied using CV and in situ EPR spectroelectrochemistry. According to the experimental results, complex 1 undergoes in DMF multistep reduction via a number of intermediates, two of which were detected using in situ EPR spectroscopy. A careful theoretical analysis of the multistep reduction mechanism including calculations of the thermodynamics of elementary reactions and electronic structures of proposed intermediates has been performed. General scheme of the electrochemical reduction, which is essentially ligand-centered, has been proposed and supported by full-electron DFT calculations with scalar relativistic DKH2 and ZORA Hamiltonians.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2018.03.111
Опубликовано - 20 апр 2018
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Abramov, P. A., Dmitriev, A. A., Kholin, K. V., Gritsan, N. P., Kadirov, M. K., Gushchin, A. L., & Sokolov, M. N. (2018). Mechanistic study of the [(dpp-bian)Re(CO)3Br] electrochemical reduction using in situ EPR spectroscopy and computational chemistry. Electrochimica Acta, 270, 526-534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2018.03.111
Abramov, Pavel A. ; Dmitriev, Alexey A. ; Kholin, Kirill V. ; Gritsan, Nina P. ; Kadirov, Marsil K. ; Gushchin, Artem L. ; Sokolov, Maxim N. / Mechanistic study of the [(dpp-bian)Re(CO)3Br] electrochemical reduction using in situ EPR spectroscopy and computational chemistry. В: Electrochimica Acta. 2018 ; Том 270. стр. 526-534.
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Congressman Holds Town Meeting
TALIN MALEKIAN
El Vaquero Staff Writer
Have the Sept. 11 attacks shaped Americans in a positive way? Surprisingly, our nation is experiencing a time of growth as Americans become "one people in an incredible way, given their diversity," Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-Pasadena, told a town hall audience in Pasadena Monday.
"I'm very confident that we will rise to this challenge," said the congressman, whose district also includes Glendale.
The 27th Congressional meeting at the Pasadena Senior Center was hosted by Schiff to discuss the local measures that are being taken in the war on terrorism and the threat which bioterrorism has inflicted on the United States.
An audience of about 50 people attended the event, which also featured a panel including Phyllis Bushart, CEO of St. Luke Medical Center; Chief Ernie Mitchell from the Pasadena Fire Department; Lt. John Perez of the Counter-Terrorism Section of the Pasadena Police Department; Marion Thorpe, Division Manager of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control; Dr. Kevin Lake; Robert Mysel, Postmaster of Pasadena; Patricia Smith, Postal Inspector; and Ben Russo, Director of Business Development at St. Luke Medical Center.
The majority in the audience were senior citizens with the exception of a few who were between 20 to 40. Schiff welcomed those who attended the meeting, and Bushart was the first of the panelists to speak and inform the public that St. Luke Medical Center is taking precautions against bioterrorism through emergency disaster drills. She also reassured the public that the medical center is in touch with nationwide resources and is working in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other state and federal agencies. Mitchell later said that the Fire Department is receiving training for a ?tremendous preparedness effort."
Mysel said that masks and gloves are provided to those postal service employees who ask for protection.
Schiff called the meeting an effort to "restore a sense of proportion" by educating the public. This informative event covered his proposals against the war on terrorism starting with an explanation of the PATRIOT (Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct) Act of 2001, which he cosponsored. This is a bipartisan anti-terrorism legislation that will overall allow further surveillance over suspects via Internet tools and telephone wiretaps and give the Justice Department, CIA and FBI more freedom to exchange information about suspects. The PATRIOT Act of 2001 also triples the number of inspectors on the northern border of the United States, including the Border Patrol, Customs Service and INS. Schiff also said there needed to be a significant plan to stimulate the economy. In his opinion, a short-term stimulus will be wiser for the economy in order to prevent the aggravation of the United States' deficits and an increase in long-term mortgage rates. However, he said, "The stimulus package can't turn this battleship around."
A good portion of the time was dedicated to answering questions from the audience. Schiff answered a question regarding the federalization of the screening procedure for passengers and their luggage. He stated that it would be legitimate to have the federal government in charge of safety procedures at airports.
Schiff addressed a question concerning laid-off workers from the airline companies by referring to the COBRA Coverage Act of 2001, which he has introduced. The act will provide continuing health care coverage for laid-off workers at half-price for up to 18 months. Most of the participants made positive remarks about the meeting. On the other hand, Patty Rhee, who is one of Congressman Schiff's supporters, had a different opinion. "I was disappointed that the fear of terrorism wasn't as well addressed as the political matters, she said."
However, David Czamanske, South Pasadena resident and an Environmental Consultant said, "Adam Schiff is very interested in interacting with the public. He is a sincere nd excellent representative."
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Q: I bought a new computer two months ago and had the person I bought it from transfer all my files from my old computer. I use this in my office with all computers hardwired into a network. My old computer is still hooked into the network. I use Outlook for email and have a very extensive archive file of emails organized into many folders so that I can find and retrieve information off of old emails. This person was able to transfer all my emails I have saved into different sub files except for the archived files. He has not been able to figure out how to do it. Old computer has XP. SP3.
A: Unless someone has changed Outlook�s configuration, it stores archived data in a file named �Archive.pst� which is located in the same folder as your other Outlook data file. Since you�ve had Outlook up and running on the new computer for a couple months already, chances are that you already have archived messages on the new computer, so you can�t just copy the old file over the new without losing something. But you can copy it over from the old machine, and name it something like �Old_Archive.pst� then from the Outlook menu, choose �File� then �Open� then �Outlook Data File.� Open the copied-over file, and all your old archives will be available. You can even move them over to your new archive folder within Outlook, but that might take some time.
Q: A couple weeks ago, I noticed my keyboard didn�t work. Mouse was OK. Seemed to happen right after a Windows Critical Update, so I did a System Restore. It was fine for a few days, then the same thing. Did another restore, then configured CU to not automatically install updates. This morning, same story. Did a restore, then ran a Malwarebytes scan. No problem. Tried a Windows Defender scan, but Defender won�t start. Beginning to suspect a virus. Can you offer any suggestions? I checked itsgeektome.co, and also Googled the problem. There were so many hits I couldn�t choose, although most seemed to indicate keyboard AND mouse disabled.
A: I think you�re on the right track suspecting a virus, Mike. However, scanning with Windows just up and running in its normal mode gives viruses the chance to mask themselves from the scanner. Your best bet at finding these is to boot into safe mode before running your scans.
Q: I want to be able to print from my Apple devices to my Windows-based printer, an HP Officejet Pro 8500 A909a Series. I�ve searched the web, but not sure I trust what I see and read is 100 percent foolproof and for me it has to be pretty simple as it took me approximately 3.5 days to get my current network set up and working as I desired. When you buy all this hardware at the big box stores they all tell you just plug it in, follow the instructions on the screen and you will be up and running in no time. Maybe for some but not so for me. So I�m asking for a simple solution of one exists at all.
A: You might notice I cut your extremely wordy question way down, Scott, because my column space is limited, and it was pretty easy to pick out the heart of what you�re asking. Your complaint is a pretty common problem with high-tech gear. People who know how to use it (like the guys who make their living selling it) make it look so easy, and the people who manufacture it try and cram in every possible feature under the sun, and often seem to forget that many people � perhaps most � just want a product that is simple to set up, and works. Apple has gained a reputation for such products, although it has been my experience that they do not always �just work.� Often they �just fail� but unlike Windows-based products, they don�t usually crash. They just frustratingly don�t do what you want them to do. With regard to your question, it is not your setup that is stopping it from working, and there is no software that I know of that will make it work. AirPrint is a feature that must be built in to the printer itself in order for you to print from your iDevices. I checked with Apple, and unfortunately, you seem to have a model of printer one generation prior to those that support AirPrint. You can check the list for yourself and learn more about AirPrint by following this link: tinyurl.com/297b8ge.


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Talking with Marthe Le Van, retail jewelry store owner
Today I talk with Marthe Le Van.
After eleven years as an editor for Lark Books, Marthe set off on a new adventure and started her own retail jewelry store called Mora, located in Asheville North Carolina. Marthe shares her journey from editor to shop owner and the challenges along the way.
Transcription of Interview with Martha Le Van
Alison: Well I've been trying to set up talking to this woman. I'm very excited. I finally an opportunity today to talk to Ms. Martha Le Van. We all know her from her around 60 books that she worked on at Lark Books. That we all love in the jewelry and creating a world. Now she's on to some new adventures. I'm excited to hear about. Martha thank you so much for coming on and chatting with me.
Martha: Oh Alison, thank you so much for inviting me. It's a real pleasure.
Alison: Now how does that happen that you end up where you do as publishing? Tell us a little bit about your background and you know everyone loves working with you too.
Martha: Oh, thank you very much. Well my mother was an artist, and my father was a lawyer, so I had this mix of genes. [Laughter].
Alison: Nice.
Martha: I know right? I had this interesting genetic mash-up that makes me want to be around creative people all the time and it also makes me want to keep them very well organized.
Alison: I love that
Martha: So, in college I was really lucky to go to a school that emphasized writing. We didn't really have any memorized test per se. We had to think for ourselves and write original content for our exams and that really got me started as a writer. So, I've been writing ever since. And so my background in arts administration and art history really led me to Lark because I have had a real keen interest in aesthetics of all kinds, craft and otherwise prior to that and had the writing skills and I just needed to learn how to be an editor there.
Alison: Are you the kind of person that needs to write every day? Are you those people that walk around with your journal, you're always writing, writing, writing?
Martha: No. I'm not much of a journaler but I do take the time to craft the messages that I write. Everybody writes emails, Facebooks. Any kind of written communication I really enjoy a well-crafted written communication.
Alison: You do? So, you read it over and you change it and then a smile comes on your face at the end if you really like it?
Martha: That's true.
Alison: I love that. That's so not me, that's all I can say. I'm just like "Oh, how many typos are in there? Just get rid of those.". And I really, really appreciate people like you.
Martha: Well thank you. I mean, It's a creative act in itself, writing. I used to say when I worked at Lark that. Pardon me that's a loud truck.
Alison: I hear a loud truck, but I know you're busy at work in your shop now, but we are going to hear about that in a second. Go ahead when you were working at Lark?
Martha: I used to say I wasn't a maker you know. I worked with makers, but I wasn't a maker until several years in and then I realized, yes, I'm a maker. I make books.
Alison: Right.
Martha: And it's just a collaborative, creative process with other individuals.
Alison: Exactly. Now I was looking at your site which we also want to give the name of that out. The link will be on the Craftcast blog. But I found this, and I thought it was really interesting. It was actually an article that someone had written, and they asked you the question about some of the books you are most proud of. And one of the ones you mentioned was Lena Darty's book on enameling? And I love that you said it pushed your abilities to the limit. Because that book when I got it, that fell into my, this is how I review books. How many days in a row do I literally carry it around with me from room to room? Because I want to keep looking at it. And that one was with me for a long time. So, what do you mean by it pushed your abilities in that respect?
Martha: Well I think that Linda was very determined to create a book, the missing book in enameling. Meaning she wanted to take all the knowledge that she had gained throughout the years and really get it all too one publication and somebody that has that much expertise, it was challenging to kind of whittle it down into what would fit into 160 or 176 pages. So, it was really an intense process of trying to find a point where we would say enough about something. But not the total end all be all because that would be a whole other book into itself and try to do something that would satisfy Linda as an author and to do justice to enameling as a field and then be incredibly useful for the people that buy and worked from the book. So, it was challenging.
Alison: It was well done I have to say.
Martha: Thank you.
Alison: So, the editing process is interesting no matter what your medium is.
Martha: I think so and I think that we are all editors in some way or another. If you are making something from clay or from paper, you are editing with every choice you make to add something or take away something from the composition. So that's just a means of visual editing. And making a book is written editing as well as visual editing as well.
Alison: And you think that a deadline is your friend? That's the only way you finally finish editing?
Martha: Yes. I don't think you ever really, your definition of what finished is kind of has to change.
Alison: Yes. What's yours?
Martha: At one point especially in books because you actually [inaudible] object. There is a day where it has to leave the building because there are literally printing presses on hold in China if you are having it printed that are waiting for it. So, you could work on something, I could work on a book forever, and ever, and ever, and ever and ever and make it better, and better, and better and better. But you come to a point where it has to be good enough, you know. And no one is ever going to say it's finished, you know. You just get to a point where you know that you have done what you can do with the resources and the time that you have.
Alison: Yes. I hear you. Now, and that was the truth for sure whenever you are working with printing presses and magazines. I mean the deadlines for all of that are crucial. It's like, it is now done whether you think it is or not. It is now complete. But now do you think that's changed drastically because of the internet? Because now you can keep changing. How do you feel about all of that? When it's not a published book, but it's online?
Martha: Online content?
Alison: Yes. Exactly. Online content. I guess what I'm asking is it's so different now editing that whole process. Because you just described a process of what it was for many years and still is, but we are getting away from that because of all online content. So, you can constantly go back in and not worry about the press waiting in China.
Martha: That's true, you can. But also, I look to write and finish a piece. Like I loved blogging for Lark and do some for myself now. I don't necessarily go back and change whatever because I think it really reflects what I was thinking at a particular time. If you are writing truthfully and honestly, from a place that. I want it to kind of mark that place. I want that writing to reflect where I was at that time. And I don't necessarily want to go back and change it. Now I can understand changing technical information if you have like a firing schedule that's been updated or a new material that you want to add in. Well certainly you can do that do, instant gratification and update the information that you've published, and I think that's great.
Alison: Very good point. So, it's like we don't want to go back and retouch or photoshop our high school graduation pictures now just because we can.
Martha: That is very well stated. Good analogy.
Alison: Thank you very much. So now how do you decide you're done with books? And now you've moved on and we are going to talk about what you are doing now which is all exciting. What hits you like ok, that was my last book? Is that how it happens? Or what happens?
Martha: For me I had been with the same company for almost 12 years and I knew that it was time to make a change or else I would stay there another 12 years. And I developed this incredible partnership Joanna Gollberg, and I was very fortunate to have edited four or five books that she wrote. And we are a very good team, we have very complementary skills, and she is a jeweler here in Asheville and we decided to embark on opening a retail store together.
Alison: Which is very exciting. Talk about giving birth to something.
Martha: It is really exciting. It allowed me to remain in Asheville which was a number one priority because I love where I live. And my life here is really grand. So you can kind of invent, we wanted to invent kind of something new for the jewelry world and having a retail space was very warm and inviting and not very austere and standoffish but really engaged with people that were comfortable and really got people's hands on the work.
Alison: And now what are you carrying all kinds of work? What are you carrying in your story?
Martha: Everything we carry right now is almost entirely made by Joanna Galberg. We have one other hand maker that we carry and a couple of pieces that are fashion jewelry.
Alison: And you have a, oh so that's sort of interesting. So, what kind of work does she make. Describe to us, or what was one of the books that you did together?
Martha: The art and craft of making jewelry. Also, the Ultimate Jewelers guide, making metal Jewelry, yes.
Alison: OK. And what is it that drew you to that, that you knew? Because that's a big commitment to go and say no, I love this person's work. I want to open a store and feature around that or a gallery and feature all of that.
Martha: I think that for one thing I have been loving and wearing her work for a really long time. She made my wedding ring.
Alison: Oh, you are a good fan.
Martha: I'm a huge fan.
Alison: Everyone needs someone like you. Everyone who makes things needs someone like you in their life.
Martha: Well thank you. I've been wearing her jewelry for quite some time. I love it. It's extremely well made and extremely original. I'm sorry I lost my train of thought.
Alison: That's ok. It sounds like you just clicked as two people here, each at the right time in your life to move on to the next thing.
Martha: Exactly. And we were kind of looking at the traditional artist.
Alison: I hear the gallery dog.
Martha: That's Chicken.
Alison: It doesn't sound like a chicken.
Martha: That's my puppy named Chicken.
Alison: Aww. What kind of puppy?
Martha: She's a Pomeranian Shih Tzu mix.
Alison: Oh. Cute.
Martha: You can see her picture on our Facebook page.
Alison: I will definitely be looking.
Martha: She is very popular here.
Alison: Of course. Well, it sounds like besides that you have this mashup of similarities, you also have changed your lifestyle to a new way of working. I mean you are working now in your own place with your own dog there and you know, it's a different change of things.
Martha: Oh definitely. I've gone back to a company of two instead of a large corporate entity which Lark was because it was owned by Barns and Nobles.
Alison: Oh. Ok.
Martha: Yes. So that was a giant corporation, and this is so exciting because it takes two people to set policy.
Alison: Don't you love that?
Martha: I love it. And it's wonderful working with a friend. It's wonderful working at a very small business, being entrepreneurial, making decisions. It was a lot of fun putting the store together visually, giving a space for us to enjoy.
Alison: Walk us through what it's like first of all to be in Asheville. You just said you love it there.
Martha: Asheville is a very unique town in the United States. It's in the mountains of western North Carolina which are the Blue Ridge Mountains which set a beautiful rolling mountain luscious green scene. Asheville has a population of about 60,000 people. It has Built Morehouse which is America's largest private residence as well as the Grove Park Inn which is a very notable arts and crafts establishment. And Penland School of Crafts is just an hour away. So, you have this very vibrant progressive maker-oriented economy here. Our downtown is very vibrant, very revitalized, mostly independent stores and people love to visit here because it is so Unique. It doesn't look like the other towns in America because you don't see the same kind of mass-market shots and whatnot.
Alison: Oh. Nice. You are getting away from the mall mentality in other words.
Martha: Exactly. Exactly. Lots of health food and great restaurants and I just, it's a wonderful place.
Alison: Have you lived their long?
Martha: I've here 20 years next year.
Alison: And where we you from originally.
Martha: Originally, I'm from Louisiana but I went to school in New York.
Alison: Oh. So, you went to Manhattan?
Martha: I went to school at Sara Lawrence in the Bronx.
Alison: Oh, you did? OK.
Martha: But then I lived in Manhattan afterward and actually worked on television commercials but moved back to North Carolina to be a private curator.
Alison: But I bet all of that, television commercials included, all of that gives you strategies and information that I'm sure you are using today in opening up a store.
Martha: Oh, definitely so. I think that my experiences as a production coordinator on those television commercials help me really define all kinds of skills that I need now. I'm still using it.
Alison: Isn't it fun? I love when that happens.
Martha: Oh yes. They just all build upon themselves.
Alison: They do. It is fun to look back at that. Now the name of your store is Mora I believe correct?
Martha: Yes.
Alison: Is that mean something in particular to you?
Martha: It does. It means peacock in Sanskrit.
Alison: And peacocks symbolize what?
Martha: Oh, just this beautiful display of color and regal beauty and actually beauty and both Joanna and I are world travelers. That's one of our big passions that we share and we both been to India. And when we were planning this store, she was in India and I was in the United States and we were sending ideas back and forth over internet while she was gone and that's where we came up with the name.
Alison: I love that. When you think about it, peacocks are pretty, funny, crazy birds.
Martha: It's our color pallet inside of our store too. Blue, green, purple, [inaudible].
Alison: Nice. And is there something that, I'm sorry her name is Joann, your partner correct?
Martha: Joanna.
Alison: Yes, Joanna. Is there a style, color that you both gravitate to?
Martha: Oh well I think we like the oranges and reds an awful lot and I think that comes from probably ethic textiles and fabrics. But you know we love them all. We work with a lot of paradoxes, [inaudible].
Alison: So, you do feature a lot of stones?
Martha: We do feature an awful lot of stones.
Alison: There's a lot of wonderful energy in stones. You never get bored looking at an alive stone
Martha: That's true and Joanna is a real master of color and her color studies in gemstones are really quite unique because she uses the rough gems as well as the highly polished [inaudible] gems together.
Alison: I love that. That's always juicy and lovely. Do you think? What would you say? And maybe this doesn't matter to what you are doing there but do you see a, I guess the trend is the right word to use. But that style, that's most popular? Like in nail polish obviously now blue is totally acceptable and I was going to put grey on the other day which I couldn't believe how I was living grey nail polish and how does that happen? And you know whatever. But as you see that also in jewelry and making right now a style that is very popular?
Martha: Yes but not so much in the Jewelry that we show and sell but I think if you look on a broader scale, global scale especially when I was doing all the 500 [inaudible] I could tell immediately what trends were happening because we get so many entries that had the same look to them. But I think that a lot of tabs, a lot of embroideries, a lot of floss on metal, a lot of really bright plastics. I think those are really popular now. A lot and we still the foe faceted fake carved diamond look, diamond silhouette. I mean those are things that, I've been around a couple of years but there still, they won't go away.
Alison: Yes. Oh yes. And I'm not surprised. What's wrong with a diamond I say? It's always good. thing. Well now what I love though, and you are being creative, and I see all that. But I love that you have yet, or maybe you have. Do you ever say, "I'm going to make something today"? I'm not going to tell anyone; I'm just going to try something? Or are you like no I'm not touching up anything, I don't want to make a thing?
Martha: Well I did participate for quite a while in the rainy-day challenge.
Alison: Oh OK. Right.
Martha: Which was a [inaudible] project. I refrained from making jewelry for a long time because it made me a better editor. Because if I didn't know what I was doing when I started editing direction on how to make a project, I found that I would ask more questions of the author. Because a lot of times when people would right about [inaudible] or soddering, they leave out steps because they are second nature to them as professionals.
Alison: That's an excellent point.
Martha: Yes. So, I continuously did not do any making of metal jewelry. But I think now I'm not editing full time; I might try something.
Alison: Oh. OK. That sounds good.
Martha: [Inaudible] class. I think it would be fun.
Alison: Well it's always a nice outlet here and there. Especially when you are doing what you are doing. Now is there a part that you love the most about a lot. See for me, the last thing I'd want is a live store. I mean that's not for me at all. So, it's interesting how we find the things that resonate that way. What is it that you love about having a live brick and mortar store?
Martha: I think that. One of the things that kept me at Lark for so long that I felt like the work I was doing was really introducing a very wide audience to hand made jewelry and reaching out to every bookstore in the country and showing them these great designs that artists are making and a breath of creativity. But I'm finding that one on one interaction with the public to educate them about how a piece is made, to watch them be in awe that they've never seen anything like this before. All of this work looks so different from them and they are so excited by it. Just because they haven't been exposed to it, that's really, really exciting. Creatively, I think that I've really have found a great love for visual merchandising. One of my favorite parts of my job at Lark was putting the images for the 5 books in order so that it was like flipping through a visual, like an exhibition imprint so to speak.
Alison: So, you're a story.
Martha: Yes. And then it's just translated so nicely into art cases at the store and our cabinets where we show the work, arranging the displays is very similar. But its three dimensions now which are really nice.
Alison: Yes. Oh yes. I understand that totally. I love styling and setting up the sets in my old life that way. Because you are creating a visual journey and a little set. It's like a little play for someone when they come in. And then you can change it whenever you want. Which makes it really fun. Well, I'm so glad I finally got to talk to you. Ms. Martha Le Van and your new shop is called MORA. M O R A in Ashville, North Carolina. From your description, I'd like to be down there this afternoon. It sounds like a fabulous place to come hang out certainly for a weekend and enjoy the whole experience.
Martha: It is, and I recommend that you get on the next flight down here.
Alison: I will. I think I will. Now tell everyone your website so they can find out more about you.
Martha: My personal website is marthalevan.com and talks about my writing and the works that I'm doing for my own business now. And my store website is moracollection.com and that will tell you about the store that I'm running downtown in Ashville.
Alison: Perfect. Thank you so much for coming on.
Martha: Thanks for having me
Episode Notes:
www.marthelevan.com
www.moracollection.com
Allison Gray/Off My Mind
Steal Like an Artist/Austin Kleon
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    }

    /**
     * Transforms for the supplied action.
     *
     * @param ModuleContext        $moduleContext
     * @param IParameterizedAction $action
     * @param array                $input
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function transform(ModuleContext $moduleContext, IParameterizedAction $action, array $input) : array
    {
        foreach ($this->transformers as $transformer) {
            $input = $transformer->transform($moduleContext, $action, $input);
        }

        return $input;
    }
}