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Kyiv Travel Guide – Direct Flights From 129 € - NEW
UIA offers a free choice of seat on board flights to/from Georgia in March
March 1, 2021: Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) announces the start of spring discounts on UIA flights on the Kyiv-Tbilisi-Kyiv route. Promotional offers will be valid in the period from March 1, 2021 to March 31, 2021 and is dedicated to the beginning of tourist trips of Ukrainians to Georgia. The following promotional services are offered to all passengers of flights on the specified route:
Free choice of seat on board. You can use the service through the personal account "Booking Management", when purchasing a ticket or during the online check-in for the flight. Passengers can choose any seat in the cabin free of charge. We remind you that online check-in for most flights opens 48 hours before departure.
50% discount on extra hand luggage. It is possible to register the service through the personal account "Booking Management", when purchasing a ticket, fill in the feedback form or pay for the service directly at the airport.
Upgrade to business class at a price of 125 euros. Check-in takes place at the check-in desk at the airport no earlier than 4 hours before the departure of the flight.
In addition, all passengers traveling during the specified period and are members of the Panorama Club will be charged double miles. Also, double miles are charged for additional services. The terms of automatic mileage calculation can be found on the official UIA website.
We remind you that UIA offers its passengers a convenient flight schedule and increase the frequency of flights on the route Kiev-Tbilisi-Kiev.
Amsterdam - Kyiv, Amsterdam - Odesa, Amsterdam - Dnipro, Amsterdam - Lviv, Amsterdam - Kharkiv, Amsterdam - Tel Aviv, Amsterdam - Istanbul, Amsterdam - Дубай, Amsterdam - Tbilisi, Amsterdam - Yerevan, Amsterdam - Baku,
Amsterdam Airport Service Desk
Location: Departure hall 3, opposite check-in 21
Call-centre (24h): +31 (0)20-6551174
E-mail: Ukraine.ams@aviareps.com


The "Spider's Web" takes the form of a mini concerto in 4 movements for solo harp and string orchestra. It is based on "Spiders" for solo harp written in 1985 which has since become popular amongst harpists internationally!
The solo harp part is virtually the same as the original Spiders, with only a few additions. The orchestra accompanies the harp with added introductions, comments and interludes.
The "Dancing White Lady" is a fast 7/8 movement with lots of crossed rhythms that weave between the orchestra and the soloist.
The second movement starts with a calm orchestral introduction giving the sense of peace. The harp interrupts this calm atmosphere with sharp irregular motives that represent the "Red Backed Spider" who sits patiently for its prey before it strikes with great speed.


Knysna Municipality and SANParks officials joined the Judah Square Rastafarian community on Monday, September 3 in the official launch of Arbor Week.
Melany Barrath, people and conservation practitioner for the Garden Route National Park's Knysna area said that the theme for this year's Arbor Week, 'Our Forests, Our Future' "fitted in well with the order of the day".
The event provided the perfect platform for the official signing of the contractual lease agreement between Knysna Municipality and Judah Square Rastafarian community for a piece of land opposite the Rastafarian village to be used as a medicinal plant nursery in future.
Read the full article at Knysna-Plett Herald.


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Will These MMOGs Ever Launch? part 4 - KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING
For several years now, we've been hypnotized by 38 Studios and their claims of making an incredible online universe for us to enjoy. No other company has been able to gain such excitement without actually ever speaking of the game they're making. They've kept Kingdoms of Amalur a well guarded secret, enticing us with statements of incredible allure. They've drawn many icons of pop culture to the development of the game and have an all-star team. Best-selling author R.A. Salvatore and "Spawn" creator Todd McFarlane are just two of the designers on former Boston Red Sox pitcher, Curt Schilling's team. Not only that, but dozens of other top designers from World of Warcraft and other legendary MMO games have dropped their former projects to move to the East Coast and join the studio.
We know there's talent. We know the Studio has a passion for gaming. We think they can make some real magic. But... it's time to show the cards. Keeping the interest of gamers is tough enough. Keeping the interest of online gamers without talking about an actual game is madness. It simply can't happen for long. 38 Studios has achieved a commendable accomplishment in being able to pull it off as long as they have, but even now gamers are growing restless.
Fortunately, we have heard tales that 38 Studios will be at GDC this year. What will be shown? It remains to be seen, but it's one of the titles we're very interested in. It has an original IP, one hell of a design team and enough indication on the type of game 38 Studios wants to make that, if achieved, it may very well make a huge splash in the MMOG market that hasn't been seen in years.
But will we hear and see more of the game, or will there simply be more gaming theory and design talk? Not that we don't love to talk games, but we really want to see it now.
38 Studios Responds
Unfortunately, 38 Studios' response to our challenge was a lack thereof--they simply didn't answer within the 7-day window we provided them. Could this be because they have nothing they're prepared to announce right now? Or maybe it's because the development process has them heads- down and unable to respond to our requests? Alas, we just don't know.
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Studies show that 20 - 30 minutes of vigorous activity a day will help you reduce stress, think more clearly and develop a positive attitude.
I know it sounds crazy, but going for a run became INFINITELY easier when I quit drinking. I had more energy, enthusiasm and motivation - plus my body wasn't trying to get rid of all those toxins I was putting into my body.
I've always loved, loved (and loved) to work out. I love running, circuit training, yoga - really anything except cycling or riding a stationery bike. And I'm amazed at how much easier it is to have incredible workouts without also asking my body to try to rid itself of the wine.
It's really no surprise that alcohol absolutely sabotages workouts, but here are three interesting things it does, which work against fitness goals.
It packs on fat - According to Jillian Michaels in her book Making the Cut, alcohol releases estrogen into the bloodstream. "Not only does estrogen promote fat storage and inhibit muscle growth, but frequent estrogen spikes in the body have been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer."
It disrupts recovery - From an article in the Active Times: Alcohol depletes important minerals that are important to the recovery process. "It encourages yeast overgrowth which has a whole spectrum of symptoms. It depletes the body of vital minerals such as magnesium which is an important electrolyte for muscle recovery and muscle health for those exercising and seeking fitness," explains Dr. Carolyn Dean.
Sleep quality suffers - This quote comes from an article from Shape Magazine. "A few glasses of wine before bed may help you drift off faster—but the zzz's you log won't be deeper, says Haas. "Alcohol can prevent restorative deep REM sleep, which is needed to feel rested." Lack of sleep can impair muscle recovery, and even if you manage to drag yourself to the gym after a night of tossing and turning, your workout will suffer.
Say your Daily Mantra "I easily work out and enjoy exercising!"
Head over to the Private Facebook Group and join us to share that you completed Day 18 (or share any excuses you are finding hard to break).


But the #MeToo movement and Biden's serious consideration of a presidential run changed her mind. Her friends and political allies in Nevada were talking to Biden and his associates about his potential bid this month. And the pictures and video clips of Biden hugging women, caressing their hair and holding on to their shoulders in too-familiar ways began surfacing on social media.
Previously, Biden's aides have issued two carefully worded statements about Flores' accusations.
Biden has sounded contrite before without following up. In 2017, he said he owed an apology to Anita Hill for the way he, as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991, handled her sexual harassment accusations against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. But as of 2018, Hill told Elle magazine, Biden hadn't called her.
Flores said she knew Biden's allies would attack her after she came forward, but she's also been encouraged by the support she's received, too.


Topic – Step AWAY from your Computer! – Regain productivity, time and revenues through Scribe Charting and Scribe Mobile: a secure, Cloud-based and fully integrated virtual scribing platform.
'What is MACRA? – Understand the Critical Preparation for CMS Reimbursement on Future Meaningful Use Changes' - by Rajesh Mandaviya and Harsh Thakur, Sales Department, iPatientCare, Inc.
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Session 1: In our upcoming VUCON for the month of April 2016, you will be learning How MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015) will help you to move more quickly toward your goal of paying for value and better care. Learn from our experts on how MACRA may influence upcoming Meaningful Use changes.
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Explore Scribe's virtual scribing platform that completes charts and patient encounters for physicians.
Learn more about saving time, seeing more patients, and charting faster.
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Review how other practices and physicians have realized cost and time savings by adopting Scribe Charting and Scribe Mobile.


You can watch the video episode here.
Here is the iTunes page for the podcast.
Deer and Doe Plantain ; Campside shawl.
Tazo Organic Peachy Green, in a wonderful teacup made by Dani, which she sent along with wonderful tea-themed goodies. Thank you so much Dani!
The Dress Sewalong has kicked off with a bang! Let's sew a cute dress so it's ready for spring. You can use the hashtag #cutedresssewalong on Instagram. The SAL runs from February 1st to March 20. You can double dip with Truly Myrtle's Washi Dress sewalong (Feb. 12-24), or indeed any other relevant 'along'.
Plantain T-shirt, adapted into a maternity tunic (see handmade wardrobe picture).
Little Red Riding Hood cape.
I have been kitting out a witch costume for my daughter, with the Simplicity 3680 pattern.
I am getting ready to start on a Washi Dress.
Campside by Alicia Plummer, out of Rowan Baby Merino Silk DK in the Zinc shade. My project page.
Cardigan à empiècement arrondi by Citronille, in the 6 months size, out of my handspun.
Love's Promise by "Amanita" Agata Mackiewicz, out of Madelinetosh Pashmina in Dr Zhivago's Sky.
I have finished spinning and plying my Harlequin Bites from Fondant Fibre towards a baby blanket. I also started spinning on a mini from Hilltop Cloud to spin more for this blanket.
I have decided to knit the Pop Blanket, by Tin Can Knits, and have purchased some scrumptious undyed Cyrano from De Rerum Natura for the background of the squares.
Je suis très contente d'avoir pris le temps de regarder ton podcast. Cela faisait un moment que je ne l'avais pas fait. Et voilà pourquoi maintenant je préfère ton podcast en vidéo plutôt qu'en audio. Cela "m'oblige" à m'arrêter pour te regarder et t'écouter. Bien sûr en même temps je peux faire un peu de tricot, mais je suis obligée d'être assise pour regarder ta vidéo. Donc ça coupe ma journée et me permet en plus de t'écouter plus calmement, et donc je comprends mieux ce que tu dis.
Toutes mes félicitations à toi et à ton mari pour les petits pieds qui poussent. La couleur que tu as choisi pour son futur cardigan est vraiment très joli.
Porte-toi bien ainsi que toute ta petite famille.
Could you please put in your next show notes what kind of sewing machine you have. Thank you! You have inspired me to start sewing again. I'm so excited.
Hi Janie! I talk about my new machine in episode 39. It's a Janome Skyline S5.


A human body can bear only 45 del (unit) of pain. But at the time of giving birth,a mother feels up to 57 del(unit) of pain. This is similar to 20 BONES GETTING FRACTURED, all at the same time!!
LOVE YOUR MOTHER WITH EVERY RESOURCE IN YOUR LIFE, EVEN WITH YOUR HUSBAND OR WIFE.


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A new artifact found in Belize could change everything we know about the Ancient Maya
The jewel, which belonged to an ancient Mayan king, contains a historical text that is now being deciphered by researchers. Researchers say it could change everything we know about the ancient Maya civilization.
Geoffrey Braswell, an archeologist at the University of California, San Diego, discovered the precious artifact in 2015 at the Nim Li Punit site in Belartifactartrifact was discovered as experts were excavating an ancient palace built around the year 400.
Inside a tomb, which is believed to date back to around AD 800, archeologists found around 25 pottery vessels, and a large stone that was intricately shaped to mimic a deity, and the jade pectoral.
Experts did not discover human remains.
The curious artifact has a T carved on its front, which is the Mayan glyph "IK", which stands for 'wind and breath' according to experts.
According to an article published by the researcher, the jade pendant belonged to an ancient Mayan king, the artifact is the second largest piece of that culture found in Belize to date. The T-shaped pendant was unearthed two years ago was worn by an ancient Mayan king during key religious ceremonies. It measures 18 centimeters wide, 10 centimeters high and has a thickness of 0.7 centimeters.
"It was like finding the Hope Diamond in Peoria instead of New York," said Braswell, who led the dig. "We would expect something like it in one of the big cities of the Maya world. Instead, here it was, far from the center," he said.
Braswell explained that the artifact stands out as the only one containing a historical text: on the back of the artifact are 30 carved hieroglyphs that speak about its first owner. "It literally speaks to us. The story it tells is a short but important one," says the researcher, who adds that it can even change what we know about the Maya.
An inscription on the pendant indicates it was first used in AD 672 for a ritual.
Braswell explained that the pendant was 'not torn out of history by looters.
"To find it on a legal expedition, in context, gives us information about the site and the jewel that we couldn't have otherwise had or maybe even imagined."
According to researchers, the pendent was buried in the year 800, but not with its owner. According to Braswell, this may have been because 'it had immense power and magic,' and may have been buried as a dedication to the wind god.
Braswell explains that during this time, the ancient Maya kingdoms started collapsing across Belize and Guatemala, which led to the abandonment of Nim Li Punit.
"A recent theory is that climate change caused droughts that led to the widespread failure of agriculture and the collapse of Maya civilization. The dedication of this tomb at that time of crisis to the wind god who brings the annual rains lends support to this theory, and should remind us all about the danger of climate change," Braswell said.
It is believed that the pendant was crafted for King Janaab' Ohl K'inich.
According to experts, the pendant describes the parentage of King Janaab' Ohl K'inich. The inscription suggests his mother originated from Cahal Pech, and that his father died before age 20, and originated from a place in Guatemala.
Experts say that the text also describes the accession rites of the king in the years 647, and ends with a text that link's the king to the ancient Maya city of Caracol in modern-day Belize.
More importantly, researchers suggest that the king may have moved to Nim Li Punit, or even that a great Mayan state was trying to ally with the provinces by representing the Jewel to the local king, which would explain how the pendant got to where it was discovered.
Experts say that the writings are evidence of previously unknown ties.
"We didn't think we'd find royal, political connections to the north and west of Nim Li Punit,"Braswell said.
"We thought if there were any at all that they'd be to the south and east."
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Q: Unable to bring `small` tag inline with a `label` tag In the following code, I want to display See Example next to the label but it always shows in new line. Why? Following is the demo - https://codepen.io/manuchadha/pen/PBKYBJ
The code is
HTML
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A: Found the issue. The selector wasn't correct. There shouldn't be any space between small and #. The selector should look like this:
small#help {
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A: It is because form-text is set to display: block , hence starting from the next line.
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Either remove this style or change it to display: inline-block

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FROM MADONNA TO LA INDIA
I love music. And I know that that is the equivalent of saying "I enjoy laughing." It's like, who the f doesn't? But, like, I really love it. So much so that I got music notes—an eighth and double-eighth, to be obnoxiously exact—tattooed on my arm...and I can't sing, dude. Or play an instrument. Or write music, much less read it. And I knew that I would have to endure answering those aforementioned questions from squinty-eyed strangers trying to stifle their judgement every time they saw my arm for the rest my life and. I. got. the. tattoo. anyway, guys. Why? Because I'm committed. (I mean, I want to get it removed now, but that's only because it was poorly done and that is BESIDE the point.) But I love music, and not in the "everything but country" kind of way that only the hypest of hypebeasts can claim. (You listen to Carrie Underwood's "So Small" and tell me you don't feel something!) Anyway, I've deduced that I have my parents to thank for this.
The first time I felt racially "torn" was when I had to fill out one of those Scantron test forms in school and was prompted to select the bubble corresponding to my ethnicity. You could not select two or else the whole machine would malfunction and you would have to take the test again. Also, you'd get left back a grade and the entire school would shut down. Or so the authorities would have made your still-impressionable mind think. Point being, I didn't take my chances. I ultimately opted for #2 ("Black"), negating my father's father's Bajan background and my mother's Puerto Rican-ness— and I'd like to say that I had a powerful reasoning behind my choice, but I was a wee thing. ('Ye shrug.)
So, "Black" I was and I remained as such for the rest of my years enrolled in New Jersey's public schools. That is, until it was Cultural Dish Day (or, what-have-you) in class and I damn sure brought coconut bread AND piñón because I had had enough of the education system's silencing and compartmentalization of my heritage—no, again, I don't know, I'm sure I just assumed, YASSS, TWO DISHES WILL MAKE ME THE KEWLEST KID.
But where there was division in my parents' innateness, in the gap grew a wholeness. Here's what I mean.
As a child, when I wasn't grimacing at my father's insistence on force-feeding me jazz from saxophonists Kirk Whalum and Dave Koz ("but it's so booo-ring"), I was cringing with embarrassment and begging my mom to turn down Madonna's "Ray of Light" when she picked me up from school before any of my friends could hear, because "it's so weeeird" and, ya know, Ma$e's debut "Harlem World" had just dropped a few months earlier and I should've only been ingesting that, right? Exposure to other, be damned.
And yet, specifically, Lou Rawls and Dianne Reeves' version of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from "Blue Note's Christmas compilation Jazz to The World" is what remains embedded in my mind all these years later, come the holiday season. (Granted, as an adult, I now wholeheartedly take issue with its complete disregard for the concept of consent, but it was written in the '40s, guys! It was a different time!) But that LP would eventually bore itself into my Top 4 of holiday records, following only behind more of my father's choices: "First Christmas" from gospel siblings Bebe & Cece Winans, and "Christmas Album" from the Jackson 5.
(At some point as an adolescent, I would also be gifted the famous brother band's "Greatest Hits CD" and, like, I actually wanted it. The tides were turning.)
(Side note: Mariah Carey's "Merry Christmas" is obviously No.1; why are you still reading this list?)
Additionally, come college, my mom's persuading would stick and Madonna's "Confessions on a Dance Floor" would disallow me from sitting still. And this time it would be unabashed. Plus, I'd later understand that Ray of Light was, is, and should be largely credited with bringing electronica to the mainstream. Not the Chainsmokers kind, the Grimes kind. And I only have albums from one of those artists. Just sayin.'
I also recall impatiently waiting to hear La India snarl "estúpido!" with venom on "Ese Hombre" from my mom's "Dicen Que Soy" album, my first introduction to the salsa princess, because it was the most assuredly correct translation I could make out. And then being thrilled to learn that she could also sing in English (because I could join her!) on my dad's "Nuyorican Soul", a compilation from house-garage producers Masters at Work, the title providing a dead giveaway of the three entities it honored. India's song was "Runaway," originally sung by disco's Loleatta Hathaway (and backed by the Salsoul Orchestra), and I thought it was the funkiest damn thing that had ever moved my 11-year-old heart.
(Side note #2: Just last year, my mother gifted me with her worn vinyl of Salsoul's 1976 "Christmas Jollies" and I was moved ... so, it's confirmed, adulthood brings awareness. Also, I should have gotten the hint about La India's bi-lingualism when she covered Chaka Khan's "Through the Fire" in Spanish on Soy but, again, youth.)
Eventually though, I don't remember grimacing as my father painstakingly taught me, line by line, the lyrics to Sly and the Family Stone's "Everyday People" or Bill Withers' "Lean On Me," accompanied by my very own Casio keyboard—that Bossa Nova beat button was the truth and yet rarely needed—or when my mother played at nauseam Natalie Merchant's "Tigerlily", the folk-pop singer's first solo effort after departing from alt-rock purveyors 10,000 Maniacs. In fact, I credit the latter with my near-compulsory unconditional infatuation for any folk-tinged female. Gimme a Jenny Lewis, a Kimya Dawson, a Feist at any given moment, please.
My parents' cultural differences haven't warranted me a single trip to Barbados or a fluency in Spanish yet (because I'm an equal opportunist with my neglect, obviously), but it has blessed me with this grade-A eclectic ear.
And that, even if inadvertently, has provided me with a reliable and comforting familiarity—a rarity when you've spent your coming-of-age days trying to sew two skins into one.
For all the times I never felt fully steeped in either half of myself, this knowledge—an ironic result of such—felt reassuringly full. The twist being that the reasons for, and results of, my ambiguity would actually equip me with the ability to wax about something universal. An oddity to proud of. A sly example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. If torn, as previously mentioned, music would be the mending.
Unfortunately, the other unexpected result of all this is that my insatiability for consuming music has left me treating concert tickets like a monthly bill, a poorly-managed one—this is maybe a cry for help, guys—but, like, I can still make you a mean playlist?
Danielle Cheesman
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SHIJIAZHUANG/MIES (China, Switzerland) – FIBA, the International Basketball Federation and Enlio, a Chinese leading sports floor-making company, on Friday announced a multi-year partnership for FIBA 3x3 world events.
"We are delighted to work with Enlio as 3x3 prepares for its Olympic debut," FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis said. "Our first experience working together at the FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup and FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup last year was unanimously acclaimed by federations, players and fans alike. We are confident this partnership will give us a big boost to make 3x3 the highest-paced and one of the most spectacular disciplines at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and beyond."
Enlio engineered a brand new court for 3x3, whose high molecule thermosetting elastic material - softer than ordinary polypropylene material and which realizes full body soft structure - ensures excellent support and protection for the players' body. The court's anti-slip and impacting force effectively protects the players' joints and helps them express their strength and leaping ability to the maximum. The soft structure and smooth texture design offers the players protection against serious bruises. This technology also guarantees a better and more stable ball bounce. Its weather resistance property will help retain excellent elasticity all year round.
"We are excited to join FIBA3x3 on its road to the Olympics," Enlio Chairman Li Yu said. "We are very proud of the innovative courts we created and designed. We are looking forward to being associated with such a fast-growing, urban and global discipline and are ready to bring 3x3 to the next level."
Enlio courts will be used at the FIBA 3x3 World Cups (at senior, U23 and U18 level) as well as the top level of the FIBA 3x3 professional circuit (FIBA 3x3 World Tour). FIBA will recommend their use at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
It was played successfully for the first time in international competition at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore and since then has benefited from the launch of a yearly city-based FIBA 3x3 World Tour and national-team FIBA 3x3 World & Continental Cups. On 9 June 2017, 3x3 was added to the Olympic Program, starting from the Tokyo 2020 Games.
FIBA 3x3 events are played on Enlio floors with Wilson balls, Schelde backstops, and the Magic Sky canopy system.
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Docs: Same-sex marriage benefits kids
Children raised by gay or lesbian couples benefit when their parents are allowed to marry, America's top pediatrics group said Thursday in support of same-sex marriage.
"If a child has two living and capable parents who choose to create a permanent bond by way of civil marriage, it is in the best interest of their child(ren) that legal and social institutions allow and support them to do so, irrespective of their sexual orientation," the American Academy of Pediatrics said in a policy statement.
Dr. Ellen Perrin, co-author of the policy statement, says marriage gives children of same-sex couples the same advantages of any married couple's children.
"Marriage provides permanence and security for children, and those are extremely important for children's well-being," said Perrin, a professor at Tufts University School of Medicine who specializes in the developmental behavior of children. "(Marriage) allows them to grow up in an environment in which they're confident of the solidity of their family and the fact that their family is just like every other family of kids they know in school."
Almost 2 million children are being raised by gay and lesbian parents, according to the AAP. Only nine states and the District of Columbia currently allow same-sex couples to legally marry.
The policy statement comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to consider two same-sex marriage cases next week. One involves the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. The other involves a California law banning gay marriage.
Critics of same-sex marriage have argued it hurts children, citing research that claims children do better when both a mother and a father are in the home.
In a 2009 story, Dale O'Leary, author of the book "One Man, One Woman: A Catholic's Guide to Defending Marriage," said being raised by a same-sex couple damaged children. All children have a natural desire for a parent of each gender, she says, and children of same-sex couples are forced to repress that desire because their parents won't accept it.
In a 2010 opinion piece, Bishop Harry R. Jackson Jr., senior pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland, said "An eight-year study of girls and their families showed that a father's presence in the home, with appropriate involvement in his children's lives, contributed to daughters' reaching puberty at a later age."
Although Jackson did not provide specifics on the study, Perrin dismisses such concerns and says virtually all the studies evaluating the benefit of having both a mother and a father in the home compare the situation to a one-parent family, typically the mother alone—not to two parents of the same sex.
"This is something that people are often concerned about, but in reality it just isn't really a problem for these families," she said. "It's very clear that other people in the child's family environment can substitute for a male or a female influence."
In reaching its conclusion, the American Academy of Pediatrics authors reviewed more than 30 years of scientific research evaluating children raised by gay and lesbian parents.
"There's no relationship between parents' gender or sexual orientation and their children's well-being," Perrin said. "Our conclusion is based in the fact that there's no evidence at all that same-sex marriage harms children in any way."
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There have been almost daily reports in the news about the battle between Amazon, the U.S. publisher Hachette, and German media group Bonnier. As is the way of many tech companies (especially ones like Amazon that have high stock valuations, but don't make a profit), Amazon's business tactics are among the most ruthless in the world. Their typical mantra to suppliers, vendors and competition is, "We're all powerful. You have no choice but to accept our heinous terms—or else." Hachette is a big company—it's not a little guy—so if they can't get this worked out, the actual little guys don't stand a chance.
Bentham also designed the Panopticon, a prison designed such that a very small number of guards could watch every prisoner.
I grew up in a small town just outside the Baltimore city line. There were two gas stations in town. As happened fairly regularly in those days, the station owned by the bigger company would at some point begin to undercut the prices of the independent one, sucking up their customers until the second filling station used up their savings, gave up and went out of business. Usually the big guy, having eliminated the competition, would then raise the prices back up. The benefit to the consumer was short lived—and ultimately resulted in higher prices, consolidation and a monopoly (or close to it).
Microsoft was well known for doing this same thing. Apple too dictates terms that some consider unfair. The success of Walmart is partially due to the fact that it undercuts the prices of stores on Main Street and often, within a year or so, the Main Street of a town under the shadow of "Wally World" becomes a ghost town. That Walmart might be unfair to its workers and bribes politicians to get into good locations around the world is overlooked, as everyone goes where the low prices are. Walmart is really convenient, too—like Amazon, it's an everything store. The consumer benefits, at least in the short term, so who can blame them for making what seems like a logical choice? So, following similar actions made by Microsoft, Apple and Walmart before it, the behavior of Amazon is no surprise here.
What do we lose when this big box takeover occurs? We lose more than just some mom and pop stores. We lose a place where people's lives intersect and where our neighbors are the ones who deal with us—who often own the stores and work in them—as opposed to a faceless corporation or a virtual store with no face at all.
The big box stores do provide local employment—but could they possibly employ more people than the stores that they displaced? That's a little hard to believe, as there's only so much stuff we can buy—and to keep those prices down, they would have to be more efficient than the mom and pop stores, i.e., have fewer employees per item sold.
The employees in those big chains have no equity in those companies—mom and pop at least own the store. Those employess don't benefit even if the company does well, so they have no incentive to make the company better.
Full disclosure: I still buy things on Amazon. It's easy and the stuff arrives quickly. I'm guilty of being lured by convenience and low prices the same as anyone else. I initially switched to buying music at Amazon or eMusic because iTunes has DRM (Digital Rights Management) on many of their tracks—which means I am limited by the number of my own devices on which I can listen to my own music. They have been removing this, but it's impossible to determine which files have been scrubbed. Nowadays, someone like me, who actually pays for downloads, is increasingly a rarity.
Why do we tend to underplay the consequences of the dominance that these companies have? Metrics like prices and delivery speeds are easy to measure—loss of community is less tangible, a harder thing to quantify and measure. People who work for Amazon or Walmart don't exactly bring back glowing reports on how fulfilling their jobs are—horror stories are more like it. Happiness and fulfilling lives—that's hard to measure, too.
Of course, the Bentham philosophy has been applied to recorded music as well. On-demand streaming services like Spotify, YouTube and Beats make their payments to the record companies and, somehow, what money gets passed on to the artists ends up being a miniscule dribble, lower than CD royalties or even download royalties—way too small to live on. These services will claim, partially correctly, that we artists should take this issue up with the labels. In the end, the consumer is happy as they are getting as much music as they want, when they want and where they want for a low, low price. The fact that the folks who make that product can no longer make a living from it seems irrelevant. That's disruption! Adapt or die!
The same thing is happening to TV. The company Aereo is offering cheaper over-the-air TV to customers by harvesting the broadcast signals of networks and then making them available on-demand on the Internet… without paying any licensing fees. The consumer would initially benefit, but as with music, one wonders who is going to pay for the creation of network shows in the future—shows that drive the customers to use these services. There needs to be some kind of fairer arrangement that will allow for the creation of future content. The Aereo case is currently before the Supreme Court, but if the judges privilege the consumer in the short run, as often happens, we know what the outcome will be.
So, sometimes to really determine the greatest happiness, one might take that wider, longer view. The typical consumer maybe can't be expected to instinctively want to do that. We have to be protected from ourselves, to some extent. Cheap fish? We as shoppers say that's good. None left in the ocean after a couple of decades? Whoops. Maybe those low prices came with a hidden cost. Coal as a cheap energy source? Cheap wood from the Amazon? Not to say Bentham's formulation is wrong, but when one takes a longer and wider view, the happiness obtained in the short term is often short-lived and deceptive. The real costs are hidden, sometimes not showing up for decades—well after the corporations have moved on.
In the end, our default logic of giving the advantage to the consumer seems like it can often result in the consumer paying the price down the line, while the company walks away. It's true, the social and economic consequences of always favoring any cost cutting to the consumer are hard to measure, harder to prove and easier to ignore than the initial lower prices or added convenience. Is it the government's job to take a longer, wider view and protect its citizens from being lured by short-term benefits? In the same way that zoning is supposed to protect towns, regulations are supposed to protect us from zealous developers, the EPA is supposed to protect us from polluters and coal companies, and the Fed was supposed to protect us from the behavior of bankers.
Obviously, in an oligopoly like ours—a country basically run in the interests of big businesses—those watchdogs have been given sleeping pills. Here is a study from Princeton and Northwestern Universities that claims to prove that the interests of the majority of Americans are habitually ignored in favor of the interests of big businesses.
So, the solution to protecting ourselves from ourselves (our attraction to simple convenience and low prices for example) would ultimately seem to be to limit the influence of money and lobbying in our government.
Here is a TED talk that legal scholar Lawrence Lessig did on this subject. While I may not agree with Lessig's occasional justification of piracy, his recent focus on lobbying and corruption seems spot on.
Waking up these watchdogs and giving them their teeth back seems like a possible alternative to succumbing to the consequences of our short-term instincts. The long-term solution to the Amazon issue might be this kind of proposed legislative reform.
It turns out that Lessig is heading a Kickstarter-like campaign—a big one, with a goal of $5 million—to end the influence of dollars in politics. A SuperPAC with the aim of ending SuperPACs!


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Quiz for September 24, 2013
Based on "The Battle of Payne's Farm, Nov 27, 1863: Command & Competency During the Mine Run Campaign" by Ted Savas
Q#1 – In September 1863, what change significantly weakened Lee's Army of Northern Virginia?
Q#2 – What two roads did Union General Meade plan to use to get behind Lee's Army?
Q#3 – What event of Mother Nature caused Meade to lose the element of surprise in getting his campaign started?
Q#4 – On Nov 27, what delayed the III Corps from joining up with the II Corps at the Robertson Tavern as planned?
Q#5 – What road did Confederate Gen. Edward "Alleghany" Johnson march his troops on to confront the Union II Corps?
Q#6 – What maneuver tactic did the 37th Virginia Regiment employ to deceive the Union forces attacking the Confederate left flank?
Q#7 – What were the names of the generals that commanded the two brigades of Confederate General Johnson's right flank?
Q#8 – What was the significant piece of terrain that bordered on the right side of the Madison Payne Farm?
Q#9 – What was the name of the horse that was ridden by Confederate General Stafford?
Q#10 – When Confederate General Jones led his brigade to attack across the open field of Payne's Farm, what did they encounter at the base of the hill?
Q#11 – What action did a Confederate sergeant in the 50th Virginia Regiment take when he became so upset that his troops would not attack?
Q#12 – Despite the advancement in the development of bullets used in rifles during the Civil War, what type of bullet were some Confederate soldiers still using at the Battle of Payne's Farm?
Q#13 – What type of artillery shot did Confederate General Carpenter's artillery battery use to thwart a Union attack on Confederate lines at the intersection of Ford Road and Jacob's ford Road?
Q#14 – Two part question: Approximately how many casualties did the Union incur at the battle? How many for the Confederates?
Q#15 – What is the significance of the Confederate victory at Payne's Farm?
This entry was posted in Quiz on August 26, 2013 by hlj.
Meeting of August 24, 2013
Ted Savas on "The Battle of Payne's Farm, November 27, 1863: Command & Competency During the Mine Run Campaign"
David Woodbury and Ted Savas
Ted was the featured speaker at the August picnic meeting. He was pleased to see a surprise guest, David Woodbury. These two gentlemen were among the founders of the Round Table in 1989.
Theodore P. Savas graduated from The University of Iowa College of Law in 1986 (With Distinction). He practiced law in Silicon Valley for twelve years before moving to El Dorado Hills. He co-founded Savas Woodbury Publishers (subsequently Savas Publishing) in 1990 with David Woodbury, and is the owner and managing director of Savas Beatie LLC, one of the largest independent Civil War publishers in the world. He has been teaching legal, history, and business college classes since 1992, and is the author or editor of fourteen books (published in six languages) including A Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution, Hunt and Kill: U-505 and the U-Boat War in the Atlantic, and Silent Hunters: German U-boat Commanders of World War II. While in San Jose he founded the South Bay Civil War Round Table in 1989; its first meeting of four people was held in his living room.
Meeting Minutes August 2013
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Meeting of July 30, 2013
James Hollabaugh on "The Monitor and the Merrimack"
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Meeting Minutes July 2013
Quiz for August 24, 2013
Based on "The Monitor and the Merrimack" by James Hollabaugh
Q#1 – How many guns did the Merrimack have?
Q#2 – What was the water draft that the Merrimack required?
Q#3 – What unique characteristic did the Monitor possess for its guns?
Q#4 – What was the water draft that the Monitor required?
Q#5 – What standing order governed the firing capability of the Monitor's guns?
Q#6 – What was the date when the Monitor & Merrimack fought?
Q#7 – What happened to the ram on the bow of the Merrimack after it rammed the Union ship Cumberland?
Q#8 – After attacking the USS Cumberland, what was the next Union ship the Merrimack attacked?
Q#9 – In what Union Navy Yard was the Monitor constructed?
Q#10 – When the Monitor & the Merrimack engaged in battle, which ship fired the first shot?
Q#11 – What hampered both ships' ability to accurately gauge their firing range?
Q#12 – During the battle with the Monitor, how many Confederate sailors were killed?
Q#13 – What injury did Captain Worden of the Monitor suffer?
Q#14 – What was the result of the battle between the Monitor & the Merrimack?
Q#15 – After the battle, the Monitor sailed up river to Richmond. Why did this maneuver fail?
This entry was posted in Quiz on August 2, 2013 by hlj.


When the summer night is soft and black and a soundtrack of crickets runs in the background, some backyards are blessed with fireflies. They glimmer like tiny sprites or flashes of magic against the darkness. I used to sit in our walk-in closet for hours, watching them through the screened window. They are living smiles.
Fireflies remind me that my life has been punctuated with the presence of people who worked the same kind of charm for me–people who sparkled for a moment when I needed a glimmer of hope. They aren't meant to be crutches or fixtures. Their light isn't bright enough to illumine the way. They must move on their own journey. They are the unexpected sweet words, gentle touches, and acts of kindness that defied gloom. Some may return over and over. Others happen only once.
I try to remember to thank the fireflies in my life–friends, neighbors, co-workers, students, family and strangers here and there. I hope they know how important they have been to me. They counterbalance the human swarms, the mosquitoes of life. I try to remember to be a firefly when I can–or maybe the song of a mockingbird, or the funny push-ups of a lizard or the soft kiss of a butterfly. Each part of the world has its own special expression, if we don't work too hard to kill it.
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"Renewable Energy Technologies (E.T.) are going to constitute the next great global industry. They will rival and probably surpass Information Technology (I.T.). The country that spawns the most E.T. companies will enjoy more economic power, strategic advantage and rising standards of living."
I-SAEF is spearheaded by successful Silicon Valley technology entrepreneurs and a team of leading scientists, accomplished business leaders, venture capitalists and philanthropists within Israel, the U.S and worldwide.
I-SAEF is a 501(c)(3) charity and is a supporting foundation of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma Counties. To contact us, please e-mail: info@i-saef.org.
Funding early-stage alternative energy technology research is a highly leveraged and historic opportunity for tikkun olam.
By working to free the world of its dependency on fossil fuels from destabilizing states, this investment in Israeli research will help build a more prosperous and secure Israel as well as a healthier, safer and cleaner planet.
Supporting only high impact projects selected through an objective and rigorous external peer review process so that research is funded based on merit and not internal university politics.
Taking action now with the awareness that the race for alternative energy technology has already begun. Countries such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and China are investing billions of dollars to build their capabilities in this important industry. (Examples include the $20 Billion Masdar project in the UAE to build a carbon-neutral city).
Empowering Israel to leverage its tremendous intellectual capital and business expertise to become a leader in the $6 trillion energy industry by filling a critical gap in early-stage research funding.
Early-stage technology research has historically been the source of the biggest scientific breakthroughs and Israel has demonstrated time again its unique ability for scientific innovation and building companies around new technologies. However, this technology research was made possible in large part by military funding.
Presently, there is an unprecedented lack of government funding for early-stage alternative energy research. Private for-profit funding, such as Venture Capital, is generally not available for high-risk early-stage research projects because the science is not yet proven. While Israeli universities have the laboratories and scientists needed to make break-through discoveries, funding for early-stage research in Israel is scarce.
I-SAEF bridges the funding gap and enables this promising research to move forward. Learn about the first I-SAEF grantee to achieve commercial success here.
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John Constable RA, Rainstorm over the Sea, ca. 1824-1828.
Oil on paper laid on canvas. 235 mm x 326 mm. © Photo: John Hammond.
This is one of the most dramatic studies of sea and sky that Constable sketched at Brighton. The thunderous black clouds and torrential downpour have been painted rapidly to capture the fleeting nature of the scene.
Constable's atmospheric sketch of a rainstorm over Brighton beach was painted between 1824 and 1828 while the artist's wife and family were living on the Sussex coast. In many of his Brighton sketches Constable included figures and boats as points of reference but here he dispensed with human interest to capture the powerful but fleeting image of a storm with a shaft of sunlight suddenly breaking through the glowering black clouds.
The sky has been created with a series of hasty sweeps of the brush. The surface of the sea has been given emphasis by a number of horizontal incisions perhaps with the end of the brush. This sketch is unusual in that Constable looks so directly out to sea here.
The artist's fascination with skies led him to make numerous similar studies directly from nature, often showing the same location transformed by different light and weather conditions. In Brighton he practised making rapid sketches of the sea and sky while sitting on the beach with a paint box balanced on his knees, a sheet of paper pinned to the lid. Major works, like A Boat Passing a Lock (1826), demonstrate how much this practice honed Constable's skill in depicting transitory effects.
In English Landscape mezzotints, Constable writes that he thought that Brighton was 'perhaps no spot in Europe where so many circumstances conducive to health and enjoyment are to be found combined.' (Beckett, Discourses, p. 20).
The poor health of Constable's wife was the reason that the family moved down to Brighton in spring 1824. Maria returned there 1825-26 and again in 1828 and Constable visited as much as possible. This sketch has therefore commonly been assigned to one of Constable's visits to Brighton between 1824 and 1828.
Brighton was preferred residence of King George IV. Constable wrote to John Fisher in 1824 complaining that 'Brighton is the receptacle of the fashion and offscouring of London. The magnificence of the sea, and its (to use your own beautiful expression) everlasting voice is drowned in the din & lost in the tumult of stage coaches – gigs – 'flys' etc – and the beach is only piccadilly …. By the sea-side … in short there is nothing here for the painter but the breakers - & the sky – which have been lovely indeed and always [various].' (Beckett, VI, p.171).
Fisher wrote to Constable about the sketches he made in Brighton, comparing them to the writing of William Paley in his Sermons, and suggested they were 'full of vigour, and nature, fresh, original, warm from the observation of nature' (Beckett, Discourses, p.196; quoted in Gray, 2006, p.218).


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by Katie Hemsworth September 30, 20201:00 pm September 30, 2020
Problems of Place: Drifting, Part One
Editor's note: This is the first of a pair of posts on dislocation and grief as part of our Problems of Place series. Stay tuned for Katie's second piece, coming soon.
I'm sitting on a picnic table with my dad. I'm probably eighteen or nineteen. We've just come from a trip to the dump and are rewarding ourselves with ice cream from the Shake Shoppe in Kakabeka Falls, on the outskirts of our hometown, Thunder Bay, Ontario. These places, mispronounced or renamed by settlers, sit on Anishinaabe territory of the Fort William First Nation, on land outlined in the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850.
It's a hot day, and we're both struggling to maintain the structural integrity of our ice cream cones. Eventually, my dad reveals why he brought me on this mission.
"I think you're feeling a bit lost, Kate."
I pretend I don't know what he's talking about, but I know it's about the fact that I couldn't seem to land a summer job I thought would be fulfilling. I feel completely stuck and afraid to admit it. Choosing his words carefully, my dad tells me a story about how, when he was younger, he was overcome by a similar lack of direction. One day, in the private space of introspection best afforded by a bathroom, he confides, he was stricken with fear and anxiety to the point where he physically could not move.
My dad used his own story to create a space that allowed me to express my own anxieties, frustrations, and confusion about my path forward. We shared tales about feeling ambivalent and adrift. Sometimes, he said, you end up drifting to meaningful places you wouldn't have if you stayed in one spot. Never one to hide his emotions, he held my one free hand and cried with me as I added my own tearful contribution to the puddle of ice cream already forming on the table.
This memory comes back to me often. It has resurfaced even more vibrantly over the last few years as my path once again began to drift out of focus.
After I graduated with my PhD in Human Geography at Queen's University, my partner and I agreed we would go to the first place where one of us landed a stable job. As precarious academics, "stability" for us meant finding work at a university or college for at least one year. When my partner was the first to secure a postdoctoral position, that job happened to be in Atlanta.
My dad masked any feelings of disappointment or concern he might have had with outward excitement that my journey was taking me through the landscape that inspired one of his favourite rock bands, the Allman Brothers. "Hot'Lanta!" he said. "Eat a Peach!" Yep, we were "Southbound."
The sonic geographer in me loved the musicality of our new home but, as it turned out, living in another country on a spousal visa was not optimal for finding work in an already sub-optimal academic "market." I had little historical connection with the place and its people. I bore the guilt of an outsider who showed up uninvited. I began to feel immobilized by what historian Erin Bartram described as "the sublimated grief of the left behind" when I could not find work. At the same time, I longed for what environmental historian and EHN contributor, Jessica DeWitt, claimed as a "period of dormancy"—downtime from academic landscapes, identities, and applications.
Feeling dislocated from previous homes in geography departments and university libraries, my passion for scholarly research began to wane. As others have expressed, perhaps more exhausting than preparing a lengthy application is the emotional work required to imagine ourselves in a new place all over again for (likely) another temporary arrangement.
Place matters in all aspects of our lives. For emerging academics, finding a job means struggling to find a place for our research and our selves.
Navigating the liminal spaces of academic precarity and uncertainty, I am left with the question: how does one weather all of that (dis)embodied "drifting" and still find meaning in their work? No wonder it's so difficult to imagine how our research might take shape when we don't know how – or where – it will take place.
This feeling of disorientation has only intensified with a world turned on its head by a pandemic, exacerbated by ongoing social and environmental injustices, feeling disoriented about where we are and where we're going.
My personal world turned on its head in June 2017. Not fully a year into our Atlanta lives, my brother called in tearful shock to tell me our dad had died. I have never felt so far from home.
My dad was cycling from our family home in the outskirts of Thunder Bay, along the shores of Lake Superior, across the border to Grand Marais, Minnesota. He made that two-wheeled journey many times when we were kids and picked cycling back up again a few years before he passed. He would often tell us about his "nemesis," Mount Josephine—a peak in the Sawtooth Mountains just a few miles across the Minnesota border—and we'd roll our eyes as he'd launch into his well-rehearsed account of its grueling incline.
On June 12, 2017, he had a heart attack while climbing toward the apex of his nemesis. He was rushed by ambulance to a Grand Marais hospital but it was too far and too late.
The road sign memorializes his final age: Highway 61.
Dad's cycling logs serve as an archive of his final rides and some people and places he loved.
[Image description: a handwitten cycling log.]
It is important for me to acknowledge that, despite how painful this experience of grief was for my family, it was profoundly shaped by our white privilege. It gives me peace to know that my dad died doing something he loved, but road cycling is an activity typically enjoyed by those with access to time, mobility, and money. The geographies of his sudden death were most likely related to unforgiving topographies of land and body, rather than outcomes of systemic violence, police brutality, land dispossession, residential school trauma, or environmental racism.
I am privileged to have had three years of protected, uninterrupted space through which to grieve a man who died by unfortunate happenstance rather than violent circumstance. Without dismissing my family's trauma in losing the man who meant the world to us, I know that grief is not immune from power.
Among the condolences came messages from fellow geographers and historians who, unbeknownst to me, had also lost parents or other close loved ones at relatively young ages. A recurring theme within these notes of support was the experience of feeling "adrift." Their words stuck with me, not only because of their generosity or how effectively they captured my life over the past few years, but because they were the same words my dad had used in the ice cream therapy session.
So, I drifted. And I wound up here.
Walking through a limestone-clad alleyway in Kingston, Ontario, trying to answer my dad's many historical inquiries. Photograph by Susan Hemsworth.
[Image description: two people walking through an alley.]
*Cover image: Lake Superior, near Grand Marais, MN. Photograph by Paul Hemsworth.
[Cover image description: a sailboat on a lake with trees and shoreline in the foreground.]
Katie Hemsworth


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Newsflash: LeBron can't leave for two more years
Posted on 2008/02/19 by Ben
I know, "breaking news", right? However, for some reason, the feelings of LeBron James keep ending up in the news, like it matters:
Sam Smith:
LeBron James needs help, and he's unhappy about not getting it.
Saturday's Mike Bibby trade, in which Sacramento sent him to Atlanta for four players, coupled with New Jersey still trying to move Jason Kidd to Dallas reportedly has James fuming.
Chad Ford:
They have been trying and trying to make a deal happen, but they've been stuck on the sidelines while Mike Bibby and now, it appears, Jason Kidd, have moved to other teams. Meanwhile, LeBron James stews.
Marc Stein:
What I want to know: If LeBron looked so glum when he found out his buddy Jason Kidd likely was headed to Dallas, how's he going to take it when he hears that Kidd and Bibby might be unavailable now?
Nathaniel Friedman:
The Cleveland Cavaliers are getting worse and worse. The rest of the NBA is getting better and better. The Cavs' front office has screwed up at pretty much every turn, and now the NBA's best player must be thinking about life beyond Cleveland. Like maybe in Brooklyn, where that cap space being cleared practically has James' name on it.
Why aren't the Cavs in on any of the big trade powwows? Simple: They don't have any tradable assets. Everyone is overpaid, under contract for too long, or, as in the case of Drew Gooden, offers nothing to get other teams stoked.
And so, in a shrewd attempt to keep James' eye from wandering, coach Mike Brown will be fired — probably as soon as the Cavs are eliminated from the playoffs.
James is playing strictly for regional and personal pride but is not about to slack off. But with the team powerless to get him real help, this is the best it can do to publicly shake up a sinking ship.
Adrian Wojnarowski:
Over the summer, LeBron, Bryant and Jason Kidd were grumbling teammates with Team USA. Bryant wanted out of Los Angeles. Kidd wanted a trade to Cleveland. And James just wanted someone to share the burden with him. Well, the two point guards whom Cleveland GM Danny Ferry had tried to obtain for two years – Kidd and Mike Bibby – are on the way to Dallas and Atlanta.
When those stars left Las Vegas over the summer, they talked glumly about returning to teams with unworthy talent. Now, James leaves New Orleans and nothing's changed in Cleveland. Ferry has tried tirelessly to find him a point guard, but the Cavaliers have uninspired young talent and veteran contracts that won't expire for two years, leaving little value now.
When most of his All-Star pals are making runs with new teams and new toys, it's back to reality for LeBron James. There are so many better teams in the NBA now, but it gets harder and harder to make the case that there's a better player.
Gary Benz:
That's why the situation with Ferry and James is on a collision course, even if no one in Cavs management wants to admit it. If the Cavs want to retain James, they are going to have to demonstrate in dramatic terms that they are committed to putting a team on the floor capable of winning it all. A new practice facility and a tricked-out locker room are always nice amenities. But if they don't bring in the kind of players seriously capable of winning a championship, then they are all for naught.
Ferry can't simply wait until James has one foot out the door to step forward with a move that might make a difference. With James captive for the next two seasons, the time is now. In fact, the Cavs and Ferry are operating on borrowed time as it is.
TrueHoop:
It's no secret that in the summer of 2010, LeBron James is a free agent. Between now and then the Cavaliers will have the chance to shed every one of their bad contracts (goodbye, Larry Hughes!) and should have a revamped roster. If, however, LeBron James is dissatisfied with the team at that point, it'll be trouble for Cleveland. It's no secret that keeping James happy is a major corporate mission for the Cavaliers.
How could LeBron James leave? All options are on the table. He could waltz as a free agent to one of the teams that is now maneuvering to have cap space that summer. He could theoretically sign with a major market team for the mid-level exception, and try to make up the income difference in endorsements. Or he could use the threat of either of the above to goad Cleveland into a sign-and-trade.
Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of things that Cavs fans can worry about. They have numerous injuries, Daniel Gibson hasn't shown he can handle the ball well enough to play the point and the defense isn't where it should be if the Cavs want to beat Detroit and Boston come playoff time. These are things that should cause some sleepless nights.
But you're wasting your time worrying if LeBron will leave in the summer of 2010 based on what the Cavaliers' roster looks like in early 2008.
Look at the Cavs salaries, there at least five players (possibly as many as seven) who's contracts are ending after the 2008-09 season. Not only will those players (Eric Snow, Donyell Marshall, Damon Jones) be off the team before LeBron can leave, their contracts will help facilitate moves throughout the upcoming season.
I cannot believe that we're already discussing LeBron James leaving in free agency. His new deal (you know, the one he signed to re-up with the Cleveland fucking Cavaliers) just kicked in this season. The Cavs are coming off their first Finals appearance and they just gave their coach a contract extension. People are acting like this trade deadline is make or break time with LeBron and the Cavs.
If there's ever a time that Cavs fans don't have to worry about LeBron's feelings on the front office, it's right now. Is he going to demand a trade? Is he going to sit out? I highly doubt it. Even if he wanted to, he can't walk away for two years. Obviously, they can't afford to actually anger the guy, but they can't run the team based on what James wants either. Michael Jordan wanted the Bulls to get rid of Bill Cartwright and Kobe Bryant wanted the Lakers to trade Andrew Bynum… how'd that work out? Just because the star says jump, doesn't mean the front office has to ask how high.
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Most of these guys don't cover the Cavs or are more tuned into to other Cleveland sports (sorry, Gary).
I think Windhorst's sentiment that LeBron might stay or he might leave, but he'll give Cleveland every chance to put a better team around.
Call it rumor mongering, penis envy, uninformed reporting, or whatever. The bottom line is these guys generally don't know what they're writing about.
It is sad though that Cleveland fans have to read about these constant rumors and have it shoved in their face.
I think part of the deal is that most of the guys Ben quoted in the post don't write for Cleveland audiences (Gary obviously excluded). They write for national and/or big market audiences.
As I've said before "LeBron James is perfectly happy in Cleveland" doesn't get people in New York reading. "LeBron stews while Nets clear cap room" gets people in New York reading.
Of course these guys are going to take every chance they can get to stoke the "LeBron is unhappy" fires. It's the same thing as when Tony Grossi writes about free agents the Browns might target, except it's times about a thousand in terms of magnitude, and it hits us Clevelanders right in our championship-deprived solar plexus, and repeatedly.
As for the oft-answered question of why D-Wade, Melo and Bosh don't get the same treatment? Simple: Those guys aren't LeBron. Anybody who tries to put those guys (fine players that they are) into LeBron's class is just blowing smoke. There is only one LBJ, and that's why the big markets want to get their sweaty palms on him so badly.
And one more thing: Even if LeBron signed a 20-year extension with the Cavs, this kind of talk would never totally die. The Cavs would always be one protracted slump away from media speculation that LeBron might demand a trade.
So what I'm saying is, we'd better just learn to live with this for as long as LeBron is wearing wine and gold. It's better to have to deal with this than deal with a bottom-feeding basketball team.
I didn't realize that the Cavaliers sucked so much. The Cavs keep getting worse and worse while the rest of the NBA gets better?
Really? I am so tired of all the B.S. from the national media.
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"""Trains an N-styles style transfer model on the cheap.

Training is done by finetuning the instance norm parameters of a pre-trained
N-styles style transfer model.
"""
import ast
import os

from magenta.models.image_stylization import image_utils
from magenta.models.image_stylization import learning
from magenta.models.image_stylization import model
from magenta.models.image_stylization import vgg
import tensorflow.compat.v1 as tf
import tf_slim as slim

DEFAULT_CONTENT_WEIGHTS = '{"vgg_16/conv3": 1.0}'
DEFAULT_STYLE_WEIGHTS = ('{"vgg_16/conv1": 1e-4, "vgg_16/conv2": 1e-4,'
                         ' "vgg_16/conv3": 1e-4, "vgg_16/conv4": 1e-4}')

flags = tf.app.flags
flags.DEFINE_float('clip_gradient_norm', 0, 'Clip gradients to this norm')
flags.DEFINE_float('learning_rate', 1e-3, 'Learning rate')
flags.DEFINE_integer('batch_size', 16, 'Batch size.')
flags.DEFINE_integer('image_size', 256, 'Image size.')
flags.DEFINE_integer('num_styles', None, 'Number of styles.')
flags.DEFINE_float('alpha', 1.0, 'Width multiplier')
flags.DEFINE_integer('ps_tasks', 0,
                     'Number of parameter servers. If 0, parameters '
                     'are handled locally by the worker.')
flags.DEFINE_integer('save_summaries_secs', 15,
                     'Frequency at which summaries are saved, in seconds.')
flags.DEFINE_integer('save_interval_secs', 15,
                     'Frequency at which the model is saved, in seconds.')
flags.DEFINE_integer('task', 0,
                     'Task ID. Used when training with multiple '
                     'workers to identify each worker.')
flags.DEFINE_integer('train_steps', 40000, 'Number of training steps.')
flags.DEFINE_string('checkpoint', None,
                    'Checkpoint file for the pretrained model.')
flags.DEFINE_string('content_weights', DEFAULT_CONTENT_WEIGHTS,
                    'Content weights')
flags.DEFINE_string('master', '',
                    'Name of the TensorFlow master to use.')
flags.DEFINE_string('style_coefficients', None,
                    'Scales the style weights conditioned on the style image.')
flags.DEFINE_string('style_dataset_file', None, 'Style dataset file.')
flags.DEFINE_string('style_weights', DEFAULT_STYLE_WEIGHTS, 'Style weights')
flags.DEFINE_string('train_dir', None,
                    'Directory for checkpoints and summaries.')
FLAGS = flags.FLAGS

def main(unused_argv=None):
  with tf.Graph().as_default():
    # Force all input processing onto CPU in order to reserve the GPU for the
    # forward inference and back-propagation.
    device = '/cpu:0' if not FLAGS.ps_tasks else '/job:worker/cpu:0'
    with tf.device(tf.train.replica_device_setter(FLAGS.ps_tasks,
                                                  worker_device=device)):
      inputs, _ = image_utils.imagenet_inputs(FLAGS.batch_size,
                                              FLAGS.image_size)
      # Load style images and select one at random (for each graph execution, a
      # new random selection occurs)
      _, style_labels, style_gram_matrices = image_utils.style_image_inputs(
          os.path.expanduser(FLAGS.style_dataset_file),
          batch_size=FLAGS.batch_size, image_size=FLAGS.image_size,
          square_crop=True, shuffle=True)

    with tf.device(tf.train.replica_device_setter(FLAGS.ps_tasks)):
      # Process style and weight flags
      num_styles = FLAGS.num_styles
      if FLAGS.style_coefficients is None:
        style_coefficients = [1.0 for _ in range(num_styles)]
      else:
        style_coefficients = ast.literal_eval(FLAGS.style_coefficients)
      if len(style_coefficients) != num_styles:
        raise ValueError(
            'number of style coefficients differs from number of styles')
      content_weights = ast.literal_eval(FLAGS.content_weights)
      style_weights = ast.literal_eval(FLAGS.style_weights)

      # Rescale style weights dynamically based on the current style image
      style_coefficient = tf.gather(
          tf.constant(style_coefficients), style_labels)
      style_weights = dict((key, style_coefficient * value)
                           for key, value in style_weights.items())

      # Define the model
      stylized_inputs = model.transform(
          inputs,
          alpha=FLAGS.alpha,
          normalizer_params={
              'labels': style_labels,
              'num_categories': num_styles,
              'center': True,
              'scale': True
          })

      # Compute losses.
      total_loss, loss_dict = learning.total_loss(
          inputs, stylized_inputs, style_gram_matrices, content_weights,
          style_weights)
      for key, value in loss_dict.items():
        tf.summary.scalar(key, value)

      instance_norm_vars = [var for var in slim.get_variables('transformer')
                            if 'InstanceNorm' in var.name]
      other_vars = [var for var in slim.get_variables('transformer')
                    if 'InstanceNorm' not in var.name]

      # Function to restore VGG16 parameters.
      init_fn_vgg = slim.assign_from_checkpoint_fn(vgg.checkpoint_file(),
                                                   slim.get_variables('vgg_16'))

      # Function to restore N-styles parameters.
      init_fn_n_styles = slim.assign_from_checkpoint_fn(
          os.path.expanduser(FLAGS.checkpoint), other_vars)

      def init_fn(session):
        init_fn_vgg(session)
        init_fn_n_styles(session)

      # Set up training.
      optimizer = tf.train.AdamOptimizer(FLAGS.learning_rate)
      train_op = slim.learning.create_train_op(
          total_loss, optimizer, clip_gradient_norm=FLAGS.clip_gradient_norm,
          variables_to_train=instance_norm_vars, summarize_gradients=False)

      # Run training.
      slim.learning.train(
          train_op=train_op,
          logdir=os.path.expanduser(FLAGS.train_dir),
          master=FLAGS.master,
          is_chief=FLAGS.task == 0,
          number_of_steps=FLAGS.train_steps,
          init_fn=init_fn,
          save_summaries_secs=FLAGS.save_summaries_secs,
          save_interval_secs=FLAGS.save_interval_secs)

def console_entry_point():
  tf.disable_v2_behavior()
  tf.app.run(main)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  console_entry_point()

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therapist, who is an S4OM member, will work in whatever way best takes into account your individual needs.
treatment, receiving bodywork from an oncology therapist is important due to the potential for late effects of treatment.
considerations during and after cancer treatment.
Manual Lymph Drainage sessions are available with a Vodder Technique certified therapist.
Please visit The Society for Oncology Massage website at http://S4OM.org/.
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Select "Health Care Professionals" , then select "Is your therapist trained?"
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In loving memory of Clorinda Guzzo (nee Gualtieri), who passed away on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at the age of 91. Daughter of Vincenzo and Giulia Gualtieri, brother Gaetano all predeceased. She was born in Cosenza, Italy and came to Canada in 1948. Wife of Francesco Guzzo (predeceased 2012). Mother of Adriana Maslanka (Carl), Tony (Linda) and Vanda Brazzoni (Loris). Grandmother of Melissa (Nick), Jessica (Paul) and Stephanie (Mike). The two things Clorinda loved most in her life were her family and her God, Jehovah. We will miss her and her unwavering faith. We warmly invite you to attend a Memorial Service at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 3720 Municipal Road 80, Val Caron, on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 2:30p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made on donate.jw.org to help further the Bible education work that Clorinda whole heartedly shared in.
I am sorry to hear of her passing. She was a lovely woman and it was a pleasure to see how much warmth and caring there was between her and her family.