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12 Jan Reflecting on the "Still the Black Mecca?" Symposium
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Reflecting on the "Still the Black Mecca?" Symposium:
An Interview with Kali-Ahset Amen
The symposium Still the Black Mecca? Race, Social Inequality, and Urban Displacement in 21st-Century Atlanta was held at the GSU Law School on November 9, 2016. In the following Q & A, symposium co-organizer Kali-Ashet Amen, Assistant Director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute at Emory University, reflects on the symposium's aims and what comes next. Atlanta Studies will be publishing talks from the symposium in the coming weeks.
Why organize this Symposium now? What did you hope it would achieve?
At the Black Mecca symposium, our aim was to assemble scholars, activists, policymakers, students, and other members of the general public to discuss openly the current status of racial equity in Atlanta. As we consider the stakes of both the presidential and mayoral elections, my co-organizers Deirdre Oakley, Barbara Combs, and Zahra Alabanza and I thought this was the perfect time to examine the current racial moment in its historical context, to line up the facts and trends, and to assemble as much thought-leadership as possible to collectively imagine what racial justice and accountability can and should look like going forward.
Photograph Courtesy Alex Zhuravlov.
Of course, there are no simple answers. This is a large question that deserves examination through several critical lenses.
Firstly, we are concerned with the complex of processes often neatly called gentrification. I think a lot of working class black people see gentrification as this leviathan that signals imminent relocation, and even black cultural erasure. These are real threats and traumas that households and communities are confronting, even while there is a lot of good coming out of some neighborhood reinvestment approaches in the city. But development in Atlanta need not be a zero-sum game reduced to experiences of winning and losing, of colonization and victimization.
This symposium was designed to enable productive exchanges about some of the concrete racial consequences of development and urban governance in Atlanta. What we were and hope to continue exploring is how change in the city works for or against racial equity. We are giving visibility to well-researched scholarly evidence, and we are lifting up grassroots solutions as an important base of experiential knowing. As academics, we felt an urgency to build community with our activist counterparts in order to bring their praxis together with our evidence and analytics. This was a space for doing that—and hopefully the first of many.
Racial equity was a central theme of the symposium. Can you tease out what was intended by that phrase?
Yes. So, this symposium was explicitly about equity – not equal opportunity, not access, not "diversity" – but rather, racial equity; which is to say, we are concerned with the evaluation of fairness and justice in both the policies and the business deals that are being brokered in the name of urban progress.
When urban megaprojects and revitalization schemes obviously displace communities of color, what does that mean for racial justice? This is a key concern we're trying to put on the table – the justice question – because local development can't be reduced to colorblind economics. There are ethical matters at stake. These ethical propositions have racial substance to them.
By looking at valid predictions and measurable outcomes for black folks and other economically marginal groups, we are saying, look, race must be a part of the development calculus and policy prescriptions must be refined in ways that intentionally inscribe "race." And not just in the coded language of "affordable housing," for instance, but in plain terms – as an intentional part of the policy script.
It has already become well-known that race and class inequality are major issues in Atlanta and there has been a skepticism about the black mecca idea for a long time. So what else were you hoping people would take away from this Symposium?
As the black mecca idea suggests, black people have always been integral to building this city. And today, black Atlantans are still at the vanguard of shaping the city's global reputation, particularly in the cultural sphere. So despite Atlanta's own ambiguities about the state of the black mecca, the black mecca idea has already been exported as a global project. The question is, what does it need to look like as a local project under current conditions?
In this vein, another goal of the symposium was to lift up "equity solutions." And so we had a TED talk–style session, featuring presentations by local activists and scholars about interventions, specific to Atlanta, that have actually proven effective in supporting fair outcomes for vulnerable communities, with a focus on historically black and immigrant communities.
Finally, in the symposium's culminating session, we wanted to look at both the problems and the solutions systemically. To that end, we incorporated the framework of multiracial coalition provided to us by the Movement 4 Black Lives in the way we composed the panel and articulated the task set out to them.
Can you say more about this framework?
This past August, a group of Black Lives Matter organizations disseminated a six-point policy platform for racial justice. The policy recommendations they offer are national in scope. So we decided to look up close at how some of those ideas can be brought down to the ground level right here in Atlanta. How might we begin to envision a local economic and social agenda that explicitly places value on black lives and Black Life itself? How, for example, do we support truly democratic community involvement in oversight of local law enforcement? How can we seed economic justice imperatives into a MARTA system expansion that actually serves the black working class?
The Black Mecca was born through biracial coalition, but for the black mecca to be true to its name in the present moment, we are going to need a practical vision of multiracial, queer, and immigrant equity that is grounded in political commitments to black and brown thriving. Without that kind of intentionality, and multiracial mobilizing toward those ends, the black mecca idea loses all foundation.
That's a big task. Isn't this a job for the policy community? Or for activists? Why is this so important to the three universities that are co-sponsoring this symposium?
Some would say that it is not the place of the academic to assert what should or must be done about inequity. They might say that our only job is to present the social facts. And I agree – with a caveat. In organizing this symposium we marshalled some of the city's most prolific scholars and scholar-activists from Emory, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Clark Atlanta, and Spelman to share their research in an accessible platform that truly embodies the spirit of scholar activism pioneered by the likes of James Weldon Johnson and W. E. B. DuBois. With the legacy of these luminaries in mind, our response would be: what use is scholarship without application? What is the point of social science if not put in the service of social change?
Now that the symposium is past, what comes next?
Obviously, this conversation is only a beginning. A variety of materials drawn from and building on this symposium will be published in the coming weeks at Atlanta Studies, including videos from the symposium, and blog posts and articles expanding on some of the talks given. In addition, Deirdre Oakley and I are serving as guest co-editors of a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Urban Affairs entitled "Black Meccas of the Americas," which will continue and expand on the conversations we had at the symposium.
And it is important to note that we know we are not the only collective of concerned citizens. There has been a proliferation of "Race in Atlanta" conversations in recent years. And there are really committed changemakers out there who are consistently walking the talk when it comes to issues of equitable development. I am thinking of certain philanthropic organizations like W.K. Kellogg and Annie E. Casey, and of leaders like Nathanial Smith of Partnership for Southern Equity and Mtamanika Youngblood of Sweet Auburn Works, all of whom are doing outstanding work.
As academics, there is only so much we can do to turn these conversations into something concrete politically. Policy coordination is beyond our purview. But we do want to do more collaboratively among ourselves to develop inter-institutional infrastructure for research on Atlanta, for Atlanta. Georgia State University is really ground-zero for this kind of work. As the home of the inter-institutional Atlanta Studies Network and Atlanta Studies Journal, Emory is contributing its piece as well. In the Atlanta University Center, Professor Obie Clayton, Sociology and Criminal Justice Chair at CAU, is spearheading some amazing empirical projects.
Ultimately, the symposium partners are trying to build density around Atlanta-focused scholarship, so that changemakers in both the policy and activist arenas know exactly where to go for good data and good solutions that keep race at the center.
The bottom line is that we care about Atlanta's future and about ensuring that everyone has a stake in shaping it.
Amen, Kali-Ahset. "Reflecting on the "Still the Black Mecca?" Symposium." Atlanta Studies. January 12, 2017. https://doi.org/10.18737/atls20161222
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Pistons vs. Magic final score: Detroit point guards dominate, Pistons win 108-82
Ish Smith and Beno Udrih combine for 29 points, 12 assists to drive Pistons blowout win.
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After the rough start from the bench last season, it's a little odd to think of the bench being the spark to lead a 108-82 blowout win. But the second unit offered that tonight with the Pistons home opener.
It was a tight game until midway through the second quarter. Then the bench took over. And "took over" is putting it mildly.
Beno Udrih orchestrated a spark that ended up with a 16-0 run before handing the game back to the starters. They kept it going, beating the Magic into submission. Orlando was listless for the rest of the game, never even putting up the hint of a run.
The Pistons' defense was dominant, holding Orlando to just 82 points, which would serve as the second lowest point total allowed for all of 2015-16.
Tobias Harris and Marcus Morris led the way offensively for Detroit. Each shot 50 percent from the field, Harris scoring 18 and Morris putting up 17.
But the point guards were the catalysts for the Pistons. Ish Smith put up 16 points, consistently pushing the pace and dishing 8 assists. Udrih finished with 13 points and 4 assists, just a week after joining the Pistons.
Andre Drummond put up another big but inefficient 12 points, 20 rebounds, along with a pair of steals. But he shot just 5-14 —- though he hit both of his free throws.
After a disappointing game one, it was nice to see Detroit lay down a bonafide ass whooping. Pistons get Saturday off before getting back to work Sunday against the Milwaukee Bucks.

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Concepción Sánchez (Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¿? - ibídem, 18 de mayo de 1970) fue una bailarina, vedette y actriz de cine, radio y teatro argentina.

Carrera
Sánchez fue una primera actriz radiotelefónicas que hizo parte de su carrera en el cine y sobre todo en el teatro argentino.

En 1891 integran una compañía como "primera triple" encabezada por la actriz Hortensia Mayorga.

En 1918 trabaja como bailarina de tango junto con Tito Lusiardo en El cabaret de Carlos Mauricio Pacheco.

En la pantalla grande se destacó como actriz de reparto comicodramática junto a primeras figuras de la escena nacional como León Zárate, Irma Córdoba, Pepita Muñoz y Amelia Bence.

También actuó en varios radioteatros en Radio El Mundo, donde se caracterizó popularmente por aporrear el lenguaje. Se destacó en la versión radial de Fuegos artificiales.

En teatro integra entre 1918 y 1922 la "Compañía Luis Vittone- Segundo Pomar". En el '18 trabaja en el teatro cómico-lírico nacional en una obra encabeza Olinda Bozán. Luego actúa en un sainete de un acto y tres cuadros original de Ivo Pelay estrenado en el Politeama Argentino.

A mediados de 1950 los peronistas Fernando Riera y Arturo del Río eran el gobernador y vicegobernador de la provincia de Tucumán cuando el actor José Ramírez y su compañía del integraba Sánchez, debutaron en el Teatro Alberdi de Tucumán con la "revista de actualidad tucumana" cuyo título Sería un loco desvarío/que yo me riera del río jugaba con los apellidos de los nombrados. Sea por la gracia del libreto o por el hecho de que el género no era -ni es- nada común en esa ciudad, lo cierto es que la revista tuvo mucho éxito durante la breve estadía de la compañía, con dos funciones diarias del 14 al 18 de julio. Ramírez tenía el papel protagónico, además de Concepción, Pura Delgui, Mabel Cabello, Julio Bianquet y Arturo Bambio. Según la crónica del diario La Gaceta la obra en diez cuadros se destacada por sus "ajustadas caracterizaciones" y sus números musicales con "compass de tangos, boleros y otras piezas populares conocidas". El autor -escondido tras un seudónimo- era Pedro Gregorio "Perico" Madrid (1904-1963), en ese momento empresario del Teatro Alberdi, una figura muy popular en Tucumán que fue productor y libretista del film El diablo de las vidalas (1951), sobre la vida del general Aráoz de Lamadrid, a quien hacía referencia el tercer cuadro de la obra teatral titulado "Al diablo con las vidalas".

Filmografía
 1937: El forastero.

Teatro
 El cabaret (1918)
 Juvenilia (1920), comedia en tres actos.
 Fuegos artificiales (1936), comedia musical de Ivo Pelay, estrenada en el Teatro Avenida, junto con Ernesto Famá, Manolita Poli, Sara Watle, Miguel Gómez Bao, Sara Prósperi, Maruja Pais, entre otros.
 Boite rusa (1937), con la "Compañía de Grandes Espectáculos Musicales". con coreografía de Ángel Eleta, junto a Raimundo Pastore, Delfy de Ortega, Rodolfo Zenner, Fina Suárez, Fernando Lamas y Renata Fronzi.
 El Matrero (1945), con Fernando Ochoa, Carmen Valdez y Domingo Sapelli.
 Martín Fierro (1947), reestrenada en el Teatro Presidente Alvear.
 Ya Cayó el Chivo en el Lazo Teatro El Nilo con Adolfo Stray, Jovita Luna, Arturo Palito, Elena Bozán, Héctor Bonatti, Vicente Formi, Eduardo De Labar y Lucila Sosa.
 Joven, Viudo y Oligarca (1947).
 Soy un plato volador (1948)
 El vivo vive del zonzo (1954) , de Antonio Botta y Marcos Bronenberg, con Iván Grondona, María Esther Paonessa y Pepe Ratti.
 Se necesita un sinvergüenza (1950) de Germán Ziclis, en el Teatro El Nacional.
 Sería un loco desvarío/que yo me riera del río (1950)
 Aquí se va a armar la gorda (1950), obra de José de Lucio, presentada en Coliseo Podestá de La Plata.

Vida privada
Fue pareja del actor uruguayo Paquito Busto, quien anteriormente tuvo un fugaz romance con la actriz Eva Franco. Busto falleció en Buenos Aires el 1 de mayo de 1954 a raíz de un síncope cardíaco mientras hacía un número musical junto a Leonor Rinaldi. Sánchez fallece lunes 18 de mayo de 1970 víctima de una larga dolencia. Sus restos descansan en el panteón de SADAIC de la Asociación Argentina de Actores del Cementerio de la Chacarita.

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Actores de cine de Argentina
Concepción_Sánchez  Estluvo en cartel de la calle Corrientes junto a Agustin Castro Miranda en  " EL VIVO VIVE DEL ZONZO" casi 2 años en cartel por el gran exito que tuvo
Actores de radio de Argentina
Vedettes de Argentina
Concepción_Sánchez  Estluvo en cartel de la calle Corrientes junto a Agustin Castro Miranda en  " EL VIVO VIVE DEL ZONZO" casi 2 años en cartel por el gran exito que tuvo

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Justin Baldoni on Art That Helps Us 'Remember Our Shared Humanity'
If you knew that your life here on earth would be short, how would you live it? Would you try to control every aspect of it to avoid the suffering and pain you knew was coming? Would you become angry, embittered, and push people away? Or would you try to make the most of it? These questions are at the heart of Five Feet Apart, starring Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson as two kids with cystic fibrosis (CF) who fall in love. The film is actor (Jane the Virgin) and filmmaker ( My Last Days) Justin Baldoni's feature film debut.
Baldoni, a member of the Baha'i faith recently took some time to speak with me about the movie, his passion to transform Hollywood through his media company, Wayfarer Entertainment, and matters of life and death.
This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.
Juliet Vedral, Sojourners: Tell me about the movie. It seems to tackle life and death. Can you tell me more about that theme and why you're telling these kinds of stories?
Justin Baldoni: I think that for me I'm just inspired by, in many ways, the journey of the soul and why we're alive in the first place and what we're supposed to do here and how fate plays into that and how we live our lives. Do we live our lives for ourselves? … How are we used as tools in this world with billions and billions of us running around in this age and this time when the focus is on ourselves and the amplification of our egos instead of the suppression of our egos … I want to create shows and content that help us remember our shared humanity. You know one of the Arabic words for humans is insan, which means "they who forget." And if you think about it, it's such a beautiful way of understanding humanity. We forget all the time that we were created by something. We forget that maybe there is a God. We forget our purpose. We forget our pain. We forget our joy. We're constantly forgetting and I really believe that media, films, TV, content like this can help us remember … Because that's where the magic is, when you can remember him. Remember God, remember your purpose, remember why you're alive, remember to live life on purpose … I believe that what greater reminder to live is there than the reminder that we won't be.
It causes you to live life on purpose and it holds a mirror to your life and it forces you to ask the question, if you only have a certain amount of time on this planet what are you spending your time doing? … Like we explore in the movie, what if the next life, heaven is just an inch away? What if it's colored us and with us right now and we just can't see it? What if it's like a baby in the womb and just on the other side of the womb is this entire universe that was here the entire time but we didn't have the eyes and the ears developed enough to see it yet? Maybe the things that we're supposed to develop on this life are the things you can't see? Our spiritual quality … these are all themes that I think about all the time that I wanted to infuse into this film in a kind of indiscreet subversive way without distracting from the commercial love story.
Vedral: How has your faith informed your work? You've talked a little bit about it but I see — beyond Five Feet Apart and with Wayfarer — in general the work that you're doing and I find that so interesting. I know readers of Sojourners, which is where this is going to be published, will be interested in how your faith has informed your work.
Baldoni: By the way, I almost named Wayfarer Sojourn.
Vedral: Oh wow.
Baldoni: There's a book in the Baha'i faith — which is my faith — that explores the journey of the soul called The Seven Valleys and The Four Valleys. And it's basically a response to a mystic Sufi poem. And Wayfarer comes from that but so does the idea of the journey of the soul through all of these valleys of love and God. And so funny story, I almost called the company Sojourn. So, I love your name.
But how does it inform our work? I was raised in the Baha'i faith and the idea is that our lives are not our own, that we are here to know and to love God and to use ourselves as a tool to effectively make a difference in the world, to do His work. Our time here is short and it's up to us to spend it either in obsession with ourselves and feeding the body or in nourishing and feeding the soul. And I believe that we all have a gift and we all have a purpose and we all have a reason that we were created and all of us were created unique. We all have an opportunity to contribute to the betterment of mankind in a unique way, and some of us maybe do it in a bigger scale.
Maybe the way that I'm doing it is in a bigger way but that doesn't make it any more meaningful than somebody who's doing it a smaller way. Whether it be a janitor or a nurse or a bus driver, I think we all have an opportunity to take our occupations and have those occupations be used as a form of service. And so for me, I'm a filmmaker and I'm a content creator and an actor and it's my job to figure out how I can use my specific gifts to impact and contribute to the world. … And that's what we do at Wayfarer. We tell stories that we believe will help us remember our shared humanity, that will help us become — and want to be, and aspire to be — better people at a time where there's so much content that's created, I think unconsciously, to make us feel better about being worse people. … I'm on a personal mission, a journey to play a small part in transforming the culture of Hollywood, in the process of making films and telling stories to show that we can be a kind human and tell stories that inspire and make us want us to be better, and also have commercial success.
Vedral: So, what inspired you to make a film about kids with cystic fibrosis?
Baldoni: About seven years ago, I quit acting to basically find myself … I just felt like I wasn't being useful or contributing in the way that I talked about and I was focused so much on my own success and becoming an actor and whether or not I was working and I was so focused on money and I just wasn't happy. And I actually went to the Baha'i gardens in Israel and I had a moment where I just got on my knees and I asked God why I was alive, and to show me my purpose and to use me in any way that I was supposed to be used to make a difference in the world, whether that was through acting or directing or success or fame or not. I was completely detached and I just asked to be used as a tool for the betterment of the world so that one day when I'm called home I can look back at my life and see that I was useful. And through that journey I came back home and I created My Last Days, which was a documentary series where I traveled the country for a few years and told the stories of amazing individuals that had chronic and terminal illnesses. My belief was that in telling those stories it could help us remember our own and help shine a mirror on how we're spending our own time. Because so many of these individuals that I was spending time with were living rich, full lives with a far shorter amount of time than anyone that I know. And if they could do it, why can't we?
Through that process, I met a young woman named Claire Wineland and I told her story in the second season of My Last Days and she was the first person I've ever met with CF. And she was then the one who told me that two people with CF can't touch.
Vedral: Wow.
Baldoni: She became like a little sister to me and we became very close and I hired her to consult on the movie and we developed the script together. She spent hours and hours and hours with the writers sharing stories and describing things in the hospital and was a huge part of why it feels so grounded and sincere. And I just felt the calling to tell a story in a day and age where we're just so focused on the material and so distracted by instant gratification and on-demand culture. In a day and age where people quit relationships before they even start, and marriages end because of trivial things. There can be a story here that reminded us that in many cases love is worth fighting for and that love can look like so many different things. And for young people to see the healthy example of what intimacy can look like without physical touch. And innocence and all the different things that are portrayed in this movie, I just thought that it was the right time and so we went for it.


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If you don't feel the benefits of this card justify the annual fee, there are several cheaper options from Chase. If you want to retain the ability to transfer points, you need to have an annual fee card. The only other annual fee Ultimate Rewards personal card is the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card.
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Q: combinatorics: give an upper bound for the cardinality of a set of 100-ary sequences Let $S$ be a $1990$-element set and let $P$ be a set of $100$-ary sequences $(a_1, a_2, ..., a_{100})$, where $a_i$'s are distinct elements of $S$. An ordered pair $(x,y)$ of elements of $S$ is said to appear in $(a_1, a_2, ..., a_{100})$ if $x=a_i$ and $y=a_j$, for some $i,j$ with $1\le i<j\le100$. Assume that every ordered pair $(x,y)$ of elements of $S$ appears in at most one member in $P$. Show that $\left | P \right | \le800$.
I'm stuck, can you give me a hint ?

A: Since $S$ has $1990$ elements there can be at most $1990 \times 1989 = 3958110$ possible ordered pairs. Now one $100$-ary sequence generates $\frac{100 \times 99}{2} = 4950$ ordered pairs. Now as each ordered pair appears in at most one element of $P$ it follows that the number of ordered pairs in $P$ is: $\mid P \mid \times 4950$. From all this we have:
$$\mid P \mid \times 4950 \le 3958110 \implies \mid P \mid \le \frac{3958110}{4950} = 799.61(18) < 800$$
So we have that the cardinality of $P$ under the given conditions is less than $800$.

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Exclusively for Saturated Space, Mark Pimlott explores the subtle spatial ambiguities of Blinky Palermo's Wall works.
"This essay describes wall drawings and paintings made by German artist Blinky Palermo (born Peter Schwarze 1943 Leipzig-died 1977 Maldives). These works, no longer in existence, were bound to their architectural conditions, in art galleries, museums, temporary spaces for art or people's homes. The form of these works varied from line drawings tracing architectural features to fields and figures of colour painted directly on walls that made viewers aware of the specific characteristics of envrionments, altering viewers' reading of them. The works were made within a practice of painting, and embedded within a phenomenological approach: their engagements with their settings activated those settings and their viewers' relations to them. Although much has been made of Joseph Beuys's influence on Palermo (he was a student of Beuys at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1963-1967), his work proposed a different role for art in society than Beuys: Palermo's work established his concerned with the viewer's place in the world and accentuated consciousness as a vehicle for engagement therein."


The problem is, not many people understand the true extent of that statement. A lot of people think they do, but they don't.
Trading is based around probabilities. This means that no matter how good you are, how flawless your system is, you CANNOT be right 100% of the time.
Still sounds pretty simple, right? But let's delve a little deeper - A lot of very successful traders have a win ratio of only 50%. You tend to find that the average is around 70%. This means, that of every 100 trades you take, 30 will be wrong. There is no escaping it; you can't 'work harder' to fix it. That's probabilities at play, my friend.
The problem? We are raised in a society where failure is seen as a bad thing and avoided at any cost. It is ingrained in us in our very nature from the time of our ancestors – fail to identify a predator and you die. Our modern day equivalent? Fail your exams and you fail at life, you wont get a good job, you wont be able to afford the things you like.
And in trading? You NEED to fail. Those failing trades are all part of the business. 70% success rate means that on occasion you will have 2 failing trades in a row. 3 maybe. 4 can happen. You never know when they'll come or how many there will be.
Taking failing trades never becomes easy. But if you want to be a successful trader you need to avoid the herd mentality, which is that of avoidance. The majority of 'traders' find a system, see some good results and get confident. They think they've cracked it and start flicking through car magazines and imagining the bank vault filled with money. And then the losses come. One isn't so bad, they expected that. No system is perfect, after all. The second one isn't nice. They wonder if they have done something wrong. They check their entry, their system, but it all looks ok. Then the third loss: they panic. This stupid system doesn't work any more, it's eating all of their money. Lucky they spotted it in time!
What next? New system. Always a new system. Rinse and repeat. This continues until they blow their account or they outright give up.
Last month one of my trading systems failed three times in a row. It has never done that before. It felt horrible and self-doubt crept in. What did I do? I kept trading it! Why? Because I have extensively back-tested the system. I don't mean using an automatic back-testing programme or gazing at a few days of charts. I tested the system every day on the charts for well over a year worth of data. Every trigger point I noted the profit or loss of each trade and at the end I discovered it was a profitable system.
This is KEY. You need to back-test to get comfortable with probability. Only proper, in depth testing will allow you to ignore your 'survival instinct' when the losses come rolling in.


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Twarze 1863 – zbiór powieści i opowiadań Władysława Lecha Terleckiego opublikowanych w jednym tomie w 1979 roku. Zbiór zawiera wydane wcześniej powieści Spisek (1966) i Dwie głowy ptaka (1970) oraz dwa zbiory opowiadań Powrót z Carskiego Sioła (1973) oraz Rośnie las (1977). Spisek, Dwie głowy ptaka oraz Powrót z Carskiego Sioła należą do cyklu utworów tego pisarza o powstaniu styczniowym. Zbiór Rośnie las nie należy o tego cyklu, lecz tematycznie także jest związany z powstaniem.

Zawartość zbioru
 Spisek
 Powrót z Carskiego Sioła
 Zamach
 Powrót z Carskiego Sioła
 Pożegnanie
 Kapitulacja
 Przerwa w podróży
 Spowiedź
 Spotkanie
 Na Smolnej
 Liść
 Dwie głowy ptaka
 Rośnie las
 Przybysz
 Drezno
 Śledztwo
 Wyspa

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Bibliografia
 Władysław Lech Terlecki Twarze 1963, wyd. Wydawnictwo Literackie Kraków-Wrocław, 1979.

Powstanie styczniowe w literaturze
Polskie zbiory nowel i opowiadań
Utwory literackie z 1979
Twórczość Władysława Lecha Terleckiego


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4 Delicious Gifts for the Gourmand in Your Life
For those with good taste in what tastes good.
Vincent L. Long/Courtesy of Patrón
Barrel of Patrón Tequila
If tequila is their spirit of choice, this gift will keep them stocked for years to come. Patrón Tequila invites a Robb Report reader and a guest to the private Hacienda Patrón in the highlands of Jalisco, Mexico, where they will experience tequila distilling and tastings before they select their own barrel of Patrón Añejo, bottled and labeled exclusively for them. A barrel yields approximately 30 cases of 12, or a total of 360 bottles—enough to share among friends and family and at numerous parties. With the guidance of the brand's expert distillers, they will taste the tequila range directly from the aging barrels and select their favorite. Guests may also roll up their sleeves and participate in the tequila-making process, depending on the timing of the visit—potentially planting an agave, observing the harvesting, or roasting a piña. For more information on purchasing the barrel for $25,000, contact Patrón Tequila. —Janice O'Leary
This New Limited-Edition Tequila Was Aged for 6 Years in Tennessee Whiskey Barrels
Bona Furtuna Olive Oil Courtesy of Bona Furtuna
Bona Furtuna Riserva di Nonna Rosa
On a small plot of land in Corleone, Italy, nine olive trees have stood for centuries. Some are so old that they may have sprouted before the Roman Empire fell 1,500 years ago. For decades, these precious trees were owned and tended by Steve Luczo's grandmother Rose until she left Italy for America. The trees were not forgotten; a few years ago, Steve repurchased the land from the Sicilian government and he has hired farmers to tend to those trees and the surrounding groves. From his harvest, he established Bona Furtuna, which produces olive oil, tomato sauce, and herb blends harvested from his ancestral land. This year, in his grandmother's honor, he has gathered the olives from those nine trees on her original plot of land and created a limited edition of 400 bottles of the company's finest oil, available for $150 exclusively on Bona Furtuna's site. —Jeremy Repanich
Il Buco Alimentari Aged Vinegar Giada Paoloni/Courtesy of Il Buc
Il Buco Alimentari Aged Vinegar
The six barrels, or batteria, that sit inside the dining room of Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria in New York's NoHo aren't just rustic decoration—they also act as the finishing station for the restaurant's own, exclusive aged vinegar. The raw materials for this rare balsamic are sourced from the family-run Sante Bertoni vineyard just outside Modena. The liquid ages for 10 years on-site before it's shipped to the restaurant and that batteria, inside of which it waits for an additional decade. Slowly, the liquid is transferred between barrels to finesse its flavor. Each one is made from a different wood—acacia or chestnut—which adds its own layer of complexity. Once a year, just before Christmas, a tiny draft of the elixir is decanted in just 10 3.4-ounce bottles. Serve the syrupy, flavor-packed delicacy with roasted meats or drizzled sparingly over vanilla ice cream. —Mark Ellwood
Rare Le Secret Champagne Courtesy of Rare Champagne
Rare Le Secret Champagne
Régis Camus, the chef de cave for Rare, one of Champagne's premium cuvées, is something of a sneak. Back in 1997, he squirreled away some of that year's sparkling wine, expecting it to prove extraordinary over time. Last year he deemed it finally ready for its debut as Rare Le Secret. The 20-year-old wine has no sugar added, a rarity among Champagnes. For another layer of exclusivity, Camus partnered with Mellerio, France's oldest jewelry house, to create a jeweled edition of just 10 magnums. White and yellow gold wrap the bottle, with a diamond, sapphire, emerald, or ruby centerpiece surrounded by gold and platinum ribbons with four carats of diamonds. For $100,000, after enjoying the Champagne, the buyer can take the jewels to Mellerio's studio on Rue de la Paix to have a custom piece of jewelry designed. To purchase, contact jonathan.boulangeat@rare-champagne.com. —Janice O'Leary


I have stock exhaust on a 4.4 with black chrome factory tips. My X is all blacked out and I like that look. Are there black chrome tips for this system? If so I would be interested!
Yes, we have been developing a bunch of new systems, and helping out the forum community by getting some awesome pricing. Check out our website www.zerotek.net regularly as we release new systems each week. PS-Our Ferrari systems finally are here, if any of you guys are looking for an exhaust for your 360, PM me.
Since this is an BMW SAV board, give us an update on the testing and group buy for the X5 pipes. Have you get a test vehicle? Did you get any dyno work and sound clips done? Is the group buy still open?
Yes the GB is still open, and I have setup a test vehicle and will have results published in about 3 weeks, please pm me or give me a call if you are interested in purchasing the exhaust at the gb price.
so.. anyone in Sacramento or the surrounding area that can volunteer their x5 for one day, that would be great! Give me a call at 916-717-8151 and we can setup shop.
Anyone still open to get a great deal on this system, you can also reach me at 1-866-zero-tek. PS - only a limited number of systems availible so call fast!
All exhausts are here and ready to ship. I'll be offerign the GB pricing for one more week so call fast to 1-866-zero-tek or 916-717-8151 because we only have a few more sets availible. $899 shipped, larger discount if quantity reaches 10 or more.
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For Release: March 17, 2006
Contact: Andy Nordhoff (603) 653-0784
Researchers Advocate Caution when Disseminating and Adopting Treatment Based on Preliminary Medical Research
Drs. Steven Woloshin and
Lisa Schwartz
HANOVER, NH—As more media and practicing physicians are reporting and acting on preliminary medical results presented at scientific meetings, researchers at Dartmouth Medical School and the VA Hospital are urging the media and medical community to treat this data with caution. Citing a case in which patients were harmed due to the presumption that newer treatments are better than older ones, the article outlines ways to improve the dissemination of these preliminary medical results and ensure that patient safety remains the top priority.
Writing in an editorial in the March 15 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Drs. Steven Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz, members of the VA Outcomes Group in White River Junction, Vermont, describe the details surrounding the approval of a lung cancer drug called Iressa based on promising preliminary results from a small, uncontrolled study. Despite concerns of fatal side effects and the fact that a similar tested drug was already on the market, the FDA approved its use through an accelerated process. The FDA later pulled the drug after Iressa did not improve survival in larger randomized trial of 1700 participants. But in the two years the questionable drug was on the market, it was prescribed to more than 200,000 patients who could have been using a safer, more effective alternatives.
"There is a strong push to get the results of research out to the public and medical community as quickly as possible and we think the question that needs to be asked is "what is the rush?" said Woloshin.
The authors acknowledge that when there is no comparable treatment on the market and patients have run out of alternatives, speed has its virtues. But when preliminary findings turn out to be false, "patients get hurt: they are exposed to ineffective or harmful treatments, or they forego good alternatives," they write.
These problems have led Woloshin and Schwartz, associate professors of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, to offer suggestions on how to improve the dissemination of preliminary results. Since preliminary results are often presented at scientific meetings and conferences, the authors believe that meeting organizers could help doctors make more informed decisions by posting entire presentations on meetings' websites, not just the abstracts. Organizers should also establish the expectation that major presentations be published at (or near) the time of the meeting, write the authors, who point out that new treatments are not fully investigated until published in a peer-reviewed journal, sometimes years later. And there are cases when the preliminary data is refuted and never published at all, add Woloshin and Schwartz.
They also believe that researchers presenting early data should also include a caution or "limitation" header to remind reporters that findings presented at scientific meetings may change substantially by the time they are published in a peer-reviewed journal. "By encouraging journalists to insert more cautions about the preliminary nature of the research and the weakness of the science, this preliminary results would be publicized more responsibly," said Schwartz.
Regardless what happens on the dissemination side, physicians have a responsibility to their patients to approach preliminary research cautiously, write Woloshin and Schwartz. This would entail making sure that benefits outweigh possible harms and that safer, possibly more effective alternatives do not already exist for their patients.
"The underlying message of our editorial is that it should be a more considered decision about whether to broadly disseminate or adopt new research findings when they are often in preliminary stages and have not been properly vetted to ensure there an actual improvement over standard of care," said Schwartz.
The editorial was written in response to a study in the same issue of JNCI in which Sharon Giordano, et al investigated the substantially increased use of chemotherapy drugs called taxanes after preliminary data was shared at a scientific meeting 5 years before final, peer-reviewed research was available.


Welcome to the Monte Vista Elementary School video production- MVTV. We are a K-5 elementary school. The TV studio began in the spring of 2013. We have been broadcasting the morning announcements to the students and staff at Monte Vista every morning. We provide information about the school, our mission, birthdays, extra curricular activities, daily quotes, today in history, and a daily message about the 7 Habits by Stephen Covey.
This is a unique opportunity for our 4th and 5th graders to collaborate across grade levels. Students apply and/or audition for the on-air and behind the scenes positions to deliver the broadcast. These crew roles are Video Engineer, audio technician, news anchors, director/line producer, teleprompter, script builders and camera operators.
What do the students learn at MVTV?
MVTV provides students an opportunity to familiarize themselves with different aspects of technology.
Students learn how to improve both written and oral communication skills.
Students create storyboards and are part of the planning process.
Students report stories, write anchor scripts, PSA's and develop interview skills.
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR IDEAS PLEASE CONTACT US.


Manali and I spent the Thanksgiving holiday visiting with her parents in Bahrain, and her brother Kunal, who flew in from Houston. Seeing the Middle East was an amazing experience, I think I had very distinct expectations that all eroded very quickly. Bahrain proved to be the social queen compared to the hustle and bustle of Dubai. I can still taste the morning tea Lata would make for us, and the smell of the salty gulf air.
We also had the opportunity to spend some additional time with family friends that reside in Bahrain, which we enjoyed very much, as moments with some that attended our wedding in India were short.through government zoning regulations. Soon to be the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai, shoots so far into the sky, you are left awe shocked and humbled at the sight, left to imagine what may be possible next.
Manali's Mum took us for a history lesson, and we learned a bit about Bahrain culture and history. Considering how fast most middle eastern countries have developed, it is certainly a unique story that few others share.
I highly recommend the region for visit or vacation during the winter months, as we were remarkably comfortable, although I hear the rest of the year can be quite formidable.
A McDonald's cheeseburger tastes the same everywhere, actually. I hadn't eaten at a McD's in probably five years before I left the states, and now I sneak into one at least once a month. It's one of the few places where you can get something that's exactly the same as home (in this case, delicious, freeze-dried carcinogens).


Does anybody know if they still make appearances at the park? Going in June and my daughter is obsessed with them, talks about them everyday and would give a her a massive surprise if they were there.
Would you be able to see them at inventions or make a request to see them?


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Voo transatlântico ou travessia aérea transatlântica - é a designação genérica dada a qualquer voo que tenha origem numa das margens do Oceano Atlântico e destino na outra. Hoje considerado um voo de rotina, estas travessias têm uma longa história que teve os seus pontos altos durante as décadas de 1920 a 1940, com múltiplas tentativas de obter o recorde respectivo, envolvendo quase todas as potências europeias e americanas. Os voos foram realizados com todo o tipo de aparelho, desde aviões de asa fixa, helicóptero e balões de vários tipos, partindo em ambas as direcções.

Ver também
 Charles Lindbergh
 Curtiss NC-4
 João Ribeiro de Barros
 Primeira travessia aérea do Atlântico Sul
 Voo de Alcock e Brown

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Home / Collections / $20-40 / El Greco: Ambition and Defiance
El Greco: Ambition and Defiance
Renowned for a singular artistic vision, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco (1541–1614), developed his distinctive painting style as he assiduously pursued professional success. This fresh and engaging survey of El Greco's work explores varied aspects of the artist's career—his aesthetic education in Italy, the mixed reception of his mature works in Spain, his uncompromising approach to business, and the baroque logistics of his Toledo workshop—and reveals the depth of El Greco's astounding ambition. The impressive volume focuses in particular on his 1577–79 altarpiece paintings for the Church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo—among them the magnificent Assumption of the Virgin —which heralded the artist's arrival in Spain after productive periods of formation and reformation in Crete, Venice, and Rome. Lavishly illustrated and clothbound with gilded edges, this publication features reproductions and scholarly discussions of more than 60 works ranging from large-scale canvases to intimate panels, with essays that elucidate the motives and meanings behind the artist's constantly changing and inventive approach.
Dimensions: 9 x 13 x 1 in.
Illustrations: 148 color


The Ghostbuster Spengler based on the cartoon series "The Real Ghostbusters".
the Cage Car offers room for one Ghostbusters figure and accessories like the proton pack, the proton wand, the PKE meter, and the ghost trap.
up to three discs at a time can be put into the removable Disc Shooter and fired one after another.
the front ram protection can be folded down and used as a shield.
movable protective grille in the back for climbing into or loading the vehicle.


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3. (A Part of) - The History of 'House Music'
We are all a subculture
Due to the horizontal interpersonal, organisational nature of how subculture phenomenon manifest, the only way to understand how 'House music' started is by looking at it from the theoretical perspective put forth by the Chicago school discussed in the previous sections of this paper. As described earlier, societal conditions are the most significant factors that lead to the emergence and development of subcultures. The main factors that contributed to the development of 'House music' and its improvised dance styles were the emotionally charged, oppressed, terrified and potentially dying of HIV and AIDS demographic, the mafia, new technology, friendships, musical enthusiasts and experimentation and intense dancing for long durations of time in drug-induced states.
A major influential factor of 'House music' started in New York between 1960 - 69. In that time, the oppression and the differentiation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transexual people (LGBT) with heteronormative society had become so saturated that the LGBT community made a social stance against the interference of the heteronormative hegemonic society. The fight for equal rights and acceptance of all LGBTQ+ still burns on strongly today, 50 years later, which is due to the events that happened early in the morning of June the 28th 1969, when armed with a warrant, police officers entered the Stonewall Inn. This day is widely considered the most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBTQ+ rights (Stonewall Riots, 2017).
The Stonewall Inn was a gay bar run by the Genovese Mafia family controlling most of the Greenwich Village gay bars in New York. The 1960s and the preceding decades were not welcoming times for LGBT people living in the USA. Solicitation of same-sex relations, for example, was illegal at this time in New York City. LGBT individuals gathered in gay bars and clubs. These were places of refuge where they could express themselves openly without worry. However, the New York State Liquor Authority fined and shut down any establishment that served alcohol to known or suspected LGBT individuals because the gathering of "homosexuals" was "disorderly" (Stonewall Riots, 2017). These laws were overturned thanks to activists' efforts, and in 1966 LGBT patrons could be served alcohol. However, publicly engaging in "gay behaviour", holding hands, kissing, or dancing with someone of the same sex was still illegal. Even though some laws changed, police harassment of gay people gathering at bars continued. Partially to avoid harassment, many gay bars operated without liquor licenses. Another reason for this is that the mafia owned those bars (Stonewall Riots, 2017).
3.1.1 Stonewall Inn


OTTAWA – On Monday, NDP MP Randall Garrison (Esquimalt – Saanich – Sooke), introduced a Private Members Bill to repeal C-51, the dangerous and ineffective legislation rushed through Parliament by the former Conservative government.
After voting for Bill C-51 in the last Parliament, the Liberals campaigned on a major roll-back of the legislation but have yet to take any action. Experts from across the country agree, Bill C-51 violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the government has failed to provide additional resources to tackle terrorism.


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"Driving under those conditions is obviously a bad idea," said David Teator of Amanda Norgaard McBride's incredible feat of delivering a baby while driving 70 miles an hour. Teator is senior director of transportation strategies and initiatives for the National Safety Council and an expert on distracted driving, Paul Stenquist reported on the New York Times' "Wheels" blog last week.
The Bemidji (Minn.) Pioneer reported that McBride , 29, who was in labor, and Joseph Phillips, 33, of Bagley, Minn., were on their way to North Country Hospital in Bemidji to deliver their baby when McBride's water broke. McBride was driving; Phillips was not able to drive because of a medical condition.
Phillips thought they should pull over but McBride was anxious to get to the hospital.
Phillips steered while McBride operated the pedals of their 2005 Chevy Cobalt — and delivered the baby, their first child together (each has two other children). Joseph Dominick Phillips was born at 12:20 a.m., weighing 8 pounds. Once the family reached the hospital, McBride and little Joseph were taken into the emergency room area to finish up the birth process, Bethany Wesley reported in the Pioneer. Both mother and baby appeared to be doing well.
Chevrolet announced that it was giving the family a stroller, a safety seat, a year's supply of diapers and other baby gear to celebrate the role of the family's Cobalt in getting everyone safely to the hospital.
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Myth: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edition)
Robert A. Segal
学術・一般書 > 社会科学 > Customs, etiquette, & folklore > Folklore
学術・一般書 > 社会科学 > Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
学術・一般書 > 宗教 > Philosophy & theory of religion
Looks at the origins of the study of myths, and how they have been applied to the arts and sciences
Reveals how a variety of theories can be applied to ancient myths, but also to modern mythology
Explores the function of myths, and their subject matter
Considers the work of prominent thinkers such as Albert Camus, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roland Barthes, C. G. Jung, and Sigmund Freud
Considers myth as modern science, including 20th and 21st century attempts to find evidence of astronomical observations, of volcanoes, and of other natural disasters
Looks at myth as a story, by considering the latest approaches to narrative theory
Examines myth and its interaction with society, including nationalism and fascism
Explores the approaches of cognitive science to myth
Where do myths come from? What is their function and what do they mean?
In this Very Short Introduction Robert Segal introduces the array of approaches used to understand the study of myth. These approaches hail from disciplines as varied as anthropology, sociology, psychology, literary criticism, philosophy, science, and religious studies. Including ideas from theorists as varied as Sigmund Freud, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Albert Camus, and Roland Barthes, Segal uses the famous ancient myth of Adonis to analyse their individual approaches and theories.
In this new edition, he not only considers the future study of myth, but also considers the interactions of myth theory with cognitive science, the implications of the myth of Gaia, and the differences between story-telling and myth.
Introduction: Theories of myth
1: Myth and science
2: Myth and philosophy
3: Myth and religion
4: Myth and ritual
5: Myth and literature
6: Myth and psychology
7: Myth and structure
8: Myth and politics
Conclusion: bringing myth back to the world
Robert Segal, Sixth Century Chair in Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen
Robert A. Segal was born, raised, and educated in the United States. He received his PhD in religion from Princeton University. He taught in the US for many years at Reed College, Stanford University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Tulane University before relocating to the UK in fall 1994. He taught at Lancaster University, before moving in 2006 to the University of Aberdeen, where he is Sixth Century Chair in Religious Studies. He teaches and writes on theories of myth and on theories of religion. Among the books he has written or edited are Joseph Campbell (1987, 1990) The Gnostic Jung (1992), Jung on Mythology (1998), The Myth and Ritual Theory (1998), Theorizing about Myth (1999), The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion (2006), and 30-Second Mythology (2012). He is currently editing the Oxford Handbook of Myth Theory.
"The volume fulfills its function admirably, it is a pleasure to read, and Segal's grasp of myth theories, as well as his ability to present them lucidly, is impressive. It is refreshing to read an author who takes all the myth theorists that he discusses quite seriously and explains them clearly, but who engages his materials from a keen theoretical point of view, always with a view to logical inconsistencies and gaps in the argumentation." - Laura Feldt, Religion & Theology
"This small yet extremely rich volume, now in its second edition and having been translated into a variety of European and non-European languages, can today be regarded as a classic... [a] remarkable overview of modern theories of myth." - Angus Nicholls, Religion
"This admirably clear and sensibly priced volume, although 'very short', is also very comprehensive" - Juliette Wood, Folklore
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The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend
Egyptian Myth: A Very Short Introduction
Forms of Astonishment: Greek Myths of Metamorphosis
Selected Tales
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Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction
Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale
Ritual: A Very Short Introduction
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FitKid and LazyTown Sports Club link with Asda Sporting Chance.
FitKid are linking with the Asda Sporting Chance scheme, to give children the chance to take part in a FitKid or LazyTown Sports Club for free by bringing the voucher to a class. The vouchers are available nationwide in Asda stores, and are a great scheme for children to get active during the holidays. The scheme starts on 12th February and will run through 2011. So why not come along and try a class in one of our franchise areas!
All franchisees are part of the scheme, so visit our website at www.fitkid.co.uk or click the photo to the left to find locations for classes.
Locations limited to franchise zones.
Did you see BBC Breakfast this morning as Magnus and Julianna were on the BBC Breakfast show this morning talking about the new LazyTown single – Go step Go.
The single is to assit LazyTown in their mission to move the world and I was excited to see another initative that will be very beneficial to children. The single links into the use of a pedometer.
Now how can I get my hands on one of those pedometers as I want to join in with the fun the children will have using them.


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Definition: (adjective) Nervous and unable to relax.
Synonyms: fidgety, fretful, itchy
Usage: The long wait made the children antsy.
Daily Grammar Lesson
Defining the Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Like the future perfect tense, we use the future perfect continuous tense (also known as the "future perfect progressive tense") to indicate how long something has been happening once a future moment in time is reached. It can also be used in this way to indicate what?	More...
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Though all seven species of sea turtles are threatened or endangered, they are still found in every ocean except the Arctic. Believed to use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate, sea turtles have an extraordinary sense of time and location, and most species return to nest at the exact place where they were born. Certain species even swim ashore together in a single, mass arrival. After a few months, hundreds of hatchlings dig their way out of the nests and seek the ocean. How do they find it?	More...
Environmental Activist Chico Mendes Is Assassinated (1988)
Since 1985, swaths of the Amazon region have been cleared for cattle ranching and farming on an unprecedented scale. Mendes, a Brazilian environmental activist and unionist, fought to stop the deforestation. He managed to keep local rancher Darly Alves da Silva from clearing an area designated as a reserve, even facilitating a warrant for da Silva's arrest, but it was never acted upon, and da Silva was implicated in Mendes's 1988 assassination. Where was Mendes killed?	More...
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960)
A 1980s art star whose rise and fall were rapid, dramatic, and emblematic of the era, Basquiat started out as a street artist before being "discovered" by the art establishment. He created vigorously spontaneous works in paint, collage, and crayon on unprimed canvas that featured crude, angry, rawly powerful figures and graffiti-like text. He died of an overdose at 27, just a few years after meeting with mainstream success and months after the death of what other artist, his friend and mentor?	More...
Oh, 'tis love, 'tis love that makes the world go round.
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
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be the business
— To be exceptionally great, excellent, high-quality, or skillful. Primarily heard in UK, Ireland. More...
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Forefathers' Day (2018)
Observed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and by various New England societies throughout the country, Forefathers' Day commemorates the landing of the Pilgrims, who arrived in 1620 on the Mayflower and established the second English colony in North America. The Old Colony Club of Plymouth was the first group to observe the anniversary in 1769, and members still celebrate Forefathers' Day on December 22. Wearing top hats and led by a drummer, they march down the main street of Plymouth. After firing a small cannon, they return to their Club for breakfast and toasts to the Pilgrims. More...
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Today's topic: hint
adumbrate - Means "to give a sketchy outline or disclose only in part; hint," and its root is Latin umbra, "shadow." More...
allude, refer - To allude is to "mention indirectly, hint at," and to refer is to "mention directly." More...
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inkle, inkling - To inkle is to communicate in an undertone or whisper, to give a hint of something, which gives us inkling. More...
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Q: How can I hide particular element in react list? I want to hide a particular element in react list.
This is how state looks like:
 this.state = {
    lgShow: false,
    list: [
      { id:1, hidden: true },
      { id:2, hidden: true }
    ]
  };

This is how component looks like:
  props.list.map( result => (
     <button onClick={toggle(result.id)}> Hide </button>
     { result.hidden &&
 ....
  }
  ))

I want to write function toggle which searches the id in App.js and change value of hidden for that id, something like this(Although I'm not able to setState() in this case).
 let toggle = id => {
    this.state.list.filter( val=>val.id===id ? val.hidden=!val.hidden )
 }

A: let toggle = id => {
  let newList = list.map(val => val.id === id ? { id: val.id, hidden: !val.hidden} : val);
  this.setState({list: newList})
}

You can do this inside toggle to setState()

A: You need to use setState method to update the state of list, that is the only way to update DOM in react. Every time a state/prop changes only then the DOM will re-render. This is how React works.
I have updated the toggle function, it now iterates over the list array, and toggle the id hidden flag passed in toggle(id) param.

class App extends React.Component {
  constructor() {
    super();
    this.state = {
      lgShow: false,
      list: [
        { id:1, hidden: true },
        { id:2, hidden: true }
      ],
    };
  } // end of constructor

  toggle = (id) => {
    const list = this.state.list.map(item => {
      if (item.id === id) {
        return { ...item, hidden: !item.hidden };
      }
      return item;
    })
    this.setState({ list })
  } // end of toggle

  render() {
    return (

        {list.map( result => (
          <>
            <button onClick={() => toggle(result.id)}> Hide </button>
            {result.hidden &&
....
}
          </>
        ))}

    );
  }
}

P.S: I didn't run this code, just did a dry run on notepad.


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Did you know that Majorca has over 200 beaches along its coastline, 40 of them Blue Flag? Not only that but the beaches differ depending on where you are on the island: head north or south for long, sandy beaches that slide seamlessly into the calm, green-blue sea; east for pretty coves with bright turquoise water; and west for rugged mountainous coastline with fewer tourists. So whether you want to make sandcastles with your family, go surfing, take a romantic evening stroll or head out on a sailing boat, this, the largest island in the Balearics has it all. Here are five of our favourites.
Seven miles of soft white sand and clear shallow waters make this beach on the north of the island a hit with families. Children will have to walk a long way to find water deeper than their knees, so you can paddle with confidence; and buggy-friendly wooden walkways will lead you to clean toilets, hot showers and cold drinks (and ice-creams). Adults can reward their sandcastle making skills with a frosty beer, too.
Whether you're a seasoned sailor or just beginning, the calm, turquoise waters of Cala Mondrago on the south east of the island are perfect for a day on a boat. You'd have to sail a long way from the shore to find really deep water, giving novices the confidence to learn new skills, while seasoned sailors can practice theirs. Or simply drop anchor and catch some rays while bobbing about on the water. Remember to bring some lunch and something cold to drink.
Family beaches aren't for everyone, and if kid-packed Playa de Alcúdia sounds like your idea of torture, try Cala Formentor. Located at the most northerly point of the island, it has a setting that is second to none. The sand is backed by lush vegetation and green pine forests, and the water is as turquoise as it comes. Overhanging trees along the beach provide some welcome shade in the height of summer.
Like a lot of beaches on Majorca, Camp de Mar has fine, golden sand and green-blue water. But this beach has something different: a bar and restaurant in the middle of the water, accessed via a rickety wooden bridge that doubles up as a jetty. Illeta is an open-air wooden structure with outside seating, and serves typically Spanish cuisine – think tortillas and prawn omelettes. It's open all day but can get busy, so book in advance if you can.
This isn't just a beach. It's a beach club, and part of a brand with outposts all over the world. So put on your best beachwear, because you'll be rubbing shoulders with the rich and beautiful. At Nikki Beach, you'll find a central swimming pool surrounded by lounge beds, with white sand and the blue Med just a short stroll away. The venue also boasts some great cuisine and cocktails, and DJs keep it jumping until the small hours.
Tempted? Check out our range of Majorca holiday packages and cruises to find your ideal trip – or just browse our full selection of beach holidays.


PUBG Mobile's third season has ended and the Royale Pass is locked currently as the game developers are at the final stages of the next update, which is coming on November 20th. The next update is going to have the Royale Pass Season 4 and the new Ranked System. The update will be sent to the app itself and the game won't be offline anytime.
What's new in the PUBG Mobile Nov 20th update.
You won't be able to access the new features, Royale Pass or anything else until you get the update. As is the case with the previous updates, if players are running different versions of the game, the matching won't happen and the players can't play together.
The game has recently won Golden Joystick Awards for "Best Mobile Game of the Year" and it is currently on the top of the list of games being voted in the Google Play Store awards for best apps and games. "The team is honoured and thrilled that PUBG MOBILE has been recognised by 2018 Golden Joystick Awards," said Vincent Wang, general manager, PUBG MOBILE global publishing team.


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Yvon Beliën (Budel, Países Bajos, 28 de diciembre de 1993) es una jugadora profesional de voleibol neerlandesa, juega de posición central.

Palmarés

Clubes
Supercopa de Holanda:
  2011, 2012
Campeonato de Holanda:
  2013
  2012
Campeonato de Alemania:
  2015
Campeonato de Italia:
  2016, 2017
Challenge Cup:
  2018

Selección nacional
Montreux Volley Masters:
  2015
Campeonato Europeo:
  2015, 2017
Grand Prix:
  2016

Premios individuales
 2015: Mejor bloqueador Montreux Volley Masters

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 perfil LegaVolleyFemminile
 perfil Galatasaray
 perfil Volleybox
 perfil VolleyballWorld
 perfil CEV
 perfil CEV

Voleibolistas de los Países Bajos


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This year's NBA All-Star starters include a record five international players. (Photo courtesy of the NBA)
The NBA recently announced the 2021 All-Star Game starting players ahead of the March 7 event at Atlanta's State Farm Arena. Kevin Durant is the East captain while Lebron James will captain the West.
All 10 starters were selected by fans, current NBA players and a media panel. In addition to drafting the starters, Durant and James will also draft their remaining teams from a pool of players voted as reserves from each conference.
This year marks the 70th NBA All-Star Game, however, due to COVID restrictions, all events will be held on one day instead of a dedicated weekend.
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Loutraki Thermal Spa invites you to an exclusive experience.
An impressive establishment where visitors enjoy balneology, spa treatments ans wellness sessions in a luxurious environment combined with service of impeccable quality.
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The water derived from Loutraki natural thermal springs was characterised as "the Water of Life" since antiquity.
The geothermal springs derive from many faults of the coastal area in a 750 meter zone. The natural spring hot waters at the bottom of Mount Geraneia are discharged from a great mineral depth which is filtered through porous layers on it way to the surface being enriched with precious trace elements of salt and minerals.


Drake students reunite with Ugandan friends during their visit to campus.
Collaboration, resilience, and compassion: Those are the traits Drake's top senior, Brytani Cavil, says she developed most during her years as a Bulldog.
The campus community comes together to observe Arbor Day and maintain the University's standing as a Tree Campus USA.
Any way you interpret it, the Drake community gave in record numbers this year.


Xiaomi India today launched its second smartphone in the Indian market, the Redmi 1S. At a launch event/press conference held at New Delhi, they not only launched this budget oriented device but also slashed the price from Rs.6999 to Rs.5999 in India.
Xiaomi had promised to launch the Redmi 1S at their Mi 3 launch event that was also covered by Techulator. In association with Flipkart, the registrations for the Redmi 1S start today and deliveries would start effective 2nd September 2014.
The launch event was covered by Xiaomi India Operations head, Mr. Manu Jain along with Mr. Hugo Barra, Vice President, Global. Starting with the overwhelming success of the Mi3, Mr. Barra continued to talk about the features of Redmi 1S and their future plans for India. I was delighted to see a smartphone that not only was inexpensive but also very capable in terms of hardware and software it runs on.
- Screen guards and pouch covers.
Mr. Barra also announced that Xiaomi India are in the process of opening more service centers in the Indian cities of Gurgaon, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad pretty soon. He also confirmed that the newly launched Mi4 and MiBand devices would be launched in India this year. For interested in the features of the Xiaomi Redmi 1S smartphone, here's a Hands-On video review that we made for our viewers.
Click here to see the built quality and hardware specifications of the Xiaomi Redmi 1S.
The Xiaomi India officials stated that they didn't expect such an overwhelming response to the Mi3 and are better prepared for the Redmi 1S, however, we feel they will again have to bring in additional stock of the Redmi 1S considering the demand for killer priced products in India. Lets hope this time around the buyers won't have to wait for the Redmi 1S as long as they did for the Mi3.
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On July 10, 2017, Renault is celebrating the one millionth vehicle built by the Tangier plant. Marking the event, Jean-Philippe Hermine talked about the "zero CO2 emission" and "zero industrial effluents" strategy put in place by the Group at this site.
A geological engineer by training, Jean-Philippe Hermine began his career conducting geotechnical research projects on glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic, and on industrial pollution of the soil and groundwater, as part of drilling works for the Channel Tunnel, in particular.
He joined Renault in 1996 to oversee the environmental audits supporting the Group's international deployment. He then joined the Group's Environmental Planning department, to coordinate Renault's recycling policy and build innovative partnerships in material recovery.
In 2011, Jean-Philippe Hermine became VP, Strategic Environmental Planning with Renault, tasked with establishing and implementing environmental policy with respect to the Group's vehicles and also its activities. He is also CEO of Renault Environnement, a holding company managing Renault's involvement in the circular economy.
How does the "zero CO2 emissions and zero industrial effluent discharges" policy at the Tangier site tie in with the strategy of Groupe Renault?
The Tangier site is a spearhead of the environmental strategy of Renault, aimed notably at shrinking its carbon footprint. We have made the reduction of the group's carbon footprint a lead indicator in each of our strategic plans since 2010. Renault was the first carmaker to set such an objective, both quantitative and publicly disclosed!
Shrinking the carbon footprint of our business activities is also virtuous from an economic standpoint. It is related to controlling our energy consumption, and the corresponding costs, as well as to using renewable energies, which makes us less dependent on fossil fuel prices.
Our policy on water management is much the same. Preserving water resources is essential, not just to reduce the impacts on ecosystems but also to ensure the long-term future of our supplies.
Why was the Tangier site chosen to set an example on the reduction of environmental impacts?
The choice of the geographical site in itself called for us to pay particular care to the water circuit, as Morocco is subject to water stress.
In terms of energy management, Morocco has a major advantage: the growing development of electricity production using renewable energy sources. For nearly ten years now the country has led an ambitious program to strengthen and diversify its power grid.
Does the Tangier site lay the foundations for a more environmentally-respectful Renault production base?
At Tangier, we started with a greenfield site. Renault decided, right from the design studies phase, to make the plant innovative and efficient in environmental terms. It is easier to introduce disruptive processes at a greenfield site than at an optimized existing production site.
The Tangier plant stands apart by being designed both as "zero CO2" and "zero effluents". But all new Renault-Nissan Alliance plants adopt innovative technologies.
To give you just two examples of recent plants: in India, the Chennai plant created in 2010 uses the most advanced technologies to recycle all its industrial effluents, again in a country subject to water stress; in China, the plant opened in 2016 by Renault and its partner Dongfeng in Wuhan also benefits from the latest technologies in energy efficiency.
And all existing Renault plants lead a policy of continuous improvement. The thermal exchanger and wheel systems that have demonstrated their efficiency at Tangier are among the technologies recommended by Renault when designing or replacing equipment. Inversely, the Centralized Technical Management system in place in Tangier that coordinates all consumption items in real time is based on the best practices observed at other group plants.