Free concert by Cobham Band in Churchfields Recreation Ground Weybridge, Saturday 16th September 2017 2-4pm. Everyone welcome. Make it a family fun day, bring your picnic rugs and chairs. Sit back and listen to the Cobham Band in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.atmosphere.


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Ви́ктор Алекса́ндрович Бо́лотов (род. 5 июня 1952, Улан-Удэ) — российский государственный деятель и организатор образования, бывший руководитель Федеральной службы по надзору в сфере образования и науки (Рособрнадзор), бывший заместитель министра образования РФ. Научный руководитель Центра мониторинга качества образования Института образования НИУ ВШЭ, член Учёного совета НИУ ВШЭ. Академик Российской академии образования. Широко известен как «отец ЕГЭ».

Биография
В 1975 году с отличием окончил математический факультет Красноярского государственного университета, после чего поступил в аспирантуру там же. Работал старшим лаборантом Института физики СО АН СССР, ассистентом Красноярского университета, стажёром-исследователем Новосибирского университета. Защитил кандидатскую диссертацию по теории многомерных логарифмических вычетов в Институте математики Сибирского отделения АН СССР.

Секретарь комитета ВЛКСМ Красноярского университета (1979—1981). С 1981 года работал старшим преподавателем, доцентом, деканом психолого-педагогического факультета (1987—1990) Красноярского университета. В период перестройки был одним из активных участников общественно-педагогического движения, организаторов и руководителей Красноярской летней школы по естественным наукам для одарённых детей Сибири, участвовал в учредительном съезде Творческого союза учителей СССР. В связи с этим попал в команду единомышленников вновь назначенного министра образования РСФСР Э. Д. Днепрова и в 1990 году был назначен начальником Главного управления педагогического образования Министерства образования РСФСР, в 1992 году стал заместителем, а в 1993 году — первым заместителем министра.

7 сентября 1996 года после слияния Министерства образования и Госкомитета по высшему образованию, стал заместителем министра общего и профессионального образования Российской Федерации, с 31 октября 2001 года — первый заместитель министра образования. Курировал дошкольное и общее образование, повышение квалификации учителей, учебное книгоиздание. Доктор педагогических наук (2001, диссертация «Теория и практика реформирования педагогического образования в России в условиях социальных перемен»), профессор (2009).

В 2001 году В. А. Болотов был одним из членов рабочей группы по созданию проекта Концепции модернизации образования, впоследствии одобренной Государственным советом и утверждённой Правительством Российской Федерации. Упоминается в СМИ в качестве главного идеолога и «куратора» введения ЕГЭ в России.

13 марта 2004 года был назначен главой Рособрнадзора, в этой должности работал до 28 марта 2008 года. С 26 апреля 2005 года — член-корреспондент, с 9 декабря 2009 года — академик Российской академии образования по Отделению профессионального образования; в 2008—2013 годах являлся вице-президентом РАО.

С 2008 года работает в Высшей школе экономики, в настоящее время — ординарный профессор, научный руководитель Центра мониторинга качества образования Института образования ВШЭ, член Учёного совета НИУ ВШЭ. Действительный член РАЕН.

С 26 февраля 2015 года — член Общественного совета Минобрнауки России, с 27 октября 2015 года — председатель Федерального учебно-методического объединения в системе высшего образования по укрупнённой группе специальностей и направлений подготовки «44.00.00 Образование и педагогические науки». Входит в состав президиума ВАК.

Автор более 150 научных работ по математике и педагогике, среди которых «Обобщение формул обращения систем степенных рядов на системы неявных функций», «К решению систем нелинейных алгебраических уравнений с помощью многомерного логарифмического вычета. О разрешимости в радикалах» и др. Член редколлегий журналов «Педагогика» и «Вопросы образования» (с 2013), а также редакционного совета журнала «Высшее образование сегодня».

Женат; имеет дочь.

Плагиат
Фигурант Диссернета: обнаружен плагиат в диссертации на звание доктора педагогических наук, а также по меньшей мере одна множественная публикация. Статья, опубликованная изначально на страницах 32-40, отозвана (ретрагирована) редакцией журнала Психологическая наука и образование и более не представлена на его официальном веб-сайте

Награды и звания
Награждён орденом Почёта (2003), почётными грамотами Президента РФ, Министерства образования РФ (2003), Правительства РФ (2012), Государственной думы РФ (2012), нагрудным знаком «Почетный работник общего образования Российской Федерации», медалями «В память 850-летия Москвы» (1997), «В память 200-летия Минюста России» (2002), «200 лет МВД России» (2002), «За укрепление боевого содружества» (2003), «В память 1000-летия Казани» (2005), «За содружество во имя спасения» (2005), «За отличие в службе» Федерального агентства специального строительства (2007), «20 лет Приднестровской Молдавской Республике» (2010) и др.

Лауреат премии ЦК ВЛКСМ (1985; за работу с одарёнными детьми), премий Правительства Российской Федерации в области образования (2000, 2013; за создание систем работ с одарёнными детьми для общеобразовательных учреждений и учреждений дополнительного образования); премии «Персона года» в сфере образования (2002; за успешное внедрение проекта модернизации российской образовательной системы), а также премии «IT Лидер» (2003; за выдающийся вклад в развитие информационных технологий в России).

Почётный доктор Поморского государственного университета им. М. В. Ломоносова (1995) и Йоркского университета (2003). Признан «Учительской газетой» человеком года в образовании (2004).

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Ссылки
 Страница В. А. Болотова на сайте РАО
 Кто такой Виктор Болотов?

Действительные государственные советники Российской Федерации 1-го класса
Математики России
Педагоги России
Выпускники Красноярского государственного университета
Преподаватели Красноярского государственного университета
Ординарные профессора ВШЭ
Почётные доктора университетов Великобритании
Почётные доктора вузов России
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Q: Find certain text, copy and paste into new sheet I have this code here that goes through my sheet column C and and find all the cells with "Geoff" in it and copies it and pastes it in "Geoff" sheet from active sheet. what I need it to accomplish is copying the whole row and pasting it into "Geoff" sheet.
Dim K As Long, r As Range, v As Variant
K = 1
Dim w1 As Worksheet, w2 As Worksheet
Set w1 = Sheets("Active")
Set w2 = Sheets("Geoff")
w1.Activate
For Each r In Intersect(Range("C:C"), ActiveSheet.UsedRange)
    v = r.Value
    If InStr(v, "Geoff") > 0 Then
        r.Copy w2.Cells(K, 1)
        K = K + 1
    End If
Next r

it only copies Geoff from Column C I need it to copy the entire row. Any help or ideas?

A: r.EntireRow.Copy w2.Cells(K, 1)

should work
Or if you want to be more selective:
r.EntireRow.Cells(1).Resize(1, numColsToCopy).Copy w2.Cells(K, 1)

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Q: Parse Store Tutorial Error I am trying to just get the ParseStore example up and running, I follow all the steps on
https://github.com/ParsePlatform/ParseStore
But whenever I try to run the app after installing everything (Step 3 of Get Your App up and Running) the app fails saying 'Property className not found on object of type 'PFProductViewController''. Below is the code that is giving me the error:
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Thanks in advance for any help!

A: The sample project you mentioned around 2 years old and looks outdated (obviously). The property should now be parseClassName, not className


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GaSb undoped wafer were annealed in flowing ionized hydrogen atmosphere at temperature range between 100-350 degrees C for 1-50 hours. The free carrier concentration and resistivity were measured. It was found out that the wafers being treated at a temperature of 150 degrees C for 24 hours reached the resistivity of about 102-103 (Omega) cm and the free carrier concentration was lower than 1 by 1015 cm-3. However, the thickness of the passivated layer was only 0.4-0.6 micrometers .


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Vincent Chong
Those of you that has had the fortune to check out some of the limited King books that�s been released have also seen Vincent Chong�s wonderful illustrations. Most recently he illustrated Cemetery Dance�s edition of Doctor Sleep. I got the chance to chat with Vincent who also sent some sketches for his illustrations that you can see in this, very illustrated, interview.
Lilja: Please tell me a bit about how you got started as an illustrator.
Vincent Chong: I'd always been interested in art growing up, and although I didn't specifically know at the time that I wanted to be an illustrator, I quickly realized that I wanted to pursue a career in the creative fields. I ended up studying graphic design at university, specializing in illustration in my final year and it was around this time that I realized that I wanted to be an illustrator and started developing the style of work that I do now. After graduating, I built my own website to showcase my work and started sending off self-promotional material to potential clients. It took a while (and a lot of persistence!) before I started to get my work noticed and to be published. I started off getting my work into various magazine art showcase features and then I got to illustrate a lot of short stories for The Third Alternative (now Black Static) magazine. The first story I illustrated for them was actually for Joe Hill's story, You Will Hear the Locust Sing (at that time it hadn't been revealed yet that he was Stephen King's son so I was unaware of this connection!). From there, I started doing commissions for various independent presses which eventually lead on to jobs for the big publishers too, and after a lot of year's of hard work I was finally able to work full-time as an illustrator.
Lilja: You have illustrated Cemetery Dance�s edition of Stephen King�s book Doctor Sleep. How did you get that job?
Vincent Chong: Before getting this job, I'd already been working with Cemetery Dance for many years on various projects, including contributing a few interior illustrations for their edition of Full Dark, No Stars, for the novella A Good Marriage. So when they approached me about doing the covers and some colour interior art for Doctor Sleep, I jumped at the chance!
Lilja: You also illustrated Subterranean Press limited edition of The Shining, how did you get that job?
Vincent Chong: As with Cemetery Dance, I'd already been working with Subterranean Press for many years before doing The Shining job, and had already illustrated another King project for them; I'd provided the cover design, endpaper art, and a number of interior illustrations for Stephen King Goes to the Movies. In fact the first project I did for Subterranean Press was actually for his son, Joe Hill, for Heart-Shaped Box. Originally, there had been another artist attached to The Shining project, but for whatever reason, that didn't work out and William Schafer (the publisher of Subterranean Press) asked if I could step in to do it instead. I was thrilled to be offered such a big project, especially as The Shining is one of my favourite King novels. However, I was slightly hesitant at accepting it at first, as I'd never done so many illustrations for a single project before, and they were under quite a tight publishing deadline by that time, so I wasn't sure if I could handle such a big project, especially in the timeframe. But in the end I decided that it was too good an opportunity to pass over and knew that I'd regret it later if I didn't do this commission!
Lilja: How does it work when you illustrate a book? Do you read it and illustrate parts you feel work or does the publisher have specific parts of the book or scenes they want illustrated?
Vincent Chong: I'll usually read through the whole book first, making notes and highlighting passages that I think will be useful. Whilst I'm reading through I'll start getting an idea of which parts I think I'd like to illustrate so by the time I've finished may already have some idea of what I'd like to do. I'll then go through my notes again and start working out ideas to propose to the publisher. Sometimes the publisher will want specific scenes to be illustrated, in which case they usually tell me beforehand. With The Shining, the publisher said before I started work on it that there were a few things he definitely wanted me to illustrate. I then went through the book and compiled a list of possible illustrations which I sent to the publisher, who then went through the list and said which ones he wanted me to do and which things he didn't want to be illustrated. So back and forth in this way, we decided between us on the final illustrations.
Lilja: Do you do sketches that you show the publisher first or do they only get to see it once it�s done?
Vincent Chong: I always do some sort of rough sketch to show the publisher before starting work on the final art but sometimes it can just be a very quick, loose thumbnail sketch whilst other times it might be a tighter more detailed sketch. I'll also describe my idea to the publisher so they're clear what I have in mind. I may do a number of revised rough sketches if the publisher has any suggestions they want me to try out. You can see some of the sketches I've done for various projects on my blog, http://vincentchongart.wordpress.com in some of the posts under the 'Behind the Scenes' category, and you can also read a post I wrote about the process from commission to cover: http://vincentchongart.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/from-commission-to-cover/
Lilja: Have you gotten any reaction from King about your illustrations?
Vincent Chong: I haven't had any communication with King himself, so I've no idea what he thinks about my illustrations... I've met Joe Hill a few times at conventions though, and having worked together on a number of projects we've emailed back and forth, and he's always been very complimentary to me about my work.
Lilja: You have done a lot of illustrations, is there a big difference in the different work you do? Something that�s harder to illustrate or easier?
Vincent Chong: I think typically I'm most comfortable doing dark fantasy/horror illustrations, which comes most naturally to me and, depending on the sort of image, I can find it a little harder doing sci-fi images... But I do enjoy being able to do work in different genres and not being limited to producing the same type of work over and over again, and I enjoy a challenge, so I'll accept commissions even if what I have to illustrate may be a bit out of my comfort zone, as long as I'm confident that I'll be able to produce a decent image for it at the end.
Lilja: How long does it take you to do an illustration like the ones we saw in Doctor Sleep?
Vincent Chong: It's hard to put a specific time on how long it takes to do an illustration as it varies greatly... Sometimes it can take a lot longer to work out the illustration in the roughs stage and I have to spend a lot of time on sketches before being happy to move on to the final art, and then when it comes to doing the actual illustration itself it really depends on how complex the image is and how many different elements there are within the image. So the whole process from start to finish can vary enormously.
Lilja: Do you have a favorite illustration that you have done? Which and why?
Vincent Chong: I don't have one particular favourite as such... Out of my King illustrations I think my favourites at the moment are the cover pieces I did for Doctor Sleep and the cover for The Shining. And here are a few of my other favourites:
Snow Globe � this was a piece of personal work I did and I think encapsulates the type of imagery I enjoy making � something fantastical and magical with an edge of darkness, which can tell a different story to different people.
The Grimnoir � this was for the cover of the French edition of Hard Magic. I really liked the pulpish feel of this one and the overall composition.
The End of the World � I like the mood and atmosphere I created in this piece and I think the image of a mother and child in gas masks surrounded by all the destruction is very striking.
One of the favourite covers I did was for The Brimstone Key: Grey Griffins: The Clockwork Chronicles. This was the first time I did a cover for a book for younger readers and it was a lot of fun to do � especially as I got to include the head of a giant steampunk style robot in the image!
Lilja: If you could pick one book by King to illustrate, which one and why?
Vincent Chong: As I mentioned before, The Shining was one of my favourite books of his, so that would have been the one I would have picked, but I've been lucky enough to illustrate it now! I've also already done cover art for a lot of King's books for Proszynski (one of the Polish publishers of his work) but I guess one of his books that I haven't done any illustrations for, which I think might be really fun to do a cover for would be It.
Lilja: Thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview and providing sketches that gave us an idea of how you work. I really enjoyed talking to you.
For more info about Vincent and his work check out his website where he is also selling limited edition prints of The Shining cover art and the three Doctor Sleep cover images.
3 sketches for ideas Vincent had (that didn't make it into the final book) for character shots of Dan, Abra and Rose.


Car arrived over an hour and a half late! Car wasn't clean neither the interior nor the exterior. Owner asked for the car 2 and a half hours before the return time claiming that he wont be able to pick it up from the original return location. But instead he offered us an Uber ride to the airport. BMW M4 was nice and fun to drive btw.


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Art Meets Ecology: Short Films Represent Ecological Challenges
Tuesday 4 November saw the launch of the RSA's Arts and Ecology showcase of STOP.WATCH. The event comprised of seven short films, alluding to the fragility of nature and artistically representing ecological problems.
The films were commissioned especially for the internet and represent a unique means of communicating issues the planet faces. Witty, thought-provoking and at times obscure; the films remained an eye-opening take on complex ecological issues. The soundtracks were particularly impressive and engaging on a number of the short stills, all of which can be seen on the Arts and Ecology website.
Most impressive of all was a poem written by Melanie Challenger, (Creative Fellow at the Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity, University College London), about one of the short films entitled Shattered. Melanie spoke of the need to conserve, at the very least document, local, unique extant languages around the world. Languages contain words that convey a particular meaning to a social dynamic peculiar to a given location. When lost, for example a description of the properties of a particular plant or an ailment, then so to is all the associated local knowledge.
Overall, the event provided an opportunity to network with a crowd of interesting and diverse backgrounds, and demonstrated the variety in which scientific issues can be communicated effectively.


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Would you like to join the Sparkle Shefield Supporters Club?
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Sparkle Sheffield are recruiting volunteers to help with a whole host of forthcoming projects. If you have a couple of hours or even a couple of days to spare each month and would like to get involved in supporting families affected by autism, please get in touch!
Simply send an email to info@sparklesheffield.co.uk with your details and we'll get back to you with details of our first meeting. We're looking forward to hearing from you!
Autism Fayre Changes and Mark Brown 1-to-1 Session
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Hello Everyone.. It's me Leesh... Thank you so much for allowing us to have some space... We have had a lot of family challenges that we have had and still have to deal with..and it all became a bit too much and we reached a point that left us feeling completely overwhelmed.. So we had no choice but to stop everything and put our families first... And we can't thank you all enough for the lovely kind messages and posts of encouragement.. It was so comforting to know you were all supporting us..
Now to time to Sparkle!!......We have two major changes that we need to tell you about.. The first and most important one is
This years Autism Fayre has had to be postponed until the 8th and 9th September 2016... This is because I am scheduled to have major surgery in March... ( having the Fayre in September gives me time to recover ) But if you have already brought a ticket... You can use that same ticket to get into the Fayre in September..If you can't.. We will gladly refund you your money.. We are so sorry for the inconvenience! (For ticket refunds please contact amanda@sparklesheffield.co.uk)
The other bit of the change is (and this is to make up for postponing the Fayre) our lovely Mark Brown will be doing one to one's with you on the 17th March instead! ( this would have been the first day of the autism Fayre) BOOK YOUR SPOT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!! The Father's Seminar is also still going ahead!!!
ALL TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE LINK BELOW
So mixed news and we hope you are all ok with these changes.. As unfortunately it can not be helped.. My health has to come first..thank you all again for your support . Love to you all and thank you for being the amazing parents you are!!!! Xxxx
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Help Laura raise £500 for Sparkle Sheffield
Our in-house professional, Laura Helliwell, will be running the Yorkshire Half Marathon to raise funds for Sparkle Sheffield!
The half-marathon will take place on Sunday the 10th of April, along a route around Sheffield which includes the gruelling climb up the hill through Ringinglow.
Please show your support to Laura by making a donation through her JustGiving page.
All sponsorship Laura receives will go towards her target of raising £500 for Sparkle Sheffield, which will help us to continue supporting children with Autism and their families.
Sparkle Sheffield is HTC Wolffkran's Chosen Charity!
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We are thrilled to announce that Sparkle Sheffield is HTC Wolffkran's chosen charity!
From now on, HTC Wolffkrann aim to help Sparkle Sheffield raise funds for the continued work we are doing for families of children with Autism.
To celebrate, Sparkle Sheffield will be helping switch on the Christmas lights at the HTC depot (next to the M1 Motorway) on the 1st of December!
Our whole team would like to express gratitude to HTC Wolffkran for this opportunity and look forward to revealing more exciting events in the near future. Watch this space!
December Parent Group - Book Now!
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Our festive Parent Group, and our last in 2015, will be on the 10th of December from 5.30-7pm at Concord Sports Centre!
Tickets are available now from our booking office. Be sure to book places for you and your children early to avoid disappointment!
The Parent Group topic for November will be ROUTINES AND RITUALS with a special presentation by our very own expert, Laura Helliwell.
This is a FREE event! We allocate tickets on a First-Come-First-Served basis to ensure the Sensory Room is adequately staffed and that we do not go over capacity.
Please book tickets for each adult and child! Siblings are welcome to attend, but we ask that you do book a ticket for each child to ensure we remain within capacity.
Numbers are strictly limited - once these tickets are all reserved, we cannot offer any more. Book early to avoid disappointment!
Please ensure you bring your tickets with you when attending the parent group!
Our parent groups provide a perfect opportunity to get together with other parents to discuss topics of relevance to our Autistic children to share advice, learn from others' experiences and have a good ol' natter!
During our meetings, our children will have access to the Sensory Room which will be staffed by PAs while parents can enjoy refreshments and a chat in a separate room. Children can come into the sensory rooms from 5:15 to allow their parents time to get comfortable before the presentation begins.
Tea, coffee, cakes and mince pies will be available for parents, plus refreshments for the kids too! The Parent Groups are free for all to attend!
PLEASE NOTE: We have a VERY limited number of tickets available. This is to ensure that the children's Sensory room is adequately staffed and within capacity. Once these tickets have all been booked, we will be UNABLE to offer any further places!
A Video from Sparkle Sheffield Children - With Love!
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In this video, our special children talk about their love for their parents. Such amazing expressions from children on the autism spectrum!
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Exclusive Content Only Available on the Sparkle App
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Our free Sparkle App is available to all families with children on the Autism Spectrum. In addition to updates about our latest events and our contact details, you can find a wealth of helpful articles and exclusive downloads in the Info section, including:
Ask Mark - In-depth expert advice on a range of issues from renowned "Autism Whisperer", Mark Brown
Exclusive presentations on Managing Behaviour and Obsessions, Toileting, Puberty and Sleep Strategies from Mark Brown.
Free Nutritional Downloads from Angela Piesold
Expert Advice from our in-house professional, Laura Hellliwell
Most of the content in the Info section of our App is exclusive to Sparkle Sheffield, and is all provided completely free of charge for anyone who needs it.
So if you haven't already done so, be sure to download the Sparkle Sheffield App today to get all of this exclusive content at your fingertips.
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Art Alley is on Minna Street between 2nd Street and New Montgomery.
Here you will find live and exhibited art.
Art Alley will feature many artists and their artworks, including a number of live painters. Plus the ever-popular AnyBodyCanPaint Art Wall for anyone to paint just how weird and wonderful this world is.
This year's Art Alley is curated by ArtIsMobilUs, featuring their art bus.
Plus music by Noahaccordian and Company.


And I did muster up enough energy to shower and do other things like writing this post.
Last week, I recovered from a particularly painful polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) episode and the mosquito bites. My right foot became swollen because of bites I got at a friend's party. But my body has not been responding well to heat lately, especially my skin, so I haven't been leaving the house except to go to work. Why does my body hate the heat? It's probably a combination of the Myasthenia Gravis (MG), PCOS, and psoriasis.
My Tita Baby and her husband were visiting from the Philippines; she is my maternal aunt who survived both colon and breast cancer in two years. She got diagnosed with colon cancer the same year I was diagnosed with MG. My mom has four siblings. Her brother from Arizona and his wife were also visiting. So my Uncle Jun, who has been the patriarch of the family since my grandfather's death twenty years ago, wanted us all to be together as a family. He wanted us to worship together at church on Sunday and have lunch (an event that usually lasts five hours) at his house. We typically have twenty to forty relatives at our parties. Leading up to Sunday, I wasn't sure if I would be well enough to go. Would it be too hot? What if I got bit by another mosquito or stung by a bee walking into church? What if there were coughing congregants? These are the questions that plague people with compromised immune systems. My prayer group was praying for my health.
I have bipolar 2, and sleep is very important in regulating moods. Saturday night, I made sure I slept on time. Then, someone woke me up at 11 pm and I didn't fall asleep again until 1:30 am. Needless to say, I was tired Sunday. But somehow I made it to church. It was so nice to see the family together. At one point, three congregants kept coughing in the pew behind me. But I discreetly moved to the back and didn't get sick.
At Uncle Jun's house, there were thirty of us. There was lots of food, jokes, and catching up. Finally, it came time for the family photo, which we usually take in the yard. I knew this would be the only part of the day I would be in the yard. I couldn't deal with another swollen foot. After the picture, the party continued with half the guests eating outside. I wanted to talk to everyone but I wasn't going to ask people to come in on this beautiful summer day. (In the Midwest, winter lasts six months.) Thankfully, a bee came interrupting people's plans. Everybody was forced to eat indoors. I got to spend time with everyone. Sunday was one of my best days ever. Don't tell my family but I love that bumblebee.
Over dinner, my six-year old nephew, Mikko, said Vocabulary is favorite subject. We asked him what his favorite word is. He said, "family." People often say, "health is wealth." I know I have five illnesses. But last weekend, I was reminded that I am rich.


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Pomarance | The Sillana Fortress
A 360° view from the fortress overlooks most of Tuscany. The current appearance is the result of multiple renovations made over the centuries, to adapt the original stronghold (11th and 12th centuries) to the evolution of military technology, culminating with the introduction of firearms in the 15th century. In that period the imposing polygonal perimeter walls, with corner turrets, were built. Around the fortress, there is a fortified village, whose walls still show the remains of the two main entrances: Porta Volterrana and Porta San Rocco, with numerous remains of houses near Porta San Rocco. Inside the fortress is a mighty guard tower and three large buildings leaning on the walls that overlook a courtyard. To the left of the entrance, the square tower assimilated into the building to the north (A) stands, this is the oldest building coming from the original medieval stronghold (11th-12th century). Access to the tower was through a door located on the south side but there is no longer trace of the flight of steps. Inside angular stone corbels supported the wooden floors. The excavation carried out by the Archaeological Superintendence inside the Tower in the 1980s has unearthed pottery, arrowheads, fragments of glass and a sword, now displayed in a hall of the Mostra Permanente Guerrieri e Artigiani in Pomarance.
History in short: The hamlet of Sillano dates back to Etruscan times, as witnessed by various archaeological finds. The settlement of Sillano was first mentioned in a document from the 10th century written by the bishop of Volterra, and the fortified settlement in 1067 in a document recording the sale of lands. Probably the guard tower – now inserted into the structure of the fortress – dates back to this period. Over the centuries, the Sillano stronghold underwent several changes of ownership. In 1406 the fortress passed under Florence. In the 16th century the period of decline began. In the 1980s, the fortress was donated to the Town hall of Pomarance.
Opening Hours (visit on reswervation out of the scheduled times)
The Rocca/Fortress is open to guided tours in Summer and is accessible on foot with a 15 minutes panoramic walking from the nearby parking.
From 26 April to 31 May
Saturday and Sunday from 3pm to 7pm. Only with a guided tour.
Departure hour guided tours:
15:00-16:00-17:00-18:00
From 1st June to 30st September
Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday; from 4pm to 8pm. Only with a guided tour.
Special openings
with the same tour mode:
Easter and Easter Monday, 25th April, 1st May, 2nd June, 15th August at 10:00-13:00/15:00-19:00
10:00- 11:00- 12:00- 15:00-16:00-17:00- 18:00
Night openings: from 1st July to 31st August
Tuesday from 9pm to 12pm.
Departures guided tours (9pm – 10.30pm from Parking)
3,00 € Ticket and guided tour
2,00 €reduced from 6 to 14 years, over 65, groups min. 15 pax, pupils schools Alta Val di Cecina, Touring Club members, card holders young, any conventions Stop area Camper
Free ticket: handicapped persons – residents of the municipality of Pomarance – children up to 6 years – pupils of all the schools of the Municipality of Pomarance and the Comprehensive M. Tabarrini
Combined Ticket:
Rocca Sillana, Casa Bicocchi and Mostra Guerrieri and Artigiani: 5,00 € Ticket, 3,00 € Reduced Ticket
Ufficio Turistico Pomarance
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Consorzio Turistico Volterra Valdicecina
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Info and reservations, guided tours
Contact: 0588.86099
Tourist Consortium of Volterra and Valdicecina


Journalism: Journalism is a compact course that aims to provide an exposure to the students to the theoretical aspect of the discipline in relation to the introduction to Communication and Media Studies, Print Media, Audio Visual Media, Media Laws, Reporting, Editing, Media Management, Advertising, Public Relations, Media Issues and Development as well as Communication Theories. The practical component of the course aims to train the students in Reporting, Editing and Media Management.
Psychology: The course in Psychology consists of a theoretical component and a practical component. It provides the students an exposure in Basic Psychological Processes, Brain and Behaviour, Developmental Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Educational Psychology, Abnormal Psychology as well as Industrial and Organizational Psychology. The course in Psychology is designed to emphasize on experiential learning.
Optional English: The course in Optional English is compact encompassing various aspects of English Literature and of English as a language. It comprises of British Literature, American Literature, Indian Literature in English, Indian Literature in Translation, World Literature in English, World Literature in Translation and Facets of Language – Phonology, Morphology, Syntax and Discourse. It aims to provide an exposure to the students in relation to various aspects of English Literature and Language. The course also aims at honing the communication skills of the students.
Please click on Journalism, Psychology and Optional English (J. P. E.) for the prescribed syllabus of Bangalore University.


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Special Edition for Silent Auction in " Celebration of Art and Music", at Environment Furniture in Los Angles, 2015/6/3.
- 24 x 36 inches
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Santa Monica Art Studios Special Edition, for Solo Exhibition "Whispered Voice"
- 33" x 17.4"
- Deckled Edge
- Moab, Entrada Rag Bright 290, Giclée Printing
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Other prints are in preparation.
Please ask me by email.
- Exhibited at "Whispered Voice", Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, U.S.A., 2016/4/9 - 5/7.
- Exhibited at "A Celebration of Art and Music" at Environment Furniture Showroom, Los Angeles, U.S.A., 2015/6/3.
Presented by "Environment" the furniture store at Beverly Blvd., related to "The Billboard Creative" in Hollywood, and also fund-raising for an art related NPO "The Art of Elysium". 13 art works that were showed at The Billboard Creative Q1 show, were printed, framed, and sold by silent auction.
- Exhibited at "The Billboard Creative, Q1 Show" - Hollywood Los Angeles, U.S.A., 2015/4/25 - 5/15.
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I took a long break from producing experiments. My work and family life became really busy. Yesterday at lunch I started working on a track using some sounds from Sounds.com. I was going to try for something Hip Hop, but did have any vocals so I turned it into an EXPERIMENT.
Below you will find EXPERIMENTS – 05 OF 52. This uses a sub-bass that reminds me of the lowered mini-trucks from the 1980s. This is not a complete song but a snippit only 1m30s long. Still, the goal is to produce 52 experiments and this fits the goal.
A small experiment using the Cymatics.fm Project X sample pack.
In watching all the videos on how to use Ableton I realized I wanted a good external plugin for sounds. It's not that Ableton's instruments aren't good. They are. It's because there are lots of presets for Serum.
So I decided to do the small subscription for Splice, and then then $10/month rental of Serum for 19 months. If I find I'm not using Serum I can just pause the rental.
So what did I learn today? I learned that Ableton's Drum Bus can add some great character to your drum racks. I especially liked the ability to add some sub-bass and tone to your kick.
I learned about the effect Echo today. How I can create great delays and ping pong effects. I thought it was interesting that you could modulate the sound of the delay.
Today I continued the Live 10 playlist. I was happy when they started with stock Ableton instruments. I'm learning about the Wavetable now.
Watched more from the Ableton playlist on YouTube "Learn Live 10". Learned about the basics of the Live 10 interface, browser, session and live views.
This first day was spent watching official tutorials at ableton.com. It started from setup and I got to talking about the arrangement view and I stopped on the session view.
Starting something new is hard. It takes patience and perseverance. It takes dedication. It takes a plan.
I want to learn how to create electronic music. I want to learn how to make electronic music better. I have made a few pieces. I want to be better. Deadmau5 and Daft Punk are two that come to mind.
Last week I saw a post from FreeCodeCamp.com about a talk that Eleftheria Batsou gave on her experience with #100DaysOfCode Challenge. I tried doing a "100 days of drawing" challenge, and made it to Day 22. I don't remember why I stopped other than I remember feeling blocked creatively.
I want to be better at writing, building, creating, programming electronic music. I thought about doing a #100DaysOfAbleton to learn Ableton Live 10 better and, at the same time, learn to write music better.
I have a playlist at SoundCloud.com already called "EXPERIMENTS ## of 52". The idea is that after creating 52 pieces of music I will be better at creating electronic music.
I watched some Minecraft videos on Youtube tonight and one of them brought this ad up from Intel. It's about 2 minutes long, but well worth it. Enjoy.


For kids currently in grades K-5. This fast-paced 40 minute show features 11 songs and lots of stage time for all. Great for building performance skills in a fun-filled faithful learning environment. Free to participate.
Auditions (not to exclude any cast member but to determine parts) will be held Saturday, May 4th or earlier by arrangement.
The Knights of Columbus are hosting their Annual Easter Egg Hunt! Please come to the school cafeteria before it starts for some instructions. Everyone is welcome to attend and enjoy the kids' enthusiasm. There will be cookies and punch afterward served in the school cafeteria. No registration, no admission fee; just family fun!
Monday, March 25 - Mass and Holy Benediction. All are invited to collectively make or renew our consecration at the benediction.
· There will be a small reception in the lower foyer following the Mass.
What is Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary? This practice was started by St. Louis De Montfort and involves a step-by-step method, over the course of 33 days, for giving your life over to Jesus by praying to Mary. Just as God trusted Mary to bear his Son, we can trust Mary to intercede on our behalf.
Sharing Christ is the third part of the Christlife series, after Discovering Christ and Following Christ. Sharing Christ is a seven-week mission that equips Catholics with practical skills to proclaim the Gospel through friendship evangelization, draw others into a personal relationship with Jesus, and invite them to become His disciples as members of the Church.
Free meal, no charge, walk-ins welcome.
RSVP's appreciated for food count. Donations appreciated.
Pray the Stations of the Cross with us this Lent!
See where the priests live and explore the maze of parish offices. Meet with campaign volunteers and church staff to discuss your questions about the capital campaign and the building project. Learn how the building plans will solve many of the logistical challenges of our church. Refreshments will be available. Hope to see you there!


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The Power of the Weak, Neoliberal Biopolitics, and Abortion in Poland
Monday 30 May 2016, by Ewa Majewska, Barbara Godlewska-Bujok
It was not long ago that Poland's name echoed throughout the whole civilized world, that its fate stirred every soul and provoked excitement in every heart. Lately one no longer hears very much about Poland – since Poland is a capitalist country. Do we now want to know what became of the old rebel, where historic destiny steered it?
Luxemburg, The Industrial Development of Poland
Several days ago, at the end of March, the conservative party Kukiz15, the ruling party of Mr. Kaczynski, Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc (PiS), the Polish Prime Minister, Mrs. Beata Szydlo, the national council of bishops, and the majority of MPs declared their support for banning abortion completely.
A new law proposal, submitted to the Parliament last week by members of a pro-life organization, "Ordo Juris", allows the surveillance and investigation of women who are known to be pregnant; requires a statement from women who miscarry; and enforces imprisonment between 3 months and 5 years of not only the doctor who performs the abortion, but also to the woman, regardless of how the pregnancy was initiated (i.e. whether it resulted from rape) the possible consequences for the life and health of the woman, or the state or prognosis for the fetus. The law, welcomed by Polish bishops and politicians (the order of enumeration is not accidental) is actually harsher than anti-abortion laws adapted in Iran, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. The Parliament Members from the PiS party speak about pregnancies resulting from rape as if no controversy whatsoever existed about forcing women in such conditions to give birth. Mr. Czeslaw Hoc said, for example, that an 11 year old girl who has been raped should give birth, because there will always be many people who will want to care for the child. He clearly does not understand that somebody should take care of the girl, first and foremost. Another PM, Arkadiusz Czartoryski, said that many good Poles were born of war rape, so we should not fuss over allowing contemporary women to experience what women did experience in the WWII times.
Immediately, women and our supporters in Poland mobilized in response to the new law proposal. Seventeen demonstrations took place in Polish cities on the 3rd of April (and one in Oslo), and international protests, in New York, Tbilisi, Geneva, London, Paris, Budapest and Dublin took place on April 9th. Approximately 100,000 people, mostly women, subscribed to a social portal group "Girls for Girls", where protests and strategies are planned, and nearly 8,500 participated in an event called "Tough period for the government", aimed at informing government institutions of each woman's individual menstrual cycle in an ironic gesture of "supporting" the new anti-abortion law that will be voted upon in the coming months. Women submit comments detailing their experience of menstruation and their monthly cycle to PM Mrs. Szydlo's fan page as comments to an entry about the success of her government's family politics. Here is one example, chosen of hundreds of similar ones. Further in this text they are used as subtitles for new sections:
Dear Madam Prime Minister! Because you are so interested in the wombs of Polish women that you want to equip them with a police officer and a prosecutor (keep it up – less unemployment for graduates of law), let me save you the trouble (and if any of your colleagues wants to have two police officers and two prosecutors, you can give them mine!). I kindly report that my menstruation will start soon. I should get it on Tuesday. Now, my boobs hurt, my legs and abdomen are swollen, and I ate my chocolate Easter egg and half of my husband's chocolate Easter egg. I can't wait to get my period –, because of stress I've had problems with a number of periods, and I wish to return to normal. During my period I use tampons — do you think that the introduction something other than penis of my husband to my vagina is a sin against reproduction and I will go to hell?
In the novel, Peter Pan, which inspired so many kids, Wendy's parents take some time to decide whether they can "keep her." They sit down to count the expenses, and after some hesitation they decide they can afford to raise a child. They have to perform this calculation, because, as the book openly states, "they are poor" (see: J. M Barrie, 2000).
In Poland women are not allowed to make these kinds of calculations, at least not since 1993. We are obliged to deliver our babies regardless of our economic situation, which obviously strengthens the already existing social and economic inequalities, making sexuality another area shaped by privilege, such that those who can afford contraceptives and abortion will experience it quite differently from those whose resources do not allow a cheerful sense of abundance. Gender does not come without class and ethnicity, just like abortion is not primarily a choice. Abortion is always first and foremost an issue of availability, which under capitalism is either regulated by the state and/or access to resources. An upper middle class woman and a poor rural woman will experience pregnancy in different ways, and this difference will only be strengthened in countries where abortion is illegal. In Poland rich women just pay their doctors more money – they can buy silence, friendly assistance and delivery of the banned service without any hesitation or problems. With the now proposed regulations, women will face prison if they terminate pregnancy, which under current law is still not the case. But because the new anti-abortion law will affect women differently, depending on their social position, poor women will almost certainly face jail.
Adverts of "bringing up the menstruation" are now published in every Polish newspaper, except the ultraconservative ones. A woman can terminate pregnancy if she has the equivalent of a midrange monthly salary to spend on the pills/operation (some 700 euro). Otherwise she has to go abroad, which might cost just about the same or more, along the lines of 500 to 900 euro, depending on the access to cheaper doctors plus travel and accommodation costs. While it is a matter of choice whether somebody wants to have kids or not, in most cases women are not deciding "do I or do I not want an abortion." Instead, plans for the future, a vision of one's life, efforts to avoid health risks or worries about the health of the child-to-be dictate these difficult decisions. The hegemonic narrative of liberal feminism, in which abortion is in itself seen as a "choice," is particularly troublesome in Poland, where conservatives managed to stage themselves as occupying higher moral ground, leaving feminists in the zone of egoist madness fuelled by cruelty. The preoccupation with choice pushes away other contextual factors that define women's pregnancy, in which economic status, culture, and family play a fundamental role. The experience of abortion is very different in a country where it is forbidden from the experience in one where it is not; but the experience also differs depending on the financial status of the woman, the presence or lack of emotional support from her partner and those around her, and the cultural and religious judgments she might have to face. All these can hardly be reduced to "woman's choice," although they matter quite a lot in the situation of pregnancy and its termination. We choose to have children or not, to terminate pregnancy or not, to give birth or not, but abortion is just a tool, just as are contraceptives, condoms or day-after pills.
Does the concern of the Government and of the episcopate for the reproductive organs of citizens cover male genitals as well? Should we send any interim reports of underwear worn (apparently too tight underpants may be particularly bad for sperm) to the Prime Minister? (…)
Lisa Duggan argues that austerity cuts and the dismantlement of state granted health care systems require a conservative cultural turn as its counterpart. Similarly, I would like to emphasize that the Polish version of neoliberalism requires a strong collaboration with the Church on several levels (Duggan, 2003). The restrictive abortion law and general prohibition against subsidizing contraceptives and providing sexual education is an important element of the neoliberal capitalism introduced in Poland after 1989 with an exceptional brutality. It was much easier to transform the weakening and bankrupt state communist country into a private-property and exploitation-based neoliberal one with the support of the Catholic Church than it would have been without it. Thus the state accepted the dominant cultural role of the Church in defining moral values.
The pseudo care for the children, which most often takes the form of censorship in the visual arts or efforts to embrace the ultra-conservative vision of becoming human from the moment of conception, constitutes an important element of what Michel Foucault rightly labeled "biopolitics." However, the changes in the penal codes and general increase in using punitive justice and sending people to jails contradicts the general line of Foucault's argumentation. In the case of abortion and visual arts in Poland we can definitely see that his analysis at least partially fails. The increased control over women's bodies in the case of abortion in Poland proceeds not just in a parallel fashion or, as Foucault suggested, differently from the pre-modern, carceral forms of justice. It is not only discipline, but also punishment, that awaits us with this law. The proposed law actually embraces some smoother versions of punitive justice and combines them with multiple systems of control and surveillance. Today's biopolitics is not ashamed of any kind of action; it is almost as hybridic as the feminist cyborg. However, its counterpart – the social resistance – is also shifting. Now, resistance sarcastically mimics a willing servant of state control institutions:
Dear Madam Prime Minister Beata, I inform you that my cycle is fine. I got my period on time (my cycle is 31 days). On the first day it has hurt as always (going on all fours home and hot water bottle) but after it went smoothly and it's now over. I expect my fertile days to arrive in approximately 5-6 days, but I'm leaving Poland for one week and I will not see my husband during ovulation. You have my gratitude that the Government is so interested in me and my reproductive potential. It is fantastic to know that soon I will be able to dump the responsibility for my reproduction on someone else. I will inform you about my health on regular basis.
Since 1993, three situations were outlined in which abortion would be legal in Poland: when the mother's life or health could be threatened by the further continuation of pregnancy, when the fetus is not developing correctly or when pregnancy is the result of rape. Although women did demand the legalization of another cause for abortion – social and economic reasons — this has never been accepted. The health and freedom of Polish women has been the major stake in the negotiation about the EU enlargement. The neoliberal social democrats (SLD) actually "sold" their right to amend the anti-abortion law and add "social causes" to the list of legally acceptable reasons for abortion in exchange for the Catholic Church's support to join Poland in the EU. Now, while the new left party (Razem) organizes protests and joins resistance, the neoliberal social democrats want to ask in referendum whether abortion should be legal in the event that the woman's life is in danger. This means asking if a woman's life should be saved if endangered by pregnancy. As Marcelina Zawisza from Razem rightly pointed out, asking questions whether to save lives is not legal and should not be promoted by politicians.
Dear Prime Minister, I would like to thank you and the episcopate for your concern and I would add that for some time, I have not used contraceptives, but we — unfortunately -– use condoms. I would like to ask whether people who are not Catholics are allowed to use condoms, because I know that Catholics are not. (…)
After the first wave of protests, the Polish PM said, "There is no such topic as abortion in Poland." Marx was right: Hegel should be corrected, and while history does indeed repeat itself, the first time it does so as tragedy, the second, as farce. Margaret Thatcher's original "there is no such thing as society" announced the closure of protections for workers in the Fordist system of production, and while the Polish Prime Minister clearly would like to follow the Iron Lady, neoliberalism is already hegemonic in Poland and there are no shipyards or factories to close. It seems impossible the claim could have the same strength. Yet somehow it has, but in a farcical way. If all the important politicians and clergy already defined their positions in the debate over the new anti-abortion law and when the Prime Minister herself took a stance on the state run Polish Radio Channel 1, the statement "There is no such topic as abortion in Poland" must be read as farce.
Many women call the new anti-abortion law barbaric or medieval. The problem is that in the Middle Ages Poles did not have a repressive law regulating pregnancy. There were other oppressive legal measures, sure, but not one as bad as this most recently proposed. Interestingly, Poland has never been a traditionalist, ultraconservative country. Women were granted the right to vote in 1918, homosexuality was decriminalized in 1932, abortion has been legal since the 1950s and the pay gap between women and men is currently the smallest of all countries of the EU.
Therefore the current government is not "taking us backward." It is inventing a novel dimension of backwardness, which does not result from the postcolonial "European Universalism" imposed from the West. It is instead the very own barbarity of Polish conservatives and clergy, invented at the turn of the 21st century and propagated as if there were no one to resist. In fact, the most visible result of the new ban on abortion is the new wave of solidarity among women, who were before divided into those supporting the "pro-life" and "pro-choice" options. Now, all women are united. And we'll never be divided, because everyone has come to see that this is not about ethics. Someone who seriously says that an 11 year-old girl should keep a pregnancy resulting from rape is clearly not speaking about ethics.
It can only be ironic that in a country that in 1989, some 10,000,000 people mobilized to join the "Solidarnosc" workers unions in solidarity with a woman who was fired 3 months before her retirement. It can only be ironic that in the same country where such a show of support for women was possible, now it can be possible to propose a law that so thoroughly violates women. The second round of protests took place on April 9th, and the vital display of "cycle news" continues on the fan page of the Prime Minister. After posting, some women even get back to the Prime Minister, reporting updates:
"Correction! I just got my period, decided to keep you posted" or "It is still the 16th day of my cycle, but I wanted to let you know that I am still fine."
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Terry Taylor is the owner of 1313 Mockingbird Lane, a downtown toy store whose grand opening is this weekend.
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1313 Mockingbird Lane sells new and vintage collectibles from popular films and television shows, such as "Star Wars" and "The X-Files." The store's name was inspired by the titular family's home address on "The Munsters."
1313 Mockingbird Lane is located at 1021 ¼ Massachusetts St. Owner Terry Taylor sold his wares at various pop-up locations before opening the brick-and-mortar location in downtown Lawrence.
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Originally a monthly pop-up shop, 1313 Mockingbird Lane Toys & Collectibles has found a permanent home at 1021 ¼ Massachusetts St. and will open its doors Saturday, Feb. 9.
Owner Terry Taylor has spent the past 35 years stockpiling collectibles from pop culture staples like "The Addams Family," "Harry Potter," "Star Wars" and more.
The name of the store comes from Taylor's love of the classic show "The Munsters." 1313 Mockingbird Lane was the address of the house in the show.
"[The name] has always been the plan," Taylor said. "Even if I would have opened a record store, it would be called that."
Taylor originally began 1313 Mockingbird Lane as a pop-up store at different fan conventions. Then, at the urging from his wife Liz, he began a monthly pop-up stand last year to gauge interest in opening a brick-and-mortar store.
"This [shop] opened up at the right time, for the right price and the perfect location," Taylor said. "If we were going to take a risk, we might as well do it now."
Merchandise ranges from action figures to buttons and stickers to vintage collectables from as far back as the 1980s. All items have been accumulated by Taylor, who has filled the quaint space to the brim with items, with more located in the basement for re-stocking.
"I wanted to keep it small," Taylor said. "Aesthetic is really important to me — that people come in and feel comfortable."
Sean Sprague lives in Kansas City, Missouri, but is more than willing to make the 40-minute drive to visit Taylor and his shop. Sprague, also a fan of "The Munsters," googled 1313 Mockingbird Lane last year, found the pop-up shop and was hooked.
"I really like vintage toy stuff," Sprague said. "I ended up going to [the store], meeting him, and that's how I started to know him."
Taylor, who is from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was originally with the band Mammoth before settling down in Lawrence 16 years ago. He officially started working on the storefront in November — working his full-time job by day and spending evenings and weekends preparing the space.
"It will be interesting once the doors unlock if [customers are] going to take that step and come in," Taylor said. "This is not a typical Mass Street business, but I think people will find their curiosity will be met when they come in."
Sprague is excited for the store to "make a splash" on Massachusetts Street. He's also excited people can meet Taylor and get to know him.
"Terry's an awesome guy to talk with," Sprague said. "He's a very friendly guy. He loves the customers when they come in."
Taylor hopes the store can be a place for anyone to come in and find something they love whether their interests be Marvel, "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "The X-Files" or "Stranger Things." The store will also feature artwork and taxidermy, courtesy of his wife Liz.
Taylor said he did the best he could to make it just right and hopes residents of Lawrence will come and check it out.
"If people were to walk by, I'd tell them, 'Come on in and stay for a spell,'" Taylor said.
1313 Mockingbird Lane will be open Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. You can follow the store for updates via Facebook and Instagram @1313MockingbirdKS.
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In a Nutshell: The rise of the internet and pervasiveness of online travel agencies (OTAs) have made it more convenient than ever for consumers to compare prices and book hotels. But consumers often wind up paying higher prices because of commission fees from the OTAs, which are built into booking rates. And hotels are constrained by rate parity agreements, that limit their competitiveness in the marketplace. LockTrip is working to disrupt the industry through its blockchain platform that removes intermediary OTAs from the booking process to bring lower rates to consumers. It is also launching a distributed inventory database to return pricing power to hotels.
The last 20 years have been a transformative period for the travel industry. Travelers used to call hotels themselves, or they would rely on travel agents to find and book hotel rooms for them. Or they would just wing it and hope they didn't see a No Vacancy sign when they arrived at their destination.
With the rise of the internet, booking websites put information about hotel prices and availability at consumers' fingertips. But this convenience comes at a price. Whether they realize it or now, consumers pick up the tab for commission and processing fees, and are obliged to bear partiy price agreements between online booking services.
Now, with the advent of blockchain, savvy travel companies are finding ways to leverage the young technology to potentially revolutionize the space.
LockTrip is one of those companies.
But those are exactly the things that LockTrip is now talking about — and implementing — through its platform.
From the consumer's perspective, online travel agencies simply appear to aggregate prices, provide an array of booking options, and help facilitate the booking process. But LockTrip offers a different point of view from within the industry.
Digital travel sales have steadily increased since 2014 and are predicted to continue to rise through 2020, according to LockTrip.
OTAs do provide a convenient way to compare hotel prices and check availability. But to facilitate booking rooms for travelers, these OTAs charge hotels around 20% in commission fees to provide its service, according to LockTrip, a cost that is often passed along to the consumer.
So why not simply book directly with the hotel and skip the OTA?


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Q: textblock.setvalue in c# wpf how does it work Can anyone give me information on how the setvalue on a textblock works?
Can't find good information about it.
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A: SetValue is a function available to DependencyObjects which sets the value of a DependencyProperty to the provided value.
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Q: Calling procedure from java code I am calling procedure from java code:
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This procedure just waiting for X second which I set as parameter.
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How long will take this java function when I call this procedure with parameter time=30?
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A: Yes, it will wait, it's a blocking operation.

A: CS.execute is a blocking call, waits for the database to complete the procedure call and then only returns.


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The President of the World Cultural Council (WCC) and the two winners of the 35th WCC Award delivered special lectures at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) on 7 and 8 November.
This is the first time that the WCC international awards were hosted in Hong Kong and the Greater China region.
According to Professor Jean-Pierre Changeux, the 2018 Albert Einstein World Award of Science Winner, the study on nicotinic receptor illustrates how the brain may be viewed as an extremely elaborate chemical system.
At the special lecture titled "The acetylcholine nicotinic receptor: from chemistry to cognition", he said this view opened a new understanding of the brain from the molecular to the cognitive level with important medical, societal and ethical applications. It also led to the discovery of allosteric modulation, he said.
As Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at the Institut Pasteur and Collège de France, Professor Changeux was recognised by the WCC jury for the significant impact that his research has had on healthcare and our understanding of human neural processes.
Professor Malik Mâaza, the 2018 José Vasconcelos World Award of Education Winner, delivered another special lecture, titled "Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies: A multidisciplinary approach for a sustainable inclusive future for humanity".
He said nanotechnologies were attracting increasing levels of investment from governments around the globe and had replaced ICT-induced energy and biotechnology for tackling climate change. He urged scientists around the world to address the problem together despite cultural differences and historical conflicts.
Professor Mâaza of the University of South Africa (UNISA) and iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, South Africa is recognised for his work in promoting education for societal development and sustainability and his commitment to training and mentoring young scientists on the African continent.
Professor Sir Colin Blakemore, President of WCC, at his lecture titled "How the brain creates the human mind" said understanding neuronal circuits was important as every second of our lives contains 1 million connections of neurons. He concluded that the mind was a computational process and that vision was a computational task.
WCC is a non-profit international organisation based in Mexico. It grants the annual Albert Einstein World Award of Science, the biennial José Vasconcelos World Award of Education, and the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts to personalities who have recorded outstanding achievements in related fields.
It aims to promote tolerance, peace and fraternity, seeking to encourage the use of science, art and education to further the well-being of humanity.
Professor Sir Colin Blakemore (right), Professor Malik Mâaza (middle) and Professor Jean-Pierre Changeux (left).


The Florida Gulf Coast Police Department has closed its investigation into a sexual assault, Susan Evans, FGCU's chief of staff, wrote in an email.
A Florida Gulf Coast University student who reported a sexual assault last month has decided she no longer wants to pursue a criminal case against her alleged attacker.
The FGCU police department has closed its investigation into the assault, Susan Evans, the school's chief of staff, wrote in an email.
The assault is one of three reported to FGCU police since 2016. The police ended investigations into the other two assaults after attempts to identify suspects through DNA and photo lineups were futile.
The first attack, happened Aug. 2, 2016, on a staircase inside Seidler Hall, a classroom building. The student was walking down the stairs when a man clutched her backpack, forced her down and grabbed her by the back of her head, according to a police report.
Another student was attacked Jan. 1. She was retrieving items from the trunk of a car parked at North Lake Village, a student housing community at FGCU, when two men approached her, a police report states.
The department closed the latest investigation after getting a July 24 email from the victim. A detective met with her after getting the email.
The student "stated she was not pressured in her decision and it was her desire to end the criminal prosecution," according to a FGCU police report.
FGCU Police Chief Steven Moore said the information his department gathered during the course of the investigation will be forwarded to the FGCU Title IX office, which will pass along information about the case to the Office of Student Conduct.
"They can determine ... if anybody is to be held responsible for any of the actions that occurred," Moore said. "That will be non-criminal in nature, but Title IX and Student Conduct can still carry out their functions with or without the agreement of the victim."
When FGCU police interviewed the victim and her alleged attacker, they gave conflicting stories about what happened July 7 in a campus apartment, according to the report.
The night of the alleged assault the victim, the suspect, and several friends hung out in a television room in one of the living facilities. The suspect asked the victim if she wanted to come to his room.
She told police that when she arrived at the suspect's apartment, he told her to be quiet because his roommate was in another room sleeping.
The victim said as she sat on the suspect's bed, he tried to get her to lie in bed with him, according to the report.
She said he forced her into bed, used his body weight and hands to pin her down and "covered her face and mouth with his hand as she was telling him to, 'Stop,'" the report states.
The victim told police she asked the suspect more than 10 times to stop and repeatedly said no as he put his fingers underneath her clothes. She said she was able to break free and went back to her room, according to the report.
The suspect told police a somewhat different story. He said they made out, stopped when she said she didn't like it and later resumed.
He admitted he put his finger underneath the victim's clothes, and he said he put his hand over her mouth just to keep his roommate from hearing her, according to the report.
The suspect said, at one point the victim told him, '"wait, I can't do this, I am not a hookup," the report states. He said they then "stopped everything and he walked her out and she left."


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