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Jess Townes
Carnation Days
July 21, 2016 March 1, 2018 | Jess Townes
"IMAGINE YOU HAD ONLY ONE DAY LEFT ON EARTH. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH IT?"
I read Ms. Bixby's Last Day in a single sitting, on an airplane en route to California for
vacation. My mind, filled with excitement of the week to come, full of big events and
exciting outings, slowed and focused as I turned the first pages of
John David Anderson's novel.
Three hours and many tissues later, I set the book down as we hit the tarmac, looking
at vacation in a new light.
There are many things to say about this book. I could write about teachers and the
tremendous impact they have in the lives of our students, or tell you about the ones
that mattered most to me. I could write about boy friendship and the way it is honestly
explored and depicted in Topher, Steve, and Brand. I could write about the ways our
small acts of kindness to one another have a ripple effect, beyond our wildest
imagination, or about what it means to be truly seen by another person and
celebrated for who we are. All of these themes appear in the pages of this at times
vulnerable, at times laugh-out-loud funny, always perfectly voiced novel.
But instead, I'm going to write about carnations. As in, the flowers.
Please continue reading at All the Wonders …
Bring a Book!
I'm delighted to be featured at All the Wonders this week talking about one of the most often heard phrases in our home – bring a book!
Summer has always been analogous with reading for me, as far back as I can remember. Don't get me wrong, I love all the other summery things too—the swimming pools, the backyard barbecues, the roasted marshmallows, summer camp, the fireflies, the road trips, all of it. But for me, those things all had one thing in common—the book that was (and still is) always tucked safely in my bag. Just in case.
Now, as a mother of two young boys, these are the reminders as we get ready to leave the house:
Did you brush your teeth?
Yes, you have to wear shoes!
And at least one member of our family takes that last reminder very seriously.
Reading at Six Flags…
and at Go! St. Louis marathon…
in between customers…
and at the beach. Like mother, like son here.
Today, I'd like to share a few book recommendations for all the places you or your children might find yourselves this summer. They range in age from picture books to young adult. So, brush your teeth, grab your shoes, and above all, bring a book!
Please continue to All the Wonders to see my recommendations for books for the beach, summer camp, the pool and more …
Finding Courage in Raymie Nightingale
April 20, 2016 | Jess Townes
My very first post at All the Wonders is up today, and it's been such a joy to work with this team of talented and creative people who love to talk about children's literature as much as I do.
Today, I'm on the site exploring the theme of courage in Kate DiCamillo's newest book, Raymie Nightingale. I adore Kate DiCamillo's work. For me, she is right up there with Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume when I think of authors who authentically capture the heart of children in their writing. Her latest book is no exception, and I'd encourage you to pick up a copy to share with your kids. It's a perfect summer read.
"Have you ever in your life come to realize that everything,
absolutely everything, depends on you?"
Raymie didn't even have to think about the answer to this question.
"Yes," she said.
Raymie Clarke is certain that absolutely everything depends on her. Everything having to do with getting her dad to come back home where he belongs, that is. And she has a plan. She is going to win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, and when her dad sees her face in the newspapers, he will realize he has made a terrible mistake and come home.
Please visit All the Wonders to continue reading …
Three Things the Presidential Candidates Can Learn From Children's Books
March 15, 2016 March 1, 2018 | Jess Townes
It's voting day in Missouri. In a couple of hours, I'll head up to the polls to cast a vote in the presidential primary, after what felt like the longest campaign on record. And it's not over yet. The behavior of the some of the candidates on the campaign trail has most of us ready for the finish line. I can't open Facebook without seeing a parent bemoan the behavior of the current presidential candidates, and with fair reason. The content and conduct at the debates has been embarrassingly less than presidential, and the rhetoric off stage far worse. I've seen teachers say that their kindergartners have better manners and parents compare the tantrums of one candidate in particular to those of their toddlers.
So, of course, this made me think of children's books. Wait, stay with me for a minute. Think about it. Our children learn so much through the books they read. As Kathleen Kelly so famously said in You've Got Mail, "When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does." I believe this is true, and it also makes me wonder what kind of books a few of our candidates read as children.
Maybe they need to go back to the basics and pick up a picture book. They might learn a few valuable lessons they missed the first time around. Here are a few that come to mind:
"It's okay to change and grow."
The classic narrative arc of a picture book features a character who changes or grows over the course of the story. Maybe they change a previously held belief, or grow to unearth something they had within them the whole time.
In Where the Wild Things Are, Max escapes to the land of the wild things when he feels confined by the rules, only to discover that while making wild rumpus is every bit as much fun as he expected, he misses the comfort and belonging of home and family.
In Julius, the Baby of the World, Lilly is unimpressed with her new baby brother Julius, but when another family member makes fun of him, she finds a fierce sisterly loyalty exists within her.
Without these character changes, we'd end with Max living with the wild things forever (and possibly being eaten up) or Lilly perpetually spiteful to a new sibling. It's the characters' capacity for change and discovery that makes them memorable and relatable.
Yet, in current American politics, to admit to a change of heart or policy in the face of new information or experiences is considered a weakness. We end up with a candidate doubling down on racist speech rather than owning mistakes. We end up with candidates refusing to confront their own past rather than admit to being a normal human being, capable of new ideas and discoveries.
Be like Max. Be like Lilly. Embrace change and growth.
"Show, don't tell."
Sometimes, our candidates do express a change of opinion, but it still rings untrue to voters. This is because they told us, but they didn't show us.
The best children's books let the readers come along for the ride of discovery. Rather than page after page of past tense narrative, they offer readers a chance to see the growth and change in the characters through their actions rather than their words.
In Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, Mr. Tiger is tired of the way things have always been. He's ready to leave behind convention and get a little….wild. The readers get to travel with Mr. Tiger as he sheds some of his formal self and heads into the wilderness on a path towards discovery. He doesn't just say, "I'm tired of the way things are. I'm ready for them to change." He changes himself, and in turn, the town is inspired to get in touch with their wild side too.
When candidates say they stand for something, but nothing in their records or personal history or even present behavior demonstrates what they say, it reads false. And we don't believe them.
Be like Mr. Tiger. Show, don't tell.
"Give the reader a reason to turn the page."
Voters are looking for a leader who casts a compelling vision for the future and invites us to join in that course of action. Anyone can stand at a podium and talk about what they believe, but it is harder to cast a vision that is both inspiring and achievable.
In One Word From Sophia, Sophia wants a pet giraffe more than anything, and she has a plan to get one. She casts her vision to every member of her family, using the stories and language she knows will resonate with each of them. It's a lofty goal, yet we keep turning the page and rooting for Sophia the whole time. She makes the readers believe in her vision by telling us exactly how she can achieve it, even if it seems a little too big to accomplish.
Our candidates could learn something from Sophia. Tell us what you want. Tell us how you plan to accomplish it. Spend less time explaining how someone else won't be able to accomplish his or her vision and instead invite to us to come with you while you get the job done.
Be like Sophia. Cast a vision that keeps readers turning the pages.
There's still six more months until the general election. Plenty of time for the candidates to pick up a few children's books and learn something. Because President Squid, though a wonderfully funny read for our bookshelves, does not belong in the White House.
"I'm great at doing all the talking. I'm doing all the talking
right now." – President Squid
Eleven Books for Eleven-Year-Olds (Recommended by an Eleven-Year-Old)
March 9, 2016 March 1, 2018 | Jess Townes
Some of you may remember when my oldest son Ronan became my first guest-blogger last year with his Ten Books for Ten-Year-Olds (Recommended by a Ten-Year-Old). I'm excited to welcome this voracious reader back again to share eleven books for eleven-year-olds, now that he's a year older and hundreds of books deeper in his reading repertoire. Ronan recently started his own (private) blog in which he writes about cats, books, D&D, video games, and as he puts it, "all things geek." I'm excited to have him here today!
Also, keep an eye out next week for my youngest son Liam's first guest post – you guessed it – Nine Books for Nine-Year-Olds!
Hi, I'm Ronan and I'm here with a post that introduces eleven books I recommend for eleven-year-olds, or anyone of any age willing to expand their literary palates. Here they are, in no particular order.
The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak
by Brian Katcher
When an academic girl meets a fun-loving, nerdy boy at a comic con on a quest to find her lost brother, a series of strange events follows. A great book that references a lot of geek culture, including Star Wars, RPGs, trading card games and other geek stuff.
by Christopher Paolini
If you do not read this book you are missing out on a good portion of life. I named my cat after this book. Also, here is my cat:
by Karen Thompson Walker
The Age of Miracles is about a girl who faces the side effects of a world-wide catastrophe that effects the entire population. An awesome, if sometimes confusing book that is a must read for anyone that watches Doctor Who.
See You at Harry's
by Jo Knowles
A very sad book about a girl named Fern who feels alone in a busy family managing a struggling ice cream business. When a family tragedy happens, Fern wonders if her family will ever find happiness again. Don't forget your tissues!
Magisterium Series
by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare
There are only two books so far in this series and I'm waiting for the next book. These are amazing books about a boy with an injured leg who is accepted into a school of magic. But it's NOT Harry Potter! (Harry Potter is also awesome though). The books have a powerful plot and a surprising twist.
Thing Explainer
by Randall Munroe
A hilarious book in which web comic author Randall Munroe explains complicated stuff in simple words, like cells ("tiny bags of water") or ISS ("shared space house").
The Amazing Spider Man (the new version)
by Dan Slott (writer) and Humberto Ramos (illustrator)
Following an already dramatic story line, the Amazing Spider-Man learns new things about the spider that gave him his powers and the future of all of the Spider-Men in the world.
Counting by 7s
by Holly Goldberg Sloan
A beautiful book where a girl genius named Willow faces emotional struggles when her parents die. Again, with the tissues.
by Suzanne Collins
A dystopian novel about an evil future in which the president has split the population into twelve districts. Every year, two children from each district must face each other in a fight to the death as a punishment for an earlier rebellion against the wealthy Capitol. When the main character Katniss learns that her sister has been chosen for the games, she volunteers to go in her place, setting off an unexpected series of events.
This book has an amazing author and story in which a boy raised by ghosts tries to understand the world outside of the graveyard that is his home.
by C.S. Lewis
When a group of children find a wardrobe in a mansion where they are staying during the London Blitz, they are surprised that it leads to another world filled with magic and mystery. The children become unlikely heroes aided by a mystical talking lion who travel to stop villains from corrupting the magical land of Narnia.
Ten Books for Ten-Year-Olds (Recommended by a Ten-Year-Old)
I love talking about children's books almost as much as I love reading them, and the conversations that these reviews have sparked have been such a joy to take part in. It is so much fun to hear your opinions of the books I review, and even more, learning what your kids are reading and recommending. I recently sat down with my own boys to ask them what books they would recommend to kids their age, and their lists were long, fun and even a little surprising. I asked my ten-year-old son Ronan to contribute to today's post and he was happy to offer his "Ten Books for Ten-Year-Olds."
Before I get to his list, I want to tell you a little about this reader. Ronan was born with a book in his hand. I know, it sounds crazy and the nurses said they have only seen it happen a handful of other times, but there he was, clutching his copy of The Bus Stop and demanding hourly readings (and feedings, he demanded hourly feedings too). He moved onto Mo Willems and Kevin Henkes and then we blinked and he was finished with The Magic Tree House series. Then Harry Potter. He is never without a book. Ever. He'd rather be reading than almost any other activity in the world. I'm sure his first tattoo will be of the literary sort and he'll probably get married in a library. I'll let him take it from here.
Hi, my name is Ronan. It was hard to come up with this list because in the literary world I have read nearly one percent of all books written (that's my estimate but it's on the Internet now so it must be true). The following list are not necessarily my favorites (though some are), but they are books I hope your ten-year-old will enjoy just as much as I did.
Because of Mr. Terupt (Rob Buyea) – A heartwarming book about a group of fifth grade kids who are not all alike. Throughout the year, they learn more about themselves and how to solve conflict because of their great teacher, Mr. Terupt.
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Chris Grabenstein) – A funny, interesting and quick story about a group of kids who are trapped in a tech-heavy library and must escape in order to win a grand prize. It boils down to the conclusion before you know it and leaves you wanting to read it again.
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook (Joanne Rocklin) – When a family's cat gets sick, Oona tries to keep her little brother Fred in good spirits by telling tales of the fives lives the cat has already spent, while simultaneously trying to hide the identity of the cat's true owner.
Flora & Ulysses (Kate DiCamillo) – A silly book about a girl that saves a squirrel that is sucked up by a super vacuum while the owners were vacuuming their lawn. They proceed to have lots of adventures about a cat, a family that hates squirrels and SPRINKLES!!!!!
Harry Potter (J.K.Rowling) – If you haven't read this series, you are missing out on life.
Jake and Lily (Jerry Spinelli) – Jake and Lily are twins that share a connection that begins to fade as Jake meets new friends and Lily feels left behind. I liked the way the book alternated chapters between the twins.
Liar and Spy (Rebecca Stead) – A depressed boy that has moved into an apartment from his house with a bed made out of a fire escape must work through problems and figure out the history of the mysterious boy in his building, Rammed Safer.
Merits of Mischief (T.R. Burns) – This is a great book for people who want a funny, quick read and also love trouble-making. After an unfortunate incident involving a substitute teacher and an apple, Seamus Hinkle is sent to a reform school that teaches kids how to be professional trouble-makers.
Rain Reign (Ann M. Martin) – This book is about an autistic girl living with her father who doesn't know how to raise a girl like Rose Howard. When a hurricane comes, she loses her dog Rain and goes on a search to find her but ends up finding something more.
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt) – When Winnie finds a pebble-covered spring in the woods, a boy tells her not to drink from it. They become friends and she discovers his amazing secret.
Absolute Mayhem
January 7, 2015 March 1, 2018 | Jess Townes
Written and Illustrated by Kelly Suellentrop
Publisher: Striped Socks Publishing
IPN: 9780692311011
Category: Picture Book
Our culture is awash with declarations of love for weekends. From the old TGIF catchphrase to the 80's classic "Everybody's Working for the Weekend" there is little doubt that those 48 hours hold a very special place in our collective hearts. They represent a respite from work and school, a chance to engage in the things we want to do with the people we love most, or even just an opportunity to sleep in. And for Lulu and Milo, they mean absolute mayhem.
In Absolute Mayhem, we meet Lulu and Milo, two siblings who work hard all week to follow the rules, complete their schoolwork and eat their vegetables all in an effort to arrive at Friday where the rules go out the window and absolute mayhem ensues. If you can imagine what your home would look like if weekends were a free-for-all, that gives you some idea of what you will find in the pages of this book. What starts as innocent, imaginative fun quickly gets out of control and much like many a family feels at the end of summer vacation, everyone seems a little ready for routine again come Monday. The illustrations range from black and white during the weekdays to increasingly colorful as the mayhem starts to spin out of control and are a great complement to the story. My kids spent quite a while going back through the book after our initial reading to "explore the drawings" in more detail. They were delighted when they did because they discovered new things as well as a hidden friend on all of the pages we missed the first time around.
I'm particularly excited to share this book because it is self-published by a first-time local author Kelly Suellentrop. She shared more about the process behind the writing of this book in the Idea Chasers series. One of the things she shared was that the idea for Absolute Mayhem came from her own children, and that to this day, when the whole family is home on Friday, someone yells out "absolute mayhem" and the fun begins. Not long after reading this book I heard an interview with Jamie Oliver on NPR about his new cookbook, Jamie Oliver's Comfort Food: The Ultimate Weekend Cookbook, in which he confesses to eating primarily comfort foods on the weekends after a week of clean eating and I immediately thought of Absolute Mayhem and wondered if both he and Kelly weren't onto something that I am absolutely missing. Now I'm counting the minutes to this weekend and dreaming up my own version of absolute mayhem.
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CVRep's production of LA GRINGA by Carmen Rivera will run from March 4-22, 2015, with rehearsals starting the week of February 16.
Maria goes to visit her family in Puerto Rico with plans to also connect with her homeland. Once there, comedy ensues. She realizes that Puerto Rico considers her an American – a gringa. If she's a Puerto Rican in the United States and an American in Puerto Rico – Maria concludes that she is nobody, everywhere. Through the wise and colorful words and music of her uncle, Maria learns life lessons.
Maria Elena Garcia – 22-year-old Puerto Rican-American woman, born and raised in New York City: She's considered a "Nuyorican." Maria is young and naïve.
Manolo Cofresi – Early 60s. Maria's uncle. Manolo had dreams of pursuing acting when he was young. Although he is very ill and near death, he possesses a lively spirit and a great sense of humor. Plays a guiro and sings.
Iris Burgo – Maria's cousin. 24 years old. She is very extroverted and a bit jealous of her cousin Maria.
Norma Burgos – Maria's Aunt; Iris'mother and Manolo's sister. Late 50's. She never pursued her dream of being a singer and lives with much bitterness and resentment in her spirit.
Victor Burgos – Norma's husband. Early 60's He possesses a great deal of positive energy and has a huge capacity for love.
Ramon "Monchi" Reyes – A neighbor 24 years old. He has an entrepreneurial spirit – he started his own farm and falls in love with Maria.
CVRep will hold local auditions Saturday, January 24th and Sunday, January 25th by appointment only.
Los Angeles auditions are Monday, January 26th through Wednesday, January 28th by appointment only.


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We have started the season winning our first title and we want to show you all the details of our great victory in Tbilisi, from a privileged perspective. Experience it as a genuine Barça Fan!
The challenge of achieving 6 trophies in the year 2015 carries on and we have made our first step, winning our fifth UEFA Super Cup. It was a special day and we want to review with you all the moments that made it possible. The arrival of the footballers, the match preparation and the title celebration are some of the clips of this historic day that you can see. Don't miss it!


Ayurvedic treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is specific to the individual. The Ayurvedic practitioner does a thorough assessment of the client and determines her Ayurvedic constitution based on the three doshas: Vata, Pitta and Kapha.
Title: Use Caution With Ayurvedic Products Author: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Subject: The presence of heavy metals in some Ayurvedic products makes them potentially harmful.
NCCAM-2 1. What is Ayurvedic medicine? Ayurvedic medicine is also called Ayurveda. It is a system of medicine that originated in India several thousand years ago.


Caitlin is a Research Analyst working on sustainable public finance.
Prior to joining WRI, she worked in the private sector as a consultant on international water markets and US electricity policy. She also interned for the Office of Energy and Environment at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where her research and policy analysis helped to advance Former President Obama's policy aims at the GCF, COP21, and G20.
A Colorado native, she can be found biking, hiking a trail, or learning the nuances of Ultimate Frisbee, her newest hobby.
As key financial engines driving global efforts to mitigate climate change, how can multilateral development banks help countries stick to and even double down their commitments?


The Intervals felts good and I actually wanted to do more. I will try to get atleast 2-3 more runs in this week. I have to prepare for a 3 mile PFT run in less than 2 weeks. I will train http://www.crossfitendurance.com/ style focusing on intervals and some longer runs. Quality over quantity.


I wouldn't consider myself a professional web developer, although I've worked as one in the past. On projects ranging from simple web pages to a full CMS. I own licenses for both TextMate and BBEdit and of-course Transmit and my nano highlights PHP syntax . I've also been a certified Panic fan-boy ever since Audion gave us non-rectangular windows and fake window transparency.
The Clips command is the best implementation of a scrapbook that I've ever seen and one of my favourite things about Coda. BBEdit has Clippings but they're so cumbersome to add (there's not even a command for that in its palette!) that I've always just used Stickies. Coda's solution is even more convenient than Stickies, and a whole lot more powerful as well. You simply pop open the Clips window (no shortcut for this, unfortunately) and either write or paste in your clipping. Clips can be either global or site-specific.
Clips also follow TextMate's tab-completion logic allowing you to set a shortcut for each clipping. For example, to insert the bundled XHTML 1.0 Transitional document skeleton, you'd just type "xhtml1t" + Tab. There's no built-in shortcut for the Clips window itself though.
A proper scrapbook is such an important feature in an editor (code snippets, old code, etc.) and It's about time someone did something about this situation!
In-document search. I really like the fact that Coda uses a search banner instead of a window which can get lost (TextMate) or an annoying modal dialog (BBEdit). Regular expressions are supported (even different syntax variations - from basic POSIX to Java and Ruby), but unfortunately there's no way to store recent patterns. This is a major bummer because patterns often get very complex and it'd be nice to not have to put them into Stickies or whatever. You could of-course use the Clips feature to store them though.
Built-in reference. This is brilliant but again, takes some time getting used to. Every webdev out there has their own reference pools by now. Excellent for when you're on the road though.
Auto-complete is nice, but like all other implementations forces you to write in a certain way (like no space after function name). Coda also closes parenthesis' and quotes but oddly not brakets. If you delete one of the quotes, the second one is left there. I like Coda's "standard" undo much more than TextMate's irritating per-keystroke behaviour.
Terminal - I can kinda see why they put this here, but since most hosting providers don't give shell access, I'm not really sure how useful this is going to be for most users. Hopefully they'll add some special environment stuff (like easy access to the files you have open, or even a simple shortcut for jumping to your project folder would be nice). A separate command history that would, for example give me access to the last search patterns, that I could use with grep -r, since Coda doesn't have multi-file search.
Splitting only for the same file (but with different modes!). Why oh why is JEdit still the only GUI editor on the Mac that lets you work on n-number of documents within the same window!?
Coda doesn't seem to have a command-line launcher like, for example TextMate's mate and dropping a folder on the app doesn't do anything either. It doesn't treat folders as "projects", as TextMate does which is kind of a shame, since when you use Coda as a regular editor you kinda get the impression that it would.
FTP. The uploading is a little weird. Where's synchronization? Not good for quick uploads/touchups. Doesn't replace Transmit.
Syntax modes have to be set manually for every new file extension.
The general concept of Coda is really strong. A typical example - you upload some files to a web server, but the directory index is not allowed in that directory. So you fire up your editor, write your .htaccess, save it locally, upload it to the server, change the filename, set the correct permissions, delete the local copy. With Coda, you just connect to your server and do your thing.
Coda is one of those apps that require the user to rethink their working habits abit. For me the standard TextMate/PHP Function Index/Transmit workflow works really well, except for maybe the later stages of development when you're making small fixes to several files local master copies of files which you then have to manually upload (Transmit's Synchronise command has helped alot in this regard).
It seems Coda's concept of Sites would make this easier, but I'm not ready to make the switch just yet.
Mind you that this is all versions 1.0 through 1.0.3 so there's no doubt in my mind that Coda will one day be a killer package for professional web development on the Mac (which it already is for many, I'm sure).


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      'main', reactRouterToArray(themeRoutes), {
        routes: themeRoutes, theme: theme
      }
    )
  );
});

config.plugins = staticGenerators;

export default config;
module.exports = config;


When I am not wrangling hens at the Junior League, running my business , driving my husband crazy and binge watching Scandal-I started a new foundation! The High Heel Coalition is my new baby and I have been holding fun events to raise money like this one and this one for non-profits. This one is for the Junior League! White gloves, pearls and drag queens, should be a great night! I hope you can come!
The show can get a little risqué, so enjoy the drink specials and leave the kids at home. It's all about having fun while supporting local Volusia County charities. There's a different local charity beneficiary every week!
Our Hambingo will benefit the Junior League of Daytona Beach!
Guests are asked to make a $5donation to play all night (total of 10 games). You can get additional Bingo sheets by making an additional donation. The money collected for the Bingo cards goes directly to that night's charity!
Let's "eat, drink, and be… MARY! while supporting a great cause!


AIPAC or American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2018 has come up with the resounding affirmation of Iran being the common enemy of Israel and Arab states in Gulf. Stephen Greenberg, the chairman of Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, US has come with open praise for UAE for its fight against terrorism and it's tolerant, the pluralistic society which promotes women welfare.
There were unanimous voices being heard against Iran which was regarded as the major threat and needs to be stopped. Israel's minister for education and diaspora affairs, Naftali Bennett, stated that Saudi Arabia should be prevented from developing nuclear power.
Avi Gabbay, the leader of Labour Party in Israel declared the proposal to establish a demilitarised Palestinian state in West Bank and Gaza on occupied Palestinian territories. He also stated that Israel will consider the demand of an independent state after the Palestinian National Authority puts an end to its economic support to the families of the imprisoned and detained Palestinians in Israel. They have been under arrest for their activism against Israel and its occupation. There are nearly 6000 prisoners in Israeli jails. Gabbay however, completely avoided the mention of the Israeli occupation of the territory of Palestine where Palestinians want to form an independent state.
The former deputy prime minister Ayalon, said that Israel will be willing to enter into negotiations with Palestine only if latter recognises Israel to be a Jewish state and puts an end to all claims inside Israel. The PLO or Palestine Liberation Organization in the Oslo peace agreement had recognised the existence of Israel as pre-1967 war.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a hero's welcome at AIPAC, Washington where he addressed the delegates in a 30-minute speech on the good, bad and beautiful in Israel. Netanyahu had no signs of the impact of the brewing domestic situation which is antagonistic to him.


Maybe you think no one notices the bald spot where you overzealously trimmed your beard this morning. Or cares that you used enough hair gel to seal the bricks in your fireplace. But someone does — and he'd like to tell you about it. Meet your long-suffering barber: The man who bears the brunt of your amateur-hour grooming aspirations. In fact, your barber has seen more grooming bloopers and styling gaffes in his years of practice than you will (hopefully) encounter in your lifetime. "As a third generation barber who has been cutting hair for over 20 years, I've pretty much seen everything," Greg Zorian, owner of Gregory's Barber Shop in Albany, NY, says. It only makes sense then, that if you want to know what not to do to your hair, he's the man to ask. "The short answer is, if you're not sure whether you should do something to your hair, you probably shouldn't," he adds. Here, seven cardinal sins of grooming ye shall not commit.


I made a build for minion necromancer in PoE. The whole point of the build is to get kills with the bow Null's Inclination, this will automatically cast Summon Raging Spirits, Animate Weapon, and Flesh Offering. To be certain we get the kills, we have to use the helm Speakers Wrath.
To scale all these minions, we use auras such as Anger and Haste. To make sure we can kill bosses, we run either The Writhing Jar, or Vaal Breach to activate our on kill effects. We use Solar Guards for Spectres, as these are scaled in the same way as Skeleton Mages.
Weapon: Summon Raging Spirit + Animate Weapon + Minion Damage + Multistrike + Elemental Focus, Flesh Offering.
Null's Inclination: This is basically the heart and soul of the build, it enables us to summon 70 of our 105 minions on a 5-link. Although, more realistically you'll probably only have 30 or so animated weapons at a time.
Speaker's Wreath: This makes Null's Inclination work, by ensuring that the player is the only one killing anything. Note that minions can kill things with ignite, so they will be able to kill mobs eventually because of our Anger aura.
Dead Reckoning x3:These jewels make our Skeletal Warriors into Skeletal Mages, allowing us to scale them in the same links as Raise Spectre.
Astramentis: This really helps with the dexterity requirements, and gives you a little bit of Minion damage, attack, and cast speed.
Null and Void: These gloves are just the best source of rampage. Rampage is just really good for this build because we really want to be scaling minion damage and movement speed.
Bisco's Leash: This is another great source of rampage, use this belt if you can't afford Null and Void gloves.
The Writhing Jar: This is an instant life flask, and it spawns minions to activate our on kill effects during boss fights.
From Dust: This jewel is a nice QoL boost so we don't have to cast Summon Skeletons as often.
Vis Mortis: +1 to Maximum number of Spectres is all I really need to say.
Dying Breath: This weapon is the reason to play Animate Guardian. This gives a good amount of damage to all your minions.
Leer Cast: This helmet is the other reason to play Animate Guardian.
Zahndethus' Cassock: When your golem occasionally blocks this will create consecrated ground, which provides regen for both you and the golem.
Victario's Flight: This increases your movement speed, a nice bonus.


Modi Builders Harmony homes is one of the ongoing projects of Modi Builders at Shamirpet, Hyderabad.
Modi Builders Harmony homes will offer 68 luxury villas, coming up on ground + 1 floors, with 2 BHK and 3 BHK available in sizes ranging from 1490 sq.ft to 1494 sq.ft.
Features and amenities include air-conditioned TV room with mini theater / conference room, air-conditioned gym, steam bath and sauna, separate games room, table tennis room and pool room, business center with computers, high speed internet connections, swimming pool, tennis court, basket ball court, badminton court, air-conditioned study room and library, super market / grocery, coffee shop, pharmacy, laundry and ironing facilities, security and CCTV to security room for effective surveillance, 24 hrs security, basket ball court, tennis court and badminton court.
The total price of Modi Builders Harmony homes has been set at Rs.36.84 lakhs* onward.


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Q: How to use switch in a function I'm trying to get an output from a function converted by switch statement:

function switchItUp(number) {
  switch (number) {
    case 1:
      let output = 'one';
      break;
    default:
  }
  return output
}

console.log(switchItUp(1));

A: Define output in the outer scope (function's)

function switchItUp(number) {
  let output;
  switch (number) {
    case 1:
      output = 'one';
      break;
    default:
  }
  return output
}
console.log(switchItUp(1));

A: You need to define output variable out of switch and in switch assign value to it
function switchItUp(number) {
  let output;
  switch (number) {
    case 1:
      output = 'one';
      break;
    default:
  }
  return output
}
console.log(switchItUp(1))

or more simple you can return where switch breaks :

function switchItUp(number) {
  switch (number) {
    case 1:
      return  'one';
    default:
  }
}
console.log(switchItUp(1))

A:

function switchItUp(number) {
  switch (number) {
    case 1:
      let output = 'one';
      return output;
    default:
  }

}

console.log(switchItUp(1));

A: You will have to define the output to before the switch statement like below:
function switchItUp(number) {
  let output;
  switch (number) {
     case 1:
       output = 'one';
       break;
     default:
  }
  return output
}

Hope this will works for you

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It's somewhat strange posting about a restaurant on the other side of the world when you haven't been there for a few months. That's what happens we're you're super slack about keeping up with reviews, so I'm probably the only one amused by this.
In any case, during my whirlwind trip back to Melbourne, I ended up at Bistro Gitan with M and a few of his friends for dinner.
The menu is fairly seafood heavy, which I always enjoy as I pretty much terrified of cooking any seafood other than mussels. Seeing as we were a relatively large group, the waitress suggested we order an assortment of shared entrees to start. We're not the most decisive of people, so it was a pretty good idea.
I love the salty flavour of sardines and these were quite wonderfully salty and oily. Unfortunately, I found the bread overly crunchy, and perhaps a tad stale which spoiled the experience.
One downside of letting an establishment decide what to eat from a food blogger perspective it's doubly-hard to remember what you've been served without seeing a menu. Nevertheless, the croquettes were cheesy as you'd expect, with a relatively light coating of batter for that bit of crunch. I could down more than just one of these fairly easily.
This dish suffered from the same bread annoyances as the first, but at least the liver parfait was smooth and flavoursome, with the pepperberries adding a slight bite into the mix. A little extra butter goes a long way into adding some additional dimension to this too.
The squid was a decent appetiser, although hardly memorable. Next please.
Next please didn't exactly result in fireworks unfortunately. The prawn was coated in too-sticky, too-sweet sauce, masking the delicate sweetness of the prawns and there wasn't much to say about the presentation.
At least the restaurant itself was nice enough to look at.
On to the mains. Around the table, there was a selection of mains chosen primarily based on degree of hunger.
On the lighter end of the scale, there was the delicate ocean trout dish made heavier with a liberal dose of butter. This was deemed delicious by many.
Bistro Gitan does a decent steak, although the lack of any greens on the plate made it look unappetising. Unless you are just craving a giant hunk of meat in which case it was very attractive. The salsa was a nice balance point, but the ratio of salsa to steak was certainly on the low end.
Dessert was a fun affair.
Not that you can really go wrong with donuts. Almost everyone learns to love donuts from a young age and these were sweet, deep fried, yet airy in the middle.
Some ice-cream to offset some of the oiliness.
What got us to order this dessert was the promise of five flavours of ice cream and sorbet. The sorbets were light and refreshing, and the ice-creams were smooth and rich. A great combination I'd love to order a tub of from an ice-cream shop (to share of course).
To finish off the meal, a requisite dish of petit fours.
Nice enough, but nothing spectacular.
Which is what I can say about Bistro Gitan in general. The food was decent, the service was friendly and efficient and it was a fun night in good company, but nothing was memorable. There really needs to be one knock-out item on the menu, and there simply wasn't. It's a shame because all the right elements are to there, but as show business says, there's no X-Factor. Still, for a nice-enough night out with excellent service, Bistro Gitan is a sensible pick.


This is causes bunches of issues with the Excel Source. I can no longer say 'first row has column names' and this spreadsheet has 90 columns! Add to this the 'auto-magical' setting of column data types. To accomplish this, the source reads the first, I believe, 100 rows and makes a determination. Not helpful in this circumstance. Let's see if the standard editor provides us with any relief.
The columns are labeled F1-F90, because, as I stated before, I cannot use the first row as header information! What I can do here is change the output name from F1 to say 'Reporting Period' and select what columns are read in and pushed down the data pipe. I need to change data types. No joy.
Enter the Advanced Editor available on all Data Source components. This often overlooked editor is tucked away in the right-click menu of the Data Source. This editor has 4 tabs, we are interested in the last tab labeled Input and Output Properties.
Here is where you can wrestle the columns and data types from the component and do with them as you wish. The source thinks the highlighted column is a Unicode string of length 255 named F1. It's really called 'Reporting Period' and should be a string of length 5, since the value is always 'Daily'.
Realize we now have garbage in our stream. We want to throw away everything prior to the first good data record (row 6 in the example above). We simply added a Conditional Split component to weed out the bad header records.
Using the Advanced Editor, the vendor can change the header in any way, even modify the column names themselves and it won't affect the source component. We have drastically reduced the dependency of the component and our SSIS package on 'proper' feed formatting, allowing us to recover quickly from feed 'adjustments'.
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Austria's news in English
'An uncomfortable Christmas': When will Austria's Covid lockdown end?
Will the lockdown actually end on December 13th - and what will replace it? Photo: Joe Klamar/AFP
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Whether you live in Austria or are hoping to visit this winter, this is a pressing question.
Austria is currently under a nationwide lockdown, which means non-essential businesses are closed, tourism is de-facto on hold, and people are only supposed to leave their house for essential purposes.
When announcing the measure, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said the lockdown would be in effect for a "maximum" of 20 days from November 22nd, meaning December 12th would mark the end of the lockdown.
To begin with, it is place for ten days pending an evaluation, which is because a full lockdown is such a restrictive measure that the government cannot implement it for more than ten days at a time, under law. While there may be a review of the details of the rules at this point, it is unlikely the lockdown will be lifted after the first ten days given the initial government statement and the continuing upward trend in both Covid cases and intensive care admissions.
So 20 days is what we've been told to expect, though it's worth noting that Austria has form for extending its lockdowns, including during last winter. Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein said on Wednesday that there was no change planned this time.
READ ALSO: Which businesses are still open during Austria's lockdown?
When the national lockdown is lifted, there are a few things to bear in mind.
After this point, regions may introduce their own measures going beyond those in place nationally. Upper Austria has already said it will have a full lockdown in place until December 17th, about a week longer than the national lockdown, due to the severity of the Covid situation in the region. This could also be the case in Salzburg, which like Upper Austria announced its own lockdown before the national one, but it is not yet confirmed there.
And when the nationwide general lockdown is lifted, as things stand, Austria would return to a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people only. This has been in place since November 15th, and means that proof of 2G (vaccination or recovery from Covid) is required to leave home for non-essential reasons, or to access non-essential businesses including many retail stores and restaurants.
IN PICTURES: Life in Vienna under new Austrian lockdown
Schallenberg said this week that there was "no end date" set for the lockdown for the unvaccinated, and has previously said that Christmas for this group will be "uncomfortable".
As for what restrictions will be in place after the general lockdown for people who do have 2G proof, we don't know this yet. It could be a return to the rules before the lockdown (masks required in many public places, and 2G required for entry to restaurants, hotels, and events, for example), or there may be additional restrictions introduced as a halfway point.
That could mean evening curfews for everyone, or 2G+ rules (requirement for vaccination or recovery and a negative Covid test) for entry to some venues — the latter was introduced in Vienna for bars, clubs and events three days before the national lockdown.
For travellers coming to Austria for tourism from abroad, it's important to keep up to date with entry regulations as well as domestic Covid rules. These aren't directly affected by the lockdown, so as things stand, it will be possible to enter Austria again for tourism from December 12th.
READ ALSO: What are the rules for entering Austria right now?
If the current entry rules stay the same, people travelling from countries on the low-risk list would need to show proof of 2.5G to enter, and travellers from countries not on the low-risk list who used a negative test as their entry proof (ie. those without proof of vaccination or recovery) would need to complete a pre-travel clearance form and quarantine for at least five days.
There are more lenient requirements for people travelling for certain reasons, including for work or urgent family reasons. In these cases, antigen tests are accepted, and they do not need to quarantine even if travelling from countries not on the low-risk list.
Austria's lockdown for the unvaccinated to end on Monday
Will Austria ease its Covid restrictions soon?
Austria scraps virus variant list, opening test-free travel to anyone with Covid booster
Most regions of Austria to accept at-home antigen tests as 3G proof again
Tyrol town tightens Covid measures after apres-ski parties
Reader question: What are the rules for commuting between Austria and Slovakia?
Austria to make Covid jabs compulsory from February: Chancellor
Covid-19 rules: Tyrol expands outdoor mask requirement

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Patients rely on their physicians to correctly diagnose their ailments and to take the appropriate action to facilitate a full recovery. When they fail to do so, it can result in extremely serious health issues for the patients. If you or a loved one has been the victim of a negligent physician, you may have grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit.
The West Palm Beach medical malpractice attorneys at Babbitt & Johnson P.A. has helped countless clients who have been the victims of a physician error. We know the standard of care that doctors are expected to provide, and we understand the problems that can occur when they fail to meet that standard.
Our lawyers won a $1 million medical malpractice award for the death of a 22-year-old asthma patient against an emergency room doctor for failure to recognize the seriousness of the patient's asthma complaints. The patient went into respiratory arrest and died as a result.
When you hire our firm, we will pursue every available option in an effort to obtain the maximum compensation you are entitled to under the law. We understand the types of injuries that can result from physician errors, and we understand the impact they can have on victims. We diligently seek full compensation for medical care, financial loss, pain and suffering and any other damages appropriate to your case.
Contact our office to schedule a complimentary consultation with our Florida medical mistake lawyers where you can discuss your questions regarding injuries suffered due to physician error. We will give you an honest assessment of your case and explain your legal options. Call us toll-free at 888-666-0523.
Babbitt & Johnson P.A. was the first law firm in Palm Beach County to win a million-dollar verdict. Ever since, our Florida personal injury team has been handling, and prevailing in, some of the most challenging and sophisticated legal matters in the state of Florida and throughout the United States.
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If you've still got Christmas cards to write and send, you better get your skates on.
The final posting date for standard second-class post and second-class Royal Mail signed-for post is tomorrow, Saturday December 19.
Those using both standard first-class post and first-class Royal Mail signed-for post have until Monday, December 21.
The cut-off for Royal Mail's 'special delivery guaranteed' service is Wednesday, December 23 to ensure cards and presents arrive in time for the big day.


Honda CR-V wheels for sale at discount prices from Street Dreams. Cheap CR-V wheels and tires packages available at wholesale prices. Street Dreams has a great inventory of chrome CR-V wheels and custom CR-V wheels. We sell affordable Honda CR-V custom wheels, chrome wheels, alloy wheels, and black CR-V wheels. Great deals on the hottest Honda CR-V wheels. We have a large selection of CR-V wheels in different sizes and bolt patterns for your compact SUV / crossover application.
Buy 15 inch CR-V wheels and 22 inch wheels at blowout prices. Honda CR-V wheels are also available in 16 inch, 17 inch, 18 inch, 19 inch, and 20 inch wheels. CR-V wheels with innovative features sold at competitive market prices. Honda CR-V wheels manufactured with the highest quality possible. Our CR-V wheels and tires packages are designed to meet the demands of all buyers looking at wheels for their CR-V. When you purchase wheels and tires for your compact SUV / crossover at Street Dreams, you will receive a package with free hardware accessories, free mounting and balancing, and genuine fast shipping to your door.
Honda CR-V wheels are one of the most sought after wheels in the market. Our CR-V wheels portray outstanding features and exceptional quality that are hard to beat by wheels of other vehicle manufacturers. However, even though it is a great sensation to be able to own a nice set of wheels, it is very important to ensure that you get the right wheels for your Honda CR-V. By buying the perfect discounted CR-V wheels, you will enjoy from the best driving experience that you ever imagined. You can rest assured that Street Dreams has the highest ranked Honda CR-V wheels and tires at cheap wholesale prices.


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Joe Chen, CEO
The penetration of mobile technology is one of the major trends in the ever-growing real estate market. With mobile administration, visionary agents, teams, and brokers are no more tied to their desks; they work remotely from anywhere, anytime, using mobile devices. Besides websites with mobile responsive designs, real estate agencies are setting up mobile-centric lead generation and CRM systems. However, while staying ahead of the competition in the face of rapid change and meeting consumer expectations, real estate agents struggle with social media marketing to build connections and engage customers. What real estate agents require is an experience-rich partner who can supplement their social media efforts.
Enter Chime Technologies. With deep roots in the real estate industry, Chime brings in rich technical knowledge and real-world business experience to assist both agencies and brokers in nurturing and getting more leads and improving their productivity. "Smartphones being the new working machine for the agents, they look for a fully-integrated platform that generates and tracks leads, targets automated communications, nurture buyers and sellers, and more. This is where we come in," says Joe Chen, CEO of Chime Technologies. Considering the power of mobile technology in changing the lives of agents and brokers, Chime is on the mission to connect them to cutting-edge mobile-based tools and services. To this end, the firm has developed powerful lead generation and CRM solutions with a mobile-first approach. Its applications eliminate the need to build distinct agent teams to manage lead campaigns and engage leads and provide search engine marketing.
Despite starting their journey late in the industry, Chime has rapidly evolved to bring the most comprehensive feature set in the market. "We leverage our expertise in building internet products to help agents and brokers perform lead-gen on social media platforms like Facebook and Google, strategize advertising design, define the right audience, target customers on Google and other media platforms," Chen adds. Integrating social intelligence into the lead generation platform, Chime's targeted advertisements running on a network of popular websites and social media platforms allow users to promote properties and understand where their audience spends their time online. The company empowers users with AI-based bid management and optimization strategies to run hundreds of permutations on every ad campaign each week, ensuring that they reach the right users at the right time.
"We are the first to empower the agents with mobile dwelling applications that simplify the tedious, intricate tasks and allow them to focus on their core tasks," says Chen.
Serving the needs of the small as well as large agent teams, Chime's Intelligent and customizable IDX websites enable users with engaging site templates that play a crucial role in converting leads into customers.
We are the first to empower the agents with mobile dwelling applications that simplify the tedious and intricate tasks and allow them to focus on their core tasks
The websites provide drag and drop controls to customize the design of the web pages and offer functionality to add pocket listings. As these sites are SEO-friendly, the listings easily gain higher ranks in the web searches and help in increasing the number of visitors. In addition to the range of tools and features on IDX websites, agents can leverage Chime's nationwide MLS support to garner information about the visitors. In combination with Chime CRM, buyer property alerts are sent to agents in case of a match between lead's preferences and property specifications. That's not all. Harnessing the power of speech recognition and AI, Chime allows calling leads, generates smart call lists and scripts, and prevents unattended calls to fall through the cracks.
The firm simplifies the task of lead management with lead routing through custom rules, a key feature of its CRM. Users can manage all leads driven from different platforms like Realtor and Zillow with the user-friendly interface. Agents can perform in-depth analysis of lead traffic based on lead scores, which are provided by Chime's Responsive CRM and subsequently decide their next business move. The lead score is derived from multiple parameters like contact validity, online behavior, and property information. While agents can leverage the data to follow the right lead, brokers are able to set business goals and contribution of each in achieving them. To streamline all activities, users can deploy automatic workflows with the automated smart plans. Using Responsive CRM, brokers can generate performance and business reports and determine the alignments of their firms with the objectives.
Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, the firm's advanced products have already won the trust of the nation's premier real estate firms. In one of the instances, a major real estate agency migrated to Chime platform for conducting all operations and soon became a leading name. The company relies on customer feedback to enhance its product line. With a team of 100 plus, the leadership has set its eyes on incorporating building avant-garde tools like voice operated applications similar to Siri and Alexa using artificial intelligence and voice recognition technology. Joe Chen sums up the journey of Chime as "We live and breathe customer's life and let them know what they need to stay competitive with the emerging technology."
Provides a powerful lead generation and CRM solution for real estate professionals
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MassGeneral Hospital for Children works closely with the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Community Health Improvement to support programs that help infants, children and adolescents in Boston, Chelsea, Revere and Charlestown.
The Center for Community Health Improvement (CCHI) at Massachusetts General Hospital launched in 1995 with the mission of collaborating with communities to make measurable, sustainable improvement on some of the toughest health problems. MassGeneral Hospital for Children maintains a close working relationship with CCHI and the Mass General community health centers in Chelsea, Revere and Charlestown to support a wide range of programs and partnerships that foster the health and well-being of infants, children and adolescents in our communities.
The Healthy Beginnings program expands home visiting services to vulnerable, high risk mothers and families and embeds child development specialists into well-child visits from the child's 0 - 3 years to support all parents.


Better quality jobs and better pay are causing IT workers to consider leaving the UK to head to other shores.
The findings of the latest search of job candidates by the IT Job Board has shown that two thirds would work abroad driven by the better quality of jobs, higher earning potential and a desire to experience other cultures.
Only 32% of those quizzed said that they were not considering a move outside the UK with the remaining two thirds happy to pack their CVs and passports and head for the airport.
Alex Farrell, managing director of the IT Job Board, said that the findings were alarming because it indicated their could be a serious brain drain impacting the technology skills marketplace.
"If this boils down to the quality of the jobs on offer in the UK, or low salaries, then companies need to work hard to improve their offering, in order to attract and retain staff," he said.
"At a time when we are suffering an IT skills shortage, we cannot afford to lose key talent," he added.


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Icon of the Descent into Hell
Description The composition of this icon is known as Anastasis, or the Harrowing of Hell, and it is the traditional iconographic representation of the Resurrection. Christ, standing on Hell's broken gates, pulls Adam and Eve out from their tombs, with crowds of Old Testament kings and other biblical figures behind them. The crowned figure on Christ's left is Zachariah, holding a scroll that reads, "Blessed is..." Christ appears again at the bottom of the frame, leading a group of souls out of Hell as angels beat down hapless demons. The icon is painted in the style of the 16th or 17th century, and a spurious "Andrei Rublev" signature (likely added later) tries to pass it off as even older. The gilt metal frame is studded with painted enamels whose European style clashes somewhat with the dimensionless, traditional style of the icon. At the corners are the four evangelists, each with the apocalyptical beast with which he is associated. The other enamels show the Carrying of the Cross, the Annunciation, the severed head of John the Baptist, and the Holy Family with a toddler John the Baptist. Strings of river pearls and large mother-of-pearl "stones" also decorate the frame or "oklad." Such a real pearl border was recalled in later enamel "oklads" by means of white enamel dots.
9/18/1951 Treatment repaired
10/30/1959 Treatment cleaned; repaired
9/21/1965 Examination examined for exhibition
11/15/1965 Treatment repaired; other
11/21/1988 Treatment cleaned; loss compensation; repaired
11/22/1988 Treatment cleaned; loss compensation
2/12/1989 Loan Consideration examined for loan
2/15/1996 Treatment cleaned; repaired; loss compensation
4/04/1996 Treatment cleaned; coated; repaired
Russian Art: Icons and Decorative Arts from the Origin to the Twentieth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1959-1960.
Artful Deception: The Craft of the Forger. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City; Portland Museum of Art, Portland; The Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento; Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison; Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester; The Barnum Museum, Bridgeport. 1987-1992.
Russian Enamels. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996-1997.
Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions [Signature] Forged: Писалъ Андрей Роублевъ; [Translation] Andrei Rublev painted [this]
Russian (Artist)
Icon: 19th century; Frame: 18th century (Modern)
tempera on wood, metal gilt, painted enamel on copper, river pearls, mother-of-pearl
H: 15 5/8 x W: 12 7/8 in. (39.7 x 32.7 cm)
Russia (Place of Origin)


Genes have been shown to influence how well children do at primary school, at the end of compulsory education, and even in different subjects. However, less is known about how genetic and environmental factors contribute to how well a child continues to do academically throughout their time at school.
To study this, we used a sample of over 6,000 pairs of twins who are part of the UK-representative Twins Early Development Study and analysed their test scores from primary school to the end of compulsory education. Our new research found that the twins' educational achievement was remarkably stable: children who do well in primary school also tend to perform well in GCSE exams, taken at the end of compulsory education.
We looked at what factors influenced stability in educational achievement – when grades in a standardised test remain similar between primary and secondary school. We found that about 70% of the stability in achievement is explained by genetic factors, while 25% is accounted for by the twins' shared environment, such as growing up in the same family and attending the same school. The remaining 5% was explained by their non-shared environment, such as different friends or different teachers.
It's reasonable to assume that this substantial influence of genes on the continuity of children's achievement during their time at school can be explained by intelligence. Yet we found the influence of genes remained substantial – at 60% – even after accounting for intelligence, which was measured using several verbal and nonverbal tests taken by the twins over the course of childhood and adolescence.
While twin study estimates such as this can tell us about traits within large groups of people, recent scientific advances are revealing more about the influence of genes on the individual. There has been considerable recent success in identifying genetic variants associated with educational attainment through what are called genome-wide association studies (GWAS). These studies pinpoint genetic markers associated with certain traits. However, each genetic marker explains a very small proportion (less than 0.1%) of the individual differences in school performance.
A more powerful method was recently developed that sums up thousands of the genetic markers found in the GWAS studies to instead calculate a genome-wide "polygenic score". This score is now being used, with increasing levels of accuracy, to predict variance in a trait, such as school achievement, for people unrelated to each other.
As part of our new study, we used data from previous GWAS analyses to create a polygenic score for education attainment. We calculated a score for one of each pair of our 6,000 sets of twins (so that everybody in this part of the study was unrelated). This predicted whether they would do well across their time at school. These predictions ranged from accounting for 4% of the variance in educational attainment at the start of primary school, to 10% of the variance at GCSE levels. Our findings confirmed the results from the first part of our twins analysis – that the same genetic variants play a role in explaining why children differ in achievement at every stage in development.
To hear more about Twins studies and why they are so important for science, listen to the Twins episode of The Anthill podcast.
Our findings, which suggest that genes influence how well a child will do across the length of their time at school, should provide additional motivation to identify children in need of interventions as early as possible, as problems are likely to remain throughout the school years. In the future, polygenic score prediction, together with the prediction of environmental risks – such as exposure to certain neighbourhood, family, and school characteristics – might provide a tool to identify children with educational problems very early in life. They could then be provided with individualised learning programmes.
For example, we could use DNA tests at birth to identify children at genetic risk for developing reading problems, and give them early intervention. As preventive interventions have greater chances of succeeding early in life, a great strength of polygenic scores is that they can predict at birth just as well as later in life, which could be of particular help for those children who are likely to struggle the most.


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Timeline for confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in Canada
TORONTO — Health officials in British Columbia believe there is a new case of the novel coronavirus in the province and are waiting for results to be confirmed by the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg. There have been four confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in Canada — three in Ontario and one in B.C. Here is a timeline of Canadian cases.
Jan. 25, 2020: A man in his 50s who arrived in Toronto from Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the outbreak, becomes the first "presumptive" case of the new coronavirus in Canada. The man called 911 as soon as he got sick with relatively minor symptoms and was placed in isolation in Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital.
Jan. 26, 2020: The wife of the Toronto man who was Canada's first "presumptive" case of the new coronavirus becomes the second presumptive case. The woman is kept in home isolation.
Jan. 27, 2020: The National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg confirms that a man in quarantine in Sunnybrook Hospital is Canada's first documented case of the new coronavirus.
Jan 28, 2020: Health authorities confirm Canada's second case of the novel coronavirus. The woman had recently travelled to Wuhan with her husband, who was the first case confirmed in Canada.
Jan 28, 2020: Health officials in British Columbia say a man in his 40s is presumed to have the new coronavirus and is doing well as he recovers at his Vancouver home. B.C.'s health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, says the man often works in China and voluntarily isolated himself upon returning to Canada.
Jan. 28, 2020: The presumed case of the new strain of coronavirus in B.C. is confirmed by the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.
Jan. 31, 2020: Toronto man hospitalized with the novel coronavirus is well enough to go home. Sunnybrook Hospital says he'll continue to recover at home, where his wife is also in self-isolation.
Jan. 31, 2020: Ontario's third case of the new coronavirus is confirmed. The patient, a woman in her 20s, had travelled to the affected area in China. The London university student initially tested negative for the virus, but a subsequent test at the national lab in Winnipeg was positive. Health officials say her symptoms are minor.
Feb. 4, 2020: Henry says officials believe a second case of the new coronavirus has been confirmed in B.C. It is a presumptive confirmed case until tests are completed by the national lab. Henry says the woman had family visiting from China's Hubei province and she is in isolation at her home.
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I only had my phone camera with me, so I took home some blurry shots of glowing models. This is the best one, from the end of the show.
The show itself was really fun – I've never worn Anna Sui before, but almost everything on the runway had me thinking "I would totally wear that." There was a lot of knitwear mixed in the collection, and I found a photo of my favorite piece on Style.com (where you can see photos of the full show).
I so want that pinky purple mountain sweater set!
Natural sunlight will give you a nice, bright image, which will also help make your photo as sharp as possible. The best kind of natural light is soft and indirect, like the light you get on a slightly overcast day.
If you need to shoot using artificial light, turn off your flash—flash usually makes some parts of your photo too bright, and it also creates harsh shadows. Instead, light your subject as brightly as possible, and make your camera as steady as possible by placing it on a surface like a table or a stack of books.
Those are just some technical basics for how to take a good photo. But how do you take a good photo for the Mochimochi Photo Contest specifically? Here are a few ideas!
Some of my favorite photos of Mochimochi Land toys are the ones that show a story unfolding, either in a single photo or in a series of photos. Who is your toy and what is he or she doing in their environment? Epic battles and love stories are espcially fun.
Unorthodox pairings make for interesting subject matter!
It's true—some people's versions of Mochimochi Land toys are way more interesting than the original! Don't hesitate to embellish a pattern with your own touches or even alter the design a bit (just not beyond recognition) to make something unexpected.
Got a cute doggie or kitty? Or some chickens, perhaps? Everyone wants to see them alongside a funny toy.
Those are just a few tips and suggestions (and super example photos) to jump-start your own creative photo ideas. Feel free to adhere to the above, or try something completely different. Got other photo tips? Please share them in the comments to this post!
A new free pattern is coming to the Mochimochi Blog later this month!
It's still March for a couple more hours on the west coast, right? Just enough time to squeeze in one last shamrock-themed post for the year.
Aren't these shamrock pins made by veeda great? Notice something interesting about them? They're each made of three hearts! Add an I-cord and a pin at the back, and you're all set for next March. So clever.
I love this custom Mochimochi Elf made by cspooks!
He looks good enough to lick.
If you've made a Mochimochi Elf or any other toy from one of my patterns, please share it with everyone in the Mochimochi Friends Flickr group!
… or threes, or fours! I couldn't resist posting a few more adorable Boos on Halloween.
And another cute quadruple from wrchili!
Are you in or near San Francisco this weekend? If so, make plans to visit You Bazaar this Sunday at Golden Gate Park for lots of plush vendors and rotating workshops.
By special request from my parents for a friend of theirs who is a Halloween fanatic, I made some Boos in autumn colors last week. I love them!
In addition to Yahtzee, these Boos are fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The Boo projects up on Ravelry now number 57 and counting! There are so many fantastic pics there that I might have to post many of them before Halloween.


Note that glimpse is the search engine (written in C) and webglimpse is the spider and indexer (primarily in Perl).
Follow links from page through "neighborhood"
Paid versions can specify a formula for results sorting.
Describes the history and features of eight open-source search engines, freeWAIS-sf (aging code and hard to install, but good for searching email and public domain etexts); Harvest (powerful gathering features for frequently-changing data stores, good with structured documents); ht://Dig (tricky to configure, no phrase searching, automatic stemming and match word highlighting); Isearch (weak documentation and support, easy to install, dated interface, Z39.50 support); MPS Information Server (zippy indexing of both text and structured data, Z39.50 support, Perl API, limited documentation); SWISH-E (simple to install engine, CGIs in Perl and PHP still beta, good for HTML pages, recognizes new META tags, sorts results by field; WebGlimpse (easy to install and configure, requires commercial version for customized output); Yaz/Zebra (mainly Z39.50, no Perl API, mainl y a toolkit to index and respond to distributed client queries). Article also points out that chaotic information is less than helpful and encourages organization, structure and vocabulary control.
Contents of a presentation at the Usenix Technical Conference in early 1997, points out some major issues of context and location in searching that have not really been addressed by other tools.
Covers Basis Webserver , Excerpt, Excite, Folio, freeWAIS-sf, FrontPage, Fulcrum , Glimpse, ht://Dig, ICE, Isearch, PL Web, Swish, TEAMate, WebFind/WebIndex.


I'm pleased to announce that over the next few months, i'll be working with eLife to develop a series of email related extensions, the majority of which should have wider applicability for the CiviCRM community.
eLife use CiviCRM to send weekly emails to their subscribers about topics that interest them. The content for these emails comes from their API but they don't currently have an automated way for this content to get from their API into CiviCRM to be sent out by CiviMail.
We will also write a token extension specific to eLife that will query data from contacts in CiviCRM, use this to construct a URL to query eLife's API, and then create an email friendly snippet that can be inserted as a token. A bit of a mouthful, but hopefuly that last bit makes sense!
In writing the proposal for this project, we thought hard about how we could maximise the amount of work that we could be contributed back to the community. We try and follow this approach whenever possible and have noticed that gets easier and easier with each new release of CiviCRM, thanks in large part to improvements to the extensions and hooks infrastructure.
Watch this space for the outputs from this project.


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Our 2017 list of Rock n Roll Christmas Tunes
by Laoise Lou | Dec 20, 2017 | Blogs | 0 comments
Our 2017 list of Rock n Roll Christmas Tunes. Christmas is upon us once again and we're feeling more and more festive each day. We've go our Rock 'N' Roll Christmas Tour in full swing. We're having our well deserved Christmas party and there's even a few mince pies floating around. Now we've blogged before about the Top 10 Christmas Songs at the Museum but considering everyone and their granny has released a christmas song we thought we'd do another bumper playlist and spotlight on some of the rock 'n' roll diamonds which have dropped over the years. Below is a random step into rock n roll history, as some of these songs even we didn't know existed., some are so obscure they're not even on spotify, but we have them here for you all to view. 20. "Christmas Biscuits" Glen Hansard and Mark Geary 19."White Christmas" Villagers This cover is part of a charity album featuring a wide range of Irish singers. The Album is called A Co- Present Christmas and is available to purchase on bandcampA Co-Present Christmas by The Co-Present 18. "Lonely This Christmas" Kodaline Kodaline never released this Christmas song but they recorded it live in 2014 for the British Garden Museum. 17. "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" Maria Doyle Kennedy This is also part of A Co- Present Christmas and is available to purchase here. Maria Doyle Kennedy is an Irish Singer Song writer and an actress from The Commitments, a movie that's sure to be played in every Irish household over the festive period.A Co-Present Christmas by The Co-Present 16....
Vibe For Philo 2018
by Jesse | Dec 16, 2017 | Blogs, Events | 0 comments
Vibe for Philo is an annual event held to commemorate Phil Lynott on the anniversary of his tragic death. It's obviously an event close to our heart with Phil having such a strong presence in the museum, and this year we're doing a discount and we're talking about all things Lizzy! Vibe for Philo 2017 This year the Vibe is gearing up for a special commemorations with two shows in Whelan's s on the 3rd, and 4th of January. The Vibe includes performances from some of the best Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy cover bands and is an event not to be missed by any fan of either! 2018 will mark 40 years since the release of Live and Dangerous, one of the most succesful live albums and DVDs of all time. Vibe is always a good show with this year sure to celebrate a great music history. Phil Lynott in the museum Phil Lynott is an iconic figure in Irish rock and music in general. As such he holds a very special place in the heart of the museum. Our dedicated Thin Lizzy exhibit features a range of interesting Phil Lynott memorabilia from his school report to his iconic mirror bass, kindly donated by the lovely Philomena Lynott. The exhibition is housed in Apollo studio, where Phil actually recorded quite soon before he died. Vibe for Philo discount and competition To celebrate Phil's anniversary and the Vibe for Philo, we're offering a 20% discount for the museum for the first two weeks of the year. All you have to do is enter the code VIBEPHIL18 when booking online, or present...
Artist Spotlight: Kila how they influence Irish Music and their Christmas Tour
by Laoise Lou | Dec 12, 2017 | Blogs, news | 0 comments
Artist Spotlight: Kila how they influence Irish Music and their Christmas Tour We're big fans of traditional Irish music and fusion rock here at the Irish Rock n Roll Museum, for our Irish rock roots began on the trad scene. You can hear traditional fusions from most Irish bands, such as the standard hard rock n rolling from Thin Lizzy with Whiskey in the Jar and Roisin Dubh to Horslips and their fiddle, flute and mandolin trad influences but we thought we'd take the time out to reflect on Kila's influence on the music industry as we know it. Kila's Unique Sound Kila is one of those bands whose unique sounds stops a person and demands their attention. They've travelled worldwide with their music and retained their individual Irish tone since the 1980s. Now we're not saying they haven't changed. In fact, Kila are one of the only Irish bands to switch up their style as often as every year, however you can still hear elements of Irish Trad in everything we're going to show you. First up is Kila's works with movie soundtracks. This particular song is for internationally acclaimed movie "The Secret of Kells." All credit goes to: M. Máire Ní Shúilleabháin on youtube for this video: Kila's Unique Interpretation of World Music They are influenced by world music, some of which you can hear in the 2009 performance we found on youtube. The fusion of Irish trad and african music in this particular song is beautiful: Credit: Daniela Sabatini Kila's Classic Stage Performances This particular performance enchanted the crowd in the Button Factory...
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Die Grabwühlen (Scolecomorphidae) sind eine Familie der Schleichenlurche (Gymnophiona), die im tropischen Afrika vorkommt.

Merkmale
Grabwühlen werden 27 bis 45 Zentimeter lang, Weibchen haben mehr Wirbel und werden deshalb auch etwas länger. Grabwühlen sind schwarz oder braun gefärbt, einige Arten haben eine helle Unterseite. Zusammen mit den Erdwühlen und den Typhlonectidae weist die Familie eine Reihe von abgeleiteten Merkmalen auf. So ist der Schädel in Anpassung an die im Boden grabende Lebensweise verstärkt und die Anzahl der Schädelknochen reduziert. Die Maulöffnung ist unterständig. Knöcherne Augenhöhlen fehlen. Die sehr kleinen Augen befinden sich an der Basis der weit vorn an der Schnauze unterhalb der Nasenöffnungen liegenden großen Tentakel und sind, wenn diese sich in der Ruheposition befinden, unter der Präfrontale (ein Schädelknochen) verborgen. Präfrontale und Maxillopalatinum (ein Schädelknochen) bilden einen Kanal für die Tentakelbewegung. Werden die Tentakel ausgestreckt, bewegen sich die Augen mit und befinden sich außerhalb der Schädelknochen.

Der Körper der Grabwühlen ist durch umlaufende Hautfalten (Annuli) geringelt. Tertiäre Annuli fehlen. Im Vergleich zu urtümlicheren Schleichenlurchfamilien besitzen sie weniger Schuppen. Auch ein Schwanz fehlt. Als einziger Schleichenlurchfamilien fehlt den Grabwühlen die Columella (ein Gehörknöchelchen bei Amphibien, Reptilien und Vögeln).

Lebensweise
Grabwühlen leben im Bodengrund oder im Falllaub. Ein bedeutender Teil ihrer Ernährung besteht aus Termiten. Alle sind, soweit bekannt, vivipar (lebendgebärend). Embryo- und Larvenstadien werden im Eileiter verbracht.

Gattungen und Arten
Es gibt zwei Gattungen Crotaphatrema, aus Kamerun und Scolecomorphus aus Tansania und Malawi. Jede hat jeweils drei Arten:

 Gattung Crotaphatrema Nussbaum, 1985
 Crotaphatrema bornmuelleri (Werner, 1899)
 Crotaphatrema lamottei (Nussbaum, 1981)
 Crotaphatrema tchabalmbaboensis (Lawson, 2000)
 Gattung Scolecomorphus Boulenger, 1883
 Scolecomorphus kirkii (Boulenger, 1883)
 Scolecomorphus uluguruensis (Barbour & Loveridge, 1928)
 Scolecomorphus vittatus (Boulenger, 1895)

Literatur
 Werner Himstedt: Die Blindwühlen. ISBN 3894324341
 Wilfried Westheide & Reinhard Rieger: Spezielle Zoologie Teil 2: Wirbel und Schädeltiere, 1. Auflage, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag Heidelberg • Berlin, 2004, ISBN 3-8274-0307-3
 K. Deckert, Gisela Deckert, G. E. Freytag, G. Peters, G. Sterba: Urania Tierreich, Fische, Lurche, Kriechtiere. Urania-Verlag, 1991, ISBN 3-332-00376-3.

Weblinks

 Amphibiaweb.org
 Amphibian Species of the World Online Reference

Schleichenlurche

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