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Local Restaurant Servers Optimistic Despite Pandemic's Impact
One week ago, the National Restaurant Association sent a letter to Congressional leadership emphasizing that the restaurant industry needs assistance.
According to the letter, "more than 500,000 restaurants of every business type – franchise, chain, and independent – are in economic free fall."
Eighty-seven percent of full-service restaurants (independent, chain, and franchise) report an average 36% drop in sales revenue, according to the survey.
6Smith Server Amanda Arnold and her dog Charlie
And with every restaurant trying to make ends meet, there are dozens of employees impacted.
"Although the restaurant certainly suffered lost revenue, my hours were not impacted during the summer months as 6Smith has a gorgeous lakeside patio and rooftop bar for outdoor dining," said 6Smith server and Wayzata resident Amanda Arnold. "However, as summer came to an end and things moved back to limited indoor dining, my hours were drastically reduced. The combination of restrictions on indoor dining capacity along with a seasonal reduction in business levels (which is to be expected during the fall months at a lakeside restaurant) reduced my hours from a full time forty hour per week schedule to a part time fifteen hour per week schedule."
Arnold moved to Minnesota from Colorado and her job in the service industry is not just a gig, it is a career and a passion.
"I have been in the service industry for almost fifteen years. Not only do I love doing what I do, I am also very good at it," said Arnold. "I have a double major in Accounting and Finance and paid for my Bachelors Degree with the money I made waiting tables. After college, I spent two years as an auditor in public accounting and quickly came to terms with the reality that I was miserable. My return to the service industry was one of the best decisions I made and I am not considering another occupation anytime soon. Furthermore, it took years of hard work to get where I am in this industry, including tenure at the Ritz Carlton in Denver and years working at fine dining establishments in Aspen, Colorado."
Amanda Arnold & Cam Schaefer
Arnold's boyfriend, Cam Schaefer, also works at 6Smith.
"And just as 6smith relies on us to deliver a fantastic experience to our fabulous guests, we rely on 6smith not only for income but for a sense of family and community," said Schaefer. "6smith has been feeding all of its employees and their families throughout the shutdown, via a daily meal available for pickup around lunchtime. It is this spirit which makes me proud to be an employee. 'We are all in this together' – that's our motto this pandemic. "
Despite of the challenges facing the service industry, Schaefer, like Arnold, would not want to work in a different industry.
"Absolutely not," said Schaefer. "Being a career server at a high-end establishment is not something you stumble into. It took years of hard work to get to where I am at."
Unemployment has helped, but it only goes so far.
"I am currently using unemployment," said Arnold. "Although the money I receive is only a small fraction of what I make at 6Smith, it is just enough to pay my bills and feed my family until the restaurant is able to reopen for indoor dining. However, many of my coworkers that have mortgages, car payments, and children are in a more precarious predicament."
Both Arnold and Schaefer understand the health concerns that led to the current restrictions on Minnesota restaurants, but they believe more needs to be done to support the establishments.
"It would be nice if Congress passed a bill to provide stimulus for those in need as state unemployment is not enough for many," said Arnold.
Until then, shop local and support local.
"You have heard it a million times but it couldn't be more true! Support local! Buy gift-cards, order takeout, tip well," said Schaefer.
"Restaurants may be temporarily closed for indoor dining but they are still open for takeout. You can support your local businesses by ordering your favorite food curbside," said Arnold. "If takeout food isn't for you, purchase some gift cards! For every $100 you spend on gift cards at 6Smith you will receive a free $25 gift card for yourself this holiday season. Once we reopen, get excited, make a reservation, and let us do what we do best which is providing an exceptional dining experience."
"I feel lucky and blessed to be where I am," said Schaefer. "I live here in Wayzata, a town that I have come to adore, with my beautiful girlfriend Amanda and her doodle Charlie. I ride my bike to work every day, along Minnetonka's glistening shores. I work outside almost every day all summer and get to connect with so many of you. I couldn't be prouder of the way you are all handling this pandemic! In spite of everything you all come to our restaurant in great spirits and share your wonderful energy with all of us. Minnesota you are fabulous and thank you for taking care of us! People helping people, it's a beautiful thing."
Gov. Unveils Tougher COVID-19 Restrictions: Bars & Restaurants, Health Clubs, Youth Sports Impacted
On Wednesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced new restrictions due to the increasingly alarming spread of COVID-19.
Walz announced that there will no longer be indoor service at bars and restaurants effective Friday at midnight.
Other restrictions include:
Social gatherings outside of the household prohibited.
Health clubs will be closed to the public.
Youth sports prohibited.
Entertainment venues like bowling alleys will be closed to the public.
Wedding receptions and life celebrations are on hold.
Out-of-state travel is discouraged.
The new executive order is set to last until Dec. 18.
Below is a portion of the executive order. You can read it in its entirety here:
https://mn.gov/governor/assets/EO%2020-99%20Final%20%28002%29_tcm1055-454239.pdf
Social gatherings prohibited.
Except as specifically permitted in this Executive Order, social gatherings are prohibited. Social gatherings are groups of individuals, who are not members of the same household, congregated together for a common or coordinated social, community, or leisure purpose—even if social distancing can be maintained. This prohibition includes indoor and outdoor gatherings, planned and spontaneous gatherings, and public and private gatherings. Organizers of prohibited social gatherings may be subject to appropriate enforcement action by city, county, and/or state authorities pursuant to paragraph 10 of this Executive Order.
Certain Places of Public Accommodation Closed to Members of the Public.
The following Places of Public Accommodation are closed to members of the public as set forth below. "Members of the public" means people who are not workers affiliated with the Place of Public Accommodation. A. Restaurants, food courts, cafes, coffeehouses, bars, taverns, breweries, microbreweries, distilleries, brewer taprooms, micro distiller cocktail rooms, tasting rooms, wineries, cideries, clubhouses, dining clubs, tobacco product shops, hookah bars, cigar bars, vaping lounges, and other Places of Public Accommodation offering food, beverages (including alcoholic beverages), or tobacco products for on-premises consumption are closed to ingress, egress, use, and occupancy by members of the public, except as set forth below.
The above establishments may, and are encouraged to, offer food and beverage using delivery services, window service, walk-up service, drive-through service, or drive-up service. In offering food or beverage service under this paragraph, a Place of Public Accommodation may permit up to five members of the public at one time in the place of public accommodation for the purpose of picking up their food or beverage orders.
Organized Youth Sports.
Organized Youth Sports organizations and programs must stop all in-person activities—including practices, group workouts, games, and tournaments. i. "Organized Youth Sports" means any sports activity, where participants are children or adolescents, organized by an entity, association, club, or organization providing for registration of participants and oversight on a regular basis for a defined period of time. Sports activities within this definition include all sports offered by schools (public and nonpublic), the Minnesota State High School League, or similar organizations, as well as dance, cheerleading, and other sports traditionally offered by supplemental associations or organizations.
Celebrations and receptions.
Individuals, venues, and businesses must not host celebrations, receptions, private parties, or other social gatherings, including but not limited to those connected to weddings, funerals, life milestones (such as birthdays or retirements), family reunions, planned religious services, and other similar occasions.
Wayzata Teen Battles Severe COVID Complications
Wayzata is a terrific community. If you need a reminder, just ask Wayzata resident Sarah Winston.
Ella Winston, Courtesy GoFundMe
Her 17-year-old daughter Ella, a senior at Wayzata High School, contracted COVID-19. At first blush, knowing the disease is worse for older folks and those with underlying health conditions, you'd think Ella, a young, healthy person would have no problem. But this was not the case.
"She is a healthy, student athlete who has a zest for life and loves to dance," said Sarah Winston. "She is sweet, kind, caring, thoughtful, loving, funny, driven, and hardworking, to name a few."
Sarah and Ella Winston, Courtesy GoFundMe
Ella tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday Oct. 30. She was later admitted to Children's Hospital in Minneapolis two days later.
The next morning, she was moved to ICU because of major complications she had fighting the disease.
Initially, she had a severe cough, sore throat, vomiting, chest pain and a temperature of 104.5 degrees.
Doctors quickly identified that she also had kidney failure.
On Day 5 in ICU, as if Sarah Winston didn't have enough on her mind, she found out that insurance was not going to cover her daughter's hospitalization. You see, Sarah is a single mom of three children.
Despite Sarah, initial resistance, a good friend, Jen Rasmussen, had an idea. She suggested they start a GoFundMe page to help raise the necessary funds to cover Ella's medical expenses.
Meanwhile, doctor's worked to stabilize Ella's blood pressure – it was too low after battling COVID and an infection. Fortunately, as her blood pressure went up, her temperature was going down.
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, the Winstons learned Ella had a bacterial staph infection. Ella was fighting multiple fronts. Ella was also put on oxygen because those levels were too low.
Although she had severe mouth and throat pain, her blood pressure and oxygen levels stabilized and it seemed like her body was better able to fight the infection with the help of antibiotics.
As Ella fought, her mother was right there with her, sleeping at the hospital, not leaving her side. As Sarah prayed for her daughter's recovery, she reminded Ella that she was not alone.
"I've prayed every night, as I know others have, (she has an army of prayer warriors) that she heals and gets better with each new day," said Winston. "I have also prayed each night that no one else has to go through the awful suffering that she has."
Unfortunately, Ella has been diagnosed with myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart, but she is steadily improving. Just another obstacle for her to overcome.
She has Facetimed her friends – a sure sign this teen is feeling a bit better.
Her message to other parents is to follow the CDC guidelines and keep their children home after being exposed by someone who tested positive. She believes things would be different if proper precautions were taken.
"My own daughter would not have been exposed and she would not have ended up in the ICU with COVID turned to pneumonia, heart failure, kidney failure, liver distress, along with a staph bacterial infection, just to name a few issues she's dealing with. I don't wish this onto anyone."
Back to the GoFundMe page that Rasmussen convinced Sarah Winston to do. Within two days of launching, the fundraiser had totaled more than $100,000 out of a $150,000 goal. And we're not talking about a handful of big donations, this was truly grass roots. To date, there were roughly 2,000 separate donations with only a handful over the $1,000 mark.
"Overwhelming, to put it lightly," said Winston. "We feel beyond blessed and thankful for the outpouring of love, prayers and well wishes."
It doesn't necessarily take a horrific situation like the one the Winston's are enduring to remind us how great the Wayzata community is. But a situation like this does a great job of shining a light on that fact.
You can find out more about the GoFundMe fundraiser for Ella here.
Wayzata Schools To Present Hybrid Learning Plan To School Board
In a letter to Wayzata Public Schools families and staff, Superintendent Chace Anderson announced that the school district will present a hybrid learning plan to school board members next week.
Below is the text the school district sent out in an email Thursday afternoon.
Dear WPS Families and Staff,
I am pleased to share Wayzata Learns—A flexible plan for the 2020-21 school year. Safe learning is at the heart of our planning for the 2020-21 school year. One thing the virus is teaching us all is to be flexible. This plan reflects that flexibility, preparing us for the possibility of in-person learning and the necessity of distance learning as the year progresses.
Based on the current trends of COVID-19 in our community, we are proposing to practice safety by beginning the year with hybrid learning. Our Wayzata Distance Choice scenario is an option for families who are not comfortable with hybrid or in-person learning.
The Wayzata Learns plan is being presented to the Wayzata School Board at a Work Session today at 4 p.m. A link to the meeting can be found on our online District Calendar.
Please share your feedback by completing the survey that can be found in the Wayzata Learns plan no later than noon on Saturday, August 8. The Board is planning to take action on a recommendation at its August 10 regular meeting at 7 p.m.
Thank you again for your continued support, patience and understanding as we do our very best to plan for the 2020-21 school year.
Chace B. Anderson
Gov. Tim Walz announced last week that individual Minnesota public school districts will determine their own instruction plans for the upcoming school year as a part of the Safe Learning Plan.
COVID-19 cases in each school district will impact how school districts determine the plan for fall.
Gov. Tim Walz at news conference July 30, 2020
The State of Minnesota recommends the following learning models according to the number of COVID-19 cases.
These are recommendations that are given to the individual school districts to help determine what is best for their students and staff.
There were basically three options on the table: 1.) Students return to class full time, 2.) Students return to class part time and do distance learning part time, 3.) Students do only distance learning.
According to a recent survey of families done by the Wayzata school district, more than half of parents interviewed were either very comfortable or comfortable with in-person instruction.
Meanwhile, more than half of school district staff stated they were very comfortable or comfortable in returning to their school/work location this fall according to a school district survey.
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Back To School: What Will It Look Like For Wayzata School District?
No doubt, the biggest question on the minds of Minnesota parents is whether public schools will open back up in the fall.
The state should be releasing guidelines soon. Those guidelines will need to be followed by the school.
There are three options: 1.) Students return to class fulltime, 2.) Students return to class part time and do distance learning part time, 3.) Students do only distance learning.
"The best scenario is what is in the best interest of our students, families and staff," said Wayzata School District Superintendent Chace Anderson. "The pandemic is an ever-changing situation and what may be a preference today can change tomorrow. We are learning right now from other schools across the country that are opening and others that will remain closed. We will be prepared for all of the scenarios in the event one or all of them need to be implemented."
Kim Anderson and family live in Wayzata
This past spring parents needed to quickly switch gears as their students adapted to distance learning.
"We probably were thriving at it three days in total and the rest of the time, simply surviving it," said Kim Anderson, Wayzata resident and mother of three students in the Wayzata School District.
Anderson said she, her husband and kids were committed to sticking with the online program.
Anderson family e-learning chart
"When things were starting to go off the rails, we stopped and took a break, went outside, rode bikes, got some fresh air," said Anderson. "I knew in the back of my mind that we were in it for the long haul and I wasn't willing to fight and get frustrated over getting it done when I knew how hard this was on them and us."
Wayzata Public Schools Superintendent Chace Anderson
"We learned a lot from our distance learning last year and believe we will be even better capable to continue distance learning if needed this year," said Chace Anderson. "As for in-person learning, we have been working throughout the summer with our staff to make sure we will have the safest environment for learning given the circumstances. A team of 40 staff from across the district are in the midst of planning for each of the scenarios that may be directed by the state and will be sharing more information with families and staff in early August."
"Parents in the district have been reaching out to me, to other school board members, to principals and to the superintendent, in a variety of combinations, to articulate their hopes and concerns for the upcoming school year," said Wayzata Public Schools Board Member Seanne Falconer. "These parent communications have been invaluable in bringing to light nuanced issues and offering novel solutions and I really appreciate that they've connected with me. I've kept a log of them as well as passed them all on to Dr. Anderson and his team who are building out the plans for every possible learning scenario."
Wayzata Public Schools Board Member Seanne Falconer
"As a working parent of two young grade-schoolers, I've heard from many parents who are in my family's exact same situation who offered very different ideas of what the district should do," said Falconer. "But all of the communications I've received shared the same urgency and concern for their kids' physical and emotional health, academic progress and access to the teachers and paraprofessionals that their kids rely on for their Wayzata education."
"I believe a hybrid is probably the best, most reasonable and realistic approach," said Kim Anderson.
"I believe in the risks and seriousness of COVID-19, so the idea of continuing to send my kids into an environment where they could catch it, bring it home and/or infect family members weighs on my mind and heart. But I balance that against their emotional, mental, and physical well-being and believe that some (if not all) in-person learning will be better for them, than staying at home."
Wayzata Public Schools recently completed a survey that showed most parents prefer to have their children in school. The survey said that parents want this to be done in a safe manner.
"The challenge is how to accomplish that, which is what we are working on," said Chace Anderson. "Our mission is to teach each and every student as safely as possible considering this global pandemic. "
Kim Anderson worries about her children getting sick and about the safety of teachers, friends and extended family members. But she acknowledges there is a balance between physical and mental health.
"I go back to the data, the general likelihood of mild symptoms in most people, especially children and weigh that against the overall emotional, physical and mental well-being of them being back at school," said Kim Anderson.
Another survey found that most of the schools' staff are comfortable with returning.
"We are experiencing something that we have never experienced before, that alone is enough to create concern," said Chace Anderson. "We have dedicated professionals who believe in what they do, believe in their students and believe in our community and will be there with them every step of the way however learning may look in the fall."
"I just want to thank all the teachers and staff of Wayzata Schools for all they did during the very difficult distance learning period of last school year," said Kim Anderson. "And what they are continuing to do to evaluate the right, smartest and safest options for moving foward in the coming school year, in light of the ongoing pandemic. There was always updated and sufficient communication from the district, our teachers and staff at Gleason Lake were incredible."
City Of Wayzata Mulls Mask Mandate
There is talk about a statewide mask mandate, but so far, Gov. Tim Walz has not issued the order.
Several cities throughout the Twin Cities are not waiting and are implementing their own mask mandates in order to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Excelsior and Minnetonka are two of those cities.
The City of Wayzata is considering one too.
"It is ultimately a decision that the Mayor and Council would have to approve," said City Manager Jeff Dahl. "The item will be on the agenda on Tuesday's meeting. They have asked us to get more information regarding: what other cities are doing and why, what do Wayzata business want, how would we enforce."
Minnetonka's order specifically requires masks indoors. It takes effect Thursday, July 23.
Here's a link to Minnetonka's mandate.
Excelsior's order is currently in effect. It requires face covering in indoor areas accessible to the public including restaurants, retail stores, spaces of public accommodation, entertainment venues and common spaces in multi-family residential and multi-tenant office buildings.
Here's a link to Excelsior's requirements.
The Hotel Landing Riding Out COVID-19 Storm, Wayzata Residents Reconsider Overseas Trips
The COVID-19 pandemic has been incredibly challenging for the staff of Wayzata's The Hotel Landing, restaurant ninetwentyfive and Läka Spa.
"Like most all hotels in the state, and the country for that matter, we were faced with unfathomable declines in demand and revenues," said The Hotel Landing Area Director of Sales & Marketing Diane Reardon. "That coupled with the concerns for the health and safety of our staff, guests and communities created challenges we couldn't have dreamed possible back in February."
There have been more than 24,000 direct hotel-related jobs lost in Minnesota due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Like hotels across the country, the significant impact of the pandemic put us in the heartbreaking situation of having to furlough many of our employees and eliminate positions," said Reardon. "Since the outset of the pandemic, we have worked diligently to support our team even while they have been out of work. We, along with our management company Sage Hospitality Group, launched an associate relief fund that allowed us to provide our out-of-work associates with care packages of food and other necessary household items."
Travel spending in Minnesota year-to-date is down 83% as of the week ending May 23 according to the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA).
"Initially, we of course saw a huge decline in every kind of travel and business at our hotel," said Reardon. "Currently, we are seeing pickup in leisure travel, as there is pent up demand for people who want to get out of the house after being cooped up for weeks on end. We're seeing that a lot of this demand is coming from the local and regional area."
The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) says in May, the number of passengers being screened at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is down more than 90 percent compared to the same period a year ago.
There were 501 daily departures in May 2019 compared to just 124 in May 2020.
Jim & Judy Betty of Wayzata
Judy and Jim Betty of Wayzata booked a cruise for mid-September along the Danube River in Europe.
"During early March, British Airways cancelled our flight and rebooked us on a much less direct route," said Jim Betty. "At that point, I contacted them and they were most happy to refund the cost of the flight."
Betty said uncertain conditions regarding international travel at this time was a factor in deciding to cancel the trip.
"Will the cruise even operate? Will we be quarantined upon arrival and what actual flights will be offered by fall?," said Jim Betty.
Fortunately, the Bettys have someone in their corner to help with cancelling the trip.
"We have worked with the same travel agent for at least 20 years, she is our advocate in all those issues, and any refunds that the trip operators offer will be returned to us," said Jim Betty. "It is a good decision to use a competent travel agent."
Restrictions On Wayzata Bars, Restaurants Loosened This Week
On Wednesday, June 10, restaurants can begin offering indoor dining while maintaining social distancing, requiring reservations, and seating no more than 50 percent occupancy.
Grocer's Table Patio
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Meanwhile, gyms, personal fitness and yoga studios, and martial arts may open at 25 percent capacity.
Indoor entertainment venues, such as theaters and concert halls, can open at 25 percent capacity.
Recreational indoor entertainment venues, such as bowling alleys, arcades, and museums may open at 25 percent capacity.
Personal services, such as salons, tattoo parlors, and barbershops, may increase occupancy rates to 50 percent while requiring reservations.
Outdoor entertainment venues, such as sporting events, concerts, and theaters may open at 25 percent capacity.
Places of worship can increase occupancy rates to 50 percent.
Indoor social gatherings can take place with 10 people or less; outdoor social gatherings can take place with 25 people or less.
"Thanks to your dedication, we are now in a position to carefully turn the dial toward reopening society," Gov. Tim Walz said. "As we move forward, it is more important than ever that we each do our part as we trust and rely on each other to keep our state safe."
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Special City Council Meeting Friday Regarding Restaurant Patio Permits
The City of Wayzata will hold a special City Council meeting Friday, May 29 at 7:30 a.m.
The council will consider the adoption of an emergency ordinance granting the City Manager authority to review applications and issue permits for temporary outdoor patios.
Here's a link to the meeting's agenda.
This is in response to Gov. Tim Walz's "Stay Safe" Executive Order which allows restaurants to open for dining on June 1 under the following main conditions:
Outdoor sit-down dining only
Patrons must make reservations;
The restaurant must create a COVID-19 Preparedness Plan; and
Seating area may not hold more than 50 people.
This meeting will be held remotely using video conferencing platform Zoom.
Members of the public may listen but comments will not be accepted at the meeting.
Members of the public may submit comments or questions about items on the agenda in advance by emailing PublicComment@wayzata.org.
The meeting is available for members of the public to listen via phone by calling 3126266799 and enter Zoom Meeting ID 983 5880 3309.
Staff recommends approval adoption of the emergency ordinance.
Given the circumstances due to COVID-19, staff does not propose charging a fee for these permits.
The City Attorney has drafted the attached draft Ordinance which would authorize the City Manager, through staff, to approve Temporary Outdoor Patio Permit Applications which, under normal circumstances, may not be allowed by code, or at a minimum, need Council approval.
Civic Engagement Has Never Been Easier
COVID-19 has turned everything upside down.
It has changed the way we do virtually everything.
We view most of these changes as inconveniences – or worse.
But one change might be a tremendous opportunity.
It has never been easier to participate in local government.
The Wayzata City Council will host a workshop and city council meeting Tuesday, April 7 via video conference.
The workshop is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. The city council meeting is scheduled at 7 p.m.
You can participate from the safety of your own home. There's no excuse not to be dialed in and have your voice heard.
Of course, the video conference method is a precaution due to the concern about the spread of COVID-19.
Members of the public may submit comments or questions about items on the agendas in advance by various means:
Email – PublicComment@wayzata.org
Call – City staff at (952) 404-5300
Mail – Wayzata City Hall 600 Rice Street East, Wayzata, MN 55391 (Attn: Public Comments)
The meeting is available for members of the public to listen via phone by calling 312.626.6799 and entering Zoom Meeting ID 267 452 146.
You can review the city council workshop agenda here.
The city council meeting is slightly different because you can actually watch on Channel 8, WCTV and stream it on the city's website at wayzata.org.
Members of the public may submit comments or questions about items on the agendas in advance by various means (see above).
To speak during the Public Forum and/or Public Hearing portions of the city council meeting, you may call 312.626.6799, enter Zoom Meeting ID 197 594 897, and press *9 to speak.
You will be placed on hold and muted until you have been recognized and invited to speak.
You can review the city council meeting agenda here.
Well, there you have it, there's really no reason not to take part in some fashion.
Civic participation is the backbone of a democracy.
You don't even need to get off your couch!


Welcome to this presentation of the life and work of the artist Lillian Delevoryas. Her series of works on Mary Magdalene and Expulsion from Paradise, completed in the final years of her life, are given special prominence here while a permanent and public exhibition space is found for them.
Lillian mastered many techniques, media and styles in her long and productive career, from oils to pastels and watercolours, from painting to appliqué and collage, and from landscapes to still-life, interiors and iconography. Having thoroughly explored a style, subject or medium, she would then move to another until finally, in her final series, she seemed to combine elements from all her preceding work.
Prints of many of her works are available, please enquire. A small exhibition of her later work may be found at St Margaret's chapel, Glastonbury, England.


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Chris Pratt delights patients at Children's Hospital Los Angeles with a surprise appearance
Chris Pratt doesn't just play a hero on the big screen – he took his goodwill to the hospital to surprise young fans!
With Guardians of the Galaxy's opening weekend box office numbers breaking records, the 35-year-old comic actor dressed up as his character, Star Lord, and popped by Children's Hospital Los Angeles on Wednesday (Aug. 20).
While there, Chris presented a screening of the action-packed film, based on a Marvel comic of the same name. He also made rounds, stopping at the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, the Children's Centre for Cancer and Blood Diseases, and the Pediatric ICU, where patients were too sick to attend the screening.
The Parks and Recreation star also shared some quality time with a young boy named Dylan Prunty, who was reportedly such a fan of The Lego Moviethat he immediately recognized Chris' voice.
The duo spent 10 minutes just reciting lines, which Dylan had committed to memory.
Chris, who is married to funny-lady Anna Faris, handed out movie swag and mugged for photographs with eager fans. He also brought in costumes that the children could wear for photo opportunities.
The hospital said in a tweet, "Star Lord (@prattprattpratt) cheered up our patients by sharing #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy! Thanks for making them smile!"
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BEDINI'S FREE ENERGY GENERATOR
Bedini's demonstration was followed by Jim Watson, a research scientist living in Colorado Springs.Watson presented two working devices similar to John Bedini's. The smaller device was running during Watson's entire presentation and the audience could verify that the battery was being recharged constantly. The larger device, which weighed 800 pounds, was demonstrated only for 10 minutes due to practical reasons. During this time a constant load of 12kw could be withdrawn from the device. The device itself was powered by two 12v car batteries.
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Imagine having a small D.C. electrical motor sitting on your laboratory bench powered by a common 12 volt battery. Imagine starting with a fully charged battery and connecting it to the motor with no other power input. Obviously, the motor is going to run off the battery, but by conventional thinking it will stop when the battery runs down.
Impossible, you say. Not at all. That's precisely what I have done and the motor is running now in my workshop.
It isn't running by the conventional wisdom of electrical physics. It isn't running by the conventional rules of electric motors and generators, but it is running.
It isn't something complex. It is pretty simple, once one gets the hang of the basic idea.
It is running off the principles of electromagnetics that Nikola Tesla discovered shortly before 1900 in his Colorado Springs experiments. It is running off the fact that empty vacuum - pure "emptiness", so to speak - is filled with rivers and oceans of seething energy, just as Nikola Tesla pointed out.
It is running off the fact that vacuum space-time itself is nothing but pure massless charge. That is, vcuum has a very high electrostatic scalar potential - it is greatly stressed. To usefully tap the enormous locked-in energy of that stress, all one has to do is crack it sharply and tap the vacuum oscillations that result. The best way to do that is to hit something resonant that is imbedded in the vacuum, then tap the resonant stress of the ringing of the vacuum itself
In other words, we can ring something at its resonant frequency and, if that something is imbedded in the vacuum, we can tap off the resonance in vacuum stress, without tapping energy directly from the embedded system we rang into oscillation, So what we really need is something that is deeply imbedded in the vacuum, that is, something that can translate "vacuum" movement to "mass" movement.
Well, all charged particles and ions are already imbedded in the vacuum by their charged fluxes, so stressed oscillations - that is, vacuum oscillations - can be converted into normal energy of mass movement by charged particles or ions, if the system of charged particles or ions is made to resonate in phase with our tapping "potential". For our purpose, let's use a system of ions.
First we will need a big accumulator to hold a lot of the charged ions in the system that we wish to shock into oscillation. We need something that has a big capacitance and also contains a lot of ions.
An ordinary battery filled with electrolyte fits the bill nicely. While it is not commonly known, ordinary lead-acid storage batteries have a resonant ionic frequency, usually in the range of from 1-6 MHz. All we have to do is shock-oscillate the ions in the electrolyte at their resonant frequency and time our "trigger"potential and "siphon" current correctly. Then if we keep adding potential to trigger the system we can get all that "potential" to translate into "free electrical energy".
Look at it this way. Conventionally "electrostatic scalar potential" is composed of work or energy per column of charged particle mass. So if we add potential alone, without the mass flow, to a system of oscillating charged particles, we add "physical energy" in the entire charged particle system. In other words, the "potential" we add is converted directly into "ordinary energy" by the imbedded ions in the system. If we are clever we don't have to furnish any pushing energy to move pure potential around. (For proof that this is possible, see Bearden's "Toward a New Electromagnetics; Part IV; Vectors and Mechanisms Clarified", Tesla Book Co,, 1983, Slide 19, page 43, and the accompanying write-up, pages 10,11. Also see Y. Aharonov and V. Bohm, "Significance of Electromagnetic Potentials in the Quantum Theory", "Physical Review", Second Series, Vol. 115, No. 3, Aug 1, 1959, pages 485-491. On page 490 you will find that it's possible to have a field-free region of space, and still have the potential determine the physical properties of the system.)
Now this "free energy resonant coupling" can be done in a simple, cheap system. You don't need big cyclotrons and huge laboratories to do it; you can do it with ordinary D.C. motors, batteries, controllers and trigger circuits.
And that's exactly what I have done. It's real. It works. It is running now on my laboratory bench in prototype form.
But that's not all. I am also a humanitarian. I am concerned for that little old widow lady at the end of the lane, stretching her meager Social Security check as far as she can, shivering in the cold winter and not daring to turn up her furnace because she can't afford the frightful utility bills.
That's simply got to change and I may well be the fellow who changes it. By openly releasing my work in this paper, I am providing enough information for all the tinkerers and independent inventors around the world to have at it. If I can get a thousand of them to duplicate my device, it simply can't be suppressed as so many others have been.
So here it is. I have deliberately written my paper for the tinkerer and experimenter, not for the scientist. You must be careful, for the device is a little tricky to adjust in and synchronize all the resonances. You'll have to fiddle with it, but it will work. Keep at it.
Also, we warn you not to play with this unless you know what you are doing. The resonating battery electrolyte produces hydrogen, and if you hit it too hard with a "voltage spike" you can get an electrical spark inside the battery. If that happens, the battery will explode, so don't mess with it unless you are qualified and use the utmost caution.
But it does work. So all you experimenters and pioneers, now's your chance. Have at it. Build it. Tinker with it. Fiddle it into resonant operation. Then let's build this thing in quantity, sell it widely, and get those home utilities down to where we can all afford them - including the shivering little old lady at the end of the lane.
And when we do, let's give men like me the credit and appreciation they so richly deserve.
The Institute Of Electrical And Electronics Engineers, Inc
John C Bedini has constructed a laboratory model of a machine in which output energy exceeds input. It consists of a lead-acid battery which powers a small DC motor, which turns a magneto-like dynamo, which provides output energy to an electronics package, which in turn feeds timed (sclar?) pulses back to the battery terminals for recharging. As a demonstration, Bedini then removes the good battery and sequentially inserts fully discharged, dead batteries. Each of the dead batteries eventually receives a full charge. Stated differently, He starts with one good battery and four discharged batteries. At the end of the demonstration all five batteries are fully charged. This author has personally visited Bedini's lab many times , in company with technicians and professors of Physics and Electrical Engineering. None of us has been able to fault Bedini's findings. Each of my professorial friends, however, has requested that their names not be used for attribution, the inference being that their respective universities would not be understanding of heretical concepts.
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State of the Climate 2019: Strong wake-up call on ocean heat and oxygen
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Madrid, 3 of December - In the framework of the 25th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP25), the World Meteorological Organization launched its annual report on the State of Climate. This Report was produced with key contributions from UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, via the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON) and The Global Ocean Oxygen Network (GO2NE).
Key take-away: 2019 concludes a decade of exceptional global heat and high-impact weather and the Ocean - which acts as a buffer by absorbing heat and carbon dioxide - is paying a heavy price.
The year 2019 concludes a decade of exceptional global heat, retreating ice and record sea levels driven by greenhouse gases from human activities. Average temperatures for the five-year (2015-2019) and ten-year (2010-2019) periods are almost certain to be the highest on record. 2019 is on course to be the second or third warmest year on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization.To date, oceans have been highly impacted by this tendency. Climate change raises ocean temperature, alters ocean circulation, reduces sea-ice extent and thickness, changes salinity, and leads to ocean acidification, sea level rise and changes in extreme weather events.
Some highlights from the Report:
Acceleration of global mean sea level rise
Sea level has increased throughout the satellite altimeter record, but the rate has increased over that time, due partly to melting of ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica. In October 2019, the global mean sea level reached its highest value since the beginning of the high-precision altimetry record (January 1993).
Ocean heat
More than 90% of the excess energy accumulating in the climate system as a result of increased concentrations of greenhouse gases goes into the ocean. In 2019, ocean heat content in the upper 700m (in a series starting in the 1950s) and upper 2000m (in a series starting in 2005) continued at record or near-record levels, with the average for the year so far exceeding the previous record highs set in 2018.
Satellite retrievals of sea-surface temperature can be used to monitor marine heatwaves. So far in 2019, the ocean has on average experienced around 1.5 months of unusually warm temperatures. More of the ocean had a marine heatwave classified as "Strong" (38%) than "Moderate" (28%). In the north-east Pacific, large areas reached a marine heatwave category of "Severe".
Continued ocean acidification
In the decade 2009-2018, the ocean absorbed around 22% of the annual emissions of CO2, which helps to attenuate climate change. However, increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations affect the chemistry of the ocean.
Ocean observations have shown a decrease in the average global surface ocean pH at a rate of 0.017–0.027 pH units per decade since the late 1980s, as reported in the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, which is equivalent to an increase in acidity of 26% since the beginning of the industrial revolution.
Deoxygenation
Observations and numerical models indicate that oxygen is declining in the modern open and coastal oceans, including estuaries and semi-enclosed seas. Since the middle of the last century, there has been an estimated 1%–2% decrease (that is, 2.4–4.8 Pmol or 77 billion–145 billion tons) in the global ocean oxygen inventory.
The projected expansion of the pre-industrial area of oxygen minima (< 80 µmol kg-1) by 7% through 2100 is expected to alter the diversity, composition, abundance, and distribution of marine life . New studies further identified deoxygenation alongside ocean warming and ocean acidification as a major threat to ocean ecosystems and human well-being. Even coral reefs are now recognized as vulnerable to major oxygen loss .
Decline of sea ice
The continued long term decline of Arctic Sea Ice was confirmed in 2019. The September monthly average extent (usually the lowest of the year) was the third lowest on record with the daily minimum extent tied for second lowest until 2016, Antarctic sea ice extent had shown a small long-term increase. In late 2016 this was interrupted by a sudden drop in extent to extreme values. Since then, Antarctic sea-ice extent has remained at relatively low levels.
With the insight of the previous Global Climate Indicators, the need for climate adaptation, informed by science, is now more urgent than ever. Since 1960, UNESCO's IOC has conducted ocean observation activities that researchers and scientists rely on to measure and predict the major challenges facing the health of our ocean and planet.
For more details, please contact:
Salvatore Arico (s.arico@unesco.org)
Addressing Climate Change, One Planet, One Ocean, Preserving the Ocean
Official IOC Website
IOC & Ocean Acidification
IOC & Ocean Deoxygenation
Sustainable Development Goals and the Ocean
United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)
Global Ocean Science Report


A reminder that St Nicholas himself will be opening the Friends of St Mary's Christmas Food Fayre at St Mary's Church at noon on Saturday 9th December.
Come along to buy from a great selection of tasty delights e.g. cakes, puddings, mince pies, biscuits, chutneys and much more. There will also be the chance to buy spring bulbs potted up ready to flower, candles, decorations, cards, gift wrap and more. Most of the produce will have been made by people from the village.
Children will find lots of things to do, including a St Nicholas Lucky dip, and the grown ups won't miss out as they can treat themselves on the Christmas present tombola!
There will be hot dogs and pizza on sale too.
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Speed dating tailor made for… "ethnics"!
"Neos Kosmos" speaks with the manager of a newly established business that helps members of ethnic communities in Melbourne find an ideal companion.
A few weeks ago, my usual browsing of the web for news about the Greek community in Australia led me to an article titled "6 Ideal Places to Meet Greek Singles in Melbourne".
The article was between similar posts with advice on how to approach Asians, Indians and Italians in the city.
These mini guides for flirting with different cultures piqued my curiosity to the extent that I ended up communicating with the site's manager, Ms Roshi Kalpa.
Ms Kalpa is the face behind Perfect Puzzle Dating Services, a start-up business that resembles… a modern matchmaking.
Main service offered: The organizing of speed dating events exclusively for members of Melbourne's ethnic communities seeking a match with the same cultural backgrounds.
The idea for the project emerged, she explains, from her own personal experience and her partners'.
"We are a small group of people belonging to minority groups. The reason we started this business is that we have faced the same problems as singles of ethnic communities that we want to help," she says, adding that this has led them to identify a gap in the dating services market.
Having been born in Asia and raised in Africa and Great Britain, where she completed her studies in Economics, Ms Kalpa undoubtedly had a close encounter with several cultures before moving to Australia eight years ago.
Without a second thought, she states, however, there is no place like Melbourne in terms of representing different cultures.
"Melbourne is the definition of multiculturalism, so many people arrive even today as immigrants, while at the same time it has a large populations of ethnic communities that have been living here for years.
During her stay in Great Britain, Mrs. Kalpa had gained experience in speed dating services by helping a friend of hers to run a business.
"What I noticed from my experience there is that participants are more inclined to say they want to keep dating someone at meetings that target specific ethnic groups, compared to open events.
Just a few weeks after its opening, the company has organized two speed dating events for the singles of Melbourne, one for people of Indian descent and one for those who have Asian roots.
And while, as Ms. Kalpa points out, it is a bit early to take pride in successful matchmakings, she is cautiously telling us that already a few couples who met through their service have started dating.
The ultimate goal of speed dating events, according to the company, is to give single "ethnics" the "love they deserve" through the community they belong to.
These are speed dating events are boutique events for a small number of participants, currently 10-15. The rules of the "game" are simple. Attendees have at their disposal 8 to 9 minutes for a face to face conversation with each possible match, and after the end of the event they can, if they wish, stay and socialize with the group. Participants get the "matching cards", where they write the names of those who met at the event with whom they would like to keep in touch later on.
In fact, it is possible for the attendees to write more names even after handing the card, up to 24 hours after the end of the event.
If there is a match, if both people say they want to get acquainted then they are given the contact information they have chosen to make available. The company also offers a viewer/non-attendee ticket option, for those who either want to attend a speed dating event before deciding to take part, or for the psychological support of a friend who may be attending the event.
Amongst the listed events for the coming months is a speed dating meeting for people of European-Mediterranean descent aged 25-35.
According to Ms. Kalpa, she has also been asked to organize an event exclusively for people of Greek descent and explains that although this is not confirmed, it could be included in their next events if enough people are interested.
But how does a professional in the field of dating services see the trend we see in today's era, with flirting starting more and more often – and sometimes ending as well – behind our computer or mobile screen?
"When you meet someone through the internet, you can pretend to be anyone," says Ms. Kalpa, using as an example the frequent phenomenon that committed and married people sign up on online dating apps.
"Due to the nature of the events (speed dating), you will not see people who are not open to a serious commitment to appear in a public place where anyone can see them… these events attract people who are available and ready to meet a partner.
Of course, at the same time Ms. Kalpa explains that she does not entirely reject online dating apps, nor does she see the speed dating events as the only way to meet a mate.
"What I would say to every single person who is looking for a companion with shared cultural backgrounds is to seek to find places where there is a chance for such an acquaintance, wherever it may be, whether it's events we organize or elsewhere.


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La Ruta Provincial 2 es una carretera de Argentina en la provincia de La Pampa. Su recorrido total es de 156 km casi completamente de asfalto.

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Tiene como extremo este al límite con la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Cruza en tres oportunidades las vías Ferrocarril Sarmiento del Ramal a Ingeniero Luiggi.

Por esta ruta se accede a la ciudad de Intendente Alvear y a las localidades de Ojeda, Alta Italia, y luego de cruzar la Ruta Nacional 35, a Ingeniero Luiggi.

El último trayecto desde Ingeniero Luiggi hacia el oeste, es de tierra natural. Termina en el límite con la Provincia de San Luis.

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Can Collagen Really Help You Lose Weight?
Denise MannUpdated: Apr. 01, 2021
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Collagen may boost skin health, but its role in weight loss is unclear. Here's what to know about taking collagen for weight loss.
If you gained weight during the Covid-19 pandemic, you might be looking for ways to shed a few pounds. If so, you're not the only one with quarantine weight gain. A study in JAMA Network Open suggests some of us may have gained as many as 1.5 pounds a month during the pandemic.
That's where collagen powder supplements come in. Driven largely by testimonials from celebrities and social media influencers, people are laying down cash for collagen powder that promises to help them lose weight and accrue other potential benefits, such as younger-looking skin and more-flexible joints.
A longtime favourite of youth-seekers looking to smooth wrinkles, collagen supplements are a hot category these days. And their popularity is only expected to grow. The collagen market is projected to reach $7.5 billion by 2027, according to a report by Grand View Research.
(Related: 12 Collagen Supplements and Where to Buy Them in Canada)
What is collagen?
Collagen is the main structural protein found in skin, bones, hair, nails, tendons, and ligaments. Our bodies use the protein in food to make it naturally, but there's a catch: our natural supply decreases as we age.
Collagen supplements, on the other hand, come from outside the body, most often in the form of pills or powders. These are derived from plant or animal sources. Proponents say ingesting them can plump skin, increase cushioning between joints, and even give you shinier hair.
While you can buy vegetarian or vegan collagen supplements, most collagen in supplements is extracted from animal hides, bones, or fish scales, says Tod Cooperman, MD, president of ConsumerLab, an independent supplement testing organization in White Plains, New York.
Collagen supplements nutrition facts
Here's a peek at the nutritional content (and the percent daily value, or DV) of 14 grams of collagen peptide (small pieces of collagen):
Fat: 0 g
Sodium: 45 mg (2 percent DV)
Carbohydrates: 0 g
Protein: 12 g (25 percent DV)
Fibre: 0 g
Calcium: 29 mg (2 percent DV)
Potassium: 0.98 mg
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Weight loss isn't magic. It's simple math: the calories you take in should be less than or equal to the calories you expend.
"The fact that collagen powder is low in calories and high in protein suggests that it may be helpful," says Mark Moyad, MD, the Jenkins/Pokempner director of preventive and alternative medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor.
With powdered and liquid collagen supplements, the caloric content depends largely on how you use it. Tasteless varieties can be added to just about anything, including:
Stir some collagen powder in your tea, which is free of calories, and you'll have a better shot at weight loss than if you eat the supplement in a higher-calorie food.
(Related: You Have To Try This Collagen Smoothie Recipe)
Forms of collagen supplements for weight loss
When shopping for collagen, the technical terms may leave you scratching your head. What's the difference between type I and type II collagen? And what on earth do "hydrolyzed" and "undenatured" mean?
These terms refer to the type of collagen and how broken down it is. There are 16 types of collagen in the body, but the one you'll most often find in supplements is type I. This comes from skin, tendons, teeth, internal organs, and bone, Dr. Cooperman says. Types II, III, and IV are less commonly used for supplements, but some multi-collagen protein powders use a mix.
Beyond the type of collagen used, a supplement will take one of three main forms:
Hydrolyzed: Collagen that has been broken down into its basic amino acids. Also known as collagen hydrolysate and collagen peptides.
Gelatin: Collagen that has been broken down from large proteins into smaller bits. It's less broken down than hydrolyzed collagen.
Undenatured: Very small bits of type II collagen that work by stopping the breakdown of your natural collagen stores. This is also called undenatured collagen, meaning it's not broken into smaller proteins or amino acids.
Most supplements use hydrolyzed collagen because it's broken down into small bits that make for easy absorption (and easy mixing into cold liquids).
The lack of science behind taking collagen for weight loss
Not everyone is on board with collagen supplements as a potential weight-loss aid. Exactly how or even if collagen protein powder can aid your weight loss efforts isn't fully understood, says Dr. Moyad. Collagen powder can be very high in protein, which may make you feel fuller for longer periods of time, limiting calories and leading to weight loss. "This can be said about any high-protein diet that leads to caloric control," he says. In fact, bone broths—which are loaded with collagen—can take the edge off hunger and are a staple in some weight-loss programs.
There are no studies supporting the use of collagen for weight loss, says Scott Kahan, MD, director of the National Center for Weight and Wellness in Washington, D.C. "Unfortunately, none of the dietary supplements with magic claims for weight loss actually work," he says. What does work? "For most, the most valuable strategy will be to build a support network to help guide and reinforce their efforts," says Dr. Kahan. "This could include a medical specialist or dietitian or another supportive health care provider. It could include a support group or even an app." Try these expert-approved weight-loss strategies. There are also several FDA-approved weight loss pills that can help over the long term, he says.
(Related: 5 Meal Prep Tips for People Who Want to Lose Weight)
Risks of collagen supplements
Even if collagen powder were a panacea for weight loss, you still can't be sure that you are getting what you pay for because the supplements industry is not regulated with the same scrutiny as the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Moyad says. Because they are derived from animals, supplements could be contaminated with toxic heavy metals in levels that are deemed unsafe, he explains.
In fact, one study of 28 best-selling collagen peptide supplements on Amazon.com found that many contain measurable levels of potentially toxic heavy metals. This study was conducted by the Organic Consumers Association and the Clean Label Project. The good news? A study by ConsumerLab showed that products did contain their expected amounts of collagen.
How to shop for collagen supplements
If you decide to use collagen powder supplements, choose a product that has a third-party seal of approval, Dr. Moyad suggests. Know what you are taking, he says. Make sure the company shares its certificate of analysis (COA). This document provides the results of any and all testing of the supplements, and companies can release them voluntarily.
It's also important to read the label and see what else is added to the collagen powder. Many products add biotin, which supports healthy hair and nail growth but can skew results on certain medical tests, Dr. Moyad says. For example, taking biotin can yield a falsely low result for troponin, a marker that helps doctors diagnose heart attacks.
Some supplements have added sugars. That may defeat the purpose of the collagen since sugar can speed the breakdown of collagen. On its own, collagen supplements are relatively safe and cause few side effects, Dr. Moyad says.
(Related: 22 Weight Loss Secrets From Around the World Worth Stealing)
There's not a lot of research suggesting that collagen powder helps weight loss, but it is high in protein and low in calories so it may play some role. Make sure you choose a reputable brand with a third-party seal of approval so you can be sure you are getting what you paid for. It's always a good idea to seek guidance from a physician or registered dietitian who may be able to help you meet your weight-loss goals.
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Sophie Sandolo Credits LETAS for LET Success
Sandolo competed in two LETAS events: at the Terre Blanche Ladies Open, where she tied for second, as well as at the Dinard Ladies Open, where she tied for 33rd place. She has since recorded three top ten finishes on the main Ladies European Tour circuit including a tie for fifth at the recent Portugal Ladies Open as well as outright fifth place at the ABN AMRO Ladies Open in Holland.
Thanks to her rich vein of form, she looks set to regain her Ladies European Tour card for the 2011 season without returning to Qualifying School.
She was ranked 26th on the Henderson Money List following the Portugal Ladies Open and the top 80 players on the exemption ranking at the end of the season receive a full playing category for the following year.
"The LET Access was a very good warm up for me," said the glamorous 33-year-old French-born Italian, who lives in Monaco. "It's very well organised and we have some great players there. I didn't really know what I was going to do so for me it was good practise and a good warm up before coming back on Tour and playing.
"It helped me to come back on Tour especially for the mental side, for my head, just to be competitive again and take the pace again and be up there and play and score.
"I don't have my card on the LET so for me it's a great help. I hope I'm going to get it back at the end of the year. It's great for people that don't have their card, like, me. It was just a fantastic warm up."
Through her ranking on the Henderson Money List Sandolo has also secured her place at the Ricoh Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale this summer. All in all, her preparation for the season couldn't have been any better.


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Humanae Vitae (latin Om det mänskliga livet) är en encyklika utfärdad av påve Paulus VI den 25 juli 1968. Encyklikan förbjuder varje form av preventivmedel eller handling före, efter eller under sexualakten som är avsedd för att hindra befruktning. Enligt encyklikan är det inte heller tillåtet att låta sterilisera sig.

Preventivmedelsförbudet motiveras med att naturrätten skall vara vägledande för det äktenskapliga samlivet mellan man och kvinna. Med hänvisning till tidigare påvliga encyklikor slås fast att äktenskapet är heligt och man ingår det vid sina sinnes fulla bruk och frivilligt inför Gud. Därför är det även evigt, och skilsmässor inte möjliga. I encyklikan bekräftade påven även läran att Katolska kyrkan betraktar abort som en mycket allvarlig synd.

Encyklikan offentliggjordes vid en presskonferens 29 juli av monsignor Ferdinando Lambruschini, professor i moralteologi vid Påvliga Lateranuniversitetet. Lambruschini kommenterade att ingen påve gjort yttranden inom moralområdet på ett sådant sätt att de skulle betraktas som ofelbara, och att inte heller Humanae Vitae var ett yttrande ex cathedra men tillade att detta inte innebar att det gick att, som katolik, hysa en annan moraliskt giltig åsikt och att de som under de senaste åren lärt att man kunde använda preventivmedel måste byta attityd. Huruvida Lambruschinis åsikt om den saken är korrekt har förblivit en katolsk tvistefråga.

Bakgrund
Den förste påve som förklarade att artificiella preventivmedel inte var tillåtna var Pius XI, år 1930. Under Andra Vatikankonciliet 1962–1965 avhandlades många frågor av värde för tidens katoliker, men frågan om preventivmedel var inte en av dem även om ett par biskopar tog upp saken. Preventivmedelsfrågan skulle hanteras av en särskild påvlig kommission, tillsatt av Johannes XXIII i mars 1963. Kommissionen bestod av 15 prelater men också övriga präster samt lekmän, gifta par samt teologer, gynekologer, sociologer och andra vetenskapsmän. En stor majoritet av kommissionens ledamöter (52 mot 4 röster, 2 nedlagda) ville inte förklara artificiella preventivmedel som något ont i sig självt. Även en majoritet av biskoparna (9 mot 3, 3 nedlagda röster) hade samma åsikt. I sin slutrapport, som överlämnades i juni 1966, bad kommissionen påven att tänka mer i termer av hela äktenskapets kapacitet för barnalstring än den enskilda sexuella aktens. När påven två år senare sände ut sin encyklika, hade han dock bestämt sig för en annan linje, så att det i dokumentet står att

Enligt Richard A. McCormick i tidskriften America handlar konflikten kring preventivmedelsfrågan i grunden om kyrkans och påvens auktoritet. Han menar att skälet till att Paulus VI gick emot sin kommissions utslag var svårigheten att gå emot tidigare påvars uttalanden utan att sätta påvestolens auktoritet i fara. Paulus VI utfärdade inte några ytterligare encyklikor under de återstående tio åren av sitt pontifikat.

Encyklikans mottagande
Många katoliker välkomnade encyklikan men den väckte även stort motstånd, särskilt i västvärlden. Att delar av kommissionens interna material och slutrapport läckt ut till pressen var säkert en stor bidragande orsak till att katolska tidningar som amerikanska National Catholic Reporter och engelska The Tablet uttryckte chock över budskapet. Biskopskonferenser skickade ut herdabrev som varierade från enbart beröm över encyklikan till att modifiera encyklikans budskap. Patrick O'Boyle, ärkebiskop av Washington, skrev till sina 1300 präster att de inte fick predika något som stred mot innehållet i encyklikan och inte heller i enskild själavård tillämpa principer som stred mot Humanae Vitae. Den nordiska biskopskonferensen hörde till dem som förutom att tala om encyklikans varma uppskattning av och omsorg om äktenskapet även påpekade att encyklikan inte tillhörde påvens ofelbara uttalanden, samt att

Öppen deklaration av avvikande åsikt
Motståndet mot Humanae Vitae ledde till öppet motstånd från många teologer, av ett slag som sällan yttrats mot den Katolska kyrkans officiella lära. Ett dussin moralteologer vid Catholic University of America i Washington D.C., ledda av Charles Curran, skrev snabbt ihop ett uttalande mot encyklikans metodologi, ecklesiologi och slutsatser som redan den 30 juli samlat ihop underskrifter av 87 katolska akademiker, ett antal som småningom steg till 600 varav Bernard Haring tillhörde de mest namnkunniga. Ett antal europeiska teologer som samlades i Amsterdam den 18–19 september samlades om ett likaledes avståndstagande uttalande.

Preventivmedelsfrågan efter Humanae Vitae
Vad gäller preventivmedel har de troende katolikerna delats i två grupper: de som tror på och försöker följa Humanae Vitae respektive de som ignorerar dess lära med gott samvete. Till dem som inte anser den bindande hör teologen Bernard Lonergan, som i Catholic New Times den 14 oktober 1984 menade att den traditionella synen bygger på en föråldrad syn på biologiska funktioner, som härrör sig från bland annat Aristoteles. Aristoteles kände inte till det kvinnliga ägget och såg den manliga sädesvätskan som näring, som genom varje ejakulation i en kvinna påverkade henne till fruktsamhet. Genom detta synsätt är varje vaginalt samlag delaktigt i fortplantningen, men när vi vet att varje samlags chans att påverka möjligheten till barn är statistik blir det, enligt denna åsikt, svårt att hävda att varje samlag enligt naturrätten har och ska ha med barnalstring att göra.

Under en internationell kongress som anordnades av Påvliga Lateranuniversitetet på 40-årsdagen av encyklikan Humanae Vitae den 12 maj 2008 kallade påve Benedictus XVI ämnet "så kontroversiellt, men ändå så avgörande för mänsklighetens framtid." Humanae Vitae blev "ett tecken på strid, men också kontinuitet i kyrkans lära och tradition [...] Det som var sant igår är sant även i dag."

Källor
 Maurovich, Frank: Humanae Vitae at 45: A Personal Story i National Catholic Reporter 2013-07-25 (arkivlänk) (engelska)
 McCormick, Richard: 'Humanae Vitae' 25 Years Later  i America 1993-07-17 (arkivlänk) (engelska)
 Rausch, Thomas: Lutheraner och katoliker om ofelbarheten i Signum nr 2 1980, översatt av Hardy Marcks (arkivlänk)
 L'Osservatore Romano: Press conference on encyclical "Humanae Vitae", engelska upplagan, 8 augusti 1968 sid. 7. På EWTN:s webbplats (arkivlänk) (engelska)
 Humana Vitae, svensk översättning med förord av Johannes-Maria Størksen och med den nordiska biskopskonferensens herdabrev från 17 oktober 1968 som tillägg. På respektforlivet.nu. (pdf) (arkivlänk)
 The Tablet: The Church in the World. USA: Hierarchy United Behind Encyclical 1968-08-17 (arkivlänk) (engelska)
 The Tablet: The Church in the World. USA: Encyclical Dissentients Upheld 1969-04-19 (arkivlänk) (engelska)

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With the miniaturization of semiconductor devices, new dielectric materials with dielectric constant (k) lower than silicon dioxide (k = 4.0) are required to reduce propagation delay, cross talk noise and power dissipation of the interconnect system in ultra-large-scale integrated circuits (ULSI). This thesis presents the results of fabrication and characterization of mesoporous organosilicate films used as interconnect dielectrics. Two basic methods to establish porous network in the films, namely the sol-gel and sacrificial template approaches, have been used in this work.


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Champions League returns with Real Madrid the team to beat
Europe's biggest club competition the UEFA Champions League's group stages kick off this week as holders Real Madrid look to claim the title for a third straight year, a feat not achieved since Bayern Munich in the 1970s. Turkish champions Beşiktaş will be the only team from Turkey in the competition
Real Madrid are aiming for a third straight Champions League title as Europe's top club competition kicks off. Barcelona play Juventus in a key first-matchday game, while the spotlight falls on big-spending Paris Saint-Germain, whose campaign gets underway at Celtic.Here's a look at the eight groups:
GROUP A (BENFICA, MANCHESTER UNITED, BASEL, CSKA MOSCOW)
Jose Mourinho can be happy with how Manchester United's return after a one-year absence is shaping up, along with his own quest to be the first person to coach three different clubs to European glory. Portuguese Benfica are a consistent performer in the second tier of Europe's elite. Swiss side Basel, on the other hand, have been weakened by persistent sales of top players since eliminating United in the 2011 groups. Meanwhile, CSKA Moscow will look to improve their European records after finishing last in their group in each of the last four seasons, including one that contained United in 2015.
GROUP B (BAYERN MUNICH, PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN, ANDERLECHT, CELTIC)
Neymar made it his big goal to win the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain after securing his world-record transfer from Barcelona for 222 million euros in July. Advancing to the knockout stage should be a formality for his new team, which also include teenage striker Kylian Mbappe in a new-look and exciting forward line. Neymar's first European campaign with PSG will take him to five-time champion Bayern, whose coach Carlo Ancelotti used to manage the French club. Scottish giants Celtic are never an easy team to visit, but they are likely to be fighting it out with Anderlecht for third place.
GROUP C (CHELSEA, ATLETICO MADRID, ROMA, QARABAG)
Qarabag are the first Azerbaijani team to make it to the group stages and their reward was one of the most competitive groups. Atletico Madrid have reached the final twice in the past three years, losing both times to Real Madrid. Meanwhile, Chelsea, the 2012 European champions, are the current English champions and have recovered after an uncomfortable start to the Premier League. Turkish football fans will keep their eyes on the other team in this group, Roma, to see how their Turkish wunderkind Cengiz Ünder fares on European football's biggest stage.
GROUP D (JUVENTUS, BARCELONA, OLYMPIAKOS, SPORTING)
It will be a major surprise if Juventus and Barcelona, European champions a combined seven times, fail to qualify from the group. Neymar, of course, is no longer around for Barca, with new signing Ousmane Dembele replacing him. Juventus lost last season's final to Real Madrid and haven't won the Champions League since 1996. Greek holders Olympiakos, and Sporting are regular qualifiers but rarely advance, with the latter weakened by their recent sale of midfielder Adrien Silva to Leicester.
GROUP E (SPARTAK MOSCOW, SEVILLA, LIVERPOOL, MARIBOR)
Five-time European champions Liverpool came through the playoffs and got a chance to avenge their loss to Sevilla in the 2016 Europa League final, which denied the English team a place in last season's Champions League. Spartak, which won the Russian Premier League, are in the group stages for the first time since 2012-2013, while Slovenian team Maribor will be the big outsider in their third attempt to reach the knockout stages. This will likely be considered the weakest of the eight groups.
GROUP F (SHAKHTAR DONETSK, MANCHESTER CITY, NAPOLI, FEYENOORD)
Pep Guardiola's Manchester City avoided tougher options by being drawn into top-seeded Shakhtar's group. Still, Napoli were one of the more difficult opponents for City. Feyenoord return to the group stages after a 15-year absence and are likely to face a steep learning curve.
GROUP G (MONACO, PORTO, BEŞİKTAŞ, LEIPZIG)
Last season's surprise semifinalist Monaco are the top seed but have been hurt by the departure of key players like Kylian Mbappe, Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy this summer. Porto will hope to extend their record of never having lost to Turkish opposition in eight previous matches when they kick off Group G with a visit from Beşiktaş Wednesday.
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GROUP H (REAL MADRID, BORUSSIA DORTMUND, TOTTENHAM, APOEL)
Real Madrid's path to the knockout stages may have been smoothed by their fierce rival Barcelona, which weakened Borussia Dortmund by signing Ousmane Dembele. Tottenham will be hoping for better results in their temporary home at the Wembley Stadium. APOEL will be inspired by their 2012 performance when they famously reached the Champions League quarterfinals against the odds.
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On 31 March 2019, by opening two new destinations, Riga Airport starts summer season during which the Airport will offer its passengers record large network – 106 direct destinations.
This Sunday, 31 March, the first two new destinations will be opened at Riga Airport, the national airline "airBaltic" will start flying to Dublin, Ireland and Stuttgart, Germany. During the summer season 2019 that lasts until October, seven new destinations will be opened from Riga Airport: on 1 April, the national airline "airBaltic" will start flying to Lviv, Ukraine, on 11 May, to Kos, Greece, and on 12 May to the Mediterranean island Menorca, and on 2 April, the Irish low-fare airline "Ryanair" will start flying to the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague.
Also tour operators will offer their clients new exciting destinations in summer: tour operator "Itaka" will start flying from Riga, providing direct connections to Madagascar (Blue Panorama), Crete (Corendon Airlines), Bodrum (Onur Air), Tirana (Enter Air), and Zakynthos (Enter Air). Tour operator TUI will start flying from Riga and plans to take travellers to Antalya and Spain.
Moreover, in the summer season, the first direct commercial charter flights will be started between South Korea and Latvia provided by "Korean Air". Flights will take place on 24 and 31 May and 7 June and those are organised by one of the largest Korean tourism agencies "Hanjin Travel" with the support of the Latvian Embassy to the Republic of Korea, Tourism Department of the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, Riga Airport, and Tourism Development Agency of Riga "Live Riga".
"I'm pleased that airlines and tour operators have chosen Riga airport to offer our passengers so exciting and colourful destinations for their summer travels! Abu Dhabi and Madagascar, European resorts and business centres, Scandinavia and Central Asia - even the pickiest passenger will find something suitable in the large offer of Riga Airport!" said the Chairperson of the Board of Riga Airport, Ilona Līce, reminding that in 2019 the growth of the airport continues. According to the operating data, until the end of March, Riga Airport has serviced more than 1.3 million passengers that is an increase by almost 7%, compared to the first three months last year.
In total, in the summer season of 2019, Riga Airport will offer 106 direct destinations that is a record high number of destinations and the largest network of destinations in Baltics. 19 airlines will fly from Riga Airport. Full list of destinations available from Riga Airport can be found on the interactive map: www.flyfromriga.lv.
As in the night of 31 March, summer time period will begin in Latvia, Riga Airport kindly recommends passengers to be careful and check departure times. The Airport reminds that during the active tourism season when the number of passengers is expected to increase, it is advisable to arrive in due time – at least two hours before your scheduled flight. This will allow you to arrange all the necessary formalities and enjoy the large shopping and entertainment offer in Riga Airport and start your journey positively.
Pursuant to report on airport performance indices in Europe, in 2018, prepared by the Airport Council International (ACI), Riga International Airport was the fourth most rapidly growing airport in the group of airports with 5 to 10 million serviced passengers. The 19 airlines operating at Riga Airport offer almost 80 destinations in the winter season and more than 100 destinations in the summer season. In 2018, Riga Airport serviced more than 7 million passengers, i.e., 44% of the total number of passengers of the Baltic States.


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At a loss doing a plan for next financial year? Don't know what to do with all this market turbulence set off by speculative investments and government failure to develop an effective fuel costs policy?
Well, get a fresh piece of paper and start planning next year's business and plans.
Take a lesson from the Kelly gang – Gail and Gary Kelly (the former head of the Dragon bank and the latter head of Southwest Airlines in the US) who have shown that planning ahead, keeping customer service up and costs down represents the best response to the commodity bubble.
Small and medium business leaders will have to accept that real inflationary effects will continue to savage their bottom lines the next financial year.
On top of that, financial institutions are going to be looking for every cent of debt collection and that the RBA is likely to have to raise interest rates at least one or two more times to tame the inflationary tiger.
We are unlikely to see the oil bubble burst this year as speculators and superannuation fund managers continue to see the potential of gold dropping below $US850 and equities continue to trundle along at the bottom of their yield curves.
And don't expect any more magic tricks from the US. Deutsche Bank economist Joseph LaVorgna has noted that the US Fed's ability to keep stimulating gross domestic product (GDP) growth with rate cuts cannot continue.
"The record high made in oil prices seriously complicates the economic outlook. Higher energy costs raise the risk of higher headline inflation, lower GDP growth and a Fed which cannot further cut rates for fear of unhinging inflation expectations," LaVorgna says.
Taken together with an inevitable further collapse in consumer confidence, rising rates of home foreclosures in 47 of the US states and the collapse in the price of luxury boats and premium apartments, any hope of a US-led recovery appears remote.
This can only mean that Australian consumers will also become more focused on domestic business opportunities and reducing their willingness to pay more for imported goods and services.
So the bad news is we are in for a hell of a year.
Now is therefore a great time to review the last financial year and start with a fresh sheet of paper for next year's business and plans. Start with a review of all costs and downsize every projection by 20%.
Then look at the marketing and service delivery plans and add 5% to costs of doing business so that deals can be done with customers prepared to lock in a price advantage to 2010.
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A.C. Reynolds High » Our School » Student Handbook » Student Services
A C Reynolds offers to its students an opportunity to become involved in school clubs and organizations. A request to form a new club/organization must be submitted in writing to administration for approval. Listed below are the activities and clubs offered at A C Reynolds High School subject to student interest and sponsor availability. Current sponsors and/or information contacts are listed.
Anime' – Mr. Spisak
Art/Special Projects – Ms. Briden
Chorale – Mr. Haynie
Color Guard – Mr. Haynie
Debate-
DECA – Mr. Furlow
Drill Team & Rauder - ROTC
Environmental Club – Ms. Conwell
FCCLA- Ms. , Ms. Greene, Ms. A.King
FFA - Mr. Kuster
GSA-Mr. Daniel Clare
HOSA - Ms. Buie, Ms. Jones
Journalism/Broadcast – Ms. Armistead
Marching Band – Mr. S. Smith
Math Club –
National Honor Society –
Prom Promise -
REACH – Ms. Sager
Science Olympiad - Mr. Spisak, Mr. Hutchinson
Student Climate: Ms. Briggs, Ms. DuMont
Student Council – Ms. Choi
Technology Student Association- Mr. Kimbrough
World Language –
Yearbook - Ms. Troy
AC Reynolds High School strives to provide safe, efficient, and reliable transportation for students. Safety is a matter of teamwork and requires the cooperation of students, drivers, parents, and the school system. (Violation of any of the listed rules may result in a suspension from the bus and/or school).
Property damages to buses will be paid for by those responsible. The school bus is an extension of the school campus and all Buncombe County and A..C Reynolds rules and policies apply.
1. Passengers must be ready and on time for the bus.
2. Passengers must wait for the bus to come to a complete stop before making any movement toward the bus.
3. When a passenger enters the bus, he should take a seat quickly and remain seated.
4. Throwing objects in or about the bus will not be tolerated.
5. Passengers must never use profane and indecent language, tobacco, or alcoholic beverages while riding the bus or waiting to board the bus.
6. Passengers shall not be loud, boisterous, or distract the driver's attention in any other way.
7. Passengers must never tamper with the emergency door or any other part of the bus.
8. A passenger must never mar or deface the bus in any way.
9. Passengers shall never attempt to ride on a school bus unless assigned to it by the principal. (G.S. 115-184 (A). Students who ride on an unauthorized bus are not covered by insurance.
10. Passengers shall not be standing or walking on a bus while it is in motion.
11. Passengers shall not loiter or play near a stopped bus but shall walk quickly to their residences or to the school.
12. Students must obey the bus driver.
13. Students may be assigned seats on the bus.
14. Eating or selling items on the bus is prohibited.
15. Failure to follow bus rules will result in the privilege to ride the bus.
16. Second load students should remain in designated area until bus arrives.
During the first few days of school, there will be changes in our bus routes and time schedules. From year to year student enrollments shift to different areas.
If parents or students are aware of a bus problem, they should contact the administrator in charge of transportation.
The cafeteria operates for the convenience and good health of its students. All items other than the regular lunch meal are an added charge. Student charges will be limited to no more than $10.00. Students should show the staff respect by behaving and keeping the cafeteria neat and clean. All plates, silver, napkins, empty 14 milk cartons, and so forth must be taken to the proper disposal area when lunch is completed. Students are only to be in the cafeteria, commons area or picnic area during lunch. Failure to comply will result in discipline for being in an undesignated area. Students will need their student ID number when purchasing meals. All cafeteria charges must be clear for student to attend PROM, Senior Picnic, or other extracurricular activities.
Breakfast: Universal Free Breakfast for all students
Lunch: Student reduced $.40, Student paid $2.35, Student extreme meal $2.75
All halls are closed to students during lunch. Students are not to leave campus for the purpose of eating. Students who bring lunch are to eat in the assigned areas only. Outside delivery of food is not permitted, including delivery by parents, family member, or friends.
Each student may be issued a locker. The locker is their responsibility for neatness, cleanliness, and damages. Lockers or combinations should not be shared for security of personal items. Lockers are subject to searches by school officials. The school is not responsible for lost or stolen items.
The library media center is open from 7:30am to 4p daily, except Friday when it closed during Rocket Fuel. Students are welcome to use the facility before school, after school, or during their lunch period. Student use is also permitted during class time with written permission from a teacher. Some use restrictions may apply when classes are scheduled in the media center. Black and white photocopies or computer printouts are $0.10 per page and color printouts are $0.25 per page.
Books may be checked out for a three-week period and may be renewed for three additional weeks. Students are fined $0.10 per day for overdue books. Students are responsible for the replacement cost of a lost or damaged book in addition to any accrued overdue fines. A "Stop Card" will be issued to students who do not pay fines in a timely manner.
Parking is a privilege at A C Reynolds High School given to students who accept the responsibilities that go with such a privilege. A.C. Reynolds High School is not responsible for damages incurred to vehicles parked on campus during the school day or overnight. Parking on neighboring private or business property to access school grounds is not permitted and school discipline may apply. TO PURCHASE A PARKING PERMIT YOU MUST:
1. Have a valid North Carolina driver's license.
2. Have completed a parking registration form with parent signature
3. Pay a $45 parking registration fee. For the 2016-2017 school year parking fees are subject to change per Board approval.
4. Be cleared of any Stop Cards.
PERMITS WILL BE REVOKED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
1. Speeding (over 25 mph on access roads-10 mph in parking lot.
2. Not displaying sticker properly.
3. Parking in an undesignated area.
4. Having more than 9 absences per semester.
5. 3rd time in ISS for the year.
6. 2nd time OSS for the year.
7. Changing vehicle without registering it.
8. Tardies to school or class at nine or beyond.
Students who violate parking regulations, will have his/her vehicle wheel locked and receive disciplinary action.
There will be a $10.00 fee for replacing a lost or misplaced sticker.
Students are responsible for issued textbooks. Lost textbooks must be paid for prior to receiving a second copy. Damages to textbooks will be assessed based upon estimated replacement or repair cost.


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