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Biografia

Studiò alla Scuola normale superiore di Pisa, dove ebbe come insegnante Luigi Bianchi. Si laureò con una tesi sulle superfici elicoidali e rigate dello spazio ellittico.
Dopo un breve periodo come assistente alla normale di Pisa fu insegnante di matematica e fisica in vari licei: prima a Pavia, poi a Portoferraio, Sondrio, Sassari e ancora a Pavia.

Fu libero docente e poi titolare della cattedra di matematica all'Università di Pavia, dove fu professore dei corsi algebra, geometria analitica, analisi infinitesimale e geometria analitica.

Assieme a Luigi Berzolari e Giulio Vivanti fu condirettore del primo volume della Enciclopedia delle Matematiche elementari e complementi, per la quale scrisse tre capitoli: Aritmetica generale (Milano, 1929), Aritmetica pratica (con Ettore Bortolotti) e Teoria della misura (con Luigi Brusotti).

Scrisse per i corsi delle medie superiori Lezioni di aritmetica e di algebra elementare (tre volumi, Pavia 1914). Collaborò con Federigo Enriques alla stesura del libro Questioni riguardanti le matematiche elementari, per il quale contribuì l'articolo Dei numeri complessi a due e più unità (Bologna, 1912). Fu autore di alcune voci dell'Enciclopedia Italiana di scienze, lettere ed arti Treccani.

Altre opere

 Sulle somme di n addendi diversi presi fra i numeri 1, 2, … m, in "Rendiconti del Circolo matematico di Palermo" (vol. XVI, 1902)
 La matematica nei licei, in "Rivista d'Italia" (vol. VIII, 1905)
 Dei numeri trascendenti (Pavia, 1923)
 Riflessioni sui princìpi dell'aritmetica, in Annuario del Regio Liceo di Pavia (vol. III, Pavia 1925-26)
 Definizioni in matematica (Pavia, 1926-27)

Bibliografia
 Enrico Giannetto, Gigli, Duilio  nel Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani online

Collegamenti esterni

Professori dell'Università degli Studi di Pavia
Studenti della Scuola Normale Superiore

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Police have identified the man who was critically injured early Saturday in a crash with a Warren County ambulance on Interstate 24.
In a statement, Metro police said Cornelius Hurt, 29, was in a Nissan Altima around 4:20 a.m. when it hit a pickup truck on I-24 eastbound near the Haywood Lane exit. The Altima wound up stopping on the shoulder of the interstate, partially blocking a lane.
When Hurt returned to the car to "retrieve items from inside," police said, an eastbound ambulance hit the Altima, critically injuring Hurt. The ambulance was not carrying patients or at the time, police said.
Hurt was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He remained in critical condition Saturday afternoon, according to police.
Police said Henry Dekort, 57, the ambulance driver, and paramedic Savannah Cleek, 23, were taken to Southern Hills Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Natasha Stewart, 30, who had been with Hurt in the Altima during the first crash, was also taken to Southern Hills for treatment, police said.


Dara demonstrates the "Lee Harvey Oswald" sexual position. Fill in the blanks yourselves.
No setup shots or technical info to speak of here, simply an account of one of those shoots when I consider myself very lucky to be doing my job! Way back in February I had the pleasure of doing a shoot with Mr Dara O'Briain, for MAXIM magazine. The format for the interview is one that we've done several times since, with a host of other celebrities – we meet up with them in a pub, and they answer questions that have been submitted by "readers", which they pull from a pint glass. Normally the celeb will hang around for the minimum amount of time required, and then politely toddle off. Not in Dara's case!
We got to the pub early, being the professionals we are, as we won't supposed to start until 4 in the afternoon. Dara turned up about 5 minutes later, and we proceeded to chat for a good while before we even started the interview. During the interview he answered every question at great length, and with much hilarity. Towards the end I had to take a few posed portraits, and grabbed the chance to shoot a personal one (see below). By now it was about 6 O'clock and the private room we'd been using was opened to the public. This being Friday evening it filled up pretty quickly, but at around the same time Dara said "fancy a beer?" And we did.
The three of us were sitting there chatting for a couple more hours, until at about half 8, Dara suddenly went "oh crap, the wife's expecting me home", made his excuses and left. Not a bad performance for an interview that normally takes people about an hour. All in all a very amusing, intelligent and friendly chap – I urge you all to go out now and buy anything he's selling, so that he may long continue to be able to buy us rounds of cider!


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I think I have discovered the secret- the single most extraordinary component of this voyage!
It goes far beyond the obvious (I mean we're SAILING TO ANTARCTICA on a gorgeous TALL SHIP for a start.) We're surrounded by an incredibly personable and helpful crew and a wonderful collection of fun-loving fellow passengers. We're fed fine meals 3 times a day, taught sailing techniques and fascinating area history, and make daily landings to view breathtaking scenery and get "up close and personal" with delightfully captivating animals. The whole setup is the stuff of dreams, but what sets it apart is the incredible Spirit of Adventure!
This morning we sailed south as far as we could go, 65°22.8'S 64° 01.9' W, further than the ship had ever gone before through uncharted waters (not a figure of speech - I mean literally uncharted!). The excitement of the captain, chief mate, crew, and guides (especially the guides!) was palpable. There was a real "kid in a candy store" feel throughout the ship.
I honestly don't think any description can capture the experience, but I do hope that whatever circumstances (read: opportunities) life may present in the future- outwardly enticing or not - can be met with the same sense of adventure that this amazing continent seems to spawn!


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Q: Varnish VCL "Symbol not found: std.querysort" I am copying some VCL rules from this handy template and running on the latest stable Varnish4. However this section of the VCL:
vcl 4.0;

sub vcl_init {
    # ...

    # Normalize query arguments
    set req.url = std.querysort(req.url);
}
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Returns this error:
-- Logs begin at Tue 2016-03-15 10:44:31 UTC, end at Tue 2016-03-15 13:02:10 UTC. --
Mar 15 13:02:10 ip-172-31-10-46 reload-vcl[18044]: Message from VCC-compiler:
Mar 15 13:02:10 ip-172-31-10-46 reload-vcl[18044]: Symbol not found: 'std.querysort' (expected type STRING_LIST):
Mar 15 13:02:10 ip-172-31-10-46 reload-vcl[18044]: ('/etc/varnish/test.vcl' Line 55 Pos 23)
Mar 15 13:02:10 ip-172-31-10-46 reload-vcl[18044]: set req.url = std.querysort(req.url);
Mar 15 13:02:10 ip-172-31-10-46 reload-vcl[18044]: ----------------------#############----------
Mar 15 13:02:10 ip-172-31-10-46 reload-vcl[18044]: Running VCC-compiler failed, exited with 2
Mar 15 13:02:10 ip-172-31-10-46 reload-vcl[18044]: VCL compilation failed

Should I include a mod or define std somehow?

A: Yes! I stumbled on the answer inside another answer. Adding import std; at the top of the script stopped the error.
vcl 4.0;
import std;

sub vcl_init {
    # ...

    # Normalize query arguments
    set req.url = std.querysort(req.url);
}

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On behalf of Eley Law Firm posted in Hand Injuries on Thursday, September 7, 2017.
That tingling feeling in your fingers or hands may indicate a serious problem. Repeated use of jack hammers, drills, sanders, lawn mowers, and other vibrating tools can damage small blood vessels in the hands and fingers, reducing blood flow. When the affected hands and fingers are subsequently exposed to cold, a person can experience pain, numbness, tingling, and throbbing. This condition goes under a variety of names, including white finger, Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's phenomenon, and Raynaud's syndrome.
On behalf of Eley Law Firm posted in Hand Injuries on Saturday, August 19, 2017.
You might be surprised to learn that hand injuries are one of the most common work injuries. They comprise about one-third of all injuries in the workplace and 20 percent of disabling injuries. A hand injury can threaten the livelihood of nearly every worker, because it can make performing even a simple task difficult if not impossible.


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import { Project } from '../../entities/project';
import { AppStoreService } from '../../services/app-store.service';
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';

@Component({
  selector: 'test-case-results-view',
  templateUrl: './test-case-results-view.component.html'
})
export class TestCaseResultsViewComponent implements OnInit {

  /** The test. */
  test: any;

  /** The results of the test. */
  results: any[];

  /** The current page object. */
  page: any;

  constructor(private appStore: AppStoreService,
              private testApi: TestApiService,
              private route: ActivatedRoute) {
    this.results = [];
    this.page = {};
  }

  get project(): Project {
    return this.appStore.project;
  }

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.route.paramMap.subscribe(
      map => {
        this.testApi.get(this.project.id, Number(map.get('testId'))).subscribe(
          test => {
            this.test = test;
            this.loadTestResults();
          },
          console.error
        );
      }
    );
  }

  loadTestResults(page: number = 0): void {
    this.testApi.getResults(this.project.id, this.test.id, page)
      .subscribe(newPage => {
        this.page = newPage;
        this.results = newPage.content;
      });
  }

  nextPage(): void {
    this.loadTestResults(Math.min(this.page.totalPages, this.page.number + 1));
  }

  previousPage(): void {
    this.loadTestResults(Math.max(0, this.page.number - 1));
  }
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The wildfires which have been burning for a number of days in New South Wales, Australia could create a dangerous situation which may even lead to a threat to the suburbs of Sydney, which could cause higher reinsurance losses, according to risk modeller AIR Worldwide.
Currently there are reported to be at least 71 wildfires burning in the Australian state of New South Wales, 29 of which have been reported this morning to be completely uncontained.
Officials in Australia said that an immediate threat in the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney has been averted for today, but the threat across the state remains high and with hundreds of homes already destroyed and conditions expected to remain dangerous for the coming days, the threat remains and insured losses will likely creep upwards.
The Insurance Council of Australia says that 987 claims worth $128 million have already been received by insurers from the current wildfire outbreak. It's expected that these losses may result in premium increases across the region for homeowners coverage.
Risk modelling firm AIR Worldwide suggested yesterday that if conditions worsen there could be much larger insured losses as wildfires may threaten the suburbs of Sydney itself.
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, on Thursday, October 17, bushfires exacerbated by hot, dry, and windy conditions spread across the state of New South Wales, where authorities declared a state of emergency on Sunday. Bushfires are common during the summer in Australia from December through February, but are unusual for this time of year.
"Their unseasonal arrival is being attributed to record high temperatures in the previous 12 months and only half the normal amount of rainfall thus far this spring," said Dr. Tomas Girnius, senior scientist at AIR Worldwide.
It became so hot in Australia this past January, in fact, that the Bureau of Meteorology had to add new temperature map colors—deep purple and pink—to account for areas of the country experiencing temperatures over 50°C (122°F), a temperature not surpassed since January 2, 1960 (50.7°C).
According to the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (RFS), the State Mine fire burning between the towns of Lithgow and Bilpin, which was merged by firefighters with the Mount Victoria fire to the south of it in the Blue Mountains, is currently the largest.
It has burned more than 45,000 hectares (about 112,000 acres) and has a 1,500-kilometer (930-mile) fire edge. An emergency warning was issued for just the State Mine fire during the early hours of October 22, local time. The warning level has been downgraded to "watch and act." The Springwood fire to the southeast of the State Mine fire is smaller at more than 3,000 hectares (about 7,400 acres), but is out of control. The rest are much smaller and scattered throughout the state.
The Fire Inspector had expressed concerns yesterday that there was potential for the three largest fires burning at that time in the Blue Mountains (State Mine, Mount Victoria, and Springwood) to merge into one mega-fire. In an effort to prevent this from happening, firefighters deliberately joined the State Mine and Mount Victoria fires. The tactic was designed to deprive the fires of fuel and thereby not allow them to burn out of control but under their management. If this fire merges with the one in Springwood, such a fire could threaten Sydney, which is the capital of New South Wales, and some of its suburbs to the west, if it manages to cross the Nepean River that flows at the foot of the Blue Mountains. The greater Sydney region has been issued an extreme fire danger rating, which is just one level below the highest rating of catastrophic fire danger.
According to AIR, the towns of Springwood and Winmalee in the Blue Mountains have experienced the most damage to property so far. Around the state, more than 200 homes have been destroyed and more than 100 have been damaged, as of this writing.
Currently there are no catastrophe bonds with exposure to Australian wildfire risks, but there are a number of large reinsurance programmes which have collateralized reinsurance from managers in the ILS space in place we understand.
At this time there is not expected to be any major impact to alternative reinsurance capital from this wildfire event, but if conditions worsen considerably we could begin to see some impact to managers with Australian property catastrophe exposures.


In the days since his death on 18 January 2018, tributes have flooded in for theatre director John Barton. He was invited to help form the RSC by Peter Hall in the early sixties and both were hugely influential. While Hall's flair was for management, Barton was a brilliant teacher who helped generations of actors not to be frightened of Shakespeare's text.
Barton's productions tended to look simple and undecorated, with timeless period settings and striking visual motifs that emerged from the text itself. The dazzling golden cloak used in Richard II came from the line "Down, down I come; like glistering Phaethon", and in Hamlet the mask held by the players was taken up by the prince as he examined his own thoughts and motives. Most powerful was the image, in his Richard II, of the King and Bolingbroke holding the crown between them, looking at each other as if they were reflections, an image repeated when Richard is in prison.
Allowing him a breath, a little scene.
Of questions, balances, not absolutes.
Until you've smelt it out and asked the questions.
Never forget the verse is there to help you.
It's closer to our own humdrum human speech.
Later in 2018 Gregory Doran is directing Barton's favourite play, Troilus and Cressida, dedicating the production to him. It obsessed him so much that he directed it three times for the RSC: in 1960, 1969 and 1976. Perhaps he felt there was always more to uncover in this knotty play.
Ulysses: So to him we leave it.
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Opened in 1982, it's not enough at all for the load of passengers passing by every year including Hajj and Umra season. I had bad experiences all my life with Jeddah Airport… but it looks even worse now, since I have visited other airports in the world (Heathrow, Kuala Lampur, Dubai and Abu Dhahbi). Even Istanbul and Karachi Airports are better a thousand times. I am eagerly waiting for the new airport terminal to be operative that is due to completed by 2014.
Miserable is the only word that can be said to describe the situation in this airport.
this has to be the worst airport ever.
As someone mentioned, for an airport in Saudi Arabia, one of the world richest countries, this is a pretty depressing airport. The duty-free is unspectacular, and the prices don't really let you save. The quality of dining is also unspectacular; the food is depressing and not all that tasty. The issue with the busses is annoying, as is lack of any information as to which flight is boarding at which gate. Still, there is hope for the future, as the airport itself is under-going many renovations, so hopefully, there will be improvement in the overall quality of the airport. Compared to many of its local (Dammam) and regional (Dubai, Kuwait) neighbors, Jeddah airport is very lacking.
For an oil-rich country, Jeddah airport certainly doesn't feel like it's in one. First after paying the porter 10 riyals, he walked us up to the check-in counter line and bailed on us, explaining that one of these desks will take your luggage. In Abu Dhabi this would not happen as the porter would extend further courtesy to get you ahead. So then you have no clue which desk exactly you have to check-in at as the screens above the counters don't function. There's no proper queue. An airport security guy comes by and asks where we are going and directs us to cut into a line at a different counter. Couldn't get a word in to ask him any other questions as he disappeared pointing to people to jump into different queues. Finally we find out the check-in attendant where we stood at the previous queue was indeed taking in passengers from our flights. We were fortunate to jump back in. The weight machines are like a blast from the past. Afterwards at another point, 15 minutes standing in line to get past a security officer for the immigration counter inside, we finally reach the front only to be told we need to fill out immigration cards. Great. We do, and return to him, only to find he's not there and they're letting everyone to the immigration counter (though they still had to fill out the cards at the counter)! We finally reach the boarding lounge. We decide to buy some food from the cafe'. We wanted only a simple meal, but the employees kept adding fruit salads, cake deserts and croissants onto our trays even though we asked them not to, they replied back saying it was standard. We had to pay 108 riyals for what we thought would have been some simple meal with complimentary snacks. Can't help but feel we got purposely ripped. No screen monitor in the main lounge gives the gate number for any of the flights. After a few uncourteous officials we find a guy who simply tells us to wait for an announcement for the gate number. There was a private lounge, and we had a Priority Pass card. It was rejected by a meek smile and a flimsy excuse 'this is a special club, sir'. Later I found out the Priority Pass card was suppose to be accepted there. They might have a fancy cafe' and chairs and a quite room and relative cleanliness, but they don't hide the efficiency of the airport (especially for an airport that is the main point for Hajj and an international airport for one of the richest countries in the world). I'm glad I'm out of there. They are clearly lagging behind the times.
This airport is one of the worst I have been to. Please allow a lot of time to process your travel arrangements there. The two worst factors about it is that you have to be transported by bus from the plane to the terminal. Here you might face many problems: the bus might come late to the plane and this will delay leaving the plane; it is usually hot and humid so you must prepare yourself for sweating; the bus won't leave unless filled, therefore prepare for standing up for a very long journey to or from the terminal. The second most frustrating fact is that if you need to switch terminals between the Saudia teminal and the foreign airlines terminal, you would usually pay SAR50 for a taxi. THERE IS NO COURTESY BUS PROVIDED BY THE AIRPORT!


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Eight people interviewed over fighting which left mum bloodied and bruised on 50th birthday
Investigation into disturbance is continuing after eight people were questioned
Donna Walker shortly after she was attacked in Holmfirth
An investigation into a disturbance at a takeaway more than 12 months ago is still continuing, police have confirmed.
Eight people have voluntarily attended police stations to be interviewed about an incident which occurred in February last year on Hollowgate in Holmfirth.
Several people were caught up in a large fight which started inside the Atlantis takeaway in the early hours of a Sunday morning.
Donna Walker, who was celebrating her 50th birthday, suffered a cut on her forehead and a bite mark to her arm in the incident.
She and her husband Carlton had been waiting for a takeaway when they were caught up in the violence.
Their 22-year-old son suffered bruising to his neck and a minor head injury after someone tried to strangle him during the disorder.
Donna, from Holmfirth , compared it to a "bar room brawl" in a movie.
Donna Walker suffered a cut to her head in the attack
Today a West Yorkshire Police spokesman confirmed that the investigation was continuing.
"Eight people voluntarily attended at police stations for interview. The investigation is ongoing."
At the time of the incident, police said its officers had been called at about 12.43am on Sunday, February 18, to reports of an affray.
Donna Walker suffered this bruise caused by a bite
Detectives hunting witnesses after woman punched by man
They said: "Officers attended to find the suspects had left the area but located a 50-year-old victim, who had been injured after fighting broke out between a group of other persons present at the location.
"The victim received treatment at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary for facial injuries and enquiries are now ongoing to locate those involved in the disturbance.
"Anyone who saw what happened or who can help identify those responsible is asked to contact Kirklees District police on 101 referencing crime number 13180081274."
'It was the right thing to do' said man to police when he kicked his wife's bottom
Teenager 'hit a man in the head with his belt' outside Burger Time in Huddersfield town centre
West Yorkshire Police
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
Huddersfield town centre
WeatherThis is when polar surge will hit Britain - and what Met Office forecasts for HuddersfieldHuge snow storms have been predicted to cover the country before the end of the month

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Q: File reading and writing - is it possible to I/O contents of a buffer sequentially & consecutively without calling file "navigating" functions? I want to have >= 2 threads (but for the time being let's just say we have 2) that reads from separate files corresponding to each thread into a buffer, then write the buffer into the same file alternatingly.
Normally, one would do it in this way: get thread A to read the file A, memorize the byte position of where it left off, write to sameFile.txt,memorize where it left off and then get thread B to read file B, memorize the byte position of where it left off, then continue from where A left, write to sameFile.txt.
However, I am asking is it possible to capitalize on certain "inherit nature" of C++ file stream operations and reliably perform the above task WITHOUT calling "navigation" functions like seekg, seekp?
I'm having this idea because if I do this
In a single thread:
while(usr_input != true)
{
    read_file_in_thread(file,buf,BUF_SIZE);
}

Where "read_file_in_thread" is done as:(only excerpt shown to save time, apologies)
read_file_in_thread(ifstream file_to_read, char * buf, int size_of_buf){
    ...
int pos = 0;
while(!file_to_read.eof())
{
    file_to_read >> buf[pos++];
    if(pos>=BUF_SIZE) break;
}
}

And file write operations in the almost identical fashion with (again, excerpt, my apologies)
file_to_write<<buf[pos++];

If I do the above with one 1 thread, I noticed, both reading and writing are done consecutively, no need for me to provide any information regarding last position of any file operation as if the system remembers. I suppose under the hood, C++ intentionally/unintentionally takes care of a lot of things by doing almost everything with pointers and they don't get reset that often?
Like I said when it was done with single thread the file positioning sort of is done "automatically" but no way reliably, as at some point the reading operation started right from the beginning then continued from last furthest  position, that is it went like 0, 1, 2, 3, then 0, 4, 5, 6...
And when it was done by 2 threads, this "automatic positioning" behavior disappears completely, as in the reading goes like 0, 0, 0, 0, for both threads. My guess (and don't let my guess misguide you) is that when another thread sort of chimes in, something gets reset?
So ultimately, my 2 questions:
1, why when one thread is doing the operation, there is such an "automatic positioning" thing going on?
2, Is this "automatic positioning" doable, reliably, on 2 or more threads, without using functions like seekg, seekp to deliberately seek out specific file positions? Is it possible at all?
I understand that my code and my description of the question may not give a complete picture, but I hope to convey an overall idea. When solving this question you may freely add more functions and variables and many other as you please but it is not encouraged, it is advised to work with what you have given in the question.


Val Gardena extends over a length of approx. 25 km in the northwestern Dolomites of South Tyrol up to the Sella and Gardena Passes.
In the heart of Val Gardena there are the three villages of Ortisei, S. Cristina and Selva di Val Gardena, surrounded by one of the most imposing mountain chains of Europe.
Some 10 km after entering the valley you enter the Ladin-speaking area. The narrow area of Pontives forms the Ladin-German language border.
The Plans de Frea form the eastern border, and westwards the Pinei Pass divides Val Gardena from Castelrotto and Laion. To the North, the valley reaches Alpe Resciesa and Funes, while Alpe di Siusi marks its southern border.
A beautiful display of nature should not be the only thing warranting a visit, but also the unique urban landscape.
Picturesque, traffic free zones lined by beautiful, typically alpine buildings with somewhat of a nostalgic feel to them. You will find fashionable bars and traditional eateries, as well as restaurants for all tastes.
An excursion in Val Gardena is an unforgettable experience. More than 30 themed trails criss-cross the valley and take you on an exciting journey of discovery of its many facets.
Breathe in the fresh scent of nature walking across meadows in bloom and scraggy peaks, animals and plants titillating close.
The Naturonda route starts just above Selva di Val Gardena and courses through Città dei Sassi. This area is named after the boulders sprouting between the Swiss pines. A gigantic Adventure Park set in this spectacle of nature.
More than 30 bike itineraries await MTB enthusiasts in Val Gardena and its surroundings. These will take bikers higher and higher, passing through thick copses of fir and larch, rocky formations and lush, green meadows giving an amazing view over the entire valley.
There are three linguistic groups living together in harmony, Ladin, Italian and German.
Its wood sculptures are still carved by many local artists and hail back to a time long past. This just goes to prove how ancient traditions can be interpreted again and that tradition can survive in a modern and open community. This marriage of tradition and modernity is reflected in the local's life style.
The Gherdeina Museum (Gherdëina Local Heritage Museum) in the centre of Ortisei constitutes one of the major museums of the Ladin valleys. It exhibits valuable collections related to the cultural and natural history of Val Gardena.
The traditional costume from Val Gardena is exquisitely and richly decorated and sown. It is one of the most beautiful costumes in the whole Alps and it is an essential part of the urban landscape, an ever-present presence. The filigree crown worn by young girls and unwed women is one of the main traits of these magnificent costumes.
The ski area Val Gardena offers ideal conditions for passionate skiers and snowboarders. 500 km of pure fun on slopes around the Sella Group, connected by state of the art lift facilities and on 1220 km of slopes in the 12 surrounding valleys.
With its direct access to the Sellaronda (the skitour of the four Dolomite Passes around the Sella massif) and Val Gardena Ronda, Val Gardena is a very popular winter sport resort.
Every year, in December, the best Super-G World Cup and men's downhill skiers gather from all over the world to compete on the renowned Saslong piste.


Dealing with personnel issues and identifying areas of risk has become increasingly difficult due to the complexity of laws, union contracts, and court rulings. It can be challenging, expensive, and time consuming for public entities to stay up to date on all areas of personnel management and risk avoidance, which takes away from the mission of the entities. The Pre-Litigation Program is designed to provide technical assistance to entities in the management of personnel issues and risk avoidance. Our goal is to be involved at the onset of the problem to provide education and guidance on navigating risk and minimizing liability. We have a very unique team of experienced professionals, consultants and investigators, who are ready to assist you with issues that could result in liability covered under the insurance policy.
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Provide assistance in conducting investigations, formulate findings, and provide recommendations to assist the employer through the probations, discipline, or termination process.
Review a detailed outline of the entity's actions to date.
The Pre-Litigation Team will work jointly with the member's legal counsel or assigned CIAW counsel to develop a plan of action to resolve the issue.
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Fourteen New Paltz students deployed to aid recovery in Puerto Rico
The Institute for Disaster Mental Health (IDMH) at SUNY New Paltz, in partnership with the Center for International Programs, is leading a group of students and faculty working in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to repair and restore homes and infrastructure that were damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.
The trip is made through the State University of New York's participation in Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's NY Stands with Puerto Rico Recovery and Rebuilding Initiative, through which the state is mobilizing assessment teams made up of state officials and partners in the non-profit, philanthropic and academic sectors, to assist with reconstruction planning and response in Puerto Rico.
The initiative creates service learning opportunities for 500 SUNY and CUNY students to participate in the response, doing hands-on work with non-profit and grassroots organizations already on the ground in areas of greatest need.
The Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz emerged as an ideal collaborator to take part in New York's response in Puerto Rico. The IDMH has a dual mission to provide disaster and trauma response services in the Hudson Valley and beyond, and to prepare students and professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to become future leaders in disaster mental health.
"This initiative is a great opportunity for students to apply and deepen their knowledge about individual and community reactions to disaster, cultural and contextual influences on reactions, disaster response and responder self-care, all while making a difference in real people's lives," said IDMH Director Amy Nitza.
"We want to help students understand how all the pieces fit together. Mental health isn't just doing counseling; it could be giving people hope, connecting them to other people. I think we're watching that happen along the way. The people whose houses we're working on here are making us lunch, telling us their stories, so there's been a real sense of connection," Nitza said.
The IDMH deployment will be in Puerto Rico from July 15 – 28. It includes IDMH Director Nitza, IDMH Graduate Assistant Nathaniel Pickering '18g (Mental Health Counseling) and 28 other SUNY students, including 13 New Paltz students and five enrollees in the College's undergraduate minor in Disaster Studies.
"I think one of the most unexpected things for me to experience was the happiness expressed by the homeowners while they allowed us to work on their homes," Pickering said. "It seems to me that while the hurricane has broken their homes, their spirits are not broken. Their resilience inspires me to continue working as much as I possibly can."
[Use this link to read full-text interview with IDMH Graduate Assistant Nathaniel Pickering '18g]
Student participants receive a stipend and an opportunity to earn three SUNY credits while making a difference in their chosen field. They are working primarily with NECHAMA – Jewish Response to Disaster, which is spearheading an effort to repair concrete roofs on family homes near the capital city.
"When I was younger I used to live in Puerto Rico," said Alyzé Rodriguez '19 (Psychology; Disaster Studies minor). "Knowing how my own loved ones had struggled, I could not imagine what those who are less fortunate were going through. I wanted to participate and be proactive in the improvement of the island in any way possible."
The Center for International Programs at SUNY New Paltz helped organize the effort to include SUNY students, and has provided logistical support for New Paltz student participants at every step of the process.
The group's lodging, meals and transportation are covered in part through a partnership with UNICEF USA, which provided $500,000 in funding to the overall NY Stands response.
Visit the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz online at https://www.newpaltz.edu/idmh/, and follow along with their work in Puerto Rico on Twitter @IDMH_NewPaltz.
Visit the Center for International Programs online for more information about international learning experiences and opportunities at SUNY New Paltz.
More information about the NY Stands with Puerto Rico Recovery and Rebuilding Initiative and the SUNY/CUNY role is available online.
The State University of New York also supports the disaster response effort by working with campuses to ensure that students displaced by Hurricanes Irma and Maria receive the in-state tuition rate. View the resolution adopted by the SUNY Board for full details.
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Most activities will be held in the Shanahan Center for Teaching and Learning. The SH 3460 will be home to CafeBio, where you can find refreshments from 8:30am-9:30pm, workshop staff to answer questions, and a good place to sit and chat. Elevators and restrooms are available toward the back of the building, to the right as you stand on the mall at the front of the building. Meals will be in the Hoch-Shanahan Dining Commons across the mall from the Shanahan Center. Breakfast will be served from 8:00am to 8:45am Tuesday through Saturday.


Collaborative Craft Team Volunteers: June Challenge - "Let the Dance Begin"
June Challenge - "Let the Dance Begin"
Can you believe it is the 1st June, where on earth does the time fly to? Start of the month so a new theme/challenge for you - the title is "Let the Dance Begin" and no Suzanne - your rendition of the duh, duh duh duh aka the Strictly Come Dancing Theme tune does not suffice! Hence I asked Nigel to provide us with some inspiration and he has come up with an absolutely fabulous canvas - all details can be found HERE.
This is a stunner Nigel - I love it!


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Key Obama ally re-elected in Massachusetts
November 4, 2010	2:57 PM CST By Dan Margolis
WORCESTER, Mass. – Massachusetts voters rejected the anti-incumbent, pro-Republican wave that swept much of the country on Tuesday. They sent all their Democratic congressmembers back to Washington – and re-elected Democratic Gove. Deval Patrick, a key Obama ally.
The state's elected officials "have had to make some very difficult choices that many working families have not been enthusiastic to accept," said Robert J. Haynes, president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO. "However, the union families of Massachusetts understood what the alternatives were, and they chose the constitutional officers and congressional delegation that shared their values on important issues affecting workers."
Gov. Patrick defeated GOP challenger Charles Baker by a 49 percent – 42 percent margin. His areas of strength were in liberal western Massachusetts, Boston suburbs, and larger, more multi-ethnic, labor-heavy cities such as Boston, Worcester, Springfield,
The day after his victory, Patrick, who is African American, told reporters that he was proud of the history "we have already made" and "the history we are going to make."
The Massachusetts governor did just that, earlier today, in nominating Roderick L. Ireland for chief justice of the state's Supreme Judicial Court. Ireland would be the first African American to hold that position.
Patrick's administration has made a point of reaching outside the state capital, Boston. Many west of Interstate 95 – the highway that loops around the city – have, in the past, chafed at the political weight Boston has had in Massachusetts politics at the expense of the rest of the state. Roderick Ireland is from Springfield, an industrial city in western Massachusetts, and Timothy Murray, Patrick's lieutenant governor, is the former mayor of Worcester, in central Massachusetts.
While not much has been said nationally of Patrick's victory on Tuesday, a loss would have been seen as a knock for President Obama.
As was the case elsewhere, the labor movement played a tremendous role in the elections in Massachusetts.
"These decisive victories for Democrats in Massachusetts would not have been possible without the labor movement and the tireless work of thousands of our members talking to each other on the phones, at work, and at home," Haynes said.
In the days leading up to the election, Bay State labor volunteers called over 50,000 union workers and visited 30,000 homes.
Relations between the governor and organized labor have not always been without friction. "It has been loud and clear that unions and the families we represent have not agreed with Governor Patrick on everything," Haynes said when his federation endorsed the governor earlier in the year. "But we want to be even louder and crystal clear that we agree with him on the important things, chief among them the values we share about the role of government."
Aside from labor, the Patrick-Murray campaign was able to mobilize thousands of volunteers who, in the words of the lieutenant governor, went "door-to-door, friend-to-friend, neighbor-to-neighbor."
The campaign highlighted the administration's signature achievements, including the creation of 40,000 new jobs.
Patrick, though he has advocated for some charter schools, has strong support from advocates of public education.
"Despite the national recession and reduced revenue," said Massachusetts Teachers Association President Paul Toner, "Governor Patrick has always made education and students a top priority. He also treats educators respectfully and listens to our views when he's making education policies."
During his first year, Patrick directed funds towards poor schools around the state. Students and parents in Worcester, for example, complained for years about the city's North High School, which was overcrowded and run down. Now a new, sprawling North High is being built.
Like Obama, Patrick, only the second elected Black governor of any U.S. state, came out of Chicago and was educated in law at Harvard University.
Obama and Patrick are friends and allies – some wondered if Obama would tap the Massachusetts governor for a position in his Cabinet after the 2008 elections – and are widely seen to be part of the same mold. Patrick has acted as a speechwriter for Obama, and his 2006 campaign for governor, in which he used his website in conjunction with an on-the-ground army of volunteers, was seen by many as a predecessor of Obama's widely-hailed campaign for president.
Given their similarities, a loss by Patrick would have been seen as a bad portent for Obama's 2012 election bid.
Photo: Gov. Deval Patrick visits the old North High School in Worcester, Mass. Office of Gov. Patrick // CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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