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DVV International
Eastern Neighbors Profile
Network of partners
Regional activities
Regional summer academy
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Eastern Neighbors
DVV International has been involved in the region Eastern Neighbors since 2004, at first mainly in Belarus, where a country office was opened in 2009. Gradually, the cooperation was extended to the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, so that other country offices could be set up in 2010. In order to further develop cooperation in the region and to create synergies, a regional office was founded in Kiev. Today, in a time of intensified European integration and cooperation, new opportunities and activities are also being provided for adult education. At the same time, the region is characterised by profound social, political and demographic transformation processes. The strengthening of democracy, human rights, participation and conflict prevention in multi-ethnic societies, cultural and ethnic diversity, vocational education and training, social market economy and sustainable regional development are moving more toward the centre of the adult education programmes of DVV International. This includes the involvement of partners at the European and international level in the implementation of adult education programmes.
Together with its partners in the region, DVV International strengthens NGOs and civil society networks in the field of adult education for socially disadvantaged groups and develops demand-driven, interactive methodological concepts for different target groups. One focus of regional cooperation is the advocacy and lobbying of policy makers and civil society to position adult education as a core area of lifelong learning. In addition to that, the Institute supports the establishment of adult education as a part of the education system, including training for teachers and support for research and best-practice theories.
DVV International has been cooperating with Belarusian civil society and vocational adult education organisations since 2007. In 2009, the Institute opened a country office in Minsk. Since then the partner network was able to be greatly expanded through contacts with government agencies and civil society organisations.
The country office wants, with its work, to expand the offers in the field of adult education for target groups like the disadvantaged, to strengthen adult education organisations, build networks and broadly disseminate and promote adult education in Belarus. After the institution first implemented pilot projects at the local level, DVV International now implements extensive and long-term adult education programmes in Belarus. It was able to acquire additional funds and attract new partners, including government agencies (ministries and committees), state educational, cultural and social institutions and non-governmental organisations.
Main focus of work
Networking of state and non-state actors and providers of adult education; support for experience exchange and qualification of employees.
Increasing access to education in the penal system of the Gomel region as well as training of correctional facility staff and partners.
Development of innovation potential of partners in VET.
Support for educational initiatives of the network in rural areas; promotion for the establishment of adult education centres and NGOs.
Presentation and promotion of current key issues for regional and local development (education for sustainable development, "Learning Region", etc.).
Augmentation of the provision of educational programmes in rural areas and promotion of rural development projects that build on local history and culture.
Advocacy and support for lifelong learning and non-formal and civil society education through the building up of networks and joint lobbying activities (festivals and weeks of non-formal education, conferences, presentation of best practice examples).
Professionalisation of adult educators and trainers through the inclusion of further training programmes in the curricula of formal education.
Since 2009, the partner spectrum has been constantly expanded and now includes a wide range of governmental and non-governmental organisations. The country office cooperates with more than 60 partners in all six regions of Belarus. Regular cooperation and joint activities are carried out with the Institute for Vocational Education and Training of the Republic, the non-governmental organisation Community Development Projects (education for inmates of penal institutions), the territorial centre for social care of the population in Kobrin (education for seniors and people with disabilities), six regional institutes for educational development (adult education and rural development) as well as the Association for Lifelong Learning and Enlightenment.
DVV International has been involved in Ukraine since the mid-1990s. The Institute, along with the VHS Regen, initiated the first cooperation projects in the western Ukrainian region of Lviv. These projects continue to the present day. In the years which followed, the partner network of DVV International has been continuously developed and the cooperation between NGOs and adult education centres throughout Ukraine strengthened. In 2010, a regional office was opened by DVV International in Kiev; it is not only responsible for adult education programmes in Ukraine, but also coordinates cooperation with the country offices in Belarus and Moldova. Since then, the network of partner organisations and the work in Ukraine has been expanded and professionalised, primarily in the four pilot regions Kiev, Lviv, Poltava and the Crimea.
Ukrainian society, since the country's independence, has been faced with far-reaching economic, social, demographic, and political challenges that were addressed only very haltingly in recent years. The signing of the Association Agreement with the European Union, the consequences of the Euromaidan movement, the annexation of the Crimea and the military conflict in the Donbass region have exacerbated many of these problems.
In order to take account of these developments and to help positively shape them, DVV International is active in the following fields in Ukraine:
Further development, expansion and professionalisation of services in the field of adult education, especially for socially and economically disadvantaged groups in penal institutions and rehabilitation as well as further qualification of teachers;
promotion of democratic values, a pluralistic society as well as civil society structures and cooperation between civil society organisations;
transmission of intercultural skills, techniques and methods in the area of conflict prevention and management, particularly in the context of internal migration and the movement of refugees from the regions of Donbass and Crimea;
political advocacy in the area of adult learning and education policy, such as in the design of a legal framework for education and training and financing issues.
The regional educational institution Impuls (Lviv region) is active in the field of vocational training and rural development. The organisation Gostinez promotes the implementation and development of projects in the field of lifelong learning in the Yavoriv Raion in western Ukraine. The organisation Light of Hope in Poltava develops training programmes in penal institutions, rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners. The Centre for Development and Integration which was founded in Simferopol, Crimea, moved its headquarters to Kiev in 2014 and is a partner organisation for intercultural education and conflict management projects. The adult education centre Logos in Bucha (Kiev region) promotes non-formal adult education programmes through the transmission of social values and psychological support.
DVV International opened a country office in the Republic of Moldova in 2010. Based on existing participatory learning approaches, the Institute aims to build a comprehensive system for adult education in the country through consultation and in cooperation with a wide variety of actors. Together with educational experts and decision-makers, the Institute first determined the regional and national training needs. Successful innovative approaches from other partner countries and regions of DVV International were adapted to the realities in the country and implemented in a pilot phase. In Moldova, a type of Codex Educationis, a legal framework for the whole education system was enacted in November 2014. It is primarily aimed at the totally new regulation of formal education, however it also opens up new opportunities for non-formal learning projects in adult education.
A major problem is the high unemployment in the Republic of Moldova. Not only people with no education or vocational training have difficulty in finding a job. Even the well-educated youth, especially in rural communities, find no work which is commensurate with their training. Many young people live either with support from their parents, or are looking for ways to emigrate. In collaboration with its partners, DVV International develops and implements training tailored to their needs.
Another target group of the Institute is the elderly and seniors. Approximately 63.2 percent of the households in the country are composed of people over 50 years old. Many of them today take on new roles: They provide for their grandchildren, carry out tasks in the community, etc.
Together with its partner organisations, the Institute offers further training in the field of vocational education for unemployed young people, senior citizens and unemployed women.
DVV International advises its partner organisations and educational institutions in project management and in the methodology of adult education and supports them in respect of content, organisationally and materially in the implementation of courses, particularly in the field of vocational education.
Dialogue with decision-makers is also on the agenda of the country office. The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Labour, the National Labour Office and the Ministry of Youth are partners to anchor adult education and to improve the living conditions of the population.
The partners of DVV International in Moldova include non-profit organisations, government and private institutions (libraries, museums, craft centres) working in the field of education and training and contribute to the social inclusion of disadvantaged people. Most partners are located outside the capital - the North, the South and the Center regions - since socially disadvantaged groups are found mainly in rural areas. DVV International in Moldova has increased cooperation with other organisations over the past few years. The partner organisations carry out projects to support unemployed, women, inmates, seniors as well as youth in areas that facilitate market inclusion, enforce social reintegration, mobilize community, increase knowledge and skills in health, culture, IT, and builds historical identity and reconciliation.
Welcome to DVV International Eastern Neighbours
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Subpoenas are flying in the high-profile lawsuit between the SCO Group and IBM, as both try to buttress their legal claims by turning to third parties for information.
Subpoenas are flying in the high-profile lawsuit between the SCO Group and IBM, as both companies try to buttress their legal claims by turning to third parties for information.
SCO said Wednesday that it has filed subpoenas with the U.S. District Court in Utah, targeting six different individuals or organizations. Those include Novell; Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel; Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation; Stuart Cohen, chief executive of the Open Source Development Labs; and John Horsley, general counsel of Transmeta.
SCO spokesman Blake Stowell said he did not know what the subpoenas asked for, but "I know that some of them have been served."
IBM has also broadened its efforts to respond to the Linux-related lawsuit by asking a federal judge to order SCO to identify illegal source code and serving four other companies with subpoenas of its own.
SCO filed the suit in March, claiming that IBM "contaminated" Linux by illegally incorporating trade secrets inherited from Unix. So far, SCO has listed the names of 591 files in the Linux 2.4 and 2.5 kernels that allegedly contain illicit code but has not been more specific.
IBM's subpoenas were sent Oct. 30 to BayStar Capital, Deutsche Bank Group, Renaissance Ventures and The Yankee Group, which have indicated they have reason to believe that SCO's claims are legitimate. IBM has cited an Oct. 16 article in The Salt Lake Tribune that reported that Deutsche Bank analyst Brian Skiba visited SCO's headquarters and saw a "near exact duplicate of source code between the Linux 2.4 kernel and (SCO's) Unix System V kernel." In October, BayStar Capital invested $50 million in SCO.
In a statement to CNET News.com on Wednesday, IBM said: "It is time for SCO to produce something meaningful. They have been dragging their feet, and it is not clear there is any incentive for SCO to try this in court." IBM filed motions on Nov. 3 and Nov. 6, asking the court to "issue an order compelling SCO to respond to IBM's interrogatories with specificity and in detail."
SCO's Stowell said his company provided about a million pages of documents in response to IBM's requests. "They are trying to coerce and intimidate," Stowell said, referring to Big Blue's subpoenas. "I think what they're trying to do is that if you're a potential investor in our company or an industry analyst that says anything even remotely favorable toward SCO, you're going to be subpoenaed by IBM."
IBM is not alone in objecting to its adversary's compliance with pretrial discovery requests. A court filing from SCO dated Nov. 4 said IBM failed to produce source code to AIX (IBM's version of Unix) and "all contributions by IBM to Linux." IBM has listed 7,200 potential witnesses on its behalf--primarily employees--and has "failed to properly identify" them by name, SCO charged.
One of SCO's requests includes information about contributions to Linux made by IBM or "anyone under its control" and code and modifications by "Open Source Development Labs, Linus Torvalds, Red Hat or any other entity." IBM had objected to it as unreasonably burdensome and not directly related to the lawsuit.
Both teams of lawyers have appealed to U.S. District Judge Brooke Wells to force the other side to comply with their requests. Wells talked with them Oct. 31 and has set a status conference for 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 21.
If the lawyers haven't resolved their differences by then, Wells has scheduled a court hearing for Dec. 5 at 9 a.m. PT.


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Q: Problem serializing hashmap with snakeyaml in groovy Problem is when i try to serialize data with snakeyaml it comes out malformed but when i do the same with jsonslurper everything is perfectly formatted.
map is like this
gateway_splunky:[appToken:samplekey14124fggfs], MySpaceCredentials:[credentials:[samplekey352453sdffgsdfs, dasklkldsakadsp32525902j5, j6klj65kj45kkj45h, 3hjhjk3h34kjh34k34]]

after serialization
yamlOutput = new Yaml().dump(map)

is equal to
gateway_splunky: {appToken: samplekey14124fggfs}

MySpaceCredentials:

  credentials: [samplekey352453sdffgsdfs, dasklkldsakadsp32525902j5,

    j6klj65kj45kkj45h, 3hjhjk3h34kjh34k34]

JSON is equal
prettyJson = groovy.json.JsonOutput.prettyPrint(groovy.json.JsonOutput.toJson(map))

{

    "gateway_splunky": {

        "appToken": "samplekey14124fggfs"

    },

    "MySpaceCredentials": {

        "credentials": [

            "samplekey352453sdffgsdfs",

            "dasklkldsakadsp32525902j5",

            "j6klj65kj45kkj45h",

            "3hjhjk3h34kjh34k34"

        ]

    },

A: Use dumpAsMap() instead
import org.yaml.snakeyaml.*

Map map = [
    gateway_splunky: [appToken: 'samplekey14124fggfs'],
    MySpaceCredentials: [
        credentials: [
          'samplekey352453sdffgsdfs',
          'dasklkldsakadsp32525902j5',
          'j6klj65kj45kkj45h',
          '3hjhjk3h34kjh34k34'
        ]
    ]
]

new Yaml().dumpAsMap(map)

Generates:
gateway_splunky:
  appToken: samplekey14124fggfs
MySpaceCredentials:
  credentials:
  - samplekey352453sdffgsdfs
  - dasklkldsakadsp32525902j5
  - j6klj65kj45kkj45h
  - 3hjhjk3h34kjh34k34

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Q: Table-per-hierarchy and inheritance implementation issue I am migrating an old ASP application to a modern .NET version, to cut down on development times we are looking at the .NET 4.0 Entity Framework. However, we seem to have hit a brick wall in our development with this issue.
Given is a small part of our database:
A table OBJECT which contains a list of cars and their respective properties. We also have a table OBJECT_OPTIONS which contains, for a given car in OBJECT, a list of OPTIONS, ACCESSORIES and STANDARD EQUIPMENT. These three types all have the same fields and are therefor stored in the same table. The column ncopt_type is used to discriminate between the different lists. Possible values are: 'opt', 'acc' and 'sta'. The table OBJECT_OPTIONS links to OBJECT via ncopt_obj_id which represents a unique car (obj_id) in table OBJECT.
Our goal is to provide the OBJECT entity with 3 properties that link to the different OBJECT_OPTIONS lists:
- property OPTIONS
- property ACCESSORIES
- property STANDARDEQUIPMENT
We've tried different tutorials and walkthroughs concerning the table-per-hierarchy via inheritance model but haven't succeeded in creating a buildable model.
Technically what we did was:

*

*Create entity OBJECT

*Create entity OBJECT_OPTIONS, make it abstract

*Add entities OPTION, ACCESSORY and STANDARD_EQUIP all using basetype OBJECT_OPTIONS

*Add conditions to all three tables on ncopt_type = '...'

*Add 3 navigational properties to OBJECT, all linking to one of the inherited entities: OPTIONS, ACCESSORIES and STANDAARD_EQUIPMENT

A bunch of errors shows up during this setup, but we end up with this one:

Error 3032: Problem in mapping fragments starting at lines 250, 286:EntityTypes NCO.Model.OPTION, NCO.Model.ACCESSOIRE, NCO.Model.STANDAARD_EQUIP are being mapped to the same rows in table OBJECT_OPTIES. Mapping conditions can be used to distinguish the rows that these types are mapped to.

There is a condition present on all three objects though.
I have found no solution to this problem and have spent way too much time on it already. We are currently using a workaround method but would love to get this fixed as this situation will present itself a few more times by the end of the project.
Any help appreciated, if you need more information, please drop me a comment or an email.

A: I'm not convinced you can do this 100% from within the EF designer, but you can do it like this:

*

*Create entity OBJECT (I've renamed this 'Vehicle' for the example)

*Create entity OBJECT_OPTIONS, make it abstract

*Add entities OPTION, ACCESSORY and STANDARD_EQUIP all using basetype
  OBJECT_OPTIONS

*Add conditions to all three tables on ncopt_type = '...'

Then add in the properties you want using a partial class for Vehicle:
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

public partial class Vehicle
{
    public IEnumerable<ACCESSORY> Accessories
    {
        get { return this.OBJECT_OPTIONS.OfType<ACCESSORY>(); }
    }

    public IEnumerable<OPTION> Options
    {
        get { return this.OBJECT_OPTIONS.OfType<OPTION>(); }
    }

    public IEnumerable<STANDARD_EQUIP> StandardEquipments
    {
        get { return this.OBJECT_OPTIONS.OfType<STANDARD_EQUIP>(); }
    }
}


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Q: Como utilizar map / criar chaves para armazenar ciclos c/c++? Qual a estrutura mais eficiente em c/c++ que eu posso utilizar para criar e armazenar ciclos, de forma que eu garanta que ciclos repetidos não sejam armazenados?
Eu tenho um struct CICLO, tal que:
struct CICLO {
    vector<Arco> rota;
    float COST;
}

struct Arco {

    int i, j;
    Arco () {};
    Arco (const Arco& obj): i(obj.i), j(obj.j) {};
    Arco(int _i, int _j) : i(_i), j(_j) {}

};

Pensei em ter um vector de ciclos para armazenar todos os ciclos já craidos.
vector<CICLO> ConjCiclos;

Para cada novo ciclo criado, eu preciso verificar se ele já não está armazenado em ConjCiclos.
O ciclo 1-2-2-1 é o mesmo que o ciclo 2-2-1-2.
Como eu consigo detectar isso de maneira eficiente?
Pensei que utilizar map seria uma boa opção. Porém, qual a lófica de chave que eu posso criar, tal que os ciclos acima tenham a mesma chave?

A: Sugiro usar unordered_map, que tem um custo de pesquisa constante O(1), desde que você possa compor uma chave de buscas unica para cada pesquisa.
Por exemplo, se sua chave for uma string:
typedef std::unordered_map<std::string, CICLO> map_ciclos_type;

[EDIT]
Segue um exemplo de uso:
map_ciclos_type map_ciclos;
map_ciclos_type::iterator iter_map_ciclos;

std::string chave("1-2-2-1-1");
CICLO ciclo;
map_ciclos[chave] = ciclo;

iter_map_ciclos = map_ciclos.find(chave);

if (iter_map_ciclos == map_ciclos.end())
{
    //não encontrou
}
else
{
    //ciclo existe
}


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Industry 4.0 investments pushes Singapore to favourable global manufacturing rankings
by Ravi Philemon • May 6, 2019 • Industrial Property • Comments (0) • 332
Industry 4.0 investments see Singapore being ranked #5 in terms of a favourable geo-political climate and intellectual property protection.
Global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield on April 25 published new research assessing 48 of the most suitable locations for global manufacturers to expand or relocate their operations in EMEA, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. While manufacturers' individual requirements will vary, China performs strongly thanks to increasing Government investment in the adoption of technology, while the United States is most attractive for those seeking to minimise exposure to economic and political threats.
No. Baseline Cost Risk
1 China China United States
2 United States Malaysia Canada
3 India Vietnam Czech Republic
4 Canada c Indonesia China
5 Czech Republic India Singapore
6 Poland Thailand Germany
7 Malaysia Lithuania Denmark
8 Lithuania Romania Finland
9 Hungary Sri Lanka Austria
10 Thailand Poland United Kingdom
11 Romania Mexico Ireland
12 Portugal Peru Portugal
13 Indonesia Czech Republic Poland
14 Singapore Russian Federation Japan
15 Vietnam Philippines Switzerland
16 Mexico Columbia Lithuania
17 Bulgaria Hungary Australia
18 Turkey Turkey Netherlands
19 Republic of Korea Bulgaria Slovakia
20 Colombia Morocco Republic of Korea
Cushman & Wakefield's Manufacturing Risk Index (MRI) scores each country against 20 variables that make up three final weighted rankings which cover conditions, cost and risk. The data underpinning the MRI comes from a variety of reliable sources, including the World Bank, UNCTAD and Oxford Economics.
The report reveals that China is the leading country when viewed from a baseline scenario which gives equal importance to a country's operating conditions and cost competitiveness. The United States is in second place followed by India, Canada and Czech Republic making the top five. The Czech Republic is the highest ranked European country with Poland, Lithuania and Hungary also featuring highly.
When the data is analysed from a cost scenario – which gives a higher score to countries where operating outlay, including labour costs, is lower – China remains on top with Asian countries dominating the top 10. Only Lithuania and Romania, in seventh and eighth respectively, feature prominently from elsewhere.
The third ranking – the 'risk' scenario – takes into account rising geopolitical risk by favouring countries with lower levels of economic and political threat. In this scenario, North America leads the way with the US and Canada first and second respectively and China slipping to fourth. European locations account for more than half the top 10, led by the Czech Republic, which places third in the index, with Germany, Denmark, Finland, Austria and the United Kingdom also featuring in the top 10.
Report author Lisa Graham, Cushman & Wakefield's EMEA Head of Logistics and Industrial Research & Insight, said: "These rankings provide a critical insight into the rapidly-evolving manufacturing landscape and the decision-making factors behind locations. Global manufacturing has entered a new era, marked by the growing influence of technology in addressing productivity, labour shortages and safety in production and logistics.
"We are seeing formerly low-cost locations such as China and India moving up through the value production chain through country-sponsored support of technological adoption. That is why Asian countries featured so prominently in our rankings. There are still concerns over intellectual property issues in the region which mean, that despite higher costs, countries in North America and Europe will continue to thrive as manufacturing bases."
Asia Pacific markets in top five locations
Asia Pacific dominates the top five locations globally under the Cost scenario, with emerging Asian markets such as Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia offering cost-competitive alternatives. Under the geopolitical risk scenario, Singapore, Japan and Australia offer alternatives in the top 20 global locations.
Industry 4.0 is a name given to the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. It includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things, cloud computing and cognitive computing. Industry 4.0 is commonly referred to as the fourth industrial revolution.
Christine Li, Head of Research for Singapore and South East Asia said, ""While China remains a global manufacturing powerhouse, the US-China trade tension was a wake-up call for many global companies to seriously consider supply chain diversification into other low-cost alternatives in countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia. The ranking of Vietnam and Indonesia in the Manufacturing Risk Index continues to leapfrog as they both emerged as a clear winner from the trade tension."
Ms Li added that Singapore will also be a key beneficiary in the transition to Industry 4.0 as the city-state continues to invest heavily in technology and innovation to keep pace with the rapid transformation in manufacturing.
Industry 4.0 refers to innovations such as Big Data, the Internet of Things and 3D Printing. Singapore's robust regulatory framework offer manufacturers a reasonable level of protection from geopolitical and intellectual property risks, the report said.
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The full integration of cost and production efficiencies which comes with Industry 4.0 will take time, due to the investment required in existing plants, equipment and the training of skilled labour, said the report.
Vietnam moved up 8 spots from 23 in 2018 to 15 in 2019. Ranking of Indonesia also rose by 7 spots from 20 in 2018 to 13 in 2019. This is also evident that the emerging SEA markets such as Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia dominated the top 5 locations globally under the Cost scenario.
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The rankings also reflect an element of protectionism and nationalism putting global and regional and supply chains at risk. In Europe, the outcome of the ongoing Brexit negotiations will redefine regional production lines as well as reshape domestic and international flow of goods.
Countries which invest in platforms that facilitate flows in and out of production lines will succeed. China's seamless supply chain connections have resulted in substantial investment in infrastructure and multi- modal transport, including the New Silk Road rail and maritime projects, in addition to incentives. These factors are off-setting concerns regarding intellectual property.
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K-T. Jerry Yeo, PhD, DABCC, FACB, is director of the clinical chemistry and endocrinology laboratory at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and professor of pathology at Dartmouth Medical School in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
A former president of the North American Chinese Clinical Chemists Association (NACCCA), an international society of clinical laboratory scientists of Asian descent that facilitates scientific exchange and collaboration among laboratory professionals in North America and the Asia-Pacific region, Dr. Yeo strives to advance the practice of clinical laboratory science internationally.
He was an invited speaker at the First Chinese Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine held in Hong Kong in 2000.
On trips to Malaysia throughout the past 14 years, Dr. Yeo has always made an effort to bring advances in laboratory medicine to local medical schools and hospitals. Last year, he did an extensive lecture series on cardiac biomarkers for the Malaysian Medical Association, the Singapore Association of Clinical Biochemistry, and the Singapore Society Pathologists.
As the current chair of the Science and Education Committee of NACCCA, he recently proposed that this organization translate the NACB's laboratory medicine practice guidelines into Chinese to promote their dissemination in China and Taiwan.
He is currently the chair of the publication committee of NACB and a member of the editorial board of Clinica Chimica Acta;he is a former editor of the NACB newsletter.
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This past weekend was full of good times, good food, and good friends. Basically, my favorite things in life!
On Saturday afternoon we attended Dejah & Roby's wedding shower. They are getting married in Key West in February. Many of their San Diego friends won't be able to attend (us included), so this was an awesome celebration of their upcoming nuptials.
There was Indian food from our favorite place, Punjabi Tandoor.
Todd made a beautiful and humorous speech about Dejah & Roby.
There were various wedding shower games.
And there was gift opening.
All in all, we're so excited for them to begin their lives as husband & wife!
Right after the shower, we drove straight to Costa Mesa to meet up with Peppermint, Liz, and Kami for dinner at Santouka!
Peppermint was in town for CHA and Disneyland, so we had to get together. And she said, "I want to try the real Japanese ramen that you Asians are always raving about".
After the ramen, we wanted to hang out more, so we decided to go to Panera and hang out. Of course, everyone got on their phones to find the nearest Panera, ha!
I feel super-blessed to see these girls again. My scrapbooking friends whom I met online and have become good friends with!
On Sunday, we went to Karl Strauss for lunch because the NFL playoffs were on. Go 49ers!
I was so tempted to get a burger, but I was good and got a seared ahi salad instead. It was really delicious! So glad to find a good salad close to home!
Todd got a turkey bacon sandwich and he loved it.
Some other good things this week… I got a new laptop at work! I've fully migrated and this beauty is so fast!
I spent about three hours on Saturday cleaning up my messy craft room. This was the before photo. It was mainly the tabletop that was out of control.
Now it's all cleaned up and ready for me to create!
I received my first Ipsy glam bag this month. It's a monthly beauty subscription club. It costs $10/month and they send you samples or full-size of stuff to try, in a cute bag no less!
Here's what was in my Ipsy glam bag this month.
So far I like the lip balm, the foundation (happens to be a perfect shade match for me!), the makeup cleansing tissue, and the body balm. I haven't tried the pore minimizer yet.
And… we've been cooking at home on weeknights for two weeks now. It's just easier since I'm back on Weight Watchers. This Halibut with Bacony Corn Saute is absolutely delicious and only 8 WW points! Mmm… bacony corn!
Work has been slightly stressful due to trying to get the budget to fit the target numbers that upper management handed down to us. I'm trying to make it fit and it's pretty bad this year. On the personal finance side, I'm actually looking forward to doing our taxes this year, because I think we're going to get some good amount of taxes back. Todd went to a new job in mid-year and I think his withholdings were way too high. Oh, I had my first orthodontist appointment yesterday. I got x-rayed and they made mold casts of my teeth. Next week I get the braces on! Sigh, my second stint of braces as an adult. Stupid misaligned bite this time. So I guess I better take some pretty pictures of myself this weekend before the braces go on, hee hee!
You are one busy lady! I have been thinking about braces in the near future too. My brother is doing Invisalign, so I am kind of waiting to see how that goes for him.
Couples showers are a lot of fun. I really enjoyed mine. I'm so glad to see that your craft table looked a lot like mine did this past weekend. I am trying to clean out my entire craft room. I have boxed up many things and stored them in an extra room to use when I volunteer to lead a craft session for seniors at the Asian Community Center. It's giving me more space for the things I want to keep.
I'm trying to purge stuff that I know I won't use too. That's great that you volunteer at craft sessions for seniors! What a great thing to do, June!
looks like you got some great products in your ipsy bag! i used to subscribe but quit early last year.
I always enjoy reading your "life" posts--I love how you clearly find the joy and celebration in everything-- from the big stuff (weddings!) to the little stuff (fun glam mail :)). It makes me happy (and hungry!) to read them.
Natalie - this is actually Todd & I's life philosophy... make everything a celebration!


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Review of the Sony a6500 in Fantasea Housing
By Chase Darnell, June 16, 2017 @ 04:00 AM (EST)
DPG would like to thank Fantasea for supplying the Sony a6500, Fantasea FA6500 housing, and various accessories.
Overview of the Sony a6500
Overview of the Fantasea Housing for the Sony a6500
The Fantasea FA6500 Housing in Use
Wide-Angle Photography with the Sony a6500
Macro Photography with the Sony a6500
Image Quality and ISO Performance
Underwater Video with the Sony a6500
Who Should Consider the Sony a6500 in Fantasea Housing?
With the camera market dominated for so long by DSLRs at one end and compacts at the other, it was perhaps inevitable that we would eventually see the emergence of a new type of imaging tool—the mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera. While expensive full-frame mirrorless offerings have attempted to compete directly with the best DSLRs, more modestly priced cropped-sensor mirrorless cameras have sought to populate the middle ground.
For photographers, and underwater shooters in particular, the benefits are obvious: They're physically small and lightweight, and quality optics coupled with big sensors and the latest technology means top-notch image (and video) quality in even the most challenging conditions.
Sony's a6000 series has been among the most popular in the cropped-sensor mirrorless category, with the initial a6000 and then the a6300 winning legions of fans, who, for a reasonable outlay, got a feature-loaded camera offering exceptional performance and images to rival those shot by DSLRs at a similar, or indeed higher, price point.
Outwardly, Sony's latest offering in the series, the a6500, seems to have undergone only the subtlest of exterior changes, but the company has added a $400 premium on the new model (to an eye-watering $1400), which seems to suggest that there are plenty of changes under the hood that have refined what was, in the a6300, already a formidable imaging machine.
To find out whether Sony has succeeded in upping the ante once again with the a6500, I took the opportunity to test the camera in the new Fantasea FA6500 housing, which is compatible with both the a6500 and its predecessor. Priced as low as $980 in the U.S. and €1040 in Europe (not including tax), the FA6500 mirrors many of the principles of the camera it houses—a sturdy, high-quality build, and a solid emphasis on ergonomics and ease of use—promising a very compact and capable system among the very best in its class.
1. Overview of the Sony a6500
The buffer for continuous shooting has increased from 21 RAW images in the a6300 to 107 RAW images with the a6500
The a6500 boasts the same APS-C-sized 24-megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor that was newly developed for the a6300, but with a major turbo charge. Sony has added a new front-end LSI chip to the sensor, which essentially gives the camera faster processing capabilities.
Like its predecessor, the a6500 is capable of 11fps continuous shooting with full autofocus and autoexposure. But the addition of this chip, coupled with the main BIONZ X processor, allows the camera to increase the buffer for continuous shooting from 21 RAW images in the a6300 to 107 RAW images with the a6500. The camera also features the same lightning-quick 4D FOCUS as the a6300, backed with 425 phase-detect points.
Key Features of the Sony a6500
24.2-megapixel APS-C Exmor CMOS sensor
BIONZ X image processor
4D FOCUS with 425 Phase-Detect Points
Up to 11fps continuous shooting
ISO range from 100 to 51,200
UHD 4K video at 24/25/30p with S-Log2, S-Log3 video log profiles
5-axis in-body image stabilization
XGA 2.36m-Dot OLED electronic viewfinder
3.0-inch 921.6k-Dot touchscreen LCD
Sony's 16–50mm lens (24–75mm equivalent) is ideal for composing nice portrait shots of bigger macro subjects like this lobster
The a6500 will appeal to the video shooters out there as well. Like its predecessor, the a6500 can record up to UHD 4K at 30p as well as Full HD at 120p, both at an impressive 100Mbps data rate. A new Slow and Quick (S&Q) mode has also been added that can record video at anywhere from 120fps to 1fps and automatically create clips that play back at the slower or quicker rate. For underwater videographers, it's an easy way to obtain slow-motion clips without the need for post-processing. The caveat is that the bit rate drops to 60Mbps when using the S&Q modes, so if maximizing quality is your goal, you should continue to shoot in the standard high-frame rate modes at the camera's top data rate.
Another major upgrade to the a6500 is five-axis in-body sensor stabilization. The new stabilization system compensates for five types of camera shake for both movies and stills. While this is of little significance for still shooters underwater, it should help video shooters to produce even smoother footage.
2. Overview of the Fantasea Housing for the Sony a6500
Fantasea have continued their philosophy on safety with the new housing featuring a double O-ring seal and coming with a moisture detector and alarm as standard equipment
Featuring the company's newest tech, Fantasea's housing for the a6500 is the first housing for a mirrorless camera they have manufactured that includes an interchangeable port system. With the ability to choose specific lenses based upon your subject material, this opens up a whole new world of possibilities for a more advanced shooter.
The FA6500 housing features an ergonomic design with access to all essential camera functions. Fantasea have continued their philosophy on safety with the new housing featuring a double O-ring seal and coming with a moisture detector and alarm as standard equipment.
The port connection also features a double element of safety. The port firmly twists into position first and then there is a locking mechanism to secure once the port is correctly installed, ensuring that your system stays watertight after setup.
Highlights of the Fantasea FA6500 Housing
Full access to all essential camera buttons and functions with clearly marked controls
Depth-rated to 200 feet (60 meters)
Shock resistant construction
Double O-ring protection for a perfect watertight seal
Interchangeable lens port and lens gear system, allowing for the use of a wide range of lenses
Double fiber-optic cable port for triggering strobes optically
M16 port for a variety of connections, including HDMI, vacuum valve or electronic strobe triggering bulkheads
Moisture detector and alarm, hand strap, and body cap included
Optional shutter release extension for easy access when using tray and handles
Compatible with a range of lens ports (PDF) and accessories (PDF)
In addition, the various accessories that are promised for the housing's M16 port make the system highly customizable. Fantasea will be offering accessories such as a vacuum seal check and an HDMI connection via this port. Users will also have the option to add on a universal flash trigger, which connects directly to the camera's hotshoe to fire external strobes. This will be a significant improvement over utilizing the on-camera flash to trigger strobes via fiber-optic cables, as shooters will be able to take full advantage of the a6500's continuous shooting speeds by no longer having to wait for the in-built flash to recharge.
Also something to look forward to is the release of a dome port designed for wide-angle lenses such as the Sony 16mm lens and VCL-ECF2 Fisheye converter; a lens port extension ring designed to help accommodate longer lenses such as the Sony 10–18mm zoom lens; lens gears and light shielding pads designed for a variety of Sony E-Mount lenses; an LCD screen magnifier, compatible with all Fantasea housings; and new and improved fiber-optic cables.
Compact and lightweight, the Fantasea FA6500 housing makes it a breeze to maneuver in the water for the perfect composition
3. The Fantasea FA6500 Housing in Use
Fantasea's FA6500 housing is very compact and streamlined, and when assembled, it is noticeably smaller than a DSLR setup. As well as being a joy to travel with, it handled beautifully underwater, making it easy to maneuver in tricky environments like wreck interiors. The housing offers full control of all the most important camera settings, and all controls are fluid, easy to adjust and very well marked.
The housing offers two control dials that give you direct access to shutter speed and aperture. Both dials are easily adjusted with the use of a single finger for easy minor adjustments on the fly. Access to ISO is obtained by pressing the right arrow key on the dial on the rear of the housing, but the housing also gives you access to the a6500's three custom buttons, which can also be set to access ISO settings. The housing's zoom adjustment knob is located on the left side, and the control is also adjustable with a single finger and proved to be very responsive.
The FA6500 gives you the ability to pop up and put away the camera's on-board flash while diving, allowing you to switch between flash and natural light photography. When shooting in a natural light situation, it is crucial to be able to put away the camera's flash in order to have access to the camera's high-speed continuous shooting function.
ISO access can be assigned to a number of different buttons on Fantasea's housing, giving users the flexibility to customize their rig to taste
4. Wide-Angle Photography with the Sony a6500
With the camera's lightning-fast focusing abilities and easy access and adjustment of shooting settings, capturing colorful, crisp images was a breeze
For my wide-angle shooting with the a6500, I used the Sony 16–50mm, which is equivalent to 24–75mm in full frame. I had the lens set to its widest focal length of 16mm for almost all of my dives to ensure I could get closer to my subjects.
The port of the FA6500 housing comes with a standard 67mm thread that allows you to add wet lenses to expand the field of view even further. For this review, I used Fantasea-AOI's new wide-angle wet lens, the UWL-09F. (Read my review of the lens alongside the UCL-09F super-macro diopter.)
The a6500 performed superbly with a wide variety of wide-angle subjects. With the camera's lightning-fast focusing abilities and easy access and adjustment of shooting settings, capturing colorful, crisp images was a breeze.
The a6500 showed great transition into the blues and achieved excellent detail even in the background of images
I found that my go-to focusing mode was Single-shot AF (AF-S). With this focusing mode, focus is achieved and locked on a subject with a half-press of the shutter, making it a great option for subject matter that isn't on the move such as sponges, soft corals and reefscapes.
For blue water shooting scenarios, I found the manual focusing mode proved to be the best option for consistent and accurate focusing. Though this mode is generally used for macro scenarios, I found it useful for blue water shooting when used with the a6500's focus peaking feature, where the in-focus areas are highlighted on the LCD. This was great for bigger animals in a low-contrast scenario like in the open water. In other focusing modes, I found the camera occasionally searching for focus when confronted with low-contrast scenes.
By shooting with a high aperture, the a6500 was able to control the ambient light in a scene when shooting into the sun. This image was taken with an aperture of f/22
When shooting the a6500 with only natural light, there is an array of custom white balance choices to dial in the color for your image. At depths shallower than 50 feet, I found the camera's custom Underwater Auto white balance setting produced great images with accurate color schemes. Adding strobes to the setup, the a6500 produced very vivid and detailed images with great transitions into the blue.
The camera's 11fps continuous shooting with autofocus, with a buffer of 107 RAW files, sounds exciting on paper, and it's every bit as impressive when used in a real-world scenario. Even with the fastest-moving subjects, it's almost impossible to miss the perfect moment.
With the continuous shooting of the a6500, you are able record your subject every step of the way, ensuring that you get the perfect composition every time
5. Macro Photography with the Sony a6500
I used the Sony 16–50mm dialed in to the maximum focal length of 50mm for fish potraits and bigger macro subjects like lobsters and eels. With the addition of the Fantasea-AOI UCL-09F, the rig ventured right into the realm of super-macro, easily filling the frame with smaller subjects like flamingo tongues and blennies. With the added diopter, the focusing distance of the setup is reduced significantly, putting you literally within centimeters of your subject.
With the addition of the UCL-09F macro wet lens, the a6500 was more than capable of capturing very small macro subjects like this blenny
A big plus when shooting with the lens is the added aperture stops given to the shooter once the lens has been zoomed in. Maxing out at f/36 gives the shooter a great ability to cancel out the loss of depth of field due to the diopter. This is also a huge benefit to shooters wanting to try more creative photography techniques like a black backgrounds.
The image on the left shows the magnification using just the Sony 16–50mm lens, while the image on the right shows the magnification of the system with the addition of the UCL-09F macro diopter
The a6500 more than lived up to its spec sheet with incredibly fast focusing. With focus peaking activated and looking at the LCD rather than through the optical viewfinder, it was very easy to compose a macro subject and achieve perfect focus by just making minor adjustments to the position of the camera.
6. Image Quality and ISO Performance
In my tests, the a6500 produced excellent detail, color and contrast in images right up to ISO 1600
With the new front-end LSI chip on the sensor coupled with the BIONZ X processor, the a6500 also promises an improvement in high ISO performance for both stills and video.
While the a6500 offers the same extended 100 to 51,200 ISO range as its predecessor, I was more interested to see what the practical limits on ISO were when shooting underwater in natural light. In my tests, the a6500 produced excellent detail, color and contrast in images right up to ISO 1600.
Beyond this, noise became somewhat more intrusive, as expected, but images were still vibrant and detailed, and could comfortably be used for less critical applications, such as publication online.
Shooting inside a shipwreck is a situation that without a doubt calls for a higher ISO than normal. This image was taken at ISO 640, and in the cropped preview, you can see just how much detail is captured
This image of the Ex-USS Kittiwake was taken at ISO 1600, the quality threshold for a lot of cameras. I was very impressed with the cleanness and amount of detail that the cropped preview shows
Taken inside the wreck, his image was shot at ISO 5000. Though there is noticeable noise in the cropped preview, this is still a very decent image, considering the conditions
The a6500 proved to be extremely capable in very low-light situations, producing images at ISOs up to 5000 with a level of noise that most photographers would find acceptable. Looking back at my review of the predecessor, the a6300, the image above shot at ISO 5000 is cleaner than an image taken at ISO 4000 with the a6300.
7. Underwater Video with the Sony a6500
Footage has wonderful detail, and the dynamic range is extremely impressive, especially considering the low cost in comparison to high-end video cameras
Like its predecessor, the a6500 offers a variety of video modes, with a bit rate of up to 100Mbps, but there are some differences between the modes that have an effect on quality.
The full width of the sensor is used for 4K at 24p or 25p, as well as for 1080p at up to 60p, so the horizontal angle of view remains unchanged—good news for wide-angle shooting. However, when switching to the high frame rate Full HD modes, 100p or 120p, there's a 1.14x crop you'll have to live with, while the 4K 30p uses an even smaller portion of the sensor, cropping by 1.23x.
In practice, while the quality was technically reduced when shooting in these modes, I didn't find this to be noticeable in my final clips. Rather, the crop factors were more serious considerations when selecting video modes.
4K footage is actually downsampled from 6K data recorded from the sensor. In tandem with the high data rate, downsampling produces footage with wonderful detail, and the dynamic range is extremely impressive, especially considering the camera's low cost in comparison to high-end video cameras.
Highlight reel shot with the Sony a6500 in Fantasea housing
The camera offers multiple custom white balance settings that allow you to dial in and save your desired color correction filters for later use. I also found that the Underwater Auto white balance option worked really well all the way to depths of around 60 feet.
With the a6500, Sony has also added the ability to select and save still images from 4K and Full HD footage directly to the camera. The file sizes come out at 8MP for 4K and 2MP for Full HD, sufficient resolution for sharing on social media, even if they probably won't have much practical use beyond that.
8. Who Should Consider the Sony a6500 in Fantasea Housing?
Anyone who picks up the a6500 will be impressed by the blazingly fast autofocus, extensive feature set, and the superb image and video results
After shooting the previous model in the series last year, I knew that this was an imaging machine that could cater to a wide array of photographers, from intermediate shooters looking to upgrade, to semi-pro and even pro shooters needing a backup 4K and stills camera. I'm sure anyone who picks up the a6500 will be impressed by the blazingly fast autofocus, extensive feature set, and superb image and video results.
The a6500 really shines in Fantasea's housing, which follows the camera's compact build and gives you effortless control over the camera's important functions. As a compact rig for shooting in natural light, the Sony/Fantasea combination is particularly good, but the housing is also Fantasea's most expandable yet, and we're excited to see how the M16 port maximizes the potential of this rig in the future.
The author with his Sony-Fantasea rig
Sony's latest tech does come at a price, and individual shooters will have to decide whether the gains in processing power justify the extra outlay, since the other major feature that separates the a6500 from its predecessor—in-body image stabilization—doesn't play a significant role when shooting underwater. The great thing is that the Fantasea housing has you covered, whether you opt for the a6300 or the new model.
If you want to keep your setup light and compact for travel, I would highly recommend the a6500 in Fantasea's housing, a versatile rig that can deliver a high-quality final product whether you're shooting fast-moving big animals, focus-critical macro subjects, or challenging low-light scenes such as wreck interiors.
About the Reviewer: Chase Darnell is an award-winning underwater photographer and filmmaker currently based in Grand Cayman with Cayman Turtle Divers. With the crystal clear waters of Cayman at his full disposal, Chase is in the water daily with a camera in hand to document his experiences. He accounts his images to a simple theory: "More hours in the water equals more life-changing experiences." For more of his work, visit his website.
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Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 | Posted by Simone Short
Ryan spikes squad spot
On the ball: Inverloch's Alek Ryan is heading to Thailand with the Australian Youth Volleyball Squad.
SOME people are just built for a sport.
In Alek Ryan's case his sport is volleyball.
The Inverloch teenager has recently been selected for the Australian Youth Volleyball Squad.
As part of this he and 11 other young volleyball superstars will be heading to Thailand next month.
"We're competing in a junior championship over there," he said.
His team, which are under 17, will be taking on under 21 teams from around Thailand.
"We will be playing against the Thai Army and Thai Navy and colleges from over there as well some other international teams."
"This is just training for this to keep us playing."
The squad are getting ready for a world junior championship qualifier next year.
"We're working up to the Asian Championships which are usually in Iran," Alek said.
One of the 15 year old's major advantages on the volleyball court is his height.
Standing well above six feet tall Alek towers over most his age and many full grown men.
"It has its disadvantages and advantages, usually tall people are slower to move," he said.
Alek however is unique in the fact he sports a fair amount of agility for someone of his height.
Starting the sport three years ago Alek has excelled a long way.
"Originally my sister started playing and I was hanging out with her, so I got into it," he said.
"Then I got into the GSA (Gippsland Sports Academy) and from there I went to Under 15s then 16s and 17s and then made the youth team.
"I also still play with the Korumburra Volleyball Association."
With representation in a number of teams Alek has a fair amount of training cut out for him.
"I have training twice a week in Dandenong and once a week in East Keilor," he said.
When volleyball season starts in a month Alek will travel to Melbourne four times a week for training or playing.
Having also made the under 16 and 17 state teams he will play in the state league on Saturdays.
Alek is hoping volleyball will get him far in life.
"I'm hoping to try and get a scholarship with a college over in the USA and play volleyball there and get a free education," he said.
"I'd just like to say a big thank you to my family, the Gippsland Sports Academy and SP AusNet for their sponsorship of the GSA and all my coaches."
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Two-man Park Avenue banner campaign celebrates South Bend neighborhood's urban history
Greg Swiercz Howard Dukes
SOUTH BEND — When South Bend founder Horatio Chapin died in 1871, his two children simply used the winding carriage lane leading up to the family mansion to divide his estate between them.
That lane lives on today as Park Avenue, and the street's historic significance is being celebrated by two neighborhood residents who have personally paid for banners and brochures to promote the area's unique stature.
Sixteen signs with the words "Park Avenue 1875" have been hung on light poles throughout the curvy, three-block brick street.
Lou Sabo, a retired Tribune photographer, designed and oversaw the banner construction and installation portion of the project, while Cole Hay did the research on the neighborhood and made sure all residents learned of the significance of their street to the city's history.
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"We both felt the street did not have the togetherness it should," Hay said. "If we did something to pull everything and everyone together, it would be a good thing."
According to Hay's brochure, Mary Elizabeth Chapin Anderson took the land east of Park Avenue, while Edward Payson Chapin received the land that includes the family home — the Chapin House.
Mary and Andrew Anderson built their home and platted the land for other houses, also selling the lower portion to the city of South Bend in 1912 as an addition to Leeper Park.
The Chapin House in 1890 was obtained by builder and lumberman Christopher Fassnacht and moved to Park Avenue and Navarre Street and the remainder of the land was developed as the Fassnacht's Addition.
Today, the Park Avenue neighborhood is centered around the meandering, brick street that offers residents and visitors views of some of South Bend's historic homes.
Sabo, who has lived on Park Avenue since 1990, said the location and the history makes his neighborhood unique.
"There are a lot of beautiful vistas, and there always is a surprise around the corner," he said. "We are by the park, and I'm two minutes from the river, five minutes from downtown. ... It is a neighborhood where a lot of people know each other."
Other residents had similar sentiments this week about the place they call home.
Terri Bays had just gotten out of her car and was walking to her house on Park Avenue after picking up her daughter from school one afternoon.
"We've lived here since 1999," she said. Her husband, who is from Niles, had a friend who lived in the Park Avenue neighborhood. "... And every time when we came back to visit his parents, he'd drive me through this neighborhood to see it." Bays said. " And we were really attracted by the old houses."
Bays said the fact it's near downtown and has a really close-knit neighborhood association were attractive features.
"When we were first moving into town, (real estate agents) kept trying to put us into Granger, and that wasn't what we were looking for," she said.
On the same day, Brandon Menke was relaxing with a friend on some green space on Park Avenue.
"So I have lived here for two years and what I find appealing is it's a very quiet neighborhood and I love sort of how green a space it is," he said. "It's very walkable with a lot of amenities."
Dan Chapman stopped to talk after mowing the lawn at his house on Navarre Street near Park Avenue.
"I've lived here about 20 years," he said. When asked what he most appreciates about the neighborhood, he said "its diversity. It's adjacent to downtown, like being downtown and oddly because the houses are close together, you are kind of forced to be a neighbor. I think it's a tighter community than it would have been if out in the suburbs," he said.
"(It's) just a nice place to be, and I like when they do Halloween and Christmas and stuff," he added. " A way to have pride in the neighborhood."
The banner effort cost about $700 and was paid for by Sabo and Hay. Sabo said the banners were put up in June and will stay up until the end of September.
Hay said the district is the first subdivision outside the original city limits of South Bend. It became the place where some of the wealthy founders could build a house that was situated away from the inner city.
Today, Sabo and Hay hope the banners and information can let people there and others know that Park Avenue continues to be uniquely linked to the city.
Email South Bend Tribune reporter Greg Swiercz at gswiercz@gannett.com.


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Dr Noor Hisham receives international award
Health Director-General (DG) Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah was awarded the International Surgical Fellowship Award from the International Society of Surgery (ISS) during "The Virtual Surgical Week" (VSW 2021), which was held from Aug 30 till Sept 3.
The news was shared by Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin on his Twitter account.
He tweeted: "Congratulations @DGHisham on the recognition of the 'International Surgical Society Fellowship Award'. It is also a recognition for Malaysia.
Well done! "
Also receiving the recognition were Dr Gaurav Agrawal of India and Dr Yousef Saleh Al-Alawi of Saudi Arabia.
When contacted by Bernama, Dr Noor Hisham, who was once a supreme council member of the ISS executive committee for five years (2017–2019, 2019–2021), expressed his gratitude for the recognition.
He had previously received the BrandLaureate Award – Leadership Brand Excellence 2020 from The World Brands Foundation.
Last year, China Global Television Network (CGTN) named him among the top three global doctors in the war against Covid-19 along with US infectious diseases specialist Dr Anthony Fauci and New Zealand Health DG Dr Ashley Bloomfield. — The Health
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Ipswich: Authorities discuss threat to future of three town libraries
By Paul Geater
ipswich: The future of "community libraries" in the town is to be discussed by senior officials from the borough and county councils.
However the senior councillors at the borough were today unable to give any pledges about supporting the town's threatened libraries because of the potential costs involved.
Councillors arriving at this week's full meeting of the borough council at Endeavour House were met by a small demonstration of trades unionists urging them to take over libraries that are under threat.
During the meeting council leader Liz Harsant said that borough chief executive Russell Williams was planning to meet with county chief Andrea Hill to discuss ways of working together on services facing divestment.
However Mrs Harsant said it would not be possible to take on all services under threat at the county.
She said: "I know there is a great deal of concern about libraries.
But I cannot give any guarantee we would be able to take over any of the libraries, because the borough is also facing very tight funding decisions and we have enough problems finding money for our own services."


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This collection provides a fantastic introduction to the works of John Dowland, containing the easiest of his compositions, arranged in their order of difficulty. Dowland ranks among the outstanding figures in the history of 16th- and 17th-century European lute music.
Martin Hegel arranged the works originally composed for lute so that they can now be played on the guitar at an intermediate level. The edition is suited for both teaching and playing in one's spare time.
Dowland for Guitar is part of the Schott Guitar Classic series. The editor Martin Hegel is dedicated to expanding the guitar repertoire in a varied and sensible way and making popular works of music history accessible even to guitar players at an intermediate level. His transcriptions, ranging from easy to intermediate, are perfectly adapted to the characteristics of the guitar. They present an opportunity to guitar players to experience classics and masterpieces on their own instrument: be it contrapuntal masterpieces by Johann Sebastian Bach and symphonic music by Mozart – or be it lute music from the Renaissance era.