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The Christograms and the Monogram of Christ
The arrival of Christ defines a clear dividing line in history. It originated an uninterrupted succession of events that have influenced the cultural contest of Europe until now. Some examples are the birth of the Church; early Christian, Lombard and Byzantine periods; the Catholic civilization during the Middle Age; the discovering of America…
Nevertheless, the profession of the Christian faith has been opposed for a long time. In fact, the first believers were subjected to violent persecutions in the Jewish territory, as reported by the Acts of the Apostles. Some examples are the persecutions by Herod Agrippa, during which the first Christian martyr, Stephan, was killed.
A representation of Christ (4th century), Catacombs of Commodilla in Rome
Persecutions in the Roman Empire
These were the dawns of the first Christian communities, which spread clandestinely all over the Roman Empire. Although initially they were accepted – Christianity was considered by pagans like atheism, a superstitious fanaticism or an extremist sect of Jews – the first contrasts with the emperor started after the fire of Rome in 64 AC, under Nero. Christians were accused, rightly or wrongly, to have started the fire [1] and so they were condemned. Among them, the apostles Peter and Paul suffered martyrdom [2].
In his Annales [5], Tacitus reports a clear and tragic image of the persecutions: "those who died were also mocked: wrapped in animal skins so that they died torn by dogs or crucified or soaked in oil then hung on a post and set on a fire". It is also famous the statue of the Colossus of Nero. It was erected near the vestibule of the Domus Aurea and Christians were obliged to worship it. Moreover, the Colossus is also linked to the meaning of the number of the beast 666.
The archaeological area of the Roman Forum. In the distance it is possible to see the Colosseum, which takes its name from the Colossus of Nero, once erected near it.
From then, Christians were violently persecuted for several centuries. These persecutions reached a climax under the emperor Diocletian. Several testimonies of the heinous tortures come from the writings of Lactantius [2], Eusebius [3] and Pliny the Younger [4].
Christograms
The hostilities between the civil and religious pagan authorities obliged Christians to adopt accurate survival strategies. It was not possible to celebrate the cult freely, it was the time of the Domus Ecclesiae and the catacombs. Hence, the early Christian messages were conveyed secretly. So, a big variety of symbols originated for this purpose: the representations of a Berdless Christ, the most complex Christograms and many others.
The term "Christogram" is a combination of Greek or Latin words indicating the name of Jesus. Christograms were known only among the members of a close cultural circle, and they had a wider cult meaning, not immediately perceptible. Among them, the Chi Rho, Ichthys and the Trigram IHS are investigated.
The persecutions against Christians officially ended the 30th of April 311, when Galerio issued the Edict of Tolerance. Shortly thereafter, the events concerning the emperor Constantine took place: his victory against Maxentius in the battle of the Milvian Bridge (312) and the Edict of Milan (313) that guaranteed the so desired freedom of worship to Christians.
Nonetheless, cause to their simplicity and elegant symbolisms, Christograms were used also in the subsequent centuries, obtaining a great popularity during the Middle Age.
Chi Rho Christograms
Also known as CHRISMON or Monogram of Christ, it is formed by a X and P overlapped, from the initials of the word Χριστός' (Khristòs) that could be faithfully translated as "Messiah".
Chi Ro, one of the most famous Christograms
On the sides of the figure there are the Greek alpha and omega letters, the Beginning and the End of the Apocalypse. Christ is the start and the end of everything.
The Chi Ro originated in the 3rd century AC for private use and it was used publicly after the Edict of Milan by the emperor Constantine, at the end of the Christians persecutions.
Since then, the symbol was placed on the Roman labarum, the banner which accompanied the emperor during the battles. Hence, the symbol became the sign of conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity.
Ichthys Christograms
The term ichthys is the Latin translation of the Greek word ἰχϑύς, meaning "fish".
Figuratively they are two semicircles which intersect each other, forming a stylized fish.
The reasons of the worship of the symbol by Christians, as figure of Christ, are found in the Gospels. In fact, Luke 5,10 tells "Don't be afraid; from now on you will fish for people". It is the invitation by Christ to detach from all that man owns, for evangelization.
However, Ichthys is also acronym of Iesùs CHristòs THeù HYiòs Sotèr (Jesus Christ son of God the Savior).
Recent studies speculate that the symbol could derive from a rewrite of the most ancient symbol of the Vesica Piscis.
IHS Christograms
The Trigram IHS (ΙΗΣ in Greek) originated in the 3rd century as sacred appointment, as abbreviation in the Greek manuscripts of the Old Testament. Simply, the symbol shortens the name of Jesus: ΙΗΣΟΥΣ. IHS is also the acronym of the sentence "In Hoc Signo vinces". The historian Eusebius [3] tells this writing appeared on a vision to Constantine, beside a cross, before the battle of the Milvian Bridge.
The wider spread of the IHS took place in the Middle Age, when Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, who defined the Rule of the Cistercians and Templars, was the main promoter. Since the 15th century, by the will of the pope Martin V, the symbol is represented as a cross placed over the central letter.
The IHS Christogram among the pictograms of Alberobello
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[1] Annales, Tacitus
[2] De mortibus persecutorum, Lactantius.
[3] Storia ecclesiastica, Eusebius of Caesarea
[4] Panegirico di Traiano, Pliny the Younger
[5] Decadenza e caduta dell'impero romano, E. Gibbon, Avanzini and Torraca Ed., Roma, 1968.
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Women in Construction pays 100 percent of child care for one year for women who enroll in the program.
GULFPORT — When Ivanka Trump came to Mississippi for a conversation about women and child care, she didn't get to hear from representatives of a model program in Biloxi funded by the event's sponsor, the U.S. Labor Department.
Trump appeared interested and engaged during a one-hour discussion with 12 panelists who represented child care groups, business, government and education. The Department of Labor hosted the event at the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport, but only one panelist, Mississippi Power CEO Anthony Wilson, was from South Mississippi.
A representative of Moore could have told Ivanka Trump about the kind of program she is interested in the federal government supporting, one that provides affordable and dependable child care for women while they train for jobs that pay living wages.
Moore Community House started the Women in Construction program after Hurricane Katrina. Today, Burnett said, it is one of only 14 recipients nationwide of Strengthening Working Families Initiative grants from the Labor Department.
Women in Construction pairs the DOL grant with state funding that pays 100 percent of child care for one year to the women enrolled.
"This model is exactly the combination of services that works to move women toward economic security," Burnett said.
The grant provides Women in Construction with $3.5 million over four years and is allowing the program to train hundreds of women in construction skills that will give them the income they need to work, support their children and pay for child care.
The state kicks in $800,000 a year that covers child care long enough for the women to complete the eight-week program, find work and get on their feet.
Burnett said the program, which has grown thanks to the grants, enrolls 180 women a year and has a job-placement rate of 70 percent for graduates.
"We've been sharing information about this model program in Biloxi all over the country," Burnett said.
At the Labor Department event in Gulfport, Trump and Patti Greene of the Labor Department heard from a Head Start program director in Southaven and the owner of a child care center in Canton, along with educators, business people and government representatives.
The media was allowed to attend the "listening session," but was ordered not to ask questions and to stand in a roped-off corner of the room where the event was held. About 40 invited guests, including local and state politicians, watched from the audience.
Gov. Phil Bryant's office worked with the Department of Labor and White House to select panelists for the event, spokesman Knox Graham said afterward. He would not answer a question about why no South Mississippi advocates for working mothers and affordable child care were included on the panel, instead shaking his head and walking away.
Ivanka Trump lingered for a few minutes after the event to shake hands and exchange greetings with attendees.
On her way in, she joked that she had a hard time tearing herself away from one of the activity center playrooms, where parents selected from the membership roll at Lynn Meadows were invited to bring their children for a meet-and-greet with the first daughter ahead of the listening session.


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A Sri Lankan man employed by a Sydney university has been charged over a document that police allege contained plans for terrorism attacks.
Mohamed Nizamdeen, 25, was arrested by counter-terrorism officers at the University of NSW in Kensington on Thursday afternoon, police said.
It followed a tip-off from a worker at the university, who police said found a notebook that allegedly contained the names of several locations and individuals as "potential targets".
"They are symbolic locations within Sydney," acting Detective Superintendent Mick Sheehy said on Friday.
A number of electronic items were also seized during a raid at a unit at Zetland early on Friday morning.
The man was charged with collecting or making a document which is connected with preparation for, the engagement of a person in, or assistance in a terrorist act.
He was refused bail to appear at Waverley local court on Friday.
"The charges laid against this person are serious and significant, and should not be underestimated," said Australian Federal police Detective Superintendent Michael McTiernan.
Nizamdeen, who is in Australia on a student visa that expires in September, has not been charged with being a member of a terrorist group.
He was employed as a contractor at the University of NSW and has allegedly travelled back to Sri Lanka and other areas.
The man was not known to police and does not have any criminal history in Australia, police said.
Authorities insist there was no concern for public safety.
His matter is due before Central Local Court on 24 October.


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Q: Why the results on the same val set are different in Model.fit() and Model.evaluate()? I want to use a resnet50 for a regression task. And I use a custom loss for training. I want to use checkpoints to save the best model which has the minimum loss on testing data. The codes for model's training are as follows:
input_shape = (32, 32, 1)
inputs = keras.Input(shape=input_shape)

outputs = tf.keras.applications.ResNet50(
    include_top=False, weights=None, input_tensor=None,
    input_shape=input_shape, pooling='max'
)(inputs)

outputs = keras.layers.Dense(1, activation=None)(outputs)

model = keras.Model(inputs, outputs)

model.compile(optimizer='adam',
              loss=EWC_loss(model,fisher_1,prior_weights_1,Lambda=1),
              metrics='mse')

checkpoint_filepath_3 = 'F:/NTU_PyCode/CL_regression_mnist/saved_resnet/resnet50_task2_epoch=5(1).h5'

model_checkpoint_callback_2 = tf.keras.callbacks.ModelCheckpoint(
    filepath=checkpoint_filepath_3,
    save_weights_only=True,
    monitor='val_loss',
    mode='min',
    save_best_only=True)

model.fit(x_train_2,y_train_2,batch_size=32,shuffle=True,
          validation_data=(x_test_2, y_test_2), epochs=5,
          callbacks=[model_checkpoint_callback_2])

And here are the training results. In my plan, the model's weights after the 3rd epoch will be saved to the checkpoint_filepath. Because it has the minimum val_loss (val_mse is not minimum because the custom loss involves other terms).
   2/1875 [..............................] - ETA: 1:07 - loss: 8.4497 - mse: 8.4489WARNING:tensorflow:Callbacks method `on_train_batch_end` is slow compared to the batch time (batch time: 0.0239s vs `on_train_batch_end` time: 0.0449s). Check your callbacks.
1875/1875 [==============================] - 136s 73ms/step - loss: 2.6100 - mse: 2.5062 - val_loss: 5.5797 - val_mse: 5.4108
Epoch 2/5
1875/1875 [==============================] - 129s 69ms/step - loss: 1.2896 - mse: 1.1265 - val_loss: 1.6604 - val_mse: 1.4745
Epoch 3/5
1875/1875 [==============================] - 128s 68ms/step - loss: 0.9861 - mse: 0.7998 - val_loss: 1.4171 - val_mse: 1.2161
Epoch 4/5
1875/1875 [==============================] - 128s 68ms/step - loss: 1.1695 - mse: 0.8958 - val_loss: 1.4705 - val_mse: 1.2034
Epoch 5/5
1875/1875 [==============================] - 129s 69ms/step - loss: 1.0095 - mse: 0.7305 - val_loss: 11.7203 - val_mse: 11.4236

But when I load the weights and use the evaluate function to evaluate on the same testing data, there comes the problem. The loss is not custom loss here but the metric is still mse. So I assume the mse in evaluation function should be the same to the result in fit function(same as val_mse in the 3rd epoch). But the MSEs are very different!
model.compile(optimizer='adam',
              loss=tf.keras.losses.mse,
                metrics='mse')

print("EWC model on Task 2")
model.load_weights(checkpoint_filepath_3)
model.evaluate(x_test_2,y_test_2)

EWC model on Task 2
313/313 [==============================] - 4s 13ms/step - loss: 9.1384 - mse: 9.1384

What causes this phenomenon? Is that the weights not be saved into the checkpoints? Or any other issues? Thank you in advance~

After more experiments, I found a puzzled phenomenon. If I run the codes of training and evaluation together, the results are correct! The results for 2 epochs in training and evaluation are showed as follows. And we can see the MSEs are the same.
   2/1875 [..............................] - ETA: 59s - loss: 15.2813 - mse: 15.2805WARNING:tensorflow:Callbacks method `on_train_batch_end` is slow compared to the batch time (batch time: 0.0190s vs `on_train_batch_end` time: 0.0439s). Check your callbacks.
1875/1875 [==============================] - 137s 73ms/step - loss: 2.0093 - mse: 1.9253 - val_loss: 1.8885 - val_mse: 1.7217
Epoch 2/2
1875/1875 [==============================] - 129s 69ms/step - loss: 1.1946 - mse: 1.0230 - val_loss: 1.1102 - val_mse: 0.9254
EWC model on Task 2
313/313 [==============================] - 4s 13ms/step - loss: 0.9254 - mse: 0.9254

But if I train and evaluate separately (run codes for training first, then just load the saved weights in model and evaluate), The results are different.
EWC model on Task 2
313/313 [==============================] - 4s 14ms/step - loss: 9.0702 - mse: 9.0702

Why is that? That's really confusing. Is there any difference between train and evaluate in one run and separately?

A: I don't understand the details but when you use model checkpoint and save the weights only or even the whole model when you execute model.load_weights it is a complex process that is described here. When you recompile before loading the weights that restoration process apparently gets messed up. I did find a note that says changing model.compile can cause the restoration to fail.

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Q: Can you be more specific about the "not white" border for 2016 Community Promotion ads? This question has guidelines for the new community promotion ads. Among other things, it says:

Images where the background is white or partially white, must have a 1px border of not-white around them.

This leaves a couple of questions.

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*How not white? Like, RGB #FFFFFE?

*Is transparent okay?

*For the double (quadruple?) resolution "retina" format, should this border be 2px?

A: How not white?
It needs to be visibly distinct. When looking at the ad on a page, the reader should see a very obvious box-shaped thing so that it's very clear "This is an ad, it is not part of the underlying site design". Everything borderless in the sidebar - question stats, related questions, they all are a direct element of the site. So stuff that isn't that stuff, especially stuff that is traditionally linking off-site, needs to distinctly look like such.
There's no exact threshold - just pick something that isn't, well, light and distinctly a non-white color.

The above is the sample ad we use. That's pretty light background, but there's a faint border of not nearly as light around it. That makes it look like a box, and that's the kind of effect we need. That's still a fairly light-ish color on the border, but it's still dark enough. Try working off of that.
Is transparent okay?
Nope. See above - the point is to avoid looking like it's an on-site element. If your image is basically on a transparent block, that's going to be equivalent to a white block.
For the I'm not going to write all that
I'm not a master of knowing exactly how these compress when resized to know for sure whether a 1px will end up as a 1px, a 0px, or only 1px on 2 of 4 sides. So to make sure it works out, I'm going to say it's best to stay on the safe side and go with a 2px border. I'll update the border requirement while I go and update the text to say "High DPI" instead of "Retina" later.


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Cabinet Approves National Education Policy, Major Overhaul In School, Higher Education Expected
The new National Education Policy will replace the existing National Policy on Education which was first formulated in 1986 and last modified in 1992.
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MHRD To Be Renamed Ministry Of Education: Cabinet Likely To Approve National Education Policy Today
The Union Cabinet has approved the Draft National Education Policy 2019 today, Cabinet sources said. The Cabinet has also approved renaming the Ministry of Human Resource Development or MHRD as Ministry of Education (MoE). The new National Education Policy (NEP) will replace the existing National Policy on Education which was first formulated in 1986 and last modified in 1992.
The draft policy, which was put up in the public domain and received over two lakh suggestions, proposed extension of Right to Education Act 2009 to cover children of ages 3 to 18 and also seeks to reduce content load in school education curriculum.
The Draft National Education Policy had suggested no hard separation of learning areas in terms of curricular, co-curricular or extra- curricular areas and all subjects, including arts, music, crafts, sports, yoga, community service, etc. will be curricular.
It also promoted active pedagogy that will focus on the development of core capacities and life skills, including 21st century skills, sources said.
In higher education, the draft NEP had proposed a restructuring of higher education institutions with focus on world-class research and high quality teaching, high quality teaching across disciplines with significant contribution to research and institutions focused with high quality teaching.
It also recommended a re-structuring of Undergraduate programs of 3 or 4 years duration and having multiple exit and entry options, the sources said.
A new top education body was also proposed to enable a holistic and integrated implementation of all educational initiatives and programmatic interventions, and to coordinate efforts between the centre and states.
"More than three decades have passed since the previous policy was formulated. Keeping in mind the changes, a new education policy is needed. It was decided to usher in education reforms to create a vibrant knowledge society by ensuring higher quality education to all, this making India a "global knowledge super power", a government statement had said earlier.
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Gene-editing produces tenfold increase in superbug slaying antibiotics
Scientists have used gene-editing advances to achieve a tenfold increase in the production of super-bug targeting formicamycin antibiotics.
The John Innes Centre researchers used the technology to create a new strain of Streptomyces formicae bacteria which over-produces the medically promising molecules.
Discovered within the last ten years, formicamycins have great potential because, under laboratory conditions, superbugs like MRSA do not become resistant to them.
However, Streptomyces formicae only produce the antibiotics in small quantities. This has made it difficult to scale up purification for further study and is an obstacle to the molecules being taken forward for clinical trials.
In a new study, researchers used CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to make a strain which produces ten times more formicamycins on agar plates and even more in liquid cultures.
Using DNA sequencing they found the formicamycin biosynthetic gene cluster consists of 24 genes and is controlled by the activity of three key regulators inside the cluster.
They used CRISPR/Cas9 to make changes in regulatory genes and measured how much of the antibiotics were produced.
CRISPR/Cas9, involves using part of a microbial immune system to make targeted changes in DNA. Through uncovering the roles of the three important regulators, the team were able to combine mutations to maximise production. They added an extra copy of the formicamycin boosting genes (forGF) effectively putting the foot on the accelerator, and removing the brake by deleting the repressor gene (forJ)
Surprisingly, lifting the brake, ForJ, lead to formicamycins being produced in liquid culture, which previously had not been possible and this was a barrier to scaling up production of these useful compounds. The same activity also led to production of different variations of formicamycins with promising antibiotic activity against MRSA.
"Formicamycins are promising and powerful new antibiotics and we have used gene editing to generate a strain which over-produces these molecules. This will allow us to understand how they work and determine if they have the potential for clinical development," said first author Dr Rebecca Devine.
The priority for the next steps of the research is to further understand the regulation of formicamycin biosynthesis as some of the gene deletions used to achieve the new strain had unexpected effects.
"There is still a lot to learn and we may be able to increase production even further when we've figured this out," said Professor Matt Hutchings, another author of the study and a group leader at the John Innes Centre.
"We will use the over-producing strain to purify enough formicamycins to figure out their mode of action, how they kill superbugs such as MRSA, and why these superbugs don't become resistant. This is vital to their further development as antibiotics," he added.
Streptomyces formicae is a strain of bacteria found in the nests of a species of African ant called Tetraponera penzigi. The ants use the antibiotic producing bacteria to protect themselves and their food source from pathogens.
Half of all known antibiotics are derived from the specialised metabolites of Streptomyces bacteria, many of which were discovered in the Golden Age of antibiotic discovery more than 60 years ago.
In the meantime, few new classes of antibiotics have been introduced, increasing the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance. Antibiotics that can kill so called superbugs like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are urgently needed.
Professor Hutchings' group work was carried out in collaboration with that of Professor Barrie Wilkinson at the John Innes Centre. The recent purchase of natural products chemistry equipment due to a successful capital expenditure bid to BBSRC will significantly enhance the ability to scale up production of formicamycins in the next phase of this project, said Professor Wilkinson.
The full paper 'Rewiring the regulation of the formicamycin biosynthetic gene cluster to enable the development of promising antibacterial compounds', appears in the Journal Cell Chemical Biology
The image at the top of this page was taken by Dr Dino J. Martins (Executive Director of the Mpala Research Centre, Kenya, and a Research Scholar and Lecturer in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University).
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Professor Graham Moore recognised for exceptional contribution to wheat research
John Innes Centre scientist Professor Graham Moore and University of Bristol's Professor Keith Edwards have been jointly awarded the 2018 Rank Prize in Nutrition (Human and Animal Nutrition and Crop Husbandry) for their exceptional contribution to wheat research
Why do microbes produce antibiotics?
The soil in our gardens, the leaves of plants, the deep sea and even in our own intestines are all a raging battleground for bacteria, struggling to stay alive and get the nutrients they need
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Tonya Rivens is an award winning Journalist with close to 30 years in Radio, ten years in television and is a feature writer for a monthly publication. Tonya received the 2021 Chan Zuckerberg Grant from the National Association of Black Journalists and is a 2021-2022 North Carolina Equity Fellow. She has a BA in Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and enjoys reading, traveling and spending time with her family. 'After a lengthy career in Airline Management Tonya developed a passion for all things radio. As a radio veteran, Rivens has worn the titles of Program Director, Music Director and Community Affairs Director. Her current show, Sounds of Inspiration With Tonya Rivens, is featured on Praise 100.9 FM and she works as a television freelance reporter. Her radio career also includes stints at WPEG (Power 98 FM), WBAV (V101.9) and WPZS (100.9) and Streetz Charlotte. Tonya is a member of Life Center International.
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Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) recently announced that it is now administering Valley State's Prison Educational Partnership Program (PEPP). Currently, seven colleges and nonprofits offer the program in Mississippi however Mississippi Valley State University is the first Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to offer the program. The initiative is a part of the Second Chance Pell Experiment, established in 2015 by the Obama-Biden administration. Pell grants are provided to incarcerated individuals to restore access to postsecondary education programs. Currently, seven colleges and nonprofits offer the program in Mississippi however Mississippi Valley State University is the first Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to offer the program.
Incarcerated individuals in two prisons in the state can enroll in for-credit college classes and vocational courses beginning this fall. Provost Kathie Stromile Golden of the University says that the program is a good way "to form a connection with an institution of the Black community on the outside." As of this month, fifty incarcerated students have enrolled in classes at Bolivar County Correctional Facility and the Delta Correctional Facility. The students have shown interest in business administration, computer science and engineering technology. Faculty will travel to the prisons to teach classes.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo announced as we speak that Brian Newberry, Brian Norwood, Kevin Downing and P.J. Volker have joined the teaching employees on the defensive aspect of the soccer.
Newberry will function defensive coordinator and coach the safeties, Norwood shall be co-defensive coordinator and coach the cornerbacks, Downing will coach the defensive ends and raiders and Volker will coach the within linebackers. Returning defensive employees members Steve Johns will coach the strikers, Justin Davis will coach the nose guards and defensive tackles, whereas R.B. Green can be a defensive assistant.
Newberry was the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Kennesaw State for the last 4 years, main the Owls to the FCS quarterfinals in every of the last two seasons. He runs a multiple protection with 4-2-5 and Three-4 rules.
Kennesaw State ranked first within the FCS in fewest first downs allowed per recreation (13.5) and second in complete protection (263.7 yards per recreation) in 2018. The Owls finished seventh in scoring defense, giving up a mean of 15.4 points per recreation. The Owls additionally ranked 11th nationally in third down conversion defense.
In 2017, Kennesaw State ranked seventh nationally in scoring defense (15.5 points per recreation) and third in turnovers gained (35). The Owls picked off 24 passes, which ranked second nationally, and led the Huge South in dashing defense (102.1 yards per recreation), cross defensive efficiency (117.zero) and purple zone defense (76.9 %), while standing second in sacks (31).
The Kennesaw protection pressured an unimaginable 56 turnovers during the last two years, including 37 interceptions.
Individually Newberry helped develop 2017 All-American Bryson Armstrong and 2016 All-Huge South honoree Dante Blackmon.
Winner of the distinguished Jerry Rice Award (National Freshman of the Yr), Armstrong captained an airtight protection in 2017, finishing first in the nation in fumbles recovered (4), while leading the Massive South in sacks (11 solo). He completed second within the convention in tackles (114) and third in tackles for loss (12.5).
Blackmon, who led the Huge South and ranked second nationally with six interceptions, turned the first Owl to take part with an NFL staff when he was invited to mini-camp and signed to an Undrafted Free Agent contract by the Indianapolis Colts.
Newberry also coached All-Huge South safeties Derrick Farrow, Taylor Henkie and Jace White whereas at Kennesaw.
Newberry joined the Kennesaw State coaching employees after spending the 2012 season as defensive coordinator at Division II Northern Michigan.
Previous to his one season at Northern Michigan, Newberry served as defensive coordinator/linebackers coach on the College of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., in 2011 the place the Tigers improved their scoring defense by 16 points per recreation and complete protection by 85 yards a contest.
Newberry's teaching expertise additionally consists of 4 seasons (2007-10) as defensive backs coach at Elon and 5 years (2004-06, 2001 and 2002) as defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach at Washington & Lee. He additionally served as a graduate assistant/defensive position coach at Rice in the course of the spring of 2004, spent one season as an assistant defensive backs coach at Lehigh in 2003 and commenced his coaching career at Southern Arkansas the place he was a graduate assistant coaching the defensive backs and extensive receivers in 1999 and 2000.
While defensive backs coach at Elon, Newberry mentored 5 gamers who earned All-Southern Conference honors and in 2009, the Phoenix protection ranked fifth nationally in complete defense.
In 2004, Newberry's Washington & Lee protection produced a school-record 43 sacks and ranked among the Division III leaders in dashing defense. The Generals' defense led the Previous Dominion Athletic Conference in cross defense, rush defense and scoring protection in 2005 and in 2006, Washington & Lee pressured 30 turnovers and ranked among the many nation's leaders in cross defense.
Newberry performed collegiately at Baylor and graduated in 1998 with a bachelor's of science diploma in schooling. He helped lead the Bears to the Southwest Conference co-championship and an look in the 1994 Alamo Bowl and to a No. 5 national rating in complete defense in 1995.
Newberry and his spouse, Kate, expect their first baby in March.
A 29-year coaching veteran, Brian Norwood returns to the Naval Academy after a 19-year hiatus. Norwood was the defensive backs coach at Navy from 1995-99 and in his first yr at Navy he coached cornerback Sean Andrews to Second Staff All-America honors. In Norwood's second season in Annapolis, Navy completed at 9-3 – its greatest report since 1978 – and registered a 42-38 victory over California in the 1996 Aloha Bowl. With Norwood on employees, the Midshipmen posted back-to-back profitable seasons (1996 and 1997) for the primary time since a five-year run of profitable campaigns led to 1982.
Norwood comes to Navy from Kansas State where he was this system's co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach for one yr. Beneath Norwood's path, the Kansas State protection made the most important leap within the Huge 12 in move protection, shifting from final in the league (309.1 yards per recreation) to fourth (245.eight). The 245.eight passing yards per recreation have been the fewest passing yards Kansas State had allowed in the final 5 years.
Previous to Kansas State, Norwood was the affiliate head coach and co-defensive coordinator while also coaching the safeties at Tulsa from 2015-17. Norwood coached at Baylor from 2008-14, serving because the defensive coordinator from 2008-10 and the associate head coach and safeties coach from 2011-14.
Throughout his three seasons coordinating the Bear protection, Norwood oversaw a unit that totaled 9 All-Massive 12 honorees and two All-People. Through the Bears' 2013 Massive 12 Championship season, Norwood coached First-Workforce All-American Ahmad Dixon, whereas each of Baylor's 2011 starting safeties, Mike Hicks and Sam Holl, earned All-Massive 12 honors. Holl finished second on the squad with 113 complete tackles and Hicks was third with 105, and each had three interceptions. In 2010, Norwood coached First-Workforce All-Huge 12 honoree Byron Landor, who totaled 127 tackles.
Norwood, whose resume consists of 13 bowl appearances, was an assistant beneath Joe Paterno at Penn State from 2001-07. Throughout Norwood's seven seasons in Completely happy Valley, the Nittany Lions led the Massive Ten in cross efficiency defense twice (2004 and 2005) and completed third on two occasions (2003 and 2006). Penn State ranked among the nation's prime 25 in move efficiency protection 4 occasions, together with a No. 4 ranking in 2004.
On the end of the 2007 common season, the Nittany Lions' defense ranked sixth nationally towards the run (87.92 ypg), eighth in scoring protection (17.58 ppg), ninth in complete protection (306.58 ypg) and 44th in move effectivity protection (119.14 score).
Norwood coached 2006 Massive Ten interceptions chief and First-Group All-Massive Ten security Anthony Scirrotto, and developed All-Massive Ten and NFL defensive backs Shawn Mayer (led convention with 144 tackles as a senior) and Calvin Lowry. He also coached 2003 Second-Staff All-Huge Ten decide Yaacov Yisreal.
In his lone season at Texas Tech, Norwood coached robust safety Kevin Curtis, a Second-Workforce All-American and First-Workforce All-Massive 12 honoree, as the Pink Raiders played within the 2000 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl.
Norwood's first full-time teaching job was guiding the surface linebackers at Richmond (1992-94) after serving two years as a graduate assistant at Arizona (1990-91).
Norwood was a four-year letterwinner at each cornerback and security at Hawaii (1984-87) and graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication in 1988. He and his wife, Tiffiney, have 5 youngsters: Gabriel, Jordan, Levi, Brianna and Zaccariah. Gabriel was a key member of George Mason's 2006 men's basketball Remaining Four workforce. Jordan played eight seasons in the NFL, including the 2015 campaign with the Tremendous Bowl Champion Denver Broncos, while Levi was a four-year letterwinner at Baylor (2011-14).
Downing simply accomplished his fourth season as defensive ends coach at Kennesaw State, where he mentored a pair of All-Huge South alternatives in Desmond Johnson and Tonarius Portress. These two ends combined to document 13 sacks and 33 ½ tackles for a loss in the course of the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
Downing beforehand labored alongside Newberry at Elon (2010-13) after spending 4 years (2006-09) as recruiting coordinator and defensive backs coach at Winston-Salem State.
Downing coached the defensive ends (2010) and broad receivers (2011-13) at Elon. While serving as Elon's extensive receivers coach, Downing helped guide one of the prime FCS skills in Aaron Mellette. In 2011, Mellette set an Elon and Southern Conference report with 1,639 receiving yards and led all the FCS in each receptions per recreation (10.27) and receiving yards per recreation (149.00) on his solution to being named to seven All-America squads and ending fifth in the voting for the 2010 Walter Payton Award, the top individual honor at the FCS degree. Phoenix receivers averaged 281.45 yards per recreation in 2011.
Downing helped Mellette again lead the Southern Conference in receiving in 2012 as the senior caught 97 passes for 1,398 yards and 18 touchdowns. He was named to quite a few All-America squads and placed eighth within the voting for the Walter Payton Award. Mellette turned Elon's first consultant within the prestigious Senior Bowl and was a seventh-round decide by the Baltimore Ravens in 2013.
Downing is a 2004 graduate of North Carolina Central University the place he played soccer in 2001 and 2002. Through the 2001 marketing campaign, Downing played a key position in serving to the Eagles' protection turn into the top-rated unit on the NCAA Division II degree. He earned a bachelor's degree in health and bodily schooling in 2004.
Downing and his wife, Nia, have three youngsters, Kevin Jr., Kailey and Kaiden.
Volker served two seasons on the Kennesaw State defensive employees and was instrumental within the improvement of All-American Bryson Armstrong, who led the Massive South in sacks (11), whereas ranked second in tackles (114) and tackles for a loss (12.5) in 2017.
Volker also tutored Kennesaw State linebacker Anthony Gore, who was named 2018 Massive South Defensive Participant of the Yr. Gore led the group with 80 tackles, 17 tackles for a loss and 6 sacks this previous season. Every linebacker coached by Volker at Kennesaw State made the All-Conference staff.
As the linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator for Trent Miles' program at Georgia State, Volker coached six All-Sun Belt Conference alternatives over 4 seasons (2013-16). In addition, he coached Joseph Peterson, this system's all-time chief in tackles and a three-time all-conference selection.
In 2015, as the Panthers reached their first bowl recreation in class history, the workforce was led by the nation's most improved defense. Georgia State led the nation by allowing 15 points fewer per recreation than in 2014 and enhancing by 122.3 yards per recreation and 1.92 yards per carry towards the run. The Panthers finished in the prime 4 in the Solar Belt in scoring defense (28.3 ppg), complete defense (405.6 ypg), dashing protection (181.4 ypg) and cross effectivity defense (120.3).
Volker spent three years (2010-12) with Miles as linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator at Indiana State, helping the Sycamores publish three straight profitable seasons. Whereas there, seven Indiana State linebackers have been named to the all-conference staff, including three-time choice Aaron Archie, who was the program's all-time leading tackler.
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Volker was a three-year letterwinner and two-time all-conference choice on the School of Mount St. Joseph (Ohio). He was honored with the varsity's Future 5 Award, which honors alumni who've graduated inside the last 20 years that have excelled of their career and offered service to their communities.
He began his coaching profession because the operating backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Thiel School. From there, he joined the employees at Thomas Extra School, a Division III program in Kentucky, the place he coached the linebackers and served as the program's recruiting coordinator.
He's married to the former Amanda Naseef, and the couple has two younger daughters, Rosie and Ella.


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Inexpensive consumer-grade devices are gradually opening the door to new use cases for mobile warehouse management.
Tablets and smartphones are transforming every corner of the enterprise -- from the front office to the manufacturing floor -- and, slowly yet surely, these devices are making mobile warehouse management more accessible.
"You see a lot of warehouse management system [WMS] vendors offering mobile solutions specifically for tablets and smartphones," said Tom Singer, principal at Tompkins International, a supply chain management consultancy. "However, the transformation in the warehouse isn't going to be sudden, because mobile has been in the warehouse for years, in the form of relatively expensive RF [radio frequency] handheld devices."
From RF to mobile devices
While ruggedized RF units are well suited for warehouse applications, next-generation tablets and smartphones do offer a number of advantages, specifically in the areas of cost, integration with other core business systems, and the ability to visually communicate information in a way that's more impactful than what can be displayed in the small real estate of a text-oriented RF terminal screen, Singer said.
As a result, he sees modern-day mobile devices slowly replacing some traditional RF handhelds for specialty applications or, in some cases, for broader use if a company wants a more cost-effective alternative. "Depending on if it's a handheld or wearable model, an RF terminal can cost a couple of thousand dollars, and an iPhone or Android is significantly cheaper than that," Singer explained. "The warehouse is a harsh environment, but some people question whether they really need a device to survive a drop from 12 feet high or to keep dust particles out if they can get away with iPad."
Salt Lake City-based human resource consulting and services company O.C. Tanner is eyeing iPads and other tablets as a more cost-effective alternative to RF terminals, noted Dan Murphy, supply chain systems analyst for the firm. More importantly, these devices open the door to new use cases, given the larger screen size and familiar user experience.
"Users are familiar with the iPad at home, so it makes a lot of sense to let them use the iPad at work," Murphy said. "It's all about allowing the user to be comfortable and familiar with what they're using."
New mobile warehouse management use cases
Familiarity aside, the new class of iOS, Android and Windows mobile devices advance the ball when it comes to visualizing what's going on in the warehouse, guiding workers on what to do next or providing managers with a snapshot of data to aid in real-time decision making. Mark Fralick, president of GetUsROI, a firm specializing in WMS consulting and implementations, pointed to some notable examples of these advancements. Specialty apps might highlight workflow bottlenecks using red, yellow and green indicators, Fralick explained, or serve up visual instructions on how to handle exceptions.
"They provide uses with a more natural interface to the rest of the business systems, compared with the older text-oriented, siloed systems," Fralick said. "They also better integrate with sensor alerts or allow warehouse workers to hook into Skype to have a conversation with someone in lieu of walkie-talkies. I don't see them having impact for the average forklift driver or pack-out guy, but more for high-end users that share data and want to integrate current business workflows."
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Using tablets and smartphones to track deliveries as they come into the warehouse instead of RF terminals is another sound use case for consumer-grade mobile technology, noted Steve Phillips, an independent supply chain consultant. "A lot of companies have very remote warehouses where it's not really cost-justified to put in a complete RF network," he explained. "It's a cost-effective way to get communication going and track shipments once they leave the distribution center."
There is also potential for leveraging new mobile devices and apps to help warehouse management. Instead of a warehouse manager having to physically be in their office or at a PC station to run a report in the WMS, the ability to roam the aisles, device in hand, and pull up reports and have quick access to key performance indictors facilitates real-time decision making, said Ken Mullen, a partner with supply chain consulting firm Envista Corp.
The touchscreen, camera and video capabilities of mobile devices also come in handy for a range of tasks, from taking pictures of damaged products as they come in and out of the warehouse to running video clips that provide instruction in a particular workflow, such as the proper way to pick an order, Mullen said.
While the new devices definitely deliver, there will be cultural hurdles getting managers that have become comfortable parking themselves at PC workstations to transition to a mobile workflow. "There's the cultural shift for a warehouse manager to carry around a tablet more so than any technology limitations," said Ian Hobkirk, managing director at supply chain consultancy Commonwealth Supply Chain Advisors. "As they get more comfortable with the technology in their personal life, we will start to see that shift."
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Q: Compile R with Intel MKL on Ubuntu 16.04 I installed Intel MKL library by running this:
# keys taken from https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/installing-intel-free-libs-and-python-apt-repo
wget https://apt.repos.intel.com/intel-gpg-keys/GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS-2019.PUB
apt-key add GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS-2019.PUB

sudo sh -c 'echo deb https://apt.repos.intel.com/mkl all main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intel-mkl.list'
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install intel-mkl-64bit

I added this to ~/.bashrc:
source /opt/intel/bin/compilervars.sh intel64
source /opt/intel/mkl/bin/mklvars.sh intel64

If I try to compile R with Intel MKL it doesn't work:
cd R-3.4.2
source /opt/intel/mkl/bin/mklvars.sh intel64
MKL="-Wl,--no-as-needed -lmkl_gf_lp64 -Wl,--start-group -lmkl_gnu_thread  -lmkl_core  -Wl,--end-group -fopenmp  -ldl -lpthread -lm"
./configure --prefix=/opt/R/R-3.4.2-intel-mkl --enable-R-shlib --with-blas="$MKL" --with-lapack
make && sudo make install

Error message:
/home/pacha/R-3.4.2/bin/exec/R: error while loading shared libraries: libmkl_gf_lp64.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

But it works compiling with OpenBLAS:
cd R-3.4.2
./configure --prefix=/opt/R/R-3.4.2-openblas --enable-R-shlib --with-blas --with-lapack
make && sudo make install

It works with Ubuntu 17.04+ but not with 16.04 just like this other question using mkl, error while loading shared libraries: libmkl_intel_lp64.so


My husband's been gone. He's been gone quite some time I guess–a few weeks, I think. Might be 16 days? I don't know. Them days in the last few weeks have kind of strung themselves together–as they do, you see. I don't do very well on my own. I can't quite keep track of things. He always helped me with that sort of thing. I think he was gone two Tuesdays ago? Woke up, and he was just up and gone. The funny thing was that I weren't really mad about it. Sometimes a man's just got to up and go for a time, I recon. Don't be good to him, well, you got to learn the lesson, so you wake up and he's gone.
I ain't been sleeping much since he been gone. I guess you could say I've been a touch upset about it, and yesterday weren't much different. I'm not sure if I slept the night before last, but I know for sure I woke up yesterday at some point, so I must have. It was early. I always get out of bed early…to do the chores and the washing…like one does–except there weren't much to do.
I don't quite know how many times a body can wash the same shirt over and over again but I did it anyhow; washed my shirt from the night before in the bathroom sink and hung it up to dry over the tub. Normally, I'd do a whole load of laundry and hang it outside–but it was raining and there ain't a whole load if I'm here by myself. Yesterday I didn't do a whole lot of that kind of thing, the way I normally would be doing. I kept all this stuff up, the chores, because I need to be useful–a body's got to be useful to please his partner, you know…or you'll wake up and he'll be gone. That's my purpose. I do the chores. Take care of my husband. I learnt the lesson, I recon. I won't slip up on it again.
So I finished the chores and headed downstairs. The sky was still black as pitch; as it were yesterday and the day before. It's been that way for days now. I got down the stairs and stared out at the fields from the front window and saw the storm clouds were still looming on and on for miles—they was spinnin and rolling at a fever pitch, same as they been doin for days; a swirling landscape of darkness spilled out overhead.
The wind pushed them along on their way. The movement was urgent-like. Pressing. It pressed against our old house, just the same, making it whistle and creak from everywhere through hundred-year-old pinholes and knots in the wooden siding. We've lived here a long time–my husband and me. It's an old house. It was old when we bought it. When them storms like this one start howling, if one closes his eyes and does his very best to block out the sounds of the wind and thunder and rain, if he can really focus on this old house, he can feel it come alive. It dances in the storms like this one–I like to think it's doing it to be defiant–it's seen over a hundred years and over a hundred storms, and it tells each one of them, you ain't gonna be the one to blow me over, ya hear? It's a good house. That's why we picked it. A strong house. It's been standing up to this same storm for near on a week now, I think. Power went out right in the beginning of it, but that's fine. I know my way round my own house in the dark.
I spent so many years thinking we was happy, but you know when I first woke up and seen he was gone, well, I weren't too broke up about it. Not right away. I figured it was my doing, you see. I blamed myself. There'd got to be a reason for it or he'd of still been there. Forget to scrub something or other? Somethin wrong with dinner? Who knows. I don't really know if I reacted that first day that he was gone. I don't know at all. That day was a foggy one. Lots of days are foggy after that. I ain't been feeling like myself no more lately. Like I ain't got no reason to 'be' no more. I want to be a good husband and take care of my man. That's what my purpose is. I ain't got nothin' else to do.
It were a few days later, might have been a week, that I took a piece to cry. It was a good cry; a healthy one I suppose. It just come outta no place at all. I was getting in from the grocery and went to take off my shoes and I recall while doing such, the last time I took off his boots for him. Kinda silly when you think about it really; that's the thing that makes a man cry? It weren't like I took off his boots regularly. I can remember I think I took 'em off only that one time on account of him getting too drunk and startin' to get into our bed still wearing them. Sure they're a nice pair of boots and he keeps them clean, but that don't mean a man should wear them in his own bed just 'cause they're not dirty.
So yea, I thought of that for some reason, put the shopping down and took a seat at the kitchen table and cried and cried. I ain't cried like that since I was a boy and Pa gave me the bad news that Buck, my dog, done run off and got himself killed by Mr. Tanner's rusty blue Ford. Mrs. Tanner was the one who was driving it; she didn't never make eye contact with me again after that. It's a shameful thing, to cry. I recon she was trying to keep herself from doing such so she stopped lookin' at me in the eyes. Before that cry at the kitchen table, I didn't really spend a lot of time reflecting on how I felt, I guess. That's when I knew that my husband being gone had really upset me something awful. First real genuine grief I can recall in a long time…made worse on account of me knowing it were my fault. The morning after that cry was when them rainstorms started and they ain't let up since.
Yesterday morning, plain as you see, I'm watching that storm pound and blow all its might across the fields. I'm not sure how long I stared out at those big old drops of rain getting flung down haphazard from them angry dark clouds. I was practically hypnotized–that wide expanse of field, normally, dusty field, I watched rise steadily into a god's-honest lake. After a piece, I was about to keep going about my day…figured on lookin' for other things to do round the house to occupy my time while I waited for the rain to let up. So I turned away from the window and when I done that a flash of lightning shone through the living room. And there he was. My husband. Sitting right there on the living room sofa watching me watch the storm plain as can be. I haven't the slightest how long he'd been sitting there. He didn't say nothing and neither did I. We ain't never been men of too many words.
Without him sayin' so, I knew that he was gonna be needin' some rest for a while. When you're with someone a long time, you just know things without them sayin' so. So after we got hisself up the stairs, into to the bedroom, I helped him dress for bed. I took off them same boots for him again that I done told you 'bout. They were muddy this time on account of the rain, but I know how he keeps 'em…so, now I got a chore. Soon, I'll have them lookin' like brand new.
I ain't even mad he been gone 16 days or so. He's back now as of yesterday mornin'. As of this mornin' the power come back and the rain seems to be pullin away a bit. Pretty much it's divine fortune, because I couldn't quite seem to get the mud out of them wet clothes he came back wearin' by hand. I spent most of of last night tryin. With the power back, I'll try the washer. I sure do hope I can get the mud off. I bought this suit 'specially for his funeral and it weren't cheap.
I know he ain't come back on his own, if I can be honest with you and with myself–ain't a trait more important than one who can be honest with hisself and the world at large. He's back 'cause I brought him. I don't have no illusions 'bout that. I don't 'member doing it, but must have been me on account of how wet I were when I woke up yesterday morning. You can judge me for it if ya like, but it don't matter none. The internet's a big place full of anonymous goings-on and this here entry's just one more post in a great big garbage dump. Ain't nobody gonna find us. Ain't nobody gonna never know nothing 'bout it but the two of us. Bein' the men that we are, we ain't never been concerned 'bout the opinions of them that's uninvolved. I can rightly say, we never will be.
But I can tell you truly, all that's not important. The important thing is I got him back home now, and I feel like for the time being, with cleanin the suit and scrubbin the boots, well, I got a reason to 'be.' I got my purpose again.
Torture dungeons are pretty bleak, but at least the games are fun.


Representing Marist High School in Chicago will be Br. Sam Amos and Joanne Paprocki with her husband Joe. Br. Sam teaches freshman and sophomore religion at Marist and works in youth ministry at St. Benedict's parish in Blue Island, Illinois. Joanne is a member of Marist High School's "Faculty Faith Formation" team, and her husband, Joe is a well-known speaker and author on adult faith formation. Joe is the author of many books published by Loyola Press.
Br. Patrick Hogan is one of the most recognizable and influential Marist Brothers in the history of Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, NY. Known by many as Br. Pat, he dedicated over 55 years of service to Stanners as a teacher, coach, guidance counselor, volunteer, alumni director, alumni spiritual director, and friend.
The United States Province has signed a two year lease for a house which will be the home for our new Community of Welcome in Austin, Texas.
Brother Kevin Handibode, President of Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, was honored by the Miami Heat to mark almost 50 years of service to the students of Columbus and for his 80th birthday, on February 23, in XFINITY East Square.
The "Encuentro Project", in Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) and El Paso (United States), offers services for planning and lodging to deal with life experiences, in the area between the two countries, dedicated to migrants. The project includes direct work with applicants for asylum, migrants and refugees.
As a result of the recent Lay Assembly, the Marist Office of Life and Mission is pleased to announce the implementation of a new program, Discovering Our Call (DOC). DOC is a formation program, geared toward those who are working outside of school ministries.


Last week, my seven year old daughter and I enjoyed a girly mother and daughter afternoon with a visit to Emily's Paint A Pot in Next, Manchester Arndale. We first visited Emily's Paint A Pot in their previous location in Prestwich, however the new studio is perfectly located in Manchester City centre, ideal for shopping trips or to combine with lunch out and so handy to get to on public transport.
Found on the ground floor of the shiny new flagship Next store in Manchester city centre, the fabulous studio offers a great selection of pottery figurines to paint as well as a variety of other crafty options including slime making and clay impressions.
You can just turn up at the studio when you have a hankering for some pottery painting fun, however it is recommended to reserve a spot during busy periods such as the summer holidays. You can do this online for just £2 deposit.
When we arrived, we were greeted with a friendly smile and taken through the options available, the staff member was sweet with Elizabeth, even when she took (what felt like!) half an hour to decide on what to decorate and what paints to use!
With a decision (finally!) made, we were given aprons and seated then it was now down to Elizabeth to decide what to paint on her mug. It came to no surprise to me that unicorns and rainbows featured heavily in her mug design!
We had a pretty lilac wooden box of water based paints on the table with us and each bottle had a number on the lid which corresponded with a painted flag on the wall. This showed us what the colour would be like once dry and finished.
Another addition to the table was the drinks menu, and after a few minutes our hostess came over to take our drinks order, the prices were very reasonable with a milkshake just £1.50 and a fruit tea less than £2.
Once Elizabeth had added the final touches to her masterpiece, it was taken away to dry and we were given a ticket to collect it a week later. As well as this option, Emily's Paint a pot also allows you to choose different types of paint so your masterpieces can be taken home on the same day, however if these were selected for a mug it would be a decoration only piece and could not be used to drink from.
We had a lovely time pottery painting together, it was really nice to have some quality one on one time with my youngest child. We chatted about our plans for the summer holidays and Elizabeth talked about her hopes and fears for starting year 3 in September. I'm certainly planning some more mum and daughter dates in the future and would thoroughly recommend Emily's Paint A Pot as the perfect location! The service was super friendly and the prices are great value, starting from just £8.
You don't need to be a child to join the crafty fun at Emily's Paint a Pot as they also offer Pottery and Proscecco evenings too! Check out the website and social media pages, Facebook and Instagram) for more details!
We were invited to experience our visit in exchange for this review, all opinions are our own.


Admittedly, there are very few edibles that I will not at least try, and maybe even fewer international cuisines that I dislike. You can call me a certified omnivore. But I have to say I absolutely loved eating in Spain!
What typifies Spanish cuisines? Spain, of course, is famous for its tapas. Tapas aren't really a particularly type of food, but rather, small portions of foods (think appetizers or hors d'oeuvres). They could be small plates of eggs, meats, seafood, olives, croquettes—literally, just about anything. It is a fantastic way to try a variety of foods in one meal. They keep the taste buds interested, the mind engaged, the soul (and belly) happy.
Regarding the types of food, below are some of the items that Spain is famous for. As you would imagine, a lot of them are more common in certain regions, which I have noted below if applicable.
Tortillas: These are completely different from Mexican tortillas. For the Anglophone, they are most commonly known as Spanish omelets and contain many of the ingredients you might find in a typical western omelet (eggs, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, etc.). But Spanish omelets are much thicker.
Paella, or platters of Spanish rice and, typically, seafood like shrimp. My dad didn't care for it as he likes the more plain, softer rice that is eaten in Asia. The rice in the paella we tried in Seville was kind of hard. Back at home, I often eat five-minute brown rice that is not nearly as soft as white rice, so not only did I not mind the Spanish rice, I really enjoyed it.
Pulpo, or octopus. This is particularly popular in the northwestern province of Galicia.
Other seafood, especially near the coasts: While I had many meals with several whole fish that were typically fried in olive oil all over Spain, in restaurants near oceans there were options for squid, pocket knife clams, shrimp, mussels, and scallops.
Bocadillos, or Spanish sandwiches. These are typically served on long, toasted baguettes, and can be made with different types of meats or even Spanish omelets. The meats and vegetables inside are usually cooked. While sometimes nearly as long as foot-long Subway sandwiches, they are usually not nearly as thick (neither the bread or all the stuff inside).
Beer and wine is popular with meals and is cheap. With beer, you usually just ask for una cerveza, and the restaurant will bring you a standard beer that it has a contract for and sometimes advertises outside the building. In Galicia, for example, the beer usually is Estrella Galicia. Asking for "a beer" seemed a little odd to me coming from the beer happy town of Fort Collins, where you'd have to specify what kind of beer (e.g., "Fat Tire" for New Belgium's Fat Tire) as there usually are at least a dozen, if not dozens of different beers on tap.
You can sometimes specify what kind of beer you want in Spain, however. For example, around Santiago, my friend Tori was routinely asking for 1906 (which is a special beer made by Estrella Galicia), and every place she went to had it.
Unlike in the U.S., ice water is never served unless requested, and even then you have to ask for a bottle of, say, agua mineral (mineral water) or agua con gas (sparkling water). Agua del grifo (tap water) is never served even though it is usually totally safe to drink.
The above photo was taken before I had taken a first sip of it. Forget about finding a supersized Big Gulp anywhere!
When it was time to ask for la cuenta (the check), I was fully expecting the bottle of cider alone to be around 10 euro, but it turned out the whole meal plus the bottle of cider cost only 10 euro!
In Spain, tipping is not expected nor is done except for exceptional service. Usually only foreigners are tipping, e.g., Americans who are used to having to tip in their own country. In Spain, the attitude is that the restaurant employees should be earning fair wages to begin with, whereas in the U.S., tips often make the majority of a waiter or waitress' earnings.
One effect of this is that the amount of attention restaurant employees give you is a lot less than in America. This can be a good or bad thing depending on your point of view. On one hand, your conversations are not constantly interrupted by the question of "how is everything?" every five-to-ten minutes, and you are not rushed out of the restaurant and can usually stay as long as you like. On the other hand, you might have to wave at or get up and approach the service staff for attention if you need something. The wait staff in Spain is also not generally as cheery or super friendly as that in the U.S. as the incentives for providing good service is less.


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If it is a family petition and you filed the appropriate family petition form and the immediate relative form the process takes some months.
Once that's approved, it is then forwarded to the National Visa Center. At the Center, the petitioner and the beneficiary have to complete documentation.
One important aspect is that the petitioner, if applying for a family member, has to show that that family member would not become a public charge.
That petitioner has to make a specified amount which varies depending on how many family members live with them.
For example for a single person applying for a wife who's living abroad, that person has to make $19,612 per year to be eligible. That's 125% over the federal poverty guidelines.


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While big screen smartphones are currently the norm, contrasting that is the tiny t1 from Zanco, which is officially the world's smallest mobile phone.
Weighing lighter than a coin and simply smaller than the size of your thumb, the tiny t1 essentially serves as an ideal backup, emergency phone, or companion when traveling light.
Compatible with nano SIM cards and operating on the 2G network, the device can be used to talk and text with its built-in speaker, microphone, and fully functioning keyboard. Other key features are its 12.5mm OLED screen and a micro USB charging port that provides battery for up to three days or 180 minutes of talk time.
For a further look and additional details on the Zanco tiny t1, be sure to read further details (and possibly even back the project) on Kickstarter.
In other tech news, Apple is reportedly being sued after slowing down iPhones.


Members of Caisse Desjardins des Sources are invited to the caisse's Annual General Meeting.
For the second year in a row, you will have the chance to vote for key initiatives in the community thanks to Projet COOP D. Come be a part of the unveiling of the results and find out how your cooperative is involved in the community.
A shuttle bus will be available (depending on the number of people who need it) from the Saint-Claude Service Centre and Asbestos head office. To reserve your spot and find out the departure times, contact Joannie Daigle at 819-879-7167, ext. 7126226.
See the call for nominations (in French only, PDF, 98 KB) - This link will open in a new window..
Caisse Desjardins des Sources is pleased to account for the administration of your financial services cooperative in 2018.
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We're featuring them in this week's edition of Minnesota Brutal, your home for local metal on Z-ROCK 107.7!
After an hour or so of Facebook searching, last week I stumbled upon Cymothoa out of the Cities. They describe themselves best by explaining, "Three Guys - No Meaning - Just Riffs."
Their influences describe their sound perfectly too. They love Mastodon, Burnt by the Sun, Burst, Intronaut, Disembodied, Faith No More, Deftones, Dillinger Escape Plan, Radiohead, Revocation, and Clutch.
It doesn't hurt that they've got a pretty wicked sense of style too! I'm not just talking about the insane artwork they use either... get a load of this piece of merch!
For more on how Cymothoa sounds, you'll want to click below. Cymothoa is Justin Boehne - Bass, Jef Ries- Guitar, and Tony Lendt - Drums. That's right, they are entirely instrumental.
They have a huge CD release party coming up in Minneapolis at Lee's Liquor Lounge on June 30th. In fact, the CD's are already in! Destination Exile is expected to be pretty damn heavy.
That's all for this week! Let me know if there's a Minnesota metal band who deserves some recognition! We'll be happy to feature them in an upcoming blog. Hit me up here.