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Burris School of Politics is back in session...
Remember that back in January, West Chesterfield hosted a session for the Roland Burris School of Politics. It was something that caught my interest but sadly work got in the way although knowing about it in advance should've been the signal to request some days off. In any event for those of you like myself who missed out there are other sessions being schedule.
There's a recent article talking about Burris who until 2010 was a US Senator who succeeded President Obama in his US Senate seat - Burris has also been an Illinois state Comptroller and Attorney General - his School of Politics and his political career. The article courtesy of DNA Info:
He's been a trailblazer in Illinois politics. His tombstone, already in place and awaiting his arrival, even has "trailblazer" carved into it.
So, there should be plenty of interesting things for him to teach at his new Burris School of Politics, which he said is needed in the black community.
"There is a lack of knowledge in the black community about how local, state and federal governments were created and how they operate," said Burris, 75, a Chatham resident. "I tried staying retired, but I couldn't see myself sitting home all day doing nothing."
The one-week course, which launched in October, runs from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays at the Stewart Business Center, 400 W. 76th St.
The next scheduled class, which costs $50, runs from June 18-20, and reconvenes in September.
It's also cool that he's willing to do house calls especially if there are groups of 10 or more. Probably a valuable too for any neighborhood organization such as the West Chesterfield Community Assocation.
While I want to remain respectful of Burris legacy and this education service he seeks to provide for the community, the controversy over the US Senate seat that he was appointed to by one former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was addressed in this article. Blagojevich was eventually impeached and later sent to federal prison for attempting to sell the very Senate seat that Burris sat in for a little over a year. Also speaking of the tombstone, it received an honorable mention over at our local NBC affiliate's Ward Room blog.
How many of you would be willing to check out this course that former US Sen. Burris is offering?
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22 November 2019 – Daimler Buses has received a major order for 147 city buses in Uruguay. The customer is public transport company C.U.T.C.S.A. (Compañía Uruguaya de Transporte Colectivo S.A.) which serves the capital Montevideo and the surrounding towns. The chassis will be produced at the Daimler Buses São Bernardo do Campo bus plant in Brazil and will then be equipped with bodies from Marcopolo. Delivery will take place by the end of the year and the buses will be operational in Montevideo from the start of 2020.
Weststar & Marcopolo present the new generation Paradiso 1350 Bus Model.
Weststar Associates Limited, authorized general distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Nigeria in collaboration with Auto Alternative Nigeria Limited, the authorized representative of Marcopolo in Nigeria, are proud to announce the introduction of the new Marcopolo Paradisio 1350 bus to the Nigerian market. The introduction of this bus highlights the growth and expansion of interstate road travel in Nigeria as the industry continues to follow suit with technological advancements from around the world.
Mercedes-Benz: future-proof technology, maximum profitability, highest safety levels and a minibus.
Outstanding and future-proof technology, maximum profitability, an unparalleled level of safety and high comfort – this is what the buses from Mercedes‑Benz stand for. As a full-line provider the brand covers the entire spectrum of low-floor city buses through inter-city buses to the touring coaches, flanked by minibuses which also cover the entire range. This is documented by the vehicles exhibited at the Busworld show. This is where Mercedes‑Benz is presenting a representative cross-section of its range in the form of the innovative eCitaro, the versatile Intouro and the Tourismo, which is as profitable as it is safe and comfortable. The Sprinter Travel 75 plays a special role. It is celebrating its world premiere at Busworld. The quartet of buses with the star is uniformly painted in smoke silver metallic at the Busworld show. This colour shade appears elegant and technical in equal measure and perfectly reflects the character of the buses from Mercedes‑Benz.
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Wielki Trościeniec (biał. Вялікі Трасцянец, ros. Великий Тростенец) – wieś na Białorusi, w obwodzie mińskim, w rejonie mińskim, w sielsowiecie Nowy Dwór. Od zachodu i południa graniczy z Mińskiem.

W czasach Rzeczypospolitej ziemie te leżały w województwie mińskim. Odpadły od Polski w wyniku II rozbioru. W granicach Rosji wieś należała do ujezdu mińskiego w guberni mińskiej. Ponownie pod polską administracją w latach 1919 - 1920 w okręgu mińskim Zarządu Cywilnego Ziem Wschodnich.

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The must-read summary of Napoleon Hill's book: "Think and Grow Rich: The Way to Personal Achievement".
This complete summary of the ideas from Napoleon Hill's book "Think and Grow Rich: The Way to Personal Achievement" shows that every achievement begins with an idea. The author states that wealth comes from turning this idea into something that people are willing to pay for, which is only achieved by thinking. Find out how you can use your own power of thinking to make your idea a reality and grow rich.
To learn more, read "Think and Grow Rich" and discover the money-making abilities hidden in your own mind.


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What Neighborhood Factors, Besides Having A Grocery Store, Could Improve Health In The Hill?
Rand researcher Tamara Dubowitz says many factors go into how a person eats.
New research from the Rand Corporation shows that who you are – including your race, education and income – is a big predictor of how healthy you eat. But where you live matters, too.
Since 2011, Rand has compared the health of residents in Homewood, a food desert, with the Hill District, which went 30 years without a grocery store before finally getting one in 2013.
90.5 WESA's Virginia Alvino Young spoke with Rand researcher Tamara Dubowitz about the impacts of building a grocery store in The Hill, and the questions the findings raise about how things like affordable housing, green spaces and sleep may impact diet.
VIRGINIA ALVINO YOUNG: What did Rand researcher discover was the impact of opening a grocery store in the Hill District?
TAMARA DUBOWITZ: We actually saw greater improvements among Hill District residents when compared with Homewood residents in added sugar intake and caloric intake, and in what we call empty calories. So those are calories from sort of bad for you foods, in like packaged foods and cakes and cookies and that kind of thing. We did not see improvements in fruit and vegetable intake or in whole grain intake. The sort of wrench of the story was that the improvements among Hill District residents were not related to whether or not they used the store. So shopping at the new grocery store was not associated with dietary improvements. It didn't matter whether you shopped, at the supermarket or not.
ALVINO YOUNG: What is your research team going to do going forward to look for variables that might have been responsible for that improvement?
DUBOWITZ: Yes, so it actually brought up a lot of additional questions. What caused this if it wasn't the grocery store? Or what was going on or what is going on in the Hill District that might affect diet if it's not the new grocery store? So, going forward we're looking both backwards and forwards. So we're looking at all of the different investments that have happened in the Hill District including housing investments and commercial investments, and we're also following the same cohort over time to see what happens to diet over time.
Was this just a finding that occurred a little bit after the grocery store opened because there was increased awareness? We're asking questions like this does community hopefulness, is that something, community well-being. Is that something that relates to diet? So we're really interested in digging into the mechanisms of what is it about investing in communities and investing correctly in communities that might ultimately translate into health.
ALVINO YOUNG: The aim of this research is to improve our public policies surrounding health and food consumption. What policies have you seen in the country implemented or piloted that have shown tangible results?
DUBOWITZ: One, I would point to the investing in eliminating food deserts. And actually although our research doesn't show that shopping at the supermarket necessarily makes the difference, it did show a lot of improvements in the health and well-being of residents. So another thing that we saw was that residents' satisfaction with their neighborhood as a place to live improved pretty dramatically among residents in the Hill District. So I would still point to that policy as an effective one and one that we should continue to invest in.
Another policy that's more individual or targeted towards individuals is our tax policies. So there have been tax policies on sugar sweetened beverages that have raised quite a bit of controversy. However, we have seen as far as the effectiveness of improving diet of decreasing sugar sweetened beverage intake, they've been really effective.
Another policy or another type of policy is incentivizing the purchase of healthy foods. So there's something called the Double Bucks Program which is being piloted right now and targeting specific populations, so SNAP participants, a program which allows them to get double the produce for half of the price. We're seeing some positive results as far as being an effective policy.
Gina Merante grabbed a banana bunch from a red wall lined with gradually ripening fruit. She shuffled past boxes of apples and red peppers and pointed outside, past the large display window at the front of her store, Linea Verde Green Market.
It's been nearly two years since a Shop 'n Save grocery store opened on Centre Avenue in the Hill District. For decades, the neighborhood was considered a food desert, which the federal government defines as an area where residents lack access to healthy, nutritious foods, such as fruits and vegetables and whole grains.
We're living at a time when more than 80 percent of Americans fail to eat the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables. At the same time, many Americans overeat refined grains and sugar.
This may help explain why the obesity rate seems stuck. The most recent estimate is that 36 percent of adults in the U.S. are obese.


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Q: How to access Shopware\Core\System\SalesChannel\SalesChannelContext in Entity Related event subscribers in shopware 6? I have built a custom subscriber in my plugin for Shopware 6 that subscribes to
\Shopware\Core\Content\Product\ProductEvents::PRODUCT_WRITTEN_EVENT = 'product.written';
public function onProductWrittenEntity(EntityWrittenEvent $event): void
{
        //$event->getContext() is returning the Shopware\Core\Framework\Context
}

I want to get domain URL of this current salesChannel having those productIds which are currently written. how can i do that?

A: You can obtain the salesChannelId by running the following code:
$event->getContext()->getSource()->getSalesChannelId()

With that salesChannelId and inserting the SalesChannelRepository via the services.xml into your Subscriber, you can load the required information from that sales-channel.

A: When you edit the products over the API or inside the administration, you are in a "admin context", that means no sales-channel is available. This is because your changes are globally and you are not limited to a specific sales-channel.
The SalesChannelContext is only available if the action that was triggered originated in the storefront or came over the store-api.
Long story short:
You can't access the salesChannelContext from the EntityWrittenEvent, as most of the times there is no specific SalesChannel, where the event was triggered.
Maybe you can explain your use case a little bit more, so we can suggest alternatives.

A: in case someone run in this Problem:
You can for example Subscribe to the Event "SalesChannelContextResolvedEvent". Store all the Data in a variable as type array (Argument2 from the construct, "$this->saleschannelContext"). And call it in where ever you need it, for example an other event (you can call it so -> "$this->salechannelContext").
 public function __construct(EntityRepository $discountExtensionRepository){
    $this->discountExtensionRepository = $discountExtensionRepository;
    $this->salechannelContext = array();
}

public static function getSubscribedEvents(): array{
    return [
        SalesChannelContextResolvedEvent::class => "onPageLoaded",
        ProductEvents::PRODUCT_LOADED_EVENT => 'onProductsLoaded'

    ];
}
public function onPageLoaded(SalesChannelContextResolvedEvent $event){
    $this->salechannelContext = $event->getSaleschannelContext();
}
public function onProductsLoaded(EntityLoadedEvent $event):void{
     dump($this->salechannelContext);
}

Probably not the best practice way because i guess there is a way to get it directly from die Product event, but it is one way of manys.
[EDIT]: You can get all Storefront and Product informations with this event.
use Shopware\Core\System\SalesChannel\Entity\SalesChannelEntityLoadedEvent;
 public static function getSubscribedEvents(): array{
    return [
        'sales_channel.product.loaded' => 'onSalesChannelLoaded'

    ];
}
public function onSalesChannelLoaded(SalesChannelEntityLoadedEvent $event):void{

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Sketching @ Sketchbook: How one simple idea launched a thousand coasters...and a Member Give-Away — Sketchbook Brewing Co.
It was Matt and Tara Kosloski, Sketchbook co-founders, who had the idea back in May, just after we opened the Tap Room. They designed a coaster that invites Tap Room customers to doodle and draw on the back. To sketch, because, well, we're Sketchbook.
We loved this idea because Sketchbook believes in MAKING THINGS and the power of our hands to surprise us. Every day since we opened (almost two years ago), we count on the sheer pleasure of seeing what happens when we make something new.
So, we printed the coasters.
And bought a bunch of colored pencils.
And then something kinda remarkable happened--our customers drew--and drew!
Now, we are launching a month-long Coaster Contest! Come in and create and post a coaster in our Tap Room, you will be eligible to receive a FREE 6-month membership ($81 value).
So, please come in and draw at Sketchbook--you don't have to be a member to draw a coaster. And, we are hosting a great drawing event on Wednesday October 29th...part of Big Draw Evanston.


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Q: Interesting Mac OS X error Has anyone ever seen an error like the one pictured below on Mac OS X? What is it? The system is 10.6.6. I'm quite experienced in OS X but I've never seen such a thing. I was booting in verbose modem, and it looks like the verbose mode came "through".

A: Looks like a kernel panic in Verbose mode.

A: It's an old-style kernel panic report.  When the kernel crashes, there's no way to log what happened ('cause logging requires a working filesystem, which is part of the kernel...), so OS X used to dump the crash info onto the screen buffer.
In OS X v10.2, they switched to a system where it stores the crash info into PRAM, and displays a message that "You need to restart your computer. Hold the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button." in 4 languages.  After rebooting, the info is transferred from PRAM to a normal log file.
...but sometimes, for some reason, the old-style panic report still shows up under newer versions of OS X.  I haven't seen this happen in a while, but apparently it's still possible under 10.6.6.  I have no idea what causes it to revert to the old-style report (maybe verbose mode?).
See Apple's KB article #HT1392 for more details, and examples of the different panic styles.
EDIT: It occurs to me that it might've both written the crash info to the screen, and to PRAM and hence the log files.  Check in /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports and see if there's a matching panic report.

A: It's a kernel panic. Looks like a kernel extension with the bundle identifier "com.rogueamoeba.hermes" (Airfoil?) crashed.


It's a parenting mystery yet to be solved – how do babies and toddlers always know when you're about to take a brief second to yourself ? And why do they choose that exact moment to require your unwavering attention?
That's what Esther and Thad Anderson of Story of This Life explore in their latest viral video that takes us behind the all-too-familiar scenes of a typical busy household with a toddler and a newborn.
Appropriately titled, "Mommy!" the video shows a typical day in the life of a mum – where the pace is always busy and the coffee always cold.
From attempting to read a book (haha, good luck) while bub is napping to sitting down to a hot breakfast when the little one is happily playing, from attempting to watch a grown-up movie after the kids are in bed to trying to take a bath, it's just never going to happen. Esther knows it. Thad knows it. Every parent with young children knows it. And that's why we love this video!
How many of these scenes ring true in your household?
As always, the Anderson clan are down-to-earth which is why we adore them so much -Ellia is the epitome of a cheeky sweet toddler and newborn Tessa is just as adorable. Combine the sweet sisters with Esther's and Thad's relatability and you've got the recipe for another perfect parenting parody.
So, to all parents who give their children 100 per cent each and every day, who never get a chance to recharge their batteries, to fuel up with hot food, to enjoy a moment of silence and to actually sleep more than a few hours at a time, this video is for you.
Enjoy it (most likely while hiding behind a pile of dirty washing in the laundry).
Check out all of our featured Story of this Life parenting parody videos including why mums get nothing done, how to escape a sleeping baby and when I have kids.


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A Taste of Extreme Divinity es el undécimo álbum de estudio de la banda sueca de death metal Hypocrisy. Fue publicado el 23 de octubre de 2009, en Europa y el 3 de noviembre en los Estados Unidos. La publicación americana contiene tres bonus track.

Lista de canciones
 "Valley of the Damned" – 4:17
 "Hang Him High" – 4:35
 "Solar Empire" – 5:16
 "Weed out the Weak" – 3:50
 "No Tomorrow" – 4:16
 "Global Domination" – 5:15
 "Taste the Extreme Divinity" – 3:36
 "Alive" – 4:22
 "The Quest" – 5:31
 "Tamed (Filled With Fear)" – 4:39
 "Sky Is Falling Down" – 4:32

Pistas adicionales
  "The Sinner"
 "Taste the Extreme Divinity (2008 Demo)"
 "Valley of the Damned (2008 Demo)"

Posiciones en las listas y recibimiento
El álbum fue nominado a los Swedish Metal Awards en la categoría de mejor álbum de death metal.

Créditos
 Peter Tägtgren – voz, guitarra eléctrica
 Mikael Hedlund – bajo eléctrico
 Horgh (Reidar Horghagen) – batería

Referencias

Álbumes de 2009
Álbumes en inglés


Many of explore.org's most popular cameras show unfiltered views of wildlife. As wild beings, animals often demonstrate resiliency in the face of hardship, but they sometimes encounter challenges they cannot overcome. Some of the most powerful and moving live cam moments are associated with death.
Join me tomorrow, March 20, at 1 p.m. Pacific (4 p.m. Eastern) for a live chat about death in the animal world. Bring your questions or submit them in advance in the comments below. Tune in on our Live Events page.
Watching an animal die can be a powerful experience. Death conjures strong emotions like loss and pain, but it also provides lessons in survival and raises difficult questions about the appropriateness of human intervention.
I was very sad when one of Bear 132's spring cubs was killed by a bear in July 2018. I still feel sad for what happened.
At the same time, near the end of bear season in the fall, I would always marvel — and be grateful for — how fat and healthy Bear 132's surviving cub seemed!
My question: Is there sometimes a silver lining to death? For example, can the death of one sibling provide an opportunity for the sibling that survives?
Thanks, Mike, for all you do to help us understand the bears!
Many mammals routinely have more offspring than they can successfully raise. In bears this could be a strategy to buffer against the likely loss of a cub, for example. Given the right set of circumstances and luck, a mother bear could successfully wean two, three, even four cubs, but the chances of that happening are often low. If you are raising three cubs and two die, you still have one more to raise and wean, but if you only have one cub and it dies, then that's game over until the next litter.
Additionally, cubs from large litters are often smaller on average than cubs from smaller litters. All those mouths means less food for each cub, which slows their growth rate. There could be a connection between body size and survivorship of bear cubs (certainly if you are larger, then you can carry more fat reserves), but no one has attempted to scientifically study the relationship so we don't know if it exists.
Wow, Mike, respect and thanks!
Thank you for offering this Mike.
Sometimes we see a lot of sibling aggression on eagles cams (and in other species as well) which can lead to the death of one of the eaglets. Or, more often, it's one contributing factor to an eaglet's death. Thoughts?
Thanks for asking this, Ginger!
Each situation seems to be at least a little unique. Sibling aggression can be influenced by food availability, relative age of siblings compared to each other, and (I suspect) the eaglets disposition among other factors. Disposition would be very difficult to document or test scientifically though. Even though it's just a hunch I have, we know that animals aren't mindless, so just like in people I think certain eagles might be predisposed to be aggressive to their siblings while others may not be.
There are some bird species that practice "obligate siblicide" when a sibling almost always gets killed. Eagles aren't one of those species, so it would be fascinating to track some of the more obvious variables that could lead to it. You might already be aware of Raptor Resource's prey log.
https://www.raptorresource.org/learning-tools/prey-log/ That information correlated with behavioral observations could she considerable light on at least one factor that influences sibling aggression. One hundred years from now, I can foresee biologists and the public reviewing decades of data and knowing a lot more about it because of the records we started to keep.
Actually, the Black Eagle in Africa has the "obligate siblicide." There's a camera overlooking the nest on the cliff. Really beautiful location. I saw the intentional killing of the sibling, pretty rough, don't think I'll watch that cam anymore.
Thanks for the clarification. I should've been more clear and said "bald eagles aren't one of those species" as I didn't mean to imply all eagle species. There is so much behavioral diversity among animals that its often difficult, if not impossible in some cases, to make generalizations about what animals may or may not do.
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Modelling the oceans: Using maths to predict floods
You are reading in Modelling the oceans: Using maths to predict floods
The 1953 North Sea flood
Making model oceans
Shizuo Ishiguro's North Sea machine
North Sea oil and gas
What became of the North Sea machine?
The Thames flood barrier
On the night of Saturday 31 January 1953, the UK, Netherlands and Belgium suffered one of their worst floods in modern times.
A lethal combination of high tides and a wind storm over the North Sea caused a tidal surge which overwhelmed coastal defences.
What could be done to stop this happening again?
A catastrophic North Sea tidal surge in January 1953 killed 2500 people and left tens of thousands homeless. In the UK alone, 160,000 acres of farmland were flooded, killing tens of thousands of animals. Additionally, 200 miles of railway lines, 24,000 homes, 200 major factories, twelve gasworks and two power stations were inundated along the coast.
Storm Surge Model – Storms and Floods Hit Europe © Easy Street Productions, LLC
In an emotional statement to Parliament the following Tuesday, Prime Minister Winston Churchill described the flooding as a 'shocking and tragic disaster', and pledged that all the resources of the State would be deployed to meet the emergency. Repairs eventually cost £1bn.
Saturday morning's tide was not abnormal; but the evening tide was two hours earlier than predicted and maintained itself at a high level for several hours.
Sir Thomas Dugdale, Minister of Agriculture, in the House of Commons (2 February 1953)
© Daily Herald Archive / Science Museum Group Collection
Rescue of an elderly couple trapped by Canvey Island floods, 1953
The flooding had not been caused by a higher-than-usual tide. Instead, it was caused by a tide that had occurred earlier than predicted and, driven by the howling wind, had remained high for longer than expected.
Scientists needed a better understanding of the intricate interplay between gravity, weather and the shape of the oceans to better predict storm surges and the flooding they caused. To achieve this, they needed to model the oceans, both mathematically and physically.
Scientists had been making ocean and tide models for years. One, made by leading Victorian scientist William Thomson, predicted tides a year in advance after four hours of cranking its handle. But the complexity of storm surges meant that more power was needed.
Thomson's (Lord Kelvin) tide-predicting machine, 1876.
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Decades later, in 1949, a 29-year-old Japanese ocean scientist at the Nagasaki Marine Observatory, Shizuo Ishiguro, began working on a project to apply electronics to storm surge prediction, enabling more complex modelling. Four years later, the North Sea Flood struck with its devastating force.
Within six months of the devastating North Sea Flood, the UK government had begun investing heavily in ocean research.
As the UK's oceanography community scrambled to accelerate its research into the North Sea and its deadly surges, the director of the National Institute of Oceanography in Surrey, George Deacon, scoured overseas institutes and conferences for promising talent.
To work at this level of refinement requires much deeper penetration into the physical and mathematical complexities of the subject than could have been justified even a few years ago.
George Deacon, oceanographer (1969)
It was at an oceanography conference in Japan that Deacon met Shizuo Ishiguro and learned about his pioneering use of electronic models. Deacon was intrigued, telling the young scientist, 'you must come and show us how to do it'.
In 1956, Ishiguro decided to continue his studies in Britain and moved to the institute in Surrey, where he made a six-foot-high electronic model of the North Sea.
Electronic storm surge model, invented and constructed by Shizuo Ishiguro at the National Institute of Oceanography.
Ishiguro's model contributed to a growing sophistication in the oceanography industry. It was used for several years and was continually modified and improved as new technologies became available. Its flexibility meant it could model any sea or ocean—it was just a case of changing the programme.
It also helped meet new challenges. Throughout the 1950s the North Sea came under increased scientific scrutiny as major reserves of oil and gas began to be discovered. In the 1960s, research efforts rocketed.
By 1967 the petrochemical industry had invested £100 million into oceanographic research, including waves, tides and weather effects. Mathematicians modelling the North Sea had never been in greater demand.
After Shizuo Ishiguro retired, he took his ocean model home, where it was housed in his garage to be tinkered with and modified.
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Ishiguro and his North Sea machine
But what can one do with an increasingly out-dated electronic model of the North Sea?
His son, the writer Kazuo Ishiguro, commented,
'It was really heavy and looked like the inside of a Tardis. My father died in 2007 ... The fantastic news is that, last summer (2014), the Science Museum decided it was of historic interest. My mother was so relieved somebody was going to take it away'.
So this unique piece of mathematical history has been preserved forever.
As Winston Churchill had said in 1953, the North Sea Flood was a shocking and tragic disaster. But it launched a major programme of ocean research which has vastly improved our understanding of the ways oceans move and behave. This research continues to this day.
Model of a main pier of the Thames flood barrier
It was one thing to understand and predict ocean tides and surges. It was another to protect vulnerable communities from their potentially catastrophic effects.
During the 1953 North Sea Flood, which caused such devastation on both sides of the North Sea, central London was spared serious damage.
But the waters of the River Thames had lapped at the tops of river walls.
As Churchill made his speeches to Parliament in the days following the disaster, he was acutely aware—standing as he was just feet from the river's edge—how close the capital had come to succumbing to the water.
Within months, experts appointed in the aftermath of the flood set out plans for an gigantic flood barrier across the Thames.
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Mathematicians in all disciplines got involved in planning a barrier across the River Thames. Some were tidal surge modellers. Others brought extensive knowledge of astronomy. Actuaries in the insurance industry provided crucial data on the probable cost to life and property of future flooding. Hydrodynamicists modelled water flow over the barrier's gates. Aerodynamicists designed the huge engine houses rising above the water's surface.
The barrier was eventually completed in 1982 and has protected London ever since.
What is a storm surge? (Met Office)
How Britain's worst natural disaster kicked off the debate on climate change
How the Thames barrier protects London from flooding (Environment Agency)
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Boris Johnson missed his comeback but is positioning himself for the next election
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LONDON | Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson never doubts. He missed what would have been a dramatic return to Downing Street, but immediately positioned himself for the next election.
"I am ready," he said on Friday evening, returning urgently from vacation in the Caribbean to try to become prime minister again, just a few weeks after being chased from Downing Street by his government, tired of too many scandals and lies.
"I am well placed to ensure a Conservative victory in 2024," he said Sunday evening, after having given up the race, at the end of a weekend where he struggled to get the necessary endorsements and tried unsuccessfully to twist the arm of the other two candidates.
In a bitterly divided Conservative Party, he said he ultimately secured 102 endorsements.
In announcing his withdrawal, Mr. Johnson explained that he had tried "in the national interest" to reach an agreement with his rivals: Rishi Sunak, his former finance minister who had slammed the door in July and whom he met Saturday evening, and Penny Mordaunt, Minister for Relations with Parliament whom he had ousted from the government in 2019.
They both refused to stand down in his favor, according to The Telegraph , and Rishi Sunak is now on a roll to enter Downing Street.
At 8 a.m. Sunday, Boris Johnson, tired by jet lag but in a suit and tie, still believes in it: he brings together around fifty declared supporters by video conference to present to them "a vision for the future", with an approach "of unity", according to the daily, and the commitment to manage things differently in the future, with better organization at 10 Downing Street.
"Boris has learned the lessons" from his first term at Downing Street, then tweets one of his most loyal supporters, MP James Duddridge, saying that he will focus "from day one on the needs of the country".
"I believe I have a lot to offer, but I'm afraid it's just not the right time (…) You can't govern effectively if you don't have a united party in parliament," explained Boris Johnson in the press release explaining his withdrawal from the race.
Without closing the door. "I believe that I am well placed to ensure a conservative victory in 2024" in the legislative elections, he added, aware that he remains popular with the base of the party.
Very rewarding speeches
In July, after being chased out of Downing Street, he had already cast doubt on a return.
"Hasta la vista baby" had -he concluded during his last question and answer session in Parliament on July 20. "Mission largely accomplished, for now," he added.
&quot ;Hasta la vista, baby"
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Recently, however, he seemed to have turned the page on politics: a few days ago, he gave a 30-minute speech to an international audience of insurers in Colorado Springs in the United States, paid 150,000 dollars according to some media. He had just filed the statutes of a company, "The office of Boris Johnson Limited".
But for Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, 58, a brilliant orator with phenomenal aplomb, the resignation of Liz Truss, after 44 calamitous days in office, was an opportunity not to be missed, although according to a YouGov poll 52% of Britons did not want him back.
The former Brexit herald, to three tumultuous years in office marked by the scandal of illegal parties in Downing Street during the anti-Covid confinement, is still the subject of a parliamentary inquiry into whether he lied to Parliament in the "partygate".
Hearings, televised, should begin in the coming weeks. If it is found that he lied, he could be suspended from parliament where he is still an MP.
But like his hero Winston Churchill, of whom he wrote a biography, he still hopes to return one day in Downing Street.
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Nymphomaniac: The Hollywood Film Containing Real Sex Scenes
Cinema's "enfant terrible" Lars Von Trier is creating controversy again with his next film "Nymphomaniac" daring to contain scenes of real sex. Lars, nothing you do shocks us anymore, don't you get it?
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Earlier this year I had the pleasure of talking to legendary Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård and towards the end of our chat I asked him about his latest film with Lars Von Trier, the provocatively titled "Nymphomaniac". Without giving too much away, Skarsgård described it as a "porno" with "a lot of fucking in it". Right then.
Now, anyone familiar with Von Trier's varied body of work will know he has form here already. For "The Idiots" he hired real porn actors to participate in an orgy sequence, while the opening shot of "Antichrist" is an extreme close up of a big, veiny cock plunging into a soaking wet vagina - sorry about the visuals, but it's burnt onto my retina and so it should be burnt onto yours too - all that juxtaposed with a baby falling out a window. Also in that film there was the now infamous moment where Charlotte Gainsbourg drops a breeze block onto Willem Defoe's cock before giving him one of the least pleasant looking hand jobs you can imagine, and finally one last extreme close up of Gainsbourg cutting off her clitoris. I paid to see that shit.
I'd even go as far as to say that sex isn't really the controversial taboo that Von Trier assumes it to be.
Some would say that there's not really much you can do after that in the controversy stakes. However, bless his heart, Lars gave it a good old go by outing himself as a Nazi at the Cannes Film Festival a couple years back, and must think that a film in which Shia Labeouf engages in a spot of rusty tromboning is the logical next step for him.
But why do we still care? This isn't the 1950s, this is 2012. We've all seen sex, hell, some of us have even DONE it! Ain't that a thought? In fact, if you're not watching porn right now, then chances are you either just stopped watching it, or are about to start watching it just as soon as you've finished reading (At least read 'til the end, I'll make the last paragraph really sexy to get you going if you'd prefer?). I'd even go as far as to say that sex isn't really the controversial taboo that Von Trier assumes it to be.
The problem I have with Von Trier is that he does have it in him to make exceptional, ground-breaking cinema. The three-hour tour-de-force that is "Dogville" is a spectacularly interesting, ambitious and brilliantly realised movie. His debut, "Europa", a gloriously vibrant and slick watch. "Breaking The Waves" is a masterpiece, towing the line between powerfully moving and deeply unsettling with all the skill of Phillipe Petit tightrope walking between the Twin Towers. "The Five Obstructions" too is a must watch, channeling Von Trier's penchant for rule making and rule breaking into something playful and exciting. Too often though he decides to throw on bells and whistles before focusing on what is the most important thing in any film: story and character. Without these, your film is nothing. Essentially, at his best he's a giant of a filmmaker, at his worst he's the James Cameron of arthouse cinema, his taboo-gimmickry akin to fancy 3D technology masking a piss-weak script.
Too often though he decides to throw on bells and whistle before focusing on what is the most important thing in any film: story and character. Without these, your film is nothing.
I'm sure "Nymphomaniac" will make some waves upon its release, both parts of it, and I too will reserve my complete judgement until I see the final film. However, great films are never built around single scenes or one moment. "Antichrist" may have had some shocking images and may have got some people up in arms, but when you took that away all you had was a painfully dull, badly written, self indulgent damp-wank of a film. With "Nymphomaniac" gaining similar reactions before a frame has even been seen, I can't help but fear that the end result will be much the same.
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Tetris honored in Swedish and Minecraft animations
By Matt Bradford 26 September 2011
New Tetris videos score points for creativity, obsession
Ever since man discovered the ability to manipulate square-like objects and upload videos to YouTube, Tetris tributes have become as common to the Internet as talking cats, pop star wannabes, and guys getting hit in the junk. But like everything else that's been done to death online, there are still works of art that manage to rise above the pack, such as these two new Tetris animations straight from Sweden and the make-believe world of Minecraft.
The first stop motion short comes from the Linköping University's Visualization Center in Norrköping, Sweden. It uses over 1,500 Post-Its in its depiction of a typical Tetris game on the center's windows, however it's unclear if its creators have ever played a full game:
The next Tetris homage was created by the veteran Minecraft artists at MinecraftA2Z. It is a dead-on recreation of Tetris as it appeared on Nintendo's Game Boy, complete with opening screens, legal jargon, greenish hues and retro graphics:
MinecraftA2Z made game site headlines earlier this year with its Minecraft Pac-man animation. Check out the group's other video game inspired creations on their official website.


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Underwear. We tend not to discuss them but rather they are an unavoidable truth (except if you go commando). Briefs have a captivating history and are presently being changed by innovation, with elite underpants that case to do everything from separating tooting to producing relieving vibrations.
An Egyptian undergarment. Wikimedia Commons
The principal kind of underwear was the undergarment worn by old Egyptians. Known as a schenti, it was produced using woven materials, normally cotton and flax, kept set up with a belt. The lower classes and slaves were practically bare, so in fact this undergarment was frequently "outerwear". Yet, Egyptian workmanship Women's Briefs in the Valley of the Queens shows pharaohs wearing sheer external pieces of clothing, delivering the undergarment a kind of underwear.
In Europe, during the Middle Ages (500-1500 AD), clothing comprised of a shirt made of fine material or cotton for all kinds of people. A type of underwear returned during the fifteenth and sixteenth hundreds of years, when men's leg-hose were bifurcated (parted in two).
To give additional security to the male genitalia, a cushioned codpiece was added. The codpiece additionally filled in as an image of sexual energy, intended to improve as opposed to disguise the genital region.
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Jakob Seisenegger's Portrait of Emperor Charles V with Dog (1500-1558) additionally includes an unmistakable codpiece. Wikimedia Commons
The appearance of drawers
In the ahead of schedule to mid nineteenth century, all kinds of people wore bifurcated drawers with isolated legs – a free sort of knee-length pants suspended from the abdomen. This basic style of underwear made alleviating oneself more reasonable, particularly if a few layers of underskirts or breeches were worn.
Lady's batiste ribbon managed drawers, around 1896. Wikimedia Commons
Shut crotched underwear for ladies (pantalettes) arose in the mid to late nineteenth century. In 1882, dress reformer Dr Gustave Jaeger contended that wearing regular woolen strands close to the skin would assist with scattering real toxins by permitting the skin to relax. He likewise felt the elasticised characteristics of weaved pieces of clothing were bound to advance exercise.
Woolen across the board, cream lady's long johns; made in England, date obscure. Wikimedia Commons
Likewise in the nineteenth century, the prominence of long-legged pants for men prompted an adjustment of Women's Briefs with hose (long johns) stretching out to the lower leg. These were made of silk for the well off and wool, or later fleece, for the general population.
For ladies in the mid 1900s, getting dressed involved different layers of underpants including chemise and drawers followed by a constrictive undergarment. During the main universal conflict more ladies attempted actual work in production lines, mines and homesteads, and hence required utilitarian articles of clothing. The outline of outerwear, for example, free pants and evaporator suits prepared for pants, which ladies started wearing from around 1916. From the 1920s, the bodice was bit by bit supplanted by less prohibitive elasticated forms like the support and "step-ins" continuously supplanted the bodice.
Latex, an elastic yarn presented in 1930, permitted stretch underpants to turn out to be more figure-embracing. These in the long run advanced into underwear styles like those well used today. In 1938, after the innovation of the engineered fiber nylon, lightweight simple to-wash clothing began to show up.
More limited, groin length undies or trunks for men showed up after 1945. In 1959, a renewed person made elastomeric fiber called Lycra™ was created. Joined with cotton or nylon, it was solid, stretchable and recuperated well. The outcome was more body-cognizant undies for people.
Undies have become more perfectly sized. BishopA4 XTG_Extreme_Game/Wikimedia Commons
In the more tolerant 1960s, undies became briefer for both genders and the Y-front was to a great extent killed from men's underwear. By the 1970s, underwear were essentially consistent. (The strap, or G-string, I would contend, is difficult to characterize as an underwear – its main fame is by all accounts that it offers wearers an undetectable gasp line.)
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With progressions in fiber advances and weaving producing, underwear today can be just about as unassuming as a couple of Aussie Bonds briefs, or cutting edge with the consideration of haptic correspondence.


Due to NC Check In Test on Friday, March 10th we will be completing Friday's lesson today.
Warm up: I can explain why the moon is referred to as Earth's only natural satellite.
Review rotation and revolution by completing the fold able, see my smart board to see the power point.
Draw and label the phases of the moon.
1. How long is a lunar month?
2. How many full moons are in a lunar month?
3. How many new moons are in a lunar month?
4. How does a lunar month differ from a calendar month?
5. How is a waxing moon different from a waning moon?
Moon calendar- start charting the moon's phases tonight. Click on the moon calendar for help.
Warm up: Where is Rome located?
Rome is located in _______________________, a _____________________ that sticks out into the ______________________ Sea.
It is easy to spot on a map b/c it looks just like a _____________________.
Many Romans lived very close to the _________________________ River.
Every Roman town had a _______________________________.
Cites and towns had less ____________________ ________________ than the countryside.
As you click on each of the phases write a one sentence summary of what you have learned about the moon phases.
Go over moon phases calendar- this was homework.
to help you create your 3,2,1.
Warm up:What brothers supposedly founded the city of Rome?
Warm up:Compare the government of Ancient Rome to our government.
Station 1 The Roman Republic: Checks and Balances- at this station you will compare our system of government to that of Rome.
2. In place of a king the Romans had a ______. What was it like to be a consul?


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Suburban Guns: Will Chicago Lawsuit Stem Flow of Illegal Weapons Into City?
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(Christian Science Monitor) – As gun violence spikes once again in Chicago, gun control advocates in the city are pointing fingers at an old enemy: the Chicago suburbs.
A lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court claims that weak oversight of gun shops in the villages of Riverdale, Lyons, and Lincolnwood outside Chicago is fueling gun violence in black neighborhoods in the city.
Citing a May 2014 report from the Chicago Police Department, the suit says that four local gun dealers – including one in each of those towns, as well as one in Gary, Ind. – supplied almost 20 percent of the guns recovered at Chicago crime scenes between 2009 and 2013.
Overall, most "crime guns" in Chicago were actually first purchased outside Illinois – almost 60 percent of them between 2009 and 2013, according to the CPD report, including from states as far away as Georgia. But some see an added danger from illegal gun purchases in the Chicago suburbs: the speed with which they could be used to commit crimes in the city.
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Mayor Thao provided a few minutes on the program to introduce to the community Dr. Kimberly Mayfield, the newly appointed deputy mayor, who has served as vice president of external affairs and dean of the school of education at Holy Names University, a leader of the Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA) and a member of the sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc.
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Mayor Sheng Thao, sworn in as the 51st Mayor of Oakland, is flanked by her son Ben Ventura and her father "Richard" Nou My Thao at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, Jan. 9, 2023. Photo courtesy of Alain McLaughlin Photography.
Mayor Thao appoints HNU's Dr. Kimberly Mayfield as deputy mayor
Sheng Thao, a daughter of Hmong refugees who overcame homelessness and domestic abuse to attend university and build a life for herself and her family in Oakland, received the official oath of office Monday afternoon as the new mayor of the City of Oakland.
Sworn in at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Oakland by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, she stood on stage surrounded by friends, family, and staff members. She was flanked by her son Ben Ventura, who performed a musical piece on the cello, and her father "Richard" Nou My Thao.
The mayor called on Oaklanders to join with her to create a more humane, inclusive, and just city. She spoke about her commitment as a progressive to significantly improve the quality of life for residents, making the city safer and cleaner, building 30,000 units of truly affordable housing, fostering jobs, promoting economic development, supporting small businesses and providing solutions to homelessness that recognize the dignity of the unsheltered.
"I know what we can do together, Oakland," she said. "Our city's' best days are still to come. The Oakland that we all know is possible and within our reach."
Newly appointed Deputy Mayor Kimberly Mayfield (left) with Mayor Sheng Thao. Photo courtesy of Alain McLaughlin Photography.
In her remarks, the mayor focused on the city's long fight to become more inclusive and equitable.
"We believe everyone deserves a seat at the table, not just a few, not just the wealthy, not just the well-connected," she said.
"Sometimes, we take our shared progressive values for granted, our advances toward justice and equality," said Mayor Thao.
She reminded people that "a…century ago, our city was dominated by members of the Ku Klux Klan (where) Klan members burned crosses in our hills and marched through our streets. As recently as the1970s, freeways were made possible by tearing down thriving Black, Latino, and Asian communities," she continued.
"We recognize what we have overcome together to remember what is worth fighting for every day…(and) to take stock of how far we still have to go."
Promising a "comprehensive" approach to public safety to make all neighborhoods in the city safer, she said she would bolster anti-crime programs like Ceasefire and "we will fill (police) vacancies with home-grown police officers who know our community, who look like us."
At the same time, she said, the city must increase opportunities for young people, reinvigorating the summer jobs program (for youth) and enhance the school-to-work pipeline so young people can gain experience and job skills.
She said she would beef up the many city departments that are currently operating on skeleton staffing, promising to fill the staffing vacancies that "plague our city."
Mayor Thao said she herself is a renter, and that she "will fiercely protect Oakland renters. If you are a renter in Oakland, you've got a mayor who's got your back."
Speaking about the Oakland A's proposed waterfront real estate development promoted by former Mayor Libby Schaaf, Mayor Thao said the city will continue negotiations to keep the team "rooted in Oakland."
"Working closely with the A's, I'm hopeful we can reach a good deal, (based) on our Oakland values," she said.
The former mayor's plan for building the proposed waterfront real estate development at the Port of Oakland was dealt a major setback this week when Oakland failed to secure more than $180 million in federal funds to help pay for infrastructure development for the project.
Speaking of the importance of the appointment of Mayfield as deputy mayor, the Mayor's Office explained her role in the new administration:
"Mayor Thao was thrilled Kimberly Mayfield agreed to join her team because of her tremendous and longstanding leadership in Oakland. In recognition of her vast experience, it was decided that the best role for her would be as deputy mayor where she will be an instrumental part of the leadership of both the Office and Oakland."
In her introduction at the Paramount Theatre, Mayfield said, "Today is not about political agendas…It's about the power of the people…it's a recognition of the rejection of the status quo. This new chapter begins with a mayor that understands how to build a culture that works for everyone. Thank you, Mayor Thao for the opportunity to serve."
The announcement affects residents in Alameda, Marin, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Monterey, Napa, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano and Sonoma counties, the IRS said.
Eligible taxpayers will also have until May 15 to make 2022 contributions to their IRAs and health savings accounts.
By Katy St. Clair, Bay City News Foundation
The Internal Revenue Service has extended its annual tax return due date by a month for people who live in areas impacted by the recent storms, the IRS announced on Tuesday.
California storm victims now have until May 15 to file their individual or business taxes if their area was declared an emergency by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The announcement affects residents in Alameda, Marin, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Monterey, Napa, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano and Sonoma counties, the IRS said. A full list of counties can be found at https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/tax-relief-in-disaster-situations.
Taxpayers will not have to do anything to initiate the extension, the IRS said, and do not have to contact the agency to get this relief.
Some other extensions are being granted to farmers, those who pay quarterly estimated payments, and those who pay quarterly payroll and excise taxes. To learn more, go to irs.gov.


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On Collecting Books
The Artists Behind F. Scott Fitzgerald's Dust Jackets: Part I (1920-1923)
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Sunday Steinkirchner and Joshua Mann founded B & B Rare Books when they moved to New York City after college. They have diverse academic backgrounds and a shared love of rare books and literature. Sunday attended SUNY Geneseo and New York University, receiving a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology. She is a writer and currently a Forbes Contributor. Sunday specializes in the Bloomsbury group, the Roaring 20's and literary expatriates in Paris. Her favorite book is Mrs. Dalloway.
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Although created almost a century ago, the art and writing of the Roaring 20's still captivates us today. Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald left behind some of the most iconic stories of this fascinating time period. The radical social change he wrote about was also evident in the art that adorned his dust jackets, as the artists who designed them had an uncanny ability to capture the zeitgeist of the era. Art imitated life, and Fitzgerald and his publishers knew how to captivate the attention of a younger generation, the ones who were behind all this change, like never before.
Fitzgerald's first three dust jackets were designed by artist William E. Hill. Hill had made a name for himself illustrating for Puck magazine and the Sunday New York Tribune. His ability to depict everyday people in natural settings was well-known, so when Scribner's editor Maxwell Perkins needed to choose an artist for Fitzgerald's upcoming publications, he looked to this established artist.
This Side of Paradise (1920) depicts an elegantly dressed young man and woman, portraying all the decadence and extravagance of the era. The cover art for Flappers and Philosophers (1920) features an illustration for perhaps the best story in the collection, "Bernice Bobs Her Hair." The choice of both title and art for this book did well to make it a best-seller: the word "flappers" and the art showing a young girl cropping her hair in the latest style are at once attractive and provocative, easily capturing the attention of any young person perusing their local bookstore.
First Editions in facsimile dust jackets, B&B Rare Books
Hill paid special attention to facial features, and thus, had a knack for conveying the complexities and subtle nuances of expression and emotion. This original drawing by Hill, Wedding Night Jitters (1915), shows a moody young couple facing away from each other, the negative space between them as the focal point of the drawing. The characters are intense yet disengaged, creating a visible tension in the drawing.
Original Hill drawing, 1915, B&B Rare Books
Even though it was the lifelike quality to his work that earned Hill the job, Scribner's choose another illustrator for Fitzgerald's subsequent books, when Fitzgerald complained that the couples Hill drew looked more and more like himself and his wife Zelda. In a 1922 letter to Perkins about The Beautiful and Damned (1922) cover, Fitzgerald commented that "the girl is excellent of course" but thought the man looked like "a debauched version of me."
First Edition in facsimile jacket, from the collection of Jacob Osborn
Hill was replaced by illustrator John Held, Jr. Held's work, which adorned the covers of many of the most popular magazines of the era, is much more cartoony than lifelike, but the characters he created were also exemplary of the Roaring 20's. Held's first cover for Fitzgerald was for The Beautiful and Damned's companion book of short stories, Tales of the Jazz Age (1922). Young couples, the women with bobbed hair and shorter hemlines, dance to jazz music. The Vegetable (1923), shows a similar theme, expanding upon the work Held created for Life and The New Yorker that earned him his fame.
First Editions in original jackets, 'Tales' courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries
An attention to costume was important for Held's archetypal flapper. Consider the original Held drawing below– "Her costume was topped off by a pair of long white sailor's pants." Interestingly, the shift from realism and focus on facial expression of Hill's work to the cleaner lines and abstraction of Held's art mirrors the shift to a preference for the simplified and more geometric lines of Art Deco that would exemplify the time period.
Original Held drawing, 1931, courtesy of Between the Covers
Rather than rooting their work in older styles of illustration, these two artists benefitted from keeping with the times, by paying rapt attention to the world that was changing rapidly around them. Using new techniques and styles, and portraying the real world as it was, captured the excitement and attention of young people in a changing world, a dynamic society that continues to inspire the art and writing of today.
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UU A Way Of Life: Who says nonviolence doesn't work?
Who says nonviolence doesn't work?
Captain Thomas Beall has an excellent article on his blog, Living The Prophetic Imperative, posted 12/29/09. It is well worth reading and taking to heart. Would that more Unitarian Universalists and other people of faith take its message seriously. You can access it by clicking here.
could you be a little specific? We're a pragmatic faith and what works an important question... what works to what ends though?
What was Viet Nam for?
What is Afghanistan war for?
What in hell is a war on terror?
Is it like a war on drugs? A war on poverty?
The war metaphor is an interesting one but I would guess not as practical as you might hope for.
I get mad and I could hit people. I could kill them sometimes. It would be very practical in eliminating my annoyance and irritation. Sometimes people fighten me and I would like to kill them just so they no longer pose a threat.
I have a sneaking feeling that you wouldn't justify my very practical plan. Iknow the law wouldn't. But you know the very things that are illegal for individuals, families, groups, and communities are perfectly legal even if immoral at a national level. I never quite understood that do you?
BTW In a somewhat waggish, but also somewhat serious, questioning answer to the question posed in your blog post title. . .


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 * libjson-rpc-cpp
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 * @file    specificationwriter.h
 * @date    30.04.2013
 * @author  Peter Spiess-Knafl <peter.knafl@gmail.com>
 * @license See attached LICENSE.txt
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#ifndef SPECIFICATIONWRITER_H
#define SPECIFICATIONWRITER_H

#include "procedure.h"
#include "specification.h"

namespace jsonrpc {
    class SpecificationWriter
    {
        public:
            static Json::Value toJsonValue(procedurelist_t& procedures);
            static std::string toString(procedurelist_t& procedures);
            static void toFile(const std::string& filename, procedurelist_t& procedures);

        private:
            static Json::Value toJsonLiteral(jsontype_t type);
            static void procedureToJsonValue(Procedure* procedure, Json::Value& target);
    };
}

#endif // SPECIFICATIONWRITER_H

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I want to be able to burn my Audio Cds with cd text on it.
Can this be done with itunes, i dont whink so.
Toast 7 can do it. I suggest this program instead of the lame-o iTunes.
You can't as of yet. From what I've read Apple would have to license that technology from Sony. Every time a new iTunes update comes out I request it as a feature though.
i doubt apple will ever add this... it's a CD burning feature.
they don't care about burning anymore... to them, the ipod is the future.
They may or may not. But it never hurts to ask.


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If sources are to be believed, Akshay who has worked with Katrina in multiple films like Welcome, Tees Maar Khan, Singh Is King and De Dana Dan among others wants the actress to join the team of Sooryavanshi. There was a tussle between Akshay Kumar and Rohit Shetty over the choice of the actress, but it seems like Akshay has prevailed.
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The Unique Home Features Stars Can't Live Without, From Kris Jenner's Black Toilet Paper to Drake's Mechanical Bull
If you ask these celebs, a house simply isn't a home without a golf course, meditation room and koi pond.
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So, Drake is absurdly proud of his pool.
That much became clear when he made the somewhat odd choice to pay tribute to it in verse, rapping in his 2016 track, "Summer Sixteen," that "Now I got a bigger pool than Ye / And look man, Ye's pool is nice, mine is just bigger is what I'm saying."
To be fair, his three-acre Hidden Hill, Calif. compound—appropriately named The YOLO Estate—boasts an enormous swimming hole complete with man-made grotto, water slide, wet bar and flatscreen TVs that is larger than the one at the mansion Kanye West shares with wife Kim Kardashian.
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Really, it's bigger than most any pool you can imagine thanks to some diligent research on the part of the "Hotline Bling" rapper. Having "the biggest residential pool on the planet" has long been a goal of his, he told Rolling Stone in 2014, so years before the Canadian earned himself a record deal, he typed that phrase into an Internet search. It turned up an estate from Saddle Ranch owner Larry Pollack that Drake kept as the desktop image on his computer for years, finally making a move when the sizable spread went on the market in 2009.
Described by Rolling Stone as "part dude ranch, part gentleman's manor, part Medieval Times", the 12,500-square-foot pad is all wooden beams, vaulted fireplaces, cavelike walls with a dash of whimsy thanks to a stone elk, stone giraffe, 25-seat movie theater and a mechanical bull.
Celebrity Vacation Homes
Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore. Or Michigan. Or Pennsylvania. Or really any neighborhood where a non-millionaire can afford to buy. Because when price is no object (Drake's pad was listed for $27 million, but he paid less than a third of that, bragging, "I stole it from him!"), there's no stopping stars from going completely over-the-top when it comes to their real estate. (I mean, if Dale Earnhardt Jr. was your pal, would you tell him he didn't need to create a working Old West town, complete with saloon, a sheriff's office and working jail?)
In a world where tennis courts, pizza ovens and movie theaters come standard—and no one really bats an eye at Alex Rodriguez's indoor basketball court or the bocce balls setup Anna Faris had at the home she lived in with Chris Pratt—celebrities have to get creative to truly stand out. We're looking at you and your black toilet paper, Kris Jenner! Behold, the lifestyles of the rich, famous and just a wee bit eccentric.
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Generally, the term champagne room conjures some not-so-safe-for-work images. But at Heather Dubrow's SoCal home (ahem, Dubrow Chateau), it's simply the spot where The Real Housewives of Orange County alum stashes her beloved Veuve Clicquot.
Should she fancy a flute, she need simply ring the secret doorbell found deep in her master closet. "I have this three-way mirror. It's hidden, so when you pull the mirror forward, it's framed and it's black and white and has my initials on it, and it says, 'Press for champagne,'" she explained to Bravo's The Daily Dish. "And it rings in the kitchen." Though, as her husband Terry Dubrow pointed out, there are some kinks to work through. "Terry goes, 'Who's bringing you the champagne?'" she admitted. "I'm like 'You? I don't know.'"
If there's a downside to tricking your home out with unique features, 50 Cent discovered it when he tried to unload his Connecticut estate. After snapping up the 21-bedroom, 25-bathroom place from boxer Mike Tyson in 2003 for $4.1 million, he shelled out millions more to spruce up the nine kitchens, private casino and disco room—complete with several stripper poles so every night he and his pals could feel like they were "In Da Club."
Sadly, even with the addition of a helicopter pad, he couldn't get buyers to bite at the $18 million asking price in 2007. He finally accepted an $8 million offer from a nursing home management company nine years later.
James Aylott CelebrityHomePhotos.com; John Sciulli/WireImage
Outfitted with everything necessary to support his love of flying, John Travolta's Ocala, Fla. pad isn't likely to be listed anytime soon.
A Gulfstream II jet is parked in one of the Qantas ambassador's two plane pavilions and his personal Qantas Boeing 707 sits in the yard. "It was always John's dream to have planes in his front yard—to practically be able to pull up to the house—so that when you wanted to go to dinner, all you'd have to do was step out the door, get on the plane and whisk off," wife Kelly Preston explained in a 2015 interview with Australia's Today (excerpted by Architecture and Design).
And with the addition of a runway that extends right up to their front door and a control center, the midcentury-style spot simply works for the flight happy pair. "We designed the house for the jets and to have at our access the world at a moment's notice, and we succeeded at that," noted Travolta. "For the last 11 years, we've been able to globe-trot for Qantas and movies...I've been really able to operate out of this house for business and personal reasons."
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The business half of the equation was most key for Tiger Woods when designing his 12-acre home in Jupiter Island, Fla. Valued somewhere between $60 and $80 million (though if you have to quibble over the difference, it's probably too rich for your blood), the estate features a track and field area, two boat docks, a reflecting pond and a 5,700-square-foot fitness center.
But the true standout is a four-green golf course designed, per the 11-time PGA Player of the Year's website, "to replicate tournament-like conditions, similar to those he faced around the world."
Courtesy of Architectural Digest, Tuukka Jantti/PacificCoastNews.com
The 150-acre Calabasas, Calif. compound Will Smith commissioned with wife Jada Pinkett Smith is also designed with career enhancement in mind. Along with a recording studio (where daughter Willow Smith belted out her 2010 hit "Whip My Hair"), a screening room and Jada's meditation room is Will's favorite feature: a gazebo that sits in the center of a man-made lake.
There, the two-time Oscar nominee noted to Architectural Digest, "Answers come to me."
Perhaps he'll mull on which feature he can add next?
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