Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film, directed by and starring Orson Welles. The film is often considered the greatest of all time and is particularly praised for its innovative cinematography, music and narrative structure. Citizen Kane was Welles' first feature film. The film was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories; it won an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Herman Mankiewicz and Welles.
After his success in the theatre with the independent theatre company called the Mercury Players and his controversial 1938 radio broadcast of War of the Worlds, Welles was courted by Hollywood. He signed a contract with RKO Pictures in 1939. Unusual for an untried director, he was given the freedom to develop his own story and use his own cast and crew, and was given final cut privilege. Following two abortive attempts to get a project off the ground, he developed the screenplay of Citizen Kane with Herman Mankiewicz. Principal photography took place in 1940 and the film received its American release in 1941.
A critical success, Kane failed to recoup its costs at the box-office. The film faded from view soon after but its reputation was restored, initially by French critics and more widely after its American revival in 1956. There is a semi-official consensus among film critics that Citizen Kane is the greatest film ever made, which has led Roger Ebert to quip: "So it's settled: Citizen Kane is the official greatest film of all time." It topped both the AFI's 100 Years… 100 Movies list and the 10th Anniversary Update, as well as all of the Sight & Sound polls of the 10 greatest films for nearly half a century.


Why is professional development so important at Greensboro Montessori School?
We talk about our students being lifelong learners.
We always want them to discover, to ask questions, to think new things, and to have new thoughts. Especially at a Montessori school, we believe the adults who help guide our students' education also need to be lifelong learners. We, too, should ask questions and think and try new things, just as we ask our students.
As professional educators, we are always watching for chances to learn: observing students or other teachers, having that unexpected conversation with a colleague, or connecting with professionals and researchers and new theories through more organized professional development — conferences, workshops, speakers, or graduate classes. We spend a lot of resources on professional development because we believe our School is only as good as our professional educators are.
A unique opportunity like this allows us, individually, to be better educators, and for us, collectively, to make our School stronger … ultimately providing a better educational experience for our students. Every professional development workshop or seminar our faculty and staff attend is for the benefit of our students. Our professional development is for our students.
Thank you for supporting our faculty and staff in our own professional development. It only makes us better educators, and our School a better one for our students.
Everything we do, professional development included, is for our students.


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The Arapuni Suspension Bridge is located just downstream from the Arapuni Power Station on the Waikato River in the South Waikato District of New Zealand. The  suspension bridge in the bush-lined gorge was built in the mid-1920s to allow workers from the village of Arapuni to access the power station construction site.

History

The bridge spans the Arapuni gorge about  downstream from the Arapuni Dam. As it was a relatively simple ancillary structure associated with what at the time was New Zealand's largest civil engineering project, the suspension bridge itself received little mention in progress reports and media accounts. Construction started in May 1925 and finished sometime in the three months after April 1926. The bridge does not seem to have had a formal opening function.

The bridge connected "top camp" (which eventually became the Arapuni township) with the western side of the gorge. "Top camp" accommodated the workmen employed on construction of the spillway, powerhouse and penstock.

The bridge was registered a Category II historic place by the Historic Places Trust on 21 April 1994.

Engineering

The bridge was designed by David Rowell & Co. from Westminster, London. The structure is likely to have been shipped prefabricated from England, and was erected by the British contractors for the Arapuni dam and power station project, Armstrong Whitworth. It is one of the longest suspension footbridges in the country. The bridge has a span of  and is  higher when measured from true left (i.e. the left side when looking downriver) to true right. It has a high steel lattice tower on the true left. On the true right, the bridge footing is cut into the side of the river bank and the foundation for the suspension cables is built on top of the cliff.

Today
The bridge is a popular tourist destination. The site can be accessed via a walkway starting on Arapuni Road opposite Rabone Street.

Bridge users are rewarded with views of the scenic gorge. Geological features can be seen, and the cliffs on the true right of the landing are of volcanic origin and formed by ignimbrite blocks, which are vertically fissured by cooling stresses.

The bridge is sometimes incorrectly called the Arapuni Swing Bridge, for example on signs along the walkway to the bridge. The term 'swing bridge' is in popular use in New Zealand for suspension bridges that act as footbridges.

The Waikato River Trails, which is under construction as part of the New Zealand Cycle Trail, will pass the bridge on the true right of the Waikato River.

References

External links
 New Zealand Historic Places Trust

Suspension bridges in New Zealand
Heritage New Zealand Category 2 historic places in Waikato
Bridges completed in 1926
Bridges over the Waikato River
Bridges in Waikato
Tourist attractions in Waikato
1926 establishments in New Zealand
1920s architecture in New Zealand

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CNG: eAuction 438. EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Roman Republican. Eravisci. Mid-late 1st century BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.20 g, 5h). Imitating various obverses and Cn. Lentulus reverse.
438, Lot: 284. Estimate $150.
Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer's fee.
EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Roman Republican. Eravisci. Mid-late 1st century BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.20 g, 5h). Imitating various obverses and Cn. Lentulus reverse. Helmeted head of Roma right / Globe between rudder and thunderbolt. Freeman dies 5/B; KMW 1557. VF, toned.


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Israel: Dug by Jews, tunnel from Nazi era found in Lithuaniahttps://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/israel-dug-by-jews-tunnel-from-nazi-era-found-in-lithuania-2883430/
Israel: Dug by Jews, tunnel from Nazi era found in Lithuania
The 35-meter (115-foot) long tunnel is located in the Ponar forest, known today as Paneriai, where the Nazis killed some 100,000 people.
By AP |Jerusalem | Published: June 29, 2016 3:32:51 pm
Toward the end of the war, prisoners were brought from the Stutthof concentration camp and forced to burn the bodies. (Source: Google Maps)
Israel's antiquities authority says an international research team has located a tunnel in Lithuania dug by Jewish prisoners trying to escape their Nazi captors during World War II.
The authority said Wednesday the team from Israel, the U.S., Canada and Lithuania used mineral and oil exploration scanning technology to pinpoint the tunnel.
Toward the end of the war, prisoners were brought from the Stutthof concentration camp and forced to burn the bodies.
Secretly, they dug the underground tunnel out of a pit they were kept in. Forty prisoners escaped through the tunnel in 1944. Many were shot, but 11 reached partisan forces and survived.
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Q: Openlayer Projection I want to zoom to a particular house in the google mapS, but when I provide its bounds and lattitude and longitude,  it does not show images as well as the particular house. Can anyone provide the solution for this?

A: Solution would be probably to transporm coordinates first. Unfortunately when You pass coordinates to OpanLayers.LonLat(lon,lat) it is supposed to be WGS:84, while OpenLayer.Bounds() needs coordinates given in EPSG:900913.
You should then use Proj4js.transform and pass transformed coordintes in EPSG:900913

A: You can transform it like this one:
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Photos: Missouri - Interstate 64 Westbound
Total Mileage in State: 40 miles
Western End: At I-70/US 61, in Wentzville
Counties covered in Photos: St. Louis, St. Charles
Major Junctions in Photos: I-170, in Richmond Heights
I-270, in Town and Country
I-70/US 61, in Wentzville
Control Cities in Photos: St. Louis, Richmond Heights, Chesterfield, O'Fallon, Wentzville
Missouri welcome sign as Interstate 64 West / Interstate 70 West / Interstate 55 South enter the Show-Me State at the Mississippi River, from Illinois. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West / Interstate 55 South as Interstate 70 West departs to the right. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 40B: Interstate 44 West / Interstate 55 South (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West as it passes by Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals, in downtown St. Louis. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 40A: Stadium / 9th St / Tucker Blvd (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 / US 40 shields located near mile marker 39.5. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Use the next exit (Exit 39) for access to Amtrak and MetroLink. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 39: Market St at 21st St (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Use Exit 38A for Saint Louis University. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Take the next exit (Exit 38B) for Harris-Stowe State University. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Use Exit 38A to Grand Blvd for St. Louis Univ, Powell Symphony Hall, and Fox Theatre (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 38B: Market St / 3000 West (Photo taken 10/17/12).
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Speed limit sign located near mile marker 37. The speed limit on this stretch through the downtown St. Louis area is 55 mph. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 36B: Boyle Ave (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Use Exit 36A for the Missouri Botanical Garden. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Also use Exit 36A for the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 36A: Kingshighway Blvd (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Use either of the next 2 exits to Forest Park Museums and Zoo. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Near mile marker 35, the speed limit increases to 60 mph with a 40 mph minimum speed. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 34B: Hampton Ave (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Use the next exit (Exit 34A) for Concordia Seminary. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
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Take the next exit (Exit 33A) for Fontbonne University. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
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Interstate 64 West at Exit 31A: Interstate 170 North (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 30: McKnight Rd (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 28B: Clayton Rd (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Take the next right (Exit 28A) to Kirkwood Amtrak Station. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 28A: US 67 / US 61 - Lindbergh Blvd (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 27: Spoede Rd (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West approaching Exit 25 - 1 mile. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Use Exit 26 for Covenant Seminary. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 26: Ballas Rd (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 25: Interstate 270 North & South - Chicago / Memphis (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Mileage sign located near mile marker 25. It's 5 miles to Chesterfield, while Wentzville lies 25 miles ahead and Kansas City is 233 miles ahead via I-64 West and I-70 West. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Take the next right (Exit 24) for Missouri Baptist University. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 24: Mason Rd (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Take the next right (Exit 23) to Maryville University. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 23: Maryville Centre Dr (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 22: MO 141 - Woods Mill Rd (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 21: Timberlake Manor Pkwy (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Take the next exit (Exit 20) for Logan College of Chiropractic. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 20: Chesterfield Pkwy (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Use Exit 19B for Faust Park. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 19B: MO 340 - Clarkson Rd / Olive Blvd (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 19A: Chesterfield Pkwy West (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 17: Boone's Crossing (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Use Exit 16 for Chesterfield and Airport Rd. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 16: Long Rd (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Use the next exit (Exit 14) for Spirit of St. Louis Airport. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 14: Spirit of St. Louis Boulevard (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West: Road view from mile marker 13.4, as you prepare to cross the Missouri River. The lanes on the bridge ahead narrow a bit. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 11: Research Park Cir (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Use the next exit (Exit 10) for August A Busch Memorial Conservation Area. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 10: MO 94 - St. Charles (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 9: Route K - O'Fallon (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Near mile marker 9, the speed limit on I-64 West increases to 65 mph. The 40 mph minimum still applies. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 6: Route DD - WingHaven Blvd (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 4: Route N (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 2: Lake Saint Louis Blvd (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 1C: Prospect Rd (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West approaching Exits 1B-A - 1 mile. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 1B: Interstate 70 East - St. Louis (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Use either of the next 2 exits to get to Wentzville. (Photo taken 10/17/12).
Interstate 64 West at Exit 1A: Interstate 70 West - Kansas City. This marks the western terminus of Interstate 64. (Photo taken 10/17/12).


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Additional locks to reinforce the original one are available for sliding doors.
2 What Can Be Used to Keep a Sliding Glass Door Locked?
Sliding doors are an easy point of entry for burglars, even if they're locked. One of the ways thieves defeat the lock is by lifting up on the glass door from the bottom track, tilting it out and removing it. Installing screws in the upper track prevents the door from being lifted. It's a simple process that may save you from loss of property and heartache.
Purchase four panhead screws if the slider track is made out of wood. Buy self-tapping screws if the track is metal.
Open the sliding glass door all the way. Set up a ladder or step stool near the window so you can reach the top track.
Drill four pilot holes in the top track. Start 1 inch in from each corner and space them evenly apart.
Drill the appropriate screws into the holes. Adjust them so they are as close to the top of the sliding door as they can be without being a hindrance to the movement of the door.
Lay a piece of wood in the track when the door is closed. This is another way to protect the door from being opened from the outside if the lock is jimmied.
Davis, Jill. "How to Put Screws in Sliding Glass Doors for Security." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/put-screws-sliding-glass-doors-security-45205.html. Accessed 21 April 2019.


Jim Salisbury of Comcast SportsNet reported Saturday night that "Jay" Happ is dealing with some discomfort in his left forearm and could potentially miss his next start, Tuesday or Wednesday in Atlanta. Phils manager Charlie Manuel said they'd know more in the next couple of days.
This news could be serious trouble for the Phillies, who have enough question marks on their pitching staff already. Joe Blanton has been working his way back from an injured oblique. Kyle Kendrick has occupied Blanton's spot in the rotation and has posted a 17.47 ERA over his first two starts this season. JC Romero and Brad Lidge are also attempting to bounce back from injuries while recent tough outings by relievers David Herndon and Danys Baez have left each man with an ERA over 7.
The reserves at the triple A level are not anything to ease the concern. Drew Carpenter is 1-1 with a 5.79 ERA in 2 starts. Ryan Vogelsong is 0-1 with a 2.89 ERA in 2 starts, but he has walked 9 batters in 9 1/3 innings.
There had been talk of skipping Kendrick's next turn in the rotation because of the Phillies' off day coming up on Monday. That now looks unlikely, as Happ may be the one who gets skipped.
Back to Blanton...many reports have Joe Blanton making his first rehab start this coming Tuesday in Lakewood for the class A BlueClaws. PhoulBallz.com will keep you posted on that.


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Flaxnan är en å i Hälsingland som mynnar i sjön Lössnan, söder om Edsbyn. Den övre delen av Flaxnan närmast nedströms sjön Mållången heter dock Mållångsboån och som är den å som författaren Hans Lidman, Edsbyn, beskrivit i flera av sina fiskeböcker som "Svartån". Namnet Flaxnan avser alltså egentligen och används lokalt bara för ån från halvvägs nedströms sjön Mållången, från något uppströms Flaxenbo och vidare ned. Ån rinner här meandrande (därav namnet Flaxnan) och alltmer djupt nedskuret i tjockt finsandlager av avsatt isälvsdeltasediment. På flera kartor brukar alltså namnet Flaxnan dock felaktigt förekomma använt för ån i sin hela längd från Mållången till Lössnan.

Tidigare fiske
Fisket i Mållångsboån och i Flaxnan, som Hans Lidman fick uppleva som sjuttonåring från 1928 och som han beskrivit mest i sina tidigaste fiskeböcker, förstördes totalt 1944 genom att den äldre tidigare temporärt bara för flottningens behov använda dammen i åns översta del, nära utloppet ur Mållången, byggdes om till en damm för att permanent dämma och reglera Mållången som årsregleringsmagasin, för samtidigt utbyggt kraftverk i Voxnan vid Alfta, vilket omintetgjorde fisket genom en i vattendomen 1944 ej reglerad men skedd noll-tappning av vatten under sommarhalvåret.

Dämt vattenmagasin
Årsreglering för vattenkraftsändamål innebär omvänd ekologiskt skadlig vattenföring mot det naturliga, att högsta vattenföring sker vintertid mot att det naturligt alltid är minimiflöde vintertid och att vårflödet används för fyllning av till våren tömt vattenmagasin så att naturlig gödande vårflod reduceras eller ej sker tydligt samt att vattenmagasinet fylls successivt under sommarhalvåret intill senhösten. Sedan 2001 har det därför, efter klagomål från bland annat sportfiskets intressenter och den lokala ortsbefolkningen till länsstyrelsen Gävleborg, därefter på länsstyrelsens begäran, av Mark- och miljödomstolen meddelats en ny vattendom om en minimitappning ur dammen om 1 m3/s maj-september och 0,5 m3/s under övrig tid, samt om anläggning av ett vattenomlöp runt dammen för fiskvandring.

Ny vattendom är på gång att beslutas eftersom resultatet av vattendomen 2001 inte varit tillfredsställande. En ansökan från länsstyrelsen Gävleborg om omprövning av villkor för reglering av sjön Mållången (och sjön Tälningen uppströms) har gjorts 2018. Länsstyrelsen anser att det viktigaste vid en omprövning är att få till stånd bestämmelser som säkerställer fiskvägens funktion under hela vandringsperioden, mer förenlig med miljöbalkens hänsynsregler än nuvarande reglering.

Nuvarande fiske
Fiskevattet är i några delar av Mållångsboån restaurerat från tidigare utförd flottledsrensning. I ån (hela Mållångsboån ned till bron vid Holmen i Kammahav) tillåts endast flugfiske med flugspö med ett särskilt lokalt fiskekort för bara den sträckan, men i ån i delen nedströms vid Kammahav och i Flaxnan är även mete och spinnfiske tillåtet med fiskekort från Alfta Fiskevårdsområde. Öring finns sparsamt i Flaxnan och den nedre delen har även ett svagt harrbestånd. I Mållångsboån har öring utplanterats i flera år sedan restaureringen gjorts under 2000-talet.

Flottningsepoken
Flottningen i Mållångsboån och Flaxnan ifrån Tälningsområdet började som tidigast känt efter uppköp av skog där från 1862 eller 1863. På 1870-talet flottades timmer även från sjön Amungen efter landtransport över vattendelaren, landtröskeln mellan sjöarna Amungen och Fläten mot Mållångens sjösystem. Skogsbolagen anlade 1878-1890 flottled i vattendraget kallat "Tälningsvattnet" från Tälningsområdet och nedströms, som blev allmän flottled genom bildning av Tälningsvattnets flottningsförening. Sista året det flottades timmer i Mållångsboån var 1957. Lämningar efter flottning samt vattendrivna verk har inventerats och värderats inför återställningsåtgärder av ån efter flottledsrensning.

Etymologi
Vattendraget Tälningsvattnet kallades lokalt i Kammahav på 1800-talet innan flottningsepoken börjat för "Torrån", troligen efter sitt ursprungliga av över vattenytan synligt blockstenstäta "torra" utseende. Först efter flottningens början och behov fick delsträckorna de särskiljande nya olika och nuvarande använda namnen ända ifrån Tälningsområdet till Voxnan.

Av lämnad uppgift enligt frågelista, utsänd 1790 till sockenbeskrivning för utarbetad geometrisk karta över Hälsingland, på anmodan av landshövdingen i Gävleborgs län och sammanställd 1790-1791, framgår att det då centralt i Alfta socken använda och ursprungliga ånamnet dock var Moraån. Detta förklarar namnet på den i Mållångsboån längsta strömsträckan benämnd Mora strömmar (eller Mor(a)strömmen) och att det där tidigare givits namnet Morkaret på det i översta delen av Morströmmen belägna ålkaret. Detta ålkar, som var byggt 1553 enligt syneprotokoll för av kungen 1552 beordrad kommission för rannsakning av fiskena i Hälsingland, beskrivs igen i protokoll vid rannsakning 1637 vara beläget "i Morkarebäcken i Telningsån 1 km nedanför Mållången". Namnet Moraån, liksom namnet Telningsån och namnet Mållången har alltså använts från minst tidigt 1600-tal, troligen även från tidigare befolkade sekel, minst 1500-talet. Ordet mor(a) (moora) står, som i andra ortnamn, etymologiskt för lokal förekomst av gammal örtrik barrskog, vanligen tätvuxen ibland sumpig/sank granskog.

Uppkomst av det fiktiva namnet Svartån för Flaxnan
Åsträckan nedanför Mållångsboån, den från Helséngården på Holmen i Kammahav och nedströms, den flacka lugna sträckan genom Kammahav, benämndes av lokalbefolkningen där förr bara som "Åan". Den rinner där av vårfloden djupt nederoderad i finsand, sedimenterat i ett tidigare isälvsdelta strax under högsta kustlinjen, med "tvärdjupa brinkar med svarta bråddjup nedanför Ågrensgården i Kammahav" (en häst som råkat gå ner sig i ån kom inte upp själv utan fick dras upp med hjälp av traktor). Bo Hylén skriver att han "kan dra [sig] till minnes att namnet ("Svartån") nämndes ibland innan Hans Lidmans böcker kom ut, men då sade man "Svartåa". Detta vittnesmål skulle sannolikt betyda att namnet Svartån hade uppkommit genom och därför bara varit använt av några av de vanligt långt utsocknes ifrån kommande flottarna under flottningsepoken och sannolikt blev som följd att Hans Lidman hört och tagit detta, för dem i hans hembygd okända ånamnet till sig, som sitt täcknamn för hela ån. Hans Lidman började också dessutom tidigt (alltså tidigare än i sina tidningsartiklar och böcker) bli van med att använda sig av det fiktiva namnet Svartån, då som täcknamn för sina fångade åttahektos öringar i Öjebäcken centralt i Edsbyn, där han på hemväg under sina tidiga år i Mållångsboån också brukade fiska. Alltså namnet Svartån då använt som "en god och förutseende fiskarlögn" för öringarna i Öjebäcken, som han inte ville få konkurrens om; "ingen visste om dem", menade Lidman..

Djurliv.
Utter och bäver har sedan en tid åter kunnat ses i ån. Forsärla har häckat i det gamla brofästet i Moraströmmen.

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Over 3 months of intensive high-level corporate training with interactive modules covering all aspects of public relations: The Meaning And Development Of Public Relations, Ethical And Legal Issues, Strategic Process, Media Specialisations, Internal Public Relations, Crisis Management, Political Lobbying, Outreach, Tools and Techniques, Sponsorship and Community Relations, etc. In addition, in-depth Online PR and Event Management modules are included in this course.
Practical skills training delivery from leading industry professionals. All of Fitzwilliam Institute's public relations trainers are top industry professionals with many years of successful public relations experience across a broad range of industries. Fitzwilliam Institute's cutting edge program in public relations contains the core and vital public relations industry key skillset and, on completion, all of our students are industry-ready. This course also features a number of guest speakers from the public relations industry.
Real life public relations briefs. Fitzwilliam Institute's world-class diploma in public relations offers practical and specific public relations skills that can be applied in real world situations - "The Apprentice" style. You will gain exposure to invaluable public relations toolkits and prepare a real life public relations brief, enabling you to develop your public relations portfolio. The course project is aimed at providing you with the confidence and ability to take on and create public relations campaigns for any organisation. A combination of case studies, interactive group sessions, presentations, and questions and answers allows you to gain transferrable skills and invaluable experience, in real-life situations, which will prepare you for a successful future in the industry.
Pitch and presentation skills. Fitzwilliam Institute's Diploma in Public Relations course guides you through all of the stages of creating and planning a public relations campaign, finally producing a public relations pitch which can be used as a template for future public relations proposals. A special feature of Fitzwilliam Institute's PR course is the time devoted to developing your pitching and presentation skills.
Public relations jobs, networking and volunteer opportunities. With over a decade of industry experience, Fitzwilliam Institute is extremely well placed within the public relations industry. PR employers are always looking for Fitzwilliam Institute students and alumni. Fitzwilliam Institute's website features a comprehensive jobs and volunteer opportunities section.
Corporate, Consumer, Business to Business; Voluntary Sector; Financial Public Relations, including Communicating financial performance; Public Relations during mergers, takeovers, share offerings; Shareholder communications; Public Relations' role in the Annual Report Accounts; Technology; Healthcare; Tourism; Environment; Agriculture; Sport.
Definitions and typologies of crises; Crisis management plan and crisis management team; Communicating in a crisis; The aftermath of a crisis; Reputation management.
Managing relationships with activist groups; Coalition building and third-party endorsements; Working with trade associations, unions, and charities.
Interest groups and lobbying; How to influence public policy; Planning and managing lobbying campaigns; The role of coalitions; Public affairs: Integrating lobbying and media campaigns; Involving the public in lobbying campaigns.
Press Release Writing: Date; Headline; Structure; Wording; Contact Details; Note to Editor; Structuring a press release - The inverted pyramid model; The appropriate use of language for press releases; As part of the teaching of this section, students will also cover issues such as, being able to provide reasoning for the press release content, distribution lists, additional information to be added for a press pack, a description of a photographic idea and caption. Writing styles for different media and publics; Analysing a number of press releases, and the media coverage generated.
Business Material for Public Relations: Writing proposals, business plans, presentations, reports.
Writing for Publication: Writing feature articles – structure; headlines; awareness of readership; use of language; Writing news articles; Awareness of the journalist's agenda; Writing for the Internet.
Grammar: The Basic rules of grammar.
The elements of the mass media in Ireland - TV, national and local radio, national and local newspapers, trade publications, specialist and consumer magazines, the Internet; The functions of different people in the media; The Relationship between Public Relations and the media: What the mass media needs from Public Relations; What Public Relations needs from the mass media; The factors involved in building effective relationships with the media; Dealing with the mass media: Pitching stories, interviews, press conferences, photography, media relations in a crisis; Publicity versus press relations.
BCI, NUJ, NNI, ASAI, Press Council, Office of Consumer Affairs, Consumers' Association of Ireland.
Definitions; Historical development; Market research and information; Products; Branding; Marketing communications; Marketing segmentation; Marketing management and organization; The role of Public Relations in marketing management; The advertising industry and professional bodies; Codes of practice; Advertising agencies; Selecting an agency and working with it; Advertising campaign planning and management; Advertising media; Types of advertisements - magazines, newspapers, posters, billboards, ambient advertising; The relationship between advertising and Public Relations.
Event management planning; Coordinating events; Marketing events; Event risk management; Corporate event management; Organising conferences; Exhibition Management; Sporting event management.
Each student must submit a substantial project based on a real-life PR Brief on a subject allocated to them by the Institute.


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12 Sep 2017 Screen Zealots 2017 Film Reviews One comment
The perfect casting is a large part of what makes "Ingrid Goes West," an uncomfortably biting satire of our social media obsessed culture, work. Aubrey Plaza truly becomes Ingrid, an unhinged wallflower turned stalker of the popular boho photographer and self-made Instagram star Taylor (Elizabeth Olsen). While the film doesn't go quite as dark as I had originally hoped and ultimately fails to live up to the full potential of its timely premise, it's full of smart humor that by design is made to challenge and disturb.
After a brief stint in a mental hospital for violently attacking a supposed 'friend,' Ingrid begins to interact with Taylor online. When she gets a friendly and generic response, Ingrid heads to Los Angeles to meet her new 'best friend" in person. Things start out just fine with Ingrid obsessing over and copying everything the object of her affection does, from eating at the same restaurants, ordering the same food, and buying the same clothes. An actual friendship eventually develops but when Taylor's obnoxious bully of a brother (Billy Magnussen) shows up, things take a dark turn.
There are a bevy of first class supporting performances here, from O'Shea Jackson Jr. as a Batman obsessed, pot smoking landlord and Wyatt Russell as Taylor's unhappy wannabe artist husband. Plaza turns in yet another terrific performance as a pathetically needy narcissist who, while bordering on being an actual sociopath, never goes total "Single White Female" on anybody.
While the film could've pushed the envelope even further, it's still a sometimes thoughtful and savage take on cyber bullying and the emptiness of social media that consumes most of our everyday lives. Through the internet and with myriad social media tools, we can create any persona we wish to be no matter how great our insecurities, hiding behind our Instagram filters and Twitter hashtags and Facebook emojis. What's the most disturbing about this film is that Ingrid suffers with a serious mental illness but it's all sort of brushed off in a bevy of "likes."
There's your damning social commentary right there.
Aubrey PlazaBilly MagnussenElizabeth OlsenIngrid Goes WestO'Shea Jackson Jr.Wyatt Russell
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12 Sep 2017 at 10:40 am
I agree. I was hoping for the film to go much darker than it did. I still enjoyed it, especially O'Shea Jackson. I only wish we got to see his version of Batman in that movie


Unified messaging brings all electronic messaging together to make them easier for users to access and easier for message system support to manage. Typically, email, faxes and voice mail can all be managed from a single computer screen.
The user can access all messages from one simple menu. This can be particularly useful For voicemail as it avoids the sequential run through all the boring, unimportant messages before the few priority ones are reached. The user can also see when each message was sent, its length and, assuming the telephone system supports it, the caller's phone number.
Messages can also be relayed through multiple methods. Typically, the user sitting at his/her own PC will simply need to open a window or two to access messages. However, mobile users can redirect faxes to a 'local' fax number including their mobile phone if it supports fax reception or have their messages read to them over the phone via a speech synthesizer for email and fax messages.
There are even now applications that will take your messages, split them into SMS length and relay them to your mobile phone or PDA as a series of text messages. Web-enabled systems allow you to collect your messages from any PC in the world, and some of the systems will send you a brief message via SMS or voice message simply to tell you that you have new messages available. You can then access the full message set when convenient.
This mixed message mode offers a number of advantages besides more comprehensive and easier access. For example, it becomes possible to respond to an email message with a voice message if that is more appropriate, say to avoid typing messages on your mobile phone keypad. This can be passed to the email inbox of the original message sender as an attached sound file.
Functions vary from system to system so it's important to check what is available, and to resist promises of what will be available tomorrow.
Functions also come at a price. It is therefore important to decide what you need before looking at systems. It may be possible to opt for a system that is upgradeable with higher functionality as your needs change.
Unified messaging is essentially a PC/network application. This means that your local area network must be capable of handling the traffic before adding on the additional messaging burden. You may choose to retain your existing email system. Most of the unified messaging systems will integrate with the more popular email systems.
Certainly anyone thinking of purchasing a voicemail system should consider integrated messaging. The additional price for integration is not that high.


Among people who care to be remembered, there can't be many who would settle for being remembered for what was said to them as opposed to what they said themselves. David Livingstone went through hell before arriving at Lake Tanganyika in October 1871, but his stories about that journey would never enter the language the way Stanley's would, when he caught up with him at Ujiji.
It's the rainy season in Malawi, the trees are military green, but the fields beyond Blantyre continue to be parched. 'We've got used to drought,' said Kwa, a young linguist who wants to write novels. 'This year is no different: we have less water than the crops need.' As we drove over the sticky tarmac roads leading out of the city, it was hard to think of this country as having once been the domain of Hastings Banda, the 'life president' forced out in 1994. Banda had rules against many things (miniskirts, dissent, the music of Simon and Garfunkel) and he found favour in many quarters – in apartheid South Africa, for instance, and with Margaret Thatcher, who once spoke of his 'wise leadership' – but his influence seemed bleached out by many things, not least the glare of American television, which continued to play in my mind as we reached the dusty roads. Mega-Bite Take Away, said a sign by the edge of town. Chicago Nite Club. Krazy Kool Beverages Ltd.
Of the 42 million people in the world who are HIV positive, 70 per cent live south of the Sahara. Twenty million people have died of Aids, leaving 15 million orphans, 80 per cent of them in Africa. In Malawi, 14 per cent of the population has the virus. At the Namasimba Child Care Centre, I watched as the little girl with the rag doll ate her porridge: the community-based centre gives the orphans two meals a day, along with maths and English. Her name is Agnes Bwanali, aged three. Her mother died of Aids in July 2004 and her father disappeared, but is also thought to have died. Her mother's sister had a daughter too: this is her cousin Irene Foster, aged four, and she sat next to Agnes eating porridge the day I visited Namasimba. Of the two parentless girls, only one of them is HIV positive: Agnes, trusting and slightly sad in her purple dress, and coughing.
There are always kiosks by the road in African countries, selling a stack of bananas, a row of tomatoes, a tin of cashews, small fish. In Malawi you also see bags of charcoal for several kwacha. I watched the women kindling the fire and gossiping while the Aids orphans knocked down the sand-skittles or ran past guiding rubber tyres with sticks. Everybody was busy and yet everybody was watching. You knew which children had grandmothers: their hair was done and the dresses they wore were clean.
'But poverty and death are here,' I said.
'Yes, I think so,' he said. 'But that is all witchcraft, you see. It's not what you think.' The man stood up and shook himself out; he thought there might be some porridge going in the Care Centre. 'I walk like Moses,' he said, his shadow and the shadow of his staff lengthening over the yard.
That evening, I went to the Bwanalis' house. Vehicles cannot go beyond a certain point in the dirt-track; it is both rocky and swampy underfoot. Beside a borehole a dog lay with its ribs lightly pulsing. The hut had a dilapidated grass roof and stood at the edge of a vegetable garden. There were little piles of pumpkin seeds lying on the ground and a chicken walked proudly past us with her six chicks. Clement, Stanley and Precious – the boys – appeared to find it natural that the burden of care should fall on their sister. Clement clearly had a problem with his eyes. They were swollen and red. He said he had gone to the village to see a doctor and the doctor had said he had a disease but didn't explain it properly to him. To one side, I asked one of the Unicef workers if Clement had Aids. 'Possibly,' he said. 'He hasn't been tested yet. Some orphans are on drugs and doing fine, and others are in the dark. There is still a social stigma around HIV and many will avoid the test if they can.' But that may change: Unicef are soon to encourage community groups to tie family relief payments to recipients' willingness to go to school and also to be tested for HIV.
A fire was burning and red ants were running up the bark of the logs. Agnes and Irene were playing on the steps of the house, and trying to scoop the remains out of a pumpkin half that was left on the ground. Agnes is given the drugs to combat the virus at the Namasimba Care Centre. If she doesn't go, she doesn't get the drugs. So her sister is responsible not only for the style of her life but for her health and whether or not she survives. I asked Clement if he knew any other countries in the world. 'Yes,' he said. 'America, China, Argentina.' Then he told me he had been trying to fix a radio so that he could listen to news about football from across the world. 'I have been following David Beckham since he played for the team with black and white stripes,' he said, puzzlingly.
Next to the gutted radio, there was a crucifix made of twisted wire and straightened-out ring-pulls. The Bwanalis informed me with great deliberateness that they were of the Church of Christ. As Clement was telling me how they ate the mangoes too soon, when they were green, from the tree behind me, I noticed the faded words on his T-shirt: San Francisco.
'We need more rain for the crops,' Precious said.
Agnes waved from the steps of the house and rubbed the pumpkin seeds from her small hands. That's how I last saw her, as the vehicle climbed out of the township. There would be other houses and other voices, communities in Zomba and Ndirande, campaigns to protect children and feed them and keep them alive, but I woke in the night under a mosquito net and saw lightning crack in the Zomba mountains to bleach the dark room where I slept. And for a second I thought I saw Agnes standing at the foot of the bed in her purple dress, ready for another day of small fish and American snow, the several wonders that hold back disaster.
'The strangest disease I have seen in this country,' Livingstone wrote in his Last Journals, 'seems really to be broken-heartedness.' When the lightning flashed again, I could see rain coming like a swarm of insects from the direction of the mountains. It was soon running on the windows and I hoped it would be running down the leaves in the Bwanali garden.
[*] Blantyre takes its name from the town in Scotland where David Livingstone was born in 1813. It is now famous for its redundant mines and the Clydeview Shopping Centre.


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My name is Audrey but no one ever called me by that name. Not even at school. It was always Audie. I was very shy as a girl. But as I got to be older it went better for me in high school. I was in foster homes a lot and that didn't help my shyness at all. It seemed like I couldn't talk with no one. When I decide to talk with someone I had to move again.
When it came to having a boyfriend. I just went with it. I wasn't into them like the other girls in my class. Having the idea of someone wanting to spending their life with me scared me. I didn't know if I could live in one spot. Got used to moving all the time that ir just kind of grew on me.
But the day came when i had to go to court and they asked who I wanted to live with? No one in my family had a fosters licence. And I didn't know at the time. So the court said you can either go to another foster home or go live with your aunt. I said "okay" I can just go with my aunt. "Right", but no, the problem was that I had never met her. So I would be living once again with another stanger.
Wasn't so bad if I thought more about it. At least it was family I was moving in with.
It was time to move in with her now. She lived five hours away from where I have been all my life. When the transporter brought me there she wasn't even there. And the transporter just left me there. SO there I was just seating on the porch with all of my suit cases. There was still school going on because school buses kept coming and droping kids off right next to me. I wasn't sure what to do. Wanted to leave but where could I go? Didn't even know where I was? Wanted to just go home and for get this even happened. But out of no where. I heard a soft voice coming near me. "Hello can I help you?" I looked up and seen a lady coming near me. Yes I told her. I am going to moving here but I don't where they are? SO I am just seating here waiting for them to get home to talk with them. She then asked me. So do you know who your waiting for? "No, I don't." I said.
She looked at me with soft eyes and said "OH babe it will be okay, this is my mom's house she just went to the bank." I will help you bring your things in.
We went in and the house looked so big to me. She then asked if I was hungry? I wasn't but where I am from when someone asks you if your hungry you eat. So I sat down and ate.
It wasn't long tha my auntie came into the door. She looked just like me I thought to myself. She hugged and told me she has been waiting for me. But had to make a quick stop at the bank. And she was sorry for having me wait outside. I was feeling a lot better.
Later that night we sat down to have dinner. She was telling that she travels every weekend. I was happy to hear that. She said that she travels stick games. I wasn't sure what that was but went with it any how. She said to get ready if I wanted to go because she was leaving early in the morning. SO I went to my suit cases and started to pick cloths out. I didn't know where we going? Didn't have any money either. But just decide to get six sets of cloths any how. when morning came she came in to wake up but I was already in the shower getting ready. I got out and started to cook a little something for breakfest. We both ate and on the road we went. I am a really bad car baby. every time I get into the car I get sleepy. So when I woke up we were there. I heard singing and druming. I walked where I counld hear this. And it was under a white tent. There was so many people. Gambling and laughing. I was looking around and my aunting then came up to me and said, are you ready? 'I sure am' I said to her. So she took me by my hand and sat in the second row of a team. I then noticed that in front of me was her son. She handed me a rattle and said to try and sing. SO I just kept listening to the songs and then just started to sing. Didn't want to make a mistake so I didn't want to sing that loud. But my auntie kept pushing me to sing louder. Hours went by and had won a lot of money. Like $300 so I decided to go and look for some food and just take a look around. I saw this girl and decided to talk to her. I thought that she might know how to sing these songs. But she didn't she just learing to she said. So we just walked around. She seem to be nice so I decided to be friends with her.
She all of a sudden wanted me to meet her brother. She kept telling me that he wasn't going with no one. But I told her that I didn't want to. I was okay just trying to deal with my move and needed time. And really I just wanted to me single. Had no time for a man right now. All they want to do is boss women around and hell about nothing. I wasn't wanting none of that. But I needed to go to the store. My auntie was no where to be found. So I went with my new friend to ask if her brother could take me? He looked at me and smiled. Then said to me " You need a ride a baby?" Baby, where did that come from? I didn't even know this guy. I was mad and said nothing. Just stood there for a moment. Then walked back to the tanr hoping to find my auntie once more. Found her and just started to sing and laugh with her. Didn't tell her nothing just thought she would have laughed at me. So I then noticed that he stick gamed to because he was walking by us a lot. I didn't want to look at him. But he then stood right next to me so I moved my chair! He looked at me funny and walked away.
Morning came and my auntie went to sleep. I was just walking around. A girl came up to me and told me that her cousin liked me a lot. Couldn't quit talking about me. I said so what. She then asked if I could do her a favor? He was sleeping in the wroung tent. That tent was for little kids to sleep in. She needed help getting him out. So I said okay I can try to help. I thought she meant lifting him up or something But she then said "whisper something to him". Me what. So I layed right next to his ear and said. "Hey did you want to talk to me? Hey wakeup..." But nothing he was out. So then I said I would try one more time. I shook him and said H E L L O. My name is Audie. His eyes opened and looked right into mine. He words were so soft. "I have been trying to talk with you all night". I told him to come here I had something to whisper in his ear outside the tent. He got right away and said what, what is it? I then looked at him and said your sleeping in some kids tent they just wanted me to wake up! I got to go. He looked at me and said no.
He told me his name was Moon from the Muckleshoot Tribe and wanted to get to know me more. I seemed to be nice to him. He then asked me where I was from? Why has he not seen me before? Who was I with? So I said "The name is Audie as you may know. I am from Colville rez but now living on the Muckleshoot Rez. I here with my auntie. WHY??? He then smiled and said good I live right down the hill from you. Can I take you out for a bite? No thanks I not hungry. I looking for my auntie. I think it is time to go home. have a good one okay. And left it like that.
My auntie found me and we went back to the van, to get ready to go home. She put the key in but it wouldn't turn over. We were stuck or something. I just sat there. wasn't sure what to do. Moon walked over and asked if we were okay? No I told him the key won't start the van. Something is broken. He then went over looked at it and fixed it. He said try now. "WOW there it went. It started." So he said so how about that number? Or can I see you? So I said sure. He said that he knew where I lived. Because he used to stick game with my aunties son. So I left like that and went to sleep. I knew it was going to be a long ride home.
When I got home I decided to take a shower. I got out and there he was waiting in the living room. He looked up at me and smiled. Asked if I want to go to the movies with him?
We now we have a baby. Her name is Alexis and she is 4mo. old. I am still in love with this man named Moon.


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Karl Graf von der Gröben (17 September 1788 – 13 July 1876) was a Prussian general.

Biography
Von der Gröben was born in Schrengen, East Prussia (today Linkowo, Poland) and joined the Prussian Army in 1806. He served under Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq in the Napoleonic war of 1806/07. In 1812 Gröben left the Prussian Army after Prussia had to deploy subsidiary troops in Napoleon's Russian campaign and joined the Imperial Russian Army instead. He took part in the Battles of Lützen and Bautzen and returned to Prussian service, promoted to a Rittmeister in the Prussian General Staff in August 1813. Von der Gröben was wounded throughout the Battle of Dresden and fought in the Battle of Kulm and the Battle of Leipzig. In 1814 Gröben fought at Luxembourg and was again wounded at Gué-à-Trème. In July 1814 he was promoted to a Major and fought in the Battles of Ligny and Waterloo in 1815. He became a lieutenant colonel and served in the Prussian High Command of the Rhine at Koblenz.

In 1817 von der Gröben served in Breslau as Chief of Staff and in 1824 as Chief of Staff of the II Army Corps. In 1829 he became the personal adjutant of the Prussian crown prince, the future Frederick William IV of Prussia and commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade in 1834 and the 14th Division in 1838.

Von der Gröben was promoted to lieutenant general in 1842 and became the general adjutant of Frederick William IV of Prussia in 1843. Throughout the Spring of Nations in March 1848 he commanded the VII Army Corps and fought against the revolutionary forces in Baden in 1849 as the Commanding Officer of the Prussian Army of the Rhine. He was promoted to the rank of General of the Cavalry in 1852.

In 1854 he became a member of the Prussian House of Lords and retired from military service in 1858. He lived on his estate of Neudörfchen near Marienwerder (Kwidzyn), where he died.

Gröben was married to Thusnelda née von Dörnberg and had five sons.

Honours and awards
  Kingdom of Prussia: Pour le Mérite (military), 15 July 1808; with Oak Leaves, July 1849; with Crown, 13 January 1857
 : Commander of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order, 1849

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1788 births
1876 deaths
People from Kętrzyn County
People from East Prussia
Prussian Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
Generals of Cavalry (Prussia)
Members of the Prussian House of Lords
Counts of Germany
Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)


Ask anyone who likes coffee, and they will know about the humble, but reliable French press (aka coffee press or plunger).
There is good reason for this: a beverage with great body and lots of flavour - and it's easy to use. But it does have its issues. We've never met anyone who thinks a mouthful of coffee sediment is a delicious part of the coffee drinking experience.
This isn't its only trick. Temperature is an important part of brewing so, courtesy of a dual wall, heavy duty stainless steel carafe, it keeps your coffee lovely and hot while brewing.


One evening, more than a dozen years ago, I was invited to a life-changing dinner at Osteria Al Vecchio Stallo in Udine, Italy. Read my story "A Culinary Tale of Seduction" at bloggingauthors.com.
My recipe for Baccalà Mantecato has been featured at www.bbaudiology.com as a "healthy hearing recipe." The original version, Baccalà in Bianco, was published in my cookbook Flavors of Friuli: A Culinary Journey through Northeastern Italy.
When I woke up the next morning, I turned on the news to hear reports of another heat wave sweeping Italy, with temperatures climbing once again into the upper 90s. I was glad to be in Carnia, cooled off by the refreshing breezes that swept effortlessly down from the mountaintops. For breakfast, I tried one of the crostate I had bought in Paularo. About three inches in diameter, the tart was made with a shortbread cookie crust and filled with raspberry jam. A thin glaze of gelatin glistened underneath the neatly woven lattice top.
My plan was to take the bus from Piano d'Arta into Tolmezzo for the day, but I had one errand I needed to do first. I wanted a photo of Albergo Ristorante Salon for my book Flavors of Friuli, but it was always too dark by the time I arrived there for dinner in the evening (I didn't have a flash on my old SLR film camera). So I hiked up to the restaurant, where a group of older men sat lounging at the tables outside the entrance. I was relieved not to see the creepy guy who had tried to pick me up the previous night. The sun, however, was still low in the morning sky; the shadow cast across the front of the building meant that I would have to return for my photo later that afternoon.
With plenty of time to catch my bus, I ambled back down the hill to wait at the stop. Within minutes, a car drove by and parked across the street. It was the old sleazeball, stalking me again. He waved, got out of his car, and came to sit next to me on the bench. Had he spotted me at Salon and followed me? Or perhaps one of his cohorts had played the informer? This was starting to freak me out! Though he obviously didn't speak any English—and I tried not to let on that I understood his Italian—he attempted to explain about the previous night, to make sure that I hadn't misunderstood his intentions and that he hadn't offended me. "Va bene," I said, "non c'è problema. Arrivederci." Instead of dropping the issue and moving on, he offered to drive me wherever I was going. Of course, I listened to my instincts and refused. But at the same time, I remembered overhearing him tell someone at dinner the night before that he was going to Tolmezzo today. With my luck, I would run into him there, too! Finally, my bus pulled up, giving me an excuse to flee.
When I arrived in Tolmezzo, I spent a long while wandering around the town center. Most of the shops were located on one main street, and it was here I spent most of my time. I found the arts and crafts galleries especially fun for window shopping. My favorite featured a display of fantastical characters, such as fairies, gnomes, and sbilfs (woodland elves in Carnian folklore). Other stores showcased locally made furniture, jewelry, and textiles. But it was at the bookstore that I felt most at home, browsing through the cookbook section and adding four Friulian cookbooks to my growing collection.
I was excited to see that the restaurant at Albergo Roma had finally reopened. Home to renowned Carnian chef Gianni Cosetti, it had closed for renovations after his death in 2001. But at lunchtime, I was the only guest in the massive banquet hall. With tables around me dressed in yellow and white linens and studded with crystal glasses and elegant china, I felt uncomfortably out of place in my casual shorts and hiking boots. When the menu arrived, I was disappointed not to find any of the traditional dishes that Cosetti was known for—little, in fact, that sounded even remotely Friulian. Apparently, the new chef had made significant changes to the menu. Feeling rather awkward, I tiptoed out before the waitress could return.
To this day, I still feel somewhat ashamed of myself, since the food at Roma was most likely very good. Nevertheless, it was my mission to scope out authentic Friulian cooking. There was not nearly enough time on my trip to visit every restaurant in each town—and therefore very little room for error—so I headed to a place where I knew I would find exactly what I was looking for: Antica Trattoria Cooperativa.
There, I started with the insalata di pere e Montasio, a salad of lightly dressed greens topped with pear slices and a pile of shredded fresh Montasio cheese. I didn't recognize the spice that garnished the dish, but when I inquired, I learned it was, of all things, ground coriander. Next, I ordered the cjarsòns, which came in both savory and sweet varieties. I requested half a serving of each type. The savory cjarsòns were filled with herbs and ricotta, while the sweet ones contained ricotta, raisins, and cocoa. Both were prepared with a rather heavy potato-based dough and served in melted butter.
On the bus back to Piano d'Arta, I breathed a sigh of relief, as it occurred to me that I had managed to avoid running into that obnoxious guy in Tolmezzo. Whew! Before returning to my hotel to rest, I made another trip up to Ristorante Salon. The same group of old men was still sitting outside—and my "friend" had since joined them. Although the courtyard entrance was still somewhat shaded, the sun was in a better position, and I was able to get my photo within minutes. This time, I slipped away without being followed.
Several hours later, I returned to Salon for one final dinner. It was the busiest I had ever seen it there. A large tour group filled an adjacent dining area, everyone seated at one long table. Shortly after I sat down in my usual spot, the proprietor's wife, Fides Salon, took a brief break from her duties in the kitchen to come greet me. We were cut short as the regular guests—all the families, couples, and singles that I had grown accustomed to seeing over the past several evenings—filed in, as if on cue. Being the only server, Matteo began bustling from table to table, rattling off the day's specials. Despite the frenetic pace, he never lost his boyish ebullience.
I couldn't resist ordering the cjarsòns one last time. In contrast to the doughy ones I had for lunch in Tolmezzo, these were prepared with regular pasta dough, delicate enough to allow all the flavors of the dish to shine through. The first element to register on my palate was the undercurrent of sweetness—not rich but rather ethereal from a light touch of sugar and crushed biscotti. Apples, pears, dried fruit, jam, and lemon peel balanced the sugar with just the right amount of tartness. Hints of salty and smoky savoriness peeked through from the butter and ricotta affumicata. Finally, the cinnamon, cocoa, and herbs proffered an exotic complexity of tastes and aromas that lingered on my tongue long after the last bite.
As usual, I ordered a salad to go with my meal. The array of choices on Matteo's rolling cart was beyond compare. In addition to the usual fresh ingredients—greens, radicchio, tomato, shredded carrot—there was always a variety of cooked vegetables as well. This time, I selected a mix of string beans, yellow bell peppers, and tomato. Unexpectedly, Matteo also brought me a small side of purè (mashed potatoes), a complimentary gift from the kitchen.
Even though I was too full for dessert, I remained at my table long after most of the original diners had left. My stalker had finished his dinner and was now sipping an espresso at the bar. Six tables—guests that had arrived much later—were still being served. I was hoping to have one more opportunity to speak with Bepi Salon, so I waited and waited. Finally, when I had a chance to get Matteo's attention, I learned that Bepi had had to leave early. Despite my disappointment, I felt gratified to have had the honor of meeting both Bepi and Fides on this trip.
When I left, the sleazeball was now outside in his usual spot, smoking and chatting with the same cluster of old men. This time, he jumped up and started to follow me on foot! He caught up with me at the base of the hill and asked if I wanted to accompany him to a Latin American dance somewhere in town. This was the third instance he had followed me from the restaurant, and once again, I vehemently declined the offer. Tomorrow I would be leaving for Ravascletto—while I knew I would seriously miss Salon's cjarsòns, I was greatly relieved to get away from this guy once and for all.
For my Recipe-of-the-Month, I have chosen Cuguluf (Chocolate-Marbled Pound Cake). Called "kugelhupf" in German, this cake would make an elegant addition to any holiday brunch. For my recipe, visit Flavors-of-Friuli.com.


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Babies' First Names 2017
List of Detailed Tables
Popular Forenames – Babies' First Names 2008
The Most Popular Names in Scotland, 2007
Occasional Paper No 2: Popular Forenames in Scotland 1900 - 2000
The files below have been made available as Excel spreadsheets and can be viewed in Comma Separated Value (CSV) or Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF).
Tables 1 to 3 (published on 20 December 2016)
Contain the 'provisional' figures for 2016 which were used to produce the publication, which explains (on page 4 and in Note 2 of page 10) that the figures are based on data for births that were registered in the first eleven months (or so) of the year.
Top 100 boys' and girls' first forenames, Scotland, 2016, (provisional) showing changes since 2015
(Excel CSV PDF)
Top 100 boys' and girls' first forenames, Scotland, 2016, (provisional) showing changes since 2015 (in alphabetical order)
Top ten first forenames given, by Scottish council area, 2016 (provisional)
Tables 4, 5 and 6 (published on 14 March 2017)
These tables were produced on 3 March 2017. They contain the final figures for 2016. They cover all births that were registered in 2016, including those whose details arrived too late to be included in the data used to produce the material published on 20 December 2016. Table 6 omits names given to only 1-2 babies of that sex in the specified council area.
Full list of first forenames given, Scotland, 2016 (final) in alphabetical order
Full list of first forenames given, Scotland, 2016 (final) in rank order
Babies' first forenames by council area, 2016


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Tomorrow morning the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation names Chicago Police Officer Timothy Kroski their January Officer of the Month.
On December 27th, a little before 3:30 in the afternoon, a 27-year-old woman was walking in front of her home in the Lakeview neighborhood when a man pointed a gun at her and demanded her wallet and cell phone. The woman gave up her debit card and a gift card she had received earlier that week as a Christmas present.
Although the man demanded the cell phone, she refused to give it up and the man took off with her cards, running north to Belmont and then east toward the CTA Red Line Station. The victim called the police, giving a detailed description of the robber, including that he was wearing a black and red sweatshirt.
At this same time, Officer Kroski and other members of the 19th District were in the area and monitored the description of the robber and figured that he might be headed for the Red Line to escape. Officers Kroski and his partners Officer Caravia and Officer Luthy responded to the robbery call and ran to the Belmont Station to see if he was inside. While Officers Caravia and Luthy took one set of stairs, Officer Kroski took a different set which led him onto the middle of the platform with a train about to depart. Officer Kroski scoured each train car, looking for the robbery offender and as the doors began to close, he spots a man wearing a red and black sweatshirt inside the car. Officer Kroski reached into the car, forcing open the doors and grabbed the robbery offender bringing him back onto the train platform. Officer Caravia and Luthy assisted with the pat down of the suspect, finding a handgun in his waistband. The victim's bank and gift cards were still in the hand of the robber as Officer Kroski pulled him off the train. The robber was brought down to street level and the victim was brought to the train station where she positively identified him as the man who robbed her at gunpoint.
Further investigation revealed that the suspect who just turned 18 had an extensive juvenile record and had been arrested just nine days earlier for carrying a gun on the CTA. It turns out the gun was a replica, but it is likely that this victim could not have made that distinction when she had a gun pointed at her during a robbery.
This highlights the good work done every day by Chicago Police Officers around the city who took more than 9500 guns off the streets in 2018. We are proud to make Officer Timothy Kroski our January Officer of the Month.
On Tuesday, December 11th, we will come together to honor Officer Fernando Soto, a sixth district tactical officer with 8 years on the job, patrolling some of Chicago's most dangerous streets.
On November 20, the day after the Mercy Hospital shooting, while the city was still in shock and mourning three service people, Officer Soto and his partner Officer Luis Escobedo were grieving for one of their brothers in blue. However, they do what cops do, they continue to patrol the streets of Chicago.
On that morning, Officer Soto saw a man walking down the street making movements that were consistent with a man holding a gun. As the officers approached the man in their vehicle, the offender spotted the officers, looked at them, and then quickly looked away hoping the Officers would not question him. The officers passed the offender but continued to observe him as the offender continued his glances at the officers to see if the officers were still watching him. Officer Soto told his partner he thought the offender was carrying a gun and they should put a stop on him.
The officers made a u-turn and Officer Soto got out of the car and called to the offender. The offender took off running in the opposite direction. Officer Soto was right behind him while his partner maneuvered the squad car to head off the offender. Officer Soto saw the offender pull out a gun. The offender shot at Officer Soto who returned fire and the offender fell to the ground. Officer Soto felt that he was hit but still secured the offender's weapon. Officer Soto had the good sense to kneel down onto one knee to reduce the distance to the ground in case he would suddenly collapse from his injury.
Officer Soto told his partner that he had been shot, so his partner examined him and let him know that the bullet had penetrated the vest and was lodged inside of it. Happily, the vest worked and Officer Soto was bruised but safe. It should be noted that a Sergeant who responded to the shooting used his medical kit to apply clotting gauze to the offender's wounds. The gun that was used to shoot Officer Soto was one of nearly 8000 illegal guns taken off the street so far this year. Sadly, each of those guns removed could have ended like this encounter with Officer Soto.
The vest that saved Officer Soto was one he received through the Get Behind the Vest Campaign. His vest is one of over 8000 vests purchased by the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation for Chicago Police Officers. The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation realizes that these vests expire and we are dedicated to keeping our officers safe. We have committed to purchasing an additional 500 vests each year to ensure no officer protects the streets without a vest that won't help protect them.
Every day there are countless officers out there doing a job that many citizens of Chicago do not want to do. These are the men and women who walk into a dark alley or gangway looking for the bad guys, they are the ones who answer our calls for help, and risk their lives without giving it a second thought. Officer Soto is one of those officers and we are proud to make him our Officer of the Month for December presented by Galls.
This morning, at the Chicago Patrolmen's Federal Credit Union, the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation honors Chicago Police Officer Steven Ommundson for saving the lives of 3 Chicago citizens.
On 06 July 2018 at approximately 7:45 pm, Chicago Police Officers Steven Ommundson, Matthew McKenna, Elizabeth Wilson, and Lesley Watkins responded to a Marine Distress call at Loyola Park Beach at 1230 W. Greenleaf. When they arrived, three teenagers told them that they were swimming in the lake and the rip current pulled two of their other friends away from the shore. The officers spotted one of the victims struggling in the water, and Officer Steven Ommundson removed his uniform and gun belt and charged into the water without regard for his own safety.
Officer Wilson also ran into the water to save the victims while their partners, Officers McKenna and Watkins maintained radio contact and summoned additional help from the Marine Unit and Chicago Fire Department. Officer Ommundson, a former Chicago Park District lifeguard swam through the intense eight-foot waves and reached one of the victims, pulling her onto shore and delivering her to paramedics who treated her and eventually transported the 13-year-old girl to St. Francis Hospital where she was listed in fair condition. Officer Ommundson selflessly re-entered the water to search for the second victim and saw that Officer Wilson and another citizen were now trapped on the break wall being pummeled by the waves and in danger of being swept into the lake. Officer Ommundson swam through the water and reached Officer Wilson, preventing her from being swept away by the current. He then helped Officer Wilson to move along the jetty, closer towards the shore, where Fire Personnel entered the water and helped remove Officer Wilson from the lake.
Officer Ommundson re-entered the water for a third time, swimming through the waves and eventually reaching a male citizen who had also attempted to rescue the teenage girls but was now stranded and clinging to the jetty and in fact now naked, as the waves had torn off his clothes. At this point, the CFD responders tossed a life ring to Officer Ommundson, who passed it to the male citizen. With the citizen in tow, Officer Ommundson made his way to the shore, where the exhausted citizen was treated by paramedics. The other teenage victim was spotted floating in the water unresponsive by CPD Marine Officers sometime later that evening. The girl was pulled from the water and taken to St Francis but she succumbed and was pronounced at the hospital.
Officer Ommundson is an example of a Chicago Police Officer who started a life of public service early as a lifeguard and moved into police work. Officer Ommundson was in the first class of Chicago Police Cadets when the program was brought back in 2005. The Cadet program allows young people to work and learn about the police department while in college. Executive Director and retired Superintendent Phil Cline was a Cadet in 1968 and he restarted the Cadet program in 2005. The Cadet program has lapsed but Superintendent Eddie Johnson has brought it back as a way to mentor young folks into a career on the CPD.
Officer Ommundson service continues today as he keeps the streets safe in Chicago's Rogers Park. In a heartbeat, this Officer stripped down to his underwear and swam into danger to save a citizen. We are grateful that the CPD has many Officers like Steven Ommundson who act to save lives without giving it a second thought. Tragically, Lake Michigan took one young girl that evening, but we might have lost three others if not for the actions of Officer Ommundson. We commend him for his bravery, and proudly make him our September Officer of the Month presented by Galls.
This morning, August 14, 2018, the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation honors Chicago Police Lieutenant Antonio Baio and Officers Robert Roth and Agnieszka Broniec. These officers stopped a man who was trying to jump off a bridge onto the Kennedy expressway during rush hour.
On July 16th, Chicago Police Lieutenant Baio was on his way to work when he encountered a disturbance on the Nagle Bridge over the Kennedy expressway on Chicago's northwest side. Lieutenant Baio saw a visibly upset man walking in between cars, along with a CTA bus at a standstill. Baio exited his car to investigate the matter and approached the man asking him what was going on.
The victim told Lieutenant "this isn't going to end well, and it may be a suicide by cop." Baio replied that it's not going to happen in an attempt to defuse the situation. The man jumped on top of a cement wall and scaled a fence in an attempt to jump onto the Kennedy expressway. Lieutenant Baio grabbed on to the waist of the man to prevent him from climbing higher and over the fence. Simultaneously, two officers from the Jefferson Park police district who had just completed their midnight shift and were en route to court saw the disturbance and ran to aid Lieutenant Baio. Officer Robert Roth jumped onto the fence and climbed above the man, pulling the tightly gripped hands off of the chain-link fence to control him and pull him away from danger. Working in tandem, Lieutenant Baio and Officer Roth were able to pull the man from the fence onto the ground where Officer Broniec used her handcuffs to control the man and stop his efforts to hurt himself.
An ambulance arrived and the man was taken to the hospital for treatment. Upon further investigation, it was learned that the man was distraught over a domestic relationship and was determined to harm himself using the CTA bus or jumping from the bridge.
This event highlights that even when off duty, a Chicago Police Officer will step up and jump into action to handle a situation and in this case save a life.
Today, more than ever, an officer's job is not an easy one. These Officers are trained to handle difficult situations, and they must quickly make a determination of the event and act on it. If they weren't there, another family could have lost a loved one. If you ask if they are heroes, they will likely deny they are, and say they are just doing their job, but in this case, they weren't at work, they were two men and woman who saw a situation and took action without concern for their own well-being. It is our honor to make them our August Officers of the Month, presented by Galls.
This morning the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation honors two Chicago Police Sergeants and five Chicago Police Officers who helped save two women from a house fire.
On May 9th, Chicago Police Officers from the 4th district were handling a domestic disturbance near 79th and Muskegon. While typically the Officers are called in to restore peace, sometimes the disturbance can turn ugly and violent. The wrong words or actions can easily send the situation into a dangerous place. That night, this domestic was one with two longtime partners who would not listen to the responding officers. A supervisor was called in to assist. Sergeant Scott Hall responded and even with additional resources, the disagreement raged on until the decision was made to arrest both partners. By this time, additional Officers had responded to help out, including another supervisor, Sergeant Carlos Sanchez. The offenders were placed in squads and all were ready to move to the next assignment when a man ran from his house directly across the street screaming that his wife and daughter were trapped in their home that was now on fire.
Without missing a beat, the officers moved from enforcers of peace to lifesavers. Officer Deonvelle Lamon kicked in the front door and Sergeants Hall and Sanchez went inside screaming for the women to follow their voices. They searched for victims and heard a woman screaming behind a bedroom door. Sergeant Sanchez kicked at the door but it would not open. The dense smoke caused the officers to head outside to catch their breath and regroup.
Additional Officers responded and searched for another entrance to the house. Sergeant Hall and Officers headed to the rear of the building where Lamon kicked in the rear door. Officers Lyle Jandecek, Timothy Griffin and Robert Skrobot followed Hall and Lamon into the rear of the building. The smoke was so thick the Officers had to crawl on their hands and knees to search for the women. Miraculously, Lamon heard a voice and was able to pull the mother to safety.
Meanwhile, Sergeant Sanchez continued to try to bust down the bedroom door but the flames and smoke were intolerable causing them to retreat outside to regroup. They learned from the father that his daughter was wheelchair bound. The Sergeants returned into the burning building a third time to attempt to rescue the daughter. The daughter's bedroom door was engulfed in flames and the officers continued to try to break it down; however, the deadly smoke overtook the Officers and Sergeants forcing them to again leave the building. Officer Yuan made a final attempt to rescue the daughter but he too was quickly overcome by the thick smoke and retreated outside.
At this point, the Chicago Fire Department arrived and the officers led them to where the daughter could be found. The Chicago Fire Department went in and rescued the daughter who was trapped in her bed. The ceiling had collapsed blocking the door which is why the Officers were not able to open it.
The mother and daughter were taken to the hospital. The mother survived, but sadly, weeks later, the daughter succumbed to her severe burns.
Sergeants Hall and Sanchez were transported by ambulance to the University of Chicago Hospital where Sergeant Sanchez was released after some medical treatment. Some of the other Officers were also treated by medical personnel and released; however, Sergeant Scott Hall was hospitalized and suffered permanent injuries to his respiratory system.
"The officers that evening did what many police officers do on every watch in this city -- they come when people ask for help. When these officers and sergeants responded to a call of a domestic disturbance, they never imagined they would be risking their lives to save others in a house fire but it was what their job called for that night," said Phil Cline, Executive Director of the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation.
Today, more than ever, their jobs are not easy ones. These Officers are called to make tough decisions, and on that morning, they worked as a team with one goal to save the mother and daughter. Doing so without concern for their own wellbeing. It is our honor to award these heroes with our appreciation and we proudly make them our July Officers of the Month, presented by Galls.
This morning, the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation honors two Chicago Police Officers for their bravery. On December 6th, 2017, around midnight, Officer Michael Fazy and his partner, Officer Brandon Kirby observed two suspects standing near a gas station at 95th and King Drive. It was near zero degrees that night and the officers, aware of numerous car jackings that had taken place in the area, thought they should question the subjects, finding out why they were standing out in the cold. As they approached the subjects, one subject took off, and Officer Kirby followed him on foot while Officer Fazy followed in the squad car. Officer Kirby broadcast the direction of flight while Officer Fazy drove parallel to him in the car.
The subject crossed numerous streets, heading south, running through yards and jumping fences to escape the officers. Officer Fazy drove south to head him off, exited the car to stop the subject while ordering him to show his hands and stop. The subject turned and ran away, around a garage and into a yard where Officer Kirby saw a weapon in the suspects hand and watched as the subject raised the gun shoulder high and fire directly at him. Officer Kirby saw the muzzle flash and hit the ground to avoid the gunfire. Officer Kirby called in a 10-1, shots fired at the police and returned fire. The subject ran back toward Officer Fazy and fired at him, striking Officer Fazy in the hand and in the upper left shoulder area of his vest. The bullet was lodged in Officer Fazy's vest. Although wounded, Officer Fazy returned fire at the subject who continued to flee.
Additional officers responded to the 10-1 and were able to capture the subject a short distance away from the encounter. The police recovered two guns, a glock .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun with an extended magazine and a revolver. The suspect was a felon with multiple convictions for UUW, theft, fleeing and eluding the police and Possession of a Controlled Substance.
This case reminds us the dangers faced everyday by the men and women who patrol our streets. Officer Kirby will never forget the muzzle flash he saw that morning and Officer Fazy recalls that when he was shot, all he could think about was not seeing his unborn child. We are happy to say that Officer Fazy was able to witness the birth of his firstborn son with his wife in January and his hand is recovering.
For their valiant efforts that morning, we salute these two officers, and we are proud to make them our April Officers of the month.
Established in 2004, the Foundation strengthens the relationship between the Chicago Police, its business and civic leaders, and its citizenry. It allows us to express our gratitude to the fallen Officers' families for the ultimate sacrifice of their loved one. To date, the Foundation has donated more than $9.3 million to family members of Chicago Police officers in need of assistance.
This morning we honor Lieutenant John Garrido who has been with the Chicago Police Department for over 27 years and is presently assigned to the 016th district. For many years John passed a newsstand at the busy intersection of Foster, Milwaukee and Central, watching as it became more and more run down with every passing season. John decided to investigate, learn who it belonged to and the rest of the story behind this newsstand. John found it empty but filled with recent newspapers. He learned that the stand was utilized on Sunday mornings when Mr. Anthony Johnson used the stand to sell the Sunday papers to the community and passing drivers. The stand was an eyesore, needed a new roof, new door, replacement of rotted wood and had no insulation. John also learned Mr. Anthony Johnson was an Air Force Veteran who had fallen on hard times and was now homeless.
John decided to enlist the community to transform the stand to its former glory and in turn, give Mr. Johnson a warmer place to sell the papers during Chicago's harsh winter months. John posted it on FaceBook and the community stepped up with donations to replace the roof, the sides, the door that wouldn't lock and a Police Officer and artist, Peter Buck volunteered his talents to paint murals on each side depicting the community and the man selling the newspapers. Community Business people came out of the woodwork including Tony Marino of Marino Jeep who helped to buy Johnson all new winter attire to help him stay a little warmer during these brutal months. John also established a GoFundMe page with a goal to help Anthony get back on his feet.
That goal has raised over $7,500 to be used to help cover the cost of an apartment for Mr. Johnson.
John serves his community volunteering his time on various councils and even helps out our four legged friends when he established the Garrido Stray Rescue Foundation – an organization that reunites lost dogs with their owners or finds new homes for the abused or abandoned. He has long been a supporter of the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation and produces the Battle of the Bands, an event that showcases bands made up of First Responders with proceeds donated to our foundation and Chicago Fire Department charities.
This morning we honor Lieutenant John Garrido as an example of community service and outreach to make our city just a little bit better, a Chicago Police Officer truly making a difference. It is with great pride that we call Lieutenant John Garrido, our March Officer of the Month.