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languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu 2021-11-11 21:54
Bizarre anime adaptation
Congressman Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) recently posted a strange "anime" video on Twitter. The tweet has since been deleted after...
Victor Mair
V Victor Mair
Word of the day: Agnotology
Cecilia Tomori, "Scientists: don't feed the doubt machine", Nature 11/2/2021: Throughout the pandemic, I've been saddened at...
Mark Liberman
M Mark Liberman
Advances in topic modeling
In the middle to late 1990s, "Topic Detection and Tracking" was an active research area (see also this). And by the early 2000s,...
"'White left' — a Chinese calque in English", part 2
A little less than four years ago, I wrote a post about the subject of báizuǒ...
Averaging grammatical persons?
Averaging works for numbers, but maybe not for combining third person and first person to get second person? Kelly Robinson gives it a try — "Dr Seuss 'cancelled'? There's nothing new about cutting racism from...
"Jesus talk" and "human speech" in Hong Kong
Editorial by Geremie Barmé in China Heritage (10/6/20): "Hong Kong & 講耶穌 gong2 je4 sou1". Here are the opening paragraphs of this installment of "Hong Kong Apostasy": The Cantonese expression 講耶穌 gong2 je4 sou1, literally 'to give a sermon about Jesus', or 'to preach', means to prattle, or to speak in a boring and vacuous fashion. When I worked for The Seventies Monthly in Hong Kong in the...
Vicious smears
Headline in Global Times today (9/10/20): "People's Daily has right to reject US article containing vicious smears against China: FM" "FM" means "Foreign Minister", Wang Yi 王毅. Since...
Obsession with civilized behavior
In Chinese media, we often encounter exhortations to wénmíng xíngwéi 文明行为 ("civilized behavior"), but in this article, they've really gone over the top in promoting it: "Běijīng wénmíng...
"Racist dog whistling"
News brief on the (Australian) ABC website: David Morris, who sent this in, comments: I could think of at least four interpretations of 'racist dog whistling' (and there's possibly more). A hyphen might cut down the...
The order of surnames and given names in East Asian languages
From Frank Chance: I have complained for years about the reversal of Japanese names in the Western – and Japanese – media. If China can dictate pinyin, as it essentially did in 1979, Japan can lead in the change to respect the original language. Here's an article that speaks to this issue: "Japan asked the international media to change how we write their names. No one listened", by James Griffiths, CNN Business...
Super Bowl Dialectology
One of today's Super Bowl commercials features Boston r-lessness: Chris Evans, John Krasinski, and Rachel Dratch are all from the Boston area, and David "Big Papi" Ortiz played 14 seasons for the Red...
Lack of inaction
From a recent article on the Vanity Fair site by Abigail Tracy ("'There's Blood on the Hands of Members of Congress': Frustrated Democrats Debate Strategy as Mitch McConnell Holds Gun Control in His Pocket,"...
Ben Zimmer
B Ben Zimmer
Finland's national radio broadcaster pulls the plug on the news in Latin
During the last few decades, I have served as the "opponent" in several Scandinavian doctoral defenses. I wore a tuxedo, top hat, and silk socks, plus gleaming black shoes. Much of the ritual was conducted in Latin, so I was quite aware of the high place accorded that ancient language in Scandinavian academia, especially in Finland, where all of my colleagues, no matter what their field, had received extensive training in...
Jeremy who?
the jeremy cunt megamix -> pic.twitter.com/hCALNNOSYx — Hannah Jane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) June 10, 2019 Lane Greene writes: This has happened an astonishing number of times. He's considered about the "fourth...
Life, death, whatever
David Brooks, "It's Not the Economy, Stupid: How to conduct economic policy in an age of social collapse", NYT 11/29/2018: People, especially in the middle- and working-class slices of society, are less...
"Major political error"
What was it? Instead of writing "Xí Jìnpíng xīn shídài Zhōngguó tèsè shèhuì zhǔyì sīxiǎng 习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想" ("Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era"), two Shaanxi Daily editors wrote "Xí Jìnpíng zǒng shūjì xīn shídài Zhōngguó tèsè shèhuì zhǔyì sīxiǎng 习近平总书记新时代中国特色社会主义思想...
Storage, transmission, whatever
Mike Ives, "Charles Kao, Nobel Laureate Who Revolutionized Fiber Optics, Dies at 84", NYT 9/24/2018 [emphasis added]: Working in Britain in the late 1960s, Dr. Kao and a colleague played a crucial role in...
"Skr", the latest Chinese buzzword
Let's plunge right in: "How 'Skr' Took Over the Chinese Internet: A brief history of the meaningless hip-hop term that inspired countless viral memes", by Yin Yijun, Sixth Tone (8/7/18) "Skr"...
Draconian dictionaries?
Rachel Paige King ("The Draconian Dictionary Is Back", The Atlantic 8/5/2018) suggests that lexicographers might be (re)turning to prescriptivism: Since the 1960s, the reference book has cataloged how people...
"Bigfeet"?
Dana Millbank, "Goodbye, Republican Party. Hello, Bigfoot Party.", WaPo 7/31/2018: By now, there are few in the political world who have not yeti heard about what's going on in the 5th Congressional District of Virginia. The Republican candidate in the race, Denver Riggleman, was discovered to have posted images of "Bigfoot erotica" on Instagram, with the furry fellow's ample nether regions obscured. The candidate is...
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Absence-of-spoiler alert: This post contains no further speculation about the Lanny (laurel-yanny) phenomenon, which should be entering its memetic death spiral about now, but may be of interest nonetheless. The Lanny clip is an ambiguous stimulus that affords two seemingly very different interpretations. Language is full of ambiguities at every level—sounds, words, phrases, sentences, texts—and figuring out how people manage to...
Mark Seidenberg
M Mark Seidenberg
Zora Neale Hurston and Kossula
The Vulture story that this tweet links to ("The Last Slave") begins by talking about the fact that when Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God was published in 1937, it was "eviscerated by...
Neal Goldfarb
N Neal Goldfarb
The Economist finally comes around
From Lane Greene at The Economist, "The ban on split infinitives is an idea whose time never came," with boldfacing by yours truly: GEORGE BERNARD SHAW was once so angry with a subeditor that he complained to...
Year Hare Affair
That's the abbreviated title of a popular webcomic by Lin Chao 林超. The full title in Chinese is Nà nián nà tù nàxiē shì 那年那兔那些事 (lit., "that year that rabbit those affairs"; i.e.,...
Epic eye-roll
Everybody's talking about the eye-roll of the century, the eye-roll that has gone wildly viral in China. It's undoubtedly the most exciting thing that happened at the Two Sessions of the National People's Congress...


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"This partnership will give us more resources and capacity to deliver our test technology to our global customers worldwide. Becoming part of the Changyuan Group Ltd allows us to serve the smart device industry in larger scale than we have ever done before. I am excited about combining OptoFidelity's software & measurement technology with Changyuan's scalable engineering and mass production resources and I am also thrilled about productizing some of our most advanced R&D testers for manufacturing test applications. We are fully committed to perform our obligations and to serve our customers and partners even better than before." says Mr Pertti Aimonen, Chief Executive Officer, OptoFidelity Oy.


Makalei Cave, North Kona, Hawaii, 1924.
This is a cave to the south of the hill of Akahipuu, and it was there that a man named Ko'amokumoku-o-hueia [Ko'amokumokuoheeia] lived, who came from Koolau and settled here, living as a newcomer.
And he lived here with his family: his wife, whose name was Kahaluu; and their two daughters; and one young son named Makalei.
And it was for this boy that this cave is called the cave of Makalei until this day.
While this man was living here, he began to farm taro, sweet potato, banana, sugar cane, and awa; and it all appeared to be well watered.
The natives of the area came to him and said, "The problem with this land is the water; it is a land without water, and you have to get water from the cave, but the places to store water here are kapu and cannot be fetched from in secret; if you are caught, you will be killed by the one who the water belongs.
Ko'amokumoku-o-heeia heard this talk of the locals, and this caused him to contemplate about where he and his family could get their water; and therefore, he made a reservoir [pa-o wai ?] for himself, and when the rains returned, water would fill receptacles [haona] then be held in the reservoir.
While living there with the family, one day, the boy went to relieve himself at a ravine behind their house, and while he was throwing the old waste into a plain old hole, right then wind blew out from that hole, and Makalei examined it and saw this deep, dark hole.
"Where?" the father asked. "Down there," and the father went to see.
When Ko'amokumoku-o-heeia reached the area and cleared away the stones covering the hole, he saw that it was a deep cave and wind rose from it as if it came from the mountains.
The mouth to the cave was finished off nicely and there they defecated; while one side of the opening was made so that a person could enter.
No kamaaina knew of this cave, and he did not tell his wife, and nor did he talk of it again to his son; he totally refused to speak of the things pertaining to this cave.
One day, he entered the cave and saw the great vastness, and that he could walk upright without his head touching the wall above, and there was a lot of water dripping down; he decided to make containers [waa] of ohia, and containers of wiliwili.
In the night he fetched wiliwili and carried it on his back inside the cave, and it was inside of the cave that he dug until he made the opening of the wiliwili water container; the ohia chosen was dug out by the farmer and he carried it on his back into the cave. The inside of the cave grew criss-crossed with water troughs of wiliwili and ohia; there was just so many of the water containers that continued to be fitted inside.
When the dry season of this land returned as always, he did nothing other than farm, and he had ample water and had no problems with it.
It was at night that he fetched water and filled containers and gourds [olo], until the reservoir was full, and this was their drinking water for the month, and so forth.
The locals were suspicious about where these people go their water from, being that they did not see the source of their water, and they spoke often about the water of these malihini.
This cave still remains, and the entrance is very small but made like the entrance to a house, but within is very spacious and the walls are very tall.
When Maguire lived at Huehue, a great water catchment was built inside of the cave and a pipe was laid from the catchment until his house because he wanted cold water like ice water; also, pipes were laid above the catchment so that more water would go into it.
The story of this boy, Makalei is a beautiful one, along with his father, and it is a very long story; and should the writer have time to write this touching entertainment, then Makalei will be seen, the one whose name this cave is named after, Makalei Cave.
Here we will list the famous storied places [wahi pana kaulana] of these ahupuaa, from the sea until the summit of the mountain of Hualalai. With their names that they were called by the people of old.
13. Hikuhia, in the uplands of Napua.
15. Na hale o Kaua [Nahaleokaua].
22. Na puu Mahoe [Napuumahoe].
29. Kapuu o Honuaula [Honuaula Hill].
30. Ka puu o Hainoa [Hainoa Hill].
31. The summit of Hualalai and the pit of Milu.
The pit of Milu [lua o Milu] spoken of is the pit which Hikuikanahele went to fetch Kawelu under the [Nuu ?] of Milu, the chief of the dark night; this is the round pit atop the summit of Hualalai which still remains to this day; it is a very deep hole and if you drop a rock down the pit, you will not hear the rattling of the rock.
The width of the mouth of this pit is perhaps about 6 to 7 feet in my estimation as I am familiar with those regions.
The water of Kipahee is a pit which goes down and reaches a spring.
It is not rippling water from which to scoop water out of, but it is moss [limu] which you collect until the container is full and then return to the top.
Climbing back up is troublesome; should you try to go straight up thinking you will exit immediately, you won't be able to because you will keep sliding back until you are sitting after exhaustion from sliding down. In order to return to the top with ease, you have to climb zigzag, turning to the right and then to the left, and that is how you climb back to the top easily.
Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Buke XVIII, Helu 1, Aoao 4. Mei 29, 1924.
Description of Moku o Lo'e (Coconut Island) and a lesson on sustainable living. 1859.
Aloha oe:—The 24th of August, which was a Thursday, was a day of party at the shore of Mokuoloe; it is a small island to the Northeast of Kaneohe, and yet plants grow upon it: sweet potato, gourd, banana, coconut, and its shady kukui grove. The focus of the feast was the sweet potato and gourd; it was a fine party, with many people who came from Kahaluu, and Mokapu, and it was very pleasant in the shade of the kukui, with enough food for all that came; the great spread of produce well-cared for by the farmers of this tiny Island was astonishing, and it would be a good thing if all our own lands were taken care of in the same way, then we'd in time be feasting off of the fruits. With mahalo, your friend.
[For more on Moku o Lo'e, see the recent publication: Moku o Lo'e: A History of Coconut Island.
Ka Hoku Loa, Buke I, Helu 3, Aoao 9. Sepatemaba, 1859.


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As I've mentioned before, interior design, home decorating, and party setups have all become a major passion of mine within the last year. I'm not a very artistic person, I don't sew well, and my husband has a list a mile long of Pinterest fails that I've tried over the years, but there is just something about interior design and I that just click really well together. It's that one time for me where I can really feel my creative juices flowing, and when I step back and see the space, or table that I've created, I really feel proud of my work. It's a feeling of accomplishment that I've never had in a creative setting before, and it definitely motivates me to do it more in the future.
Today I'm sharing a Thanksgiving Dessert Bar setup (and a recipe for mini pumpkin pies at the bottom of the post!). This definitely isn't something that you need to have to make your Thanksgiving dinner complete, but if you're eating in your formal dining room, and have a table in your kitchen that isn't doing anything else, I think this dessert bar would be a perfect use for it! There is a good chance that you already have a lot of these items in your home, and if your Thanksgiving guests bring a treat to share, it's a fun way to display everyone's creations.
When I'm designing a tablescape, or a room in my house to decorate, the first thing that I do is sketch out the idea in my head on a piece of paper. That may sounds really weird, but it helps me to know exactly what I want to do, and then I can start digging around my house for pieces that will make it work, and then I can make a list of things that I can pick up at a craft store, or Walmart to fill in the gaps.
Once I have everything together that I need, I start by putting the big things out on the table. I think a symmetrical table with varying heights always look great and so I setup all the big pieces first to create a good base, and then I can go in and fill the gaps with everything else.
After that, I hang my banner on the wall to fill in all the white space, and to give more texture and interest to the entire space. I was really excited when I found this paper banner at my local craft store and then I used black paint and stencils for the lettering. Also, lets talk about how lucky I was that there were ten triangles, and that "Give Thanks", has ten letters in it.
When those first steps are finished I add all the food to the table. This will not only allow me to see how all the food looks, but it will give me a better idea of where the blank spaces are, and where I need to add things.
I made these cookies with regular semi-sweet chocolate chips, but if you swapped them out for the Nestle Tollhouse Pumpkin Spice Morsels, they would be another fabulous fall themed treat.
All of these treats were incredibly easy to make. My favorite one was the mini pumpkin pies. Growing up I remember making the Thanksgiving pumpkin pie with my grandmother and she always used the recipe off of the Libby's 100% Pure Pumpkin, 15oz can. It's a classic recipe that has been used by families (including my own), since 1950. I figured, if it's not broke, don't fix it, right? I love that the recipe only includes a few ingredients like sugar, spices, eggs, and one can Nestle Carnation Evaporated Milk, 15oz. There is nothing better then recipes where you just have to dump, stir, and bake. (I'll have the exact directions to how I made these mini pies at the bottom of the post).
In my initial drawing, I didn't have that much detail, and when I needed more things to fill in the gaps, I just pulled things together from around the house. Those gourds were purchased at the grocery store a few weeks ago for $.69 each and were just sitting in my office, so I threw those on. I needed something to add height for the desserts, so I used a basket we had in the living room. The sides of the basket seemed bare so I grabbed the pumpkin from my porch, and then a vase from our book shelf. They were all really simple additions that made a big impact.
Preheat oven to 425°. Mix together the sugar, cinnamon, salt, ginger, and cloves and set aside. In another bowl beat the eggs, then add the pumpkin and mix together. Slowly incorporate the evaporated milk.
Grease the inside of a standard muffin thin with cooking spray. Roll your dough out on the table and with the mouth of a glass, cut circles out into the dough. Press each circle cutout into one of the holes in the muffin tin, and then pour the pumpkin pie mixture into each pie shell.
Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. When the time is up, reduce the temperature to 350° and then bake for an additional 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool in the pan for five minutes. Carefully remove each pie from the muffin tin, and then cool on a wire rack for one hour.
How will you be celebrating Thanksgiving this year? Are you hostings? Or are you in charge of bringing dessert? If so, be sure to check out the Nestle Tollhouse Pinterest page for some great dessert inspiration!
I don't love Thanksgiving dinner food, but I love me some pumpkin pie so this dessert table is my heaven! I want to eat all of those desserts! Yum!
These look so good! I love the way you styled them, magazine quality.
What a scrumptious set up! Great idea I'd love to try this Thanksgiving dessert bar this year, it will be a hit! Thank you for sharing.
This is really such a cute post! I love the look of the banner and the mini pumpkin pies look amazing!
I am seriously in love with this post! You take such beautiful pictures :) And what a cute little set up. I recently made pumpkin cheesecake that was to die for! I work Thanksgiving but I'm going to a friends that night so hopefully I will be able to be a little festive!
THOSE TURKEY CUPCAKES. There is a 0% chance I will actually make them but I love the fact that they exist. Adorable.


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Rock legends Kansas to join NIU Philharmonic for Homecoming concert at Convocation Center
Rock legends Kansas will join the NIU Philharmonic for one spectacular Homecoming 2011 concert.
This unforgettable Homecoming concert begins at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the NIU Convocation Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets range from $37.50 to $22.50 and can be purchased at the NIU Convocation Center box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-745-3000. NIU students get a $5 discount with a valid NIU OneCard at the NIU Convocation Center box office.
From the beginning, Kansas has achieved success by playing original music.
What once was a "garage band" from Topeka, Kansas has turned into a record-selling rock band. With eight gold albums, three sextuple-platinum albums, one platinum live album and a million-dollar single, "Dust in the Wind," Kansas has sold out arenas and stadiums throughout North America, Europe and Japan.
After the groundbreaking and universally successful 2010 Kansas Collegiate Symphony Tour, the band is not only continuing but expanding the tour for the fall of 2011. The tour will again help raise funds and awareness for college and university music programs.
"Kansas and all the school symphonies just hit it off big time! The only people having more fun then us were all the students playing on stage with us," original member and drummer Phil Ehart said of last year's concerts. "And considering all the money that was raised to help the music departments, everyone considered it a real success! We know this year will be bigger and better!"
"We are tremendously excited that Kansas has chosen NIU for one of its rare orchestra concerts," said Paul Bauer, director of the NIU School of Music. "Just imagine Kansas playing hits like 'Point of Know Return' and 'Carry On Wayward Son' with the power of NIU's great Philharmonic. This will truly be a classic show."
"As professionals, these students may play alongside well-known stars of music, but it is a unique that as students they would have this opportunity," said Rich Holly, dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts. "It's one more way we can help to prepare our students for what they'll likely encounter as professionals."
The concert is not only an experience for current students but also for alumni.
"Bringing Kansas the weekend of Homecoming is showing our alumni that NIU events are not just for students, but for them, too," said Joe Matty, director of the NIU Alumni Associations. "This event is special because of the College of Visual and Performing Arts. We are showcasing our students and their talent for a truly amazing homecoming experience."
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Several years ago when I still lived in Yorkville on the Upper East Side (after I moved out of Chinatown), my parents came to New York to spend the Christmas holiday with me. On Christmas Day, as our family tradition dictates, we found a local Catholic church and went to mass at St. Monica's. For some reason, the altar server helping the priest (he was too old to be called an altar boy) and his blonde bowl cut caught my attention. So later, after mass had ended and we had walked over to the bus stop to head to Christmas dinner, my parents and I both laughed with surprise when we realized the same altar server was now standing in the Chinese takeout next door. Mass had scarcely ended, and here he was, ordering beef chow mein in a puffer jacket and jeans instead of his long, white robe. He had changed clothes, slipped out the backdoor, and raced over to Szechuan Kitchen in less time than it took us to round the corner of 79th Street and First Avenue—he must of needed that moo shu pork real bad.
Chinese restaurants are a fixture of the American foodscape. As such, many of us are familiar with the slightly tacky, unintentionally funny names they give themselves (Fu King Chinese Restaurant in SF, anyone?). Restaurant names also tend to cater to the clientele they hope to attract. And in New York, even within the confines of Manhattan, every neighborhood has its own personality and distinct demographics. It turns out, where you eat says a lot about who you are. Can you guess the neighborhoods these restaurants belong to?
China Fun's glossy website shows pictures of cheerful families enjoying the food and boasts a singing deliveryman who performs Bejing Opera nightly. The menu includes Filet Mignon Chinese Style along with sushi–which, in my opinion, is a dead giveaway that a restaurant is catering to people who don't know the difference between Chinese and Japanese food.
Chinatown is changing. Of course, all cities are living, breathing organisms that are constantly changing, adapting, sometimes deteriorating, and often transforming themselves in a dynamic give-and-take with dips in the economy, successive waves of immigrants, and bursts of urban renewal. But even so, there have been many recent changes in the neighborhood too big to ignore. Here's a quick rundown.
The pieces Hurricane Sandy left behind—through the eyes of citizen journalists, tumblrs, and photographers. Hang in there, New York.
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Bring the tropical flavor to your summer pool parties with this Gigantic Flamingo Pool Float. It comes in the beautiful shape of a flamingo.
Bring the tropical flavor to your summer pool parties with this Gigantic Flamingo Pool Float. Coming in the beautiful shape of a flamingo, this pool float adds an extra spark to your summer days. Additionally, the gigantic design is inflatable and super comfortable at the same time. Sunbathing on this cool accessory is going to be super fun. In fact, you can use this pool float conveniently without losing your balance. Be it at the pool or the beach; the pool float makes sure you can enjoy your time under the sun at its best. As a matter of fact, this will also be a conversation starter among your friends. Overall, a perfect way to spend your summer day in the pool this year.


I am in the process of replacing my rear main seal on my 80 300 SD. I have dropped the upper oil pan and checked the lower half of the seal and it doesn't look too bad. I was reading old threads on thei topic and I came across some discussion on the two ball berarings that are stuffed in the back of the engine block plugging oil galleries. How do you remove those if they are leaking? Is there any way to replace them? I really don't want to put everything back together only to have to take it all apart again when it still leaks. Any info you might have is greatly appreaciated.


What is if else constructs in C#?
How to use if else in programming?
What is nested if else constructs?
The if… else construct is used for determining the flow of program based on returning expression value. It evaluates the comparison operator and based on value executes the statements. For example, if you want to execute a piece of code when the requirements meet then if… else construct determine which piece of code will be executed. Else is default condition and executes when no if condition matches. The following example will clear the concept of if… else constructs.
If you have more than one if construct then you can use else if construct for evaluating expression. The C# also supports nested if else construct. If you want to evaluate certain condition based on previous if, then you can use nested if-else constructs in C# programming.
In this chapter you learned about if else constructs as well as nested if else constructs. You also learned how to use if else conditional constructs in C# programming. In next chapter, you will learn about C# switch case constructs.


omg... wow..... i just bought udyr and NOW it happens....... im so unlucky..
For all you guys who are talking about reductions and buying the champs recently... when they did the Swain reduction I think it was like a week or so after I bought him with IP, and I got refunded the difference automatically. Took awhile, but it happened, so it may happen for you too! Keep an eye on your e-mail, Riot will send you one if they refund you.
Two days later, price reduction.
He's a strong and fun character; if anyone's debating buying him to try him out I recommend going for it.


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Night Out With Meaning: Empowering Woman
Storyteller: Marjorie Margolies
Advocate, Change Agent, Congresswoman, Founder of a Nonprofit, Friend, Journalist, Mother, Storyteller are words that describe the life and work of Marjorie Margolies.
The third Night Out With Meaning was held on May 4, 2011. Marjorie Margolies weaved her experiences as Congresswoman, broadcast journalist, adoptive mother, Director and Deputy Chair of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Fourth World Conference On Women and her recent role as founder and president of Women's Campaign International – a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing participation of women in political, market and civic process in 20 countries. Marjorie started WCI in 1998 to "make sure there were more women at the table."
Marjorie was born in Philadelphia. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1963. She was a broadcast journalist for over twenty-four years, winning five Emmy Awards for her work. In 1970, at age 28, she covered a story on Korean orphans and was so moved by the experience that she became the first single woman in the United States to adopt a foreign child, a Korean girl. Several years later she adopted a Vietnamese girl. In 1976, she testified before Congress and was credited with helping change legislation on adoption and immigration practices incorporated into the 1976 Immigration and Nationalities Act. She also published three books, including They Came to Stay (1976), relating her experiences as an adoptive parent and a supporter of immigrant families. Figuring in the number of refugee families that she sponsored over the years, Marjorie estimates that her household had provided for 25 children.
In 1992 she ran for an open seat in Congress for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district, a largely suburban district outside Philadelphia and became a member of the 103rd Congress. Marjorie's first vote on major legislation was for the Family and Medical Leave Act. In 1993, she joined women colleagues in the House who effectively pushed for more funding and research for breast and cervical cancer and making preventive tools available to more women.
After her term in Congress, She was the Chair of the National Women's Business Council, and the Director and Deputy Chair of the United States delegation to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995. Marjorie currently serves as the founder and chair of WCI, and is a professor at the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania.
"Kindness Saves Lives"
The Story of Renate "Ronnie" Breslow
She believed she could and so she did!


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Q: Select feature one by one and save it as image using python script I have used following code for selecting the features one by one. but when i run the script it is just selecting last feature and zoom it. I want to select each feature and zoom it.
def SelectFeatures(self):
layer = self.iface.activeLayer();
iter = layer.getFeatures();
for feature in iter:
    geom = feature.geometry()
    self.iface.mapCanvas().setSelectionColor(QColor("yellow"));
    layer.setSelectedFeatures([feature.id()])
    selected_features = layer.selectedFeatures()
    self.iface.mapCanvas().zoomToSelected( layer )
    self.iface.mapCanvas().refresh()
    path = 'D:\Test'+ str(feature.id()) + '.png'
    self.iface.mapCanvas().saveAsImage(path)
    #QMessageBox.information(None, "DEBUG:", str(path))

Now, the zooming process is too quick due to that i am not able to see the selected feature zoomed. in addition to that the image which is generated is the same every time.
My objective is to achieve following things.

*

*Select Feature.

*Zoom selected feature.

*Save image.

Repeat the steps for rest of the features.

A: This is a kludge... but have you tried sleeping?
def SelectFeatures(self):
layer = self.iface.activeLayer();
iter = layer.getFeatures();
for feature in iter:
    geom = feature.geometry()
    self.iface.mapCanvas().setSelectionColor(QColor("yellow"));
    layer.setSelectedFeatures([feature.id()])
    selected_features = layer.selectedFeatures()
    self.iface.mapCanvas().zoomToSelected( layer )
    self.iface.mapCanvas().refresh()
    path = 'D:\Test'+ str(feature.id()) + '.png'

    import time
    time.sleep(5) # delays for 5 seconds

    self.iface.mapCanvas().saveAsImage(path)
    #QMessageBox.information(None, "DEBUG:", str(path))

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COMETS WRAP UP 2018 AGAINST ROCHESTER
UTICA COMETS (16-16-2-1) vs. ROCHESTER AMERICANS (20-10-2-0)
Adirondack Bank Center, 7 p.m.
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Tonight's Game: The Utica Comets wrap up up 2018 against the Rochester Americans. Puck drop at the Adirondack Bank Center is at 7 p.m.
Last Game: The Utica Comets fell behind early and stumbled all the way as they dropped a 10-1 decision to the Syracuse Crunch on Friday at the War Memorial. Vincent Arseneau scored the lone goal for the Comets. Ivan Kulbakov made 24 saves in the loss.
Head-to-Head: This is the fifth meeting between the Comets and Americans this season. Rochester leads the season series 3-1-0-0 and won the most recent matchup 5-2 back on December 5. Rochester has outscored Utica 19-8 through four games.
Scouting the Americans: Rochester comes into tonight's contest atop the North Division with a 20-10-2-0 record. They most recently beat the Toronto Marlies 5-1 last night. C.J. Smith and Victor Olofsson lead the offense with 28 points, followed closely by Zach Redmond with 26 points. Adam Wilcox is the leading active netminder with a 7-3-1 record, a 2.93 goals-against average, and .899 save percentage.
American Spirit: Reid Boucher has been lethal against Rochester. Boucher has two points in two games this year against the Americans. Including last season, Boucher has nine points (4-5-9) in his last 11 games against Rochester. Boucher leads the Comets with 29 points (16-13-29) in 23 games this season.
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Yehudi Yerushalmi
It Caught My Eye #29
From: It Caught My Eye 29
Europe is turning into nothing but a tourist trap, with museum attendants and gondoliers and the like preserving the past just to live off it.
David Pryce-Jones quoting Walter Laqueur
IT'S A CRAZY WORLD
Hamas motto: We love death as much as the Jews love life.
Reply: All who love death more than life should kill himself immediately.
Denis Prager
It recently emerged that British police had known for more than a decade that Muslim rape gangs were targeting young girls, but they ignored the evidence of rapes because "they were petrified of being called racist."
Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute
In 1920 when the ban on the sale of liquor was implemented in the U.S, Jewish families were allowed to make and possess 10 gallons of kosher wine per year for religious purposes. The year 1924 saw the distribution of 2,944,764 gallons of "kosher wine." The periodical American Hebrew expressed amazement at how fast Judaism was growing.
Lawrence J. Epstein, Jewish Ideas Daily
The International Olympic Committee turned down Israel's request to have a minute of silence at this year's Games in memory of the Munich massacre 40 years ago. The role of international organizations is to condemn Israel, not to remember or regret murderous violence against its citizens.
Jay Nordlinger, National Review
President Obama appointed Hannah Rosenthal as the special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism. She served with Americans for Peace Now, part of the boycott, disinvestments and sanctions movement that seeks to delegitimize Israel and believes Jews are to blame for anti-Semitism because of their support for Israel. Eileen F. Toplansky, American Thinker
Israel's Check-Cap has developed a tiny capsule that travels through the intestines, snapping 360-degree X-ray images and continuously transmitting information to a wrist-worn data receiver reporting on the prevalence of polyps, the precursors of colorectal cancer. All you'll have to do is swallow a tiny capsule. No colonoscopy, no hospital visit.
Daniel Ben Tal, Israeli 21c
Claire Lomas, a paralysed woman (from the chest down) became the first person to complete a marathon in a bionic suit. She finished the London Marathon [42.195 km] 16 days after the race began. A number of celebrities lent their support by walking a mile alongside her. Although she did not receive a medal when she finished, a number of marathon runners donated their medals to her.
Tom Gross
Listening to a record [compared to a live symphony orchestra] is like kissing a photograph of Brigitte Bardot. Sergiu Celibidache, the late Romanian conductor, quoted by Jay Nordlinger
It may be the hardest to solve, but the Middle East conflict is the easiest conflict in the world to describe. In a nutshell: Israel would like to exist and recognizes the Palestinians right to have a state. But the Palestinians, other Arabs and Moslems do not recognize the right of a Jewish State of Israel to exist. Denis Prager.
Millions are spent by Arab interests on public relations campaigns. The owner of one of the 25 largest US PR agencies in America [not Torossian]explained why his firm would no longer work with Jewish organizations. He said there is simply too much money working for Arab interests and he was no longer working for pro-Israeli organizations. It's a trend that will grow – and will see Arab interests even more positively portrayed in American media. Ronn Torossian, President & CEO of New York-based 5W Public Relations, Front Page
Anti-Semitism is like alcoholism. You can go for 25 years without a drink, but if things go bad and you find yourself with a vodka in your hand, you can't get rid of it. British novelist Iain Pears.
It is a moral scandal that a few decades after the catastrophe that overtook the Jewish people in Europe, anti-Semitic themes and ruses are once again respectable, not just down there with the thugs, but also within polite society, and within the perimeters of a self-flattering liberal and left opinion. It is a bleak lesson to all but those unwilling to see.
Norman Geras Professor Emeritus University of Manchester quoted by Rick Richman,
A new survey commissioned by the BBC shows that the four least popular countries in the world are Pakistan, Iran, North Korea – and Israel. In America 50% took a positive view of Israel and 35 percent were negative: Russia 25-26%; Canada 25-59%; France 20-65, Britain 16-68, Germany 16-69, Spain 12-74. The Nigerians (54-29) and Kenyans (45-31) were far friendlier to Israel than any West European country. The country that was most hostile of all, even more than Arab countries, was Japan, where only 3 percent had a positive view of Israel.
Bruce Bawer, Front Page
Days after taking office, Putin's Russia staged the first successful test-launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of breaching defence systems now being developed by NATO.
Sixty countries, including 30 non-Nato members with no connections to NATO, attended the Nato meeting in Chicago. Israel was not invited. Did no one remember to invite the American ally that controls the Middle East's most powerful military or did America succumb to Turkey's veto?
Omri Ceren, Commentary Magazine
The new French cabinet will have three Muslim members, one will serve as Minister of Women's Rights and spokesperson for the French government; another has been vocal in blaming Israel for France's foreign affairs problems; the third has worked to perpetuate the myth that the problems caused by Muslim immigrants are due to French racism, rather than to Islam. In addition the new Justice Minister, who has no law degree, was one of only a handful of members of the National Assembly to have voted against the law banning hijabs in schools.
Daniel Greenfield, Front Page
In June 2009 Swedish authorities took Domenic Johansson into custody because he was being home schooled. He was on an airliner waiting to fly with the family back to India where they were planning to resettle. Ever since, the Johannsons have been fighting the Swedish government for custody of their son.
Bob Unruh, WND
Søren Espersen of the Danish Folkeparti described his experience when visiting high schoolsin Denmark. "Talented and articulate" kids explained to him the history of Israel as it's been taught to them. After the Holocaust, they informed him, the Western countries, led by the U.S. and Britain, flew "massive numbers of American, English, German and Polish Jews" to Palestine, where "they chased all the Palestinians out of their houses with gunpowder and cannons and other modern weapons, helped by the British and Americans, and sent them to refugee camps, where they have been ever since."
" Daniel,"a 17-year-old Norwegian Jew told him how he was " sitting at the library playing an Internet game that involves shooting the greatest possible number of people with bows and arrows. A kid walked in….'Pretend you're shooting a Jew,' he commented enthusiastically.'"
Daniel recalls, "During the Gaza demonstrations, people went around with posters in Arabic saying 'Kill all Jews.' He points out that in school if he were to call for the murder of all Muslims or Christians, he would probably be sent to the principal or worse; but when people call for the murder of all Jews, it's treated as a question of free speech.
A biker was riding by the zoo, when he saw a little girl leaning into the lion's cage. Suddenly, the lion grabbed her by the cuff of her jacket and tried to pull her inside. The biker jumped off his bike, ran to the cage and hit the lion on the nose with a powerful punch. The lion jumped back and let go of the girl. A reporter saw the whole scene, and said, 'Sir, that was a very brave thing you did.' 'Why, it was nothing,' the biker replied. The lion was behind bars. I just saw this little kid in danger, and acted as I felt right.'
'I noticed a patch on your jacket,' said the journalist. 'Yeah, I ride with an Israeli motorcycle club,' the biker replied.' Well, I'll make sure this will not go unnoticed. I'm a journalist with the New York Times.
The following morning the New York Times had the following headline: 'ISRAELI GANG MEMBER ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND STEALS HIS LUNCH'
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: IRAN:
During a presentation at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, a respected Israeli think tank, José Maria Aznar, former prime minister of Spain, recalled a "private discussion" in Tehran in October of 2000 with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who told him: "Israel must be burned to the ground and made to disappear from the face of the Earth." Dore Gold, the former Israeli ambassador to the U.N. wanted to be certain there was no misunderstanding. He asked Aznar whether Khamenei was suggesting "a gradual historical process." He meant physical termination through military force," Aznar replied. Khamenei also told Aznar that the goal of the Islamic Revolution of 1979 has remained constant. It is to rid the world of two evils: Israel and the United States
Aznar also recalled a meeting he had with Vladimir Putin, in which he advised the Russian president against selling surface-to-air missiles to Iran. "Don't worry — we can sell them everything, even if we are worried by an Iranian nuclear bomb," Aznar quoted Putin as saying. "Because at the end of the day, Israel will take care of it."
Clifford May. Jewish World Review
August Haussleiter, a former SS officer and a founding member of the Nazi Party, started the German Green Party based on 19th century writings that popularized a cult ideology of the old-fashioned German country people or Volk. The Volk derived their "genuine" souls from their "rootedness" in the land, shared ancestral kinship, and connection to nature. In contrast, Jews, represented corrupt urban modernity, lacked ties to the land, were soulless and thus could never be part of the German Volk.
Although the existence, influence and consequences of the "green wing" on the Nazi movement has yet to be adequately researched, there is a theory put forward by Peter Staudenmaier, a professor of German history, that ecofascism played a big role in the search for the Final Solution. At the heart of this theory is that this "völkisch temptation" was a pathological response to modernity. Völkisch thinkers preached a return to the land, to the simplicity and wholeness of a life attuned to nature's purity. While "the Volkish movement aspired to reconstruct the society that was sanctioned by history, rooted in nature, and in communion with the cosmic life spirit," Jews had foisted on them the hostile milieu of urban industrial civilization.
The most prominent top Nazi leaders who searched for a lost connection to nature were Heinrich Himmler, Alfred Rosenberg, and Walther Darré. Rosenberg wrote in his colossal The Myth of the 20th Century: "Today we see the steady stream from the countryside to the city, deadly for the Volk. The cities swell ever larger, unnerving the Volk and destroying the threads which bind humanity to nature; they attract adventurers and profiteers of all colors, thereby fostering racial chaos."
Adapted from an interview between Jamie Glazov and Robert Zubrin; and Ecofascism by Janet Biehl and Peter Staudenmaier
CHECK LIST FOR JOURNALISTS OF THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA
1, Israelis live in posh houses stocked with all the latest appliances. Arabs live in crumbling shacks that are always in danger of being bulldozed.
2. Israelis are fanatical and hate-filled. Arabs are passionate and embittered.
3. Be sure to call a terrorist prisoner in an Israeli jail a militant. Do not mention the sheer amount of food in the prison, especially if he is on a hunger strike. If you happen to notice that the prisoners live better than most Israelis, do not refer to it. Never ask them how many children they killed or how much they make a month. Ask them what they think the prospects for peace are. Nod knowingly when they say that it's up to Israel.
4. Depersonalize Israelis, personalize Muslims. One is a statistic, the other a precious snowflake. A Muslim terrorist attack is always in retaliation for something, but an Israeli attack only feeds the "Cycle of Violence." Quote some official who urges Israel to return to peace negotiations.
5. Frame all Israeli politics by asking whether a politician is finally willing to make the compromises that you think are necessary for peace. A vote for a conservative party means that Israelis hate peace.
6. Israeli soldiers should be depicted looming menacingly over children. Your stringers are already experienced at urging a child into camera range, then getting down on one knee and tilting the camera up just as an Israeli soldier walks into the frame. If there isn't time to set up the shot, get what you can. The photo can be cropped afterward to show just the Israeli soldier and the Palestinian child, even if the two are not actually interacting in any way.
7. Checkpoint lines should consist entirely of old people and pregnant women waiting to visit their families.
8. Describe "settlers as "dogged" and "fanatical." Convey to the reader that there is something disturbing about the tenacity with which they cling to the land, while making it clear that they will have to be evacuated from the land for there to be peace.
9. Palestinian politicians are always willing to make peace, even when they aren't. Never ask them any tough questions, about the their support for terrorists or why they refuse to negotiate.
10. If an Israeli tells you that there is no such thing as Palestinians, that they're gangs of Muslim militias who have no interest in running their own country, or that Jordan is the actual Palestinian State, ignore him. You're here to tell a story.
11. Close with an old Arab man who expresses hope that one day peace will come to this troubled land.
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Born to Today In 1939, 'As Is' Playwright William Hoffman
William M. Hoffman was born today, April 12, in 1939. He was a playwright, editor and educator.
Hoffman was born in New York City. His earliest works were mounted in small, experimental off-off-Broadway theaters in New York.
It was not until 1985 that he achieved critical acclaim and public recognition when the Broadway theatre production of his play, As Is, one of the first plays to focus on AIDS, opened at the Lyceum Theatre in New York, where it ran for 285 performances.
Hoffman won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play (1985) and an Obie Award (1984-85 for Playwriting) and nominations for a Tony Award for Best Play (1985). The following year, he adapted the work for a television production directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.
In 1991, Hoffman was commissioned by The Metropolitan Opera Company to write the libretto for The Ghosts of Versailles first produced in celebration of the company's centennial. A 1993-televised production starred Teresa Stratas, Renée Fleming, and Graham Clark. Hoffman earned an Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
As an editor at Hill and Wang, Hoffman promoted the careers of Lanford Wilson, Tom Eyen, and Joe Orton, among others, by including their plays in either his New American Plays series or his anthology, Gay Plays: A First Collection.
In addition to his stage work, Hoffman wrote for the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, for which he received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 1992.
Until the time of his death, he was an Associate Professor of Theatre at Lehman College at The City University of New York.
From his obituary in the Washington Post:
William M. Hoffman, a playwright who forced theatergoers to confront the stigma and agony of AIDS with his pathbreaking work "As Is," died April 29 at a rehabilitation facility in the Bronx. He was 78.
Mr. Hoffman, who cultivated gay authors as an editor and anthologist, was also celebrated as the librettist of composer John Corigliano's opera "The Ghosts of Versailles." His death was confirmed by his husband, William Russell Taylor II, who said the apparent cause was cardiac arrest.
When "As Is" premiered in New York City in 1985, scientific knowledge of AIDS was in its infancy. Few treatments existed to halt its deadly course. In the cultural realm, there were few literary works to guide patients, their loved ones and the public to understand the epidemic erroneously known at the time as the "gay cancer."
See full obituary here.


Sinn Féin MLA and disability spokesperson Michaela Boyle has welcomed the announcement by Culture Minister Carál Ní Chuilín that signing classes for families of children suffering from deafness will begin on Sunday.
"It is important that families have the ability to communicate especially parents with their children but sometimes this can be difficult when a child suffers from deafness.
"These courses beginning at Jordanstown School will allow entire families to learn basic signing and improve the communication in the family home and allow families to achieve level 1 and level 2 grades.
"Signing is a universally accepted way of communicating with deaf people and is important in the development of a child's self-esteem and education.
"This initiative is about allowing children with hearing difficulties to achieve equality in accessing services that others take for granted and therefore the Minister needs to be congratulated for bringing it forward."


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Hours of Operation: Dinosaur Ridge is getting ready for winter! We will be closing the Discovery Center for the season (November 1-February 28) but opening back up when the temperatures rise in the spring. The new hours at the Main Visitor Center and Gift Shop are 9am-4pm Monday through Sunday with Guided Bus Tours available Friday through Monday.
For Covid-10 information, visit their website. Dinosaur Ridge is getting ready for winter! We will be closing the Discovery Center for the season (November 1-February 28) but opening back up when the temperatures rise in the spring. The new hours at the Main Visitor Center and Gift Shop are 9am-4pm Monday through Sunday with Guided Bus Tours available Friday through Monday. Dinosaur Ridge is a National Natural Landmark just outside suburban Denver. It has been ranked as the top dinosaur track site in the United States, and one of the top such sites in the world. Please plan to visit us and find out how you can help us protect our treasures! Our mission is to educate the public about, and ensure the preservation of, the natural and historic resources of Dinosaur Ridge, Triceratops Trail, and the surrounding areas


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Gothic Down Under: English architecture in the Antipodes
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Liverpool's Heritage
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Fun Palaces: the history & architecture of the entertainment industry
Next to Godliness: the architecture and decoration of Victorian sanitation
Victorian Cemeteries
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English Country Houses – not quite what they seem
The most haunted pub in Sheffield
Carbrook Hall, Sheffield
Some historians suggest that the fact that Attercliffe is mentioned first in the Domesday Survey of 1086 – "Ateclive & Escaveld" – is an indication that Attercliffe was more significant than Sheffield before the building of the Norman castle.
Certainly there was a manor house belonging to the Blunt family by 1176 and this house was rebuilt in 1462 and became Carbrook Hall.
It was purchased by Thomas Bright, lord of the manor of Ecclesall, in the late-sixteenth century and the surviving stone-built wing was built c1620 for Stephen Bright (1583-1642), bailiff of the Earl of Arundel's Hallamshire estates from 1622 and later lord of the manor of Ecclesall.
Stephen Bright's son, Sir John (1619-1688) helped co-ordinate the siege of Sheffield Castle in 1644 from the Hall.
The Brights' Carbrook estate passed repeatedly through the female line, and it seems that later generations let the building from early in the eighteenth century.
The house was more extensive than the surviving remnant: it was surveyed by William Fairbank in 1777, and E Blore's engraving in Joseph Hunter's Hallamshire: the history and topography of the parish of Sheffield in the county of York (1819) shows an elaborate jettied timber wing and other outbuildings.
There remain two elaborate interiors with fine oak panelling and plasterwork, possibly the work of the same craftsmen who decorated the Little Keep at Bolsover Castle.
The lower room has an oak chimney piece dated 1623 with Corinthian columns and strapwork and a depiction of Wisdom trampling on Ignorance, with scrolls containing mottoes. A very similar fireplace, originally at Norton House, is now preserved at the Cutlers' Hall.
The stone fireplace in the upper chamber has, instead of columns, unusual caryatids. In a nearly circular cartouche is an image of the pelican in her piety.
Carbrook Hall became a public house sometime in the nineteenth century – all surviving photographs show it without the timbered wing – and in that guise it became an unlikely survivor of the days when Attercliffe was rural: http://www.sheffieldcamra.org.uk/2016/10/heritage-pubs-with-dave-pickersgill-carbrook-hall.
In recent times it has traded on a reputation as "the most haunted pub in Sheffield", giving rise to investigations and reports that lose nothing in the telling: http://www.project-reveal.com/carbrook-hall-ghosts/4540202323.
In February 2017 the Carbrook Hall closed as a pub, to the distress of CAMRA and local workers. The new owner, West Street Leisure, did not at first disclose future plans for the building, beyond saying that its status as a Grade II* listed building would be respected. Conservationists are concerned that if it stands empty it will be vulnerable to vandalism: [http://www.thestar.co.uk/our-towns-and-cities/sheffield/fight-to-protect-historic-haunted-pub-in-sheffield-passes-first-hurdle-1-8539851].
This rare survival, a fragmentary reminder of the days when Attercliffe Common really was common land and Meadowhall was surrounded by meadows, contains one of the finest historic interiors in the city.
The next chapter in its long history is a transformation into a Starbucks coffee shop.
The 60-page, A4 handbook for the 2017 'Sheffield's Heritage' tour, with text, photographs, maps and a reading list, is available for purchase, price £15.00 including postage and packing. To order a copy, please click here or, if you prefer, send a cheque, payable to Mike Higginbottom, to 63 Vivian Road, Sheffield, S5 6WJ.
This entry was posted in Country Houses, Exploring Attercliffe, Sheffield's Heritage on June 4, 2017 by Mike Higginbottom.
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33.4% of the resident workers in the City of Albany have qualifications, compared to 26.5% for Administrative and Support Services.
Analysis of the qualifications of the resident workers in the City of Albany in 2016 compared to Administrative and Support Services shows that there was a higher proportion of people holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion of people with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 33.4% of the resident workers held educational qualifications, and 36.9% had no qualifications, compared with 26.5% and 45.8% respectively for Administrative and Support Services.


The National Museum of Language website features this article and several other articles for linguaphiles (people who love languages and words).
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This is one of many awesome podcast topics on The TEFL Show.
Click on the link below to access a more detailed summary of his talk and, for those of you who want full access to his talk, to its transcript.
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Teachers and "wanna-bes" won't be sorry if they take time out to read this article about a free, on-line website for giving assignments and sharing resources with other teachers.


In the early stages of Hoboken's gentrification, the need to lure developers put the leverage in their hands. For more than a decade now that leverage has shifted to favor Hoboken, but still, time and time again tax breaks and variances are given out in return for what? If anyone cares to do a little research, you will find that many cities and towns require that developers have available units for moderate income families, so please do not insult us by pointing out how generous the developers are being by providing this. It's long overdue, and it is done to sustain balance. I wonder if any of the council members that supported this would be showing the same obsequious deference if it were someone in their family that has been in business for a quarter century and now faces what seems to be the inevitable.
I often encounter on Observer Highway bumper-to-bumper traffic from Washington Street to the train trestle leaving town. Fourteenth Street and the Weehawken bridges fair no better. With the current development in progress, do we really need to put these people out for 150 units? It seems a bit rapacious. How much is enough? If the decision makers at URSA/Tarragon really cared about the neighborhood they wouldn't be putting these people out. What's up? There's not enough for everyone to eat or you guys can't just get enough. Here's an idea, instead of constantly needing more money to feed the budget, our current administration can find a way to reduce spending and run itself more efficiently.
In regards to Mr. Campos' statement about the "contractual and moral obligation," I make no claim to understand the law regarding this matter but one question does nag at me. How could the city of Hoboken promise land that they did not and possibly might not have the right to possess to a developer? Did they not foresee that eminent domain could be challenged by the current owners? Jersey City dropped their attempt to possess the Flamingo diner via eminent domain after being presented with a petition bearing over 10,000 signatures from supporters. Councilman Cammarano states that the current owners could file suit. Does the city have no moral obligation to them? Maybe it has more to do with money than moral obligation. I guess the citizens of Hoboken are going to foot the bill on a law suit by one side or the other.
Well anyway, I wish Kwitman & Son, U-Store-It, Sandy Azzollini, Maxi Plant, Ann Graham and the rest of the residents of that area the best of luck. Two months away from house closing and joining the Hoboken diaspora.


Vendor spotlight is a new trendsetting wedding feature highlighting some of the most wonderful modern wedding + event vendors, which I select myself. These are not sponsored or paid posts…quite simply, I am sharing with you vendors I like!
The first vendor spotlight goes to Jayme Fort Designs.
Jayme Fort Designs is a complete custom stationery boutique. She offer custom designs for all types of stationery including full wedding collections, personal stationery, monograms, and handmade cards and invitations. She describes her style as a little more architectural… a little less fluffy. She wanted to bring a breath of modern design to a wedding world full of the expected, traditional and floral designs.
They are all wedding stationery, each has a complete coordinating collection and each is completely customizable. The last image is one from my holiday collection… I used an engagement picture and it doubled as the couple's Christmas card… it has the most beautiful vintage feel because it is printed on thick linen textured card stock rather than the usual glossy photo paper and has lovely rounded corners for one more added detail.
To learn more about Jayme Fort Designs, you can visit her website and her Etsy shop. Jayme can be contacted at: jaymefortdesigns AT gmail.com.


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Also known as: Alpine Loop Knot; Lineman's Rider; Lineman's Loop Knot; is the best of several loop knots that are tied in the bight and that are suitable for hauling in a direction parallel to the axis of the rope.
This knot was originally used by Linemen and especially telephone engineers. "It is absolutely secure and will hold from any point from which it is drawn." (Burger).


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India Economy Likely to Expand 7.6% in 2016-17
by CFO Innovation Staff |
Aug 29, 2016 7:07pm
India's economy is likely to expand at 7.6 per cent in 2016-17, according to the Reserve Bank of India's Annual Report 2015-16. Overall gross value added (GVA) growth is projected at 7.6 per cent in 2016-17, up from 7.2 per cent last year.
The RBI noted that the impact of Brexit on the Indian economy have been relatively muted, including the immediate impact on equity and foreign exchange markets. "Abstracting from these external shocks, the near-term domestic outlook appears somewhat brighter than the outcome for 2015-16," RBI said.
The RBI also said that industrial activity has been in contraction mode in the early months of 2016-17, pulled down by manufacturing and there seems to be no strong drivers that could engineer a turnaround.
The headline inflation, it said, is expected to trend towards the target of 5 per cent by the last quarter of the year, although upside risks remain.
"If the current softness in crude prices proves to be transient and as the output gap continues to close, inflation excluding food and fuel may likely trend upwards and counterbalance the benefit of the expected easing of food inflation," it said.
RBI said the commitment of the central government to the path of fiscal consolidation in 2016-17 has enhanced the credibility of fiscal policy, which will, in turn, help in anchoring inflation expectations and in improving the business environment, including by fostering credibility among international investors.
A conducive environment has also been created through appropriate incentives or penalties for states to renew their fiscal consolidation.
GST Bill marks a new era
"The passage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill marks a new era in co-operative fiscal federalism and a growing political consensus for economic reforms," the report highlighted.
It said GST implementation will boost trade, investment and growth by reducing supply chain rigidities, encouraging scale economies, cutting down transportation and transaction costs, as also promoting efficiency gains.
The report said the country's external position is viable and well-buffered to sustain a pick-up in non-oil non-gold imports as growth gathers momentum.
"Nevertheless, the external environment continues to pose challenges stemming from large currency movements, a rising incidence of protectionist measures, swift and massive movements of capital and the amplification of uncertainty by the Brexit vote," it said.
The report said that even as the outlook for capital inflows is optimistic with the recent liberalisation of FDI policy, the repayment of FCNR(B) deposits under the special swap scheme due in September to November 2016 will need to be managed carefully.
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Hollis Frampton's Palindrome + Owen Land's Wide Angle Saxon
Introduced by P. Adams Sitney
- Palindrome (Hollis Frampton, 1969, 16mm, 22 mins)
"Hollis, clearly this one of your greatest films! Absolute perfection." - Stan Brakhage
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Moving Image Salon - January 2020
The Moving Image Salon is a monthly gathering in London for artists working in the fields of moving image and experimental filmmaking. It is intended as a relaxed and open space for conversation and exchange about contemporary moving image practices, a networking event and critical forum.
Cineinfinito #118: Kirk Tougas
By Marcos Ortega on Sun, 29/12/2019 - 16:23
Kirk Tougas is a noted experimental film artist, director of photography, producer, director, curator, and founder of the Pacific Cinematheque in Vancouver, Canada.
With over 250 professional credits, he is recognized as one of Canada's preeminent feature documentary cinematographers. Representing many cultural, anthropological, social, and political themes, these films have been broadcast on every major network and have garnered more than 80 festival awards, including Emmy and Peabody awards, and 13 awards and nominations from the Canadian Academy of Cinema.
Agitate Essential Cinema Vol 1
Synesthesia Gallery Hosts the first screening of Agitate Essential Cinema Vol 1
Friday, January 3, 2020 - 19:30
Stan Brakhage and Home Movies
No other avant-garde filmmaker explored and celebrated the aesthetics of home movies with more fervor and complexity than Brakhage, most notably in his Songs, Sincerity, Nightmare, and Duplicity series. This program, selected by his wife Marilyn Brakhage, is a sampling of this work. Program 95 min.
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Another eXperiment by Women Film Fest Screenings
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NIGHT TRAIN; Gloria Chung; USA; digi; 2.50
WATERWORKS; Lili White; USA; 4:20
MY FAVORITE OBJECT; Meredith Moore; USA; 4:54
STAY WHERE YOU ARE! ; Anna Pasztor; Music: Žibuoklė Martinaitytė; USA; 5.40
MEMORY VIII - I REMEMBER YOU FROM THE FUTURE; Gloria Chung; Music: Paul Verciglio; USA; 6.30
ONIKUMA; Direction, Animation, Editing, Cinematography: Alessia Cecchet; ITALY/USA; 12.08
MEMORY IX - UTOPOS/DYSTOPOS; Gloria Chung; USA; 7.30
YOURS TRULY LOST; Niyaz Saghari; Super 8 to digi; UK; 6.00
Film Language: Gábor Bódy
CINEMA PARENTHÈSE in collaboration with BALASSI INSTITUTE, CULTURAL SERVICE OF THE EMBASSY OF HUNGARY IN BRUSSELS, and CINÉ CLUB DE I'INSAS presents a program focused on GÁBOR BÓDY (1946–1985), one of the most outstanding and unusual personalities from the Hungarian and European cinema of the 70s and 80s – multi-sided, fascinating and dazzling. Through his films, lectures, video works, installations and tours Bódy became a universal source of inspiration and ideas among filmmakers and film lovers.
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BURNING: Ceremony, War, Art. New Films by Larry Gottheim
Larry Gottheim is a key figure in the history and development of American avant-garde cinema through the 1970s and 1980s. His early "minimal" films, such as FOG LINE, are well-known and have been widely shown at museums in the U.S. and Europe. His recent films have played in Europe and at the EXis festival in Seoul. Gottheim also founded the celebrated Cinema Department at Binghamton University, where he worked until 1998.
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Wonderland - A Xiaolu Guo Double Bill
By Michele Smith on Tue, 10/12/2019 - 21:21
Inspired by Walter Benjamin's essay on art and mechanical reproduction, the latest documentary feature by novelist and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo takes us to a village near Shenzhen, in southern China, where a cottage industry produces made-to-order copies of Western masterpieces. Exploring the contemporary nature of images and the interconnections between people from different worlds, the film intercuts the life of a Chinese painter copying Caravaggio's John in the Wilderness (c. 1604) and the life of the Swiss-Italian poet in London who commissioned it.
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Cineinfinito #112: David Haxton
David Haxton (b. 1943, Indianapolis, Indiana) is an artist who works primarily in Photography and Film. His films from the 1970's and early 1980's were made mostly in negative, with a static camera position, and were made in one take. In these films the space filmed is revealed gradually by a performer, while the intrinsic flatness of the illuminated screen is maintained.